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The Express-Star
When it comes to fundraisers, as evidenced by the new, kid-friendly computers at Chickasha Public Library, chocolate is hard to beat.
The Friends of the Library raised funds for the new computers during the Chocolate Celebration on Feb. 13, where patrons could select six chocolatey desserts for $6.
The event proved to be very successful. On Feb. 13, 2013, the area dedicated to the event was packed chocoholic to chocoholic with a steady stream of chocolate fans entering the library's doors.
On April 9, the new computers were installed.
Catherine Cook, Director of the Library, Lillie Huckaby, Children's Librarian, Kathy Tibbetts, Friends of the Library President, Angie Lewis, Chocolate Celebration Committee Chair, and two willing guinea pigs, Kaleb Powell and Delsee Bradford, were there for the event.
The computers seemed intuitive, as Powell and Bradford, ages 6 and 7, respectively, were able to demonstrate some of the new computers' functions. Cook said that she and other library staff members have had fun trying out the computers as well.
Huckaby gave credit to Tibbetts and Lewis for helping organize the Chocolate Celebration event. Too deliciously successful for a single serving, Chocolate Celebration will be an annual event every Feb. 13, Huckaby said.
The two children's computers were purchased from Digital Dimensions based in Norman. Huckaby said the decision to purchase these computers was based on the specific needs and wants of the library including the preloaded software, high quality learning activities from credible companies that cater to a variety of ages and the computers are sturdy enough to withstand heavy use.
The computers are also equipped with touch screens. The computers are kid-sized, with a smaller keyboard and child-sized mouse so that smaller hands can use them with ease. The keyboards are color coded as well. The activities use the colors on the keyboards to teach proper keyboard use, Huckaby said.
The Kid-Computers come with 50 pre-loaded, educational games such as beginning Spanish, a game similar to "Operation" (featuring a wincing elephant), how to type and more.


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Robert Duck's diverse and successful career in the sport of golf - on the collegiate and professional levels - and his fantastic ability to relate his experiences as a coach and a teacher, are attributes that serve him well as a member of the Florida State golf coaching staff.
In his third season as an assistant coach with both the Seminoles' men's and women's programs, Duck has helped continue Florida State's tradition of NCAA appearances, All-Americans and All-ACC performers during his tenure. He works with both programs at Florida State in the areas of player development, recruiting and daily team and individual coaching responsibilities.
Duck has helped coach both programs into the NCAA Tournament while working with All-Americans and All-ACC honorees on both teams. In his first two seasons at Florida State, the men have produced two All-Americans, five All-ACC selections, one ACC Golfer of the Year and one ACC Freshman of the Year while the women have produced one All-American and two All-ACC performers.
During his first two seasons, the Seminole men and the Seminole women have appeared in the NCAA Tournament twice each with the men finishing in ninth in the team standings in the 2012 NCAA Championship finals and tied for 11th in the 2013 NCAA Championship finals. In addition, neither team has finished outside of the top four in the ACC Championships as the men have finished in second and third and the women have earned two fourth place finishes with Duck as a an assistant coach.
Duck's work with Florida State's players has led to incredible individual success in his first two seasons in Tallahassee. His teaching abilities and coaching philosophies have helped accelerate the careers of two of the top men's players in school history - Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger - as well as two of the top performers on the women's team - Maria Salinas and Jessica Negron. Koepka was named the ACC Golfer of the Year in 2012 and was a three-time All-ACC selection while Berger earned All-ACC honors and played for the United States' Palmer Cup team in 2013. Salinas finished in second place in the NCAA Central Regional and earned All-American honors in 2012 while Negron earned All-ACC honors and finished with one of the lowest stroke averages in school history in 2013.
Duck has helped coach the Florida State men to five tournament championships in his first two seasons. The Seminoles earned tournament championships at the 2012 Seminole Intercollegiate, the 2012 FAU Spring Break Invitational, the 2013 Gator Invitational, the 2013 Seminole Intercollegiate and the 2013 Gary Koch Intercollegiate. He has helped the Seminole women advance to the 2012 NCAA Central Regional and 2013 NCAA West Regional Championships.
The Seminoles - both the men and the women - were ranked among the nation's top 25 teams throughout his first season at Florida State. The men were ranked as high as No. 13 while the women were ranked as high as No. 22 nationally in 2012. The men finished the 2013 season ranked No. 12 nationally.

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Razor ScooterThe Razor scooter is a foldable scooter invented by the J.D. Corporation, which also sells aluminum bicycle parts and electric scooters in Shanghai, Taiwan. The Razor Scooter took 5 years to design under Gino Tsai, the then 44 year-old Taiwanese president of J.D. Corporation. Gino Tsai, a mechanical engineer claims that his legs were too short, and his walking speed always seemed too slow to get around his large bicycle factory in Chang Hua, Taiwan. To serve that purpose, Gino Tsai updated the old-fashioned scooter into the modern Razor scooter.
The Razor uses airplane grade aluminum tested to support an 1,100 pound load without bending, (often neon colored) polyurethane wheels with silent bearings, and a patented brake worked by stepping on the rear fender.


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Plantation, FL — Susan Jean Lane, age 56, of Plantation, Fla., and beloved kindergarten teacher, died peacefully at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Born in Newburyport, January 1, 1957, she was the daughter of Arlen I. (Ryan) Lane of Newburyport and the late Gilbert Lane. She was a graduate of Newburyport High School, Class of 1975. As an exceptionally bright student with high scholastic ability in the sciences, Sue was one of 17 high school students selected to spend a summer on the Mississippi Gulf Coast studying the "interactions of the various sciences in environmental endeavors and the balancing of urban development in the coastal zone." Her desire to learn and excel continued as she went on to graduate from Salem State College, followed by receiving her Master's degree in education from Nova University in Florida.
She pursued a lifelong, rewarding career as a kindergarten teacher at the Charles D. Wyche, Jr. Elementary School in Miami Lakes, Fla. Her caring devotion to her "little ones" endeared her not only to her "little charges" but also to their parents and the school faculty.
Susan returned to Newburyport at her mother's request, so that she could be lovingly taken care of by her Mom and family in the last stages in her battle with caner.
In addition to her mother, Susan leaves her only sister, Judith M. Lane of Revere, along with several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and dear friends who will forever cherish and be grateful for the "gift of her life." She was predeceased by her brother, Charles W. Smith, Jr.
ARRANGEMENTS: Visiting hours at the Elliott, Woodworth & Rogers Family Funeral Home, 35 Green St., Newburyport, will be held Tuesday, July 16, 2013, from 3 to 6 p.m., immediately followed by services and reflections at 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, 63 Elm St., Salisbury, MA 01952.
For her community in Plantation, Fla., a "Celebration of Life" service will be held at her home at a later date.


