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Self-reliance and sustainability in the 21st century.
By the MOTHER EARTH NEWS editors
grandparents, homestead, self-sufficiency
This story is from Debbie Mildfelt, submitted as part of our Wisdom From Our Elders collection of self-sufficient tales from yesteryear.
My grandmother, Charlotte Riley Mildfelt Thornburg, kept me entertained with tons of stories from her childhood. Her grandparents homesteaded land in Clay County, Kan. (coming from England). They were Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Waterman. Their daughter, Ethyl Waterman, married Winfield Scott Riley and they built a home near the Waterman homestead.
The home never had any paint. This home was a two-story home without electricity, gas or running water. The home was heated with wood. Food was cooked on a wood cook stove. They had a root cellar under the home and a cistern under the kitchen floor that collected rain water from the roof. Water from the cistern was pumped with a hand pump. Baths were taken in a tub in the kitchen and water was not dumped after each person (ewww). Dishes were first washed in lukewarm water then set in the sink, and boiling water was used for the second rinse.
Perishables were preserved in a crock in lard and stored in the crawl space of the attic. Grandma Ethyl Waterman baked her own bread and if food ran out at meal time, someone would go upstairs and get lard to be melted for family to dip their bread into.
In the summer there was a claw foot tub outdoors and a large thick piece of plate glass. The tub would be filled with pumped water from the well and the glass was used like a magnifying glass to warm the water. In the winter, each kid had a brick that would be heated in the wood stove, then wrapped in a pair of old jeans to take with them to put at the foot of their beds to help stay warm.
If the wind blew, snow would blow into the home through the windows; same with dust. During the Dust Bowl, wet towels and sheets were pinned up at each window and stuffed under the base of the doors. Every day a clean sheet would be used.
The outhouse was close to the back door. Each person had a bed pan, and in the winter, the contents would freeze.
Root cellar: Apples would carefully be wrapped in a brown paper sack and could last a very long time in the cellar. All food from their garden was canned.
A favorite game was called shinnies or shin knees. Take an empty can and a stick and play the same rules as hockey. It was called shinnies or shin knees because it tore up everyone's shins.
Each kid would get one new pair of shoes at the beginning of the school year. This was possible by selling one hog. When you outgrew your shoes, you wore whatever you could find or went barefoot. Even boys would wear heels if they needed shoes. Overalls were common, even for girls. Kids went to school up to the eighth grade only. Flour came in cloth bags and the bags were used to make curtains, quilts and dresses, whatever they needed.
A favorite treat was similar to Funyuns but made with hog fat somehow.
When my grandmother's first baby died during childbirth, they had mourning in the kitchen, with the baby wrapped and set on the table. She said the wild cats surrounded the house and meowed loudly and tried to get into the house (creepy). Her first born was delivered at home on the farm. Her parents had four biological children and raised the four Greer children after they were orphaned. They also raised a woman with a very low IQ who became pregnant and they raised her son as their own.
All children were raised in a deeply religious, but very patient and loving home. My grandmother and the youngest Greer, Garrett Greer, were close in age and liked to make their own fun (that would be considered trouble in these times).
This home is now falling down. The roof collapsed onto the second floor, but hasn't changed since Grandma Ethyl died in 1966 ... time capsule. Pictures still on the wall and medicine still under the kitchen sink. Grandma Charlotte was born in 1911 and was the youngest of the four Riley children. I inherited a Kellogg's children's book collection from when my grandma Charlotte was a young child.
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Autism Speaks 400 – Final Day
This guest post is by Autism Speaks Blog contributor Kerry Magro. Kerry, an adult who has autism, is a junior at Seton Hall University, majoring in Sports Management. He is currently working at Autism Speaks as a writer.
Sometimes you don't have the words to express your amazement at a series of events. That was me after witnessing the Autism Speaks 400 on Sunday, May 16. But luckily for the readers, I've come back to earth and I'm ready to blog. Enjoy!
Sunday was another great day for driver Kyle Busch. Busch dominated the weekend. Almost winning Friday's Camping Truck Series race, then winning Saturday's Heluva Good 200 Nationwide Series race. On Sunday he completed his great weekend by winning the Sprint Cup Series Autism Speaks 400 Race. What made Kyle so special this weekend was his aggressive, winning attitude. I had the opportunity to watch Kyle accept his trophy in victory lane. That positive, winning mentality was evidenced by the smile on Kyle's face as he accepted his award. His confident winning manner is well known on the NASCAR circuit and indicates he will continue his winning ways.
Although many had Kyle winning before the race had even started, driver Jimmie Johnson was competed closely with Kyle all day long. However, after 365 laps, Johnson had a disastrous pit stop. He received a passing penalty, which put him a lap down to Busch, ruining his chances to win. This led to Jimmie Johnson finishing in 16th place.
Two of Sunday's best stories came from driver Jamie McMurray and FOX Sports Senior Executive and Autism Speaks Board Member Artie Kempner. Both of these gentlemen have done amazing work for NASCAR and also for Autism Speaks. Jamie spent several minutes talking to fans along with giving me an interview. Artie Kempner said it best, "Jamie does more than just drive a race car". Jamie has a passion for helping others and his family has been touched by Autism. When asked about the race, Jamie said "This is a really cool weekend. Awareness is something unique to our sport. To have a race, not named after a bank or a product, it's something very special. The race is something very special to me because my niece is autistic." Jamie, during the time with the fans signed several autographs and made a lot of people's days just like mine; special.
As a final note of the day I would just like to thank Jamie, Artie Kempner and the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority for volunteering at three Autism Speaks booths outside of the race way. The Sorority sold Autism Speaks memorabilia to help in the fight against autism. Finally, I'd like to thank everyone at Autism Speaks, NASCAR, and HERSHEY'S Milk & Milkshakes for such a great weekend.
I'm already looking forward to the race next year and am hoping you enjoyed the blog the past couple of days. As a bonus for our readers, below are several photos from this weekend's events. Thank you all!
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I'd love to be a guest blogger-let me know!I'm a parent and I write an autism blog for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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I must confess I'm not much of a NASCAR follower, but I really have enjoyed reading your blogs about the race, Kerry. Thanks for taking time to write them.
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Let me get one thing out in front: Visa (NYSE: V)
is a phenomenal company. I mean really, really good. High-quality.
Strong moat. Well-managed. Sturdy balance sheet. The works. It's the
epitome of what you should look for in long-term investments.
Alas, Visa's stock scares me silly. Why? Amid all the happy things
you can say about the company, it's easy to overlook two important
Before you send that hate mail, let me explain.
Crazy for cards
To gauge investor sentiment on Visa's future, I pulled up analysts' earnings expectations for the next four years. Have a look:
EPS Estimates
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard and Poor's.
This is pretty serious stuff. On average, it's an expectation of
17.4% annual growth, based upon predictions that Visa -- along with
rival MasterCard (NYSE: MA)
-- will ride a global shift from paper to plastic commerce. These
assumptions are also based on a business model that accepts no credit
risk. Unlike American Express (NYSE: AXP) or Discover (NYSE: DFS),
Visa simply makes money off transactions -- an inherently safe and
lucrative business model. It's great work if you can get it.
And investors know this. They're so confident, in fact, that shares
have been bid up to more than 24 times this year's earnings, and more
than 20 times next year's.
Think about that for a moment, tend to your nosebleed, and
acknowledge this point: Yes, earnings are expected to skyrocket, but
shares are valued at a level that entirely reflects this. Growth --
even tremendous growth -- is already priced in.
