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Kevin Garnett had 16 points, 18 rebounds and five assists as the Boston Celtics beat the Knicks 92-86 in New York to force a sixth game of the NBA's conference quarterfinal series. The Knicks still lead 3-2. The Indiana Pacers own a 3-2 lead in their opening-round series after David West scored 24 points and Paul George added 21 in a 106-83 win over Atlanta. And James Harden's seven three-pointers and 31 points lifted Houston past Oklahoma City 107-100, stretching that series to a sixth game. The Thunder still lead 3-2.
Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard is the fourth player to be unanimously selected for the NBA's Rookie of the Year award. The sixth pick in last year's draft led all rookies in scoring at 19 points a game. Lillard also averaged 6.1 assists and 3.1 rebounds while playing all 82 games.
Texas A&M's Kyle Field will become the largest stadium in the Southeastern Conference after university regents approved a $450 million redevelopment plan. The stadium's capacity will increase from 82,589 to 102,500 in the expansion, making it just larger than Tennessee's Neyland Stadium's 102,455. The renovation will began after the 2013 football season and should be finished for the 2015 season. The team will play in the stadium during the project, which calls for various improvements, suites and premium seating in a facility that opened in 1927. The project will be funded by donations, seat licenses, student fees and ticket revenue, as well as a preferred facilities agreement between the Bryan-College Station convention and visitors bureau that will use hotel and tax revenue for the next 30 years.
A guard from a Kansas junior college has signed a letter of intent to play basketball next season at Creighton. James Milliken averaged better than 18 points a game and shot 42% on three-pointers for Cowley County Community College in Arkansas City, Kansas, last season. He was named to the All-Jayhawk Conference first team and was a first-team all-region pick. Milliken had 32 points and eight three-pointers in a January game and was the 39th junior-college prospect by the website jucorecruiting.com. Creighton coach Greg McDermott said the 6'2 Milliken can score in a variety of ways and will fit in perfectly with the Bluejays as they move into the Big East Conference. He'll have two years of eligibility. Milliken is the fifth newcomer on the 2013-14 Creighton roster.
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The attorney for United Football League founder and chairman William Hambrecht asks that a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in back pay for players be dismissed. Some 78 plaintiffs say they haven't received any of the pay agreed upon in their contracts or in signed "personal guarantees" by Hambrecht. All played for the Omaha Nighthawks and Las Vegas Locomotives. The league also had teams in Norfolk, Virginia, and Sacramento, California. Hambrecht attorney Kristen Gallagher wrote in court papers that player contracts require pay disputes to be arbitrated by the UFL's Football Advisory Committee, not the courts. Players' attorney Andrew Rempfer said no such committee exists and called the motion "flimsy." A hearing is set for next month in Las Vegas. The UFL folded in October because of financial problems.
The Wayne State baseball team dropped one spot to eighth in the second NCAA Division II Central Region Rankings. In games played through Sunday, April 28, the Wildcats were 25-13 overall and 21-10 against teams within the Central Region that is comprised of teams from the Northern Sun Conference, Great American Conference and Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Central Missouri remains the top team in the region while Minnesota State moves up one spot to second. The Wildcats are scheduled to host Upper Iowa in a NSIC doubleheader today at 2:00 and will close out the regular season Friday night and Saturday with a four-game NSIC series at Augustana College in Sioux Falls.
Wayne State landed three players on the 2013 Northern Sun Conference All-Conference Softball Team. Sophomore Kelcie Bormann was voted by coaches as First Team designated player while sophomore first baseman Kaiti Williams is a repeat selection to the Second Team. Williams was also named to the NSIC Gold Glove Team along with junior right fielder Kylee Simpson. Wayne State is 26-14 overall and the seven seed heading into the NSIC Softball Tournament in Rochester, Minnesota today. The event had to be moved indoors to the Rochester Community and Technical College Dome due to the weather with the Wildcats facing Concordia-St. Paul this morning at 8:30 in a first round contest.
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Eighteenth-century literature and culture; digital humanities; the British novel; book history; textual studies; Jane Austen; early fiction by women.
Janine Barchas (Stanford B.A. and Chicago Ph.D.) joined the University of Texas at Austin in 2002, after teaching at the University of Auckland for five years.
Barchas' first book, Graphic Design, Print Culture, and the Eighteenth-Century Novel (Cambridge UP, 2003), won the SHARP book prize for best work in the field of book history. In addition to several editing projects, Barchas has published articles on writers from "the long eighteenth century" in journals such as ELH, Review of English Studies, Eighteenth-Century Life, Eighteenth-Century Fiction,Nineteenth-Century Literature, and Persuasions. Her most recent book is Matters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity (Johns Hopkins University Press, August 2012).
Ongoing projects include an investigation into the marketing of Jane Austen by means of book covers—cataloguing two centuries of cover art that packaged Austen's work from 1833 to the present. Prof. Barchas recently published a sample from that research in an essay for the New York Times, "The 200-Year Jane Austen Book Club."
Her latest project is a website entitled "What Jane Saw." This website (www.whatjanesaw.org) offers a virtual reconstruction of a museum exhibit attended by Jane Austen in 1813. "What Jane Saw" launched on 24 May 2013, 200 years to the day that the Austens attended.