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By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Stocks in Argentina closed higher Thursday, aided by a climb in YPF SA shares as fears about the possible nationalization of the oil and gas producer dialed down.
YPF shares /quotes/zigman/129506/delayed AR:YPFD +1.42% ranked as the best price performers on the Merval equity index /quotes/zigman/1467195/delayed AR:MERV +1.70% , up 16.8% to 146 pesos (33.55) to recover a portion of the 23% they lost in the previous three sessions.
Thursday's jump came as Argentina President's Cristina Kirchner, in an address to Congress, reportedly didn't outline plans for the government to take over the company.
YPF's stock has been hurt by speculation the government was preparing to outline significant changes for the energy sector, including the possibility of nationalizing YPF in some form through the use of state pension funds.
Kirchner in December was elected to second term as Argentina's president. Her administration has called on the country's energy industry to boost output of oil and natural gas. An increase in related subsidies accounted for almost 4% of Argentina's gross domestic product in 2011, and imports more than doubled last year, political risk consultant Eurasia Group told clients earlier this week.
Spain's Repsol YPF SA /quotes/zigman/184926/delayed ES:REP -1.34% /quotes/zigman/4261160/delayed/quotes/nls/repyy REPYY -0.64% is majority owner of YPF.
Analysts at Tudor Pickering Holt early Thursday backed its buy rating on YPF, saying even with nationalization of the company, YPF shareholders would "likely get more than current price."
U.S.-listed shares of YPF /quotes/zigman/129950/delayed/quotes/nls/ypf YPF -3.42% leapt 12.4% to close Thursday's session at $29.49. They shares remain down nearly 15% for the year. The shares listed in Buenos Aires are off about 13% from the end of last year.
The Merval closed 3.8% higher at 2,748.75, its first win in three sessions. The index of 18 constituents in the previous session closed out the month of February with a loss of 5%, underperforming equity benchmarks in Brazil, Mexico and Chile.
Other energy-sector stocks traded higher in Buenos Aires as well.
Shares of holding company Sociedad Comercial del Plata /quotes/zigman/1371823/delayed AR:COME -1.90% gained 6.8%. Petrobras Argentina /quotes/zigman/570411/delayed/quotes/nls/pze PZE 0.00% /quotes/zigman/265330/delayed AR:PESA +1.96% , the local unit of Brazilian oil company Petrobras /quotes/zigman/265276/delayed/quotes/nls/pbr PBR -0.75% , rose 2.8%, and locally traded shares of Petrobras rose 1.9%
Shares of Tenaris /quotes/zigman/314529/delayed/quotes/nls/ts TS -0.09% , which makes steel tubes used by the oil and gas industry, also climbed, by 5.4%.
In other regional markets, Brazil's Ibovespa /quotes/zigman/1467794/delayed BR:BVSP +0.13% closed up 1.5% at 66,809.80. Mexico's IPC /quotes/zigman/1475587/delayed MX:IPC +0.38% picked up 0.6% to 38,033.45 and Chile's IPSA /quotes/zigman/1467792/delayed CL:IPSA +0.77% gained 0.5% to 4,559.81
U.S. stocks also started the March with gains. The S&P 500 Index /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX -0.29% rose 0.6% to 1,374.09. Read about U.S. stocks in Market Snapshot.
U.S. government data released Thursday showed first-time filings for jobless claims fell last week to the lowest level since March 2008, while manufacturing expanded at a slower-than-expected pace in February and construction spending eased 0.1% in January.


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Bruce Dorminey, Contributor
I cover over-the-horizon technology, aerospace and astronomy.
The term "nanotechnology" has been bandied about so much over the last few decades that even the researcher who popularized the term is the first to point out that it's lost its original meaning.
Nanotech, or the manipulation of matter on atomic and molecular scales, is currently used to describe micro-scale technology in everything from space technology to biotech.
As such, nanotech has already changed the world. But the fruition of atomically precise manufacturing (APM) — nanotech's next phase — promises to create such "radical abundance" that it will not only change industry but civilization itself.
At least that's the view of Eric Drexler, considered by most to be the father of nanotechnology. An American engineer, technologist and author with three degrees from M.I.T., Drexler is currently at the "Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology" at Oxford University in the U.K.
Forbes.com questioned Drexler about points discussed in his forthcoming book, Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization, due out in May.
Has nanotechnology, as most of the world currently understands it, been over-hyped?
At the outset, "nanotechnology" essentially meant atomically precise manufacturing (APM). But by the time something called nanotechnology won large-scale funding a decade ago, the term sometimes meant APM, and sometimes meant something more like conventional materials science. But expecting to get APM-level technologies out of typical areas of materials science is like expecting to get a Swiss watch out of a cement mixer. [APM] progress has been in the molecular sciences. People looking to materials science for progress in APM have been setting themselves up to be blindsided, because some of the most important boostrapping technologies for APM are not labeled "nanotechnology."
In "Radical Abundance," you note that APM-level production technology will allow a box on a desktop "to manufacture an infinite range of products drawn from a digital library." This almost sounds like magic. How would the atoms be arranged and manipulated to facilitate the manufacturing process?
An ordinary printer shows how digital information can be used to arrange small things — pixels — to make a virtually infinite range of images. By doing something similar with small bits of matter, and APM-level technologies can fabricate a virtually infinite range of products. 3D printing also illustrates this principle.
Imagine factory machinery putting small components together to make larger components and you have a good idea of how APM-based production can work. Down at the bottom, the parts are simple molecules from ordinary commercial materials in a can or a drum, somewhat like large ink cartridges. Simple molecules are atomically precise, so they make a good starting point for atomically precise manufacturing. This works if the factory machines themselves are atomically precise and guide molecular motions accurately enough, and physics shows that nanoscale machines can, in fact, do this.
Factories that use very small machines can be very compact, just a few times larger than what they produce. A desktop-scale machine could manufacture a tablet computer or a roll of solar photovoltaic cells.
I can't wait that long! I want to read – I'm willing to advance it to the top of my reading pile! – Radical Abundance, tomorrow or sooner!
To a bright future.
I can't believe that Drexler still finds an audience for his empty science-fictional promises. As the physicist and quant blogger Scott Lockin writes about this mirage, "People need to grow up and attempt to achieve real things, rather than imagining how cool it would be if we had nanotech factories which would give us genie-like superpowers."
Eric Drexler, considered by most to be the father of nanotechnology ???? only those that dont read that is….25+ years after the fact
There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom"
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Sierra LaMar – Experiences From A Volunteer Member Of The Search Team
The following is part six of six that I have written regarding my experiences in the last several months as a volunteer member of the search team looking for Sierra LaMar. My goal is to keep the keep this story alive and motivate the current volunteers and new volunteers to continue the search efforts to bring Sierra LaMar home to her family and friends.
