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A crew from Liberty Mountain Resort and Conference Center today took a "snow day" to assist Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport with snow recovery efforts. Following record back-to-back storms that dumped 44.3 inches of snow on BWI Marshall Airport, the Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today turned to the snow experts from Liberty, along with some specialized equipment, to help clear snow near important airfield navigational equipment.
Mechanics and operators from Liberty brought a PistenBully 600 ski slope and trail grooming vehicle to BWI Marshall Airport to help clear snow near the Airport's Runway 10-28 glideslope antenna. The specialized snowcat vehicle was hauled to BWI Marshall Thursday evening on a flatbed truck from Hamner's Garage in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
"I want to acknowledge and thank Liberty Mountain Resort for lending their equipment, their expertise, and most importantly, their employees," said Paul J. Wiedefeld, Executive Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration. "This was an innovative, outside-the-box solution that brought an important navigation technology back online here at BWI Marshall. The Airport, the FAA, and the airlines are appreciative of the fine work performed by the entire Liberty team."
The glideslope is a critical component of an Instrument Landing System (ILS), the ground-based technology that provides precision guidance to aircraft approaching and landing on airport runways. The ILS is particularly needed for aircraft operations during poor weather. The glideslope technology provides vertical guidance to aircraft approaching a runway for arrival. Glideslope systems are sensitive to uneven terrain near glideslope antenna equipment. The heavy snow this week at BWI Marshall affected the accuracy the glideslope technology.
The crew from Liberty Mountain Resort and Conference Center used the snowcat to remove and groom snow from near glideslope antenna, located alongside Runway 10-28, one of the major air carrier runways at BWI Marshall Airport.
Note: Photo of the PistenBully 600 snowcat in action at BWI Marshall Airport are available. Please contact the MAA Division of Communications at 410-859-7027 or 410-859-7737.


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Florida State coach Bill Peterson with the stars of his 1964 team, quarterback Steve Tensi and receiver Fred Biletnikoff, both of whom would go on to play in the NFL.
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You don't need to play "Six Degrees of Bill Peterson" to trace the roots of Florida State's still-fresh BCS National Championship to Mansfield. But quick research of the school's coaching lineage, a veritable "Who's Who," is a lot of fun.
Peterson, who got his head-coaching start at Mansfield Senior, laid the foundation for a Seminoles football program that has won three national championships, including two BCS titles.
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The slim Mexican, Kat is in scene two and she is very cute with her slim figure and braces. She also gets down and dirty with two guys and Kat takes a substantial anal pounding from both male performers in various positions, particularly dog style. She also has both guys cum in her mouth. Whilst there is no DP action in this scene, I would still give Kat a 4.
Scene 3 is undoubtedly the best with the smoking hot Chanel Chavez taking on two guys. Chanel is a seriously cute Mexican as well with a fantastic body. The anal sex starts straight away and Chanel is quickly sucking on one cock whilst the other fucks her ass. The scene gets into some serious DP action after only a few minutes. The DP action in the cowgirl position is unbelieveable here and Chanel orgasms a number of time. Either she does or she can act as well as she can fuck. The scene concludes with the obligatory double facial. This is one of the best scenes I have ever seen and it is clearly a 5 out of 5.
The next scene features the only European actress with Luigina, a cute little Slovak blond. Her body is not quite as tight as some of the other girls, but she takes on two guys as well as the other girls. Luigina is right into the anal sex straight away and she is DPed as well, including a really good standing DP. As with the other scenes, it finishes with a great double facial. This is about a 3.5.
Scene number 5 features a young Teagan Presley and whilst she only takes on one guy, the scene is very hot. There is a fair bit more vaginal sex with this scene, but also a lot of anal in various positions. Teagan is quite inexperienced compared to some of the other girls, but the anal sex is pretty hot and the facial finish is also really good. Another 3.5.
The final scene features Gia Paloma and I must admit she is not a girl that really turns me on. The sex is terrific and Gia handles two guys really well, with lots of anal and DP action. However, I would only rate the scene a 2.5 as she is just average looking with a below average body.
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Right-handed pitcher Alex Wimmers, the Twins' 2010 first-round draft pick who has been trying to play most of the season with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament, will head to the Twin Cities to undergo another examination from the team's medical staff, general manager Terry Ryan said Tuesday, July 31.
Wimmers, who has pitched in just two games this season, threw two-thirds of an inning for a Twins rookie team July 23 but hasn't been able to pitch since.
That has been frustrating enough for Ryan, but the situation has been made worse by his consternation over how long it's taken to get a concrete diagnosis on Wimmers and what he will need to recover.
"I don't quite get it," Ryan said. "I'd like to think we can diagnose and make sure we know what's going to go on, but we're not going to let him go any farther until we figure this out."
In the first season of his return as the Twins' GM, Ryan was planning to evaluate the team's medical operation after a 2011 season marred by injuries to key players like Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau. That evaluation is still ongoing, Ryan said, as is the team's new practice of making Ryan or assistant GM Rob Antony the sole point of contact for reporters on injury updates, though Ryan said he thinks that process has worked well.
As for Wimmers, Ryan said the Twins have tried to be conservative, waiting as long as they could before deciding he would need elbow surgery.
"Certain pitchers can pitch with certain things," Ryan said. "Others can't. Obviously, he can't pitch with what he's got right now, so we've got to figure out the next step of what we're going to do."
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(Washington, DC) October, 2005—Green Festival '05, a joint project of Global Exchange and CO-OP America, brought together 17,000 visitors for two energetic days of socially responsible shopping, options for thriving green living, foremost speakers and industry leaders, creating the largest party with a purpose at the Washington Convention Center September 24 -25.
The Green Festival is a movement-building event creating a physical space where environmental and social juice partner in generating economic stability and vitality. DC area consumers, in all shades of green, will have an unlimited opportunity to shop their conscience and "vote with their dollars" as they either begin to or further embrace the change to healthier, greener ways of living and a thriving green economy.
Something for the whole family and the first "Zero Waste" event held at the DC Convention Center, Green Festival showcased over 350 diverse local and national green businesses displaying and selling eco friendly, fair trade and sustainable products. Over 120 environmental, socially conscious, and visionary speakers appeared for standing-room-only panel discussions, lectures and mainstage speaking events that collectively welcomed over 12,800 people. Kids programs included story telling and musical guests. Movie screenings included the award winning film "The Real Dirt on Farmer John" featuring rural agricultural Renaissance Man, John Peterson. Show floor demonstrations included: how to offset carbon emissions from home, car and office; green home remodeling; green technology; cool green gadgets; green bling; eco fashion; composting plus workshops, a light bulb trade in program by Energy Star, plus the first ever garment take-back recycling program where employees of Patagonia, the largest enviro-sportswear company, had the DC community turning their used "underwear" (capilene based long layers) to be recycled into new garments.
