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East Winds Symphonic Band at PPG Wintergarden Stir your holiday spirits with the Saxophones of the East Winds Symphonic Band at 3:00 pm, and the full band at 5:00 pm, playing alongside the "Spirits of Giving from Around the World" exhibit in the PPG Wintergarden.12/14/2013
Gaudete in Domino The Saint Vincent Camerata Scholars perform Gaudete in Domino, an Advent a cappella program of choral music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 12/14/2013
Family Christmas Carol Singalong Concert Selections from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker; "Jupiter" from Holst's The Planets; Rutter's Christmas Lullaby; and an audience singalong of seasonal music.12/14/2013
Joyful Holiday Celebration A festive evening for the entire community with sing-alongs, holiday music, Johnstown Symphony Chorus and a special visitor from the North Pole.12/14/2013
Mary Speaks Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts (formerly Oakland Girls Choir) presents "Mary Speaks," a musical exploration of the Nativity and life of Christ from Mary's perspective, using traditional British, French and American carols as well as recent compositions including" Magnificat" by Frank LaRocca, "Ave Maria" by Guy Forbes and "There is No Rose" by Randall Stroope.12/14/2013
University of Chicago Motet Choir Holiday Concert The Motet Choir returns to Pittsburgh to begin its 2013 holiday tour, singing short pieces on seasonal themes framed by settings of the O Antiphons, a set of medieval chants for the days leading up to Christmas. The program includes choral music spanning several centuries, alongside secular and traditional songs for the winter season. The Fox Chapel Area High School Madrigal Singers will also perform. Freewill offerings are accepted.12/14/2013
Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra Holiday Celebration with Freddy Cole Artistic Director of the Orchestra, Sean Jones, says, "We want to try to recreate the spirit of what the holiday is all about." This very popular concert spreads Christmas cheer and old favorites receive a jazz makeover. Vocalist Freddy Cole is the brother of Nat King Cole. He "exudes a gallant but unfussy brand of cool" - New York Times12/14/2013
Holiday Concert: Welcome Home The choirs return to East Liberty Presbyterian Church, where they presented Holiday concerts for many years, to sing selections from Handel's Messiah, festive holiday songs, a world-premiere Hanukkah piece by David P. Goldstein, and The Twelve Days of Christmas. Guest artists include the Edgewood Symphony and ELPC's Chancel Choir prepared by Music Director and Organist, Dr. Edward Alan Moore.12/14/2013
The Nutcracker The Westmoreland Symphony co-presents its 20th annual production of the Nutcracker featuring the Laurel Ballet. Daniel Meyer conducts.12/14/2013
2013 Holiday Traditions Join the Butler County Symphony for an annual Holiday event, featuring Butler county native Elizabeth Matchett Freimuth, Principal Horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Slippery Rock University Choir. Sing along with your favorite holiday music.12/14/2013
Mary Speaks Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts (formerly Oakland Girls Choir) presents "Mary Speaks," a musical exploration of the Nativity and life of Christ from Mary's perspective, using traditional British, French and American carols as well as the contemporary "Magnificat" by Frank LaRocca, "Ave Maria" by Guy Forbes and "There is No Rose" by Randall Stroope.12/15/2013
Celebrate! Carl T. Iezzi conducts a holiday program, including the Flourish for Wind Band by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Variants on a Medieval Tune by Norman Dello Joio, The Eighth Candle by Steve Reisteter, the Concertino for Clarinet and Band by Carl Maria von Weber, and much more.� Discount with student ID, QED member card, groups of 10 or more; under 10 free.12/15/2013
Holiday Traditions – Matinee Join the Butler County Symphony for an annual Holiday event, featuring Butler county native Elizabeth Matchett Freimuth, Principal Horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Slippery Rock University Choir. Sing along with your favorite holiday music.12/15/2013
Music on the Mount - Christmas Brass Edward Kocher, director.12/15/2013
The Gentlemen Sing: Live Finals (FREE) Free vocal competition finals. MCG Jazz invites young male jazz vocalists, ages 18 to 35, to apply for this brand-new curated project by Marty Ashby and MCG Jazz. The winner will be featured by MCG Jazz in February, 2014.12/15/2013
A Celebration of Christmas A Celebration of Christmas features arrangements, some jazzy, of holiday carols.12/17/2013
Ancient Airs and Dances Classical Revolution Pittsburgh returns to Bar Marco with a small chamber orchestra, a harpsichord, and a mostly baroque program including Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #5, Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, and Handel's Concerto Grosso Op. 6 #9.12/17/2013
It's a Wonderful Life Free screenings of this family Christmas classic. Directed by Frank Capra, it stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a small-town guy with big ideas. 12/18/2013
Surrealities The Graphic Work of William D. Davis and Peter Milton. Both are graphic artists working primarily in black and white. The exhibit features about 25 works on paper by the two artists.12/20/2013
Notte di Natale The serene story of the Nativity inspired an inexhaustible canon of pastoral music. Joined by Mezzo-soprano Raquel Winnica Young and a mellifluous flock of instrumentalists (Dawn Posey, Baroque violin; and Adam Pearl, Chamber organ), Chatham Baroque will safely graze on the most sublime music of Handel, Scarlatti, Bach, and Buxtehude.12/20/2013
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WILLIAMSON, W.Va. - It's a frigid morning in early February, and a police task force is on the hunt to make good on Sheriff Eugene Crum's campaign promise to clean up Mingo County's pervasive drug problem.
