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May 23 2014
Watermelon Sangria
Whoa…Memorial Day weekend sneaked up on me! What about you?
In preparation for a summer filled with barbecues and get-togethers, I wanted to share this gorgeous drink recipe, which I included in the Fourth of July section of my holiday cookbook. It's precious and pink, and is so delicious and refreshing, it should be illegal. It's almost too adorable to eat. I mean drink. I mean both!
Most of all, it's super fun…and it just screams summer.
Here's how to make it!
(Note: I make a pretty big quantity below…but it can easily be halved!)
Seedless watermelons are the way to go with sangrias! Going around the watermelon, slice off a 2-inch slab, making sure you have plenty of red fruit attached to the green rind.
Slice the rind into thick strips…
And cut the strips into chunks.
Basically, you want chunks of rind with a nice bite of fruit attached!
Keep going until all the rind is diced up…
And throw the chunks into a big vat. (Just make sure it can fit in your fridge!)
Next, pour in the wine. I used rosé, but you could also use any white wine you want. It's best if it's chilled, but this is going into the fridge anyway, so if it's not…no biggie.
Just keep pouring in the wine…
Then stick the container in the fridge and chill it for several hours. 6 minimum, more if you can.
Then, just before serving, pour in a bottle (or two!) of chilled Champagne, sparkling wine, or, if you want something a little sweeter, moscato.
(You can also sweeten the sangria by adding a simple syrup: sugar dissolved in equal parts water.)
Serve the icy cold sangria in wine glasses…and use tongs to stick a piece of watermelon in each one, if you like.
(And be sure to snack on the watermelon as the party progresses. Yum!)
Have a very happy Memorial Day weekend, everyone!
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Watermelon Sangria
- Prep Time:
- Cook Time:
- Difficulty:
- Easy
- Servings:
- 24
- 1 whole Medium Seedless Watermelon, Washed
- 6 bottles (750 Ml Bottles) Rose Wine, Chilled
- 1 bottle (750 Ml Bottle) Champagne, Sparkling Wine, Or Moscato, Chilled
Preparation Instructions
Note: This make a large quantity and serves 18-24 people! It can easily be cut in half.
Several hours before serving, slice 2-3 inch slabs of rind from around the outside of the watermelon, making sure there's plenty of red fruit attached. Slice the rind into 2-inch strips, then cut the strips in the other direction to make large chunks. Add the chunks into a large vat and add the rose wine. Cover the vat and stick it in the fridge to let it chill for at least 6 hours---more if you can!
Right before serving, stir in the chilled Champagne, sparkling wine, or moscato.
Serve in wine glasses...and use tongs to remove individual pieces of fruit. Yum!
72 Comments and 26 Replies
Debbie On Friday, May 23 at 7:00 am
It's kinda early but that makes me want to sit on my back porch and have a glass!!!
Deb R On Friday, May 23 at 7:45 am
I thought the same thing! Do you have an extra chair for me? or I could just pull up a step!
Debbie On Friday, May 23 at 8:18 am
Deb R… You bet!!!
Mrs. Lucky On Friday, May 23 at 8:22 am
As they say – it is 5 o'clock somewhere!
Claudio Ibarra On Friday, May 23 at 7:00 am
That vat! Do you know where one can purchase such a pretty looking container?
GamaAnnie On Friday, May 23 at 8:06 am
Many of Ree's items come from ChefsCatalog.com.,
but Bed Bath & Beyond have great things also!
Sue On Friday, May 23 at 10:21 am
Try Costco or Sam's Club.
IrishMum On Friday, May 23 at 11:24 pm
Ree talked about hers before http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeandgarden/2011/06/glass-drink-dispensers/ They are from Pottery Barn.
Wanday On Friday, May 23 at 7:01 am
My goodness, Ree, this looks soooo good! I got to try this! I would these just slide right down….Yummy!
cline On Friday, May 23 at 7:03 am
Looks Great!!!
Dianne Bell in Michigan On Friday, May 23 at 7:13 am
Ree, this is just soo pretty! I can't wait to try this. I hope you and your family have a fun and relaxing Memorial Weekend.
And, let's all fly our country's
flag and remember all our troops and those who gave their lives for us.
ann On Friday, May 23 at 7:48 am
Amen to that!
Mrs. Lucky On Friday, May 23 at 8:29 am
AGREE Dianne! I put my flags out last night (lining my sidewalk and mailbox) so people would see this morning on their way to work. We live in Smalltown, IN – the local cable (TV, telephone, etc.) company has a commercial running with the names and towns of those that have made the ultimate sacrifice – a very nice memorial to them and their families.
Angela from Maryland On Friday, May 23 at 8:53 am
Cheryl W On Friday, May 23 at 11:21 am
Hey Dianne Bell, "also a gigantic ditto" on one of my vehicles the front license tag is of the American Flag (Long may she wave!.) Happy Memorial Day to Everyone. Ree, I do not drink any type of alcohol (never have) but the recipe did look nice and rich in color and I do love watermelon so, we will still have several chilled watermelons this weekend! Be safe everyone…Salute.CLW
Donna Harris On Saturday, May 24 at 9:28 am
I put my flag out this morning and so far I'm the only one on the street flying one. My dad was in WWII and one brother in the Vietnam War, and another brother in the service during the end of Vietnam War. My second oldest brother that was in Vietnam came home so messed up. He died in 2008, he suffered so bad from Ancient Orange, cancer was spread up into his brain. So I wish everyone to honor the Veterans this Memorial Weekend. Going to the cemetery today and put flags on dad's and Dave's grave site.
This drink looks and sound good but I don't drink anymore, health issues. How would you make this without the alcohol? Maybe 7-Up? I love watermelon and I would love to make this!
Everyone have a fun and safe holiday weekend? Please don't drink and text while driving!
Melody On Friday, May 23 at 7:14 am
Delicious! This will be on the menu at our home this weekend. Thank you!
Stacey B On Friday, May 23 at 7:22 am
We seem to be the party house on the block, which is totally fine with me ! I will be using this. Where can I get a container like yours?
Karen B On Friday, May 23 at 7:42 am
I have seen them at Bed Bath and Beyond
Tiffany P On Friday, May 23 at 10:38 am
A restaurant supply store-cheaper too. Ree's Saturday show!
Jo C, On Friday, May 23 at 7:24 am
Perfect for this weekend! Love your cookbook, have a great weekend. THANKS to veterans this Memorial Day!
Lisa @ Simple Pairings On Friday, May 23 at 7:27 am
Ree, you've really hit a homerun with this one! There's not one thing in this recipe that I don't love – and especially now that we're seeing this beautiful warmer weather, rose wine is my go-to. The idea of combining rose with champagne and watermelon sounds so refreshing and perfect for spring!
Kathleen A. On Friday, May 23 at 7:28 am
What a fun drink!
Jen On Friday, May 23 at 7:40 am
Lee On Friday, May 23 at 7:42 am
This looks amazingly refreshing!!! I have to try this for sure!
Linda F On Friday, May 23 at 7:42 am
Serving size is one…..right?
Deb R On Friday, May 23 at 7:43 am
Sneaked is mild, I think I was broadsided! This looks absolutely marvelous and refreshing (even though I'm in a sweatshirt 'cause it's only in the 50s – so how can it be Memorial Day?!!) so I'm now adding it to the 'menu'! A safe and enjoyable Memorial Day to ALL!
Gracie M On Friday, May 23 at 7:50 am
Love your cookbook. I will have to try this when I get company. My husband is not a wine drinker. Looks delicious.
Anele @ Success Along the Weigh On Friday, May 23 at 7:50 am
This looks heavenly and I'm not even a drinker!
IrishMum On Friday, May 23 at 8:03 am
With all that fruit it has got to be good for you, right Looks great Ree.
Bonnie M On Friday, May 23 at 8:05 am
When I first saw this recipe, I had a thought, and now that you've posted it on your blog, I can tell you, rather then simply 'talking to a page of your cookbook'………..
"I wuv you!"
Your recipes sparkle and shine, just like you!
Enjoy Memorial Day Weekend and please take some time to honor those who have served, fought and sacrificed in order for us to enjoy our freedom.
