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Adventures in Babysitting; Jedi style
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Part of the reason I created the Kreelans is for the part you're about to read. Except for some underage drinking, suggestive language and a card game with cash involved, nothing else really needed it.
Expanded dance repertoire.
Atris nodded to Zulik as she and Rasa who had proven excellent at accompaniment accepted drinks. They sipped the tart juice as the Twi-Lek boy counted. "That's a hundred so far. Split two ways that's fifty each." Rasa sighed, playing idly with the coins as he drank.
"I need at least 200 of my own to get home." Atris commented.
The boy snorted. "You're going to Echana, we're going to Sleyron via Nar Shaddaa. Even if I have us all in stasis tubes, it's gong to be almost a thousand." He looked at the Twi-Lek girls. "does this training of yours extend to more than one dancer?"
"It is not a dance for entertainment, Rasa." Atris replied. "Among my people this is part of our religion. Our dance is part of our prayer to the goddess."
"So you only dance alone? Not two or three?"
"Well of course we have dances with more than one. But it takes years to learn them."
Rasa clapped his hands, and the girls, Zora and Kaliea leaped up. Each took a length of wood, then stood facing the same direction. They began with the first sword kitra she had done, and while she wanted to criticize, they had picked it up pretty well. She watched them, as did the crowd. They weren't up to the proper snuff to be sword dancers, but they could be in time.
Wait, they didn't need to be proper sword dancers; this was prayer for her, but to them it was merely a dance they hoped would earn them some money. If she were to pray, using their efforts to showcase hers...
"Can the girls handle two blades each?" She asked. He didn't reply. Instead they each picked up a pair of wooden dowels, and Rasa set the stage with a flurry of piping flute notes from his synthesizer. They faced the crowd at the ready, and he began one of the tunes he had used a few minutes before when she had done the Abattis, a kitra assuming attackers surrounding the dancer. However while she had started slowly, and only moved faster when the music did, they began at what she would have considered the middle of her own rendition.
The movements were not flawless to her eyes, but each girl matched the other as if they were mirrored images, their 'swords' protecting against at least three separate attackers. She was amazed by how well they did move, then chided herself. Among the Twi-Lek dance was as important as the sword was to the Echani. As her people would strive their entire lives to master a blade, these girls would strive to become the best at the dance; and if you convinced them to use a sword as part of it, it would become part of their dance and they would master that.
The music ended, the girls freezing into immobility. There was a flurry of applause, followed by more credit coins. At a word they snapped to something that might have been called salute, one blade up against their shoulders, the other with arm slightly extended, the second blade across their bodies, touching the upright blade, freezing again.
Atris went to the pile, and selected a pole a little taller than she was. "All right, girls, here's what we are going to do..."
Giving it that old College try...
The younglings poured out of the cantina, and Marai pointed toward the space filled with low buildings to the west. Kavar breathed a sigh of relief. All they had to do was get to the transit center...
Yeah right. He snorted to himself.
Hopefully we can still get to Atris in time, but what then? We still have to get back to the temple unobserved. That only leaves me explaining why I took Master Sunrider's car on what is obviously a joy ride and not only lost it, but explaining how it got shot up. What else can go wrong
There was the whooping of a siren, and he looked up. Something was coming fast, and he almost dived for cover until he saw it was a tow truck he knew he had seen before. There couldn't be two trucks that had been shot up like that!
It came down hovering on it's grav coils, and the door opened. Corlos sat there, grinning like a maniac. "I knew I'd find you!" He shouted.
"Keep it down, please!" Kavar pleaded as the others gathered behind him. "We've had other problems tonight."
"I am sorry about the problems I caused you." Corlos replied. "I got away from the constabulary long enough to drop the car at the garage as I promised. Since the blast damage was my fault, I told my friend I'd cover it. He should have it fixed in about an hour, and all you have to pay for is the cost of the replacement coil."
"That's great!"
"Yeah, just hand him fifty credits in cash and you can get the car."
Kavar stared at him, mouth moving like a beached fish. "I knew it was fifty credits, but I don't have fifty credits in cash! None of us do!"
"Can't help you there. What is that?" He had looked up at a shout from a couple hundred meters behind the kids. They looked back at the huge man Slade they had seen in the chop shop. He was pointing in their direction, and the boss was with him, signaling angrily as he spoke into a comlink.
"That's our other problem." Malak commented. "We run?"
"You had to ask?" He and Revan took off toward the college.
"I can help a bit with this." Corlos said. "Scoot." The truck lifted, spun, then charged like a missile on their back track.
Kavar tossed Bastila up on his back again as he and Marai began trotting after the younger pair. "How much good is he going to do?" He asked as someone among the thieves following them opened fire with a slug thrower.
As if in answer, a dozen constabulary patrol cars lit off their lights and sirens, diving after the truck. Obviously he had broken pursuit, but they had been watching for him like a Hawk bat that was waiting for a granite slug to crawl out of concealment. Now they not only had him, but whoever was firing as targets, and as the cars on the ground began to frantically run for cover, other had started shooting, and added themselves to the target list.
But some were smart enough not to shoot, and two of them were chasing the younglings.
Kavar had not even bothered to tell the younger kids to look for somewhere to hide this time. Unfortunately this wasn't a two or four lane street with solid walls around it, it was what would have been a residential area in any other city, two lane streets with small single houses set back, making it as wide as a three lane road, but most of it broken by trees, fences, hedges, and other personal gear. He saw Revan leap, catch the upper pole of a child's swing set, and using the Force throw herself over a parked car and the fence beyond it to land on the next yard. Malak used a wide spreading tree, shooting to the top like the primate Childers described only to pause for a moment, then yell at Revan, pointing. The girl paused, then waved toward the following pair, running toward and across the street.
Kavar had to trust them, they didn't have time to think about what they were doing. "They're getting close!" Marai shouted.
"Can't stop that!" He screamed back.
The girl stopped, holding her hands in front of her face. Kavar skidded to a stop. "What are you doing?"
Marai looked at the small balls of the force she had created. "Making an impression." She replied. She turned, and as she swung across, each ball shot from her hand as if they were bullets. Across the street house windows shattered, and alarms went off. Then she turned. The lead car was only about a hundred meters away, and she stood, hands out, eyes closed. Then she closed her hands as if grabbing, lifting them up and to her side. The right forward grav coil on the car suddenly ripped off, flying away from the car, which hit the street skidding at that loss. The following car screeched to a halt. Behind them some of those constabulary cars had lifted and were turning in their direction.
They ran. "I've seen you do that ball trick before." Kavar said.
"The nice part is when the constables come, they'll find broken windows, but no projectiles."
"And how did you rip off their coil?"
She shrugged, giggling. "What can I say? I've always been good with my hands."
The building the younger Jedi had marked was brightly lit with a lot of people now standing outside watching the free show put on by tow truck, thugs, and constables. As Kavar came to a stop, letting Bastila down again, he noticed that instead of being dressed in casual clothes, these people looked like they had stripped sheets from their beds to come out here and stand. Or why everyone appeared to have drinks or snacks in their hands; unless watching police pursuits was a spectator sport.
"I'm hungry." Bastila said.
"I thought you were Bastila." Kavar said without thinking.
Bastila." She replied with the look you would give any smart ass. "But right now I'm hungry too."
