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TC TO JANE BAILLIE WELSH; 19 May 1824; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18240519-TC-JBW-01; CL 3:65-68.
Mainhill, 19th May, 1824—
Dearest—do you think I have forgotten you? You were never farther wrong in your life. In various humours grave and joyful, I have thought of you of late, with due assiduity, and as I think very orthodoxly. In proof of this you should have had a long epistle ere now; but Fate and Oliver & Boyd are stronger than my resolutions, and I am forced to content myself with a brief and hurried scrawl, which I write on the faith of its being better to you than absolutely nothing, this however being all that I dare believe respecting it.
About ten days ago, three days after I received your "good little" letter, I finished the translation of the everlasting Meister. The next week I proposed to spend in visiting the few friends whom I have in this neighbourhood, that I might enjoy myself among them, void of care, for a day or two, before leaving poor old Annandale. But scarcely had I executed the fourth part even of this very slender purpose, when the wind thought proper to shift into the northeast, and bring me a villainous sore throat, which kept me gasping and gargling in the house, till the day before yesterday. And now that my holidays have been so pleasingly put by, the preface for that unhappy novel is to be written, I am to make arrangements for departure, to ride and run and write, so that if I had twenty hands and heads they would all be sufficiently employed. Pity that one cannot arrange his business better! Few except the indolent are ever hurried.
But however I get thro' all this, I am to be in Edinr on Tuesday afternoon. If you would have the charity to send me a line to No 1. Moray-street, it would find me there. I am to be a very very short time in Edinr; Meister is all printed but five sheets; and my business in Athens may very soon be transacted. Within its learned walls, I have not one single friend, not even an acquaintance that I value; which after fifteen years residence says but little for my moral qualities. In truth I care not tho' the intellectual smoke of Athens never more salute my nostrils. But I shall see Haddington, shall I not? I hope to spend a day in peace with you: I would spend all my days beside you, if it suited. Write about this; and when and how; if it suits your Mother's convenience, and whether she continues good to me. Alack! I am sad when I think of leaving you. Scotland contains two million hearts; except those which nature gave me, yours is the only one of them, where I have any abiding place. Do you mean to oust me in the end? To raise a process of ejectment against me? I swear, you must not; it will never do!
You are in a passion at the Orator, and well he merits pity and anger for his conduct to you. There is something very weak in having one's head turned by a run of vacant fashionable canaille assembling to hear sermon[s]. Irving should really bethink him that tho' the Hatton Garden Chapel is fuller than it ever was, nay though William Hone1 sits in the front of his gallery, a monument of saving grace, and Lady Jersey,2 the hack of a thousand routs,—still the Earth at large, and the other planets of the solar system are turning on their axes with no perceptible variation. Men still live and die, they marry and are given in marriage, love those that love them, forget those that forget them, hate those that hate them, and subsist on meat and drink, as they did before Judgement to Come had been handled by its last Expositor.3 I declare sometimes when he comes into my head, I feel more splenetic against him than he deserves. For withal there is a fund of goodness in the man's heart, as of real talent in his head; tho' both are overclouded with a thousand blemishes and extravagancies. I firmly believe that at this moment he loves you with a more solid affection than ninety-nine hundredths of the people who are called friends bear to one another. That is he respects you, is pleased with the image of you, and your gratitude is of high value to him. Be tolerant if you can; do not cast him off forever, till you see how he turns. The fumes of this sweet wine, which he has been drinking by the barrel, have flown to his head; they might have turned a stronger head than his. He has ceased to write, from affectation, haste, and above all indolence: and none of his friends can say they are better off in this respect than others. He scarcely even writes to his mother. Charity may exist, says Gibbon, without alms; friendship without expression of it by letters. I sent him a letter, by appointment, before leaving Edinr: it was if I recollect in the smoothflowing pococurante [nonchalant] vein which one adopts in such cases. He answered me after five weeks in a letter containing about ten sentences. A third of it is devoted to you. After inviting me very cordially to stay in his house, while in London, and telling me that they are "in the transit from one house to another, living now with one friend now with another," he adds "this is the reason I have not written to Mrs Welsh and my dear pupil, that I have not had it in [my] power to second the invitation which I gave her to come up, and [fear I shall not] have this season. For though we be in a condition to receive [a gentleman] and one so dear to us and so simple in all his habits, we are not in a condition to receive a lady. But towards her, able or not able to show it, I must ever bear a brother's heart, and something more, as being her teacher and her friend and the friend of the family." Be content with this touch of the pathetic! It is good enough for every day wear; and Irving was not made for being a Pylades or an Orestes.4— But why am I scribble scribbling about him? He is one of the nine hundred millions of human bipeds that inhabit this planet: he has his own fight to fight; and so have we; if he choose to stand by us, well; if not, there will be dry eyes when he departs. Ohe jam satis [Quite enough of this for the present]!
Poor Byron! Alas poor Byron! The news of his death5 came down upon my heart like a mass of lead; and yet, the thought of it sends a painful twinge thro' all my being, as if I had lost a brother! O God! That so many souls of mud and clay should fill up their base existence to its utmost bound, and this, the noblest spirit in Europe, should sink before half his course was run! Late so full of fire, and generous passion, and proud purposes, and now forever dumb and cold! Poor Byron! And but a young man; still struggling amid the perplexities, and sorrows and aberrations, of a mind not arrived at maturity or settled in its proper place in life. Had he been spared to the age of three score and ten, what might he not have done, what might he not have been! But we shall hear his voice no more: I dreamed of seeing him and knowing him; but the curtain of everlasting night has hid him from our eyes. We shall go to him, he shall not return to us.6 Adieu my dear Jane! There is a blank in your heart, and a blank in mine, since this man passed away. Let us stand the closer by each other!
I am yours forever
Th: Carlyle
Make my kindest compliments to your Mother. Is she recovered? Both you and she should be careful: surely it is a miserable season for health. Skiddaw and Helvellyn this morning are white as swans. The cattle are perishing on their burnt and shrivelled pastures, the very men at Ecclefechan fair seemed shrunk and parched and wae.
Will you write on Tuesday: I must see you, if possible. Is Rubezahl done? Are your strangers gone? I long to hear of you, still more to see you.


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Highs today will reach the mid 80s with partly cloudy skies. All and all… one of the best days in the forecast if you like lower humidity!
Overnight, temps drop to the upper 60s under partly cloudy skies.
Saturday and Sunday, there's a slight chance for an isolated shower or thunderstorm as temps climb close to 90 degrees. The days won't be a washout, but we'll see some hit or miss activity!
Next week, the story will be the heat. Check out the 7 day forecast below. Temps will heat back up into the low to mid 90s. Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings will be likely. The humidity will also increase, and temps in the 90s will feel anywhere from 95 to 110.

