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Thomas Adès to Conduct Academy Season Finale at Granada Theatre, 8/9
Thomas Adès, the brilliant British pianist, conductor, and composer who has been hailed as among "the most imposing figures in contemporary music" (The New Yorker), will lead the Academy Festival Orchestra in its final concert of the 2014 Summer Festival season at Santa Barbara's historic Granada Theatre on Saturday, August 9. Featuring Stravinsky's dramatic and innovative ballet Petrushka (1947 version) as well as Ives' Variations on "America," Mr. Adès' own work Polaris: Voyage for Orchestra, and "Four Sea Interludes" from Britten's Peter Grimes, the concert will begin at 8 pm. Tickets start at $15.
"One of the most accomplished and complete musicians of his generation" (The New York Times), Mr. Adès is renowned as both a composer and a performer, and works regularly with the world's leading opera companies and festivals. The many orchestras he has conducted include the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC and Finnish and Danish Radio symphony orchestras, the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (whose music director he was between 1998 and 2000), the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, and the Athelas Ensemble.
During the 2012-13 season he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as both a conductor and a composer, leading the Met premiere of his 2004 masterpiece The Tempest in a new production by Robert Lepage that was seen internationally as part of the Met: Live in HD simulcast series and which garnered a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. He also recently led the Boston Symphony in performances of his piano concerto In Seven Days and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1 - both with Kirill Gerstein - as well as Sibelius' Sixth Symphony and Luonnotar with soprano Dawn Upshaw. Mr. Adès has appeared as a pianist in chamber concerts under the auspices of the Boston and San Francisco symphonies.
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A Guide to Which Programs are Most Likely to Partially Reimburse You for Cover Cropping
Source: Corn & Soybean Digest
Need help with cover-crop expenses? It's available through a virtual smorgasbord of government and state programs.
The alphabet of programs – EQIP, CSP, SARE, MRBI, GLRI and more – offer qualifying growers $20-50 or more/acre in assistance. They are available through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and some state entities and are especially a hit on no-till and strip-till operations. (Program descriptions and application instructions are available...Read More
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If you've been thinking there might be an agritourism application for your farm or if you are interested in Farmers Market direct marketing, then a Feb. 26 conference in Clyde is one you don't want to miss.
The "Direct Marketing Tools for Farmers Markets and Agritourism Enterprises" Conference will cover different aspects of of agritourism, profitability, marketing and high tunnel production.
Conference speakers include farmers market managers, fruit and vegetable farmers and others experienced in agricultural marketing and agritourism.
The conference will be held...Read More
NCR-SARE is seeking nominees for five seats on its Administrative Council (AC) as follows:
- Kansas – farmer/rancher*
- Indiana – extension representative
- South Dakota – research representative
- At large** – USDA-NRCS representative
- At large – agribusiness representative
*Should be actively engaged in farming or ranching in Kansas.**At large representatives should be from one of the 12 states that comprise the North Central SARE region. Those states are IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, and WI.The term for each of these SARE Administrative Council slots...Read More
In the news feature below, Joan Williams of Arlington demonstrates how goat milk is pasteurized to make a soft cheese called chèvre.
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BY: Vicki Schuster
There's an extra dozen kids – give or take one or two – running around Joan and Gordon Williams' farm these days. They aren't human – they're the "goat kind" of kids, a mixed herd of Alpine and Saanen dairy goats. They're there because Joan Williams has a dream – a cheesy dream.
Over the past decade, Joan has been adding to her herd of goats at the family...Read More
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MARSHALLTOWN - They were as diverse as the farming operations they came from, or wanted to start.
Forty people attended an afternoon-long session called "Farmville - For Real" on Friday at Marshalltown Community College during the first of a two-day annual conference for Practical Farmers of Iowa.
Some were young farmers just getting a start. Others were older farmers looking to expand their operations into new revenue streams. Others were ending "town careers" and wanted to retire into farming. Before they left, each operation had the chance to sit down...Read More
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Farmers wanting to get into the agritourism industry can better understand the risks and potential liability they will face by attending a workshop being held next month in conjunction with the Indiana Horticultural Congress and Trade Show.
The workshop will be on Jan. 18 at the Wyndham Hotel, 2544 Executive Drive, in Indianapolis near the old airport terminal.
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Need help with your NCR-SARE grant proposal?
If you are a farmer who is a member of a historically socially disadvantaged group*, you are invited to use a grants advising service of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute.
MFAI's GrantAdvisor can help you apply to grant and cost-share programs of your state or the federal government that could help you improve your farming business. These can be programs of any federal or state agency, not just the USDA. We will assist individual producers or associations of farmers who have never received a federal grant or cost-share...Read More
Source: Agriculture.com by: Raylene Nickel
Soil comes to life in the classroom of vocational agriculture teacher Marcus Lewton at South Heart High School, South Heart, North Dakota. His creative teaching tools, contained in a soil-quality tool kit, unveil to students the microscopic citizens of the soil, such as fungi and bacteria. Students also learn the critical role of all microorganisms in soil and plant health. For high school senior Michael Zarak, whose parents farm and ranch near South Heart, learning about soil builds a foundation for the future.
"It's important for young people to...Read More
Source: Columbia Daily Tribune
By Cathy Salter
With our own meadow garden now fully at rest, Kit and I continue to find our kitchen filled with greens and vegetables. Seems impossible this could be so given the fact that December is on the horizon. But this is the magic of belonging to a winter subscription farm, or CSA (community-supported agriculture). From October to April, Jennifer and Keith Grabner from Wintergreen Farm deliver a box of fresh greens and vegetables to our door late every Friday afternoon.
