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Wow... to work you really do have to sell your sole to the devil. Signing a recall petition has now been made a terminable offense in the eyes of republican maggots who would most likely support stoning as a punishment. You're all sick and I suspect you would support racism if it happens to fit your particular needs.Hide replies
Do you undertand they are in the business of reporting the news and are suppose to not have a bias. By signing a petition that is clearly available to the public. It put there ability to not be bias clearly in question They signed a contract that said they cannot do this they should abide by it. Oh thats right any contract or law you don't agree with doesn't matter because you disagree with it. Thats liberal thinking.
It was not known that these recall lists were going to be made public. Further, journalists have worked for the last century covering politicians of all stripes while having their own private bias. There were reporters covering FDR who did not like him or his politics. They could have easily reported the fact that he was in a wheelchair and walked with braces, which the general public did not know. They did not. There were many reporters who did not like JFK or agree with his politics, and knew of his romantic escapades with various women while in office. They could have reported these things to the public. They did not. Ethics are a funny thing - you either have them or you don't. Apparently, some of these news organizations don't trust their employees and don't believe their employees have the proper ethics, such that they need to have them sign documents affirming certain behavior, both during work hours and outside of work hours. I find that offensive and infringing on the constitutional rights of these employees. Releasing the names of people who signed the Recall petitions should not have happened, either. It is nobody's business - a personal decision. But, we now live in this Orwellian age where satellite images of your home are online, your identity can be stolen, your library records can be accessed, your employer can control nearly aspect of your life, and so on. I find this all very distressing, but the Republicans on this blog seem to rejoice in it and call it "Liberal thinking" if you question any of this egregious behavior. Interesting, to say the very least.
What a joke. All of us can have our own personal, political, and professional opinions. This in no way affects our ability to do our job.
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Not at all surprised. We have known for years that almost the entire media is in the tank for the radical left. This just confirms it. Thank God for talk radio exposing this absolute hypocrisy. Actually, this recall madness created by the union thugs is turning out to be a good thing because for years now we will be able to search that database and find the leftist who are out to coddle the unions and raise our taxes.Hide replies
LOL.. Awesome post from 45acp... Entire Media is radical left. Thank god for Talk Radio. Recall madness by union thugs..
Huh, I guess Trenni is a thug then eh? Or me? Or the other 900k that signed the petition? Grow up. This is nothing but a witch hunt to get that non-like minded purged of their station. People can think for themselves unless you follow lock and step behind the Republican banter... I think it was good to "verify" the vote by removing fake names and duplicates, but this is an attack on a private process, or at least it should have been.
They should not vote either.
These stations should also have to report that their employees also take bathroom breaks and really do use the toilet from time to time.
Do these people also have to disclose who they vote for too?
Airwar - In this country, voting is by secret ballot, and hence a private act. Petitioning for the removal of a government official is a public act.
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Biblical figures are currently being featured in the form of small, porcelain sculptures in Paradise, the latest exhibition of work by Mary Carlson. In this show, Carlson depicts a heavenly kingdom with several variations of characters such as Adam and Eve, Mary Magdalene, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Catherine of Alexandria, and also includes sculptures of special flowers. She evokes the souls of these legendary figures by using glazed stoneware, porcelain, that are sometimes combined with beads, Styrofoam, thread, dried flowers, and plaster.
One poignant piece in the show is Adam and Eve (after Masaccio) depicting the first couple desperately begging for forgiveness after disobeying God's orders. Adam is seen with his hands covering his face while Eve is seen looking up, crying out to the Lord with her hand over her heart. Another piece titled Adam, Eve, God (after Bosch) features Adam and sitting on one patch of grass while Eve is kneeling down on another patch of grass while holding the hand of God, who is seen wearing a rose-colored robe.
St. Catherine of Alexandria is another significant subject in this show. One sculpture titled Catherine of Alexandria (after Josse Lieferine) features St. Catherine with a pleasant, reassuring expression on her face as she holds an open book in one hand and gently holds out her other hand in a comforting manner. Golden strands of thread represent her long, blonde hair flowing freely in the wind. Catherine of Alexandria (after Roger van der Weyden) is a more morose portrayal of the Saint where appears bald, her gaze set downward, and holding a dried out flower in hand.
Mary Magdalene is portrayed in one self-titled figure where she possesses an heir of authority wearing a dark green dress and a light green robe while holding a ball of bright red beads. Another version of Jesus' most faithful follower Mary Magdalene (after Piero della Francesca) depict her wearing a rose-colored robe, while holding a small, round container, with a pointed lid in her hand.
Mary Carlson is a recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work has been featured at many shows and galleries across the country and around the world. She lives and works in both New York City and upstate New York.
At The Elizabeth Harris Gallery, 529 W. 20th St., through Jun. 21. The gallery is open Tues.—Sat. from 11 a.m.—6 p.m.


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Annual International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences, 5th - 8th May 2014 in Athens, Greece [6086]
Bioavailability - Bioequivalence, Dissolution testing and Biowaivers, 14th - 15th May 2014 at the Continental Hotel Zara in Budapest, Hungary [6534]
Analytical Instrument Qualification and System Validation, 19th - 20th May 2014 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, MA in Boston, USA
Validation of Analytical Methods for Pharmaceutical Analysis, 28th - 29th May 2014 at the Jury�s Inn Heathrow, London, UK in London, United Kingdom
Assurance, Validation, Audits , 12-13 June, Mumbai, India
The 41st Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, 13 July 2014- 16 July 2014, Controlled Release Society, MN U.S.A
International Conference on Electrone MIcroscopy at University of Delhi, 7th to 9th JULY 2014
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)Arlington, VA 22201-3042
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"www.pharmaresearch.in" is India 's 1st exclusive Pharma research website for academic research to bridge the existing lacuna between academic institutes and Pharma industry by providing research problems / topic / clue / Title to all research scholars. The research theme will be actual research problem at R&D and/or F&D Pharma units and it will offer paramount opportunity to each research scholar to show their potentials according to need of Pharma research industry.
