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Koreans in Mongolia
Total population | |
3,500 South Koreans (2008)[1] 200 North Koreans (2008)[2] Plus an unknown number of North Korean defectors /by some sitation 6000/ |
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Ulaanbaatar | |
Languages | |
Korean, Mongolian[3] | |
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Korean diaspora |
Koreans in Mongolia form one of the Korean diaspora communities in Asia. They consist of both North and South Korean immigrants and their descendants born in Mongolia
South Koreans[edit]
Population and business activities[edit]
In 1994, there were estimated to be around 100 South Korean expatriates in Mongolia.[4] Official statistics from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade showed 270 of their nationals in Mongolia in 1997, which more than tripled to 870 by 2003 and then grew again by 72% to 1,497 in 2005.[5] More recent unofficial estimates suggest this number had again more than doubled by 2008, to 3,500 individuals.[1] Aside from residents, the number of South Korean tourists has also shown an upward trend, reaching 40,000 individuals in 2007.[6]
Many South Korean expatriates operate small businesses; the number of businesses in Mongolia funded by South Korean capital was estimated at 1,500 as of 2008[update].[1] The various types of businesses include restaurants serving Korean cuisine, karaoke bars, and even eyeglass shops.[4][6][7] A weekend language and culture school for Korean children was set up in 1998 by a local Korean church.[8] Under a bilateral agreement, both South Koreans working in Mongolia as well as Mongolians working in South Korea are exempted from otherwise-mandatory contributions to the national pension plans of the country they reside in.[9]
Ethnic conflict and crime[edit]
The growth of the South Korean presence has caused some tensions with their Mongolian hosts. Koreans find it relatively easy to learn the Mongolian language; however, they are often perceived as arrogant by Mongolians.[3] In 2005, Korean-owned businesses in Ulan Bator which displayed hangul signs were ordered to switch them to English or Mongolian only, a situation which South Korean news agency YTN attributed to growing Mongolian nationalism.[10]
Among the numerous South Korean owned businesses are a number of karaoke bars operating as fronts for prostitution (growing from just one in 2002 to an estimated fifty as of 2005).[6] Sex tourism by South Korean men, often as clients of South Korean-run businesses in Mongolia, has also sparked anti-Korean sentiment among Mongolians, and is said to be responsible for the increasing number of assaults on South Korean nationals in the country. The South Korean Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has the power to refuse to renew the passports of South Koreans who are arrested overseas for soliciting prostitutes, but this has had little effect on the problem.[6]
North Koreans[edit]
Migrant workers[edit]
As of May 2008, roughly 200 North Korean citizens worked in Mongolia.[2] In February 2008, Ulan Bator and Pyongyang reached an agreement which would allow as many as 5,300 North Korean workers to come to Mongolia over the following five years.[11] The relevant agreement came before the State Great Hural for approval in May that year.[2] An open letter from American NGO Human Rights Watch in August called on Mongolian Minister of Social Welfare and Labor Damdiny Demberel to ensure that the workers' freedom of expression, movement, and association would be respected; North Korean workers in similar positions in Europe were often denied such rights by their North Korean government minders.[11] The South Korean ambassador described Mongolia's decision to import North Korean workers as "problematic".[12]
As of 2006[update], it was estimated that 500 North Korean defectors entered Mongolia each month, largely by way of neighbouring China.[13]
As early as 2004, some South Korean citizens' groups had begun laying plans to construct camps in Mongolia to house North Korean refugees; however, they were denied permission by the Mongolian government.[14] In September 2005, South Korean NGO Rainbow Foundation stated that they had been granted 1.3 square kilometres of land near Ulan Bator, and would soon begin construction on a centre which could house as many as 200 North Korean refugees [15] However, during his November 2006 trip to Beijing, Mongolian prime minister Miyeegombyn Enkhbold denied reports that his country was planning to set up any refugee camps for North Koreans, though he reaffirmed that they would be treated in a humanitarian manner.[13] In October 2008, South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was reported to have ordered his officials to look further into the possibility of setting up a camp for them in Mongolia.[16]
The Mongolian government does have facilities to provide shelter for North Korean refugees on their territory; in December 2007, Vitit Muntarbhorn, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea, praised Mongolia's treatment of North Korean refugees in an official report, noting that they had made commendable progress in improving such facilities since his previous visit.[17]
Both the Mongolian and South Korean governments' policies towards refugees have shifted several times. In June 2007, Mongolia began to turn North Korean refugees away from their borders, reportedly with the aim of improving their diplomatic relations with North Korea.[18] Similarly, in October 2007, the South Korean side was reported to be "closing the door" to North Korean refugees in Mongolia and Southeast Asia; North Korea watcher Andrei Lankov, a professor at Seoul's Kookmin University, attributed this to a deliberate policy by the South Korean government to minimise the number of new refugees.[19]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c "유혈 사태, 평온 회복 중", YTN News, 2008-07-05, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ a b c "Parliament considers law to expand North Korean employment in Mongolia", Mongolia Web, 2008-05-12, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ a b Brooke, James (2003-10-12), "Mongolians and Koreans: Twins With Minimal Sibling Rivalry", The New York Times, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ a b Gang, Guk-jin (2003-08-28), "'몽골에서 안경점 하는 한인도 있습니다' ('In Mongolia, there are even Koreans running eyeglasses shops')", Dongpo News, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ 재외동포현황 - 아시아 (Status of overseas compatriots - Asia), Overseas Korean Foundation, 2005, retrieved 2009-01-28
- ^ a b c d "In Mongolia, sex tourism by S. Korean males leads to anti-Korean sentiment: With Korean men contributing to growth of industry, the damage to Korea's image has increased", The Hankyoreh, 2008-07-15, retrieved 2009-01-28
- ^ U, Gil (2003-01-09), "몽골 상류층 사로잡은 '한국의 맛' (The 'Korean flavour' captivating Mongolian high society)", Weekly Dong-A (368): 57–58, retrieved 2009-01-28
- ^ Ulaanbaatar MK School/몽골선교사자녀학교, retrieved 2009-05-15
- ^ "South Korean president in Mongolia", The Mongol Messenger, 2006-05-18, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ "몽골에 부는 민족주의 바람 (The wind of ethnonationalism blowing in Mongolia)", YTN News, 2005-12-29, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ a b "Mongolia: Protect Rights of North Korean Migrant Workers", Human Rights Watch, 2008-08-19, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ "BCM Mongolia Meeting: Peter Morrow Hands Over Chair", Mongolia Web, 2008-07-04, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ a b "Mongolia not planning camps for N. Koreans", Gulf Times (Qatar), 2006-11-24, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ "몽골, 탈북자 정착촌건립 허용 못한다고 (Mongolia cannot give permission to set up camps for North Korean defectors)", Radio Free Asia, 2004-11-09, archived from the original on 2005-11-14, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ "Center Offers Haven For North Korean Defectors in Mongolia", Radio Free Asia, 2005-09-06, archived from the original on 2006-10-03, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ "Report: Mongolia could host North Korean refugee camp", Mongolia Web, 2008-10-02, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ "Mongolia praised for improved treatment of North Korean refugees", Mongolia Web, 2007-12-25, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ "Mongolia closes border to fleeing North Koreans", Mongolia Web, 2007-06-06, retrieved 2009-01-27
- ^ "North Koreans may find door shut to South Korea", Mongolia Web, 2007-10-02, retrieved 2009-01-27
External links[edit]
- Monggol Gyomin Sinmun, a Korean-language news site aimed at South Korean expatriates in Mongolia


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Lick Observatory's Great Lick 91-centimeter (36-inch) telescope housed in the South (large) Dome of main building]] | |||||||||||||||||
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The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA. The observatory is managed by the University of California Observatories, with headquarters on the University of California, Santa Cruz, campus, where its scientific staff moved in the mid-1960s.
