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Chatterbox, Episode 7: Sing for Your Supper (Club)
by Debra Puchalla in Community, July 25, 2010Crunch time is here, and it has nothing to do with breakfast cereal for dinner. Poor Serena belted out the tunes but didn't strike a chord with the Selection Committee. Pasta la vista, bella. Aria had a little memory lapse, forgetting her manners and interrupting Aarti, right when the team leader was introducing their course-by-course Supper Club extravaganza. (Hmm, wasn't Aria upset when Dzintra interrupted her a few weeks back?) Mano a mano, up next. Aarti came out fighting with a killer Green Chicken Curry after last week's dip, topping the challenge along with Brad, who brought his A-game cooking chops--and lamb chops. Who's your favorite? Tom, for his part, brought the salt. Too much of it, that is, according to Bob, Susie, Bobby and the food-loving diners who weren't loving the Unemployed Chef's salt(y) cod. Happy Herb was cooking this week but apparently needs to be a savvier shopper. (Susie, you're right. He saved cash for his team but almost took one for the team as a result.) Maybe grocery goddess Melissa d'Arabian, last year's Star winner and host of Ten Dollar Dinners, could help him--dazzling on-air this episode and online live tonight, offering up commentary and dinner ideas alike. Tell us which finalists' recipes you're making at home this week, then check out the chat transcript below for the way, the truth, the light--all sorts of fan fare, so to speak. Next swank Supper Club, Melissa's invited, and so are you.
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i dislike marty and nicky, and wonder why the judges are so taken with them, they both are horrible
i am happy to see that she is finally gone! Loved her energy but she drove me crazy! Brianna should have stayed for at least one more week. Brad is my favorite, Arti is a close second! Aria is deceptive...not a team player! Tom is confused and Herb is likeable but how often can you say that! Brad is my favorite!
Giada does not seen to like Brad.................................
No, actually, I think she does.
I'm glad she is gone as well. I think she should have left before this time. I'm getting really irritated with both this show and Design star over all the group challenges. These are individual competitions for an individual "prize" and they need to be able to be seen as individuals and not be bogged down by a group.
Aria was my favorite early on but she's completely lost me with this week's behavior. It's inexusable. I'm glad Aarti did so well and she did so poorly. I suspect that unless she comes up with a 'WOW' performance next week, she'll be sent packing.
Liked Serena, but knew she could not cut it - Brad is my favorite. I am sorry, but AAhti Pahti will drive me nuts!! I will not watch her show. Brad's food is very good - tried his chicken cordon bleu from last week and it was really good!!
I agree. I would watch her show, but not in the long run.
What do you mean Aria is not a team player? Re watch the episode...in nearly every scene during the foodie challenge, Aria is seen actively DOING something - folding the napkins, setting out the dishes, plating food while Aarti stands at the back by a pile of plates or barks an order and then walks away. Furthermore, a good 'team leader' doesn't just stand around letting the first course be served and just sit there getting cold, until someone (Aria) finally says something like 'Are you going to do the introduction? " Oh yeh! There's an idea!
As for the negative sound bites, I have no doubt that the producers ask leading questions about ALL the contestants (so what has to happen for you to beat Aarti? So what do you think of Serena's sticking to Italian food all the time? How did you think Aria's potato and cereal dish looked?) And they just edit and pick the ones that fit the storyline they are trying to convey. If you notice there are a LOT of sound bites over action scenes that may or may not have been taken from that episode's context.
I for one will not watch a food network program featuring Aria after last nights show. What a backstabber! I have that enough in my day to day life, I don't need it from something that I enjoy.
i have to agree w/beachinfrizzy somewhat....Aria did help everyone else and it seemed had to lead Aarti a bit about the introductions....I was not impressed tho with Aria's presentation....I am thinking she is worrying a bit too much about how many wins Aarti has....and I could see the dismay when she actually "hugged" Aarti after she was announced the winner but her heart wasn't in it....not that I BLAME her...she wants to win too. I also feel bad for Tom...wish he'd get it together but my thought for the final 4 is Aarti, Aria, Brad and Herb...I think they are gonna ditch Tom...your thoughts?
Right I wasn't impressed with Aria's presentation either...I didn't blame her for interrupting Aarti but then she got the 'spotlight' and didn't have anything to say either! "Hi! What a good looking crowd!" etc. Just get to the food already. Bobby said they were going to be hungry.
I agree with both beachinfrizzy and condor27...
Couldn't agree more. Aria is underhanded and rude. She should go next. Brad is also the fave in our family.
I'm with Irina...no one really pops out this season. However, I would like for someone to tell Aria and Brad to be themselves as they are in the "back-stage" interviews...as they describe their food, themselves, tell their stories...if they were both that honest and relaxed during their on-camera presentations, then they would both really rise to the top!! (Which is something I would love to see!) Aria, however, needs to get over her jealousy of AArti...it's going to be her downfall if she doesn't. Aarti is likeable and is a natural, but she is much too one-note for me. Tom is a great chef and is also quite likable, but he is WAY too sloppy...I know it's part of his persona, but I think he really needs to clean up his act and refine his presentation skills to be more credible. I would love to see Herb rise to the top with his new-found Spanish-based cuisine...and if he thought about it, he could still infuse the flavors while still making it healthy...what a concept! I think this will be a tough decision week...
C yndi, your comment was one I could have written myself. Serena got criticized for making only Italian food, Hello, she's cooking what she knows best. Tom seems to be a good guy but too sloppy. It's curious that the network chose him. It might be that he'll get clean shaven just before the finals, I like Arrti's personality but I don't like curry, Aria is similar to Melissa D"Arabian and Sunny Anderson so what new coulod she bring to the network?
Although Aria has gone to the middle, i liked her. I never thought she would be so manipulative. Starting the last episode, she kept saying she wanted to take advantage of Aarti doing poorly. But her comments and behavior this week with Aarti? COMPLETELY made me dislike her. Even if she were doing super well, her 'step on someone to get ahead' attitude would not have been acceptable. But to be doing poorly, and letting her fangs show? Aria, character, character, character. You just made a lot of people decide you should be eliminated.
Yes Arti is close but does she know how to make any meals that don't include Curry, yuck !
I am glad Brianna is gone. She did not relate to her audience which would make any show she would get not last long, I love Arti but am concerned that any show she would get would be one note, Indian. I'm not interested in that, I guess Brad would be my next pick., I was pushing for Aria until she started playing "dirty". I like Tom but he will have to clean up his personal appearence to a t.v. show. Herb is likeable but that's about it for me.
I'm glad she is gone as well. I thought she should have been cut a while ago. She drove me crazy. I like Brad too, but he needs to step it up a notch.
I'm glad to see Aarti coming back strong after a poor effort last week. Its says a lot that she won the live audience challenge a few episodes back, and now the "foodies' challenge this week. Her loverly personality, ability to connect to audiences, and consistently tasty food has to put her at the top of the list.
I would rank the remaining contestants: Aarti, Brad, Herb, Aria, Tom, with Aarti and Brad being the clear front-runners.
I agree 100% with your rankings! Aarti is delightful and Brad is a close second. I'll be shocked in Aarti doesn't win but I would love to see something good happen for Brad as well.
Ditto! =D
I cannot stand listening or watching Aarti. Could you actually watch her cook each and every week with curry? Boring...Brad has something to offer us - he can actually cook and he is pleasant to watch and easy to listen to. I think I could learn and better yet, cook his recipes. At least, I would want to, but cook anything Aarti has made - no way.
Sure, I'd love to watch her. And I like Brad also. You seem to be under the impression that any food with Indian spices in it is "curry". Not so. I've taken a look at Aarti's online show, and there is diversity in her cooking.
If you don't like her look or the way she sounds when she talks, that's a matter of personal opinion I guess. I think she's adorable, has a great personality, and she'll attract an enthusiastic audience. She's excelled at almost all the challenges where she had to charm party guests or a live audience, after all.
Serena should not have gone home. It should have been Aria, plain and simple. Awful food and presentations and being rude to Aarti at that.
I agree...I would never tune in to watch aria! she has a horrible attitude and her food is always mediocre, at best. If she were to win, I would stop watching the food network just on principle.
