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For some reason, it took two weeks for D.R.'s letter to travel from Metairie to my desk in New Orleans. I opened the envelope, did a double take and phoned her immediately.
It was her recipe for Anchovy Salad Dressing, which in September was described here as "one of the Holy Grails of Exchange Alley: requested several times, never found." C.C. had sent an excellent description of the beloved specialty, the chef salad with anchovy dressing, from the restaurants at Maison Blanche department store.
D.R. told me the recipe has been a favorite of hers for decades, and the yellowed recipe card from which she copied it is spotted and annotated many times from much use.
"How I got this recipe, I have no idea, " she said. "But I have used it for years.
"I'm thinking I must have gotten it from Maison Blanche somehow, because with the three cups of oil, that's a lot of dressing. I usually just make half of it.
"I make up a lot of recipes, so I don't know, " D. told me. "I'm talking 40 or 50 years ago."
She said it's important to find the clear, not creamy orange, kind of commercial French dressing to make it taste like MB's.
Anchovy Salad Dressing
Makes about 4 cups
3 teaspoons salt
1 or 2 large garlic cloves, crushed
¼ teaspoon onion puree*
6 strips anchovy, mashed, or 15-18 inches of anchovy paste from a tube
3 cups corn oil
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/3 to ½ cup red wine vinegar
½ cup commercial French dressing (clear, not creamy orange)
Chopped parsley (if desired)
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
In a large bowl, whisk together all ingredients except sugar. Taste for seasoning. Add sugar if it's too tart, or more salt if necessary.
Serve on a vegetable salad with julienned strips of ham, Swiss cheese, and turkey or chicken.
*Commercial onion puree no longer is available, D.R. says, so she replaces it with onion she purees in the food processor.
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BANANAS IN THE BACKYARD: M.G. of New Orleans sent this item in response to the recent columns and recipes for backyard bananas. They reminded her of the way a Honduran family living in New Orleans used the bananas growing in their New Orleans yard.
When the bananas were green-ripe, they cut them from the bunch and boiled them, skins and all, until tender; then they peeled them and served them like a vegetable. Sometimes they put sour cream on them. "The New Orleans bananas I grew up with were more like plantains, but if completely ripe, could be eaten raw, " M.G. noted.
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KOCHBUCH IS IN THE HAUS, Y'ALL:There's something new at Chicken Dance Central. The Ladies' Auxiliary of Deutsches Haus has issued the 2009 revised edition of their Kochbuch, or cookbook. They sell them at Oktoberfest, which is Fridays starting at 5 p.m. and Saturdays starting at 1:30 p.m., through Oct. 25, at 200 S. Galvez St.
Rose Mancini, president of the auxiliary, thinks the first cookbook was issued in 1986. It had not been updated or revised since Hurricane Katrina.
"We did this one because a lot of people lost theirs, " Mancini said. "We finally found somebody who had a copy."
The 50-page book is $15 at the cake stand and at the souvenir stand. All proceeds go to the auxiliary, which supports the Haus and trips to Germany made by the Benjamin Franklin High School German Club, as well as the UNO scholarship fund for an exchange program with the University of Innsbruck.
Every year, auxiliary members bake dozens of cakes for the festival to raise funds. New this year, Mancini said, is Frankfurter kranz. Hot dogs are not involved. It's a traditional cake from Frankfurt, a butter cake baked in a Bundt pan with an almond brittle filling, butter icing and more almond brittle sprinkled on top.
The cookbook has lots of sweets recipes (and only in New Orleans would one be Granny's Creole cream cheese ice cream) as well as chapters for appetizers; sauces; sweet sauces; soups (goulash soup, South German onion soup, queen's soup); sweet soups; salads; meats; poultry; rabbit; fish; and vegetables (cabbage and bacon casserole, celery in almond sauce, fresh spinach ring). One chapter encompasses noodles, dumplings, pancakes, pudding and bread.
Ham With Beer Glaze (Schinken mit Bierglasur)
1 12-pound pre-cooked ham
2 cups beer
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 ½ cups brown sugar
1 ½ tablespoons flour
1 ½ teaspoons dry mustard
½ teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons vinegar
3 tablespoons beer
Place ham, fat side up, in a roasting pan. Pour 2 cups beer over top and cook, uncovered, 15 minutes per pound at 325 degrees. Baste every 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
Score ham diagonally in two directions. Stud with cloves. Combine sugar, flour, mustard, nutmeg, vinegar and enough beer to make a smooth paste. Spread over ham. Return to oven for 25 minutes, until glazed.
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SEEKING SICILIAN SALAD: C.C. writes, "I hope you can help me find a recipe lost in Katrina. It was for Sicilian olive salad that I cut from The Times-Picayune many years ago. I can remember most of the main ingredients and when it came to the garlic part of the recipe, it stated to add 'as much garlic as you dare.' It was a delicious salad."
Our electronic archives contain hundreds of references to olive salad, but none that I can locate for "Sicilian" olive salad, nor any that have daring amounts of garlic. If anyone has this requested recipe, please forward it to me for C.C.
I did find an olive salad recipe that was a favorite of readers in the 1980s, reprinted many times. It makes enough to give as gifts.
Italian Olive Salad
Makes 6 pints
3 cups carrots, sliced
3 cups cauliflowerettes
3 cups celery, sliced ½-inch thick
1 quart jar salad olives with pimientos, drained
2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 cup good wine vinegar
3 cups olive oil
2 tablespoons garlic powder or fresh minced garlic to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Wash and scrape the carrots and slice thinly (the food processor does this quickly and evenly). Break the cauliflower into small flowerettes.
Bring about 3 quarts salted water to boil. Drop in the carrots and let the water come back to a boil. Add the cauliflower and, when the water returns to a boil, add the celery. Boil 1 minute, drain in a colander and rinse with cold water. Drain thoroughly. All the vegetables should be crisp-tender; time carefully so they don't overcook.
Mix all the vegetables in a large bowl with the drained olives and crushed oregano. Pack loosely into sterilized jars. Mix the vinegar and olive oil; season to taste with garlic, salt and pepper. Pour over the vegetables, covering them completely, and refrigerate.
Under refrigeration, the oil might congeal. Leave at room temperature until liquefied before using.
Good on salads and indispensable on muffuletta sandwiches.
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WHAT MAKES A CHICKEN BLUSH? D.P. writes from Metairie: "I am looking for the recipe for 'blushing chicken.' It used Heinz Chili Sauce and was published in the Sunday magazine (Dixie Roto?) in the late '50s or early '60s. Also, a recipe for meat-stuffed artichoke."
Readers? Thanks!
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Check out the archive of Times-Picayune recipes at nola.com/food.
Exchange Alley seeks to rebuild recipe collections. Send requests or recipes (along with a phone number, your name and where you live) via e-mail with ALLEY in the subject line to firstname.lastname@example.com. Send mail to EXCHANGE ALLEY, Food section, The Times-Picayune, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125-1429.


