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November 13, 2008
1114 Cooking Local Groundnut Stew
Welcome back to the kitchen everyone! This week I want to pass along a
recipe that's popular across much of Africa called groundnut stew. Over here in the states we call
groundnuts peanuts, and this hearty root vegetable stew is versatile and relatively easy to make. I was first
introduced to groundnut stew in my teens as a vegetarian dish, but it is perfectly suited to chicken or stew meat
as well. This sweet, spicy, peanut buttery dish is a perfect meal to warm up the family on a cool evening and add
some spicy bright orange tropical flavors to these darkening days.
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stew varies by region and family. This is great because it means we have a lot of room to play with the recipe.
For local ingredients we've got lots of root vegetables, squash and spices to work with. So grab a pencil
and let's get started!
this version let's use:
- 2 onions, chopped up
-3-5 sweet potatoes
or yams, chopped into cubes. If you want to, add some cubed winter squash like butternut or acorn in place of some
of the sweet potatoes. Just make sure you peel the squash and remove the seeds first.
-2 or 3 chopped
tomatoes, or we can use canned tomatoes
-3 carrots, chopped into stew size
groundnut stew has a few cups of okra, sliced into ½ inch pieces. This tasty yet slimy vegetable will help
thicken up the stew. Sometimes you can find it frozen at the market, and it can be hard to find fresh out of
season. But if you can't find okra, just leave it out and we can thicken the stew with a little flour if
needed. Tomato paste can also make a good thickening agent.
-some recipes call for a couple of cups of
chopped cabbage, and I've still got a couple chilling outside in the garden, so let's slice some up to
add as well
-other people like to use bell peppers, eggplant, turnips, or a number of other vegetables.
Use what you have on hand and substitute according to your taste.
-3-4 pounds of chicken, chopped into
pieces. I recommend using a whole, naturally raised chicken, cut up. It's a lot cheaper and tastier than
using only breast meat for a stew. If you want to keep the groundnut stew vegetarian, try adding a few cups of
cooked chick peas or black-eyed peas instead.
-We'll need about an inch of fresh ginger root,
minced up
-also, 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
-a couple of hot chili peppers or some dried
red pepper flakes or cayenne powder. I really prefer fresh chilis, and I think this recipe calls for a lot of
spiciness, and I'm going to use a hellishly spicy habanero or scotch bonnet pepper with the skin pierced.
Just be sure to fish it out before serving! One thing to know about fresh hot peppers is that the seeds hold the
highest concentration of the spicy oil, so if you are wary try removing the seeds
-about ½-1 cup
of natural peanut butter, unsweetened, chunky or smooth
-for broth we can use 3-6 cups of chicken or
vegetable stock, local apple cider, or tomato juice (although I don't like to over tomato the stew) and/or
some water
-For spices we'll of course need salt and pepper to taste, a dash of cumin and
cinnamon, and I like to add some fresh chopped cilantro as well. Some recipes call for a little brown sugar, but
with the cider and sweet potatoes, I'm going to skip it.
-And then when we serve the stew I like
to put out a bunch of little bowls of toppings so each person can customize their bowl. Classic toppings include
chopped or whole roasted peanuts, fresh chopped cilantro or parsley, sliced hard boiled eggs, chopped scallions,
or fresh tropical fruit like bananas, oranges, pineapples, and/or grated coconut (but remember that tropical fruit
has to travel quite a long way to get to our plates).
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stew, let's get to cooking! To start let's roll the chicken pieces in a little bit of flour with salt
and pepper. Heat up 2 tablespoons of peanut oil over a medium high flame in a large cast iron pot. When the oil is
hot, fry the chicken on each side until it browns a bit. We don't need to cook it, just get a little bit of
a crust to hold in all the juicy goodness while it stews. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
/> Now sauté the onions for a couple of
minutes, stirring. Add the rest of the vegetables and turn down the heat under the pot. Let's also toss in
the garlic, ginger, and chilis. Continue to sauté and stir for a couple more minutes.
/> Now add back the chicken pieces (or chick
peas if you're going veggie) and add most of the stock, apple cider, and water (enough to cover the
veggies). Let that simmer for a while.
/> In a separate bowl mix together the peanut
butter with the remaining stock and a few tablespoons of tomato paste. If you're using cayenne pepper or red
pepper flakes, mix that into the peanut butter as well. Add this smooth mix to the pot and stir.
/> Finally, let's season with salt and
pepper, and a dash of cinnamon and cumin, and the chopped cilantro. It's not traditional, I'm going to
add a little bit of grated orange zest for extra tanginess. Trust me, it'll me good. Bring this all up to a
boil and then back it way down to a simmer. Cover and cook slowly for 2 to 2½ hours, or until all the
veggies are nice and soft and the chicken just falls right off the bone. But make sure you check on it every half
hour or sot to stir and add more stock or water as needed.
/> This smells awesome. It has cooked down to a
delicious, smooth orange stew. The spiciness plays really nicely next to the sweet vegetables and tangy ginger.
I'm going to serve this over some brown rice, which takes more water and a longer time to cook than white
rice. But whole grains are much better for you, and I think the taste and texture of brown rice are better for
groundnut stew.
Set out all the
little toppings bowls of sliced egg, peanuts, cilantro, and scallions and let people dig in! I think this meal
pairs perfectly with a dark winter ale, or maybe even one of the pumpkin seasonal varieties.
/> And if this groundnut stew sounds
intimidating or complicated, just strip out most of the extra ingredients. Saute onions, add sweet potatoes, toss
in some tomatoes and peanut butter, a little garlic, ginger and hot pepper, and you're basically good to
Well friends, we've done
it. Give groundnut stew a try and let me know how yours turns out. What variations are you going to try out? If
you have any questions or comments, or you want to suggest a recipe of your own, head on over to www.kohoradio.com
and drop me a line!
Cooking local in
the KOHO Kitchen, I'm Isaac Kaplan-Woolner.


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Usually on The Lookout I share my views on at least five stories concerning Black folks in the media but this week, all anybody is talking about is Donald Sterling — the hopefully soon-to-be former owner of the L.A. Clippers. So, I figured, my column this week had to focus on what we should really 'Lookout' for in Sterling's comments.
As you know NBA commissioner Adam Silver threw the book at the longest tenured owner in franchise history Tuesday following TMZ's release of a racist recording where — like a modern-day plantation owner — Sterling can be heard talking about his players as if they were his slaves.
"I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses," he tells his Black and Mexican mistress V. Stiviano, who secretly taped him. "Who gives it to them? Does someone else give it to them?" he asks her.
But while much has been said about notorious slumlord Sterling and his long and undisputed history of racism– to include insults he made years ago about how his Black tenants "smell" and "attract vermin" – the issue is so much bigger than the words of a bigoted, 80-year-old man.