You know that's not true. You will still watch. Last year there were tons of people on here saying that if Jeffrey didn't win, they were going to stop watching the channel. And there right back here this year still complaining.
If you don't like the winner, just don't watch their show. It's not like we choosing the leader of the free world. It's a cooking show! I didn't like when Aaron won or when Amy won. I just turned the channel when they were on. Still don't watch Aaron. He talks like he has a sock in his mouth.
Heh. And there ARE people who say they're leaving the country if the person they support for leader of the free world isn't elected, but they don't, either! I never watched Amy - forgot completely about her, actually, until it was too late and she'd already decided not to renew...and I've never seen Aaron (didn't watch that season). I don't mind Melissa but she's not 'must see TV' for me, either. Guy I can only take in small doses. HIs DDD food usually grosses me out - too greasy and fatty.
It should have been ARIA that went home this time, not Serena.
Why? Here's specific reasons:
1. Aria has just been so-so tooooo many times. Her food is NOT knocking-it-outta-the-park. I feel the only reason she's even gotten this far is cuz some others have done even worse...but she isnt "wow-ing" anybody.
2. Poor attitude/"tactics". Examples: Remember when she wouldnt
allow Dzintra to even get a word in edgewise? Before you protest, yes, I agree, Dzintra was scattered and sometime a lil' weird (strangely, her actual videos show her in a MUCH better light, and capability)--but Aria hogged the show....and now....she interrupts Aarti.3. This particular mannerism/gesture where she "talks with her hands and has all her fingers as wide apart from each other as they can be while her eyes roll up at the sky---LOSE THAT!!
But reasons 1 & 2 are by far the main reasons.On the other hand, I will say, no, I did NOT expect Serena to be the ultimate winner of this whole thing.....but I thought she should have outlasted Aria. Further, Brad was right when he mentioned that after all this time Serena should do more than make Pasta so often. I still think Aria shoulda been eliminated before Serena. Serena was gracious and accepted her going home with politeness, class an graciousness. She is a good cook and I have faith she will continue to delight many with her genuine Italian food even after she leaves foodnetwork.
I agree 100% that Aria should have been eliminated this week. She's undermining and not a team player at all. Her food has been sub-par and she is totally forgettable,
I agree! Someone said that Aarti was rude for letting the soup get cold, I think that if Aria hadn't interrupted her, it would have gone very quick and they could have eaten their soup. What really irritated me was that when the judges called her out on it, she said, "I was confused." Even though she specifically asked Aarti if she was going to introduce her. I think that Aarti would have let her introduce herself had she told Aarti that she wanted to, and it would have been more respectful.
I agree with Art12. Aria is not a team player, her food is forgettable, where Serene has much more flair. I love Aarty's food, and have printed out more of her recipes than anyone else's. They translate super in my kitchen too.
I thought it was pretty rude to the guests and to Aria to let the soup just sit there getting cold. It sure sounded like she was winding up to go into ALL of the areas of LA and ALL of the dishes representing them.
I agree with you beachinfrizzy. Aarti had to be told to do the introduction. It did not look like she was helping the rest of her team. It appeared that she did the intro and her own dish while Herb and Aria helped the rest of their team.
I know right. Serena is amazing.... you should watch her webshow thing on youtube its called cooking in manhattan.. she is so much more relaxed there and she is great
I agree with you totally. Serena's song was funny and added a little interest and fun to the dinner. So, it was cheesy. Anyone seen Brian Boitano or the Neelys lately? Or Ann Burrell? Or Guy, etc. I loved her and thought she would have been a breath of fresh air. Also, Aria was my fav until she behaved so abominably. Lack of character sent one of the front-runners home last season--the Korean woman. Remember? I love Aarti, but I, too, hope she can diversify. Don't care for Indian all the time.
I agree, this was the first time I've watched this show but Aria was just stupid. I mean, yeah this is a competition but we viewers and fans of Food Network don't want to see someone someone being all smiles for the judges and then super catty without them. Serena isn't really my flavor but I would totally take her over Aria.
Looks like Serena's limited culinary range, as well as her motor mouth got her a one way ticket back to Italy. I really found it odd that someone who is an attorney had such difficulty talking in front of people. Yes, I realize English is not her native tongue, but still she never seemed composed in front of a camera.
Aria, caught a big break this week and if she had been sent home instead, I wouldn't have blinked an eye or said a peep about it. Yes, it is a competition, but you win by what you do, not by someone else screwing up. She isn't long for this competition in my mind and I'm sure she gets the axe next week.
Herb found a new POV as well as his mojo. I guess the question is can he keep it going, or will he suffer another meltdown. Kudos to him for putting the team first instead of himself in his decision not to bust the bugget with the pans, but this is a competition and at this point in the game there just isn't any room for error.
Aria should be NEXT to go!...then Aarti. Aarti had a good night but:
1. she ALREADY has her own show.
2. Even MORE relevant---her focus is too narrow. Brad totally blows Aarti outta the water!
3. The Foodies thing......it wasnt exactly what you'd call "All-American now, was it? How many "down home regular folks" were on that Foodie-panel? Where "a regular person" from Cincinnati, Ohio ...or from...a town of under 80,000 from Nebraska? The mere fact that that they even used the word "progressive" to describe them, tells 90% of the story. OF COURSE, a crowd like that is gonna go for "culture"...translation: foreign....than whatever is home-grown American.....so aarti wins. THAT time. But aside from that:It should have been ARIA that went home this time, not Serena.
Why? Here's specific reasons:
1. Aria has just been so-so tooooo many times. Her food is NOT knocking-it-outta-the-park. I feel the only reason she's even gotten this far is cuz some others have done even worse...but she isnt "wow-ing" anybody.
2. Poor attitude/"tactics". Examples: Remember when she wouldnt
allow Dzintra to even get a word in edgewise? Before you protest, yes, I agree, Dzintra was scattered and sometime a lil' weird (strangely, her actual videos show her in a MUCH better light, and capability)--but Aria hogged the show....and now....she interrupts Aarti.3. This particular mannerism/gesture where she "talks with her hands and has all her fingers as wide apart from each other as they can be while her eyes roll up at the sky---LOSE THAT!!
But reasons 1 & 2 are by far the main reasons.On the other hand, I will say, no, I did NOT expect Serena to be the ultimate winner of this whole thing.....but I thought she should have outlasted Aria. Further, Brad was right when he mentioned that after all this time Serena should do more than make Pasta so often. I still think Aria shoulda been eliminated before Serena. Serena was gracious and accepted her going home with politeness, class an graciousness. She is a good cook and I have faith she will continue to delight many with her genuine Italian food even after she leaves foodnetwork.
Aarti does not have her own show. Her amature YouTube show is not the same as an actual TV show. Any of the contestants could do a YouTube show. However, in my opinion, none of them could do it as well as Aarti. I'm rooting for her to win it. Although I have no interest in Indian food, I find her refreshing, genuine, and engaging. I would totally watch her show!!!
Tom had a terrible week after several strong weeks. Again, we're to late in the game for any mistakes. I really can't see him making it all the way, I just can't see him doing it week after week. He seems a bit slipshod.
Brad continues to shine, but he to has been flying by the seat of his pants on more than one ocassion. One screw up and he can pull that hat over his head.
As I've said before, it's Aarti game to lose. She's been the most consistant cook and for the most part her presentations have been solid. -
Herb really has to learn to put his cooking first. His decision to focus on the entire team cost him and could have sent him home. And in fact, by Herb doing so much in the kitchen to help others he in fact allowed Aarti to slide through without having to do much leadership at all in the kitchen. Aarti was able to focus on her dish while Herb did her job, and in the end her dish was viewed as good and Herb's was labeled bad. I hope he learned a big lesson here.
I wish Brad could keep it together in front of the camera. I'd like to see him give Aarti a real run for the top spot.
Tom & Aria are inconsistent. If they are not careful they will be the next ones to go.
I was tired of watching Serena struggle each week with so much drama - kind of glad we don't have to watch her pain any more.-
Totally agree with everything you said. For all the grief Aria's getting for interrupting Aarti, I saw Aria helping out in almost every scene after her soup was prepped, and she went first - she could have easily spent that time rehearsing what she was going to say instead.
