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Urban Meyer was a young assistant coach the last time he watched an Ohio State linebacker play the way Ryan Shazier did last week.
It was Chris Spielman, who had 29 tackles in a loss to Michigan his senior year.
Shazier had 20 last week, 16 of them were solo tackles. More impressive is the five tackles for loss Shazier had, giving him 19.5 on the season.
That isn't good news for Michigan. The Wolverines offense has given up more tackles for loss than anyone in the country.
"That sounds good to me," Shazier said. "Like every week, we're going to get their best. I know they've probably given up a thousand tackles for loss this season, but I know going into this game they're going to try to give up as (few) as possible."
Meyer said Shazier finished with 54 production points, a mechanism coaches use to grade film. That's the most any player Meyer has ever coached had.
"To have 30 is probably the most I've seen," Meyer said.
Meyer was a graduate assistant coach at Ohio State in 1986, and he remembers the day it hit him how big the Michigan game is. He was driving into work in the morning when something caught his eye.
"I look up on those twin towers by the stadium and it says, 'Muck Fichigan' on sheets hanging off," Meyer said. "I said that is really cool right there. Then they switched the 'M' and 'F' later, and someone made them take it down.
"There's some old student laughing right now saying that was my room."
Ohio State will wear all white Nike rivalry uniforms Saturday, paying homage to the Nov. 25, 1950, "Snow Bowl" game played between the two teams. The Buckeyes will wear the chrome helmets they wore for the Wisconsin game. Ohio State is 5-0 wearing alternate rivalry uniforms.
This is the first time Ohio State will play a game the week after the Michigan game.
The Buckeyes and Michigan State have clinched berths in the Big Ten Championship Game at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis on Dec. 7.
"Our focus is this one, but we know what's coming," Meyer said. "You have to be so disciplined in the way you practice. I'm going to warn our coaches, and warn myself, about sleep and taking care of yourself. These next two weeks are going to be brutal."
Page 2 of 2 - GOING HOME
Ohio State will practice Thursday morning and Meyer is allowing players who live within driving distance to head home for Thanksgiving and return to Columbus on Friday morning.
Players who live too far away to do that will spend the holiday with a teammate, or with a position coach or Meyer.
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10 New Weight Loss and Diet Myths and Facts
Is it a no-no to eat after 8 PM? Discover the real answer to this question and more
A study conducted at Penn State University demonstrated that eating foods with a high water content increases one's sense of fullness. Interestingly, drinking water on its own has not been shown to have the same impact. Evidently, water is emptied out of your stomach more quickly than water incorporated into foods you eat, so it doesn't trigger any of the body cues that tell your brain you are full.
Capitalize on the facts: Have a cup of broth-based (no cream!) soup as an appetizer or before you go out. And, if you are still drinking high-calorie juices or sodas, replace them with water. That glass of water may not make you feel more full, but the calories it saves could help the weight come off. And -- bonus -- because water flushes toxins from your body and carries nutrients to your cells, it helps to reduce skin breakouts and minimize under-eye circles.
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Of course there were some tips I've heard before, but hearing them again helped refresh my initiative to use them! The new tips I read about were quite easy to implement and will be quite useful!
by RaeRotondo Friday, March 22, 2013 at 06:13AM Report as inappropriate
Great article.
by Lili04 Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 03:54AM Report as inappropriate
Good information. Back to the basics.
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helpful dieting tips. thank you!
by tulipsarebetter Monday, January 21, 2013 at 07:08AM Report as inappropriate
I always thought eating red meat during a diet was a no-no. Thanks for clarifying that myth.
by Sari Friday, January 4, 2013 at 08:16AM Report as inappropriate
that was interesting
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Glad to be reminded of these tips. Thanks!
by heather_hejna Friday, December 14, 2012 at 11:26AM Report as inappropriate
Basic info, but great stuff!
by robyne00 Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 10:08AM Report as inappropriate
This article is full of the basics of a healthy diet and lifestyle that is conducive to losing weight - thanks for clearing up the myths and drilling in the facts! I am definitely guilty of nighttime binging
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Palladino: $1 student hoop admission plan off to great start
Box office was boffo Tuesday at the Crosby-Wilby boys basketball game.
The Waterbury board of education wants to attract city public school students to high school sporting events. Tuesday the board debuted a new idea: A $1 ticket for all city students. Previously, a student ticket cost $3.
First-term board member Cathy Awwad hatched the plan. As a volunteer with the Crosby boys basketball team, Awwad has watched attendance numbers drop significantly.
"There are many nights when there are more players than there are students in the stands," Awwad said.
So Awwad, with the help of Wilby athletic director Steve Baldwin, pulled together some numbers.
"Last year, there were 67 paid student tickets sold for the Crosby-Wilby game (at Wilby)," Awwad said.
For one of the biggest high school games in the state, that is paltry student representation. But Awwad reasoned that many students and their families "are strapped for cash," and $3 for a ticket, for four or five home games, can be difficult "for a family that is trying to make ends meet."
So Awwad suggested to the board: Let city students see a city game for a buck.
"I just threw it out there," she said of her initial idea, which was to let students in free.
City schools do that already through a program called Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) which rewards good students and good behavior with free tickets to city high school sporting events.
The PBIS program provides "recognition to students who make good decisions and contribute in a positive way to the school," explained Joe Gorman, the school department's supervisor of health and physical education.
It was decided that a $1 admission price would not undercut the reward element of PBIS, and so school superintendent Kathleen Ouellette gave the OK to try the plan. Here's how it works:
If you are a city public school student you can buy a game ticket in advance, or at the door, for $1 as long as you show your student ID card. This discount is good at all city home games, and applies only to city public school students. A ticket for an out of town student, or a student from other Waterbury schools like Sacred Heart, Holy Cross, Chase Collegiate or Kaynor Tech, will still cost $3.
Also, the ticket scheme does not apply to NVL or CIAC tournaments.
Tuesday was opening night for the $1 plan, and it was a smash.
Here are attendance numbers for Crosby-Wilby, provided by Baldwin:
Adults: 319 ($5)
Students (no ID, $3): 137
Students (with ID, $1): 134
PBIS students: 262
"Last year, for the entire basketball and football seasons, we had 409 students buy a ticket to a Wilby game," Baldwin said.
Counting the freebies through the PBIS initiative, there were 533 city students in the Reggie O'Brien gymnasium Tuesday.
"We beat all of last season in one night," Baldwin said.
Wilby principal Robyn Apicella was thrilled with the response.
"It is wonderful for the athletes to receive the support of their peers," she said, "and it gives students an opportunity to partake in activities that, maybe, they wouldn't have a chance to do. Most of the students do not work, and they have to ask their parents for money. The way things are, that money often has to be spent in other ways."
The ticket for a buck plan was boffo, Tuesday night at least. City schools will monitor attendance numbers closely for the rest of this season with the hope that numbers trend upward.
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AUGUSTA, GA. (WRDW) -- For the second year, GRU Augusta has hosted its LGBT Health Awareness Week, and Wednesday's topic was focused on the transgender community, but one current news issue could not be ignored.
Dr. Jason Scheider is the former president of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. His message on Wednesday was telling future doctors how to treat transgender patients. Organizers say it's essential because health isn't prejudiced.
