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The following is a list of salaries women can earn playing professional sports in 2014. I also rank the top sports women should pursue if they want to make money playing sports professionally.
I'm leaving out some sports that are really only for the very highest end in terms of making money like track and field and marathon runners. In most of the sports listed below, dozens to hundreds of women athletes make very nice salaries annually. Some women are getting fabulously wealthy playing sports for a living.
Salaries women can earn playing professional sports in 2014
1. Tennis
By far, women can earn the most money overall playing tennis professionally if they are good enough. Maria Sharapova earned $29 million in 2013, and Serena Williams earned over $20 million last year, and seven of the 10 highest paid women athletes in 2013 were tennis players.
Those salaries are not just the best among women, but they are among the highest salaries any professional athletes, men or women, earn. You don't have to be Maria Sharapova or Serena Williams to make a nice salary in tennis.
A women tennis player who is good enough to make just the second round at each of the four majors would earn around $200,000 a year just from those four tournaments. Add in all the other tournaments, and high six figure to million dollars salaries for women tennis players are very realistic for the top 100 to 200 players.
2. Golf
The woman athlete with the 10th highest salary in sports in 2013 was LPGA golfer Paula Creamer. Paula Creamer earned $5.5 million in salary last year. Unlike in tennis where men and women are usually paid the same in prize money, women golfers are competing for prize money that is dwarfed by PGA players.
Most PGA tournaments will pay the winner over $1 million, while most LPGA events pay their winners one-quarter to one-third that amount ($200,000 to $300,000). The top women players make millions from prize money alone, and then make more money each year from endorsements.
In 2013, the top 85 women on the LPGA Tour made over $100,000. A women really has to be in the top 100 to make a decent salary and living in golf.
3. Basketball
Top women basketball players in the WNBA can make a little over $100,000. At the bottom end, WNBA players are guaranteed to make almost $40,000 a year, with a league average of around $70,000. And that is for playing less than half a year.
The best women basketball players go overseas during the WNBA off season and make even more money playing in Europe, Russia, and Australia. Top players can earn high six figures and sometimes even $1 million in salary playing overseas, in addition to the WNBA income. At the bottom end, players can make around $40,000 in additional income playing overseas.
4. Soccer
Soccer salaries for women are really all over the place. Alex Morgan has made $1 million in a year, but that is pretty rare for women soccer players. The average player in the NWSL in the United States makes just $6,000 to $30,000 in a year in salary.
Top women soccer players can make a lot more than that playing in Europe. Megan Rapinoe makes $14,000 a month playing for Lyon in France. From April of 2012 to March of 2013, the three highest salary women's soccer players playing for the United States national team were Alex Morgan ($282,564), Becky Sauerbrunn ($274,871), and Christie Rampone ($272,913).
Alex Morgan made over $1 million when you add in her endorsement money. Overall, though, soccer is not the road to riches for professional women athletes unless they are at the top.
5. Skiing
A number of women skiers have earned over $1 million in salary in a year. Lindsey Vonn has made many millions a year ever since she won an Olympic gold medal. Torah Bright, Lindsey Jacobellis, Gretchen Bleiler, Hannah Teeter, and Maria Holf-Riesch have all made $1 million in a year.
I'd bet good money that Mikaela Shiffrin, who won a gold medal for Team USA at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the slalom, will make over $1 million this year. I'm ranking skiing fifth because you have to be a top skier to earn big money, and not that many women make a lot of money as skiers.
6. Volleyball
I don't think beach volleyball players make the same amounts of money they did just a few years ago, but Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor both have over $2 million in career earnings. That does not include endorsement money.
For most women, though, volleyball is not the road to riches. On a personal note, my cousin is on the Polish National women's volleyball team.
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Many of you pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Did you know that this prayer was given to St. Faustina especially because of the sin of abortion? God revealed to her that because of this evil, the world needs His mercy more than ever. He even permitted St. Faustina to suffer special pains, representing the pain of abortion. On Divine Mercy Sunday this weekend, please pray for the many people who seek forgiveness from abortion by coming to Rachel's Vineyard, which operates under the umbrella of Priests for Life and is the largest ministry in the world for healing after abortion. Not only do we provide retreats, but we also enable people to make the long journey of healing through various forms of individual counseling. May God's mercy come to all.
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Life is Victorious in Christ
When the women who had gone to anoint Jesus' body on the first Easter morning returned to the Apostles with the news that they had seen the Risen Lord, the Apostles refused to believe it. The story seemed like nonsense to them. That night, when Jesus appeared to them, He chided them for their stubborn refusal to believe.
The Apostles clearly were not engaged in wishful thinking, or a desire to make up the Resurrection story. If they were, then they would readily have used the women's story as a starting point.
In reality, they came to believe because they saw and touched the Risen Lord. This gives us confidence. Death has been conquered, and therefore we can fight the culture of death, knowing that the victory of life is more than wishful thinking.
Death is Conquered
When Jesus rose from the dead, an angel descended from heaven, rolled the stone away, and sat on it. This was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that His followers could see that the tomb was empty.
The angel's actions also mean that we will walk out of our graves. The stone sealed human beings in the grave, but after rolling it away, the angel sat on the stone, symbolizing that death is conquered and cannot any longer hold humanity captive to the grave. Our destiny is now the heights of heaven.
That's what God thinks of human life, and that's why we work to end abortion, euthanasia, and every other form of violence. Ultimately, abortion is a denial of Christ's resurrection, but our Easter faith compels us to extend the victory of life.
Easter Prayer for Life
The Easter Season is a celebration of life, and a time to renew our confidence in the ultimate victory of the forces of life against the culture of death. Therefore, Priests for Life has composed a special Easter prayer for life that we invite you to say each day of this holy season. Just go to priestsforlife.org and download the Easter Prayer for Life. The prayer reminds us that the victory of Christ, the Author of Life, is the source from which we draw strength to fight evils like abortion.
So visit priestsforlife.org, print out the Easter prayer for life, and invite your family, pro-life group, school and parish to join us in praying it. Let us rejoice throughout this Resurrection season that death can never have the last word in the human story.
We Must Wash Each Other's Feet
Holy Thursday, a day sacred to all Christians, is the day on which Jesus gave us the Eucharist, the Priesthood, and the commandment of charity. All are symbolized by His washing the feet of His disciples. He told us on this sacred night that we are to wash each other's feet. We are to do what is unpleasant in order to serve one another; we are to get ourselves dirty in order to love one another.
Tonight, as we all join in the Mass of the Lord's Supper, let us recommit ourselves to loving and serving the least among us, the smallest and most vulnerable, namely, the unborn children. Let us wash their feet by speaking up for them and working to restore the protection of their lives.
