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Friday, November 7th, 2014
Fifth Missouri Tech Expo gives ideas a space to shine
The University of Missouri hosted the 5th Annual Missouri Technology Expo on October 16, serving as a forum allowing researchers and MU startups to pitch technologies and business plans to an audience of entrepreneurs, investors and technology companies.
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
Missouri Water Resources Research Center turns 50
In commemoration of its 50th anniversary, the MOWRRC held a symposium featuring speakers from all over central Missouri on topics including Missouri water issues, water management and water conservation.
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
Civil engineering's Academy of Distinguished Alumni adds eight
The University of Missouri Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni welcomed eight new members at an event held Oct. 10.
Monday, October 27th, 2014
CEE graduate student takes first place at transportation poster competition
Graduate student Kyoungmin "Andrew" Nam of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department won first place at the annual poster competition for the Transportation Engineering Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (TEAM Stl).
Monday, October 27th, 2014
MU civil engineering alumnus Moulder dies at 88
James E. "Bud" Moulder died Oct. 24 at the age of 88. He was a lifelong and very active supporter of the MU College of Engineering, serving as past president and an active member of the MU Engineering Alumni Association (MUEAO) and was a lifetime member of the Mizzou Alumni Association.
Monday, October 20th, 2014
Civil engineering grad flies high in airport consulting job
MU graduate Tyler Horn currently spends his days working as a civil engineer in the aviation department of the consulting firm Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. (CMT), where he works on civil engineering projects for Missouri airports.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
Timber Bridge team donates competition structure to city
After being a bridge to nowhere over the summer, the Mizzou Engineering Timber Bridge team's structure was formally accepted by the City of Columbia at its Oct. 6 city council meeting and listed its intent to be used at Strawn Park.
Monday, June 30th, 2014
Associate professor Washer proposes new bridge inspection standards
Glenn Washer, an associate professor in MU's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, recently completed a paper with the goal of creating a more risk-based set of standards for how frequently bridges require inspections.
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
Geowall, Concrete Bowling Team place high at annual ASCE conference
The University of Missouri chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineer's four competition teams, Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, Geowall and a new team, Concrete Bowling, took part in the annual competition at the Mid-Continent Student Conference April 24-25, 2014.
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Civil academy welcomes nine new members
Nine alumni were inducted into the Civil Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni (CEADA) last year. The academy was established in 1998 to honor outstanding graduates and distinguished friends of the department.
Friday, June 20th, 2014
Culvert research may ease the workload of MoDOT engineers
MoDOT researchers paired with Mizzou Engineers to find whether there was a way to save time and money load rating the department's bridges.
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
MU CEE students take top two spots at poster competition
Two University of Missouri civil engineering students took top honors in the poster competition sponsored by the Central Missouri chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at May's Traffic and Safety Conference in Columbia.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Retired engineer finds pleasure in creative process
Ron Hollrah, BS CIE '64, MS '66, PhD '71, has thrown himself into a variety of painting and woodworking projects since retiring in 2004, including a painting of Mizzou's iconic columns he gave to College of Engineering Dean James Thompson.
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
Computer simulation technique gains exposure
Twenty years after Zhen Chen's team began investigations into what has been termed the "Material Point Method" (MPM), his research would be applied to an Academy Award-winning film.
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
Undergraduate research sets Treece up for success
Working for three years as an undergraduate researcher in Sarah Orton's lab was invaluable experience to recent civil engineering alumnus Zach Treece.
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
Research opportunities draw Fidalgo to MU
Maria Fidalgo joined the faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in January as an associate professor after nine years at the Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
MU alum Kianfar lands tenure-track position at Saint Louis University
MU alum Jalil Kianfar accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at the Saint Louis University Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology in January.
Monday, May 5th, 2014
Five MU undergrads named NSF Graduate Research Fellows
Shakked Halperin, William McNeary, Ali Ross, Megan Schroeder and Sital Uprety were selected to be NSF Graduate Research Fellows. As such, each will receive a three-year annual $32,000 stipend in support of their pursuit of an advanced degree.
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Missouri WTS chapter selects two from MU for scholarships
This spring, Missouri's WTS chapter selected two young women — Paige Martz and Yue Zhang — majoring in civil engineering at the University of Missouri as scholarship recipients.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
Alumni, faculty, staff recognized at awards banquet
Two civil engineering and an electrical engineering alumni were honored with Missouri Honor Awards or the Citation of Merit. Four faculty and two staff members also were recognized.
Monday, April 7th, 2014
Trio of Engineering students selected to Mizzou '39
Three seniors from the College of Engineering — Paul Ehlinger, Tyler Garrett and Skylar Morris — were honored as Mizzou '39 recipients this year.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
CEE students recognized at E-Week awards banquet
Civil and Environmental Engineering students from the College of Engineering were honored during the annual Engineers' Week as outstanding students in their department or individuals among their peers.
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
Civil engineers sweep top three at poster competition
Civil engineering students swept the top three awards at the second annual poster competition of the Transportation Engineering Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Donation covers nearly half of team's yearly expenses
This year, MU Concrete Canoe team members are able to spend a little more time on the canoe and a little less on fundraising as they received a $2,000 donation from MoDOT.
