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|Bisphenol-A is a compound used as a building block of certain types of plastics, including polycarbonates. The chemical, dubbed BPA for short, has been largely eliminated from consumer products such as baby bottles and water bottles. However, BPA has another less obvious use in thermal printers and 'carbonless copy paper.' That means the compound may be found in some fax machines, as well as in store cash register receipts. We'll talk about it and whether it matters.

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With the sharp downturn in the economy, the number of self-represented litigants appearing in the New York State Courts has increased dramatically. In response, the court system has established the Volunteer Attorney Program as a free service designed to ensure that these litigants have access to competent legal advice to guide them as they represent themselves. There are also programs that provide limited scope representation in courtrooms.
Under the supervision of court staff, volunteer attorneys spend full days or parts of days in a courthouse, and are available to provide legal advice and assistance to self-represented litigants in:
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|Boone Man Charged as Avery Drug Dog Sniffs
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On June 24th 2011 Deputies with the Avery County Sheriff's Office made a traffic stop on Hwy 221 near Linville. The driver was 19 year old Ethan Forest Peverall of Boone, NC. A K-9 alert allowed deputies to search Mr. Peverall's vehicle and found packages of marijuana packaged to sell.
The investigation showed Peverall was going to Burnsville to sell the packages of marijuana. Mr. Peverall was charged with felony possession of marijuana, and maintaining a vehicle for control substance.
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ORONO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It may be hard to fathom losing a child...and everyone has their own way to grieve. For the parents of 15 year-old Taylor Darveau, part of their healing process was to go to Saturday's football game between Bucksport High School and Orono.
Taylor was a cheerleader for the Bucksport squad and would have been on the sidelines with her friends and classmates. She died in a car crash last Thursday night. NEWS CENTER's Johnny Mehler was at the game and witnessed the emotional tribute between parents, and players when the game ended.
Battling against both the Red Riots and their own emotions, the Golden Bucks trailed all game. With two minutes left, they got their final chance to change that and the sidelines were louder than at any other point.
There was a huge hole on the cheerleading squad, but Taylor was in their hearts and the hearts of all those players on the field. They were determined to win this game for her.
Play after play the Golden Bucks drove down field and with 58 seconds left in the game, they took their first lead of the game. It was a lead they would not give up.
The sidelines erupted with cheers and tears. Players pointed to the sky to let everyone know who they played for. Cheerleaders, friends and family all rushed the field. One giant community celebrating more than just a victory in the game of football, but the life of Taylor Darveau.
With the game ball in their hands, the Darveau family will never forget. "From the bottom of my heart, you boys played your heart out for a girl who loved every one of you and this means so much to me. She may not be able to be here, but she's in everyone of your hearts," said Christina Darveau, Taylor's mother.
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A marketing campaign, including an airplane safety video from a New Zealand airline implements a strategy in hopes that passengers have a positive response and more importantly pay attention. A safety video presents a purportedly formally dressed flight crew. However a closer look reveals that the crew—presenting safety instructions—is wearing only body paint, nametags included. And while the crew delivers the safety information they playfully hint at the viewer to "take a closer look".
To an unsuspecting observer the video is meant to add shock value while portraying a literal representation of the airlines marketing campaign. Additionally the video speaks to the evaluation of stimulus that may be appealing or demanding one's attention.
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New software will give Price citizens more say in services
Sometimes every organization needs a different ray of light cast on their operations to find that there is a better way to do things.
1992: New jail, Peace Garden okayed
Editor's Note: This is one of a series of articles about the history of the Sun Advocate and the county it covers as a newspaper. The article is being written from front page stories that appeared during each year in commemoration of the 120th anni...
Animal shelter under wraps
As walls have gone up at the new animal shelter on Airport Road, workers have enclosed it in plastic sheets to shelter it from the winter weather. The county has recently approved a bond issue to partly finance the $1.4 million project, with half co...
Treating energy waste with creative solutions
A boom in oil and natural gas extraction began a decade ago when improved hydraulic fracturing and field flooding techniques allowed more of the resource to be captured easily...
Boards, committees an important part of county governance
Citizens of Carbon County are part of the government of the community. Everyone who lives in the area either pays taxes or votes or both. Many of those same people own property and businesses, as well....
Buyers say dish deal was not as promised
When Douglass and Rosella Jackson were in the midst of a move into a new home, they concentrated on making sure all of their family mementos and the rest of their belongings were safely packed and ready to be moved. Living in Elmo, the couple subscr...
Wellington may get some help from legislature
State Rep. Patrick Painter listened to Wellington's mayor and council earlier this year when they briefed him on how the legislature inadvertantly crippled the city's budget.
Chronic wasting disease in new area, but not a serious problem yet, Wildlife Resources advises
A deer infected with chronic wasting disease has been found in a new area in Utah. That's not a surprise, though -- the new area is next to an area where the disease has been for years....
Helper schedules special meeting
The Helper City Council has scheduled a special work meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in the council room at the Civic Auditorium.
Watkins outlines legislative challenges ahead
If all school kids are created equal, it makes sense that the state should fund each one equally, right?
Deadline near for Arch coal teacher nominations
It's not too late to nominate an outstanding teacher for an Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Award, according to Ken May, general manager of Arch Coal's Sufco mine.
