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Palestinian terrorists operating out of the Gaza Strip fired three Grad-type missiles at the southern Israel coastal town of Ashkelon on Wednesday morning. There were no reports of injuries.
The attack, the first of its kind from Gaza in nearly two months, came as Israeli and world dignitaries were in Jerusalem regurgitating the same old land-for-peace ideas at the "Facing Tomorrow" conference.
It also comes just days after reports that Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, had deployed a 600-man force tasked with preventing further rocket fire on southern Israel for the time being.
Israel responded by closing commercial crossings into Gaza, but had not as of Wednesday afternoon launched any military reprisals.
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By Jeff Caplan, NBA.com
VIDEO: Mike Krzyzewski and Jerry Colangelo talk about Paul George's injury
HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — The injury suffered by Paul George Friday night during the USA Basketball Showcase in Las Vegas was shocking, but the Indiana Pacers' All-Star small forward can make a full recovery and even regain the tremendous explosiveness and athleticism he displayed on the very play on which his lower leg snapped.
To get to that point is going to take time, perseverance and a lot of sweat.
He suffered what's called an open tibia-fibula fracture of his right leg, meaning he fractured both the tibia and fibula. George was immediately taken to the hospital and underwent surgery performed by USA Basketball team physician Riley Williams (who is also the team physician for the Brooklyn Nets). The procedure typically involves inserting a titanium rod over the fracture and using screws to hold it in place.
The good for news George, an All-Star in each of the last two seasons, is that while the injury is rarely seen in basketball, it is a common sight among orthopedic surgeons. The procedure to repair it is also very common, according to Dr. T.O. Souryal, head physician for the Dallas Mavericks and a renowned orthopedic surgeon in sports medicine who is also president of the NBA Team Physicians Association.
"This is orthopedic surgery 101. They know what to do with an open tibia fracture," Souryal said. "We see this injury in car accidents, we see this injury in motorcycle accidents, we see these injuries with people falling off a ladder, we see these injuries on the soccer field, so this is a relatively common orthopedic trauma injury. There's a long track record of dealing with this injury and dealing with the issues that are unique to this injury.
"What makes this unique is that it was videotaped from five different angles."
George, 24, faces an exhaustive rehabilitation process that begins immediately with simple, muscle-firing exercises that can be done from his hospital bed. As George moves away from early recovery challenges — such as infection — in the initial weeks following surgery, his rehab will escalate incrementally in intensity, complexity and duration as the bone heals over a period that typically spans 4-6 months. Souryal cautions that healing time for the tibia can be slow and involve complications, but he noted that for a young, well-conditioned athlete such as George, odds are high for a clean healing process.
Once the bone heals, the real work for George begins with what Souryal terms the late challenges. Regaining motion in his ankle and knee are crucial as George then begins the gradual strengthening process. A regimen that includes — at various phases — a stationary bike, walking on the underwater treadmill or zero-gravity treadmill and ultimately weight machines and leg presses is typical.
"During the recovery and healing, both of those joints can be involved in the injury, so he has to work on getting his mobility back, getting his knee moving normally and getting his ankle moving normally, and ultimately getting his strength back," Souryal said. "During the stages, sometimes you're on crutches, sometimes you're in a machine or in a cast and you suffer a tremendous amount of atrophy. Part of the recovery is going to involve strengthening, and that by itself takes a long time to get your strength back."
Will Carroll, sports injuries writer for Bleacher Report, recently spoke with Dr. Bert Mandelbaum about George's injury. Mandelbaum is one of the top orthopedic physicians in sports medicine and said George can expect to be on crutches for six weeks.
"Then the athlete gradually progresses to rehabilitation, physical therapy and cross training," Mandelbaum told Carroll. "Once the fracture healing is strong, the athlete will return for progressions to practice and games. Once completed, most athletes can perform at pre-injury levels."
Souryal, who has not examined George, but has treated numerous similar injuries, agrees. Souryal said George's final hurdle will be getting his explosiveness back, a goal that will challenge George both physically and mentally. But it is one that can be reached.
"That's always the last thing to come back after a major injury like this," Souryal said, "is your ability to explode and dunk the ball and have the confidence to land back on that leg."
Once George completes the recovery process, one which Souryal cautions against setting a timetable because of the numerous variables in play at this early stage, Souryal said George can feel confident that he won't re-injure his leg. Souryal said the bone heals stronger than it was prior to the injury and the titanium rod inserted during surgery reinforces it.
Unlike an ACL injury, Achilles injury or other soft-tissue injury in which consideration of re-injury is always present, Souryal said the risk of re-injury with a tibia fracture "is almost zero."
George's recovery process will be grueling and require patience. But through it he can remain focused on the likelihood of resuming his burgeoning career where it left off. How long that takes will depend on how quickly the bone heals followed by the rigorous, time-consuming strengthening process.
"Can he be back to his old self? Yes," Souryal said. "How long will that take? I don't know."

