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July 8, 2013
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Singer Sewing Machine: Castaway
February 23, 2013
I wasn't very enthusiastic about learning to sew, but Mom talked me into signing up for a course at the Singer Sewing Machine Store in downtown Syracuse. I picked out an ugly shade of woolen material -- the same bland green as the machine itself, I realized when it was too late -- and bought a pattern for a pleated skirt. What was I thinking? Why didn't anybody tell me that making a pleated skirt is not exactly a stroll in the park? That it's more like an uphill slog through the mud wearing flip-flops? The Singer course taught me a little something about patterns, thread, bobbins, and the idiocy of hand-crafting things rather than buying them better and cheaper from a store. But the fact remains that the skirt made me look like a green walrus, and I refused to be seen in it in public.
My mother considered it quite spiffy, however, and I became the resident sewing expert. She commissioned me to make a couple of sofa pillows; that went pretty well. If something needed hemming, I hemmed it. Sack dresses were in vogue, and I made myself one from a Simplicity Sew 'n' Go pattern that I actually wore.
But though Mom's streak of Martha Stewartism was much stronger than mine, she refused to tackle the machine. When she got the urge to make a pin cushion or another apron or a pot holder, she made it by hand until her arthritis really began to bother her. One of her last projects was a big brown fuzzy rabbit for my daughter's third birthday. The bunny was deeply adored, and named Big Brown. In 2008 a horse of that name ran the Kentucky Derby. Despite the fact that, like most horses, he was indeed big and brown, he was apparently named after the UPS trucks. Still, I placed a nostalgic bet and won $22. (more…)
Family Photographs: Pepsi Truck
February 7, 2013
My father did PR for Pepsi in the �30s and �40s, until he was drafted into the Navy in WWII, but Grandpa worked for Pepsi most of his life, commuting to New York and coming home on weekends. He retired in 1955 as a company vice president. He liked his Canadian Club, but Pepsi was the official family drink, viewed as a cross between holy water and Veuve Clicquot. My cousins and I probably drank enough of it in our youth to float Grandpa�s motorboat (the Pepsi), and we had the cavities to prove it. (more…)
Dripolator: Keeper
February 4, 2013
This one is a Dripolator coffee maker from the �40s. Mom liked Eight O�Clock Coffee from the A&P, and she liked it weak. She grazed on coffee all day. This pot was always on the stove -- this one or the 8-cup model that I�m sorry to say did not make the downsizing cut. (What was I thinking?)
The Dripolator that came to Amherst with me is about 8 inches tall. Its embossed markings allow a choice of 2 cups or 3, with the understanding that these are the kind of dainty, saucered, flower-bedecked china cups my mother liked. (Her favorite, with violets [violets always reminded her of my father] got broken shortly before she died. She took it calmly [Mom took most things calmly] and switched to another, painted with roses.) In our highly caffeinated world of grandes, ventis, and supersizes in general, a 3-cup Dripolator fills one substantial mug, with a bit left over for a small refill. (more…)
Blog vacation
January 26, 2013
However, instead of a post, I'm happy to supply another image from the alarmingly huge collection of strange animal photographs that my friend Rich has inflicted on me. Whoever wrote the caption on this photograph must have been as befuddled as I've felt lately. Dogs? Cats? Hamsters? Who knows? Here are Lyman, Fannie, and Laurence Lyke, with their pets, call them what you will. The photograph is fascinating, as all old photographs are. Why was it taken? Where? By whom? And why include the cats? Then again, why not?
I'll get back on schedule when things calm down. (more…)
Keepers: Family Pictures
January 15, 2013
It was clear that she loved it because the dress, those earrings, and her white "spectator" pumps appear in several photographs of her in the early '40s.(See previous post.)
What fascinates me about this particular photograph is that when it was taken, in August 1942, my parents' life was about to be completely, unexpectedly transformed.
They had eloped in 1933, when they were both 23 years old, and were married in Joplin, Missouri, by a Justice of the Peace on their way to California in search of work. (He gave them a silver dollar, which I still have.) Neither had ever been out of Syracuse before. They hitched a ride with a similarly optimistic friend whose little boy rode beside her in the front. My parents got the rumble seat, in back. They drove south, and my mother remembered that the magnolias in Missouri were in full bloom. It must have been wildly romantic: they were embarking on a mad adventure, escaping the chilly Syracuse spring, the Depression, and the disapproval of my father's parents. (more…)
Keepers: Family Pictures
January 13, 2013
Keeper: Wooden Crow
January 2, 2013
This morning on my walk with Freddie, half a dozen crows landed noisily in the low branches of a tree near us: stark tree skeleton with a pattern of black birds against a bright blue sky. I thought it was beautiful.
Fred thought it was terrifying! (more…)
Yet Another Digression: Dogs and Cats
January 1, 2013
I�d forgotten -- though it may have been at work subliminally when I named him -- that E.B. White had a series of dachshunds, and that his first one was named Fred. (more…)
Why the blog?
Well, it had to happen. Probably most writers are tempted at some point -- simply because, if you need to write, a blog is one more place to do it. And, despite the fact that there are something like 200 million blogs out there already, people keep telling you that you should have a blog. And so gradually, slowly, almost imperceptibly, your attitude changes from "That's a ridiculous idea" to "I have nothing to say" to "Oh, what the heck." (I'm surprised there's no blog called whattheheck.com.)
So here's mine.
About that title: I do take a long walk every day, but this will not be a blog about going for walks. What I'm pretty sure I mean is that I'll be thinking about what to write in my blog while I'm taking my daily walk. As Nietzsche said (and I discovered this not by reading Nietzsche, which I have never done, but by a quick Google search for some profound quote about walking), "All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking." I'm hoping that's true for the other kind too.


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PDN Video Pick: The Making of Martin's Parr's "Think of Finland"
Last August, as legendary Magnum photographer Martin Parr traveled around Finland capturing the essence of that nation and its people, he had a camera crew tagging along as he searched for subjects and made his characteristically deadpan images. The result is a nine-minute documentary his fans are sure to appreciate called "Martin Parr–The Making of 'Think of Finland,'" which is the name of his new show at Laboratory, a Helsinki gallery. Shot and directed by Rami Hanafi, the film shows Parr wandering the streets, night clubs, markets, beaches and countryside on what appears to be a big scavenger hunt. Parr explains on the voiceover soundtrack what he's looking for and how he goes about his work. "Think of Finland" will be on exhibit at Laboratory through April 8.
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Grapefruit is a healthy food. It's listed in such books as Food Cures: Breakthrough Nutritional Prescriptions for Everything from Colds to Cancer, published in 2007 by Reader's Digest Association. On page 179 they discuss red grapefruit, saying "In an Israeli study of 57 men and women who had had bypass surgery and whose cholesterol levels weren't responding to stain medications, those who ate a red grapefruit a day for 30 days along with their regular meals lowered their total cholesterol by more than 15 percent, their LDL cholesterol by more than 20 percent, and their triglycerides by more than 17 percent." The recommendation is 1 cup of fresh grapefruit or ½ cup of pure grapefruit juice each day.
Caution is advised, however
People on medications are advised to avoid grapefruit and its juice as they inhibit two enzymes that are important in metabolization or the breaking down of hundreds of medications. When the enzymes are suppressed, much more of the drug a person has taken remains available to enter their bloodstream. And you don't even have to swallow the meds at the same time as the fruit or juice. Just the presence of grapefruit in your system will affect how your medicine is broken down. For example, according to Graedon's Guide to Grapefruit Interactions, "… grapefruit interaction is long-lasting. … investigators have found that the effect is measurable for at least 24 hours and may linger up to two days."
The "grapefruit effect" is highly variable. It depends in large measure on the amount of the enzyme CYP 3A4 that is found in each person's digestive tract. Some people naturally have a lot of this enzyme, others, relatively little. Physicians feel that for safety's sake, it is better to avoid grapefruit altogether in any form for those people on heart, blood pressure, immunosuppressants and many other medications.
