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A Texas company that performs seismic mapping for oil and gas companies was the center of attention in the Third Street area of Marietta Monday.
Late Monday morning Washington Street resident Barb Stewart's house began to shake.
"The windows were rattling. A coffee cup vibrated off a table and fell onto the floor, and I cut my foot," she said. "I thought it was an earthquake."
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SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
A local resident watches as a convoy of "vibroseis" trucks from Tidelands Geophysical Company (TGC) performs seismic data testing along Muskingum Drive Monday afternoon.
Outside a small convoy of large white trucks was slowly making its way north along Third Street. At regular intervals the convoy would stop and a large vibrating metal disk would be lowered onto the road surface from each truck's undercarriage.
The "vibroseis" vehicles are owned by TGC, Tidelands Geophysical Company of Plano, Texas, which provides underground mapping services for the oil and gas industry.
"I was told this is a company that's creating 2- and 3-dimensional seismic maps," Stewart said. "They're using public roadways to do this work, but we didn't have any advance warning about what was happening."
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At a glance
- "Vibroseis" vehicles from Tidelands Geophysical Company of Plano, Texas, lower heavy vibrating metal discs onto the road surface along Muskingum Drive to conduct seismic data testing Monday afternoon.
About Tidelands Geophysical Company (TGC)
- TGC Industries, Inc., based in Plano, Texas, is a leading provider of seismic data acquisition services with operations throughout the continental United States and Canada. The company has branch offices in Houston, Midland, Oklahoma City and Calgary.
Source: http://www.tgcseismic.com/
She contacted Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks, who sent Stewart a company fax that indicated the vibration from the machinery would be no worse than a truck passing by her home.
"I feel they were not truthful about the magnitude of those vibrations," Stewart said. "And why were they doing this in the middle of Marietta?"
A block away on Sacra Via, resident Andy Grimm also felt the vibrations as the convoy passed close by.
"We had no warning. I was sitting at my computer when I heard what sounded like a sonic boom. I could hear and feel it, even though I live halfway down the block from Third Street," he said.
Grimm, who works with the Marietta College petroleum engineering program, walked up to Third Street where he saw the TGC trucks moving along the roadway.
"A young woman recording data from the vibrations said they were looking for gas and oil deposits," he said. "They were mapping the geology of this area."
Grimm noted with improved techniques like horizontal drilling, companies could potentially bore several thousand feet underground, even in the city, to extract oil and gas from shale deposits. But he added that would likely become a mineral rights issue with city property owners.
Marietta College Professor Bob Chase explained that the TGC seismic crews were generating sound waves from their "thumper trucks" that help create a 3-D ultrasonic picture showing what rock formations are lying beneath the surface of the earth in this area.
"They're looking for Marcellus or Utica shale deposits," he said. "This is the first seismic testing in Washington County. It may be a bit disconcerting, but this should be good news for the local community."
During a phone call to TGC's Texas headquarters Monday afternoon, a company representative said the seismic testing in Marietta was being performed on behalf of a client in the oil and gas industry. He did not name the client, but said he would have the business contact the Marietta Times.
No calls had been received as of 7:30 p.m. Monday.
According to the company's website, Tidelands Geophysical Company is a seismic acquisition company that has provided high quality seismic data for the oil and gas industry since 1967.
The "vibroseis" vehicles slowed traffic throughout the day along Third Street and Muskingum Drive and traveled with an Ohio Highway Patrol escort.
Ohio Department of Transportation District 10 issued TGC a permit to perform the testing outside of the city limits, and only within the state roads right of way, according to ODOT spokesperson Brenna Slavens.
The company is reportedly continuing the seismic mapping north along Ohio 60 and 821 over the next few days.


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BERKELEY -- Cal coach Sonny Dykes' latest bit of tinkering involves promoting a former Texas high school quarterback to No. 1 running back.
Darren Ervin, who started fall camp as no better than the Bears' No. 4 back, carried the ball a team-high 10 times last week and will continue to get the chance to show what he can do Saturday afternoon when Arizona visits Memorial Stadium.
For the first time since his high school days in Houston, Ervin awoke sore last Sunday morning. "It's a good feeling," he said, "because it shows how much work you put in on the field."
Arizona (5-2, 2-2 Pac-12) arrives with one of college football's most prolific running backs in junior Ka'Deem Carey, bidding to win back-to-back NCAA rushing titles.
The Bears (1-7, 0-5) can only dream about that type of production. They rank 10th in the Pac-12 in rushing offense.
In an effort to find a winning hand, Dykes has reshuffled the deck constantly since last spring. Players have moved from offense to defense and from one position to another.
Brendan Bigelow began the season as the No. 1 running back, hoping to demonstrate that his 160-yard performance at Ohio State last year was no fluke. He is now playing slot receiver after averaging less than four yards a carry and struggling to hold onto the football.
Daniel Lasco was next up but injured his shoulder and has missed the past two games.
Freshman Khalfani Muhammad, a former California state sprint champion, has shown flashes while totaling 378 yards rushing and receiving. But, at 5-foot-8 and 175 pounds, he is not equipped for short-yardage situations.
Dykes gave tight end-turned-slot receiver Richard Rodgers that assignment three weeks ago against UCLA, and the 6-4, 245-pound junior three times negotiated first downs. Yet Rodgers is clearly more valuable as a receiver (31 catches for 439 yards) than a runner (7 attempts for 9 yards), and Dykes said his test run as a power back is likely over.
Enter Ervin, a 5-10, 195-pound redshirt sophomore who played quarterback until his junior year in high school, although he was recruited to Cal as a running back. He was limited last spring and summer by groin and hamstring injuries.
"We always thought Darren had a chance to be a pretty good player," Dykes said. "But we hadn't seen him do much."
Out of necessity, Ervin got his chance against Washington, where he had 37 yards in a performance that earned him a nod from his coach.
"He finishes runs better than any back we have," Dykes said. "He has good vision, a good sense of how to set blocks up, and he has patience as a runner. He's not going to wow anybody by having great track times, but he's an efficient between-the-tackles runner."
If the move doesn't work, expect more tinkering.
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The Newark Memorial High football team scored 21 points in the first six and a half minutes of the first quarter and never looked back in a 42-13 Mission Valley Athletic League win over Kennedy at Tak Fudenna Stadium.
The Cougars (8-2, 6-0 MVAL) claimed their first outright league title since accomplishing the feat in 1983 with a 4-1-1 mark. This is the first time Newark has gone undefeated in league play.
"I was really afraid they were going to have a letdown after last week," said Newark coach Rich Swift, whose team clinched a share of the league title last week — the first since 1985. "Some of these kids haven't been in a position like that before."
Newark had no letdown as it took a commanding 28-0 lead with a Mark Morton 9-yard touchdown run with 1:14 left in the first quarter. The Cougars, who earn the league's automatic berth into next week's North Coast Section Division II playoffs, had a 42-7 lead at the half.
In one of his better all-around games of the year, tight end/defensive lineman Damien Banford had two receptions for 21 yards and a touchdown, a two-point reception and a 40-yard fumble return for a touchdown when he stripped Kennedy's Joel Romero of the ball midway through the fourth quarter. Banford also had a sack. Not too shabby for a guy who took last year off.
"I just had to get back into the tempo of football," said the 6-foot-5 junior Banford, who is a center on the basketball team. "I've always had a love for football. I can't stay away from football."
Kennedy (4-6, 3-3) finished third in the MVAL and will apply for the Division III playoffs.
"It's really out of my hands," Kennedy coach Dave Damewood said. "I think we have as good a shot as anybody."
Kennedy quarterback Justin Staley was 8 of 17 passing with 147 yards that included a pair of 60-yard touchdown passes to Atu Ohafi.
MVAL Newark Memorial 42, Kennedy-Fremont 13
Newark Memorial 28 14 0 0-- 42
Kennedy 0 7 0 6-- 13
NM — Tidwell 20 pass from Piven (kick failed)
NM — Morton 1 run (Banford pass from Pivin)
NM — Banford 40 fumble return (Jones kick)
NM — Morton 9 run (Jones kick)
K — Ohafi 60 pass from Staley (Mendoza kick)
NM — Ramirez 10 run (Jones kick)
NM — Napal 1 run (Jones kick)
K — Ohafii 60 pass from Staley (kick failed)
Rushing: NM — Napal 13-77, Morton 12-74, Miller 7-50, Ramirez 5-41, Leggett 4-25, Pivin 1-3, Hess 1-0, Jones 1-0. Totals 44-270. K — Romero 10-31, Ohafi 1-8, Staley 1-(-3). Totals 12-36. Passing: NM — Pivin 7-9-1 91. K — Staley 8-18-3 147. Receiving: NM — Morton 2-30, Banford 2-21, Tidwell 1-20, Tai 1-12, Leggett 1-8. Totals 7-91. K — Romero 3-16, Ohafi 2-120, Mendoza 2-4, Anavillet 1-7. Totals 8-147. Fumbles/lost: NM — 2/2, K — 4/4. Records: Newark 8-2, 6-0 MVAL; Kennedy 4-6, 3-3.


