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All things Mother Earth Living
by Jessica Kellner, Editor
winter curry, spices, winter vegetables, seasonal meal, vegetarian meal, Indian, Jessica Kellner
In this delicious recipe from herb and spice expert Susan Belsinger, winter vegetables come alive with the rich flavors of exotic, warming Indian spices. Enjoy!
This warming winter medley is easy to make and will fill your house with exotic Eastern aromas. The spiciness of curry blends varies from hot and pungent to sweet and mild, so taste before adding the cayenne to see how much heat you need. A little goes a long way.
3 cups brown basmati rice
6 cups water
1 1/2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
1 onion, quartered lengthwise and sliced
1 pound winter squash, peeled and seeded, cut lengthwise into quarters or sixths, and sliced crosswise into 3/8-inch slices
3/4 pound broccoli, trimmed and cut into large bite-size florets
1 small red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut into strips
1/2 pound mushrooms, brushed and sliced
2 teaspoons grated ginger root
5 cloves garlic, minced
14- or 15-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
About 1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon tamari or mushroom soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon coriander seed, toasted and ground
1 teaspoon cumin seed, toasted and ground
1 pound firm tofu, diced into 1/2-inch cubes
1 cup spinach, chard, or kale cut into thin shreds
Cayenne pepper to taste
1 tablespoon lime juice, or to taste
1/2 cup cilantro leaves, optional
1. Bring 6 cups of water to boil and add basmati rice. Cook about half an hour until tender.
2. Heat the oil in a sauté pan over medium heat and add the onion; stir and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the squash and broccoli and cook, covered, for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the bell pepper and mushrooms, and cook for another minute. Add the ginger root and garlic and cook for 1 minute more.
3. Add the coconut milk, water, soy sauce, salt, turmeric, curry, cumin, and coriander, and bring ingredients to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Add the tofu, lower the heat to a simmer, and cook for about 10 minutes. Add the shredded greens a minute or two before the 10 minutes are up. Taste for seasoning and add cayenne and lime juice. Stir over low heat for another minute or two and taste for seasoning.
4. Serve in individual serving bowls over the rice, and garnish with cilantro leaves, if desired.
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There's an old Irish proverb that says man to the hills, woman to the shore. It's an idea that drew the attention of Seamus Heaney once, who found the contrast humorous and unsettling. Life brings us together and life pulls us apart he realized, and in between those tensions we all live.
In Sea Marks, a funny, unsettling and rather beautiful two-hander now playing at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York, the Irish man is played by Rep regular Patrick Fitzgerald and the British woman by Tony nominee Xanthe Elbrick.
First we meet Colm (Fitzgerald), a forty-something west of Ireland fisherman who lives a challenging life by the sea, and then we meet the object of his fascination, Timothea (Elbrick).
A chance meeting between the pair leads Colm to later write her a letter in the hope of making a romantic connection. But time has passed and Timothea has no memory of her wooer at all.
Things change when she receives the next letters. It turns out that Colm has the rare gift of being able to paint vivid pictures with words. Timothea is first beguiled by his turn of phrase, and then by the personality behind the words.
Director Ciaran O'Reilly has cast this play so well that rapport between the pair leaps to life in their first moments together. Fitzgerald's Colm has an affable, countrified air at first that masks his formidable intelligence.
Sartorially he's a walking man of Aran but underneath? It's one of the pleasures of the production that it takes its time to reveal both characters.
Colm has intuitively pursued the one person who will challenge his every piety and bring out what has been long dormant in him; from his unlived erotic life to his gift for poetry, she opens doors in his imagination that rescue his spirit and – in his mid-forties – finally allow him to grow up.
As the play opens there's a lot of fun to be had in Fitzgerald's lively performance, which sets the play's tone but also sets the audience up a little.
In playwright Gardner McKay's hands Colm emerges first as a free spirited Irish suitor who may just be pursuing someone a little out of his league and certainly out of his everyday world. But soon we come to realize that Colm is one of life's beautiful misfits, neither fully at home on sea or land, or indeed even in his own skin.
As Timothea, Elbrick creates a character worthy of anyone's admiration. She's all antic energy and smarts, in a charismatic and compelling stage performance that instantly explains Colm's fascination with her.
In scene after scene, Elbrick matches Fitzgerald in both subtlety and depth as the play's themes are revealed. Although it's fair to say that Sea Marks is a rather cerebral script, it still provides for a marvelous degree of awkward physical comedy.
Colm and Timothy's near disastrous first night together, which includes his first fumbling attempts at lovemaking, is watch it through your fingers embarrassing and yet simultaneously completely endearing.
Crucially, neither Fitzgerald nor Elbrick get ahead of their characters or ever condescend to comment on them. Instead they simply inhabit their respective roles and trust the text and the production to reveal the plays themes.
O'Reilly is a playwright's ideal director in other words, because his instinct with Sea Marks is to be as unobtrusive as possible, and just like Colm's long marvelous letters let the words create the world.
Tonally and thematically this show is quite an unusual production for the Rep, but longtime admirers of their work know how much they delight in surpassing your expectations, which Sea Marks certainly does.
It's a play that celebrates creativity and inspiration which makes it a perfect fit for a company that has done more than almost any other in Manhattan to celebrate the primacy of the written word.
O'Reilly knows that the Irish will cross hill and shore to find the right words, and so his lovely, languid production trusts the audience to unravel the play's meaning. Love takes us out of ourselves Sea Marks shows us, only to gently return us to ourselves at a later date and with a greater understanding.
When Colm crosses the sea to Liverpool to live with his new love he encounters a new life with new challenges, even as the shadow cast by his old one grow darker. This idea is poetically underlined by Charlie Corcoran's outstanding set that manages to magically conjure both the fishing life of an island village and the suburban sprawl of Liverpool with ease.
M. Florian Staab's sound design also strongly merits a mention for the distant seagulls and gently crashing waves at the top of the show, which carries you toward the plays coastal setting in a matter of seconds.
But it's the off the charts chemistry and tenderness between Fitzgerald and Elbrick, who understand that deep friendship is as important as erotic love, that really carry the show. Alternating easily between anger and hilarity in the same scene, they take enormous care to match each other rather than grandstand individually, which makes this impeccably acted productions one of the most accomplished on a New York stage this season.

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Vitaly Zdorovetskiy of "How to Pick Up Girls!" fame decided to hitch his prank-wagon to the resurrected zombie meme and run around the streets of Miami dressed as a brain-crazed ghoul.
"Very Dangerous Prank! Almost Got Shot at [the 2-minute mark]!" Zdorovetskiy writes in the video's description.
Do not attempt unless an actual zombie.


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In 2005, for the first time in its history, the Country Music Awards will not be held in Music City. The Country Music Association announced today that they're moving the awards show to New York City next year. The show will be broadcast live at Madison Square Garden on November 15 on CBS. "The Country Music Association is a true pioneer in the music industry, having successfully established country music as a leading genre," said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, "and we're going to take this event to a whole new level. New York City has a proven track record of hosting the biggest and most-watched events around the globe, including the 2002 NFL Kick-off in Times Square, the 2003 GRAMMY Awards and most recently the 2004 Republican National Convention. New York City is the No.1 media market, which will not only strengthen country music's worldwide recognition, but will also showcase the 'World's Second Home' to a whole new worldwide audience."
"This will be country music's biggest night on the world's biggest stage," added Kix Brooks, President of CMA's Board of Directors and half of multi-platinum duo Brooks & Dunn. "Make no mistake, we are not leaving our traditional home behind. We are taking Nashville with us to the city of New York."