Another reason to consider caution
In a recent study, Kristine R. Monroe, a researcher at the department of preventive medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, reports that postmenopausal women who eat a quarter of a grapefruit daily may be upping their breast cancer risk by as much as 30 percent. The reason? The investigators conclude that components in grapefruit boost levels of estrogen, a hormone associated with high risk. This is the first study to link a commonly eaten food with increased breast cancer risk in women who have passed menopause. Always read the information provided on any new medication you are prescribed, and on over-the-counter drugs too. Or ask your pharmacist about drug interactions.
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College Hockey:Manhattanville Defeats New England 3-1, Returns to ECAC East Finals
Nonis' Two Goals Pace Valiants
ROCHESTER, NY — For the first time, Manhattanville did not play an ECAC East women's playoff game on their own ice. However, Manhattanville will keep their perfect record of appearing in the championship game as they defeated New England College, 3-1, in the semifinal game at RIT. Manhattanville has never lost an ECAC East title.
The game turned out to be a goaltending battle between Manhanttanville's Karine Turmel who made 18 saves and New England College's Danielle Giancola with 35 saves.
"Danielle's a great goalie stepping up big throughout the year," NEC coach Ed Ardito said. "She's always in the right position, making the saves."
Manhattanville coach Nicole Hall said of her goalie, "She comes up big for us."
New England College jumped out to a quick lead 59 seconds into the game. Sarah Tracey, the team's second leader scorer, brought the puck down the right side. She had everyone thinking she was going to pass to the opposite side, but instead took the shot. It beat Turmel on the near side. The assist went to the team's top scorer, Elizabeth Ross.
Despite the goal, the puck spent most of the time in the Pilgrims' zone. Manhattanville finally was awarded for their efforts, tying the game at 6:05. Amanda Nonis scored from in close, assisted by Jessica Zimmerman and Alex Blackwell.
Manhattanville continued applying the pressure in the first period, outshooting New England College, 15-5. The closest the Valiants came to taking the lead was while shorthanded, when Monique Rafferty went in on a breakaway. Rafferty made a great move beating the last defenseman, but it put the shot on her backhand. She wasn't able to get enough power on it.
"We got a lot of opportunities, but weren't able to finish," Hall said.
The Valiants had to wait till the second period to finally take the lead at 7:49 shortly after a powerplay expired. Nonis skated the puck around the net and as soon as she came out the other side, beat Giancola before she could get across for her second goal of the night.
New England College was able to turn the tide when it got two successive powerplays. However, Karine Turmel made three miraculous saves to protect the Manhattanville lead. On one save, Ross had a wide open net, but Turmel dove across and barely got her outstretched stick on the shot.
"We got caught out of position a few times during those powerplays," Hall said.
"This team doesn't get down," Ardito said of the missed opportunities. "We kept battling back."
Surprisingly, New England College pulled their goalie with 2:45 left.
"We've been practicing for a week to keep the puck in the zone with the goalie pulled," Ardito said.
The Pilgrims initially did keep the puck in the opposition's zone, but a pass across the blueline from one defenseman to another was picked off by Zimmerman. She went in alone and easily put the puck into the empty net to seal the victory with 2:29 left to play.
Manhattanville plays the host team, RIT, for the ECAC East championship at 2:00 on Sunday. The Valiants lost twice during the regular season to the Tigers. Both those games were also in Rochester.
"They have one line that generates 90% of their goals," Hall said. "We are going to have to contain them."
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It's becoming increasingly difficult for those Glee fans who already feel guilty enjoying the performances of New Directions' rival groups to root for McKinley when the show continues to gift us with really stellar performances from their competition. (We know we're supposed to want New Directions to leave New York victorious, but it would be so much easier if the other groups were all like The Hipsters.) With the stage set for Nationals, MTV has a look at those trying to defeat McKinley's own. First up: an all-female group performing the 2004 Usher, Lil Jon and Ludacris hit "Yeah," a cappella. The girls put a feminine spin on the party favorite by managing to mix in Lil Jon's "Get Low," 2pac and Dr. Dre's "California Love" and Mystikal's "Shake Ya Ass" into one high energy track. (Leave the staging and choreography to your imagination for now.) But since this a family show (we think?), Luda's astute cultural observation about needing a "lady in the streets but a freak in the bed" has been swapped for "you know you want a kiss on the lips though red." (Huh? Awkward, yet more appropriate, we suppose.) What?! O.K.!
It's obvious that young Artie will be fuming over not getting the chance to tackle this number first. Despite the disdain some have for Glee stars rapping (unfortunately he and Mr. Schuester usually get the brunt of it), there have actually been a few moments where these Lima losers manage to pull hip-hop and R&B off ("Bust Your Windows," "Blame It" and "I Wanna Sex You Up") but of course, also some very bad ones ("Thong Song," anyone?). So just to be safe, don't get any ideas about busting out Odd Future at Nationals, Schue.


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Richmond,Va. – The Washington Beltway is all abuzz with news of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife being found guilty on multiple counts of corruption. Mr. McDonnell was found guilty this afternoon on 11 corruption charges; his wife, Maureen, was found guilty on nine.
Today's verdict closes the door on the political future of McDonnell, who was on the short list for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.
According to a CNN interview of U.S. Attorney Dana Boente, who was the lead prosecutor for the State of Virginia, today's verdict will be a warning to those thinking the governor's office is not for sale:
This is a difficult, disappointing day for the Commonwealth. When public officials turn to financial gain for official actions, we have little choice but to prosecute the case.
The McDonnell's troubles began more than a year ago when rumors surfaced about him trading the power of his office for thousands of gifts and loans from Jonnie R. Williams Sr., an executive at dietary supplement company Star Scientific. The original indictment charged Gov. McDonnell with giving special treatment, which McDonnell explained as doing nothing more than what he would have done for anyone else.
The jury had only deliberated two days before returning verdicts that could put the former governor and his wife in prison for decades, if they are sentenced to the maximum and fail on appeal.
As Governor McDonnell faced media waiting in front of the court house, instead looking contrite, McDonnell and his wife were all smiles, as if they had been vindicated. When asked by a reporter what he thought about their verdicts, the former governor said that he trusts in God.
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As a result of the new "Oklahoma Creativity Project" initiative officially launched on February 8, 2008, the graduate studies website will maintain a "Creativity & Innovation" web page.
NOMINATION FORM for GRADUATE FACULTY - REVISED 1.28.2009 - this is a form that expedites the nomination process for graduate faculty. Approval begins with the department chair, then to the appropriate dean, and finally to the Graduate Committee. [MS Word document]
PROPOSAL FOR GRADUATE COURSE - this is a new revision of the form used to propose a new graduate course. All course proposals should be approved by the Graduate Committee in the semester prior to the course being taught. [MS Word template]
DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO FILL OUT A DISPOSITION FORM IN LIVETEXT for faculty who are evaluating the dispositions of an M.Ed. student in LiveText.
PORTFOLIO issues:
ADDED FEBRUARY 18, 2010 ~ The graduate portfolios now include information about the appropriate scoring rubric to use for assessing the portfolios at MS 1, 2, and 3; they also include information about what the requirements are for each assessment. Recent additions to the portfolio templates include a sample copy of the scoring rubric, in order that the student can be fully informed about how their portfolio will be assessed.
Effective January 1, 2006, entering M.Ed. students are required to complete their portfolio within the LiveText web-based system. Milestone assessments of the portfolios are also completed by the advisory committee members within LiveText.
The Portfolio Handbook for Advanced Programs is not just for students; advisory committee chairs are required to evaluate the portfolios at Milestones 1, 2, and 3. Subsequently, graduate faculty should familiarize themselves with the document.
Milestone 1 comes during the semester of the 10th hour of graduate work; Milestone 2 during the 20th hour; and Milestone 3 at the conclusion of the student's degree program.
For Milestones 1 and 2, the student SUBMITS FOR REVIEW the portfolio to the advisory committee CHAIR for assessment, while SHARING the portfolio with the other two committee members. The student should EMAIL all three committee members and the Coordinator of Graduate Studies to alert them that the portfolio is ready for assessment.