The real issue here is the "culture" that Donald Sterling represents.
He said it himself on that now infamous recording: "We don't evaluate what's right and wrong," he explained to Stiviano, after demanding she not bring or be photographed with Blacks like NBA great Magic Johnson or L.A. Dodgers player Matt Kemp at his games. "We live in a society. We live in a culture …we have to live within that culture."
Hmm, exactly what culture is Sterling speaking of?
While he may now be banned from the sport for life and fined $2.5 million dollars – a drop in the bucket in his nearly two billion-dollar enterprise — trust, Sterling is hardly alone.
In fact, the rest of his "culture" – a.k.a all the other people who feel like he does – are not only still out there, they're busy drafting and enacting the laws that will continue to keep us legislatively enslaved.
That "culture" Donald Sterling speaks of is represented in the United States' Congress, where Republicans like congressman Paul Ryan, John Boehner, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Ted Cruz are working overtime to either push or support bills that will cut billions of dollars in food stamps – literally taking food out of millions of poor children's mouths.
The "culture" is demonstrated in the Supreme Court where Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito recently scrapped section four of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, the provision that dictates which parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government or in federal court before they are made. In areas generally affecting whom, you ask?
You got it – Black folks.
The "culture" Sterling mentioned is evident with other team owners, most of them white men who rep a league made up of 80-percent Black players –who, in my opinion, moved too slowly to denounce Sterling. He made his position toward Black people very clear: "You can sleep with them, you can bring them in, you can do whatever you want," he told Stiviano, echoing the good ol' boy mentality shared by many. "The little I ask you is not to promote it on that [Instagram] and not to bring them to my games."
In other words, "They're cool as far as working for me … just don't bring them to my house or allow them to date my daughter."
The "culture" is the anchors at FOX News and those pulling the strings inside our police stations, federal and local courthouses, prison complexes and medical facilities. They're the ones insides the schools teaching our kids!


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Oklahoma Christian University to host movie screening on late Christian singer Rich Mullins
An advance screening of an inspirational movie about the life of the late Rich Mullins will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hardeman Auditorium on the Oklahoma Christian University campus, 2501 E Memorial Road, in Oklahoma City.
Mullins was a contemporary Christian singer who wrote the popular worship song "Awesome God."
He died in 1997 in a car accident, but his life story is captured in the new film "Ragamuffin — The True Story of Rich Mullins."
Mullins organized a group of musicians to record the album "A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band" in 1993.
The band was inspired by Brennan Manning's book "The Ragamuffin Gospel."
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El Paso Restaurant Guards Release Statement Calling Kissing "Lewd Behavior"
Jim Burroway
July 11th, 2009
It looks like a kiss is still a very radical act. The security firm hired by Chico's Tacos has responded to the uproar over the five men who were kicked out of the El Paso, Texas restaurant after two of them kissed. It turns out that kissing is now lewd behavior:
The security company's general manager, Robert Gamboa, released a statement Friday that said the guard encountered eight men, not five. The statement said the men were disruptive and caused a disturbance when the guard approached them.
"While at their seats, two members of the group did proceed to engage in kissing and other lewd conduct," the statement said. "It wasn't until another member of the group started to dance around in the aisle like a ballerina, that our officer approached them and asked them to settle down or they would be asked to leave."
Carlos Diaz de Leon, one of the five men kicked out is described at being appalled at the statement. He insisted that there were only five men in the group and that no one was dancing. "That security company is ridiculous," he said. He led a protest by about a hundred people in front of the restaurant Friday.
El Paso has an anti-discrimination ordinance which prohibits, among other things, restaurants from refusing to serve anyone based on sexual orientation. But that didn't stop private security guards hired by the restaurant from ordering the men to leave after two of them kissed, saying that "faggot stuff" wasn't allowed. Both parties called police, but instead of enforcing El Paso's anti-discrimination law, officers threatened to cite the men with violating a statute prohibiting "homosexual conduct," saying that kissing was forbidden in public. An EPPD spokesman later compounded the problem by saying that the couple could have been charged with criminal trespass.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 6, 2014) - University of South Carolina head men's basketball coach Frank Martin has been suspended from his coaching duties for Saturday's game at Mississippi State, Athletics Director Ray Tanner announced today. Martin will not accompany the team to Starkville.
"The one-game suspension is a result of inappropriate verbal communication as it relates to the well-being of our student-athletes," said Tanner.
Associate head coach Matt Figger will serve as acting head coach when the Gamecocks (11-19, 4-13 SEC) take on the Bulldogs (13-17, 3-14 SEC) in the final regular season game of the year. Game time is set for 4 p.m. ET.
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It is the spectre of abortion …
I have to confess that I haven't given much thought to the abortion issue as it relates to health care reform. Like most observers, I've been thinking about mandates, the public option, etc.
Nonetheless, as Dan Riehl points out, abortion has been looming menacingly in the background. And it may well be the thing that finally applies the third-trimester suction tube to Obamacare:
Moderate and conservative Dems are already feeling exposed due to all the concessions they've made on a number of policies. This could easily be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Many of these guys come from districts with high concentrations of fundamentalist Christians, and these voters (and they do vote) won't take kindly to a vote in favor government-paid-for abortions.
At present, the Hyde Amendment prevents Medicaid from paying for abortions, but a lot of people fear that whatever "reform" bill comes out of Congress will circumvent that impediment.
And it's not just Bible Belt protestants who object to the idea of federal funding for abortions. As Riehl also mentions, Catholic hospitals aren't about to allow abortion in their facilities:
The stumbling block is especially huge given the dynamics of many of our largest cities. Catholic hospitals carry the bulk of the load for health care in those areas. They've already dug in their heels on this a long time ago, claiming they would close facilities before allowing them to perform abortions.
Ironically, such closures would present fewer problems for Obamacare passage than one might think. It's an open secret in the industry that Beltway policy wonks think we have too many hospitals.
In other words, they fully expect many hospitals to close and consider that a positive outcome. That many patients would be left without nearby medical facilities is of little concern to these people.
Remember—-their Medicare and Medicaid price controls have already forced more than a thousand community hospitals, most in rural areas, to shut down during the past couple of decades.
In the end, these people aren't especially interested in health care, or reform for that matter. They're about power and money. If some pesky Catholics shut down a hospital or two, c'est la vie.
But if the abortion issue scares the Blue Dogs enough that they are willing to turn on their masters, then we could see Obamacare gnawed down to little more than a symbolic legislative gesture.