Leading participating companies included: Patagonia, Seventh Generation, Terra Pass, Omega Institute, Dagoba Chocolate, Guayaki, Manitoba Harvest, Samazon, Green Mountain, Clif Bar and the Calvert Foundation. Foremost speakers included: Medea Benjamin, Congressman Dennis Kunich, Lester Brown, Nora Pouillon, Mike Tidwell, Dr. Alan Greene, Jim Hightower and Kevin Danaher. Non-profit organizations included: Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Code Pink Women for Peace, Center for Food Safety, Bread for the City, Community Harvest, Real Mama and Democracy Now!
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· Tower of Underwear – Patagonia garnered 25lbs of long underwear to be recycled into new outerwear
· Largest Light Bulb Exchange in the Country – 850 conventional light bulbs collected in exchange for new, energy efficient light bulbs
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· 4000 people walked through a 53-foot Rolling Rainforest - more than 80 species of plants, exotic birds & animals
· Cool Green Gadgets - electric bicycle, backpack that charges phone from sunlight
· Power Foods Pavilion – Tastings of exotic Organic & Fair Trade Foods from around the globe
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There was a persistent knocking at my door. "Randy? Randy. C'mon." I knew who it was. Only one person is as impatient as this. As the knocking continued, I slowly maneuvered through my apartment. I approached the door and asked, "What's the password?"
"You know my voice, Randy. Open the door."
"Randy, it's Mike. Open the door."
I could hear him sigh. We go through this conversation every time he visits, which is quite often. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. "Red Boston."
I opened the door and turned back into my apartment. Mike clicked the door closed behind him, and I could smell him. "Man, you smell like wet dog. What the hell."
"Sorry. CK was out most of the morning, jumping in the puddles from last night's rain and decided to shake right next to me before I left."
I headed to my couch and sat on the left cushion. Mike usually sits on the right cushion, leaving the middle cushion available. My furnishings are sparse and simple.
I felt his weight pounce onto the couch. "Do you have to flop down like that? I'd like to keep this nice-looking couch in good shape. I don't want to have to get the springs replaced because you flop down."
"You're grouchy this morning. Did you run out of coffee?"
"I'm grouchy? Why can't you ever just say the password? You know I can't just open the door when someone knocks. And yes, I ran out of coffee."
"Well, you're in luck. It's Friday and we can go to the store today. Are you up for that?"
I crossed my legs and turned toward Mike. I could feel him starting to relax; he didn't seem as annoyed or fussy now. "Yes. How's the weather outside?"
"Oh, it's nice. What you're wearing is perfect. No jacket needed."
I uncrossed my legs and stood. "Well, I just have to get my shoes on and we can get going." I walked slowly to my bedroom and stooped below the door. I'm 6'4" and usually have to stoop in doorways. Not a good height when you have my condition.
My socked toes found the shoes and I slipped them on. I heard the springs on the couch groan and Mike's shoes scuffing my carpet as he walked toward me. "I know my way around my own apartment."
"I know. Why don't we go and get some coffee before we get your groceries? Maybe you'll lighten up a bit."
Stooping below my doorframe again, I sighed and stayed there for a moment. "Yeah. That sounds good."
Mike held my arm and walked a step ahead of me. I knew the terrain well; I've traversed it many times. I could hear the sounds of cars crawling by, as the speed limit is only 30 mph. A couple walked behind us, arguing over her shopping addiction. Her perfume was strong, but sweet. I could nearly taste it. "Mike" I whispered. "What is she wearing, the lady behind us?" We stopped, and let the couple pass us.
"She has on a blue skirt, about knee high…"
"No, the smell. What is that?"
We started to walk again. "I don't know, Randy. I don't recognize it. Why?"
I shook my head. "Never mind." I didn't want to tell him the smell reminded me of my mom. I can talk to Mike about most things, but my mom and her death are off limits.
A few more steps and we entered the small and quaint coffee shop. The aroma lifted my spirits quickly and Mike led me to my seat. He left me alone to place our orders. I fidgeted with my hands, realizing I left my cane back at the apartment. The door opened with a bell jingle and I smelled something familiar. I held my breath for a moment, hoping I was right. The moment passed and nothing happened. I could still smell fresh baby powder and lavender, lingering around me. I let my breath out when I felt someone quietly sitting near me. A giggle emerged from across me.
"Sorry, Randy. I tried."
I smiled. "Dalanne, I know your lovely scent. You can't hide from me. Hug?"
Her chair scooted back, so I stood. I waited for her to round the table and felt her generous arms around my neck. Not many women are tall enough to do that. Dalanne is right at six feet tall. I wrapped my arms around her waist and gave her a long hug. Letting go, I asked, "Do you want to join me and Mike for coffee?"
"I'd love to. Let me order my coffee and I'll be right back, okay?"
Her scent stuck around as I was left in my own thoughts. Dalanne is a dance teacher. Her studio is next door to my apartment complex. We've become good friends over the past few months. Her laughter is music to my ears. She's quite the story teller and a wonderful listener. She grew up in Quebec and came to the States four years ago. She's here in Massachusetts now, enjoying her career and visiting her parents in Cape Cod as often as she can.
"Randy, your coffee." I reached in front of me carefully placing my fingers in and around the Styrofoam cup, testing it. I inhaled and then sipped. The heat washed itself over me and I felt my muscles relax, my whole body not so rigid.
"Thanks. It's just what I needed."
I could hear a smile behind Mike's voice. "I know, man. I know. Hey, Dalanne was right behind me. Is she joining us?"
"Do you want me to disappear for a bit?"
Mike minces no words. He's a great guy. "No, but thanks. She's on her way, isn't she?"
He cleared his throat.
"Hi, Mike. I thought that was you ahead of me. How are you?"
"I can't complain. I shouldn't complain. Unless you want me to complain."
Dalanne sat and laughed at Mike. Music. "You're too much. Really." She sipped at her coffee. There was a moment of awkward silence as we all sipped at our warm coffee.
Mike broke the silence. "Dalanne, what are your big plans for the weekend? Cape Cod, maybe?"
"No, my parents are on vacation, so I won't be visiting them. We have a dance recital coming up in a month. I've ordered all the costumes already, so I'm hoping those will come in this weekend."
"Is it next month already?" I asked. "What songs did you decide on for your classes?"
As Dalanne went on about music for her ballet dances, I had an image of her in my head that I couldn't shake. This beautiful lithe figure, on tip toes, dancing slowly to Chopin; muscles trained well, as each fluid move eases into another. Her hair is long, so I imagine it flowing gracefully in and out of her face, as she looks down at her own steps, and looking back up, as if looking at the stars.
"So, Randy. Does Saturday night sound good to you?" Dalanne seemed intent on this question and I didn't know how to answer. "Dinner? I can pick you up around seven?"
When did she ask me about dinner? We've never been out to dinner. Lunch and coffee kept our relationship light and friendly. "Dinner sounds great" I said with a smile.
After a quick round of groceries, Mike and I headed back to my apartment. "So, dinner with Dalanne, huh? Nice."
"Yeah, it should be great. She's never been to the apartment, so I had to give her the password. Do you think that was a bad idea?"