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EVE Online advertises itself as a space exploration adventure that will allow you to build power and wealth while exploring the vast reaches of space. The commissioned officer edition is an attempt to get new players into EVE and help reduce the steep learning curve by giving them access to a "cerebral accelerator." This is supposed to quickly increase your stats and make it easier for you to catch up with other players.
Having never played EVE Online I had hoped that I could offer you a perspective of a player who has always loved space adventures and enjoys an MMO occasionally. I had no idea what I was getting into.
EVE Online: Commissioned officer edition (PC/Mac)
Developer: CCP Games
Publisher: Atari
Release date: October 19, 2010
Your experience begins by picking one of four races. You can choose from the Amarr, the Gallente, the Minmatar and the Caldari each of which has a unique back story. Each of which also has no impact on the game. No matter what race you pick you'll go through an extremely basic character creation process before you begin the tutorial. Or should I say begin the game because from what I can tell, that tutorial is never ending. Sure you complete the initial, 2 hour long tutorial session but then you're told to speak to one of 5 different agents who begin teaching you even more tactics.
It's a necessary evil as there's many tactics to be taught but it makes for extremely boring and lonely gameplay. For an MMORPG EVE doesn't do a good job of getting new recruits to interact with each other. I actively tried to get other people to team up on the basic quests but no one was interested. Aside from the Rookie chat there's practically no one talking in the Local or Corporate chat areas.
At one point I started going to a destination, set my auto-pilot and then walked away because it was taking so long. Sometimes you'll have to wait 20 minutes just to get to a destination where you'll complete an extremely menial task. These task will be completed alone. Yes there's many other players online, but your first week will probably be comprised of missions that you complete for Career Agents. The only way I could join a fleet was to sign up for one on their forums. That's unacceptable and there needs to be a better system that encourages players to work together early on. My experience felt like a week long training session that I didn't want to be at. All I wanted to do was build up my ship and fight some people. Yes I was able to do this against some non-player characters, but alone. When I play a massively-multiplayer online game I expect to be playing with other people. Not to be isolated.
Also, the extremely steep learning curve will destroy any sense of accomplishment you feel. At one point I was warping from point a to point b and was blasted out of the sky by a random person. The ship, weapons, and items I had worked all week collecting were gone. Yes I had insured the shuttle, but my weapons were gone and they're much harder to recover. I didn't engage the person, I was just doing an extended tutorial mission and was blasted out of the sky. It really killed any enthusiasm I had. You're encouraged to "get used" to losing your ship, so much so that there's a tutorial mission based around it. What's fun about dying while you're trying to learn how to play the game? Nothing.
Luckily you'll probably enjoy the environments, for the first few days anyway. Texture popping will occur when you jump from gate to gate, but for the most part everything looks nice... the first time you see it. After you've jumped to your 100th star system you realize it's just more of the same but in a different color. There's blue systems, red ones, and cloudy ones. Eventually, you'll find the environments dull. You can however run the game on any computer as the requirements are quite low so I suppose that could be seen as a benefit.
The majority of the time that you spend in space will be accompanied by ambient noises. If I ever need to take a nap in the future, I now know that I can just pop in EVE's soundtrack. You can change the track you're listening to and I'll admit that some of the tunes during the battle sequences are catchy, but the default music will having you fighting back the zzz's. Keep in mind, this is the music you'll be listening to for your week long tutorial. There's even a disembodied voice that lets you know when you're jumping, or locking onto a target. It's all very soothing.
So soothing in fact that I'd like to paint a picture for you. Imagine a relaxing ocean track, combined with a mellow tune from an anger management CD. Then, add a disembodied female version of Hal. This is what you'll be experiencing. The most soothing, sleep inducing MMO ever. None of it's bad, but I prefer to remain awake during my gaming sessions.
As I stated earlier, the game is extremely difficult. So difficult in fact that most of your time will be spent alone, jumping places, and returning to the station your ships are at after barely escaping death. In total, I talked to four people, two of which were moderators.
Then there's the random attacks. I was told that blowing up random ships is a sport that more advanced players partake in which I imagine is fun for them. They try to see how many ships they can destroy in a night. I had no chance and neither would you if you had been playing. The way a battle is won in EVE Online is by having the strongest ship. If your ship is weaker, you'll die. Simple as that. So while this player was able to add another notch in his belt, I lost everything I had worked on gathering in four days. That's four days of work gone all because I had to grab a cheap part while on another tutorial mission. Perhaps you would fare better but for a new player trying to learn and build an arsenal it's devastating. Needless to say I had little desire to continue.
If you decide to play this game, be sure you don't get attached to a ship or anything you put on it. Chances are that you'll lose it and have to start over.
There's a gigantic universe open for players to explore with very few things of interest that you'll encounter. There's literally thousands of stars you can visit in EVE Online most of which are uninteresting. If you enjoy flying around aimlessly with the risk of losing everything you may have fun, but you may also have fun filling out your taxes.
I don't know who this game is targeted towards. It involves overly complex space exploration, and a tutorial that seems never ending. The game must have done something right seeing it's been around since 2003 but I'm not recommending it. I have never put my head down and attempted to sleep due to boredom while playing a video game but EVE succeeded in changing that. Nothing about EVE is done poorly except for the fact that it isn't fun. If you like charts, reading directions, and being blown up for no reason, give EVE Online a try.
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Washington, DC — Pool operators who have not yet complied with the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act say that differences in state and federal laws, as well as a shortage of manufacturer parts to make pools compliant, have hampered their efforts.
However, last month, the Pool Safety Council (PSC) said that pool drain covers complying with the act are available.
"The Pool and Spa Safety Act was a major step in the direction of making our pools safer," John Procter, PSC spokesperson, said in a statement. "But too many pool owners and operators seem to have thrown their hands in the air, claiming they are unable to meet the law's requirements due to lack of supply. We want to set the record straight — and have found that the equipment needed for most pools to comply with the Pool and Spa Safety Act is available today."
The PSC Web site includes a list of parts available from manufacturers with estimated wait times for delivery.
The federal act, which went into effect in December, requires pools to be equipped with drain covers certified to comply with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/American National Standards Institute 2007 standard. The act applies to all public pools and spas, including those at health clubs, YMCAs, community parks, hotels, universities, schools, apartments and condominiums.
Despite the PSC findings, YMCA facilities nationwide are experiencing difficulties with order backups on compliant drain covers and finding qualified contractors to install them, says Mamie Moore, national spokesperson for the YMCA, though she adds that many Ys already are in compliance with the act.
The act caused the closure of the pool at Baylor University's McLane Student Life Center on Dec. 19, according to the student newspaper, The Lariat. Ben Robert, coordinator for Aquatics and Safety Education at Baylor, told the newspaper that the limited number of manufacturers who make the approved drain had an overload of orders. The university is supposed to get its drains this month, he says.
Administrators at the Shelbyville Recreation Center in Shelbyville, TN, closed the facility's indoor lap pool in December because it wasn't compliant, according to the Times-Gazette. Parts to make that pool and the facility's outdoor pool compliant have been ordered, but city manager Ed Craig told the city council last month that they have not yet arrived. He estimated that the cost to retrofit the pools would be close to $20,000.
Availability of drains and parts wasn't the only holdup for some pool operators. Clemente Rivera, regional pool manager for New York Sports Clubs, must make his company's pools compliant across four states that have regulations different from the federal act. In early February, Rivera still had six swimming pools without main drains because they needed custom anti-entrapment devices. The manufacturer of the devices has told him they will arrive this month.
As long as Rivera is able to show evidence from the manufacturer that the new covers are on order, with their shipping date, the pools are allowed to stay open, he says.
Rivera also says that New York, which has more stringent standards than the other three states, requires that a licensed electrician install new vacuum release systems, which has increased the compliance cost. He estimated the cost for an electrician to install new vacuum release devices and have them underwritten is about $2,500 per pump. To further complicate matters, Nassau County, NY (Long Island), requires a $100 fee to certify compliance with the act, he says.
Last month, two municipal pools near Daytona Beach, FL, were closed so they could be brought into compliance with the Pool and Spa Safety Act. Those two closings were the first in Florida, according to Jennifer Hatfield, director of government and public affairs for the Florida Swimming Pool Association.
Hatfield has not heard of any fines being levied by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which is charged with regulating compliance and fining violators.
"I haven't heard much about the CPSC fining anybody. They recognize the fact that the covers weren't available until now and that it's been very difficult for public pools to comply," she says.
Kathleen Reilly, public affairs specialist for CPSC, says: "I wouldn't say there was nationwide uniformity at this point. It's amazing. If you call people in different parts of the country, you get different responses. Some people say it's no big deal, and some are having problems complying."


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Touch football has been a popular summertime sport in St. John's for over 30 years, the local Coors Light league burgeoning to 11 teams last season (not to mention five women's squads). But if Adam Ledrew has his way, athletes in this province will be playing the real thing very soon.
For a sport which has no roots in Newfoundland, professional football's popularity is quite significant in this end of the country where the NFL and, to a lesser degree, the Canadian Football League remains very much on the sports fan's radar.
But in terms of playing the sport, football has been extinct on the local landscape, save for a brief attempt to introduce the game to their part of the country way back in the 1970s.
So along comes Ledrew, looking to change that.
Ledrew is president of the newly-minted Football Newfoundland and Labrador, an organization hoping to have athletes on the gridiron soon.
"I know there are a lot of kids out there who want to play," Ledrew said. "To be honest, I'm amazed it's not here already."
Ledrew and his group are not a fly-by-night outfit. What started out in February as a simple Internet post looking for volunteers — "I think within the first hour I had about a half-dozen replies" — has resulted in a core of a dozen executive members.
All, Ledrew said, are perfectly suited to their new roles.
Brian Hughes, for example, is the vice-president technical. The former principal at St. Bon's has over 30 years of experience as a minor and high school football coach and referee. Mark Didham, a chartered accountant, is the vice-president finance and is a former treasurer of Judo Newfoundland. And Ashley Hiscock, a certified athletic therapist and kinesiologist, is the director of athlete safety. Hiscock worked with a football team during her internship.
But perhaps the biggest — figuratively and literally — addition to the group is Shawn Gifford, who is working in a consulting role. The Ottawa native played six years as an offensive lineman in the CFL with Montreal, Saskatchewan, Toronto and Winnipeg. He arrived in Newfoundland with his fiance, and is currently teaching in the capital city.
No one knows better than this group getting a new sport up and running will take time. Their first step is working with Sport Newfoundland and Labrador with hopes of getting Provincial Sports Organization (PSO) status, which they hope to achieve in November.
Football NL has been in regular contact with Football Canada, and getting PSO status will open plenty of doors.
"The big thing is it will allow us to get funding," said Ledrew, a 23-year-old native of C.B.S., a former Canada Winter Games table tennis player and coach. "Football Canada will be in a position to do much more for us, such as conducting coach clinics. And they will be able to provide us with 60 to 70 sets of youth equipment, which is huge.
"Football Canada has indicated it tried to bring the game here before, but it never really took off."
Newfoundland and the Territories, Ledrew said, are the only areas of the country in which the game is not played.
"The game is quite big in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, not so much in P.E.I., although it is played there. And, of course, it's very big in Ontario and Quebec. But once you get past Ontario, it's absolutely huge out west.
"Football Canada says it will welcome us with open arms."
Although they hope to open the game up to everyone and anyone who wants to play, Ledrew and his group will be initially targeting the younger athletes, from under-18 to under-10.
"The key is getting the young athletes," he said. "It ensures you have a future."
For now, Ledrew and the group are focused on putting together an under-18 team which will travel to Truro, N.S. and Moncton, N.B. around the Labour Day weekend for three games.
The group has been staging twice-a-week practices and Tuesday night attracted 20 athletes between the ages of 16 and 20, "enough for two teams in the metro area.
"We'll only play seven aside football for now, but Football Canada says that's a good place to start."
The basics of football — namely passing, receiving, running and defence — are being covered, Ledrew said.
"Once we put pads on the kids, we'll be getting more in depth," he said.
Without question, getting football off the ground in Newfoundland won't be easy. There is a cost involved, not to mention available fields.
If and when Football NL gets PSO status and the national organization provides gear, the helmets, shoulder pads and pants with the necessary hip, upper thigh, knee and tailbone pads will be provided for the younger players. However, any additional equipment purchases will have to be covered off through player registration, sponsorship and fundraising ventures.
As for a venue, Ledrew hopes to use Bro. Eagan Field in St. John's, where the local touch football circuit operates.
"We'll be leaning on those guys for coaches and officials, too," Ledrew said. "Sport Newfoundland and Labrador is trying to amalgamate us with them. And I'm working with the city (to secure field time).
"It's all a process, and we're taking things step by step. But we're all very dedicated to making it work."
Anyone interested in becoming involved with Football Newfoundland and Labrador, or playing should contact Ledrew at firstname.lastname@example.com


