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New Mexico in the heady days of the Gold Rush. It is 1849 and a haggard group of European Jews escaping persecution, arrive in the wild and booming American West looking for safety and fortune. Instead, they find hardship and danger.
Fast forward to today, where a New York Rosh Yeshivah dispatches a group of Kollel families to infuse new Jewish life into the sleepy desert community of Lakewood, New Mexico. Plunged into this new and strange environment, these idealistic young families take on the challenge of bringing Yiddishkeit to a barren wasteland. While not expecting it to be easy, they never dreamed they would be forced to face danger and deadly threats, as together, they solve a century old mystery.
Libby Lazewnik's unforgettable saga brings together a local sheriff, a savvy Indian lawyer, and a group of Kollel families, who must unite to fight a menace threatening an entire Jewish community.
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PARRY SOUND - Quiet on the set! There's a movie filming right in the town's backyard.
Killing Time, described as an action-thriller, has kicked off a multi-day shooting schedule in town.
On Tuesday, the production had set up at the Ell-Mar Motor Inn to work on a variety of scenes.
The site crawled with crew-members and actors as they organized the set and filmed. Outpost Media, the local production and post production company, has been behind three different movies shot in the area.
Michael Wright, president of Outpost Media, said the company shoots a wide range of films.
"We cover everything. I've done family comedy, my own film that I shot last summer is coming out in theatres and video-on-demand called, And Now A Word From Our Sponsor. There was actually supposed to be a screening at the Stockey Centre, but, for legal reasons I can't show the screening until the theatrical release," said Wright.
That film, starring Bruce Greenwood and Parker Posey, is about an advertising CEO who wakes up in the hospital speaking only in ad slogans. Wright hopes to hold a charity event to screen the movie in town sometime in the spring.
While crew members were tight lipped on specifics around Killing Time the movie features a group of young people in the woods trying to decipher a creepy riddle. The scene the North Star witnessed resulted in a crew member calling for a second coat of blood for the shot.
Film production can bring a significant boost to the local economy.
"It creates anywhere from 50 to 100 jobs depending on the size of the move and upwards of 150 if it's a really big movie," Wright said. "There's just this whole town buzz of it. We're filming at the hotels, the restaurants are packed the whole thing provides such a financial and visual energy."
At the Outpost Media website there is a list of positions posted that the company is hoping to fill including a call for actors.
Larry Evans, who was overseeing shooting of Killing Time on Tuesday, said this kind of production creates all kinds of economic benefits.
"Accommodation is significant throughout the immediate area. There's food and beverage, vehicle rental, location's themselves are all a cost element that drives dollars in," Evans said. "It's proven to be a great success in terms of the number of projects and the prospect for some very positive prospects of more films coming into the area."
Outpost Media has projects lined up for the next few months so seeing film crews around town could become a regular thing.

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TELLURIDE – A new documentary about Hunter S. Thompson was shown last weekend at Mountainfilm at Telluride, and I suppose I should have gone. His writing had influenced me, and even if he didn't necessarily know my name, I think my writings influenced him.
You see, I had a role in his suicide three years ago. Once he was sure that his life had lost purpose and meaning, he decided to kill himself. The only question was when.
Then he saw something I had written about the long-ago suicide of Ernest Hemingway, one of his heroes. That story, from Ketchum, Idaho, tripped Thompson's trigger – literally. Do I have any evidence of this? Only circumstantial. Some things in life you accept on faith. For me, this is one of them.
I didn't see the Thompson movie in Telluride. I did, however, see many people who influence me now, as I try to chart my path from middle age forward. One of those quietly stirring speakers was a woman, Sylvia Earle. She has been called "her highness of the deep." She has always been fascinated by oceans – which, she pointed out, have seas of mountains, nearly all of them uncharted.
Earle caused me to think of this alien world of deep water very differently. Spending time at depth, she said, you come to realize that no two creatures – no two jellyfish, no two sponges, no two tuna – are alike. No two spots are alike, no two sets of eyes. They are, like all of us, different.
Seeing creatures with such intimate detail makes you care more deeply about their continued survival as a species. The oceans, said Earle, are being overfished.
Then came her rear-end kicker: You should not, she said, eat orange roughy, or tuna.
"We think that just because there's no law against it, that it's OK. You want other people to do your thinking for you. But it doesn't always happen. You are responsible for your own actions."
That message was a chorus this year at Mountainfilm. Maybe it was always there and this is the first time I heard it. But none said it in such galvanizing fashion as this hunch-shouldered woman – apparently the victim of osteoporosis – who is now 72, or five years older than when Thompson committed suicide.
That message was inherent in the story told by John Francis that same evening at the Sheridan Opera House. Francis was in San Francisco in 1971 when a huge oil spill jarred his world. That misfortune caused him to realize own complicity in environmental degradation. And so he began walking – first in his neighborhood, then across the country to his native Philadelphia, but also first to a bachelor's degree, then a master's and Ph.D. For 17 years, he got about only by walking, refusing offers of rides.
More alien yet, he did not talk for 22 years. He wanted, he told us, to learn how to listen.
Being a large black man walking across a nation mostly of white people, he stood out anyway. Then, not talking…
One step at a time, he said.
The most famous step of all may be the giant one on Mt. Everest, just short of the summit, handhold steep and exposed to a glacier 10,000 feet below. It's called the Hillary Step, after Sir Edmund, who died in January. A short film honoring Hillary was shown before many sessions, and IMAX cinematographer and two-time Everest climber David Breashears presided over a special remembrance. Hillary, he said, achieved distinction, then used his considerable fame during the rest of his life to enhance the lives of the Sherpa people who lived at the mountain's base.
The Sherpas – a group of people, only some of whom were porters – in turn called Hillary the Great One.
Two of Hillary's quotes resonated: "You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete," he said. "You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated."
Thus, even an ordinary beekeeper from New Zealand could become, with Tenzing Norgay (whose son spoke at Mountainfilm), the first human to climb the world's highest mountain.
And, "People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things."
The Dalai Lama deserves mention in any discussion of extraordinary. He is, by some of his followers, believed to be a deity from birth. Yet he is also above all a pragmatist. Helping lend insight into the Dalai Lama at Mountainfilm was Pico Iyer, a travel writer who, by quirk of family connections, has known the Dalai Lama since the early 1950s when the young Dalai Lama fled Tibet. Their relationship is such that Iyer had, on at least one occasion, turned to the religious leader for advice about family relations. Imagine having the Dalai Lama as your own personal Dear Abby.
What was striking about the Dalai Lama is his measured response. He is not an ideological purist, even in regards to his own Tibet. He sees the future of Tibet being not aloof to China, any more than a left arm is apart from the right. All those "Free Tibet" bumper stickers that you see? You get the sense that the Dalai Lama would smile indulgently – but then question your real work, your real goal.
He exhorts followers to work hard, with vision and self-confidence. Prayer alone is not enough. Life is of action, of engagement, of doing.
But some times are better for action than others. Iyer did mention that the Dalai Lama sees a window of opportunity coming in the China-Tibet imbroglio, a time when the relationship can be resolved peacefully.
