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The need to preserve fruits and vegetables after an abundant harvest is as old as farming itself, and dehydration is the easiest preservation method I've found. A dry environment inhibits the growth of microorganisms and bacteria, preventing food from spoiling. It is a technique that has been used from ancient civilizations to the modern commercial food industry, but the resulting products remain the same, from peppers to corn to cranberries. More recently, tabletop dehydrators have brought this technology into the home, and chefs have innovated ways to create new flavors and textures.
There are many benefits to dehydrating foods: As opposed to canning, they retain many of the nutrients that are found in their fresh form; there is no need for chemical preservatives; and it's an effective way to utilize fruits in season when they are abundant and cheap. At the end of strawberry season, for example, I will buy gallons of strawberries at a great price. Preserving them is as easy as slicing the ripe berries and laying them out on the trays. They can be eaten as an afternoon snack, in a bowl of cereal, as a garnish for salads, or wherever a chewy, intense strawberry texture is welcome. I make a wonderful topping using both fresh and dried strawberries diced together and use it over ice cream. The juiciness of the fresh strawberry contrasting with the concentrated flavor of the dried is a playful and unexpected combination.
Making jerky is a popular use for dehydrators. I take the same technique of marinating the meat but apply it to umami-rich mushrooms instead. Again, this is a tasty vegetarian snack but with a little creativity, it becomes an elegant garnish to a dish of tofu in a light ginger broth. The mushrooms absorb the marinade and take on a meaty flavor that adds a nice contrast to lighter vegetarian dishes.
Leathers are also a common method used in dehydration, but if you continue to dry the food even longer, you will get a brittle texture resembling paper. It is both beautiful to look at and texturally complex. Use a brightly colored vegetable like beets and you will have a stunning presentation for a salad. Granolas are another simple food that becomes elevated when you add seasonal dried fruits like heirloom tomatoes.
There are so many more uses for dehydrators, from herbs to meat, even flowers. We have only scratched the surface of all the endlessly creative ways to preserve vegetables in this handy and inexpensive tool. Hopefully, these ideas will get you curious and started on your own path to dehydration innovation.
1. Remove the stems from 2 pints strawberries. Slice into 3/8-to-1/2-inch thick slices. Arrange on dehydrator trays, being careful not to overlap any slices.
2. Dehydrate for 6 to 8 hours at 140°F, checking for doneness periodically. Once dry, store in an airtight container.
Choosing a Dehydrator
- Dehydrators have only a few components to worry about: a heat source, a way to control air flow, and trays to hold the food. Pick a good machine, one that's not too cheap.
- Make sure the dehydrator has an adjustable thermostat. Most recipes call for temperatures between 120° and 150°F; there's no need to pay extra for ones that go higher.
- Choose one that has stackable trays so you can do a good amount at once.
- Look for ones that use fans or "nonpassive" airflow. This is important, because you want the heat to be evenly distributed throughout the trays.
The most reliable brands are Excalibur, Nesco, and L'Equip. They make sturdy, safe machines that clean easily.
Mushroom Jerky
- 2 large portobello mushroom caps
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1. Using a small spoon, remove the black gills from the underside of the mushroom caps. Wipe the tops with a damp paper towel to remove any dirt. Slice the mushrooms 1 inch thick. Lay the slices on a plate or tray.
2. In a small bowl, mix the soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ginger, curry powder, and pepper. Brush the marinade over the mushroom slices. Flip them over and brush the other side. Arrange the slices on dehydrator trays, being careful not to overlap. Dry for 4 to 6 hours at 140°F. Do not overdry, or the jerky will become brittle. The mushrooms should still be pliable and chewy. Store in an airtight container.
Serves 2 as a snack
Savory Granola
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped thyme
- 2 cups oats, not quick-cooking
- 1/2 cup pepitas
- 1/2 cup soy nuts
- 1/4 cup barley flakes
- 2 tablespoons amaranth seeds
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon chopped thyme
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 egg white
1. Slice the tomatoes in half and toss with the finely chopped thyme. Arrange in a single layer on dehydrator trays. Dry the tomatoes for 8 to 10 hours at 125°F.
2. Preheat the oven to 300°F. In a large bowl, combine the oats, pepitas, soy nuts, barley, amaranth, and sesame seeds. In a medium bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and whisk until combined and frothy. Pour over the grains and stir to combine.
3. Pour the mixture onto a large baking dish in an even layer. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. The granola will be crisp and golden. Remove from the oven and cool. Add the tomatoes and store in an airtight container.
Makes 3 cups
Beet Chips
- 2 cups red beets, peeled and diced small
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1. Place the beets in a small saucepan and add enough water to cover the beets 2 inches deep. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer the beets until cooked and very soft. Drain, reserving liquid.
2. Place the beets in a blender and add 1 or 2 tablespoons of the cooking liquid. Blend until thoroughly pureed, adding another tablespoon of liquid if needed. The mixture should be very thick and smooth. Add the vinegar, salt, and pepper and blend to incorporate.
3. Prepare a fruit roll tray for the dehydrator by wiping with vegetable oil. Spread the puree in an even, thin layer on the tray, about 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick. Place in the dehydrator and dry as recommended by the manufacturer's guidelines for time and temperature for making leather—usually 8 to 10 hours at 135°F.
4. When done, the beet chips will be brittle and peel away from the tray in large pieces. Break them into shards and store in an airtight container until ready to use. It is best to use them in the next few hours, or they will reabsorb moisture and become soft.
Makes 1 tray (depending on dehydrator model)
Learn more about Chef Edward Lee.
Photos by Matthew Benson
Originally published in Organic Gardening Magazine August/September 2013.


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Kent State Public Relations Students Place Second in Nation for Anti-Bullying CampaignPosted May. 10, 2013
The Public Relations Student Society of America named Kent State University's Blue Team as the second place finisher in the national Bateman case study competition May 10.
KSU Blue had been named one of three national finalists – out of 68 teams from across the country that submitted entries – in the competition April 15. Eighty teams originally entered the competition.
KSU Blue and the two other finalist teams presented their campaigns via Skype to a panel of PRSSA judges in New York City to determine the final rankings.