Utah job count up, unemployment down
Utah's nonfarm wage and salaried job count for November 2011, as generated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), expanded by 2.5 percent compared to November 2010. This is a 12-month increase of 30,300 jobs, and raises total wage and salary e...
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"I love the adorable sketches Alber Elbaz does," says Song of Style's Aimee Song. The Calfornia-based blogger wears the pastel green shade from Color Définicils Palette ($51) in Mint Jolie, with the shimmering highlighter shade in the corner of her eye, layered over a winged cat-eye. "I styled my outfit around my make-up!"
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Hiring a car in Chengdu is not advised due to heavy and chaotic traffic, especially at rush hour times. Metered taxis are available, though difficult to find in some areas. Note that it is necessary to have your destination written in Chinese as most drivers don't speak English. There are plenty of public transport options, however, most of which are marked on tourist maps available from the airport, railway station, and souvenir shops. Public transport in Chengdu is mostly comprised of an extensive bus network. It is worthwhile to buy a transit card, which offers discounts and eliminates the need to carry exact change. The other half of Chengdu's public transport is the metro, which connects the North and South Railway Stations. Fares are CNY 2-5 depending on distance. A second line, running northwest and southeast, has recently been completed.
Electrical current is 220 volts, 50Hz. Plug types vary, but the two-pin flat blade and oblique three-pin flat blade plugs are common. Adapters are generally required.
China's currency is the Renminbi Yuan (CNY), which is divided into 10 jiao or 100 fen. Make sure you exchange your leftover Yuan before returning home because you may have difficulty exchanging the currency outside China's borders. Foreign cash can be exchanged in cities at the Bank of China. Banks are closed weekends. The larger hotels and the special 'Friendship Stores' designed for foreigners will accept most Western currencies for purchases. Major credit cards are accepted in the main cities, but acceptance may be limited in more rural areas. ATMs are scarce in rural areas.
The international dialling code for China is +86. Phone cards are widely available and calls can be made from post offices and hotels; phone booths on the streets are usually for local calls only. In hotels, local calls are generally free or will be charged only a nominal fee. Mobile phone networks are very advanced and Chinese networks have roaming agreements with most non-North American international operators. Internet cafes are available in most main towns.
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The weather in Chengdu is mild and humid all year long; however, the four seasons are quite distinct: spring is long and warm, summer is short and steamy, autumn is cool and rainy, and winter is cold and foggy. Temperatures range from 21°F (-6°C) in the winter (December to February) up to 99°F (37°C) at the peak of summer (June to August). Chengdu is humid and foggy for most of the year, which reduces sunlight hours and can exaggerate the feel of the temperature. The rainy season is in July and August, when occasional storms are experienced. The best time to visit Chengdu is in the spring and autumn, including April to June and September to November.
There are shuttle buses running to downtown Chengdu, as well as long-distance coaches to other cities in Sichuan Province.
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The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people's bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder: "Can this happen here?"
The economic repercussions of having people feel that their money is not safe in banks can be catastrophic. Banks are not just warehouses where money can be stored. They are crucial institutions for gathering individually modest amounts of money from millions of people and transferring that money to strangers whom those people would not directly entrust it to.
Multi-billion dollar corporations, whose economies of scale can bring down the prices of goods and services — thereby raising our standard of living — are seldom financed by a few billionaires.
Far more often they are financed by millions of people, who have neither the specific knowledge nor the economic expertise to risk their savings by investing directly in those enterprises. Banks are crucial intermediaries, which provide the financial expertise without which these transfers of money are too risky.
There are poor nations with rich natural resources, which are not developed because they lack either the sophisticated financial institutions necessary to make these key transfers of money or because their legal or political systems are too unreliable for people to put their money into these financial intermediaries.
Whether in Cyprus or in other countries, politicians tend to think in short run terms, if only because elections are held in the short run. Therefore, there is always a temptation to do reckless and short-sighted things to get over some current problem, even if that creates far worse problems in the long run.
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Lemon Cheesecake Jar
Presented by: Chef Tom Small of Tacoma's Boathouse 19
This is a very rich cheesecake topped with house-made lemon curd and a graham cracker crust. We put the crust on top so it stays lightly packed and can be part of each bite of the dessert. This recipe can be easily doubled or halved.
makes 12
Cream Cheese Base
- 3 pounds cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 6 large eggs
- 12 small mason jars with lids (We use wide-mouth half pints.)
Lemon Curd
- 1/2 cup (about 8) egg yolks
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into cubes
Graham Cracker Crust
- 1 cup graham crackers, crushed
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 melted butter
Cream Cheese Base
Combine cheese, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice and mix on low speed until well incorporated, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. With the machine running, add eggs one at a time, making sure to fully incorporate eggs into cheese mixture and scraping bowl down occasionally. (Cheese and eggs must be at room temperature for this to work well. Scraping down the bowl will prevent lumps of cream cheese in the mixture.)
Fill each jar three-fourths full with cream cheese base. The base should come just below the round lid threading. Each jar should hold 3/4 cup filling. Bake at 275 degrees in a hot water bath until cheesecakes are set, about 11 to 14 minutes. They should be 150 degrees at the center of the cheesecake. Cool completely, then refrigerate.