Spurred by grand jury indictments, five separate teams fanned out before dawn, kicking down doors in search of dozens of suspects.
The list of prescription drugs and other substances included in the indictment were as varied as the ages and backgrounds of the suspects themselves.
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Christina Endicott, right, embraces her husband Chris Endicott Thursdayas friends, family and community leaders gathered in Williamson, W.Va., for a candlelight vigil honoring Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum who was gunned down after just three months in office. During the service, his wife Rosie Crum was sworn in as the new sheriff. She is Mingo County's first female sheriff.
The initial wave nets 18 arrests, with more to follow.
"Here in Mingo County, if you're dealing drugs, we're gonna be knocking on your door," Crum said that day. "Enough is enough."
Two months later, Crum is killed, leaving a void in a county with an ongoing drug problem that he doggedly worked to eradicate.
His funeral is today, four days after the 59-year-old sheriff was shot to death in a downtown Williamson parking lot where he ate his lunch each day.
Crum spent a decade as a magistrate before resigning in January 2012 to focus on his campaign for sheriff. Last August, he was hired by prosecutor Michael Sparks' office as a special investigator.
He wanted residents to live without fear that illegal drugs were being sold in their neighborhoods.
He wanted to cut off the flow of drugs that he said often were coming from prescriptions from out-of-state doctors.
A month into that assignment, nine suspects had been arrested, including the third generation of a Dingess family to get in trouble with the law for drug trafficking.
The fight against prescription drugs has been a high-profile one joined by federal authorities who say they have prosecuted 200 pill dealers in the past two years. The epicenter has been the southern coalfields, including Crum's Mingo County.
The county's anti-drug efforts, dubbed Operation Zero Tolerance, included members of the sheriff's department, the Mingo County Drug Task Force, Williamson police and often officers from other community police departments.
Crum took over as sheriff in January, and one of the biggest drug busts occurred on Feb. 1, when Crum's team made that early morning roundup. Along with many arrests often came the confiscation of guns and plenty of cash.
There also have been less publicized but often-made arrests of individual suspects based on tips from a fed-up public. Four people in Dingess. A few more in Gilbert, Red Jacket and North Matewan. Some in Williamson.
There have been several dozen arrests so far, although authorities were unable to provide details on the exact number of arrests and indictments under Crum's watch. But all agreed his short tenure as sheriff made a dent in the problem.
"Eugene was our official spearhead on that. That was his podium," said Dallas Toler, who took over Crum's magistrate position. "He kept his word. He took his job to heart. This was his dream."
Exactly one week before Crum's death came another raid: A Kentucky couple suspected of stealing a television from a motel was charged with selling crack cocaine and hydrocodone from a home in East Williamson.
"I made a promise to the residents of this county that if they would elect me to the office of sheriff, I would concentrate on drug cases," Crum once told the Williamson Daily News. "I have proudly kept my promise."
Sometimes, residents who had witnessed the arrests came out of their homes to thank Crum and other members of their team.
"He worked day and night," Toler said. "He was a go-getter. If I needed somebody at 2 o'clock in the morning, I could call him. He was right there. He was like a brother to me.
"If Eugene would have made it, he would have been the best sheriff this county had ever seen. I believe that in my heart."
Friends said when Crum was shot, he was keeping an eye on a place that had been shut down for illegally dispensing prescription drugs to be sure it didn't reopen.
The suspect, 37-year-old Tennis Melvin Maynard of Ragland, was shot and wounded by a sheriff's deputy in a chase following the attack on Crum. Maynard remains hospitalized in Huntington.
However, Sparks said in a statement Saturday that there's no substantial evidence at this time that Crum's murder was drug-related and asked the public not to speculate on the motive. Sparks said investigations by the Williamson Police Department and West Virginia State Police are ongoing.
Toler has vowed to continue the community's strong fight against illegal drugs. Crum's widow, Rosie, has been appointed interim sheriff.
