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15 Av 5769Friends of the Bureau of Jewish Education,The BJE has vacated our offices on the JCC Campus in Newton. It has been a difficult process to sift through 90 years of accumulated records (yes, even handwritten minutes of the meetings when the BJE, Hebrew College, and Camp Yavneh were founded), thousands of books and educational resources, videos, plays, posters, and all of the rich treasury of educational materials and ideas that have animated Jewish education in Greater Boston for nine decades.As painful as the process has been, it has also had its very satisfying moments. Few of us, in the course of our busy daily work lives, have the opportunity to review our cumulative record of achievement. So, as we have filled many dumpsters, preserved hundreds of boxes of important archival materials, and set aside hundreds more files of BJE programs and materials, we have affirmed for ourselves, and for the historical record, that the BJE has indeed accomplished much over the years. Thousands of educators, hundreds of schools, many hundreds of thousand more children and families have benefited from our formal and informal programs, curriculum materials, consultation, and expertise.Our legacy is definitely secure and anyone taking the time to assess our work intensively will attest to that! And our future is still an open possibility---For the foreseeable period, we will remain "operational", though obviously with a limited capacity. Our Board of Directors will decide in the next weeks whether to dissolve the agency and its assets or restructure the BJE and continue to operate in some identifiable areas of Jewish educational service.We are storing our historical archives at the American Jewish Historical Society on the Hebrew College Campus. Other BJE services are being transferred to other agencies (Youth, and David Goldstein, to Hebrew College; Special Education, and Sherry Grossman, to Gateways; Family Education and other services to CJP; and some aspects of our Early Childhood work to Ina Regosin at Hebrew College).We will continue in a limited way to be accessible by email, telephone (617.965.7350) and mail. Our new address for BJE Print Mail is: BJE, Inc., P.O. Box 600, Brookline, MA 02446. We will soon have a temporary physical office in the same vicinity as our current space and will inform you of our new address shortly. As a recipient of this message, you should know that you have been a terrific partner with us in our holy mission of strengthening, supporting, and innovating in Jewish education. We thank you for that, and for your continued expressions of support during this difficult period. We hope to count on your friendship and presence in the time ahead. שלום/Shalom,Dr. Daniel (Danny) J. Margolis, Exec. Director BJE., email@example.com
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One Inch Giant European Tour Starts TonightPosted in Whathaveyou on November 21st, 2013 by JJ Koczan
This evening — it's probably already in progress, what with the hours they're ahead; impossible to keep up — Gothenburg heavy rockers One Inch Giant will kick off their European tour in Copenhagen. The four-piece are out supporting the April 2013 release of their second full-length, The Great White Beyond, on Soulseller Records, and they'll hit up a swath of European countries over the next nine days, winding up in Hungary after crossing borders back and forth between it, Germany and the Netherlands. Some pretty crazy routing on paper, but I'm sure it makes more sense once you're actually making those drives. Or maybe not. I was never much for cartography.
One Inch Giant sent along word of the tour and dates for anyone who happens to be in that part of the world:
Greetings fellow rockers! Our European tour is closing in and we're really stoked about getting out on the road, playing you songs from our new record!
This time we'll pay Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Austria a visit.
These are the dates :
21 Nov (thu) – KB18 – Copenhagen, Denmark
22 Nov (fri) – Rathausbunker – Kiel, Germany
23 Nov (sat) – Café Mukkes – Leeuwarden, Netherlands
24 Nov (sun) – Gasolina – Waregem, Belgium
25 Nov (mon) – The Last Waterhole – Amsterdam, Netherlands
26 Nov (tue) – Subway to Peter – Chemnitz, Germany
27 Nov (wed) – R33 – Budapest, Hungary
28 Nov (thu) – Kilele Music Café – Kecskemét, Hungary
29 Nov (fri) – Roter Gugl – Hartberg, Austria
30 Nov (sat) – Veszprém, Hungary
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Anderson fourth, Mullaly seventh at Mid-Atlantic Regionals
October 6, 2013 | Ellicott City, Md.
Liberty University junior Joseph Anderson finished fourth out of 133 men and senior Kathryn Mullaly placed seventh out of 84 women at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Triathlon Conference Regional Championships, Sunday morning under beautiful race conditions in Ellicott City, Md.
|The six men's and six women's members of Liberty's triathlon club who competed in Sunday's Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Triathlon Championships pray before the start of the race.
The Olympic-distance race featured a 1500-meter swim in Centennial Lake followed by a 25-kilometer cycling stage and 10K run around the scenic and rolling Centennial Park.
Anderson finished less than three minutes out of first place in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 37 seconds. Josiah Slaydon, Liberty's second-fastest finisher, placed 22nd overall in 2:19:08
"We did OK, we didn't do great," Liberty head coach Beth Frackleton said, noting the Flames' second-fastest triathlete made a wrong turn in the cycling stage and didn't finish and their fourth-best competitor was sick and couldn't compete. "The men's team's a little disappointed. Not having two guys in the scoring really hurt us."
Final team results were not yet available, but Frackleton estimated the Flames placed in the top 10 of approximately 20 schools competing.
Marymount's Collin Chartier was the overall winner in 2:03:42. The second- and third-place finishers were the Naval Academy's David MacFarlane and Chris Brahm, who had placed third and fourth, respectively, behind Anderson, at the Sept. 21 Liberty University Collegiate Triathlon.
Frackleton was most impressed with Mullaly's performance, which placed her seventh in 2:31:35.
"Katie had a good, solid race," Frackleton said. "She looked strong coming out of the water and came across the finish line feeling really good."
She was glad all six of the Lady Flames completed the Olympic-distance course, a few for the first time.
"It was good to see the other women finish and finish well," Frackleton said. "They have a long away to go, but any time you do something for the first time … I was proud of them."
She is excited about the prospects of adding a few experienced women to make the team stronger for the future.
"I'm getting a couple of good recruits for next year," Frackleton said. "The girls team can potentially be extremely competitive, for the first time ever. The men's team has always been stronger."
Liberty will begin training later this month for the USA Triathlon National Collegiate Championships, April 12-13 in Tempe, Ariz.
"We'll take a couple weeks off and then we'll start back up again," Frackleton said.
"I don't know who and I'm not sure how many I'm going to take to nationals yet."
Though the Flames won't be competing in any official collegiate races before then, they may participate in an indoor event around spring break as a tune-up for nationals.


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Review: 'Uncommon Ground' at the Kohler Center
On recent flight from New York to Milwaukee, a fly with a bent wing kept banging itself up against the window beside me as if it was trying to flee the interior of a car.
Bonk, bonk, bonk. You don't want to go out there little guy, I thought.
With nowhere to go myself, I considered this wee winged transplant to the Midwest and how easy it is for creatures of all kinds, including us, to lose a sense of context with even a little remove from the natural world. (Hey, it was an airplane. I had nothing else to do. Why not contemplate the smallness of our existence?)
Oddly enough, this is what came rolling through my mind as I explored the "Uncommon Ground" exhibit at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave., Sheboygan, where I was both dwarfed and made giant within mysterious landscapes.
I felt like a microbe on the belly of a caterpillar as I moved inside the colossal coil-like sculpture by John Grade. Lined with smoke stack-shaped tendrils, "Capacitor" has all of the monumentality of a steel Richard Serra sculpture, not to mention the sensation of unease that goes with that. But its paper-thin, white skin and lightness gives it the feel of a living organism, too.
The piece is designed to respond to unusual shifts in the weather, detected by a sensor outside the arts center. It translates that data into subtle movement, a closing and opening, and an interior glow that brightens and dims. Think of it like a giant glow worm that perks up when conditions turn weird or like gentle breathing. (The piece was not working properly when I visited but was in the process of being fixed).
Like my Milwaukee-bound fly inside the airplane, the piece is buffered from reality. Not only is it cloistered inside the building, the weather is "read" through an intricate, musical instrument-like machine and sets of pulleys and wires. The distance between us and elements is felt, as if we have crawled inside the nucleus of a cell during an electrical storm. "Capacitor" is inspired by one-celled marine plants that remove carbon dioxide through the process of photosynthesis. I reminds me of how tangible but inexplicable the forces of nature can be.