PART 6 of 6 - What can YOU Do To Help Out?/Antolin Garcia-Torres
What can YOU Do To Help Out?
Can the average Bay Area person make a difference in finding Sierra LaMar? No one knows for sure, but there are a few things that you can do with very little effort.
At the minimum you can do the following:
- Post the link of Sierra LaMar web page on your Facebook account – 1 min
- Commit to posting 10 Sierra LaMar flyers at any location that people visit – 10 min
- Say a prayer for Sierra LaMar and her family – 1 min
- Be grateful for all the healthy relationships that you have in your life – 1 min, then ongoing
- Make a donation for any amount to KlaasKids Foundation
- Make a donation for any amount to www.findsierralamar.com
For those who might be a little more motivated:
- Volunteer just one afternoon at the Sierra LaMar Search Center – 4 hours
Antolin Garcia-Torres
I have my own opinion on what happened to Sierra LaMar and I know the clues can be located at two separate locations, Morgan Hill and the Santa Clara County Jail.
My message to Mr. Torres would be the following: Mr. Torres, I will give you the benefit of doubt that you did not harm Sierra LaMar, but I do feel you might have information that law enforcement agencies would like to understand. Regardless of what has occurred in the past, please do the next right thing and assist law enforcement agencies to the fullest extent regarding the disappearance of Sierra LaMar.


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The Foods of the city
I will be traveling to Philadelphia soon, I would like to stay true to the city with my food choices. I am staying real close to the RT, so the foods that are offered at the RT are a no brainer for at least one meal a day. I can almost just eat at the RT and cover all the bases. I would like to get over to the Italian mkt, I would love to have some good fresh made Mozzarella cheese and all the other fine Italian foods that are available. IYHO, what other foods in Philly should I not Miss while we are walking around seeing the sights. I'm a Chef, I don't need fancy foods to be happy, I enjoy any type of food that is made with pride and caring.............thx for the help........Bill
- Roast pork sandwich w/ sharp provolone and broccoli rabe.
- Anything sandwich from Paesano's in 9th street.
- Maryland blue crabs.
- Victory Brewing Co. Summer Love beer
- Victory Brewing Co. Helios beer.
re: Chinon00
Also down in the Italian market, George's tripe and tongue sandwich is a little different.
Claudio's in the Italian market makes nice fresh mozz. DiBruon's is a great cheese shop as well.
Termanis and Isgros in the Italian market for italian pastries.
Other local foods to try .. snapper soup, chicken salad and fried oysters (both served at Snockeys and Oyster House)
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I haven't seen Fried Chicken liver on a menu in yrs. My wife likes them, I also eat them with fried potatoes, sauteed onions with the Chicken lives dredged in flour and fried in olive oil. Oh ya, have to have ketchup............Liveracce is a meal ????????? you guys are really hitting the old time Philly favorites..................thx..............Bill
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It is very different from the others. The pork at Paesano's tastes like it was a confit - very soft texture - vs. the sliced roast pork in juice elsewhere (and wonderful from DiNic's or John's.) They are both excellent but I don't think they are the same kind of sandwich despite having all the same ingredients. The Liveracce is a sandwich!
re: Oregonguy
Scrapple. It'll change your life
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I have to try Scrapple..........We raise our own pigs, chickens for meat and eggs and goats for cheese and a steer or two every yr. We make our own sausage link and breakfast sausage, it will be interesting on how scrapple fits into the mix....Thanks for the help, I'm in a life changing mode......
re: Oregonguy
You, with your sausage link production, should find Scrapple interesting. I do happen to like it perhaps even more than most other offal based food item. Anyone who eats sausage of any type should not be repulsed by this item. Scrapple, also known by the Pennsylvania Dutch name pon haus, is traditionally a mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and wheat flour, often buckwheat flour, and spices. You may or may not like it, depending on your tastes and the quality and preparation of the scrapple but as you note it should be interesting to you. I enjoy it with sunny side up eggs. This is truly a regional food.
re: Bacchus101
Great post Bacchus. I think it is critical how the scrapple is cooked. I prefer it pan fried where it is crisp on the outside and still soft inside. I do not like it when it is deep fried, which a lot of diners do because they are lazy and its quicker. The closest food I can compare scrapple to is haggis as both area mixture of grain (cormeal versus oats) and offal.
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Bacchus101 and cwdonald..thx for the heads up on the snapple. I'm looking forward to the the crispy crusted scrapple, with over easy eggs, home fried potatoes, how could that be bad. When I started making sausage, I made the sausage the way others made it,now I make it the way I like it...........Isn't there a Penn Dutch breakfast place in the RT ???????.............I could just as soon eat eggs for breakfast as I can a Meatball sub, after having to work early mornings, the lunch feeling comes early......thx for the help.....Bill.....................here are some breakfast country sausage I made out of some of the scrap meat from one of our pigs. The beef link sausage is from our steer, I made these out of short rib meat and fat...........these were great next time I add a bit more heat with some Jalapenos
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Dutch Eating Place (Amish) is a counter but it is not open every day. Down Home Diner is probably the other easy breakfast place in the RTM, not as big a fan of it. At Dutch Eating place chicken and waffles are very good, as are the pancakes, creamed chipped beef, apple dumpling and shoe fly pie.
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The Dutch eating place is closed Sun and Mon they will be open from 8 to 5 while I'm there. Thye have scrapple, the food looks good from pics on Yelp, looks like a winner.......gggeezzzzz could they make the Apple Dumpling any bigger...........where the hell do you put the ice cream
You need to try the Philly "Surf and Turf" sandwich which is comprised of a hot dog and a cod fish cake together on one roll. Additional toppings that you can add are mustard, chopped onion, or pepper hash.
I think the closest places to your hotel where you can find one are Underdogs on 17th and Sansom St. or Hot Diggity on 6th and South St.
Also, I think there is a place in the RT that makes fresh mozz, but it is a worthwhile trip to head down to the Italian Market for that and many other things. While you are down there, try some water ice from John's on 7th and Christian Sts. Puts Rita's to shame.
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I love, love, love water ice (wudderyce). but, we're not talking about haute cuisine here. you have to be willing to embrace the artificiality.
people will tell you that you need to go down to John's, but, while I generally avoid Rita's, water ice isn't a destination food.
Also, you should get lemon or cherry. or perhaps both. but don't mess around with reading the flavor menu. lemon and cherry are the basics.
cod cake/hot dog combo sounds good, but, having lived in Philly for 30 of my 43 years, I've never heard of it before. i do like underdog's, though.
re: Bob Loblaw
Water ice is not a destination food, but the OP mentioned he would be in the Italian Market, hence my recommendation. And John's typically offers only four flavors (cherry, lemon, pineapple, and chocolate).