We stopped in front of the doors of my apartments. "No, man, I think its fine. Also, that was a good move letting her pick the place."
We took the elevator to the second floor and rode quietly. Ding and the doors swooshed open. To the left fifteen steps and my door on the right. I handed the keys to Mike, and I heard the brassy clanging sound as he entered the key into the knob and turned.
I put the three bags of groceries on the table, and let Mike put them up. As I listened to the bustle in the kitchen, I crouched below my bedroom doorframe and slipped off my shoes. Leading myself back to the couch, I laid down. I tried not to think about tomorrow night. All I could hope for was to not look like a total idiot in front of Dalanne. Dinner is very different than lunch or grabbing a cup of coffee. It's much more intimate. My nerves were starting to crawl up my stomach and making its way to my throat. I had to swallow. I suddenly thought of something and sat up quickly, making the couch springs groan.
"Yeah, man?"
"Should I get her some flowers? You know, for tomorrow."
He was quiet for a moment. He stopped putting away groceries. Or maybe he was finished and hadn't folded up the paper bags. His light footsteps shuffled across the kitchen and sat right next to me, in the middle of the couch. I could still smell the morning's coffee on his breath. I resisted the temptation to tell him so.
"Randy, it's not often a lady as attractive and nice as Dalanne asks a guy out. She really likes you. Like, really likes you. Tell you what… Don't worry about going out tomorrow to get flowers. I'll have them delivered here to you, say around 5. They'll knock and just leave the flowers in front of your door. And when Dalanne comes to get you, just have them in your hand, ready."
"Mike, are you sure I deserve you? You're too good for me." I suddenly felt bad that I couldn't go out and look for flowers for her myself.
"Dude, that's what I'm here for. When you signed on, they hired me to help. It just so happens I'm nicer than most of those people. And, even better, I'd like to think we've become friends."
His arm was on the back of the couch behind me and with his hand, he patted me on the shoulder. I tried to smile my best smile, hopefully hiding the tears that were welling up. "Are you finished putting up groceries? I'm really hungry."
We made some quick sandwiches for lunch while he gave me some pointers for tomorrow's date.
"Just relax, and don't have any expectations on the night."
"Be yourself." Oh, how I hate that one. He's right, though.
"Ask questions about her, be interested in her." I'm already interested, so that should be easy.
"Use your senses, you're good about that. You know when the mood is changing; you can read body language better than people that can actually see. Go with the flow. If she keeps the conversation light and easy, keep it there. Let her control where the conversation goes."
After we cleaned up from lunch, Mike left saying, "If you need anything -anything- you have my number. Don't hesitate to call me."
There was a soft knock on my door. My heart was knocking against my chest. "Red Boston," came a delicate voice. I made my way to the door and opened it, flowers in hand.
"These are for you."
"Oh, Randy, they're beautiful!" She took the bouquet from me and gave me a light hug. "Do you mind if we put them in water?"
I hadn't thought of that. I stepped back and turned around to lead the way into my apartment. She's never seen it, so I was hoping Mike cleaned as well as he said he did. "Nice little place. Cozy."
"If you look in the cabinet above the fridge, there should be a vase in there."
I heard her rattle around and take out a glass vase. "Pretty vase, it looks old."
"Oh, is it dirty?" I hoped it wasn't nasty, another thing I hadn't thought of, damn it.
"No, not dirty. But I can tell that it's seen many years of flowers."
"It was my mother's." Crap! Why did I say that? I don't want to talk about my mother!
"Well, it's very pretty. Do you mind if we use it?"
The butterflies in my stomach were fluttering around hard and were promising to make an appearance soon. "Yes, we can use it, that's fine."
She turned on the tap and I could hear the plastic around the flowers being pulled and torn. "How did you know that I love lilies?"
"I didn't. Just a guess, I suppose. I love the gentle smell of lilies, not too strong."
I could hear a smile with her voice. "I would have to agree." She hooked her arm with mine. "Are we ready?"
I nodded and we left.
She decided on Italian food, which, in my opinion, was an excellent choice.
"Would you like to look at the wine menu, sir?"
Before I could even begin to speak, Dalanne spoke up. "Something red, light, from '97, please."
"Yes, ma'am."
The restaurant sounded busy with murmured voices in the midst of their conversations, the clinking of utensils on ceramic plates, the glittery sound of glasses. My butterflies started their way up from my stomach and were about to make good on their promise. I didn't know where to start conversation. I didn't want to sound dull. In my throat, the butterflies flittered about.
"Is there water on the table?"
"Yes, to your ten o'clock."
I put my hand on the table and softly reached for the glass, testing its weight. I lifted it against my lips and took a long swallow. The butterflies were squelched back down and settled on my stomach again. Gingerly, I put the glass back on the table.
"Your wine, ma'am. Would you like to test it?"
"No, thank you, sir. I trust your judgment."
As the wine was being poured, Dalanne mentioned, "I know the menu very well, would you like me to order for you? They do have a menu in Braille."
I was touched. "Order for me. Surprise me."
She placed our orders and the waiter stepped away. "Your wine is at two o'clock."
"Oh, thank you." I deftly fingered for my wine glass. We sipped at the same time, and I could hear her fingernails slightly tapping along the stem.
"So, what does Red Boston mean?"
"Red Boston."
There was a story I haven't told in a long time. Mike doesn't know. A part of me wanted to shrug it off, but a bigger part of me wanted -no needed- to tell the story; tell what happened.
"That's a story I haven't actually told anyone," I finally admitted out loud. I heard Dalanne let out a small gasp of air. The silence between us was awkward. Should I begin telling the story? I was fine for a minute there, and now the butterflies weren't fluttering anymore; they were hammering against my stomach, my chest, and my lungs. It was almost hard to breathe. Taking my time, I grappled for my wine glass at two o'clock and tried not to gulp it down. A slow swig and then another. She's quiet, but I know she's still there. I can smell her lavender, and could feel her anticipation.
So I took a deep breath and began my story.
"February 1989, I was twelve years old. My mother had already passed away; my father and I were walking to hail a cab." I stopped, uncertain.
Dalanne prompted, "I'm here. Go on." The resonance between us was electric.
"It was a decent enough day, cold but sunny. I remember I was wearing my mittens given to me by my grandmother -my mother's mother. She knitted them herself. They kept my hands warm. My father was a slow walker, he shuffled his steps. He always shuffled; he walked toe first. He held my hand tight. I could hear very fast steps headed towards us. I tried to call out to my father, but the runner must have been fast because he knocked right between us, my mitten coming off into my father's hand."
"Dinner is here." It was barely a whisper. I stopped my story for a moment. Maybe a busy restaurant wasn't the best place for this.
The dinner plates softly plumped against the table in front of us. It smelled wonderful. "Sir, Ma'am, your plates are hot so please be careful."
Dalanne instructed me through my dinner plate. Once I knew where everything was, I tentatively began to eat. I could hear her take small bites, her teeth clinking on her fork. We finished our meal in silence.