"We're just going to keep doing what Eugene wanted us to do," Toler said. "We're going to clean our county up. Because this county's our home."


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Stetson men's soccer head coach T. Logan Fleck is welcoming 14 newcomers to the Hatters' camp this summer in preparation of the 2013 season.
"We're bringing in a bunch of young dynamic kids that all want to work really hard," Fleck said of the group. "They all realize, though, that it's going to be an incredibly competitive camp.
"It's not one of these things where you have all of these returning players, and everybody knows the style," Fleck said regarding the healthy number of newcomers. "This is going to be everybody working very hard to get into the same area code. Then we're going to keep refining it through good competition.
"We're excited about the group we have coming in, and we can't wait to get things started with camp here pretty soon," Fleck concluded.
Training for the Hatters begins on August 14, and the team's first exhibition contest is on August 19 at home against Florida Southern at 7:00 p.m. Stetson will also open the regular season at home, hosting UMass-Lowell on August 30 at 5:00 p.m.
Here are the 14 individuals that will be beginning camp with the Stetson men's soccer team this month.
Gonzalo Arroyo
Height: 5-9
Weight: 155
Position: Midfield
Hometown: Bilbao, Spain
Previous School: Wheeling Jesuit
Arroyo played one season at Wheeling Jesuit University before transferring to Stetson. He appeared in 14 matches, starting two while with the Cardinals. Arroyo scored one goal in 495 minutes of action. He attended the International German School of Bilbao in Spain before coming to the States.
Trent Austin
Height: 5-9
Weight: 155
Position: Defender
Hometown: Terrace Davie, Fla.
High School: Cooper City HS
Austin attended Cooper City High School where he was named to the Principal's Honor Roll and a Scholar-Athlete. He also earned an Academic Excellence Award and the Outstanding Leadership Award. Austin was named an AP Scholar with Honor via College Board, and was also a member of the Key Club, the National Honor Society, and the Student Government Association at Cooper City HS. He also competed in cross country and track & field during high school. Austin helped lead the Cowboys to the District Finals in 2010.
Jack Bain
Height: 5-11
Weight: 155
Position: Midfield/Forward
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
High School: The Glasgow Academy
Bain attended the Glasgow Academy in Scotland. He earned the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver. Bain also played rugby, tennis, and ran cross country and track at the academy. He won the 400 meter school championship three years in a row, and earned an International Cap for Scotland.
Gianluca Carbone
Height: 5-5
Weight: 130
Position: Midfield/Forward
Hometown: Charlotte, Fla.
High School: IMG Academy
Carbone attended Bradenton Prep as a freshman, Edison Academics as a sophomore, and finally the IMG Academy during his junior and senior seasons. He scored 20 goals and added 22 assists during the 2010-11 season. His team won the Disney Cup Championship in 2012.
Marvin Castellanos
Height: 6-3
Weight: 175
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Birmingham, Ala.
High School: Vestavia Hills HS
Castellanos attended Vestavia High School in Alabama where he spent time volunteering with Relay for Life, Invisible Children, and Helping Hands. He was also a student government association representative at Vestavia. Castellanos won the Lakeshore Shootout Championship three times, the Metro Tournament Championship twice, and one state championship. He earned State Finals MVP, Metro Player of the Year, and Lakeshore Shootout MVP honors. He was a member of the Region III Pool, set a state record at Vestavia with 24 shutouts in a single season, and ranked nationally with 66 career shutouts.
Sebastian Contreras
Height: 6-1
Weight: 190
Position: Defender/Midfield
Hometown: Doral, Fla.
High School: IMG Academy
Contreras attended and played soccer at the IMG Academy. He won the Florida State Cup, the President's Cup, and his team was the Disney Champions. Contreras also traveled to train with FC Barcelona, Sporting de Lisboa, and Ponte Preta while at the IMG Academy.
Alex Haddad
Height: 5-10
Weight: 160
Position: Defender/Midfield
Hometown: Gallipolis, Ohio
High School: IMG Academy
Haddad attended Ohio Valley Christian School for first two years of high school before transferring to the IMG Academy for his final two seasons. He was a member of the National Honor Society. Haddad won West Virginia State Championships in 2010 and 2011 with the WVSC Wizards. He earned All-Region honors and was named Team MVP as a sophomore at Ohio Valley Christian. Haddad was also named Most Improved Player as a junior at IMG. While at Ohio Valley Christian, he set a school record with 26 goals as a sophomore.