"We noticed there was a gap there -- in the education of the providers here, the education of the students here -- so we wanted to put something together to kind of give people an overview and let them understand what the issues are," said an organizer of Wednesday's event.
And even though the 's discussion was focused on transgender health care, organizers say that gay rights are still an issue.
"I'm a gay man, and I want one day to be able to find someone and marry them," said Justin Neisler, a second-year medical student at GRU.
Soon, Neisler may get the chance.
This week, the Supreme Court took up the debate of marriage equality, whether banning gay and lesbian marriage is unconstitutional.
Dr. Scheider says gay marriage is not just a civil rights issue, it's also a health issue.
"The Family Medical Leave Act and that federal law does not protect same-sex couples. So, if same-sex couples have access to FMLA, they can take care of their sick same-sex spouse outside of work," Dr. Scheider said.
The Supreme Court won't make its decision until late June, but Neisler is envisioning a time beyond that.
"I want the same rights that all my friends have. I want to be able to put that ring on it and see that box up on Facebook that says married," Neisler said.
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2012 a banner year for cookbooks
We hear all the time about the impending death of print, but cookbook publishing is alive and well. And 2012 has been such a good year for cookbooks that winnowing them down to a short list of recommendations isn't easy.
If you're looking for a good gift for a cook, there are many excellent new books to consider. Here are highlights of some favorites.
Scholarly tomes
"Keys to the Kitchen: The Essential Reference for Becoming a More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook"
Author: Aida Mollenkamp
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Cost: $35; hardcover
This book lives up to its title. It's an appealing combination of reference, instruction and inspiration, organized in four color-coded sections. The first, called "The Set-Up," gives glossaries, shopping lists and a plan of attack. Next is "The How-To," with instructions on such techniques as making chicken stock, searing steak or toasting nuts. Then there's "The Recipes," filled with healthy, seasonal dishes. And finally there's "The Riff," billed as moving readers from following a recipe to "cooking from the hip." It has ideas for party planning, cooking from the pantry, boosting flavor in dishes, even cleanup tips. This is the kind of book you will return to again and again for ideas and advice.
"Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America"
Author: Maricel E. Presilla
Publisher: Norton
Cost: $45; large hardcover
Cuban-born Presilla is owner of two Latin restaurants in New Jersey. She received a James Beard Award this year as Best Chef Mid-Atlantic. She also has a doctorate in medieval Spanish history. Her background makes her the ideal author for this encyclopedic effort, which is both a culinary history of Latin America and an extensive recipe collection. Included are chapters that define the Latin kitchen, the flavors and condiments. And each of the 500 recipes has notes from the author that explain origins and variations. This is destined to be an authoritative reference for years to come.
Healthy eating
"The New Way to Cook Light"
Authors: Editors of Cooking Light magazine
Publisher: Oxmoor House
Cost: $34.95; hardcover
Cooking Light magazine has been making recipes more healthy for 25 years. This book is intended as a step forward, combining an emphasis on nutrition with the enjoyment of "soul-satisfying, deeply flavorful food." The 400 recipes in the book reflect principles laid out in the opening chapter, including "Cook More Often," "Favor the Healthy Fats," "Eat Less Meat, More Plants," and "Buy the Best Ingredients You Can Afford." There's nothing boring about the recipes, either — Spicy Shrimp and Grits, Meyer Lemon Chicken Piccata and Curry Spiced Udon Noodles, to name a few.
"Now Eat This! Italian"
Author: Rocco DiSpirito
Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style
Cost: $29.99; hardcover
For this latest in his series of calorie-cutting cookbooks, DiSpirito traveled to Italy to make classic dishes side by side with "the mamas of Italy." Then he deconstructed the recipes to produce flavorful versions that are 350 calories or less. DiSpirito is passionate about the idea that you can actually eat Italian food and lose weight. For each recipe in the book, he shows the calorie and fat counts of the traditional recipe, then the lower counts for his version. For example, a serving of eggplant parmigiana usually has about 35 grams of fat and about 850 calories; DiSpirito's version has 13 grams of fat and 267 calories. The book also contains many helpful how-to articles, illustrated with photos.
From Web to print
"The Epicurious Cookbook: More than 250 of Our Best-Loved Four-Fork Recipes"
Authors: Tanya Steel and the editors of Epicurious
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Cost: $27.99; softbound
Since its launch in 1995, the website Epicurious.com has collected more than 180,000 recipes. This is a collection of the top-rated (or "four forks"), organized by seasons of the year, then subdivided into breakfast, starters, mains, sides and so on. Because the recipes have been culled from a massive database, there's a wide range of complexity, from good versions of the basics (My Mother-in-Law's Deviled Eggs) to the trendy (Duck Pizza With Hoisin and Scallions). It's all over the map, but fun to browse.


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- Apr 23:
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- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Older Boston bombing suspect frequently visited jihadist websites, U.S. officials say
- Boston Bombing Suspects: Who Do We Think They Are?
- Crowd funding for Boston's Dave Henneberry and his shot-up boat goes through the roof
- Apr 22:
- Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev charged with using WMD, could face death penalty
- Feds ask to interview wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
- Apr 20:
- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
- Apr 19:
- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother-in-law sickened by attack
- Mercury News editorial: Marathon bombers raise important questions for American society
- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' sister says she doesn't know what got into them
- Boston bombings: TV networks plan prime-time coverage
- Media chasing Boston images, information in massive manhunt
- Chechnya: What its militants are fighting for
- Boston bombing suspects' uncle, 'ashamed,' asks nephew to turn himself in
- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: MIT police chief says slain officer Sean Collier was dedicated, well-liked
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Boston bombing suspects: Who are the two brothers?
- Police: Suspect who killed MIT cop is dead; second suspect tied to Boston bombing
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An already contentious immigration bill became the lightning rod for more controversy on Friday when a senior Republican senator linked the measure to the Boston Marathon bombings and the hunt for the two ethnic Chechen suspects.
"Given the events of this week, it is important for us to understand the gaps and loopholes in our immigration system," Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa said.
Grassley, an opponent of past immigration proposals in Congress, spoke at the start of a congressional hearing on legislation unveiled earlier this week that would give 11 million people living illegally in the United States a chance at citizenship.
As the hearing got under way, much of Boston and its surrounding areas were under lockdown as police searched for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, one of two brothers suspected to have carried out the attack in Boston on Monday that killed three and injured 176 people.
His older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed overnight in a shootout with police.
The brothers trace their roots to the predominantly Muslim regions of Russia's Caucasus. School officials in Dagestan, a province that borders the breakaway republic of Chechnya, said the family had left for the United States in 2002 after arriving the previous year from Kyrgyzstan as refugees.
U.S. officials said the two suspects were in the United States legally.
"How can we beef up security checks on people who enter the United States? How do we ensure that people who wish to do us harm are ineligible for benefits under immigration laws, including this new bill before us," said Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Following the hearing, committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, was asked about Grassley's comments and whether they could impede progress on the immigration bill that Democrats want to pass in the Senate sometime in June.
Referring to past attacks in the United States, Leahy responded: "If we change the policies of this country every time something happens, whether it's Oklahoma City, 9/11 or this, we're never going to do anything. We should think about what are the best policies for the United States and use those."