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Administration to Raise Payments for Insurers
The Obama administration is offering more money to insurers who end up providing coverage to sicker consumers under the new health law.
The move comes in response to insurers' concerns that the rough start of the open-enrollment period in the new insurance exchanges has left them with a costlier population than they had anticipated.
In regulations released just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, the administration signaled it is looking at ways to increase payments to insurance companies if they end up taking on more risk. That might happen in some states that agreed to the Obama administration's mid-November request to let carriers reinstate policies that would otherwise have been canceled because they didn't meet certain coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act.
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- Administration Weighs Extending a Change to Health Law
Insurers have said the sudden change could cause more problems because those policyholders are typically healthy, leaving only less-healthy consumers buying insurance on the new exchanges. Around half of the insurance commissioners have agreed to do this so far; a number of states, mostly Democratic-led, have refused.
Under the law, insurers are able to tap into a so-called risk corridors program that compensates carriers that end up with bigger costs than they'd expected. The provision was included to help allay insurers' fears that they would be socked with higher medical claims incurred by some patients since they would no longer be able to charge higher premiums to consumers with pre-existing conditions or high risk factors for disease.
If carriers' costs end up coming in lower, they pay back the government, said Edwin Park, an expert on the risk provisions who works for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-leaning think-tank.
The administration also signaled that it would be tweaking the rules for another risk-mitigation provision in the law, the reinsurance fund created by collecting a $63-a-head fee from big employers, labor unions and traditional insurance carriers that gained brief fame when it became a negotiating point during October's budget wrangling.
In 2014, insurers will be able to get payouts from the $10 billion fund after a patient racks up $45,000 in medical bills, instead of after $60,000, the new regulations suggest. The rules say that the administration thinks its initial calculations about costs were off, and that's why it can afford to make the change.
In 2015, the fund shrinks to $6 billion, contributors will have to pony up $44 for each person they cover, and the tipping point goes up to $70,000. That's the same year that the administration is thinking of letting some employers and labor unions off the hook for paying into the fund, as it confirmed again in the rules.
Insurers are still looking at the 255 pages of rules, but the big trade group, America's Health Insurance Plans, had a carefully optimistic response Tuesday. "We appreciate that the administration is taking steps to stabilize the market and minimize disruption for consumers," said AHIP spokesman Robert Zirkelbach.
Related: Peter Landers has details on MoneyBeat.


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yeah, that was a dope review.....
that guy always does decent writing when it comes to interviews and reviews.... it makes a change from dumbing it down all the time and comparing to other artists.....
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that was in DEPTH. Jeez.
"Sage Francis...the pink rapper"
that will haunt me for ages, I'm sure. hahaha.
I think she was referring to my skin tone. Look at those damn pictures.
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Bukkah bukkah...
"When the well-earned rapturous applause rang out, I didn't expect to be stood in the audience at a Sage show to hear anyone going "bluk-bluk-bluk!…bukbukbuk! Whoo-whoo!"
...Hah! Brilliant! I was standing directly next to the "bluk!bluk!bukkah!" fellow in the audience! He smoked a lot of weed and also blew it my face which got a bit unpleasant. He knew every word to everything though. Literally, I heard him muttering along to everything.
I liked the flannel shirt kid who "ruined it for everybody" when Sage presented him with the mic to conclude a verse... Poor kid.
My camera did the same thing, with the whole pink skin hue issue. It was crazy hot in there I guess.
Anyway, that was a good review. Peace.
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ahhahah rinky dink rapper..
DOPE review..
must of been hot in there??
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You definitely need to come to the Netherlands and do a show. If you want to I can try and workout something for you if you want to. I'm a music management student and I have some connections. Let me now.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Maybe the Giants' baffling June swoon isn't over just yet. One thing's for sure, Matt Cain's personal swoon isn't.
Despite returning home with the momentum of two straight victories in Arizona, the Giants couldn't solve a 27-year-old pitcher making his major league debut, while Cain suffered yet another mortifying defeat, this time to a San Diego lineup featuring seven hitters batting .222 or worse.
Right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne limited the Giants to four hits over seven innings, and a three-run fourth inning outburst was all the Padres needed to beat Cain and the Giants 6-0 at AT&T Park on Monday night.
Cain (1-6) lost his third consecutive start, and it was a strange, frustrating defeat. He did not allow a hit while facing the minimum over the first three innings, needing just 37 pitches while striking out four. In short, he was looking like the old, reliable Matt Cain.
But in the fourth, the troubled 2014 Cain resurfaced. Twice with two outs and two strikes, he failed to finish off a hitter, and even after he got a huge break from a replay ruling, he still couldn't take advantage in a 29-pitch inning that turned the game sour early.
"I haven't done the job to give the team a chance to win like I'm supposed to," said Cain, who except for the fourth-inning blip actually pitched as well as he has all season until things unraveled in the eighth.
With one out in the fourth, Everth Cabrera beat out an infield chopper, and Seth Smith followed with a single to center to put runners at first and third. Carlos Quentin lined out to third baseman Pablo Sandoval for the second out, and Cain then worked the count to 2-2 against Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal.
Grandal then hit a deep fly to right that was initially ruled a three-run homer, but replays clearly showed that a fan had reached down below the facing of the wall to catch the ball with his hat. The Giants won the ruling, and Smith was ordered back to third base when he almost certainly would have scored on the Grandal hit.
But with a chance to get out of the inning trailing just 1-0, Cain again worked the count to 2-2 against the next hitter, Tommy Medica, but Medica hit a shot that glanced off a leaping Sandoval's glove, and two runs scored.
Cain felt he should have gotten out of the fourth unscored upon but just made two mistake pitches that cost him dearly. Adding another rough inning in the eighth, he ultimately was charged with six earned runs. He walked one and struck out seven.
"You're not going to make every pitch that you want, but you have to really make sure to bear down when you have a chance to get out of an inning," he said. "The one to Grandal (a changeup) was really bad. The pitch to Medica (a curveball) wasn't terrible, but I maybe could have thrown it lower or a little farther away from him."
Is Cain starting to feel the weight of his poor start? The pitcher seemed to be encouraged that he's getting closer to his old form, but manager Bruce Bochy said a competitor like his veteran right-hander has to be feeling some angst.
"I can tell you, he's probably getting a little tired of it," Bochy said.
Meanwhile, the Giants could do nothing against Despaigne (1-0), who signed with the Padres as a minor league free agent May 2 after defecting from Cuba last summer. He hadn't exactly been tearing things up in the minors (21 earned runs in 31 innings, 6.03 ERA) but was fairly flawless on this night.
Despaigne retired the first 10 Giants before Hunter Pence hit a one-out double in the fourth. Nothing came of that rally, though, nor any others.
Rookie second baseman Joe Panik went 0 for 3 in his AT&T Park debut.
