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At a glance the layout of the board looks good,
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The PCI-E slots are far enough away from the DIMMs as not to interfere with
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The board is supplied with a floppy (FDD) and 2 IDE slots. As mentioned, the
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acceptable location as extra long cables are not needed to connect your drives.
Also, the location is out of the way of the power connection cable from the PSU,
again making for a neater wiring/cable arrangement.
The DIMM slots are located just to the right of the CPU. Other
than being somewhat close to the CPU mounting bracket area, the positioning is
acceptable. The DIMM slots are color-coded and this is of significance for
running in dual channel mode.
The positioning of the PCI-E slots, as mentioned, are somewhat unique in
having 3 full-length slots available. This, in effect, omits the necessity of
jumpers, or switching cards, to manually activate the appropriate mode going
from the use of one dedicated x16 PCI-E slot for a single video card to two x8
PCI-E for two cards in a SLI configuration or vice-versa.
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Broccoli Cheese & Cracker Casserole
This is a recreation of a common broccoli-cheese dish I've seen on a couple of down-home restaurant menus…and it's a little on the weird side. Sometimes, though, weird can be a wonderful thing.
I love broccoli-cheese anything (see the soup I posted a couple of weeks ago) and while broccoli-rice casserole isn't something I grew up eating on Thanksgiving, I always love my sister-in-law Missy's when she brings hers along. There's nothing like it.
But this one uses Ritz cracker crumbs—not just on the top as a crust but also in the casserole itself, which gives it an almost-stuffing feel. It's delightful. If you're looking for a quick, easy side dish this Thursday, give it a try! You can spice it up or down, depending on your tastes.
Important note: You will not find this dish anywhere in France. I just thought I'd throw that out there. Interpret it however you'd like.
I'm Pioneer Woman: International Woman of Mystery. Yep, that's me.
I have no what idea what I'm talking about.
Start with broccoli. Cut it into florets, along with some chunks of the stems.
Plunge the broccoli into boiling water for just a minute or so, then drain it and set it aside.
Go ahead. Unwrap it. Do not be ashamed.
Throw it into a pot (Cutting it into chunks is best. I did not cut it into chunks because I really just wanted to take a photo of the big hunk of Velveeta in a pot. Made me laugh for some reason.)
Add some milk and cream and heat it up until it's melted and totally smooth, man.
Then add a little salt, plenty of black pepper, some cayenne pepper for spice, and a little Dijon if you're feeling adventurous.
Dijon? As I said, I make no sense.
Then throw in the broccoli. And if you're having any sort of thought that you might try to replicate this using a real cheese sauce…just don't. It isn't meant to be, bro.
Now, dump 3 sleeves of Ritz crackers into a big ol' ziploc and use your hands to slightly crush them. You still want some large chunks, though, so don't be too violently violent.
Next–and this is what sets this puppy apart from normal broccoli-cheese casseroles–throw half the cracker crumbs right on into the ding dang pot.
I love America.
Throw it into a buttered 9 x 13 inch baking dish…
And sprinkle the rest of the crumbs on the top. Top it off with a generous sprinkling of black pepper, then bake it for 20 minutes or so until it's hot and bubbly and the cracker layer on top is golden brown.
This is evil. And it must be destroyed.
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Broccoli Cheese & Cracker Casserole
- Prep Time:
- Cook Time:
- Difficulty:
- Easy
- Servings:
- 12
- 3 pounds Broccoli Cut Into Florets
- 2 pounds Velveeta
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
- Salt And Black Pepper To Taste
- 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper (more For More Spice)
- 1 Tablespoon Dijon (optional)
- 3 whole (sleeves) Ritz Crackers
Preparation Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place crackers into a large ziploc bag and crush slightly, leaving some large chunks. Set aside.
Plunge broccoli into boiling water and allow to boil for 1 minute. Strain and set aside.
Cut Velveeta into chunks. Throw into a large pot with milk, cream, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Melt, stirring occasionally, until totally smooth. Stir in Dijon if using.
Add broccoli to cheese sauce, then add half the cracker crumbs. Stir to combine, then pour mixture into a buttered 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Top with remaining cracker crumbs, then sprinkle the top generously with black pepper.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until top is golden brown and casserole is bubbly.
248 Comments and 40 Replies
Jennifer F. On Thursday, November 24 at 9:26 am
We eat this every Thanksgiving. High-falutin' it is not, but darned if it isn't delicious. The kids eat it. My brother-in-law who hates broccoli eats it. My father-in-law who isn't unhappy but rarely smiles giggles when he sees it. That makes for one happy Thanksgiving.
Catherine M On Thursday, November 24 at 9:59 am
With the price of Velveeta here in Ontario Canada where I live, it would have to be a pretty special occasion for me to make this dish. I might have to wait till my brother (My cheese smuggler) visits again from Texas before I try it.
R. Marsh On Thursday, November 24 at 11:27 am
I made this for Thanksgiving but added some french's onions to the top too.
Evelyn On Thursday, November 24 at 1:41 pm
Made this not even 10 minutes ago! About to get it in the oven! Can't wait to try it!!!
martha On Thursday, November 24 at 3:58 pm
Wow made this today as a last minute Thanksgiving addition and there is none left. Best use of Velveeta and broccoli ever.
Kim On Thursday, November 24 at 5:14 pm
Can I just say, you don't look like you eat any of this food! Far too slim! Maybe the kids and MM eat it all?
Merle On Thursday, November 24 at 9:12 pm
This was the biggest hit at Thanksgiving today – can't wait to enjoy the leftovers!
Lacey On Thursday, November 24 at 11:05 pm
I made this tonight for Thanksgiving, and it was delicious. I didn't use Velveeta because when I was shopping for ingredients (and in a hurry) I didn't see Velveeta in the regular cheese section and grabbed a 2lb block of cheddar instead. I had no clue that Velveeta is found in the same aisle as cheez wiz.
I made a regular cheese sauce starting with a roux. I ended up using about 3/4 of my block of cheese, grated. I used 5 Tbsp. butter and 5 Tbsp. flour for my roux and 2 cups milk and 1/2 cup cream simmered together to make the bechamel. Then I added the grated cheese bit by bit over low heat.
It turned out great, and everyone at dinner was really glad I didn't use Velveeta.
Eilee On Wednesday, November 30 at 3:05 pm
I may have to try it again with real cheese… the velveeta was nasty.
Brandi On Thursday, November 24 at 11:56 pm
My mom made this for Thanksgiving and it was AMAZING. It was my favorite dish we had there!
Cynthia Ciemny On Friday, November 25 at 9:59 am
Made this casserole instead of the usual green bean casserole and it was WONDERFULLY delicious. Huge success.
