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Published: May 2011 Servings: 8-10
- 7 cups vegetable stock
- 3 Tbsp. butter, divided
- 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1/3 cup minced onion
- 1/4 cup diced pancetta (about 2 oz.)
- 2 cups arborio rice (about 14 oz.)
- 4 cup shelled fresh or thawed frozen peas
- 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan
- 2 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Nutritional Information
10 servings, 1 serving contains:
- Calories (kcal) 269.7
- %Calories from Fat 28.3
- Fat (g) 8.5
- Saturated Fat (g) 3.6
- Cholesterol (mg) 15.1
- Carbohydrates (g) 38.6
- Dietary Fiber (g) 3.3
- Total Sugars (g) 4.5
- Net Carbs (g) 35.3
- Protein (g) 8.6
- Sodium (mg) 801.9
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Bring stock to a simmer in a small saucepan. Cover and keep warm. Melt 2 Tbsp. butter with 1 Tbsp. oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until soft (do not brown), about 5 minutes. Add pancetta and cook until light brown, about 3 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring until coated, about 1 minute. Add 1 cup stock. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until stock is almost absorbed, about 1 minute. Continue adding stock by the cupful in 5 more additions, stirring constantly and allowing stock to be absorbed between additions, until rice is almost tender. Add peas and remaining cup of stock and cook, stirring constantly, until the rice is creamy and tender but still firm to the bite, about 22 minutes total. Stir in 1/4 cup hot water if rice seems dry.
Remove pan from heat. Stir in the remaining 1 Tbsp. butter, 1 Tbsp. oil, Parmesan, and parsley. Season rice and peas with salt and pepper. Transfer to serving bowls or plates, and serve.
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Welcome to the Okmulgee Humane Society. We are comprised of a small group of volunteers who work at the Okmulgee Animal Shelter to adopt shelter animals and to work with the community in finding lost pets, placing animals outside of the shelter, and to assist in any way we can with the care and well being of animals. We are in dire need of volunteers, so if you have one day each week to spare we could really use your help to answer the phone and show the pets currently in the shelter. Volunteers are available at the shelter Mon. - Fri.. 9am to 1pm. To view our adoptable animals after hours, please email firstname.lastname@example.com OR email@example.com
Adopting a friend
Our dog adoption fees are $110 on most dogs. All of our Pit Bulls or bully breeds will be $135. You must have a fenced yard and if you rent we must have written permission from your landlord stating that pets are allowed. We do not adopt to the first person interested. We ask questions and find the 'right' home for the dog or cat. We also require you sign an adoption contract. Dog adoption fees include spay or neuter, vaccinations, worming, and flea and heartworm preventative and microchip All cat adoption fees are $50 which includes spay or neuter, vaccinations and worming.
Map to our shelter
Okmulgee Humane Society
1239 N. Okmulgee.
Okmulgee, OK 74447
Phone: 918-759-2000(HS) or 918-758-1125(Shelter)
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Metropolitan Opera Season
The opening of the 2013-2014 season at the Metropolitan Opera is a glamorous night, rich with the promise of a star-studded winter of world-class opera.
In 2008 the Metropolitan Opera celebrated its 125th anniversary season. It has been located at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts since September 1966, when a new opera house opened, equipped with outstanding technical facilities.
World-class conductors - from Toscanini, to Bruno Walter, George Szell and Fritz Reiner - have taken the podium at the Met. It has also seen the American premieres of some of the most important works in the repertory.
Each season the Met stages over 200 opera performances in New York.
The 2013-14 season programme is now available on the Metropolitan Opera website, with the opening night taking place on September 23rd, with a production of Eugene Onegin.


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Costa Rica Full On Adventure
Our Full-On Adventure package is a variation on our Coast-to-Coast package with a bit more of adventure for active people. If you don't like to sit still too long, this is the package for you! We operate this package in cooperation with our business partner Desafio, using their amazing Adventure connections, in order to make sure, that you get loads of adrenaline and activities, even on the way from one destination to the other. At the same time you can enjoy the amazing landscapes of Costa Rica — the laid-back atmosphere of the Caribbean, the Tortuguero Canals, the spectacular Arenal Volcano, the Monteverde Cloudforest and the long sandy beaches of Samara on the Nicoya Peninsula.
Costa Rica may be only 122 km (76 miles) wide (from Pacific to Caribbean) at its narrowest point but between that is some of the the world's most biodiverse landscapes with an incredible variety of animal and plant life. And some of the friendliest people you'll meet anywhere!
This 15 day / 14 night package starts at only $1426 based on double-occupancy and is completely customizable to become a perfect fit for you! It includes quality accommodations in highly recommended hotels and is loaded with activities and adventure
|Day 1
|Arrival San José International Airport (Liberia Airport also possible) then head to Costa Rica Guesthouse where you can relax before exploring San José downtown with the very special afternoon city tour from Barrio Bird. If you want to add days in San José there are many additional activities we can add to your itinerary in San Jose. Some of our recommendations are the Poas Volcano half day tour or the La Paz Waterfalls tour. San Jose is central to many sights so is the perfect place to do many day trips.
Should you prefer to start your package with directly heading to the Caribbean, that is not a problem too. Just let us know in your reservation request and we can give you an updated quote.
We also have lots of other hotel options if you prefer such as Adventure Inn, Grano de Oro and Casa Bella Rita
Days 2 - 5: Caribbean Coast: 3 nights Puerto Viejo, 1 night Tortuguero
|Day 2
On the next day you can take a comfortable shared shuttle ride that picks you up at your hotel in San Jose and drops you of in your Puerto Viejo accommodation.
