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That recipe was long overdue for a photo make-over, and I wanted to see if I could make this dish a little more diet legal for South Beach Dieters, so I tried making it with skinless, boneless chicken breasts. If you make this with chicken breasts, definitely you need to be careful not to cook it too long or use heat that's too high, but the new version was really quite tasty.
(Chicken Adobo was updated September 2011 with better photos and instructions.)
(Makes 4 main dish servings, adapted from The Best Recipes in the World.
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, each cut in half into two equal pieces
1 cup soy sauce (low-sodium soy sauce or Tamari is best, since the sauce gets reduced)
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1 1/4 cup water
2 tsp. garlic puree
3 bay leaves
1 small onion, sliced in large slices
fresh ground black pepper to taste
pinch of ground Chipotle chile pepper (optional)
Put chicken in single layer in heavy frying pan just large enough to hold all the chicken. Pour the Adobo mixture over and cook 10 minutes at the lowest possible simmer. Then turn chicken pieces over and cook 10-15 minutes more (just until the chicken is barely cooked through.)
South Beach Suggestions:
More Tasty Ways to Cook Chicken with Soy Sauce:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Low-Sugar (or Sugar-Free) Teriyaki Chicken from Kalyn's Kitchen
Forbidden City Chicken from Kalyn's Kitchen
Slow Cooker Filipino Chicken Adobo from The Perfect Pantry
Chinese Soy Sauce Chicken from Use Real Butter
Peruvian Grilled Chicken from Andrea Meyers
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Why you should attend
Proceeds will go to the Live Free Ministries and The Omega House Project. The outreach program helps men, many of whom are suffering from addiction, better their lives.
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Plain English campaign news articles
Chrissie Maher's 40 years of studying rewarded
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It wasn't the first honour to be placed on Chrissie's shoulders in recognition of her lifelong fight for clearer public communications, but the Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) held the most poignant memories for this grandmother in her seventies.
With an illiterate childhood in an inner-city slum of post-war Liverpool, education itself was a distant dream for Chrissie. To find herself standing beneath the great naves of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral, with thousands of LJMU graduates also receiving acknowledgement for their years of hard work, was beyond Chrissie's wildest dreams.
Whitewashing the real dirt with the same old smut
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A current campaign from Keep Britain Tidy (KBT), called "Get behind keep Britain tidy" follows similar lines to a previous campaign from some years ago. The current campaign uses "saucy seaside postcard humour" to highlight the increasing costs of cleaning up litter.
During that campaign we received some complaints from the public about the messages being inappropriate, particularly for an audience of young people. A number of young people we interviewed thought the campaign was close to the bone and unnecessary but agreed it would raise a few laughs. However, they doubted that the campaign would stop people littering as it just belittled the problem rather than highlighted the serious issues of hygiene and health.
Read more: Whitewashing the real dirt with the same old smut
A plainly confusing life of letters and numbers
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Algebraic calculations with their mysterious mixture of letters and numbers have been named as number one in the Top 10 of the most confusing things we might come across in our lives. Surprisingly, handling and changing foreign money made the top four, coming in behind 'understanding the theory of relativity', and just beating 'the opposite sex'.
This survey of 3000 holidaymakers by onepoll.com has resulted in the leading foreign exchange specialist Travelex, creating a 'Plain English guide to exchanging currency'. It is the first guide of this kind to receive accreditation from Plain English Campaign for the clarity of its wording, and its explanations of foreign-exchange jargon.
Plain English manifestos
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Plain English Campaign calls for 'clear and straightforward' manifestos
Gordon Brown has announced the general election is to take place on 6 May 2010. Plain English Campaign is pleased to know that the Prime Minister is appealing to the public for a 'clear and straightforward mandate'. For over 30 years Plain English Campaign has been fighting for 'clear and straightforward' information from Parliament and government offices.
Labelling lunacy loose on our roads
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Following complaints from drivers over the Easter break, we are highlighting the confusing and unnecessary road signs that have appeared up and down our roads and motorway.
Road users have asked us whether the increasing numbers of messages and signs are a help or a distraction. They have quoted 'Don't drink and drive' messages and advice to look at websites as particularly annoying. And some visitors from abroad have struggled with phrases such as 'adverse weather ahead' instead of simply being told to expect rain, fog or snow.


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Colony Theatre among those expected to play a role in the future
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Curriculum resources and opportunities for professional development for teachers in Southern Nevada.
Website offers a catalog of the collection, databases of information, and much more - including their Ask-a-Librarian service and Homework Help pages. For younger patrons, they provide a Just for Kids page and a Teen Zone page.
Henderson's website offers links to the catalog, Answers 24/7 library service, as well as databases for information searching. Kidzone and Teenspot provide information specific to the younger patrons.
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Located in UNLV's College of Education, the LDC provides literacy development education for parents, teachers, and caregivers.
State standards for K-12 English/Language Arts, Science, and Mathematics.
Calendar of events, practice high school proficiency exams, and more.
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Comprehensive list of winning and nominated titles.
The Vegas PBS Educational Media Services is dedicated to helping classroom teachers and school librarians provide students the best education possible. As part of the Clark County School District, Vegas PBS understands their need for television and technology tools that support their curriculum.
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infidelone wrote: I think what Reggie was saying is that you'd have to be a youngin to still be concerned with the conflict that exists between mainstream culture and non-mainstream culture.
What is real and what is not. What is punk and what is hip hop. These are not interesting topics after a few hundred thousand times around them.
Counter culture eats itself. That is the damn point. That is why experienced artists attempt to distance themselves from the silly categories that will crush them when they (the sub genres) fall. There is always a cool, well intended movement that starts up and is hip as horn rims in 99, and then bamm--it catches fire and kids jump on like mad. Then it starts to feel a little crowded and no longer carries the underground weight that it once did and kids jump ship (this already started happening to Nirvana by the time In Utero was released) or they stay true to what they dig in the first place (which is dope shit) and just incorporate new shit as they go along.
Talking trash on scensters is as bad as being a scenster. It's also terribly fucking boring.
SoundDoctrine wrote: your Michael J. Fox thrift store jean jacket...
Parallax wrote: Golden Girls? I loathe that show and the "girls" that starred in it. Im sorry, I hate that show with a passion. Just thinking about it brings back some crumby childhood memories. Yes, I said crumby. FUCK Golden girls.
So, I guess what Im saying is, a conversation about Golden Girls is as boring as a conversation about "indie kids"
SoundDoctrine wrote: I used to work at an apparel place...That is dirty...The vintage wouldn't have so much colored wash (that brown you see) in them...Vintage would be a faded look somewhat...
Jeans = Dirty
random_sample wrote: I just hate all of the little emo indie kids that think that they are punk rock. They are not punk rock they are a bunch of whiney cry baby pussies.


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Rio de Janeiro CaipiHostel
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Av. Gomes Freire, 373 Lapa
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Top location in Lapa, great value for money & free caipirinhas every night at the most fun and social hostel in Rio! Go on and read more
Welcome to CaipiHostel!!!
We are located in the heart of the buzzing nightlife district of Lapa just minutes away from all the best Rio street parties! We´ll show you how to party like a local and give you a real taste of the Rio you imagined and much, much more.
Here at Caipi we love our amazing city and enjoy nothing more than sharing our local knowledge so you leave loving it as much as us. (the only danger of course is that you may never want to leave!)
Our central and safe location is also close to the main streets, several bus routes and two metro stations. The Centro area of the city is within easy walking distance and the fabled beaches are within easy reach.
Another reason to book? Stay with us and get a free Caipirinha every night. Curious? Go ahead and see why you should stay with us
So, what exactly do we have to offer you?
Top Location
- Two blocks from the famous Lapa arches (Party HQ) and two subway stations (Carioca and Cinelandia);
- Right in the middle of the city, close to supermarkets, Restaurants (one next door), ATMs, shopping mall, bars, clubs and most tourist attractions;
Fun, Fun, Fun
- The most social hostel in the city. Here you will make friends;
- Lots of beautiful staff and 2 ugly ones;
- Caipi Bar, with the cheapest drinks in town and Free Caipirinhas;
- Big Screen with sports and Nintendo WII for lazy days;
- Only hostel which holds weekly live music events and radio broadcasts of the best of new Brazilian music.
