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Improved access to broadband internet is starting to become a reality for Colorado, even the rural Western Slope. The EAGLE‑Net Alliance was given a grant in September 2010 to build the EAGLE‑Net a broadband network around the state. KVNF's Ariana Brocious spoke to EAGLE-Net Alliance Regional Representative Patrick Swonger about the project and it's regional impacts.
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With the help of Theale Green Community School students, Berkshire sound artist Michael Fairfax "played" the minster. Under his direction, the pupils scraped and banged parts of the church that he had mic'd up.
The two members of the Siobhan Davies Dance company surprised many with their beautiful yet sometimes jerky moves, while singing words and making sounds that could either have been foreign words or completely invented, and throwing the pages of their music to the ground.
Looking a bit like one of the living statues that you see in so many places around the world today, Bob Aldous - with his spray-painted face and wearing a pale suit and mirrors - walked up and down the aisle reciting poems about youth, adulthood and old age.
It may come as a surprise that the French poet Arthur Rimbaud was once a resident of Reading and fragments of his opus Les Illuminations were displayed and developed by Sean Burn.
While some of the works on display may have gone over the heads of some of the more than 200 people who attended, that was certainly the intention with the suspended white paper globes by Julia Rogers. You could even put your head inside some of the lamp shade-like spheres for another distinctive perspective on the minister.
The festival runs until November 4, with art gallery walks, performances and even a film festival in a sex shop.
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PRESCOTT -- As Skyview School students called out shapes they saw in a rabbit, illustrator Paul Mirocha sketched them on a whiteboard Thursday at the Prescott charter school.
"I see an oval in his body," first grader Kevin Phelan said.
Second-grader Lucas Kroll said, "His tail is a triangle."
"You're right," said Mirocha, whose highly detailed images of plants, nature, and food, combine the realism of photos with the emotional appeal of paintings.
Students then used those shapes to draw their own rabbits, and later added in details like fur, markings and backgrounds with sun, sky and grass.
"I like that he helps us see the shapes, and he chooses fun animals to draw," second-grader Katherine Ann Keenan-Pascale said.
Mirocha urged students to continue to look beneath the surface of things, and keep drawing and developing their creative thinking.
"I like drawing, because it's fun. If you draw more, then you draw better," first-grader Addy Baxter said.
Skyview School Art Teacher Yvonne Holland invited Mirocha, whose work has been featured in children's books, advertising and exhibits, to work with kindergartners through eighth-graders throughout this week as they drew bison, whales, horses and other animals.
"He is doing a class that we termed as 'Drawing is Seeing,'" Holland said. "Taking animals and plants to their basic shape level and helping kids look at things from a very simplified perspective."
Students worked in tables of five, sharing erasers and encouraging each other.
"The basic philosophy I want to convey is everyone is an artist," Mirocha said. "Anyone can draw; there's nothing to it. You just work at it and practice."
Mirocha reminded students to use a light hand drawing basic shapes and a heavier line to blend shapes and add detail, and that their eraser is just as important as their pencils.
"You should spend more time looking at the animal or whatever you're drawing than what's on your paper," Mirocha said.
"I know they're very excited to be learning techniques to draw from a realistic point of view," Skyview School Director Scott McCreery said. "They've been showing me their drawings every day."
Mirocha said he's had fun drawing with the kids, took photos of their work, and wishes there was more time to look at the artwork they want to show him from home.
"In every grade, all the kids exceeded what my expectations were," Mirocha said. "There's always one or two kids who draws as good or better than me."
Mirocha noticed some students drew in manga-anime style, and told them Picasso and the Impressionists began drawing realistically and developed a more abstract style over time.
Second-grader Damian Giese-Johnson declared, "I love to draw. I'm going to be an artist when I grow up."
Mirocha said he wished he could have spent a couple of weeks with the students so they could create a field guide.
"When I open my sketchbook and look at a drawing, I remember the smells and sounds around me while I was sketching," Mirocha said. "Drawing uses all your senses."


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Samuel F. Gehringer, 87, of Fogelsville R.1, died Sunday in the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center. He was the husband of Helen M. (Moyer) Gehringer. They would have observed their 64th wedding anniversary Tuesday.
He worked at the Lehigh Portland Cement Co., Fogelsville, for 25 years until retiring in 1964.
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Michele Clement, M.D., graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and summa cum Laude from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in classics and art. Subsequently, she spent one year at Princeton pursuing graduate training in classical art and archaeology. She then attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and remained for her urology residency training. Thereafter, she completed a three-year fellowship in pediatric urology at the world renowned Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. During her fellowship she trained under the direction of several pioneering leaders in the field of reconstructive and pediatric urology.
Dr. Clement's practice is devoted solely to pediatric urology. Her research has focused on the development and function of the bladder. Additionally, she has spoken at numerous national and international meetings on various topics in pediatric urology, including vesicoureteral reflux, kidney tumors, undescended testes, and congenital anomalies of the genitalia and urinary tract. Dr. Clement has published extensively in peer reviewed medical journals including The Journal of Urology.
Dr. Clement is a member of the American Urological Association and the Society for Fetal Urology. Her practice focuses on all aspects of pediatric urology, including the evaluation and surgical correction of vesicoureteral reflux, pediatric stone disease, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, hypospadias, undescended testes, intersex disorders, and other congenital anomalies of the urinary tract and genitalia. She has a particular interest in the minimally invasive treatment of vesicoureteral reflux and in laparoscopic pediatric reconstructive surgery. Furthermore, she is involved in the evaluation and treatment of pediatric voiding dysfunction and urinary tract infections.
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TUESDAY, July 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The number of new cases of dementia has been declining in recent decades in the United States, Germany and other developed countries, a trio of new studies shows.
In one U.S. study, researchers found that compared with the late 1970s, the rate of dementia diagnosis was 44 percent lower in recent years. The sharpest decline was seen among people in their 60s.
A second study, which reviewed research from England, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States, found a similar pattern. The third study, meanwhile, found signs of progress in the space of only a few years: In 2004, older German adults were about one-quarter more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than in 2007.
"This is some good news," said Dean Hartley, director of science initiatives for the nonprofit Alzheimer's Association. The three studies are being presented Tuesday at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Research presented at meetings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
"We hope this data is saying, 'There are things we can do to change this,' " Hartley added, referring to the huge human and financial toll of dementia worldwide.
In the United States alone, about 5.2 million people have Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, according to the Alzheimer's Association. And the cost of caring for all of them is expected to total $214 billion this year.