Baby Joseph Defies His Critics and Ours
Child, free from tubes and machines, is able to return home with family.
New York, NY — Baby Joseph Maraachli, the Canadian child whom Priests for Life brought to the United States for medical treatment, is going back home. His tracheotomy and subsequent medical care have made it possible for him to breathe on his own, without the assistance of machines. Fr. Pavone issued the following statement:
"Our mission to save Baby Joseph and help his family was never based on any prediction of the future, but rather on the value of his life here and now.
Our critics, on the other hand, looking into the crystal ball that 'right to die' advocates seem to always think they have, claimed our intervention was futile because Joseph would only end up having a machine do his breathing for him.
"We don't have to answer their criticism; Joseph is doing that for us, with every breath he takes. He has gained benefit from his tracheotomy, is breathing on his own, and is going home to live with his parents, who will love and care for him for as much time as God gives them together.
"Baby Joseph's victory over the culture of death is especially powerful now, as we prepare for Easter, a time when Christians everywhere celebrate Jesus' victory over death.
"I want to commend the fine, caring staff at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center for their professional excellence and their faith. Likewise I want to thank the team at Kalitta MedFlight in Michigan, who donated the air ambulance and crew to fly Baby Joseph from Ontario to St. Louis last month, and who are flying him home today. Thanks also to the many groups and countless individuals who stepped forward, spoke up, donated, and helped to intervene for this child.
"Priests for Life is happy and humbled to have played a small part in making this joyous day possible. We ask everyone to join us as we continue to pray for Baby Joseph and his family."
Priests for Life is covering Baby Joseph's medical expenses, and has set up a fund for that purpose. Go to BabyJosephCentral.com to donate and to stay updated on related stories.
What a Great Way to Celebrate Easter!
Father Pavone was interviewed this morning on Fox News as Baby Joseph Maraachli was flown home to Canada.
The 15-month-old was transferred from a hospital in London, Ontario, last month because doctors there ruled that to continue to treat his neurological disease was futile, and courts agreed. Plans were in the works to disconnect the breathing tube that was helping him breathe, and to let him die.
Just over a month later, the boy has received the tracheotomy his parents sought and is breathing on his own.
"We knew when he was in Canada…he was mostly breathing on his own," Father Pavone told Fox News' Gretchen Carlson this morning. He said the tracheotomy that ultimately was performed at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis "was not extraordinary treatment,' and had "a high probability of success."
Father Pavone, who has remained in close contact with Baby Joseph's parents, Moe and Sana Maraachli, said the parents are excited to be bringing the baby home.
"This is all they wanted," he said, "to be able to bring him home and care for him for as much time as God gives them together."
Father Pavone said the family's tenacity should help empower other families to battle medical bureaucracies, and should encourage pro-life efforts on every front.
"This case should help families to stand up and fight hard," he said. To pro-lifers, he said, "stay engaged in the pro-life effort because we have more victories to win."
Baby Joseph, the child of a Muslim father and Catholic mother, was baptized Catholic last month. His transfer home took place on Holy Thursday, just three days before Christians celebrate Jesus' victory over death.
"Today's outcome is better than expected,' Father Pavone said. "What a great way to celebrate Easter."
Statement from Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center
Joseph Maraachli and his family flew back to Canada on Thursday, April 21, after the infant with a progressive neurological disease received a tracheotomy on March 21st at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis, MO.
Joseph responded well to the tracheotomy, a procedure that provides him with increased mobility and comfort while providing a stable, secure airway. The tracheotomy also keeps his lower airway free from secretions and protects his lungs from inhaled saliva or other material that could cause aspiration pneumonia.
The tracheotomy, which creates an opening into Joseph's windpipe through an incision in his neck, was a success, says Dr. Robert Wilmott, Chief of Pediatrics for SSM Cardinal Glennon and Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
"Joseph has been breathing on his own, without the aid of a mechanical ventilator, for more than a week," Wilmott said. "By providing him with this common palliative procedure, we've given Joseph the chance to go home and be with his family after spending so much of his young life in the hospital."
Joseph, his parents and 7-year-old brother spent more than a month in St. Louis. The family was ready to return to Canada but will always cherish memories of the people they met while in St. Louis, said Moe Maraachli, Joseph's father.
"So many people from the United States and Canada and all around the world have reached out, sent letters and called my family to let us know they were praying for us and thinking about us," Moe Maraachli said. "This has really helped our family through this hard time, to know there is so much kindness in the world.
"We are so grateful for the amazing care and compassion we have received from the doctors, nurses and staff of Cardinal Glennon. Our family also wants to thank the team at Windsor Regional Hospital for reaching out to our family and Dr. Wilmott and making the transfer back home a reality."
Doctors initially expected to transition Joseph to a local rehabilitation hospital, but he responded so well to the tracheotomy that he was discharged directly home to Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Joseph will transition home with the assistance of Windsor Regional Hospital in Ontario.
"I want to commend the Windsor Regional Hospital team for reaching out to the Maraachli family in early March to start planning for the arrival of Joseph back to Windsor," stated David Musyj, President and CEO of Windsor Regional Hospital.
"The Maraachli family, Dr. Wilmott and his team at the SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center have been very helpful in keeping Windsor Regional Hospital up to date on Joseph's clinical condition and coordinating the clinical needs, wishes and plans for Joseph's return home."
Both SSM Cardinal Glennon and Windsor Regional Hospital continue to send prayers and positive thoughts to the Maraachli family in the next phase of their journey.
Baby Joseph Now Home: Lessons to Learn
New York, NY – Fr. Frank Pavone, who traveled with Baby Joseph from Canada to St. Louis last month, issued this statement this morning:
"Baby Joseph's journey, from the prison of the Canadian hospital to the faith-filled treatment he received in St. Louis, has now brought him to the safety and comfort of his own home, with his loving parents and older brother, in Windsor, Ontario.
"There is no 'life support' or ventilator needed for Baby Joseph. From a medical perspective, we did not have any pre-conceived outcome in our mind, nor do we know how long his life will be. What we do know is that there are several key lessons to draw from this story:
a) Doctors do not always know best. Day by day, situations turn out better than many doctors predict. The desires of the patient and the family need to be honored above any kind of medical dictatorships. Some were saying that nothing should be done for Baby Joseph, because he would be attached to machines for the rest of his life, but today, he is breathing on his own.
b) Families need to fight to care for their loved ones. Moe Maraachli and his wife Sana are strong in their faith and in their love for their children. They did not let the death of a previous child bring them to despair about this one. Rather, they fought hard for Joseph to get the care that has now helped him.
c) The meaning and value of life does not come from medical tribunals or courts, and it is not measured in years, months, or days. It is measured by giving and receiving love, first from God and then from each other.
d) When people band together for the cause of life, victories can be won. So many people sent e-mails, prayed, and are helping pay for Baby Joseph's care (see BabyJosephCentral.com). We need to stay engaged in the pro-life cause, because there are many more victories to win.
