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Geographic Range
Alfalfa leafcutting bees, Megachile rotundata, are native to southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe. There were introduced to North American in the 1930's and more recently to Australia to increase pollination of Alfalfa crops. (Kemp and Bosch, 2000; Peterson, et al., 1992)
- Biogeographic Regions
- nearctic
- palearctic
- oriental
- australian
Alfalfa leafcutting bees nest in a variety of locations such as rotting wood, flower stems, soda straws, and other spaces that allow for the construction of tubular nests. They also adapt well to man-made structures.
After selecting and preparing a nest site, alfalfa leafcutting bees seek out leaves to make individual nesting cells within the nest. They often use leaves of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) and green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica). Alfalfa leafcutting bees cut distinct circles about 2.5 cm in diameter in these leaves, which are used to create nest cells. Nests may contain up to 2 dozen cells and measure 18 cm in length. ("Use of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Growing in California", 1995; Brewer, 1995; "Common Missouri Wasps and Bee Species", 2000; Cranshaw, 2006; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003)
- Habitat Regions
- temperate
- terrestrial
Physical Description
Alfalfa leafcutting bees are the smallest leafcutting bees, ranging in size from 60 to 190 mm. They are dark gray in color and demonstrate sexual dimorphism. Females have a white scopa, elongated hairs for carrying pollen, on the underside of the abdomen, and shorter white hairs on the rest of their body. Males tend to have a pair of creamy white to yellow spots near the end of the abdomen (Brewer, 1995; "Common Missouri Wasps and Bee Species", 2000; Tirlea, 2005)
- Other Physical Features
- ectothermic
- bilateral symmetry
- Sexual Dimorphism
- sexes colored or patterned differently
- Range length
- 60 to 190 mm
- 2.36 to 7.48 in
Alfalfa leafcutting bees undergo complete metamorphosis, and have 4 larval instars. After hatching from eggs in early winter, larvae grow and develop until spring. They overwinter as mature larvae. As temperatures reach 24 to 30 ˚C in the Spring, larvae develop into pupae over the following 3 to 5 weeks. As larvae and pupae, they feed on provisions which were wrapped inside the nest cell by their mother. After 18 to 20 days, adult males begin to chew their way out of the cell. Females exit the cell after 21 to 24 days. ("Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Biology and Management", 2007; Kemp and Bosch, 2000; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003)
- Development - Life Cycle
- metamorphosis
After adult female alfalfa leafcutting bees emerge from nest cells, they immediately start to mate. A male lands on a female and lifts her abdomen with his legs. If the female accepts the invitation, she withdraws her singer and unites her genitals with those of the male. Mating lasts between 30 and 45 seconds. Alfalfa leafcutting bees are polygynous. (Cranshaw, 2006; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003)
- Mating System
- polygynous
- cooperative breeder
Female alfalfa leafcutting bees breed immediately after exiting the cell. Breeding occurs once a year, usually during June and July. Shortly after mating, female alfalfa leafcutting bees lay their eggs inside nest cells. Females lay between 18 and 40 eggs over a period of 2 weeks (average less than 25 eggs). Most eggs are fertilized, although unfertilized eggs are generally born as males. Some seasons yield fewer males than other seasons. ("Use of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Growing in California", 1995; Cranshaw, 2006; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Biology and Management", 2007; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003)
- Key Reproductive Features
- seasonal breeding
- sexual
- fertilization
- oviparous
- Breeding interval
- Alfalfa leafcutting bees breed once per year.
- Breeding season
- Breeding of alfalfa leafcutting bees usually occurs between June and July.
- Range eggs per season
- 18 to 40
- Average eggs per season
- <25
- Range gestation period
- 1 to 2 1/2 weeks
- Average gestation period
- 2 weeks
Female alfalfa leafcutting bees prepare a nest and nest cells for their offspring. They provide nest cells with nectar and pollen to provision offspring. Before laying her eggs, a female thoroughly cleans her abdomen with her legs to ensure eggs are clean. Eggs are laid in nest cells over a period of 2 weeks. After this time, females die, and offspring develop without further parental care. ("Use of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Growing in California", 1995; Cranshaw, 2006; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Biology and Management", 2007; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003)
- Parental Investment
- female parental care
- provisioning
- female
- female
- provisioning
- inherits maternal/paternal territory
In captivity, female alfalfa leafcutting bees usually live 1 to 2 months, and males live 3 to 4 weeks. Lifespan is affected by weather, environmental conditions, and how well parasites are controlled. Lifespan is shorter in the wild due to uncontrolled environments; females generally live 3 to 5 weeks and males 1 to 3 weeks. ("Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Biology and Management", 2007; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003)
- Range lifespan
Status: wild
- 7 to 35 days
- Range lifespan
- Range lifespan
Status: captivity
- <1 to 2 months
- Range lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity
- 1 months
- Average lifespan
- Typical lifespan
Status: wild
- 7 to 28 days
- Typical lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: wild
- 14 days
- Average lifespan
- Typical lifespan
Status: captivity
- 1 to 2 months
- Typical lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity
- 1 months
- Average lifespan
Unlike honeybees, which live in colonies, leafcutting bees are solitary. They do not have a queen or divide labor. Females independently create a nest and provision nest cells for their young. Although they are independent, alfalfa leafcutting bees prefer to live near others of their species. Because they are gregarious and can live in man-made shelters, they are often reared and managed by humans as crop pollinators. Females spend nights in their nest and are most active on warm sunny days when temperatures exceed 20˚C. They generally do not forage when it is considerably cloudy or below temperatures of 20˚C. Alfalfa leafcutting bees are inactive during colder months, overwintering as mature larvae. Adult female alfalfa leafcutting bees use their stinger to defend themselves, but they are not aggressive. Unlike honeybees, they do not leave their stinger behind when they sting, nor do the die after stinging. ("Use of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Growing in California", 1995; Cranshaw, 2006; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003; Tirlea, 2005)
- Key Behaviors
- arboreal
- flies
- diurnal
- motile
- hibernation
- solitary
Home Range
Little information is available regarding the home range of alfalfa leafcutting bees. Nests are created by individual bees and, unlike honeybees, alfalfa leafcutting bees do not defend their homes. ("Use of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Growing in California", 1995; "Common Missouri Wasps and Bee Species", 2000; Cranshaw, 2006)
Communication and Perception
Alfalfa leafcutting bees, like most bees, can perceive ultra-violet light as well as most colors visible to humans. They are able to return to nesting sites as well as favored foraging areas. When in captivity, they place their nests near knotholes, edges, or other markers. Little is know regarding communication between alfalfa leafcutting bees. ("Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003)
Food Habits
Leafcutting bees in the genus Megachile are typically polylectic, gathering food from many different plants. Alfalfa leafcutting bees, as their common name suggests, prefer alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Adults eat both nectar and pollen. Nectar is obtained by prying open the keel of plants and inserting their proboscis. Pollen is transported on the underside of the abdomen in pollen carrying brush, or scopa. Most other bees are unable to pry open the flower of alfalfa. ("Use of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Growing in California", 1995; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", 2003; Tirlea, 2005)
- Primary Diet
- herbivore
- Plant Foods
- nectar
- pollen
28 species of organisms prey upon alfalfa leafcutting bees or destroy their nests. Their primary predators are checkered flower beetles, which invade nest cells and feed on larvae. (Peterson, et al., 1992)
