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Monday, July 5, 2010
Coach's Oats Bread
I'm also kind of known for not being able to leave good enough alone. When my mother put me in charge of icing my own birthday cake when I turned 10, the icing was gray because I kept adding different food colorings to get just that perfect shade of whatever color it was that I was going for. I should have stopped with the first two drops of red and had a pretty pink cake, but gray it was. Lesson learned. Leave good enough alone, right?
Not today folks. I took a perfectly good recipe for oatmeal bread and made some changes just because I wanted to try something different and see if I could make it even more perfect. (Here's where another brother would chime in and say that I'm looney tunes with a side order of nuts.)
You've seen me post various recipes using Coach's Oats instead of regular, old fashioned oats. I love this product and have been incorporating it into almost every recipe that uses oats. However, this is the first time I've made bread with Coach's Oats and I have to tell you that this bread turned out even more beautifully than I had imagined. The other main difference between this recipe and my original oatmeal bread recipe is that I used a biga. I had a 9 ounce portion of biga that needed to be used and I thought I'd work it into this recipe. There is some white bread flour in the biga, but the rest of the recipe is whole grain, which you all know I love and preach about ad nauseam.
Coach's Oats Bread
The biga (makes 18 oz. which is enough for TWO loaves)
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.)
Remove biga from the fridge one hour before making final dough to remove chill. Place on greased surface and covered with plastic wrap that has been coated with cooking spray.
The final dough:
1 1/4 cups boiling water
3/4 cup Coach's Oats (or regular old-fashioned oats)
2 TBSP unsalted butter
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup honey
2 1/2- 2 3/4 cups white whole wheat flour
1/4 cup dry milk
2 TBSP vital wheat gluten
2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
9 oz. room temperature biga (see above) divided into 5-6 smaller pieces
sesame and/or poppy seeds, optional
Place oats, butter, salt and honey in the bowl of your stand mixer. Pour boiling water over and stir well to combine. Let mixture cool to lukewarm (around 100 degrees)
In a medium bowl combine 2 cups of the white whole wheat flour, the dry milk, wheat gluten and yeast. Whisk together.
Add the flour mixture and the biga pieces to the mixing bowl. Using dough hook knead all ingredients for 7-10 minutes or until a soft dough forms. Use the reserved 3/4 cup of white whole wheat flour to get the dough to a tacky, not sticky consistency. The dough make leave a trail at the bottom of the bowl but will clear the sides.
Place the dough into a lightly greased bowl, cover and let rise for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
Spray a 9X5 bread pan with cooking spray. Lightly grease hands and deflate dough. Turn dough onto lightly greased countertop and shape into a log. Place into prepared pan. Spray plastic wrap with cooking spray and loosely cover loaf. Let rise until it has risen at least an inch over the rim of the pan, about an hour. My kitchen was so warm when I made this bread that the second rise only took about 40 minutes..
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mist bread with water and top with sesame and/or poppy seeds, if desired. Bake bread for 45-50 minutes, tenting with foil for the last ten minutes to prevent over-browning. Remove from oven and turn onto a cooling rack. Brush loaf with melted butter if you like a soft crust. Let cool completely before slicing.
12 comments:
- Pam said...
Well, if it takes OCD to make a perfect loaf of bread like that, then go for it and be proud!
- July 5, 2010 at 7:03 AM
- Moogie said...
Mags, The bread is perfection. By the way, I'm sorry to hear that you have OCD.
Maybe one of my get-well cards will cheer you up. I made the paper myself. It contains special wildflowers that I grew just for the paper. And I hope you like the calligraphy. I studied with a "Master" for four years.
Also the ink is my own formula. I deep sea dive, capturing squid and milking them. But my greatest achievement is the perfume added to the ink. I was able to obtain a very small portion of a rare flower growning high in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest. I had to fight off a crazy monkey, but it was well worth the three weeks of rabies shots to have it in my possession.
Get well soon,
- July 5, 2010 at 7:32 AM
- Mags said...
LMAO Moogie! I just love you! You stinking crack me up!
- July 5, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- June said...
Perfectly beautiful bread Mags - your brother should be so lucky! By the way I'm with ya' on the carpet rows & OCD. I'm going through withdrawal at the moment ...haven't ironed anything in 10 days!
- July 5, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Leslie said...
I'm all for OCD if it means things would get around my house. And if that's what you have, I'm glad for it because you keep coming up with better and better posts and more gorgeous breads!
Now I have to go check out that chocolate ice cream because I can't focus on the bread from thinking about the ice cream. Does that mean I'm ADD??
- July 5, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- Grumpy and HoneyB said...
Mags, I am definitely going to try this bread. It looks so delicious. I just have to wait for it to not be 90 something and lower humidity. We finally got the heat I was complaining that you were getting and we weren't. ha. I still can tolerate it well but Grumpy can't - therefore no oven cooking!
- July 6, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- stephchows said...
i think you need OCD to make bread as beautiful as you always do :) amazing!!
- July 6, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- Ms. Meanie said...
Wow Mags this bread looks fantastic. It looks so soft and moist. I have never heard of Coach's Oats, but I will surely look for it around here.
- July 6, 2010 at 12:41 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
This bread looks incredible... I need to get my hands on some Coach's Oats to give it a try. I think I have a touch of OCD, too... Nothing wrong with that!
- July 6, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- marla {family fresh cooking} said...
Your Coach's Oats bread sounds amazing! Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. xo
- July 6, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Karen said...
That is a beautiful loaf of bread!
- July 7, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Amanda said...
I love it, it's totally and completely beautiful! ERD? LMAO!
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Think a zombie apocalypse is nigh impossible? Don't tell that to the hordes that will be shuffling along Maple Street in Harmar Village this Saturday.
The fifth annual Harmar Zombie Walk is planned to kick off at 5 p.m. with a special effects and makeup class offered by Black Crimson Effects Studio from Parkersburg.
Sean Humburg, 23, of Parkersburg, stumbled upon the opportunity to team up with Zelio Vogta, 32, a seasoned special effects makeup artist, when the two were extras in the locally filmed "Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies."
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Zombie revelers gather at the steps of the Marietta Soda Museum on Maple Street in Harmar Village at a past Zombie Walk.
The annual Harmar Zombie Walk, a family-friendly event, will be held Saturday beginning at 5 p.m.
"There have been a lot of zombie movies made here locally so right now this is where we're based," said Humburg, a Tennessee native who has also worked on "White Zombie" and has his own non-zombie movie, "Rezistance," in the works.
Zombie wannabes can learn techniques from Vogta, who said that he is trying to steer people clear of common mistakes.
"White face, raccoon eyes and pink splotches placed here and there are the biggest don'ts," Vogta said.
Fact Box
If you go
- What: Harmar Zombie Walk.
- When: 5 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday.
- Where: 100 block Maple Street in Harmar Village.
- Details: Makeup and special effects class, zombie Olympics, ticket entry to beer garden, performances, food. Zombie-free zone at Harmar Tavern.
Schedule highlights:
5 p.m. - Village open; makeup/special effects class.
6:30 p.m. - Registration for costume contest, Olympics.
7 to 8 p.m. - Zombie Olympics.
