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It's National Signing Day and here is your open thread and running commitment list.
It's time to break out the recruiting big board and take a closer look at the (tentative) 2011 UTEP Miners football recruiting class.
UTEP earned two commitments in the last few days but might be losing another member of the 2011 class.
More on this tomorrow, but more good news along the recruiting front. Here's a link to his Rivals page.
Scout is reporting that UTEP has offered Zoey Williams, another DB, out of Sugar Land, Texas. According to Scout, Williams also has offers from UNLV and Memphis. According to Rivals, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Tulsa, and Wyoming have also offered him. Rivals reports that Williams is 5'10" and 185 pounds. They also post that he has a 30" vertical leap and runs a 4.41 forty yard dash. If those numbers, and a reported bench of 315, hold up, the kid's a freak. The Rush will keep you posted on any updates on Williams recruiting...
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"This is my version of a Chinese classic, Cold Ginger Chicken. I like to serve this with steamed jasmine rice and Japanese-style marinated cucumbers. It makes for a pretty presentation when sliced on bias and served with the bright green, fresh sauce drizzled all over it."
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- Pour the white wine into a saucepan of lightly salted water, and place the chicken breasts into the pan. Bring the pan to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer the chicken until cooked through and white, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, and let the chicken cool in the broth. Remove from the broth, and set the chicken aside.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-low heat, and stir in the ginger, garlic, salt, and sugar. Reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is browned and soft, and the oil is flavored, about 20 minutes. Stir in the green onions, and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the white parts of the onions are soft.
- Slice the poached chicken breasts on the bias into slices about 1 inch wide, and arrange attractively on a plate. Spoon the green onion mixture over the chicken breasts, and serve.
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I think the salt amount was a typo. The salt was overpowering and almost made it inedible. However, my family agreed that this would probably have been delicious if the salt had been reduced to about 1/2 tsp, so I'm giving it 4 stars with the hope that it can be salvaged just by that one change.
This is NOT a pesto. This recipe is at a good start however needs a fair amount of changes and additions. Suggestions - Don't skimp on the green onions, shortly after adding green onions add 1-2T of lemon juice (this will add a little zest and freshness to the taste). As other reviewers have written... 1t. of salt is definitely enough. Lastly, ginger burns easily, so be careful because that can definitely make or break the dish.
1 Tbl. salt is a bit much for the onion mixture. I think most of that is meant to go in the poaching bath so take note! I only used a dash and it was adequate. Very tasty! I also doubled the onion/garlic/ginger sauce mix as we wanted more :) I also substituted for part of the oil unrefined coconut oil used for cooking that, unlike the refined, has a faint flavor of coconut. Mmmm.
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Amount Per Serving (8 total)
- Calories
- 201 cal
- 10%
- Fat
- 9.2 g
- 14%
- Carbs
- 3.5 g
- 1%
- Protein
- 22.6 g
- 45%
- Cholesterol
- 59 mg
- 20%
- Sodium
- 926 mg
- 37%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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GLASGOW: Liew Daren crashed out of the Commonwealth Games men's singles at the Emirates Arena today, losing tamely to India's P. Kashyap in the quarter-finals.
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NATASHA Roslan may have suffered a wrist injury but it will not stop the elite bowler from making her debut in the World Youth Championships in Hong Kong on Aug 6-15.
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LONDON: Manchester United's owners on Thursday warned investors the club may struggle to keep their best players if they miss out on Champions League qualification for a second consecutive season.
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Are you confident your disaster recovery (DR) plan will work if a disaster strikes? When TheInfoPro Inc., a NY-based research network, posed that question to several hundred IT executives, the results weren't exactly reassuring. Only 55% of the managers surveyed were confident they could recover their open-systems data in an emergency. The rest were only somewhat confident or not confident their DR system would work.
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No matter how many checklists a company makes and distributes, the number of disaster scenarios it considers or even how assiduously it backs up its data, managers can't be confident in a firm's ability to recover data if the systems haven't been tested thoroughly. "You have to test to see if your disaster recovery processes really work," says Michelle Zou, research analyst with the storage software team at IDC, Framingham, MA. "Not everybody does enough testing."
Testing is difficult. "It's a complicated process. You're talking about mission-critical applications that companies don't want to take down," Zou says. As a result, tests have to be scheduled far in advance and, to do it right, the testing will likely require the involvement of a large number of people. All of this drives up costs. "And what if the tests don't work?" Zou asks. The organization has to go back through the entire process to identify and fix the problems and then test again--which means more time, money and disruption.
Large mainframe IT shops can often offer a model for DR testing. MasterCard International Inc., for instance, has been honing its DR processes for 15 years and continues to refine them. The current testing plan calls for two major test exercises a year in April and October. Each exercise tests up to 40 of what MasterCard classifies as its Tier 1 systems to meet a corporate DR mandate of testing every Tier 1 system at least once a year.
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Obviously, testing costs would seem trivial if you couldn't recover from a disaster in a timely way (see "Losses incurred in a disaster," this page). According to a recent Forrester Research study, companies with annual revenues of at least $1 million from an online business average losses of $8,000 per hour during a systems outage, which comes to $192,000 for each 24-hour period the site is down. An earlier study by Meta Group (now Gartner Inc.) found that unplanned downtime of critical systems could cost a large company as much as $1 million per hour due to lost revenue, reduced employee productivity and possible regulatory penalties. And the $1 million figure doesn't include the negative impact on the business' reputation. It's no wonder companies like MasterCard don't skimp on DR testing.
Even organizations like Harvard University feel a compelling need for DR, although costs are a significant issue governing how well each of the university's various apps are protected. "We do primary infrastructure recovery for those applications willing to pay for it," says Ron Hawkins, senior technical architect at the Cambridge, MA-based institution. Not surprisingly, the only business units willing to sign up for Harvard's IT infrastructure recovery are those responsible for critical apps such as payroll, financial and data warehousing. "Everybody wants DR until they see the price," he notes.