Long before the twin bombings at the finish line of the famous Boston foot race, some conservatives in Congress had outlined several lines of attack against the much-anticipated Senate immigration bill, which has bipartisan support and is backed by President Barack Obama.
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama argued that the bill would hurt the U.S. economy by further straining federal benefit programs and exacerbating job shortages. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office is assessing the economic impact.
At Friday's hearing, Peter Kirsanow, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which advises on civil rights policy and enforcement of laws, testified that giving legal status to 11 million undocumented people would allow them to "leapfrog" American citizens in low-skilled jobs, including blacks who face higher unemployment rates than the national average.
"We've got millions upon millions of Americans, not just black Americans ... who don't have a job right now," said Kirsanow, who was appointed in 2006 by then-President George W. Bush, a Republican.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a sponsor of the immigration bill, countered that foreign labor already dominates the workforce at meat-packing plants and peach farms in his home state. "There are certain parts of this economy, you are not going to find an American worker no matter what you do," Graham said.
Other senators said legalizing the 11 million would boost their pay, raising wages for Americans in low-skilled jobs.
During the hearing, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York, a leading proponent of the bill, said: "I'd like to ask that all of us not jump to conclusions regarding events in Boston or try to equate those events with this legislation."
Schumer added, "In general we are a safer country when law enforcement knows who is here, has their fingerprints, photos, etcetera, has the background checks" on foreigners in the United States.
The bill, which was written by four Republican and four Democratic senators, would also spend about $6.5 billion more on U.S. border security and implement other measures to clamp down on companies hiring illegal workers while also imposing stricter methods of tracking those who enter and leave the United States.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a Cuban-American and possible 2016 presidential candidate, is one of the sponsors of the legislation, which has been attacked by some conservatives. Rubio was backed by the conservative Tea Party movement when he was first elected to the Senate in 2010.
On Friday, conservative political commentator Ann Coulter referred to the killing of one of the suspected Boston bombers, writing in a tweet: "It's too bad Suspect Number One won't be able to be legalized by Marco Rubio now."
Alex Conant, a Rubio spokesman, said there are "legitimate policy questions to ask and answer about what role our immigration system played, if any, in what happened" in Boston.
But he added, "Americans will reject any attempt to tie the terrorists responsible for the attacks in Boston with the millions of decent, law-abiding immigrants currently living in the U.S. and those hoping to immigrate here in the future."


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Born: February 7, 1883, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: December 21, 1960, Watsonville, California
Eric Temple Bell was a mathematics professor, mathematical historian, and writer.
As president, Bell published problems and reviews in the American Mathematical Monthly, and his books The Queen of the Sciences and Debunking Science were reviewed in the Monthly.
1902-1904 Stanford University, A.B.
1907-1908 University of Washington, A.M.
1911-1912 Columbia University, Ph.D.
Bell was an instructor and professor of mathematics at the University of Washington from 1912 to 1926 and a professor at the California Institute of Technology from 1926 to 1953.
Bell was honored with the 1924 American Mathematical Society (AMS) Bôcher Memorial Prize for a notable paper in analysis and gave an AMS Colloquium Lecture on algebraic arithmetic in 1927. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and served as vice president of the AMS and vice president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Bell numbers and Bell polynomials are named for Bell for the theory he developed in his 1934 papers "Exponential Numbers" and "Exponential Polynomials."
Bell wrote science fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including books on mathematics and its history, most notably his classic Men of Mathematics: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Mathematicians from Zeno to Poincaré.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced in late November that it will issue conditional licenses for projects that draw power from waves, tides, and currents. Such "hydrokinetic" projects, as FERC refers to them, can receive conditional licenses if FERC has completed a favorable review of the project, but authorizations from other federal entities have not yet been received. The conditional licenses could help developers to obtain financing for the project. Under the conditional license, construction can only begin once all appropriate authorizations are obtained under federal laws such as the Clean Water Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Endangered Species Act. Although the FERC policy statement was effective immediately, the commission will accept public comments on the policy through December 14th. See the FERC press release and the full policy statement (PDF 44 KB). Download Adobe Reader.


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What a fascinating character is Esa-Pekka Salonen. And driven: The Finnish-born conductor led the Los Angeles Philharmonic for nearly 20 years, upped its polish and worldwide cachet, established it as a cool hub of contemporary music, landed it in acoustically amazing Walt Disney Concert Hall, then left the ship. In the three years since, he has focused on his own composing -- that's what he originally planned to be, a composer -- and (no rest for the weary) has advanced some other projects.
One of these is his role as principal conductor and artistic adviser to the London-based Philharmonia Orchestra, with which he is in residency this weekend at Zellerbach Hall, performing three ambitious programs at the invitation of Cal Performances. Friday's opening salvo included his own spiraling "Helix" and not one, but two, seminal symphonies, by Beethoven and Berlioz. Phew! Salonen specializes in a sort of HD sound -- gleaming surfaces, sharp-edged contours -- and the immense orchestra sounded great, when you could hear it.
It's always a problem at acoustically impoverished Zellerbach. Put an orchestra onstage, and half the sound vanishes like smoke.
Friday, this was especially frustrating as Salonen and the Philharmonia -- more than 100 players -- were performing at a high level. Often you could hear everything: super-delicate pianissimos straight on up through pounding (but balanced) fortes, along with every gradation in between, all dialed in by Salonen -- and delivered with an expressive heft that I don't remember from his L.A. days. But there were times, too, when you could hear nada: in the first of two encores, Luciano Berio's "Ritirata notturna di Madrid," the timpanist might as well have been performing a pantomime.
The program began with "Helix," which opens with the deep b-woooom of a gong giving way to a restful theme led by the piccolo, which ushered in disquieting cellos, their sound growing like rain outside a window. Teeming with detail, the piece is a steady funneling of energy and suspense, self-multiplying. Through the strings, it also grew long-lined, romantic -- but with a shocking hatchet finish. Only nine minutes long, it was impressive; Salonen seemed to be saying, "This is who I am."
Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 followed. Here was the test, a piece that generates much of its excitement from rhythmic impulse -- and Salonen's approach, as much as anything, rests on whip-sharp rhythmic execution. He laid out the spacious introduction, segued to the fiercely galloping theme of the Vivace and began dialing up a storm. Exciting? Definitely. Even so, there was that sense of sound vanishing into the rafters; you wondered what the physical impact would have been in another hall.
The Allegretto's mourning theme was way more effective -- immensely soft, becoming a wave of grief, crystal clear through its variations, with broad stretchy tempos and a sense of wonder. On to the Scherzo: clean momentum, with Salonen holding his foot to the brake, slowly releasing it through an astonishingly subtle escalation of dynamic levels. And finally, the explosion -- surely the fastest (and loudest) fourth movement on record.
Honestly, you couldn't hear a thing in the way of detail during the finale; there were a handful of boos when it ended. But just watching those violinists, slashing away, I flashed on Pete Townshend of the Who. Mayhem. I loved it.
