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Reisman: Sex-Ed Turns Children into Prostitutes and 'Little Sexual Deviants'
Reisman: Sex-Ed Turns Children into Prostitutes and 'Little Sexual Deviants' Liberty Counsel's Matt Barber has been promoting new claims by Judith Reisman, a fellow professor at Liberty University, that the Department of Health and Human Services may be breaking the law by actively "grooming" children for sex. Wonkette published quite the takedown of Barber's column, noting that he and Reisman both glaringly distort Alfred Kinsey's research. Reisman spoke to Janet Mefferd about the column, where she said that the HHS along with groups like Planned Parenthood and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, a group she compares to the Hitler Youth and says is part of the "pedophile movement," are "grooming children" to embrace sexual activities that "either could kill them or maim them." She warns that comprehensive sexual education will lead to "drug abuse, alcohol abuse and everything else," including higher rates of venereal diseases and AIDS, by "teaching [children] sexual perversions in order to turn them into little sexual deviants."
Mefferd: When you're talking about these sexual educators, are you talking about people like Planned Parenthood, GLSEN, some of these groups?
Reisman: Sure, it's all criminal activity and it's all been to violate every rule and common sense and our prior common law, but all of this was essentially activity that involved grooming children to become either pedophiles, pederasts or to enter into other kinds of sexual activities that either could kill them or maim them or to normalize prostitution of children and by children, and all the dysfunctions that go with that which include drug abuse, alcohol abuse and everything else.
Reisman: We're hit with all these VDs and AIDS and now we're going to come into your classroom, says the sex educators, now we're going to come into your classroom and we're going to teach you more criminal stuff about AIDS under that rubric and now they're in there trying to talk about bullying as the reason and so forth. But the major thing we're talking about across-the-board is lowering children's inhibitions, lowering their resistance to sex and teaching them sexual perversions in order to turn them into little sexual deviants, and that is exactly what is taking place.
Seeing that Reisman has zero credentials in the field of sexuality (she has her degrees in Communications) no one takes her seriously, save for those who agree with her calls to ban pornography and fight the scourge of "erototoxins," it was no surprise that she lashed out at the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association and the American Sociological Association during the interview.
According to Reisman, these groups all reject her claims and back comprehensive sex-ed because…you guessed it; they are run by pedophiles themselves! She alleges that these professional organizations are led by pedophiles who have "their eyes on children for sexual purposes" and as a result endorse such health programs.
Not only have pedophiles taken over the fields of psychology, psychiatry and sociology, but she also warns that gay judges have been unfairly finding in favor of sex-ed programs, and conservative lawyers (like those trained at Liberty University) need to fight the "sexual perversion" backed by LGBT legal groups and challenge their supposed legal dominance. "We've got to sue the pants off these guys and get them put away in jail, just like [Jerry] Sandusky and the rest of them," Reisman said. "It's time to bring these people down."
It isn't just Sandusky, it wasn't just Kinsey; it's all over. We're talking about pedophiles in power and pederasts in power and they have been in power for many, many years. They've been in power in the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, Sociological Association, and so on, and these have always been people who have had their eyes on children for sexual purposes.
We have to get our conservative lawyers to be as nasty as some of the gay, lesbian, bisexual transgender and undecided, Lambda Defense and all those folks are. We have to go into courtrooms ready with our information at the fingertips and swinging. No judge who is homosexual or who has any other sexual perversion, that's what it used to always be called for various good and logical reasons that only have to do with health and welfare, should ever be permitted to rule on a sexual issue because their special interests are such that they cannot be objective about the information. We've got to sue the pants off these guys and get them put away in jail, just like Sandusky and the rest of them. It's time to bring these people down.
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An attorney for the 15-year-old girl accused of luring Fishtown teenager Jason Sweeney to his death filed a motion yesterday requesting that his client's murder trial be transferred from adult to Juvenile Court.
Defense attorney William J. Brennan cited Justina Morley's young age, lack of a criminal record and history of mental-health disorders, and the nature of her alleged role in the May 30 slaying.
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Icy road conditions were blamed for two Sunday wrecks that claimed five lives.
Four people died in a two-vehicle wreck at 4:20 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 54 about a mile southwest of Goodwell, Okla., in icy, misty conditions.
A 1984 Ford pickup driven northeast by Gerhard Rempel, 36, of Montezuma, Kan., crossed the center line and collided head-on with a 1987 Mercury driven by Daniel Paul Kearn, 35, of Prescott, Ariz., the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Rempel, his wife Agetha, 35, Kearn and his passenger, Crystal Anne Williams, 33, died at the scene.
Guymon Assistant Fire Chief Clark Purdy said damage to the vehicles was extensive, and all four people were trapped inside.
"It wasn't the worst wreck I've ever seen in terms of damage, but both vehicles were pretty mangled," Purdy said.