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The main objective of the website is to deliver Pharma research problems to academic institute and research scholars by industry personnel. The research problems will also be provided by the experienced academicians. Apart from this, website will also provide as a sole destination to many information like latest news about seminars & workshops in India, Free access to Pharma journals, Indian Pharma publications, Impact factor for Pharma journals, Pharmaweb links, Free Pharma Softwares, Sources of financial assistance for research project in India, sources for travel grant, List of CRO in India, List of industries, List of facillities for instrumental analysis, List of facillities for herbarium and plant identification and many more Pharma updates.
The gap between industry's needs and the academic community's aspirations appears to be considerably large. There exists a strong feeling, at least in the academic circles, that unless technology driven initiatives find a surer place in the industrial sector in this country, the academia-industry interaction is likely to remain confined to developmental activities with limited exploratory or research-based content. With little or no acknowledgement of research-intensive needs on the part of industry, and the marginal interest that purely development related activities evoke amongst the academia, the academia-industry interaction does not appear to be resting on very firm grounds. Moreover, there appears to be a critical mismatch in relative perceptions of the two on the issue of how technology development is to be achieved. For academia, technology development amounts to conceptualization and execution coupled with validation at the laboratory level. For industry, the interest lies in translating the laboratory-validated concept into a commercial proposition, where the most important considerations are those of economic viability. The industrial R&D in the country should actually be focused on this phase of technology development where laboratory models are scaled up and converted into commercially viable products/processes. Evolving a laboratory-proven idea into an implementable technology is a kind of effort, which the academic community does not appear to be fully geared towards, at least at present. Should the academia be at all involved in such an effort? This is a question we need to confront keeping in view the possibility that academic potential is best exploited in the first phase of technology development.
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Liathach, Glen Torridon
Liathach is rated by many mountaineers and hillwalkers as Scotland's finest mountain, challenged only by An Teallach and the Cuillin of Skye. Its traverse is an expedition that will be remembered forever.
Well-trodden but exceedingly steep terrain throughout. There is mild rock scrambling en-route to the ridge, and awkward bouldery terrain along it. The path round the Am Fasarinen pinnacles is very exposed, requiring a good head for heights, and the descent from Mullach an Rathain includes steep scree. If unsure, hire a guide.
Public Transport
None to start.
Small parking area east of Glen Cottage.
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As Phoenix Comicon 2014 draws closer, the guest announcements continue to grow. Check out the list below for news on guest announcements and visit Phoenix Comicon for a complete roster of who'll be in Phoenix at the popular convention held this year from June 5 - 8.
Adam West, actor. Perhaps best known for his title role in the campy, classic 1960s Batman television series, West is also a voice actor who has done television's Family Guy, The Simpsons, Rugrats, Batman, Animaniacs, Jonny Bravo, Spydogs, and The Super Adventure Team. He's also lent his voice to animated films including Disney's Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons and Redux Riding Hood.
Burt Ward, actor. Ward joins co-star Adam West on stage at Phoenix Comicon, but the two have collaborated on other activities since Batman ended. Ward appeared in numerous reunions with co-star Adam West. The duo reprised their roles on the animated series The New Adventures of Batman, the television theater show Legends of the Superheroes, and in the 2003 television movie, Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt.
Julie Newmar, actress. In 1966, Newmar was the first actress to portray the villain known as Catwoman on Batman, and while she's remembered for her sense of humor, her willingness to play along made her the show's most popular villain. Visit JulieNewmar.com to see what the actress and author is up to.
Richard Dean Anderson, actor. Anderson, known to sci-fi fans for his portrayal of Col. Jack O'Neill on Stargate: SG-1, also has legions of fans who have followed him since he first picked up a paperclip on television's MacGyver.
Walter Emanuel Jones, actor. Jones is known for playing the role of Zack Taylor, the Black Ranger on the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Dean Lorey, Emmy-Nominated screenwriter, executive producer and author. Lorey is currently co-executive producer (with David E. Kelley) on CBS television's The Crazy Ones and is the author of the Nightmare Academy books for young adults.


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College Hockey:Mansfield and Velleca combine for five points as Merrimack outlasts Vermont
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — With both teams on two-game losing streaks, the Vermont Catamounts and No. 5 Merrimack Warriors each looked to get back on the winning track with two Hockey East points up for grabs Wednesday night.
Despite surges of confidence from Vermont, Merrimack secured the 5-2 victory on their home ice to improve their record to 10-2-1 and 7-2-1 in Hockey East, while Vermont falls to 3-11-1 and 1-9-1 Hockey East.
"I know that moral victories don't mean much, especially to our guys because they're tired of losing, but I thought we played our hearts out tonight," said Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon.
The first few minutes of the first period were very fast-paced with each team trying to out-skate and out-hit the other.
Merrimack got their first power-play opportunity two-and-a-half minutes in, but failed to convert with the Catamounts doing a nice job to keep Merrimack on the perimeter to settle for long range shots for goaltender Rob Madore to stop.
Merrimack struck the twine first at 6:55 with Jeff Velleca going one-on-one with Michael Paliotta and beating him with a Rick Nash-like outside-inside circus move and then beating Madore for the shorthanded goal to put Merrimack in front, 1-0.