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Exodus of Expectations 013Exodus of Expectations
BOOK 1 Prayers
PART 3 Past Impressions/Present Amnesia
CHAPTER 13 Missing Faces and Conjecture
Timothy Vincent Alexander
AS I LIVED THROUGH AMIL MEMORIES I would realize how little I actually knew of Karima's life before America. That said what I knew was potent, horrid, and stark enough to give me a deep impression of what had shaped her. The earliest of her childhood memories I know of is of explosions going off all around her as easily as rain falls in some place she thought of as religious and peaceful before it was assaulted by the terrorism of war. She never specified if the explosions were due to Russians


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"GODZILLA" from Warner Brothers/Legendary Pictures opens Fri., May 16, 2014.
STARRING: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, Juliette Binoche and Sally Hawkins.
DIRECTOR: Gareth Edwards ("Monsters")
SYNOPSIS: An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla ("Gojira"), this spectacular adventure pits the most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
All sorts of emotions run wild inside one's head prior to something this exciting. Ever since the age of four, one has bee familiar with Godzilla. When you're that young, it's not a man in a rubber suit--it's a living hostile beast kicking the living daylights out of Japan. One is too numb to look away, too scared to scream, too curious to run away. It's a life-changing event that one's grandparents have to reassure one that was not an actual live event.
As years pass and more films are released, one can definitely tell that it's a man in a rubber suit. The Godzilla series takes on a life of its own like James Bond. Following 28 Toho productions and 3 American derivatives, director Gareth Edwards has done what director Roland Emmerich did not: he sold a Godzilla that was not a man in a suit.
Emmerich's 1998 production is widely ridiculed and resoundingly dismissed by some of the same critics who were sympathetic to "Caddyshack 2". Apparently, Emmerich's greatest sin was daring to use a real lizard overlaying the special effects and then rely on continuous action to cover weaknesses in the storyline. Granted, it wasn't classic but it wasn't that bad, either. Too many critics thought the film was trying too hard to duplicate the success of Spielberg's "Jurassic Park: The Lost World" from the previous year, a contention that cannot be substantiated. They are two different films. It's possible that Emmerich just wanted to make a popcorn movie that dazzled its viewers--at least the ones not obsessed with over-analyzing it.
Gareth Edwards chose to revert to what worked in the original--character development, a logical explanation for the cause and a "man vs. nature" central theme with horrific consequences. It takes over an hour before the big "G" makes his appearance. By then, the characters have all been introduced, their back-stories established and the scenes all set. Then, there he is--massive, hostile, a freak of nature caused by man's carelessness and arrogance. There are severe consequences, the price to be paid for playing with nature, even to the point of using Godzilla to save man's collective butts.
Best of all, it's not left open to a sequel. There's plenty of room to infer spin-off situations but this is intended to be a stand-alone feature. Edwards outdid himself because he got the point. Stick with what worked in the original, update it and don't mess with history.


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Rolling Stones fans pumped for the legendary British rockers' 14 on Fire Tour kick-off this weekend can check out newly added video footage of the band rehearsing for the shows in Paris, France.
Posting an update on Feb. 17 to their official Facebook page, The Stones unveiled a 1:34 minute black-and-white performance of their classic 1980 single, "She's So Cold," shot during their Feb. 12 rehearsal in Paris, as well as a video montage via Instragram and a photo of their arrival today in Abu Dhabi for their 2014 tour opener.
The clip features the "Satisfaction" hitmakers along with long-time keyboardist Chuck Leavell rocking through the "Emotional Rescue" hit, with live performance shots intermixed with some behind the scenes footage.
Fans can checkout out the new video clip at The Rolling Stones' official Youtube channel.
On Friday, Stones fans in Paris, France received a special Valentines Day's present from The World's Greatest Rock N' Roll Band, who invited a lucky handful to watch their final 14 On Fire Tour rehearsal.
The Stones unleash their 2014 tour of Asia, Australia and New Zealand on Feb. 21 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emi du Arena and wrap up April 5 in Auckland, New Zealand at Mt Smart Stadium.
For more details, check out RollingStones.com.
Did you know? The Rolling Stones picked up an award for the soundtrack to their documentary film "Charlie is My Darling" at the 56th annual Grammy Awards held Jan. 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.


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Welcome! This website is meant to complement my blog. Whereas the blog provides more frequent updates and thoughts on technology, politics and whatever comes up, this site provides a place for some more permanent original content, a central link to external contributions I make, and links to organizations I support.
Some Photographs
flickr is an interesting photo-sharing site that I've become addicted to recently. flickr has tagging, community groups, a public API, an embrace of the Creative Commons, and--one of my favorites--the ability to download the original files.
I share some photos privately with friends and family using it, but I also have a lot of public photos as well.
In some ways the public photos is like a blog, telling the story of places I've been to or things I am interested in. At the same time, it has some of the pitfalls of a blog--do I want to share more personal moments, or just put up a public persona? (I've leaned towards the latter for the photos I share with everyone.) Do I share only the very best/favorite photographs I've taken (which are few and far between), or do I just share everything. (I do a little bit of both.)
One other interesting thing that came out of flickr is the geobloggers site, which combines Google Maps with flickr. You can see the pictures that I have geotagged.
Below is a random sample of my publically shared photos.
Does the 109th Congress Represent America?
Following the November 2004 election, I read about many reasons that Democratic losses were not the result of Democratic policy positions. I even came up with a few reasons on my own. Many of these reasons are valid, but it turns out one reason I came up with simply wasn't.
I had the idea that the way congressional seats are apportioned led to over-representation of Republicans. I did some analysis, and it turns out I was completely wrong. (You can also see the spreadsheet I created to do the analysis. It has the party breakdown of each state's Congressional delegation for the 109th Congress, along with the average population size of each state's Congressional districts.)
Ownership in the Augmented World
The "augmented world" is my term for the combination of augmented reality and ubiquitous computing. Essentially, this is the intersection of the digital world with the real world.
I performed research for my Master of Engineering degree in the Sociable Media Group at MIT's Media Lab. My thesis was an augmented reality project named Hear&There, which looked at sound augmentations.
Now, I'm interested in looking at ownership in the augmented world. I've written an essay describing this at a high level. [It's still in rough draft form...]
I was taking evening classes at Foothill Community College for a while to learn Mandarin. I got through Mandarin I and II. To make studying easier, I created a JavaScript-based set of Chinese Flashcards. I made the system pluggable, so you can grab the "source" and easily create your own flashcards. I also created a very simple Pīnyīn Editor.
External ContributionsMy Blog
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Writing Arts
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As one of the few independent writing departments in the U.S., Writing Arts is uniquely positioned to help you learn to communicate effectively within our dynamic culture. The only department in the country with the name Writing Arts, our name reflects our uniqueness.