I am sure and wish Arati wins i see her on her online recipes and she gets good ideas and new twist to Indian food by not changing it completely, I wish her all the best to become the winner, I will try her Supper recipe
Why is Aria is still on? She was the one that fussed about Dzintra, yet what she did to Arti was just as rude.
Aarti should have done the introduction as the guest's wine/drinks were being poured or as the first couse was beginning to be served. Yes it was rude of Aria to interrupt, but it was her soup that was sitting there getting cold.
You know...Aria's soup was disliked because it tasted bad not because it was cold.
I agree 100%!!! She should have been called out on the rude behavior since she did everything but say SHUSH!!! Didn't like Dzindra and I will certainly not watch Aria fir the same poor sportsmanship!IGNORANT!!
Are you kidding me! Aartie is beginning to drive me nuts. She fine for about 2 minutes then you get sick of hearing her whine and hearing her poor, poor me comments. She would be the last person I would listen to or watch on a weekly show. Plus her dishes are not something I would ever make or enjoy watching being made. Now Herb has some great dishes. I would love to try cooking some of his dishes. Herb seems to be coming into his own. I wonder if they are trying to make Aria look bad just so Aartie will look better.
exactly...aarti is nice and all but i dont think many people would like the food she cooks
I completely disagree. I love Indian food and think that it's a genre that's badly underrepresented right now on FN.
I don't see Aarti whining and don't hear her poor me comments. I would love to cook others things except the same stuff every day.
ASIAN food and stir-fry is even MORE widely eaten and popular and it isnt represented, either....so why not fill that Niche, first?
she does cook food other than indian. check her aarti paarti video blog. She has made steak in one of the videos. The only thing that might be different in her cooking and recipes is the use of indian spices which add flavor to the food. And what is wrong with Indian food ? Why does every show on FN have be Mexican, Italian or contemporary American ? Indian food is not only about curry and naan. It is much more than that. In fact what she is doing is introducing the viewer to Indian cooking and doing a good job at that !
OMG finally someone with some sense here. But they must have already decided - I guess they want an Indian show - give me Brad any day.


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A pioneer experience
By JUDY SHERARD
Churning butter, gathering eggs and milking a cow aren't on most youngsters' to do list these days, but they could try their hand at them Wednesday at Pioneer Day at the Ellis County Historical Society Museum.
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Churning butter, gathering eggs and milking a cow aren't on most youngsters' to do list these days, but they could try their hand at them Wednesday at Pioneer Day at the Ellis County Historical Society Museum.
"It gives them a sense of what it was like living in the pioneer era in Hays and Ellis County," said Donald Westfall, the museum's executive director.
"This was so much a part of the original history of the region. A lot of that's been lost now, so we just live in a bygone era through these activities."
Approximately 500 children -- most from Hays USD 489 schools, but some home-schooled students -- were expected to attend, he said.
Larisa Roy, Palco, brought her four children, along with home-schooling families from Palco and Ellis.
It's more fun for them to come in a group, she said.
"My kids really like studying history, and so they like to come here and actually see things and touch," Roy said. "It helps them to learn and remember what they learned."
Michelle Callahan, a third-grade teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School, agreed.
"It's nice to learn about specific Kansas history and Ellis County history," she said. "You get so focused on American history and world history when they're older, that it's nice to have a good background about where they are at right now before they learn the bigger history."
The event was canceled because of weather last year, so teachers and students had their fingers crossed this year, said Gay Flax, another Roosevelt third-grade teacher.
And the weather cooperated.
Sunny skies and warm temperatures, along with a gently rolling hill, provided the setting for a gunny sack race.
"This was a bad day to wear flip-flops," said Bailee Hern, a Roosevelt third-grader, as she stepped into the sack.
Docents, dressed in period costume, gave presentations about saddle-making and everyday life in the harness shop and Volga German Haus.
"The presenters do such a wonderful job. It's so kid friendly here," Flax said.
Some of the students got their first look at the new Hays Fire Department Museum.
"They're really enjoying that. It's a nice addition," Westfall said.
Richard Shubert, Ellis County Rural Fire Department Company No. 2 chief, gave the visitors a tour.
"They got to put a helmet on and touch a truck," Shubert said.
Roosevelt teacher Amy Mayo was pleased to see the framed picture Roosevelt students and staff had drawn and signed in 2001. The picture was presented to the Hays Fire Department in appreciation after Sept. 11, 2001, and now hangs in the museum.


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Healthy Ukrainian Borscht
Gluten Free Ukrainian Borscht
What is Ukrainian borscht? On the one hand, borscht is Ukrainian national soup, but on the other hand it is not a soup at all. So what is it that is so special about Ukrainian borscht?
Borscht is not just a regular meal; it is also one of Ukraine's national symbols. Ukrainian borscht recipe… it is nearly impossible to describe how to prepare borscht because there is no single "correct" way to actually cook borscht. Each hostess has her own ideas about the ingredients to be used and the process with which borscht has to be cooked. As a result in Ukraine they have as many versions of Ukrainian borscht recipes as there are hostesses in Ukraine, LOL. But there is mane ingredients must be in a Borscht.
I have to say it is very healthy, gluten free and it is full of antioxidants.
This is how I cook Original Ukrainian Borscht that is naturally gluten free.
Have 6 qt. stock pot
For stock:
6 cups of spring water
2 lb. Of beef bone marrow with a beef on it or meaty pork bones, or ½ of chicken
1 medium onion
1 medium carrots
1 cup of parsley (don't chop)
For soup:
1/2 medium-size cabbage (or 1 small)
2 small beets (1 medium)
4-5 medium potatoes
bunch of chopped dill ( or 1tbsp. dry dill)
5-7 cloves of minced garlic.
"Zapravka": (it is sauce for borscht)
1 medium onion
1 medium shredded carrot
1/2 bell pepper (green or read, or mix)
5 tbsp. tomato paste or any 24 oz. of tomato sauce (I like Tomato Basil)
salt and pepper to taste
First you need to cook the stock. Beef bone marrow with a beef on it or meaty pork bones, or chicken ( chose your meat that you like, I like beef or chicken), with an addition of root vegetables, such as onions, carrots, and parsley stalks, should be simmered for at least three hours.
After that, the stock have to be filtered, and the cooked meat have to be separated from the bones and returned to the pot. The bones and vegetables are thrown away.
Meanwhile, thinly shred 1/2 medium-size cabbage and a 2 small beets, and cube about 4-5 medium peeled potatoes.
Add beets and simmer for about 20 minutes. Add potatoes and cook until potatoes are soft.
While the potatoes are being cooked, prepare "Zapravka":
- In a heavy skillet, sauté sliced onion and 1 medium shredded carrot, 1/2 bell pepper (green or read, or mix).
- Add about 5 tbsp. tomato paste or any 24 oz. of tomato sauce (I like Tomato Basil).
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Sauté sliced for about 10 minutes more.
Add to the pot "zapravka" and sliced cabbage, and simmer for additional 5 minutes.
When the borscht is almost ready, check again for the spices, and add a bunch of chopped dill and a few cloves of minced garlic.
Remove from the heat and let stand for about 10-15 minutes. Serve borscht hot with one tbsp. of sour cream.
Watch video of how I am cooking low fat, low calories Ukrainian Borscht and it will take you 30-40 minutes to cook!
Enjoy healthy, home made Ukrainian Borscht! And it's gluten free!
About the Contributor:
Elena Perrone originally from Ukraine. She has been a US citizen for 18 years and lives in California. She has a passion for fashion and believe in healthy, organic home made foods.
Elena is a business partner with Nancy with Sisel International and other adventures. Elena is enjoying a healthy lifestyle. A few month ago she lost 30 lb. using Slender Pop diet.
Learn more about Elena at http://successworld2u.com/
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I have been so blessed to have Elena in my life! Elena and I meet on the Internet in early 2011 and she then invited me to come visit. I spent 4 days with Elena in April and she had made this gluten free Ukrainian borscht for me. I have to tell you I wouldn't have guess it to have some of those ingredients in the borscht because I couldn't taste say the "beets". But it was a very tasty dish and I had my fair share while I was there.