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Engineers transition swimmingly from the pool to the lab
Engineering's curriculum could rival athletics' schedule for the title "most rigorous." However, seven members of the Mizzou men's swimming and diving team are taking on both.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
Organization wins first place for paper, competes with teams
The University of Missouri College of Engineering chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers took first place in the technical paper competition at the 2013 ASCE Mid-Continent Student Conference in April.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
Academy is a good idea that keeps getting better
Each year, up to 10 civil engineering alumni are inducted into the department's Academy of Distinguished Alumni. Started in 1996, the academy recognizes alumni who've earned recognition for their careers and who serve as a role model for students.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Airport designs net placements in national FAA competition
The Federal Aviation Administration recognized two teams from a University of Missouri College of Engineering class for their 2013 FAA Design Competition for Universities projects.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Novel intersection treatment scrutinized
In an effort to increase motorist safety and traffic-flow efficiency, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has implemented some novel intersection treatments on the state's roadways. Two of these designs have been selected for implementation on roadways in or near Columbia.
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
Bridges, big name projects among senior's research achievements
Zach Treece's three internships have allowed him to work on projects that include sporting venues and nationally televised award shows.
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Eye-o-Sauron™ poked out by Great Wall of America
American plans to erect a chain of all-seeing eyes atop tall towers to guard the Mexican border have been put on hold in favour of a more conventional fence or wall, according to reports. "The highest priority is to put out a system of physical fences and barriers that will keep people and vehicles from illegally crossing the U. …
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Didn't Germany build a wall at some point to stop economic migration (amoungst other things)? That turned out rather well if I remember correctly...
And how much was blown on this crap?
Lol @ subheading
Always enjoy the Reg's headlines! They often give more insight into a story than whatever tripe can be quoted as coming out of the mouths of their protagonists. Do the writers come up with them themselves, or is it a team effort?
Keep up the good work!
Knowing the people that live in the south..
It wouldn't surprise me if someone suggested making the entire border a minefield. Fences are great, but the Mexicans superior ladder technology will always defeat them.
One Texas town had an awesome competition. They erected the same kind of fence as has been proposed for the border and offered the first one to clear it a case of beer. I believe it took less than a minute to find a winner.
Sounds sort of familiar....
"Presumably to be built by relatively low-paid labour... ®"
Oohh! Ohh! I remember now!
Hitler forcing the Jews to barricade themselves into slums!
Skull and Crossbones, because I love Godwinning a comment section before it even gets started...
Hurry! hurry! git yer fence cutters here only 5 bucks apiece!
So what's the alternative now? The eye o' bubba sitting in his jeep on a hilltop with a pump action ?
Tax Scam
This whole thing was crap from the beginning. It ran over budget, behind schedule, and never worked - and the "Department of Homeland Security" accepted the project!
Unbelievable. I know DHS sucks, really bad, but this is just unacceptable. How am I supposed to feel secure if they are spending money on broken stuff instead of catching terroists/peados/whoever??? Damn'it I'll be glad when someone new comes along and at least kisses me before the rape my asshole (for a while anyway - they they'll get bored with it I'm sure).
"Didn't Germany build a wall at some point to stop economic migration (amoungst other things)?"
The Germans are likely more familiar with the Maginot Line.
Trenchcoat, please.
The Wall 2
"No one has any intention of building a wall". Pronounce in a squeaky voice to really feel history in the remaking.
It'll be a hit. Trust me on this. That wall is going to be worth a ton of money in 30 years or so, the souvenir business is going to soar. But the way the dollar is going I'm not taking bets on who's going to be on top in the Anschluss. ;-)
built by southerners
but very profitable contract awarded to friendly northern corporation.
plus ca change...
no, that's not an pirate, its a worker who has been on minimum wage.
"Presumably to be built from southern side"
"If the WSJ report is correct, that time is now imminent and the US will concentrate instead on more basic walls. Presumably to be built by relatively low-paid labour..."
Priceless! And it's not even Friday.
@ Andy Bright
It's not superior ladder technology, it's superior tunnel engineering. The Brits should know this - they were surrounded by water until the Chunnel was built. Now anyone can get in at any time and hardly be noticed.
Oh yeah, the Brits can close the tunnel. Their water-wall DOES still work when they need it to.
On serious matters, the US could build the Great Walls (north and south) of America, but everybody would think it would be politically incorrect (as several posters have already spoken previously). Never mind that there would be gates in the walls, and that immigration would go on exactly as before, just without the illegals crossing over willy-nilly, and drug dealers and other criminals jumping the border to get away from the cops on either side.
If you live with bad neighbors, build a fence to keep them out.
As for the Eye-of-Sauron concept, I can say only this:
"There's one! And there! Over there! Here's a whole bunch of them! And over there!" Wash, rinse, repeat. At least the real Eye of Sauron could read minds and other such things. This one's useless. What good is seeing the illegal crossers when there aren't enough border police to catch them all? Pointless.
I distinctly remember one of the major companies that was contracted to build the wall was... fined for using illegal mexican immigrants to build it. The irony was not lost on the mexican labourers that were interviewed.
By human I presume they mean *adult* human. This will be perfect for Mexican kiddies with catapults to be paid on a per-eye basis to put them out of commission !!
The difference between the Berlin Wall and this is that the Berlin Wall was intended to keep people in. This wall is intended to keep people out.
I have half a mind to suggest that people entering the country illegally be shot on sight. I should think that would pretty effectively deter individuals from trying...
I do like the minefield idea though. But the world frowns on those. I like the idea of a 50ft wide by 50ft deep concrete-walled trench with laser trip-wires built in.