- Known Predators
- checkered flower beetles Trichodes ornatus
Ecosystem Roles
Alfalfa leafcutting bees are important pollinators, especially of the plant alfalfa (Medicago sativa). They are preyed upon by 28 different species and act as host to 8 species of parasites. Parisitoids of the genera Pteromalus, Monodontomerus, Tetrastichus and Melittobia emerge before bees and parasitize bees as they develop. Alfalfa leafcutting bees are also vulnerable to a chalkbrood disease (Ascosphaera aggregate Skou), which is caused by a fungus. This fungus invades nest cells of developing larvae and infects them, causing larvae to harden, take on the consistency of chalk, and turn either white, black, or gray. Infected larvae die before reaching maturity. This disease is spreading rapidly and could ultimately affect crops of alfalfa as numbers of pollinators decrease. ("Common Missouri Wasps and Bee Species", 2000; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Biology and Management", 2007; Peterson, et al., 1992)
- Ecosystem Impact
- pollinates
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Because they are such effective pollinators of alfalfa (Medicago sativa), alfalfa leafcutter bees were introduced to North America in the 1930's to aid alfalfa crop production. Crop production is said to have increased by nearly 60% in some areas of North America. ("Use of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Growing in California", 1995; "Common Missouri Wasps and Bee Species", 2000; Peterson, et al., 1992)
- Positive Impacts
- pollinates crops
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
Although alfalfa leafcutting bees cause some leaf and flower damage to ornamental plants, the effect is minimal. They also sting humans when handled, though the sting is considered half as painful as that of a honeybee. ("Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Biology and Management", 2007; "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Biology and Management", 2007)
- Negative Impacts
injures humans
- bites or stings
- household pest
Conservation Status
Alfalfa leafcutting bees are not currently considered threatened. In California, however, a recently introduced species of bee, Megachile apicalis, may compete with alfalfa leafcutting bees for nesting material. (Peterson, et al., 1992)
- IUCN Red List
- No special status
- US Federal List
- No special status
- No special status
- State of Michigan List
- No special status
Alexis Yajcaji (author), Rutgers University, David V. Howe (editor), Rutgers University, Gail McCormick (editor), Animal Diversity Web Staff.
- Australian
Living in Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, New Guinea and associated islands.
- Nearctic
living in the Nearctic biogeographic province, the northern part of the New World. This includes Greenland, the Canadian Arctic islands, and all of the North American as far south as the highlands of central Mexico.
- Palearctic
living in the northern part of the Old World. In otherwords, Europe and Asia and northern Africa.
- arboreal
Referring to an animal that lives in trees; tree-climbing.
- bilateral symmetry
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
- cooperative breeder
helpers provide assistance in raising young that are not their own
- diurnal
- active during the day, 2. lasting for one day.
- ectothermic
animals which must use heat acquired from the environment and behavioral adaptations to regulate body temperature
- female parental care
parental care is carried out by females
- fertilization
union of egg and spermatozoan
- herbivore
An animal that eats mainly plants or parts of plants.
- hibernation
the state that some animals enter during winter in which normal physiological processes are significantly reduced, thus lowering the animal's energy requirements. The act or condition of passing winter in a torpid or resting state, typically involving the abandonment of homoiothermy in mammals.
- internal fertilization
fertilization takes place within the female's body
- introduced
referring to animal species that have been transported to and established populations in regions outside of their natural range, usually through human action.
- metamorphosis
A large change in the shape or structure of an animal that happens as the animal grows. In insects, "incomplete metamorphosis" is when young animals are similar to adults and change gradually into the adult form, and "complete metamorphosis" is when there is a profound change between larval and adult forms. Butterflies have complete metamorphosis, grasshoppers have incomplete metamorphosis.
- motile
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
- native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
- nectarivore
an animal that mainly eats nectar from flowers
- oriental
found in the oriental region of the world. In other words, India and southeast Asia.
- oviparous
reproduction in which eggs are released by the female; development of offspring occurs outside the mother's body.
- polygynous
having more than one female as a mate at one time
- seasonal breeding
breeding is confined to a particular season
- sexual
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
- solitary
lives alone
- suburban
living in residential areas on the outskirts of large cities or towns.
- tactile
uses touch to communicate
- temperate
that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
- terrestrial
Living on the ground.
- urban
living in cities and large towns, landscapes dominated by human structures and activity.
- visual
uses sight to communicate
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text: Criminal sexual conduct charges against a Fairmont man were dismissed in court on Monday. Level 3 sex offender Troy Leroy Dykes had been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl while helping her and her mother move, but the case was dismissed because the accusations could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt because the accuser's story kept changing. A rape kit turned up male DNA other than Dykes' as well. The case had been scheduled to go to trial in September, but the alleged victim told at least three different versions of what happened between her and Dykes. The court then learned about the girl having a history of lying and making accusations, and the charges against Dykes were dismissed. He is currently in custody in the Martin County Jail on a probation violation in an unrelated case.

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Rebecca Silber does most of her shopping at Outpost Natural Foods. Her family buys a weekly produce share from an area farm during the growing season. She cooks from scratch, and she tries to avoid processed foods.
She didn't know it, but Silber is in step with a trend known as "clean eating."
Clean eating encourages people to lose weight or get healthy by avoiding processed foods in favor of whole foods in their most natural state, or as close to it as possible. It advocates fresh, seasonal, locally grown foods for their rich nutritional profile.
Some clean eaters, as they're called, strive to eliminate all preservatives and artificial ingredients, while others give up processed foods altogether. Some eschew refined sugars in favor of natural sweeteners. Some go so far as to eliminate gluten (which dietitians recommend against except for those who are gluten intolerant). Others give up meat, or they buy only grass-fed meat and free-range poultry from local sources they know and trust.
The philosophy is rooted in the counterculture of the '60s, with the "natural foods" and "health foods" movements. It has gained momentum in recent years as a backlash against readily available processed foods with little nutritional value, which contribute to obesity and obesity-related health issues.
Clean Eating magazine, several popular books, bloggers and fitness trainers have popularized the philosophy.
"My version of 'clean eating' is to encourage people to choose foods closer to the farm than the factory," said Sarah Zangerle, a registered dietitian with Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
"It's not a diet, but a change in lifestyle," said Catherine Andersen, head coach for Milwaukee Adventure Boot Camp and owner of the fitness boot camp's parent company, Achieve Personal Fitness Inc.
"(Clean eating) is about taking control over how you're eating; feeding yourself for your needs and not what your taste buds want," Andersen said. "We eat so poorly that just changing a few things can have huge payoffs."
Avoiding white starches, eating whole grains, eliminating processed foods with preservatives, and eating whole foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables are at the core of a clean eating lifestyle, Andersen said.