Lemon Curd
Combine egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice and zest in a non-reactive saucepan over medium high heat, whisking constantly. Cook until boiling in the center. Remove from heat and whisk in butter, a few pieces at a time. Cool completely and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Graham Cracker Crust
Combine graham cracker, sugar and melted butter in a large bowl and stir to combine well.
Spoon about 2 tablespoons of Lemon Curd over top of cooled cheese cakes and spread evenly. Spoon 1 1/2 tablespoons of Graham Cracker Crust over curd and put lids on jars for service.
To plate, remove lid from cheesecake jar and place on a small round plate.
Chef's note: To soften cream cheese, put it in a zip-lock bag and drop it in a bowl of hot water.
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A fantastic cheesecake, but there is an error in the recipe. I am sure it should read "3 packages of cream cheese", not 3 pounds. When made with 3 250g packages the recipe works perfectly.
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Publish and be damned they say. I feel a bit like that with my book Kaos Hieroglyphica: Alchemy for the New Aeon. I started writing this when I was just 23 and had finished writing it by the time I was 28. It wasn't published until I was 29, nearly 30. I am now 35. Inevitably my 35 year old self cringes at some of my decade old writing. However, in the first article I ever had published, namely "Liber Minor 0", I had enough sense to write one of the best sentences I have ever written, namely that 'I reserve the right to disagree with myself at a later date.'Well, here I am at a later date exercising my right to disagree with myself! In particular I have cause to revisit the Psyche Magic chapter, in particular the ritual. Rather than rewrite the ritual, I am going to tell the story of its actual performance, what lead up to it, and how the recipient has been empowered by it since. Read More


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Defense Chief Panetta And Gen. Dempsey Discuss Plan To Lift Ban On Women In Combat
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The shepard can buy whatever he wants.
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Celebrating 60: The Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance
As part of the ongoing Diamond Jubilee celebrations surrounding Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 60th anniversary on the throne, the Windsor Castle grounds will host a special concours d'elegance this September.
Windsor Castle at Sunset. Photo by David Iliff
A three-day affair held from Friday, September 7, through Sunday, September 9, the Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance will display a carefully selected 60 cars to represent the Queen's 60-year reign; 17 of these cars are coming from America to be shown in the Castle's central quadrangle (The Upper Ward).
1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost London-Edinburgh Tourer
The lineup will include the Petersen Museum's 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 "Round Door Rolls," the Pebble Beach Concours-winning 1931 Daimler Double-Six 50 Corsica Drophead Coupé and, on special display, the 1969 Aston Martin Volante DB6 MKII given to HRH The Prince of Wales by the Queen on his 21st birthday. Car owners are encouraged to dress in a fashion appropriate to their car's era.
1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Coupé
"The Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance's primary objective is to be a highly successful fundraising event," the event release states. "The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry will grant funds raised through the Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance to organizations which are making a real impact in the area of care for children with a life limiting illness." While Friday will be an invitation-only day, 5,000 members of the public will be admitted both Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for admission cost £25 ($39) and are available in advance only, through the Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance website.
Overseas visitors can take advantage of a special travel package to the UK from luxury travel specialist Abercrombie & Kent, including a VIP day at the Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance, which starts at $4,835.


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POTSDAM Goldfish, starfish, jellyfish, seashells and seaweed set the theme for the first place roller coaster model at Clarkson Universitys 7th annual Roller Coaster Competition through their Integrated Math and Physics for Entry To Undergraduate STEM Program.
The entire room applauded at the announcement that eighth and ninth graders Katelin L. Gardener, her sister Chelsea M., Courtney M. Loffler and Shawn P. Rubin would take the trophy back to Ogdensburg Free Academy for the second year in a row.
The team said each member picked two themes, but they ultimately decided to go with Under the Sea.
Using paper cutouts of fish, fake plants and seashells they decorated their coaster design, which they constructed with Styrofoam tubes.
We really put our effort into it and thats really all that matters, Katelin said.
The competition is the finale event of Clarksons year-long IMPETUS Program, which consists of several math and science projects and learning opportunities for high school students throughout the year. Michael W. Ramsdell, Clarkson assistant professor of physics and co-coordinator of the competition, said the students start working on their roller coaster design projects in September.
With a program like this, the students get to do a design, see what other groups come up with and get immediate feedback, he said.
The models all had different themes and many were constructed out of recycled materials like Styrofoam, paper towel tubes and other cardboard items. They each used a marble as their models vehicle.
Mr. Ramsdell said the roller coasters were judged on longest time, loops, support structure and track openness. This year, the competition had the largest participation with 11 districts represented and 18 different models.
We think roller coasters are a nice way to get students interested in math and science, said Katie R. Fowler, director of Clarksons STEP program. Its critical that we have these programs especially in Northern New York where were very rural and isolated. In our area there are a lot of potential first-generation college students, so we think having them come here to work with our students, some of whom are local, gives them the idea that this is something they can do.
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We lost a student who was really close with us, so we did the red white and blue because he was a marine, eighth grader Morgan J. Prashaw said.
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There is a new trend for buying up charity shop garments (or even sheets and curtains!) and refashioning them into quite trendy garments. There is a cool website set up by a lady in Australia where some refashioner's attempts are being posted. Wardrobe Refashioned It is actually getting people sewing. It started with the blog.
I think it is a great idea. I also think it is fun to take things one step further and add artistic embellishments. Some of the girls are doing that, like to cover stains or t-shirt sayings they don't want.