Why is the rate of new dementia cases apparently dipping? Better cardiovascular health could be one reason, said Claudia Satizabal, a researcher at Boston University School of Medicine, who led the U.S. study.
Her team found that over the years, people's average blood pressure and cholesterol levels improved, and their rates of smoking, heart disease and stroke declined.
Hartley said that is a plausible explanation. A number of studies have linked better cardiovascular health to a lower risk of Alzheimer's -- possibly because a healthy heart and blood vessels are more efficient at delivering oxygen and energy to brain cells.
"What's good for the heart is also good for the brain," Hartley said.
Another potential factor: In general, people are better educated now than they were decades ago, and many studies have linked higher education levels to a lower Alzheimer's risk, or later onset of the disease.
It's possible, according to Hartley, that education is just a marker of some other protective factor. But he also pointed to the "cognitive reserve" theory.
According to that theory, people who are more educated may be able to function normally, even when the brain begins to take on Alzheimer's-linked changes -- those abnormal protein deposits known as "plaques" and "tangles."
Basically, their brains may be better equipped to compensate for that damage, by recruiting alternative brain-cell networks, for example. And, Hartley said, it's thought that the same could be true of older people who stay mentally active -- by reading, taking classes, playing games or socializing.
Satizabal said her study has some limitations, including the fact that the participants were mainly white Massachusetts residents. "We don't know if the results would be the same in African Americans, or Asian or Hispanic Americans," she said.
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And as for the link between education and dementia, she agreed with Hartley that mentally stimulating activities may be key. "You don't have to have a Ph.D. to be mentally active throughout your life," Satizabal said.
What's really needed are clinical trials that test the idea that lifestyle choices and better cardiovascular health can stave off dementia, Hartley noted. And those trials are already under way, he said. A study in Finland is looking at whether diet changes, physical and mental exercise, and social activities can forestall dementia in older adults who have an increased risk.
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Some 75,000 businesses and organizations across Canada on Nov. 7 welcomed hundreds of thousands of young visitors who were excited to come to work with their parents.
It was the 18th annual Take Our Kids to Work (TOKW) day, which takes place on the first Wednesday of November every year.
I was very proud when he asked could he come and delighted to give him an insight into what I do.
— MP John Weston
The program was established in 1994 by The Learning Partnership, a Toronto-based national charitable organization that works to champion strong public education in Canada.
The first TOKW event, where students spend the day in the workplace of a parent, relative, or friend, was held in the Greater Toronto Area in 1994.
Today, more than 250,000 students participate across the country each year. The program is geared toward Grade 9 students, or students in their Senior 1 year in Manitoba and Secondary III year in Quebec.
As part of their registration, TOKW day participating organizations are also eligible to participate in the annual challenge for the Canada's Outstanding Employer Awards.
Employers are judged based on how they engaged the students at the event and how they promote the benefits of early career exploration and the importance of staying in school, such as through mentoring, internships, apprenticeships, co-op placements, or career days.
Toronto Hydro, for example, has been inviting teens to its premises for a decade now, teaching them about fleet operations, electrical awareness, engineering, and emergency preparedness.
Government establishments are also on the list of participants, including the offices of some members of Parliament.
MP John Weston, who represents the constituency of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country in B.C., brought his teenage son, Jake, to Parliament Hill on Wednesday.
"I was very proud when he asked could he come and delighted to give him an insight into what I do," said Weston.
He was also impressed that his son met so many people during his Wednesday off school.
"He's actually had quite an exposure in a very short time," Weston said.
"I've been here a few times, but it's really interesting watching the MPs argue," said Jake. "It's kind of funny as well."
Jake was also impressed with how organized and how well things were put together on Parliament Hill.
"I went to a conference … and there was this huge plate of sandwiches and the room was really nice … lots of expensive equipment and stuff," he said.
But he is unsure whether he'd like to follow in the footsteps of his father.
"It's too early [to say]," said Jake.
On TOKW day parents get to spend some quality time with their children, and at the same time it is a very educational trip for the kids.
The teens get exposed to a professional work environment and have a chance to see how the skills they learn in high school can be used outside of the classroom.
The Learning Partnership also notes that children will gain valuable experience and insight into why it's important to stay in school.
The employers who participate in the day's activities also benefit from being recognized on the website of The Learning Partnership.
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You wrinkle your nose and squint when you see a dead rat in the road, but open your eyes, nose and mouth wide when you see a live one in your bedroom.
Why? Common facial expressions like disgust and fear, new research suggests, do more than just convey how you are feeling - they alter your sensory relationship to the world around you.
Charles Darwin, noticing that some facial expressions seem to hold across cultures and even species, proposed that they function to improve certain senses. Now Joshua Susskind and colleagues at the University of Toronto, Canada, have put that to the test.
The team wanted to know if fear, and its apparent sensory opposite, disgust, changed the way we use our senses. They hypothesised that the former, with its open eyes, raised eyebrows and gaping mouth, led to greater sensory acquisition, allowing greater vigilance, and disgust, with the face all scrunched up, led to less.
Face of fear
In one experiment, volunteers had to identify when a dot entered their visual field, while they maintained fearful, neutral or disgusted expressions.
In another, also with these expressions, they had to move their eyes as quickly as possible between two targets about 30 centimetres apart on a computer screen while their eyes were tracked.
The amount of air that could be breathed in while showing fear and disgust was also measured.
In each case, the researchers found, the expression of fear - or the "Home Alone face", as Susskind nicknames it - let significantly more of the world in.
Speedy senses
The open eyes allowed quicker detection of objects on the periphery, as well as faster eye movements back and forth, while an open nose took in more air with each breath without any extra effort. An MRI scan confirmed the difference in the space in the nasal cavity.
"These changes are consistent with the idea that fear, for example, is a posture towards vigilance," says Susskind, "and disgust a posture towards sensory rejection."
Further experiments, he says, will explore to what extent the brain actually uses this extra information to enhance performance.
Cognitive neuroscientist Elizabeth Phelps at New York University, US, thinks the research could open up a whole new way of thinking about facial expressions. "What was nice was the number of different ways they got at this question," she says.
Journal reference: Nature Neuroscience (DOI: 10.1038/nn.2138)
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Pretty Little Liars Hint: Clues About Maya's Death
Recently, Pretty Little Liars writer Andy Reaser noted that solving Maya's (Bianca Lawson) murder will be a driving force in Season 3, but it sure didn't feel that way in last night's episode, Season 3, Episode 5: "That Girl is Poison." Sure, Emily (Shay Mitchell) and Nate were angry over Garrett's (Yani Gellman) release, but we didn't seem to make any progress in solving the mysteries surrounding the dearly departed.