The PRSSA Kent Chapter will receive $1,500 as a result of Blue's second-place finish. The team also will be recognized at PRSSA's National Conference in Philadelphia in October.
Each year, the Bateman competition calls for PRSSA college chapter teams to research, plan, implement and evaluate a public relations campaign between January and March. This year's case study involved childhood bullying.
KSU Blue – Kirsten Bowers, Wezley Garlick, Mary Kate Garvey, Caitlin Potts and Lyndsey Sager – created and implemented a plan at Rootstown Middle School that focused on the proactive roles bystanders can take to diffuse bullying situations.
"The Bateman competition pushes students to use research to drive strategies and tactics, and Blue's campaign succeeded at Rootstown and with the PRSSA judges because of the outstanding, in-depth research," said Tim Roberts, Blue's faculty advisor. "These students and our school have a lot to be proud of."
Erin Orsini, a 2011 Kent State public relations graduate and associate at True Digital Communications, served as Blue's professional advisor.
Loyola University of New Orleans, the 2012 national Bateman winner, took the title again this year.
About PRSSA
About PRSSA Kent Chapter
More than 60 students are members of the award-winning PRSSA Kent Chapter, which offers numerous opportunities for professional development, networking and career preparation. The programming complements the PR Kent curriculum and provides relevant experience for future public relations professionals. PRSSA Kent has received six national PRSSA Teahan awards for its programming and service efforts. The Chapter and its officers also have received numerous University student leadership honors. http://www.prssakent.com
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Woman, Behold Thy Son (Stabat Mater)
As time passed at Golgotha, the sky grew darker, frightening away many of the observers but permitting those in Jesus' immediate circle, who had initially kept themselves at a safe distance, to approach, and even to touch his feet. Mary Magdalene hugs the cross. Jesus—facing away and hidden by the beams of the cross—acknowledges the sufferings of his mother, and seeing John standing nearby, he urges her to look to the apostle for comfort, saying, "Woman, behold thy son!" He also urges John to care for the Virgin as part of his own family, saying to him, "Behold, thy mother!"
- Portfolio/Series: The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ (La Vie de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ)
- Artist: James Tissot, French, 1836-1902
- Medium: Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
- Place Made: France
- Dates: 1886-1894
- Dimensions: Image: 11 11/16 x 6 in. (29.7 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 11 11/16 x 6 in. (29.7 x 15.2 cm) Frame: 20 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. (50.8 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm) (show scale)
- Signature: Signed bottom left: "J.J. Tissot"
- Collections:European Art
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- Accession Number: 00.159.300
- Credit Line: Purchased by public subscription
- Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
- Caption: James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Woman, Behold Thy Son (Stabat Mater), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 11/16 x 6 in. (29.7 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.300
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Quarterly Report: 2012, July - September (Q1), False Pass
False Pass
Brice Eningowuk
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City of False Pass
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Community Sanitation Overview:
City provided services include piped water, electric, refuse collection, landfill, public safety office, volunteer fire, dock, airport (state contract), roads, community hall, youth center, Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS) television broadcast support, library, boat haul-out, pet registration, driver licenses, and voter registration. The city also owns and maintains the buildings housing the post office, library, and clinic. Construction of Bering Pacific Seafoods is complete and the first year of operation over. A small boat harbor is near completion. Water is derived from a nearby spring and reservoir and is treated and stored in two 60,000-gallon tanks. Most homes are connected to the piped water system. Over 80% of the homes are fully plumbed. Most residents have individual septic tanks, however many are experiencing leachfield failure. While not currently operating, wastewater from seafood processing flows directly into an outfall line. A community-wide septic system is designed and funding for construction is being sought.
RUBA Status & Activities This Qtr:
Anchorage RUBA staff has maintained contact with the city as the clerk was on leave. The city has provided the city budget.
RUBA Activities for the Coming Qtr:
It is recommended that Ensure that all utility revenues and expenses are listed on the utility budget. The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources) sufficient to cover operating expenses and repair and Replacement (R/R) costs. The utility has adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure. The utility has a safety manual and holds safety meetings. The utility maintains an inventory control list. The utility maintains a critical spare parts list. By implementing the above recommendations, the City of False Pass will put itself into position to better meet unanticipated financial costs and ensure that employees are aware of their conditions of employment.
Essential Indicators:
25 of 26
Sustainable Indicators:
23 of 27
Total Score:
48 of 53
Essential Indicators
All revenues and expenses for the utility are listed in the utility budget.
The utility has adopted a balanced realistic budget.
Monthly financial reports are prepared and submitted to the policy making board.
The utility is current in paying all water/wastewater electric bills.
The utility has on hand a year's adequate fuel supply or it has a financial plan to purchase an adequate supply.
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources) sufficient to cover operating expenses.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources sufficient to cover operating expenses and Repair & Replacement (R) costs.
YTD revenues are at a level equal to or above those budgeted.
YTD expenditures are at a level equal to or below those budgeted.
A monthly manager's report is prepared.
Budget amendments are completed and adopted as necessary.
Finances Comments
The FY12 Budget amendment lists the water utility income at $15,832.28 and expenses totaling $21,829.80. Wages are included in the general fund and not the utility budget. The clerk was notified that the wages, taxes, benefits and insurance should be added to the water utility expenses to get a true accounting for the water and operations. The city purchases heating fuel from Peter Pan Seafood on an as needed basis and has a financial plan to purchase additional fuel if needed. The electric utility is run by the city, the clerk does transfer funds to track all expenses for the utility, as the electric utility subsidies the water utility. The city does not have a repair and replacement account yet, but there has been discussion to implement one for the water utility that resembles the harbor repair and replacement account. The YTD revenues from the monthly financial report show that the water utility income is at 82 percent with less than five months remaining in the income cycle. The YTD expenditures from the monthly financial report states that the expenses for the water utility is at 60 percent of the total budget. The manager is also the operator and submits operations reports to the council as documented in the meeting minutes from December 22, 2010.
Accounting Systems
Essential Indicators
The utility has adopted a collection policy and actively follows it.
The utility bills customers on a regular basis.