"Maybe we can liberate some snacks." Marai suggested. Both Revan and Malak had already disappeared into the building.
"If nothing else, we can go to ground until that is over with." Kavar motioned. Far above them there was a flash of light, and an aircar spiraled toward the ground in flames.
They went in, and found it was almost as crowded inside. Music was playing, but low enough that the neighbors wouldn't complain. Like outside, everyone was wearing early bedding.
A young man with a braided set of tree branches sat by the door, swaying slightly. "Welcome to Lambda Ro's reopening toga party." He slurred to the pair. "Drinks and the buffet are in the back. Dancing outside under the light show, and there's a pazaak game upstairs." As he mentioned a direction, he pointed, each time almost falling off the stool.
"Lambda Ro?" Marai asked in a whisper.
"Fraternity house. I hear they accidentally burned down their old house a couple of months ago during another party."
"Let's hope they aren't going for a repeat performance." Marai commented. "What's with the clothes, or lack there of?"
"Back about two millennia before the Coruscanti got into space they had an ancient empire where this is the way they dressed." Kavar waved at the crowd. "They were also known for partying to excess."
A girl came by with a tray loaded with drinks. She held it out, and Kavar's raised hand stopped the other two. "They're too young for alcohol."
"Are you sure?" The girl asked. "They could be Kreelans."
"Not Kreelan. I'm Bastila."
The girl looked down. "Oh she is so
!" Kavar found the tray thrust into his hands, and the girl snatched Bastila up off the ground. "It's way past your bed time, honey."
"I'm hungry." Bastila said.
"Well I'll take you to the buffet, and we'll take care of that right now." Before either of the others could comment, she pushed through the crowd.
Marai watched her go, then looked at her elder. "That's been taken care of. How long do you think we should hide?"
"Half an hour, maybe a little longer." Kavar looked, but couldn't see his other half liter sized charges. He decided. "Mingle, eat if you can, don't drink anything alcoholic, and I'll come and get you when I think enough time has passed." She nodded, then headed for the buffet.
The sword was pure, the music brisk. Atris danced, blindfolded in the midst of mayhem. She was using her ritual brand, and her two opponents dodged beyond it's sweep, striking at her. But she, the sword, the dance and the music were one
The music stopped, and she held her pose effortlessly. They had been at this now for hours, and the girls had improved rapidly. That was the 19th kitra, and she felt as if she could go on forever. The applause began and she stood tall, pulling free her blindfold. Coins spattered down with the younger Twi-Leki boy snatching them up to add to the growing pile before Rasa. The girls were breathing heavily, but they took their bows in the glow of their perspiration.
"How many more of these Kitra do you know?" Rasa asked.
"There is only one more, though there is a dance I have wanted to try." Atris replied. "But our audience has been replenished as it has flowed away. We could go back to Kitra 7 without repeating for our watchers."
He spoke to the girls. "They can do a couple more, but 7 is one of the last ones with only one person, correct?"
"The first ten are singles, the next ten are pairs or groups, yes."
"They can go for two more then."
"Oh no." Atris shook her head. The dance I spoke of is from a ballet based on a legend. It is called
Kitran Kashin She
, the Shadow Defeated By Love."
"Sounds interesting."
She explained the
Kashin Dra
, the shadow warrior. "The ballet is almost as old as the legend itself. The Shadow warrior has attacked the village, killed and wounded a number of warriors, including her brother and father. The young girl goes into the darkness to face the horrible monster in the name of vengeance. But when she finds him, she sees it is but a man bearing a horrible curse. Her weapon is struck from her hands, and she must bring the cursed warrior back from the brink using only her dance and love." She blushed. "I have done part of what the girl did in the legend. Ever since then, I have wanted to dance it."
"Then it would be perfect." He pointed at the pile. "A couple more like that last one, and we'll have enough for you to get home at least, and a couple after that, we'll have enough."
"You said you were all under contract." Atris said. The term had bothered her when he had.
"Then why didn't your employer send enough money to bring you to him?"
"You know how the Hutt are. I could have sent my sisters off with what he sent, but I wanted to make sure they arrived." His face clouded. "Some of the Hutt are criminals and slavers. They could steal them away, say they never arrived, and refuse to pay. But if we are there," He motioned toward the other boy, "they cannot."
Atris sighed. She knew the Hutt could still steal the girls away. Just make sure the boys never woke up, or were sold elsewhere. But they had told her of the poverty of their own family. If there was even the chance that this Hutt was honest, their family would be repaid.
She sighed, motioning toward the girls, and explained the last Kitra's movements.
Debate and delivery
"No, that isn't the way it is done." Kavar said as he sipped his drink. "The Jedi aren't hired guns of the Republic Senate. And they are not heroes of the outer planets. They are neutral, taking no sides. That is what makes them excellent for negotiating."
"That's shlackt." The student replied. "In sociology Professor Kran points at the Corellian Corporations building their new factories on Mengis II. They came in a century ago, threw up factories, polluted the air and water, and finally the people had to blow one of them up to gain their attention."
Kavar shook his head. "I studied that incident at the Cornet Temple on Corellian." He set down the drink to use his hands to count. "Point one, the surveyor team that had done the initial survey had ignored a microbe called by them, simply Mengis Spirochete 10A. It grows on the edges of volcanic sites both in the atmosphere and oceans. Because it is anaerobic; it doesn't grow well in an oxygen atmosphere, it is rare outside the oceans, or in any well oxygenated water.
"The surveyors did record that fluorine and sulfur are rare elements in that atmosphere; in fact there is more gold on Mengis II than sulfur, more platinum than fluorine. When Mengis II was approached by the Corps they were ecstatic that anyone in the core would consider their world as a production center; all they had before that was farming, and had not as yet found the Follva berries used in Mengis wine and brandy.
"The company that did the environmental impact report didn't know about Spirochete 10A, so they never took it into account. After all, would you expect something as rare as say the Granthis worm of Alderaan to be taken into account when checking an entire planet?" He looked at the faces. "There are more
on Alderaan than Granthis worms. After all they live about five thousand years, and reproduce only once every two centuries."
They nodded at his explanation. "So the factories are set up, and suddenly the atmosphere and water have fifty times as much of those rare elements as before. Spirochete 10A goes through a massive reproduction cycle, and thirty years later, have gone through almost fifty thousand generations, and mutated into something that can attack the farm animals the settlers brought, which caused he Mengis Plague. It wasn't for another ten years that anyone thought to blame the factories, and the firebombing was at the height of the Plague itself; more likely some terrified farmer striking back at what he thought was the cause rather than a reasoned attack.
"Exar Kun was one of the Jedi sent on that mission."
lord?" One of them gasped.
"He didn't fall to the Dark Side for ten years more." Kavar told them. "He was an apprentice on his first Padawan assignment, like I am. But he was the one who discovered the cause of the Plague, and knowing that, they were able to find a cure for it. The corporations immediately began the process of cleaning the contamination from both air and water, and began using substitutes for those elements in their processing.
"But as the toxins were removed, the Follva farmers that had sprung up during the height of the pollution began to complain. Again, Kun discovered that the berries needed traces of sulfur to grow to the size and ripeness needs for making the wine. So other corporations began manufacturing fertilizer with enhanced sulfur, and everyone is now happy again.
"But it was a Jedi team sent to negotiate that made those discoveries. Without us there would be civil war there."
