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- For Apsalar, Lady of Thieves, see Apsal'ara
The original name of the young fishergirl who later became known first under the name of Sorry, then as Apsalar, was never revealed. She was born in the Quon Tali province of Itko Kan and lived in a small village by the sea with her fisherman father Rellock, who was missing an arm[1]. Their hut was close to the tidemark with a mooring pole opposite[2].
In Gardens of the MoonEdit
Whilst observing a Malazan column of mounted soldiers passing on a gravel track road[3] near her village in Itko Kan, the young fishergirl aged about 12-13[4], met the wax-witch and Seer Rigga[5]. As the soldiers passed, Rigga had a premonition that foresaw the girl's possession by a God. Seeing the injustice of this, Rigga wove a spell which gave the young girl some measure of protection[6].
The young fishergirl found her life drastically altered after Cotillion possessed her[7]. She lived the next few years under the alter-ego "Sorry" which he created[8]. She never remembered her real name[9]. The possession was visible in her eyes: despite her young age, she had aged eyes, those that were similar to one who had been withered by famine and death[10], they were also described as dead, stony[11].
Sorry's first move was to go to a Malazan recruiting station manned by Staff Sergeant Aragan[12], and enlist with the Malazan Marines, specifically requesting a post with Dujek Onearm's Host[10]. She ended up being assigned to Sergeant Whiskeyjack's 9th Squad in the Bridgeburners.[13] Sorry was with the new troops arriving from Nathilog and joined the Bridgeburners when they were on a brief attachment to the 5th army in the middle of the Mott Campaign. She made a lasting impression, not a good one, when she mutilated prisoners, ostensibly to get information.[14]
After the battle at Pale, Whiskeyjack and his squad still referred to Sorry as the 'new recruit',[15] to indicate that she was not a fully accepted member of the Bridgeburners even though she'd been with them for two years[16]. Whiskeyjack observed that Quick Ben was scared of her and that Kalam would slip a knife into his hand anytime she was near.[17]
Through her possession Sorry was able to sense the opening of Warrens[18]. Fiddler called her an uncanny bitch referring to her uncanny ability to think things out.[11] Quick Ben referred to her as 'pure evil' and was initially visibly frightened by her.[11][19]
At the end of the Siege of Pale, Sorry was about 15 years of age[20][11].
When Quick Ben performed the soul-shifting on Hairlock, he kept Sorry away.[21]
Since the Itko Kan Massacre, Imperial Intelligence services had been following the trail of Sorry however, it was only just before (less than a week) the battle at Pale, that Topper came to the information of her being with Whiskeyjack's squad in the Bridgeburners.[22] Captain Ganoes Paran who was already on his way to Pale was given the order to assume command of the Bridgeburners and to stay close to the recruit i.e. Sorry. Once in place, he was to wait for further orders. Topper also told Paran that Sorry was being used by a god.[23]
Sorry/Cotillion attacked Captain Paran soon after his arrival in Pale. As Paran sank into unconsciousness, he overheard her talking to Ammanas in a Kanese accent.[24]
Sorry was wearing a non-standard, ankle-length raincape as the squad departed for Darujhistan with a hood which kept her face in shadow.[25]
Sorry surprised everyone when she professed to a knowledge of fishing, using her knowledge to help the squad enter Darujhistan disguised as fishing crew.[26]
In Darujhistan the Malazans were covering their activities by posing as regular road workers and were tearing up the road outside Baruk's house when Kruppe emerged. Sorry pointed him out to Whiskeyjack, saying that he was important. Questioned by he sergeant as to whether the man was maybe a Seer, Sorry paled and was visibly shaken. Upon Whiskeyjack's agreement she then followed Kruppe.[27]
As she began the pursuit, Sorry was besieged by emotions, triggered by the word 'Seer'. Cotillion had to re-establish his hold on her as, for a brief time, Rigga's protection warred against the possession.[28]
Following Kruppe to the Phoenix Inn, Sorry killed the thug Chert when he waylaid her at the door possibly on Kruppe's orders, then tried to seduce her.[29] She then entered the Inn and ordered Gredfalan Ale.[30] She identified Crokus as being Oponn's man and Crokus noticed the blood on her daggers, correctly surmising that this girl killed Chert.[31]
Sorry then went to find Quick and Kalam. Previously she had been unable to sense the mage but due to Quick having just been linked briefly to the Shadow Realm, Sorry located them easily. This confirmed her affinity to Shadow in Quick's mind. Sorry told them she had located a local assassin in the Phoenix Inn.[32]
Sorry now followed Crokus. As she did, she pondered that she had removed obstacles like Paran, the Claw Leader in Pale and others on her path to the Bridgeburners.[33] The possessed girl was still troubled by the Seer's presence in her mind. Arriving at the D'Arle estate, she killed a guard and observed from the shadows as Crokus entered and left Challice D'Arle's room.[34]
Sometime after, Quick Ben called out Cotillion and told him that he knew of his connection to Sorry[35]
Sorry followed Crokus and his friends by Warren to the Gadrobi Hills outside Darujhistan. She caught up with them just after they had encountered Adjunct Lorn and was about to kill Crokus when Cotillion had to rescind the possession of her as he was recalled by Shadowthrone.[36] The girl that was left behind was totally confused and could not remember the intervening years.[37]
Sorry was helped back to Darujhistan by Crokus. Having lost her memory, she asked Crokus for a Daru name. He originally suggested "Challice" but then decided that since it was someone else's name he should choose another. He then dubbed her "Apsalar", the name of his matron goddess, the Lady of Thieves but again changed his mind as it was the name of a goddess. The former Sorry disagreed and chose to remain Apsalar.[38]
Although no longer possessed, the experience left Apsalar with residual effects. Amongst them an ability to speak other languages[39], see in virtual darkness[40] and recall some of Cotillion's memories[41].
The slight presence of the soul of Rigga shielded Apsalar's mind from some of the things she did whilst possessed and stopped her from going to pieces when the possession came to an end[42][43].
Crokus chose to try and protect Apsalar and decided to accompany her back to her village after his family was killed.
When Captain Paran assumed command of the Bridgeburners, Kalam and Fiddler declared they would follow him but that they must first help Apsalar back to her home on Itko Kan.
In Deadhouse GatesEdit
When they arrived on the continent of Seven Cities, Kalam split from the group in Ehrlitan and the other three continued in disguise. Apsalar recalled more and more of Sorry's deadly knowledge as time went on. After the awakening of the Whirlwind, the travelling companions were attacked first by a tribe of Gral and then found themselves in a battle between some Soletaken and D'ivers. They were saved by the appearance of Icarium and Mappo who drove off the D'ivers, Gryllen.
Icarium and Mappo then escorted them back to the temple inhabited by Iskaral Pust, who showed a great talent for healing, mending Fiddler's crushed ankle. Pust also revealed Fiddler's true destination, Tremorlor, the Azath House in the desert which Quick Ben believed held a gate which could take them to the Deadhouse in Malaz City. He also reassured the group that Anomander Rake's bane held and Cotillion would not possess Apsalar again.
It was revealed that Iskaral Pust's servant was actually Rellock, Apsalar's father, who then chose to accompany the group back to his home village.
In House of ChainsEdit
Having travelled to her destroyed village and witnessed the death of her father, Crokus and Apsalar continued to travel alone across the continent of Quon Tali. In a bid to gain money and try to get closer to Apsalar, Crokus learned how to help her perform assassinations, and eventually become a skilled killer in his own right. He took the new name of "Cutter", which had the unintended affect of pushing Apsalar further away due to her revulsion at her own abilities.[44]
Cutter was encouraged by Cotillion to secretly take Apsalar to Drift Avalii in order to protect the Throne of Shadow from an unnamed threat. Quickly realizing the deception, Apsalar was yet further pushed away from Cutter.[45] The two travelled by boat to Drift Avalii, where the floating island destroyed their vessel, leaving Apsalar on land, and Cutter sucked into one of the vortices leading to the center of the island.[46]Believing Cutter to be dead, Apsalar travelled inland only to find survivors of the Malazan Navy who had been marooned on the island after a brief confrontation with Tiste Edur naval units. Together, they journeyed to the ruins of the castle protecting the Throne.[47] There, Apsalar was reunited with Cutter and met the Tiste Andii, Andarist and plans were made to prevent the Edur from regaining the Throne. The ensuing battle left only Traveller, Cutter and Apsalar alive.[48]
In exchange for their help, Cotillion eased their return to Seven Cities and the long journey to Darujhistan.
In The BonehuntersEdit
Having returned to the monastery in Seven Cities inhabited by Iskaral Pust, Apsalar no longer felt she could safely travel with Cutter and decided she had to leave him in order to prevent him being further corrupted by her influence. Travelling within a fragment of Kurald Emurlahn to escape, she encountered two undead, skeletal lizards: Curdle and Telorast. Curious, the two lizards convinced Apsalar to free them from their bonds and chose to accompany her. Leaving the Warren, Apsalar wandered Seven Cities until she met up with the Bonehunters after the last siege of Y'Ghatan. They decided to allow her to accompany them to their ships, where they were ordered to return to Quon Tali.
In Malaz City, she killed the Clawmaster, Pearl and three hundred and seven Claws singlehandedly. Shadowthrone himself said that her shadow dance was even more impressive than Cotillion's.
In The Crippled God Edit
Apsalar was finally reunited with Crokus in her father's fishing village.
|Ganoes Paran • Ash
|7th Squad
|Antsy • Picker • Blend • Spindle • Detoran
|9th Squad
|Whiskeyjack • Kalam • Quick Ben • Sorry • Fiddler • Hedge • Trotts • Mallet
|Mulch (11th squad) • Bucklund (12th squad) • Tormin • Aimless • Runter • Bluepearl • Shank • Toes • Cage • Story • Liss • Dasalle • Corinn • Monkrat
- The Itko Kan massacre
- The young fishergirl found herself out and about because her father needed materials for new nets - his last one was taken by 'something' in deep waters, and the catch, too. This meant that unless he made a catch the following day, Rellock would be in trouble with the money lender. Did Cotillion engineer the loss of the nets to put the girl on the road (to buy twine for new nets[39]) where there would be few witnesses and to put her father in a precarious financial situation, making him more open to whatever Cotillion intended to suggest to him[49]?
- The dialogue between Cotillion and Ammanas seemed to indicate that until Ammanas gave away Cotillion's name, the plan to possess the girl might not have been definite yet[50].
- The killing of the Itko Kanese cavalary unit by the Hounds may have been planned by Shadowthrone only, without Cotillion's prior knowledge[50].
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.13
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.24
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.12/16
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.31 age estimated by recruitment Sergeant
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.12
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.14
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.19
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.18
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 16, UK MMPB p.493
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.32
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.83
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.31
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Dramatis Personae, UK MMPB p. xii
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 4, UK MMPB p.159
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.104
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 4, UK MMPB p.160
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 4, UK MMPB p.133
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 12, UK MMPB p.402
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 4, UK MMPB p.133
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.58
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 2, UK MMPB p.82
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.94/95
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.96
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 3, UK MMPB p.124
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 4, UK MMPB p.159
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 8, UK MMPB p.259
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.361/362
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.3371/372
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.374
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.376
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.377/378
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 12, UK MMPB p.401/402
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 11, UK MMPB p.417/418
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 13, UK MMPB p.418/422
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 15, UK MMPB p.463
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 15, UK MMPB p.467/468/474
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 15, UK MMPB p.483-485
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 16, UK MMPB p.490-494
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 15, UK MMPB p.484
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 19, UK MMPB p.566
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 20, UK MMPB p.589
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 20, UK MMPB p.590
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 22, UK MMPB p.644
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 6
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 9
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 9
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 9
- ↑ House of Chains, Chapter 12
- ↑ Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.13/19
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, UK MMPB p.17