I first met Jenny when she and her colleague Lesli Moylan began a schoolyard garden...Read More
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The strong demand for organic food presents a growing opportunity for Ohio farmers. The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) and the Ohio State University Organic Food & Farming Education and Research (OFFER) program will present "Organics 101: An Introduction to Organic Crop Production." This educational workshop will be held at the Agricultural Incubator Foundation in Bowling Green on Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The soccket is a soccer ball that captures energy with every kick. Fifteen minutes of play produces three hours of light.#41747
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QUOTEL (combination of words: "quote" and "a hotel"). Architects of mode:lina have completed an apartment designed for guests visiting the Poznań International Fair.#41694
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The Big Dig by Topotek1, at the new Xi'an International Horticultural Expo, builds a tunnel to the other side of the world - just like when you were 7!#41677
Eszter Imre's coffee and tea ceramics and jewelry reinterpret the way we drink and experience our most favorite beverages.#41675
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no lets quote what was said about the graphics of eahc version
360 - stunning graphics
pc - GRAW 2 looks decent where it counts but isn't going to win any beauty contests
pc - the other hit against the PC version is its drabness. The game recycles much of the textures and buildings from its predecessor, so the slums of Juarez look almost identical to the industrial areas of Mexico City. The game is dominated by its brown-and-yellow palette, and the color scheme is so bland and lifeless that it sucks a lot of life out of the otherwise solid graphic engine. You'd be hard-pressed to find something in the game that's a bright red or green or blue. Even the skies feel oppressive. The Xbox 360 did a much better job of actually creating environments that felt like they had some color and culture to them. The PC version feels like it's set in what appears to be the dullest and driest place on Earth
360 - The visuals in GRAW2 are also more stunning than in the original game, thanks to sumptuous atmospheric lighting and effects. The incredible scale remains; you'll again look out over vast cityscapes consisting of hundreds of buildings as you fly over in your Black Hawk Helicopter. But now, you can also take in the stunning vista of a setting sun over the desert or gaze at gigantic pillars of smoke rising from the fires of a war-torn Mexican city
360 - Speaking of the kick-ass explosions, the graphical side of GRAW is a study in paradoxical subtlety and over-the-top effects. At first glance the visuals look underwhelming and similar to last year's effects. Again, last year's effort was fantastic, but this game, one year later, looks very similar. In both the single- and multi-player modes you'll see little changes. The lighting model produces what appears to be the same amount of HDR effects, but more objects catch and reflect that light, causing a greater sense of realism across the whole game. The character models are better textured, and even the dusty, rocky mountains of the US-Mexico border look crisp and diverse.
pc - Online or offline, GRAW 2's visuals aren't going to blow you away. There are a few nice sunset stages, but in general the maps look fairly bland. The same kind of huts, shanties, and buildings populate each stage, making the levels blend together instead of stand out. Oh, and there's another dam stage - Ubisoft is really on a roll with these things as of late. Making up for some of the underwhelming environmental visuals are the enemy animations. If they're on the move when lead hits their body armor, they keel over and go tumbling across the ground, sometimes weakly getting back on their knees only to absorb more bullets. The gun models look, feel, and sound quite good, though the reload animations lack the sort of urgency and strength you might associate with someone trying to jam more bullets into their gun in the middle of a firefight
sounds like a lot more than just explosions
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There's more troubling research on the effect of violent video games on kids.
UPI is reporting on new research from Iowa State University that found that children who play violent video games over and over again are "perfecting aggressive thought patterns" in their brains. In fact, they compare it to the type of learning that occurs when a child practices a piano or learns to pitch a baseball.
Lead author Douglas Gentile says the repeated practice of aggressive ways of thinking appears to drive the aggressive long-term effect of violent games.
He says "If you practice over and over, you have that knowledge in your head. The fact that you haven't played the piano in years doesn't mean you can't still sit down and play something."
Dr. Gentile says it's the same with violent games – kids practice being vigilant for enemies and thinking that aggressive behavior is the best way to respond when provoked. He points out that this type of thinking also desensitizes kids to the real-life consequences of violence.
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They found that kids who repeatedly play violent video games start to think more aggressively. If provoked at home, school or other situations, they kids react much like they do when playing the violent game.
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|1 , cut into 6 slices
|Packed brown sugar
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Grated orange peel
|1 Teaspoon
|Orange juice
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|Sweet potatoes/Yams
|2 Pound, pared and cut into 1/2 inch slices
|Thin orange slices
|Corn starch
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Trim excess fat from chops; lightly grease heavy skillet with fat from one chop.
Brown chops slowly on one side; turn and sprinkle with 3/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper.
Brown other side of chops; turn and sprinkle the meat with 3/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper.
Drain off any excess fat.
Top each chop with an onion slice.
Mix brown sugar, 1/2 cup water, the orange peel, orange juice, lemon juice, and 1/2 tsp salt.
Pour over chops.
Cover and simmer 30 min.
Lift chops and arrange sweet potato slices in sauce.
Replace chops; top each onion slice with an orange slice.
Cover; simmer 45 min., or until potatoes are tender and chops are done no pink in center.
Remove chops and sweet potatoes to a heated platter; keep warm.
Blend cornstarch and 1/4 cup water; stir into sauce in skillet.
Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.
Boil and stir 1 min.
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I purchased this product a couple of days back from a local shop in the exchange for my previous Galaxy Nexus, which i had to change because of the battery backup. I had to stick to a tight budget of 15k so i brought this piece and so far I am really happy with it.
The pros and cons are as follow:
1) The looks of the phone are very good.
2) The built quality is superb, overall the looks and the built makes it a premium device, so no doubt there.
