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Fraudulent callers attempt to access consumer computers, claim to be from Microsoft
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Callers claiming to be from Microsoft tech support are really scammers attempting to gain control of your computer
Scammers using Microsoft's name to gain remote access to consumer's computer
AUSTIN, Texas -- Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers of a phone scam in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft. The caller offers to solve a consumer's computer problems or sell him or her a software license, all in an effort to gain remote control access to the consumer's computer.
Pam Webster called BBB to report she received a phone call from a "Microsoft employee" who told her he had recognized a virus on her computer. From almost the instant the conversation started, Webster realized this call was not made with good intentions.
"The man identified himself as being from Microsoft tech support and said he had identified that my computer had a virus," Webster said. "He directed me to go to my computer and proceeded to give me directions to 'get rid of the virus.'"
Webster, who works with computers on a daily basis, realized almost immediately that the directions being given were the same steps she follows when her IT department needs full, remote access to her computer.
Webster did not allow the caller to proceed any further.
According to Microsoft, once these scammers have access to the computer they can install malicious software, steal personal information, take control of the computer remotely or direct consumers to fraudulent websites where they are asked to enter their credit card information.
Microsoft's Online Safety and Security Centre states that neither Microsoft nor its partners make unsolicited phone calls.
Here are some of the organizations that cybercriminals claim to be from:
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BBB advises consumers follow these tips to protect themselves from scammers attempting to access their computer:
�Go through your service provider directly. If you are concerned your computer may be exposed to viruses or other security threats, contact your service provider directly. Some providers offer free tools that can help detect and remove viruses.
�Install virus detection. To help protect your computer from viruses make sure you have virus detection software installed on your computer. This software can also help identify if a virus appears on your computer.
�Don't trust cold calls. Never give out personal information, over the phone, to someone you don't know. If the caller claims there is a security threat to your computer, hang up and call your computer company directly.
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A Tennessee Valley man has his sights set on Mount Midoriyama – the iconic, and as yet unconquered – finale of NBC's American Ninja Warrior.
The show tests an individual's strength and endurance, as players complete a series of obstacle courses. Those courses combine cross-fit, strength, and luck.
Jo Jo Bynum of Madison is a computer software engineer by day… American Ninja Warrior by night. Bynum has been a fan of the series since he saw the Japanese incarnation on NBCUniversal-owned cable network G4.
"Recently, I just found out that it was here in America about two years ago," Bynum said. "I always sat there eating potato chips saying, 'I can do that; In fact – where is my ice cream? – I know I can do that!'"
Jo Jo got his chance to shine this season, finding himself in the Dallas city regionals.
"One Sunday I got a phone call – 'Jo Jo, we want you to come to a certain location at a certain time.' It's almost like when the good Lord calls, you don't question. You just say 'I'll be there,'" he said.
The course features six obstacles – so unique, it's hard to train for them. In fact, the competitors have no idea which six they may face. In preparation for whatever the show may throw at him, Bynum turned his house into his own personal training course.
"I'm hanging onto my door seal; I built obstacles here at home; I'm doing push-ups," he said. "I borrowed a keg from a local brewery; I'm walking on top of that. Any little thing, you might think it's strange, but that's what you do training for American Ninja Warrior."
Bynum's quest to land in the Las Vegas nationals – and a chance to climb the crag at the finale – is still on track. He has made it through to the second round of competition.
"When they unveil that curtain and show you what you have to do next, you have to be ready for it so you don't dwell on it, you got to get a course of action and you got to know to do it when it comes time," Bynum said.
No matter the outcome going forward... this Madison warrior is already living a dream.
"Seeing American Ninja Warrior in person, actually standing in front of the steps, oh it was everything. It all sinks inr ight there, looking at the water, and hoping you never get wet. It was everything I dreamed of."
American Ninja Warrior airs Monday nights at 8, with encores Sundays at 6 p.m., right here on WAFF. Jo Jo's next appearance on the program is on the Monday, July 14 broadcast of the Dallas Regional finals.
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After telling family at the start of the second trimester, Satter told only a few people at work in her fifth month and didn't start showing until her seventh month.
She did share the news in an unusual way with some of her colleagues, however, by putting it in writing. At the time she was chair of the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Caucus of the American Public Health Association. She told the members in a newsletter that she was expecting, and when she saw them at the annual meeting, "everyone was so wonderful and excited about the baby."
Oliviya Chavka proceeded with caution when pregnant with her first child, Michael, waiting five months to tell people "to be sure that nothing would go wrong." With her second son she waited only three months.
"The first time we did not know what to expect, so we were more careful," explains Chavka, who also lives in Kent, Connecticut. "The second time we simply wanted to be on the safe side."
Amy Trendel of San Diego also played it safe, telling most people at three months. "I've seen situations where people did end up having a miscarriage" after sharing the news with others early on, she says. "People were still coming up and congratulating them, and it was just heartbreaking."
