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With only a few days left of tax season, many of us are thinking about the financial decisions we've made over the past year and hoping some of them will get us one step closer to a better tax return. But what if instead of looking back, you thought about how to improve your financial future?
With only a few days left of tax season, many of us are thinking about the financial decisions we've made over the past year and hoping some of them will get us one step closer to a better tax return. But what if instead of looking back, you thought about how to improve your financial future?
Whether you're still pulling together the last final documents or submitted everything months ago, now is the perfect time to evaluate your current financial situation and make plans for the next tax year and beyond. It's never too early to start planning for the future, especially when some of the decisions you make now could lead to significant tax breaks later down the road.
Regular contributions to an IRA, for example, can play an important role in helping you reach your retirement goals. Individuals under 50 may contribute up to a total of $5,500 annually to an Individual Retirement Account, otherwise known as an IRA, while anyone over 50 can contribute up to a total of $6,500. And a traditional IRA is only one of the many tools available to help you ensure a secure and comfortable retirement.
There's especially good news for taxpayers interested in converting their traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs since income limits that previously disallowed higher-income taxpayers from converting to a Roth IRA have now been removed.
Before we take a closer look at this unprecedented conversion opportunity, a few words should be said about a traditional versus a Roth IRA. While both traditional and Roth IRAs are essentially savings accounts with tax breaks, the main difference lies in when income taxes are paid on contributed funds. With a traditional IRA taxes are payable upon withdrawal for retirement; in contrast taxes are paid up front when establishing a Roth IRA and qualified withdrawals are not taxed. Another salient difference lies in the terms of withdrawal. Those with traditional IRAs must start withdrawing by the age of 70½, while money can be left in a Roth IRA account as long as desired, allowing it to grow tax free.
While taxpayers have been able to convert their traditional IRAs ever since Roth IRAs were created in 1998, income and other restrictions kept many from taking the opportunity. Previously, a gross income of less than $100,000 was required to convert. That limitation has been lifted in filing year 2010, allowing anyone, regardless of income, to take advantage of conversion benefits.
Tax bracket factors into the amount of taxes paid on a Roth IRA conversion – the higher the bracket the higher the tax. That said, if taxes are expected to increase over the long term, conversion now makes sense to avoid paying a higher tax rate in retirement.
There are numerous factors to consider and eligibility requirements to be met when choosing between a traditional and Roth IRA or if converting from the former to the latter. A consultation with a financial adviser or retirement professional may provide the necessary information to make those decisions. With a variety of options available, selecting the path that fits your plans could be essential to a happy and assured retirement.
Kathie Rhodes is vice president of retirement services for BayCoast Bank, based in Fall River.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College men's cross country team is set to race in the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships Saturday, Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. held in Charlotte, N.C. The Bobcat men will enter seven runners into the race and the top five finishes will count towards the team score.
"This is going to be a fun race this weekend on a very fast course," said coach Joe Samprone. "Our men's team is at full strength and we are very hopeful that all our guys will have their best races of the season."
This year, the men will race senior Tim Cary (Monroe, Ga.) and juniors Daniel Horseman (Cohutta, Ga.), Rob Manning (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Tyler Mattix (Snellville, Ga.) and Colin Conroy (Dacula, Ga.). The Bobcats bring two freshmen along with them to the NCAA Southeast Regionals; Tucker Forbes (Lilburn, Ga.) and Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.).
Last year at the regional championships, the men's cross country team ran to an 11th place finish. Manning led Georgia College in 45th overall, posting a 35:08 time in the 10K race. Already the school record holder in the distance, Manning's time was good for eighth on the all-time list. Cary provided support in 72nd overall (36:10). Travis Knight (Oxford, Ga.) and Conroy took 75th and 76th respectively. Knight covered the course in 36:23, a time matched by Conroy.
Horseman continues to impress this season. He has run in six races, pacing the Bobcats four times. He crossed the finish line in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championship 8K race at 26:18. The time was good for an eighth place finish and an All-PBC Second Team Selection. His best finish was first place at the YHC Invitational and his best time was 26:11 at the ASU Tri-Meet, which set the school record for an 8K.
Manning is running another strong season. He has competed in five meets, finishing second overall at the YHC Invitational. He posted his best time for the Bobcats at the ASU Tri-Meet with a time of 26:39.
Mattix has raced in four out of the seven races this season. When he has competed, Mattix has been one of our top runners pacing the Bobcats twice. His best finish was 16:27 at the ASU Tri-Meet and his best overall finish was sixth place at the Citadel Invitational.
At the PBC Championships two weeks ago, Manning finished in 18th place with a time of 27:23. Conroy finished the race in 22nd crossing the end mark at 27:34 and Laskey finished only three seconds behind for a 23rd place finish in his first conference meet.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/GCSUBobcats and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.

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BERKELEY–An on-duty CHP officer and a civilian both suffered moderate injuries in a crash Thursday afternoon on eastbound Interstate 80 in Berkeley, authorities said.
The collision blocked two lanes of the freeway, creating major delays for motorists trying to get out of town for the holiday weekend.
The crash occurred at 3:30 p.m. on I-80, east of the University Avenue exit, said California Highway Patrol Officer Peter VanEckhardt. The CHP officer suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland. The second person was transported to Alta Bates Hospital, also with moderate injuries.
The crash closed the two left lanes of the highway for about two hours, exacerbating the already heavy traffic. All lanes were reopened by 5:30 p.m.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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Though delicious looking, I knew that chashu pork was out of the question, because it took too long to make. So I went back to two flavor-packed ingredients that I use often around here: bacon and kimchi. That would take care of the salty, meaty, and spicy side of things just fine.
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As you've no doubt seen by now, all five BCS games have been filled. There was no drama when it came to selecting the championship game between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama, but Northern Illinois crashing the BCS at-large party set off more than a few complaints.
Two years from now the college football world will finally rid itself of the preposterous postseason selection process code-named "BCS" and will be replaced with a slightly less preposterous selection process code named "playoff." Or, BCS 2.0 for the more cynical bunch out there.
But who wants to wait for that? Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated put together a mock selection committee of university admins to determine, on a simplified basis comparatively, what a four-team playoff would look like following the 2012 football season. As you can imagine, it was no easy task. UNLV athletic director Jim Livengood even said "The thing that jumps out at me is that there are just four teams, it's not enough of a sample. I was not a proponent of going larger than four, and this changed my mind totally."
With those daunting words in mind, we here at CFT have decided to form our own two-member mock selection committee and choose four teams to compete for our inaugural Kercheval-Taylor Coaches' Trophy.
(For those wondering, it's a bowling trophy with a tennis ball attached to the top. Still, very prestigious.)
First thing's first: Notre Dame and Alabama are in. There's no discussion about that. Those two have without a doubt earned the right to compete for a championship. But which teams fill the other two spots? That's a bit cloudier. We've selected five that we feel should at least be in consideration and stated what we feel helps or hurts their cause.
So check out our picks and let us know what you think below. Also, remember that we deliberately left certain teams out because we hate them. You know, the ones we're biased against. Yeah, those teams.
Believe it or not, there is good football outside of the SEC. You just don't hear about it since the SEC has won six straight BCS championships and hacks like us won't stop shoving that little factoid down y'all's throats. Anyway, the Tide finished the season 12-1 with a dramatic win in the SEC championship game over Georgia. Other than that, the Tide's only real sensational victory was against LSU. Michigan and Mississippi State turned out to be farces and Nick Saban's team was upset at home by Texas A&M. Still, Alabama has two wins over current top-10 teams. That's more than good enough to put them in a four-team playoff without complaints.