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Wonder Burgers, which has been owned by Nick and Vicky Kefallinos for over 25 years, serves up a gargantuan breakfast menu from 6:30am to 11am Monday through Saturday and Sundays from 7am to noon. With their super friendly staff and wonderful cooks, they have maintained their customer base for over 20 years, and they know most of their regulars by name. Their customers can choose from a fantastic breakfast special with two eggs (served any way you like), wheat or white toast, hash browns and coffee for only $5.33. Other breakfast choices include: bacon and eggs, sausage and eggs, ham and eggs, steak and eggs, pancakes and eggs (from $3.99 to $6.99); or one of 10 omelettes, with either pastrami, bacon, avocado, mushroom, ham and cheese, chili and cheese, cheese omelette, a plain omelette, a vegetarian omelette, or a Denver omelette (from $4.29 to $6.49). All the breakfast choices include two eggs, hash browns and buttered toast, except for their pancakes and eggs.
The breakfast sandwiches and breakfast burritos, which are served all day from 6:30am to 4pm Monday through Saturday, and Sundays 7am to 2pm, include a bacon and egg sandwich, ham and egg sandwich, sausage and egg sandwich, plain egg sandwich, steak and egg sandwich, hamburger and egg sandwich, pastrami and egg sandwich, or an avocado and egg sandwich served on your choice of white, rye, wheat, sourdough or pita bread (from $2.99 to $6.59). Their choice of breakfast burritos are: bacon and egg, ham and egg, sausage and egg, egg and cheese, chorizo and egg, pastrami and egg, mushroom with avocado and egg, chili cheese and egg, beans and egg (from $3.60 to $5.19), or if you're in an expansive mood try their famous Wonder Egg Burrito, which includes all of the above for $8.00!
Their newest breakfast menu items are the Polish burrito, spinach omelette, spinach and mushroom omelette, tomato and mushroom omelette, chicken omelette, spinach and avocado omelette, the Greek feta omelette, huevos rancheros, the chorizo breakfast plate, or a plain bowl of oatmeal (from $3.99 to $6.75).
If you're hankering for a healthy lunch, try their chicken breast wrap, avocado wrap, turkey wrap, ham wrap, tuna wrap, club wrap, teriyaki chicken bowl, rice bowl or steak bowl (from $1.99 to $5.99). Or you can savor their selection of 13 burgers, including a garden cheeseburger or turkey burger (from $2.74 to $5.85), or one of the 16 sandwiches that they serve up, whether it be a simple grilled cheese sandwich, or a chicken, fish, pastrami, or steak sandwich (from $2.40 to $5.69). They also offer a chicken breast salad, tuna salad, garden salad, avocado salad, turkey salad, chef salad, Caesar salad or a lovely mixed green salad sprinkled with walnuts, blue cheese or feta cheese (from $3.75 to $6.49). The salads come with your choice of the following home-style dressings: blue cheese, Italian, Thousand Island, Greek, cucumber dressing, ranch, raspberry or Caesar dressing. For a change of pace try a beef or chicken gyro, served with grilled onions and tomatoes on pita bread and topped with their original Tzatziki sauce for $4.49.
South of the border menu includes beef or chicken taquitos, a bowl of chili, beef or chicken tacos, or carne asada burritos, among other choices (from $2.95 to $5.19). And the dinner menu includes: a chicken breast dinner, pastrami dinner, steak dinner, gyros dinner or fish dinner, all which come with a salad (from $6.49 to $7.35). They offer plenty of side dishes including: French fries, chili cheese fries, onion rings, fried zucchini, chili cheese zucchini, chili cheese chips, chili cheese dog, hot dog, corndog or Wonder fries.
They have chosen a menu which includes lots of offerings for vegetarians, like their: plain egg sandwich, avocado omelette, mushroom omelette, cheese omelette, a plain omelette, a vegetarian omelette, the Greek feta omelette, spinach and avocado omelette, a bowl of oatmeal, a grilled cheese sandwich, a garden cheeseburger, avocado and egg sandwich, mushroom with avocado and egg burrito, egg and cheese burrito, beans and egg burrito, avocado wrap, garden salad, mixed green salad with walnuts, blue cheese or feta toppings, French fries, onion rings, fried zucchini, or an avocado wrap.
Wonder Burgers is located at 2584 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107, they have a drive-through window as well is plenty of indoor seating. You can call in your order to 626-578-1422 so your order will be ready when you arrive at their drive-through window. (All listed prices are subject to change, please call ahead if you have any questions on their current menu selection or prices.)
Suggested Links
- Houston's serves the best filet mignon and prime rib in Pasadena
- Russell's Restaurant, the home of Pasadena's best vegetable and cheese omelette
- Cameron's Seafood has the best grilled scallops and tiger prawn in Pasadena
- La Fiesta Grande serves the best tacos al carbon in Pasadena
- Heidar Baba, Pasadena's Persian restaurant serves heaping plates of pleasure


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As the RSA Security conference winds down after a long five days in San Francisco this week, the overall debate and discussion has been dominated by serious, daily handwringing over Edward Snowden and the NSA revelations. But the real story that is getting only a fraction of the attention may well be how hackers, legal or not, have been able to capture huge amounts of data from anyone who owns a tech device.
If you are an iPhone owner, you may have noticed that a minor security update to the iOS software that runs you device was "pushed" to all users by Apple last Friday. The original explanation from Apple was that an attacker "with a privileged network position" could capture or modify data.
However, reports in the last few days indicate that the iPhone had a previously undiscovered bug called "Gotofail" that allowed anything a user tweeted, emailed, posted to Facebook, or transacted financially to be listened to by someone else. In other words, over 600 million iPhone users had been victimized by a backdoor.
That the iPhone (and also the Mac OSX as it turns out) could be so easily exploited is surprising to say the least. Apple's technology (unlike the popular Android platform) has generally been considered to be more secure than others. But the presence of a backdoor, an installed program or piece of code that bypasses security controls and allows unauthorized access, gives rise to speculation that a secret pipeline out of our personal devices may not be a mere accident.
Apple has categorically denied working with the NSA to create a backdoor inside any of their products. But as coder John Gruber pointed out in his blog a few days ago, when iOS 6 was introduced (with the undiscovered bug) in the fall of 2012, the NSA almost immediately began to pull data from the previously impregnable iPhone, according to the documents stolen by Snowden. The tech community is struggling to chalk up the timing of the two events as merely a startling coincidence.
Suspicions about backdoors intentionally placed in operating systems to secretly capture information are not new. When the NSA acknowledged working with Microsoft to develop Windows Vista in 2007 and again on Windows 7 in 2009, there was plenty of speculation that the agency was planting backdoors then. The company's Scott Charney took great pains to address this issue again in his RSA speech on Tuesday when he emphatically denied that Microsoft had ever knowingly put backdoors in its software.
General Michael Hayden, former director of both the NSA and CIA, talked about the use of these at an Aspen Institute conference back in 2011. His talk was directed at the role of backdoors to combat international terrorism, but Hayden dropped a hint about other uses in his RSA appearance this week when talking about the NSA's current problems. "The NSA is being condemned because they've been listening to good people," said the former agency chief.
Continuing revelations pouring out of the NSA documents point toward the use of backdoors in an astounding number of devices. Two months ago, Der Speigel newsmagazine reported that the NSA had compromised products made by Cisco, Dell, Juniper, Maxtor, Samsung, Seagate, Western Digital, and the Chinese giant Huawei. The companies have all denied working with the spy agency so the assumption at this stage is that the NSA found a way to infiltrate the technology by remote means.
The fact that backdoors were there at all suggests that privacy in today's uber-connected world is rapidly becoming a distant memory. There has been much outrage about documented instances where foreign nations, such as China, routinely hacked into American networks. But as Nicole Perlroth, a cybersecurity reporter for the New York Times, commented at an RSA panel discussion on Wednesday, "It's a little awkward to be calling out China when what we're doing seems to be so successful."
In his opening remarks at the big cybersecurity conference this week, RSA chairman Art Coviello said, "We're in the midst of chaos and confusion…where this is a lack of societal norms to guide our digital world." Now, after a week of teeth gnashing and high level concern, it will be interesting to see what the security industry does about it in the months ahead.