Or you can start your adventure with a Whitewater Rafting trip on Rio Pacuare that includes transportation between San Jose and Puerto Viejo. We'll pick you up early in San Jose for an all-day adventure on Costa Rica's most popular river. You'll get breakfast at the rafting center where your luggage is stored. Then it's a full day river trip with lunch on the river. At the end of the day, you are transported to Puerto Viejo for a 3 night stay at your choice of hotels in Puerto Viejo (or add more nights, we love this place!)
|Day 3
On our Animal Rescue Center/Chocolate Lady and Waterfall combination tour you can get close to and learn about wild cats, monkeys and snakes as well as learn about the process of traditional chocolate making and visit one of the most impressive waterfalls of the area. In the afternoon you'll have some time to explore the vibrant village of Puerto Viejo with its laid-back atmosphere.
|Day 4
You can either use this day to get to know one of the amazing exotic beaches around Puerto Viejo or go for another tour: Get to see the amazing underwater world along Cahuita's coastline and after the boat trip go for a smooth hike in the Cahuita National park, where there is lots of wildlife to be seen.
Another option is the Full-day Jungle Adventure, where you will be exploring the mountain region around Puerto Viejo, go rappelling, zipline, tree climbing and swim in the river.
A third option is a hike through the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge with our knowledgable, entertaining local guide who is famous for spotting animals and rare birds.
|Day 5
Tortuguero National Park is an isolated area on the north part of the Caribbean coast reachable only by boat or by air. Unspoiled nature, turtle watching and jungle canals await you.
Days 6 - 8: 3 nights Arenal Volcano Area
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|On the following day after lunch you will be brought to Arenal Volcano by shuttle and boat for a 3 night stay in Arenal. The evening is yours to explore La Fortuna town and watch the amazing light show of the Arenal Volcano.
|Day 7
If you chose to not start your trip with Rafting you get another chance here (or a 2nd opportunity!): The Río Toro offers over 45-continuous class III and IV rapids along more than 16 kilometers of deep-canyon gorges and waterfalls where you can often see sloths, monkeys and tropical birds, such as toucans and the Montezuma Oropendula.
Or take the chance and get to know one of Costa Rica's secret beauties - breathtaking Rio Celeste! This tour begins in the early morning with a scenic drive through rural Costa Rica to Tenorio Volcano National Park. From there you will take a 4-hour intermediate hike (approximately 7km) through the surrounding tropical rainforest. You'll arrive at "Los Teñíderos" where two rivers come together to form the celestial turquoise blue water color that gives the river its name.
On your walk back through the national park you'll pass the "ollas" mud baths and take a moment to relax in the natural hot springs. Then you arrive at the spectacular Río Celeste waterfall - the perfect place to take photos. The tour finishes off with a delicious local lunch as you head back to La Fortuna.
|Day 8
In the morning you can either take some free time or have the choice between any of the following half-day activities: Canyoning, Mountain bike tour along the volcano, a horseback ride to the La Fortuna waterfall, or a guided walk on the Arenal Hanging Bridges.
In the afternoon we will take you on a 2.5 hour-long Liquid Lava Volcano hike, followed by a a visit to Tabacon Hotsprings. In this hot springs resort you can enjoy a series of natural hot spring pools.There are lots of hot and cold free form pools with naturally-heated waters that have an ideal mineral content high in bicarbonate and chlorides, but low sulfur content. There are a wet bars throughout the facilities that serve all types of refreshing drinks. When you're ready to eat, you may proceed to the delicious dinner buffet for a delicious meal. The meal is automatically included when purchasing your entrance fee.
Days 9 & 10: 2 nights Monteverde
|Day 9
You'll travel the old-fashioned way… Our horseback ride is recommended for horse lovers and adventurers of all levels. We take a very scenic and safe trail along the Arenal Lake to Monteverde where you'll get several glimpses of the famous and very active Arenal Volcano and ride beside lush and beautiful rainforest – try and spot toucans, Montezuma Oropendolas, sloths, monkeys, the elusive "paca" and other tropical creatures. The lake trail is safe all year-round, plus we have excellently-cared-for-horses – guaranteed! Your luggage will be transported by shuttle to your destination hotel in Monteverde for a 2 night stay.
After taking a little rest in your hotel, you will have the chance to spot some nightly wildlife during an easy 2 hour twilight hike through the ecological sanctuary in Monteverde.
|Day 10
|Enjoy a combination canopy and cable car tour through the Monteverde Cloud Forest in the morning and stroll around the cozy mountain village in the afternoon.
Days 11, 12 & 13: 3 nights Playa Samara
|Day 11
|Another adventure awaits you on your way from Monteverde to Playa Samara. Try the newest and easiest paddle sport... ever! SUP has its roots in ancient Polynesia and looks exactly as it sounds: you stand up on a large, wide, super buoyant surfboard & use a long paddle. Feel like you're walking in water!
|Day 12
Explore coral reefs near the coast – we call them "rainforests of the sea". At Chora Island is where you can enjoy the variety of different sizes of fish, starfish, snails and other forms of life associated with the coral reef.
To get to Chora Island we paddle in our kayaks for about 30 minutes crossing the Pacific bay. While on the Chora Island, you get the chance to walk along the shores at your leisure and take in the feel of the tropics. You can then dip into the turquoise waters along the island with snorkeling equipment and be amazed by the undersea wildlife.
|Day 13
|Today you have time to explore the little town of Samara. Ultimately relax at the white sand beaches, play in the waves or have drink while watching the sunset!
|Day 14
|On the last day of your Costa Rica Full On Adventure you will be brought back to San Jose in a comfortable shared shuttle mini van in order to spend your last night in a hotel of your choice there.
|Day 15
Package information:
|15 days / 14 nights. Additional nights can be added or we could also shorten the trip if you don't have enough time. Please let us know!
|Cost per person:
|From $1426 USD per person based on double-occupancy for the standard options and low season hotel rates but you can customize the package in so many ways please enter your information on our booking form and let us come up with a price quote for you.