- Only hostel that actually cares about your entertainment. Day and night;
- Spacious 12 bed dorms, and one dorm for the ladies only
- New spring mattresses
- Individual bedside power sockets and two lockers per guest;
- Air conditioning in all dorms
- One girls' only bathroom;
- High spec separated showers, toilets and sinks;
- No queues to brush your teeth while someone is taking a long shower;
- Individual keycard for the bedrooms, which are always locked;
- Two lockers per guest, a small one built into each pillowside and one underneath
- individual power sockets per guest as well as more available throughout the room;
- 24 hour reception and safety cameras throughout;
Other amenities
- Helpful and young Brazilian and international staff, ready to help and make sure you'll love Rio as much as they do;
- Free use of Computers and Wi-Fi everywhere;
- Free tea, coffee and snacks throughout the day
- Breakfast included
Should I book now?
Well, Caipi is not for everyone. If you are someone who would prefer just to stay in the expensive area near the beach, and go to empty overpriced clubs full of other gringos we strongly suggest you book elsewhere.
New Years Eve is a massive deal to us all here in Caipi Hostel and we are planning to make it unforgettable, starting with free drinks with appetizers before heading out to the biggest party in town. We look forward to seeing you!!!!!
Special Dates 2015 (minimum nights required)
30/10 to 02/11 - National Holiday (3)
31/12 to 03/01/2016 - NYE (4)
Special Dates 2016 (minimum nights required)
05 to 09/02 - Carnival (5)
25 to 27/03 - National Holiday (2)
21 to 24/04 - National Holiday (3)
26/05 to 29/05 - National Holiday (3)
05 to 21/08 - Olympics (7)
11 to 15/11 - National Holiday (3)
30/12 to 02/01/2017 - NYE (4)
For reservations withing any of these special dates above, theses rules will be applied:
- reservations with less then the minimum nights required will be canceled without notice.
- to confirm the reservation you must contact the hostel in 48 hours to proceed with the additional informations. If you do not contact us in 48 hours we will contact HostelWorld cancelling your reservation. We will charge the full balance due from your credit card. If the hostel isn t able to charge the credit card, the hostel will contact you with other options of payment (PayPal). If you don t send us your credit card details we will contact HostelWorld cancelling your reservation. Its agreed that in case of Cancellation or No Show there s no refunds.
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Granite Grok: Martha Fuller Clark's version of 8 is enough or is it?
State Senator Clark was housing professional campaign workers who do not live here but voted here. Who very likely voted for her and every other Democrat up and down that ticket. Then they left because that is why they came. To vote for Democrats.
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Join this session to hear from someone who works for the state crime lab. Part of her time is devoted to analyzing illegal drugs and the other to doing crime scene investigations in rural Iowa. She has also worked for the DEA and brought that experience to her current job.
During this session she will talk to your students about what she does on a daily basis and her education. She'll share information about fields of study and degrees required to land a job like hers. She plans to bring some pictures and tools from her work so this should be a fun and informative session!
This is a great career exploration opportunity for your students who are interested in science and an exciting career.
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BIRTHPLACE: Huntington, NY, USA
DRAFTED: CAR: 2007-11 overall
|* Was reassigned to Albany 3/16
* Was assigned to Albany from 2/25-3/9 for a conditioning stint, totaling three goals and one assist (4 points) in seven games with the River Rats
* Skated against a team coached by his father, Brent, for the first time when Carolina defeated NJ (1/6)br /> * Was the ninth member of his family drafted into the NHL, and became the first of the second-generation of drafted Sutters to make his NHL debut vs. FLA (10/10)br /> * Season Highs: G: 1 A: 1 P: 1 PIM: 5 TOI: 18:05 +/-: +2 SOG: 4 Hits: 3 Blkd Shots: 2
* HURRICANES CAREER TOTALS: 50 gp, 1-5-6, 16 pim
Brandon is single and spends his summers in Sylvan Lake, Alberta… He was the ninth member of his family drafted into the NHL, joining his father Brent (1980, 17th overall, NY Islanders), uncles Brian (1976, 20th overall, St. Louis), Darryl (1979, 179th overall, Chicago), Duane (1979, 17th overall, NY Islanders), Rich (1982, 10th overall, Pittsburgh) and Ron (1982, 4th overall, Philadelphia) and cousins Shaun (1998, 102nd overall, Calgary) and Brett (2005, 179th overall, Calgary)… The Hurricanes acquired Brandon's cousin Brett in a trade with Calgary in November 2010, and selected another cousin, Brody, in the seventh round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft… His father, Brent, was his head coach in junior hockey with Red Deer (WHL) and is now the head coach of the Calgary Flames… Brandon participates in the Sutter Fund Charity Golf Classic in Red Deer each summer, benefiting minor hockey and other children's causes in Alberta… Brandon started playing hockey at age 5, and his first team was the Huskies in Downers Grove, IL… His favorite player growing up was Jarome Iginla and his father was the biggest influence on his career… His favorite TV show is The Office, favorite movie is Wedding Crashers and favorite video game is Call of Duty… His favorite website is YouTube.com… His first job was working on the family farm… His favorite foods are Alberta steak and perogies… He enjoys playing golf and watching football… The most-played artist on his iPod is Eric Church… His favorite places in the Triangle are Nina's and North Hills… The person he would most like to meet is Will Ferrell… His most memorable hockey moment was winning the 2008 World Junior Championship… His favorite former teammates are Ray Whitney and Luke Egener… His most-common game-day habit is taking a nap… He got the number 16 because it was assigned to him… His favorite road city is Montreal and favorite road arena is Bell Centre.
Completed his third NHL season with the Hurricanes… Established career highs in games played (82), penalty minutes (25) and plus/minus (+13)… Was first among Hurricanes forwards and tied for seventh among NHL forwards in blocked shots (73)… Ranked first among Hurricanes in plus/minus (+13)… The Hurricanes were 11-0-1 when he scored a goal… Scored his 14th goal of the season at ATL (4/8)… Skated in his 200th career NHL game at NYI (4/2)… Sparred with Eric Brewer and won 12 of 20 face-offs (60%) vs. TB (3/26)… Netted the game's only goal with a backhanded shot past Ryan Miller at BUF (3/15)… Scored his 12th goal of the season, won 18 of 25 face-offs (72%) and was (+2) vs. ATL (2/5)… Had his second multi-goal game of the season and was (+3) in 15:58 of ice time vs. TOR (1/24)… Netted his eighth goal of the season and was (+1) in 18:03 of ice time vs. NYR (1/20)… Assisted on Jokinen's first goal and was (+2) in 17:16 of ice time vs. CGY (1/11)… Assisted on Corvo's goal, registered three hits and was (+1) in 19:22 of ice time vs. ANA (12/18)… Scored his seventh goal of the season and was (+1) at ATL (12/16)… Scored his sixth goal of the season and was (+1) at STL (12/11)… Netted the game-winning goal in overtime vs. COL (12/3)… Scored his fourth goal of the season and was (+4) at PIT (11/19)… Had his first multi-assist game of the season with a pair of helpers vs. EDM (11/9)… Netted his third goal of the season and was (+2) vs. NYI (11/3)… Earned his first career multi-goal game and was named first star against MIN (10/7) in the first game of the 2010 NHL Premiere in Helsinki… Longest goal streak: 2 games (1/24-1/26: 3g, 0a)… Longest assist streak: 3 games (2/22-2/26: 0g, 3a)… Longest point streak: 3 games (11/1-11/5: 1g, 2a; 2/22-2/26: 0g, 3a)… Multi-goal games: 2 (last: 1/24 vs. TOR: 2g, 0a)… Multi-assist games: 1 (11/9 vs. EDM: 0g, 2a)… Multi-point games: 3 (last: 1/24 vs. TOR: 2g, 0a).