Mention was made often at Mountainfilm this year of windows – as in opportunity. I was particularly struck by the observations of James Balog, a geologist by training who adopted photography as his vocation. Perhaps you saw the commemorative stamps of endangered species several years ago? Those were his photographs.
About the turn of the century, said Balog, he remained skeptical about the computer models predicting dire consequences from accumulating greenhouse gas emissions. Then new evidence emerged in the form of ice core data over the last 450,000 years. The story told within the molecules of those eons showed just how unusual the carbon dioxide accumulations of the present are.
For Balog, that did it. Climate change became his issue, and through his photos of shrinking glaciers he has helped persuade what now seems to be a strong minority verging on a majority that this is a crisis for civilization.
What frightens Balog, and many climate scientists, is that most glacial areas are shrinking far more rapidly than predicted by the computer models. Compounding the concern are the various feedback loops that are likely to further accelerate the warming – and then the glacial melt, with repercussions worrisome and worsening.
Balog's current project has him sleeping restlessly in tents atop glacial ice in Greenland and elsewhere. With a team of photographers, he is seeking to relapse the recession of glaciers with time-lapse photography, hourly for several years, coupled with continuous movies at a few key places.
Will this visual evidence provide the Pearl Harbor moment that is needed to unleash the decisive action? The U.S. doddered for months and years as Hitler's Nazis marched through Europe. It took a debacle before the U.S. fully engaged. Thoughtful, aware people are girding for a similar engagement, but this time the enemy is not a totalitarian government run amok in racial and nationalistic hubris. The enemy is, as Pogo said, ourselves.
There are, said Balog, several potential Pearl Harbors found in the planet's rapidly melting ice.
With one child that is now only 7, Balog said he is painfully aware of the irresponsibility of handing off an environmental problem of this dimension to the next generation to solve – if, in 30 years, it remains even solvable. He and many others think we have a brief window of opportunity of maybe 10 years.
Where is the hope? That question was also asked often at Mountainfilm.
Balog said he sees hope in the basic DNA of the human species. We have a primordial drive to survive as a species, and that instinct he hopes will finally drive a meaningful response to our global air pollution.
And that response will be, as in Hillary's climb up the world's tallest mountain, one step at a time, halting in places but driven by Hillary's wisdom that ordinary chaps, sufficiently motivated, can do extraordinary things.
That was the same message from Justin Clifton, an organizer of Mountainfilm. The challenge of global warming can be so overwhelming that it's possible to lapse into non-action – the opposite of the life urged by the Dalai Lama.
Instead of being seen as one giant math problem, said Clifton, global warming should be seen as small math problems, to be solved one by one.
And to illustrate that, he asked for promises from the crowd about what they will be doing. It was a revival-tent type of atmosphere, a little uncomfortable for a journalist like myself, powered more by the head than the heart. But yet, there is meaning, and value, in such public pledges. The forest is made up of individual trees. Individual actions, and votes, do make a difference.
We are all one within small villages – even in big cities. That was the story from Laurie Garrett, who has won more big-ticket journalism prizes (Pulitzer, Peabody, etc.) than anybody around for her reports about public health.
But global warming is the ultimately public health issue. Garrett explained how she and other activists living in an old Brooklyn hotel now called St. George Condominiums have set out to reduce or even eliminate the carbon emissions caused by their heating and electrical use. It is, she said, a village effort. The complex has 490 residents in a city of 8 million people. Nor, for that matter, is there a simple band-aid solution. But they believe it's possible – one project at a time.
And so, I ask myself anew: What is my role in this as one who is influenced and, because of my writing, has power to influence? I have a window of opportunity. I am 56, somewhat compromised physically, but still vigorous in my power of writing and observation.
Will I be like Hunter Thompson or Sylvia Earle? What will be my role in this window of time – and what will yours?
"Well, we knocked the bastard off," were the first words of Hillary after returning from the summit of Everest.
As for global warming, maybe we can knock off the bastard, too, ordinary chaps though we may be.


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1. BBC NEWS: "Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'"
Last week, it was the discovery of ancient stone tools, thought to have been used by chimpanzees, that headlined science news. This week, the focus is on modern wooden tools used by chimpanzees in Senegal. Researchers watched as numerous chimpanzees fashioned spears out of tree branches, then used the makeshift spears to hunt for bushbabies, a small primate the chimpanzees occasionally eat. Some chimpanzees even sharpened the spear tips with their teeth.
As one might expect, this interesting case of tool use by apes is conjectured as a point of investigation for evolutionary theory; the scientists claim vaguely that "the finding could have implications for human evolution." Yet this is not the first instance of tool use by apes or other animals (see our oft-cited November 4, 2006, News to Note, item #3). This discovery merely confirms that chimps are intelligent creatures, created with enough intelligence to make and use simple tools and learn from one another, as do many other intelligent animals; this is a far cry from being made in the image of God, as Genesis describes humans, and in no way validates evolutionary ideas.
2. [email protected]: "Scrub-jays look ahead"
A new discovery highlighting bird intelligence, reported in Nature this week, further upsets evolutionary implications that elevate the intelligence of chimps and other primates (see item #1, for instance). Wild scrub-jays in a University of Cambridge lab have shown, for the first time, that birds have some idea of the future and can plan ahead accordingly. The [email protected] article explains:
The birds were put in cages that were divided into three parts. In the evening they were kept in the middle section, and fed powdered pine nuts that they couldn't store. In the morning, they were kept either in the 'breakfast room', where they were given food, or went hungry in the 'no-breakfast room'.
After getting used to this set-up, the jays were given whole pine nuts in the evening, which they could bury in trays of sand. The jays put three times as many in the no-breakfast room than in the breakfast room, so that they wouldn't go hungry in the morning.
In another experiment, the jays got breakfast in both rooms. However, their breakfast comprised whole peanuts in one room, and dried dog food in the other. When given both foods in the evening, the birds stored each food in the room where it would be lacking the next morning.
The research, conducted by Nicola Clayton and colleagues at Cambridge, marks the first time any species other than humans has been observed to behave in such a way to indicate their awareness of time and, specifically, of the future. Research by Clayton in 2001 showed that jays that steal from peers hide their own food more carefully.
Every time an evolutionist attempts to isolate humans and apes as exclusive "intelligent animals" (and therefore imply ape intelligence confirms evolution), remember the uncanny intelligence of birds-and perhaps remind the evolutionist, too!
3. ScienceNOW: "It's a Bot-Eat-Bot World"
Robots at the University of Lausanne are the latest evidences mobilized in support of evolution. The small robots, creations of a team headed by insect expert Laurent Keller, are designed to "[condense] thousands of years of evolution into a weeklong battle" of robot natural selection.
The robots, each of which is equipped with wheels, a camera, a ground sensor, and a computer program designed to take the place of biological DNA, attempt to find "food" by using their internal program for guidance; they similarly attempt to avoid "poison." Each generation, which lasts some two minutes, results in the successful robots (those who found food and avoided poison) being "mated" with one another through reprogramming.
One feature some of the robots started with was a blue light they could turn on and off. Although the article gives little detail, we read that:
During the course of 500 generations, or about a week, the robots evolved to use their blue lights to communicate. Some groups flashed them to tell others where the food was; other groups used them to warn of the presence of poison. As the tactic worked and the genomes of successful communicators survived, the robots became more and more efficient at foraging.
