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Damn you economy, damn you!
Since I have started work I have been working for about 40hours a week, not bad at all. Actually, the other day I was talking to my mom and she had told me that I'm making WAY more than a Spaniard who is starting out his/her career (ie: going into a law firm, etc.). Crazy, right? That's the Spanish economy for you, which, by the way, its at 20%!!!
I'm just annoyed and pissed off, like everyone else at work, because of this. I remember searching and searching for jobs and I finally got one, not my dream one, but I got one. I remember getting my first, second, third....paychecks, and I was purely and plainly satisfied that my hard work at work was compensating. But now that I switched departments and I'm working even harder than before my hard work isn't getting compensated for that much, just like everyone else, and it just sucks. BOO :(
ps. I forgot to add this tidbit of information that Sarah at Adventures in Life (thanks for reminding me!) reminded me of. The rumors are true. This past week they cut our hours to 30 and now to 20.
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I've learned not to listen to rumors. I wouldn't take any of it seriously until a manager actually tells you that your hours are getting cut personally.ReplyDelete
I knew I forgot to add this tidbit of information, but I forgot..silly me. They are not rumors. My hours got cut back to 20 hours a week.ReplyDelete
That sucks... I feel for you.ReplyDelete
As for the "hiring more people while cutting back hours." I hate that they do that, but legally, if people work 32+ hours a week, the employer has to pay full-time benefits (health insurance, paid vacation/sick, etc.) so many place (especially retail and other hourly jobs) they prefer to hire more employees part-time than give full salary positions to fewer full-timers.
We did that at my old job... and I hated it. I would personally have fewer competent/hard-working employees than sheer numbers.. so much harder to train/schedule.
But good luck for you! I hope you get more hours.. Could be worse.. I am still looking for a job :(
That stinks. I took a paycut at work and had my hours cut. I'm just happy OccDoc won't be laid off anytime soon!ReplyDelete
That stinks. Keep your chin up though. Everything will work out.ReplyDelete
I actually had a dream last night that the economy turned around. ;)
thanks ladies!ReplyDelete
I'm just hoping things will start looking up.
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1/2 c. butter, soft
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• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
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• 1 cup chopped pecans
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It's not too often that a young Calgarian gets to shake hands with our Premier. At the Fantasyland Hotel Ballroom on October 16th, Aminah Farzana got to do just that.
Aminah was one of 16 recipients from around the province (and one of just four in her age category) to receive a Great Kids Award for 2010. These Awards are given by the Government of Alberta to recognize youth who demonstrate compassion, determination, courage, generosity, and strength of spirit. (You can learn more about the Great Kids Awards here and watch a video of the ceremony here.)
A frequent volunteer with the Calgary Public Library, Aminah was a natural choice for this nomination and we are so pleased she was selected as a winner! She's made quite an impact on the world around her already.
Aminah came to Canada at the age of seven. Returning to Bangladesh at age ten for a visit, Aminah was struck by the poverty there. "This experience made me thankful to be in Canada, because although my mom was from a middle class family, my dad grew up in a very poor family. My dad managed to break the cycle of poverty through education, and he inspired me to take education more seriously. Now, I'm a firm believer of 'the pen is mightier than the sword' and I hope to engage myself in a profession that will allow me to give back to the society that I am a part of, and that is part of me."
The Library has four programs supported by youth volunteers, and Aminah has volunteered with all four. She has been a technology coach for young children and seniors alike, tailoring lessons to differing ages and skills levels. A self-described "big fan of books", Aminah has shared this fondness with younger readers. More recently, she has led engaging activities for her newcomer peers, encouraging them to develop their spoken English in ESL Teen Talk.
Throughout her volunteer career, Aminah has had a hand in opening the door to new worlds of education, inspiration, and enjoyment.She has found volunteering to be beneficial for herself as well as those she helps. "The hours I put into volunteering give me a sense of fulfillment because I'm doing something productive by helping others."
Aminah's contributions don't stop there. Active in her school community, Aminah is a valued member of the Social Justice Club. Her commitment to thoughtfully living her values, sharing her views respectfully, and hearing others with the same respect, has made an impression on her teachers and fellow students. Her Social Studies teacher has this to say:
"Over the course of the last two years, Aminah has become an active citizen trying to raise awareness and arouse action in relation to her passion for ending discrimination and prejudice. In particular, she spearheaded and spent countless hours on a 'Safe Classrooms' campaign in which she designed, created and then posted ceiling-to-floor posters which depict the various religions, ethnicities, gender and sexual identifications represented at our high school. This visible demonstration against the marginalization of minorities got students and teachers alike talking about who makes up our communities and what it means to be a global, engaged citizen."
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Remember that brief March 1 New York Post "Page Six" item? Here's a quick refresher:
Jimmy Kimmel is already being lined up to host next year's Oscars, we're told. One source said, "Jimmy is favored to host the Oscars next year; ABC has been pushing him for the role." The late-night host already seems a shoo-in for the job after he earned his best post-awards show ratings on Sunday night.
We've been saying for several years that the logical host for the annual ABC-TV telecast is the one within walking-commute distance. Now that Seth MacFarlane has confirmed what pretty much everyone in Hollywood already knew, it's hopefully only a matter of very little time before Kimmel finally gets his outside-the-special-box shot.


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These are not concept cars. The LA Auto Show's annual design challenge is not about ideas that will see the light of day anytime in the near futureit is a creative, and often strange, undertaking where designers work to think up blue-sky concepts. The results are, to say the least, outside conventional thinking. This year, the design challenge stipulated a four passenger vehicle that doesn't exceed 1000 pounds, to conserve materials and of course, fuel. From cars that are literally grown like a plant to a compressed-air powered car that is actually efficient, here are this year's fantasy concepts.
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- 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
- 3 medium red onions, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup dry red wine
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons golden brown sugar
- Chopped fresh chives
Preheat oven to 250°F. Toss scallops, 2 tablespoons oil, lemon peel, and ginger in medium bowl. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallops; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook until brown and just opaque in center, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer scallops to small baking sheet; place in oven to keep warm.
Add 3 tablespoons oil to drippings in same skillet; place over high heat. Add onions; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover and cook until brown, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add wine, vinegar, and sugar. Cook until onion marmalade is thick, stirring often, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon marmalade onto plates. Top with scallops and any juices, then chives.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (8 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories183
- Carbohydrates11 g (4%)
- Fat9 g (14%)
- Protein13 g (25%)
- Saturated Fat1 g (7%)
- Sodium393 mg (16%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber1 g (4%)
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Suspected pot smoker shot after wandering into stranger's home
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PHOENIX, AZ - A suspected pot smoker picks the wrong home to wander into and it turns out the homeowner had a gun and was not taking any chances.
