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The Grand Canal of China also known as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest ancient canal or artificial river in the world. Starting at Beijing it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The oldest parts of the canal date back to the 5th century BC, although the various sections were finally combined into one during the Sui Dynasty (581–618 AD).
The total length of the Grand Canal is roughly 1,770 km (1,114 miles). Its greatest height is reached in the mountains of Shandong, at a summit of roughly 42 m (138 ft); ships traveling in canals of China did not have trouble reaching higher elevations after the 10th century, when the pound lock was invented during the Song Dynasty China. The canal's size and grandeur had won for it the admiration of many throughout history, including the Japanese monk Ennin (794–864), the Persian historian Rashid al-Din (1247–1318), and the Korean official Choe Bu (1454–1504).
Historically, periodic flooding of the adjacent Yellow River threatened the safety and functioning of the canal. On some occasions, such as times of war, the high dikes of the Yellow River were deliberately broken in order to flood out advancing enemy troops. This caused disaster and prolonged economic hardships. Despite temporary periods of desolation and disuse, the Grand Canal furthered an indigenous and growing economic market of China's urban centers throughout the ages since the Sui.
The Han Gou is actually known as the second oldest section of the later Grand Canal, since the Hong Gou ('Canal of the Flying Geese', or 'Far-Flung Canal') most likely preceded it. It linked the Yellow River near Kaifeng to the Si and Bian rivers, and became the model for the shape of the Grand Canal in the north. The exact date of the Hong Gou's construction is uncertain; its first known written mention was made by the diplomat Su Qin in 330 BC when discussing state boundaries. The historian Sima Qian (145–90 BC) dated it much earlier than the 4th century BC, attributing it to the work of the mythological Yu the Great; modern scholars now consider it to belong to the 6th century BC.
This Han Gou section of the canal was not only important for private trade, but remained continually important for conducting martial marine campaigns. For example, in the year 280 the naval commander Wang Jun led a victorious campaign against Eastern Wu by facilitating the use of this canal for his passing fleet. By the middle of the sixth century AD, its winding course had been rationalised into a straighter canal, the Shanyang River, which took its name from its terminus on the Huai.
The Grand Canal as we see it today was in large part a creation of the Sui Dynasty (581-618), a result of the migration of China's core economic and agricultural region away from the Yellow River valley and toward what is now Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Its main role throughout its history was the transport of grain to the capital. However, the institution of the Grand Canal by the Sui also obviated the need for the army to become self-sufficient farmers while posted in the northern frontier, as food supplies could now easily be shipped from south to north over the pass.
By the year 600, there were major build ups of silt on the bottom of the Hong Gou canal, obstructing river barges whose drafts were too deep for its waters. The chief engineer of the Sui Dynasty, Yuwen Kai, advised the dredging of a new canal that would run parallel to the existing canal, diverging from it at Chenliu (Yanzhou). The new canal was to pass not Xuzhou, but Suzhou, to avoid connecting with the Si River, and instead make a direct connection with the Huai River just west of Lake Hongze. With the recorded labor of five million men and women under the supervision of Ma Shumou, the first major section of the Grand Canal was completed in the year 605—called the Bian Qu. The Grand Canal was fully completed under the second Sui emperor, from the years 604 to 609, first by linking Luoyang to the Yangzhou (and the Yangzi valley), then expanding it to Hangzhou (south), and to Beijing (north). This allowed the southern area to provide grains to the northern province and to troops. Running alongside and parallel to the canal was an imperial roadway and post offices supporting a courier system. The government also planted an enormous line of trees. The history of the canal's construction is handed down in the book Kaiheji ('Record of the Opening of the Canal').
The earlier dyke-building project in 587 along the Yellow River—overseen by engineer Liang Rui—established canal lock gates which regulated water levels for the canal. Double slipways were also installed in order to haul boats over when the difference in water levels were too great for the flash lock to operate.
Between 604 to 609, Emperor Yang Guang (or Sui Yangdi) of the Sui dynasty ordered a number of canals be dug in a 'Y' shape, from Hangzhou in the south to termini in (modern) Beijing and in the capital region along the Yellow River valley. When the canal was completed it linked the river systems of the Qiantang River, the Yangtze River, the Huai River, the Yellow River, the Wei River and the Hai River. Its southern section, running between Hangzhou and the Yangtze, was named the Jiangnan River (the river 'South of the Yangtze'). The canal's central portions stretched from Yangzhou to Luoyang: the section between the Yangtze and the Huai continued to be the Shanyang River; the next section connected the Huai to the Yellow and was called the Tongji Channel. The northernmost portion, linking Beijing and Luoyang, was named the Yongji Channel. This portion of the canal was used to transport troops to what is now the North Korean border region during the Goguryeo-Sui Wars (598–614). After the canal's completion in 609, Emperor Yang led a recorded 105 km (65 mile) long naval flotilla of boats from the north down to his southern capital at Yangzhou.
It should be recognized that the Grand Canal at this time was not a continuous, man-made canal but a collection of often non-contiguous artificial cuts and canalised or natural rivers.
By the year 735 it was recorded that about 149,685,400 kg (165,000 t) of grain was shipped annually along the canal. The Tang government oversaw canal lock efficiency and built granaries along route in case a flood or other disaster impeded the path of shipment. To ensure smooth travel of grain shipments, the Transport Commissioner Liu Yan (in office from 763–779) had special river barge ships designed and constructed to fit the depths of each section of the entire canal.
After the An Shi Rebellion (755–763), the economy of north China was greatly damaged and never recovered due to wars and to constant floodings of the Yellow River. Such a case occurred in the year 858 when an enormous flood along the Grand Canal inundated thousands of acres of farmland and killed tens of thousands of people in the North China Plain. Such an ill-fated event reduced the legitimacy of a ruling dynasty and those who perceived it as losing the Mandate of Heaven; this was a good reason for dynastic authorities to maintain a smooth and efficient-running canal system.
The city of Kaifeng grew to be a major hub, later becoming the capital of the Song Dynasty (960–1279). Although the Tang and Song dynasty international seaports—the greatest being Guangzhou and Quanzhou, respectively—and the maritime foreign trade brought merchants great fortune, it was the Grand Canal within China that spurred the greatest amount of economic activity and commercial profit. During the Song and earlier periods, barge ships occasionally crashed and wrecked along the Shanyang Yundao section of the Grand Canal while passing the double slipways, and more often than not they were robbed of the tax grain by local bandits. This prompted Qiao Weiyo, an Assistant Commissioner of Transport for Huainan, to invent a double-gate system known as the pound lock in the year 984. This allowed ships to wait within a gated space while the water could be drained to appropriate levels, while the Chinese also built roofed hangers over the space to add further protection for the ships.
Much of the Grand Canal south of the Yellow River was ruined for several years after 1128, when Du Chong decided to break the dykes and dams holding back the waters of the Yellow River in order to decimate the oncoming Jurchen invaders. The Jurchen Jin Dynasty continually battled with the Song in the region between the Huai River and Yellow River; this warfare led to the dilapidation of the canal until the Mongols invaded in the 13th century and began necessary repairs.
During the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), the capital of China was moved to Beijing, eliminating the need for the canal arm flowing west to Kaifeng or Luoyang. A summit section was dug across the foothills of the Shandong massif during the 1280s, shortening the overall length by as much as 700 km (making the total length about 1800 km) and linking Hangzhou and Beijing in a direct north-south waterway for the first time. Just like the Song and Jin era, the canal fell into disuse and dilapidation during the Yuan Dynasty's decline.
