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Girls' Region Players of the Week
April, 10, 2012
By Mike Loveday | ESPN.com
Courtesy Tom McCarthy/ESPNHSNatalie Weitkunat recorded 15 saves in a win over St. John's.
Each week during the 2012 season, ESPNHS Lacrosse will select a player from each of four regions as Player of the Week.
To submit a player for consideration fill out our submission form here. Please be sure to provide the player's entire week worth of performances.
Athletes can earn Player of the Week honors just once during the 2012 regular season.
The following players are for the week of April 1 through 7.
Allison Remenapp, Jr., Century (Sykesville, Md.), goalie
Remenapp is a big reason the Knights moved up 14 spots to No. 13 in the POWERADE FAB 50 this week. In two games on Saturday, the junior goalie recorded 14 saves in a 9-4 win over then No. 3 Notre Dame Prep. A few hours later she recorded 10 saves in a 17-8 win against then-No. 35 South River.
Natalie Weitkunat, Sr., Cy-Fair (Cypress, Texas), goalie
In a meeting of the top two teams in Texas, Weitkunat recorded 15 saves in 11-10 overtime victory against rival St. John's (Houston, Texas), including a key save during overtime. Cy-Fair trailed 7-4 at halftime and the game was tied 10-10 at the end of regulation.
Kris Coppolino, Sr., Winter Springs (Fla.), attack
Coppolino totaled 10 points (six goals, four assists) in a 14-8 win over Bishop Moore last week. The senior scored or assisted on the Bears' first five goals to help Winter Springs reach 16-0 on the season. Two games remain in the regular season for the Bears.
Katie Brown, Soph., Lincoln (Ore.), attack
Brown scored 12 goals and had two assists in three wins for Lincoln last week. The sophomore scored five goals on six shots in a 20-9 win over Beaverton, then followed up with three goals and an assist in a 13-10 win over Wilson. The three wins helped Lincoln move above .500 for the season.
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Gonzalo Guillén is on the lam. His wife and son are in hiding.
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe publicly belittled the reporter. Strangers repeatedly threatened to murder him. His bodyguard disappeared.
"I got a call at my home ... a guy said, 'We can kill you,'" Guillén recalls from Lima, Peru, where he's been laying low for five days. "Then the threats started coming fast. Five calls at my home, e-mails, 24 death threats in 48 hours. I was afraid for me, for my family. I left the country in a sprint."
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Guillén has for seven years been a reporter for Miami's El Nuevo Herald, one of America's top Spanish-language publications. He's one of two Colombian journalists whom President Uribe has dumped on in the past two weeks. Daniel Coronell, a columnist for the well-known magazine Semana, also went abroad after the president publicly called him "a coward, a liar, a swine, and a professional slanderer." In this South American country, where vigilante justice rules, insults can mean bloodshed.
"Outrageous," comments Joel Simon of New York's Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). "President Uribe knows that to say this kind of thing opens the doors for [thugs] to potentially kill."
Venezuela and Cuba got most of the ink and opprobrium at last weekend's meeting of Latin American journalists in Miami. News of Hugo Chávez's closing an opposition TV station in Caracas, as well as restrictions on reporters and jailing of critics in Havana, was lapped up like milk by a gatito.
But it's even more difficult to report the truth in Colombia, which will receive $756 million in U.S. foreign aid this year. At least 39 journalists have been whacked for doing their jobs there in the past 15 years. These days, many reporters avoid criticizing the government. Why risk being murdered? More than 3000 cases of self-censorship were recently documented in the country.
The heart of the Colombian problem is a longstanding civil war — as well as Uribe's ties to paramilitaries and drug lords. This might sound familiar. Al Gore refused to come to Miami in April to share the stage with Uribe because the Nobel Prize winner found reports of the Colombian president's violent rep "troubling."
There's no question Uribe is a jerk. In 1980, when only 27 years old, he took over the Colombian ministry of aviation. Traffickers were flying out cocaine by the ton back then. Uribe probably helped them. Indeed his aviation deputy, César Villegas, was later sentenced to five years in prison for ties with the narcotics trade. Even Uribe's successor in the ministry, Rodrigo Lara, called the now-Colombian prez negligent with regard to drug flights.
In 1983, when left-wing rebels killed Uribe's father and wounded his brother, he tried to take a helicopter that belonged to coke kingpin Pablo Escobar to the site. He claimed not to know it was Escobar's. (Coronell, who could not be reached to discuss this, posted photos of the copter with a recent column about Uribe on the Semana Web site.)
Uribe would become mayor of Medillín and then climb to the presidency. He was identified in a 1991 U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report — later disavowed by the government — as "a close personal friend" of Escobar's. Colombian investigators also claimed right-wing wackos stayed at his ranch and that Uribe had many other paramilitary ties.
Indeed, besides Gore, reporters in and outside Colombia have continued to question Uribe. And the president has continued to both lash out at them and react with paranoia. A few examples:
• In 1994, when author Simon Strong questioned the Colombian president in a restaurant, he jumped up, ran into a crowd of bodyguards, and screamed, "I am honest!"
• In 2002, he accused Newsweek reporter Joe Contreras of trying to "slander" and "smear" him.
• This past spring, Ignacio Gómez, director of investigations for Noticias Uno, a TV news program, received threats and was confronted by a gang of six men after he criticized Uribe. He barely escaped. "I prefer not to think who sent them," he says.