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This Date in History: Everyone says that they are so busy these days, or at least we act like we are. I wish I had a dollar for every time someone tells me that they are too busy to do something. Do you think that you could just do nothing? There is an AC/DC song called Down Payment Blues with a line that says "I know I ain't doin' much, doin' nothin' means a lot to me." My friends and I in high school always liked that song. I guess Bon Scott liked doin' nothing. After a bunch of poor grades on a test, a bunch of my students' excuse was that they didn't have time to do the reading assignment. A few days later, I tricked them when I asked if they had seen the UL-UK football game, the VH-1 Awards or Dancing with the Stars. When they all said that they had, I told them to never tell me that they don't have time to do the reading assignment. We use the excuse that "I don't have time" to do a given thing when, in fact, we choose not to use our time in that way. We say that we don't have time to visit a co-worker in the hospital but have plenty of time to watch that favorite TV show. So, the question on the table might be, could you do nothing or are you too busy?
I think that everyone's life is an interesting story. But, I suppose society doesn't much think so. The lives of everyday people tend to go by the wayside while instead we turn our attention to people who yearn for attention even though they didn't do anything to really earn that distinction. Think of all of the celebrities in the spotlight today who really have done nothing except be in the spotlight. So, maybe we do like to celebrate nothing. If that is the case, then today is your lucky day. It would seem that the life of a newspaperman would be interesting but, in the case of Harold Pullman Coffin, apparently that was not the case.
One cannot find anything about the life of this journalist; not even the name of any newspaper for which he worked. Children Come First have a writing contest for the day but the link to the Smithsonian it features leads nowhere. But, you will find that he was described as a "newspaperman" and he managed to leave his name for posterity and history simply by decided to celebrate nothing. On this date in 1973, newspaperman Harold Pullman Coffin designated January 16 as National Nothing Day. I'm not sure of his motivation but he wanted to "to provide Americans with one national day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing, or honoring anything." Beyond that quote and the assertion that he was a newspaperman, there is nothing more. It's too bad that Congress doesn't recognize Coffin's day for about half the year, then the nation might be able to get something done.
Anyway, I"m forced to speculate regarding Mr. Coffin but I have found that the University of Nevada at Reno is the holder of the E.B. Coffin collection. It is a set of personal papers and photographs derived from the Edward Baker Coffin family. Edward Baker Coffin was born in 1861 in California. His family was from Nantuckett, MA and his uncle or great uncle was probably aboltionist Levi Coffin as his brother was named George Levi Coffin. Edward B. Coffin married Ida Pullman of Elko, Nevada. They had 4 children, including Harold Pullman Coffin. Now, that is a rather unusual name so it's probably our National Nothing Day founder or at least a relation. Now, the listing of Harold Pullman was fourth in the list of the children so we may presume that he was the youngest. But even so, if we assume that Edward Coffin was 30 when Harold was born, then Harold Pullman Coffin would have been 82 when he designated National Nothing Day as an Un-Event.
Andy Rooney just celebrated his 92nd birthday so, it's possible that Coffin could have been still working as a newspaperman. (Rooney Bio) But, it seems more likely that the founder of National Nothing Day was the grandson of Edward Baker Coffin. But, we know nothing of the birthday of Harry Pullman Coffin and Andy Rooney says that Unhappy Birthday is a better greeting or none at all for someone looking at another year on the planet. Besides that, it's probably better that we know nothing about the founder of National Nothing Day because, if we knew more, than that would be something.
Weather Bottom Line: Today may be nothing…and the Seattle Seahawks seemed to have taken the day seriously…but tomorrow is something of note as we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There are lots of events around town but, unfortunately, the weather will not be very cooperative. The good news is that we will be dancing with the 40 degree mark. The bad news is that its going to be wet. I would much rather have a bunch of snow than cold, dreary rain. Well, we can't have everything and I suspect that after the cold and rather snowy winter we've had so far, many of you would take the rain. But, alas, the pattern does not change too much and it would appear that we're in store for another pretty cold stretch after Tuesday as, after again being around 40 or so we fall below freezing Tuesday night and do not rise above 32 through next weekend. In fact, several days will feature highs in the 20's. Snow returns to the forecast for Thursday behind which arctic air spills down. At this point, the morning golf game next weekend may be tough as we'll probably be in the single digits each morning. Hope you've been nice to LG&E.


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This is the second of three columns reviewing the year 2012 in local theater.
Home-grown theater, as practiced by community playhouses and collegiate drama departments, was particularly prevalent during 2012 in the cities covered by this column: Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach and Westminster.
Here, in this summary, are the highlights of the year on community and college stages.
At the Costa Mesa Playhouse, David Auburn's well-traveled "Proof" was the standout production of 2012, under the direction of Michael Serna. Runners-up were Danielle MacInnis' production of "Wait Until Dark" and "The Crucible," directed by John McQuay.
As to individual performances, Darcy Porter takes top honors for her riveting portrayal of a math whiz fearing mental decay in "Proof." Other outstanding depictions were delivered by Rebecca Bollar in "Wait Until Dark," Gordon Carmadelle in "The Crucible" and Michael Dale Brown in "Proof."
The Newport Theatre Arts Center showcased a stellar production of "Art," directed by both Michael Ross and Gigi Fusco Meese, who took over when Ross fell ill. Also impressive were "Ladies in Retirement," directed by Terri Miller Schmidt, and "Pack of Lies," staged by Sharyn Case.
Among the actors, the top performances came from Vincent Campbell in "God's Favorite" and Harriet Whitmyer in "Pack of Lies." Also notable were Valerie Lohman and Tara Golson in "The Crucible" and Ben Green in "Proof."
The musical "Can-Can," directed by Larry Watts, headed the parade at the Huntington Beach Playhouse. Watts' production of "Guys and Dolls" shared runner-up honors with "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," directed by Austin Peay.
Top performances were those of Adriana Sanchez, both for "Can-Can" and "Guys and Dolls," and Eric Anderson for "Spelling Bee." Also impressive were Ryan Holihan in "Sherlock Holmes — the Final Adventure," Kristen Matson in "Spelling Bee" and Kyle Myers in "Guys and Dolls."
In Laguna Beach, the No Square Theatre staged a superb 20th-anniversary production of "Lagunatics," the annual roast of the coast, directed by Bree Burgess Rosen. Also notable was director Joe Lauderdale's production of "Ruthless."
Tops among the No Square performers was Yvonne Browning in "Ruthless." Charlotte Rubino and Paul Nygro also excelled in the same show.
Another version of "Proof," directed by Lenore Stjerne, took top honors at the Westminster Community Theatre. Another "Spelling Bee," directed by Kirk Larson, and Tom Mynar's production of "Leading Ladies" also shone during 2012.
Golson and John Parker, both performing in "Proof," topped the list of actors at Westminster this year. Also making fine impressions were Garrett Chandler in "Spelling Bee," Laurie Robbins in "Much Ado About Nothin'" and Donna Lee Taylor in "The Hollow."
Turning to college productions, at Costa Mesa's Vanguard University, top honors were earned by "The Servant of Two Masters," directed by Susan Berkompas. Other winners were "The Pajama Game," directed by Vanda Eggington, and Berkompas' production of "The Comedy of Errors."
Jordan Laemmlen, who starred in both "Servant" and "Pajama Game," took top acting honors for the year at Vanguard. Also noteworthy were Donna Louden-White and Bretlyn Schmitt in "Pajama Game" and Preston Butler III for "Comedy of Errors."
In Vanguard's summer-stock American Coast Theater Company, Kevin Slay's production of "The Taming of the Shrew" earned top honors, while its two stars, Berkompas and Paul Eggington, also excelled.
Orange Coast College's production of "The Awesome '80s Prom," directed by Alex Golson, stood at the top of the heap for that school. Also impressive was "The Incredible Murder of Cardinal Tosca," also directed by Golson.
The standout actor at OCC was Rebecca Frechette in "The Awesome '80s Prom." Also notable was Steve Quinn in "Tosca."
Golden West College staged a superior "Cabaret," directed by Martie Ramm, the top production of the year. Also praiseworthy were "You've Got Hate Mail," directed by Tom Amen, and Ramm's production of "Twelve Angry Men."
In the acting category, Christian Navarro led the way with his powerful performance in "Twelve Angry Men." Also memorable were Tony Torrico in "The Servant of Two Masters," Lawrence Hemingway in "You've Got Hate Mail" and Shirley Anne Hatton in "Cabaret."
This wraps up the community and collegiate theater scenes for 2012. Next week marks the conclusion of this year-end summary with the unveiling of this newspaper's annual "man and woman of the year" selections.
TOM TITUS reviews local theater for the Daily Pilot.