Notre Dame
Like the Irish or hate 'em, Notre Dame has earned its right to be in the BCS championship game. There's really no debate here, at least not as it pertains to Notre Dame being worthy of one of four spots. Go undefeated in any conference – or, Independent, as this case would have it – and a team should have a shot to compete for the whole enchilada.
This would be the most difficult selection by far even though Florida has the best résumé in college football. The Gators stand against everything expanding the championship field was supposed to correct (or, at least help correct). Will Muschamp's team didn't win its own division, let alone its own conference, nor did it win the head-to-head matchup with Georgia. But Florida does have wins over Florida State, LSU, South Carolina and Texas A&M. All are 10-win teams.
When someone says the regular season needs to matter, it can be viewed two ways. On one hand, that argument should favor the Bulldogs for the reasons mentioned above even though the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party turned into the World's Largest Turnover Festival. On the other hand, if we're talking about what a team did during the season, and not what it didn't do, then it's tough not to name Florida one of the four best teams in the country. No, it hasn't always looked good for the Gators, but if the so-called "eye test" was the overriding consideration, Oregon would be a lock.
The other side of the cocktail glass. What's a Bulldog have to do to get a little respect, anyway? Georgia has the head-to-head against Florida and came thisclose to winning the SEC. Unfortunately, an ill-fated pitch and catch may be the difference between a shot at a national title and being left to wonder what could have been.
There's no doubt Georgia's a good team, but are they a final four team? Ask yourself this: do final four teams get beat 35-7 by South Carolina? If head-to-head battles mattered as much as Georgia might argue, what would be the cost of a loss like that one? Kansas State faces a similar situation with its loss to Baylor, which you'll read below. Losses happen, but blowouts? The only way UGA gets the benefit here is that it happened early enough in the season that the Bulldogs could point to how well they've played since. Like Alabama though, Georgia's overall schedule is so-so. Of its seven conference wins, only two came against opponents with winning records.
Kansas State
If there's one thing holding the Wildcats back from being a lock for a four-playoff, it's Baylor. It's tough to remain perfect every single week. Individuals, teams have off days. It happens. So my general rule is to penalize teams less for losing and reward them more for winning, but it's impossible to ignore the whipping K-State took in Waco at the hands of a team that didn't even have a .500 record at the time. Granted, that started a three-game winning streak for the now-bowl eligible Bears, but the Wildcats were outmatched – dominated up front, really — by statistically one of the worst defenses in the country (123rd in yards per game; 122nd in passing yards; 117 in points per game).
K-State's best win came on the road against Oklahoma in late September, but the rest of KSU's wins are a bit deceiving. The Wildcats played four AP top-25 teams this year, but only two (Oklahoma and Texas) actually finished in the AP top 25. The reason? Tremendous parity in the league. Half of the Big 12 finished with a 7-5 overall record and a 4-5 conference record this year. Still, there are nine bowl-eligible teams from the Big 12 this season with a round-robin schedule.
The Ducks are in a similar boat (so to speak) as Florida. Oregon did not win its division nor did it win its head-to-head game with Stanford. Oregon's schedule is a bit like Kansas State's too in that it played five ranked teams this year, but only two – Stanford and Oregon State – ended the season ranked by the AP. Prior to Oregon winning the Civil War last week, its best "W" was against a USC team that was on the verge of a late-season slide.
What the Ducks need from a selection committee is faith in how they look. Oregon is flashy and scores a lot in a hurry. The general curiosity about Chip Kelly's team is whether it could score like that against a defense from Florida or Notre Dame. However, Oregon couldn't do much at all against the Cardinal, statistically one of the best run defenses in college football. The Ducks could make an argument that loss was a fluke – it wasn't – but it may have answered that curiosity.
Stanford might be the hottest team in college football with seven straight wins. Not only that, the Cardinal had three consecutive wins over top 25 teams (four if you count UCLA twice; once in the regular season and once in the Pac-12 championship) to end the season, so David Shaw's group is playing well at the right time too. That win over Oregon in Eugene is one of the best of the year.
But Stanford's body of work isn't spotless. An early-season upset over USC gives the Cardinal two wins against top-five teams, but the Trojans have fallen hard in the past month. Still, USC was highly-regarded at the time. The following week, however, Stanford fell flat on its face and was upset by a Washington team that finished 7-5. Overall, the Cardinal has most of what a selection committee would look for: a conference championship and a handful of quality wins.
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The Cowboys have finally all gotten on board with the switch in offensive play callers from head coach Jason Garrett to offensive coordinator Bill Callahan, which means it is time to shift the question from the name of the man making the calls to what the change means for the offense.
Wide receiver Dez Bryant reports that it doesn't mean a whole heckuva lot. Bryant said that there haven't been any substantive changes to the offense as a result in the shift to the responsibilities of the coaches, with the only noticeable difference coming in terms of the intensity level of practices.
"To be honest, it doesn't feel any different," Bryant said in an interview with TheLandryHat.com, via the Dallas Morning News. "It still feels like the same Coach Garrett's system, and I think that's really what it is because I'm running the same exact plays and everybody else is, too. I think the only thing that's changed is the intensity level he's been bringing every day in practice."
There was never much doubt that the amount of time spent talking about who will be calling plays was going to be disproportionate to the amount it wound up transforming the offense. The Cowboys weren't installing a new system and they didn't bring in a slew of new players, so there's little surprise that things are exactly the same for Bryant and his teammates.
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TEGA CAY, S.C. (March 17, 2007) - After poor weather conditions forced the cancellation of Friday's opening round at the Fifth Annual Shamrock Intercollegiate, the ETSU women's golf team combined some strong play and St. Patrick's Day luck to post its best showing of the spring season when play finally began Saturday at the Tega Cay Golf Club.
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There are a number of players who have been on the circuit a while who get routinely written off as 'mediocrity' or 'deadwood'. People ask what they have done for snooker.
Well the answer to that is this: they have played it. True, professional sport relies on its star names for commercial appeal but snooker would be nothing without the many foot-soldiers who comprise the tour.
They can all play to a much higher standard than many realise. Hopefully the introduction of streaming for the qualifiers has illuminated this. Just because they aren't all tournament winners doesn't mean they shouldn't be respected.
(Neither, incidentally, should they be artificially propped up. Money in sport should be earned through performance.)
Dunn had never previously made a maximum in a tournament but will now be placed on a list of players, some legends, others long since forgotten, to have achieved the perfect run.
We are fast approaching the 30th anniversary of snooker's first officially ratified 147 break, made by Steve Davis at the Lada Classic in January 1982.
Since then there have been hundreds of thousands of frames of professional snooker played around the world, yet Dunn's 147 was only the 79th maximum in the game's history.
Make no mistake: it is still a very difficult thing to accomplish. In a match environment more so.
Ken Doherty says that the biggest regret of his entire career is his missed black for a 147 at the Masters at Wembley in 2000. He has woken up in the middle of the night thinking about it.
Cliff Thorburn became world champion in 1980 but he is still best known for making the first 147 at the Crucible in 1983.
Whenever Kirk Stevens is mentioned so is his white suit and maximum break at the 1984 Masters.
Ronnie O'Sullivan's five minute, 20 second maximum at the Crucible in 1997 is rightly talked about as a remarkable exhibition of skill.
Dunn's 147 was not made in such lofty surroundings but it is still a significant personal achievement.
It's a shame so many people immediately began to bellyache about the fact there is no financial prize for making one in the qualifiers, as if everything has to be about money. Dunn didn't make the break for cash (though he would obviously welcome it), he did it because it's a holy grail in our sport.