Medical personnel determined the victims were dead, so firefighters waited for a medical examiner to pronounce them dead before using power tools to extricate them from the vehicles, Purdy said.
Kearn was the only victim wearing a seat belt, according to the OHP report.
OHP responded to 18 wrecks in the area Sunday due to icy conditions, a dispatcher said.
One man died Sunday and three others were injured in another accident after a van rolled on State Highway 23 about a mile south of Booker, according to Texas Department of Public Safety reports.
Ramon Alvidrez Molina, 21, of Perryton, was declared dead at about 5 p.m. Sunday at Ochiltree General Hospital, Trooper Larry Dunnam said.
At about 3:45 p.m., a 1993 GMC van northbound on State Highway 23 slid on an icy curve, Dunnam said. The van rolled 1{ times and came to rest on the driver's side after Molina was thrown from the van, Dunnam said.
Lionel Hernandez, 18; Luis Cervantes, 24; and Raoul Hernandez, 21, were treated at the hospital and released.
No one in the van was wearing a seat belt, according to reports.
Poor driving conditions were caused by a swath of arctic air that cut its icy way through the region Sunday.
"A cold front went through and arctic air spilled through the midsection of the United States and came down into the Texas Panhandle," said Scott Plischke, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Amarillo.
"Our first arctic outbreak usually occurs sometime in December. This isn't unusual," Plischke said.
Monday's high was 21 degrees, with a low of 12 degrees. The record low for Monday's date is 1 degree, set in 1932.
Monday night was expected to be even colder, with temperatures expected to drop to about 6 degrees.
"The forecast calls for the temperature to fall and fall fast after sunset," Plischke said Monday. "The record for tomorrow morning is minus-3, so it looks like that record may still hold."
The big news, however, is snow.
"We have the chance for accumulating snow across the Panhandle starting tomorrow afternoon, with the best chance tomorrow night," Plischke said Monday.
A storm system off the Oregon coastline is expected to move southeast, arriving in West Texas by Wednesday morning, he said.
Temperatures won't increase much until later in the week, Plischke said.
"It won't be until Thursday when we have a chance of breaking the freeze mark at 32 degrees," he said.
Amarillo homeless shelters are reporting increases in nightly residents.
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Globe-News Staff Writers Greg Cunningham, Thomas Doyle and Ricky George contributed to this report.
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For the second consecutive week, the NFL had a team playing a game after the tragic loss of a teammate. Yet the Dallas Cowboys found a way to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals amidst the tragic loss of Jeremy Brown.
Two teams with little playoff hopes, the San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles, both went on the road and got huge victories. They beat two teams fighting for playoff spots in the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Seattle Seahawks embarrassed the Arizona Cardinals and showed that they are going to be a tough out in the playoffs. Meanwhile the Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons both lost for a second time this season and appeared to be worse than their record might have indicated.
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Erica Campbell of the Grammy-winning singing duo Mary Mary is enjoying success as a solo artist.
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February 22, 2007 VOIP is growing like topsy and the company that leads the charge, Skype, has now rolled out Skype Pro, a new Internet communications package offering zero cents per minute calls to domestic landlines along with a series of premium Skype features and discounts on Skype Certified hardware. Skype's popular features such as video calls from one Skype user to another, sending instant messages, transferring files, conference calls for up to 10 participants or joining in Skypecasts (live moderated conversations with up to 100 people) remain free to all Skype users across the world. Skype now has over 171 million registered users, is available in 28 languages and generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, voicemail, call forwarding and personalization including ringtones and avatars. For a limited time only, you can purchase Skype Pro on a five month basis for EUR10 and receive EUR5 Skype credit free. After this introductory period, customers can continue with their subscriptions for just EUR2 a month.
"With Skype Pro, we're making it easier for our 171m registered users to buy our paid for communications products. Skype Pro lets you call landlines and mobiles all over the world for exceptional value. The combination of Skype's free features with Skype Pro is very compelling. Along with zero per minute calling, Skype Pro includes free voicemail, a generous discount on SkypeIn numbers, attractively priced Skype devices plus five euros of SkypeOut credit when you sign up for five months. Skype Pro is a simple and cost-effective way for people to keep in touch with one another the world over," said Stefan Oberg, VP & GM of Telecoms at Skype.
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Deputies need help identifying a man caught on camera stealing items from a barn.
Detective Nick Marshall with the Abbeville County Sheriff's Office said the burglary occurred on Feb. 24, at a home on McDonald Road in Donalds, S.C.
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Matrix Theatre Company recently brought together local youth, community residents, disability leaders and volunteers to learn about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as they put the finishing touches on Matrix's newest giant puppet, Justin Dart, a pioneer of the ADA.
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the passage of the act, they visited Detroit on June 22.