"All right, sometimes the Jedi aren't interfering." The original questioner admitted.
"If only they would help others as much." A woman commented. The group at the table looked up, and two of the men leaped to their unsteady feet, saluting. Of course, if they had been in uniform instead of togas, it would have looked smarter.
"Captain Dodonna! It's good you came." One of them said. "Have you found the bar and buffet?"
"Yes, Silen, I have." The woman looked at the young Jedi. She was dressed in a crisp Republic Navy uniform. "And you are?"
"Padawan Kavar from the Jedi Temple." Kavar stood, bowing.
"And how do you feel about the rising unrest beyond the Republics border in the Outer Rim? The aggression of the Mandalorians on their neighbors?"
"It is a serious problem, and will grow worse if something is not done." Kavar admitted.
Her eyes locked on him like gun turrets. "Is that the response of your Order? Of is it your own opinion?"
"Mainly my opinion, Captain." He replied. "While the Jedi are investigating, we are hampered by the fact that outside of the Republic itself, we have limited authority. We cannot go into a planet under siege and negotiate unless asked, and too many outside the Republic share the beliefs of these." He motioned toward the others at the table. "That we're nothing but meddlers who have our own agenda, or will spout the Republic's instead of finding out how to help."
She clasped her hands behind her back, rocking on her heels in thought. "I wish I had access to your archives in this matter, young Padawan. Even without the direct help of the Jedi, that would assist the navy in threat analysis. But the Jedi have been unwilling to assist in that regard."
"Because if we helped even that much some outside the Republic would claim we are helping you prepare for a war that can be avoided." He considered. "If someone who is being assigned along that border were to ask, perhaps they would allow that person to check the files, provided they are not merely handed over to ONI when it happened."
"Yes." She rocked for a moment. "I have been assigned to a task force in that region of space; I am leaving in fact two days from now. If a young Padawan were to ask the masters..." She left the question unasked.
"I could put it to my own master, and ask her to speak with the Council."
"Good." She clasped her hands in front of her. "Which begs the one question I have not asked. What is an underage Padawan doing at a fraternity party fifty kilometers from the Temple? Even as all those senior to him are meeting with the Senate?"
Kavar explained all of the trials and tribulations he and his fellow younglings had gone through. The woman nodded, then lifted her com link. "My aide is bringing my car around to the front. Gather your minions and he will drop you over at the transit center. Unfortunately, I cannot help with your financial problems, an officer assigned to the Reserve Officers Training for the college is not that well paid, and until I assume command officially, I am on half pay. But I can help you that much"
"Thank you, Captain. I'll get them." Kavar stood, headed for the buffet. Since none of the others had found him that seemed the best choice.
Bastila was sitting at a table, surrounded by students. They were all trying to cheer her up, and someone had gotten her a glass of blue Nerf milk.
"Didn't want to be a Jedi." She said morosely. The students made sounds of commiseration. "Wanted to stay with my father. Even if his new wife didn't like me."
"That was mean, sending you away." One of the crowd said.
"Thought I was getting between them."
"What a-"
Someone shushed the speaker. "She went on for fifteen minutes about using swear words when we found her sitting alone. Please, we don't need further explanations."
"What a... nasty person."
"Listen, do you want some more milk?" A girl asked, the same one that had brought Bastila back to the buffet originally. As if it were something stronger, Bastila merely held out the glass silently as the girl poured. "We're out."
"Yeah, it's not like milk grows on trees."
"Doesn't grow on trees." Bastila replied with that infernal logic of hers. "You get it from Nerf. They're animals." She sipped, then saw Kavar. "Want to go home."
"We've got a ride, we'll be back at the temple pretty quick."
"Not the Temple. I want to go home!" She began crying, and those around her patted her on the back, and looked daggers at Kavar.
"Listen we're not going to finish this conversation with her tonight. Can you watch her until I get the others?"
"Are they babies stolen from their families too?" The girl with the empty milk bottle glared at him.
"She was not stolen."
"No." Bastila said gulping. "They gave me away. They didn't love me enough!" And began bawling again.
"Go get the others." The girl said in disgust. "We'd finally gotten her to quit crying until you showed up."
Without a word he left. This was obviously going to be a problem with Bastila for quite a while yet. He moved toward the stairs. What could have caused her to break down that badly?"
"It's all due to unfocused sexual tension." A voice said as if in answer. He froze. He knew that voice, and wondered why it came through a closed door. He pushed the door open. Malak was sitting beside an attractive girl in a toga that had no chance of concealing that she was mammalian. Hell, you'd need a tent to conceal that fact! Her blue eyes were focused on the boy as if he were the font of all wisdom, her long blond hair falling forward in another futile attempt to conceal her sex. Yet the boy's eyes looked into her own.
"So Roga is saying I am too easy with others because he's unfocused about our relationship?"
"Exactly." Malak replied. "He wants a closer relationship with you, but he's jealous because you don't give all of your attention to him when you're out together. You're such a naturally friendly and bubbly person with everyone."
"You're so smart." She hugged him, and Kavar sighed as he noticed that the instant the girl couldn't see his eyes, he was staring at what he had been thrust into. "I think you've helped me so much. Isn't there something I could do to... repay you?"
"Since he's not Kreelan, that would be no." Kavar said interrupting, he hoped.
The girl looked up at him, then at Malak. "You really are only thirteen?"
"Fraid so."
She hugged him again, and again his eyes locked on his target. "When you're older, come see me." She took a piece of paper from a pad, jotted something down, and handed it to the younger boy. "Take care of him for me." She told Kavar as she released her death grip. "I have plans for that day."
He gestured, and Malak walked from the room after waving to the girl. Kavar motioned, and they headed toward the stairs. "We have a lift to the transit center. Where are Revan and Marai?"
"Marai is upstairs, and Revan is near the bar."
"Let's get Revan first." Kavar shook his head. "Is sex all you think about?"
"Of course not." Malak replied equably. "I do have to study, practice with my light saber, and meditate. So I can't think about sex every second."
"So it's what, third?"
"No, it's first. But that's why I'm so good with a lightsaber, because I focus all of my frustration there."
Kavar shook his head. He saw Revan, and froze in shock. The girl had a thimble sized glass, and as he watched in horror, she poured it down her throat. She stood there, rolling the taste around in her mouth. "Nice. A bit acrid on the aftertaste, but all in not not bad."
Kavar pushed his way through, and saw a boy at the bar pouring something. "This is tihaar." He handed it to the girl in satisfaction. "Try that."
"May I ask what the hell is going on here?" Kavar asked in a growl.
The boy looked up. "I just saw this Kreelan girl standing here, and I'm introducing her to some of the better drinks." From the shady look on his face, Kavar knew why he had begun that introduction.
"h'llo, Kavar." Revan said, then the Tihaar followed whatever else she had drunk before.
"She is
a Kreelan." Kavar rasped.
The boy stared at him, then down at the smiling girl who was holding out her glass. "Oh Fierfek."
"That is a Mandalorian word that means-" Revan began
"Revan." Kavar interrupted. He bent down. "How many drinks did your friend give you."
She looked at him, then raised her hand and began counting her fingers silently. "Six?" Kavar turned, but the seducer had consider discretion the better part of valor and fled for his life.
Kavar motioned, and Revan set down the glass, and followed. He only hoped Marai wasn't causing mayhem like the others.