Lick Observatory is the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory.[1] The observatory, in a Classical Revival style structure, was constructed between 1876 and 1887, from a bequest from James Lick of $700,000 (approximately $22 million in 2014 US dollars).[2] Lick, although primarily a carpenter and piano maker, chose the precise site atop Mount Hamilton and was there buried in 1887 under the future site of the telescope,[2] with a brass tablet bearing the inscription, "Here lies the body of James Lick".[citation needed]
Lick additionally requested that Santa Clara County construct a "first-class road" to the summit, completed in 1876.[2] All of the construction materials had to be brought to the site by horse and mule-drawn wagons, which could not negotiate a steep grade. To keep the grade below 6.5%, the road had to take a very winding and sinuous path, which the modern-day road (California State Route 130) still follows. Tradition maintains that this road has exactly 365 turns (This is approximately correct, although uncertainty as to what should count as a turn makes precise verification impossible). Even those who do not normally suffer from motion-sickness find the road challenging[citation needed]. The road is closed when there is snow at Lick Observatory.[citation needed]
The first telescope installed at the observatory was a 12-inch refractor made by Alvan Clark. Astronomer E. E. Barnard used the telescope to make "exquisite photographs of comets and nebulae," according to D. J. Warner of Warner & Swasey Company.[2]
The 91-centimeter (36-inch) refracting telescope on Mt. Hamilton was Earth's largest refracting telescope during the period from when it saw first light on January 3, 1888, until the construction of Yerkes Observatory in 1897. Warner & Swasey designed and built the telescope mounting, with the 91-centimeter (36-inch) lens manufactured by one of the Clark sons, Alvan Graham. E. E. Barnard used the telescope in 1892 to discover a fifth moon of Jupiter. This was the first addition to Jupiter's known moons since Galileo observed the planet through his parchment tube and spectacle lens. The telescope provided spectra for W. W. Campbell's work on the radial velocities of stars.[2]
In May 1888, the observatory was turned over to the Regents of the University of California,[3] and it became the first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory in the world. Edward Singleton Holden was the first director. The location provided excellent viewing performance because of lack of ambient light and pollution; additionally, the night air at the top of Mt. Hamilton is extremely calm, and the mountain peak is normally above the level of the low cloud cover that is often seen in the San Jose area. When low cloud cover is present below the peak, light pollution is cut to almost nothing.[citation needed]
On May 21, 1939, during a nighttime fog that engulfed the summit, a U.S. Army Air Force Northrop A-17 two-seater attack plane crashed into the main building. Because a scientific meeting was being held elsewhere, the only staff member present was Nicholas Mayall. Nothing caught fire and the two individuals in the building were unharmed. The pilot of the plane, Lt. Richard F. Lorenz, and passenger Private W. E. Scott were killed instantly. The telephone line was broken by the crash, so no help could be called for at first. Eventually help arrived together with numerous reporters and photographers, who kept arriving almost all night long. Evidence of their numbers could be seen the next day by the litter of flash bulbs carpeting the parking lot. The press widely covered the accident and many reports emphasized the luck in not losing a large cabinet of spectrograms which was knocked over by the crash coming through an astronomer's office window. Perhaps more notable was the lack of fire or damage to a telescope dome.[4][5][6][7]
In 1950, the California state legislature appropriated funds for a 300-centimeter (120-inch) reflector telescope, which was completed in 1959. The observatory additionally has a 61-centimeter (24-inch) Cassegrain reflector dedicated to photoelectric measurements of star brightness, and received a pair of 51-centimeter (20-inch) astrographs from the Carnegie Corporation.[2]
With the growth of San Jose, and the rest of Silicon Valley, light pollution became a problem for the observatory. In the 1970s, a site in the Santa Lucia Mountains at Junípero Serra Peak, southeast of Monterey, was evaluated for possible relocation of many of the telescopes. However, funding for the move was not available, and in 1980 San Jose began a program to reduce the effects of lighting, most notably replacing all streetlamps with low pressure sodium lamps. The result is that the Mount Hamilton site remains a viable location for a major working observatory. The International Astronomical Union named Asteroid 6216 San Jose to honor the city's efforts toward reducing light pollution.[8]
In 2006, there were 23 families in residence, plus typically between two to ten visiting astronomers from the University of California campuses, who stay in dormitories while working at the observatory. The little town of Mount Hamilton atop the mountain has its own police and a post office, and until recently a one-room schoolhouse.[citation needed]
In 2008, there were 38 people residing on the mountain; the chef and commons dinner were decommissioned.[citation needed] By 2013, with continuing budget and staff cuts there remain only about nineteen residents and it is common for the observers to work from remote observing stations rather than make the drive, partly as a result of the business office raising the cost to stay in the dorms,[citation needed] the swimming pool has been removed.[citation needed]
In 2013, one of Lick Observatory's key funding sources was scheduled for elimination in 2018, which many worried would result in the closing of the entire observatory.[9] [10] In November 2014, the University of California announced its intention to continue support of Lick Observatory.
In November 2014, the University of California announced its intention to continue support of Lick Observatory. [11]
The following astronomical objects were discovered at Lick Observatory:[citation needed]
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Reversing course, the Japanese automaker reveals it will make hybrid cars that can go even farther on electricity.
The plug-ins are coming.
Toyota's revelation Tuesday that it will develop a new "plug-in hybrid" – which uses a wall socket at night to charge and relies on an electric motor to go many miles before sipping any gasoline – could presage a major shift in automotive technology, some industry analysts say.
Detroit's Big Three have each said the technology is being looked at – after years of outright dismissal. But Toyota's announcement was more significant because the company is presumed to have the technology to actually bring such cars to market, they say.
Toyota itself had steadfastly denied any interest in plug-in technology. A senior Toyota engineer told the Monitor early last year the company had little interest.
