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Never mind the fact Hamilton already led by 28 points in a game it would eventually win 42-14. When Westwood quarterback Brice Wilkins threw for a consolation touchdown in the third quarter of his team's semifinal loss to the Huskies last week, it was the first time all year someone had breached the goal line against every player on Hamilton's first-string defense.
Opposing teams have averaged just 8.6 points per game against the Huskies. Of the 112 points scored against Hamilton, 88 have come in the fourth quarter when starters like Gerald Munns and Dontay Moch were chilling on the sideline.
In the three biggest defensive tests of the season, the Huskies gave up 14 points to Highland (32.2 points per game), eight points to Phoenix Maryvale (40.7 ppg) and 14 points to Westwood (36.3 ppg). Twenty-two of those 36 points came in the final period.
"Once we get on the field, we go all out to make sure no one scores on us," Moch said. "We want to be the topranked defense ever."
That would be quite an accomplishment at Hamilton, where defensive coordinator Manny Palomarez has taken advantage of a wealth of talent to forge top-notch defenses since the school opened.
The Xs and Os of the defense are simple. Hamilton runs a 4-2-5 defense in which the fifth defensive back (this year it's 6-foot-2, 210-pound junior Colin Parker) is more of a linebacker, who lines up wherever Palomarez sees fit.
"Don't get me wrong," Palomarez said. "I make bad calls and they save my butt by making great plays. They're good enough to adjust and make tackles."
That's not a surprise considering the roster has so much talent that at one point Hamilton was short four defensive starters and didn't miss a beat.
Munns and fellow linebacker Matt Sanford have both reached the 100-tackle mark. Moch has 12 sacks, while linemen Brian Dean and John Hershberger each have seven. Defensive backs Josh Luck, Andy Workman and Clark Lamb have created their share of turnovers.
The stars of the unit are Moch, an end, and Munns, a middle linebacker. Both are listed at 6-foot-3, 225 pounds.
Moch began last season as a defensive back but soon moved to the defensive line where he had 11 sacks. He has already verbally committed to play linebacker at Nevada-Reno next fall.
In the spring, Moch won the 200-meter dash at the 5A state championship track meet. His speed was obvious last week when he ran down both Wilkins and running back Jay Leal — neither of whom would be a slouch on the track — from the opposite side of the field.
"A lot of times we don't even have to blitz," Munns said. "We can keep seven back (in pass coverage) and it's like someone's blitzing anyway."
Munns is not just the defense's most physical player. He's also the brains of the operation. After the opposing team lines up, it is Munns' responsibility to get his teammates in position by adjusting fronts and coverages.
Munns has scheduled official visits to San Diego State and Boise State and anticipates also visiting Utah and Northwestern before deciding where to play collegiately.
It is Munns' combination of brains and brawn that led Palomarez to call him the best linebacker ever to play at Hamilton. The right mix of mental and physical skill also helps set apart Hamilton's defense from other high school units.
"They understand it," Palomarez said. "Sometimes (players who are just) athletes run around a lot and don't know what they're doing. These guys are athletic and smart so they don't get out of their lanes. They make the plays."


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The Ratan Tata-led Tata Power, aims to add 60 per cent of its installed generation capacity by commissioning over 1,900 MW from multiple sources in 2011.
"Next year there will be a series of projects which will be commissioned...we have 800 MW in Mundra, 1,050 MW in Maithon's two units, 120 MW in Jojobera with Tata Steel, 100 MW in wind and 25 MW of solar in Gujarat," the company's Executive Director (Operations), S. Padmanabhan, told PTI here.
Tata Power has an installed power generation capacity of about 3,000 MW presently.
He said the coal-fired Maithon project in Jharkhand is in the "final stages" of completion and the company expects to commission the first of the two 525 MW units by March 2011 which will be followed by the second one, expected to be running in the July-September quarter.
The Maithon project is a 74:26 joint venture between Tata Power and Damodar Valley Corporation.
The company has finished 65 per cent work on the first unit of 800 MW in its Mundra ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Gujarat and is confident of commissioning it by August 2011.
"Once the first unit is commissioned, there will be a new commissioning every six months," he said.
A total of five units of 800 MW, running on coal, are to be erected as part of the UMPP.
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I love this concealer!! The color is perfect and it has a nice creamy texture not thick and covers well. Use Shade #1. This is the second time buying this.Great product.
As stated in my review for TheBalm Time Balm concealor, I was on the hunt for a moisturizing concealor for my under eye circles. This one is wonderful! Effectively covers my dark circles, lasts 9+ hours, doesn't cause my mascara to puddle under my eyes, doesn't settle into fine lines. Feels soft going on, but is expensive ($21/tube). I like that its in a tube and takes so very little to cover both eyes. I anticipate this will last me a VERY long time! Will definitely re-purchase. HG material!
i'm a fair asian with yellow undertones, nc20-25, and i bought shade #1. #1 has a slight pink undertone, so it works well on concealing my dark circles. my favourite aspect of this product is that it has a subtle brightening effect. there are no shimmers, but it somehow makes my under eye area so naturally luminescent and well-rested. it looks quite lovely.
i gently pat this product on in sheer layers. it's very easy to blend and not at all cakey. i then set the concealer with translucent loose powder. and there is no sinking into lines for the whole day. i put this concealer on at 7am and it starts to wear off at around 2-3pm (not bad, i would say). i purchased this for CAD$21+tax at a MUFE counter.