He found Marai sitting at a pazaak table, with cards in front of her as she looked at the angry man across from her. "Stand." She said.
The player flipped up his cards. "Natural 19. Beat that."
"Marai, we have a ride-" Kavar stopped talking as the girl raised her hand. She flipped up her cards. She had a twenty.
The player glared at them, then at her, "You cheating little Kreelan-"
"She is not a Kreelan!" Kavar roared. "She's a Jedi youngling, and is
how old she looks!"
The man stopped, "She's fourteen? And a Jedi youngling?" Kavar nodded. "Then she's a cheating Jedi-"
"Face it, Wustrum." One of his fellows said. "Even Jedi can't magic a better hand. It just helps them not ride a losing one down in flames. Any one good with math can do that." He leaned down, pushing the pile of credits over to Marai. "But it sounds like you have to leave, so take your winnings and go."
Marai stood, raking them in, then handed them to Kavar. "Enough to cover the grav coil we have to buy. It's the only reason I got into the game."
Kavar took them. "Fine! Between you gambling, Revan drinking, Malak trying to seduce someone half again his age by giving advice to the lovelorn, and Bastila crying about going home again, I have had just about enough." He stopped. "Where's Revan and Malak?"
"While you were running off at the mouth about us, Revan turned green, and ran off to the fresher with Malak in tow."
Kavar stormed out of the room and down the hall to the fresher, where Malak was chatting with another toga clad woman. "Malak, we're going to have a long talk about you when we get to the temple you thirteen year old boy." The girl looked astonished, blushed, and left quickly. "Honestly, if that's the first thing you think about that talk is coming way too late."
The door opened, and another girl stepped out. "If your waiting for that girl throwing up at the toilet, you may have to wait a little longer."
Kavar merely stood there, gaping. While everyone else had merely torn sheets from beds, this girl seemed to not have bothered, and was well, just say
wearing a sheet. Or anything else for that matter. She gave Kavar a sweet smile, then walked away and down the stairs.
Kavar felt something hitting him, and turned as Marai's index finger thumped against his forehead this time. "What is it, Marai?"
"You can't blame him when his role model had his tongue down around his ankles."
"Oh shut up."
'To argue with those who have renounced the use and authority of reason is as futile as to administer medicine to the dead.' Now who said that?
From the one who brought you;
What we die for...
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- 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 4 teaspoons honey
- 2 slices whole wheat bread, torn into pieces
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- Preheat oven to 400°. Place salmon on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Mix mustard and honey; brush over salmon. Place bread in a food processor; pulse until coarse crumbs form. Transfer to a small bowl. Stir in walnuts, oil and thyme; press onto salmon.
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until topping is lightly browned and fish just begins to flake easily with a fork. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Walnut-Crusted Salmon in Healthy Cooking April/May 2011, p49
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"Was just ok for me. I felt like it was lacking in flavor. Maybe just adding salt and pepper to the salmon like another reviewer suggested is the key."
Reviewed Jun. 22, 2014
"Quick and onolicious! We love all types of fish and eat at least 2-3 times a week. Having a simple recipe like this is a time saver. Thanks for sharing."
Reviewed Apr. 24, 2014
"Delicious! Seasoned the salmon with a bit of salt & pepper before spreading on the Dijon/honey mixture."
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"Had whole wheat bread on hand so made the recipe as writen. It was delicious and very filling."
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"Loved the addition of thyme to the honey mustard topping! It was delicious and easy to make."


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Word has it that they are close to getting a deal with Columbus for a top-six forward and the eighth overall pick in this years entry draft. If that is the case... you can forget about us getting him.
BTW, horrible guy to put with Nash. IMO. They have been looking for a top center forever. Boy would I be pissed if I was Carter and traded to the Jackets. His lifetime contract would be like a sentence then.
Previous post on the first page stated this as well with a link. The player mentioned was Voracek. If you read some previous posts, I said my reasons on why I didn't think that it would be a smart move for Philly to make that deal.
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Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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Roy Hargrove's Crisol: Afrodisia
Roy Hargrove's Crisol
Habana (Verve 314 537 563-2)
Roy Hargrove (trumpet),
Frank Lacy (trombone), Gary Bartz (alto sax), David Sanchez (tenor sax), Chucho Valdes (piano), Russell Malone (guitar), John Benitez (bass), Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez (drums), Jose Luis "Changuito" Quintana (timbales), Miguel "Anga" Diaz (congas).
Composed by Kenny Dorham. Arranged by Don Sickler.
Recorded: Orvieto, Italy, January 5-6, 1997
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
Invited by pianist Chucho Valdes, Roy Hargrove took his quintet to Havana, Cuba, for a jazz festival in 1996. For 11 days the trumpeter immersed himself in musical engagements with top Cuban musicians, and learned quickly and enthusiastically. Back in New York, Hargrove gradually transformed his big band into an Afro-Cuban powerhouse, and during the Umbria Winter Jazz Festival in Orvieto, Italy, he recorded Habana at the empty Teatro Mancinelli opera house. Crisol included musicians he had played with in Cuba – Valdes, Quintana and Diaz. This project, and the regrettably short life of this stirring ensemble, will always be considered a high point in Hargrove's career.
Kenny Dorham's vibrant "Afrodisia" is skillfully arranged by Don Sickler. The appealing theme is alternated with a provocative contrapuntal vamp. Then Hargrove solos with zesty flurries of notes and ascending exclamations, followed by the raw-edged sure flow of Sanchez. Bartz heats things up even more with his highly expressive, rhythmically intense improvisation. That killer vamp returns preceding the reprise, and the exciting out-chorus interweaves passages and riffs by the saxes with jabbing punctuations by the brass.
Reviewer: Scott Albin
Tags: 1990s jazz · latin jazz
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Matt Salmon (R-AZ-5)i
Matt Salmon, Congressman Arizona District 5
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Biography of Matt Salmon from House.gov
[2014 Bio] Matt Salmon was elected to the United States Congress on November 6, 2012 to represent the people of Arizona's 5th Congressional District. Matt was appointed by his peers to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. He also serves on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Matt attended public school in Mesa, Arizona and graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in English literature and an MPA from Brigham Young University.
After completing his education, Matt spent thirteen years in the telecommunications industry in Arizona. In his early career, Matt learned invaluable lessons regarding the effect of government regulation on private enterprise. With the ever increasing expansion of government and burdensome tax rates on American citizens and small businesses, Matt was called to begin a life of public service.
In 1990, Matt was elected to the Arizona State Senate, where he served from 1991 until 1995. During this time, he served as Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the Rules Committee.
In 1994, Matt was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served three terms. As the only Member of Congress fluent in Mandarin, along with his position on the International Relations Committee, Matt led multiple U.S. delegations to China, one of which secured the release of political prisoner Song Yongyi. During his service, Matt was named a "Watchdog of the Treasury" for six consecutive years and earned the "Taxpayer Hero" award from Citizens Against Government Waste. In 2000, Matt remained faithful to a self-imposed term limit pledge and retired his seat.
After the passage of the Affordable Healthcare Act and the expansion of government regulation during an economic crisis, Matt again answered the call to serve. In 2012, Arizona reelected him to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Matt wants to ensure the voices of all Arizonans are heard and looks forward to advancing pro-business policies, cutting government waste and balancing the federal budget once again.