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Articles by Greg Grant
JLTV Tests Begin
The Army and Marine Corps have begun testing competing industry designs for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, a new lightweight replacement for the venerable Humvee that will offer better protection against IEDs and better off-road mobility. The Army wants 60,000 of the vehicles, the Marines want 5,500. While program officials said the final number the military intends to buy is constantly changing, it will be the military's largest tactical wheeled vehicle program. The program could well be worth $40 billion; big stakes for the competing industry teams. Full JLTV production is planned for 2015.
EADS Mum on U.S. Tanker Partner
EADS has found a U.S. partner for the tanker competition, they're just not saying who it is, according to the Financial Times. The European aerospace firm had been in talks with L-3 Communications, but once word leaked of the potential partnership, lawmakers on Capitol Hill twisted arms and the U.S. company backed out, said EADS chief Louis Gallois. The company won't make the same mistake twice, he said.
How To Shrink Fighter Gap
In a new analysis, CBO looked at various ways to reduce the Navy's projected strike fighter gap. The options included combinations of extending the life of the legacy Hornet fleet, buying more Super Hornets in addition to the planned JSF buy or buying more Super Hornets and reducing the JSF buy. According to CBO, the most cost effective way to keep the inventory above 1,000 aircraft between 2011 and 2025 is to extend the life of the legacy Hornet fleet, buy 126 more Super Hornets than currently planned and reduce the JSF buy by 93 aircraft.
JSF Price Tag Now $112 Million Per Plane; Program $382 Billion
The price tag of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the military's largest weapons program, has jumped once again and is now projected to cost $382 billion, 65 percent higher than the original estimate in 2002, according to the Pentagon's own cost independent cost analysis group. The per plane cost, including development and production, now sits at $112 million; nearly 85 percent higher than the original estimate of $62 million for an "inexpensive" replacement for the ageing F-16 fleet
DOD's Guns Versus Butter Debate
CSBA's Todd Harrison has a new paper out warning that DOD is fast approaching a difficult choice: either fund the people or the weapons they operate, it will soon reach the point where it can't do both. He calls it DOD's internal "guns versus butter" debate. The butter includes pay and benefit increases that have what economists call "stickiness": they are almost impossible to rollback. The increase in pay and benefits that congress allots DOD each year will crowd out investment in research and new weapons.
MV-22 Osprey Visits The Big Apple
New Strategy Touts Soft Power
The Obama administration has released its long awaited national security strategy, touting economic power as the foundation of national power and a greater focus on economic growth, reducing deficits and rebalancing the instruments of statecraft away from the current overreliance on the use of force. The new strategy advocates coalition building and acting with and through international organizations such as the U.N. and NATO to tackle security challenges. Heavy emphasis is placed on soft power tools such as diplomacy and global partnerships.
SSBN(X) Cost Est. Soars To $8.2B
The Congressional Budget Office is out with a new estimate of the Navy's latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, issued in February. While that new plan reduces the total number of ships purchased between 2011 and 2040, and thus shipbuilding costs, CBO says the annual price tag is still much higher than the total shipbuilding funds the Navy has received in recent years. Top of the ouch list: CBO estimates SSBN(X) will cost $8.2 billion a copy.
Fighter Gap May Shrink After Wars
The Navy held a conference call with reporters today to shoot down any rumors that it's going soft on the carrier version of the Joint Strike Fighter in favor of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The fact that the Navy continues to buy large numbers of Super Hornets does not mean it doesn't plan to buy even more F-35s, a true "game changing" 5th generation stealth aircraft. The much discussed Navy strike fighter shortfall is based on projections that see carrier strike sorties in Central Command remaining at current levels out to 2017, Manazir said.
Force Structure Cuts Coming
UPDATED: Gates Says His "Every Day" Devoted to Fixing Pentagon; Mullen Says Services Support Reforms
Defense Secretary Robert Gates put it clearly earlier this month at the Eisenhower Luncheon, "it's a simple matter of math." While it would be the prudent way to go to keep the force structure at current levels, being that we are a nation in a pair of wars, he said, there is the problem of budgetary realities. "It is highly unlikely that we will achieve the real growth rates necessary to sustain the current force structure."
Boost Stealth, Long Range Strike; CSBA Puts Eye On China
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HASC Whacks FCS Leavings
Eight years ago the Army launched its most ambitious modernization program ever, the Future Combat Systems, a collection of 18 vehicles, aerial drones, robots, missiles and sensors all tied together by a robust communications network. The multi-billion dollar program was beset by shifting requirements, cost overruns, delays and what Army leaders now admit was a shining example of technological overreach. Today, the HASC scrapped much of the remaining effort.
HASC Keeps Airborne Laser Alive
The House Armed Services Committee today added $362 million to the Obama administration's 2011 defense authorization bill for missile defense, including $50 million for further tests of Boeing's Airborne Laser, a program the Obama administration had sought to end. The HASC markup also boosted funding for Aegis SM-3 and THAAD missile production.
LCS Price Gives Navy Pause
At last week's Navy League expo, Lockheed Martin's Paul Lemmo told DoD Buzz he thinks the decision on which of the two Littoral Combat Ship offerings will win the Navy's down select this summer, his company's steel mono-hull or General Dynamics' all aluminum trimaran, is an easy one. Lockheed Martin's steel mono-hull LCS can be built in most any shipyard and, more importantly, it can put in for repairs at many more dry-docks than can GD's trimaran. But both ships look likely to cost a lot more than originally planned and that has Navy officials wincing. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that once the Navy selects a single design, ship costs will come down to about $550 million.
Schwartz Shoots Down COIN Plane
The Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Norton Schwartz, shot down his own idea of a light attack aircraft for irregular wars today, saying existing aircraft can perform any and all close air support missions that a new, light strike fighter could. On top of that, he averred there is no need for a smaller cargo lifter either. "There is a not a need, in my view, for large numbers of light strike or light lift aircraft in our Air Force to do general purpose force missions," Schwartz said.
Rail Gun Pumps Rounds At Swarms
One of the more intriguing technologies spotted at this week's Navy League Sea-Air-Space Expo was General Atomics' electromagnetic rail cannon. The company has been working for a number of years with the Office of Naval Research on a 200-nautical mile gun system. In a parallel effort, they've been developing a smaller, pulse-power technology demonstrator, called the "Blitzer," for ship defense against anti-ship cruise missiles and small boat swarms.
Marines Unveil EFV; Gates Takes Aim
The Marines displayed the latest prototype of their swimming armored personnel carrier, the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), today. They unveiled not quite 24 hours after Defense Secretary Robert Gates publicly questioned the very need for the costly new vehicle. EFV skeptics, Gates among them, say the armored amphibian is a costly niche capability that has little value in the war's America is likely to fight in the future. Recent tests showed the EFV was vulnerable to underbelly IED blasts that breached the vehicle's hull.
Unmanned Helo Can Sling It
One of the more promising bits of technology showcased at this year's Navy League Sea-Air-Space Expo is the K-MAX rotary wing cargo drone. It uses the Kaman intermeshing rotor design and lacks a tail rotor and is capable of day and night operations. The unmanned helicopter that uses an can lift 4,300 lbs. up to 15,000 ft.; only a Chinook helicopter can lift heavier loads at higher altitudes, said Terry Fogarty, Kaman general manager. In tests at Yuma proving grounds it flew with a 1,500 pound load up to 17,000 ft.