3) The screen is big i.e 5.5 inches. Surprisingly big for this price range.
4) The Mediatek MTK 6582M at 1.3 GHz performs too good. Beats all phones in below 20k range and some above 20k too, for eg: like Galaxy Grand(both), Mega 5.8, Sony Xperia C etc and i guess it equals Xperia SP. Mediatek MTK 6582M performs better than MTK 6589 and even MTK 6589T and hence beats all Mediatek powered local brand phones.
5) Benchmarks: Antutu - ( 17,100), Quadrant - (6001) and Nenamark - (full 60fps) which is amazing.
6) GPU is Mali-400MP2 which is certainly better than Power VR SGX544 which is almost in all local mediatek powered phones.
6) RAM is 1 GB out of which you get 972 MB usable which is excellent. There is well more than 600 MB RAM free before installing apps.
7) Dual sim.
8) Sound is very loud and good. Not excellently clear but very load and reasonably clear and definitely audible.
9) In-call volume and clarity is good.
10) Music quality in my headphones is good. I haven't tested the stock headphones.
11) Comes with android 4.2.2 installed.
12) Memory can be expanded to 32 GB via micro sd card.
13) Nice and clearly visible notification LED.
14) Lenovo launcher is highly customizable.
15) Pricing is very very good.
1) Battery is good but not excellent. I feel Lenovo made a mistake by giving only 2250 mAh battery to power such a huge screen. It should have been atleast 2500 mAh; but nonetheless it still gives me a good 24 hours of battery life with 3G always on and mild - moderate usage. Should definitely last u through workday hours i.e from morning 10 to evening 8 or something with moderate usage. Ultimately this depends on user to user. One can use the provided Lenovo power app to maximize the battery life.
2) The speaker's loudness sometimes tears the voice.
3) The speaker at times gets covered by surfaces and blocks the sound. I would blame the design of the phones for this.
4) Awkward positioning of buttons. Power button on top and volume button on the right.
5) Its fairly long time since 4.3 has released Lenovo should give it out to its customers now. This should have come with it.
1) Camera is not good at all. Lens is not upto the mark. Bad decision of giving only 5mp of camera in these days..seriously who gives 5mp of camera nowadays!? Front camera is just VGA. Should haven been atleast 8mp rear and 1.3 mp on the front.
2) Too big, Its very very big. A screen of 5 inches or even 5.3 inches like that of S920 would have been better.
3) Resolution is bad for this screen size. As is said in the previous point a screen of 5 inches with this resolution would have been better.
4) Internal memory is just 4 GB out of which you get 2.07 GB for use. I don't like this trend of giving just 4 GB of internal memory. Its too less for installing apps. Moreover you can't transfer apps to your sd card, so you are stuck with 2.07 GB of space for apps unless you root. Should have been atleast 8 GB of internal storage.
5) No Gorilla glass.
Deducting one star for battery capacity and all cons.
A nice tight budget phone with hefty performance and reasonably good battery life(which could have been better). If you are on a budget of less than 17k then you should definitely close your eyes and go for it. For brand freaks, Lenovo is a good reputable brand which you can trust on.
Hello all,
I purchased this phone from Flipkart on 29th night and I received the phone on 31st afternoon. First of all hats off to Flipkart shipping services.
Now coming to the phone:
The main reason I wanted to buy this phone was the big screen (real big 5.5 inch). Though qHD resolution is not very good, bur considering the pricing I am very happy with it.
The second major reason I was looking for a new phone was the battery backup. I had LG optimus 3D which used to give me a backup of max 8-9 hours with just 4.5 inch screen (3G on all time) but I am simply amazed with the battery performance of this mobile. I am getting a battery backup of almost 20 hours with 3G always on. I am a moderate user of mobile. This kind of backup with such big screen is really good.
The 1.3 GHz quad core processor along with 1GB of RAM, the phone performance is really good and moreover at this price range its really what I would ask for.
Though the camera could have been bit better, with 8MP at back and 1.3 MP at front, but am not a guy who is shooting photos much.
All in all this is a very good phone that too considering the price range, I would say Lenovo has done a great job with this phone:-)
it good phone and flip kart delivered as promised
For Phone, 5.5 inc good looking, view mails are very easy and typing also, it worth to buy.
Its a great phone working in good condition.But Battery life some what low.Worth it for Money.Good Product.I would like to thank Lenovo for making such a good models.
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|Lean flank steak
|3⁄4 Pound
|Ground cumin
|2 Teaspoon
|Chili powder
|2 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Garlic powder
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Black pepper
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Ground red pepper
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|8 inch flour tortillas
|Vegetable oil
|1 Teaspoon
|Sliced onion
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Green bell pepper strips
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Red bell pepper strips
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Yellow bell pepper strips
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Lime juice
|1 Tablespoon
|Non fat sour cream
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
Trim fat from steak.
Slice steak diagonally across grain into thin strips.
Combine steak, cumin, chili powder, salt, garlic powder, black pepper, and ground red pepper in a heavy-duty, zip-top plastic bag; seal bag, and shake Well to coat.
Heat the tortillas according to package directions.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet (over medium-high heat until hot.)
Add steak, onion, and bell peppers; saute 6 minutes or until steak is done.
Remove from heat; stir in lime juice.
Divide evenly among warm tortillas, and roll up.
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My name is Judy Davis. I'm calling about Aunt Ethel. My Aunt Ethel's knishes were famous. Not just in the family and not just in the Jewish play school where she was the lunch lady, and not just in Levittown, Pennsylvania where she and Uncle Irv lived for forty years. Ethel's knishes were known, literally, across the country. No, she didn't package and market them and, no, she didn't put her recipe on the internet. She just shared them.