Leah T On Friday, November 25 at 12:04 pm
Made this yesterday for T-day and it was a HIT!!! Thank you for the awesome recipes
Betty On Friday, November 25 at 12:28 pm
OOOHHHH!!! It is just like my mama used to make for Thanksgiving! Thank you! It was on the table at my daughter's yesterday.
Karen DelGrosso On Friday, November 25 at 1:59 pm
I made this for Tday based on the photo, OMG, terrible……wasted all that good brocolli, what a shame.
Debbie in NC On Friday, November 25 at 3:28 pm
I just made this yesterday for Thanksgiving and it really seemed a like way to many crackers, my friend said she makes this same recipe but her's calls for 2 sleeves so that's what I will have to do next time….other than that it was delish!!!
Linda On Saturday, November 26 at 8:06 am
This looks absolutely delicious! Being from New England, Ritz crackers are a staple in making our seafood stuffing or topping for baked fish or stuffed shrimp. We even use it turkey stuffing too. I could tell exactly what this would taste like and I can't wait to make it.
Tiffany W. On Saturday, November 26 at 9:36 am
I would love to know what the name of the utensil you were using to prepare this wonderfully delicious dish??? It's probably something very simple. However, I am unable to locate one in my rural area.
carlie On Saturday, November 26 at 9:56 am
I will have you know that 2 Thanksgivings ago you could have found this dish in France! My husband is French and we were there visiting for 6 weeks. On Thanksgiving I made dinner, and I had pre shipped all the non perishable stuff I would need to make dinner. Velveta and all! I don't think anyone liked it but me! I also had quite the misunderstanding when I ordered the turkey from the butcher……I wanted a 12 pound turkey but got a 12 KILO turkey……I had to take the racks out of the oven to get the sucker in my MIL's oven. The bird was huge. I named him Pierre.
Lucinda Adams On Saturday, November 26 at 12:01 pm
Ummm .. gotta be a farmer or rancher (a real working person) to consume this kinda fat.
Cal On Saturday, November 26 at 2:20 pm
Evil. Totally.
One of these showed up today at our "just me and my beloved T-giving dinner," the one where we keep all the leftovers! I was terrified at this evil apparition on our feastday table, but then I remembered that our much-loved P-Dub led the way in bravery, and so I sallied forth to conquer this evil. To rid the world of it. Forever. (or not)
So, all my fellow P-Dubbies, take our Glorious Leader's example, and slay this evil where're ye encounter it. Be brave, be hungry, be filled with the spirit of Charlie, and destroy!!!
You'll be glad you did. Really. Very glad.
Sarah Dale On Saturday, November 26 at 2:21 pm
I made this when we went to my in-laws Thanksgiving and it was GREAT!! Thanks for sharing it.
Kristie On Saturday, November 26 at 8:02 pm
I made this for Thanksgiving and it was my favorite thing on the table! Sooo delish! It was even better reheated the next day. This will definitely be on the menu every year!
Jan On Saturday, November 26 at 8:25 pm
Made this for a family party. Used milk, but no heavy cream. Hubby is in heaven… he adores Velveeta and said he wants me to make this again. I might, until the cheese runs out…. I'm not buying him more.
I made it in the crockpot, to keep it warm and could have bypassed the blanching step. The broccoli was tender and cooked through.
N On Saturday, November 26 at 8:28 pm
This is why Americans are so fat
Sally On Sunday, November 27 at 4:55 pm
I thought this might have potential, but it was a fail. The version I've been making for years uses about half the cheese and no heavy cream and is a much better dish.
Cathy D. On Sunday, November 27 at 6:26 pm
Made this recipe instead of my usual Broccoli & Rice Casserole for Thanksgiving. Very easy and delicious!! Its a keeper!!!
Judy On Monday, November 28 at 3:19 am
This is sooo sinful! But I love it! I'd gobble this up whole, casserole dish and all. The sauce is positively mesmerising, those broccoli bits are hanging on for dear life!
MichelleGB On Monday, November 28 at 10:14 am
Well how funny to see one of our favorites here! My cousin makes this every year and every year it disappears quickly. Yummy, cheesey goodness…with a little green thrown in to make it not quite so bad. LOL!
Holli C On Monday, November 28 at 11:50 am
I made this recipe for Thanksgiving and it was a HUGE hit. For those of you too snobby to use Velveeta- get over yourselves!!! It's the only thing that will give you the creamy cheese that you need for this dish!
alice from San Francisco On Monday, November 28 at 9:05 pm
I tried this tonight, even though I tend to shy away from recipes that include food products like velveeta and Ritz. Once I cooked my broccoli, and melted the cheese product….the proportions didn't look right to me. I reduced the broccoli by about a fourth, I increased the milk by about a 1/4 C or even more…and I reduced the Ritz. It was pretty thick and not nearly as moist as it looked (and what I had hooped). I did add cayenne for a bit of a kick, I did not add salt (boy did I forget how much salt is in Ritz). This was okay, just not as good as I thought it would be.
Jessie On Tuesday, November 29 at 8:33 am
I agree. I'm not sure if i did it wrong, but my casserole was entirely too thick. You could stand a fork up in it, or even an entire shovel. lol. The taste was nice, but trying to chew it was weird because it was just too thick. I thought about adding more milk but wanted to follow the recipe and see how it turned out. I've never made a broccoli cheese casserole before but I had hoped it would have been fool-proof. ;p
Debbye On Thursday, December 1 at 8:08 am
Glad to know I'm not the only one! I made this for Thanksgiving because we usually have the mayonnaise-y broccoli casserole (which I think is disgusting), and I thought this would be a nice change of pace. I always follow the recipe exactly on the first try, and I had the same problem as Jessie. It was so thick you could actually cut it into squares to serve. I liked the taste much better than the mayonnaise-laden ones, but it will need some tweaking for optimum results next time.
(Now there were two family members who proclaimed that "This is the best broccoli casserole ever. You've got to keep this recipe!")
Julie Van Blaricom On Wednesday, November 30 at 1:20 pm
Pulled the old swticheroo and made THIS broccoli-cheese casserole instead of the one that turns to mush that we've been making for years. (My hubby said it's more like a dip than a casserole! :-p) Anyway, this new one (YOURS!) was a hit! I LOVED the taste and texture and the fact that it wasn't an overcooked dish of broccoli MUSH! YUM! Thanks!