Patrick Jackson
Height: 5-8
Weight: 150
Position: Midfield/Defender
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
High School: Marist School
Jackson was an honor student at Marist School in Atlanta, where he was a member of the Student Athletic Leadership Team, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Habitat for Humanity, and Project Open Hand. He also competed in wrestling while playing soccer at Marist. Jackson led the War Eagles to Class 4A Region Championships in 2011 and 2013. He played in the Georgia High School All-Star Game in 2013. Jackson had over 100 individual wins while winning back-to-back individual region championships in wrestling.
Paul Ladwig
Height: 6-1
Weight: 170
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Rostock, Germany
High School: CJD Rostock
Ladwig helped lead F.C. Hansa Rostock to four winning seasons, including a 20-3-5 mark in 2011-12, and a junior championship in 2010.
Ross Morison
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185
Position: Forward
Hometown: Linlithgow, Scotland
Previous School: Rhode Island
Morison played one season at the University of Rhode Island before transferring to Stetson. He played in 13 games for the Rams. He scored one goal and recorded two assists as a freshman. Morison attended Stewart's Melville College in Edinburgh, Scotland before coming to the States.
Ronak Patel
Height: 5-10
Weight: 165
Position: Forward
Hometown: Saint Johns, Fla.
High School: Nease HS
Patel attended Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Fla. where he was a member of the National Honor Society IB Program and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. He played soccer for four years at Nease, and was also a member of the football team for three seasons. He helped lead the Panthers to Class 4A District Championships in 2010 and 2013. Patel was named All-County and St. Augustine Record Second Team All-Jacksonville as a place kicker for football. He also scored 12 goals and added three assists during his senior soccer season.
Andre Reyes
Height: 5-7
Weight: 165
Position: Midfield
Hometown: Flower Mound, Texas
Previous School: Old Dominion
Reyes attended Old Dominion for one year before transferring to Stetson. He also attended Marcus High School in Texas. Reyes made the National Team Pool in 2009, and he played in the Academy League Spring Showcase in Sarasota, Fla. in 2010. He was named to the Chelsea All-Star Team and traveled to England in 2010. Reyes was a member of the team that won the North Texas State Cup Championship and the Gothia Cup Championship. He played on the North Texas ODP State Team, earned First Team All-Region honors, and First Team All-District accolades twice with Marcus HS.
Justin Shirah
Height: 5-10
Weight: 145
Position: Defender/Midfield
Hometown: Wellborn, Fla.
High School: Suwannee HS
Shirah attended Suwannee High School in Live Oak, Fla. where he was a member of the Beta Club, the Interact Club, the Key Club, and the Student Government. He also spent a year and a half taking classes at North Florida Community College in Madison, Fla. during high school.
Michael Tsalickis
Height: 5-10
Weight: 200
Position: Defender/Midfield
Hometown: Tarpon Springs, Fla.
High School: Tarpon Springs HS
Tsalickis spent one year at Countryside High School in Clearwater, and three seasons at Tarpon Springs. He was a member of the Greek Orthodox Youth Association and the Boys and Girls Club. He played football as well as soccer during high school. Tsalickis won a District Championship for soccer in 2012, as well as for football from 2010-13. In club soccer, he won the Florida State Cup, the Disney Showcase, and the Annadale Premier Cup Championships.


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Karina Smirnoff, Eva Longoria and Clay Matthews are headlining today's B/R Swagger Buzz, but it's already shaping up to be a wild day.
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Shahrokh Yadegari, composer, sound designer, and producer, has collaborated with such artists as Peter Sellars, Robert Woodruff, Ann Hamilton, Christine Brewer, Gabor Tompa, Maya Beiser, Steven Schick, David Schweiszer, Lucie Tiberghien, Hossein Omoumi, and Siamak Shajarian. He has performed and his productions, compositions, and designs have been presented internationally in such venues as the Carnegie Hall, Festival of Arts and Ideas, OFF-D'Avignon Festival, International Theatre Festival in Cluj, Romania, Ravinia Festival, Ruhr-Triennale, Vienna Festival, Holland Festival, Forum Barcelona, Japan America Theatre, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), the Institut fur Neue Musik und Musikerziehung (Darmstadt), Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, and Contemporary Museum of Art, San Diego.
Yadegari holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, a Master's in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT's Media Lab, and a Ph.D. in music from University of California, San Diego. He has worked at Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), and he is one of the founders and the artistic director of Kereshmeh Records and Persian Arts Society, organizations dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Persian traditional and new music. Yadegari is currently on the faculty of the department of Theatre and Dance at University of California, San Diego, where he has founded a progressive program in sound design and composition. He is also the director of the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences at the California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology (Calit2)He was the Chair for the subcommittee of the Digitally Mediated Performances of the Art Gallery at SIGGRAPH 2007 in San Diego.