But appearances can be deceiving, especially in Rosewood. A fan told writer Bryan Holdman, who penned Episode 5, that she was a bit disappointed with "no Maya secrets being revealed" in the episode. Bryan replied, "There were some tidbits [in the episode]. Maybe you'll look back from 312 and notice them..."
Season 3, Episode 12: "The Lady Killer" is the summer finale. It sounds like we'll find out enough about Maya then that the clues that are hidden throughout the season will start to make sense.
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So I just bought an Airport Extreme today, once i got it set up it keeps telling me the airport extreme can't find a router address. Has anybody had this issue or had to fix it in the past. the internet works fine when i connect it directly to my mac book pro, so i know it isn't an internet issue.
If I remember right, it's just about the sequencing. Unplug the power to the AE, then unplug the power to your modem. Plug your modem back in and wait til it gets fully powered on and then plug the power back to your AE. That should fix it.
I'm assuming you've got a green light on your AE and everything got set up successfully. You didn't say.
yeah that was it unfortunatly,thanks for the help
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Nebulus703: When I was a lot younger I heard the word nebulous and thought it was a really cool word. I think the reason behind that is because I've always been fascinated by space and well, nebula, nebulous, how could I not like this word? The 703 comes from my birthday (July 3rd) and it was a way to insure that I would have an available screen name. So I changed my AOL screen name to Nebulus703 and yes, I misspelled it on purpose because I honestly thought that it looked a little cooler that way. Ever since then, all of my accounts on any website would be Nebulus703.
When you cache, what equipment do you use? (PDA, Garmin, Magellan, software)
Nebulus703: I use paper with notes with highly detailed information, memory of what the area looks like on Google Maps, and my ancient yet extremely durable phone with no internet access and with no camera. No batteries to worry about but it does become a pain having to pull out a flashlight when caching at night so I can look at my GP- er, I mean, notes. I've been known to drop pencils and pens when caching so I carry three pens with me everywhere I go.
As for actually just going out and buying a GPSr… I don't know. At first I was going to save up money for one and just continue caching without one until I could afford it. Well, we see how that turned out. I still don't have one and I don't think I want one but I might change my mind later down the line.
What are your all-time favorite cache(s)?
Nebulus703: AB's STT #2 Aim For The Water is definitely memorable. I got a few of my friends into caching and they immediately wanted to do all the STT and I figured that I'd might as well go for it too. They were amazed when I actually shimmied up the pole on Texas Ave. that one day. Later that night after getting a confidence boost from the two STTs we picked up earlier that day, we decided to go for Aim For The Water now that we were serious about this. The trek out there was awesome, it was dark and we didn't use any flashlights, we climbed to the top and I ran into a couple of raccoons that were literally face to face with me when I poked my head out. We located the cache, signed it, then just hung out on top of the structure for an hour or so just talking. We could see everything and just being in this secluded place far away from everyone with some of my best friends was just an awesome feeling.
Another favorite of mine is HC's night cache in Jenkins/J.C. Holloway Park in Baytown. I love night caching and this was done so well. I went solo while doing this and even though I've walked through these trails thousands of times I still got a few chills down my spine.
And of course, STT #9 Pole Vaulting. I knew that someday I was going to get that cache. After getting five other STT caches my confidence level was way up there and I talked to one of my friends and we actually set out to do it. This cache SUCKS but it's still one of my favorites due to the dedication you have to have to actually get to it. I didn't use any climbing equipment at all to get this and well, you can read about it more in detail later. I'm still extremely proud of the fact that I was able to get that cache. I was showing off the burn marks on my arms for days just so I could brag about it!
Do you have any special caching adventures you want to tell us about?
Nebulus703: Well, there's Pole Vaulting again. A couple of my friends and I got a canoe and strapped it to a truck and drove it down there to go for it. Then we paddled the canoe out into the nastiest water ever. We got to the pole that the soda tube was tied to and by then I was already having second thoughts. I've been able to shimmy up poles since I taught myself how to do it when I was three but this was still intimidating. What's in that water? There are some sharp remnants of other telephone poles out here that I might impale myself on if I were to fall off, do I really want to do this? But finally, I cleared my mind of any negative thing that bugged me and jumped right out of the canoe and started shimmying up the pole.
Once I got to the top, which was no easy task by the way, I couldn't get a good grip on the soda tube. I couldn't use both hands because I needed one to stay on the pole and I didn't want to fall into the water with god knows what lurking in there! So I used my teeth to grab the soda tube and then I unscrewed the lid off in victory. I descended the pole slowly and had to make the awkward transition of getting back in the canoe. Yeah, I failed. I jumped back into the boat and it flipped over. If that wasn't bad enough, we were out in this disgusting water where dangerous creatures could be living and I had my cell phone in my pocket. Great. So we flipped the boat back over and paddled back to shore. From there we dried ourselves off, signed the log, and dried our phones off. Luckily, my phone was able to recover and I'm still using it without any problems.
Then we paddled back out there with the lid and log in my hand. Then as we were halfway to the pole I dropped the log into the water! NO! We managed to find the blank second page of the log but not the one with our names on it. We couldn't write it on this second page either due to it being soaked. Luckily my friend had a piece of paper on him just for such an occasion and we signed our names as well as Thacatfish's name because if you're insane enough to go for this then your name better be on the log! I climbed back up the pole and put the cache back together. I came back down, jumped into the canoe and it didn't flip over that time. Awesome.
Have any "Most embarrassing Geo-moment" you would like to share? Details please!
Nebulus703: Well besides the cell phone and log dropping debacle that I previously mentioned, there was one cache that I almost lost completely! I was going for one of BaytownBert's caches on Sjolander in Baytown. This was a nano cache and I was doing this at night. After finding the cache I went back to my car to sign the log. After spending far too long rolling up that tiny piece of paper I realized that I had lost the cache. I panicked. I looked everywhere for that little nano! I looked all in my car, under the car, back outside in the grass or the road in case I dropped it. All I was able to find was the lid to the nano and that had fallen underneath my seat but where was the other part? Finally, I looked down and noticed that the magnetic nano was stuck to the button on my pants. I gave out a big sigh of relief and put the cache back.
What is your favorite type of cache (traditional, multi, puzzle) and why?