"We thank everyone who has helped and will continue to help with this case and others like it. As Moe Maraachli has said, we did not do this only for Baby Joseph, but for all the other Baby Josephs to come."
To assist in the payment of Baby Joseph's medical care, and to stay updated on this story, visit: babyjosephcentral.com
Spy Wednesday
Wednesday of Holy Week has traditionally been known as "Spy Wednesday," because the Gospel passage of today says that Judas "kept looking for an opportunity to betray" Jesus.
What a sad commentary this is about how we can abuse our freedom of choice. The door of opportunity opens both ways. Every moment provides opportunities for growing closer to God or for betraying Him. Some are always spying for the chance to do the cowardly thing.
We are called, however, to spy for the opportunity to do heroic things. We are called to be on the lookout at all times for opportunities to proclaim the Gospel of Life, and to defend the sanctity of life.
May the sin of Judas keep us mindful of our weakness and determined to be faithful.

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Being crazy-busy is one kind of challenge. But what about the opposite problem, when all that action starts to slow down? How do you handle the challenge of less? That's the question Kyra Sedgwick is pondering as she sips coffee on Manhattan's Upper West Side on a spring afternoon, with a riot of buds and blossoms outside providing an appropriate metaphor for growth.
The 46-year-old actress no longer has a steady job: In December she wrapped up her seven-year, Emmy-winning run on TNT's The Closer as Brenda Leigh Johnson, the Los Angeles deputy police chief whose rapid-fire Southern tones pop suspects open like so many soda cans. Once a hands-on mom (to Travis, 23, and Sosie, 20), she's now an empty nester. And after living solo in L.A. for half the year while shooting the series, she's back home in New York City full time, reconnecting with her husband of 23 years, the actor-musician-director Kevin Bacon.
She arrives at her neighborhood café looking urban-cool in sunglasses and a belted trench coat,then disarms me with a hug. "I don't know why, you just look like someone to hug," she says. She orders a decaf mocha latte with soy milk, then asks the barista, "But can you make it mostly chocolate?" And when she opens her elegant hand, her next stop is inked in two words on her palm: duane reade. "I have to write everything down," she says, rolling her eyes. Her voice is hoarse from a cold, and she frequently pulls down the sleeves of her gray Burberry sweater as if chilled. But her conversation is warm—thoughtful, energetic and peppered with the wordreally. It's clear that Sedgwick doesn't simply think or feel something; she really thinks it and really, really feels it.
"Kyra has a wonderful ability to put her attention on you," says her Closer costar Mary McDonnell (see sidebar, opposite). "When she's focused on you, you feel a lot of thinking going on. Her attention is very alive and personal."
According to the show's creator, James Duff, Sedgwick brings that same intensity to her work. "She's like an amazing athlete," he says. "She has a formidable intellect and also an intense sexual charisma that gave me great variety in writing her interrogation scenes—she could be a suspect's girlfriend, ex, mother, sister. Right to the end, she never quit trying to do it better than she had the week before. Other shows use special effects, but ours always came down to her in a small room. Kyra was our special effect."
Which makes you wonder just where she'll direct that intensity now. "This is a change, no question," Sedgwick says about her choice to make The Closer's seventh season, which will resume July 9, its last. "I brought it on myself, and once I'd decided it, there was no moment where I thought, I wish I hadn't. I'm not sitting around with nothing to do. I'm a lady who lunches, goes to the theater, the movies. I go out to dinner, I cook at home, I hang out with my family and friends. I am going to hit a wall, though, of needing to express myself creatively—sooner rather than later probably. But I'm trying to trust in this fallow period. I'm facing the unknowing: the excitement of it as well as the insecurity of it and concern about it."
She's usually good with change. (Bacon even wrote a song about it, "Woman's Got a Mind to Change.") And she's capable of holding opposing thoughts in her head at the same time. "I'm so not a planner," she says. "I didn't plan getting married. If somebody had told me when I was 21 that I was going to be married with a kid at 23, I would have told them they were insane. Thinking too far ahead is scary to me. I'd rather say, 'One minute at a time.' "


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Ashley Monroe: Country Music Has Always 'Sliced Me In The Heart'
In country music, Ashley Monroe is still a new kid on the block — but the 27-year-old artist has already worked with the likes of Wanda Jackson, Jack White and Miranda Lambert, and has also found success writing for other artists, including Carrie Underwood. The singer says her tastes are eclectic, but country has always had an especially tight hold on her.
"I love all kinds of music, the truth is. I love anything from The Eagles to Lynyrd Skynyrd to Bonnie Raitt to Mozart — I mean, I played classical piano," she says. "But when it comes down to it, I'm from east Tennessee, and country melodies and country songs have always just sliced me in the heart. That's why I do it."
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Augustine Ruzindana
Taxes on agricultural inputs are a disastrous setback (part 2)
Posted Friday, September 5 2014 at 01:00
In Summary
Basically, this tax imposition contradicts the declarations about fighting poverty and modernisation of agriculture and in fact in the whole paper of the minister of Finance, there is no reference to how these measures will contribute to attainment of these goals.
Last week, I could not send in my article in time because my house had no power. Something messed up a fuse at the transformer for my area. Apparently, Umeme has no fault detection mechanism when interruptions occur in their power distribution system and, therefore, it only reacts when a report/complaint is made.
In this case, they reacted quickly when I reported but the first technician who went only identified the problem, which could only be fixed by another (faults) department.
This latter department eventually fixed the problem but if a "fuse" took two days to fix in a rapid response mode, you can imagine the sum total of the days lost in a year in the whole country because of non-existent systemic fault detection mechanisms.
The privatisation of Uganda Electricity Board was supposed to improve power supply to the consumer by investments in technical and managerial capacity that eliminates unnecessary inefficiencies.
Access to electricity is still around a miserable 12/14 per cent and even these privileged 12 per cent get power intermittently.
So far, there are no visible gains from privatisation of the power sector, whether in access or improvements in technical or managerial efficiency. It is just foreign owned UEB with another name. Therefore, this situation calls for urgent sector policy reviews to find the best option for the country.
My last article addressed the adverse effects of the imposition of VAT and the removal of exemption and zero rates on agricultural inputs, supplies, machinery and equipment. Many other commentators, especially stakeholders in agriculture, have made a case for withdrawal of these taxes but government remains adamant that the taxes will not be removed.