Recently, after being at a workshop at Houston taught by Traci Bautista (Who wrote Collage Unleashed) , I have started refashioning and painting some clothes. I have some other bits I bought to change as well.
For instance, here is a fun skirt I enjoyed altering. Look in the gallery under Jeans skirt makeover. (I am not sure how to copy the links to several photos).
Anyone else into the refashioning idea?
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I have refashioned jeans into skirts using hand painted fabrics. I use to refashion jeans into bellbottoms, skirts, and purses way back in the '70s. I have gotten into it again lately. I also refashioned my family's jeans into a memory quilt for my son when he graduated from high school. I guess I do a lot of refashioning.
I have never done the jeans to skirts thing. perhaps because I have never found a pair that actually fit me at the waist!
Do you have photos somewhere of the ones you did with hand painted fabrics?
My aunt did a lot of jeans quilts. They were very heavy.
I'm a teacher at a public school and at the beginning of each school year they give us a shirt. Each year they are a different color and they are the polo type shirts with a couple of buttons down the front and a collar. They are always men's sizes and aren't very flattering. I take them apart and redo them. I like them better without the collars. I added lace to one of them. I painted a couple of them with symbols from our school. I want to do a lot more refashioning but just don't have the time.
I had forgotten about my jean to skirt makeovers back in the 70's. I remember a favorite long jean skirt that I now wish I had! It was so comfortable.
Great ideas for your school shirts!
I think the idea of changing the polo shirts is a very good idea. Do you have any photos anywhere? What kind of comments do you get from the other teachers?
I just blogged about another skirt I changed. You can see it here.
Actually, I also just got an email a few minutes ago from a newspaper. They found my blog and like the idea of restyle/refashioning clothes in the credit crunch. so, they want to do an interview! I am doing a workshop on the 20th June through the college called Recycle and Restyle Your Clothes. The lady who emailed said she is willing to cover that as well!
I am doing a bit of a dance inside as we speak!
I'll try and take photos and post them this weekend. The other teachers look forward to seeing what I'll do with the latest shirt. It has become like a personal challenge for me to do each one differently. If any of you out there see anything on the web about redoing polo shirts let me know.
I haven't actually seen much more than you have already described. perhaps when I see what you have done so far I can think of a few other ideas.
I just posted a t-shirt refashion to go with the latest skirt on my blog.
"I love thrift stores and am always finding wonderful handmade garments - sweaters, jackets, vests and sometimes dresses too. And I also like to remake clothes big time. I have this wonderful jacket right now that has the most wonderful embroidery all over it, but it is too small, and I am trying to figure out what to do with it to make it something I can use and not lose any of that wonderful embroidery. Also got a t-shirt - the kind that look like they have soft paintings on them but it is just huge, so again, I want to save the design and love the color, but not sure what to do to keep it all. I got a vinyl apron with the most wonderful printed flowers, etc. and that one I intend to make into a tote bag. "
First of all, tote bags are always fun! you never seem to have enough.
Alot of times with something that is too small, you can find a toning fabric and add panels where you need them to make it bigger. The difficult part of advising on that is without seeing it on a person, it is difficult to say the best way to do that to suit the person. However, if you want to chop it and use the embroidery, you can unpick the seams and take it apart. Sometimes it is hard to see what to do when the garment is still in its orriginal shape.When you have done unpicked it, you suddenly have "pieces of Fabric" which are much easier to think of ways to use. Some ideas of ways to use it are: Art quilts, of course!; cut sections from the pieces for accents like collars and cuffs on another garment; similarly, you can cut pattern pieces from it (like something with panel style lines) and put it together with a toning fabric. I am sure once you take it apart, you will think of other things.
On the t-shirt that is too large, you can take a t-shirt that does fit you. Turn the big shirt inside out and fold both it and the fit shirt on the centre front fold and lay them together. Lay the shoulders together for the guide at the top. Mark where the fit shirt lays on the big shirt with pins at the side seam. It might actually need the sleeves taking in as well. Use a long stitch to stitch the new seams. try it on to see if you like it and do any adjustments that are needed. Hopefully it isn't so big that you loose too much of the design. Stitch the seam again with a proper stitch length. You might find it easier to stitch t-shirts with a ball point needle. Trim the seam to about 1/2in away from the new seam line. The t-shirt won't fray, but the seam will hold up better if you overlock it or zigzag it.
1 If it is too long, turn the shirt rightside out, lay the 2 shirts together as before and mark the hemline. (if you mark with chalk, it works pretty well.) 2 This time, check the hem of the t-shirt you like and see how much it has been turned up. Add this amount to where you marked the hem length. (mark it with the chalk) 3 Then add just about 1/2 in for good measure!! Cut on that last mark. Turn the hem up, having the fold at the first mark (the desired hem length). Stitch with a twin-needle straddling the the second mark. This will give you something similar to the cover stitch that is normally used. It will look like a zigzag on the back.Turn it to the inside and trim the excess near to the stitching.
I hope these are helpful ideas. I hope they are clear enough instructions to understand!!
I'm going to a "play day" Saturday the 30th with some artist friends. One of the things I'm planning to do there is to refashion a jersey I bought. It has black and white horizontal stripes and looked so cute on the hanger that I didn't bother to try it on. When I wear it, I look like I just escaped from a jail. I was thinking that maybe I could add some colorful dyes or piant to make it look good. Does anyone have any ideas they could share with me before Saturday?