That homeowner tells 3TV he would pull the trigger again to protect his family. The homeowner says it was terrifying. He was fast asleep when his dog started barking then he saw a man standing inside his house so he shot him.
The man says about her dog, "She did her job, kept him from who knows what he would have done, we were sound asleep."
The suspect jumped out of an apartment window when police arrived after receiving a loud noise complaint. Andy Hill, with Phoenix police, says, "As they got to the front door they confronted someone who happened to have a joint in their hands, a marijuana cigarette, he took off running."
Once the suspect was out the window, he hopped over a fence and broke through the victim's back door. The homeowner explains, "I yelled who's there? I have a gun and he started screaming and I walked out of my hallway into the living room and it was dark, there was a guy standing there, he had something in his hands, I was in fear for the safety of me and my family so I fired."
The man was shot in the hip and ran right out the front door and right into officers who tell 3TV it was a chair he had in his hands. Hill says, "If somebody feels that they're going to hit you over the head with a chair, obviously it could knock you out and then that person could kill you, take your gun, shoot you."
Investigators say the homeowner was justified. In fact, police say the man even warned the suspect with his 'Beware of Dog' sign.
The victim says he is relieved he did not kill the suspect. That suspect is still recovering in the hospital. 3TV is told he has a criminal history and warrants for his arrest.
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Very positive story with a good outcome all around. Note the proper identification of the homeowner as the victim in this story. The cop's quote was a bit ambiguous as reported, but in the TV clip his body language and tone show clear support for the homeowner.
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EPA, Flint Hills Reach Settlement Over Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Flint Hills Resources.
The settlement, which includes an $80,000 dollar civil penalty – is over Flint Hills alleged mishandling of hazardous waste during groundwater cleanup actions at their North Pole petroleum refinery.
The EPA alleges that hazardous waste generated during the cleanup wasn't labeled or stored properly, which caused two preventable dumpster fires.
Transportation Grant For Alaska Railroad's Seward Dock
The city of Seward will benefit from a two point five million dollar federal grant that was announced on Tuesday. The US Department of Transportation awarded the funds through it's Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery or TIGER grant program.
Ron Long, assistant city manager for Seward, says the city is a co applicant with the Alaska Railroad for the funds. Long says the money will be used to complete a master plan for the railroad's freight dock expansion in Seward.
"We feel very good about it. We feel that some of the statements that were made in favor of it were justified. It's an important part of our economy and we are excited to see it move forward."
Long says it took about three years to secure the grant. The railroad owns and operates the dock. Tim Sullivan, spokesman for the Alaska Railroad, says the grant enables the railroad to determine what needs to be done to move forward with the expansion.
"This is for the West dock, which primarily serves passenger ships and it's going to require major rehab or replacement in the next ten years. And since it is nearing the end of its useful life, this is going to require some extensive planning activities that are included in this application."
Sullivan says planning is the first step, and future construction will depend on future funding.
The railroad owns 300 acres in Seward, and the dock is located on that land. The railroad does not pay any revenue to the city, but the city benefits from job opportunities for local residents.
UAA Receives Grant For FASD Prevention Work
As part of a national effort to curb risky drinking habits and prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention awarded grants to six universities across the country – including the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – or FASD – spans a wide range of physical, mental, behavioral and learning disabilities caused by alcohol use during pregnancy.
This isn't the first grant the University of Alaska Anchorage's Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services has received for FASD-related work. For the past several years, they have been training health professionals in FASD prevention and treatment.
The new $1.1 million grant will be distributed over four years and will go toward establishing a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Practice and Implementation Center.
UAA's Dr. Diane King says the grant will allow the center to help develop new strategies for the identification and treatment of FASDs.
"We'll be working with experts in Oregon and Washington as well as Alaska, and national professional organizations to really start to implement and help health care providers adopt more routine screening for alcohol misuse, counseling and intervention for women of child-bearing age," King said.
King says UAA's history in FASD training and research likely played a part in why the university received the grant. But, she also says Alaska has a lot of momentum surrounding the issue.
There's a lot of concern about FASDs, it's pervasive here," King said. "There's a lot of women who are still drinking while they're pregnant that somehow the educational messages are insufficient and so really working together with healthcare providers is a way of doing that. And there's a lot of interest and support in Alaska for taking that approach."
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services estimates about 163 children born in Alaska each year are affected by prenatal alcohol exposure. Studies estimate the lifetime cost of FASD could be upwards $2 million per person.
King says the center's training efforts have been slowly catching on, and healthcare providers play a vital role in the prevention and diagnosis of FASDs.
"I think the opportunity for them to make an impact is huge in this way, and research shows that it's effective if a provider is routinely screening and providing an effective, brief advice or intervention that we do see reductions, meaningful reductions in drinking," King said.
The University of California, San Diego, University of Missouri, University of Nevada, Baylor University and University of Wisconsin-Madison also received grant funds from the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
Can The Tongass Support Sustainable Logging?
A regional committee tasked with advising the National Forest Service on how to manage logging in the Tongass began three days of meetings in Juneau Wednesday.
The committee's work is part of a yearslong process to rewrite the federal rules for what can and cannot be done in the Tongass National Forest.
Last year, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack laid out a goal of phasing out old growth logging in favor of young growth in 10 to 15 years. He said the transition supports ecologic, social and economic sustainability in the forest.
The Tongass Advisory Committee's recommendations are due in May. They'll inform a rewrite of the Forest Service's land use plans for the Tongass that's expected in 2016.
Juneau School District Receives Praise, Criticism For How It Handled Hazing
Members of the public criticized how the Juneau School District handled a hazing incident in May that involved seven seniors paddling six incoming freshmen. During Tuesday's school board meeting, they said the perceived punishment of the offenders wasn't harsh enough.
Meanwhile, a state education official commended the district for trying to change the culture of hazing.
Education Commissioner Mike Hanley has heard about hazing in Juneau schools for years. He thanked the district for tackling the problem.
"I think the first step that you've taken is really a great one, to say this isn't acceptable. That's the message. I don't want to know who the children are that are involved. I don't want to know what the punishments are. I don't have an idea that vengeance, that we need an eye for an eye. That's not it. We just need it to stop," Hanley said.