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Brussels, 17 December 2008
Climate change: Commission welcomes final adoption of Europe's climate and energy package
With today's vote in the European Parliament on the climate and energy package, the EU has finalised a deal that will help Europe transform into a low-carbon economy and increase energy security. Fully in line with the Commission's proposals in January 2008, agreement has been reached on legally binding targets, by 2020, to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, to establish a 20% share for renewable energy, and to improve energy efficiency by 20%. Deals were hammered out on revisions to the emissions trading system, the distribution of the reduction effort outside of the emissions trading system, a legal framework for environmentally safe carbon capture and storage (CCS) as well as on the related proposals on CO2 emissions from cars and on fuel quality. As the first region in the world to commit to such far-reaching and legally binding emission reductions, Europe is leading the fight against climate change. Today's vote is an important contribution towards an ambitious international climate agreement to be reached in Copenhagen by the end of 2009.
Commission President José Manuel Barroso said: "The EU's climate and energy package is part of the solution both to the climate crisis and to the current economic and financial crisis. It represents a green "new deal" which will enhance the competitiveness of EU industry in an increasingly carbon-constrained world. Moving to a low carbon economy will encourage innovation, provide new business opportunities and create new green jobs."
Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: "Today's decisive votes send a clear signal to our international partners about our determination to address climate change and should convince them to follow our example. This package provides the concrete measures the EU needs to deliver on its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. And it reconfirms our commitment to moving to a 30% reduction as part of a comprehensive international agreement when other developed countries undertake similar commitments".
Energy Commissioner Piebalgs said: "I am very pleased with the outcome. There has been some tough negotiation and some long nights of debate, but the result is a truly remarkable piece of legislation which puts the EU on track towards a low-carbon energy economy in which renewable energy sources play a key role".
Environmental integrity maintained
Today's agreement maintains the architecture of the proposals put forward by the Commission on 23 January 2008. At its heart are three commitments to be met by 2020: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20%, to ensure that 20% of final energy consumption is met with renewable sources, and to raise energy efficiency by 20%. The package also contains a clear offer to go further and commit to a 30% cut in the event of a satisfactory international agreement being reached.
The vote is a historic agreement on long-term binding emission reduction targets for all sectors of the economy. No other group of countries anywhere in the world has agreed on similar targets in the run-up to 2020.
Binding targets for Renewable Energy
The Directive sets legally binding targets for each Member State, in order to reach our EU target of a 20% share of renewable energy in 2020. It creates cooperation mechanisms so that we can achieve the targets in a cost effective way. It removes administrative barriers and other burdens, confirms the 10% target for renewables in transport and, in a world first, fixes biofuels sustainability criteria to ensure that we only support biofuels that have no negative environmental impact.
A more ambitious Emissions Trading System
The extended EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is the world's largest greenhouse gas emissions trading system, and could now serve as the nucleus of a much larger global carbon market. The improvements mean that from 2013 an emissions cap will be set at EU level and cut each year to reach a 21% cut in 2020.
The agreement will increase the level of auctioning in the system. Whereas there is an option for transitional free allowances that most new Member States could apply for, the rule for power companies will be that they have to buy allowances. Industry installations not subject to carbon leakage will be required to buy 20% of allowances in 2013 rising to 70% in 2020 and 100% in 2027. Operators at risk of carbon leakage that invest in the most efficient technologies will receive allowances for free in accordance with a benchmark based on best available technology. Overall, more than 50% of allowances will be auctioned from 2013, and the proportion will rise each year.
The revised EU ETS allows the use of offset credits from outside the EU, but this amount remains below half of the reduction effort in order to ensure a sufficient level of emission reductions inside the EU.
Member States should now use at least half of their auctioning revenues on measures to combat climate change.
A fair contribution from all Member States
The agreement also has implications for small-scale emitters in sectors including transport, buildings, agriculture and waste, which represent some 60% of total GHG emissions in the EU. By 2020, emissions from these areas are to be reduced by an average of 10% compared to 2005, shared out between Member States according to differences in GDP per capita. The agreement maintains the national targets for Member States, together with a linear legally binding trajectory for the period 2013-2020 with annual monitoring and compliance checks. Additional flexibility has been added to the trajectory.
A framework for carbon capture and storage (CCS)
A Directive on geological storage of CO2 provides a legal framework to manage possible environmental risks and liability issues. The reinforced carbon market will provide a long-term incentive for investment, while up to 300 million allowances in the new entrants reserve under the EU ETS will be made available to stimulate the construction and operation of up to 12 commercial demonstration projects to capture and store CO2, and for innovative renewable energy demonstration technologies in the EU.
Binding targets for emissions from the new car fleet
Agreement was also reached on the proposal to set emissions standards for new passenger cars which is an important tool to assist Member States in meeting their emissions targets in the non-ETS sectors. The new legislation (along with complementary measures such as the fuel quality directive) will set binding emissions targets to ensure that emissions from the new car fleet are reduced to an average of 120g CO2/km. Although the agreed legislation provides for a phasing-in of the targets over the period 2012 to 2015 the overall ambition level of the Commission's proposal is maintained through the setting of a stringent long-term target of 95g CO2/km by 2020. This proposal will on average contribute about one third of the reductions required from the non-ETS sectors.
The agreement on the fuel quality Directive will place an obligation on suppliers to reduce greenhouse gases from the entire fuel production chain by 6% by 2020. A review in 2012 will consider increasing the ambition level to 10% greenhouse gas reduction by 2020 through the inclusion of international projects, carbon capture and storage as well as electricity for cars.
A message to rest of the world
The adoption of the package means that the EU now has a strengthened set of far-reaching legislative tools to share with the rest of the world.
The next step will be the technical implementation of today's agreements including the establishing of rules for auctions, the determining the benchmarks for free allocations and preparing regulations on reporting. Further adjustments will also be needed when an international agreement on climate change is reached in Copenhagen in 2009.
The revisions render the EU ETS fit to go global and constitute an important building block for the establishment of a truly global carbon market.
Further information:
Effort-sharing: MEMO/08/797
CO2 from passenger cars: MEMO/08/799
Fuel Quality: MEMO/08/800
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Props to the capos
Posted 15 November 2010 - 08:02 PM
There were whole debates on the forum when Tommy put the idea forward, but once we just went balls out and put the platform up, the result speaks for itself. Great job to those three and also the people involved in making it happen.
It was also really funny when Diego got kicked off lol. I hope he gets to start the 2011 season.
Posted 15 November 2010 - 08:19 PM
Posted 15 November 2010 - 08:22 PM
Isaac: So when I told you guys we were on it, I meant to say we're on the motherfucker, go back in there and relax...
Posted 15 November 2010 - 08:37 PM
Is he old enough to sign the waiver?
Just for attempting to get into the box (after following all previous protocol and procedure) Diego should be the first in the box next season.
Posted 15 November 2010 - 11:25 PM
Thank you so much you fucking degenrates
Posted 16 November 2010 - 12:07 AM
They are assholes... the really short one told me to fuck off back to NY!!
Those guys are assholes. I heard two of them are racists, too.
I like the guy that has his hair as long and curly like that random throwball player (who got his hair insured for $1Mil!)
(on a side note, great job to all of you lot! It takes a lot to stand up there, miss a large portion of the match to support the club!)
Posted 16 November 2010 - 01:16 AM
Same to you!
Thank you so much you fucking degenrates
"There's no easy games in The MLS." -Robbie Keane
See You Later, My Friend!
Posted 16 November 2010 - 01:20 AM
Posted 16 November 2010 - 01:32 AM
But on a personal note...there is someone I'd like to mention, for he never gets the recognition he deserves. He was always there for the last 4 years when we were fighting even for the smallest steps that led to what we have today. He suffered apathy, hostile security, and even doubled-down financially for the Squad. He truly stepped up not only in LA, but on road trips and beyond. If there was a fire in the Squad, this man caused it. And he's my dear friend:
Christian, please take a bow.
This man worked hard, and never asked for any credit. When we were building the "capo" concept, I was the whore and he was the hero. When you see him at next year's games, do me a favor and thank him in any way you can.
Oh, and he's still the meanest drummer in LARS.
Rev.Thomas Mack
Posted 16 November 2010 - 05:44 AM
Now don't get AIDS in the offseason. Is AIDS even still around?
Posted 16 November 2010 - 12:27 PM
USMNT (One day, one day...)
Budlight (Weekend Champ)
It doesn't matter how simplistic you make your point, there will be someone who misunderstands you.
Posted 16 November 2010 - 02:37 PM
Posted 16 November 2010 - 07:20 PM
Special thanks to Ed for being short, so you can see over him when he's standing in the capo box.
Posted 16 November 2010 - 08:19 PM
The Capos told me.
Posted 16 November 2010 - 08:30 PM
Can't really argue...just look at him....
The Westside Rental Man started AIDS.
The Capos told me.
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Biological Sciences
Research Highlights
June 2009
TRAPping Proteins that Work Together Inside Living Cells
New way to probe for proteins working together reveals never-before-seen details of RNA polymerase in bacteria
TRAP (in green, orange and yellow) binds to a tag on known protein (#2). Light crosslinks TRAP's benzophenone to mystery protein (#1). Subsequent biochemical analysis reveals clues to unknown protein (#1).
RICHLAND, Wash. - DNA might be the blueprint for living things, but proteins are the builders. Researchers trying to understand how and which proteins work together have developed a new crosslinking tool that is small and unobtrusive enough to use in live cells. Using the new tool, the scientists have discovered new details about a well-studied complex of proteins known as RNA polymerase. The results suggest the method might uncover collaborations between proteins that are too brief for other techniques to pinpoint.
"Conventional methods used to find interacting proteins have limitations that we are trying to circumvent," said biochemist Uljana Mayer of the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. "They also create conditions that are different from those inside cells, so you can't find all the interactions that proteins would normally engage in."
Proteins are the workhorses in an organism's cells. Whole fields of research are dedicated to teasing out which proteins work together to make cells function. For example, drug researchers seek chemicals that disrupt or otherwise change how proteins interact to combat diseases; environmental scientists need to understand how proteins collaborate in ecosystems to make them thrive or fail.
To learn about protein networks, scientists start with a familiar one and use it as bait to find others that work alongside it. To pin down the collaborators, researchers make physical connections between old and new proteins with chemicals called crosslinkers. The sticky crosslinkers will only connect proteins close enough to work together, the thinking goes. But most crosslinkers are too large to squeeze into living cells, are harmful to cells, or link proteins that are neighbors but not coworkers.
To address these issues, Mayer and her PNNL colleagues developed a crosslinking method that uses small crosslinkers whose stickiness can be carefully controlled. To find coworkers of a protein of interest, Mayer and her colleagues build a tiny molecule called a tag into the initial protein. They then add a small molecule called TRAP to the living cell, which finds and fits into the tag like two pieces in a puzzle. TRAP waves around, bumping into nearby proteins. The scientists control TRAP with a flash of light, causing it to stick to coworkers it bumps into. The researchers then identify the new "TRAPped" proteins in subsequent analyses.
To demonstrate how well this method works, Mayer and colleagues tested it out on RNA polymerase, a well-studied machine in cells. The polymerase is made up of many proteins that cooperate to translate DNA. One of the polymerase proteins has a tail that is known to touch the DNA and some helper proteins just before the polymerase starts translating. No one knew if this tail—also known as the C-terminus of the alpha subunit—touches anything else in the core of the RNA polymerase complex.
The team engineered a tag in the C-terminus and cultured bacteria with the tagged RNA polymerase. After adding TRAP to the cells and giving it time to find the C-terminus tag, the team shined a light on the cultures.
The team then identified the proteins marked with TRAP using instruments in EMSL, DOE's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory on the PNNL campus. They found that the tagged protein, as expected, interacts with many other proteins, for example previously identified helper proteins, so-called transcription factors. But they also found it on another core protein called the beta subunit, suggesting the tail of the alpha subunit makes contact with the beta subunit as it plugs along. This interaction had never been seen before.
"No one knows what the polymerase looks like when it is running," said Uljana Mayer. "Here we see the C-terminus swings back to grab the beta subunit once the polymerase starts working."
The team report their results June 15 in the journal ChemBioChem. The tag in their unique method is made up of a "tetracysteine motif"—two pairs of the amino acid cysteine separated by two other amino acids that doesn't interfere with the normal function of the protein of interest. TRAP includes a small "biarsenical" probe, which fluoresces so the team can find the proteins to which it has become attached. TRAP can also be easily unlinked from the tag with a simple biochemical treatment, allowing researchers to piece out the coworker from their original protein of interest.
The team also tested the method on other proteins, such as those found in young muscle cells. Mayer said they will use the method in the future to understand how environmental conditions affect how proteins work together in large networks.
Reference: P. Yan, T. Wang, G.J. Newton, T.V. Knyushko, Y. Xiong, D. J. Bigelow, T.C. Squier, and M.U. Mayer, A Targeted Releasable Affinity Probe (TRAP) for In Vivo Photo-Crosslinking, ChemBioChem 2009, 10, 1507 - 1518, DOI 10.1002/cbic.200900029.
This work was supported by the Department of Energy Office of Science's Office of Biological and Environmental Research.
EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, is a national scientific user facility sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research program that is located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. EMSL offers an open, collaborative environment for scientific discovery to researchers around the world. EMSL's technical experts and suite of custom and advanced instruments are unmatched. Its integrated computational and experimental capabilities enable researchers to realize fundamental scientific insights and create new technologies.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a Department of Energy Office of Science national laboratory where interdisciplinary teams advance science and technology and deliver solutions to America's most intractable problems in energy, national security and the environment. PNNL employs 4,250 staff, has a $918 million annual budget, and has been managed by Ohio-based Battelle since the lab's inception in 1965. Follow PNNL on Facebook, Linked In and Twitter.