• Airport pickup/dropoff
• Transportation inside Costa Rica
• Hotels (advertised prices are based on double occupancy but please let us know what type of rooms you'd like)
• Breakfast at most hotels daily, some other meals where indicated
• Tours and activities as indicated in itinerary
• Taxes and GTA service charge.
|Not included:
• International flights
• Beverages, most lunches and dinners
• Optional gratuities
• National park entrance fees ($10) and optional night turtle tour (June-September $35)in Tortuguero.
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What's up with those little pesky bones down the center of the salmon fillet I just bought from a fish shop? Sometimes they're there, and sometimes they aren't. If I try to pluck them, my kitchen pliers only mangle the rest of the fillet. If I cut them out, I'm left with a piece of fish that looks like it should be served on the kiddie plate. And if I leave them in, Tom Colicchio is going to skewer me, and Padma is going to tell me to pack my knives and go.
— Alan A., New York, New York
But she'll look good doing it, right?
Sounds like you're not afraid to get medieval on your food, which has its place, but working with fish requires a gentler touch.
The pesky bones are called "pin bones" — or "intermuscular bones" when you're hanging with your zoologist pals — and they're found in many popular fish, especially salmon. Filleting a fish removes the flesh from the main skeleton (backbone and ribs), but the pin bones are "floating" bones, not attached to the main skeleton.
According to food-science writer Harold McGee, the purpose of pin bones is to "stiffen some of the connective-tissue sheets and direct the muscular forces along them." And to annoy cooks.
Pin bones are relatively soft and harmless, but it's definitely not classy to serve them. So what to do?
If you have a nice fishmonger, you can request fillets with the pin bones removed. If you have super-duper fishmongers, they may even remove the pin bones from every fillet they sell. This might be why you notice pin bones only some of the time, depending on where you buy your fish. With the proliferation of pre-packaged supermarket fish, however, you may not always (or even often) have that option.
If you're stuck with a pin-bone-ridden fillet at home, it's not terribly difficult to remove them if you have the right tool and the correct technique. As you've noticed, fish flesh is easily damaged by rough handling. It also spoils quickly, so extensive messing around any longer than necessary at room temperature (and with warm hands) is not a good idea.
To remove pin bones, first place the cold fillet skin-side down (usually the flatter side if the skin has been removed) on a cutting board. For style points, you can place the fillet on an inverted bowl, which spreads the surface of the fillet slightly and better exposes the pin bones. But it's one more thing to wash, and not really necessary unless you have trouble locating or pulling the pin bones.
Next, grab your (clean) weapon of choice. Pliers are okay, but I don't love them because they aren't spring-loaded, so it's a pain to keep opening them to release the bones. At my house, they're also dirty and in the garage — two more strikes against them. Household tweezers can work, but they're tiny and sharp and tend to cut through the relatively soft bones rather than grabbing them. Also, you have to wonder where they've been, and I'd rather not think about that when I'm grubbing down on a salmon fillet at someone's house.
My favorite pin-boning tool is a pair of inexpensive dedicated fish-bone tweezers, which retails for as little as $3.50. They're designed to securely grab pin bones without cutting through them, and then to spring open and release the removed bones easily.
The pin bones lie in a line running lengthwise down the fillet, and you'll be able to feel their exposed ends with a fingertip. Pin bones don't project straight up from the fillet — instead, they're angled toward the head (wider) end of the fillet, running between the muscle layers.
The most important consideration when removing a pin bone is to pull it along its own axis — that is, the direction the pin bone is naturally "pointing" — and it should slip out cleanly from between the muscle layers. If you pull the bone straight up, perpendicular to the cutting board, the delicate flesh of the fish will tear, and you'll have a rough time at the Judges' Table.
Get a good grip on the pin bone, and with the palm of your other hand apply even, flat pressure to the fillet. Extract the pin bone with a firm tug, and wipe your tweezer or pliers on a paper towel or damp kitchen towel to remove the bone. Once you figure out the correct angle, it'll be the same for the rest of the pin bones in the fillet.
After the pin bones are out, immediately refrigerate the fillet, or season and cook it before it gets any warmer. If you're working on a bunch of fillets and want to avoid frequently opening the refrigerator while you work, use the restaurant prep-kitchen trick of keeping the fish in a (preferably metal) bowl or tray placed inside a larger container of ice. Your fish will stay cool and fresh, and you can concentrate on impressing the judges.
Based in Portland, Oregon, Hank Sawtelle has engineering, legal, and culinary degrees.
Hank, this just up on Twitter:
@Culinate I'm watching a Chopped episode. 1 chef got pinged 4 leaving pin bones n her flounder. Know how 2 remove them? http://bit.ly/B1Cge
Okay, now tell us where to buy our inexpensive dedicated fish-bone tweezers! Thanks for your help.
Cynthia, here's a link: http://korin.com/Fish-Bone-Tweezers-Round
Thanks much – they're on their way to me now ;-)
Is there any additional technique to removing pinbones from black cod? I've tried to pull out the pin bones along their axis and either the pinbone breaks (very annoying) or it pulls out additional flesh. It's so frustrating that sometimes I end up slicing parallel to the pinbones on either and removing a whole slice of flesh from the midst of the fish. It seems that black cod is much more problematic than salmon, any tips?