He thinks the district's actions have sent this message, but added the administration and board can't carry it alone.
"Coaches are the next ones that have more influence on our children and our athletes than any of us do. And they have that ability to continue to carry this message and own the responsibility we have to change the culture," Hanley said.
When the Juneau School District concluded its investigation into the paddling at the end of August, it held a press conference and identified the number of students who committed the violation and the number of victims, but did not release names or specific punishment due tostudents' privacy rights. Superintendent Mark Miller noted that four of the seven paddlers were athletes.
A couple days later, the Juneau Empire reported the names of the athletes and their punishment. The Empire wrote that penalties included "a one-week suspension from school, a one-game suspension and 40 hours of community service." Miller did not confirm or deny this.
During public comment at the school board meeting, parent Graham Storey said he was furious when he read about the punishment and said it was a horrible message to send to students.
"The perception is that our students can engage in bullying and hazing with minimal consequence. Athletes who bully should not be athletes in this district. They should not have the privilege to participate when they engage in these actions," Storey said.
Lynn Van Kirk said she's friends with a parent of one of the hazing victims.
"He's afraid to do anything. He's afraid to go out with his friends to the football games, any types of activities. He did not go to the dance at Juneau-Douglas, because he was scared," Van Kirk said.
Jim Bradley is a parent of a victim and said the punishment of one-week school suspension and one-game suspension was not enough.
"I think the efforts were a good step forward but I think when the consequences were handed down, it was a step backwards," Bradley said.
Student representative from Thunder Mountain High School Dunya Herman said the students have heard a similar version of the punishment and some think the senior hazers who are athletes should be suspended from sports for the whole season. Dunya doesn't agree with that.
"Sports are good for students. Student athletes are better students, so I think that they need to stay in their sport, but the punishment should've been greater to make a statement, at least, to the community that hazing is not OK," Dunya said.
Superintendent Miller said the district followed its rules and policies when coming up with the disciplinary action. He did reveal that the punishment included out-of-school suspension and community service.
"I think we kind of hit a middle ground. I'm sure there are people on both sides of this that believe that either we did too much or we didn't do enough and I've heard from both of those populations. I understand that. I just feel that at this point, we did what we thought was right and we're moving on," Miller said.
In the next few weeks, Miller said the district will have a meeting with all the coaches about the hazing/bullying policy and the proper way to talk about it to the public and media. He noted a possibility of longer term training.
He says the district also plans to implement an anti-hazing/anti-bullying restorative justice program throughout the district.
Health Officials Confirm Alaska Mumps Case
Alaska health officials have confirmed the first case of mumps in the state since 1995.
The disease was confirmed in a 50-year-old Alaska woman who apparently contracted mumps in Japan.
Fewer than 500 people in the nation contract mumps annually.
Mumps is a communicable virus but preventable by vaccine. Complications can cause meningitis, encephalitis and deafness.
The woman on July 11 told doctors she had headache, jaw pain and trismus, a symptom that can mean jaw muscle spasms or locking.
The woman while in Japan stayed in a home where a girl had been diagnosed with mumps.
The Alaska Section of Epidemiology says the woman's symptoms began to subside about a week after she reported them.
Pacific Walrus Decline May Have Halved Population
Pacific walrus populations in Alaska's Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea area halved between 1981 and 1999. New research indicates that the decline may have slowed down in the years before 2000. According to Rebecca Taylor, a research statistician with the US Geological Survey, researchers relied on data about the demographic composition of the walrus population from 1976 to 2000 to make that determination.
"While our study encompassed data that went from 1975 through 2006, those age composition data went from …. there was a period in the early 80s starting with 1981 and then there was another period in the late 90s, and so it is that '81 to '99 time period where we have the most informative data and therefore are most confident about the population trend. "
Taylor says further study is necessary to determine the most recent status of the walrus population. She says researchers used only data for female walrus.
"Because walruses are polygamous, so you don't need that many males to get the job done. So it's typical with a polygamous species to track females only, so we did that with this analysis."
She says the information USGS has indicates that in the 1980s, the female walrus population was aging, making up about 85 percent of the adults, thus producing fewer juveniles.
"So that suggests that reproduction and calf survival were probably quite low at that point, so that is what we believe initiated the population decline. "
A decade later, she says, the walrus population began to get younger, so the decline lessened as the younger walrus population grew. Taylor says her study only looked at demographic and population growth rates to quantify trends, not to find a cause. But, she says, other research indicates hunting is likely to have had a bearing on the decline.
"It was thought that the walrus population probably was depressed by hunting in the 1950s, and that regulations put in place in the 1960s probably allowed that population to increase quite a bit. And so, by sometime between the mid 70s to the early 80s it's thought that the walrus population was probably quite high compared to what the environment could support, and that probably initiated the decline. "
An increase in hunting during the 1980s served to exacerbate the decline, she says. She says changes in sea ice conditions could also affect Pacific walrus populations. It is difficult to estimate populations of walrus, because the animals spend a good bit of their time foraging underwater.
"There is concern about whether or not harvest levels are sustainable. And there is concern about loss of sea ice, because the walrus like to follow the marginal sea ice, eat clams and other invertebrates off the ocean floor, and then come up and rest on chunks of floating ice. Because they are ice -dependent, there is concern about how changes in sea ice might affect them."
Taylor's research is being done to help the US Fish and Wildlife Service make a determination to list the Pacific walrus as threatened by 2017. Andrea Medeiros , a spokesperson for USFWS, says the research was prompted in response to a court order stemming from a lawsuit filed by the Center For Biological Diversity.
Taylor says it is difficult to know what is going on with the walrus population now, if we don't know what was going on in the past. The research is the first rigourous estimate of Pacific walrus survival rates, she says.
"It's giving us important demographic information. It is providing some baseline scientific data."
Taylor's study is published on-line in the journal Marine Mammal Science.
State Presents Election Translation Plan
The state of Alaska is proposing several changes in how they deliver voting information to Alaska Natives whose first language is Yup'ik or Gwich'in.
The state is offering the changes after a federal judge issued a decision in a voting rights lawsuit last week. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason ordered the state to better help voters who speak Yup'ik and Gwich'in understand their ballots.