But gasoline prices have since soared to more than $3 a gallon. On Tuesday, the president of Toyota's North American subsidiary, Jim Press, said the company is looking at developing a plug-in vehicle that can "travel greater distances without using its gas engine." The technology would "conserve more oil and slice smog and greenhouse gases to nearly imperceptible levels".
The company is also developing flexible-fuel technology that could use E85 ethanol. If the two technologies were combined in one vehicle, it could help free the US from its oil dependence, some analysts say.
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Genes, Bacterial; Genome, Bacterial; Haemophilus Infections; Haemophilus influenzae; Lung
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Rapid genome-wide identification of genes required for infection would expedite studies of bacterial pathogens. We developed genome-scale "negative selection" technology that combines high-density transposon mutagenesis and massively parallel sequencing of transposon/chromosome junctions in a mutant library to identify mutants lost from the library after exposure to a selective condition of interest. This approach was applied to comprehensively identify Haemophilus influenzae genes required to delay bacterial clearance in a murine pulmonary model. Mutations in 136 genes resulted in defects in vivo, and quantitative estimates of fitness generated by this technique were in agreement with independent validation experiments using individual mutant strains. Genes required in the lung included those with characterized functions in other models of H. influenzae pathogenesis and genes not previously implicated in infection. Genes implicated in vivo have reported or potential roles in survival during nutrient limitation, oxidative stress, and exposure to antimicrobial membrane perturbations, suggesting that these conditions are encountered by H. influenzae during pulmonary infection. The results demonstrate an efficient means to identify genes required for bacterial survival in experimental models of pathogenesis, and this approach should function similarly well in selections conducted in vitro and in vivo with any organism amenable to insertional mutagenesis.
Citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 22;106(38):16422-7. Epub 2009 Sep 4. Link to article on publisher's site
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Gawronski, Jeffrey D.; Wong, Sandy M. S.; Giannoukos, Georgia; Ward, Doyle V.; and Akerley, Brian J., "Tracking insertion mutants within libraries by deep sequencing and a genome-wide screen for Haemophilus genes required in the lung" (2009). Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Publications and Presentations. Paper 23.
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Family names include:Padgett/Hamrick, Wooten/Randall,Wooten/Clotfelter(Clodfelter,Gladfelter, Glattfelter, etc.)Hamrick/Green(Greene). Rutherford, NC Padgett names include: Willie Hall Padgett,John Quinney Padgett,Crayton Padgett. Other North Carolina names: Sarah/Sally Green, Dovie Hamrick, Chesley Hamrick,Samuel Green,Fernicia Ardella Randall, Isaac Wells Randall, Peter Edmond Wooten, Joseph H. Wooten, Peter Rome, John Rome. |
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Tax Slayer Newsletter – October 2014
The 2013 tax season is ending October 15, 2014 if you do not file your 2013 tax return by then; you can have a late filing penalty added to what you owe. We will be open Wednesday October 8th and 15th. We will be closed for a week or two after the 15th. If you have not yet done your 2013 tax return please call us at 757-425-8463. We can still electronically file tax returns through the end of November, so if you have a refund coming, we can still get it for you quickly.
OUR YEARLY OFFICE SCHEDULE: We are open 6 days a week during the tax season (January through May) and then closed during the summer, then we are open from September through Christmas at reduced hours. We do old prior year tax returns and amended returns at that time as well as the current year, and business incorporations, wills and powers of attorney forms.
If you are thinking about starting a new business or you are already running one, or you have been hired as an independent contractor (paid on a 1099-Misc form with no tax taken out), Dr. O'Connor does workshops for new businesses where he goes over what expenses are tax deductible, the benefits of incorporating, etc. The next workshop is Monday October 6th at 7:30 pm. Please call to register. Cost $20.
Every year Dr. O'Connor teaches the course he created, "How To Pay No Taxes", covering everything about taxes from A to Z. The class will start the last week of October and will be 8 weeks long, one night per week. We are thinking of either Monday or Wednesday nights depending on what night is good for everyone. This class is helpful for individuals to use for their own finances, and also anyone who wants to work as an assistant tax preparer for us has to take this class to start their training.
Looking ahead to 2015, we will be opening after the Christmas holidays about Tuesday January 6th and open full time through Wednesday April 15th. During this time we will only be doing 2014 tax returns, so if you need prior years done or amended returns, we will have to give you an appointment for that after April 15th. The one exception is that because there is a 3-year limit on getting tax refunds, so that 2011 tax returns must be filed by April 15, 2015, we will set aside some time that last week of the tax season for people who have not yet done their 2011 tax returns, so that you don't lose your money because of being too late. For anyone who doesn't have their paperwork together to have their taxes done by April 15th, call our office and we will do an automatic extension giving you 6 extra months to file.
Corporation tax returns are due by March 15th. If you haven't called us for an appointment by March 1st we will call and remind you about the due date.
Is reopening September 2, 2014 after being closed for the summer! We will be open thru Christmas. If you have any tax problems contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or call us at (757) 425-8463.


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Great news if you're still hoarding Bitcoin. You can now use them in Las Vegas to win more Bitcoin!
The D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, both recently upgraded and under the same ownership, will allow virtual currency starting Wednesday morning at five on-property locations, including the two front desks, a gift shop and two restaurants. The hotels will process Bitcoin purchases through BitPay, a service that handled more than $100 million worth of transactions in 2013 and allows merchants to accept Bitcoins in the same way as they would Visa, MasterCard or Paypal. Each cashier [sic] at the hotels will have tablets programmed with BitPay, and each customer will pay for services using their mobile wallets.
While you can purchase rooms, food and drinks with Bitcoins at The D and the Golden Gate, U.S. dollars remain the only currency accepted on the casino floor. In fact, state regulators made it clear Tuesday that Vegas visitors aren't likely to exchange chips for Bitcoins any time in the foreseeable future. "Bitcoins are not allowed for gaming usage in Nevada casinos," A.G. Burnett, Chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, explained in an email. "There is no push to allow Bitcoins for such gaming activities, and the Board has no plans to allow them."
OK, you can't actually gamble with them yet, but you can buy stuff with them. And since you're in Vegas, you could resell them for actual dollars, and then put them all on "red" or The Broncos or something.
I think the biggest surprise on Bitcoin is that it's still sort of at this nether-stage. It got on everyone's radar a few months ago as it exploded in price and Winklevii Love. I would have thought one of two outcomes by this point -- either it went up exponentially more to something like $4,000-$5,000, or would have crashed out like most frothy items.
I joked that I wanted to create BitCoin options and a Bitcoin VIX, but I'm glad none existed, as I would have thought triple-digit volatility was a buy in something like this. (Charts courtesy of Bitcoin Charts, click to enlarge.)
Yes, it recently halved to $500, then redoubled again, so volatility would not have become a complete disaster. But by and large, it's hovered in this same range for the last couple of months. And remember when the 10-day graphs looked like a decade's worth of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) trading? That's tamped down as well.