After the meal, we declined coffee and I paid the check. Dalanne took my arm and showed me out of the restaurant. "So, what happened after you were knocked away from your father?"
"I was able to see."
She stopped abruptly.
"It only lasted a moment. But I was able to see. I could see cars on the street, I could see people walking around, and some people were watching my father and me. But the one thing I remember most seeing was the sky. The sun was setting, and the shadows were dancing along the buildings of Boston, making everything this deep rich and beautiful hue. That's how I remember Boston. That only lasted for that instant. I later asked my father the color of the sky. 'Red, my son. The sky was red,' he had said."
Dalanne was quiet and then I felt her arms surround my waist, and her head rested on my shoulder. "That…" She tightened her grip around me. "… was a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it with me."
Monday morning, there's the usual insistent knocking on my door. I shuffled my way through the apartment and asked for the password.
"Dude… It's Mike"
"Password," I said, but this time, with a smile on my face.
"Red Boston."
I opened the door and with baited breath, waited for his reaction. Nothing registered for a moment as I walked back through to the kitchen. "Oh! Dalanne! Hi." Shock, surprise, and I'm positive he was grinning from ear to ear.
"Mike, hello."
"Randy, am I needed today?" I thought about that for a second.
I was about to respond, when Dalanne did so for me. "You know, Mike. Take the day off."
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The popular conception of the police state, derived mainly from works of science fiction, revolves heavily around the deployment of exotic technologies for keeping the populace firmly under the thumb of an authoritarian government.
Winston Smith and the characters of 1984 were surveilled by the omnipresent telescreens. The inhabitants of the Brave New World were controlled by their government-administered soma drugs and hypnopædia indoctrination. Enemy of the State introduced the viewer to worldwide telephone and satellite surveillance. Philip K. Dick's Minority Report had its robotic tracking bugs. And all manner of science-fiction has featured pain devices and bracelets that cause the protagonist to double over in pain at the click of a button.
Perhaps it is the frequency with which these devices are presented to us in fictionalized form that prevents many from noticing that this technology is not the stuff of sci-fi fantasy, but increasingly a part of our everyday lives.


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Meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
October 25-26, 2006
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3)Sample Analyses. The first sampling campaigns in New Mexico and South Texas were completed in FY2009. All samples for the NM gin (approximately 1800) and for the South TX gin (approximately 1400) were taken to the USDA-ARS AQL in Lubbock, TX, and analyses were begun and continued into FY2010. Although processing the samples was a high priority, the primary focus was to prepare for and sample the two California gins in October and then prepare for the two gins to be sampled Fall 2010. The planning and preparation process for the sampling campaigns progressed in several different areas. The PIs made site evaluations at the gins to assess each site's potential and to lay out the pre-developed sampler arrays using GPS units. While on site, measurements and adjustments to the airflow for each gin system to be sampled were made to ensure that they were operating according to regulations. Since the gins used their gin yard for module storage, an additional site visit to those gins was required prior to the ginning season to bury electrical lines for the samplers. The cyclone extensions with sampling ports were specified and ordered for each gin. Also, the stack sampling and ambient sampling equipment, used during previous sampling campaigns, was cleaned, calibrated, and prepared for the upcoming sampling campaigns. Actual sampling was long and arduous for the USDA sampling crew. In October 2009, thirteen unique systems were source sampled at each of the California gins. Ambient sampling occurred over 14 days (approximately 24 hours per day). Between source and ambient sampling, over 2600 samples were collected at the two gins. The USDA crew was on site at the California gins for 4 and a half weeks. Nine systems were sampled at a gin in Missouri in September of 2010 over approximately 3 and a half weeks, with a total of approximately 1500 samples collected. Sample analysis at the Lubbock AQL occurred throughout the year. Between the five gins (NM, TX, CA, MO) sampled to date, over 7000 samples including filters and wash tubs have been brought back to the AQL for analysis. Photographs of every sample to document anomalies were taken. Gravimetric analyses of all the New Mexico (approximately 1800) and Texas (approximately 1400) samples and California samples (approximately 2600) were completed. Particle size distribution analyses were also completed on all samples from gins in New Mexico, South Texas, and California. The project will continue in FY2010 with a gin to be sampled in West Texas and continued sample and data analyses. The investigators are currently working on a manuscript detailing the sampling plan for the project and presentations on the sampling plan were made at the 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio, Texas.


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Morton hired Paul Baressi a former gay adult actor and private investigator to find out whether or not Cruise is actually gay!
Morton became famous for writing Diana, Princess of Wales� biography with her full involvement and co-operation.
The writer have allegedly received letters from Cruise�s lawyer via Baressi which contain information that suggests Cruise may have enjoyed asexual liaisons in the past�specifically while he was filming �Eyes Wide Shut� with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman.
According to FemaleFirst, Cruise�s lawyer Bert Fields said: "I wrote a letter to Mr Morton back in November and said he obviously was entitled to write the book but 'make sure you check your facts'.
"If he tries to use my letter to create the impression that Mr Cruise did have a gay affair, we will certainly sue... because the story is false. Mr Cruise is not gay."


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The master bathroom includes a jetted soaking tub and etched glass shower doors. For more photos of the home, go to www.lsj.com. / Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press
The view from the top of the circular staircase to the observatory.
Lakefront luxury
Where: 857 Maximillian Ct., Chelsea
How much:
$3.3 million
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 4 full, 3 half
Square feet: 13,500, plus 1,000 in finished lower level.
Key features: Spectacular, unusual house is built with marble, mahogany and design pieces brought from Indonesia. Beautiful kitchen, library, living room, extensive stained glass. Views of large terraced garden and lake. Three-floor elevator, individual living space possible on all three floors. Next to Waterloo Recreation Area.
Inside and outside, these walls are made of marble, quarried in Java and left rough-cut like stone. The library here is solid mahogany 34 sections built and finished in Bali, then shipped to Chelsea and assembled.
The dining room table is one massive mahogany tree, laid on its side and sliced in half lengthwise, then dried three months in a kiln.
In fact most of this 13,500-square-foot house was designed, discovered, crafted or quarried in Indonesia, then shipped here in 40-foot containers.
It was the project of Dr. Irving and Cynthia Feller, who had vacationed in Indonesia and loved it. He is a founder of the University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center; she was a medical administrator. They built the house in 2003, she said, after her husband, now 89, retired. He was looking for something to do, Cynthia Feller said.
The house is for sale now at $3.3 million. That includes the dining room table, which had to be delivered by crane before the house had doors and will never leave without chainsaws.
The Fellers designed most of the house themselves and traveled to Indonesia to buy components. They individually picked the marble for walls and floors. They designed and commissioned the mahogany woodwork that sheathes some ceilings and walls.
She designed and ordered the stained glass windows that accent many rooms.
The couple hunted for special pieces, like the Indonesian shrine door an elaborate carved design in vivid blue, red, green and yellow enamel which is the entry to their theater room.