One of only a handful of theatre arts organizations in the country to create giant puppets, Justin Dart took its place among Matrix's collection of historically significant "hero" puppets, which include figures like Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, Mother Jones and Ella Baker.
The Matrix way of collaborative creation has been especially successful with this project. Calls went out to community members, college students and disability rights activists to help with the development of this historic work of art.
"It was inspiring to watch as this diverse group of people worked together to bring the puppet to life," said Matrix Executive Director Shaun Nethercott.
As the volunteers worked under the guidance of sculptor Carl Goines and Matrix Community Puppets Manager Megan Harris, curious youth wandered into the City of Detroit's Roberto Clemente Recreation Center to see what was going on.
Matrix partner and project co-organizer Janice Fialka explained the history of the ADA to the children who then shared their own stories about loved ones with disabilities.
"My Uncle Sam is in a wheelchair, and he sometimes gets real mad because he can't get though a door," said Kyle.
"Interest is nationwide," said Volunteer Coordinator Ken Srdjak. "Donations have come in from all over the country. We have even received money from Justin's wife, family and friends. If this continues, I am confident that we can reach our fundraising goal which will allow us to tour the puppet throughout the country this summer."
"It's time that Justin Dart and his ideas become visible to all," said Rich Feldman, Matrix partner and project co-organizer. "It's time that disability is recognized as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity."
"Sometimes it happens that an image or a piece of art can reconnect a community with a fallen soldier's classic one liners that 'lead us on' to commit ourselves to 'the revolution of empowerment.' The Justin Puppet will be looming in streets shouting out the words, 'I am with you, I love you, Lead on,' for the 'solidarity among all who love justice," said Tom Olin, social documentarian and photojournalist for disability rights.
The Justin Dart puppet is funded, in part, by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Michigan Disabilities Rights Coalition, the United Auto Workers (UAW), and many donors from across the country.
Matrix Theatre Company is a non-profit community-based theatre located in Southwest Detroit.
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Utility crews responded to power outages throughout the night in southeastern Wisconsin, including a sparking transformer in Greenfield.
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2008 ASLA Awards
Edited by Paul Burkhardt
Sure there was pride, and occasionally, prejudice. We're human. But three long days together allow the voices of reason and good judgment to prevail. In the end you do feel proud of your colleagues and your
profession. But you also depart with the hope for even better work in the coming years. How else would you describe both ends of the spectrum of this year's professional awards jury experience? Proud and envious of the best work our discipline has to offer. Honored to serve with a roomful
of great thinkers and designers as they collectively sorted their way through nearly 500 awards entries.And continuously impressed with the organizational excellence and directorial prowess of the ASLA staff.
A few initial impressions: This was the year that the aftermath of Katrina was manifested in remarkable contributions from the field of landscape
architecture. A PBS television documentary garnered our highest praise in the Communications category. Two modest and grand Analysis
and Planning proposals (the Viet Village Urban Farm and the New Orleans Riverfront: Reinventing the Crescent) were also recognized
with awards. We certainly got the impression that landscape architects were central to responding professionally to one of this country's greatest recent environmental and social crises.
Another first impression: International works and internationally based landscape architecture practices were well represented in the awards submissions.
About two dozen countries had a presence in the various awards categories, in many cases featuring the work of landscape architects based in
those countries. Haiti, Rwanda, Switzerland, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, China, India, Russia, South Korea, Australia, Kenya, New Zealand,
France, Ireland, England, Jordan, Singapore, Japan, Spain, Mexico, and United Arab Emirates were all represented—an impressive global
cross section, though we were a little chagrined that much of Western and Central Europe seemed underrepresented, especially when you
consider the high quality of contemporary practice in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Scandinavia. Entries from Central and South
America appeared to be missing in action as well, a surprising disappointment in light of recent and rather comprehensive coverage in Landscape
Architecture. Nevertheless we were delighted to present an award to the remarkable restoration and redesign of Mexico City's Fountain
Promenade at Chapultepec Park.
The international work was encouraging in its diversity of not only project type and scope, but its sense of local or national distinctiveness.
That is, a tendency seems to be emerging to not just borrow ideas from the leading-edge designers and universities, but to truly present
design and planning work that emerges from and reflects the particular geographies of their place.
A little about the awards selection process: It is incredibly disciplined and democratic. Nine voices—some louder, some gentler—all have equal
weight in the voting. Despite what always seems like an overwhelming number of entries, the jury is still able to give every project
a fair review. And, as the process of narrowing the field involves multiple steps, projects that stand out (for a number of reasons—a
singular powerful image, a challenging premise or idea, a truly innovative point of view or sensibility, a remarkable sense of restraint)
get increasing levels of scrutiny as they make their way forward. Initially jury members—nationally and internationally recognized
practitioners, educators, writers, and planners—attempt to work quietly and efficiently on their own to decide which submissions
merit further review and which ones do not. The large stack of entries finally diminishes so that by the second and third rounds we have
a more discrete set of projects to discuss and evaluate in greater depth. This manages to be both exhilarating and draining. Very fine
works of design, planning, and communications emerge. Debate gets
a little heated. We make final tallies. We revisit our choices to
be sure of our selections. We debate things a bit more, expressing
satisfaction with our final choices and rankings, mixed with emotional
appeals to perhaps reconsider a project that had somehow slipped
from our collective esteem.