If you would like to "see" Professor Barchas talk briefly about these projects, you can also find her in a series of short UT-sponsored "Knowledge Matters" videos on YouTube. In these videos she explains celebrity culture in Austen's time, shows samples of outrageous and influential book covers of Austen, and talks about the making of her new "What Jane Saw" website.
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T C 302 • Jane Austen On Page And Screen
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Meets TTH 1230pm-200pm CRD 007A
Description:This interdisciplinary single-author course is devoted to the six major novels of Jane Austen and also considers the manner in which Austen's work has recently been refashioned into major motion pictures and popular BBC television series. While this class concerns literature, history, and film, the primary emphasis will be on the study of Austen in her historical context. Thus, the class will ask how Austen fits into the novel genre's development and how her stories touch upon issues of gender, economics, art, and the law of her time. In order to augment our investigations into Austen's original context, the class will include a few sessions in the HRC where we will look at original editions of the novels (including sister Cassandra Austen's copy of Mansfield Park) and ask questions about the impact of her books' original printed presentation. From our attempts to reconstruct Austen's "original reader" we will then proceed into discussion of the recent re-workings of the novels for the screen, including "adaptations" such as Clueless, Bridget Jones' Diary, and Bride & Prejudice, which recast Emma and Pride and Prejudice into a modern mold.
Texts/Readings:Literature:Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1811); Pride and Prejudice (1813); Mansfield Park (1814); Emma (1815); Northanger Abbey (1817); Persuasion (1817).Films:Sense & Sensibility: film directed by Ang Lee (1995)Pride & Prejudice: excerpts from the film directed by Robert Leonard (1940)Pride & Prejudice: BBC mini-series directed by Simon Langton (1996)Pride & Prejudice: film directed by Joe Wright (2005)Clueless: film directed by Amy Heckerling (1995)Bridget Jones's Diary: film directed by Sharon Maguire (2001)Bride & Prejudice: film directed by Gurinder Chadha (2004)Mansfield Park: film directed by Patricia Rozema (1999)Emma: film directed by Douglas McGrath (1996)Emma: excerpts from the BBC mini-series directed by Diarmuid Lawrence (1997)Northanger Abbey: BBC telefilm directed by Giles Foster (1987)Persuasion: BBC Film directed by Roger Mitchell (1995)
Three close-reading essays (3 pages each; 1 rewrite): 10% each
One research essay (7-8 pages): 30%
Participation: 20%
Class presentation: 20%
About the Professor
Born in The Hague, The Netherlands, Professor Barchas did her undergraduate work at Stanford University (1989) and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1995). She joined UT in 2002 after teaching for five years in Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests focus on eighteenth-century literature and culture and include the British novel, book history, textual studies, modernism, and early fiction by women. Her book Graphic Design, Print Culture, and the Eighteenth-Century Novel, published by Cambridge University Press, won the SHARP Book History Prize for 2003. In 2004 Pickering & Chatto published her edited volume of 18th-century British erotica for its ECBE Part II series. In 2005, Professor Barchas won UT's Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award. Non-work time is devoted to family, especially her daughter Madison, who is the proud owner of a cat named Black Paw.
Selected Publications
Books & Editions
Matters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity (Johns Hopkins University Press 2012).
Graphic Design, Print Culture, and the Eighteenth-Century Novel (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Reprinted: April 2004. Paperback: November 2008. Prize: SHARP Book History Prize.
The Annotations in Lady Bradshaigh's Copy of Clarissa, with the editorial collaboration of Gordon Fulton, ELS Monograph Series, No. 76 (Victoria, 1998). 144 pgs.
Volume 1 (1700-1735) of Eighteenth-Century British Erotica Set II, 5 vols., gen. eds. Alexander Pettit and Patrick Spedding (Pickering & Chatto, 2004). 523 pgs.
Recent Articles & Chapters
"A Big Name: Jane Austen and the Wentworths," in Wentworth Castle and Georgian Political Gardening, ed. Patrick Eyres (Wentworth Castle Heritage Trust, Yorkshire, Aug. 2012), 161-175.
"Digitally Reconstructing the Reynolds Retrospective Attended by Jane Austen in 1813: A Report on e-Work-in-progress," Aphra Behn Online: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830 (March 2012).
"The Real Bluebeard of Bath: A Historical Model for Northanger Abbey," Persuasions 32 (2010): 115-134.
"Artistic Names in Austen's Fiction: Cameo Appearances by Prominent Painters," Persuasions 31 (2009): 145-162.
"Hell-Fire Jane: Austen and the Dashwoods of West Wycombe," Eighteenth-Century Life 33.3 (Fall 2009): 1-36. Reprinted as "Dashwood Celebrity" in Sensibilities (Feb 2011), journal of the Jane Austen Society of Australia.
"Mapping Northanger Abbey: Or, Why Austen's Bath of 1803 Resembles Joyce's Dublin of 1904," Review of English Studies, New Series, 60.245 (June 2009): 431-59. Distinction: RES "Editor's Choice"
"Mrs. Gaskell's North and South: Austen's Early Legacy," Persuasions 30 (2008): 53-66.