Elizabeth Bakalar is the lead attorney for the state on the case. She says that the state is focused on three areas:
"That voters need better information ahead of the election that language assistance is available, that outreach workers need to be better prepared to provide language assistance voters especially prior to election day and to better address certain dialectical differences. So those are the three areas which the interim remedies we're proposing are meant to target and certainly any long term remedies would probably target those areas as well."
Bakalar explains, the state is preparing different versions of ballot language to send to tribal councils and outreach workers to reflect different dialects. She says they're looking for feedback from speakers.
"Send copies of the different the Central Yup'ik ballot to the tribal councils from the Bethel Census area to the Dillingham and Wade Hampton Census areas and prepare different versions of ballot measure language to send to tribal councils and outreach workers and get input form the plaintiffs on potential dialect differences on the dialect differences in the ballot measures."
Oscar Alexie teaches Central Yup'ik at the UAF Kuskokwim campus in Bethel and has also worked on Yup'ik translations of ballot materials for the state.
He says that most bureaucratic language used to explain ballot measures and other choices on ballots, simply does not exist in Yup'ik. In addition there are several regional dialects of Yup'ik, which lack the specificity needed, making ballot translation next to impossible.
Alexie says the best situation would be to have translators from each community reading the ballot to Yup'ik speaking voters, because Yup'ik was only recently codified in the last generation or so, so most people will understand best, if they hear the translations, rather than read them.
"We translated the materials where it could be read to voters. And hopefully it would have people at the polling places that can read in an understandable voice, not make it sound like they're reading but talking to someone in the Yup'ik language and follow along and understand it."
state already provides that service and will be doing more to promote it's availability under their plan. Alexie says he worries about The possible negative impacts of the lawsuit on language translation in the state. He makes his point by comparing the division of elections and their translators to a dog team. He says you can expect a lot from a dog, they're hard workers and they like to pull but they can only do so much, especially in the short period of time leading up to the November election.
"Growing up I remember my brother in-law saying … nuf-tut, they break – a dog if you ran it beyond its limitations and not giving it some rest between they'll be a point where the dog breaks and will never pull again."
The state of Alaska and their translators will be moving quickly, they want to have the changes made in time for the November election. The plaintiffs, Alaska native speakers from Southwestern and interior Alaska, being represented attorneys from the Native American Rights Fund, have until Wednesday to respond. Then Judge Gleason will issue an order telling the state what they need to do.
Judge Gleason has not yet ruled on whether the state intentionally violated voter's rights on the basis race or color.
Man In Custody After Hours-Long Standoff
A long standoff between police and an armed man in Fairbanks ended with the suspect being taken into custody alive this afternoon.
Fairbanks Schools Secured Following Unrelated Incidents
A handful of Fairbanks schools have been on high security alert in the last two days due to two separate incidents.
An armed standoff early Tuesday disrupted the morning commute for residents of west Fairbanks. The incident also rerouted more than 20 school buses. Karen Gaborik is the School District Interim Superintendent. She says at least 140 kids were late to morning classes.
"That's a fair number of students coming late to school," she says. "We also had staff who got stuck in traffic as well."
Gaborik says other staff were assigned to cover classes for teachers who weren't able to arrive on time. She also placed two elementary schools in close proximity to the stand-off in "secured building mode."
"That means the exterior doors are locked and we won't have any outside activity, so now recess. It's a monitored access to the building," says Gaborik.
It was the second time in as many days that Gaborik had to partially close down activity at schools in the district. On Monday, a threatening message sent through twitter raised concerns among administrators and law enforcement.
"A community member let the principal at West Valley High school know there had been a vague threat on Twitter so he called the Alaska State Troopers," she explains. "And because there was a threat, West Valley went into 'Sit tight mode,' which is a more secure situation so kids stay in classes."
Ultimately, five schools were placed "sit tight mode." Gaborik, who attended both elementary and high school in Fairbanks, acknowledges that situations like those over the last few days have become more common among public schools, but she says personnel practice procedures to handle them regularly.
"I think it gives us the opportunity to have a predictable response to a situation," says Gaborik.
"We can use the phrase with principals 'I need you to secure the building' and principals know what that means and staff knows what that means and we've continued to work with parents and students around what those things mean."
Classes and after school activities at schools affected by both incidents have since returned to a normal schedule.
Alaska Schools At Forefront Of FASD Prevention Effort
Today is National FASD Awareness day. FASD, or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, is a type of developmental disability caused by being prenatally exposed to alcohol. Alaska and some of its schools are at the forefront of understanding and preventing it.
Unalaska Could Face Fines For Wastewater Plant Delays
The city of Unalaska is falling behind on construction of a new wastewater treatment plant – and they could face up to $200,000 in federal fines as a result.
The city's supposed to have the plant's chlorination and dechlorination system online by the end of the year. In mid-November, the city is supposed to make a formal request to Alaska regulators to start operating that system.
All those deadlines were set by the Environmental Protection Agency, which sued the city for improper sewage discharge in 2011. As part of their settlement, Unalaska agreed to build a new wastewater plant, in line with national standards.
City manager Chris Hladick says the chlorine system's an important part of the upgrade: "The chlorine kills the E. Coli, you take the chlorine out, and it goes out in the ocean."
But the city isn't going to have the equipment ready on time. At this point, Hladick says it could take more than 100 days past the deadline before the city is ready to get permission to run its new chlorine system.
That will push the entire project forward — and according to the city's settlement with the EPA, the agency has the option to fine the city for every day they're late.
Hladick hopes they might avoid the fines if they can get back on track to meet their final deadline, getting the whole plant up and running by the end of 2015.
The contractor that's building the wastewater plant is blaming the current delays on shoddy preparatory work done at the site last year by Advanced Blasting of Wasilla. That pushed the construction schedule forward — and costs from it are stacking up.
If the EPA decides to fine the city, Hladick says they may seek payment from Advanced Blasting to cover the costs.
Thermal Imaging Cameras Donated To Villages For Use In Search And Rescue
Sixteen handheld thermal imaging cameras will soon be in the hands of search-and-rescue teams in the Norton Sound region, thanks to a donation from Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC). Alaska State Troopers will be distributing these bi-ocular cameras to 15 member communities and Shishmaref within the next few weeks.
Dan Harrelson, Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) for White Mountain and chairman of NSEDC's board of directors, said these cameras should significantly improve SAR operations—hopefully, saving many lives. Harrelson said previously, only one thermal imaging camera, based out of Nome, was shared among all 16 communities.