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Project Number: 2030-22000-024-05
Start Date: Aug 01, 2013
End Date: Aug 01, 2014
1) Hypothesis: Does ploidy level of Ludwigia congeners contribute to invasiveness? Approach: Invasive Ludwigia include diploid, hexaploid and decaploid cytotypes. Understanding of plant traits and tolerances of cytotypes will guide management strategies. Experiments will be conducted in aquatic mesocosms. First, we will test the hypothesis that polyploids have higher nutrient acquisition and growth rates than diploids during establishment. L. peploides (diploid) and L. hexapetala (decaploid) will be randomly assigned to pots with two levels of sediment nutrients at levels measured at invaded sites in the Russian River watershed, and submersed at 45cm depth among four outdoor mesocosms. Initial measures will include shoot weight and length, and rooting node, leave and branch counts. We will record photosynthetic parameters. At harvest, plants will be separated by anatomy for biomass allocation, and to calculate relative growth rates, leaf area, LMR, RMR, tissue C and N, and photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency. In Phase 2, we will compare L. grandiflora, L. hexapetala and L. peploides responses to resource gradients in greenhouses. Contingency: Can use controlled environment chambers and sequential experiments. 2) Hypothesis: Do environmental variables explain spatial expansion of L. hexapetala in the Russian River? Approach: Mechanisms that drive expansion of L. hexapetala are currently poorly understood, and their definition may assist in prediction of future spread and development of control methods. Field study reaches will be spatially stratified along the Russian River. Using GPS-GIS technology we will document patch size, distribution and abundance of invasive L. hexapetala. We will measure a suite of environmental variables (e.g. plant community composition, light, soil and water nutrients, water velocity, channel complexity) in extant and expanding patches, statistically analyze relationships in these data, evaluate where patches are expanding, and rates of spread by comparison with 2012 baseline data. Contingency: Number of sites and variables can be adjusted. Sonoma County Water Agency will provide access. 3) Hypothesis: Does growth and nutrient allocation of invasive L. hexapetala vary across water quality and depth gradients? Approach: Understanding spatial and temporal variation of weaknesses in the weed's life cycle will contribute to management strategies. Plant tissue, soil and water quality samples will be evaluated from 3 sites in the Russian River watershed. Five random, replicate transects per invaded river site will be sampled along water depth gradients. Seasonal sampling will correspond to major life stages of the plants: pre-reproductive growth, flowering, seed dispersal, and semi-dormant. Samples will be separated by location relative to the water column (above, below) and by anatomy to determine total biomass and allocation. Plant tissue will be analyzed for C, N, and P for nutrient allocation. Storage organs will be analyzed for nonstructural carbohydrates to evaluate resprouting capacity. Data will be analyzed with MANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA. Contingency: Can use controlled environment chambers.


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We're not doomed: Why the world won't end this month
Published: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
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BRADENTON - When Gabrielle Vail tells people she studies ancient Mayan writings known as codices, their first question is nearly always the same:
The end of the world is not nigh.
Renowned Mayan scholar and New College anthropology professor Gabrielle Vail will give a lecture debunking end-of-the-world prophesies based on the Mayan calendar.
When: Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton
Cost: $8 for members; $10 others
Whether you're a naysayer or convinced that the end is nigh, the Internet has something for you:
• It can't possibly be true
Two government sites attempt to refute rumors of the apocalypse.
• But just in case...
The 2012world-ends.com website includes a clock that counts down to Dec. 21, and a survival guide.
Just in case you think one survival guide is not enough, another can be found at http://visual.ly/2012-end-world-survival-guide
"Is the world really going to end on Dec. 21?"
The apocalyptic prophecy based on the end of a Mayan era has become fodder for countless Internet theories and inspired the Hollywood blockbuster "2012."
Believers of the "2012 phenomenon" depict ancient Mayan astronomers as sages privy to knowledge long since lost to modern science. They forecast cataclysmic events like the sun exploding or Earth succumbing to a black hole.
Well, not quite, according to Vail, a New College of Florida anthropology professor who has studied Mayan culture for 23 years.
In her lecture "The Destruction and Re-Creation of the World in Sacred Mayan Texts" at the South Florida Museum on Wednesday, Vail will address how the doomsday forecast arose.
Her conclusion: People's biggest worry on Dec. 22 is likely to be last-minute Christmas shopping.
Rumors of Earth's demise stem from misinterpretations of Mayan codices and possibly from one textbook that suggested Mayans may have viewed the end of a calendar era as a world-ending event, Vail said.
It's a notion that is largely dismissed by most scholars who adhere to the view that Dec. 21 marks merely the end of the 13th baktun, a 144,000-day cycle roughly equivalent to 394 years. The cycle dates back to more than 3000 B.C.
"The Mayans have a very long view of time that goes way past this completion," Vail said.
But in the Internet age, truth rarely troubles a good rumor.
Visitors have already started arriving at Bugarach, a tiny French village near the Pyrenees believed to be a safe refuge. Now, the mayor plans to close the village four days before the apparent doomsday.
The New York Times reported that panicked Russian citizens have been stockpiling candles and other survival supplies.
Both U.S. federal governments and NASA officials felt compelled to debunk the story with NASA launching a website to reassure people.
"It's gotten way out of proportion," Vail said. "People start taking mythology from many other cultures and you get the strangest things."
Vail's lecture, which she will co-present with Jeff Rodgers, director of Bishop Planetarium, will show how images from the codices reflected their study of constellations which the Mayans believed were deities whose appearance in the sky influenced their lives.
For example, one codex of a turtle with three hearthstones on its shell correlates to a constellation within Orion. The hearthstones mapped the stars Alnitak, Saiph and Rigel.
When making fires, Mayan women arranged hearthstones based on the constellation.
The presentation includes animation that illustrates how Mayans made sense of the night sky.
"We get a better sense of what was being thought of by the Mayans," Rodgers said.
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*This bread takes a little bit of time and planning in that it involves making a biga the night before you want to make the bread, but the biga recipe will yield enough for three loaves of bread, so once you've refrigerated it overnight, the next day you can use the 6 ounces that are called for in the bread recipe, then divide the remaining biga into two 6 ounce portions and freeze them for future use. Just spray two individual freezer baggies with cooking spray and place one 6 ounce portion in each baggie, squeeze out the air, seal the baggie and place in the freezer. The next time you want to make this bread, toss a baggie into the fridge to thaw overnight and you'll have it ready for you the next morning. Are you with me so far?
What makes this bread so fiber rich? Obviously the whole wheat flour contributes to the fiber count, but it's the addition of the Hi-Maize that cranks up the total to over 4 grams of fiber per slice. If you're not familiar with Hi-Maize, it is a natural dietary fiber made from corn. It can be added to foods to boost the amount of fiber, without changing the taste, texture or appearance. From the King Arthur Flour website: Most starches are digested and absorbed into the body through the small intestine, but some resist digestion and pass through to the large intestine where they act like dietary fiber and improve digestive health. This type of starch is called "resistant starch". Hi-maize® resistant starch combines the health benefits of resistant starch (including prebiotic properties) and the texture benefits of a high quality carbohydrate—e.g., white flour.
I worked on this bread recipe for awhile before I added in the Hi-Maize, so if you have no interest in purchasing it or don't already have it available in your pantry, you can still make this bread without it by using 2 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour and 1 cup all purpose flour. The rest of the directions remain the same.
Hubby calls this boob bread. (I don't have to explain why, do I?)
Fake-Out White Bread With Hi-Maize
The biga (makes 18 oz. see * above)
2 1/2 cups unbleached bread flour
1/2 tsp instant yeast
3/4 cup plus 2 TBSP to 1 cup water, room temperature
In the bowl of your stand mixer, whisk together the flour and the yeast. Add the 3/4 cup plus 2 TBSP water and using your paddle attachment, mix until the dough comes together to form a course ball. Switch to your dough hook and knead dough for 4-6 minutes, adding additional water or flour as necessary until the dough is soft and pliable, tacky but not sticky. Spray a bowl with cooking spray and transfer dough to bowl, rolling it around to coat the dough with oil. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and ferment at room temperature for 2-4 hours, or until nearly doubled in size.
Remove the dough from the bowl and knead lightly to degas. Return it to the bowl and cover bowl with plastic wrap. Place bowl in refrigerator overnight (and for up to 3 days.)
The final dough:
6 oz. biga
2 cups white whole wheat flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Hi-Maize
2 TBSP vital wheat gluten
1/3 cup dry milk (I use Baker's dry milk)
2 tsp salt
2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
1 TBSP honey
1 whole egg, lightly beaten
2 TBSP unsalted butter, softened
8-9 oz water (around 100 degrees)
Remove biga from refrigerator one hour before making final dough. Spray a plate with cooking spray. Divide biga into 5-6 smaller pieces and place on plate. Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray.
In bowl of stand mixer combine the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, Hi-Maize, vital wheat gluten, dry milk salt, and yeast. Whisk together. To the flour mixture add the egg, butter, biga pieces and water. With heavy spoon or whisk stir ingredients together until course dough forms. Using mixer and dough hook knead the dough for 8-10 minutes, adding extra flour or water if needed. The final dough will be smooth and supple.
Spray a large bowl with cooking spray. Place dough in bowl and roll it around to coat it in oil. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let ferment until double in size, 60-90 minutes.
Remove dough from bowl and lightly degas. Separate dough into two equal size balls. Flatten each dough ball and tightly roll into smooth balls. Place side by side in a greased 9X5 bread pan.
Remove bread from oven and cool on cooling rack. Brush with melted butter if desired. (I desired)
Let cool completely before slicing.
If you really enjoy working with Hi-Maize it's also available in 5 lb. bags from Honeyville Food Products (much cheaper per ounce than from King Arthur Flour)


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FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M – Corpus Christi sophomore Peter Nagy was named the Southland Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year, the league announced on Thursday. Additionally, Nagy, Gergo Weidinger and Ricardo Mayagoitia were named First Team All-Southland, while Matt Westmoreland and Javier Pujol received Second Team All-Southland recognition.