7:15 to 8 p.m. - Dance troupe performances on the entertainment stage.
8 to 9 p.m. - Costume contest.
9:15 - Zombie parade.
9:45 - Marietta Dance Academy "Thriller."
10 p.m. to 1 a.m. - Vinnie and the Lubricators on the entertainment stage.
Costume contest
Entry fee $5
Prizes awarded for:
Zombie King and Queen ($200)
Zombie Knight ($150)
Zombie Maiden ($150)
Zombie Prince ($50)
Zombie Princess ($50)
Prizes for zombie Olympics:
1st - $225
2nd - $150
3rd - $75
The workshop will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. and for a small fee the makeup artists will create a zombie look right on the spot. Some things that will be discussed include the do's and don'ts and where to find inexpensive items to make your zombie look complete.
"You really can use anything ... glue and tissue paper if you have to," said Humburg.
While the zombie walk sounds like a frightening place to be, organizers stress that it really is family-friendly.
Jessica Blankenship, a certified events coordinator who is employed by Results Radio, came on board last year in an attempt to broaden the event.
"I was a volunteer judge last year and just thought it was really fun and offered to help make it grow," she said. "It really is about community involvement and we wanted to open it up to Mid-Ohio Valley businesses and nonprofits to be able to reach a bigger audience."
Plans to make the event - which last year drew a crowd of several hundred - even better next year include a pumpkin carving contest and possibly a guest from "The Walking Dead."
Lowell Elementary student Davey Thrasher, 11, attended the zombie walk last year as an observer but, with help from his father, plans to enter the costume contest in the zombie prince category this year.
"I'm really into zombie stuff," Thrasher said. "My dad's doing my makeup ... we went all around looking for makeup and then we found some clothes that we can just tear up."
Along with the costume contest, which provides an opportunity to win up to $200, there will also be zombie Olympics.
"It is for a team of three and they must complete four challenges," said event producer and Harmar business owner Chuck Swaney. "Think of it like zombies at the county fair."
There will also be food, music from Vinnie and the Lubricators beginning at 10 p.m., and performances from Stacey's Dance Studio, Gel's Dance Centre and the Marietta Dance Academy, which will perform its annual "Thriller" dance around 9:45 p.m.
Also this year, according to Swaney, there will be a beer garden area for which patrons who are of age can purchase tickets. Funds raised will go back into the Historic Harmar Bridge Company fund for next year's event.
More information can be found at www.facebook.com/HarmarZombieWalk.

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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Dontae Wright, who brings Division I playing and coaching experience, has been hired as the Morehead State football defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator.
"The future is certainly bright with someone like Dontae on our staff," Head Coach Rob Tenyer said. "Dontae is originally from Eastern Kentucky and has strong recruiting ties to our service region. He will do a great job with our defensive line and in his role as recruiting coordinator."
Wright comes to Morehead State from Division III school Centre College (Ky.), where he helped the Colonels to a 6-4 record and coached three all-conference selections.
Wright spent the 2010 and 2011 campaigns as the defensive line coach at Division II school North Alabama. The Lions tallied an 18-7 record and made NCAA Tournament second-round appearances both years. He mentored four all-conference performers and one All-American at UNA.
Wright served as a graduate assistant at Southeastern Conference member Kentucky from 2007-09. His first season, Wright worked with the linebackers. His second and third years, he worked with the defensive line. The Wildcats went to two Music City Bowls and one Liberty Bowl in his three years.
As a player, Wright was part of two Mid-American Conference East Division championship teams at Miami (Ohio). The RedHawks won the conference outright in 2003 and played in the GMAC Bowl, then won a division crown in 2004 and participated in the Independence Bowl.
Wright earned four letters at Miami from 2003-06 and earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from the university in 2007. A teammate of NFL star Ben Roethlisberger at Miami, Wright started at linebacker his senior year and also played on special teams as a RedHawk.
"Dontae played Division I football at Miami, and has learned from some very good college coaches," Tenyer said. "He worked for former Kentucky Head Coach Rich Brooks and current Akron Head Coach Terry Bowden, who is the son of legendary Coach Bobby Bowden."
A native of Louisa, Ky., Wright played both quarterback and safety at Lawrence County High School. He rushed for 1,011 yards, threw for 592 yards and totaled 2,306 all-purpose yards. The Bulldogs went 40-10 during his prep career, and he was an all-state selection as a senior.


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PLEASANTON -- Supermarket giant Safeway announced Thursday it will sell its Chicago stores by the end of the year, another sign that the nation's second-largest grocery chain is beginning to shrink in the face of competition from nonunion big-box retailers and regional chains.
The announcement, made during Safeway's quarterly earnings report, follows the grocer's sale of its Canadian operations and an attempted hostile takeover by investors who had amassed a significant chunk of stock, saying shares were undervalued and weighed down by unprofitable regions -- including Chicago.
Despite its relative success in a highly competitive industry, Safeway continues to feel pressure from Wal-Mart and Target, emerging regional grocers such as Sprouts Farmers Market and Amazon's expanding grocery business.
Some analysts said Safeway's Chicago exit from its 72 Dominick's stores was a smart belt-tightening move.
"This means they are getting rid of trouble," said industry analyst David Livingston. "This is good news. It was no secret that Chicago was a big thorn in their side."
Safeway's downsizing is possibly the boldest move by CEO Robert Edwards since he took the job in May. Unlike his predecessor, Steve Burd, who built Safeway's national footprint through a number of risky acquisitions, Edwards said Thursday that he's looking to trim the fat.
Selling Dominick's "will eliminate a noticeable drag on our financial results," Edwards said on a call with investors. Safeway plans to sell all of the stores by the end of the year.
Safeway estimates gaining a tax benefit of $400 million to $450 million from the sale of Dominick's.
Safeway's margins took a hit over the past three months, with profit sliding 58 percent. Safeway reported net income of $65.8 million, or 27 cents a share, down from $157 million, or 66 cents a share, a year earlier.
"We did not find the quarterly results entirely satisfactory," Edwards said.
Sales inched up 1.1 percent to $8.62 billion from $8.53 billion for the same three month period ending in September a year ago. Analysts had projected profit of 16 cents a share on $8.25 billion in revenue this quarter.
Stocks closed up 2.5 percent Thursday to $31.57. A year ago, the shares were valued about half that at $16.55.
Safeway expects to make about $4 billion in proceeds from the sale of its Canadian stores -- a $5.6 billion deal with Canada's second-largest grocery chain, Empire. Safeway executives said about half the proceeds will go to pay down debt and the remainder will be used to buy back stock.
Edwards said the decision to close the Canadian stores and Dominick's was part of a cost-savings review process -- and other sales or closures may follow.
"We're very good at cost reduction, and it's been a strength of the company for years," Edwards said on a call with investors. "And it's something that we're looking at now."
The CEO added that shedding the unprofitable Chicago stores will allow Safeway to redirect its resources to regions that are making money -- such as the Bay Area. Safeway will move into in the new Alameda waterfront shopping center and has plans for new stores in Walnut Creek and Hercules.