In the final hours we reflect on the entries, the submission criteria, and
the jury process. We agree that ASLA, once again, has done an excellent
and thorough job of running this complex awards operation. They
have made what could have been a confusing and cumbersome ordeal
into a three-day session of reflection, thoughtful discourse, and
To summarize those three days in just a few paragraphs cannot do justice to
the efforts of everyone involved. We know from our own experience
how much work goes into each firm's or individual's awards submission.
We know too often the dismay that is felt when you open those letters
of rejection. But we also know the exhilaration of receiving those
rare acknowledgments of a successful entry.
So what really determines an award winner? This might be answered more directly
by addressing how NOT to win an award: (1) photographing
the work poorly, unprofessionally, and noncomprehensively; (2) failing
to recognize that often just a few powerful, stunning images can
be enough to catch the attention of the jury; (3) failing to recognize
that there has to be some substance, some depth of thought behind
the project; (4) thinking that a well-executed, even beautifully
detailed project that doesn't really advance the profession should
somehow still receive an award; (5) not comprehending or being aware
that there are already works out there (research, planning, design,
communications) that have addressed the issues or qualities of the
project in more depth or with greater innovativeness; (6) not showing
restraint; (7) writing too much and writing poorly; (8) overreliance
on jargon; (9) overwhelming the project with trendy design moves;
(10) drawing or rendering poorly or unimaginatively; (11) appearing
to disregard sustainability; (12) embracing sustainability, but
forgetting that a place must also lift your spirits and might be
designed to be simultaneously sustainable and beautiful.
Take a closer look at this year's award recipients. We believe they represent
the best current thinking in the profession. They are national and
international, urban and rural, large and small, ambitious and modest.
Sustainability is at the heart of much of what we recognized, perhaps
defined in different ways. Landscapes that help teach us something
we did not know are also central to the awards. This may be in the
form of planning or communication documents (here I'm reminded of
the So What? video tracking paper use and recycling
from one firm over time, or the Bird-Safe Building Guidelines
booklet). In the General Design category this educational emphasis
rose to inspirational levels of expression in such projects as the
Lurie Garden in Chicago and the James Clarkson Environmental Discovery
Center in Michigan.
Finally, a few notes about restraint. We expressed special appreciation for
the nuanced designs of such projects as Lost Dog Wash Trailhead
in Arizona; the new security measures designed for the Washington
Monument grounds; Porchscapes: An Affordable LEED Neighborhood Development
in Arkansas; the painterly naturalized Ketchum garden in Idaho (particularly
poignant in relation to the more conventional suburban yards of
the surrounding neighborhood); the clever simplicity of the Unfolding
Terrace roof garden in Manhattan; the uncompromising honesty, fit,
and modesty in the Beach House on Long Island; and the exquisite
conciseness and elegant modernity of the Passage to the Lake in
Perhaps the ultimate testament to brilliant economy in design comes in this
year's selection for the Landmark Award: the Tanner Fountain at
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is truly an iconic
work: a place fashioned from minimal materials that encourages multiple
interpretations, expressions, and uses. Water and rock. Landscape
architecture doesn't get much more essential than that.
—Warren T. Byrd Jr., FASLA
2008 ASLA Professional Awards Jury
The 2008 professional awards jury included Warren T. Byrd,
FASLA, of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects in
Charlottesville, Virginia, chair; Mary Ellen Cowan, ASLA, of MESA in Dallas;
Robert A. Ivy, editor in chief of Architectural
Record, New York; Niall Kirkwood, ASLA, of Harvard Graduate School of
Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Steve Martino, FASLA, of Steve
Martino/Cactus City Design in Phoenix; Elizabeth Miller, ASLA, of National
Capital Planning Commission, Washington, D.C.; Dennis Pieprz,
Affiliate ASLA, of Sasaki Associates in Watertown, Massachusetts; W. Gary
Smith, ASLA, of W. Gary Smith in Austin, Texas, and Toronto, Canada; and Kongjian Yu, International ASLA, of Peking University
Graduate School of Landscape Architecture and Turenscape
in Beijing, China. Bill Marken, Honorary ASLA, editor
emeritus of Garden Design magazine in
Los Altos, California, joined the panel for the residential category and the
panel to select the Landmark Award.