Despite Velleca's shorthanded goal, Vermont continued to have good power-play movement, but Merrimack did a better job to sacrifice their bodies to block shots for goaltender Joe Cannata.
Merrimack had multiple quality chances in the latter half of the period, but good positioning from Madore forced the shots to sail just wide or into his pads to keep the deficit at only a goal.
The entire first 10 minutes of the second period belonged to Merrimack, with the Warriors owning possession of the puck, preventing turnovers, and getting the puck deep.
The Warriors' strong play led to a goal with Velleca firing a long-range drive from the point that trickled through Madore's pads for his second goal of the night and a 2-0 lead.
Nothing went right for Vermont until 11:48 when two Merrimack penalties put the Catamounts on a five-on-three power play.
"It's always good to get a win in Hockey East. Period," said Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy. "We are very confident in our penalty kill, but we have to be much smarter with our penalties."
The Catamounts took advantage and pinned the Warriors' defense down in front of Cannata by working the puck as close to the crease as possible.
The effort was too much as Drew MacKenzie zipped the puck cross-ice to Kyle Reynolds, who roofed the puck top-shelf past Cannata for a 2-1 score at 12:35.
The goal caused a full momentum shift with a surged Catamounts team pressuring the Warriors and possessing the puck.
Cannata kept the score tied when a bad bounce off a stanchion found Reynolds in the slot, but Cannata's blocker denied him his second goal of the night.
Vermont was in control until 16:13 of the second period when Velleca stole the puck in the slot and got the puck to Justin Mansfield on the doorstep to shove the puck past Madore for a 3-1 lead going into the third period.
"As an athlete, you don't like to have that lingering loss just sitting there all week, so playing on Wednesday and getting back out there helped us out a lot," said Mansfield.
Sebastian Stalberg put the Catamounts within one goal at 9:43 with a blast from the high-slot beating Cannata for a 3-2 score.
Seconds later, Colin Markison appeared to tie the game, but an official review reversed the decision to keep the score at 3-2.
Merrimack took advantage of the break at 14:19 when a Carter Madsen won a battle along the boards and slipped the puck to Mansfield, who got in close and slipped the puck five-hole past Madore for a 4-2 lead.
Just 15 seconds later at 14:34, Connor Toomey snuck behind the net, received the pass, and slipped the puck past Madore's short side pad to increase the score to 5-2 Merrimack.
With the net empty and two minutes left, Vermont had a 6-on-3 advantage, but solid defensive play from Merrimack and clutch saves by Cannata fended off the late surge to preserve the victory for Merrimack.
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popguy (05-30-2012)
Here are my specs:
I have a lite-on 74850C flashed with LT+ 3.0. It got hit by the recent dae.bin silent update.
I have an ihas 124b burner also flashed with the most update frw
I am using verbatims MK03 burning at 4.0 with OPC on
I have a Sata via chipset
Now the problem. I hadn't flashed my drive since November and had since been using back-ups that were truncated. I burned a truncated back-up of a recent game and it began updating (I never go online) something. After which I was unable to play the game. I then flashed my drive with lt+ 3.0, subsequently none of my rgd3 games work. I have an ihas burner that I picked up and have tried burning them that way and have 4 verbatim coasters as a result. Each of them verified and burned without truncating. Nothing out of the ordinary with Kprobe. Each time I put an xgd3 game in it says play DVD then returns to the dashboard while playing other older and retail games.
I have read that this is a possible laser problem, however I ordered a new drive and it arrived today which I flashed and result is the same exact problem. I am not an expert but I sure wouldn't call myself a noob on this stuff. Any ideas would be greatly apprecaited.
are u using the liteon 0800 fw? cause thats for ripping the games...
u need the 0251 lt 3.0 for your liteon drive. i have the same drive myself :P
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are you saying that I don't flash it with the normal fw that says lt 74850?
well what dash are you on? cause if your on the newest your 74850 is now a 02510
and youd want to flash it with that fw that i told you about in the above post.
Yes I am on the newest. So I flash it as if it was a 0251?
Thanks so much. I haven't responded because I have been killing bad guys with the force in Star Wars kinect all night That worked like a charm!


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AUSTIN, Texas – Greg Skipper unleashed the ninth best men's hammer throw in school history and Dakotah Keys set a second day personal best in the decathlon as the Ducks' track and field teams continued competition Thursday at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
Skipper continued his strong early season with a six-foot personal best in the men's hammer to finish second overall. The freshman from Oregon City, Ore., had a best throw of 216-5/65.96m on Thursday, which ranks as the fifth-best in the nation this season and the ninth-best in school history.
UCLA's Alec Faldermeyer won the hammer with a mark at 228-10/69.75m.
Keys set personal bests in three events to finish fourth in the decathlon with 7,743 points.
Curtis Beach of Duke won the decathlon with 8,011 points, followed by Romain Martin of Texas-Arlington with 7,904, Isaac Murphy of Texas with 7,758 and Keys. Those were the top four decathlon scores in the nation so far in 2013.
Keys won the decathlon javelin with an impressive throw of 210-11/64.28m on his final attempt. That was a personal best by nearly two feet.
His day got off to a strong start with personal bests in the first two events.
Keys opened by running 14.71 in the 110 meter hurdles and then threw the discus 124-4/37.91m, for an improvement of more than two feet over his prior best effort.
The sophomore from Sweet Home, Ore., then tied his decathlon PR in the pole vault with a clearance at 15-9/4.80m. He finished his day with a time of 4:34.17 in the 1,500 meters.