"Very Austen: Accounting for the Language of Emma," Nineteenth-Century Literature 62.3 (Dec 2007): 303-338.
Digital Project
"What Jane Saw," a website supported by a grant from LAITS. This site reconstructs the museum exhibit of 141 paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds that Jane Austen attended on 24 May 1813. Site launches 24 May 2013—the 200th anniversary of the original event.
Essay in Popular Press
"The 200-Year Jane Austen Book Club: two centuries of cover designs say a lot about the cultural reach of Pride and Prejudice," New York Times Book Review (17 Feb 2013), back page essay, 27.
Some Relevant Blogposts
"Jane Austen on the Tenner: great idea, bad execution," JHU Press blog (29 July 2013)
"Researching Austen in Austin," Harry Ransom Research Center Blog (5 Feb 2013)
"Happy Birthday, Jane Austen," JHU Press Blog (12 Dec 2012)
Q&A with Shelflife@Texas (29 Oct 2012)
"A Janecation in Yorkshire?", Jane Austen in Vermont Blog (21 Oct 2012)
The Page 99 Test (19 Sept 2012)
"Jane Austen on Location," JHU Press Blog (12 Sept 2012)
Selected Honors
- Humanities Research Award, University of Texas ($15,000 over 3 years; 2010-2013)
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship (2007-2008)
- Alpha of Texas Award for Distinction in Teaching, from Phi Beta Kappa Society of University of Texas (May 2005)
- Katherine Pantzer Fellowship in the British Book Trades, Bibliographical Society of America (March 2005)
- Prize for "Best Book of 2003" from Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), awarded for Graphic Design, Print Culture, and the Eighteenth-Century Novel
- Newberry Library/ASECS Short-Term Fellowship (Jan-March 1997)
- Bibliographical Society of America Fellowship (1996)
Recent Talks and Lectures
"Naming Names in Pride and Prejudice," Plenary speaker at AGM of Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA), Minneapolis – scheduled for Sept 2013 See: http://jasna.org/agms/minneapolis/plenary.html
"Has Jane Austen Jumped the Shark?" (roundtable), American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Cleveland -- April 2013
"What Jane Saw," University of Michigan (18thC Group), Ann Arbor -- March 2013
"What Jane Austen Saw at the Reynolds Retrospective in London," Jane Austen Society of Australia (JASA), Sydney -- 18 Feb 2012
"Jane Austen between the Covers," The Centre for the Book, Univ of Otago, Dunedin --30 Jan 2012
"Dashwood Celebrity," JASA, Sydney -- 2 July 2011
"What Jane Saw: Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1813," David Nicol Smith Conference, Melbourne, Australia -- July 2011
"The Abnormally Interesting Wentworths," American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Vancouver -- March 2011
"The Real Bluebeard of Bath: a historical model for Northanger Abbey," Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA), Portland, OR -- October 2010
"A Big Name: Austen and the Wentworths," Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire – 7 August 2010
"'Real Solemn History' in Austen's Northanger Abbey, A. K. Smith Visiting Scholar Lecture, Trinity College, CT -- 25 Feb 2010
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Advisory Board of Eighteenth-Century Studies (term 1 July 2011- 30 June 2014).
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Unfortunately, there are no taxi services in Scituate. Most of the shops and restaurants are located in Scituate Harbor and they are all within walking distance. The beaches are a little bit longer of a walk but the ones close to the harbor such as Sand Hills and Peggoty are a 10 to 15 minute walk max, and lot quicker on bikes. See the article about beaches below for more information.
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Scituate Harbor Area Morning Breakfast: Morning Glories has a breakfast egg and cheese sandwich and a coffee selection that are raved about by the locals. Visit this bakery for your breakfast fix to get your day rolling. Activity: Off of The Driftway, just near Morning Glories, take a walk along the marsh at the boat ramp. There are walking trails alongside to make for a nice morning stroll. Lunch: On Front Street, the heart of Scituate's downtown, lies one of the town's busiest sandwich shops, Marias. Often times on a summer afternoon, the line is out the door, so be prepared to wait for about 20 minutes for your lunch. Get it to go as Peggotty beach is right around the corner!
Activity: Peggotty Beach is a popular beach near the harbor. After being sure that you have a beach sticker on your car, prepare to spend the rest of your afternoon here.
Dinner: Satuit tavern is a popular restaurant near the lighthouse and features local seafood and pizza. The prices are reasonable and the menu selection appeals to all appetites.
Activity: South Shore Cinemas in the harbor shows two films at a time. With Nona's Homemade just next door, the movies are a sweet treat to the end of your night in the harbor.
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Breakfast: Marylou's is a very popular coffee shop in North Scituate that also has muffins and pasteries. This stop will help wake your morning up. Activity: Visit Whittney Woods Trails. There are 3 miles of trails off of Country Way, near Marylous, that provide for a nice walk through the woods.
Lunch: Circe's Grotto is a nice sandwich shop offering an extensive menu of gourmet sandwiches. With Minot Beach just down the street, Circe's makes a lot of sales for beach picnics. Activity: Minot Beach is one of Scituate's Public Beaches that is very family friendly. It features an enormous rock that kids love to play on and jump off of.