Hence, meeting these lofty expectations will likely result
in less-than-awesome returns. Here's a simple example: Say Visa meets
2011 earnings expectations of $3.95 per share, and still commands a
multiple of 20 times earnings. Under these assumptions, it'll reward
shareholders with annual returns of less than 8% per year -- nothing to
sneeze at, but nothing to drool over, either. You can pick apart the
assumptions all you'd like, but you'll be hard pressed to come up with
anything that's both rational and spectacular. That's just the nature of stocks priced for perfection.
Here's where things get exciting
Now, curious investors will read the above and ask a simple question: What happens if things don't go as planned? What if growth doesn't
materialize as investors imagine? This is smart thinking. Expectations
of assured and unremitting growth are almost invariably wrong. Anyone
alive over the past two years can relate.
And with Visa, let me be blunt: I think the hype over its supposed explosive growth in the coming years is spectacularly overblown.
Why? Glad you asked.
As we speak, banks like Citigroup (NYSE: C), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) are slashing credit card lines like their lives depend on it. One estimate
tags this number at $2.7 trillion by 2010, which equates to the
evaporation of 60% of the dollar amount of extended credit. The era of
consumers' attachment to credit cards is simply toast.
This point is sometimes pooh-poohed by those who note Visa's
dominance in debit transactions. Debit, they insist, will pick up where
credit left off.
This is true to a point. But perspective is in order. While debit
gets all the attention, credit is still responsible for around
two-thirds of total payment volume. Some might argue that payment
volume isn't the end-all profit driver, and that the number of
transactions -- where debit is still king -- matters, too. This is
true. But this source of revenue, called data processing fees,
represents only 33% of total revenue, compared to nearly 50% captured
by service fees, which is tied to payment volume.
Credit is still a main factor in Visa's bottom line, and that
division is -- and will be -- weighed down by consumers adjusting to
frugality and banks pulling credit lines. This point should not be
ignored. It's big. It's real. And it's dangerous for investors to
overlook. The growth expectations for which this stock is priced seem
out of touch with the credit card industry's ongoing paradigm shift.
Excitement, meet caution
Again, let me
reiterate: I think Visa is a top-notch company. It really is. But there
seems to be a disconnect between the odds of faltering and the odds of
perfection. Even if my fear of credit annihilation is totally
misguided, shares are still priced at levels that won't let
investors fully capitalize on Visa success. Any way you spin it, I
don't see how you can be excited about these prices.
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'The East' Intersects Anarchy Collectives With Corporate CEOs
Warning: This article contains spoilers about the coming film, "The East."
Before they wrote their new film, "The East," Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij spent a summer as "freegans" living in tent cities, sharing food retrieved from dumpsters with other freegans, and reusing discarded items rather than contributing to the consumer culture of buying and selling.
After their "Buy Nothing Summer," Marling and Batmanglij — the two filmmakers behind the indie film "Sound of My Voice" — decided to take their experiences and write a spy thriller about a group of people who live off the grid, by their own rules, who try to right the wrongs they perceive in contemporary society. The freegans, in other words, became an anarchy collective. Their number one target? Corporate CEOs.
In the film, Marling, 29, plays Sarah, a female agent assigned to infiltrate the anarchy collective known as The East. Batmanglij, 31, also directed "The East," which stars Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page and Julia Ormond. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week to mostly strong reviews. Speakeasy caught up with Marling and Batmanglij after the premiere.
Why the name, "The East"?
Batmanglij: One of the interesting things for me about "The East" is that it's both the East Coast, which is like something in our American collective consciousness — New England, tony, center of power. The Wicked Witch of the East in the Oz mythology was the bad witch because the book was about how the Midwest was getting screwed over by the east, by Washington. And then of course we have the Middle East or the Far East, which is seen as different or other. The ultimate Other. So, it's funny that this word means two things, and I thought that was an interesting name for a resistance group that is combined of kids from New England who want to make themselves the Other.
Why did you choose to have The East target corporate CEOs as opposed to say, the government?
Marling: Well it's funny because one begins to feel in the modern day that the real seat of power doesn't feel with the government anymore. Multinational corporations are outside of the purview of any nation-state. These are the entities that are shaping and running the world. As we've seen recently, the complete collapse of the economy, the things happening in the environment, the BP oil spill – we started writing the script and all these things started happening later. The story we were writing just kept becoming more and more prescient. The modern anarchy movement is about rebelling against the corporate structure. About seeking to hold an entity that literally because of its design, which is limited-liability, means nobody's responsible, nobody's accountable. The anarchists want to hold them accountable.
The East targets a pharmaceutical company that produces a drug with harrowing side effects. Was that inspired by a real-life event?
Batmanglij: Well, we just kept hearing about stories of people devastated by these drugs. Even today there's talk of what are the side effects of these drugs? No one even knows the long-term side effects. If antidepressants can literally chemically alter your mood, what else can they do? I was watching some TV ad for some drug that makes you not smoke. You take it and it makes you not smoke, but it was causing all these people to commit suicide. If one person committed suicide from a drug they took to stop smoking, it's the saddest story. It's the saddest place we've ever gotten to.
Did you consider having The East do a jam [a targeted attack] on banks, given the financial crisis?
Marling: We did consider that. It's tricky because what's so amazing about "The East" and I think why this film works is they think very emotionally. They're an emotional group of people and they're trying to create emotional, provocative visual images and storytelling to connect with people.
Batmanglij: But it's also borne out of the story. We didn't just come up with jams that we thought were interesting. Doc [a character] is upset with Big Pharma for very specific reasons. The jam itself will have an emotional resonance and that's why they put it online and it goes viral in the story, also they choose to do that jam, they don't choose their jams arbitrarily. They choose to come together to help a fellow man who's been hurt. Thumbs [another character] doesn't have a jam but in the story world we created he does have a jam. Thumbs is a vet of the wars in Afghanistan, so there's a jam against the manufacturers of the weapons and planes, so that would've been something we could've done had we had a longer movie.
[SPOILER] Does Sarah in the end actually become softer than Benji, the de facto leader of The East? During the entire movie she's fighting to stay tough, but she seems to be the softer one in the end because of how she would handle the list.
Marling: That is the most beautiful thing that I think has been said about the movie. I think that's so lovely. I always thought that was such a nice line, I don't even remember when we came up with that, when she says, "What, you think I'm not tough enough for the truth?" And he's like, "No, I think you're not soft enough." Yeah, I think at the end of the movie, she's finally gotten back in touch with this softer side of herself, which I think for women in particular is really hard to live with. It's a very masculine, aggressive world that we're in right now, separate of even what gender you are. It's just the direction of everything. To be a woman and navigate that space, you often see women letting go of their more feminine qualities in order to survive and thrive. I think Sarah's journey is the opposite. I think she does come into a sensitivity that she always had that was very connected to her spiritual side. And I think what she does with that list is up to the audience's imagination in some sense. How far she could go with it given all that she knows and sees now, and being the person that she is, which is a pretty brave, tough, radical girl.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Islanders softball team swept Coastal Bend College in a fall exhibition doubleheader today at Chapman Field. The Islanders edged out the Lady Cougars 3-2 and followed it with an 8-0 victory.
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The Islanders scored a run in each of the first three innings and held the Lady Cougars off the board until the top of the seventh. Eight different Islanders tacked on a hit to lift the home team to a 3-2 victory.
In the first inning, Mickayla Cochran scored Dani Tefft on a RBI ground out to give the Islanders an early 1-0 lead. Tefft reached on a Coastal Bend throwing error and picked up a stolen base before Cochran came to the plate. Perez tallied the Islanders' first hit of the day with a single through the middle.
