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Oct 31, 2011
SUWANEE, Ga.—Garner Shivers, a senior forward from Oxford, Miss., has been selected as the SCAC Men's Soccer Co-Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, Oct. 24, through Sunday, Oct. 30.
Shivers posted three goals and two assists in two conference wins this weekend. He recorded one goal – the game-winner – and an assist against Sewanee on Friday, and two goals – including the game-winner once again – and an assist against Centre on Sunday.
The Panthers are in action again this weekend, hosting the SCAC Men's Soccer Championship. No. 4 seed BSC faces No. 5 seed Centre on Friday at 5 p.m. at BSC Soccer Park.


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Valentine's Day Gluten-free Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe with no food coloring
Growing up gluten-free in the Pacific Northwest, I'd never had a red velvet cake or cupcake in my life. This chocolate cake, often appearing in cupcake form, is often made with buttermilk and beets or red food coloring. It is most popular in the Southern United States, which may explain why I didn't encountered it much. I'd seen recipes around online and was intrigued, but finally seeing Pinch my Salt's beautiful red velvet cupcake decided it. I had to make a recipe for this Valentine's Day. First I wanted to find out more about the history of the red velvet cake, and my friend Wikipedia helped me with this.
James Beard's 1972 reference American Cookery describes three kinds of red velvet cake varying in the amounts of shortening and butter used. All of them use red food coloring for the color, but it is mentioned that the reaction of acidic vinegar and buttermilk tends to turn the cocoa a reddish brown color. Furthermore, before more alkaline "Dutch Processed" cocoa was widely available, the red color would have been more pronounced. This natural tinting may have been the source for the name "Red Velvet" as well as "Devil's Food" and a long list of similar names for chocolate cakes.
Dye And Other Color Sources
The use of red dye to make "Red Velvet" cake was probably started after the introduction of the darker cocoa in order to reproduce the earlier color. It is also notable that while foods were rationed during World War II, some bakers used boiled beets to enhance the color of their cakes. Boiled grated beets or beet baby food are still found in some red velvet cake recipes. Red velvet cakes seemed to find a home in the U.S. South and reached peak popularity in the 1950s – just before a controversy arose about health effects of common food colorings. (Source: Wikipedia)
To make my version of red velvet cupcakes, I was determined to avoid using expensive red food coloring when I could use natural ingredients. The traditional dye besides red food coloring was beets, but I'd heard a lot of criticism that beets imparted a heavy, earthy flavor to the dessert. So, I went to Whole Foods with an open mind, looking for other bright red ingredients that could be used instead of beets. I had recently received a sample of Pom Wonderful Pomegranate Juice, which inspired me to think of red juices like pomegranate. (I probably would have used this juice, but there was a mix-up and it ended up sitting in our apartment complex office for two weeks when it needed refrigeration- oops.) Whole Foods didn't have that specific brand of pomegranate, so I ended up bringing home an acai juice instead. However, I was also inspired by a can of cranberry jelly that seemed ideal for decreasing the oil in the recipe as well as bringing color and additional flavor. Maybe it was unconventional, but I had read complaints that Red Velvet Cupcakes often didn't have much flavor and since I didn't want a strong chocolate flavor, fruit-infused vanilla sounded really good to me.
I couldn't have been happier with the results. The cupcakes might have turned out more of a light brown than a red, but the flavor was wonderful, with crystallized sugar sparkling on the top and a light, fluffy texture. I had feared the batter might be too thin, but it rose to a perfect height and texture in the oven. To be honest, it didn't even need frosting, but to make it more festive we whipped up a batch of the DH's special cream cheese frosting. DH's response? He asked me why I don't bake more often… and ate about four of them in a row, before I could even get them frosted.
Looking for other gluten-free takes on the red velvet cupcake? Try these recipes!
Going Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe with Chocolate Pudding
Ginger lemon Girl's Lowfat Whole-Grain Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe
Naomi of Better Batter's Starbucks-Style Ganache-filled Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe
I hope you have a delicious and gluten-free Valentine's Day! What are you enjoying for Valentine's Day dinner and Dessert? Please share in the comments!
Enjoy more of my Valentine's Day Recipes!
Lemon Vanilla Heart Tuiles with Vanilla Custard
Homemade Easy GF Macademia or Pistachio nut Fudge
No refined sugar Babycake Brownie Recipe
Gluten-Free No food coloring Red Velvet Cupcakes
2 1/2 cups your favorite gluten-free flour blend (I used Bette Hagman's gourmet blend*)
1 1/2 cups vanilla sugar **
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cocoa powder
3/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup cranberry jelly (not the whole berry kind)
1 1/4 cup buttermilk [dairy-free: try soy milk with 1 tbsp. lemon juice]
2 large eggs, at room temperature [egg-free: try 2 Ener-g Foods Egg Replacer "eggs"]
2 or 3 tbsp. acai juice, cranberry juice, or pomegranate juice (i used acai)
1 tsp. white wine vinegar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Prepare two muffin tin either by greasing or using muffin tin liners.
Sift together your flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder.
Whisk together or use your mixer to combine the cranberry jelly, canola oil, eggs, juice, vinegar and vanilla. You may want to start with just the cranberry jelly and oil or eggs. Mix until all wet ingredients are combined and smooth. Fold in the sifted dry ingredients.
Next, pour smooth batter into your muffin tin or liner until each cup is 2/3 full. (Batter may seem liquid, but it will rise beautifully. If you're worried you can add a little more flour blend, especially if you used 3 tbsp. of the juice.)
Bake for 25 minutes or so, turning the pans around at around the 12 minute mark.
Let cupcakes cook and then frost.
Sprinkle with colored sprinkles if desired. Whole Foods has a natural fruit colored sprinkle.
*Bette Hagman's Gourmet Blend, available through Ener-g Foods or mixed in bulk: 3 cups white rice flour 1 cup potato starch 1/2 cup tapioca starch flour.
**To make vanilla sugar, simply store a vanilla bean with your sugar overnight.
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For weeks on end in 2010, live footage of a ruptured pipeline spewing oil underwater in the Gulf of Mexico served as a 24/7 reminder of the potential for environmental devastation. Underwriters and brokers dealing with Environmental insurance initially feared the worst in terms of the disaster's impact on the industry.
"Everyone thought it would be the 'Katrina' for Environmental Liability," recalls Marla Donovan, head of product development at Burns & Wilcox.
But while the images of the Deepwater Horizon spill were striking, the multi-billion-dollar event had surprisingly little effect on the Environmental sector.
"Because BP is self-insured for a majority of that risk, we haven't seen that loss impacting the insurance marketplace," observes Mike Szot, environmental practice leader at Aon Risk Solutions.
In fact, pricing in the Environmental market has been soft in recent years, thanks in large part to continually increasing capacity.
"In 2007, there might have been just over a dozen Environmental markets. Today there are nearly 40," says Stacy Brown, president of Freberg Environmental Insurance.
The increased capacity has been driven in part by carriers' exploration of new lines of business to try to grow revenue in a soft commercial-lines market. "Everybody just wanted to be able to say they were into Environmental," says Donovan.
As a result, capacity in recent years has outpaced demand, particularly as the economy depressed mergers & acquisitions and new construction—two activities typically requiring Environmental coverage. Additionally, economic pressures caused many businesses not required to purchase Environmental coverage by regulation or contract to retain the risk instead.
"A lot of clients who recognized the need to buy environmental risk coverage chose not to. They saw it as a luxury they could not afford," says William McElroy, senior vice president of environmental for Liberty International Underwriters.
Also keeping pricing tamped down in recent years: Carriers actually have recorded a profitable experience across many lines of Environmental insurance, even with pricing reductions.
Ralph Molyneux, vice president at Legends Environmental Insurance Services, observes that Contractors' Pollution liability, in particular, became a lucrative line for carriers in the wake of EPA regulations on lead paint that prompted remodeling contractors to carry Environmental coverage.
"Underwriters made a ton of money on contractors," says Molyneux. "They're selling it at a minimum premium of $2,500. It's been a nice little expansion [of business]."
In such a competitive market, carriers have taken steps to differentiate their products and to target niches.
