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A little bit about us, featuring an inspiring bit of spoken-word-poetry written and performed by Dwaine Shrigley. Video by: Jaque Fisher (2013)
A little bit about us, featuring an inspiring bit of spoken-word-poetry written and performed by Dwaine Shrigley. Video by: Jaque Fisher (2013)
We're inspired by Julian Burnside's latest idea, asking Aussie's to show humanity and write to Asylum Seekers held on Nauru and Manus Island.
Here's one of our letters
Dear Friend,
As a mother I have to say how sorry I am that you have not been welcomed to Australia. I am sorry that you have not yet been able to meet some of the wonderful and generous people who are Australian and who feel so badly about your situation. I arrived here from the UK some ten years ago with my two young sons. I miss my family at home in the UK, as you no doubt miss some of your family too. Hence I am writing this letter to welcome you, and hope to hear from you soon.
With best wishes
I wanted to share this beautiful email I received from Jean from Virgin Unite. Like her, we hope that the gift of moral courage Nelson Mandela gave to the world will now carry on stronger than ever.
Today, Madiba passed on the torch to each and every one of us to carry on his vision of leadership through compassion and wisdom.
His consistent integrity, love, compassion, honesty and wisdom will live on forever as signposts for great leaders everywhere in the world. Kofi Annan said it brilliantly, "People often ask me what difference one person can make in the face of injustice, conflict, human rights violations, mass poverty and disease. I answer by citing the courage, tenacity, dignity and magnanimity of Nelson Mandela. If just one small part of what he sought to achieve for his fellow human beings is translated into reality, if we live up to just one fraction of the standards he has set for himself, then Africa, and the world, will be a far better place."
With hope that the gift of moral courage he gave to the world will now carry on stronger than ever, Jean
"My Uncle always said, fire isn't death; fire's the start of life."
Our 3 days in the Top End so eloquently summed up by Peter Christopherson, the larger-than-life local Aboriginal land manager. Peter helps his family to manage the flood plains of the Yellow Waters area we stood on.
Indeed it neatly captured the trip's essence, a brisk 3-day sally of 5 balandas (whiteys), under the warden-ship of NAILSMA's Joe Morrison. There was no pre-prescribed, or ordained outcome, but the typical Igniting Change "come and have a gander, then let's chat."
The itinerary was crafted to expose the contrasts facing Aboriginal existence in the Top End. From the urban community of Bagot, a par 4 distance from Darwin's casino, to the
remoteness of Maningrida township on the far north tip of Arnhem land, a common theme emerged: hope through fire.
Fire makes country. Country makes us. I am Country.
To look after you, us, me, them, Country must be looked after.
And fire, or its management by experienced indigenous rangers and TOs, looks after the land. Flora, fauna, man all dance the fire dance, choreographed to perfection over millennia. Fire encourages new growth; flushes out prey for food; and is the centerpiece of cultural identity.
In the last few decades, government managed burning was carried out at the expense of the culture and ecology known to local mobs. New-age science had neglected the wisdom of locals, burning large tracts of bush at the expense of delicate, at times invisible goings on. How could the policy-approving man in the white coat know such things from his plush, centrally heated lab in freezing cold Canberra?
Ironically, this ham-fisted bureaucracy has opened the door to the Kakadu mobs reclaiming their land physically. Whilst native title was established decades ago, resettlement had been a slower process. But with the injurious effects of the Parks' burning policy plain to see, TOs and local rangers have been tasked to "nurse the country back to the way it's meant to be", reestablishing the lost harmony.
No where is this more apparent than Kakadu, where balanda burning left fallow lands lie next to the verdant paddocks of success of Aboriginal-controlled patchwork fire programs. Non-indigenous grasses have been largely destroyed, inviting back native flora which in turn brings the grubs, insects et al. These see the mass repatriation of wild birds.
This cycle is repeated in the waters of the park.
In the impossibly harsh backpost that is Maningrida, the 20-year Djelk Ranger program is testament to success of the old and new conjunct. With over 30 indigenous rangers on its books, armed with powerful i-tracker units, the men, women and junior rangers are able to manage their country using not only their innate knowledge, but record and archive the same for future generations on their hardy PDAs.
Be it feral animal control, planned burning, documenting rock art or ecosystem analysis, local youth (in the new Junior Ranger program) and men are being educated as stakeholders in their country.
And their remit extends offshore, where Djelk Rangers often do joint ops on Border Protection Command vessels against drug, animal and people smugglers. A recent capture of a shark fin vessel netted over 35 fins and little flesh, a travesty for the Bawinanga mob who believe in hunt-to-eat.
The contrasts littered our journey. From the impeccably clean and air-con'd offices of the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (looking after the interests of the Mirra clan in Jabiru region), run by Justin O'Brien, to the middle-of-nowhere border cafe serving Thai tucker. Not just any thai tucker, but perhaps the best this world-traversed scribe has eaten outside of Thailand itself.
Just beyond this Jabiru corporation's shiny headquarters, the
local mob have built a shiny new upscale holiday park.
Employing local men learning new skill sets, the other takeaway from our trip is apparent: all good projects have a social agenda too.
Outcomes are measured in people, not just moolah.
In Maningrida the Babbarra Women's Centre churns out an array of printed garments of elastic quality, but they're learning & earning. And passing on the story, in art.
Likewise the rangers were, until the creation of the Djelk program, recognised passively as custodians of their country. With a little of aforementioned science, a lot of the traditional skills, their worth is not only measured by the health of their Bawinanga country, but the socio-profit of them mentoring the next generation.
Like all stories, there are dark underbellies in the region, rancid images of alcoholism, subterfuge and decay whose shadow eclipses all the good being done up here. I, a known half-empty, was overwhelmed by this good. Folk like Joe Morrison are getting on with it in their quiet, outcome-driven way. Mixing education and a healthy respect of the ways of the elders is reaping material and social rewards, the pinnacle of which is the Carbon Program where TOs burn country and get
paid for it!
There's an importunate will to succeed driving the programmes, and it's across all parties, from NAILSMA, to local members and TOs. And they know time's on their side, because this country's been here for eons and nursing it carefully will pay back plenty-fold.