The importance of the abortion issue was clearly highlighted by the vote on the egregious House "reform" bill. The only reason Pelosi and her accomplices were able to get it done was by adding language that precluded federal funding for abortion. Her's how Morrissey expresses it:
The Democrats wheedled, cajoled, begged, and finally abandoned its defense of abortion — truly a watershed moment — in order to get their version of ObamaCare passed … in the House of Representatives, where they enjoy a 75-seat majority.
Will the abortion lobby allow that sort of compromise in the final Senate bill. I rather doubt it. Abortion may kill the whole sorry project.
For a more wonkish analysis of the Stupak amendment, and its significance for the Democrat health "reform" project, Timothy Jost discusses it at Health Affairs. Noting that HR 3972 provided "affordability credits" to which abortion opponenets objected:
Credits could be used to purchase health plans that covered abortions, however, as long as a covered plan member paid extra for the abortion coverage and the plan issuer segregated funds to assure that federal funds were not used to pay for abortion. This arrangement was unacceptable to abortion opponents, who saw it as an accounting gimmick.
Which, of course, it was. The Stupak amendment plugged that loophole:
The Stupak amendment extends to all health services funded under the Act the prohibition found in the current Hyde Amendment, which forbids Medicaid payments for abortion except in cases of pregnancies caused by rape or incest or where the pregnant woman's life is endangered by physical disorder, illness, or injury.
The abortion lobby will never allow a bill containing such a sweeping anti-abortion amendment to reach the President's desk.


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Del-Immune DPS Throat Spray Immunity in Depth
by John A. Sichel, Rph, PD
A New Immune-Support Companion for Del-Immune V®: DPS Throat Spray John A. Sichel, RPh, PD Del-Immune V® users often ask us, "Do you have any other products?" The answer was always 'no,' because while we have been introduced to many other immune support products, we have never found anything that approached the quality, effectiveness and reliability of Del-Immune V®.
We are now able to say we have added a new product to be used with Del-Immune V® for immediate immune support. The new product is named "DPS Throat Spray," and contains many immune-activating peptides. Peptides ignite the immune responses. Del-Immune V® and DPS Throat Spray create a one-two punch for immediate immune support.
As background, I learned about a special nutritional supplement throat spray derived from fresh bovine colostrum. Through processing, the formula is dairy-free. The final product contains high quantities of proline-rich peptides, (PRPs) protein-like materials, especially valuable to address the issue of winter germs. That same year, we travelled to the Institute of Biotechnology in Kiev, Ukraine and carried the spray with us. One morning, symptoms of a winter germ began. We added the spray to our daily dose of Del-Immune V® capsules to maximize the immediate immune system support. We didn't want to risk being severely ill and stuck, unable to fly home during the Ukrainian winter. We had an impressive response and were functional in a few hours. We flew home the next day.
In late 2009, I met Dr. Andrew Keech PhD, the developer of this throat spray, at an industry trade show. Dr. Keech has earned multiple scientific degrees, and is the founder and managing director of APS Biogroup, manufacturer of this spray extracted from fresh bovine colostrum. In his book, "Peptide Immunotherapy- Colostrum – a Physicians Guide," Dr. Keech tells the fascinating story of colostrum. As many mothers know, colostrum is produced in breast milk. It is not until the newborn receives the colostrum that the immune system is activated, particularly in four-legged animals.
"The true gem in colostrum is the 'Proline rich Polypeptides' (PRPs). These peptides modulate, balance, regulate or initiate indirectly most of the biochemical processes in the mammalian body. They (PRPs) happen to be found in abundance in colostrum-life's first food," writes Dr. Keech.
Dr. Keech combined extensive research with his manufacturing experience to create a process to filter the vital PRPs, the key immune support element in colostrum. He called the process 'nano-filtration,' which results in a solution rich in the essential PRPs. Dr. Keech discovered that in humans, the ideal delivery system for this refined solution is an oral spray. While the raw nano-filtered throat spray had an acceptable flavor, it was improved with natural vanilla flavoring.
Spraying the solution directly into the mouth and throat quickly delivers the essential immune support components directly to the mucosa of the nose and throat area, allowing a fast immune response, especially when combined with Del-Immune V®.
DPS® and Del-Immune V®: A One-Two Punch
Time has proven that Del-Immune V® is a reliable nutritional supplement that provides immediate immune system support. It works in most situations and in the past 10 years, has been safe for everyone from babies to seniors. If Del-Immune V® is so good, why would we suggest a companion product like DPS throat spray? Often during the winter cold and flu season, a faster broad-spectrum immune response is desired. We know that Del-Immune V® works in one of the body's two fundamental immune systems, the innate, or primary immune system. We questioned whether a companion nutritional supplement could trigger the second immune system called the 'adaptive' immune system. Over the years, we have helped our customers learn about the innate immune system. This is where Del-Immune V® works, helping to bring the innate immune system 'online' when invaders are detected. Another key part of our immune system, is the 'acquired' or 'adaptive' immune system – the part of the immune system that learns about and remembers different pathogens and invaders it has seen in the past. It is the acquired immune system that responds to vaccines, learning to recognize and fight a threat it has been introduced to in very small doses as vaccinations, or through environmental exposure.
Working with Dr. Keech, we theorized that the two products used together might provide greater immediate immune response and support to the innate and the adaptive immune systems, providing a better outcome. User anecdotal reports, along with our personal experience, seems to confirm this theory.
DPS Throat Spray contains the peptide immune triggers for the adaptive, acquired immune system. Del-Immune V® works in the innate immune system and sends signals to both immune systems. The adaptive immune response is generally slower. Used together, the two products provide powerful, broad-spectrum immune system support in most all environments and through periods of high immune stress.
The usual dosage for DPS is four sprays, swirled around the mouth and swallowed, repeated twice a day. The DPS Throat Spray has a pleasing vanilla flavor and the spray delivery system allows rapid absorption of immune supporting particles through the mucosa of the mouth and throat.
An Informal Trial
During November, 2009, we purchased 600 bottles of this peptide throat spray from Dr. Keech's company and distributed them to friends and customers during periods of seasonal illness to supplement their use of Del-Immune V®. I suggested users take two Del-Immune V® capsules and 4 sprays of the throat spray morning and evening at the first sign of winter problems, continuing for about 5 days.
We wanted to see how the product performed in combination with Del-Immune V®, and if it offered extra protection during the worst of the winter season. Our interest was to distribute the 600 complimentary bottles to customers to supplement their Del-Immune V® capsules and ask them to report their results to us. After several months of working with the colostrum colostrum extract spray, we discovered that this product is an outstanding companion product to Del-Immune V® capsules, working in the acquired immune system, while Del-Immune V® brings immediate support to the innate immune system. Pure Research Products, LLC has acquired this spray, called DPS Throat Spray and it is now available to customers via internet or phone orders. A number of folks reported identical results to our Ukrainian travel experience – the two products, when used together, worked fast. Many described how they were really concerned about being out of commission for several days even with their use of Del-Immune V®. But the two products together was really a surprise at how fast the combination helped. . . sometimes within hours.