Faced with widespread demand for less-costly DR options, Hawkins has explored a variety of options, including VMware, snapshots and remote replication, in an effort to provide a less-expensive recovery service that would still be effective. He's also tried working with business units to juggle their recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) to come up with something less costly to implement, test and maintain (see Disaster recovery testing tips).
The only alternative Harvard has come up with to sending a team to its hot site for several days is a collocation facility located off campus. "They'll sell us rack space and we can replicate some of our critical infrastructure systems there," says Hawkins. These systems include the e-mail hub and DNS service, and perhaps a half- dozen small, but critical, utility services that have to remain accessible to apps outside of Harvard even if all systems go down in a disaster. By replicating them to the collocation facility, they can be recovered nearly instantaneously.
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In speeches and in campaign ads these days, Obama gives only a brief overview of his first term. He points to the rescue of the auto industry, the death of Osama bin Laden and the return of troops. He has also aired ads geared to remind voters of his efforts for veterans and the elderly.
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The National Honor Society at Kimball Area High School held their induction of new members Sunday evening, Oct. 13, at the school. Pictured are new members (front row, from left) Madelyn O'Brien, Brittany Wittrock, Madelyn Jansky, Hannah Serbus, Alexis Rose, Savannah Gohmann, Caitlin Carr, Delaine Zongo, and Danielle Helgeson; (middle row) Troy Filzen, Tyler Smith, Ted Zipoy, Austin Schiefelbein, Ben Serbus, Joseph VonWahlde, and Cameron Hunt. In back are returning members: treasurer Stacy Hurrle, secretary Rebecca Frank, McKenzie Libbesmeier, Megan Bisila, president Shelby Schiefelbein, public relations Mathias Hennen, and advisor Joe Stangle. Staff photo by Jean Doran Matua.
In order to recognize achievement, outstanding progress, and responsible behavior in our student body, grade-level teams made up of teachers select one Kimball Area High School student in each grade to be recognized as the Student of the Month. The monthly winners are recognized in school, on the school website, and in the Tri-County News. They also receive a Dairy Queen gift certificate and Chamber Bucks from the Kimball Area Chamber of Commerce. Special thanks to Annandale's Dairy Queen and the Kimball Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring this program. The following students are recognized for September 2013:
ECFE is hosting a Harvest Party for families with children ages 3-5. There will be a party in both locations, Watkins Elementary School and Kimball Elementary School from 6 to
7:30 p.m. The Watkins party is Monday, Oct. 28. The Kimball party is Tuesday, Oct. 29.
The fun evenings will have fall-themed activities, including an obstacle course.
The cost is $5 per family. Please wear black and orange to the party. For questions, please call ECFE office at (320) 398-7700, ext. 218.
The wind was blowing and the sun was hiding, but that didn't stop local runners from running the Kover Klomp Saturday, 9 a.m. Oct. 12. This was the first annual 5K that the Kimball Kruisers put together. The turnout was great for the first time event, 22 participated in the 5K Fun Run/Walk and 15 kids participated in the 1K run.
Now what we have all been waiting for – the winners. A female and male in each age division was awarded a medal.
To the Kimball Class of 1959, we ask you to save the date of Aug. 13, 2014. We plan to meet for a reunion at 4 p.m. at Triple R Grill and Bar in Kimball. For more information, please call Marlene at (320) 558-2858, or Jane at (320) 236-7416.


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One week from today, members of local law enforcement will face off on the gridiron against area firefighters
The "Cuffs and Ladders" football game, pitting the Hunt County Sheriff's Association against the Cash Fire Department, is scheduled next Saturday, September 7 following the inaugural "Meet The Heroes" event at Boles High School football stadium.
"Meet The Heroes" starts at 4 p.m., with "Cuffs and Ladders" set to begin at 6:30 p.m.
During "Meet The Heroes", members of both departments will be demonstrating to families and children how their equipment works. "Cuffs and Ladders" will be a flag football game for the start is what is planned to be an annual, and friendly, rivalry.
The concession stand at stadium will be open, with refreshments available from the Boles High School Booster Club. Those attending the event will also be able to take a chance on winning several door prizes and can buy raffle tickets through halftime for a chance to win an AR-15 rifle.


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Check out Nintendo's press conference for news about the Wii U including price, release and games
The main thing I like about the wii u is the different gameplay opportunities the game pad can bring to us, I honestly think there's some potential for this, it's like a DS and a home console had a baby lol, u get the full hd console experience with the unique touch screen motion gameplay of DS/wii. As long as some innovative games come out to take advantage of this, not just gimmicky crap, I guess we'll see, also the fact that they played black ops 2 on both screens at the same time shows how powerful the wii u is, it can process the game on two separate screens and still remain smooth, I think that's pretty good!
Lego City, Mario, Nintendo Land... is this console for 3yr old kids?
I am looking forward it, don't think age has anything to do with it I will still enjoy it. I will probably get a PS4 or the next Xbox but not straight away this time.
a whole lot of people grew up with nintendo who love it and aren't kids anymore whahaha
Why would anyone want to play the same titles, such as Black ops 2, on a new system when they can play them on their current system? Truly not worth it!
This seems like so much more of a novelty system. Maybe if I was 10 I'd think it was cool. Sucks that Platinum made the terrible choice to put Bayonetta 2 on the Wii U though.
you are the sucker im 35 and i love nintendo @all
wii sucks and it for kids and teens nintendo not a hard core system. all you 10 year old think it so awsome but news flash when u get older you wont be able to get this shit when ever you want it. on top of that the wii u isnt as powerful as ps3 .xbox it sightly lower. when while when xbox720 and ps4 come the wii u will look like garbage. on top of that what has nintendo done new hear. well NOTHING has ipads adn such can do that stuff for years.yes it might have it neat fetures but still. Anyone whos over like 20 knows nintendo no longer hardcore.nintendo used to be the bomb. let face it will still still sell because of all the the little kids that go to there parent for a wii u
after i get my wii u i will be getting eiher ps4 or 720 it just depends on price and games and if they ban used games or not !
yea its already sold out at gamestop glad i preordered the day of the conference lol
judging by the amount of hate the Wii-U is receiving around here, it is going to sell like hotcakes. just like the Wii, and the 3DS. i cant wait to get my hands on it. then next year or the year after, i'll be excited to get my hands on a PS4. (sorry Microsoft, 4 RRoD on my 360 = no 720 for me).