Matt has spent the last 34 years happily married to his best friend, Nancy. They are the proud parents of four children and the proud grandparents of six grandchildren.
Biography of Matt Salmon from Matt Salmon for Congress
[2012 Bio] Matt Salmon was first elected to the United States Congress in 1994 and served until 2000, honoring his term limit pledge. A proud fiscal conservative, Salmon played a pivotal role in balancing the first federal budget in a Generation, and was rated in the top five among all 535 members of the House and Senate by Citizen's Against Government Waste for all six years he served in office.
During his time in Congress, Salmon was named a "Watchdog of the Treasury" six consecutive years and earned the "Taxpayer Hero Award" from the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste. Salmon's record of supporting pro-business policies earned him the Spirit of Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for each of the six years he served. Salmon was also honored as a "Friend of Small Business" from the National Federation of Independent Business for six consecutive years.
Among Salmon's many Congressional accomplishments was the sponsoring of "Aimee's Law," a measure that gave "No Second Chances" for rapists, molesters and murderers. "Aimee's Law" received widespread support by a large number of organizations and victims' rights groups including the National Fraternal Order of Police, Law Enforcement Alliance of America, Kids Safe, Justice for All, National Association of Crime Victims' Rights, and the Women's Coalition.
Salmon was also the recipient of the American Cancer Society's "Top National Elected Official" award.
While in Congress, Salmon led several U.S. Congressional delegations to China to improve trade relations and bilateral relationships. He was the only member of the U.S. Congress in America's history to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. In 2000, Salmon was instrumental in obtaining the release of U.S. based academic researcher Song Yongyi who was being held in China on spying charges.
Salmon began his career in public service as an Arizona State Senator, a position in which he served from 1991 to 1995. While in the Arizona Senate, he served as the Assistant Majority Leader and chaired the Rules Committee.
Before serving as a State Senator, Salmon worked thirteen years as a telecommunications executive in Arizona. Salmon earned a Bachelor's Degree from Arizona State University and a Master's in Public Administration from Brigham Young University. He is a proud graduate of Mesa High School in Mesa, Arizona.
Salmon is a lifetime member of the NRA with an A+ rating of supporting 2nd Amendment rights. He also earned a 100% rating by the National Right to Life.
Matt Salmon has been married for 32 years to his best friend, Nancy. They are the proud parents of four children and the proud grandparents of four grandchildren.
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A video showing the murder of an American journalist by a member of the Islamic State is being questioned. Experts who have analysed the video have suggested that the beheading was not legit, but rather staged.
When initial reports were released that the beheading of American journalist James Foley were actually staged, many wrote it off as more rhetoric from conspiracy theorists. As news continues to roll out, it appears there is some legitimacy to the story. A forensics expert spoke to the Times of London on Monday and noted that, while Foley's murder isn't in question, the actual visual of his beheading is. According to the source, the murder of Foley was done off camera.
"My feeling is that the execution may have happened after the camera was stopped," the analyst told the Times of London. "I think it has been staged," he noted, highlighting specific evidence after carefully examining the 40 second video released last week. The analyst notes that in the video, the masked figure is seen moving the knife across Foley's throat, but never actually made contact. No blood is ever shown coming from Foley and the sounds he makes at the time of his death don't seem consistent with other audio in the video.
Another piece of evidence suggests that Foley seems to pause while speaking in the video, as if he was reading from prepared cue cards. As the beheading is about to begin, the films fades to black before returning to a visual of Foley, already beheaded, lying on the ground faced down, with his head placed on his back.
Recent reports have noted that the man behind the mask in the video was Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, a 23 year old rapper out of London. President Obama offered his condolences to the Foley family on Tuesday, and sent a message to the Islamic State that "America does not forget."
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J.J. Abrams, Jon Hamm Present Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards
Despite pouring rain, there was a good turnout at this year's "Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards." The annual event honors the work of 11 notable entertainment professionals and was hosted by Hamilton Watch Co. and Los Angeles Confidential magazine. Honorees were selected from movies and television series released this year in theaters or at film festivals like Cannes and the Venice Film Festival.
Actor Isaiah Mustafa, best known as that sculpted Old Spice guy from the commercials, hosted the ceremony, which was held at the Conga Room nightclub in downtown Los Angeles. Mustafa introduced a roster of Hollywood luminaries who personally presented each award with an inside story of their collaboration with the winner, including director Michael Bay, Jon Favreau and actor Antonio Banderas.
Producer J.J. Abrams presented awards to film editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey for their work on this summer's "Super 8." He noted that his favorite thing about Brandon was her New York affect, which can be heard in scenes where she had lent her voice to do off camera phone calls and broadcasts. "Suddenly, it's like having the evening news brought to you by Laverne De Fazio," said Abrams, referring to the 70s sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
In his presentation to visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar, producer Michael Bay recalled a response that he made during a press conference for the first "Transformers" movie. A reporter had asked if Bay ever wanted to make art films. Bay responded by saying that the Bumblebee character in his Transformers movies was art. "I said, ma'am, do you realize how many hundreds of artists it took to create Bumblebee? These are pixels that make us believe and feel and even make us cry, and that's art in its purest form."
"Mad Men's" Jon Hamm, who plays Sterling Cooper's Don Draper, thanked costume designer Janie Bryant for giving his character a level of dimension that he could not create himself and cited the monogrammed "D" on his belts as an example of how Bryant shades in his character with fine detail. "No one has ever seen it nor will they. There will never be a tight shot of my belt buckle," said Hamm. "But Janie chose the right one."
The evening closed with Harrison Ford's presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to stunt choreographer Vic Armstrong. "I felt lucky to have been hired 30 years ago to do Vic's dialogue," said Ford, adding that Armstrong has made him look good in many, many films. Armstong later returned the compliment by saying that Ford used a staple gun to keep his brown Fedora in the Indiana Jones movies from flying off while Armstrong merely wore a size too small because he wasn't as tough as Ford was.
2011 Award Winners
Director Chris Weitz, "A Better Life"
Producer Agustín Almodóvar, "The Skin I Live In"
Screenwriter Yasmina Reza, "Carnage"
Production designer Mark Ricker, "The Help"
Film editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey, "Super 8"
Costume designer Janie Bryant, "Mad Men"
Property master Russell Bobbitt, "Cowboys & Aliens"
Visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Stunt choreographer Vic Armstrong, Lifetime Achievement Award


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African Runner Nails Innocent German Woman
Here we see once more how the Africans just have it in for the good Germans. Did you know that Germany used to be the seat for the Holy Roman Empire?
Such rage and he saw her coming, yet he just decided to try to trample her over in typical fashion. German officials report that the woman is okay and there are no reports that this man did not even apologize. Rude.
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It's a bold move to use the San Francisco bay and a world class restaurant with an open bar as the backdrop to any event that wants to wow. Pioneer wasn't afraid of distractions grabbing away journalists attention as they announced a semi-exclusive partnership with Apple. This event marked only the third time in history that Apple's newest special something, CarPlay, has been demonstrated to media. Pioneer brought Examiner.com in for a first look at what's next for the home, auto, and pro DJ audio bohemouth. The company is pushing CarPlay integration "for the vehicle you already own". Pioneer + CarPlay promises to be the look and feel of a luxury car's stock infotainment interface without the limitations or price tag of a stock system.