In the second frame, Laura Phillips ripped a single up the middle and after Brittany Morse reached on a walk, Jessica Mendez, who came in to pinch run for Phillips, advanced to third on a Cassie Carroll sacrifice bunt. Hayley Galloway then hit an infield single with two outs to score Mendez and pad the Islanders lead to 2-0.
The Islanders added its third run of the game in the bottom of the third on a pair of hits. Tefft led off the inning with a single to right field and Valerie Perez reached on a fielder's choice. J.J. Jackson then stepped to the plate and drilled her first triple of her career to left field to score Perez.
Freshman Katie Blanar received the starting nod in the Islanders' circle and retired 11 straight batters. Liz Carter relieved Blanar in the top of the fifth and didn't allow a hit until the top of the seventh. Coastal Bend recorded four hits and two runs in the frame but the Islanders escaped to win 3-2.
The Islanders out-hit the Lady Cougars 8-4. Tefft, Cochran, Perez, Jackson, Phillips, Galloway, Cassidy Ivy and Lindsay Lyles each recorded a hit in the win.
Blanar recorded two strikeouts and gave up just one hit in four innings, while Carter tallied two strikeouts and gave up three hits in three innings.
The Islanders' bats exploded for 15 hits in the game while Blanar, Carter and the Islanders' defense held the Lady Cougars to just two hits in the game.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi jumped on board in the opening frame with three runs on five hits to take an early 3-0 lead. Mackinzee Griebel, Tefft, Cochran, Jackson and Lyles all recorded a hit in the inning. Griebel scored on a RBI single by Cochran, and Tefft plated the Islanders' second run of the game on a Perez ground out. Cochran then crossed home plate on a single by Jackson.
The Islanders put up a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth innings on a combined nine hits. Michelle Sorenson blasted a double to left field and scored on a double to center field by Mendez. Galloway followed suit with a RBI single to score Mendez and extend the Islanders' lead to 5-0. In the fifth, Ivy hit a single to center field and scored on a RBI by Phillips. Mendez then recorded her second RBI of the game with a single to center field to score Carroll who reached on a single up the middle. The Islanders put up its eighth run of the game in the bottom of the sixth on two hits. Carroll registered her second RBI of the game after she scored Cochran on a single through the left side. Cochran hit a one-out single to left field and advanced to second on a Perez walk.
Carter received the start in the Islanders' circle and tallied two strikeouts and allowed just one hit in four innings. Blanar limited the Lady Cougars to just one hit in three frames.


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Next Up
The Free For All
August 16 to August 28
Plan Your Visit
Explore Penn Quarter's many excellent dining choices.
Watch a montage of scenes from The Tempest.
Shrew - Set Design
Watch a short slideshow of Scenic Designer Jason Sherwood's set renderings.
The Annual Gala
Sunday, September 25, 2016
How to Donate
Enjoy exclusive benefits and support STC's artistic and education programs.
Camp Shakespeare
During these performance intensives, young actors dive head first into Shakespeare.
Acting Classes
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History & Awards
Explore our illustrious history.
Latest News
New shows and special events have now been announced for the 2016 season.
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It's no secret that in the South, fall equals football. Sure it can mean dusting off your cold weather wardrobe, leaves and pumpkins, but as fall officially arrives and you once again begin practicing the art of tailgating, we hope you'll take Community coffee along!
While we know our freshly brewed coffee will keep you warm at any tailgate, we wanted to share some tasty, non-traditional tailgate recipes that are java-themed.
Try this twist on a barbeque classic from Community Coffee's own Executive Chef Darin Nesbit.
Smoked Jalapeno Barbeque Sauce
- 8 smoked jalapeno peppers
- 1 roasted Vidalia onion, julienne
- 1 oz garlic
- 1 lb tomato paste
- 1 pint Community coffee, brewed
- 6 oz Worchestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 12 oz cider vinegar
- 12 oz brown sugar
- 1 oz chili power
- Cooking spray
- Cook the smoked jalapeno peppers, onion and garlic until soft in a large sauce pot sprayed with cooking spray.
- Add the tomato paste and stir well.
- Stir in all remaining ingredients and bring the sauce to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes.
For a cheeseburger with a jolt, try this rub for your meat.
Coffee rub:
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground Community coffee
- 2 teaspoons (packed) golden brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 8 slices applewood-smoked bacon
- 1 pound ground chuck (preferably grass-fed)
- 1 pound ground sirloin (preferably grass-fed)
- 8 slices smoked provolone, smoked caciocavallo, or smoked Gouda cheese (about 8 ounces)
- 8 potato-bread hamburger
- 8 slices red onion
- 8 slices tomato
For coffee rub:
- Mix all ingredients in small bowl. Can be made 1 week ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
For burgers:
- Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Break in half. Gently mix chuck and sirloin in large bowl. Form meat into 8 patties, each 3 1/2 to 4 inches in diameter and 1/3 to 1/2 inch thick. Using thumb, make slight indentation in center of each burger. Burgers and bacon can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover separately and chill.
- Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Sprinkle 1 teaspoon coffee rub on top side of each burger. Place burgers, rub side down, on grill rack. Grill until slightly charred, about 4 minutes; turn.
- Place 2 bacon slice-halves atop each burger. Cook 3 minutes.
- Top each with 1 cheese slice. Cover and cook until cheese melts, about 1 minute longer. Place burgers atop bottom halves of buns. Top with onion slices and tomato slices.
Everyone wants a sweet treat to finish off the perfect tailgate.
- Original recipe makes 4 dozen
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 (1.5 ounce) bars chocolate candy
- 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup ground Community coffee beans
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, egg yolk and vanilla until smooth. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from the oven and place chocolate bars over the top in a single layer. Let stand until chocolate is soft enough to spread. Spread the chocolate out smooth and sprinkle with walnuts and coffee. Allow the bars to cool completely before cutting into squares
Do you have a photo to share from your most recent tailgate adventure featuring Community® coffee? We'd love to see it! Or perhaps you have a coffee-infused recipe that can top the ones we've shared? Share it here!


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October 2007
Describes research investigating a naturally occurring brain chemical that shows early promise as a treatment for addiction in animal studies.
Describes the role of the Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Research in NIDA's drug abuse and addiction research plan.
Presents highlights of a study indicating that exposure to morphine during adolescence may increase sensitivity to the drug during adulthood.
Reports on the work of addiction researchers who are learning how acute and chronic cocaine exposure regulates certain genes, based on knowledge from developmental and cancer biology.
Highlights data on the risky sexual behaviors of patients at a sexually transmitted disease clinic who had a substance abuse disorder as compared to those without a substance abuse disorder.
Reports patterns and trends in inhalant use among adolescents based on an analysis of data from a 2002-2005 national survey on drug use and health.
October 2007 Reports on an animal study finding that links anabolic steroids to brain changes in adolescent female mice, changes that can potentially lead to steroid abuse.
Discusses the central importance of studying drugs' effects on neurotransmission and describes some of the most common experimental methods used in this research.
Describes research that has led to the development of a new tool, a new radiotracer, for studying the neurobiology of depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and stimulant abuse.


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The American Red Cross has opened a shelter for the victims of an apartment building fire this morning in Olivia. One man was killed and 14 apartment units were damaged by the blaze.
The Red Cross is providing shelter for 9 individuals, and will also help with food and clothing for the people who have been displaced by the fire. Red Cross volunteers are in place to provide assistance to all of the fire victims.