[1] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/loretta-lynn-sues-get-songs-back
[2] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/toby-keiths-bus-driver-wounded-gunshot-0


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The Systematic Character of the National Socialist Policy for the Extermination of the Jews: Electronic Edition, by Heinz Peter LongerichTable of Contents
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2.2 Einsatzgruppe B
2.2.1The mass executions of Jewish men in the month of July can be documented for all four Commandos of the EK B: - The SK 7a in Vileyka "liquidated the entire male Jewish population"; this was done as early as the end of June or in the first days of July as recounted in an event report.58 Similarly, the SK 7 a was responsible for the shooting of 332 Jews in Vitebsk at the end of July - beginning of August59 as well as for a further "action" in Gorodok in which about 150-200 Jewish men were shot.60 Mass executions of Jewish men are documented for the SK 7 b in Borissov (July) and in the area of Orscha/Mogilev (end of July - beginning of August).61
2.2.2- In Bialystok alone, at the beginning of July, the EK 8 initiated - among other events - two "actions" by which, according to the determination of German courts, at least 800 or at least 100 Jewish men were shot; later in Baranovice two further executions took place - with at least 100 Jewish victims shot in each case; finally, at the end of July and in August the EK participated decisively in mass executions in Minsk whereby more than 1000 Jews were killed.62
2.2.3A unit of the EK 8 was ordered to Slonim in the middle of July, where according to the event report of 24 July63 "in collaboration with the order police (Ordnungspolizei) a major action against Jews and other communist-linked elements was accomplished, whereby about 2000 persons were arrested for communist machinations and looting. Among these, 1075 were liquidated on the same day"64
2.2.4The leader of the EK 8, Otto Bradfisch, testified on this point that as early as the advance on Minsk he had already noticed that although no express order had been given "to exterminate the Jewish population in a place or area solely and alone because of it's racial origin",65 nevertheless in practice the orders given by EK B were so broadly conceived that "every Jew was to be regarded as a danger for the fighting troops and therefore to be liquidated".66
2.2.5From the testimony of the Higher SS and Police Leader Russia Centre, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, given in 1966, we know that Nebe's attitude is to be traced to a Himmler directive. According to Bach's testimony, Himmler had already expressed to Nebe on his visit to Bialystok on July 8 that "basically every Jew is to be seen as a Partisan.."67 Three days later, the Commander of the Police Regiment Centre, whose headquarters were in Bialystok, determined that "all those male Jews of the ages between 17 and 45 taken as looters should be shot according to martial law".68 By means of this order the extermination of the able-bodied Jewish population was made possible without further restrictions.
2.2.6- In a report issued by EG B concerning the activities of Ek 9 in Vilna from July, 1941 it was claimed that "In Vilna the EK of that place have liquidated 321 Jews in the period before 8 July". The Lithuanian order patrol which was placed under the command of the EK after the dissolution of the Lithuanian political police was instructed to become involved in the liquidation of the Jews. For this purpose, 150 Lithuanian officials were called up; they captured the Jews and put them in concentration camps where they underwent "special treatment" (Sonderbehandlung) on the same day. This work had now begun and from then on "continuously on a daily basis about 500 Jews and other saboteurs were liquidated". The total nunber of Jews killed in the month of July in Wilna on the initiative of the EK 9 and the Lithuanians came to at least 4000-5000,69 but possibly more than 10,000 people.70
2.2.7Direct intervention by Himmler and Heydrich can also be ascertained in the area of the EG B. We have already mentioned Himmler's order given in Bialystok on July 8 to shoot Jews on principle as partisans; there was also an order given three days later by the Commander of the Police Regiment Centre to shoot Jews taken as looters according to martial law. In a report written in the first few days of July by the Leader of the EG B on the activities of the sub-unit of EK 9 in Grodno and Lida it was stated: "In Grodno and Lida to begin with - in the first few days - only 96 Jews were liquidated. I gave the order that this was to be intensified considerably."71 The background to this order was the fact that Himmler and Heydrich had criticised the low level of activity of the Commandos during their visit in Grodno on June 30. Heydrich, in a general order on 1 July demanded "more mobility in the tactical organisation of the deployment". He criticised the fact that in Grodno - as many as four days following the occupation - no single member of the Security Police and the SD had yet made an appearance.72 On 9 July, Himmler and Heydrich were once again in Grodno73 and were apparently able to convince themselves that the EG B order to intensify the liquidation had in the meantime been obeyed - this according to the event report:
The activities of all commandos have developed satisfactorily. First of all, the liquidations which are now occurring daily in ever greater measure are functioning well. The enforcement of the necessary liquidations is in any case ensured for all events.74
2.2.8This passage makes clear that in the case of the EG B, as early as a few weeks after the beginning of the campaign, the necessity for achieving a schedule of a certain quota of liquidations in a systematic way already existed as a concept.
55. See below, p. 40.
56. Also in EM 26. On Himmler's trip see also the calender of his personal assistant Brandt, 30.6. (BAB, NS 19/3957).
57. 'im Osten liegenden Kommandeuren der SPSD sowie den Staatspolizeistellen die Genehmigung erteilt, in den ihren Grenzabschnitten gegenüber liegenden neu besetzten Gebieten zur Entlastung der Einsatzgruppen und-kommandos, vor allem um deren Bewegungsfreiheit möglichst zu sichern, Reinigungsaktionen vorzunehmen.' OS, 500-1-25 (also ZSt., Doc. UdSSR 401). See also EM 11.
58. 'die gesamte männliche Judenschaft liquidiert'. EM 50, 12.8.41. Concerning the Sk 7a, cf. also Verdict District Court Essen, 29.3.65, printed in Justiz XX, No. 588. Concerning the Ek 7a, cf. Ogorreck, Einsatzgruppen, pp. 114ff.
59. EM 50; Verdict District Court Essen, 29.3.65 (= Justiz XX, No. 588).
60. Ibid.
61. Ogorreck, Einsatzgruppen, pp. 116ff, especially p. 120.
62. Verdict District Court Munich I, 21.7.61, printed in Justiz XVII, No. 519, pp. 672ff; Verdict District Court Kiel, 8.4.64, printed in Justiz XIX, No. 567, pp. 790ff; ZSt., 202 AR-Z 81/59, vol. , indictment of 19.4.60 (SA 168)
63. 'im Zusammenwirken mit der Ordnungspolizei eine Großaktion gegen Juden und andere kommunistisch belastete Elemente zur Durchführung gebracht, wobei ca. 2.000 Personen wegen kommunistischer Umtriebe und Plünderns festgenommen wurden. Von ihnen sind am gleichen Tage 1075 Personen liquidiert worden.' EM 32 of 24.7.
64. For the reconstructin of these events see verdict District Court Köln, 12.5.64, printed in Justiz XX, No. 573, pp. 171ff.
65. 'die jüdische Bevölkerung eines Ortes oder Gebietes einzig und allein wegen ihrer Rassenzugehörigkeit zu vernichten.' ZSt., 208 AR-Z 203/59, C-Volume I, statement of Bradfisch, pp. 2ff, 9.6.58.
66. 'daß jeder Jude als Gefährdung der kämpfenden Truppe anzusehen und deshalb zu liquidieren war'. Ibid.
67. 'daß grundsätzlich jeder Jude als Partisam anzusehen'. ZSt., 202 AR-Z, 73/61, vol. 6, pp. 1510ff, 20.4.66).
68. 'alle als Plünderer überführten männlichen Juden im Alter von 17 bis 45 Jahren sofort standrechtlich zu erschießen'. To this, see KTB of 3.Kp. of Police Bataillion 322, 13.7. (YV, 053/88): 'Roll call of the Company leader, First Lieutenant of the Police Riebel (Special jurisdiction, Behaviour against Jews).' ( Appell des Kompaniechefs, Oblt. d. Sch. Riebel (Sondergerichtsbarkeit, Verhalten gegen Juden)).
69. Verdict District Court Berlin, 22.6.62 (printed in Justiz XVIII, 540a); ZSt., II 202 AR 72a/60, Verdict District Court Berlin, 6.5.66 (SA 179).