"We love meat, but we make the best choices, such as free-range, organic and pasture-fed, leaner choices, and low-mercury fish.... The way you eat, your body reacts in kind."
Beyond exercise
Exercising without changing the way you eat doesn't make you healthier, Andersen added.
"You can't undo 23 hours a day of poor eating and stress with one hour of working out," she said. By lowering stress and removing unhealthful foods from your diet, "you take leaps and bounds forward and the exercise part is sugar-free, fat-free icing on the cake."
Books such as "Clean Start" by Terry Walters (Sterling Publishing, 2010, $35) propose specific variations on clean eating.
"I tell people to always start small and give yourself a goal you know you can meet," Walters said in a telephone interview. "You don't need to be a fabulous cook, since you're eating close to the source. "Steam broccoli with olive oil on top or make a baked potato topped with avocado."
Walters recommends eating dark green leafy greens every day in salads, soups, sauces, stir-frys or smoothies.
She also advocates foods that don't require a label to reveal what's inside. If it comes in a package, look for the word "grown" instead of "manufactured," she said.
The clean-eating philosophy has attracted mainstream followers for many reasons, Walters said. The economy has encouraged more people to spend less on convenience foods and to cook from scratch, while the local foods movement has emphasized reliance on local, fresh produce, she said.
Walters' recipes are free of meat, dairy, gluten and refined sugar; they are rich in whole grains, fresh produce, non-animal sources of protein and healthy, essential fats. Eating clean doesn't have to mean giving up meat and dairy, she said.
Dietitians raise red flags about a couple of the more restrictive "clean eating" practices.
"Following a gluten-free diet is a new trend and diet fad, but there is no evidence to support any benefits unless you are diagnosed as gluten intolerant," said Zangerle, the dietitian.
Gluten is found in foods that contain or are made with wheat, rye or barley. Oats may also be contaminated by foods that contain gluten.
"Not only is it very strict and expensive...but much more importantly, you unnecessarily eliminate foods that are excellent sources of important vitamins, minerals and fiber," Zangerle said.
Giving up refined sugars "would be very difficult and unrealistic to maintain for a balanced lifestyle," she added. Instead, she recommends limiting foods with added sugars and those that are highly processed.
She suggested replacing high-calorie beverages, such as soda and juice, with unsweetened iced tea with lemon, or water with fruit garnish; and exchanging high-calorie, high-sugar desserts for fruit and yogurt.
Evolving lifestyle
Clean eating has been an evolving lifestyle over the past 20 years for Dori Frankel Steigman, 44, of Shorewood.
"In my mid-20s, I started thinking about how I ate and how to be healthy physically and emotionally," she said.
After a friend was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, Frankel Steigman decided to do everything she could to be healthy.
She doesn't eat processed foods or sugar. She generally cooks from scratch at home but finds good options when her family eats out.
"My boys will ask if I'll ever have a piece of chocolate cake again," she said. "I like the way I feel enough that I don't want to eat the chocolate cake."
For a sweet fix, she eats dried or fresh fruit. She has learned to differentiate between a mouth craving and a stomach craving, the latter being physical and the former, emotional.
"Once you realize the junk in food, you don't want to eat that way," said Denise Cawley of Milwaukee. She and her partner, Anne Hefter, took their first step toward clean eating when they started buying organic foods.
"Our grandparents lived with relatively few health conditions and now people in their 50s and 60s who grew up eating more processed foods are prescribed so many medications," Cawley said.
Cawley and Hefter buy a weekly produce share from one local farm, and they buy dairy, meat and other foods from another farm. They grow some vegetables. They can tomatoes, and they're planning to plant fruit and nut trees and berry bushes.
Like Silber, they don't label it "clean eating." It's a series of decisions that help them feel healthier, they say.
Silber, 32, of Milwaukee, said she started changing her eating habits after her son, Lewis, was born four years ago, and she started making his baby food.
She started shopping at Outpost for a wider selection of organic foods, and her family signed up for the CSA. She didn't consciously give up processed foods. Rather, she gravitated toward making more foods from scratch. "Giving up processed food just kind of happened."
Some Milwaukee-area proponents of clean eating feel so strongly about it, they are working to educate others.
Shannon Carney, a personal trainer, sports nutritionist and owner of Squeeze Studio Fitness in Hales Corners and Brookfield recently taught a two-part night class at Alverno College. The class, which drew 28 women, explained the basic ingredients of clean eating and demonstrated how to cook several simple recipes.
Following are a few "clean food" pantry staples author Terry Walters recommends in her second book about clean eating called "Clean Start." The book was a finalist for a 2011 James Beard Foundation Award:
Whole grains: Amaranth, barley, brown rice (whole grains and flour), cornmeal, oats (whole, steel-cut and rolled), quinoa (ivory and/or red), teff (ivory and brown; whole grains and flour), wild rice.
Legumes: Aduki beans, black beans, cannellini beans, chickpeas, fava beans, Great Northern beans, kidney beans, lentils, navy beans, pinto beans, red beans, split peas.
Oils: Extra-virgin olive oil, grapeseed oil, sesame oil (toasted and/or hot), virgin coconut oil.
Sweeteners: Apples/applesauce, bananas, brown rice syrup, maple syrup, molasses.
Flours: Almond meal, arrowroot, chickpea flour (garbanzo bean flour), corn flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, teff flour (brown and ivory).
Clean Eating Diet Recipies
The following recipes are representative of a clean eating diet. Miso, a salty, thick paste-like substance made from fermented soy, is a great source of essential vitamin B12 and immune-strengthening zinc, according to Terry Walters, author of "Clean Start" (Sterling).
These recipes were not tested locally.
Asparagus with Miso Lemon Dressing and Marcona Almonds
Makes 4 servings
2 bunches asparagus
¼ cup water
3 minced garlic cloves
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/8 cup lemon juice 1 tablespoon sweet brown rice miso
¼ cup Marcona almonds (or whole blanched almonds)
Cut off and discard woody ends of asparagus. Chop stalks into bite-size pieces.
In large skillet or Dutch oven over high heat, bring water to a boil. Add asparagus and cook 2 minutes or until bright green and just soft. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
In small skillet over medium-low heat, sauté garlic in olive oil until soft, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and miso, mixing until miso is dissolved. Pour dressing over asparagus, transfer to serving dish, top with almonds and serve.
Here's another recipe from "Clean Start" that uses the natural starch, arrowroot, for thickening, and apple juice and maple syrup as sweeteners. Arrowroot is available at most health or natural food stores, as is the flourlike almond meal.
Blueberry Tart
Makes 8 servings
2 cups almond meal
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup (divided)
1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil
Pinch of sea salt
1 ¼ teaspoons almond extract (divided)
1 cup apple juice (divided)
2 tablespoons arrowroot powder
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Zest of 1 lemon
Pinch of sea salt
2 cups blueberries (divided)
2 cups almond meal
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup (divided)
1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil
Pinch of sea salt
1 ¼ teaspoons almond extract (divided)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a 9-inch tart pan.
