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People look forward to fall for all kinds of reasons. Suede boots. Pumpkin recipes. Apple picking. Some can't wait for the September issue of Vogue; I can't wait for the release of fall cookbooks. And this year is a special year. From baking books that highlight cookies contributed by New York restaurants and chefs to a young Southern renegade chef making truly exciting food — there's something for everyone. Last year, some of my favorite baking books of all time were released. I've baked from them all year, used them for inspiration for Marge, and continue to bookmark and dog-ear their pages. This year is a little more well-rounded with a few wonderful Southern cookbooks, beautiful baking books, and a few that have quickly become good go-to, all-around references for everyday cooking. I'm excited to share my favorites this season with you.
Cook's Illustrated Cookbook: I include Cook's Illustrated not because it's an exciting or unusual cookbook or that it necessarily keeps me up at night thinking about which recipe I'll make next. The reason it's on this list is its impressive scope of 2000 recipes that will all work. Each one, each time. These are heavily-tested recipes and the Cook's Illustrated folks work to show you how to make your favorite dishes and why they work. They discuss which ingredients to use to get the best results, and what tools work well. You get the smallest dose of food science along with your tomato sauce. And a tome of classic recipes for those days when you're in a bind and need a Bolognese recipe or a solid chocolate cake. Recipes to try: Roasted Smashed Potatoes, French Chicken in a Pot, Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Desserts From the Famous Loveless Cafe: Nashville, Tennessee's Loveless Cafe is on my Southern Bakery Road Trip-list. It began in the early 1950's on Highway 100 and they're known for their buttermilk biscuits and country ham. In 2004, everything got ratcheted up just a notch when pastry chef Alisa Huntsman came in and started pumping out authentic Southern desserts that the lunch and dinner crowd just couldn't resist. Now people come just for pie. And stay awhile. Recipes to try: Honey Chess Pie, Tipsy Cake, and Big Mama's Blackberry Jam Cake.
Momofuku Milk Bar: It's time to come clean. I have a pastry chef crush on Christina Tosi. The woman is brilliant. Think about your own career for a second. Then think about someone who does the same thing but is really, really good at it –incredibly innovative, creative, just makes you kind of stand in wonder. For me, this is Christina. The woman does things with relatively simple American desserts (cookies, cakes, ice creams) that blows my mind. She plays with the nuance of flavors in her ice creams like no one else, experiments with ingredients that most people walk by in gas stations and convenience stores (corn chips, pretzels), and uses food science to her benefit to play with the texture of each dessert–testing recipes beyond an inch of their life. She doesn't follow anyone else's rules. I love this about her. Recipes to try: Banana Layer Cake, Blondie Pie, Cheesecake Ice Cream.
Basic to Brilliant Ya'll I'll admit it. When this one showed up in the mail, I wasn't too sure. The name screamed Paula Deen and "Brilliant" isn't usually an adjective I like to use for the food that I cook. But after a few pages turns, you realize you're in good hands with Virginia Willis. She is from a Southern family but is a classically-trained French cook; she takes down-home Southern recipes and refines them just a bit. Reworks them for the modern palate. Beloved food-blogger Helene Dujardin did the food photography and, in typical Helene style, a beautiful place at the table is captured. If you have yet to do much Southern cooking, this is a wonderful place to start because Willis covers everything from stocks to mayonnaise to vinaigrette, pie crust, and pastry cream and moves on to more advanced dishes like Spicy Carolina Pork Shoulder and Wild Mushroom Ragout. Recipes to try: Kale Omelette, Sweet Potato Biscuits with Apple Mash, Skillet Blondie,
Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food: A Grocer's Guide to Shopping, Cooking, and Creating Community Through Food If you live in the Bay Area, you're lucky to have Bi-Rite in your backyard. For such a small grocery store, the place has soul. So what about the book? At first, you'll notice photos and profiles of local food producers and farmers along with their stories. Then you'll notice it's organized in broad sections that correspond to grocery store departments: Community, Grocery, Deli, Produce Department, Butcher Counter, Dairy Case, Cheese Department, Bakery, and Wine and Beer. Within these sections are recipes, information on How to Buy, How to Store, and How to Use. In all honesty, cookbook aside, this is a solidly informative food resource. I will use it often. Bring the cookbook element back into the picture and you've got a book that will carve out a place on your shelves for a long, long time. Recipes to try: Citrus Olive Oil Cake, Apricot Ginger Scones, Pear Skillet Cake, Cardamom Rice Pudding with Golden Raisins.
Leon Baking and Puddings: This UK release by Claire Ptak (ex-Chez Panisse pastry chef) and Henry Dimbleby excites me in its impossibility to explain. For anyone that's followed the blog or has spent time talking bakeries with me, you'll know I'm obsessed with Violet in London although I've never actually been. And Claire Ptak is the woman behind the dreamy cakes, seasonal fruit muffins and scones, and plump whoopie pies and cupcakes they do at Violet. This book is wonderful because most of the recipes sound and look absolutely decadent, yet 3/4 of them are wheat, dairy, or sugar-free with plenty of gluten-free options, too. Now I don't generally look for books with this dietary scope, but you wouldn't guess this by flipping through Leon. At all. The book contains childhood polaroids, colorful cooking notes, visual sketches and drawings and in-your-face photography. Recipes to try: Elizabeth's Lemon Bars, Life by Chocolate Cake, and Roasted Quince Compote.
Cook This Now: Oh, Melissa Clark. This is one of those books you're going to really spend some time with. You may take some notes. You may then transcribe those notes onto your computer. Perhaps then you go back and read the Introduction, wondering how one woman can fit so many darn wonderful recipes into one cookbook. This is your new go-to fall cookbook. If you have any of Clark's previous books or follow her work with Gilt Taste or The New York Times, you know she can write one heck of a recipe: clear, concise instructions paired with engaging headnotes and impeccable organization. I've spent hours with this one. Recipes to try: Baked Apples with Fig and Cardamom Crumble, Homemade Mallobars (!) Bulgar Pilaf with Swiss Chard and Dried Apricots, Figgy Demerra Snacking Cake, and Sticky Cranberry Gingerbread.
One Sweet Cookie: Tracy Zabar has always loved cookies. A lot. With this project, she set out to ask seventy New York chefs, restaurants, bakers, and pastry chefs to provide her with their one very favorite cookie recipe. There are contributions from Babbo, Gramercy Tavern, and City Bakery to name a few. The grand dame of cookies herself, Maida Heatter, even makes an appearance. Personally I love collections that are heavily edited and present an individual's perspective or point of view. Having a baker that you truly admire choose their very favorite cookie recipe says a lot about them and about that cookie. With the holiday baking season on the horizon, this is a good way to snag now. Recipes to try: Mint Thins, Pistachio Butter Cookies, Fig Squares, Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies.
A New Turn in the South: I recently wrote a review of this book on The Kitchn, so if you're interested in a bit more detail, head on over. Author Hugh Acheson is from Canada, he dropped out of school when he was nineteen to work in kitchens, he's opened a few restaurants of his own now, and he can cook Southern food like a native Southerner. In his introduction, Acheson says, "Southern food presents a special challenge for me: to interpret its nuances, always with respect for the traditions, the land, and the history that fostered it. So this is the food I cook in the South." He's respectful of tradition, resourceful with local ingredients, and a bit of a renegade himself. His cooking celebrates produce and seasonal fruit, and is decidedly unfussy. You don't look at a Hugh Acheson recipe and think, "oh that's Southern." You look at a Hugh Acheson recipe and think, "wow, I would've never thought to combine those two things!" A good example: Yellow Grits and Sauteed Shitakes, Fried Eggs and Salsa Rossa. This is not traditional Tennessee fare. But it's intriguing and approachable–all we can really ask for in a good recipe, yes? Recipes to try: Chanterelles on Toast, Braised Red Cabbage, Cornmeal Campfire Tomatoes.