For Milestone 3, the student SUBMITS FOR REVIEW the portfolio to the advisory committee CHAIR for assessment, while SHARING the portfolio with the other two committee members by April 1, July 1, or November 1 in the semester they expect to complete their master's degree. The student should EMAIL all three committee members and the Coordinator of Graduate Studies to alert them that the portfolio is ready for assessment.
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Enrollment "HOLD" - a hold is placed when students get behind on paperwork and other requirements (admission requirements, advisory committee form, degree plan of study, degree candidacy, etc.). Encourage your advisees to maintain regular contact with the Graduate Office and to keep their paperwork current.
Published deadlines are the dates that paperwork is required in the Graduate Office. Please forward documents as necessary to help keep your students' records current and to ensure their ability to enroll with the least amount of "hassle" as is possible.
Students and faculty must familiarize themselves with the deadlines for paperwork - (1) upon admission, (2) upon the completion of 10 hours, and (2) at the completion of 20 hours. Other deadlines apply, but these are the ones that seem to be the most problematic.
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"Joe is extraordinary, but Mika makes him even better," says Rick Kaplan, the current executive producer of CBS Evening News. "She gets under his skin. She is a catalyst for some of the show's most interesting conversations." And viewers feel a connection with her. As Dan Rather puts it, "Mika gets through the glass."
MY DAY with Brzezinski winds down. When the red TV studio light goes off at nine AM, the cohosts—after three hours of banter and bickering—depart without a word to each other. Brzezinski clicks down the hall in her four-inch heels to her closet-size office, where she wiggles out of her skirt and into size 4 peg-leg jeans. Then she clicks back down the hall and onto an elevator, which she takes to a radio studio. There she eats two bowls of cornflakes. The two-hour Joe Scarborough Show with Mika Brzezinski starts at 10:00 sharp. She is back reading her BlackBerry.
I could not do this, I tell her—this being "on" for five hours straight, five days a week—all on less than five hours of sleep a night (she says that's all she needs), cornflakes and BlackBerry drags. It wouldn't matter if I had a fleet of nannies, housekeepers, assistants and stylists. I am two thirds of the way through just one of her mornings, and I feel skinned alive. "If I were trying to do it the way I used to, without enough support, I couldn't either," she answers. "I'd rather spend one good hour with my kids a day than eight bad ones. It's called restraint, transfer-ring pow-er and control, and admitting what I'm not good at doing. I probably still couldn't do this unless I loved it. But I really love my job. And I didn't think this could happen again."
In her forthcoming motivational book, All Things at Once, Brzezinski writes that there is no magic formula for latter-day success. She believes, however, there are two keys to hers: her willingness to take a huge step back-ward, professionally, and her brutal honesty about her priorities.
"Sometimes things suffer," admits her husband. "Like when Mika covers an election: the kids suffer or our relationship suffers. But then we come back together and appreciate each other more than ever. And I think Mika is a great role model for the girls. Find something you love. Work really hard. Be the best at it."
But she doesn't meld family and work the way she used to. She allows her girls to come to MSNBC's studio at 30 Rockefeller Center "maybe once in the summer." If she loses this position, she doesn't want her kids to get upset again. "All these TV jobs are very bad boyfriends," she says; the net-work could decide any day that they are not that into her. At the same time, she takes comfort in the fact that some of the most visible high-level anchors are women over 40: Katie Couric, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry, Barbara Walters, Campbell Brown, Diane Sawyer and, yes, Mika Brzezinski. She knows that no penny can shine forever, but she's too busy reading her BlackBerry to worry about that now.
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The Shelby County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a minister, teacher and basketball coach as a homicide according to WMC-TV's Action News 5 out of Memphis. Jimmy McClain, 49, a former college basketball standout at the University of Central Arkansas and an Elaine High School graduate, was found dead at his Cordova, Tenn. home on Friday, Feb. 22. He had missed work several days when detectives went to his home to check on him. McClain served as the basketball coach and business teacher at Ridgeway High School and was the minister of the Johnson Street Church of Christ in Benton, Arkansas. McClain played on the UCA basketball team that included NBA All Star Scottie Pippen. Teammates praised McClain as being as dedicated to his team as much as was the sport that was called, "his passion." He was born to Charles Henry and Jim Ella McClain in Lundell. He graduated from Elaine High School and went on to earn a BBA in marketing from UCA. He also earned an MBA degree in management from Strayer University. Currently, no arrests have been made in McClain's murder. Law enforcement officials have not reported how he died.
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For the past dozen years, Pathways to Housing, a New York City nonprofit organization, has been helping to reduce the problem of chronic homelessness by a radical strategy: giving homes to people with histories of mental illness. Most of Pathways clients also have substance-abuse problems. These are the very people most housing programs do not consider eligible even to apply for housing.
On any given night, somewhere between eight hundred thousand and a million Americans are homeless. Across the United States, many cities, despite the repeated heralding of plans "to end homelessness," struggle merely to keep the situation from worsening. In New York City, halfway into Mayor Michael Bloomberg's vaunted five-year plan to reduce the homeless population by two-thirds, the number of homeless families is at an all-time high, with more than ninety-five hundred families using the shelter system every night. Over the past year, there has been a 23-percent rise in the number of families entering the system, and an 11-percent decline in those moving into permanent housing. With Congress's Joint Economic Committee now predicting 2 million foreclosures on subprime mortgages by the end of 2008, one must wonder: What will happen when the housing needs of these displaced families put added pressure on the rental market and city shelters?
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If you're a Southern football fan (why else would you be here?), and you had the misfortune of being in New Orleans for the Bayou Classic, well, you have our condolences.
You saw for yourself how badly Grambling manhandled Southern at the line of scrimmage in a 36-12 win, giving the Tigers their fourth straight win over SU.
You saw, and felt, how lifeless it was inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where the smallest crowd in Bayou Classic history (40,715) witnessed the severe beating.
You saw the Jaguars save their worst performance of the season for the biggest game of the season.
If you're a Southern fan and you weren't in New Orleans for the Classic, well, look on the bright side: At least you didn't spend a lot of money on a gruesome game.
Undoubtedly, second-year coach Stump Mitchell will take quite a bit of heat for Saturday's performance. It doesn't do much good to re-tell an oft-told story, but suffice it to say, he wasn't exactly a unanimous choice to replace Pete Richardson two years ago. Now — even after the Jaguars showed obvious improvement this season, going 4-7 with a few more victories that were easily within reach — Mitchell and his team have to sit on this clunker of a loss for the entire offseason.
Such is life.
In the coming months, we'll discuss whether Mitchell's program is on the right track or not. At this point, you can make a decent case either way. (No, seriously.)
For now, let's take a longer look at how Grambling turned a four-point halftime lead into a 24-point laugher.
The good, bad and odd moments from the 38th (and possibly dullest) Bayou Classic:
—Jamie Payton. Several weeks ago, Dutchtown High coach Benny Saia said he was blown away that no Louisiana college program that enough of Payton to give the standout linebacker a scholarship. This season, Southern fans found out that Saia was right. Payton, who transferred to SU after three years at NAIA Lambuth, finished the Bayou Classic with a game-high 15 tackles. He was everywhere for Southern in the second and third quarters. He earned team MVP honors. And the key word there is earned. It's a shame the Jaguars don't have him for one more year.
—The defense forced five turnovers. Typically, that kind of effort leads to a win, no matter how many yards your defense gives up. This, of course, was not a typical game.
—Southern scored when it had a short field. Twice, the Jaguars took over inside the Grambling 30, thanks to a muffed punt and a blown call by the officials (they ruled that Kenneth Batiste fumbled when he was clearly down). Both times, SU scored quickly.
How much time do you have?
—The Southern offense never got going. Period. Yes, the offense scored on two short drives, but more often, it did absolutely nothing, even with great field position. The offensive line was simply overmatched. It failed to establish the run, and it failed to protect quarterbacks J.P. Douglas and Dray Joseph. SU managed only 174 yards of offense, and many of those yards came after the game was out of hand.