"What I've seen is a big shift from 'one size fits all' to products that focus on different exposures for different industries—health care, real estate, personal-care products, agricultural products, things of that nature," says Kerry Simon, underwriting officer for the environmental division in the U.S. and Canada for Chartis Insurance.
For example, Chartis created a form for the health-care industry called PPL Wellness Protect. The form is tailored to environmental risks health-care providers face such as mold and Legionella pneumophila; waste disposal; and evacuation expenses in the event of a covered environmental crisis.
Another popular option offered by some carriers is coverage for increased restoration costs, including those for green-building upgrades, either required or desired due to environmental concerns.
But one area in which capacity has dried up is Remediation Stop Loss coverage, also known as Cleanup Cost Cap. This coverage, usually triggered by regulatory changes or the discovery of additional contaminants, indemnifies the insured for costs above the estimated budget (plus an additional retention level) up to the policy cap.
The problem for insurers with this class of coverage is that cleanup projects are notorious for cost overruns, which have destroyed insurers' loss ratios on these policies.
"It was hard to pick a set amount that would pay for the remediation, and the longer the remediation was in effect, the more expensive it became," says Simon, adding that Chartis has ceased offering the coverage.
"That's not to say you can't put [a Stop Loss program] together," Szot adds. "However, those types of policies and coverages are few and far between."
Although underwriters and brokers wouldn't go so far as to claim the market is hardening, most believe that the years of double-digit renewal premium decreases are over.
There are several factors contributing to a likely turnaround in the environmental marketplace. On the supply side, capacity, while still strong, is not increasing at the rate it had been over the past few years.
"Eighteen months ago we were still seeing an influx of new capacity and very, very aggressive pricing reductions. That has stabilized in the last 12 months," says Chris Smy, global leader of Marsh's Environmental Practice. "We are seeing what appears to be a bottoming of the market and some level of transition."
Rich Sheldon, environmental practice leader at Willis, has seen a tighter market for Secured Creditor products, coverage for underground storage tanks, and policy forms that combine General, Professional and Pollution Liability coverage.
"There has been over-capacity," adds Burns & Wilcox's Donovan. "It will be interesting to see if there are players who don't have what it takes to go the long haul, and what happens as a result."
Losses are also increasing. "People are no longer buying [environmental insurance] just to put in a filing cabinet for when disaster strikes," says Mary Ann Susavidge, managing executive underwriter of environmental at XL Group.
"Claims on polices are also driven by discovery," she says, adding that an uptick in the economy is prompting new claim activity as companies look to expand. "Companies are doing more environmental studies for financing and are discovering problems. Or they are excavating for remodeling projects and finding new pollution issues."
"Manufacturing facilities have obvious [pollution] exposures, but even small-business facilities can have exposures that aren't readily apparent," adds Freberg Environmental's Brown. "There are millions of facilities that actively mange materials that could be considered hazardous."
Those materials include items not normally thought of as pollutants. For instance, Freberg insured a food-manufacturing facility that purchased coverage because it operated a refrigerator that contained ammonia. "Instead, they had a molasses spill that caused a $75,000 loss," Brown says.
Two of the biggest worries for risk managers and buyers are vapor encroachment and mold.
Other concerns include the unknown, long-term hazards of fracking operations in the energy sector; concerns about electric and magnetic field (EMF) radiation in the telecom sector; and Legionella, which has been impacting buying decisions in the hotel, leisure, real estate and health-care sectors.
On the demand side of the equation, the slowly improving economy is increasing the need for new environmental coverage.
"Projects for bridges, tunnels and infrastructure are coming back," says Simon. "It's a shift in the economy—and that will drive the need for coverage."
Demand for Premises Pollution coverage in particular is being driven by buyer due diligence and lender risk management.
"Eventually every bank will require [Premises coverage] in real estate deals, because they don't want to take ownership of a site that has an issue if there is a loan default," says Molyneux.
The trend of increased demand for Environmental coverage, even as prices firm, has brokers and carriers alike feeling optimistic.
"We feel there's strong opportunity across the marketplace, particularly for international growth," says Sheldon of Willis. "Several of the veteran carriers in this business that have broad international capabilities have already shown that international [business] can be a significant component of their growth, whether it's foreign companies entering the U.S. market or U.S. companies expanding internationally."
Adds Marsh's Smy: "For the vast majority of buyers, there is a lot of capacity and a lot of innovation. It's still a favorable marketplace."


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Catholics from around New York State made the trek to Albany on March 19, to join in the "Catholics at the Capital Day". One of the major that we went there to discuss was Governor Cuomo's abortion expansion plan, which is part of a bill with the name, "Women's Equality Act".
Many of the participants in the day, when speaking with their "pro-choice" legislators, were accused of lying about the contents of the WEA. Unsurprisingly, these ill-informed solons were just repeating the propaganda talking points put forward by the pro-abortion lobbying groups.
So it's worth taking a few minutes to review the truthfulness of the two essential arguments that we are making about this bill:
The WEA would expand abortion
It is true that the expressed purpose of the abortion provisions in the "Women's Equality Act" is to "protect a woman's right to obtain an abortion… as established in Roe v. Wade". But this bald statement is used by pro-abortion advocates to claim that the bill does nothing more than to "codify existing law".
In fact, the Governor's proposal is much more radical, and would expand abortion rights far beyond current federal and state law.
The fundamental reason for this is that Roe v. Wade is no longer the controlling federal constitutional standard on abortion. The legal standard established in Roe was very liberal, and courts used it to strike down virtually every abortion regulation passed by state legislatures. But as time went along, the Supreme Court backed away from the extremism of Roe, and eventually adopted a standard that permitted more leeway for states to regulate abortion. This led to the 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which purported to retain the "central holding" of Roe, but which actually transformed the applicable legal standard in a way that made it somewhat more possible for states to regulate abortion successfully.
So if the goal is really to "codify" current federal constitutional law on abortion, a reference to Roe is completely misplaced. This proposal would actually codify the high-water mark of liberal abortion law, and ignore the subsequent legal developments that have pared that standard back. It would lock in place an abortion law that is extremely permissive and hostile to any attempt to regulate or restrict the practice in any way.
In addition, the proposal not only ignores the current constitutional standard, it also ignores other important developments that have already been codified in federal law — like the Hyde Amendment (restrictions on public funding), the partial birth abortion ban, the criminalization of violence against unborn children (Lacy and Conner's Law), and more robust conscience protections (like the Church Amendment and the Hyde-Weldon Amendment).
In fact, by appealing to the very liberal legal standard of Roe, the legislation sends a signal to the courts that they should strike down any reasonable regulation of abortion — like restrictions on public funding, a partial birth abortion ban, the criminalization of violence against unborn children, and robust conscience protections for medical practitioners who don't want to participate in abortion. It would make it difficult, if not impossible, to enact bills that enjoy wide public support in our state and across the nation — like restrictions on late-term abortions, health and safety regulations on abortion clinic , parental notification requirements and full informed consent provisions.
So this proposal cherry-picks existing federal law, selecting only the liberalized pro-abortion elements that the advocates want, and rejecting the reasonable pro-life elements that they consistently oppose whenever they appear.
By any standard, that's an expansion of abortion.
The WEA permits non-doctors to do late-term abortions
A second major argument that we offer is that the bill would allow non-doctors to do surgical abortions, even up until the moment of birth.
The bill accomplishes this by repealing the current requirement that only doctors can perform abortions (a provision found in the Penal Law). Instead, it would grant the Health Department broad authority permit anyone — even non-health professionals — to do abortions. It would immunize any non-doctor abortionist from any criminal prosecution, for practicing medicine without a license, or any kind of professional misconduct action.
In other words, the Governor's law would permit abortion with impunity for anyone who has the approval of the Health Department — whose highest officials are, naturally, appointed by this ardently "pro-choice" Governor.
It actually gets worse. The bill would permit abortion of any child who is not "viable" for any reason, at any time in the pregnancy. But this key term is completely undefined in the bill — it would be left entirely in the discretion of the abortionist to determine if a child is "viable" or not, with no legal standard to go by and no requirement that any other person (much less a trained doctor) concur with that determination.