What our customers say about using Del-Immune V® and DPS Throat Spray
Over the past 10 years we have received regular reports from our customers about how fast Del-Immune V® has worked for them, especially when fighting winter germs. Our published research from the Institute of Microbiology in Kiev, Ukraine, refers to the speed of Del-Immune V® activity* (*Study of the Interferonogenous Activity of Del-Immune V® N. Tymoshok, V. Pidgorsky, L. Shynkarenko, J. Sichel, M. Spivak, D.K. Zabolotny. Institutute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Science, Kiev, Ukraine, 2007.). When Del-Immune V® and DPS throat spray were used in tandem, users stated they were very surprised at how fast they were back on their feet when the products were combined.
Because the overall response to the combination of products was so convincing, we decided to add the throat spray to our product line consisting of Del-Immune V® and Delpro® capsules. Here are a few of the comments that I received from those that participated in the trial with DPS Throat Spray and Del-Immune V® capsules. Obviously these reports are anecdotal.
More Science Behind
DPS Throat Spray and Colostrum Peptides
Dr. Keech and I wanted to learn why there was a synergy between DPS Throat Spray® and Del-Immune V® – we found clear answers.
"The true gems in colostrum are the Proline-rich Polypeptides (PRPs). These peptides modulate, balance, regulate or initiate indirectly most of the biochemical processes in the mammalian body. They (PRPs) happen to be found in abundance in colostrum-life's first food," Dr. Keech explained.
"The role of PRPs is to transfer immune recognition signals between immune cells and thereby assist in educating naive immune cells about a present or potential danger. PRPs are natural, microscopic molecules that are found in all animals.
Dr. Kenneth J. Frank, a contributor to Dr. Keech's book, states that, "Dr. Keech has discovered a way to process fresh liquid colostrum that would ensure high content of PRPs. "I was pleased by how easy it was to use, simply spraying beneath the tongue, holding there, and swallowing. Many blood vessels lie immediately beneath the mucus membranes there, so spraying the product under the tongue maximizes absorption. Much is absorbed through the mucus membranes in the rest of the mouth," he said.
The peptides separated from the colostrum have been identified as a group that support part of the total immune complex called the adaptive immune system. Del-Immune V® supports the innate immune system. So here are two immune products that when used together work in both immune systems.
The difference is that the innate immune system is the first responder when a foreign particle like a virus, bacteria, fungus, or pollutant gets into our bodies. The pathway is usually the nose and mouth with the invader entering our bodies through the area in the back of the throat.
The other key ingredients in colostrums are immunoglobulins. In his book, Dr. Keech writes, "The best known immune components of colostrum are the immunoglobulins, also known as 'antibodies.'
Immunoglobulins, part of the adaptive immune system, are special proteins that can specifically bind virtually any bacteria, virus, protein, peptide, carbohydrate or cell the body recognizes as 'foreign.' Once immunoglobulins attach themselves to the foreign substance, the immune system's scavenger cells can attack and destroy or neutralize it.
"The principal immunoglobulins that function as antibodies are IgG, IgA, and IgM. Also present are small amounts of IgE and IgD. Immunoglobulin IgG makes up about 85% of the total immunoglobulins. The function of IgG, the predominant immunoglobulin in bovine milk colostrum, is to identify and help destroy invading pathogenic microbes. IgG is also known as 'gamma globulin,' Dr. Keech writes.
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I really need to get some hair grass. Do any of you know any stores in the Morris County NJ area that sell it?
hmm, well my favorite LFS prob. wont have it as their main focus is saltwater fish, but Absolutely Fish or Tropiquarium might carry it. I dont know for sure but its worth a check, here are their sites so you can call first. ( IDK how far these stores are from you )
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Urijah Faber, a Lincoln High graduate, will stay busy while recovering from a hand injury that he suffered during a fight on June 7 at Arco Arena. Faber, 30, broke the fourth and fifth metacarpals on his right hand during a World Extreme Cagefighting bout at Arco Arena. He battled Mike Brown for the featherweight title and lost 48-47 in a unanimous decision in front of over 13,000 fans. Faber, 22-3 since he began fighting in 2003, lost the featherweight belt to Brown in November of last year. The June 7 event was carried live on the Versus network and the Faber-Brown battle was the main event on the seven-card schedule. His injury is expected to keep him out of action for about six months. "It will probably be about that (amount of time) but I'm not 100-percent sure," said Faber, who stands 5-foot-6 and weighs 145 pounds. He will not be bored. He co-owns two Ultimate Fitness gyms, one in Rancho Cordova and one in Sacramento, and is coaching a group of fighters. Faber also has a clothing line, Alpha Male Clothing (livealphamale.com), and says he'll probably make clothing-related trips to Mexico and possibly Columbia in the near future. He is also a star in a reality TV show that is being pitched to several networks. The pilot is finished. "We'll pitch the show in the next two weeks," said Faber, who lives in Sacramento. "It's kind of more about the lifestyle (then the action in the cage). We have a cool setup in Sacramento. We have five houses (in one area) with a bunch of different fighters (that he coaches). "Basically, I'm just trying to focus on the other stuff (while recovering) and working on my legs a little bit and having some fun." Faber was a star wrestler at Lincoln High before wrestling for University of California at Davis. His recent hand injury was from a punch that he landed to Brown's head. "(The fifth metacarpal) snapped in half and shattered in the middle because I kept on fighting," Faber said. "This happened on one punch with about one minute left in the first round. I hit (Brown) on the top of the head. The fourth metacarpal is a boxer's fracture. It completely snapped and the bone is pointing up over and toward the skin of the hand." Faber, a popular WEC fighter that is nicknamed the "California Kid", wasn't able to execute his usual moves after the injury. "The biggest advantage for him was that he kept taking me down and my ability to grapple was not as effective because my use of my right hand was not as effective as normal," said Faber, who went to the hospital immediately after the fight. "A break can mean a lot of different things and I just told (his head instructor) that my hand was broken and he told me to shut up and . . . I went into the second round knowing I had no right hand. And that's my biggest tool in my grappling and stand-up game and after I got caught in that second round I decided 'let's do this thing with one hand and try to be creative.'" Faber also dislocated his thumb in the third round of the five-round battle. He made his hand X-rays public by using twitter on the night of the fight. He then went to his after-party at The Park in Sacramento.


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Compared to the original, Sid Meier's Colonisation, this sucks!
The graphics are, of course, improved and I quite likeCiv4 engine (I have al the Civ4 and add-ons and all and love it), but this doesn't work!