After intermission, Salonen conducted Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique," which owes debts to Beethoven and presages cinematic Mahler (whose Symphony No. 9 constitutes Sunday's program). The high point of this transfixing work -- the product of Berlioz's romantic obsessions and opium dreams -- came in the third movement, "Scene in the Country." You could just about smell the earth of the French countryside, where Berlioz spent his youth; the shepherds' duet of English horn and oboe was melancholy and pungent. Now fast forward to the finale, "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath": the deliciously drunken and corkscrewing clarinet; the ominous rumbles of the percussion section; the eerie clattering effects of the violins and violas, striking wooden bow sticks on strings.
In a pre-concert talk, Salonen had said he would like to put "danger back into the equation" for the fantastical symphony. Maybe in another concert hall, he would do just that. This was close.
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Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
When: 7 p.m. Saturday (performing Berg's "Wozzeck") and
3 p.m. Sunday (performing Mahler's Symphony No. 9)
Where: Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Tickets: $30-$150 per program, 510-642-9988, www.calperformances.org


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The 60th annual Over the Line Tournament was held this weekend at Fiesta Island. Winners in the Mens and Womens Open divisions were crowned. Dewey Fleet playing for Hayes Bolt and supply drives a hit deep as Hayes Bolt went on to beat the Beachcomber 22-3 in the Womens Open division for the championship.
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Thanks to Adam Whitehead who pointed this one out, the actress Natalie Victoria was informed that there were no more auditions for the role of Daenerys Targaryen because HBO has already filled the role. She adds that she was told HBO would not announce the actress who landed the role for a "few weeks".
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Hi there. My last QCAD use was back in 2008, using V2.2.1. I developed the LearnQcad training video (6hrs) using version 2.2.2. Now I am back to learn QCAD V3.4 and totally redo the training videos and make them much better. So I am basically a newbie to V3.4.6, although I have finished Lessons 1-15 of 30 proposed lessons for V3.4.
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AIL -La Tour Restaurant in Vail Village hosts Colorado-based cheese guru Laurel Miller on Saturday for a signing of her new book "Cheese for Dummies." Miller will be at La Tour Restaurant during lunch on Saturday from 1:30 to 5 p.m. for a reading, a short Q&A and to sign copies of her book. Complimentary cheeses will be offered from Haystack Mountain, Avalanche Cheese Company and Fruition Farms during the signing.Available for sale at La Tour during the signing, "Cheese for Dummies" will turn any cheese lover into a true connoisseur. Miller is a columnist for Culture: the word on cheese and keeps her book current and fresh, with lots to offer whether you're a chef, scholar or regular enthusiast. Miller included her secrets to assembling a beautiful cheese plate, guides on paring cheese with other foods or beverages, tips on how best to cook with different kinds of cheeses and even a how-to guide to making mozzerella, chevre and ricotta. The recent release of Miller's book in April 2012 comes right the middle of a revitalized interest in the Colorado culinary scene, which is thriving in areas like Denver, Boulder and the ski towns of the Rockies. Scores of new restaurants with inspired chefs have been focusing on using local, fresh ingredients and creating a new demand for more Colorado farms and ranches. To meet this demand, world-class cheese farms have been cropping up all over Colorado, including the award-winning Haystack Mountain Dairy and MouCo Cheese Company. Living among such great cheese producers, Miller has used her expertise to help build the reputation of Colorado as a leader among the culinary world of today."We are really excited to help celebrate Laurel's new book, as her passion for the culinary arts and cheese in particular is really inspiring," said Chef Paul Ferzacca, chef/proprietor at La Tour Restaurant, and former teacher and mentor to Miller. "Her passion for cheese reassures me that Colorado and the U.S. has a younger generation of really talented, knowledgeable culinary artists, and as far as we've come, people like Laurel will only take us further."La Tour will offer its apres ski lunch menu during the signing, as well as 20 percent off food before 3:30 p.m.
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The walls (detail above) and domed ceiling (below) have been adorned with a host of black, white and red illustrations, all created specially by London graphic studio, ilovedust, who were brought in by the interior designers, Shed. They've done a really great job of drawing on the history of Meatwagon to create the continuous mural that covers all the wall space.
Drinks are served in jam jars from the excellent bar set up by Soulshakers. There are whiskies so fine I'd advise keeping them separate from mixers. Woodford Reserve is a favourite of mine so far. I've still got some work to do though to sample them all!
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I'm Ashley (McMillan) Weightman. I grew up in the small town of Wimbledon, North Dakota. In 2005 I moved to Bismarck to go to school where I graduated from the University of Mary with a Bachelors Degree in Communications and Business. I began working at the CBS affiliate as a reporter while in college and spent three years there. From CBS, I moved to Devils Lake to work at WDAZ-TV for a year, before continuing to work at WDAZ in Grand Forks. I married the love of my life Travis on June 23, 2012 and we now live in Bismarck with our three year old son, Corbin. Travis works at KXMB-TV and I at KLJ Engineering and attend Rasmussen College where I'm pursing a Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Management and Organizational Leadership.
Weight has been a struggle for me since I can remember. I do well for a while and then fall off the wagon. Four years ago I lost nearly 50lbs and was doing great. Two months after maintaining my weight, I found out that I was pregnant and gained 70lbs in nine months. I figured after I had Corbin, some of the pounds would fall off. Corbin weight 8lbs 12oz and I only lost 3lbs. Ever since December of 2009, I've been doing fad diets for about a month, trying the gym on and off, and eat healthy and nothing seems to be working. I've recently had some health issues and my doctor told me that in order to have more children and be a part of my children's life, I need to lose weight, but most importantly, I need to do it for me.
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My sister moved back to town so I'm excited to start working out with her again. She definitely pushes me and, at times, forces me to workout with her. The daycare at the gym opens up again on September 16, so it will be great to get back into Body Pump and a couple of other classes! I am just really excited about a life change!!
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Profile of the great Cuban vocalist, composer and bandleader.
Profile by John Child (
Rudy Calzado
Pedro Calzado, 27 Nov. '29, Santiago de Cuba, Oriente province, Cuba;
11 May '02, NYC) Versatile singer, percussionist, prolific composer, arranger, bandleader. He was one of the rare breed of singers, who was also an accomplished composer and arranger, and could ably apply himself in any Latin format or idiom. Rudy was born into a family of professional musicians and grew up listening to Pedro Vargas and Toña La Negra. He played guitar and started singing in school with a guitar trio. He made his professional debut in '47 with Pancho Portuondo's orchestra, featuring his cousin, the singer Fernando Alvarez (
4 Nov. '28, Santiago de Cuba), who later worked with Beny Moré and Conjunto Casino. He relocated to Havana in '50, where he worked with the 18-piece Esteban Antunes band. Two years later he joined José Fajardo's All-Stars; performing with them at the Montmartre Cabaret. While with Fajardo (1919-2001), in '53 or '55 (accounts vary) cha cha cha creator Enrique Jorrín (1926-1987) invited Rudy to join his Mexico-based charanga group to help him promote his rhythm there. He toured widely with Jorrín's orchestra (as well as shuttled back and forth to Cuba) and recorded with them for RCA. Recordings by Enrique Jorrín y su Orquesta from this period are collected on
Danzón Cha Cha Cha Vols. 1 & 2
'95-6 on BMG/RCA Tropical Series, including Rudy's trademark composition, the much covered standard "Kikiriki". Two self-penned songs he recorded with Orquesta Kubavana in the late '50s are compiled on
A Toda Cuba Le Gusta
'95 on Caney.