I also have a cute t-shirt that I bought at Old Navy and it has a beautiful painted design on it. But it is too tight and too long. So I am going to shorten it by taking in some diagonal pintucks and widen it by adding some inserts from another t-shirt. I'll post pictures if it works out.
Hi - I teach and must get the same shirts - boxy men's polo shirts. I love the cotton mesh (live in the hot Calif valley). I take in the side seams, curve waist a little. What has been fun is finding cute buttons. I change the mannish buttons to little flags, cats, or flowers. I sew a button on top of each sleeve hem too. After shortening the men's l-o-n-g shirt, new hip slits are made, with another matching button on one hem slit. It keeps the students amused. aha
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It's in Australia so I assume they also know some best fashion boutique for men, like the site http://www.shoppingformen.com.au/product-category/mens-accessories-and-apparel/ where some of my favorite accessories came from them. Although they only have limited items to choose from, their product authenticity is one of my preference.
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YIELD: Makes 10 to 12 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 35 min
TOTAL TIME: 1 hr
IngredientsFor salad
- 8 firm-ripe Bosc pears (4 lb), peeled, cored, and each cut lengthwise into 8 wedges
- 1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small head chicory
- 1 small head escarole
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- 1 bunch mizuna, coarse stems discarded
- 1 small head romaine
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Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
Toss pears with oil and spread in 1 layer in a 17- by 12-inch shallow baking pan, then season with salt and pepper. Roast pears, stirring and turning over twice, until pears are tender and beginning to brown, 20 to 30 minutes, then cool about 15 minutes.
While pears are roasting and cooling, tear enough tender chicory and escarole leaves (discard ribs) into bite-size pieces to measure 6 cups total. Tear enough radicchio, watercress, mizuna, and romaine into bite-size pieces to measure 10 cups total. Toss torn greens in a large bowl and reserve remaining greens for another use.
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Whisk together shallot, vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper, then add oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified.
Just before serving, add roasted pears and dressing to greens and toss to combine well.
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Salad greens can be washed and dried 1 day ahead, then chilled, wrapped in paper towels, in a sealed plastic bag.
Pears can be roasted 4 hours ahead and kept at room temperature.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories215
- Carbohydrates32 g (11%)
- Fat9 g (14%)
- Protein2 g (4%)
- Saturated Fat1 g (6%)
- Sodium73 mg (3%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber7 g (29%)
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I've been in the process of getting all of the more than 50 health screenings lately. Over the past several years I have put on a few pounds and my LDL cholesterol is too high, but overall I have been given a clean bill of health.
I mostly try to watch what I eat and stay away from fast food and junk. They say eating too many potato chips is bad for you.
But lately it is the healthy food that is scaring the pants off me. Tomatoes are the latest casualty of the good food gone bad scare. Last year it was spinach and before that it was those little green onions.
No one ever got E. coli from downing a bag of Fritos. Maybe a size 52 inch waist and a heart attack, but not E. coli.
It may be time to look at the way we cultivate produce. There are several facets to this problem. One is our insatiable demand for year-round availability of every type of produce. It used to be that we ate what was in season.
It was something to look forward to when the corn or the peaches came to market. But now we import produce from all over the country and the world. Oversight in other countries is not as strict as in our own. But even in the United States, there is a growing trend of lax oversight due to a cut back of funds for programs.
We demand affordable food and despite the cry to kick all the illegal immigrants out, they are the ones harvesting many of our crops. Some of the growers may not provide adequate facilities for sanitation and people need to go somewhere.
Also using contaminated water to irrigate crops has been noted as an issue in some places.
It used to be that the local stores produce managers knew where their food came from and many times met with the growers as they picked out the food for their stores. But now they must chose, sight unseen, their orders of food sent to them by middlemen from all over the world.
I have no clue where my lettuce was grown that I bought yesterday. We do have the right to know this.
Now I don't want more tiny little stickers on each piece of fruit I buy. It's already hard enough to scape those puppies off everything before you eat them. Just a clear, informative sign by the bin would suffice.
Of course I am also puzzled by the fact that sometimes it costs more for us to buy regionally grown food than the same item imported to us from Paraguay.
Well I am looking forward to my little crop of vegetables from my backyard. I also will visit the little farmer's market if it gets going again this season.
I am trying to be good and get my LDL down. I wonder how good oatmeal is with Fritos sprinkled on top.
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So … yeah. Sometimes things get a little goofy in the studio. Sometimes they get super goofy. Then, there's something like this. Monday's The LEFT Show is an example of what happens, I think, when you mix beer with wine, and testosterone with estrogen … like vinegar and dynamite.
Brenda Bell joins JM, JC, Sgt. Jake and Forrest in the studio and things get funnier and funnier.
Not only did the voters of Utah stay at home this year, the Utah AFL-CIO finally gave into their Stockholm Syndrome and started endorsing Republicans. At least they have till January 2013 before that bites them in the ass. I think this means that, as Democratic Candidates, we don't need to have the Union Bug on everything we do anymore, only the stuff we think might be nice to us, you know, if we're lucky.