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I want to start out by saying that I have severe circles so I do not expect a miracle by any means, however this concealer did absolutely nothing for me at all. For starters, I found it to be very drying, and that was after applying it with an under-eye primer. The coverage is minimal at best and try as I might I did not see a hint of "lift" which I shouldn't have expected anyway as that is blatantly unrealistic. Overall this product was a total disappointment and a waste of money ($21.00 US) I think it is fantastic that it works for some but if it doesn't I recommend Bobbi Brown's corrector & concealer. When I am pressed for time I use MAC Studiofinish which works very well for circles and/or facial blemishes.
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I have fairly dark undereye circles (genetic) and pretty light skin. I bought this concealer in shade #1. This was my first try with a more high-end concealer because I'm just not having luck with the drug store brands in covering up my circles with a texture that remains nice throughout the day.
I like the squeeze tube aspect of this concealer and the color looks nice when I initially put it on. The coverage is fairly thin and seems to take a couple of applications (even when wearing primer) to do any good. Also, I found that as it dries, it looks chalky, the color takes on a more noticeable yellow tone, and it settles into the fine lines under my eyes (again, even with the Smashbox primer on!)
Sigh...guess it's back to the sample counter for me!
I agree with the last two reviews. This is a great product. It hightlights and covers at the same time. Not to heavy and does not settle in my lines. And, you can not beat the price compared to alot of other companies. I do use my BB concealer powder over this. It works fine. I usually hate concealers. I need it but, nothing looked good. It always aged me. So I gave up until this. Give it a try. Sephora is always generous with their samples.
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LOVVVEEE it! Leaves such a natural finish, and doesn't dry completely, so the skin around my eyes and zones that need to be concealed looks naturally better! Best concealer i've ever used (within my budget so far), and a tube lasts me a full year!
Wow! Loved it!
I bought this after reading all the positive reviews posted here, and indeed, I agree, the concealer is great!
It is easy to apply & blend, the result is absolutely fabulous!
I have 2-3 night calls in a week, and some dark circles that made me look 3-4 years older.
2 days ago bought this, and I received a lot of compliments!!! :D. You look great, I can tell you had some good sleep...... right, thank you :D...Actually is my concelear doing wonders.
I tried , few months ago Roc completeLift eye Contour Gel, which was awful! My under eye skin was stiff, and with no elasticity, as long as I had that gel on.
This Concealer s lift effect isn t like that at all.The skin remains slender!
It doesn t build up in the fine lines under the eye!
5 stars!
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I have horrible dark circles, and at my age, I'm starting to get those fine lines as well. This concealer has worked very, very well for me. It's done at better job at covering my dark circles than any other concealer I've ever tried (and believe me, I've tried them all!). However, it doesn't completely cover them, but I didn't really expect it too, since my dark circles are so bad, I don't think I'll ever find anything that completely gets rid of them. The coverage is fabulous, the texture is really good, I don't have to work and pull and tug at my skin to smooth it around, it's very gentle to use. I bought the #3, which is perfect match for my skin tone, however I wonder if the #1 would be good for lightening and brightening up my under eye area. I have noticed a "lifting" effect, although it's not a really dramatic change, it's definitely there. So far, I'd have to say this is the best concealer I've ever bought. Definitely my HG.
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First off I have dark under eye circle and have been looking for something to not just cover them but, maybe make my skin look lighter there. Sometimes I see people with this almost shine under their eyes and admire how much better their eyes looked. I always wondered how to get a concealer to help brighten and still cover without looking weird or cakey. I have found my HG in this product. I actually have it in #1 and love love love what it does. I am not sure if it really lifts as it says, but it sure helps cover my circles and feels great too. It is super easy to apply and I don't have to tug to get it on. It kinda reminds me of the consistancy of Two faced shadow insurance. This really makes my eyes look much more awake. I have sometimes used Benefit's eyebright and find with this I no longer really need to.
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[OS] Remarks by the President at a DNC Event
Released on 2012-10-17 17:00 GMT
Email-ID | 1929047 |
Date | 2011-08-04 15:03:16 |
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For Immediate Release  = ; &n= bsp; August 4,
= 2011
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Chicago, Illinois
8:21 P.M. CDT<= /p>
August 3, 2011
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THE PRESIDENT: Hello, = everybody! Hello, hello, hello! Thank
you. Thank you.&nbs= p; Everybody have a seat, have a seat, have a seat.
&n= bsp; Well, if you guys are taking off your jackets, I'm going to
take= mine off too. (Laughter.) It's too hot. It is too = hot.
Well, it is wonderful to see all of you.&nb= sp; (Mayor Emanuel takes
the President's jacket.) Thank you.&nb= sp; Now that's service.
(Laughter.) I still have that pot= hole in front of my house.
(Laughter.) Golly, I've been w= orking on that. Trees need trimming.
 = ; It is wonderful to see all of you. I know that most of = you
had a chance to listen to me speak downstairs, so I'm not going t= o give
another long speech. The main thing I just want to do is to sa= y thank
you to all of you. A lot of folks came, traveled from across = the
And obviously we've just gon= e through an extraordinary week in
Washington, an extraordinary two weeks i= n Washington. It's not the kind
of extraordinary that the Ameri= can people are looking for. (Laughter.)
Because at a time when = so many families are struggling, at a time when
we should be singularly foc= used on how to make ourselves more
competitive and make sure our kids have = the best educations possible and
how are we transforming our energy strateg= y and how are we building on
high-tech industries and the huge competitive = advantages that we have,
politics continues to get in the way.</= p>
&nbs= p; And I think this episode was just a severe example of what&#=
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service. And it's part of the reason why hopefully= all of you are here
tonight, because you recognize we've still got s= ome more work to do.
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us from making the key inve= stments we need to win the future.
But it also = sets the stage for what is going to be a singular
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about where the country ne= eds to go.