As for the combo, I have lived in Philly for all of my 45 years and it is quite common, mainly attributed to the former Levis' Hot Dogs on 6th & South.
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From Newsworks today: "Philadelphia is a city of sandwiches, and we've always married lots of things between bread — not the least of which is our hot dog and fish cakes. And, while not as prevalent as it once was, the combination predates the current meat and fish pairing by at least five or six decades."
not sure how i missed it all these years...
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Did you read this link from the Newsworks article...
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Bob, I grew up in Connecticut, then Hawaii and now Pacific Northwest. When I was a kid, there was only one flavor in my mind, Lemon ice. My little girl will like cherry, or whatever other flavors they have now. I was thinking Rita's for the Frozen custard soft serve...... I'll wait for the Italian mkt for the water ice...................Thx again.............Bill
My usual throwin, Nick's roast beef at 20th and Jackson as a combo overboard. Vastly different than beef on weck or Chicago beef, my fav sandwich in city and has been for decades, in addition Tacconelli's pizza, different than many and one of my world favs.
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Tacconelli's is whole pie only and you have to order your dough a day in advance, as they make only a certain amount of dough each day. Its the best of the old school pizza places in Philadelphia. If you are looking for Neopolitan style offerings, you have a new wave of pizza places to consider including Zavino (very close to RTM), Barbuzzo (right next door to Zavino), Nomad (off of South Street), Pizzeria Stella (on South Street), Bufad (in Northern Liberties) and then the high end restaurant from Marc Vetri, Osteria.
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For a great non-Neopolitan pie, Pizzeria Beddia beats the pants off Taconelli's. Definitely my favorite pizza in the city right now. They have some BS--whole pie only, no phone, cash only, only two tables and no chairs--but no dough reservation nonsense and easier to get to from Center City -- one block off the El or a quick drive. Pizza Brain is a also very good pie and they sell by the slice. I know many many people disagree but while I like some aspects of Tac's crust, the topping quality is bottom of the barrel and the crust at Beddia has way more character.
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Nick's is awesome, highly recommended. The walk, depending on which way you go, can get kind of sketchy, especially south of Washington Ave. Actually I would put 20th St between Washington and Synder off limits. If you do want to walk what I would recommend doing is taking 15th St... this way you will walk right by the city's best coffeeshop, Ultimo Coffee at 15th & Mifflin (also the best coffeeshop in the country according to The Daily Meal). You could also take the Broad Street Line subway to Snyder or Tasker-Morris (if you are hitting Ultimo first) to cut out a lof of the walking. And if you're making the trip, there are a handful of little old school Italian shops on Ritner St. Cacia's is a great bread bakery (with good bakery-style tomato pie, something hard to get outside of Philly I think) and Potito's is a good Italian pastry shop (though they just opened a location in Center City). You could also combine a Nick's excursion with a walk down East Passyunk Ave, maybe take 13th down to Passyunk than over to Nick's or Ultimo.
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With all these places, I'll need to spend a month in Philly. I have crops in the field and hungry chickens, pigs, cows and goats to get back to. OK, not really but it sounded good, But, I do have a shit load of corn coming up...........anyway......Thx for the heads up on walking to Nicks, I hate walking through the Hood, my 12 yr old can't run that fast, I hate to loose here I have a lot invested.
Whats nice about Nicks is, the sandwiches aren't that big, it's a nice looking sandwich on a roll, more of something my wife could handle on her own, rather than saying homey give me a bite, then if she likes it I loose it..............anyone know if the Dutch breakfast place in the RT deep fries the Scrapple or grills it ????????????????thx........Bill
I haven't scheduled my train to Washington DC yet, I wanted to see how much there was to do in philly and what the foods of the city looked liked.............You have all given me some many choices, it's going to be hard to find time for all of them.........Thanks so much for taking the time to make this visit to Philadelphia a special memory for me and my family. The food choices you have told me about, shows how truly unique your city really is. I am looking forward to this visit..................thx to all of you.....Bill
Not trying to hijack the thread but has anyone ever seen scrapple offered as/with an appetizer or entree? I'm thinking w/ maybe a twist on the seasoning it can work, like seared foie gras or a mousse/ terrine.
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Cheu Noodle Bar has scrapple on their "goodies" menu. Here's a pic:
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After seeing what Scrapple is, I agree it S/B grilled or pan fried. I don't think deep frying it would do it justice. It looks like Scrapple is the first Brown & Serve Sausage. I looked up the History of Scrapple and it hits all the values of why I raise my own animals and grow some of our food. This quote says it all, and the reason I started processing our own animals................
This product represents the resourcefulness and ingenuity of the human mind and teaches each of us to value the small parts of life
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I agree, but, by doing this 200 years ago, people were not living as long as they do today. I make sausage out of Beef and pork. I use about a 80/20 mix of meat to fat adding the spices I want. The Scrapple was made of what they hand on hand. They didn't have availabilty of what we have today. The scrapple was what was left over after making Liverwurst, bratwurst and so on. This was done all over Europe and South America. Nothing more than the old world way of not wasting anything.................I'm not sure I would make scrapple the old way, I may make it the new way using better ingredients. ..................
re: Oregonguy
You might enjoy this thread on making your own... http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/735894
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CW, good post thx.....This says it all as to what most people would make in today world...........
I like scrapple but some have been too livery. Now I use Julia Child's recipe in "The Way to Cook". She uses corn meal, pork sausage, stock, eggs, salt, pepper, and sage. Slice, dust in cornmeal, fry in butter or bacon/sausage fat.
This would be prime time food 200 yrs ago, only for Kings....The peasants ( My family) would be cleaning out the poop tube to make it, and I bet it wouldn't havebeen cleaned out that good............
CW.....I'm going to make this next times we slaughter a pig, it will be in the Fall sometime. I may try it earler if I cut up a frozen 1/4 this summer............
Thx again.................Bill
re: Oregonguy
As long as my scrapple has a crispy outside and a creamy outside, it's good to me. Deep frying achieves that as does a proper griddling.
I've always thought of scrapple as a poor man's pâté. Good spread on toast either on its own or as the basis of an ad-hoc tartine assembled from the breakfast plate.
Now, after reading the Snapping post that cwdonald posted, I need to ask............Is there any places I'm missing that have good Slovack food ????????? We use to get Pierogies, we use to eat them with melted butter. At that time they made Potato, Cabbage, Cheese, and prune........I only liked the potato and the cabbage........Some of the other foods I grew up with were. Pagatcha, this isn't the right spelling but, it was round the size of a pizza, thin with cabbage on the inside layer. Another one is Haluski Cabbage and noodles............Of course Stuffed Kapusta and so on................Is Philadelphia known for Polish or Slovack foods ?????????? Thx .............Bill
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Bigley is right.. Syrenka's for prepared food ... they literally go and make the pierogies for you when you order them.