These Activision titles' graphics look dated for a new gen console...
I'm fine with sensible arguments that I don't agree with. But the trolling is getting on my nerves. If you're not willing to at least listen to another person's opinion, don't post your own. Don't expect other people to take your crap if you can't take theirs.
So hard to find a real discussion sometimes.
Anyway, I'm liking the Wii U. Obviously the first games will mostly be minigame collections and ports, but once developers start really looking at the potential of this thing, this is gonna be a fantastic system to own.
i don't care what the hardcore gaming market thinks of the wii u (basically all of you) because nintendo will still capture all of the casual gamers (the majority of the world), but this time they will get to add a few hardcore gamers into the mix. next time they'll have more, and more until they kill off their competition.
well nintendo tv is free.. but what about netflix, amazon ON DEMAND TIVO and etc...? XD
So.. nintendo TVii... what a nice way to overheat your console all day long without ever playing! XD
1st off, I'm pettey sure I won't buy the system. I'm saving my money for a REAL next generation system for like either the PS4 or the next XBOX. But 'm just curious as too the complete specs of this new NINTENDO system. I already know the info stated above, but what of the "ram" "cpu" "graphics engine" ??????????
13 minutes of waiting, WTF ?
Big supporter of Nintendo in the past, but just don't see it happening. Having shifted to PC gaming a couple of years ago, it's going to take a lot to impress tbh. With the greatest of respect, this just doesn't cut it. Btw just a terrible launch by Nintendo... a PR nightmare really.
Nintendo knows what there doing. For a next gen console with an hd screened controller at 300 bucks, Itll sell well... It cant compete with ps3, 360, and they dont want too. There the "Interactive" console. We shall see where it takes them. But from the quick glimpses of graphics, they still dont even look as good as its older brothers, which doesnt make any sense.
Epic fail.
i'll be sticking with my 360 and ps3 !
this looks interesting, although I have to say I was hugely disappointed with the Wii.
Software and innovative applications could really be exciting and at this price point I will probably go get one,
Yea I'm going to throw down money for a console that graphically looks the same as my 7 year old PS3 and not even close to my PC. Are you freaking serious?? Ultimate fail Nintendo. And you refer to targeting the "Hardcore Gamer"??? Hardcore gamers want Graphics and Gameplay! Graphics being the first on that list so people can visually realize the potential of the system. I'll be on my PC waiting for a REAL Next Gen console.
@ZiRa-Bosnia def not for big 13 yarr olds like yourself...be warned, stay away
@ZiRa-Bosnia no it is for bloodthirsty godless man-beasts and heartless monsters
@mrtrolololo a fish?
I should just say as I get older I am not that bothered about graphics I just want something fun to play.
@nuke939 sucks that Platinum chose to find a publisher to game that would've be cancelled otherwise. I hate it when games get to exist!
@BKd12 Nice troll there fanboy. All Nintendo have to do to become a hardcore gaming system is to allow mature games! Then you'll have to find something else in your life to moan about!
@BKd12 thanks for the laugh
@BKd12 You don't know how fun I had reading your comment xD No-one can take that seriously.
@BKd12 Your wrong The wii U is alil more powerful than the ps3 and the 360 I had a chance to play Zomie U and Man I have to say It blew me away and I'm not a nin fan was when I was about 5 to 15 im 34 now
I also played batman and found it to be alot more crisp than 360/ps3...Give it a chance dude it s a awesome lil thing man.
@BKd12 it's not just for kids. grown ups especially play games like mario, metroid, zelda, dk, etc. these are the games that bring back memories and are still really cool and fun to play. as long as they remain unique to Nintendo, its consoles will always have a place in many people's homes. but yeah, haven't seen anything really new since Miyanoto's early years, so to speak
3DS sold like crap didn't it? It only picked up after the big price cut and I'm guessing the same will happen with the Wiiu. They know fanboys will pay the high price but they'll have to drop the price within a year, then I'll probably get one if it is still getting good 3rd party support.
@chocolatet you mean like how the first batch of 360/ps3 games looked a lot like the old xbox/ps2? they are learning the systems new architecture. why am i explaining this to you? you reek of troll.
@KeeseKiller7 Agreed. Potential is really high in this one. But alas, this system will have a huge uphill battle if it is trying to beat out Wii simple based on the system being able to do too much which equals unappealing to broad and varied markets.
@whitewarriar75 It's about twice as powerful as the ps3. does that give you a perspective?
@professorXzaver lmao thanks for telling me how much to skip forward by ;)
@noctislucis21 no one will miss your $300 anyway :P
@noctislucis21 whats withe the negativity?
I have a 360 and love it. I spend over 60 hours a week on it, but that doesn't stop me from being open minded with the potential innovation and applications of this new console. They are offering something different and I am all for that as an avid gamer!
@mhallbach1980 you're cool
@mhallbach1980 Graphics are that key component that initially draws the consumer in to buying the console and eventually specific games, but after that wears off gameplay is far more important. Far far more important than graphics. But I agree Nintendo has to offer more than just "another controller"
@mickyfinn84it is out selling the original DS. so what if it had a price cut?? the same thing happened with the PS3. it is a common occurrence in this hobby. you're grasping at straws with the price cut argument. the 3DS also launched in spring, not a week before black friday. that alone will make the Wii-U sell out across the board.
Fortunately, money is no object for me so I am lucky enough to be able to buy the things I like! .
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I am retired!