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A student at Victor Senior High School has been diagnosed with Pertussis, also known as whooping cough. The information was posted on Victor Central School District's website.
School officials do not believe this student had contact with students in the elementary school buildings. The district says it's sharing the student's diagnosis to make parents aware of the situation.
About Pertussis (from CDC.gov):
Pertussis is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe. After fits of many coughs, someone with Pertussis often needs to take deep breathes which result in a "whooping" sound. Pertussis most commonly affects infants and young children and can be fatal, especially in babies less than one year of age.
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
July 14, 2004
Political Conventions to Use Clean Power and Mass Transit
This year's approaching political party conventions promise to employ clean energy sources and mass transit to minimize their environmental impact.
The Democratic National Convention, which runs from July 26th to the 29th in Boston, will focus on clean energy by buying enough renewable energy credits to match the electricity used during the convention. The convention will also draw on a 250-kilowatt fuel cell, fueled with natural gas, to help power its facilities, and the convention committee will buy enough greenhouse gas emission credits to offset other greenhouse emissions attributable to the convention, such as transportation. General Motors will also provide hybrid-electric pickup trucks and buses for use at the convention. See the press release from the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
Although the Republican National Convention is still more than a month away—running from August 30th to September 2nd in New York City—it has already announced plans to encourage its 50,000 participants to use mass transit. Along with providing its delegates with Metrocards, which will allow free access to the city's bus and subway systems, the convention will establish an express bus service of its own, called GOP Liberty Express, to whisk attendees between their hotel and the convention location, Madison Square Garden. See the press release from the 2004 Republican National Convention.


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Virginia Attorney General Race Still Tight
WASHINGTON — The race for Virginia attorney general — often a stepping stone to governor and the Republicans' one remaining hope of avoiding a sweep of top seats in the state — is headed down to the wire.
Wednesday morning, Republican Mark Obenshain edged back ahead of Democrat Mark Herring, leading by about 155 votes with just a handful of precincts left to be counted, according to the Associated Press tally. Each candidate's total works out to 50% of the vote — 1,099,198 votes for Mr. Obenshain vs. 1,099,055 for Mr. Herring — with about 2.2 million votes cast.
Republicans lost each of the other statewide contests last night, including the governor and lieutenant governor races, putting the Democrats in position to control all five statewide seats for the first time in decades.
More Election News
Parties Split Two Races for Governor
Christie Sets Himself Up for Run in 2016
New York City Takes a Left Turn
Byrne Wins Alabama Congressional Runoff


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Oracle Solaris 11 Resources for the AIX Sysadmin
By RickRamsey-Oracle on Feb 26, 2014
Start buttons belong on Tiger Wood's golf cart. Give me car keys that jangle when I insert them into a 1968 Dodge Charger. The music that engine makes ... it enters your body through your soul before your ear drums even register the vibration. And give me Save buttons on browser-based interfaces, too. This amorphous invisible background save that I'm supposed to trust is happening is the brainchild of developers who put posters of Joseph Stalin on their walls.
In spite of my Luddite tendencies, I do like new technologies. I also like a variety of them. If you ask my personal opinion, the more operating systems, the better. More jobs for sysadmins. More jobs for developers. More arm-wrestling matches in the server room. And more interesting problems. That's my idea of fun.
Unfortunately, it's not The Man's idea of fun. Forces I can't possibly understand and would never take for a joy ride in a stolen Dodge Charger push for consolidation and cost-cutting with the frenzy of a four barrel carburetor sucking air at wide open throttle (WOT). Even if, like me, you prefer a more genteel IT environment, you have to adapt. And so, we sometimes wave good-bye to our friends.
If you're facing a migration away from AIX, consider Oracle Solaris. Yeah, it's designed to handle the competitive pressures of today's IT environments...
- Cloud-ready provisioning, security, and virtualization
- Quick to reallocate compute, storage, and network resources
- Zones, ZFS, Dynamic Tracing, Predictive Self Healing and Trusted Extensions reduce downtime and simplify the application deployment
- Optimized to run on Oracle hardware, and to run Oracle applications
- Automated migration tools plus assistance and education for DBAs and Power/AIX administrators migrating to Oracle Solaris.
... and yeah, because the Oracle stack is optimized to run best on Oracle Solaris (and Oracle Linux), it gives you some crazy good numbers compared to AIX ...
- Up to 2.4x greater database performance
- Up to 3.4x faster Java application server performance
- Increased Oracle application performance : 1.9x faster for Siebel CRM (4) and 3x faster for JD Edwards
... but it's also got soul. And it doesn't have a dumb Start button.
Below is a link to a hands-on lab and some other resources to help you understand what's involved in migrating from AIX to Oracle Solaris.
Hands-On Lab: Oracle Solaris Administration for AIX Sysadmins
by Glynn Foster
Walks an AIX sysadmin through the basic administration of Oracle Solaris 11 and how it compares to IBM AIX Enterprise in areas including installation, software packaging, file systems, user management, services, networking, and virtualization. Even makes helps you navigate your way through documentation, man pages, and online how-to articles.
More Resources
- Benefits of Migrating from AIX to Oracle Solaris
- Technical Resources for Migrating from AIX/Power to Oracle SPARC/Solaris
- IBM AIX to Oracle Solaris Technology Mapping Guide (pdf)
- Comparison of IBM AIX Technologies to Oracle Solaris
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Jaffman's year-end awards
The 2012 football season brought us plenty of milestone moments and record-setting performances.
None was more impressive than Woodland junior Tanner Kingsley, who passed for a state-record 615 yards and eight touchdowns in leading the Hawks to a 62-26 win over Seymour Thanksgiving eve.
Or teammate Anthony Scirpo of Woodland, who set NVL records with 19 touchdown receptions in a season and 28 for a career. How about Mick Pernell of Naugatuck who broke an 11-year school record for touchdowns with 31?
Or Ansonia going undefeated for the second time in a row and fourth overall in Tom Brockett's seven-year tenure?
Or Oxford narrowly missing out on the CIAC postseason after posting a school record eight wins.
As the 2012 high school football season comes to a close, it's time to give out a few awards, selected solely by the Jaffman.
Player of the Year
No one was more versatile than Ansonia's Andrew Matos, who had perhaps his best game of his career in the state final against North Branford with two rushing touchdowns and a 75-yard TD reception.
That aside, Matos' abilities (10 rushing TDs, 14 TD receptions, one punt return for TD, one passing TD) made it so much easier for his teammates. Opposing teams always had to worry about No. 4 because of his all-out hustle and playmaking ability.
Offensive MVP
Mike Nicol of Wolcott (1,535 passing yards, 19 TDs, 1,271 rushing yards, 20 TDs) was a constant on offense. He made the Eagles go with his legs, right arm and smarts. Without him the past two seasons, the likelihood is the Eagles probably don't make the playoffs.
Defensive MVP
Whether on defense, offense
See AWARDS, Page 4C
(1,73 yards, 18 TDs, 5 rushnig TDs), or special teams (37 PATs), Brennen Diaz of Oxford made the Wolverines better. On defense, he led the team (63 tackles, two sacks) by making critical players. More importantly, Diaz was a leader by example, the kind of kid everyone rallies around.