—No key conversions. On third and fourth downs, Southern was 2-for-13. Grambling was 7-for-15. In other words, where the Jaguars failed to keep drives alive, the Tigers largely did what they had to. Grambling scored touchdowns after converting several third-and-long situations, and that, among many other things, made a whale of a difference.
—No life. No energy. Or no belief. Perhaps this is a chicken-or-the-egg debate. Maybe if Southern's offense had moved the ball early on, players would've been more energized on the sideline. Or maybe if players had been more energized, they might've had a positive effect on the offense. At any rate, Southern seemed to suffer from a stunning lack of emotion — especially when the going got rough. This wasn't true of every player (see, for example, Jamie Payton). But it was the case with too many players.
—Grambling kicker Zoltan Riazzo. He made 2 of 3 field goals, including one from 53 yards away — an impressive first-quarter boot that was 1 yard short of the school record. We mention Riazzo for two reasons: 1) because it highlights just what a difference it makes to have a reliable kicking game, which, sadly, Southern never had this season, and 2) Zoltan Riazzo's name gives us an excuse to use this link.
That's all for now, ladies and gents. This is, undoubtedly, not the way Southern fans and alumni wanted their football season to end. But it's done now. The Jaguars head into a crucial offseason, attempting to recruit and train their way toward the top of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
In the coming months, we'll see how it all plays out.


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STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen holds his weekly press conference Monday afternoons in the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex. Free on-demand video of each week's press conference will be posted in the story rotation (main and football pages only) on HailState.com, along with an associated transcript.
Dan Mullen Press Conference Transcript - 10/7/13
Opening Statement
"We get everybody back out on the field today (to) get ready for a big homecoming game. Bowling Green, obviously is a tough team. They are 5-1 right now and have won pretty convincingly over some good football teams. They know how to play in SEC stadiums. They played Florida pretty close last year so their guys are used to doing that. It will be a difficult task.
"It's a very senior unit. If you look on the defensive side of the ball, everybody is a redshirt junior. So their youngest players are redshirt juniors, and have been in the program four years. It's a very, very experienced, veteran group.
"On the defensive side of the ball they give you a lot of different looks, a lot of different pressures and come at you in a lot of different directions. It is a very opportunistic defense and creates turnovers. They are a really good football team on that side of the ball.
"Offensively they have a lot of balance. They've got a quarterback who can make a lot of plays with his arm. He can throw the ball all over the place and keep plays alive. They also have a talented running back.
"They are a different type of receivers than we've seen with a lot of big receives. They are real tall guys who can create miss-match advantages. And they have a pretty good offensive line. They are close to 500 yards a game on offense so they're an explosive offense.
"When you match that with the experience on defense, you can see why they're 5-1 and probably the top team in the MAC this year. It will be a great challenge for us."
On true freshmen De'Runnya Wilson and Chris Jones playing significant minutes ...
"It was good to see those guys making plays. They're starting to grow. De'Runnya is starting to get better, doing a nice job of learning how to play the game. Chris obviously is a guy who has a lot of athletic potential. He's a very talented athlete, but you can still see he's really learning fundamentals and learning how to be a good every-down football player."
On finishing games ...
"Everything changes from every single week. An awful lot has improved since the first game against Oklahoma State. When you go back to the start of the season, you look at the missed assignments, we had more missed assignments in that game that now. The only other game was the Egg Bowl last year where he had close to that many missed assignments on offense from the first game of the season.
"We were down to about 18 total in the game in all three phases this last weekend. So fundamentally, we played much better. You look at this week's game and the missed tackles. I think we each had the same number of missed tackles. They had more negative-yard plays than we did, but they had more explosive plays than we had.
"There were a lot of big plays made in that game, both negative yards and positive yardage on Saturday."
On injuries ...
"We expect everybody to play this week. But we'll see. As the week goes on, there will be a lot of guys limited at practice. Nobody has been ruled out for the game on Saturday, or nobody new has been ruled-out for the game on Saturday."
On Bowling Green's program and how it has been built ...
"They've done a great job. Obviously you have to know who you're competing against. It's interesting, a lot of that conference is schools in Ohio with Akron, Kent State, Toledo, Miami (Ohio), Ohio University, which I've got a proud alum in my house!
"I think at Bowling Green, you're competing against those schools, not against the big school in the state. But I think when you look at it, what they've done there, they've been able to win pretty consistently, build a solid foundation. It's a great school. Now they've built some really facilities, all new facilities since I was there, so they have a lot to sell as a university. And it's pretty accessible to a lot of places as far as travel and distance. They've done a good job."
On playing with a 'chip-on-the-shoulder' mentality ...
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Growing Violet
AN: Warning, this story serves as a sequl to my previous story Elastibed. As you might guess this means it contains massive amounts of weight gain, immobility, and bad girls managing to turn superheroines into helpless lumps of lard. If you don't go for that kind of thing then don't read on.
Lilith, princess of the demonic realm slowly sneaked into her sisters bedroom a wicked smile upon her face.
Her elder sibling Morrigan had been absolutely insufferable since her last visit to the human realm, chiefly because of the trophy/toy that she had brought back with her. It didn't surprise Lilith that her sister had refused to share, in her place she also would have wanted to keep her newest treasure all to herself.
Of course she was equally sure that Morrigan wouldn't have batted an eyelash at the possibility of sneaking some private time with a possession that was suppose to belong solely to her younger sister, so Lilith felt not the slightest bit of shame as she layed eyes upon Morrigan's newest piece of furniture.
In theory "it" was just a bed, or perhaps to put it better, in theory "she" was just a bed. Gender hardly seemed to matter to what lay before Lilith now.
It was a gigantic red blob about twenty feet across, and ten feet high. About halfway down its length the red gave way to a band of yellow, and then a section of black before going back to red.
In other conditions this patten might have brought to mind the scales of a lithe serpent slithering across the ground with lightning speed, but there was nothing at all lithe about her sister's bed, not any more.
There were also a pair of pathetically small bugles about a quarter of the way down the creatures body that might once have been breasts, but such outcroppings no longer mater. The... thing, before he was now simply too bloated with flab, cellulite, fat, and any other words you cared to choose in place of blubber, for "her" original gender to show much.
Still the pathetic thing tried to rouse itself from its sleep at the sound of Lilith's approach. The creature's face could move around its body, like the side effect of some strange paintings increased a thousand fold so that no matter what direction you approached she could be watching you.
That face, for all transformations its body had undergone was still more or less the same Lilith guessed. It had a pair of almond brown eyes, a surprisingly dainty nose (at least compared to the rest of her) and two cheeks which were somehow fat free.
Those brown eyes were clouded by a haze of hunger and general lack of use but it managed to speak up in a more or less perfectly clear voice.
"You're not mistress..." The creature moaned. Lilith giggled all the louder at these words.
Her older sister had spared no detail when it came to describing how Helen Parr had once been a superheroine named Elastigirl. Thanks to her well time demonic intervention however Helen had gone from paragon of virtue to a servant of the exquisite sin of gluttony.
Despite still possessing her superpower which had allowed her to grow to such a gargatuian size, Elastigirl was now one of the most passive creatures imaginable.
She lay in one place all day, unable to find the strength to move, ate whatever was put in front of her, and what she did with the rest of time, be it think (assuming she still could) or simply stare blankly into space, no one cared.
Also luckily Morrigan had already prepared a spell to make sure her pet was house broken, or to be more exact never needed to go at all, so that she could lay around for days on end without sinking up the place.
Lilith just smiled politely to Elastigirl's face before revealing the hand she'd kept hidden behind her back. In it she was holding a number of chocolate treats that she planed to use as a bribe. Sure enough the recently renamed Elastibed's eyes went wide.
She struggled to try and free her face from the mass of her body, or move her body closer to Lilith so that she could snatch the treats from the demon princess' hand, but neither effort met with success.