Prepare crust: Place almond meal in a large mixing bowl. In small skillet over medium-low heat, whisk together 2 tablespoons of the maple syrup, the coconut oil and salt until oil melts. Whisk in 1 teaspoon of the almond extract and remove from heat. Pour this mixture over the almond meal and fold to incorporate all ingredients. Transfer dough to tart pan and press to form crust.
Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and, using the back of a wooden spoon, gently press down any puffed areas of crust. Set crust on wire rack to cool.
Prepare filling: In small bowl, whisk together ½ cup of the apple juice with the arrowroot and set aside. In medium Dutch oven over medium heat, combine remaining ½ cup apple juice with remaining ½ cup maple syrup, the lemon juice, remaining ¼ teaspoon almond extract, lemon zest and salt and bring to a simmer.
Add 1 cup blueberries and stir until berries start to pop and liquid turns red/blue. Reduce heat to low and whisking continuously, pour arrowroot-juice mixture into berry mixture. When liquid is thick, remove from heat and fold in remaining blueberries.
Pour into crust, spread evenly and refrigerate at least 1 hour to set.
Steve Bauer adapted this recipe from Vitamix for a two-session night class at Alverno College taught by Shannon Carney of Squeeze Studio Fitness. It's designed specifically to be made in the powerful blender.
Taco Soup
Makes 5 cups
1 celery rib, halved 1 Roma tomato, halved
1 medium carrot, halved
1 green onion, trimmed and halved
2 ½ cups low-sodium chicken stock
1 tablespoon taco seasoning mix
1 tablespoon canned black beans
¼ cup shredded low-fat cheddar cheese
1 small jalapeño pepper piece, seeded
1 can (4 ounces) low-sodium V-8 juice
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups tortilla chips (see note
Place all ingredients, except chips, into Vitamix blender container in order listed and secure lid.
Select Variable 1 (low speed). Turn machine on and quickly increase speed to Variable 10, then to high.
Blend 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce speed to Variable 3 and remove lid plug. Add chips through lid plug opening.
Blend another 10 seconds and serve.
Note: Bauer uses organic black bean chips; brown rice chips also could be used.
This no-cook, gluten- and dairy-free protein bar was featured in a recent night class on clean eating at Alverno College taught by Shannon Carney of Squeeze Studio Fitness.
Protein Bars
Makes 9 servings
2 cups gluten-free "Bob Mills" oatmeal
2 scoops vanilla low-carb whey, egg, brown rice, or "sun warrior" protein powder
2 tablespoons ground flax seed or hemp seeds
¼ cup natural almond butter
½ cup water (more or less, depending on protein powder)
½ cup organic dried cherries (other dried fruit may be used; optional)
Coat 8-by-8-inch square baking pan with vegetable oil spray.
In large bowl, combine oatmeal, protein powder, flax seed, almond butter, water and cherries; mix together. Spread mixture evenly in baking pan. Chill, then cut into squares.
Per serving: 250 calories, 34g carbohydrates, 15g protein, 7g fat, 4g fiber. Calories from fat: 25%.
This gluten-free cookie from "The Best of Clean Eating" cookbook (Robert Kennedy Publishing, $22.95) is the biggest hit in the magazines' three-year history, Alicia Rewega, editor-in-chief, notes in the cookbook's introduction. The cookie has 110 calories, 3g sugar and 1.5g saturated fat.
Sucanat is a replacement for granulated sugar. Look for it in the health and organic food aisle of a grocery store or at a health or natural foods store.
Almond Butter
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Make 2 dozen cookies
1 cup unsalted almond butter, stirred well
¾ cup Sucanat1 large egg
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon sea salt
3 ounces dark chocolate (70% cocoa or greater), broken into small pieces
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In medium bowl, stir together almond butter, Sucanat, egg, baking soda and sea salt until blended. Stir in chocolate.
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The Rifa'i order / tariqa (also Rufa'i, Rifa'iyya,Rifa'iya) (Arabic, الرفاعية) is an eminent Sufi order founded by Ahmed ar-Rifa'i and developed in the Lower Iraq marshlands between Wasit and Basra. The Rifa'iyya had its greatest following until the 15th century C.E. when it was overtaken by the Qadiri order. Presently the order is said to maintain particular influence in Cairo, Egypt.[1]
The Rifa'i order is most commonly found in the Arab Middle East but also in Turkey, the Balkans and South Asia.
There appears to be no definitive information as to the specific point in time when the Rifa'i order arose. However, records indicate Ahmad al-Rifa'i inherited his maternal uncle's, Mansur al-Bata'ihi, position of headship to his religious community in 1145-6 C.E. Around this point, al-Rifa'i possessed a huge following during his activities in and around the village of Umm 'Ubayda.[2] In the Lower Iraq marshlands, the Rifa'i order developed and gained considerable notice throughout the 12th century C.E. due to its extravagant practices. The Rifa'i quickly expanded into Egypt and Syria. In 1268 C.E., Abu Muhammad 'Ali al-Hariri formed the Syrian branch of the order which became known as the Haririya.[3] The Rifa'i gained further popularity not only in Egypt, but also Turkey. In the 15th century C.E., Rifa'i popularity waned and the popularity of the Kadiriyya order rose.[4] Subsequently, interest in the Rifa'i order centered within Arab lands.[5]
The order has a marked presence in Syria and Egypt and plays a noticeable role in Kosovo and Albania. The Rifa'i Tariqa has a notable tendency to blend worship styles or ideas with those of other orders that predominate in the local area. For example, the group established by Ken'an Rifa'i in Istanbul reflects elements of the Mevlevi Order, while more rural Turkish Rifa'is have sometimes absorbed significant influence from the Alevi/Bektashi tradition.
The order spread into Anatolia during the 14th and 15th Centuries and ibn Battuta makes note of Rifa'i 'tekkes' in central Anatolia. The order however, began to make ground in Turkey during the 17th to 19th centuries when tekkes began to be found in Istanbul the imperial capital of the Ottoman Empire, from here the order spread into the Balkans (especially Bosnia, where they are still present), modern day Albania and Kosovo. During the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II the Rifa'i order gained even more popularity in Istanbul ranking alongside the Khalwati, Qadiri and Naqshbandi orders as 'orthodox' Sufi orders.
Current manifestations of the order in the United States and Canada include the tekkes (lodges) in Staten Island and Toronto that were under the guidance of the late Shaykh Xhemali Shehu (d.2004) of Prizren, Kosovo. Each of these orders is ultimately Turkish in origin.
In addition, there are also some alleged 'impostor' Qadiri-Rifai groups operating in the USA (New York, Michigan), the UK, Germany, Australia and South Africa, under the supposed 'guidance' of scammers pretending to be spiritual sheikhs[6]
During heightened states, Rifa'i followers were noted to have eaten live snakes, entered ovens filled with fire and ridden on lions.[7] Followers were also noted to have practiced charming snakes and thrusting iron spikes and glass into their bodies.[8]
It is uncertain whether or not Ahmed ar-Rifa'i instituted the practices that helped solidify the Rifa'i order's massive popularity. While some scholars attribute these practices to al-Rifa'i,[9] other scholars contend he was unaware of these practices and that these were introduced after the Mongol invasion.[10]
- ^ Bosworth 2010.