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Judy Gill was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in December 2007.
"I had been working out at the Wellness Center and on my way back to the hospital, I fell, and when I fell, my breast hit the concrete and kind of bruised my left breast," Gill said.
She said she noticed a lump but didn't think much about it, but it just so happened to be time for her mammogram. Her doctor told her it was probably just a bruise.
"Well it wasn't that," Gill said. "They did find it was a tumor on my left side."
In the nine months that followed, Gill went through rounds of two different types of chemo for four months, underwent a double mastectomy and had 35 rounds of radiation.
"I am now considered a five year breast cancer survivor," Gill said. "That was Aug. 7 of this year.
She said the first chemo treatment taken the day after Christmas wasn't that bad.
"I told my physician I said, 'Are you sure you gave me some chemo?' He said, 'Yeah. Just wait.' And that 2nd one, it really kicked me," she recalled.
Gill suffered from normal symptoms of chemotherapy treatment including tiredness, nausea and constantly having a metallic taste in her mouth.
"One interesting thing I'd not heard people that I know that had cancer, I did lose my fingernails and my toenails in the 2nd round of chemo that I had," Gill said.
She said one of the most memorable parts of her experience was losing her hair, but a friend of hers, a beautician, helped her through it.
"You get tired of seeing the hair fall in your shower and have those clumps of hair, so I called her and said I'm ready," Gill said. "So she shaved my head for me. Those are kind of days you don't forget."
Instead of feeling down about losing her hair, she insisted on staying positive.
"By wearing a wig, I got to sleep 20 minutes extra because I did not have to fix my hair," Gill said. "For ladies, they will appreciate this, I didn't have to shave my legs for six months."
She said an important part of healing for her was trusting her doctors with her life.
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"Our approach to community partnerships is to combine aligning services for people in a holistic way, and aligning advocacy for the entire neighborhood." —Eric T. Baumgartner, MD, MPH
The local health care system in Louisiana was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. A collaboration of local community clinics, the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), and other partners decided to work on rebuilding the primary care capacity and building the foundation for a high performing, sustainable, community-based approach to health care and population health. These efforts are increasingly being integrated with approaches of healthy communities to population health, and providing a new outlook for how the Greater New Orleans area will create measurable improvement in its population health outcomes. The resources for these activities are drawn from the community itself with significant contributions from Federal, State, and philanthropic funders.
Innovations Exchange: Why is important to focus on linkages between clinical, community, and public health providers to improve chronic disease care?
Dr. Baumgartner: When a person has a chronic condition, we need to address all influences on their personal health including their behavior in their environment, which goes beyond the scope of what a clinical provider typically does. These linkages need to be done thoughtfully and deliberately across the continuum of care (prevention, primary care, the spectrum of specialty and diagnostic services, and acute care) and address those behavioral and environmental influences on a person's behavior such as nutrition, physical activity, socialization, and access to social services.
These linkages are also important because environmental influences on a person's behavior are driven by community-level norms, policies, and market-place practices. Communities that create healthy environments and positive community norms improve the likelihood of preventing and managing chronic health problems in the population. Community norms, for example, may emphasize receiving regular primary and preventive care, having healthy nutritional habits, or engaging in a safe physically active lifestyle.
What gaps exist in this population's clinical care and how are they being addressed?
Before Hurricane Katrina, there weren't enough primary care clinics that were accessible and affordable to the poor and uninsured. This resulted in delayed care, an overuse of emergency departments for basic primary care, and ultimately poor health outcomes. Hurricane Katrina caused a major disruption and further reduction in capacity of the major public hospital and its adjacent ambulatory care sites.
To help meet the post-Katrina goal of creating high quality, affordable, and accessible community-based primary care and behavioral health services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $100 million grant to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals in 2007. The Department partnered with the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) to stabilize and expand access to primary care and behavioral health services in the region. Twenty-five primary and behavioral health care organizations participated in the 4-year grant program. By the end of the program, these organizations operated 85 sites (an increase from 67 sites), which could demonstrate higher quality and more accessible services for the area's uninsured population.
These community efforts to ensure access to quality care for residents in post-Katrina New Orleans have been nationally recognized. Forty community clinic sites have been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for achieving Patient-Centered Medical Home status. Additional indicators of the success of community efforts are found in the 2009 survey by The Commonwealth Fund.1
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I was raised on a diet of TV dinners, hot dogs and pop tarts. My healthy cereal was Sugar Crisp, which my mother felt was a better option than Fruit Loops or Lucky Charms (she was probably right). I didn't try a green pepper until I was 19 and I drank more diet coke than milk in my teens. I don't blame my mother. She was a single parent working full time and frankly most kids ate like that in the 80's. I mean who didn't grow up on Fruit Rollups and Wagon Wheels?