An accounts receivable system is in place which tracks customers and reports past due accounts and amounts.
An accounts payable system is in place.
The payroll system correctly calculates payroll and keeps records.
A cash receipt system is in place that records incoming money and how it was spent.
The utility has a cash disbursement system that records how money was spent.
Sustainable Indicators
A chart of accounts is used that identifies categories in a reasonable, usable manner.
Monthly bank reconciliations have been completed for all utility accounts.
The utility has a purchasing system that requires approval prior to purchase, and the approval process compares proposed purchases to budgeted amounts.
Accounting Systems Comments
The council has adopted Title VI: Utilities and Public Facilities / Equipment, Chapter 36: Water and Sewer in the code of ordinances. This code has a provision for the city to adopt and enforce regulations and provisions pertaining to the water utility. A sample bill to a water and sewer utility customer was received that shows a monthly water and landfill service charge to the customer. The city utilizes QuickBooks 2009 Pro for all financial accounting. The accounts receivable report, dated January 25, 2011 has all the accounts that are owed to the city. There is an issue of reconciliation of past due billings that may or may not have been paid. The clerk has asked the QuickBooks consultants how to enter prepay amounts for the electric utility as there was a time that the previous clerk did not send out bills. The accounts receivable report shows no considerable amount to be paid, except for a forecast of a heavy equipment part that the city is planning to purchase. All cash received is kept in a safe within the city office and deposited to the bank on a weekly basis. The city issues receipts to each customer upon payment. All payroll is done with QuickBooks and the clerk is very knowledgeable with the QuickBooks program. A chart of accounts dated January 25, 2011 has all bank accounts, assets, liabilities, equities, income and expenses listed for the City of False Pass. Monthly bank reconciliations are done with bank statements and QuickBooks; documentation for the December bank reconciliation was received. When purchases are needed that are not listed on the budget, the clerk reviews the budget and gets authorization from the mayor.
Tax Problems
Essential Indicators
The utility has a system to accurately calculate, track, and report payroll tax liabilities.
The utility is current on filing tax reports.
The utility is current on making tax deposits.
If there are any past due tax liabilities or recorded tax liens, a lien release has been issued or a repayment agreement has been signed and repayments are current.
Tax Problems Comments
The June 21, 2011 fax from the IRS has stated that the city is compliant with federal tax filing, deposits and has no record of a lien against the city. The state ESC report from June 28, 2011 states that the city is in compliance with state tax filing, deposits and is not on the March April lien watch.
Personnel System
Essential Indicators
The utility has a posted workers compensation insurance policy in effect.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted and uses a Personnel Policy, which has been reviewed by an attorney, AML or Commerce for topics and language.
The utility has adequate written job descriptions for all positions.
The utility has adopted and follows a written personnel evaluation process that ties the job description to the evaluation.
The utility has an adequate written hiring process.
The utility has personnel folders on every employee that contain at least: I-9, Job Application and Letter of Acceptance.
The utility has a probationary period for new hires that includes orientation, job training/oversight, and evaluations.
The utility provides training opportunities to staff as needed and available.
Personnel System Comments
The City of False Pass is insured by Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance Association (AMLJIA)for worker's compensation insurance with coverage from July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2012. The employee job descriptions, evaluation process and hiring process are located in FPC 9.75.01-14 Personnel Policies in the code of ordinances. The employee folders are locked in the mayor's office. There is a probationary period of 90 days for new employees/hires. The city offers trainings to employees as needed and if funding is available.
Organizational Management
Essential Indicators
The entity that owns the utility is known; the entity that will operate the utility is set.
The policy making body is active in policy making of the utility.
The policy making body enforces utility policy.
The utility has an adequately trained manager.
The utility has an adequately trained bookkeeper.
The utility has an adequately trained operator or operators.
The utility has adopted the necessary ordinances (or rules and regulations) necessary to give it the authority to operate.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure.
The policy making body meets as required.
The utility complies with the open meeting act for all meetings.
Organizational Management Comments
The entity that owns the utility is the City of False Pass which is documented in Title IV: Utilities and Public Facilities / Equipment in the Code of Ordinances. The policy making body is the City of False Pass City Council as stated in 6.36.08 of the False Pass Code of Ordinances. The city does not have an organizational chart adopted. The city meets every third Tuesday of each month. The city posts meeting notices five days prior to the meeting date with the place, time and type of meeting. An organizational chart was received from the city on July 20, 2011.
Operation of Utility
Essential Indicators
The utility operator(s) are actively working towards necessary certification.
The utility has a preventative maintenance plan developed for the existing sanitation facilities.
Sustainable Indicators
The manager receives a monthly O&M report from the utility operator and routinely "spot checks" the facilities to see that the maintenance items are being completed.
The utility has a safety manual and holds safety meetings.
Utility facilities have not suffered any major problems/outages due to management issues that are unresolved.
The utility is operating at the level of service that was proposed.
The operator provides status reports to the manager on a routine basis.
The utility has completed and distributed its "Consumer Confidence Report".
The utility is not on the "Significant Non-Complier" (SNC) list.
The utility maintains an inventory control list.
The utility maintains a critical spare parts list.
Operation of Utility Comments
The current water operator is the manager and has certification in Water Treatment 1. The operator position is in the process of recruitment as the current operator plans to move out of the city in May 2011. There is an Operations and Maintenance Manual submitted by the plant engineering firm in 2004 and kept in the current water treatment plant. The city participates in the AML/JIA safety meetings and has resolution 11-11 to show that the city will participate in the teleconferences. The manager is the operator and provides a monthly manager's report on all city facilities. As there are only two employees, the city does not have monthly safety meetings; the clerk was notified that AML/JIA does provide teleconference safety meetings that the city can participate to meet this indicator. The clerk was notified to contact AML/JIA for more information. There have not been any major outages due to management issues in the past three years. A copy of the 2009 CCR was received. The water treatment plant was not listed on the November 2010 SNC list. There are no critical spare parts or inventory lists for the water utility.
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For this tutorial, you will need:
- HiTechnic gyro sensor
- RobotC installed on your computer (you can download it here).