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I love beets. Their earthy sweetness is so easy to incorporate into a meal and their color -- garish and unapologetic -- always pretties up a plate, whether you're using the red or golden variety, or even a combination of both. They are in full season right now, proudly displayed at Farmers' Market booths and in the produce departments of grocery stores. For those of us who participate in a CSR (Community Supported Agriculture) by purchasing a Farm Share, we're starting to see beets show up in our weekly boxes alongside the ubiquitous zucchinis and eggplants. And they're easy to prepare!
With the full force of summer's heat bearing down on us I am reluctant to turn on my stove unless it's absolutely necessary. Luckily for me, beets are easy to cook on the grill. The first order of business is to wash the beets and their tops, a time consuming task since they are gritty from their home in the ground. The leaves are especially tough to get clean; the constant spattering of raindrops and irrigation peppers them with sand. I usually begin by cutting the greens right off the bulbs and submerging them in a large bowl of cool water. While the greens are soaking, I give the gorgeous ruby and golden orbs a few scrubs with my hands and then wrap them in tin foil before putting them on the top shelf of my preheated grill. While they are cooking (depending on the size of your foil packet, this can take about 45 minutes) I turn my attention back to the greens.
Many people I know simply chop the leaves off the beets and toss them into the compost or garbage. What a waste of a good ingredient! Slightly peppery, they have many uses and should not be overlooked. However, have you ever bitten into a salad and felt your teeth shiver with revulsion because a prep cook didn't take the time to wash the leaves properly? It's awful and immediately ruins the dining experience. Washing the leaves properly is time consuming, but worth the effort. Soaking them in cool water releases the sand. By carefully lifting the leaves out of the water before dumping it and repeating the process, I gradually get rid of any grit that has adhered to them and I keep rinsing and repeating until not one grain of sand shows itself in the bottom of the wash bowl.
When the beets themselves are cooked, I rub the skin off with my hands and cut them into small cubes to make a Beet Salad. A light sprinkle of red wine vinegar, a couple of pinches of salt and a drizzle of olive oil make a dressing that doesn't overpower the beets. And now I take a few of the leaves and after stacking them, roll them up into a cigar shape before slicing them very thinly (this is called a chiffonade) across the 'cigar' and down its middle to shorten the strands. I toss this all together and the contrasts in flavor and color are always crowd pleasers.
Recently, while camping, several extra people showed up for dinner so I used the greens to bulk up some cauliflower. I sweated an onion and added in the cauliflower 'florets'. I then sprinkled in a little salt and some curry powder and stirred to combine before adding in the Chiffonaded Beet Greens. A little coconut milk moistened the mixture (you could use water if you're looking for a lighter dish) and I cooked it until the cauliflower was tender. A total improvisation, it was an instant success, and thanks in part to the beet greens, there was ample to go around. I might flavor it with something other than curry powder next time if I am going for a more 'Continental' flavoring, perhaps including garlic in with the onions, and using thyme for seasoning and a can of tomatoes for the moisture. Or maybe I'll just stir fry them with a dash of soy sauce at the end, but the fact remains that if you're going to buy beets you should remember that the tops have just as much to add to your kitchen as the joyful beets themselves.


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With the holiday season quickly approaching, it's a good time to start thinking about helping those in need. Here, 9 charities to consider for your year-end charitable donations
An estimated one in three parents are concerned about losing jobs or pay when they stay home with a sick child. The National Partnership for Women & Families fights to create policies that help people meet the demands of work and family. Along with promoting fairness in the workplace, reproductive rights and affordable health care, the organization has helped enact policy prohibiting pregnancy discrimination and giving families the opportunity to take medical leave.
When Hurricane Sandy swept the northeast last year, people felt compelled to help, but many organizations couldn't handle the burden of so many extra people. All Hands Volunteers accepts help as it comes. It organizes its volunteers to clean and rebuild communities ravaged by natural disaster, and provides them with housing, meals and tools at no charge. AHV has assisted survivors in places such as Haiti, Japan and New Orleans.
All parents want what's best for their children. Sadly, those living in poverty often lack the resources necessary to help their kids thrive. Enter Room to Grow, which provides financially strapped parents with one-on-one support from social workers and essential baby items (books, clothing, bedding) during the critical first three years of their child's life. This early support makes kids more likely to escape poverty as adults.
Playwright Eve Ensler established V-Day with a simple mission: End violence against women and girls. To do this, Ensler allows groups around the world to produce performances of her play "The Vagina Monologues," as well as other V-Day works, to raise funds for anti-violence groups within their own communities. V-Day also produces large-scale benefits, films and campaigns to educate and change social attitudes toward violence against women. On its 15th anniversary on February 14, 2013 the group asked 1 billion people to "rise and dance" in recognition of the 1 billion women who will be raped or beaten in their lifetime.
Thousands of Holocaust survivors are currently living out their final days in poverty. Most grantees of the Blue Card—a non-profit dedicated to helping those frail seniors—live on $15,000 per year or less, never received restitutions and are unable to afford everyday necessities. The Blue Card offers comfort and aid with emergency cash assistance, monthly stipends, Jewish holiday gifts,emergency response services and summer vacations. Donations also go toward psychological services to help survivors cope with recurring nightmares and trauma.
In the U.S. alone, more than 1 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year, according to the American Cancer Society. The Cancer Research Institute hopes to curb those numbers through its cancer immunology research. Though many charities raise funds for cancer, CRI is the only one that focuses exclusively on immune-based approaches for treating, controlling and preventing the disease. One of its more recent triumphs: funding the scientist who developed the HPV vaccine that protects against cervical cancer.
Countless seniors will face significant challenges living healthy and independent lives over the next decade. The National Council on Aging, a service and advocacy organization, works as a voice for those vulnerable and disadvantaged older adults. The group coordinates with thousands of organizations nationwide to help seniors live independently, find jobs and benefits and remain active in their communities.
Human trafficking is considered one of the fastest growing crimes; according to Polaris Project, an organization that fights modern slavery, there are currently hundreds of thousands of trafficking victims in the United States alone. Polaris is combating human trafficking through public outreach and policy advocacy. The organization runs the national human trafficking hotline and provides emergency responses, transitional housing programs, counseling and jobs to victims. Last year, Polaris helped pass 18 anti-trafficking bills and provided services for nearly 3,000 victims.
The Dream Foundation is for adults what the Make-A-Wish Foundation is for kids— an organization that enables the sickest among us have one last hoorah. For some, that's sitting front row at New York Fashion Week, for others, it's being reunited with family members. While it can't change the quantity of life remaining, the Dream Foundation aims to impact the quality of end-of-life experiences. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, hospices and health care organizations, the foundation has granted thousands of wishes.
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Update 7/2/14: Louie has been rescued!
When a family in California failed to find someone to dog sit for an upcoming summer vacation, they took their pet to the shelter.
Today, Louis is no longer part of his family...he is instead another homeless dog who has been assigned an identification number and a kennel run at the Apple Valley Animal Services facility in Apple Valley, Calif.
The following information has been written about the five-year-old pit bull mix:
Turning him because they will be leaving for the summer and can't find anyone to dog sit him. Indoor/Outdoor dog. Crate trained and housebroken. Dog walks well with the gentle leader or halti He is OK with some dogs and doesn't like other dogs. Just needs to be introduced properly. Has never seen a cat before. Has been around older kids. Loves to run with his owner (Up to 3 miles) Has always eaten Iams from a raised bowl. Has never had any food issues. Has been to lots of doggie training and is a very good traveler.
Louie is already neutered and up-to-date on his shots.
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2010-11: Competed in four events for the Salukis in the 60m hurdles and 100m hurdles...Placed eighth at the Joey Haines Invitational in the 100m hurdles.
High School: Finished fifth in the 110m high hurdles at the Illinois High School Association state track meet...Named all-conference three times for the 110m hurdles and 4x100 relay...Broke a school record in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.90 seconds...Member of Rushville-Industry's conference and sectional championship track & field teams in 2007 and 2008...Earned academic all-state team honors.
Personal: Majoring in exercise science...Born on July 12, 1991, in Macomb, Ill...Son of Milt and Ginger Briney...Father is self-employed, while mother works for the U.S. Post Office...Has three younger sisters.