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Health briefs
After languishing for years in the shadow of psychiatry's definition of adult depression, irritability is finally getting some respect again.
A new study has found that people suffering a major depressive episode who report they have become grouchy, hostile, grumpy, argumentative, foul-tempered or angry will likely have a "more complex, chronic and severe form" of major depressive disorder than those who do not acknowledge irritable feelings and behavior.
In this 30-year study of 536 subjects who first presented with depression, 54 percent acknowledged irritability in feelings and behavior. And while cussedness is increasingly recognized as a hallmark of depression in men, the current study found that a majority of women fell into its "irritable" group as well.
Compared with the merely sad, guilt-ridden and lethargic, the irritable depressed had more severe depressive symptoms. They stayed depressed for longer. They relapsed more readily.
Retirees may be pushed into health marketplace
The crashed website and busy phone lines experienced during the launch of health insurance marketplace enrollment would seem to indicate the new program created under the Affordable Care Act is a hit, or at least a curiosity.
But while thousands may be eager to enroll or learn about the exchanges, another group could get pushed into the marketplace whether they like it or not -- retirees who are younger than 65 and therefore ineligible for Medicare.
Moving retirees to something like the marketplace or a defined benefit plan where employers can predict their future costs "has been on the radar for our members for a couple of years," said M. Christine Whipple, executive director of the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, an association of some of the area's largest employers.
The reason is simple: Retirees younger than 65 make for expensive health insurance beneficiaries.
Poll: Health insurance exchanges get poor reviews
The government's new health insurance exchanges are drawing lots of rotten tomatoes in early reviews, but people are at least checking them out.
Seven percent of Americans report that somebody in their household has tried to sign up for insurance through the health insurance exchanges, according to an AP-GfK poll.
While that's a small percentage, it could represent more than 20 million people.
Three-fourths of those who tried to sign up reported problems, though, and that's reflected in the underwhelming reviews.
Overall, just 7 percent of Americans say the rollout of the health exchanges has gone well. Far more deem it a flop.
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow?Marie LeBaron
Just like this little nursery rhyme, I'd love to know: How does your garden grow?
There are so many types of gardens to plant, with so many different types of spaces to grow in, I'm interested how everyone does it.
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UNO Athletic Director Jim Miller is retiring.
Miller's retirement is effective at the end of the year, but longtime department staff member Mike Bujol, will serve as interim AD. Miller will continue in a fund-raising capacity during his time left at the school
"It has often been a struggle here, but I think the department now has a better chance to succeed," Miller said Thursday evening. "But it's time to turn this over to someone younger. You never want to stay in one place too long."
The official announcement of Miller's departure will be made Friday. Miller informed the coaches and other staff members Thursday afternoon after meeting earlier in the week with Chancellor Tim Ryan.


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Fibrous Root
There is no main root; good for water absorption. Holds onto the soil well, so it's good for controlling erosion.
Apical Meristems
Where plant growth occurs in the vertical direction. In the roots and the shoots (buds)
Zone of Cell Division
The lowest part of the root near the apical meristem that allows for cell divison
Zone of Elongation
The longest part of the root where the cells begin to grow, elongate, and specialize.
Casparian Strip
A line of cells that only allow water to pass through them, not between them. Allows for the cells to control water loss and water gain.
Sieve Tube Elements
Phloem cells without nucleus or tonoplast (central vacuole) that are used for food transport.
Companion Cells
Phloem cells that support the sieve tube elements by providing proteins for function, and serve as sources for food that needs to be transported.


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Originally Posted: http://clgamer.com/2012/08/project-25-top-25-current-gen-5-1/
I'm slightly torn on this current generation of games. I recognize the number of behemoths that have emerged, from the sequel realm, to the original IP's. For some reason though, the overall fun factor when compared to any other generation, seems a bit meager. I can't put my finger on exactly why I feel this way. It's definitely not due to the over saturation of rhythm based titles, Call of Duty titles and other, mostly Activision milked franchises (I have a few of those on this very list). It seems as if the extra polygons and processor power didn't replicate the kinds of games that feel ageless. Even the previous generation had a number of those, including Crazy Taxi, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Persona 4.
Whatever the case might be, there were still the standouts in this current generation, regardless of whether they feel as timeless as the previous generations. Lets take a look at my Top 25 Current Generation Games:
05. Guitar Hero Metallica (360)
It may have to do with the fact that I'm a huge Metallica fan, but Guitar Hero: Metallica delivers the best the rhythm genre has to offer. Songs like Enter Sandman, Disposable Heroes, No Leaf Clover and The Memory Remains were tailor made for a game like this. The non Metallica tracks might not be the most satisfying additions (outside Turn the Page) but the headline band themselves have almost every song that I ever dreamed of playing in a video game. Each instrument is a joy to play, though I always veer towards the vocals whenever I boot up my copy. If you want to rock out hard, Guitar Hero: Metallica is your first and only choice needed. As enjoyable solo as it is with a full band.
04. Mass Effect 3 (360)
Rating: N/A
Even during the whole overblown backlash over the ending, Mass Effect 3 still nailed every single thing I wanted from Commander Shepard's final chapter. The emotion evoked during the intro, as well as the lead up to the final battle, are some of gaming's most gripping moments. While completing the final battle, I absolutely dreaded the fact that my time with this portion of the franchise would be coming to an end. Then there's the multiplayer portion…bar none the most addicting and flat out best I've played this generation. At this point, I've spent nearly 750 hours with the game in total (700 or so on multiplayer alone) and the number will only rise if Bioware continues to give out free multiplayer DLC. After the memorable final chapter ends, you owe it to yourself to get lost in the multiplayer. It rounds out this package in a way that will be hard to ever trump.
03. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360)
From one major timesink to another, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is almost too much of a good thing. As with Fallout 3, there are a number of bugs that did manage to impede on the fun factor at certain points, but with the amount of content, amount of real estate and amount of customization available, it's hard to let the issues take center stage for very long. It's nearly impossible to pick out the one thing that stands out the most about Skyrim. The game world and its detail are stunning, ranging from ice capped mountainsides, to stretches of barren real estate. The random dragon encounters, while they do become laughably easy to dispatch, add a sense of tension even still. If you need a break from leveling your N7 Shadow in Mass Effect 3's MP offering, you should find the time to slay some dragons and get lost in such a massive game world.
02. Mass Effect (360)
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In terms of storytelling and gameplay structure, I will always put the first Mass Effect ahead of the other two. The emphasis on RPG elements really sold me, and it gave it a more strategic feel that the second title lacked, though the third seemed to grab some of it back. The launch of Commander Shepard's story was compelling, introducing a number of unforgettable characters along the way. Some of the aspects were a bit clunky, especially the equipment system, but what Mass Effect nailed well, it nailed it with a precision rarely seen. If you're looking to start a grand adventure through a stellar franchise, Mass Effect is the perfect launchpad in terms of a memorable franchise, as well as a first installment to one.
01. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
I was struggling to choose Super Mario Galaxy 2 over Mass Effect and vice versa. Both titles were the cream of the current generation crop, though ultimately, Super Mario Galaxy 2 barely edged it out. Building upon the successes of the first game, Galaxy 2 offered more of the same experience, with slightly more detailed and imaginative worlds. Super Mario Galaxy 2 wasn't as embarrassingly simple as the recent crop of Mario titles have been (zillions of 1ups notwithstanding) but its levels, controls, graphics and audio came together is such a thoroughly impressive manner that it's hard to put any other game ahead of it. It takes what gamers loved about the franchise, from the Super Mario Bros. all the way through to Super Mario 64, dolled it up, gave it motion controls that didn't hinder the action one bit, and retained the charm and familiarity of previous titles, without it all seeming to be a bit TOO familiar. It's a system seller for sure, and the one game this console generation that needs to be played, owned and loved.