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Several also injured when shell explodes inside firing tube during training in Nevada
HAWTHORNE, Nev. A mortar shell explosion killed eight Marines and injured seven during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation can determine their safety, officials said Tuesday.
The explosion occurred Monday night at the Hawthorne Army Depot, a sprawling facility used by troops heading overseas, during an exercise involving the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune, N.C., authorities said.
The mortar round exploded in its firing tube during the exercise, Brig. Gen. Jim Lukeman said at a news conference at Camp Lejeune. He said investigators were trying to determine the cause of the malfunction. The Pentagon expanded a temporary ban to prohibit the military from firing 60 mm mortar rounds until the results of the investigation are known.
It wasn't clear whether more than a single round exploded, a Marine Corps official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak about the incident. Eight men under the age of 30 were taken to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno with injuries, such as penetrating trauma, fractures and vascular injuries. Two of them died, four were in serious condition, two were in fair condition and another was discharged, said spokesman Mark Earnest. The others were killed at the scene of the explosion. The identities of those killed won't be released until their families are notified.
"We send our prayers and condolences to the families of Marines involved in this tragic incident," said the force's commander, Maj. Gen. Raymond C. Fox.
A memorial service was held in Hawthorne Tuesday night, where mourners laid eight floral arrangements at a park and a flag flew at half-staff within sight of the depot's boundary.
The rescue was complicated by the remoteness of the site, favored because the harsh geography simulates conditions in Afghanistan.
Renown hospital emergency physician Dr. Michael Morkin, at a news conference Tuesday afternoon, said some of the injured Marines he treated were conscious and "knew something happened but didn't know what." He said he's "fairly confident" one of the most seriously injured Marines wouldn't have survived had it not been for the response of a Careflight medical helicopter to the remote site near Hawthorne, 140 miles southeast of Reno.
Morkin said the Marines mostly suffered blunt force trauma from shrapnel. "They're injuries of varying severity ... They're complicated injuries to deal with," he said.
The 60 mm mortar is a weapon that traditionally requires three to four Marines to operate, but it's common during training for others to observe nearby. The firing tube is supported in a tripod-like design and fires a roughly 3-pound shell, some 14 inches in length and a bit larger than 2 inches in diameter.
The mortar has changed little since World War II and remains one of the simplest weapons to operate, which is why it is found at the lowest level of infantry units, said Joseph Trevithick, a mortar expert with Global Security.org. "Basically, it's still a pipe and it's got a firing pin at the bottom," Trevithick said. A number of things could go wrong, such as a fuse malfunction, a problem with the barrel's assembly, or a round prematurely detonating inside the tube, he said.
The Marine Corps official said an explosion at the point of firing in a training exercise could kill or maim anyone in or near the protective mortar pit and could detonate mortars stored nearby in a phenomenon known as "sympathetic detonation."
The official said a worldwide moratorium after such an accident isn't unusual and would continue until the investigation is completed.
The official said other U.S. military branches would be alerted to the incident.
The facility, which stores and disposes of ammunition, is spread over more than 230 square miles, and bunkers dot the sagebrush-covered hills visible from the highway.

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Stanley Manor Murder Mystery Clue #1 (Charles Magn LbNA # 29044
|Placed Date
|Mar 4 2007
|Found By
|Last Found
|Apr 25 2015
|Hike Distance
Stanley Manor Murder Mystery Clue #1 (Charles Magn
A mysterious murder has occurred at the Stanley Manor and we need your help. The only information being released by the press at this time is that there were six people staying at the Manor at the time the body was found. With enough information from enough clues, possibly you can help the authorities solve this horrible crime. It is also important for the security of this case that the information you figure out or obtain is not revealed to others. It is likely that you will need to find most of the guests and see most of the clues in order to piece the entire story together to figure out the murderer, victim, weapon, motive, and location within the Stanley Manor. You may even want to create a separate log book for clues, but that is completely up to you. This is one of 12 Stanley Manor Murder Mystery boxes.
Clue #1-
Fear ran through my body in a flash as I fled Stanley Manor. It felt like I was soaring in the wind as I fled. In searching for a place to hide out, it took me Nine Days of fighting through Madding Crowds to find my spot.
And it's such a shame,
That I can't tell you anything!
You won't hear me still you endear me now!
Still you endear me now!
At 4800 feet and just south of mile marker 9 I found my home. I figured that this may be a safe place due to all of the friendly people with dogs walking by. It was lucky that I wasnt driving since the signs said that there is no parking after dark. I followed a couple of dogs down the path but began to fear for my friends as I found that we may hear or observe hunters between September and February. A great thing about my new home and hiding place is that it wont cost me a penny. I noticed that it is funded by Great Outdoors Colorado through funds from the Colorado Lottery. Just be careful if you come to see me in the winter because the trails are not maintained.
My first stop down the trail I met an interesting family that lived below ground. It sure was nice of them to put a bench next to their chimney for me to sit at. Continuing down the trail I noticed another bench but I knew this was only to rest myself before crossing the water. Fortunately the route I found did not involve getting wet. A little further down the trail I started to tire and knew that I had to find a place to stop soon. I saw a sign that said I had been walking 6 miles but couldnt imagine that it was that far.
Just a short distance further I reached a spot that a decision had to be made. To be sure that I made the correct one I took a seat to think about my options. I could continue down the trail with the dogs or I could head down the path to the water. As I looked down I saw something that made me think of the death that I had just seen at Stanley Manor and the classmate that I had just lost. I knew that I had to find a place to hide quickly.
Sitting on the bench I turned to the north as saw a view that was so amazing that it would make a great photograph. I stood and began to head in this direction but only got about 20 steps before finding my new home. A perfect tree to keep me cool in the summer, large enough to hide a person, and even has a great strong concrete fortress to protect me from the elements. If you decide to stop by and say hi, please dont let anyone see you because I have fled the crime scene for a reason. I dont want to be found by anyone that doesnt understand why I am hiding here.
I have additional clues to help you solve this crime but youll have to find me if you want a copy.


