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RITE+Krug: A Combination of Usability Test Methods for Agile Design
Jennifer (Jen) McGinn and Ana Ramírez Chang
Journal of Usability Studies, Volume 8, Issue 3, May 2013, pp. 61 - 68
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In the fall of 2011, a traditional usability test was conducted on a system under development. Ten users were recruited and run through the test protocol. The sessions were sparsely attended by stakeholders, and the report took a few weeks to complete and present. During and after the presentation of the results, the development and project management teams disagreed not only with the issues identified but also with the interpretation of the results. There were questions of transparency and trust by the development side, and there was disbelief from the user experience (UX) side that the development team really wanted feedback on the system. Not an uncommon story among usability practitioners.
To overcome these challenges, we tried two things. First, in the winter of 2011, a practitioner, who didn't take part in the earlier test, conducted another traditional usability test of the system to establish a baseline to see which of the issues from the first test remained and which of the issues had been fixed in the months that had passed. Second, we proposed changes to the user feedback process, which we believed would better align with the Agile design and development practices that the rest of the team was already following. It is this second approach that we describe in the remainder of this paper.
Our purpose for writing this paper is two-fold. First, we have seen little detailed discussion in the literature of successful user research methods in Agile development environments. Second, we wanted to share with other user experience practitioners what we found to have worked well, and continues to work well.


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The Lagrange Street Polish Festival kicks off Friday, marking decades of celebrations in Toledo.
The city's largest annual street festival has been going on for 30 years and attracts more than 20,000 visitors. It's known for delicious Polish food, amazing craft vendors, plus the best Polish musicians from around the country. Who could forget the pierogi-eating and polka-dancing contests?
The festival runs Friday night from 5 to 11 and continues all weekend long. Saturday's hours are from noon to 11 p.m. Sunday wraps up the festival with activities from noon to 7 p.m.
An amateur polka dance contest will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday. The ever popular pierogi-eating contest will be held Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Both contests will be held in the entertainment tent, but participants must register the day of the contest at the information booth because slots are limited. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners.
Special 30th anniversary events include an on-site Trivia Treasure Hunt all weekend. Attendees can pick up a Trivia Treasure Hunt answer sheet at the admission gate, any ticket booth or the information booth. Then just look for 30 12-inch discs scattered throughout the festival grounds with Polish (and festival) trivia questions. Record the answer given on the disc on the answer sheet. After answering all 30 questions, turn in the completed answer sheet at the information booth. All participants will receive a prize and be entered into a daily raffle to win a $50 Kroger gift card.
General admission for the festival is $4, but Sunday's admission is $2. Children 8 and younger get in free. The festival takes place on Lagrange between Central Avenue and Mettler Street in the heart of Polish International Village. The entrance to the festival is located at Central.
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You look fantastic. By far the most "powerful looking" one in the group. You just look to thick and muscular to be hanging with those pretty boys...... Bodybuilding would be better, but you'll probably need to get down closer to 190. Really nice job.....Thanks for sharing....
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Congrats for getting on stage. Just some critiques. You don't really have the physique look. Traps are too big and waist/hips are a bit big. Your overall frame is a bit too big IMO for physique. I also think you could of come in leaner and that would of helped....maybe 10lbs less or so. Work on lats and lateral delts to off set waist. I think you will have a good shot at bbing.
Overall great first showing and way to commit and do it.
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Great job T-bone and I'd like to hear how you laid out your diet and supps etc. I agree with ryan and skip the physique and go straight to BBing for your next show.Once again you looked great buddy.
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You looked great brother!
I agree with the other guys with regards to you being a good fit in BBing. You've got the muscle. If you were to cut up a just a tad more and dry out you'd be able to step on stage in no time.
BTW why is the chubbier guy's face (in the khaki shorts) photoshopped on? lol
Thanks for all the kind words fellas! I was actually leaner the week before. I went on vacation, big mistake by the way before a comp., and I fell off the diet a few times and didn't workout once. Stupid I know! But everyone at my gym that competes told me that I wasn't gonna win I'm phys. Because u was too muscular so I sort of lost interest and did it for fun. I did place 4th. But the kids who beat me were 30 Pds less! One if the judges said they want surfer/Abercrombie model look not guys who can do BB shows.
Yeh, the one cat with the tan was awesome! He told
Me he didn't diet hard enough. I give him props for getting out there.
I still did the react program up until the week before. I really only actually dieted for about 3 weeks. I follow the inter fasting way of eating so I walk around decent lean all year. 4 weeks out I cut my carbs way down. At night after the workout I still had plazma during nag-10s all day but I switched my dinner meal to veggies. I was eating a huge portion of broc or cauliflower. Sometimes a salad. Always chicken or tuna. I snacked on almonds at night and that's about it.
The week of I went really low carbs. Prob under 50 grs. I had to skip the plazma all week and I felt like shit!!
Anyway, I'm glad I did it but I won't do phys again.
I may just hit this show in oct. I fig I can train and eat more for about 4 weeks then really diet hard to get leaner for the bodybuilding division instead.
I think I may have some other pics of the week before when I looked better too. I also got some bad advice. A buddy who competes told me not to flex or expand my lats at all because it just makes me look bigger. So he thought if I can look smaller I'd have a better chance to fit in. So all the pics I'm actually almost 100% relaxed no lat flex arms etc. just chillin pose.
If anyone has any quest. Feel free to shot em to me. I'm no expert but I did learn.
Oh, I was able to keep the strength the entire time too. Pretty awesome. I think that's from the plazma. I didn't take any fat burners or anything actually.


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Below is the third installment from Gwendolyn Oxenham's diaries supporting an in-process documentary film, The Soccer Project, about four recent college graduates and their pursuit of improvisational soccer matches around the world.
The following appeared originally on the Soccer Project blog on 2 Jun 08.
"Paris is like a museum, you cannot play football inside a museum," says an early detractor, but the power of soccer prevails. (© The Soccer Project. Used by permission.)
Paris | When my sister graduated from high school, my father took her to Paris, but the only details that emerged from the trip involved him snoring so loud she slept in the hotel hallway. So my image of Paris was of a faded runner rug and of my sister, curled in a ball at the foot of the door.
Rebekah [Fergusson], Luke [Boughen] and I arrive in Paris at 8 a.m. Ryan [White], who'd gone to Spain for a family wedding, would meet us later in the afternoon.
We take the Metro to the basement-level apartment we are renting for two nights. It is close enough to the sights to be convenient and far enough away to feel like we are seeing the Parisian's Paris. We drop off our bags, buy bread and cheese from the supermarché and force ourselves onto the street, even though we are thinking, at home, it is 3:30 a.m. and we'd like to be in bed.
Several people have told us there are games in the Champ de Mars, the grass stretching out from the Eiffel Tower. Ferg herself had gotten into a game in the grass with a mix of tourists several years ago. We're hoping to stumble upon something similar, but when we get there the main lawn is closed for repairs. When Ferg attempts to talk to the maintenance men, they ask her out for coffee but know nothing about the football.
On the side lawn, the only game is a swarm of French seven-year-olds who look like they're on an Eiffel Tower field trip. While Luke and I love to play with anyone from old men to fat men to first-time females, we do not love to play with seven-year-olds. Something about sprinting past small children feels wrong. So Luke and I lean back against the bench and just watch. There's an occasional game-ruiner who snatches it up with his hands and makes a break for it, the other kids tailing him until someone is able to knock it from his fingers and back down to the feet.