Analysis and Planning, Award of Excellence
Viet Village Urban Farm, New Orleans
Mossop + Michaels, New Orleans
This project represents an effort to reestablish the
tradition of local farming in a Vietnamese-American community located in an
area hard hit in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. Recognizing home-based gardens
started by early Vietnamese immigrants to grow their native fruits and
vegetables, the design team assisted with planning the environmental infrastructural
systems needed to support an organic urban farming operation. The team also
included a market area to serve as a resource and economic catalyst for the
community, in addition to funding and labor solutions. Stormwater
runoff challenges due to a high water table and frequent flooding during storms
were met with a series of subwatersheds designed with
the ability to be expanded as the site grows—just part of the innovative
approach taken here. Jurors commented: "What a terrific urban farm—we'll be seeing
many more projects like this in the future. The landscape architect has evoked
the strong tradition of gardening within the Vietnamese community."
General Design, Award of Excellence
The Lurie Garden
Millennium Park, Chicago
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd, Seattle
This three-acre, public rooftop
garden was built over the lid of an underground parking garage in downtown
Chicago's Millennium Park. The garden expresses Chicago's distinct, urban
landscape history as a bold, contemporary landmark that also offers quiet
respite for people and urban wildlife. It distinguishes itself from other
Millennium Park attractions by using plants and natural materials to create a
memorable cultural experience. In a city that continues to rise skyward from
its marshy origins, the design celebrates the built-up, engineered landscape of
the garden site. The designers also had to take into account the large crowds
that pass through the garden. The project is built over structure and, due to
load restrictions, the landforms were built up using lightweight Geofoam under the soil. "The landscape architect has
created an oasis in the center of the city," jurors said. "This is not a
typical botanical garden; it has raised the bar and is far and away the most
outstanding example of work submitted to the awards program this year."
General Design Category
General Design, Honor Award
Boston Children's Museum, Boston
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This project successfully expresses the client's mission of
interactive learning. In an established urban neighborhood on the verge of
dramatic growth, the plaza's bold design serves to reinforce the area's
vibrant, pioneering identity while creating a popular, useful civic space
oriented toward children. Perceptions of difference, distance, size, and scale
are playfully manipulated in different ways within the new plaza. The site is
located alongside a body of water that is being transformed from a polluted
industrial channel into a thriving recreational waterway. The designers also
faced poor subsurface conditions throughout the site that had resulted in
uneven settling, which created the need for visitors to negotiate an
inconvenient system of steps and ramps to gain access to the museum. "It is playful
and daring without being silly and avoids the clichés of working within
children's landscapes," jurors said of the project.
Walden Studios, Alexander Valley, California
Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, San Francisco
Walden Studios is designed as a mixed-use facility including
artist studios and commercial space that integrates a working vineyard and its
agricultural buildings into the site. Set in a broad valley in northern
California, in the floodplain of the Russian River, a requirement that a
renovated building on the site be raised for flood protection became the design
inspiration: a series of "piers" extending out into a sea of vineyards. The
piers demarcate terraces that serve as outdoor rooms for receptions and
openings. Each space is flexible in function but distinguished by the landscape
architect with carefully designed features. An allée
of fruitless mulberries recessed two steps below the main building is accessed
by a sculptural steel ramp that defines a main axis running from the interior.
Shaping large spaces from these few materials has resulted in a landscape that
is both harmonious and celebratory of its surroundings. "This landscape
architect has great confidence and knows exactly when to stop," jurors said.
"The craftsmanship is amazingly crisp."
Lost Dog Wash Trailhead, Scottsdale, Arizona
Floor Associates Inc., Phoenix
This project demonstrates a sustainable desert design that
includes strategies for planning, preservation, and construction. The plan
balances the needs of various users and conservation methodologies that protect
the fragile desert ecology, including minimization of site disturbance, use of
on-site materials, solar power, composting toilets, and rainwater and graywater harvesting. The seven-acre site is the third
facility of nine planned public entry points designed by the collaborative
design team—the landscape architect, the architect, and the preserve staff—for
the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The areas are
envisioned as demonstration projects intended to explore new technologies and
to develop new methodologies that encourage sustainable design practices. As
part of this specific site analysis process, the landscape architect conducted
extensive field surveys to determine what specific plant species were
indigenous to what areas of the site. More than 1,000 specimens were salvaged
and reintroduced to the site as part of a revegetation
effort. Jurors called it "one of the best examples of environmental stewardship
we've seen this year."
Fountain Promenade at Chapultepec Park
Mexico City
Grupo de DiseńoUrbano SC, Mexico
This project came about because of public concern for
Chapultepec Park—perhaps the oldest park in the Americas, since there is
evidence of Nezahualcoyotl's interventions as
designer of emperor Montezuma's pleasure gardens from the 1460s. The landscape
architect was selected to conduct master planning and develop specific projects
to attract families and other park visitors to underused areas. The strategy
involved interventions such as a fountain promenade connecting the museums of
anthropology and art. The cascading water from the fountain travels in a
channel past existing trees. The design included a simple system of paths along
with planning for tree restoration, pruning, and cleaning. Use of the park has
dramatically increased, and the fountain promenade has become a favorite
feature of visitors. Jurors commented: "The landscape architect added sustainable
practices within the park in terms of maintenance and for park visitors as
well. It is so evocative of the city's context and really captured the sense of
place." (See "Para Renovar el Bosque," LAM, April 2007.)