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"I hit him with my shoes... if he had given me the medal like I told him to, I wouldn't have had to hit him!" -- 8-year-old Rhoda Penmark in "The Bad Seed"
I wish the tech panel was in charge of calling whether the steps proceeding the solo triple in the SP are sufficient, with one call for short break requiring deduction and another for a more severe deduction, like for underrotions and edges, or, alternately, calling levels on the intro footwork, with a LB if the break was long or the steps barely there, and L1 for minimal difficulty and/ or a shorter break. They could set the levels so that there was a big jump in base for L2-4, to compensate for the deductions that are applied sporadically for missing a key requirement in the SP. They could also level all jumps for the content bullet points (difficult exit and entry) and let the GOE be strictly about the quality of what was attempted.
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
Karen Kwan is way too passive to coach a skater like Caroline! Remember at Nationals one year recently where Caroline said "I look pissed!" in the kiss n cry? Karen just sugar coated the whole program. A skater needs a tough coach to tell them like it is!
Karen Kwan doesn't know a double from a quad! It took Caroline to point out that her lutz was underrotated! Caroline needs to hire Yuka Sato and Jason.
It's a real shame that Caroline wasn't around in the 90's. She would have had a great career on the professional circuit with her pearl spin and Triple loop Triple loop combo that IS fully rotated most of the time! I'd rather watch Caroline skate than Mirai any day.
I think that Karen Chen is the next Caroline Zhang.
I mean they were both 13 year old Asian wunderkids who couldn't rotate their jumps.
They both had breathtaking exhibitions.
And they both fell short of expectations at their junior nationals when they were 13.
I thought winning the 4th place pewter medal in Junior Ladies was an excellent accomplishment by Karen Chen at this year's U.S. Nationals. She certainly didn't fall short of my expectations.
"Randy [Starkman (1960-April 16, 2012)] lived by the same motto as the rest of us. The Olympics isnt every four years, its every single day. He just got it." --Canadian Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden
How do you know he was open and generous with reporters, I am sure he wasn't stopping them to report an oversight by his team
Ice Network did not have to report the mistakes by his team, they did because it was unusual. That is what news is ---stuff that happens that is unusual. I am glad they ran the story. Everyone makes mistakes, but this one was not Jeremy's he trusted his coaches. Whether it was reported by the press or he kept it to himself --- Jeremy knew. I am sure that it is a hit on your confidence that your coaching team is exposed for technical errors and your program has to be changed just before you compete.
Nice to know that other coaches are perfect.
Caroline's coaches seemed to be doing well last season. If Caroline hadn't done so poorly in the Grand Prix, she would have gotten better scores at Nationals. I'm not sure what the problem was back in the fall.


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---- — After years of starts and stops, of ill-considered locations and small-minded obstructions, Salem has an opportunity to build a first-class senior center for its older citizens without putting an undue burden on the city's taxpayers.
The City Council should do its part to move the project forward without delay.
The so-called Gateway Center would be a public/private development that would include offices, 374 parking spaces and a 20,000 square-foot community life center at the corner of Boston and Bridge streets, a long vacant parcel where a Sylvania plant once stood.
To say the Gateway Center would be an improvement over the city's current center on Broad Street would be a vast understatement.
That building, more than 155 years old, once served as Salem Classical High School and has long outlived its usefulness as a senior center. It's cramped, drafty and difficult to navigate. It offers little in the way of parking or other outdoor amenities.
Mayor Kim Driscoll is asking the City Council to approve a bond to pay for the city's $4.9 million share of the $30 million project. Driscoll estimates the $400,000 in property tax revenue the development is expected to bring in would cover the annual bond payments. Even if the mayor's projections turn out to be too optimistic, the overall cost to taxpayers would be much lower than that of other proposals making the rounds. (A push to place the center at a renovated St. Joe's Church site drew sharp opposition, much of it from seniors. A proposal for a free-standing site near the Willows would have cost close to $7 million, with no private component to offset the cost.)
The Gateway Center proposal should be familiar to those following the senior center saga.
The mayor brought what is essentially the same plan before the council in 2009; three councilors voted against it then — Jerry Ryan, Michael Sosnowski and Arthur Sargent.
If those councilors turn obstructionist when the issue comes up Thursday night, it could be many years before the city's seniors get a chance to enjoy a new community center. (The mayor needs eight of 11 councilors to vote in favor of the bond.)
Ryan has already said he plans to vote no, holding out hope for a stand-alone center. It would be a shame if his vote helps scuttle a project the majority of the council and other stakeholders support.
We're of a mind with Ward 7 Councilor Joseph O'Keefe.
We've spent enough time researching what's the best place, and in my mind this is the best place," he told reporter Bethany Bray. "I feel we should move on with this project. It's been talked about so long … Why open up the whole discussion (again)?"


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ENID, Okla. — Enid Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred Monday evening in the 400 block of West Walnut.
David Richard Wimmer, 43, was found dead inside a residence on Walnut after a 911 call reported a man needing medical attention.
Capt. Jack Morris said at 6:48 p.m. Monday the Enid and Garfield County 911 Center received a 911 call concerning a male subject who needed medical attention at a residence in the 400 block of West Walnut.
The caller told the operator the man was lying in a pool of blood. EPD officers, along with Enid Fire Department and Life EMS, responded to the call.
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Officers found Wimmer had what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the upper left chest area. Investigators from the Enid Police Department were called to the scene, as well as the state Medical Examiner.
Wimmer's body was taken to Oklahoma City for autopsy but his death is being investigated as a homicide.
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Formed in the early '90s, UK band My Dying Bride are widely considered one of the pioneering names in the doom metal genre, characterized by their massive, drop-tuned, down-tempo riffs that saturate the sound space, creating the feel of epic funeral dirges from hell, with rich and complex lead guitar harmonies on top. Since their early singles and EPs caught widespread attention in Europe, the band has undergone several lineup changes, with guitarist Andrew Craighan and vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe the only remaining original members, but their sound has remained fairly consistent over the course of the past two decades (unlike their fellow doom pioneers Paradise Lost, who have folded many other ingredients into their recipe, including synth-pop and electro beats). In addition to dozens of successful tours and fests, the band has also released ten full-length studio albums, two live records and a handful of EPs prior to this week's colossal offering A Map of All Our Failures, which to my ears represents one of the band's career landmarks, even topping their excellent 2009 record For Lies I Sire.