Keys' day two score, 3,875 points, was a personal best by 51 points.
Blake Kemp took 11th in his first career heptathlon with 7,019 points.
He ran a personal best 15.64 in the 100 meter hurdles and followed that with a mark of 112-11/34.42m in the discus. The freshman from Coos Bay, Ore., matched his personal best in the pole vault with a clearance at 15-1/4.60m.
Kemp had another PR in the javelin with a throw of 150-1/45.76m. That was a 20-foot improvement over his high school best. He finished his day by running 4:51.49 in the 1,500 meters.
In other events in Austin, freshman Alyssa Monteverde won her section of the 400 meter hurdles in 1:03.82.
Annie Whitfield claimed third in the women's javelin. The freshman from Sweet Home, Ore., had a best throw of 143-9/43.82m on her final attempt to move up from ninth place to third.
Senior Austin Ouderkirk and freshman Matt Hidalgo both had seasonal best clearances in the pole vault at 16-7.25/5.06m. Based on misses, Ouderkirk finished 10th and Hidalgo 12th.
The track and field teams continue competition in Austin as the relay portion of the meet gets underway on Friday. Oregon will also have several distance runners competing at the Stanford Invitational Friday and Saturday.
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Members in the Media
Steven Chu, Energy Secretary, describing how his new job as head of the Department of Energy is different from academia, The New York Times, March 22, 2009.
"The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes."
Freeman Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study, explaining what he sees as the role of a futurist, New York Times Magazine, March 25, 2009.
"Everybody's talking about this [recession] as a structural change in our economy, in which some jobs that are lost are never going to come back, so we are interested in making sure we create new jobs and new industries,"
Claude Canizares, MIT, on how his university plans to utilize the stimulus money, The Boston Globe, March 23, 2009.
"It turns out a lot of people in Hollywood think science is cool,"
Jennifer Ouellette, National Academy of Sciences, USA Today, March 25, 2009.
"These funds will allow us to make new investments in SLAC and in the scientific future of our country…We will be able to accelerate the delivery of science from our premier new facility."
Persis Drell, SLAC, on how the economic stimulus package will benefit research at the Linac Coherent Light Source, The San Francisco Chronicle, March 24, 2009.
"The ability to charge and discharge batteries in a matter of seconds rather than hours may open up new technological applications and induce lifestyle changes,"
Gerbrand Ceder, MIT, US News and World Report, March 16, 2009.
"This process will create temperatures of 100 million degrees and pressures billions of times greater than Earth's atmospheric pressure, forcing the hydrogen nuclei to fuse and release many times more energy than the laser energy required to spark the reaction,"
Edward Moses, National Ignition Facility, BBC News, March 31, 2009.
"I like the planet we live on. I hope we leave a thoughtful planet to our society and our children."
Alex Cronin, University of Arizona, on his work to improve the efficiency of solar collectors, Arizona Daily Star, April 5, 2009.
"If we want scientific literacy, then we want teachers to teach the beauty of science, the fun in it, the humor in it, and to bring examples of modern science into the classroom,"
Leon Lederman, Fermilab, UPI, April 10, 2009.
APS encourages the redistribution of the materials included in this newspaper provided that attribution to the source is noted and the materials are not truncated or changed.
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City Council Position 2
Shirley Maike is the incumbent in Medical Lake's race for Position 2 on the City Council.
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For her, the current city council, mayor and administration at City Hall have done a good job of maintaining the city's finances. She's running to keep that in place.
"The city is in a good position both fiscally and from a public safety standpoint," she said.
Maike cited maintaining the city's infrastructure as something on her list for the next term, as well as finding resources to be able to have that level of upkeep continue.
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Green-News: Thursday 1.15.08
- Plants are an important part of medicine. And not just to eat! Many drugs are derived from plants, like yew tree, hoodia, autumn crocus and magnolia, all of which help treat cancer. But pollution, over-harvesting, and habitat destruction are threatening 15,000 species of medicinal plants; via DiscoBlog.
- The rainforest houses the world's largest collection of plants and animals. Scientists call it our heart and lungs, but the Brazilian Amazon has suffered major deforestation, more and more land is being cleared for cattle pastures. In some areas, deforestation has increased by 50% in 1 year; from LiveScience.
- Maybe old people can replant the rainforest! A new study suggests gardening helps older men and women feel better. Researchers claim on most days gardeners meet the recommended 30 minutes of moderate physical activity and in the spring many people spent an hour gardening; Reuters reports.
- A Berkeley, California company wants to farm rooftop vegetables. It involves building hydroponic greenhouses on top of local supermarkets to grow fruits and vegetables and then sell them to the customers below. This could cut transportation and production costs by 80%; via GreenUpgrader.
- And a Japanese firm plans to manufacturer CD and DVD cases with rice-plastic. The composite material is 10% rice and consumes significantly less fossil fuel during production and emits 10% less carbon dioxide than traditional materials, but the hybrid cases are more expensive; from CleanTechnia.
- To cut costs, and save the environment, many schools are going paperless, using digital filing systems and online fliers. No paper allowed. It's going well! Some school districts claim 95% of students are subscribing to school newsletters online. And, it's keeping junk out of kids' heavy backpacks; via ENN.
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The Master of Education (MEd) in Language Education program brings students up to date on the latest practices, programs, and changes in education laws.
There is a growing need within New Hampshire and throughout the country for trained language teachers. The New Hampshire Department of Education lists TESOL as a critical shortage area.