Originally announced at the Geneva auto show with a select few OEM partners, Apple's CarPlay has started it's young life as a luxury for those who might afford the best. Upgrading your Ferrari on a whim just isn't in the cards for most of us unfortunately. The general public has been forced to admire from a far to date, but it was inevitable that Apple would find a way to bring the masses into the fold. Pioneer and one other partner will allow you, me, and the guy down the street to bring the latest in tech on the go into your latest vehicle; whatever that may be.
The seeds of CarPlay are already integrated into all current iPhone 5s, 5c, and 5 devices with iOS 7.1 installed. Pioneer will officially start selling and upgrading it's NEX line to include CarPlay early this summer; that's weeks and not months from today. The company is currently in the final stages of tuning the software and existing owners of a NEX system will see their firmware updates available through USB in the very near future.
The software is clearly dominated by Apple's tightly controlled design language. The only real presence of Pioneer through software while in CarPlay are a few shortcuts to the NEX interface itself. The background is a fixed black and the icons for music, maps, phone, etc. are not repositionable. Apple continues to take a "we know what's best" approach to a user's experience with their products. The familiar Apple "square in a circle" home button makes a rare software appearance in the bottom left corner of the interface. This was closest to the driver on the US model car that I saw a demo in, but you can toggle the home button and a few status indicators to the right for appropriate vehicles or if you just want to give control to whoever's in the passenger seat. The dynamic status indicators are for your phone's cellular signal, the current time, and even Wi-Fi. It's not that strange, but I did have a bit of a chuckle when the Prius that we were demoing in was pulling in a Wi-Fi signal from the nearby restaurant that hosted the demo event. It's the age we live in, but Wi-Fi in a car still seems like a faraway dream.
There's nothing new to report about hardware. Pioneer featured the NEX line at CES early this year and everything is still as reported. A capacitive touch screen at the top of the range, screen sizes ranging from 6.1 to 7 inches, built-in navigation, and mirrorlink. The entry level 4000 model and the top of the line 7000 and 8000 models have a similar "chin" of physical control buttons compared to the standalone AppRadio line. The 5000 and 6000 mid range models move the buttons to the left hand side closest to the US driver, and bring the CD/DVD slot to the front of the unit rather than hidden behind the motorized screen.
Backwards compatibility was an emphasis when it came to CarPlay and Pioneer partnering up. How far backwards is enough? As usual, a question like that holds a different answer should you ask the company versus the consumer. While CarPlay will come quickly to Pioneer's very freshly minted NEX line, the future is a bit more murky for Pioneer's existing iPhone compatible decks. There are hardware requirements that Apple demands for a performance befitting their brand. The NEX units include dual core processors and on board ram designed to deliver an experience that products like Pioneer's AppRadio line apparently can't match. The likely success of CarPlay might eventually yield a CarPlay "lite" experience, but for now, start planning an upgrade if you want Siri by your side during rush hour.
I'll be working with Pioneer on a standalone review of the 8000NEX system as soon as the CarPlay update is released to the world. Stay fixed on the site for an in depth look at a huge step forward in our ever-connected world.


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The phrase, "multi-talented" is thrown around quite a bit in music, but when referring to Phil Beaudreau it's an understatement.
Beaudreau, who was already proficient on the violin by the time he was four, has already proven himself as a producer, via his work (with production partner Dawaun Parker) for artists like Dr. Dre and Eminen. Now, with his solo debut Ether, the New England native shows the world what he's capable of as an artist.
Ether fuses different genres and time periods, combining R&B and alternative sounds from the 70s with genre-bending rhythms and live instrumentation. Beaudreau also shows that he knows how to use his voice to compliment the sound he's created as he teeters back and forth between a crooner and an alternative singer.
The album's first single "Anyway" sets the tone for the sound listeners can expect. Beaudreau's skills as a composer shine through as well as the album is mixed to play from start to finish with the consistency and continuity of a feature film.
Beaudreau will hit the road in support of Ether later this year, before jumping back in the studio with Dawaun Parker to make more hits and help the duo's production company, AoE grow into a global brand.
Click here to watch Phil Beaudreau's newest video for the song "Anyway."


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Welcome to the 5th annual Goose Creek Trail Races! This exciting trail event features a 10-mile trail race and a 5-mile option that is 60/40 trail vs road. The races begin at 8:30 am. and will take runners on a tour of one of North Carolina's most scenic state parks.
Goose Creek State park is nestled in the heart of Washington, NC. This quaint town rests on the banks of the Pamlico River. The park is filled with flat single track trails, wooden boardwalks, and shaded roads. After one visit to Goose Creek you will fall in love with it's beauty.
The fall season sets up for perfect temperatures. If you like trail running, or are ready to try your first trail race, we hope you will join us this November at the park. If you have any comments or questions, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Since helping lead his team to a state basketball title back in March, it's been hard for Cardinal Ritter's Sean Michael Clancey to put basketball on the back burner. There have been far too many pleasant reminders of what he and his team accomplished.
Let's see now, Clancey made all-conference and all-state, respectively. Then he was chosen by the Missouri Coaches Association as the state's Class 3 boys basketball player of the year. Clancey, the go-to star of Cardinal Ritter College Prep in Midtown St. Louis, program, has certainly been 'in the middle' of many postseason honors, including the ultimate state player of the year.
"I was shocked," said Clancey, in describing his initial reaction to the honor. "I didn't really think I was going to win player of the year. I was just hoping to make all-state. Then I was at the school in the hallway when I learned about it."
After being shown the list, Clancey said he started to scroll down the list in search of his name on the all-state squad, only to see his name at the very top with player of the year mention.
"I started jumping up and down," beamed Clancey. "I was looking to make all-state, not player of the year."
Between the many post-season honors bestowed upon for the breakout season he had, and the recruiting visits he has made because of those skills, Clancey hasn't had much time to savor the moments.The games have been replaced by the honors and the visits. Once he decided to go the junior college route to build up his grades, he has visited Allen Community College in Kansas, Mineral Area Community College in Park Hills, Mo., Moberly Community College in Missouri and Vincennes University in Indiana. Initially he was also being recruited by four-year schools, such as Eastern Illinois and Texas Christian University.
However on Easter Sunday, Clancey ended the late recruiting process by deciding to take his talents to the Moberly, in the Missouri city that bears its name. Clancey will start running with the Greyhounds, who were 23-9 last season but boast a nation's leading 27 national tournament appearances. The Greyhounds have captured four national championships, three runner-up finishes and four third-place. Mitch Richmond, a former perennial all-star with the Goldan State Warriors and Gerald Wilkins who started for the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers, are two former Moberly products who achieved success at the NBA level.
A 6-foot-3 forward, Clancey averaged right at 23 points per game (22.9) and shot 54 percent from the field, while also averaging seven rebounds to pace the Lions to the Missouri Class 3 boys basketball state championship. He scored a game-high 39 points in the Lions 73-54 rout of Strafford in the state semifinals and added a club-high 22 points in their 57-48 triumph over Barstow of Kansas City. Clancey he will switch to the shooting guard position at Moberly.
Interestingly enough, Clancey said looking back his decision to attend Moberly was greatly influenced by a neutral-site playoff game the Lions had at the college on the road to the state playoffs.