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Greg Laswell
If you've ever watched Grey's Anatomy, you've heard Greg Laswell's music. His new album Take A Bow isn't out until May, but he dropped by to preview his new stuff and show off his remarkable ability to sing his own song backwards.
SONGS: Take Everything, Lie To Me, Marquee


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America's attention is turning once again to turkeys as the Thanksgiving harvest holiday approaches next week, and a flock of the wild birds in New York City has caused a heated debate.
After decades of effort to halt the decline of the symbolically American birds, experts say the nation's wild turkey population has rebounded from about 300,000 in the early 1950s to around seven million now.
And some of them are moving into the big city.
A population of roving turkeys on New York's Staten Island has become a mess-making, traffic-stopping annoyance to some residents, a surprise natural attraction to others and a problem for officials. Dozens of the turkeys were rounded up and killed this American summer.
"We don't want to kill them. We just want them to leave us alone," said Barbara Laing, who watched as at least 50 turkeys converged outside her house one recent evening.
The turkeys foul yards with droppings, devour gardens and wake up residents with pre-dawn mating sessions.
The birds have adapted to settings as densely populated as lower Manhattan, where one nicknamed Zelda hangs out. They've been accused of attacking residents in the Boston suburb of Brookline and menacing schoolchildren in Wisconsin.
Turkey complaints have led to at least one arrest of a resident who set off fireworks to try to disperse the birds in 2007 - and schemes such as coating turkey eggs with vegetable oil in hopes of preventing embryos from developing. It didn't work.
The controversy peaked in August, when the US Department of Agriculture captured some of about 80 birds at the psychiatric hospital and took them to be slaughtered.
After an outcry, an animal shelter in the Catskills agreed in September to take 28 of them.
More birds were rounded up and killed last month. Officials envision the slaughtered, now-frozen birds becoming a Thanksgiving turkey dinner for food pantries for poor residents, but they're awaiting test results for pesticides and other chemicals the birds might have gobbled up.
If the turkeys can't be released in the wild, "I would rather see them slaughtered than see them cause an automobile accident," said Staten Island Borough president James Molinaro. "They're not made for a city."
But others were aghast.
"It's a horrible thing. You take animals and just kill them? What kind of world are we living in?" said Joe McAllister, a local neighbourhood association president who joined an August protest denouncing the slaughters. Online petitions have gathered thousands of signatures.
For now, it's not clear if more captures are planned.


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To the Editor:
Summit voters are confronted with three choices for mayor on Election Day: party nominees Ellen Dickson, Eileen Forman Ludden, and independent Michael Vernotico. The traits we need for mayoral leadership are honesty, experience, compatibility, humility and performance. How do our candidates compare?
Eileen Ludden may be a future contender but is not ready to take on the Chief Executive role of a major City and is definitely not a polished successor to Janet Whitman, Walter Long and Jordan Glatt.
Michael Vernotico, although a seasoned pro, has personality flaws that have stifled the effectiveness of Council. He voted against the last two budgets and could jeopardize our AAA rating with his employee additions. He advocates a "kitchen cabinet" to advise him rather than an elected Council.
The best candidate is Dickson, experienced, financially austere, a communicator who delivers on her promises and a champion of educational excellence and downtown progress. She is humble and conciliatory with others and is respected by our state representatives and congressman.
Summit's Council has been effective in approving the lowest municipal and school tax increases in recent Summit history. Yet, our property owners are confronted with escalating taxes despite any reforms that may be enacted. Our disproportionate county tax burden and the city's electric power challenges must be actively confronted at the county and state levels by a compatible and aggressive Mayor and Council.
Summit is fortunate to have six good candidates for Council with varied backgrounds. I recommend three in particular for the unique qualities they offer Summit's governance:
- Greg Drummond, an attorney and business owner, is proficient with downtown summit, city development opportunities and is cognizant of real estate values and taxes;
- Dr. Rob Rubino is a competent health expert and business executive with multiple talents and the persona to accomplish summit's objectives economically and effectively;
- Pat Hurley, who heads corporate security for a major firm, is widely experienced in public safety, cyber security, terrorism, electrical grids, electronics and city challenges.
Ellen, Greg, Rob and Pat bring valuable skill sets to Summit and work well together. They have my vote!
Rich Madden,
Council president pro-tem


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Gunned is another term for really drunk
Allan and Cory got really Gunned on Vodka and fucked like a pair of gay chimps
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Can you define these popular missing words?
means getting cussed, taken the piss out of etc.
noooo....u just got gunned! (u just got cussed!)
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Going extremly fast. Also means Floor it.
Yo, homes get the car we're about to gun it.
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To be fingered with a gun.
Mike got gunned last night by his boyfriend, damn good thing the safety was on.
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PENTAX K-30 DSLR Camera Winner
Latest Camera Reviews
We've teamed up with PENTAX RICOH IMAGING UK LTD to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a fantastic PENTAX K-30 worth £649.99!
The lucky winner is Paula Hepburn. Congratulations!
The K-30 has been developed to help SLR beginners capture high-quality images with ease. Packed in a compact, weather-resistant, dustproof and lightweight body, the PENTAX K-30 offers a range of advanced features, including a 16 megapixel sensor, optical viewfinder offering almost 100% field of view, high-speed shooting and a full-HD movie function.
The K-30 is available in a choice of three colours: Crystal White and Crystal Blue, with brilliant, glossy finishes; and Classic Black, for a more traditional SLR look.
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1. This competition closed on 15/11/2012 at 12.00 Midday GMT.
2. By entering this competition you will also be opting in to Photography Blog's monthly e-newsletter, but you have the option to unsubscribe at any time.
3. Only one entry per person only.
4. No entries accepted from employees of Photography Blog or PENTAX RICOH IMAGING UK LTD.
5. The winner will be announced on the Photography Blog website following the closing date and contacted via email only so a valid email address required.
6. The featured prize is one PENTAX K-30 digital SLR camera.
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answer- Entry Level DSLR
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love to win this camera to take pictures of my cool dogs .many thanks
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I would love to win this, my old DSLR was built about 10 years ago and needs replacing urgently. The PENTAX K-30 would be fabulous and allow me to take decent photo's of my children at long last!
This would be great for me to step up my Photography
Entry Level DSLR
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Answer: Entry- level DSLR
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Answer - Entry-level DSLR
Entry Level DSLR looks like a cool bit of kit
My daughter would love to take photos with this camera
Would love to win this, would be a fantastic step upwards from my little point-n-shoot and I'd enjoy learning and experimenting with all it's features. Fingers crossed. Good luck to all. x
does anyone ever win these things?
saddened by the death of my old cannon compact served me for nearly 10 years, maybe if I enter enough competitions like this I can replace it. I hope I was good in a previous life and if not I promise to be better in the next one /wink
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Anyone else getting an error when they try to click on the link to answer the question? I'm getting an error telling me "Thank you for your willingness to participate in our survey. However this study has been completed and is now closed. (SRES_014)"
Why send out a great newsletter with a comp that is old and closed. V Frustrating. Perhaps an error?
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Answer: Entry-level DSLR
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answer: entry level DSLR.
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...I couldn't participate...Why? It isn't 26/11/2012 yet?
Terms and conditions
1. This competition closes on 26/11/2012 at 12.00 Midday GMT.
And I received this... Information Thank you for your willingness to participate in our survey. However this study has been completed and is now closed. (SRES_014)
i get the same as the person who commented above me
but i'm guessing that the answer is Entry Level DSLR
since that is what everyone else is typing, lol
:) let's see what happens, I would like to win.
I would love to win this! Thanks so much for the chance!
Entry-level DSLR camera
digital SLR camers
I love a PENTAX K-30 DSLR Camera!
Are You all really beleive you win something?
I wonder if it could be truth...
Congratulation Paula, have to say I am very jealous!
It would be nice to see the country of the winner to see if only UK people could win...