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Will Canada's October Jobless Rate Work Its Way Back Up to 7%?
By Paul Vieira
Market watchers will be eyeing two interesting elements in the October Canadian jobs report due out Friday: will the unemployment rate return to 7% after an unexpected dip below that level in September; and how will traders react given the Bank of Canada's new neutral outlook on rates?
The consensus among economists is that Canada created 11,000 net new jobs last month, signaling an economy in which the pace of hiring has slowed and that modest growth could be the norm for the foreseeable future. It's an environment that's prompted some traders to deem Canada "too boring to short," according to Sébastien Lavoie, an economist at Laurentian Bank Securities.
In September, Canada added 11,900 jobs, a tad above expectations for a 10,000 rise. But the positive surprise was in the jobless rate, which fell to 6.9% from 7.1%, albeit for the wrong reasons, since there was a larger-than-normal exodus of young people from the labor force. Nevertheless, it marked the first time since late 2008 that the unemployment rate fell below the 7% level.
Analysts at Action Economics expect the unemployment rate will return to the 7% mark in the October report. "We view the September unemployment rate as a statistical quirk and not as an indicator that something is brewing in Canada's labor market," it said.
There are plenty of signs Canada's labor market isn't firing on all cylinders. The participation rate is at a decade-plus low, and the employment rate, at 61.8%, is below pre-recession levels — an indication job growth isn't keeping up with increases in the population.
The most recent survey of businesses from the Bank of Canada suggested 45% of managers plan to keep payroll at current levels over the next 12 months, while 13% anticipate job cuts.
In the six-months ended Sept. 30, job growth has averaged 23,100 a month, or just above the 21,600-a-month average recorded in the comparable year-ago period. Based on data for the first nine months of 2013, average monthly job growth in Canada has been 12,600, or well below the 23,400 for the same period last year.
Meanwhile, Laurentian Bank's Mr. Lavoie said market reaction to the data might be more "enhanced" than usual now that the Bank of Canada dropped its tightening bias from its rate outlook. Up until this month's surprise Bank of Canada decision, currency and fixed-income traders would look at the monthly jobs data and trade according to how that would impact the timing of the next central bank rate hike.
"But the environment has now changed," Mr. Lavoie said, adding should the job numbers miss badly versus expectations, "traders might think the bank will move closer to cutting rates."


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Round by round: Cotto drops, stops Rodriguez in third round
Follow RingTV.com's live blog of tonight's junior middleweight third-round knockout by three-division titlewinner Miguel Cotto over Delvin Rodriguez.
Follow RingTV.com's live blog of tonight's junior middleweight third-round knockout by three-division titlewinner Miguel Cotto over Delvin Rodriguez.
Miguel Cotto and Delvin Rodriguez weighed 153.2 and 154 pounds, respectively, in advance of their junior middleweight fight on Saturday in Orlando, Fla.
Junior middleweight contender Delvin Rodriguez lists cutting his opponents among his specialties, and says that against Miguel Cotto "it's going to definitely happen … As soon as I hit him good, he's going to cut."
RING and WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward will defend his titles against unbeaten challenger Edwin Rodriguez Nov. 16 on HBO.
Floyd Mayweather in regard to his past: "No one is perfect…The only thing that I can do is try to become a better person, each and every day."
Saul Alvarez ended Shane Mosley's run of 21 straight victories over rivals of Mexican descent when they fought last May, and now he is looking to for a similar, if not, more impressive result against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
During the Saturday debut of All-Access: Mayweather-Canelo on Showtime, Floyd Mayweather claims that Canelo Alvarez mimics his style. Alvarez, meanwhile, reveals that he was called "freckles" and "cheese head," by other children growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s decision to not to face Brian Vera after suffering a cut during sparring was apparently motivated in part by his father's 1996 bout against Oscar De La Hoya, which he lost by fourth-round knockout after a sparring wound over his left eye opened early and bled profusely.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. apparently suffered a cut over his right eye during sparring, which will force the postponement of his Sept. 7 super middleweight bout with Brian Vera.
The upcoming bouts in October veaturing Juan Manuel Marquez versus Tim Bradley and Mike Alvarado against Ruslan Provodnikov, followed by the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight in November, could lead to a round robin between the welterweights and 140 pounders.
Austin Trout is the last man to defeat both Miguel Cotto and Delvin Rodriguez, but he cann't decide which of his two former foes will be victorious when they meet on Oct. 5.
Demetrius Andrade on fellow unbeaten 154-pound contender Vanes Martirosyan, who he fights on Sept. 7: "I was a 2008 Olympian and he made it in 2004. I will show him that if I was around in 2003 and 2004, he would not have made the team."
Junior middleweights Vanes Martirosyan and Demetrius Andrade, both undefeated, will fight for the WBO's vacant title underneath the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Brian Vera main event in Los Angeles.
Delvin Rodriguez on his fight with Miguel Cotto: "I've got to take advantage of this situation because this fight might be my last opportunity to fight such a big fight like this."
Jesus Soto Karass on his fight with Andre Berto: "The bottom line is that I want to win. Yes, I'm going to give a great performance, like I always do. I'm ready to die in the ring like every Mexican."
Manny Pacquiao's advisor, Michael Koncz, responded to Brandon Rios' recent aggressive statements by saying, "I hope that he tries to do what he's saying that he's going to do, and that way, the fans will get their money's worth."
The Vanes Martirosyan-Demetrius Andrade fight could land on Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios card.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez claims no intimidation in advance of his clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr.: "I feel the size of this event. I feel the emotion, but I am calm and on September 14, I'll be okay."
Floyd Mayweather said Saul "Canelo" Alvarez "likes to use the shoulder-roll. He likes to fight with his hands down and to use his defense," adding, "I can see a lot of me in Alvarez."
Unbeaten welterweight Keith Thurman in advance of his fight with Diego Chaves: "I don't know if there is another fighter out there that's hungrier than me. They've been feeding me, but I'm still starving."


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Selfie or Selfless? Raising the Next Generation
One of the ways that social media has impacted our culture is to place a lot of emphasis on the self. This new term that's recently come into our lexicon, "selfie," really says it all. Rather than looking toward others and the vast world in which we live, we've turned the camera around, focusing more… Read More ›
Do many Catholic churches feel less holy because we've moved the tabernacle away from the altar?
Q. When I was young and walked into a Catholic church, I immediately felt the holiness all around me. That seems gone now. More often than not, it is a meet and greet before Mass starts, and it's hard to focus on prayers. Is it because the tabernacle is moved away from the altar? Why… Read More ›


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Solutions offered to fix New Orleans' budget problemsUPDATED 6:31 PM CDT Jun 25, 2014
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu details solutions to fix the city's budget shortfall.Video Transcript
CRISIS OVER THE BUDGET -- NEW ORLEANS MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU DETAILED WHAT HE CALLED FUNDEMENTAL PROBLEMS AND OFFERED UP SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO FIX IT -- DURING A BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. WDSU REPORTER CASEY FERRAND TELLS US WHAT MEASURE HE'S ASKING THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER. DURING THIS MORNINGS BREAKFAST... THE MAYOR DISCUSSED THE CITY'S HUGE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS.... AND FIELDED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIZES WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING THE BILLS. MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU IS OUTLINING WAYS TO HELP FUND THE CRESCENT CITY'S FINANCIAL CRISIS. DURING A BREAKFAST HOSTED BY THE BUREAU OF GOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES -- THE MAYOR PROPOSED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE MILLAGE FOR POLICE AND FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS -- WHICH HE PROJECTS WILL RAISE 30 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP BRIDGE THE 40 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET GAP THE CITY CURRENTLY FACES. THE MAYOR SAID THE CITY HAS A LOT OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS WITH FUNDING THE FIREFIGHTERS PENSION ... AND THE CONSENT DECREES FOR THE NOPD AND ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE.... ALL WHILE ADDRESSING CITIZENS CONCERNS OF FIXING STREETS AND FIGHTING CRIME. HE SAYS CURRENTLY -- A LOT OF TAX DOLLARS - SPECIFICALLY FROM SALES AND HOTEL TAXES-- GOES TO THE STATE - INSTEAD OF STAYING HERE AT HOME. HE'S TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO GENERATE NEW REVENUE SO THAT THE CITY CAN STAND ON IT'S OWN. 34:27 sometimes it feels like new orleans is doing a lot to serve tourism in the state but we don't get much in return something needs to change we need to cut loose we need to get the state out of the way, realign power so new orleans has the resources we need to stand on our own two feet. 15 BGR HAS SEVERAL RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERWAY WITH REPORTS SOON TO BE RELEASED ON DRAINAGE FEES, SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, AND THE QUALITY OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS IN NEW ORLEANS. GRAY SKIES OVER LAKE
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Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape
by John Ashbery
Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape Questions
Bring on the tough stuff - there's not just one right answer.
- If the poem is an "undecoded message," what's the decoded message? Make up your own.
- Did you know who Popeye was before you read this poem? Do you think it's important or helpful to know about the back-story of the characters?
- Where does this one rank among the strangest works of literature you've read?
- If you had to write a sestina using six repeated words, which words would you use? (see "Form and Meter" for more on this poetic form.) If you really want to go the whole nine yards, then try to write your own sestina.
- Of all the cartoon characters out there, which ones would you most like to know about what they were up to after hours?
- Do you think there's a distinction between so-called "high" and "low" art? If so, what is it? On which side does this poem fall?