Is in his fourth NHL season with the Hurricanes… Was named an alternate captain for the Hurricanes on 9/30/10… Signed a three-year contract with the Hurricanes on 7/12/11… Was born in Huntington, NY, but his hometown is Red Deer, Alb… Has competed in a number of international competitions… Was a member of Team Pacific that won a silver medal at the 2006 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge… Was one of three underage players on the gold medal-winning Team Canada at the 2006 Junior World Cup… Had one goal and one assist in seven games for Canada at the 2007 Under-18 World Junior Championship in Finland… Also represented Team Canada in the 2007 Canada-Russia Super Series, as the two nations' top junior-aged players came together for a special international competition, and won a gold medal with Canada at the 2008 IIHF World Junior Championship.
2004-05: Saw his first major junior hockey action, skating in seven games for Red Deer of the Western Hockey League (WHL)… Had two assists and eight penalty minutes in seven regular-season games, and notched five points (1g, 4a) during Red Deer's seven-game series with Medicine Hat.
2005-06: Led all WHL 16-year-olds with 22 goals during his first full season of major junior hockey… Also led Red Deer in goals (22) and ranked third on the team in points (46) in 68 games played… Nominated for WHL Rookie of the Year… 2006-07: Was tied for third among Red Deer skaters in points with 57 in 71 games played for the Rebels… Selected to play in the 2007 CHL Top Prospects Game in January 2007.
2007-08: Served as an alternate captain for Red Deer for the second consecutive season… Led the Rebels in goals (26) and points (49), despite playing in just 59 of the Rebels' 72 regular-season games… Played for Team WHL in the CHL Canada/Russia Challenge… Completed his junior career with 154 career points (68g, 86a) in 205 games with Red Deer… Signed with the Hurricanes at the conclusion of his junior season on 3/26 and was assigned to Albany… Had one goal and one assist in seven regular-season games with the River Rats… Made his professional debut with Albany at Portland (3/30)… Earned his first point with an assist at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (4/2)… Netted his first pro goal with a power-play game-winner at Norfolk (4/4)… Earned two assists while playing in all seven of Albany's Calder Cup Playoff games against Philadelphia.
2008-09: Completed his first full professional season and his first NHL season with Carolina… Skated in 50 NHL games, totaling one goal and five assists (6 points) with 16 penalty minutes… Finished the season in Albany, notching four goals and eight assists (12 points) in 22 AHL games… Skated against a team coached by his father, Brent, for the first time when Carolina defeated NJ (1/6)… Had his first NHL fight when he sparred with Noah Welch vs. FLA (12/18)… Registered his first NHL penalty minutes (delay of game) at ATL (11/14)… Earned the primary assist on LaRose's game-winning goal before leaving the game after suffering a concussion from a collision with Doug Weight at NYI (10/25)… Scored his first NHL goal, beating Marc-Andre Fleury at 13:07 of the first period at PIT (10/23)… Made his NHL debut on Opening Night and earned his first NHL/Hurricanes point with an assist on the game-winner vs. FLA (10/10)… Missed eight games due to a concussion.
2009-10: Established career highs in goals (21), assists (19) and points (40)… Was the first NHL player to record 20-or-more goals and just two penalty minutes since Toronto's Sergei Berezin in 1999-00… Was tied for third on the team with a career-high 21 goals… Was third on the team in shots (168) and tied for fourth in power-play goals (5)… Had 15 points in his final 22 games… Took just one penalty all season, a hooking minor at FLA (12/18)… Reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in his NHL career with a score at MTL (3/31)… Netted Carolina's first goal and assisted on Jokinen's game-winner at ATL (3/29)… Scored his 17th goal of the season at ATL (3/7) to extend his point streak to a career-high six games… Had his first career three-point game with a goal and two assists vs. BUF (2/11)… Played in his 100th career NHL game vs. FLA (2/9)… Netted the first game-winning goal of his NHL career with his 10th goal of the season at WSH (12/28)… Earned his first career NHL multi-point game with a pair of assists and was (+2) vs. NYI (11/13)… Netted his first goal of the season and was (+1) at PHI (10/31)… Was recalled from Albany 10/24… Had four points (1g, 3a) in seven games for the River Rats prior to his recall.


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By Kyle Wintersteen
The sun's rays had yet to fully illuminate North Carolina's famed Currituck Sound, but the long, slender silhouettes buzzing the decoys were unmistakably pintails. They made one pass, banked back into the wind and danced gracefully into the blocks. Ducks Unlimited member Erinn Otterson of Virginia Beach, Va., picked out a bird, rose to shoot, and was soon admiring his first duck of the North Carolina season - a bull sprig. Not a bad start.
"We rounded out the [opening day of the second split on November 10] with eight pintails and a gadwall," Otterson reports. "We've seen a lot of the early migrating dabblers like pintails, gadwalls and greenwings, but it's a little strange how many scaup we're seeing already. On the first day we saw three groups and they all had between 50 and 100 ducks. We probably could've shot a few, but we weren't set up for bluebills, especially not in those numbers."
Otterson is not alone in this observation.
"We're receiving many reports of good diver numbers, especially in regards to scaup, which I would consider a little earlier than usual," says Joe Fuller, migratory game bird coordinator for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. "We don't do formal duck surveys until January, but we also believe we got a good early push of dabbler species, including strong numbers of green-winged teal. Good numbers of ducks in general are reported for the Currituck, Pamlico Sound, and various state impoundments along the coast. I've heard from a lot of hunters who are doing pretty well in those locations."
It's also shaping up to be a good year for the 5,000 lucky North Carolina hunters who drew tundra swan permits, which allow each hunter to bag one swan.
"I haven't shot my swan yet," says Otterson, "But they've arrived. We're seeing a lot of them staging near the Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge."
Arriving waterfowl have been aided by ample natural wetlands, thanks to a fairly wet summer and recent rains.
"We have good water in a lot of our beaver ponds and natural wetland habitats, which is great for the birds," Fuller says. "The extra water also helped state and private waterfowl managers to flood impoundments for hunting and habitat. As far as diver habitat goes, we had a good production year for submerged aquatic vegetation. We don't know for sure how a few storms affected the vegetation, but I suspect the ducks will still find it in pretty good quantities."
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
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August 8, 2005
Saturday's windy weather is to blame for a building collapse near Grovetown Saturday. People have been stopping by the collapse site all morning.
"The whole building's knocked down, there's tons of steel, it's crushed," said one passer-by.
Many came by wondering what happened, and others asking when the mess will be cleaned up. Insurance adjusters need to survey the damage before contractors can begin fixing it.
"A very sad, just one of those things you don't wanna see, but it does happen on occasion," said Columbia County Commission Chairman Ron Cross.
Cross says the building was vulnerable because only the metal frame of the building was up.
High winds on Saturday afternoon caused the structure to fall. At the site of the collapse, boards and metal are all over the place, but no one was hurt. Workers left around noon for lunch, and the structure went down shortly after that.
This may put the construction back a few months. Members of India-based Uniparts own the building. Representatives will be in town later this week to meet with the contractor.
A local business owner who works right next door to the accident site says he feels for them.
"It's terrible, I know they were looking forward to getting in there soon, and it's just a really bad accident for them, I feel bad for them," the business owner said.
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2012 CROSS COUNTRY (FRESHMAN): Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Clocked a personal-best time of 5:20.97 in the 1600m at the 4A track and field regional meet to place fourth ... crossed the line in third place in the two mile at the 2011 District 31-4A cross country meet with a personal-best time of 11:59.40 ... competed the past two years in the two mile at the Islander Splash cross country meet.
PERSONAL: Born Vilma Paola Perez on Sept. 28, 1994, in Pasadena, Texas, parents are Pablo Perez and Vilma Ithier ... has three siblings ... major is health science.


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The chairman of Marietta City Council's water, sewer and sanitation committee is working on a wellhead protection ordinance for the seven wells that are Marietta's sole source of drinking water.
Second Ward Councilman Mike McCauley said while some protective measures already exist for the wells, comprehensive legislation is needed to help the city maintain a safe water supply into the future.
"I've been working on it-getting the language together for an ordinance, for some time," he said. "I've looked at similar ordinances in other communities like Columbus, Martins Ferry, Lancaster and Athens, as well as a state law from Minnesota. Then it's a matter of determining what makes sense for Marietta."