Step one:
Build the robotic platform. You may use your own idea or use the instructions provided below.
Here are some tips if you decide to build one yourself:
- Wheel size is important. I first tried wheels that were too big and the robot just flopped on its face. Why? The program I used was design for wheels of a specific size, hence wheels that are too small would also not work.
- Wheel spacing must be also considered if you want your robot to turn. If the wheels are further apart, then the robot needs more rotations to turn; if the wheels are closer together, then the robot needs fewer rotations to turn.
- Orientation of the gyro sensor is also important; if it is incorrect, the robot will fail to balance. For the correct orientation, see in the pictures below.
Here are the instructions for the simple NXTway I made:
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Morning Air Show
Al Woody Makes the Paper
A burly frame houses the familiar deep voice and belly chuckle that gets area residents up and moving each morning. Eyes that shine with mischief find humor everywhere they look. Bantering on the air with sidekick Jeff Jeffries, he reminds us that everyday life doesn't have to be such a serious thing.
Tuesday, QBE's morning show king marks his 54th birthday.
"I grew up in Raleigh County. The first four years, we lived in a place that doesn't exist anymore called Packsville, about four miles from Whitesville. When I was 4, we moved to Sophia. The high school I went to doesn't exist anymore. The elementary school I went to doesn't exist anymore. My dad was a mechanic for a Chevrolet dealership in Sophia that doesn't exist anymore. My life is full of it's-not-there-anymores.
"I had no idea what I was going to be. You should have a plan in high school. I had no plan. When I was in the 10th grade, a friend, Ray Catlett, did a little community affairs show on WWNR in Beckley. The show was for the vocational school and their VICA Club. I went with Ray maybe two times to record the show. In the summer of 1967, Ray called in the middle of the night and said he was moving and I had to take over the show. He couldn't find anyone else to do it.
"All I knew was what I had seen him do twice. It was a half-hour show. You were supposed to have information about the VICA Club and what was going on at the school. But it was summer, and I didn't go to vocational school, and I had no idea what they did. So I just played records and said I was there for the VICA Club. I didn't know what I was doing. It would take a minimum of four to six hours to record this thing, take after take after take.
"But I decided radio was pretty cool, and I should go to vocational school if I intended to keep it up. They had a broadcasting class. Dick Calloway, who worked at WWNR, was the teacher. He would tell me to just be myself instead of trying to be a disc jockey. I was doing the fast-talking, screaming, everything-rhymes kind of stuff. Years later, it occurred to me that Dick Calloway was right. I wasn't getting anywhere because I wasn't being a real person.
"Vocational school was a two-pronged thing. There was an electronics part. A lot of entry-level jobs were at night, and you had to do these transmitter readings that you could only do with a certain license. I got real disenchanted with the electronics course. I wasn't good at it for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that I'm color-blind and we had all this color-coded stuff that I was totally lost about.
"After I graduated, I worked briefly in Pineville at WWYO. I thought I was something, actually getting paid. I made $1.10 an hour. I found out about the Elkins Institute of Broadcasting, another thing that doesn't exist anymore. This school in New Orleans would prepare you to pass the license test. My parents spent all this money to send me to that school, and all I really learned was how to splice tape.
"But I did get the license, which was really amazing, because I was 18, and you could go to the clubs when you were 18. I had the whole New Orleans experience, and coming from Raleigh County, it pretty much overwhelmed me. I don't know how I made it through school.
"I worked at WJLS in Beckley about two years, then went to WWNR. I don't think it exists anymore.
"When you're young in the radio business, you live for advancing. I sent out tapes all the time and got a job at WKAZ, the Top 40 powerhouse in Charleston. I probably sent 50 tapes to WAYS in Charlotte, which also doesn't exist anymore. The program director sent me encouraging letters. The program director at WMAK in Nashville asked him if he knew anybody looking for a job, and they hired me. I thought Nashville was just country, and I wasn't thrilled about going. In seven years in Nashville, I never played the first country song.
"We did some crazy stuff at WLAC. We had a contest to go see Pink Floyd in concert. To win, you had to send in the most bizarre pink thing you could find. We got animal hearts and all kinds of crazy stuff. The woman who won came in wearing a pink body suit and riding a pink horse.
"When that station sold, they got rid of everybody. Bristol Broadcasting offered me a job on QBE. Living in Nashville, I had developed a taste for country. I thought I'd come back for a year or so. That was 1981.
"Until 1977, I did nights. Now I come on mornings, 6 until 10. I'm not a morning person. I'd like to stay up until 4 in the morning and go to work at 4 in the afternoon. For years when I did this show, lots of times I would crawl into the station and still be half shot when I went on the air. I can't do that anymore. I have to get a full night's sleep.
"I've been through about eight different partners, including Randy Johnson, the funniest radio man in Charleston. Jeff Jeffries is my partner now. He keeps me I check. It's good chemistry.
"When that shopping center opened in Teays Valley, they told me I was going to throw out cash from an airplane. They didn't tell me it was an ultralight. All they're made of is aluminum tubing, fabric wings, a Volkswagen engine and a big propeller. Mine was an experimental two-seater model. I was absolutely terrified. The pilot yelled at me to lean way out when I threw the money or it would get caught in the prop and we would go down. Now that scared me to death. I just threw out the whole sack.
"When we got back to the strip, two actual ultralights landed first. The first one crashed into a tree. The guy wasn't hurt but the plane was destroyed. I saw this before I came in. When I got back to the station, I told them never to mention me and an airplane in the same sentence
"When I first got into radio, we had 45 rpm records and 33 rpm albums with turntables. The times of the records were written on the labels and were notoriously wrong. If you timed into the news using three songs and that block worked, you had a real sense of accomplishment because it wasn't all mapped out for you by computers.
"My parents wanted to send me to law school. I don't think I would have been a very good lawyer. If it hadn't been for Ray Catlett asking me to take over that radio show, I don't know what I would have done. If you're reading this, Ray, I owe you an ass-kicking.
"But I've had a big time. I've met all kinds of stars. I got to go to Hawaii because of this job. And our station does so many things for the community. I think, what have I ever done for people? But if anyone laughs on the way to work, or got to work safe and on time because of Bob Hamilton's traffic report, any little thing like that means a great deal to me.