70. ZSt., 207 AR-Z 14/58, Note concerning Ek 3, 27.9.61, Correspondence-File, vol. 6, pp. 1151ff.
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OM3N wrote: I held back because I will never hit a woman of course.
mzehe916 wrote: I need more details before I can judge you. Did she say anything? Like, "why do you have naked pictures of my 12 year old brother?" Or, "Money, money, my pimp expects money. You don't know me, and I'm sorry I fell in love with you, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO PAY MY PIMP!" Anything? Come on!
Charlie Foxtrot wrote: OM3N wrote: I held back because I will never hit a woman of course.
Why not? Nothing says "I believe in equality between the sexes" like a punch in the face.
OM3N wrote: I'll give you all the details I have....
I met her on Khao San Road (bad choice for anyone that knows)
OM3N wrote: We were talking in a circle at 3 AM (bad choice in retrospect)
mzehe916 wrote: No, there are a lot more details missing. Was she dressed when she attacked you? How did she leave your flat (kicking, running, crying, by force)? What did the police say?
You have a potentially entertaining story and you are holding back the fine details. Right now I only have a paint by number outline....tell us which colors go to which numbers. I want details. Style of clothes, what were your first words to her? What did you say to get her back to your place (this is just so I can up my personal game)? Paint this picture for us, otherwise it is going to be a long day at work for me.


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STOCKTON - Sheriff's detectives are investigating a possible homicide in an abandoned home in unincorporated San Joaquin County south of Lodi, where they found a decomposing male body with an apparent gunshot wound.
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office received a call about a body found in the 12000 block of Lower Sacramento Road about 2:10 p.m. Sunday, where responding deputies found a dead man in advanced stages of decomposition and with what appeared to be at least one gunshot wound, according to Deputy Les Garcia, a Sheriff's Office spokesman.
Homicide detectives are investigating the case, and the victim has yet to be identified, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The driveway outside the single-story house just north of Armstrong Road had a smattering of garbage in front.
Weeds grew high in front of the house and from between the cracks in the driveway.
All the windows visible from the street were covered in sheets of plywood.
The house had been abandoned for three or four years, said Nestor Mora, 28, a neighbor who lives across the busy street.
Traffic noise between the homes would make it hard to hear anything that would be going on there. And there have been squatters, he said.
"We've seen a couple of them," he said. "But it was a long time ago."
He said it had been about a year since it appeared any squatters had been using the abandoned home. There was a gas leak around that time, he said. After that, the boards went up.
"You never know what's happening inside something that's boarded up like that," Mora said.
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You already know that variety is the spice of life (living proof: your shoe collection). Now a new study backs up your intuition. After surveying 500 people over three months, psychologists found that having new experiences made the participants happy. But once they got used to the change, the boost was gone...with one exception: those who continued trying new things. So, spice it up by registering for that sushi class you've been dying to try. You could walk away with a killer tuna roll—and a hot date.
Turns out tuning into a tragedy makes you happy in the short-term. Say what? According to recent research, a sad flick helps you appreciate your own close relationships. The more the 300 study participants thought about the tragic fates in the film, the more they cherished their loved ones, and the better they felt. Earlier studies explain why: negative moods make you more thoughtful. Bottom linenow you have an excuse to watch Titanic 3D for the 4th time.
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Reebok Wave Sole Pull Tab Socks 2-Pack
The Reebok Wave Sole Pull Tab Socks are perfect for sports of all types. Made with super-soft cotton and a SmoothFit seam-free toe to reduce painful irritation, these socks are designed to keep you comfortable no matter what. A zig zag design on the bottom adds style and interest. Pull tabs on the heel make removing these socks a breeze. Advanced construction helps to keep these socks in place during heavy duty activity, so you can focus on the game on not on your socks!


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Holiday dioramas now on display
Published: Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 9:40 p.m.
For decades, Spartanburg citizens window-shopped on Main Street to see dioramas depicting scenes from 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Those boxes can be seen once again, presented by Spartanburg Art Museum and Spartanburg Regional History Museum.
"James "Buck" Buchanan: The Night Before Christmas & Other Gifts" is on display in the museum from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday through Jan. 5. Call 596-3501.
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Research Briefs
Taking A Bite Out of Bacteria. Antimicrobials that kill bacteria by chewing up their cell walls are being developed to fight disease-causing pathogens.
A Treasure Trove of Poultry Viruses. A powerful new molecular tool called metagenomics is being used to uncover unknown viruses in poultry.
Detecting Viruses with Light. Scientists are using technology called "surface-enhanced Raman scattering" to identify the viruses that cause West Nile virus and Rift Valley fever.
Honey Bee Loss Declines. A recent survey reveals a substantial decrease in the loss of managed honey colonies, compared to losses five years ago.
When a bacterial infection threatens our health, our immune system kicks in to counter the threat, but sometimes the infection is too powerful to handle without help. In that situation, antibiotics may be needed to treat the illness. The same is true for animals.
Antibiotics have long been used to fight dangerous microorganisms like bacteria, fungi and parasites. They are essential for human and animal health and continue to save lives as well as enhance animal production and efficiency.
Over the years, concerns have increased about certain bacterial strains' ability to develop resistance to antibiotics. In response to these concerns, effective alternative technologies have been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and others to help improve animal production and protect animal health and food safety.
Fighting Foodborne Bacteria with Organic Compounds
One alternative to antibiotics is a patented invention that uses organic compounds to combat foodborne bacterial pathogens in animals' intestines. Microbiologist Robin Anderson and his colleagues at the ARS Food and Feed Safety Research Unit in College Station, Texas, developed the technology. They demonstrated that chlorate (salt or sodium) and nitro compounds were successful in reducing and killing important foodborne pathogens like Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella. Nitro compounds are organic substances that contain one or more nitro groups, which consist of three atoms—one of nitrogen and two of oxygen—that act as one.
A chlorate-based compound mixed into feed or water was shown to be highly effective in reducing E. coli in cattle and Salmonella in turkeys and broiler chickens. However, chlorate has not been approved for commercial use in food animals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Salmonella causes more than 1.3 million cases of human foodborne disease each year, resulting in about $2.4 billion in economic losses.
The most effective treatment was a combination of nitro and chlorate compounds, Anderson says.
"An attractive aspect of the nitro compound technology is that it also kills methane-producing bacteria that reside in the stomach of cattle and sheep," Anderson says. "This means it has the potential to not only reduce production costs, but also to reduce the release of an important animal-generated greenhouse gas into the environment."
The technology could also be used instead of specific antibiotics to treat diarrheal infections in young animals, according to Anderson.
Alternative Treatments for Poultry
Devising technologies that can used in poultry production without reliance on medications is part of the research efforts of scientists at the ARS Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, Md.
Avian immunologist Hyun Lillehoj has formed partnerships with industry leaders, university researchers, international scientists and her colleagues in the BARC Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, which have led to the development of effective technologies that help control poultry diseases.
Lillehoj's research includes examining the effects of phytochemicals derived from safflower, plums, peppers, cinnamon, green tea and other plants in enhancing the immune system of chickens. She has also studied the beneficial effects of probiotics, which are live, nonpathogenic bacteria that promote health and balance of the intestinal tract.
In addition, Lillehoj investigates the capacity of host innate immune molecules and genetic markers to help fight parasitic diseases like coccidiosis, which causes annual losses of more than $600 million in the United States and $3.2 billion worldwide.
"We have identified several chicken genetic markers that influence parasitic diseases like coccidiosis," Lillehoj says. "We hope to eventually identify genetic markers that will make it possible to select and breed birds for enhanced disease resistance."
Scientists are looking at host innate immune molecules—produced by chickens during an infection—that have antimicrobial activity. These molecules can kill pathogens, improve host immune response and promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the poultry gut.