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A Marietta grounds worker stands in the bed of a truck near one of the city's water wells at Hadley Field in Indian Acres Park recently
Generally located from just south of the Washington County Fairgrounds to the Marietta Aquatic Center, the city's water well field parallels the Muskingum River and draws a plentiful supply of water from the sand and gravel aquifer that's distributed citywide through the water treatment plant on City View Avenue.
"There are oil wells within proximity of that area. One is near Hadley Field, although we've never had any problems associated with it," McCauley said. "But our water wells are also located on the county fairgrounds and in the ballfields at Indian Acres Park."
He noted some contamination already exists in one area of the well field near the fairgrounds where cleaning fluid was discovered in the groundwater several years ago. Two interceptor wells were built to pump the polluted water away from the rest of the well field.
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At a glance
The source of Marietta's drinking water is seven wells between the Washington County Fairgrounds and the Marietta Aquatic Center.
A wellhead protection plan was established for the area and approved by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in 2009.
Marietta City Councilman Mike McCauley is leading an effort to develop a wellhead protection ordinance that would provide better regulation and enforcement of the wellhead protection plan.
Source: Times research and City of Marietta.
Since 2009 the city has had an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency-approved wellhead protection plan in place, but the state has also highly recommended that an ordinance be put in place to support the protection plan, according to city water superintendent Jeff Kephart.
"We're required by the EPA to have the protection plan, but we never developed legislation the city could enact that would give our department the teeth to enforce that plan," he said. "Basically we have nothing to reference if we encounter an activity that would be detrimental to the well field."
Kephart said the current wellhead protection plan includes maps of the area surrounding the well field that identify, in periods from one to five years, how long it would take a contaminant leaked or spilled within that area to reach the city wells.
"We call that our one- to five-year zone of influence," he said. "And part of the plan is to visit businesses-on a friendly basis-and inspect other areas inside the zone to determine if there are potential sources of contamination that could migrate into the city well field."
But some threats to the water supply are much closer, including vehicles that park on unpaved areas during ball games on the Bantam League fields. And in the summer many customers of the Marietta Aquatic Center park also park their cars in the grassy area along Pennsylvania Avenue, just east of the well field.
Kephart noted automotive fluids like oil or engine coolant often leaks from those vehicles and could be a potential source of well contamination.
McCauley added that operators of carnival rides during the annual Washington County Fair are required to keep materials on hand to clean up any fluid leaks from that equipment.
City engineer Joe Tucker also agreed with better protection of the well field, noting the advent of horizontal hydraulic fracturing oil and gas operations in this area.
"I don't believe anyone thinks an oil and gas company is going to drill right in our well field, but there are questions about how far out those operations may be located," he said, adding that whether fracking could pose a concern will depend on the drill site's distance from the city wells.
McCauley said he's also been in contact with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio Department of Natural Resources, as well as working with the city engineer and Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District.
He's submitted a draft copy of the proposed ordinance to Kephart and city law director Paul Bertram III, and hopes to present a draft plan to fellow council members within the next couple of weeks.
"I think it's pretty comprehensive-about 15 pages at this time," McCauley said. "But our water wells are an important resource for the city and we need to have a law in place that protects that area."


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OAKLAND -- Howard Jordan stunned city leaders and many of his own officers Wednesday by stepping down as police chief, ending a tumultuous 19-month tenure marked by a staggering rise in crime and the department losing much of its autonomy to a federal overseer.
Jordan, 47, cited an undisclosed medical condition for his sudden departure and said he would seek a medical retirement in an email sent to staffers. Anthony Toribio, 46, a 23-year department veteran, will serve as interim chief, while the city begins a national search for a new chief.
"I take Howard at his word," said Mayor Jean Quan, who has known him for 20 years. "I think he loved his job. I think he loved this city."
Jordan's sudden departure came one week after the department's federal overseer, Thomas Frazier, issued a report critical of department leadership for not holding accountable rogue officers and commanders when they violate department rules. Frazier, a former Baltimore Police Commissioner who had the power to seek Jordan's ouster, also wrote that he plans to reopen several internal affairs cases in which officers were cleared of wrongdoing.
"The report was a condemnation of his leadership," said attorney John Burris, who represented plaintiffs in the decade-old Riders police brutality case that first put the department under federal monitoring.
"I think the chief took a pre-emptive approach and retired before he was asked to leave," Burris said.
Jordan, who has a wife and two daughters, told KGO-TV Channel 7 that he was "never forced out" and that he had been talking to his physician for "quite some time" about a "debilitating health condition."
"What I'm looking for is longevity, peace and harmony and to be able to watch my daughters graduate high school, from college ... get married -- all those fun things that people should do," he said.
City Administrator Deanna Santana refused multiple times during a Wednesday news conference to discuss whether Frazier had raised concerns about Jordan.
City leaders had initially scheduled a news conference Wednesday to unveil new crime-fighting initiatives but had to switch gears when they learned of Jordan's pending retirement. Councilman Larry Reid said Jordan didn't inform council members of his plans last night during a closed door council session.
Oakland's next chief will be its fifth since 2004. The job has long been considered one of the toughest in law enforcement given the city's crime problems, politics and the demands of a court-mandated reform effort to increase officer accountability and help the department better police itself in the wake of the Riders scandal.
The department's failure to satisfy the reforms, which were supposed to be completed in 2008, resulted last year in the city ceding unprecedented authority over the department to U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson, who named Frazier to oversee the reform effort.
City leaders said they would work with Frazier on finding a new chief, which council members said could be a tough recruiting effort.
"We have a pretty difficult reputation to overcome in attracting great talent with the cloud of the federal court hanging over us," Councilwoman Libby Schaaf said.
Pete Dunbar, a former deputy chief in Oakland, said that Frazier might want to consider taking a stronger day-to-day role in the department given the relative youth of Toribio and the department's other commanders.
"It's not fair to (Toribio) to throw him in that fire," Dunbar said. "He needs people with experience and mentors."
Toribio on Wednesday refused to say whether he would seek the permanent job. "I'm very focused on moving forward with this department," he said. "We have started a lot of important initiatives and my focus is to carry out those initiatives."
Jordan, who rose through the ranks after joining the department in 1988 as a patrol officer, had two stints as police chief, both of which were marked by tragedy and controversy. His first tenure as interim chief in 2009 coincided with the shooting deaths of four officers by a parolee who was later killed by SWAT Team members. After replacing former Chief Anthony Batts in Oct. 2011, Jordan oversaw the bungled response to the first Occupy Oakland protest.
Frazier, then working as a city consultant, issued a scathing report of the police response to the protest. Jordan and other leaders were faulted for not having a plan in place or sufficient officers to handle the evening demonstrations that followed the early morning raid on the Occupy encampment outside City Hall.
More so than his predecessors, Jordan dealt with an understaffed police force that earlier this year had dwindled to its lowest level since 1996.
In Frazier's report on the Occupy Oakland response, Jordan was quoted saying that the department was "approaching crisis" and was "slowly grinding to a halt."
The city recorded 131 homicides last year, the most since 2006. Robberies jumped 29 percent last year and burglaries increased 43 percent. Oakland last year recorded the highest rate of robberies per residents of any major American city since 2000.
City leaders and former colleagues praised Jordan on Wednesday, citing his steely demeanor and dedication to the city. "Chief Jordan did a lot to try to bring the community and OPD together. That's no easy task," said Bishop Bob Jackson, pastor of Acts Full Gospel Church.
"He is an absolutely caring and dedicated person, loyal to the city and the police department," Dunbar said.
Reid said Jordan's departure was a loss for a department in search of stability in the face of increased federal oversight. "We take three steps forward and then take 20 steps backward," he said.
In his farewell email, Jordan told staffers that the decision to retire was " difficult but necessary."
"Through my 24 years of wearing an OPD badge and uniform I have emulated the department's core values: Honesty, Respect and Integrity -- values I have observed in all of you," he wrote. "I know that you and the department will carry on these values to generations to come."