Lagoon Park: Living at the Edge of Wilderness, Santa Barbara, California
Van Atta Associates Inc., Santa Barbara, California
Formerly the site of a gravel parking lot, this park on the
UC Santa Barbara campus created new wetland habitat and serves as an inviting
place for university students as well as a system that filters and cleans
runoff. Commissioned primarily to fulfill wetland preservation requirements on
a minimal budget, the landscape architects envisioned the site as a place where
students would be immersed in nature and encouraged to appreciate the subtle
beauty of wetlands while overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Lagoon Park is now six
acres of restored native California grassland along with vernal pools, meadows,
and marshes. The site features diverse coastal sage scrub and coastal bluff
vegetation. Research for advanced degrees has been based around the monitoring
of the project, including the effect of wetlands on nutrient levels in water
runoff and native grassland planting techniques. Students have adopted portions
of the park to create new habitats. "Proof that you don't have to have a huge
budget to do fabulous things," jurors said.
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
Olin Partnership, Philadelphia
The revitalized Washington Monument articulates the 72-acre
site's character and identity within the context of the National Mall while
demonstrating the art and craft of landscape architecture in a highly prominent
place. The landscape architect won the competition for the commission with an
elegant security solution and in the process successfully proposed much-needed
landscape improvements to revive the monument grounds. The design is bold and
clear: a minimalist solution that turned a project originally funded to prevent
terrorism into a handsome civic amenity. Low, 30-inch granite finished walls
are configured in a graceful pattern. They safeguard against automobiles and
trucks entering the site and also provide a resting place without distraction
from the view. Also, regrading and the realignment of
pathways preserved the majority of the plantings, including an ancient mulberry
tree. The landscape architect proves that the union of sound security and
artful design can be functional and graceful. "Resolution of the geometry is
simple and sophisticated," jurors said.
James Clarkson Environmental Discovery Center, White Lake Township, Michigan
MSI Design, Columbus, Ohio
The landscape architect for this project would oversee the
project's design and—along with a multidisciplinary team of designers,
scientists, engineers, educators, and architects—help determine how to educate
users on the importance of biodiversity, native habitats, and environmental
protection. Restored ecosystems and their associated wildlife inhabitants are
within an arm's length throughout the 70-acre site, optimizing interaction with
the natural world while preserving and protecting its sensitive ecological
areas and endangered species. Interpretation of the area's hydrology is articulated
through the rehabilitation and creation of wetland, prairie, and forest
ecosystems. The interaction of the site and the Environmental Education Center
is the key to the ecological and educational success of the project. The
landscape architect located the building as a continuation of a ridgeline,
which made the building an extension of the site. "The plant list is
particularly impressive, and using plant communities is something to which the
profession needs to pay more attention," jurors said.
Gannett/USA Today Headquarters
McLean, Virginia
Michael Vergason Landscape Architects Ltd.
Alexandria, Virginia
In a rapidly developing business and retail area in
Virginia, this media company headquarters is now an ecologically diverse
refuge. The landscape architect developed a site strategy that seamlessly
weaves the indoor and outdoor spaces into a campus of extensive roof gardens,
terraces, riparian plantings, and preserved woodlands. The undeveloped site was
composed of three distinct land features: lowland, meadow, and hilltop. Located
at the base of a 270-acre watershed, the lowland contained a degraded regional stormwater management pond. The central commons now forms
the armature of the open space, allowing the wooded hilltop to be preserved as
a visual and recreational amenity. Above the commons, two acres of green roofs
and garden terraces over structure reduce rainwater runoff and add insulation
and sound attenuation to the broad floor plates of the newsrooms below. The
project demonstrates the value of thoughtful landscape stewardship and
meaningful outdoor places in a corporate setting. Jurors heralded the work as
"a new approach to corporate typology that feels more natural and organic."
(See "News from a Suburban Watershed," LAM,
May 2006.)
Residential Design Category
Cosponsored by Garden Design magazine
Residential Design, Award of Excellence
Ketchum Residence, Ketchum, Idaho
Lutsko Associates, San Francisco
Though located in a beautiful natural setting, this
undeveloped Ketchum, Idaho, residential site was typical. In most developed
lots throughout the surrounding area, the mountains and the native ecosystems
are appreciated only as a long-distance view that contrasts with the other
homes and gardens in the foreground. The design vision for this residence was
to reach out to the adjacent ecology and invite it into the residential
landscape while providing formalized spaces for entertaining. The landscape
architect used a native plant palette to continue the native grassland sweep
from the adjacent mountainside down to the rear of the building and around to
the front of the residence and the street. Grading was designed to mimic the
preconstruction landforms while emphasizing the sweep of planting around the
building. Through a sensitive interweaving of the domestic and the greater wild
landscape, the property line was blurred and visually connected to the adjacent
ridgeline miles away. "A refreshing example of how landscape architecture can
transform a home in a conventional neighborhood," jurors said.