Some of us that would be stuck inside said walls would argue that it was also intended to keep people in.
No problem
The illegals will just swim around the end of the fence, no?
The solution is simpler and cheaper than this
If the USA really wants to prevent illegal immigration from Mexico, then stop trying to cure the symptoms and attack the cause. It's not only a lot cheaper, it will in fact be revenue positive for the governement.
Run a lot more check for illegal immigrants. Go down whole streets in afluent neighbourhoods checking out gardeners and maids. Regularly raid construction sites and farms. Make it a $10,000 per illegal on-the-spot fine for the EMPLOYER for a first offense, a $100,000 fine per illegal for a second, and jail sentences for private employers with $1000,000 per illegal for corporations for a third or later offence. To prevent "I didn't know!" defences, make a simple social security number and passport check available by phone.
Take away the demand for cheap illegal labour, and they won't come.
Oh, and start with the homes and families of senetors and congressmen. :)
A chance of being shot on sight wouldn't deter them, especially if they went in large groups. It's just not a great deterrent, and needlessly wastes lives in the end. I'd like to see more legislation that heavily fines companies hiring illegal immigrants as well as having the company pay for shipping 'em back; a wall simply won't work.
As to your super wall, how much money would that cost to build and maintain? Horribly misplaced allocation of funds. I hate socialist systems, but giving the Mexicans the money would be better than a wall.
But then again
But then again , in order to maintain the merkin lifestyle of affluence at the cheapest possible cost , the current labour market is heavily dependent on the fifteen million south of the border undocumented forced slave workers many in dangerous and unsafe working conditions at the low end of the market of ask no questions or the pink Sheriff Joe Arpaio will arrest you for his underfed slave work force and also being paid far less then even the minimum wage of USD$7-00 per hour if they are paid at all and needs an additional million more each year as well too(Florida's Sugar and Orange industries uses slaves from Jamaica most of whom are paid around USD$2-00(the other $5 is for minimal food board and lodging in the hot bunk barracks quarters) per hour for 16 hour days minus the cost of travel as well) .
Due to the major US food corporations like United Fruit ever unwilling to pay for produce above local cost(loved all of Ronald Reagan's mostly Z toilet flushing grade propaganda films showing the opposite of reality about that aspect of life in South America of showing all merkins to be the good guys they are truly laughable comedies where even the chimp is a far better actor). Anyway with excessive use of force and lots of graduates from the Ft Benning School of Torture in Georgia down south to follow this schools doctrine to the letter , this creates the need for the local peons living south of the border to flee to safety further north straight back into the same situation once north of the Mexican International Border , truly evil one could say .
As for the eye of sauron fence and razor wire fence replete with armed border guards in the numerous proposals since 2001 have surfaced for pork barrel reasons mostly to erect the same along the vast northern unfenced frontier DMZ of 1815 with Canukistan as those residents further north are all evil file sharers and said to be downloading only merkin movies (mostly visual pollution and crap anyway), TV shows(many of which are made in the much cheaper Canukistan using actors who can speak with a nicer version of the New England accent , which allows the local uncultured residents rednecks of the south a chance to understand what they say) and songs from the big four monoliths whose quality in the first decade of the 21st century is truly in the sewer and rapidly falling even lower which explains much about the eighty percent plus fall in world wide sales from these music dinosaurs currently awaiting extinction as evolution has passed them by thanks to "Moore's Laws" .
Interesting given the extreme weather variation and large temperature range summer/winter that the northern Canukistan DMZ is subject to and the reliance of the Northern States for most deliveries by the Canukistan Pacific Railway line for a large percentage of the mail and other deliveries such a proposal is a death knell and will allow re-population by descendants of the original displaced natives as the imported whitemen of many forked tongues abandon these inhospitable lands to flee to Florida to be reunited with their fellow rednecks !
Or could it be be having these razor wire border fences north and south an insidious plot to recreate a certain middle European Country circa 1937 of tightly keeping all locals at home unable to travel abroad as new Joe Stalin like gulags spring up upon the same landscape , that be the question ?
The minefield would only be necessary along the massive stretches of border that the fence.. sorry wall.. doesn't cover. And if you shot the illegals, who would finish the wall anyway?
@AC their tunneling technology is indeed impressive, but not so impressive as their ability to walk along a fence until they find a small gap of several hundred miles. Almost wide enough for the opposing US illegals to escape into Mexico. From what I remember of these proposals, the funding was only in place to build less than half of what would be needed to fence off the entire border. I can't be the only one that sees a small flaw in this plan.
Haven't they watched any old movies?
Distinguish them from mustangs? Don't they remember the scene with the Indian hanging on the far side of the horse to make it look like there was no rider?
assuming those sensors worked...
What would keep immigrants and immigrant smuggling gangs from taking potshots at those stationary sensors? From the Mexican side of the border, where they can't be shot back at.
After a while, the border patrols would stop replacing the parts and, presto, no more Eye-o-Saurons.
Of course, you could armor them, but that would cost even more. Hmmm, maybe that's why they were so costly. You could also recess them deeper into US territory but far enough would make the exercise pointless.
Geez, how much are Americans willing to spend to keep their cheap labor out??? How much pork and gravy is Boeing & the military industrial complex wallowing in? What about spending the money on body armor for the troops instead?
Everyone wants to move north.
So the 'mericans want to keep out their neighbours to the south with a fence. And I've heard the Brits wish they'd rather have a fence than a tunnel. Perhaps the Irish and us Canadians can get a 2-for-1 deal on our own barriers...