Best teammate
Ansonia junior Chris Devine, who when Ryan O'Connor of Ansonia missed the entire fourth quarter because of leg cramps during the CIAC Class S championship, Devine sat with him and talked with him to keep his spirts up, so he wouldn't be alone. Devine understands the loneliness of being sidelined having missed the whole season after knee surgery in August.
Best unsung hero
In the preseason, Watertown's Andrew Kalach voluntarily moved from tight end to guard for the good of the team and coach Mike Veronneau remembered that. Veronneau put him back to his natural position in the final few games as a reward for being selfless.
Best player to watch: Holy Cross sophomore Gerron Pendarvis just scratched the surface of what he is capable of doing as a running back, kick returner and defensive lineman, but next season, sky is the limit. He's also a most unassuming kid you'll ever meet and someone you can root for.
Team of the Year
Ansonia probably deserves the state's No. 1 ranking, based on the Chargers were the only team in the state to win 14 games, and also had the most question marks heading into the season with three season-ending injuries to Tyler Lester, Ryan Hovan and Chris Devine in the preseason. Plus their coach, Tom Brockett, dealt with a serious family issue for most of the winter and spring and football rightly became a secondary matter. The Chargers responded and ultimately won their 18th state title.
Coach of the Year
With all due respect to Brockett, the job that Oxford's Joe Stochmal did was extraordinary. Only a few starting players returned from 2011, and yet, Stochmal turned his Wolverines into arguably the best turnaround squad in the state. A year ago, Oxford struggled with a 3-7 mark to improve to an 8-2 mark. Stochmal was a star at Seymour and Southern Connecticut and earlier an accomplished offensive coordinator at Hillhouse where he helped win state titles. Now, he's one of the best head coaches in Connecticut.
Offensive coordinator of the Year: Hands down to Woodland's Tim Phipps. Not only did Phipps help the Hawks' Tanner Kingsley and Anthony Scirpo set state records in passing and receiving, respectively, he finds a way to get everyone involved and contribute to the cause,
Defensive coordinator of the Year: Charlie Rizzio of Oxford. Rizzio has been in this position since the program began, and earned the respect of Stochmal and the players by his actions. Rizzio was a two-way star at Seymour a decade ago and thought of teammate. Some things don't change.
Special teams coordinator of the Year: Cheshire resident and former Rams assistant coach Greg Ferry helped Xavier to the Class LL state title last weekend. Ferry, who won two state titles as a player at Cheshire in 1992 and 1993, and as a Rams' assistant coach in 2009, joined Sean Marinan's staff over the summer and thrived in his role because of his passionate approach.
Best postgame quote of the Year and of probably of my career: "I cradled the ball in my hands as if it were my first-born child," said Oxford's Jeff Haney after his game-winning, two-point conversion reception to give the Wolverines a 22-21 win over New Fairfield in October.
Best individual moment: After Wolcott's Joe Lynch scored a touchdown against Derby during fog and haze night in early November, Lynch went to the sidelines, took off his helmet and said hello to me.
"Mr. Jaffee, congratulations on your Hall of Fame induction," Lynch said.
Lynch stunned me, just like the induction itself or the hundreds of Hallmark cards, emails, phone calls and well-wishers I've received over the past two months. Saying thank you is not nearly enough.
Everyone have a safe and healthy and happy holiday season and New Year.
Reach Republican-American staff writer Mark Jaffee at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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" When will the all copper and all brass pictures run in the paper "
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" The Brass and Copper teams are expected to run Saturday. "
Frank wrote on Dec 30, 2012 6:32 PM:
" Ansonia deserves to be #1, that's funny! Hand's JV team would give them a good game. "
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SPARTANBURG, SC-- Evelyn S. Zimmerman, 87, wife of the late Samuel Franklin Zimmerman, died on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
A memorial service will be held today, Sunday, March 17, 2013, at 2:00pm at the Dunbar Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Reverend Todd Lowe and Dr. Keith Taylor. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
In remembrance of Evelyn, memorials may be made to Cedar Springs Baptist Church, 140 Cedar Spring Place, Spartanburg, SC 29302.
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U.S. Restaurant Chain Farms Lobsters in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR — Darden Restaurants (DRI), owner of the ubiquitous Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse chains in the United States, has teamed up with two Malaysian companies to set up a MYR2 billion ($653.5 million) lobster farm on Borneo island as a steppingstone into Asia, a market that it has not yet cracked in a fledgling international expansion program.
For restaurants facing weak growth prospects in Western markets, the fast-growing economies of Asia are attractive as millions more people eat out thanks to higher disposable income and a desire to try Western food.
The 9,300-hectare integrated lobster aquaculture park, touted as the world's first, will produce up to 40 million pounds of tropical spiny lobsters and generate up to $1 billion in annual revenue when it reaches maximum capacity by 2029, Darden said in a statement. The company, which runs more than 2,000 restaurants mainly in the U.S., doesn't currently have a presence in Asia but has expanded to the Middle East and Mexico, spokesman Rich Jeffers told Dow Jones Newswires.
"We plan to establish our Asia-Pacific restaurant development hub in Kuala Lumpur," Clarence Otis, chairman and chief executive of Orlando, Florida-based Darden,said in the statement. "Asia is an attractive market and Malaysia represents a strategic and central location for us to begin to explore the possibilities in this part of the world."
The Darden project dovetails with the Malaysian government's program to lift the Southeast Asian nation into developed nation status by 2020 by creating high-income jobs. Under the program, which aims to attract investments worth $444 billion, agriculture has been identified as a key high-growth sector.
Ever Nexus Sustainable Seafood Sdn Bhd and Inno Fisheries Sdn Bhd will assist Darden's Malaysian unit Darden Aquasciences Sdn Bhd in the project. The companies said they plan to hire more than 14,000 people to work on the project over the next decade including scientists, engineers, aquaculture specialists and skilled technicians.
Production is set to begin by June 2015 and reach full production until 2029. Darden will purchase all output from the contract farmers and "we intend to sell it into Asian markets," Mr. Jeffers said, without specifying what countries Darden was thinking about entering.
"It's an attractive market to us and we continue to evaluate it and potential opportunities there," Mr. Jeffers said.
Globally, the market for lobsters is estimated to worth over $4.0 billion a year, said Musa Aman, chief minister of Sabah, with the Asia Pacific region accounting for about 75% of the total market.
"This translates into vast opportunities for Malaysia and in particular the state of Sabah, in becoming a major player in meeting the demand for lobsters," Mr. Aman said.
Sabah was chosen because it has "suitable" geography and available sea space for an efficient and effective operation, said Jeffers said, noting the targeted species of lobster is native to the region, which is free from tropical cyclones and other catastrophic weather that could threaten the project's long-term viability.
Darden reported that fiscal first-quarter earnings improved 3.9% amid stronger same-restaurant sales at its specialty chains, though a decline at its Red Lobster chain weighed on results.


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The 2013 Native American $1 Coin commemorates the Delaware Treaty of 1778. Its reverse design features a turkey, howling wolf and turtle (all symbols of the clans of the Delaware Tribe), and a ring of 13 stars to represent the Colonies. The design includes the required inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and $1. The additional inscriptions include TREATY WITH THE DELAWARES and 1778.