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CD-adapco is the world's largest independent CFD focused provider of engineering simulation software, support and services. We have over 30 years of experience in delivering industrial strength engineering simulation.
The conjugate heat transfer methodology has been employed to predict the flow and thermal properties including the metal temperature of a NASA turbine vane at three operating conditions. The turbine vane was cooled
internally by air flowing through 10 round pipes. The conjugate heat transfer methodology allows a simultaneous solution of aerodynamics and heat transfer in the external hot gas and the internal cooling passages and conduction
within the solid metal, eliminating the need for multiple / decoupled solutions in a typical industry design process.The model of about three million computational meshes includes the gas path and the internal cooling channels,comprising hexa cells, and the solid metal comprising hexa and prism cells. The predicted aerodynamic loadings were found to be in close agreement with the data for all the cases. The predicted metal temperature, external and internal heat transfer distributions at the mid-span compared well with the measurement. The differences in the heat transfer rates and metal temperature under different running conditions were also captured well. The V2F turbulence model has been compared with a low-Reynolds-number k-e model and a non-linear quadratic k-e model. The V2F model is found to provide the closest agreement with the data, though it still has room for improvement in predicting the boundary layer transition and turbulent heat transfer, especially on the suction side. The overall results are quite encouraging and indicate that conjugate heat transfer simulation with proper turbulence closure has the potential to become a viable tool in turbine heat transfer analysis and cooling design.
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Validus Targets Growth in Asia After Flagstone Purchase
Validus Holdings Ltd., the reinsurer that agreed yesterday to buy Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA, is looking to expand beyond the U.S., its largest market, into Asia and Australia.
Pricing for the coverage that backstops insurers against the largest risks has increased in nations including Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, creating opportunities for Validus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ed Noonan said.
"As a result of the losses last year in Asia, which we largely avoided, markets like Japan and Australia are suddenly paying higher prices," Noonan, 54, said yesterday in a phone interview from Bermuda, where Validus is based. "We certainly see attractive opportunities there."
Validus agreed to buy Flagstone for $623.2 million in cash and stock, valuing Flagstone at 19 percent more than the Aug. 29 closing price. Validus said its maximum risk from a Japan typhoon would jump by about 47 percent to $355 million after acquiring Flagstone, assuming a storm so severe that it strikes once every 250 years, according to a presentation posted online.
Risk from an earthquake of similar magnitude in Japan would rise 37 percent to $282.3 million. The largest risk would remain U.S. hurricanes at $1.24 billion, an increase of $148.7 million with the addition of Luxembourg-based Flagstone.
"We've seen rates move up this year in the U.S. market and that continues to be very attractive," Noonan said.
About 41 percent of Validus's policy sales came from the U.S. in the quarter ended June 30, compared with 5.5 percent from Japan, a company filing showed. Marine and aerospace coverage, which can span regions, accounted for 26 percent.
Asia Business
Billionaire Warren Buffett said in May that the reinsurance unit of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is doing "far more" business in Asia. Swiss insurer Ace Ltd. is seeking to expand in Japan after the country's insurers took on too much risk before the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, CEO Evan Greenberg said in April.
Greenberg's brother, Jeff Greenberg, is on the board of Validus. Their father, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, built American International Group Inc. into the world's biggest insurer before he was forced out in 2005.
Reinsurance rates rose as much as 60 percent for earthquake coverage in Japan, and less for other risks, after the 2011 disaster, Swiss Re Ltd. said in June of that year. In the U.S., property reinsurance prices have risen 6.5 percent this year from 2011 as primary insurers changed how they managed risk after last year's losses, Guy Carpenter & Co. said last month.
Flagstone Transaction
In the deal announced yesterday, Flagstone investors will get 0.1935 share of Validus and $2 in cash for every one of their shares, for an aggregate equity value of $623.2 million. The purchase may be complete in the fourth quarter, the companies said.
"We never mind rolling up our sleeves and fighting for something that we think is good for Validus," Noonan said on a conference call with analysts yesterday. "We don't anticipate it, but we never shy away from it."
Noonan said that Isaac, the hurricane that struck Louisiana on Aug. 28 and caused flooding in New Orleans, won't generate a meaningful amount of claims.
"This is not a big loss to the insurance industry and it won't be a significant loss to the reinsurance industry," he said in the interview.


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» Tour of the island by boat
In just two hours you will discover the colours of the sea in the inlets as we hug the coastline of the island.
» Blue Grotto
The extraordinary colbalt colour of the sea can be admired from inside the Blue Grotto due to a phenomenon of light refraction from an opening under the sea.
» Villa San Michele
Constructed on the ruins of an ancient roman villa by Axel Munthe the swedish doctor and writer, it is now a museum.
» Gardens of Augustus
This green park, not far from the centre of Capri, from here there is a wonderful panoramic view of the island, where you can admire the Marina Piccola Bay and the Faraglioni Rocks.
» Monte Solaro
The highest point of the island can be reached by chairlift which takes you to the summit. From the observation point there is a spacious view of the Golf of Salerno as well as the whole island.


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Mazda is on a drive to raise its market share in Europe after the launch of its latest model at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
The Japanese car group said it intended to become a "challenger" brand across the continent at an event hosted by Lech Walesa, the former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Laureate, and its European CEO Jeff Guyton in Warsaw.
Mazda, which is sponsoring the annual Nobel Peace Laureates Summit next month as part of its attempt to raise its profile in Europe, has only about 1.5 per cent of the British car market.
It is also marketing itself in a series of adverts, such as one featuring US athlete Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised the high jump with his "flop" style in 1968.
Guyton said: "Our biggest challenge in Europe is to get to the stage where we become known as an aspirational brand."
He pointed out that the company has 10 per cent market share in countries such as Australia, and is highly regarded.
"We will get to this level elsewhere. We want to become a stronger brand in Europe," he said. Mazda drove a convoy of its new Mazda 3 models from Hiroshima, where the company was founded and based, to Frankfurt for the motor show with a stopover in Warsaw for the pre-launch event. The month-long trip included driving through Siberia.
The new model will launch in Europe next month, and a British launch will follow for Christmas. Guyton said Mazda has just had its most profitable quarter since 2004, and now has the strength to grow globally.
The company currently sells about 150,000 cars in Europe and 1.25 million globally. It said that its mid-term goal is to sell 1.7 million a year globally.


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I do not know of the Kerrygold Cheeses, but I know dollar stores are the best things. Nothing better in the universe.
The other day I bought a bag of jerky for one dollar, it's not organic but it had 11grams of protein. This is good.
Also, flossers, a pack of 50, for 1 dollar. Flossing with regular floss is a hassle, with these flossers, forget it, man; my tooth health is now so good, people tell me my teeth are amazing.


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The Unofficial Home of Buckethead
A website dedicated to virtuoso guitarist Buckethead.
Email me any queries, suggestions, etc
Any contributions are welcome!
|KFC Skin Piles (2001)
Vinyl Rip
|Giant Robot (1991 Demo Tape)
Extremely rare Buckethead Demo Tape from 1991
|EL Stew - The Rehearsal
Full OOP Album.
|Live @ Virgin Megastore (1998)
Live video bootleg from Virgin Megastore, San Francisco (4th March 98)
|Live @ Aggie Theatre (2008)
Live video bootleg from the Aggie Theatre, Fort Collins, CO (6th March 08)
|Mortal Kombat - Original Score
OOP Movie Score. Features Buckethead on guitar, and Brain on drums.
|PBS Soundstage
Buckethead's performance on Bill Laswell's Soundstage - Axiom Sound System Musical Freezone
Electric Sea
Posted: 20th January 2012
New Buckethead solo release.
Purchase at CityHallRecords.com
Buckethead Pikes
Posted: 1st June 2011
First 2 albums of the Buckethead Pikes series, available to buy now.
More Details HERE
Captain EO's Voyage
Posted: 22nd October 2010
New Buckethead solo release.
Available to Download from iTunes now.
More Details HERE