I'm still struggling with my diet (and waist line) today. I know I shouldn't eat processed crap...but frankly, it tastes good.
Will has figured this out too. In the beginning I only fed him organic, wholesome food. His first food was cucumber. I took pride in his love of curried lentils at 9 months old. I smugly judged other moms at the food court who were wagging food battles with their kids. Will won't be a picky eater, I thought, no fries and chicken nuggets for him every night.
Consider that another broken 'I'll never' (I have a long list of these). The kid doesn't like hot dogs or chicken nuggets, but he could eat fries until they came out his ears. You may have seen us last Friday night at Costco. That was my kid dipping his gravy covered fry in some ketchup and screaming because I wouldn't let him sip my diet coke. Mother of the year moment, for sure.
See as much as I want Will to think carrot sticks and hummus are just as tasty as fries and ketchup, who am I kidding? They really, truly aren't. And yes McDonald's may be evil, but mcnuggets and sweet and sour dipping sauce are a small piece of heaven. I can't lie to Will about that.
I feel guilty about Will's diet all the time. Last night he ate a small bowl of brown rice pasta with some shredded veggies and quinoa meatballs, I thought I might cry. I felt like a good mother. Then he threw the rest on the floor and demanded a freezie. Sigh.
Allison Robicelli makes me feel better. She's an American chef, married to a chef and her two kids eat chicken nuggets and fries despite her best efforts. She felt guilty about it too. Now she's over it. I should get over it too.
For Atticus' first year of life, I fed him nothing but the best, most nutritious foods I could. I bought stacks of books on feeding your child, made nutrition checklists based on What To Expect The First Year, and cooked almost 100% of his food myself. I conquered the act of feeding a baby unlike any mother ever had, setting the proverbial table for a child I was sure would become the Jeffrey Steingarten of the Mommy & Me scene. As we moved into solid foods, I constantly offered him an array of finger foods to try: cut up fruits and vegetables, hummus and homemade dips, whole grains and everything else that the parenting magazines told me I should. And the same things would happen with every food I offered: he would tentatively poke at it at first, then if he found the texture appealing enough to hold he'd sniff it for a good long while before taking a small taste, and then promptly throwing it at me in rejection. By the time he was 14 months old, I was pretty certain the kid was going to starve to death.
When Atticus was 15 months old, the three of us went to a diner to meet up with a friend who ordered a burger platter. When the plate arrived, our son nearly jumped over the table to get at the fries. I had put every healthy food I could think of in front of this kid, and he would not touch a single one without a 30 minute inspection and evaluation. But fries? One look at them and he would have killed every person in the diner to get at those things. We tried saying no, tried distracting him, but he manipulated us in the best way he knew how: by screaming at the top of his lungs and making every person in that diner look at us like they wanted us to die. So we gave him a French fry.
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I wasn't quite 4 years old when Emmett Till, a 14-year-old from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Mississippi, was brutally lynched in that state.
So I remember few details about Till's lynching except this one: the lengths to which my parents, aunts, uncles and other elders went to prevent my siblings and me from viewing the grotesque photos of Till as he lay in his coffin. (Till had been beaten so horribly his face was unrecognizable.)
I was a happy-go-lucky 11-year-old when, in the spring of 1963, I saw newscasts of police dogs and fire hoses being used on peaceful black demonstrators in Birmingham, Ala.
I was only a couple of months older when Medgar Evers, the NAACP field secretary for Mississippi, was assassinated.
I was fast approaching my 12th birthday on Sept. 15, 1963, when Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley lost their lives after the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed in Birmingham. Collins, Robertson and Wesley were all 14; McNair was 11. All were black.
Whereas I had only the scant knowledge a happy-go-lucky 11-year-old had about America's civil rights movement of that era, Southern white racists did everything in their power to keep me informed.
Almost a year after the Birmingham bombing came the 1964 Mississippi murders of civil rights workers Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman.
Then in 1965, white racists beat an Episcopal minister named James Reeb to death in Alabama. That same year, white racists fatally shot Viola Liuzzo as she drove civil rights marchers from Montgomery to Selma, Ala.
There was much about America's racial scene back in the 1960s that could have traumatized me – had I let it. In addition to the incidents I've mentioned above, I also had to endure racial discrimination – and racism – on a personal level.
So, for the love of mercy, could somebody please explain to me what the hell Aisha Harris is complaining about?
Harris has made quite a name for herself in the past nine days. She's a blogger for the website Slate. On Dec. 10, she posted a blog with the title, "Santa Claus Should Not Be A White Man Anymore."
Here are her reasons. And believe me, some of 'em are lulus.
It seems that, as a girl, Harris was aware of two Santas: the white one seen mostly on television, in magazine ads and at malls and the black one whose pictures decorated her house.