Residential Design, Honor Award
Bassil Mountain Escape, Faqra, Lebanon
Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture
Broumana, Lebanon
The challenge for this project, located in a mountain
setting at a vacation home, was to provide spaces to accommodate various
functions and moods in an extremely narrow site. The garden was conceived
almost in its entirety on a construction setback around the house. A series of
manipulations in the limited space blurs all boundaries between the site and
the horizon, yielding a powerful sense of place and infinite space. The program
includes a swimming pool, a large entertainment terrace with a long linear
bench, and a sitting area and fireplace, as well as a cooking area. Details
include floating stepping-stones that lead guests down to a bar area that
features solid stone and red cedar wood. From this lower level, the
negative-edge swimming pool again blurs the boundaries while framing the
magnificent panorama from both the indoor lounge area and the outdoor
entertainment terrace and sitting area. Jurors called it "innovative and
New Poetic Mountain Habitat—the Fragrant Hill 81 Yard, Beijing
Tsinghua University, China
The landscape architect for this project successfully faced
the daunting challenge of reinterpreting the idealistic Chinese lifestyle. The
program is a community landscape design for a real estate project of 40 town
houses located on a 2.7-hectare site on the fifth ring of Beijing, the
metropolis's suburban edge. To achieve the innate continuity of Chinese
culture, conventional forms are reinterpreted in a modern way using new
materials rather than simply replicating history. By adopting dark gray rubble
walls that respond sensitively to the slope, the design echoed the distinct
rustic quality of Beijing villages. The local materials and native plants used
in the design celebrate the locality and preserve precious features. "The
landscape architect set a new standard for this type of project," jurors said.
"Multifamily housing is increasingly important if we are going to live
sustainably, and landscape architecture is a key component to the happiness and
well-being of residents."
Unfolding Terrace, Brooklyn, New York
Terrain-NYC Inc., New York
This terrace is an urban roofscape
that celebrates the spectacle of New York. The decked surface folds across the
roof, creating constructed volumes of space. With a site-specific commissioned
poetry wall, the Brooklyn roofscape points to a new
idea of nature in the city mediated by culture and artistic interpretation. The
poetry wall, constructed out of billboard sign materials, connects the space to
the surrounding roofscape including nearby billboards,
shifting the scales of experiences of the city from the larger urban landscape
to the intimate roof space and back out again into urban experience. The roofscape features a palette of native plantings. Groves of
native river birch enhance the abstracted pattern on the poetry wall. In a
shaded area a fernery adds diversity. An irrigation system tailored for
low-water-use plants was included in the design. "Beautifully detailed," jurors
Malibu Beach House, Malibu, California
Pamela Burton & Company, Santa Monica, California
The purpose of the landscape design was to create an
exuberant yet sustainable garden to complement a newly constructed modern home
and to tie together three oceanfront lots opposite a strip mall on Carbon Beach
in Malibu. To integrate the lots in an environmentally sensitive manner for a
client who had little interest in sustainability, the landscape architect wooed
the client away from using green turf and successfully promoted the use of dry
beach sand planted with ornamental grasses as ground cover. The garden captures
views of the adjacent hills and uses drought- and salt-tolerant plants that
provide color, texture, and movement. A hillside arroyo across the highway is
directed toward the property, bringing intense rainwater. The reconstructed
arroyo is a feature of the design, physically and metaphorically connecting it
with the adjacent native landscape. Over time the owner became convinced of the
value of planting in a sustainable manner. "The landscape architect has a
masterful hand with plants and added a lot of sustainable features," jurors
Coastal Island Retreat
Spring Island, South Carolina
Oehme, van Sweden & Associates Inc., Washington, D.C.
This single-family home on 65 acres highlights
sustainability, ecological restoration, and preservation. The design
inspiration is taken directly from the existing landscape; the native beauty of
the semitropical lowland coastal planes guided the landscape architect. While
notable for its ecological sensitivity, this project just as importantly
advances an aesthetic that embraces the island landscape rather than battles
against it. The landscape architect edited and restored the broader landscape,
which is recovering from agricultural use, revealing the essential beauty of
the site. Elevated above grade to accommodate the shifting tidal floodplain,
the Japanese-style residence lacked connection with the ground. The landscape
architect designed certified reharvested hardwood
terraces to bridge this gap. From the house, the terraces give way to nature:
To the east, a massive planting of Spartina patens
creates the illusion that the marshland has grown up to meet the residence. To
the west, the evening sun dramatically illuminates fields of native grasses.