There is one drunk man with a Polaroid camera who wants to juggle the ball and kiss my cheek, but we opt out of a game with him. The only people left are either dozing or lovers fondling one another beneath umbrellas. Luke rolls the ball out in the grass and waits to see if anyone will take the bait, but when no one does we call it a day. It is not our mission to force people to play with us.
The beauty of pick-up is that it happens anywhere, with anyone, at no given place or time. This is also what makes it hard to find. When you are planning a trip, you rely on others' suggestions as to where games might take place, but when you arrive there's no guarantee that the Mennonites still play in the Bolivian jungle or that the lawn of the Eiffel Tower won't temporarily be closed.
We walk six or seven miles home, soaking wet but warm, passing the Musée d'Orsay, the Champs-Élysées and the Louvre. We sit down at the Bataclan Café on the corner across from the alleyway that leads to our apartment. The directions we gave Ryan are vague, and we are hoping to intercept him before he has the chance to get lost.
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Campbell Co., VA -Organizers cut the ribbon Wednesday morning opening the Stop Hunger Now office on Timberlake Road in Campbell County.
It's a meal packaging program where volunteers put food packages together that will go to school children in 64 countries around the world.
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"I like to call it a packaging party because once everybody gets together they start to have a good time, communicating, team work. They can have that hands-on mission without having a raise a ton of money to go out of country; they can do it in country," said Troy Henson, with Stop Hunger Now.
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Between fashion weeks, Lincoln Center seems relatively desolate without the obligatory crush of photographers and would-be street-style stars. But last night the plaza came alive again, as paps and the smart set turned out for American Ballet Theatre's season kickoff gala. The annual bash (sponsored this year by Clinique and Badgley Mischka) gives ballet-goers a chance to sample the company's offerings in a condensed program. Though Balanchine and two world premieres made for a weighty bill, it was the debut of Alexei Ratmansky's The Tempest that was on the lips of everyone from Bebe Neuwirth and Sigourney Weaver to James Lipton, who reminisced about his own ballet studies.
Others were happy just to be there, no matter what the material, like Jessica Stam, who was preparing to jet off to China the next day, and Elettra Wiedemann, who confessed, "I love getting the Cliffs Notes version of a bunch of different ballets, and then I feel like I've done my cultural outing for a while!" Michelle Ochs was on hand with ABT soloist Isabella Boylston, one of the company's many dancers that Cushnie et Ochs has dressed over the past four years. As to how Ochs attributes the partnership's longevity? "What better way to showcase your clothes? It's unreal! If anyone can wear off-the-runway samples…"
Post-performance, guests retired upstairs for dinner and dancing (with tunes courtesy of DJ "Mad Marg" Gubelmann). The hall was decked out in on-theme finery, with columns transformed into whirling cyclones. Guests compared notes on the performance over something called Tempest antipasti.
Alan Cumming, who dubbed his attire for the evening "dandyish," showed off his own dancing shoes (Louboutin) and an appropriately Shakespearean shirt with built-in cravat, the designer of which failed him, though he gamely offered up his collar for further inspection—as well as his thoughts on the evening: "I like seeing nubile bodies jumping around onstage." And who could blame him?
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Looking back from this point, 2012 seems to have been filled with misery and grief: the Newtown mass shooting that killed 20 children, Superstorm Sandy and the devastation she brought, the Aurora theater shooting.
Locally, there have teen suicides that touched several communities. Longtime businesses have shut their doors or announced their closings. Many in red Northwest Jersey probably viewed the re-election of President Barack Obama as bad news, as well.
So perhaps it is appropriate that the nation spends the last hours of 2012 teetering on the edge of the so-called "fiscal cliff."
Part of what led us to the cliff was well-intentioned: A bill designed to reduce the federal deficit. The other main problem was beneficial to taxpayers, but also contributed to the massive debt that led to the deficit-reduction bill: The Bush-era tax cuts.
President Bill Clinton was the first in two decades to balance the federal budget, and the first to leave office with a smaller cumulative debt than when he took office. President George W. Bush followed with some $1.7 trillion in tax cuts, and government again operated with a deficit. The debt ballooned and today equals more than $16 trillion. That's unquestionably problematic.
Last year, the U.S. maxed out its credit cards, so to speak. In order to solve the debt ceiling crisis, Congress passed and Obama signed a bill providing for certain automatic spending cuts.
So the perfect storm is converging: About $110 billion in automatic budget cuts at the same time as the Bush tax cuts expire, costing Americans more than $500 billion.
The cuts would come in a number of programs, most of which would not affect the average person—although some 2 million would lose unemployment benefits. But virtually everyone would have to pay more in taxes.
According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center:
If you're married with two children under age 18 and have about $147,000 in income, you'll pay $7,323 more in taxes.
If you're single, earning about $47,000, you'll pay $1,310 more.
A senior couple with about $53,000 in income would pay $690 more.
And if you're lucky enough to be among the very wealthiest, married couple without children and some $1.7 million in income, you'll pay almost $100,000 more.
Everyone loses. And in more ways than one.
Experts, including the Congressional Budget Office, predict that hurtling over the cliff will plunge the nation into another recession and put even more people out of work.
Given all that could possibly go wrong, why is it that—at least as of mid-day Sunday—Congress has refused to compromise with the president over a solution?
The answer came from my teenage sons, who noted this same problem that has plagued our democracy throughout history: The two-party system.
Our founding fathers wrote a Constitution and set up a government with checks and balances designed to give the people a say in government and keep too much power out of any one person or one office or one house.
But they didn't—couldn't—guard against any one party trying to get a power advantage. They didn't—couldn't—envision the childish lengths to which each party would go to try to get its way, to get an advantage, to look better than the other.
A viable third party could only help to get the Democrats and Republicans to compromise not only on these issues of taxes and spending, but also on health care, gun control and others.
Whether we tumble off the fiscal cliff crisis or screech to a halt at the edge, divided government will continue to cause problems in how the nation functions. Consider that the U.S. is expected to be bumping up against the new debt ceiling again as early as February. America needs a mediator. The nation is overdue for another party to take on that role and really represent the interests of the people.
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Chicken Veggie Packet Recipe
This recipe is a no-fuss way to combine meat and vegetables in one dish. The chicken and vegetables bake together in foil, so there's no pan to wash.Mildred Stubbs, Rockingham, North Carolina
- 1 bone-in chicken breast, skin removed
- 1 cup diced zucchini
- 1/2 cup diced green pepper
- 1/2 cup frozen mixed vegetables
- 2 tablespoons diced onion
- 1/8 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/8 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Place chicken and vegetables in the center of a large pieces of heavy-duty aluminum foil, about 18 in. x 13 in. Sprinkle with seasonings. Fold foil around mixture and seal tightly. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until meat juices run clear. Open the foil carefully to allow steam to escape. Yield: 1 serving.
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Active-duty military service pay is taxable only by the state in which the armed forces service member is a legal resident, which is usually the state of residence at the time he/she enters the service. In general, income of an Iowa resident in military service is taxable to the same extent as it is taxable for Federal purposes, even if the Iowa resident is stationed outside of Iowa or outside of the United States.