Mine's the parka with a maple leaf on the sleeve.
Stopping immigrants...
They need a moat filled with sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads.
You could probably build it for one MILLION dollars...
I favour pit traps with tigers in them (hungry ones),
Please god, use some punctuation! My eyes, my eyes.
Incase you missied it...
Built by southerners?
Built from the southern side?
Does it work both ways ?
If McCain gets elected a lot of traffic will possibly be going the other way.
Come to think of it, this may also happen when Obama takes the chair.
Peter R.
Build them North and South
And then all countries refuse access to anyone bearing a US passport ;p
Just a thought
You know that jumbo-laser-fryer they are building?, well, I suspect that the Eye-o'-Sauron and a flying auto-BBQ plane probably sounded like a good idea one friday afternoon.
For a wall to make any sense over that that sort of distance it would take a lot of time an money - there are just too many ways for people to go over/ under/ through/ around for it to work properly.
Killing the want for people to move into the US of A in the first place would work better and I think dubya is doing quite a good job of that.
The other approach (of course) is to invite people to come in - everyone gets a NI number, which is necessary for any services and make it worthwhile to do it legally.
Paris 'cos it would be nice to do her legally.
americans love cheap labor but hate Mexicans
Actually they perhaps don't hate them, just think of them as low life, only good enough to do low paid work that americans would not do. To this end there is not the total commitment from everyone to keep them out. Eye-O-Sauran is an expensive project that only the wildly optomistic techies who invented it would think was going to work. But the authorities are behind it because it shows the people that they are spending serious money on stopping Mexicans, whilst at the same time still allowing them to get through.
Just because there is a law against something does not mean the authorities want you to stop doing it. What about that Royal Navy ship whoes job it is to stop drug traffic? It turns out many of the crew were enjoying the very drugs they were committed to stop. Lets see if you have anything in your pockets before I decide what to do with you.
maybe they could build 4 wallls...
then we could put a hose pipe over one of them on full...
mine the neoprene diving suit one.... :D
The Berlin wall allusions
Didn't the DDR build that wall to keep the 'evil capitalist sc*m' out of their ideal society...but oddly enough it did stop people getting out?
For the Eye of Sauron idea, I think it'll be great in movies, no just outrunning the inept cops to the border, they can do a 'Night Fox' kind of Brazilian dance to avoid the 'Eyes' seeing them to a stylish piece of music instead! Be much more entertaining....also, imagine the hobbits trying to get OUT of Mordor....that's a new one eh?
Low cost labour...
Isn't the low cost labour what this wall would be designed to keep OUT of America?
I think the Mexicans have a great idea here, get America to build the walls to keep themselves in!
Maybe a real life FIRE wall would work better?
Ah well, so, the Iraqi 'government' won't be buying it either
Not commonly known, but the US was trying to convince the Iraqi 'government' that they needed this hardware to protect themselves against 'insurgents' (like the country isn't full of them anyway) and other undesirables, crossing their borders.
The plot was that Iraq was to be surrounded by an Eye O Sauron system which, unlike the US/Mex border version, was to be wired directly into the local 'defence' system...
Kind of tough on some, shepherds searching for lost goats near the border getting a Hellfire up the arse, etc...
The expense was to be borne by the Iraqis, paid from their cut of the oil revenues, and would provide 'absolute border security'.
Whether the Iraqis have backed out, depriving the project of the funding required to get it to actually work, thus killing the US/Mex version, or the Yanks have decided that recent developments suggest they just walk away from the whole mess (think Vietnam), and making further development too expensive, I'm not sure. But it sounds like Sauron's dead.
Parodied in the TV show Reno 911.
Some of the rednecks go out the border to build a fence, get completely blotto and then offer the Mexicans crates of beer to build the fence for them. The Mexicans build the fence 10 feet north of where it should be and the rednecks get stuck on the wrong side. The Mexican border guards turn up and arrest the rednecks and the Mexicans run off into the US!
Someone will steal it
If someone can pinch a 120-foot radio tower without anyone noticing, I doubt these will present much of a challenge...
The best walls
As noted several times already, the best walls are the ones built by the poorer side: East Germany, North Korea, Cuba,
They work by persuading citizens that they are better off staying put, and are much cheaper than stopping immigration with technology. I wonder what the cumulative maintenance costs of the Wall of China were, and still the Mongols got in several times. And Rome, don't get me started!
The sell might be: they have terrorists north of the fence, can't buy decent chili, don't speak Spanish, don't even have proper churches,....
And the US has to shut up about being such a great place, or at least make clear that the American Dream isn't really for this century's immigrants.
IT relevance? Don't use a technical solution to solve an organisational problem.
Here's the deal
Fences work pretty well. They are being used in places like the India-Bangledesh border You don't have to stop all the people and vehicles coming through; you just need to obstruct and channel them to places its easier to pick them up. Thousands of new border agents have been hired. If you can funnel the crossers to where these guys are concentrated you can really increase the efficiency of the operation.
Tunnels are a significant investment in time and money. You can't put them everywhere only places where you have a secure entry and secure exit point, like in buildings. And, you aren't going to put a million people through a tunnel. The more people you put through it the more know about it. Sooner or later somebody is going to give it up.
I'm not against Mexicans working in the US. I'd like to see a system fair for them and fair for us. What legal systems exist are so monsterously incoherent and unfair that they can't be made to work. Too much politics in it, too many favored groups, too much corruption.