In another gallery space, a artist duo created a work that's resonant with creative power of the Earth itself. Two tall galleries are filled up with mountains of paper, sheets and sheets of it, layered, bulging and cresting like geological events that took millennia to transpire. "Rush to Rest" was not inspired, though, by the breaking or combining of continents. It was inspired by the seasonal ice sheets that shape the Sheboygan lakefront in winter.
The artists, Wade Kavanaugh and Steven B. Nguyen, create installations based on unfamiliar places. This simple accumulation of paper is transformational. We are transported to a place where time exists on another scale.
In another series of rooms, artist Lauren Fensterstock explores the human arrogance of contorting nature in our own backyard gardens. A room-filling expanse of manicured grass and a bank of chrysanthemums are cultivated from cut, sculpted and curlicued black paper. Though lush, it's an exacting and mournful installation. It hard not to be mindful of the source of this inky and ephemeral material — dead plants.
This is the kind of show the Kohler does especially well. It's engaging a huge idea -- our place within our world — with enough focus and original work to make it meaningful. "Uncommon Ground" will begin coming down on Aug. 18, with some works remaining up through Sept. 22.
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On Sunday, Hollywood celebrates itself and honors its own. All eyes (or most of them anyway) will be on the presentations of the Academy Awards.
But do the Oscars always end up in the right hands? Opinions abound on this topic, and what follows is only one man's personal opinion. In any event, it makes for some interesting discussion.
Let's start by rewinding the historical clock back to 1941. That was the year of "Citizen Kane,"a movie judged by most critics as belonging in the all-time top three, along with "Gone With the Wind" and "Casablanca."
But did "Kane" prevail at the Oscars? Nope. That award went to "How Green Was My Valley." Orson Welles had hit his peak at 26, and from there it was all downhill.
Fast-forward to 1952, when Cecil B. DeMille's big top blockbuster "The Greatest Show on Earth" was voted Best Picture. Probably deserved, but where was the flick generally ranked among the best musicals of all time? Alas,"Singin' in the Rain"wasn't even nominated.
Perhaps the Academy, in its infinite wisdom, rebelled against the idea of two Gene Kelly musicals winning back-to-back Oscars. The previous Best Picture winner, in 1951, was "An American in Paris."
Speaking of musicals, if Judy Garland ever truly deserved an Oscar it was for the 1954 picture "A Star is Born." On Oscar night, news cameras gathered at her bedside (she was ailing) only to swiftly depart after the announcement that Grace Kelly had won for "The Country Girl."
In 1955, the year that James Dean burst onto the screen in "East of Eden" and Frank Sinatra mesmerized audiences as a drug addict in "The Man With the Golden Arm," voters turned their backs on both and opted for Ernest Borgnine's regular guy in "Marty."
Few actresses have delved as deeply into their soul as did Nancy Kelly in the 1956 drama "The Bad Seed," repeating her Broadway performance. Yet Ingrid Bergman prevailed for "Anastasia."
In 1961, Maximilian Schell won for "Judgment at Nuremberg" as the war crimes defense lawyer, yet a strong case could have been made for his opposite number, Richard Widmark, who wasn't even nominated. Paul Newman was nominated as Fast Eddie Felson in"The Hustler," but he would have to wait a couple decades before winning for playing that same character in"The Color of Money."
Jack Lemmon won two Oscars in his lifetime, but he surely deserved another for his best-ever performance in "Days of Wine and Roses" back in 1962. So did Peter O'Toole for "Lawrence of Arabia" (he has, to date, eight seven nominations, zero wins, but one honorary Oscar). But few could argue with the academy's choice that year: Gregory Peck for"To Kill a Mockingbird."
The most blatant of Oscar crimes occurred in 1965 when Rod Steiger delivered his greatest performance in "The Pawnbroker." He was up against Laurence Olivier ("Othello"), Richard Burton ("The Spy Who Came in From the Cold") and Oskar Werner ("Ship of Fools"). So who won? That eminent thespian Lee Marvin for his staggering (literally) achievement in "Cat Ballou."
Burton made a valiant attempt for the prize the following year in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"But, in 1966, the voters opted for Paul Scofield's less-emotional performance in "A Man for All Seasons," which also, inexplicably, beat out "Woolf."
The year 1967 will be remembered as the year they gave the Oscar to the wrong Hepburn. Audrey electrified audiences in "Wait Until Dark," but the academy favored Katharine, giving her a third statuette for her more casual showing in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
To my mind, the best movie ever made was "The Last Picture Show" in 1971, and indeed it earned Oscars for Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman. But at Best Picture time, the voters went for the decidedly unworthy cop caper "The French Connection." Unforgivable.
In 1979, the academy turned its back on Francis Ford Coppola's searing Vietnam war epic "Apocalypse Now" in favor of "Kramer vs. Kramer," which earned a supporting Oscar for an up-and-coming young actress named Meryl Streep.
Two years later, "On Golden Pond" not only lost, but was beaten by a cinematic nonentity called "Chariots of Fire," even though Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn both won for "Pond."
The sleeper (and sleep-inducing) "Out of Africa" was named best picture of 1985, even though "The Color Purple" was in the running.
Glenn Close's bunny-boiling madwoman in "Fatal Attraction" took a back seat to Cher in "Moonstruck" in 1987. Perhaps Close finally will get redemption this year, but Streep looms large as well.
It would be difficult to imagine a better performance than Tom Cruise's in 1989's "Born on the Fourth of July." Academy voters differed, pickingDaniel Day-Lewis for "My Left Foot." A paraplegic is trumped by a quadriplegic.
In 1996, the voters should have elevated"Fargo,"the Coen brothers' masterpiece, rather than the yawner "The English Patient." Adding insult to injury,William H. Macywas nominated as a supporting actor for "Fargo" (so who was the leading actor in that picture?) — and didn't win.
"Shakespeare in Love" was an enjoyable enough movie, but it paled in comparison to "Saving Private Ryan"in 1998. Steven Spielberg won for directing "Ryan," but the war drama lost to "Shakespeare."
Granted, 2007 wasn't a vintage year for movies, but surely there must have been one worthier than the putrid "No Country for Old Men." Or were the Academy voters just making it up to the Coen brothers for overlooking "Fargo" a decade earlier?
And in that same year, Amy Ryan gave an electrifying performance in "Gone Baby, Gone," yet inexplicably lost to Tilda Swinton for "Michael Clayton." Perhaps a few years down the road, Ryan will get a "make-up" Oscar for a lesser effort.
"Make-up" Oscars have been common over the years, as Newman's illustrates. Elizabeth Taylor should have won either for "Suddenly, Last Summer" or "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," but was given a consolation award for the dreary "Butterfield 8." Likewise, Steiger missed out for "Pawnbroker," but won for "In the Heat of the Night" a few years later.
Alas, Burton went to his grave 0 for 7, a statistic close to O'Toole's. They join formidable performers like Dean and Widmark, as well as Garland and Barbara Stanwyck, who may be legends but their mantels are bare.
As for this year's crop of pictures and performers, who knows? If your favorite doesn't win, or is bested by a less-deserving contender, be advised that there is plenty of precedence.
TOM TITUS covers local theater for The Daily Pilot.


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Palo Alto's 17 public school campuses opened Tuesday with new principals at five campuses and what appears to be a bumper crop of young students.
A new classroom was added at Fairmeadow Elementary School after registration data suggested the school will grow by 10 percent this fall, with 50 more students than last year.
"Of all the elementary schools, that's the one that looks like it's experienced the most growth," Superintendent Kevin Skelly said.
Enrollment numbers don't become official until September, as officials wait for the inevitable shakeout in the first weeks.
There are always students who don't show up after their parents moved the family out of town or switched to private schools, Skelly said.