If a military person is an Iowa resident, he or she must file an Iowa individual income tax return if:
School District Surtax: For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, the school district surtax is applicable for resident members of the armed forces of the United States living in an Iowa school district, even if the member is not physically present in Iowa on the last day of the tax year. (42.1)
Each person has one and only one state of residence. A person may be a resident of a state even though he or she does not actually live in the state.
A military person does not lose "home state" residency simply by being absent from the state while in the military. (from Section 574 of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act)
When is a military person an Iowa resident?
A military person is an Iowa resident if:
A person remains an Iowa resident until positive action is taken to establish residency in another state.
Establishing residency in another state
To establish residency in another state, a military person must first complete form DD2058, State of Legal Residence Certificate, which is available from the payroll officer of the Military Office of Personnel. This alone does not establish residency. A combination of the actions listed below is required to establish legal residence in another state.
If steps are not taken to change residency, a military person remains a resident of Iowa and is subject to Iowa income tax laws.
The director of the Iowa Department of Revenue may require an individual to provide proof that residency has been established in another state.
Residency of spouses of military personnel
A spouse of an Iowa-resident military person is not considered a resident of Iowa simply by marriage. If, however, the spouse was an Iowa resident when they married, the spouse is an Iowa resident until other action is taken to establish residency in another state.
If the spouse is an Iowa resident and has Iowa-source income, it may be beneficial to use filing status 3 (married filing separately on the combined return form).
Filing status 3 or 4 (married filing separately on the combined return or married filing separate returns) may be used by nonresident spouses with no Iowa-source incomes.
Nonresidents/part-year residents stationed in Iowa
Military persons who are not residents of Iowa are required to file Iowa income tax returns if their all-source income meets the above requirements and their Iowa-source income is $1,000 or more.
Nonresident Military Income
Beginning with tax year 2003, the following apply for Iowa as a result of Federal legislation. PLEASE NOTE: Nonresident service members can file amended returns for years prior to 2004 that are still within the statute of limitations for refund.
The nonresident military taxpayer does not include military pay on line 1 of the IA1040 and also does not report it as Iowa income on the IA126. The net result is a reduction of the tax rate on any other Iowa-source income.
In general, this applies only to active duty military and does not include the National Guard or reserve personnel.
Exceptions may exist if nonresident military are under active duty orders under a specific federal section -- 502(f) of Title 32 of the United States Code.
All income, excluding military pay, is included on the Iowa income tax return (IA 1040) and tax is initially calculated on all-source income. Once this is done, the nonresident or part-year resident turns to another Iowa form, the IA 126 Nonresident and Part-Year Resident Schedule. Only Iowa-source income is included on this form and will not include military pay when calculating the credit. That credit is entered on the IA 1040 and is designed to minimize the taxation of income by Iowa and the other state.
Nonresidents and part-year residents must file both the IA 1040 and the IA 126 with a complete copy of the federal return. They cannot use the IA 1040 A short form.
Military pay to Iowa residents is taxable to Iowa to the same extent it is taxable on the Federal level regardless of where the person is stationed when it is received.
Other income earned by an Iowa resident stationed in or out of Iowa is also taxable to Iowa to the same extent it is taxable on the Federal level. If any of that income is correctly taxed by another state, then Iowa allows an out-of-state tax credit on the IA 1040. This credit is calculated on the IA 130 form, which must be attached to the IA 1040 with a copy of the other state's return.
Combat zone pay
Income excluded by the Federal government is also excluded for Iowa income tax purposes. For example, combat zone pay is excluded on the Iowa return because it is excluded for Federal income tax purposes.
The Federal Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003 provides for a number of tax breaks related to military personnel. Iowa follows the Federal treatment of the military adjustments to gross income.
The Internal Revenue Service Web site is your best source of qualifying combat zones and tax breaks related to military personnel.
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle, or Operation Enduring Freedom (40.61)
There is an income tax exemption for active duty pay received by a person in the National Guard or armed forces military reserve for service performed on or after January 1, 2003, pursuant to military orders for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle, or Operation Enduring Freedom. The individual needs only to be called to active duty under the appropriate orders to qualify for the exemption of active duty pay. The individual does not have to be serving overseas to be eligible for the exemption, but can be serving in Iowa or elsewhere in the United States under the appropriate military orders and qualify for the exemption for active duty pay.
Note that if a person in the National Guard or military reserve was called to active duty pursuant to military orders for an operation or purpose other than the operations specified above, the active duty pay is not exempt from Iowa income tax. (40.61)
Include all income on line 1 with other W-2, 1099, or W-G income. Qualifying military income is then deducted on line 24. If you file a paper return, attach a copy of your orders. If you file electronically, keep a copy of your orders with your tax records in case the department requests them at a later date.
Persian Gulf Conflict and/or Bosnia-Herzegovina Peacekeeping (40.40, 40.51)
There is an income tax exemption for active-duty pay received by a person in the National Guard or armed forces military reserve for services performed on or after August 2, 1990, pursuant to military orders related to the Persian Gulf Conflict and/or for services performed on or after November 21, 1995, pursuant to military orders related to peacekeeping in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Military Student Loan Exemption (40.63)
Military student loan repayments included in federal adjusted gross income are exempt from Iowa income tax if the following criteria are met.
This exemption may be taken by persons in the:
The individual must be on active duty at the time of the loan repayment.
Include the loan repayment amount in line 1 and deduct it in line 24. (40.63)
Exclusion of Distributions from Retirement Plans by National Guard members and members of military reserve forces of the United States (40.58)
If a National Guard member or member of the military reserve is called to active state or Federal duty and makes a withdrawal from a qualified retirement account of the member, the amount of the withdrawal is not subject to Iowa income tax or state tax penalty. If this income is reported as taxable pension income on line 9 of the Iowa return, enter that amount on line 24 of the Iowa 1040.
Iowa income tax is forgiven if:
Single status: Iowa income tax is forgiven for the tax year in which the individual was killed or was missing and presumed dead and for the tax year prior to the year of death.
Married / year of death: If the deceased was married at the time of death, all tax is forgiven for the year of death if the filing status is joint or married filing separately on the combined return for that tax year.
Married / prior year: All tax is forgiven if the deceased was married at the time of death and a joint return or a married filing separate return was filed for the year prior to death. Please note that if the deceased had filed using the married filing separately on the combine return status, only the state income tax attributable to the deceased will be forgiven. Prior-year returns cannot be amended to change the filing status. (39.11)
The usual filing deadline for Iowa income tax returns is April 30. If 90 percent of the tax due is paid by that time, the deadline is extended to October 31. No extension form is available or required.
Qualifying individuals are granted extensions under certain circumstances for filing returns and for other acts related to the department. These are listed below.
Who qualifies for an extension?
" Other acts related to the department" includes:
Extension periods
In general, the additional time period for filing state returns and performing other acts is 180 days after the person leaves the combat zone or hazardous duty area.
For further information about Federal provisions, go to the Internal Revenue Service Web site at www.irs.gov


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Yesterday afternoon I arrived home from Austin City Limits. It seems like a year ago (most certainly not last Thursday) that I flew to Texas and skipped right into LiLi's open arms. It was like a scene out of a movie, you guys. There was squee-ing and hugging and jumping, and probably a few people watching us who thought we might make out any second (sorry to disappoint, Dallas). After three days of constant sunshine, intermittent assaults on our eardrums, and the rare consumption of flavorless festival food, I arrived home in Denver feeling tired, with the lingering fear that I might still be covered in residual sunscreen, and harboring a varsity craving for fresh fruit, and funnily enough, pasta.