Dinner: Riva II is a pizza joint (small cramped)that offers pizzas and salads. For a light dinner after the beach this is an excellent choice. Oro (great food casual elegance) and Tesoro (Tapas) are much better options and the Galley is a good place for casual dining.
The major beaches of Scituate are Minot, Peggoty, and Egypt Beach, and are all open to the public throughout the year. Note that parking in a beach parking lot requires a Beach Sticker. There are only a reserved number of stickers for non-residents each summer. If you are not a resident with a sticker, it is probably easier to bike, or make some local friends! Sand Hills and Pegotty beach are the two closest beachs to the harbor and are a 10 to 15 minute walk max, even less if you have bikes. Be sure to ask for directions although it is pretty straight forward trip.
The town of Hull, home to Nantasket Beach, phone: +1 617-727-1330, is about a 15 minute ride to the north on route 3A. At this beautiful 3.5 mile long sandy beach there are 1000 car parking lots (for a small fee), lifeguards, public rest rooms, changing rooms and showers. Opposite the beach, there is a long strip of restaurants, arcades, ice cream stands, shops, food vendors and even a carousel. This trip is a must and a fun time for families or couples. The beach is extremely popular on hot summer days and is one of the best on the South Shore. From Scituate, follow route 3A north until you hit the traffic cirlce in Hingham, then take the first right out of the circle and follow until you reach Hull. Continue until on until you hit the main strip and the beach is on the right. You won't miss it.
There are three USPS post offices in Scituate, located on Ford Rd, First Parish Rd, and Gannett Rd. The post office located on First Parish Road is the only one to offer Passport Application Services. Stamps can be purchased at the post office, or at the CVS/Pharmacy in the harbor. There are no UPS stores (or similar package delivery services) located in Scituate. If you need to send a package, there are several drop boxes around town. A UPS, FedEx, and USPS box is specifically in Scituate Harbor.
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Garcia is Penney's new style voice and fashion collection curator.
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Law enforcement in Clarke County apprehended a murder suspect from Kentucky over the weekend.
According to Clarke County sheriff Todd Kemp, Maurice Valentine's vehicle broke down Saturday in Quitman.
The suspect phoned his mother in Louisville, Kentucky. She apparently notified authorities there of his whereabouts. Detectives then called the Clarke County Sheriff's Office.
"His reason for being here I don't know. We have I-59 that runs through the county, and we have U.S. 45, a major highway that goes to the Gulf Coast, to Mobile, Ala. Interstate 59 goes to the New Orleans area. I think he had gotten as far as he could go," Kemp said.
Quitman police officers Eric O'Neil and Billy Lewis took Valentine into custody without incident.
Valentine is wanted for rape and burglary, in addition to the murder charge. He has waived extradition.
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About the SBTC Program
"There is no doubt in my mind that Craftsbury was the difference between winning and losing. This place is definitely magical to us." - Peter Graves; 2009-10 SBTC participant; bow, US Senior men's 2x 2009/2011; winner Champ 2x HOCR 2008-2011; 2012 Olympian US Senior Men's 4X; 2014 World Cup #3 podium, US M4x
The Craftsbury Small Boat Training Center is a summer program for U23 athletes (whether in college or not) designed to be a bridge from collegiate rowing to the US National Team, with a focus on smaller boats. In the nearest term, the immediate goal is to put together small boats to compete at U23 World Championship Trials.
The program offers coaching, equipment, room/board and travel support. Rowers may compete in races such as U23 World Trials, Senior Nationals, Senior Team World Trials, World Championships (U23 and Senior) and Canadian Henley.
Participants offset the costs of the program with fourteen hours per week of work at the Center. Work projects support the Craftsbury Outdoor Center and its mission. Tasks vary from chopping wood to coaching Community Rowing to working in the garden to designing energy systems.
Athletes will be accepted through an application process.
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- Who will be the coach?
Still TBD for summer 2016.
- What types of rowing experiences must I have?
Athletes must have been part of a competitive school or club program and have the capacity to train multiple times a day consistently. A familiarity with and understanding of small boat rowing (1x, 2x, 2-) is important, but not a limiting factor.
- What are the goals of the program?
The immediate goal of the program is to put together small boats to compete at U23 World Trials. Through this work, athletes will develop/improve small boat rowing skills as well as improve the rowing fitness. Additional race opportunities, such as Canadian Henley, may be provided as appropriate.
- What does the day to day schedule look like?
During summer programming, there will be 11-13 water workouts per week with supplemental land work for flexibility, strength and power development. There will be systematic evaluations and appraisals of the athlete's progress. There will be periodic videotaping and review. When appropriate, racing opportunities will be provided. You can see a schedule from a past summer here.
- How late into the summer can SBTC participants train at Craftsbury?
The SBTC program generally ends after the Canadian Henley Regatta in August. Select participants may continue training at Craftsbury until they return to their school or club.
- What is the end of summer take away for athletes?