Eileen On Wednesday, November 30 at 3:03 pm
I don't want to be mean because you always seem so sweet and everything else I have ever made from here was fantastic but this was awful. I don't know if there is a problem with the recipe or if is our grocery scale or what happened, but mine did not look like yours. It had waaaaay too much broccoli and waaaaay too many crackers. It was dry and once cooked was rubbery instead of melty like it looks. Not sure what happened, but even if the measurements were off the flavor wasn't cheesy and fantastic as I was thinking it would be it tasted kind of plasticy…. like uncooked velveeta with some brocoli tossed on top. Sorry, this one is no good.
Lisa On Wednesday, November 30 at 3:31 pm
That would be good with cauliflower in it as well. Every Thanksgiving I make broccoli and cauliflower with Velveeta.
Shannan Adams On Thursday, December 1 at 12:21 pm
I made this for a side on Thanksgiving – was delicious! Thank you so much for sharing!!
shawn On Thursday, December 1 at 9:24 pm
first ever bust from this website – nobody's perfect and everything else is amazing!!!!!!
Deborah Stitt On Saturday, December 3 at 8:03 am
So, when I think I speak for mutitudes when I say you should have your face on a $1000.00 bill for this recipe!!! Delish and not disappointed as always. Was a wonderful addition to our Thanksgiving meal :0)
Brena On Monday, December 5 at 12:56 pm
I make a variation of this that is a hit with my kids. I layer cooked chicken breasts (diced), then broccoli, then a combo of cream of mushroom and cream of chicken, then top with a LOT of cheddar cheese and the Ritz. A bit healthier since you do not use processed cheese. If you make your own Cream Of soups, even better!
Sara On Tuesday, December 6 at 8:14 am
I actually make this once a week as a small side, but it is a lot easier when using the broc. and cheese steamers. Put that in the microwave for 5 minutes to cook, then dump in a little pot, add a little velveeta cheese, add in crushed ritz crackers and stir. It takes two minutes and is great with baked chicken, etc.
Kimberly In Texas On Tuesday, December 6 at 3:34 pm
Thank you for posting this recipe.
I made it on Thanksgiving and it was everyone's favorite side dish.
I would not have even tried to make it if it wasn't for you posting how to pictures.
My family thanks you too.
ErinM On Wednesday, December 7 at 11:04 am
I have a recipe almost exactly like this! Just a couple key differences. I use a half a container of 8oz Cheese Whiz, no heavy cream or milk, and some onions. =)
Niki J On Monday, December 12 at 8:32 pm
I made this tonight for dinner. I enjoyed it, but for those who like their Broccoli a bit more tender, they may want to keep their broccoli submerged for a bit longer in the boiling water.
We added shredded chicken (boiled in bullion), and as a result didn't need to add any additional salt to the recipe. For the Cayenne, we used Cayenne Sauce (Red Devil) about a tablespoon for the pot and it was great.
cathy On Wednesday, December 28 at 2:25 pm
I made this over the holidays and it was a HUGE hit! It was a velveeta Christmas. Thanks for a great easy receipe!
Cathy D. On Wednesday, December 28 at 3:25 pm
Fabulous!! This recipe has replace my former broccoli casserole favorite! Woohoo! Got the Pioneer Woman cookbook for Christmas. Loved reading Ree's life story!!
Rose On Tuesday, January 3 at 4:26 pm
I love pioneer woman and haven't had an unsuccessful recipe . . . until now. I would avoid this one, my kids, 7, 5 and 2 wouldn't touch this and they love broccoli. And my husband made me swear to never bring Velveeta into our house again! On to the next recipe . . .
Ashley On Monday, January 30 at 9:15 am
I just made this last night, and I must say that the Velveeta cheese made it so rich that it was hard to keep eating after the first few bites. The very first bite was wonderful, then after that, I felt like I couldn't get enough water to drink. This would be a great dish to take to a picnic, where everyone takes a little bit, but a little much for an at-home meal where you're stuck with all the left-overs. I still love you, though, Pioneer Woman!
Kim On Friday, February 10 at 6:25 pm
Wow, this is great! I love the kick from the cayenne and dijon mustard. I didn't drain the broccoli as well as I should have, so the cheese sauce got a little watery, but adding half the crackers helped to seize it back up – good idea, Ree! The casserole only had a few minutes left for baking, but I saw some parmesan cheese sitting lonely in the fridge, so I sprinkled some on top and reluctantly set the timer a few extra minutes for the parmesan to meld into the crackers. I am about to get up and go for seconds!
Michelle On Thursday, February 16 at 7:18 pm
I made this for a potluck and it disappeared! Dont be afraid of Velveeta. The dijon and cayenne are amazing in the sauce!
Ruby On Monday, February 20 at 10:34 am
This casserole was delicious. I didn't have any cayenne pepper so I added a bit of hot sauce (tapatio). I think next time adding some chicken would bring home the Gold! Delicious!! Enjoy!
Courtney On Sunday, February 26 at 1:22 pm
I made this with dinner last night. OH MY is it delicious. My hubby was suspicious of the ritz crackers, I was too a little bit, but it's perfect! Eating leftovers now.
Courtney On Sunday, February 26 at 1:24 pm
It reminds me a little of the broccoli cheese casserole at Cheddar's, only MUCH better.


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Hearts defender Andy Webster feels the fans and former manager John McGlynn will deserve huge credit if they win the Scottish Communities League Cup.
McGlynn lost his job late last month after four consecutive defeats, despite leading Hearts to the Hampden clash with St Mirren.
And the club might not be alive had supporters not raised more than £1million through a share purchase after Hearts were hit with a winding-up order over a tax debt in November.
First-team coach Gary Locke will lead the club at Hampden after guiding the team to four points from their last two Clydesdale Bank Premier League games, but Webster still refers to McGlynn as the manager ahead of a permanent appointment.
Webster said: "The fundamentals for the whole season have been laid by the manager. So from that point of view we have a responsibility there as players to make sure we are doing it for ourselves, we are doing it for the team, we are doing it for the club, the fans and obviously the manager.
"It will be a fitting tribute to the fans. They had a massive rally-round at the tail end of last year and hopefully on Sunday we can repay them by winning.
"It's a great occasion and a great place for the fans to come and be involved."
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On Sept. 17, 23-year-old Kay Morrison of Seattle was standing on the platform at the Bad Schandau train station in Germany waiting for the train to Prague. She planned to join some 12,000 demonstrators who sought to disrupt the 55th annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Prague. Morrison says she was approached by Czech border police, who scanned her passport with a handheld computer. She was taken by train to another station, where police searched her belongings and informed her she was on the list of "persona non grata" — not welcome in Prague this week "or in the future."