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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina softball team used two home runs and four solid innings of relief from junior Caroline Umphlett to defeat Delaware State, 6-4, in its 2014 home opener Saturday evening at the ECU Softball Stadium.
The senior class led the offensive attack on the night, as Chelsea Kaluhiokalani-Glackin was 3-for-4 with a run and a stolen base, Kristi Oshiro went 2-for-2 with a solo home run and three runs and Jordan Lewis hit a three-run homer to power ECU.
Caroline Umphlett (1-1) allowed four hits, three walks and one earned run while striking out a batter over four innings of relief work in the circle to collect her first win of the season, and her first with the Pirates.
East Carolina (3-3) jumped all over the Hornets in the bottom of the first inning, applying immense pressure to their defense with a pair of singles by Kaluhiokalani-Glackin and senior Shelby Johnson. Johnson stole second base for her third heist of the season and Oshiro drew a walk to load the bases with no outs. Senior Alex Fieldhouse brought home the first run of the game on a one-out sacrifice fly that scored Kaluhiokalani-Glackin, before Lewis lined a shot over the right field wall for her first big fly of the year and the 15th of her career to give the Pirates a 4-0 advantage.
Delaware State (1-1) added one run in each of the subsequent two innings to trim ECU's lead in half, but Oshiro's home run to lead off the bottom of the third inning pushed the score to 5-2 in the Pirates' favor. The long ball was Oshiro's first of the season and fourth for her career.
East Carolina increased its edge to 6-2 on an RBI single by freshman first baseman Ali Ramirez in the bottom of the fifth, just one half-inning prior to the Hornets cutting their deficit in half by adding a run in the top of the sixth.
In a last-ditch effort, Delaware State inched closer by bringing the tying run to the plate twice in the top of the seventh, while adding one more run, but Umphlett induced a fly ball and a pair of grounders to preserve ECU's second win in its last three games.
Oshiro and Johnson extended their hitting streaks to four games each, as Oshiro recorded her first multi-hit game of the year. The Mililani, Hawai'I native led the team in games with two or more hits with 13 last season and owns 39 such performances in her career – the most among active players.
Junior pitcher Sarah Christian started for the Pirates, tossing the first three frames and surrendering two runs (one earned), six hits and a walk while striking out one.
East Carolina will face Seton Hall and Drexel on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 and 4 p.m., respectively, to close out the Pirate Snow Classic at the ECU Softball Stadium. Admission to both games is free to the general public.