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Dwaine Shrigley is one of Igniting Change's amazing volunteers. His poetry is incredible, and continually inspires and amazes us. His way with words and interpretation of complex issues often brings us to tears!
Beneath is a link to a little poem he recently wrote about Igniting Change after spending a day in our office. Admittedly we are quirky and can be hard to understand at the best of times, but we think Dwaine has managed to say it beautifully in this piece. Our special thanks to Jaque Fisher who generously filmed and brought this YouTube together.
We'd love to hear what you think!


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Hello and Happy First Day of Football Season to you.
Today is the first day that football teams -- as well as many other fall sports -- can hit the practice field for the 2010-2011 school year.
It is always a big day in football as every program starts its official training after an offseason full of weight room visits, passing leagues and camps, but this season there is a little more buzz in the air due to the addition of Buffalo Public Schools to Section VI. That is a major part of the new year, with new teams and a new alignment for Section VI and a serious test for the city programs.
There's plenty of other things to watch this year: again, Western New York boasts four defending state champions. Canisius returns quarterback Travis Eman to its championship team, while rival St. Joe's has a new coach in Dennis Gilbert and a new QB in junior Chad Kelly, the nephew of the famed Buffalo Bills' Jim. Speaking of quarterbacks, Joe Licata is due to set more passing records for Williamsville South. And there will be plenty more to keep an eye on.
I've got plans to visit a few schools throughout the day. I'm going to start by heading south to Canisius' field in West Seneca and might check out St. Francis and Orchard Park as well. I'm scheduled for a midday stop at Sweet Home and have St. Joe's and Riverside on my target list as well. Should be a fun time. There was an overnight thunderstorm but its another great day in what has been a super summer for Western New York.
Before heading south I'm going to swing by All High Stadium behind Bennett High on Main Street to see if the Tigers -- or any other city school -- has hit the field.
Stay tuned and feel free to file any first-day reports in the comments section below.
9:29 a.m. I pull into All High Stadium and there are some orange t-shirts and white t-shirts among a group working out on the turf. Looks like Bennett has started its season. Back with a report soon.
9:57 a.m. My first goof of the season -- as I got closer to the field, I realized the white helmets and black-and-orange uniforms where those of McKinley. As a group of 30 or 40 went through drills at three different stations, I spoke with defensive coordinator assistant head coach Kenny Boone, a Riverside grad who played at Buffalo State.
"We're very optimistic," said Boone. "In terms of being able to compete, we're at that level from an athletic perspective regarding our kids. But I think it will be a good opportunity for them to see other ball players. I think we'll fit in very well, very well. They're excited now. Guys are ready to go."
McKinley has the All High field from 8 to 11 a.m., so perhaps we'll stop by later to visit with another team. For now, time to head south.
11:28 a.m. We just visited Orchard Park, where the Quakers just finished their morning practice, which they spent mostly on offensive material.
After a huddle, some players spent the break eating their lunch tailgate-style in the parking lot. Coach Gene Tundo and assistant Bob Ferrentino went over some defensive drills that would be used in the afternoon session -- with Tundo running through imaginary drills himself. I think I saw him put a swim move on Ferrentino at one point.
Here's coach Tundo on opening day (wouldn't be opening day without some opening day cliches :-) ):
We have to admit we probably should have to run a few laps for driving to Canisius' field at its Stransky Complex, where the JV was practicing. The varsity is at the school -- I'll take the blame on that one, although it gets a little confusing when you're trying to differentiate the Stransky Complex and Tripi Field and Koessler Field and where they play and where they practice and where they scrimmage. We're hoping to catch the Crusaders during their afternoon set.
Next it's maybe St. Francis, maybe North Tonawanda, maybe both, before hitting Sweet Home.
1:19 p.m. Just arrived at Sweet Home after spending some time at North Tonawanda -- and no, not enough time to swing by St. Francis.
At NT, I was hoping to get a couple of words from coach Eric Jantzi, and I did. "Hi Keith."
Just having some fun with coach there. Jantzi was understandably busy running his practice, from the extensive warmup featuring walks like "Frankenstein" and "Spiderman" to the four-station, and then six-station setup. Jantzi coached the offensive lineman in a simple drill in which he went into serious detail about body position and leverage.
The tone and the energy of the practice was something that you'd expect to see from a defending state champion.
2:30 p.m. Speaking of state champions, the practice at Sweet Home was very business-like as well. They had six and sometimes seven stations going, including two in which players caught not footballs but tennis balls in what appeared to be an agility/hand-eye coordination drill.
There were some cool sights and sounds, but you're going to have to wait for those. Sweet Home was the site of our first episode of PrepTalkTV for the 2010-11 season. I met videographer/reporter Lauren Mariacher at Sweet Home and you'll see the video up here later today.
I'm heading to Canisius next (they had an afternoon session starting at 2:30) with Riverside a definite stop -- they begin at 4 p.m. St. Joe's, Williamsville South and St. Francis are also possibilities.
3:25 p.m. If I played for Canisius, I'd be cut by now. After a quick pit stop home, I thought I'd hit Canisius before Riverside, but as I drove up I saw the last players leaving the field. They go again at 6 tonight, so I'll be back.
4:55 p.m. Had a good stop at Riverside, where coach Tony Truilizio gave a cafeteria full troops a rousing welcome and educated them on how big a season this is for all city football teams.
Here's a portion of what Trulizio told his team.
His take on getting started with the season.
6:15 p.m. Watched the end of the first practice for St. Joe's, then talked with first-year coach Dennis Gilbert and new junior quarterback Chad Kelly.
Here's coach Gilbert -- a 1984 St. Joe's grad who takes over for Bob O'Connor -- answering my question about if there was anything he did at the first practice to put any kind of personal stamp on the program or the new season.
You could definitely pick out Kelly at practice. He's won national NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competitions and the zing on his passes, whether they were deep balls, thrown with his feet quickly planted or thrown on the run. He certainly has commandeered the team already -- you could hear his calls at the line in drills a block or two away around Kenmore Ave.
We're catching up on some multimedia blogging material from our own home sweet home before heading to Williamsville South and finally Canisius.
7:02 p.m. Check that. We're running out of time so we'll hit Canisius on the way to One News Plaza -- we've still got a story to put together for Tuesday's paper. I'm bummed but there's no way I'd get down Main St. to Will South and back to Canisius before their practice ends at 7:45 p.m.