"I remember feeling slightly ashamed that our black Santa wasn't the 'real thing,' " Harris whined in her column.
Oh, there's more.
"Two decades later," Harris wrote (I assume she means two decades after the horror of learning her black Santa wasn't the "real thing"), "America is less and less white, but a melanin-deficient Santa remains the default in commercials, mall casting calls, and movies. Isn't it time that our image of Santa better serve all the children he delights each Christmas?"
Before the reader can respond with a hearty, "HELL NO!" Harris answers her own question.
"Yes, it is," Harris wrote. "And so I propose that America abandon Santa-as-fat-old-white man and create a new symbol of Christmas cheer. From here on out, Santa should be a penguin. ... (M)aking Santa Claus an animal rather than an old white male could spare millions of nonwhite kids the insecurity and shame that I remember from childhood."
In the words of that great American George "Kingfish" Stevens: now hold the phone, there, Andy.
There are millions of "nonwhite" kids that don't have a problem with a white, old, male Santa Claus. They just enjoyed Christmas without experiencing the "insecurity and shame" that, apparently, devastated Harris.
If the greatest racial crisis in Harris' young life was discovering that the "real" Santa Claus is white, then she should consider herself very blessed indeed.GREGORY KANE, a Washington Examiner columnist, is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated news and opinion journalist who has covered people and politics from Baltimore to the Sudan.


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With the Kings debacle fresh in our collective consciousness, let's focus on something this town does well, food. We're the fark to form capital of the world, and no one's going to take that from us. Tonight marks the start of the annual Dine Downtown Week (Jan 9-18) which is so big that it can't be contained by a mere 7-day week but must expand over to a metric 10-day week. Each restaurant puts together a 3-course/$30 meal and waits for the throngs to come pouring in.
If you, in fact, dine Downtown all ten nights, I admire your eating enthusiasm. But, if you, like me, are holding yourself to a few nights only, these are the spots I wouldn't miss:
Biba- sure, it feels like you're eating in 1989 in there, but who cares? The cooking is always expert and the flavors rarely miss. You'll get salad, pasta, and entrée for $30, way below the usual Biba mark-up.
The Porch- Try the soft shell crab & waffle. Why? Because when else are you gonna try it.
Blackbird- Sure I'm disappointed that their three courses aren't all seafood, but what're you gonna do. If you haven't been by the new eatery, let this event be your motivation. The space is hip and the food is uniquely awesome.
Ella- but only if you're a vegetarian, because meat ain't on the menu. However, the pappardelle with egg and lemon, one of this town's best dishes, is.
Grange- four words: smoked sweet potato chowder
Il Fornaio- Sure it's a chain, I don't care. I have a soft spot in my heart for this place that's going to require surgery. Their food hits me right in the wheelhouse every time, and their menu might be the best $30 bargain in town.
Mulvaney's B&L- It's been too long since I've been to Mulvaney's. I don't care what they're serving. I'm going.
Red Rabbit- These guys continue to do just about everything right, including their DDW menu. They're offering their best-in-town beet salad, chicken or ossobuco, and egg nog creme brulee. Screw the crowds, I'll be fighting my way in there Hacksaw Jim Duggan style.
Restuarant THIR13EN- It's hard enough to get a seat at Tuli on a non-promotional night, so I'm stopping by 13 for a good-looking menu with plenty of variety.


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United States House Committee on Natural Resources
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, or Natural Resources Committee (often referred to as simply "Resources") is a Congressional committee of the United States House of Representatives. Originally called the "Committee on Interior & Insular Affairs," the name was changed to the Natural Resources Committee in 1993. The name was shortened to the Resources Committee in 1995 by the new Chairman, Don Young (at the same time, the committee took over the duties of the now-defunct Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee). Following the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives in 2006, the name of the committee was changed back to its title used between 1993 and 1995.[1]
- Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges, and conservation.
- Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien ownership of mineral lands.
- United States Geological Survey.
- International fishing agreements.
- Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for irrigation purposes.
- Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclamation projects and easements of public lands for irrigation projects; and acquisition of private lands when necessary to complete irrigation projects.
- Native Americans generally, including the care and allotment of Native American lands and general and special measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native American funds.
- Insular possessions of the United States generally (except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
- Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
- Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
- Mineral resources of public lands, including the Outer Continental Shelf.
- Mining interests generally.
- Mining schools and experimental stations.
- Marine affairs, including coastal zone management (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters).
- Oceanography.
- Petroleum conservation on public lands and conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
- Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain.
- Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing thereon.
- Relations of the United States with Native Americans and Native American tribes.
- Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).