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Chilled custard with chopped jackfruit, layers of puff pastry and passionfruit sauce--what's not to like?
Yesterday's United Colors Of Jello was actually based on a reader's suggestion to make a jelly of the headgear worn by local Bajau horsemen but I was in such a hurry and couldn't wait and the jelly turned out as a big fat murky blob. Luckily, I had made an extra jelly using the leftover Jello and cream and that became the post for yesterday!
Some readers asked where the ideas for the Jelliriffic! Challenge are from. When I confirmed joining the Challenge, I made a list of the jellies I wanted to make based on the desserts I've always wanted to make and the desserts that I love. Many times, the jellies were inspired by the flora around me. I deliberately stopped reading food magazines and cookbooks so that my jellies will be original. Last week, my dear friend NC lugged back Rose Levy Beranbaum's Heavenly Cakes for me from New York and I haven't yet peeked at the book but am very tempted to. Delayed gratification is sweet. I'm so looking forward to curling up on my sofa next week with this book which I've wanted for a long time, and all those food magazines that I buy but never seem to have time to read. Next week I'll do that, and I hope it rains in the afternoons like it's been doing since the Challenge started. If so, I'll be sipping coffee and eating a piece of quiche or something. Not jelly.
I was at the once-a-week tamu (meeting place/market) in Donggongon last Thursday and there were so many local produce, some from the jungles and some from the back yards of the villagers. I came home with these goodies:
We've eaten most of what I bought except for the tamarillos and the jackfruit. While cleaning my fridge out this morning (what a lot of expired rubbish!), I found a small tub of frozen passionfruit pulp that my friend Yo had given me last year (or the year before?), organic home-grown stuff from her back yard. I usually just make a drink out of passionfruit but passionfruit reminded me of the vanilla slices I ate in small towns Australia. Why not make a Malaysian custard with the jackfruit and a passionfruit sauce to sweeten it?
Anyway, the custard turned out fabulous (do people still use this word) except for the passionfruit sauce which was too sweet and next time I make this, I'll use crushed biscuits instead of puff pastry because in our weather, the pastry becomes chewy instead of crisp. I am so relieved to eat a custard for a change because frankly, I've had too many jellies. I'm thinking hard about what to make for the remainder of the Challenge. I just hope I don't end up stuffing rice into the moulds (against my initial resolve against doing that, that's just what I'll be doing next!).
Mix egg yolks with custard powder and sugar.
Pour egg yolk mixture into the coconut milk and cream mixture.
Cook, stirring, until smooth and thick (but this was too thick so I thinned it with extra milk).
Mix the jackfruit into the custard.
Jackfruit Custard With Passionfruit Sauce (for 2 cones)
The custard:
1/2 cup fresh thick coconut milk + extra
1/2 cup cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp butter
3 heaped tbsp Bird's Custard powder
2 egg yolks, beaten lightly
2 tbsp caster sugar (or to taste but remember the sauce is very sweet)
The biscuit layer:
5 to 6 Marie biscuits or McVitie's Digestive biscuits or Graham crackers, crushed*
3 tbsp melted butter
* or 3 small pieces of puff pastry baked at 200 C for 10 to 15 minutes until crisp
--mix well.
Passionfruit sauce:
1 tbsp passionfruit pulp
3 to 5 tbsp icing sugar
--just mix until you get the consistency you like.
4 pieces jackfruit, deseeded and chopped
extra jackfruit, sliced, to serve
1. Put the vanilla, cream and milk in a small pot. Remove from heat when just about to boil. Let it cool.
2. Mix the cornflour, sugar and about 2 tbsp milk in a small bowl and then mix in the beaten egg yolks.
3. Add the yolk mixture to the cream coconut milk mixture (can be warm) and boil over a very low fire, stirring all the time. When the custard begins to thicken, taste it to see if it has a floury taste. If so, it is undercooked so add more milk and continue to cook, stirring all the time. If the custard gets too thick, add more milk, stirring until you get a smooth, thick but not too thick custard.
4. Mix the chopped jackfruit with the custard.
5. Line two Nick Munro moulds with baking or greaseproof paper. Put a tbsp of the custard into the mould. Top that with the pastry (cut to size) or with a spoonful of crushed biscuits, pressing down firmly to level. Repeat until the mould is full, ending with a layer of pastry/buiscuit. Cover and chill at least 3 hours.
Serve with the passionfruit sauce and sliced jackfruit.