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Hank Sawtelle has engineering, legal, and culinary degrees, and an intense curiosity about food and cooking. Follow Hank's blog, Sous Vide Jones.
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Party in the U.S.A.
2009: Criss-crossing the country in search of new adventures and reconnections with the past
The landscape in White Sands, N.M., consists almost exclusively of high, brilliantly white sand dunes that are constantly shifting. The limited vegetation is hardly enough to keep the land in check, so there are National Park Service signs everywhere reminding you to turn back if you can no longer see the trail. You can park and walk up atop the dune, and while your feet sink slightly into the soft sand it doesn't much feel like earth is moving underneath your feet. Across the horizon, you can watch adults and children slide down dunes on bright plastic discs. It's breathtakingly beautiful, but with no visible shelter or wildlife, it's one of the most frightening places I've ever visited.
Kristen and I arrived in White Sands entirely by chance. Our original plan for the return leg of our cross-country trip had been to take a more southern route, through Tucson to Austin and then northeast to Baltimore; but plans, like sands, change.
Our cross-country trip itself was already an anomalous adventure. We'd originally been hoping for a summer tour to promote the Degenerettes' just-released debut CD, but the time to book a tour never manifested. It was also time for me to go back to California. Some seven years after uprooting to Baltimore, I still had a couple of precious items stored with friends; I hadn't even returned to visit family since maybe 2005. Before we knew it, Kristen and I melded the ideas into a single two-week road trip.
When we began talking about the trip, people would respond with low-grade envy: I've always wanted to do that. It's curious that so many give lip service to the idea of the cross-country road trip. I'm not sure whether Kerouac or Cort?s is the stronger tickle in our collective inner pioneer, but there it is--we were going to live a dream.
As the trip-planning ensued, I didn't have much time to consider its temporal context. This life-long dream was being realized in a year already littered with milestones. Many of my performance and film projects were finally bearing fruit. My 40th birthday loomed, and with it the 40th anniversary of a ton of cultural landmarks: The Moon landing. The internet. Stonewall. Woodstock. The Tate/LaBianca murders. The launch of Sesame Street, Monty Python, and The Brady Bunch. The end of the Beatles and the beginning of Led Zeppelin. Forty years ago, Nixon was sworn in for the first time. All of this does inspire in me a mild-yet-ridiculous pride for my birth year, but ultimately I'm not really prone to fits of nostalgia. Nevertheless, every five to 10 years I get to wait with my checklist, anticipating the Terry Gross Ensemble's variations on "Remember When" and wondering what Beatles doodad will emerge from the tar-pits.
But this year, even as the nostalgia reached fever pitch, it served as mere background noise for my own frenzied preparations--collecting resources and preparing to put a dozen projects on hiatus.
Our first leg was to Chicago, where we had booked our single music performance--a kick-off benefit for a girls' rock 'n' roll day camp populated by an adorable gaggle of pre-teen girls and their mothers, all glammed out in their Ziggy Stardustiest. We discovered an amazing taqueria, where we gorged on the only food that I crave (and which Baltimore is sorely lacking). We screened films at a friend's house, and then set out for our next long stretch--in two days we'd get to pass a whole lot of corn and mountains to get to California. In Omaha, we found the most amazing freeform commercial radio station; we stopped to camp at a Nebraska KOA where we had access to electricity and wireless internet service inside our tent. I made fresh guacamole and Kristen cooked tacos on our portable stove. We fell asleep watching The Descent on a portable DVD player.
The next night, we landed in a Salt Lake City hostel, a low-grade mistake. Salt Lake's seediest sat on the steps at all hours, smoking and philosophizing while Kristen and I scrounged for pasta forks and potholders in the kitchen. But the hostel introduced us to the Salt Lake morning TV news--the top story was the same as yesterday's: the manhunt continued for the Latino man who had groped a white lady jogger in a public park. On our way out of town, we stopped at a diner where an embittered waitress stole our table away from the waiter who was wearing a gold lam? shirt at 10 a.m. My waitress made me feel like I'd betrayed my gay family while I sucked down coffee in sheer defiance of my own Mormon heritage. And then we migrated to California.
Santa Cruz, my old stomping ground, is a place so hotboxed that time stands still. Not much seemed to have changed, and we spent most of our time at the beach. Every day in California we were at the beach--in Santa Cruz and Big Sur, in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. In Santa Barbara, we stopped just for an hour or so, where I watched nasty seagulls battle over the carcasses of pigeons.
My sisters live in Los Angeles, so we'd planned a long stop there. I've been reconnecting with my sisters since the 2008 death of our mother, and they were introducing me to new and puzzling things, including Mormon hipsters. The visit was delightful, although I fell asleep on the beach and sunburned my ass on the last day in town.
It was as we prepared to leave that plans changed--instead of Tucson, we decided to go to the Grand Canyon; from there, we'd continue on to a hot spring spa resort in Truth or Consequences, N.M. The Grand Canyon, of course, was incredible; the horizon was emphasized with the smoke and fire of a controlled burn. On the way out, we hit the best diner I've ever been to: Goldie's Route 66 Diner in Williams, Ariz., which served farm-fresh eggs and the most flavorful fried zucchini ever made.
The spa in Truth or Consequences--a town named for a game show--was right on the Rio Grande; you could soak in a number of hot tubs (which did wonders for my travel-wearied sunburn) and then get into the rushing, cold river for an otherworldly experience. Upon checking in to the spa, we got the most delightful surprise of the trip: Our old bandmate Dana was working there. We spent the next two days soaking and reconnecting with her. Dana was the one who tipped us off to White Sands. We headed there directly after leaving the spa, and from there we passed through alien-crazy Roswell.