All she ended up achieving was sending ripples racing up and down the (considerable) length of her body like a mixture between a tide pool and a bowel of jello. Lilith walked forward and gently dropped the foodstuffs down Elastibed's wide open mouth.
She then gave the her chin (or what passed for a chin) a pat before she flapped her wings and left the ground behind. Elastibed was so large that there was no way any normal person would be able to get on top of her, luckily Lilith was far from normal.
A combination of her bat like wings and her magic letting her fly with ease. As she lay back on top of Elastibed, Lilith could feel her body sinking into to the former superheroine's copious coating of cellulite like the words most comfortable self correcting matress.
"Oh man I can really see why my sister loves you so much!" Lilith commented. By now of course the treats had already been chewed for every last morsel of taste and swallowed leaving Helen free to reply.
"Elastibed good... great bed. Elastibed is the bet at whatever she does. She used to be a superheroine... Bubble Butt.... Bouncy Ball... Lard Lady....." Helen pathetically intoned trying in vain to recall what her true superheroine name had been.
Her difficulty only brought more giggles to Lilith's throat. Her sister must have done a real whammy on this super slob's mind to get her to so quickly start forgetting about who and what she had once been.
Not feeling quite tired enough at the moment to grab a nap (no matter how comfortable a resting place she had available) Lilith stood up and then she took a quick hop. Then she did it again, and each time she hopped she landed on Elastibed whose blubbery rubbery flesh still had enough snap left in it to catapult higher and higher up.
Of course her sister's room had an incredibly high ceiling (perhaps in preparation for the size that Elastibed might reach) so the Deamon Princess was in no danger of banging her head. Instead she was able to just enjoy the sheer exuberance of playing around on the world's largest trampoline.
"WEEEEEEEEE!" She cried out with childlike joy as she carefully changed the angle she was bouncing to make sure she didn't end up going over the edge of Elastibed's body.
"WEEE...AIEEEEEE!" Lilith cried out, her squeal of joy turning into something else entirely as a hand seized her by the neck.
"What have you been doing on my bed?" Asked a void as cold as ice. Lilith began to break into a sweat as she struggled to turn around, sure enough finding herself being held in midair by her older sister.
"I was just having a little fun Morrigan." The demon princess pleaded. But the infernal queen was having none of it as she glided down to the cold stone floor, pulling her sister along with her.
"Elastibed is my toy, my pet, my prize, my piece of furniture, my whatever I want her to be. If you want a fallen superheroine to play around with, go get your own!" Morrigan instructed her sister, before tossing her from the room and slamming the door shut behind her.
Brushing the dust from her body and pouting mightily Lilith began to walk away. If that was how her older sister wanted to play it, well so be it!
"Hi, I'm Lily..." Announced a cute looking girl with playfully dyed pink hair as she sat down. Violet Parr looked up at the girl who had chosen to join her at her school cafeteria and blushed slightly.
"I'm Violet." Violet responded as she awkwardly took Lily's outstretched hand and shook it. Lily's eyes went wide with surprise and then she giggled.
"Really? Wow that's so neat, we're both flowers!" She reflected. Violet said nothing however, choosing instead to focus on her meal. Her new found sense confidence that come with becoming a superheroine had taken a steep dive recently with her mother's disappearance.
"So... I don't mean to push but... is it true what they say... you know..." Lily mumbled her way through one phrase after another, each one digging a little deeper. Violet could only shrug and sigh before shaking her head firmly.
"Look it isn't not like that. My mom just had one of her distant relatives die and so she went on a trip to pay her respect and catch up with a few old friends." Violet responded, while trying to make it sound like she believed those words.
In truth she and her family had been presented with an strange note from her mother that said there was some emergency out there that needed Elastigirl, and only Elastigirl to combat it.
It hadn't said anything about how to get in touch with her, or when she'd be back. Her father was trying to put a good face on things, but Helen had been gone for over two weeks now and people had noticed.
Lily's eyes flickered slightly and she picked up her paper plate of french fires, held it over Violet's own and dumped about half of her its contents onto Violet's.
"Here, you look like a girl who could use a good meal and a friend." Lily commented. Violet blushed again and struggled to smile politely back at Lily. About a week after her mother's disappearance she'd returned to wearing her dark hair combed forward to cove her face and keeping to herself.
But now evidently it seemed like for better or worse she had a companion who wouldn't take "no" for an answer. Part of Violet couldn't help but wonder why something seemed to subtly off about Lily, but at the same time, the idea of having a true blue best friend who would be there though thick and thin was too intoxicating for her to resist.
She grabbed up a handful of the fires that had been deposited on her plate and one by one ate them all. Lily giggled at how fastidious Violet was before tossing two fries into her mouth at once, but otherwise remaining silent.
Violet slowly reached for the plate and selected the three smallest fries she could find and ate all of them at once. Lily didn't even bat an eyelash as she with equal eyes managed to down four in a single gulp.
Enjoying the camaraderie represented by the game far more than the taste of the food, Violet stoically decided that she'd just have to try for five.
So it went, back and forth and back and forth until Violet was shoving entire handfuls of fries down her throat, while Lily watched without saying anything and for some reason the number of fries on the young superheroine's plate never got smaller no matter how many she devoured.....
"Ugggh..... what happened to me...... where am I?" Violet Parr groaned in anguish.
She was no longer in her school's cafeteria, that was for sure. Her school's cafeteria room was made of brick and illuminated by florescent lightbulbs. On the other hand, Violet's current location seemed to be made of carved stone and the only light to be had was being cast by flickering torches.
As she looked at herself another big difference became evident to Violet, instead of the outfit she'd warn to school, Violet was now dressed in her supersuit! Not wanting to just sit around and wait for answers she slowly got to her feet.
It was as she did so that a third important distinction struck her, Violet's body had changed rather dramatically. She'd once been so thin that it seemed like having her turn sideways would be just as effective at making her invisible as any superpower, now however a bulbous belly jutted out of the middle of her costume.
It was about the size of a basketball, but it felt like it weighed a solid ton, and Violet needed to support it with both hands in order to move about. As she waddled her way towards a large forbidding door that had to be at least fifteen feet high, Lily came skipping in through a playful smile on her face.
To all appearances the other girl was somehow completely unaware of their change in surroundings. Nor did she seem to notice Violet's mammoth middle or brightly colored supersuit. Even with the black domino mask on the other girl still clearly recognized her.
"Hey Vi, how are you feeling?" Lily asked as she walked up. She slipped an arm under Violet's shoulder to give her stomach yet more support and Violet reluctantly began to lean against her.
"Lily, for gods sake don't you realize what's going on? This must be some kind of supervillain trap set for me, and it doesn't help that I'm already fat as a cow!" Violet pleaded trying to get her friend to realize the severity of their situation.
Lily just playfully giggled and began to pat Violet's belly which was had been stuffed rock hard with food.
"Oh I wouldn't say you're fat as a cow Violet. At least not yet. But you are showing some quite promising paunch!" Before her very eyes Lily suddenly transformed.
Her hair remained the exact same color, but her red jumper and dress became a dramatic ruby colored corset, and a pair of batlike wings sprouted from her shoulders. Violet acting more on instinct than thought pushed Lily away a once and ten focused her mind on going invisible.
She was hardly in the best of conditions to make a run for freedom, but even a slow moving target was hard to catch when you couldn't see it!
Except that nothing changed, Violet didn't go invisible, instead there was a painful gurgling from her belly and she dropped to her knees massaging it in a fruitless effort to set it at ease.
Lily's laugh no longer sounded quite so innocent or playful as it rang throughout the strange room they occupied.
"What's the matter Vi? Did little miss invisible get a tummy ache? Well its your own fault for eating like such a pig! If you want my advice you should let that thing rest and avoid all strenuous activity including trying to use your superpowers. No invisibility, no forcefields, just sit back and relax. My real name is Lilith by the way." Lilith announced.
Then in an uncanny show of strength she managed to lift Violet up off the ground by herself and deposit her onto one of the stone benches that she had originally been sitting on when she'd first woken up in this weird place.