Think about that for a second. This bill would allow non-doctors, people with far less training and experience than physicians, to make their own decisions about whether a baby could survive outside the womb, and then to perform surgery to kill that child — even up to the moment of birth.
By the way, this is not just us making this claim. Pro-abortion supporters conceded on the floor of the Legislature last June that the bill would allow non-doctors to do abortions, and at least one influential legislator is writing to constituents that it is a major goal of the bill.
So what's the truth about the WEA?
We already have over 100,000 abortions in New York State. The great majority of them are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion. More African-American babies in New York are aborted than are allowed to be born. 37% of pregnancies in New York City end in abortion.
That's the truth. That's the tragedy of abortion in New York. And we need more truth, less tragedy.
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Over the past few weeks, I've been researching a number of different families with the surname of Blanch, living in Westminster in the second half of the eighteenth century, in the hope of finding some link to my great-great-great-great-grandfather James Blanch of Compton Street, Soho. The other day, while exploring the Gloucestershire roots of Thomas Blanch, joiner of St James, Westminster, I made a discovery which I believe constitutes an important breakthrough in our knowledge of James' origins.
For some time, those of us researching the Blanch family believed that James was the son of Holborn baker William Blanch and his wife Ann Yalden, and was born on 13 July 1755. This more or less matched with James' age – 86 – at the time of his burial in December 1740, and with the fact that he spent much of his adult life in the Holborn and Clerkenwell area of London. However, last year my fellow-researcher and distant relation Jan Addison discovered the record of a burial on 13 May 1756 at St Sepulchre, Holborn, for one-year-old James Blanch of Seacoal Lane. This meant that our ancestor James could not possibly be the child of William and Ann Blanch of Holborn.
If you search the International Genealogical Index, the only other record for a James Blanch, born at about the right time, is for the person of that name born on 7 June 1755 in 'Bristol and Somerset' to Thomas and Mary Blanch. The source is a 'birth note' from the Nonconformist Record Indexes for England and Wales, and more specifically from the Register of Birth Notes belonging to the [Quaker] Monthly Meeting of Bristol and Somerset from 1750 to 1760, which can be accessed via The Genealogist website.
The birth note reads as follows:
We whose Names are hereunto subscribed were present at the Birth of James Blanch the Son of Thomas Blanch and Mary his Wife, who was born at their Dwelling-house in Tenkebury the seventh Day of the six Month 1755
Mary Blanch
Sarah Hartland
Margret Haggard (?)
There is no such place as 'Tenkebury', and cross-referencing with other records (see below) establishes that this is a mistake for Tewkesbury. I've been aware of this record for some time, but unable to find any connection with James Blanch of Soho and Holborn. That was until the other day when, via Ancestry, I stumbled across a number of entries in Matthews's New Bristol Directory, between 1785 and 1799, for Thomas Blanch, variously of Merchant Street and St Thomas Street, Bristol, a heel and patten maker. This struck me as more than simple coincidence: at the time of his first marriage to Jane Barlow in 1799, my 4 x great grandfather James Blanch was described as a heel maker, and the Westminster poll books for 1780, 1780 and 1784 and 1790 give his occupation as patten maker, the same occupation as his father-in-law, William Barlow.
Tewkesbury is fifty miles from Bristol, but in the eighteenth century they were part of the same county (Gloucestershire), and it's not unlikely that people would have been drawn to the growing city from the surrounding towns. Might Thomas Blanch, heel and patten maker, have been James' father, or related to him in some other way?
Further research in the Nonconformist records led me to a Quaker marriage certificate for Thomas Blanch and Sarah Millward, who were married at Tewkesbury on 28 June 1770. The certificate significantly advances our understanding of the Blanch family of Tewkesbury, while also providing a fascinating insight into eighteenth-century Quaker practices. It reads as follows:
Whereas Thomas Blanch of the City of Bristol Heel maker Son of Thomas Blanch of Tewkesbury in the County of Gloucester Heelmaker and Mary his Wife; and Sarah Millward Daughter of John Millard of Tewkesbury aforesaid Salesman and Esther his Wife
Having declared their Intentions of taking each other in Marriage before several Meetings of the People called Quakers in Bristol and Tewkesbury aforesaid, and the Proceedings of the said Thomas Blanch and Sarah Millard, after due Enquiry and Consideration thereof, were allowed by the said Meetings, they appearing clear of all others, and having Consent of Parents & Relations concerned.
Now there are to certify all whom it may concern, that for the accomplishing of their said Marriage, this twenty Eight day of the sixth month called June, in the Year Onethousand sevenhundred and Seventy They the said Thomas Blanch and Sarah Millard appeared in a publick Assembly of the aforesaid People and others, in their Meeting house in Tewkesbury, and he the said Thomas Blanch taking the said Sarah Millard by the Hand; did openly and solemnly declare as followeth: 'Friends; In the fear of the Lord and before this Assembly I take this my Friend Sarah Millard to be my Wife, promising through divine assistance to be unto her a loving and faithful Husband, untill it shall please the Lord, by Death to separate us'. And the said Sarah Millard did then and there, in the said Assembly, in like manner as followeth 'Friends; In the fear of the Lord and before this Assembly I take this my Friend Thomas Blanch to be my Husband, promising, through divine Assistance, to be unto him a loving & faithful Wife, untill it shall please the Lord by Death to separate us'. And the said Thomas Blanch and Sarah Millard, as a further Confirmation thereof, and in Testimony thereunto, did then and there to these presents set their hands
Whose Names are hereunto Inscribed being present among others at the Solemnizing of the abovesaid Marriage and Subscription, in manner aforesaid, as Witnesses, have also to these presents, Subscribed our Names, the Day before above written
Thomas Blanch
Sarah Millard
It seems likely that the Thomas Blanch who married Sarah Millard is the heel and patten maker mentioned in the Bristol Directory. I'm also inclined to believe that my 4 x great grandfather James Blanch was the brother of this Thomas Blanch, and the son of Thomas and Mary Blanch of Tewkesbury. If I'm right, it means that James' father, as well as his brother Thomas, were heel makers – like James himself.
The long list of witnesses (in excess of thirty) at the end of the certificate includes the following two lists under the heading 'Relations':
Henry Millard
Mary Millard
John Hartland
Sarah Hartland
William Hartland
Mary Hartland
Thomas Blanch
The mark x of Mary Blanch
John Millard
Esther Millard
William Blanch
Ann Blanch
John Blanch
John Millard junior
The William and John Blanch mentioned here were almost certainly other sons of Thomas and Mary, probably those born in Tewkesbury on 7 February 1747 and 28 May 1758 respectively. Thomas and Mary also had a son Joseph, born in Tewkesbury on 21 October 1752. The Ann Blanch whose name appears here could be the daughter of Thomas Blanch christened at the church of St Mary, Gloucester, on 26 December 1754. The Thomas Blanch who married Sarah Millard is probably the son of Thomas Blanch born in Thornbury, Gloucestershire in 1754. It's less likely that he's the person of that name born in Bisley, Gloucestershire in 1743. The presence among the witnesses of Sarah Hartland, who witnessed James Blanch's birth in 1755, is further confirmation that this is the same family.
To sum up: although the evidence is not absolutely conclusive, there are now strong grounds for believing that my 4 x great grandfather James Blanch was born in Tewkesbury in 1755, and was the son of Quaker heel maker Thomas Blanch and his wife Mary. This would explain how James himself came to work as a heel and patten maker. James' Quaker origins might also explain why Quaker clockmaker William Dorrell was a witness at James' marriage to Jane Barlow.
We may never know when and why James Blanch moved from Tewkesbury to London. Perhaps he was sent there as an apprentice patten maker, possibly to William Barlow, his future father-in-law? If so, this would explain his absence from the list of witnesses at his brother Thomas' wedding: James would have been about fifteen years old at the time and apprenticeships usually began at around the age of thirteen.
There are still many elements of the story that need further research. I'm fairly sure that the Thomas Blanch mentioned in the Bristol Directory was James' brother, the husband of Sarah Millard. But if so, who were the Thomas and Mary Blanch living in Merchant Street, Bristol, in the 1760s, the births of whose children (Mary, born in 1762; Thomas, 1766; and William, 1768) were registered with the Monthly Meeting of Bristol and Somerset, and whose daughter Mary was buried in the Friends Burial Ground at Fryars, Bristol, in 1765?