Map contains some slight variations in texture and tone from Lies, but it comes more through the removal of certain sonic aspects, in an effort to get back to the core sound the band helped to define. "We try to vary it a bit for our own sanity, and a variety for the fans," Stainthorpe explains. "Enough to spice up a little bit, to keep it different from the things we've done in the past... but we have a recognized sound, and we're gonna stick to that, because that's what we enjoy doing." That added spice has often included more atmospheric and symphonic elements, which the band explored on a grand scale in last year's experimental three-disc album Evinta (itself an epic entry in the gothic/neoclassical field and well worth checking out, even if doom metal's not your cup of tea). But while those touches are still in place on this record, the band has peeled back some layers to reveal a raw core of doom/death metal with lyrical themes of ultimate despair, punctuated by moments of horrific fury.
Funeral bells announce the opening track "Kneel Till Doomsday," a somber gothic gateway into a land of despair, as Stainthorpe's clean, often multi-tracked vocals combine with the creeping guitar harmonies to create a Black Sabbath vibe before exploding into a short but intense burst of dirty death, complete with growls, adding up to the most varied song on the album.
After that strong beginning, the second cut "The Poorest Waltz" actually ups the game with heftier riffs, smooth vocal harmonies and some surprisingly warm guitar leads that trade off with amplified violin by Shaun MacGowan. The vocals come further forward in the dark ballad "A Tapestry Scorned," alternating from a sorrowful spoken-word passages to double-tracked growls, underpinned by a cool bridge of thunderous drumming and eerie pipe organ, which eventually falls in unison with a low guitar line. If you're into true gothic-style doom, this track will certainly top your playlist.
The song title "Like a Perpetual Funeral" could easily be the band's motto (it certainly defines this album well), and the track itself is a good example of the band's ability to imprint the trademark doom sound on softer, cleaner guitars, pulling back the thick dirge beats in favor of a more free-flowing feel. The title track follows in the same low-key vibe, with Stainthorpe softly muttering the opening lyrics as if lost in thought. When the intensity picks up, the vocals slip further back into the mix, disappearing into whispers beneath the weight of the stacked guitar chords. The lyrics and tone shift to a more adventurous vibe for "Hail Odysseus," which mimics the crash of ocean waves with grinding surges of mega-dropped guitar chugs, anthemic shouted voices and keyboard washes, with breathtaking results. Violin and lead guitar introduce "Within the Presence of Absence," which incorporates folksier elements in the mode of an ancient minstrel's tale of doomed love. Closing the album is "Abandoned as Christ," a tale of cosmic despair that opens with a lonely, echoing guitar solo, then builds on that simple melody with vast, wandering chords that finally restate the theme with a majestic closing harmony.
I sometimes find myself on the fence when it comes to classic doom metal, tending to prefer a darker, more evil occult-oriented tone over the bitter melancholy that is My Dying Bride's specialty, but that's just my personal taste; musically, they are still masters of this genre, and I think that their ventures into neoclassical, folk and ambient territory have helped to enrich their style without stealing from their skills with slow beats and flowing dark harmonies. A Map of All Our Failures demonstrates how easily the band can snap back into classic form, and it stands up mightily among their twenty-year body of work. I also recommend picking up the Special Edition of this album – not only for the excellent bonus track "My Faults Are Your Reward," but especially for the DVD containing the feature-length documentary An Evening with the Bride, which documents the band's history in interviews, studio and tour footage, and an in-depth look at the band's songwriting and recording process for the new album. Check out the clip below for a preview...


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Winter classes at Community Arts Center of Cambria County, 1217 Menoher Blvd., Westmont, will have returning favorites and some new twists.
In "Crocheting With Glass and More," from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 26, crocheters will learn how to incorporate glass into crocheting.
Participants must have some knowledge of crocheting.
Cost is based by the hour.
In "Bringing the Figure to Life," Tanya Kavarta will guide students in working from a clothed model from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 2.
"The Artist as Writer," which will begin Tuesday and continue through Feb. 26, will teach artists how to describe their artwork for marketing.
Celtic music classes will be taught beginning Wednesday and continue through Feb. 27.
Classes are for musicians from ages 10 to adults, and they should bring their own instrument.
All classes will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., except where indicated.
There also will be classes on photography, drawing and yoga beginning Tuesday and continuing through Feb. 26,
In "Drawing What You See," students will learn the skills of perspective, value, composition and shading.
Participants should bring favorite photos or pictures to work from.
For "Photography: Basics and Digital," students should bring their cameras and manuals.
Yoga classes will be held from 1 to 2, 6:30 to 7:30 and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday and continuing through Feb. 26 and 1 to 2 p.m. Jan. 24 to Feb. 28.
Beginning Wednesday and continuing through Feb. 13, there will be classes on woodburning, acrylics and one-stroke painting.
A woodburning tool will be needed.
"Painting With Acrylics" is for beginning or intermediate students. Supplies will be provided.
In "One-Stroke Painting on Glass," students will practice one-stroke techniques using special glass paints, then paint on smooth glassware that will be brought from home.
There is a materials fee of $5.
On Thursdays from Jan. 24 to Feb. 28, there will be classes on pottery and stained glass.
Wheel-Thrown Pottery will be held from 1 to 3 or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Classes are limited to seven students, and the materials fee is $25.
Stained glass classes will be for beginning or intermediate students.
A supply list will be given upon receipt of payment.
Mary Battaline will demonstrate how to make Manhattan clam chowder from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 29. Participants should bring a small container.
In "Watercolor: A Step More," Kavarta will help students combine watercolor basics with technique to create a finished still life from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 16.
Children will be experimenting with art in various classes.