Evolutionists, such as biologist Lee Dugatkin of the University of Louisville, are "stunned" with the experiment's "potential … to address all sorts of questions that haven't been answered yet" regarding the evolution of communication. However, one key element is missing from these scientists' would-be comparison between the robots and the alleged origin of communication: in the experiment, the mechanisms of robot operation were already programmed in by the scientists (and the robots completely assembled); all the scientists did to emulate natural selection was to merely integrate successful programs with one another. Thus, this experiment represents natural selection in that no new information was created. This does not support the idea that chance mutations could have built up such capability from scratch, as would be required with molecules-to-man evolution.
4. PhysOrg.com: "Universe offers 'eternal feast,' cosmologist says"
If you didn't already think the big bang was bunk, then think again: according to a new hypothesis by Stanford physics professor Andrei Linde, the universe may have "emerge[d] from less than a milligram of matter, or perhaps even from literally nothing," reports PhysOrg.com. This is just the latest refinement in inflationary theory, a sort of "partner speculation" with the big bang. Linde's idea credits the creation of the universe to "quantum fluctuations" in space-time.
In commenting on his new idea, Linde added, bluntly, "If galaxies are the result of quantum fluctuations," said Linde with a shrug, "imagine what we are." This gives us a clear window into his worldview, and forces one to ask: how is it that compromising Christians continue to mate the clear account of creation in Genesis with a big bang story that increasingly includes elements of chance (a.k.a. "quantum fluctuation," in this case)?
5. LiveScience: "Fish Sensory Organ Duplicated for Submarines"
In the latest story of scientists adapting design in nature for use in human technology, a team of engineers has adapted piscine "lateral lines" that may one day be used on submarines. A lateral line is a sense organ on the exterior of fish that aids hunting, swimming, and self-defense.
"Our goal is to develop an artificial device that mimics the functions and capabilities of the biological system," explained Chang Liu, electrical and computer engineering professor in the University of Illinois system. "By detecting changes in water pressure and movement, the device can supplement sonar and vision systems in submarines and underwater robots."
LiveScience reports Liu's explanation that an artificial lateral line could be used to "detect and track moving underwater targets and avoid collisions with moving or stationary objects." Liu also added, insightfully, that "biology remains far superior to human engineering."
Of course, projects like this are just another testament to the incredible designs of an incredible Designer.
6. PhysOrg.com: "Absence of Water in Distant Planet's Atmosphere Surprises Astronomers"
In a major surprise to those looking for earth-like planets beyond our solar system, the first extrasolar planet examined-HD 189733b, for those keeping score-shows no signs of "common molecules like water, methane, or carbon dioxide," announced Carl Grillmair and David Charbonneau of the Spitzer Science Center and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, respectively.
Astronomers can ascertain the molecules present on distant stellar bodies by analyzing the spectrum of light given (or reflected) by the body. Yet in this case, "The most fundamental thing we predicted [would exist] was wrong," according to Grillmair.
The prospect of earth-like planets in the far-flung star systems of the galaxy excites those who believe life came about by chance, because any earth-like planets, they theorize, should cause the evolution of life. Conversely, indications that the earth is unique in its life-sustaining capacity shout against this evolutionary speculation. This article, from PhysOrg.com, does not hide its view on the issue, claiming that "planet formation works the same way everywhere." This is in stark contrast to the Bible, which explains God's three days of focus on creating and populating the earth (Days 3, 5 and 6) compared to only one day focused on planetary bodies (Day 4).
That said, nothing in the Bible precludes the possibility that there are earth-like planets out there; if it turns out that extrasolar planets are discovered that contain oxygen, water, carbon dioxide, etc., this will in no way contradict God's Word or support the idea of evolution.
For more reading on the interesting topic of extraterrestrial life, see our Alien Life / UFO Q&A section.
7. AP: "American Belief in Pseudoscience on the Rise"
Head for the hills! American belief in pseudoscience is on the rise! A recent study by Jon D. Miller of Michigan State University reveals interesting developments in the U.S. populace's familiarity with science and beliefs about alleged "pseudoscience."
While Miller discovered an increase in scientific literacy over the past two decades, his research has caused concern due to its indication that "people are giving increasing credence to pseudoscience such as the visits of space aliens, lucky numbers and horoscopes." Lumped in with that trio is creation-"ism":
In addition, these researchers noted an increase in college students who report they are "unsure'' about creationism as compared with evolution.
Naturally, the article lumps creation beliefs along with beliefs in "visits of space aliens, lucky numbers and horoscopes," presumably trying to indicate all these beliefs are equally pseudoscientific; however, are the survey-takers who believe in creation the same as those who believe in visits by space aliens, lucky numbers and horoscopes? We doubt it (and hope not!)-especially when considering the results of a similar survey, conducted at an unnamed U.S. university by Raymond Eve Eve, who is typically found working at the University of Texas. (These results were also reported in the linked AP article.)
The share that believed aliens had visited Earth fell from 25 percent in 1983 to 15 percent in 2006. There was also a decline in belief in "Bigfoot'' and in whether psychics can predict the future.
But there also has been a drop in the number of people who believe evolution correctly explains the development of life on Earth and an increase in those who believe mankind was created about 10,000 years ago.
Very interesting, indeed! Of course, the AP story makes this sound like a contradiction (belief in alien visits and Bigfoot declines while creation belief on the increase-what!?). But, in reality, it's perfectly consistent: as students' knowledge of science rises, their willingness to believe pseudoscience drops, whether the pseudoscience is alien visits, Bigfoot, psychics, or-you guessed it-evolution.
8. Fort Wayne (Indiana) News-Sentinel: "Christians should not embrace unbelievers' ideas on evolution"
We wanted to include a link to this excellent guest column in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel that contests a previous guest column attacking creationism. The well-written rebuttal, by Fort Wayne resident Douglas Wellman, is a good reminder that any creationist has the opportunity to stand up to evolutionary indoctrination, including in the op-ed or reader letters section of a local newspaper. If you spot a pro-evolution slant in an article or read a letter or column by an evolutionist, make your voice heard in response. We've published some simple guidelines to help you get started-see the sidebar in "As long as they spell our name right …."
Remember, if you see a news story that might merit some attention, let us know about it! And thanks to all of our readers who have submitted great news tips to us. If you didn't catch last week's News to Note, why not take a look at it now? See you next week!
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Four Mind-Blowing Recipes for Your Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Cinco de Mayo is one of my favorite holidays, and it's not just due to the fact I really enjoy cold Mexican beer, ice-chilled tequila shots and hand-crafted margaritas. I also get a chance to throw down in the kitchen with some of my favorite foods that get their inspiration from south of the border. Check out some of these recipes that can help rock out your fiesta.