There are two great places for kielbasa, and which one you like is similar to the Pat's Geno's debate...
http://swiackimeats.com/ and Czerw both make great kielbasa as well as take away foods.
And one more eastern european hangout in that area is the New Wave cafe... http://phillyfoodguys.com/bars-tavern...
ok, the wish list is.....
1: Water Ice at Johns..........
2: Roast Pork at .........Johns Roast Pork
3: All over town using the John.........
4: Chocolate chip cookies at the RT 4th st bakery...Daily
5: Scrapple at the Dutch eating place.
6: Pretzel @ Millers Twist........Daily
7: Fried Ipswich Whole belly clams at the Oyster house on
8: Italian mkt for Fresh Mozz and Ricotta cheese
9: Italian mkt for a slice
10: Paesano's for some kind of sandwich
11: Nick's for a Roast beef on a roll
12: Syrenka's for pierogies, I may see if I can get these in Chicago or NYC before I get to Philly. I just want my family to try some homemade pierogies
13: Ice cream at Bassett
OK what am I missing ?????????????
re: Oregonguy
You are missing hoagies .. and you have plenty of good ones in South Philly/Italian market, like Sarcones. I would skip the slice... if you want pizza in south Philly I might go to Marra's.
You could get the Roast Pork at DiNics in the RTM as Johns is a little off the beaten path.
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You got it...wet is best.
And I second the Capogiro recommendation (especially the bacio).
And as good as the chocolate chip cookies are at Fourth St. there is no way I could eat one every day. You could mix in a cannoli from Termini's quite easily or a french toast donut from Federal Donuts.
re: Oregonguy
DiNic's (and most other places) uses fresh hams, not shoulders, hence the dryness some people talk about here. As mentioned, ordering it "wet" helps a lot. I prefer the fatty whole-piggyness of Paesano's sandwich, which is really the only difference between it and traditional versions.
I'd still go to DiNic's or John's and get something else at Paesano's (or make sure Paesano's follows DiNic's/John's on your itinerary as you may end up wanting/needing another pork sandwhich- they're tasty.)
Oh - if you go for Polish there are a few bakeries up there worth visiting: Baltic Bakery and Marian's (and you can get nut/poppysead roll from a coal-country Slovak bakery at Beilers in the RTM)
re: caganer
Wow, I didn't know they were from Fresh hams, no wonder why they say they the sandwich in dry. I think John's Roast Pork is from Shoulders. Trying DiNicks may be a good idea, John's maybe a bit out of the way, "wet" thanks for the heads up. I'll also get to Paesano's for a sandwich, I know the Pork there will be different, it should be, they cook the whole pig....................OMG, nut and poppy seed rolls, my Mom used to make these, they would melt in your mouth. It has been over 40 yrs.
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re: Buckethead
agreed on the Gelato.
I'd also get a standard soft pretzel too. you can find these at most hot dog carts, or at places like South Philly Pretzel company (NOT at Auntie Anne's!). Normally eaten with mustard, though also excellent just on its own.
Should set you back 50-75cents or so.
re: Oregonguy
Reading Terminal Market and area: #4-6, 13, and possibly a wet pork sandwich from Dinic's. Not far from RTM are the Oyster House and as suggested below, delicious gelato from Capogiro's. I usually favor their herbal or fruit flavors (basil, passionfruit), but their pistachio, hazelnut, and dark chocolate are all quite good. I think Capogiro's compares very favorably to NY's gelato (I'd recommend Grom in the Village if you'd like a head-to-head).
Italian Market and area: #1, 8, 9, 10 are in this area, but I'd skip getting the pizza slice as you'll get better in NY and Chicago. George's tripe sandwich is here and there is a lot of decent Viet and other SE Asian food a little farther south from the Italian Market. Agree that you shouldn't miss out on a great hoagie and I also favor Paesano's roast pork over Dinic's. Fine, but not comprehensive, coverage of Philly's sandwiches: http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/10/ph... Also, if you don't manage to get any classic Italian-American food in Chicago and NY, you should consider having some here in Philly.
South Philly: 2 and 11. These are not really close to each other, but are both in S. Philly. There's an old-school pizza dive called Oogie's that's a three block walk from Nick's, but I'm not sure if it's special enough for a slightly out of the way trip. Just mentioning it because you had "a slice" on your list, although I seem to remember only whole pies being available. (Possibly consider getting tomato pie instead of a slice as this is a fairly local food.) I do not recommend walking near John's or Nick's after dark.
Syrenka's: you'll be able to get decent pierogies in NY, especially if you make it out to Greenpoint. I think Greenpoint's is a bit easier to get to via public transportation than Port Richmond (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).
I'm not really sure what #3 means, so no comment. Welcome to the city!
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Hey, when you have a Chocolate chip cookie 12 yr old nut, she would want one everyday. DiNick's opens at 9AM sounds like a late breakfast for a Roast Pork Wet ..........I'll look into the Pierogies in NYC,,,,,,It looks like a person could stay in the RT and be happy eating wahts available there. ........................When we get to New York I'll be taking the family to Peter Lugers, my little girl loves it there, not easy having her favorite steak house 3000 miles from home.........Your right about the slice, we will be having Pizza in Chicago, I may skip the slice or save it for NYC.....Thx for the help..............Bill
I will not be in Philadelphia until the second 2nd week of June. Thanks for all the help, you Guys and Gals have been a big a great. I wil post a trip report with pictures, on this post when I get back...........If all the people in Philly are as great are you guys are, we will have a fun trip..................Thanks again....Bill......
P.S. do you guys remember the paper cups the Italian ice use to come in. The cups had a fold and when you were done with the Ice, you seperated the flods to lick out the rest of the ice. When you were done it was a round flat piece of paper......