The shuffling and uncertainty is tough on new and late-arriving families, some of whom still aren't sure where their kids will end up.
"There's always this frantic time where families who are registering now don't know whether there's going to be room (in their neighborhood school), and that's really hard," Skelly said.
"It's a very stressful time for these families. Some are still waiting, or we've placed them somewhere but it's not where they want to be.
"There's a possibility that in the first couple of days someone doesn't show up and a slot opens up. ... You call them a week into the school year and say, 'Hey, we have a spot,' and they've already made friends in the other school."
Palo Alto schools have experienced enrollment growth in recent years, particularly in the early grades.
The district is in the midst of a construction boom to accommodate the growth and "expand, upgrade and improve" campuses to extend their useful lives, using funds from a $378 million facilities bond approved by voters in 2008.
Gunn and Palo Alto high schools are being prepared for capacities of 2,350 each (last year's enrollment was 1,879 at Gunn and 1,860 at Paly).
JLS and Jordan middle schools are adding space to accommodate 1,100 students each (last year's headcount at JLS was 1,007 and at Jordan 983). Terman is slated to remain stable at 675.
At the fast-growing elementary level, up to 40 classrooms are being added citywide, including eventual reclamation of the old Garland School, to make room for a possible 900 additional students in the next five years.
And district officials recently said that if present trends continue, they will need the old Cubberley High School site -- currently leased by the city and used as a community center -- for use as a fourth middle school as early as 2015 and possibly for a third high school around 2021.
High school students encountered construction zones this week as Paly breaks ground to add a new, two-story classroom building and a new media arts center and Gunn adds two new classroom buildings and a new gym.
At Ohlone Elementary School, a new, two-story building with 12 classrooms -- under construction since last fall -- will be ready for occupancy by winter break.
Groundbreakings are also likely in the coming year for construction or improvements at Fairmeadow as well as Jordan, Jane Lathrop Stanford and Terman middle schools.
New faces will occupy the principals' offices on five of the 17 campuses.
Jordan's new principal, Greg Barnes, joins the Palo Alto district from Bowditch Middle School in Foster City, where he had been vice principal since 2009. Prior to that Barnes worked for a decade at Burlingame Intermediate School, seven years as a life-sciences teacher and three years as vice principal.
Other new principals have held previous positions in Palo Alto.
Gary Prehn, at Fairmeadow, has been principal at Escondido Elementary School for the past 15 years.
Escondido's new principal, Danae Reynolds, has been in Palo Alto for 11 years as a reading specialist, coach for new teachers and, since 2009, the district's coordinator for academic success, with responsibility for the English Language Development Program and the Tinsley Voluntary Transfer Program.
Barron Park Elementary School's new principal, Magdalena Fittoria, joined the district in 1996 as a teacher in the Spanish Immersion Program. Since 2007 she has been an elementary math resource teacher for the district and briefly served as acting principal at Barron Park in 2010 when the principal was on medical leave.
Duveneck Elementary School's new principal, Christopher Grierson, came to Palo Alto in 2002 as a teacher at Walter Hays Elementary School, where he taught for six years. After a year as a sixth-grade core teacher at Jordan, Grierson became assistant principal at JLS. He has also worked as a summer school principal and technology lead for the school district.


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Ahh, Athens. The cradle of European civilization and the birthplace of democracy. That's quite a reputation! Athens offers incredible sightseeing opportunities for tourists, thanks to the immense history of the city. But there's another side to Athens, too. Resident Athenians and visiting night owls have been showcasing the incredible beauty of the city after dark using the hashtag #AthensByNight on Instagram. We searched through thousands of photos and selected ten of our favorites to share.
Athens glows at night. It's the perfect city to take a few days to explore, before or after your cruise. Browse all of our upcoming voyages to Athens here.
The Acropolis is a wondrous place to visit during the day, but it's even more beautiful when it's lit up at night. In the evening, find a rooftop bar that faces the historic site and enjoy a glass of Ouzo and your breathtaking surroundings. Though hotel bars aren't often frequented by locals, "A" for Athens in Monastiraki is an exception. The Terrace Bar at Central Hotel is another favorite. Wherever you go, arrive early to ensure you get a good view.
Culture lovers will enjoy Athens in the summer when you can easily find outdoor concerts, folk dance and theater performances. The Lykavittós theater is a magical venue, carved into rock, and perched high above the city, close to the summit of Mount Lykavittós.
Athens is a foodie paradise. If you're eating at a restaurant, check out what locals are ordering and follow suit. But don't leave Athens without ordering a traditional Greek salad at least once. Horiatiki is a rustic salad made with tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, Kalamata olives and delicious feta cheese. No matter how great a Greek salad you think you've had before, it won't compare to the real thing in Greece.
You also may want to try tyropita (cheese pies), souvlaki (kebabs), tyropita (cheese pies), and a tasty dessert of Greek coffee and baklava. Don't forget to indulge in some street food! Greece is famous for its gyros. Gyro actually means "turn", and the sandwich gets its name from the meat roasted on a vertical spit. The pita is filled with meat, onions, tomatoes, french fries and tzatziki sauce.
Make your way to the Plaka neighborhood in Athens one evening. Plaka sits beneath the Acropolis, is the oldest section of Athens and is a favorite part of the city for many. You'll be instantly charmed by the cobblestone streets lined with tavernas, cafes, and shops. Sit back, sip on a frappé (a popular iced coffee drink) and enjoy the sounds of nearby street musicians.
While you're in Plaka, visit Brettos. This old-fashioned distillery dates back to 1909, and draws guests in with its colorful, unique decor. The distillery boasts over 30 flavors of liquors, based on delicious Mediterranean fruits, herbs, and spices. You can also sample Greek wines by the glass.
At Syntagma Square, you'll find the Greek Parliament building. Visit during the day to witness the Changing of the Guards (this occurs every hour), but return at night for another photo opportunity - the illuminated building is beautiful.
The Square itself is the bustling heart of Athens. Though it's occasionally the location of political protests, it is also lined with luxury hotels and surrounded by pedestrian-friendly streets.
World traveler Lee Abbamonte wrote a blog about visiting Athens and said: "...Ask the locals what's good when you're there, if you want a little off the beaten path. Athenians love to help tourists and share their city."
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We're still waiting on official word from the Redskins that Kirk Cousins will be their starting quarterback in Week 15, but more information about how the Redskins will handle their quarterback spot continues to leak out of Washington.
Jeff Darlington of NFL Network reports that Redskins players have been told that Rex Grossman will serve as Cousins' backup against the Falcons. Robert Griffin III will be inactive, which, of course, makes him RG3rd String. The decision fits with coach Mike Shanahan's statement that Griffin would be shut down for the season as a precaution against injury.
Why that desire to protect Griffin from injury cropped up before a game in a dome against a bad defense rather than on a crummy day on a crummy field against a strong defense is just one of many questions we imagine people will be asking when the Redskins face the media on Wednesday.
We'll wait for answers to that and the other questions raised by the strange saga playing out in Washington between Griffin, Shanahan and owner Dan Snyder at the end of both a disappointing season and, almost certainly, Shanahan's time as the team's head coach.


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Welcome to Spring, dear readers. Yes, there may still be snow on the ground where you are, and maybe there's even some in the forecast. It's time to look forward and celebrate all nature will have to offer in the coming months until the freeze comes again. I'm thrilled to share an evening where there were stories told, laughs had, wine shared, and an education in local and seasonal eating imparted. This "Happy Spring Dinner" is part of March's 24x24 event, presented by Foodbuzz. It's 24 events, by 24 bloggers, in 24 hours. I'm honored this special evening was selected to be part of this month's event.
The idea was to invite friends and family from our community into our home and teach them about how to eat locally, and in season as we move into Spring and Summer. The menu was created around local meats, cheeses, and produce as a way to show how easy it can be, even in March, to create a beautiful meal with local or in-season ingredients as the stars. Let's begin with a cocktail to begin, because that's how civilized people do it, right?