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Foley, Beverley June Lenor (nee Goldie)
It is with hearts filled with love, sadness and wonderful cherished memories that we share the news of the passing of our Wife, Mother, Grandma and Great Grandma at home on Thursday December 8th, 2011, in her 71st year. Born June 2nd, 1941. Bev was a devoted wife of Noel for 51 years. Bev was the loving mother of Cynthia and her husband Raymond of Kitchener and Catherine and her husband Allen of Kitchener. Cherished Grandma of Adam, Lenore and Nathan. Great Grandma of baby Ashton. She will be dearly missed by her devoted dog, Max. Also survived by her step father William Dinsmore, her sisters Flo and her husband Dave, Debbie and her husband Bill, Sharon, Bonnie and many Nieces and Nephews. She was predeceased by her parents Leonard Goldie and Coralie Dinsmore as well as her sister Ruth.
Bev was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend. She was a Past President of the Kinette Club of K-W and a volunteer with the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Bev endured many years of poor health with strength, patience and dignity. She never complained and was forever optimistic that she would prevail over her many illnesses. Everyone who knew Bev loved her. Her family and friends gave her unconditional love and support over the years to help her bear the battle with her health.
Bev was a vibrant, cheerful lady with a sweet musical laugh. Despite all her health tribulations, Bev always found the goodness within herself and others. She loved to share life, laughter and good times with those she loved and we with her. Her greatest joy was the times spent with her grandchildren. The recent birth of her first great-grandson was a dream come true for her.
Bev had a flair for fashion and a passion for crafts. Shopping was one of her joys; especially with her daughters. She loved to travel, two of her favourite destinations being Florida and Las Vegas. On January 28th 2011, Bev and Noel celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Mom spoke often of wanting to renew their vows for their 50th anniversary. Dad surprised Mom by arranging a sunset renewal ceremony at a beautiful chapel in Las Vegas, attended by close family and friends.
Mom, we love and miss you. Bev, our moments together are cherished, more than you ever knew. I will love you forever.
Bev's relatives and friends will be received from 12 noon until 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener (519-749-8467). Memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2011 with Canon David Bowyer officiating, immediately followed by a reception at the funeral home
Memorial contributions to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the ALS Society (cards available at the funeral home)
Visit www.henrywalser.com for Bev's memorial.


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Feb. 27, 2014
Saint Vincent College will offer a special course designed to assist students who are planning to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as part of their application to law school. The course will focus on instruction in the areas of analytical reasoning, problem analysis and reading comprehension. It will be geared to helping students become confident in their approach to this type of standardized exam. Students in last year's course saw significant improvement in their LSAT scores. The course earns one college credit and is graded pass/fail. Team teaching the course will be Dr. Margaret Watkins, associate professor of philosophy, who will focus on the logical reasoning and problem analysis part of the course, and Dr. Dennis McDaniel, chairperson and associate professor of English, who will concentrate on the reading comprehension component. The course will be offered Tuesday and Thursday evenings in 50-minute sessions beginning at 6:30 p.m. for seven weeks. The first class will be Tuesday, March 11. Contact the Saint Vincent College Office of Graduate and Continuing Education at 724-805-2933 or email@example.com for more information or to register.
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Lycoming County law enforcement officials gathered Thursday to announce renewed efforts to root out what they say is the area's growing drug problem.
The Lycoming County Narcotics Enforcement Unit will be a collaborative effort among state police and local law enforcement personnel, according to county District Attorney Eric Linhardt.
Since 2007, the state attorney general's had operated the drug task force.
"The main thrust of this is the drug task force will be run through my office," he said.
Linhardt noted that following consultations with the attorney general's office and county commissioners, it was agreed that his office assume responsibility for operating the task force.
Under the county, the unit will have access to more funding.
"It makes it significantly better because of the substantial allocations that didn't previously exist," Linhardt said.
Five full-time county narcotics detectives officers will work with the unit to help support drug fighting efforts.
Williamsport City Police will add two officers for narcotics investigations.
Williamsport, Old Lycoming Township, Montoursville, and Tiadaghton Regional Police are to provide part-time officers to work overtime.
In addition, the unit will work in conjunction with the state police vice unit, Troop F, Montoursville.
The hope, he said, is that other municipalities will contribute manpower as well.
County commissioners approved hiring of the county detectives at their Thursday meeting.
They are to start work Jan. 5.
Commissioner Jeff Wheeland said the amount of manpower for such a force is unique in the state.
"We're done talking about the issue," he said. "Now is the time for action."
Commissioner Tony Mussare told Linhardt of the importance of the drug unit, especially based on heartbreaking phone calls from concerned and impacted parents.
Linhardt said the task force, funded by $233,525 in county dollars, will provide rapid investigations and hopefully result in large numbers of arrests.
He and others referred to the area's alarming rise of heroin.
"The drug users are already here, said Anthony Sassano, regional director of the state Attorney General's office.
He noted that part of the solution to the drug problem, which includes an increasing use and abuse of prescription drugs, will involve rehabilitation and education.
The state attorney general's office will support the task force with annual allotments to reimburse what the county pays to operate the task force.
Reimbursements also will come through drug forfeiture dollars.
As mid-level and large scale drug operations are uncovered, particularly those operating across county lines, investigations will be referred to the attorney general.
"Doing nothing isn't an option," said Lycoming County Sheriff Mark Lusk.
Resources are needed to fight the drug problem, he added.
Wheeland noted that easy availability of heroin makes drug fighting efforts difficult.
"Heroin on our streets is cheaper than a pack of cigarettes," he said.
Lycoming County Coroner Charles Kiessling said 15 percent of the deaths his office investigates are somehow drug-related.
Linhardt said heroin is the No. 1 drug of choice in the state.
He attributed the "heroin epidemic" to the large number of people addicted to prescription drugs, which serve as gateway drugs to heroin, as well as the influx of heroin from Mexico and its availability now in a purer and cheaper form.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found an 11 percent rise in syphilis and a 4 percent increase in gonorrhea cases in 2012 in the U.S. But what does the XY chromosome have to do with these sexually transmitted diseases?
Researchers believe it's less to do with genes and more to do with social stigma aimed at gay and bisexual men, in addition to difficulties in accessing health care. Salon reports:
The CDC's full report reminds us that the problem does not just affect men, however, as "all Americans have an interest in STD prevention because all communities are impacted by STDs and all individuals directly or indirectly pay for the costs of these diseases."
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Susquehanna Health dietitian Kate McKernan noted that the average person gains about 5 to 7 pounds during the holiday season.
It's a figure many may find startling.
Then again, given our culture's penchant for indulging itself in food at this time of year, perhaps it's not so surprising after all.
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Jennifer Franceschelli, right, a doctor of GI/nutrition at Geisinger Health System, advises patients that what they put into their bodies and on their plates is the key to being healthy.
McKernan said there certainly exist ways for people to try and avoid putting on those extra pounds in these weeks of celebration.
Sure, it takes effort and some degree of restraint, but it can be done.
Too many people, she said, engage in what she called "mindless eating."
"Basically, that is when you are not paying attention to the amounts you are eating," she said.
There's better choices to be made, however.
They include putting desserts out of sight, at least until they are ready to be eaten.
"Drink water instead of a glass of beer or wine," she said.
Or, at least don't drink so much.
"Alcohol and candy are just empty calories," she said. "Unfortunately, they are readily available at this time of year."
As are a variety of other foods, and a person looking to avoid the empty calories and extra pounds can use that to his or her advantage.
Filling one's plate with some combination of fruits and vegetables instead of the sweets and the salty foods such as chips is one option.
Fruits and vegetables have fiber.
"Fiber is good for metabolism," she said. "(That's) The rate at which our body burns calories. Fiber helps us burn calories."
Fiber can be found in whole grains, beans and lentils, as well as fruits and vegetables.
Avoiding processed foods, which can be high in calories, also is a good tip.
"It really boils down to portion control," she said. "Everyone is going to indulge. The question is how much?"
And the holidays are no time to stop exercising, she added.
After all, a sedentary lifestyle increases one's likelihood of gaining weight.
Jennifer Franceschelli, a doctor of GI/nutrition at Geisinger Health System, noted that being mindful of what we put into our bodies and on our plates is the key to being healthy.
She called for limiting saturated fats often found in red meats, butter and many cheeses, which can raise cholesterol.
The Food and Drug Administration's move to ban trans fats from America's food supply is a step in the right direction, according to Franceschelli.
Trans fat is made by treating vegetable oil with hydrogen gas to make it more solid. For years, it was mistakenly believed that trans fat was harmless or perhaps even beneficial because it substituted for saturated fats.
Trans fat is found in stick and full fat margarine, deep fried foods and many baked goods popular during the holidays such as cakes and doughnuts.
"Trans fats raise your LDL or 'bad' cholesterol and lower your HDL or 'good' cholesterol,' " she said. "Several studies have shown that trans fat is associated or directly linked to heart disease and even heart attacks."
Franceschelli noted that physical activity is important as well to helping one maintain a healthy weight.
A 30-to 60-minute daily exercise regimen of moderate to vigorous activity is ideal for many people.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The threat of severe weather this afternoon and evening has led to the cancellation of sporting events across the Huntsville region.
The four metro softball matchups have been wiped out as various school districts nixed after-school activities. No longer scheduled are Athens at Grissom, East Limestone at Bob Jones, James Clemens at Elkmont, and Austin at Sparkman. Section golf tournaments in Cullman and Florence have been postponed.
Soccer playoff matches are scheduled for Tuesday, but contests in the Tennessee Valley will likely be postponed. Several area softball tournaments were also slated to begin Tuesday.
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S. Truett Cathy, the 86-year-old founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A, is a role model for the restaurant industry. In a career spanning more than six decades, he has managed to grow his business from a single mom-and-pop diner to a multi-billion-dollar chain. His philosophy places as much importance on bettering his employees as it does the bottom line, and the results speak for themselves: Chick-fil-A is the second largest quick-service chicken chain in the nation by sales. In his newest book, How Did You Do It, Truett? (available at Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, various Christian bookstores, and online), he shares his recipe for success.
How are you doing?
I'm doing super and getting better.
I'm letting go all my secrets in this book. The title of it is How Did You Do It, Truett?, so I tried to give you my formula for success. I feel like there are a lot of keys to success, and I've got my own ideas about how I did it. But I still can do better—I will. We're working toward that.
Why did you want to write this book, and who do you hope reads it?
I think that our customers are certainly the ones that I'd be attracting, and those that we desire to be customers. But it's just a way of communicating to other people. Lots of times people ask the question "How'd you do it," and since I've been around for 86 years, I've had a lot that happened to me that other people don't have the privilege of having been exposed to. I was brought up in the deep Depression. I was brought up in poverty, and I've lived in a time of plenty. There's lessons to be learned when you're brought up in poverty because it makes you appreciate what you have, the value of a dollar, the value of working hard, and achieving certain goals you have set for yourself. I think people are mistaken when they say it depends on luck. What I say is the harder you work, the luckier you get.
I think it's safe to say that a lot of your competitors are going to read this new book. Why did you decide to be so candid?
I think we probably have more and more people enjoy eating out because we can compete with our highest competitors simply because of kindness. We practice the golden rule: Treat your customers just like you like to be treated when you go out to eat. You like to be greeted with a bunch of smiling faces, a serving spirit. If the customer says, "Thank you," all of our people say, "It's our pleasure." That shocks people in fast food because normally you don't expect that kind of treatment when you go out to eat, especially in fast food. So we have done just that. Throughout our whole chain people are taught to be kind to the customers. It's very important, and it doesn't cost you anything either.
In your book there's a quote that says, "Truett has focused on keeping the food menu and operations consistent and simple over the past 60 years, always focusing on the Chick-fil-A Sandwich." With other quick-service restaurants now introducing seasonal menu items and other new food products coming out quite often, why keep your focus on the sandwich?
Well, that's been a major part of both the name and production of Chick-fil-A. In the beginning, we had a very difficult time getting the name over because everybody knows what a hamburger is and what a hot dog is, but Chick-fil-A, [they said], "What's that? Is that some kind of pressed chicken or something?"