Among his recent projects are composition and direction for Tower Sounds: Ancient Voices and Electronics performed in Ann Hamilton's Tower on Oliver Ranch, composition and sound design for Stylus, an installation by Ann Hamilton, composition for Ruins True a dance-theatre piece based on the work of Samuel Beckett directed by Gabor Tompa and choreographed by Yolande Snaith, composition of Intervals a piece for Christine Brewer premiered at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St Louis. adaptation, direction, and composition for Scarlet Stone, a recent piece based on ancient Persian mythology and related to the contemporary political climate on the Middle East. Yadegari won the Craig Noel San Diego Critics Circle award for Outstanding Sound Design for the production of Blood and Gifts by TJ Rogers directed by Lucie Tiberghien at the La Jolla Playhouse in July of 2012.


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The ONLY comfortable and workable way to scratch one's scrotum. Actual scratching does not work, as the scrotal entity slides around under the fingers. To achieve results, the scrotum is pinched between the fingers and rolled back and forth.
Sweetie-darling, if you really want to scratch the boys, you must remember to use the pinch and roll technique.
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This is related to a really bad itch on a males scrotum. When the itch is so bad you must place the loose sack skin between the finger and thumb. Once you have a good grab you proceed to pinch and roll the itchy skin between your thumb and finger. This usually results in a boner, from feeling so good, with masturbation to follow.
My balls itch so bad I'm going to have to use the pinch and roll technique to stop it.
автор: Pugh 22 апреля 2005
When your scrotum itches u pinch the loose skin then roll your fingertips in order to relive the itch and or burn
man my balls are so itchy i could really go for a pinch and roll.....ladies.
автор: adam skutt 11 марта 2005
The delicate, efficient, and proper way a gentleman relieves his scrotum from itching, by pinching a small piece of skin and then quickly "rolling" it until the itch is relieved.
Guy 1: I need to scratch my balls, but I don't want to make a big deal about it.
Guy 2: Just give it the old pinch and roll, son.
Guy 1 : Good call
Guy 2: Just give it the old pinch and roll, son.
Guy 1 : Good call
автор: dickburns 30 сентября 2015
if you dinlt know i can't tell you
dude i can really go for a pinch and roll
автор: matches 30 июня 2003


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The Charleston Wine + Food Festival is overhauling its Culinary Village, the geographic and spiritual center of the yearly festival. With ticket sales set to launch Wednesday, staffers reveal that tasting tents in 2015 will shake off their trade show format in favor of an emphasis on education and interaction.
Ticket sales
Tickets for the 10th annual Charleston Wine + Food Festival go on sale Wednesday. To mark the occasion, the festival is throwing a ticket launch party at The Power House. The event begins at 7 p.m.; tickets are priced at $50.
For more information, go to charlestonwineandfood.com.
"We read every little bit of feedback as it related to the Culinary Village," said Executive Director Gillian Zettler, alluding to mounting complaints that the area was difficult to navigate and not representative of the caliber of talent participating in the festival.
In response, the temporary Marion Square settlement has been restructured to feature a concert stage, ongoing demonstrations and more chances to converse with chefs.
"There were a lot less restaurants there over the years," said Patrick Emerson, who's serving as the festival's wine and beverage director.
His Culinary Village responsibilities include an expanded beer garden and a rose-sipping section alongside the grilling area. "We want people to leave full and happy."
A concern for guests' satiety and enjoyment informs the newly released schedule for the festival's 10th edition, which runs March 4-8. Among the notable changes are a downsized opening night gala, the addition of a late-night Waffle House Smackdown preliminary round, and the replacement of a closeout barbecue event with a country-cooking celebration at Harborside East, presumably styled after the successful Sunday Supper at the Euphoria Greenville food event.
The festival also has swapped in a gospel brunch for the jazz brunch traditionally held on Sunday morning; partnered with Pecha Kucha to create a culinary-themed version of the popular PowerPoint-assisted show and tell; and invited the Southern Foodways Alliance to park its oral history bus at Marion Square.
Southern Foodways Alliance will not host a party, as it has in years past, but will screen films in conjunction with Saturday's Southern Betty Brunch. The event, dreamed up by Charleston Grill's Michelle Weaver, will feature an all-female crew of chefs and winemakers.
Celebrating the 10th
Guest chefs committed to the festival include past attendees Hugh Acheson, Steven Satterfield and Linton Hopkins of Atlanta; Houston's Chris Shepherd; and Asheville's John Fleer. Birmingham's Frank Stitt also is set to participate, although Zettler did not reveal in what capacity. On the beverage side, the lineup includes The New York Times' Eric Asimov and sommelier Rajat Parr.