Go ahead and make this tasty Ukrainian Borscht!


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Four Members of Sophisticated Fraudulent Document Ring Sentenced
RICHMOND, Va. – Four members of a highly sophisticated and violent fraudulent document trafficking organization based in Mexico, with cells in 19 cities within the United States and 11 states, including three cells in Virginia, have been sentenced for their roles in the operation.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; and John P. Torres, Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations, made the announcement after the sentencings by Chief United States District Judge James R. Spencer.
This week, Eulalio Alcantara Cruz, 33, of Manassas, Va., was sentenced to 50 months in prison; Alfonso Alcaraz-Palomares, 32, of Little Rock, Ark., was sentenced to 51 months in prison; Gabriel Soberanas-Grada, 21, of Wilmington, N.C., was sentenced to 72 months in prison; and Kevin Garcia Fuertes, 24, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced to 27 months in prison, each after having pled guilty to a racketeering conspiracy. Further, each of the defendants is illegally within the United States and will be deported following the service of his prison sentence.
According to the indictment, Israel Cruz Millan, a/k/a "El Muerto," 28, of Raleigh, N.C., managed the organization's operations in the United States, overseeing 19 cells in 11 states, including three in Virginia, that produced high-quality false identification cards to illegal aliens. In each city where the organization operated, Millan placed a cell manager to supervise a number of "runners," the lower level members of the organization who distributed business cards advertising the organization's services and helped facilitate transactions with customers. The cost of fraudulent documents varied depending on the location, with counterfeit Resident Alien and Social Security cards typically selling from $150 to $200. Each cell allegedly maintained detailed sales records and divided the proceeds between the runner, the cell manager, and the upper level managers in Mexico. The indictment states that from January 2008 through November 2010, members of the organization wired more than $1 million to Mexico.
The indictment alleges that members of the organization sought to drive competitors from their territory by posing as customers in search of fraudulent documents and then attacking the competitors when they arrived to make a sale. These attacks allegedly included binding the victims' hands, feet and mouth; repeatedly beating them; and threatening them with death if they continued to sell false identification documents in the area. It is charged that the victims were left bound at the scene of the attack, and the indictment states that at least one victim died from the beatings.
Cruz Millan is accused of tightly controlling the organization's activities by keeping in regular contact with cell managers about fraudulent document inventory, bi-weekly sales reports and the presence of any rival document vendors. The indictment alleges that members of the organization who violated internal rules imposed by Millan were subject to discipline, including shaving eyebrows, wearing weights, beatings, and other violent acts.
According to court filings, Alcantara Cruz was the supervisor of a cell located in Manassas, and pled guilty on May 9, 2011; Alcaraz-Palomares was the supervisor of a cell located in Little Rock, and pled guilty on May 13, 2011; Soberanas-Grada was the supervisor of a cell located in Wilmington and pled guilty on April 29, 2011; and Garcia Fuertes was a runner in a cell located in Richmond and pled guilty on May 9, 2011.
Twenty-seven members of the organization were originally arrested on Nov. 18, 2010. To date, 22 of those arrested have pled guilty in this case. Five defendants remain pending for trial, which has been scheduled for Oct. 17, 2011.
The investigation was centered in the Norfolk office of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which falls under the Washington, D.C., office. ICE HSI received assistance from the Virginia State Police and Chesterfield County Police Department. Assistant United States Attorneys Michael Gill and Angela Mastandrea-Miller and Trial Attorney Addison Thompson, of the Criminal Division's Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, are prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.
Criminal indictments are only charges and not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov or on https://pcl.uscourts.gov.


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In the last decade, government's response to this societal problem has increased, both in effort and in effectiveness. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 ushered in a new era for our state. Recent Supreme Court rulings have put more "teeth" into the law by effectively mandating that law enforcement act to protect victims of domestic abuse.
According to Illinois law, police officers must take steps to protect a victim of domestic abuse whenever a "family or household member" has committed any act of "abuse."
"Family or Household Member" includes:
"Abuse" includes:
Battery is a crime! No one has the right to beat another person.
People are beaten for reasons as ridiculous as: the dinner is cold; the TV was turned to the wrong channel; the baby was crying. Abusive people refuse to control their violent impulses. Even where the person may have reason to be angry, they have no right to express their anger violently.
Being beaten hurts and no one likes it. There are many reasons why victims remain with abusers including their fear of further violence, the financial hardship of leaving, religious reasons, their emotional attachment to their partners, and their belief that families should stay together.
An Order of Protection is a legal order from a judge used to help protect victims of domestic abuse. It contains "remedies" which order an abuser to take certain actions or prohibits him from taking certain actions. The abuser, listed as the "respondent," can be arrested for violating certain remedies listed in an order of protection. A protected person cannot be arrested for violating an Order of Protection.
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Domestic violence is when one person tries to control another. It is a cycle which repeats itself.
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TALENT, Ore. – The Census Bureau reports roughly a third of all children nationwide live without their biological fathers. Kaydie Drake is one of those children.
"Both parents had mental health issues," said Kaydie's adoptive mother Theresa. "The bio father, they could never get him to acknowledge his mental health issues to the point of being able to get him any sort of help at all."
Theresa and her husband Mark are Kaydie's grandparents by blood, but her adoptive parents by choice. They say they made the hard decision to raise her when her biological parents proved unresponsive to parental education efforts from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Oregon DHS data shows as of 2011, the amount of foster children in Jackson County is going down, but cases of abuse and neglect are going up. Absence of parents or role models has been linked to behavior, mental stability, and drug use.
"Kaydie's one of the lucky ones," said Theresa. "There's not always that option out there. There's not always people that can step forward."
Mark and Theresa say there will always be a need for more foster parents. Biologically related or not, they say it makes a difference.
"I believe that anyone who steps forward to be a positive role model in a child's life is stepping forward out of love," said Theresa.
As for Kaydie, her parents don't hide any of their story from her. She calls them Mom and Dad anyway. She says she even has her Father's Day gift ready to go.
"Pictures," said Kaydie. "On the back and the front, and the name, for Happy Father's Day"


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Fulham boss Martin Jol is taking a hardline stance with wantaway midfielder Clint Dempsey ahead of the Canaries' Premier League visit.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Fulham boss Martin Jol has vowed not to let freescoring midfielder Clint Dempsey go on the cheap after leaving the American out of tomorrow's Premier League opener against Norwich.
The 29-year-old scored in the Cottagers' win in last season's corresponding fixture but has been heavily touted with a summer move to Liverpool. Dempsey has played little or no part in Fulham's pre-season build up but Jol is ready to play hard ball despite the midfielder only having a year left on his current Craven Cottage deal.
"Clint was not involved over the last four weeks so he is not going to be in the squad," said Jol, with Fulham officials confirming on Friday afternoon the American had been fined for refusing to play for the Cottagers.
"He is not committed to the club. He wants to leave. I would like to keep him, but I think it's impossible. It's a sad and an almost embarrassing situation. There was never an offer (from Liverpool). Clint himself told everyone he was going to Liverpool before he came back so we really thought there was quite a firm interest in him.
"Our people never had an offer on the table, so it's almost embarrassing. If you have shown interest in a player, especially in England, you have to follow it up with an offer. They didn't.
"Maybe Liverpool will come back. I can assure you that our chairman is strong enough. At first we didn't want to get rid of him, later on we had to change our position. But our view is that we won't let Clint Dempsey go on the cheap, that's for sure."
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Getting themselves in a mess, here. Dempsey could end up leaving for free...... "get rid of him" is not as pleasant as, say "losing him". Looks more difficult to retrieve than our own Holtygate affair.
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Basement-Foundation Drainage Issues
We have a 24 year old bi-level home with a full basement (8 foot ceilings). The builder was a high volume company that was known for very average work. The house sits in a generally low area on basically flat ground with a high seasonal water table and silt loam soils. The gutters work fine and drain away from the house.
We have been having a problem with the drainage around the perimeter of the basement slowly backing up into the drain well of the walk-out stairway during heavy rain events. The sump pump works fine (when the power dosen't go out), but the flow into it seems slow.