Rudy remained in Mexico after Jorrín's return to Cuba, and from there he relocated to Chicago in '58 or '59 (again, accounts differ) to become a member of the charanga Orquesta Nuevo Ritmo de Cuba, which its founder, Cuban conguero Armando Sánchez (1920-1997), claimed he organised in '51-2 (in an interview in
magazine, Spring '96). Personnel included other prominent names, such as vocalist Pellín Rodríguez (1926-1984), violinist Pupi Legarreta, flautist Rolando Lozano, timbalero Cuco Martínez, pianist René "El Latigo" Hernández and bassist Victor Venegas. With Nuevo Ritmo, Rudy made his performing debut in NYC at the legendary Palladium Ballroom, played in Puerto Rico and accompanied Celia Cruz at California's Hollywood Palladium.
Johnny Pacheco saw Rudy perform with Nuevo Ritmo in NYC and hired him to sing with Elliot Romero (
'90) in his newly formed charanga, which made the first ever album,
Pacheco y su Charanga Vol. I
'60, on the Alegre label founded in '56 by Al Santiago (1932-1996). The record was a best seller and contained the Feb. '61
NYC chart topper "El Güiro De Macorina". Rudy sang on Pacheco's next two Alegre volumes,
Pacheco y su Charanga Vol. II
'61 and
Pacheco y su Charanga Vol. III: Que Suene La Flauta
'62, as well as on
Las Charangas - Pacheco, Palmieri, Fajardo
'61 on Alegre, also featuring the charangas of Charlie Palmieri and Fajardo. Pacheco's was the most successful band during the '60-4 charanga/pachanga craze, a trend to which Rudy extensively contributed. For instance, Rudy, his brother Luis and Sergio Calzado comprised the trio of vocalists with The Cuban All Stars (aka Orquesta Estrellas Cubanas) for the early '60s pachanga set
Charanga Vol. 2
on Seeco (reissued in '02 as
Charanga Cuban All Stars: Cuban Classic, Vol. 14
on WS Latino); he sessioned on Ray Barretto's
Pachanga With Barretto
'61 and the descarga/jazz oriented
'62 on Riverside (LPs repackaged '73 as 2-disc
on Fantasy, reissued '93 as CD); he worked on
A Bailar La Pachanga
'61 (aka
Pachangas Vol. 1
, reissued in the early '90s) and
Pachangas Vol. 2
, both '61 on Ansonia, by Belisario López y su Charanga; sang coro on
Pachanga at the Caravana Club
'61 on Alegre by Charlie Palmieri and his Charanga "La Duboney"; provided vocals to Lou Pérez's best-selling LPs on Ajay:
Para La Fiesta Voy
'61 and the significant African hit
Bon Bon de Chocolate!
, both reissued on Montuno '92; contributed vocals to Héctor Rivera's early '60s classic
Charanga & Pachanga!
on Epic; sang on
Just For Fun
'63 on Gema (reissued on Disco Hit '97 and Edenways '98) by Charles Fox and his Charanga, featuring Pacheco, Romero and Louie Ramírez (1938-1993); and supplied lead vocals and the hit compositions "Quimbia" and "Mama Calunga" to La Playa Sextet's
Pachanga Everybody
on Mardi Gras, said to have been originally issued as late as '66.
Meanwhile, following some problems in Nuevo Ritmo, Sánchez departed and Mongo Santamaría took over the reins of leadership, adding violinist/tenor saxophonist Jose "Chombo" Silva (1913-1995) and timbalero Willie Bobo (1934-1983). Based on the US West Coast, Rudy performed on six Fantasy label recordings by Santamaría's charanga (including one with pianist/leader Joe Loco, 1921-1988):
Pachanga con Joe Loco
(reissued as half of the CD
Loco Lotion
Arriba! La Pachanga
Más Sabroso
Viva Mongo!
Mighty Mongo
(reissued with
Viva Mongo!
on the CD
At The Blackhawk
'94) '61-2. The latter two albums, made with a decidedly jazz oriented octet of personnel drawn mainly from his charanga, effectively marked the cusp between Mongo's hitherto more typical material and his future Latin/jazz/R&B fusion direction.
In '61 Rudy sung on the first of the revered Alegre All-Stars Latin jam session albums, which kick-started a number of other NYC descarga recordings during the decade, including the notable
Latin Cuban Session Vol. 2
'67 on Fonseca by Osvaldo "Chi Hua Hua" Martínez (
1920, Cuba;
early '80s, NYC), on which he sang coro. This album is coupled with Chi Hua Hua's '66 Fonseca album
Descarga Cubana Vol. 1
Descarga Cubana
'91 on Palladium.
He made his bandleading debut with
Pachanga Time
'61 on Gema, which took off in Paris. This led to a contract to tour France and Morocco with his own eight-piece charanga, returning to NYC to do a 12 week solo residency at the Chateau Madrid. Following an eight week stint with the 17-piece house band at Los Angeles' now defunct Club Havana, he returned to NYC. While on the West Coast, he played güiro and cencerro alongside timbalero Cuco Martínez in the rhythm section on keyboardist Clare Fischer's Latin jazz set
'65 on Pacific Jazz. Fischer had previously worked with Rudy and Cuco in Orquesta Nuevo Ritmo de Cuba.
He had the distinction of working and recording with NYC's entire trinity of Mambo Kings: Machito, Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez. Though uncredited, he appeared on many of Rodríguez' early '60s albums for United Artists; recorded with Puente on a number of his albums for Tico, including some with Celia Cruz; and sang coro on a number of recordings by Machito and Graciela, particularly his compositions. Rodríguez even put him in charge of his orchestra for 15 days at NYC's Palladium Ballroom while he recovered from an illness.
During NYC's boogaloo/Latin soul fad '66-9, he shared vocals with Vitín López on
Jala Jala Con Boog-A-Loo
) mid-'60s on Remo by Pupi (Legarreta) y su Charanga; sang on Louie Ramírez
In The Heart Of Spanish Harlem c '
67 on Mercury and
Ali Baba
'68 on Fania; and was credited as a vocalist on Puente's
The King Tito Puente/El Rey Tito Puente
'68 on Tico. The boogaloo era had virtually blown over, when Eddie Palmieri asked Rudy to supply a hit tune for his penultimate studio album for Tico. He gave him "La Malanga", which received its defining interpretation on
'70 on Tico, featuring Rudy on percussion. Back on the West Coast, he featured prominently on the Chano Martínez Sextet release
A Bailar Señores
'69 on Decca (reissued on Palladium '89), an excellent album mixing typical and Latin jazz material.