Our Spring feast begins with a martini, shaken, not stirred. A combination of early spring rhubarb, vodka, and lemon-infused pellegrino. First you need my recipe for Rhubarb Compote to make this all happen, which is easy enough.
Rhubarb Compote
1 pound rhubarb, cleaned, and sliced
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
pinch of salt
lime or lemon zest (about a teaspoon or so)
Put all ingredients into a saucepan and cook over low-to-medium-low heat until combined. For the cocktail, you want to put this cooked down rhubarb into a food processor and process until smooth. It can be used as-is for baked goods.
Lemon-Rhubarb Martini
Makes: 1 martini
2 teaspoons rhubarb compote
1 ounce high-quality vodka
1/2 cup San Pellegrino Limonata Soda
Place all ingredients into a martini shaker with one ice cube. Shake to combine and pour into a large martini glass, can be served with a lemon twist if you would like.
I have to mea culpa here. The first course's pictures got eaten by my camera. It was a lovely Roasted Carrot Soup, made possible by the lovely sweet carrots I have gotten in pretty much every share from my Winter CSA at Heron Pond Farm. It was lovely, and a perfect set-up to the main and most-talked about part of the meal, the main course.
Flank Steak Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Spinach, served with Horseradish Cream Sauce
I knew by mid-week that I'd be getting spinach in our farm share for the week. It all pretty much started there, I explained to my guests that night. Yes, I told them, the whole menu pretty much started off centered around early spring spinach. I love it paired with blue cheese and I knew Great Hill in Marion, Ma. makes wonderful blue cheese, and I can always find it at our local Whole Foods. Blue cheese and spinach needed a hearty protein, and the flank steak at Tendercrop Farm in Newbury, Ma. is always beautiful, and only 5 minutes from our house.
Flank Steak Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Spinach
Serves: 6 (one roll a person)
2 pounds flank steak, pounded thin, sliced against the grain into 6 long strips
salt and pepper
montreal steak seasoning
2 teaspoons olive oil, divided
1 cup blue cheese, broken into crumbles (I also used some Cabot VT Cheddar)
2 shallots, minced (I also used 1/2 a sweet white onion, it works just fine)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup spinach leaves
6 slices bacon (optional)
butcher's twine
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Now, take your strips of flank steak and season both sides with salt, pepper and montreal steak seasoning, set aside.
Now, in a small skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat until shimmering. Add your shallots or onions and cook until softened. Next, add your garlic and cook for about 30 seconds before adding your panko bread crumbs to the mix. Finally, add blue cheese and cook until warm, about 2 minutes. Pour mixture into a bowl.
Now take your seasoned strips of flank steak and spread the blue cheese mixture down the middle. Place several spinach of leaves on top of the cheese. Before you roll that pretty little piece of meat up, make sure you've cut a couple of pieces of kitchen twine, and have them ready. Next, roll the meat up tightly and secure the roll with your twine. If you'd like, and the husband did, before you tie the roll up, wrap it in a piece of bacon, it's yummy.
Get out a large oven-safe skillet, and put the other teaspoon of olive oil in it. Heat over medium-high heat until shimmering. Next, take your rolls and sear them in the skillet on each side to get that lovely color. Once they're seared on all sides, take the entire skillet and put it in the oven. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 145 or so. Now, take the skillet out of the oven, tent foil over the top and allow to rest for 10-15 minutes. At this point, you should have medium-rare meat. If it's not there yet, feel free to pop it back in the oven for a couple of minutes to warm it up and finish it off. Serve with Horseradish Cream Sauce.
Horseradish Cream Sauce
Makes: 1.5 cups
adapted from: Certified Angus Beef
1 cup sour cream (I used Cabot's)
1/3 cup prepared horseradish (not sauce)
1 shallot, minced
1 teaspoon lemon juice
3 teaspoons dijon mustard
salt and pepper to taste
heavy cream to taste (I used about 3/4 cup)
Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and stir until completely combined. If you want a thinner sauce, add more cream.
Side Dishes: Pommes Anna and Rainbow Chard with Pancetta
When you're leaving winter and getting into spring, most likely you're going to have a lot of potatoes on your hands if you have a Winter CSA share. Pommes Anna is a beautiful, yet simple, side dish to use the pounds of potatoes you have on hand. This week, I told my guests, I was able to pick up two different kinds of red potatoes from Heron Pond Farm in South Hampton, NH. One had a decidedly purple tinge after skinning. It only made the Pommes Anna more beautiful. One of the best things about picking from local farms is the different types of produce you might not come across in your supermarket.
Pommes Anna
Serves: 6
adapted from: Cooking Light
3 pounds red potatoes, scrubbed and peeled
2 1/2 tablespoons + 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Using a mandoline, food processor with slicing attachment, or a knife, slice the potatoes fairly thin. Choose an oven-safe 10-inch skillet to use for this recipe. Melt 2.5 tablespoons of butter over medium-low heat. While that's cooking, melt the other 3 tablespoons butter in a measuring cup. Once the butter in the skillet is melted, start on the outside of the skillet and layer in a circle, overlapping slightly. Continue until the skillet is covered, sprinkle salt and pepper over the potatoes, and drizzle some of the melted butter over the top. Now, create several more layers of potatoes, salt and pepper and butter, finishing with the butter. Once done, place the skillet in the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes until layers are crisp.
Rainbow Chard with Pancetta
Heron Pond Farm also gave us a couple of bags of Rainbow Chard to work with. I love chard, and the simpler the preparation, the better. I knew I wanted to combine the chard with my home-cured pancetta I made for Charcutepalooza. This is a perfect side dish for a crowd.
5 cups Rainbow or Swiss Chard, washed, stems removed
3/4 cup chopped pancetta (or bacon, if you'd like)
3 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon olive oil
First, get a pot of water boiling on the stove. Now, get a bowl of ice water on standby. We're going to blanch the chard first so it keeps its beautiful green color. Dump the chard into the boiling water and cook for 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, take chard out and plunge into ice water. While the chard is cooling in its ice bath, heat 1 teaspoon of olive oil over medium heat in a medium skillet on the stove. Add pancetta to the skillet and cook until crispy. Now add garlic and saute until fragrant. Finally, add your chard, salt and pepper to taste and cook until all the flavors are combined.
Dessert, you may ask? We'll get to that in just a moment.
The Dinner Party
So the cooking was underway or set, so the tulips were placed on the table. The mason jars with their glowing candles set out as well. You know spring is coming when you still have the last rays of light even past six o'clock in the evening.
We were a party of six for the evening. The goal was to educate about where all the food we were eating that night came from, but to also talk about how it's not hard to start along a local and in-season food path. I went through with our guests the top 3 ways to start eating local come springtime.
Starting down a local path
1. Start at your local grocery store. Inquire or spend time looking for local/regional products. In Newburyport, the normal grocery store carries butter, flour, and cheese from Vermont and Maine. They carry local sausages from Dartmouth, MA. All it takes is a little investigative work.
2. Next, hit your local farmers' market. If you start there, then you can start chatting with the farms and artisans that are selling there. If there's something you can't find, most likely they can help you locate someone locally who has it. You can start with produce, but often you can find local sources of meat and other products as well.
3. Check our small, local food shops, butchers and bakers. Eating local isn't only about produce and meat. You can find small cheesemakers, winemakers, and prepared products. You're not only supporting the product, but the local person in your community selling it all.
|The happy guests
Dessert: White Cake with Rhubarb Compote & Lemon Curd Filling, with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting
I did say I'd get to dessert. I've already given you one piece of the puzzle, the Rhubarb Compote you've read about above. This cake, is truly, one of my most favorite creations, baking-wise, to ever come out of my kitchen. It screams spring. However, you'll have to wait until later this week to find out just what goes into it. I hope you've enjoyed this Happy Spring Dinner with me. It was a lovely evening filled with a lot of talk, debate, laughs, memories, and love. Until next time...