There are parts to the original game which are missing here, like - Independence declaration upgrading the rebel troops when they fight in the woods and wilds. Troops lose their horses when first defeated, then their rifles and then their lives when attacked, and can repair/heal by using stockpiled horses and weapons. There's a chance that the Royal powers of another European nation sending troops to assist.
In this newest version there are some mad things and maddening too - The training regimes take FAR too long and the pricing of recruiting and training is weird. My English privateer failed repeatedly and every time to beat a Dutch Merhantman, despite that the 'ratio' is 5:4 to my privateer, and even the mouse pop-up says it's a 75% chance for me to win!! What's the point?
I like it, for many reasons, and it's very playable, but it's not very cleverly created and leaves too much to be desired (what's that ferkin music too? AAarrrgghhhhhh...) I turned off the annoying music and half the sounds also vanished!
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Exotic Hybrid Tele Build
Hi gang, this will be my first build from scratch, something I've wanted to do for a while.
In the last few years I've refinished a couple of guitars, built a 2x12 cabinet and re-housed my Bugera 6262 combo amp into a custom head that matches the 2x12, so building a guitar from scratch feels like natural progression.
On to the build, its essentially going to be a 6 string Telecaster style axe with a thinner than usual body, highly figured top, 5/7 piece neck and a hard tail bridge.
Finish wise, very simple. No binding, no abalone, no sticky shiny finishes. I want it to be a very organic feeling guitar (much like my Siggery).
Pickup wise, I will be going balls to the wall metal with the bridge pickup but (probably) keeping it standard at the neck for that Tele twang.
Probable materials at this point (all subject to change, as is my whim):
Body - Ash
Top - Macassar Ebony/Zebrano (not 100% sure yet)
Neck - Maple+Wenge+Sapelle (probably)
Fretboard - Ovangkol
Bridge - Schaller 3D-6
Tuners - Schaller M6
Pickups - Undecided specifics (bridge humbucker, hot Tele neck)
Here's a mock up, with a macassar ebony top, showing the overall config.
Mockup with zebrano top + scratchplate.
I expect to start this project proper after Christmas, but will be stockpiling bits and bobs on the run up.
Heres what I have so far:
Fretboard - Lovely figured piece of Ovangkol
I hope to have the body and neck wood sourced within the next few weeks.
Thanks for reading :)
Lookin pretty hot, love the natural wood look on Teles.
This is the first time I've seen a Tele with a pickup configuration that's not SxS. The humbucker should be in the bridge position!
Other than that, it's pretty as hell.
it is in the bridge ^.
lookin awesome man! love the headstock shape.
Lookin' sweet, best of luck to you :D
Headstock ala Parker looks nice on it. Just need to be sure about the measurements on it so it wont snap off from string tension.
More like a clone of blackmachine.
I would go for not having a pickguard.
What's the point of a nice figure if you cover it up?
Where do you plan on finding maccassar that wide?
Thanks for the input fellas.
Thanks, Im growing more attached to the design each day. I shouldn't think a 5 piece neck will need to worry about string tension snapping anything.
Its actually based on a design used by Black Water guitars, look them up. Blackmachine were not the first and are not the only builder to use a minimalist headstock design so saying anything similar is a clone is a bit daft.
The pickguard will cover roughly 25% of the top at most and is by no means decided on at this point.
Here, here or here.
I wasn't trying to insult you and I used Blackmachine because they are usually associated with that headstock style.......plus they are well-known.
Got my new old stock Schaller M6 Minis in the post this morning.
The bridge and the tuners (both NOS Schaller) together have only cost me £55. More money for a top quality drop top :)
Hope to have wood sourced by next week.
I was thinking this, but I saw your link. It's also going to be expensive, reallllly expensive. If this is your first guitar I would do the zebrawood first, so you don't want to throw yourself off a balcony if you mess something up with 150$/bf (thats the price I would have to pay to get it) lumber.
Not trying to be a stick in the mud, but you know.
That's a fair point, which I would definitely be taking on board were it for the fact that my uncle will be throwing his considerable knowledge behind me and this project, so there's really very little risk.
Plus, this is purely relative of course, but I don't consider 100 quid for a pretty top a great deal of money.
Then I am very excited for this, seeing as how only about 1 out of 10 builds I look at are people that realize building your own guitar is expensive and shouldn't be done "on a budget".
I completely agree. Take a look at my cab build (in sig), if I start something, it's going to be finished properly.
Took a trip to see my uncle today to raid his wood yard.
Lots of lovely wood.
Came home with the following
From left to right, English walnut (not for anything specific, just liked it), ovangkol (fretboard, already had this), two pieces of wenge (larger piece for neck), mahogany (neck), plum (no particular reason, I just liked it.)
So just the body wood and top to source now :)
Moah wood pics.
Quick update, I now have all the wood for this build and most of the hardware (everything except the neck ferrules, pickups and pick guard, which I have decided I want for the authentic Tele look).
Body will be composed of 2 nice pieces of poplar (aka tulipwood) which I got for the bargain price of £20.
Drop top will be a thin (3.5mm) zebrano (zebrawood) bookmatched set with a lovely figure. Should be enough to veneer the headstock with this piece too.
Also picked up some purpleheart dowel to make inlays with (decided I do in fact prefer inlays over the plain fretboard look).
So, looks like it'll be:
3 piece mahagony/wenge neck (wenge centre strip)
2 piece poplar body
Bookmatched zebrano top and headstock veneer
Ovangkol fretboard with purpleheart dot inlays
Wood pics to follow in the next week or so...
Damn dude, I love Tele's this is shaping up to be a damn sexy guitar.
I'll be watching this closely.
Good luck!
Super stoked to see this one come together!
Ok, you've got my attention now. Post pics plz
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Twenty-four Botanical Gardens exist today in Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park. Volunteers from the Friends of the Garden ensure the enduring beauty of these gardens and the Botanical Center.
The Master Plan
The 45 botanical gardens called for in the project's 20-year master plan will surround the Botanical Center, allowing visitors to see firsthand many hundreds of plants that thrive in our region and making possible onsite demonstrations in garden design, planting, pruning, mulching, and maintenance. Its arboretum will contain all of Missouri's native trees, clearly labeled for easy identification.
Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens
This lively, colorful garden of perennials, annuals, shrubs, trees, vegetables, herbs and ornamental grasses is a perfect place to learn about many plants that thrive in the Ozarks.
The Wildflower Garden
Ozarkers enjoy their wildflowers and this garden displays 45 of the best loved, recently expanded to include more species, both sun- and shade-loving.
The Redbud Garden
This garden is dedicated to one of Missouri's most beautiful flowering trees. It currently showcases more than 27 varieties of redbuds and their diversity in foliage, shape, size, and flower. Funding for the redbud trees was provided by the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri.