A review of the athletes' pre-camp goals will take place plus a final evaluation of the athlete's fitness and rowing proficiencies in the three small boats. There will be a race review for those athletes who do compete. Leaving Craftsbury, the athlete will have a clear understanding of where they are and what needs to be accomplished to move to the next level.
- What is the cost of the program, and how much of it can be offset by work for the Center?
There is no monetary cost to the athlete for participation in the program. There may, however, be some race travel expenses. For example, if a crew makes the U23 National Team, Craftsbury will aim to provide as much support as a USRowing Camp athlete would receive, but this may not cover the entire cost of the trip. All rowers are expected to work 14 hours per week at the Center. All room and board privileges are contingent on the upkeep and cleaning of your housing facility and completing all job assignments in a timely fashion.
- What will the work opportunities be like?
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- Various projects related to helping Craftsbury become more sustainable. These could include analysis of current heating/power systems, improved management of property, and production of local food on property.
- Projects that support the Craftsbury sculling program in general: helping coach local juniors and masters, maintaining the fleet, and babysitting for children of rowing coaches and campers.
- Meeting needs of the Outdoor Center such as caretaking of facilities, gardening, trail work, chopping wood, etc.
- Other Projects TBD. Participants will be encouraged to generate ideas for projects.
- What kind of boats does the program have? Can I bring my own boat?
SBTC has a small fleet of pair/doubles, a quad, several singles and access to additional singles and other small boats when they are not in use for the Sculling Camp. You are also encouraged to bring the shell you have been training in prior to coming to Craftsbury.
- Do I have to be in college? Is there a minimum age requirement?
The program is geared primarily toward U23 and Senior men and women, whether currently in college or not.
- When are applications due?
We have an open and continuous rolling admissions policy, but we encourage all applicants for the summer program to have applications in by May 1 with acceptances starting as early as April 1. Download your application.
- How many athletes can the program serve?
We plan on serving around 4-6 athletes each summer.
- How much regatta support will be provided? What expenses will I need to cover?
For any competitions outside of U23 Worlds, SBTC will provide coaching, boat transport, entry fees, competition uniforms, and room and board.
- Other than rowing gear, what should I bring to the SBTC?
The athlete must bring to SBTC:
- Heart Rate Monitor and belt.
- Stroke or Speed Coach with harness, plastic holder and pick up magnet - impeller is optional
- Small tool bag containing an adjustable wrench, 7/16 wrench, 10 mm wrench, regular and Phillips head screwdriver and a metric tape measure.
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This week's on air puzzle involves two clues that will yield a solution using a seven-letter word and the middle five letters of that very same word. For example, if the first clue is "heavy" and the second ins "a figure that a skater might make," the answeres would be "weighty" and "eight."
Challenge from March 18: Think of a well-known two-word motto. Say it quickly and it will sound like a different two-word phrase for the result of some auto garage work. What is it?
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"Bad Dreams," the sophomore opus from Canada's highly acclaimed duo comes with alot of expectations. After receiving critical appraise worldwide for their debut LP, Swollen had to cement their position in hip hop with "Bad Dreams." Swollen Members can best be described as the darker counterparts of Dilated Peoples. While there are numerous similarities between the two groups (white guy with a dope voice, black guy with scientific rhymes, same producers, Rock Steady Crew affiliates, and their name essentially means the same thing), Swollen has a sound that is much darker, and this time around it is even darker.
The albums title is quite appropriate as there a number songs that could be soundtracks to your nightmares. The Alchemist blessed "Bad Dreams" is a good example of that, as is "The Reflection." Despite the underlying darkness of the album, they don't allow things to get repetitive and boring. Tracks like "Take It Back," "Anthrax Island" and "Snake Bite" are great changes of pace that all come at the right time in the album.
The appropriately titled "Fuel Injected" is one of the premier cuts on the album, as is the booming "Killing Spree." Not to be outdone are "Full Contact" and "Deep End." "Full Contact" features Evidence's signature keys and his ill voice on the chorus, and Chali 2na blesses Mad Child and Prevail with a verse. The aforementioned "Deep End" is another dark track that features a great verse from Prevail and the albums best verse from Mad Child,
"hand to hand combat / gone far beyond that / armed to the teeth / this is a bomb threat / graveyard shift / way past obnoxious / we play to win / you count your loses / an awesome roster / original design rhymes / find time to make the shiver up your spine climb / this ain't theatrics / we rock with tactics / and smash on you plastic actresses for practice / the fact is I'm violent by nature / don't hate ya / like most people about as much as they like me / haven't found a way to say 'fuck you' politely / these days I stick to myself but / sometimes get sick of myself / got my own circle / love my people / bleed for my people / need no replacement / Mad Child's life unfolds with bold statements."
The albums most original track comes on the Joey Chavez produced "Ventilate." Mad Child and Prev One take this time to air their grievances with one another and they actually get quite personal. I'm guessing that if groups like Tribe Called Quest and EPMD made songs like that, they would have never broken up. "Bad Dreams" has only one problem, and it is the same one that "Balance" had, it is a couple tracks too long. Nonetheless, another good album from Vancouver's finest.


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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic disease. It causes inflammation and fibrosis (scarring) of tissue in the lungs. It occurs most often in people aged 50-70 years.