Enchiladas Especiales
Tacuba Style
2 fresh poblano chiles
1 cup (lightly packed) roughly chopped spinach leaves
2 cups milk
2 cups chicken broth
6 tablespoons (3 ounces) butter—or you can use vegetable oil
3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
1/2 cup flour
3 cups coarsely shredded cooked chicken (I usually use a rotisserie chicken or leftover grilled chicken)
12 corn tortillas
A little vegetable oil for brushing or spraying
About 1 cup Mexican melting cheese (Chihuahua, quesadilla, asadero or the like) or Monterey Jack, brick or mild cheddar
A little chopped cilantro for garnish
1. Make the sauce. Roast the poblanos directly over a gas flame or on a baking sheet 4 inches below a very hot broiler, turning regularly, until the skins have blistered and blackened on all side, about 5 minutes for an open flame, about 10 minutes under the broiler. Place in a bowl, cover with a kitchen towel and, when handleable, rub off the blackened skin, tear open and pull out the seed pod and stem. Quickly rinse to remove any stray seeds or bits of skin. Roughly chop and put in a blender jar. Add the spinach.
In a medium (3-quart) saucepan, combine the milk and broth, set over medium-low heat to warm.
In a large (4-quart) saucepan, melt the butter (or heat the oil) over medium. Add the garlic and cook for a minute to release its aroma, then add the flour and stir the mixture for a minute. Raise the heat to medium-high. Pour in the warm broth mixture and whisk constantly until the sauce boils. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Pour half the hot sauce into the blender with the chiles and spinach. Cover loosely (I remove the center part of the lid, secure the lid, then drape a cloth over the whole thing) and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining sauce. Taste and season with salt, usually about 2 teaspoons.
2. Finish the enchiladas. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Smear about 1/4 cup of the sauce over the bottom of each of four to six 9-inch individual ovenproof baking/serving dishes or smear about 1 cup of the sauce over the bottom of a 13x9-inch baking dish. Stir 1 cup of the sauce into the chicken.
Lay half of the tortillas out on a baking sheet and lightly brush or spray both sides of the tortillas with oil; top each tortilla with another one and brush or spray those with oil. Bake just to warm through and soften, about 3 minutes. Stack the tortillas and cover with a towel to keep warm.
Working quickly so that the tortillas stay hot and pliable, roll a portion of the chicken up in each tortilla, then line them all up in the baking dish(es). Douse evenly with the remaining sauce and sprinkle with the cheese. Bake until the enchiladas are hot through (the cheese will have begun to brown), about 20 minutes. Garnish with the cilantro and serve without hesitation.
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
Salsa Verde
8 ounces (3 to 4 medium) tomatillos, husked and rinsed
Fresh hot green chiles to taste (1 or 2 serranos or 1 jalapenos), stemmed
2 large garlic cloves, peeled
6 sprigs of fresh cilantro (thick bottom stems cut off), roughly chopped
1/4 small white onion, finely chopped
Roast the tomatillos, chile(s) and garlic on a rimmed baking sheet 4 inches below a very hot broiler, until blotchy black and softening (they'll be turning from lime green to olive), about 5 minutes. Flip them over and roast the other side. Cool, then transfer everything to a blender, including all the delicious juice the tomatillos have exuded during roasting. Add the cilantro and 1/4 cup water, then blend to a coarse puree. Scoop into a serving dish. Rinse the onion under cold water, then shake to remove excess moisture. Stir into the salsa and season with salt, usually 1/2 teaspoon.
Enchilada Lasagna
For sauce:
- 2 dried chipotle chiles, stems and seeds removed, diced
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 2 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons toasted cumin seeds, freshly ground
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups tomato sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
For filling:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cubed
- 1 1/2 cups diced onion
- Pinch kosher salt
- 1 large clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 12 (6-inch) corn tortillas
- 3 cups shredded queso fresco or Monterey Jack
- Nonstick cooking spray
Combine the chiles, garlic, chili powder, cumin, chicken broth, tomato sauce, salt and pepper in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes or until the chiles are soft. Set aside until ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat the vegetable oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Saute the chicken until cooked through, approximately 7 to 9 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and place in a medium bowl. Add the onions to the same pan along with a generous pinch of salt, decrease the heat to medium-low and sweat for 4 to 6 minutes. Add the garlic and oregano and cook until the onions are tender, 2 to 3 minutes more. Add the chicken back to the pan and remove from the heat.
Spray a 13 by 9-inch glass baking dish with non-stick spray. Place 1/2 cup of the sauce into the bottom of the dish. Dip 4 tortillas into the remaining sauce and lay them into the bottom of the dish. Cut 1 of the tortillas in half to evenly cover the bottom of the dish. Top this with half of the chicken mixture and 1 cup of the cheese. Starting with 4 more tortillas, repeat the layers, ending with the last 4 tortillas on top. Pour remaining sauce over the dish and top with remaining 1 cup of cheese.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake in the oven on the middle rack for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake an additional 10 minutes, or until cheese on top is bubbly.
Ultimate Nachos
- 80 corn tortilla chips, approximately 8 ounces
- 3 to 4 jalapenos, thinly sliced*
- 4 1/2 ounces diced red onion, approximately 1 cup
- 6 ounces finely grated Cheddar, approximately 2 1/4 cups
- 6 ounces finely grated Oaxaca cheese, approximately 2 1/4 cups
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh oregano leaves
- 2 cups fresh salsa
- 2 cups sour cream
- 2 cups guacamole
*Cook's Note: Depending on your heat preference, you may remove the seeds from the jalapenos or leave them intact.
Set 1 of the oven racks on the lowest shelf and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Make 8 (2-inch) balls out of aluminum foil. Spray 3 wire cooling racks with non-stick cooking spray and place 1 of the aluminum balls in each of the corners of 2 of the racks.
Lay 1/3 of the chips on one of the racks. Top each chip with a jalapeno slice and sprinkle the chips with 1/3 of the red onions, and 1/3 of both the Cheddar and Oaxaca cheeses. Repeat with the remaining chips and the other 2 racks. Stack the racks on top of one another and set into the parchment lined baking pan. Bake in the oven on the bottom rack for 7 minutes or until the cheese begins to bubble. Sprinkle with fresh oregano. Serve immediately with the salsa, sour cream, and guacamole.


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A "Who's Who" of El Dorado County elected leaders joined forces Tuesday morning to urge the board of supervisors to approve a $5.6 million overhaul of the county's long-outdated Information Technology system. Sheriff John D'Agostini, District Attorney/IT Director Vern Pierson, Recorder-Clerk Bill Schultz, Surveyor Rich Briner and Assessor Karl Weiland had signed a two-page letter to the board recommending approval of the IT system. D'Agostini, reading the letter for the public record, cited chapter and verse detailing the inadequacy and inefficiency of the "current financial system which has approached end of life."
After an 18-month review and evaluation of alternatives, the administration's Information Technology Investment Team, IT Steering Committee, Chief Administrative Officer, Auditor-Controller and Chief Technology Officer recommended purchase and implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Following the county's Request for Proposal policy, the IT team chose Tyler Technologies of Yarmouth, Maine, as its preferred vendor. And followed by a loud round of applause, the board voted unanimously to go with the recommended provider at the price suggested.
The initial ERP contract is $2.6 million for purchase, implementation and maintenance. Another $3 million is budgeted for staffing, hardware and software.
Funding for the project, in a sense, is "old money," as it will come out of an existing $18.5 million Reserve for Capital Projects. That fund was established by the board to meet one-time capital project needs connected to its multi-year, multi-pronged strategic "Investments" program. Upgrading the county's IT systems was considered the first and the top priority among a host of other priorities.