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single-minded in their focus, in wanting to cut programs and= shrink
government. My argument, Dick Durbin's argument, the ar= gument that I
think all of you believe in, is that we need a government tha= t is smart,
that is living within its means, but also we need a government = that is
making the kind of commitment to opportunity for everybody, for eve= ry
child; that is making investments that the private sector alone can̵=
7;t make; that are setting policies that allow us to be competitive into
th= e future; that is looking after our seniors and poor children and the
disab= led and empowering them; and that all of us have a role to play in
that kin= d of America and all of us have to make some sacrifices to
deliver that kin= d of America.
And I think most of the American p= eople believe the same thing.
But in this kind of environment of 24-h= our cable chatter and big money
flooding the airwaves and slash-and-burn po= litics, sometimes I think
that core belief in what is possible here in Amer= ica gets lost. It's
our job to constantly restore it and revita= lize it and to have
confidence in the American people that if we're m= aking our arguments
with the same kind of passion and commitment that the o= ther side is
showing, that ultimately our democracy will make a decision --= and I
think it will be a decision to pursue the kind of vision that all of= us
believe in.
<p = class=3DMsoNormal> But we're going to have a = lot of work to do,
and it's going to be tough. And this week I = think signifies not only
how tough it's going to be but exactly what&= #8217;s at stake.
<= p class=3DMsoNormal> And for you to make the kind o= f commitment
to be here tonight, to be committed to engaging, the fact that= you're in,
is going to make all the difference in the world.
 = ; So thank you very much, everybody. And I think we= 're going
to just take a bunch of questions, then I'm going to = have a chance to
walk around the room and shake everybody's hands bef= ore I head back home
and see my kids. Malia is coming home from camp = tomorrow just for her
daddy's birthday, and I'm very happy abou= t that. (Applause.)
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13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. | 13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. |
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Rate Dr. Herbert M. Biel
Dr. Herbert M. Biel's Ratings
I amazed that this Dr is highly rated. No doubt! If he can falsify your records then off course he falsify his reviews. Online reviews, as we all know, can easily be mislead in rating. A Dr can easily have his friends and or relatives anonymously write good, bad and ugly, however, he/she wishes
That said, in short, this Dr doesn't read patient history & records. When asked about in case of available online history, he blames the Community Hospital, the network system to which he belongs, computer system and management. He says, the computer system doesn't allow him to access. When asked why haven't their practice as a whole complains to upper management about the software. His exact words, they don't know care. In fact this Dr is the one who doesn't care. The software (Epic System) for his particular complain is bug free. To me he is not interested in the changing world as a whole, let alone the computer system. Rejection of adopting the changing world is the biggest drawback for professionals in any field, particularly in the field of science. In particular he has no knowledge of basics of treatment. For example, if you have had a partial tear in rotator cuff muscle and simultaneous clavicle fracture with no signs of nerve issue and you visit him with in next forty eight hours of your issue, he without looking into your records (CT Scans, X-rays,MRI, MRA) or checking you physically he will have his own X-rays taken (generates money for the practice) and worst the first thing he will ask you to go and have an EMG done which in my layman's term electromagnetic test for nerves. Why? No good Physician even outside of orthopedic specially would suggest that test: 1) because EMG is medically suggested only after couple weeks of your injury; 2) There is no evidence of nerve damage. May be he is getting kickbacks and or referrals from his EMG facility buddies. He doesn't remember or try to come up thoroughly on the patient's previous visit history thus making the patient go in circles. He is completely rude towards his patient and no empathy. On my first visit I gave him a second chance for the second visit but I may not be smart but common I am not that dumb either. Beside, but not giving any attention he leaves the office in less than one minute after seeing his patient and writes the progress report and problem list. To support this argument, his problem list contradicts with his progress report, at least in my case.
I am boggled, that the system above him has not even felt this or if felt then they only care how good the practice is generating the revenue. They say the buck stops here/there. I say "The buck ignores everything.
BTW, Dr Biel is associated with Community North at Clear Vista in Indianapolis. I have written the truth here, nothing more nothing less.
Thank you Dr Biel, making me to bring out your true side.
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I had experienced severe leg pain for some time. After an MRI that showed bone spurs and scar tissue between L4 and L5 Dr Biel suggested surgery to clear out the bad stuff and reduce the presure on the nerves leading to the legs. Surgery was performed and all leg pain is gone. Dr. Biel was very professional thruout and I highly recommend him. Thank you Dr. Biel
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I just passed my 1 year anniversary of my surgery. I am doing well. I have no pain when I walk or stand. Some pain in the morning when I first get up, but not like the original pain I experienced. I think exercise and stretching are vital for range of motion and less pain. Glad I had the surgery. Thank you Dr. Biel.
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Dr. Biel is awesome. After several years of pain, tingling, numbness I finally found relief with the all dreaded spinal fusion. I was absolutely terrified with the prospect of back surgery. For 5+ years I opted for pain management with multiple injections and "burning of nerves" !! This past December 2011 I was fortunate enough to have found Dr. Biel to perform the spinal fusion after all options failed. Today 3 months out I celebrate a healthy back and resuming all normal activities. Dr. Biel and his entire staff are professionally sincere and genuine in their skilled approach to aid in my overall wellness. All of my friends all overwhelmed with my progress and rapid recovery ! Thank you again Dr. Biel and bless you !
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I feel that Dr Biel is perhaps the finest orthopedic sugeon in the country. Considering the major problems I have experiencd for many years, the relief I have experienced after my surgery was nothing short of miraculous. From the moment I met Dr Biel, I found nothing but an extremely compassionate man with my best interests at heart. His skills as a surgeon surpassed my wildest expectations, as my now being completely pain free will attest. Thank you, Dr Biel, from the bottom of my heart. You are one amazing man.