The Grand Canal was renovated almost in its entirety between 1411 and 1415 during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). A magistrate of Jining, Shandong sent a memorial to the throne of the Yongle Emperor protesting the current inefficient means of transporting 4,000,000 shi (428,000,000 liters) of grain a year by means of transferring it along several different rivers and canals in barge types that went from deep to shallow after the Huai River, and then transferred back onto deep barges once the shipment of grain met with the Yellow River. Chinese engineers built a dam to divert the Wen River to the southwest in order to feed 60% of its water north into the Grand Canal and the other percent heading south. They dug four large reservoirs in Shandong to regulate water levels, which allowed them to avoid pumping water from local sources and tables. Between 1411 and 1415, a total of 165,000 laborers dredged the canal bed in Shandong, built new channels, embankments, and canal locks.
The Yongle Emperor moved the Ming capital from Nanjing to Beijing in 1403. This move deprived Nanjing of its status as chief political center of China. The reopening of the Grand Canal also benefited Suzhou over Nanjing, since the former was in a better position along the main artery of the Grand Canal, hence it became Ming China's greatest economic center. The only other viable contender with Suzhou in the Jiangnan region was Hangzhou, but it was located 200 km (124 miles) further down the Grand Canal and away from the main delta. Even the shipwrecked Korean Choe Bu (1454–1504)—while traveling for five months throughout China in 1488—acknowledged that Hangzhou served not as a competitor but as an economic feeder into the greater Suzhou market. Therefore, the Grand Canal served to make or break the economic fortunes of certain cities along its route, and served as the economic lifeline of indigenous trade within China.
The scholar Gu Yanwu of the early Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) estimated that the previous Ming Dynasty had to employ 47,004 full-time laborers recruited by the lijia corvée system in order to maintain the entire canal system. It is known that 121,500 soldiers and officers were needed simply to operate the 11,775 government grain barges in the mid 15th century.
Besides its function as a grain shipment route and major vein of river borne indigenous trade in China, the Grand Canal had long been a government-operated courier route as well. In the Ming Dynasty, official courier stations were placed at intervals of 35 to 45 km. Each courier station was assigned a different name, all of which were popularized in travel songs of the period.
In 1855, the Yellow River flooded and changed its course, severing the course of the canal in Shandong. This was foreshadowed by a Chinese official in 1447, who remarked that the flood-prone Yellow River made the Grand Canal like a throat that could be easily strangled (leading some officials to request reopening the grain shipment through the East China Sea). Because of various factors - the difficulty of crossing the Yellow River, the increased development of an alternative sea route for grain-ships, and the opening of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway and the Beijing-Hankou Railway - the canal languished and for decades the northern and southern parts remained separate. Many of the canal sections fell into disrepair, and some parts were returned to flat fields. Even today, the Grand Canal has not fully recovered from this disaster. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the need for economic development led the authorities to order heavy reconstruction work.
The economic importance of the canal likely will increase because the governments of the Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces plan dredging that should increase shipping capacity by 40 percent by 2012.
This southernmost section of the canal runs from Hangzhou in Zhejiang, where the canal connects with the Qiantang River, to Zhenjiang in Jiangsu, where it meets the Yangtze. After leaving Hangzhou the canal passes around the eastern border of Lake Tai, through the major cities of Jiaxing, Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou before reaching Zhenjiang. The Jiangnan (or 'South of the Yangtze') Canal is very heavily used by barge traffic bringing coal and construction materials to the booming delta. It is generally a minimum of 100 metres wide in the congested city centres, and often two or three times this width in the countryside beyond. In recent years, broad bypass canals have been dug around the major cities to reduce 'traffic jams'.
This 'Middle Canal' section runs from Huai'an to Weishan Lake, passing through Luoma Lake and following more than one course, the result of the impact of centuries of Yellow River flooding. After Pizhou, a northerly course passes through Tai'erzhuang to enter Weishan Lake at Hanzhuang bound for Nanyang and Jining (this course is the remnant of the New Nanyang Canal of 1566 – see below). A southerly course passes close by Xuzhou and enters Weishan Lake near Peixian. This latter course is less used today.
The fifth section of the canal extends from Linqing to Tianjin, following the course of the canalised Wei River. Though one of the northernmost sections, its name derives from its position relative to Tianjin. The Wei River at this point is very heavily polluted, and drought and industrial water extraction have left it too low to be navigable. The canal, now in Hebei province, passes through the cities of Dezhou and Cangzhou. Although visitors might see the canal as a deep waterway in these city centres, its depth is maintained by weirs and the canal is in fact all but dry where it passes through the surrounding countryside. Finally, the canal joins the Hai River in Tianjin city centre, where it turns north-westward.
From the Tang to Qing dynasties, the Grand Canal served as the main artery between northern and southern China and was essential for the transport of grain to Beijing. Although it was mainly used for shipping grain, it also transported other commodities and the corridor along the canal developed into an important economic belt. Records show that, at its height, every year more than 8,000 boats transported 4 to 6 million dan (240,000-360,000 tons) of grain. The convenience of transport also enabled rulers to lead inspection tours to southern China. In the Qing Dynasty, emperors Kangxi and Qianlong made twelve trips to the south, on all occasions but one reaching Hangzhou.
The Grand Canal also enabled cultural exchange and political integration to mature between the north and south of China. The canal even made a distinct impression on some of China's early European visitors. Marco Polo recounted the Grand Canal's arched bridges as well as the warehouses and prosperous trade of its cities in the 13th century (though be aware that doubts have been cast on Polo's claims). The famous Roman Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci travelled from Nanjing to Beijing on the canal at the end of 16th century.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the canal has been used primarily to transport vast amounts of bulk goods such as bricks, gravel, sand, diesel and coal. The Jianbi shiplocks on the Yangtze are currently handling some 75,000,000 tons each year, and the Li Canal is forecast to reach 100,000,000 tons in the next few years.
The Grand Canal is currently being upgraded to serve as the Eastern Route of the South-North Water Transfer Project. Additional amounts of water from the Yangtze will be drawn into the canal in Jiangdu City, where a giant 400 cu.m./s. pumping station was built already in the 1980s, and is then fed uphill by pumping stations along the route and through a tunnel under the Yellow River, from where it can flow downhill to reservoirs near Tianjin. Construction on the Eastern Route officially began on December 27, 2002, and water is supposed to reach Tianjin by 2012. However, water pollution has affected the viability of this project.


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(Wednesday, August 7th)
Final Score: Cincinnati 6, Oakland 5
Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer and knocked in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds held off the Oakland Athletics, 6-5, on Wednesday.
Corky Miller hit a pair of RBI doubles before leaving with a right quad contusion for the Reds, who swept this brief two-game set. Devin Mesoraco, who replaced Miller, drove in a run.
"He epitomizes, I think, what we do as baseball players," Bruce said of Miller. "He's been around forever, he's a grinder, he does things the right way. For him to come out and have a big day is awesome."
Cincinnati starter Homer Bailey (7-10) allowed five runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 innings.
Josh Donaldson hit a solo homer and knocked in two runs for the A's, who have lost three in a row. Eric Sogard, who came in for an injured Alberto Callaspo, went 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Oakland starter Bartolo Colon (14-4) had a rough outing, giving up five runs on seven hits over 2 2/3 innings. The right-hander had tossed six or more innings and allowed three runs or fewer in each of his previous 15 starts.
The Reds got on the board in the first inning. Shin-Soo Choo singled, Todd Frazier walked and Joey Votto singled to load the bases with no outs. Bruce grounded into a fielder's choice to plate the first run of the contest.
After Donaldson homered in the top of the second, Cincinnati scored another run in the bottom half. Zack Cozart singled and raced home on Miller's double to right.
The Reds tacked on three more runs in the third to take a 5-1 lead. Votto singled and scored on Bruce's one-out homer to right. Cozart worked a two-out walk and crossed the plate on Miller's double to left.
Oakland got one run back in the fourth. Brandon Moss reached base on an infield single and moved to third on Callaspo's two-out double to right. Stephen Vogt followed with a single to right that scored Moss. Callaspo also tried to score but suffered a left forearm contusion while being tagged out at the plate.