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Huck Finn doesn't have anything on Henry Shackleford.
The 12-year-old Kansas slave finds himself orphaned, kidnapped and declared a girl in the space of one wild afternoon, when John Brown blows into town.
Henry, suddenly christened Henrietta through a misunderstanding, finds himself in a too-large gown and a bonnet traveling "incog-Negro" as part of Brown's ragtag Army on its way to the fateful, failed raid on the federal armory in Harper's Ferry, Va., in 1859 that would ultimately launch the Civil War.
Henry's barber father tries to clear up Brown's misapprehension about Henry's gender but is killed in a freak accident within minutes of meeting the abolitionist.
"[T]he Old Man heard Pa say, 'Henry ain't a,' and took it to be 'Henrietta,' which is how the Old Man's mind worked. Whatever he believed, he believed. It didn't matter to him whether it was really true or not. He just changed the truth till it fit him," said Henry of his new life as a girl.
Brown nicknames Henry "Little Onion" and adopts him as his good-luck charm in James McBride's wily, sometimes hilarious but always readable picaresque, "The Good Lord Bird." The book takes its title from the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird so rare it was thought to have been extinct for part of the 20th century, and so awe-inspiring that all anyone could say upon seeing one is, "Good Lord."
Despite his best efforts to extricate himself, Henry, who was freed against his will, ends up as part of Brown's raiding party. His adventures carry him to Missouri, where he ends up working in a brothel, on a fund-raising trip to Philadelphia and Boston abolitionist rally "where "everybody got to make a speech about the Negro but the Negro" and on into Canada. Along the way, he meets Frederick Douglass (who is treated somewhat less reverentially here than in Colum McCann's new novel, "Transatlantic,") and Harriet Tubman, whom Brown calls "The General" and whose advice he fatally disregards.
The fiery Brown, who launched an armed insurrection to free the slaves in the face of odds so long Don Quixote might have paused to reconsider, has been written about by everybody from Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville to Langston Hughes, but McBride, "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother," has no trouble making the abolitionist his own. His Brown is a generous, fearless firebrand who believed his purity of motive would make up for lack of numbers and who put his trust in unreliable allies.
"He was like everybody in war. He believed God was on his side. Everybody got God on their side in a war. Problem is, God ain't tellin' nobody who He's for," said Henry.
In "The Good Lord Bird," Brown will raise a small fortune and then hand it all over to a charlatan, or steal a horse and then give it back to a farmer if it turns out that he didn't need it after all. Brown will give away a dress he bought for his daughter to a slave but then will kill a man and all his sons for being on the wrong side.
He's also likely to stop his horse in mid-gallop, cup his hand to ear and announce that he's getting battle plans from the Lord or pray over prisoners so long that they ask him to just kill them already and get it over with.
"The Old Man's prayers was more sight than sound, really, more sense than sensibility. You had to be there: the aroma of burnt pheasant rolling through the air, the wide, Kansas prairie about, the smell of buffalo dung, the mosquitoes and wind eating at you one way, and him chawing at the wind the other. He was a plain terror in the praying department," said Henry, who has little patience with religious matters.
What Henry excels at is self-preservation, bursting into tears to convince soldiers he's a girl or intoning comically, "I just don't know where I belongs, being a tragic mulatto and all."
When a fellow slave tells him, "You just trying to save your skin," Henry shoots back, "Why not? It covers my body."
Henry isn't sure how he feels about Brown's quest and is not entirely sure the "Old Man" is entirely sane, but he comes to feel a genuine affection for the wild-eyed old abolitionist.
While McBride has a flair for the tall tale, "The Good Lord Bird" takes a poignant turn near the end, as Henry comes to see the similarities between Brown and the solitary, rare bird he relied on as an omen.
"The old face, crinkled and dented with canals running every which way, pushed and shoved up against itself for a while, till a big old smile busted out from beneath 'em all and his gray eyes fairly glowed," Henry says of his last sight of "The Captain."
This John Brown doesn't "lie a-mouldering in the grave," as the old song goes. His soul definitely is marching on in McBride's terrific novel.
Yvonne Zipp is MLive's book critic. You can reach her at email@example.com. Read her other book reviews here.