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Ethel could be kosher and a camper. She could share her husband's love for adventure and she could make him stop at every kosher butcher and synagogue along the way. She could schlep the two sets of pots and pans, one for dairy and one for meat, from campsite to campsite and she could make friends with strangers. It was those strangers turned friends, Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites, Jews and gentiles, who were there at her funeral. There with their love for Ethel and their wonderful stories about how much fun they had together and about how much they were going to miss those knishes by the campfire."
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Measuring What Matters Most
by Pat LaPointe on Dec 22, 2:30 PM
There are so many things to measure, more and more marketers are getting wrapped around the axle of measurement -- and wasting time, energy, and money chasing insight into the wrong things. Occasionally this is the result of prioritizing metrics based on what is easy to measure in an altruistic but misguided attempt to just "start somewhere." But most often it is the challenge of being able to even identify what the most important metrics are. So here's a way to isolate those factors that are really critical -- and, thereby, the most critical metrics.
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Setting Realistic Expectations For Targeted Campaign Delivery
by Josh Chasin on Dec 15, 2:15 PM
We have a tendency on the Internet to believe that -- because we are, after all, the most measurable medium -- things can and should be measured and automated, made as efficient as possible. But too often, we tend to accept measurement at face value, without questioning the underlying imprecision (of, for example, cookies) and the implications that arise therein. We think, for example, that click-throughs are a good measure of ad campaign effectiveness, because a click is such a hard, tangible metric -- despite the fact that 8% of Internet users account for 85% of the clicks (and chances ...
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The Future Of The Marketing Dashboard
by Stephen DiMarco on Dec 11, 12:30 PM
If conversations with clients are a good indication of the future, then 2010 will be the Year of the Dashboard. Based on my company's survey of senior marketing executives, it's clear that the use of dashboards to measure and manage marketing is going mainstream. Fully 60 % of the marketers we polled currently use three or more dashboards to track outcomes like advertising effectiveness, Web site activity and sales/sales leads (in order of importance).
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Making The 'Best' Business Case For Marketing Investments
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More than ever before, the approval of any significant marketing initiative is dependent upon a compelling business case. A business case is meant to function as a logical framework for the organization of all of the benefit and cost information about a given project or investment. Working with this definition, one might conclude that a "good" marketing business case is one that increases the quality of decision-making. Yet many of us in marketing have come to believe that a good business case is one that predicts a significantly positive ROI, IRR, and/or NPV for a given investment. Have you ever ...
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There's no regional basis for a rivalry, and when Texas A&M-Corpus Christi joins a conference next season there will be no common ground as independents.
But, for some reason, whenever the Islanders take on Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne - no matter the records - a close game inevitably breaks out.
A&M-Corpus Christi broke open a back-and-forth contest with a 10-0 run late in the second half and hit just enough free throws at the end to seal the deal. Overcoming a putrid start to the contest, the Islanders held on for a 77-71 victory over the Mastodons Thursday night at the American Bank Center.
"In tribute to them, they came ready to play," A&M-Corpus Christi coach Ronnie Arrow said. "We didn't come out with intensity, and they came out breathing fire."
The game featured 11 lead changes and six ties in the second half. When one team earned a key basket, the other went down and matched it. It wasn't until Islanders guard Josh Ervin hit a 3-pointer with four minutes, 20 seconds left that A&M-Corpus Christi grabbed the lead for good.
"They wouldn't go away," said Islanders forward Cedric Smith, who led the team with 15 points and was a perfect 4 of 4 from the floor. "Every time we hit a big shot, they came down and hit a big shot. Finally, we hit a big shot and got a couple of stops."
A&M-Corpus Christi (13-6) won its third of the five meetings between the two teams. Only one game between the two has been settled by more than eight points, and the average margin of victory in four of the games is five points.
So, despite a 5-13 record, IPFW challenging the Islanders was not a surprise.
"We knew IPFW wasn't going to quit," said senior guard Aaron White, who scored 13 points. "They always want a shot at us. They always play us close. They fight us."
White and reserve guard Taurean Mitchell, who dished out six assists and scored nine on 3-of-5 shooting from 3-point range, pointed out that the way the Mastodons ran their offense caused problems for A&M-Corpus Christi.
That was evident when IPFW scored on seven of its first 10 shots and held a 62-percent shooting percentage in the first half. Conversely, the Islanders made only 1 of 10 to start the game, with post Chris Daniels - 12th in the nation in field-goal percentage - missing his first six attempts.
As a result, A&M-Corpus Christi, which was down by as much as 11 in the first half, trailed at home for the first time this season and its 15-game home winning streak was in jeopardy.
"I think our guys play better when they're nervous," said Mastodons coach Dane Fife, a former Indiana standout who is in his first year with IPFW. "We've played Michigan State. We've played three Big 10 teams. I think when we're nervous and tight, we play better. I think, as coaches, we did a good job of letting them know that A&M-Corpus Christi is a good basketball team. They're getting into a league for a reason."
Nerves or not, foul trouble for one player hurt the Mastodons. When Quintin Carouthers was whistled for his fourth foul with 19:31 left in the game, IPFW's best athlete - as described by Fife - went to the bench for a 13-minute hiatus.
The series of lead swaps started, with neither team being able to shake the other.
Finally, with the game tied at 60, Ervin nailed his 3-pointer to ignite the 10-0 run. Smith accounted for four points during the spree - all from the free throw line - and White canned a 3-point shot.
At last, there was a little breathing room.