We'd changed course, and so we found ourselves with four days left to get across two-thirds of the country, and no matter how much I wished for an alien spacecraft to nudge us along nothing manifested. We decided to power through, driving through flatlands with storms all across the horizon, trying not to think about tornadoes. We stopped in the tippy-top of Texas; we made it through to Memphis where I bought a bag of Jolly Ranchers for nostalgic fun, and promptly broke a chunk off one of my molars. We pulled over in Nashville, where we witnessed an amazing band of studio musicians while we picked from decidedly non-vegetarian options, and then dropped in on Kristen's brother in North Carolina. The night after that, we were nestled home in Baltimore, pretending to be ready to get back into our respective grooves.
I'm glad to have gotten this cross-country bug out of my system, although I think I'm going to miss the romantic notion I held for so long. But in its place stands the knowledge that my decision to move to Baltimore ranks among the best ever made, and I'm reminded of that fact every time I drag my tongue across the jagged little tooth hidden in the back of my mouth.
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Faculty Governance
Faculty governance at PLU empowers faculty, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents, in the area of educational policy. Faculty also have the right to make recommendations and advise the administration with respect to other areas of university life. There are four key features to PLU's system of faculty governance: the Faculty Constitution and Bylaws, the Faculty Assembly, the faculty committee system, and the faculty officers. The Faculty Constitution and Bylaws can be found in the Faculty Handbook.


text: On November 18, 1995, at 1100 eastern standard time, a Waco ASO, N950E, was substantially damaged following a collision with the terrain, while maneuvering for an emergency landing at the Ridgeland Municipal Airport in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Neither the commercial pilot nor his passenger were injured in the accident. The flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed for the local, personal flight. According to the pilot, shortly after liftoff the engine lost power. The pilot attempted a course reversal to the airport. As he maneuvered the airplane for the emergency landing, it collided with runway 3, skidded down a 30 foot embankment, and nosed over. Post crash engine examination verified that the engine would not run. It was discovered that the spark being produced by the ignition system was weak.


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This week we welcome back Rebecca Lindenberg as our guest blogger. Rebecca is the author of the poetry collection LOVE, AN INDEX (McSweeney's Poetry Series, 2012). Her poems, essays, and criticism appear in The Believer, POETRY, Iowa Review, Quarterly West, Smartish Pace, Mid-American Review, DIAGRAM, Conjunctions, 32 Poems, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Gulf Coast, and elsewhere. She's the grateful recipient of a 2012 MacDowell Arts Colony residency, a 2011 NEA grant, and a 2009-2010 Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellowship. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Utah. She lives and writes in northern Utah, where she enjoys a good game of Scrabble, a stiff rye Manhattan, and her growing menagerie of pets. See Rebecca's schedule of readings here.
Welcome, Rebecca.
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Your Hosts
Tina & Greg Becker
Address6868 Wedderburn-Becks Rd, Wedderburn
Contact Details
Phone: 03 444 9432
2014 Winter time schedules click here.
On application.
3 bedrooms (5 occupancy).
One booking whole house.
No sharing unless by prior arrangement.
Sharing Rail Trail experiences with friends is one thing, but it's something else again to say you stayed on a 8000 hectare high country sheep station. 8000 hectares (almost 20,000 acres) is equivalent to 80 square kilometres which isn't far short of the 96 square kilometres occupied by Hamilton, New Zealand's largest inland city and home to over 130,000. Mt Ida Station's 18,500 sheep and cattle are far less crowded
This lovingly maintained 1920s farmhouse, which until recently has been home to the Becker family, offers unique accommodation in Wedderburn. Only metres off the Rail Trail and a few pedal turns from the highest point plinth, the three bedroom homestead has been refreshed and furnished by Tina and Greg into Rail Trailer, family-friendly accommodation.
For young guests there's an open invitation to make friends and play with the three Becker children. And while young ones are away enjoying themselves, mum and dad can relax and sooth tired leg muscles in a bath tingling with Radox bath salts (bathroom also has a shower) or slip into the swirling waters of the outdoor spa pool. Accommodation is a double, two superkings which convert to two super singles.
There's a fully equipped modern country kitchen for self-catering , or take advantage of Tina and Greg's offer of a courtesy vehicle for dining at a choice of two local taverns. The comfy lounge has FreeView TV and DVD player with a library of movies including kids' favourites.
Now here's a thought. Why not discover for yourself the inside story of running an 8000 hectare station. By prior arrangement, Greg is more than happy to take guests on a tour of farm operations. Which to make the most of should be at least a two-night stay at Mt Ida Farmstay.Mt Ida Farmstay offers:


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Words by Rishi Bonneville, photos by Kevin Ornelas
Two weeks ago we launched our new food column Ground Provisions with the aim of spotlighting Caribbean food around the world. While the plan was (and still is) to spotlight restaurants and other eateries, sometimes it makes sense to look outside the box as well. Such was the case when we came across Camille Becerra and her series of Nuyorican-flavored pop-up dinners. Read Rishi Bonneville's Q+A with Camille below, then scroll all the way down for the recipe for Babette's Hot Pepper Sauce (Babette is Camille's Caribbean cooking mama alter ego).