Source: Rules of the House of Representatives One Hundred Ninth Congress
Members, 113th Congress[edit]
In the 111th Congress, the number of subcommittees was reduced from 5 to 4. The Subcommittees on Insular Affairs and Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans were merged into the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. In the 112th Congress, the number was again increased to 5, adding the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
During the committee's official reorganization for the 113th Congress, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was renamed the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation[5]
|Ranking Member[7]
|Energy and Mineral Resources
|Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
|Rush D. Holt (D-NJ)
|Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs
|John Fleming (R-LA)
|Gregorio Sablan (D-NMI)
|Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
|Don Young (R-AK)
|Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI)
|Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
|Rob Bishop (R-UT)
|Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
|Water and Power
|Tom McClintock (R-CA)
|Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
|George Miller (D-CA)
|Don Young (R-AK)
|James V. Hansen (R-UT)
|Richard Pombo (R-CA)
|Nick J. Rahall (D-WV)
|Doc Hastings (R-WA)
- ^ "Incoming chairman pledges new agenda for House environment panel". Associated Press/Lodi News Record. December 8, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ H.Res. 6, H.Res. 17
- ^ H.Res. 7, H.Res. 22
- ^ Previously served from 2009 to 2011 [1]
- ^ "Rules for the Committee on Natural Resources". Committee on Natural Resources Committee (PDF). January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ "Chairman Hastings Announces Republican Subcommittee Assignments". Committee on Natural Resources. January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ "Natural Resources Democrats Announce Subcommittee Members". Committee on Natural Resources. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
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External links[edit]
- Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives
- Historical information of the Committee on Resources and its predecessor committees 1807-2002 54MB


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The Cardinals got the job done with a few homers. Carlos Beltran hit a two-run shot in the 1st while Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter added solo homers in the 7th.
Rookie pitcher Tyler Lyons had another great start for St. Louis allowing just two hits through 7 innings.
The Cardinals win 4-1 and remain at the top of the NL Central. St. Louis ranks No. 1 in the majors with a 34-17 record.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR & Co LP
KKR, which had teamed up with Sycamore Partners LLC, another buyout firm, was the only party vying to buy the whole company, the people said, asking not to be identified because details of the sale process are confidential.
Jones Group shares ended trading down 3.7 percent at $15.64 on Thursday after dropping as much as 8 percent on the news. The stock has risen 47 percent year-to-date on hopes of a sale, outperforming a 19 percent rise in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.INX>.
It was not clear whether Sycamore Partners would remain in the sale process. Other bidders continued to vie for parts of Jones Group and the company requested new offers from prospective bidders earlier this week, the people said.
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Rekero Tented Camp is located inside the Masai Mara Game Reserve at an altitude of 4,800 feet, very close to the confluence of the Mara and Talek rivers. The camp nestles in riverine forest on the banks of the Talek River. There are six spacious tents equipped with hot showers and toilets together with a large dining tent. Jackson Ole Looseyia, an Il dorobo Masai and Gerard Beaton are based at the camp. This camp is ideally situated for the annual migration, which is the movement of one million wildebeest and other animals from the Serengeti through the Masai Mara in Kenya.
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I couldn't get enough rind out of my lemon so I was a little worried. Then, it tasted a little bland when it was at room temperature, so i worried even more. I also thought maybe a graham cracker crust would be better than pillsbury. But everyone at the party loved it and asked for the recipe! The lemon flavor came out really nice once it was chilled.
Lemon Cream Pie
Photo: John Autry; Styling: Cindy Barr
This lightened cream pie classic is sweet-tart perfection and a delicious lemon ending to any meal. You'll love the make-ahead convenience. Brush edges of crust with egg wash for nice browning.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 slice)
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Total: 4 Hours
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- Calories: 264
- Fat: 11.9g
- Saturated fat: 5.9g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.9g
- Protein: 4.6g
- Carbohydrate: 34.8g
- Fiber: 0.1g
- Cholesterol: 61mg
- Iron: 0.3mg
- Sodium: 296mg
- Calcium: 72mg
- 1/2 (14.1-ounce) package refrigerated pie dough (such as Pillsbury)
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind, divided
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups fat-free milk
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed
- 1. Roll dough into a 12-inch circle; fit into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Fold edges under, and flute. Bake piecrust according to package directions. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- 2. Combine sugar, 2 1/2 teaspoons rind, and the next 4 ingredients (through eggs) in a large bowl, stirring well. Combine milk and cheese in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until mixture reaches 180° or until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil). Gradually add the hot milk mixture to sugar mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan, and cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until thick and bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in butter.
- 3. Place pan in a large ice-filled bowl for 10 minutes or until the mixture cools to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Spoon filling into prepared crust, and cover surface of filling with plastic wrap. Chill for 3 hours or until set, and remove plastic wrap. Spread the whipped topping evenly over chilled pie, and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind.
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With the help of DNA technology, a Kansas City sex offender has been charged with the rapes of two women in 1992.