Nebulus703: I think I prefer traditional caches the most. They usually involve the least amount of work and the least amount of time to do. Puzzle and Multis are fun but they usually take a lot of work to pull off and since I don't have a GPSr, I might have to end up taking multiple trips home to my computer to see where the coordinates take me. A traditional cache is just one trip and one smiley right there.
What is your favorite local cache?
Nebulus703: I already mentioned three favorite ones and all of those are in my local area. But I guess I could mention ONE more. I guess I'd have to go with Latitude_Attitude's Sofa Dude Trail #3 outside the San Jacinto Mall. A friend and I got this one when it was dark and it was our very first FTF. We met LA out there and he told us that he had recently changed the coordinates so all of our hiding places that we had planned were shot. We eventually found the really clever and awesome container and laughed about it. Our very first FTF and it was just exhilarating.
How about your favorite out of state cache?
Nebulus703: I've never cached out of state. Next time I leave I go to Colorado or Louisiana I'll be sure to compile a list and grab a few.
Summer or Winter caching? Why?
Nebulus703: Well seeing how I started caching in June of this year and have never really had a chance to go caching in the winter I guess I'd have to go with the only one I know. Besides, I HATE the cold. I'm such a wimp when it comes to the cold. Don't get me wrong, 100+ degree heat isn't fun either, especially with all the hair and the bushy beard that I have, but I'd take that over freezing temperatures. Also in the winter it's usually a combination of cold and wet and that's such a horrible combination. However, I wouldn't mind trying a few caches out in the woods during winter due to the vegetation and insects not being so bad.
When a new cache is listed, are you tempted to go for FTF?
Nebulus703: YES. I check every chance I get to see if there's a new one in the area. I don't have a premium account so I don't get them emailed to me so I work a little bit harder on FTFs. I've met Latitude_Attitude as well as Maverick Monk (or Arm7070) out on the trail before while trying to get a FTF. Most of these involve me having to go out at night and get them. Luckily for me I'm a borderline insomniac so sometimes I cache when I can't sleep.
Tell us about your cache mobile.
Nebulus703: My cache mobile is a black '95 Acura Integra. It's a really old car with over 190,000 miles on it but it's still going strong. Inside the car you can find potential cache containers, sheet music, candy, a hippo figurine on the dashboard, and so much other stuff. I pretty much live in my cache mobile.
What other hobbies do you have?
Nebulus703: Music. I'm currently pursuing a degree in music and I also give private guitar lessons. Teaching is such a rewarding experience and I love it very much. I write music, perform music, and pretty much think about it all the time. I can play five instruments and I'm hoping to add more to my arsenal.
Skateboarding is another one although I haven't had a skateboard in over a year. I'll occasionally drop by the skate park and see if any of my friends are there so I can ride around a little. I skate a lot differently than those around me but I'm having fun with it so it's cool.
I can also be quite the gamer but I'm as not bad as I used to be. I used to be an addict and it was horrible. Now, I still play video games every now and then but I play more of the classics and ones I grew up with as opposed to the newer ones.
Do you currently have any caching goals that you are working towards?
Nebulus703: My first goal was to get to 500 by the end of the year and I've already accomplished that. I truly am addicted. So why not go for 600 by the end of the year? Or more? I'm almost to 600!
Is it all about the numbers?
Nebulus703: Yes and no. Personally, I'm a numbers freak. I love stats. I love keeping track of how many finds I have per day, per month, how many FTFs I have, so on and so on. However, I'm still very new to this hobby and sometimes numbers don't necessarily equal experience. There are all kinds of different caches out there and each one has the potential to be its own unique adventure. It's the experiences and adventures that matter the most but counting up numbers and stats can be fun too… at least to me.
Thanks for this interview. Is there anything you would like to add?
Nebulus703: Yeah! I want to thank all of those who put out caches. Without any caches being put out then this hobby wouldn't be any fun. I'd also like to thank BaytownBert, Houston Control, and Latitude_Attitude for giving me help when I needed it.


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Curds are Squeaking in Alaska!
Brian Dixon just started making cheese a few months ago, but he is apparently a very fast learner! He has already shared his experiences with us twice-once when he made Mozzarella in January, 2011 and then again a few weeks ago when he made Fat Free Fromage Blanc with his daughter, Deana.
His goal is to make a Stilton, the "king" of cheeses. This would be way too much of a challenge for most of us. However, I have a feeling he will do it someday because Brian himself is the "king of the do-it-yourselfers." He bakes bread, makes homemade sausage, brews beer and he's even building a boat!
Cheese Curds - ala Jim Wallace from the New England Cheesemaking Supply Company
By Brian Dixon
While relatively simple as far as cheese making goes, I was really looking forward to making cheese curds. I've had them before in various locations, but never the 'real ones' from Wisconsin or Minnesota, so I didn't know what to expect …except that they should be a) relatively mild, and b) squeaky when chewed! And for me, this make was a milestone.
After spending more than 2 months experimenting with different milk supplies here in the Anchorage, Alaska area where ultra-pasteurized milk seems to be the near universal answer, I have finally found a milk supply that works. Well, two of them actually. The one used for this recipe is the low-cost solution …Lucerne brand milk from Carrs/Safeway. All of the other store-purchased milks that I have tried have failed, except for reasonable success with $11 per gallon 'cream on top' pasteurized-only milk from Horizon …and no longer listed on their web site, so who knows if it is even still available?
All of their other milks are ultra-pasteurized of course. Sigh. BUT, I'm a happy cheese maker now that I have discovered that Lucerne is consistently reliable and must not be overheated during processing. The other source of milk that I got dialed up on is the locally-available cow share for obtaining raw cow milk at a reasonable price: $5 per gallon. The Lucerne only saves me a little since around here, it sells for about $3.50 per gallon. I'll probably fire up the cow share deal within a few weeks since I'm going to be busy with business and travel for the next 3 weeks or so.
Jim's recipe says this step is critical and must accurately be run by the clock.) I misinterpreted this step and held the milk at 96F for 90 minutes. I measured the pH before and after this and it remained at 6.5. (Maybe if I had used raw milk with all that God put into it, the pH would have dropped during the 90 minutes.) I didn't realize my error until later, but apparently it didn't make much difference because everything went smoothly after that.