- ^ Margoliouth 2010, p. 38-39.
- ^ Trimingham 1973, p.39.
- ^ Trimingham 1973, p. 40.
- ^ Bosworth 2010.
- ^ Ali Reza Shah, Investigative Report, in Tassawuf Worldwide: A Magazine of Sufis and Sufism, pub Hyderabad, India, Vol 2 No 4, 2013, pp 7-9. A special warning is given in this report concerning a group operating as a purported 'Qadiri-Rifai-Ansari' tariqa, claiming to be 'traditional Sufis'; whereas in fact this group is a highly dubious venture. This group operates a website, at http://www.qadiri-rifai.org
- ^ Trimingham 1973, p.38.
- ^ Bosworth 2010.
- ^ Trimingham 1973, p.37.
- ^ Margoliouth 2010.
Further reading[edit]
- Bosworth, C.E. "Rifa'iyya." Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition (2010). Brill Online. Web. 1 April 2010.
- Margoliouth, D.S. "al-Rifa'i b. 'Ali, Abu 'l-Abbas." Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition (2010). Brill Online. Web. 1 April 2010.
- Trimingham, J. Spencer. The Sufi Orders in Islam. New York: Oxford U, 1973.


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Kemp Mill is a census-designated place and an unincorporated census area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,564 at the 2010 census.
Kemp Mill census area consists of the separate communities of Kemp Mill Estates and Kemp Mill Farms.
As an unincorporated area, Kemp Mill's boundaries are not officially defined. Kemp Mill is, however, recognized by the United States Census Bureau as a census-designated place, and by the United States Geological Survey as a populated place located at 39°2′2″N 77°1′28″W / 39.03389°N 77.02444°W (39.033832, -77.024541).[1]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the neighborhood has a total area of 2.54 square miles (6.2 km²), all of it land.
Kemp Mill is considered by most of its residents to be part of unincorporated Silver Spring, Maryland.[who?] It is served by the Wheaton Post Office.
Kemp Mill hosts a number of synagogues serving Orthodox Jews (Modern Orthodox, Chassidic, and Yeshivish) including Young Israel Shomrai Emunah, Silver Spring Jewish Center, Kemp Mill Synagogue, the Yeshiva of Greater Washington, Chabad of Silver Spring, and Minchas Yitzhak. Additionally, there are many smaller orthodox Jewish minyanim (prayer groups) throughout the neighborhood including a Sephardic Minyan that meets at Shomrai Emunah and the Lower Lamberton Minyan. There are also many in the area that are served by Conservative synagogues, such as Har Tzeon Agudath Achim, and other branches of Judaism. Several Jewish and Catholic parochial schools are also located there including the boys division of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington, Silver Spring Learning Center, and the Jewish Montessori School. Two public schools are also situated in the area, including Kemp Mill Elementary and Col. E. Brooke Lee middle school. The former Spring Mill Elementary school is now an administrative office.
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's Kemp Mill Recreation Center offers users a baseball diamond, basketball and tennis courts, a meeting space, and a playground. Sligo Creek rises in Kemp Mill, and the hiker-biker trail that runs alongside the creek from Wheaton Regional Park to the Anacostia River passes through the community. The eastern end of Kemp Mill is bounded by the Northwest Branch, which also flows south to the Anacostia. Deer are a frequent sight in the neighborhood.
Kemp Mill Park, centrally located on Arcola Avenue, has long served as a popular meeting place and playground.
Kemp Mill Shopping Center is the commerce hub of the neighborhood, with two banks, a grocery store, a dry cleaner, a barber, a Chinese restaurant, a Portuguese restaurant, a CVS pharmacy, a nail salon, a hair salon, a Little Gym, a martial arts training facility, and assorted shops offering kosher foods (a kosher (vegetarian) pizzeria; Ben Yehuda, a kosher pastry & breakfast shop/coffee cafe, a butcher, etc.). Dentists, optometrist and doctors also fill the office space in the shopping center. The Giant Food grocery store that anchored the Kemp Mill Shopping Center for decades closed on September 27, 2007. Magruder's, a small local chain of grocery stores, renovated the former Giant and opened on November 7, 2007. Magruder's closed in July, 2012. In July 2012, Shalom Kosher, who currently has a kosher store in Wheaton, purchased Magruder's. On October 31, 2012 Shalom Kosher opened at 1361 Lamberton Drive.
Two private swimming pools, Parkland Pool and Kemp Mill Swim Club, serve the community.
Kemp Mill is serviced by Ride On bus number 9, and during rush hours, number 31. Washington Metro service is also available in nearby Wheaton.
Montgomery County Public Schools operates public schools.
Northwood High School is within the Kemp Mill CDP.[2]
|Historical population
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 9,956 people, 3,386 households, and 2,654 families residing in the area. The population density was 4,126.3 people per square mile (1,595.0/km²). There were 3,448 housing units at an average density of 1,429.0/sq mi (552.4/km²). The racial makeup of the area was 68.45% White, 15.30% African American, 0.23% Native American, 8.18% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 4.91% from other races, and 2.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.80% of the population.
There were 3,386 households out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.3% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.22. Twenty-seven percent of Kemp Mill residents hold a graduate degree.
In the area, the population was spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $89,294, and the median income for a family was $111,985. Males had a median income of $52,244 versus $41,285 for females. The per capita income for the area was $34,570. About 2.3% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over.
Notable residents[edit]
Current and former residents of Kemp Mill include:
- Dov S. Zakheim, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Planning and Resource
- Richard Joel, current President of Yeshiva University
- Azriel Rosenfeld, pioneering contributor in the field of computer image analysis
- Lenny Ben-David, former Deputy Chief of Mission for Israel (second-highest ranking Israeli diplomat).
- Sidney Kramer, former Maryland state senator, former Montgomery County Executive
- Saul Jay Singer, legal ethicist
- Tova Rosenthal, Inspirational leader
- Joey Rubinstein, Box
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Kemp Mill CDP, MD" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 22, 2015.
- ^ "CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790-2000)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- ^ Community not enumerated separately in 1980 & 1990. Kemp Mill was part of Silver Spring's census area.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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Official MPAA Rating: Escape From Planet Earth is rated PG for for action and some mild rude humor.
Violence: Characters engage in frequent cartoon violence including punching, threats, shooting, kicking and hitting. A man is repeatedly hit in the face with a broom. Characters use blast tape to blow things up. A man is surrounded by armed characters and hauled off to jail. Vehicles are blown up. A woman is tied up. Characters are shot with tranquilizer darts and jailed, or frozen in glass containers. Characters fall from the sky without parachutes. A man creates a huge weapon designed to blow up planets. A character is chased by a throng of angry animals. A scorpion bites a character on the lip. After punching a man in the face, the attacker says it feels great to punch.
Sexual Content: A painting of a nude couple hangs in a man's office. A couple kisses. A man misrepresents himself in an online dating service. Brief sexual jokes include comments about probing and don't ask don't tell. A man is seen wearing only a towel. Later the towel blows away.