• In April, speaking before journalists from around the world at the Ritz-Carlton in Coconut Grove, Uribe castigated Guillén's colleague, El Nuevo Herald investigative reporter Gerardo Reyes, for asking about the paramilitary ties.
The scene was otherworldly weird, Reyes says — a president who follows the press too closely. "He began reciting each story I had written," Reyes recalls. "He was furious, and he was looking right at me. Everyone turned around to look. It was very uncomfortable."
Guillén's might be the most telling case, though. The 55-year-old has worked more than three decades as a journalist for some of South America's largest and most prestigious publications, including Colombia's El Tiempo and Ecuador's El Universo.
As an aviation reporter, he covered Uribe during much of his rise. After being hired by El Nuevo Herald in 2000, he wrote several stories about the Colombian president's ties to Escobar. Guillén was also one of the first to write about Uribe's use of Escobar's helicopter, he says. In 2003, he says, he received an unexpected call from the president. "He said he had copies of several e-mails that I had sent to people and that he didn't like the investigation I was doing," Guillén remembers. "People from the [American] embassy that I knew told me these calls were really threatening and dangerous. And a secretary of the government named Moreno told me that I was really in danger."


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During the summer the Hamptons are filled with high-profile bashes, but nothing beats a mid-afternoon shopping soirée with ALL proceeds going to charity. This past weekend marked the annual Super Saturday 13 event at Nova's Ark Project in Water Mill, N.Y. (South Hampton). This giant, outdoor sample sale has rows of incredible designers & generous sponsors all supporting an amazing foundation: The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. tarte was honored to be back for our 7th year; but don't let us fool you it's not ALL work and no play. At some points throughout the day Maureen, Candace, Leigh & I enjoyed shopping along with the massive crowds! Although, I picked-up some great buys from kooba, J Brand, DVF & others I fully enjoyed celeb spotting some fab fashionistas like Kelly Ripa, Ashley Greene, Rachel Zoe & the Kardashian sisters! Despite 90-degree temperatures, they all looked fabulous.
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The Custom Operators Directory (COD), at cod.aers.psu.edu, was developed by Sarah Roth.
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In his Oval Office speech on the BP disaster Tuesday night, President Obama was expected to call for action on legislation to move the nation away from fossil fuel dependence. But how close are we to having viable, cleaner alternatives? In California, utilities are struggling to meet the state's goal that they provide one-third of their power from renewable resources by 2020. The panel took a look at the most promising developments in the world of alternative energy -- and at some of the obstacles to large-scale adoption.


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When a small city or town considers adding an ethanol plant or biorefinery to its community, oftentimes the financial and property capital is considered. But what are the cultural and social effects on the community? That's what University of Illinois human and community development experts Gale Summerfield and Stephen Gasteyer, along with graduate student Keith Taylor, are analyzing in two real-life Illinois cases.
Palestine is a small community with a population of about 1,300. The Lincolnland Agri-Energy ethanol plant opened in 2004. The researchers are comparing and contrasting the issues this town faced and the effects the plant had on this community with other communities where ethanol plants have been sited, including a proposal by The Andersons for an ethanol plant in Champaign.
They are using a framework that looks at gains and costs from many different angles – not just the financial effects, but also the effects on community development, capacity and resiliency as well as global linkages, Summerfield says.
Having a nearby water source is especially important to ethanol plants, she says. "What came up in the comparison study is that, in some places, the water source was perceived as more threatened and in other places it wasn't." Palestine's water source is a river, but in Champaign, water comes from the Mahomet aquifer and became a major concern, playing a role in eventually putting the project on hold.
Looking at the cultural capital has to do with the legacy of the community. "We have this sense of community and history – what's accepted, what's valued in common, what's expected. Palestine is a tiny farming community, so there is less diversity and more uniformity of heritage," Summerfield says. It wasn't a stretch for the town to add a refinery that would help farmers. Champaign, however, is a much bigger community with many different kinds of cultural heritage. "Ties to the farming community are there, but there are also a lot of people who aren't tied, so you see that in the opposition to the plant coming in."
Summerfield noticed some striking differences in how gender affected the ethanol issue. "Energy isn't an area that you typically see a lot of women (interested). But in Palestine, the mayor is a woman and the chair of the ethanol board of managers is a woman. Women are often more involved in alternative energy than in the petroleum industry; so in the case of Palestine, the women involved brought balance, looking at how it would benefit the community."
How the plants would affect the job market in the two communities was also a point of contrast. "An ethanol plant only hires about 35 people, which isn't a lot. But for a really small community like Palestine, that's bringing in jobs that are geared toward people with more training, which can benefit the community as a whole," Summerfield says.
Differences in the political climate of the two communities and how the plant has helped Palestine financially were also examined. With an excess of ethanol, combined with the plummeting price of petroleum, it has not been a good year for alternative energy of any kind. "There's so much volatility that it's very hard for small groups and communities to deal with this," she says. "And when you're dealing with a co-op situation like in Palestine, it's good when times are good and the benefits come back to the community. But when times are bad, you don't have the diversified base that you would if you were a larger company."
The most remarkable differences were in what Summerfield calls "social capital," or networking and interacting among people. For Palestine, time will tell whether it will be able to make connections with groups throughout the state and nationally. The recession has affected its potential for entrepreneurship. "There might have been byproducts or other businesses, like local development groups, that could give small loans to start up businesses," Summerfield says.
"Using the community capitals framework, you look at a much more systemic approach to communities rather than one little piece," she says. "The shortcoming is that you can't really evaluate which one is more important than the other unless you assign a value to one so it's not going to give you a clear-cut answer when you're comparing one community to another. But within one community it can help you see that it's not just one thing that's happening."