I also got a new alcohol lab thermometer lately, so I was able to more accurately calibrate my probe thermometers in the critical range that I need to use for cheese making. I also recently bought a new-used wine fridge which will be my future cheese cave, a Meade (same as Honeywell) wireless thermo-hygrometer with 2 senders for measuring temperature and relative humidity in 'the cave', and a hydrometer for measuring specific gravity (for cheese brining solutions, of course). Next, I need to make a simple cheese press and I'll be off …ready to start making hard cheeses (now that I can successfully get good curds from cheap …er …low-cost milk).
calcium chloride dissolved in 5 tablespoons of cool water and sprinkled a packet of the C201 thermophilic culture over the milk. I let the culture rehydrate for a couple of minutes, then used 20-25 vertical forward/back strokes with my cheese ladle to mix the CaCl2 and culture into the milk. The milk was then covered and kept at 96 F for 30 minutes to allow the culture to ripen (acidify) the milk.
Next, I measured ½ teaspoon of liquid animal rennet into ¼ cup cool water, mixed, then stirred that into the ripened milk …at which time, I started a timer to keep track of how long the rennet had been hard at work producing the curd.
Something new to me was determining when to cut the curds more accurately. I have read about doing things like dipping a knife or spoon into the milk to determine when it first starts to flocculate, and also that you can use the 'spinning bowl method' to do the same. I think most people use the spinning bowl method because it's pretty hard to get wrong.
So, the first thing I did after adding the CaCl2 and C201, was to float a small custard bowl on the milk. Once you know how long that took, you can use a simple multiplier to calculate exactly when to cut the curd …depending on the type of cheese you're making. Most hard cheeses, cheddars included, use a floc multiplier of around 3X (up to 3.5X). I decided to treat this recipe like cheddar since I think (assumed?) that the mid-west cheese curds are most likely those from their cheddar making process.
This recipe predicted early flocculation to occur between 6 to 10 minutes, and my bowl suddenly refused to spin at about 8-1/2 minutes. Right on time! I decided to cut the curd at 27 minutes (total from when rennet was first added.) As you can see above, I had a nice clean break right on time at 27 minutes. The whey was also quite clear at this point, no non-solidified (if you can call it that) milk solids. The curds still felt quite soft and I may round up a little on the CaCl2 next time to see if it firms them up at all. Every milk is different.
cheese cloth tight to squeeze out additional whey, then folded the cheese cloth tightly over the mass of cheese, put it in a colander to drain, and weight it down with a small plate and about 8 pounds of weight (one 7-1/2 pound weight plus a cup of water?). I didn't have the recommended gallon jug of water to use as a weight.
Were they good? Yes …and the kids ate them all up within 24 hours (I'm still on a diet and only get samples of my wares!). We liked them with just salt on them, with Cajun spice on them, and what the kids like best was when they were tossed in about a 50/50 mixture of zesty BBQ sauce and hot wings sauce. We still had a few left over by that night, so my wife tried them in a …tadaaaa …stir fry! As long as you add them late in the game so they don't melt, they were great in a stir fry. The only thing that the whole family kept laughing about was how every bit of stir fry went 'squeak-a squeak-a squeak-a' from the fresh cheese curds! Next time, I'm going to try a genuine Poutine…
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Making Cheese Curds with Brian Dixon
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- Dalyn (AKA The Queen of Quite Alot) said...
Love cheese curds! Great post!
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Shelby Misinformation
Well, a correction is in order. In the "Factory Freaks!" story in the June '01 issue of Mustang Monthly (page 23), there was some misinformation on the Shelby story. I, Jeff Ford, editor of this publication, take full and complete responsibility for this error. Though Jim Smart and I shared writing duties on the "Factory Freaks!" lead story, I wrote the Shelby info. Though I said what I did in innocence, all of the information was provided by an owner, and it has been brought to my attention by eagle-eyed Shelby owners and members of the Shelby American Automobile Club that my info is incorrect.
For the record, 289 4Vs were never placed in Mustangs bound for the Shelby plant in Los Angeles; nor were 289 2Vs installed in these Mustangs. The only engine ever placed between the shock towers of the '66 GT350 was the 289 Hi-Po. My information was erroneously placed. Also, according to sources within the Shelby fold, the problem with the Q engines was in 1968, not 1967. Now that was a typo. I truly apologize for any misconceptions this has caused the greater hobby.
More Mustang I Rare Photos
Boy, do our readers come out of the woodwork when we touch on something they hold close to their hearts. After mentioning the ultracool (and ultrarare) Mustang I prototype in two previous issues (Apr. and Dec. 2000) and showing our readers some never-before-seen photos, what happens? We receive even cooler never-before-seen photos. We heard from Bill Wells of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, recently and he let us in on a little secret. Back in 1963 he was dating Sue Misch. While we're sure Sue is important to Bill (after all, they've been happily married for 35 years!), more importantly to the story is Sue's father, Herbert Misch. Ah, a name you might remember, no? Herbert Misch was vice president of engineering in 1963 for Ford Motor Company and along with Gene Bordinat-vice president of styling at the time-played a rather extraordinary role in the development of the Mustang I. Mr. Misch brought the Mustang I home and took his daughter and Bill Wells for several rides in the Mustang I, including to school (imagine pulling up at the old high school in 1963 in THAT!). Bill Wells also had the opportunity to witness the Mustang I at speed at Waterford Hills Race Course in July 1963. He passed on a few photos of his own collection to share with the rest of his fellow readers. Thanks, Bill. It's a rare glimpse into the Mustang's history.
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JERICHO, Palestinian Territories: Food insecurity is on the rise in the West Bank and is jeopardising stability, the head of the U.N.'s World Food Programme said on a visit to the Palestinian territory on Friday.
"High food prices and low wages mean that 1.6 million Palestinians don't know from where their next meal is coming," WFP director Ertharin Cousin told reporters in the West Bank city of Jericho.
"Food security is a vital component for sustained peace across the region," she said.
Cousin and Filippo Grandi, head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, also visited a Bedouin village east of Jerusalem. There they signed a memorandum of understanding to "deepen and expand ties between the two agencies," a statement said.
According to the statement, there was a sharp rise in food insecurity among Palestinians from 2011 to 2012, according to the preliminary results of a U.N. survey.
Some 34 percent of households in the Palestinian territories were food insecure last year, up from 27 percent in 2011, it said.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. The road losses pile up like a stack of head-shaking "what ifs" for the Iowa men's basketball team.
Wisconsin's Tre Jackson drills a 3-pointer bounces twice off the rim, then off the backboard to tie the game. Iowa guard Josh Oglesby's 3-point attempt looks good, then rattles out at the buzzer. Wisconsin wins in double overtime.