"When you need a piece of equipment, you need it right now. And usually when we have searches it's in inclement weather when we're probably not able to get airplanes. So to have to wait for a unit to come from Nome could be eight hours—it could be three days before you could get the unit," said Harrelson. "You know, time is of the essence—it's critical when you're doing searches for people."
And, Harrelson pointed out, if the camera did arrive with enough time to be used in a search, VPSOs had to learn to operate the new piece of equipment in the middle of a rescue. Now, with a camera in each village, he's hopeful SAR teams will be able to practice using them.
Harrelson hasn't used one of the cameras yet himself, but said they'll work sort of like night-vision goggles.
"Any source that gives off any heat will show up like a greenish-yellow spot on the thermal imaging unit," said Harrelson. "The closer you are to the unit—up to about 400 yards, I believe—you can actually make out the figure of a person if they're standing there or laying in the snow."
The cameras are water-resistant and can operate down to -40 degrees Fahrenheit, which is necessary since many SAR operations are conducted in extreme weather conditions.
"Our searches feel like they come at the most miserable times of the year, where visibility is very limited," said Harrelson. "You know, when people are traveling from one village to the other, they go out hunting and they fail to make their destination or they fail to come back home. So a lot of out searches are in the wintertime."
Harrelson anticipates the cameras will make an appearance during annual VPSO training, this year in Anchorage in November. That'll be an opportunity for officers outside Norton Sound to check out the new tools.
"Our coordinator indicated that maybe we'll take one of these units down and do some hands-on training while we're in Anchorage. It'll also let the other VPSOs know, from the different regions throughout the state, that this equipment's available and maybe it's something they can pursue for their own region as well," said Harrelson.
NSEDC's donation is worth about $150,000 for the 16 cameras. Harrelson said the cameras should arrive in villages within the next couple of weeks.
Yupiit Nation Members Talk Tribal Sovereignty
Terms like tribal sovereignty, Native Rights, and co-management, are all open to interpretation. One of the most vocal groups in the Y-K Delta, Yupiit Nation, recently met to hash out their vision of future governance in the region. Members have a spectrum of views about what tribal sovereignty really means.
A few dozen people gathered in the Akiachak School Gym last month for two days of Yupiit Nation discussions at their annual meeting. A similar set of topics comes up at every meeting: subsistence, co-management, local law enforcement; the most basic idea of governance and what role local tribes, who are members of Yupiit Nation, want to play. Ivan M. Ivan is the Tribal President in Akiak.
"We're not trying to become a government that runs villages. The villages have their power. By themselves to control their own destiny but collectively together I believe they can help each other," said Ivan.
There is however a long-standing discussion about forming a regional tribal government. Yupiit Nation Chief, Mike Williams, said after the meeting that vision includes a legislative, executive, and judicial branch. He says the current governmental structure holds tribes back.
"There's 56 individual federally recognized tribes in our area and the respect is there. But if 56 unite together I think we can begin to deal with these issues that are not good and help us manage our way of live as we have for thousands of years," said Williams.
Williams calls Yupiit Nation a consortium of federally recognized tribes. Formed in 1978 with 19 tribes, Williams says there are now 12 tribes with active members. The core of the group, however, is centered in Akiak, Akiachak, Tuluksak, and Kwethluk.
Critics say the outspoken group doesn't represent the majority of Y-K Delta tribal members. Still, the group pushes for a shift of the power to tribes in rural Alaska.
Phillip Peter Senior is Akiachak's Native Community President. He says his ancestors controlled their own destiny and today there are too many laws and regulations. Still, he wants tribes to be partners with existing governments.
"The vision is to help ourselves. And work with our federal and state governments We're not trying to take away the power from the government and state. All we want to do is work with them," said Peter.
Moses Owen from Akiak takes a harder line for the Yupiit Nation.
"You know it's getting tougher for us to survive, with the laws, the regulations, we have have to get back to where we were before. No laws, no rules, just our way of life, we want to practice that," said Owen.
Yupiit Nation Chief Mike Williams says the group held off on elections, which were scheduled for their meeting on August 22nd and 23rd. He says they'll likely take place at an upcoming meeting.
And Yupiit Nation isn't the only group talking about building new tribal government structures. For example, the Y-K Delta Regional Committee, a group facilitated by Calista, the regional Native Corporation, is also drafting a constitution for a possible future tribal government.
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Board of Regents Rescinds President Gamble's Retention Bonus At His Request
Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage
The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted Monday to rescind President Pat Gamble's $320,000 dollar retention bonus by a 9-1 vote.
New Research Sheds Light On Late-20th Century Walrus Decline
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Pacific walrus populations in Alaska's Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea area declined by half between 1981 and 1999. New research indicates the decline may have slowed down in the years before 2000.
State Presents Election Translation Plan
Daysha Eaton, KYUK – Bethel
The state of Alaska is proposing several changes in how they deliver voting information to Alaska Natives whose first language is Yup'ik or Gwich'in.
Man In Custody After Hours-Long Standoff
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
A long standoff between police and an armed man in Fairbanks ended with the suspect being taken into custody alive this afternoon.
Fairbanks Schools Secured Following Unrelated Incidents
Emily Schwing, KUAC – Fairbanks
A handful of Fairbanks schools have been on high security alert in the last two days due to two separate incidents.
Alaska Schools At Forefront Of FASD Prevention Effort
Shady Grove Oliver, KBBI – Homer
Today is National FASD Awareness day. FASD, or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, is a type of developmental disability caused by being prenatally exposed to alcohol. Alaska and some of its schools are at the forefront of understanding and preventing it.
Unalaska Could Face Fines For Wastewater Plant Delays
Annie Ropeik, KUCB – Unalaska
The city of Unalaska is falling behind on construction of a new wastewater treatment plant – and they could face up to $200,000 in federal fines as a result.
Thermal Imaging Cameras Donated To Villages For Use In Search And Rescue
Jenn Ruckel, KNOM – Nome
Sixteen handheld thermal imaging cameras will soon be in the hands of search-and-rescue teams in the Norton Sound region, thanks to a donation from Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC). Alaska State Troopers will be distributing these bi-ocular cameras to 15 member communities and Shishmaref within the next few weeks.
Yupiit Nation Members Talk Tribal Sovereignty
Ben Matheson, KYUK – Bethel
Terms like tribal sovereignty, Native Rights, and co-management, are all open to interpretation. One of the most vocal groups in the Y-K Delta, Yupiit Nation, recently met to hash out their vision of future governance in the region. Members have a spectrum of views about what tribal sovereignty really means.