Obama didn't get all gushy at God on a non-religious holiday, FOX News claims that poverty is a great diet plan, and the history of Green Bean Casserole. Oh, and, Calista Gingrich has a few things to say about how a family deals with infidelity.
All this and more, folks!
#44 – Bat Sh@t Crazy – Thanksgiving 2012
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I am thankful that I've somehow talked Jason Williams into doing another Thanksgiving episode! Haha! Silly Jason, always getting punished for never leaving the Canada of Utah. Heh.
Jason covers everything you need to know in this year's Bat Sh@t Crazy episode, and, bit, are we glad we did!
Bat Sh@t Crazy – Thanksgiving 2012
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#89 – The LEFT Show – Insert Title Here
Ha Ha! We tricked Weston Clark into the studio to chat with JM, Sgt. Jake, and Forrest about his days as the Salt Lake County Party Chair, an elitist level teacher (you know, smart kids), the host of his very own radio show, Weston Clark's Progress Report, AND, he's running for the Utah Senate.
We have our last Romney Watch 2012 (as a regular segment), Karl Rove has finally lost his mind, Mitt screws his campaign staff, Bush had better Mormon numbers, and Mittens made 15 million on the Auto Bailout.
Vaginal Americans won the election on Tuesday, and the Right Wing Media is killing the Right Wing Politicians.
Nate Silver is the new Chuck Norris, as it were.
The return of the The LEFT Show's, GOP Jesus Wanker of the Week!
Jason Williams returns with the GOP's crusade against Americans carrying concealed vaginas to the voting booth on a new Bat Sh@t Crazy! All this and more!
#88 – The LEFT Show – Election Night LIVEish
Well, folks, here it is. The LEFT Show's Election Night show. Yeah, about that …
It's … well, a total mess. No kidding. It took this long just to make it listenable. That aside, however, it's pretty funny, we have some special guests, kind of, A LOT of us getting stood up, and some drunken guests, and a lot of cheering voices and other things.
It's worth a listen, as it's the shortest episode in The LEFT Show's history. Seriously.
Oh, and Jason forgot to do a Bat Sh@t Crazy … so … there's that.
#88 The LEFT Show Election Night
#87 – The LEFT Show – Election Eve Spectacular!
Happy Election Eve, folks!
On this extra special election special The LEFT Show spectacular (was that enough, Forrest?) Jeff, Jake, Jon and Forrest are joined by Robert Easton to discuss all the little things you need to know (or gossip about) before you vote tomorrow – unless you're one of the 350,000 Utahns that already voted.
While polling shows that Obama will most likely get his second term, Utah Democrats prepare for the much mentions, often taunted "Dempocalypse" on Tuesday night. This would allow some greedy, money grubbing chucklehead, like Mike Noel for instance, to run for Speaker of the Utah House and remove all obstacles to his plans for statewide domination. Oh, and FEMA funds are available for flood victims in Washington County, but I'm sure that the Republicans down there will turn it down.
Millcreek: to city or not to city? That is the question. Those who want it can't stop lying and cheating, those against it play by the rules. The gents weigh in as best they can.
The bigger question involves months of rumors about John Swallow, the FBI, Mark Shurtleff and some new stuff about Jeremy Johnson shopping a piece of incriminating audio – before he goes back to jail. With this much noise out there, why is there a press blackout on these?
All this and MORE!
#87 The LEFT Show Spectacular!
#86 – The LEFT Show – Muahahaha!
Bill Frost joins JM Bell, Forrest Shaw and Sgt. Jake in studio for another spectacular episode.
The lovely and talented Tina Fey has a temper tantrum that we approve of, and we break down more of Jason Chaffetz's insane, deceptive, and misleading talk on Libya. And more Chaffetz and Issa silliness with dropping secrets on television in the Grand Old Tradition of the GOP. Oh, and some more Chaffetz duplicity on cutting the Embassy security budget, then whining about there not being enough security, then saying that there's no correlation between the two. Idiot.
The whole GOP Navy SEALs meme thing is mostly utter bullsh*t, but that doesn't stop the GOP talking about it, and there's some fun Halloween stuff. I think. I can't remember.
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The Camp Community's Response to September 11: What We Did, Why We Did It, and What It Means
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It was an emotional moment when the two buses finally pulled into camp that sunny Sunday afternoon in late August. I remember welling up with feeling and noticing a similar reaction in many of the adults around me as we crossed the grassy field heading toward the buses. It was a feeling I did not fully understand until camp was over at the end of the week.
Many of us had been planning for this moment for nine months. We were about to be entrusted with seventy-eight children, each of whom had lost a parent the year before. Many were the sons and daughters of firefighters and others who perished in the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11. America's Camp, as it had come to be called, was the brainchild of Jed Dorfman of Camp Walt Whitman. Jed, along with Jay Toporoff of Camp Danbee and other sponsoring members of the CampGroup, had received an endorsement for the camp from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Larry Levy, president of the Twin Towers Fund. Once sanctioned in this way, they were able to gain access to some of the families who had, understandably, been extremely wary of the press and most any organization trying to approach them. After all, what was for us a national tragedy was for them a very personal and private loss. Later, as we came to know the children at camp, it became clear that their experiences were fundamentally different from ours. September 11 was a day we felt changed America. For them it was the day their fathers or mothers died.