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Bipolar Disorder: Another Brick in the Wall
Pink Floyd song should go, "Hey doctors…we don't need your medication." Denise Gellene of The Los Angeles Times reports bipolar disorder may be over-diagnosed in youths:
The report in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry said bipolar disorder was found in 1,003 of every 100,000 office visits from children and adolescents in 2002-03, compared with 25 of 100,000 office visits in 1994-95.I've got plenty of little cousins and I can I tell you firsthand. At least half of them are hopped up, a scary reality and perhaps, all too common. Here's what Dr. Fuhrman had to say about this:
The diagnosis of bipolar disorder among adults increased twofold during the same period, researchers said.
The study didn't investigate the reasons for the sudden rise in bipolar cases among children and adolescents. A book published in 2000, "The Bipolar Child," made the controversial assertion that one-third to one-half of children with depression had bipolar disorder.
Dr. Mark Olfson, a psychiatrist at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and senior author of the latest study, said part of the increase was attributable to an under-diagnosis of bipolar disorder in the past.
But Olfson said another reason was the mislabeling of children and adolescents with aggressive or irritable behaviors as bipolar, an illness that is treated with powerful psychotropic medications, many of which have not been tested in children.
I don't know, but I am always suspicious of all these diseases that are increasing in the last 20 to 30 years with our chemicalized, drugged, medicated, polluted, and nutrition-less toxic food environment. Soon almost all kids will be on medications for something.For more on this sort of issue, check out these posts:

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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Still Life.
Those trips were quintessential 80's vignettes. I'd arrive at Penn Station, subway out to Brooklyn, and literally run to his apartment because his neighborhood resembled Beirut, all bombed out buildings and burned up cars. He'd meet me at the door in his giant blond Mohawk and leather jacket. Punk rock dreamy. His roommates were painters. She was a hippy blonde who focused on giant flowers resembling vaginas and Charles was African-American, a political artist who specialized in distorted portraits of black men wearing KKK hoods pushed up on their heads like some kind of demented bee bonnet. It was 1986, and I thought they were the coolest people I'd ever seen.
The photographer and I would spend our days scouting out dirty landscapes, which wasn't hard to do. I remember a freezing night on the Brooklyn Heights walkway, the traffic rushing under us while he attempted to capture the Manhattan skyline in time-lapse. I was colder than hell, but there was no way I wanted to leave. I felt like I was in a movie. A really cool Jim Jarmusch one.
We'd ride the subway in every day. 1980's Manhattan, before the big Disney cleanup. I marveled at Charles. He fearlessly made small talk with other passengers. They thought he was crazy, so did I, but for different reasons. Didn't he know you're not supposed to even make eye contact? Charles was unfazed. Smile on his face and in his heart. When he asked how you were, he genuinely meant it. Every conversation was a precious stone. I envied him.
I distinctly remember one afternoon spent photographing cookies in the depths of the SVA studios. The photographer had a box of Entenmann's, and spent hours arranging cookies and box on a high platform surrounded by white canvas screens and lights on tripods. Adjusting the lights ever so slightly, crumbling some, arranging the crumbs, opening the box, then deciding it looked better closed. Stacking the cookies, then unstacking them. Taking hundreds of pictures. This was a film camera remember. He'd have to look at tiny samples on a contact sheet later, then decide which ones were best for submission as his class assignment.
I didn't see the point. Let's just take the pictures and go. I was beyond bored, ready to get something to eat and attempt once again to bore behind those eyes and that gorgeous Mohawk and get to know the person inside. The photographer was having none of it. All he saw were cookies.
I think back to the photographer's efforts and laugh. He was trying to do the same thing. What any good photographer will do really. Elicit a response whether cerebral or physical. The food porniest of food porn. I do wish I could go back in time and tell him daylight is really the best. You're never going to light cookies as well using 10 gazillion flashes or lights on tripods. Fake is fake and it always looks fake.
Why all the effort to elicit such an illicit response? What are we all trying to do anyway? We're not selling 7-up for chrissakes. I'm thinking specifically about the 1970's ads showing ice in a glass, but if you looked closely, you could see naked ladies. Google "subliminal advertising" if you've no idea what I'm talking about. Subliminally it was supposed to get you REALLY thirsty for 7-Up. Hell, it was MY favorite soda growing up ;)
What about the great artists of long ago? Like Adriaen Coorte or Willem Kalf? Feast your eyes on masterful works of still life if you want to sink into some truly great culinary porn. What were they selling? Their expertise and ability to paint glass? This astounds me. How in hell do you take paint and create something transparent? Maybe it was more than just bragging. A statement on luxurious waste. On the fleeting nature of living things. Or was it just a commission? Because some rich lady wanted a picture of apples and grapes for her drawing room.
Are all food photographers just modern day still life artists? Rather than dead game and diamond-encrusted goblets, we showcase cupcakes, cocktails, whoopie pies, and handfuls of flour thrown oh-so-expertly on a well-worn Pottery Barn cutting board. What's it all for? To make people hungry? To create art? Or just a cute pin for our next Pinterest pinboard?
I wonder if that photographer's cookie picture got a passing grade. I wonder what the purpose was. I wish I could go back in time and ask him. I wish I could ride a subway train and run into Charles. In 1986 I was frightened church mouse quiet, but now? We'd have quite the conversation. And I'd thank him. For showing me you can smile at strangers. For teaching me to speak. And to walk around with an open heart. Tweet
2 comments:
- livelaughloveliquor.com said...
What a wonderful post. I can not believe you rode the subway in the 80's. I remember a pre-Guilliani NYC and no amount of summonsing my inner bad-ass could have convinced me to get on one (or make eye contact, conversations)!
p.s. Your photos are lovely. More like tasteful, soft porn for food!
- August 5, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- Libby said...
Thank you so much! Used the "soft" setting on the camera to heighten the effect lol! And believe me, I was scared shitless on that subway, but now see it as my badass badge of honor :)
- August 12, 2011 at 9:43 PM
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Eddleman hopes his hard-work ethic will pay off in big dividends this season as the Mustangs hope to get back into the playoffs.
After reaching the area round in 1999, Claude went 3-7 last season and just missed getting in. A loss to White Deer in the regular-season finale kept the Mustangs out of the postseason.
Two years ago, the Mustangs were eliminated in the area round of the playoffs by Nazareth, a team Claude had beaten during the regular season. Eddleman remembers the thrill of reaching the playoffs, and wants it again.
A solid performer in basketball, baseball and track, Eddleman is somewhat of a camp junkie as well. He attended a basketball camp in Lubbock this summer, as well as a student council camp in Lubbock in mid-July. Last year he attended a leadership camp at Clarendon College.
"I get a lot out of them," he said, "especially the leadership and student council ones. They are mainly group-oriented, and you get an opportunity to talk over and discuss a lot of things.
"They teach you how to speak what's on your mind and come up with ideas."
He said they help where football is concerned.
"I think they teach you how to communicate and you need that in athletics, especially football. Your teammates might not believe in what you say, but at least they will respect what you're saying."
Eddleman also is a virtual workaholic in the weight room. He lifts daily, and it's almost become an obsession.
For instance, he weighed 174 pounds when the summer began. When fall practice starts, he will weigh in at a rock-solid 192 pounds.
"I've lifted for as long as I can remember," he said. "But, I've really been going strong with it since the summer of my sophomore year. I try to do more each year."
His hard work in the weight room appears to have paid off for the Mustangs. A couple of years ago, no more than a handful of players visited the weight room regularly. This summer, as many as 20 have been regulars.
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Hearing Celebrity Skin brings me right back to highschool, and every girl I was friends with (and me), obsessed with Cobain's widow and Hole as a whole. Vancouver wild child Peter Breeze has covered the tune and even gotten props now from Courtney Love herself!
Peter Breeze came onto the scene when he released "Fuck Talk (Buy Me A Drink)" last year as his club single and music video debut, and everyone was telling everyone and their mother to Buy Them A Drink! With producer Maxwell Maxwell, Peter followed up his popularity with his first full length album Send In The Robots last March, and online sales went through the roof, including a special performance attended by, and praised by, original club kid James St. James himself in LA. The album gave us some great dance tunes, and another great single and video for X-Rated Angel. Peter rocked the Rapture party and The Odyssey last summer at Vancouver Pride and began the ride into glory, glitter, and fame.
Just yesterday, less than two hours after posting the cover of Hole's Celebrity Skin, he gets a shout out from Rock Queen Courtney Love! After being posted to her fan page, Hole personally tweeted about the cover saying "OMG this lovely boy @peterbreeze has done a spectac cover of Hole's Celeb Skin…"
The Vancouver star is continuing to rise, and I'm sure the boost from a star such as Courtney is just further fuel in Peter Breeze's fire.