Whether there should be a prize or not, the feat of accomplishing a maximum break in competition is one all snooker players aspire to and most don't achieve.
So Dunn can be proud to have done so.
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Never thought about how rare a maximum in competetive play was. Great feat by Mike Dunn
- 9:40 pm
Actually he will get a cash prize its £1,500 its £500 a pop in the non televised events and this is the 3rd event since it was brought in.
- 9:51 pm
- Matt said...
To be fair Dave, judging by Twitter Mike is obviously as concerned about the money issue as anyone, prestige or not.
As for the answer it appears to be vague judging by this article:
Which suggests that:
"There will be an additional £500 for all Players Tour Championship events and non-televised matches in major ranking events should a maximum break be achieved and similar rules will apply as above."
Which contradicts the first sentence:
"The prize on offer for a maximum break in a PTC event is now 3,000 pounds, and for a televised 147 in a full ranking event it's now 15,000 pounds."
In addition, looking at the German Masters Qualifiers Players Information Pack, the event is split into two stages, stage one being the qualifiers and two the venue. It is explicitly stated that there is a max prize of £5,000 for stage two, but there is no reference to any prize for stage one.
For that reason I don't think that Mike will get anything, but we'll see. That's just my reading of it.
- 10:09 pm
well dunn mike
- 10:11 pm
- Dave H said...
You are right it is needlessly vague and should be straightened out - I just dislike the fact that everything that happens in snooker these days ends up in a row about money
- 10:13 pm
This is Mike Dunn thanks for the article. :)
- 10:39 pm
- Mark Carrington said...
Well done Mike on your max.
I remember playing you at Hazel Grove Snooker club years ago on UK Tour when a mate of mine Nick Dyson rolled a max in again Adrian Gunnell.
You were quality then & great to hear of you maiden.
Best of luck for the rest of the season,
Mark Carrington
- 11:10 pm
- Tim Sandle said...
Dave, I thought Steve Davis' 147 was the first officially ratified 147 in tournament play, whereas the 147 breaks made by Joe Davis (1955, Leicester Square Hall) and Rex Williams (1966, Cape Town) were the first two official breaks as recognised by the then governing bodies and, through lineage, by the WPBSA (this is according to my dusty old copy of Guinness Snooker Records, written by Clive Everton).
There were probably political issues as to why two exhibition breaks were ratified as official maximums where others before and after have not been, and it is correct that a maximum only counts in a bona fide tournament.
In between these breaks and Steve's., John Spencer made a 147 in a tournament (1979 Holsten Lager International), but the pockets failed marginally to meet the official template (and there lies one of snooker's notorious pub quiz questions: "who made the first 147 in tournament play"?)
- 11:28 pm
- Steve K said...
Great result Mike, well done!
Strange that we had some many 147's in the PTCs last year but only Ronnie's so far this year. Just shows like you said it's a very rare thing.
"There will be an additional £500 for all Players Tour Championship events and non-televised matches in major ranking events should a maximum break be achieved and similar rules will apply as above."
It says that on the World Snooker website so he should get £3000 for it imho.
- 12:14 am
Actually, maybe Rex Williams' should be retrospectively be made the first tournament max since by my understanding he actually made it in a tournament but against an amateur. It seems rather arbitrary if Rex's max is dismissed because he made it against an amateur, but Mark William's counts from last year's PTC which he also made against an amateur. What's the difference? Include Rex or chuck out Williams, but keep the criteria the same for everyone!
- 12:18 am
mike dunn should be awarded the 1500 at least any maximum should have a financial reward even if its small as it is a perfect break. every snooker players dream amatuer and professional is a 147 and world title in their career
- 1:40 am
Well done Mike
- 8:39 am
- Dave H said...
It's been confirmed he is getting money for it
- 10:24 am
Nice article Dave and well played Mike Dunn!
I would be ecstatic with a maximum break under any circumstance personally (the 47 would be a start!).
We should give Jimmy White an honourable mention as he is (probably!) the first person to make a maximum off the break! This was done recently at an exhibition and there is amateur footage on Youtube. The positional shot from pink to black proved once again that, to quote the late and great Jack Karnehm, "this man's the Rolls Royce of snooker".
- 10:47 am
Would it be possible for some pro players to comment honestly on the number of career 147s they have made, both in practice and in any kind of matchplay?
Does the Great WT still lead the pack in this regard...
- 10:51 am
jimmys 147 was an exo.
no pressure
or hed have bottled it
good break tho
- 11:29 am
When you first start playing snooker it gives you an incredible buzz when you reach your first 50. So to make a 147 in a match must be off the Richter scale.
What's money got to do with it? Surely you can't put a price on that feeling. It seems to me we live in an age where people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Colin M (10.51)- John Virgo was talking to Stephen Hendry a while ago saying that WT was king of the 147s. It was well over a hundred. Hendry said he had stopped counting his at 300!!!! Mark Williams is also said to have made over 300 in practice.
- 12:48 pm
So how much does he get for the maxie then???
- 1:50 pm
I saw an interview once where they were talking about maximums, and Willie Thorne said he had made over 50; Hendry came in after his match and they asked him how many he had made and he said he stopped counting at 1000. Thorne laughed, he obviously thought Hendry was joking but I wasn't so sure. Say Hendry made 1000 maximums over 25 years, that would work out at 40 per year; if Hendry told me he made one or two a week in practice I'd probably believe him.
- 6:52 pm
- Toestubber said...
I think O'Sullivan said he had 500.
I once had 10 reds and 10 blacks with 5 open reds left and couldn't hold my cue for shaking....and missed the next red, bastard!!!
Mat Wilson
- 8:24 pm
Thorne's been on record saying he's made 198 I believe.
Pop quiz for two pieces of chalk: which pro player once made a 147 against a midget?
- 10:59 pm
Dave you are a legend of snooker. One of the greats. I'm about to rank my top 10 snooker people of all time. This includes players and other people associated with the game:
1. Dougie Donnelly
2. Dave Hendon
3. Bill Werbeniuck
4. Ted Lowe
5. Clive Everton
6. Steve Davis
7. James Wattana
8. Andy Hicks
9. David Vine
10. Great WT
- 1:20 am
i do believe hendry had over a 1000 in practice im sure he still gets them in practice as he prob plays lie he did 15 years ago in practice still
- 2:41 am
- Dave H said...
Thank you. I'm happy to cede top spot to Dougie, who is a good bloke.
- 11:28 am
"Pop quiz for two pieces of chalk: which pro player once made a 147 against a midget?"
A Hungarian midget?
- 1:10 pm
1.20- Dougie Donnelly? ANDY HICKS?
- 2:02 am
@ Rob 1.10pm... Yes!!
- 5:14 pm
That'll be Steve Davis then! 1992 in Budapest ;). I wouldn't have known but it happens to be one of the first videos I put on youtube :p
So we know Steve Davis made the first ever televised 147. Does this also give him the first overseas maximum captured on video? Colin's chalk to anyone who can name an earlier one ;)
- 6:14 pm
Yes it is me 1.20am I think Dougie Donnelly was a very fine presenter and Andy Hicks was also a very fine talent my favourite moment was when he almost chinned Quinten Hann.
Since my top 10 is proving a real talking point I will now give my 11-20:
11. Del Hill
12. Jan Verhaas
13. Willie Fu
14. Dennis Taylor
15. Alex Hurricane Higgins
16. Joe Swail
17. Mike Hallett
18. Marco Fu
19. Joe Jogia
20. Hazel Irvine (I don't like womenpresenters but she is ok)
If proves popular again 21-30 comes next week
Thank you
- 12:42 am
Is Willie Fu a brother of Marco or Kung?