And here's what else has tamped down recently: volume.
It's really a surprising picture, in my honest opinion. Bitcoin is the very definition of disruptive, yet it has very much stabilized. I doubt that lasts forever. Jamie Dimon says, "They will eventually be made as a payment system to follow the same standards as the other payment systems and that will be probably be the end of them." That's presumably speaking his "book," but it's certainly a possible outcome. Bitcoin crashing and disappearing or just being one of many cryptocurrencies is another possible outcome. Becoming the world's primary source of wealth doesn't seem terribly likely, but seeing Bitcoin squeeze higher again first wouldn't shock anyone.
Bottom line is, this story has stopped moving at Internet-speed. I'd be surprised if BitCoin is still $800-$1,000 a few months from now, but I'm surprised it's here now, so who knows? All I know is, I'm not opening an account and trading it just yet (or ever, most likely).
Disclaimer: Mr. Warner's opinions expressed above do not necessarily represent the views of Schaeffer's Investment Research.
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Posts Tagged: Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility
It's All About the Bees
It's all about the bees.
When A. G. Kawamura, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the newly selected State Apiary Board meet from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, they'll talk about the troubled bee business, tour the facility, elect new officers, and listen to research presentations.
Members of the apiary board are all beekeepers. The five members represent the state's major geographical regions. They are Jackie Park-Burris of Palo Cedro, president of the California State Beekeepers' Association; Leroy Brant of Oakdale; Lyle Johnston of Madera; Steve Godlin of Visalia; and Richard Ashurst of Westmorland. They will each serve a four-year term. The UC Davis liaison is apiculturist Eric Mussen, member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty and a Cooperative Extension bee specialist since 1976.
If there's ever been an industry under attack, it's the apiary industry. The bees are subjected to stress, parasites, diseases, pesticides, malnutrition, climate change, and that mysterious phenomonen known as colony collapse disorder (CCD), in which bees abandon their hives..
Meanwhile, the United States is facing its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The new "buzz words" include mortgage meltdowns, skyrocketing fuel prices, diving stocks, and crumbling financial institutions.
But there's another "buzz" that should grab our attention: the bees.
Honey bees pollinate about one-third of the food we eat. They pollinate more than 90 fruit, vegetable and nut crops, including apples, strawberries, cherries, peaches, cantaloupe, tomatoes, cucumbers, and almonds.
It is indeed.
Newborn bee
Examining bees
Why the Stink Bug Stinks
Ever wonder why the stink bug stinks?
The stink bug, from the family Pentamodae, is a shield-shaped insect that tomato growers would love to ban from the face of this earth.
Some 50 species exist in California. The adults are either brown or green. Most stink bugs are plant feeders. However, the species of one subfamily prey on other insects, according to the excellent guidebook, California Insects, written by Jerry A. Powell and Charles L. Hogue and published by the University of California Press.
When a group of us from the UC Davis Department of Entomology worked the soil today at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, west of the central UC Davis campus, we encountered several lizards, lots of centipedes and ladybeetles, and several stink bugs.
So, how did the stink bug get its name? It stinks when it's disturbed. It emits a powerful odor from its thoracic glands to ward off predators.
The stink bugs we unearthed didn't stink. Guess we didn't disturb them enough!
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Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports
Series: Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in sports has become an important international public health issue over the past two decades. However, until recently, return to play decisions following a sports-related traumatic brain injury have been based on anecdotal evidence and have not been based on...
Published December 31st 2003 by Taylor & Francis
Sports-Related Concussion
The phenomenon of minor head injury is increasingly being recognized as having both immediate and long-term implications for athletes. Physicians, trainers, and coaches play a vital role in the prevention of injury, on-field diagnosis and management, and treatment of sports related concussion. From...
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Have you seen the tablets that just came out?
A slow year for tablets finally kicks into gear. Check out the bad boys that debuted this week.
The mapping technology, Google says, will enable mobile phones to have a "human-scale understanding of space and motion," allowing for a deeper interaction with the surrounding environment.


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strider hiryu has all his equipment which includes his signature cypher (laser sword),his animals which he can call at any time the tiger,the eagle,the eagle can also drop bombs,his climbing sickle,and kunai as his throwing weapon. Dante has no devil trigger but he does have rebellion,cerberus,agni&rudra,nevan,lucifer,ebony&ivory,and artemis.
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Shreveport, LA (KMSS) — This weekend thousands across the country will hit the lake leading up to the Labor Day holiday. Here at home officials with SPD Lake Patrol are reminding people about the importance of boat safety.
Below is a list officials have released to remind boaters about the importance of lake safety.
-Wear a life jacket. Children under 16 are required by law to wear a life jacket while onboard a moving vessel, but it's recommended for everyone to wear a life jacket.
- Watch you boating speed in surrounding areas.
- Don't overload a boat with people or equipment.
- Use navigation lights at all times when on the water at night. Check lights before it gets dark.


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Tensions have risen in the Korean Peninsula ahead of Sunday's planned joint military exercises by South Korea and the United States, with the North warning that the region was "inching closer to the brink of war".
Sounds of artillery fire were heard on South Korea's Yeongpyeong Island on the Yellow Sea on Friday, the site of Tuesday's shelling by the North which left four people dead and at least 18 injured. The South Korean military said two explosions were heard, triggering fresh panic among residents, and it was verifying the source of the sounds.
Reports suggested the North was likely conducting artillery drills.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) warned in a statement on Friday "the situation on the Korean peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war", and threatened another "shower of dreadful fire" if the South carried out any military provocations.
The warning came from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as the North is officially known, even as the Lee Myung-bak administration in Seoul came under increasing pressure to respond to Tuesday's exchange of fire, which has been seen as possibly the most serious escalation in tensions since the end of the Korean War and the signing of an Armistice Agreement in 1953.
The North has blamed the South for starting the hostilities by holding live-ammunition sea drills and firing into its sea area. The South Korean military, however, said its drills were conducted in its territory in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea west of the Korean Peninsula, and that its firing was westward, away from the land border with the North. The North Korean military responded by shelling the populated Yeongpyeong Island.
Mr. Lee's administration has come under fire for its slow response to the attack. On Thursday, Mr. Lee sacked Defence Minister Kim Tae, following criticism that the country's defences had been exposed by the attack. The former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Kim Kwan-jin, was announced as his replacement on Friday. Mr. Lee also announced reinforcements for the 4,000-strong troop presence on five Yellow Sea islands.
The U.S., which has 28,000 troops in South Korea, has dispatched the aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, to the region.
China has voiced concerns over the move, saying it was opposed to the four-day military exercises scheduled to be conducted by the U.S. and South Korea starting on Sunday.
"We hold a consistent and clear-cut stance on the issue. We oppose any party to take any military acts in our exclusive economic zone without permission," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said in a statement on Friday. "As the Korean Peninsula situation is highly complicated and sensitive, all parties concerned should stay calm and exercise restraint."