I have accessed a justification paper for these taxes presented to Parliament and I am more convinced that the imposition of these taxes is an error which must be corrected before these taxes are passed by Parliament in the Finance Act.
Basically, this tax imposition contradicts the declarations about fighting poverty and modernisation of agriculture and in fact in the whole paper of the minister of Finance, there is no reference to how these measures will contribute to attainment of these goals. The minister in her paper informs the MPs that "VAT is designed to tax domestic consumption".
But who is the consumer of a hoe, chicken feed or maize seed who "can claim all the VAT he has paid on his inputs and, therefore, bear no tax burden" as the minister asserts? The minister only looked at the importer but not the farmer. Get the importer with income tax.
Lest I am considered politically biased, let me quote the findings of an analysis by Dr Swaibu Mbowa and others of the EPRC on the effect of VAT on just maize and fertilizers.
The summary of findings is as follows: "That the potential costs of the proposed imposition of VAT on agricultural inputs appear to far outweigh the potential benefits.
The impact of VAT imposition on maize and fertilizer is estimated to contribute tax revenues of $10.29 million compared to estimated total losses to maize farmers of $20.93 million.
This implies a benefit-cost ratio of 0.49. This ratio of benefits to costs is well below accepted levels; and if other commodities, inputs and other impact channels … were considered the benefit-cost ratio could be even much lower.
In conclusion, the proposed measure undermines basic agricultural and broader economic growth and development objectives; and the ratio of benefits to costs renders the proposed measure unjustifiable based on economic arguments.


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Changing the Vision for Public Education
"We're elected by everyone and yet the attitude has been that we should exclude students who don't go to public schools. Why shouldn't we be serving them?"
The April elections brought a dramatic shift in power to the board of the Milwaukee Public Schools. As a result, Bruce R. Thompson--currently half-way though his first term on the board--could become president when the newly constituted board meets to elect officers.
Since he was elected to the board two years ago to represent Milwaukee's Fifth District, Thompson's reform views have generally been in the minority. But voters in April rejected five candidates backed by the teachers' union, giving reformers a 7-2 majority on the board.
Thompson is an educator with a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a professor in the School of Business at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He became involved in school reform issues several years ago through his daughter's Montessori daycare center, which qualified for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. As a result of his interest in the program and subsequent letters published in local papers and in The Wall Street Journal, Thompson met many of the people involved in the choice program, including John Gardner and Mayor John O. Norquist.
When the city-wide school board seat opened up four years ago, he and John Gardner both thought the other should run, so they drew straws for the opportunity. "John lost, so he had to run," joked Thompson. Gardner's election four years ago was close, but he was re-elected this April by a solid 61-39 percent majority. A few days after Gardner's re-election and the election of four other reform candidates, Thompson spoke with School Reform News' managing editor George Clowes about the changed prospects for improving schools in Milwaukee.
Clowes:Milwaukee is unusual in that most of the people involved in school choice seem to be Democrats--for example, John Gardner and the Mayor. Is that the case?
Thompson:I would say that most are Democrats. That's my background, too. There's a feeling that the city won't survive if it keeps losing families and if the schools don't improve. It really comes out of an analysis of what it takes to reform the school system and have a viable urban area. It comes from practical considerations.
Clowes: What were your aims when you were first elected to the board and how successful have you been in achieving them?
Thompson:It's a mixed bag. With the short-term ones, I think I've been fairly successful. I wanted to put admission standards back into some of our high schools, and we got that through. These were supposedly high-powered schools and yet the students who could benefit weren't getting in. They were being displaced by other students who had no interest, and so we put in admission standards.
Another aim of mine was to put more emphasis on technical education. Two years ago, we were making no progress on that at all. Now we're well on the way to setting up a new technical high school, with both public and private money involved and agreements with a number of different institutions.
It's engineering as well as vocational, because what we found was that quite a few of our students at the engineering school came in thinking that they were going to be technicians. Then they'd decide that it would be more interesting to design the product rather than just repair it or install it. That's fallen off as the emphasis has changed from vocational to engineering. There used to be a culture that said, "If you're not going to college, you're going to be a failure." That's changed.
I also wanted to reverse the flight of the middle-class, but that's still going on. Every year, we lose over a thousand white students from the city school system. We're down to less than 20,000, and it won't take too long before they're all gone. There hasn't been much success in halting that.
Clowes: What were the major issues in the recent school board election?
Thompson:From the voters' point of view, school choice was not the issue. From the union's point of view, it was the issue--school choice and charter schools. What set off the unions was that two of the schools chartered through the university were with local organizations that in turn contracted with the Edison Project to run them. That was anathema to the unions.
The union produced a video with all of their candidates and they went around to all the schools with it, saying that these terrible charter schools were coming, with bad education, but all the children would leave and go to them, and everyone would lose their jobs and pensions. I'm not sure it's quite logical, but that was their theme.
We started off with a disadvantage because this is a very low turnout election and the one base of voters--the teachers--was very scared. As it turned out, I think a lot of teachers voted against the union candidates. The turnout was even lower than in the past, and yet the union didn't win.
Clowes: In light of the surprisingly low turnout, what was it that produced support for the pro-school choice candidates?
Thompson:I think it was just quality: our people were clearly more competent. Several of their incumbents didn't seem to run at all. They were entirely dependent on the union doing everything for them, and the union did some dumb things. One of the things that became a big issue was a proposal to give laptop computers to all the high school students. People just thought that was stupid. One of the incumbents who was defeated had proposed that, and all of the union-backed candidates got tied to it because they had voted for it.
There was also a private individual named Jack Rosenberg, who was real mad about the school choice issue. He spent $20,000 of his own money for what I thought were counter-productive ads specifically directed against John Gardner. But the message of his ads seemed to be that you could only get a good education if you sent your children to private schools. If the ad did anything, it helped school choice candidates.
Clowes: How has the defeat of the union-backed candidates changed the landscape for school reform in Milwaukee?
Thompson:Everyone in this new group wants to have local schools that parents want to send their children to. That's not the case now. For example, I have a number of schools in my area that people in the area generally don't send their children to. What has happened is that the most desirable schools tend to be the magnet schools and so students get bused all over, away from their neighborhood. But if parents don't get their children into the magnet schools, they leave the city. So a big thrust will be to replicate the magnet schools on a neighborhood basis.
One of the ways we'll do that is to look at the schools with waiting lists. All of our Montessori schools, for example, have waiting lists, so why not have more Montessori schools and why not localize them? Now, that's simple in theory . . . but what you have to do is get a building in the neighborhood. That's not so simple because the school buildings are already being used.