The Salient Factor
Our first lesson at America's Camp came early. While many of the campers came with siblings, most of the children did not know one another. As we watched over them in those first few hours, it appeared that one of the older female campers was segregating herself from the rest of her group and perhaps aligning herself with one other child separate from the rest of the group. We wondered if there was an emerging racial issue, as the two girls isolating themselves were of the same race, which was different from the rest of the group.
It was not so much of a stretch for us to wonder about this. After all, the two girls did come from a culture and background that probably made them feel initially different from the others, and this difference probably was the basis for their "finding" one another. Before our wonder could go much further, however, the "group magic" happened. The fact that these two girls had the same compelling reason to be at camp as all the other campers made any differences, real as they might be, ultimately unimportant. It quickly became clear to us that the one thing that these children had in common - the recent loss of a parent - was so compelling, so powerful for them and us, that any other difference, whether it was race, hometown, even gender, was trivial by comparison. They all belonged to the same "club," as it were, finally together in one place here at the end of the summer.
We were witnessing what Judith Harris, in her book titled The Nurture Assumption, described as the salient factor, a well-known concept in social psychology. In the case of our campers, the most powerful salient factor was that they had all suffered a sudden loss of a parent. This was the one common condition that gave the group its strongest identity. As Harris points out, "when a particular social category (in this case, the loss of a parent) is salient and you categorize yourself as a member of it - that is when the group will have the most influence on you."
This notion of salience is a bit tricky. What makes a group condition salient, which is to say prominent or conspicuous, is the presence of a contrasting factor within the group or in another group. For example, the social category "lost a parent" is not salient in a group of children who all have the recent death of a parent in common. As soon as some children who have not lost a parent are present, everyone who has lost a parent recognizes how they are "different." It suddenly stands out. The campers themselves told us how, when they were part of other camp programs that summer where they were the only child who had lost a parent, they resented being, as they put it, the "9-11 kids." As individuals in these mainstream programs, they always felt "different" or self-conscious or "looked at."
One child told us that she came to resent it when adults or other children would ask, "How are you doing?" - a question which immediately drew attention to the fact that she was different. (It is interesting to see how what is intended as a question of concern from caring adults can so easily be experienced as uncomfortable or unwanted by the children to whom that care is directed!) Even though each child had suffered a tremendous and shocking loss, they, like most children, did not want to be different or singled out from other children.
The relief for most of the campers at America's Camp was that all the other campers were just like they were. It was not only "no big deal" to talk about your dad, the firefighter, from a certain engine company, but a relief. Finally the story of one camper could be echoed with the story of not only all the other campers in his or her bunk, but, indeed, the entire camp.
Committed Staff
The loss the children had suffered was clearly felt by the staff. Though the counselors had by and large not suffered what the children had suffered (a few counselors and many of the volunteer adult grief workers had themselves lost a parent, spouse, or child), they had volunteered to be at America's Camp because of the sympathy they had with the children's loss. Coming from five different camps, two all male, two all female, and one coed, each with very distinct and different cultures and styles, the staff blended and worked together at an amazingly high level of cooperation and collaboration.
This was no small feat. The counselors from the five camps were, after all, the cream of the crop - the strongest of the staff from their respective camps who were used to taking initiative, taking charge, getting things done, going the extra mile and doing it with flourish, vigor, and spirit. In other words, we had 120 leaders. My concern was that these wonderful, committed, highly motivated, hard-working young adults would fall all over each other. How would they, strong characters that they were, work out on such short notice, having literally been thrown together in less than thirty-six hours - who would do what and who would follow whose lead?
Once again the group magic happened. The desire to serve these children, with their compelling history, was so complete that it overcame any clash of ego or conflict of style. As one counselor put it, "We're here for the kids. It doesn't matter whose idea is most impressive or who the most popular counselor is. What matters is that we give these kids the best week of their lives."
Power struggles or ego trips were simply out of the question for this staff. Such was the power of their commitment, mirroring the condition of the children. They were truly able to put the needs of these children ahead of their own. Indeed, during a debriefing session I held for staff at the end of the week, one counselor quipped that "inter-camp games will be forever ruined for me" because, as he said, he could not imagine competing in any serious way with people he had become so close to and worked with so well.
The Buddy System
One of the most important aspects of America's Camp was the presence of two different groups of adults and their respective outlook and mission regarding the children. Over twenty volunteers and leaders from the Center for Grieving Children (CGC) in Portland, Maine, joined the counselor staff. The Center was established fifteen years ago by a man named Bill Hemmens, whose adult sister died of terminal cancer leaving him to find help with his own grief and that of his niece. The CGC volunteers, or "buddies" as they were called at camp, partnered with the counselor staff to be available for campers who might have grief issues regarding the loss of their parent. (We had one child who lost her mother three months after her father died on September 11.)
There were many differences between the buddies, and the cabin and program counselors chosen from CampGroup camps. First, as a group, the buddies were older. Many were parents and a number of them had experienced a death of their own child, spouse, or parent. As a group, the buddies were consequently more identified with the campers and less identified with the general staff. In addition, each buddy volunteer had received over twenty hours of training specifically around grief work and came from an organization whose mission " . . . is to provide support to children and teens who are grieving the death or coping with the life-threatening illness of an important person in their lives." This in turn shaped what was perhaps the greatest difference between these two staff groups, which was their vision of what camp would actually be about.