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Most editors are failed writers (but then, so are most writers). One of the reasons they fail is by incorrect use of abbreviated Latin words. Here is an archive of such words, their meaning and use.
A.D. (anno Domini): "in the year of our Lord."
A.M. (ante meridiem): "before noon." Meridies means "noon" or "midday." The English abbreviation for ante meridiem means the time before noon and after midnight.
B.A. (Baccalaureus Artium): "Bachelor of Arts." A four year undergraduate degree.
circa: "about." Abbreviated c or ca, indicated uncertainty about a date.
confer: "compare." Abbreviated cf. Often used as "see" or "see also," what it really means is to invite readers to compare an author's discussion with that presented in another work.
e.g. (exempli gratia): "for example."
ergo: "therefore."
erratum: An error in printing or writing. An errata is a listing of such errors.
et al: Abbreviation for et alii (masculine), et aliae (feminime), and et alia (neuter) indicating "and other men" or "and other people;" "and other women;" and "and other things." Persons do not pronounce et al. "And others" is always said for et al.
etc. (et cetera): literally "and the rest" but in the modern it would be "and so on." Used only when speaking of things, not people.
e.g. (exempli gratia): literally "for the sake of example" but in the modern it would be "for instance." It is used correctly to introduce an example. It is used incorrectly to mean "that is" (see id est).
ibid.: Abbreviation of ibidem meaning "in the same place." Used to make reference to an identical source cited in an immediately preceding footnote.
i.e. (id est): "that is." Used to clarify a statement just made. Most frequently confused with e.g. (exempli gratia) "for example."
M.A. (Magister Artium): "Master of Arts." A higher university degree.
M.D. (Medicinae Doctor): "Doctor of Medicine."
N.B. (nota bene): literally "note well" but in the modern it would be "take notice." This calls attention to something important in a written document.
op. cit. (opere citato): "in the work cited." Used in a footnote to reference a work previously cited.
per se: "by or in itself," but perhaps better stated in the modern as "intrinsically."
P.M. (post meridiem): "after noon." See A.M. (ante meridiem).
P.S. (post scriptum): "written afterward."
Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum): "which was to be demonstrated." Appended to solutions with the meaning that the proposition that was set out to be proved has been.
quid pro quo: "something for something." In the modern, "this for that," it means something given in return for something.
re: "concerning" or "regarding."
sic: "thus." Used to indicate an apparent misspelling or a doubtful word or phrase in a source being quoted.
via: "by way of' or "through."
vice versa: Literally "the change being turned," might be better stated in the modern as "conversely."
viz. (videlicet): Literally, "it is permitted to see," or better stated in the modern as "to wit." It is expressed orally as "namely" (not as viz).


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The Unicorn Theatre continues its celebration of 40 consecutive years with the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winning drama, "Water by the Spoonful," written by Quiara Alegria Hudes and directed by Mark Robbins, that opened Saturday night, April 26.
Last week, The Unicorn successfully completed a capital campaign one month ahead of schedule to purchase their building and secure a permanent home, and this week open a Pulitzer Prize winning drama, a spokesman said.
"Water by the Spoonful' turns out to be a thoughtful, inventive, occasionally funny, at times moving story about addiction — about forgetting the unforgettable and forgiving the unforgivable in order to move on. It also explores the new ways we relate to one another – meaning, online – and the search for connection," according to New York Theater.
Connection, addiction, and redemption, parts of the theme of "Water by the Spoonful" depicts a young Iraqi war veteran who comes home to reconnect with his family, only to find his mother running a chat room for recovering addicts. This multimedia journey stretches from Philadelphia to Puerto Rico exploring human connection in the digital age. Birth families splinter and online families collide as they all search for a safe haven in a messed up world.
The story focuses on a recovering addict who moderates a chat room for other users. The room allows former users to chat together and support each other for one more day. They also understand the idea that at any time addiction may draw them back. Day one looms as a reminder that each individual starts the journey away from addiction at the same place.
The play beautifully shows how the social media fosters and nurtures people from different places, circumstances and backgrounds to develop bonds that could sometimes lead to lasting or deeper relationships. By chatting daily, Haikumom, Orangutan, and Chutes and Ladders show their souls as they learn to speak the truth to each other as they continue their path away from addiction.
A new individual enters the chat room society, Fountainhead, looking for support as he tries, unsuccessfully, to end his daily drug use. He finds an understanding moderator, a "smart ass" who ran away to Japan to escape her life–Orangutan, and an angry IRS agent who can't redeem himself with his family–Chutes & Ladders.
The chat room story continues to develop as the audience learns the back story of the individuals trying so hard to re-connect to a normal world from their inner loneliness. However, "Water by the Spoonful" develops a second story line of the chat room monitor and her dysfunctional family. The play reveals her past addiction and the inability to raise her son, now an aspiring actor and injured soldier.
Lonely and broken individuals try to regain their footing and climb back from the abyss only to find each day a struggle. Every character deals with heartbreak, disillusionment, and despair, yet they all cling to hope for a better day and end to their suffering.
Not enough positive comments can be penned to explain the mastery and concept of the play by director Mark Robbins and his creative team. The minimalized set contains hidden rotating doors that allow the actors and stage crews limitless access to the stage when to the audience there seems to be no exits for the actors. The set design was spectacular.
As for the acting in "Water by the Spoonful," Robbins could not have assembled a finer cast of professionals for this production.
A relative newcomer, Alisha Espinosa gave a solid performance as a niece of Haikumom and daughter of Haikumom's sister. She's very strong as a college teacher looking for her own happiness and strength while helping others forgive and move forward.
Dawnnie Mercado, as Odessa/ Haikumom, controls the dynamics of the story. She is the hinge between the two story lines. She's the recovering addict who lost her family to drugs and the caring monitor assisting others who need daily support to avoid another "Day 1." Mercado is funny, touching, sad, helpless, burdened, and supportive in a part that allows her to show all facets of a real person's daily life after addiction.
As the angry young man, Keenan Ramos as Elliot Ortiz displays the hurt suffered from a mother whose crack habit destroyed his family and led to his sister's death. His story is one of needing to find peace within to move forward and find a way to forgive his mother for her past. He gives a poignant performance as Elliot.
Darren Kennedy also serves as an intersection point of the two story lines. He comes to the chat room in denial of his addiction and suffers the slings and arrows of the other chatters, but also learns to connect and form a pivotal relationship with Haikumom. He learns to give up his pretension and find reality. Kennedy's stage time is short, but his performance shows his strong stage presence and his ability to create the needed emotions for his character.
Chutes & Ladders gives Walter Coppage an opportunity to create a different character that reaches out from his present to take a giant step toward new beginnings. His character is the character of hope. He grows from an angry chatter to be the harbinger of hope. Coppage's character actually steps from his comfort zone to move to new vistas. His character gives up the pain of his past and family to find a new beginning and strengthen a connection. It's a strong yet subtle performance.
The sarcastic and acerbic character of Orangutan provided Erika Crane Ricketts the chance to play a Japanese character. Ricketts who is half Japanese said she relished the chance to play a Japanese character. She also said the part was difficult as a chat room personality to just face the audience to deliver the lines and not interact with other actors. She performed flawlessly and impassioned. The tears sliding down her cheek at one point displayed the depth of her emotions as her character faced unforseen difficulty.
A ghost and as Professor Amand, Bryan Moses had the least stage time and fewest lines. Still, his stage presence and delivery were important to set the tone of the story and help give visual guides for the audience.
The lighting was truly unique with the simulation of lines of communication for the chat room lighting up the back wall of the set and displaying who was logged in and how exited the chat room. Sound was good as well as everything was clear and precise for the different effects needed. The props were used in several ways so that each piece seemed to have several usages. Costumes were appropriate to indicate modern time.
Quiara Alegría Hudes also won the Tony Award for Best Book for the Musical, "In the Heights."
"Water by the Spoonful" plays on the Jerome Stage and features: Keenan Ramos as Elliot Ortiz, Alisha Espinosa as Yazmin Ortiz, Dawnnie Mercado as Odessa/ Haikumom, Darren Kennedy as Fountainhead, Walter Coppage as Chutes & Ladders, Erika Crane Ricketts as Orangutan and Bryan Moses as Professor Amand/ A Ghost.
The creative team led by Robbins includes: Tanya Brown, Gary Mosby, Alex Perry, Elizabeth Green, David Kiehl, Ian R. Crawford, Emily Swenson, Douglas Macur, Jeff Cady, Amanda Boyle, Lexie Klasing.
The show runs April 23rd – May 18, 2014. Previews were April 23, 24, and 25. Opening Night was April 26. Performances run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Talk back performances, where patrons are encouraged to stay after the show and discuss the play with the actors and director, are scheduled for April 29, May 4 and May 11.
The Unicorn is located at 3828 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111. Tickets are now on sale. Call 816-531-PLAY (7529) EXT. 10, online at UnicornTheatre.org or buy in person at the box office. Special discounts are available for seniors (65+), students and patrons under age 30.
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Groovy, JRuby, Jython, Scala: Who Wins the Script Bowl?
By seapegasus on May 08, 2008
Wednesday's Script Bowl was indeed what the caption promised, a rapid-fire comparison of scripting languages. Four developers took on the challenge to convince the audience of their language of choice -- in only three minutes per round. Guillaume LaForge represented Groovy, Charles Nutter represented JRuby, Frank Wierzbicki represented Jython, and Jorge Ortiz represented Scala.
All four languages compile to Java bytecode, but what distinguishes them? The jury, made up of Roberto Chinnici, Carol McDonald, and Ola Bini, made the four contestants compete in three categories: Each developer had prepared three demos, a desktop application, a web application, and one free-form app that shows off what the particular scripting language does best. After each round, the host Rags Srinivas encouraged the attendees to vote by sending text messages.
The rich client app demos were first. The task was to implement a desktop client that allows you to log on to Twitter and view your friends' feeds and status, and search for text in their postings. The ability to post was not required, but some of the demo'ed clients could.
The Groovy implementation clearly followed the MVC pattern and the language features made it very easy to parse the XML input; the GUI made a good impression. The JRuby implementation was designed using the NetBeans GUI builder (Matisse) and the Profligacy library, and therefor looked like a native app on MacOS; the users of this JRuby app will also appreciate that the build script generated native executables for different operating systems. The Jython app could save time by reusing an already existing model for accessing Twitter APIs; still the app was an odd one out, since it had to be started from the Terminal, and despite having a GUI with buttons to select Twitterers, the output was printed to the Terminal (frankly it looked as if he didn't have time to complete the UI). The Scala developer got started quickly by extending a SimpleGuiApplication class for desktop apps; Scala also made it easy to parse XML input, and the jury pointed out the clean error handling.
Next came the web applications. The application should access a MySQL database containing a world factbook, allow the user to browse facts about countries, and sort entries by criteria (language, population, etc). Additionally it should display the selected cities on a map.
The Groovy developer of course relied on the Grails framework together with Hibernate to access the database. The web application contributed by the JRuby community relied on the Rails framework and hooked up the components using the NetBeans IDE. The Jython web application relied on the Django framework with good-looking results. All three web applications made good use of their respective web frameworks and came with nice user-friendly web interfaces. Only the Scala team failed to produce the required web application and lost votes accordingly; instead, they demo'ed two other web apps, a chat client and a task list that use Ajax to keep the view up-to-date.
A quick look at the votes shows that JRuby and Groovy are presently the most popular choices in the audience... Will Scala and Jython catch up in the last round, where each team gets a chance to show off what their language can do best?
The Groovy representative decides not to show off demo apps, but instead he convinces the audience by talking about the seamless Java integration that Groovy is famous for. But then the JRuby submissions wow the audience with their smooth visual beauty: The first demo is a Star Wars-like scrolling Twitter client; the second demo is a 'Face For Steven Hawkins', a flock of colored dots that vibrate and change colors in response to audio input. Yes, admittedly, not very useful, but... pretty! The Jython representative chose to demo the Terminal-based Python help system that will soon be integrated into Jython too. The Scala demo was an application that searches and counts words in RSS feeds; it showed very well how Scala handles concurrency in minithreads.
Before the results were made public, the audience had a chance to pose questions to the experts. Asked about the relation of JavaFX to the other languages demonstrated today, Charles Nutter explained that each language was justified by its unique approach, so he does not see JavaFX as competition, but a powerful contribution to the variety of scripting languages. Another attendee asked how exactly languages such as Scala integrate with Java? All scripts written in these four languages compile to Java bytecode (war or jar files) that run on the standard JVM. Regarding Scala, Jorge Ortiz remarked that calling Java libraries from Scala apps is however easier than calling Scala from Java apps.
Finally, Rags announces the winner: JRuby! Groovy comes second, then Scala, and Jython (Check the final results in Rags' Blog, A=Groovy, B=JRuby, C=Jython, D=Scala). Jython had produced good results, but may have lost a few points for the terminal hacking required to start the applications, since all other contestants used IDEs. Although it felt a bit rushed and it was sometimes hard to pick up the details, this format of comparison is very suitable to get an overview of the "contestants".