Keith L. Harris, 48, faces two counts of forcible rape, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Monday.
The victims said they were raped inside the suspect's semitrailer. Harris was driving trucks for a living when he was arrested over the weekend.
"I'm pleased we were able to charge Harris with these horrible crimes," Baker said Monday. "The beauty of DNA is it's never too late to go forward with a case."
According to court records, two women, 18 and 19, told police that on April 4, 1992, they were approached by a man about 11:30 p.m. at a bar located at Kansas Ave and 10th Street in Kansas City, KS.
The women said the man introduced himself as "Keith" from Louisiana. After talking for a while the man asked the teens if they wanted to ride in his semi to another bar. The victims agreed, court records state.
However, the man decided to drive them to a vacant dirt lot near Nicholson and North Monroe avenues in Kansas City. Prosecutors said Harris forced both teens to lie down in the sleeper-area of the truck and remove their clothes.
He held the knife to one of the victim's throat and told her he would kill her. He then told the victims he had a gun.
Harris then began to rape both women in his truck, prosecutors said. After raping the first woman, he began to rape the second one. The first woman managed to escape and run to a nearby residence, where she called police.
The second woman got free while the man fled the scene.
Evidence taken from the crime scene was matched to Harris last August.
Harris was taken into custody on Sunday, and prosecutors requested a $350,000 bond.
Harris denied knowing either woman or ever having contact with either of them.
"Cases like this are wonderful to solve, but it's a tough day for the victims to relive that moment in time," Baker said. "The entire community takes a sigh of relief that we can reach back in time and solve this."
In February 1995, Harris was charged with raping a 27-year-old woman in Binghamton, NY.
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The Blaine Jazz Festival, after three years a growing annual event, is becoming an institution in its own right thanks primarily to the energy and vision of Whatcom County native and 11-year Blaine resident Sandy Wolf.
This is the assessment of many, including her long-time University of Alaska fine arts faculty colleague Ted DeCorso with whom Wolf ran a summer music and drama camp in Fairbanks for many years.
Wolf and her husband Bruce, a retired ophthalmologist and Blaine city councilmember, moved to Blaine after 30 years in Alaska in 1993. Three years ago she and DeCorso resumed their collaboration with the festival, originally a three-day summer music camp featuring faculty and student recitals in the evening centered around the "String of Pearls" concert sponsored by the Pacific Arts Association.
produced the festival and DeCorso served as artistic
director, recruiting faculty and finding ways to make
it grow each year.
Last month the two put the cap on an event that was almost twice as long and half again as big in terms of students (88) as last year's. "We could still see some more growth," DeCorso said, "to a limit of somewhere between 100 and 120 students. There are other factors, such as available equipment. It's easier to accommodate another dozen singers than it would be to find six more drum sets, for example." As the festival grows so does the need for volunteers, particularly people to handle equipment, DeCorso added.
Wolf's forte is theater, especially musical theater. While living in Fairbanks and teaching at the university she also performed in local musical productions, her favorite being "Annie Get Your Gun." Wolf played the part of Annie.
"The music is great," she said, counting off the well-known songs in the musical – "Doin' What Comes Naturally", "The Girl That I Marry", "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun" and "There's No Business Like Show Business."
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Wolf said that one surprise in this year's festival came from using Bob Boule's Smuggler's Inn as the student dorm. "It was kind of last-minute," she said, "because of some problems we encountered with another place we thought we could use, and Bob stepped in for us, hosting 18 students and two counselors. As it happened, the man we hired to play at Wednesdays Marine Park concert and the evening fundraiser stayed there too, with his band, and they ended up jamming with the kids."
Wolf's grandson, guitar player Logan Scott, stayed at Smugglers, giving Wolf a secondhand but inside look at student life during the festival week.
Wolf and her husband met at the University of Washington medical school in a bacteriology class. "Bruce asked if he could borrow my microscope," Wolf said, "and I liked him so I said yes, but in getting out of his way I started a little fire when I bumped my Bunsen burner into some cotton."
The couple married and headed to Anchorage for Bruce Wolf's ophthalmology residency with the U.S. Public Health Service. "I knew as soon as we arrived that I wanted to stay a long, long time," said Wolf, the daughter of Bellingham physician Bob Rood. Blaine reminds me a lot of what Fairbanks was like then, she said.
In the early years she accompanied her husband on his trips into the bush to diagnose and treat natives living in the far north and out in the Aleutian Island chain. She told of an incident that she later wrote up for Alaska Magazine about an Eskimo elder over 80-years-old who was very quiet and polite, but due to deafness and not knowing English was not easy to communicate with.
"He was also nearly blind from the age of six due to tuberculosis. Bruce refracted him and when he clicked the appropriate lenses into place the old man's vision went from just being able to perceive light to about 20/30. He started screaming something in Eskimo and the people with him began laughing, telling us that he was saying Don't take it away! Bruce managed to wire the lenses into temporary frames and we watched as this old man went around the room looking at people he had known all his life, seeing them for the first time."