She likes to think that this methodology could help bring several capitals together and see how it can help the sustainability of communities. The next step will be more in-depth interviews in the communities.
Funding for the preliminary research was provided by the University of Illinois.
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Paint color to go with my green counters and floor
My kitchen was remodeled in 2000 and is in need of an update. Unfortunately, the only thing I can afford to do right now is paint and replace the gold knobs on the cabinets with silver. I have natural red oak cabinets, with lots of very dark green (NOT hunter green, more pine green) countertops and that same dark green (and a little white) marble laminate flooring. I have white tile backsplash, appliances, and sink as well as white trim around windows and baseboard. I have a BIG peninsula that seats 7 comfortably with black leather back stools. Right now I have a very subtle peach on the walls, but want to bring it more up to date with a different color. (wish I could afford to update counters and floor, but not in budget). I was thinking brown walls, but am afraid it would be too dark and maybe clash with cabinets? My other fear is that I don't want to pick a color that would make it look like I've regressed it back into the 80's with the green combo. I could use some good suggestions as to what color paint would look great. I found some black framed pictures of Italian pasta and cheeses that I would like to incorporate with some wonderful colors in it of the sage green, golds, tans, rusts and eggplant colors. Mostly the paint would be on the soffits above the cabinets and the one wall with the back staircase. The laminate flooring and countertops are both in great condition, I am just tired of all the green. I am hoping a new color on the walls will help me through a few more years of the overload of green! This has proven to be quite the challenge for me and I can use some input! Thanks in advance!
Post some pics so we can see what you're dealing with. In the mean time, what about considering a strong gold? It will work well with the green and white you have happening and it looks great with most woods. Hold off on getting rid of the brass, unless you really hate it. It's making a comeback, and keeping it will save you some money. I'd investigate some local sales for a flooring replacement as my first choice of redo. You can get new laminate for around $2 per square foot, and it's an easy DIY thing for you to accomplish. I think the green counters sound nice, but green floors and counters sounds a bit too much matchy matchy happening. Floors in a nice medium to darker wood tone can really make a huge difference.
since the wall area is small-soffitt and one other wall, you could up the impact factor and go with a terra cotta or
barn red..maybe even a pomegranate type red. Red is a great accent..it's a complement to green and a good stronger red might mute or balance all the green that tires you. It's only paint-nothing to lose.
Picture posting instructions are in the "New to Kitchen Forum, Read Me" thread that usually floats around on the first or second page of this forum.
In a nut shell, you put the pics on Photobucket (or similar free service) then transfer the HTML code (cut and paste it from the "share your image" box on PB ) to your post here. It will look like code in the text, but pic will appear in the preview. Try to make sure the pics aren't huge files, and don't put it in tons of images as this slows the page download speed significantly for those with bandwidth issues.
A secoond way is to link to your images by using the URL of the PB page in the optional link box below every post. Add a name in the lower box. (Put the URL in the top box as in: http:// etc., etc. Then give it a name in the box below such as: pictures of green kitchen.) This is less satifactory in my view because it requires a reader to click away from the KF thread itself to view the image. I think it limits the responses, but it is more appropriate when you're offering up a lot of pictures - especially big ones - all at once.
I'd need to see a photo but it sounds like a soft yellow would work if you want to play it safe.
Crazy as it may sound, you could also try a pale lavender. Our first house's kitchen had seafoam counters in perfect condition with washed oak cabs, so we painted lavender over the dull beige walls and it perked everything up. It is an unexpected kitchen color and we got many compliments on it. Our new kitchen has the same color walls, but with white, black and gray this time. It is a more versatile color than you'd think....
Here is a link to a couple of pictures of my kitchen plus a picture of the pictures I will hang as soon as I figure out what color to paint the walls. The wood stools have all been replaced by black leather stools with backs.
Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen pictures
The colors to accent are right there in your prints. The tomato red. The mustard gold. The black. Since this is a budget redo, find some more prints in that color and theme and hang them right over the white tile backsplash to tone down it's starkness. Possibly paint the window frame black, and use red valance across the top. Red towels and accessories with the gold paint on the walls, and it looks almost new!
And, I was right about the green counters and floors. One would be great, but both are overwhelming. So, area rugs, maybe? Something in the heavy cream of the print matting with red or yellow accents. But, definitely check out the clearance sections for new laminate flooring. You can reuse the padding, and it's an easy DIYable fix. Or, tile is also a cheap fix if you DIY. If you're feeling adventurous, you can try the new Rustoleoum countertop paint, or just paint those laminate countertops and then poly them. It's a short term fix, and only for those who plan to replace the counters sooner rather than later, but it's cheap and you can experiment with color that you might like for more permanent counters. If you want to makeover the cabinets themselves, there is always gel staining them darker or painting them lighter. Lots of choices if you're willing to get your hands dirty!
R U happy with your dishwasher? I could see a stainless update there as worth it...the wall by the stairs could take a nice vertical stripe wallpaper with colors you have in mind-that would move the eyes around the space a little more. And the hutch at the base of the stairs could be a fun thing to paint or glaze or do one finish on the carcass and do something with the doors..easy...the floor and counter are fine-I like that enuf so I'd leave it be-but nickel or pewter hardware along with a showy faucet would be on my TO DO list I think. Your kitchen seems workable for a good end result without a lot of toil!