- 11:36 pm


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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Super Savory Meat Pasty
The origins of the Pasty are largely unknown, although they are commonly associated with the miners from Cornwall, United Kingdom. Years ago, miners' wives prepared these baked envelopes of yumminess for their husbands' lunches. The pasties were filled with meat and maybe a root vegetable, and sometimes were even divided into two sections ... one side savory and one side sweet. The miners tucked the warm pastries in their shirts to keep both themselves and their lunch warm, and the crusts edges served as handles for the miners to hold onto with their soiled hands. Legend tells us that the miners would toss the dirty, fingerprinted crusts deep into the recesses of the mines in fulfillment of superstitions about appeasing the mine spirits.
The only ones that I try to appease are the spirits of my kids and hubbyman. I was taking a risk making these as the food groups touch in this recipe, and that's usually a no-go for my older kids. Hubbyman, at first unsure whether or not to use a fork, ate his with gusto and ate all of his crust. I mean the man was picking up the crumbs to get every last possible bite. The two older beasts weren't interested at all, but my wee one -- who could only eat the filling due to the wheat crust -- loved it. I thought the pasties, which were about the size of my hand, were gorgeous to the eye, and pretty darn tasty. See below for my suggested changes for next time. Also, before I begin, let me share that I used Pillsbury pie dough from the refrigerated case at the store and it performed beautifully. By all means, if you enjoy making your own dough, absolutely do so!
Here we go:
1 pkg of Pillsbury crust, unrolled and at room temperature
1 lb ground beef
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
1 tablespoon Butter
3 potatoes – diced
½ onion – diced
1 carrot – diced
Kernels from one cooked cob of corn (Note: Next time I'd use more)
Season salt
Black Pepper
Montreal Steak Seasoning
Couple dashes Worcestershire sauce
4 small pats of butter
1 egg – beaten- for egg wash
In a large dutch oven, heat the oil and butter together. Add the potatoes, onion, and carrot and sauté until the potatoes are almost tender and are starting to show some color. Stir in the corn. Add the seasonings and the ground beef to the pot, and quickly break it up with a wooden spoon. Cook until the pink is gone. Stir in Worcestershire sauce. Set aside to cool.
Place the crusts out on the counter (there are two circles per box), and cut each circle in half. You now have 4 half circles in front of you. Generously spoon a "mound" of meat mixture onto ½ of each of the four pieces of dough, keeping the edges clear.Place a small butter pat on top of the mound. Brush the edges with the egg wash, and fold the dough over the filling, pressing the air out as you seal up the edges.See how the pastry hugs the filling ... no air gaps. Crimp the edges to seal completely. Brush the egg wash over the entire surface. Cut a slit in the top to let out the steam. Place on a heavy weight non-stick baking sheet. Bake for 18 minutes at 400 F.See how they look going into the oven?Look at what emerges after 18 toasty minutes!Suggested changes for next time: Everything I read about pasties indicates that they are dry, both the filling and the outside. I think next time I'd serve it with a sauce or gravy. Also, I'd add more corn. I was really surprised at how much flavor and oomph it brought to the filling. You could also make mini versions of these for school lunches or appetizers. I think I'll try different types of filling such as chicken/artichoke/cream cheese. Of course, that wouldn't be authentic, but it'd be gooooood! YUM! What kind of fillings do you think would be good?
25 comments:
- Katherine Aucoin said...
I've got my hand raised. Wow Paula does that look so yummy and savory. My eyes are bigger than my stomach and my eyes say 2 please!
- January 22, 2009 at 6:31 AM
- Cheryl said...
Wow what a great idea, they are almost too beautiful to eat!
- January 22, 2009 at 6:46 AM
I do this with leftovers for my filling. Snazzes them up a bit.
- January 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM
- Jeena said...
Wow look at how golden they are! I love pies and pasties especially with a dash of worcestershire sauce mmmmmm.
- January 22, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Grace said...
so...you like meat in your pies, and i like blueberries and sugar. meh, i'd take either (but preferably both). :)
- January 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Pam said...
They look so tasty. I think you are right, a side of gravy for dipping would be perfect.
- January 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Pam said...
I love anything with a crust. I even love those old Swanson pot pies.
- January 22, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Marjie said...
You are lucky that the Council of Touching Foods Investigators didn't show up. At the age of your twins, I guarantee I'd have cut mine open and separated the ingredients. Ah, well, as we grow up, we mellow (or maybe just get lazier)! These do look pretty. For a different filling, I'd try beef or sausage and broccoli, maybe tomatoes for fun.
- January 22, 2009 at 10:30 AM
- Bridgett said...
Oh yes, I definitely love these little babies! I made one with spicy sausage, onions and provolone and was in heaven. Yours looks fantastic with that gorgeous golden color.
- January 22, 2009 at 10:42 AM
- Lo said...
You can pass me one of those pasties, Paula. I totally wouldn't complain!
The chicken/artichoke/cream cheese is calling my name... maybe add some roasted cherry tomatoes for good measure!
- January 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- Peter M said...
You do not have to twist my arm to accept an offer of your Pasties.
- January 22, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- noble pig said...
What is it about touching food! So funny. And Paula these made me stand up and shout. Just beautiful and very lovely overall.
- January 22, 2009 at 12:10 PM
- Mediterranean kiwi said...
this looks excellent paula - i really wish i were at your place! i love pasties of any sort, and these look so filling
- January 22, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Proud Italian Cook said...
Paula, I haven't had pasty's in years! My girlfriends MIL use to make them when I was first married. I remember how good they were. Thanks for the savory memories!
- January 22, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Paula said...
Hi Everyone! Thanks for stopping by!
Katherine: They were good and very filling, too! I'd be fun to make different fillings and have one of each!
Cheryl: I was pleasantly surprised at how pretty they looked. They smelled fantastic, too!
Prairierunner: Hi Linda! Using leftovers is genius! Hmmm ... I bet even breakfast leftovers would be good here, like corned beef hash or sausage and potatoes. YUM!
Jeena: The worcestershire really adds a nice zip to the filling. I need to try one of your gluten free pastries to see if it would work!
Grace: My hubby would take both in a second. I should be a nice wifey and make him a hand held sweet pie!
Pam: I really think a dipping sauce would be great with these. Hubbyman would like bbq, but I could think of multiple ones to try out!
Pam: Hey, I've had those Swanson pot pies! The chicken one was my favorite when I was younger! I wonder if they still make those! :-)
Marjie: Hey there! I love your "Council of Touching Food Investigators"! Ha! I agree that broccoli would be great here, and love the idea of using tomato. The tomato especially would have been great in this one.
Bridgett: Oh yum! Sausage, onions, and provolone sounds great. I bet my son would eat one with sausage and provolone (the kid won't touch an onion)!
Lo: I'd be happy to pass one your way! I'm really digging the addition of tomato. That's a must for me next time.
Peter: Come on over and let's make pasties. Perhaps there is a Greek filling combo that would light up our taste buds! :-)
Noble Pig: My older kids are funny about their food groups touching. They are getting better as they get older, but sometimes their eyes get that deer in headlights look and I know they aren't grooving on their dinner that night!
Mediterranean Kiwi: Come on over, Maria, and we can have a great pasty lunch together and share stories! Fun!
Proud Italian: I just love food memories! How sweet that you have a pasty memory! Don't you love how happy times and food memories tend to go hand in hand?!