Truly, God Bless America.
God's Greatest Blessings to All.
vtjane On Friday, May 23 at 8:07 am
It's not officially summer until the first pitcher of sangria is made!
hatul On Friday, May 23 at 8:29 am
Love this version of sangria – Made a trial batch, yummy !
Using a melon baller made watermelon balls from the remaining watermelon flesh, put them inside the glasses and poured the sangria over…perfection !
Now all I need is for summer to finally find it's way to my neck of the woods – seems to have got lost on the way
Angela from Maryland On Friday, May 23 at 8:50 am
Oh my, wine and fruit, what is better than that. Will surely enjoy this on the porch this weekend. Thank Ree and enjoy your weekend.
Tiffany P On Friday, May 23 at 8:55 am
This is pretty-a little fresh mint would be good in there as well.
Brooke On Friday, May 23 at 9:11 am
Hi Ree-
Would you be able to freeze the melon to keep the sangria cold??
Beth M. On Friday, May 23 at 9:13 am
Be Still My Heart!!! I think I will leave work now to get the party started. ;0) I am already planning on making your sinful brownies tomorrow, I will have to make a small vat of this as well. Have a great Memorial Day weekend! I hope you and your family doesn't have to work too hard.
Alicia from MS On Friday, May 23 at 9:17 am
Yes, please! Can't wait to try this!
Kaylin On Friday, May 23 at 9:19 am
Man, I loooove me some sangria!
Monica S. On Friday, May 23 at 9:24 am
This looks delicious Ree, hope you and your family have a happy Memorial Day!
forever montana On Friday, May 23 at 9:46 am
This looks wonderful….love your Holiday Cookbook!! Happy Memorial Day to you all, and to all of those brave men and women of our armed forces who risk there lives on a daily basis for something we tend to take for granite…..our freedom and safety. May God Bless you and keep you safe.
dc On Friday, May 23 at 9:52 am
I think I need to make a smaller batch! Yum!
Anne P. On Friday, May 23 at 9:53 am
Just bought the first watermelon (seedless) of the season, yesterday. Hmmmmm….
Maybe I can use half for that beautiful drink..doubt hubs would cheerfully relinquish the whole melon for that purpose, as he's looking forward to a nice big bowl of chilled chunks.
BTW, Ree, so glad to see the proper word "sneaked" used, rather than "snuck"! It really is a pet peeve of mine to hear and see that slangy word! Seems like most people don't recognize "snuck" as improper grammar! Oh, well…..have a good weekend. Will be remembering all those who served and lost their lives (including my father in WWII) defending our country.
Laura P. On Friday, May 23 at 9:54 am
Hmm…most sangrias have some hard liquor added to fortify them (brandy in a traditional sangria). I might try this with cachaça or white rum added!
Sarah On Friday, May 23 at 10:07 am
This looks delicious! Could this also be made into a non-alcoholic version? My daughters first birthday is a watermelon theme and this would be perfect but I'm not sure how to change the recipe. Any suggestions? Thank you!!
Emily W On Friday, May 23 at 10:33 am
We made a fabulous non-alcoholic punch for a party by combining Simply Lemonade (brand name of old-fashioned style lemonade), with a little bit of Sprite and loading it with fresh berries, and giving it time for the flavors to meld. It's pretty and tastes amazing. We've since also tried it with Limeade, which was also a hit. I bet you could do the same with watermelon.
AngAk On Friday, May 23 at 2:02 pm
just add the watermelon to some lemonade—instead of berries. pour in the sparkling soda just before serving.
LuAnnC On Friday, May 23 at 4:28 pm
White grape juice or ginger ale wo
uld work too!
Marla On Saturday, June 14 at 2:20 am
Try some grape juice, Sprite and then put in the watermelon chunks! I recommend Welch's as it tastes the most similar to a rose wine, to me! Happy birthday to your little girl! <3
Patty On Friday, May 23 at 10:23 am
Can't wait to try this. I love white sangria. But will try this one. Love watermelon.
Happy Memorial day. Enjoy the day.
Sue On Friday, May 23 at 10:25 am
Awwww Sh*******pppp. Something happens to me if I drink Sangria. I get happy, then headachy. I make mine with Port. My Sister-in-laws drank tooooo much of it and surprise, they loved it. I'm going to try your recipe Ree, with some sparkline wine called Caio. Yummy. Happy Memorial Day to you and thanks to all of our Veterans out there.
Angel Reyes On Friday, May 23 at 10:41 am
I love how refreshing this look. Perfect for Memorial Day.
Ellen On Friday, May 23 at 10:41 am
Pretty and easy, as summer cooking should be!
Lisa F On Friday, May 23 at 10:42 am
Love sangria, love the look of this recipe, will probably make this recipe – but trust me, I work in food safety, and if you're using the rind, you need to wash the melon before you cut it, with soap and warm water and a produce brush. Manure, other animal contact in the field, produce clerks with questionable personal habits and a host of other things that touch melons can make you really sick. One reason I never buy that convenient already-cubed melon in the supermarket.
Anne P. On Friday, May 23 at 11:13 am
Good advice, Lisa. I, too, scrub all melons with hot soapy water, and rinse well. Then, I spritz the melon all over with bleach/water solution that I always keep by the kitchen sink. Let that sit for a few min., then another hot-water rinse. Can't be too careful re the risk of cross contamination!
Rosannadanna On Friday, May 23 at 12:56 pm
This whole recipe doesn't make sense to me. I don't think the watermelon is going to enhance the flavor of the wine, instead just water it down. The rind will add some bitterness for sure. And, Ree instructs us to leave a "bite" of watermelon on each chunk, but then serves it in a way that is hard to retrieve the fruit. Half the fun of making Sangria is eating the wine-soaked fruit in my glass.
pw/mt On Friday, May 23 at 3:50 pm
Absolutely one must wash all fruits and vegetables before using for human consumption. One exception might be what you grow yourself, know yourself, etc. I have seen melons grow and be harvested and from what I've seen I'd never, ever use a rind no matter how purty it looked. Watermelon rind might be toxic if ingested by some.
I onetime used banana in a simple sangria…mistake! The drink ended up tasting like fingernail polish remover. Stick with the citrusy fruits, you can' t go bad there.
Tiffany P On Friday, May 23 at 4:23 pm
I think watermelon alone with out simple syrup and wine would be a little on the bland side.
I would add the simple syrup and fresh mint-and ok some vodka!
CarolQ On Friday, May 23 at 6:26 pm
Thank you for the heads up of washing first – – – I wondered about that except that Ree has a garden so I figured it was a no-brainer.
Melissa On Friday, May 23 at 11:32 am
I need to try this! It looks delicious!
Have a great weekend!
Linda On Friday, May 23 at 11:36 am
I love sangria. Interestingly, I was just in Spain where I thought sangria would be as common as water, but we were told that sangria was mainly for tourists and that Spaniards didn't drink it. How do you like that!
Panda On Saturday, May 24 at 1:41 am
The summer go-to drink in Spain is tinto de verano, a red-wine drink. It is delicious and often has a twist of lemon or orange in it, but no chunks of fruit. Never saw anyone there order sangria.
LanaSmile On Friday, May 23 at 12:45 pm
It's too early for watermelon season here, but we're just in the beginning of strawberries. Could I substitute?
Heather of Kitchen Concoctions On Friday, May 23 at 1:03 pm
I love sangria this time of year! It is the perfect summer drink! This watermelon version looks amazing!
Lizzie On Friday, May 23 at 1:17 pm
this look amazing and delicious, but I beg of folks not to make it with Champagne. A cava or prosecco or other sparkling wine is just fine. Champagne is too expensive and you won't taste it with the other stuff in there!
Thanks for the recipe!
Hickman Clan On Friday, May 23 at 4:40 pm
Looks yummo; can't wait to try it!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar On Friday, May 23 at 5:36 pm
I am SO into this! Love the flavour!
Mrs. Zoo On Friday, May 23 at 6:07 pm
Looks delicious… and so refreshing! My pregnant self is jealous of everyone who will be indulging in this yummy treat this weekend.