Clowes: What other changes do you see?
Thompson:We're going to try very hard to redo the budget to give far more budgetary responsibility to the individual schools, to the principals. The budget is not tied to our strategic plan or to any kind of goals. It's just a very big budget with lots of detail but with no incentives to encourage people to go where we want to go.
Before I was elected, a number of school board members went up to look at how they had decentralized in Edmonton, Alberta, and got quite enthusiastic about it, but the union put the kibosh on it. We've invited the superintendent who did Edmonton's decentralization to meet with us. Right now, the union doesn't have a lot of leverage to stop it.
The union has been surprisingly ineffective, largely because they have been so negative. If the union had allowed MPS to set up charter schools with private schools two years ago, we never would have had the program that allowed the city or the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to do it. They've had no long-term vision. In fighting the more moderate reform, they paved the way for more extreme reform.
Clowes: How has school choice helped the Milwaukee Public Schools?
Thompson:I think in three ways. One is that school choice does give some clout to reformers. There are lots of people who say "We should change--but we need to do it gradually." School choice helps step up the pressure and to give more clout to the person who says, "We have to do it right away, because we're going to lose 10,000 students if we don't."
Second, choice has opened up some spaces for us to help in the shift to neighborhood schools. If parents want their children to go the neighborhood schools, you have to have space in those neighborhood schools. We were really gridlocked when I came in, but now it's a lot easier to find space in the school in your neighborhood because of the students who have gone to the choice schools. And compared to us building facilities, school choice is a pretty cheap way to get additional space.
Third, the choice schools tend to serve students who don't seem to fit well in our schools. An awful lot of the students in the choice schools are those who were having problems in our schools. In a way, that's not surprising because if you're a parent and your child is doing well in the public schools, why move him? It's almost the opposite of "creaming."
Clowes: Has choice actually improved the Milwaukee Public Schools?
Thompson:Yes. For example, I mentioned the new technical high school. That was a very innovative kind of agreement and I think that without the competitive pressure from choice, it never would have gone through. The union wouldn't have allowed it. But they got scared.
The other big change is that we've signed a new agreement with the union that for the first time allows schools to interview and select teachers rather than having them come in on the basis of seniority. This gets rid of what we call "The Dance of the Lemons." If you're a fairly good principal, the way you get rid of bad teachers is not to fire them but to make it uncomfortable for them so that they transfer to another school. The bad teachers would move around until they finally ended up in a school where the principal was too incompetent to get rid of them. The new contract puts pressure on principals to fire bad teachers.
That change occurred during the recent campaign and I think the union was feeling the pressure from the choice schools and the charter schools. They were also scared to death that their candidates would lose, which they did anyway.
Clowes: What do you see as the most likely development in school choice in Milwaukee over the next few years?
Thompson:I think it's going to be school choice within MPS. What I would like to see is a system where it's almost impossible to tell who's the public school and who's the private school because there'll be so much variety within MPS. We'll have our own charter schools and a whole mix of different schools.
Also, there are an awful lot of homeschoolers out there who would like to have access to recreation, and music, and art. Why shouldn't we be serving them? We're elected by everyone and yet the attitude has been that we should exclude students who don't go to public schools. There was a time when a lot of parochial schools would come down and share shops and gyms at public schools in Milwaukee, but for some reason that's largely disappeared. It reduces the constituency for the public schools. It's politically stupid, too--why tell a portion of your population that you're not interested in them?
Clowes: What one message about education would you like to leave with our readers?
Thompson:People will say to me, "Choice is nice, but it's not a panacea." My response is, "Of course it's not. We need to be doing everything." What has happened in Milwaukee shows that it's not just a matter of one reform, of putting all your eggs in one basket. You have to do everything, you have to allow many reforms. The more things you're doing, the easier it is to do more.
If you say, "We need to reform MPS and we need to keep out choice schools," that makes it much harder to change MPS. But if you have school choice and charter schools, that makes it much easier to reform MPS.


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TC TO JAMES MACKENZIE ; 13 March 1853; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18530313-TC-JAMA-01; CL 28: 74-76
Chelsea, 13 March 1853—
My dear Sir,
In many German Books about Frederick the Great, I find notices of a certain Signora Barberini, an amazingly clever and beautiful Opera-dancer, and of a "Scotchman Mr MacKenzie" whose adventures are connected with hers and with the History of Frederick. The story is this.
Barberini had been engaged at Venice for Frederick's Berlin Opera, in 1744, at a high salary, but did not come as was expected; on inquiry it was found a rich young Scotchman of quality, "Mr MacKenzie, " had fallen in love with her at Venice, was about to marry her, and that she would not come. Frederick applied to the Senate of Venice, shewing his clear fixed bargain with Barberini; but they took no steps: he then impounded the effects of their Ambassador at Berlin, who was just going towards England, had his trunks remained free;—upon which the Venetian Senate did lay hold of Barberini; delivered her, under military escort, to the Austrian authorities on their frontier; who forwarded her duly, under the like, to the Saxons; and they again to Berlin, where she did actually dance and shine many years, and made a fine marriage at last. Poor MacKenzie followed in the rear thro' all this long military march of the Barberini; came to Berlin close behind her; and staid there some time (still in 1744) determined to wed her;—till Frederick, by applying to his friends in Britain or by some other good method, put an end to the speculation.— Of the facts thus far there is no doubt whatever. Zimmermann (Author of Solitude, who has written some wild pieces about Frederick) adds, what is very doubtful, That MacKenzie all his life hated Frederick in consequence; farther that he, MacKenzie, was a Kinsman of Earl Bute the first Prime Minister of George III, into whom he infused his own hatred of Fredk; by means of which (says Zimmermann) the "shameful separate peace" was made by England, and Fredk left in the lurch, at the end of the seven-years war! This latter clause of the story may be accounted very doubtful indeed;—or perhaps if the MacKenzies were not related to the Butes at all, is not doubtful, but certainly false, as I suspect?1
This gallant MacKenzie and his Barberini adventures do not concern me much; nor is it worth any friend's while to take much trouble about him for me. But it has struck me I would tell you of the thing. Perhaps you are yourself a bit of a genealogist; or, if not, perhaps you know some accurate man who understands the Clan MacKenzie (its Seaforths &c &c) sufficiently to identify this Historical young amorous gentleman, and inform me who and what he was,—and especially whether related at all to "Braw Johnny Bute," as Zimmermann babbles.— Any time; there is no hurry.2
I am very sorry indeed to say, the Book you sent me long ago, so kindly about William Wallace, which was a very good Book of its kind, is for the present in an eclipsed condition,—unattainable to me, or I would have returned it months ago!3 Last summer there came carpenters, masons, plasterers, painters (what they call a "thorough repair") into this poor house; drove me to Germany, and indeed almost drove me mad;—and at my return, in putting up my Books again, this, to my especial sorrow, was one of the two or so which could not be discovered! If the Book prove ultimately to be lost, my duty next in regard to it is, of course, very clear: but these precious repairs are not even yet completed, nor is the house yet in pristine order: so I will beg you to be patient with me for a while still.