Language: The script contains a couple of terms of Deity.
Alcohol / Drug Use: None noted.


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Disgusting Images Of The Alleged Working Conditions At Golden Corral Go Viral
An employee at a location in Florida posted video of employees allegedly leaving raw meat next to a Dumpster outside the store before serving it.
1. A Golden Corral employee, Brandon Huber, posted a video on YouTube last week showing raw food left next to Dumpsters in the back of a Golden Corral in Port Orange, Fla.
2. Huber posted a second video Sunday alleging that the food shown in his first video was wheeled back into the restaurant then served to customers.
3. Golden Corral's YouTube account commented on Huber's first video today, saying none of the items were served to customers and all were disposed of within an hour of being outside.
4. According to the Golden Corral statement, Huber was involved with the disposal of the food and Huber's father was attempting to sell the footage of the food for $5,000.
5. A YouTube user who appears to be involved with the videos and Golden Corral also began fighting with Golden Corral's YouTube account over its official response.
6. Users quickly flooded Golden Corral's Facebook, furious over the footage in the video.
7. The Golden Corral section of Reddit also began collecting anti-Golden Corral content, including this photo album allegedly of a separate, but equally unsanitary Golden Corral back room.
8. The Reddit user behind the photo album refused to share the specific Golden Corral location the photos were taken at.
9. But the user asserted that they are an example of everyday conditions at the Golden Corral he worked at.
11. Golden Corral responded to Huber's videos, but the company has not released any statements about the photos that are now making their way through Twitter.
@goldencorral Why fire the manager if he didn't serve that rotten food? You're about as good a liar as my baby's mom. Are you on drugs too?— Kief_Richards (@Kief Richards)
Kief Richards
@goldencorral Why fire the manager if he didn't serve that rotten food? You're about as good a liar as my baby's mom. Are you on drugs too?
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@goldencorral you nasty! Never eating there again.
13. The flood of backlash via social media continues to grow.
@goldencorral what the heck is going on with the video that shows the food next to the dumpster— ikingmoe (@Kingmoe83)
@goldencorral what the heck is going on with the video that shows the food next to the dumpster
@goldencorral you may want to check @reddit then just go out of biz, b.c. I certainly wont ever go near any of your code violations (rest)— BrianKal (@BMK)
@goldencorral you may want to check @reddit then just go out of biz, b.c. I certainly wont ever go near any of your code violations (rest)


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NBC Digital Entertainment announced this week its full slate of content for their summer and fall seasons.
Among the highlights are original webisodes for HEROES, CHUCK and THE OFFICE as well as 30 ROCK 360, a new original digital production: FEARS, SECRETS & LIES and extensive digital features for each new show.
The announcements were made by Vivi Zigler, Executive Vice President, NBC Digital Entertainment.
New chapters of webisodes for HEROES, CHUCK and THE OFFICE will debut on NBC.com beginning in July. Additional chapters of webisodes for each show will roll out throughout the season. Each chapter of webisodes will continue to weave online with on-air creative to give fans a deeper entertainment experience.
30 ROCK joins THE OFFICE, HEROES and LIPSTICK JUNGLE, and goes "360" next season. Fans of the Emmy-winning comedy can learn from the best through Jack Donaghy's Online Business Courses (or "Jack U"), have access to Jack's blog and offer their own business advice by uploading videos.
Other challenges for users will include submitting skits for TGS, enacting provided skits from TGC, user response to "Ask Tina" and guided tours of their workplaces (in response to Kenneth the Page's tours).
NBC.com will also debut its second season of original productions with FEARS, SECRETS & DESIRES." This series will be available exclusively on NBC.com.
FEARS, SECRETS, & DESIRES is a unique online experience users help create an original online series by sharing their deepest, darkest secrets, their unimaginable fears and their scandalous desires. Two hosts will entice and inspire users by sharing their own stories, as well as providing discussion topics each week via vlogs. Users will submit stories in one of three areas on the site: Fears, Secrets or Desires. Starting in October 2008, selected posts will be adapted for an online NBC Anthology series that brings the posts to life with creative interpretation meant to tease, tantalize or terrify. Segments will be produced both in-house at NBC.com, and by Hollywood talent normally associated with the big or small screens, not necessarily the computer screen.
A comprehensive list of new digital features, by show, follows:
Returning Shows:
--AMERICAN GLADIATORS -- User Generated Photo Gallery -- "Be A Gladiator," Gladiator personality quiz, and Ultimate Gladiator Workout and advice from the Gladiators.
--THE BIGGEST LOSER -- More confessional videos, extended "Where Are They Now?" segments, bonus scenes and customized features that will include recipe sharing and contests and fitness tips, widgets and games.
--CHUCK -- In addition to the new webisodes, fans of the show will be able to join Buy More and take Big Mike's Management Lessons and see inside the Nerd Herd "Help Desk" as well as get a look at the villains photo gallery and check out the Buy More Music Section (featuring music from the show).
--DEAL OR NO DEAL -- Video profiles of the models, a quarterly tournament with an online game and a highly anticipated new PSMS game.
--ER -- Weekly preview scenes.
--HEROES -- Season 3 of HEROES 360 expands the HEROES universe further with webisodes, online manhunts for the villains, the addition of more micro sites that allow the users to uncover more of the HEROES universe, wireless iTV interactivity and the ability to view the graphic novel on mobile platforms.
--LAST COMIC STANDING -- Users can see extended audition footage, a User Generated "You're Funny" showcase and weekly international commentary from former finalist Deb DiGiovanni.
--LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN -- If They Mated; Actual Items; Celebrity Survey; Travels with Conan (customization available); Late Night Underground hosted by Late Night Insider; REWIND and a new season of PALE FORCE.
--LAW & ORDER: SVU -- Popular weekly previews continue.
--LIFE -- Interactive prison timeline giving the fans a chance to see what happened while Charlie Crews was incarcerated, a User Generated conspiracy wall and a LIFE Wiki.
--LIPSTICK JUNGLE -- In addition to popular existing features such as "Get The Look" Online Store, fans will find a mobile shopping guide and new additions to the online BONFIRE MAGAZINE.
--MEDIUM -- Recreate favorite "Allison Waking Up In Bed After a Nightmare" scenes, upload it and share.
--NASHVILLE STAR -- Original behind-the-scenes segments with online correspondent Wix Wichman, extended audition clips, weekly highlights, behind-the-scenes photos, quizzes, games and featured music.
--THE OFFICE -- In addition to new webisodes, this mega micro-site has it all for fans of THE OFFICE. Returning features include deleted scenes, Dwight's blog, User Generated office galleries, Adventures with Dwight bobblehead gallery, Office quote game, Office personality quiz, Adventures with Angela page, an interactive photo set tour and Season Two of Dunder Mifflin Infinity, the on line community where fans get a chance to run the branches.
--SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Get a VIP tour backstage with weekly production blogs and video tours.
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO -- Jay's Garage enters its third season and opens it up to the users to create their own garage pages. A historical TONIGHT SHOW timeline will also be introduced this season.