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Dr. Biel is great. He listened to me from the first minute I walked in his door. He requested the correct tests the first time to be able to diagnose my back pain. He has been friendly, supportive and helpful to not only me but also my husband. I will highly recommend him to anyone who asks me if I know a great back surgeon.
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I'm so surprised by the high ratings given to Dr. Biel! I visited him on three occasions, once for myself and two times for my daughter. On each occasion, he was obviously indifferent to our situations. He clearly thought that I was questioning his authority when I asked questions about our health. For example, when I asked if he would show me what he was describing on my daughter's x-rays, he said that not even he had seen them. When I asked why, he rolled his eyes and told me "that's not how it's done anymore." His responses were generally curt and borderline condescending, and once he even gave directly contradictory answers. He avoided speaking directly to my 8-yr-old daughter to whom he was supposedly there to help, and was clearly impatient when she felt inclined to speak to him about her condition. In the end, Dr. Biel rushed out without spending even five minutes with us on any of the three occasions. I am shocked and hurt that he was so unprofessional and uncaring.
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Dr. Biel performed a fusion on my C6/C7 spine and also a carpal tunnel repair at the same time. The results of the operation met any and all expectations I could have had. I am very happy with the outcome of the surgery and would not hesitate to recommend Dr. Biel to anyone. I am returning for a repair on my other hand next month and do so without any reservations. He was professional, on time and courteous to me and my family. The surgery was (from what I understand) difficult due to the 2 prior operations I had with another doctor. The results I have had with this surgery are far better than I previously experienced with the other spine doctor.
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I had an excellent experience with Dr. Biel and his staff. He performed a L4-L5 laminectomy after having a recurrent herniation and surgery only 8 months previously. I am now 6 weeks post op and pain free. Dr. Biel was confident he could take care of my issue and he did...I couldn't ask for a better outcome. The staff was courteous and quick with refills, answeing questions, or appointment changes. Really, I could not imagine a better experience from another group of people. Top Notch.
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'Mind Over Matter' Blog: Coach Your Leaders Like It's the Super Bowl
January 30, 2015
• Consider hiring someone in human resources specifically to track and manage the contingent workforce.
• Classify workers carefully and be sure they meet federal and state criteria for independent contractor status.
• Choose the staffing agencies that supply your workers carefully, and make sure your contract with them protects you from legal liability.
• Check the backgrounds of contingent workers as thoroughly as for regular employees.
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13 Se thou have the ensample of the holsome wordes which thou heardest of me in fayth and love which is in Iesu Christ. | 13 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. |
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Fraternities at West Virginia Wesleyan College
Wesleyan hosts five national fraternities, including Alpha Sigma Phi, Chi Phi, Kappa Alpha Order, Theta Chi, and Theta Xi.
What is Greek Council?
Greek Council is the governing organization to all recognized fraternities and sororities on campus. The Greek Council consists of one representative from each of Wesleyan's five fraternities and four sororities.
The purposes of Greek Council include:
- Representing Greek Life interests to the College and community
- Promotion of the concept of self-governance among Greek organizations
- Coordinating membership recruitment/fraternity expansion activities
- Promoting and coordinating community service
- Coordinating intramural sports among fraternities
- Sponsoring various educational programs and leadership development
experiences for chapters
- Initiating various public relations projects for the Greek community
- Managing judicial affairs
- Planning various activities throughout the year which meet the social, recreational, educational, and career development goals of the Greek community.
The Wesleyan Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils have been recognized as among the most outstanding Greek governing councils in the nation and will continue to use their core principles in leading our Greek community.


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It's definitely not bamboo. And I would encourage you not to transplant it. It appears to be arundo donax (Giant reed), which is an invasive weed that has spread throughout the SE United States. |
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- Posted by kentuck_8b z8b TX (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 08 at 22:58
Yes, Arundo donax, and it grows everywhere around Austin. Makes great cane poles for fishing. It will grow to over 20 feet and is very cold hardy. It is drought tolerant and can grow in very wet conditions. I have a variegated form growing in my yard. The Highway Department and County workers, plant it along roadsides to prevent erosion. It spreads relatively slow, only a few inches to a foot each year depending on type of soil, moisture, and fertility. Kt |
- Posted by bambookid524 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 24, 08 at 8:06
Does it spread with rhizomes? Because while I was in Fl. I dug something tht kind of looks like that but there were shoots tht look like bamboo in it. The plant had nodes, and Running rhizomes. Some culms were reddish in color, others were green, and some were brownish. It looked to be native because I don't think anyone would've planted it where I found it. I am wodering if it is one of the Arundinaria's. |
- Posted by kentuck_8b z8b TX (My Page) on Tue, Jun 24, 08 at 23:08
The above is definitely Arundo donax and it does grow with rhizomes and has nodes. Some people call it Georgia cane or just Cane. It isn't very invasive as far as fast spreading, but as Kudzu said, it is considered a weed in many parts, and it does choke out most all other growth, but then so does many other plants. The variegated variety has 'hot' pink shoots striped with green and white. Kt |
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Von Muller said Uggie loves starring in movies, but the hours are just too long.
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Modern flavors transform a Purim tradition
In Tel Aviv, hamantashen cookies are modernized, with fillings like chocolate cream; in Paris, Jewish bakers stick to tradition. Recipes: Hamantashen with Poppy Seed Filling, and Chocolate Chip Pastry Cream
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Slide show: nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/03/16/dining/20110316-PURIM.htmlTEL AVIV, Israel — Customers at Lehamim Bakery in Tel Aviv were already eagerly reaching for a dozen varieties of delicate hamantashen two weeks ago. Israelis have become crazy about the tricorner pastry that is as closely linked to Purim, which begins on Saturday evening, as matzos are to Passover.