There are various types of pulmonary fibrosis with similar symptoms, but different response to treatment and outcomes.
Idiopathic means the cause is not known.
Researchers think that IPF is an exaggerated and uncontrolled inflammatory response. This produces the scar tissue. What starts the cycle is not known. Over time, scarring surrounds the thin walled air sacs in the lungs. This makes the tissue thicker and stiffer. As a result, breathing becomes difficult. The lungs gradually lose their ability to pass oxygen to the rest of the body.
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IPF occurs most often in males and people aged 50 years and older. Other factors that may increase your chance of IPF include:
- Cigarette smoking
- Viral infection
- Occupational exposures to dusts containing wood, metal, silica, bacteria, and animal proteins or to aerosol sprays, gases, and fumes
- Medications such as nitrofurantoin, sulfasalazine, amiodarone, propranolol, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, bleomycin
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Other family members with IPF
Over time, the symptoms get worse. This makes daily activities difficult. People with IPF gradually start to have some or all of these symptoms:
- Shortness of breath, at first only during or after physical activity, but later also when resting
- Dry cough
- Gradual weight loss
- Fatigue
- Clubbing (enlargement of the fingertips or sometimes the toes)
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. One or more of the following tests may be performed:
- Chest x-ray or CT scan—to view the lungs and check for scarring
- Pulmonary function tests—to measure the size and effectiveness of the lungs
- Blood tests—to tell how well the lungs are taking up oxygen
- Exercise test on treadmill or stationary bicycle—to measure how well the lungs and heart work during physical activity
- Bronchoscopy sometimes with bronchoalveolar lavage—fluid is put into the airways and then removed to study the cells and check for signs of inflammation
- Lung biopsy—a small sample of lung tissue is removed and studied; usually required to confirm a diagnosis of IPF
There is no known cure. The goal of treatment is to improve symptoms and slow the disease process. This is done by reducing inflammation and scarring. The tissue that is already scarred cannot be returned to normal.
Medication is the main form of treatment. It does not work for everyone. Medications are used to:
- Reduce inflammation
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- Slow the progression of the fibrosis
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If present, GERD will need to be treated. This most often involves the use of medication and lifestyle changes.
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- Some people may need to receive oxygen. This will help them breathe.
- A pulmonary rehabilitation program may also improve lung function.
- Get appropriate vaccinations to prevent lung infection, including a flu shot every year and the pneumonia vaccine
A healthy lifestyle may also help slow the disease. This includes:
- Not smoking
- Healthy diet
- Regular exercise
- Rest when needed
- Lung transplantation may be considered for people with advanced IPF who do not respond to other treatment.
There is no proven way to prevent IPF. However, avoiding smoking and wearing masks for work in some occupations may help.
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The music worlds collided at the Smurfs 2 premiere in LA, when Katy Perry was spotted on the blue carpet with Britney Spears!Both of the musicians made the event a family affair. Britney brought her two sons, Jayden and Sean, and Katy was with her grandma, Ann Hudson.
Other celebrity guests at the Smurfs 2 premiere included Neil Patrick Harris, Dannielynn and Larry Birkhead, Vivica Fox and more!
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MONGOLIA: A dispute arises over freedom of 26 North Korean refugees
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MONGOLIA: Refugees facing deportation
Dear Friends
We are forwarding information from the Liberty Center, a human rights organization in Mongolia, that 26 North Korean refugees are facing deportation to the North Korea soon. Your urgent action is requested to pressure the Mongolian government not to send them back to the North Korea and protect their rights in accordance with the International law. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Liberty Center.
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MONGOLIA: A dispute arises over freedom of 26 North Korean refugees
"Mongolia should not push back those refugees who came for freedom from the hell of communism." told Mr.Elbegdorj Tsakhia, the President of the Liberty Center, after the news about the North Korean refugees were spread by several Mongolian daily newspapers this week.
According to "Urdiin Sonin", "Unuudur" and several other newspapers, 26 refugees from North Korea were caught by Mongolian east border officers on September 03, 2003. Newspapers received this information from an anonymous source of the Mongolian Border Authority, but no media could not receive an official confirmation on it yet. Also, it is not officially confirmed that whether the "border-breakers" were North Koreans or whether Mongolia is going to send refugees back to their country.
However, journalists of "Udriin sonin" found some threatening information from official sources that the officials already discussed the issues on returning the North Korean refugees back to their country. It is expected that if Mongolian Government will try to send the North Korean refugees back to the communist dictatorship, public actions opposing such inhuman act will take place in Ulaanbaatar and other places in Mongolia. "If we, who know what was the communist dictatorship, don't understand the pain and tragedy of North Korean people, who will help them? Who knows, maybe those North Korean people who were raised in our country by our parents during their war time have sent their children to us¡K" writes today in Udriin Sonin¡¦s article "Shall we send them to death?"
So far, it is unclear how Mongolian Government will act on its first case when the fate of North Korean refugees were put under the threat to be sent back to their country.
"I have interviewed five pedestrians from random locations, they all said they would oppose sending refugees back" said Ms.Altnatuul, a journalist from "Udriin Sonin". "Our government may already be in dilemma on what to do, but journalists from our newsroom are undoubtedly willing to bring the North Korean refugees at home and share our freedom and food with them. We really do wish to help them." told Ms. Oyuntsetseg to the Liberty Center.