This evening, as it rained heavily and the water in the well backed up, I took a plunger and went at it. My wife wathced at the sump well down the hall. Initially the flow increased and then slowed as I kept going. As the same time, fine light colored silt came up into the drain well and also into the sump pump well with the trickle. I then stopped and the drain flow into the sump pump well increased significantly and the stairwell emptied.
Can I guess from this that the crushed rock around the plastic drain tile is clogged up with silt? Also, does anyone know if it is standard practice for drains at the bottom of basement stairwells to just connect to the foundation drainage system instead of having a seperate drainage tile to the sump pump? Finally, will we have to dig up this area and redo the drainage to fully solve this problem?
Thanks in advance.
Basement stairwells usually have a seperate drain to the sump as do each run of tile from the perimeter of the building. There is filter cloth which is used to line drainage systems of the type you describe. It was not always used. If the cloth was not used, silt from the backfill and years of soaking rain will infiltrate the stone surrounding the tile and eventually the tile itself. Settlement will also cause dips in the pipe itself which will cause some water to "belly UP". Some of this silt will serve to level out those bellies and allow the water to drain. So a little silt at these points is ok.
Rather than throw the most dire probelms at you and try to scare you with the more complex and worse case scenarios, I'll stick with the simplest and most affordable action. I think this would apply to your situation for a couple of reasons. One, the house is 24 years old and if it were a "really bad" problem, you would be complaining of flooding, not slow water drainage. Two, I've seen the problem you describe many times and the easy fix has always worked, with the soil composition you've described. If you had clay soil, it would have been much more complex.
In my experience, I think the drain tile from the walk out stairway to the pump has a 24 year buildup of silt in it. There are a number of ways to clear it. It will be a little time consuming (a few hours) but it is a DYI job and will be is as good as new when you're finished.
Remove the drain screen and put a garden hose without a nozzel into the cellar drain and let water run into it at a rate it will readily drain (you will increase rate as you clear the silt). At the sump end, insert another garden hose with a nozzel into the pipe where the water drains from. The nozzel should be the single cylinder type and locked into the heavy spray position. Start inserting the hose further into the pipe, the further the better, while running the water at full pressure. Silt will start washing out. As the flow increase, increase the water pressure to the outside hose. If the outside hose can easily be inserted further into the drain, do it. Keep working it this way until the watre runs clear. This method will keep you from clogging the pipe with silt.
I don't recommend you do this but, once complete, you could put a ping pong ball in one end and a shop vac at the other and the ball would pop right through. Now how did I know that?
Irisman, thank you for the advice. I tried this today, but came up empty.
Unfortunatley, the pipe that comes into the sump well makes a sharp 90 degree bend down about 25 inches out from the wall and then must turn again 90 degrees to run parellel to the ground. Even removing the nozzle from the hose, I couldn't negotiate this. At the other side, the drain in the concrete stairwell makes a 90 degree bend towards the house 10 inches down and I couldn't get a hose into this either. Is it possible that there might be a trap in the stariwell drain to prevent bugs from crawling into the house when it is dry? Unfortunately, we have no foundation diagram or "owner's manual" to assist us in figuring this out.
I did some more plunging this morning after rains last night and early today (5 inches in two days). That pulled up some more silty/sandy soil into the stairwell and seems to have cleared the clogged tile. At least when I turn the nozzle on at full blast, the water dosen't come up and out of the drain. But when I stop, the water dosen't disapper either and the level stabilizes at the top of the steel pipe which is connected at the bottom of the drain bowl.
As a side note, we do have a large multi-stemmed Viburnum shrub about about 15 feet tall next to the house. Is it possible that Viburnum roots might extend 4 feet down and into the drain tile?
At this point we are considering a company like Roto-Rooter to snake out the drain tile. I'm not sure if they do foundation drainage tiles. I may just buy a heavy duty drill type snake a give it a try myself. I will need this anyway for the ocassional clog in the bathroom pipes. My last hand crank snake broke and wasn't really long enough.
Not sure about the plant root. Be careful when using a snake since you could puncture the tile. Don't force it, let it churn at its own rate. I think perhaps the 2 90 degree bends might have some silt build up. When you plunge, it appears to clear the drainage problem for a while. That makes me think the problem is closer to the outside drain. If you have a pressure washer, you may be able to push the tubing (without the nozzel) into the opening. Otherwise, if it were mine and the water drains after plunging, I think I would run water into the drain until it starts to back up, plunge until it clears. I'd repeat this until it doesn't back up any more. It might take an hour or two worth of work but then you can be away from home when it rains and not worry.
5 inches of rain in 2 days!!! Quite substantial. The silty/sandy soil you are getting out of the drain sounds to be what has washed into it over the years. Usually when there's a real problem, you'd be pulling up mud and fine roots.
We have received 3 inches of rain over the last few days, I live in a brand new house. The drain tile does not drain into the sump pump, my pump well is dry. Should I try using a snake by myself or hire a professional to do so...it's weird to be in a brand new home where the drain tile does not drain, at one point it drained (when we bought the house)it's stopped since then. Please advise.


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Translate this page Spaghetti dinner fundraiser offered Thurs., Feb. 28 at Potter Jr. HighThursday, February 21st, 2013 Issue 08, Volume 17.
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What2Watch In Reality: Survivor Does Fans vs. Favorites Again
Also: The Amazing Race returns, and Idol spotlights the ladies.
The week to come in reality TV – because everyone on a Louisiana-based show is busy with Mardi Gras:
The Bachelor (ABC, 8 p.m.): Sean and his final six head to St. Croix, where a familiar face shows up to assist him in making some big decisions. Also, this may be Tierra's last stand, but we know this one won't go down without a fight.
The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8 p.m.): Valentine's Day is one of the biggest bad eating days of the year, so our losers are tempted with chocalatey goodies. Also, the kids get special encouragement, and two challenge winners receive visits from loved ones.
The Taste (ABC, 8 p.m.): The teams must create a dish using five particular ingredients; in the individual challenge, the contestants have to consider what dishes would pair best with certain wines.
Snooki and Jwoww (MTV, 10 p.m.): Snooki and Jionni are experiencing stress over the disruption to their lives created by the baby; Roger and Jenni have yet another fight. What is her fascination with Roger, anyway? The guy is worse than being single.
American Idol (Fox, 8 p.m.): The women clearly look like the stronger gender this Idol season, and they get their spotlight this week as their numbers are cut to 20 (or so) in Hollywood.
Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites (CBS, 8 p.m.): Let's hope the newbies who show up are better than the starstruck dolts who were so badly outschemed in the original fans vs. favorite season. Brandon Hantz is back, proving yet again nobody cares what I think.
My Strange Addiction (TLC, 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.): Among the healthy folks we meet in the season premiere episodes: a gentleman who dotes on his bathtub inflatables, and a couple who are obsessed with coffee enemas.
Swamp People (History, 9 p.m.): The new season begins with a hurricane getting in the way of the opening of gator season, and a new complication in the form of hunting upstarts from Texas.
Freakshow (AMC, 9:30 p.m.): AMC is really moving into the reality field in a major way now. One of two new entries this night, Freakshow deals with Todd Ray and the collection of oddballs he has brought together on the Venice Beach Boardwalk.
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The Amazing Race (CBS, 8 p.m.): Season 22 begins with the usual 11 teams, and with a new twist involving a second Express Pass. I will personally be rooting for the hockey guys, Bates and Anthony. TAR could use a penalty box.
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Widely regarded as one of the most charming towns in the South East, Tenterden, and its surrounding villages and countryside, is a fascinating place to visit and explore. With its unique mix of fascinating history and heritage, traditional shopping, family fun, great country activities and events, Tenterden and its surrounding villages have something for everyone.
So whether you are looking for a great day out, a weekend break or a longer stay, no other place offers so much to see and do, whatever the weather or time of year.
The town itself boasts a vibrant High Street and adjoining lanes full of quirky shops, a large leisure centre complete with swimming pool, flume and fitness centre plus a large recreation ground, impressive children's play areas, tennis courts and bowling green.