In Indonesia this would lead to a small outdoor temple, where Buddhists could leave daily offerings.
You have to watch out to not trip on this door, because theres a four-inch raised stoop at floor level. This traditional detail is to block evil spirits.
Room after room is spectacular. The main living room soars 2 1/2 stories high, wrapped with stairs, balconies and ceiling of mahogany. The library is entered through 15th-Century Chinese doors.
The garden is a knockout. The Fellers designed and installed 12 terraces with stone steps that lead down to the shore of Chelseas Cavanaugh Lake.
In Indonesia, they commissioned four totem-like pillars that support an outdoor arbor. These are carved with figures from Balinese folk tales.
With the house on top of a steep hill, Irving Feller wanted to prevent erosion. He designed catch holes and drains hidden in the grounds that collect heavy rain and water off the eaves. This is tunneled to a man-made river that winds through the landscape and down to the lake. This river is crossed with whimsical bridges he designed.
And because the river is part of the landscape, it includes a water source and pump.
When we have company over, we can run a river, Cynthia Feller said.
We dont have to have rain to have a river.
Atop the house is a RoboDome, the structure that lets you view the sky like a planetarium.
You can set a telescope here, Feller said, and use a laptop to send night-sky views down to the big-screen theater room.
Cavanaugh Lake is an all-sports, private lake of 220 acres. On the opposite side of the property, the house backs up to the 20,000-acre Waterloo Recreation Area, the largest park in Michigans Lower Peninsula.
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Every year, graduation ceremonies mark a chance to look to the future and start a new phase of life. That was certainly the case for some 5,000 ASU fall graduates. Kate Machnicki of Chicago, IL looks ahead to the start of the Nursing Convocation march to the Convention Center as well as her career as a nurse. LAURA SEGALL photo.
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CHRIS BROWN and DRAKE have been feuding for a while now. Last summer, their beef even instigated a HUGE, bottle-throwing nightclub brawl, which may or may not have been over RIHANNA.
But that doesn't mean they hate each other's music. Chris was seen DANCING to Drake's song "Started from the Bottom" at some club in New York earlier this month. It's probably safe to assume he DID KNOW it was a Drake track. (TMZ has video. Note: The audio is BAD.)
And there's more evidence that Chris and Rihanna's on-again, off-again relationship may be OFF-AGAIN. After UN-following Rihanna on Twitter, Chris started following his ex-girlfriend KARRUECHE TRAN again.
Meanwhile, Rihanna was spotted exchanging CHEEK-KISSES with some lucky male fan in a club. (Here are the photos.)
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With @chamacie btw
Nathan fake @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
Crap,the Netherlands are banning hallucinogenic mushrooms. I guess it's back to Delysid-25 then...
In library, just saw a 70 yr old woman get up from her chair after 30 minutes, with a big yellow book under her arm: HTML 4.01. Cool!
Was at User Experience 08 in Amsterdam today. 8 hrs of Bruce Tognazzini who worked at Xerox Parc and was big at Apple. Rawk.
My "faith" in research is waning every year.
Once every month I listen to stupid all out wild gabberhouse (boom boom boom). Today is such a day :)
Thanks @mortendk @chrisindallas and @emmajanedotnet for the Linux on Apple hardware links and info!
"You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind."
-Timothy Leary
Talkin' about music with @chamacie and my gf over 9.5% Westmalle Triples
Can you reliably hack a macbook to boot Linux? I like the hardware,but crave the software freedom.
Gf bought big-ass space invaders stickers for on her EEE laptop. Nice :)
In a store called "Rood" where literally everything is red. (Warmoesstraat, Amsterdam)
Great eastern lunch at Bazar Amsterdam
@NikLP Peanut Butter Jelly Time always picks up my mood :D http://twurl.nl/5gr6t4
Test from Nokia 3310 classic
Why is the usability on Nokia 40 series (still) horrible?It's a simple phone and system,I don't want to click 3x extra for a simple action!
Apparently looking at female models makes both women and men feel more insecure. http://tinyurl.com/5unmg3
Rick Astley wins MTV's "Best Act Ever" Award!
Power to the n3rd5!
RT (everyone) http://www.pomegranateph... Great viral on iPhone/smartphone commercials and actually for Nova Scotia.
@tkouwenhoven got myself a Nokia 3310 Classic. Not as old as it sounds, but I got tired of Windows Mobile. http://tinyurl.com/6ovgmw
Just saw a guy with an Aphex Twin hoodie. Rock. Feels like an underground society :)
likes Twitter 2day bcuz people tell me human news,things I would also notice, beautiful dawn in London from @markboulton for instance
A certain person at work has been pushing a stupid action WAY before it's ready n can't be convinced of his fault...sigh
Hanging round with my gf and playing with my new phone
@bertboerland That's a bit of your stickhorse isn't it? ;)
@DrupalHead and yes a dark winternight has once more taken over the lowlands. Luckily I live in Amsterdam :)
@DrupalHead What inspires me most is talking IRL with others who use Drupal. Setting a Google Alert 4 "Drupal" also gives a firehose of info
@DrupalHead Thought of a description for ya: "the Drupal Planet for Twitter". You probably know twSearch http://tinyurl.com/6ljpv8, right?
Chrome does one thing very fast and stylish. I use them side-by-side on a daily basis.
Firefox is a slow Swiss pocketknife that u can use for everyth.Chrome is a samurai sword that you can draw, behead with and clean in 1 move.
@patrick Out and about already? You looked quite bedridden.
Grins over @zeldman 's new avatar :)
Google Maps: http://www.mapofstrange....
I knew Google Maps had some weird stuff but there's even a website for it. (There's probably a website for websites collecting websites) :S
RT @lucianop: "M.C. Escher is alive and works at Google Maps! :) http://is.gd/6o10 " Great!
@SarahPalin, thanks for a couple of great laughs the last few months!
Anyone find a usable Twitter gadget for in Gmail yet? Not too wide plskthx.
@timon_nl you might find the Open Library API interesting, http://openlibrary.org/d...
The CNN hologram triggers "help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope" :P :P :P
@netsensei Moloko's been singing around in my head for the past 20 minutes... ("a 100% certainty"). Great album though.
Congrats! Let's hope the strings for this new puppet are changed too. Still crossing fingers against CA Prop 8
@skoop so much for your early night right? :P
Yes we McCan
How kjoot, mediumsize Dutch Bank @SNSBank enters Twitter. 7 followers. Jump on the bandwagon!
@erwblo RT Eva Jinek, nothing special. Yeah she's blond, so what?
@chamacie is it wise talking negatively about your new job already?
RT:@codinghorror War On Drugs. Problem imo is that there are too many people making money off of drugs being illegal. Make it a commodity.