She made another failed attempt to enter the country. After further inquiries, the Czech police announced on national television that Morrison had committed a misdemeanor on a previous trip to the Czech Republic; she had been fined for smoking a cigarette in the main train station. (It later turned out that the "receipt" the police gave her was false and that they overcharged her for the offense.) Though Czech authorities did not say so, Morrison believes she was put on the list because of her arrest in Seattle at last November's mass protests of the World Trade Organization.
Morrison is one of 300 activists barred from the Czech Republic in advance of the so-called "S26″ demonstrations. Another American, Lee Sestar of Chicago, was told by customs officials at the Prague airport last Sunday that he was also on the unwelcome list because he was arrested at the Seattle protests. Sestar, who insists he was swept up with a group of peaceful protesters, was eventually convicted of failure to disperse, a misdemeanor offense. Charges against Morrison in Seattle were dropped. But both were "persona non grata" in Prague last week.
Czech authorities have been praised for successfully containing violent demonstrators who tossed Molotov cocktails and bricks at police and delegates during the IMF/World Bank summit. But authorities' efforts to prevent demonstrations by keeping demonstrators out of the country reflect an approach to dealing with the global protest movement that does not bode well for civil liberties.
Over the past month, Czech authorities have sought to bar hundreds from the country. An American and three Dutch cooks with the vegetarian collective Rampelpaln were kept out of the country, and a trainload of 1,000 Italian anarchists affiliated with the militant Zapatista-support group Ya Basta! was surrounded by riot police and held at the border until four group members targeted by police agreed to get off.
Czech police, acting in concert with American and European police officials, have tried to prevent known activists from entering the country. Their most controversial means of doing so involves a list of activists allegedly provided to Czech authorities by the FBI.
On Monday, a spokesperson for the FBI told Salon that he "had not heard" of any FBI lists of activists or persons arrested in the U.S. being turned over to Czech police. "I have no information on that matter, nor can I confirm or deny published reports," FBI Special Agent Steven Berry said.
Reports of the list emerged after Czech officials discussed information they had about unwelcome foreign activists with the press. Czech Republic Chief of Police Jiri Kolar told Agence France Presse on September 15 that authorities possessed lists of "undesirable individuals" who are "suspected of abusing their stay to threaten state security, public order, or undermine other protected interests." Czech Interior Minister Stanislov Gross added that many are "under investigation for crimes committed during violence in the United States," most notably during the anti-WTO demonstrations in Seattle and the IMF/World Bank protests in Washington last April.
According to the British newspaper the Guardian, Scotland Yard also provided photographs and information on the alleged "ringleaders" of the May Day demo in London this year, when numerous bank and store windows were smashed and monuments desecrated.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Prague said Tuesday that "inexperienced" public affairs officers with the Czech police had mistakenly sourced the lists to the FBI. "There is no blacklist or watchlist that the FBI gave to Czech police concerning American activists," U.S. press attachi Victoria Middleton told Salon. "Whatever lists [the Czech police] have came from publicly available documents," she said.
Middleton acknowledged that FBI officials, as well as local and state police from Seattle and other U.S. cities, "shared information with Czech police officials" about the role of activists in previous mass demonstrations, as did police from other European countries. But Middleton added, "I have been assured by law enforcement officials at the highest level that this information is in the public domain."
The extraordinary security measures in Prague are indicative of the increased surveillance and repression of activists worldwide, as law enforcement agencies cooperate to combat a new, increasingly mobile army of dissent.
Last month the FBI — which hosted trainings for Czech police in Washington during the last round of IMF/World Bank protests in April — opened its own office in Prague. American law enforcement officers, along with special agents from Interpol and Scotland Yard, were on hand both before and during Prague protests this week to advise Czech authorities. Scotland Yard even sent a "media specialist" to help counter negative spin.
After Tuesday's violent protests in Prague, police will likely increase surveillance of activist groups. But so far authorities have done a poor job of differentiating the violent from the peaceful demonstrators.
A recent Canadian security report, "Anti-Globalization — A Spreading Phenomenon" warns that authorities must brace for a variety of threats from the growing protest movement. "Continued presence and use of large numbers of security forces, fencing, and similar restrictive measures could dampen the enthusiasm of protesters and might gradually reduce the size of some gatherings, as could adverse weather conditions," the report states.
"But, as demonstrated by extremist animal-rights and environmental activists, security measures could prompt a rise in the scale of violence from smashing windows to arson attacks, the use of explosive devices, and even physical threats against individuals, including posting warning letters purported to contain contaminated razor blades."
The report, which was produced in preparation for protests at the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Alberta, last May, was widely mocked in the Canadian press for its "highbrow" intelligence. It cites recent articles on protesters in the New Yorker and Harper's, as well as the book "No Logo" by Canadian media theorist Naomi Klein.
"The report shows they have a fairly sophisticated understanding of what is motivating activists," Klein says, "certainly far more so than our elected officials here in Canada, who portray activists as anti-globalist, or protectionist.
"The problem is," she says, "they portray grass-roots activists as James Bond-like figures with all these high-tech tools, which then gives them the rationale to spend all sorts of money on their own high-tech surveillance."
The Internet has become a central organizing tool for demonstrators, as well as a key target for police, who are monitoring activist Web sites and discussion groups, and in some cases, even posing as protesters to gain information. Some police have targeted activists with cellphones, noting that the use of cellphones and radios gives protesters a new level of "tactical mobility" with which police must contend.
"Legal, grass-roots activism has become the new 'terrorism' in the post-Cold War world," Klein says. "They need a new enemy, and the activists are it."
Both before and during the recent protests in Washington, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, police infiltrated meetings and disrupted public gatherings. Activists complained that their phones were tapped and that police were posted outside the homes and offices of suspected organizers. In Los Angeles, some infiltrators were so successful that they even got arrested or gassed by fellow officers.
Last May, the Paris-based Intelligence Newsletter reported that reserve units from U.S. Army Intelligence were deployed to monitor the April 16-18 protests against the IMF and World Bank in Washington. "The Pentagon sent around 700 men from the Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir to assist the Washington police on April 17, including specialists in human and signals intelligence," the report states.
Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Michael Milord confirmed that the Department of Defense provided medical and "explosive ordinance support, as well as food and housing to the National Guard and Washington police during the April demonstrations." However, Milord insists the support amounted to no more than 30 Defense Department personnel. The Secret Service, U.S. Marshals, U.S. Park Police and Federal Bureau of Prisons also provided support to the Washington police, Milord confirms.