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Mini chocolate morsels, a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar, and crisp pecans add huge, huge flavor to this COLOSSAL cookie!
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Preheat oven to 350�F. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit in the bottom of a cookie sheet.
Knead cookie dough and the flour on a work surface until smooth. Remove 1/3 cup of the dough and knead in the cocoa powder to the smaller amount until well blended.
Roll out the larger piece of dough on the sheet of trimmed parchment paper to a scant 1/4-inch thickness. The shape should be an oval with rough edges. Roll out the cocoa dough to a scant 1/4-inch thickness on a separate sheet of parchment paper.
Cut out about five tracks in a row using the template and a small paring knife. Remove the tracks. (These can be baked off too.) Cut out five tracks from the chocolate dough and place the chocolate tracks into the openings on the larger piece of dough. Transfer to the cookie sheet on the parchment paper.
Sprinkle the top with the chocolate chips, nuts, and cinnamon sugar. Bake until firm and lightly golden, about 13 to 16 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
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Pack this dino-shaped sandwich for lunch!
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Dora's dessert is a garden of delights with fruity flowers & sweet pudding!
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No baking job is too big, no pup lover is too small to help out in the kitchen!
Thanksgiving guests will want to swipe every last piece
Surprise party guests with this pair of costume-clad bunnies
Make this a-DORA-ble autumn treat for the apple of your eye!
These swim-sational cookies will pop right out of your cookie jar!
Make no bones about it, these cookies are delicious & easy to make!
Present your pie with your preschooler's favorite explorer!
A winter treat your kids can FROST and EAT!
Dress up sugar cookies in Dora's festive and fruity attire!
These simple snacks are filled with fruit and almost too pretty to eat! Almost...
Let Max wish your little bunny a happy Valentine's Day!
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A high-flying Diego dessert in disguise!
Bake up purr-fect cookies for your Halloween fiesta!
Turn plain pound cake into bite-sized cake pops that look like Little Fish!
Pizza for dessert? It's umirrific!
Little drummers everywhere will love these sweet treats
Great gigabytes! Kids will love taking a bite out of this cookie!
Bake a batch of Umirrific sugar cookies with your Umi fan
Kids will love making a sweet treat that looks just like Milli!
Make this tasty treat any day of the week--it's simple!
Kids will want s'more of this chocolate and marshmallow-filled treat!
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Women Doing Good
Meet SELF's sixth annual Women Doing Good honorees, who are changing the world and our perception of what one passionate, inspired, amazing woman can do.
The Educator: Shakira "Investing in our kids really is our hope," says Shakira. What inspired the pop star to commit to educational causes?
The Healer: Padma Lakshmi Padma Lakshmi shares her inspiration for creating her cause, the Endometriosis Foundation of America.
"To make people laugh in the darkest times is a relief," Katie Lowes says. Hear more about her worthy cause, the Lollipop Theater Network.
The Lifesaver: Marla Smith-Nilson Marla Smith-Nilson helps communities access clean drinking water through Water 1st. "If you give people water," she says, "it transforms their lives."
The Mentor: Jessica Greer Morris Jessica Greer Morris of Girl Be Heard, a theater group, empowers girls through performance. "Not a lot of people are asking girls what they think. We listen."
Attorney Susan Burke works with Protect Our Defenders, a human rights group protecting victims of sexual assault in the military.


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Yale displays lift truck redesigns and upgrades
March 22, 2011 - MMH Editorial
Scot Aitcheson, VP of sales for Yale Materials Handling Corp., (Booth 1003) was on hand at a booth visit to show the recent improvements to a number of Yale's lift truck products that were driven by customer input.
"The market makeup is changing," said Aitcheson. "We're working to design the lift truck around the application, not the other way around."
The linkage system on Yale's rider pallet jack has been redesigned for strength and performance, while power steering makes operation accessible to workers of all shapes and sizes. The company's reach truck and electric forklift have been similarly altered with an eye toward ease of use and maintenance, he added.
"As a result of the economy, customers are more open to something non-traditional," said Aitcheson. "They're looking at every tenth of a percent as well as total cost."


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A strong integration between academics and hands-on work skills was one of the original precepts behind the founding of the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP). Students at the San Francisco campus of Alliant International University have exceptional opportunities to gain practical skills as they provide crucial services to under-served populations.
Oakland Psychological Services Center (PSC)
The Oakland PSC is a mental health agency operated by Alliant International University. The PSC is central to the clinical training of San Francisco CSPP students. The PSC runs programs for adults, children and families, with different approaches depending on client needs. Services include individual, couples, family, and group therapy. The Oakland PSC also offers a wide range of assessment services. All treatment modalities foster sensitivity to ethnicity, class, race, gender and sexual orientation.
Organizational Consulting Center (OCC)
The Organizational Consulting Centers (OCC) at the San Francisco campus functions as small business unit within CSPP. We offer consulting services to businesses and organizations in the private and not for profit sectors and draw upon the expertise and interests of our faculty and students.
Most of the OCC's client projects deal with issues of performance effectiveness and efficiency of individuals, departments, and entire organizations. Students who are selected to assist with such projects will gain hands-on experience working closely with a faculty member or one of our local consultant affiliates in performing work such as restructuring organizations, team building, culture realignment, leadership development, or coaching services. The type and number of projects vary from year to year and by campus because they depend on the initiative, creativity, personal contacts, and available time of students and faculty who enjoy these types of challenges.
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POSITION: Left Wing
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Windsor, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: ANA: 2006-112 overall
2013-14: Appeared in his sixth NHL season with Anaheim, recording 9-15=24 points with a +8 rating and 64 PIM in 55 games…set career highs in points, assists and plus/minus…ranked third on the team and led all forwards in hits (132)…posted three multi-point games, including Apr. 9 vs. SJ (1-1=2), Jan. 9 @ NSH (0-2=2) and Dec. 31 vs. SJ (1-1=2)…scored two GWG, one shy of his career best, including Dec. 31 vs. SJ and Mar. 29 @ VAN…his first GWG of the season sparked a career-high five-game point streak (2-4=6), Dec. 31-Jan. 9…capped the point streak with a career-high two assists on Jan. 9 @ NSH…his second GWG on Mar. 29 @ VAN marked his 19th point of the season to set a career high…collected his 12th assist of the season on Mar. 5 vs. MTL, establishing a career best…tied a personal best with six shots on net (second time) in a 4-3 OT win, Jan. 5 vs. VAN…missed 19 contests due to an upper-body injury, Oct. 10-Nov. 15...played three games with Norfolk (AHL) from Nov. 13-16, scoring one goal (1-0=1)…PLAYOFFS: Was limited to five Stanley Cup Playoff games due to a groin injury…scored 2-2=4 points with eight PIM…collected his first career postseason GWG and first playoff multi-point game (1-1=2) in Game 1 of the First Round, Apr. 16 vs. DAL…scored his second goal of the postseason in Game 1 of the Second Round, May 3 vs. LA.