"I'd like to thank the volunteers that helped with this year's festival," Wolf said, "and for the musicians who helped put on what was a wonderful week with a lot of great musical moments," Wolf said.


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"We get on the line, and they're looking at me, like, 'Man, she's tall,'" Harper said. "It's a huge advantage. One of my strides is two or three of everyone else's."
Harper stood tall at Tuesday's Chesterton Regional, winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes in respective times of 12.26 and 25.36.
"I knew the competition would be tough with (Wallace's Arielle) Borders and (Kankakee Valley's Leanna) Mulloy," Harper said. "(Mulloy) got me in the 100 last year. I knew she would get out well. I just had to focus on my lane and give it my all. I don't want to sound cocky, but I wanted to get first in everything I was in."
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Valparaiso's Katelyn DeVries joined Harper as a double winner in individual events. DeVries posted a 5:12.19 to take the 1,600, then made a huge comeback in the last 200 to nip LaPorte's Elena Lancioni in a photo finish in the 3,200, 11:15.13 to 11:15.15.
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THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT — On May 7, Rigoberto Hernandez, 29, of North 3rd Street, Meriden, was involved in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend at her house on Traverse Square. She said the assault became physical and she had scratches on her neck and small pieces of hair pulled from her head. Hernandez was found on Pearl Street. He was given a May 9 court date.
SECOND-DEGREE BREACH OF PEACE, DISORDERLY CONDUCT — On May 7, Doris White, 43, of Summer Hill Road was in a domestic with her spouse in a parking lot at 416 E. Main St. She was given a May 9 court date.
SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — On May 6, Maria Alejandro, 38, of Inverness Lane turned herself into headquarters for an outstanding warrant. She was given a May 9 court date.
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SECOND-DEGREE BREACH OF PEACE — On May 7, Timothy M. Balch, 37, of Smith Street was at the scene of a heated verbal disturbance between four people, a domestic between two brothers at the home. Balch and his brother Scott, 31, of Smith Street had been arguing all day about family issues and he admitted he started wrestling with his brother in the backyard and both were yelling loudly. Both were given a May 9 court date.
INTERFERING WITH OFFICER, SECOND-DEGREE THREATENING — On May 6, police received a tip that a stocky black male with braids, a sweatshirt and dark jeans was standing on the sidewalk at Liberty and Frazier streets with two other black males selling crack cocaine. Brandon L. Freeman, 30, of no certain address is a convicted felon with 24 arrests for possession and sale of narcotics, according to the report. Police located Freeman near a tan car at the scene and he walked away from the scene. A K-9 alerted officers to his right front pocket and groin area. While being searched, he yelled and swore at the officer. He was told to sit on the curb and remove his shoes, but refused. He removed one shoe and threw it at the officer then did the same with the other. He appeared to be in a fighting stance to police and refused to remove his socks, so the officer jumped on Freeman and knocked him to the ground. Other officers handcuffed him. While under arrest, he threatened the officer's life, dared him to remove the cuffs and said when he got out of jail he was going to show police who they were messing with. Freeman told police he is "too good at dealing crack to get caught" and "you will never get me." The owner of the car said Freeman and three males asked her to sit in her car but she had no idea it would be for drugs. Police said to her it was odd she would allow four strangers to use her car and for her to leave her wallet inside unsecured with $150 in it. Freeman said the woman was his girlfriend. He was given a May 20 court date.
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Even with the market surging higher, it's time to take profits in these big names.
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I would consider adding Tweeter, followed by google as looser. MS is also a dying beast so is IBM. Unless diversified Apple is also sinking. The biggest looser from Technology are telephone companies as technology will allow world wide customers to signup in any part of the world to get cheap cell phone service. It means India, China and Russia, Germany will be big players in providing very cheap cell phone and IT service in the near feature. Get ready for boat to rock and roll. Soon an OS that can not be attacked by virus will be introduced killing 100K plus jobs around the world. But new nano technology based housing construction will rise.
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Since the Department of Energy's (DOE) loan guarantee program (LGP) for innovative energy projects was established in Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, its scope has expanded both in the types of projects it can support and in the amount of loan guarantee authority available. DOE currently has loan guarantee authority estimated at about $77 billion and is seeking additional authority. As of April 2010, it had issued one loan guarantee for $535 million and made nine conditional commitments. In response to Congress' mandate to review DOE's execution of the LGP, GAO assessed (1) the extent to which DOE has identified what it intends to achieve through the LGP and is positioned to evaluate progress and (2) how DOE has implemented the program for applicants. GAO analyzed relevant legislation, prior GAO work, and DOE guidance and regulations. GAO also interviewed DOE officials, LGP applicants, and trade association representatives.