According to the newsletter, activist files are being circulated via the Regional Information Sharing System (RISS), a network of computers used by law enforcement agencies nationwide. Created by the feds to track organized crime networks, RISS now serves more than 5,300 member law enforcement agencies in 50 states, two Canadian provinces, Australia, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. It also networks to the FBI, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Secret Service, U.S. Customs and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Intelligence Newsletter reports that among those currently labeled as "terrorist" organizations in the RISS database are Global Justice (the umbrella group that organized the April demonstrations in Washington), Earth First, Greenpeace, the American Indian Movement, Zapatista National Liberation Front and ACT-UP. A spokesperson from the Department of Justice called the report "bogus" and said the RISS system does not list domestic groups as "terrorists."
"We don't collect information in any group that wants to demonstrate anything, unless there is a crime being committed," insists Jerry Lynch, director of Magloclen, one of the six RISS regional centers. "If there's any individual or group that has as its purpose to commit crimes, we would be entitled to collect information on them, as would any law enforcement agency, " Lynch explains. "It is not the purpose of RISS to colect information on civil disobedience protests."
But the perception of nonviolent activists as terrorists has emerged elsewhere as well. During demonstrations at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, organizers were targeted for carrying cellphones. John Sellers of the activist training group Ruckus Society was arrested and held on an unprecedented $1 million bail after the Philadelphia assistant district attorney argued that Sellers "facilitates the more radical elements to accomplish their objective of violence and mayhem." (Another judge later reduced the bail on constitutional grounds, but misdemeanor charges against Sellers are still pending. Sellers denies all charges.)
A previously sealed police affidavit made public earlier this month details how Philadelphia police used state troopers to infiltrate planning meetings and the puppet warehouse, where activists were constructing giant, satirical floats and other props. Some state troopers even posed as union carpenters and helped build floats.
More disturbing still, the affidavit cites a report by an obscure right-wing think tank to contend that some of the protest groups are funded by Communists and "Soviet" sympathizers.
Specifically, the affidavit claims that PCAN, the Pennsylvania Consumer Action Group, is a "United States conveyer for People's Global Action (PGA), a self-styled 'leaderless' international network of groups opposed to the global market economy. Funds for the PGA … allegedly originate with Communist and leftist parties and from sympathetic trade unions. Other funds reportedly come from the former Soviet-allied World Federation of Trade Unions."
In fact, People's Global Action is the international umbrella group that formed two years ago in Geneva to help launch the WTO protests in Seattle. And PCAN is a consumer rights group in Reading, Pa. While PCAN organized the permitted and peaceful "unity march" that led off the GOP protests on July 30, it had nothing to do with the street blockades that took place later that week.
The affidavit attributes its information to a report by the Maldon Institute, a private think tank funded by conservative multimillionaire Richard Mellon Scaife. Scaife is best known for financing several investigations of President Clinton in recent years. Maldon Institute director John H. Rees is a contributor to the right-wing John Birch Society and publishes a newsletter devoted to "intelligence-gathering" which is distributed to police.
The affidavit's red-baiting shocked protest lawyers and civil libertarians. "For many of us, it brings back the worst memories of J. Edgar Hoover and the flagrant abuses of the FBI during the '40s and '50s … right on up to the '60s and '70s," says Larry Frankel, executive director of the Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union.
Philadelphia police are barred from conducting undercover investigations of political groups without mayoral consent because of a 1987 lawsuit filed by the ACLU. Both prior to and during the GOP Convention, police and city officials repeatedly denied that they had infiltrated protest groups — a fact which leads ACLU legal director Stephan Presser to contend that the cops used state police to do "an end run" around the law.
Police and city officials have declined to comment, noting that the GOP protesters are still being prosecuted.
More repressive measures have taken place in cities where media scrutiny was not so high. In Minneapolis last July, the FBI was brought in to oversee preemptive measures on activists aiming to disrupt the International Society of Animal Geneticists meeting. Claiming that large quantities of ammonium nitrate had been stolen from a nearby storage facility, and that a cyanide bomb had been detonated in a McDonald's restaurant (it was a smoke bomb), the federal Drug Enforcement Agency raided one of the collective houses where anarchists had been organizing, several days before the protest. A dozen were arrested and several hospitalized during the raid. Charges against all but one were eventually dropped.
Last May, undercover police disguised as activists went so far as to provide a "secure" apartment in Calgary for a "communications team" set up by John Parnell of the Ruckus Society to advise protesters during the World Petroleum Congress. The Congress, which drew no more than 300 demonstrators, was defended by some 2,500 law enforcement officers.
According to Parnell, the undercovers (a police detective, a Canadian Mountie and a customs official) met him outside the convergence space where activists were meeting and led him to an apartment, where they helped him set up his gear and even helped out with logistics. Undercovers were also among those carrying radios and Nextel cellphones on the streets. "It was surreal," says Parnell, "I was listening to people talking on the radio that were monitoring us."
Parnell, a 52-year-old communications geek who installed radio systems for Witness for Peace during the Contra struggle in Nicaragua, is no stranger to police surveillance. "These guys were good," he says of the Canadian undercovers.
While global law enforcement authorities step up their surveillance of activists, activists in turn are using technology to keep their eyes on police. During protests in Seattle, Washington, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, activists monitored police communications, in some cases live-streaming feeds picked up off police radio scanners over the Internet.
As the FBI is well aware, independent media centers — information hubs set up by activists in cities across the U.S. and Europe — have played an increasing role in helping protesters to both coordinate actions and control the spin on events.
An Aug. 1 FBI advisory to corporate security officials and police reads, "Based on the increasing priority that independent media centers appear to have received by protests and activists organizations after N30 [the November 30 demonstrations against the WTO], the coverage will likely attempt to record law enforcement operations, particularly during the marches, and even more so if physical response is used by local law enforcement."
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Posted: March 15, 2011
Maria Pineda will be given an 2011 Outstanding Staff Award. She will be honored at an awards dinner in May. Pineda has served this Department with outstanding service and loyal dedication for well over a decade, and this award is richly deserved, as many who contributed to the nomination happily attest. Congratulations, Maria!


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Dr. Leroy (Roy) Wehrle brings experience to the classroom from a lifetime of work in international, national and state governmental work along with executive experience running a business and many years of teaching at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Dr. Wehrle graduated from Washington University, served as an officer in the U.S. Army and earned a Ph.D. in Economics with honors from Yale University in 1959. He served in the Foreign Service from 1959 to 1967 where he was Associate Aid Director in Laos and Vietnam and also Economic Counselor to the Ambassador including ambassadors Lodge, Taylor and Bunker.
He was a Senior Economist in President Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisors where he was responsible for international economic issues. President Johnson appointed him chair of Committee Twelve of a National Academy Study of world food and agricultural prospects. President Nixon appointed him to the Rockefeller Team to Survey US policy in Latin America during which the team visited all Latin American countries.