When the American Revolution established a new sovereign government on the North American continent, its founders acknowledged the significance of Indian tribes as the new United States of America dealt with tribes government-to-government, making peace and winning allies through a series of treaties. The new Constitution in 1789 reserved the regulation of commerce with the tribes to the federal government–specifically in Article I, section 8, clause 3–putting them on the same footing as foreign governments. The First Congress affirmed this principle in major legislation on trade and land deals with Indians–laws that are still in effect. Treaty-making with the United States was the foundation for tribal relations with the new American government. But the legal theory underlying that relationship was sharply contested until Chief Justice John Marshall's pivotal 1832 decision in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. In declaring tribes to be dependent nations, he started the process by which tribes were recognized under the American federal system, equal in status with state governments as the third leg of sovereign membership, but also diminished in stature under this system.
After declaring independence, the United States signed its first formal treaty with an Indian tribe, the Delaware, at Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh, Pa.) on September 17, 1778. The mutual defense treaty allowed American troops to pass through the Delaware Tribe's land to attack the British fort at Detroit, Mich. Under the treaty, the United States recognized the Delaware Nation's sovereignty. The treaty also offered significant insight into the later process of incorporating tribes into the federal system. Article VI of the treaty gave the Delaware Nation the option of joining other tribes in the Ohio region to form a state with the Delaware Tribe at the head to become part of the U.S. confederation, with representation in Congress. Although the statehood option was never taken up, it foreshadowed the later acknowledgment of tribes as partners in the federal system.


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by Henry David Thoreau
Walden Introduction
In A Nutshell
Henry David Thoreau was a pretty brilliant guy, but he didn't feel the need to answer to anyone. When The Advancement of Society asked him what kind of scientist he was, he refused to give a clear response. In his Journal, he writes, "I am a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot" (source). To boot!
Thoreau's refusal to be buttonholed is characteristic of this "wild child" of the American Transcendentalists. The Transcendentalists – proto-hippies, you might say – were a group of writers and thinkers based in Concord, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century. The leader of the pack was actually Thoreau's pal Ralph Waldo Emerson, who happened to loan him the land by Walden Pond where Thoreau would ultimately commence his personal experiment. Emerson expressed his Transcendentalist philosophy in famous essays like Nature (1836) and "Self-Reliance" (1841), where he promoted such values as individualism, freedom from conformity, and nature as a source of spiritual renewal for mankind.
So what distinguishes Thoreau from Emerson? Well, for the Walden author, it is nature, not man, that takes center stage. Thoreau is often known as the first environmentalist or ecologist. Sure, there were already nature conservationist movements at the time, but Thoreau's Walden (first published as Walden; or Life in the Woods in 1854) was one of the earliest attempts to present these ideas as a coherent philosophy. He embraces the wildness of nature for its own sake and argues that man is obligated to conserve nature – total tree hugger.
Covering the years 1845-1847, Walden explores Thoreau's life in an isolated cabin, with the barest of necessities. ("Bare Necessities" – go ahead and sing it. We'll wait… Okay, ready?) In the book, Thoreau does a lot of observing, watching, and ruminating on nature and its seasonal changes. But he also takes it one step further. He uses his vast knowledge of philosophical and religious texts to turn these observations into answers. In particular, he answers the most universal of questions: what is a good life, and how should we live?
Walden's exquisite descriptions of natural life, with an attention to species-specific detail (and boy, do we mean detail), show us a richness of natural diversity that corresponds to the varieties of human experience. If we could just break out of our habits of conformity and prejudice, Thoreau thinks, the possibilities for living would be endless.
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Let's say you are one of those people who just doesn't like nature. Sure, you might appreciate intellectually why there should be national parks, or you might consider yourself environmentally conscious and support environmental causes. But let's face it: grass leaves green smudges on your skinny jeans, it's always either too hot or too cold outside, squirrels can be vicious and annoying, insects bite, and flowers produce sneeze-inducing pollen. Not to mention, you can't go a day – let alone an hour – without plugging into your iPad. After all, there's a reason why we fly on airplanes, talk on cell phones, work at computers, wear nice clothes, and eat chocolate: civilization.
You can see why tree-huggers, granola-munchers, and English majors might enjoy Thoreau's Walden, but – no offense – what's in it for you?
Thoreau, you might be relieved to know, would totally get where you are coming from. He doesn't want his readers to follow the exact same path that he took. That would be missing the point of his entire book. He wants each of his readers to find his or her own unique and original path, and share it with the world. He's after that originality that doesn't necessarily look like originality. Besides, rock 'n' roll rebelliousness is hardly original, is it? Thoreau supports every one of us doing whatever we do really well and being whoever we are to the max. We do what we do for ourselves, and not to please others.
So you know what? If you're not the crunchy type, you may not resonate with Thoreau's bordering-on-obsessive love of and appreciation for nature. Surely, though, there's something you value, something you're passionate about, that can lead you to a fuller understanding of yourself. And we think that Walden might just be able to help you find that something.


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- One mag is never enoughLets face it. One mag will not do you good. You need to reload. That is what spare mags are for duh. This has a good capacity, and it does not leak gas and feeds good. Press the gas release thingy and it will freeze up the magazine. My friend found that out the hard way lol.
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- Worth your greenThese mags are constructed VERY well. Just like my USP is =]
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- It's AlrightI bought this magazine when I bought my pistol, and I think it is alright. It holds gas fine and feeds bbs well, but some times when i am loading gas the gas leaks out of the nozzle at the end of the clip. But once the gas is in the mag it's fine.
- okay magya it's true one mag is never enough...in huge matches two or three might not be enough for you either but this mag probably isn't the one you want. i had mine for less than three days and only played two matches with my neighbor. i used one mag for the majority of the matches but on the third day when we went out to shoot our other neighbors cat out from under my car we discovered that the little rubber ring that holds in the pressure was completely missing. now it holds gas for about 30 seconds.
- Doesn't Leak...I've had the same mag (the one that came with my gun) and it hasn't leaked at all. I'll use it for a while on the weekend, use it the next week and the unused gas is still in the mag. Long story short, if you want a pistol mag to use (with a compatible pistol of course) that has good capacity and doesn't leak gas, this is the one to buy.
- I'm not impressedThey worked fine for 2 game days. Then they both fell apart. LITERALY. The bottom thing fell off and the springs flew out, impossible to locate, and never held gas ever again.
- Not a good magazineI think that the magazines are overpriced and they do not hold gas very well. After two battles the magazine began to leak gas. It got to the point that i just threw away the magazine because it would lose all of its gas in like three seconds. The good thing about this magazine i guess would be that it holds a good amount of bbs but that's the only pro that i found.


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An awesome show here that is well-known for its Bela Fleck sit-in. What more needs to be said about a show with a monster Slave w/ Bela sitting in? A decent amount, actually...
Third song in we are hit with a Reba that means business, already off to a very great start. The sequence of If I Could > Ice > Theme is excellent and flows very well. Acoustic Army is always a treat and then we go in to a humorous Fee, with a nice amount of stage banter after Trey flubs some lyrics. A tight Melt closes the set.