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A 25-year-old Long Neck woman who told police she was assaulted by two male subjects during a July 16 home invasion has been arrested for providing a false statement.
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Police said when Wingate was re-interviewed on July 18, she told them she allowed the two men to enter the residence and remove her father's pain medication as repayment of a drug debt. After she gave them the pills, Wingate said the men left. Wingate told police she removed the handgun and placed it into a bush next to her residence to make it look like a home invasion robbery so her father would not find out she was responsible for the missing drugs.
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Brain Waves Provide A Pathway To Identify Good Computer Gamer
by Bidita Debnath on November 10, 2012 at 11:51 PM Research News - G J E 4
By simply looking at the brain waves, researchers can predict who will improve most on an unfamiliar computer game.
They found that those most able to learn to play a new game quickly had brains that oscillated most powerfully in the alpha spectrum, the Daily Mail reported.
They found that those most able to learn to play a new game quickly had brains that oscillated most powerfully in the alpha spectrum, the Daily Mail reported.
They said that the system could accurately predict who would improve after a month of practice.
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None of the subjects were daily video game players.
The EEG signal was a robust predictor of improvement on the game, University of Illinois postdoctoral researcher and Beckman Fellow Kyle Mathewson, who led the research with psychology professors and Beckman Institute faculty members Monica Fabiani and Gabriele Gratton, said.
"By measuring your brain waves the very first time you play the game, we can predict how fast you'll learn over the next month," Mathewson said.
The EEG results predicted about half of the difference in learning speeds between study subjects, he said.
The waves of electrical activity across the brain reflect the communication status of millions or billions of neurons, he added.
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The researchers also found that learning to play the game improved subjects' reaction time and working memory (the ability to hold a piece of information in mind just until it is needed), skills that are important in everyday life.
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|Dear Karl,
I was wounder if you could explain to all the listeners out there how the petrol pump knows when the fuel tank in my car is full, and automaticaly shuts off.
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|I think it's to do with the small tube attatched the underside of the hose outlet. When the petrol reaches this, and starts too fill it, the machine would be able to detect a change in pressure and stop filling the tank.
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Charles Helstrom Hostetler, "Charlie," community business, political and civic leader, died Dec. 8 in Manhattan at the age of 75 after a courageous battle with cancer. A fourth generation Kansan, Charlie was born in Manhattan on April 25, 1938 to Alvin and Ruth (Helstrom) Hostetler. A lifelong resident of Manhattan, he graduated from Manhattan High School in 1956, and Kansas State University in 1960, where he lettered in varsity golf and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
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The Supreme Court, State Action, and Civil Rights: Rethinking the Judicial Settlement of Reconstruction
Author(s): Pamela Brandwein
American constitutional lawyers and legal historians routinely assert that the Supreme Court's state action doctrine halted Reconstruction in its tracks. But it didn't. Rethinking the Judicial Settlement of Reconstruction demolishes the conventional wisdom – and puts a constructive alternative in its place. This book unveils a lost jurisprudence of rights that provided expansive possibilities for protecting blacks' physical safety and electoral participation, even as it left public accommodation rights undefended. Professor Brandwein shows that the Supreme Court supported a Republican coalition and left open ample room for executive and legislative action. She unites close legal reading of judicial opinions (some hitherto unknown), sustained historical work, the study of political institutions, and the sociology of knowledge (Cambridge University Press).
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Forecast discussion: Boston received what looked to be a gorgeous spring day, with bright sunshine. However, it might have been a nicer day if we did not have so much wind. The strong winds are due to a high pressure ridge building into New England. But, the low pressure system that brought showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday is only over the Canadian Maritimes. The clash of the two pressure systems helped create a tight pressure gradient, which then created the strong winds. Logan Airport received gusts as high as 44 mph at 2 p.m. A Wind Advisory was put in effect until 7 p.m.
However, the low continues to make its way east, allowing winds to diminish through the overnight. However, with clear skies expected tonight, there is a Frost Advisory in effect for southern Bristol and southern Washington Counties from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. The reason for the advisory is due to the start of the growing season in the area. Temperatures may fall to near freezing near the coast, so please bring in potted plants, and cover any vegetation that remains outside.
We will see partly sunny skies for Friday, as a low pressure system makes its way out of eastern Missouri. However, we will have two low pressure systems within the same storm system, creating the storm to rotate near Southern New England Friday night into early Saturday morning. We will see showers early Saturday morning, with the second low staying over Northern New England. This will allow for scattered showers and light rain through the day. The system will move offshore Sunday morning, with partly sunny skies by noon.
A low of cold air will come down from Canada after Monday afternoon, thanks to a strong upper level low which will remain over the Northeast U.S. Despite late April sunshine, high temperatures will only reach the upper 40's to lower 50's for next week. A new low pressure system will slowly move over the Northeast by early Wednesday morning, and we will see showers and light rain throughout Wednesday. Right now, the long range computer models suggest showers will remain overhead for all of next Thursday. However, the European model suggests the precipitation will be lighter and will end before the end of the day. For now, my confidence in the forecast after Wednesday afternoon is low. The American model is suggesting this low will remain stationary, and continue to give us rainfall into the weekend.
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Tonight: Clear skies with winds diminishing and a low of 40.
Friday: Sunny through the morning, but partly sunny by the late afternoon. We will see a high of 59 with winds shifting to the south-southeast at 10-13 mph by the afternoon.
Friday night: Cloudy with scattered showers by midnight and a low of 44. Winds will come from the southeast at 7-10 mph.
Saturday: Showers with intermittent rain and a high of 48.
Saturday night: Cloudy with isolated showers and a low of 41.
Sunday: Isolated showers by 7 a.m. with partly sunny skies by the late morning. We will see a high of 52.
Sunday night: Partly cloudy with a low of 43.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H. G. Wells
The Island of Dr. Moreau Chapter 12 Summary
READ THE BOOK: Chapter 12
The Sayers of the Law
- Inside the ravine, Prendick finds a village of huts serving as the creatures' homes. The huts are little more than "heaps of sea-mat, palm fans and reeds leaning against the rock" (12.2). The lighting is poor, and the piles of rotting food and waste ensure a nasty smell—still better living accommodations than your average college dorm.
- Prendick follows the Ape Man into a hut and there meets the Sayer of the Law. The Sayer tells him that if he wants to live with them he must learn and speak the Law. Considering the alternative, Prendick goes along for the ride.
- The Beast Folk recite the Law. A religious fervor takes hold of them as they chant. Here's a sample of the Law:
- "Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?/ Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law. Are we not Men?/ Not to eat Flesh or Fish; that is the Law. Are we not Men?/ Not to claw the Bark of Trees; that is the Law. Are we not Men?/ Not to chase other Men; that is the Law. Are we not Men?" (12.18)
- There is way more to it than that, but to get the whole unworldly vibe, you really need to dive into the book itself.
- Prendick goes along with the ceremony as if the whole thing is one of those improvised musical numbers from Grease. Deep down he thinks the whole thing is stupid.
- During the chants, the Beast Folk mention a "House of Pain" belonging to an unnamed man (12.20). Prendick wonders if Moreau has made himself a god amongst them.
- One of the Swine Men yells something into the hut, and Ape Man rushes outside. Prendick hears a hound's yelp and joins them.
- Outside the hut, Moreau and Montgomery are coming into the village, locked and loaded. The Beast Folk are excited about Moreau's visit, as if he's the president and Pope all rolled into one.
- Moreau cries for the Beast Folk to grab Prendick, but Prendick is too quick. He dodges his way through them, hitting a poor sloth-like creature dead-on with his makeshift nail-bat.
- Prendick scurries out of the ravine and back into the open. He runs for a while and can still hear the hounds behind him. So much for the Beast Folk's help. Time for a new plan, Prendick old chap.
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Milan's participation in the TIM Trophy 2014 in Reggio Emilia has been confirmed.
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MILAN – TIM, the official sponsor of the Lega Serie A, has presented the TIM Trophy 2014, the summer football tournament that will be taking place on the 23rd of August at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.45.
In the upcoming and 14th edition of the three-way tournament, Milan, Juventus and Sassuolo (winner of the 2013 edition) will all face each other in matches that will last 45 minutes each.
To mark the occasion, Telecom Italia has launched the "TIM ti porta in campo" competition which is exclusively for TIM customers and is full of new prizes. One of the prizes offers you the chance to be a reporter and interview your favourite player, meet the player and receive a signed shirt as well as watching the matches pitch-side from the TIM bench!
Fans are also encouraged to have their say and actively take part via the social networks with the following hashtags #milionidipassioni and #IlCalcioèDiChiLoAma.
TIM, the mobile telephone provider of Telecom Italia, has been involved in the Italian game since 1998 and promotes sporting events and the important social values associated with them. TIM is also the main sponsor of the Serie A championship and Lega Serie A events.
Finally, the event has also been organised thanks to the collaboration of Master Group Sport.