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For years the Marlton Square Shopping Plaza has been an eyesore in the community. With a sale pending, residents hope that the new owner(s) may be able to revitalize the area.
On May 6, the Marlton Square Shopping Plaza, which is located next to the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, was set to go to sale at a trustee's sale auction at the Pomona Superior Courts Building. Today, three months have passed and the sale has not yet been consummated. It has been continuously postponed up to and including this week. The next proposed sale date is set for August 18 "at 11:30 am per the beneficiary request." How can this be?
According to Integrated Lender Services, the trustee, on its priority posting and publishing website, the estimated debt is $51,615,159.77. Since the sale has not taken place on any of the pending dates, the neighborhood residents are still in a quandary as to when will the problems be resolved. It has not only become an eyesore but it is also a health hazard. Because of the deteriorating conditions that prevail at the plaza, the environmental impact on the surrounding neighborhood is worsening.
Renae C. Smith is the senior trustee sale officer of Integrated Lender Services and she did not seem to have any concern about the neighborhood other than to protect her company's client(s), the beneficiary(ies). A call to her generated the following comment, "The public doesn't get to know whatever the situation is; all you need to know is that it's been postponed and we are being instructed by the client."
When she was asked additional questions, she followed up saying, "That's all you get."
Pertaining to when the sale may probably take place, she said, "You only know when it happens. There is nothing we can do to force them (the beneficiaries) to go to sale."
Tim Robbins is one of the remaining tenants at the plaza who holds a trust deed secured by the property. He spoke to the Sentinel and said, "I just filed a lawsuit against the lender and they have been calling me to sign off on the lawsuit because my law suit has nothing to do with them. They called me last Thursday or Friday."
Besides Robbins, a legitimate tenant, there are some squatters who are occupying vacant spaces and their presence seems to be making the situation more cloudy. Robbins continued, "I put them off—attorneys from San Francisco because they failed to let me know the property was in foreclosure. I had a lien against the property and they should have notified me and that's why I brought the lawsuit against them." It appears that Robbins is not fully aware of all the circumstances relative to the continuous postponements or the apparent efforts by the borrowers to hold onto the property thereby salvaging the deal. According to Robbins, he has included others (defendants) in the lawsuit including Chris Hammonds of Capital Vision Equities and Jeff Lee of Lee Homes, the developers; and CRA.
In addition to the lender and the borrowers/developers, the City Redevelopment Agency (CRA) also plays a part in the project. Calls were made to all the players in project but no responses were forthcoming by press time.
Joyce Perkins, an interested resident of the Crenshaw community area and a member of the Crenshaw Advisory Committee for the Redevelopment Project did not know the status of the project. She said, "I don't know anything about it. This is the first I've heard that the sale was put off." Perkins sounded genuinely surprised when she learned of that the auction had been continuously postponed since May. She concluded, "I would suggest that you talk to the CRA because they are the ones most closely associated with what's happening—the players in this and the details."


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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
SPL clubs back revamped league structure
Top-flight clubs in Scotland gave their "unanimous backing" to plans for a revamped 12-12-18 Scottish league structure.
Scottish Premier League chief executive Neil Doncaster revealed consensus had been achieved at a meeting of the 12 clubs at Hampden. Scottish Football League clubs will meet to discuss the proposals, which include a merger of the two bodies, on Thursday.
Doncaster said: "We got unanimous backing of the way forward today so it now goes to Thursday and the Scottish Football League clubs will have their views. But today, the Scottish Premier League clubs were united in their view that this is the way forward."
The plans were originally backed by SPL clubs last year before Doncaster stepped up talks with his SFL counterparts.
But some doubt had emerged since both leagues agreed in principle to the plans earlier this month in conjunction with the Scottish Football Association, whose professional game board (PGB) has been driving reconstruction attempts.
Some clubs who were not involved in the previous meeting had requested more information amid scepticism from fans but they appear to have now been satisfied.
Doncaster added: "We provided further details that have arisen from meetings over the past weeks.
"The last time that all of our SPL clubs got together was on December 3 so in the intervening time there has been some more detail that's been discussed with the PGB and with the SFL board.
"All of that was provided today and the clubs are clear and united and unanimous in their view that this should be taken forward to the next stage."


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To promote my horror novel, AFRAID, which debuts March 31, I'm tattooing the release date on my son's forehead. Ha! Kidding! I'm appearing on different blogs every day in March.
Please follow my daily journey, and broaden your blog-reading horizons. Commenting on the guest posts at the blogs I visit is a classy touch, too.
First I explain how to get results while marketing, over at Karen Syed's blog:
Then I bounce over to Kaye Manro's blog, where I once again talk about writing sex scenes, and the sex in my new Jack Daniels novel. But this time, the sex is in the villain's point of view. Graphic excerpt included:
Over at Write First, Clean Later, I visit LJ Sellers and talk about the effectiveness of blog touring. If you're thinking about trying it, take note:
I visit Sean Markey and answer some questions about writing Afraid. There's also a chance to get Afraid for free:
There's a nice review of Afraid at The Farm Report. Scroll down to read it. I have to quote part of it, because I liked it so much:
"SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING . . . DO NOT READ AT NIGHT: I'm a pretty fearless guy. My immediate reaction on hearing something go bump in the night is to move toward that sound, unarmed, but ready to kick some ass.
I may have to change my method after reading Afraid (Grand Central, $6.99) by Jack Kilborn. This may be the scariest book I have ever read. It makes the most twisted Stephen King novel read like He's Just Not That Into You."
You can read the whole review here:
Incidentally, I thank Stephen King and Dean Koontz in the acknowledgments of Afraid, because I'm indebted to their work in the genre. I wonder if they'll ever read it. How cool would that be?
If you missed my page 69 and 99 tests, there's a recap, along with an excerpt from an interview, over at Author Interviews:
That brings the blog tour total up to 87 locations. Will I hit the elusive 100? Has any fiction writer ever been on a hundred blogs in a single month? Will I get some kind of award if I do?
Don't change that channel, and stay tuned...
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Lots of twitter conversation and confusion over which pick the Astros would lose if they signed a free agent, like Choo or Ellsbury. Its clear the number 1 pick is safe, but there is a question whether they will lose the the competitive balance pick from the Orioles or the first pick in the 2nd round. Where those picks will fall, number wise, is yet to be determined, as the compensation pick for losing a FA will slot ahead of both picks.
The relevant text of the CBA is as follows.
i. A Club that signs one Qualified Free Agent who is subject
to compensation shall forfeit its highest available selection in the
next Rule 4 Draft. A Club that signs more than one Qualified Free
Agent subject to compensation shall forfeit its highest remaining
selection in the next Rule 4 Draft for each additional Qualified
Free Agent it signs. Notwithstanding the above, a Club shall not
be required to forfeit a selection in the top ten of the first round
of the Rule 4 Draft, and its highest available selection shall be
deemed its first selection following the tenth selection of the first
ii. A Club's highest available selection in the next Rule 4
Draft shall be determined after accounting for any selections the
Club forfeited for exceeding its Signing Bonus Pool in the Rule
4 Draft. With the exception of draft selections awarded to a Club
pursuant to Major League Rule 4(c)(2), all of a Club's draft selections
will be subject to forfeiture pursuant to subsection 4(c)(i)
above, including draft selections obtained through assignments,
draft selections obtained in the Competitive Balance Lotteries
and Forfeited Draft Pick Lotteries, and draft selections awarded
as compensation pursuant to subsection 4(b) above.
In other words, the team loses its first pick outside of the top 10, with only one exception. Major League Rule 4(c)(2) provides a supplemental pick for the failure to sign a draft pick in the previous years' draft, and that pick cannot be forfeited. Other than that, a team loses its very first pick outside of the top 10, however acquired. So, if the Astros sign a Qualified Free Agent, they would lose the competitive balance pick acquired from the Orioles, which will probably be in the mid to late 30's once the dust settles. I hope this clears that up for everyone..
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Which pick will be lost?
2 comments:
Keep that pick...the draft is deep and spend money on what was statistically one of the worst bullpens in MLB history. More than ok with Springer, Grossman and Hoes in the OF
- November 5, 2013 at 8:01 PM
I agree, also bring up singleton and let Carter either dh or play the outfield. Its time to see what these "blue chippers" can do under the lights
- November 9, 2013 at 7:36 AM
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Weber State hired former Montana head coach Robin Pflugrad on Thursday as the team's offensive coordinator.
Pflugrad was hired to replace Timm Rosenbach, who left WSU head coach Jody Sears' staff in January for UNLV.
Pflugrad coached the Grizzlies in 2010 and 2011, compiling an 18-7 record and a Big Sky Championship in 2011. Before that, Pflugrad was an assistant coach with the Grizzlies in 2009, coaching the wide receivers.
"I'm extremely excited to return to coaching and really appreciate the opportunity presented to me by coach Sears and athletic director Jerry Bovee to come to Weber State," Pflugrad said.
Sears also elevated Steve Morton to associate head coach and Eric Lewis to defensive coordinator. Both were assistant coaches at Weber State last season.