He was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University and was Senior Economist at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.
In 1970 Dr. Wehrle was appointed director of the Institute of Social Policy of the State of Illinois by Governor Ogilvie. In 1971 he was Director of Research for Lt. Governor Paul Simon.
In 1972 he was appointed Professor at Sangamon State University in the Economics Department, now the University of Illinois. In 1987 he joined in creating and led a national business called HEMA which provided health cost management services to self-insuring corporations.
In 1997 Dr. Wehrle returned to teaching at the University of Illinois concentrating on environmental theory and practice, and international relations and foreign policy.
He was a member of the inaugural faculty of the Millikin MBA program in 2000 and has taught the MB520 international class since then.


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This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. on Feb. 4, 2014.
Montgomery County school administrators can use discretion for disciplinary action against students involved in major offenses, after the state school board adopted new regulations on Jan. 28.
In addition, the regulations call long-term suspensions and expulsions as "last resort options," and outlines what schools must do to help suspended students receive certain services, according to the state board's proposed regulations.
Montgomery County Public Schools and other Maryland school districts have until the beginning of next school year to update their policies.
Lori-Christina Webb — executive director to the county school system's deputy superintendent of teaching, learning and programs — said school-level administrators now can use discretion to decide more serious disciplinary cases.
Such decisions were previously guided by minimum and maximum discipline outlined in the school system's policy, she said.
Webb said school administrators previously could use discretion for the "vast majority of offenses," but not the most serious offenses.
"This codifies the authority of the school-based administrator to use their judgment and discretion," Webb said.
The school system's current Student Rights and Responsibilities policy includes several student actions that call for a mandatory recommendation of expulsion and mandatory referral to police.
Those actions include possession of a bomb or a bomb threat, possession of firearms, a violent physical attack on a student or staff member, intent to distribute or distribution of controlled dangerous substances, and possession of weapons used to cause bodily harm or injury.
The same policy lists other student actions that require "discretionary school-based consequences" and mandatory police referral, which include setting a fire, gang-related incidents, possession or use of intoxicants, sexual offenses, hate violence, and theft over $500 for a single incident.
Webb said the new regulations mark a "positive change," as administrators at a school who are close to the situation can understand the context of an offense better and "look at the totality of the circumstances."
Another aim of the regulations: to end "disproportionate impact" on minority and special education students.
Webb said she hopes administrators already used discretion on student conduct in certain cases, such as bringing a butter knife to use on a lunch item or chewing a pastry into the shape of a weapon. The pastry incident led to the suspension of a second-grader in Anne Arundel County.
Chrisandra Richardson, associate superintendent for special education and student services, said the school system will continue to identify best practices for student discipline by looking at individual schools' methods.
The new regulations triggered "a new sense of urgency" to existing work, which also includes efforts to improve school climates and build relationships between school staff and students, she said.
Richardson said the school system always provided work for suspended students, as required by the regulations. Now, the system will provide a required liaison between teachers and a suspended student or the student's parents.
The school system already used school liaisons, Richardson said.
"This just formalizes that entire process," she said.
She said a school system work group has worked for more than a year and a half in anticipation of the state's regulation changes, which have been discussed for several years.
Technical changes to the policy will be easy, Richardson said, but the "deeper" underlying implications will be more challenging.
Both officials described the importance of offering support to help individual school needs.
"We feel like the work that we have to do is again not just informing people ... but really in supporting schools and all of our staff," Richardson said.
Marc Cohen, principal at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, said kids should be treated as individuals.
"We have a responsibility to be thorough in our investigations, to listen to everybody involved and make decisions that are in the best interests of the students involved in each of these different (cases)," he said.
Cohen said discretion in discipline is challenging — families want consistency.
The five major offenses "very rarely" come up at Seneca Valley, he said, but school staff discusses discipline.
"We talk about it all the time," he said. "Not about a need for more discretion, but about matching the consequence to the behavior."
Over the next few months, he said, school staff will talk with parents such as what triggers the behavior in more serious offenses. Another topic will be how to work with students who commit offenses and who do not have a support system at home to help them.
James Fernandez, principal at Albert Einstein High School in Kensington, said he doesn't think the state regulations will change much for the school system because discretion already plays a role in "the big five."
Fernandez said that if a student commits a seemingly serious offense, the school will recommend expulsion to the school system's central office, but can evaluate whether that is the right call.
"It's nice to have some solid ground rules and then have an influence on the outcome," he said.
Fernandez said he wants to hear from the school system's central office what it expects from individual schools on the new regulations.
The school also must consider the safety of others in the building, he said, something parents take for granted.
"We need to be consistent and we need to think of safety," he said.


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Well, I would have liked people to help me as they always have on this forum, since I've been trying to contact Nvidia via mail for more than a year. Since driver 3xxx I've been absolutely unable to output video through the CRT-out connector, and I know it's not my fault because I used the same xorg.cfg that worked before.
Now I DO have some kind of problem here which is not my fault, because all I did was turn off X, deinstall the previous driver and run "make install" in the new one's main directory, as instructed.
I did that on my desktop computer and there was no problem at all, I simply started X again and everything worked just fine.
So, is there anyone who has had a similar problem?
If not, where shoud I send a bug report, because they don't seem to be paying much attention to e-mails...
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It appears that some British pop stars of African origins cannot have enough of DBanj's hit single, 'Oliver Twist'. After songstress, Estelle did her female twist on the song, the 'party hard' man himself, Donaeo has also released a new Freestyle called 'Challey in the Chocolate Factory', that samples 'Oliver Twist'
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April 2, 2009
Lobo Softball
Thursday: Lobos 10, Utah 7
Friday-Saturday: Vs. BYU, 7 p.m. both days at Lobo Field
Online: GameTracker, live video on GoLobos.com
By Richard Stevens - Senior Writer/GoLobos.com
The bases-loaded, bottom-of-the-seventh instructions from Lobo coach Ty Singleton to senior Samantha "Sammie" Hughes were simple enough. "I told her to take a breath and hit the middle of the ball," said Singleton.
Which is what Hughes did. She crushed the middle of the ball and it went a long ways. The rest of the ball went with the middle portion, over the left-center wall, and four runs danced across the plate Thursday night at Lobo Field in UNM's dramatic, come-from-behind 10-7 win over the Utah Utes.
"That ball was absolutely ripped," said Singleton of the grand slam dinger.