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Dulce et Decorum Est
by Wilfred Owen
Dulce et Decorum Est Theme of Patriotism
In this poem, dying for your country (or even fighting for your country) seems a lot less worthwhile than the trumped-up truisms of old patriotic battle cries imply. Strategically drawing his readers through the ghastly reality of life in a battle zone, Owen turns patriotic fervor into a kind of deadly life force. The people at home just can't understand how horrible life on the front actually is. The soldiers in war can't remember why they are fighting. Everyone, it seems, is lost: lost in a fog of war or in the useless ideals that sacrifice youth at the altar of national glory.
Questions About Patriotism
- Why doesn't Owen insert a wartime slogan in English? What does the Latin quote in the poem's last lines add to the overall effect of poem?
- Is there a difference between the "boys" in battle and the "children" in the last stanza?
- Is Owen's poem unpatriotic? Why or why not?
- What is the poem's attitude towards civilian opinions of the war? How can you tell?
Chew on This
"Dulce et Decorum Est" privileges individual well-being (or ending individual suffering) over the collective good.


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Opium Production on the Rise in Southeast Asia, Led by Myanmar
BANGKOK—Opium production in Southeast Asia, driven mainly by Myanmar, has seen a steady increase over the past several years due largely to a lack of livelihood alternatives for poppy farmers and rising demand from neighboring countries, says a new survey from the United Nations' drug agency.
Cultivation of the opium poppy – a key ingredient in the production of heroin and various other illegal drugs – rose 13% in Myanmar in 2013, according to the latest Southeast Asia opium survey released Wednesday by the United Nations' Office of Drugs and Crime, or UNODC.
The rise in cultivation combined with higher yields, saw opium production in the country increase 26% from 2012, reaching an estimated 870 tons, the highest on record since the UNODC-led assessments of the crop began in 2002, according to the survey.
Myanmar is part of Southeast Asia's main opium producing area, known as the Golden Triangle, which also includes Laos and Thailand.
While production appears to have leveled off in Laos and remains low in Thailand, the survey shows increased production in Myanmar has caused the entire region's production levels to more than double since 2005.
"A combination of conflict exacerbated by poverty and food insecurity in the producing areas was viewed as the cause in the surge, as farmers have few other options," Jason Eligh, the UNODC's country manager in Myanmar said in his e-mail reply to The Wall Street Journal.
The increase raises concerns among development agencies and governments that not enough is being done to provide alternative employment options to poppy farmers and improve livelihoods in impoverished Myanmar.
The country is the poorest in Southeast Asia according to the World Bank, and opium cultivation is a major source of income for many farming families, says the UNODC.
The Golden Triangle area is also at the center of regional trade, and the report comes at a time when countries in Southeast Asia are lowering trade barriers and border controls as part of expanded regional trade agreements.
Plans are also underway to link infrastructure and transportation routes between countries, highlighting the urgent need to crackdown on opium cultivation, says the UNODC, since drug traffickers could be taking advantage of easier integration to access growing markets.
In addition to a lack of livelihood alternatives, rising demand for opiates in nearby markets, such as China, may also be fueling the resurgence of opium cultivation and production, says the survey. (A 15-year plan developed by the Myanmar government in 1991 helped reduce production levels for most of the 1990s and early 2000s, but since 2006 production has steadily increased).
"As the population of people of drug using age continues to grow, demand for additional heroin grows," said Mr. Eligh.
The UNODC is working to develop alternative livelihood options to help farmers switch to cultivating other crops, said Jeremy Douglas, the UNODC's regional representative for Southeast Asia. "But these programs have been of limited size to date and need to be significantly scaled up."
Mr. Eligh said that in the absence of alternative employment and viable economic plans to help develop impoverished poppy growing areas, "then indications are that [opium production] may continue to rise."
Myanmar is the largest opium poppy-growing country in Southeast Asia, and the second-largest in the world after Afghanistan.


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The Sandy Hook tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut in December has changed the ways in which many school districts, communities, and parents think about what makes kids safe at their schools.
According to the Children's Defense Fund of California, "school districts across California and the nation have responded to the rational fears of parents by deploying more police on school campuses." Understandable, the 40-year-old successful nonprofit notes, but "While police are an important part of overall community safety, they are not the most effective means of keeping schools safe and can actually have a counterproductive effect."
What does work, then? With its ongoing research, and focus purely on improving the lives of children, the CDF would seem well qualified to educate the community and policymakers alike as to the most effective methods of keeping kids safe.
What is special about this organization's approach is that it is purely on the side of children, with no other agenda of its own. While the CDF "champions policies and programs that lift children out of poverty, protect them from abuse and neglect, and ensure their access to health care, a quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation," it also has been producing an annual report for over 20 years entitled, "Protect Children, Not Guns." "Gun violence saturates our children's lives. More children and teens die from guns every three days than died in the Newtown massacre," the organization notes.
The California branch of the CDF will be hosting a community forum on Monday, March 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. to discuss exactly these issues, as well as beginning the dialog that should help create the kind of "connectedness and trust between schools and adults" that has been shown to work in keeping kids safe, and is recommended by researchers. The forum will be held at City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland. As it turns out, much good work has occurred in the East Bay already, which "focuses on the root causes of violence, intervenes to stop cycles of violence and enhances the safety of all children and families," giving Bay Area kids a strong foundation going forward.
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BENTON - Candidates for Scott County offices can sleep in Feb. 24: a random drawing will determine the order in which opening-day filers appear on the primary election ballot Aug. 3.
The random drawing procedure has been used in the past and worked very well, according to Scott County Clerk Rita Milam.
Milam issued guidelines to be used by candidates filing for county offices Tuesday.
Candidates filing on the first day with the county clerk's office will draw numbers to determine the order their names will be appear on the Aug. 3 primary ballot. After the first day of filing, candidates will be placed on the ballot in the order they file.
On the first day of filing, candidates will draw from a container with 100 numbers for their assigned number. Candidates will be permitted to draw only once. Numbers drawn by candidates will not be released until the end of the day.
At the end of the first day, if there are multiple candidates filing for an office under the same party, the names of the candidates will be listed in ascending order using the numbers drawn by the candidates.
Candidates may begin filing for county offices at 8 a.m. Feb. 24 in the county clerk's office at the courthouse. Filing will close at 5 p.m. March 30.
County offices up for election this year are: first district commissioner; second district commissioner; sheriff; assessor; public administrator; coroner and surveyor.
Candidates for county offices must pay a $50 filing fee to the political party committee under which they are seeking nomination and bring the receipt with them when they file, or they can pay while filing and have the county clerk forward the fee to the appropriate party.
Political party committee members may also file at this time.
For additional information call the county clerk's office at 545-3549.


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Sens Dump and Chase - 2.15.2013
Your daily roundup of what the Internet has to say about the Ottawa Senators...(is back from a one day hiatus)
Adam Proteau of The Hockey News wonders if Erik Karlsson's injury will benefit the Senators over the long term.
Jason York makes an appearance in the Ottawa Sun and says that Erik Karlsson should return to his old self after recovery.
James Gordon writes that Sens owner Eugene Melnyk isn't ready to give up on the playoffs.
Sylvain St-Laurent writes that the nature of Karlsson's tear may have paved the way for a stronger recovery.
Silver Seven lists (surprise, surprise) Erik Karlsson as the top Senator under 25.
Travis Yost writes that hockey can be a cruel, cruel game.
SensChirp looks the the Senators most recent call-ups.
The 6th Sens wonders how much trouble the Sens are in with the latest slew of injuries.