Further research will be needed to clarify the exact relationships between the various branches of the Quaker Blanch family of Gloucestershire. For now, though, we can tentatively celebrate the discovery of a new generation of Blanch ancestors: my (probable) great-great-great-great-great-grandparents, Thomas and Mary Blanch of Tewkesbury.


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The Journey to Milwaukee
|The villages of Villmar, Selters, and Bad Camberg
are all part of the Burbach saga.
Georg Burbach left his home village in Oberselters, Nassau, Hesse, Germany in search of a better life. He moved to the village of Villmar where he met and married Catherine Caspari about 1848. Their oldest son Adam was born in Sept 1849 and died in Dec 1854. Son Hermann was born in 1852 and John was born in 1854. In 1856 Georg and Catherine, with their two surviving sons left Villmar and began their journey to America. Later Georg's sister Helena and her family would settle in Milwaukee along with members of Catherine's Caspari family.
In 1846, three neighboring towns combined to form the city of Milwaukee. The population continued to grow thanks to the waves of German immigrants over the next several decades. Originally the area was home to many Indian tribes. The word "Milwaukee" may come from Potawatomi language minwaking, or Ojibwe language ominowakiing, "Gathering place [by the water]".[i] [ii]
The German Revolution of 1848 sparked the immigration of over a million Germans to the United States. Wisconsin was a popular destination because of the availability of cheap land and assurances of freedom.[iii] Many of those arriving had suffered poverty in Germany.
Milwaukee has long been known for it's meat packing and processing businesses. In the 1860s the pork processing industry boomed, in part due to the Civil War and the needs of the war effort. It was also the era that Patrick Cudahy and Phillip Armour were establishing their companies. Many of Milwaukee's population were involved in the meat industry as drovers, butchers, packers, and transporters. It was a good place to settle and raise a family with good opportunities to make a living. Georg was first a drover, then a cattle broker and later a butcher.
Milwaukee's large German community supported the publication of many German Language Newspapers, such as Wisconsin Banner and Volksfreund, which reported on local as well as world news. Church and club news as well as school news and births, marriages, and deaths often appeared only in the German Language Newspapers.


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VICTORIA -- Discrimination and prejudice are inherent genetically encoded biases already in place in the brain circuitry of young infants, researchers claim. Psychologists conclude intolerance of societal heterogeneity is an innate element of the human mindset, starting virtually at birth.
"A central feature of human psychology is our pervasive tendency to divide the social world into 'us' and 'them,' " explained Neha Mahajan of Temple University and Karen Wynn of Yale University. "There is a phenomenon of in-group bias and enhanced interpersonal attraction toward those who resemble ourselves."
The result is ethnocentrism.
"Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view one's group as centrally important," explained Carsten de Dreu at the University of Amsterdam. "It creates inter-group bias."
According to neuropsychologist Allen Edel at the University of Rochester, ethnocentrism is "hard-wired into our brains."
"All successful human societies have a history of excluding out-group members," he wrote.
Paul Bloom at Yale University has concluded that is likely why human infants discriminate against others who are "even slightly different from themselves."
The morality of babies "is focused on people who are similar to them," he added. "The extent to which babies are little bigots, and racism a central part of humanity, (is central to measures aimed) at eradicating racism."
According to the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale, babies only a few hours of age can make judgments on some moral issues.
"Adults tend to like individuals who are similar to themselves," explained University of British Columbia neuropsychologist J. Kiley Hamlin. "Infants and young children prefer individuals who share their attributes and tastes over those who do not."
Hamlin's recent research disclosed that nine- to 14-month-old infants prefer individuals "who treat similar others well."
But, they also prefer those who "treat dissimilar others poorly," she reported.
Her studies indicate the tendency to treat out-group members badly increases with age, and that the anti-outgroup prejudices in the infants she studied were virtually without exception.
De Dreu and colleagues explained there is a hormonal basis to such behaviours.
"Oxytocin creates inter-group bias because it motivates in-group favouritism," the researchers reported. "It strengthens an evolutionary-evolved and functional tendency to discriminate between in-group and out-group (and to give preferential treatment) to members of one's own group."
Some social scientists have expressed shock with regard to such biases being present in young infants.
"In-group cohesion is regulated by oxytocin produced by the hypothalamus," Edel explained. "It is produced (when one encounters) one of one's own kind."
But, when one encounters "a foreigner or a member of some out-group," norepinephrine is produced, and it triggers a fight-or-flight response.
Researchers postulate ethnocentrism has had survival value in human societies because, throughout history, people who were suspicious of members of out-groups "were more likely to survive."
Since bigotry and intolerance are cognitively preprogrammed into the human psyche, addressing these tendencies poses special challenges, psychologists admit. But, in enlightened societies, the "neuroplasticity of the brain" can accomplish amazing feats, according to neuroscientist Sandra Chapman of the University of Texas, although it is not clear if that includes reprogramming itself.
Robert Alison is zoologist and freelance writer based in Victoria.


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According to an article on CNET News, Google is in the process of building a tool known as "Google Ocean" to map the terrain of the ocean floors. Similar to Google Earth and Maps, Ocean will provide the base data (depth mesh and some imagery), and allow users to populate it with data for things like current, shipwrecks, coral reefs, etc.
Capturing the entire ocean in high res would take approximately 100 ship years, so it is assumed that Google will start by using something like the Predicted Depth Map from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, then fill it in with a patchwork of higher resolution data from a variety of sources.
There is no timetable for when Google Ocean might be released. Last December, Google met with various oceanography experts to discuss the project, so at this point it should be well underway. If we hear any more news about a pending release, we'll let you know.


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2013 Press Releases
June 23, 2013
Pathway to Stop Diabetes: The American Diabetes Association's Bold New Research Initiative
In an effort to spur the nation's most creative thinkers into finding innovative ways to thwart the epidemic spread of diabetes, this year, the American Diabetes Association will begin to award research grants under its newly created Pathway to Stop Diabetes program.
June 22, 2013
Major Advance Toward an Artificial Pancreas: "Smart" Device That Reduces Low Blood Glucose Levels Overnight Undergoing FDA Review
In a major advance in the development of an artificial pancreas, researchers have shown that an insulin pump can be programmed to temporarily shut off when blood glucose levels dip too low, successfully reducing the duration and incidence of nighttime hypoglycemia, according to study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented concurrently at the American Diabetes Association's 73rd Scientific Sessions® this week.
June 22, 2013
Major Long-Term Benefits of Intensive Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes: Study Reports Near-Normal Glucose Levels Lead to Large Reductions in Kidney, Heart, Severe Eye Diseases and Stroke
Long-term, intensive therapy for people with type 1 diabetes helps them achieve near-normal glucose levels and substantially reduces the risk of developing severe eye disease, impaired kidney function, heart disease and stroke. These findings are the latest results from a landmark government-sponsored study, reported at a special symposium held at the American Diabetes Association's 73rd Scientific Sessions® today.
June 21, 2013
All Fat is Not Bad: Study Shows Exercise Creates "Good Fat"
Two new studies of mice and humans suggest that exercise can train fat to behave differently than the fat that develops from sedentary behavior, and that this "good fat" may elicit metabolic improvements in other tissues, according to research presented today at the American Diabetes Association's 73rd Scientific Sessions®.
June 21, 2013
When Does Type 1 Diabetes Begin to Develop? Research Reveals How to Identify Those at Highest Risk
In a major step toward determining when type 1 diabetes begins to develop, researchers have created tools for accurately predicting who is at highest risk for this disease, opening possibilities for earlier intervention and potentially greater preservation of beta cell function, according to scientists at a joint American Diabetes Association/Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) symposium today at the American Diabetes Association's 73rd Scientific Sessions®.
June 20, 2013
Diabetes Association Releases Statement on the Socioecological Determinants of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
The epidemic growth of type 2 diabetes in the U.S. over the past decade has clearly been shown to be associated with social, environmental and economic factors, as outlined in a Scientific Statement released today by the American Diabetes Association at its 73rd Scientific Sessions®.