Fillings of poppy seeds, nuts and dried fruits used to be as exciting as these Eastern European sweets got. But at Lehamim, marzipan, sour apple, dates with sweet red wine and cinnamon, halvah, and chocolate chip cream pop out of their tops. Other bakeries have such unconventional fillings as amaretto, meringue with cream, marshmallows, strawberries and orange jam, and pistachio with rosewater.
In part this playfulness can be explained by Israel's Mardi Gras-like fervor for Purim, for which flour and fillings are used up before being removed from the home before Passover starts next month.
Another reason is the globalization of Israeli food, which inspires this generation of Israeli bakers to compete for ways to tweak tradition for a more sophisticated clientele.
"I have never seen customers like in Israel," said Uri Scheft, the baker and an owner of Lehamim, a kosher bakery with the most modern baking equipment from Europe. "I listen to what they want, always new things."
"Our customers are always asking us for different kinds of hamantashen," he added. The bakery uses butter in its dough, unusual for a kosher bakery, and makes about a dozen types, like one with spelt flour filled with sugar-free preserves, and savory quichelike versions stuffed with potatoes and sesame seeds or feta cheese and beets. His triangles are also tinier than usual.
As Scheft, 48, showed me around his immaculate bakery, young American, Ethiopian, Israeli, Arab and Russian bakers cut discs of the thin sheet-rolled dough by hand. They topped them with a dollop of the assorted fillings before pinching the dough into triangles with an opening on the top, so that some of the filling remained visible.
Like so many Israelis in the past 20 or 30 years, Scheft studied abroad, in his case at bakeries in France and Denmark.
"I learned short pastry dough with almonds inside in France," he said. "It is tastier than a typical dough."
In France, though, few Central and Eastern European bakeries remain, as almost half of Paris's Jews are Sephardic.
"I put out only a few hamantashen the weeks before Purim," said Florence Kahn, owner of a celebrated Eastern European bakery in the Marais that bears her name. "I like to whet my customers' appetites so that they remember that the holiday is coming."
Parisians gingerly picked her heartier, more traditional hamantashen. Unlike their counterparts in Tel Aviv, Kahn and other Eastern European Jewish bakers don't stray from tradition, remaining loyal to the golden standard of poppy seeds, nuts and dried fruit fillings like prune and apricot.
Purim, which celebrates the biblical story of the Jews' deliverance from a plot to kill them by Haman, minister to the Persian king, is a special time when people drink, dance and play jokes. Gifts of food called shalah manot are distributed, which include fruit, cookies and, of course, hamantashen.
"We start to hear about a pastry called montash in the 16th century in Germany," said Shmil Holland, an Israeli historian and cook whose book "Schmaltz" (Modan Publishing), about Eastern European food and its history, is due out in Hebrew before Passover. "The meaning in German was mohn — poppy seeds — and tash — pocket."
At a dinner at his home, Holland, 53, whose popular dairy restaurant in Jerusalem, Shmil at the Lab, just closed, talked with great passion about his favorite cookie.
"When the Jews fled Germany for Eastern Europe in the late Middle Ages," he said, "they took the poppy seed pastry with them but added the Yiddish prefix ha."
The word then became hamantash, which sounded like "Haman's pocket." (In the United States it's known as Haman's hat.)
"That's the way this pastry became the typical sweet for Purim," he added, "and the poppy seeds the ultimate stuffing."
But in Israel they are called, in Hebrew, oznei Haman, and in France, oreilles d'Aman — Haman's ears. Supposedly, Holland said, Haman was so crestfallen when he was forced to confess his plot to the king that his ears were folded, resembling triangles.
In 17th-century Bohemia and Czechoslovakia, Holland said, a prune filling, which was sometimes cooked for days, was added. Sometimes the flaky dough that Holland learned from his Polish grandmother was swapped for supple yeast dough and filled with a savory buckwheat filling with onions.
Tradition can have a tremendous pull, despite the appeal of the latest trends.
"Even with all the different fillings we make," Scheft said, "the most popular is still poppy seed, perhaps from nostalgia."
Adapted from "Schmaltz" (Modan Publishing) by Shmil Holland
Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, plus at least 1 hour refrigeration
Yield: About 30 cookies
For the dough:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 large egg yolks
8 ounces unsalted butter at room temperature, in small pieces
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2 ¼ cups all-purpose unbleached flour
Dash of salt
1 large egg, beaten, for the glaze
For poppy seed filling:
1 cup milk
½ cup sugar
Grated zest of ½ orange
1 cup poppy seeds
1/3 cup raisins
Juice of ½ lemon
½ tablespoon brandy
½ tablespoon orange liqueur
½ tablespoon butter
½ tablespoon vanilla extract.
1. Put the confectioners' sugar and the egg yolks in a food processor and blend. Add butter and lemon zest and process to blend. Gradually add the flour and the salt, pulsing until it forms a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour or overnight.
2. Meanwhile, prepare the filling: Put milk, sugar and orange zest in a saucepan over medium heat. Grind poppy seeds in coffee grinder. When mixture is warm, turn heat to low and add poppy seeds and raisins. Cook until the seeds absorb the milk and the mixture is thick, about 15 minutes. Add the lemon juice, brandy, orange liqueur and butter. Stir and cook for 2 minutes more. Stir in the vanilla extract, remove from the heat and cool.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 pastry sheets with parchment paper.
4. Roll out the dough to ¼-inch thickness and use a cookie cutter or glass to cut 3-inch circles. Put a heaping teaspoon of the filling in the center of each, and press up the sides to form triangles. Brush the tops with beaten egg.