Minnesota Austin Hollins knocks down a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to beat the Hawkeyes. Nebraska rallies from a 19-point deficit. If only Devyn Marble's floater at the buzzer would have drifted in at Purdue. A 13-point, second-half lead against Michigan State melted away in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
Each of these losses formed the heartache that kept Iowa (23-12) from reaching their goals this year. The Hawkeyes were 2-8 in true road games, a point Coach Fran McCaffery concedes kept the team from the NCAA tournament.
Iowa faces its last true road test this season Wednesday at Virginia (23-11) in an NIT quarterfinal (6 p.m. ESPN2). The winner gets a trip to New York's Madison Square Garden. The loser deals with its final case of heartbreak this year.
Virginia has won 19 straight home games, including all nine in ACC play. Among the victories include Duke and North Carolina. The loss, strangely enough, was to Delaware (19-14). It's a test, maybe the final exam for an Iowa team hoping to show it can close out a game on the road.
"We haven't been a great road team. We have to become one," McCaffery said. "I think if you're looking at why we weren't in (the NCAA tournament), that's probably why we weren't in. You can argue it, but I prefer to address it and try to work at it and get better. So this is a great opportunity for the young guys to go and compete at that level against that quality of a team on the road."
The losses have built character but not doubt among Iowa's players. Iowa junior Melsahn Basabe said he understands the difficulty of winning on the road. But he also respects the journey the program has taken in his three seasons from 11 wins to 23.
"I think what makes our team appreciate that even more is the fact we're rising, we're climbing," Basabe said. "I know how it feels to be at the bottom and lose eight straight and get blown out. This year, even though we've had a pretty good year, we feel like we've lost so many heartbreakers and stuff. So I think this team has an appreciation level and keeps that in the back of our minds that you can't get too high, you can't get too low. We could have gotten low at points, but we never did.
"Obviously we're always reminded not to get too high because we've seen things not go our way in the balance. So I think that part of us as a team that we experienced and matured into, that's helping us now. But we're don't want to beat ourselves anymore."
That's been a big problem on the road for Iowa. Late-game offensive execution has waned and turnovers increased. Even in a two-point road win against Penn State, the Hawkeyes forfeited two double-digit leads to hold on.
A quality win for Iowa at Virginia would break through the roadblock and give the team a chance to play on a major stage and validate the progress under McCaffery. It also could push Iowa toward national respect.
"It would be a tremendous step for the program," McCaffery said. "It would give us another opportunity to play two more games in the greatest venue in all of sport. For our maturity, for our growth, for our young guys, it would be a tremendous feeling."
It also could benefit the program in the future.
"Hopefully, it will enable us throughout this experience, extra practices, extra games, extra opportunities just to continue to grow," McCaffery said, "to get better and feel more confident and keep us hungry as we continue to go into this spring and summer, our foreign trip and into next season."
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Eldoret North MP says he will not favour or support any of the aspirants seeking to contest various seats in the Rift Valley during the next general election.
Ruto said yesterday that the candidates, especially those seeking to vie for the seats on the United Republic Party's ticket, must convince the public to elect them.
"I have no preferred or favoured candidate.The field is big and open and you are free to contest for any seat of your choice. The only preferred candidate will be the one to be elected by the people," said Ruto who was speaking during the prize giving day for schools his constituency.
Last week, a list of candidates purportedly favoured by Ruto to be nominated to run for various seats in Uasin Gishu was circulated in Eldoret but the URP presidential hopeful said he is only interested in a free and fair election for the country.
Ruto told some of the spirants who attended the ceremony to stop causing unnecessary political commotion and compete fairly.
"You should not cause commotion on the ground here because I have moved to seek another position," said Ruto.
Ruto assured the country that "Rift Valley will be the most peaceful area during the elections because communities have agreed to live together harmoniously".
"Eldoret is the best place to be now and during the elections", said Ruto adding that the area is extensively cosmopolitan than other parts of the country.
He said cycle of violence in Rift Valley during election years must come to end and that Kenyans will have the opportunity to elect the leaders they want.
"We have leaders who are always interested in empty talk and others who work for this country and it will be upon you to elect the leaders of your choice in a free and fair election," said Ruto during the function at the Eldoret Harambee School where he was with the Rift Valley Deputy PC Wanyama Musiambo.
Ruto said he was confident that the country would go through peaceful elections and urged all communities living in the region to uphold unity at all times.
Meanwhile Ruto has backed proposed reforms in the education sector saying the 8-4-4 education system is facing many challenges.
He said education stakeholders must, however, handle the reforms broadly so as to give the country a good education system to drive development.
"The education system should be sensitive to the needs of the country which can not hope to develop with an outdated education system,"said the former Higher Education minister.
Ruto says the country requires an education system that is accessible, affordable and of high quality to match the modern world.


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Former GOP nominee Mitt Romney told close supporters on a conference call on Friday that he will not run for president, saying that he wants to allow other leaders in the party to step forward.
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President Obama and Mitt Romney spar over foreign policy issues in the final debate before the election. Tracie Potts reports.
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September unemployment rate for the nation fell to 7.8%.
President Obama and Mitt Romney do their best to attract important voting blocks like Latinos and older Americans. Brian Mooar reports.
Mitt Romney works to bounce back after comments during a fundraiser leak. Tracie Potts reports.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney picks Rep. Paul Ryan as running mate.
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On the podcast there was some discussion about how/where Apple would fit the extra memory for the 32GIG into the iPhone.
I just wanted to point out this article: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/08/10/toshiba-unveiled-highest-memory...
In this article the dimensions of the 32Gig chip is 8mm X 14mm X 1.4mm. This is identical to the 16gig chip used on the current phone. (Which is located on the back side of the main motherboard, just behind the sim slot).
So no problem fitting this in.
The 32GB package is fabbed using a 43-nm process, but Tosh has already announced a 32-nm line, so fitting 64GB in the same space will be possible in short order, if not already.
Phone different Podcast Episode 39
What else? Heading into WWDC it's pretty much all iPhone 3.0 and new iPhone hardware, all the time. Join Dieter and Rene for talk on the latest rumors, multitasking, Apple's rejection of
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- iPhone 3.0 Walkthrough Now Updated to Beta 5
- Apple Recruiting Developers to Beta Test Push Notification
- And we've got the screenshots to show it!
- But is Apple reconsidering and thinking of allowing limited background multitasking? We've got three rumors saying... maybe!
- If you're not a developer and are running iPhone 3.0, and have hardware issues, don't count on the Apple Store!