Said Hughes, the No. 2 hitter in the Mountain West Conference: "I was just thinking I wanted to hit the ball because I hadn't hit a ball all night. I definitely wanted to swing. I liked that pitch. I didn't think it was going out. I thought it might go to the wall, but ..."
But the savage line drive cleared the fence. Hughes' heroics were preceded by a Tianna George single, a Cristin Anderson single, and a high chopper by Jessica Lujan-Dresslar that the Utah third baseman mishandled for an error.
That loaded the bases for UNM's top hitter, who had strategically been moved by Singleton into the No. 3 spot because of Hughes' RBI potential. She brought in four runs for Singleton on one swing and one pitch. Hughes ended the game 1-of-2 with three walks, four RBIs and three runs scored. She also tied for the team lead in putouts with five from her spot in center field.
The win gives UNM a 1-0 mark in Mountain West play. The Lobos play host to Brigham Young Friday and Saturday at Lobo Field with both games slated for a 7 p.m. start.
"There were two teams out there looking at this (MWC play) as a new season," said Singleton. "Both teams played hard and with a lot of heart. I think both teams played with passion.
"It's been a rough stretch for us. We've played some good games and lost and that can test your confidence. But we were given a fresh start and we went out there with the attitude that we wanted to change what had been happening."
Said Hughes: "We do feel like we have a chance to start over and to come out with a win was huge. I don't think we've lost any confidence, but there probably was some discouragement. I think we are ready to go now."
The win bumped UNM to 10-23 overall. The Lobos also got multi-hit games against Utah from Anderson (3-of-5, 3 runs scored), Analise Rubalcava (3-of-3, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored), Katie Gilmore (2-of-3, 3 RBIs) and George (2-of-3, 1 run scored).
The Lobos had 13 hits and left 10 on base. Utah had 12 hits and stranded seven. Utah is 13-19 and 0-1 in MWC play.
Kerry Hodgins got the win in relief of Danielle Castro and Rubalcava. "It was nice to see all three pitchers contribute," said Singleton. "None of them were dominant, but they all did something to help their team."
The Utes jumped on the scorebord first with two runs in the top of the second. UNM cut the gap to 2-1 in the bottom of that inning when Shaunte Duarte doubled in Rubalcava.
UNM took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third inning when Rubalcava singled in Anderson and Gilmore singled in Hughes. The Lobos pushed their lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning when Rubalcava singled in Anderson for the second time.
The Utes went up 7-4 in the sixth, but UNM slipped closer at 7-6 with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. The two Lobo runs were plated off a Gilmore single that scored Rubalcava and Hughes.
Utah didn't score in the top of the seventh and Hughes ended things with her blast in the bottom of the final inning.
"I think we came out with some nerves," said Singleton. "But we settled down and started hitting the ball hard." UNM scored runs in five of the final six innings.
Editor's Note: Richard Stevens is a former Associate Sports Editor and sports columnist for The Albuquerque Tribune. You can reach him at email@example.com. Previous GoLobo.com articles can be found on The Richard Stevens Corner.


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Food quality and flavor not as good as the popular chain. But they do offer brown rice, which is nice.
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Love Oaxaca...basic Mexican food but the quality of the ingredients is what sets them apart. Where else can you get a filet mignon (grass fed) burrito for lunch in midtown?
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I came here for lunch because I was craving mexican food and people reviewed it really well. I was trying to stay away from chains b/c I wanted to try something different and be adventurous. But, this is second class compared to chain restaurants. I see why those places are popular. I got a naked chicken burrito. The chicken was really dry and practically flavorless. Only positives about this place are they have a lot of toppings/salsas for you to try and many different meat varieties. For flavor, I'd stick with the chain restaurants rather than come to this place.
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I am a Texan with a love of Mexican. That, of course, is easy to find at every corner at home. This spot wasn't too bad. I ordered 3 crispy corn tacos with grilled chicken. Pretty basic, I know, but that's how basic it gets here in NY for Mexican food. Service was fast, price was similar to the taste. Not bad at all just the chicken was dry. I am a hungry preggie hoping to find good Mexican food as my craving and this wasn't bad at all.
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Just another burrito place in New York that gets it wrong. This place didn't even have cilantro....how do you not have cilantro at a mexican place???
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The ingredients were high quality. The meats were MOIST and flavorful, unlike Chipotle and others. The sauces were dynamite - no really, spicy HOT and tasty! Service was courteous and them seemed to care.
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New place, just opened up offering great promotions. Very good, quick Mexican food. Better than Baja Fresh, on par with Chipotle, but shorter lines and possibly healthier. Had the filet mignon twice, burrito and taco. Everything is very filling, with fresh ingredients. Minimal seating inside, but plenty of tables outside. Fast, friendly service. Great value for a quick, filling Midtown lunch!


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REVIEW: 'The Secret of Magic' a story of murder, mystery and history
This is the book. This is the novel you'll tell your friends to read this year. This is the book that will push all those other set in the South during Jim Crow books to the dusty end of the bookshelf. "The Secret of Magic" by Deborah Johnson is a work of masterful storytelling, telling truth with fiction in a novel that comes alive with every word on the page. With as many curves as there are branches on magnolia trees, this novel will take you into the forest and leave a mark on you.
It is set in small-town Mississippi right after the end of World War II, where the world has changed but many white Mississippians have not. "The Secret of Magic" is a telling of a tragically familiar story – an African-American man speaks up for himself and is then murdered, and the killers are free to roam the streets with a smile. So who, then, to carry out justice? Who, then, to air the dirty laundry aging Southern belles want kept hidden under Confederate roses and green and blue painted porches?
Regina Robichard is the African-American New York lawyer sent down by the NAACP to investigate, at the request of a wealthy white woman. Regina asks – both internally and out loud – all the questions that must have been asked – and must be asked. Not just about a homicide, but about everything else in a culture that let rich Southern white men do as they pleased.
Author Johnson gives vivid descriptions that envelope readers into the world of "The Secret of Magic" with every sense. A scene about Regina's bus trip South – the men carrying luggage, the change to the rickety seating of segregation, ushers you right up to the stifling racism of the 1946 American South. The author tells, yes, but also shows you how places harbored evil and beauty together. What Regina does is call people out who not only don't want to be called out, they don't expect to be called out. And they certainly don't like to be called out by her.
"The Secret of Magic" is not the next "The Help," unless you're talking in broad, Southern novel worth reading criteria. The white female character Mary Pickett is helpful, or so it seems, but not too helpful. She is the one who calls Regina to Mississippi to look into the death of the WWII veteran son of Willie Willie, a man who worked for her. Her reasons are revealed as the story unfolds. What seems a mystery is not – what seems clear becomes murky. Regina, who does not trust Mary Pickett, still admires the woman's work, a children's book that gained national attention. Regina finds that the book's setting is more and more familiar the longer she stays in town. The more readers delve into "The Secret of Magic," the more the novel's truth of history and mystery takes hold.