The good news is that video interviews are up from Riverside and St. Joe's. Gotta run.
8:20 p.m. Back in the office after a visit to Canisius, where there were so many wind sprints that I got tired just listening to all of the gasps for air. I have some more video interviews to post but I've got to get some stories for tomorrow's paper done first.
Here is the feedback from Canisius -- my apologies on the wind gusts that whipped up during coach Brandon Harris' talk.
The Canisius setup is unique to all of Western New York, I have to believe, in that the team is actually at a training camp at the Delaware Ave. school. Coach Harris has done that each of his previous three seasons here. The team stays and eats at the school, with three practices held during the day: morning, afternoon and evening.
Having the entire team together for a training camp has to have enormous benefits not only for attention to detail and a player's mindset, but also for team building and camaraderie. While other teams end practice and players go home, Canisius players literally are eating, drinking and sleeping football.
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As promised earlier, here's what we put together after our visit to Sweet Home's opening practice: the season debut of PrepTalkTV.
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Stay tuned throughout the preseason for more updates. We'll be making the rounds on Scrimmage Saturday (Aug. 28) with another blog and video and we'll have our annual season preview -- including video and Web features in addition to our comprehensive special section -- in the week leading up to Week One (Sept. 3-4).
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For the lowdown on the new and evolving commenting format, check the link at the right, read the previous post, or just click here.
---Keith McShea
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Homemade Marshmallow Recipes & Tips (Part 1)
Posted 06 April 2004 - 05:50 PM
Posted 06 April 2004 - 07:12 PM
they work pretty well.
Posted 06 April 2004 - 07:56 PM
i have a recipe from the "time/life" series book on candy making. it sounds pretty similar to the french laundry one linked in tchorst's post...
you can probably cut the gelatin in half (or at least reduce it a little).
i made mine following the recipe to the letter and when they had set up, i had little super balls...you could barely bite into them without your teeth bouncing back and causing your jaw to dislocate
when they're good though, homemade marshmallows are great!
p.s. if you want the time/life recipe, i can pm it to you...i guess there are issues with copyright
Edited by alanamoana, 06 April 2004 - 07:57 PM.
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Edited by TrishCT, 06 April 2004 - 08:57 PM.
Posted 07 April 2004 - 04:56 AM
Posted 07 April 2004 - 04:59 AM
That said, as long as you have a good recipe homemade marshmallows are delicious.
Edited by ellencho, 07 April 2004 - 05:00 AM.
Posted 07 April 2004 - 06:40 AM
With the leftovers, I tossed them with a mix of cocoa( the good stuff), powdered sugar and a dash of cinnamon. Perfectly delicious, a big hit but they looked just like cubes of browned meat -
Posted 07 April 2004 - 02:46 PM
blog: The Institute for Impure Science
Posted 12 April 2004 - 10:16 AM
Thanks Neil for sharing that!
Posted 12 April 2004 - 02:52 PM
You're very welcome
I made Nightscotsmans recipe for Easter and it was fabulous! I highly reccomend it and I can't wait to try other puree flavors.
Thanks Neil for sharing that!
So far I've tried them with raspberry (good), passion fruit (really good, but could use a touch of food color), cinnamon (excellent in hot cider), coconut (the fat in the coconut milk made them dense), and chocolate (using cocoa powder - made them very fudgy tasting). Strawberry is still my favorite, but I would like to try lemon or peach sometime.
Posted 12 April 2004 - 03:11 PM
Fred Rowe
Posted 12 April 2004 - 03:15 PM
The recipe I use was from a workshop I took with Dorie Greenspan, and her recipe brought the syrup up to 265, and threw that into some eggwhites at stiff peaks (which double in volume when hit with the hot syrup), and then beating a hell of a lot of gelatine into that. They have turned out perfectly... but a friend who uses just the whipped gelatine method comes up with a nearly identical result .
So, pros and cons of the egg white method?
----- De Gustibus Non Disputandum Est
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Posted 12 May 2004 - 02:55 PM
I haven't tried agar in marshmallows, but I have heard people complain that it doesn't set up well. Also, I find that agar sometimes contributes an off flavor unless the other ingredients are strong enough to hide it. (I wasn't so happy with Agar panacotta, but stronger flavored fruit-based jellys were fine). Kojel or other vegetable-based gelatin seems to be more popular. Here's a recipe I bookmarked a while ago...most recipes I've seen seem to be a variation on this.
Has anybody made marshmallows using agar instead of gelatin? I was thinking of trying this, and wondering what sort of substitution to make.
vegan marshmallows
Note, some Kosher gelatins are not vegetarian, but you probably already knew that.
Posted 12 May 2004 - 03:27 PM
blog: The Institute for Impure Science
Posted 12 May 2004 - 05:30 PM
Making these guys is really simple. It takes less than 15 minutes to get it into the whipping bowl, another 10 to whip. I let them cool/dry for about 24 hours, then cut them on a guitar. They are the goooooiest things I've ever worked with - until you get the sugar/corn starch coating on. But my golly how people love them!
Edited by stscam, 12 May 2004 - 05:31 PM.
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Posted 12 May 2004 - 05:45 PM
I have not made them with agar agar, however I have made them with marshmallow root (from my garden), with guar gum from the health food store and with kuzu root.
Has anybody made marshmallows using agar instead of gelatin? I was thinking of trying this, and wondering what sort of substitution to make.
The first two turned out well but were a lot of work. The kuzu root was not successful.
I was trying to develop a recipe for friends who are vegans and did not want to use gelatin.
I don't see why you couldn't use agar agar, you would probably have to experiment.
considering my experience with agar agar, I would use a little less than the amount of gelatin in the recipe as agar agar has more "setting" power.
This site will give you quite a bit of information.
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Posted 12 May 2004 - 06:05 PM
Addendum:I have not made them with agar agar, however I have made them with marshmallow root (from my garden), with guar gum from the health food store and with kuzu root.
Has anybody made marshmallows using agar instead of gelatin? I was thinking of trying this, and wondering what sort of substitution to make.
The first two turned out well but were a lot of work. The kuzu root was not successful.