Living history
One of the best ways to enjoy the town is to follow the Heritage Trail that takes in the museums, the historic churches, the Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian buildings and Town Hall – The Heritage Trail leaflet and map can be down loaded from the brochures page. The town is also home to The Kent and East Sussex Railway where you can climb aboard one of its beautifully restored carriages and enjoy a trip through the picturesque Rother Valley to Bodiam Castle.
Family days out
Tenterden is surrounded by some great family attractions such as The Rare Breeds Centre at Woodchurch and the steam trains in Tenterden and their Santa Special trains at Christmas and Thomas the Tank weekends throughout the year. We also have a wonderful collection of historic houses, gardens and vineyards including Sissinghurst Castle, Smallhythe Place, Biddenden Vineyards and Chapel Down Winery and many more.
Sports and Scenery
The surrounding countryside has plenty to offer too with several quality golf courses, well stocked coarse and game fisheries, riding stables and wonderful walks and cycle trails all on the town's door step. A 15 minutes drive south of the town takes you to the historic town of Rye, and the haunting and magical Romney Marsh.
Tenterden Trout Waters enjoys an excellent reputation with discerning fly fishermen and is situated in a picturesque and peaceful location just a few minutes from Tenterden. The 3 lakes are stocked regularly with Rainbow and Brown trout, ranging in size from 2lbs to 12lbs.
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Free wifi is available in various locations in Tenterden including:
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The Vine Inn, High Street
Barclays Bank, Tenterden
Cafe Rouge, High Street, Tenterden
Savannah Cafe, High Street, Tenterden
The Wine Kitchen, High Street
Indulgence Cake and Coffee House, Coombe Lane, Tenterden
William Caxton Pub, West Cross, Tenterden
Nelsons Property and Commercial Law, Bells Lane, Tenterden
The London Beach Hotel, St Michaels, Tenterden
BT Openzone and BT Total Broadband are also available in various locations throughout Tenterden
Disabled Guide
The Tenterden Lions Club have produced an extremely useful Guide for the Disabled. The guide shows which shops and businesses in Tenterden and St Michaels have disabled access or have been adapted to be more friendly to the disabled visitor - wheelchair or scooter access, the number of entrance steps, a ramp, entrance bell, internal steps, hearing loops and disabled toilets. See here for further information www.tenterdenlions.org.uk/guidefordisabled.html .


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Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe.. History of the Indian Tribes of the United States: Their Present Condition and Prospects, and a Sketch of Their Ancient Status. Volume 6. . Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co, 1857. [format: book; image], [genre: government document; report]. Permission: Northern Illinois University
SAVAGE and civilized society have been regarded as presenting a necessary state of conflict. There is a perpetual opposition of thoughts, manner, and opinion a perpetual struggle of races. [2] It is not just to suppose that the civilization of Europe, at the settlement of this country, required more of the aborigines than it ought to have done. The very reverse is true. Civilization required him to quit hunting religion required him to quit idolatry, and virtue required him to quit idleness. The Indian was gazed at with wonder, as a man without history, but he was not hated. Civilization combated only his errors and his moral delinquencies. Letters, labor, art, morals, Christianity, demanded no more of him, than they had previously demanded, fifteen centuries before, of the Britons, Celts, Franks, Danes, and Goths, and the predatory Angles and Saxons, from the banks of the Iser and the Weser. Man was created, not a savage, a hunter, or warrior, but a horticulturist and a raiser of grain, and a keeper of cattle a smith, a musician a worshipper, not of the sun, moon, and stars, but of God. The savage condition is a declension from this high type; Greece and Rome were in error on this point. The civil and social state was the original type of society for man, and it was just, therefore, to require a return to it. Those who pronounce the Indian a "noble race," only mean some gleams of a noble spirit, shining through the thick moral oxydation of barbarism. The exaltation of thought that sometimes bursts out from him is ennobling, because it represents in him a branch of original humanity of man in ruins. A noble subject of philosophical and moral inquiry the Indian truly is, and this constitutes the animus of these investigations. In any comprehensive view of the transference of civilization into the boundaries of savages, we must regard it, in every phasis, as a contest between two bitterly opposing elements. The one aiming to advance by the peaceful arts of the loom and plough; the other, by the tomahawk. It was ever as much a conflict of principle against principle, as of race against race. It was not the white man against the red man, but of civilization against savageism. It is a war of conditions of society. When the English landed in America, the hunter and the agricultural state grappled in deadly combat. It has been a perpetual struggle between labor and idleness, education and ignorance, sobriety and indulgence, truth and error. Safety was ever the result of caution and manual power during the early ages of the colonies; and this struggle, often fearful and of doubtful issue, continued till the population of the new or intrusive element reached its equilibrium. The lower orders of Hindoos are hated as a caste, the Indian only as the representative of a condition and, as in all conflicts of a superior with an inferior condition, the latter must in the end succumb. The higher type must wield the sceptre. This is true in a moral as well as a political sense. The prophet announces that the nation and kingdom that will not serve the Lord shall perish. [3] It is a useless expenditure of sentimental philanthropy to attribute the decadence of the Indian race to anything else. When the fiat had been uttered, "Thou shalt live by the sweat of thy brow," the question was settled. We sympathize with him, truly, but we do so with our eyes open. The Indian tribes never appreciated the landing of Europeans in America as an advent of propitious omen. Far from it. "You are robbers and plunderers," said Vittachucco. [4] They were, it is true, glad of its indulgences, and the products of arts and commerce. But they underrated its refinements and promises. They hated its schools and religion. At the call of commerce, they sprang with new vigor to the chase; but this soon became destructive of the very state they contended for, as it destroyed the animals upon which they subsisted. The Indians having produced no historian, have never had the advantage of stating their side of the question. The native born philosopher of the woods averred, that God had made him exactly as he ought, and had given him arts and knowledge suited to his sphere. He was prone to refer to his past history as a golden age. The Great Spirit in his view, was exclusively a God of kindness, not of holiness. All the Red man's elaborate cogitations were of the past. His sages represented the future as a sphere of rewards, not of punishments; deeming this life to be a scene of such vicissitude, that the future was designed to be a theatre of compensations. It never entered into the Indian theory that justice was an attribute of the Deity. He did not fear, but rather loved death, and he sang his funeral song at the stake, with an assurance that he was on the eve of departing to a land of bliss. It is necessary to comprehend the Indian before we declare him to be void of reason. The Christian philosophy stood counter to all this. He hated Christianity, because he neither understood nor believed it. He denied that he had worshipped stocks and stones, the sun, moon, and stars, but affirmed that he had employed them merely to exhibit his offerings to a higher power. He avowed his belief in the Great I AM the great IAU. [5] Such were the teachings to be gathered from the words of Opechanganough, Tamenend, Sassacus, Passaconawa, Pontiac, Achinwa, and other eminent chiefs. Resting in the conviction that his state was, in every respect, precisely that which the Overruling Power had designed, he turned a deaf ear to other theories, and modes of life, and obligations. He did not believe that his forefathers were not wise, and had not worshipped the Great Spirit aright. He could not comprehend that he himself was a savage. There is no word in the Indian language that means savage. They had no use for such a word. Christian philosophy taught that he lived in a state of very great declension from his original state; and that knowledge and ignorance, instead of being prejudged or fated conditions of men, as he believed, were but the mere results of human exertion, under the benign and universal law of original mental freedom of act and thought. Gall and sweetness could not be more opposite than these two theories. A war of conditions was the consequence. In this conflict the parties never more than half comprehended each other. Misunderstandings and dissatisfactions continued through centuries. Both parties were suspicious of each other to the last degree. The Indians were often cruel and treacherous. Arms were appealed to, when reason would have been better. But the teacher and the philanthropist, the humanitarian and the Christian, plied their cares with renewed vigor whenever the pauses in the contest rendered it practicable. For centuries together, councils and treaties, war and peace, succeeded each other with fitful and uncertain periods. But whatever they thought of the advent of the Europeans, they by no means believed that the severe toil and high standard required in all moral, intellectual, and legal accountability between man and man, and God and man, were any equivalents for the idleness, the spasmodic pleasures, and the wild independence of the chase. Least of all, did they think it an improvement to give up their Jossakeeds and seers for Christian pastors. They adhered with tenacity to the power of a Great Manito, or a Wahconda an Owayneo, or an Aba Inca. Such were, in an emphatic degree, the ideas and the Vesperic families of the United States Indian tribes. The history is one, of an unfortunate and benighted branch of the human race, in which there is more cause of pity than blame. In narrating it, there is a perpetual and unavoidable conflict between barbarism and civilization. Sombre traits in the narration will sometimes be relieved by bright ones. The fiend will often change places with the hero and the noble minded. But there are no ruins of arts, no monuments of bygone thoughts and labors, to decorate the way. A rude piece of pictography on a rock, alike perpetuates, in doubtful characters, his triumphs over man and over beasts. A scroll of bark, inscribed with hieroglyphics, serves his memory to awaken his magic, or medicine songs. His consecrated meda sack, embraces those charmed articles which he supposes to be proof against disease; to render him invulnerable to the darts of his enemy; to draw the wild animals to his path; and to secure, in fine, the great objects of prosperity in life. He puts a pine stick, with marks, at the head of his loved and honored dead, not regarding its perishable nature, for he too, soon expects to perish and rejoin the person interred, in blissful scenes, to which he has been privileged first to go. But in depicting such a history the survey can borrow no charm from arts, letters, or refinements. Even the semi-civilization to which some of the tribes had reached in southern latitudes, he had not attained. But it cannot fail to be perceived, in the references we shall make to these tribes, that if he had not reached their attainments in agriculture, and the erection of buildings and temples, he had also escaped their brutal idolatry, loss of all personal independence, and loose and corrupt manners. The only merit, therefore, to which the narrative can aspire, will be to depict things in their true light and true order, with simplicity and clearness. The task itself has not been voluntarily undertaken, nor would it have been assumed as one of public duty, had it not been for the occasion it presented of throwing around the subject a body of authentic materials, illustrative of their mental habitudes, and their present condition and prospects; and thus, promising to furnish a true basis for the governmental policy to be pursued with them as tribes and nations, and for the pursuit of the momentous object of their reclamation and salvation as men.