June 18, 2013
Vijay Viswanathan, MD, PhD, FRCP, Receives American Diabetes Association's Vivian Fonseca Scholar Award
The American Diabetes Association will present the Vivian Fonseca Scholar Award for the first time to Vijay Viswanathan, MD, PhD, FRCP.
June 18, 2013
American Diabetes Association Announces 73rd Scientific Sessions® Press Briefing Schedule
American Diabetes Association's 73rd Scientific Sessions® Press Briefing Teleconferences
June 17, 2013
Chicago Hospitality Workers Learn About Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association is hosting their 73rd Scientific Sessions®, the largest diabetes conference in the world, in Chicago June 21-25. As a way of engaging with the Chicago community, the Association will reach out to hospitality employees of the Hyatt Regency Chicago, and other participating hotels, to educate them about diabetes prevention and management.
June 17, 2013
American Diabetes Association Announces Award Winners at 73rd Scientific Sessions
The American Diabetes Association, the nation's leading voluntary health organization in the fight to Stop Diabetes®, is proud to announce this year's recipients of the National Scientific & Health Care Achievement Awards.
June 13, 2013
Dribble to Stop Diabetes Coming to Chicago
The Dribble to Stop Diabetes campaign is sponsoring a WNBA/NBA D-League FIT Clinic during the NBA Nation presented by Sprint's tour stop in Chicago.
June 10, 2013
American Diabetes Association Calls for Independent Review of Incretin Therapy
The American Diabetes Association (the Association) is asking all pharmaceutical companies involved in the development or marketing of incretin-based medications, used to lower blood glucose levels, to make patient-level data on their products available for an independent review that could help settle the question of whether such therapies contribute to the development of pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer.
June 4, 2013
American Diabetes Association and Lilly Announce Creation of Research Awards
The American Diabetes Association and Eli Lilly and Company are pleased to announce the creation of a three-year collaborative research program aimed at better understanding diabetes care in older adults, many of whom are disproportionately affected by this disease.
June 3, 2013
American Diabetes Association Opens Call for National Committees
The American Diabetes Association, the nation's leading voluntary health organization in the fight to Stop Diabetes®, has opened the call for applications for the national committees.
May 29, 2013
Get Grilling with Diabetes Forecast Magazine
From fresh grilling ideas to sure-fire travel tips, the June issue of Diabetes Forecast, the Healthy Living Magazine of the American Diabetes Association, offers many ways to savor the sizzle of the season.
May 29, 2013
California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Case Seeking to Ensure Access to Insulin for California Students with Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association (Association) is pleased to announce the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in the American Nurses Association v. Tom Torlakson as Superintendent of Public Instruction, a case that disputes the legality of non-medical professionals administering insulin to children with diabetes in a school setting.
May 23, 2013
Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Progresses Faster, More Aggressively Than in Adults, Even Under Optimal Treatment Conditions
Even when they receive the best currently available treatment and close monitoring of their condition, American youth with type 2 diabetes experience a more rapid progression of co-morbidities far more aggressive than what is typically seen in adults.
May 7, 2013
American Diabetes Association Releases New Consumer Research on Eye Health
The American Diabetes Association released new research today, conducted by Harris Interactive®, which examines the level of awareness and understanding of eye health for people who are living with diabetes.
May 2, 2013
American Diabetes Association® and Alere™ Wellbeing to Offer Weight Loss Program to Employers
Alere™ Wellbeing (AWI) and the American Diabetes Association® (Association) announced today a new collaboration focused on weight loss to help address the staggering rise of prediabetes and diabetes among American adults.
April 29, 2013
Let's Get Bold!
From supporting innovative research to defending the legal rights of workers with diabetes, the May issue of Diabetes Forecast, the Healthy Living Magazine of the American Diabetes Association, describes the many ways people around the country are boldly striving to Stop Diabetes.


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No, that's not yet another cheap clamshell cellphone, but a remote control designed by the folks at Geisendesign. Like a lot of these high-minded concepts created by smallish outfits, concrete details are somewhat sketchy, including whether or not it will ever see the light of day on a large scale.
The flip remote has approaches the art of the remote control playfully and would be aimed at a younger audience. The most used functions (like volume) are located on the outside of the shell and the more obscure ones ("macro") are on the inside. Should the gang at Geisendesign strike it big, we'll let y'all know.
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Germany demanded the departure from the country of the top spy at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin on Thursday, dramatizing its deepening unhappiness with reports of U.S. intelligence operations targeting its officials.
Following accusations of two cases of U.S. spying, government spokesman Steffen Seibert announced that "the representative of the U.S. intelligence services at the U.S. Embassy has been asked to leave Germany."
He said in a statement that the request came against the backdrop of German prosecutors' investigation of the two recent cases, and the questions that were raised earlier about National Security Agency intelligence-gathering.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. — Jason Segel is becoming an author.
The star of the TV series "How I Met Your Mother" and "Freaks and Geeks" has a deal with Random House Children's Books for a middle-grade series set in a haunted town. The series is called "Nightmares!" and will debut in the fall of 2014.
Random House announced Wednesday that bestselling children's author Kirsten Miller will collaborate with Segel. The publisher is calling the series a story of kids "overcoming their fears."
The 33-year-old Segel is also known for the films "Knocked Up" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."


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Spring Ready: Tornado Preparedness
Weather in Iowa can only be described as predictably unpredictable. Last month, for example, we had it all -- sunshine and temps in the 70s, to wind, rain, frigid temps and even a few flakes of snow. But we're not complaining! Nope. Us Iowans, we're conditioned to roll with the punches when it comes to climate. And if there is one thing we've learned with regards to the weather after living in Iowa for all these years, it is to always.be.prepared. (Those good ol' Boy Scouts sure know what they're talking about!)
This preparation piece is especially crucial during the spring season, also known as, tornado season. You see? The problem with tornados, like many natural disasters, is that you never know exactly when or where they will strike or how severe they might be. Therefore, your best bet is to be prepared with a plan of action. Here are five simple steps you can take to ensure that you, your loved ones, and your home are as safe as possible should a twister touch down.
● Identify the safest place for shelter. In your home, this is likely the basement or storm cellar. If underground safety is unavailable, head to the centermost part of your home, like a small interior room or hallway, on the lowest level. Your safe place should be away from windows, doors, and exterior walls. The more walls between you and the outside, the better!
● Become familiar with your community's weather alert system and make sure all adult and teenagers in your home is aware of what to do when a tornado watch or warning is issued. (Interested in the difference between a watch and a warning? Click here to learn more.)
● Develop a family plan. Identify escape routes out of your home and neighborhood, on the off chance they are necessary, then assign an emergency meeting point.
● Buy or put together an emergency survival kit that consists of: several days' worth of drinking water and preservable foods, first-aid supplies, a flashlight, basic tools, a portable weather radio, batteries, clothing, blankets, cash and credit cards, necessary medications, work gloves, and important documents (including insurance policies).
● Finally, conduct periodic tornado drills so all family members are aware of what to do in the event of a twister.
Again, the only predictable thing about tornadoes is that they are, for the most part, unpredictable. So, taking the time to prepare yourself, your family, and your home can prove highly worthwhile when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and twisters touch down.


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Sep 21, 2011
SUWANEE, Ga.—Jessica Thornton, a junior captain on the Birmingham-Southern women's cross country team from Huntsville, Ala., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending September 18, 2011.
Thornton, a member of Beta Beta Beta (a Biology Honor Society), tutors students at Bush Hills Academy and has participated in the LEAD program, a social-change model of leadership for first-year students at BSC.
She was also a Teaching Assistant for Biology Professor Dr. Wayne Shew.
In addition, Thornton is involved in Habitat for Humanity and a local event for elementary schools called the "Owl Prowl", in which students come to campus and interact with student-athletes.


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MANILA, Philippines — It could have been the high-pitched busload of school kids that shrieked its giddy joy and approval as they passed by on the traffic circle while All-Stars Dwight Howard, James Harden and the rest of the Rockets were lining up for a team photo in front of the giant-sized steel globe outside the Mall of Asia.
It could have been the pulsing throng of photographers and well-wishers that swarmed and followed Hall of Fame legend Larry Bird's every step, even two decades past his retirement, now just trying to find his way to a team bus in his current role as Pacers president of basketball operations.