Ok, Ok OK, I know it's Philadephia, BUT, I needed to show all you guys and gals what is leading up to the great Sandwiches you have in Philly. We landed in Chicago a few days ago, I had to have an Italian beef with sweet peppers wet. This was a good sandwich..........Now on to NYC, had to have a Katz's Pastrami Reuben...........imho, case closed this is the best Pastrami in the land. I talked with the owner of Katz's, nice guy that knows how to do it right, and does it........I'll be back in a few days after I have a Pork sandwich "wet"............thanks guy's for all your info on Philly, see yah soon........................Bill


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For the auto base model, you want to be as close as you can to $20,956 out the door with tax and fees included. My tax is 7.725%, so if your tax is lower just deduct accordingly. I know for a fact this is a good deal and can be had. My number is based on a MSRP OF $23,690 (sticker price). You would actually be stealing the car for that much... Even if you can get it for $21,456 that's still a good deal. If you get it for $21,456 out the door, tell them you will I only do it if they throw in the all weather floor mats you should do all of the negotiating on the last day of the month! And try to talk directly with the general manager if possible
I had that offer on the table along with a offer on a premium model. Both offers were accepted and I chose the premium. I think it depends on the sales guy and dealership and what time of the month it is. Play hard ball. Those are the figures to shoot for. Talk to other subaru dealerships in the area, try to send offers directly to the GM or Internet sales manager. Don't tell them what dealerships your shopping because they will call your bluffs. I think shopping on the last day if the month really helps. Go down to the dealership and negotiate, get pre approved for financing, get their hopes up and then leave. Then send your email with your offer letting them know that's your final offer. Don't forget to include the all weather floor mats
Great advice. I have no problem playing hard ball, I just didn't know what my target price should be. If I don't get a good response this week on my price, I will wait until the end of the month and see if things change. And don't worry, I will make sure to get the floor mats. I'll let you know how things go.
amzendner Posts: 7As you know I just bought a used certified subaru. I just realized they didn't fill up the wind shield wiper with fluid. Really makes me wonder if they forgot to do anything else. I am having the car checked out by another mechanic. If I find out that they didn't do a couple other things on the 152 point inspection does that make the contract I signed invalid? I don't really care that much about the wind shield wiper fluid it's more about if they forgot other major important things. I just want to know what I bought is really what it was sold to me as.
broken_arrow Posts: 5The basic 5-speed MT Forester is a rare breed, most buy an automatic, so if you don't plan on the fancy extras: tinted windows, Sirius radio, backing-up sensors, or a remote-starter (not to even mention a ritzy sun-roof) then you start building way above the MSRP or sticker price. Turned my $27K as-is model into a $31K buy only because I wanted those few creature-comfort, safety & privacy features The 2nd most expensive check I wrote the day I picked my MT Forester up was extending warranties. 3 years of road-side assistance is OK, I went with their 100K/7-year bumper 2 bumper package. Being VA rated disabled, not something I ever planned on, that service is literally a life-save for me. Look at what it doen't have & ask those ?'s about exactly what you are paying for in the base model, then you haggle.
Short story - with the rugged package, I am paying $27,000 including destination charge, and before taxes.
Long story - our 2002 Forester S with Premium Package with 111K miles was in an accident involving another driver making an illegal u-turn, both passenger side doors damaged. Insurance giving me $3,200 for repairs, and dealer giving me $2,500 trade-in value as it is. So $5,700 total trade-in value for my car.
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They gave you way above market value for the trade so I don't even think the answer to that question matters.
Try TrueCar.com so see what people pay on average, but it varies a lot depending upon your zip code. A bargain in Alaska is not even a good deal here in the DC area.
Wait, wait... it's got a bit more options than I thought.
Forester X Limited MSRP $26,995 + Auto Dim Mirror/Compass with Homelink $292 + Body side Molding Kit $252 + All Weather Floor Mats $72 + Rear Bumper Cover $92 + Rear Spoiler $386 (this is nuts) + Splash Guard Kit $147. With destination charge of $795, total MSRP is $29,031. I paid almost 27K, average for my zipcode according to truecar.com. After $2,500 trade in + $2,700 insurance check + $1,400 Subaru Bucks, tax, etc. ended up financing the balance of 22k, 63 months, 0%. Quite happy overall.
In terms of equipment, phenomenally little is changed between this 2013 Forester and my 2002 Forester S with Premium Leather package. The 2013 has extra some safety options, bluetooth, audio controls on steering wheel, HD radio, ipod connectivity, and that's about it. It loses the CD changer (1 disc only), casette player (obsolete even in 2002). Much more room in the rear seat, much worse handling, seems cheaper inside. Drivetrain seems very similar, as it actually is almost the same with only minor changes to the motor. Fortunately visibility remains very good. I have a tire tread gauge, and I measured the tire tread - it's only 8/32"! If this trend of "shaving" the tires continues, soon you will have to buy new tires 3 months after you buy the car!
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Hope this detail helps anyone get a great deal on 2013 Forester 2.5x with alloy pkg or the Limited. I did not get the Limited because the diff, as you see, was $4,000 for stuff I don't need that I think won't last.
Minor changes in the configuration of the stuff under the hood, but the motor itself is significantly different, and all in good ways.
The only thing I miss about pre-2009 Foresters is the far better handling (and steering feel as part of that). Everything else on the 09-13 generation is heads above.
Wow, the best feature I see new since my 2009 forester is that the new one (2013) has the oil filter right on top of the engine, next to the oil filler cap. I change the oil because I want it done right and want to use synth, and now I can get rid of the ramps and never go underneath again.
Well, I suppose that's true if you want to suck the old oil out the dipstick tube, but it still seems easier to me just to pull the plug (or, better yet, put a Fumoto valve on it the first time you change the oil) and drain it. The Forester sits up high enough that you don't even need ramps if you have the valve.
I hate the location of the filter on the '09-10 units, with the exhaust pipe wrapped around it.


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Regarding the editorial headlined "Cowardly acts cannot bring down our fighting spirit," (the Times, Wednesday, April 17), I strongly disagree with the word "cowardly."
The 9-11 terrorists willingly died in their attack, but many of us labeled them "cowards." Surely, Osama bin Laden knew that he would likely die the way he did, in a shower of American bullets, or perhaps live out the rest of his life in a tiny cell in Guantanamo, but far too many of us called him a coward. Imperial Japan attacked us, and our president, Franklin Roosevelt, called them "dastardly," even though they knew that they were attacking a nation that was much more powerful than their own.
The Boston Marathon bomber or bombers put their futures at risk, and unless they are utterly crazy and delusional, they know that they'll very likely spend the rest of their lives in a prison or die when they the police come to arrest them.
I do not defend the leaders of Imperial Japan, al-Qaida and bin Laden, or the marathon bomber or bombers. They deserve our loathing. But they were not or are not "cowards," as much as some of us my feel comfort in dehumanizing and demonizing them in that way.
And think about it. Our unmanned drones kill our enemies, along with innocents on the other side of the world, with no risk to any American. Even when American service men and women actually pull the trigger, they are often far away, in a jet or in a ship, at sea. The president, safely on the other side of the planet, gives the order.
I merely mean to ask that, if placing a bomb on a street or in a trash can and going somewhere to hide is "cowardly," then what of our nation's own remote-control bombings?
And we have killed "innocents" even longer than we have been a nation. Native Americans didn't simply give us this land and happily go off to their mass graves or their wretched reservations, after all.
Our bombs, which drop out of the sky, kill women and children, babies and old men still. We attacked Iraq, a nation that had never attacked us and that even lacked the capacity to do so, and killed tens or hundreds of thousands of innocents.