Timber > Sparkle > Simple > Possum is just awesome. All of these songs go together perfectly and each have their own highlights within. It may be worth mentioning that the Possum is 17 minutes long. We get a nice YEM with extended sections in the intro. More magic happens when Bela joins the band. He is a little drowned out in Taste but still adds some nice layers. Poor Heart gives Bela his first chance to really shine, and he certainly does. We then drop in to some acoustic bluegrass that warms the soul... before finally reaching the aforementioned Slave.
Not discrediting the Bag or Ya Mar, as they serve their purpose and get things going, but this show just doesn't quit after Reba.
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LAKE TAHOE — With the start of the summer hiking season upon us, Tahoe's peaks, wildflowers and vistas are beginning to beckon. Tahoe Rim Trail offers free guided hikes in July. These hikes are great for all abilities, and shorter hikes are most appropriate for children.Participants must register in advance for these summer hikes. Online registration is now required for all TRTA programs and can be completed on the TRTA website at www.tahoerimtrail.org.For more information, call 775-298-0012 or email Jaime at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Lawmakers sidetrack kids attending any NC school
Published: Monday, May 5, 2014 at 4:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, May 5, 2014 at 4:17 p.m.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A legislative committee wants more time to consider the effects of allowing 1.5 million North Carolina public school students to choose their classroom anywhere in the state.
Members of a legislative oversight committee on Monday decided to keep studying the issue rather than introduce a draft law ahead of the annual General Assembly session starting next week.
Republican Rep. Bryan Holloway of Stokes County said he wants to hear from school administrators about the idea.
More than 20 states already have laws requiring schools to accept student transfers across district boundaries.
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To study, through both laboratory and field investigation, the physiology, biochemistry, biology, ecology, and control plant bugs on various host crops in the arid southwestern USA with the goal of developing environmentally sound and sustainable pest management strategies.
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Laboratory studies will focus on elucidating the feeding physiology and biochemistry of plant bugs feeding on cotton and other hosts. Specific biochemical pathways will be determined and evaluated and molecular methods will be used to identify potential genetic based methods for disrupting these pathways (e.g. RNAi). The life history of plant bugs on new industrial crops will be quantified under controlled conditions. The potential impact of plant bugs on yield and quality of new industrial crops will be investigated in the greenhouse and field using inclusion cages and field manipulation of plant bug populations.
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avatar wrote: Do we know how many episodes will air during season two?
R. Kamidees wrote: Comcast does not carry the AMC channel in HD, but Breaking Bad was always available on demand in HD the day after the broadcast.
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Making a Little Time for Myself
Last email I sent about working 7 days a week a lot of you said, "Dont forget to take some time for myself." Well, I'm getting some rest now. This is why I don't mind working so hard... When you do the rest is so much sweeter.
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Dr. Havira's scholarship addresses women's history, the history of education, Michigan labor history, and the early history of WMU. Her 1986 MSU Ph.D. dissertation, "Factories and Workers in Three Michigan Towns: 1880-1920," examined the status and experience of women in manufacturing in southwestern Michigan. Articles on the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union 1912 strike in Kalamazoo and on the work of the Michigan Bureau of Labor Statistics in the early twentieth century further express her focus on Michigan labor topics. Michigan was again the focus when Havira joined other local scholars to produce three annual 20 page newsprint tabloids (1989-1991) on the theme: "The History of Women in Education in Kalamazoo." Dr. Havira's professional associations outside WMU included the History of Education Society, the North American Labor History Association, the Michigan Women's Studies Association, and the History of Women.
Much of Dr. Havira's teaching in her first twenty years at WMU consisted of interdisciplinary and team teaching. Courses addressing interdisciplinary social science, the non-western world, the twentieth century, and women's studies brought her into on-going professional association with faculty from varied disciplines. In the 1970s, Dr. Havira joined with colleagues inside and outside her department to develop the WMU women's studies program and served a term as director. She taught the core course for seventeen years as well as others in the program.
In her twenty plus years in the history department, Dr. Havira taught courses in women's history for general education and for majors. She continued to focus on curriculum development and pedagogy as a committee member and during a term as Director of Undergraduate Studies. The required course in history methods for undergraduate majors has been part of her teaching schedule since 1998.
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"Like a beautifully-wrapped gift box, full of unexpected pleasures. Alix Strauss proves herself to be an astute and deeply feeling observer of human nature."
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A stunning, wise, and witty second novel from renowned trend journalist Alix Strauss, Based Upon Availability chisels away at the exteriors of eight smart and intriguing women while delving deep inside to see what they're truly made of. Following her Ingram Award-winning The Joy of Funerals—named Best Debut Novel by The New York Resident—Based Upon Availability is women's literary fiction at its finest.
From the very first page of this stunning novel, readers are drawn into the lives of eight seemingly ordinary women who pass through Manhattan's swanky Four Seasons Hotel. While offering sanctuary to some, solace to others, the hotel captures their darkest moments as they grapple with family, sex, power, love, and death.
Trish obsesses over her best friend's wedding and dramatic weight loss. Robin wants revenge after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her older sister. Anne is single, lonely, and suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drug-addicted rock star Louise needs to dry out. Southerner turned wannabe Manhattanite Franny is envious of her neighbors' lives. Sheila wants to punish her boyfriend for returning to his wife. Ellen so desperately wants children that she insists she's pregnant to her disbelieving husband. And Morgan, the hotel manager—haunted by the memory of her dead sister—is the thread that weaves these women's lives together.
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"This sharp and brilliant novel shows that truth cannot be seen from the outside. You'll absorb every anecdote's last detail as real human connection resurfaces and these women take steps to become the people they've always dreamed they'd be." — Elle
"Strauss has a knack for inserting the kinds of surprises that shock but also strengthen the impact of the novel. " — Baltimore Morning Sun
"This is the classic read-it-in-one-big-gulp book. Or spend several days at the beach with it; compelling from first page to last -- edgy, moving, human." — Liz Smith, Page Six
"Colorful writing...Strauss takes on famed New York lodging the Four Seasons, filling the storied hostelry with colorful women characters who share a common human bond." — New York Post
"Stellar...Subplots play out and scenes are revisited courtesy of a number of perspectives—hotel employees, friends and family, hotel guests—creating a near mosaic with twinges of darkness....this is quite sublime. — Publishers Weekly
"Mesmerizing...the characters in this moving novel are achingly sympathetic, their plights eminently relatable." — Booklist
"Imminently entertaining…an insightful and engrossing character study of eight women not so very different than you or I. Looking past their superficial differences, you will find yourself identifying, in at least some small measure, with each and every one of them—like it or not!" — Bookclubcheerleader.com
From Strauss (stories: The Joy of Funerals, 2003, etc.), a novel concerning a Manhattan Four Seasons manager who witnesses the alarmingly bleak lives of women (herself included) confronting the loss of youth...These New York stories will remind some readers of Parker—as in Dorothy, not Sarah Jessica. — Kirkus Reviews
"BASED UPON AVAILABILITY is like a beautifully-wrapped gift box, full of unexpected pleasures. Alix Strauss proves herself to be an astute and deeply feeling observer of human nature." — Dani Shapiro, author of Black & White
"There's a story behind every room at Manhattan's famed Four Seasons Hotel, and in her engaging novel Alix Strauss weaves them together in a dark and complicated tapestry. From the seemingly put-together manager to the aging rock star, every character has a secret and nothing is what it seems." — Shari Goldhagen, author of Family and Other Accidents
"Alix Strauss is one of the most enjoyable writers in this or any country. Based Upon Availability is fun, smart and beautiful." — Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You
"It's Eloise from the Plaza, now 32 and running the hotel, with a hint of the S&M of Mary Gaitskill and the elegant precision of Lorrie Moore--and the touch of Strauss's own signature macabre that I adore." — Jennifer Belle, author of HIGH MAINTENANCE and THE SEVEN YEAR BITCH
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- Imprint: Harper Perennial
- On Sale: 06/08/2010
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.793 in (d)
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With smoke drifting all the way to Lake Tahoe, the massive Rim Fire rumbled into Yosemite National Park on Friday, threatening to burn thousands of homes and disrupt vacation plans across the Sierra Nevada.