I hated hated hated the tiled floor in my kitchen for years and lived with it. The colour, pattern - everything. Including the cracks in the tile
then one day I discovered 'peel and stick' tiles.
They had nice patterns (I chose a stone look) and were really inexpensive
I measured and bought and laid them in the kitchen, hallway & powder room over the hated tile and was so impressed with the different look and feel they gave the space for the really low price
I heartily recommend them as in interim measure
I know you said you're tired of the green, but if you're really tired of this particular combination which you feel dates your kitchen -- have you considered using a light to medium leafy green with some yellow in it? The combination of the two greens with the white and wood could create a fresh and updated feel. Just a thought.
I would also consider painting the wood portion of the window in white to erase the contrast between the wood frame with the white moulding; or else painting both the wood frame and the moulding around it in your new paint color.
If you're going to replace the cabinet hardware you might consider using pulls rather than knobs on the cabinets. You could use the existing hole for one end of the pull and just drill another hole. You'd need to stick with knobs on the drawers, though, unless you went with cup pulls. We just replaced all of our knobs with pulls in a mini-kitchen refresh (new paint, pulls and sink/faucet) and I am delighted with the pulls. They add some visual interest and we find them such an improvement from a functional standpoint -- easy to grab from any angle.
Another finish to consider for the hardware is oil rubbed bronze or black, either of which would be nice with your barstools.
Good luck. Lucky you to have counters and tile in such great shape and a peninsula with lots of seating.
I'll attach a photo of a leafy green kitchen that's kind of what I had in mind. The paint color might not be quite right, but you get the idea.
Here is a link that might be useful: yellow-green kitchen
I think yellow would be terrific and really pull your room out of the green doldrums.
If you decide to go the yellow route, you may want to consider Benjamin Moore's Hawthorne yellow. It's in the Historical Collection--those colors tend to be safe--and I know Hawthorne Yellow is the go-to yellow for many designers. It's soft and warm, without being too lemony-sunny-bright, or too mustardy gold.
I personally just painted a room Ben Moore's Soleil. I love it, but it's not quite as toned down as the Hawthorne.
I, too, have the same green floor and countertops. Although my countertops are slighly lighter. I also have the red oak cabinets. I am so tired of the green and the red oak, but both are in great condition. I do not have any time to invest to redo or the money presently to replace. My walls are a light pale yellow and look really good w/ the green though. I originally went w/ cafe pics with the same colors of pics that you chose. But I am considering trying a vintage look. I have a red oak table chairs, china cabinet, and small wall table. Again, I do not have the time to sand, paint or restain. So, I too, am looking for some quick updates not involoving lots of time. But, give the yellow a try.
i really like the eggplant but think it'd be too dark. the tomato red would do the trick especially since there isn't a lot of wall space to make it too much.
a splash of it on the counter top along with a yellow green something or 2 on it would also break up the green. a canister or 2? if can't find in tomato red, get a used one and paint it.
love your prints! putting them on the white tile would be good (use a tile drill bit - or sticky ups). keep your eye open for something similar for the stair wall (other wall space?)
also, I do think changing the floor would make a world of difference too. they have floor tiles now that you don't have to stick down or grout. They go together tongue and groove like laminate does. They've used them at least twice now on hgtv (once in a kitchen, once in a bathroom). They'd go down easy and great for DIY.
I would:
1. paint the stained window trim white to match the res of the window.
2. Find a top treatment or make one in which the main accent color of the fabric is the tomato red color... trying to find a fabric with the other colors that are in your prints (really cool-- like the prints). I see a fabric with the background color being a lighter tone than the mats on your print (same color- just lighter); with the sage green in the word "tortellini" in your prints; the buttery-white color of the onions; the tomato red, and other colors found in the print would work also (as long as you pick-up on those colors).
3. I would put the flour canisters away since they really don't go with anything in your kitchen and add some tomato red accents on your counter.
4. I would paint the walls an off-white with a lot of yellow tone to it. Or maybe take your "tortellini" print in to paint store, have them color match the mat, and then add the colorant at about 25% of that formula to avoid a matchy look, yet still have it coordinate.
I agree about painting the stained window trim white, however, I absolutely think going with red would be a mistake unless you are looking to celebrate Christmas all year. Red has also been very popular for the last few years so will add to the dated factor.
Since a few people like the eggplant color, why not go with a very pale version of it for the walls? If you go with either nickel or chrome for hardware, then I'd get canisters in either metal to coordinate. You can either spray paint or replace the hinges to match.
The ivy on top of the cabinet dates it all, IMHO.
I still also like the light yellow idea for the walls.
I think the idea of yellow might be just perfect.
Here is a picture of green with yellow.
My favorite yellows...
Goldfinch Ralph Lauren Paints
Babouche Farrow and Ball paints
Glowing Apricot Benjamin Moore
moonlight by Benjamin Moore
Cheasepeak yellow Ralph Lauren
Moutarde on the walls and Gustave Grey both by
Ellen Kennon paints
Stone House Benjamin Moore
For $250, these will let your change the counter color. Each $250 kit is supposed to cover about 25 linear feet of 24" deep counters.
Here is a link that might be useful: Rustoleum counter top recoloring kits.
I have almost the same counters and still have wallpaper -- that I still like but will update to paint. The nopapered areas are a yellow that reads green to light mustard , like some of boxerpups' pics.