"Innocent" has two meanings, after all: without guilt and naive.
Ours is a democracy. We elect our leaders and we know what they're doing, so the blood that is on their hands is on ours as well. Our addiction to oil has been a major motive for our wars, just as the greed for land drove our wars against the original inhabitants of the United States.
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LYNDEN, Wash. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice have sued Rader Farms in Lynden for violating the Clean Water Act. Rader Farms has been embroiled in a dispute with Whatcom County since 2006, when it cleared 10 acres of land that happened to be state protected wetlands.
Neither the EPA nor Rader Farms would comment on the case.
The property is northeast of Lynden near Pangborn Lake, a small body of water inaccessible to the public but valuable to the ecology of the area, officials said. It's considered a Category 1 Wetland, considered the most protected and important by state environmental experts.
"They provide high land value for flood stage, for water storage and for endangered species," explained Whatcom County Planning Director Tyler Schroeder.
Whatcom County has been in court with Rader Farms since 2006 regarding this issue. Rader has appealed to the county and state appeals court, losing every time. The recent action by the EPA is believed to be over Rader's lack of restoration to the land it damaged.
"It's very hard to recreate that type of quality of wetland," said Schroeder. "That's why the 10 acres isn't just a drop in the bucket."
The case of Rader Farms is part of an overall issue regarding landowner rights, according to Henry Bierlink with Whatcom Farm Friends.
"There are things they'd like to do or have tried to do or have done in the past that suddenly are not approved," Bierlink explained.
Bierlink agreed wetlands and shorelines need to be protected, but he said more common ground needs to be found. He said the Rader case is one of many where Whatcom County farmers have been stymied by environmental law.
"How is it you ask a landowner to bear all that cost of monitoring for the public good," he asked rhetorically. "That just seems disproportionate. I think most farmers think that's not fair."
It is unclear what penalties Rader Farms may face from this litigation. A state appeals court already ruled it must bear the cost of restoring the land.


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Chickpea's always reminded of (as a kid remember), little shaped derriere's and so I called this bubble butt pasta and wasn't going to eat that! So, hopefully your laughing at me now, but seriously they were funny looking for a kid that just happen to a warped sense of humor like me!!! I was so fussy, never wanted to eat anything except plain foods, nothing fancy....or complicated. These were funny looking beans~ oh well too much information. The things that kids say! Glad my kids weren't fussy at all they loved everything. Now guess what....this is one of my favorite dishes... I can't tell you how many times I wished I hadn't been so fussy, I missed out on some traditional foods, the taste is in my mind now and boy do I miss this one, so recreating it was a nice tribute for me and I am sure she is so happy I finally grew up and figured out how wonderful all these dishes are ~ better late than never!!!!.
So here we are with Claudia's version of my Mom's favorite pasta chickpea fazool ( fazool as we know it had no chickpea's only white beans like northern or cannellini) but the sauce taste oh so similar. Oh course you can use the other beans if you would like to substitute. The beans have a distinctive different flavor. If you had read my blog previous post, you may be already aware I make my beans from scratch in a crock pot. You may have seen that on my recipe for Italian Chickpea Shrimp Soup .
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"Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot." ~Dutch Proverb
Like many of you, it has been a season of illness in the Hoskin household. From one random viral illness to another, Amelia, Stephanie and I have all been met on horseback by sickness. Luckily though, we have managed to rebound from everything, albeit slower than we would like.
The 54th Legislature began to gather steam this second week of session as bills continue to make their way through committee and for some, see the light of day on the House floor. We saw a number of important developments outside of the House chamber, and overall, the spring and coming weeks are beginning to take shape.
According to the state Treasurer, state revenues are beginning to rebound. While that is certainly good news, I and many other fellow legislators are concerned about pending legislation that would shrink Oklahoma's revenue growth with reductions to the state income tax. We know that the amount of money requested by core state agencies, like Education, Human Services, and Corrections, exceeds the amount available, even with growth revenues taken into consideration.
At the end of the day, we cannot restore years of cuts and fully fund core state services while cutting revenues at the same time. As the dialogue progresses on the budget this legislative session, we hope this ill-advised plan to cut the income tax is set aside and those monies are instead invested back into our children's schools, our corrections and law enforcement officers, and our health care system.
Legislative activity is picking up steam as bills are beginning to be heard in committees. Bills passing out of committees are available to be heard before the entire House body.
HB 1999 and HB 1920 passed through committees and would legalize horse slaughterhouses in Oklahoma and would allow aerial hunting of feral hogs.
HB 1911, passed out of committee this week. It would require terminated employees to prove that they weren't fired for misconduct, such as willfully disregarding regulations or chronic absenteeism, in order to receive unemployment benefits.
HB1325 passed out of committee and requires that new state employees would have their retirement benefits calculated by using the final average salary period for five years instead of three years.
HB1063 passed out of committee and seeks to disband the Children First Home Visitation Program and require the return of federal Affordable Care Act funding and suspend three smaller home visitation programs until an audit could be performed.
HB2133 failed to pass in committee. It sought to instruct the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to limit increases in resident tuition and fees to the lesser of 3 percent or the rate of inflation for the most recent complete year.
HB2166 passed off the House floor and is headed to the Senate. The bill authorizes the court to require individuals who owe child support and are willingly unemployed to work two eight-hour days per week in a community service program administered by the county commissioners.
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Saturday, September 13, 2003The Valparaiso University women's tennis team opened its fall schedule on Friday and Saturday competing in the Indiana State Invitational held in Terre Haute, Ind.
In singles action, freshmen Whitney Chada (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North H.S.) and Rachel Janssen (Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Luers H.S.) each won one of their contests in flight two. Chada posted a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Evansville after dropping her initial match, while Janssen won her first collegiate match, also defeating an opponent from Evansville 6-1, 6-1.
Valpo had the most success in the third flight of singles. Kate Evangelist (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West H.S.) dropped her opening match before rebounding to defeat a pair of opponents from Evansville. She won her second match 6-0, 6-1 before winning match three 6-2, 6-1 to earn a fifth place finish. Jill Dierberg (St. Louis, Mo./Lutheran South H.S.) won her first match of the tournament in the flight over another Evansville opponent. She posted a 6-4, 6-1 win before dropping the next two and finishing in fourth place.
Charmane Stanislaw (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville H.S.) also earned a fourth place finish for the Crusaders in the fourth flight. She defeated a Butler opponent in the opening round 6-1, 6-3 before falling to a pair of Miami (Ohio) competitors.
In doubles action, Valpo struggled for victories. The lone win by a doubles pair came in the first flight as Chada and Evangelist defeated their teammates Janssen and Mara Sonkin (Wheaton, Ill./Warrenville South H.S.) 8-4.