New Shows:
--AMERICA'S TOUGHEST JOBS -- In-depth contestant profiles, challenge analysis and an online survival game.
--CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD -- Celebrity family bios, interviews, photos and profiles.
--CHOPPING BLOCK -- Featured recipes delivered via web, mobile and SMS and a New York City restaurant guide.
--CRUSOE -- Digital features will include extended flashback scenes, an interactive adventure game, Crusoe's diary and full episode streaming.
--KATH & KIM -- Full episode streaming accompanied by weekly "wine time" segments -- featuring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair as their characters discuss the week in pop-culture, fashion and neighborhood gossip, beauty Q & A and Kim's dating profiles powered by myNBC.
--KINGS -- City sites for Shiloh, Gilboah and Gath, creating a deeper experience for the user. Additionally, viewers will find videos about the King's ascension to power, a family history expose and full streaming episodes.
--KNIGHT RIDER -- "KITT My Ride" feature, weekly KITT voicemails to mobile subscribers, talking KITT e-cards and streaming full episodes.
--THE LAST TEMPLAR -- Guide to the Templars, Making Of video pieces, interactive decoder games and full streaming episodes.
--MERLIN -- Merlin's diary and Spells for Everyday Life.
--MY OWN WORST ENEMY -- Alter ego game, dossiers on supporting characters, an archive of Edward and Henry video messages to each other and a split site (suburbs vs. international intrigue).
--THE PHILANTHROPIST -- Full streaming episodes, Giving Back tips, Teddy's Lifestyle game and money tracker files.
--SHARK TAGGERS -- Fans will be able to meet the taggers through video profiles, interact with a Tag the Shark game and watch deleted scenes.
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Doll - National, Argentina, circa 1993 Reg. No: SH 990133
- Summary:
- Alternative Name(s): Gaucho Doll
Donated to the Australian Children's Folklore Collection by Maria Regina Ofele, an Argentinian delegate to the World Play Summit held in Melbourne in 1993. Delegates were asked to bring a traditional toy from their own country.
The Australian Children's Folklore Collection is unique in Australia, documenting contemporary children's folklore across Australia and in other countries reaching back to the 1870s. The Collection has a strong component of research material relating to Victoria.
- Description:
- Male doll in traditional gaucho, or South American cowboy, costume. The doll is dressed in a black felt hat with the brim turned up in the front and a black chin strap. Underneath the hat is a white headband around the forehead. He has a white neckerchief knotted at the front and a light blue collarless shirt. He has a black collarless jacket with white trim on the lapels and cuffs and black trousers. He has a red sash at the waist covered by a white belt with a silver buckle. A brightly coloured striped shawl hangs over his shoulder. Heavy black boots. The face appears to be papier mache with the features painted on, including heavy eyebrows and moustache. Acknowledgement: Australian Children's Folklore Collection, Museum Victoria.
- Acquisition Information:
- Cultural Gifts Donation from Dr June Factor, 1999
- Acknowledgement:
- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
|24.00 cm (Height), 3.50 cm (Width), 7.00 cm (Length)
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|Australian Children's Folklore Collection, Childhood & Youth Collection, Clothing & Textiles Collection, Cultural Diversity Collection, Domestic & Community Life Collection
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Ahh, Cinco de Mayo. It's this country's favorite time to celebrate Mexican culture and heritage, and it provides a great opportunity to discover amazing crafts courtesy of the passionate artisans south of our border. In the coming weeks, as Cinco de Mayo approaches, we will be devoting plenty of attention to the things we love from Mexico. In fact, we're starting right now. Consider this your first step to proper Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
Awaken your senses with mezcal
We admit, mezcal is not for everyone. For some, sipping the spirit—which is produced from agave that has been smoked underground—is as enjoyable as sucking on the bottom of a well-worn boot. But for the bold, mezcal's varied flavors and earthy sour notes are a dream come true. If you're a mezcal lover or are merely intrigued by juice, we recommend El Buho, which is made from espadín agave in the city of Oaxaca. Slowly roasted in underground pits with mesquite wood, El Buho offers a sweetness, a subtle tang, and hints of smoke all at once. Should you be looking for something more rock-and-roll than a traditional vodka Bloody Mary, this spirit is a killer substitute.
Savor the splendor of a fine Mexican wine
That's right; we wrote "fine" and "Mexican wine" in the same sentence. If you're skeptical (and we suspect that many of you are), you need only get your hands on one bottle from Baja—Unico Gran Reserva by Santo Tomas. The 2007 vintage offers rich, dark fruit flavors with a spice that stands up to the local cuisine, while the wine's bright tannins are balanced by its silky texture. Best of all, this wine sells for less than $50 and compares to Californian wines with price tags twice as high.
Finish the night with a luxurious reposado
Reposado is often the attention-deprived middle child, stuck squarely between blanco tequilas and the deep añejos. On one side, blancos deliver an untarnished aroma and the sweet flavors of fresh agave. On the other, añejos take on the rich, bourbon-like characteristics derived from the wood casks in which they are matured.
Reposados, by contrast, are often criticized for their lack of blanco-like freshness, not to mention their shallow depth when compared to añejos. There are, however, certain reposados that strike the perfect balance. Casa Noble ages its reposado for 364 days in new, French oak casks, which injects just the right amount of vanilla to the fruit of the agave. This tequila delivers the best of all worlds—as a truly wonderful reposado should. This is a spirit worthy of a snifter and a toast to the end of a good day.


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Fort Pierce OKs $6,000 for city manager to take 2-week course in Va.
FORT PIERCE — City commissioners gave their OK this week for City Manager David Recor to apply for a $6,000, two-week course that would help "provide quality services" and fulfill part of his annual plan to maintain his professional credentials, according to Recor and city documents.
Recor, who narrowly survived a vote to end his contract last year and who is a finalist for a city manager position in Palm Beach County, is applying to the Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia's Colgate Darden School of Business in July at a cost of about $6,000, which includes registration, lodging, weekday meals and instruction material — but not travel or weekend meals.
He said he must submit an annual professional development plan with at least 40 hours of continuing education for the International City/County Manager Association in Washington. Recor said getting into the institute is "very competitive" and only 30 managers in the state have completed the institute. If he's accepted, Recor said he would approve his own travel expenses through the city manager's office.
The city manager's office's travel budget is $8,000, consisting of $4,000 for travel and education and $4,000 for conferences.
Participants and instructors explore leadership and discuss different structures and systems "based on democratic values, creativity, innovation and high performance government," Recor wrote in an email.
"As the (city) continues to provide quality services with fewer and fewer resources, I hope to return with new tools and ideas to help craft a healthy, flexible, continuously improving, learning government organization and to be prepared to interact effectively and collaborate with our citizenry."
Recor declined to comment beyond the email or to provide more specific information of what he plans to bring back to the city.
The vice president for research of the nonprofit government watchdog group Florida TaxWatch, Robert Weissert, said he couldn't address if the trip is reasonable and justifiable without doing research, but he did provide general advice.