In addition to the award for Nagy, Director of Tennis Steve Moore earned the Men's Tennis Coach of the Year honor for the seventh straight time, setting a new mark in Southland Conference history for tennis coaches, and tying the record for most consecutive Coach of the Year awards in any league sport.
Nagy, a native of Budapest, Hungary, was a perfect 5-0 in Southland Conference matches at the No. 1 singles position, never losing a set throughout league play. He also finished the regular season at 15-2, beating ranked players during the year and being ranked No. 97 in the current Intercollegiate Tennis Association national rankings. He earned the Southland Conference Championship at No. 1 singles in addition to his Player of the Year honor.
"Peter's determination and work ethic are truly special," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "He has improved as much in one year as any player I've ever coached, and the taproot of that is his drive and work ethic. It's amazing how good a guy can get when he makes a total commitment to becoming a hardcore player."
Nagy was also named First Team All-Southland in both singles and doubles, going 5-0 in singles and 3-0 in No. 1 doubles alongside Weidinger. The duo just missed the conference championship in doubles due to the cancelling of doubles against Lamar and New Orleans.
Weidinger, who also hails from Budapest, Hungary, earned multiple honors as well, as he was named First Team All-Southland in singles and doubles after going 4-1 in Southland singles matches in No. 2 singles, and 13-6 overall.
"I can't say enough about Gergo and how much he grew," said Moore. "He just became so smart and mentally tough. Gergo was playing No. 6 last year, and this year he won almost every match at No. 2. I could not be more proud of him."
Mayagoitia, a freshman from Mexico, also earned first team recognition after a dominating season in his first year, going 15-3 from No. 3 to No. 6 singles, with the bulk coming at No. 4 where he went 9-1 on the season.
"Ricardo improved so much for a lot of the same reasons as Peter, I think those two guys literally had a contest on who could do the most extra after practice," said Moore. "Not a day went by that I did not see Ricardo out on his own hitting on the ball machine after practice. Not only does that work ethic lift your game up, but it also gives you an earned confidence that is priceless."
Mayagoitia also teamed with Westmoreland to take a spot on the second team in doubles.
Westmoreland earned singles recognition as well, using his 5-0 mark in Southland play to garner second team honors and a conference championship at No. 3 singles. He ended up 12-8 overall while going 8-1 in all No. 3 singles matches during the year.
"Matt has been a rock for us for years, both as a leader and on the court," said Moore. "He has added so many dimensions to his game, especially in doubles."
The final Southland honor for the Islanders went to Pujol, who also came up big for the Islanders in singles as a freshman. The native of Spain clinched the 47th Annual HEB Tournament of Champions for the Islanders with a three-set victory, the first time the team has ever won the event that is considered one of the most prestigious team tournaments in the nation.
"I could not be more proud of Javier for his growth and maturity, from January until now is amazing," said Moore. "I'm so proud of him. He has become so mentally tough and so reliable for our team. It's not often that you see a freshman do that, but Javier has been special. The bigger the moment, the more he rises up, and I love that."
For Moore, the Coach of the Year honor was also recognition of the program he has built. It marked the seventh straight time he has won the honor, a record for tennis coaches in the conference, but he knows that he could not have done it without his coaching staff helping him.
"I think everyone knows this award would be more accurately named 'Coaching Staff of the Year,' and there's no group of coaches I would take over Goncalo Figueiredo, Megan Harless and Aurelien Tave," said Moore. "No coaches in the country care more about their players or work longer hours than those three."
In addition to his own hard work, Moore demanded, and received, a lot from his assistants.
"I'm not sure they've had one full day off this entire spring, and they are constantly working to improve some facet of the program," said Moore. "Whether it's attendance, fund-raising, community involvement, some mental toughness point for the players. That group pours their heart and soul into caring for the players and uplifting our program. There's a lot more than being an Islanders Tennis coach than just coaching and recruiting, and they assist me in all these extra areas.
"These are three special people; they were all former Islander team captains, and this team is a huge part of their life and deep in their heart."
Throughout the season, the Islanders have continued past success of the program, and helped add more history to the record books. The men's team earned a high-ranking of No. 51 in the entire nation among NCAA Division I teams, the women were ranked for the first time in school history at No. 60, both teams were ranked at the same time, making them one of just 34 teams in the country to achieve that feat, and the only one with a single coach heading both of the teams. The men's team has a record of 35-2 since in conference matches since Moore returned to the program for the 2007 season.
Additionally, the men and women's team are both currently ranked in the Top 10 of the nation in home attendance. It is the first time in school history that either team has been ranked in the national rankings for attendance.
"I attribute the success for the attendance at the matches to the hard work of Josh Brown, Matt Brady, Megan Allen and our athletic department as a whole," said Moore.
Both the men and women's teams will be in action this weekend at the Southland Conference Tournament in Beaumont. The Lamar Cardinals will be the host team at the event, with the Beaumont Municipal Tennis Center being the venue for the event.
The women start things off with an 11 a.m. match against McNeese State in the first round on Friday, while the men's first match will come at 10 a.m. on Saturday against Lamar. If the women win their Friday match, they will be scheduled for a 2 p.m. match on Saturday against the winner of Sam Houston State and Lamar.
For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the team on Facebook (IslandersTennis), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersTennis) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.
Player of the Year: Peter Nagy - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Freshman of the Year: Nico Mertens – Nicholls State
Newcomer of the Year: Rui Silva – New Orleans
Coach of the Year: Steve Moore – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
First-Team Singles All-Conference
Peter Nagy, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Dmitry Kozionov, Nicholls State
Nico Mertens, Nicholls State
Gergo Weidinger, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Rob Lee, Lamar
Ricardo Mayagoitia, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Second-Team Singles All-Conference
Matt Westmoreland, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Roy Knight, Nicholls State
Ricardo Campos, New Orleans
Hossam Meligy, New Orleans
Carl-Philip Lundqvist, Lamar
Javier Pujol, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
First-Team Doubles All-Conference
Peter Nagy/Gergo Weidinger, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Ricardo Campos/Hossam Meligy, New Orleans
Dmitry Kozionov/Jeoffrey Noblecourt, Nicholls State
Second-Team Doubles All-Conference
Victor Alves/Thomas-Orestis Panoulas, Texas-Pan American
Rui Silva/Abdelrahman Zaki, New Orleans
Ricardo Mayagoitia/Matt Westmoreland, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Conference Champions
No. 1 Singles- Peter Nagy, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
No. 2 Singles- Dmitry Kozionov, Nicholls State
No. 3 Singles- Matt Westmoreland, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
No. 4 Singles- Ricardo Mayagoitia, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
No. 5 Singles- Javier Pujol, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
No. 6 Singles- Lovro Curcija, New Orleans
No. 1 Doubles- Ricardo Campos/Hossam Meligy, New Orleans
No. 2 Doubles- Rui Silva/Abdelrahman Zaki, New Orleans
No. 3 Doubles- Victor Alves/Thomas Panoulas, Texas-Pan American


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5 new features that could be on your next car
This photo provided by TRW Automotive shows a radar and camera systems that warn you, with beeping sounds, of a possible front-end crash is highlighted. The systems are the outgrowth of adaptive cruise control, which came out 15 years ago and helps keep cars a safe distance from vehicles in front of them. (AP Photo/TRW Automotive) by Dee-Ann Durbin and Tom KrisherAP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) — Cameras that check around the car for pedestrians. Radar that stops you from drifting out of your lane. An engine able to turn off automatically at traffic lights to conserve fuel. Technology that saves lives — and fuel — is getting better and cheaper. That means it's no longer confined to luxury brands like Mercedes and Volvo. It's showing up in mainstream vehicles like the Nissan Rogue and Ford Fusion.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Sarcoxie school board member was charged on Friday with possession of child pornography in the federal district court in Springfield.
John Lewis, 67, Sarcoxie, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Springfield with possessing child pornography and accused in an affidavit with the charge of exposing himself.
Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, said Lewis was arrested without incident prior to Thursday night's school board meeting and remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing.
According to an affidavit filed in support of Friday's federal criminal complaint, Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers contacted Lewis as part of their investigation into allegations that he had exposed himself to a group of high school students who were working for Lewis on his farm outside of Sarcoxie.
Sarcoxie Superintendent Kevin Goddard said Lewis is still a member of the Sarcoxie Board of Education as of late Friday.
Don Ledford, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Kansas City, said Lewis was still in custody as of late Friday.
Ledford said Lewis was arrested as he got out of his car to attend a school board meeting on Thursday night.