"What do you want with me?" Violet shouted as she waved her arms about, in a futile effort to try and harm Lilith. With a stomach too full to let her use her powers or move around properly any fight Violet got into would be over before it started and clearly both of them new it. Lilith sat down next to Violet, her hands roaming across the other girl's taught tummy.
"I want this. Well not exactly 'this' more like more of 'this' to be exact. You see as a deamon princess I feel I'm entitled to the finer things in life, and those things I want, but don't yet have, I take. For example Violet Parr... your stomach is going to be my new resting place. Once I'm done with at least..." Lilith explained.
Violet's eyes went wide with shock, and she struggle to stand up, but between how much stronger a pull gravity had gained on her recently and the Lilith's left hand pressing down on her right shoulder she wasn't going anywhere.
"You're insane!" Was all Violet could think to say as she tried to imagine the implications of what Lillith had in mind. The pink haired demon just smiled back at her.
"That's your opinion Now then Violet why don't you help yourself to a nice little superheroine-begone shake? Its specially loaded with all the latest magic to turn trim do gooders into tubby do nothings!" Lilith offered. As she spoke, a milkshake materialized in front of Violet.
She tried to lean away from it, but the straw sticking out of the shake must have possessed a mind of its own. It grew longer an longer, and given her limited mobility it had no trouble at all lassoing Violet.
It wrapped itself around her neck tugged tightly to force her to sit with her forehead against the table, and then worked itself inside her mouth, slamming into her teeth again and again till she opened then in an instinctive reaction to pain, and then forcing itself down her throat.
The straw then somehow managed to squeeze itself, push a thick white goo all the way through its considerable length and eventually into Violet's throat. She felt a strange fizzy sensation as it entered her belly and Lilith rubbed her hands together in joy.
"Feel that? My shake is eating away at your muscles to make you limp as a wet noodle, not to mention making sure your skin will be able to handle quite a bit of stretching. But that's not the best part, the best part is... well lets just wait till it finished...." Lilith playfully taunted.
Violet would have spat back defiance, but her mouth was clogged by the shake's straw and its gooey contents. The thing continued to miraculously pump itself right smack dab into her belly which Violet could feel growing both heavier and larger at an alarm rate. When she'd finally emptied the shake, its straw returned to the normal length for such things and Lilith took her hand off of Violet's shoulder.
"You're free to go now. if you don't want to be my plaything, all you have to do is find a way to leave this room." Violet staired silently at Lilith, she doubted the demon was telling the truth, but it couldn't hurt to try and find out could it?
The first step on leaving obviously was standing up, so Violet Parr tried to stand up.
Except that she couldn't.
Looking down she discovered that her belly was now so enormous that it was wedged tightly underneath the stone table, she couldn't back away from it by standing up, nor could she slide away from it by shifting down the bench.
She tried in vain to twist and turn for almost a full five minutes hoping to move her newly enlarged waistline even a single inch, before she finally gave up and laid her head on the table panting for breath.
Lilith was clearly overjoyed by this result as she patted Violet's head of black hair affectionately.
"Atta girl! Feel the change? You don't have a stomach any more Vi, now your stomach now has a Violet Parr attached to it! I think two more shakes and you'll be the perfect size. Ready to drink up?" Lilith asked rhetorically.
Sure enough another shake came into being before her, feeling pathetic and defeated Violet actually leaned in and took the straw between her lips and began to suck rather than waste the time it would take for its straw to come to her.
Lilith's eyes sparkled at this turn of events and she began to rub the back of Violet's neck the same way one might stroke a pet's fur.
"That's a good girl Vi, now just keep drinking and soon you'll be 99% blubbery belly and 1% helpless heroine....
Urrrp..." Violet let loose with a long belch as she finished her forth shake.
Her stomach was now simply too big to be believed. It was a not exactly round object about five feet across and five feet wide. A huge, heavy ball and chain built right into her figure, the perfect way to make sure that a prisoner could never escape.
It had long ago grown so big that it had shattered the rock table it had once been trapped beneath and now Violet felt both completely full and completely devoid of energy.
Lilith showing once again that she possessed strength well beyond what she should have been capable of, gave Violet's belly a firm push and she toppled off the back of her seat and into something that looked like a gigantic wheelbarrow which had been brought just to transport her around.
Her captor then circled around and lifted the arms of the wheelbarrow of the ground.
"You know I think you'll eventually grow to like it hear, and we'll become good friends Vi. I mean you're just the right size for a wonderfully comfy beanbag chair now, and yet look at you, you've still got your arms and legs! I've already got a bunch of other human stuff set up in my room so we can watch movies together or play video games and I'll make sure to lay down on you careful so I don't block your view!" Lilith chatted along happily.
Violet was only half awake at this point. Even had she been fully awake it was doubtful she would have been able to come up with much of a response to Lilith's proclamations of how she'd come to enjoy the company of the demon ho had turned her into a gigantic bag of lard.
As it was the only thing that emerged from Violet Parr's lips was another loud belch.
Lilith meanwhile began to wheel her new prisoner towards the temporary stop they'd be taking before she was brought to her new home.
Her older sister was out at some important court function or other so this time there was no way that she'd show up to interrupt Lilith's fun! After bringing Violet inside the room she unceremoniously dumped her out of the wheelbarrow and onto the ground before Elastibed.
"Any time you feel down my little bloated butterfly, just think back and be glad that this isn't you..." Slowly a brown haired face came to be that stared at the two for about ten seconds before a mental lightswitch turned on.
"Vi..olet?" Elastibed moaned pathetically. It took another ten seconds before Violet was able to make a mental leap of her own.
"MOM?" She cried out in shock, unwilling to believe that this lump before her was once Helen Parr.
The sound of Lilith's delighted cackling could be heard all throughout the castle.
Growing Violet by IWfan53Watch
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This story serves as a sequel to my one Elastibed which can be found here [link] and is darker than most of my works since the good characters involve don't end up winning.
That kind of thing works for some people though so I hope those of you who enjoyed Elastibed like this one also...
That kind of thing works for some people though so I hope those of you who enjoyed Elastibed like this one also...
love this story, hopefully you can continue it. probably gonna have to use a different superhero family unless in part 3 you have the rest of the family trying to rescue these 2.
I loved this stories xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
You should make a third part to continue the elastibed saga!!!!
please ^__^
You should make a third part to continue the elastibed saga!!!!
please ^__^
What would you want to see happen in the third part exactly and what about the story do you love?
Most Excellent.
VERY nice. I love the eventual cave-in as the heroine realizes that there is no escape from the succubus...
Wish there was more to it, and hope you make more of these!
Wish there was more to it, and hope you make more of these!
If I were to make another continuation what would you want to see happen in it?
Hm...that's a tough one.
Any constraints you would like to have? Say a particular series?
Any constraints you would like to have? Say a particular series?
Not really but are you saying you want to see more characters get caputred and fattened rather then playing around more with Violet and Elastibed?
Hmm...I would like to see more characters share the same fate XD
BUt I would also like to see what happens to Violet later on. Lilith says she's only the size of a large bean-bag chair, right? Would Lilith like to make Violet even bigger, to have a bed like Morrigan does?
BUt I would also like to see what happens to Violet later on. Lilith says she's only the size of a large bean-bag chair, right? Would Lilith like to make Violet even bigger, to have a bed like Morrigan does?
Lilith can still sleep on Violet's belly and no she'd want Violet to remain more or less aware of what is going on and possibly even able to do stuff like play videogames if she can figure out how to get both hands on the controler...


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Quint Kessenich of Inside Lacrosse gave his look at the Top 20 in men's lacrosse yesterday and had the following to say about the Garber Gorillas.
12. UMass (3-0)
UMass is off to a fantastic start, most recently beating Harvard 8-4, while holding their in-state rival to one second half goal. Nick Mariano earned his second consecutive hat trick. Joe Calvello won 11 of his 16 face-offs and scooped up 10 groundballs, and goalie Zach Oliveri made 14 saves. Gorillas are holding one-goal wins over Army and Ohio State and play Brown next.