I think of the fruit and vegetable approach. 3 different paths-- 1) mustardy, reds, greens-- more traditional colors; purple(eggplant), greens, golds- either the Tuscany or the Mardi Gras look!); or lighter citrusy colors- fresher acidic greens and yellows and lighter cantaloupe accents than harvest colors. In each of these the yellow can be the wall color but a different shade takes you to the final scheme. Maybe look at some new inexpensive prints and see what inspires you and look at paint chips.


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After watching news about what happened at Fort Hood a friend of mine called asking How in the WORLD can someone get away with shooting SO MANY people on a military installation?.
My friend (no military background) is like a lot of folks in thinking on an Army Post or other Military Installation EVERYBODY HAS A GUN.
Reality is far from that.
Pull out a map of either Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi or Florida randomly pick any rural neighborhood and they will be better armed than any military installation.
On any military installation (In the US) the only armed people are the MPs and they are only carrying a 9mm Beretta. Some soldiers may be armed at the firing range but thats about it.
If you see a convoy of hummers on the road in the US National Guard or other you might think Someone would be crazy to attack THEM but even if they are going to the firing range NO ONES ARMED! You drive to the range They issue the firearms you shoot \ qualify TURN THEM BACK IN and drive back unarmed again.
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Pandan Puto(Steamed Pandan Rice Cake)
By Pinay In Texas Cooking Corner
03/16/12 17:02
Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. Though we don't celebrate it, my daughters insisted that we make something green that I can post here. So, that's what we did early morning yesterday. With our jammies still on, we made these pandan flavored Puto, and then...
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Vattayappam / Steamed Rice Cake / Kerala Style
By Cooking is easy
01/20/14 14:10
Vattayappam is Kerala's own fermented Steamed Rice Cake. One of the healthiest traditional tea time snack with almost no oil. It is popular in the Christian communities of Kerala, though not much popular in North Kerala/ Malabar. "Vatta" means "round" ......vattayappam...
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Sweet Potato Angkoo Kueh (Red Tortoise Cake/Steamed Sweet Potato Glutinous Rice Paste with Mung Bean Filling)
By Awayofmind
04/04/13 08:31
A few days ago, Li Shuan from Helena's Kitchen posted her beautiful purple yam angku kueh, oh...I love that gorgeous purple! I actually trying to get purple sweet potato for my angku kueh but no one selling near my place, give up on purple...but still dreaming...
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Chwee Kueh (Steamed Rice Cake 水粿)
By Awayofmind
03/14/13 06:11
One of the popular breakfast in Singapore is...Chwee Kueh. It is a steamed rice cake which topped with preserved radish that usually go with chili sauce. I bought my small cup shape containers from Singapore and today it is just right to put them into good...
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Steamed Rice Cake/Bengali Chitoi Pitha With Palm Date Jaggery
By Cookingenuff
02/18/14 20:14
Hi friends, Today we are making Chitoi Pitha – a traditional Bengali dish made with rice flour batter. The Pitha is very easy to make. The Pitha is served with liquid palm date jaggery which is only available in winter season. So Chitoi Pitha is generally...
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Raagi Puttu ~ Finger Millet Flour Steamed Cakes (Using Leftover Rice)
By The Big Sweet Tooth!!!
12/01/14 10:00
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Sannas From Goa with Special Goan Coconut Chutney – Steamed Yeasted Rice cakes with Coconut Green Chutney
By My Cooking Journey
04/07/14 20:42
7th April, 2014 Goa is the smallest state (by area) in India bordered by Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Arabian Sea. It is located in the Western part of India in a region known as the Konkan. Panaji is the capital of the state. Goa is a very popular tourist...
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Bibingka or Rice flour Cake For Sweet Punch December 2011
By Taste Of Pearl City
12/07/11 19:36
Bibingka is a Filipino dessert which is baked with glutinous rice, rice flour, cheese and salted eggs. Actually I was supposed to make this for Daring Baker's last month, which I skipped it since I couldn't find glutinous rice, next I found it quite peculiar...
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Bibingkang Malagkit (Sticky Rice Cake)
By Pinay In Texas Cooking Corner
01/02/12 23:00
A very happy new year to you, my dearest friends and readers! I am hoping that you all had a wonderful New Year's celebration with your loved ones. I know that you are all looking forward to the new possibilities and opportunities that this brand new year...
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Rice Flour Puttu | Steamed Rice flour cake | Kerala Breakfast Recipe
By Babi's Recipes
11/22/14 06:29
Puttu is one of the famous kerala breakfast recipe.They mostly have it with green gram and papad.But i simply love to have it with banana and sugar.It east taste too good with kadalai curry.For...
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Idli recipe,Steamed Rice Cakes
By Savor
01/30/12 00:31
Idli is a famous south Indian breakfast which is popular throughout India .. It is nothing but the steam cakes served along with sambhar/coconut chutney. There are two types batter used in preparing idlis, 1-it's a combination of rava (usually called as...
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Steamed Coconut and Rice Cake / Vettayappam
By anjalisfoodkaleidoscope
07/13/13 17:26
Vettayappam is a South Indian sweet dish from the state of Kerala. Those of you who have been following my blog regularly must have by now understood my love and devotion to recipes using coconut. Vettayappam is one of my favourites for many reasons. It...
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Coffee Rice Flour Chiffon Cake
By Frozen Wings
07/17/14 05:43
As i have said earlier in my previous post that i was quite keen to make a coffee chiffon cake, and so i did one. I had also tried out using the rice flour method which Kimmy had been using for few of her chiffon recipes. This is where a small portion of...