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College Hockey:Colgate Picks Wiley as New Women's Coach
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate has named Scott Wiley its new women's coach. Wiley replaces Ted Wisner, who served as head coach of the Raiders for three seasons, including their first in Division I last season. Wiley served as an assistant coach under Wisner for three seasons.
"I'm very excited about the future of the program under Scott," Colgate athletic director Mark Murphy said. "Scott has been big part of the success the program has enjoyed over the last three years.
"Both he and Ted Wisner did an excellent job in transitioning the team to the Division I level last year. The players on the team have great respect for him and I am confident that the program will continue to improve under his leadership."
Wiley is a 1993 St. Lawrence graduate, where he was captain of the men's soccer team and team most valuable player during his senior season. He was also a first team Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association member, and a regional Academic All-American in 1993.
"It's a great opportunity for me to become a head coach at an institution that I believe so strongly in," Wiley said. "I am excited about the challenges that lie ahead and am confident that we have the pieces in place to take this program to the next level.
"I would like to thank Mark Murphy and everyone in the athletic department for giving me an opportunity that I have been waiting for my entire life. It gives me a great deal of confidence knowing that there was so much support for my candidacy."
Wiley has also worked as a Director of Marketing for Bickle/Smith Motorsports in Mooresville, N.C. as well as the Program Coordinator for Ignition, Inc. in Manchester, Vt.
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Vonda's Kitchen is an amazing soul food restaurant that you have to try! Don't be fooled by the small size of this restaurant, the food will have your taste buds having a party. Whether you're looking for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, you will be satisfied when leaving Vonda's Kitchen.
At Vonda's Kitchen you start off with some warm, baked corn bread, complimentary for every table. You can request more when you're done or you could enjoy some flavorful appetizers such as their black eyed bean dip served with warm, crispy tortilla chips to dip in.
Don't spend too much time on your appetizer because the main course is about to blow your mind. Wash down that bean dip with some uptown (lemonade and iced tea mixture) or maybe another one of Vonda's delicious lemonades.
For your main course you will enjoy some amazing fried chicken with baked macaroni and cheese with collard greens. The mixture of flavors altogether give a zesty taste that will have you unable to place down your fork and knife. And for those of us that are watching what we eat, you can get your chicken baked and substitute your macaroni and cheese for some more greens, like the delicious sauteed spinach with garlic. The flavor is just as amazing without having to break that diet.
Now if you can manage, Vonda's Kitchen also has desserts that are just the icing on this flavor filled cake. Vonda's Kitchen has managed to take traditional desserts and put a twist on to accelerate the flavor, such as their sweet potato cheesecake. Vonda's Kitchen may be a small place but it has big taste. So if you're thinking soul food, you should be thinking Vonda's Kitchen, you won't be disappointed.