"I thought when we put Aaron White and Josh Ervin in at the end, the experience started to show," Arrow said. "(The Mastodons) played well. They executed. They shot the ball well. We haven't had intensity in the practices leading up to the game, and it showed."
Texas A&M-CC 77, IPFW 71
Scott 7-17 2-3 21, Hawkins 5-7 3-5 14, Carouthers 3-3 4-4 11, Pompey 3-8 2-2 10, Best 3-5 1-1 7, Posley 1-1 0-0 3, Savely 2-5 0-0 5, Egeric 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-46 12-15 71.
Ervin 1-4 4-4 7, Daniels 5-15 0-2 10, White 3-7 4-6 13, Menifee 1-2 2-4 4, Engelken 2-6 1-3 5, Washington 3-11 1-1 9, Mintz 1-3 0-0 3, Smith 4-4 7-8 15, Nelson 1-2 0-0 2, Mitchell 3-5 0-0 9, Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-59 19-28 77.
Half - IPFW 34-29. 3-point goals - IPFW 11-25 (Scott 5-12, Hawkins 1-2, Pompey 2-7, Carrouthers 1-1, Posley 1-1, Savely 1-2). A&M-CC 10-25 (Ervin 1-3, White 3-6, Engelken 0-1, Washington 2-8, Mintz 1-2, Mitchell 3-5). Fouled out - Carouthers. Rebounds - IPFW 27 (Scott 8), A&M-CC 37 (Daniels 13). Assists - IPFW 15 (Best 8), A&M-CC 21 (Mitchell 6). Total fouls - IPFW 20, A&M-CC 14. Technicals - None. A - 1,679.
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Ryan Getzlaf's brother Chris named Grey Cup's Most Outstanding Canadian
Nov 24, 2013, 10:36 PM EDT
You may or may not have already known that Ryan Getzlaf isn't the only person in his family who plays professional sports. He also isn't the only brother who's won a championship.
Chris Getzlaf's Saskatchewan Roughriders won the 101st Grey Cup 45-23 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday, while he received the Grey Cup's Most Outstanding Canadian award (aka the Dick Suderman Trophy).* He won it unanimously, according to the National Post.
Click here for video of one of his biggest catches.
Chris Getzlaf, 30, also topped the Roughriders in receiving during this past season, with 1,045 yards.
His brother Ryan might still have the edge financially and gold medal-wise, but at least Chris can say he's a champion and individual award winner, which could help if the winter holidays double as bragging contests in the Getzlaf house.
* – Note: there's also a Most Outstanding Canadian award for the season, which Jon Cornish of the Calgary Stampeders received.
- lordfletcher - Nov 24, 2013 at 11:11 PM
good for him but the CHL is crap.
- missthemexpos - Nov 24, 2013 at 11:33 PM
What is this CHL that is crap?
- lordfletcher - Nov 24, 2013 at 11:36 PM
damn it. the hockey in me got the best of my post. /fail.
#CFL. oops
- muckleflugga - Nov 25, 2013 at 12:55 AM
way to go chris, well done riders…
dick suderman, best canadian in the 1971 grey cup, wayne 'the thumper harris' most valuable player
as i recall, the stampeders scored the only offensive touchdowns in the game. recently late of this world, 'ham hands' harrison made a great one handed grab roughly sixty feet from where i was sitting for the first
joe theismann had an off day as did leon mcquay
loved it then, still do
- ibieiniid - Nov 25, 2013 at 8:31 AM
I apologize to my friends to the north for not knowing what your Superbowl was called until I read this.
- missthemexpos - Nov 25, 2013 at 10:06 AM
No problem, I am aware that your Grey Cup is called a Superbowl.
- ibieiniid - Nov 25, 2013 at 10:27 AM
hey, for curiosity's sake, what's the Canadian Stanley Cup called? Eh, I guess it doesn't matter that much, we haven't seen that happen since '93. (this is where you remind me of what % of the American cup teams are Canadian players)
- faulkingallstar - Nov 25, 2013 at 2:00 PM
cfl is a joke. like do u really need a best Canadian reward? Basically discriminating all other players outside of Canada cause you know that a Canadian would never beat out an American in a football award fairly.
- pavelfitzgerald - Nov 25, 2013 at 9:33 PM
"Never" is strong & incorrect, "unlikely" would be more appropriate & correct
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Anti-Immigrant Activists Exploit Health Care Debate
As the health care reform debate intensifies, anti-immigrant activists are using the issue to whip up fear and anger toward immigrants by portraying them as a burden on society.
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Prosecutors said they intend to seek the death penalty against Minuteman American Defense leader Shawna Forde and two other border vigilantes charged with the home invasion murders of a Latino man and his 9-year-old daughter.
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White Supremacist Wiginton Turned Back at Heathrow On Way to British Hatefest
Globetrotting white supremacist financier and organizer Preston Wiginton (at right, showing the flag at a 2007 white nationalist rally in Moscow) was barred from entering the United Kingdom last week by Home Office authorities at London's Heathrow Airport. Wiginton, a U.S. citizen, was trying to enter the U.K. to address the racist throngs at the tenth annual "Red, White and Blue" summer festival put on by the neofascist British National Party, or BNP.
The Home Office stated that it denied entry to Wiginton because it deemed his presence in the U.K. would not have been conducive to the common good. Wiginton has a close relationship with BNP chairman Nick Griffin, as well as ultra-right politicians and white nationalist academics and activists in Russia, the Texas native's adopted homeland. (Wiginton resides part of the year in a Moscow apartment he sublets from ex-Klan boss David Duke.) Wiginton also brags about friendships with the leaders of violent neo-Nazi skinhead gangs in Russia, and claims that he pumps $50,000 a year of his own money into the global white supremacist movement.