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Hi there,
In many of the yeast bread recipes call for "Baker's Special Dry Milk". Is there a substitute for it or can I ommit it?
Thank you.
You could substitute ordinary dry milk.
I think you can also use a cup of regular milk in place of 1/4 cup of Baker's Special Dry Milk and 1 cup of water. You might want to scald the milk first, though.
Yes, substitute the Special Dry Milk + the liquid content of the recipe for either liquid milk or reconstituted "regular" dry milk.
For instance, if your recipe is for 1/4 c of Special Dry Milk + 1 c. water, substitute with 1 c of liquid milk, OR reconstitute regular powdered milk according to the directions to make 1 c. of liquid milk.
Either way, scald the substitute and then let it cool down before incorporating the dough.
The Baker's Special Dry Milk is usually called for when you want a high rise in yeast breads. The "Bakers' Special" milk is treated with high heat, which is why you want to scald any substitution. Heat breaks down milk protein enzymes which can inhibit the yeast from rising your product as high as it should rise.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I will try it out in the future.
Here's some info from two resources that I typed in an earlier thread re the Baker's Special Dry Milk:
Here's info from the Baker's Catalogue Online page:
Baker's Special Dry Milk helps yeast breads rise higher.
Looking for a better rise for your yeast breads made with milk? Try the dry milk professional bakers use.
The special processing method used in creating this dry milk makes it super yeast-friendly. Substitute Baker's Special Dry Milk in any yeasted recipe, and see how much taller your bread rises.
Your bread will be softer and more tender, and will stay fresher longer when you use dry milk.
Never mind scalding and cooling liquid milk; substitute our dry milk in any bread recipe calling for milk: 1/4 cup dry milk + 1 cup water = 1 cup milk.
1-pound bag, enough for about 16 loaves of bread or batches of rolls.
Comes with complete instructions and a delicious recipe.
And here's info from the Prepared Pantry re their Baker's Dry Milk (High Heat Treated Nonfat):
If you bake bread or yeasted pastries, use this high-heat treated dry milk in place of both the nonfat dry milk you buy in the stores and liquid milk. Your products will be lighter and better with a better crumb. A 12-ounce package (about 2 1/2 cups).
Baker's dry milk makes better bread.
High-heat treated dry milk is a nonfat milk product but it has been produced at higher temperatures to destroy certain enzymes naturally found in milk. These enzymes in milk will degrade the gluten structure in bread dough. Because of this, commercial bakeries nearly always use high-heat treated dry milk in their yeasted products.
Important note: This is not instant dry milk which is not high heat treated and it is not intended for table use. The taste is a little different and it will not dissolve as readily in water. It dissolves in the bread as you knead the dough.
We add this or dry buttermilk to most of our bread mixes. It really improves the flavor of bread. We love this product.
You can substitute it but if the opportunity comes that you can purchase some please make the recipe on the bag. It is wonderful.
Since King Arthur changed their packaging and uses brown paper bags rather than resealable plastic bags for this (and other products), I find myself less likely to order it, because I really dislike the brown paper bags and they leak, so I have to put it in a plastic bag or other container.
I often will keep some of the "shelf stable milk boxes" (like Parmalat) on hand for quickie substitutions. No need for scalding as the milk is processed at ultra high temperatures in the packaging process.
Should you scald any milk used in anybrecipe? I have not been scalding called for milk, even when it is supposed to be warm.
After growing up in Texas, a buggy place if there ever was one, I psychologically cannot leave anything in the bag it came in. As soon as it is opened, everything goes in Cambro, or glass quart canning jars, or gallon pickle jars. I cut out the label and either put it in the jar, or tape it on the side. It helps with finding things, too.
By the way, I use regular milk, usually unscalded, most of the time. Only if I perceive a recipe as tricky, or expensive, or delicate, do I bother with scalding the milk or using my precious Special Dry Milk. I can usually get a light enough product, and if I don't, well, there's always crostini. I love salty things spread on crispy crostini . . . hummus, chevre, tapenade, pesto, tomato pesto, and then there's peanut butter, egg salad, & the list goes on.
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New to baking and want to use something other than the dry milk.
I read (from a baker) that Vital wheat Gluten (flour) help with raising and Potato Flour can help bread texture. Can you give any ideas about this for possible additions with the amounts for each as a substitute for some of the main flour used to bake breads?
I also like to use Silk nut milk if it calls for milk, I don't know if it needs to be called?
Thanks for all your help
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Vital wheat gluten is most useful when baking with whole grain flours and rye breads. The bran cuts gluten strands and inhibits rise, therefore, extra gluten is advised. Potato flour helps with tenderness in mainly white breads and rolls. I suggest you follow some tried and true recipes, then branch out with substitutions. Though when you say "Potato Flour can help bread texture", that depends on what texture you are trying to achieve. It would be detrimental to artisan breads and their much desirable "chewy" texture and crustiness, and things like pizza dough.