The Tuolumne County fire nearly doubled in size overnight into Friday, and by evening it stretched over about 125,620 acres, or 196 square miles -- larger than the size of San Jose. It was just a few hundred acres short of becoming the 15th-largest wildfire in California recorded history, dating back to 1932, and was expected to grow this weekend, Cal Fire officials said.
Smoke from the Yosemite blaze combined with the mostly contained, 2-week-old, 20,000-acre American Fire smoldering in a forest west of Lake Tahoe, dispersing ash and dirty air over the Tahoe-Reno area. The fires cast a pall on three of the most popular vacation destinations for Bay Area residents looking for one last summer getaway.
"I think about the people out there doing the rough camping that are miles away from their car. That's got to be scary." said Pleasanton resident Shelby McNamara, who just returned from the fire area.
Yosemite, oddly enough, was perhaps the least affected, as the vast majority of the park remained open, and the wind blew the smoke away from tourist destinations at the center of the park. By contrast, officials declared the air quality unhealthy in the Reno area, more than 100 miles north of the Rim Fire.
Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said although about 2,700 firefighters were working on the Rim Fire, it's been a struggle to safely access the rugged canyon terrain, and the extremely dry conditions have helped the fire spread quickly.
"And now the fire has grown to a size and intensity where it's creating its own wind and weather," Berlant said. As of Friday evening, it was only 5 percent contained, but that was up from 2 percent earlier in the day.
Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said 11,000 acres of wilderness in the park was burning. But he noted that was a mere fraction of the park, which people from around the world book reservations for up to a year in advance.
"There are certainly people who backpack there (in the area burning), but it's over 20 miles from Yosemite Valley, Half Dome and a lot of visitor attractions," Gediman said. "There's no reason people should cancel their trips."
The cause of the Rim Fire remains under investigation, though Berlant said: "When it's this dry out, it doesn't take much."
One firefighter was injured and 16 structures were destroyed; 4,500 more homes were threatened. Authorities advised more evacuations for the small nearby towns.
McNamara, who has a second home west of Yosemite, near Groveland, decided not to venture up this weekend and become dangerous "looky-loos" in the firefighters' way.
"I told my husband, 'Do we really want to go up there?' And he said, 'Why? What are we going to do, sit on our deck and watch it burn?'" said McNamara, president of the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce.
The couple went this week to get some of their belongings and saw residents having picnics and watching the fire, and they watched the flames rage for a bit themselves.
"Everything was covered in ash. It was creepy," she said.
While McNamara and many others will stay home, Harvey Correia was taking his Antioch Boy Scout troop to the southern half of Yosemite for a planned weekend outing.
"I was more concerned with concerned parents. They were saying, 'I heard they closed the park,'" said Correia. He calmly sent them photos from the Yosemite Facebook page showing clear blue skies and maps from Cal Fire showing the fire was 30 miles away from their camp site. Eventually, the families for all 15 boys agreed the fire was mostly just a scary thought and went along.
The troop is planning an 8½-mile hike from Glacier Point to Yosemite Valley. Correia and other assistant Scout masters hoped to teach the boys how to make a campfire -- if it's allowed -- and cook with a camp stove: "We're looking for a good time," he said.
Danville resident Kathy Till and her husband, who took friends from the United Kingdom to Yosemite last weekend when the fire sparked, came back Monday and had no idea the fire would grow at the rate it did. They might head back this weekend to help friends collect some furniture that has sentimental value.
"I know furniture doesn't come first," Till said. "They wouldn't go up if it was dangerous."
The fire crossed over into the western edge of Yosemite on Friday morning, and a section of Highway 120 from the Bay Area toward the park remains closed. A few camp sites and the Hetch Hetchy area were closed, while some outdoor activities and festivals in the Yosemite area, including the Strawberry Music Festival, were called off.
Friday night, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for San Francisco, which is 150 miles away from the fire but had to shut down two of three hydroelectric plants in the area that serve the city.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, owner of the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power System, which supplies water to 2.6 million Bay Area residents and businesses, re-iterated Friday that water quality and delivery were not affected.
But officials were monitoring the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir inside Yosemite as the fire moved a couple of miles from the water supply. The level of particles in the water was measured as 0.2 on a scale in which 5.0 is considered contaminated.
Brown on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Tuolumne County to free up resources as 11 major fires burn throughout California, tying up more than 8,000 firefighters. California wildfires had, until this week, burned half the amount of land as they did at this point both last year and on average over the past five years.
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at Twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.


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Programs to aid farmers, land owners set for next year
Published: Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 12:17 p.m.
The end of the year is fast approaching. And with that comes the new year and new opportunities. The LSU AgCenter/Louisiana Sea Grant Program has set the date on a few upcoming educational events that will be held in the area.
Louisiana Fisheries 2013 is a summit for the Louisiana commercial fishing industry. The program is scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd. This educational meeting has evolved from last year's successful Louisiana Shrimping 2012 event. The Louisiana fisheries summit will expand the program to cover all of the major commercial fisheries, not just shrimp.
Managing Wildlife 2013 will feature a field day and workshops to help land owners, land managers and others better manage their properties for wildlife production. The event is scheduled for March 14 in Napoleonville.
Producing Crawfish 2013 is a workshop designed to assist crawfish farmers in better managing their operations. This program is scheduled for March 21 at the Ag Building in Raceland.
Agendas and program materials for these educational programs are being developed. Check BayouLog.com at bayoulog.com/events/ for details, information and online registration as it becomes available.
Alan Matherne is the LSU AgCenter's area fisheries and coastal issues agent for Terrebonne, Lafourche and Assumption parishes. He can be reached at 873-6495 or email@example.com. You can read his articles and blogs at bayoulog.com. Friend him on Facebook at facebook.com /profilephp?id= 100001785563037 and follow him on Twitter @amatherne.