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-- the cartoon's original artwork, finished and completed by Jenner with the caption you yourself supplied! What better talking point than a hand-drawn testament to your skill as a comedy writer, ready to frame and hang on your wall? The fruits of your funny bone – the finished cartoon – will be displayed on the site for all other Doc Rat fans to admire.So send in your ideas, and see who can make Jenner laugh the loudest. You don't have to be a doctor to enter.Complete the form below to send in your caption!
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The endless analysis begins before the blood-stained theatre seats have grown cold. I am long past being tempted to explain an insane or evil killer and from first glance it is unlikely that police and emergency response will yield much valid criticism since by all appearances first responders were amazing.
But what about the audience of hapless sheep submitting to the slaughter? Where were the heroes among those watching a story about a fictional savior from crime and corruption? I suspect that there were many. We know of at least three — Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn, and Alex Teves — who died while shielding their girlfriends from the hail of gunfire in the theatre.
Despite the images of screaming stampedes of humans driven by pure fear, accounts from past public disasters assure us that people behave a lot more normally and rationally that we might at first believe. Let's look at a number of factors that may have put this particular attacker at such an advantage that almost no spontaneous resistance could be effective.
Expectations and Mental State
A recreational setting is perfect for a dulled and lulled victim set. Who could expect anything other than a fun a relaxed atmosphere at a movie, at midnight, with a surrealistic futuristic comically bizarre set of characters? A subtle expectation of some new twist at this particular show may have opened the mind of those attending to accept any weird occurrence — almost like walking through a Halloween spook house.
Everything that was within the realm of a possible normal entertainment value would be accepted by the mind as a non-threat. We cannot blame anyone for being unprepared for a multi-phased lethal attack that bore the surreal marks of the Batman movie itself.
Protectors of Our Own First
The police mindset is one of heroic intervention for a grand cause. In addition to the three young men we already know about, there were almost certainly others at the theatre with guardian roles who undoubtedly shielded and protected girlfriends, children, siblings, and strangers.
From the many untold stories, there are already those of quick acting persons pushing others to safety and behaving courageously.
Self-preservation is not irrational — nor is it necessarily cowardly. Seeking cover to avoid being a victim makes a world of sense. We call it taking cover and protecting in place.
Overwhelming Sensory Input
Tear gas. Dark. Loud. Flickering movie. Exploding gunshots. A fast-growing crescendo of moans and screams.
Who even among our own elite has been conditioned to operate as an aggressor against a threat in that environment?
The Element of Time
The greatest misunderstanding of civilians and police alike is the element of time.
The cry of "why didn't you...?" is an effort for the rest of us to make sense of it. But this attack will be measured in seconds, even as we hear reports of the criminal walking calmly up the aisles picking his targets. The brain can process information and formulate a response only within the limits of time. Deaths happen with each trigger pull at a rate measurable in deaths per second in active killing scenarios. Reaction time to formulate even those must primitive of counterattacks were beyond possibility.
Those seated in the audience, as anyone who has a craving for popcorn midway through a show can recall, are in a confined space of obstacles. Distances to target from victim to criminal would turn any single person to rush the killer into a pop-up target for the formidable weaponry in the killer's hand. There was no time to coordinate a group effort to rush the madman. Recruiting an able bodied team of persons accepting probable death was impossible.
Lessons Learned
I sigh as I think of the fresh paranoia and second guessing that will spray across the country in the months to come. As civilians look to us for answers and insight, let's be careful to acknowledge not only the outstanding heroism of our brothers and sisters in uniform, but also the survivors in theatre nine.
Overwhelmed by a calculated tangle of evil in a vicious senseless attack, survivors will point to moments of courage and compassion marking the event and its aftermath. We mourn the dead and rage against the slaughter.
But let us not forget to salute the heroic human spirit — not the one on the screen in a cheesy costume — but the real ones around us.
About the author
Joel Shults operates Street Smart Training and is the founder of the National Center for Police Advocacy.. He is retired as Chief of Police for Adams State University in Colorado. Over his 30 year career in uniformed law enforcement and in criminal justice education Joel has served in a variety of roles: academy instructor, police chaplain, deputy coroner, investigator, community relations officer, college professor, and police chief, among others. Shults earned his doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Missouri, with a graduate degree in Public Services Administration and bachelors in Criminal Justice Administration from the University of Central Missouri. In addition to service with the US Army military police and CID, Shults has done observational studies with over fifty police agencies across the country. He has served on a number of advisory and advocacy boards including the Colorado POST curriculum committee as a subject matter expert.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Lady Gaga's famous meat dress has made its way to Washington, along with Loretta Lynn's song about "The Pill" and other relics from music history.
Lady Gaga's dress from the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards is now dried and painted to restore its raw meat color. Beyond its shock value, though, it's being displayed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts with an explanation of her political message.
When Lady Gaga wore the dress, she was accompanied by U.S. soldiers affected by the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays. She later explained that if people don't stand up for their rights, they'll have as many rights as a piece of meat.
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Carle Place High School alum Annemarie Rosano remembers fondly her days performing on the Carle Place High School stage. She was an active part of the drama department, acting in numerous plays and taking on lead roles in productions of My Fair Lady and West Side Story.
Nowadays, as a member of the Manhattan Girls, a swing style vocal group, her audiences are bigger and her stage could be anywhere from Arizona, to England, to the middle of the ocean on a cruise ship. Rosano recently returned to the
Carle Place stage for the first time in 12 years, as part of a benefit fundraiser.
The Manhattan Dolls is comprised of 11 talented female vocalists, who travel the world, performing songs of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Modeled after the The Andrews Sisters and USO camp shows that were popularized during World War II, the Dolls perform in trios for many veterans and active duty soldiers.
"It's special to say thank you to them and to know you're making a difference with your art," Rosano said.