DOE has broadly indicated the program's direction but has not developed all the tools necessary to assess progress. DOE officials have identified a number of broad policy goals that the LGP is intended to support, including helping to mitigate climate change and create jobs. DOE has also explained, through agency documents, that the program is intended to support early commercial production and use of new or significantly improved technologies in energy projects that abate emissions of air pollutants or of greenhouse gases and have a reasonable prospect of repaying the loans. GAO has found that to help operationalize such policy goals efficiently and effectively, agencies should develop associated performance goals that are objective and quantifiable and cover all program activities. DOE has linked the LGP to two departmentwide performance goals, namely to (1) double renewable energy generating capacity by 2012 and (2) commit conditionally to loan guarantees for two nuclear power facilities to add a specified minimum amount of capacity in 2010. However, the two performance goals are too few to reflect the full range of policy goals for the LGP. For example, there is no performance goal for the number of jobs that should be created. The performance goals also do not reflect the full scope of program activities; in particular, although the program has made conditional commitments to issue loan guarantees for energy efficiency projects, there is no performance goal that relates to such projects. Without comprehensive performance goals, DOE lacks the foundation to assess the program's progress and, more specifically, to determine whether the projects selected for loan guarantees help achieve the desired results. DOE has taken steps to implement the LGP for applicants but has treated applicants inconsistently and lacks mechanisms to identify and address their concerns. Among other things, DOE increased the LGP's staff, expedited procurement of external reviews, and developed procedures for deciding which projects should receive loan guarantees. However, GAO found: (1) DOE's implementation of the LGP has treated applicants inconsistently, favoring some and disadvantaging others. For example, DOE conditionally committed to issuing loan guarantees for some projects prior to completion of external reviews required under DOE procedures. Because applicants must pay for such reviews, this procedural deviation has allowed some applicants to receive conditional commitments before incurring expenses that other applicants had to pay. It is unclear how DOE could have sufficient information to negotiate conditional commitments without such reviews. (2) DOE lacks systematic mechanisms for LGP applicants to administratively appeal its decisions or to provide feedback to DOE on its process for issuing loan guarantees. Instead, DOE rereviews rejected applications on an ad hoc basis and gathers feedback through public forums and other outreach efforts that do not ensure the views obtained are representative. Until DOE develops implementation processes it can adhere to consistently, along with systematic approaches for rereviewing applications and obtaining and addressing applicant feedback, it may not fully realize the benefits envisioned for the LGP. GAO recommends that DOE develop performance goals reflecting the LGP's policy goals and activities; revise the loan guarantee process to treat applicants consistently unless there are clear, compelling grounds not to do so; and develop mechanisms for administrative appeals and for systematically obtaining and addressing applicant feedback. DOE said it is taking steps to address GAO's concerns but did not explicitly agree or disagree with the recommendations.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: When we confirm the actions taken, we wiil update the status.
Recommendation: To improve DOE's ability to evaluate and implement the LGP, the Secretary of Energy should direct the program management to develop relevant performance goals that reflect the full range of policy goals and activities for the program, and to the extent necessary, revise the performance measures to align with these goals.
Agency Affected: Department of Energy
Status: Open
Comments: When we confirm the actions taken, we wiil update the status.
Recommendation: To improve DOE's ability to evaluate and implement the LGP, the Secretary of Energy should direct the program management to revise the process for issuing loan guarantees to clearly establish what circumstances warrant disparate treatment of applicants so that DOE's implementation of the program treats applicants consistently unless there are clear and compelling grounds for doing otherwise.
Agency Affected: Department of Energy
Status: Open
Comments: When we confirm the actions taken, we wiil update the status.
Recommendation: To improve DOE's ability to evaluate and implement the LGP, the Secretary of Energy should direct the program management to direct the program management to develop an administrative appeal process for applicants who believe their applications were rejected in error and document the basis for conclusions regarding appeals.
Agency Affected: Department of Energy
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In September 2010, DOE created a mechanism for submitting feedback--including anonymous feedback--through its Web site. We have tested this mechanism and were able to submit feedback without providing a name or email address. According to DOE, all feedback is emailed to the email@example.com email address, and the account is monitored daily. Certain matters may result in a posting on the site's list of frequently asked questions. In cases where the feedback is not anonymous, DOE said that it provides a direct response. DOE promotes the feedback mechanism by including it as a standard element on pages in its Web site. These actions meet the spirit of GAO's recommendation.
Recommendation: To improve DOE's ability to evaluate and implement the LGP, the Secretary of Energy should direct the program management to direct the program management to develop a mechanism to systematically obtain and address feedback from program applicants, and, in so doing, ensure that applicants' anonymity can be maintained, for example, by using an independent service to obtain the feedback.
Agency Affected: Department of Energy
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