At age 47, Jordan is three years too young to qualify for the city's top pension classification, which would have netted him about 75 percent of his salary a year for the rest of his life. Jordan, who last year made about $276,000 in salary and another $100,000 in benefits, could potentially still qualify for a pension benefit that is nearly as generous, if he is approved for a medical-related retirement.
Staff writer Thomas Peele contributed to this story. Contact Matthew Artz at 510-208-6435.


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Nicole Grant, or Nikki G, wants to take over the world.
Armed with a pair of drumsticks and a lot of heART, the South Lake Tahoe native drummer has performed across the world with artists such as Katy Perry, Linkin Park, 30 Seconds to Mars, and The Used.
Grant currently tours the country with the Street Drum Corps. She's been a member of the group for seven years and in that time has helped grow the program into a national drumming army. As the only woman in the program, she trains new recruits for the musical battle and leads the casts of the franchise's various groups.
"We have created a unique ensemble with the world being our musical playground, but we also have enriched young musicians to join us in our purpose. Hopefully as the army grows we will bring on more female drummers," Grant said.
Working with young musicians is an important part of Grant's mission. For years, she's worked in the South Lake Tahoe arts community alongside her father, Bob Grant, the department chair for visual and performing arts at South Tahoe High School.
She started mentoring elementary honor bands in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District when she was 12 years old. In high school, she led the percussion section under the direction of her father. When she gets time to come back to South Lake Tahoe from her base in Los Angeles, she leads percussion workshops for the high school and speaks with students about careers in the music industry.
"We have such a small, sheltered community and it's important she shows people you can be from Tahoe and still be really successful. Nicole is very dedicated to having kids have the same chances she's had," Bob Grant said.
The Grants are Tahoe's very own von Trapp family, with over four generations of music in the blood. Nicole Grant's mother was a professional concert pianist who still teaches and plays in the community; her sister teaches piano and music readiness to children; her grandfather was a professional drummer for the L.A. symphony; her aunt teaches piano at a community college and is married to a high school band director; and she has a niece who is already showing interest and talent in music, dancing and singing.
By the age of 4 years old, drumming turned out to be an inherited passion, and Grant has pursued the rhythm ever since.
"Her life is music, always has been, always will be. I know she was writing her own song before most of us knew what a musical note was. Nicole lives and breathes music," said Jennifer Koba, a close friend of Grant's.
Now, Grant has toured the world with the Street Drum Corps, performed on "The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien, composed the worldwide airing of a 2011 Starz Channel promotional commercial, and has been featured in national percussion magazines.
DRUM! magazine named the Street Drum Corps the "Best Percussion Ensemble," and featured Grant in a 2008 "New Blood" section.
"Her skills as a drummer are amazing. She's one of the best drummers I've ever worked with," said Justin Imamura, another member of the Street Drum Corps who joined the group at the same time as Grant.
For Grant, the South Lake Tahoe community still takes center stage and she hopes that her story can serve as an inspiration to other young musicians.
"The arts isn't just crucial for the young mind, it can be an integral part of the cohesion inside the community. I hope with stories such as my own it creates aspirations in the young musicians to truly pursue any dream they may dream," Grant said.


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Kansas Farmers Union (KFU) is hosting a Beginning Farmer Workshop on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Nelson's Landing Restaurant, 107 N. Erpelding, in Leonardville, Kan. The workshop will feature speakers and a panel of producers from across the state of Kansas.
Workshop speakers include Donn Teske, former financial advisor, discussing the financial aspect of farm transition; Char Henton and Becky O'Donnell, Kansas Agricultural Mediation Service; Charlie Griffin, Kansas Rural Family Helpline; Rhonda Janke, K-State Sustainable Agriculture; Barb Depew, Kansas Farm-to-School program; Chuck Otte, Geary County agricultural extension agent; and Bernard Irvine, attorney specializing in real estate and contract matters.
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Though my kids may scream at the occasional spider, cry when snow fills their boots or melt when the temperature reaches 110 degrees, I do believe they're Earth-friendly, outdoor-loving kiddos. And there isn't a whole lot to it. In celebration of Earth Day, here are five easy ways to raise Earth-friendly kids.
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Although we have a designated day for it, children enjoy celebrating Earth Day all year long. Join us for 10 Simple Tips for Helping Kids Develop an Everlasting Love of Nature. No need to go on a safari through Central Africa–delightful discoveries await you in your own backyard! Stop by throughout the weekend to enjoy a collection of over 100 Earth Day crafts, activities and ideas. See full post…
Make Your Own Eco Art Camera
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Turn your trash into toys with a little paint and a lot of imagination. This Earth Day use items from your recycling bin to create this exciting new gadget, the Eco Art camera–half toy, half art project, 100% recycled goodness and a whole lot of awesome! Read all about this project and more on Stacy's blog.
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Earth Day is all about teaching children to respect the Earth and her resources. Using what we have to make something new lowers our impact on the earth and saves us money–those are two great lessons for any child. This Earth Day we have 15 great ideas to make something new with cardboard rolls. Check it out! See full post…–
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Become a STEPMC ally today.
STEPMC, Circles of McPherson County is looking for volunteers to be matched with individuals and families in poverty.
Allies serve as intentional friends and support for Circles participants as they work toward achieving goals to better their lives and the lives of their families.
The program is in real need of these volunteers, as it can't accept anymore individuals into the program until all the current participants are matched. For more information, call 620-242-2015 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Color of blood
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Actually, this is just a myth. The truth is that your blood is an orange-red when it is in your vein, and hasn't come into contact with oxygen. When you get a cut, or the blood in some way leaves your body, it turns a darker shade of red. This is because of the small amount of iron. You see, it's so small, it rusts almost instantly, causing your blood to appear darker.
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Blood is RED. Blood is red whether it is arterial or venous. Only the shade of red changes. Anesthesiologists continuously monitor the oxygen saturation of patients in the operating room. While studying anesthesiology, Anesthesia residents are required to learn how the monitors work and the physics behind how the monitors work. All oxygen saturation monitors, both transmittance and reflective utilize red and infrared wavelengths of light to measure oxygen saturation because BLOOD IS RED. Blood is always red whether it is fully saturated with oxygen or in some partial state of oxygen saturation. Blood in the human body is always at least partially saturated with oxygen whether it is arterial or venous. Therefore, Blood is RED. It comes down to physics.
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Stealth Moose Meets Concrete Donkey: GCHQ's Goofy Ops Names
The cyber spying activities by U.K. intelligence services alleged in the latest documents from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden are pretty serious: Infiltrating computers and encrypting files, sending text-message and fax spam, sending fake messages on behalf of other people, manipulating online polls, impersonating social media accounts and masquerading Facebook wall posts, collecting Youtube and Google+ comments, private chat-room conversations, and a whole host of technological skulduggery.
But the names concocted for the online espionage programs of the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group – a department within the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence agency – are downright goofy: Twilight Arrow, Fruit Bowl, Bombay Roll, Nut Allergy, Jazz Fusion, Stealth Moose, Bumblebee Dance and Devil's Handshake.
The list of names and descriptions of alleged activity from GCHQ was published by former Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald from documents he said were from Snowden.
The GCHQ press office declined to comment on intelligence matters.
Sometimes the operation names were bang on target.
Birdsong, for example, was supposedly an automatic posting of Tweets. It is listed as being decommissioned, replaced by a program called Sylvester, possibly a reference to the popular Sylvester and Tweety Looney Tunes cartoon in which a large cat tries to devour Tweety, a little yellow bird.
Angry Pirate allegedly permanently disabled an account on a target's computer – somewhat like climbing aboard, taking over a ship and destroying something while there. Snoopy is a tool to extract mobile phone data from a copy of a phone's memory. It is part of a larger program called Mobile Hoover. Changeling gives an agent the ability to spoof any email address and send email under that identity.
In the list, Goodfella refers generically to collection of information from social networks. But the list also has nicknames for programs targeting specific social media sites, including three for Facebook: Godfather, for public data; Spring Bishop, for private photos; and Reservoir, for "various information."
The Concrete Donkey program was used allegedly to send audio messages to many telephones or "repeatedly bomb a target number with the same message." Viking Pillage is a program to automatically collect encrypted data from other JTRIG programs which are "remotely hosted," – meaning, running on target networks.