5. Bake until golden and dough is delicately firm all the way through, about 15 minutes. If trays are on different racks, switch them after about 10 minutes.
Note: You can skip Step 2 and use the recipe for chocolate chip cream filling.
Adapted from Lehamim Bakery, Tel Aviv
Time: 1 hour
Yield: About 2 cups of filling
3 egg yolks
¼ cup sugar
1 ¼ tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ cup milk
½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped
2 ½ ounces semisweet chocolate chips.
1. In a bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch and cocoa powder until smooth.
2. Pour the milk into a small saucepan with the vanilla bean. Over medium heat, bring to a simmer, then remove from heat and remove the vanilla bean. Scrape the inside of the bean and add to the pan.
3. While whisking vigorously, pour 1/3 of the milk into the yolk mixture, then pour back into the saucepan. Continue to whisk constantly while simmering over low heat until the mixture bubbles and thickens into a creamy pudding consistency.
4. Remove from heat, add the bittersweet chocolate and whisk until the chocolate has melted and the cream is smooth. Pour into a clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap, placed directly on the cream. Refrigerate until cool, at least 30 minutes. Fold in the chocolate chips.
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A new customer informed our company that they encrypt their PCs using GuardianEdge encryption software and handed me a disk. They asked that I continue to install on new/replacement PCs. As I went looking for support I was brought to Symantec and then the road seems to sort of die out. The links on the Symantec site for information on GuardianEdge (versions, end-of-life, etc.) are dead links.
Further investigation leads me to find that Symantec is migrating customers to it's SEE product? Is that correct? Is there no support for GE anymore? This company has a LOT of installs and it's most recent published "Hardware and Software Minimum Requirements (10/17/2011)" indicates that all PCs must support GE and have GE installed.
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The Criminal Justice Studies program in Germany will consist of an 17-day stay in two German states (Laenders): Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria. This summer study tour is designed as an introduction to German culture, using the justice system as a focal point. Lectures during the first half of the tour will introduce students to the German justice system while the second half of the tour will consist of a joint seminar with German students. All lectures and tours will be conducted in English.
The program will be lead by Professor Finn-Aage Esbensen, UMSL CCJ. He will be accompanied by Professors Elmar Weitekamp and Hans-Juergen Kerner from the Institute of Criminology at Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen.
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DHS alerts from NWR
On June 17, 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) signed an agreement with NOAA/NWS addressing the transmission of DHS-originated emergency messages over All-Hazards NOAA Weather Radio (NWR).
If the DHS becomes aware of a threat in a particular state or area of the country, after coordination with authorities in each involved state, the DHS will issue an alert to all NWS offices via a link in the Washington, DC, area. NWS offices with NWR coverage areas affected by the threat will broadcast the message on NWR, using the DHS-requested EAS/SAME Event Code. Currently, the alert will not be relayed in text form on NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS), EMWIN or any other NWS system.
Although many broadcasters have upgraded their EAS units to the new EAS Event Codes released in 2002, the second step is that the EAS units must be programmed to react to the new codes. If broadcasters want to relay these DHS alerts, they will need to know the Originator Code and Event Codes to program into their EAS unit filters. In reviewing NWS documents NWSI 10-1710 and NWSI 10-518, as well as information provided by Herb White, dissemination services manager at NWS headquarters, the following are the recommendations we felt appropriate at this time.
The Originator Code on all DHS alerts will be CIV (Civil Authorities). Even though the alerts are first broadcast on NWR, they are originated by civil authorities and thus will not carry the WXR (National Weather Service) Originator Code. These non-weather alerts will use the CIV Originator Code.
One of three event codes will normally be used. CEM (Civil Emergency Message) or CDW (Civil Danger Warning) will be used to activate the alerts. ADR (Administrative Message) will be used to terminate the alerts. To be on the safe side, White advises stations to also program the following codes for possible DHS use: EVI, HMW, RHW, SPW, FRW, LAE and NUW. NOAA has requested that the DHS use only the CEM code until the broadcast community adds the other codes into their EAS units. Broadcasters should program these new codes into their EAS unit filters as soon as possible.
In addition to the DHS alerts, a separate agreement between NOAA and the FEMA National Warning Center (NWC) exists for NWR to transmit warnings of nuclear attack as well as other non-weather alerts. Nuclear attack would use code CDW, and the other non-weather alerts could use any of the additional codes that White recommends adding. Using the guidelines above regarding programming for DHS alerts should then cover stations for NWC alerts as well. The NWC alerts are separate from any EAN messages issued by the White House.
Local alerting
The NWS is taking the new All-Hazards Radio moniker to heart, and has made changes recently to make NWR more available to local civil authorities. As of June 30, 2004, all the new EAS Event codes were approved for use on NWR. On Sept. 8, 2004, NWS offices began using the new EAS-equivalent Product Codes in text messaging as well (via NWWS, EMWIN).
NWS has also published a helpful document, NWS Instruction 10-518, which aids local authorities in establishing a relationship with their local NWS Office for the purpose of sending local emergency alerts. Section 5 of the document, Civil Emergency Message, addresses local alerting. It deals with developing procedures, issuance criteria and sample scripts. Appendix C of this document is a landmark. Someone has finally defined the new specific EAS Event Codes. The definitions in Appendix C will be used as a guide for federal authorities in issuing alerts, and they can be useful to local authorities as well. State and local EAS plans should be updated at this time to not only include the relay of DHS alerts, but also to incorporate these new EAS Event Code definitions. This document is available at
Looking to the future, NWS is currently working on a system called Haz Collect, which it expects to begin deploying in mid-2005. This would be a secure, centralized interface, with backups, that would be used to collect non-weather hazard messages from local, state and federal authorities and get them into the NWR system. NWS is really going the extra mile to work with local authorities, and it's great to see.