Cincinnati scored another run in the fifth to go back up by four. Xavier Paul led off with a ground-rule double to right, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and raced home when pinch-hitter Mesoraco reached first on third baseman Donaldson's fielding error.
The A's made things interesting by putting up a three-spot in the sixth. Jed Lowrie doubled and Moss singled to put men on the corners with one out. Donaldson's RBI single to left and Sogard's two-run triple to right cut the gap to 6-5.
"That would have been an easy game to just hang your head and say 'here we go again' but they didn't," A's manager Bob Melvin said of his club rallying late. "You try to take something positive from that."
Oakland put men on first and second with two outs in the eighth, but Josh Reddick flied out.
Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth to record his 27th save of the season.
Game Notes
Oakland is 10-6 all-time versus the Reds ... Colon, who fell to 3-1 lifetime against the Reds, was trying to win his seventh straight road start ... The Reds activated reliever Jonathan Broxton from the 15-day disabled list and optioned pitcher Pedro Villarreal to Triple-A Louisville ... Cincinnati won consecutive games for the first time since July 24 in San Francisco and July 25 in Los Angeles.
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That match on September 1, 2012 saw Mousa come off the bench at half-time to strike wonderful goal 20 minutes into his debut.
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"Norwich are a good team and we have a lot of respect for them. We didn't have a lot of success against them last season and we know it will be tough.
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New York Restricts Use of Social Security Numbers
A person may not be required to disclose or furnish his or her Social Security Number (SSN) for any purpose under new section 399-ddd of New York's General Business Law, effective December 12, 2012. The new law safeguarding SSNs applies to employers and certain other entities in the state. Businesses must review their practices relating to employees, customers and other individuals in situations where all or a part of the SSN is involved.
SSN includes not only the nine-digit number issued by the Social Security Administration, but also "any number derived from such number," unless the number is encrypted.
Unless one of the exceptions below applies, requiring employees or customers to use the last four digits of their SSN as part of an identification number, for example, will be unlawful. Exceptions include:
- The individual consents to the acquisition or use of his or her SSN (this likely means a voluntary consent);
- The SSN is expressly required by federal, state or local law or regulation;
- The SSN is used for internal verification or fraud investigation;
- The SSN is requested for credit or credit card transaction initiated by the consumer or in connection with a lawful request for a consumer report or investigating consumer report (in addition to permissible background checks under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and New York law, this provision also may cover corporate credit card programs, frequently used by companies to better manage business expense reimbursement);
- The SSN is requested for purposes of employment, including in the course of administration of a claim, benefits, or procedure related to employment, such as termination from employment, retirement, workplace injury, or unemployment claims;
- The SSN is requested for tax compliance, collecting child or spousal support, or determining whether a person has a criminal record; and
- The SSN is requested by an authorized insurance company for purposes of furnishing information to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (this likely captures the reporting requirements under Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007).
The law does not provide for a private right of action; it is enforced by the State Attorney General. A civil penalty of not more than $500 per violation may be imposed for a first offense, $1,000 for a second offense. However, the law suggests that so long as reasonable measures have been adopted to avoid a violation, unintentional, bona fide errors will not result in penalties.
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News today that 90 jobs are to go as Boral suspends manufacturing at its Waurn Ponds kiln in favour of using imported clinker highlights the extraordinary pressures being placed on manufacturing in Australia by the Gillard Government's chronic economic mismanagement.
"In a challenging economic environment, Australian manufacturing is being stifled by a high-cost and restrictive regulatory regime," said Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Industry, today.
Rising energy costs, increasing manufacturing expenses and a downturn in building and construction activity have been cited by Boral as some of the unhelpful factors behind today's decision.
"Labor continually announces panels, reviews, consultations and advisory boards but never addresses the restrictively high costs being placed on manufacturing, including the carbon tax, which has added millions of dollars of costs to the pressures already being faced by the sector," Mrs Mirabella said.
"There are four simple steps the Government could take to immediately address the rising costs faced by manufacturing: Adopting a consistent policy approach, axing the carbon tax and the mining tax, cutting red tape, and cutting spending to bring debt under control.
"The cement industry has been besieged by the poor legislative and economic choices of the Gillard Government," Mrs Mirabella said.
"The industry has been relentlessly slugged with new costs by Labor, including by their ill-conceived shipping reforms, the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal and other productivity stifling regulatory burdens.
"The Prime Minister waxes lyrical about the need to protect Australian manufacturing jobs whilst loading up the industry with costs and the burden of a stifling regulatory regime.
Boral Chairman Bob Every stated in November 2011 that the impact of the carbon tax would make it difficult to ever justify building another cement kiln in Australia.
"This Labor Government is suffocating investment in manufacturing in Australia through its failure to understand the cost pressures being faced by the sector," Mrs Mirabella concluded.


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Pentagon Concludes "Should Cost" Review of F-35
October 31, 2011
The Defense Department on Monday said it had finished an initial review of what the next batch of F-35 fighter jets should cost, and would brief the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corp, shortly.
Completion of the so-called "should cost" review will pave the way for the start of formal negotiations about a fifth batch of 30 F-35 or Joint Strike Fighter warplanes.
The F-35 program remains under tough scrutiny. It is the largest U.S. weapons program and has already seen costs rise sharply over the past 10 years -- making it a prime target for future cuts as defense officials brace for up to $1 trillion in defense spending cuts over the next decade.
Officials estimate it will cost $382 billion to develop and build 2,447 of the radar-evading fighter jets for the U.S. military, but Pentagon officials have said they intend cut that projected cost sharply through tough cost-cutting measures.
Shay Assad, the Pentagon's new director of defense pricing, was due to brief F-35 program officials on Monday about his lengthy review of overhead and other manufacturing costs, followed by a meeting with Lockheed on Tuesday, according to sources familiar with the Joint Strike Fighter program.


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Final Score: Massachusetts 75, Eastern Michigan 61
Amherst, MA (Sports Network) - Freddie Riley led four Minutemen in double- figures with 18 points as the Massachusetts cruised by the Eastern Michigan Eagles, 75-61, at the Mullins Center.
Riley came off the bench to make good on 6-of-9 from beyond the arc for the Minutemen (10-3). Maxie Esho also came off the bench, scoring 13 points and pulling-down nine boards. Chaz Williams scored 14 points and Jesse Morgan scored 11 points as Massachusetts earned it's seventh straight win.
For the Eagles (7-7), Glenn Bryant recorded a double-double off the bench, with 11 points and 11 boards. J.R. Sims and Jamell Harris scored 12 and 10 points, respectively. Eastern Michigan has now lost five of it's last six games.
Massachusetts shot an impressive 9-of-17 from 3-point range, while limiting the Eagles to a mere 8-of-25 from the floor, en route to a 38-25 advantage at the break.
Eastern Michigan stepped-up it's shooting in the second half to 15-of-28 from the floor. Massachusetts made 14-of-27 from the floor to clinch the 14-point victory.
Massachusetts made 11-of-25 from long range, forced 20 turnovers, and outscored Eastern Michigan, 23-6, in points off turnovers on the day.


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DURHAM, N.H. - Marcie Boyer (Dillsburg, Pa.) scored with 26 seconds remaining in the second overtime session to lift the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to a 2-1 America East victory against 15th-ranked Boston University at Memorial Field on Wednesday afternoon.
UNH improved to 8-5 overall and 3-1 in the conference with its 14th consecutive home win. Boston University is now 8-6, 5-2. Boyer, who netted the game-winner against Rhode Island earlier this season, ended the game when her shot from the left side of the circled eluded Terrier goalkeeper Susan Harrington (14 saves) and rolled into the far side of the cage.