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New Mexico Tech Student Lands Prestigious Google Scholarship, Sept. 18, 2008
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., Sept. 18, 2008 – Erik Bennett, a computer science student at New Mexico Tech, recently received a prestigious Google Scholarship worth $10,000 to continue his studies at the state supported school in Socorro.
Bennett is one of only 42 computer science students in the nation who has been recognized for outstanding academic and leadership accomplishments in the computer science field. In addition to the academic scholarship from Google, Bennett and the other 41 recipients have been invited to the all-expenses-paid Annual Google Scholars' Retreat next spring at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif.
"This is a really big help," Bennett said. "I have received other scholarships from the university and from other organizations, but with this Google scholarship, I can completely focus on my studies and not worry about room and board or books or any of that."
Bennett grew up in Gallup, N.M., and graduated from Window Rock High School in Fort Defiance, Ariz. He became interested in computer science as a student at San Juan College in Farmington, where he earned an associate's degree. He is in his third year at New Mexico Tech and expects to graduate in the spring.
At San Juan, he was drawn to computer science in a class where he helped design a word processing program. His main contribution was to devise a prototype of a Navajo-English dictionary.
"My instructor was really excited about my Navajo-English dictionary and we implemented it," he said. "Now it's a major feature of that word processing software. I found that really exciting and that got me into computer science."
Since coming to New Mexico Tech, Bennett has completed several internships, three at the Four Corners Power Plant in Fruitland, N.M, one for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. and another for Arctic Slope Regional Corp., which is an Alaska native-owned corporation. Arctic Slope is heavily involved in engineering and consulting, civil construction, oil and gas support, aerospace, communications and venture capital.
Bennett helped Arctic Slope's Federal Holding Corp. in Greenbelt, Md., streamline its document review process, using SharePoint and InfoPath and writing custom software.
"It usually takes weeks for them to get documents reviewed," he said. "I helped them shorten the process to a couple days."
Women and minorities are significantly under-represented in the field. Each year 78 percent of computer science degrees are awarded to male students. Google has implemented a minority scholarship program to increase diversity in the technology industry.
According to the National Science Foundation, American Indians make up less than 1 percent of the annual computer science graduates. Women account for 22 percent. Just 6.5 percent are Hispanic students and 4.8 percent are African American.


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Fluorine (F), most reactive chemical element and the lightest member of the halogen elements, or Group 17 (Group VIIa) of the periodic table. Its chemical activity can be attributed to its extreme ability to attract electrons (it is the most electronegative element) and to the small size of its atoms.
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The fluorine-containing mineral fluorspar (or fluorite) was described in 1529 by the German physician and mineralogist Georgius Agricola. It appears likely that crude hydrofluoric acid was first prepared by an unknown English glassworker in 1720. In 1771 the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele obtained hydrofluoric acid in an impure state by heating fluorspar with concentrated sulfuric acid in a glass retort, which was greatly corroded by the product; as a result, vessels made of metal were used in subsequent experiments with the substance. The nearly anhydrous acid was prepared in 1809, and two years later the French physicist André-Marie Ampère suggested that it was a compound of hydrogen with an unknown element, analogous to chlorine, for which he suggested the name fluorine. Fluorspar was then recognized to be calcium fluoride.
The isolation of fluorine was for a long time one of the chief unsolved problems in inorganic chemistry, and it was not until 1886 that the French chemist Henri Moissan prepared the element by electrolyzing a solution of potassium hydrogen fluoride in hydrogen fluoride. He received the 1906 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for isolating fluorine. The difficulty in handling the element and its toxic properties contributed to the slow progress in fluorine chemistry. Indeed, up to the time of World War II the element appeared to be a laboratory curiosity. Then, however, the use of uranium hexafluoride in the separation of uranium isotopes, along with the development of organic fluorine compounds of industrial importance, made fluorine an industrial chemical of considerable use.
Occurrence and distribution
The fluorine-containing mineral fluorspar (fluorite, CaF2) has been used for centuries as a flux (cleansing agent) in various metallurgical processes. The name fluorspar is derived from the Latin fluere, "to flow." The mineral subsequently proved to be a source of the element, which was accordingly named fluorine. The colourless, transparent crystals of fluorspar exhibit a bluish tinge when illuminated, and this property is accordingly known as fluorescence.
Fluorine is found in nature only in the form of its chemical compounds, except for trace amounts of the free element in fluorspar that has been subjected to radiation from radium. Not a rare element, it makes up about 0.065 percent of Earth's crust. The principal fluorine-containing minerals are (1) fluorspar, deposits of which occur in Illinois, Kentucky, Derbyshire, southern Germany, the south of France, and Russia and the chief source of fluorine, (2) cryolite (Na3AlF6), chiefly from Greenland, (3) fluoroapatite (Ca5[PO4]3[F,Cl]), widely distributed and containing variable amounts of fluorine and chlorine, (4) topaz (Al2SiO4[F,OH]2), the gemstone, and (5) lepidolite, a mica as well as a component of animal bones and teeth.
Physical and chemical properties
At room temperature fluorine is a faintly yellow gas with an irritating odour. Inhalation of the gas is dangerous. Upon cooling fluorine becomes a yellow liquid. There is only one stable isotope of the element, fluorine-19.
Because fluorine is the most electronegative of the elements, atomic groupings rich in fluorine are often negatively charged. Methyl iodide (CH3I) and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) have different charge distributions as shown in the following formulas, in which the Greek symbol δ indicates a partial charge:
The first ionization energy of fluorine is very high (402 kilocalories per mole), giving a standard heat formation for the F+ cation of 420 kilocalories per mole.
The small size of the fluorine atom makes it possible to pack a relatively large number of fluorine atoms or ions around a given coordination centre (central atom) where it forms many stable complexes—for example, hexafluorosilicate (SiF6)2− and hexafluoroaluminate (AlF6)3−. Fluorine is the most powerfully oxidizing element. No other substance, therefore, is able to oxidize the fluoride anion to the free element, and for this reason the element is not found in the free state in nature. For more than 150 years, all chemical methods had failed to produce the element, success having been achieved only by the use of electrolytic methods. However, in 1986 American chemist Karl O. Christe reported the first chemical preparation of fluorine, where "chemical preparation" means a method that does not use techniques such as electrolysis, photolysis, and discharge or use fluorine itself in the synthesis of any of the starting materials. He used K2MnF6 and antimony pentafluoride (SbF5), both of which can be easily prepared from HF solutions.
The high oxidizing power of fluorine allows the element to produce the highest oxidation numbers possible in other elements, and many high oxidation state fluorides of elements are known for which there are no other corresponding halides—e.g., silver difluoride (AgF2), cobalt trifluoride (CoF3), rhenium heptafluoride (ReF7), bromine pentafluoride (BrF5), and iodine heptafluoride (IF7).
Fluorine (F2), composed of two fluorine atoms, combines with all other elements except helium and neon to form ionic or covalent fluorides. Some metals, such as nickel, are quickly covered by a fluoride layer, which prevents further attack of the metal by the element. Certain dry metals, such as mild steel, copper, aluminum, or Monel (a 66 percent nickel, 31.5 percent copper alloy), are not attacked by fluorine at ordinary temperatures. For work with fluorine at temperatures up to 600 °C (1,100 °F), Monel is suitable; sintered alumina is resistant up to 700 °C (1,300 °F). When lubricants are required, fluorocarbon oils are most suitable. Fluorine reacts violently with organic matter (such as rubber, wood, and cloth), and controlled fluorination of organic compounds by the action of elemental fluorine is only possible if special precautions are taken.
Production and use
Fluorspar is the most important source of fluorine. In the manufacture of hydrogen fluoride (HF), powdered fluorspar is distilled with concentrated sulfuric acid in a lead or cast-iron apparatus. During the distillation calcium sulfate (CaSO4) is formed, which is insoluble in HF. The hydrogen fluoride is obtained in a fairly anhydrous state by fractional distillation in copper or steel vessels and is stored in steel cylinders. The usual impurities in commercial hydrogen fluoride are sulfurous and sulfuric acids, as well as fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6), arising from the presence of silica in the fluorspar. Traces of moisture may be removed by electrolysis with platinum electrodes, treatment with elemental fluorine, or storage over strong Lewis acids (MF5, where M is a metal), which can form nonvolatile (H3O)+ (MF6)−, salts, as shown by the following equation:
H2O + SbF5 + HF → (H3O)+ (SbF6)−.