Contact Herb White at email@example.com.
Gary Timm
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broadcast chairman, Wisconsin EAS Committee
Support to reduce to 5kHz
Without regard to AM IBOC operation (which may or may not be on the horizon for some or all of our numerous AM stations), we at Crawford Broadcasting Company have been experimenting with reduced audio bandwidth for some time now. Our experience mirrors that reported by Mr. Littlejohn. Except for what the very few listeners who use "wideband" receivers may observe, there is no observable penalty for reducing bandwidth to 5 or 6kHz. The gains are reduced interference, improved spectrum efficiency, loudness and clarity. As such, we have elected to join Clear Channel in reducing audio bandwidth on our talk format stations.
Cris Alexander
director of engineering
Crawford Broadcasting Company
Appealing the 5kHz limit
Clear Channel has its own agenda when pushing a 5kHz bandwidth. We who are required to operate a stereo signal because we use the expanded band would be forced to go IBOC or sound like crap if limited to 5kHz. And we have many listeners who hear our stereo signal with receivers that hit the full 10kHz.
Steve Soboroff
owner, 1630 KCJJ
Iowa City, IA
When I read that Clear Channel will reduce the AM audio bandwidth of all its stations, and that Jeff Littlejohn proposes the change to the NRSC for all AMs, I know that more investigation by our engineering community is needed. Why does this degradation appear to be a smokescreen for IBOC quality issues? In my opinion, by degrading analog AM to 5kHz mono, it will make IBOC seem like a huge improvement, whereas analog stereo out to 10.2kHz is equal to or better sounding than IBOC in some instances.
Are they perhaps saying: "Let's make analog AM sound so bad now that IBOC will seem like a good investment."? Is this why Clear Channel just this week killed the spectacular stereo music from KABL — to downgrade its decent-sounding stations to telephone audio in advance of IBOC?
To those who say there are no decent bandwidth AM radios, look no farther than your local Wal-Mart and Dollar General stores. They both have a portable $5 AM/FM radio with wide AM bandwidth beyond 5kHz. There is also a "one-chip" AM tuner that typically uses a "barn door" ceramic filter and even Ford has an AMAX (7.5kHz) bandwidth radio in its 2005 models.
I just don't buy this AM analog audio downgrade as an engineering improvement. Clear Channel can do what it wants to with the audio quality of its stations, but its business decisions should not be mandated to the rest of the AM broadcasters via an NRSC mandate.
John Pavlica
Toledo, OH
Jeff Littlejohn's contention that AM receivers have less than 5kHz frequency response ignores the multitude of people listening on AM stereo radios, AM wideband radios, and older AM radios that had great frequency response. Clear Channel's motives are suspect and should be taken with "a box of salt!"
David Creel
chief engineer
Far East Broadcasting Company
Bear with my oversimplified math here but isn't having 50kW signals running IBOC sidebands at night the equivalent of having a 5kW jammer on adjacent frequencies? How will any signal on an adjacent frequency be able to be heard (or, better, why would anyone want to listen to it) over the noise that will be generated?
By way of example, my station's 54W night signal covers its target area well while it does little to interfere with anyone else's reception save anyone trying to DX 660kHz in our immediate area. In fact, there would be little to hear most of the time. And, in fact, it wouldn't have been licensed if it would put any kind of interfering signal into the dominant station's protected area. However, there are closer class As on 650 and 670 that sometimes put in "peeling the paint off the wall" signals into our service area. If these stations are running IBOC sidebands — and let's call them what they are: they're not carriers, they're sidebands on the already existing carrier just like the analog sidebands that create "monkey chatter" now — how will my 54W signal be able to compete with 5kW jammers right on my frequency?
On the other hand, how will my station's effectively 5.4W digital signal (sidebands off to either side of 660) be able to compete with the 50kW analog carriers booming in on 650 and 670?
If this argument needs any more fuel, the recent objective to reduce the analog bandwidth announced by Jeff Littlejohn and Clear Channel just proves my point. If the present 10kHz analog sidebands can produce interference — and we all know they do but only on a part time basis because they are analog — how much worse will 100 percent duty cycle digital sidebands produce similar interference or worse and won't the character of that interference and high average power of that new interference render more adjacent signals unusable? To quote Jeff's own statement, albeit out of context, "Whether it's analog or digital doesn't matter."
I still believe IBOC on AM is a solution looking for a problem. It is not optimum usage of this band of frequencies and its characteristics. A new band should have been (and should still be) chosen. Then those who wished to ride the old band down to the end could have done so in peace. Either way, the consumer needs a new radio, but with a new band, old radios wouldn't have been made obsolete until there was nobody transmitting anything to hear rather than having signals fighting for their lives against what amounts to legalized jamming. Who knows how long the old band would hang on if the programming is worth listening to and can indeed be heard?
The FCC says it wants to bolster "local" radio. Seems like the deck is stacked against local radio (again). It was the class A operators who didn't want to move to a new band and give up skywave service they can't even sell that in part gave us this IBOCcle we now face, which will effectively jam out local service in many areas. As I've said before, this has nothing to do with audio quality to the consumer; it's a spectrum grab plain and simple.
It's also short-sighted. With today's technology (not tomorrow's pie-BOC in the sky) those operators who objected to losing coverage area could have been compensated in a new band with additional allocations which they could have programmed centrally at little, if any, additional recurring cost.
I don't expect the steamroller will be stopped, but if I had my druthers, I would rather not be able to say, "I told you so."