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This interdisciplinary research integrates information and technologies to develop new practices and dynamic systems that optimally enhance productivity, profitability, energy efficiency, and natural resource stewardship for different kinds and sizes of American farms. New configurations of practices are identified that utilize on-farm resources and natural ecosystem processes to reduce the need for purchased inputs and reduce production costs and risks. Precision management, automation, and decision support technologies are used to increase production efficiencies and enhance environmental benefits. Strategies are developed for sustainable production of bio-based energy products from farms. Production systems incorporate consumer preference and supply chain economic information to expand market opportunities for agricultural and other value-added bio-based products. Diverse improved agricultural systems will support the long-term financial viability, competitiveness, and sustainability of farms and rural communities, and increase food and fiber security for the
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Two MIT professors win computing award
Their complex algorithms and advanced mathematical theories probably would not mean much to anyone without a degree in computer science, but the work of two Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors has established the gold standard for safeguarding transactions on the Web.
Some 30 years after professors Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali began working in the field of modern cryptography, the two were awarded the prestigious A.M. Turing Award Wednesday from the Association for Computing Machinery for their pioneering work on the kind of data encryption used to protect electronic commerce from malicious hackers and thieves.
"We are indebted to these recipients for their innovative approaches to ensuring security in the digital age," said Vint Cerf, president of the association, the world's largest education and scientific computing society.
The award, named for British computer scientist and World War II codebreaker A.M. Turing, has been compared to the Nobel Prize for the world of technology, and MIT professors or alumni have been recipients of the award nine other times. Goldwasser and Micali will share a $250,000 prize.
Goldwasser and Micali met in the 1980s while studying at the University of California Berkeley, where they began exploring how to keep information secret in an era of advanced computing. Over the years, they discovered new ways in which advanced mathematics could be used to encrypt documents and private information, ensuring more secure transmissions among multiple recipients.
They developed methods for secure transmissions that allow different parties to safely share all kinds of information over the Web without exposing it to prying eyes.
In a 1982 paper, the two devised ways to apply methods of cryptography, or security protocols that hide information, to guard digital data.
Basically, they came up with a scheme for embedding random encryptions to keep data secret.
The papers that Goldwasser and Micali have published together laid "the foundation for the security measures everywhere," said Omer Reingold, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research in Mountain View, Calif., and a member of the ACM.
"They have turned cryptography from an art to a science," he said. "It's impossible to have any intelligent conversation about cryptography today without being fundamentally influenced by their work."
During an interview at their offices at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Goldwasser and Micali frequently spoke about their work in the abstract terms of theories and equations. Boiled to its essence, Goldwasser and Micali said they showed how mathematics underpins so much of the workings of the Web.
"These are the building blocks," said Goldwasser. "Mathematics, which is considered a dry thing, can enable our digital society."
By winning the A.M. Turing Award, Goldwasser and Micali join a list of prestigious computer scientists, including MIT professor Barbara Liskov for her her work creating computer programming languages and Charles Thacker for helping develop the personal computer and Ethernet.
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Inventory and Monitoring in the Pacific Islands
The Natural Resources Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program provides an opportunity to improve the quantity, quality and availability of natural resources data for park managers and the public. It is a two-phase program. The first phase involves baseline inventory, or an extensive point-in-time effort to determine the location and condition of selected biologic resources. Inventory may involve both acquisition of new information and the compilation of existing information from disparate sources. The second phase is monitoring, or the collection and analyses of repeated observations over time to evaluate changes in the condition of a resource.
To reduce costs, the I&M program clusters individual parks with biological, physical and geographic affinities into networks. The Pacific Islands Network includes all the National Park units in the central and far Pacific-Hawaiian Islands, American Sāmoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas. The network concept offers efficiencies in designing and conducting inventory and monitoring work, and improved opportunities for exchange or ideas and information among parks.
View the Pacific Islands Inventory and Monitoring Program website.
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About the Silicon Valley Index
The Silicon Valley Index is a nationally recognized publication that has been telling the Silicon Valley story since 1995. Released by Joint Venture every February, the indicators measure the strength of our economy and the health of our community—highlighting challenges and providing an analytical foundation for decision making.
You can download a PDF of the entire 2019 report. We're also pleased to announce that the complete Index is available on its own dynamic website: www.siliconvalleyindicators.org. There, you can click on the charts and access their underlying data.
What is an Indicator?
Indicators are measurements that tell us how we are doing: whether we are going up or down, going forward or backward, getting better or worse, or staying the same. Good indicators:
- are bellwethers that reflect fundamentals of long-term regional health;
- reflect the interests and concerns of the community;
- are statistically measurable on a regular basis; and
- measure outcomes, rather than inputs.
How are the Indicators Chosen?
Every year the institute chooses from a group of 60 indicators. More than half of these are returning indicators that we track systematically over time; the remaining indicators are chosen for their ability to tell how our region is faring across a broad range of goal areas that were adopted by the organization in 1998 as the Joint Venture Framework for Regional Progress.
Reach and Impact
- We're gratified that more than 1,200 people - from every sector of the community - gather for the State of the Valley Conference, where we release the Index, every February.
- Thousands of copies are downloaded from our website and distributed worldwide.
- See other indicator projects that have been started around the country.
- The information surfaced by the Index becomes the point of departure for all of the programs and initiatives that we undertake at Joint Venture.


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March 11, 2010
By Bob Vazquez, Assistant Athletic Director (Media Relations)
Anaheim, Calif. - Moises (Moy) Gomez and Kristin McLaughlin certainly fit the description of student-athletes.
Not only are Gomez and McLaughlin exceptional athletes competing for Cal State Northridge, they are also exceptional students in the classroom and valued members of the community.
For their exceptional achievements, Gomez and McLaughlin were honored by the Big West Conference, along with 16 other conference student-athletes as Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year at a breakfast ceremony on Thursday morning at the Crown Plaza Anaheim Resort Hotel.
Gomez, who calls Panorama City, Calif., his home, has fought back from serious knee injuries on three occasions to be a valuable contributor to the success of the Matador men's soccer program.
Gomez played in 66 games during his four-year Matador career, 30 as a starter at the forward position.
Gomez was pushed to the sidelines by three serious knee injuries, but each time, the senior majoring in criminal justice, refused to quit.
"Moy is a fighter and a great competitor," said CSUN head coach Terry Davila. "He has fought back from three serious knee injuries and has continued to be a major contributor to the team's success. You can judge a player's character in the way he handles adversity and comes back. Each time, Moy came back stronger. His character and integrity makes him an All-American as a student-athlete."
Gomez' heroic exploits on the field were even greater off the field. Gomez has been a member of CSUN's Dean List and CSUN's Varsity `N Honor Roll.
His commitment to young people in the community is outstanding. Gomez has been a behavior interventionist at the Dubnoff Center for Child Development, a soccer coach at Viewpoint High School, at Milken Middle School, and as a camp counselor at the Cal State Northridge Soccer Camps.
After graduating from Cal State Northridge later this year, Gomez hopes to become a criminal probation officer, but first he aspires to play professional soccer in the United States or Mexico.
Kristin McLaughlin is no stranger to success. McLaughlin has been a key ingredient in the success of the nationally-ranked Cal State Northridge women's water polo team. McLaughlin currently has 66 career goals in 3-plus years at Cal State Northridge, and will end her career ranked in the Top-10 in career scoring at CSUN.
Besides scoring many goals for the tenth-ranked Matadors, McLaughlin is one of the all-time leaders in school history in steals and assists. Her steals total of 173 is third all-time in school history, and her assists mark of 133 is also third all-time in school history.
Last year, McLaughlin led the Matadors in both steals and assists in helping Cal State Northridge win the regular season championship.
More importantly is what McLaughlin has accomplished in the classroom. McLaughlin has won nearly all the top academic collegiate honors including Academic All-American, All-Academic Big West, CSUN's Dean's List, and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
McLaughlin, who calls La Canada, Calif., her hometown, will graduate later this year from Cal State Northridge with a degree in Political Science.
Her academic goals remain focused. McLaughlin has already received full tuition scholarship offers from the Baylor Law School and the Michigan State Law School for the Fall of 2010, and is awaiting acceptance letters from such prestigious law schools including Duke, Notre Dame and USC.
In addition to her success in water polo and in the classroom, McLaughlin finds time in her busy schedule to mentor and tutor for Academic Services for Student-Athletes at Cal State Northridge, as a Student Assistant in the Center for Teaching and Learning at CSUN, and as a volunteer in the Teaching, Learning and Counseling Consortium at CSUN.
"It has been a pleasure and honor to coach Kristin and watch her develop into the individual she is today," said CSUN head coach Marcelo Leonardi. "She is not only a great water polo player, but she is also an exceptional student in the classroom. Kristin is a future leader in tomorrow's world. She has been the corner stone of the women's water polo program the past four years. She represents what the academia and the athletic department at Cal State Northridge wish to instill in its student-athletes. We are proud of Kristin and her family."