- January 22, 2009 at 11:02 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Sweet wounded wuffles! You know I love meat pies!
- January 23, 2009 at 3:11 AM
- Cathy said...
Love the idea of a savory pie. I'm all for recipes that can be made ahead and baked just before a meal.
A pasty with a little salad is a great meal.
- January 23, 2009 at 6:00 AM
- Aggie said...
I would so love one of these! My hand is raised HIGH!!
I have an award for you on my blog! Have a great weekend Paula!
- January 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
- Jan said...
I love Cornish Pasties and yours sound like a great substitute. I'll be giving these a try, with Pillsbury dough, I don't do pastry either.
BTW. the coal mine spirits are called "Knockers."
- January 23, 2009 at 5:20 PM
- Kevin said...
Those meat pastries look tasty!
- January 24, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- Gloria said...
I love this Paula, look awesome and tatsy! xGloria
- January 25, 2009 at 3:20 AM
The first time I had a Pasty was about 6-7 yrs ago when our son and DIL were living Michigan. He was in the Coast Guard, stationed in Cheboygan, MI and while we were visting I found a recipe for meat pasties. They were soooo good. I think I'll make them again. Thanks for sharing! Anne
- January 25, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Deborah said...
I'm all for a savory pie! Delicious!
- January 26, 2009 at 10:11 AM
- Bellini Valli said...
I like pie and I like pasties...can you see me waving my hand madly:D I have something for you over at my blog when you have the chance:D
- January 27, 2009 at 7:13 AM
- James Walsh said...
That very much resembles a Cornish Pastie from the south of England. Great dish.
- January 27, 2009 at 10:20 AM


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Filmed on location in space (not really), "Gravity" takes cinema's immersive visual experience to ambitious places. This isn't an astronaut thriller that periodically cuts to nervous family members on the ground or flashback sequences about training. For 90 minutes, it's pretty much just first-timer Ryan (Sandra Bullock), veteran mission commander Matt (George Clooney) and a staggering long view of Earth that can be difficult to focus on when debris threatens to knock you spinning, spinning, spinning out into nothingness forever.
At best, "Gravity" is a beautiful collision of art and technology. How director/co-writer Alfonso Cuaron, returning with his first feature since 2006's spectacular "Children of Men," achieved many of the shots (particularly several long takes) will be of primary discussion among audiences on their way out. At a time when few filmmakers deserve to be called visionaries, Cuaron earns the term like a champ.
The movie likewise feels at home in IMAX 3-D, even if sights of floating tears or Matt's fist popping from the screen come off as trite. Which leads to what probably will be an unpopular opinion: "Gravity" is not a great film. Numerous times the script from Cuaron and his son Jonas interrupts the reality of the imagery. "Ryan, you're gonna have to learn to let go," Matt tells her, a line so much like movie speechifying I'm shocked at its inclusion. And Ryan, a Lake Zurich, Ill., resident BTW, actually contemplates her fate and says, "Either way, it'll be one hell of a ride." That's not a vivid, breathtaking journey into satellites and stars; it's a bumper sticker platitude.
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The five-member commission, formally named the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, closed the case against a company representative who spent $17,000 ferrying the speaker of the House of Representatives, his wife and aide to Europe. The trip was to look at the super-fast, super-expensive, mag-lev trains there that the gentleman's company happens to sell.
The commission let him off with a $300 fine as his lawyer argued he wasn't really guilty but simply wanted to move on. He undoubtedly paid his lawyer more than the fine just to make that comment.
His professed innocence, the commissioners were told, stems from the fact that the law only requires a person to register as a lobbyist if they're paid to influence an officeholder about pending legislation. In this case, no one had introduced any bills dealing with mag-lev trains before the trip.
Of course, if the trip had been a smashing success, the speaker might have been impressed enough to draft a bill on his flight home and formally introduce it himself at the next opportunity.
That's the Catch-22 aspect of the loophole. Until the lobbyist influences someone, there usually isn't any legislation.
The source of most bills is either a state agency or a lobbyist. Very few originate with the imagination of legislators or the suggestion of private citizens.
Several years back, the Senate Republicans created a website with much ballyhoo that invited constituents to recommend legislation. Only one bill was credited to the initiative, and it came from a former prison warden who had been pushing the same idea before his retirement.
The website hasn't been mentioned since.
Lobbyists usually leave blank on state disclosure forms the section about which bill they were trying to influence when they entertained a given lawmaker. It may be because they're pushing several bills, or more likely no particular bill other than building a rapport that will be handy when the consideration of some future bill gets heated.
If they aren't really lobbying before a bill gets introduced, then they can shower endless gifts, meals and trips on politicians without anything being disclosed to the public, according to Mr. Mag Lev's logic.
Most veteran lobbyists say they report everything out of an abundance of caution. They don't want to risk ruining their reputation with clients or legislators with a trail of ethics fines.
But how does anyone know such pre-legislation persuasion isn't common if it isn't reported?
Consider the case in Alabama where developers wined, dined - and in some cases bribed - legislators to advance their casinos. The issue came to a head when police raided the casinos for operating outside of the law.
Could those lobbyists - at least one of whom had previously worked with Georgia legislators - have argued that since there was no legislation, they were in the clear? (Of course, a bribe is never legal, but there were also plenty of gifts, meals and trips.)
Part of the challenge, citizen-advocates say, is that Georgia law only requires half of the people involved in the transaction to disclose it. Lawmakers made lobbyists file all the reports but not themselves, the recipients of the largess. In fact, they recently showed how determined they were about ethics by passing a law making lobbyists file their reports twice as often.
During the current election cycle, more than 100 candidates have signed a pledge to vote to prohibit lobbyists from bestowing more than $100 on them at a time. Of course, they could simply refuse the gifts, buy their own football tickets and only eat with voters or colleagues, but their intention is to put the onus on the lobbyists.
Absent from the campaign rhetoric is any discussion about closing the "pending legislation" loophole.
William Perry, the head of the Georgia chapter of Common Cause, called the $300 fine "a slap on the wrist ... a joke."
Closing the loophole isn't so simple. The last executive director of the ethics commission tried by interpreting the law at the time as requiring anyone collecting a paycheck while talking with a politician to register as a lobbyist. Her goal was to snag executives who entertain or arm twist miles away from the Capitol.
She triggered an outcry from critics that such an interpretation would require even newspaper editorial writers or a cashier who bends the ear of a legislator to register for advocating a position while being paid. Lawmakers were so outraged they blasted her from the House well and cut the agency's budget - which led to her resignation rather than accept a 30 percent pay cut.
Politics is the art of the possible, so Perry, the League of Women Voters and the tea party groups all championing the $100 gift limit will keep their goals realistic and attack one loophole at a time.
Walter Jones is the bureau chief for the Morris News Service and has been covering state politics since 1998. He can be reached at email@example.com, 404-589-8424 or on Twitter @MorrisNews.