I began using guar gum years ago to make lakhoum, Turkish Delight, because I liked the stability better than the candy made with gelatin.
My teacher, way back in the 60s, used gum arabic (has to be food grade, can't use the stuff in artist's supply stores) for making jellied candies and for some reason the flavors were much more intense than with any other product. He also used it for making decorations for cakes.
It remains pliable and combined with pulled sugar to support it, can make spectacular decorations. My teacher made a 5-tier wedding cake with a waterfall on one side made with the gum arabic jelled material.
For many years it was very difficult to get superior food grade gum arabic in significant amounts at reasonable prices. (Most came from the Sudan and the tribal warfare nearly destroyed the trade.)
read about it here:http://www.jumbo.th.com/
and here:http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/Technical_papers/gum_arabic.htm
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Posted 12 May 2004 - 06:34 PM
I have half a dozen boxes of Diet Kojel - unflavored, unsweetened, sugar free jel dessert - recently arrived courtesy of a kind American friend (she's on the sugar free diet, hence the diet Kojel). Each box has one envelope, 0.3oz in weight. How different/alike is this with the gelatine you use.
On the box, it also states "Kojel, unlike pure gelatine, is a quick setting jel dessert". Is this a problem?
She also sent me some boxes of flavored ones and these are 3oz each. Can these be adapted into your recipe to make flavored marshmallows? These already have the sugar in them, right?
My previous attempt to make marshmallow was a disaster (dense and gritty), so I will try your recipe next (also because I really prefer that it contains no egg whites).
I will have to resort to using agar-agar powder once this Kojel is exhausted due to Halal/Kosher issues (although she said all I have to do is ask ), and I wonder about the proper substitution measurements.
And what about pectin? Is this also a possible substitute?
And I really want to be able to make them because my son loves marshmallows and none of the commercial ones available here are truly Halal/Kosher. He can only enjoy them when friends send over the Kosher ones from the US (although they are really produced in Israel). The 3 packets of Kosher marshmallows sent with these Kojels have long since gone. One of them was covered with toasted coconut - quite yummy. I bet they're better dipped in chocolates!
A lot of questions, I know. So, thanks in advance for any help.
edited to add : Thanks Behemoth and andiesenji for the links.
Edited by kew, 12 May 2004 - 06:39 PM.
Posted 13 May 2004 - 03:16 AM
I haven't heard ot Kojel before, so I don't know how it will work. Do you know what it's made of? Any other details on the box?
And stscam: glad the recipe is a hit with your customers. So that royalty check is in the mail, right?
Posted 13 May 2004 - 04:16 AM
I have been trying to get more information on the Net and so far I've found out on one site that mentions 1 envelope gelatine is 1T. I visited the Kraft site but wasn't sure if the envelopes of differing brands are of the same weight.
I will try using 3 envelopes of this Kojel.
The ingredient list is : vegetable gum, adipic acid, tapioca dextrin, calcium phosphate, potassium citrate.
Other things mentioned on the box are - to not to let it dissolve nor soak in cold water but boiling water, to use it immediately, to not add pineapple juice and that kojel cannot be remolded once set.
I tried to find an official homepage but it doesn't have one?
I did ask my friend who sent it but then she doesn't cook much and only make the flavored ones.
I think I'll go explore more vegan sites. Or Jewish cooking sites. Of course, there are marshmallow recipes using kojel but I want to make your marshmallows. Plus the 'vegan' recipe says to soak the Kojel for 1/2hr in cold water which makes me skeptical - looks like it's merely a replacement of the word gelatine with Kojel, and not a true recipe using Kojel.
Thanks for trying to help out more. I just thought Americans would be familiar with it, but then (now it crossed my mind ) why would you need it because you can use gelatine, right?
Posted 13 May 2004 - 06:20 AM
Also, for those of us trying this out at home (I may make these plain and then dip them in some fab chocolate for an event I am doing), any replacement ideas for a guitar? Can I refrigerate these, cut them, and let them warm up?
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Posted 13 May 2004 - 06:34 AM
No need or reason to refridgerate them. They hold for many days if you wrap them well in plastic (even cut ones).
Posted 13 May 2004 - 07:04 AM
Posted 13 May 2004 - 07:31 AM
Sooooooo, don't stop there... what does your sign say???
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Posted 13 May 2004 - 06:00 PM
Due to the popularity of the basic MM we decided to offer S'Mores, too. We make a thinner MM than usual, dip it in some Callebaut 52% semi-sweet, then sandwich that with store-bought grahams. We tell folks that if they want to heat them, they can stick them in the microwave, but under no circumstances should they run it for more than four seconds. If you do - KABLAAM!!! What a mess.
Thanks for the curiosity.
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Posted 14 May 2004 - 08:01 AM
and...any thoughts on a slightly more savory application of flavored marshmallows?
Edited by Bicycle Lee, 14 May 2004 - 08:02 AM.
Posted 14 May 2004 - 08:31 AM
I plan to make (nightscotsman's) marshmallows on Monday.
so, is the consensus that agar will or will not work?
and...any thoughts on a slightly more savory application of flavored marshmallows?
And if that is a success I plan to try using agar-agar powder because eventually I will have to resort to using this. I will post the results.
Posted 14 May 2004 - 01:34 PM
Mycryo will not work for making marshmallows. Being cocoa butter, it's pure fat which will keep the mixture from whipping and holding a foam.
With all the interest in mycryo these days, and it being advertised as a substitute for gelatine, does anyone have any idea - or experimented - with using mycro instead of gelatine?
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The ORECA Peugeot team that won the American Le Mans Series season opener at Sebring in March will return to action at the Petit Le Mans 1,000-mile endurance race in October.
ORECA skipped the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup race at Imola in Italy in July and had withheld a decision on when it would rejoin the series with its grandfathered 2010-spec Peugeot 908 HDi. It has now decided that it will also miss the Silverstone six-hour race in the U.K. in September and will concentrate instead on Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, which is also the American Le Mans Series finale.
ORECA boss Hugues de Chaunac explained the reasons he decided to focus on Petit.
"We have strategic choices to make concerning the 2012 season and prefer to focus our energy on preparing our future programs," he said. "Because of its format and how it leaves a lot of room for strategy, Petit is a race that fits our team and the Peugeot 908 HDi."