But to truly get to the depth of the passion Filipinos possess for the NBA, one needed to look no further than the jubilant crowd inside the Cuneto Astrodome. The cozy gym in the Pasay City section of Manila, which regularly hosts neighborhood rec league play, was interrupted during an afternoon "drop-in" visit by George Hill, Paul George and Jalen Rose.
A young bespectacled fellow was standing almost slack-jawed at courtside.
"Oh man, I've been following George Hill since his days at IUPUI," said 24-year-old Lorenzo Hortaleza. "The San Antonio Spurs have been my favorite team since 1999 and I was excited when they drafted him a few years ago. I was disappointed at first when they traded him to Indiana, but now it gives me a reason to be a fan of the Pacers, too.
That half a world away somebody actually had taken notice of a player from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis would be generally regarded as surprise. That is, anywhere but in the basketball-mad nation of the Philippines where the game is as much a staple as lumpia and pancit.
Love of basketball woven into everyday life
When the Rockets traveled less than a decade ago to Beijing and Shanghai to play a pair of preseason games against the Kings, it was mostly an acknowledgement and celebratory homecoming for 7-foot-6 center Yao Ming. As the same time, the league was making a foothold in the China market, where the first live broadcast of an NBA game had been the 1994 Finals between Houston and New York.
However, long before it became fashionable to pull on NBA shirts, jackets and assorted merchandise in China and the rest of Asia, the NBA had an established passionate following in the Philippines that frankly outstrips the rest of the world — even as commissioner David Stern continues to plant the NBA's marketing flag in every far corner of the planet.
This year's Global Games are part of the largest schedule of international games with 12 teams playing 10 games in 10 cities in seven countries. The league is playing games for the first time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bilboa, Spain and Manchester, England. But here in Manila, the wait has been the longest and the interest runs deeper than the Marianas Trench.
The raw numbers don't lie. NBA.com gets more page views and the league's social media presence on Facebook and Twitter has more "likes" and "follows" from the Philippines than any country outside the United States. The Facebook page of the two-time defending champion Heat has more "likes" from Manila than from Miami, in part due to the Filipino roots of coach Erik Spoelstra.
But the level of interest in the game is about far more than just one favorite son. The sport that was reportedly introduced by American missionaries more than a century ago has been an integral part of the sports fabric of the Philippines since the 1930s.
"The only reason I know a little about that is because I have a neighbor who's Filipino and he's often asked me to sign things for him to send back here to friends and relatives," said Pacers forward David West. "Even then, it's one thing to think that somebody has a group that follows the NBA. It's entirely different to hear the numbers about the support we get from the Philippines. It's staggering. It's humbling. It gives these games that we're going to be playing here a little bit more weight, even tough it's preseason. These people have waited a long, long time to see something like this, to have us here. It's important that we honor their commitment to us."
The league has been sending emissaries here since 1975 when Knicks legend Walt Frazier headed up a team of NBA players. Eight members of the 1979 Washington Bullets championship team visited, Shaquille O'Neal led a dunking delegation in 1997 and in 2011 it was an All-Star collection that included Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant and Harden.
Even though Thursday's game (7:30 AM ET, NBA TV) does not count in the regular-season standings, it is a significant step of progress and recognition for what has long been the league's hotbed of international interest.
"This means everything to us," said Glenn Agranzamendez, 35, who plays regularly in the games at the Cuneta Astrodome. "This is a country that loves sports. We love boxing, Manny Pacquiao. But basketball is by far the most popular sport, the favorite of the country. You should have seen what it was like here when we had the Asian Championship in Manila this summer."
The Philippines posted a 7-2 record overall, lost to Iran in the finals and qualified for a spot in the FIBA World Championship in 2014.
"It was craziness," Agranzamendez said. "It was like bedlam everywhere. This place is crazy about basketball."
It is a place where basketball goals — regulation size or makeshift backboards — can be found around almost every corner. It's also where, as Rafe Bartholomew noted in his book, Pacific Rims: Beerman Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair With Basketball, your average street game can find amazing moves made often in bare feet or sandals by a population where the average height is 5-foot-5.
There is a devoted following of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), which plays assorted competitions virtually year-round.
Manila is a city where basketball is ubiquitous. The dozens of players ranging from four years old to their forties who took part in shooting games with Hill, George and Rose on Tuesday wore an assortment of jerseys that represented the Rockets, Nuggets, Nets, Lakers, Bulls and even one throwback Sonics number.
Fans more than just star-watchers
When a group of Rockets players went cruising through the Mall of Asia on a sightseeing expedition Monday night, they were recognized and followed immediately. Of course, it probably didn't help that Donatas Motiejunas wore a Rockets practice shirt.
"Yeah, he kind of gave us away," said Jeremy Lin, who had tried to go incognito with a ball cap pulled down over his face. "We gave him a little grief about that."
It is a far cry from 1988 when Rockets coach Kevin McHale was a member of the Celtics team that played in the first preseason international game, the McDonald's Cup, held in Spain.
"Yeah, we did the first global trip and I don't think anybody at that time ever envisioned coming one day over to the Philippines or going to Taiwan and how huge the NBA would become globally," McHale said. "I think it's great for the game. I think our guys get exposed to a whole new culture. It's something that a lot of guys, if they didn't take a trip here with the Houston Rockets or Indiana Pacers, in their whole lives would never get to this part of the world. I think it's good. I'm amazed at where the NBA has grown from the fall of 1980 when I entered the league as a rookie.
"When we were in Spain, whatever year that was, I was real surprised that there were fans there that had Celtics jerseys and the kind of knowledge they had about us. They weren't just wearing the shirts. They were fan-fans.
"Hey, I got in the league in the fall of 1980 and in my first time to play in The Finals (1981) it was taped delayed and my parents couldn't even watch it how. So I'm thinking, 'How in the hell could those people in Spain watch it and know who we are?'
"One thing that surprised me was the amount of Celtics jerseys and stuff that followed us around. Look, maybe at the time there were really only 500 Celtic fans in all of Spain and it just so happened they all came out at once to see us. I don't know. But I'll tell you, to see this stuff now, to see the reception we're getting halfway around the world in the Philippines, wow, it makes you shake your head. Somebody's doing something right."
Since the days of Yao as the symbolic tall bridge across the Pacific to a burgeoning Asian market, the NBA has held more than 125 international events in 27 different countries and 67 cities. The league has 125,000 retail locations in 100 countries and a commercial presence on every continent except Antarctica.
Now, decades after the average Filipino sports fan engaged in the classic Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird rivalry and debate, the NBA has finally come to Manila for the most practical of business reasons — the shiny Mall of Asia Arena that opened in 2012. All around the world, the Global Games are tipping off in far-flung cities with NBA-caliber arenas, complete with luxury suites. Ticket prices for the Rockets and Pacers run as high as $700 for the best seats, a price that is well beyond the means of most of the citizens. Yet, the game will be sold out.
It is quite one thing for a bus load of school kids to recognize stars such as Howard, Harden and Lin. But stand outside the team bus as the players disembark for practice and listen to one nearby arena worker who has nudged a companion.
"Look, that's Patrick Beverley," he said.
The NBA passion here truly runs deep.


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Perhaps not realizing they would receive so much media attention, singer-songwriter superstar Mariah Carey and her husband, Nick Cannon, pulled their Bel-Air home from the Multiple Listing Service only four days after listing it for sale at $12.995 million.
The home was listed on the MLS as a "celebrity estate." Would-be buyers and their agents can consider themselves on notice that the couple have designs on selling.
Their gated three-acre property centers on a Hamptons-inspired mansion with canyon, city and reservoir views. By the looks of it, the pair have put a lot of attention and money into updating and renovating the place.
The 11,750 square feet of interior space continues the traditional vibe of the exterior with high ceilings, wood floors and French doors. Also under the roof are a basketball court, a gym, a home theater, seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms. One of the six fireplaces is in the kitchen.
An expansive hall for entertaining called an Aspen room has a vaulted beamed ceiling, walls of windows, a massive stone fireplace and room for several hundred guests.
Not surprisingly, a music studio is among improvements the couple made since buying the house five years ago for $6.975 million.