"I have half a mind"
That much is obvious.
The walls will work
If you have the right contractors - hello, is that Tel Aviv...?
Big Wall in China?
What about that great big wall in China? That worked out pretty well for a long time didn't it? Everybody seems to like that wall...
If we built a "Great Wall of America" to the same standards of materials and workmanship as that wall in China people would like the idea a lot more. You could guard the shit out of it for little money and it'd be a great civil project for thousands of blue-collar workers.
But it's got to a cool wall. Not a fucking chain fence.
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I recently heard on a NPR radio program that the majority of imported Extra Vrgin Olive oil is diluted anyway where.on Long Island can I get the real deal or what brand can be trusted.???????Awhile back I had purchased a Lebanese EVO in a clear gallon (or 3 litre) clear bottle.It was good .Thanks
Your posting made me start to wonder. So I did a rather down and dirty search on
" Extra Vrgin Olive oil is diluted".
While I found pages of information, most of them where linked/based off of one story which was written by one company. Which was selling their own product. Same with a few other sites as well.
Did find some interesting information on olive oil in general.
Do a search and check it out yourself.
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Wikipedia tells the whole story under "olive oil." I also read a major article from the New Yorker and many international stories on olive oil fraud.
fairway has excelent olive oil, believe its about $18-20 for a 1.5 liter approx...but its excellent and does not taste diluted at all
As far as dilution goes, Cooks Illustrated tested supermarket level oils, and while they found quality overall (i.e., taste/hedonics) was not great, dilution was not an issue:
"Having read reports of the fraudulent adulteration of mass-market olive oils with cheaper oils such as soybean or hazelnut, we sent our samples to an independent laboratory for analysis. All were confirmed to be made only from olives."
According to Cook's Illustrated, they did not find dilution in supermarket level EVOO:
Taste and hedonics was anther question, however.
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Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports. " ) I believe I can post this excerpt as commentary:
"...we sent our samples to an independent laboratory for analysis. All were confirmed to be made only from olives"
I attended an olive oil tasting and I could definitely taste the differences between different brands. This has been confirmed by Cook's Illustrated and other publications.
Having said that, I've also read that foreign producers feel that Americans are not as sophisticated as counterparts in Europe so the oil sent to us is of lesser quality.
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I personally find the greatest differences to be between "first cold pressed" and others which are not from the first pressing. The first pressing gives an extra virgin olive oil that tastes very fruity - like olives. I use this first press for salad dressings if I want that fruity flavor or as a last drizzle over pasta. The rest of the time I use regulat extra vigin. Buy a small bottle of first pressed and you will definitely taste the difference. ALso look for oils that are kept in cartons or containers which are not see through. You wouldn't believe the damage to flavor that light can do. Look for Rienzi Gold -Extra Virgin - First Cold Press. It is in a cardboard-like container (1 liter) with a shiny goldish tint. It tastes like liquid olives - delicious!
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I had the opportunity to taste wonderful Spanish olive oil during my travels to Andalusia. Luckily, my daughter lived in El Puerto de Santa Maria and I was able to get some very tasty oils from the region.
Now that she's moved away from Spain, I miss my favorite oil, Venta Barone.
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Olive oils all taste different - they are very much like wines.
The best, of course, will be the first cold pressing but they will also come from a particular field, during a particular season, at a particular year. Like wine, they will be controlled and labeled with this information. And like wine of this calibur, will be expensive. And unlike wine, do not age well. These oils will range from spicy to fruity - one is not better than the other - and be used according to their characteristics. These oils come from all over the world and each has a lovely, unique personality.
A daily use extra virgin olive oil is likely a blend from various oils across the world. The goal is to have a standard, consistent flavor so this is not a bad thing. They will be less expensive and accessible - they have their uses. Later presses will lose more and more of the olive flavor. The final press is heated and so cooks the oil changing it into something else entirely. Olive oils diluted by other types of oils will taste different - less like eating an olive. These will be cheap and have little or no use. If someone wanted canola, they would have bought it!
While others may disagree, the only olive oil to use is extra virgin. Vary the quality of the oil but not the first press.
Do even get me started on 'lite' extra virgin olive oil.
I don't think EVO is diluted but it might be blends or a mixture of oils from different countries. The ultimate decision is yours. If you like that taste then it's the best for you. In a Consumer Report test a while back, they rated Goya as one of the best. I tried it and I like it. I've tried store brands from Trader Joe's and Stew Leonard and found them very good.
Has anyone tried the Coldani Olive Ranch .5 L Calivirgin Olive Oil? The product information on the site seems intriguing, although it will be hard to pay such exorbitant prices with the quantity of olive oil I use.
http://apollooliveoil.com/stones.php is the link that goes below at the end about California.
Since I read the story about adulterated Italian olive oil, I have switched to Greek olive oil. I have found a brand that tastes good, and that I can afford. I pick it up in a local upscale grocery. I also understand that Spanish olive oil is good, and not blended with oils from all over, or adulterated. I am glad to know that testing has not found traces of adulteration.
re: sueatmo
I have read so many bad stories about olive oil being a mixture of different oils. One bad story is that there is no law about oil processed in Turkey and then shipped and packaged to Italy and then the olive oil can say product of Italy.