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Bursting with the colors and flavors of the season, this eye-fetching treat is a welcomed addition to any celebration. Our home economists sweetened the crispy golden crust with honey so your guests will never suspect that the dessert is actually low in fat.
- 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon warm water (110° to 115°)
- 2 tablespoons beaten egg
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 4-1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 package (12 ounces) fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1-1/2 cups chopped dried apples
- 1-1/2 cups unsweetened apple juice
- 1-1/4 cups sugar
- Sugar substitute equivalent to 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/3 cup cold water
- In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Beat in the egg, butter, sugar and orange peel. Combine flour and salt; beat into yeast mixture on low speed just until mixture holds together.
- Shape into a ball. Place in a small bowl coated with cooking spray, turning once to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1-1/4 hours (dough will not double, but will leave a slight indentation when pressed).
- Coat an 11-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom with cooking spray; set aside. Place dough on a piece of waxed paper. Lightly flour dough and roll into a 13-in. circle. Invert into prepared pan; gently peel off waxed paper.
- Line unpricked tart shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 375° for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 6 minutes longer or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large saucepan, combine the first seven filling ingredients. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil and cranberries pop. Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; gradually stir into cranberry mixture. Cook 2 minutes longer or until thickened. Cool for 20 minutes. Pour into crust. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before cutting. Yield: 14 servings.
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"After all the reviews, too much sugar and not Diabetic friendly. Will not make."
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PHP brings a class for ZIP file manipulation. It also allows the creation of directories with addEmptyDir() and the deletion of an entry with deleteName(). But the deletion does not work on directories (empty or not). Is there any way to delete empty folders in a ZIP file (prefered is buildin PHP functionality)?
You need to append a / to directory names. So, something like this works:
So, testDir/ versus testDir ....
You could always just extract it to a tmp directory, delete any empty directories with rmdir() and then zip it back up.
Another thing to check is permissions. Are you sure you have write permissions on the file you are trying to manipulate?
Little note about the notion of directories. There is not such thing as a directory. For example: foo/a.txt and foo/b.txt are two entries, but there is no foo/ directory. However, it is possible to create an entry called foo/ to "emulate" a directory.
The delete method returning true while nothing has been removed looks like a bug, I asked Philip to open a new bug at http://bugs.php.net so I can fix it soonish.


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We've never seen a squirrel dressed in a costume before, though come to think of it, we've rarely seen a squirrel not in the form of roadkill. At any rate, we can work at changing that perception with Dress-Up Squirrel Magnets ($10). These fridge decorations come with a variety of looks like aviator, hippie, and samurai warrior, though notably none of the outfits include pants. How would a squirrel put on a pair of pants over that bushy tail anyway? Even squirrel dress-up magnets have to stay somewhat plausible!
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Check out the vintage touches in this Ava Top ($46) - the soft taupe hue, the gently gathered shoulder seams, and the loose, blousy fit. We think that's already a pretty fab package, but throw in that stunning faux-leather detail on the back and the look leaps from sweet to totally irresistible.
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The Catalog for the exhibition of the same name at the CPA. Contains images by the three prize winners from the 2009 CPA Juried Exhibition: Richard Garrod, Matt Farris, and Chester Ng.
Jim Kasson is a retired electrical engineer who spent six years as an IBM Fellow doing research on color management and other image processing algorithms. A life-long photographer, he has been exhibiting photographs since the early '80s. Most of his earlier work is traditional silver-based black and white photography. For the last fourteen or fifteen years he has relied upon digital editing and printing processes.
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What a great soaping weekend! I started on Friday night and by 11:00 p.m. Saturday night I had 5 batches in the mold. The best part – they all behaved EXACTLY as expected. I don't think that has ever happened . I've got 4 of the 5 cut with photos below (the light isn't great so the photos are a little dark – but I couldn't wait). Enjoy!
1. Corn Mint + Anise (smells amazing!!)
2. Grull (this will darken over time – and smells amazing)
3. Blackberry Sage (I love this color combo)
4. Cucumber + Melons (playing with embeds)
I'll post the final soap (Glacial Falls) as soon as it's cut.
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FRIENDS and colleagues of a war munitions collector found dead at his Springvale home have paid tribute to a 'top bloke'.
Auto electrician Martin Johnson died of natural causes in bed last week.
Police officers, who visited the 51-year-old's Sheffield Road home after he was reported missing by neighbours, discovered his body along with a 'museum' of military weapons, including grenades, guns and bombs.
The find, last Wednesday, caused officers to close the road and evacuate nearby residents and workers while bomb disposal experts worked to ensure the equipment was safe.
Tony Sefton, 55, of A Sefton Auto Electrics in Worsbrough Dale, employed Martin for about 30 years and knew him for almost 40.
He said: "If Martin had any time off, he always used to go to car boot sales and arms fairs - anywhere he could buy anything to do with war memorabilia. He was very passionate about it.
"If he had a holiday it used to revolve around going to battlefields, including the Somme and Ypres, and that sort of thing."
Martin's colleagues said he would be sadly missed.
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According to Wednesday's Wood 8 News, a family in Grand Rapids Township, Mich., is mourning the loss of their dog who was shot and killed late last week by a neighbor.
When Princess, a beagle, slipped out of her guardian's yard on Friday, she was shot and killed - the dog was still wearing her collar and identification tags when she was found.
Princess' owner, Travis Lucas, told Wood 8 News:
Who would want to do that to that little sweet dog?
When the neighbor, who is not identified, shot Princess, the dog was just 150 yards from her home. Rather than phoning the dog's owner, or calling animal control, the dog who slept Travis Lucas' daughter's bed at night was killed.
The Kent County Sheriff's Department has been notified about the shooting and they are investigating - the neighbor may be facing a felony charge of animal cruelty.
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Former President Bill Clinton's heart is "ten years younger" than it was ten years ago, according to the former President's daughter, Chelsea Clinton. Ms. Clinton said that the former President' s doctor stated that his heart is "much younger" now as a result of changing both his diet and his lifestyle, according to ABC News on March 17.
In addition to being a vegetarian, Mr. Clinton now is quite an exercise enthusiast, walking at least four times a week "wherever he is in the world." During his Presidency, Mr. Clinton often jogged around the White House grounds; although he weighed more and still was a meat eater. With his new diet and exercise program, Clinton has lost over 30 pounds, feels healthier and is committed to helping other men. Mr. Clinton has committed himself to being "an advocate for other men" to go to the doctor when they first start to feel sick so that they can get the help they need and make the necessary lifestyle changes.
Ms. Clinton said that her father chose to make these changes on his own without any urging from her or her mother, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Ms. Clinton attributed her father's change of lifestyle to the "sobering" effects of experiencing a quadruple bypass.
Chelsea Clinton only was twelve years old when her father became President. She was the only child of Bill and Hillary Clinton, and is the only person to be a child of both a President and a Secretary of State. She now is pursing her doctorate at the University of Oxford and is a correspondent for NBC News.