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This recipe uses Alaska pollock. We also have recipes for lots of other ocean-friendly species.
You will need
- 8 4-oz. pieces Alaska pollock
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 cup canola oil
- 4 tbsp. capers, chopped
- 4 tbsp. cornichons, chopped
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup semolina
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups canola oil for frying
To make the aioli, in a food processor add the egg yolks, garlic and lemon juice and puree on high. In a slow steady stream, add the cup of canola oil. Do not add quickly or the aioli will break. When all the oil is emulsified, transfer to a bowl and add the capers and cornichons. Season to taste.
Heat the frying oil to 375 degrees in a deep pan. Mix the flour and semolina together and add salt and pepper to the flour. Dredge the fish in the flour and set aside. When the oil is hot, carefully place fish in the oil and cook until golden brown, turning once. Remove the fish from the oil and drain on paper towels.
To serve, place two pieces of fish on a plate and spoon the aioli over the top, garnish with chopped chives if desired.
Sweet potato fries would pair well with this dish.
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Wow, Microsoft Must Really Be Threatened
Monday morning started out well — a continuation of the sunny day we had Sunday, a few hours to concentrate on my actual work — until the phone rang. Microsoft had unleashed a FUD storm with more vague patent threats. While a few articles have been published with Linux Foundation statements, I wanted to elaborate on our public comments so far.
First of all, customers we talk to know Microsoft is too smart of a company to take a page out of the SCO handbook and sue their own business partners and customers. Before believing the Microsoft saber rattling machine ask yourself two questions: would Microsoft sue its own customers? Is Microsoft certain they have not infringed upon the patents of the companies who represent the entire open source ecosystem?
There is just as much potential patent infringement in Windows than there is in open source, or any other operating system. Microsoft is certainly not the only owner of patents in this area, and perhaps not even the owner of the largest number of patents, in these areas. Microsoft will need to be careful what it starts, given that it cannot know where this will end. I think most knowledgeable software users see this posturing for what it is: empty threats from a scared giant whose monopoly is being challenged.
Granted, if you were making $1billion in profit *per month,* how would you react? Because that's precisely how much Microsoft makes per month on its Windows and Office monopolies, both of which are directly and substaintially threatened by Linux and Open Office.
Second, let's ask ourselves why Linux is being singled out here, and not AIX or Solaris or any other operating system. I'm not a lawyer, but patents cover functionality, not the way the technology is distributed. Their focus on Linux and OpenOffice shows two things: 1. how much Linux and Open Office threatens them and 2. that this is an aggressive PR campaign and nothing else. In fact, we think of this as merely an extension of their advertising campaigns. I've worked at large public relations agencies for large clients: I know how the Microsoft PR machine works. It's incredibly well funded and well run. They have generated a lot of clips with this PR blitz, but fortunately for us, more reporters and journalists are seeing through these tactics.
Microsoft, our members and software users know that a patent war guarantees only one sure outcome: mutually assured destruction for all involved. By leveling vague threats against open source, Microsoft hopes to extend their monopoly a little longer. Given that every day Microsoft makes $34,000,000 in profit, it's not surprising Microsoft resorts to a well-orchestrated, well-funded PR campaign to scare software users, especially when those software users are recognizing that open source is simply a better way to develop software.
I urge everyone to see this for what it is: a FUD campaign. Don't let Microsoft or anyone else get away it it.
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Green Blessings.
This Thursday in Detroit, the class "Mushroom Cultivation Station: A Community Education Workshop" on growing King Strophararia Mushrooms (Wine Caps) and Oyster Mushrooms will be presented at Western High School, located at 1500 Scotten Street, Detroit. This workshop is free and open to the public, including the younger folks still in school. It will take place from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., with time for discussion and reflection.
Pagans who homestead often garden, and may raise animals, but growing mushrooms are sometimes a bit intimidating as it is not something you see everyday. In Detroit, we are fortunate to have several community initiative projects that are promoting education in the above areas and encouraging others to share what they have learned. This is in line with the Path of many in the Pagan Lifestyles, where harmony in life is what is paramount.
This workshop will be presented by: Vaughn Johnson, Community Education Coordinator for The Greening of Detroit and Certified Green Builder. With a background in urban agriculture, aquaponics, permaculture, and more, your guide to the world of mushroom cultivation is top level. All the terminology and practices will be covered and broken down into real talk and explanation that will make it accessible to everyone. The class promises to cover
- The history, unique structure and parts of the mushrooms
- Autoclaving, and making agar from scratch
- How to make and preserve your own spore prints
- How to make your own syringe inoculants, and how to inoculate grain and sawdust jars
- The importance of grain-to-grain transfers for the sustainability of your mushroom spawn
- How to take that spawn and inoculate compost-raised and in-ground beds with King Straphoria mushrooms
- Inoculate four-inch corrugated drain pipe with Oyster Mushrooms
- How to cook sumptuous dishes with mushrooms....AND, take home your own recipe card
according to their class syllabus.
Pagan Homesteading is almost a natural avenue that many nature based practitioners seem to gravitate toward eventually. Whether as small a step as planting a window garden, or taking the plunge to moving into the rural lands, there is a space along the spectrum for everyone. Healing the Earth and living in harmony with the Agricultural Seasons and calendar gives more meaning and understanding in many cases for those who live the Wheel of the Year. It also comes with the duty given by the Lord and Lady to be a good steward of the land and to ensure that we actively become a part of that cycle of producing what we consume.
In the city there are also permaculturalists who are making a real difference, Pagans and NonPagans.
Want to know more and sign up? Contact Vaughn Johnson at email@example.com.
The Land of the Fresh Water Seas is abundant in the variety of agricultural products we produce. Whether animal, floral, vegetable, or fungal, we are world respected. Almost every form of Urban Agriculture is going on here in various communities. Activists such as Fireweed Universe City have taken it to be a part of their alternative living project and mission.
Looking for a local farm that has organic and sustainable practices? Give a visit to Spirit Farm and see Kate Devlin. Activist, advocate, farmer, and permaculturalist, she is definitely someone you want to know if you are serious about eating local and learning about sustainable practices. Find more about her vision by visiting her Facebook page She also runs a CSA every year. She is also one of this author's personal heroines.
Interested in hearing more about Pagan Homesteading from another point of view? Check out the podcast The Pagan Homesteader on Podbean. She gives a thoughtful outlooks on her passion as a Pagan and a Homesteader, as well as Prepping.
Blessed Fields.


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On this week's episode of "WWE Monday Night Raw," Dolph Ziggler pulled off a major win over Cesaro and faced off with The Miz in the ring after his match. The idea is that The Miz and Ziggler will face off at "Summerslam" for the Intercontinental Championship. However, PWS reported on Monday that the WWE is considering having a title unification match at "Summerslam" with Sheamus joining the match in a three-way with his U.S. title on the line as well.
This would make a lot of sense, as the WWE rumors have indicated that the company has been planning on doing this since the end of 2013. The WWE combined their two tag team belts years ago when they chose not to have different titles on both "WWE Monday Night Raw" and "Smackdown." At that time, the brands were still split and the WWE chose to have the tag team champions appear on both shows.
In the last couple of years, the WWE has completely done away with the brand split and now the storylines cross over between both "WWE Monday Night Raw" and "Smackdown." That meant that the idea of having two world champions was obsolete. This allowed world champion John Cena and WWE champion Randy Orton to have a title unification match last year. With the WWE title the original WWF championship and the world title the former WCW championship, it was one step closer to finally ending the WCW lineage.
If the WWE rumors are true and the company plans to unify the Intercontinental Championship and U.S. Championship, expect the Intercontinental title to be the one that survives. That title has a rich heritage in the WWE, with men like Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, The Ultimate Warrior, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart all former title holders. The U.S. title also has a rich heritage, but that is a former WCW title, so that will be the one that dies. With The Miz and Dolph Ziggler starting to feud over it, that is the one that seems more relevant now.
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This year we reformulated our annual survey to learn what keeps you and your colleagues working. We included questions about benefits, job satisfaction, and what respondents would like to see more of in their jobs and their benefits packages. What we discovered may surprise you. . .