The Dancing Bear program obtains the locations of WiFi access points, while Fatyak collected data from LinkedIn. Miniature Hero collected real time Skype call information; Photon Torpedo is a technique to grab IP addresses of MSN Messenger users; and Havok, a Marvel Comics X-Men mutant superhero character, allows spies to grab IP addresses off Internet café free Wi-Fi networks. Havok, the superhero, Havok generates powerful "plasma blasts," an ability he has had difficulty controlling.
Some of the flashiest names have some of the geekiest descriptions. Astral Projection is a "remote GSM secure covert internet proxy using TOR hidden services," which presumably allows GCHQ to use aspects of the anonymized Tor network for its own purposes.
According to the leaked document, JTRIG develop the majority of these types of programs for GCHQ. "A lot of this capability is developed on demand for specific operations and then further developed to provide weaponised capability," the document's authors wrote.
"Don't treat this like a catalogue. If you don't see it here, it doesn't mean we can't build it. If you involve the JTRIG operational teams at the start of your operation, you have more of a chance that we will build something for you," the document stated.
JTRIG's research network was called Dirty Devil, and its various operations were monitored on a Cyber Command Console.
The descriptions of the programs weren't always so dry. One, called Viewer, was described as "a programme that (hopefully) provides advance tip off" of a kidnapper's IP address.
The document says it was last updated on July 5, 2012, and says it wasn't being updated anymore.


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Pope meets his predecessor for first time in history
Pope Francis has flown in to a papal residence near Rome for an unprecedented encounter with "pope emeritus" Benedict XVI.
Pope Francis has flown in to a papal residence near Rome for an unprecedented encounter with "pope emeritus" Benedict XVI.
Pope Francis is preparing for a historic meeting with his predecessor Benedict XVI on Saturday.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church, and has taken the name Pope Francis I.
The mystery of who the new pope would be has been as thick as the unmistakable heavy black smoke billowing from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel chimney.
A new survey, conducted by CNN and mobile phone crowdsourcing company Jana, has indicated Africans think a pope from Africa would be a good idea.
Crispian Balmer, Philip Pullella
Roman Catholic cardinals prayed for divine help, hours before a conclave to elect a new pope to tackle the daunting problems facing the church.
We take a look at seven of the most likely candidates to take over from Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope to resign in 600 years.
Fresh scandal has hit the cardinals who are due to choose Pope Benedict XVI's successor as he spoke from his window for the last time.
Pope Benedict has lamented the "evil, suffering and corruption" that has defaced God's creation in an address to the heads of the Vatican bureaucracy.
Pope Benedict XVI is nearly blind in one eye and was advised to limit air travel because of his high blood pressure, says the Vatican Insider website.
Catholicism's European power base is under threat and the election of a new pope could be a historic moment for the church.
It could have been the tweet of the century. But Pope Benedict decided not to announce his resignation on Twitter.
Sex abuse, secularisation, the Curia – the new pontiff has his work cut out, writes John Hooper.
Peter Turkson has responded to speculation that he could be chosen to succeed Benedict XVI, saying he'll take on the role 'if it's the will of God'.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.
A Vatican court has convicted a computer programmer of helping the Pope's butler leak confidential papers in a scandal that embarrassed the Vatican.
The pope's former butler has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing secret documents from the Vatican that revealed fraud and intrigue.
The case against Paolo Gabriele, in which he is accused of stealing and leaking documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, has been adjourned.
During a visit to Lebanon the Pope has urged the Middle East's Christians and Muslims to forge a harmonious society and reject vengeance.


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2013-14 ECAC East Men's Preseason Coaches Poll
D3Hockey.com Men's Hockey Preview
D3Hockey.com ECAC East Conference Preview
1. UMass Boston is nationally ranked to begin a season for the first time in school history. The Beacons are ranked #9 in the D3Hockey.com Top 15 Preseason Poll and #12 in the USCHO.com Preseason Poll. UMass Boston received their highest ever rankings in each poll last year, when they were picked as high as #9 in the D3Hockey.com Poll and #11 in the USCHO.com Poll. The Beacons also earned a first-place vote in the ECAC East Preseason Coaches Poll for the first time in school history, picking up three of the ten first-place votes.
2. This year's senior class of four players needs 13 wins to move into a tie for second-place in program-history for career wins. The group currently owns a 47-27-5 record and could become the second class in UMass Boston history to finish their careers with a winning record in all four seasons.
3. Senior captain Travis Daniel (North Brunswick, N.J.) is on pace to become the 13th skater in UMass Boston program-history to reach the 100-point mark. Daniel, a second-team ECAC East forward and 2013 All-Region honoree, ranks 18th all-time in UMB history with his 89 points through three seasons.
The first-line right-winger led the ECAC East in 2012-13 with his 28 assists and 40 points. If he were to reach the 100-point milestone, he would become only the second player to do so since 1994, joining former teammate Eric Tufman ('11) on the illustrious list.
3. Eighth-year head coach Peter Belisle took over a winless program in shambles in 2006 and has completely turned things around. Belisle, the ECAC East Coach of the Year and Division II/III New England Coach of the Year, stands just five wins shy of Joe Mallen's program-record 88 wins on the bench at UMass Boston. He not only has a chance to set the program-record for wins this year, but also could get above the .500 mark (83-90-12) for the first time in his career as a head coach.
5. UMass Boston will be taking on Salem State University Tuesday January 7 at Fenway Park as part of the two-week long outdoor hockey festival. The contest marks the first time in program-history the Beacons will have played at Fenway Park, the home of the 2013 World Champion Boston Red Sox.
The Beacons matchup vs. Salem State University will be one of three Division III games taking place at Fenway this year, with Trinity College (Conn.) playing Williams College in the second half of the doubleheader on the 7th and Babson College and Norwich University facing off on January 9th.
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|#3 Mike Miller
|#4 Dan Cornell
|#6 Mike Maciag
|#7 Mike Kuhn
|#8 Nathan Milam
|#9 Travis Daniel
|#10 Mark Grinhaus
|#11 Cody Dixon
|#12 Zac Zakas
|#13 Giovanni Marinelli
|#14 Jeremy Finger
|#15 Albee Daley
|#16 Ty Zampitella
|#17 Derek Colucci
|#18 Zach Lindsay
|#19 Peter MacIntyre
|#20 John Houston
|#21 Tyler Bishop
|#22 Frankie DeAugustine
|#23 Trevor Landgraf
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Band of Brothers
Two decades of being Hanson
By Krystle Archibeque
The luscious-locked trio has come a long way since 1997.
Aural Fixation
Soundtracking the Heebie-jeebies
A Voodoo ritual mixtape
By Samantha Anne Carrillo
Specters of old blues, Voodoo ritual and superstition haunt our decidely anti-triskaidekaphobic mixtape.
Ledger Lines
By Samantha Anne Carrillo
ISO excellent metal, drone, doom, Americana and mariachi-metal concerts? Ledger Lines has you covered.
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EVENT HORIZON (Friday, Sep 2)
The Treachery of Music
Dada Life • electronic, house
By Joshua Lee
This is not a DJ duo from Sweden. Wait. No. Actually, it is. Sorry, I got carried away. Dada Life is one of the biggest DJ acts in the world. I don't really know what that entails, though, to be honest. It involves dancing, I think. And auto-tune. But I don't really care, because these guys are hilarious. Their logo is a champagne bottle flanked by two peeled bananas. They have press photos involving pastel suits and Sears family photo-style ambiguous cloudy backgrounds, and one showing member Stefan Engblom shoving an oversized piece of meat into member Olle Cornéer's straining face while giving words of encouragement. That's funny. And anyone that funny deserves a show of your support, which you will have a chance to display when they come to The Stage this Friday, Sept. 2, at 9pm. If you're over 21, purchase a $25-$35 ticket, get your ass down there and let these boys know how appreciative you are of their comic genius. Oh. And let them know you like their music (even if you're old and don't get it, like me).