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Sweet Glutinous Rice Cake (Nian Gao/年糕)
By HoneyBeeSweets
02/26/13 16:06
Hi hi everyone! Yes yes, I'm finally back...finally got my "heavy" bums off the couch and seat in front of the computer, lol! Actually, I haven't been lazing around. It's just that there was so much to do that I just brush off blogging to the last. :P So...
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Eggless Bibingka -Filipino Rice Cake
By Gayathri's Cook Spot
11/27/11 05:24
For this month's DB challenge Catherine Enfield of Munchie Musings introduced us to two Filipino desserts. Sans Rival which means without rival and a rice cake named Bibingka. As sans rival is completely based on eggs, I decided to do an eggless version...
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Sanna / Sannas ( Steamed Rice Cake )
By Shabbu's Tasty Kitchen
06/27/13 07:50
Sannas or steamed rice cakes are very popular in Mangalore region. It has a soft and spongy texture and is similar to idli, but yeast is used for fermentation...It is usually served with spicy curry... Ingredients: 2 cup ponni rice 2 tbsp urad dal 1/2 tsp...
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Sanna / Sannas ( Steamed Rice Cake )
By Shabbus Tasty Kitchen
06/27/13 07:50
Sannas or steamed rice cakes are very popular in Mangalore region. It has a soft and spongy texture and is similar to idli, but yeast is used for fermentation...It is usually served with spicy curry... Ingredients: 2 cup ponni rice 2 tbsp urad dal 1/2 tsp...
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Black Glutinous Rice Chiffon Cake
By No-Frills Recipes
10/18/12 05:20
B lack glutinous rice chiffon cake has been on my 'to-do' list for quite a while. Well, I finally managed to make it using a recipe from Anncoo Journal but have adjusted the recipe to fit my 23 cm chiffon pan. Please continue reading >>
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Ela Ada - Steamed Rice Cakes with Coconut Jaggery Filling
By The Big Sweet Tooth!!!
10/13/13 10:11
Eid-ul-Adha is another major festival in Islam. It comes a day after the annual pilgrimage of Hajj is completed. This Eid mainly commemorates the sacrifices of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) and Prophet Ismail (AS), they undertook for Allah. While this Eid is also...
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Not So Perfect Homemade Garaetteok @ Korean Rice Cake
By My Little Space
05/05/13 18:00
I'm sure you guys know what I'm trying to say here, my 'not so perfect' homemade garaetteok, the Korean rice cake! haha.... The rice cake isn't look as smooth as what I'm expecting. Maybe because of the local fragrant rice that I used. The texture isn't...
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Enjoying it so far but haven't tried MP yet. |
Agreed. Haha, interestingly enough I just went back and played through the coop missions on Rage this past weekend as well. It is definitely the best looking 360 game I've played as well. Halo 4 is fairly impressive in the graphics department though. The prologue is unreal. Quite a leap up from Reach. |
I had no idea the 360 was that powerful. I can't imagine what the game looks like on PC (assuming it wasn't a console port). Halo 4 is a great looking game, no doubt about it. The prologue is pretty flippin' amazing. I think Halo 4's sound effects are it's strongest suit and quite possibly the best I've heard. The assault rifle sounds completely badass...even though it isn't. Haha! ETA: It's (Rage) only $17 on Amazon.com, a steal if you ask me. Last edited by momsbasement; 11-09-2012 at 12:14 PM.. |
Multiplayer = Reach meets COD
Dislike. It was much simpler in the Halo 3 days. If you refer to your husband/wife as 'DH/DW', you're too old to be active on a forum.
If you ask for marriage advice on a(ny) forum, you should seriously reevaluate your life. If you don't know the difference between 'their', 'there', and 'they're', I automatically assume you have a mental disability (same goes for to/two/too and your/you're/yore). |
Spartan Ops seems to be pretty cool. I am excited to see some content that they aren't bending me over a barrel getting me to buy. I still think that for the price of the Limited Edition we should have gotten a season pass for the map packs that will come out. |
This game has some great gameplay but some "wtf" moments from the developer side.