For the past 20 years, the county has relied on a financial system known as FAMIS. That system "is written in old technology that is costly to maintain" and is unable to integrate financial, human resources, payroll, budgeting and contracting functions, according to board documents.
The original provider has seen a steep decline in the number of entities using such a system, and there has been concern for some time that the vendor would not be able to provide support services for much longer. Department heads and staff have complained about the "tape and bailing wire" fixes that have kept the system limping along for years.
Chief Administrative Officer Terri Daly opened the meeting by pointing to a large paper diagram pinned to one wall of the supervisors chambers. A combination organizational chart and procedural description, the example showed up to 20 or more steps involved in "paying an invoice." Those steps are expected to be reduced to less than a handful with the new system. Currently most departments have separate units of financial and accounting specialists, about 275 total, according to Auditor-Controller Joe Harn, who also soundly endorsed the recommended contract with Tyler Technologies.
Harn remarked that "we have too many accounting and administrative people in the county, especially the Department of Transportation and the new Community Development Agency. Whether we do the ERP or not, if we do it right, we will save a bunch of money."
Later in the meeting, Daly assured the board that the new system would not result in layoffs in coming years but that the financial and administrative staff rolls would be reduced by attrition and retirements. Just a 10 percent reduction would lead to more than $2 million in savings per year, she said. Documents prepared for the board note that the current cost of administrative/fiscal staffing is $27 million a year, and the cost of operating the FAMIS system runs more than $1.6 million annually.
"Assuming we are able to realize these savings, it is possible the county will have recovered the costs of implementing the ERP within three-four years of full implementation," Daly wrote.
Assessor Weiland, speaking in favor of the project, described the importance of good information and good communication to county leaders "in their larger role as decision-makers." Those decision-makers are "critically dependent on good information being communicated effectively," he said.
El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Laurel Brent-Bumb spoke in support of the proposal while jokingly handing CAO Daly a roll of duct tape symbolizing the current IT systems.
Michael Ranalli, a member of the County Economic Development Advisory Committee, also spoke in favor of the proposed project as did former county supervisor Jack Sweeney. Sweeney described himself as the "Doubting Thomas" when a number of years ago the old system became more and more troublesome. His reason for skepticism then was based on the fact that "others had tried and failed," he recalled.
The last "elected" to testify in favor was Bill Schultz who serves the county as Recorder-Clerk, Registrar of Voters and Director of Veterans Affairs. He described a simple, three-option recommendation to supervisors:
"Lead, follow or get out of the way."
With the approval to move forward, Daly assured the board that the project team would provide quarterly updates on the status of the project. Assistant director of the IT department, David Russell, was appointed county ERP project manager with a stipend of 15 percent of his salary while he serves in that capacity.
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Funny at a time when the County has been crying poor mouth to all its vendors and slashing contract costs with vendors it magically finds $5.6 million to spend on new software. Also in this alleged time of financial dire need, the County seems to create lavishly compensated positions for its top bureaucrats and attempts to give raises to them, ie., Kim Kerr. Further, at the last Board of Supervisors meeting regarding this software acquisition, Terri Daly stated that the software would save the County money by eliminating Finance Staff, yet at that same meeting the County hired another six-figure Asst. Director of Finance. It seems as if Daly speaks out of both sides of her mouth and her fifedom grows daily with new six-figure bureaucrats who have limited accountability and even more limited and/or questionable credentials and experience. Also, anyone who has had experience with an ERP system implementation and change over from older existing computers systems in a major corporation knows that you typically end up spending three to four times as much money in the end to get everything working properly. The salespeople for these corporations are masters at getting the Nozzle in the Tank by Selling the Dream. Once they've got you locked into their system, then the expense really starts. The crudely drawn white board documents on the wall to justify this huge expenditure left a lot of members in the audience scratching their heads. Typically you would do a lot more studies before making such an expenditure.Reply |
James: At the BOS meeting of March 26th the paeans of support for the county's projected $5.6 million IT overhaul were notable for their absence of analysis and inquiry. (Or will it be $7 million?) Though my own IT competency is limited to using a home computer, I have one question: Is it true that the County will be converting to Cloud computing? I ask because of concerns arising from such as this.Reply |
This needs to be done. The present system does not allow departments to access information between them effectively causing extra hours spent just relaying information. Not to mention the fact the system is archaic. In the long run this will be cost effective. Saving the County money. I understand the concerns but they are truly out weighed by the benefit.Reply |
But but but... Rooster Cogburn and Eyeshade Harn support it, and they're our heroes! Have they fallen under the Agenda 21 spell? Is all lost?Reply |
"Having worked with the systems": Accepting that existing IT may be problematic -- or worse -- what is your confidence level in the proposed new system? See this -- "How the Air Force blew $1 billion on a dud system". Who at County sufficiently IT literate to make the critical assessment -- NOW. Just because it's expensive doesn't mean it's the answer to prayer.Reply |
From above (11/26/12): "[Air Force] officials canceled ECSS because continuing it would have cost another $1 billion to gain a quarter of the capability it was originally supposed to have, with fielding delayed until 2020."Reply |
Finally: Is the El Dorado County official who signed on more competent than the Air Force person who "blew $1 billion on a dud system"?Reply |
Evelyn - the current system is about 25 years old, and largely unsupported. If it fails, then even bigger issues are at hand. This is not the AF with some entirely custom solution. That is also the state's problem and failure. Every county in the country needs similar things. Doing nothing has been the game plan for the last 10 years and that is no longer an option. I suspect that you are not still using a 25 year computer...Reply |
Done "right", a new IT system would be more than worth it. Sadly, very few IT systems are done well. Public sector systems have an even worse track record. Customers don't know what they want, sales folk promise the moon, project managers underestimate the problem, and developers rarely interact with the actual users. What could possibly go wrong?Reply |
My goodness - our $5.6 million (and the Air Force $1 billion) is just chump change. England's National Health Service spent $20 BILLION on a computer system that failed. Nice to know that El Dorado County doesn't have so far to fall.Reply |
Sparky: Almost certainly you're right that an IT upgrade is long overdue. But I wasn't reassured by Tuesday's lineup of uncritical praise. As for my own newish computer: (1) purchased with my own money, I informed myself about what I was getting, (2) it was not an entire whole new "system", and (3) because of concerns about privacy and data backup/restoration, I do not use Cloud computing.Reply |
FINALLY FINALLY: Tuesday's lineup of uncritical praise wasn't intended to reassure the public. Rather, it appeared intended to ensure that nobody on the Board of Supervisors jumped ship. It worked.Reply |
Seems I've exhausted the patience of the "system", which now is rebelling at taking further IT Comments from me. (Proofreading doesn't turn up any instances of that D*CK word.) Perhaps I'm expected to keep my "finally finally" promise.Reply |
Is W*K*PED*A getting confused for something like D*CK*PED*A? And I'm only trying to post a W*K*PED*A link to "Cloud computing architecture", because looking at the County's contract does show that it's Cloud computing we're buying in to. I have no opinion on whether that is a good or a not-so-good thing.Reply |