While China has, in the past, strongly hit out at the U.S. deploying its aircraft carriers in the Yellow Sea, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei refused to directly criticise the U.S. at a briefing on Thursday. "We have expressed our concern," he said. "Under the current circumstances, we hope relevant parties do more to contribute to regional peace and stability."
While China, as the North's only major ally, has faced pressure to play a more influential role to rein in Pyongyang, officials and analysts here say Beijing's influence over the Kim Jong-il regime is limited. The latest round of tensions comes as the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il prepares for the succession of his 26 year-old son Kim Jong-un, about whom little is known. The two Kims are on an "inspection tour" of the North along with the country's top military officials. The official KCNA said they had visited a fish farm in Yongyon in southern Hwanghae province.
South Korean media reported that Yongyon was only a few kilometres from the artillery base from where Tuesday's shelling of Yeongpyeong was launched, and it was likely that Mr. Kim and his son had personally ordered the attack.
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Today's coverage agenda: car dealers, Pelosi, Obamas, nukes, Netanyahu
Here is the lineup we're working on today:
In US news ...
• Jeremy Kutner talks to Chrysler dealers among the 789 getting closure notices today from Chrysler headquarters.
• Speaker Pelosi, embattled over accusations that she didn't do all she should have to check harsh interrogations of terror suspects, has come back swinging at her critics – even accusing the CIA of lying. Gail Chaddock looks at how much has her leadership been damaged by the torture flap?
• A US appeals court finding that police can use GPS devices to track suspects' travels – without a warrant or other judicial approval – represents an expansion of police powers and, by the judges' own admission, is possibly a "troublesome" invasion of privacy. Yvonne Zipp probes where the law stands, beyond that one judicial district, on the issue of GPS use in law enforcement.
• After hearing Secretary of Education Arne Duncan deliver the commencement address, Stacy Teicher Khadaroo talks to graduating seniors and their parents at St. Michael's College in Vermont about higher education and money.


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That was the Night it all changed in Gotham
BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #20 on sale March 2 delves deeper into Dr. Death's golden age altercations with Thomas and Martha Wayne and feature a beautiful homage to the cover of DETECTIVE COMICS #29 drawn by Bob Kane.
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Shaun are you stating that Darwin's Theory is wrong because most people don't understand it?
Seriously. I guess Quantum Physics is wrong too...
So what you are saying, Shaun. Is that the majority have no idea what evolution is? Yeah, we know that already and we know why. So what exactly is your point?
Chad, when the evidence tells you a theory is wrong you don't continue to assume it's true until an alternative is offered. If spaceships going to the moon hadn't proved otherwise would you still insist it was made of green cheese, for want of proof it wasn't?
Chad, this article states that bacteria employes different tactics or adaptations to survive the antibiotics.
"Antibiotics stop working because bacteria come up with various ways of countering these actions, such as:
How do bacteria pick up these drug-fighting habits? In some cases, they don't. Some bacteria are simply making use of their own inherent capabilities. However, there are many bacteria that didn't start out resistant to a particular antibiotic. Bacteria can acquire resistance by getting a copy of a gene encoding an altered protein or an enzyme like beta lactamase from other bacteria, even from those of a different species. There are a number of ways to get a resistance gene:
I think controversial means, among most people, not limited to the consensus among those with specialist training. I believe I represent the majority better than those of you who have responded to my comment so far. Do you think I'm wrong?
It may be assuming too much but I fancy I offer you an opportunity to glimpse what puts the majority of people off darwinism. But I detect little interest,
I'll merely repeat, I think it's an error to say there's no controversy. What there is is an unwillingness among those dedicated to darwinism to acknowledge the existence of controversy.
It is controversial to you because, it obvious from your posts, that you have NO understanding of what evolution actually is. Nor what determinism is.
Joseph, I do not engage here in order to change your mind, only to affirm that evolution is controversial. By controversial I mean in general, among the majority that experience consciousness as different in kind from any form of matter and also that they have free will. To them l think "emergent properties" would smack of an appeal to magical thinking. I am myself among that majority. To me, darwinism is not the kind of theory likely to account for what I experience myself being. For us non-believers, darwinism (modern synthesis) remains controversial.
Can you see how reasonable it is for ordinary people to doubt the darwinian origin story -- random damage to the blueprint we're built on, followed by a 1-2%-efficient culling process of individuals? It's just not convincing unless you place blind faith in population statistics and emergence. We won't put our faith there just because an influential minority say so. That kind of blind deference to authority lead to witch trials and eugenics. Do you endorse such blind obedience? Or should we think for ourselves? Perhaps you think, because we're determined, we can't think for ourselves. But if we can't how can you? And if you can't, why should we pay you any attention?
The implications of darwinism are controversial.
The entire idea is a complete nonstarter, for me, Shaun. You're proposing we develop a new model, because the old model doesn't account for something that I don't believe exists. You see the problem here?
Evolution can explain the development of consciousness. It's just an emergent property of a sufficiently-advanced processing engine ... the brain.
Your statement about free will is ... odd. Do you have an idea of any sort of mechanism to allow for free will? My understanding of our current model of reality is that it's deterministic. Even the cumulative effect of quantum mechanical oddity can be summarized on the macro level, using well-established rules.
For that matter, I don't see how quantum activity would translate into free will, even if it was truly random.
Even if there was such a thing as free will, I don't see how it acts as any kind of reason to reject Darwinian biological-evolution. If we have a mechanism for free will, then clearly it was there all the time, and biological organisms simply incorporated it. How do you think it invalidates Darwin's proposal?
So, yes, I have a major problem with your logic. You need to explain why we need to shove free will into the equation, before you can use it as an excuse to look for a new model.
"I am of the opinion that individual creatures do not live long enough to direct their own evolution ..."
Uhhhh, individual creatures don't evolve. I think you have a few holes in your understanding of natural selection. :-P
Oh, and sorry about the questioning of your atheist creds. You wouldn't believe the people I've unmasked, masquerading on here, who only came clean indirectly, after I questioned them about their beliefs, in deep detail.
"Ah, so you do think that some sort of creator being that we would call a god - possibly the Christian one - probably does exist. Right, let me go get the moderators to kick your ass off the site." ^.^
Some people don't read the agreement that they digitally signed. Heh heh heh.
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Market Neutral ETF Might Be Launching at Just the Right Time
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- After a long hiatus from product launches, Index IQ has come out with another hedge fund replicator fund with the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF (QMN).
Like many alternative investment funds the big idea is to have a low correlation to broad indexes like the S&P 500 and more importantly to deliver a consistent return regardless of what the broad market is doing at any given time.
The fund will combine strategies from various, undisclosed market neutral hedge funds and express the exposures that those hedge funds hold with exchange traded funds. The prospectus is clear to say that the QMN is not a fund of hedge funds it is a fund of ETFs. QMN can be long or short various broad segments of the global equity market, fixed income market and currencies.