The program offers the following concentrations:
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Education, K-12 Certification
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Education (non-certification)


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Keep the grill going for a colorful July 4 dessert
As somebody who spends a whole lot of time thinking about grilling, I love that so many Americans celebrate July Fourth by busting out the grill.
So many of us are eating the same thing cooked in the same way, it's kind of like summer's version of Thanksgiving. Hamburgers, hot dogs and ribs rule the day.
But dessert is your opportunity to switch it up.
This pizza — aptly named a red, white and blue pizza — is not some gimmicky colored icing kind of dessert. It's quick, easy, fresh, healthy and delicious!
The dough is grilled crisp on both sides to give the dessert a hearty crust that is more substantial than pastry dough and can be grilled hours in advance, then assembled just before serving. This is the best way to make the pizza so the crust stays crisp and crunchy.
The ricotta cheese base is sweetened with just a touch of sugar, some vanilla, lemon zest and slivers of crystalized ginger. You could top the lemony-ginger ricotta with fruit and serve it in a bowl, but atop a crisp, crunchy, slightly smoky crust, it becomes an addictive dessert.
When grilling the dough for this dessert pizza, follow these pizza making tips (many of which apply whether your pizza toppings are sweet or savory).
n Always start with very clean cooking grates
n Ensure the grill is hot before adding the dough
n Roll the dough as thinly as possible, about 1/8 inch thick
n Brush the dough liberally with olive oil on both sides, then sprinkle with coarse polenta or grits
n Grill the crust over direct medium heat, usually for 2 to 3 minutes per side (or until golden)
Red, white and blue grilled fruit pizza
Start to finish: 30 minutes (10 minutes active)
Servings: 6
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 tablespoons sugar, divided
2 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger
Zest of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons uncooked grits or coarse polenta, for rolling the dough
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
20-ounce ball prepared pizza dough, at room temperature
2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 1/2 cups fresh raspberries
1/4 cup honey
Heat the grill to high.
In a medium bowl, stir together the ricotta, vanilla, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, ginger and lemon zest. Set aside.
Sprinkle your work surface with the grits or polenta. Set the dough on top.
Mix together the remaining 3 tablespoons of sugar and the cinnamon, then sprinkle this mixture over the dough. Knead the cinnamon-sugar into the dough until well mixed. Let the dough rest for 20 minutes. Gently roll or stretch the dough out into a 14-inch rectangle or circle about 1/4 inch thick. Brush the top of the dough with 1 tablespoon of the oil.
For a gas grill, reduce all burners to medium. Pick up the dough by the 2 corners closest to you and carry it to the grill. In one motion, lay the dough down flat on the grill grate. Close the lid and grill for 3 minutes, then check the crust and, if necessary, continue grilling until the bottom is well marked and evenly browned.
For a charcoal grill, bank all of the gray-ashed briquettes to one side. Pick up the dough by the 2 corners closest to you and carry it to the grill. In one motion, lay the dough down flat on the grill grate on the cooler side of the grill. Close the lid and grill for 3 minutes, then check the crust and, if necessary, rotate the dough and continue grilling until the bottom is well marked and evenly browned.
Spread the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil over the top of the dough, then use tongs to flip it and grill until the second side is well browned.
Transfer the crust to a baking sheet, then immediately spread the ricotta mixture evenly over the top. Arrange the berries over the ricotta, then finish with a generous drizzle of honey. Slice and serve immediately.
Nutrition information per serving: 420 calories; 110 calories from fat (26 percent of total calories); 12 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 75 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 28 g sugar; 12 g protein; 370 mg sodium.


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On occasion, the atheist podcast and radio show "Reasonable Doubts" will feature an interview with a high-profile atheist who was formerly a religious activist.
In the past two years, the show has interviewed a radio personality who began his religious activity lobbying within a fundamentalist evangelical church against liberal politics. From there, he converted to Catholicism. Finding the current Catholic doctrine to be too lax, he joined a Catholic sub-culture whose efforts involved resurrecting the far stricter teachings of medieval Catholicism. Finding this did not satisfy the perfection he sought in religion, he began to push a return to Old Testament law. This pursuit of radical legalism left him entirely disillusioned with religion, eventually causing his conversion to atheism.
The show also interviewed a former Mormon woman whose induction into the Latter Day Saints required her to embrace bizarre and oppressive standards, including absolute subjugation to her husband. She eventually divorced her husband, fled the religion, and has discovered giddy moral freedom in her current life as a professional dominatrix.
The most recent interviewee was a woman who embraced and became a leading voice in a religious movement known as Quiverfull. Formerly the administrator of the household – a role with which both she and her husband had been comfortable – her new religious views required her to insist that her husband take charge, while she remained submissive to him. She isolated her family to an extreme degree, eventually forming a home church and homeschooling her children. She had increasingly risky and life-threatening pregnancies, since her religious beliefs required her to have as many children as possible. Finally, a kindly atheist uncle helped her to see that her lifestyle was senseless and self-destructive, and she divorced her husband to become an atheist.
Around the year 2008, atheists in the UK and the US began promoting bus signs with various anti-religious slogans, one of which read "There's probably no God, now stop worrying and enjoy life."
This slogan succinctly sums up the looming problem with religion: only good boys and girls go to heaven. God, therefore, becomes a source of worry; of anxiety. How do I know if I'm good enough? With this omniscient authority figure frowning down from heaven on high, constantly judging my every action, ready to condemn, his laws are an oppressive burden that rob life of any enjoyment it might otherwise offer.
Consequently, atheism becomes a source of relief. Freed from the horror of this judgmental God, a person may now act as they please without fear of consequence.