De Chaunac said he believes that ORECA's year-old LMP1 car cannot keep pace with the new cars from Peugeot and Audi in the shorter six-hour ILMC events, including Silverstone and the series finale at Zhuhai in China. He suggested that the longer North American races offer the older Peugeot a greater chance of success.
ORECA has not yet finalized its driver lineup for Petit. Nicolas Lapierre will drive but his regular teammate, Loic Duval, will be racing in the Super GT Series in Japan on Petit weekend.
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The University of Virginia President John Casteen was on hand Friday, April 15 for the ground breaking ceremony of the University's newest addition.
The $50 million project involves adding a 156,000 square foot addition on the southeast end of the lawn. Six pavilions surrounding a courtyard will also be built and will be used for outdoor classes and conferences.
The McIntire School of Commerce will relocate into the building once it is completed in August. Casteen hopes the building's new architectural design and location will help promote interaction between students and visitors. "It will bring in people from outside the University, to be part of the faculty conversation, but also to make contributions to the national discussion on matters that important," he said at Friday's ceremony.
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After almost two hours of arguments, questions and an extended executive session, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to reinstate the athletic eligibility of 11 Sequoyah High School football players.
With Wednesday's decision, the students will be eligible to compete in other sports during the 2012-2013 school year, including basketball, baseball and track.
The eligibility of an additional player, originally identified as "Student A," was not restored. Citing privacy concerns, Sequoyah Athletic Director Marcus Crittenden and Cherokee Nation communications director Amanda Clinton declined to provide the student's name. A source confirmed after the hearing that the student is senior quarterback Brayden Scott.
Crittenden did not comment on whether Scott would further appeal the decision and no reason was given at Wednesday's meeting why Scott was specifically exempted from the reinstatement decision.
"I don't like to punish kids," OSSAA board member Mike Kellogg said before a standing room only crowd at the board's headquarters. "However, life is not always fair. This is not any fun."
Along with the eligibility reinstatement of 11 students, Crittenden said the board also approved seven recommendations for the school's athletic department effective immediately.
Under the recommendations, Sequoyah is prohibited from conducting spring football practice next semester. The team cannot conduct team clinics during summer 2013 and players are not allowed to participate in any 7-on-7 passing league teams.
The team is also not allowed to participate in any inter-school scrimmages before the start of the 2013 season.
Sequoyah High School is now on warning status for two years. If additional serious rule violations are committed during the next two years, the school could be placed on probation or suspended from OSSAA membership.
The school is required to complete an operational audit by Jan. 14, 2013, of all sports programs to determine whether any other students are ineligible, whether coaches are knowledgeable and complying with policies and what institutional policy changes are necessary to ensure compliance.
The school is asked to reimburse OSSAA attorneys' fees up to $25,000.
The board also requested that Sequoyah coach Brent Scott be formally suspended from all coaching duties for a year from all OSSAA member schools. Scott is currently on administrative leave and Larry Grigg – whom the board formally suspended from any athletic director duties for a year – was replaced as athletic director earlier this year. Both would have to seek reinstatement from the OSSAA board before resuming their respective duties.
Brent Scott did not speak at Wednesday's hearing and his individual appeal has been deferred to the board's December meeting.
Additionally, all current students whose individual camp expenses were paid by the school are now required to repay the school or show documentation of their financial inability to do so. Payment plans and waivers can be considered but have to be discussed with the OSSAA before being implemented.
"As I understand, they were what was decided today, with the exception of (the reinstatement of) Student A," Crittenden said. "They have been more lenient than they could have been."
The Sequoyah players and parents who packed into the board room declined to comment after the hearing.
Earlier this week, Crittenden mailed forfeiture notices to the nine schools the Sequoyah football team defeated this season, placing the Indians' record at 0-10. The forfeitures were not discussed during Wednesday's appeal hearing and will stand, thus keeping Sequoyah out of the Class 3A playoffs.
"How much punishment do you need?" asked attorney Tim Baker, who represented four of the student-athletes during the hearing. "I submit enough's been given already. These seniors are missing the playoffs."
The appeal comes after OSSAA announced 12 Sequoyah football players were ineligible last month after the school paid for the student-athletes to attend individual camps. In 2011, the organization amended its bylaws to prohibit schools, coaches, booster clubs and non-family members from paying camp fees. That change left an open argument for one of the attorneys present Wednesday afternoon.
"Sequoyah is not a stand-alone charter school," former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith said. "It is a program of the Bureau of Indian Education and the Department of Interior.
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Juniors Courtney and Amy Tiger, who competed in all of the Lady Indians' basketball games as freshmen were unanimously denied a retroactive hardship waiver. The sisters attended Briggs Schools before starting at Sequoyah in ninth grade.
"When they started as freshmen, they didn't know there was a residency policy," John Tiger, the girls' father, said. "When they were freshmen, the Sequoyah bus stopped right by our house. We figured they'd have a better chance there academically and we liked that it is an all-Indian school.
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"We looked at going to Tahlequah," Courtney Tiger tearfully told the board. "It was just too big a school for me. It was my choice to go to Sequoyah."
An appeal from Caisen Green was also denied in executive session. Crittenden did not have a timetable for when any of the students would be reinstated or any additional penalties that would be levied.


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In September, Cheoy Lee Shipyards handed over the third in a series of four Multi-Purpose offshore commercial craft. Designed by Wartsila Ship Design Singapore Pte, the operational requirements of this vessel will require anchor handling, tanker handling and berthing, towing barges and rigs, maintenance and pollution control, supply duties and fire fighting capabilities. Posh Pahlawan is of all steel construction and is capable of carrying out all of these duties. The vessel is constructed to ABS class, with the notation +A1, (E), +AMS, Towing Service. The final delivery from the batch is scheduled for November 2010.
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It has been called to my attention that we didn't introduce the Linux Means Business column that first appeared in Linux Journal issue number 26, June 1996. So without further delay, here is a belated introduction.
Anyone who has used Linux needs little convincing that it is a real software product: it's a complete system; it's reliable; it's available from multiple sources; and it's documented.
However, the Linux operating system has a problem—it's free. That one fact means some people will not take it seriously. When reading the Usenet newsgroups, I continue to see people concerned with questions like "Is Linux good enough to do my task?" or "How can I convince my boss that Linux is real?"