In "Art Lab," children ages 7 and older will try out art supplies from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. beginning Mondays and continuing through Feb. 25.
Artists ages 3-5 will take a creative adventure in "Crazy About Art" from 10 to 11 a.m. beginning Wednesday and continuing through Feb. 27.
Children ages 8 and older will be introduced to the potter's wheel in "Wheel Thrown Pottery" from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. from Jan. 24 to Feb. 28.
Children ages 9 and older will learn how to draw realistically in "Drawing 101" from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24 to Feb. 28.
What: Winter classes.
When: Monday through Feb. 28.
Where: Community Arts Center of Cambria County, 1217 Menoher Blvd., Westmont.
Cost: Varies by class.
Information: 255-6515.
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Birth Place: Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.
Years Active: 1964-present
Genres: Country, Pop, Countrypolitan
Mickey Leroy Gilley (born March 9, 1936) is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as well. Among his biggest hits are "Room Full of Roses," "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time," and the remake of the Soul hit "Stand by Me". He is also the cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl McVoy, Jim Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Netflix Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., and Gap Inc. made big moves in U.S. trading Tuesday, while Intel Corp. and Wynn Resorts Ltd. were among the top trending tickers.
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$INTC: Intel /quotes/zigman/20392/delayed/quotes/nls/intc INTC -0.43% shares added 2.2%. The chip maker said early Tuesday that it filed a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue senior unsecured notes. Proceeds from the issue will be used to buy back shares.
Intel didn't comment on the size of the deal, but Doug Freedman, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, thinks it will likely be in the range of $2 billion to $3 billion.
"We believe the action should likely prove prudent given low debt borrowing costs (we estimate 1.5%-2% range) in today's environment for A+ rated paper," he said in a report.
Moody's Investors Service assigned an A1 rating, categorized as "upper medium grade," to the proposed debt offering. The rating reflects Intel's "dominant and defensible position in the microprocessor sector, a strong liquidity profile, and modest financial leverage," said Richard Lane, Moody's senior vice president, in a statement.
@RolfeWinkler: $INTC plans to borrow money to buy back stock. Could be pressure for other tech cos to similarly lever up cash heavy balance sheets. #wsj
@rinaldi224: Let $INTC run, I'll short that all day!
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"In recent weeks, police in mainland China and Macau have detained people from at least three of Macau's biggest junket operators, the middlemen who extend credit to high-roller players and collect the debts in China," the Journal said. The newspaper also reported that Macau casino operators noticed more restrictions on cross-border financial transactions involving Chinese funds and have received requests for information from the police about guests staying at their hotels. "Such requests aren't unheard of but have raised concerns in light of the other events, these people say," the article said. Read China tightens reins on Macau
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The most gigantic explosion ever known in the universe, the tremendous detonation of the heart of a distant galaxy of millions of stars, has been discovered. The galaxy, known to astronomers as M-82, is still in the process of explosion, with material rushing out at velocities up to 20 million miles per hour. Matter equal to five million suns is involved in the cataclysm. The explosion started 1.5 million years ago, about when the Ice Age existed here on earth. Light has just reached earth, for the galaxy is 60 billion billion miles (10 million light-years) away. Captured on a special photograph taken with the world's largest telescope, the 200-inch Hale telescope on Mt. Palomar, Calif., the evidence is that tremendous jets of matter, stretching out 60 million billion miles (10,000 light years), are streaming from the galaxy's nucleus.
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03/05/13 — Bobbie Griffith Ison passed away on Feb. 26, 2013, in King's Daughters Medical Center.
She was born on Sept. 4, 1944, in Grayson.
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Funeral services were Saturday, March 2, at the Sparks Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the East Carter County Memory Gardens.
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Winter might be popular for tourists, but locals know that there's nothing like summer in Fort Lauderdale beach.
These Miami Dolphins players have had a productive two weeks in training camp and are pushing their way up the Dolphins' depth chart. Omar Kelly analyzes 10 players who are off to a good start heading into Saturday's Sun Life Stadium scrimmage.
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Often times, the line between dreams and reality gets blurred. Such is the case for illustrator Oat Montien. His work tells us stories and the colors carry a message, each shade perfectly coupled to create an ephemeral – and arguably haunting – effect.
Kiersten Holine gives us a sweet tune of melancholy and hope. It reflects our passing and all the pets we leave on this planet.


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One L. Goh, the suspect in the shooting deaths of seven people at Oikos University, told a San Francisco television station today he is sorry for what happened on that violent day at the Oakland school.
Juliette Goodrich, a reporter at CBS 5, talked to Goh at Santa Rita jail in Dublin early today.
Goodrich, a Dublin resident, had requested the visit with Goh three days ago and was granted permission by the inmate.
Goodrich was not allowed to bring in a camera, but she spoke at length with Goh. A recap of her conversation is on the CBS 5 website. This is a link to that story.
Her report is being broadcast on tonight's evening newscasts on CBS 5.
Goodrich told Patch, "I secured the interview three days ago and wasn't sure if he was going to show up or not. He has certain visiting days and is only allowed a few visitors per week. When he picked up the phone through the glass partition to talk the first thing I told him is that I'm with CBS 5 and that I wanted to hear from him what happened and if he was remorseful. His first words were 'I'm sorry, but that word doesn't help.'"
Relatives and friends have tearfully remembered the shooting victims in towns such as Newark, Pleasanton, Union City, San Leandro and other towns.
The people who died in the shooting were , 21, of Hayward who had lived in Union City for 11 years and worked in Newark; Grace Eunhae Kim, 23, of Union City; Doris Chibuko, 40, of San Leandro; Sonam Choedon, 33, of El Cerrito; Judith O. Seymore, 53, of San Jose; Bhutia Tshering, 38, of San Francisco and Kathleen Ping, 24, of Oakland.