"We had played there in the game that sent us to state (the quarterfinals) and I liked the gym and the atmosphere," recalled Clancey. "When we practiced (the day before) we had a lot of Moberly boosters just there watching us (scrimmage) against their alumni. The people and the community showed a lot of support and a lot of love. I didn't get all of that from any other school I visited."
As a junior, Clancey, who is the nephew of Ritter's veteran coach Marvin Neals, had averaged a club-high 16.6 points as the club got eliminated in sectional play. This time around, there was no stopping Clancey and the Lions. What was Clancey's biggest improvement?
"My aggressiveness offensively," he replied. "I found spots on the floor I was more comfortable with."
In playing for his uncle Neals, who is already in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame with what is now 654 victories and five state titles, Clancey acknowledged it has been a pleasure.
"It's been a wonderful experience playing for Coach Neals," noted Clancey.
Likewise Clancey's father James is expressed similar pleasure for his son capturing the state's top award.
"I think it's wonderful," said James Clancey. "I think he has been a good athlete and role model for a long time."


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There were several eyewear suppliers with music tie-ins at the recent International Vision Expo & Conference trade show at New York's Javits Center, but none more musically inclined than Spokane-based Davesh's new Blakened line for men.
Indeed, Blakened is "inspired by music," notes Davesh executive vice president of marketing and sales Doug Hinton, and "the lasting impression it leaves on each of our lives. Our brand aspires to do the same in eyewear."
Blakened's marketing tag line, in fact, is "for the love of music," and Blakened pieces each bear a tiny guitar pic logo on the left temple.
"We love music," notes Hinton. He reiterates: "As you know, it can leave a lot of impressions on people: A song can take you back 20 years or 50 years, and we want to leave the same lasting impression on our customers."
Hinton, who knew the late Byrds drummer Michael Clarke while growing up in Spokane, says that Blakened had been in the works for a year before its Vision Expo official launch. The name of the line invokes an eyewear trade term as well as the apocalyptic "Blackened" track from the classic Metallica album …And Justice for All—also the name of the band's label.
"We're looking for young artists who haven't been discovered yet," says Hinton. "I go to a lot of clubs looking for talent to sponsor with eyewear and sunglasses. A lot of kids out there are very talented but can't even afford instruments. We just want to give back from what we got out of music."
He notes that Blakened is for people who seek "good-fitting and looking eyewear, but aren't brand-oriented." Hence, there's the subtle logo placement, but nothing else to identify the brand.
"It says, 'I'm not Ray-Ban, I'm Blakened," says Hinton.
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On Friday night Mila Kunis attended the "Black Swan" Premiere during the London Film Festival at the Vue West End.
The actress wore a D&G black sleeveless chiffon gown with beaded detail at the waist.
I'm more mesmerized by her smoky eyes, glossy hair and sparkling Van Cleef & Arpels jewels.
I would've been far more excited had she worn something younger, more fun and interesting.
For the photocall for the movie earlier in the day at the The Berkeley Hotel in London, Milan wore a chic L'Wren Scott look.
Her black leather skirt and ivory embellished top was paired with black Brian Atwood pumps.
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Bay area hospital demonstrates dangers of hot cars for kids
Hospital employees bake cookies in hot car
You can bake chocolate chip cookies in your oven.
St. Joseph's Hospital cooked them in a car Thursday to demonstrate how quickly a vehicle heats up, endangering children.
"It's a good visual for families," said Jaime Verberne, of St. Joseph's Hospital Safe Kids Greater Tampa.
It's a visual parents like Joyce incarnation won't soon forget.
"I preheat my oven to almost just a little bit over that, so I can't imagine what a little kid would be like," she said.
"A child's body heats three to five times faster than an adult's body so when a child is in a car and a family walks away, the car starts to heat up dramatically," Verberne said.
Verberne said at 104 degrees a child's organs fail and at 107 degrees the child can die.
After just a few minutes in an SUV used in the demonstration, the temperature climbed much, much higher than that.
Just to give you an idea, the temperature inside the car was 155 degrees and the cookie sheet is so hot you couldn't even pick it up with your hands. You had to use an oven mitt. The cookies were just mush.
Verberne said more than half of kids left unattended in hot cars are left behind by accident.
So parents need a plan.
"Whether you have your child or not, get into the habit of checking your back seat. Number two, if there's a change where another family member or caregiver is taking your child to a doctor's appointment, or to daycare, have them create reminders," she said.
"You shouldn't leave your child in the car, not even for a minute. It's just not worth it," said Verberne.


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In an effort to assist students with child care services, LSC-Kingwood established KidCare. The program is designed to provide children 3–5 years of age with daytime child care services while students attend class. KidCare is available to students who are enrolled in at least six hours of coursework. The program is located in the newly remodeled facility in the college's Performing Arts Center (PAC). The program is administered in cooperation with the Lake Houston YMCA KidCare program.
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Current students will be displaying their research and projects via a Poster Session and student organizations will have displays as well.
Researchers from the UT Arlington Research Institute will be here to demonstrate their robots, 3-D printing capabilities and much more.
Several of our engineering labs will be open for tours:
Laboratory of Regenerative Neurobiology (Engineering Research Building, Room 276)
Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega
This lab concentrates on the long-term goal of uncovering the molecular basis of neurite growth, axon guidance and target recognition, both during development and after injury. Specific projects in his lab are focused in three areas 1) spinal cord injury monitoring and neuroprotection, 2) peripheral nerve gap injury repair, and 3) regenerative peripheral neurointerfaces.
Civil Engineering
Soil Mechanics Laboratory (Nedderman Hall, Rooms B19/B20)
Dr. Anand Puppala
Laboratory characterization on subsoils to study their swell and strength properties. These properties are used for civil infrastructure design.
Computer Science & Engineering
Heracleia Lab (Engineering Research Building, Room 313)
Dr. Fillia Makedon
The Heracleia Lab is a research laboratory specializing in medical imaging, bioinformatics, sensor networks, and collaboration systems.
Electrical Engineering
NEXT GEN Systems Group Laboratory (Nedderman Hall, Room 250)
Dr. Dan Popa
The NGS Group conducts research on the Next Generation Microsystems and Robots that are increasingly small, cheap, integrated, and networked.
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
RFID Lab (Woolf Hall, Room 413)
AutoID Lab (Engineering Lab Building, Room 309)
Dr. Erick Jones
The Radio Frequency and Auto-Identification (RAID) Labs, which boasts 20 students, 50% of which are undergraduate students, provides new age research which automates invisible barcodes for modern world usage such as smart boxes that tell truck drivers that they are lost to smart pill bottles that can tell elderly populations when their last pill was taken, are just some of the innovations that are accomplished in this research lab.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Formula SAE Workshop/Lab (Woolf Hall, Room 121)
Dr. Bob Woods
UT Arlington College of Engineering's Formula SAE team is in its 32nd year and has won eight national and three international titles. Formula SAE is a worldwide engineering competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Materials Science and Engineering
Characterization Center for Materials and Biology (Engineering Lab Building, Room 104A)
Dr. Efstathios (Stathis) Meletis
This lab uses a variety of state-of-the-art equipment that allows researchers to study and characterize the microstructure and structure of materials.
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Prime (125): Complete the Campaign.
Completionist (25): Destroy all hidden TRANSFORMERS symbols in Campaign.