The team has identified one such molecule called NK lysin.
"NK lysin proteins are produced by host lymphocytes that are activated by parasites during coccidiosis infection in the gut," Lillehoj says. "We made recombinant NK lysin proteins and demonstrated for the first time that this chicken recombinant antimicrobial protein not only kills chicken coccidia, Neospora and Cryptosporidia, which infect large animals and humans, respectively, but also shows bioactivity against avian leukosis virus-transformed tumor cells."
A Dose of Vitamin D to Ease Mastitis
The most costly and most common disease in dairy cattle may soon have a new treatment option. A natural remedy—vitamin D—has been shown to delay and reduce the severity of mastitis infection in animals.
Mastitis, which affects the mammary gland or udder, costs the U.S. economy an estimated $2 billion per year. The disease can lead to a reduction in milk production, milk quality and income for dairy producers. In some cases, infected cows must be removed from herds.
Scientists at the ARS National Animal Disease Center (NADC) in Ames, Iowa, examined the role of vitamin D in altering the response of the cow's immune system to Streptococcus uberis, a mastitis pathogen.
"Research shows that specific levels of vitamin D need to be in the blood stream to prevent conditions like rickets, or softening of the bones," says molecular biologist John Lippolis, in the NADC Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit. "A higher level needs to be in the blood for proper immune function, but generally, milk has very little vitamin D until it is fortified during processing."
Lippolis and his colleagues at NADC used a form of vitamin D called pre-hormone 25 hydroxyvitamin D that's found in blood, but not in milk. Animals treated with vitamin D had a significant reduction in bacteria counts and less clinical signs of severe infection compared to untreated cows. In the early stage of the infection, as vitamin D reduced the bacterial counts, milk production was greater in the treated animals.
Scientists also looked at bovine serum albumin (BSA) in milk, as well as somatic cell counts—immune cells that enter the mammary gland to fight infection.
"BSA is a protein in blood that becomes a marker in milk to indicate when an infection gets really bad," Lippolis says. "The barrier between the milk and the blood can become a little bit degraded, indicating the severity of the disease."
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Results showed that vitamin D affects the immune system and suggested that it could help reduce the need for antibiotics in treating mastitis. Lippolis says that vitamin D also has the potential to decrease other bacterial and viral diseases such as respiratory tract infections.
For more information about animal disease research, contact Cyril Gay or Eileen Thacker, co-leaders of the ARS National Program #103, Animal Health. For food safety research, contact Mary Torrence, leader of ARS National Program #108, Food Safety (animal and plant products).


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Crossover fighting games are really fun to play. Marvel vs Capcom is the prime example of such collaboration. If you are already tired of Marvel vs Capcom then the upcoming Street Fighter X Tekken might once again fire up your excitement for crossovers. I'm very excited too, as I am a big fan of both Street Fighter and Tekken. I can't wait to use Chun li to beat the crap out of Jack. Yeah, I can feel that you are excited too, and I'm assuming that you already have a character match-up in mind.
First of all, the game is created by Capcom, so the core gameplay of the game will be similar to Street Fighter. Expect that the game will feature familiar Street Fighter elements such as Super Combos and EX Attacks. Each player will choose two fighters for Street Fighter or Tekken. The fighters can be switched out normally or even during combos. The characters will be controlled using the Street Fighter's 6 button system, but it was revealed later on that Tekken characters can also use the 4 button system to perform combos. As you play the game, the player builds up power up to 3 levels which is represented by the "Cross Gauge" found on the bottom of the screen. By unleashing the power you can either perform Super Arts, EX Attacks, Cancels and various Cross techniques depending on the level of power you have stored. The mechanics of the game is similar to that of the Tekken Tag game. If one of the fighter's health bar is depleted then the match is over.
Capcom has given heavy emphasis to the tag team aspect of the match. Switch cancel allows the fighter to cancel a combo by switching out. Cross launch combos involve launching the enemy into the air then switch to the other player to continue the combo. You also have the Cross Arts and Cross Assault which can be used once the "cross gauge" is full.
Street Fighter X Tekken introduces two new game mechanics which includes Gem System and Pandora Mode. The gem system allows the player to equip up to 3 gems which will provide stat boost. Pandora Mode is actually a last resort for desperate players. It can be activated once one the player's life is less than 25%. It requires the player to sacrifice the team mate for an added strength and infinite Cross Gauge. If Pandora Mode runs out without defeating the other player, then the player who activated it automatically loses.
Street Fighter X Tekken is coming to PS3, PS Vita, Xbox 360 and PC on March 6, 2012 in North America and March 9, 2012 in Europe.


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Jan's Writing Basics #2: Beware of Adjectives and Adverbs
These lessons, by one of our most consistent FaithWriters' Challenge Champions, should not be missed. So we're making a permanent home for them here.
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Soren, did you hear me screaming all the way from Michigan?
Thanks for the critique, Jan.
I guess when I think of work, I think of my job as an RN for 30 years. Most of the time it was gruesome!
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5, 6 (NIV)
The exclamation of "Agony, I'm in agony" feels "off" to me. Would anyone really say that?
was my tongue in cheek way of showing an exaggeration. Of course she wouldn't say that, but I was going for a bit of irony in the lesson. I overdid those few words because that was the point of the lesson. Maybe I was too subtle, like I said I haven't slept in about 40 hours.
As long as you are talking about adj. would you mind addressing one of my little pet peeves? For example: I have 3 kids, 2 girls and 1 boy. My oldest child is Emily, but my younger daughter is Lydia.
When comparing between two things you use -er, if it's 3 or more you use -est.
I hope I'm not overstepping. I'm looking forward to learning a lot from you. (Again a poor attempt of tongue in cheek.) I hopefully will get better once I've fully healed from my surgery and get some sleep.
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Shann, you're absolutely right about the -er and -est endings. I'm sure Ann will cover those when she gets to adjectives in her grammar class, but I'm glad to see them brought up here, too! It never hurts to see those grammar rules repeated.
Never feel that you're overstepping by bringing some additional point up here! That's how this differs from a real "class"--more interactive, and the "teacher" definitely appreciates learning from her students! Thanks, Shann.
Jan, great thread going here.
The conversation stirred an idea, tangential though it might be. I always find those moments in writing when I am trying to CHOOSE between this word or that word. I thought it might be both fun and helpful to take sentences we are writing and then have feedback over which word is best to use and why.
As an example ... "As I left the light of the village, I became aware of how HEAVY/THICK the night air in these parts could be."
I would choose HEAVY BECAUSE ...
I would choose THICK because ...
As another alternative, I might use the word ...
May God's gentle grace be with you.
Jim McWhinnie
Interesting, Jim!
Often when I have to choose between words, it's a matter of examining their connotations and associations. Given the two words you've got in your example (heavy/thick)--I think they're about equal in weight and meaning, and personally I don't prefer one over the other.
However, I'd probably pick "thick" because of the rhythm of the sentence: ...how THICK the night AIR in these PARTS...
It's got a nice flow to it, and I often pick a word, even when writing prose, for its syllable count.
A little bit off- topic--but fascinating!
Here's my take and I'm not a fiction writer:
Exhausted, Jan plodded into her home after an endless day at work. Slipping off her shoes at the door, she dragged herself into the kitchen for an icy soda and, perhaps, some leftover cake.
"Ow!" Lifting her foot, she discovered a Lego embedded in her tender heel, a leftover from her nephew's visit the day before.
Unnecessary adverbs and adjectives:
...weary and worn out: same as exhausted
...tiredly: already know she's exhausted
...at the end of a long, seemingly endless day: just say endless, gets the point across
...don't need both icy and cold
...don't need both sugary and saccharine
...don't need shiny with stainless steel
..."Ow" is sufficient
...Legos are small, therefore "miniscule"
is redundant
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"...not to advance in the spiritual life is to go back. But those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward even in sleep.". Brother Lawrence
Jim, in YOUR example about the night air...