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April 26, 2008
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Avenging a loss in its regular season finale, No. 5 seed UC Santa Barbara toppled No. 4 seed Cal Poly, 4-2, in a Big West Women's Tennis Championship quarterfinal match at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday.
The Mustangs handed the Gauchos a 7-0 defeat on April 13, but UCSB was not to be outplayed on this day.
Cal Poly had a solid start to the match by winning the doubles point. Although UCSB won the No. 3 match, Cal Poly rebounded with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. The No. 47-ranked tandem of Brittany Blalock and Steffi Wong eked out a 9-7 win over Marta Simic and Charlotte Scatliffe to clinch the point.
But the deficit did not befuddle the Gauchos, responding with success especially at the top of the order. Simic overcame her setback in doubles, defeating Blalock 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 to tie the match at 1-1. Tova Hausman was next at No. 3, as the Gaucho sophomore won a hard fought, 6-4, 7-6 (3) match against the Mustangs' Whitney Peterson. Cal Poly tied the match up again when Diane Filip earned a 6-2, 6-2 win against Asagi Onaga at No. 4.
The Gauchos closed out the match with a pair of three-set victories. Leading 4-2 in the third set at No. 5, Scatliffe picked up point No. 3 for UCSB when her opponent, Amy Markhoff, retired due to injury. The match-clinching point came at No. 2 when Jill Damion came back from a one-set deficit to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 against Wong.
UC Santa Barbara improved to 10-13 on the year while Cal Poly's season ended at 12-12. The Gaucho women take the courts once again on Saturday, squaring off against top-seeded Long Beach State at 9:00 a.m. in a semifinal contest.
DOUBLES 1. Blalock/Wong (CP) def. Simic/Scatliffe (UCSB) - 9-7 2. Malec/Brady (CP) def. Damion/Onaga (UCSB) - 8-3 3. Hausman/Kausen (UCSB) def. Filip/Markhoff (CP) - 8-2
SINGLES 1. Marta Simic (UCSB) def. Brittany Blalock (CP) - 6-3, 6-4 2. Jill Damion (UCSB) def. Steffi Wong (CP) - 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 3. Tova Hausman (UCSB) def. Whitney Peterson (CP) - 6-4, 7-6 (3) 4. Diane Filip (CP) def. Asagi Onaga (UCSB) - 6-2, 6-2 5. Charlotte Scatliffe (UCSB) def. Amy Markhoff (CP) - 4-6, 6-3, 4-2 (ret.) 6. Shannon Brady (CP) vs. Brittany Kausen (UCSB) - DNF


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NMT Receives $2.3 Million Contract, June 7, 2005
N.M. Tech To Begin Next Phase of Carbon Storing Project with $2.3 Million Grant Award
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7, 2005– U.S. Senator Pete Domenici announced that the New Mexico Institute of Mining Technology has been awarded a contract worth $17.8 million from the Department of Energy (DOE) to support efforts to remove greenhouse gases from plant emissions.
Domenici serves as chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee that has funding jurisdiction over the DOE.
"I have been diligently working on a national energy policy that addresses the demand for clean, renewable energy sources, and ongoing efforts to increase these supplies include discovering innovative methods to produce cleaner fuels," Domenici said. "NM Tech's partnership with Sandia and Los Alamos national labs and others has tested extraction methods that could later prove to be commercially marketable. I am very proud of Tech's efforts and applaud this new award."
The latest action will issue $2.3 million to NM Tech as coordinator of the Southwest Regional Partnership for Carbon Sequestration for phase II of a project that extracts greenhouse gases, specifically carbon dioxide, from power plant emissions and stores the gases in soils, vegetation, or other environmentally safe forms.
The Southwest Regional Partnership includes experts in the fields of geology, engineering, economic, public policy and outreach. It involves the states of Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah and portions of Kansas, Nevada, Texas and Wyoming. The partnership supports Bush's Global Climate Change Initiative, which calls for an 18 percent reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas intensity by 2012.


text: Hi, I am facing two annoying problems with a fresh ISPConfig 3 installation, perhaps anyone got some hints for me? I installed two machines from ground with Debian 6.0.2 64bit and set up a mirrored solution as it is described in http://www.howtoforge.com/installin...tabase-cluster-on-debian-5.0-with-ispconfig-3 The only differences are that I installed roundcubemail instead of squirrelmail and excluded mysql from the glusterfs setup an configured replication. The two problems: 1) The bigger problem is that apache2 doesn't get started anymore when rebooting the system. A apache2ctl -t says Syntax ok, there are no error messages in the logs, it almost seems that the system doesn't even try to start it. However all startup scripts in rcX.d seem to be there, a "insserv apache2" didn't help. The problem appeared after the installation of ispconfig3 and occurs on both the ispconfig3 master and the client! Doing a "apache2ctl start" from shell starts the server without problems. Any ideas or directions? 2) The second problem concerns GlusterFS. It seems that Squeeze has a problem with the booting sequence, because GlusterFS requires Fuse, but Fuse is loaded after GlusterFS resulting in an error message like this: [2011-08-07 22:32:25] E [mount.c:525:fuse_mount_sys] glusterfs-fuse: cannot open /dev/fuse (No such file or directory) The problem can be circumvented with a "mount -a" in rc.local, however I'd rather prefer to have the boot sequence corrected. Unfortunately my attempts to reorder the startup sequence didn't work? Has anyone encountered this problem and found a solution? Hopeing for your help (as I am starting to get desparate ) Thanks!


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This Peer Assignment, will help you evaluate the "coherence" of your career. By coherence we mean the harmony between your chosen occupation(s), personal attributes and preferences, and career aims.
This assignment is intended to be commented by your peers so that you will be able gain feedback on your entries. Please appreciate the effort of your peers by giving structured, useful feedback.
Please respond to the following tasks:
Task 1: In 1-2 sentences, please describe your career so far. What degree have you gained; and what professional experience do you have?
- What is your career path type? (technical, project, leadership or entrepreneurial)
Task 2: In 1-2 sentences, please describe what tasks, events or subjects you have most enjoyed in your past work and studies, and why.
Task 3: From the following list of career aims, select the 2-3 most important to you:
- Maintain job stability and security to plan ahead
- Satisfy family expectations
- Quickly assume new responsibilities and earn a high salary
- Become independent and realise your unique lifestyle
- Grow your expertise and capabilities, earn respect
- Realise your passion, work for a sense of purpose
- Use your creativity and express yourself
Task 4: Imagine that you have decided to seek a new job. Having applied, an employer has invited you to a job interview.
a) Please describe the job you would have applied to.
b) The interviewer asks what your three most important personal strengths for that job are. What will you answer?
c) In which ways would you like to grow and develop in your new job?
d) How likely is this position to involve tasks or events that you named under task 2?
e) How likely is this position to allow you achieve the aims you selected in task 3?


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From Flotrack on twitter. Perhaps the 2:55 was at 1209 meters
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were you taking those splits from the announcer? I had the 1200 split @ 2:55. The announcer seemed to be a second or two fast on almost every split
The splits at yards, not meters.
26mi235 wrote:
2:53.x at 1200m is actually slower than 3:51 pace -- more like 3:53.0. Thus, if the splits really were with 2:53 at 12, he had 409 to run, and a 60 last lap+ would be continuing that pace.
Don't put too much into a rust buster. Rupp will be where he needs to be, when he needs to be.
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62 last 400. Not that impressive


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Author Notes: A friend of mine threw some herbs, salt, and garlic together once and sauteed it with some zucchini and it was really delicious, so I've been trying variations on it. If you don't have preserved lemon, regular lemon zest might be fine, if a bit stronger. But really, you should just preserve some lemons. They're great. I just salt-preserved some kumquats...going to try them next! This recipe is great as a side dish or as crudite (maybe with a little cheese or something). Basically, this pesto has been my go-to flavoring when I don't have much else on hand because it goes with just about anything - tofu, veggies, mushrooms, shrimp, whatever, and only takes a minute to whip up. The preserved lemon goes especially well with the artichoke. - solmstea —solmstea
Food52 Review: WHO: Solmstea is a creative, fearless cook from Southern California (she scuba dives for lobsters!).
WHAT: A bright, summery take on artichokes.
HOW: Artichoke hearts are diced and sauteed, then tossed with a quick, flavorful pesto.
WHY WE LOVE IT: This dish can be used in an infinite number of ways: as a side dish, on top a crostini, tossed into a salad, on a cheese plate. The lemon and parsley make a bright, fresh pesto that gives the artichokes a little kick. Add the salt to taste -- we used about half as much as recommended by solmstea. —The Editors
Serves: 4 as a side dish
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
cup parsley (I like curly leaf, but flat leaf would probably be fine)
teaspoon kosher salt
cloves garlic
a preserved lemon, just the peel
medium artichokes (get ones with fat, long stems)
- Have some acidulated water ready (water with some lemon or vinegar in it) or a fresh lemon. Trim the artichoke of its leaves, the choke, and the tough woody exterior of the stem. Rub the cut areas once in a while with the lemon or dip in the acidulated water.
- When the artichoke is trimmed, cut it into small chunks (~1/8 inch dice) and leave in the acidulated water (or mix with lemon juice) while you make the pesto.
- Chop together the parsley, garlic, preserved lemon (or lemon zest), and salt. Chopping the salt with the other ingredients makes the chopping less sticky. I like it slightly chunkier than you can get with a food processor, but if you don't have a big, curved chef's knife, then a processor would work fine.
- Drain the artichoke pieces and rinse them off if they've got lemon pips stuck to them. In a medium skillet, heat about a tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Saute the artichoke bits until they are softened and beginning to brown.
- Add the pesto, mix thoroughly, and saute for another minute or two until fragrant. The garlic will still be fairly raw and spicy. Can be good with a little crumbled feta or chunks of goat cheese.
- This recipe is a Wildcard Contest Winner!
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Artichoke Recipe
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[Dallas, June 17. Image via Getty]
DALLAS - JUNE 17: Nine-year-old Coulet Johnson (C), sits with fellow homeless children while watching circus clowns at a free performance at the Dallas Public Library on June 17, 2009 in Dallas, Texas. Dozens of children currently living with their parents in Dallas homeless shelters were brought to enjoy the clown show courtesy of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The National Center on Family Homelessness reported this year that Texas has the largest number of homeless children in the nation with more than 337,000 children without permanent housing. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)