Rosano has been around theater her whole life. She starred in her first play when she was just nine years old and was always on the set, since her mom was actively involved in community theater.
"I don't have memories of not being around the theater," Rosano says.
While at Carle Place High School, Rosano says she was "active in everything" including the Tri-M Honor Society (of which she was the president), orchestra, chorus and theater department. She quickly became a familiar face on the Carle
Place High School stage, playing Maria in a production of West Side Story and Eliza in My Fair Lady, as well as acting in Anything Goes, Blood Brothers, Bye Bye Birdie, and numerous other performances.
After graduating, Rosano went on to New York University where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Performance. She spent two years performing with the Walt Disney Company, on cruise lines and then at Walt Disney World. Rosano then auditioned for the Manhattan Dolls and is now going into her fourth year with the troupe.
Rosano has always been captivated by the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, saying she loves the romanticism and camaraderie of that time period. This love was fostered at an early age, since she grew up watching movies of the 40s to 60s with her grandmother.
The Manhattan Dolls gives Rosano a connection to the decades she loves so much, as she sings songs like "My Girl," "In The Mood," and "My Boyfriend's Back" in dresses reminiscent of that time period.
"We wanted to preserve and honor the traditions of how it was done (back then)," Rosano said. "We want to do it as traditionally as people did in that time, and share what we believe is the magic of the history of that time period."
The Dolls have been all over the world and on television, including a Memorial Day show on Fox and Friends and Christmas Eve performance on Rachel Ray. Rosano has also been in commercials for CarMax and Cortizone.
Proceeds from last Friday night's performance went toward helping Carle Place student, Nicole Buttino, who was diagnosed with Goodpasture Syndrome earlier this year. The rare auto immune disease causes rapid destruction of the kidneys and lungs. Buttino is currently in remission and on a kidney transplant list.
"It's nice to have something I can bring to benefit such a good cause," Rosano said.
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Newspapers and magazines are available at many Long Island Rail Road train stations. But in New Hyde Park, there is something additional for commuters – a bookshelf, thanks to residents Katina Grigoraskos and Carmin Perrone.
Grigoraskos and Perrone installed a New Hyde Park Community Bookshelf at the New Hyde Park train station. The two joined forces with the LIRR and "jazzed the station up a bit," getting donations from Hillside Public Library.
The idea came to fruition when Perrone was getting rid of her bookshelf and the two thought to put it to good use. Grigoraskos and Perrone reached out to the train station manager Jennifer Uihlein.
Friends, neighbors and the two women donated books. Books can be dropped off anytime during open hours.
"You can take a book and leave a book," Perrone said. Grigoraskos said the plan is based on the "honor system," meaning it's up to the person to return the book. The station refinished the bookshelf and installed it.
Perrone is a speech therapist at Lyons Community School in Brooklyn and Grigoraskos teaches English to Japanese students at Be Fluent NYC in Manhattan.
"I'm a commuter and I was at the [New Hyde Park] station one morning and I saw where the schedules were," Mayor Robert Lofaro said. "They were moved to the counter and there was a children's bookcase there and it said 'New Hyde Park Community Bookshelf.' I was curious about it."
The women sent an email to the village asking for help. Lofaro answered.
"I thought it was a great addition to the station," said Lofaro. "Those are the elements that make a building personal. I was so delighted to hear from [Grigoraskos and Perrone]. I was curious where these [books] came from and I thank them for their efforts. Those types of community elements make a big difference."
Hillside Library Director Nylah Schneider said the library was all for donating to a cause for literature. The library donated 25 books to the bookshelf.
"They're doing a wonderful service to the community," Schneider said. "We were happy to donate these books so more people could take advantage of reading."
The women found community bookshelves are popular on the West Coast.
Eileen Tabios, Meritage Press publisher in California, takes a different angle on community bookshelves, running an e-bookshelf online, focusing on poetry books.
Tabios frequents two coffee shops in St. Helena and Calistoga, CA. Two community bookshelves grace their counters in Napa Valley.
"They allocate a part of their space," she said. "There seems to be a lot of turnover. It's successful. The e-bookshelf that I do focuses on poetry, which is a smaller niche. Quite often what I do, I don't mind sharing. I see one or two copies of books I publish at the coffee shop and the next thing I know, they're gone."
The Calistoga Roastery sports a full bookshelf, with multiple books for the taking. Tabios thinks community bookshelves are a quick way to come across books you may not read. The convenience of it is what draws people to them.
"You're not going out of your way to buy books. You're at a coffee shop and hey, it happens to be there. It's free and it helps in today's economy. I do it online. I'll get emails from people asking 'hey, do you have a copy of this.'"
The ultimate end game of this initiative for Grigoraskos and Perrone is to have bookshelves in all LIRR train stations.
"We would love to see [the bookshelves] in all stations if possible," Perrone said. "To get more books…get more involved," said Grigoraskos.


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For its 29th season, Zenon Dance Company's first evening of work at the Cowles Center went over with panache. The opening weekend included the premiere of two pieces by Daniel Charon and Mariusz Olszewski, as well as Morgan Thorson's fabulous "Deluxe Edition" from 2010 and Danny Buraczeski's fun ... More >>
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes.
The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white with black stripes, and a stuffed crow on his head.
The character in the upcoming The Lone Ranger still speaks broken English and chants prayers. But Depp has said he's less subservient, honors the proud American Indian warrior and displays a dry sense of humor seen throughout Indian Country. The production even hired a Comanche adviser, making it decidedly a Comanche story, and received the blessing of other tribes through ceremonies during filming.