Like every infrastructure manager trying to capitalize on the benefits of trenchless construction, Matt Carter went through a process of elimination to determine what method works best for his agency's unique situation.
Sarasota County had a problem: Farmers modified the land decades ago to retain water and nourish crops. Because it sloped to the south, excess water flowed in that direction. As developers paved the land to build new homes, the ground's ability to absorb water greatly decreased.
Each year, solid waste haulers pay hundreds of millions of dollars in franchise fees or gross receipt fees to local governments. Based on gross revenues billed to the haulers' customers, these fees compensate cities for the use of their streets and rights of way.
Five Los Angeles-area sanitation districts have signed on with Atlanta-based EnerTech Environmental, a developer of renewable energy technologies, to convert their biosolids into a renewable fuel, called E-Fuel.
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Enrique Iglesias & Rafael Nadal Launch the Most Handsome Restaurant Venture Ever
Originally posted 01/28/2015 07:00AM
Hopefully the pop star's habit of kissing fans also applies to customers
Rafael Nadal Is Tommy Hilfiger's New Face. Remember These Other Hot Athletes-Turned-Models?
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The Breakout Star of Wimbledon: 5 Things to Know About Nick Kyrgios
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Talk about a Wimbledon shocker! Tennis player Nick Kyrgios became a household name after he beat Rafael Nadal Tuesday.
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Rafael Nadal Withdraws from the Olympics
Originally posted 07/19/2012 12:00PM
Rafael Nadal will not be competing in the London Olympics, he announced Thursday.
"I am not in condition to compete in the London Olympics and therefore will not travel as planned with the Spanish delegation to take part in the Games," he said in a statement to the Associated Press.
"I have to think about my companions, I can't be selfish and I have to think of what's best for Spanish sport, especially tennis and Spanish players, and give fellow sportsmen with better preparation the chance to compete."
Nadal – who won the men's singles gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics – has been battling knee problems for years. Still, he continued to prepare for the Olympics until as recently as this week.
Novak Djokovic's Tennis Tip: No Gluten for Me
Originally posted 07/03/2011 01:30PM
Before he conquered Rafael Nadal on the Wimbledon Championships grass courts Sunday, Novak Djokovic beat out another worthy opponent: pizza.
The Serbian pro tennis player, 24, who secured his champion title with a 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 win over Nadal, has cut out food containing gluten, including pizza, pasta and pretzels, from his diet.
Last year, Djokovic's nutritionist found out the athlete was allergic to the protein, which is found in common flours, reports The Wall Street Journal. Since, he says he feels much more confident on the court.
Lil Wayne Predicts Rafael Nadal Will Win U.S. Open
Originally posted 08/27/2010 03:30PM
Who knew? Lil Wayne is a tennis fan!
In a hand-written letter to Sports Illustrated, the platinum-selling artist (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) made some predictions from prison regarding the upcoming U.S. Open. He got into tennis, he writes after trying to play and finding it "unbelievably difficult."
Is Shakira Dating Rafael Nadal?
Originally posted 02/19/2010 03:40PM
Are things getting muy caliente between Shakira and tennis star Rafael Nadal?
Last week, the pair was spotted sharing a cozy meal at the W Hotel in Barcelona, and the singer, 33, and the athlete, 23, get thisclose in Shakira's upcoming video for her song "Gypsy," premiering in April.
"They were giggling. They're very flirty," a source tells PEOPLE of the video shoot. "They had a lot of chemistry while they were filming."
Absent from the set to witness said chemistry? Shakira's longtime love Antonio de la Rua, and Maria Francisca Perello, whose relationship with Nadal went public last summer.
Venus Williams Prepares to Defend Her Wimbledon Crown
Originally posted 06/23/2008 10:30AM
Tennis goes green for the next two weeks as Wimbledon starts on the lawn courts of London – and Venus Williams hopes she'll be able to claim her fifth women's title.
In fact, she says, last year's win gives her a slight mental edge.
"The advantage is that you won last year and it will never be taken away from you," Williams told reporters before the tournament began Monday. "It will always be yours, and you can hug the plate at night if it gets cold." (Venus's younger sister Serena has won the title twice. Together, they've also claimed the doubles title twice.)
Tennis Hotshot Rafael Nadal Has a Secret Girlfriend
Originally posted 06/23/2008 10:05AM
Wimbledon is about to begin – but female fans of Rafael Nadal have one less reason to cheer this year.
Turns out the supposedly single tennis ace has a long-running love match with a girl from his hometown of Majorca. In fact, the 22-year-old has reportedly been dating Maria Francisca Perello for three years – and the two were recently photographed frolicking in the surf.
"My nephew always maintained he was single," the jock's trainer and uncle Toni Nadal tells Britain's Mail on Sunday. "It was a well-kept secret but actually his girlfriend is waiting for him in Majorca."
He added, "I guess a lot of girls will be upset to know the truth."
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Christian conservatives predict a looming catastrophe as birthrates fall in Europe and Muslim immigration rises.
By Kathryn Joyce
Steve Mosher is telling me about wolves returning to the streets of European towns. Not as part of some Vermont-model wildlife-recovery scenario but as emblems of a harsh comeuppance mankind is due–they're stalking out of the forests like an ancient judgment, coming to claim mankind's ceded land. We're sitting in a sunny Main Street cafe in Front Royal, Virginia–a beautifying ex-industrial town in the Shenandoah Valley that, as the far edge of DC's suburban sprawl, is lately home to a surprising number of conservative Christian ministries. Mosher, president of the Catholic anticontraception lobbyist group Population Research Institute (PRI), describes his grim vision of Europe's future: fields will lie fallow and economies will wither. A great depression will sink over the continent as it undergoes "a decline that Europe hasn't experienced since the Black Death." The comeuppance has a name, one being fervently hawked among a group of Christian-right "profamily" activists hoping to spark a movement in secular Europe. It's called the "demographic winter," a more austere brand of apocalypse than doomsayers normally trade in, evoking not a nuclear inferno but a quiet and cold blanket of snow in which, they charge, "Western Civilization" is laying itself down to die…
Read more on fundamentalism's new fetish from The Revealer's Kathryn Joyce in The Nation.


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Red Wings first-round pick Dylan Larkin to join 7 Sports Cave on WXYZ this Sunday at 11 a.m.
DETROIT - Detroit Red Wings first round draft pick Dylan Larkin is coming home.
The team's top choice in this year's entry draft, Larkin will join the Suburban Ford 7 Sports Cave live in studio this Sunday at 11 a.m.
Larkin grew up in Waterford, Michigan, and played for the United States National Team in the USHL in Ann Arbor the last two seasons. The Red Wings selected him 15th overall at last month's draft.
The 17-year old will join host Brad Galli, 971 The Ticket's Mike Stone, and Detroit Sports 105.1's Matt Dery LIVE in the 7 Sports Cave to discuss the whirlwind experience since being picked by his hometown team, and his time at the team's development camp last weekend.
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Published: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 12:05 p.m.
Flagler Humane Society
The Flagler Humane Society is sponsoring the following events. For information, call 386-237-7690.
- Queen of Hearts Tea: 11:30 a.m. Oct. 8 at Shakespeare's Fine English Tea Room inside European Village, 101 Palm Harbor Parkway, Suite No. 129, Palm Coast. The luncheon includes a champagne cocktail, tea tray and silent auction. Tickets, $40, can be purchased at the shelter, 1 Shelter Drive, or at flaglerhumanesociety.org.
- Yappy Hour: 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 15 at High Jackers restaurant, 202 Airport Road, Palm Coast. The $10 cost includes a glass of wine or a beer, hors d'oeuvres, music by Capt. Nick, travel trivia games, A silent auction, chance drawings and prizes. Dogs on leashes are welcome to attend.
- Fall festival: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 at the shelter, 1 Shelter Drive. Entertainment, food, vendors, chance drawings, a silent auction and a shelter dog reunion parade are highlights of the event.
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