"My youngest son was trying to explain to my daughter what I do. Tyler said, 'He plays some records, talks about the weather, gives stuff away and plays some more records.' He pretty much summed it all up.
"This is not a job for someone who wants a stable family life. I gave up on that a long time ago. My marriages? Let's say I've been married more than four times but less than the 12 that Jeff always says. I've got four children. Radio pays OK, but not if you're divorced and paying child support. So I got this extra job selling sporting goods at Wal-Mart. When people come by and talk to me, they expect me to be like I am on radio. I'm always mystified by what they want me to say."
Geared up for his sunrise shift in the hilltop studios of WQBE, popular radio personality Al Woody gets Charleston ready for the day as co-host of the "Morning Air Show," his broadcasting assignment since 1983.
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"I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture, here in the USA. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans. However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the "politically correct" crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to America. Our population is almost entirely comprised of descendants of immigrants. However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of America, being a multi-cultural community, has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. As Americans, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle. This culture has been developed over centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
We speak ENGLISH , not Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language! ENGLISH. "In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, of Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is and always will be part of our culture. If the Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. Remember, "Delta is ready when you are and they can have you there by nightfall". This is OUR COUNTRY , our land, and our lifestyle. Our First Amendment gives every citizen the right to express his opinion and we will allow you every opportunity to do so. But, once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or our way of life, I highly encourage you to take advantage of one other great American freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE."
Charlie Daniels on Mexicans
by Charlie Daniels
Mexican Standoff
I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.
I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the United States of America, as it is a truly wonderful place. But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me sensitivity lessons.
I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have anything against Mexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal and if you don't believe it try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get.
What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tantamount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it."
It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me I don't like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be happening.
Where are you, you bunch of lilly livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again?
And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork laden and watered down that it won't mean anything anyway. Besides, what good is an other law going to do when you won't enforce the ones on the books now?
And what ever happened to the polls guys? I thought you folks were the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain't paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want something done about this mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday.
This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can't happen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?
If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grandchildren will inherit.
But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected. Shame on you.
One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you.
Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not. And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the face reality.
And reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegals in this country and turn around and say, "Oh it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."
And I know that some of you who read this column are saying "Well what's wrong with that?"
I'll tell you what's wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as far as we know. We don't know who they are, where they are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going we're not going to.
Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?
If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan? I think not.
All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have crossed the border just to try to better their life. They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did. They don't tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegals some fat cat hired to pick his crop.
I want to make two predictions. No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre.
No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of mass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side of the issue.
I don't know about you but I would love to see just one major politician stand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad and I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out."
I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America, but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others.
And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes. Please get that other one out of my face.
Pray for our troops
What do you think?
God Bless America Charlie Daniels April 10, 2006
Every American Citizen needs to read this!
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
- Theodore Roosevelt 1907
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Don't Be Naïve. That Speech Was a Revolution
Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd after his speech last week at the Jerusalem Convention Center.
After a couple of days for careful reflection, it's clear: Barack Obama gave an amazing speech. The president of the United States stood in a hall in Jerusalem, and with empathy and with bluntness that has been absent for so long we forgot it could exist, told Israelis: The occupation can't go on. It's destroying your own future. And besides that, Palestinians have "a right to … justice" and "to be a free people in their own land."
If you don't think this is a breakthrough, you are letting naïve pessimism overcome realism. Yes, it's true that one speech will be worth nothing if not followed by intense American diplomacy. That comment has become banal. A realistic assessment is that Obama's visit, and the speech, were the opening act of an American diplomatic effort—a near perfect opening.
The first breakthrough was in method: Obama started by negotiating with the Israeli public. The choice of venue, an auditorium full of university students rather than the Knesset, was not a glitch, as many people thought beforehand. The venue was the message: The politicians have been too slow, so I'm stepping around them to talk to normal Israelis first.
The recognition that diplomacy takes place outside closed rooms, that the diplomats will offer only what they think the voters will accept or the public will demand, has come too slowly. Had Bill Clinton thought of this before Camp David, had Obama himself thought of this before the failed effort in his first term to get Netanyahu and Abbas negotiating, we might be in a better place now. The past mistakes are worth pointing out—as evidence of how big the change is.
Obama really shouldn't have needed all the AIPAC-style professions of support for Israel in the first half of his speech. By the same measure, he shouldn't have had to publish his birth certificate. But just as the birther lie was out there, was getting in the way, the canard that Obama was anti-Israel was out there, cultivated by Benjamin Netanyahu and by Israeli journalists who got their stories on U.S.-Israel relations from the prime minister's office.
Yet even the first piece of the speech wasn't quite the shmaltz it seemed to be. Obama told Israelis that he understood their fears. That was necessary before challenging the fears. But when he said in Hebrew, "You're not alone," he was not just offering support. He was directly challenging the narrative of fear on which Benjamin Netanyahu's politics are built. "Chill," Obama was saying. "It's not 1938. You are not about to be wiped off the map." And therefore, he was saying, you can consider the internal threats to Israel's future, the damage done by occupation, and you can make peace.
The most direct, powerful part of the speech was when Obama said that the Palestinians' "right to justice must also be recognized," when he told Israelis that settlement, and roadblocks, and settler violence are unjust. No American president has dared state that stark message before an Israeli audience before—or before an American one. To underline it, he borrowed the line, "to be a free people in our land," directly from the Israeli national anthem. "Palestinians," he said, "have a right to be a free people in their land." The words that define your story of yourselves, that move you even when you are tired of them and think they are kitsch, Obama suggested to Israelis, are the words that should help you empathize with Palestinians.
That piece of the speech had another audience, not present in the hall. In the language of Palestinian politics, the word "justice" contains a world of hurt, shame, and hope. It is the shorthand for everything the world should recognize and has not. A U.S. president speaking to Israelis of the Palestinians' right to justice was an act of American recognition that Palestinians haven't heard before. Perhaps those few sentences were not enough to balance the rest of the speech as Palestinians heard it. But they announced a greater degree of balance than has been present before in America's attitude toward the conflict.