Glenn Highway Project Aimed At Easing Eagle River Commute
State transportation officials have announced a new project that could improve the commute from Eagle River to Anchorage.
According to Shannon McCarthy, a spokeswoman for the state department of transportation, construction starts this week on a
project to widen the Glenn Highway between Hiland Road and Artillery Road in Eagle River. The stretch of highway includes the infamous
"brakelight hill" and the Eagle River bridge.
"This project is exciting because it will build a whole new section of highway, extending the three lane section for an additional three miles. That will help the steep grade at Eagle River, which is known as brakelight hill. It will also actually build a whole new bridge over Eagle River. So there will be pretty minimal impacts to traffic this winter," McCarthy says.
The existing bridge will handle highway traffic during construction of the expansion project. McCarthy says bridge work is better done in winter, because water levels are lower. McCarthy says tree clearing for the extra lanes will be the first step. The 42. 5 million dollar project is being paid for with state money.
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"This is all state money, which is why we were able to turn the project around in a just a little over a year. A lot of times federal aid projects take a little bit longer, sometimes you know, five to seven years. So this is exciting for DOT and I think you will be seeing more of this as money allows."
The project is the first phase of a long range improvement plan to increase Glenn Highway traffic capacity. About 52 thousand vehicles use the Glenn Highway every day, and the stretch between Anchorage and the suburban community of Eagle River is often congested at peak commute hours. DOT officials say driver frustration contributes to vehicle crashes.
McCarthy says the highway improvement project should be finished by spring of next year.
Board of Regents Rescinds President Gamble's Retention Bonus At His Request
The University of Alaska Board of Regents Monday voted Monday to rescind President Pat Gamble's $320,000 retention bonus by a 9-1 vote.
The Board reviewed the decision to award the bonus at the request of President Gamble.
"I think a number of us felt that a deal is a deal and it was a commitment we had made, and so we did it with some reluctance," Pat Jacobson, the chair of the Board of Regents, said. "At the same time, again, this gentleman, this very capable gentleman who has done such a good job for the university felt it was a thing we needed to do in order to move forward positively – and so we accepted it."
The Board originally approved the retention incentive at its June meeting.
With the university facing system-wide budget cuts and declining state funding, President Gamble says the timing was bad.
"It just is not a good time to be personally standing up and smiling because you get a big bonus when you've got a tight budget and you're looking at dropping programs or dropping people," Gamble said.
Ultimately, Gamble says the sentiment of the students, staff, and faculty played a significant role in his decision to ask the Board to reconsider the bonus.
"My ability to actually deal with the people that I have to deal with to move this university forward, that's where my concern laid," he said. "And that's where I was beginning to have feelings that I was starting to lose some of that, and that's why I made the recommendation to the Board."
The bonus would have been awarded at the end of President Gamble's current contract in May 2016.
Alaska News Nightly: September 8, 2014
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Gasline Partner Takes Steps Toward Permitting, Marketing of Project
Alexandra Gutierrez, APRN – Juneau
The partnership to build a natural gas megaproject has initiated the environmental review process.
U.S. House Passes Bill to Allow Sale of Feathery Art
Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington DC
The U.S. House today passed a bill to allow Alaska Natives to sell handicrafts that include the feathers of migratory birds.
Wasilla VA Clinic Without Doctors
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The Wasilla Veterans Affairs clinic is without a doctor and now one nurse practitioner is handling the patient caseload.
Support Alliance Endorses Sullivan for Senate
Liz Ruskin, APRN – Washington DC
U.S. Senate challenger Dan Sullivan has won a rare endorsement from the Alaska Support Industry Alliance. Rebecca Logan, the trade association's general manager, says the board made the decision last week.
NPS Proposes Permanent Ban on Predator Hunting Practices in Alaska's Preserves
Emily Schwing, KUAC – Fairbanks
The National Park Service published a proposal in the national register Thursday that would permanently prohibit some sport hunting practices in Alaska's ten national preserves.
Anchorage School District Questions 6th Grade Placement
Anne Hillman, KSKA – Anchorage
The Anchorage School District is trying to decide if 6th graders should be placed in elementary or middle schools. Currently there are some in each. District staff have been weighing the options for more than a year because it impacts future school infrastructure upgrades. They're also looking at what's best for the students academically.
Aleutian Risk Assessment Unveils Spill Prevention Plan
Annie Ropeik, KUCB – Unalaska
For years, shipping safety advocates have called for better protections against oil spills in the Aleutian chain. Now, the plan for a new response system is finally finished. The Aleutian Islands Risk Assessment's draft report recommends some familiar solutions in new places – all at a cost of almost $14 million a year.
Does Vigor Still Need Local Tax, Utility Breaks?
Leila Kheiry, KRBD – Ketchikan
As Ketchikan's shipyard continues to grow and attract contracts, questions arose last week about whether the community should continue to offer tax and utility breaks for the property.
Gasline Partners Take Steps Toward Permitting, Marketing Of Project
The partnership to build a natural gas megaproject has initiated the environmental review process.
BP, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Transcanada and the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation submitted paperwork to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday, notifying the agency that they plan to finish collecting safety and environmental data on the project by 2016. They're aiming for federal permitting to be completed by 2018, with construction to begin shortly after.
The partners described the pre-filing as a "major milestone" in the development of a liquefied natural gas export project that could cost upward of $45 billion. Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash agrees that this is a good early step for getting North Slope gas to market.
"The fact that the project has achieved certain steps to this date – they are largely on time and on budget – we are satisfied with that. We think it's indicative of continued success and progress, but there are still many, many, many more steps to go."
The Alaska LNG Project would involve an 800-mile pipeline extending from the North Slope to Nikiski, and early scoping work for its development began this year. The gasline would be capable of transmitting more than 2 billion cubic feet of gas a day. While some of that gas could be utilized by Alaska consumers, the partnership plans to market most of it to Asia.
To that end, the Parnell administration is courting nations along the Pacific Rim. Balash is currently in Tokyo, where he signed an agreement with the nation's economic ministry on Monday to exchange information related to a gasline. He says it shows Japan's government is taking the project seriously.
"It's a signal from the [Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry] to Japanese buys that this project and the State of Alaska are credible," says Balash.
Balash will travel to China and South Korea next, but is not expecting any immediate government-to-government agreements to come out of those visits.