I have not heard anything direct from Erskine this long while; but I was three weeks with him last summer, in my sad Hegira while you were out of the way;—and I hear that he is prosperous and often about Edinburgh. If you have opportunity, forget not my kind and grateful remembrances to him.4—I remain always
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LOS ANGELES - Junior Ting Quah and freshman Katie Kinnear each won a pair of races, and junior Paulina Guzman took both diving events, as the UCLA swimming and diving teams defeated Oregon State (197-92), UC Santa Barbara (185-110) and Utah (211-83) in a quad meet on Friday at Spieker Aquatics Center.
The meet got off to a good start for the Bruins, winning the 200 Medley Relay with the quartet of Kinnear, sophomores Jessica Khojasteh and Noelle Tarazona and junior Kathryn Murphy in a time of 1:42.58.
UCLA then won the next three individual events. Back-to-back, 1-2 finishes in the 1000 Freestyle (freshman Megan Rankin, 10:03.04 and junior Lauren Baker, 10:07.52) and the 200 Freestyle (Quah, 1:49.39 and Murphy, 1:52.40), as well as a win from Kinnear in the 100 Backstroke (56.12), put the Bruins up big. Senior Laurence Delisle took the second-best time in the 100 Back, winning the B heat at 56.66.
UC Santa Barbara won the 100 Breaststroke, but the Bruins took the next four events. Tarazona (2:00.80) led a 1-2 finish in the 200 Butterfly with senior Stephanie Christofferson (2:02.95), as junior Anna Senko took the second-best time overall and tops in the B heat at 2:01.52. Junior Cynthia Fascella (23.63) and Kinnear (23.96) went 1-2 in the 50 Freestyle.
Guzman won the first diving event of the afternoon, the One-Meter, with a point total of 267.95, which was followed by another 1-2 finish in the 100 Freestyle with Murphy (50.84) and Fascella (51.78). Quah actually had the best time in the race, swimming a 50.81 to lead the B heat.
UCSB won the 200 Backstroke and 200 Breaststroke, while Oregon State took the 500 Freestyle. Kinnear's second win of the day in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 55.41 broke the winless streak. Guzman won her second diving event of the meet, this time the Three-Meter, with 287.45 points, as the Bruins went 1-2-3 with sophomore Emma Ivory-Ganja (272.85) and senior Maggy Boyd (258.50).
Senko claimed the 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2:02.55 in the second-to-last event. In the final event, the 400 Freestyle Relay, the best time came from the quartet of Fascella, Khojasteh, Murphy and sophomore Taylor Carlson with a mark of 3:27.89.
The Bruin swimming team returns to the pool on Nov. 2 when they host a tri-meet with Uc Davis and Washington State at Spieker Aquatics Center at 1 p.m. The UcLA diving squad heads to the USC Trojan Invitational on Nov. 2 and 3.


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How'd you like to own a Mercedes E-Class luxury sedan for half their going price? Well you can if you opt for a Chrysler 300.
The 300 full-size sedan is made in Canada and gets its platform from the former Mercedes E-Class. And because of that, it rides and handles like an E-Class. But it goes one further. The 300 looks like a Bentley, the ultimate luxury sedan for the very rich and famous. And that trait is what made this car such a success for Chrysler.
The 300 is also one of the few, rear drive luxury sedans that come in six trim levels: 300, 300S, 300C, 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition, 300C John Varvatos Luxury Edition and hot SRT8 that houses a HEMI V8 engine.
My test car was outfitted with the standard 3.6-liter, V6 that generates 292-hp and 260 lb/ft of torque. The "S" version with the same but specially tuned engine puts out 300-hp. All couple to an 8-speed automatic transmission. The combination felt like a small V8 under the hood and provided EPA mileage estimates of 19 city, 31-highway mpg.
Along with this powertrain combo is an electronic shifter that looks conventional, but had some quirks. A few times when shifting to "D/L" from "P" gearing, it wouldn't readily engage. Only a return to "P" then back to "DL" engaged it. A mechanical shifter is still preferable.
Also noticeable was that when getting on the accelerator then quickly getting off it, engine rpm's continued to climb for a second or two. It acted like a CVT transmission, which it isn't. Otherwise, the powertrain was quiet and very peppy for a modestly heavy sedan.
But if you'd like more of a performance sedan, merely opt for the SRT8 version that will bump you up to 470-hp and 470 lb/ft of torque.
And here in the Snowbelt, the AWD option would be preferred. In fact there's a Glacier version that comes with AWD and other snow-time goodies.
While the base 300 comes standard with 17-inch tires, the 300S with AWD gets 19-inchers. My test car was shod with Firestone 245/45R20's that are standard in the SRT8. Despite their size, they offered a quiet, smooth ride.
Handling too was impressive for a big, bulky sedan. There was only some slight body lean in sharp, tight turns taken at speed yet there never was any sign of unstableness.
As for the 300s interior, it was totally upscale and posh. Gorgeous soft white perforated leather adorned the seats. The fronts were supportive while the backs were sofa soft, comfy and wide enough for three adults in a pinch.
The dash was grained vinyl that felt like rubber and was complimented by dark green faux wood trim. A huge (6.5x5-inch) LCD screen displayed audio, GPS and rearview camera functions. There's also a slot on the console that can hold a Smartphone, even the larger Samsung models.
All HVAC controls are conventional and easy to use without having to consult the owners' manual. And a keyless ignition allows you to keep your keys in your pocket.
Ingress/egress into the back seat is easy thanks to wide opening doors and a low step-in.
The 300's 16.3 cubic foot trunk is fairly spacious and can accommodate two medium size roll-a-longs or a hoofer golf bag with the long clubs stacked atop the bag. Flip the 60/40 rear seatbacks and two golf bags will fit.
An optional panoramic sunroof takes up much of the roof but only the front portion opens.
Safety wise, the 300 is complete with an array of airbags, Electronic Stability control, tire pressure warning and more. Standard too is an acoustic windshield and front door glass, humidity sensor system, satellite radio, bi-function halogen headlamps plus other niceties.