The weak point in the speech came when Obama told Israelis that Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad are partners for peace. This needed to be said. It challenges the success of Israeli politicians in convincing their voters that they'd make peace if only there was someone to talk to. The problem was that Obama didn't say it with the kind of repetition and emphasis needed for it to register strongly in memory.
At one point, Obama departed from his prepared text and inserted a few improvisational sentences about young Palestinians he'd met that morning in Ramallah. I suspect he hoped to make another insertion: a statement that he'd met that morning with Abbas, who said he was ready to sit down for negotiations, without delay. Abbas didn't give him that promise. He insisted on a freeze on settlement building as a precondition.
In principle, Abbas's demand is entirely justified. Building houses in settlements is a unilateral Israeli action aimed at undermining negotiations. If talks fail, the houses will still remain. But at this moment, whether he demands a freeze as a precondition or doesn't, the building will continue. Netanyahu has enough support in his coalition to resist a freeze as a precondition to talks. But if his government has to make decisions on borders, Jerusalem, and security arrangements for peace—if it actually has to negotiate—it is likely to disintegrate.
Netanyahu needs Naftali Bennnet's party of the religious right, Jewish Home, to keep a majority in parliament. But he needs the centrist Yesh Atid just as much, and there are Knesset members in that party who are committed to a two-state agreement. Trying to zigzag between center and right in his classic style, Netanyahu will satisfy neither. The collapse of his government and an election held as a referendum on peace are Abbas's best hope for stopping the bulldozers. He should help Obama seize the opportunity.
Yet to continue to repeat all the reasons that a process can't work because it hasn't worked before is to take the naïve, pessimistic view that change never happens, that new methods never work, that people are trapped by history and can't resolve conflicts. If that naïve attitude were true, Barack Obama would never have had the opportunity to speak as the president of the United States.
One speech doesn't make a peace process. But as the beginning of a process, this speech was a revolution.
Mon, 2013-03-25 12:38
I just read a book, "A Privilege to Die", which mapped out Hezbollah's strange alchemy which captures supporters into self-destructive modes of life (and death) most of all by returning their self-respect.
Move to a different scene: Scratch a supporter of Israel who calls critics "anti-Semitic" and you'll probably find a supporter of Israel who disparages Arab Spring ("they'll never be civilized") and despises Palestinians (ditto). Who do you guess spends their days consciously depriving Arabs of their self-respect -- and perpetuating the psychology of eternal war -- (most) Israeli Jews?
Israeli Jews are not New York Jews. 1 1/2% of Israelis hail from the states. Western democratic attitudes are extremely deeply enough rooted. The going attitude in Israel towards it's neighbors reminds me of the WWII Japanese attitude towards conquered peoples more than anything else.
If Israelis want peace they are first of all going to have to adopt more fully Western democratic postures towards their neighbors -- or should I just say a more (upper?) middle class (more adult?) outlooks. What could it hurt?
Mon, 2013-03-25 15:16
Good article. For too long, the U.S. has cozied up to Israel without ever giving serious consideration to the Palestinian point of view. Israel right to exist is absolute, but I thought Obama made a huge step in saying to an Israeli audience that the Palestinians people had a right to a free state as well.
Tue, 2013-03-26 00:22
Still too weak - Obama should have spelt out in very clear terms that if Netanyahu, or his successor didn't take positive steps to halt all building on Palestinian soil, then all American Aid would be halted.
We can't afford to support Israel anyway, so why not use that threat as a weapon, and see how long Netanyahu can stay in power with no American aid!
Thu, 2013-03-28 10:11
I actually thought that the author might be referring to Obama's remarks to Abbas in Ramallah, where his press conference included the following
"On the other hand, what I shared with President Abbas and I will share with the Palestinian people is that if the expectation is, is that we can only have direct negotiations when everything is settled ahead of time, then there's no point for negotiations."
"With respect to whether there's a requirement for a freeze or moratorium, I want to repeat what I just said earlier, which is if the only way to even begin the conversations is that we get everything right at the outset, or at least each party is constantly negotiating about what's required to get into talks in the first place, then we're never going to get to the broader issue, which is how do you actually structure a state of Palestine that is a sovereign, contiguous, and provide the Palestinian people dignity, and how do you provide Israel confidence about its security — which are the core issues.
The core issue right now is, how do we get sovereignty for the Palestinian people, and how do we assure security for the Israeli people? And that's the essence of this negotiation. And that's not to say settlements are not important. It is to say that if we solve those two problems, the settlement problem will be solved."
These quotations are right out of the White House official transcript, because they're hard to find in the NY Times.
So Obama is saying "Start negotiations tomorrow." And we know that the Israelis would. Do the Palestinians actually want a State of their own? Can Abbas speak for Hamas? Have the Israelis already offered a Peace proposal or two, including their idea of a Palestinan State? Has there ever been a counter-proposal?
Why do we keep moving around in such predictable circles? And if the Israelis were to unilaterally leave the
West Bank, would the Palestinians then accept Gaza and the West Bank as their State.
Mr Gorenberg is preaching to the choir.
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This is my month for the Blogger's BOM Jackie put together. She sent us the fabric and we made a block…you can find all of the blocks here as well as the final setting when it's over.
For my block you'll need to cut:
1 center square 3.5" x 3.5". 4 squares for the outer triangles (2 of each fabric) 3.5" x 3 .5"…and 8 strips 1.75" x 3.5" (4 of each fabric).
Cut the 4 squares diagonally from corner to corner.
Then sew them back together, but use a triangle from each fabric. Square the half square triangles up to 3" x 3". While your at it also sew together 4 sets of the 1.75" x 3.5" strips.
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Union Porcelain Works (UPW), the most famous and longest lived of the Brooklyn ceramic firms, was established by Thomas Carll Smith after he bought out his partners at the earlier William Boch & Brothers pottery. UPW produced a wide range of wares that appealed to a broad spectrum of consumers: art pottery, porcelain tableware sets, hotel and restaurant ceramics, Parian ware figures, and even elaborately decorated water filters.