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25 years ago, Dr. Richard Lenski of Michigan State University began an ingenious experiment on E. coli bacteria that is still going and giving us a much deeper understanding of how evolution operates. Ars Technica has an article on the latest published findings, but let me first explain how the experiment was set up.
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The Use and Abuse of 'Faith'
The word "faith" is one of those magical words that can mean everything or nothing simultaneously. It's used by those who accept its validity to mean a number of things that are entirely different, amounting to little more than a rhetorical trick used to shield their beliefs from scrutiny. Jerry Coyne agrees:
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There's a new book out by an ecologist that claims that humans were placed here on earth by aliens, perhaps using earth as a penal colony. But he has proof! Hard evidence! What evidence? Oh, you're gonna love this. We get sunburned. And bad backs. And alien origin is the only explanation.
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The highlight of the Neil deGrasse Tyson's talk in Michigan Wednesday night was the last question asked, by the world's smartest and most adorable 9 year old kid named Jacob. He's the son of one of our CFI Michigan members. When was the last time you heard a 9 year old use the phrase "non-Newtonian …
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Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel bravely leaps into the field of science and, unsurprisingly, lands with a resounding thud. Read these two paragraphs, which betray either complete ignorance of the big bang and evolutionary theories or the deliberate construction of an absurd straw man:
Mar 20 2013
The Solar Energy Future
Glen Hiemstra has an article about what I think is a likely future development in the use of solar energy, which is solar roads that generate electricity. Combined with the ability to transfer electricity wirelessly to vehicles, I think this may ultimately replace our current system of inert roads and gas-guzzling cars.
Mar 10 2013
Owls and Larks: The Importance of Sleep Chronotypes
Elizabeth Kolbert reviews a couple of recent books on the science of sleep and hits on something that increasingly fascinates me, which is how different people have very different sleep patterns. One of those books discusses how those distinct patterns can put one quite out of step with normal society.
Mar 01 2013
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I've recently come across this group that refers to themselves as advocating "rational science." There's a Facebook group for it. They are followers of a first class looney tune named Bill Gaede, who is a 9/11 truther and apparently believes that all science after Faraday is wrong. You can find more information here.
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SCOTUS Denies Cert in Stem Cell Case
The Supreme Court this week denied cert (that is, refused to hear the appeal) in a case where two scientists are trying to prevent the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) even if it involves stem cell lines that already exist. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against them, so …
Dec 02 2012
The 'Science' of Bigfoot, Done by Press Release
Here's another perfect example of pseudoscience by press release, making breathless claims about the DNA of Bigfoot being sequenced and found to be a new species of hominid that is a hybrid of Homo sapiens and some other species. Ben Radford of the Committee for Scientific Inquiry explains:
Oct 08 2012
Stem cells in the 2012 Presidential election
This is a guest post by Laurel Barchas, the Director of Academic Outreach for the Genetics Policy Institute and a friend and classmate of my old pal Nick Matzke at Berkley. It's about an upcoming conference on stem cell research and the political implications for that research pending the outcome of the presidential election.
Jul 30 2012
The Unreality of Reality TV — Or Why NatGeo Should Be Ashamed
One of the more irritating things about the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel, which purport to be pro-science and educational, is how often they put on shows that push egregious nonsense instead of critical thinking. And a new NatGeo show about UFOs is so bad that even the stars of the show are …
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Why Framing Matters, Climate Change Edition
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This article just pisses me off, as has almost every article in the media about evolution, especially human evolution, for as long as I can remember. I swear there must be a template in Microsoft Word for such articles, where the meaningless term "missing link" is already there, along with a title that announces how …


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With compassion, humor, and striking insight, Amy and Isabelle explores the secrets of sexuality that jeopardize the love between a mother and her daughter. Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student in a small mill town, falls in love with her math teacher, and together they cross the line between understandable fantasy and disturbing reality.
When discovered, this emotional and physical trespass brings disgrace to Amy's mother, Isabelle, and intensifies the shame she feels about her own past. In a fury, she lashes out at her daughter's beauty and then retreats into outraged silence. Amy withdraws, too, and mother and daughter eat, sleep, and even work side by side but remain at a vast, seemingly unbridgeable distance from each other.
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BY DENNIS CHASE email@example.com
Traverse City Record-Eagle
---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Jim Apsey couldn't wait.
The superintendent at Mistwood Golf Course enjoyed the best day of spring Monday, playing a round of golf on the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa's Spruce Run course.
Spruce Run opened Sunday, one of the few northern Michigan courses open for business right now.
"It was great to see the ball fly," he said.
About 25 percent of Mistwood is still snow covered, Apsey said.
"We're hoping to get nine holes open by Friday," he said.
Several area courses are also shooting for a Friday opening. Elmbrook opened Monday, in time to host a high school jamboree.
Tom McGee, director of golf operations at Grand Traverse Resort, said about 60 golfers played Spruce Run on Sunday and more than 70 Monday.
"They (golfers) were chomping at the bit," he said.
Despite a cold, wet spring, McGee said the Resort is only about a week or two behind its typical opening day.
"We got spoiled last year when we opened in March," he said.
Sean Ronan, Terry Whann and Gail Larkin were among those to play Sunday and Monday.
"I played all winter in Florida, but playing your own course is always better," Ronan said. "I live on The Bear. I'm anxious to get on that. That's the course I love."
McGee said The Bear and Wolverine are expected to open Thursday. Spruce Run and the Wolverine will be in play this weekend when the Resort hosts the 36-team Traverse City Tee-Off Invitational.
Golfers called course conditions on Spruce Run "surprisingly" good considering the recent weather.
"It was a little soggy in spots, but real good overall with all the snow and rain we've had," Ronan said.
And the greens?
"The greens are rolling true," Whann said.
Whann was playing once a week in Florida during the winter. She was eagerly awaiting for the Resort courses to open.
"We got back here two weeks ago and we've been itching to play since," she said. "It feels good to be out and in the swing of things again."
Larkin was among those to brave the chilly weather Sunday, so Monday felt that much better.
"What a magnificent day," she said after finishing her round. "It's a good 15 degrees warmer today."
Temperatures soared to nearly 70 degrees.
"I wish I had shorts on, actually," Ronan said.
Dave Scherrer enjoyed the warmth, too, but was feeling some aches and pains. Monday was his first time out.
"I'm a little on the sore side," he admitted.
"The cart path-only thing is tough," Ronan added. "No matter where the cart path was we were always on the other side of the fairway."
"Unfortunately, the ball goes where it wants to," Scherrer said.
Scherrer and Ronan actually closed down the golf season at the Resort last year. They got 10 holes or so in on Dec. 10, even though the courses were officially closed.
"We were the last to play last year and among the first to play this year," Ronan said. "The big question is: When do they open the bar? We have to kill the pain somehow."