-Why is there no 1 flag CTF? Seems a very obvious choice for a map like Abandon. -Flag carrier being always marked completely destroyed a sneak capture which was one of the most rewarding ways to get a flag. -Is the flag made of super glue? Why can't I put this thing down? -This game doesn't have me addicted AT ALL which I guess I should thank them for. There's no incentive for me to "rank up" because by level 10 I had everything I wanted. 1-50 competitive system really needs to be implemented for me to start playing a lot and I would guess there are tons of people like me that feel the same. Currently I only play with friends, 1-50 I would be playing alone and more often. -I can't change my map vote once I cast it...? -Why are there maps available that aren't in multiplayer?? -Regicide has a great concept but only truly works with team Regicide. I shouldn't go 28-14 and only win by a margin of 10 points to the guy who went 14-22 and was only killing me as the king. Team Regicide also seems slightly flawed since the king racks up points quickly. I hate when the guy on my team who charges constantly is king because he gets the first kill and becomes king at the beginning. They end up getting tons of points off him because he trades kills or worse and we can't seem to do much except lose. -There IS NOT ENOUGH AMMO/DMR/BR/AR etc. LAYING ON THE MAP. Holy crap I run out of ammo constantly and I play with a BR primary, DMR secondary and the perk that allows me to start and hold additional ammo. There needs to be ammo for start weapons available on the map or just more of the start weapons on map. I'm sure I'll think of more. But overall this game is fun as hell, just not addicting and some flaws that seem blatant. |
I noticed the Halo 4 deal from tigerdirect, then saw this thread and was reminded of a thread i read on another forum which made me realize why i ended switching from my first mp fps love of Halo to my new fps love of COD:
In COD even shitty players will hit you with enough bullets to get you down before you can cause too much mayhem unless they literally don't know a damn thing about the game. In Halo matchmaking I out strafe/out aim/out think my opponents to running riots regularly. It is still Halo, but I think that "reviewer" is just butt hurt that he doesn't start with rockets and can't put 5 good shots on other players. |
Also, i'm not so sure it takes an unintelligent person to successfully sneak up on a group of 3 guys. It might not be sound strategy in a halo game, but all that tells me is that there's little to no reward for stealthy of cunning gameplay. The motion sensor only further reinforces that fact. As for the 5 shots comment, yes it is only 5 shots for the slow shooting DMR, assuming the final one is a headshot, otherwise its 7 shots for the DMR, 12 for the carbine, 19 for the 3 round burst battle rifle, 16 for the assault rifle, 8 for the pistol, etc. But even if we assume headshots, its still a very long process to earn a kill, 13 shots for the BR, 8 for the carbine, and 6 for the pistol. I get that the DMR and BR are meant to be the primary weapons in the game, but that just results in boring gamplay that quickly grows stale for me. Dual-wielding helped in this regard but was dropped from Reach to try to get back to the roots of Halo 1 i guess. After that, I realized that I much prefer the variety of weapons in COD in comparison, and the fact that I can jump onto a team of randoms and still do fairly well for myself without needing to bunny hop my way around corners. |
I'm not a COD hater in the least, I played upwards of 14 days of MW3 over an 8 month period and a lot of MW2 back when it was new as well. Keeping things fresh is always a good thing, but if you know you're not going to like it as much as a game you already have then don't waste the monies because it will more than likely collect dust. |
And for the record, I'm not a Halo hater either. To me, Halo 2 for its time was and probably will be much better than any iteration of COD, but the past few iterations seemed to have failed to innovate and avoid becoming "old", kinda like the COD series is starting to do now as well. |
You're not going to get the variety you want from this game because it probably is more like Reach than 3, but still worth a looksie at some point because it plays pretty well. |
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Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Every now and again, I get the complaint that I am being overly negative. Yes, I know that's difficult to understand, what with my concentration on bluebirds of happiness and doves of peace and swallows of Kool-Aid, but there are those who get the impression that I am not pleased with the world at large. I have nothing against the world at large except that I'm not sure it ought to be left at large. But, prison overcrowding being what it is, we can't do much about that.
In any case, let's talk about something cheerful and positive, just to confound the hypercritical. Let's talk about those shopping bags you bring me books in.
No, wait, come back! Honest: the story of shopping bags at the Book Fair is not merely the broken dreams brought on by paper handles, or toes benumbed by books breaking through the bottom. If I have given the impression that shopping bags are unloved at the Newberry, I have not stated the full case.
Yes, the vast majority of paper bags with paper handles (or that used to have paper handles) go into recycling. But this leaves me with many, many shopping bags in good enough shape to be used again. I recycle those the old fashioned way: I set them aside for reuse. In fact, I fold them up and tuck them away in some of those boxes you send me which are way to big for packing books. (No, I'm not complaining: we're being positive today, remember? And I just told you that I find a use for them. That's what we're about around here: helping inanimate objects reach their full potential. And can I get a government grant for that? No.)
If you can spare your eyes from the checkout folks at the Book Fair (I know: you're watching their hands because you don't believe anybody under 65 knows how to make change. And I know all about YOU, mister: coming back and buying just two paperbacks at a time so you can get in line and chat with that redhead you have your eyes on. If you think our checkers are to be lured away from us by mere wealth, and promises of a new car and large boxes of chocolate-covered cantaloupe bits, you're probably right, but you're slowing down check-out, which…where were we?)
I say, if you look down under the checkout tables come July, you will see some great big boxes filled with shopping bags. Some of these are fine, old collectibles: bags from Border's, Dominick's, Marshall Field's, Hamburger Hamlet. Others are fresh and new, and possibly from the new trend for cloth bags. In any case, they have been deemed solid enough to hold books again, and are free to the customer who buys enough books. (Another reason to resist the family members who wail, "More books?" You can say, "Yes, but I got this cool bag from Cinnabon!")
Providing these bags for those people whose purchases are too large or heavy for the T-sacks we get from Potash Bros. seems to me to be ideal. But it has not been without controversy over the years. There have been objections to sending the boxes out to storage ("You're paying to store secondhand shopping bags?") There have been choosy customers. "I will NOT get on the bus carrying a bag from Victoria's Secret!") There have been checkout personnel who have had to take sudden breaks. ("If I have to tell one more person that no one could look at them and believe for a second that they ever set foot inside Victoria's Secret….")
There was even a volunteer who was revolted by the idea of my folding shopping bags as part of my busy day. "I can do that for you!" she said. "That'll free you up for important jobs. Just clear off one of your sorting tables and store all the empty bags there and I'll come in once a week and fold them. Oh, and clear some space over there for the empty boxes to store them in."
How that was supposed to help me…but I was being positive, wasn't I? Well, we never did execute her plan for a bag-folding space, and THAT'S a good thing.