Firefox plugin:Juice. Sidebar that automatically searches for extra info on the content you're seeing. Let's give it a whirl. juiceapp.com
lol:prObama. "We're voting for the n***er" http://tinyurl.com/5htr52
Wow, @DrupalSouth has one of the weirdest Druplicon mutations I've seen, and I've seen Druplibacon :S
@victorkane welcome to Twitter! Lots of Drupal here,you're quite a Drupal veteran right? Congrats on finishing the book.
@otmg if you pull in the Drupal Planet feed, that should cover 80% of news.Also: security releases through you channel of choice.
@bvdhaterd Waiting-Juice at Bagels and Beans seems to be company policy.. kewl!
RT:@smattoon "We should be able to vote everyday. Oh wait, we do. http://twitpic.com/jz9j " So true.
@kneath RT: Will you care as much on Nov 5th as you do on the 4th? Please do!Keep caring a democracy is only as good as the people who vote.
@ahmadao SQL? SQL can be a total b*tch if you ask me. Still on my to-read/todo: http://tinyurl.com/6dpc56
@DrupalHead :D I just finished work, gonna bike home soon. And you, are you a person/company & what are your Twitter goals?
@DrupalHead follows 1600, has 516 followers and has 380 updates all in just 8 days. Congrats, I guess? (Do you _have_ a life? :P )
RT @meyerweb: "...Twitterrhea..". Spot on.
@zeldman I'd say one of those hobbits looks rather old..
@tkouwenhoven true, schtick it is :)
Colleague: how was it at the Droplul conference? :P (Droplul is a Dutch word that loosely translates to dipshit).
@skoop going to sleep way earlier to wake a lot earlier doesn't work (for me) just like you can't eat in preparation for a hunger strike
Good moooorning Vietbama!
I heard/read somewhere that {high}% of Halloween costumes were the joker. Yawn.
Get down with Druplicon! http://realize.be/nerd-n...
Mr T being a total and utter sellout, ugh: http://tinyurl.com/4ppq3e
I hope this gets his kids through college or somethin...
Gmail adds easy Google Calendar & Docs integration to Gmail:http://tinyurl.com/6qweq... the 1337 among us:you can add your own apps too.
@ahmadao SMS from gCal is free (http://tinyurl.com/2dswty) so I'm guessing ,well more like hoping :) that text-to-friends will also be free.


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Randall G. Obannon Jr.
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A call about a disturbance with shots fired Monday night led to the discovery of drugs at a house and the arrest of a Natchitoches man already on probation for a felony drug conviction, according to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office.
Natchitoches deputies and the Criminal Investigations Division, along with Louisiana State Police, responded to the disturbance at 112 Pratt Lane, south of Natchitoches, around 9:30 p.m. Monday. They found several people at the house, including a juvenile.
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Frontier market investing has moved from institutional niche to the mainstream, at least as far as financial media exposure is concerned. Particularly investing in Africa is garnering attention. Whereas Goldman cleverly coined the term BRICS, The Economist speaks of the Lion Kings (African version of Asian Tigers). One of my colleagues recently made the Case for Investing in Africa on Seeking Alpha, and the growth opportunities on the African frontier are increasingly resonating with investors. However, unless you are a large institutional investor, how can you participate in this opportunity? Thankfully, there are a number of mutual fund and ETF options available to U.S. investors today. Ryan Hoover's Seeking Alpha article "11 Africa-Focused Mutual Funds and ETFs" goes into greater detail on the various funds.
The biggest flaw I see with what is available today is the lack of exposure to what I consider to be the two biggest pillars that underlie the Africa opportunity: the growing middle class and the Sub-Saharan Africa region. When you look at the various funds' Sub-Saharan Africa exposure and exclude South Africa and the oil and mining sectors, you are left with Africa exposure between 0 and 25%. Hardly a laser focus on what I see as the true opportunity: the Sub-Saharan consumer and the high growth Sub-Saharan economies such as Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Ethiopia, to name a few.
A partial explanation for the lack of exposure to Africa's true growth is the fact that products run by larger multi-asset class managers run in to size and liquidity constraints. Size matters and in this case smaller is better. A boutique investment manager might be able to buy a $150m market cap name that trades less than $20,000 per day (an example of a recent stock I looked at) and not take up multiple days of liquidity; T. Rowe Price would have more difficulty with that trade.
Another explanation for the funds' underweightings to the Sub-Saharan non-commodity theme has to do with indexing. The major indices have substantial weighting to Energy and Materials and Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and South Africa, which has led funds to follow a similar diversification. For example, the iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (NYSEARCA:EZA) , has a 26.5% exposure to Materials and Energy, compare that to investing in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY), where you would only have a 14.5% exposure to those sectors. Granted, EZA is a country specific fund, but if you look at some of the major pan Africa funds, you see similar Energy and Materials exposure, in addition to a bias towards MENA and South Africa. The Market Vectors Africa Index ETF (NYSEARCA:AFK), for example, has 40.8% of its assets outside of the Sub-Saharan region, and if you further exclude South Africa and Mining and Oil, that number increases to 79.2%. In fact, out of the 11 funds that Ryan Hoover identifies in the aforementioned article only one has less than 75% of its assets allocated to the trifecta of Oil and Mining, South Africa, and MENA.
Now does it matter that the investment products available to U.S. investors are concentrated with regards to sector and geography? I believe it does for 3 reasons: 1) commodity and energy prices - and therefore commodity and energy stocks - correlate strongly on a global basis, by their very nature (natural gas a possible exception). Therefore, adding an Africa fund might have greater impact on your portfolio's commodity and energy exposure than on its exposure to the growth story of (African) frontier market economies. 2) While past performance is no guarantee of future returns, it appears that at least over the last 3 years non-commodity African stocks have significantly outperformed their indices. As a proxy, I have looked at the 3-year performance of various sectors in the FTSE/JSE Africa Index, which shows clearly that the real growth has come from the non-mining sectors and particularly from consumer goods and consumer services:
Returns (local currency) as of 12/11/12
Year to Date Return
And finally, 3) Geography matters. South Africa and MENA, due to their more mature market status, have lagged the performance of Sub-Saharan frontier economies. To illustrate that, below are South Africa and MENA's returns vs. some of the other major markets:
Returns in USD as of 11/30/12
Year to Date Return
To be clear, investing in the African consumer is not without risk, but it appears that investors have been rewarded for taking that risk. Most funds with Africa exposure - due to their overweighting of MENA stocks and Energy and Materials stocks - march to a different drum beat (lower growth, higher commodity exposure) and investors that are excited about the prospect of the African Lions are well advised to take a good look under the hood of any Africa fund before committing capital.
Disclosure: I am long EZA. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Robot crafting sandbox. Build 'em! Battle 'em! A universe where you can play with amazing robots that are designed, built and even programmed by you. Everything is a robot, doors, roads, walls, bridges, safes, traps, turrets, surveillance systems, etc. Build forts, towers and architect impressive structures to protect your planets and resources. You may play solo or with friends to infiltrate, conquer planets and gather resources. Traditional keyboards and mouse can be used along with midi devices, gamepads, iOS and Android devices; the point is, any device may be used as a controller. Create your own input setups and master your designs, whether it is controlling a huge robot or entire armies of relentless minions.