Hydrogen fluoride is employed in the preparation of numerous inorganic and organic fluorine compounds of commercial importance—for example, sodium aluminum fluoride (Na3AlF6), used as an electrolyte in the electrolytic smelting of aluminum metal. A solution of hydrogen fluoride gas in water is called hydrofluoric acid, large quantities of which are consumed in industry for cleaning metals and for polishing, frosting, and etching glass.
The preparation of the free element is carried out by electrolytic procedures in the absence of water. Generally these take the form of electrolysis of a melt of potassium fluoride–hydrogen fluoride (in a ratio of 1 to 2.5–5) at temperatures between 30 and 70 °C (90 and 160 °F) or 80 and 120 °C (180 and 250 °F) or at a temperature of 250 °C (480 °F). During the process the hydrogen fluoride content of the electrolyte is decreased, and the melting point rises; it is therefore necessary to add hydrogen fluoride continuously. In the high-temperature cell the electrolyte is replaced when the melting point rises above 300 °C (570 °F). Fluorine can be safely stored under pressure in cylinders of stainless steel if the valves of the cylinders are free from traces of organic matter.
The element is used for the preparation of various fluorides, such as chlorine trifluoride (ClF3), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), or cobalt trifluoride (CoF3). The chlorine and cobalt compounds are important fluorinating agents for organic compounds. (With appropriate precautions, the element itself may be used for the fluorination of organic compounds.) Sulfur hexafluoride is used as a gaseous electrical insulator.
Elemental fluorine, often diluted with nitrogen, reacts with hydrocarbons to form corresponding fluorocarbons in which some or all hydrogen has been replaced by fluorine. The resulting compounds are usually characterized by great stability, chemical inertness, high electrical resistance, and other valuable physical and chemical properties. This fluorination may be accomplished also by treating organic compounds with cobalt trifluoride (CoF3) or by electrolyzing their solutions in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride. Useful plastics with non-sticking qualities, such as polytetrafluoroethylene [(CF2CF2)x]; known by the commercial name Teflon), are readily made from unsaturated fluorocarbons. Organic compounds containing chlorine, bromine, or iodine are fluorinated to produce compounds such as dichlorodifluoromethane (Cl2CF2), the coolant which had been used widely in most household refrigerators and air conditioners. Since chlorofluorocarbons, such as dichlorodifluoromethane, play an active role in the depletion of the ozone layer, their manufacture and use have been restricted, and refrigerants containing hydrofluorocarbons are now preferred.
The element is also used for the preparation of uranium hexafluoride (UF6), utilized in the gaseous diffusion process of separating uranium-235 from uranium-238 for reactor fuel. Hydrogen fluoride and boron trifluoride (BF3) are produced commercially because they are good catalysts for the alkylation reactions used to prepare organic compounds of many kinds. Sodium fluoride is commonly added to drinking water in order to reduce the incidence of dental caries in children. In recent years, the most important application for fluorine compounds is in the pharmaceutical and agriculture fields. Selective fluorine substitution dramatically changes the biological properties of these compounds.
The accurate quantitative determination of the amount of fluorine in compounds is difficult. Free fluorine may be assayed by its oxidizing action on mercury, as shown in
Hg + F2 → HgF2
and by measurement of the weight gain of the mercury and the change in the volume of the gas. The principal qualitative tests for the presence of fluoride ions are (1) liberation of hydrogen fluoride by the action of sulfuric acid, (2) formation of a precipitate of calcium fluoride upon addition of a calcium chloride solution, and (3) decolouration of a yellow solution prepared from titanium tetroxide (TiO4) and hydrogen peroxide in sulfuric acid. Quantitative methods for analyzing fluorine are (1) precipitation of calcium fluoride in the presence of sodium carbonate and treatment of the precipitate with acetic acid, (2) precipitation of lead chlorofluoride by addition of sodium chloride and lead nitrate, and (3) titration (determination of concentration of a dissolved substance) with thorium nitrate (Th[NO3]4) solution using sodium alizarin sulfonate as an indicator, according to the equation
Covalently bound fluorine—as, for example, in fluorocarbons—is more difficult to analyze and requires fusion with metallic sodium, followed by analysis for the F− ion as described above.
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
halogenThe halogen elements are fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), astatine (At), and tennessine (Ts). They were given the name
halogen, from the Greek roots hal- ("salt")…
chemical industry: FluorineThe fluorine industry is intimately related to the production of aluminum. Alumina (aluminum oxide, Al2O3) can be reduced to metallic aluminum by electrolysis when fused with a flux consisting of sodium fluoroaluminate (Na3AlF6), usually called…
chemical bonding: The hydrogen bondnitrogen, or fluorine atom that is attached to a hydrogen atom. This interaction is the hydrogen bond, an interaction of the form A―H···B, where A and B are atoms of any of the three elements mentioned above and the hydrogen atom lies on a straight line between…
spectroscopy: Electron configurationsoxygen, fluorine, and neon, the electrons take quantum numbers
n= 2, l= 1, and all possible different combinations of m land m s, until a total of six have been added. This completes the n= 2 shell, containing a total of eight electrons in…
crystal: Structures of nonmetallic elements(H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), and iodine (I). When cooled to low temperature, they form solids of diatomic molecules. Nitrogen has the hcp structure, while oxygen has a more complex structure.…
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I have a kite size problem related to my weight!
I'm not sure which kite size to get for my 64 kilos for light wind(5 to 8 knt condition),
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First to answer your question with a question, are you planning to go into racing or free race cruising?
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I myself have 80 kg, have a semi raceboard( sector 60) and my biggest kite is a 14m, which gets me going in about at minimum 8 knts with a very sensitive hand.
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If you can live with going out in 7 knots have a look at the Switchkites NITRO 16
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If you are not into racing, do not kill yourself, with 18/19m tubekites, if you persist in 5knots...flysurfer 21m but never forhet at 64kg and a raceboard the fun will Be over in no time once the wind picks up a few knots.
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July 9,2014(ISN) – The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have recalled C ERIK KRATZ from Buffalo of the International League (AA) and placed OF COLE GILLESPIE on the 15-day disabled list with an abdominal strain.
KRATZ, 34, has appeared in 30 games for the Blue Jays this season, posting a .221 average with three home runs and 10 RBI. For the Buffalo Bisons, the right-handed hitter has a .316 average with three home runs and 17 RBI in 25 contests. Kratz has played in 159 career Major League games with Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Toronto and owns a .220 average with 21 home runs.


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(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences said a late-stage trial of its experimental hepatitis C treatment showed that the virus was not detected in 78 percent of patients taking the drug, 12 weeks after completing therapy.
The trial, named Positron, was testing the drug, sofosbuvir, in patients who were unable or unwilling to take interferon — a standard hepatitis C drug known for its unpleasant side effects.
No patient in the placebo group achieved an undetectable virus level 12 weeks after completing the therapy, Gilead said.
The safety profile of the drug was similar to that observed in prior studies, and there were few treatment discontinuations due to adverse events, Gilead said.
The company said it would submit the full data from the study for presentation at a scientific conference and will share data from additional late-stage studies in early 2013.
Gilead expects to submit its first regulatory filings for sofosbuvir by mid-2013, Chief Scientific Officer Norbert Bischofberger said.
Reporting by Esha Dey in Bangalore; Editing by Maju Samuel


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New Research Reveals Popular Kids Smoke More
We do not know anyone that believes it would be cool to eventually grow up to have heart disease, lung cancer or emphysema.
Yet, a new study suggests that popular students are smoking more cigarettes than those less popular, putting the the "cool kids" at a higher risk for developing health problems.