BU dominated the first half - the Terriers generated a 13-4 shot advantage - and took a 1-0 lead at 7:03 when Felicia Cappabianca pushed the ball past UNH's charging goalkeeper, Amy Agulay (London, Ontario; 14 saves), from the top of the circle.
New Hampshire turned the tables in the second half and had a 13-2 shot advantage. The Wildcats tied the game at 11:23 on a penalty stroke by Jessica Russell (Harrisville, R.I.), whose shot was just inside the left post. Russell, who leads the team with eight goals, has taken and converted all four of UNH's penalty strokes this season.
Neither team took advantage of its scoring chances in the first overtime, and penalty strokes appeared imminent until Boyer's late heroics.
New Hampshire returns to action Oct. 14 at home against the University of New Hampshire. Game time at Memorial Field is 3:30 p.m.


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Allemande Hash - Carroll White
Another dance from "A Night at Sunny Hills," a series of records "for experienced square dancers," released in 1951. As the name suggests, the Allemande Hash contains variations on allemandes, starting with "Allemande thar" and including some from the so-called Allemande Alphabet that was starting to be developed: • Allemande left and an…
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A Night at Sunny Hills
Album cover, inside text, and a related record label. This recording, from 1951, illustrates what was considered appropriate material for experienced square dancers at that time in southern California, one of the hotbeds of interest in square dance.
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I wrote something the other day. First thing in ages, just sitting in the library while my patients slept, pager silent, phone in arms reach, writing whatever came into my head.
I was thinking about where I was. I am in Albany, on the southernmost tip of Western Australia. If you continue south there is only empty ocean until Antarctica. The precise details of the geography are not known to me, but it may be that if you continued south from here, along the lines of longitude, there would be no-one and nothing ahead of you for what would seem like an eternity. You would see only sea, then sea and ice, and ice, and ice, and ice - no sky, no sea, no shore. Cold and dark and winter. You might die. A lot of people, presumably, who go that far into the cold die.
And then, after a time you could not measure - no sun, no stars, no track of your feet, I thought - you would find the ice cracking beneath you, and after many long miles there would be the sea, and then if you went on and on and on the sea would get warmer. You'd see sun, and sky, and gulls. And from time to time you'd come close to shore, maybe see landmasses in the distance. Cities, ports, maybe even ships.
And then, if you were strong, sooner or later, you'd touch land yourself. I think on this line of longitude it's Santa Ana, California.
I have never been to California. It sounds good.
Now - stepping back - the aforementioned text was the first thing I have written in a long time. A very long time. It was me, heart to page, fingers twitching like pulses. Not corrected. And I find there is a metaphor in there.
The reason that this came out for me is this is what is going on for me here. This is what "I am here for", in that sense. This is why I am here, on the edge of the world. This is why I have run south to where I cannot run any further south any more.
The journey into the ice. Into the solitude, into the dark and the cold and the loneliness. The time away.
Enduring. And then, if I go far enough south, it gets better. If you go far enough south, you go north, if you follow me. There is warmth and sun and light, sex and love and hope. The New World, If I can get there.
The Vikings, I suspect, knew space was curved.
Anyway. These are early days. And days with a lot of dark in them. And it's a long way and a lonely, and I can't get there yet, and most people who go this way die.
But at the end, if I can plan, and prepare, and provision, and do not falter, that's where I want to go.
I don't know if what I just wrote put what I wanted to say into English. I will try this:
I had a sentence pop into my head for my book the other day. That's not whole lines, but it's a start. In the book, and this would be the end of book six, one of my characters, my favourite, is staring out up at the sky. The sky, in the world of my books, is a crystalline sphere, in which the embedded stars move, and my character has been there in a mediaeval spaceship and has disputed with God. She looks up, and somehow there is a line how she is "... less the satellite, and more the star." There are, by the way, satellites in the mediaeval sky by the end of book six.
I liked that. You look up into the sky, and if you just blink up, you see all these points of light. But if you look a little longer, you see that some of them move. They are satellites. They look impressive, but they orbit something else, and they shine by reflected light, and they are really just aluminium and wire.
I know when I get low I am more the satellite than the star. But that is not how things are. Creative people - and we are all creative people - we are things of fire and substance. We make life, we form elements, we can bend light. Anything else is choosing less.
At the end of this, if it has worked, I will believe again I am less the satellite and more the star.
Anyway, Thanks for listening,


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Currently, the M2M industry is represented by mobile network operators, hardware solution, device platform, module OEMs providers and aggregators/MVNOs; all playing on various levels of the M2M value chain.
The global wireless M2M market exhibited a healthy growth in two recent years. It is poised for the future growth and is likely to increase at a CARG of over 22% over the coming five years. In 2018, the world M2M industry is predicted to generate revenues exceeding USD 35 billion. In the same year, the M2M software platforms market is forecast to override USD 5.9 billion in terms of yearly spending owing to the enhancing demand for cloud based data analytics, device management and diagnostic equipment.
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The report offers a comprehensive assessment of the global M2M market. It describes the current market state, traces the historic development of the market, characterizes the prevailing market trends and outlines the future opportunities for the market. The vital data on the market value, shape and structure are provided and the competitive landscape is examined in the study. The research presents the business case, value chain, deployment case, vertical market ecosystem analyses for M2M as well as covers vendor service/product strategies and strategic recommendations. The report contains in-depth overview of the leading market players and recent activities on the market.
The following submarkets are covered in the report: network connectivity, application services, embedded cellular M2M modules, network security, connected device platforms (CDP), application platforms (application enablement platforms, AEP and application development platforms, ADP), integration services and enabling technologies.
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UTSA wins nine awards at CASE District IV Conference
(March 30, 2010)--At the 2010 CASE District IV Conference March 27-30 in Austin, UTSA's team from the Office of the Vice President for University Advancement won nine awards including two grand awards (gold), one award of excellence (silver), one achievement award (bronze) and five special awards (pewter). University Communications received seven awards, Alumni Programs received one award and University Advancement received one award.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in London and Singapore, CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) is an international professional association serving educational institutions and advancement professionals in alumni relations, communications, fundraising, marketing and other areas.
CASE District IV includes 260 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Mexico. Each of CASE's North American districts offer awards programs to recognize outstanding programs and individuals. Among other work, district awards honor everything from annual reports to Web sites to distinguished service to new professionals.
CASE has 22,500 members with nearly 3,400 colleges, universities, independent elementary and secondary schools, and educational associates in 59 countries. CASE is one of the largest nonprofit education associations in institutional membership, serving more than 60,000 advancement professionals. CASE helps its members build stronger relationships with alumni and donors, raise funds for campus projects, produce recruitment materials, market their institutions to prospective students, diversify the profession and foster public support of education.
2010 CASE District IV awards to UTSA
- Special Award (Pewter) -- Alumni Programs, Best New Alumni Program, "Volunteer Vista"
- Special Award (Pewter) -- University Communications, Visual Design -- Special Pieces, "Fiesta River Parade Invitation"
- Grand Award -- University Communications, Visual Design -- Illustration, Sombrilla, Spring 2009
- Special Award (Pewter) -- University Communications, Medical-Scientific Writing, Sombrilla, Spring 2009: "Why Jane and Johnny Can't Factor a Polynomial"
- Achievement Award (Bronze) -- University Communications, General Writing Collection, Ovations, Vol 4, 2009, "Witness to the Fall," "Voices Unheard" and "A Window Into the Hidden World of Myanmar"
- Award of Excellence (Silver) -- University Communications, Mark McClendon, Black and White Photography -- Candid, "Ricardo Romo Portrait, Downtown Commons"
- Special Award (Pewter) -- University Communications, Mark McClendon, Color Photography -- Series, "Carter House"
- Grand Award -- University Communications, World Wide Web Site -- Main URL, "Sombrilla Online"
- Special Award (Pewter) -- University Advancement, Outstanding Project, Online Support Suite Ticket System


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Take good care of your own dogs.