While our (occasional) Linux in the Real World column has touched on many places where Linux offered a solution, it has tended to be more of an example of how one technical person managed to use Linux as a base to do something fairly unique for them. These columns contain good information. With LMB, however, we want to address different issues—what might be considered ordinary business problems.
For example, in this issue, LMB covers how a large corporation has used Linux to reduce the complexities of their electronic mail handling system. This solution did not require any add-on software, only the configuring of a Linux system to do the task at hand. This sort of article can offer a solution to two different issues: the job addressed in the article as well as the job of convincing management that Linux is a viable software system.
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HOUSTON -- Long before Letterman and Leno delivered their first monologues, Johnny Carson reigned as the undisputed king of late night television, one of the most famous celebrities of his era.
So maybe it's hard to believe a celebrity of his magnitude kept a big secret about a big investment in Houston.
"Sure, Houston," Carson reportedly said. "I love Houston. Aerospace. Oil."
But Carson was attracted to what was commonly called Space City back in the 1970s by something beyond the city's explosive economy. According to a newly published memoir, it seems one of the biggest stars in television history secretly had a girlfriend in Houston.
Carson cracked countless jokes about marriage and divorce – he went through both institutions so many times, it became a running gag – and he shamelessly dropped double entendres about attractive women appearing on his show. But his often ribald monologues never mentioned one particular woman in his life, a mysterious mistress in Houston whose existence is only now becoming public.
"Miss Texas" is the nickname bestowed upon her by Henry Bushkin, the longtime attorney for the king of late night, whose tell-all bestseller "Johnny Carson" reveals previously undisclosed details about the television star's public and private lives. The author depicts Carson not only as insular and isolated, but also as a hard-drinking, serial philanderer.
"He was completely different than the guy who was on when the red light was on," Bushkin said. "That was an act and that's who he was on television."
Bushkin's book recounts his long professional and personal relationship with the affable but enigmatic television star, who died of emphysema in 2005. The book details a life of celebrity studded parties and glamorous trips abroad that came to an abrupt end for Bushkin in a bitter business feud that forever banished him from Carson's orbit.
"Never have I met a man possessed of a greater abundance of social gifts – intelligence, looks, manners, style, humor – and never have I met a man with less aptitude for or interest in maintaining real relationships," Bushkin writes.
Buried deep in Bushkin's narrative, readers from Houston will find an intriguing story about a real estate development with a familiar name. The attorney recalls scheduling a business trip to work on an investment in a mixed-use project near what's now Willowbrook Mall.
"Great," said Carson, according to the book. "You don't mind if I come with you, do you?"
Carson wasn't involved in the project, Bushkin writes, but on the flight to Houston he jumped into the middle of the deal by telling the attorney he'd had someone make all the arrangements for a dinner with the investors.
"Remember Miss Texas?" Carson reportedly said.
Bushkin did indeed remember "Miss Texas." Although he now says he can't remember her name, his description makes it seem it was hard to forget the "nubile young lady" Carson had met during a series of Texas club dates back in 1974.
"I don't remember if she ever officially held that title, but I'd like to meet the woman who could have topped her in the swimsuit competition," Bushkin writes.
Carson quickly became an investor in the Willowbrook area real estate deal, Bushkin said. Once, he recalls, they flew over the development and landed at a nearby McDonald's restaurant, where the manager brought burgers and fries out to the star who had dropped from the sky. But his interest wasn't so much financial, Bushkin said, as it was personal.
"Well, he had an interest in a lady friend in Texas," Bushkin said in an interview with KHOU. "And when the opportunity came to participate in the investment in Houston, he sort of welcomed it because it gave him reason to be in Houston."
Bushkin, whose book doesn't shy away from telling tales on his old friend, still wouldn't reveal much about Carson's purported Houston mistress.
"The ongoing affair continued for, I guess, eight or nine years," Bushkin said.
The Willowbrook investment, like so many other real estate deals of that era, fell into a tailspin of legal troubles with the collapse of the Texas economy, Bushkin said. As the story's told in the new book, it also played a prominent role in the bitter dispute that led Carson to abruptly shut Bushkin out of his life.
"At the end of the day, Johnny ended up owning the entire 93 acres and making a lot of money on it," Bushkin said.
And it reportedly gave Carson an ongoing excuse to visit a Houston mistress, whose identity the king of late night carried to his grave.


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North of Boston Media Group held several dates for veterans of war and their families to bring their photos to the company's offices around the region to be scanned for inclusion in the upcoming coffee-table book, "North of Boston Salute To Veterans."
Due out in December, the book looks at the men and women who were called to duty in the Civil War up to Iraq and Afghanistan, paying tribute to their service.
Nearly 1,500 photos were gathered. The book will feature an array of what was gathered, as well as historical perspectives on the wars and feature stories from local veterans.
Here are images from scanning dates at the offices of North of Boston Media Group newspapers. To purchase a copy of the book, visit www.eagletribune.com, or see the ad with a coupon for $10 off the cover price in today's Daily News.


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The first Fannies album on a new label, and things are still gloriously the same...
Freedom. Horrible, horrible freedom. Cloistered in the depths of Creation's roster since 1991, he untidy collapse of Alan McGee's great musical looked like Teenage Fanclub's apocalypse. Indulged to explore their uncommercial whimes for so many years, the proto-Travis ravens were left flapping their wings nervously around the wreckage of their Tower of London. As they sing on...
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Brazil's Rising Food Power in a Hungry World
A record soybean harvest highlights the nation's growing agricultural output.
A producer holds soybeans seeds ready to be planted in Pulinopolis, Brazil.
LUCAS DO RIO VERDE, BRAZIL—This is arguably soybean ground zero, the small city in the west-central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso around which some of the world's most mammoth harvests of the protein-rich beans just took place a few weeks ago. As such, some food analysts—and, not least, some Brazilian crop producers—see the Mato Grosso farm belt as offering the best prospect for meeting the rising demand for affordable food in the world.
In fact, the soy crop sitting in massive grain elevators here or rolling on dusty, flat-bed trucks to ocean ports for export has apparently set a harvest record for Brazil; a record harvest is also expected for the corn maturing in the same fields right now.