Kiki On Saturday, May 24 at 5:27 pm
I feel you! I'm also expecting, and I really want some sangria right now too!
Coral from South Florida On Friday, May 23 at 7:30 pm
Ree: Just discovered you on the Food Network a couple weeks ago. Thought your approach with cuisine was extremely refreshing and entertaining. Decided to purchase your Black Heels book. My Lord.. Not only are you extremely gifted from an oratorical perspective, but you are absolutely hilarious. I'm fortunate to have a plethora of your work to dive into on the Internet (thru your Confessions site) and couldn't be more happy about same. I haven't laughed this much in years. You are a rare bird. I'm originally from Chicago and toast you for choosing the Ranch and Macho, I mean, Marlboro Man. God Bless and Keep the Good Times Coming. Coral
Gloria On Friday, May 23 at 7:55 pm
The recipe says to wash the watermelon- or just use melon balls or don't at all. LOL
Can't wait to serve this beauty for friends this weekend. I will also make one with lemon lime soda for the non-drinkers! It goes wonderfully!!
Christine F. On Friday, May 23 at 8:43 pm
Sounds yummy. But I don't drink alchol. Wishing you would have had a non alcholic version too. What about young kids that can't drink it?
Tracy On Saturday, May 24 at 12:13 am
Search the site for "punch". Anything with "sangria" in the title is going to be alcoholic and not meant for kids.
Gee On Friday, May 23 at 9:14 pm
This looks so refreshing and good!! Love watermelon!!
Nicole On Saturday, May 24 at 5:50 am
I've made something similar, but before serving I add lemonade to make it less alcohol and go further, plus some fresh sliced limes and if I'm feeling generous a good sprinkle of frozen raspberries. To make it extra luxurious add 1/4-1/2 a cup of triple sec. Yum!
Tracy | Pale Yellow On Saturday, May 24 at 8:55 am
This is looks so yummy!
Iosune | Minimal Eats On Saturday, May 24 at 9:16 am
I've never tried watermelon sangria, but I love all the ingredients! Thanks a lot for the recipe
Jaydee Reid On Saturday, May 24 at 9:56 am
I'll have to try this recipe. My husband and I love Sangria!
PamB In Ohio On Saturday, May 24 at 10:55 am
Oh my. I came in here to say that, after sitting through a trip through a restaurant supply store and then the orange brulee, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. But I was wrong. I was only sitting in purgatory, because when I logged in here and then saw the watermelon sangria, THEN I knew for sure I had died and gone to heaven. I'll be seeing angels flying around for sure after a pitcher of that…..wheeee!
Must go shopping for a vat, though….
Adrienne On Saturday, May 24 at 6:26 pm
Oh – I've had something like this before and it is REALLY good!
Might want to add into the directions, "Thoroughly wash the outside of the watermelon with dishsoap and rinse clean, thoroughly" So many people forget that step (hello pesticides! grocery store germs! ecoli!)
Jaime On Saturday, May 24 at 6:31 pm
Holy cow, that sounds refreshing. Going to try this with strawberries too; may sound weird but strawberries & watermelon are delish together!
Laurel Loves On Sunday, May 25 at 2:32 pm
Wow this looks amazing! I bet it tastes amazing too! Definitely going to try this one out, thanks
Natalie @ Paper and Birch On Sunday, May 25 at 11:07 pm
This looks so refreshing! what a great idea using watermelon. Perfect for this summer weather
Doris Herrmann On Monday, May 26 at 7:28 am
I've made this today for my Memorial Day Celebration. It is sitting in the 'fridge just waiting for company and barbecue to go along with it! I've also made homemade lemonade for those quests who are not drinkers!
Donna L. On Monday, May 26 at 11:27 am
Just made it and put it in the fridge! I can't wait for this afternoon!!!
Mary Anne On Monday, May 26 at 10:05 pm
I like sangria but the green rind really does not do it for me. Washing and all I just think it is bitter that is why we do not eat it. Not appealing at all.
Katie On Thursday, June 5 at 1:28 pm
Does your drink container have a metal spout?! Where did you get it?! Seems like all I can find are the plastic-spouted ones these days!
Marla On Saturday, June 14 at 2:18 am
I've seen ones like those at Macy's or Bed Bath and Beyond. They're much more expensive than the ones with the plastic spouts, though
Tre On Sunday, June 8 at 11:28 am
This looks delicious! Great presentation! Will have to put this on the to-do list.
Melanie On Tuesday, June 10 at 11:58 am
Ree, I just spent last week on the beach with 17 of my family and friends under one roof and I made this mid-week. It was sooooooo delicious and it got better and better each day. It lasted us 3 days (although I don't know how!) So refreshing and went well with all our tex-mex dinners! Thank you for such a GREAT recipe!
April On Tuesday, June 10 at 2:29 pm
Wowwww!! Going to make this for my next summer party!
Marla On Thursday, June 12 at 3:39 am
Ree, I made this sangria, and it turned out wonderful. The watermelon fruit from the middle (that I cut the rind off of), I pureed it in my blender with a squeeze of lemon juice, strained it, and added the juice to the wine mixture with some Canada Dry! It was a hit! Thank you for sharing this recipe
Diane Lopez On Thursday, June 12 at 10:14 pm
I know this will be the perfect drink, for my fourth of July party. You always make the best, sangria, and my guest always ask if I am making your sangria. They leave my small ranch happy.. Thanks
SD On Saturday, June 21 at 10:56 pm
Making this in two weeks! Will it work if we make it the night before, or at the most seven hours before?
Leanne On Tuesday, July 1 at 6:53 pm
If you will be using a dispenser like in the pics, be sure to do it with a seedless melon as noted and cut ONLY pieces with rind on them. I went off on my own and put some extra pieces and a little small pieces of the melon "meat"…clogged up my spout! But no worries, made do using my ladle.
MiMi's Adult Sangria On Tuesday, July 1 at 8:24 pm
I'm just scrolling and making a list of the yummies on your page!!!
Hillary On Saturday, July 5 at 2:27 pm
I made this for our 4th party yesterday and it was DEVOURED!!! Instead of chunks of flesh/rind I just used the melon baller and allowed the cute little balls to soak up the yummy flavors. Everyone loved it! I'll definitely keep this in my repertoire!
Rockin Robin Cakes On Monday, August 4 at 8:18 pm
I can't wait to try this recipe. I love sangria and this is a nice twist to it


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Correspondence, photographs, books, memorabilia, and other documents related to the military career and presidency of Ulysses S. Grant are housed at Mississippi State. Through an agreement with the Ulysses S. Grant Association, the university's Mitchell Memorial Library is the official host of the Grant papers.
The Charles H. Templeton Sr. Music Museum features 192 self-playing instruments, some 12,000 recordings and more than 22,000 pieces of sheet music. The musical collection of the late Starkville businessman and 1949 MSU graduate is displayed on the fourth floor of Mitchell Memorial Library.
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The Teaching Assistant Development Program trains all TAs at UCR, organizing a major orientation and offering workshops throughout the year. TAs are offered one-to-one mentorship as well as the opportunity to observe the successes of their peers whose teaching has been recognized as outstanding. Through TADP, TAs learn to build rapport with their students, increase their knowledge and organizational skills, and become responsive to the needs of UCR's diverse student population.
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Steve Clarke does not expect to hear from the West Brom hierarchy any time soon regarding a new contract.
Having taken the step up from his role as assistant manager with the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool, Clarke has enjoyed a fine first season as the club's head coach.
They head into Saturday's clash with relegation-threatened Wigan in eighth place, and already have one more point than they collected in the 2011/12 campaign.
But the Scot, who has another season to run on his initial two-year deal, is not anticipating talks over an extension.
"I don't expect a word (from the club) every day when I'm under contract," he said.
"I don't expect anything. I come in every day and do my job as best I can: that's it.
"I don't sit wondering, I don't contemplate what might happen in the future, I just work with the contract I've got."
Despite being unconcerned about a potential extension, Clarke is enjoying life at the Hawthorns and would welcome discussions as and when they arrive.
"I'm comfortable and happy," he said.