Spay and neuter your pets. Encourage others to do the same.
Become educated about the Pit Bull and help us dispel the myths.
There are so many ways to get involved, from donating a couple of bucks, to fostering. The best way to help is to be aware of what you are up against, whether you are an owner, or just a fan of the breed.
Would you like to become part of a rescue family? We are always looking for volunteers and foster homes to help us keep the rescue alive. Our foster parents and volunteers are the lifeblood of our rescue.
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Not sure about the life-long commitment of a dog? Foster one! One reason why so many Pit Bulls die in the shelters is not that there aren't enough homes for them, but that the homes aren't always ready for them. By taking in a Pit, even for a little while, you hugely increase their chance of life. Interested in fostering a dog?
We are always looking for more dog lovers to help with the day to day running of the rescue. We need people for everything from transporting dogs to performing homechecks. We could use all the help we can get!
Donating isn't all about money, though money definitely helps! Have a bed that your puppy grew out of? Donate it. Have a dog food that your dog never liked? Donate it. The rescues and shelters need all the help that they can get to help make their animals more comfortable and improve their quality of life. Money is also a good option, as spaying, neutering, vet costs, boarding and food all add up. There is no such thing as too little.
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Sponsor one of our Rescues
Sponsoring is a commitment to a single rescue in our program. You receive a number of tangible benefits on top of the very fulfilling benefit of knowing that you are instrumental in saving a life.
If you are not ready to put time into a single cause like our organization, there are other ways that you can help the Pit Bull:
Obey Leash Laws. Contain your Dog
We cannot stress this enough. Please make sure that your fence is high enough and strong enough to contain your dog. He may be an absolute sweetie with your cat, but you don't know how he feels about the one next door. If he does get out and kill something, it's your fault, and it can only add to the bad press that the breed already receives.
Also, please abide by leash laws. They are there to protect your dog as well as those around him. If he gets attacked by another dog and retaliates, the fault will probably be ascribed to the Pit, even if it wasn't his fault. Please protect your dog.
Don't Breed or Buy
Have you taken a look in your local shelter lately? A huge percentage of homeless dogs are Pit Bulls, precisely because of their reputation. A recycled dog is just as good as a dog who comes with papers galore and blue ribbons streaming from its neck. Unless you are planning on showing the dog, there is little point in buying from a breeder who may well only be doing it for the profit. When you adopt a dog from a shelter, you are giving a dog who was not wanted a second chance at life, and maybe a first chance at a loving home. Why pay upwards of $500 to get a pedigree dog when you can pick one up from the shelter for less than $100?
By buying from a backyard breeder, you may well be getting a dog with many health problems - these people are in it for the money, not for preserving the integrity of the breed - they are not concerned about genetics at all. The most common reason people give for not wanting to adopt a dog from the shelter is that 'they don't want a dog that someone dumped because the dog had problems'. People don't just give up their dogs for problem behaviors... they give them up for many reasons.... and training a puppy is harder than training an adult dog.
Spay or Neuter your Dog
Back to the shelter issue - backyard breeders produce all these puppies hoping to make a quick buck, and when they find that this is not always the case, the puppies end up at a shelter, if they are lucky.
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BioVentrix, pionier op het gebied van de Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement™ procedure (LIVE™) voor de behandeling van hartfalen, kondigde vandaag de publicatie aan van de resultaten van de nulmeting en de vergelijking van de 12-maanden gegevens. Deze data bewijzen de duurzaamheid van haar Revivent Myocardial Anchoring System bij de eerste 11 patiënten die behandeld zijn met dit apparaat.
Zoals gepubliceerd in de European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EJCTS), is bij deze patiënten een gemiddelde verlaging te zien van de left ventriculair end-systolic volume index (LVESVI), de belangrijkste meting ter prognose van hartfalen, van 43.9 mL/m2. Dit valt ruim onder de onlangs vastgestelde veilige grens van 60mL/m2. Onder deze grenswaarde nemen de overlevingskansen van patiënten met hartfalen toe.
Het bedrijf heeft ook aangekondigd dat het aantal centra voor hartfalen, die getraind zijn in het werken met de LIVE procedure, is uitgebreid tot 20 toonaangevende centra door geheel West-Europa.
First BioVentrix Revivent® System Clinical Patients Sustain 39.6%
Improvement in Heart Function at One Year
Data published in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery demonstrates
treatment durability; Company expands Western Europe training centers to
"The extent of volume reduction achieved, and more importantly
maintained at one year, using the Revivent System is comparable with,
and in some cases exceeds, the results achieved in multiple clinical
studies using a conventional surgical approach to reducing the volume of
the left ventricle," said Andrew S. Wechsler, M.D., professor of
Cardiothoracic Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine in
Philadelphia, Penn., U.S.A. "These results demonstrate that effective
volume reduction, using a less invasive approach, provides meaningful
clinical benefit to a previously untreated, fragile patient population."
Data from a recent subgroup analysis of the National Institute of Health
(NIH)-sponsored Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH)
studyconcluded that reducing the volume of the left
ventricle (LV) to less than 60mL/m2 provided a statistically
significant improvement in survival for patients suffering from HF2.
Since submission of data from the first 11-patients to EJCTS, an
additional 15 patients have reached the crucial one-year survival mark.
Combined these 26 patients treated with the Revivent System have
maintained a mean LVESVI of 57.4mL/m2 for one year following
the procedure, which represents a mean decrease of 33.5 percent.
The LIVE procedure is based upon a well-defined law of physics called
the law of LaPlace, which describes the relationship between the radius
and pressure of the LV, and the resulting LV wall tension. Increased
wall tension is the underlying cause of LV enlargement, worsening heart
failure symptoms and ultimately patient death. Conversely, reducing wall
tension prevents further LV enlargement and stops the progression of the
disease. The Revivent System is uniquely designed to reduce wall tension
by directly reducing the LV radius, which in turn decreases wall tension
and interrupts the ongoing destructive process of ischemic heart failure.
Phase I clinical trials, which led to CE-mark in November 2012, using
the Revivent System were conducted at four European sites. A second
broader phase now underway has brought system training to 20 additional
sites, including several prominent heart failure centers in Germany and
"We are gratified to see the rapid expansion of the LIVE procedure
across Europe, and the ease with which our clinicians are able to
complete the required training for use of the Revivent System," said Ken
Miller, president and chief executive officer at BioVentrix, Inc. "We
are equally pleased with the interest from the scientific community in
our technology. Since our European product launch last November, the
Revivent System has been highlighted in four different oral abstract
presentations, all at prominent scientific meetings."
About the Revivent System: A Less-Invasive Treatment for Heart
Failure Patients
The Revivent™ Myocardial Anchoring System addresses the safety concerns
of physicians about subjecting patients to invasive surgical
interventions on the heart's left ventricle. The Revivent system, placed
using the LIVE™ procedure can be performed as a separate stand-alone
procedure, concurrent with other procedures (e.g., CABG or transcatheter
mitral valve procedures) or during other occasions when a sternotomy is
already employed. Neither a myocardial incision nor cardiopulmonary
bypass is required. Additionally, the Revivent system is deployed using
a straightforward, epicardial approach that can be completed in about
one hour.
About LIVE™: The World's Only Reshaping, Restorative Left Ventricle
Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement™ (LIVE™) therapy is an innovative
off-pump (i.e., beating heart) procedure that helps restore the left
ventricle's intrinsic functional efficiency, rather than relying on a
surrogate pumping device or other invasive treatment. The only therapy
currently designed to restore optimal left ventricle size and function,
LIVE provides physician teams with a gentler surgical option that
enables them to more confidently treat heart failure patients who may
not tolerate left ventricle incisions. LIVE bridges a need in available
heart failure treatments, offering the potential for more consistent and
favorable surgical outcomes, while giving heart failure patients and
their families renewed hope for a more productive life.