How about using the word...DENSE?
"God has not called me to be successful, God has called me to be faithful." Mother Teresa
"...not to advance in the spiritual life is to go back. But those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward even in sleep.". Brother Lawrence
Jan is correct. I'll be dealing with comparatives and superlatives. Come on by the grammar forum and post your requests and suggestions. (I might miss it here.)
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"What remains of a story after it is finished? Another story..." Eli Wiesel
OK, here goes!
Exhausted, Jan slumped into her house after an endless day at work. She slipped off her pumps at the door and plodded unenthusiastically toward the kitchen. All she wanted was a chilled Fresca and something sweet—maybe there was leftover cake in the fridge.
A sharp pain pierced through her thoughts. "Ow!" she shrieked, lifting her foot to determine the cause of her sudden agony. There, embedded firmly in the flesh of her left heel, was one minuscule Lego left over from her young nephew's visit the day before.
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Some of the words are redundant--like exhausted, weary, worn out; choosing one will do it. The same would apply to "sudden, sharp, acute pain".
"Plodded unenthusiastically" -- Unenthusiastically isn't technically needed there, as plodded implies that feeling. (I left it in because I liked it!)
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Just trying to see if I was communicating ...
the word choice item was a suggestion for another thread we might want to create ... not a part of this thread ... huh?
May God's gentle grace be with you.
Jim McWhinnie
Jim, I've got it on my list of future topics. Great suggestion.
I do that alot when I'm writing - exactly the way you have it formatted/typed. When I do my first (or second or third) edit, it gets easier to pick a word. In your example, how about "oppressive"?
Great lesson, Jan!
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Nice, greenleaves! And by trimming the unnecessary adjectives and adverbs, the passage has gone from 107 words to 56. Imagine doing that kind of paring-down of a whole passage--all those freed-up words to work with now!
Since you mention that you're not usually a writer of fiction, can you share with us any insights about the uses of adjectives and adverbs in nonfiction?
Kristi, I'm going to give you the gold star--you've gotten rid of all the unnecessary stuff (except for 'unenthusiastically', but that's a style choice), but kept enough interesting words to make this a pretty engaging passage. Well done!
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Citizens Energy workers continue their investigation Monday afternoon Nov. 12, 2012 by digging into the front sidewalk looking for possible explanation into the explosion in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/ WTHR Chopper 13 /The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Authorities have launched a criminal homicide investigation into the house explosion that killed two people and damaged numerous homes in an Indianapolis neighborhood.
Indianapolis Homeland Security Director Gary Coons made the announcement Monday evening.
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry says search warrants are being executed and that official are looking for a white van that was seen in the neighborhood.
Officials have said they believe natural gas was involved in Nov. 10 explosion, which leveled two homes and left dozens more uninhabitable. Investigators have been focusing on appliances as they search for a cause.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Jim Cheskawich, author of "The Story of Rex of White Way, The Blizzard King," will sign copies of his book Tuesday, Jan. 15, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Bookshelf, located at 11310 Donner Pass Road in Truckee. A dinner at 6 p.m. at Cottonwood Restaurant will follow.Cheskawich, who has served as Samoyed Club of America (SCA) president and treasurer, wrote a historical biography about Rex of White Way, a noble, loving hero dog, whose legacy carries on today.The purebred Samoyed lead dog, trained by Lloyd Van Sickle of Truckee, lived from 1946-1957 and was involved in more than 30 human rescues. Rex, bred by Agnes Mason of Sacramento, was awarded a place of honor in the U.S. Postal Hall of Fame for this work as lead sled dog on a U.S. mail run up the Targhee Pass. He set the record for strongest dog in the world in weight pulling, won speed and freight races with Van Sickle's Targhee hounds, including sled dog races in Truckee. The most famous of his rescues occurred when he pulled victims from downed planes at the Truckee Airfield in 1949 and delivered them by sled to a doctor in town. Another world-famous rescue occurred in January 1952 on Yuba Gap, where Rex blazed the trail to reach the snowbound train City of San Francisco with 226 passengers and crew.Rex was whisked from the Golden Gate benched dog show to make the mission, delivering Truckee's Dr. Nelson to the stranded train fr emergency aid.He also was on the movie set with John Wayne for "Island in the Sky" filmed at Donner Lake."A fantastic account of a once-in-a-lifetime dog, his breeder Agnes Mason, and his trainer Lloyd Van Sickle ... This is a great memoir filled with wonderful historic pictures," wrote Madeline Druse, Tamerack Samoyeds, Samoyed breeder, exhibitor and AKC judge.Cathy Cusack, president of the Potomac Valley Samoyed Club called the book "A touching memoir of a Samoyed whose immeasurable spirit and heart will live on forever."Tuesday's event commemorates the 61-year anniversary of Rex's delivery of Dr. Nelson on the snow-covered pass.Cheskawich lives in Woodland, Wash. and manages Woodland Kennels. He received his Bachelor's of Science and Master's of Business from Penn State, and served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division."In a way, Rex wrote his own story, and my job was to be faithful to the marks he left ... This was a great dog," wrote Cheskawich, who owns award-winning "Riley," a Rex descendant.The book is available in hard and soft cover as well as the Kindle version on Amazon and also at the author's website: www.dketasamoyeds.com.
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Former Polk standout Ollis leads BC to season finale win
Published: Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 9:14 p.m.
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BREVARD -- Led by 127 yards rushing from former Polk County High standout Jordan Ollis, the Brevard College Tornados sent their 2012 seniors off on a high note with a 27-13 victory over the Newberry College Wolves in the season finale on Saturday afternoon at Brevard Memorial Stadium.
The Tornados scored 21 unanswered points on three consecutive drives in the second half to earn their first South Atlantic Conference victory of the season. Ollis capped an 11-play, 70-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown drive with 7:22 remaining in the third quarter to give the Tornados the lead for good at 13-6.
Another former Polk standout, Andre Overholt, also scored for Brevard late in the game. His 29-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Jaquan Marsh gave BC a 25-6 lead. Overholt then executed a halfback pass to freshman Dominique Lesine for the 2-point conversion for the Tornados' final points.
This was Brevard's first-ever win against Newberry after falling to the Wolves in the previous six games.
The Tornados finish the year at 2-9 overall and 1-6 in the South Atlantic Conference.
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50 U.S. Code § 98h - National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund
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(a) Establishment
There is established in the Treasury of the United States a separate fund to be known as the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "fund").
(b) Fund operations
(1) All moneys received from the sale of materials in the stockpile under paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 98e (a) of this title [1] shall be covered into the fund.
(2) Subject to section 98d (a)(1) of this title, moneys covered into the fund under paragraph (1) are hereby made available (subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriation Acts) for the following purposes:
(A) The acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of strategic and critical materials under section 98e (a) of this title.
(B) Transportation, storage, and other incidental expenses related to such acquisition, maintenance, and disposal.
(C) Development of current specifications of stockpile materials and the upgrading of existing stockpile materials to meet current specifications (including transportation, when economical, related to such upgrading).
(G) Activities authorized under section 98h–6 of this title.
(H) Contracting under competitive procedures for materials development and research to—
(i) improve the quality and availability of materials stockpiled from time to time in the stockpile; and
(I) Improvement or rehabilitation of facilities, structures, and infrastructure needed to maintain the integrity of stockpile materials.
(J) Disposal of hazardous materials that are stored in the stockpile and authorized for disposal by law.
(K) Performance of environmental remediation, restoration, waste management, or compliance activities at locations of the stockpile that are required under a Federal law or are undertaken by the Government under an administrative decision or negotiated agreement.