In the U.S. in recent years, Wiginton has appeared at racist skinhead gatherings and co-sponsored lectures with hate groups such as the Council of Conservative Citizens and the Michigan State University chapter of Young Americans for Freedom.
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Responses to Militia Report: A Sampling
The SPLC's report, "The Second Wave: Return of the Militias," released Aug. 12, has drawn a spirited response. Here's a representative sampling of E-mails and comments. Names have been removed from all messages except the one from Mr. LUCIFER. A few of the longer ones have been edited for length, but otherwise they're reproduced just as they came in.
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What a load of crap! I think I will list the Southern Poverty Law Center on my list of hate groups.
Sorry I am not a hillbilly racist nazi, just a legal non-violent gun owner that knows your demonizing gun owners is completely evil propaganda… We know who the fall guys are…and as a American who believes in Liberty and Freedom for all can see the same old game the SPLC plays…and I am one of millions waking up to the evil lies that are written by .org's as this one. You should cringe because your game is so transparent.
Seeking Nordic Refuge, U.S. Neo-Nazi Finds Reception Chilly in Finland, Estonia
Three years ago, neo-Nazi Craig Cobb announced that he was moving to Estonia to help build a European white supremacist movement.
It didn't quite go as planned. Cobb, who runs the white supremacist video-sharing website Podblanc, recently reported that he's being kicked out of the country where he once hoped to form an International Office of White Diaspora. "My 'crimes' are, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs: Endangering public security, public order, public safety, moral standards, health, or some other relevant public interests," he posted on Podblanc in an account laced with expletives and racial epithets.
It's not the first country that's given him the boot. On June 2, Cobb, 57, traveled to Helsinki, where he hoped to receive asylum from the Finnish government because of persecution based on religion (the racist World Church of the Creator), race ("indigenous White"), membership in white nationalist groups, and political opinion ("right wing secessionist-separatist and preservationist of our wonderful, extreme-technological-giving 8% White Precious Minority on the Teeming Dark Planet"). ( continue to full post… )
New SPLC Report: Return of the Militias
The 1990s saw the rise and fall of the virulently antigovernment "Patriot" movement, made up of paramilitary militias, tax defiers and so-called "sovereign citizens." Sparked by a combination of anger at the federal government and the deaths of political dissenters at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and Waco, Texas, the movement took off in the middle of the decade and continued to grow even after 168 people were left dead by the 1995 bombing of Oklahoma City's federal building — an attack, the deadliest ever by domestic U.S. terrorists, carried out by men steeped in the rhetoric and conspiracy theories of the militias.
In the years that followed, a truly remarkable number of criminal plots came out of the movement. But by early this century, the Patriots had largely faded, weakened by systematic prosecutions, aversion to growing violence, and a new, highly conservative president.
As we report today (see complete report here), they're back. Almost a decade after largely disappearing from public view, right-wing militias, ideologically driven tax defiers and sovereign citizens are appearing in large numbers around the country. "Paper terrorism" — the use of property liens and citizens' "courts" to harass enemies — is on the rise. And once-popular militia conspiracy theories are making the rounds again, this time accompanied by nativist theories about secret Mexican plans to "reconquer" the American Southwest.
One federal law enforcement agency has found 50 new militia training groups — one of them made up of present and former police officers and soldiers. Authorities around the country are reporting a worrying uptick in Patriot activities and propaganda. "This is the most significant growth we've seen in 10 to 12 years," says one. "All it's lacking is a spark. I think it's only a matter of time before you see threats and violence."
A key difference this time is that the federal government — the entity that almost the entire radical right views as its primary enemy — is headed by a black man. That, coupled with high levels of non-white immigration and a decline in the percentage of whites overall in America, has helped to racialize the Patriot movement, which in the past was not primarily motivated by race hate. One result has been a remarkable rash of domestic terror incidents since the presidential campaign, most of them related to anger over the election of Barack Obama.
At the same time, ostensibly mainstream politicians and media pundits have helped to spread Patriot and related propaganda, from conspiracy theories about a secret network of U.S. concentration camps to wholly unsubstantiated claims about the president's country of birth.
The latter claims from the so-called "birthers" first gained traction when far-right hard-liners like writer Jerome Corsi, politician Alan Keyes and Watergate felon and radio show host G. Gordon Liddy questioned the validity of the president's birth certificate. But they have picked up speed thanks to the likes of Lou Dobbs, the CNN and radio host who has repeatedly demanded that Obama "show the documents" proving his citizenship — this despite the fact that the birther claims had been thoroughly debunked by a guest host of Dobbs' own CNN show and by many others.
As Chip Berlet, an analyst of the radical right at Political Research Associates, said in a recent report: "The current political environment is awash with seemingly absurd but nonetheless influential conspiracy theories, hyperbolic claims and demonized targets. And this creates a milieu where violence is a likely outcome."
Fifteen years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote then-Attorney General Janet Reno to warn about extremists in the militia movement, saying that the "mixture of armed groups and those who hate" was "a recipe for disaster." Just six months later, Oklahoma City's federal building was bombed.
Today, the Patriot movement may not have reached the level of white-hot fury that it did in the 1990s. But the movement clearly is growing again, and Americans, in particular law enforcement officers, need to take the dangers it presents seriously. That is equally true for the politicians, pundits and preachers who, through pandering or ignorance, abet the growth of a movement marked by a proven predilection for violence.
Nativist Arizona Group Posts Racist Obama Images
United for a Sovereign America (USA), a nativist extremist group best known for harassing immigrants outside Phoenix-area day labor centers, put its crude ideology on full display last week.