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The Jefferson County Open Space Division might be able to buy more land after it refinances more than $70 million in loans to take advantage of low interest rates.
"Unfortunately, the economy is bad, but it also creates the opportunity for us to do better with our bonds," said Open Space Director Ralph Schell.
Schell said the open space program took out about $160 million in loans in 1999 to buy land. The county currently pays an average interest rate of 4.94 percent on the remaining debt, but prevailing rates are nearly 2 points lower.
Some members of the citizen panel asked to prioritize $277 million in county spending over the next four years are growing tired of the "sales pitch" from the county and want to get to work.
Nearly 200 Jeffco families awaiting food assistance have endured waits between 35 and 40 days — five to 10 days longer than federal law allows.
Don Jenkins, Jeffco Public Schools' chief information officer, was arrested March 19 for investigation of Internet luring of a child and attempted sexual assault on a child.
Jenkins was arrested by the Aurora Police Department after an undercover Internet sting operation.
"This is devastating news for us on so many levels," said Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent Cindy Stevenson. "Accusations like these violate our organizational values and our mission of protecting children."
The weak economy and an "unrealistic fund-raising timeline" have forced the county to borrow more money for the Table Mountain Animal Center project, according to the shelter's spokesman.
"It was never realistic for us to reach $3 million in actual money by the time they break ground," said Ben Drotar, TMAC spokesman. "With the current economic climate, and the problems that pretty much happened at the end of October, that threw a little wrench in the spokes."
An Evergreen resident got such great results working out to exercise videos in his living room that he won $50,000 as a finalist in the Million Dollar Body Game sponsored by Beachbody Fitness in March.
Bill Schlotman isn't a cute young thing, either. He is 56 years old and proud — now that the ladies are starting to look at his impressive abs with awe and admiration.
Thrivent Builds Homes has donated $107,292 to Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity to build a duplex at 26200 South End Road in Kittredge, south of Highway 74.
The funds will be used to build a two-story, 2,000-square-foot duplex for two qualified homeowners, using mostly volunteer labor. Local Lutheran churches are providing 10 percent of the construction costs and 50 percent of the volunteers.
The winner of the third annual Ice Melt Barrel Contest was Rachel Norton of Evergreen, who correctly guessed the moment the barrel would descend into Evergreen Lake within 54 seconds. Her prediction was March 5 at 2:12:30 p.m., and she won $1,000.
Tanner Schaur, 9, of Evergreen was second with 2 p.m., and Paul Tesseo, 10, of Evergreen snagged third place with 2:30 p.m. Seven others won $50 each.
The Mountain Foothills Rotary Club sold a total of 1,040 tickets, raising $3,730, including sponsor fees, reported Bob Zavodsky, a member of the Ice Melt Barrel committee.
If your laptop computer could talk, what would it say to someone who stole it?
What about "Help! Help! You're not my mother." Or, "Take your hands off me, you miserable loser."
Since Front Door Software Inc. launched the verbal alarm with a software upgrade on Thursday, Feb. 26, the story about the talking laptop software has been published around the world.
A woman in her 80s who has lived in Evergreen for several decades lost more than $16,000 in a telephone scam involving a caller who said he was her son and had been arrested for drunken driving.
She called the Canyon Courier because she hopes to stop others from being victimized, but she asked that her name not be used.
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Much of our understanding of the origins and early development of the Greek architectural order is based on the writings of ancient authors, such as Vitruvius, and those of modern interpreters. Traditionally, the archaeological evidence has been viewed secondarily and often made to fit within a literary context, despite contradictions that occur. Barbara Barletta's study examines both forms of evidence in an effort to reconcile the two sources, as well as to offer a coherent reconstruction of the origins and early development of the Greek architectural orders. Beginning with the pre-canonical material, she demonstrates that the relatively late emergence of the Doric and Ionic orders arose from contributions of separate regions of the Greek world, rather than a single center. Barletta's reinterpretation of the evidence also assigns greater importance to the often overlooked contributions of Western Greece and the Cycladic Islands.
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Barbara Barletta is professor of art history at the University of Florida. She is a recipient of fellowships from the American Academy in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. She was recognized as a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor in 2002.
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'This book makes a fundamental contribution to the study of Greek architecture. It offers a clear and concise introduction to the subject that will be welcomed by the nonspecialist. Barletta's formulation of pertinent questions and assessment of the evidence will shape the discussion of the origins of the architectural orders for years to come. Her conclusion challenges us to reevaluate our understanding of Greek architectural origins by allowing the architecture to speak for itself.' American Journal of Archaeology 'Barletta has made a significant contribution in this book, one that has most definitely enhanced the debate on the origins of the Greek architectural orders.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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1. The literary evidence; 2. The archaeological evidence: proto-geometric through the seventh century B.C.; 3. The emergence of the Doric 'Order'; 4. The emergence of the Ionic 'Order'; 5. The origins of the orders: reality and theory; Conclusions: interpretation and implications.


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MT Højgaard is carrying out the athletic facility of 2,200 m² primarily designed for gymnastics, workout and performance. The gym is part of the sport complex Tórsvøll at Tórshavn.
The concrete building is integrated into the landscape at the end of the Faroese national football stadium. This unusual location entails a possibility for the building to function both as backstage for larger concerts and as a grandstand for other outdoor activities. You can access the gym via the roof. From the seats at the interior balcony you will get a good view of the inside activities. The athletic facility will be completed at the beginning of 2010.
We constructed this ambitiously conceived building, which is one of Northern Europe's largest and most modern aquariums.
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On the waterfront in Aalborg, MT Højgaard is constructing the shell for a concert hall of great architectural and acoustic quality.
We are constructing a spectacular new exhibition building for Moesgård Museum. The building will be integrated into the hilly landscape south of Aarhus.


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SHREWSBURY, Mass. – Shrewsbury Selectmen bid a public fond farewell to a familiar face Tuesday. The board announced that its secretary of 13 years, Janice McCoy, is retiring as of Dec. 31.
Selectmen issued a proclamation recognizing McCoy's service at her last board meeting Tuesday. The proclamation acknowledged her service and skills, including her familiarity with the "idiosyncrasies" of board members throughout the years.
McCoy thanked the board, noting, "They're all my friends."
Selectmen on Tuesday also welcomed their new secretary, Christine Mattero, a former group leader with the Marion E. Zeh Elementary School in Northborough.