- iPhone: Next Gen Rumorpalooza Part XXVI
- Daring Fireball Weighs in on Next Gen iPhone
- Asahi Kasei Confirmed for Digital Compass
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- Apple Jobs Wanted: Faster, More Powerful iPhone Processor Architect + Embedded Video Engineer
- Palm Pre Pressuring Apple to Pressure AT&T to Lower Rates for Next Gen iPhone?
- Rumorous Maximus: iPhone Models to be Differentiated by Software?
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- Speaking of Palm Pre: it launches June 6, two days before WWDC. Timing much?
- Eucalyptus Rejected! Or, Do iPhone App Store Reviewers Spend Their Time Searching for Porn?
- iPhone Easter Eggs Could Kill App Store Golden Egg?
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The IIMB campus at Bannerghatta Road is abuzz with preparations for the start of one of the biggest business fests in India - Vista 2010. With a theme that will seek to explore the many options that India has over the next decade, this business fest hopes to be the place where the ideas which will drive the next generation of CEOs germinate. The Mahindra group is the title sponsor for the festival.
The fest itself is full of new ideas - from a green initiative to using social networks for publicity. The Vista team has created an addictive game on the popular networking site Facebook, and is using its popularity to spread awareness about the festival. Using social networks also reduces the amount of publicity material that needs to be sent out using paper, which helps in making Vista a green fest. Over 600 people have played the game in the last week, and have been redirected to other Vista events and competitions.
Most of the posters have been printed on recycled paper and the number of posters actually printed, reduced to 1000. Reva, the electric car makers are partnering with IIMB to provide local transportation through electric cars in a conscious effort to promote better management. A significant number of events will be hosted outside in the open air - to reduce the carbon cost of indoor lighting and air-conditioning. The savings are being measured by NextGen, an entrepreneurial venture working towards environmental sustainability. So far, the estimated savings are over 2000 kilos of CO2 emissions, equivalent to the CO2 emitted by 10,000 kms of car travel - or 10 flights between Mumbai and Bangalore.
Says the team lead Vishwanath S, "We are spending a lot on the green initiative because we believe in it, and want to inspire every person who attends the fest to pay attention to the environment. We don't just want to buy carbon credits, but make a conscious effort to reduce emissions."
The fest also has a number of events organised around the environment. Lectures by eminent personalities like Meera Sanyal (Chairperson, ABN AMRO), Chetan Maini (Deputy Chairman of Reva Electric Car Company) and Ravi Singh (Secretary General of WWF India) will underline the Green message. The Climate Project (founded by Nobel laureate Al Gore) will conduct workshops on how to take action at the personal, work, community and government levels. Competitions like 'Prakriti', organized in conjunction with the WWF will also promote environmental sustainability.


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ACOUSTIC guitars may soon sound a lot sweeter to environmentalists. Japanese researchers say that they have discovered a sustainable replacement for Brazilian rosewood, an endangered tree that has traditionally been used to make the backs and sides of the best guitars.
The wood boasts some important acoustic properties. Its high density and stiffness allow it to sustain the vibrations of the guitar strings.
Guitar makers are looking for alternatives to rosewood, partly because it is becoming extremely expensive. But unfortunately, many of the acoustically adequate alternatives are trees that are also becoming endangered.
Hiroyuki Yano, Yuuzoh Furuta and Hiroyuki Nakagawa of the Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan took a different approach. They started with a tree that can be grown in sustainable plantations, the Japanese cedar, and tried to give it the acoustic qualities that make rosewood such a desirable material.
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This character is 1,2,4 to start. Gamble abiliity Costs 1 and u guess the card on ur deck and if correct it gains 2 Str and -1 Life. At first glance it looks like you can only do use this ability once. But if you gambled twice and guessed correctly both times would it temporarely be a 5, 0, 4 until dmg is resolved? or is that damage resolved right now? In other words does it live long enough to attack.
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If you scope out his Bootleg series, you'll notice the London-based producer has a pretty well rounded list of artists he's remixed. From Disclosure to Aaliyah, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Ray, and so on, it's clear he aims to snag your attention.
But while all the remixes carry this sort of experimental, droning garage bass sound, it's the Bieber remix that feels most cohesive. Cralias has managed to disassemble the track almost unrecognizably so, and you know what? I think I might speak for all of us when I say that Bieber has never sounded so good.


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These huge 3D murals seem to have been popping up everywhere online recently… Accomplished by John Pugh on the side of buildings, these murals have cleverly brought the marvelous and the real together, destroying the demarcation between the subjective world and the objective world. Bravo!
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The Silver Rose Cellars was first opened in June of 2000, and since then has been collecting praise for their wines all over the country. Clearing now over 200 awards, including a 93 rating from Wine Spectator, the Silver Rose Cellars welcomes visitors to come enjoy the beauty of its pristine property, lush vineyards, and surrounding mountain views.
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While the baseball team claws to get back into the Southeastern Conference race, the gymnastics team prepares to host its first NCAA regional and the football team gears up for its annual Blue/White Game, another team is quietly making a push for yet another historic run.
Just a year removed from the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance, the UK softball team has put itself in decent position to make the school's second postseason appearance with a little more than a month left to play.
The Cats, at 22-16, 7-9 in the Southeastern Conference, certainly have a lot of work to do to make the tournament, but the mere thought of making two straight NCAA Tournaments two years ago after years of mediocrity seemed like something out of a fairytale for the players.
One of the biggest reasons Kentucky is back in the mix to make the postseason is senior second baseman Natalie Smith. A year after hitting .255 at the plate, Smith has inflated her batting average to .353, second on the team.
On Friday, just a day before UK kicks off a critical three-game stretch with South Carolina, Cat Scratches sat down with Smith to talk about the Cats' postseason push, her change in her approach at the plate and the progress the program has made in her four years at Kentucky.
Cat Scratches: Can you tell me about how the year has gone so far as a team and for you individually?
Natalie Smith: Well it has been an interesting softball season so far. We have had some ups and downs as a team, but we are always looking to improve and we are looking forward to winning as many SEC games as we can. That is definitely our main goal and then to make it to the NCAA tournament."
CS: You all are in the middle of the pack in the SEC. Can you talk about how critical these next few weekends are coming up in order to make the NCAA Tournament?
NS: We play LSU and Florida and those are going to be dog fights, but if we can pull a couple of games out of each series, that would definitely be a bonus. The South Carolina game this weekend is number one on our minds. We need to take these three games to have a shot at postseason. We are in the middle of the pack right now, but to get into the tournament, you only need to be ahead of two or three teams, so hopefully we can make the tournament and that can confirm a four or five spot in the regionals somewhere.