About BioVentrix
BioVentrix, a privately held medical technology company headquartered in
San Ramon, Calif., is focused on developing and commercializing
minimally invasive as well as nonsurgical therapies for treating heart
failure (HF). The Revivent System received CE-mark in November 2012.
NOTE: The Revivent™ Myocardial Anchoring System requires regulatory
approval and is not yet commercially available in the United States.
1Wechsler, A., et al. Durability of epicardial
ventricular restoration without ventriculotomy. European Journal of
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (2013) 1–4. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezt292
2Michler R et al. Insights from the STICH trial:
Change in left ventricular size after coronary artery bypass grafting
with and without surgical ventricular reconstruction. J of Thoracic
and Cardiovascular Surgery. 29 October 2012
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These tasty snacks arrived in the Caribbean islands by way of South America, where they use banana leaves as a wrapper. The leaves are available, frozen, in Asian markets. To soften them for use, thaw them out and pass them over a gas flame, or place them in a bowl and pour boiling water over them.
For the Filling:
½ pound ground pork
1 large onion, minced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 habanero chile, seeds removed, minced
1 cup diced yams
1 cup cooked black beans
1 teaspoon minced thyme
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon minced basil
2 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
4 tablespoons capers, chopped
4 tablespoons raisins
3/4 cup beef stock
For the Dough:
3 cups coarse cornmeal
2 tablespoons shortening
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 teaspoons salt
2 3/4 cups boiling water
3 to 4 banana leaves, cut in 8- by 10-inch rectangles
Sauté the pork in a skillet until it is browned. Add the onion, garlic, and habanero and sauté for an additional couple of minutes. Add the remaining filling ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 45 minutes. Remove and cool.
To make the dough, cut the shortening into the cornmeal using a pastry cutter or two forks. Stir in the oil and salt. Pour the boiling water over the cornmeal and mix well to form a smooth dough. Form the dough into 18 balls.
Place a ball of the dough in the center of a banana leaf and press to form a circle 1/4-inch thick. Spread 2 tablespoons of the filling in center. Fold half of the leaf over, bringing the cornmeal with it. Flatten into a rectangle, then repeat with other half of the rectangle so that the dough encloses the meat. Fold up the leaf rectangle to make a package and tie together with string.
Place in a pan of boiling salted water and simmer for 1 ½ hours. Remove and drain.
Serve with your favorite Caribbean hot sauce.
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Inline Tube - 1970 Cutlass W-31 Restoration - Finished car
This car features an Oldsmobile experimental all aluminum 350 CID engine that was manufactured by the Winters foundry for Oldsmobile experimental research. Oldsmobile was experimenting with new aluminum technology with the creation of aluminum engine parts similar to the famous Camaro ZL1 aluminum engines. It never made it into full blown production before the economy changed and the plug was pulled. All parts were ordered to be destroyed but some slipped through the cracks. This is one of the original engines. The engines were featured in Hot Rod Magazine on the cover of the July 1969 issue. This is the only known complete Aluminum Olds 350 engine to exist.
The engine: At one time in the late 60's Oldsmobile as all the other manufactures were experimenting with new technology that would sooner or later make it into the cars we drive today. Most of these experiments or concepts were not available to the public and that is what makes them so saut after today. This engine was found and with a few phone calls and a quick road trip to Lansing Mi. a deal was struck. Oldsmobile had a back door and these experiential engine pieces made it into garages all over Michigan. It was even said in Dale Smiths book that at random cars and trunks were checked for these types of parts while entire cars were driven past the gates. We had found the NOS engine block, cylinder heads, intake, water pump and divider plates and decided we had enough to make a running engine. We had to have pistons, rods and a crank made. The cam is the stock w-31 version. The exhaust manifolds are one off made for this project to eliminate the crossover pipe to have a true dual exhaust. To preserve the aluminum engine and heads no machining was done to these stock components. Pistons and rods were made to achieve 11:1 compression.
Oldsmobile development was no secret the engineers and racers built only what we could of dreamed of as the general public. These experimental engines were tested and used in race applications. It was reported in Hot Rod that one of the alum engines ran a top speed of 166.133mph in a cutlass and another was the power source for the Cro-Sal Can Am car and others were developed for high-rpm operating ranges for boat racing and land speed records. (July 1969 Hot Rod Page 59). Another was used for a Pikes Peak hill climb in a tornado but expired before its time. The baja off road endurance race (Ensinada to La Paz) claimed another one of these engines that was transplanted into a 70 cutlass. The actor James Gardner drove the race prepared Cutlass powered with an aluminum 350 race engine Jim did a great job in the race but within the last 100 miles the engine was using oil that could not be added and resulted in a poor finish. Many of the works in progress were displayed in the July 1969 issue of Hot Rod that were being developed for can am racing.
We approached the project as a "what if" this was put into a W-31 as the ultimate junior super car. The engineers would put the best in performance while leaving luxury aside. This meant using the best performance pieces that olds had to offer. The ultimate car would be a base model bench seat, 4speed with no need for AC or a radio but the ralley gauges and tach would preview any engine problem. The hood lock would keep the secret safe and the legendary trumpet tips surrounded by the cut out bumper would resonate the rumble of the true performance exhaust. Aluminum Engine 4 speed there is only one rear end that comes to mind; aluminum housed 3:91 Gear W-27. Due to the engines high rise intake manifold and experimental makings, the factory W-31 air cleaner base would not clear the hood. Tornado engines had a very deep base that would solve all hood clearance Issues. As aluminum is what makes up most of the engine the color is matched on the valve covers and oil pan. This car displays standard W-31 paint scheme with color matched wheels to the stripes.
As the owners of Inline Tube, the brake and fuel line company, we are part of the muscle car hobby every day taking and filling orders for the muscle cars we all know. When a special project comes along that separates a car from the pack we want to be involved. We have provided parts to all the top restoration shops in the country and make new products every day to help restorations reach a new height of detail. To own and restore a piece of history and to be a part of it is what drives us to make new detail items to build an award winning cars. .
The W-31 Performance package could be ordered on the Cutlass-S or F-85, It was considered the high performance 350CID Junior Super car while the big brother was the 442 that came standard with a 455 and the king of the Oldsmobile line up was the W-30 with 370 HP, a few more horse power than the 365 H.P. 442. The w-31 package added a few horses and a sport look at a low cost as an answer to rising insurance premiums of the day.
W-31 Appearance upgrades of Dual-Intake force-air fiberglass hood, Sport mirrors, and Paint striping on sides and hood of car. The engine was boosted to 325 hp Rocket 350 with 4bbl carb and dual straight through mufflers and exhaust. To stop the super car manual disc brakes were standard under the 14x7 wheels that road on Wide oval Belted raised white letter tires. The suspension upgrades included heavy duty front and rear sway bars and shocks.


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DES MOINES, Iowa After nearly 40 years in prison for a 1974 shooting outside a Waterloo pool hall, Rasberry Williams is a free man.
The Iowa Board of Parole decided Wednesday to parole Williams, 68, after Gov. Terry Branstad commuted Williams's life sentence last spring based on reports Williams was a model inmate who prevented two inmate attacks on correctional officers.
"I'm very grateful today," Williams said, appearing on closed-circuit television from the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City.
Williams was convicted of shooting Lester Givhan, 40, on July 20, 1974, after the men argued over a $30 gambling debt.
Givhan allegedly offered Williams the money, then pulled it back when Williams reached for it. Williams drew a revolver and fatally shot him, authorities said. Williams claimed self-defense, saying Givhan, who had a criminal history, appeared to be going for a gun.
Williams told the parole board he wanted to live with his sister on the south side of Chicago, but the board decided the aging man who walks with a cane should go to an assisted living center in Waterloo or Dubuque. His parole will last the rest of his life.