Brazil is the world's most dynamic rising agricultural producer, boasting astonishing growth in the past two decades. It is already the No. 1 exporter in the world of an impressive range of food: beef, chicken, soy, sugar, orange juice, and coffee. It is rising in other crops and in pork as well.
It sports an enviable combination of available land, sunshine, and abundant water that routinely permits two, or even three, crops a year on the same land. Brazil, it turns out, very likely has more unused but serviceable arable land than any other country on the planet.
Most Brazilian agriculture specialists apparently think that their country is bound eventually to overtake the United States as the world's top farm producer. National government-sponsored research is intensifying yields of crops. At the same time, Brazil has more available but unexploited farmland than all of what is being currently used in the European Union, says São Paulo-based agricultural economist Andre Nassar. "Agricultural production is expanding in all crops in Brazil," he says.
Farmers and agribusiness people in this part of Brazil are watching the global food commodity price issue with considerable interest. By and large, they believe that the highly mechanized, chemical-intensive, big-scale production they have developed (and in some cases adapted from the U.S.) is what a world contending with expensive food staples needs.
"With the world growing in population at this pace, there is no other option," says Otaviano Olavo Pivetta, one of Brazil's largest agricultural landowners. "We will apply technology in whatever form it comes."
Still, Brazilian food producers are plagued by a rugged and inadequate infrastructure, as anyone experiencing the bone-jarring trip up the pothole-riven Highway 163 comes to understand quickly. Securing sufficient financial capital has been tough. High fuel and fertilizer prices are also eating at the incentive to plant more. And environmental pressure—ranging from a temporary moratorium by some buyers to shun soy grown in the Amazon to an aggressive crackdown on unauthorized clearing of forest by the Brazilian federal police—has made many farmers wary of expansion.
Nonetheless, the farmers and agribusiness people of Mato Grosso think the world will be looking to them to help fill its refrigerators and pantries—at an acceptable price. "The last frontier of the world to produce food will be here," predicts Clovis Picolo Filho, a farmer and agricultural chemicals dealer just up the road from Lucas, in the town of Sorriso.
A look at the truck traffic down Brazil's Highway 163 suggests that frontier has been amply discovered.


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Huseng wrote:This remark here from Dr. Hawking surprised me:Hawking says in his book "The Grand Design" that, given the existence of gravity, "the universe can and will create itself from nothing," according to an excerpt published Thursday in The Times of London.
"Spontaneous creation is the reason why there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," he writes in the excerpt.
Positing that something (like the universe) can arise from nothing without a cause is fallacious to begin with.
Moreover, that is religious thought. That is a completely unfalsifiable claim. It cannot be reproduced, predicted or observed.
It is no different than a theologian insisting that God, which is likewise an uncaused entity capable of initiating causal processes, created time and space.
As time goes on I see what kind of theories materialist philosophy cook up and wonder why they're hailed as the state sanctioned directors of the truth in the present day world.
I agree. Stephen Hawking has said all sorts of crazy things over the years that can't be taken seriously. A lot of physicists say that, although he made major contributions to physics, the media seems to give him more credit and attention than he deserves merely because of his illness.
He should be more specific in his definitions of "nothing" and "spontaneous," or else it is just uselessly ambiguous mysticism.


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When it comes to major disasters, it seems some communities are harder hit than others.
And with the belief that future emergencies can lead to replays of Katrina-like results, representatives from more than 30 organizations have banded together to make sure that in the case of widespread emergencies, all Americans can be prepared.
"Our nation has made strides since Katrina in preparing for public health emergencies," said the Assistant Secretary for Health for the United States Department of Health and Human Services. "But, sadly, we know from experience that minority Americans, particularly those who are lower income, bear a disproportionate toll of injury, disease and death from emergencies."
In order to help people who may be in bad shape before a disaster and in worse shape afterwards, the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity released its plan Wednesday, June 11 to include more racially and ethnically diverse communities throughout varying stages of emergency preparedness.
The plan [PDF, 172KB], as proposed by the Center for Health Equality at Drexel University 's School of Public Health , relies on four principles and a website to prevent minority Americans from being disproportionately affected by disasters.
Contributing factors, according to Nadia Siddiqui health policy analyst at Drexel University , included low literacy levels, poor housing, language barriers, distrust of emergency messengers and service providers, a lower perceived personal risk, lack of preparation and a reliance on informal sources of information.
These factors not only hinder efforts to alert community members before a disaster, but can magnify existing problems, said the Dr. Garth Graham, HHS deputy assistant secretary for minority health. Graham highlighted the fact that the consensus statement complements the efforts of the National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities , including its work to develop a cultural competence curriculum for disaster personnel.
In order to circumvent possible problems, said Dennis Andrulis, director for Drexel's Center for Health Equality, the groundwork must be laid.
"If you strengthen the precontext of a community before a disaster you make sure the effects are less severe after the storm," said Andrulis during the National Emergency Preparedness Summit in early February. "You can't do this unless you create a relationship that can be sustained over time. Unless you do that your words are going to fall on fallow ground."
Strong relationships built on trust require time and a willingness to put community needs first and address what the community may see as the problem, Andrulis said.
And that's where the four principles are utilized.
By identifying minority communities and getting to know their needs and challenges, creating partnerships with community reps and public health officials, utilizing community reps to disseminate emergency messages and having drills, the panel expects to decrease to possibility of negative effects.
Through the emergency preparedness website , an online clearinghouse that also allows users to post successful strategies, information is available to help reduce disparity rates for emergency preparedness.
Dr. Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, praised the panel for their work, but didn't shy away from noting that it will be the translation of the work into reality that will determine the true success of their efforts.
"The proof will be in our actions," he said, "whether we are true to our words and do right by minority communities, recognizing that all individuals, not just some, are entitled to basic safety and protection when the unimaginable strikes."
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When you study Introduction to Criminal Justice, you will explore the past, present, and future of the American criminal justice system, but this is more than just a survey course. You'll interpret crime statistics, study police training, and illustrate how a court case moves through the system. Find out how laws are created, how the court system operates, and how the American correctional system has changed over time. Take on thorny, contemporary issues like the role of legal precedent, the death penalty, prison life, and the juvenile justice system.