Estranged from and disenchanted with the Fania dominated NYC Latin music scene, at the beginning of the '70s Rudy took a four week contract in Spain and remained there two years. After opening in Madrid, he toured across the country with his own band. He contributed the composition "Ya Yo" and sessioned on
Celia Cruz y Tito Puente en España
'71 on Tico, made at Madrid's Columbia Studios. He returned to the USA and based himself in Los Angeles. There he made his second album as a leader,
Salsa y Alegria
'74 on Sonotropic, containing his important hit "Tumba La Caña". The 14-piece band he convened for the date including flautist Rolando Lozano and conguero José (Perico) de la Caridad. These musicians also performed on
Típica Antillana
'74 on Sonotropic (reissued as
La Charanga Antillana
on Music Art Productions '98) by the charanga Típica Antillana, organised in '74 by timbalero Armando Díaz; with Lozano directing and Rudy providing lead vocals. During this period Rudy worked on two notable West Coast Latin jazz recordings: he provided chorus vocals to a '72 Willie Bobo date reissued in '99 as
Latin Jazz Legend
and played percussion on vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson's
'75 on Blue Note, featuring an interpretation of his "La Malanga". Personnel on
included the luminaries Eddie Cano (1927-1988) on piano and percussionist Bobby Matos.
In '77 he was invited to return to NYC to participate in the Alegre All-Stars' 17th anniversary reunion album
Perdido (Vol. 5 or 6?)
on Alegre, produced by Al Santiago, and perform with the band at Madison Square Garden. He co-wrote Parts 2, 3 and 4 of the ambitious Salsa Suite with Larry Harlow and Tito Puente for Orchestra Harlow's Grammy nominated
La Raza Latina - A Salsa Suite
'77 on Fania, with Rubén Blades singing lead vocals on "Salsa Suite - Pt. 2 Caribbean (continued)". The album's coro singers included the trio of vocalists from the all-woman band, Latin Fever, whose only album,
Larry Harlow Presents Latin Fever
'78 on Fania, contained three songs penned by Rudy. In '79 Orchestra Harlow became the first to record another landmark Calzado composition, "La Reina del Café", interpreted by sonero Nestor Sánchez on
on Fania.
In '80 Rudy was hired to organise the house band for the opening of Club Infiernos in Mexico City. He toured the band throughout Mexico, recorded for Orfeón and appeared with Celia Cruz on the TV show
Alegrias Con Bacardi
. In '83 he was contracted to perform 64 concerts at Madrid's La Cia, and toured Spain, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe. Following his wife's death, Rudy returned to NYC, via Venezuela, in '85. There he hooked-up with another widower, Mario Bauzá (1911-1993), who he'd first met in '60 when Mario was the musical director for the Machito band. Mario invited him to join his Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra project and move into his apartment at 944 Columbus Avenue, where he'd lived for 40 years. Rudy stayed there for five years.
In '86 Sergio Bofill and Humberto Corredor commissioned Rudy to make
Rica Charanga
for their Caimán label (issued in the UK on GlobeStyle '87). The album featured Mario on clarinet, Graciela singing coro, Pupi Legarreta playing flute and violin and Alfredo Valdés Jr. on piano. Rudy co-directed with Mario, sang lead vocals, played güiro, wrote four arrangements and composed all eight tracks, including a fine reworking of "La Reina del Café" arranged by veteran Cuban pianist/arranger Javier Vázquez.
After seeing Mario and his Afro-Cuban Jazz Concert Orchestra (featuring Calzado and Graciela) performing with Dizzy Gillespie for Bauzá's 80th Birthday Tribute at NYC's Symphony Space Apr. '91, German Messidor label boss Götz A. Wörner signed him up. Rudy sang lead vocals on Mario's Messidor debut
'92, voted album of the year in the
critics' poll. The CD included a special concert arrangement by Ray Santos (
28 Dec. '28, El Barrio, NYC) of his composition "Gangá (Palo En Gangá)", which he previously recorded as "Y Yo Gangá" with the Alegre All-Stars on
'77. One of his three daughters, Tatiana Calzado, was among the background vocalists on this track and another cut. Rudy appeared with Mario and the orchestra in
The Cosby Show
'92, performing an excerpt from "Gangá (Palo En Gangá)", and toured the USA and Europe with them.
Mario's '93 Messidor follow-up,
My Time Is Now
, contained two Calzado compositions arranged by Santos: "Así No, Papá", sung by Graciela, and "Ifá" with Rudy on lead vocals. He also provided lead vocals to the perennial "El Manisero", arranged by Chico O'Farrill. The month after
My Time Is Now
was released, Mario died of cancer in his apartment, the address of which provided the title of the posthumous release
944 Columbus
'94 on Messidor, recorded in May '93. Rudy supplied lead vocals to his composition "La Clave De La Ya Ya", arranged by Santos, and the Chano Pozo tribute, "Chano", co-written and arranged by the orchestra's bassist Joe Santiago. "This is the last thing I'm going to do for the new generation," Mario told Calzado, who inherited leadership of the orchestra.
On 17 June '96 Rudy participated in a reunion of the Alegre All-Stars (or Nearly New Alegre All-Stars as Al Santiago called them) for a successful gig at NYC's S.O.B.'s club to celebrate their 35th anniversary. The same year, he provided vocals to the track "Maral" on
Gombo Salsa '
96 on Stern's, the third volume in the successful Senegal meets New York salsa
No doubt assisted by the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon, his solo career underwent somewhat of a renaissance at the beginning of the new millennium. The German label Connector contracted him to make two albums, both released in '00. The first,
A Tribute to Mario Bauzá
, was made in NYC with the Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, renamed Rudy Calzado and Cubarama. It contained a remake of "Kikiriki", arranged by Santos, plus his composition, "La Jícara", arranged by the orchestra's musical director, famed reedman Paquito D'Rivera. He returned to Cuba after 40 years in exile to record the second CD,
La Musica Típica de Cuba
. The project was effectively a stocktaking exercise of his career up to that point. All but one of his 10 compositions on the album had been previously recorded, either by him or other artists. However, instead of completely rehashing earlier arrangements, Rudy took the opportunity to rework material from his distinguished portfolio, such as "La Malanga"; "La Reina del Café", sung in duet with Pio Leyva; and "Tumba La Caña", with lead vocals by Leyva. Two songs originally from
Larry Harlow Presents Latin Fever
'78, "Qué Te Pasa Corazón?" and "Canción De La Alegria", were sung by Anais Abreu. Musical direction was handled Los Van Van's pianist César Pedroso, who played on two tracks, wrote one chart and co-arranged "Descarga José" (originally recorded for Rudy's
Pachanga Time
'61) along with Rudy and trombonist Hugo Morejón, also from Los Van Van.
Also recorded in Cuba, Rudy shared lead vocals with Leyva and Luis Frank on a rendition of the Beny Moré classic "Maraicabo Oriental" and supplied lead vocals to two of his self-penned songs on
A Buena Vista: Barrio De La Habana
'01 on Narada by the Soneros De Verdad; and sang lead vocals on two cuts on
Generoso Que Bueno Toca Usted
'01 on Termidor by Generoso Jiménez and his Gran Afro Cuban Orchestra.
Back in the USA, he sessioned on
Los Originales
'01 on Universal/MusicHaus by the Cuban Masters, an all-star ensemble directed by trombonist Juan Pablo Torres, featuring Fajardo, bassist Cachao, trumpeter Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, conguero Carlos "Patato" Valdez, pianists Alfredo Valdés Jr. and Alfredo Rodríguez, sonero Héctor Casanova and 10 others. In addition to recording
Los Originales
in Hialeah, Miami, the Cuban Masters gave a concert at the James L. Knight International Center in Downtown Miami.