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I really like this Alpha , even if seems to be released a bit early for my taste ...you still can spend hours in crafting and programming your robot . While its easy enough to put together cool robots in a sorta "lego" style (although sometimes parts just dont wanna join and keep bouncing off each other) , the programming part is a bit to console based for me and i hope the devs will add a interface version for that in the release game , even if just optional . Overall i dont regret spending money on this .
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Version 0.10 i can build things... :) but the controls are tricky.
Version 0.1 a small car, on a small globe, thats all :( nothing of this cool stuff from the video.


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Still, it's a common complaint of people kind enough to read Telegraph commentaries like this one that power is now concentrated in the hands of a self-selecting elite that has little or no connection to the place us Westminster denizens condescendingly refer to as "the real world".
In that context, the Conservatives' latest experiments in selecting candidates are worth considering, because open primaries are back in fashion. After some distinctly mixed feelings among senior Tories about the products of earlier open selections (Sarah Wollaston is not a favourite in No 10, for instance), local associations are, as Dan Hannan has noted, spreading them quietly through the Tory heartlands.
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My first time on snow started with a private lesson that apart from an initial practice learning how the board turns on a flatish beginner slope, started straight on a blue run. I had no previous understanding of how to snowboard.
We did cover falling leaf with the emphasis being very much on edge control, getting a feel for peddling (BASI) and board control. By the very end of the lesson I had linked turns but not with much confidence.
After the lesson (having already done the run twice I went straight back up and did it on my own. 2 hours after first strapping into a board and was doing a blue run on my own, I was so stoked (that was my goal for the week not the first day!) But I pretty much did just did the whole thing falling leaf (went back to my comfort zone). What I remember noticing at the time was that i really started to get a feel for the edges during this run. I took a lot of confidence from being able to control the board well and stop safely. I feel like it was actually a very positive experience and by most peoples standards I've progressed quite fast after that. I've always credited spending that extra time doing falling leaf as a contributing factor in how quickly I progressed.
But one issue I had at the start (and still occasionally have a tendency to do) was get in the back seat during turns (especially turning to healside). Not to the point where I'd fall but enough to pick up speed get out of shape and reinforce my fear of leaning forward down the hill. Overcoming that was pretty much the single most challenging aspect of learning as I recall. So I would say my experience reinforces what you say.
Since then I have done a falling leaf a couple of times when helping a novice. But at the same time I made it an exercise for myself by seeing how smooth and controlled I could make the pattern. I'm not sure if there is any real value in doing this but I did find it quite satisfying to be able to do it as smoothly as my instructor had demonstrated on my first day which I suspect is just the perfectionist coming out in me
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Yeah makes perfect sense, I can totally see the advantages to skipping it.
I've also used falling leaf again when iv'e felt out of my depth. Steep chute opening out into more rolling terrain, with no way around. Wet heavy snow (2-3 feet fresh overnight) but melting fast in the spring sun. Tracked and lumpy by late morning. Dunno if it was 45deg but certainly getting on for it if not. Not impossible (like that ice sounds) but about the steepest I'd been on and fairly tough even sideslipping.
Did feel a little like a cop out afterward but I was starting to see some worrying signs with the snowpack and did not want to f*ck about. Anyway did it's job and got me though the first 50 meters until it opened out a little and could find a cleanish line. The ride out was sure fun
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Start checking the numbers and get back to the drawing board. That's what a lot of search marketers will be thinking once they take a look at the new Google Keyword Tool figures.
Google quietly updated the numbers in the keyword tool late last week, which brought about numerous reports of huge drops in search traffic numbers on forums and industry websites, and speculation that the keyword tool was broken.
After analyzing a handful of sites that I know the correct traffic numbers for, I've concluded that the update has improved the accuracy of exact match searches.
The Problem for SEMs
Google's Keyword Tool has become such an important element in the planning stage of building a website that the discrepancies between the old data and the new may be quite alarming to someone who has vested a large amount of money into a campaign that may be flawed from the beginning.
For example, the (exact) phrase [golf clubs" used to report an estimate of 165,000 monthly searches two weeks ago:
As of right now, the (exact) phrase [golf clubs" reports 33,100 monthly searches.
Not everyone takes the old Keyword Tool figures too seriously. Some people divide estimates in half; others divide by 10. There are lots of varying ideas as to what was accurate with the old data, but it appears that the new data is substantially more accurate than it ever has been.
In the case of the [golf clubs" example, assuming you take the exact figures for what they are -- suddenly, overnight, your profit forecasts for having a brilliant "Online Golf Clubs" business at the top position in Google have gone down 80 percent.
How Would This Impact Your Marketing Budget For a Campaign?
I've looked over some other examples (single keyword phrases in particular) and seen numbers drop from more than 100,000 to a relatively small 9,900.
If you're currently halfway through a search marketing campaign, perhaps now is the time to check your numbers and possibly go back to the drawing board on a few.
More than a few of you have probably experienced the excitement of reaching the top positions for a particular phrase, only to be disappointed by the poor traffic at the top. This accuracy update should make things easier for SEMs in the long term.
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I love the Blues as well, but that's because they've been so generous to us! They gave us Stevens, draft picks.... sheesh, they're the gift that keeps on giving.
Still amazing how the Blues completely screwed up the whole situation with Stevens. They had to know the league was watching them very closely and wanted any excuse it could find to slap the Blues' hands for helping to drive up salaries. Their compensation proposals for signing Shanahan were damned near comical at first...the first one was Dan Quinn, straight up, and they didn't get much better until the very end.


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The Vanderbilt Grace Hotel in Newport, Rhode Island, has luxurious living down pat. And the historic mansion's new culinary experience, Muse by Jonathan Cartwright, is a reason to visit in itself, featuring international food and wine with a decidedly New England flair. Here, I caught up with Chef Jonathan on all things Thanksgiving – from cooking the perfect turkey to preparing for the big meal (and even got a recipe for a downright delicious pumpkin soup).
1. In a thick-bottomed pot, cook the pumpkin, carrot, apple, onion, garlic, and thyme in the butter for approximately 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the white wine and cook until it has all evaporated.
2. Add the chicken stock and simmer until all the vegetables are soft, approximately 30 minutes. Blend the soup and strain it. Add the cream and season to taste with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
3. Sear the seasoned scallops in hot olive oil on both sides until golden.
4. Place the seared diver-harvested scallops in a soup plate, cover with the velvety soup.
5. Garnish the soup with some whipped cream, flavored with a little five-spice powder.
6. Sprinkle the top of the soup with some crisp fried ginger strips.
Rue La La: Let's talk side dishes. What's your personal favorite holiday dish?
Jonathan Cartwright: Brussels sprouts blanched then cooked with shallots and butter.
Rue La La: Sounds delicious! You cook for lots of people all the time. What's the trick to cooking for a big bunch?