"If a contract is offered to me I would speak about it."
West Brom have the relative luxury of approaching their final four games of the season with no pressure.
The unlikely prospect of relegation was banished weeks ago and there is no chance of a late push for European football.
But, although Clarke is happy with his side's efforts to date, he is eager to see them work hard until the very last kick and a 3-0 win at Southampton last time out suggests he may not be disappointed.
"It's a reward for all the hard work we did earlier in season, that we can sit above the relegation fight," he said.
"Unfortunately we're not in the fight for European places, which would have been better, but it's nice to be comfortable where we are.
"The problem is to be comfortable but not complacent.
"But we don't want the season to be an anti-climax. We want to have two three, four good performances and pick up more points.
"I think we're already better than last season but there are still two or three teams below us who can catch us.
"We have to cement that eighth position we're in and we probably need another three or four points to do that. That's the next focus."
Albion will be without captain Chris Brunt for the second match in a row against the Latics as he nurses a knee problem.
Goran Popov is also out with a calf complaint and Marc Antoine-Fortune begins a three-game ban following his sending-off at Southampton.
But Clarke has options, with Youssouf Mulumbu back from his own ban and wantaway striker Peter Odemwingie in contention for a first appearance since March 30.
Craig Dawson is also back at the club having completed a loan spell at Bolton and will be included in the matchday squad.
Meanwhile, striker Romelu Lukaku is closing in on Odemwingie's club record of 15 goals in a Premier League season.
The Chelsea man, who has spent the season on loan at the Hawthorns, currently has 14 and Clarke is willing him on to add to his tally.
He added: "He needs one more to reach it and if he can get two, three or four more before the end of the season it would be great for him but also great news for us because it could help us pick up more points."
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Lamar's Leslie Beard set a school record in the women's pole vault, while Sam Stabler set a meet record in the men's 3,000 meters and also won the men's 1,500 meters at the Leon Johnson Invitational Track Meet at Northwestern State University on Friday.
Beard finished fourth in the women's pole vault with an effort of 11 feet, 3.75 inches, breaking the previous mark of 11-0.75 set by Candace Swell in 2006.
Stabler's time of 8:53.36 for the men's 3,000 meters shattered the previous meet best of 8:58.80 set by Dustin Joubert in 2007. Stabler led a 1-2 Lamar effort in the men's 1,500 meters with a time of 3:54.16. Teammate Chris Jones was second in 3:58.36.
Lamar's Ashley Idunoba won the women's 200 meters in 24.26 seconds and finished second in the women's 100 meters with a clocking of 11.84 seconds, the fifth fastest time in Lamar history.
Beatrice Douglas won the women's long jump with an effort of 14-10.75.
The Lamar quartet of Carmen Gedling, Idunoba, Shakevia Fleeks and Saschelle Slaughter placed third in the women's 4x100 relay with a time of 47.00 seconds.
Jamal Nash of the Cardinals was second in the men's 110-meter high hurdles in 14.54 seconds.
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By J. Almendarez, Staff Writer : November 7, 2013 : Updated: November 8, 2013 8:37am
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RUTH LOTTIE MONTEITH, DOB: 07/05/1927 ID: 1019976Dcharged with stealing the trailer belonging to Two Tons of Steel
Photo By CourtesyRalph William Monteith ,DOB: 01-29-1950 SID: 0077286 stealing the trailer belonging to Two Tons of Steel
Two Tons of Steel -- Dennis Fallon (from left), Chris Roades, Kevin Geil and Chris Dodd -- has released a new CD, "Not That Lucky."
Photo By EDWARD A. ORNELAS/Edward A. Ornelas/Express-NewsFOR METRO - Two Tons of Steel's Dennis Fallon and Kevin Geil peform with the band during the Fiesta Oyster Bake Friday April 8, 2011 at St. Mary's University. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. firstname.lastname@example.com)
Dancers fill the floor as Two Tons of Steel perform at Gruene Hall Tuesday May 31, 2005. Two Tons of Steel spend summer Tuesday evenings performing at their "Two Ton Tuesdays."
SAN ANTONIO — Popular rockabilly band Two Tons of Steel is receiving help from fans and fellow musicians this week after its stolen trailer was returned sans an estimated $50,000 worth of equipment.
About 50 musicians have offered to let the San Antonio-based group borrow equipment while it waits to find out the fate of its belongings.
"We're looking for it. All of our fans are looking for it," lead singer Kevin Geil said Thursday, explaining that numerous promises have been made to scour area pawn shops and Craigslist posts for the items.
The case culminated this week with the arrests of 86-year-old Ruth Lottie Monteith and son Ralph William Monteith, 63.
Police found the trailer, missing since last weekend, parked in the backyard of their South Side home, an arrest affidavit states.
The Monteiths were charged Tuesday with theft between $1,500 and $20,000 — a state jail felony punishable by up to two years incarceration. They were released from jail the same day.
Police received a tip about Monteiths from a neighbor who recognized the missing trailer from media reports. The anonymous tipster told officers the two suspects and an unidentified male were seen sorting through the contents of the trailer on tables in the backyard, documents state.
Although back in the band's custody, the trailer was "totaled out" during the theft, Geil said.
The band, known in part for its annual "Two Ton Tuesday" performances at Gruene Hall, plays about 230 shows per year across the United States and Europe. The Gruene Hall shows alone have attracted more than 150,000 spectators over the past 18 years, the band estimates.
The group will return to Gruene Hall on Nov. 26 to play a show being billed as a "Two Tons Done Got Robbed" fundraiser.
About 11 people rely on the band as their sole source of incomes, said Geil, a former San Antonio Express-News photographer.
"That's why this is big," he said of the theft. "It's how we make our living."
Missing items include a $4,700 drum set, 15 microphones costing $100 to $150 apiece, five speakers costing $1,000 each and a PA system.
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We talk with Jean Hollis Weber, a volunteer with ODFAuthors, the LibreOffice Documentation team, and the Friends of OpenDocument Inc.
In many ways, ODFAuthors is an exception among free software projects. Its purpose is not to produce code but documentation – chiefly user guides – for office programs that use the OpenDocument Format (ODF), such as LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice. Moreover, instead of using version control, contributors mainly operate by the old-fashioned means of exchanging drafts. Yet, under the leadership of Jean Hollis Weber, a retired technical editor and consultant, ODFAuthors has become one of the few ongoing documentation projects in a community that has a history of neglecting help and user support.
Weber discovered OpenOffice.org, the first ODF office suite, in 2003. "At the time, I wasn't really part of the OpenOffice. org project," she says. "I was just fiddling around learning how to use the software. But there weren't any books, and the help was kind of hopeless."
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An up and coming Model Chic working her way up the ladder of Hip Hop Fame & Glory — but can she cash in on infamy?
Canadian model Leyla Ghobadi claims she had an affair with hip hop star Kanye West, even after Kim Kardashian announced that her an West were expecting their first child. The 24-year-old woman told Star magazine that she and the 36-year-old rapper had an affair after meeting at one of his shows in Atlantic City last year. She claims to have been invited backstage after the show and it was on from there.
In the exclusive interview Ghobadi confesses to a year-long affair with West.
True or false, it means the clock is ticking on Ghobadi's 15 minutes of fame. But at what cost, apparently it really doesn't matter.
Kim and Kanye baby news
After receiving an enormous amount of backlash after her accusations, which also included that Kanye's relationship with Kim is strictly for publicity, Leyla responded to questions from inquisitive tweeters. And in one question, she actually apologizes to Kim.
@LeylaGhobadi Leyla, what would you say to kim now if u found yourself in a position to talk to her?
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@IMPerel Sorry.
Even if the allegations are true, this apology still doesn't cut it. Kim, who is nine-months pregnant, she does not deserve this and I am not a Kardashian fan but right is right and wrong is well, its this.
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By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2005 The Armed Services YMCA and the U.S. Navy Museum invited about 30 students from the Fort Belvoir (Va.) Elementary School to the museum at Washington's Navy Yard today to learn the history of the Navy and to work on their 2005 ASYMCA art and essay contest entries.