CAREER: Signed a two-year contract extension through 2014-15, July 7, 2013…signed a two-year contract extension through 2012-13, Sept. 17, 2010…2012-13: Appeared in his fifth NHL season with Anaheim…scored 2-1=3 points with a +1 rating and two PIM in seven CQF games vs. DET…ranked tied for fifth on the team in goals and tied for second in PPG (1)…earned his first career Stanley Cup assist in Game 1 of the CQF, Apr. 30 vs. DET…scored his second and third career playoff goals in Games 3 (first career PPG) and 4 of the CQF, May 4 and 6 @ DET…appeared in 42 regular-season games, earning 8-5=13 points with a +2 rating and 56 PIM in 42 contests...led the club in hits (103) and ranked second in PIM...scored his first career PPG as part of a two-point night (1-1=2), Apr. 7 vs. LA…collected an assist in his 200th career NHL game, Apr. 3 vs. DAL…missed four contests with an upper-body injury, Mar. 25-31…had a career-tying three-game point streak (2-2=4) from Feb. 15-18, which included goals in consecutive games (2-0=2) on Feb. 15 @ DET and Feb. 16 @ NSH…registered a career-high 12 PIM, Jan. 25 vs. VAN…played in England during the lockout, scoring 12-21=33 points with 39 PIM in 26 games with Coventry of the British Elite Ice Hockey League…2011-12: Appeared in his fourth NHL season with Anaheim, collecting 4-11=15 points with 72 PIM in 70 games…set career highs in assists, points, PIM and games played…ranked tied for fourth on the club in PIM and tied for seventh in hits (104)…scored three of his four goals in a five-game stretch (3-1=4) from Jan. 18-Feb. 6 and all four in a nine-game span (4-1=5) from Jan. 10-Feb. 6…established a career high in assists with his eighth of the season, Feb. 8 vs. CGY…posted a career-high three-game assist streak (0-3=3) from Dec. 2-6, matching his career high for points in consecutive games…appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Oct. 21 vs. DAL…missed five games due to injury, including Jan. 21-24 (swollen right hand) and Oct. 7-14 (offseason shoulder surgery)…2010-11: Appeared in his third NHL season with Anaheim, making his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut…appeared in all six CQF games vs. NSH, scoring his first career postseason goal in Game 3, Apr. 17 @ Bridgestone Arena…made his playoff debut in Game 1 of the CQF on Apr. 13 vs. NSH…appeared in 35 regular-season games with the Ducks, collecting 3-7=10 points…had a career-tying two-game assist streak (0-2=2), Jan. 18-20…matched a career high for points with his second career multi-point game (1-1=2), Jan. 7 vs. CBJ…appeared in 27 contests with Syracuse (AHL), scoring 11-13=24 points with 39 PIM…his .89 points-per-game ranked second on the club (min. 20 GP)…underwent successful surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, May 4…the surgery was performed by Ducks Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Orr Limpisvasti…2009-10: Appeared in 60 games for Anaheim in his rookie NHL season, collecting 11-7=18 points with 35 PIM…ranked tied for 10th among NHL rookies in goals, tied for third in GWG (3), seventh in hits (94) and 10th in shots (123)…among team leaders, finished sixth in goals and tied for fourth in GWG…recorded a pair of career-high three-game point streaks, including Mar. 19-23 (2-1=3) and Jan. 5-9 (3-0=3), which was also a personal-best goal streak and tied for the longest by a rookie in 2009-10…set single-game career highs in points (2-0=2), goals, plus/minus (+3) and TOI (22:18), Apr. 9 @ STL…earned 5-1=6 points in January, ranking tied for second among NHL rookies in goal scoring for the month…scored his first career NHL goal (Howard), Jan. 5 vs. DET…collected his first NHL point (assist), Dec. 1 vs. LA…made his season debut with the Ducks, Oct. 24 vs. CBJ...began the season in the AHL, scoring 2-5=7 points with a +5 rating and 21 PIM in 15 games with San Antonio and Toronto…2008-09: Made his professional debut with Iowa (AHL), scoring 11-24=35 points in 58 games…was recalled by Anaheim, Jan. 9 and made his NHL debut that night vs. TB, earning a +1 rating in 13:53 TOI…was reassigned to Iowa on Jan. 15 for the remainder of the regular season…Miscellaneous: Appeared in 258 career OHL games with Belleville from 2004-08, scoring 99-125=224 points with a +23 rating and 467 PIM…in 2007-08, led the club and finished third in the OHL in postseason scoring en route an OHL championship appearance…in 2006-07, helped lead Belleville to the East Division title in the Eastern Conference…was selected to the 2006 CHL Top Prospects Game in Ottawa.
PERSONAL: He and wife Victoria were married last summer…graduated from St. Joseph's High School (Barrie, Ontario) in 2006…worked for a moving company as his first job…says Wendel Clark was his favorite player growing up…his favorite hockey moment was his first NHL goal vs. Detroit…enjoys playing golf and baseball in the offseason…spends his summers in Minesing, Ontario…San Shi Go in Newport Beach is his O.C. restaurant of choice…lists "Sons of Anarchy" as his top television show…Twitter handle is @Matt_Beleskey.


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Why Movie Fans and Critics Eighty-Sixed 'Movie 43′
Late in the evening on Saturday, Peter Farrelly, writer/director of "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb and Dumber," apparently took to Twitter. He had to speak up about his latest film, called "Movie 43." This tweet went out from his account:
@FarrellyBros To the critics: Movie 43 is not the end of the world. It's just a $6-million movie where we tried to do something different. Now back off.
@FarrellyBros To the critics: You always complain that Hollywood never gives you new stuff, and then when you get it, you flip out. Lighten up.
"Flip out" may be an understatement when describing the critical reaction to "Movie 43." Films get bad reviews all the time. A large portion of Adam Sandler and Eddie Murphy movies for the past half decade have been slammed by critics. But the reaction to "Movie 43″ went even further. The reviews weren't just bad, they were angry.
Moviegoers stayed away too. "Movie 43″ earned a paltry $5 million its opening weekend in theaters. That's a very low figure considering the star power on display.
Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote that "Movie 43″ is the worst film he has ever seen and called it, "The Citizen Kane of awful." Richard Brody in The New Yorker says "Movie 43″ was, "made simply to show how bad a movie a studio could be induced to make and actors could be persuaded to act in." Lou Lumenick of the NY Post said, "if you mashed-up the worst parts of the infamous 'Howard the Duck,' 'Gigli,' 'Ishtar' and every other awful movie I've seen since I started reviewing professionally in 1981, it wouldn't begin to approach the sheer soul-sucking badness of the cringe-inducing 'Movie 43.'" He gave the film the never-before-seen rating of negative 4 stars.
Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, two popular websites that collect lots of reviews in one place, each give Movie 43 historically low marks for a film in wide release with a lot of well-known actors in it. Metacritic gives it a score of 12, the lowest number for a widely-released film since the Sandler-produced "Bucky Larson, Born To Be A Star" in the fall of 2011.
In fairness, it should be noted that many of the best known critics have not reviewed "Movie 43″ yet… because it was not screened for critics. The only way to review it was to pay to see it over the weekend, and most critics probably thought their money was safer staying in their pockets.
The film is a series of unconnected vignettes, each with different stars, directors, and writers (Farrelly was the producer and has been the driving force behind this project for several years). Big name actors such as Richard Gere, Emma Stone, Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts, and Halle Berry are in the various segments. The movie was marketed as a raunchy comedy, but that wasn't enough to sell the public.
"Raunch for raunch's sake is not going to be as successful in the YouTube age," says Phil Contrino of Boxoffice.com. "If people want to be shocked, they can just stay at home and chose from plenty of free videos. When they go the movies they want a good story or cool special effects."
Gitesh Pandya of BoxofficeGuru.com said, "I think the product was the biggest problem. It seemed unfunny and moronic and people really didn't know what the film was about."