Maybe a good bet would be buying from a California oil company that produces fresh, small batches.
re: daveyd
It all depends on your food budget, and how much oil you consume. I use olive oil daily. If I had to purchase from California, I don't think I could afford it. I went to an upscale grocer and found Tassos, a Greek cold pressed extra virgin oil. I like the taste very well. I buy smallish bottles which I keep in the fridge, so it doesn't turn rancid. (If you buy regular olive oil, I don't think it matters where you keep it, but I might be wrong there.) If it is convenient, you might visit such a local grocer to see what oils they carry. And you can try Trader Joe's, although I had trouble finding a consistent brand to buy when I did this. I'm with you. I refuse to buy olive oil packaged by a conglomerate.
re: sueatmo
I have found that Trader Joe's President Reserve from Italy is a great every day EVOO and at a good price. On the bottle it tells you where the olives are sourced, and it guarantees that the olives are all from Itlay and that the oil is 100% olive oil. For the price, you can't beat it (for everyday use).


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Jonathan, 36, and Hayley, 30, have been married for six years and have no kids. Hayley is the primary cook in their household. She gets off work before Jonathan does, so she starts making dinner as soon as she gets home. Hayley loves to try new recipes to impress Jonathan when he gets home, but they usually end up taking a long time so they are forced to eat a late dinner. Jonathan is always starving by the time he gets off and wants dinner on the table upon his arrival. He says he would settle for a meal thats not as tasty, but quicker to prepare. She would rather put more effort into her cooking. Whos right in this situation?
She says: I get bored eating the same thing for dinner all the time, so I like to mix it up, no matter how long it takes. Whats so wrong about putting a little love into your cooking?
He says: Weve been married for several years now, so why does she still feel the need to impress me? She doesnt have to go all out for dinner. A quick and easy meal is fine with me. I just prefer to eat right away in the evenings.
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Submit Your vikings.com Mailbag QuestionsPosted by on January 4, 2010 – 3:46 pm
Do you have a question or comment about the Vikings win over the NY Giants? Or a question about the Vikings and their position in the playoffs? Send them to the vikings.com Mailbag.
You can submit your questions/comments to me by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. I can't post every question/comment, but I'll answer them all.
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By Nate F. on Jan 4, 2010 | Reply
do you think vikes should go for the following players
Julius Peppers
Shawn Merriman
Osi Umenyiora
Terell Owens
Randy Moss (if his contract's up)
I really want to see this as a blog to hear people's comments about it
By Nan on Jan 4, 2010 | Reply
Keep it up guys..it was great to see you having fun!! I'm wearing purple till we win the superbowl!! always will. I am so proud of you!!
By Kirsten G on Jan 4, 2010 | Reply
I am just wondering if anyone out there would know a way to contact someone in the Vikings organization that could possibly help me figure out a way to get a poster signed by some players sent to my bro who is in the hospital. My brother is 43 has 2 very young kids and was diagnosed with ALS last April and has taken a very bad turn for the worse and now is in the hospital with pneumonia. I know after being a hardcore, life long fan his day would be made if he had something cool to hang in his WISCONSIN hospital room. This would really get a big smile out of a guy who doesn't have much time left and is thrilled about the playoffs.
If anyone can help please email me @ firstname.lastname@example.com <3
GO VIKINGS!!! from the bottom of my whole family's hearts!!!
By tony E on Jan 5, 2010 | Reply
Regardless of the playoff results in the coming weeks, what are the chances Bret Favre will return for the 2010/11 season with the Vikings?
By Matt on Jan 5, 2010 | Reply
Run the wildcat. The vikings have the best skill position players to do this. Put Tavarus Jackson on the left as a WR, and put Bernard Berrian on the right. With Tavarus out on the left this makes a DB cover him because of the threat of a pass. Put Sidney Rice in the slot, Adrian Peterson taking the snap, Percy Harvin next to him and either Chester Taylor on his other side or Tahi anywhere else for a lead blocker. You can do anything out of this. Have adrian peterson of percy run it up the middle or around the outside. Have sidney rice come in reverses or have Tavarus come in a reverse have sidney rice run a corner and berrian run a post and have him throw it up…..the possibilities are endless and I think it would help the vikings out a lot.
By Ron Schuelke on Jan 5, 2010 | Reply
Who do we want to see first round Packers or Cards?I know you have to play well no matter.But the packers for the 3 rd time.


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The "Knockout Game" and the Myth of the "Liberal Media"
How do we reconcile the following observations?
According to conservatives, the news media has a "liberal bias": this is a foundational tenet of the Right-wings propaganda and disinformation campaign against the American people.
Black youth are running amok in mass and attacking white people across the country in a bacchanal of violence known as "the knockout game".
But, if there is a "liberal media", why is the knockout game story being circulated by such "liberal" news outlets like MSNBC, CNN, The NY Times, USA Today, and others? Why would the liberal media legitimate the knockout game narrative instead of suppressing or covering it up?
The "liberal media" is a myth and a lie. There is no liberal media; there is only a corporate media.
The knockout game is a moral panic wherein isolated incidents of random street crime are reframed as a nationwide plague upon innocent and vulnerable white people by deviant and naturally criminal blacks.
The sensational allure of the knockout game is drawn from the same racial and cultural imagination as D.W. Griffith's infamously racist film Birth of a Nation. The cultural trope of the black brute, rapist, and thug, are as central to American memory as is George Washington, apple pie, and the myth of rugged individualism and American exceptionalism.