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Why vacation in West Virginia?
West Virginia truly is "Wild and Wonderful" as their slogan says. West Virginia offers spectacular mountains, swirling rivers, and scenic countryside, a welcome change of pace from the pressures of everyday life. You'll find friendly cities full of fun and nightlife. From wild to tame, from fancy resorts to rustic retreats, West Virginia truly has [more…]


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Notice of Permit Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
Notice Of Permit Issued Under The Antarctic Conservation Of 1978, Public Law 95 541.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
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Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
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On August 6, 2012, the National Science Foundation published a notice in the Federal Register of a permit application received. A Waste Management Permit was issued on October 26, 2012 to:
Quark Expeditions, Permit No. 2013 WM-002
Nadene G. Kennedy,
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NEW DELHI:The government will announce stricter guidelines for board appointments at state-run companies and simplify succession planning in them. There is need to upgrade the quality of independent directors in the boards of public sector undertakings (PSUs), Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel told reporters on Wednesday.
"The Department of Public Enterprises will make some guidelines and assess, in consultation with our companies, the contribution of the independent directors on the boards, and if need be, we can suggest remedial measures," the minister said.


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Regulatory body proposes new global ETF principles
More on Your Business
- Waiting times for FCA authorisation worsen
- Friends Life apologises for five-month delay
- IFAs feel pressure to offer more than financial advice
In focus: Regulating ETFs
Intermediaries should bear more responsibility for information and advice they provide on exchange-traded funds, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions has claimed.
Outlining a 44-page consultation on principles for the regulation of ETFs, the Iosco policy forum said regulators should consider who has control over information provided on ETFs.
It said: "In general, responsibility for providing ETF product information will tend to rest primarily with the product producers; and disclosure of information relating to intermediary services will rest primarily with the intermediary.
"Nevertheless, regulators will need to consider several complicating factors in implementing this principle, particularly when seeking to avoid duplication of disclosure obligations if the intermediary provides or alters product information, it may need, in some jurisdictions, to take additional responsibility for that information.
"While a product producer may be generally responsible for the content of the disclosure, the intermediary is responsible in many jurisdictions for explaining the features of the product to a client."
The document suggested that intermediaries should establish a compliance function to manage and highlight any risks and benefits of ETFs and ensure the product meets a client's needs.
It said: "The compliance system to be established should include training about the terms, features and risks and benefits of all ETFs that the intermediaries sell, as well as the factors that would make such products either suitable or unsuitable for certain investors."
Other proposals include requiring providers to ensure their documents are easily understood, differentiated from other exchange traded products, and disclose all fees, expenses, strategies and type of borrowing.
A statement from Iosco said: "There is increasing interest in ETFs worldwide as evidenced by the significant amount of money invested in these types of products.
"The dynamic growth of ETFs has also drawn the attention of regulators around the world who are concerned about the potential impact of ETFs on investors and the marketplace.
The consultation ends on 27 June.
It follows warnings from the FSA, Bank of England and SFO on the risk and use of synthetic ETFs last year.
Nick Lincoln, director of Hertfordshire-based Values to Vision Financial Planning, said: "Anybody who puts together a sales presentation should be liable, whether you are selling an ETF, a car or a holiday.
"I use plain-vanilla ETFs that track an index. They are the same as index trackers for investors. I see issues with derivative-based ETFs but there are plenty of straightforward ETFs."


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Adams scored a career-high 31 points, LaVine scored 11 of his 14 points in the final five minutes, and UCLA wrapped up the No. 2 seed in next week's Pac-12 Conference tournament with a 91-82 win over Washington on Thursday night.
Adams scored 16 points in the first 12-plus minutes of the second half before having to sit with his legs cramping. When he returned, LaVine was taking over and ignoring the chants of "traitor" from the Washington fans.
LaVine's closing punch included a three-point play off a Washington turnover with 1:24 left that gave the Bruins (23-7, 12-5 Pac-12) an 87-77 lead and finally put the Huskies away.
"I've seen a lot of those faces at some of my games before," said LaVine, who played his high school ball in Bothell, Wash. "I know a lot of people up here. It's still just a basketball game. I know they're trying to get to me like I'm trying to win the game. It's just the sport. I don't get mad. I think it's hilarious sometimes because I know after the game they're going to text me and be like 'good game.'"
The return home could not have gone much better for LaVine, who nearly chose Washington over UCLA. He had just three points at halftime, but made 4 of 6 shots in the second half and bridged the gap when Adams went to the bench.
"Zach, in the second half, he drove the basketball hard.
Ryan Anderson and Bryce Alford both finished with 12 points for the Bruins.
C.J. Wilcox led Washington (16-14, 8-9) with 20 points despite sitting for more than five minutes of the second half with foul trouble. Nigel Williams-Goss added 17 points. But Washington saw its hopes for a bye in the conference tournament end and is likely to land between a Nos. 6 and 9 seed next week in Las Vegas depending on how the final day of the conference season plays out.
The Huskies shot 55 percent and made 9 of 19 3-point attempts, but could not overcome allowing 23 points off of turnovers, 18 of those coming in the second half.
"Turnovers were definitely a catalyst to them getting going in the second half offensively," Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said.
Adams was extremely efficient, making 11 of 15 shots and 8 of 9 free throw attempts. He had major scoring binges in both halves, scoring 10 of UCLA's first 14 points of the game and then scoring six points during a 2 1/2 minute stretch of the second half when UCLA put together its decisive run. His breakaway layup with 8:41 left gave the Bruins a 70-64 lead. Darin Johnson answered with a tough drive for Washington, but Tony Parker scored in the lane and Alford knocked down a 3-pointer for a 75-66 lead with 7:16 left, the biggest lead of the game for either team to that point.
Adams checked out and trainers worked on the muscles above and below both of his knees, appearing to try and loosen them.
With Adams out, Anderson scored on a lumbering drive through the lane to push the Bruins lead to nine, but the Huskies got within 77-71 on Williams-Goss' driving layup. During a quick timeout by UCLA, Adams was taken back into the tunnel area behind the Bruins' bench and returned just in time to see LaVine score on a drive to get the lead back to eight. Adams checked back in with the Bruins leading 79-73.
Two free throws from Wilcox got the Huskies within four, but LaVine answered with a twisting basket at the other end while also drawing Wilcox's fourth foul, the start of six straight points by the Bruins that finished the Huskies.
"I just looked to be a little more aggressive. Sometimes it's not my role to be aggressive or shoot or score but I just felt like we needed a little boost," LaVine said.
The remarkable number was Washington shooting 59 percent in the first half and 55 percent for the game and losing. It was the first time Washington shot 55 percent for a game or higher and lost since 2008 against Florida.