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David Irving's Right Wing ExtremismTable of Contents
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Arthur R. Butz1
|28 June 1978
|Noontide Press to P, stating that they would be pleased if P would accept a complimentary copy of 'Myth of the Six Million' and/or 'Hoax of the Twentieth Century' by Butz.
|1 Nov 1978
|Letter P to Richard Verrall (author of 'Did Six Million Really Die?'); "The Butz book is quite controversial, and I would not be happy about commenting on it at all. Please forgive me for this reluctance."
|4 Mar 1980
|P letter to IHR (see 00 1): P would not speak on the same platform as Butz at an IHR conference [see this file, 001, p2—3]
|14 Apr 1985
|Letter Butz to P, asking if P would recommend publication of certain material in the JHR (after questionable editing). Letter copied to Faurisson.
|20 Apr 1985
|Letter P to Butz in reply.
|17 June 1988
|Letter Butz to P advising him to issue a written statement "setting forth just what your views are on the general allegation of 'extermination' of the Jews. I would hate to see a situation develop in which your alleged views are represented by others. Give your great prestige as an historian that will be the situation that will develop if you don't act."
|24 June 1988
|Letter P to Butz thanking him for the "unexpected" letter of 17 June. "I have to admit that the documents I saw to Toronto shattered several of my former beliefs. I certainly intend issuing a written statement, but it will probably be in the form of a book..... I may well have to leave it until the end of my writing career".
|12 Sep 1989
|Letter Christopher Jones to P, asking where he could obtain a copy of Butz's book 'The Hoax of the 20th Century'. Received by P on 14.9.89. P replies: "Sorry, can't help you - haven't even heard of the book".
|1 July 1990
|Letter P to Butz informing him that the "Holocaust' experts" whom he had contacted had not identified the building they considered to be gas chambers [at Auschwitz]. "Our critics are getting cold feet!"
|9 July 1990
|Letter Butz to P responding to the above;
|31 May 1991
|Letter Butz to P alerting him to an article published in Summer Northwestern, in which P is criticised, and offering the address should P wish to reply.
|14 June 1991
|Letter P to Butz, enclosing P's response to the Summer Northwestern, with the comment to Butz "we gotta fight back!"
|17 July 1991
|Letter Butz to P informing him of Bradley Smith's (IHR) interest in publishing P's letter to the Summer Northwestern in the IHR newsletter, and requesting P's permission to sent Smith a copy. "The more I think of it, the more appreciative I am that you have put Hayes on the spot like this."
|29 July 1991
|Letter Butz to Smith (IHR) enclosing P's letter to "Summer Northwestern", I am glad that Irving has sought to put Hayes on the spot like this, and I now attach more importance to this letter than I did at first. I am inclined to think that if you publish the Irving letter before the Daily Northwestern resumes publication then some of the pressure on them will be removed. However that is between you and Irving,"
|15 Mar 1993
|Letter Butz to Mark Weber (IHR), copied to (amongst others) P Faurisson, Mattogno, Roques, Smith Stäglich and Walendy, offering his reactions to the new Journal of Historical Review ('JHR'); "(...) the battle that Holocaust revisionists are waging has a feature of overwhelming importance: we are right and obviously so. Our enemies know this and try everything to prevent our case from being heard."
|21 Apr 1994
|P is sent a copy of his Butz's endorsement for the JHR, which is circulated with P's endorsement (see this file, 00 1, p 107—8)
1. See Requests for Information (RFI) 'extremism' section, Reply 1; see also letter from P to Ds dated 6 January 2000 (P stated he had read Butz's book).


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San Jose-based SunPower (SPWRA) has landed a plum contract: Its solar panels will generate electricity for Apple's (AAPL) massive new data center in Maiden, N.C., according to a filing with regulators in that state.
Apple has said renewable energy--solar panels and fuels cells--will power a "high percentage" of the data center's overall electricity needs, leading to speculation in Silicon Valley's clean tech industry about who its technology partners are.
"Apple is building the nation's largest end user-owned, onsite solar array on the land surrounding the data center," the company said in its recently released 7-page facilities report. "When completed, this 100-acre, 20-megawatt facility will supply 42 million kilowatt-hours of clean, renewable energy annually."
One megawatt is enough to power 750 to 1,000 homes. But because the sun doesn't shine all the time, solar industry experts say, 1 megawatt of solar power capacity is sufficient to power about 200 California households.
Apple has not announced which solar company got the contract and did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment. SunPower declined to comment, referring calls to Apple.
But an 18-page filing with the North Carolina Utilities Commission makes it clear that SunPower has been chosen to provide the solar panels for the massive solar farm.
"Each of the photovoltaic installations will consist of multiple SunPower E20 435-watt photovoltaic modules on ground-mounted single axis tracking systems," the filing states.
The solar farm will be built in phases and could begin delivering electricity to the grid as early as October.
Data centers -- facilities that house massive computer servers -- gobble up enormous and rapidly growing amounts of electricity. Tech companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are taking steps to reduce the environmental impact of data centers by boosting their energy efficiency.
But many data centers are clustered in states that largely rely on coal and nuclear energy to power the electric grid. Half of the electricity generated in the United States is from coal, and greenhouse-gas emissions from coal-fired power plants are a leading cause of climate change. Tech companies have been under fire from Greenpeace for powering data centers with what it calls "dirty energy," and the environmental organization has pressed tech companies to commit to clean, renewable energy sources.
Apple, Facebook and Google (GOOG) have data centers within 45 minutes of each other in western North Carolina. The region, which used to be a center of textile and furniture manufacturing, now pitches itself as North Carolina's "Data Center Corridor."
The power in the region comes from Duke Energy, which offers some of the cheapest electricity in the nation. Duke Energy operates eight coal-fired power plants, as well as seven nuclear power plants.
Apple's data center is the region's largest. It occupies 500,000 square feet -- the size of nearly five Walmart stores. Apple has not said what the overall energy needs of the data center are, but Greenpeace estimates that just 8 to 10 percent of the facility's overall needs would come from renewables, with the other 90 percent coming from Duke Energy.
"While Apple has been more than happy to draw the media's attention to how large the solar farm is, it has kept its lips stapled firmly shut when it comes to just how much coal will still be required to power the cloud," wrote Gary Cook of Greenpeace in a recent blog post about the data center.
Apple expects at least 14 photovoltaic installations to make up the solar farm. Other details, such as projected costs and maps of the proposed site, are confidential and could not be accessed from the North Carolina Utilities Commission website. Apple has billions of dollars in cash on hand and "intends to self-finance this project," according to the filing.
SunPower designs and manufactures high-efficiency solar cells and solar panels for residential, commercial and utility clients. Total SA, the French oil company, purchased a majority stake in SunPower last year.
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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Food collection effort reaps 11,000 items
On behalf of the United Way of Northwest Connecticut, I'd like to thank everyone who participated in our recent Food For Your Neighbors program. We collected nearly 11,000 items to help restock local food pantries until the next major food drive conducted by the U.S. Postal Service this month.
More than 38 companies and organizations collected food, in addition to individuals who donated food or sent cash contributions; 15 businesses served as community drop-off locations; local news media outlets got the word out; and volunteers helped out at our food depot. We are indebted to Vance Taylor and Commercial Real Estate Group for arranging for us to use the facility at 59 Field St. in Torrington.
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