The study was a collaborative effort by the University of California and the University of Texas, which surveyed nearly 2,000 9th and 10th grade students about their smoking habits, their personal views on smoking, how they feel their peers view smoking, as well as asked the names of their five best friends.
Popularity of a student was determined by the frequency in which study participants mentioned a particular student as one of their friends.
What researchers found was not only did popular students start smoking earlier than unpopular students, but those kids that started smoking in the 9th and 10th grades were more likely to choose other kids that smoked to call friends.
Study experts say this research, along with other past and more recent data, indicates that popularity is a strong predictor of smoking behavior, since kids seem to look to their friends when making important life decisions.


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Heart valve surgery is used to repair or replace diseased heart valves.
Blood that flows between different chambers of your heart must flow through a heart valve. Blood that flows out of your heart into large arteries must also flow through a heart valve.
These valves open up enough so that blood can flow through. They then close, keeping blood from flowing backward.
There are four valves in your heart:
The aortic valve is the most common valve to be replaced because it cannot be repaired. The mitral valve is the most common valve to be repaired. Only rarely is the tricuspid valve or the pulmonic valve repaired or replaced.
Valve replacement; Valve repair; Heart valve prosthesis; Mechanical valves, Prosthetic valves
Before your surgery you will receive general anesthesia. You will be asleep and unable to feel pain.
In open heart surgery, the surgeon makes a large surgical cut in your breastbone to reach the heart and aorta. You are connected to a heart-lung bypass machine or bypass pump. Your heart is stopped while you are connected to this machine. This machine does the work of your heart, providing oxygen and removing carbon dioxide.
Minimally invasive valve surgery is done through much smaller cuts than open surgery, or through a catheter inserted through the skin. Several different techniques are used:
If your surgeon can repair your mitral valve, you may have:
If your valve is too damaged, you will need a new valve. This is called valve replacement surgery. Your surgeon will remove your valve and put a new one in place. The main types of new valves are:
In some cases, surgeons can use your own pulmonic valve to replace the damaged aortic valve. The pulmonic valve is then replaced with an artificial valve (this is called the Ross Procedure). This procedure may be useful for people who do not want to take blood thinners for the rest of their life. However, the new aortic valve does not last very long and may need to be replaced again by either a mechanical or a biologic valve.
Related topics include:
You may need surgery if your valve does not work properly.
You may need heart valve surgery for these reasons:
Some of the heart valve problems treated with surgery are:
The risks for cardiac surgery include:
It is very important to take steps to prevent valve infections. You may need to take antibiotics before dental work and other invasive procedures.
Your preparation for the procedure will depend on the type of valve surgery you are having:
Your recovery after the procedure will depend on the type of valve surgery you are having:
The average hospital stay is 5 - 7 days. The nurse will tell you how to care for yourself at home. Complete recovery will take a few weeks to several months, depending on your health before surgery.
The success rate of heart valve surgery is high. The operation can relieve your symptoms and prolong your life.
Mechanical heart valves do not often fail. Artificial valves last an average of 8 - 20 years, depending on the type of valve. However, blood clots can develop on these valves. If a blood clot forms, you may have a stroke. Bleeding can occur, but this is rare.
There is always a risk of infection. Talk to your doctor before having any type of medical procedure.
The clicking of mechanical heart valves may be heard in the chest. This is normal.
Fullerton DA, Harken AH. Acquired heart disease: valvular. In: Townsend CM Jr., Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 61.
Otto CM, Bonow RO. Valvular heart disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 66.
Nishimura. RA, Otto CM, Bownow RO et al. 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;148(1):e1-e132.
Bernstein D. General principles of treatment of congenital heart disease. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 428.


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People with Last Names of Falha
USA-People-Search > People Directory > F > Falha > Page 1
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The moment you click through you will be presented with a list of people with the last name Falha that match the first name you are looking for. You will also notice we have provided data such as age, known locations, and possible relatives that can help you discover the right person.
If you can furnish additional details about the person you are looking for, such as their last known address or phone number, you can input that in the search box above and refine your results. This is a timely way to find the Falha you are looking for if you happen to know a lot about them.


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Michael Under Table
Stars of "NCIS" Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette and Brian Dietzen visit the New York set of THE TALK, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on the CBS Television Network. They also partake in an interrogation game "NCIS: You Must Confess" with the hosts of The Talk. Brian Dietzen, from left, Pauley Perrette, Mark Harmon, Cote de Pablo, Sharon Osbourne, Michael Weatherly and Julie Chen, shown. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Here's my weekly roundup of some of my favorite posts.
Greece is an important symbol for Mapgirl. While in high school, she had a great opportunity to go to Greece.
The trip was going to cost approximately $2200.00. There was no way my parents could have foot the bill for that much money on top of my private school tuition and college tuition for my sibling --Mapgirl
Lesson: She found a frugal way to finance the trip through hard work, creativity and dedicated adults (parents/teacher).
Money and Investing offered a thoughtful piece about pennies. Is it worth it to pick up a cent? What's the value of small actions?
I understand the value of jumping at the opportunities life throws at us.I am of the philosophy that everywhere you are there is an opportunity to improve yourself and most probably to make money.--Money and Investing
Binary Dollar has a helpful piece about inexpensive and homemade household cleaning solutions.
Stop buying expensive household cleaners. All you really need is some baking soda and some vinegar. --Binary Dollar
All Financial Matters featured a funny piece about his new neighbors. Will this man ever be able to re-sell his home?
I was SLIGHTLY TICKED! IDIOTS! I realize some people are going to argue. But, when you start driving across MY yard, that's where it stops! If they want to act like hillbillies, they should buy a place out in the country.-- All Financial Matters
And at Frugal for Life, Dawn offers her "very very best frugal tip:" Dumpster Diving.
keep your eyes peeled when driving by apartment complexes or dorm area or trash day in the suburbs. -- Frugal For Life
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I really appreciate it, I've been a long term RE fan but I've never played outbreak online in my life. I used to be 7 when I played this game (Yes, I'm not kidding) but had no one to play with since we had no internet . Thanks to this however, I'm able to play this game with a friend of mine who has potential to be an RE fan


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Health Care Recovery Act
1 September 2003
Oklahoma Uninsured and Insurance Costs - - Both Too High
Health insurance costs are skyrocketing. This
year employers report a 16% increase in
insurance premiums, the fourth year in a row of
double digit increases and the largest annual
increase in more than a decade. Since 2001,
the share of the employee's premium has like-wise
burgeoned, up 50%.
In Oklahoma, health insurance costs are even
more a'kilter. The Daily Oklahoman reports that
HMO rates for the privately insured will rise
26%, ten percentage points higher than the national average. Oklahoma health care providers lose more than
$152 million a year providing care to the medically indigent. This loss is offset by higher payments from
private insurance companies and Oklahoma citizens. According to the Oklahoma Health Academy, the cost
shift created by treating the uninsured and underinsured increases health insurance premiums as much as
30%. As these costs rise, employers drop coverage, which increases the ranks of the uninsured, which
increases the cost of uncompensated care which requires additional cost-shifting from providers to private
insurance, which causes more employers to drop coverage . . . and so on.
Coverage on the individual market, at 10.9% of median household income (the 3rd highest in the country) is
plainly unaffordable for working families.
By reducing the number of uninsured and improving provider reimbursement rates, the Oklahoma Health
Care Recovery Act is designed to reverse this insurance death spiral and to finally allow working families
access to health insurance that has long been far from their reach.
Oklahoma's Uninsured
2000-2001, Oklahoma uninsured = 19% (630,000)
est 470,000 (75%) adults 19-64
est 155,000 (25%) children
Who Offers Insurance?
98% of larger employers - > 50 employees (97% US)
37% of small employers (47% US)
Who Works?
57% of uninsured adults had at least one full time worker
33% of uninsured adults live in unemployed households
What Happens to the Uninsured?
Receive less preventive care;
Diagnosed at more advanced disease stages, therefore requiring more expensive care; and
Higher mortality rates.