Ledford said prosecutors filed a motion asking that Lewis be held without bond. A hearing on that motion will likely be held next week.
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The Raiders appeared close to adding Rashad Jennings as a backup to running back Darren McFadden Wednesday as well as the confirming the addition of safety Reggie Smith.
The only announcement made by the club was the signing of cornerback Joselio Hanson, who started five games for the Raiders last season and is the third cornerback added to the roster in the past week.
The NFL Network and CBSsports.com have reported the Raiders are nearing a deal with quarterback Seneca Wallace to join Matt Flynn and Terrelle Pryor.
Jennings has gained 944 yards on 228 carries over three seasons for the Jacksonville Jaguars as the primary backup for Maurice Jones-Drew. He averaged just 2.8 yards per carry (282 yards, 101 carries) in 2012 for a Jacksonville team that went 2-14.
Jennings tweeted Wednesday evening, "It's official, I'll be rocking that Black and Silver this yr." and implored Raider Nation "let's go make it happen."
It wasn't official enough for the Raiders to make an announcement, as they worked on contract details.
Considering McFadden's propensity for injury -- he's missed 23 games and has never played a full season -- running back is a position where the club is in need of depth.
Smith tweeted he was returning to California and included an instagram photo of himself looking over papers with a Raiders insignia. Smith played four seasons with the 49ers before signing with the Carolina Panthers as a free agent, but didn't make the Panthers roster out of training camp and didn't play last season.
Hanson joins Tracy Porter and Mike Jenkins in a position group that includes Chimdi Chekwa, Brandian Ross, Phillip Adams and converted running back Taiwan Jones.
Wallace has 17 starts in nine seasons, having played two seasons with the Cleveland Browns after playing seven years with the Seattle Seahawks.
With salary cap space dwindling, the Raiders are at a point where it will be difficult to make many moves for players other than those at or near minimum wage -- Hanson probably qualifies -- unless they restructure McFadden.
The Raiders primary focus is on adding players through the NFL draft April 25-27.
At present the Raiders have selections in the first (third overall), third and fourth rounds, three in the sixth round and one in the seventh round.


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June 27, 2014, 08:00:00 AM
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WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan D. Gibson today made the following statement after meeting with President Obama and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors:
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How do I start killing monsters?
When you play Realm of the Mad God for the first time, you start at the tutorial, which explains you some things like fighting, using your ability and equiping stuff.
When you end the tutorial, you head to Oryx's Kitchens. Kill all the guards and the boss to go to a Realm.
Where do I get more stuff?
Fighting monsters, loot their bags. The more you advance in the realm, the better stuff you get. Oh! and monters become more powerful too.
How do I change my class?
You need to unlock some classes to play another. You start with the Wizard, the default class. You need to reach level 5 with all Tier 1 classes to unlock them all. To unlock Tier 2 classes, you need to reach level 20 with all Tier 1 classes. To unlock Tier 3 classes, you need to reach level 20 with all Tier 2 classes.
Who is Oryx the Mad God?
He is the boss of the entire game. He is very powerful! You don't want to be near him when you're in his chamber! unless you're a powerful adventurer.
Is there a way to get Realm Gold without buying it?
No, there isn't. If you buy Realm Gold, you help developers to keep working on the game.
What is Realm Gold and where do I use it?
Realm Gold is the game money. You start with 50 free Realm Gold, but you can buy more at the Nexus shop, just stay on the big gold coin. You can buy plenty useful stuff like character slots, vaults, backpacks and more!
How do I sell stuff?
You can sell stuff with other players. Click on a player name in the player list at the right-corner, then click "Trade".
Both of you can select any items you want to trade. Think what are you doing, then press "Trade". The other player needs to accept the trade to make it succesful.
After level 20… what?
Defeat Oryx
Band together with other players to defeat all Quest Bosses, including Skull Shrines, Cube Gods, and Pentaracts and finally Oryx will show up to duke it out. All players on the server will be transported to his lair and he will appear on your mini-map as a red dot in the middle of the map no matter how far away you are. It will take a team to defeat him, as he continually spawns his own demons to shield himself from your attacks.
Collect the best equipment
As you level up, you'll find plenty of equipment that your class may or may not be able to equip. Find other players via chat to share loot with until you have the best equipment for your character as described in the Equipment section. The maximum level is 20, but equipment is not limited based on player level.
Farm the gods
In addition to dropping good equipment, the gods also drop potions that can permanently increase your stats. Many players have taken to farming the gods for these potions, but you have to be careful… kill off too many and they won't be able to reproduce!
How do I max my character?
You max it with stat potions. Stat potions are harder to get if you're not powerful. With a level 20 character, go to "godlands" with a group of adventurers, kill gods and see if they drop stat potions. In the way, you get great equipment.
What is fame?
Fame is useful for many things. You can Drake Eggs in the Nexus shop. You can use your fame to create a guild, upgrade your guild hall or pet yard.
What are pets?
Pets are helpful creatures that will follow you in your journey. You find pet eggs when you kill a boss. Hatch them in your pet yard! remember you must have your pet yard upgraded if you want to hatch a higher level egg. Feed your pets with equipment or delicious food to increase their ability level. You can fuse your pets to unlock new pet abilities or evolve into a better pet. Remember to reach the maximum pet abilitiy level before fusing, it'll end up being a bad fusion and will make the level cap worse!


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- Oct 3:
- Jahi McMath: Family breaks silence on brain-dead girl's condition
- Oct 2:
- Jahi McMath: Attorney shows video he says proves Oakland girl moves feet, hands at mother's commands
- Oct 1:
- Jahi McMath: Family seeks to have brain-death ruling overturned, girl declared alive
- Aug 17:
- Reports that Jahi McMath is coming home are false
- Jun 20:
- Jahi McMath: Experts say New Jersey 'best destination' for brain-dead patients
- Jun 18:
- Jahi McMath being kept at New Jersey hospital
- Jun 13:
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead Oakland girl receives certificate from school
- Jun 12:
- Jahi McMath getting diploma for eighth grade, family says
- Jun 11:
- Jahi McMath: Family pushing school to grant brain-dead teen's diploma
- Mar 13:
- Jahi McMath: Family calls state report 'B.S.'; new medical record details emerge
- Jahi McMath: State releases report on Children's Hospital Oakland's handling of patients
- Feb 27:
- Jahi McMath's family to get award from Terri Schiavo foundation
- Feb 19:
- Jahi McMath: Complete text of letter from brain-dead girl's mother
- Jahi McMath 'much better,' her mother says
- Feb 1:
- Jahi McMath: Is it safe to have tonsil surgery at Children's Hospital Oakland?
- Jan 27:
- Jahi McMath video claims to show her feet and toes move
- Jan 25:
- Jahi McMath: five similar brain death legal cases
- Jahi McMath: Could her case change how California determines death?