The Dogwood Garden
An early sign of an Ozarks spring, dogwood trees blossom in pink or white in 18 different varieties, including some new Stellar hybrids.
The Native Shrub Garden
Seventy-five of Missouri's most striking native shrubs feature plants that can be used effectively in residential gardens and landscapes.
The Heritage Garden
Located in the park's historic Gray- Campbell Farmstead, this garden in development features annuals, perennials, and vegetables grown in the gardens of the 1860's.
The Dwarf Conifer Garden
View and admire an extensive collection of dwarf conifers in a wide range of color, shape, texture and size on the east side of Lake Drummond. Terraced in multiple beds, this evergreen family of cone-bearing shrubs is enhanced with meandering paths, a bridge, waterfall and rock out-croppings.
The Sensory Garden
Coming soon, a symphony of sound and sensation for everyone, but with special appeal to the physically and visually disabled. The raised beds and Braillelabeled garden will be designed to stimulate the senses. . .plants of different textures to the touch, plants that hum in the wind, plants that are fragrant and beautiful.
The Woodland Garden
Azaleas, a redbud tree, groundcovers, and a rock wall planted with annuals form this beautiful woodland setting, providing continuous color in both sun and shade.
What's in Bloom
A feature to describe what's currently blooming in the gardens.
Kickapoo Edge Prairie
This native prairie garden was started with 30 wildflower and 6 grass species. We are adding species constantly. Plans are to add rose verbena, purple coneflower, obedient plant, beard tongue, purple milkweed, common milkweed and prairie coreopsis among others. Learn more about the plant of the Kickapoo Edge Prairie.
pdf Kickapoo Edge Prairie - Natures Subtle Garden (391.42 kB)
Garden Questionnaire Series
This series of articles answers many of the most common questions about several of the gardens.
General Information
Some articles pertain to the gardens in general.
Azalea Garden
This garden site was selected for the high shade canopy created by the old hackberry trees and was designed and donated by local nursery owners Dow and Linda Whiting of Garden Adventures in Nixa. To create ideal azalea conditions in the Ozarks, azaleas were planted in raised berms with added mulch and organic matter. This garden is still under development, with hardscape coming from a generous donation by Ruth Arneson and a bridge created by Bob Childress.
The Peony Garden
Favorites for generations of gardeners, peonies are cherished for both color and fragrance. This garden, which peaks in May, exhibits 50 of the most beautiful peony varieties, old and new.
The Lily Garden
Hundreds of Asiatic, Oriental and Trumpet lilies feature brilliant colors and unique fragrances. The low-maintenance, diseaseresistant beauties are excellent for home garden use.
The Columbine Garden
Grouped by color and chosen to emphasize the plant's delicacy of bloom, the 14 varieties of columbines in this garden are a joy to see.
Federated Garden Club Gardens
This colorful garden of annuals and perennials is planted and maintained by Brentwood Estates, Cherry Court and Ever Green Clubs and Hillbilly Gardeners.
Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden
This classic Japanese garden on 7 1/2 acres treats visitors to beautiful and serene winding paths, meditation and water gardens, a tea house, a moon bridge, a pagoda, and more.
The Rose Garden
Created in 2001 as the first garden in Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park and Arboretum, the Rose Garden exhibits 160 hybrid tea, grandiflora, floribunda, and shrub roses, all grouped by color in raised beds ringed in stone.
The Hosta Garden
More than 300 hosta varieties, planted and maintained by the Greater Ozarks Hosta Society, showcase the diversity of size, leaf color and variegation of this popular perennial foliage plant.
The Hosta Garden is maintained by members of the Greater Ozarks Hosta Society. You can find out more about them at their website: http://www.gohs.org/
The English Garden
The quintessential English Garden— a classic stone wall, meandering path, statue, and heavenly mix of spikes, mounds, and foliage--provides color and form from March to November.
The Entrance Garden
A cheery array of rose hybrids in various colors welcomes visitors to Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park and Arboretum. These landmark hybrids are beloved for their mix of beauty and unprecedented ease of care.
The White Garden
Inspired by the famed garden of Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst Castle in England, the White Garden is a symphony of annuals, perennials, and shrubs with blossoms all in white.
The White Garden is maintained by members of the Pink Dogwood Garden Club.
The Viburnum Garden
Viburnums star in the garden and landscape for outstanding foliage, flowers, and berries, and some are also fragrant. This garden displays 150 varieties chosen to provide season-long appeal.
Flowering Shrub Garden
This garden displays more than 200 varieties of lilacs, hydrangeas, weigela, and other beautiful flowering shrubs, grouped by species and providing visual interest even in winter.
Ornamental Grass Garden
This unique garden contains 200 perennial and annual ornamental grasses in 75 varieties to show the many sizes, leaf colors, variegations, and blooms they can bring to the landscape.
The Daylily Garden
Ease of care and breathtaking spectrum of colors, hues, and color patterns make daylilies a big American favorite, and this garden displays over 5,000 plants in more than a thousand varieties.
The Daylily Garden is maintained by members of the Ozarks Daylily Club. Visit their website for more information:
The Iris Garden
Nearly 500 irises in some 200 varieties of the Tall Bearded, Siberian, Japanese, and Louisiana types make this garden one of the park's most colorful in May and June.
The Butterfly Garden
The whimsical bronze Butterfly Girl created by sculptor James Hall holds forth amid colorful flowering beds and the plants inside the Bill Roston Butterfly House attract the popular winged insects as well as children and adults of all ages. Look for the innovative butterflyshaped floral mascot garden, nicknamed "Windrider."
See also: Bill Roston Butterfly House
Peace Garden
This 'Peace Garden' is dedicated to peace and to peacemakers everywhere: within the family, in the community, around our country, and throughout the world. The garden was developed in memory of Joan Collins, teacher, librarian, and peace activist, who headed the Peace Network of the Ozarks for many years.
Blue Star Memorial Marker Garden
Cherry Court, Brentwood, Ever Green, and Hillbilly Gardeners garden clubs make up the Springfield Council of Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri (FGCM), they decided that a Blue Star Marker to honor our veterans would be a good addition to the Springfield Botanical Gardens. This group already plants and maintains the beautiful Springfield Council "Quad Garden" at the Springfield Botanical Gardens.
Founder's Garden
The Founders' Garden is a thank you to all the people who created the vision, designed the plans, and built the gardens at the Springfield/Greene County Botanical Center & Gardens.


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I have mailed my scanned copy of offer acceptance letter and DD to AO.
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MUMBAI, INDIA — Reliance MediaWorks Ltd. (www.reliancemediaworks.com) has partnered with LA-based digital production studio Digital Domain Productions (www.digitaldomain.com) to create visual effects and stereo 3D production service studios in Mumbai and London. The facilities will cater to motion pictures, television, commercial, and stereo 3D conversion for catalogue projects, and will begin operating in August.