My test car had the $3,000 22M preferred package that contained power heated mirrors and considerably more to which was added the Motown Power and Sound Group for $1,695 but included the rearview camera, remote start, 552-watt amp and more. Added to that was $1,495 for the sunroof and $995 for Chrysler's Uconnect and Garmin GPS nav. That brought the bottom line to a reasonable $38,325 with delivery after a base of $30,145.
To its credit, the 300 received five stars for overall safety, five for driver frontal crash, four for passenger while side crash received four for front seat, five for rear. It also scored four stars for rollover.
To test drive a 300, stop by Rothrock Motors off Route 22 at 15th Street in Allentown. And to automatically receive auto news and reviews from Nick Hromiak, click on the "Subscribe" notation on this page.


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Infinitely variable hone head RPM allows high speeds for roughing and a slower speed for finishing giving the desired cross hatch angle and surface finish.
The finishing cycle operates much like a "spark out" system where there is very light stone load eliminating any distortion and resulting in accurate bore geometry and consistent surface finish.
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Performance of the above ground (dry) biomass estimation with the medium resolution optical (ALOS AVNIR) data and radar (ALOS PALSAR) data was evaluated on a tropical forest site in Lao PDR (Laos). The average biomass of ground reference plots was relatively low, 78 t/ha, due to strong anthropogenic influence in most of the study area. The biomass estimates were computed using linear regression analysis and the Probability method that combines unsupervised clustering and fuzzy estimation. The predictions were validated with independent field plot data. With all the methods and data types, the root mean square error (RMSE) ranged from 33.6 t/ha to 40.1 t/ha (44.2% and 52.8% of mean biomass, respectively). The Probability method produced a larger dynamic range to the predictions than the regression models, which saturated at approximately 100 t/ha. Large errors for higher biomass plots increased the RMSE of Probability over the RMSE of the regression models. The bias ranged from -0.8 to 3.9% except with the Probability model for PALSAR data where the bias was 12.5%. Our study showed that PALSAR data were nearly as good for the biomass estimation as the AVNIR data. A combination of mono-temporal ALOS PALSAR and ALOS AVNIR data did not improve biomass estimation over the performance obtained with AVNIR data alone. For the Probability method, ground reference data should be more representative than that available in this study.
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College Hockey:Hockey East seems likely new home for Notre Dame, but who else?
The NCHC announced on Sunday that it will begin play in 2013 as an eight-team conference and, in doing so, consequently may have announced Notre Dame's hockey future.
Last week, Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson told the South Bend Tribune that the school's decision for a future conference was down to the NCHC and Hockey East. If that's true, it appears that Hockey East is the intended destination for the Irish.
While the NCHC has seemingly stolen Notre Dame's thunder of announcing its new home, it also makes for interesting debate on what, if any, team will join Notre Dame in Hockey East.
Though the league is remaining tight-lipped on anything to do with expansion, commissioner Joe Bertagna was pretty clear when I spoke with him back in the summer that if the league is to expand, it's much more desirable to move to from 10 to 12 teams, not 11. That, though, was when rumors of Miami and Notre Dame coming to Hockey East were floating around. Miami, of course, was one of the founding members when the NCHC announced its formation this summer. So it is conceivable that Hockey East could accept Notre Dame and no one else.
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Other clubs that I have heard as potentials for Hockey East include Cornell and Quinnipiac, but neither of these teams seem as sensible for the league or the teams themselves. I can't imagine Cornell ever breaking apart from their fellow Ivy League schools. And though Quinnipiac since its first day as a Division I program has always had the highest aspirations, it lack of a proven track record doesn't align with the success and history of the other Hockey East teams.
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Begin by noting the good in your life. Let gratitude rise from within and spread out into the world. Try it, how does it make you feel? In Santa Fe, a city composed of great diversity groups blossom all over to express their gratitude and oneness. Coming together can be a healing experience. If you do not have time to visit a group, you can listen to inspirational messages
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Camping World Cancels Ads on Celebrity Apprentice because of Trumps Sons Hunting Trip
Posted 15 March 2012 - 10:46 AM
Donald Trump's sons' bloody hunting trip in Africa last year didn't just put a dent in the local wildlife population -- it exterminated a lucrative advertising deal on "Celebrity Apprentice" ... by scaring away a big sponsor.
Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis tells TMZ, the company's TV spots already aired on this season of "Celebrity Apprentice" -- but he insists, "I wouldn't spend another nickel with them."
Marcus adds, "I am totally disgusted by the [hunting] pics I have seen and was surprised to see them ... Money is spent but wow I'm really shocked."
As TMZ previously reported, Donald's sons (Donald Jr. and Eric) went on a hunting safari in Zimbabwe a year ago, killing several animals -- including an elephant, crocodile, kudu, civet cat and waterbuck.
Posted 15 March 2012 - 11:26 AM
I wouldn't give Camping World a dime for anything now.
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 11:32 AM
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 12:25 PM
"I figured I would write your company about the recent news about your CEO speaking out against Donald Trump's sons hunting trip to Africa.
As a past customer of your company, and an avid hunter and outdoor enthusiast, I am particularly shocked at the apparent anti-hunting stance that MrLemonis is displaying with his comments. As a company dealing with the outdoors, I would think that your corporate attitude would be different, considering that a sizable number (if not majority) of your customers are hunting and fishing enthusiasts. The risk of alienating your customers does not seem to make very good business sense to me.
I for one will never again patronize your company in any way shape or form, and I will make it a point to advise my fellow camping and hunting/fishing enthusiasts aware of your company's anti-hunting stance.
Thanks for your time."
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 12:45 PM
"The trouble with Socialism is, sooner or later you run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher
"When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.." - James Dale Davidson, National Taxpayers Union
Posted 15 March 2012 - 01:01 PM
Kind of makes me think...I would love to see a pinned topic that we could list companies like this so we could use that info when making future purchases.
That's a great idea!
By the way I also used their comment feature on their website to give them an ear-full on their wonderful marketing move.
Posted 15 March 2012 - 01:06 PM
"The trouble with Socialism is, sooner or later you run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher
"When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.." - James Dale Davidson, National Taxpayers Union
Posted 15 March 2012 - 02:01 PM
That is one really stupid CEO!
Posted 15 March 2012 - 07:30 PM
To clarify our position, Camping World as America's Largest Outdoor Company, believes in personal freedom. In this country, people are free to choose. This issue at hand is not about whether people should be able to hunt or not. Our company is neither for nor against hunting. We are for personal choice and having people enjoy the outdoors in whatever fashion they choose. However, in our opinion, if and when the hunting of endangered species occurs, whether in the United States or abroad, it is not acceptable to even the most avid of hunters. We remain strong in our conviction of preserving the outdoors, protecting our great country's lands and the freedom to choose.