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WWE has announced the following new live events: * Thursday, April 12, 2012 from the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland * Friday, April 13, 2012 from the O2 World Arena in Berlin, Germany * Saturday, April 14, 2012 from the O2 World Arena in Berlin, Germany
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Kamala Has Foot Amputated
James Harris, better known to wrestling fans as Kamala, had one of his feet amputated due to complications from diabetes. This ailment has forced his retirement from the ring.
WWE Releases New John Laurinaitis T-Shirt
Wrestling News World reader Mark Doyle sent this in… WWEShop.com is listing a new t-shirt for John Laurinaitis. The front bears the slogan "Future Endeavored", while the back reads "John Laurinaitis/Executive Vice President, Talent Relations/Interim General Manage, Monday Night Raw".
Details On The Airing Of WWE Tribute To The Troops 2011
The WWE Tribute to the Troops 2011 special is scheduled to air on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 on the USA Network. The special is scheduled to be two hours long. WWE will tape the special on an military base in the United States as they did last year. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Jeremie […]
Shawn Michaels Wants TV Show Available Outside The US
Wrestling News World reader Carl Dantes sent in the following: Shawn Michaels' team are serious about getting "Shawn Michaels' MacMillan River Adventures" to their non-USA fans. If you want HBK's new TV show call (780) 444-1512 and tell them you want Shawn Michaels'MacMillan River Adventures.
Impact Wrestling Rating
The November 10th edition of Impact Wrestling did a 1.23 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,730,000 viewers on Spike TV.
TNA/IW Predicts – Turning Point
Ken Sunday November 13, TNA/IW is presenting Turning Point from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. While the card seems really over packed and some of the matches appeared to be last minute (of Impact) and thrown together (almost literally), I still expect a lot from this show. TNA/IW has pulled out their heavy hitters […]
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WWE Smackdown Results (11/11/2011) – Captain vs. Captain: Will The Barrett Barrage Continue?
The show opens with it's usual opening video and pyro sequence. Smackdown emanates from Liverpool, England, the home of the Beatles. The announcers plug the 10-man Survivor Series elimination tag match. After that, Randy Orton makes his entrance, while footage of last week's rivalry ending Street Fight match against Cody Rhodes are shown. Orton says […]
Watch A Trailer For The Rock's Next Upcoming Film Here
Wrestling News World reader Mathew Lisett sent in the following: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson posted the following trailer for his upcoming film, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, on his official YouTube channel. The film is scheduled for a February 10, 2012 release. The trailer is embedded in the video below:
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Full Smackdown Taping Results For Tonight
WWE taping this week's Smackdown from the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Below are full results:
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (11/10/11) – Zurich, Switzerland
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Advertised Matches For Upcoming WWE Tour Of Japan – Santino & Regal Added
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Oak Island's Beach Day wash-out, fireworks canceled
Published: Monday, July 1, 2013 at 11:05 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 1, 2013 at 2:52 p.m.
Bad weather washed out Oak Island's annual Beach Day on Monday, including cancellation of the fireworks display.
Town spokesman Kyle Thomas said the fireworks would be rescheduled and an announcement will be made about the new date.
Lightning and rain forced the cancellation of morning activities, such as horseshoes, volleyball and sand castle building, that typically draw hundreds of attendees to the beach and Middleton Park, said Jacci Honstein, an Oak Island Recreation Center employee. The events are part of the N.C. Fourth of July Festival at Southport.
"It's been miserable here all morning," Honstein said earlier in the day. "It's the lightning mainly. We can't have people out and about."
"The phones are ringing off the hook because people are disappointed," Honstein said.
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The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
The Westing Game Chapter 21 Summary
The Fourth Bomb
- Turtle and Flora are counting up their stock money in Flora's apartment when Theo barges in and asks Turtle if he can borrow her bike (so he can follow Otis).
- When Turtle hesitates it, he says he didn't write that sign about her, and threatens that he didn't say anything about who the bomber was to the police. He means that Turtle's the bomber.
- He also works the nice angle, saying he saw Angela that day.
- Turtle thinks Theo meant Angela was the bomber, and he lets him take the bike.
- She tries to call Angela at the hospital, but no one picks up. She's worried Angela will confess to the bombings if people press her.
- On the bike, Theo follows Crow and Otis downtown, where they go to the Good Salvation Soup Kitchen. Theo looks in the window and sees them feeding soup to the poor and homeless. He rushes back to Sunset Towers, feeling ashamed and gross for spying on them, and mad at San Westing for making him play the game.
- Back at Sunset Towers, the judge and Sandy are almost finished with their research, but they still have to go over their own cases. Sandy's notes on himself say he has six kids, two grandkids, and that he dropped out of school after eighth grade. His link to the Westings is that he worked for the factory for twenty years before being fired.
- Then, Sandy interviews Judge Ford. She thinks about how she kept some facts about the other players secret, because she doesn't totally trust him to keep his mouth shut, and then tells him about herself. She has an Ivy League education and is linked to the Westings because her parents were the Westings' servants.
- Sandy's surprised. The judge says she used to play chess with Sam Westing. In their last game, she thought she'd won... until she realized he gave up his queen on purpose, and tricked her.
- At twelve, she went to boarding school, and Sam Westing paid for her whole education. She thinks she owes Westing, and she'll never be able to pay him back.
- Theo, upset, is waiting for the elevator. But when it comes, a series of rockets and explosions shoot out. Then it goes back up to the third floor, where another explosion occurs... because the bomber miscalculated.
- When the bomb squad comes, Turtle is on the floor crying. Grace asks her where it hurts, but Turtle's mostly upset that her braid has been burned off.
- Grace yells at the bomb squad, and the policeman show evidence: a sign saying "The bomber strikes again!" written on the back of one of Turtle's homework assignments.
- When Grace asks Turtle if someone stole that from her, she just demands a lawyer.
- Instead of taking Turtle to jail, the bomb squad takes her upstairs to Judge Ford.
- Judge Ford scolds Turtle and asks her why she set off the bombs. The judge realizes she's protecting someone, and asks if it's Angela. Turtle denies this too strongly.
- This surprises the judge, who thinks of Angela as a "sweet, pretty thing." Then, the judge pauses to think about how she hasn't taken Angela seriously, because of her beauty. She thinks she would've responded differently to the situation.
- The judge asks Turtle to promise not to set off any more fireworks, and then asks her if she has any other confessions.
- Turtle admits she was at the murder scene the night of the crime, and the judge asks her to tell her about it. When Turtle says Mr. Westing's body looked more like a wax figure than a dead body, the judge gets excited. Turtle also realizes that maybe there wasn't really a dead body.
- Turtle asks for a little bourbon to put on her toothache, and the judge sends her home.
- Turtle takes this to mean she should go to Flora's and she's on her way there when she runs into Sandy.
- He smells the bourbon and Turtle explains it's for her tooth. He thinks she's got a terrible cavity, so he tells her to go to his dentist, who's super-nice. Then, he asks her if she has any more striped candles, so he can give one to his wife for her birthday.
- Turtle says she'll sell him the last one for only $5.
- Back at the hospital, Angela and Sydelle are working on their clues again, after going back through the will twice and putting up a sign for privacy. Angela puts them in this order: "grains spacious grace good hood with beautiful majesties from thy purple waves on(no) mountain."
- Sydelle says to read them again in a different order, with either "on" or "no," not both.
- Angela shuffles and reads: "good spacious grains with grace on thy purple mountain hood waves from majesties beautiful."
- Someone slides a note under the door. It's from Dr. Deere and it says that it seems like Angela needs some time and space. He says he'll wait and he loves her. Angela only tells Sydelle what the P.S. says, which is that Chris wants to share another clue, "plain."
- Sydelle connects plains and grains, and asks Angela to read the clues one more time.
- Angela reads: "good hood from spacious plain grains on with beautiful waves grace thy purple mountain majesties."
- Animatedly, Sydelle says they've figured it out. She quotes two other parts of the will: "Sing in praise of this generous land," and "May God thy gold refine." She cries out, "America!" and flings her crutches in the air.
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We all saw Khloe's Engagement Ring when that so LA whirlwind romance took flight. The Chloe Engagement Ring ($45) is less glitz and more "fluffy, cottony, raw, organic love." Yes, we can be frou frou and natural with this airy fabric and brass accessory.
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AT&T intros new music service for $6.99 per month
AT&T has just unveiled a new AT&T Music application, initially available on only three phones: Samsung Impression (pictured below), Samsung Solstice and LG Xenon.
According to the second largest US carrier, the new AT&T Music app combines popular music services to provide users with song and album downloads, an enhanced music player, song match capabilities, lyrics search, and access to 40 commercial-free genre radio stations.
AT&T intends to sign deals with Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music and The Orchard for enabling full song and album downloads.
The AT&T Music service is available for $6.99 per month to customers who have an unlimited data plan (and one of the aforementioned three phones). AT&T plans to offer the new service for more handsets in the future. Meanwhile, the AT&T Music app can be downloaded through MEdia Mall.
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Calling JRuby in Java
By Ryan Kopf on Nov 25, 2008
We all know that JRuby can easily use Java classes, but did you know Java can call JRuby scripts? An excellent but relatively underutilized feature of Java and JRuby is the ability to call JRuby scripts directly from your Java program. Consider the possibilities of loading a JRuby script, from possible a text file or a database, and having it execute within your program. It could be an excellent method of installing on-the-fly system updates or modifying variables that you never thought you'd need to touch. Always, of course, be careful not to execute malicious code, as your JRuby script can do anything your Java code might.