This is, perhaps, summed up best by the closing paragraph of Rachael Slick's 2013 article, The Atheist Daughter of a Notable Christian Apologist Shares Her Story:
"Someone once asked me if I would trade in my childhood for another, if I had the chance, and my answer was no, not for anything.
My reason is that, without that childhood, I wouldn't understand what freedom truly is — freedom from a life centered around obedience and submission, freedom to think anything, freedom from guilt and shame, freedom from the perpetual heavy obligation to keep every thought pure. Nothing I've ever encountered in my life has been so breathtakingly beautiful.
Freedom is my God now, and I love this one a thousand times more than I ever loved the last one."
The freedom from moral responsibility that atheism seems to offer is somewhat contradicted by "morality without religion" which has become a topic of much discussion in atheist circles.
In their article "Morality without Religion," atheists Hauser and Singer have this to say:
"…there are no moral principles shared by all religious people (disregarding their specific religious membership) but no agnostics and atheists. This observation leads to a second: atheists and agnostics do not behave less morally than religious believers, even if their virtuous acts are mediated by different principles. They often have as strong and sound a sense of right and wrong as anyone, including involvement in movements to abolish slavery and contribute to relief efforts associated with human suffering."
In her 2011 op-ed piece in the New York Times – titled "Good Minus God" - atheist Louise M. Antony says:
"We "moralistic atheists" …find moral value to be immanent in the natural world, arising from the vulnerabilities of sentient beings and from the capacities of rational beings to recognize and to respond to those vulnerabilities and capacities in others."
Both of these statements imply that humans naturally tend to follow moral laws without the necessity of a divine enforcer. One might assume from this that atheists believe religious morality is oppressive because it over-emphasizes the human obligation to be "good." Freed from religion, the world would go on being moral without suffering the guilt of self-consciously comparing oneself against an artificial set of rules.
This may or may not be what "moralistic atheists" believe, but either way, there appears to be a paradox here:
How does one reconcile the moral freedom of atheism with the moral law of atheism? Is there not any point at which one's personal desires and recreational preferences would violate the freedom of others? Is not the atheist still obligated to "treat others as you wish to be treated"? And if so, are there not some restrictions and self-restraints that atheists would necessarily have to abide by in order to live up to their own standard of morality?
If, for instance, an atheist is attracted to a woman other than his wife, he is left with the option of exercising his sexual freedom at the risk of his marriage, or protect his marriage at the expense of his sexual desires.
If and when religion is abandoned in society, prisons will not be torn down, wars will not cease, and individuals will continue to manipulate and abuse one another for their own selfish reasons. No morality enforced by religion, government, or nature has overcome these problems. If atheists are capable of being just as moral as the religious, they are also capable of being just as immoral.
Human beings are manifestly imperfect in their moral capacity. Capable of recognizing right and wrong, they consistently fail to live up to this selfsame standard.
The Christian Bible affirms this truth over and over:
"None is righteous, no, not one;
no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one."
The solution offered by scripture is not simply another moral code, doomed to failure. Rather, the Christian faith offers something no other belief system does - unqualified forgiveness:
"To [Jesus] all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
Any version of the Christian faith which teaches that humans must fulfil some moral law - must live some kind of sanctified life in order to be saved/redeemed/forgiven; misrepresents the teaching of Christ and is just as oppressive as atheists claim.
The Apostle Paul summarizes:
"For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe." (emphasis mine)
The very freedom people seek from the oppressive law of religion is offered through the person of Jesus Christ. As Jesus himself says:
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
Christianity, not atheism, offers relief from the oppression of moral law. Atheism offers no forgiveness, no release from guilt, because there is no one who can forgive.
For the Christian, the very God that advances the moral law justifies those who violate it:
"…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." (emphasis mine)


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Maraş, where traces of civilization date back to the 16th millennium B.C., is one of the most important pieces in the Anatolian cultural mosaic. You will enjoy touring Maraş, a perennially attractive destination in every period of its history.
With a civilized past going back thousands of years, Maraş in southeastern Turkey is one of the most important pieces in Anatolia's rich cultural mosaic. Besides its traditions, its culinary culture and its flora and fauna, which are richer than those of many an entire European country, it is also one of the world's major water basins. Traces of civilization in Maraş date back to the 16th millennium B.C., and exciting developments are occurring almost by the day in the excavations being carried out at Domuztepe Höyük and the Yukari Döngel Obasi cave settlement, shedding light on the area's pre-historic periods. Only a few months ago a clay figure, very probably the earliest example of man's shaping and baking clay, was found at the cave settlement near the city. The exact age of the finds, estimated to date to the period between the 16th and the 13th millennia B.C., will be determined following carbon dating.
Maraş's known history goes back to the second millennium B.C. The sources relate that the name Maraş comes from that of a Hittite general, Maraj. Capital city of the Hittites when they shared super-power status with ancient Egypt, Maraş took the name Markasi when it came under Assyrian rule.
Its fertile soil and highly defensible geographical situation made Maraş an attractive target of new conquerors in every period of history. The Medes, the Persians, Alexander the Great and the Seleucan Kingdom all ruled here. Possessed of beneficent natural beauty, the city was added to the lands of the Roman Empire, one of the greatest in history, in the 1st century B.C. Such a source of pride and happiness for Rome did Maraş become that it it acquired a new name, Germanicia, from the term 'Germanicus' (conqueror of Germany), one of the titles of the Emperor Caligula.