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- Hello world again, searching a cool place in Austin TX for drink a precious coffee and finish with a sweet pastry product?... soon you have there a cool place for make it!. COOPER & FORD "Coffee Makers and Pastry Bakers".I was working hard in the last months, creating a typography for the name "Cooper & Ford" trying to put there a classy mood, coffee spirit, pastry aroma. now the first step of identity development are clear and here are the concept for a classy coffee place. A simple and traditional cup - splash are the compliment as markPs: the coffee and mountains pictures was shot in the country house of my father ;)
(I was coffee recolector 13 years ago)...here in Antioquia, Colombia.Ps2: For typography I was inspired in the font "Bodoni" and in the corporate identity done byMuggie Ramadani "MAx Chocolatier"...I have enter in close mood similar but different graphic style and logo...close but different in the same time.
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If you can buy an island, why not?
Jay-Z is reportedly looking to purchase a private island located in the North Abaco region of The Bahamas so he, his wife Beyonce and their daughter Blue Ivy can do things in the peace.
According to a source close to the family, "Jay's been looking for a private island for the family. He's getting it partly to mark their fifth wedding anniversary but also, with Bey back in the spotlight, it's getting impossible for them to do normal things such as go to the beach with Blue. A private island means they'll be able to have quality time with minimum staff and security."
The source went on to say that Jay got his inspiration from Virgin billionaire Sir Richard Branson who also has his own private locale on Necker Island.
Branson turned the island into his own oasis, spending more than $10 million to make it his own. Unfortunately, Jay-Z's island is said to have no satellite TV and bad phone signals so The Carters will be pretty much be enveloped in nature.
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ST PETER — St. Thomas amassed 440 total yards Saturday afternoon at Hollingsworth Field to defeat Gustavus Adolphus 30-22 and ruin coach Jay Schoenebeck's final homecoming game.
Sophomore running back Ben Wartman carried the ball 27 times for 196 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Tommies improved to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
St. Thomas, which held a 16-0 halftime lead, also got a huge game from freshman wide receiver Fritz Waldvogel, who caught 12 passes for 80 yards and one score. Senior quarterback David Sauer was 15 for 26 for 201 yards.
"I feel bad for our seniors since it was their last homecoming here," said Schoenebeck, who is in his 15th and final season with the Gusties. "There's a lot of character and courage on this football team, so we're looking forward to the six weeks left."
Wartman's 32-yard TD burst up the middle capped an 11-play, 79-yard drive on the game's initial possession.
After the Gusties missed a field goal on its first chance, Eric Taylor's 26-yard field goal and Ryan McCarthy's 1-yard TD run closed out the first-half scoring.
"We just weren't executing our defensive assignments right," Schoenebeck said. "We weren't getting gap control very well. Initially, our kids were over-running a lot of plays. I think they came out a little too anxious."
Gustavus (2-2, 1-2) sputtered on its first two possessions of the second half before senior wide receiver Chad Arlt matched his school-record of a year ago when he hauled in a 99-yard scoring strike from junior quarterback Jordan Becker.
"We called a slant and go, and as soon as I saw there was single coverage, I just wanted to sell the slant and run by him," said Arlt, the Gusties' all-time leading receiver. "We made some adjustments at halftime and started taking what they were giving us. We just moved the chains and got into a rhythm. Once we got in a rhythm, we felt like we could open up the playbook a little more."
Waldvogel's 43-yard touchdown reception on the first play of the fourth quarter put the Tommies in front 23-7. The Gusties countered moments later when Becker connected with Blake Noennig on a 50-yard scoring pass.
It looked like the Tommies put things away when Wartman banged in from a yard out with 9:05 remaining to make it a 30-14 contest. However, Becker's 3-yard TD pass to Arlt, followed by a two-point conversion from the same duo, pulled Gustavus within 30-22 with 6:20 to go.
The Gusties defense force a turnover moments later when defensive end Christian Vanek deflected a Sauer pass and linebacker Tony Palma came up with the pick.
Becker's 9-yard pass to Cody Sukalski produced a first down at the Tommies 16-yard line before an illegal block in the penalty was followed three straight incompletions.
"Our defense was on the field too much in the first half because we couldn't sustain anything," said Becker, who finished 26 of 47 for 313 yards. "We took advantage of what they were giving us in the second half and things started to roll.
"We were still confident we were in the game and never got down on ourselves. We decided we were going to put up a fight and we started making the plays we didn't make in the first half."
Arlt ended up catching seven passes for 134 yards. Junior defensive back Joe Welch led the Gusties with 12 tackles while sophomore linebacker Zach Lundquist was in on 11 stops.
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Answers, thoughts and inquiries into raising a smart vegetarian.
Shifting the world's reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is important, certainly. But the world's best chance for achieving timely, disaster-averting climate change may actually be
a vegetarian diet eating less meat, according to a recent report in World Watch Magazine. (While I'd happily nudge the world toward a vegetarian diet, the report authors are more measured and simply suggest diets containing less meat.)
"The entire goal of today's international climate objectives can be achieved by replacing just one-fourth of today's least eco-friendly food products with better alternatives," co-author Robert Goodland, a former World Bank Group environmental advisor wrote in an April 18 blog post on the report.
A widely cited 2006 report estimated that 18% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions were attributable to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, pigs and poultry. However, analysis performed by Goodland, with co-writer Jeff Anhang, an environmental specialist at the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation, found that figure to now more accurately be 51%.
Consequently, state the pair, replacing livestock products with meat alternatives would "have far more rapid effects on greenhouse gas emissions and their atmospheric concentrations — and thus on the rate the climate is warming — than actions to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy."
The pair describe several areas related to anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases that have been overlooked or underestimated. For example, livestock breathing. They explain:
[L]ivestock (like automobiles) are a human invention and convenience, not part of pre-human times, and a molecule of CO2 exhaled by livestock is no more natural than one from an auto tailpipe. Moreover, while over time an equilibrium of CO2 may exist between the amount respired by animals and the amount photosynthesized by plants, that equilibrium has never been static. Today, tens of billions more livestock are exhaling CO2 than in preindustrial days, while Earth's photosynthetic capacity (its capacity to keep carbon out of the atmosphere by absorbing it in plant mass) has declined sharply as forest has been cleared. (Meanwhile, of course, we add more carbon to the air by burning fossil fuels, further overwhelming the carbon-absorption system.)