Better health is noted to improve annual earning by as much as 10-30% annually; and
Better health increases educational attainment.
Uninsured 1998-2001
16% 16% 16%
18% 19% 18%
Health Care Recovery Act
2 September 2003
Oklahoma's Medicaid Per Beneficiary Spending…
Per beneficiary cost low compared to other states;
Growth (spending) lower than GAO's estimated Medicaid growth of 9% annually;
Low provider reimbursement;
Lost federal matching.
Steps Toward Oklahoma's Health Care Recovery…
As state policy makers across the nation strive to balance providing health care coverage to the uninsured
with scarce financial resources, Oklahoma must also explore new ideas in public purchasing of health care
Premium Assistance for Oklahoma Working Families
Premium assistance for Oklahoma working families lies at the core of the Oklahoma Health Care
Recovery Act. The program will be designed to facilitate the purchase of health care for an expanded
population (currently uninsured) up to 200% FPL through:
1. Coordinate with existing employer sponsored insurance coverage;
2. Establish work-based health care coverage approaches; and
3. Create individual program "buy-in" options.
Avg Medicaid Payments Per Beneficiary - Federal Share Only
CMS Region VI States
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
Oklahoma, on average, received
$1,260 less in federal matching funds
per beneficiary than neighboring
Estimated SFY2003 Economic Effect
o $816 million - unrealized federal
o 55,000 - unrealized jobs
o $1.6 billion – unrealized income
o $4.5 billion – unrealized business
SFY2003 average federal participation per
beneficiary (excluding Oklahoma) = $3,868.
Health Care Recovery Act
3 September 2003
1. Coordinating with Existing Employer Sponsored Insurance (ESI) Coverage
Some of Oklahoma's uninsured, or even those currently enrolled in Medicaid, may have been offered
coverage by their employer or the employer of one of their immediate family but have declined the coverage.
Nationally, about 19% of the employed do not take-up job-based coverage, usually because the employee
share of health premiums is simply too much (up 50% in the last three years alone). In most companies,
the share of the insurance premium that an employee must pay is the same no matter how much a worker
earns. Under these financial conditions, even modest income workers can have a harder time affording
insurance when it is offered. The bottom line is that many adults work hard, but are unable to obtain
affordable health insurance through their employers.
Subsidizing enrollment in employer sponsored coverage for these individuals could induce some portion to
accept coverage offered by their employer. A premium assistance program offers a way to access available
employer contributions.
Instead of encouraging "crowd-out", a subsidy program of this sort should encourage use of employer
coverage and should enable Oklahoma to tap into employer contributions, including the state's own
contributions on behalf of educators and state employee dependents, that are currently available but not
being used.
2. Establishing Work-Based Coverage Approaches (Employer "Buy-In")
A second approach at reducing the number of uninsured while being a prudent manager of the taxpayers
dollars is work-based coverage approaches aimed at businesses that have not traditionally sponsored health
insurance coverage - - small firms or businesses who have not been able to secure health insurance for their
employees. 71% of employers who do not offer health insurance to their workers would be much more or
somewhat more likely to offer job-based coverage if premium assistance were provided.
These businesses could "buy-in" to the existing health care coverage currently offered through the Medicaid
program. As described above, lower income individuals might be eligible for some level of employee premium
assistance; higher income individuals employed by the business could be responsible for their entire share of
the employee portion. The result - - less uninsured Oklahomans.
3. Creating Individual Program "Buy-In"
Those who do not have access to employer-sponsored insurance, either through their own or a spouse's job,
have few options. Frequently, the only way is to buy a non-group insurance policy in the individual market.
But those without access to work-based coverage tend to have low wages and often work part-time. Many
may earn too much to be eligible for traditional public health programs, but too little to afford individual
coverage. The average cost of individual and family coverage -- $4,483 and $9,068 – is simply not
Moreover, the individual market is largely unregulated, where premiums vary based on age and medical
history of the insured, and where the insurer may re-underwrite premiums annually based on utilization and
health of the individual. Oklahoma's Medicaid program, by pooling the risk (as all group policies do) furnishes
the only viable option for these working families.
This third option of the Oklahoma Health Care Recovery Act permits a beneficiary to "buy-in" directly into the
current health care delivery system offered through the Medicaid program, if he or she could not otherwise
obtain health care coverage.
Health Care Recovery Act
4 September 2003
Estimated Cost Per Payer
The table below summarizes the annual cost per payer of offering health coverage to 200,000 uninsured
Oklahomans. The Oklahoma Health Care Recovery Program is a voluntary program. No employer will be
forced to offer coverage or to participate in any way in the program. The expansion would be targeted at
Oklahomans without health insurance and with family incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level (FPL).
The estimates assume an average premium cost of $2,000 per year.
Estimated Economic Impact of Additional Public Dollars Only
Oklahoma will generate nearly a 20-fold return in State economic benefit for every $1.00 invested in the
Oklahoma Health Care Recovery Act. Our $80 million investment in public health will produce $1.5 billion in
new business activity each year and create over 18,000 new jobs. By leveraging federal funds, we are
guaranteed a 230% return on State dollars – performance measures that few portfolio managers and
entrepreneurs can match.
Some might say that in difficult economic times, States should reduce spending. To quote a Vision 2025
supporter, "there is never a bad time to make a good investment." The passage of all four Vision 2025
initiatives, by a 60% margin, ought to send a powerful message that Oklahomans will support well-reasoned
programs, including expenditures that bolster and rebuild our public infrastructure.
Share of Cost as Monthly Cost Annual Cost Aggregate Annual Cost
Payer Percent of Total Per Insured Per Insured Total Program
State 20% $33 $400 $80,000,000
Federal Government 46% $77 $920 $184,000,000
Employer 20% $33 $400 $80,000,000
Insured 14% $23 $280 $56,000,000
Total 100% $167 $2,000 $400,000,000
Monthly Health Care Cost by Payer
State, $33
Federal, $77
Employer, $33
Individual, $23
$80 million
$184 million
Federal Dollars
into Oklahoma
$264 million
Public Dollars
Health Care and
+200,000 Oklahomans
Receive Health Care
18,073 Direct & Indirect
Jobs Supported
$528 million in
Income to Oklahomans
Generated $1.5 billion in
Business Activity
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Rams Fall to Non-Conference Opponent Molloy
Molloy College - 13, Farmingdale State - 5
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's lacrosse fell to non-conference opponent Molloy College, 13-5, this afternoon in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams dropped to 3-4 on the season, while Molloy improved to a perfect 6-0.
Molloy took the early lead, scoring the games opening goal two minutes into the contest. Farmingdale State senior midfielder Mike Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) would answer with an unassisted goal only 40 seconds later, evening the score at 1-1. The Lions went on to score the next eight goals and held a 9-1 lead midway through the third. The Rams would cut the deficit to six, on goals by freshman attacks Bill McGarvey (Sayville, N.Y./Sayville) and Erick Thomson (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park); however, Molloy would pull away and go on to win 13-5.
The Lions were led by junior midfielder Matt Dolan (Plainedge, N.Y./Plainedge) who scored a game-high four goals and had five ground balls. Senior midfielder Keith Galante (Plainedge, N.Y./Plainedge) scored twice and picked up six ground balls for Molloy. Senior defenseman Mike Delena (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) led the team forcing three turnovers.
Thomson led Farmingdale State offensively scoring two goals, while Eddie Rifice (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon), Maxwell and McGarvey each scored one. Freshman defender Chris JapNgie (Massapequa, N.Y./Holy Trinity) led the Rams recording a team-high six ground balls.
Senior goalkeeper Teddy Leone (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) had eight saves and freshman goalkeeper Patrick Delventhal (Westbury, N.Y./Holy Trinity) had ten for Farmingdale State. Senior Robert Humann (Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville) had 12 saves in goal for the Lions.
The Rams will play their first Skyline Conference game of the season when they host Montclair State on Saturday, March 28th at 1:00pm.