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Meeting held on June 23, 2008
The Newtown Township Environmental Advisory Council met on Monday, June 23, 2008 in the Township Building. In attendance were: Jay McGuigan, Vice Chairman, Michael Kaner, Secretary and Autumn Thomas, member. Also in attendance were Dennis Fisher, Planning Commission Liaison and Henry DeSilva and Candido Rodriguez, Newtown Borough EAC Liaisons.
Call To Order
Mr. McGuigan called the meeting to order. Because the meeting lacked a quorum, those in attendance agreed to introduce themselves and update Ms. Thomas on the EAC's ongoing projects.
Public Comment
Dr. DeSilva reported that the Township/Borough jointly sponsored Cool Cities program had been very successful. Jim Gray of Lower Makefield Township had given a presentation on open space preservation. It was noted that Lower Makefield now requires an EAC environmental assessment as part of land development. The presentation also included information on leaf collection and recycling.
Dr. DeSilva said that he has contacted Lynn Bush of the Bucks County Planning Commission, who has agreed to speak at a jointly sponsored event in the future. The Bucks County Planning Commission could provide baseline data for the Cool Cities initiative.
Dr. DeSilva spoke about the Lower Makefield requirement that school renovations have LEEDS certification, and said that this is something that should be considered for Council Rock.
Discussion of Projects
Ecostar: Dr. Kaner explained that the EAC sponsors an award program for those businesses and institutions that have demonstrated environmental awareness and have instituted environmentally friendly business practices. He and Mr. McGuigan will present the second annual award on Wednesday to Signature Medicine, which has developed a paperless medical practice and to Council Rock Art Department, whose focus this year has been on recycled materials used in creating art.
Wildlife Management: Mr. McGuigan said that the EAC has been collecting data on deer accidents and on the impact the deer population has had and continues to have on the environment. As deer accidents increase, it will become necessary to address the problem, but right now the EAC is only pursuing an educational campaign. Research gathered has shown that posting of temporary signage at locations of frequent deer/car accidents has been effective in reducing the number of accidents by as much as 50%. Mr. McGuigan presented some sample signs, which can be purchased at costs between $22 and $70, depending on the number of signs ordered. Signs could be placed at peak locations during the seasons when accidents are occurring most often.
Mr. McGuigan said that he has also researched reflectors, but these have gotten mixed reviews for effectiveness. The cost is about $1000 per mile.
Open Space Inventory: Mr. McGuigan reported that the Open Space Comprehensive Plan must be updated in order to qualify for the County Open Space Plan money. Newtown Township is eligible for $580,000 in grants for preservation of open space. A committee has been formed to address the update. While the EAC has been charged with creating an inventory, work has progressed very slowly, as it is a time consuming and tedious process. The inventory is now more urgently needed in order to participate in the County program. The committee has discussed hiring students to do the work and has estimated that it would cost about $1000 to hire the students. The committee is asking that the EAC consider using its budget to hire the students to complete the project. Any money taken from the EAC can be reimbursed by the County's Planning Grant program.Because the meeting lacked a quorum, a decision on using the budgeted money for the open space inventory was tabled.
Liaison Reports
Planning Commission: Mr. Fisher reported that the Planning Commission has recently considered and recommended adoption of two JMZO amendments. One would better define the calculation of open space under the Ordinance. Currently there is some vagueness regarding the inclusion of detention basins in the open space calculations. The other ordinance would require a buffer of 50 to 100 feet around wetland delineations, depending on the slope of the property, in certain zoning districts. Properties already developed would be grandfathered. The Planning Commission also discussed an ordinance that would require a permit for disturbance of natural resources, but the members felt there was need for further revisions to more clearly define natural resources and whether restitution would be required of violators.
Member Comments: Mr. McGuigan said that at past meetings the Council had discussed goals and objectives. Each member had agreed to champion a project. He asked members to continue to consider this in preparation for the July meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted by:
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I am going to be running a 3500 in my currently 3400 swapped Fiero and I need clarification regarding the exhuast manifolds.
The 3500 is out of a g6 and I am not planning on using the dual manifolds that came with it, I simply do not want to redesign my exhaust (or is this worthwhile?
Anyway, I have been looking at using manifold with a crossover like the 3500 equipped vans came with. I looked some up on car-part and 3400 manifolds keep on popping up, are they exactly the same or will I have to do some porting to match them up to the heads? Do they flow the same as the simial (or is it same?) 3500 manifold?
here is a 3400 gasket on a stock 3500 head...
you can kinda see how big the 3500 ones are VS the gen2 aluminium head ones here...
The crappy part is that this is all due to budgeting, if I had the 3500 to begin with it would have actually been easier to build an exhaust using the g6 manifolds (barring the huge downpipe flange that is on one of them getting in the way)
Now the question that remains for me is do the 3500 Van manifolds w/ the crossover differ any from the 3400 manifolds I have?
"Ponders redoing exhaust anyway"
PS. off topic, are those dyno'd numbers off your car? If so, wow, impressive.
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no real numbers yet, they'll be coming in the next few months...
that's just an estimate from a sym program.
I didn't think the 3500 LX9 made it into any vans..
I would say it's worth using the dual 3500 manifolds. Why not do it right than re-do it again down the road? Or do custom
Yup we had a bunch of '05-'06 chevy uplanders and pontiac montanas with the 3500, up in Canada anyway, the new 07's though have the 3900 in them.
I'll probably just do the 3400 manifolds for now to save money, having just bought a house I dont know if I will drive the fiero this year, only one toy allowed and the v8 volvo wagon is a lot more practical for my wife and two dogs to come along in.
The 3500 manifolds will be stashed away though because they look to have a nice flow and the only money loss of doing 3400's for now is the gaskets, I already have the exhuast setup in the car to run 3400 manifolds.
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I'm using 05 3400 Impala exhaust manifolds.
The are larger than 01 3400 ones... I'm not sure when they started making these but they may be the 04-05 3500 crossover style that they just slapped on a 3400.
Pics to show what I took off of the 3400 Impala.
Well guess what, A 05 Impala 3400 comes with cross over style exhaust manifolds with the 3500 sized ports... It also had the 3500 manifold gaskets on it.
This is a big find for anyone who needs this style manifold and is using a 3500 top end.
I found this out when I took apart my 05 3400.
Against the dinky 3400 port on the head.
Comparison to a 01 3400 manifold gasket I had lying around
I guess I know what manifolds I'll be using when I do my swap.
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Wow that is a pretty big difference in port size, definately have to keep my eye out for a set of those. I still dont know why car-part would list them as the same thing, just because it bolts on doesnt mean it interchanges *grumble*


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SANTA CLARA -- Safety Antoine Bethea joined the 49ers' growing list of wounded starters when a second-quarter concussion spelled his exit from Sunday's 34-0 exhibition loss to the Denver Broncos.
Bethea was injured on an apparent blow to the face by wide receiver Cody Latimer on a downfield block. Other players immediately summoned 49ers trainers to tend to Bethea, who walked off the Levi's Stadium field and later retreated to the locker room.
Bethea posted on Twitter: "I'm doing well and I appreciate all of the concern."
"I think he's OK. He'll be in our prayers," said rookie Jimmie Ward, who eventually moved to safety from his nickel back role.
Bethea started every game the past six seasons for the Indianapolis Colts. He was among six regular starters who suited up on defense, the others being outside linebackers Aldon Smith and Ahmad Brooks, cornerback Chris Culliver, safety Eric Reid and linebacker Michael Wilhoite.
Asked if he might be saved until the regular season, Gore replied: "I hope not. I love to be out there. I'm happy to be out there. I should've scored a touchdown (on the first run)."