"We have our mobile display of last year's winning poster and essay entries here in the museum," said retired Navy Rear Adm. Frank Gallo, national executive director of the Armed Services YMCA. "We'll give the students a tour of the museum, and they'll have time to work on their essays and posters. These are part of our poster contest, which is part of Military Family Week in November.
"We provide prizes in the form of savings bonds in different categories and age levels for the essay on 'The Value of Reading,' which is an April program," Gallo continued. "The money for the poster contest is provided by Geico Insurance Company, and Lockheed Martin Corp. provides money for the essay contest.
Gallo said each contest normally gets about 2,500 entries.
The essay contest, he explained, promotes reading among children and teens from active duty or retired Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard and Reserve families. Children of Defense Department civilian employees are eligible to compete for an honorary category. One $500 first-place prize and one $100 second-place bond will be awarded in categories for Grades 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and 7 and 8. Students in two high school categories -- Grades 9 and 10 and Grades 11 and 12 -- will be awarded $1,000 bonds for first place, and $200 bonds for second place. In addition, there are two $100 bonds for essays of honorable mention.
The children were welcomed to the museum by Kim Nielsen, director of the Navy Museum, and Navy Capt. Pete Wheeler, acting director of the Naval Historical Center. Both men told the elementary school students that they have children and leaving the family behind is a difficult things, but there is always support available for those left behind.
Gallo told the Fort Belvoir children that not only is the parent in uniform a hero, but also the parent left behind, who must become a mom and dad at the same time. "I'm sure that your mom or dad that's in the service doesn't make the money they could make on the outside," Gallo pointed out. "Which means when something goes wrong when they're gone, your mom, mainly, becomes mechanic, fixes the washing machine, has to worry about the car."
Gallo gave the children a naval history lesson. He told them the American Navy came from the British navy. "There were people your age serving on those ships, because they were small," Gallo said. Therefore, he said, they had to use little people, whom they called "powder monkeys." They would go below and bring up bags of gunpowder to the big cannons between each shot.
"They used small people, and where do you get small people? Before they grow up," Gallo told the youngsters. "So a lot of them just like you served on those ships." He then told them what they'd be doing for their contest entries. "You're going to work on the essays and posters today, and the winners are going to be announced in May, and there are savings bond prizes in different categories," he said. "We get a lot of entries each year. So work hard, and you might be the recipient of one of the savings bonds."
Nielsen invited the children to look at the winning posters and essays on display in the museum. "We'd like to be able to show your work here on display next year," he said. When the children sat down in the museum's conference room to work on their posters and essays, Karin Hill, assistant director of education and public policy, told them that the drawings should be of their military family. She said if they didn't have time to finish what they're working on, they could take it home and mail the results in to ASYMCA.
The deadline for entering the art and essay contests is March 25. More information is available on the ASYMCA Web site or by calling (703) 313-9600, Ext. 10.


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The author's intention in this enlightening and inspiring book is to introduce the reader to advanced problem solving techniques via case studies. It has twenty-one relatively short independent chapters that contain "kernels of sophisticated ideas connected to important current research" and expose the principles underlying these ideas. Chen is a devotee of Pólya's rubric for problem solving and practices what he preaches:
…I have begun each topic by categorizing and identifying the problem at hand, then indicated which technique I will use and why, and ended by making a worthwhile discovery or proving a memorable result. I often take the reader through a method which presents rough estimates before I derive finer ones, and I demonstrate how the more easily solved special cases often lead to insights that drive improvements of existing results. Readers will clearly see how mathematical proofs evolve ― from the specific to the general and from the simplified scenario to the theoretical framework.
Each chapter begins with an appropriate quotation and ends with exercises and a brief list of references. (Chapter 18 references a paper written by the author's son when he was an undergraduate.) Many of the examples and problems are taken from the Monthly or the Putnam exam; and there are 14 open problems. Selected problem solutions are provided at the back of the book. There aren't many figures, but each page is dense with (beautiful) mathematical formulas.
The first three chapters discuss inequalities and are relatively elementary. Chapter 2 presents the author's new approach to proving inequalities based on the fact that
where E is a subset of R. Together with convexity, Chen's method yields proofs of the AGM and Cauchy-Schwarz inequalities, as well as a new elementary proof Ky Fan's inequality connecting weighted arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic means. As is the case for several of the chapters, this work is based on the author's published work. In Chapter 3, the author shows that six standard means can be represented by the function
for different values of t. By showing that f(t) is strictly increasing, Chen derives inequalities connecting the six means. I remember being impressed by the author's paper (Mathematics Magazine, December 2005) on which this exposition is based.
Chapter 6 treats generating functions, Fibonacci numbers, harmonic numbers, Bernoulli numbers, and the Euler-Maclaurin summation formula. Even though there's nothing particularly new here, the material is developed very nicely.
In Chapter 18, following a paper of D. H. Lehmer, the author defines an "interesting" series as one for which there is a simple explicit formula for its nth term and which has a sum with a closed form expressed in terms of well-known constants ― for example, the Gregory-Leibniz series for π/4 or the series defining Apery's constant, z(3). Here, as in Lehmer's paper, Chen focuses on series involving reciprocal binomial coefficients. The author goes beyond Lehmer's focus on series involving the central binomial coefficient and ends this chapter with a search for new formulas for π employing the methods of experimental mathematics.
Some readers may recognize Chen's name as an avid proposer and solver in several journal problem sections. The last chapter presents Chen's solutions to eight integral problems that have appeared in the Monthly, half of which have not had their solutions published at the time of this book's debut.
This book is similar to Excursions in Calculus: An Interplay of the Continuous and the Discrete by Robert M. Young. However, whereas Young's book (also invoking the spirit of Pólya) is intended as a supplement to calculus texts, the work under review is for the most part clearly meant to supplement advanced calculus or real analysis courses.
Chen's book is a wonderful updated tour of classical analysis and would serve as an excellent source of undergraduate enrichment/research problems. It recalls the type of gems in classical analysis, number theory, and combinatorics I first encountered in the books of Pólya and Szegö as an undergraduate many years ago. Peruse the Table of Contents and see if some of the topics and subtopics don't grab you.
Henry Ricardo (firstname.lastname@example.com) has retired from Medgar Evers College (CUNY), but continues to serve as Governor of the Metropolitan NY Section of the MAA. He is the author of A Modern Introduction to Differential Equations (Second Edition). His linear algebra text was published in October 2009 by CRC Press.
1 Two Classical Inequalities
1.1 AM-GM Inequality
1.2 Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality
2 A New Approach for Proving Inequalities
3 Means Generated by an Integral
4 The L'Hôpital Monotone Rule
5 Trigonometric Identities via Complex Numbers
5.1 A Primer of complex numbers
5.2 Finite Product Identities
5.3 Finite Summation Identities
5.4 Euler's Infinite Product
5.5 Sums of inverse tangents
5.6 Two Applications
6 Special Numbers
6.1 Generating Functions
6.2 Fibonacci Numbers
6.3 Harmonic numbers
6.4 Bernoulli Numbers
7 On a Sum of Cosecants
7.1 A well-known sum and its generalization
7.2 Rough estimates
7.3 Tying up the loose bounds
7.4 Final Remarks
8 The Gamma Products in Simple Closed Forms
9 On the Telescoping Sums
9.1 The sum of products of arithmetic sequences
9.2 The sum of products of reciprocals of arithmetic sequences
9.3 Trigonometric sums
9.4 Some more telescoping sums
10 Summation of Subseries in Closed Form
11 Generating Functions for Powers of Fibonacci Numbers
12 Identities for the Fibonacci Powers
13 Bernoulli Numbers via Determinants
14 On Some Finite Trigonometric Power Sums
14.1 Sums involving sec2p(kπ/n)
14.2 Sums involving csc2p(kπ/n)
14.3 Sums involving tan2p(kπ/n)
14.4 Sums involving cot2p(kπ/n)
15 Power Series of (arcsin x)2
15.1 First Proof of the Series (15.1)
15.2 Second Proof of the Series (15.1)
16 Six Ways to Sum ζ(2)
16.1 Euler's Proof
16.2 Proof by Double Integrals
16.3 Proof by Trigonometric Identities
16.4 Proof by Power Series
16.5 Proof by Fourier Series
16.6 Proof by Complex Variables
17 Evaluations of Some Variant Euler Sums
18 Interesting Series Involving Binomial Coefficients
18.1 An integral representation and its applications
18.2 Some Extensions
18.3 Searching for new formulas for π
19 Parametric Differentiation and Integration
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Example 6
Example 7
Example 8
Example 9
Example 10
20 Four Ways to Evaluate the Poisson Integral
20.1 Using Riemann Sums
20.2 Using A Functional Equation
20.3 Using Parametric Differentiation
20.4 Using Infinite Series
21 Some Irresistible Integrals
21.1 Monthly Problem 10611
21.2 Monthly Problem 11206
21.3 Monthly Problem 11275
21.4 Monthly Problem 11277
21.5 Monthly Problem 11322
21.6 Monthly Problem 11329
21.7 Monthly Problem 11331
21.8 Monthly Problem 11418
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The Project Management specialisation introduces students to the ten core knowledge areas of the international institute of project management. The electives (that may be taken from a number of specified disciplines) aim to develop understanding and skills to equip students to take on multi-national projects that cross country and cultural boundaries, as well as develop an in-depth understanding of a specific domain area in which projects are of increasing importance. The Project Management specialisation includes Project Management in Practice unit, in which students assess the effectiveness of projects by analysing a variety of real cases.