The fund's literature is also clear to say that the desired result is to look nothing like the stock market. One way to avoid looking like the stock market is to have very little equity exposure and that is the case with QMN.
It currently has slightly more than 13% in long equities and most of that exposure is in iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA). QMN currently captures a less than 1% short exposure with a long position in ProShares Ultrashort Russell 2000 (TWM). The fund's largest exposure currently is in very short term U.S. bonds with four different ETFs totaling 58% of the fund. One segment that appears to be unavailable to the methodology employed by QMN is the commodity market. At times commodities have a very low correlation to equities. In the last five years as the S&P 500 has declined 6% the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) is up 136% and the iShares Silver Trust (SLV)is up 152%. Five years is a longer timeframe than most hedge funds think about but commodity exposure might be able to enhance the low correlation effect. The fund factsheet includes information that the index' largest drawdown occurred in 2008 with 6.25% decline versus a 36% decline for the S&P 500. That is encouraging for the next time the stock market goes down a lot.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Hail, heavy winds reported across region
Thursday, August 7, 2014
DOVER — Thunderstorms with heavy winds, rain and hail passed through the region mid afternoon Thursday and more storms are expected into the night.
Thursday's storms followed heavy thunder and lightning Wednesday night across much of Southern Maine. Lightning strikes ignited a garage and barn in separate strikes in South Berwick, and similar fires were reported elsewhere in Maine. |


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Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh | |
Window CD Cover | |
Developer(s) | Sierra Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | Sierra Entertainment |
Director(s) | Andy Hoyos |
Producer(s) | Matthew Thornton |
Designer(s) | Lorelei Shannon |
Writer(s) | Lorelei Shannon |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows |
Release date(s) | |
Genre(s) | Interactive movie, Psychological horror, Point-and-click adventure |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Distribution | 5 CD-ROMs |
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh | |
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Developer(s) | Sierra Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | Sierra Entertainment |
Director(s) | Andy Hoyos |
Producer(s) | Matthew Thornton |
Designer(s) | Lorelei Shannon |
Writer(s) | Lorelei Shannon |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows |
Release date(s) | |
Genre(s) | Interactive movie, Psychological horror, Point-and-click adventure |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Distribution | 5 CD-ROMs |
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh is also known as Phantasmagoria 2[1] and released as Phantasmagoria II: Fatal Obsessions in European countries.[2] It is an interactive movie psychological horror point-and-click adventure game released in 1996 by Sierra Entertainment. Though technically a sequel to Roberta Williams' 1995 game Phantasmagoria, Puzzle of Flesh shares no connections with its predecessor in plot nor characters, as Sierra initially intended the Phantasmagoria title to be a horror anthology, with each installment of a different story and style. While not a commercial success, A Puzzle of Flesh, like its predecessor Phantasmagoria, is remembered for its controversial violent and sexual content, which led the game to being heavily censored or banned outright in several European and Oceanic countries.
The player controls Curtis Craig, an introverted 26-year old man who, on the surface, seems to be living a mundane life, while working at a pharmaceutical company. However, the player quickly learns that nothing in this game's environment is what it may appear to be.[3] Curtis regularly has disturbing visions of gore throughout his office and sees messages on his computer, such as an e-mail from Hell offering him a job as a murderer.
Curtis has been released from a mental institution one year prior to the game's events, and following the onset of his visions he has regular visits with a therapist. His mental health problems largely stem from having an abusive mother who committed suicide and a father who, before he died, was working on a top secret project at Wyntech, the same company where Curtis is currently employed. Curtis has repressed most of his childhood memories, and over the course of the game he remembers that his father was murdered by Wyntech.
One day, Bob, an unpleasant and backstabbing coworker is brutally murdered in Curtis' cubicle. Though Bob was generally disliked, Curtis has expressed the desire to kill him and Curtis expresses apathy towards Bob's death, which leads him to suspect that he may have murdered him in a psychotic break.
While Curtis is dating a controlling female office coworker Jocelyn, he also becomes involved with a more liberated woman, Therese, who introduces him to the local S&M fetish scene. His best friend Trevor is an openly homosexual man, and Curtis himself admits to his therapist he is likely bisexual, claiming to be attracted to Trevor.
After Curtis' superior Tom is murdered as well; Curtis suspects his boss, Paul Allen Warner (who had threatened Tom the previous day) to have murdered him and possibly Bob as well. The next day Therese is murdered as well. As the number of deaths and hallucinations keeps increasing Curtis eventually discovers this is all connected to "Project Threshold", the project his father had worked on. Decades prior, Wyntech had discovered a rift leading to "Dimension X" in the basement of their building and sought to use it for monetary gain, performing experiments using mental patients supplied by the corrupt Dr. Marek, a doctor at the asylum where Craig was committed. At one point, Warner even used the then pre-pubescent Craig as a subject, without his father's permission. The project was eventually shut down when the military showed no interest but was recently reactivated when Warner discovered the inhabitants of Dimension X could synthesize any chemical desired at the cost of some components and a couple of "human specimens". Warner planned on sacrificing several people in exchange for a highly addictive antidepressant/weight loss drug, which would then be released on the market, causing the Earth's population to become addicted on the product and making Wyntech the most powerful corporation on Earth.
After Curtis' therapist and Trevor are murdered, Curtis confronts Warner. Warner is suddenly knocked out by the Hecatomb, a horrifying humanoid creature that introduces itself as a "manifestation" of the real Curtis Craig. It turns out that the Curtis that came out of the rift is in fact an alien duplicate while the real Curtis was trapped on Dimension X and became hideously mutated and developed psychic powers as a result. The real Curtis, acting through the Hecatomb, was responsible for the murders and hallucinations with the purpose of driving the duplicate Curtis insane so that he could take over his body. The duplicate Curtis escapes the Hecatomb through the Dimension X portal, kills the real Curtis and returns to Earth. Jocelyn suddenly appears revealing that (somehow) she knows the truth and that she loves him. However, a message from the inhabitants of Dimension X is heard asking Curtis to return since he doesn't belong on Earth. The player then has the choice between two endings: either Curtis chooses to leave, in which case he spends one last day with Jocelyn before departing or he chooses to remain on Earth. If the player chooses the latter, the ending sequence shows Jocelyn happily talking about everyday life arrangements to a regretful-looking Curtis, who curls up a fist beneath the table. The fist briefly morphs into a grotesque alien shape.
A post-credits scene shows the still-living severed head of Warner suspended in the air in Dimension X.
The basic aspects of a point-and-click adventure game are here; as Curtis the player travels to various locations, interact with the often strange and eccentric people in his life, and collects items and solves puzzles.