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WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an imminent hazard operations out-of-service order to an Illinois trucking company the agency said had "engaged in and continues to engage in a pattern and practice of blatantly ignoring and/or violating significant provisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations."
The order, issued Nov. 23 to C & D Transportation of Elk Grove Village, Ill., said the carrier had "willingly violated an out-of-service order and continued to operate by renting vehicles on the effective date of the OOS."
The FMCSA said one of those trailers crashed.
What's more, the FMCSA said that the company had failed to ensure its drivers comply with CDL requirements, English proficiency requirements and vehicle weight limits, and that those drivers had committed records of duty status violations.
The order noted that C & D Transportation had been in the agency's crosshairs since it entered the New Entrant Program Nov. 19, 2010.
The FMCSA said during the 18-month new entrant period, it had identified seven violations that subject a new entrant to an expedited safety audit or compliance review.
Records show the FMCSA conducted a compliance review on C & D Transportation on March 19, 2012.
The Nov. 23 order said that since June 2012 various state police departments had conducted roadside inspections of the carrier's vehicles and cited the carrier's drivers at least four times for lacking a required CDL, at least six times for exceeding vehicle weight limits and at least six times for the out-of-service violation of failing to meet English proficiency requirements.
FMCSA records show that during the past 24 months, the carrier's drivers have been put out-of-service 25 times for failing to meet English proficiency requirements.
On Oct. 4, the agency said it served the carrier with an "expedited action letter" demanding that C & D Transportation respond to three types of violations discovered through roadside inspections between Dec. 13, 2011, and Sept. 17, 2012.
Second and third letters were sent to the carrier Oct. 10 and Oct. 26, and on Nov. 4, the carrier responded to the Oct. 4 letter.
The carrier's response outlining corrective action was not acceptable to the FMCSA and on Nov. 8, the carrier was placed out-of-service, the agency said.
Then on Nov. 11, a truck operated by C & D Transportation was involved in a one-vehicle accident in Girard, Penn.
The accident report said the driver failed to stop at a stop sign and overturned.
The driver was cited for failing to possess a driver's record of duty status, operating in violation of an FMCSA out-of-service order and was cited for an English proficiency violation.
The FMCSA learned that the vehicle involved in the crash was one of five vehicles C & D Transportation had rented from a Ryder vehicle rental facility between Nov. 6 and Nov. 9.
FMCSA records show that C & D Transportation has three BASIC scores above the intervention threshold — Unsafe Driving (93.8 percent), Fatigued Driving (94.4 percent) and Driver Fitness (99.9 percent).
The records show the carrier has had 67 inspections during the past 24 months with a vehicle inspection OOS rate of 27 percent and a driver inspection OOS rate of 55 percent.
National average rates are 20.72 percent for vehicle violations and 5.51 percent for driver violations.
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- I train at the Martial Arts centre on Baxter avenue on saturday from 11:00 till 12:30, hoping to get to more grappling classes but time and job are gettign int he way
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- Started boxing as a youth, then joined the Royal air force and took up Judo with the BJC while continuing with boxing as a senior, met Jack McKeown of Taijutsu International in 1986 after taking my judo black belt and have stuck with Ju Jutsu ever since, trained/ran a club under Stuart Hursts guidance in Muay Thai in 1993-1995 ish, always open to looking at new stuff and re-evaluating what i do am now teaching my own class once a week and if i can move back to Doncaster will be back to BJJ, in the past I have entered most types of grappling tournaments at one time or another, mostly losing but learning a lot all the time, now a 7th dan in JuJutsu (with UK Taijutsu AMA) out of shape after focussing on work for the last 2 years
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Model Loader: Current State?Posted Wednesday, 28 January, 2009 - 16:54 by Grasshopper in
One cool resource (as far as I know) to get started is a nice MS3D loader in Kamujin's OOGL project.
I hope there will be more formats and specs supported the following months.
OOGL is the best solution so far, other options are:
- Take a look at XNA for importing models, which can load .fbx, .x and collada (probably more, not up to date on this)
- Most model editors allow export to some human-legible ascii format, which is more straightforward to parse than binary.
OOGL looks good, but I guess there is no documentation/examples and only milkshape?
I don't want to depend on XNA.
I looked at the collada format, looks good to me. Maybe I'll hack something together that just imports triangulated meshes :\
The example uses XNA for rendering, but you can use just the document loader. I'm going to do so for my project ;)
Also there are loaders for .3ds and .obj in C#, but these formats are very limited and old.
IMHO there's general need for an open-source COLLADA viewer in C# + OpenGL.
Here's a simple wavefront .obj model loader. Loads up the data, collapses it down, and renders it as an interleaved array.
ObjMesh objMesh = new ObjMesh("MyModel.obj"); objMesh.Render();
Thanks for sharing the .obj loader! There's also a md5 mesh and animation loader floating around the forum, but cannot find it anymore?!
after I use the loader what do I write in opengl loop ?
the objMesh.Render()?
I wrote my own .obj loader for my project. Works quite nicely. Generating triangle strips was the only thing I couldn't get to work :)
Hello World, i'm new to openTK, and tried these objectloader(sample) above in all variants but i dont get anything on my screen, the best result was a white Box , i came from directX there were 3 important things to set, the perspective (z culling i set these z parameters to 1500f), this GL.Translate should be same as device.transformworld , i set the coordinates where to draw my object, i did set camera pos with , and the viewmatrix to set,, i wrapped over to oTK and realized that mostly all settings to apply are be the same thing, i can draw something in my wolrdspace, triangles, quads etc. all works fine for me, but this sample source of the mesh loader give me no object at all or a white box, has someone a clue what im doing wrong?
I debugged the arrays and my console tells me there are 2880 triangles, and 1573 vertices stored correctly in the array buffers, no quads present, so it loads up the things correcty, but theres a problem with displaying the object data
i declared my object like this:
public class mainprogram : GameWindow
public static ObjMesh mesh1 = new ObjMesh("E:\\texturedknot.obj");
on renderframe {
// i found it myself, it's a bug in the parsing engine, i rewrote the parsing engine myself, my code seems a litte bit faster then the other, i do read in completely in an array and process all lines, maybe when i've more time i'll do implement multithreading.
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Start Date: Sep 01, 2012
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Screen catalysts in which hydrogenation metals and acid groups are both present to determine the extent to which we can manipulate the linear/ring ratio in the dehydration of 1,2,6-hexanetriol. Additionally, we plan to examine some metal oxide materials. Simultaneously, we will initiate an ab initio computational study to understand the energetics of the possible competing dehydration pathways. Once we have established the key chemistry rules dictating how catalysts can manipulate the relative linear/ring selectivity, we will extend the experimental portion of the work to examine a broader class of polyhydroxylated molecules.


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by Samuel Beckett
Endgame Compassion and Forgiveness Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
Quote #7
Scoundrel! Why did you engender me?
I didn't know.
What? What didn't you know?
That it'd be you. (1.525-528)
Several times, Hamm yells at his father for giving life to him. Is this the source of Hamm's cruelty to his father? Does he hate his life so much that he could hate his creator? Does such an attitude leave any room for sympathy?
Quote #8
I hope the day will come when you'll really need to have me listen to you, and need to hear my voice, any voice.
Yes, I hope I'll live till then, to hear you calling me like when you were a tiny boy, and were frightened, in the dark, and I was your only hope. (1.561)
What is Nagg admitting by saying this? Is his desire to be needed a desire to regain a relationship with his son or does he just want to be back in power?
Quote #9
There's one thing I'll never understand.
(He gets down.)
Why I always obey you. Can you explain it to me?
No…Perhaps it's compassion.
A kind of great compassion.
Oh you won't find it easy, you won't find it easy. (1.745)
What are some alternate explanations for why Clov stays with Hamm? What does Hamm have to gain by suggesting that it is compassion rather than something else? Is he trying to get Clov to feel benevolent? If so, why?