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The following information is for students who commenced study or transferred into the Master of Commerce from 2013 or students who commenced study in 2011 and 2012 and wish to follow these requirements for a specialisation. All other students should refer to the information set out below under Information for pre-2013 continuing students.
To be awarded a specialisation in Project Management, students complete five units of study (30 credit points), comprising:
(i) one foundational unit of study (six credit points), as follows:
(ii) one compulsory unit of study (six credit points), as follows:
(iii) three elective units of study (18 credit points) selected from the following units:
- IBUS6002 Cross-Cultural Management
- INFS6004 Business Transformation Projects
- INFS6032 Agile Project Management (new unit for 2015)
- ITLS6500 Decision Making on Mega Projects
- MKTG6004 New Product Development
- QBUS6320 Management Decision Making
- TPTM6260 International Logistics *
- WORK6118 Managing Communication in Organisations
* From 2014, this unit will no longer be offered.
Note: Non-foundational (advanced) units of study can be used to count to one specialisation only. For example, QBUS6320 cannot be used to count towards both a Project Management and Quantitative Business Analysis specialisation.
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By robbiefreeling | REVERSEBLOG: the reverse shot blog May 18, 2005 at 2:49AM
Just kidding. I'm in a windowless office.
As our huge number of devoted followers must have realized, we haven't been posting any sort of daily dispatches from Cannes. The basic reason for this is that none of us are there. None of us were invited; meanwhile somewhere Rex Reed is swilling down his 3rd 11-a.m. martini, bemoaning other ethnicities, and then snoring through a screening of Manderlay. (which by the way, like Dogville, ends again with a roll-out of violent American images accompanied by the tune of "Young Americans"...as my fellow RS editor said, "Again? Geez.") Meanwhile, we're slaving away at our real jobs, all while trying to churn out our own Cannes thoughts, though ours are distinctly back-tracked.
I may not be on the Croisette, but this morning, I did have a croissant. It's the truth. And hard to not somehow mention.
Before I go, may I open another unending can of worms: 1989 Cannes Jury Prez Wim Wenders, coming off his Wings of Desire high, chastising Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing for political cowardice (he "didn't choose sides"), while awarding Sex, Lies, and Videotape the Palme d'Or instead. An embarrassment for all concerned, especially for Wim Wenders... who incidentally made the very politically insightful (that was sarcasm) The End of Violence, sort of a poor man's The New Age which was a poor man's The Player which was a poor man's The Day of the Locust.


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Artists Pretty Lights, The Strokes, The Black Keys
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My Top 15 picks for best acts at Bonnaroo...even if I'm not going.
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The Dubstep You Don't Dance To by rtwill
Nine dub/grimestep tracks, including music by James Blake, Burial and Apparat.
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Ten acoustic tracks including music by The Tallest Man on Earth, Ben Gibbard and Bon Iver.
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Ten tracks including remixes of music by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West and LCD Soundsystem.
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Subcommittee on Research and Science Education - Status of Visas and Other Policies for Foreign Students and Scholars
Subcommittee on Research and Technology | 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Feb 7, 2008 2:00pm to 4:00pm
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Mr. Stephen A. "Tony" Edson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Bureau
of Consular Affairs, Department of State.
Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies.
Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO, Institute of International Education.
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4th May, 2012Need inspiration for sprucing up your house? From retro furnishings to sustainable interiors, Lisa Stephens rounds up five of the best eco-friendly home blogs more...
Charles Taylor verdict could set precedent on conflict resources
23rd April, 2012The trial of the ex-Liberian President - accused of purchasing arms with funds from the illegal timber and diamond trade - could lead to a wave of prosecutions using the 'pillage' theory more...
Pillage theory: a blueprint for prosecuting corporations trading in conflict resources
Matilda Lee
20th April, 2012Timber, diamonds, gold and oil have long been recognised as drivers of war. But companies involved in trading commodities from conflict zones are seldom prosecuted. Isn't it time they were held to account? Matilda Lee reports more...
Top 10… green travel blogs
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2nd March, 2012Need some destination inspiration? Ruth Styles rounds up the travel blogs that are making greener getaways cool
The Ecologist meets... Copenhagen's The Baand
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9th February, 2012In part one of our Copenhagen Fashion Week special, Ruth Styles talks sustainable style with Stine Bauer Boskov and Julie Villumsen – the brains behind hot Danish eco-brand, The Baand more...
Review: Pitcairlie House, Fife
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21st October, 2011Deep in the heart of Fife, Pitcairlie House is a magical place to spend a chilled out weekend getting back to nature, says Kristen Harding more...
Melting Point – on the frontline of environmental activism
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13th July 2008The Ecologist Film Unit's second release documents how espionage, news manipulation, legal threats and even violence have become the knee-jerk response of Government and big business to the increasingly vocal concerns of environmental protesters in the UK more...
The Ecologist July 1971: Britain's water shortage
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1st July, 2011Forty years ago this month F.N. Steele wrote about Britain's water shortage and about the importance of addressing its causes immediately more...
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4th May, 2011The new JustPay! campaign is asking investors and individuals alike to activate their money and demand that support staff, such as cleaners, at the UK's top corporations are ensured a Living Wage more...
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7th March, 2011Want to see a new city and get fit at the same time? Then try doing it by bike... more...
Has the Environment Agency obstructed the course of justice?
Jon Hughes
26th October, 2007A ruling in the US courts at a meeting which the Environment Agency claims never took place has dashed all hopes of making Monsanto pay up for polluting Brofiscin quarry in Wales. Is the Agency guilty of obstructing the course of justice? Jon Hughes investigates more...
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Jemima Roberts, Eifion Rees and Matilda Lee
1st November, 2010From Darina Allen's mountain picnics to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season more...
Ecologist guide to a green Christmas
Jemima Roberts, Eifion Rees and Matilda Lee
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How a new generation of eco-filmmakers are challenging broadcasting convention
Laura Sevier
26th October, 2010From the Age of Stupid to the End of the Line, and next year's Just Do It, independent filmmakers are innovating with radical film subjects and creating whole new funding streams, reports Laura Sevier more...
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This place is consistently good. Have your delivery info in their system so no hassle on the phone. Food is excellent. Best veal Parm hero on ues hands down. Pasta is good and pizza is great. Highly highly recommended. I've tried literally every italian delivery place up here and they blow them all away
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My husband and I live in the neighborhood and have been eating here for so many years we can't even count. Pizza is outstanding but even better is eating in the back room. Portions are so large that we can split our meals. The staff has been working there for years. They are the best. Once you try it, you'll be a regular just like the rest of us.