Reliance MediaWorks offers an array of VFX and stereo 3D conversion services with an existing team of more than 500 artists. The company will set up a new studio at its Media BPO in Navi Mumbai and will deploy an additional team of up to 650 artists who will be available for projects allied with Digital Domain. That number includes 400 VFX artists and 250 3D conversion artists.
In London, Digital Domain will co-locate a visual effects team within Reliance MediaWorks' UK facility. Reliance MediaWorks studios in both Mumbai and London will connect to Digital Domain's LA facility through Reliance MediaWorks' fibre optic network, which can support seamless high-speed exchange of data.
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November 25, 2011
OWS Was Not the West's Tahrir Moment
Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
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We can all agree that corporate greed has run amok, that the leadership classes of Washington, Wall Street and the euro zone have let us down, that lots of vulnerable people (which most of the protesters are not, I should note) are getting screwed. But comparisons between these protests and the ones in Tahrir Square strike me as perverse.
TAGGED: Egypt, Tahrir Square, Eurozone, Occupy Wall Street, United States, Canada


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Brandon's Amanda Thornborough will suit up for one of two Canadian women's teams heading overseas to compete in the Sevens Rugby World Series in Dubai.
Thornborough, a 22-year-old winger who led the St. Francis Xavier X-Women to a CIS national title this season, was selected for Canada's No.2 team, the Canadian Maple Leafs Sevens squad after taking part in a two-week training camp in Langford, B.C. Twenty-two players made the Canadian teams that will head to the United Arab Emirates for the prestigious Dubai championship that opens on Nov. 30.
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Greetings from Gampel Pavilion. It's been a while -- about eight months, actually -- since I arrived at this building ready to watch some basketball. There have been trips for pick-up games and practices, of course, but there's a different, refreshing feel tonight.
The WTIC fellas are bouncing around, running wire all over the place and taping interviews. The beat writers are tricking in. The familiar members of the event staff, in their Morton's-salt yellow jackets, are on hand. Soon there will be a band and fans.
UConn is facing American International, a Division II school and coach Jim Calhoun's alma mater. No matter how the young Huskies play, they have a distinct advantage in size and talent. It doesn't matter what the scoreboard reads tonight, however. Calhoun and his staff want to see how eight freshman and five sophomores work together, work in a structure and work against another team.
Assistant George Blaney was courtside a few minutes ago. Ben Eaves just walked by. So did Marcus Johnson and walk-on Ben Spencer. We've got coaches. We've got players. Soon we'll have a game. Good stuff.
First, however, we'll have an athletic director. Jeff Hathaway is to meet the meet at 6:45 for the dedication of a new display in Gampel Pavilion recognizing the outstanding teams and players from men's and women's teams of years past.
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Do some lenses focus in lower light?
I have the d600 with 50mm f1.8G. I have a feeling that sometimes it isn't locking focus when it should. This happens in low-light situations only. I was out with another photog who felt her tamron shot zoom (f2.8) was locking focus much more reliably than her copy of the 50mm f1.8G also. this is only anecdotal. i've tried to find some articles discussing this but come up with none. i can imagine that some lenses are more contrasty and that might help. But that's just my imagination.
I only use af-s center-point.
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October 4, 2012 at 11:38am
This year, the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce has the privilege to honor an organization and three individuals that have contributed in so many amazing ways to the lives of our communities. These deserving award winners – The Hitchcock Center for the Environment (Legacy Award for Environmental Leadership), Ray Shafie and Chris Riddle (Lifetime Achievement in Business), and Youssef Fadel (Chamber MVP) – help tell a wonderful story about the richness of the Amherst Area and the quality of our membership.
In years past, we've come up with a theme for this event. From "Stars of the Valley" to last year's "Works of Art" the narrative thread was a means to unite the award winners in some cohesive way. This year, we have multiple similarities to highlight and stories to tell.
Perhaps for the first time, we have two foreign born winners – Ray Shafie and Youssef Fadel - both of Middle Eastern heritage. Coincidentally, Chris Riddle also spent a long time in Tunisia, where he met his wife and began his career. Chris's architecture practice has always been environmentally mindful, striving to create the most energy conscious works. Ray, Youssef, and Chris all have strong connections to their community and give considerable time to charitable work or to directly helping others.
The Hitchcock Center has been committed to teaching us how to be stewards of our environment. It is a center of our community, in which the mission is to create a better world. While "Think globally, act locally" has become a cliché, all four of our honorees exemplify how to do it.
I'm really proud of our award winners. The diversity, experience, and richness that they bring to the Amherst Area make me proud to live and work here, and are indicative of the quality of our Chamber membership.


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- Molly: "The best thing that could have happened to you in this situation has happened. He is going to hold your money, invest it in his alpha fund and make the funds available to you at a time as the transfer will not induce any undue attention."
- Franklin: "Which is a polite way of saying I'm gettin' robbed!"
- — Molly Schultz debriefing Franklin Clinton.
Pack Man is a mission in Grand Theft Auto V, given by businessman Devin Weston to Franklin Clinton, Trevor Philips and Lamar Davis.
Franklin arrives on Forum Drive in Strawberry. He receives a call from Lamar. Lamar tells Franklin that he's stolen the final car in Weston's list, a Pegassi Monroe, and now has it nearby, behind Glass Heroes autobody shop. Franklin meets Lamar. The two drive the Monroe to Little Bighorn Avenue where Trevor is waiting with a Packer filled with the other cars the group have obtained for Weston. Franklin drives the Monroe onto the last remaining spot on the Packer. He, Lamar, and Trevor then begin the drive to the drop-off point, the Procopio Truck Stop north of Paleto Bay.
The player is shifted to Trevor driving the Packer. Franklin decides to take a nap. Trevor and Lamar talk about various topics, including Trevor's relationship with Michael De Santa. Beyond this conversation, the trip is initially uneventful, but as the group gets closer to the drop-off point, the police appear with a two-star wanted level and give chase. Franklin decides to unhitch the JB 700 and use its weapons to neutralize the police cars--Franklin has heard from Weston's lawyer that the 700 has "some new hardware on board." Trevor must keep the Packer steadily while Franklin makes his way along the cargo carrier. Franklin reaches the JB 700 and gets it off the Packer. At this point, the player is shifted from Trevor to Franklin. Franklin uses the 700's clatrops and newly included guns to take out the police pursuit.
Once the police are gone, Franklin calls Molly Schultz. Soon, the crew arrives in Procopio to find Schultz waiting for them alone. She tells Franklin that Weston has stayed away due to the heat the crew has collected. Additionally, Westin has invested the team's payment and will only give them their money once police attention dies down. Franklin rails at Schultz for the lack of payment, but she tells him to be grateful and drives off, leaving Franklin alone.