Branstad commuted Williams's prison sentence from life without parole to life with the possibility of parole. The Parole Board reduced Williams's supervision last year, moving him to the minimum-security prison in Rockwell City in September.
Commutation is rare in Iowa, with governors reducing the legal penalty for only 30 people in the last 44 years. Most of the commutations cut mandatory life sentences to fixed-length terms with a possibility of parole.
Branstad has commuted the life prison terms of just two other inmates in his 18 years in office. One of those, Rubben Jones, 64, of Des Moines, told The Gazette in April 2013 he thought Williams deserved another chance.
"Thirty to 40 years of your life, I know it can't replace a life that has been taken, but I think he's suffered enough," Jones said.
Branstad has denied commutations for more than 30 people in 2013 and 2014 so far.
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Man Convicted in 1974 Shooting Death Paroled By State Board After 39 Years
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Samsung announces Galaxy Grand with 5-inch WVGA display
Samsung has announced a new Android based smartphone, called the Galaxy Grand. The main feature here is the 5-inch, 800 x 480 resolution LCD, making it smaller only to the Note series in Samsung's smartphone lineup.
Other features on this smartphone include a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 8 megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording, 2 megapixel front camera, 8GB internal memory with microSD card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, HSPA+ connectivity and a 2,100mAh battery.
The Galaxy Grand will be running Samsung's TouchWiz interface on top of Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It will come with the usual range of Samsung features, including S Voice, multi window mode, Direct Call, AllShare Play, Smart Alert, Popup Play and all the Samsung Hubs.
The phone will be sold in two variants, I9080, which will be the single SIM variant and I9082, which will be the dual-SIM variant. No word on availability and pricing.
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Posted by: Dave DeWitt
on May 10, 2010
On Sunday, May 9, Marco and I worked the chile plant sale and food fair at the Azienda Agraria Sperimentale Stuard (Stuard Agricultural Experiment Station) in Parma with his new products, Spirit of Habanero Grappa and the Habanero Nectar olive oil. Mario Dadomo, the station director and the "Paul Bosland of Italy" had 442 different varieties of chiles to choose from, which was like having ChilePlants.com in one convenient greenhouse. Mario asked me if he could be my "bishop"--har, har. The public was there in good numbers to buy the plants and sample products both spicy and non-spicy. A group of about 30 Italian chileheads showed up and I had my picture taken with them. On one side of us was a honey producer and on the other side our friend Mauritzio was selling his jolokia products including the "Big Bang Powder," so Marco joked that the public could choose from Paradiso (Heaven), Purgatorio (Purgatory), or Inferno (Hell). This was an allusion to Dante's Divine Comedy but I'm not sure that the Italians got the literary joke. As a show producer, it was interesting for me to watch the flow of the crowd: in the morning there was a strong crowd then in dropped off to nothing during lunch and "siesta time," and then was strong again after about 3pm. Marco's sales were good, which bodes well for the new products. We closed down about 6pm, then drove to a winery with nearly vertical vineyards atop Monte Roma (Mount Rome), 350 meters above sea level. Then, in typical Italian fashion, another 30-mile drive to dinner at an AgriTurismo (agricultural tourism) restaurant atop another "mountain." I loved the grilled sirloin steak served on top of a solid block of salt. We got back to Marco's house at midnight—16 hours of hustle--but fun!
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When we arrived in northern Italy, we were not expecting torrential rains and flooding, so we were relieved when the rains ended and we were greeted with a rainbow of color which symbolized a new direction for our travel: dry and warm.
Our trip was organized by Marco Del Freo, a food lover and chilehead who came out to the Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show and invited us to visit his haunts and witness how Italians were learning to love everything hot and spicy. First we visited the wine country of Lombardy, where we stayed in
an "AgriTurismo" B&B and nearly got flooded out when the rains hit the area hard. The first night, we and 60 other foodies attended a launch party for two new products developed by Marco that features spiced-up dishes that included seafood, rissoto, and even dessert. With Marco translating, I gave a brief address to the diners at the restaurant associated with the Il Montu winery and grapperia. Based on their applause, I could tell that not only were they impressed with the food, but with the products themselves. Nettare Habanero, or Habanero Nectar, is a first pressing of olive oil and habaneros to create an aromatic and medium-hot olive oil that is used to dress foods such as salads, breads, and even grilled meats. Spirit of Habanero is a delicious, award-winning grappa infused with
habaneros by soaking them until a medium heat level was achieved to make a delicious--and spicy--cordial or liqueur. You will see them at the left in an informal photo taken on Marco's dining room table.
Of course, while in this area, we were surrounded by vineyards. Lombardy has the highest concentration of vineyards in the entire country, and although it was too wet to walk through them, they were truly beautiful right after the rain. I particularly enjoyed the fruits of these vineyards in the form of an Il Montu Bonarda, a tasty and dry red wine. After two nights at the B&B, we moved on to Marco's house and the rainbow. Marco and his wife Maggie live on top of a small mountain near Parma in the agricultural village known as Salsomaggiore and their view is the valley called Bellacavalle, know for its incredibly tasty Parmesan cheese. To be continued....
Posted by: Lois Manno
on May 08, 2010
Sourcebooks, my new publisher, has announced November 1 as the launch date for my new book, Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine. Shockingly, this food history doesn't concern chile peppers and fiery foods, but there is a subchapter about early barbecue. It took me 3 1/2 years to research and write the book, but it was a lot of fun because I got to return to my Virginia roots in a lot of it. The illustration at left is entitled "Peanut Harvest, Virginia, c. 1870" and illustrates a chapter partially about the African-American influence on colonial and post-colonial food. Isn't she cute? For a sampling of the book, go to my new blog, Founding Foodies. The launch party is scheduled for October 21 at City Tavern in Philadelphia--join us for a lot of fun!
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Posted by: Dave DeWitt
on May 01, 2010
Soon we will be in London for another event with Pat Chapman, England's King of Curries, on May 15 (read all about it, here). Pat and I go back a long ways. He's come to Albuquerque several times to make appearances at the Fiery Foods & BBQ Show and once created (with wife Dominique) a gigantic Indian feast at our house for about a dozen friends. They still talk about that night. Mary Jane can't forget it because she had to clean every pot, pan, dish, and utensil in our house! Then, we took a culinary tour of India led by the Chapmans, which involved about a dozen Brits, two Yanks, a bus, and some of the best food we've ever eaten. There was also the incident of me in a turban and a camel. You can read about that trip here. Then, on a trip to England to visit the Chapmans, Pat, a former RAF jet pilot, drove us around Cornwall at nearly supersonic speeds on the left hand side of the road, which is always disconcerting to Americans. We went to Land's End, the Eden Project, Mousehole (pronounced "Moussel"), and stayed at some great B&Bs with wonderful food (lamb shanks in wine and currant sauce, yum). We might have had a few beers and some scotch--I forget! And then there were the Indian restaurants. Pat, as The King, was comped at every single one of these he took us to, and they were spectacular--the decor as well as the food. Read all about that trip here. So you can imagine how much we anticipate our upcoming visit.
Posted by: Dave DeWitt
on Apr 25, 2010
When I read that the only Caribbean island with its own Zagat Restaurant Guide is Barbados, I flashed back to our trip to that highly civilized country that is run like a business. The Barbados Tourist Authority wanted MJ and I to experience the best their country had, so they bought us dinner at the restaurant at the Sandy Lane Resort, one of the most exclusive places in the entire Caribbean. Needless to say, it was wonderful. We also ate at less fancy places, where we dined on Caribbean specialties like Fried Flying Fish and Crab Callaloo, a wonderful dark green spicy soup.
The link to our article is here, but in the meantime, try this recipe:
Fried Flying Fish
There are a great number of variations on this favorite Bajan specialty. This is probably the favorite version, as described in John Lake's book, The Culinary Heritage of Barbados. Flying fish is sometimes found frozen in Florida markets; if it's not available, substitute any mild white fish, such as flounder.