Thank you,
Camping World Customer Care
Posted 15 March 2012 - 07:37 PM
LOTS of hunters have bought Camping World products in the past...........PAST!
Goooo Bye Camping World CEO!
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 08:33 PM
Ill be spending a bit fixing up my project camper this spring, not a dime will go to Camping World, theres plenty of other sources for the things they carry. We were also talking about joining Good Sam this year, thats now out the window.
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Whole-Lemon Tart (Tarte au Citron)
[Updated Recipe: We worked the kinks out of this recipe in a new post. See it here. You'll love it!]
Fresh Strawberry Tart (Tarte aux Fraises)
1 fully baked 9-inch (24-cm) tart shell made from Sweet Tart Dough
Pastry cream (recipe below)
3 to 4 cups fresh strawberries, hulled
Shortly before you are ready to serve the tart, spread the pastry cream in the bottom of the baked tart shell and arrange the strawberries over the top. Le voila!
Pastry Cream
Adapted from Paris Sweets, Dorie Greenspan
1 1/4 cups (300 grams) whole milk
1/2 moist, plump vanilla bean, split and scraped or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large egg yolks
1/2 cup (100 grams) sugar
3 tablespoons (30 grams) cornstarch
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1. Bring the milk and vanilla bean (pulp and pod) to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cover the pan, turn off the heat, and set aside for 10 minutes. Or, if you are using vanilla extract, just bring the mil to a boil and proceed with the recipe, adding the extract before you add the butter to the hot pastry cream.
2. Working in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan, whisk the yolks, sugar, and cornstarch together until thick and pale. Whisking all the while, very slowly drizzle a quarter of the hot milk onto the yolks. Then, still whisking, pour the rest of the liquid in a steady stream over the tempered yolks. Remove and discard the vanilla pod.
3. Put the pan over medium heat and, whisking vigorously and without stop, bring the mixture to the boil. Keep the mixture at the boil, whisking energetically, for 1 to 2 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat and scrape the pastry cream into a clean bowl. Allow the pastry cream to cool on the counter for about 3 minutes.
4. Cut the butter into chunks and stir the chunks into the hot pastry cream, continuing to stir until the butter is melted and incorporated. At this point, the cream needs to be thoroughly chilled. You can either set the bowl into a larger bowl filled with ice cubes and cold water and, to ensure even cooling, stir the cream from time to time, or refrigerate the cream, in which case you should press a piece of plastic wrap against the surface to create an airtight seal.
(The cream can be kept tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or packed airtight and frozen for 1 month. Defrost overnight in the refrigerator and whip before using to return it to its smooth consistency.)
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Chronology : Mr.Surachat Chamnansin, the village headman of Na Yung sub–district, Nam Som district, Udonthani Province offered a document on October 25, 1975 to the Royal Forest Department in co-operation with Mr.Sanong Chatwethin who is the head of Forest Protection Station (Unit 2) and with Mr.Manat Techasathian, forest officer had surveyed the forest area in Na Yung sub-district, which is on the boundary of Phu Phan mountain range, found the general condition similar as wildlife sanctuary protection in Chon Buri Province. It is specific outstanding on the mountain ridge of Na Yung District that is beautiful and the waterfall is much more beautiful, proper improvement to be a relaxing place. So the Royal Forest Department sent some officers to surveyed that information, occurred this Nayung forest is in the boundary of a kind of interior wood Nayung project forest (unit 25) section 10, Namsom district, Udonthani province and it never had had forestation before, proper improvement to be a relaxing place in the pattern of the Forest Park. So Royal Forest Department declared to be a forest park on December 26,2518, in the responsibility of Udonthani Province Forest Office.
Later that Royal Forest Department received a report from Natural Resourecs Conservation Office ÇčŇ Na Yung-Nam Som Forest park and nearly forest area which is some parts of conservation forest of Pa Phran Phrao – Kaeng Kai, Pa Phukhao Kaeo – Dong Pakchom and Pa Na Yung – Nam Som National Reserves Forests, Udonthani Province with total area about 344 sq.km, abundant forest condition and beautiful natural, appropriate to be a national park. So the Royal Forest Department had the order number 736/2544 to Mr. Dechavut Sethapun, who is the head of Phu Pha Lek National Park and the head of Na Yung-Nam Som Forest park surveyed the primary information.
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The monsoon, very hot weather in the summer about 40oC between March to May. Rainy season runs in June to October and a winter about 10-20oC, rain amount all year about 1,000-1,500 ml.
Forest condition is dry dipterocarp forest, distribute along foothills and hill range. The main species are Shorea obtasa, S. siamensis, Dipterocarpus tuberculatus etc. Lower plants are Vietnamosasa pusilla, Curcuma sp. Down the valley is mixed deciduous forest, found Dalbergia oliveri, Xylia xylocarpa, Pterocarpus macrocarpus, Sindora siamensis, and various species of bamboo such as Gigantochloa albocilliata, Bambusa bambos, Dendrocalamus sp.. Along the riverside is dry evergreen forest, found Afzelia xylocarpa Anisoptera costata, , Dipterocarpus spp. Lagerstoemia spp., Hopea sp. etc. Lower plant found rattan, palm, herbs etc, while symbiosis species found orchid and fern.
Fauna found wild boar, common muntjac, macaque, langur,squirrel, clouded monitor, snakes and birds. For large sized wildlife found sambar deer, Indian elephant, Asiatic black bear but they were hunted seriously, also with remained wildlife was threaten and hunted by the people in the area.


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Duke Ellington: Passion Flower
Passion Flower
Duke Ellington (piano)
Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington (Buddha)
Duke Ellington (piano), Johnny Hodges (alto sax),
Ray Nance (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Harry Carney (baritone sax), Jimmy Blanton (bass), Sonny Greer (drums).
Composed by Billy Strayhorn.
Recorded: Hollywood, July 3, 1941
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
This was the first recording of "Passion Flower," performed by an Ellington small group nominally led by Johnny Hodges. The song was later scored for the full Ellington band and performed a good deal. It illustrates how Duke and his partner in composition, Billy Strayhorn, were by 1941 transcending simple ballads with pieces that were really shortish tone poems—this one written to feature Hodges.
The tune is mellow, atmospheric mood music, with subtle, nuanced playing. Some listeners will probably not be enthused because it doesn't have a distinct, prominently played, easily recognizable theme. Others will find it an interesting sound painting with a subtle passion. My rating is a mix of my general sense of how this composition stands in the works of Ellington & Co. and my own subjective assessment of its caliber. It is not, in truth, among my favorite Ellington pieces, even in the tone poem category; for the latter, I think "Isfahan" is a higher aesthetic accomplishment.
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