CS: Did the team making its first NCAA tournament appearance last year put some pressure onto the team or did it build momentum, or was it a combination of both?
NS: It was a little bit of pressure last year because after a few years of experience that winning was great and everything, but no one was expecting us to win last year. When we came out and were beating teams, I think that caught everyone off guard, so that was definitely to our advantage. This year, everyone knows we are a lot better than we were, and everyone is looking to beat us, so there is definitely some pressure to get back to the tournament and to make a real change in the program, but that is what we are trying to do.
CS: Do teams seem a little bit tougher this year since they know that you all can't be taken lightly anymore?
NS: I would say so. It's great playing in this conference and I wouldn't want to be on any other team. Every game, anybody can win and you just have to go out and play hard, and that is why it is so much fun. Competition is at such a high level. Now that teams are gunning for you, it makes it that much more exciting when you beat them.
CS: Do you feel like you are in good position right now to make the NCAA Tournament again?
NS:Yeah, we will be fine. As long as we take care of business, we can afford a few losses here and there, but we really need to take care of business this weekend and Ole Miss in a couple of weeks during finals will be a really big series for us, too.
CS: Can you talk about your offensive game this year? You are hitting in the mid 300s right now. Talk about how the year is going for you individually.
NS: Well I just have been slapping a lot more and trying to get on base. I don't have a ton of extra-base hits. I just really try to create an offense and put the ball in play and it is really fun to get on base. Last year my goal was one RBI per game and this year my goal has been more to just try to get on base and create offense for the rest of the team. I just try to do what I can. This is my last year and I think that kind of helps being a senior and having experience and just going out on a good note, there is going to be a lot of motivation to try to help the team.
CS: Did you know you were going to be in a different role this year as a slap hitter and did you have to make any adjustments in the offseason to kind of change your game a little bit?
NS: I started to change around postseason last year and I had great results, but I was hitting in the five spot last year behind a power hitter trying to drive in runs and it just wasn't as acceptable last year as it was the first two years when I had much more slapping in. I decided to mix it up more this year and really try to play the defense to my advantage, so I made some adjusting in the offseason and worked on my slapping and my bunts because I'm not that fast. Hopefully the hard work will pay off and I will have another great year.
CS: Can you explain the differences in the approach at the plate between slapping and trying to drive runs in?
NS: If there is no one on base, I am looking more towards slapping or bunting. I usually hit away if there are scorers in scoring position or if I am really hitting well off of the pitcher. But if the pitcher has my number then I am going to go to the slap because I want to put the ball in play. As a personal goal of my own is that I don't like to strike out that much so slapping guarantees that I at least put the ball in play and I am going to make the defense work to make a play. I think that is the biggest difference, just looking to get on or to catch somebody off guard and I can slap or bunt, plus I can slap for power, too, so it is really nice to get an outfield that really doesn't know how to play me.
CS: Are you surprised how far this program has come?
NS: I'm really not surprised. I enjoyed my first year even though it was under a different coaching staff than we have now, but Rachel Lawson came in and really gave this team some heart and some tradition and has really been working hard in changing this program around and it has definitely paid off, bringing in great players and just building everything up. I think this senior class has a lot of pride in what we have accomplished and I think as a group we are really proud of the mark we are going to leave and hopefully we can say that we were part of that change.
CS: You and Molly Johnson and Amber Matousek came in at the same time and knew each other before coming to UK. Talk about the benefit of having two other players your age to lean on during the tough times the first two years and how gratifying is to be winning together now.
NS: They were definitely part of the reason I came here. I knew I was going to have two friends from home that I had already played summer ball with. Me and Molly have played the infield together for six years now, so it's really nice to know that you don't have to communicate that much. We just know where the other person is going to be. She's a great a player and Amber is a great player and it's just nice to know that you're having an off day that somebody can pick you up. With Molly, I've played against her since I was a little kid. I always knew whatever happened to her and where she went that she was going to be a stud. I've been following her my entire career so I was happy to go to the same school as her and not have to play against her.


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After a very difficult deliberation process, the opportunity to play for my local team, in front of family and friends, was impossible to refuse. While Rider Pride will always be a part of me, it's time to head to Tiger town. Hamilton has a great tradition of football excellence and I am thrilled be a part of a team that will immediately challenge for a Grey Cup. I look forward to getting to know my new teammates and representing the Tiger-Cats in Southwestern Ontario. Oskee-wee-wee!
I want to thank the Riders organization, my teammates and, especially, the people of Saskatchewan. My experience there was unforgettable and I am so proud to have been able to represent the Rider fans. I wish you nothing but the best and hope that you will do the same for me in return.
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Thandie Newton - The "For Colored Girls" Interview
Born in London on November 6, 1972, Thandie Newton is a consummate actress associated with riveting performances in everything from Beloved to Besieged to Crash. She will soon be seen in the independent film Vanishing on 7th Street where she stars opposite Hayden Christensen and John Leguizamo, and she is currently shooting the psychological thriller The Retreat with Cillian Murphy and Jamie Bell.
Thandie won both a BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Awards for her work in Crash, the Academy Award-winning Best Picture of 2006. She most recently appeared in 2012, a sci-fi flick which grossed in excess of $750 million at the box office worldwide.


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Raw Festivals 2014
June 16-22 or 19-22: Blue Planets Festival, Sweden
Gourmet raw food workshops, wheatgreass, microgreens and sprouts, music, concerts, circle dancing, nature, amazing raw buffets and more.
Lots of ticket options. 6 days 7500 SEK (approx £680), 3 days 3500 SEK (approx £320).
July 17-21: RawFest, Laughton, East Sussex, UK
Talks, demos, massage, yoga, sound healing, permaculture, ecstatic dance, live music and more.
Full tickets including camping: £120. Full details and more ticket options: www.rawfest.co
July 17-20: Fresh Food Festival, Denmark
Fruit based 80/10/10 style raw food festival featusing Dr. Doug Graham, Rozalind Graham and more. Talks, sports activities, fitness, yoga, etc.
Price 3939 DKK (approx £435) inclusive of meals and accomodation. Full schedule and more ticket options: www.freshfoodfestival.com
Sept 13: Festival of Life, London, UK
Talks, demos and workshops and a wide variety of stalls inside covering: natural parenting, nature cures, permaculture, environmentalism, musical, poetic and artistic expression, simple and non-consumerist living, creating community and networks, celebration and connection.
Conscious dance party in the evening.
Full event: 10.30am-11.30pm: £20 /£15 (concs)
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