Larry Persily is the federal coordinator for the Alaska Gas Pipeline office. He says the arrangement with Japan is a positive development, but that it's still a ways from a real deal.
"It's not the same as saying Tokyo Electric signed the binding contract," says Persily.
Persily says that of the two recent developments on the LNG project, the diplomatic commitment has less force behind it.
"The memorandum of cooperation is an agreement to keep in touch, whereas the pre-file is the beginning of a long and costly process that is required to get this thing built," says Persily.
But even so, Persily says "we've been here before" with natural gas projects in Alaska. BP and ConocoPhillips entered the pre-file process with their Denali pipeline proposal in 2008, before abandoning it three years and over $100 million later. Exxon and TransCanada went through a similar and even more costly effort, while supported by the Palin-era Alaska Gasline Inducement Act.
The development of an LNG project has been a focal point for both of the major candidates for governor. Republican incumbent Sean Parnell sent out a press release heralding both the pre-filing with FERC and the memorandum of cooperation with the Japanese ministry of economy as positive developments. Independent challenger Bill Walker said in a phone interview that he's "happy to see any activity associated with a gasline" but that the state is still a long way from "pipe being ordered" and that the state should have "more control" over the project's timeframe.
U.S. House Passes Bill to Allow Sale of Feathery Art
The U.S. House today passed a bill to allow Alaska Natives to sell handicrafts that include the feathers of migratory birds. Alaska Congressman Don Young said on the House floor the Migratory Bird Act already allows Alaska Natives to harvest migratory birds.
"What we have today is a bizarre policy that allows Alaska natives to hunt kill, consume and also use nonedible parts in handicrafts items, but prohibits them from selling these handicrafts," Young said.
Federal authorities haven't always enforced the law, but two years ago pursued a case against a Tlingit carver from Juneau. Archie Cavanaugh agreed to pay a $2,000 fine after he was caught trying to sell two wood headpieces online that included flicker and raven feathers. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Young, passed the House by voice vote. Sen. Lisa Murkowski sponsored a similar bill that's pending in the Senate.


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Chevron Says 'Sorry About That Deadly Explosion' with Some Free Pizza
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The only two elements that go together more naturally than oil and fire are cheese and tomato sauce.
Given this fact, we can see why Chevron decided that the best way to reach out to a Pennsylvania community rocked by a series of explosions from one of its natural gas wells was to offer residents coupons for free pizza.
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Tom says, "Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose." He set out to make a film that would find out what's wrong with our world, and discover ways of righting those wrongs. He also created the Foundation for I AM, dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of those impoverished in our society.
In this electrifying and beautiful discussion with Whitley Strieber, Tom tells us of his journey from the world of private jets and great estates, to the world of discovering, understand and fulfilling human need. This is probably the most inspirational Easter show we've ever done, and all of us here at Dreamland and Unknowncountry hope that you enjoy it as our testament to the miracle of rebirth that is the theme of this ancient season.
Whitley Strieber says, "I AM is truly wonderful and inspirational. It's a privilege to present this film and Tom Shadyac as our Easter offering on Dreamland."
I AM is advertised on Unknowncountry.com at no cost to the advertiser.
Both excellent interviews, if I am not chosen to get one of the free DVD's that are going to be sent out to randrom members I will buy the it, cannot wait to see it.
Tom Shadyac is certainly a very unusual man, with all he has lives in a Trailer Park and interacts with his neighbors.
Whitley it is very nice of you to promote Tom's DVD for free, I know this movie means a great deal to you on a personal leve.
Awesome Easter Gift. Thank you.
Anne and Whitley, I want to thank you both for these two hopeful interviews. Thank you Tom Shadyac for being a guest and for what you are creating in this world. I once read that the physical man/woman must be sufficiently purged from earthly desires before he/she is ready for God's work. Anne and Tom perhaps you both have been chosen to do this in your own unique ways.
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love."
The fire of love smolders whether its a candle or a supernova- great interview- on the lighter side the ace ventura films are the funniest things ever.
Thom Hartmann recommended this movie months ago on his radio show. It is a wonderful, hopeful look at the human condition. Absolutely wonderful film.
I saw Evan Almighty in the theater and I really enjoyed it.
I have read the Keys and since I research others I found with the key that in some ways follows the 4 unbreakable law of the universe 1) you exist-you always exist and will always exit. 2)One is in All and all is in one-God is in all and all is in God. 3)What you put out you will get back- What you sow so shall you reap. 4) change is constant except for the first 3 laws that are unbreakable.
Wonderful interviews. So many great insights. I really appreciate having the privilege to hear them. It made me think again about my own NDE and what has remained with me over the years since.
Wonderful interviews. So many great insights. I really appreciate having the privilege to hear them. It made me think again about my own NDE and what has remained with me over the years since.
I echo all the comments above. Great interviews.
I Am is an excellent, positive, life-affirming film.


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Alisa Fleming ~ There seems to be a dairy-free alternative for just about every dairy-full food on the market. A few years ago, soy yogurt was a huge novelty. But today, we not only have several brands of soy, almond, coconut, and rice yogurts, but companies are also pursuing the "Greek-Style" trend. I absolutely adore the Greek-style almond yogurts from So Delicious, and you die hard coconut fans might want to look into their Greek-style coconut yogurts. For general consumption, I prefer the smooth and creamy texture of the almond yogurts, but the Greek-style coconut varieties are so incredibly thick that they can be surprisingly useful in recipes.
Sarah uses the Plain Greek-style yogurt to make an award-winning (literally!) Dairy-Free Carrot Cake Ice Cream, and Hannah proves its value in creating a luxurious vegan panna cotta.
Hannah heightens the flavor of this dessert with rose water, but don't be afraid to use the vegan panna cotta recipe as a blank canvas. I'm boring, I'd probably go with plain old vanilla. Nonetheless, you adventurous types can start with the rose water and experiment from there. And did I mention that this is really three recipes in one? Hannah starts with the vegan panna cotta, drizzles it with a homemade Hibiscus Sauce, and tops with Almond Brittle. While she was at it, she added some mint leaves, pomegranate arils, and orange segments for an edible presentation. If you want to impress your holiday guests, this is the recipe!
Thanks and credits to my friend Hannah of Bittersweet for sharing this amazing vegan panna cotta recipe and photo with us.