Yet Disney has caught flak for what some say is the perpetuation of stereotypes through a character that lacks any real cultural traits. Moviegoers will have to wait until Tuesday to see how all this plays out on screen. For now, they're getting a glimpse through movie trailers that have left them both optimistic and angry, and wondering to what extent the new Tonto portrays actual American Indians.
What has most people scratching their heads is the black crow that appears to hover over Depp's head, and the black stripes that run vertically down his painted face. The inspiration came from a painting by artist Kirby Sattler, who said his work isn't specific to one tribe but is modeled after nomadic Plains tribes of the 19th century.
Depp took the image to the film's Comanche adviser, William Two-Raven Voelker, to ask if it was far-fetched. His answer: It's not.
There are a lot of people out there screaming who are not Comanche, as in this story Tonto is supposed to be, Voelker said. They know nothing of bird culture. When we wear or use those feathers, we're calling on the energy of the entire bird.
The story of westward expansion as told from Tonto's perspective isn't entirely accurate historically. Some of the scenes are filmed in Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation, with trains curving around the spires that Navajos believe are petrified deities, and Depp and co-star Armie Hammer looking out beyond the cliffs.
Voelker had sought out the sweeping expanses of the southern Plains, home to the Comanche Nation.
Hanay Geiogamah, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma who advised Disney on Pocahontas, said Depp's Tonto comes off as a mystical, radical modernization of the character played by Jay Silverheels in the 1950s, which is by far the most recognizable.
You can say, Well, American Indians are going to like this one more,' Geiogamah said. Are they going to respond more positively to the Johnny Depp Tonto? You're still responding to a non-Indian, stereotypical image.
Ernest Tsosie of the Navajo comedy duo, James and Ernie, is looking forward to seeing the movie.
One scene has Tonto and the Lone Ranger atop a train, being held at gunpoint by an outlaw who asked if they're going somewhere. The Lone Ranger says no; Tonto insists they are. His straight-face turns to a smirk as the two are picked off the train by a hook that catches the chains that tie them together.
It's a real quick moment where I caught it and I kind of chuckled, Tsosie said. From what I saw, there's some moments in there that are meant to be funny but not outwardly funny. I think most Natives will pick up on it.
Tsosie said other tribes have teased the Comanche for making Depp an honorary member but doesn't believe Depp is ignorant of American Indian culture. Depp was inquisitive about the Navajo language during filming, and the tribal president gave him a Pendleton blanket.
T-shirts that Depp has worn have pictures of American Indian warriors in the 1492 version of homeland security and with the letters AIM for American Indian Movement, Tsosie said. I think he knows what's up.
I just hope that the other rabble-rousers out there can just sit back and take this in as a piece of entertainment, Voelker said.


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Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has promised to be a "cheerleader" for the advertising industry, following the revelation that marketing generates £100bn of the UK's GDP.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Maria Miller
Speaking to an audience of media and marketing professionals at the Advertising Association's Lead Summit, Miller said: "Take it from me, Government is looking for ways to help industry grow."
"I am absolutely proud of the advertising industry in this country, the impact it has on our economy and our reputation abroad. I am determined to be its cheerleader," the minister added.
Miller, a former Texaco marketer and senior executive at ad agency Grey, said advertising had a key role to play in bringing the UK economy back into growth. She referred to the headline figures unveiled in the Advertising Association/Deloitte report, 'Advertising Pays', as "eye popping".
The report found that £16bn annual ad expenditure adds £100bn to the UK GDP.
Miller praised advertising as a "driver of investment, tourism and growth". She also called on the industry to help unlock the economic recovery by providing more support for SMEs.
- £100bn impact on total UK GDP - £1 in advertising spend generates £6 for the UK economy.
- £7bn in incremental benefit to UK e-commerce
- 550,000 jobs supported by £16bn annual advertising revenues
- £5bn value of internet services available free to consumers - search, social media, messaging (Source: Boston Consulting Group)
- £2bn in agency service exports
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Last night my husband and I dined at Hawthorn in the Upper Kirby District of Houston for the first time and I was served a wine that I have been thinking about since that first sip, so I had to share it with you.
I was at the restaurant initially to learn more about their virtual sommelier wine list and their wine program, but I'll have to tell you more about that later.
Today, I need to tell you about that wine I tried.
Soon after arriving, Cory Graff, Hawthorn's operating partner, took me into the wine cellar, showed me the new wine lockers for regular guests, and asked me if I preferred to try a white or red. I told him I was up for whatever he would like to pour and, I don't know how he did it, but he most certainly made the right choice for me.
He grabbed a bottle with a pale yellow label and told me a bit about Modus Operandi, a smaller production winery in Rutherford, Napa Valley, California and its Sauvignon Blanc.
I was poured a glass and took it in.
It definitely had that clean taste of a Sauvignon Blanc, but had a much fuller body and richer flavor than I was expecting. There wasn't any grassiness, and it was was smooth and velvety, with nice minerality. The finish was long, rich and delicious and not what I would have expected from a Sauvignon Blanc.
Now, I am a fan of Sauvignon Blanc, but the ones I typically drink have much more a crisp flavor and a lighter body. There was something about this one that just seemed, well, luxurious.
I must not be alone in my assumptions that most Sauvignon Blancs are crisper, because Cory smiled and explained that the wine is in fact 100% Sauvignon Blanc, not a blend, as one might expect from that smooth texture.
If you'd like to try this wine at home, I could only find it on the winery's website. But if you're in Houston, you can could drop by Hawthorn and enjoy a bottle there while it lasts. If you like what I like, you'll love it!