Rudy was a highly productive composer, who wrote everyday. He composed over 600 tunes, most of which haven't been recorded. Besides those already mentioned, some of his other notable songs are: "Con Su Bataola" (from
Pacheco y su Charanga Vol. II
'61); "No Hay Manteca" (from Celia Cruz's
Son Con Guaguancó
'66 on Tico); "Yo Soy La Voz" and "En El Cafetal" (from Celia Cruz and Tito Puente's
Quimbo Quimbumbia
'69 on Tico); the title track of Puente's
'70 on Tico; "Cuyi" (from Cruz and Puente's
Alma Con Alma
'71 on Tico); "La Llave Y El Candao" (from Charlie Palmieri's
El Gigante Del Teclado
'72 on Alegre); "No Me Reproches" (from Graciela's
Esa Soy Yo, Yo Soy Asi
'74 on Mericana, reissued with
'72 in the two-CD set
Machito y Graciela
'00 on Salsoul/Sony); and "La Botija De Abuelito" (recorded on Típica 73's
The Two Sides Of Típica 73
'77 on Inca).
In '02 Rudy was hospitalised with diabetes. His leg became infected and was amputated. He died the next day.
In today's Cuba, Rudy's nephew, timba master David Calzado, directs Charanga Habanera and another nephew, Manolo, is a member of La Charanga Forever.
For more on Rudy Calzado, read Luis De Quesada's
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The classic bistro salad traditionally consists of a fried egg, bacon, crispy potato and lettuce. Staying within this framework we like to change the way we prepare the egg and potatoes, even substituting smoked salmon or duck prosciutto instead of bacon. Here is one of my favorite versions of the salad.
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- Fill medium sauce pot with water and bring to a boil. Place eggs in strainer that will fit in the pot, and lower the strainer into the boiling water. Cook eggs for exactly 8 minutes.
- Remove the eggs from the pot and submerge into a bowl of ice water. Cool in the ice water for 10 minutes. Gently peel off the egg shells and lightly rinse, being careful to keep the eggs intact.
- Coat each egg with flour, dip into the beaten egg mixture and coat with bread crumbs. Put aside until ready to fry.
- Heat the canola oil in a high sided sauce pot to 350°F. (See Chef's Note below about proper deep frying. Be sure there are at least 4 inches from the oil's surface to the top of the pot.)
- Gently crush each of the marble potatoes, but leave them intact. Lower the potatoes into the hot oil and fry until crispy (see Chef's Note). Remove the potatoes from the oil and place onto a plate lined with paper towel. Season with salt and pepper.
- Wait for the temperature of the oil to return to 350°F. Place each breaded egg into the hot oil to fry until golden brown in color. Remove from the oil and place onto the plate with the crispy potatoes. Season with salt and pepper.
- In a salad bowl place the frisee, radicchio, truffle cheese, green beans and bacon. Toss the salad with olive oil, salt, pepper and a light squeeze of lemon juice to taste.
- To serve, plate each salad individually and place the crispy potatoes around the salad. Using a paring knife, make a small incision in the center of the egg, and with your hands gently break it open. The yolk will begin to ooze out of the center. Place the split egg on top of the salad and serve immediately.
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While dozens of school districts and charter schools around the state are calling it quits on Race to the Top and its accompanying funding, local schools participating in the initiative have no intention of joining them.
"There have been some parts of it that are less than palatable, but not so much that we want to give the money back," Belpre City Schools Superintendent Tony Dunn said.
Belpre will receive a total of nearly $228,000 over four years from the federal program aimed at raising graduation rates and student test scores.
Some of the districts withdrawing have cited the new state teacher evaluation system and other initiatives they say increase their costs as reasons for dropping out. Schools say they often have to remove teachers from classrooms to train them to meet grant mandates, and administrators get tied up spending hours on progress reports.
The evaluation system, which ties 50 percent of a teacher's performance review to student achievement, is expected to require much more time from administrators than the current method. Districts participating in Race to the Top are required to implement it in the 2013-14 school year, and changes made by recent legislation mean they will have to re-bargain portions of it with teachers' unions.
But withdrawing from Race to the Top only delays implementation by one year.
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At a glance
Race to the Top funding (over four years):
Belpre City - $227,497.54.
Fort Frye Local - not participating.
Frontier Local - $192,000.
Marietta City - $400,000.
Warren Local - $109,833.
Wolf Creek Local -$100,000.
"Race to the Top has been a very positive influence in helping us get through the ... project," Frontier Local Schools Superintendent Bruce Kidder said.
Frontier teachers participating in the piloting of the evaluation system receive a $300 stipend and administrators a $500 one, he said.
Kidder agreed participation in the overall program can be time-consuming, although he believes it's worth it.
"Only thing I have against Race to the Top is the paperwork's incredible," he said.
Kidder added that dealing with the requirements of the program will be easier next year, when many initiatives must be in place and training completed.
Every public school district in Washington County - with the exception of Fort Frye - participates in Race to the Top. And all of those but Frontier receive additional assistance that eases the burden felt by other districts in the state, thanks to the Ohio Appalachian Collaborative, a group of 22 schools organized by the nonprofit Battelle for Kids.
The OAC receives its own Race to the Top funding, which pays for training and helps with the development of scopes of work that districts must submit to the state, said Wolf Creek Local Superintendent Bob Caldwell.
"We're not alone when we're writing these initiatives," he said.
Wolf Creek receives $25,000 a year in Race to the Top funds. That money has been used for the purchase of classroom equipment like iPads, as well as professional development and classroom strategies, Caldwell said.
Overall, Caldwell said he's pleased with what the district is able to accomplish through Race to the Top.
"Anything that improves and gives the opportunity to improve instructional practices I have to view as being beneficial to our young people," he said.
Tasha Werry, Race to the Top and Teacher Incentive Fund coordinator for Marietta City Schools, said the program puts a lot on the district's plate, but the funding helps to manage it.
"We have so many initiatives going on at the same time, which makes it so difficult to focus on any one of them," she said. "We realize now that it's giving us the funds to move forward with all these."
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's soccer team will take to the road this Friday, as it squares off with Abilene Christian for the first time in program history. The matchup, which kicks off at 4 p.m., is the second game in a string of four straight on the road for the Islanders.
ACU is having a strong first season in the Southland Conference and Division I, as the Wildcats bring an 11-3-1 overall record and a 5-3-0 league mark into Friday's match. Abilene played only one Division I foe in its non-conference schedule, earning a tie against UTEP.
The Wildcats opened league play 4-1-0, but have lost two of their last three games – shutout defeats at the hands of two of the top programs in the league – Oral Roberts and Stephen F. Austin. ACU is the only team that has knocked off Southeastern Louisiana in conference action.
Andrea Carpenter has led the Wildcat offense, notching nine goals and five assists for a team-best 23 points on the year. Natalie Throneberry is second on the team with her five goals and 11 points, playing in all 15 games but starting only five. In net, Kelsey Dombrowski has been stellar, posting a 0.71 goals-against average and an .867 save percentage with her 7-2-0 record.