Evelyn -- you probably got Captcha'd. I've gotten into the habit of copying my comments to a clipboard before I risk clicking "Post Comment"...it has paid off many times. "Saved again by the computer scientists".Reply |
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/what-cloud-computing-really-means-031 What cloud computing really means The next big trend sounds nebulous, but it's not so fuzzy when you view the value proposition from the perspective of IT professionalsReply |
Kirk: It wasn't Captcha. I was getting the "duplicate message" response. 99% of the time I DO remember to copy comments before posting, just in case.Reply |
Evelyn -- interesting...not a typical pilot-error mystery. Maybe the MD has more than a dirty word filter.Reply |
Kirk and Evelyn, I have never posted anything I felt that was worth saving. Regarding IT upgrades for the county. I am an expert on the subject. A system 25 years old is not a system. It's an abacus. My IT manager sits in ab office right next to mine for a reason. Automation has provided real time visibility for myself as well as my customers. My competitors who failed to evolve with information technology died like the woolly mammoth. 25 years ago was when I started my company and the PC age was just emerging. My first PC for our company was a Apollo work station. My reports performed on an IBM 35 main frame were printed out and mailed to me in New York were reports from 3 months earlier. All that information was keyed into the system by a large group in a department called manual inputs. Here's what I got out of the story. The people that run our county got together and made a common sense decision that they all agreed would help our County. 18 months seems painfully long and I don't operate at that speed but bureaucracy is a slow process. still our officials worked through it, so well done people. Could we please give our county a system that they can actually use much more effectively. To argue that changing from a 25 year old system is a waste of money is not even a discussion. I would like to say to all of the officials, good job and thank you.Reply |
Ken...I agree that any county needs a good solid system...I think they are concerned that technology needs updated every four-five --sometimes three years...what is the up-keep going to cost. Technology is expensive. During the early 2000 s I was in the school system...the OS programs changed five times in five years -- that s not only new software--but all the gizmos that go with them. Teachers could not keep up with training. They are concerned about peoples jobs. Better technology--means some people are going to lose. A while back I went to the library and found I was being trained to check my books out myself...when I left there and went to the store...they were showing me how to check out my groceries. It seems that there is this movement to push the human aside. As technology keeps getting larger--how much will it cost us as humans ? I dont think people are against the idea--its the cost...and with computers--its always a dollar more here and there...until one is spending thousands to keep up.Reply |
Evelyn, a couple of your comments reminded me of something I had read a while back and I was able to track it down. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20267585/california-courts-scrap-2-billion-tech-projectReply |
"An embarrassing legacy of cost overruns, botched upgrades and failed networking projects has left California to rely on decades-old technology and jury-rigged software systems." http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/22/local/la-me-state-computers22-2009nov22Reply |
Ken -- I agree with all your points. It's the track record that has me concerned about the probability of "success"...usable and on time and on budget. It's needed and it's extremely difficult to do well. In your experience, how have you (successfully) managed projects with those characteristics?Reply |
I don't see how anyone can dispute the need for the county to join the 21st century in technology, but expecting the results to live up to any promises would be silly. For some reason the public arena can never accomplish what the private arena can. There is an excellent example of this phenomenon. You know how when you are listening to the radio and a commercial comes on and you have to turn your radio down, but when an emergency broadcast comes on you have to turn your radio up and you still can't understand the message. The only difference being those in the private arena are spending their own money and those in the public arena are spending someone else's.Reply |
Ken Steers: I'm amazed that your takeaway understanding of my comments is that I'm arguing against an IT upgrade. Did you start at the top and work your way to the bottom? Anyway, you needn't worry. The BOS DID vote in favor. ********** Thank you to all contributors -- good cautionary articles, cookie. The dialogue on this page has been more multifaceted than that during the uncritical "Who's Who" performance at Tuesday's BOS meeting.Reply |
BTW: Speaking of paeans of praise, does anyone REALLY expect informed, critical input from a tax-exempt organization that, by virtue of County funding, is virtually an employee?Reply |
Evelyn, I'm amazed that you found insult where there wasn't one. Kirk to your question. My business, and my business model have absolutely nothing in common with our counties. So I think your question is moot considering at least half our community does not want our government to be run like a business. So what we give up in that regard is accountability. However here in this instance our elected department heads got together and unanimously backed the implementation of a new system. Very rare in today's government. I of all people have little confidence in government. But for me, all I know regarding the counties current system is what I've read. The system is at least a quarter of a century old. With a modern state of the art system the department heads, per their words, will have better visibility, will make staff reductions and increase productivity and overall save the tax payer's money. I have to allow them to do their jobs. Especially in a situation like this, that they all signed their names to and are in agreement. I have confidence that here at least, they are doing the right thing. Finally, what is the other option?Reply |
Ken -- The project will -- and should -- go forward. There really isn't any viable alternative there. However, there are many alternatives to how the project is managed. Frankly, I'm surprised you are so trusting of government in this case. Oversight seems critical, and ought to include people from the private sector that have dealt with this sort of thing, from executives like yourself to code monkeys like me (in a former life). To cookie's point, it is *our* money. Contract(s) structure is also critical; reasonable rewards for success, punishment for failure, etc. Early detection and escalation of issues -- not the normal mindset in any bureaucracy, and worse in government -- should be incentivized.Reply |
Ah but Kirk, not our jobs. And to bring in more "consultants"? Really? Over sight is performed by the County Supervisors. 18 months of mulling it over is enough. And you know that the system they are buying isn't something they made up. I am at the stage on this of acceptance. Just implement it before it's obsolete. BTW regarding IT spend. My annual budget it about 1/3 of the counties and I spend roughly 3 million a year on IT. So it seems to be in line, cost wise.Reply |
Ken! I found no insult. Just misunderstanding of what I actually had said.Reply |
Applying Ken's IT % to the County's budget, he would consider $9.2 million (annually) a reasonable County IT expenditure. But so far cost per se has not been the focus of this discussion.Reply |
Is anyone else curious why the IT team chose Tyler Technologies of Yarmouth, Maine? I googled it and it is 3,114 miles from Placerville. At least they are connected by Highway 50.... I guess no one in California knows how to install an IT system. Support is only a continent away. And they wonder why we don't trust government.Reply |
Cookie: As it turns out, Tyler is a client of Halliburton Investor Relations.Reply |
cookie65 your last comment mad me laugh--thank you...sometimes I just need a good laugh. I know that the IT people will not think it was funny...because Im sure they are wondering as well.Reply |