The human population is expected to grow by 35% between 2006 and 2050, while livestock numbers are expected to double during the same period.
"This would make the amount of livestock-related emissions even more unacceptable than today's perilous levels," states the report. "It also means that an effective strategy must involved replacing livestock products with better alternatives, rather than substituting one meat product with another that has a somewhat lower carbon footprint."
Food companies, Goodland and Anhang believe, have at least three incentives to respond to current risks in their industry. The first is that companies already suffer from disruptive climate events — floods, hurricanes, etc. — and so it's in their best interests to not worsen the situation.
Second, they expect the demand for oil to rise to point of collapsing "many parts of today's economy." One way in which this will be particularly troublesome for livestock producers will be that crops grown for feed will be refocused on biofuel sources.
A third incentive is to offer "alternatives to livestock products that taste similar but are easier to cook, less expensive and healthier, and so are better than livestock products."
Sales of just soy "analogs," or alternatives to livestock products — such as ice cream, milk and cheese — totaled $1.9 billion in 2007. That same year, sales of U.S. meat and poultry products totaled $100 billion — which they optimistically suggest means there's much room for growth.
"Worldwide, the market for meat and dairy analogs is potentially almost as big as the market for livestock products," they write.
You're statement falsely assumes that not eating meat would save the lives of animals. These animals' numbers would be extremely small otherwise, since they are bred mainly for their meat. Besides that, you make good points.
Nice try Jeff but if they had not been bred they would not be killed. So it does save lives.
For lots of free info and links about the *many* benefits of vegetarianism
(and the many problems with the production and consumption of meat, including global warming),
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Eco-Eating at www.brook.com/veg
Eating meat is neither good nor bad for the planet. Intensive farming is however highly detrimental, as is using land for growing cereal crops for animal feed. It is important to make this distinction. Human beings – and the planet – survived very well on a diet high in meat for thousands of years before we took it upon ourselves to turn meat production into a commercial enterprise that benefits neither human, beast or planet. Let's not lose sight of that fact before we throw the baby out with the bath water.
People ALSO used to hunt their own animals and actually look into the eyes of the creature before killing it. Not hanging it from hooks while it's still alive. There is NO excuse for eating meat in this day and age when there are alternatives for EVERY meat product you eat… EVEN STEAK!
I'm sorry, but this info was available 5 years ago…
I'm not 'glad' to see mainstream news finally catch on… I just wonder what's in it for the big corps…
A highly meat diet is terrible for your body, ACTUALLY… Animal fat hardens at the same temp as human fat, and therefore while it is in your veins and body it hardens and stays there. ALSO dead flesh rots, so the only reason you actually HAVE to brush your teeth daily (which is also terrible for your enamel and the fluoride is terrible) is because meat and processed sugars are sitting there rotting and have no living enzymes to combat them.
The fact is that meat is NOT good for people OR the environment.
Thank you for being the voice of reason. This piece is nothing more than vegan propaganda. As boring and predictable as always. As usual with these kinds of one-sided articles there is no room for real discussion which is unfortunate.
Vegan propaganda? Seriously? Are you disputing these facts? I'd like to see your evidence that meat production is not harming the planet. It's uneducated, ignorant humans on this planet that will no doubt hold back the evolution of our species simply because they're stubborn, afraid of change and unwilling to (god forbid) change what they eat. I really don't understand this disconnect with people. The cause and effect is so obvious yet the majority of people continue their lives as if it's not them who's contributing to the problem. If you have kids, or know kids, think of their lives in the future then reconsider your actions. Or remain delusional like most people. Your choice.
The "facts" presented by the report regarding the effects of meat eating on climate are certainly disputable.
Since livestock eats mostly grain, the carbon they are putting into the atmosphere came out of the atmosphere only very recently, which means that it is entirely different from the carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels. That carbon has been sequestered underground for millions of years and is, unlike carbon from livestock, a net addition to atmospheric greenhouse gases.
The report mentions this, but its rationale for including respiration in total GHG calculations is unconvincing and unsupported. It says that we should include it because forests are cleared for grazing, but it doesn't provide any numbers for this. How much forest was cleared? How much more CO2 do forests sink as opposed to grain fields? What is the net effect of replacing that unknown amount of forest with grain fields? None of these questions are answered, as far as I can see.
And then there's this: There's solid evidence in the form of isotopic signatures that the preponderance of the added atmospheric carbon comes from burning fossil fuels, not from livestock.
It's also worth noting that this was not a peer-reviewed research paper and that the qualifications of the authors are not clear.
It's unquestionable that there would be substantial environmental benefits to reducing livestock production, but the report's claim that "The entire goal of today's international climate objectives can be achieved by replacing just one-fourth of today's least eco-friendly food products with better alternatives" sounds ludicrous to me.
Hey, whatever you need to do to justify your actions. You can try to rationalize eating meat in argument if you're willing to dispute that these MILLIONS of animals we raise on a daily basis also aren't contributing any sort of pollutants to the atmosphere via methane gas or the polluting of the water table via the runoff of their excrement. This is why our world is f'd in the a right now, because there's too many people out there who are justifying their damaging behaviors on the planet while defending their delusions with loopholes and excuses. Like I said before, NOBODIES taste buds are more important than the future. Stop making excuses…
This is a well written, informative article but the title is horrible. I actually only read this because the title made it seem the article would argue the exact opposite. I wonder how many uninformed and/or uneducated people misinterpreted the title and made fools of themselves after sharing this before reading the whole thing.


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News and notes on the restaurant scene from dining critic Carol Deptolla
Roots reopening Saturday after kitchen update
Roots restaurant and its bar, the Cellar, are closed through Friday while the floor is replaced in the kitchen.
Roots reopens Saturday, and is expected to have a new menu for the season.
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