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You must dine in the back! The food is outstanding! My husband and I must go here atleast 5 times a month. Ive been to Italy a number of times and let me tell you, I have still yet to find a restaurant INCLUDING one in Italy that makes better food than Italian Village!
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I hv been going to Italian Village for years my family loves the place! Pizza is great and the veal chop and chicken parm hero are awesome. Front is casual pizzeria and back dinning room is cozy & great for dinner. I recommend this place to everyone I know. Prices are reasonable for NYC. You can't go wrong.
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Great food and open till late, prices are great for manhatten...love the grilled chicken caesar salad. All food is great imo and the fact I can order at 230 am makes it even better...pizza is one of the best in town too.
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CPS Energy CEO Doyle Beneby weighs in on solar debate
Beneby: Changes coming, solar incentives running out
SAN ANTONIO - He has found himself at the center of controversies dealing with meter readings, salaries and bonuses, but on the day KSAT caught up with him, CPS Energy President and CEO Doyle Beneby was talking solar.
"I think the futures bright, pardon the pun," said Beneby.
On that day, there was no tie, no big desk or corporate conference roof -- just Beneby, and a whole lot of solar panels.
The Sinkin Solar Farm is one of CPS Energy's crowning achievements in moving to cleaner energy.
"The important thing about solar is it's very constant with peak loads, so on days when we need power the most, (those) are days when the sun's shining the most," said Beneby.
CPS Energy has the most solar farms in the state and San Antonio has the most residential solar panels, but with the success, Beneby said he has concerns.
"This is tough, innovative stuff. It introduces change, and part of the deal is you're going to have to find that spot where some might not like it, and some will, but we hope to satisfy as many as we can," said Beneby.
Beneby said what comes with being a leader in clean technology is a challenge -- a challenge to find what he calls a "solar sweet spot."
When CPS Energy tried to change the way it compensates for solar energy, home-owners and solar installers protested, Beneby backed off.
But he said change is coming because the funding for solar incentives is running out.
"It can't continue at its present pace unless we find other funding mechanisms," says Beneby.
Beneby has also been questioned about incentives offered to bring solar companies to San Antonio. Growing pains, perhaps, for a company and a city trying to lead in clean technology.
"We've brought over 200 jobs here by working with these partners, so sure, it's pains, but the benefits are being seen in our community right away, and we're excited about that," said Beneby.
Beneby said he is hopeful a funding solution for solar energy can be found that homeowners will be happy with -- both those with and without solar panels.
He also doesn't want the fact that tons of pollutants and carbons are being taken out of the air to get lost in this debate.
"I want to make sure that points outlined, that we're concerned about that, too," said Beneby.
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Washington D.C. is famously known as "Hollywood for ugly people," so perhaps it's no surprise that when the candidate in question is a genuine celebrity they have an unfair advantage over their election rivals, especially considering the uniform unpopularity of career politicians. Some celebrities have quietly served their home districts in Congress or local office while others have ascended to the highest seats of power in the land. Read more…
Celebrity Politics
Ben Affleck Drops Out Of Focus, Will Probably Be In Our Nation's Legislature Soon
Count it! Man, we are like Nate Silver for celeb political careers over here. We're not saying that we're 100% sure Ben Affleck will run for Massachusetts' soon-to-be vacant Senate seat as we predicted yesterday. We're just 100% sure in our hearts he will after finding out that he went ahead and dropped out of his upcoming crime rom-com Focus. According to Variety, "while the actor very much wanted to do the film, the timing just couldn't be worked out." Timing, eh? Clearing his schedule for some heavy-duty campaigning and freeing up Kristen Stewart to get a younger, more age-appropriate leading man? We'll vote yes on that!
In case you're flummoxed as to why Ben would be diving into politics, we should probably point out that he's actually in D.C. this week giving the House Armed Services Committee an "update on the evolving security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and implications for U.S. national security." You know, like a politician would do. According to Variety, Ben is also allegedly focused on writing, producing and starring in his coming movie Live By Night. Not according to IMDB, he's not, but we guess it's possible Affleck might stick with his incredibly successful directing campaign for a tiny bit longer. Just a tiny bit.
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Ben Affleck Rumored For Senate Run? But How Will This Affect Our Movie-Going Experience?
Jeez, it's not that we don't think politics aren't important. We do. We were thrilled when Alec Baldwin talked about running for mayor of New York for a hot second. It's just that we love movies, and Ben Affleck potentially running for John Kerry's Massachusetts Senate seat would put a real crimp in our movie-going enjoyment. "Believe it or not, one name I have heard tossed around is that of actor-director Ben Affleck, the pride of Cambridge, who's been active in Democratic Party politics for more than a decade," CBS Boston's Jon Keller claims. But..but what about Affleck's plans to star in Focus across from Kristen Stewart? Or his designs to remake The Stand? Are movie rumors no longer sacred?
Of course, the answer relies on the rumor that President Obama will be nominating Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State this week, thus leaving his seat vacant. Luckily Keller also name checks a variety of politicians who might run, as well as basically anyone over 30 who can get 10,000 signatures. After examining Ben's IMDB page, though, we realize he has nothing planned on either the acting or directing docket after Focus and the crime drama Runner, Runner with Justin Timberlake. Considering how successful Argo was this year, we doubt Ben Affleck would run for office so soon. On the other hand…we hate being wrong, so let's say he's going to scoop up that Senate seat like yet another Golden Globe. Oh, he's going to win a Golden Globe too. We have so many Ben Affleck-related predictions to put out into the world!
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Lena Dunham's First Time (Voting) Video Tops Our 5 Funniest Celeb Pro-Obama Spots
Lena Dunham: killing it in the name of democracy! Cramming an entire Girls episode worth of jokes into one short promo, Dunham hypes President Obama in a new video comparing her first time voting to her first time..yeah, you know what we're getting at. Of course Lena isn't the first funny lady or gent to rep the president for four more years.
We Have Some Great Charity Suggestions For Donald Trump's Weirdo $5 Million Obama Offer
Hoo boy, this guy. After rumors claimed he had some devastating news to reveal regarding President Obama, Donald Trump has instead released a video offering to donate $5 million to a charity of Barry's choosing if the President "opens up and gives his college records and applications and if he gives his passport applications and records." College applications? Do you know how embarrassing those would be if they got out? We barely want to think about our essays. "Why Working At A Summer Arts Camp Made Me Want To Go To Brown." Ugh, how humiliating.
Of course the likelihood that Obama would indulge this insanity is slim to none (why would a standing president release his passport info? Let alone anyone?), and even if he did, Trump could just claim all the records are fake anyway. "I'm very honored to have gotten him to release his long form birth certificate. Or whatever it might be," Trump declares, before listing some possible charity options for Obama to chose from: "Inner city children in Chicago, American Cancer Society, AIDS research, anything he wants." If for some reason President Obama accidentally slips on one of Biden's toy cars before October 31, cracks his head on the floor and is temporarily unable to make rational decisions, however, we would love, love, love to suggest some charities he could donate that $5 million too. Sure they're fake. That just makes it a more satisfying challenge for Donald Trump to hold up his end of the bargain!
Claudia Romani Wears An Obama Thong, Provides Our Favorite Political Endorsement Ever
Both presidential candidates have received some pretty high-level endorsements from the celebrity world in these past few weeks. Stacey Dash, one of Nicki Minaj's alter egos, Clint Eastwood and his chair have come out for Mitt Romney, and Snoop Dogg has taken Instagram by storm with his hilarious list of reasons why he's voting for Barack Obama. But by far and away our favorite celeb endorsement belongs to Italian supermodel Claudia Romani, who appeared on Miami Beach this morning wearing a black bikini with an Obama thong!
With the final presidential debates happening tonight in nearby Boca Raton, Claudia is a one woman billboard for freedom of speech. And a sexy one at that! The lovely Miss Romani has done some campaigning of her own recently, reaching the finals of our 2012 Bikini Awards. Despite a good fight, she was beaten by Beyonce. Where are the recounts when you need 'em!? Luckily she only has to wait until next summer to run again, instead of four whole years. Democracy is a beautiful thing. Check out more from our favorite civic-minded bikini enthusiast in the gallery below!