Consequently, the allure of the knockout game for white conservatives and the Right-wing media (in an era where racism and conservatism are one in the same) is irresistible and instinctive.
The supposedly "liberal media" is influenced by similar forces.
Research in media studies, sociology, communications, and political science has repeatedly demonstrated that this supposedly "liberal" news media exaggerates and misrepresents the amount of crime in American society, emphasizes crimes committed by blacks against white people, underplays and does not report crimes committed by whites against black people (and or other white people), and actively reproduces white racist narratives that link African-Americans with crime and criminality.
Ultimately, the moral panic about the knockout game has little to do with crime and public safety.
The knockout game meme is a byproduct of a white cultural obsession with black criminals, and a reflection of a political environment where insecurity about changing racial demographics, and the election of the United States' first black president, have combined to create cognitive and emotional upset for a good number of white Americans. These racial fears, resentments, and anxieties are catered to and nourished by a Right-wing media that birthed and rapaciously disseminated the knockout game narrative.
It is important to note that crime is at record lows in the United States. Most crime is intraracial. A person is more likely to be victimized by someone they know and who looks like them than by a stranger.
Perhaps, the appeal of the knockout game narrative lies in its randomness? Maybe the knockout game is especially pernicious and salacious in that regard?
If that is the case, there are many other crimes in the United States that should be given at least the same amount of attention by the news media as has been received by the knockout game.
There is no equivalent moral panic about the mass shootings committed by white men, in which dozens, if not hundreds of people, have been killed and injured. Likewise, there is no mass hysteria about the record growth in the number of white hate groups and militias with the expressed intent of overthrowing the United States government and of waging a war on people of color.
The moral panic, by design, exaggerates isolated incidents into a plague and epidemic that is a threat to all "good" people in "normal" society.
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By: Danielle Todesco, KOB Eyewitness News 4
KOB Eyewitness News 4 wanted to get the road conditions from drivers out on the roads this weekend.
On Interstate 40 headed to Tijeras, roads were mostly clear but a little slushy.
Residents said they always see that slush turn into ice.
At the Subway in Tijeras, they were closing early because there were no customers in sight.
Employee Adrian Pollo said he was the only one with 4-wheel drive, so he worked the entire day alone.
Then, we talked to drivers off of I-25 headed up north.
"Here from Santa Fe to Albuquerque it was really clear. But from Santa Fe to Espanola it was really icy," Ruby Montes said.
Albuquerque did not get it as bad as the surrounding areas, but a tow truck driver told KOB Eyewitness News 4 that he was busy all day helping people in the metro who got stuck in snow and mud and drivers who slid off the road from the ice.
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Updated: March 27, 2012 8:29AM
Word might be out among Western Conference teams on how to beat the Wolves.
Teams have been ratcheting up their physical play, throwing the Wolves off their game. The Abbotsford Heat had that in mind Saturday, and it worked as the Wolves lost 4-1.
"It has become increasingly evident that teams want to come at us physically, and that taxes our power play to be more productive, to make them pay the price for taking as many penalties as teams have taken," Wolves head coach Craig MacTavish said.
While it would help if the Wolves improved their checking, they'd be best served to develop some consistency on the power play.
The Wolves' lone goal came on the power play when Antoine Roussel scored at 14:08 in the second period. But it was the first power-play goal at home since Jan. 18 for the Wolves, who had gone eight consecutive home games without a power-play goal.
This was the first game Roussel played on the power play.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures, and he's a guy that has taken advantage," MacTavish said. "There isn't anybody in our group that has worked harder on his game than Roussel, and it's good to see him get rewarded for it."
MacTavish put him on the power play to win battles and get the puck back. MacTavish said he plans to stick with Roussel.
"If you told me I would have gone on the PP tonight, I would have laughed in your face," Roussel said.


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September 12, 2013 - Industry News
Initial toll rates have been set for a massive construction project connecting Indiana and Louisville that includes placing tolls along Interstate 65.
Tags: Tolls, Indiana, Kentucky, Road Construction, Interstate 65, I-65
September 3, 2013 - Industry News
The Illinois Tollway has posting a list of toll scofflaws on its website following Gov. Pat Quinn signing legislation allowing the tollway authority to publish the names of toll violators owing $1,000 or more.
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August 12, 2013 - Industry News
BestPass has partnered with the Colorado E-470 Public Highway Authority to provide trucking companies with discounted toll services in ExpressToll facilities. ExpressToll is the electronic toll collection system available on the E-470 highway, the Northwest Parkway, and the I-25 tolled Express Lanes around Denver, Co.
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July 16, 2013 - Industry News
Officials with the Ohio Turnpike have voted to borrow $1.5 billion, and with it will come annual toll hikes to help pay off the debt. Next year's hike will be 2.7% with further increases tied to the region's inflation rate.
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May 20, 2013 - Industry News
Lawmakers in the North Carolina House have voted to allow tolls for I-95, but only for any new lanes that are built.
Tags: Tolls, Virginia, I-95, Interstate 95
May 13, 2013 - Industry News
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed legislation Monday raising billions of dollars for transportation that includes new taxes on fuel. They may go even higher depending on what happens to legislation on Capitol Hill.
Tags: fuel tax, Virginia, Diesel Tax, Gasoline Tax, Highways, Infrastructure Funding, I-95, Tolls
April 9, 2013 - Industry News
Tolls along the Ohio Turnpike for both trucks and passenger vehicles will increase the first of 2014 and throughout the next decade under a plan that received tentative approved by the Ohio Turnpike Commission.