Mission objectives
- Collect the car.
- Take the car to the garage.
- Go to the drop-off point.
- Keep the truck steady for Franklin.
- Defend the truck from the Cops.
- Follow the truck to the drop-off point.
Gold Medal Objectives
- Time - Complete within 12:00
- Not a Scratch - Complete with minimal damage to the JB 700
- Shredder - Take out 3 cop cars using the spikes
- The mission's name is a reference to the iconic Namco game Pac-Man, as well as being a word-play on the fact a Packer is featured prominently.
- There are six cars on the Packer, despite Devin stating he needed five cars in the mission I Fought The Law. However, it is most likely because Lamar joined the team after Deep Inside, so another car was needed to even out the funds/make it fair on the three protagonists.


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Roseville has 16 student-athletes sign national letters of intent
Eight senior boys and girls sat at a table in the career center at Granite Bay High School and signed their national letters of intent at 8:08 a.m. Wednesday.
And on it went on National Signing Day. Roseville resident J.T. Frank was one of 13 student-athletes to sign during a ceremony at Jesuit. Roseville quarterback Zac Cunha signed in the early afternoon on campus. The Placer United Soccer Club recognized 30 of its players, including several from Roseville schools, at a signing ceremony Wednesday evening in Loomis. And Austin Keppel set up shop at Woodcreek Oaks Golf Club to sign his letter of intent for football.
The career center at Granite Bay was crowded with family, friends, coaches, teachers and administrators. As impressive as the total number of Granite Bay student-athletes signing — 11, counting three who signed in November — was the collective grade-point average of Wednesday's eight.
"The average GPA up here (at the table) is about 3.8. We have everything from a B (average) to a 4.57," athletic director Tim Healy said. "It takes a unique combination of someone who's athletic, who's gifted, who has character and the determination to push and go harder than 99.9 percent of their peers. That's not an easy thing to do."
Six of the eight were soccer players: Cody Giddings (United States Military Academy at West Point), Ty Thompson (Stanford), Christy Cooper (Air Force Academy), Avery Hutchinson (William Jessup), Dorien Johnk (Loyola Marymount) and Kayla Karlsson (Cincinnati).
Gavin Andrews signed to play football at Oregon State, and University of the Pacific will allow Andrew Murch to swim and play water polo.
Murch weighed USC and Cal but said he would have had to choose swimming or water polo. Being able to compete in both at UOP won out, as did the fact that Murch said he has several friends on the Stockton campus he described as "gorgeous."
Hutchinson also will have an opportunity to play two sports. She described Jessup soccer coach Jamie Howard as "absolutely amazing" and said Howard, upon learning Hutchinson plays basketball, "hooked me up with the basketball coach (Guin Boggs)."
Johnk drew interest from Loyola Marymount while competing at Surf, a college showcase in San Diego. Loyola Marymount drew Johnk's interest when she visited.
"I love it down there," she said. "It's so close to the beach and very laid back. It's on a bluff so you see all of L.A."
Karlsson, on the other hand, describes herself as an adventurer type who "never really wanted to stay in California" and was exploring schools back East. Karlsson said she fell in love with Cincinnati and "everything about it" during her visit, including the campus and coaches.
"They made up my mind for me," said Karlsson, who also considered UC Davis. "I knew I wanted to go there."
Cooper was impressed by the Air Force Academy and its academic offerings after diving into the recruiting process. Cooper wants to head down the "medical route," possibly in prosthetics or physical therapy, and sees "the kind of people I want to be around" at the Air Force Academy.
"It was the best jumping-off point for me," she said.
Giddings was sold on the coaching staff at West Point, starting with head coach Russell Payne, who was an assistant for two national-championship teams at Maryland in 2005 and 2008. West Point's past also impressed Giddings, including alumni Gen. Douglas MacArthur and former President Dwight Eisenhower.
On top of all that, Giddings described West Point as "one of the most beautiful places I've seen in my life," and he said he doesn't fear the military commitment.
Said Giddings, "I love my country, and I'm willing to do anything for it."
Thompson is the oldest of four soccer-playing Thompson kids. His GPA is around 4.5.
"Somewhere in there," he said.
Thompson pulled back on a verbal commitment to UC Santa Barbara after realizing Stanford was an option. He liked the campus and its academic opportunities. Thompson said he'd enter Stanford with an undeclared major, "figure out what interests me" and proceed from there.
"I'm just really looking forward to getting into that environment," he said.
Andrews, the anchor on an offensive line that played a key role in Granite Bay's Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship last fall, gave a verbal commitment to Oregon State last summer. He said he loves the Corvallis campus, the football program (the coaches, team and game atmosphere) and the business program, his focus.
"It was a great experience for me," Andrews said of his visit.
Joining the 6-foot-7 Andrews at the ceremony were mom Kara, older brother Dana and younger brother Jesse; or, as Gavin put it, "my little brother." Jesse is a quarter-inch shy of 6-9, and Dana is 6-9.
Wednesday evening, Keppel signed with Western State College of Colorado. Keppel is a two-time All-SFL second-team offensive guard.
"This is a culmination of a ton of hard work put in by Austin, particularly in the last 12 months," Timberwolves coach John Hildebrand wrote in an e-mail. "We have been fortunate to have had a few very good, two-year starting offensive linemen the last several years, and Austin's career stands up with any of them. He will be tough to replace. It seems like Western State is a good fit for him, and I know he will fit in great with the team and staff."
Here is a list of Roseville and Granite Bay student-athletes who signed a national letter of intent Wednesday:
Cornerstone Christian: Madeline Schiffel, soccer, USF.
Granite Bay: Gavin Andrews, football, Oregon State; Christy Cooper, soccer, Air Force Academy; Cody Giddings, soccer, United States Military Academy at West Point; Avery Hutchinson, soccer and basketball, William Jessup; Dorien Johnk, soccer, Loyola Marymount; Kayla Karlsson, soccer, Cincinnati; Andrew Murch, swimming and water polo, University of the Pacific; Ty Thompson, soccer, Stanford.
Oakmont: Kendall Boshart, soccer, Point Loma Nazarene.
Roseville: Zac Cunha, football, Minot (N.D.) State; Kelcey DeCarlo, soccer, Humboldt State; Tobin Gramyk, football, University of San Diego (verbal commitment).
Woodcreek: Emily Chalfant, soccer, Point Loma Nazarene; Rachel Dortch, soccer, Sonoma State; Lauren Hayano, soccer, San Francisco State.
Jesuit: Roseville resident J.T. Frank, football, Holy Cross.