- Jan 17:
- John Horgan: Don't be too quick to judge Jahi McMath's family
- John Horgan: Readers react to Jahi McMath commentary
- Jan 9:
- Jahi McMath: Medical experts say organ failure inevitable
- Jan 8:
- Jahi McMath: Girl given breathing, feeding tubes, attorney says
- Jan 7:
- Jahi McMath: Streetfighting lawyer takes heat, death threats for brain-dead Oakland girl's family
- Jan 6:
- Jahi McMath: Family says brain-dead teen's body may be too deteriorated to save
- Document: Medical analysis of Jahi McMath's deteriorating condition
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead girl moved to undisclosed care facility
- Jan 5:
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead teen's family moves her from Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Timeline of events in case of brain-dead Oakland teen
- Jahi McMath: 13-year-old brain-dead Oakland girl moved by family from hospital
- Jan 3:
- Daniel Borenstein: Mischaracterizations of Jahi's condition ignites insane legal fight
- Jahi McMath: Mom can remove brain-dead daughter from hospital, judge rules
- Jan 2:
- Jahi McMath: Case heads to federal court Friday
- Jan 1:
- Jahi McMath family spends first day of 2014 searching for doctor to help get teen to New York facility
- Dec 31:
- Document: Hospital decries Jahi McMath family's wishes to keep her on ventilator
- Jahi McMath may be transferred to treatment center in New York
- Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts
- Jahi McMath: Hospital fights in court to remove brain-dead girl from ventilator
- Dec 30:
- Jahi McMath: Judge extends order keeping girl on ventilator
- Dec 29:
- Jahi McMath: Statement of Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Mom and lawyer say only remaining option for brain-dead girl is a New York care facility
- Dec 28:
- Jahi McMath: Family, attorney release letter addressing critics
- Jahi McMath: Family trying to raise money to get 13-year-old airlifted out of state
- Dec 27:
- Jahi McMath: Hospital open to transferring brain-dead teen but won't perform surgery required by admitting facilities
- Jahi McMath: Children's Hospital Oakland agrees to release brain-dead girl to long-term care
- Contra Costa Times editorial: No one recovers from being brain dead
- Dec 26:
- Jahi McMath: Family ready to move brain-dead girl to new facility; hospital may refuse surgery request
- Jahi McMath: 2 years ago, a girl wound up severely brain damaged following similar surgery
- Jahi McMath: Family says they'll move brain-dead girl to another Bay Area facility
- Dec 25:
- Jahi McMath: Family tries to have normal holiday celebration in hospital waiting room
- Dec 24:
- Lost in the divisive battle over Jahi McMath is a mother's undeniable love
- Jahi McMath: Judge denies petition to keep girl on ventilator past Dec. 30
- Dec 23:
- Jahi McMath: Judge extends order to keep brain-dead girl on ventilator
- Dec 22:
- Faith leaders call on prosecutors to investigate Jahi McMath case
- Oakland: Need for tonsillectomies in question
- Dec 21:
- Jahi, her mom and 13 days at Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Medicine's ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death is perceived
- Oakland: Emotional letter from Jahi McMath's mom to keep daughter 'warm'
- Dec 20:
- Oakland: Judge grants restraining order keeping Jahi McMath on ventilator through Monday
- Family of Oakland girl on ventilator furious after meeting with hospital officials
- Dec 19:
- Family of girl left brain dead at Children's Hospital Oakland demands medical records
- Dec 18:
- Jahi McMath prayer vigil: "God knows we want a miracle"
- Family of Oakland girl on life support after tonsil surgery calls for international prayer vigil
- Dec 16:
- Family furious, hospital investigating after tonsil surgery leaves girl brain-dead
- Oakland: Girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery may be taken off life support Tuesday
- Dec 15:
- Oakland girl, 13, declared brain-dead after tonsil surgery
OAKLAND -- With one hour to spare before a hospital planned to remove Jahi McMath from her ventilator on Monday, the family struggling to control the fate of the brain-dead 13-year-old was granted another week -- enough time, they hope, to arrange moving the girl to a long-term care facility across the country.
The family and its attorney filed documents in two separate courts to stop Children's Hospital Oakland from turning off the girl's machines as planned at 5 p.m.
At 4 p.m., an Alameda County Superior Court judge extended an order forcing the hospital to keep Jahi on a breathing machine until 5 p.m. Jan. 7. A state appeals court also issued a 24-hour stay, declaring that Jahi must remain on the ventilator through 5 p.m. Tuesday, until the court can hear the family's case.
"I let my daughter know, 'You're getting prayers from all over the world, not just in the community, but literally all over the world,'" her mother, Nailah Winkfield, said after visiting with her daughter early Monday evening. "We won't stop -- I believe my daughter is alive.
"I don't care what they say; she's moving. If you go in a room with your child and talk to your child and they respond to you, you're going to believe your child is alive. I'm not trying to hold onto a corpse -- that is a live girl in there."
The court victories came in the face of seemingly evaporating options, as two California facilities over the weekend withdrew offers to accept Jahi, who was declared brain-dead after a Dec. 9 surgery to remove her tonsils and clear tissue from her nose and throat to help her breathe.
With the newly-extended order, the family plans to keep Jahi on the ventilator long enough to have her flown to a facility in New York, "an organization that believes in life," according to family attorney Christopher Dolan. The girl's uncle, Omari Sealey, said the family has contracted with an air ambulance to fly her across the country under the watch of a California doctor.
As of Monday, however, officials at Children's Hospital said they had not heard from the facility's medical staff, a requirement before any transfer could take place. Hospital spokesman Sam Singer described paperwork submitted by the family spelling out the girl's transfer as "faulty."
Singer added that doctors would comply with the court orders but added that attorneys for the facility would file motions opposing the family's request "so this tragedy may have a conclusion."
Monday's events were the latest in a series of twists in a case that has brought a national debate to Oakland. While most medical professionals agree brain death is a specific diagnosis from which no one returns, Jahi's family has been driven by religious faith, and support has poured in from around the country in the hope that she may one day wake up. More than 800 individual donors have given more than $27,800 to an online site to raise money for Jahi's transfer to another facility.
Attorney Dolan said the case was about the family's right to determine what to do with their daughter, no matter what the hospital or doctors want.
"What's important for people to know is that this case is about Jahi, but more importantly, it's about choices," he said. "Who gets to make these choices regarding children and health care and this most intimate and fundamental choice -- will you live or die? Was it the family who brought the child into the world? Or was it the hospital, who may have made the mistake that's taken her life?
"I would fight just as hard if they were making the decision to take Jahi off a respirator. This is about choices. No matter how they try to characterize it, it's about empowerment, choices and the rights of people."
The family's unwavering hope was rejuvenated again Monday, as her grandmother said Jahi has been moving her legs and responding to her mother's voice, and her uncle said they have produced video to prove it.
"Jahi is moving when her mother speaks," Sealey said Monday afternoon. "We have video; our attorneys have just produced it to the hospital's attorney. We have a pediatrician who has seen Jahi who has sworn that she is not dead."
Sealey told reporters that the family may release the video to the public on Tuesday. Without addressing Jahi's case specifically, Singer said that brain-dead patients sometimes experience involuntary muscle movements.
On Monday afternoon, Jahi's grandmother, Sandra Chatman, told reporters that her granddaughter was responding to sounds and touch.
"I know we're going to have victory today," said Chatman. "She's moving her body. Her vital signs are good. ... I believe that Jahi can recover."
One symbol of the family's hope remains tucked in Chatman's purse: pearl earrings Jahi took off before surgery. Chatman had the pearls in her purse Monday and said they will never leave her possession until Jahi wakes up.
The hospital, however, has said Jahi has been dead since her diagnosis on Dec. 12 and said it is extremely rare for someone who is declared brain-dead to be moved to another facility.
"This is one of the most tragic situations imaginable," Singer said. "No amount of prayer, no amount of hope and no amount of any medical procedure will bring her back."
Winkfield said she would never stop praying for her daughter.
"If I didn't fight for her, they'd say 'That mother is no good, she didn't fight,' and now I'm fighting for her, and now they say 'She's doing too much.' So the only thing I can do is what I know how to do and what my mother taught me how to do, and that's to fight for your children.
"Because my daughter can't fight for herself right now -- I'm her voice. My brother's her voice. Everybody who's praying for her -- all of those people are her voice."
Staff writers Gary Peterson, Matthew Artz, and Mark Gomez and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Letters: North County, March 30, 2013
Obama provides cartoon fodder
Can letter writer Frank Bodden ("Anti-Obama cartoons are moronic, ignorant," Feb. 20) identify cartoons that aren't like the real President Obama?
Like Bill Clinton, President Obama provides much cartoon material.
Cartoonists just use Obama's gifts.
Looking at his background, what he says compared to what he does, and one recognizes that he isn't a Democrat, he isn't a Christian and he isn't U.S.-friendly.
How often have we heard that something won't increase the debt "one dime," while the debt increases $3.4 billion every day?
He claims $2.5 trillion in increased spending cuts. Does that mean the debt would have jumped $8.5 trillion instead of $6 trillion in four years?
Frank uses the word "ignorant," while Rush Limbaugh uses a kinder "low-informed." Regarding Obama, is Frank ignorant or low-informed?
Nina Morrill ("They haven't learned," Feb. 27) supports all that is irresponsible and deceitful.
Passing Obama debt on to future generations is childish greed.
Does Nina have a debt recovery plan?
Obama doesn't.
Murel Fisk
U-T's bias
comes through
loud and clear
What surprises me about the U-T San Diego is that, as a business decision, the owners have chosen to publish a paper that is so relentlessly right-wing.
At present, it seems to be primarily an ideological rant, rather than a medium to inform the community and serve the broad public interest.
Don't they imagine that there are many residents of San Diego County who might be interested in Leonard Pitts or Paul Krugman instead of Charles Krauthammer, Michael Gerson and Dana Milbank, not to mention Roger Hedgecock.
Is it not possible for the editorial writer to, once a year, say something nice about a labor union? Do we have to endure Michael Ramirez five times a week?
With a few changes like this, the paper might even hold on to a few readers like myself and more besides.
Marjorie Sinel
Borrego Springs
Don't forget
contributions of
high school students
Regarding the article on the "bomb girls" of World War II ("At 92, 'bomb girl' is a spitfire," Feb. 9), we should not overlook the contributions of the boys and girls in high school.