"We asked the (Charleston) chefs who did they want to celebrate the 10-year with," Zettler said.
In recognition of the 10-year anniversary, Emerson said many of the beverage seminars and tastings will focus on 2005 vintages. For the first time, global spirits conglomerate Diageo is serving as a sponsor, so Bulleit 10-year Bourbon and Tanqueray 10 Gin will be featured prominently at the event.
The opening night gala, which will be staged in the Culinary Village's grand tasting tent, also will harken back to Charleston's past with a "Charleston Receipts" theme: Participating chefs have been asked to draw dish inspiration from the iconic cookbook. The chef tally stands at 20, about the same as last year, but fewer tickets will be sold.
Other events with a more intimate feel include a number of interactive workshops, such as a sushi-rolling session at O-Ku; a pizza-making class at DeSano Pizza Bakery; and a "Distiller for a Day" program at High Wire Distilling Co. "We want to talk through the experience of how things are done," festival spokeswoman Cathryn Zommer said, referencing a class covering how to make five classic cocktails.
Three nights of guest chefs
Guest chef dinners also have been recast to play down the herd mentality at odds with $175 meals. Rather than shoehorn all of the meals into a standard banquet setup, in which every guest in a given restaurant is presented the same dish at the same time, the festival is allowing the coupled local and guest chefs to determine the pace and design of their dinners. "So we encourage guests to read the dinner descriptions," Zettler advises.
For instance, a restaurant could organize a family-style feast, or offer separate seatings. That's the plan at The Grocery, where former vegetarian Kevin Johnson is working with Satterfield and Austin's Andrew Wiseheart to prepare a meatless meal.
The Grocery also is hosting a preservation-themed dinner with guest chefs Acheson and Chicago's Paul Virant.
In another departure from previous years, guest chef dinners will now be offered on Thursday, Friday and Saturday - at least a half a dozen each night. With the exception of The Grocery, the restaurants don't repeat. "Now you can go to three major events," Emerson said.
Each restaurant will be paired with a winemaker, a carryover practice from earlier festivals. Emerson said he's helped coordinate the matchups, rather than leave it up to restaurants to locate the right partners.
"I'm trying to really make sure it's a wine and food experience, and not just a food experience," he said.
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Alternatives to Thanksgiving Turkey
hen it comes to tradition, nobody will dispute the place turkey has on the Thanksgiving table. But, believe it or not, there are some people who don't like the taste of turkey. And then there are others who have to feed a small gathering, or are tired of heaving a giant roasted turkey onto the dining room table. For all of these, we have solutions.
The Bird is the Word
If you want a glistening, roasted bird as the centerpiece of your meal, there are options that do not involve turkey. Try roasting a capon, voted most popular poultry by Italian and French families who center their holidays around these tender, richly flavored birds. While you can roast a capon, you might also stuff it with foie gras and cook it "au pot" style, for savory results.
Another classic bird for special occasions is the goose. Perfect for roasting, the goose offers dark meat, and a distinctive flavor that pairs well with fruits as in this recipe.
For smaller groups of diners, a pheasant (or multiple pheasants) can be a clever solution to the "turkey, or not turkey" dilemma. With its lean and delicious meat, pheasant is one of the most widely consumed game birds in the world. It is easily roasted with herbs and onions, and should be generously buttered and basted to keep it from drying out. Great when stuffed with chestnuts or your family go-to stuffing recipe.
Similarly, the gorgeous and ever-so-slightly gamey guinea hen would make a lean and delightful alternative to turkey. Try Ariane's recipe for guinea hen (rubbed with duck fat!) on a vertical roaster for delightfully crackling skin.
Individual game birds can be a nice change of pace for the cook and the guests. Two roasted quail per plate make a beautiful presentation, and cook up so quickly, you won't even miss your turkey baster. Why not serve a single squab to each diner? A sophisticated surprise to the American palate, squab is quite common throughout the world, and has rich, red and lean meat. Foie gras, wild mushrooms of the season, figs or prunes make wonderful accompaniments to squab.
It goes without saying that duck is a perfect bird for a holiday meal, whether the classic a l'orange or roasted with lavender and honey. And many people enjoy the challenge of constructing a turducken, that is, a deboned turkey stuffed with a duck and a chicken crammed inside that! Not for the faint of heart, this recipe.
The Game is Afoot
In autumn, game meats are perfect for special meals; and while we like game birds, our thoughts often turn to lean, tender venison. With its rich red meat, full of iron, zinc and other vitamins, venison is leaner than beef and quite flavorful. Venison also pairs well with the vegetables of the season: squash, pumpkin, chard, turnips, and any kind of potato.