First, USA posted blatantly racist images of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on its website. The images consisted of a cartoon caricature of Obama captioned "Uncle Sambo," and a digitally altered photograph of Michelle Obama wearing a kerchief, labeled "Aunt Jemima Breakfast Club." (As first noted by Phoenix New Times blogger Stephen Lemons, the images looked awfully similar to the handiwork of inner-circle USA member "Buffalo" Rick Galeener, whose personal website is filled with similarly offensive imagery targeting Latino immigrants. Galeener's site also advertises "Undocumented Illegal Alien Hunter" T-shirts designed by Galeener. Another shirt, ostensibly for Mexicans to wear, reads, "My back is still wet.")
Then, last Saturday, Galeener and several other USA members staged a counter-demonstration along the route of the "Children's Walk for Family Unity," a march by about 150 persons, more than half of them children, to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration round-ups, raids and nasty publicity stunts. At least two of the USA nativists were armed with holstered handguns.
Lemons, who covered the march for New Times, asked one middle-aged woman among the USA counter-protesters why they were packing heat. Wrote Lemons: "Looking suspiciously at the assembled children and adults, she muttered, 'There could be killers in that crowd.'"
For Lemons' full report on the march and the nativist extremist counter-protest, click here.
Arpaio Supporters Confront Children's March
Members of United for a Sovereign America, at least two of them carrying holstered handguns, staged a counter-demonstration alongside a march by Latino children protesting the impact on families of immigration round-ups orchestrated by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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Mayor Rebuffs Neo-Nazi
Mayor Tom Stiehm said he refused to allow National Socialist Movement rally organizer Samuel Johnson to promote an anti-immigration petition at an Austin, Minn. city council meeting because, "We fought a war against the Nazis, and I am sure as heck not going to support anything they do."
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Beer-Can Chicken
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Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr 30 mins
I love to make this chicken and then I use the leftover cooked chicken for another meal. It is so moist and juicy!!! I do use Paula Deen's House Seasoning, which I will include a 1/4 of the recipe of it in the directions section.
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- 5 -6 lbs chicken, cleaned and patted dry
- seasoning salt
- house seasoning
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 6 -8 ounces beer
- Remove any bags of organs/neck/giblets.
- Rinse the chicken, and then pat it dry with paper towels.
- Sprinkle inside the cavity as well as outside with seasoned salt and house seasoning to taste.
- Drink/pour 1/3-1/2 of a can of beer, then add at least 1 tablespoon(or as much as you like) of minced garlic and 2 tablespoons lemon juice to the can. This is the time to add any herbs/seasonings your family likes, such as, oregano, thyme, rosemary etc.
- I then add this can to my beer-can chicken gadget, that I got at Walmart for less than 3 dollars, but you don't have to use one.
- Preheat grill to medium-high heat on one side.
- Place chicken over the top of beer can so that it goes into the cavity. I place mine in a shallow foil pan, so that I catch the juices, which then could be used to make gravy or stock. Now place chicken on the grill over an area that is not over direct heat, cover and cook for one hour and thirty minutes or more, as the size of the chicken will determine when it will be cooked through,until there are no red juices, it is done.
- House Seasoning: 1/3 cup salt, 1/8 cup pepper and 1/8 cup garlic powder. I use this mixture on almost all meats, just love it!
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This is a great recipe. I used it as a starting point. I mixed some olive oil, minced garlic, seasoning salt, thyme and rosemary to marinate the chicken, then added additional spices in the beer can as directed. I cooked mine in the oven for about 2 hours in a 350 oven (5 lb. chicken) and it was moist and delicious. Quick and easy (prep time) too. I was worried that the chicken would not stand upright on the beer can, but it did so effortlessly without any gadgets or anything. Thanks for posting. Will make again.
This was the first time I made beer can chicken and it turned out well. I made mine in the oven but will try it on the grill whenever the weather permits. Thank you.
This was ONE GREAT TASTNG chicken full of flavors. The fight was on for the last helpings last night. I had some extra seasoning salt that I used too. Other than that I followed the recipe as written. It was nice to get the grill going for a change during the winter. I might add some oregeno next time. Will repeat this . Made for Zaar Stars.


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La Riva: Italian restaurant
Full menu and prices on their website. A very filled restaurant on Sunday evening, even second sittings and loads of people coming for take-away.
That's probably why the main course took a while to come. However, the 8 yr old child in our company was served quickly, which was a nice gesture.
You can easily eat for under 15 euro, or even under 20 euro (two courses).
Favorite Dish: I enjoyed a pizza from the list of 'specials', the Pizza Kamilio with tomatoes, mozzarella, parma ham (very good!) and spicy salami (also excellent quality) and rocket salad. I also had a taste of the nice seafood risotto.
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Greek restaurant Parthenon opened spring 2007. I'm not going to spend many words on it. The food is very moderate, the interior cheap, the atmosphere similar to McDonalds, and the service terribly slow and unmannered.
Greek restaurant Parthenon is a waste of time and money. Don't go there.
De Gouden Leeuw ('The Golden Lion'): Very average, too expensive for what you get
De Gouden Leeuw is a traditional bar / restaurant in a beautiful old building in the center of Veghel. The menu is international, but conservative (carpaccio, steak, ice cream etc.). The main dining room used to be a bar. It is a big room with a high ceiling. Everything is made of dark brown wood. There is no real restaurant atmosphere. Chairs are uncomfortable. There are guests that only have a drink at the counter, I guess that they are not very satisfied with De Gouden Leeuw's new focus on food instead of drinks.