In 1943, as a 16-year-old high school junior in New Haven, Conn., I served in the Connecticut State Guard. Dressed in a World War I uniform and outfitted with a Springfield rifle, I then spent off-school hours and weekends on four-hour shifts guarding the Winchester Repeating Arms Factory....
In my senior year, I discovered that one could be a patriot and earn money too, so I went to work in the war industry. Seniors in high school were allowed to start class early and to leave at noon in order to work in the war industry....
High school teenagers were limited to four hours of work each day from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in my facility. I worked for the Zenith Radio Co, which was then engaged in making hand grenade components.... It was indeed a great period of learning for me, moving from boyhood to manhood.
It was also a great education for the next step – military service.
George Krell
San Marcos
Republicans aren't
accepting full
Over the course of the recent three-day, postelection Republican blame-game confab known as the Conservative Political Action Conference, the speakers accepted responsibility for a multitude of mistakes, but I never heard a single one allude to the true character of the person who was their presidential chosen one.
Not once did they acknowledge that perhaps enough Americans realized that the self-proclaimed, "severely conservative" Mitt Romney is a dedicated follower of an organization whose ultimate goal is a worldwide theocracy with the leader to be chosen by the Mormon church.
Not one speaker mentioned that perhaps a sufficient number of voters recognized Romney as a highly secretive man who would have made George Bush look like a piker when it comes to obfuscation, cronyism and a lack of regulatory oversight from which we are still suffering the consequences.
Perhaps most importantly, CPAP attendees failed to recognize that enough aware voters saw that Romney's goal to fire Big Bird would ultimately eliminate the PBS cultural oasis, which exists in a vast wasteland of television broadcasting that panders to the lowest common denominator.
Hopefully, by the 2016 election, a majority of American voters will not choose a presidential candidate who runs on a platform of smoke and mirrors.
Warren Dunn


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DRAFTED: DET: 1999-210 overall
NHL Foundation Player Award (1)
King Clancy Memorial Trophy (1)
Conn Smythe Trophy (1)
|Entering his eighth NHL season, all with Detroit…Won a gold medal with Sweden at the 2006 Olympic Games…Won the 2008 Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP…Won his first Stanley Cup championship in 2008…Has 116 career multi-point games...Signed a new 12-year contract with Detroit on January 28, 2009, the longest deal in club history.
|Henrik Zetterberg was born October 9, 1980 in Njurunda, Sweden. The fourth choice, 210th overall selection of the Detroit Red Wings in the 1999 NHL draft, Zetterberg spent the last five years in Sweden with Timra IK and was named the Swedish Elite League Rookie of the Year in 2001.
A two-time member of Sweden's World Junior team (2000-2001), Zetterberg was a member of Sweden's 2002 Winter Olympic Team in Salt Lake City, Utah while making the 2002-03 NHL season his first professional season in North America.
The runner-up in Calder Trophy voting, Zetterberg led all NHL rookies scoring with 44 points (22-22-44) and was on his way to bettering his totals in sophomore season, before he suffered a broken leg. Although he played a mere 61 games, Zetterberg recorded 43 points (15-28-43).
During the NHL lockout, Zetterberg returned home to Sweden to play for Timra IK and led the Swedish Elite League in scoring. When the league returned to action in 2005-06, Zetterberg would set a career high in goals, assists, and points at the time. After yet another productive season in 2007-08 Zetterberg would record at least a point in each of the Red Wings first 17 games. He would go on to better his previous best point total that season and record 43 goals, 49 assists for 92 points. In the playoffs that year, the Red Wings would earn their fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years on the strength of Zetterberg's playoff-leading 27 points. The native of Njurunda, Sweden ranked first on the club in goals (13) and plus-minus (+16) and was a key component in the Red Wings' penalty-killing unit throughout the playoffs. Zetterberg also contributed the cup winning goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals. The victory made Zetterberg a member of the exclusive Triple Gold Club (Olympic Gold, Stanley Cup, World Championship Gold), along with teammates and fellow Swedes Mikael Samuelsson and Niklas Kronwall.
Aside from his World Junior and Olympic experience, Zetterberg is a three-time member of Sweden's World Championship team (2002, 2003 and 2005) and represented his homeland at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. In 2006, Zetterberg won his first gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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Perhaps you go through your day feeling a general sense of melancholy; you don't laugh as much as you used to and feel a subtle pressure on your chest. Or maybe it's more serious; you struggle to get out of bed in the morning and feel breathless beneath a dark cloud. Depression affects nearly 15 million Americans, many who take medication to help elevate their mood. But whether you experience depression as a subtle sadness, or as a life-altering health condition, engaging in yoga for depression may provide a path for healing.
Yoga for Depression viewpoint
Amy Weintraub, author of Yoga for Depression and founding director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute, which trains practitioners in yoga for depression and anxiety, says that when you look at depression from the yogic perspective, there are two deficits to address. The first is a lack of breathing. "Often depressed people do not have enough prana, or breath, coming into their body," she says. "They are not getting enough oxygen to the brain so it can fully function."
The second is a lack of connection to self and others. "Our natural state is wholeness; we are born connected," says Weintraub. "Little by little, as we go through trauma, loss, the kind of parenting we receive, we begin to separate from our true nature, which can lead to a feeling of alienation and loneliness." Weintraub says that many people carry this sense of loneliness, and this lack of fully breathing, as depression.
How practicing yoga improves your mood
Yoga's effectiveness in healing depression has been proven both anecdotally and through numerous studies with scientific methodologies using randomized controlled trials — a format considered the most effective for determining accuracy of study results. Preliminary evidence suggests the benefits of yoga are similar to that of exercise and relaxation techniques. One study suggests that three months of practicing yoga for 90 minutes a week improved depression in participants by about 50 percent.
Weintraub says that yoga for depression symptons that includes breathing practices called pranayama offers a positive mood-altering effect, by elevating our "feel-good" hormones dopamine, prolactin and oxytocin. Deepened breath work reduces stress by allowing a person to physically experience the sensation of relaxing. Some studies have shown that the controlled breathing aspect of yoga reduces levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and corticotropin.
Yoga also stimulates our vagus nerve (a nerve that runs from the back of the neck to our perineum), says Weintraub. Stimulating this nerve is one way some practitioners treat depression.
Practicing yoga also offers an important connection to community. Many practice with a favored teacher in a group setting, or sanga, which creates a sense of belonging. "Feeling separate is built into our high-tech culture," says Weintraub. "We are connected globally, but disconnected personally. When we go to a yoga class we have the sanga, the community, of that class."
Shannon Paige Schneider, owner of Om Time Yoga Centers and a teacher trainer and blogger, says that yogic communities can fill a space of loneliness. "Community creates a cultural pattern of connection and helps significantly with depression," she says. "There is the lesson that one is not alone when one shows up to yoga."
Another significant healing aspect of yoga, whether practiced at home watching an online video or DVD or with a group, is that it offers a path for connection to self. "People who are anxious and depressed often don't feel comfortable living in their own bodies," says Weintraub. "They are living from the neck up. When you practice yoga, you are cued to pay attention to the sensations in your body, and for some people it leaps over that feeling of 'it's not safe to live in my body anymore.'"
Schneider also says that this connection to self, through yoga, helps a depressed person re-channel her quality of thought. "Depression can be a negative emotion held in place with negative self-talk," she says. "Yoga for depression can help one step out of self-talk that harms into a self-talk that entrusts, accepts and loves."
If you have been taking medication for depression, Weintraub cautions to be sure to work with your prescribing psychiatrist before going off your meds. "Don't go cold turkey," she says. "Slowly build your practice, and slowly go off your meds with observation."
How to motivate to the mat
When you're depressed, it's not always easy to start a new routine. Begin a yoga practice with small steps, suggests Weintraub. If you're at the point where you can't get out of bed in the morning, start with gentle stretching in bed. "Take baby steps, and don't judge yourself for not doing a longer practice," she says. Keep your listening device next to your bed — whether it's an iPod®, CD, DVD or video — and begin by doing just one section of the program, perhaps a short breathing technique or warm-up stretches. Gradually work your way up from there.
Once you are ready for a longer practice, choose an approach that is right for your level and need. "If you are really depressed and you go to a class, start with a restorative class," says Weintraub. "Yoga is about union, about a sense of connection to yourself and others. If you do not feel that way when you walk out of the class, then find a different class."
Look for classes specifically oriented toward yoga for depression and anxiety, suggests Schneider. "These classes create a safe place to enter yoga," she says. "Yoga can be seen as so perfect — crisp and clean on the covers of magazines — when in fact many of us use it as a healing modality for great places of discomfort in our own skin. Truth be told, yoga is perfect for the messy spaces in our hearts, minds and bodies."