The grounds include a putting green, a swimming pool and parking for more than 20 vehicles.
The prolific Carey, known for her remarkable vocal range, has won five Grammy Awards for her work, including the song "We Belong Together," "The Emancipation of Mimi" album and Best New Artist in 1990.
The actor-singer-multi-talented Cannon has written for several television shows bearing his name as well as "Incredible Crew" (2012-13). He has hosted his own shows and "America's Got Talent" (2009-13).
Jordana Leigh of Rodeo Realty had the listing.
A sale was in the cards
Constance Zimmer of "House of Cards" put her home in the Hollywood Hills up for sale in December at $1.175 million and was in escrow in 10 days. The 1940s house has sold for $1.225 million.
The early contemporary of about 1,400 square feet was updated during the actress' ownership and has a retro vibe. Walls of glass in the vaulted-ceiling living room provide access to a wraparound deck with views of the city.
The two-bedroom, 1.75-bathroom house has another, lower-level deck with a secluded hot tub.
Zimmer, 43, is part of the cast this year of "The Newsroom" and "Grey's Anatomy." She will have a role in the midseason sitcom "Growing Up Fisher" and will guest star in the pilot of "Complications."
Her earlier television series work includes "Entourage," "Love Bites" and "Boston Legal."
Public records show that Zimmer bought the property in 2006 for $1.149 million.
Boni Bryant, Joe Reichling and Patrick Moya of Sotheby's International Realty were the listing agents. Tracy B. Do of John Aaroe Group represented the buyer.
Pitcher is ready for a change-up
Major League Baseball pitcher Barry Zito has listed a house in Hollywood Hills West for $4.375 million.
Part of a larger real estate portfolio, the 1962 contemporary sits in the celebrity-coveted Bird Streets area.
The 4,366 square feet of living space features an open plan design with vaulted ceilings and walls of glass revealing cityscape and ocean views.
There are four bedrooms and six bathrooms. The family and living rooms, as well as the master bedroom, have fireplaces.
Zito was with the San Francisco Giants until last year, when his $126-million contract expired.
The free agent bought the property in 2010 for $2.155 million. Sharon Hills of Kobeissi Properties is the listing agent.
Zito also recently put a home in Marin County up for lease at $28,500 a month. Set on two acres, that house has four bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 7,116 square feet of living space. Outdoor amenities include a swimming pool, a fireplace and a terrace.
Studio City home has following
If ever a property had that deja vu feeling, it's the Studio City estate that just came on the market at $6.25 million.
That's not because the Italianate two-story has been listed before. The villa has more film credits than many actors.
Fans of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" have seen the 7,043-square-foot home standing in for the family home in countless episodes. "Melrose Place," "Entourage" and "True Blood" viewers have glimpsed the seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom place too. "Chuck," "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "Chelsea Lately" have used the location, as well as photo shoots and commercials.
Set at the top of a more than three-quarters of an acre lot, the gated house features a front garden with a bronze 18th-century Italian fountain.
The two-story foyer is entered through a wrought-iron and glass front door. Interior treatments include hand-carved wood details, Venetian plaster walls and intricate plasterwork ceilings.
Among the living spaces are a family room with a drop-down screen, a study adorned in custom woodwork, an upstairs game room, a breakfast room, a butler's pantry and a wine cellar. The master bedroom suite has a formal entry, a wet bar, one of the home's four fireplaces, dome ceilings, fresco paintings and a loggia.
The ground level opens to an outdoor kitchen, patios, a saltwater pool with a spa and lawn.
Moe Abourched and Evelyn Rubio of MSM Luxury Estates are the listing agents.
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Crimson Finishes With Perfect 7-0 Ivy League Record
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Harvard had already clinched the Ivy League title a week earlier, but the Crimson was seeking to complete a perfect league season with a win in The Game Saturday afternoon at the Yale Bowl, Class of 1954 Field. The Cantabs got what they were looking for, overcoming an early 7-0 deficit to beat Yale 45-7 in the 128th edition of The Game.
This was the ninth straight win this year for Harvard, which finished with the school's modern day record for points in a season (274, 41 more than the previous record). Harvard had 506 yards of total offense Saturday, compared to 302 for Yale. The Crimson was also able to take advantage of three Yale interceptions along with a fumble and a blocked field goal.
"[Harvard] looked really good on video, and they looked even better in person," said Tom Williams, Yale's Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football. "They were a better team today."
The Game started out looking like a battle between two prolific offenses. Yale came into the day averaging nearly 26 points per game, second only to Harvard and Cornell in the Ivy League.
Harvard (9-1, 7-0 Ivy League) moved the ball well on its first drive, but quarterback Collier Winters lost the handle on a run near the goal line and the ball bounced through the end zone and out of bounds, giving the Bulldogs the ball at their own 20. A 61-yard punt by freshman Kyle Cazzetta then pinned Harvard back at its 13-yard line. Junior cornerback Collin Bibb's third-down tackle after a short pass finished a three-and-out for the Harvard offense, and the resulting punt set Yale up at the Harvard 47.
Harvard had allowed Penn only 24 rushing yards a week ago in a 37-20 win over the Quakers that clinched outright possession of Ivy title No. 14 for the Crimson (tied with Yale for third-most in the league). The Bulldogs got 20 rushing yards on their second drive of The Game alone, including 15 from senior tailback Alex Thomas. That helped get the ball to the Harvard 24, where senior quarterback Patrick Witt found sophomore wide receiver Jackson Liguori over the middle and Liguori broke a tackle en route to the end zone. Junior placekicker Philippe Panico booted the extra point to put Yale up 7-0 at 7:25.
Harvard answered with a touchdown drive of its own, going 73 yards in eight plays to tie The Game on a four-yard run by Winters.
A fumble ended Yale's next drive, and Harvard then drove 57 yards for the go-ahead score on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Winters to receiver Alex Sarkisian on the first play of the second quarter. Winters completed five of six passes for 48 yards on that drive, on his way to a 355-yard day (27 for 42, two touchdowns, no interceptions).
"The credit for our passing game goes to the offensive line," Sarkisian said. "When they give Collier time, he makes great decisions."
Yale's next drive ended with a blocked field goal. Harvard then lined up for a field goal of its own but turned it into a fake, with the holder pitching it to kicker David Mothander to run it in from five yards out. Mothander then booted the extra point to put Harvard up 21-7 at 6:48.
"We were expecting something in that situation," Williams said. "They had done it to us two years ago. Our guy [the defender responsible for the runner] was trying to make a play, he was just unable to do it with a guy hanging on him."
After a Harvard punt, the Yale offense took over at its own two-yard line with 3:13 left in the first half. The Bulldogs punted from their own 43, and Harvard then drove for a 21-yard field goal by Mothander to take a 24-7 lead into halftime.
"Even at halftime, down 17, we still felt we had a shot," said Witt, who finished 24-of-39 for 226 yards.
But Yale's second drive of the third quarter ended with an interception on a screen pass at the Yale 18. A tackle by senior free safety Geoff Dunham on third-and-seven left the Crimson four yards shy of a first down on the ensuing possession, so Harvard tried a 29-yard field goal and missed.
The Yale defense came up with another three-and-out deep in Harvard territory late in the third quarter, forcing a Crimson punt from the 16. That was part of a string of three straight drives by the Crimson which lasted a total of 10 plays and gained only 16 yards.
The Yale offense started from its own 36 after that and got to the Harvard 30, where the Bulldogs faced fourth-and-five with 1:11 left in the third. Another Harvard interception brought that drive to an end.
"In the third quarter we had some chances to punch it in, and we didn't," said Williams. "That was a big deal in terms of momentum."
Harvard's next drive included a miraculous third-and-10 conversion from Winters, who heaved one down the right sideline for Sarkisian to come away with a 30-yard gain at the Yale 20. Two plays later tailback Zach Boden's 11-yard dash up the middle made it 31-7 Harvard on the first play of the fourth quarter.
"[Winters] was the difference in terms of making those plays," Williams said. "They converted a lot of third downs. He was able to do a lot of that with his legs [Winters rushed for 62 yards]. He's a really good football player, one of the best in our league."