Counselors, especially high performers the likes of which we had at America's Camp, saw their job as "keeping the kids happy" - play hard, laugh often, and do as much as possible in the week we have together. In some ways, the staff was helping the children "keep their minds off their pain." They had come to give what they were the experts at giving children - a great time. The orientation of the "buddies" was, of course, just the opposite. Their vision was to provide a forum for and allow the campers, in their own time and in their own way, to talk about and remember their beloved parent.
Deciding which direction to go was a tension we felt all week at camp. I like to think it was a healthy tension - an issue that needed debate and discussion without any one "right" resolution. Prior input from the parents did not offer us any great guidance. Our parents had explicitly said they did not want a "grief camp," yet no one truly asked in detail just what having a "grief camp" meant to them. Did this mean they didn't want their children to feel sorry for themselves or to dwell on the death of their other parent and become morose? This, of course, would be in keeping with a healthy urge to go on with life. Yet, our camper parents also said they wanted their children to be with other children who had had the same experience as they so that, in the words of one mom, "he would know he's not the only one." Parents wanted their children to come home with the names and addresses of other kids they could maintain contact with and see throughout the school year - kids who were "just like them."
Facing Our Feelings
As a therapist, I think about the balance between giving time for feelings and "moving on" with life quite a lot. As Americans, we are busy people. One aspect of our being so busy is how much of a distraction it affords us from feeling.
Whether it is pain, uncertainty, sorrow, sadness, or anguish, if we keep ourselves busy enough, we won't feel it. As Americans, we have many distractions to help us avoid feelings. A recent article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, stated that the true appeal of sports is the tremendous distraction it offers to the difficulties of life.
Many people have spoken about September 11 as a kind of "wake-up call," like cold water on the face - something no amount of diversion could help us avoid. One lesson we can take from the campers of America's Camp is that, given the opening and the support, we as people can heal ourselves through play, games, building, talking, sharing, and having our feelings.
As I said to the staff during our hurried orientation, we can't "make" children feel anything they don't already feel. We simply either give them the space and the structure
to have their feelings in constructive ways, or we help them avoid those feelings by distraction and over programming. As one camper said, "I like thinking of my dad. He was a hero. He saved a lot of people. Why would I not want to talk about that?"
Indeed, it was, ironically enough, the children themselves who led the way. On the very first day many of our campers - boys and girls alike - were wearing T-shirts and sweat shirts showing their father's engine company and the names of all the fallen firefighters from that company. Or, they were wearing bracelets with their parent's name, or a locket or necklace with their parent's picture. What clearer signal could they have given us that there was a very important person in their lives that they were more than ready to tell us about?
A Celebration of Joyand Remembrance
What did we finally accomplish?I suppose that depends on whom you ask.I think America's Camp did a remarkable job of giving the children both one fun-filled, exciting, happy week; and a safe, supportive, responsive community in which to celebrate and remember their parent. That the memory often comes with sadness, pain, or anger is the nature of life. The counselors helped those children reconnect with their sense of wonder, their sense of adventure, and their sense of humor. The program staff did a monumental job of doing in one week what usually happens in three or four. And the buddies helped the children of America's Camp have their memories and their feelings - helping them see the continued connection they would always have with their "lost" parent.
At the end of the week, after the children had left, I conducted a debriefing session with the staff, the likes of which, in terms of honesty and depth of sharing, I am sure many of those counselors had never experienced before. Danny Metzger, camp director, spoke for all when he said, "I came here determined to give these kids one of the best weeks of their lives. Little did I know that they would give me one of the best weeks of my life."
Another staff member felt perplexed and sad about the fact that one of the campers seemed angry with her all the time, for no explicable reason. When I explained that "children will make us into whomever they need us to be in order to do the work they came here to do," it clicked for her. She immediately realized that this female camper was probably very angry that her father had "left her" and that the only person close enough to her that she could express her anger to was her mother. This week this female adult staff member was her "mother."
Another staff member stood up and said, "I've always enjoyed being a counselor - and I think I do a good job of it. This week was different for me. I got the feeling that this week I wasn't just a counselor; it was like I was a parent to these kids." Indeed, we were all parents to these children that week.
There were many other lessons at America's Camp, perhaps too many to name here. One that stays with me is how the loss each one of those children has experienced cannot help but resonate with the loss each of us eventually feels as a human being. There is no way out of this dilemma, except never to become attached to anyone. For those of us who dare to love, the loss is a matter of time. Yet, what is the choice? For America's Camp it was to celebrate the love and importance of that special person, knowing we are not alone in this - our most basic humanity. This is certainly the root of the emotion I felt walking across the field to greet our campers that first day of America's Camp last August. I cannot imagine a better gift to give . . . and receive.
Bob Ditter, licensed clinical social worker specializing in child, adolescent, and family therapy and on site mental health consultant to America's Camp, August 2002. The Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine, can be contacted at 207-775-5216 or at www.cgcmaine.org.
|Harris, Judith Rich. (1998). The Nurture Assumption. New York: The Free Press (Simon and Schuster, Inc.).
|The Center for Grieving Children (CGC). 1999. Supporting Children and Teens Through Grief and Loss: A Guide for Parents. Portland, Maine.
|"The True Appeal of Sports," The New York Times Sunday Magazine, September 29, 2002.
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