A Puzzle of Flesh's gameplay features a standard point-and-click interface, played from a third-person perspective: the cursor, when waved over an object or area that can be manipulated, will highlight, and clicking it will initiate a live-action clip that furthers the game along. Inventory is stored along the bottom of the screen and a simple click-and-drag command will cause inventory items to interact with other objects.
Due to the large amount of graphic violence and sexual content, A Puzzle of Flesh came with password-enabled parental controls that thoroughly edited out the game's offensive content.
A Puzzle of Flesh also has a large number of comedic Easter eggs, which the player can achieve on a point system, although, due to some of the complex key commands one must perform to enable them, most of them are impossible to access without outside help. These Easter eggs range from simple sight gags and messages to minigames and hidden videos.
Lorelei Shannon, who had previously served as a writer on the Roberta Williams games King's Quest VII and The Dagger of Amon Ra, was selected to take on the task of writing and designing the sequel to Williams' Phantasmagoria.[4] While the first installment was a supernatural horror in the tradition of The Shining and the works of Stephen King, Shannon redeveloped the series into a more modern, urban setting and utilized a psychological horror approach with science fiction undertones; Shannon has said the game was influenced by such authors as Edgar Allan Poe and Shirley Jackson, and was influenced visually by Seven. Some reviewers have also noted a slight plot similarity to the film Jacob's Ladder.[2]
While Phantasmagoria was shot with live actors super-imposed in bluescreen backgrounds, A Puzzle of Flesh was filmed entirely on set and on location, not unlike a regular feature film (although the game's final scenes, in the Alien World, were shot on bluescreen). Filming took place in and around Seattle, Washington from February to September 1996.[5] Shot on Digital Betacam, nearly four and a half hours of video was shot, from a script over 200 pages long.[4] The entire budget for A Puzzle of Flesh was roughly around four million dollars.
For a while, Sierra was planning Phantasmagoria 3, and had asked Roberta Williams to return as its lead designer.[6] However, after the commercial disappointment of A Puzzle of Flesh, along with the decline of the point-and-click adventure with interactive movie genres, the project never materialized.
A Puzzle of Flesh's live action sequences were written by Lorelei Shannon, directed by Andy Hoyos, filmed by cinematographer Matthew Jensen and edited by Wes Plate. The cast was as follows:
Additionally, actress V. Joy Lee, who played "Harriet" in the first Phantasmagoria, returns in the sequel as "The Ratwoman", a mental patient. Lorelei Shannon makes two cameos, as a mental patient and a gas masked patron at an S&M club, and director Hoyos makes an appearance as yet another mental patient.
Though Phantasmagoria was controversial for its use of graphic violence and a rape scene, in A Puzzle of Flesh sex was considerably more explicit: as sexuality plays a major part in the game's plot, which includes four sex scenes featuring bare breasts, bondage, sadomasochism, public sex and offscreen oral sex. Various death scenes include graphic images of gore, including disembowelment and exsanguination, and A Puzzle of Flesh was also rated harshly for strong language, including two uses of the word "fuck", which in 1996 was a rare occurrence in video games.
One notable aspect of the sexual aspect of the game was the bisexuality of Curtis Craig, making A Puzzle of Flesh one of the few computer games to feature a playable character with such a sexual orientation. One of the characters in the game, Curtis' best friend Trevor, is openly gay, and it is later revealed Curtis harbors feelings for him (All sexual scenes are however reserved for male-female encounters only). Several reviews have praised A Puzzle of Flesh's treatment of a homosexual character (and his relationship with heterosexual characters), portraying him in an earnest and natural way, while most video games at the time still depicted gay characters as over-the-top stereotypes.[7] (see: LGBT characters in video games)
Due to its amount of sex and violence, A Puzzle of Flesh was heavily censored in UK and banned in Singapore and Australia, although a re-cut version was eventually made available in the latter.[8] In the United States, the game was given an RSAC Rating Level 4 (of 4) for its sexual content and a Level 3 for its violence and language.[9]
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A Puzzle of Flesh received primarily negative reviews from mainstream game reviewers. Most negative criticism was targeted at the clumsy gameplay, short length, linear gameplay and the lack of interactivity caused by the large amount of FMV video footage. Reactions towards the game's plot and cinematic production was mixed, ranging from lukewarm to positive. A Puzzle of Flesh currently has a MobyGames user rating of 3.7 out of 5.[12]
GameSpot gave a harsh review, giving A Puzzle of Flesh a 3.7 out of 10 rating, calling it clichéd and absurd, summarizing "As the credits rolled, all I felt was regret - regret that I had spent a good chunk of my life in this ugly world, with annoying, unappealing characters and their silly problems".[11] Game Revolution's review was similar, calling the game "a predictable, dissatisfying mess".[13]
Response within the community was a bit more positive, with likewise criticism pointed at the gameplay and structure, though more praise was given to the game's storyline. The adventure-based gaming site Adventure Gamers gave 'A Puzzle of Flesh' a rating of 2.5 out of 5, finding flaws in both its story and cinematic production, but noting that those looking for light entertainment will have "a hell of a lot of fun".[7] Similar sites, such as Adventure Classic Gaming, called the plot "intriguing and well executed", though its gameplay "falls short to qualify as a mediocre adventure game".[14] Just Adventure was a bit kinder in a way, saying that "it's trashy, it's tacky, it's badly acted, it's badly cast, it's ugly, and it's short. Also, like Phantasmagoria, it's a lot of fun", and "It's a guilty pleasure, but a pleasure nonetheless", likening it to watching a good B movie.[15]


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Great-grandmother Wilhemina, ca. 1880.
In a way, you could say that this was the story that I was born to write. Because, you see, hamburgers are in my blood.
Like all things American, the hamburger came from somewhere else, in the case of the all-American burger, with German immigrants in the mid-19th century. Originally, it was a "Hamburg steak," a patty of seasoned, ground meat and somewhere along the line, a clever soul added a bun and it became a hamburger. Germany was the predominant country of origin for American immigrants for most of the latter half of the nineteenth century. These immigrants included the parents of my great-grandmother, Wilhemina Hamberger, called Minnie. That's right, my great-grandmother was Minnie Hamberger, a name I have always found amusing, bringing to mind images of sliders and Krystals.
My great-grandfather Otto Eggert was born in appropriately enough, Hamburg, Germany, in 1859 and emigrated with his parents as a young child, settling in Saginaw, Michigan. Wilhemina and Otto married in 1884 and they lived in Montrose, Michigan, where he owned a store, later becoming a traveling salesman based in Toledo, Ohio. Mom says they were middle class, but I know they must have had plenty to eat - look at how much they changed in the last picture - the trim young couple in the 1880s, and the stout couple in the 20th century. They died within a year of each other, Minnie first, in 1925.
Otto and his son Edwin, in Toledo, around 1900.