An oven-roasted venison rib rack looks beautiful on a platter, and satisfies that red meat craving in a big way. Alternately, try loin of venison, which will feed a good-sized group and is easy to slice into medallions. Lest we forget, venison was likely on the menu at the original feast of Thanksgiving.
Although buffalo would not have been on that menu, thanks to recent conservation efforts, you can include it on yours today. This indigenous bovine makes a healthy addition to the Thanksgiving table, with its lean and rich red meat. A large buffalo tenderloin can be roasted and sliced into individual steaks, and works well with the classic sides like mashed potatoes and green beans. Who says you have to eat poultry at Thanksgiving?
Wild boar makes a surprising choice, but, really, what says "feast" quite like it? Images of royalty dining in long halls hung with tapestries come to mind. With a nutty, sweet flavor to recommend it, lean wild boar meat is replacing pork on many tables. Try a shoulder of wild boar, which can be smoked or braised with aromatic herbs and served with celeriac, porcini mushrooms, acorn squash, or sticky, roasted apples.
Whatever option you take, don't feel obliged to eat turkey at Thanksgiving. We even like individual meat pies, either stuffed with shredded chicken, beef or game meat like venison or pheasant. And there's nothing quite as convivial as a huge bowl of cassoulet at the center of the table and a few bottles of red wine. It will surely be a Thanksgiving to remember.
All we can say is: no Tofurkey, please.


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What is Tort Law for? Part 1: The Place of Corrective Justice
John Gardner
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
January 18, 2010
Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1/2010
In this paper I discuss the proposal that the law of torts exists to do justice, more specifically corrective justice, between the parties to a tort case. My aims include clarifying the proposal and defending it against some objections (as well as saving it from some defences that it could do without). Gradually the paper turns to a discussion of the rationale for doing corrective justice. I defend what I call the 'continuity thesis' according to which at least part of the rationale for doing corrective justice is to mitigate one's wrongs, including one's torts. I try to show how much of the law of torts this thesis helps to explain, but also what it leaves unexplained. In the process I show (what I will discuss in a later companion paper) that 'corrective justice' cannot be a complete answer to the question of what tort law is for.
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Prep Time 1 hour |
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1/4 tsp saffron threads
1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/2 cups red onion, quartered
29 ounces Eden Diced Tomatoes, 2 cans, do not drainor any Eden Diced Tomatoes
1 large cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks
1 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 tsp Eden Sea Salt, or to taste
1/4 cup fresh chives, finely chopped for garnishor scallions
Place the saffron, onion, garlic and boiling water in a food processor. Process for 10 seconds and let sit for 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients, except the chives, and puree. Chill for 45 to 50 minutes before serving. Garnish with chives before serving.
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UNIVERSITY PARK -- Cory Giger and Neil Rudel discuss Penn State's 24-13 win over Temple, which improved the Nittany Lions to 2-2 heading into Big Ten play next week at Illinois.
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Penn State 7, Temple 0: On fourth-and-5 from the Temple 41, Matt McGloin stood in the pocket as he was getting pressured and lobbed a pass to Allen Robinson, who put a good juke move on his defender and made a good body adjustment to the ball in the air. Robinson came down with the grab and raced to the end zone with six seconds left in the quarter. Jesse Della Valle set up the drive with a 29-yard punt return to the Owls' 46. The Lions made only 5 yards in three plays, but Bill O'Brien once again showed his aggressive mentality by going for it on fourth down.
Penn State 7, Temple 3: Quarterback Chris Coyer had a bad overthrow that would have been a 7-yard TD to tight end Cody Booth, and the Owls had to settle for a 33-yard field goal by Brandon McManus with 10:29 to go in the half. Lion CB Da'Quan Davis was called for passing interference for a shove in the end zone that converted a third-and-4 from the PSU 28 and moved the ball to the 13. The Owls put together an 11-play, 52-yard drive to answer the Lions' first score.
Penn State 14, Temple 3: The Lions pinned Temple inside its own 10 with 1:46 left in the half, held on a three-and-out, used their timeouts and got the ball back at the Owls' 35 with 1:10 to go. McGloin hit Kyle Carter for 13 yards and then 20 yards on the first two plays to get down to the 1 (with the help of a 1-yard personal foul penalty), McGloin scored on the next play with 22 seconds remaining.
Penn State 21, Temple 3: McGloin finished off an 80-yard scoring drive by plunging in from 2 yards out, the first time in his career he's had two rushing TDs in a game. McGloin also had a 17-yard completion to Alex Kenney to convert a third-and-5 from the Temple 48. Zach Zwinak had a good series with two 8-yard carries and two 7-yard carries. McGloin hit tight end Matt Lehman for 22 yards to the 9, Zwinak went for 7 yards and McGloin scored on the next play with 4:57 to go in the quarter.