Still, "Movie 43″ is likely to turn a profit. The various segments were shot separately over the course of 3 years, whenever directors and actors had a break in their schedules and could do it. All the actors agreed to work for scale, the bare minimum, and the film had no complicated sets or effects. As a result, it was made for just $6 million. But even if it does not lose money, there is the embarrassment factor of being connected with a film this universally panned. Pandya says there are so many stars in the film, he doesn't expect the stink from it to impact any of them, but, "I think Peter Farrelly will have to get used to having many of his calls not get returned."
Bashing "Movie 43″ has turned into a bit of a fad. Actor This tweet surfaced on the account of Brent Spiner, known for playing the character Data on "Star Trek: The Next Generation": "@BrentSpiner Critics say "Movie 43″ is one of the worst films ever made. Makes me wonder why I'm not in it."
And there may be some chance the film attracts an audience, either in theaters or on DVD, from people who want to see just how bad "the worst movie ever" really is. Pandya told me, "I actually want to see it more myself now that I've heard how horrendous it is. Maybe it will get lucky and become a frat house classic with drunken 2:00am screenings."
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FuseONE wrote: it's going to be awesome.
futuristxen wrote: The reason you know that Rick Perry is going to be president is because no matter how contradictory, or stupid the shit that comes out of his mouth is--his approval numbers keep going up.
Americans strongly disagree with the statements Rick Perry made about Social Security in last week's Republican Presidential debate, and Barack Obama has nearly doubled his lead over Perry nationally in the span of just 3 weeks.
Only 20% of voters agree with Perry that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme to 70% who dissent from that statement. Democrats (4/87) and independents (20/69) are pretty universal in their disagreement with Perry and even Republicans (39/49) don't stand with him on this one. When it comes to the possibility of actually ending Social Security voters are even more unanimous- 82% oppose taking that step to only 10% who would be supportive of it. If Perry ends up as the Republican nominee and Democrats can effectively convince the electorate that he does want to end Social Security it could be an extremely damaging issue for him.
Quote: In fact it appears that Perry's rhetoric on Social Security could already be causing him problems. When PPP did a national poll three weeks ago Barack Obama led Perry by only 6 points at 49-43. Now that gap has widened to 11 points at 52-41. The main movement has come with Democratic voters. On the previous poll Obama had only a 68 point lead with the party base at 81-13 but now it's 80 points at 89-9. We know there are a lot of Democratic voters disenchanted with Obama right now but if the GOP puts forward someone like Perry who's willing to go after one of the Holy Grails of the party's orthodoxy like Social Security it might scare those voters back into the fold.
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It's tempting to let all of this scare me into an Obama vote next year...very tempting.
FuseONE wrote: Something interesting about perry...as recently as 2000, he was a democrat. its hard to believe given his extreme views. but he obviously saw the winds changing.
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The Ashland School Board Monday voted unanimously to allow out-of-district students the opportunity to attend Ashland schools next academic year under the state's open enrollment policy.
The open enrollment law was passed during the 2011 session of the Oregon Legislature, and allows a district to open its doors and accept out-of-district students without permission from their home districts. Previously, both districts had to approve a transfer.
Administrators now will have to define how many students Ashland schools will be able to accommodate next year through open enrollment, and the school board will have to approve those numbers.
Under the law, families interested in transferring are required to apply for transfer by April 1.
"The general consensus is this was economically advantageous for the district, without having any negative effects on things like class size," school board member John Williams said.
Last year, the district had hoped to bring in 308 students through open enrollment, but only 102 applied, and the district accepted only 60.
Only 49 of those 60 students are still attending Ashland schools under open enrollment, according to a recent report from the district.
— Sam Wheeler
Read more in Wednesday's paper.
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During the past two years, the growing problem of glass particles in injectable medications has led to a number of product recalls. The crux of the problem is the durability of glass containers. Specifically, the inner surfaces of some glass containers are less durable and thus more susceptible to delamination (i.e., the shedding of glass flakes from the vial's interior walls) than others. Numerous factors may affect glass durability. Although the impact of glass delamination on patient safety remains a point of debate, the presence of these particles is at the very least a serious quality problem that must be addressed.
In a March 2011 FDA advisory to drug manufacturers on the formation of "glass lamellae" in certain injectable drugs, the agency noted that, although no adverse events had been reported at that time, there is the potential for drugs administered intravenously that contain these fragments to cause embolic, thrombotic, and other vascular events; and when administered subcutaneously, to lead to development of foreign body granuloma, local injection site reactions, and increased immunogenicity. Several conditions have been associated with a higher incidence of lamellae formation, including glass vials manufactured by the tubing process (and thus produced under higher heat); drug solutions formulated with certain buffers; drugs formulated at high pH; and drug products that undergo terminal sterilization. Based on the sudden increase in this occurrence and subsequent recalls, the US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) Packaging, Storage, and Distribution Expert Committee developed a new general chapter that recommends approaches to predict potential formation of glass particles and delamination. The new informational chapter, General Chapter <1660> Evaluation of the Inner Surface Durability of Glass Containers, will be proposed in the July–August 2012 Pharmacopeial Forum (PF) and was posted in advance of its publication on the USP website in May 2012.
For the purposes of pharmaceutical packaging, three types of glass are defined by USP General Chapter <660> Containers—Glass. Type I (borosilicate glass) is suitable for most products for injectable and noninjectable use. Type II is treated soda-lime glass, and Type III is soda-lime glass on the basis of the hydrolytic resistance of the glass. Glass, in the form of ampuls, bottles, cartridges, vials and prefillable syringes, is the container material of choice for injectable products, particularly biopharmaceuticals.Recent recalls underscore the fact that not all Type I glass is equal in terms of quality. Glass delamination, which ultimately results in the appearance of lamellae, is a lagging indicator of structural instability of a container. Although delamination is the most obvious visual indicator of instability, it represents the final stage of a seriously weakened glass surface structure, and can be observed only at a point where prevention is no longer an option. As such, proper evaluation of the quality of glass containers is crucial.


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"Revolution" Ends, "TMNT/Batman:TAS" Begins in IDW's November 2016 Solicitations
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Artist Nicola Scott goes into what makes "Earth 2" her biggest DC Comics work to date, sharing a look at art from the first issue of her and writer James Robinson's heavily-anticipated DC Comics series.
Gotham City's borders expand in "LEGO Batman 2: DC Universe," adding more characters and abilities as well as a whole new exploration system designed to capitalize on the arrival of Superman, Lex Luthor and more.
WB Interactive has released the launch trailer for "LEGO Batman 2: Dc Super Heroes," the follow-up to the popular "LEGO Batman" game, featuring Superman, Wonder Woman and more.
DC Comics finishes a week of Earth 2 character reveals that has seen new takes on Batman, Robin, Supergirl and Wonder Woman, with a look at Jim Lee's concept sketch for the alternate-Earth's Superman.
Last week, industry pros and fans from DC Comics and beyond gathered in New York to celebrate the life and work of Jerry Robinson. CBR News was on hand to hear from Neal Adams, Irwin Hasen, Michael Uslan and more.
Hot on the heels of DC Comics' reveals of Earth 2's Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman, the publisher has released artist Kevin Maguire's character design for Karen Starr's pre-Power Girl identity of Supergirl.
Hot on the heels of this week's Earth 2 Batman and Robin design sketches, DC Comics today released Jim Lee's concept art for Wonder Woman while series writer James Robinson fills fans in on her back story.
DC Comics has released the first full-body look at Helena Wayne, the Earth 2 daughter of Bruce Wayne, in her pre-Huntress alter-ego of Robin as conceived by "Worlds' Finest" series co-artist Kevin Maguire.