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Biographical and Playing Info
Given Name: Jerry Dean Lumpe
Born: Lincoln, MO, USA, in 1933
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Second Base
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Major League Games: 1371
Primary Team: Kansas City Athletics
Played For
New York Yankees (1956-1959)
Kansas City Athletics (1959-1963)
Detroit Tigers (1964-1967)
First major league game: 4/17/1956
Final major league game: 10/1/1967
Hall of Fame Voting
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Johnny Vinczencz in 2006: "I had been contacted by several of the organizations trying to stop the production of it (foie gras). They sent me a pretty graphic video, but it was unclear if the footage was shot in the United States. So I began to research it and realized the movement was quite large and gaining momentum. I was only using foie gras as an accompaniment to one of my entrées, so after a couple of comments from customers who were supportive of the movement, I decided I would serve something else. It just doesn't mean than much to me."
Currently on the menu at Johnny V's: Duck Duck Duck: Seared duck breast, leg of duck confit, duck foie gras, wild mushroom stuffing, wilted spinach, baby carrots ($30.00).
Jonathan Eismann in 2006: "There was a large price increase about ten months ago, and I was concerned at seeing a $25 appetizer on my menu. But we were contacted by a few groups, and though I've ordered it in other restaurants and eaten it, I've sort of subconsciously removed it from use. I think it's a worthy boycott -- I mean I can live without it."
Currently on the menu at Pacific Time: Seared foie gras apple tatin, with pineapple carpaccio and pomegranate syrup ($16.00).
Michelle Bernstein in 2006: Taking foie gras off the menu is "something I am heavily considering," but the decision "is not a very easy one. I have learned to use it, love it, live it for so many years. I understand the situation, and I am really trying to figure out the best way of dealing with it."
Currently on the menu at Michy's: Seared foie en brick, with bing cherry gastrique ($24).
At Sra. Martinez: Seared foie gras with pear puree and crispy quinoa ($18.00).
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Andy Rose told to find ways to build new homes without government help
New HCA chief prepares for life without grant
The new chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency was selected to find ways of getting homes built without further government grant funding.
As first revealed by Inside Housing last Thursday, Andy Rose, a partner at Agfe, a European asset manager and former Treasury infrastructure boss, will be taking on the top job on a permanent basis from 15 April.
Mr Rose beat off strong competition for the £160,000-a-year role on the strength of his of background in public and private finance as chief executive of Infrastructure UK.
HCA chair Robert Napier this week explained that the selection was made looking beyond 2015 when the government's £1.8 billion affordable homes programme completes, and sent out a 'clear message to the [housing] sector'.
He added that Mr Rose's appointment was made on the assumption there may be no more grant in a repeat programme.
Mr Napier said: 'You come to the rapid conclusion that there is going to be limited public money, and you have to find other ways of getting the houses built that we need. An obvious way is better use of public sector land… second is the use of the government balance sheet through guarantees, and thirdly ways of leveraging in the private sector.
'We need to move with greater momentum and urgency. We are thrilled we have found someone who comes from a strong commercial and financial background who completely understands that agenda.'
Mr Rose will take over from interim boss Richard Hill who will resume his role as deputy chief executive and director of programmes.
David Orr, chief executive of the National Housing Federation, said: 'Andy Rose's substantial experience in both the public and private sectors, particularly in attracting finance for long-term infrastructure projects, prepares him well for this role.'
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It's official then, the HCA is 100% in the pockets of private finance. Not that this government is moving with "greater momentum and urgency" to conclude the privatisation by stealth of social housing provision. It's just the unintended consequence of putting inflationary pressure on the housing benefit bill in order to justify further austerity measures. Nice one.
Private landlords ahoy - your time has come
From 100% grant to 0% grant. What weapons can the HCA (or Successor Body) use to regulate, when they no longer hold the purse strings?
Welcome back PFI there are no new idea`s under this
set of under cooked out of touch westminster faceless
wonders,we have a silent housing minister who must
use semifore or pack mule to contact people or is
it the so called civil service making these edics,and
as far as the HCAs none action even westmister thinks
its out of its depth and should be put down?Why is the sector obsessed with grant?- much could be achieved by engaging with the construction supply chain in a different way, more use of standard house building components (like the volume house builders do) and more innovative funding routes pls see my piece http://wp.me/P2FBkz-t . This is an opportunity for the sector to create its own destiny, the sooner we stop relying on govt hand out the better
I think the whole nation would benefit from a life 'without Grant'.
Meanwhile - the effects of making the user pay for more and more things will arise swiftly, and the detriment to an already broken society can only be large. Before long we will be back in the circumstances that existed before the concept of grant was bought forward as a solution - the tipping point of course will be whether the elite can make more gains with grant than without. Currently they are profiting from the crisis, but as soon as that runs out we can expect the tides to reverse.
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Wayne E. Rhoades, 87, Wichita, formerly of Quinter, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at Sandpiper Bay Healthcare Center, Wichita.
He was born Oct. 24, 1924, in Quinter to Frank and Bertha (Porter) Rhoades.
He married Doris V. Jamison on Nov. 3, 1942. She preceded him in death Feb. 28, 1989. He later married Phyllis Rhoades on Oct. 28, 1989. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife; six sons, Robert Rhoades, Quinter, Richard "Rick" Rhoades, Oakley, Clarence Rymer, Michael Hyatt and Timmie Hyatt, all of Wichita, and Jimmie Hyatt, Castle Rock, Colo.; a daughter, Tammie Rasmussen, Valley Center; 24 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Lynette Rhoades.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Church of the Brethren, Quinter; burial in Baker Township Cemetery, Quinter.
Memorials are suggested to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in care of Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 N. 12th, WaKeeney KS 67672.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.schmittfuneral.com.


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