Find thousands of streaming online yoga classes at GaiamTV.com and start your home practice today!
Jean Weiss, a writer and editor, has been practicing yoga for more than 13 years.
We asked experts, authors and readers like you to share their stories of Hope. Every day for the next month, you'll find new tips for optimism on Gaiam Life, the Stream of Consciousness blog and our social media sites: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. And don't miss the GaiamTV.com Hope Film Festival, with FREE films all month long.


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Oklahoma deep snapper Austin Woods has completed his chemotherapy treatments and will find out in about three weeks whether his cancer is in remission.
Woods was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma after spring football and has been getting treatments every two weeks. He says the scans of his lymph nodes so far have been "excellent" and he'll be in remission is his next one comes back clean.
Woods says he's anxious to get past the energy-sapping treatments, which involve a mixture of chemicals being pumped into his body for about four hours. He says he just starts to feel back to his normal self before it's time for another round of chemotherapy.
The No. 17 Sooners (2-1, 0-1 Big 12) play at Texas Tech (4-0, 1-0) on Saturday.
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|These dishes were a gift from our dear friends, Allyson and Blanton.
We meet them while stationed on London.
4 hard boiled eggs (peeled and chopped)
I usually just pluck the leaves off and don't even bother with chopping it up.
This recipe may make 3 sandwiches if you layer it more thinly.
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U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman of New York wrote the actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius were in �bad-faith� and �politically motivated,� and that government lawyers were functioning in �an alternate reality� when they requested the stay. In his ruling Friday, Korman said that argument �ignores the fact that the FDA found that the drug was safe and could be used properly without a doctor�s prescription.�
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Shaken, but Sorted
There's a few posts in the pipeline -- a review of the "Otherworldly" exhibition at the Museum of Arts & Design and a super-surprise-you'll-never-guess post -- so this one will be brief!
At long last, the shelves and brackets purchased for a song at the Crate & Barrel outlet near me are installed and most of my doll houses now are aloft in the room! I also organized a bunch of furnishings in my (not so) spare time on the shelves and reworked the perimeter storage.
Better, right?
I couldn't resist doing a quick scene in the Kaleidoscope House...a celebratory hurrah for that work! Now I just have to keep it all clean!
A reminder to join in on the August ***FREE ALERT*** on the Call of the Small Facebook page. There's some great Re-ment and storage containers up for grabs. You have until Wednesday, August 31, to comment...give it a whirl!
Credits: Couch is a vintage eBay buy; pillow is minimodernistas; side table is vintage VERO; plant is TOMY; rug is handmade by The Shopping Sherpa; table is a drawer pull; light is Re-ment; wall art is an ornament from Crate & Barrel; wallpaper is scrapbook paper. Accessories are Bozart, Manor House Miniatures, beads, and doll house store finds.
The time it took me: 17 minutes (for the K House scene) and I lost count on the organizing and cleaning!
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Congratulation on your work space! I'm green with envy :-)ReplyDelete
Your sorted shelves look great, I wish I had a big room like yours just for my dollhouse stuff.ReplyDelete
I know exactly how you felt when the earthquake came, we had one in Germany in spring, I was so shocked...but fortunately nothing serious happened. I'm glad to hear that there aren't big damages except of the Washington cathedrals towers ( and hopefully they`re telling the truth about the nuclear power station in Virginia)
Your Dollhouses look Super!
I am so sorry...I am not in facebook... so I can t make my comment there...
But I haven`t ever used or even seen Re-ment! :(
It is no sold here!
Happy you are OK / the earthquake !
With hugs
I always look forward to your Sunday posts and now I know what you were up to! This is amazing. I am dying for such a space.ReplyDelete
I would love to see pics of the shelves that appear to have furniture on them. Very interesting. Oh, and we felt the quake too! We ran down the 8 flights of our building here at work super fast.
Love your storage area; so tidy. The drawer pull; who'da thought of that?ReplyDelete
Thanks, Neomi! My work space is a huge mess right now, actually. Two of my houses in "rehab" live there: the Citadel and VERO. That room is my next step in de-cluttering my life. :)ReplyDelete
Hi, Lilli! Glad you like my room. Yes, the quake was scary, and I am relieved the damages were minimal. I never thought I'd experience one!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Kikka! Sorry you cannot participate in my Facebook giveaway, but I hope to have one on my blog soon (perhaps when I reach 500 followers). You must try to buy some Re-ment online...so much fun!ReplyDelete
Hi, Beth! That's sweet that you look forward to my weekend posts! :) Yes, I have been cleaning and organizing like mad. We planned out where the shelving would go, and had a handyman dude put up the brackets. The shelves are very sturdy (they were used as display shelves in the Crate & Barrel outlet store), and do the trick! If you click on the second photo of the room, you will see a few shelves in the left of the photo with furniture on them. Right now, they are lined up like little soldiers!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Hunky Dory! I do hope it all stays this way...it certainly is easier to find things. The drawer pulls are great, especially if you can find ones with flatter tops and stable bases. I always keep my eyes open for them in antique or thrift stores.ReplyDelete
I'm green with envy at your workspace.. mine is the kitchen/dining area and I have storage in the 2nd half of my bedroom - it's bedlam!! Time to move.. or move the kids out haha!!ReplyDelete
Everything looks nice! I bet you want more lighting. I'm always pining for spotlights and natural light. Never seems like you can get enough to work with. I must say that my "work" space never stays orderly--even after my big clean. I will now admit that I have a laundry basket full of miniatures from previous scenes on the floor. Yes, I am ashamed.ReplyDelete
It looks very good. I think it will be a good help for you.ReplyDelete
You allways have great furniture in your blog
I can see your BRIO house. I love them.
Sorry about the earthquake.
I love your room! I hope to have something like this myself one day.ReplyDelete
And what is up with these East Coast earthquakes? This is the SECOND one I have experienced and I live in Charlottesville VA (spitting distance from Mineral).
Hey, MiniAussie! Oh, don't let the pictures fool you too much...it is more organized, but you should see the clutter inside the dollhouses and inside my work rooom! I still have A LOT to put away, including many boxes of Re-ment that need to be unpackaged and sorted :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, MC! YES, lighting is still a huge issue for me. The dollhouse room (it's actually only half the room -- my husband has a home office on the other side) has spots and fluorescents, and no natural light. I always have to just deal with it or improvise. How big is that laundry basket?? Better doll house furniture than dirty laundry, I say! ;)ReplyDelete
Hi, Lilsdolls! Thanks! I'm glad you noticed my BRIO houses -- one of them is a new one that I have not shown yet on my blog. It needs repairs, unfortunately, since it arrived to me very damaged. Hopefully, I can share more soon!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Sandra! Glad you are OK after the latest earthquake. I really never thought I'd experience an earthquake here, and now we've got a state of emergency in NJ due to hurricane Irene! Mother Nature is angry!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your workspace. It looks great. Glad your ok from the earthquake. I also never thought I would experience one here in NJ. I will be hunkering down waiting for Irene to hurry up and be done with. Stay safe.. Yes Mother Nature is very angry!.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Chynadoll! Yes, we're preparing for Irene too, although with all the preparation, it might just end up being lots of rain -- let's hope for the best!ReplyDelete


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Southern Oregon athletics will now charge for all home webcasts of football, volleyball, wrestling, women's basketball and men's basketball contests.
Single games will cost $7.95.
A football season pass for five games will cost $29.95, while volleyball (11 matches), women's basketball (14 games) and men's basketball (14 games) will each cost $59.95 for all home games. A season pass for wrestling will be determined later this fall.
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Riders in Saturday's Copper Triangle event left Copper Mountain at the first light of dawn, setting off on a "leisure" ride over three mountain passes before returning to the ski resort's Burning Stones Plaza in Center Village.
Cyclists cover 78 miles and 5,981 feet in total elevation gain, while traversing Fremont Pass (elevation 11,318'), Tennessee Pass (elevation 10,424') and Vail Pass (elevation 10,666'). The course passes three ski areas and is littered with historic mining outposts and Camp Hale, the training ground for the famous 10th Mountain Division.
It's considered a "classic alpine ride," event organizers say, and the website touts its scenery: "Graced with breathtaking scenery, gorgeous roads and three challenging climbs, the Copper Triangle exemplifies cycling in the Colorado Rockies."
It's the 7th annual Copper Triangle event this year, drawing cyclists to complete the ride. Some turn their ride into a pledge drive to benefit the Davis Phinney Foundation, which supports Parkinson's research.