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Forget Your Troubles and Come to the Fair
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Kudzu: The Vine that Ate the South
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Voices in the Wilderness: Southerners who Opposed Secession
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Exploring the Progressive Era in Historical SC Newspapers: 1900-1920s
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Finding that Needle in the Haystack: The Power of Full Text Searching in Chronicling America
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South Carolina State House Under Construction:1854-1907
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Celebrating Hanukkah in Historical S.C. Newspapers
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This Kid's Going Places! Strom Thurmond's Childhood in Historical S.C. Newspapers
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Things that Go Bump in the Night: Ghost Tales Found in Historical S.C. Newspapers
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Mama Don't Dance and Your Daddy Don't Rock N' Roll
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The colorful history of Glenn Springs, South Carolina, 19th century healing springs and summer resort
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Professor Lowe's 1861 Balloon Voyage to Union, S.C.
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"Chronicles of the Electric City" A brief history of the Anderson Intelligencer
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One Hundred Years Hence: 1911′s futuristic vision of the year 2011
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Acting Bears, Sacred Bulls, Performing Dogs… the Big Top is Arriving Soon.
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"Come bring with a noise my merry merry boys the Christmas log to the firing…"
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"Our city shall spring from her ashes." A brief history of the Columbia Phoenix.
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Document Type Doctoral Thesis Author Kebakile, Martin Mosinyi firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-01152009-165345 Document Title Sorghum dry-milling processes and their influence on meal and porridge quality Degree PhD Department Food Science Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Dr H L De Kock Co-Supervisor Prof L W Rooney Co-Supervisor Prof J R N Taylor Supervisor Keywords
- sorghum food industry
- cereal
- dry-milling
- porridge
Date 2008-09-03 Availability unrestricted Abstract
Sorghum bicolour (L.) Moench is an important staple cereal in Africa, where it ranks second after maize. Despite its importance, the sorghum food industry remains non vibrant, constrained in part by inadequate milling technology. Presently, Prairie Research Laboratory (PRL) type abrasive dehullers and hammer mills, which apparently produce meals of inconsistent quality and low output, are generally used for industrial milling of sorghum. Efforts to improve sorghum milling require an in-depth understanding of how milling process and grain type affect the sensory characteristics of the final food products. Such knowledge is currently lacking. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of milling process and sorghum type on the quality of sorghum meal and porridge.
Twelve sorghum types with diverse physico-chemical properties were milled by roller milling (RM), abrasive decortication-hammer milling (ADHM) and hand pounding (HP), and the effects on meal extraction and meal quality were evaluated. Porridges were prepared using standardised Botswana recipe, and their sensory profiles were characterised using Descriptive Sensory Analysis. Additionally, factors that affect the texture of sorghum porridge were investigated, and suggestions for improving the sorghum milling process are given.
Both the sorghum type and the milling process affected the quality of the meal and the sensory characteristics of the porridge, but the milling process was found to have more effects on these characteristics than the sorghum type, because of the diverse milling principles of the milling processes. RM gave far better extraction rate and had substantially higher throughput than HP and ADHM. However, meals obtained with RM had slightly more ash and were a little darker, and gave porridges which were correspondingly darker in colour, had slightly more branny aroma, more astringency and bitter taste, than meals obtained with the other two milling processes, indicating higher bran contamination of the meals, presumably caused by fragmentation of the pericarp. Clearly, even with tempering the pericarp was still friable, and hence, requires indepth sorghum tempering studies. Grain hardness proved to be important for milling, as it correlated positively with extraction rate with ADHM and HP, but not with RM. Hard grains generally gave coarser and better refined meals, and produced porridges that were firmer, compared to soft grains. Weathered and pigmented pericarp sorghums produced dark and specky meals, and gave porridges with apparently undesirable sensory qualities, because of staining caused by the pericarp pigments, showing that these characteristics affect the quality of sorghum foods negatively. When used with hard and light coloured sorghums, ADHM gave more appealing meal and porridge qualities (light coloured, firm texture and enhanced cereal aroma), indicating that dry abrasive decortication is advantageous for production of sorghum products with superior sensory qualities.
Firmness varied considerably among the porridges, caused by differences in the meal particle sizes, which was predominantly a consequence of the milling process. An increased proportion of coarse endosperm particles, as was the case with HP meals, caused increased porridge firmness. The coarse particles absorbed water slowly, thus restricting swelling of the starch granules, such that a high proportion of non-ruptured gelatinised starch granules that reinforce the porridge matrix resulted. The sorghum type also influenced porridge firmness, whereby the corneous sorghum types with high protein content produced firmer porridges, owing to presence of the hard and less waterpermeable protein-starch matrix in the endosperm meal particles.
Because abrasive decortication gave meals and porridges with superior sensory qualities, while roller milling prduced high throughputs, a roller milling system that is preceded by a dry abrasive decortication process is recommended as a versatile milling process for industrial processing of diverse sorghum products that have superior sensory qualities.
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Finalists compete for Men's 100 Meter Gold
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Defending Olympic Men's 100 Meter champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the competition again Sunday at the London Games, joining USA's Carl Lewis as the only men to win gold medal in the 100 in back-to-back Olympics.
Bolt previously won the gold in the 100 at the 2008 games in Beijing.
The sprinter took the gold with a time of 9.63 seconds.
Jamaica's Yohan Blake took the silver with 9.75 seconds and USA's Justin Gatlin won the bronze with a time of 9.79 seconds.
Bolt appeared pretty confident after his dominating win in the semi-final round, saying, "I'm back baby, all day, every day."
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COLUMBIA — If you were to go through Missourian stories since January, as our librarian, Nina Johnson, recently did, you would find that Grant Elementary School is mentioned more than other schools in Columbia. (I'm excluding Hickman and Rock Bridge high schools, which get a lot of sports-related press.) I bet that Lee Elementary School would come in second, although we didn't check that.
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Slash has been animated for a racy new music video for his track "Bad Rain," which comes off his latest solo release, Apocalyptic Love.
The former Guns N' Roses guitarist features an animated male character as he enters a room with a striptease show, along with several other raunchy clips featuring a promiscuous female character. As the female character starts removing her clothes, the male character plays onstage with his band, but after awhile the show turns bad as each band member starts to transform into a different kind of monster.
Slash talks his tour plans for his newest album: "Right now we're starting off with radio shows in the States and then we'll do as much of Europe as possible. We'll also tour in Asia and Australia, and try to hit South Africa this year as well as India and a couple other spots. Trying to just broaden our horizons a bit."
Apocalyptic Love, which features Myles Kennedy on vocals, was released May 22, 2012.
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