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text: Home- Faculty Search- Faculty Directory- Ken Segall Colgate Directory FACULTY DETAIL < BACK TO RESULTS Ken SegallProfessor of Physics Physics & Astronomy , 317 Ho Science Center p email@example.com I spent my grade school years in upstate New York and attended high school in Mahwah, N.J. In 1989, I attended Fairfield University in Connecticut, majoring in physics with a minor in mathematics, computer science, and philosophy. In 1993, I moved up I-95 to New Haven, Conn., and attended graduate school in applied physics at Yale University. I received a PhD in 1999 in the group of Daniel Prober and was awarded Yale's Harding-Bliss Prize in Engineering. I stayed on at Yale for eight months and worked as a post-doc in the research group of Rob Schoelkopf. In September of 2000, I moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and did post-doctoral work in the group of Terry Orlando. In August of 2003, I started here at Colgate, and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in December of 2008. I married Karen Cheal in 2002 in Cambridge, Mass., and we have two children, Nadia and Nico. An important aspect of physics today is the effort to understand how the fundamental laws of nature result in complex behavior, often referred to as the study of emergent phenomena. For example, how does something as straightforward as a system of gas molecules organize itself into something as complex as a tornado? Two factors play a key role in the study of emergent phenomena: complexity, the number of constituents in a system, and nonlinearity, a property common to most system dynamics. Nonlinear systems which can be controlled, easily measured and scaled to large numbers are thus important to understand. Networks of superconducting Josephson junctions are examples of such systems. Josephson junctions are inherently nonlinear systems which can be fabricated with adjustable parameters, measured in a straightforward fashion, and easily scaled to large network sizes. In addition, a large circuit of Josephson junctions measured over a long time contains dynamics which would be essentially impossible to calculate on a computer, but which can be observed with basic electrical measurements. In our research, we study the behavior of networks of Josephson junctions. We have followed previous work in this field in studying soliton-like modes called fluxons or vortices and localized modes called discrete breathers. We have also begun work on synchronization in a system of disordered oscillators. Finally, we have devised a circuit of Josephson junctions to accurately model the time-dependent behavior of the voltage of a neuron, with an eye toward studying the emergent behavior of a large, coupled neural network. Our work fits in with Colgate University's strong tradition of undergraduate student involvement in academic research. MORE: Read more about my research Publications See my curriculum vitae Degree BS, Fairfield University, 1993; PhD, Yale University, 1999 Teaching Experience • Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (Physics 372)• Real-time Nonlinear Dynamics + Chaos (Physics/Math 407)• Intro to Differential Equations (Physics 202)• Sports and the Scientific Method (CORE 100, FSEM 133)• General Physics III (Physics 122)• Div/Grad/Curl (Physics 204)• Electronics and Instrumentation (Physics 282)• Solid State Physics (Physics 420)• General Physics II (Physics 121)• General Physics I (Physics 120)• Mechanics (Physics 302)• Advanced Topics and Experiments (Physics 410) Specialties Electronics, solid state physics, nonlinear dynamics, superconductivity, mechanics Interests Superconducting electronics, low temperature electron transport and superconductivity, nonlinear dynamics, quantum computing and quantum information, single photon detectors, analog simulation of neurons Publications "Josephson junction simulation of neurons," P. Crotty, D. Schult and K. Segall, Physical Review E 82, 011914 (2010). "Experimental Observation of Fluxon Diffusion in Josephson Rings," K. Segall, A. Dioguardi, N. Fernandes and J.J. Mazo, Journal of Low Temperature Physics 154, 41-54 (2009). "Thermal depinning of Josephson Fluxons in superconducting rings," J.J. Mazo, F. Naranjo and K. Segall, Physical Review B78, 174510 (2008). "Subgap biasing of Superconducting Tunnel Junctions without a Magnetic Field," K. Segall, J. Moyer and J.J. Mazo, Journal of Applied Physics 104, 043920 (2008). "Multiple-junction biasing of superconducting tunnel junction detectors," K. Segall, J.J. Mazo and T.P. Orlando, Applied Physics Letters 86, 153507 (2005). "Numerical Simulation of Multi-Junction Bias Circuits for Superconducting Detectors," K. Segall, J.J. Mazo and T.P. Orlando, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 15, 583-586 (2005). "Dynamics and energy distribution of nonequilibrium quasiparticles in superconducting tunnel junctions," K. Segall, C.M. Wilson, L. Li, L. Frunzio, S. Friedrich, M.C. Gaidis, and D.E. Prober, Physical Review B70, 214520 (2004). "DC measurements of macroscopic quantum levels in a superconducting qubit structure with a time-ordered meter," D.S. Crankshaw, K. Segall, D. Nakada, T.P. Orlando, L.S. Levitov, S. Lloyd, S.O. Valenzuela, N. Markovic, M. Tinkham, and K.K. Berggren, Physical Review B69, 144518 (2004). "Impact of time-ordered measurements of the two states in a niobium superconducting qubit structure," K. Segall, D.S. Crankshaw, D. Nakada, T.P. Orlando, L.S. Levitov, S. Lloyd, N. Markovic, S.O. Valenzuela, M. Tinkham, and K.K. Berggren, Physical Review B67 (Rapid communications), 220506 (2003). "Experimental characterization of the two current states in a Nb persistent-current qubit," K. Segall, D.S. Crankshaw, D. Nakada, B. Singh, J. Lee, T.P. Orlando, N. Markovic, S.O. Valenzuela and M. Tinkham, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 13, 1009-1012 (2003). "A high performance cryogenic amplifier based on a radio-frequency single electron transmitter," K. Segall, K.W. Lehnert, T.R. Stevenson, R.J. Schoelkopf, P. Wahlgren, A. Aassime and P. Delsing, Applied Physics Letters 81, 4859 (2002). "Fluxon ratchet potentials in superconducting circuits," F. Falo, P.J. Martinez, J. Mazo, T.P. Orlando, K. Segall and E. Trias, Applied Physics A75, 263 (2002). "Quantum partition noise in a superconducting tunnel junction" in Physical Review B64 (Rapid Communications), 180508 (2001) "Noise mechanisms superconducting tunnel-junction detectors" in Applied Physics Letters 76, 2998 (2000) "Single photon imaging x-ray spectrometers" in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 9, 3326 (1999) "Experimental quasiparticle dynamics in a superconducting, imaging x-ray spectrometer" in Applied Physics Letters 71, 3901 (1997) "Spatial uniformity of single photon 1-D imaging detectors using superconducting tunnel junctions" in AIP Conference Proceedings 2002 "Single photon imaging spectrometers using superconducting tunnel junctions" EUCAS Proceedings 2, 615 (2000) "RF single electron transistor readout amplifiers for superconducting astronomical detectors of x-ray to sub-mm wavelengths" in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 11, 692 (2001) "X-ray single photon 1-D imaging spectrometers" in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 11, 685 (2001) "A new noise source in superconducting tunnel junction photon detectors" in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 11, 645 (2001) "Optical/UV single-photon imaging spectrometers using superconducting tunnel junctions" in Nuclear Instruments & Methods A 444, 449 (2000) "Single-photon 2-D imaging X-ray spectrometer employing trapping with four tunnel junctions," L. Li, L. Frunzio, K. Segall, C.M. Wilson, D.E. Prober, A.E. Szymkowiak, S.H. Moseley, Nuclear Instruments & Methods A 444, 228 (2000). "Single-photon imaging x-ray spectrometers using low noise current preamplifiers with dc voltage bias," S. Friedrich, K. Segall, M.C. Gaidis, C.M. Wilson, D.E. Prober, P.J. Kindlmann, A.E. Szymkowiak, S.H. Moseley, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 7, 3383 (1997). "A superconducting x-ray spectrometer with a tantalum absorber and lateral