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EAGLES WIDE RECEIVER DeSean Jackson has spent much of his offseason on the West Coast, doing a lot of charity work - including visits to several prisons and youth football camps - and running up a pretty big bar tab at a club celebrating his new record label (as you might have read about).
Jackson has not been among the Eagles taking part in the players-only informal workouts in South Jersey or in Michael Vick's passing camp last month.
But Jackson says he is in great shape, writing on Twitter yesterday, "Just finished up a great workout!! My routes is nice!! I'm in Tip Top shape ready to Go!!"


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Arts Exhibition: Ainu Treasures: A Living Tradition in Northern JapanJanuary 20, 2013 - May 5, 2013
Manoa Campus, East-West Center Gallery, John A. Burns Hall
The Ainu are an indigenous people of Japan. "Ainu" means "human" in the Ainu language. They once inhabited northern Honshu (Japan's largest island), Hokkaido, southern Sakhalin, and the Kurile Islands. Most Ainu now live in Hokkaido, with a limited number in Tokyo, in other parts of Japan, and abroad.
In recent decades, indigenous people throughout the world have taken the initiative to revive their traditional cultures and the Ainu are no exception. One of the examples of such an attempt is a project for Ainu artists to make replicas of Ainu artifacts owned by various museums. This activity is helpful for the Ainu people to regain what has been lost and integrate the traditional skills of ancestors into contemporary works. Moreover, these new cultural resources inspire both innovation and creativity among Ainu artists.
This exhibition features modern Ainu masterpieces and reproductions of Ainu artifacts held by Hokkaido University's Botanic Garden Museum; early 20th century Ainu handicrafts from the Bishop Museum in Honolulu; historic and contemporary photographs of Ainu craftsmen; and video clips showing historical and social context.
Curator: Michael Schuster
Guest Curator, Photographer: Koji Yamasaki
Additional research: Masaru Kato, Nanako Iwasa, Vincent Mitsuharu Okada
Exhibit design: Lynne Najita,Michael Schuster
Guest visual artists and lecturers: Toru Kaizawa, Jirota Kitahara
Guest performers: Oki, Marewrew, Shusei Toko, Ikuo Yamamaru
The Ainu Treasures project was made possible by generous support from The Japan Foundation and Hawaiian Airlines.
Additional support provided by the Hawaii Pacific Rim Society, Friends of Hawaii Charities, Honolulu Festival, The Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture, The Ainu Association of Hokkaido, and contributors to the EWC Foundation, including members of the EWC Arts 'Ohana.
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Hawaii Campus, Building 391, Room 6
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Manoa Campus, Campus Center Executive Dining Room
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Woman arrested after striking multiple vehicles on Mifflin St
A 22 year old Madison woman is sobering off in jail this morning after she allegedly played "bumper cars" with nearly a half dozen vehicles. Before bar time, witnesses saw the woman careen her jeep into a couple cars in the 500 block of Mifflin Street. She then made her way over to West Washington Avenue and then back again to Mifflin, where she struck three more cars. Police say she was very intoxicated, but refused a breathalyzer. A drunk driving charge is pending.


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Analysis: A Movement, or Just a Moment?
A year has passed since the filibuster that pushed a Fort Worth lawmaker into a governor's race that so many Texas Democrats had decided to avoid in 2014.
The lawmaker, state Sen. Wendy Davis, turned that special session filibuster on abortion legislation into political theater and reality TV.
As political moments go, it was a stupendous start. A party that had been shaking the trees for competitive candidates for governor suddenly found a star who had been sitting there all along.
But in the year since, the Davis campaign has been raising money and organizing, trying to expand beyond the ...


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This photo was taken just a few months ago- back in January. Holding Ivy LaRue, her 1,631st homebirth "catch." (This must have been Ivy's Tyra fierce eyes phase.)
This is Lynda. She is life. And light. And the most giving soul. She is not in pain. She is not in discomfort. She puts others before herself.
What I saw last night was only temporary. Who Lynda is, is forever. Will be remembered forever. And ever. I am so thankful that I got to be someone touched by Lynda's forceps (her hands!) and her ministry.
...We all want to believe that what we do is important. That people hang on to our every word. That they care what we think. The truth is, you should consider yourself lucky if you even occasionally get to make someone, anyone, feel a little better. After that, it's all about the people that you let into your life. - John Dorian, Scrubs.
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Lead singer of the White Stripes, synonym for God.
Thank JACK WHITE I passed my Algebra final!
Beküldő: barbie_dumped_ken 2005. június 2.
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Jack White is a buff 6'6" guy from the White Stripes that kicked the shit out of the Von Bondies lead singer after a gig. He had to go to court and got a $1000 fine and community service or something.
the von bondies guy cried like a pussy and took it to court becuz he got his face smashed in
Beküldő: bryan18 2005. augusztus 5.
Singer/guitarist for The White Stripes and The Raconteurs,also insanely hot man in very tight pants with an incredibly giant penis
"That Jack White's pants are so tight his enormous penis is going to burst forth"
Beküldő: Joanie Baloney 2006. november 11.
most beautiful person in the whole vide world. Vocal, songwriter and guitar in "the white stripes". i love him. JACK I LOVE YOU..my heart is breaking...:(
jack, if ur thing with renee doesnt work out: marry me.
Beküldő: wizkey 2005. január 11.
A truly great guitarist and member of the rock duo The White Stripes (which he formed along with Meg White), The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather. Jack's skills on guitar and penchant for the Digitech Whammy use during his solos, combined with Meg's simple yet effective drumming capture a very primal sound, immersed in the bands unique punk/blues fusion. Has an appreciation (along with Meg) for the Dutch art movement De Stijl, which influenced the trademark colour scheme and dynamics of the bands music and on-stage appearence. Also demonstrates that less is more is still a valid technical standpoint. He is also a talented songwriter, and is quite possibly the modern equivalent of the guitar gods of old, frequently being ranked as one of the greatest guitar players of recent times. Long live Jack White :)
Q: What's black, white and red all over?
A: Jack White!
A: Jack White!
Beküldő: Firelovesugar 2010. július 20.
Singer/Guitarist for The White Stripes and Raconteurs,also insanely hot guy in incredibly tight pants with extremely large penis.
"That Jack White's pants are so tight his extremely large penis is going to burst forth"
Beküldő: Joanie Baloney 2006. november 13.
a reasonably disgusting cocktail composed of a shot each of jack daniel's whiskey and malibu rum. named after the white stripes frontman, who deserves better.
dude i'm not carrying him out if he drinks anymore of those jack whites
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Remember Kool Aid Pie?
This was my childhood favorite, very easy to make
1 graham cracker crust
1 (8oz) Cool Whip
1 package of any flavor Kool Aid
1 can of condensed milk
mix cool whip. kool aid and condensed milk into a bowl and whip very good, then pour into pie crust and chill for 15 minutes. Done!
TFS. My kids will love this.
I tried something like this. It was actually listed as a healthy dessert. I think the other one had jello in it. It was really good though. :)
My mom used to make this when I was a kid and I loved it!! I made it several times last summer and forgot how good it is. Orange is my favorite but black cherry is great too!