(Nov. 2011) "Fort Worth school district puts software vendor on notice" (HERE) - Other public agencies have also had issues with Tyler, alleging that the company misrepresented products and made promises it didn't keep. In 2009, Jefferson County in Missouri filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Tyler, saying its property tax software did not function as promised and was unusable. That case was dismissed at the county's urging, according to court records. Ventura, Calif., sued the company in 2006 claiming intentional misrepresentation, and Tyler filed a counterclaim for breach of contract. Tyler and the city settled a year later, according to court records. In Washington state, the Spokane Regional Health District sued after dropping Tyler's payroll system about six months into use. Officials there settled with Tyler in 2008. "There were promises of what the system could do and when it got here it couldn't," said Torney Smith, agency administrator for the Spokane Regional Health District. "It simply didn't do what it advertised it to do."Reply |
According to what I looked up they are headquartered in Dallas TX. Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) based in Dallas, Texas, is a leading provider of end-to-end information management solutions and services for local governments. Tyler partners with clients to empower the public sector–cities, counties, schools and other government entities–to become more efficient, more accessible, and more responsive to the needs of citizens. Tyler's client base includes more than 9,000 local government offices throughout all 50 states, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.Reply |
"Suits, Charges Plague State Technology Vendors" - TYLER TECHNOLOGIES: City officials in Ventura, California filed a $1.7 million civil lawsuit against Tyler. The suit charges that company officials intentionally and negligently misrepresented their products and services. According to the complaint filed in California Superior Court. "Tyler missed every single deadline and milestone set forth in the contract and was unable to make even one of the 19 modules operational." Spokane Regional Health District officials have stopped paying bills from Tyler Technologies Inc., a firm they are considering suing for selling them a $200,000 financial software system they say doesn't work. HERE ********** NOTE: This info is nearly 7 years old. Perhaps by now Tyler has removed the "bugs" from its operation.Reply |
Google: "Tyler Technology lawsuits" - HERE ********** Undoubtedly the County performed such elementary exercises before signing on the dotted line.Reply |
Ken -- Consultants? Ick...no way. Supervisor oversight? Poor track record. Tyler Technologies? A long track record of over promising and under performing (thanks Evelyn).Reply |
Tyler Technologies being sued? Not a great beginning. Will this be another case of following the money to determine whey Tyler was given the contract? Never ends does it.Reply |
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Kirk: You are correct on the "supervisor oversight" matter. They are politicians, not IT specialists. Further, it's unlikely they have sufficient time to properly scrutinize and dissect the hundreds of pages of documents they're presented with weekly, much less an IT contract.Reply |
My 4:25 post came directly from Halliburton's website. http://www.halliburtonir.com/clients.htmlReply |
According to this article the counties IT department recommended the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. After an 18-month review and evaluation of alternatives. I wonder if that included taking the time to visit some of the customers of this system. And not just the people who have reserved parking but the people who are hands on with it.Reply |
LMAO!!! "IDG News Service - No year in the IT industry would be complete without a number of high-profile ERP (enterprise resource planning) project failures, ones that burn through mountains of cash, bring company operations to a standstill, generate bad publicity for vendors and toss careers in the trash." http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9201562/Biggest_ERP_failures_of_2010Reply |
Cookie: Alarming article you've just posted. I recommend the CAO's office and the Sups ignore everything above, shut their eyes, and pray. Did you note the NY City effort to modernize its payroll system: budgeted for $60 million, ballooned to $700 million-plus, and declared by Mayor Bloomberg to be a "disaster"?Reply |
Should EDC overruns approximate NY City's the eventual cost would be about $65.3 million. But hopefully the system at least works, even if not quite as promised.Reply |
What possibly could go wrong? Backlog at California's CalPERS fund worse than before new half-billion-dollar computer system launched. HEREReply |
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES RESPONSE TO RFP: HERE - (pg. 12 of 350) Additional benefits of our solution include: • Seamless integration between all Tyler modules; . . . • Ongoing technical support for the application software, database and operating environment via an 800 telephone #, modem and the InternetReply |
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES AGREEMENT: HERE - (pg. 4 of 59) Limitation of Liability. In no event will either party be liable to the other for special, indirect, incidental, consequential, or exemplary damages, including, without limitation, any damages resulting from loss of use, loss of data, interruption of business activities, or failure to realize savings arising out of or in connection with the use of the Tyler Software Products.Reply |
Standard technical support to be provided. -- (Pg.30) PAGING: "All client questions are important to us. There may be times when you are experiencing a priority 1 critical issue and all technicians for the requested team are on the line assisting clients. In this circumstance, it is appropriate to press 0 to be redirected to the operator."Reply |
What we have all learned in just a few (48) comments is that the BOS needs to ask the most important basic questions; Who, What, Where, When, Why and How Much before they "Sign On". Looks like it could be another "We didn't know" answers that we the tax payers will pay for. Ken should be the one to go to in IT and not our DA, huh it doesn't make any sense except non-sense. The support services need to be at least in the same state, just saying....Reply |
HERE is the video record of Tuesday's BOS meeting when the Sups signed on to the new $5.6M financial system. (Go to: Agenda Item 18 at 00:33:47)Reply |
Ah but a problem in having Ken run the IT. His wife Leilanie would never let him. And you'all don't pay enough. BTW, I did look at the software company. And at a few of the municipalities that currently use it. Also Cookie, you know I love you but, you seem to have fallen for the Left side's Halliburton propaganda. Kirk, like it or not the people we elect as our Supervisors are there for over sight. Might be time you throw your hat in the ring.Reply |
" . . . press 0 to be redirected to the operator." Uh . . . I think that TRUTH in disclosure requires, "" . . . press 0 to be redirected to Mantovani." A nice touch at this level of the menu would be 1) for Mantovani 2) Buck Owens 3) Neil Diamond 4) Willie Nelson 5) Woody Woodpecker 6) Suicide prevention . . .Reply |
Your 6) may be particularly applicable!!!Reply |
Ken -- throw my hat in the ring? I've thought about it and concluded I wouldn't get very far. Talk about "babe in the woods"...I probably couldn't get elected dog catcher.Reply |
The County's crude hand drawn White Board assessment could have been blown up from a Cocktail napkin. Where are the other ERP Vendors Bids?? Did the County get more than one bid? Where is the decision matrix as to deciding which vendor to go with? Where is the RFP? Where are the Needs Assessment reports and Stacks of Report studies necessary for an expenditure like this? How about the Case Study, Project Scope, Implementation Plan, etc., etc.? So I still stand behind my original post here, where is the additional $15 MILLION + going to come from when the County is allegedly Broke???Reply |
Ken, I made no mention of Halliburton, good, bad or indifferent. I only posted the synopsis of Tyler Tech from their investor relations website. In some ways Halliburton is like sweat pea septic pumping. They do a job that no one else wants to do.Reply |
Cookie yes they do. In my industry I try to model my company in the same way as Halliburton. In that, our niche is performing jobs that no one else wants, can do or has failed trying to do. I'm still in the experimental phase. Only been doing it for a short 25 years. Kirk, run. Just look at who is running...Reply |
Ken, willingness to do what others won't do is the single best formula for job security.Reply |
Ken, Cookie – A few years back th' Missus and I were intending to make arrangements with the North Dakota State Archives to receive some of my Great Grandmother's (maternal) pioneer settler accounts of life on the North Dakota prairie. Our trip preceded general knowledge of the Bakken oil boom. There was no room at the inn – Days Inn, Super 8, Best Western - - - none but one . . . finally! . . . and that one was infested with Halliburton . . .infested, I say! Damn Díck Cheney! He's everywhere.Reply |