In between, they had three daughters and a son, my grandfather, Edwin Carl Eggert. Granddaddy was a lively personality, a bit of an adventurer and a thrillseeker. He astonished my brothers and me when he rode a rollercoaster with us - he was in his 80s. He worked at his office job the day he died, just before Christmas 1978. That day, he took presents in for "the girls" (the secretaries at his office), came home, sat in his chair to read the mail, and died. He was 89 years old.
When I remember Granddaddy Eggert, I can't help but think of the changes he saw in his lifetime. He grew up riding horses and ice skating on a frozen river to school (or so he claimed). When he died, he drove a 1977 Chevy Malibu and hopped on an airplane to visit his children in Florida and Georgia. He loved to entertain his grandchildren, and I remember especially that he loved cheeseburgers.
Otto & Minnie in later years, ca. 1920.
Well into a second century of food icon status, the all-American hamburger has seen its share of changes, too. When I make burgers, I like to use bison or buffalo meat. I'm not sure if Minnie would approve, but when she grew up, the mighty beasts still roamed the Great Plains. Bison is a lean meat, with significantly less calories and cholesterol than beef or chicken. And while it's not quite beefy, it does have a satisfying meaty taste and texture. It responds to seasoning well, and that's why I beef up my bison with kitchen sink ingredients - soy sauce, steak sauce and chopped onion. I love to use the new slider buns available in the supermarket - it's a more favorable bun-to-burger ratio - so for my Great-Grandmother Minnie Hamberger, I present a mini-hamburger.
Makes six ¼ pound sliders
½ medium onion
1 1/3 pound ground bison or beef
¼ teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons steak sauce, such as Heinz 57
6 wheat slider buns
3 slices white American cheese, halved
3 bread and butter pickle sandwich slices, halved
1. Finely dice the onion and place in small bowl with water. Microwave for one minute, let cool, then drain.
2. In a bowl, mix together ground bison (or beef), cooled and drained onion, salt, pepper, Worcestershire, soy sauce and steak sauce. Using your hands and a light touch, combine thoroughly. Shape into six ¼- pound patties, round and an even thickness. If making ahead, wrap and refrigerate for up to a day.
3. Set a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Fry burgers in batches, if necessary, until desired degree of doneness, about five minutes on the first side, three minutes on the second for well done. Remove from skillet and drain on paper towels. (If you have a grillmeister in the house, by all means, grill the burgers.)
4. Toast the buns and assemble sandwiches: spread bun with mayonnaise, add patty, then cheese, then pickle.
© 2010, Lucy Mercer.
Fusun: I wish for a family food tradition from my German ancestors, but it simply isn't there. Good thing Minnie has such a meaningful name. I'll write about my new avatar this week.
Fred: I've never had a White Castle, but I loved Krystal as a child.
Bonnie: Stop my heart, a Kobe beef burger - um yum yum! Thanks for considering my humble burgers to be in the same league!
Linda: Poor buffalo, they're meant to run across the Great Plains, not sit by a waterfall. I'm sure they wonder how they got there.
Felicia: I'm sure that Minnie would be most delighted by all the electrical appliances in a modern kitchen and probably most excited about an iron to press her fancy dress.
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I love your tie-in with your family history and the history of the hamburger. Great entry!
Lisa: thanks for reading & commenting! I find bison at Kroger, believe it or not.
Jenna: I've grown quite fond of Minnie through this story - she always seemed so severe before, but now, I think she'd like the idea of cheeseburger named for her.
Paul: OM bur ja, you say? I took French in school, so I guess it could be. My bison burgers deserve the Kaiser rolls you baked.
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Calories | 46 |
Total Fat | 1g |
Saturated Fat | 1g |
Cholesterol | 0 |
Sodium | 10mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 8g |
Dietary Fiber | 0 |
Sugars | n/a |
Protein | 1g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 3
Total Time: 4 hr
Prep Time: 50 min
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- Whites from 4 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) cream of tartar
- 1 cup(s) sugar
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- Red liquid food color
- 4 teaspoon(s) unsweetened cocoa powder
- Chocolate mini Kisses (from a 10-oz bag) or any variety Bites small candies
- Heat oven to 200°F. Fit a pastry bag with a 1⁄2-in. plain, round piping tip. Line 2 baking sheets with foil.
- Beat egg whites in a large bowl with mixer on medium speed until frothy. Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted. Increase speed to high and, adding sugar 1 Tbsp at a time, beat until glossy, stiff peaks form when beaters are lifted and meringue feels smooth when rubbed between your fingers. Beat in vanilla.
- Divide meringue in thirds (about 1 3⁄4 cups each), leaving 1 portion in bowl, putting another portion in another bowl and remaining meringue in the pastry bag. Tint portion in 1 bowl pink; stir cocoa powder into other bowl.
- Pipe a row of meringue dots 1 1⁄2 in. apart on a lined baking sheet. Place a chocolate Kiss on each dot. Then pipe meringue on chocolate in a Kiss shape. Repeat with meringue remaining in bag. Wipe bag and coupler clean. Repeat with pink and brown meringue.
- Bake 2 hours or until meringues feel firm. Turn off oven; leave meringues in 1 hour or overnight. Peel meringues off foil. Choose a dry day to make these and make sure your mixing bowl is squeaky clean.
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The Mennonite Book Concern, Berne, IN, had its beginning in 1882, when Joel Welty opened a bookstore, with his brother Dan Welty assisting him in the store. The two brothers secured S. F. Sprunger, then commonly known in Berne as "der Sam," to make the selection of books. Two years later Sprunger became a partner in the firm, and the store went under the name of Welty and Sprunger. In 1884, when the General Conference convened in Berne, the bookstore became a church institution and remained as such. Welty and Sprunger became the publishing agents for what later became known as the Mennonite Book Concern.
Revenue from this store was the major source of subsidy for General Conference periodicals and Sunday-school literature until 1929. Its manager also served as business manager for General Conference Mennonite publications until 1939. Managers following Welty were J. F. Lehman 1895-1929, Ferdinand J. Wiens 1930-1936, Fred von Guten 1937-1951, and Howard Culp 1951- .
Sprunger, Eva P. A History of the Mennonite Church in Adams County, Indiana. Berne, 1938: 205.
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Cheers, Lynn, Thanks!
– Peter Doré
Lucky U ! ..& another beer to celebrate the shot !!
I did at that ! :)
– Peter Doré
Thank You!
– Peter Doré
great shot.
Thanks very much!
– Peter Doré
Congratulations! Beautiful capture, Peter
View your feature here and join me in congratulating our co-creators
April 2013
Cool! :) Thanks Tori!!
– Peter Doré
beautiful work
Thanks Tina!!
– Peter Doré
Thanks Tereza!!
– Peter Doré
Unusual and very beautiful colours make this a very successful shot.
Thanks very much, Bette!
– Peter Doré
Congratulations!! Your BEAUTIFUL image is being
FEATURED in the group, "Cover Shots!!"
Thanks Lorilee!!! :)
– Peter Doré