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Clegg aides: All three leaders oppose 11% MPs' pay rise
The Deputy Prime Minister's office has responded to Ed Miliband's call for cross party talks to block the planned pay rise for MPs.
Sources point out that there is already cross party agreement on the issue: all three party leaders have publically expressed their opposition to the reported 11 per cent hike in salary.
Nick Clegg's aides also point out that the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority does not publish its recommendations until Thursday, so it would be wrong for politicians to get involved in a process - which is rightly independent of politicians - before the announcement has been made.
No 10 rejects Miliband call for cross party talks on pay
The timing of Mr Miliband's announcement condemning a possible pay rise for MPs' has raised a few eyebrows.Read the full story ›
No 10: decline to say if PM will accept 11% pay rise
Earlier Downing Street declined to say whether David Cameron is ready to accept the expected above-inflation pay hike for MPs.
The PM's official spokesman told a regular Westminster media briefing:
I don't believe Ipsa have made a formal proposal yet. Any proposal that they make will be reviewed in mid-2015.
The Prime Minister's long-standing position is that the cost of politics should go down, not up. He doesn't think that MPs' pay should go up while public sector pay is being restrained.
Miliband: MPs' 11% pay rise 'cannot go ahead'
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called for cross-party talks with the Conservatives and the Lib Dems over an expected 11% pay rise recommendation by the MPs' independent standards watchdog:
If the package of proposals being set out by Ipsa is as reported it cannot go ahead when people are going through the biggest cost-of-living crisis for a generation.
We cannot have an outcome for MPs which does not command public confidence.
Therefore we are asking the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats for a cross-party approach which recognises the current economic circumstances where workers in the public and private sectors are going through such difficult times.
Pay must attract people from 'modest backgrounds'
Labour's Jack Straw has said MPs pay must increase to attract "people of modest backgrounds" into politics.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) is expected to increase MPs' pay by 11 per cent to take effect after the 2015 general election.
Mr Straw, who will stand down as an MP at the next election, admitted there was never a right time to increase MPs pay but said the salary must be sufficient enough to attract a wide range of people including those who had not inherited family wealth or homes.
Speaking on Radio 4's The World This Weekend, the former Foreign Secretary questioned whether it was right MPs pay had "fallen so far behind" some primary and secondary school headteachers, local government figures and senior journalists.
Alexander: IPSA should 'apply restraint' to MPs pay
"Most people would find it pretty extraordinary that [IPSA] would be recommending a large rise for MPs at a time when living standards in this country are under pressure," Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander told ITV News.
"I would still appeal to IPSA even at this late stage to recognise that the economic climate - the climate of pay for people in the public sector particularly - is one of continuing restraint and that same principle should be applied to MPs," he said.
Campaign group: Public don't back increase to MPs pay
The chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance campaign group has said that the "public simply do not back the increase" to MPs pay.
Taxpayers will be furious that the pay rise comes at a time when MPs urge public pay restraint and the Chancellor tells us he can't afford to ease the burden of taxes on hard-pressed households and businesses.
Ipsa's own polling and research shows that the current level of pay to be broadly fair and that the public simply do not back the increase.
This announcement amounts to an unaccountable quango putting up two fingers to taxpayers. The rise must be rejected.
MPs tea, biscuits and 'resettlement grants' face the axe
Among measures already on the table to offset the cost of the rise - which is 9 per cent higher than the rate MPs will be on by 2015 - was an end to "resettlement grants" of up to £65,000 for departing MPs.
Under the plans that would be reduced to two weeks' pay for every year of service if they are under 41, and three weeks if they are older by 2020.
A £15 dinner allowance would be scrapped, claims for tea and biscuits would not be allowed, and taxpayer-funded taxis home only allowed after 11pm.
There would also be a crackdown on claims for running second homes, with costs such as TV licences and contents insurance no longer being met.
Fury over plan to hand MPs a £7,600 pay rise
People have reacted furiously on Facebook and Twitter over the news that MPs are to be handed a £7,600 pay rise.
@itvnews yeah right.... #allinittogether how many will turn it down??
@itvnews And I'm powerless to think they're all a bunch of hogs at the trough. Sad isn't it?
Ipsa to boost MPs pay to £73,365
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's (Ipsa) original report conceded there is no "compelling evidence" that MPs' current salary level is deterring candidates, making people leave Parliament, affecting the diversity of the House or lowering the standard of ministers.
Ipsa said it had looked at increasing the current salary of £66,396 to anywhere between £73,365 and £83,430, but opted for the lower end "in recognition of the current difficult economic circumstances".
After 2015 wages would increase annually in line with average UK earnings.


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DeKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois senior Jenner Sio and junior Jenelle McCalla were named to the 2012 Capital One All-District Track & Field/Cross Country team, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Thursday. Sio graduated this spring with a 4.0 GPA in nursing, while McCalla has a 4.0 GPA in psychology. This marks the fourth time in the last five years that an NIU athlete has earned academic honors from CoSIDA. "The staff and I are proud of Jenner & Jenelle's achievements and are honored that they are recipients of this award," said Huskie head coach Connie Teaberry. "These ladies work diligently academically and athletic, always striving for excellence, which is evident since both ladies have maintained a cumulative 4.0 GPA. They are exceptional and are the ideal models of student-athletes." Sio broke her own school record in the indoor triple jump with a 39-01.00 (11.91m) leap at the Iowa State Classic and shattered the NIU outdoor triple jump mark at the Drake Relays, jumping 40-02.00 (12.24m). The Rockford, Ill. native earned Academic All-MAC honors for the 2011-12 indoor season and capped off the season with 11 top five finishes. Sio also recorded the top long jump mark of the indoor season for NIU with a 17-02.25 (5.42m) jump. Meanwhile, McCalla helped set the NIU indoor 4x400 relay record with a 3:47.74 clip at the Iowa State Classic, in addition to posting personal bests in the 300 meters, 400 meters, 600 yards and 600 meters during the indoor season. The Whitby, Ontario, Canada native recorded nine top five finishes between the indoor and outdoor seasons, while earning Academic All-MAC honors following the indoor season. Sio and McCalla represent two of only five athletes with 4.0 GPAs in District 5, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Additionally, NIU is one of just three MAC schools represented, joining Kent State and Akron who had one and two athletes, respectively. Academic All-District Honorees – District 5First TeamChelsea Blanchard (Indiana) 3.97, Visual Art EducationEmily Zimmerman (Dayton) 4.0, Adolescence to Young Adult EducationRebecca Buchholtz (Michigan State) 3.81, General ManagementAriane Beaumont-Courteau (Akron) 3.99, DieteticsMalaikah Love (Southern Illinois) 3.48, Dental HygieneBrittany Smith (Illinois State) 3.70 MathematicsValerie Fraizer (Akron) 3.86 Art EducationRebecca Addison (Michigan State) 3.53, Movement ScienceBreanne Ehrman (Indiana) 3.98, Elementary EducationErin Baldinger (Dayton) 3.98, DieteticsAisha Praught (Illinois State) 3.31, Geology Second TeamJillian Smith (Michigan) 3.74, EnvironmentSara Oczypok (Kent State) 3.95, Exercise PhysiologyJenner Sio (Northern Illinois) 4.0, Management Jenelle McCalla (Northern Illinois) 4.0, Psychology Mariya Denisenko (Illinois-Chicago) 4.0, KinesiologySamantha Hamilton (Youngstown State) 3.78, Exercise ScienceNicole Hope (Indiana State) 3.65, Exercise ScienceBridget Sanchez (Eastern Illinois) 4.0, PsychologyKiley Tobel (Michigan) 3.77, Brain, Behavior and Cognitive ScienceKim Fortney (Southern Illinois) 3.83, Communication DisordersKenya Culmer (Southern Illinois) 3.33, ManagementShelbi Burnett (Butler) 3.45, Secondary EducationKaty Moore (IP-Fort Wayne) 3.97 CommunicationsLindsey Cummings (Dayton) 3.88, International Studies HistoryLizzie Gleason (Dayton) 3.98, Pre-MedicineSamantha Ginther (Indiana) 3.71, Public Health