The Islanders are coming off a tough weekend, in which they were dealt 3-0 defeats by Incarnate Word and Lamar. A&M-Corpus Christi is 1-6-0 in conference action, including a 1-0 win over McNeese State in overtime. In their debut season, the Islanders are 2-11-0, with their other victory a 2-1 triumph over UTSA on Sept. 6.
Yvette Franco continues to lead the team with her eight goals and 19 points on the season, and her three assists also top the squad. Alyssa Miller has chipped in three goals, including the game-winner over MSU. Audrey Baldwin has been stellar in goal, as the keeper leads the league with 100 saves and is sixth in the nation in that category.
The Islanders will be off on Sunday, but the team will be staying in tune with their sport, as they practice and take in the US Women's National Team's contest against Australia at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
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The urban hubs of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Legends and lochs. Castles and country. This leisurely look at Scotland covers the essentials – but still has time to stop for a 'wee dram' or two.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- North Augusta is a community that takes pride in its parks and recreation. A new group of volunteers is looking toward the future to make sure The Greeneway trails are taken care of.
It's called "FROG," or Friends of the Greeneway.Hundreds use The Greeneway every day to bike, run or walk, but "FROG" wants to make sure The Greeneway grows and gets even better.
Eric and Erwin spent the morning riding their bikes along The Greeneway.
"Beautiful place -- The Greeneway -- they do a really nice job, nice area," said Eric Whipple, as he enjoyed The Greeneway.
"I love to ride The Greeneway because it's nice and smooth; I don't have to worry about dirt," said Whipple's riding partner, Erwin Hay.
Both men are excited to hear about "FROG."
"I think it's great, a group of individuals going out together, keeping everything safe, anything that needs some attention, again their going to protect and preserve The Greeneway," Whipple said.
"I think it's an awesome thing, to have a group to continue to try to upkeep and even take it to a higher standard. I think it's wonderful, and I think it's needed. I'm glad it's in place," Hay said.
FROG was renewed from an older Greeneway trust group that took a break.
"We do things like simple clean up work on Saturdays and we want to add to that. We want to add more bathrooms, water fountains, play stations," explained Martin Cochran with Friends of the Greeneway.
"We're thrilled that they're involved and it's really started to show a difference," said John Felak, program coordinator for the City of North Augusta Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services.
It's one of the most popular views in all of North Augusta.
"There's not a time you don't see someone on here, you can't walk the length of it without seeing people on it," Martin said.
"It was a railroad used by Norfolk Southern and after the closed it down, the city had a chance to take advantage of it, purchase some of the right of way and turn it into the trail it is today," explained Karl Waldhauer, superintendent of programs & facilities with the City of North Augusta Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services.
"It's a lot of folks walking, jogging, running, it's a lot of people out here," Hay said.
The group is applying for grants and hoping with your help, they can make a difference down the road.
"We want it to be for our children's children as well, so you really have to take care of what you have to get involved with The Greeneway, watch it grow, help it connect," Martin said.
"It's just a beautiful place to ride," Whipple said.
They're also involved in planning a way to possibly connect other Augusta trails, like the Lock and Dam and Savannah Rapids, to The Greeneway.
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In 1840, with no bridge over the Muskingum River connecting Harmar and downtown Marietta, it was so expensive for Harmar residents to take the ferry to church they decided to simply open their own on the west side.
For nearly eight years, the Harmar Congregational Church met in the Harmar town hall before a place of worship was constructed. That site still stands today as the Open Door Baptist Church, having withstood floods, additions, renovations and plenty of time.
"It's the oldest continuously used religious structure in Marietta," said Marietta Councilman and Trolley Tours operator Harley Noland. "It's been through a lot."
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LEFT: Photo courtesy of Marietta College Special Collections
The Harmar Congregational Church can be seen underwater during the Flood of 1913. The building survived the flood and is now the oldest continually used religious structure in Marietta.
RIGHT: KATE YORK The Marietta Times
The church is shown as it is today, operating as the Open Door Baptist Church.
During the Flood of 1913, water reached to nearly the ceiling of the church, but the Franklin Street structure isn't one that is damaged during each of the city's high water events.
"They were smart when they built it," said Noland. "It's built up five or six steps. With ordinary flood water it's not in the church. It takes extraordinary water."
Despite homes destroyed around it, the Harmar Congregational Church withstood the extraordinary waters of the 1913 flood and the 1937 flood after it.
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During the flood of 2004, water was around the church but not in it, said Noland.
By the time of the rising river in 1913, the building was already 66 years old and the church 73.
The first minister of the Harmar Congregational Church was the Rev. Joel Harvey Linsley, who was the first president of Marietta College.
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Formed in 1840.
The church was built in 1847.
The first minister was the Rev. Joel Harvey Linsley, the first president of Marietta College.
The grounds for the church were donated by the Putnam family.
Members transferred from Marietta Congregational, Warren Presbyterian, Watertown Presbyterian, Belpre Congregational, Sandusky Congregational and Waterford Cumberland Presbyterian churches.
The church is the oldest continually used religious structure in Marietta.
Source: Times research.
Linsley, born in Vermont in 1790, was the son of one of the earliest settlers there. He became a lawyer but was drawn to the ministry and first served as a pastor in Hartford, Conn. in 1824, according to a Marietta College Alumni Memorial published by the Alumni Association.
As a minister, he was part of the Temperance movement of the time, "calling public attention to the evils of strong drink and the necessity that Christian people should discourage it by precept and example," according to the memorial.
Linsley went on to minister several churches in the south before a bronchial difficulty required a change in climate. He accepted the position of president at Marietta College, and served for 11 years until 1846.
During that time, he also served as minister for the first two years of existence of the Harmar Congregational Church, where several sources say he was beloved to the members of the church.
He was aware of the importance of the time, and the transitions happening in Marietta and beyond, according to Linsley's own words.
"And it is no arrogant affirmation, which I make, when I declare my solemn belief, that in no other age, or country, could our lot have been cast, in which by a right or wrong course, we could do more, than we can do in this age, and in this country, to bless or to curse the race of man, through all future time," he said in his inaugural address at Marietta College.
Linsley went on to again serve as a pastor in Connecticut before succumbing to pneumonia in 1868.
By then, the church in Harmar had been served by several other pastors and continued to gain members, though admittance wasn't guaranteed.
An early church Articles of Faith and Covenant for Harmar Congregational Church stated that candidates for admission must be both "examined" at a church meeting and if approved, have a two-week waiting period before full admission was accepted.
Once a church member, there were still strict rules to follow.
A committee of at least three people was formed to "examine any charges of unchristian or disorderly conduct" of any members and then determine appropriate discipline, according to the document.
Founding members of the church included notable local families names such as Bosworth, Burlingame, Fearing, Hadley and Putnam.
It was the Putnam family that donated the grounds for the church building, which was constructed in Greek Revival architectural style.
In 1848, a bell was purchased for the church, with the money coming from concerts performed by a quartet of young men from Marietta College, according to the "History of Marietta and Washington County" as compiled by Martin Andrews.
Several additions were made over the years, first when a lecture room was built in 1868, then a Sunday school room in 1894. In the last decade, there have also been renovations.
The church remained the Harmar Congregational Church until 1968 when it was abandoned by the congregation as it disbanded but left for another religious group to take it over, according to a Marietta Times article.