"Batman and Robin" writer Peter Tomasi descends on THE OWL SIGNAL to discuss how Damian Wayne attempts to flip the predator/prey relationship with the Talon in a battle contested in Gotham's skies during "Night of the Owls."
Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR presents an exclusive first look at the solicitations and covers for "Batman," "Nightwing," "Birds of Prey" and the rest of the Bat-family's May-shipping titles.
Tim explores the strange wonderfulness of Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason's "Batman and Robin," tracking unlikely allusions and off-kilter symbolism through the recent life of the Dark Knight.
This week, was Robin originally going to be only a one-issue wonder!?! Plus, discover the super-villain that came out of a bad review and the superhero invented by Harlan Ellison - for a T-Shirt?
Batman group editor Mike Marts spoke with THE BAT SIGNAL about his goals and plans for the Batman family of title as the New 52 enters 2012.
Legendary Golden Age comics artist Jerry Robinson, creator of the Joker, has died, leaving a creative and social legacy of historic proportions for the comic book medium.
Who says crime doesn't pay? Rocksteady and WB Games' epic "Batman: Arkham City" has received ten nominations in Spike TV's annual Video Game Awards including Game of the Year.
DC Comics has released their full solicitations text and images for product being released in February, 2012, including the latest from "Green Lantern," Justice League," the return of "Batman Beyond" and more.
The artist behind the best-selling "Joker" graphic novel goes solo with a Dark Knight adaptation of Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol," and Lee Bermejo tells CBR how its bigger and different than his past work.
The iconic voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy arrived at New York Comic Con to discuss his work on the soon-to-be-released "Batman: Arkham City" and the specific technique involved in voicing a game character.
DC Entertainment has released a New York Comic Con trailer for "Batman: Arkham City" highlighting not only the Joker, Poison Ivy and the rest of the game's rogues, but the playable Robin and Catwoman as well.
From a Sinestro Corps-costumed Dark Knight to playable avatar costumes and more, with the release of the game less than a week out, CBR has the rundown of the latest "Batman: Arkham City" news.
With "Batman: Arkham City" set for release in less than two weeks, Rocksteady has released in-game footage of Robin, a DLC playable character available exclusively through Best Buy in the US.
A pair of leaked Achievement/Trophy awards indicate Batman's former protege, Dick Grayson, will join the list of playable characters in the upcoming sequel to "Batman: Arkham Asylum"
DC Comics has provided CBR News with an exclusive first look at the publisher's Batman family solicitations for december, 2011 releasing issues, including "Batman," "Detective Comics," "Batwoman" and more.
The newly-announced New Game Plus mode will take the challenge of "Batman: Arkham City" to a whole other level, adding even more replay value to the heavily anticipated Rocksteady title.
Long-time collaborators Peter Tomasi & Patrick Gleason re-team for DC Comics' relaunch of "Batman and Robin," exploring the relationship of the new dynamic duo.
DC Comics has provided CBR with an exclusive first look at series artist Brett Booth's cover for the November-releasing "Teen Titans" #3
Details about the Collector's Edition of the "Batman: Arkham City" have begun to surface, with full details expected to hit during Comic-Con.
Making today a Batman Monday, DC Comics has released solicitation information and cover for October's Bat-titles including the second issues of "Batman and Robin," "Detective Comics" and more.
DC COmics has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of "Batman and Robin" #25, the final chapter of Judd WInick's Red Hood guest-starring arc.
Tim Drake makes his official contemporary game debut as Robin in WB Games' upcoming "Arkham Asylum" sequel "Arkham City," thanks to a package offered exclusively through Best Buy pre-orders.
ROBOT 6 contributor Tom Bondurant considers the significant status quo-altering shifts in DC Comics history, and the inherent impermanence of the "sidekick identity."
Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Red Robin" #23, written by Fabian Nicieza with art and cover by Marcus To and Ray McCarthy. The issue hits Wednesday, May 11.
Judd Winick talks about his time on "The Real World," unique challenge of taking over Power Girl" while tying the series into the storyline of "Justice League: Generation Lost," taking on "Batman and Robin" and more.
Cartoon Network has released video clips and screenshots from this weeks' upcoming episode of "Young Justice" which finds the team in the country of Bialya with no memory of how they got there or why.
DC Entertainment has revealed that the story told in the "Batman Live" stage show will focus on Dick Grayson's origin, as he becomes Batman's teen sidekick, Robin. "Batman Live" opens in London in July, 2011.
CSBG takes a look at the origin of the third Robin, Tim Drake, and in the process discovers some interesting comparisons between the character and online comic book fans.
Cartoon Network and DC Entertainment have released screencaps and a pair of video clips from "Schooled," this week's new episode of "Young Justice" featuring the team's first training session with Black Canary.
Series producers Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti explain how they turned a teen team towards black ops, how "Young Justice" delivers realism in the DC Universe and the possibility of crossing over with Conan O'Brien.
Cartoon Network and DC Entertainment have released fresh screencaps and a pair of video clips from this week's all new episode of "Young Justice" featuring the villainous Bane and the criminal network of KOBRA.
DC Comics has released a preview for "Batgirl" #17 by writer Bryan Q. Miller and artist Pere Perez. The issue, featuring Damian Wayne and a cover by regular series artist Dustin Nguyen, hits stores next Wednesday, January 12.
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STOCKTON – Lincoln Unified's board voted unanimously Tuesday night to bolster campus safety, adding six new positions that will provide full-time security coverage at all district elementary schools.
The $226,000 cost of hiring six new safety officers will come from Lincoln Unified's general fund and does not include a possible one-time cost for vehicles, according to the district.
Read Thursday's Record for more on this story by staff writer Roger Phillips.
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I love to write witty titles, in many cases more than the actual article, but this title kinda says it all (if you don't understand it, read this). If there are still those of you that are avoiding free software, give up. You lose. To view this blog entry alone you've used dozens of free software products.
First, the server free software magazine is hosted on is Fedora Core, a free software operating system. The server, is Apache, the website uses PHP, ZLib, OpenSSL and Drupal. To view this page, your browsers have used an open specification for how to render this page. Furthermore, if you've seen this article using RSS, you've used another open format.
Much of the technology that you encounter is at least based on a free software project, or on an open standard. Like I said at the top of this post, if you don't want to join the free software movement, you already have. In this case, resistance really is futile. ;)
So, since you've already used open source software, it couldn't hurt to try out some more now could it? :o) Start with Firefox, then move on to OpenOffice.org and Thunderbird. Before you know it, you'll be ready to use Ubuntu and Audacity.
Go out and enjoy the free software world you're a part of, download well.
loose->lose if i had a dime
if i had a dime for every spelling mistake i saw on freesoftwaremagazine.com, i could buy a subscription.
Fixed thanks!
Hi AC,
As subscribing is free, are you suggesting that you haven't seen any spelling mistakes? :)
Seriously though, this is a blog entry and, as a consequence, hasn't undergone the same scrutinous editing process that full articles do. Feel free to point out any typos you see or volunteer your time to edit articles for us like our current editors do.


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SAN MATEO -- When an old buddy saw Joe Bradley ordained as a Catholic priest, he declared, "Well, now I can say I've seen a miracle."
The friend had known Bradley at his lowest: drinking and using drugs on the job at San Francisco International Airport, stealing liquor bottles from airplanes he was supposed to be cleaning. That Bradley had managed to pulled out of his tailspin seemed inconceivable.
"From a pot-smoking, beer-drinking coke head to a Catholic priest," Bradley recalls in a brutally honest memoir published this month. "Damn, that really is a miracle."