The craving for fresh fruit was easy enough to understand – the week before I left, I had been working my way through 10 pounds of apples I bought at the farmer's market, sometimes consuming 2 or 3 apples a day. I barely consumed any fruit in Texas, simply because there wasn't a good grocery store near our hotel. So I think I was simply going through withdrawal in that respect. So I remedied that problem immediately when I got home… I went to the store and bought 5 pounds of pears. Normal, right?
The pasta craving I can't really explain. But I still took care of it. (I belong to the "If the Craving Lasts for More Than Two Days Then It's Probably a Vitamin or Mineral That You're Low On" school of thought when it comes to cravings. As long as you're not hoovering a 3-pound bag of cookies, of course.)
Fettucini alfredo has always been a favorite pasta dish of mine.
It might have something to do with the cream and butter involved… but that's just a guess.
I discovered the Pioneer Woman's recipe a little over a year ago, and it's my favorite way to make alfredo now. But, as many of the Pioneer Woman's dishes (I'm also looking at you, Giada and Paula and Ina), I find that the butter and cream in this recipe are a little… overwhelming. Like, I don't need a FULL stick of butter in the sauce. That just seems like overkill. And I like to throw in a few vegetables, too, so that I can rationalize the fact that I'm essentially consuming a plate of carbs covered in 2 different kinds of animal fat for my dinner. Generally I like to throw in a handful of spinach into the hot pasta, because spinach is one of my favorite veggies.
But when I was making this last night, I tossed the pasta with the alfredo sauce, and I couldn't get out of my head how much better the dish would taste with a bit of vinegar sprinkled over the top. I thought of this, of course, just as I realized that I had had a major brain fart and had forgotten to toss in the spinach. Then it struck me – have you ever seen those pizzas topped with fresh greens? – why not put a salad on top of pasta?
This might be the only way I eat alfredo pasta for the foreseeable future. The texture of the fresh greens is the perfect contrast to al dente pasta. And the vinaigrette cuts through the heaviness of the alfredo sauce exactly as I had hoped; it almost makes the sauce seem light, which is pretty hard to do when it's basically cream and butter. It's also quite a pretty presentation, in my mind… I think this would be great as a big dish to serve to your guests at a party or holiday; double or triple this recipe, and serve the pasta in a large shallow serving bowl, topped with all the greens. Pretty, pretty, pretty.
Linguine Alfredo with Fresh Greens and Vinaigrette
original recipe from The Kitchenette
Serves 2
1/2 pound linguine or other dried pasta
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup cream (heavy, table, or half and half)
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon champagne mustard
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
4 cups packed fresh baby spinach or mixed baby greens
salt and fresh cracked pepper
Bring a large pot of water to boil over high heat. Add a generous tablespoon of salt to the water. Add the pasta, and cook according to package directions.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the cream and whisk to combine. Heat over medium for a few minutes, or until the sauce thickens. Season with a pinch of salt.
Whisk the mustard, olive oil, and white balsamic vinegar in the bottom of a mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Toss greens with vinaigrette, and set aside.
Place grated parm in the bottom of your serving bowl. Pour thickened cream/butter mix over cheese. Season with plenty of cracked pepper. Let sit until the pasta finishes cooking. Reserve a cup of pasta cooking water (which can be added to the sauce later if it is too thick to coat the pasta evenly). Drain pasta and add cooked pasta to serving bowl. Toss to coat pasta with sauce. Add reserved cooking water, a tablespoon at a time, if necessary until sauce coats pasta evenly.
Top pasta with dressed greens. Serve immediately.
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Behind the Scenes Clips: Molly Weasley's Famous Line, Dumbledore and Harry's RelationshipDH Film
Entertainment Weekly has released an exclusive behind the scenes clip from the "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" Blu-ray. The clip features interviews with the Weasley actors discussing Molly Weasley's (Julie Walters) famous line in the series when she battles Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter). See that video here.
Another clip was unlocked by fans playing on the website Harry Potter: The Quest. This new feature focuses on Harry and Dumbledore's relationship through the years and includes previously unseen behind the scenes footage of Daniel Radcliffe and Michael Gambon joking around on the set. See it on YouTube or below:
"Deathly Hallows: Part 2" will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on Nov. 11 in the U.S. and Dec. 2 in the U.K.


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Slim and stylish wireless keyboard
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Just finished a browser add-on that will sort by ranking the players in your line-ups. It will process as many leagues as necessary at once, for as many days into the future as is desired. The add-on determines every possible line-up then sorts the line-up by the players' 7-day and 14-day rankings.
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Wreath Storage Bag Protects Out Of Season Decorative Wreaths
Protect your fragile artificial wreaths from dust, moisture and insects after the season or holiday. Our lightweight, zippered vinyl Christmas Wreath Storage Bag will hold up to 25" diameter wreaths, but you can also use it to store lengths of garland or swags that can be coiled up. 25" diameter x 7" deep.


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It's early in the season and some of the top teams in the MLS are without their top players, but Sporting Kansas City look like the best team in the league at present. Luis Gil is having a good year for Real Salt Lake, but they missed Javier Morales on Saturday night. Sporting controlled the first hour of the match and defended well at the end, holding on for a 1-0 win over RSL.
Sporting had a goal disallowed just before the halftime whistle after controlling play for the entire first half. C.J. Sapong rose up over Jamison Olave to win a header and put it off the underside of the crossbar and over the line, but referee Kevin Stott disallowed the goal for a foul on Sapong. On the replay, there was very little contact between Sapong and Olave, and it was difficult to see what Stott thought constituted a foul.
Even though Kansas City controlled the game, Olave and his partner Nat Borchers were excellent in defense and shut off every half-chance that their opponents created from open play. Kansas City needed a set piece to take the lead, and Aurélien Collin was the man who scored their winner in the 63rd minute. On a corner kick, Borchers and Olave stuck with Sapong and Kei Kamara, but RSL center forward Alvaro Saborio fell asleep and completely lost Collin. He was left with a free header at the far post to put his team ahead.
From then until the end of the game, Sporting's press was not as aggressive and RSL had much more possession, but they were unable to create clear-cut chances. Defensive midfielder Julio Cesar had to come out of the game with an injury, but Paulo Nagamura deputized well. Nothing got through Collin and Matt Besler in the closing minutes, as Kansas City held on for all three points.


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Carolyn Curcio
Inaugural SEC Equestrian Championship Set for March 29-30
Auburn selected to host first ever conference championship
Gamecocks Land 121 Student-Athletes on SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
South Carolina ranks second among SEC on this list
SEC to Sponsor Equestrian Championship Starting in 2012-2013
South Carolina, Auburn, Georgia, and Texas A&M all sponsor equestrian
Equestrian Team Invited as Special Guests to President's House
Dr. Pastides and wife Patricia host team reception
Equestrian Team Holds End of Season Banquet
Team MVP Announced Tonight at Gamecock Gala
South Carolina vs. Baylor Highlights
South Carolina vs. Auburn Highlights
Equestrian Team Reception with Dr. Pastides
President Dr. Harris Pastides and his wife Patricia hosted the Equestrian team for a reception (4/16/2012)
Equestrian vs. Auburn (3/30/2012)
South Carolina defeated Auburn, 12-6 in the opening round of the Southern Equestrian Championships.