trapping," M.C. Gaidis, S. Friedrich, K. Segall, D.E. Prober, A.E. Szymkowiak, S.H. Moseley, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 6, 1 (1996). "Superconducting Nb-Ta-Al-AlOx-Al x-ray detectors with spatial resolution," S. Friedrich, K. Segall, M.C. Gaidis, D.S. Toledano, D.E. Prober, A.E. Szymkowiak, S.H. Moseley, Nuclear Instruments & Methods A 370, 44 (1996). "Cerenkov fiber sampling calorimeters," K. Arrington, D. Kefford, J. Kennedy, R. Pisani, C. Sanzeni, K. Segall, D. Wall, D.R. Winn, R. Carey, S. Dye, J. Miller, L. Sulak, W. Worstell, Y. Efremenko, Y. Kamyshkov, A. Savin, K. Shmakov, E. Tarkovsky, 1993 IEEE Conference Record Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Cat. No. 93CH3374-6 1, 119 (1993). "Electron bombarded semiconductor gain in CVD diamond," B.Y. Lin, C.P. Beetz, D.R. Winn, K. Segall, International Electron Devices Meeting 1992 Technical Digest, Cat. No. 92CH3211-0, 747 (1992). "Copper-scintillating fiber hadron calorimeter tower prototypes," D. Brown, R. Carey, S. Dye, E. Hazen, D. Higby, J. Miller, L. Sulak, J. Sullivan, W. Worstell, W. Brower, H. Paar, D. Kefford, R. Pisani, K. Segall, D. Wall, D.R. Winn, N. Akchurin, J. Langland, Y. Onel, J. Sandro, C. Bromberg, R. Miller, B. Moore, J. Reidy, W. Bugg, R. Kroeger, R. Wigmans, F. Ayer, C. Elder, H. Cohn, Y. Kamyshkov, F. Placil, M. Rennich, A. Savin, K. Shmakov, A. Smirnov, K. Young, Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Cat. No. 92CH3232-6 1, 274 (1992). "Scintillating fiber calorimeters with cast absorbers," D. Brown, R. Carey, S. Dye, E. Hazen, D. Higby, J. Miller, B.L. Roberts, L. Sulak, C. Wang, W. Worstell, C. Lane, D. Boccuzzi, D. Scrofani, K. Segall, D. Wall, D.R. Winn, C. Bromberg, J. Huston, R. Miller, C. Yosef, A. David, N. Diaczenko, S. Zaman, A. Sanzgiri, R. Webb, D. Acosta, J. Branson, B. Ong, H. Paar, M. Sivertz, D. Thomas, F. Ayer, C. Elder, D. Sullivan, Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Cat. No. 91CH3100-5 1, 274 (1991). "Diamond film optical x-ray and particle detectors," C.P. Beetz, B. Lincoln, D.R. Winn, K. Segall, M. Vasas, D. Wall, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 38, 107 (1991). "Diamond film optical semiconductors," K. Segall, Proceedings NCUR VI (1991), Vol. II, by Univ. of North Carolina at Asheville, Robert D. Yearout ed. (1992). Professional Experience • Postdoctoral associate, M.I.T., September 2000 to July 2003 • Postdoctoral associate, Yale University, January to September 2000 Distinctions • Yale Engineering Harding-Bliss Award, May 2000• NASA Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP) Fellowship, 1994-1997• Department Award for Excellence in Physics, Fairfield University, May 1993• Presidential Scholar (Full Tuition Scholarship), Fairfield University 1989-1993• Salutatorian, Mahwah High School, 1985-1989


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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 7 (UPI) -- Actor Tracy Morgan was listed in critical condition after a six-vehicle accident early Saturday morning in New Jersey, police said.
Morgan had just completed a stand-up comedy routine at Dover Downs Casino in Dover, Del., and was in a limo bus en route to New York City when the crash took place.
The accident, which involved Morgan's limo bus, two tractor-trailers, two cars and an SUV, killed one person and hospitalized seven others.
Sgt. Gregory Williams, of the New Jersey State Police, said the fatality may have been a passenger in the bus with Morgan.
"The limo bus is the only vehicle that overturned," Williams said. "Looks like one of the tractor-trailers may have rear-ended that limo bus, but that's preliminary at this time."
Morgan, along with three of the injured, was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., where he is listed in critical condition and in intensive care.


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Monday, April 8, 2013
Joshua Trees Blooming Across the Southwest: Is it a problem or just a good year?
via the Press-Enterprise of Riverside, that the Joshua trees are actually blooming everywhere in the Mojave this year. It's unusual, with millions of the trees producing flowers.
Posted by Garry Hayes at 11:31 PM
3 comments:
- Hollis said...
I vote for the "we don't know-but-we-gotta-come- with-something" explanation. Thanks for including wonderful plant photos once again, I wish I could be there to see the show in person!
- April 9, 2013 at 8:25 AM
- Andrew Alden said...
We'll have to do it ourselves, if Nature isn't up to it any more.
- April 9, 2013 at 1:12 PM
I was at the Mojave National Preserve last weekend, and yes, the Joshua Trees were blooming all over! I got plenty of pictures, of coarse.
I also noticed that on Cima Dome there seemed to be plenty of younger joshua trees, so the species seems to be surviving in at least some places.
Tomorrow I'm going out to Joshua Tree N.P., so I'll see how things look there. (What's been in the news isn't the flowers, but the vandalism that has recently hit that park.)
- April 13, 2013 at 6:20 PM
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Love conquers all | Thibs cleans house | Kerr's fight continues | Casey defends Lowry | D'Antoni or Silas in Houston?
No. 1: Playoffs a perfect fit for Love here — A season ago there were all the problems trying to fit into the new atmosphere and new system and new team in Cleveland. Then came the playoffs and he was quickly injured and forced to the sidelines. But a year later Kevin Love is not only comfortable alongside LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, but he's a perfect 14-0 in the playoffs for his career and having fun riding the wave. Our own Steve Aschburner caught up with Love, who talked about the change:
"I think there's a sense of purpose now," Love said. "We have our identity. And we also know that because of last year [injuries to Irving and Iman Shumpert, as well as Love], things can be taken away from you at any time."
For Love the biggest difference between playoff basketball and that regular-season variety to which he was limited in six seasons with Minnesota is the urgency.
"Every play really does matter," said Love, who made it to three All-Star games before ever helping a team reach the playoffs.
"Plays in the first, second, third quarters that can change the ball game in the fourth. Everything counts. One bad defensive play. A technical foul [or a flagrant] where they get the ball back and hit a three. Things that, in the regular season, you might be able to brush off. Here you have to really stick with it."
Love said he has embraced the physical nature of the postseason, too, and he's reminded himself to attack the offensive boards, rather than floating from his spots around the perimeter.
"I've had a mentality where I want to hit first," said Love, who takes enough punishment — shoulder "stingers" in particular — to unnerve some Cleveland fans. "It's going to get chippy. Both teams want to win so bad. You definitely remember [hard fouls]. But whether it's a success or failure, you have to handle it quickly and get on to the next play."
No. 2: Thibodeau cleans out Wolves front office — You really didn't expect Tom Thibodeau to take long to put his footprint on the Timberwolves, did you? The new leader of the wolfpack came down hard on Friday, firing GM Milt Newton, president of basketball operations Rob Babcock and several others and it's likely just the start. Kent Youngblood of the Minneapolis Star Tribune has the gory details:
"If you've been around sports, you know how things happen," Newton said. "Once you bring in a new group they want to put their stamp on it. It's part of the job. I definitely don't have any hard feelings towards anyone. I wish those guys well. And I wish the players well."
Said Babcock: "Nobody likes to be let go, but that's part of this business. When someone comes in new, the likelihood is there will be changes. I've been through it on both ends. They'll do an outstanding job here. I'm disappointed I don't get to be a part of it. But I understand completely. I hold nothing against them at all."
These could be the first of many moves made by Thibodeau, who is clearly intent on building the organization in his image.