8 small flying fish fillets
Bajan Seasoning as needed (see recipe)
2 eggs, beaten
Bread crumbs and flour, mixed
1/2 cup butter
Lime slices and parsley for garnish
Bajan hot sauce, such as Windmill or Lottie's
Rub the fillets with the Bajan Seasoning, then dip them in the beaten eggs, then the bread crumbs and flour. Fry the fillets in the butter until lightly browned, turning once.
Serve garnished with the lime slices and parsely. Sprinkle hot sauce over the fillets to taste.
Yield: 4 servings
Heat Scale: Varies
Bajan Seasoning
This version of the famous island seasoning is from Ann Marie Whittaker, who noted: "This is found in almost every home and is the secret to the success for many mouth-watering Bajan dishes." One of the favorite uses is to place it between the meat and skin of chicken pieces before grilling, baking, or frying. Note: This recipe requires advance preparation.
1 pound onions, peeled and coarsely chopped
5 ounces green onion, coarsely chopped
8 garlic cloves, peeled
4 bonney peppers, seeds and stems removed, or substitute habaneros
2 ounces fresh thyme
2 ounces fresh parsley
2 ounces fresh marjoram
1 1/2 cups vinegar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauces
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons salt
In a food processor, combine the onions, green onion, garlic, and bonney peppers and process to a coarse paste.
Remove the leaves from the stems of the thyme, parsely, and marjoram. Place the leaves and the vinegar in a food processor or blender and liquefy.
Combine the onion paste, vinegar mixture, and the remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Cover, transfer to the refrigerator, and allow to sit for 1 week before using. The seasoning will keep in the refrigerator for at least 6 months.
Yield: About 2 to 3 cups
Heat Scale: Hot
Posted by: Dave DeWitt
on Apr 17, 2010
Just to get you ready for all the fun chili con carne cookoffs, here's our rather complete series of articles on what many people call:
I explore the origins and history of chili, and then detail how it captured the imagination of amateur cooks around the country. In four chapters, I cover how to create cook-off winning chili, from the chiles to the meat, to the other ingredients, and finally the cooking and serving techniques.
All chapters have appropriate recipes. The next three chapters document the history, with recipes, of the two major chili cook-off sanctioning organizations, as well as the upstart chilis from states other than Texas and California. In the final chapter, I present my collection of chili philosophy and humor. It's all right here.
Posted by: Dave DeWitt
on Apr 10, 2010
While in New York with Mary Jane, I gave an address about the new book to the Horticultural Society of New York and autographed some copies while everyone was eating spicy burritos. That was fun, of course, but even tastier were some of our restaurant adventures. I was on a seafood binge at first, dining on grilled octopus and Loup de Mer (wolf of the sea=seabass) at Milos, here, a Greek seafood place on W. 55th. Later, at a Brittany-style French brasserie, Maison, had a bucket of Prince Edward Island Mussels Provencale, which were incredible. Last night I switched to Indian food at Bay Leaf Indian Basserie, here, and had a very spicy Lamb Vindaloo while our waiter was warning me: "It's hot, sir, very hot." I told him not to worry and finished every bite over Rice Pillau--outstanding! MJ had Chicken Tikka Curry, which also was delicious. Today we bought curry leaf at Kalustyan's Market, here, probably the most diverse and fascinating international specialty food market ever at Curry Hill in east Manhattan. And we're not done yet! On to Philadelphia...to be continued.
Posted by: Dave DeWitt
on Apr 06, 2010
My book tour continues with appearances in New York City, Milan, and London. On April 8th at 6:30pm I'm giving a multimedia presentation, "Growing Chiles in Containers" at the New York Horticultural Society, 148 West 37th Street. Details are still being worked out for the Milan appearance, but it will most likely be at a cooking school. And on May 15 in London, it's "The Pope of Peppers Meets the King of Curries" at Cafe Spice Namaste, 16 Prescott Street. At this event, which runs from 10 am to 3 pm, Pat Chapman and I will both give multimedia presentations on chile (chilli) peppers, with Pat discussing chillis in Indian cuisine while I will discuss, as usual, chile gardening. The event includes a superb luncheon. See here for more details on the London event. It will be great to see Pat and Dominique again, as it's been years since they hosted us on our tour of England--mostly Cornwall. Read about that trip here. And here's a shot of me with chilli plants in the Temperate Biome at the Eden Project, one of the largest greenhouse complexes in the world.
Posted by: Lois Manno
on Mar 26, 2010
Ever wonder which wines go best with "green food," such as asparagus, chile peppers and peas? How about other fresh vegetables that we'll enjoy this summer and fall? "Green foods are the problem children of the wine world," says Natalie MacLean, editor of one of the largest wine sites on the web at www.nataliemaclean.com. "But as a stubborn hedonist, I've found some terrific wines to drink with them."Natalie has just launched a new mobile application for iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Droid and other smartphones. Developed by Cerado, this app builds on the success of her Drinks Matcher and includes all the pairings in the original app, plus thousands of wine reviews, recipes, articles, blog posts, glossary definitions, cellar journal and winery directory. You can access the new app at www.nataliemaclean.com/mobileapp.In the spirit of going green (and giving back green), the new app is free. With the Nat Decants Mobile App, you can find the right wines, whether you're in a restaurant or at the liquor store restocking. It's like having a sommelier in your pocket.
Posted by: Dave DeWitt
on Mar 04, 2010
Apparently because of all my work over the years on chile peppers, the Swedish government has made me a "Hero of Sweden." You can watch an inspiring video of the announcement here.
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Summer is Here…Get Your Grill On!
Written by Kendra Glassman Now that summer is here, it is time to fire up that grill and put it to good use. Just make sure you save some room for those heart healthy fruit and veggies. Just as you can put any meat, poultry, or fish on the grill, you can grill any fruit […] [Read More]
Eat Fresh With San Antonio's Newest Farmer's Market
San Antonio has its share of farmer's markets all throughout San Antonio. Pearl Farmer's Market has just joined the pack currently offering 30 vendors (and the number is expected to grow.). San Antonio celebrated the official Grand Opening of Pearl Farmer's Market last Saturday, May 16th. You can join them this Saturday (and future Saturday's) […] [Read More]
Improve Your Health with Latin Flare
It's no surprise that Hispanic Americans are this country's fastest growing minority group and already make up about 60% of San Antonio's demographics. Even if you can't claim Latino or Hispanic American as part of your Ancestry (like me), the Latino traditions and customs have definitely incorporated their way into San Antonio's culture- especially our […] [Read More]
Grilled Spicy Fish Tacos
Submitted by Kendra Glassman Grilled Spicy Fish Tacos Ingredients 1 Cup finely shredded red cabbage 12 oz Mahi-mahi fish 2 limes 1/2 Medium red onion, diced corn tortillas, 6-8 1 Tablespoon canola oil 1 bunch cilantro 1/2 Tablespoon blackening spice Nutritional Info Fat: 6.1g Carbohydrates: 28.9g Calories:253.9 Protein: 23.6g Heat Grill on Medium-High Heat. Drizzle […] [Read More]
Focus On Healthy Eating
Written by Kendra Glassman The H1N1 Flu or more commonly known as the Swine flu has definitely caught the attention of most Americans. It has been responsible for cancelling sporting events, school, prom, graduation, and even vacations. I walked into work today and found myself getting my temperature taken by masked coworkers and was given […] [Read More]


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David Kessler on 'The End of Overeating' - Part 2 listen06/12/09 Mitch E. Perry
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David Kessler is a professor at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine. He was also the commissioner for the Food & Drug Administration from 1990 to 1997 for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Heâs also the author of the new book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, in which he tries to answer the question about why Americans overindulge and what they can do about it.
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