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"We Have A Black Muslim In The White House": Even Madonna's Compliments Are Somehow Insults
Can Madonna not hear herself when she talks or something? That's the only way we can explain how her compliments manage to go so terribly wrong. "Ya'll better vote for f—ing Obama, okay? For better or for worse, we have a black Muslim in the White House." Madge explained during her concert at the Verizon Center in D.C. last night. " Now that is some s-–. That's some amazing s-–. It means there is hope in this country. And Obama is fighting for gay rights, okay? So support the man, god damn it!" Hey, we all anticipate the day we'll have a black Muslim LGBT supporter in the White House (just as we look forward to the first female president, and the first Asian-American President, and the first Latino president and…) but in case you just woke up from a five-year coma, President Obama isn't a Muslim! He's also spent way too many man-hours convincing people of that the things he says about himself are true. Oh Madonna, how did your endorsement manage to worse than no endorsement at all?
Now that we think about it, Madge has been paying a lot of compl-insults lately. "You wanna know something? I love her. I love her. I do love her. Imitation is the highest form of flattery," Madge said about Lady Gaga during an Atlantic City show earlier this month. "But one day, very soon, we're going to be on stage together. Just you wait. You think I'm kidding? I love Lady Gaga." Wow, we'd hate to see what happens when Madonna tries to tell her kids she loves them. "I love you, I do. You can't tie your shoes or ride a bike, but Mummy loves you. For better or for worse, you're too short to make your own lunch, so I made it for you!"
The Rock Discusses Osama Bin Laden, Looks Forward To Being Your President
Let's just get this out of the way first: Dwayne Johnson knew about the death of Osama bin Laden before you did. He knew about it before the rest of the world did. How exactly did The Rock find out that the notorious Al-Qaeda leader had died before the president officially announced it in May 2011? "I got friends in high places and low places. It was a very interesting day; I'm proud of our country and proud to be American," the G.I. Joe: Retaliation star coyly told MovieFone. "The individuals who were there were proud to let me know. I knew the president was going to give his speech; I thought he was going to give it at a certain time and so I thought, I think it's appropriate that I tweet, 'I'm damn proud to be an American,' and keep it in that space without giving away too much information." So … how much you want to bet President Obama just has The Rock on speed dial? It's all adding up!
While currently promoting his muscle-bound role in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Johnson is already looking forward to the day he will be Leader of the Free World. "Right now the best way that I can impact the world is through entertainment," explains Johnson. "One day, and that day will come, I can impact the world through politics. The great news is that I am American, therefore I can become president." Wow, looks like SNL's "The Rock Obama" was eerily prescient. Well, he's got our vote. We're all for universal health care! And not getting our arms ripped out of their sockets!
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Matt Damon Puts President Obama On Blast For Lack Of "Balls"
It's only a matter of time before Matt Damon gets into politics, isn't it? Just give him a few more years to get rid of that baby face and he's going to go all Alec Baldwin on us, minus that unsettling airplane incident. In the meantime, Damon has been sharpening his claws on President Obama's pant leg. Metaphorically-speaking. "I've talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level. One of them said to me, 'Never again. I will never be fooled again by a politician,'" Damon gripes in a new interview for Elle Magazine. "You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better." Whoa, Matt! Them's genital-related fighting words!
Apparently not a fan of the Commander-in-Chief, Damon made similarly critical remarks last March while at a junket for The Adjustment Bureau, saying of Obama, "I think he's rolled over to Wall Street completely. The economy has huge problems. We still have all these banks that are too big to fail.†Don't worry, Matt. Soon enough the country will be able to benefit from all the political knowledge you gained from starring in We Bought a Zoo. Soon enough.
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Russell Brand Looks Back On His Carefree Rioting Days
While most of us associate him with Get Him To The Greek or making love to Katy Perry, there's another role Russell Brand's U.K. riot comments are introducing to the world: anarchist rioter. Brand wrote an essay for the Guardian UK, in which the British comedian admits "I should here admit that I have been arrested for criminal damage for my part in anti-capitalist protest earlier in this decade. I often attended protests and then, in my early 20s, and on drugs, I enjoyed it when the protests lost direction and became chaotic, hostile even." Russell, no! You're going to ruin the legacy of Hop for everybody! Or at least the eight people who saw it!
We've read about Russell Brand's drug addiction and other dark elements of his past, but this seems like a new wrinkle in the man who would be Arthur. "I found those protests exciting, yes, because I was young and a bit of a twerp but also, I suppose, because there was a void in me," the comedian writes, before admitting "I don't know enough about politics to ponder a solution and my hands are sticky with blood money from representing corporate interests through film, television and commercials." Not as sticky as the high jinks Russell gets into in Rock of Ages, coming out summer 2012. Just kidding, though Brand tries to make Hop 2, we will start flipping over cars ourselves.


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Carolyn Bell, Cross - Carolyn Stewart Bell died Friday, June 20, 2014, at her residence.
Funeral services were held Monday, June 23, 2014, at The Church of the Cross. Burial, directed by Thompson Funeral Homes, followed at Greenlawn Memorial Park of Columbia.
Mrs. Bell was born December 24, 1930, in Columbia but was reared in Williamsburg County. She was the daughter of the late F. Kelly Stewart and Metter Goude Stewart. She went to Hebron School and Winthrop College. Niggel Brothers Tile Company employed her for several years. She had a great love of the theater and volunteered for many years at both Workshop and Town Theaters. She taught herself to play the piano at an early age and spent many happy hours with the guitar in later years. She had a passion for dance -tap especially - and was a line dance teacher for many years. She was a water colorist and belonged to both Trenholm Artist and Log Cabin Artist Guilds. She also belonged to a little-known group making rosary beads for the soldiers at Fort Jackson. She was married to the late Donald P. Cantey and the late Frank D. Bell, III, and was preceded in death by her brother, David F. Stewart and her stepmother, Lois M. Stewart.
Survivors are: one brother, Frontis K. Stewart (Bonnie) of Kingstree; two sisters, Lorice Jordan (Hart) of Fort Valley, Georgia; and Elaine Kimmery of Lexington; four children, Donald P. Cantey, Jr. of Eastover; Joyce Chesney of Taylors; and Debra Hudson (John) and Mark D. Cantey, both of Columbia; one step-son, Frank D. Bell, IV, of Eastover; two step-daughters, Laura Britt (Jeff) of Sanford, North Carolina; and Ann Bell Owens of Columbia; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Church of the Cross, 7244 Patterson Road, Columbia, SC 29209.
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4-H Youth Development Extension Agent – Job Description
Extension Agents are community based faculty of Kansas State University who make a difference by connecting community needs with university resources. Agents are administratively responsible to the Area Extension Director (or local Extension Director when appropriate) and the local Extension Board.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES and PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
As an educational leader for the comprehensive 4-H Youth Development program, the 4-H Youth Development Agent has the following responsibilities:
1. Advocate the mission of the 4-H Youth Development program and guide educational processes to ensure that Kansas 4-H is a program of choice for youth, families and community partners.
2. Apply research based educational methods, strategies, techniques and approaches to facilitate learning.
3. Steward the public nature of the 4-H organization to attract and engage diverse audiences, build inclusive programs and grow 4-H.
4. Build and nuture relationships which strengthen and advance the 4-H Youth Development program.
5. Lead and engage volunteers to advance the 4-H Youth Development mission.
6. Lead and manage 4-H Program Assistants and other paid staff to advance the 4-H Youth Development mission.
7. Protect the integrity of the 4-H name and emblem and ensure fiscal responsibility and accountability.
8. Apply expertise so as to develop a speciality in youth development and advance one's career.
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New Zealand Embassy Bangkok, Thailand
ANZAC Day 2015
Each year on 25 April, ANZAC Day in Thailand is commemorated by conducting a Dawn Service and Gunfire Breakfast at Hellfire Pass and a Memorial Service and Wreath Laying Ceremony at Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery.
Details on the 2015 ANZAC events are in the document attached below.
*Please note the wreath-laying ceremony begins at 11.00am (not 10.00am as advised in some previous content)
|Event - ANZAC 2015.docx
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