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More information will be coming, but we can confirm that Edmonds is getting a new coffee shop.
Stephen Clifton, Edmonds' Community Services & Economic Development director, says a business license was filed Tuesday for Cafe Louvre, which will take the place of the former Tully's at 201 Fifth Avenue South.
Clifton said the Cafe Louvre, in addition to serving coffee—natch—will also offer pastries and sandwiches.
If the name is any indication, the coffee shop may have a French flair. The Louvre, of course, is the famous museum in Paris.
Tully's, which two weeks ago filed for bankruptcy protection, closed its downtown Edmonds store on Aug. 26.


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can I put chicken bones in this blender? I make dog food for my dogs.
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I just bought the Classic from Costco a few days ago, and have been making smoothies daily. The motor on the blender is EXTREMELY LOUD. Is this normal? I am considering taking it back to exchange for another one, or are they all like that?
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Date published: 2014-07-27
I just purchased a CTB1 and was making sorbet. 15 seconds into the cycle a large cloud of white smoke came out of housing and it overheated. the unit still works but what caused the smoke, will it affect the life of the unit, & should I have it serviced?
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Date published: 2014-07-27
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Date published: 2014-07-21
Can this blender mill sugar to finer granules?
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Date published: 2014-07-27
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By SUSAN TOBIAS, Pinch of Time
---- — My shopping trips used to be an event I looked forward to, taking time to browse, choose my favorite products and drive home with a sense of satisfaction.
In the recent past, however, I've noticed that I become more frustrated when I can't find what I'm looking for, mostly because the store has moved the product from where it used to be or redesigned it.
Last week I was in one giant retailer, looking for ink for my printer. I used to head straight for the back shelves in the electronics department, make my choice and be on my way. Not on this trip. When I reached that familiar aisle, the ink was nowhere to be found. I started a trek around and around all neighboring counters but to no avail.
Finally, I asked a sales clerk if they still carried printer ink. He responded, "Oh, yes, we just moved it. I think it's over here."
I followed him, up one aisle, down another, until finally we "accidentally" came across the printer ink display.
"Imagine that," I said. "If you didn't know where it was moved to, how am I supposed to find it in a timely manner?"
He shrugged his shoulders, smiled and quickly walked away. I wasn't really expecting an answer, just wanted to let my frustrations be known.
Growing up in Westville, with a country store just down the road, we never had that problem. Bernard Fleury could be depended on to put the canned peas, bread, nails, work gloves, turpentine and hammers on the same shelf they always were on, year after year after year. I always knew where the penny candy was. The locally grown vegetables were always in the same place, and the meat counter never moved.
I know I'm not the only "senior" who has this trouble with today's large retail stores. I once had a lady ask me if I knew where the bread was kept. Seems the store moved it from the right side of the store all the way to the left, and she was very confused.
More recently I needed a gallon of paint to finish painting my deck. So off I went to another large retail center.
My old paint can was smudged across the lid, covering the "recipe" to mix the paint, so I took the whole can to the store. After placing my order, I wandered around for a while. When I got back to the paint counter, my empty can was there, along with a new can that looked nothing at all like the old one.
I asked the sales clerk if it was the same paint, and he said it was. The manufacturer had changed the can's design. It was as different as black and white. If I had tried to find it on the shelf, I would have left empty handed.
I think I understand why retailers change product designs, locations of items and sometimes even the name of a product. It's about keeping up with the times and not letting stock get old. But if they think that making my 65-year-old legs walk around and around and around the store is going to trick me into filling my cart with items I don't need, they have another thing coming.
OK, enough ranting and raving for now. Retailers: please leave the "stuff" in your store alone or at the very least give me a map of the new arrangement.
Perhaps I need to reconsider what I "need," and live by this slogan from the Adams Farm in Wilmington, Vt.: "Use it up, wear it out; can't afford it, do without." It makes more and more sense all the time. Seems like a good way to have less frustration in my life. My grandparents lived that slogan to a "T." Too bad my generation didn't persevere in the same thoughts. I wouldn't have so many "things" that seem to own me, crying out, "dust me, fix me, store me!"
One last thought, as always, please be kind to one another. The world needs more kindness.


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Swimsuits, floaties, inner tubes, goggles, beach balls -- sounds like a day at the pool.
But it was hardly that, or a day at the beach for the Parkway West Longhorns (0-2) football team Friday night. Ladue won the game, 41-7.
In the nearly continuous rainfall Friday while St. Louis received backlashes from the dissipating Hurricane Isaac weather pattern, plans for athletic competitions altered throughout the area.
Football remained at Parkway West.
The Longhorns cheering section decided to make the most of the weather and, knowing they would get drenched anyway, came decked out in swimwear, ponchos and other beach party notables.
"We decided to make it a beach theme," said Victoria Bezzole, a senior on the Parkway West poms team leading cheers of the crowd during halftime.
Bezzole said she and other students trekked to Target and grabbed some leftover pool gear to share, despite the poms routine being cancelled for their usual halftime performance because of rain.
"We got the word out through Twitter and the senior Facebook page," Bezzole said. "It's so great to see."
Kevin Doherty, junior, agreed. "They'll come through," Doherty said, with fellow students Jon Vogel and Matt Stewart chiming in: "It's like being at a waterpark but more fun."
But the Longhorns didn't come through. On the turf field at Parkway West, the Ladue Rams (1-1) led at the top of the half 20 to 7. With a score left unadvanced through the 3rd quarter, the Rams went for another touchdown near the beginning of the fourth to be denied through a penalty.
It didn't take long for the Rams to redeem it, Marcellis Wade running in a touchdown close to the 10-minute mark in the final quarter. An extra point attempt failed at first, but another flag against the Longhorns grants another try for Ladue. With 8:25 left in the game, the Rams were on top 34 to 7.
With the mix of an interception and Ladue's running drives, turnovers and failure to advance the ball granted another touchdown and extra point to the Rams. As the rain picked up to pouring, Ladue took and maintained the final score of 41 to 7 with less than 5 minutes remaining in the final quarter.
Parkway West will take their game on the road to Kirkwood High Sept. 7. Ladue will compete next Sept. 8 at McCluer South-Berkeley at 2 p.m.


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