The quality of the food is very average. Considering the unprofessional (clumsy) service, the price / quality ratio is not very good.
De Gouden Leeuw has a terrace and a sun lounge. The terrace is situated along a busy road and gets little sun. It is not very attractive compared to the terraces on Veghel's central market square. Unless you want to see young people driving by with loud music very close to your table (less than 2 meters). The sun lounge is pretty okay, but I suggest that you just go there for a coffee on a rainy day.
Favorite Dish: De Gouden Leeuw serves decent steaks.
Restaurant 't Verlaenghe: Among the better restaurants in Veghel
[UPDATE: unfortunately, the restaurant went bankrupt summer 2007]
"Verlaenghe" means "Desire" in Dutch, and it is spelled in a very old-fashioned way (nowadays people write "verlangen"). The restaurant opened (very) late 2005 in the former "Puur" restaurant. Where former owner Alex van Rossem of Puur ("pure") tried to set up a top class restaurant (and succeeded to some extend), Rene and Ruth (the owners of 't Verlaenghe) just want to serve good quality food for an affordable price. The kitchen is (southern) European, which means that they mainly serve a mixture of Spanish, Italian and French food.
't Verlaenghe serves some (surprise) menus for around EUR 30 per person for 4 courses, wine excluded. House wines are about EUR 17 per bottle, and most other wines vary between EUR 20 and EUR 25 per bottle. These prices are comparable to the former Puur restaurant. However, if you eat a la carte, 't Verlaenghe's prices are definitely lower that those of Puur.
't Verlaenghe has a capacity of about 40 guests, excluding the terrace with about 15 seats (weather permitting). The terrace is nice, but very close to the road. Although there is a maximum speed of 30 km/h, the traffic can sometimes be a bit busy and some people think they are very tough if they drive around very fast in their old car with loud music.
Generally spoken, the experience and quality of 't Verlaenghe are indeed on a lower level than with Puur before. However, the difference is not dramatic and 't Verlaenghe is without doubt a good addition for Veghel. 't Verlaenghe is open for both lunch and dinner. Particularly for business lunches and dinners, I think it is the best place in Veghel to go.
Greek restaurant Santorini: Best restaurant in town
The currents owners, Jorgos and Barbara, have considerably upgraded the restaurant after taking it over from the previous owner October 2006. Santorini serves excellent quality Greek meals at reasonable prices. The quality of the meat is significanly better than other Greek restaurants. There are always guests, even on Tuesday or Wednesday. In the weekends, the restaurant is full almost every night, although it is very rare that you can't get a table.
Restaurant Santorini has about 60 seats, excluding the terrace with 20 to 25 seats (weather permitting). The terrace is not very nice. Although situated at the lovely market square with views on the monumental church and former town hall, there is much traffic close to the terrace and it is always in the shadow.
Main dishes are between EUR 13 and 18, with starters and deserts between EUR 5 and 9. The house wines are EUR 16 for a full liter, EUR 8 for half a liter and EUR 4 for a quarter of a liter.
The restaurant is closed on Mondays.
Matteucci: The best ice creams in the area
Matteucci, situated right in the middle of the market quare, sells ice and nin-alcoholic drinks. Their ice creams are very very good and they sell an incredible number of variations. There is also a take-away. It is common in Vgehel not to have a desert in the restaurant, but go to Matteucci right after the main course.
Matteucci is open from April to October to 10 o'clock in the evening, but has limited opening hours outside the season.
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If you really are ceasing development can you atleast release what you have so far regardless of bugs? im sure if it is Canceled it would make alot of people happy to atleast play through whats done.:)
Dark Interval is a total conversion mod, the new incarnation of the Original Storyline of Half-Life 2. You will find your way through the nightmarish world of devastated Earth. Starting from the suburbs of City 17, laying your path through the alien factories, the underwater Rebel base, war-engulfed city streets and the alien Citadel, you will feel that dark atmosphere of the Original Storyline. Development started on Apr 10, 2010.
If you really are ceasing development can you atleast release what you have so far regardless of bugs? im sure if it is Canceled it would make alot of people happy to atleast play through whats done.:)
I agree with you, to the same necessarily someone will make unofficial patches.
xD,looks like romanix199 got his revenge...
Ceased development? But...
Mod archived? The f... happened.
I could be wrong, but I don't think anything happened. Mod DB just likes to archive mods that haven't seen updates in a few months. Of course there are mods that haven't been updated in years that still haven't been archived.
Moddb.com ... and the SEVENTH one of "Beta HL2" mods XD
(when we come to ten, we'll make a survival fight, there can be only one, ta-da!)
We've already passed the ten mods mark actually. In more or less chronological order w/o the ones pronounced dead:
1) Missing Information Moddb.com
2) Project 9 (I dunno, Hl2-beta.ru ?)
3) Old Story Moddb.com
4) Vertigo Hl2-beta.ru
5) Conscript Moddb.com
6) The Origin Moddb.com
7) Dark Interval
8) Insolence Moddb.com
9) RtB Moddb.com
10) Cremation Moddb.com
11) Depot Moddb.com
12) Town 17 Moddb.com
13) Dark Skies Moddb.com
14) Alpha Retaliation Moddb.com
And I might be forgetting some.
Are there any good leak story mods that aren't still in development/dead?
Story mods? As in, with in-game storyline being present and played through? Don't know of any, actually. Other than Missing Info if you count Borealis chapter with narrating done by a couple of voiced bits from the leak.
Essentially yes. Anything with custom content based on the old concepts.
There isn't any competition between all of these mods as far as I know. We're either helping each other out or leaving each other alone.
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