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From 1969-1971 I lived in Omaha, Nebraska, next door to H. Chandler Elliot, a neuroanatomy professor at Creighton Medical School, and science fiction author. He was paralyzed from the waist and worked the gardens around his antique trailer home by scooting around on the ground. He entertained my wife and I frequently and we became fast friends.
He asked me to do him a favor. He had a book from his childhood that he wanted to pass on to his descendants. It had been read many, many times and the binding was worn through. He asked me to have copies made so he could give them to his family.
The book was "The Water Babies." I've cherished the memory of the illustrations in that book all these years. Today I saw an article in the online BBC about W. Heath Robinson and found the illustrations to be very nostalgic. Further research revealed the connection.
Dr. Elliot was so pleased with the copies I made, he gave me a signed copy of one of his books, "Reprieve from Paradise," that I still have.
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A Sierra Leone diamond found is worth $6.2 million. On Feb. 23, Yahoo! News reported that the diamond was 153 carats and was one of the "most precious" gems found over the last 10 years. Back in 2013, a 125-carat diamond was found in the same area.
"The diamond is a cleavage in terms of shape and the clarity is of very high quality. In other words, this is a premium stone as a result of its [color] and clarity, and had it been an octahedron-shaped stone, it could have almost doubled the price of $6 million," read a statement released by the National Minerals Agency.
This Sierra Leone diamond is just one of many mineral riches found in the poor country. With such things as gold and titanium ore also plentiful in the soils of the area, many have come to the area and helped financial growth and sustained the eastern region of the country according to Yahoo! News.
The particular diamond found most recently was rated a D+ in color (with A being completely flawless and Z being the worst color condition). It is unknown what will become of the diamond, if it will be sold, and/or who exactly found it. Miners put their lives on the line to dig up these gems but it's unknown if the person who found this particular diamond was paid for his discovery.
The Sierra Leone diamond will not be the last of its kind but some wonder how many more rare gems are located here.
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A complaint from a Virginia woman in February about a chihuahua she wanted to adopt started the ball rolling against Golden S Rescue of Easley, South Carolina and the director of the rescue, Debra Sheridan. A view of Yelp.com makes it obvious that there have been problems for quite some time and this isn't the first complaint.
On February 7th of this year Anderson County Animal Control and the Anderson County Sheriff's Department went to Golden S Rescue in response to the complaint from the Virginia woman, and seized a number of animals, including Cowboy, an emaciated Great Dane that reportedly could not even stand. A dog his age and breed should weigh in at around 120 pounds, however Cowboy weighed less than 80 when checked by veterinarians. Debra Sheridan was cited for ill treatment of animals at that time and was told that she had ten days to get treatment for her animals and clean up the property. According to records, no changes were made, no animals were taken to the veterinarian or given medication. Animal Control and deputies returned on February 19th, seized 119 more animals and arrested Sheridan on a variety of counts.
Ms. Sheridan is well known to Anderson County. According to Anderson County Court records, she was arrested or cited in September of 2012, March of 2013 and April of 2013 for charges ranging from not properly vaccinating her dogs for rabies to unsanitary conditions to ill treatment of animals. She currently has court dates in the system for some of these charges as well as the new charges filed in February.
When Anderson County PAWS took in all of the animals seized from the Golden S property this year, they had to find room to put them where they would not be intermingling with animals already housed at the shelter. This placed an undue burden on PAWS and caused them to have to close for an entire week in order to properly evaluate and care for all of the seized animals, and has since placed a severe strain on the Animal Control system in Anderson County. Relief is needed so that PAWS can take care of their normal intake and find places outside of the shelter for these animals. According to many shelter workers and veterinarians, long-term care inside of a shelter is just not a good environment for any animal. They need regular human interaction and PAWS just doesn't have the space or personnel to care for that many pets on a long-term basis.
Because of this, an emergency hearing has been scheduled for Monday, April 21st at 9:00 a.m. at the Ronald P. Townsend Building, 2404 North Main Street, Anderson to give PAWS custody of all the animals seized from Golden S which will allow PAWS to work with approved rescues, fosters and adopters to get these animals out of the shelter and into good places where they can heal.
Sources close to PAWS say that Debra Sheridan has asked for a jury trial in the matter, and has requested the seized animals be returned until such time as this matter can be resolved in court. In addition, until such time as these charges are legally resolved, Sheridan is not prevented from acquiring more animals. Animal advocates throughout the Upstate are asking that animal lovers attend this hearing and show support for giving PAWS custody by wearing orange or orange ribbons.
If you would like to adopt an animal from PAWS shelter and help ease the overcrowding they are currently experiencing (and save a life!) please call 864-260-4151 after 12pm or email Randi Leigh at email@example.com. Donations of pet food and other items can be dropped off at the PAWS facility located at 1320 Highway 29 South, Anderson.


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DALLAS (SMU) - The SMU Mustangs will look to "Kick Out Cancer" on Senior Day on Sunday as the team hosts No. 19 UCF at 1 p.m. SMU will be wearing pink jerseys for the game, which will be auctioned off during the game in a silent auction.
All proceeds from the silent auction will be donated to Relay For Life in recognition of October being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Monetary donations will also be accepted.
The first 100 fans to arrive at Westcott Field will also receive a pink SMU Mustangs t-shirt. Pink "Pony Up" wristbands will also be available for free in limited quantities.
Amelia Ambrose, Jessica Bartol, Lauryn Bodden, Taylor Robinson and Courtney Smith will all be honored for their contributions to the program about 15 minutes before the game. Tickets are available at SMUTickets.com.


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Alexandria based AGA welcomes Ann Ebberts, MS, PMP, as chief executive officer (CEO) effective October 1. She will assume this role after current CEO, Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPA, retires Sept. 30.
Ebberts has 30-years of management consulting experience with the federal government in the areas of financial management, financial process improvement, program evaluation, shared services, and in providing project management and advisory support services for the implementation of accounting, acquisition, travel and grant management systems.
She spent the last 26 years of her career at Booz Allen Hamilton, recently retiring after serving as a vice president in the Financial Services group. She began her career providing financial support to many large Navy shipbuilding programs. Since 1995, Ann provided accountability and program management advisory services to the civilian side of the government financial management community including the U.S. Agency for International Development, Environmental Protection Agency, General Services Administration, U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Labor, State and Veterans Affairs, and, most recently, to World Bank, International Monetary Fund, InterAmerican Development Bank and Fannie Mae.
In 2013, AGA's National Executive Committee commenced a formal search to identify its next CEO. Recognizing the challenging and important task ahead — and in keeping with AGA's emphasis on transparency and accountability — a search committee was convened to represent the diverse range of interests of our major stakeholders. Executive search firm JDG Associates assisted.
Ebberts, who has a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Denver, and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing Management from Virginia Tech, is a certified Project Management Professional. She has been a member of AGA for more than 15 years and served as Booz Allen Hamilton's representative within AGA's Corporate Partner Advisory Group.
About AGA
AGA (www.agacgfm.org) is the member organization for financial professionals in government. We lead and encourage change that benefits our field and all citizens. Our networking events, professional certification, publications and ongoing education help members build their skills and advance their careers.
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Dr. Wallach discusses the poor economy and job losses as well as the benefits of a home based business. He outlines the financial and tax benefits associated with a home-based business through Youngevity.
Pearls of Wisdom
Billy Graff and Dr. Wallach discuss a news story concerning astartling new trend of putting caffine in body wash and soap products.
- Terry asks about a parents leaky heart valve and a nephews night sweats and shaking.
- Geri has loose stools and wants to know about choclate detox.
- Gene has a torn rotator cuff. Tommy has questions about his liver tests.


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Rohit is Founder & Principal at Antara Global Health Advisors, a Canadian-based consultancy that provides clients with global health expertise. He is a Doctor of Public Health candidate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Public Health Advisor & Principal Investigator at ColaLife, serves on the Advisory Board of Raising the Village, and is a member of the UN Innovation Working Group under the Every Woman, Every Child Initiative.
Rohit's leadership in global health and development has focused on health systems and global health delivery, including the development, implementation and evaluation of public health interventions throughout the world. He has worked in areas such as child health, health market innovation, public-private partnerships (PPPs), preventable blindness, and infectious diseases like malaria and TB. His current research focuses on childhood diarrhea and will test to what extent piggy-backing essential medicines on the Coca-Cola supply-chain can improve availability, access, and utilization for the rural poor. Rohit completed his MPH at Boston University and his B.Sc. in Health Studies and Gerontology at the University of Waterloo. He is an alumnus of multiple Canadian leadership programs such as Shad Valley, the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, and the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference.


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The Roots of Electric Forest: EOTO
Now for those of you who don't know, EOTO is literally two members of The String Cheese Incident. Creating live improvisational dubstep. Yeah try to say that five times fast. Anyways, this is probably going to be one of the best sets at Electric Forest. Not just because there will be so many fans, but also because I feel like since this is String Cheese's Festival. Maybe EOTO can take some of that credit too. At least that's what it felt like last year, and why change something that works right?
They just let out two live tracks from a show they did just last month. This is only a taste of what you will relieve during their set at the Electric Forest. But it's a tasty taste so it is still awesome. Enjoy.
Mirckroe > Diefmor
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"The Little Couple" stars Jen Arnold and Bill Klein know their story offers an interesting take on living in America. Week after week, the family has opened their hearts and homes for the viewers to watch. The reality stars appear to want to share more too. On Monday the reality stars asked their fans to offer up any questions that come from the show to answer for a TLC special.
"Have a question for Bill & Jen? Leave it in the comments, it could be answered in an upcoming special!" wrote "The Little Couple" on the show's official Twitter account on Monday. While many fans are curious about the couple and their lives, the questions posed so far are extremely interesting.
With a new clip shared with TLC fans on Monday. The fans get to see that Zoey's visa has been approved and Bill can book flights home as the story of the adoption further progresses.
Many fans want to know about the kids, Zoey and Will, as they two seem to be adorable children. Questions such as, have the children adapted well to the new home structure, and what are your challenges? Will the parents return to the kid's homeland when they become an adult to help them understand where they came from? And, even simple questions like what is the kid's favorite food?
Of course there are some serious questions about cancer too. Jen Arnold battled the disease and won which has many people admiring her courage. Offering up questions about treatments and how she is coping, the fans want to find out her current situation.
"The Little Couple" has been on television for several years, but it appears that this season is the one that really has drawn people close to the family. While that could be a hindrance for some, it seems that Jen and Bill are appreciative of the moments they share with their fans.