Harvard then scored again with 12:11 to play, as tight end Kyle Juszczyk turned a short pass into a 60-yard touchdown. Harvard's captain, linebacker Alex Gedeon, then returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown to make it 45-7 with 5:12 left.
As the final minutes of The Game ticked away, the Bulldogs were able to work in many members of the senior class to get the experience of playing against the Crimson. For Witt, whose decision to decline an interview as a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship in order to play in The Game attracted major media attention, watching the end of The Game with the score decidedly in Harvard's favor was difficult.
"It's tough," Witt said. "It breaks my heart for the guys on this team that have been through a lot."
Witt re-affirmed that his dedication to his teammates made him comfortable with his decision to play in The Game and pass up a chance at the Rhodes, regardless of the final score.
"I had a commitment to these guys long before I applied for that scholarship," Witt said.
Witt and the other seniors were all honored on the field before The Game. That included senior linebacker Jordan Haynes, the team's captain, whose team-best 11 tackles provided no consolation for the loss.
"It's definitely a low point for me," Haynes said. "All I can hope for is to give guidance to the next group of guys coming. The good thing is Yale football doesn't end here."
Yale (5-5, 4-3 Ivy League) hosts its post-season banquet Sunday afternoon.
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American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012by Senator Nancy Pelosi
Posted on 2013-01-01
PELOSI. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for his
great leadership as our ranking member on the Ways and Means Committee
and for bringing the clarity to our thinking on this important subject
that we are dealing with this evening.
My colleagues, many of us this morning began the day with the Vice President of the United States coming to the Democratic Caucus and speaking to us about legislation that passed the Senate last night 89- 8. That is absolutely historic. It was legislation that [[Page H7553]] he helped negotiate, working with the Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Senate.
It was a remarkable accomplishment because, as we all know, while we share the same goals, we sometimes have different paths to achieving them; and reconciling our differences was a monumental task, especially with the time growing short.
So we appreciate the leadership of the Vice President. We appreciate the leadership of the Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate, and we thank Speaker Boehner for bringing this legislation to the floor.
Hopefully, we can duplicate the strong bipartisan vote that the legislation received in the United States Senate. And why is that important? It's important because the American people told us in the election they wanted us to work together. They have their differences too. They understand disagreement. They also understand compromise, and that is what this legislation represents.
I listened attentively to the previous speaker who said he was voting for the bill for what was not in it. That's an interesting approach. We can judge all of the legislation that we vote on for what is in it or vote against it for what is not in it. But at some point you strike a balance. You balance the equities.
Where do you come out in terms of making a choice? {time} 2200 I hope we will reflect the will and heed the call of the American people to work together and follow the lead of the Senate with strong bipartisan support. What do they want us to do? What are their priorities? They want us to create jobs. They want us to grow the economy. They want us to invest in education. They want us to reduce the deficit. They want us to strengthen the middle class. And that is what this legislation does. It does so in a way that is not complete but is an important first step.
We talked much about the gloom and doom of what would happen if we went over the cliff. Well, let's talk instead about what happens if we don't go over the cliff. And I believe that we will not, seeing the vote on the rule this evening. I believe that we will heed the American people and come together with a strong vote.
By voting for this legislation and passing it in a strong way we'll increase the confidence of consumers, of the markets, of businesses, of employers to hire more. We will extend unemployment insurance to people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. This is very, very important not only to those individuals, but to our economy, because this is money that is spent immediately injecting demand into the economy, creating jobs.
We'll extend permanent tax relief for the middle class--more than 98 percent of the American taxpayers, more than 97 percent of America's small businesses. We will support our middle class and strengthen it by supporting the child tax credits, tax credits for higher education, the American opportunity tax credit, the earned income tax credit, and the like.
Our distinguished ranking member went through some of the provisions, but it's important to see them in light of what they mean to America's working families. By voting for this agreement, we will demonstrate that we have listened to the American people and we have heeded their call, once again, to work together in a bipartisan way.
I want to salute President Obama. He campaigned on strengthening the middle class--I think all of us probably did--and this is one way for us to fulfill that promise. I don't know any piece of legislation that I've ever voted for that did everything that I thought it should do, but this is a very, very strong first step as we go into the new year. Let us send a message to the American people that, again, while this bill doesn't accomplish all that we need to do to grow the economy, reduce the deficit, and strengthen the middle class, it is a good way for us to have a happy start to a new year by taking this first step.
I hope that as, again, you balance the equities, the pros and cons of this legislation, that you will weigh heavily in favor of the message that it sends to the kitchen tables of America about the respect we have for them in meeting their needs, meeting their challenges, honoring their aspirations. This great middle class is the backbone of our democracy. Let us all be very patriotic tonight and support our middle class and support our democracy. Vote ``aye'' on this strong bipartisan legislation which passed 89-8 in the United States Senate. Let's step up to the plate to do that in the House of Representatives.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``aye.''


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Lincoln telegram
Dated Washington July 3d 1862
Rec'd, Providence July 3 1862, 12 o'clock, 25 min.
To Wm. Sprague
{Private & Confidential}
My dear Sir.
I should
not want the half of three
hundred thousand new troops
if I could have them now.
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Prince Teases NYC Shows Through New Webcast Channel
Photo and article courtesy of "No-Named Reporter." Introduction by G.
It's frustrating being a Prince fan these days. He sues his die-hard fans; he's trying to erase his existence from the internet by sending cease and desist orders to anyone who posts videos of him online; his music, which once was a powerhouse has now become a watered down version of himself trying (not very successfully) to sound like "the old Prince" and now just to toy with his fans a little more, he's back to announcing last minute gigs (that typically cost in excess of $200 a ticket) and has introduced a brand new annoying tactic: one-off webcasts that can only be seen if you just happen to be in front of a computer in the middle of the night. For someone trying to gain new fans or cement a dwindling fan base, this hardly seems like the right way to go about it. Let's face it – we used to live in the "new power generation" but now we live in the "2 second attention span generation" and when someone who wasn't born when many of Prince's classic moments happened, how are they going to discover them (and tell the masses) when they are not available to be seen?! Of course, seeing a video on Youtube on demand is hardly as satisfying as waiting for MTV or the radio to play the song (just as mp3s and streaming audio are sub-par to vinyl), but to quote Prince himself, this is a "Sign O' The Times." At the very least, he should realize that all of his greatest hits no longer belong to him, but they are now classic songs of the world that will stand the test of time – that is, if they are allowed to be heard. One thing that will not change with technological advances is that when you discover something great, you want MORE!
I won't lie and try and make out like I haven't been a vocal critic of many of the above actions. My criticism comes from hundreds of in person Prince experiences and not of merely jumping on a hate bandwagon. I've been a die-hard Prince fan since the 1981 album "Controversy" was released and I've been there for career highs and career lows. I've heard way too many unflattering stories from many of his former associates and I've even gotten into a debate over religion with the man himself at Paisley Park. He was unwilling to listen to my opinions on religion and philosophy, which I find extremely disappointing as I have a bookshelf filled with texts that I have read and practiced, so in this case, I know what I am talking about. (Side note: if you want to talk about this or any of these topics Prince, I am here for you!) It seems to be a symptom of the Jehovah's Witness-era of Prince – he claims to be surrounding himself with younger people to obtain fresh ideas, but is he just telling these people what to do knowing they have no business contradicting a living legend? I have been left with no choice but to separate the man from the music and an attempt to try and remember the "good times" through his fans, which brings me to what you are about to read.
One of his fans (possibly on the inside of the 'Purple Circle') is feeling the frustration instead of feeling the funk and wanted to get this message out. I did not write it, but I found it amusing because I've lived these types of scenarios so many times and have been harshly criticized for voicing my opinions. If you are also a die-hard, you probably have some of the same battle scars as I do. What you choose to do with this article is up 2 U (as they say). Full disclosure – since I am fortunate enough to see hundreds of live shows by emerging bands each year, frankly, I have had enough with this type of behavior because the reward is not what it once was to me. Maybe, just maybe, these words will reach the man and he will make a return the excellence he is more than capable of making. We've spent decades listening to him. Maybe now, he will listen to us! This an xtended jam, so light some incense and candles and read on… after the jump.


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