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April 4, 2013 - Industry News
Legislation to remove tolls along the West Virginia Turnpike has passed its first test, with state House members voting to advance it to the Senate.
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April 2, 2013 - Industry News
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday signed a transportation budget bill that includes higher speed limits and diverting money from the Ohio Turnpike for other road purposes.
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February 25, 2013 - Industry News
More than 25 years after Connecticut got rid of tolls along its highways, plans are under consideration to bring them back.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed a landmark transportation package that replaces the per-gallon fuel tax with a wholesale tax, plus other revenue raisers, and addressed the controversial issue of adding tolls to I-95.
Tags: Infrastructure, Tolls, Virginia, MAP-21
December 19, 2012 - Industry News
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted unanimously to approve a fare and toll increase for all MTA facilities. The new fare and toll rates go into effect on March 1, 2013
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December 17, 2012 - Industry News
The New York State Thruway Authority, after many weeks of silence, announced that it will not be hiking toll rates as proposed by 45% on commercial vehicles with more than three axles
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December 13, 2012 - Industry News
Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced plans to generate $3 billion for state road projects -- without leasing it or selling it to a private outside concern
Tags: Highways, Tolls, Ohio
November 27, 2012 - Industry News
The Reason Foundation, an American libertarian research organization, released a study saying it costs more to collect fuel taxes than is generally believed, and that thanks to new electronic tolling systems, collecting tolls costs less than is thought.
Tags: Highways, Tolls, fuel tax, Infrastructure
November 13, 2012 - Industry News
The New York Thruway Authority canceled a second meeting regarding a proposal to raise truck toll rates 45% for trucks with three or more axles, and may be looking at alternatives to the controversial plan
November 9, 2012 - Industry News
Questions about whether or not trucks would see an increase in toll costs on the New York State Thruway still remain unanswered.
The New York State Thruway Authority postponed a meeting, originally scheduled for Friday, Nov. 9, until the following Tuesday. The authority gave no reasons for why the meeting was delayed
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Eva Belle Freeman
Feb. 6, 1920 - April 3, 2013
PLYMOUTH — Eva Belle Freeman, 93, of Warsaw, died at 2:50 a.m., Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Miller's Merry Manor, Plymouth. Eva was born Feb. 6, 1920 in Pierceton to Ora Edward and Pearl Jane (Copeland) Priser. Eva and Dale D. Freeman were married Jan. 1, 1939 in Syracuse and preceded in death Feb. 4, 2003.
She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Warsaw, and attended Plymouth Baptist Church. She made her own clothes, taught herself to play the organ and loved her grandchildren.
Michael N. Caban
March 9, 1948 - April 1, 2013
PLYMOUTH — Michael N. Caban, 65, a Plymouth resident since 1954, passed away suddenly in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, at 7:46 a.m. Monday, April 1, 2013.
Born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, on March 9, 1948, Michael was the son of Ernesto Nunez and Angela Martinez Caban.
He graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1967. He studied then at Ancilla College for a year and transferred to Valparaiso University.
Lauretta May Berger
June 1, 1923 - April 2, 2013
PLYMOUTH — Lauretta May Berger, 89, of Plymouth, passed away in Pilgrim Manor at 3:09 a.m., Tuesday morning, April 2, 2013.
Born in Plymouth on June 1, 1923, Lauretta was the daughter of James M. and Marie Tarent Gilbert. She lived in Plymouth all of her life, graduating from the eighth grade of Webster School in 1936.
On Nov. 8, 1940, in Plymouth, Lauretta and Clifford Berger Sr. were married. Clifford passed away April 24, 2009, following almost 69 years of marriage.
MARSHALL CO. — Marshall County commissioners may have put the kibosh on a commercial wind farm in the area.
Monday, commissioners decided they will have County Attorney Jim Clevenger draft a resolution to ban commercial wind farms in the county. Once the resolution is prepared, it will go to the Plan Commission for a vote, then several public hearings will be held before the ban can be made official.
"We haven't had one person give us positive feedback (on the wind farm proposal)," noted Commissioner Jack Roose in Monday's commissioner meeting.
PLYMOUTH — In baseball, it often comes down to who will flinch at the final challenge, and on Wednesday at least it was Plymouth's Pilgrims (0-1) who flinched at the end, falling to South Bend St. Joe by an 8-3 final.
Only those in attendance would know it was tied at three headed to the final six outs.
CULVER — It wasn't always pretty, but the Lady Dragons got their first win Wednesday.
Argos jumped out to an 11-0 lead over the first four innings and held off a tenacious Culver Community squad to break into the win column, 20-6, on the road in Culver.
"This is the first game that I've had all of my players available to play. The first game I didn't have four of my players, so this was more of a team effort," said Argos softball coach Alyssa Thayer.
Judson nips Culver
North Judson plated a run in the top of the seventh, and the Bluejays hung on for a narrow 2-1 victory in their season-opener at Culver Community Wednesday night.
The game was a pitchers' duel between Judson's staff of Tyler Tunis and David Jacim and Culver's Kyle Vlach as the trio combined to give up only four total hits in the opener.
The Cavs finished with just one hit at the game, a double from Nick Pritz, and the home team recorded three errors as they slipped to an 0-1 start.
Culver travels to Caston tonight with a 5:30 p.m. EST start time.