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1 dead, 1 charged in crash between dirt bike, truck
NEW PALTZ — A dirt-bike rider died Friday after his bike collided with a pickup truck.
New Paltz police said the victim was Frank Perconti, 23, of Brookside Road. Police went to Brookside Road about 10:40 p.m. and found Perconti in the road near his dirt bike. He was not wearing a helmet, police said.
The investigation lead to Clinton Roehrs, 22, of Brookside Road. Police said Roehrs was traveling in his pickup alongside Perconti when the two vehicles collided.
An all-terrain vehicle operated by Kurt Zielinski, also of Brookside Road, was involved, too, police said.
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A pickup hit a tractor in Madison County on Monday morning.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office said the crash happened west of Teton City on State Highway 33. The tractor tipped over on impact.
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A computerized tomography scan is performed immediately and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a clot-busting drug, may be administered if necessary. When a patient is having a stroke, doctors must first determine whether the stroke is caused by a clot (ischemic stroke) or by a ruptured blood vessel (hemorrhagic) before tPA can be used. This is because tPA can only be used for ischemic strokes, which account for about 87 percent of all strokes. When given within three hours of the first stroke symptoms, patients who receive tPA were at least 30 percent more likely to recover with little or no disability after three months.
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"When I was young, I read all sorts of stuff. One week it would be Lovecraft, the next Vance. It was all imaginative literature, or as my dad called it 'Weird Stuff.' It was all 'Weird Stuff.'"
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George R.R. Martin is selling three of his books at a discounted price (which he's happy to personally inscribe and sign), according to his latest post at "Not a Blog". The three novels are the Meisha Merlin edition of Tuf Voyaging, Bantam's edition of Windhaven, and the first of the new Wild Cards series, Inside Straight. All three novels have been reduced to $20 each, or $57 for all three. Shipping would be $5 for single books or $10 for all three together, domestic; people in other countries are directed to contact him via a special e-mail address just for book sales questions.
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Another group of Fort Gordon soldiers is headed to Iraq--some of them for a second time.
The 67th Signal Battalion had a departure ceremony this morning.
The 67th was previously in Iraq for over a year before returning in February 2005.
Soldiers and family members know this is their job.
"We have been preparing for a long time," said PFC Charles Barringer. "Ready to go over there, get my mission done and come back to my wife and sons."
"I think he's going to do a good job," said his wife Maria. "I am really proud of him."
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Philippa Gregory: History vs. Herstory
Philippa Gregory is the author of "The White Queen," on which the new Starz television series of the same name is based. Read her essay, then watch an exclusive clip from this week's episode of "The White Queen" below.
I seem to have spent most of my life tracing and telling the stories of women in history and now that this long-standing work has become public property with a six-book series and a ten-part television series, it is challenged by people who say, one way or another: "Pull the other one! You know, and I know, that women were doing nothing but being forcibly married and dying in childbirth and anything that says they were doing more than this is feminist special pleading."
Sometimes the criticism is more polite than this, (and sometimes more abusive) but it is always misguided, depending on a traditional account of history that has, for centuries, ignored, neglected, or misdirected the story of women.
Why this should be, is explained by how history is written, how an account emerges after a number of exploratory, almost experimental versions. The first written description of any woman in the medieval period will, most probably, have been written by a man trained by the Church, writing a record of the important events of the times to be kept at his monastery.
An example of this is the so-called Croyland Chronicle, which was produced intermittently in the Benedictine Abbey of Crowland in Lincolnshire from 655 to 1486. Much of what we know of the times of my series "The White Queen" comes from the Croyland Chronicle. But how much did the author of the Chronicle actually know? And how much did he know about women?
The Chronicle was written by a series of clerks, trained and educated and living inside a monastic celibate. All women that the chroniclers approved were apparently dutiful, obedient to male control, modest, fertile, and holy. Even women who were personally unknown to the medieval historians, Queens of England that they had never even seen, would be allocated these virtues in the historical record. It was simply how a church-trained man would think of a "good" woman.
One such is Margaret Beaufort, who appears in the series "The White Queen" as a driven, ambitious matriarch in the making. To me, a modern-day historian, she seems to be a girl driven from an arduous childhood into a grandiose ambition – that her son should become king of England. I anticipate and find traces of her struggle against the society she was born in, her determination to engage in politics, even in warfare. Despite the enormous difficulties in her way, she plotted rebellions, forged alliances and even married the head of the greatest private army in England to put her son on the throne. When I look at the accurate record of Margaret Beaufort's deeds – I see a woman of enormous determination, ambition, drive and killer instinct.
But to the historians which she hired, to the chroniclers who benefited from her sponsorship of the church, to the Archbishop who wrote the eulogy at her funeral, she was a woman near to sainthood, who lived entirely for others, who married three times but never for lust, who had been blessed by good fortune but never believed it would last, whose ambition was a holy "calling," and whose tremendous victory was God's choice for England.
Of course, a woman who clearly did not fit the medieval stereotype of what makes a "good" woman was described as ambitious, out of the control of men – disobedient to her husband or father, perhaps even sexually promiscuous, selfishly trying to get power and wealth. This is how the chroniclers at the time saw Margaret of Anjou – the queen of the House of Lancaster, married to Henry VI.
Just as with Margaret Beaufort, I am struck by how the facts of an individual woman's life can be composed to support a view of women generally. To the chroniclers she was a "she-wolf" – a woman who escaped from the control of her invalid husband to take to the battlefield, who marched with an army of men, a woman who tried to become Regent of England. They called her unnatural, and unwomanly. If a woman even spoke up for herself she was disobeying the natural order of the world.
"Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."1 Timothy, 2:11.
All chronicles share this bias, those few private letters and briefing documents that survive are also mostly written by men, who, understandably, had no analysis of the gender bias of their world. They describe a world in which women are passive, silent and often barely present. They ignore or deny the events where women were powerful, active and commanding. And so we a have an event like the "Buckingham Rebellion" against the newly crowned Richard III – the single greatest challenge to his reign. It takes its name from the unlucky military commander, the Duke of Buckingham. But at the time it was called the "Beaufort Rebellion" because everyone knew that the mastermind had been Margaret Beaufort. When her son took the throne after her second well-plotted attempt – at Bosworth Field – she made sure that the historians wrote her name out of the history of treasonous rebellions. She was not going to be associated with anything as unladylike as a battle or as unwomanly as rebellion.
Finding and telling the true stories of these women is like a piece of detective work. I have to see the traces of 500-year-old conspiracies, and speculate about whispers from lips that have been dust for centuries. I read the chronicles and when they remark that a woman was not present I wonder what she was doing – traveling? In confinement? Escaping? In hiding? When they say that a woman was present at a battle I do not assume that she was accidentally caught up in violence – I wonder if she led her army to the front? When the chronicle says that she is married, I check to see if her parents are dead, and then I wonder if this marriage can have been her free choice, and if so, what she hoped to gain?
Just like the medieval chroniclers, I bring my own prejudices about women to the work – of course I do. But I don't believe that I fall into the trap of special pleading against the facts. I believe that women are active brave and enterprising, and when I look for these women, I find them in the historical record – and I find many of them – just where history left them.
Philippa Gregory is a historian and writer. She is the author of "The White Queen," "The Other Boleyn Girl," "The Kingmaker's Daughter" and, most recently, "The White Princess," among other books.
Below is an exclusive clip from this week's episode of "The White Queen," called "Poison and Malmsey Wine." In the scene, Anne Neville takes center stage as paranoia starts to implode her family:


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Today Tim McGraw and his buds the Warren Brothers are performing a benefit concert in Tallahassee, Fla. to raise funds for Florida State University. Presented by Bud Light as the pre-show to Saturday's FSU-Florida football game in Tallahassee, the concert hopes to raise $700,000 for construction of a new career center and an endowed baseball scholarship in the name of Tim's late father, Tug McGraw. Tim told The Tallahassee Democrat that Tug "would be very proud of this scholarship. Just to know that some kid would get a chance to go to school in his name at a place like FSU would make him happy. The only way some kids get to go to school is through scholarships like this." In addition to the concert, Tim, Brad and Brett will give an exclusive pre-show party, where they've also donated one-of-a-kind items for a silent auction.
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Creating Subtitles from SRT Sources for an Ogg Video with kateenc
One of the more interesting aspects of Ogg Video is that it allows an essentially unlimited number of subtitle tracks to be included. This is especially useful for free-culture videos, since they are generally released globally, and there are often contributed subtitles. In fact, for "Sintel", I was able to find 44 subtitle files. I will be including them all as Ogg Kate streams in my prototype "Lib-Ray" version of "Sintel", and in this column I will demonstrate the use of several command line utilities useful for this, especially the
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Five Jackson residents indicted last August on charges of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine have pleaded guilty in Detroit federal court.
Thirty-three-year-old Deondre Mullen is described as the leader of the "Evonnie Boyz & Gyrlz" gang.
He and 22-year-old Dwight Fullilove face prison sentences ranging from 22-27 years.
Mullen admitted selling crack to undercover agents on three occasions in 2008, while 52 rocks of crack cocaine and three small bags of heroin were found in Fullilove's home.
Three other defendants ranging in age from 21 to 24 pleaded guilty earlier. Each faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years' imprisonment at sentencing.
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New Orleans police were searching for a missing 12-year-old Wednesday.
Authorities said Aaronisha Miller was last seen Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Wales Street.
The girl's mother said she left their home to visit friends in New Orleans' Seventh Ward, but did not know the address.
Police said the girl is African-American, 4 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 90 pounds. Authorities said she was wearing a white shirt and white flower-print shorts.
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Happy Birthday, sweet Claire! I can't believe it's been 17 years. I told my daughter the story of how I would go to bed when the sun was still shining on the night before my birthday. I was so excited and thought, the sooner I go to sleep, the sooner I will wake up and it will be my birthday. (Gee... isn't it funny how I don't feel that way any more?) My mother always made my birthdays so special. Each year there was an angel food cake with 7 minute frosting, surrounded by gifts, waiting for me when I got up in the morning.
This is the first time I have made Madrina's Famous Orange Cake and I have not cut into it as of yet. If, however, the finished cake is as good as all of its components that have been tasted, as necessary, by me ;-]] ..... I think we will be eating one delicious cake at the party tonight!
Madrina's Famous Orange Cake
from Food & Wine Magazine | January, 2006
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 3 large egg whites
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
1. Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Spray two 8-inch round cake pans with vegetable-oil spray and line the bottoms with parchment paper. Spray the paper.
2. In a large bowl, mix the flour with the sugar, baking powder, salt and orange zest. Using an electric mixer at medium-low speed, beat in the eggs, orange juice, butter and water until blended, about 2 minutes. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake for about 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert the cakes onto a rack to cool completely. Peel off the parchment paper.
3. In a medium saucepan, combine orange juice, sugar, flour, orange zest and salt and cook over moderate heat, whisking constantly, until very thick and just beginning to boil, about 8 minutes. Off the heat, whisk in the butter and lemon juice, then transfer to a bowl. Place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the filling and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until chilled.
4. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and water and cook over moderate heat until the syrup reaches 240˚F on a candy thermometer; this can take up to 12 minutes. Meanwhile, in the bowl of a standing electric mixer, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until soft peaks form. With the machine on medium-low speed, slowly pour in the hot sugar syrup against the side of the bowl. Once all of the sugar syrup has been added, increase the speed to medium-high and beat until the meringue icing is fluffy, glossy and at room temperature, about 8 minutes.
5. Using a serrated knife, split each cake in half horizontally. Place a cake layer cut side up on a plate. Spread one-third of the orange filling on the layer and cover with the top half of the cake. Spread another third of the orange filling on top. Repeat with the remaining cake layers and orange filling, ending with a cake layer. Spread the meringue icing all over the top and side of the cake. Let stand for 1 hour before serving.
NOTES: The cake can be refrigerated, uncovered, overnight.