(c) Moneys received from sale of materials being rotated or disposed of
(d) Effect of bartering
If, during a fiscal year, the National Defense Stockpile Manager barters materials in the stockpile for the purpose of acquiring, upgrading, refining, or processing other materials (or for services directly related to that purpose), the contract value of the materials so bartered shall—
(1) be applied toward the total value of materials that are authorized to be disposed of from the stockpile during that fiscal year;
(2) be treated as an acquisition for purposes of satisfying any requirement imposed on the National Defense Stockpile Manager to enter into obligations during that fiscal year under subsection (b)(2) of this section; and
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 9, as added Pub. L. 96–41, § 2(a),July 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 323; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title II, § 203(d),Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 382; Pub. L. 99–661, div. C, title II, § 3203(a),Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4067; Pub. L. 100–180, div. C, title II, § 3204,Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1247; Pub. L. 101–189, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3312(b),Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1688; Pub. L. 101–510, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3301(c),Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1845; Pub. L. 102–190, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3311(a),Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1584; Pub. L. 102–484, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3313,Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2653; Pub. L. 103–160, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3313,Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1962; Pub. L. 105–261, div. C, title XXXIII, § 3304,Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2264; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XIV, § 1411(b),Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 934.)
References in Text
Paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 98e (a) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), were redesignated as paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 98e (a) of this title by Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XIV, § 1411(a),Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 934.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 98h, act June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 9, as added July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 600, related to disposition of receipts, prior to repeal by section 2(a) ofPub. L. 96–41. See section 98h (b)(1) of this title.
2013—Subsec. (b)(2)(D) to (M). Pub. L. 113–66added subpar. (D) and redesignated former subpars. (D) to (L) as (E) to (M), respectively.
1998—Subsec. (b)(2)(J) to (L). Pub. L. 105–261added subpar. (J) and redesignated former subpars. (J) and (K) as (K) and (L), respectively.
1993—Subsec. (b)(2)(J), (K). Pub. L. 103–160, § 3313(a), added subpars. (J) and (K).
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103–160, § 3313(b), struck out par. (4) which read as follows: "Notwithstanding paragraph (2), moneys in the fund may not be used to pay salaries and expenses of stockpile employees."
1992—Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 102–484, § 3313(a)(1), inserted ", maintenance, and disposal" after "acquisition" and substituted "section 98e (a)" for "section 98e (a)(1)".
Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 102–484, § 3313(a)(2), substituted "such acquisition, maintenance, and disposal" for "such acquisition".
Subsec. (b)(2)(H), (I). Pub. L. 102–484, § 3313(b), added subpars. (H) and (I).
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 102–484, § 3313(c), added par. (4).
1991—Subsec. (b)(2)(G). Pub. L. 102–190added subpar. (G).
1990—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–510added subsec. (d).
1989—Subsec. (b)(2)(F). Pub. L. 101–189added subpar. (F).
1987—Subsec. (b)(2)(F). Pub. L. 100–180struck out subpar. (F) which related to other reasonable requirements for management of stockpile.
1986—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 99–661, § 3203(a)(1), struck out "Such moneys shall remain in the fund until appropriated." after "covered into the fund."
Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 99–661, § 3203(a)(2), added pars. (2) and (3) and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which read as follows:
"(2) Moneys covered into the fund under paragraph (1) shall be available, when appropriated therefor, only for the acquisition of strategic and critical materials under section 98e (a)(1) of this title (and for transportation related to such acquisition).
"(3) Moneys in the fund, when appropriated, shall remain available until expended, unless otherwise provided in appropriation Acts."
1981—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–35in par. (1) struck out provisions relating to moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year in which received, and in par. (3) substituted provisions respecting funds remaining available until expended, for provisions relating to funds remaining available for a period of five fiscal years.
Use of Funds From National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund To Meet National Defense Stockpile Goals and Specifications in Effect on October 1, 1984
Pub. L. 100–440, title V, § 518,Sept. 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 1748, directed that, no later than Oct. 1, 1989, Administrator of General Services, or any Federal officer assuming Administrator's responsibilities with respect to management of the stockpile, to use all funds authorized and appropriated before Jan. 1, 1985, from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to evaluate, test, relocate, upgrade or purchase stockpile materials to meet National Defense Stockpile goals and specifications in effect on Oct. 1, 1984. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(m) [title V, § 519], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–390, 1329–417.
Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(m) [title V, § 520], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–308, 1783–326, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(m) [title V, § 520], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–308, 3341–326.
Deposit of Funds Accruing From Naval Petroleum Reserves
Pub. L. 98–525, title IX, § 905,Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2574, as amended by Pub. L. 99–145, title XVI, § 1611(a),Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 776, provided that: "There shall be deposited into the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund established under section 9 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 98h) 30 percent of all money accruing to the United States during fiscal years 1985 and 1986 from lands in the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves (less amounts spent for exploration, development and operation of those reserves and related expenses during that period). Moneys deposited into the Fund under this subsection shall be deemed to have been covered into the Fund under section 9(b) of the Act."
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The Marietta College women's basketball team led only one time in the game
But it was at the only time that mattered - at the end.
If you were there at Ban Johnson Arena Tuesday night, you probably didn't see it coming, MC's thrilling 63-61 come-from-behind win over previously undefeated and No. 25-ranked Wilmington College. The Lady Pioneers (7-2 overall, 3-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) after all were down 11, 33-22, at halftime and struggling big time with their shooting touch.
Obviously, if a team is shooting 33 percent (nine of 27) from the floor, it's probably not going to win very many games. Aleisha Guiler, MC's leading scorer on the season with an average of 14.4 points per game, attempted only three shots (made one) in the first half.
"Wilmington was double- and triple-teamming her every time she touched the ball," said MC head coach Jill Meiring.
And, usually after getting the ball in the paint, where she received most of her touches, Guiler's only option was to kick it back out to the perimeter.
Still, despite its subpar shooting performance in the first half, Marietta hung in there, and only trailed by double digits at the break when Wilmington's Bria Eslick buried a baseline jumper with three seconds remaining on the clock.
The thing is, the Lady Quakers (6-1, 3-1) weren't exactly torching the net themselves in the opening half. Sure, they shot 42 percent (15 of 36) from the floor, but most of their buckets were coming on layups. Their outside shooting was for the most part off the mark and non-existent from behind the arc (0-5).
Still, Wilmington's 10-0 run about midway through the first 20 minutes of play appeared to be the difference in the contest - so far. When the visitors went into the halftime locker room, they were in pretty good shape.
Well, not everybody was.
"I'm never comfortable," said Lady Quakers head basketball coach Jerry Scheve.
It after all was only a halftime lead and not a big one at that.
Meanwhile, over in the Marietta locker room, Meiring and her staff had to be shaking their heads. They knew that the Lady Pioneers could shoot a lot better than they did and that Wilmington's advantage was not insurmountable.
They were proven right.
During the opening minute of the second half, Jessica Brogan drained a three, and that pretty much changed the momentum of the game. Brogan's trey ignited a 10-0 Lady Pioneer run - and all of a sudden the home team was only trailing by one.
Following Brogan's triple, Candice Alexander and Sierra Sigman each made a bucket. Then Brogan dialed look distance a second time.
Sheve had seen enough, so he called Wilmington's first timeout of the game.
Shortly after play was resumed, Wilmington countered with a 10-0 run itself.
But you know what? Marietta wasn't about to go away, because there was a lot of time remaining on the game clock.
After Lindsay Deemer's two straight baskets cut it to seven (47-40), Marietta never trailed by double digits again. And, slowly but surely, the Lady Pioneers crept closer and closer to the Lady Quakers until....
With under a minute left, Sigman made a layup and converted a bonus freebie to tie the game at 61-all.