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe.. History of the Indian Tribes of the United States: Their Present Condition and Prospects, and a Sketch of Their Ancient Status. Volume 6. . Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co, 1857. [format: book; image], [genre: government document; report]. Permission: Northern Illinois University Persistent link to this document: http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/file.php?file=schoolcraft6.html |


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A mirrored fireplace surround looks so luxurious, and this fancy model even conceals the firebox when it's not in use.
Mirrored closet doors usually get a bad rap, but let's not confuse this sleek system with those gold-trimmed sliding numbers from apartments past. The reflective storage unit also helps to visually enlarge this tiny studio.
This minimal bedroom also feels more expansive thanks to a wall of mirrors. And judging by the seams, I suspect this one harbors some storage space too.
Mirrors work wonders as a backsplash for two reasons: one, they're easy to wipe down after a cooking mishap (remember what I said about that Windex?), and two, you can discretely check if there's anything in your teeth whilst entertaining.
Again, a wall of mirrors, like the tiled one here, does wonders to the room's perceived size.
On a smaller scale, these little mirror-like tiles make for a beautifully shimmering backsplash.
Mirrors with an aged patina work well if you prefer a softer effect.
While the closer wall shown here is plaster, the far wall behind the bed is actually a mirrored background with a wire mesh curtain in front. It kind of echoes the texture of the plaster, but provides much more reflected light.
Mirror-fronted cabinets look similar to glass, but with the added benefit of keeping unsightly contents concealed.
Use a few mirror fronts to break up a large section of cabinets in the kitchen.
Or go all-mirror for your overheads.
I've seen plenty of mirrored furniture, but this is the first four-poster bed I recall. I love how it shines from the glow of the nearby lights.
More Ways with Mirrors:
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More Ways with Mirrors:
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Groundcover, possibly thyme?
Hi! Looking for recommendations for a perennial groundcover. Some areas are sunny, some partially sunny, some foot traffic, and bare slopes. Not looking for something too invasive, but something that covers spots that are bare. What have you had luck with? Anyone plant thyme? Thanks!
For the slopes, I'd say you can't beat periwinkle. It holds the soil from eroding, spreads nicely and looks great all year.
I am also partial to cerastium (Snow in Summer) and iberis (candytuft).
I think I heard chamomile or edelweis can be walked on, but I may have dreamed it.
Never had a bit of luck with thyme, even though I watered it regularly. Bad spot, maybe.
Let us know what you decide.
I keep trying to convince creeping thyme to grow in the bare patches of my "lawn" (over the past 10 years) So far with no luck. I'm always jealous of the huge swaths of the stuff growing in the Thruway divide south of Harriman and on the side of the road (steep slope gravelly looking) along route 23 in Green county. Just a couple of days ago I layed mats (removed from a stone patio..it was uncontrolable) to try again. I guess from all this that the first requirement is good drainage and lots of sun. I think another name for it is "mountain thyme" I'll let you know if it works this time.


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Nowadays, online file back up and sharing is ubiquitous. When I wrote this post about YouSendIt almost 7 years ago, it was a big deal. In the interim YouSendIt became Hightail and added mobile apps and access as well. For the sake of present relevance, here it is again in a refreshed format.
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Sharing Files
I recently inherited a 'multimedia' folder – an assortment of over 7,000 photos and records with virtually no identification. … [continued]
I have another idea about sharing genealogy.
I've had a few members of my immediate family express interest in the 'family history'. Now, that may seem simple to them but I'm not sure what they mean and I get a brain twist going on every time. … [continued]
(If you're wondering why screen-sharing with Skype seems it doesn't work for free anymore, it's because Skype counts your webcam and your screen-share as two different videos and you can only have one. So you have to turn your webcam off if you want to use screen-share. Under Call, choose Video and Stop Video.)
Between my cousin, Sam, and my other Cuz I've pretty much got a full-time job here.
They've both got themselves set up with Skype so we can spend a lot of time screen-sharing. … [continued]
SugarSync is yet another online backup and file sync option. Here are the top ten reasons you should use it.
- Back up and secure your data (you never know when your computer will crash)
- Access all of your files on the go (from any browser or mobile phone)
- Share entire folders and collaborate on projects … [continued]
The last post on running Legacy from Dropbox on my two computers led me to thinking this might also be able be used as an alternative to IntelliShare. I believe the concept of IntelliShare was probably put together prior to the ease of online file-sharing. It seems so obvious now I don't know why I didn't think of it before. … [continued]
To answer some common questions: How to put something in someone's Dropbox folder? How to access a public Dropbox folder? How to get into someone's Dropbox? How to find people on Dropbox? … [continued]
The ongoing post-Intellishare adventures with Cuz. It's a good thing I've never tried to make a living as a diplomat. While I'd be thinking about how to make all the people happy all the time the situation would be long gone and I'd be left standing in the dust still thinking. … [continued]
IntelliShare takes compromise, no question about it.
You have to agree on location formats, date formats, source citation formats and notes/event entry. At the very least. … [continued]
After a couple days of thinking about the IntelliShare failure and the reasons, I came up with another idea.
First of all, I think IntelliShare is a great idea put forth by people who have been doing genealogy from birth and they probably know what they're talking about. … [continued]


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How would you like to try a FREE version of Match-up Math, the iPhone/iPod touch game I worked on? Just use this link:
Match-Up Math!
(If this link doesn't work on your browser, just go to the iTunes Store and search "match-up math")
This is an educational game that's a lot like Mahjong solitaire, except instead of matching symbols, you're matching numbers, equations, fractions and decimals. I'm pretty proud of this fledgling effort on the iPhone (My Turn Mobile is a start-up company with some great ideas about making educational software) And I'd love for you to download it for free and let me know what you think.
Oh, and did I mention it's FREE?
Here's a demo video to give you an idea of what it looks like:
And if you like it, you can buy the full version too, which would be pretty awesome. :) I did the art, audio, and was co-designer on this app. It's great for kids to learn math, but also a lot of fun for us grown-ups too!