2011-2012 Equestrian Team Banquet
4/18/12 - The Equestrian team held its annual end of season banquet on Wednesday in the Champions Club at Williams Brice.
Gamecocks Win 2012 Southern Equestrian Championship
The South Carolina Equestrian team upset No. 1 Georgia to win the 2012 Southern Equestrian Championship.
Equestrian vs. Baylor (2/26/2012)
The Gamecocks upset No. 4 Baylor, 15-4, on Senior Day at One Wood Farm. Photos by Juan Blas.
2011-2012: 12-7-1 regular season and postseason combined record in Hunt Seat action with two MVP's... 3-2 postseason record in Equitation Over Fences with one MVP... 1-0 postseason record in Equitation on the Flat... 8-5-1 regular season record in Hunt Seat action with one MVP... 2-4 record in Equitation on the Flat... 6-1-1 record in Equitation Over Fences with one MVP... began her season on Oct. 8 at Auburn, going 2-0 in Hunt Seat action... against the Tigers, she picked up a 78-77 win in Equitation on the Flat, and followed that up with a 82-80 win in Equitation Over Fences... went 1-for-2 against Georgia on Nov. 4, winning her point in Equitation Over Fences... went 1-for-2 at No. Georgia on Feb. 2, winning her ride 87-82 in Equitation Over Fences while being named MVP... Picked up an 87-83 win in Equitation Over Fences on Feb. 25 as the Gamecocks upset No. 1 Auburn... Went 2-for-2 against No. 4 Baylor on Feb. 26 as the Gamecocks swept the Bears, 10-0, in Hunt Seat action - defeated her opponent, 84-82, in Equitation Over Fences and then completed her perfect day with an 81-75 win Equitation on the Flat... Closed out the regular season with a 82-0 win at Delaware State on March 16... Competed at the Southern Equestrian Championships, where she went 1-1 in Hunt Seat action, with both rides coming in Equitation Over Fences... In the opening round meet against No. 3 Auburn on March 30, she lost her point, 173-169, but was still named MVP of the event... In the Southern Equestrian Championship meet against No. 1 Georgia on March 31, she picked up a 161-155 victory over her Bulldog opponent... Competed at NCEA's going 3-1 in Hunt Seat action with a 2-1 record in Equitation Over Fences and a 1-0 mark in Flat action... Picked up a 167-152 win over Oklahoma State on April 13... On April 14, she closed out Nationals going 2-for-2, winning her Flat ride, 127-118, and then defeating her opponent in Equitation Over Fences, 165-159... Spring 2012 Dean's List... Third-year letter winner.
2010-2011: Received an Honorable Mention on the inaugural Varsity Equestrian All-American list for Equitation Over Fences... 16-11 regular-season and post-season record combined... 9-10 overall regular-season record... 2-7 regular-season record in Equitation on the Flat... 7-3 regular-season record in Equitation Over Fences... 7-1 post-season record... 3-1 post-season record in Equitation on the Flat... 4-0 post-season record in Equitation Over Fences... won both of her rides (Equitation and Equitation Over Fences) against SMU in the season opener on 9/24... won her Equitation Over Fences ride against South Dakota State on 9/25... Won 80-78 in Equitation Over Fences against Auburn's Grace Socha on 10/1... Competed in both Hunt Seat events in all three of South Carolina's home meets during the fall and in the Gamecocks' two away competitions at UGA and Kansas State... won 83-78 in Equitation Over Fences at Kansas State on 10/29... defeated her Delaware State opponent 84-68 in Waco, TX and was also named MVP... Went 2-for-2 at Baylor on 1/29, winning both of her rides in Equitation and Equitation Over Fences... was named MVP for her 11-point win over her Baylor opponent in Equitation Over Fences... closed out the regular season with an 81-80 win over New Mexico State in Equitation Over Fences... member of the S.E.C. team... went 2-for-2 at the 2011 Southern Equestrian Championships on 3/25, starting with a 134-128 win over her Georgia opponent in Equitation on the Flat, followed by a 133-128 win over her Georgia opponent in Equitation Over Fences... Member of the VENC team... Went 5-1 at Nationals... Went 2-for-2 at Nationals against UT-Martin on 4/15, picking up wins in both Equitation on the Flat and Equitation Over Fences... Went 2-for-2 again the following day, winning both of her rides against Texas A&M in the fifth-place competition on 4/16... Second-year letter winner... Was named "Equitation Over Fences MVP" at the team banquet... SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2009-2010: Joined the Gamecocks for the Spring 2010 semester... 1-0 regular season record in Equitation Over Fences... Picked up her first collegiate win and first win as a Gamecock on 2/27 at UGA in her only ride of the season... First-year letter winner.
High School: Was on the gold medalist North American Young Riders Team... Was 3rd in the Sussex County Horse Show Grand Prix... 7th in the HITS Wk 7 Grand Prix... 3rd and 10th in equitation at Zone 2 Regionals... 5th at USET Finals... 6th and 8th at Washington Finals... and 8th at Maclay Finals.


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Just The Facts…Sheet:
What: The Global Scavenger Hunt™ is the 11th annual (Diamond edition!) around-the-world travel adventure competition that takes Teams on A Blind Date With The World™.
When: Spring 2015, for three-weeks between April and May 2015. Fifteen teams will travel from Vancouver to Chicago--the long way!
Who: Team from around the world participate. (Previous events have had Teams from USA, Canada, Belgium, New Zealand, Australia, England, Dubai & Barbados; travelers from over 45 nations have applied for previous events.)
Prizes: The World's Greatest Travelers™ trophy and $22,000 prize (Winners are invited to defend their title in the next event.) 2014 defending champs Zoe & Rainey from USA, will be defending their title in 2015.
Where: A circumnavigation of the globe touching down in at least 10 countries; that may include: Peru, Brazil, China, Viet Nam, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Russia, Greece, and Italy. (These are only potential countries as The Global Scavenger Hunt™ is indeed A Blind Date With The World™ for all its participants--because they don't know which 10 countries they will be visiting until they board a 747 (or AirBus) over the International Dateline!
Why: Teams will be helping to raise money toward a $1 million goal for ongoing humanitarian causes. Past organizations that have benefited include: Doctors Without Borders, CARE, Mercy Corps International, Partners in Health, Free the Children and KIVA. Past events have helped fund co-ed elementary schools in Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Kenya, India, Niger and Ecuador.
How: For additional information please visit GlobalScavengerHunt.com or call 1.310.281.7809.
Press Contact: Pamela Finmark - 1.310.281.7809 or
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2014 Press Kits
To look or download our Official 2015 Event e-Media Kit, please kindly click or let us know at:
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Marion Body Works President Dies in Crash James M. Simpson, 51, the president and chief executive officer of Marion Body Works, was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Oct. 4. Simpson had been president and chief executive officer of the WI-based maker...
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Marion Body Works President Dies in Crash
James M. Simpson, 51, the president and chief executive officer of Marion Body Works, was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Oct. 4.
Simpson had been president and chief executive officer of the WI-based maker of fire and rescue apparatus for the past several years, sharing the control of the family owned company with his brother-in-law, Curt Ignacio, who is the company's co-president and chief operating officer. Simpson's father, Vinson (Bud), and the late Elizabeth (Betty) Simpson purchased Marion Body Works in 1980.