In 1874 UPW hired Karl L. H. Mueller (American, b. Germany, 1820–1887) to design special wares for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. He created highly original designs that featured unique North American iconography of native animals and scenes of national history that helped UPW distinguish itself from its European competitors.
This text refers to these objects: ' 68.87.20a-b; 68.87.35a-b; 68.87.37; 68.87.44
- Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
- Medium: Porcelain
- Place Manufactured: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Dates: ca. 1884
- Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (37.8 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm) (show scale)
- Markings: Printed on underside: partial mark in brown of "UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y."; and mark in green, "U.P.W." above head of an eagle Incised into ground (beneath glaze) on underside: "U.P.W. / 1884"
- Signature: no signature
- Inscriptions: no inscriptions
- Collections:Decorative Arts
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
- Exhibitions:
- Accession Number: 68.87.44
- Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Union Porcelain Works (1863-ca.1922). Vase, ca. 1884. Porcelain, 14 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (37.8 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Franklin Chace, 68.87.44. Creative Commons-BY
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- Catalogue Description: White, hard paste porcelain, embossed with polychrome and gilded decorations. Square-shaped body with slightly bulging contours supported on foot rim, tapers in then rises to form tall squared neck; grotesque lizards in matte gold applied to opposing corners of neck (one near top faces down, one near body faces up). Each side of body and neck covered with stylized jewel work of geometric and foliate patterns in gold, blues, and pinks. CONDITION: Good.
- Record Completeness: Best (94%)


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Promoting his appearance this Friday for WOH Wrestling at Whitehall Athletic Club in Whitehall, New York, this Friday, Matt Hardy appeared on Passing The Torch Radio. During the interview, Hardy was asked about the possibility of a Hardy Boys reunion in WWE next year, with him being a free agent and Jeff's contract with TNA Wrestling expiring in February.
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According to sources, the sprinkler system at the CenturyLink Center in Bossier City, LA was somehow set off as the company was filming a pre-taped segment for SmackDown. This caused many WWE stars to have their personal effects damaged.
Fire alarms and sprinklers immediately went off at full force, dousing everyone in the room, which led to a mad scramble in the dark as the fire prevention system shut down all electricity in the immediate area. Staff and wrestlers were scrambling through a flooded room in the dark, trying to remove everything of importance as the sprinklers kept spraying. The scene was described as something out of a bad comedy film with people slipping and getting completely soaked.
The company was finishing up the taping of Main Event and was getting ready to shoot SmackDown when the taping process was stopped. The company was working to keep the surge of water from running out of the room and into other backstage areas. The situation was so serious that Triple H arrived on the scene to direct traffic as the company tried to stop the water from reaching other areas of the building.
Many were said to be thankful that the fire alarms had only caused the sprinkler system to go off in the one room and not a larger portion of the arena, which may have caused the evacuation of the live audience by the local fire marshal. That would have been a disaster for the tapings.
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Melvin vs. Lombard, that's a great fight to set up.
Melvin vs. Lombard, that's a great fight to set up.
Goodbye Mr. Burton
All in the reflexes
Anderson Silva 5: TRT USERS 0 Hendo - Forrest - Nate - Chael... twice
And he was also knocked down by Lidell, Franklin and Cung Le.
In the fight against Stann, and against Manhoeff (If it ever happens), Wand should take the fight to the ground. He is much much better than them 2.
If he decides to stand up, sooner or later he will get knocked out. Stann is not very good technically, but he has an iron fist.
Manhoeff is not only very good technically, he also has one hell of a KO power.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
Wand vs. Melvin was a dream fight back in the day.... but now I dont want to see wand get KTFO quickly again.
they are both at the tailend of their careers and have shot chins... but Melvin has a huge technical advantage as well as some good speed and huge power... Wand's all around game is far superior, but we know what he will do. He gets KO'd fast...
Melvin vs. Le or Lombard would be my first choices...
Stann or Leban would be good as well.
If Lombard had a gameplan of taking him down and beating him there, he would easily do that... but Lombard is a prideful man... That would be a crazy fight...
both closer in size as well... Very explosive, huge power.
Everybody's writing Wandi off.....I made that mistake once too...
A dangerous and motivated Wandi can give any fighter trouble. And he has one of the best chins and heart in MMA. The KO's he had in his career had been Clean Knockouts. against real KO punchers, I don't understand how you can say someone has a bad chin because they got KO'd by rampage and leben. It's like giving a car a poor crash rating because it gets totaled by a Semi.
Scarface: Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, and fuck you, I'm out!
"I don't call the fighting in my films 'violent', I call it 'action'. An action film borders between fantasy and reality. If I were to be completely realistic in my films, you would call me a violent, bloody man. I would simply destroy my opponent by tearing his guts out. I wouldn't do it so artistically." ~Bruce Lee
Best chins? Mother fucker you crazy.
There are many paths to freedom, not all are peaceful
I think the obvious matchup for Melvin is Ryan Couture.
Exciting fighter, but he has no better jaw than Arlovski. A fight with Wanderlei would end in less than a minute, maybe with the first doubel KO in UFC history
My blog: http://zanaufc.blogspot.com/
Always wanted to see Manhoef in the UFC ever since the division was weak many years ago.
Manhoef vs, Wandy has always been a dream matchup for me.
I don't care what else is on the card, I'd buy it.
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Susan Hillridge
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|Dr. Susan Hillridge
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Dr. Susan Hillridge was a serial killer and cannibal who appeared in season one of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
"None of us gets out alive. I would think in your job you'd know that. But if we treat our bodies like a temple, we can cheat time."
Hillridge was a nutritionist, treating mostly professional athletes who at one point studied at the Culinary Institute of America.
Not much else is revealed about her personal life other than that she suffered from porphyria, a genetic blood condition that she inherited from her father, which had severe effects on her skin and overall health. She first discovered that she had it after having a minor sunburn.
In order to counteract the disease, she started killing healthy joggers for their organs and cannibalizing them, having whatever dog she had at the time attack them in order to avoid contaminating their blood.
Exactly how many victims she claimed over the years is never specified, though it is mentioned that she had been reported for having aggressive dogs (presumably in connection with non-fatal incidents) in three different states.