Oh! I almost forgot.. If/when you DO download it (for FREE, in case I forgot to mention), please leave a comment and rating - that will REALLY help people find it, and it's very hard to get found above the noise on iTunes. I do appreciate that - thanks!
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Barbara Vercoe - 07/03/2014
Gorgeous dance! Thanks once again Ria.
Caroline Pearson - 04/12/2013
Fabulous dance, we just love it well done Ria.
Maureen Bullock - 24/10/2013
How lucky we are to have a choreograhper of Ria's brilliance. Been dancing this for months, but still enjoy the dance and the music. Has the gift of mixing interesting steps which fit the music like a glove with some easier parts 'light and shade' which is why I feel so successful.
Sharon Brizon - 10/10/2013
Sorry ... so easy to forget to click the blinkin' mouse on the stars!
Sharon Brizon - 10/10/2013
Am happy to give this dance 5 stars from me alone! However, I know my dancers well and they are going to struggle with the timing and the directional changes. Many of you say the re-starts are easy, but when one comes during the first wall... that's ALWAYS tricky! I love the music, and yes I agree... Ria is the queen of NC2!
Sue Bain - 18/09/2013
Ooops, Sorry, forgot to rate it!!!
Sue Bain - 18/09/2013
Taught this last night and most of the dancers gave this dance the thumbs up. They liked the music, the steps seemed to flow and although it took a while for some to master the timing of the last few steps they felt it was worth working at. Another couple of weeks to get more confident and i feel sure this will become a class favourite.
Stuart Gordon - 16/09/2013
Brilliant dance, great track. Interesting step combinations and flowing turns fit the feel and phasing of the music perfectly. Two easy restarts and a small tag keeps the dance spot on � Getting to where it deserves to be � at the top of the charts � thanks for another great dance Ria.
Peter Harrison - 14/09/2013
brill dance ria has done it again
Jackie Jacotine - 12/09/2013
Your review
Jackie Jacotine - 12/09/2013
Congratulations Ria, you've done it again with this lovely dance to beautiful music, there's no doubt you are the queen of NC2's the tricky counts means you have to focus a 100% till you get to grips with the dance, a real treat, of course I'm a NC'2s fan like His only Need, Hurt me carefully and now this one what can I say but just keep them coming, Jackie
Jackie Barber - 11/09/2013
A beautiful dance by Ria Vos. Lovely music. Timing is a little tricky but once mastered a great looking dance.
Joy Ashton - 06/09/2013
I agree with all the reviews but totally echo Ross Brown, great flowing dance when mastered to a beautiful track. Having taught the steps, repeated enough and emphasised the timing all the class gave this a big 'thumbs up'!
Sue Marks - 29/08/2013
Just love this dance! So well choreographed - beautiful music. Taken a couple weeks to be confident but wow!
David Spencer - 21/08/2013
Ria again doing what she does best and coming up with a classy and interesting dance in just 32 counts. Best not to judge the dance till you've mastered the footwork and timing. One or two of mine seemed a little unsure the first night, but have since confessed they've grown to love it.
Elaine Hornagold - 19/08/2013
Another lovely NC2 from Ria. It flows well and the music just makes you want to dance - would certainly recommend it, hope it does well!
Vikki Morris - 17/08/2013
beautiful music and great dance , love the use of different timings in some of the sections. makes it different to the normal nc2step
Ross Brown - 31/07/2013
Ria sure knows how to find great songs for writing nightclub two-steps to. I love the fact this dance works really nicely without feeling like any of her previous dances. The simple restart and tag are easy enough to incorporate. If I was to have a little moan, I would say this last 4 counts feel a bit awkward at times. Otherwise, another wonderful dance from Ria, which deserves a look if you've enjoyed her previous work.
Wendy Hulshoff - 30/07/2013
A new NC2 written by Ria Vos. This dance proves again why Ria is called the unbeatable NC2 dancequeen. This will be another top 10 hit soon!
Karen Hooper - 23/07/2013
Taught this lovely nc2 tonight - No Mans Land by Leanne Mitchell. 2 wall 1 easy restart and 1 titchy tag. The dance flows together beautifully - highly recommended
Christine Wallace - 16/07/2013
Ria taught this classy night club two step at a recent workshop. When I taught it to my intermediates, they loved both the dance and the music. Another big success on the cards.


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Devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as a state crime: social audience reactions
- Kelly L. Faust,
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In the 5 years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, scholars in many disciplines have speculated on the sources of the widespread devastation. While many of these studies have focused on objective evidence of the violation of human rights following Hurricane Katrina, this study reviews the human rights violations and goes a step further by examining social audience reactions (both victims and the general public) to the government's response efforts. Relying on Green and Ward's (Green 2009; Green and Ward Social Justice, 27, 101–115, 2000; 2004) human rights/organizational deviance definition, which sees state crime as human rights violations that result from state organizational deviance, we attempt to provide further evidence of this case as one of state crime. This article presents results from binary logistic regression analyses that assess the likelihood of respondents disapproving of the actions of officials from various levels of government after the hurricane using data from a survey of Hurricane Katrina evacuees completed by The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University (The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University 2005) in the weeks after the storm, and data from a special topics ABC News/Washington Post public opinion survey completed in September of 2005 (ABC News/The Washington Post 2006). Key findings in this study include a strong similarity of results across data sets for race, sex, and religion with regards to respondents disapproving responses to the storm devastation at the federal level. A clear majority of respondents in both data sets disapproved of the actions of some level of government, further implying negative audience reactions, and thus the need to recognize the government's response to Hurricane Katrina as a state crime.
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- Title
- Devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as a state crime: social audience reactions
- Journal
Crime, Law and Social Change
Volume 55, Issue 1 , pp 33-51
- Cover Date
- 2011-02-01
- 10.1007/s10611-011-9268-7
- Print ISSN
- 0925-4994
- Online ISSN
- 1573-0751
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
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- Authors
- Kelly L. Faust (1)
- Susan M. Carlson (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, USA


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Maximal width learning of binary functions AbstractThis paper concerns learning binary-valued functions defined on \mathbb{R}, and investigates how a particular type of `regularity' of hypotheses can be used to obtain better generalization error bounds. We derive error bounds that depend on the sample width (a notion analagous to that of sample margin for real-valued functions). This motivates learning algorithms that seek to maximize sample width.
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The CALD Resources website is developed and managed by WDHB Asian Health Support Services. It provides a platform for health practitioners to access resources to:
With the growing diversity of the population in New Zealand, health practitioners are experiencing more cross-cultural interactions with migrant and refugee patients from linguistic, cultural and religious diverse backgrounds. As a result The Ministry of Health now requires District Health Boards to provide services that acknowledge the diversity of cultures and ensure services are accessible, culturally appropriate, effective and safe. In New Zealand, the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (HPCAA) requires registration authorities to set standards of clinical competence and cultural competence. Click here to view a list of the cultural competence standards set by The Medical Council NZ, The Royal NZ College of GPs, Nursing Council of NZ, The Aotearoa NZ Association of Social Workers, etc or go to the website of your professional body to find out more about the standards. Cultural competence refers to an ability to communicate and interact effectively with people of different cultures. Cultural competence comprises four components: cultural awareness, sensitivity, knowledge and skills. This website offers the following range of resources:


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Optimizing Your Datacenter
Data center growth has been exponential. With a predicted 50X data growth over the next 10 years, the amount of compute, network, and storage resources required to manage, analyze, store, and protect this data is staggering. The challenge and expense managing all of this when you also account for the power, cooling, and real estate required to keep this equipment running. To combat this, a new generation of server, networking, and storage technologies has hit the market. The question is though, which way do we go? Which of these technologies make the most sense? Am I going to implement a technology, only to find the industry has gone in a different direction? Will I truly achieve a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) if I implement them?
The Kovarus Approach
Kovarus has the integrated IT expertise on how to not only analyze the various technologies used within your data center, but also analyze the people and processes you use to manage it. Using a combination of proven best practices, deep domain expertise and best-of-breed technology, Kovarus can deliver a comprehensive solution, including:
- Assessment of your infrastructure requirements
- Analysis of existing processes
- Architecture and design services
- Process design and implementation
- Insight into return on investment
- Best practices and knowledge transfer