Under his guidance, Marion Body Works has expanded its line of apparatus from primarily rescue vehicles to pumpers, tankers and now aerials as well. The business has grown from a regional builder, to one of national prominence.
Simpson leaves behind his wife, Lynne, of 26 years and three sons, as well as his father, sister and extended family members.
Fire Protection Research Foundation to Study Cooking-Related Fires
Cooking equipment-related fires are the leading cause of U.S. fire loss, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). During the five-year-period of 2006-2010, cooking equipment was involved in an average of 157,300 reported home structure fires, with associated losses of 380 civilian deaths, 4,920 civilian injuries and $794 million in direct property damage per year.
The Fire Protection Research Foundation an affiliate of NFPA, with a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is addressing this concern. Through the remainder of 2012 and throughout 2013, the Foundation will support a research project, Development of Standard Cooking Fire Scenarios and Candidate Test Methods for Evaluating Cooking Fire Mitigation Technologies, to examine three main areas of cooking-related fires, and develop an action plan towards improving overall cooking fire safety. The project will focus on the development of the means for implementing prevention technologies that are suitable for use on or with home cooking appliances. The three categories of cooking-related fires to be studied are: fires starting in a pot or pan on a burner; fires due to food spillage onto a burner; and products such as utensils, oven mitts and other items that catch fire on or near a burner.
This grant-funded research project report is slated for completion by the end of 2013, and will be made available through the Foundation's website (http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=242&URL=Research/Fire%20Protection%20Research%20Foundation&cookie_test=1).
NFFF Receives $1 Million Grant
The safety of our nation's firefighters will continue to improve thanks to a $1 million federal grant to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF). The grant will help support the Foundation's Everyone Goes Home® program, which educates firefighters about preventing line-of-duty deaths and injuries.
The grant is awarded from the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program. The AFG provides funding each year to fire departments and emergency medical service organizations that are unaffiliated with hospitals.
"The Foundation is grateful to receive this grant so that we can continue our mission of honoring our nation's fallen firefighters and their survivors by helping others to prevent line-of-duty deaths and injuries," said Chief Ronald J. Sianicki, executive director of the NFFF. "These funds will enable us to further reach members of the fire service with vital information and resources so that they can do their jobs safely and effectively."
Everyone Goes Home is a national education and training program to help reduce the number of line-of-duty deaths and injuries that occur each year. The program was created to support the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives (FLSI) that were developed during the 2004 Firefighter Life Safety Summit in Tampa.
For more information about the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and Everyone Goes Home, visit www.everyonegoeshome.com.
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New Orleans Saints
Jonathan Vilma - #51 - LB
|6' 1"/ 230 lbs.
|Coral Gables, FL
|Miami (FL)
|Years played
|2004, 1st round, 12th pick by Jets
Saints WR Moore looking to bounce back
Word is Saints WR Lance Moore has impressed observers in training camp.
Saints' defense likely to decline
Fantasy owners should be wary of an overrated Saints defense, which is unlikely to come close to the 39 takeaways it produced last season.
Saints sign first-round pick Robinson
The Saints announced Friday that the club has agreed to terms with first-round pick Patrick Robinson, the team's first-round draft choice, on a five-year contract.
Saints agree to terms with Ramsey, Graham
The Saints announced they have agreed to terms with QB Patrick Ramsey and rookie TE Jimmy Graham.
NFC South training-camp reports
In the seventh chapter of our training-camp reports, we look at the NFC South teams, including a Panthers team led defensively by LB Jon Beason.
Fantasy owners should have PK strategy
Fantasy owners will concentrate their draft preparation on quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends, but reading up on kickers before your draft is wise, writes PFW's Mike Wilkening.
Saints re-sign McCray, sign Tennant
The Saints signed one of their draft picks Thursday and re-signed a player they recently cut.
Daniel, Ramsey expected to battle to back up Brees
Patrick Ramsey, who is expected to sign with the Saints, and second-year player Chase Daniel will compete to become Drew Brees' top backup in training camp.
Exclusive trenchmarks
Pro Football Weekly offers an exclusive breakdown of the top-rated teams in each division in terms of overall play in the trenches on both sides of the ball.
Saints sign rookie DT Woods
The Saints have signed rookie DT Al Woods to a four-year contract, the team announced Thursday.
Saints RB Thomas waiting for new deal
With about three weeks to go until training camp, it appears Pierre Thomas would like more money than the Saints are willing to give.
Saints will have 'pitch count' for Sharper in training camp
Saints FS Darren Sharper could be limited for much of training camp as he returns from knee surgery.
Payton peels back curtain in new book
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People familiar with the situation say defensive end Will Smith and Vilma has agreed to restructure his contract in order to remain with the New Orleans Saints.||||||| The 31-year-old Smith and 30-year-old Vilma, both veteran defensive captains who were implicated in the NFL's bounty probe, would have consumed about $23 million combined in salary cap space had they not agreed to new deals before the new league year - and free agency - began Tuesday afternoon.
Vilma has asked a federal judge to allow him to move forward with his defamation case against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.||||||| In a motion filed Wednesday, Vilma drops his case against the NFL's disciplinary process, now that his suspension has been lifted. However, he continues to pursue damages from Goodell for harm he alleges was done to his reputation by the NFL's bounty probe of the New Orleans Saints. In an NFL appeal ruling Tuesday, former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue threw out suspensions for Vilma and three other current and former Saints in connection with the bounty investigation.
Saints defensive end Will Smith says he and linebacker Jonathan Vilma will be present Friday when their lawyers cross examine former New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams in Washington, D.C. Williams appears at a bounty hearing on Friday morning, according to a schedule set by Paul Tagliabue. The former NFL commissioner has been appointed to oversee the latest round of player appeals in the matter.||||||| Smith and Vilma will leave Atlanta after Thursday night's game against the Falcons. They are among four players issued suspensions of various lengths in the league's probe of the Saints' cash-for-hits program. Smith and Vilma are playing while their appeals are pending. Williams and former Saints assistant Mike Cerullo were two of the NFL's central witnesses in the probe. Cerullo's appearance is scheduled for Thursday.
Vilma hopes to play a bigger role on the Saints' defense in his second game of the season Sunday against Denver. He said his knee, and his entire body, held up very well after the Tampa Bay game. He did not make a tackle but had one deflection and forced a near interception.||||||| Playing for the first time while appealing his season-long suspension for his role in the New Orleans' bounty program, Vilma played 18 snaps last Sunday against Tampa Bay. Vilma declined Friday to talk about any bounty-related topics leading into his appeals hearing Tuesday with former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who will decide whether to uphold Roger Goodell's ruling.
Vilma played for the first time on Sunday while appealing a season-long suspension due to his role in the Saints' bounty program, recording one quarterback hit and breaking up one pass.||||||| New Orleans still gave up a season-high 513 yards, but players said Vilma's return provided an emotional lift.