Road Kill (25): Destroy 30 enemies while in vehicle form in Campaign.
Grenade Expert (25): Eliminate 20 opponents with the Flak Grenade in Campaign.
Recruit (25): Survive 60 seconds in a public multiplayer match without being killed.
Power Surge (25): Use an active ability 5 times in a public multiplayer match.
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Chapter III (25): Complete Chapter III on any difficulty.
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So I am getting a new macbook pro 13 inch this weekend and was wondering if any of you had any good recommendations on cases for it. I keep seeing pretty similar stuff that is boring. I checked out some on threadless.com and there were some cool designs. Any other websites that sell hard cases with unique/cool designs? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Are you talking about a hard shell or a carrying/travel case? IMO getting a shell for a macbook is stupid since it looks so nice.
I have a mac rant but I will save it.
I just get something that allows you to grip it better. I have a macbook as my desktop at work, because I run off to meetings or go work at other peoples desks so much.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
The thing's carved out of a single block of aluminum; what good is there in wrapping it with a thin layer of plastic?
I've had mine for 4 years now and have no case on it, and it looks the same as the day I bought it. Just be careful with it and save the money.
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Frankly, all you really need is a neoprene sleeve. I've bought the plastic hard cases that go around before and while they're nice, they add extra bulk, weight, and mostly provide cosmetic protection which can be had with a neoprene sleeve or a laptop skin if you want to go that route. I still suggest a neoprene sleeve no matter what though makes it a heck of a lot easier to carry around.
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The thing's carved out of a single block of aluminum; what good is there in wrapping it with a thin layer of plastic?
Because it is really slippery if your hands are not completely clean. My wife dropped her $1500 macbook when she put lotion on her hands. Expensive lesson.
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Intro: Are you asking yourself, "how do you make chili quickly?" as you stand in front of your cupboard? This recipe for homemade chili is as quick as it is easy, allowing to make dinner in 30 minutes or less.
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In Which She Answers, "How Do I Make Chili Quickly?"
Easy recipes for chili to me mean that the ingredients don't require a lot of prep time, and this is a good chili recipe for that. It has enough tasty ingredients that it'll remind you of an old-fashioned chili recipe, but without the hassle.
Although it has 16 ingredients, about half of them are spices, which is what gives this chili soup recipe so much flavor. Many of the things you'll put into this are already pre-made to a certain extent. It's your TLC that makes them into a good chili recipe!
Quick Recipe for Homemade Chili
- 1 3 1/2-oz bag of long grain rice (the boil in the bag kind)
- 1Tbsp Veggie oil
- 1 c. onions, chopped
- 3/4 c. green pepper, chopped
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1 Tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp cumin, ground
- 1/2 tsp oregano, dried
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/8 tsp white pepper
- 1 15-oz can kidney beans
- 1 14 1/2-oz can of stewed tomatoes, you want the Mexi kind with spices and jalapeños (don't drain them)
- 1 5 1/2-oz can tomato juice
- Cheddar cheese, grated
- Rinse the beans and then drain them.
- Prepare the rice, according to the instructions on the bag. Don't add extra fat or salt, however, since you'll be adding it later.
- Take out a frying pan and heat up your oil. Turn the heat to medium-high. Make sure it's a deep skillet or frying pan.
- Drop in the burger, the bell pepper and the onions and allow to cook for several minutes. (3 should do it.)
- Add the rest of the ingredients except the cheese. Allow the recipe for homemade chili to come to a boil.
- Put the lid on the chili and let it cook for 10 minutes on reduced heat.
- Serve up the rice in soup bowls.
- Ladle the soup onto the rice.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese and garnish with avocados if you have them.
- Jack cheese gives it extra spice.
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A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, occurs when one or more regions of the heart muscle experience a severe or prolonged lack of oxygen caused by blocked blood flow to the heart muscle.
The blockage is often a result of atherosclerosis - a buildup of plaque composed of fat deposits, cholesterol, and other substances. Plaque ruptures and eventually a blood clot forms. The actual cause of a heart attack is a blood clot that forms within the plaque-obstructed area.
If the blood and oxygen supply is cut off severely or for a long period of time, muscle cells of the heart suffer damage and die. The result is dysfunction of the muscle of the heart in the area affected by the lack of oxygen.
There are two types of risk factors for heart attack, including:
A heart attack can happen to anyone - it is only when we take the time to learn which of the risk factors apply to us, specifically, can we then take steps to eliminate or reduce them.
Managing your risks for a heart attack begins with:
The following are the most common symptoms of a heart attack. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Indigestion, also known as upset stomach or dyspepsia, is a painful or burning feeling in the upper abdomen that may include nausea; abdominal bloating; belching; vomiting; severe pain in the upper right abdomen; discomfort unrelated to eating; and indigestion accompanied by shortness of breath, sweating, or pain radiating to the jaw, neck, or arm
The symptoms of indigestion may resemble other medical conditions, such as chest pain. Always consult your physician for diagnosis.
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Everyone is familiar with Wikipedia and its abundant use in today's society, academically and in casual life. The question I posit here is should we allow it as a reference when answering questions? It is widely regarded as a very nonacademic source by merit of its easily editable nature.
I have no problems using Wikipedia as a reliable source. According to a study in the Journal Nature in 2005, Wikipedia is as accurate as Britannica. Though editable, most of wikipedia is pretty reliable. My biggest concern about wikipedia is that this will turn into a copy-paste board. My question here
If Wikipedia references to other locations, look those up and quote those.
If it doesn't, it violates Wikipedia's own policy of "No Original Research"
IMHO Wikipedia is JUST as reliable as any Stack Exchange site. Both sites exist in the same vein, just the method of information procurement is different.
However, answers that are ONLY a copy and past from a source, without anything else, is a bad answer imho.
While I agree that cutting and pasting from wikipedia should be frowned upon, I also wouldn't discourage it being a source of reference. For example myself I might have answerss that have been learned or accumulated over time, but cant' remember where I learned such knowledge. The only on-line reference that I know of that would support an answer is usually wikipedia, as the source where I learned it is either not online, not available anymore, or has been lost to the annuls of history.
Citing Wikipedia as a source is better than citing no source.
I've read a good number of history books, and I can say that very few of them were written purely as an unbiased narrative. History often tells the story from one perspective. When there is a victor and a loser, you need the story told from both perspectives and few historians can sit on the neutral fence. A good depiction of history would be similar to science... multiple different angles verifying the same thing happened.
In that sense, Wikipedia acts a lot better than any sole academic source. Even if it's more 'shallow', it does a good job of 'flagging' biased answers and comparing different sources for a satisfactory conclusion.
I think that copying from wikipedia is ok as long as the site link is cited. You cannot change the answer to an question more or less unless the history is disputed. Also, wikipedia does not answer questions unless you read the whole article.
I think it is ok to cite wikipedia, or any other article on the web for that matter, as long as the article or opinions contained therein are backed by solid research that is available publicly. If not, then one shouldn't rely on that information --it could be speculative or original research. And if one learns something new in that process, then one should go and improve wikipedia as well.
But if people cite someone's research then they should qualify it as such (e.g., these scholars believe the following to be true[1][2][3]). If someone feels forced to speculate (which is not a bad thing by the way), they should clearly mention that it is their own belief/research/opinion.
A good final conclusion (1-2 lines) would be icing on the cake.