EVENT HORIZON (Friday, Sep 2)
Kid Dinosaur • indie rock • St. Petersburg • Cry Steve Cry • psychedelic, surf Americana • Sweet Nothin' • punk rock
By Desiree Garcia
Is a Burqueño actually a Burqueño if they don't support their local artists? If you're unsure, the band Kid Dinosaur will be headlining a show at the Launchpad this Friday, Sept. 2. Doors open at 8pm. It's a 21+ show, because what's a show without a little liquid courage (just for dancing, though)? It's only $5 to support these local indie rockers. Performances will also include St. Petersburg, Cry Steve Cry and Sweet Nothin'.
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EVENT HORIZON (Saturday, Sep 3)
To Infinity and Beyond
Watsky • Witt Lowry • hip-hop • Daye Jack • rap • Chukwudi Hodge
By Renée Chavez
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Signs of 'Panic,' in Three Charts
Investors yanked cash out of emerging-market equity funds at the fastest pace since 2011, underscoring "the first signs of panic" in the markets amid a difficult start to 2014.
That view comes courtesy of Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who described the action as a "stampede out of equity ETFs."
Some $6.4 billion was pulled out of emerging-market equity funds, according to EPFR Global, the largest outflow since August 2011 amid the euro crisis and the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. For bargain-hunting investors looking to buy near the bottom, they might want to wait longer.
As the chart below shows, emerging-market equity funds would need to witness another $15 billion in outflows over the next two to three weeks before his data would trigger a "contrarian buy signal."
The tough times continued Friday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently dropped 210 points. The blue-chip average is down by more than 5% for the month.
Mr. Hartnett's analysis is consistent with what Goldman Sachs reported earlier this week. Over the past decade, there have been 19 times when the MSCI Emerging Markets index dropped by at least 5%, according to Goldman analysts. The average pullback was 12% and lasted about 35 days. The recent emerging-markets turmoil has lasted about a month, during which the index has fallen more than 7%.
Meanwhile, combined emerging-market debt and equity funds witnessed a combined $9.1 billion in outflows, which Mr. Hartnett says rivals the outflows during May 2013 (the taper tantrum), August 2011 (the debt-ceiling debacle) and Lehman's bankruptcy (September 2008).
The chart below compares these time frames.
And finally, emerging-market debt and equity funds over the past three months have seen outflows of about $42 billion, or about 4% of all assets under management.
Concerns about developing economies from Turkey to Argentina, underpinned by the Fed continuing to scale back its unprecedented stimulus program, left emerging-market assets across the world reeling again. With prices falling and potential losses mounting, some investors rushed to get their money back, EPFR's data suggest.
The outflows are reminiscent of heavy bouts of outflows last year, which came as investors had their first taste of nerves around the U.S. Federal Reserve's withdrawal of monetary stimulus.
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Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, DU and its partners have worked with Congress to build support for legislation ensuring penalties paid by the responsible parties under the Clean Water Act are used to restore the Gulf Coast region.
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"A masterpiece. . . . It has the completeness, [the] finality, that grips and exalts and convinces." — Literary Review
Widely regarded as the master work of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table mainstay Edna Ferber—who also penned other classics including Show Boat, Giant, Ice Palace, Saratoga Trunk, and Cimarron—So Big is a rollicking panorama of Chicago's high and low life at the turn of the 20th Century. Following the travails of gambler's daughter Selina Peake DeJong as she struggles to maintain her dignity, her family, and her sanity in the face of monumental challenges, this is the stunning and unforgettable "novel to read and to remember" by an author who "critics of the 1920s and 1930s did not hesitate to call… the greatest American woman novelist of her day" (New York Times).
Winner of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize, So Big is a must-read for fans of contemporary novelists such Willa Cather (O Pioneers!), Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth), and Marjorie Rawlings (The Yearling).
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, So Big is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago. It is the unforgettable story of Selina Peake DeJong, a gambler's daughter, and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity and her sanity in the face of marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood. A brilliant literary masterwork from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and admired writers, the remarkable So Big still resonates with its unflinching view of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.
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I read a lengthy article about the causes of obesity today. It was supposedly a review of a documentary called "Fat" but it read like as article from New Scientist magazine, summing up some of the latest scientific discoveries as to why more and more people are packing on the pounds. Clearly, the "eat less, exercise more, use a little self-control" rhetoric is simplistic. Science has amply demonstrated that there is not one single cause of obesity and that there many factors at work that undermine will power.
It was of interest to me because I'm borderline clinically obese, have a number of the stereotypical obesity-related health problems, and in the last few months have gained 10 pounds after losing about 25 and keeping the weight off for two years. And wouldn't you know, I have been overeating today.
It has to do with the article. The mere thought of dieting is enough to set me on a binge, and just because the binge no longer includes pints of Ben & Jerry's, 3 or 4 candy bars, or a bag of Chips Ahoy, Double Stuff Oreos, or Pepperidge Farm Orange Milanos, doesn't mean I am not binging. You can overeat so-called healthy foods, too.
The only true diet that has ever worked for me is a combination of exercise (beyond walking) and enough pleasant mental preoccupation that eating doesn't become a prime activity in and of itself. And here is where I see the short-comings of obesity studies. Much in the article I read today, as well as other articles, focused on discovering which chemicals signal hunger and which signal fullness, and what might interfere with the chemical that tells the brain that the stomach is full. The underlying assumption of those experiments is that people will stop eating when they are full.
WRONG-O!! Some people eat when they are not physically hungry. I know; I'm one of them. All the studies in the world about hunger and satiety triggers will not do a thing for me. Where are the studies about the psychological need to eat? We seem to have studies on the psychological need to not eat, or to purge what you've eaten. But overeating seems to be a matter of ruthless genetics or lack of self-control to the doctors and scientists dealing with fat people.
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Why is it that every time I start a diet or even think about it, or read an article about weight loss, I stuff myself? Scientists think there is an evolutionary root to overweight. Until very recently, i.e. less than 100 years ago, most people suffered from food insecurity. Therefore, the human body evolved to store fat against the lean times. Most people in developed countries–not all, there is hunger in the US and other generally well-fed places–no longer need this evolutionary safeguard against starvation. But evolution is slow. And bodies are still programmed by evolution to survive in hunter-gatherer societies, not in cities where food is plentiful year-round. So losing weight, even for an overweight person seeking to lose it deliberately, is a signal to the body of impending starvation, even when the person losing the weight has plenty of food in the house, knows that the weight loss program will not induce starvation, and is even happy about losing weight. (You've never seen people happy about starving, have you?) The metabolism is slowed to burn fewer calories, and excess calories are stored as fat.
Yet excess fat, especially around the stomach, where I have a lot of mine, creates all sorts of health problems that science has only recently begun to discern. So the body storing fat, especially around the middle, is creating one harmful situation in order to prevent another. Go figure.
Will somebody show me, because maybe I haven't seen it, the studies exploring this disconnect between body and mind? Why won't my body listen to me when I tell it that it will not starve to death if I weigh 130 instead of my current 162? Why doesn't it get the message when I go almost every day to a big supermarket, and almost every weekend to a local farmers' market, that there is plenty of food to be had? I have had issues with money where I have not been able to afford the types or amounts of food I wanted, but they have always been short-term episodes, days, or a week at most, and it wasn't as if I didn't have anything! Thanks the gods, I have never been that bad off. And as a child, there was always food on the table. So why is my body stuck with an operating system built on racial memories of hunter-gatherers of old, or even of my own past life memories of times when maybe I did starve to death. That was then. This is now.
Same with what my mother may or may not have eaten while she was pregnant with me, and the fact that I, like most children born in the U.S. in the 1950's, was formula-fed rather than breast fed. Why, over half a century later, could these "epigenetic" factors still effect me, programming me to store unneeded and unwanted fat?
And while I am on the subject of poverty, there is indeed a link between poverty and obesity. Poor people don't have the same access to fruits and vegetables that better off people do. That's obvious in a poor neighborhood with liquor stores on every block, but no supermarket for miles. But I must say I don't think scientists spend enough time studying the importance of eating as a subconscious political statement, especially for the poor. When you are poor, you already face various forms of deprivation. To then be told "don't eat this, don't eat that, eat smaller portions," etc. feels like one more deprivation. And eating what you want, as much as you want, feels like freedom.