Jonathan Cartwright: It helps to be organized and do the preparations in advance. Also teach your children to help and ask family to make sides or dessert!
Rue La La: Thanksgiving is just a few days away – is there a secret to cooking a really great turkey?
Jonathan Cartwright: Moisture is the key. Brine the bird beforehand or add a couple cups of water to the roasting pan and baste often. I usually fill the neck cavity with apples and cover the breast with soft butter before placing it in a medium preheated oven.
Rue La La: And what suggestions do you have for leftovers?
Jonathan Cartwright: I love turkey-and-vegetable stew or soup. Turkey potpie, or even turkey and stuffing fried together. And of course, a great cold turkey-and-cranberry sandwich.
Rue La La: That all sounds so good. Do you have any wine pairing suggestions for Thanksgiving dinner and dessert?
Jonathan Cartwright: I love a red from Burgundy with my turkey but any Pinot Noir is nice. For dessert wines, I like a Banyuls or even a glass of champagne or sparkling wine.
Rue La La: You're from England – are there any English traditions that rival Thanksgiving?
Jonathan Cartwright: We don't have Thanksgiving but helped start it back in the day! Perhaps Easter is similar for us where family gathers and we cook larger than normal amounts of food and baked items. Christmas is traditionally Turkey Day for us in the UK.
Rue La La: We have to ask, what is your perfect holiday meal?
Jonathan Cartwright: Turkey with sage-and-onion stuffing, brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes with a nice gravy, and a little bit of cranberry sauce.
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Everyone's doing it now. Yes, even DBGB! Why? The margins are redonk and people are quick to ride on the next food fad. Good thing we entered skeptical with low expectations and left just as unimpressed. We know what you're thinking. This same pig can be had for $120-$130 in Chinatown, but the skin is fatty there and doesn't fuse with the fat to become one. We were hoping that we were in for at least a crackling extravaganza, especially at these prices. We thought wrong.
FRIEND: Would you come back if it was $10 AYCE?
US: No.
The 'Deal':
$480 for 12ppl ($40/pp), $35 each addt'l person gets you a free rack of ribs.
Must be made 2 days in advance, $200 credit card deposit. The remaining balance of the bill is also charged on your credit card, but they don't tell you that.
Pig: [30 lb'er served w/ vinegar sauce, fleur de sel]
–MEAT – was deboned for you, besides the head/leg area, tasted like smoke and propane having sex. You will be hard pressed to even scavenge some meat off the cheeks, as the face is burnt to a crisp, vinegar sauce was very sour, fleur was a nice touch
–SKIN – inedible, don't even try it. Imagine leathery skin that reeks of propane. Probably packed w/carcinogens. What a waste!
–BONE – the brittle and dry look of it was a dead giveaway that this pig was def not cooked LOW AND SLOW, but at a high temp for a shorter period of time. Corners were def cut here, and the experienced eyes noticed!
Ribs: (no good)
Cut was meaty but tasteless and generic, meat wasn't falling off the bone, sauce was scantly applied with no extra sauce on the side
Whole Pig cut down the middle, deboned on top
Bread: (sucked)
–TEXAS TOAST – this was substituted w/ cornbread, which had a hard crust, served room temperature and tasted stale.
Sides: (average)
–COLLARD GREENS – usually cooking w/ a smoked turkey leg would be ideal, instead it was sweet, no smoky component in this, no meat either
–MASHED POTATOES – not overly buttered, average
–MAC & CHEESE – a bit runny, average, a toxic orange color
–BAKED BEANS – the best of the worst sides here
Drink: (good)
–SWEET TEA (+$4.90 supp) You get a 32oz mason jar full of southern sweetness and the jar is yours to keep. It comes cold, but don't bother asking for ice. According to the staff, they don't have an ice machine here.
Dessert: (average)
–FRESH FRUIT (Watermelon) – thinly sliced triangles, skin on, nothing special here
Service: (sucked)
Nonchalant, unattentive, bordering on non-existent. Oh yeah, there's a $15 corkage fee per bottle. So gracious of them to waive that for us!
Bill: (sucked)
Total came out to $48/pp after everything. You def don't have to tip 15+% here.
We left awestruck how this place gets such good business. Perhaps people get all gaga at the novelty of snapping pics but that dies quickly when you realize the food sucks. If it weren't for the sides, we would have left hungry. Save your money and go elsewhere, Restaurant Week even. That said, witness our first 2 star review, usually given to places which have borderline inedible food, quite relevant here. Pig skin belt, anyone?
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Pigeon Forge, Sevier County (AP) -- Dolly Parton has become a country music singer, songwriter, movie star, amusement park owner and philanthropist. Now she's going to be a Girl Scout.
Parton will be named a lifetime member of Girls Scouts of Tanasi Council during a presentation at her Dollywood theme park this evening.
She said that while she was never a Girl Scout herself, she always wanted to be.
Parton will be joined by more than 1,000 Girl Scouts when she is presented the lifetime membership pin and led in the Girl Scout Promise.
Parton also will honor 28 scouts who have achieved the Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouts.
The Tanasi Council has 10,000 members in 16 East Tennessee counties.
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|PMID: 22558796 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process
|This study aims to characterise biochemically urease from an atypical Campylobacter lari, namely urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter (UPTC). Urease was purified from cells of a Japanese UPTC isolate (CF89-12) using phenyl-Sepharose chromatography. Two protein components (estimates molecular masses 24 kDa and 61 kDa) were obtained that appeared to be structural proteins of urease (subunits A and B), and these were fractionated by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). The native molecular weight for the final purified UPTC urease was estimated to be approximately 186,000 Da which is close to the calculated molecular weight (182,738 Da) based on all six open reading frames of UPTC CF89-12 urease genes (ureA, B, E, F, G and H), as described previously. Moreover, an active band was observed on phenol red staining after a nondenaturing native PAGE of the crude extract from the UPTC cells. In addition, the purified urease of UPTC CF8912 showed enzyme activity over a broad pH range (pH 6-10), with maximal activity at pH 8.0. The urease was also stable against heat treatment, with almost no loss of enzyme activity seen following 60-min incubation at temperatures of 20-60 degrees C. Urease subunits A and B were identified immunologically by Western blot analysis with rabbit anti-urease alpha (A) and beta (B) raised against Helicobacter pylori.
|A Tazumi; T Nakajima; A Sekizuka; K Arikawa; S Nakanishi; K Hayashi; E Tasaki; J E Moore; B C Millar; M Matsuda
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Publication Detail:
|Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal Detail:
|Title: British journal of biomedical science Volume: 69 ISSN: 0967-4845 ISO Abbreviation: Br. J. Biomed. Sci. Publication Date: 2012
Date Detail:
|Created Date: 2012-05-04 Completed Date: - Revised Date: -
Medline Journal Info:
|Nlm Unique ID: 9309208 Medline TA: Br J Biomed Sci Country: England
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 1-5 Citation Subset: IM
|Laboratory of Molecular Biology, School of Environmental Health Sciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan.
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