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What Is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea (AP-ne-ah) is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep.
Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They may occur 30 times or more an hour. Typically, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a loud snort or choking sound.
Sleep apnea usually is a chronic (ongoing) condition that disrupts your sleep. When your breathing pauses or becomes shallow, you'll often move out of deep sleep and into light sleep.
As a result, the quality of your sleep is poor, which makes you tired during the day. Sleep apnea is a leading cause of excessive daytime sleepiness.
The purpose of this page is to provide information about a condition that is affecting more people than current statistics provides.Breathing difficulty is something that many people in this country and other developed nations suffer. This fact is based on my clinical experience.
Breathing difficulty is something that many people in this country and other developed nations suffer. This fact is based on my clinical experience.
Specifically, snoring and sleep apnea means just that — flow of air is obstructed in the wind pipe. A person sleeps and everybody knows about it. We call that snoring.
A person sleeps and stops breathing. We call that sleep apnea. While both are manifestations of the same condition the latter is far more dangerous. Statistically, sleep apnea doubles the risk of stroke and heart attack.
Here is the website that describes sleep apnea in detail www.SleepApneaInfo.com. It is a medical website that has all the latest information on what sleep apnea is, on what it can do to you, and what can be done about it.
This website unfortunately lists dental intervention last. In the opinion of this author it should be the first or at least come second after diet modification.
Often times snoring and sleep apnea is a result of a structural change in the body. To read more on that topic please visit TMJ page.
Breathing difficulty can be very subtle and won't always end up as snoring or sleep apnea. Still, it can have disastrous consequences in one's life. Improved breathing has been shown to positively affect people with ADD, ADHD, autism, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, aggressive behavior, jaw joint pain, clenching and grinding of teeth, ear infections, depression, bed wetting, …and many others.
Here is a website that speaks volumes on breathing. www.Breathing.com Here is a free test www.breathing.com/tests.htm that will let you know if you have this problem.
Here is another great site that will provide a set of exercises that may help you to stop snoring. www.Ijustwanttosleep.com
Sleep apnea really means that a person is choking 24/7. It is not an easy disorder to treat. Conventional medicine typically prescribes a night time ventilator and sometimes surgery. However, these treatments only lessen the symptoms and do not cure the underlying anatomical and physiological condition. This means that even during the day a person is unaware of having breathing difficulty and health is compromised. Fortunately, a dental appliance has been shown to be an excellent alternative to standard intervention. The ideal treatment, of course, would mean once it is over a patient is free from his doctor.
It is the ultimate goal of our office to make our patients not need us.


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Aug 27, 2011 8:40 AM
Lest anyone should mistake you for an old married couple (excessively making out is not giveaway enough) on your Hawaiian honeymoon, slip on a pair of Just Married Bride Wedding Flip Flops ($17). On top they look like a casual pair of white flip flops, on the bottom is a cute little message. We think these totally beat the soap and condom covered car idea.
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Anton Reznicek
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Academic Background
University of Toronto, Ph.D.
University of Toronto, M.Sc.
University of Guelph, B.Sc. (Hon.)
Systematics and evolution of Cyperaceae, especially Carex, with emphasis on a multi-level approach concentrating on several aspects including development of new characters useful in systematics, monographic studies of major groups, sectional classification and nomenclature, and processes and patterns of evolution. A major present focus is the neotropics, especially Mexico.
Phytogeography of the northeastern North American flora, concentrating on the Great Lakes region. Primary interests here are plant migration and colonization, origin and persistence of relict plant species and communities, and wetland vegetation dynamics, especially of the Great Lakes shorelines.
Conservation of the Great Lakes region flora.
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Gómez-Sánchez, M., A. Cabrera-Luna, M.S. González-Elizondo, and A.A. Reznicek. 2012. Carex vizarronensis (Cyperaceae), a new species of Carex Section Schiedeanae from Central Mexico. Systematic Botany. 37 926–928 [PDF]
Miller, B. M., R. J. Aitken, M. J. Oldham, and A. A. Reznicek. 2012. Slender False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum, Poaceae), an invasive grass new to Ontario, Canada. Canadian Field–Naturalist 125 235–240 [PDF]
Peirson J.A., A.A. Reznicek, and J. C. Semple. 2012. Polyploidy, infraspecific cytotype variation, and speciation in Goldenrods The cytogeography of Solidago subsect. Humiles (Asteraceae) in North America. Taxon 61 197–210 [PDF]
Rabeler, R.K., A.A. Reznicek, and J. McNeill. 2012. Edward Groesbeck Voss (1929–2012). Taxon 61 697 [PDF]
Ahern, R. G., D. A. Landis, A. A. Reznicek, and D. W. Schemske. 2010. Spread of exotic plants in the landscape the role of time, growth habit, and history of invasiveness. Biological Invasions 12 3157–3169 [PDF]
González–Elizondo, M.S., M. González–Elizondo, J.A. Tena Flores I. L. López Enriquez, A.A. Reznicek, N. Diego–Pérez. 2008. Sinopsis de Scirpus s.l. (Cyperaceae) para México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 82 15–41 [PDF]
Hipp, A.L., P.E. Rothrock, A.A. Reznicek, and P.E. Berry. 2007. Chromosome Number Changes Associated With Speciation in Sedges A Phylogenetic Study in Carex Section Ovales (Cyperaceae) Using aflp Data. In J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar [PDF]
Hipp, A.L., A.A. Reznicek, P. E. Rothrock, and J.A. Weber. 2006. Phylogeny and classification of Carex section Ovales (Cyperaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 167 1029–1084 [PDF]
Naczi, R.F.C., A.A. Reznicek, and B.A. Ford. 1998. Morphological, geographical, and ecological differentiation in the Carex willdenowii complex (Cyperaceae). American Journal of Botany 85 434–447 [PDF]
Catling, P.M., A.A. Reznicek, and W.J. Crins. 1993. Carex juniperorum (Cyperaceae), a New Species from Northeastern North America, with a Key to Carex sect. Phyllostachys. Systematic Botany 18 496–501 [PDF]
Reznicek A. A. 1990. Evolution in sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae). Can. J. Bot. 68 1409-1432 [PDF]
Campbell, C.A. and A.A. Reznicek. 1977. New Vascular Plant Records on Pelee and East Sister Islands, Essex County, Ontario Canadian Field–Naturalist 91 384–390 [PDF]


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Auction Napa Valley raises $10.35 million for local charities
Auction Napa Valley concluded today, with the annual community fundraiser bringing in some $10.35 million for local charities–a 5% increase over the 2007 event (Recession? What recession?).
As usual, it was a wild and festive weekend with celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno in town and enough parties and wine flowing to keep everyone entertained.
Here's an excerpt from the wrap-up press release:
Total Auction revenue, exclusive of ticket sales, was $10.35 million. All auction lots including luxury items, travel, meals and wine were donated by the members of the NVV and their partners. Twenty Auction Eve parties, 32 vintner-hosted private dinner parties and 15 vintner-hosted private luncheon parties were held for full package attendees. Nearly 3000 people were on property at Trinchero Family Estates for Friday's Taste Napa Valley Marketplace and Barrel Auction including hundreds of vintners and volunteers. On Saturday night there were nearly 900 in the tent including 700 bidders and 200 vintners. The Auction is accessible to a large number of bidders; there were 483 successful bidders overall compared with 386 in 2007. During the four days, there were more than 800 volunteers.
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Jun 11, 2012 9:50 AM
At first we couldn't believe all those puzzle pieces could fit into the tin, and then we realized it was was a sardine puzzle ($8). Oooooohhhhh. Grab it for the cousin who likes anything ironic.
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