Eating is also a form of entertainment for poor people, over and above the general use of food as the center of social occasions. This is something I know of from a personal perspective also. Comfort foods, sweets in my case–I don't have a sweet tooth; I have 32 of them–are cheaper than just about anything else you can do for fun these days, even with the price of food skyrocketing. And if you are working two or three jobs to make ends meet, there is little time or energy for physical activity as an entertainment, but there may be an hour or two to rest in front of the TV with a bag of chips. Even for the kids, who may be playing video games instead of being outdoors. When we cut the school budgets, the first things to go are the fun activities like music and art. Sports become "pay to play" affairs if they are offered at all. And cities are so built up there is hardly any play space. Sandlot baseball? What's a sandlot?
What exactly do we know about the psychology of comfort food? Why, in our moments of grief, stress, exhaustion or elation, will we always turn to things like chocolate or pizza, not chopped veggies or apples?
How deeply has science studied the function of food as trustworthy friend: if you have it stored or have at least a little money, food can be more reliable than people. Food was always there when I wanted to celebrate something. A rare victory in a competitive tennis match or an excellent performance by some choral group I was in, that none of my friends came to watch. A banana split or an open face turkey sandwich with dressing, smothered in gravy was always there. But why did the food turn to fat? Tennis and singing, neither of which I do any more, expended a lot of calories.
Then there is fat as the B.S. detector. Having been told repeatedly by my mother that employers would not want me and men would not be interested in me because I was fat, I came to see fat as a shield against those only interested in my body. (This was a very big issue for an intellectually-oriented girl coming of age in the feminist 70's). And I saw proof that fat worked to weed out the insincere in the late 80's when I was both working full-time and going to school part-time. I went on the Jenny Craig program for a while and lost 34 pounds in 3 months. As the weight was coming off, more people, male and female, were stopping by my office and stopping me in the halls at school to talk. Many of those same people disappeared when the weight reappeared. Are there psychologists who teach people like me how to use tools other than fat to weed out the phonies?
Science has a long way to go to unravel the mysteries of obesity. There is much good science being done on its physiology, but I think science is way short on the psychological side. Especially for those of us who will ignore the biological signals of fullness and eat anyway. Another concern with the physiological approach is that medicalization of obesity leads to Big Pharma getting people hooked on expensive patent nostrums with side effects. The extremely obese need medical help. But I simply don't trust our for-profit medical industry to do the right thing for most of us. It wants us taking all sorts of prescription medications for life, even as the law requires them to list possible side effects in their ads. Pay attention to the side effects of all the medicines advertised on television some evening. It's downright scary that they will put stuff on the market that might even kill you. Sure, it's rare. But that's of little comfort if it happens to you or a loved one. And generally all these medicines do is suppress symptoms. They don't get at root causes.
But, on the other hand, I also have to ask all the New Age philosophers who say our bodies are constructs of our beliefs, why is it that our bodies still react to the conditions of 10,000 years ago, rather than those of today? What of that lack of communication between the mind that is supposedly constructing this life experience and the body that seems to have a mind of its own. Can we talk? In what language? How do we, as creators of our lives and circumstances, tell our bodies who's boss. And can we avoid being a mean boss who will only spark rebellion over time?
Both the philosophers and the scientists still have a lot of work to do.
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Diane Gilabert said:
Obesity and Boredom
Lots of meaty stuff in your article (no pun intended)! Women especially seem to eat out of boredom and as a way of relieving stress. Has nothing to do with being hungry or feeling satiated. Another biggee is eating the wrong food and too much food at social gatherings out of nervousness. Great article!
Tom K said:
Ha !
There is a reason why the Bumble Bee is larger than the mosquito.
God only allows those who are tender at heart to be large.
I would suggest hate. Deep rooted hate. A hate that is personal. Pick an enemy much larger and stronger than you. And let that hate simmer in there for months. The enemy Castle may be in the sky, way beyond your reach. But don't you worry, without you knowing, your mind will give birth to plots, and plans. Hate will build you a concrete stairway leading straight up their door.
Climbing it would land you in jail. (a classic "mice planning to tie a bell on the cat" syndrome). But perfecting this Stairway in your head has a wonderful side-effect. You will burn off pounds.
In all of us there is a human, and there is a beast. The beast is what takes over when a person is hungry, afraid, or Hunting.
This way you distract the beast from food, and into ..... (dare I say it) blood lust?. In fact you may tend to sleep more and eat way less. This is because the beast is working when you are not. It will be salivating and itching for a chance to be let loose. Eventually it will rob you of the niceness that made you the big softie you are today.
So, do you really want to be a skinny person like me?
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Is it time for the cellphone industry to cave and provide a "kill switch" in all mobile devices?
AT&T, Verizon and the other carriers are under growing pressure to install the switch, a technical fix making cellphones useless to robbers.
This week, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., wrote to the companies asking them to do more to stop phone thefts. The carriers had until Dec. 31 to get back to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman explaining why they rejected a Samsung proposal to install such a technology. As of my deadline, the New York AG's office told me it had received some carrier responses "but are in ongoing conversations and won't be sharing them at this time."
And state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, has promised legislation this year in Sacramento requiring a kill switch on smartphones in California. Given the size of the Golden State's market, a state law could force the industry's hand nationwide.
"It's a PR disaster for the carriers," said David Onek, a criminal justice expert and former San Francisco police commissioner. "I hope they come to their senses and make the changes voluntarily. ... I can't think of another public safety problem that could be solved so easily by technology."
CTIA-The Wireless Industry was not available for comment but most industries typically oppose technical mandates. And in the past, the wireless carriers have raised concerns that a kill switch could be used by hackers. In addition, carriers have worked with the Federal Communications Commission to create a mobile device registry so that registered phones could not be reactivated to make phone calls.
But San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon and other officials have accused the industry of protecting the revenue it generates when people replace stolen phones, or from their theft insurance business, which is apparently lucrative.
That doesn't seem likely to me. The revenue may be considerable, but I expect the carriers would rather not be an easy punching bag for state, local and federal officials.
You probably have heard the statistics: One in three robberies in the U.S. involve a mobile device, with an estimated 1.2 million people in the U.S. victimized in 2012 by mobile device theft. Officials such as Gascon argue that smartphone thefts are remaking urban crime, with as many as 50 percent of robberies in San Francisco involving mobile communication devices. Some of the victims are hurt, and many are traumatized in the process.
The reason is the incentives: Smartphones in the U.S. can be resold for up to $400, and many are shipped overseas where they can go for more than $1,000, says Gascon's office, which has taken the lead nationally to fight to turn the cellphone into a "brick" if stolen.
"Unless you remove the financial incentive, the epidemic will continue," said Alex Bastian, an assistant district attorney in San Francisco.
But would it work?
I recently had my laptop stolen and, except for the inconvenience, the experience didn't have a big impact on my life. All my information is locked safely in the cloud. And the device was encrypted, meaning the thief couldn't use it ever. It gave me pleasure to think of the robber opening up the clam shell and futilely trying to get the laptop working.
But does that mean the thief and cohorts will rethink whether it's worth stealing laptops? Probably not, unless all devices were encrypted.
That's the theory behind the nationwide kill switch.
Bastian reminded me of how car break-ins in the 1990s were high because burglars were after car radios. But car manufacturers responded with anti-theft designs and detachable radio faceplates, and, consequently, burglaries went down. Debit cards and credit cards essentially have kill switches; we call our banks to cancel them once they are missing.
Apple (AAPL) has offered customers a lock making the phone useless if stolen.
But the company's solution requires users to opt in. That means a lot of people won't bother to do it. As Gascon said, "This leaves iPhone users at risk as thieves cannot distinguish between those devices that have the feature enabled and those that do not." He supports giving people the ability to opt out if they don't want the kill switch.
Apple controls the operating system and device. Samsung, which doesn't, apparently went to carriers with proposed solutions but was rebuffed.
For the carriers, it's time to change course before it's too late. Offer a quick, strong pro-consumer safety response and get out of the headlines.
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