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A report from the Korea Times today cites an anonymous Samsung executive as saying that the company is preparing a quad-core system-on-chip to power the successor to the Galaxy S II, which, importantly, will have Samsung's own LTE modem built in. We've written at length about Nvidia's problem of not having an LTE-compatible Tegra 3 configuration to offer to US carriers — a hurdle that's mostly been erected by Qualcomm's refusal to help a direct competitor integrate its LTE modems into the chip — and this news seems to show Samsung had the foresight to develop its own alternative in time for the GS III launch. Citing a second Samsung executive, the report goes on to note that the company has already used its LTE solution in the Galaxy Nexus in the United States and feels confident about its compatibility and reliability.
As usual with Samsung and the Galaxy S III, however, this remains unconfirmed information. When the Korea Times reached out to Qualcomm and Samsung for official comment, its requests were met with a wall of silence. The latest intel we'd previously heard on the matter was that Samsung was considering using Qualcomm's MSM8960 — a system-on-chip that combines LTE and application processor into one, dropping Samsung's hardware — or some combination of Samsung- and Qualcomm-built parts. The addition of a Samsung LTE modem to the upcoming 32nm Exynos processor could take care of that problematic choice very easily and free up Samsung from having to rely on Qualcomm's consent for future products.
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---- — Seven months after losing her leg in a near-fatal accident in Haverhill, Paige Fortin is finally back on her feet.
The 18-year-old Amesbury resident has endured a hard road riddled with surgeries and setbacks, but within the past month her injuries have healed to the point where she could be fitted with a prosthetic, and now she's able to walk for the first time since the accident.
Fortin was first fitted with her new prosthetic leg about a month ago, but wasn't wearing it consistently until two weeks ago when she went to visit her stepsister at college in North Carolina.
"The day before that my physical therapist was like 'it's not going to stop hurting until you use it,'" Fortin said. "So I wore it the whole time, I just sucked it up."
Since then, Fortin has been walking all over town, and her mother, Virginia Page, said it's like she's turned into Forrest Gump.
"She's like 'I'm going to run' and then she just takes off," Page said.
That kind of progress would have seemed unimaginable last September after Fortin and her boyfriend, Josh Zaino, were struck by a truck while riding on a scooter in Haverhill. The impact of the collision knocked both of them from the scooter and inflicted catastrophic damage to Fortin's right leg.
Fortin's doctors described the injuries as among the worst they'd ever seen, and her mother said her leg looked like something straight out of "The Walking Dead." Zaino was not seriously injured in the accident.
"We have the injury photos and it actually looks like a zombie leg," Page said. "It was twisted around, purple, it really was nuts."
Page said her daughter likely had her leg caught in a tire rotation when the truck hit her, and the leg ultimately had to be amputated.
Beyond the damage Fortin suffered on her right leg, she also suffered a broken femur, broken ribs, a bruised lung and some road rash. Amazingly, she did not suffer any head trauma, a fact she attributes to her having been wearing a motorcycle helmet at the time.
Regardless, the injuries rendered Fortin unable to do anything on her own, and Page said it was like she was a newborn again.
"She stood for the first time, she walked for the first time, she went to the bathroom on her own for the first time," Page said. "It was a humbling experience."
The months following the accident did not go smoothly. Fortin endured seven surgeries along with two clean-up procedures after the accident, but her recovery was laced with setbacks. Her wound kept getting infected, and her father, Mike Fortin, probably put it best in October when he described the process as a one step forward, two steps back situation.
In spite of that, Page said her daughter's positive attitude never wavered throughout the process, and added that the outpouring of support from the Amesbury community after the accident was unbelievable. Fortin said she got letters and gifts in the mail daily for five months after the accident, people cooked meals for the family through Christmas Day and beyond, people would constantly message the family to see how she was doing.
Eventually a Facebook page called "Lets Help Paige Fortin" was set up to keep supporters up to speed on Fortin's recovery. That page has now been liked nearly 8,000 times and each individual post routinely garners hundreds of likes on its own.
There have also been dozens of fundraisers to benefit Fortin and her family, and to date over $40,000 has been raised to help pay for her medical bills.
Adjusting to all the attention and her newfound status as a local celebrity has been a slow process all its own, and Fortin said it was a little weird for her at first to be approached by people she didn't know who were interested in hearing how she was doing.
"People would be like 'Oh, can I hug you?' And I'm like 'sure?'" Fortin said. "I don't want to be rude for not knowing who they are, but it was way too many people. I don't even know 7,000 people."
Fortin said one of her biggest worries after the accident was that once the headlines faded, people would forget about her and she'd be left alone. In some ways, that fear came to fruition in the sense that many people she considered to be her friends never wound up visiting her in the hospital.
"You definitely find out who your friends are," she said.
Despite everything that has happened, both Fortin and her mother say that if given the chance to turn the clock back, they wouldn't change anything. Fortin said her ordeal has given her a new appreciation for life, along with a sense of direction that she didn't have before.
"I literally had no idea what I wanted to do and now it's opened up my eyes to lots of different things," she said. "There were a lot of signs just that week, it's impossible that it wasn't meant to be."
Before the accident, Fortin graduated from Whittier Vocational Technical High School and had been accepted into Johnson and Wales' culinary program, but she decided that wasn't for her.
Now she is planning on attending class at Northern Essex Community College in the fall, and she said she's considering entering the medical field, possibly to help others with prosthetics.
She also hopes she can be of some help to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings who had amputations themselves, but Fortin and Page each said they remember what it was like at that stage in the process and would prefer not to be intrusive.
In the meantime, Fortin's most immediate concerns are her continued recovery, regaining her driver's license and getting a new car. She is also back at work at both Flatbread Co. and Culinarium, where she works part-time when her physical therapy schedule allows.
At this point, Fortin says her new leg has basically become her new normal, and it feels like she was born that way. The new prosthetic even brings some benefits of its own: She joked that her new plastic foot is prettier than her natural one, and said she can still to wear flip flops and high heels. She can even still paint her toenails.
"I like it more than my other leg actually," Fortin said. "Who wouldn't want that? I think it's pretty cool."
Fortin still can't run yet — the best she can manage at this point is an awkward, fast-moving limp — but she said she's going to keep working at it and hopes to reach a point where she can run 5Ks and other road races in the near future.
But until then, just being able to walk again is good enough after everything she's been through.
"It's been seven months without it, and I said when I got it that I'd appreciate every step I took," Fortin said. "So I have."


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Thousands Head to Denver to Hear Latest on Preventing Work Injuries, Illnesses at ASSE's Conference and Record-Setting Expo — Safety 2012
WHAT: Thousands of safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals from around the globe will be in Denver, CO, for the June 3-6 American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) annual Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exposition, Safety 2012. The exposition will feature more than 500 exhibitors. The PDC has more than 250 sessions on hot topics involving all aspects of work safety including sessions on mining, risk management, nanotechnology, nuclear plant safety, fall protection, crane safety, ergonomics, sustainability, preventing workplace violence, a session titled 'Restoring the Lincoln Memorial/Washington Monument Reflecting Pool', one titled – 'A Case Study of Success: Prairie Waters OCIP, Aurora, CO', and many more. The ASSE PDC is the largest annual gathering of safety professionals.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) David Michaels will address key issues and concerns of SH&E professionals on the activities and impact of the federal government and will respond to audience questions. He will meet with the media Monday, June 4, at 2:45 p.m. in the media room. He is expected to discuss several issues including the new Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), the National Emphasis Programs, fall prevention and other agency priorities.