With 29 ticks on the clock, Marietta got the ball. With 15 seconds remaining, the Lady Pioneers called time to set up a potential game-winning play. When the action was resumed, Krissy Rowe inbounded the ball to Tori Dixon, who dribbled right and then penetrated the paint. When Dixon saw Guiler momentarily open down on the low blocks, she dished the ball to her. Guiler was hammered in the act of shooting.
With nine seconds left, Guiler toed the foul line and swished two freebies to give Marietta its first lead of the game.
MC still had to play some defense, though, and got a big block from Alexander on Wilmington's final shot attempt of the contest.
Game over, and Marietta had heroes galore - Guiler, Dixon, Sigman, Brogan, Deemer and freshman Heather Booth, who came off the bench to score 10 points.
"This was definitely a team effort," said Booth, a former Frontier standout.
When Marietta visits Ohio Northern University for an OAC tilt Saturday, it should be brimming with confidence and hoping to skip the dramatics this time.
"Do I have any more white hairs?" asked Meiring after Tuesday night's game.
The Marietta coach laughed, and then became serious.
"Ohio Northern's a tough team that beat Otterbein, a team that beat us," she said. "We're going to have to play well."
If MC plays and shoots 57 percent (17-30) from the field like it did in the second half against Wilmington, well...look out.
Ron Johnston is the Marietta Times sports editor, and can be reached at 376-5441 or at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Serbia Blind to Croat Long-Term GoalsJan 21st, 2013 | By De-Construct.net | In Croatia, Former Yugoslavia, Interview, Kosovo-Metohija Crisis
Historian Vasilije Krestić, member of Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences (SANU), talks about relations between Serbs and Croats, Kosovo and Metohija province, EU, Vojvodina, SANU, politicians… "Croatian goal is a large, ethnically clean, Roman Catholic Croatia. We have tied our ship to EU, which is taking Kosovo province away from us", Krestić said.
"Croatia's political goals for the last 150 years are: Croatia cleansed of Serbs, border on Drina river, and annexation of parts of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina. All of our politicians who are negotiating with Croats ought to be aware of these facts. This is a standard Croatian policy and it has not changed", says Krestić.
Academic Vasilije Krestić, who has been researching the history of Serbo-Croat relations for many years, points out that Serbian politicians ignore the Croatian political goals, and get uncritically involved in discussions about "improving relations". Improved relations, Krestić claims, can only be built on the basis of reciprocity – one gets as much as he gives.


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Cemetery Man
Cemetery Man has all the best elements of a low-budget horror movie -- special effects where the strings used to fly items are visible, cheesey music, gratuitous sex and violence, hilariously bad dialogue, terrible acting -- and yet it's also got some good acting, some clever dialogue, good zombie gore, and a surprisingly intelligent narrative overall. It's some sort of cousin of Shaun of the Dead (but with more nudity, because Rupert Everett is the sort of leading man one does want to see naked as much as possible).
Set in an Italian town where everyone speaks, or tries to speak, in a British accent, Cemetery Man tells the story of Francesco Dellamorte, caretaker of a cemetery where people come back to life soon after they are buried. He's used to this, and has gotten to be quite a good shot with a pistol, effortlessly putting bullets into the heads of the dead. His sidekick is a somewhat-less-than-genius sort of fellow named Gnaghi, who ends up falling in love with a severed head. Love is a running theme in the film, because Francesco has failed to find any, and rumors about his impotence and even his genital status have spread through town. Why, Francesco wonders, should anyone bother with love when everybody's just going to die, anyway? Then he meets the woman of his dreams. She's impressed with his ossuary. They kiss like Magritte's "Lovers". But her father comes back to life and kills her. Whoops. Francesco begins to think he was right about this love thing: It just leads to suffering. Every other attempt at love doesn't work out, either, because Francesco's easy to take advantage of, and the women he decides to love (all of whom look alike), reel him in and break his heart. Clearly, the only way to deal with this is to start killing living people. But even at that task, he can't get the credit that's his due. In the end, he and Gnaghi go to the edge of the world and have a transcendent moment of their own.
It's a remarkably touching movie by the end -- remarkably, because on the surface, there's very little reason for us to have a lot of sympathy for Francesco. Everett's performance is so well balanced, so delightfully deadpan, skillfully conveying the character's indifference to the vapid, uninspiring world around him that he somehow becomes endearing instead of being what so many similar characters in movies and books are -- pathetic. And Gnaghi's great, too. I wanted one of my own. His character could have been a silly stereotype of a village idiot, and while it certainly has plenty of those qualities, he ends up (much like Ed in Shaun of the Dead) a full character.
None of the women in the movie are much more than cardboard objects of lust, but because the film is so stuck within Francesco's point of view (complete with voiceovers), there's not much else they could have been. It's not like any of the male characters, other than Gnaghi, have any development, either. Francesco sees the world as populated by people not much worth his time, or people he obviously has neither the emotional experience or capacity to understand as anything other than figures onto which he can project his own desires and anxieties. How we interpret Francesco -- who may just be a sociopath -- determines much of how we interpret the other characters in the movie.
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Oh, how I love this movie. Somehow, in my heart it's linked with the movie version of The Loved One.ReplyDelete
One of my favourite films! I love Rupert Everett ("I'm not a bloody engineer!") & the whole cast of crazy characters.ReplyDelete
I have a VHS tape of this movie with Japanese subtitles! Strange, I know. I got it from a girl I met several years ago when I was working at Blockbusters. She was one of my coworkers - a young, Goth type who liked horror movies as much as me. She started telling me about this bootleg video she had called Dellamorte Dellamore, and I wanted to see it. I gave her a blank VHS tape and she made a copy for me. It was not called Cemetery Man. The titles featured the original title, Dellamorte Dellamore. Strangley, at the bottom of the screen are subtitles in Japanese! The very beginning of the movie looks a little washed out, but then the picture gets better. Years later, I noticed that the one scene, when Rubert Everette is shooting everyone in the hospital, and the camera pulls way back - it reminds me of the scene at the end of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas when the camera pulls back on Johnny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson, sitting in a room. The ending is great!ReplyDelete
Anyway, the girl who gave me the video - I have not seen her in years, neither one of us works at Blockbusters any more, and I can't remember her name.
I reckon that it has been a long time since this post was made. However I would like to point out that it was not her "father" that rose from the grave but her "husband"(The scene is remarkable though). It's a difficult movie to understand as the ending leaves many questions unanswered.ReplyDelete


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LETTER: City schools aren't welcoming to parents
Published: Monday, August 26, 2013 at 4:09 p.m.
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Dear Editor: The Tuscaloosa City Schools say, "Visitors and Volunteers Welcome" but this isn't always true. Last year we felt so unwelcome at Central Elementary, you could cut the tension with a knife. We reported how we felt to Dr. Mike Daria of the Tuscaloosa City Schools, but nothing changed.
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Why do we vote to give the Tuscaloosa City Schools money from our property taxes? I always voted yes if it would benefit our children. I always felt that I was listened to and it was talked about and that a decision was made, but not now. The Tuscaloosa City Schools half educates most of its students and expects us to be happy about it and say nothing.
Central Elementary only wants to see its parents when there is something to buy or sell or if there is a program that your child is in. Enough. We will be out of Central after this year. I was told that I shouldn't write this letter because it could make things hard for my grandson. Well, I hope that no one does, but if anyone does, I believe in lawyers and I know how to call them.
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HENDERSONVILLE - Allen Jones, 62 of Hendersonville died Thursday December 6, 2012 after a period of declining health.
Mr. Jones, a lifelong resident of Henderson County ,was born July 12, 1950 to the late Lewis Edward and Hattie Elizabeth Gilliam Jones. He served in the Army and was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, where he received the Bronze Star. He retired from DuPont after 27 years of Service. He was a member of Blue Ridge Baptist Church.