Penn State 21, Temple 6: Temple got a good kickoff return, and a personal foul late-hit penalty helped the Owls start at the 45. They got down to the PSU 15 before a holding penalty ruined the drive. Brandon McManus kicked a 42-yard field goal with 1:37 left in the quarter.
Penn State 24, Temple 6: The Lions put together a game-clinching drive that stalled at the 3, but it gave Sam Ficken an opportunity to build some confidence with a 21-yard field goal with 2:29 to go.
Penn State 24, Temple 13: The Owls scored a meaningless touchdown with 1:33 remaining on a 1-yard pass from Coyer to Matt Brown. They tried an onside kick afterward, but PSU recovered and ran out the clock.
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Stuff that makes even the most constipated individual have an ass explosion.
I took some Metamucil an hour ago and ended up with the worst intestinal contractions known to man.
Terri tarafından 2 Mart 2004, Salı
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a type of medicine that cleans you out, or makes u poo. gives u fiber...comes in capsules or drinks...tastes sooooo bad
ugh, i hate metamucil!
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I've decided to rant a little on my frustrations with Android. Don't get me wrong, I've been a die-hard fan and developer since Android was announced, and I have owned and loved several Android devices, but I think there are still some problems with the handset makers. At CES this year it seemed every phone announced was an Android phone. "Awesome" you might say, and they are, with the top-of-the line processors and screens and all. However, THEY ARE ALL THE EXACT SAME PHONE as far as the user's overall experience is concerned (with exception of the Motorola Atrix 4G, and its crazy netbook hybrid technology). They are all about the same size and shape with similar sized full, portrait screens, and fast processors. Where is the variation of form factors? Android is flexible enough to easily support many form factors, screen sizes, devices. It's being installed in other devices such as tablets, TV's, and even Refrigerators, so why not make some crazy, sleek, awesome form factor phones?
You may remember around this time two years ago that the Kogan Agora (Planning to be the second Android phone EVER) ended up being delayed indefinitely. While this phone was not the hottest phone possible with a resistive touch display, mediocre processor, and limited features, I was a fan immediately after gawking at the first renderings. Also, as a long-time Blackberry user, I loved the position of the hardware keyboard. Furthermore, this phone represented the original idea of the Android platform – that it was flexible enough to install on a wide range of mobile platforms and form factors.
Two years have gone by, and I still don't see my phone – the one that fits me like a well fitted pair of Jeggings. You may be saying "What about the Droid Pro, or the Motorola Charm?" While steps in the right direction, these devices show the chunky design practices of Motorola (also not a fan of the BLUR user interface), and in my opinion, they would not be able to compete with the sleek corners and glossy smooth finish of the proposed Agora.
So is it the market demand that is driving every Android handset maker to release the same phone? Is it the platform (while advertised as easy and open) limiting the hardware as far as a different screen size and orientation? In any case I am disappointed in the lack of innovation of the Android handset selection currently on the market.


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CHESTER-The Chester Volunteer Fire Department raised $325,000 in its annual Fall Bash this year, Chief John Hissam said Friday.
"We considered this a very good year," Hissam said. The Fall Bash is the department's chief fundraiser of the year.
The 11th annual Fall Bash was held on Sept. 14-15 at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Newell. It paid out $800,000 in cash and non-cash prizes.
The money raised compares favorably to previous years' results-$255,719 in 2011 and $298,365 in 2010-according to paperwork the Chester Volunteer Fireman's Association files with the Internal Revenue Service every year.
The net gaming income from the Fall Bash covers about 80 percent of the fire department's annual budget, Hissam said. The rest comes from fees it collects from the CVFD Storage Units on U.S. Route 30, and city, county and state sources.
The annual Fall Bash is one of the biggest fundraising events of its kind in West Virginia. "We sell tickets in all 50 states and three countries," he said.
"We're successful because we put the time in and the effort in to make it go," Hissam said. "If it wasn't for the dedication of the firemen, we couldn't do it."
Organizers have already begun working on the 2013 Fall Bash, scheduled for Sept. 20-21 at Mountaineer.
Next year's event will have a grand total of $1.05 million in prizes, Hissam said, partly because of a new $50 ticket. The ticket will pay $250,000 to one winner and a bonus of $50,000 if the winner is present during the drawing, he said.
Other tickets are $100, $50 (Friday, cash prizes only) and $25. Tickets go on sale in mid-March.
Tickets for this year's Fall Bash went on sale on March 26 and sold out by May 9.
Hissam thanked the Chester community, volunteers and ticket buyers for their support.