Passing in time from Rome to Byzantium, Maraş became the Arab conquerors' most sought-after target in Anatolia. The Byzantine, Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties all placed special importance on the city. Maraş's first encounter with the Turks was with the Seljuks in the 11th century. But there was no end to those who adored and coveted Maraş: The Crusaders, the Cilician Kingdom, the Mamluks, and finally the Dulkadiroğlu Principality, which dominated the city for around 200 years. The Dulkarids in particular left behind monuments in Maraş that have survived to our day. The Ulu Cami, or Great Mosque, an icon of the city's distinctive architecture, was a gift to the city of the Dulkarid ruler, Alaüddevle Bey.
Added to the Ottoman lands by Sultan Selim I, Maraş was a provincial capital for a long time before becoming a 'sanjak' or sub-provincial capital. The city was given a Turkish Medal of Independence by the young Republic for its role in the War of Independence, and the epithet 'Kahraman' (Hero) was added in front of its name.
The city's importance for the history of culture was further enhanced by the discovery of the spectacular floor mosaics of the ancient city of Germanikeia, whose founding in the beginings of 1st century A.C. is attributed to the Roman Emperor Caligula. The districts of Bağlarbaşi and Dulkadir, known locally as Karamaraş, at first glance give the appearance of a modest scattering of mostly one-story houses. Below this plain appearance however lurks a magnificent cultural treasure in the form of the floor mosaics of the historic Roman terrace houses, some of the finest examples of Roman art.
The Maraş mosaics, which adorned like fine lace the floors of the villas of prominent Romans of the period are such as to vie aesthetically with those of Ephesus and Zeugma. A stroke of luck for Kahramanmaraş in terms of their cultural tourism potential, Germanikeia floor mosaics have so far been encountered in four houses in the region. According to archaeologists, these mosaics constitute only a very small portion of those still under the ground. Following studies, a total of around a hundred Romans villas, as well as the agora and a temple of ancient Germanikeia, are thought to exist in the region where the floor mosaics were found. When the archaeological excavations are completed in the near future, Kahramanmaraş Archaeological Museum is going to take its place among the most important drawing points for art and culture buffs, with an extensive collection of some of the finest examples of the traditional Anatolian art of the mosaic.
A city rich in castles, Kahramanmaraş harbors literally dozens of them. These castles are the legacy of a long line of civilizations from the Hittites to the Ottomans. Among them, the biggest is Maraş Castle in the city center. Filled with cafes today, Maraş Castle actually stands atop a large Hittite 'höyük' or mound. It is an excellent place for a bird's-eye view of the city at evening when pigeons fly over in flocks. The township of Andirin, administratively attached to Maraş, is another area noteworthy for its large number of castles. The castles at Andirin with its harsh winds and extremely undulating terrain were at the same time built in view of each other for communications purposes. Over the centuries they have seen active use in protecting the caravans which were the commercial fleets of the Middle Ages as well as the caravanserais where those caravans alighted. With their impressive appearances, the Haştirin, Geben, Azgit and Afşin Hurman castles transport visitors into the depths of history. And the secret of their meticulous construction on the sheer rocky slopes must be sought in the mysteries of Anatolian architecture.
Ede: Brother, Elder Brother
Ökkeş: A traditional name frequently given to boys in Maraş
Firik: The unbaked Maraş tarhana
Kahke: A bread ring or black sesame seed bun
Tahildak: Ripe fig
Küldöken: A polite term of address for women
Gişi: Bey A polite term of address for men
Süllüm: Staircase
SEE: : Kahramanmaraş Archaeology Museum / the Great Mosque / the Grand Bazaar and neighboring area / Maraş Castle / Döngel Caves / the Andirin Castles / Bridge on the Ceyhan River / Menzelet Dam Reservoir / the Visit of the Seven Sleepers
TASTE: Maraş ice cream / Tarhana / Peppers / Pistachios / Yanyana, Sour Meatball Kebab, Stuffed Meatballs, and other local dishes / Trout
BUY: Among the traditional handicrafts, Chests / Knives / Rawhide Sandals / twisted gold Maraş Bracelets
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Magic, Not Illusionby George W. Stone | DC magazine | October 29, 2012
Has CityZen gone dim sum? That's what I'm wondering as Eric Ziebold wheels a silver cart to my table and presents a bamboo basket of forest-green dumplings. As the chef chats about Hong Kong and Chinese spices, I start to worry that the master of DC's most methodical kitchen, a man better known for his hushed focus than hocus-pocus, is doing the unthinkable: getting trendy.
Since its debut in 2004, CityZen has elevated un-trendiness to an art form, proving that classicism can be a rebellion in its own right. But a lot has happened in DC since then, including a casual-chic revolution that threatens to turn white-linen restaurants into Houdini-esque disappearing acts. To me, no chef is more creative than Ziebold. But what does creativity matter when fried comfort food sates our Twitter-sized attention spans?
While I'm thinking, Ziebold is talking. Three minutes into his patter, he lifts one dazzlingly bright orange dumpling after another from a cloud of perfumed air. Behold the magic lobster! Here I am, wondering how CityZen has managed to remain hot without ever being cool, and the chef is reinventing pot stickers. I decide that a restaurant where nothing—not even a wonton wrapper—is as simple as it appears, deserves a second look.
To learn the secret behind the dumplings' chameleon-like color-change from emerald to neon orange, you'll have to make a reservation. "It's nothing that doesn't make conceptual sense," teases the chef. But that leaves a lot on the table, including the dish's spectrum of flavors—sweet Maine lobster, tender braised pork, poached raisins, roasted cauliflower and a curried emulsion that pulls together the dish's North African essence—and a wine pairing, an almost gamey premier cru Burgundy that was bewitching.