Allen was an avid Braves fan and loved to hunt, especially coon and deer.
He is survived by his loving wife of 40 years Joan Gosnell Jones, two sons Danny Jones and his wife Tina, and son David Jones of Hendersonville; two sisters Martha Metcalf and husband Butch of Hendersonville and Peggy Jackson and husband Paul of Garner; two brothers Wayne Jones and wife Smyra of Hendersonville and Alvin Jones and wife Peggy of Hendersonville. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews, and a special friend Jerry Sain of Hendersonville.
Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 PM Monday December 10, 2012 at Thos. Shepherd's Church Street Chapel with burial to follow at Shepherd Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the funeral home.
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Autism Speaks joined with tens of thousands of families and advocates across New York State to express extreme disappointment in Governor David Paterson's veto of landmark autism insurance reform legislation – passed unanimously by the state legislature – and challenged the cost projections cited by the governor in justifying his decision. The organization immediately began conferring with key legislative allies to determine a course of action, which could include a call for a post-election session of the legislature and an override effort.
"Today is a sad day for tens of thousands of people with autism and their families, the result of a misguided fiscal decision that will actually cost taxpayers untold millions of dollars in the coming years," said Bob Wright, co-founder of Autism Speaks. "This is a significant setback, but it is far from the end of the battle. We will not stop fighting until every child with autism in New York State has access to the treatments they need and deserve."
The legislation – co-sponsored in the State Senate by Senators Neil Breslin and Thomas Duane, as well as Charles Fuschillo, Jr., and in the Assembly by Assemblyman Joe Morelle and Speaker Sheldon Silver – received overwhelming bi-partisan support, with unanimous passage in both the State Senate and Assembly.
"We urge the autism community to call Governor Paterson (518-474-8390) and express their disappointment," said Peter Bell, executive vice president of programs and services for Autism Speaks. "Contact your State Senator and Assemblymember and insist that they see through their commitment to the enactment of this critical legislation and call for an override." (visit Autism Votes to find your local legislator)
The governor's veto memo stated that his decision was based purely on fiscal considerations and not the legislation's merits. The memo, though, cited inaccurate costs projections. Actuarial reports have concluded that the actual costs to the state and local municipalities would be negligible during the first year and no more than $30 million once fully implemented. Moreover, private insurance policyholders would see minor premium increases of less than 0.65% – far less than the inflated figures included in the memo.
Twenty-three states have already enacted legislation to end insurance companies' discrimination against people with autism. Governor Paterson is only the second governor in the United States to veto such legislation, joining South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who vetoed Ryan's Law in June, 2007. The S.C. legislature subsequently overrode Sanford's veto and Ryan's Law was enacted.
To learn more about Autism Votes, an initiative of Autism Speaks focused on federal and state legislative advocacy, please visit www.autismvotes.org.
October 23, 2010 at 12:11 pm
It is amazing that a Lame Duck, can Veto such an important bill. Hopefully when we have a New Govenor, he will not make the same poor decision. I can not beleive that a person who himself has a "handicap" would vote against this. How is this going to cost the tax payers more money?
Let's look at what, he, passes as law. Raises tax on Gasoline, the state is still broke, New York has one of the highest gas taxes in the country. He creates the FAT Tax, on Soda and other items that are quote un quote bad for you, but New York is still broke. He increases the tax on Tobacco products, because he feels that tobacco users have and will cost more to the tax payers for health care, where is the data on this one, and once again new york is still broke!
Governor Paterson, maybe we should have an Adultery Tax, becasue if there is a Divorce proceeding, the Adulterer, will, not maybe, will, cost the tax payer money for courts police balifs, judges etc.
As a parent of an autistic child I can only say Shame on you Govenor Patterson. Can't wait till January!!!
October 25, 2010 at 10:24 am
I was quite disappointed to hear of Governor Patterson's decision. Last week I attended an Autism Bill of Rights Rally in Staten Island, NY that was truly amazing and uplifting. It gave parents and advocates like myself a sense of hope that there are politicians in our corner such as, Staten Island Borough President, James Molinaro and Senator Roy McDonald. "We need to stand together" and continue to fight for the rights of the ASD population.
October 28, 2010 at 10:56 am
I don't understand how autism organizations are so diametrically opposed to each other on this bill. Other orgs. say that the restrictions on treatments in the bill (scientifically proven, peer reviewed, etc.) will eliminate coverage, which is why the insurance companies lobbied for the bill. Isn't it at all suspicious that they so strongly support the bill? Why is AutismSpeaksvon this side of the bill?


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October 13, 2010
Offshore turbines like these located near Sweden could appear in U.S. waters to produce renewable power.
The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) and Cape Wind Associates signed the nation's first lease for commercial wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) on October 6. The leased area covers 25 square miles on Horseshoe Shoals in Nantucket Sound, off the coast of Massachusetts. Cape Wind is planning to build 130 wind turbines in the leased area to generate up to 468 megawatts (MW) of wind power, with an average anticipated output of 182 MW. The 28-year lease will cost the company $88,278 in annual rent prior to production, and a 2%-7% operating fee during production. The Cape Wind energy project would be the first wind farm on the OCS, and could generate enough power to meet 75% of the electricity demand for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Island combined. See the DOI press release and the Cape Wind page on the Web site of DOI's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM).
The lease signing came a day before DOE released a report from its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that comprehensively analyzes the key factors impacting the deployment of offshore wind power in the United States. The report, "Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power in the United States: Assessment of Opportunities and Barriers," analyzes the technology challenges, economics, permitting procedures, and potential risks and benefits of offshore wind power deployment in U.S. waters. NREL finds that harnessing even a fraction of the potential offshore wind resource could create thousands of jobs and help revitalize the U.S. manufacturing sector, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, diversify U.S. energy supplies, and provide cost-competitive electricity to key coastal regions. The report also concludes that while significant challenges remain, effective research, policies, and market commitment will enable offshore wind to play a significant role in the country's energy future. To help address those challenges, DOE and DOI have launched several interagency efforts that focus on siting and permitting, standards and technical collaboration, resource assessment and design conditions, and environmental monitoring and mitigation. See the DOE press release, the report's executive summary and the full report, and the interagency initiatives. And for more information on DOE's efforts, see the Offshore Wind Technology page on DOE's Wind and Water Power Program Web site.
NREL's report on offshore wind power opportunities and barriers draws in part on a recent NREL report that assesses the electricity generating potential of offshore wind resources in the United States. According to the "Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Resources in the United States," 4,150 gigawatts of potential wind power capacity from offshore wind resources are available in the United States. The estimate does not describe actual planned offshore wind development, and the report does not consider that some offshore areas may be excluded from energy development on the basis of environmental, human use, or technical considerations. According to DOE's Energy Information Administration, in 2008 the nation's total electric generating capacity from all sources was 1,010 gigawatts. See the NREL press release and the report.
Meanwhile, other offshore wind projects continue to go forward. Garden State Offshore Energy (GSOE) announced on October 4 that it is moving forward with plans to install state-of-the-art mobile, floating wind resource assessment equipment to assess conditions at its proposed offshore wind farm site, located 20 miles off the New Jersey coast. Farther up the Atlantic Coast, BOEM and the State of Maine have formed an offshore renewable energy task force to facilitate communication among BOEM and local, state, tribal, and other federal stakeholders concerning offshore leasing and development. Similar task forces have been established in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland, and are in process for New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. In addition, the nation's first freshwater offshore wind plant is also moving ahead, as the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) announced on September 14 that it has selected a team of three companies to develop an offshore wind farm on Lake Erie. The initial pilot project will be a five-turbine, 20-MW wind farm, located 5-10 miles off the shore of Cleveland, Ohio. Construction on the initial phase is tentatively scheduled to begin in late 2012. See the press releases from GSOE, the BOEM , and LEEDCo.