Titled "The Four Gifts," the book is Bradley's hymn of gratitude for his recovery from substance abuse, his relationship with God and fulfilling career as a priest, and a heart transplant that saved his life seven years ago. He wrote it to shine a light for those who are battling addiction or other maladies.
"My prayer is that it's a real hopeful book," said Bradley, 57, now a chaplain at San Mateo's prestigious Serra High School and priest in residence at nearby St. Gregory's Catholic Church.
Bradley is a regular presence around Serra, but his bearded face and gentle voice are especially familiar to the football team. He does a weekly service with the players during the season and is a fixture on the sideline during games.
Serra President Lars Lund calls Bradley a messenger of God, reminding those he meets of the possibility of grace and redemption.
"Mine is but one voice," Lund said in an email, "who will attest to the fact that he is one of God's most special angels in the lives of so many."
Bradley grew up in San Mateo in a devoutly Catholic family. He aspired to be a priest from a young age, but he says his faith was selfish and shallow. He thought giving himself to ministry would earn him a pass from life's hardships.
But when Bradley was 22, his father died, and his belief in God crumbled. Unable to cope with the loss, he found a new means of escape. In a binge of late 1970s debauchery, Bradley drank and smoked marijuana practically every day with fellow members of a ground crew for a major airline. He discovered cocaine, then methamphetamine.
"I lied, I stole -- those were terrible days," Bradley said of his reckless young adulthood, which reached a horrifying apex when a close friend died in a car wreck after an afternoon of partying.
Devastated by the loss, Bradley slowly rekindled his relationship with God. But a renewed pursuit of priesthood wasn't enough to quell his cravings. He spent his first year at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park furtively drinking and smoking marijuana.
Bradley finally got sober after his spiritual adviser, the Rev. Bob Gavin, turned his world upside down. Gavin convinced Bradley his struggles with addiction were a blessing, not a curse, giving him a "unique perspective on God's love and mercy."
Heeding that advice to this day, Bradley is open with parishioners and students about his past, using his own fallibility to break down walls that might otherwise block communication. When Serra boys first hear Bradley's story, he said, they're taken aback.
"It gets quiet, and then they open up and ask questions," Bradley said, adding, "I'm in no position to judge anyone, and I think the kids sense that."
When he began to contemplate sharing his story with a wider audience, he sought the advice of other priests. Some worried that his tales of drinking and dissolution could hurt the image of the church and told him the book was a bad idea. Bradley listened but ultimately disagreed.
"I think we hurt our image when we pretend we're not real," he said.
Bradley's authenticity drew in David Taufoou, who graduated from Serra in 1999. Now the executive director of a Redwood City nonprofit that mentors at-risk children, Taufoou remembers clicking with Bradley right away.
"It was somebody I knew I could trust and just loved being around," Taufoou said. "When my mom passed away in April, the first person I called was Father Joe Bradley."
Bradley relied in turn on former students like Taufoou -- along with family, friends and parishioners -- when his heart began to fail. Regular visits buoyed his spirits while he waited for a transplant. As with his fight to get sober, he needed the support of others to attain new life.
"Really and truly," he said, "I'm incredibly blessed beyond what I deserve."
Contact Aaron Kinney at 650-348-4357. Follow him at Twitter.com/kinneytimes.


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North Dakota Public Service Commission Authorizes Largest Wind Farm in State
June 11, 2007
The largest wind project in North Dakota is slated to begin construction this month. The Langdon Wind facility is located about 80 miles north of Fargo in Cavalier County and will include up to 106 wind turbines that will have a combined capacity of 159-megawatts (MW).
Otter Tail Corporation and Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. have signed 25-year power purchase agreements with FPL Energy for the electricity the facility will generate. Construction is expected to cost approximately $250 million and could be completed as early as December.
By the end of the year, the Langdon project and others under development will add about 300 MW of wind generation to North Dakota's current wind capacity of about 172 MW.
FPL Energy provides natural gas, wind, solar, hydroelectric, and nuclear power to customers in more than 20 states. It is a subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc., whose other subsidiaries include Florida Power and Light Company and FPL Fibernet. Otter Tail Power Company is based in Fergus Falls Minnesota and serves approximately 130,000 customers in western Minnesota, eastern North Dakota, and northeast South Dakota. Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. supplies wholesale electricity to 11 distribution cooperatives that serve a 34,500-square-mile area in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. It is also the operating agent for the Northern Municipal Power Agency.
For more information, see the Otter Tail Power Company description of the Langdon project.
Source: June 8 article in SNL Energy Renewable Energy Week
To read more about renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in North Dakota, see:
- North Dakota news published on the EERE Web site.
- Brief project descriptions from the North Dakota Energy Office published in the EERE State Energy Program newsletter, Conservation Update.
- North Dakota publications listed in the EERE State Publications Database.


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Mexican gets 30 years in 'Fast and Furious' killing
Posted February 11th, 2014 @ 3:32pm by Matt Cantor, Newser Staff
(NEWSER) – After pleading guilty to first-degree murder, Manuel Osorio-Arellanes of Mexico has been sentenced to 30 years in prison over the death of US border agent Brian Terry. Osorio-Arellanes, 37, said that he was part of a group of five people trying to steal marijuana from drug traffickers on Dec. 14, 2010. That group clashed with the US Border Patrol, and Terry was killed in the ensuing gunfight.
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Christ Church, colloquially known as "the House," is a unique joint foundation of a college of the University of Oxford and the Cathedral of the Diocese of Oxford. It has a world-famous Cathedral Choir and a Picture Gallery containing an important collection of Old Master paintings that is open to the public. There is also a small Cathedral School. The College is one of the largest in the University, with approximately 110 Senior Members (tutors and college lecturers), 430 undergraduate students, and 220 graduate students. Many distinguished people have studied here including John Locke, Robert Hooke, John Wesley, Robert Peel, William Gladstone, William Walton, W.H. Auden, David Dimbleby, Rowan Williams, Richard Curtis and Howard Goodall.
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Watch a holiday performance
Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 7:33 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 7:33 p.m.
You can enjoy a performance of holiday music and theatre.
"The Forgotten Carols" is scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd.
The play will feature the Vandebilt Catholic High choir. Les Sonnettes Des Joie, Mulberry Baptist Church's bell choir, will perform a pre-show concert.
Los Angeles and New York cast members from the Theos Theatricals touring company will perform the tale of an empty life changed by a personal encounter during Christmas.
Tickets costing $20 are on sale through the Civic Center box office or ticketmaster.com.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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The objective of this agreement is to facilitate the Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) in supporting the projects at the U.S. National Arboretum (USNA). FONA will provide funds to ARS to hire interns for the USNA-FONA Internship Program.
1b.Approach (from AD-416)
Interns will perform standardized duties in support of numerous projects in all organizational units within the U.S. National Arboretum, including Floral and Nursery Plants Research, Gardens Unit and Education and Visitor Services. These duties will permit selected individuals to gain hands-on horticultural and public garden experience through the Arboretum's plant collections, greenhouses, research laboratories, and public programs in either the Washington, D.C., or Beltsville, Maryland, locations. Examples include assisting with research in the laboratory and in the field; performing garden maintenance chores, including pest management and propagation; entering plant records data; and assisting with educational and event functions such as marketing and program planning and implementation.
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Chapter KV – PEO will meet at the home of Jane Bleigh at 7 p.m. Monday, July 15. The president, Connie Fox, will report on the Missouri State Chapter Convention which she recently attended. Melva Lehenbauer will serve as co-hostess and members are asked to call if they are unable to attend.
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