"Anyone with a fiscal stewardship over taxpayer dollars needs to be able to justify the expenditure and why this is a good return on investment for the taxpayers," Weissert said.
Last year, Recor applied for the city manager position in Boynton Beach and still is among 10 finalists for the job, according to the Boynton Beach Human Resources Department. Boynton Beach officials may discuss how they plan to go about the hiring process at the next meeting of their city commission on Feb. 21.
In September, Commissioner Eddie Becht asked for a vote of no confidence in Recor to be placed on the commission's agenda and then changed the agenda item to a vote on terminating Recor's contract, but commissioners voted 3-2 in October to keep Recor.
Commissioners also approved expenses for Commissioner Tom Perona to attend the four-day American Public Power Association Conference in Seattle in June at a cost of about $2,500, which includes registration, airfare, hotel, mileage, parking and meals. Perona said he plans to pay 25 percent of the trip's cost. The commission's travel budget is $5,000.
Perona said he went to American Public Power Association conferences in San Antonio, Chicago and New Orleans when he was a member of the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority board.
As the commission's liaison to the city's electric utility provider, Florida Municipal Power Agency, Perona wrote he knows the importance of a continuing education.
The electric utility industry has faced drastic changes and fuel issues in the past few years, he wrote, and federal and state regulations threaten the future security of low-cost electric power, especially for smaller systems.
Perona wrote it's important for him to have a thorough understanding of current issues and decisions that will affect the city into the future, especially since Mayor Bob Benton, who is the commission's liaison to the authority's board, is leaving the city this year to run for the St. Lucie County Commission.
He also wrote sharing ideas with other policy makers and utility professionals from across the nation gives the city "a perspective outside our little fishbowl and keeps us in line with the latest utility trends, systems and solutions."
The breakdown of the costs for Perona's trip includes about $980 for four nights at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, about $700 for registration, about $540 to fly from Melbourne to Seattle and the rest for meals, mileage, parking, airport shuttle and a $5 baggage allowance.
"Basically, I think it is a small price for the citizens to pay for the necessary education of our policy makers," he wrote. "I believe that (the city) benefits greatly from my commitment to a continued working relationship with our utility authority and my current understanding of its issues."
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots.
A team of engineers has developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim like sperm, the first synthetic structures that can traverse the viscous fluids of biological environments on their own. Led by Taher Saif, the University of Illinois Gutgsell Professor of mechanical science and engineering, the team published its work in the journal Nature Communications.
"Micro-organisms have a whole world that we only glimpse through the microscope," Saif said. "This is the first time that an engineered system has reached this underworld."
The bio-bots are modeled after single-celled creatures with long tails called flagella for example, sperm. The researchers begin by creating the body of the bio-bot from a flexible polymer. Then they culture heart cells near the junction of the head and the tail. The cells self-align and synchronize to beat together, sending a wave down the tail that propels the bio-bot forward.
This self-organization is a remarkable emergent phenomenon, Saif said, and how the cells communicate with each other on the flexible polymer tail is yet to be fully understood. But the cells must beat together, in the right direction, for the tail to move.
"It's the minimal amount of engineering just a head and a wire," Saif said. "Then the cells come in, interact with the structure, and make it functional."
See an animation of the bio-bots in motion at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmU4rWq4KGg and a video of a free-swimming bot at http://news.illinois.edu/WebsandThumbs/saif,taher/freeSwimmer.avi.
The team also built two-tailed bots, which they found can swim even faster. Multiple tails also opens up the poss
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Cisco WebEx Meeting Center
Professional brand, look, and feel. Fully browser-based. Excellent performance. One-click meetings. Affordable baseline, with additional services available. Standout mobile support.
- Cons Fairly rigid interface requires some menu navigation. Lacks Adobe Connect's large-group participation tools.
Bottom Line
Even though WebEx Meeting Center cannot match Adobe Connect feature-for-feature, it provides an excellent overall package backed by the most biggest name in web conferencing.
With millions of users and 15 years of experience, WebEx is the oldest, best-known popular web-conferencing solution on the market. You might assume that years of market dominance would have tempted Cisco to rest on its laurels, but not so. Cisco WebEx Meeting Center ($49/month or $468/year) offers quite possibly the crispest interface on the market with performance that makes youngsters like iMeet ($69/month, 2 stars) look flabby. Thanks to substantial investments in its infrastructure (sixteen data centers and iPoPs), WebEx shares screens, videos, and up six videoconferencing feeds without flinchingor asking customers to install browser add-ons, plugins, or applications. Add an affordable price-point, abundant ancillary services, and generous mobile support (including hosting from iPhones and iPads), and it's no wonder WebEx has sealed its position as market leader.
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Effortless Compatibility
While all of the solutions I'm looking at livemostlyin the web browser, WebEx is the only solution that requires no client-side intervention. Adobe Connect requires an Air-based add-on and both GoToMeeting and Fuze Meeting require app installations; for WebEx Meeting Center, all you need is Java installed and cookies enabled. The site isn't picky about browser compatibility, either. I tested WebEx with the help of three colleagues, with two of us on Macs (OS X Snow Leopard), two of us Windows (Windows 7), two connected by Ethernet, and two connected by Wi-Fi. On my own time, I tested Meeting Center in three separate browsers, Internet Explorer 9, Chrome 12, and Firefox 5, and I was impressed with the performance across the board.
Effortless compatibility is an important consideration for any mixed-platform offices, telecommuter-heavy businesses, and enterprise organizations with locked-down desktops. Because it lives completely in the web browser, WebEx obviates client-side issues. Coupled with Outlook and Lotus integrations and mobile apps for the most popular platformsincluding the ability to host WebEx meetings from the iPad or iPhoneand your colleagues will have little excuse not to attend your meeting.
Procrastinators Welcome
With the possible exception of GoToMeeting, WebEx boasts the simplest user interface. The software is ideal for procrastinators: In addition to a straightforward scheduler (only a topic, date, and time are required), tardy admins can start a meeting with a single-click using the "One-Click Meeting" option. Once the meeting is initiated you can either forward the e-mail invitation to participants or invite participants directly from the room (which I did to initiate my sample meeting).
Web Conferencing Meets iTunes
The first thing you'll notice about WebEx is that it looks familiarin a good way. The browser-based experience looks a lot like iTunes, though WebEx uses tabs to manage whiteboards and collapsible panels (à la GoToMeeting) to handle participant lists, chats, and notes. As administrator, you can customize which panels are visible. For example, I added a polling panel, which by default doesn't appear. And, as with GoToMeeting, Meeting Center detaches from your browser window upon launch, identifiable by and accessible through the WebEx "ball."
Visual flourishes abound. For example, if you want to pass presentership to another participant, you can do it through menus or drop-downs or, in the participant list, simply drag the WebEx icon to that participant (WebEx calls it "passing the ball"). When you're sharing your screen, there's a top-down menu that enables quick access to annotation tools, notes, chat, participants, or passing leadership; when sharing a specific application, non-shared windows shade gray (a more discrete visual cue than Citrix's glowing screen edges).
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