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Buick dealers will soon be offering a small sedan, based of the same platform as the Chevrolet Cruze. The 2012 Buick model, the Chinese edition is previewed in this linked post (and pictured to the right of this article), should be called the Verano and should go on sale sometime in the second half of 2011.
Thanks to a leaked survey document on GM Inside News, we have an excellent idea of the 2012 Verano's pricing and equipment levels. Of course, because this is a survey of dealers and is early on in the process equipment and pricing could change by the time these cars reach dealer lots.
All models at launch appear to sport the same powertrain: a 2.4L, 4 cylinder engine sporting 180 hp @ 6700RPM and 172 lb-ft of torque at 4900 RPM couple to a six speed automatic transmission.
Checking the 1SB code on the order form will net you a base model that has an estimated $20,900 to $21,500 price tag.
The 1SB will add remote start, fully automatic, dual climate control, a "connected color radio with Bluetooth connectivity" and a price range of $22,100 to $22,700.
The 1SG adds a six way power seat, heated outside rear view mirrors, rear park assist and electrochromic inside rear view mirror. You will part with $23,300 to $23,900 for this model.
For Mr. Fancy Pants, there is the 1SL and ticking that box will gain you heated seats and steering wheel, passive entry and push button start, Bose premium audio and 18" wheels. Get ready to write a check for $25,600 to $26,200 for this one.
As previously announced by Buick, do not expect any model designations on the Verano itself. Buick wants to copy a play from Lexus and other premium brands where there is one model and various packages that build upon it.
While the initial release of Verano's appear to be mono-spec powertrain wise, Buick will undoubtedly offer higher priced models with more power on tap later on in the release cycle.
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The Project/Program Metaphor Thing Again
By asparks on Nov 04, 2010
After a long (OK very long) break due to my diversion into Managed Services (another very interesting part of Consulting) I was prompted to respond to a comment on my metaphor for illustrating the difference between projects and programs…
To recap the original post and subsequent reprise you can find them here and here
Hi Andrew..
the difference b/w Project and program is well said.
if you can add Portfolio management to the metaphor it will be great to
see all of them together.
Commenter name: Nagabhushanam
Indeed – a very good question.
Portfolio management (in the context of projects and programs) is the process you use to decide which programs to implement, and within each program, which projects to implement. Or which ones to kill.
At the most basic level the process (I guess) should have some objective, documented, criteria (cost? benefit? risk? feasibility?) that support the choice making process.
I am resisting the idea of trying to stretch the metaphor to include portfolio management (regional planning councils? air traffic control?) simply because engineering metaphors to cover more examples is a bit like explaining why a particular joke is funny. As soon as you do that it isn't funny.
So I welcome any thoughts on other illustrative metaphors applicable to the world of P3M (Projects & Program Portfolio Management) – if only because a better set of metaphors makes it easier to explain the world of the Project Lifestyle to those affected by it…


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With a depth of approximately 2 feet, the longer anchors allow for taller gravity walls (i.e., those that don't require geogrid reinforcement) than are usually possible with segmental wall systems — an attractive option for project locations that don't have room for excavation and geogrid placement.
In Springfield, Mass., state DOT engineers faced just such a predicament this year. As part of a $1.4 million streetscape improvement project involving concrete flatwork, brick paver areas, plantings, and imprint crosswalks, the city planned to build eight "gateway walls" at major intersections.
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This Week's Liturgy
It is the Lord!
April 10th, 2016 (see other dates)
Third Sunday of Easter
Discussion Questions for Reading 1Do you remember that, shortly after the death of Jesus, the apostles were so frightened that they hid in an upper room and locked the doors? After reading today's scripture passage, how would you describe their behavior? Why do you think they are acting so differently?
How will you try to obey God's will even when it is not popular to do so? Where will you find help and support?
Reading 1 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41
Reading 1 ReflectionIf our readings each had titles, this one could be called "Brave Heroes Spread Good News." Although Peter and some of the other apostles had been imprisoned and beaten, they continued to preach in Jesus' name. They also dared to accuse the religious authorities of putting Jesus to death. Despite the danger to themselves, the apostles spoke out with great courage. "We must obey God rather than men," they proclaimed. Now that they were filled with the Holy Spirit, facing danger for Jesus' sake actually made them joyful!
Discussion Questions for Reading 2Have you ever had a dream in which animals could talk? This is the kind of vision John had. "Every creature" joined the angels and the elders in praise. The resurrection of Jesus affected every creature in the world.
Of course we know that, in the everyday world, animals do not speak in human language. However, they do praise God simply by being--by running, jumping, eating, and sleeping. We need animals, even the tiniest insects, to help keep our world in balance. Animals also help make the world a more beautiful and happier place.
God intended for all his creation to live in harmony. God wants us to care for all creation. What does that tell us about the place of animals in our world? How can you help the wild animals in our world, especially the ones in danger of extinction? If you have a pet, how can you be a responsible pet owner? How can you show respect for and kindness to animals as creatures of God?
Reading 2 Revelations 5:11-14
Reading 2 ReflectionThe title of the second reading might be "All Creation Praises the Lamb." It describes a vision of the heavenly court in which a huge crowd of angels and all living beings are gathered. They are all singing the praises of the Lamb of God, Jesus the Lord. By his death and resurrection, Jesus has reconciled us with God and given us cause for great joy.
Discussion Questions for GospelReread the passages in this gospel passage in which Jesus tells the apostles to lower their net on the other side of the boat. Why do you think the apostles took Jesus' advice? Suppose they had had the know-it-all attitude, "Well, what does Jesus know about fishing? He was a carpenter, not a fisherman. We're the professionals here!" Where would this arrogance have gotten them?
Saint Benedict told his monks to be sure to ask the youngest in the monastery for advice, because often God reveals his will to the "least likely" person. What does this tell you about seeking an answer to a problem you might have?
We share a special meal as Jesus' disciples today. It is the Eucharist. We also recognize that Jesus calls us to care for others. How will you show your love to those who join in the celebration of the Eucharist with you?
Gospel John 21:1-19 or 21:1-14
Gospel ReflectionThe title of this wonderful story from John's Gospel might be "Surprise Picnic at the Beach." In a very human way, it shows the great love Jesus and his friends had for one another. While the disciples are out fishing, the risen Christ appears on the shore at Lake Tiberias. They are anchored at a distance and do not recognize him. But when they follow his advice and wind up with a sagging net full of fish, John figures out that the stranger is Jesus. Coming ashore, they enjoy the picnic breakfast Jesus has prepared for them.
Although our reading stops after the meal itself, we know from the rest of the Gospel that Jesus called Peter aside after they ate. He asked Peter to "feed my lambs. Tend my sheep."
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
Jesus Lives in UsIn the gospel reading, the apostles do not recognize the risen Jesus. Then John says, "It is the Lord!" Explain to the children that Jesus lives in each of us today. To reinforce this concept, gather the children in a circle. Have each child say one way another child in the class is like Jesus. Continue until all children have a turn.
Picnic on the BeachReenact the gospel reading in which Jesus prepares and feeds his apostles a breakfast of bread and fish. Make a "fire" using paper towel spools for logs and yellow, orange, and red tissue paper for the flames. Gather the children around the "fire." "Cook" gummi fish or goldfish crackers and small rolls of bread on the "fire." Enjoy this meal as a class.
Proclaiming Faith Activities
Planning a PicnicThe Easter season is a time for celebrating joyfully. Imagine how the disciples must have celebrated every time the risen Jesus reappeared among them! Plan an Easter season picnic based on today's Gospel. If the spring weather in your area is still chilly, an indoor picnic might be fun!
Where? ___________________________________
When? ____________________________________
How many guests? ___________
Members of the crew (who will collect food):
Food items (your version of bread and fish):
Members of acting troupe (who will act out the Gospel story):
Jesus: ______________________
Peter: ______________________
John: ______________________
Other disciples:
How will you do your part to make the Easter picnic a success?
Speaking Out under FireConsider the bravery of Peter's words, "We must obey God rather than men." Imagine how you and a few good friends might live up to these words of Peter in the following situations.
Scene #1
Other youths make fun of you for getting out of bed to go to church on Sunday mornings.
Suggestion: Make a good-humored response such as, "Some things are worth getting out of bed for. Not many--but some."
Your response:
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An adult or older teen tells you that it is a waste of time to read and study the Bible.
Suggestion: Give an example of a way reflecting on God's word has helped you.
Your response:
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