Modus OperandiEdit
"You want an empirical experience? There's a fresh shake in my fridge."
Hillridge targeted healthy male joggers who were running in mountainous areas. After having whatever dog she had at the time attack them, she would cut out their organs with surgical precision, taking the livers, hearts, and spleens (the most blood-rich organs in the body) with her. Taking the organs home, she would freeze-dry them and ground them into powder and consume them as protein shakes.
Known VictimsEdit
- Unspecified dates in 2000 to 2001:
- Presumably responsible for non-fatal dog attacks in three states
- Unnamed gas station owner (her dog bit off a piece of her thigh)
- Two unnamed joggers (her dog bit their throats; took their organs)
- April 24, 2001: Terry Manning (her dog killed him; his liver was taken)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season 1
- ↑ Apparently similar to a dietician. As opposed to a nutritionist, a title which in some countries has few official requirements in terms of education or training.


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VAN METER, Iowa – GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney took aim at President Obama's rural record Tuesday, saying he will ease burdensome regulations and "kill the death tax" as part of his plan to bolster agriculture and rural America.
Romney told an estimated 1,300 supporters who tromped over bean stubble's and corn stover for a campaign rally at the James and Margaret Koch farm that he has major differences with President Obama on trade, energy, taxation and regulatory issues that directly affect farm operations, as well as how to create needed jobs and get the nation's economy back on track to recovery.
"These are tough times with real serious issues so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving Big Bird," said Romney, referring to a post-debate dust up over the GOP candidates support for cutting funding for public broadcasting. "I actually think we need to have a president who talks about saving the American people and saving good jobs and saving our future, and also saving the family farm."
Romney said his rural agenda would implement tax policies that support family farms and agribusiness, pursue trade policies intended to bolster the agriculture sector rather than limit it, ease onerous government regulations on farmers and businesses, and adopt energy policies that achieve independence by 2020.
The former Massachusetts governor said his plan will ensure America's agricultural prosperity and support a vibrant rural America in contrast to an Obama record of a stalled trade agenda, onerous government regulations, and higher taxes and energy costs.
"I commit this to you, when I become president, I will do everything in my power to strengthen the family farm," he said.
However, Obama's campaign responded to Romney's speech by accusing the GOP candidate of conveying "a series of falsehoods" about the president's plans for rural America while failing to detail specific plans of his own. Democrats provided a side-by-side comparison of the two candidates' positions on taxes, regulation, trade and energy, as well as the president's effort in trying to get Congress to pass a new farm bill that stalled in the GOP-led House.
"Mitt Romney's remarks today show how completely out of touch he is with the needs of farmers and America's rural communities," said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., in a statement issued by the Obama campaign. "Sixteen million Americans have jobs that depend on agriculture, and when they looked to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for leadership on the Farm Bill, they were nowhere to be found.
According to a Romney campaign "white paper" on agricultural policy, the GOP candidate believes supporting rural communities requires much more than just a good farm bill. A comprehensive approach includes a fair tax code, a rational regulatory environment, access to markets worldwide, and "an embrace" of U.S. domestic energy resources.
Romney supports permanent elimination of the estate tax, opposes tax increases, and favors fundamental tax reform that lowers rates and supports growth, according to the Romney plan. He also will actively seek trade promotion authority and aggressively pursue new agreements that open access for American goods to markets abroad, according to the Romney plan.
"He's planning on raising the death tax pretty significantly," Romney told the rally. "My own view is we ought to kill the death tax. You paid for that farm once. You shouldn't have to pay for it again."
During Romney's midday campaign event, the MoveOn.org nonprofit liberal public policy advocacy group chartered an airplane with a banner reading "Crack down on Wall St., not Sesame St." to fly over the site of the Romney campaign rally. The banner was intended to hold Romney "accountable for his pledge to cut funding for PBS, despite his proclamation of love for Sesame Street's character Big Bird during the first presidential debate," according to a MoveOn.org press release.
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Developers: 343 Industries
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
Platform: Xbox 360
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Halo 4 is an upcoming video game and the eighth installment in the Halo franchise being developed for the Xbox 360. Halo 4 is intended to be the first of a new trilogy of Halo series games, named the "Reclaimer Trilogy". Whereas the previous Halo games were developed by Bungie, Halo 4 will be developed by 343 Industries. The game continues some time after the ending of Halo 3, and marks the return of the Master Chief as the main protagonist. Cortana will also appear in the game. The game is set for release in Holiday 2012.
Halo 4 marks the return of John-117 - the "Master Chief" - as a playable protagonist for the first time since 2007's Halo 3, as 2009's Halo 3: ODST and 2010's Halo: Reach focused on new characters and playing styles. Having been lost in space in the finale of Halo 3, John-117 and Cortana, adrift aboard the wreckage of the UNSC frigate Forward Unto Dawn, find themselves near a mysterious Forerunner planet, which was first seen at the end of Halo 3 once players beat the game on the highest difficulty setting. A key plot point will involve changes to Cortana and how her exposure to Halo and her operation beyond her natural lifespan may have contribute to her becoming "rampant." Developers revealed in fall 2011 that the game will involve a "shield world," a hollow artificial Dyson sphere type megastructure, possibly being set inside it.
The story of Halo 4 will be focused less on the Halo series' traditional straightforward first person shooter genre, instead relying more on mystery, exploration and discovery. Developers described the game as being grand in scope and scale. Forerunner elements will be featured extensively in the game's environment. Developers also suggested that the game will reveal how humanity and the UNSC have adapted to the galaxy after the end of their war with the Covenant, particularly how they have co-opted Forerunner technology.
Unlike the original trilogy, the story has been designed to be part of a three-game arc from the beginning. In addition, developer 343 Industries is aiming for a more complete connectivity between all of their future media than before, and the Forerunner Saga novel Halo: Primordium, the post-war novel Halo: Glasslands, and the terminals in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, will "definitely" have "resonant connections" to Halo 4's story. Little information has been released regarding the storyline trilogy, but developers have intended that Halo 5 will be a much darker title before the conflict is resolved in Halo 6. [Source]
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