He spent a lot of time preparing for this. During his season away from the NBA, Thibodeau visited 13 franchises looking for ideas on how to run a front office, assemble and coach a team.
The moves were made shortly after the NBA's scouting combine finished, as the team is ramping up preparations for June's draft.
No. 3: Being back with Warriors helps Kerr with recovery — What should have been one of the best, most fun-filled seasons of Steve Kerr's career in the NBA has instead been a constant battle with pain as he continues to recover from offseason surgery. Though he's far from mended, Kerr told our Scott Howard-Cooper that there's no way he's walking away from the job and the group of players that are the best medicine:
"I wouldn't equate my health with anything that's happened basketball-wise," Kerr said. "I'll put it this way. Under normal circumstances if I hadn't had this health issue this would have been one of the great years of my life. But instead it was, honestly, one of the worst. Probably the worst."
But quit, now that he's made it back this far?
No. Not a chance. Not even if he could have slid into some advisory role with the team and whispered to assistant coach Luke Walton not to take the Los Angeles Lakers job because the big chair was opening on the Golden State bench. Not even if the Warriors follow their 73-9 finish, the best record in league history, with a second consecutive title in June and Kerr can go out on top like few others.
He loves the gig too much. Returning to broadcasting isn't appealing, as good as he was as an analyst, and the idea of becoming head of basketball operations somewhere again, a role he had for three years with the Phoenix Suns, practically makes him cringe. GMs are separated from the team a lot, and the daily interaction is exactly what Kerr enjoys most. Nothing at age 50, far removed from a playing career of five championships with the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs, compares to the competitive energy, the trash talking, the camaraderie, the adrenaline rush of being on the sideline and under pressure, especially in the playoffs.
That is why Kerr fought his way back to the Warriors. It's not that he wanted to get healthy to return to the job. He wanted to return to the job to get healthy.
Kerr required the frenzy of the 2015-16 Warriors.
"I needed the job to distract me and engage me," he said.
No. 4: Casey says Lowry didn't quit — With his team already getting hammered before halftime of Game 2 on Thursday night, Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry headed to the locker room early and opened the door for a ton of criticism. But Toronto coach Dwane Casey came to Lowry's defense and said there's no way the quarterback gave up on his team, according to Mike Mazzeo of ESPN.com:
"Kyle did not walk out on his team," Casey said. "He and Cory Joseph use the bathroom more than any two human beings I know during the game. … I don't think he quit on his team."
Lowry faced criticism after he left the bench with 2½ minutes remaining in the second quarter "just to kind of decompress." At the time, he was 0-for-4 from 3-point range and had committed five turnovers. Cleveland closed the first half on a 16-2 run to take a 14-point halftime lead.
"It's whatever. I think it's an overreaction, personally. I've done it countless times," Lowry reiterated. "Maybe I went to go to the bathroom. I've done it before, going to the bathroom. It's just the magnitude of the situation, which makes it a lot bigger than what it really it is.
"So next time I'll clarify, 'Hey, I'm going to the bathroom,' or 'Hey, I'm doing this.' I'll make sure I'm clear on it so everyone knows."
Through the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals, Lowry is averaging 9.0 points, 4.0 assists and 4.5 turnovers while shooting 28.6 percent from the field and 1-for-15 from 3-point territory.
The Raptors lost Games 1 and 2 by a combined 50 points. Game 3 is Saturday in Toronto.
No. 5: Rockets search down to D'Antoni vs. Silas — It could be down to a matter of years in Houston. The final two in the Rockets' search for a new head coach is evidently down to 65-year-old veteran Mike D'Antoni or 42-year-old up-and-coming Stephen Silas. The deciding factor could even be the choice of lead assistant. Jeff Bzdelik with D'Antoni or Lionel Hollins with Silas. So says the always tapped in Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle:
Though very traditional in his approach, Hollins has long been favored by Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, who hoped to add Hollins to Kevin McHale's coaching staff after the 2013-14 season before Hollins landed the head coaching position with the Brooklyn Nets.
Much of the conversations with D'Antoni since his meeting with Morey and Rockets owner Leslie Alexander have also been about the staff he would put together with Grizzlies assistant Jeff Bzdelik emerging as D'Antoni's likely choice as a defensive specialist. Bzdelik, a former Nuggets head coach, met with Morey and Alexander about the Rockets head coaching position on Thursday.
Just as D'Antoni, 65, has had many head coaching stops — with the Nuggets, Suns, Knicks and Lakers in addition to a celebrated career in Italy — Silas has been with five teams as an assistant. Silas, 42, coached with the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, the Washington Wizards, Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers before returning to Charlotte for his current position under former Rockets assistant Steve Clifford.
Silas, the son of longtime NBA head coach Paul Silas, who was a candidate to be the Rockets head coach in 2003, became the youngest assistant coach in NBA history when he was hired by the Charlotte Bobcats at age 27 in 2000.
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Steph Curry says his elbow is fine and because of that the Warriors are feeling better heading into Game 3…Is America ready for Vice President Mark Cuban?…The buddy-love between LeBron James and Dwyane Wade doesn't sit right with NBA old-timers…Pat Riley says he's expecting a lot more from Goran Dragic next season….It seems that Draymond Green has a very long memory…New head coach Frank Vogel says the Magic are ready to take the next step…Steven Adams is getting bruised and battered in the playoffs, but will keep plugging away…The Coyote is retiring in San Antonio.


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Although my baking has waned recently because I need to reduce the bread backlog in my freezer, it hasn't gone entirely dormant. For instance, I baked some hamburger buns today (thanks, dolfs!) as a demonstration/interview for an instructor's position with the Culinary Center of Kansas City. It was a lot of fun and felt more than a little bizarre. After all, I am, to steal proth5's pet expression, just a raggedy home baker, not a professional chef/baker. Still, any time that you get to talk to people about baking bread is a pretty good time. And I apparently managed to do so in a coherent fashion because they asked me to teach for them.
The demo was slated as a 30-40 minute session in front of six of the CCKC staff and instructors, followed by their feedback. That's a very small slice of time to work with, so I broke it into two separate phases and applied some "TV cooking" tricks. The first phase was to demonstrate the mixing and kneading of a single batch of dough (using pre-measured ingredients), fielding questions as I went. Some of the reviewers are bread bakers, some are not. From a previous test run with the dough, I knew that I did not want to add more flour to the dough. I also knew that the butter content was high enough that the dough would not stick to the work surface. Consequently, I only did a rough mix and dumped the not-entirely-cohesive mass out onto the work surface, which was a polished marble or travertine material. That elicited a few questions about why I wasn't worried about the whole thing sticking, so I showed them how the butter in the dough was keeping my hands and the counter comparatively clean. I only kneaded it enough with the push-turn-fold-push method to get everything to hang together, then started French folding, a la Richard Bertinet. That triggered a number of questions and comments, since none of them had seen that technique previously. They were impressed with how easily the dough developed and smoothed out, and with how it picked up the initial goop from the countertop. Putting that aside, I pulled out six batches worth of dough that I had made prior to leaving home for the demo and put each of them to work shaping the dough into the bun type of their choice, with pointers on how to achieve the various shapes. I gave them tips for the final fermentation and baking (they have plenty of ovens to work with at the center) and that was the end of the demo. Next up was listening to the critiques, which were uniformly positive and provided some very useful tips for me as a presenter.
So, the next step is to work out what courses to offer and to get them scheduled. The catalog for the November 2012 - April 2013 semester is being developed now, so my timing was good. I'll probably teach once, perhaps twice, a month. This promises to be a lot of fun and I'm really looking forward to sharing the joy of good, home-made bread with others.