As far as Littlejohn's proposal is concerned, I am opposed to it. Clear Channel can do what it wants, but where does the company get off proposing that all should be made to do the same? While I agree with the idea that, mathematically, limiting audio bandwidth to 5kHz would make the AM signal fit the channel allocations, it really isn't necessary for one thing (except to permit IBOC sidebands), and for another the missing octave of audio really will make a difference even on narrow bandwidth radios. I happen to think that difference will serve to make AM radio sound even more inferior to most ears.
Mike Shane
operations manager, KCRO-AM 660
Omaha, NE
Digital pioneer
I remember the Technics SV-P-100 digital recorder featured in the August Sign Off. I was lent one of these machines with a pre-recorded tape of Earl Klugh (Finger Paintings) and played it on the then KLSI 93.3 on Oct. 8, 1982, making us the first station in the Kansas City market to play anything from a digital source on the air. KLSI also played the very first CD on the air a few months later on Feb. 11, 1983.
Ben Weiss, CPBE
engineering director
KMXV and KSRC/Infinity Broadcasting
Kansas City
How long, big brother?
I read Chriss' editorial [Shades of Big Brother] in the August 2004 issue with some concern.
Perhaps there are additional rules proposed that also limit the length of time that a broadcaster is required to maintain these copies of the programming. I could see one year as a possibility, which results in stacks of boxes of slow-speed tapes for the radio broadcasters (or CDs, etc.), but how about the television broadcasters? One would think such a rule would affect them as well, and recording video for long-term storage is a bit more cumbersome. And what if the save duration wasn't given; does the broadcaster then have to look at saving its radio and TV programming "forever"?
And what if a broadcaster decided to junk the recordings from so many years ago, and someone decided to request an older log? What's the mechanism to determine if the station willfully acted against the law?
This really sounds like a rule that has no reason for being.
Dave Felt
Pasadena, CA
The new low-fi
The MP3 explosion is going to create a whole generation of music lovers who think good sound is audio run through a blender and stuffed into a RAM chip or replayed through a $100 home theater system with a 5.25" speaker in a ported plastic box. Home theater is apparently exempt from IHF standards.
Don Imus loves his MP3 player and wears two hearing aids. I've heard better audio in the AM window on the 75m ham band. Seems to me we are going backwards and a lot of money will be wasted on transmission modes that are "better than FM" for just the few who know the difference. By the way, I am not a silver-speaker-wire, $200-patch-cord audio nut, but I have heard MP3 played on a good system and it don't impress!
Charles DiLuglio
legal counsel
Rhode Island
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Absolutely amazing race!
This race is billed as 75 miles, 12,000 feet or so of climbing, and more than 90% singletrack. That singletrack description is what should catch your eye! Been there, done that, it is a completely true! Man does it make a difference when you are racing ultra marathon distance.
The race is set in Park City / Deer Valley, Utah. This was the site of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. This valley is completely brimming with athleticism and beauty.
7am Wave Start! Bright and early, the race organizer Jay Burke had 350 athletes stage themselves on what each of us thought our finish time would be. Sub 7 hours, 7-8 hours, 8-9 hours, and greater than 9 hours. This worked really well. As our group took off, we had approximately one mile of paved bike path that really stretched out our field. This led us to the singletrack in perfect order.
A word about trail use, and sharing. All the trails in this race are open to the public as well as holding a race course. Any time an athlete came in contact with an hiker, equine, or motorized user, everyone simply was nice and got along. Heck, most of the public cheered as the athletes rolled by.
Mountain bike race strategy:
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- A lot of stuff is going to happen.
- Finish.
Getting to step 3 is no easy task in a 75 mile race. In a word, SUPPORT! We can't say enough about the support that was available. I even saw a few bike shops at feed stations offering up help. There were 4 organized Feed stations well staffed with water, gel, food, and most of all smiling volunteers that made everyone feel like a superhero. We had our support team (Kristy) at 3 locations, P2P Start, P2P-Kristy, and P2P Feed 3. The P2P-Kristy was a feed station we added. There is no way we could do this race without her support! Here were my top tube notes for the race:
04.00 Climb 1 448′
11.12 Climb 2 638′
18.00 Feed 1 Kristy
19.39 Climb 3 1054′
22.96 Climb 4 468′
28.00 Feed 2 Bag
32.89 Climb 5 2238′
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40.20 Climb 6 448′
47.08 Climb 7 1512′
53.00 Feed 4 Bag
58.23 Climb 8 1262′
60.84 Climb 9 264′
62.00 Feed 5 Water
67.11 Climb10 669′
72.99 Climb11 415′
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75 miles, 12,000 feet of climbing, 90% singletrack. That formula adds up to a race course that will challenge the toughest athletes from start to finish. The race course is comprised of several trails that are individually a great ride. Technical sections? Check! Super smooth fast sections? Check! Long Climbs? Check! Long descents to give your forearms that "Coke Bottle Pump"? Check!
We finished in 8th place (age class). Could we do better? Sure, always. Did we have fun? Ha, the stories and experiences we came away with will last a long time….
OK, here's one… As we rolled down the longest descent into the aid station at mile 53, the rider behind me yelled up, "Hey, is this the last descent to the base area and finish?" I glanced down at my Garmin, checked the distance, and yelled back, "Garmin shows we are 51 miles in, only 24 miles to go!" I heard a few awesome expletives, then silence.
And another, personal demons to overcome. Racing long races like this, my Garmin scrolls between the Engine Performance (me), a map, and a profile. At 7.5 hours the Garmin ran out of juice, nothing but a dark screen. Not having the feedback that you are used to, can be kind of un-settling. You simply go deeper into your cave, and follow the course markers. The finish line will come soon enough!
Park City Point to Point is a great race. We came away planning for next years edition!