We have two very knowledgable Texans who contribute here almost daily, MsCindy (Houston area) and bakeraunt, who lives in Lubbock. I moved to CA in 1971, so have been an TEX EX longer. :))
Thank you frick! I am keeping a diary of all the great advise! I live in GA now and miss Texas so nice to know there are knowledgeable people from the area.
You can generally replace powdered milk and some of the liquid in a recipe with the equivalent amount of most any nut milk you prefer. It will change the taste of the finished product slightly. In some recipes, it may also affect the tenderness. Personally, I prefer the nut milks from the refrigerator section at the grocery store, rather than the shelf stable packaging. Jan
The only time I've seen scalding milk to make a noticeable difference is if the flour is a whole grain type, like whole wheat or rye, which are typically less vigorous in the rising department.
Even then its either not that much difference, or maybe I'm just good with the normal texture - so I basically never bother with scalding milk any more. Similarly I don't bother with the special dry milk either. Regular powdered milk is sufficient unto the cause - or at least it has been for me, LOL!
I wish the Bakers' Special Dry Milk was in packages like yeast. I don't know if I will use recipes with milk in them all the time. I am new to all this but I saw a video on Red Stare Yeast showing their new
Platinum Superior Baking Yeast and how it has additives to the packet to make higher rise. I know this isn't your product but this I have now and wondered if it might be a little help until I use the Baker's Special Dry Milk?
I like the Baker's Special Dried Milk. It keeps well in Tupperware, although I bought the canister that KAF sells that holds a bag, and it works fine. I prefer to use the special dried milk rather than regular milk. I use water and usually 1/4 to 1/3 C special dried milk, depending on the recipe. It is a good way to get extra calcium into our diet, and I like how the bread turns out.
Whether or not a bread rises higher is dependent on a lot of factors other than yeast. The list is lengthy, such as 1) whether you have used more flour than indicated, depending on how you measure. 2) the proportion of liquid in the recipe; 3) whether or not you are using things detrimental to yeast (such as cinnamon); 4) the salt balance; 5) the temperature of your kitchen and/or the temp of your liquid; 6) the quality and % of the protein in your flour; 6) the degree to which you have developed the gluten, primarily through kneading; and the length of time allowed for rising. The list goes on beyond these. The main thing I have against the Platinum Yeast is that if you are a dedicated baker, baking probably at least a couple of times a month, or more probably weekly, you should be buying yeast in bulk, not little packets. I don't use the Special Dried Milk because I have found regular milk works just fine for me, and we use milk daily anyway. I haven't scalded milk in years.
Wonderful information thanks, this help me tremendously! You are so right about how difficult it is to bake bread when you know so little.
How important to using real milk? I don't drink it because I only use almond milk. I know you can use this kind of milk but what about the difference in chemistry.
Also, I didn't know the salt was that balanced, if it calls for 1 TBSP can you use less?
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There have been many discussions on the feasibility of cutting the salt in a recipe. Salt provides flavor and it also impacts dough structure and yeast growth. (Salt inhibits yeast growth.)
Taking the salt out completely is likely to result in a bland-tasting loaf that rises more (Tuscan bread is the ultimate example, it has no salt in it, and not a lot of flavor), but in many cases you can cut the salt in half without seriously impacting flavor and without the yeast going crazy.
Yes, 1 Tbsp salt sounds like a lot but remember, the key word here is proportion -- to yeast and flour. I use 2 tsp in a recipe of around 18 to 18.5 ounces of flour. I do use a bit more than Mike, but we both are within the basic parameters. So the question is not "can I reduce the 1 Tbsp" because we have no idea of the quantities in the recipe you hope to use. We don't mind at all answering questions, but without the context of a recipe, any answer is a shot in the dark. It's best to first let us know what you are trying to bake, the exact recipe you hope to use, what experience you have and what kind of bread you hope to successfully produce. Bread is at once simple and complex. Just flour, water, salt and yeast can make wonderful bread, IF you do certain things to those ingredients.
A few of the important things to get acquainted with right away are. There really aren't that many and you will learn as you go, and be able to build on these basics.
1 - how to knead and how to check for a "windowpane" to tell if you have reached the right point.
2 - how to measure your ingredients for the greatest accuracy. PS: a scale is best
3 - depending on the type of bread you want, you may need a baking stone.
4 - you should get an oven thermometer. They aren't expensive, and ovens are wildly variable.
5 - don't overheat your liquid. If you use instant yeast, you won't need to proof it. Whatever you use, keep your liquids no higher than 110. Lower is probably better.
Don't worry about using almond milk. I don't use it and really can't compare it to using dairy, but I'm not aware of any issues. Dairy milk does tenderize bread. Unless you have an allergy, remember dairy is a valuable source of calcium and protein. Whenever anyone says they use only almond (or soy) milk, I always wonder why.
If you need recipe suggestions, there are a wealth of recipes here, both from KAF and members. Many have had many comments and recommendations to help you decide what to tackle. White flour breads are best for beginning success. Whole grain recipes are the most difficult.
Ask all the questions you want, but supply as much info as you can. This would include whether you have a stand mixer or plan to knead by hand. There are also many excellent instructive videos from first class professionals that can give you a head start. Good luck.