Morning general sessions will feature top national speakers including Dr. Robert Cialdini on Monday discussing 'Influence: The Ultimate Power Tool'; Lowell B. Catlett, Ph.D., professor, New Mexico State University will discuss 'The Economic Behemoth' Tuesday, and Bruce S. Wilkinson will discuss 'Making Safety a Value – Not Just a Priority: The Key to Long-Term Safety Success' during the Wednesday luncheon, sponsored by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP).
ASSE will also provide a career services center at the conference along with several local technical tours to the Denver International Airport, the Halliburton-Fracturing location, the Bureau of Reclamation at the Denver Federal Center, the National Wind Technology Center at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Drill Rig, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and more. Attendees are able to see the work of their occupational safety, health and environmental peers from behind the scenes.
WHEN: June 3-6, 2012, for the PDC, and, June 3-5 for the Exposition. General hours from 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday.
WHERE: Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver, CO, 80202.
CONTACT: Media contact — Diane Hurns, 847-768-3413, C- 847-909-4548, firstname.lastname@example.com, for media pass. To register, to access schedules one can go to www.SAFETY2012.org. Also, the new Safety 2012 App is available to be downloaded for iPhone (http://ativ.me/uw), iPod Touch, iPad or the Android (http://ativ.me/ux).
Founded in 1911, the Des Plaines, IL-based ASSE is the oldest professional safety organization and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Its more than 34,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members lead, manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and environmental issues in all industries, government, labor, health care and education. For more information please go to www.safety2012.org and to http://coloradoasse.org/ for information on the ASSE Colorado Chapter.


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JK Rowling made a grant of £57,000 to a foundation set up in the name of Catie Hoch, will help fund a full-time specialist at the centre where she was treated,
The Scotland Sunday reports. Catie was a nine year old girl who had a correspondence with JKR before she died in 2000. When she suffered a relapse and had only weeks to live, her mother wrote to Rowlings publishers about the then unpublished fourth book, Goblet of Fire. The paper writes, that Catie's mother "was stunned when a personal e-mail arrived from the author, and as her daughters condition deteriorated the two began to write regularly, and exchange presents. Then as the little girl had only days to live Rowling rang to read her chapters from the manuscript" of Goblet of Fire.
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Belen's mantra of strong defense was in full effect to get them a 14-6 win over Miami Country Day at the first-round state play-in Tuesday.
The Wolverines will play Orlando Dr. Phillips in the state quarterfinals at Ransom Everglades.
Jake Guso, who coach Jimmy Aguilera calls the leader of the team, paced Belen (26-1) with four goals. Herzen Cortes and Santiago Nunez added three apiece.
Goalkeeper Ryan Guso had 12 saves to anchor the strong Belen defense from the net.
Giovanni Craggnotti scored three goals for Miami Country Day, whose season ended after a come-from-behind district final win against Hialeah.
• Girls' first-round state play-in — Ransom Everglades 21, Miami Country Day 3: The depth, experience and outright skill of the four-time defending state champion Raiders proved to be too much for the visiting Spartans.
Ransom, which will host the state playoffs from this round onward, advances to face Orlando Dr. Phillips in state quarterfinals.
The Raiders (25-1) opened by scoring the first five goals — four of which came from Chelsea Johnson — and 11 of the last 12. Johnson finished with six goals in limited minutes.
Sofia Carrera-Justiz had three goals and four assists, and Carolina Meneses added four goals.
Country Day's season ended after winning its district with an overtime victory against MAST Academy.
• Boys' first-round state play-in — Gulliver 24, Mourning 8: As the first round of the state play-in concludes, both the Gulliver boys and girls will head to the state quarterfinals after beating Mourning.
Despite having a successful win in the district finals against MAST Academy, the Mourning boys' couldn't hold it together against the Raiders.
The Gulliver boys toppled the Sharks by scoring the first goal and then never stopping.
Andres Guerra led the boys with eight goals, four steals and an assist. Additionally, Guerra drew four ejections against Mourning.
Assisting in the win was Hunter Pelletier who had nine assists, along with four goals. Jonathan Chow added 6 goals.
With this win, the boys will return to state finals to defend their 2011-12 championship.
The quarterfinal round will be a rematch against St. Thomas Aquinas, who the Raiders defeated 11-9 for the championship last season.
• Girls' first-round state play-in — Gulliver 19, Mourning 2: Gulliver came out ready to move on past their postseason loss last year. The Raiders defended their goal well and only allowed the Sharks to score two goals.
"We have a very strong team — I believe they are the best in the state," Gulliver coach Carroll Vaughan said. "We have been planning for this all season."
Leading the girls was Isa Granados who scored seven goals with five steals and five assists.
The team's hard work and dedication will take them to the next round of the playoff against Suncoast Community High School for the quarterfinal match.


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Happy Halloween!
Want to be scared and experience a haunted house like no other?
Then the Circus of Fear 3D Haunted House is your destination this Halloween season!
This unique haunted house, with a demented circus theme (think bloody man-eating clowns), is 4000 square feet of scares and effects that invade the visual and aural senses to mess with your mind, balance, and sense of reality. You'll never be the same once you've experienced it.
This isn't just ANY haunted house, it's a 3D Scary Clown haunted fun house. Our Big Top circus tent is filled with masterful 3D holographic special effects, scary clowns, freak acts, and fun house props. Viewed with special 3D glasses, this is a unique and exciting Halloween attraction, not to be missed.
Haunt Features:
- 4000 total square feet
- 25+ live actors at a time
- ChromaDepth® 3D color technology holographic effects
- 3D Glasses
- The most twisted scares in the state of Colorado
- Supervision recommended for those guests 10 and younger. (We have kid's hours for our younger visitors on Saturdays and Sundays from 5 – 7 pm. See the Kid's Fun House Tab above for details)
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Need something less scary for the little clowns in your family?
Come to kids hours (Saturdays and Sundays 5:00 – 7:00 pm through October) for a no scare experience but still see the amazing 3D visual effects. Our multi-talented crew turn the normally scaretastic circus into a Fun House of oddities.
Fun House Features:
- Great for kids 10 and under or for those who just don't like clowns
- ChromaDepth® 3D color technology holographic effects
- 3D Glasses
- Reduced $10 entry fee
- Guided flash light tours are also available upon request
In addition to the Fun House, there is a fairway of games, bouncy rides, face painting, pumpkin patch, straw maze, and circus performers to further stimulate the senses around the big top.
Make your trip to the Circus of Fear a complete event with these games and rides:
- 22 ft Inflatable Slide
- Bouncy Boxing
- 50 ft Inflatable Obstacle Course
- Bungee Trampoline
- "Live" Zombie Shooting Range
- Ring Toss
- Lettuce Smashing
- Face Painting
- Snacks
- Zombie caricature artists
- Pumpkin patch and straw maze (provided by Denver Roasted Chili Stand)
The fairway rides are brought to you by Blue Dragon Amusements.
Special events occurring around the grounds:
- Live Freak shows hourly on Friday and Saturday by Faded Freakshow
- Stilt walkers
- Jugglers
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A glimpse into life in Boro Park,Brooklyn shows a community in that has avoided the infringement of chain store establishments, now ubiquitous on every urban landscape.
What preserves the independence of this enclave is the adherence
of the residents to the tenets of Jewish Law.
Businesses are independent and specifically geared to
serve the needs of the community. All photographs are made in Boro
Park, spanning years 2002 to 2010.