. . . I used to be a Díck denier. . . not any more . . . evil omnipresent . . . pervasive . . . Halliburton . . .Reply |
You're getting pretty blasé with that D*** trick of yours! I'm wondering if this will pass mustard.Reply |
Phil: You're just bragging that you've mastered the D*ck Trick. I'll pay $1 to learn the secret!Reply |
The secret goes beyond a simple Google "Translate". Quoting your good self: "I used to be a Díck denier. . . " (QUESTION: Will a direct quote pass muster?)Reply |
I M P R E S S I V E ! ! !Reply |
Stanford Law School: Company and Case Information - HALLIBURTON: HEREReply |
Cornell University: Conflict of Interest - HALLIBURTON - HEREReply |
"Cheney's Halliburton Ties Remain" - HEREReply |
Phil, I experienced the same thing traveling thru Texas. Halliburton everywhere. Where there is Halliburton there is low unemployment, no wonder the left hates them. On a historical note of my own I have the documents showing my great great grandmother as being the first non-native woman to set foot in what is now the state of Washington. There is a replica cabin with my family name on it as the first settlers. There is one at Plymouth rock also. It is also on the monument at Little Big Horn. Tracing my families roots across this nation takes you to most every historical event.Reply |
Cookie: Let me take the bait!!! I'm a Rule of Law sort of person, favoring HIGH employment and constitutional government.Reply |
Cookie, I'm confident that I need not advise you on this hook baited with Halliburton derangement candy cliché syndrome. But . . . ignore Evelyn. She is not well.Reply |
Evelyn, I don't put you in any category with the left. You are not intellectually dishonest. 999 out of 1,000 leftists only know they hate Halliburton because they have been told to.Reply |
Enough! (Thanks, Cookie.)Reply |
(Sac Bee - 3/31/2013) "Viewpoints: IT overhauls need collaborative strategy" HEREReply |
Alissa Black' SACBEE article is not reassuring. But . . . . . . . Good luck San Francisco Giants . . . . in 30 minutes it's torture again!!!Reply |
LINK - CLOUD COMPUTING - - - WHAT, ME WORRY? - - - - WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONGReply |
PLAY BALL - FIRST PITCH - 1:15 PMReply |
"No, your data isn't secure in the cloud" - HEREReply |
"Lead, follow or get out of the way." so the board is no longer in charge? I was sorry to see some of the names here--some do not surprise me at all. Too Bad...no one reads any more...now all we can do is stand back and watch El Dorardo county fail. Evelyn...the cloud was designed for several to share within it...what is the old saying you cannot keep a secret between two people unless one of them is dead. There is no way to keep secrets inside a cloud of several. I have the cloud built into my word program--I can link with many people. I would not put any thing I didnt want the world to know in it. But no system is safe--comps are programmed by people--there is always someone who knows how to get in.Reply |
Will BOS buy $500,000.00 software (today's meeting) to track a few County building construction projects? - HERE ********** (Answer: almost certainly)Reply |
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Shredded Carrot and Parsnip Curry Soup
Author Notes: I created this soup recipe as an antidote to the end of winter blahs. It's colorful, fragrant, and spicy with an appealing texture. Serve it with a squeeze of lime juice and a sprig of cilantro. - Fairmount_market - Fairmount_market
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Serves 4
- 4 carrots
- 3 parsnips
- 2 inch chunk of ginger
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/3 cup brown rice
- 3 tablespoons neutral oil such as grape seed
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 3/4 teaspoons paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 15 ounces coconut milk (1 can)
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 pinch salt, to taste
- 1 lime
- 1 bunch cilantro
- Peel the carrots, parsnips, and ginger. Shred them in a food processor. Mince the garlic.
- Over medium heat, warm the oil in a soup pot. Stir in the brown rice and saute for a couple minutes until it starts to smell toasted. Add in the spices and garlic and saute for about a minute. Add the shredded vegetables and ginger and stir for a few minutes until well coated with spices. Add the coconut milk and vegetable broth. Bring to a simmer, then turn the heat to low and cook, partially covered, for 45 minutes to an hour until the rice is soft. Adjust seasonings.
- Serve the soup with lime slices and cilantro leaves for garnish.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
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Suzanne is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I have to make this soup, it sounds amazing!
about 1 year ago Brandy Potts
This is a perfect winter soup! I substituted the coconut milk for coconut water straight out of the coconut, and I added mushrooms and onions along with the garlic. Took it to a potluck celebrating a 21 day purification challenge... all ingredients were perfect; it was a hit! Thank you for sharing this culinary bliss!! :)
about 3 years ago ellenl
sounds wonderfu---you don't mean 15 oz. of coconut oil, do you???
about 3 years ago susan g
coconut milk?
about 3 years ago Fairmount_market
Thanks for catching that mistake (now corrected). Yes I meant coconut milk!
about 3 years ago
AntoniaJames is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
Looks delish! I adore carrots and parsnips (and even make a marmalade featuring the pair, but + coriander, not ginger) . .. . so I know I'm just going to love this one. I plan to try it this weekend!! ;o)


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McCoog, Thomas M. (1984) The Society of Jesus in England, 1623-1688 : an institutional study. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
McKenna, Yvonne (2002) Negotiating identities : Irish women religious and migrations. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Oldridge, Darren, 1966- (1992) Conflicts within the established church in Warwickshire c. 1603-1642. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Pastor Jim Stevens lives two houses down from the home that was burglarized. Tuesday morning, one of his neighbors called him frantically and said someone was breaking into a nearby home.
Stevens decided to check it out. When he walked over, he noticed three burglars inside the home. One was a man, the other two were women.
He tried to stop them, but the man came running towards him, threw some items at him, then punched Stevens in the face and took off.
Stevens got back up and tackled one of the female burglars to the ground. She told him she was pregnant, but Stevens didn't buy it.
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Stevens says he has never been punched like that before.
"Not that I can remember," he joked. I'm pretty gentle normally".
The burglars had no idea Stevens was a pastor.
"I think probably once he realizes what he did, he would think twice about it. I know the females, once they realized I was a pastor I think it set in a bit for them too," Stevens said.
Police don't believe the burglars got away with anything.
The family who lives in the home wasn't there at the time.
Stevens said they were on vacation.


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GRANVLLE Vintage Voices of Granville will celebrate the arrival of spring and the joy of the Lenten season with a program of choral music on Palm Sunday, April 1, at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, Granville.
Featuring mostly sacred music, this Easter presentation , titled Season of Promise, will include favorites including Via Dolorosa and Soldiers Wove a Crown of Thorns as well as numbers celebrating the beauty of spring and nature. Another number, Pie Jesu, will feature duet by boy soprano Collin Bradbury from Centenarys childrens choir and Vintage Voices member Vicki Sussman accompanied by the chorus.
Vintage Voices will also present their spring program at three other venues in the area. The choir will sing on Saturday, March 24, at 1:30 p.m. at The Inn at SharonBrooke in Newark; on the following Saturday, March 31, at 1:30 p.m. at Chapel Grove Inn, Heath; and on Tuesday, April 10, at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 65 N. Third St., Newark, for a meeting of the National Association of Retired Employeesx.
Now under the direction of Charles Beck of Alexandria, Vintage Voices is a chorus of approximately 70 singers, all 50 years of age or older, and is accompanied by Marcia Brannon of Newark. The choir performs three major concerts annually at Christmas, spring and Fourth of July. Vintage Voices does not charge for performances but donations to help defray expenses are accepted. For more information or to schedule a performance call Chris Black at 740-366-5041.
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