"Fine dining is about all the details," the chef says, while trimming a $1,000 cut of kuroge beef, fresh from Miyazaki, Japan, in CityZen's jade-and-steel kitchen. "It's about visuals and contrasts; it's about clarity of flavor and clarity of emotion," he says. "It's about wine, service and all the accents we bring to the table."
To decode some of the restaurant's mystery, I spend an afternoon watching the chef and his prodigiously talented team prepare dinner. It's an education in how intention, ingredients and techniques can be marshaled to produce spectacular results. Or, as Ziebold says, "there's a lot that separates a great diamond from a merely OK diamond."
CityZen's six-course chef's tasting menu is a tour de force of flavor, texture and proportion, with a surprising current of international nuance. Tender, flaky poached Alaskan halibut is delicately spiced with swarnadwipa, a spice blend inspired by 800-year-old Indonesian recipes. The gingery-garlic powder is a natural partner to the dish's coconut flavors and lemongrass mousse; a consommé of roasted corn brings a flash of gold to the plate (swarnadwipa means "land of gold" in Sanskrit). Indonesian inspiration makes a second appearance on the menu in the yuba (tofu skin) -wrapped crab roll, a hyper-crisp packet of sweet crab, punctuated by a devilishly piquant peanut sauce that's prepared by the mother of one of CityZen's servers.
"Every dish starts with one ingredient and an idea," chef says. "Then there are the tools and accents to get us there." A powdered soy protein called Versawhip is blended with xanthan gum and liquefied lemongrass to create a foam that coddles, not cloys, a halibut dish. While this may appear to be a flash of molecular gastronomy, it's merely a studied approach to creating tantalizing layers of flavor. Ziebold is deft at using his foundation of classic training, elevated by his tenure under Thomas Keller at The French Laundry and Per Se. "Your palate never gets bored," says my partner. "That's the difference between this and comfort food. There's always something going on."
For a chef who can seem overly thinky compared to his peers, Ziebold creates food that has a sensual power. It just happens to pass through the brain first. A bittersweet gelée of Dolin blanc vermouth brings an herbal essence to a creamy torchon of moulard duck foie gras with red wine-poached mission figs and a coriander brioche. The floral vermouth delivers hints of dozens of herbs, without futzing with the inherent simplicity of the dish. The result is a classic offering of potent deliciousness.
Ziebold does not work alone. His most dynamic partner is sommelier Andy Myers, considered by many to be DC's most imaginative pairer. While a chef's tasting menu, like a play, tells a tale from beginning to end, a sommelier's calling is more poetic; his selections invite commentary, acting as both a complement and counterpoint to each dish. It helps that Myers is a jovial presence—a Sir John Falstaff with a killer wine cellar. Our pairings include an Austrian grüner veltliner, which teases out the cilantro mousse on an appetizer of wild Pacific kampachi ceviche; a floral pinot gris from Oregon's Willamette Valley, which delivers a lychee-like tanginess to a warm pavé of cured Tasmanian sea trout; and a fruity Australian verdelho that's an unconventionally apt white wine for succulent grilled lamb heart with sweet onions. At the end of the night, Myers gives me his wine worksheet; it's a palimpsest of pairings for each course, some scratched out twice before the final selection is listed. "This is what a great meal looks like," the sommelier tells me.
Thought meets expression again in Matthew Petersen's arrestingly delicious desserts. His speculoos parfait, a playful turn on a fluffernutter sandwich, is a minefield of flavor; whipped concord grapes and micro-celery sorbet offer sweet and savory accents to a rich, creamy parfait served over the crumbles and buttery paste of speculoos, a brown-sugar cookie. Concord grapes reappear as sorbet (along with a sweet butternut-squash sorbet) in the CityZen fruit plate, a beautiful fantasia of butter pear, pomegranate and figs. And chocolate crowns the night, both in the guise of Valrhona cake with hazelnut streusel (served with whiskey ice cream) and Black Forest cake with sour cherries (served with a Belgian kriek lambic sorbet).
What happens in the kitchen may seem inscrutable, but the most advanced technology here is simply brainpower and emotion. "I want guests to leave thinking, 'I don't know what happened tonight, but it was magical,'" says Ziebold. An abracadabra moment, once had, is never forgotten.
1330 Maryland Ave. SW
Dinner, Tue.-Thurs., seatings 6-9:30pm. Fri.-Sat., 5:30-9:30pm six-course chef's tasting menu, $120; sommelier's pairing, $85; six-course chef's vegetarian tasting menu, $105; four-course dinner menu, $90
Let's Not Meat
A six-course vegetarian chef's menu is a mind-blowing display of texture and flavor. Grilled okra and baby corn (with green tomato sorbet) is a one-plate victory garden. A fried pullet egg brings rich yolk to a creamy sweet garlic velouté. And mission fig couscous creates an exotic foundation for slow-roasted Turkish orange eggplant with a smoky broth.
Talent Pool
Anyone who finds the city's best restaurant inscrutable should spend a day in the kitchen to discover that the backbone of genius is hard work. "For a restaurant that's open for dinner five nights a week, there are only four hours each day when no one's in the kitchen," says Sous Chef Michael Malyniwsky. He and Kerwin Tugas, also sous chef, rock the pans. Emerging dessert diva Anne Specker is a rising star.
Raising the Bar
Saddle up to the bar for a concentrated three-course tasting menu ($50) that features a mix of CityZen classics (braised shoat shoulder with fava beans and poached apricot) and surprises, like a dessert of muscovado-glazed blueberries with sweet corn pudding and popcorn sorbet.