"The vernacular plant palette demonstrates the landscape architect's true gift
for interweaving with nature," jurors commented.
Passage to the Lake, Stoneham, Maine
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc., New York
The emotive qualities of this Maine garden are shaped by a
belief held by both the client and the landscape architect that the stewardship
of a landscape is an art form, one that balances the studied appreciation of
its life content and the development of its ritual occupation—in this case,
through the crafting of a passage through a small wooded site to a lake. The
design extends the idea of introducing discrete architectural elements as a
means for fostering an awareness of the subtle changes in the character of the
woodland floor. A limited palette is employed for the pathway, consisting of
boulders retrieved from the initial site work. Within the practice of landscape
architecture, this project demonstrates the difficult-to-achieve balance
between the imposition of design and a site's dynamic capacities for successive
growth. "Simply stunning," the jury commented. "The landscape architect has a
real genius for balancing bold materials that relate to the home and providing
good contrast with beautiful plants and nature."
Beach House, Amagansett, New York
Dirtworks PC, New York
With this beach house, landscape designers worked to create
a feeling of symbiosis that brings a physical and emotional closeness to the
beautiful, fragile, and ever-changing ecosystem of the dune landscape. The
project sits on a quarter-acre site close to neighboring houses at the eastern
end of Long Island on the Atlantic Ocean. The primary considerations for this
site were preventing erosion of beach sands by establishing a dense network of
native plants and recharging groundwater by maximizing permeable surface. In
establishing outdoor living spaces around this beach house, the landscape
architect created a series of cedar pallets arranged to hug the house on all
sides and extend like fingers onto the dune facing the ocean. By planting
native plants between these fingers each extension becomes an oasis—at once
different from and completely integrated into this dune landscape. Everything
in the design is either ecofriendly or completely
renewable. Jurors commented that "the sustainability of this project is quite
impressive, and the landscape architect is to be commended."
San Juan Island Residence
San Juan Islands, Washington
Paul Broadhurst & Associates, Seattle
The landscape architect carefully weighed the geological,
botanical, historical, and even auditory context of this midsized San Juan
Island residence with nearby views of a small horseshoe-shaped bay and distant
mountains. The resulting design celebrates the strong views from the site while
paying equal attention to the intimacy of the woods. As the view remains
blocked by dense forest, a visitor must descend through the forest to the
house. The walk offers a meandering engagement in all things minute and
intimate. A pathway of local "alger green" rock marks
the way. With the exception of two enclosed gardens, local and West Coast
native plantings were favored. A "light tower" was a collaborative design
element, acting as a beacon at night on the path through the trees to the front
door. Ascending the tower takes one above the "forest canopy" and provides a
view of the bay. "The landscape architect has created a romantic space with
color," jurors said. "The design is not obvious, which is very difficult to
Altamira Ranch, Palos Verdes, California
MarmolRadziner & Associates, Los Angeles
This project, occupying 20 acres along the rugged coastline
of the Palos Verdes peninsula, looks and feels as though it emerged from the
surrounding environment. Through careful planning and the use of local
materials, including indigenous stone and native plants, the design of this ranch
engages the surroundings and creates a natural home. Previously undeveloped, it
held memories of the clients' childhood camping trips, family picnics, and
dramatic sunsets over the ocean. To maintain this sense of place, the landscape
architect preserved the "untouched" feel of the land. Using site features and
convergence lines, the designers created datum lines to establish the location
of the architectural and site walls. Carefully located plant massings run along these lines to frame views and to create
distinct destinations within the landscape. Like waves lapping at the
shoreline, the plants become shorter and are interrupted by large areas of sand
as they approach the house. "The landscape architect designed a highly
articulated plan that relates beautifully to the home and residents," commented
Analysis and Planning Category
Analysis and Planning, Honor Award
Port Lands Estuary: Reinventing the Don River as an Agent of Urbanism,
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc., New York
A new relationship between the urban and the natural is
heralded by this proposal. Developed by an integrated team of designers,
engineers, and ecologists, the plan introduces urban development, native
ecologies, and public infrastructure to 280 acres of Toronto's postindustrial
Port Lands that include a river diverted into a canal, rail lines, and an
elevated highway that creates a barrier between the Port Lands and the
remainder of the city. This planning framework for a vibrant new mixed-use
riverfront and lakefront neighborhood uses a landscape-based approach that
unifies the goals of ecological restoration and urban design. The client's
major programmatic initiatives have been synthesized into a single framework to
make the site more natural through potential new site ecologies based on the
size and complexity of the landscape and more urban by developing a green
mixed-use district and its integration into an evolving network of
infrastructure. "Sweeping and powerful," jurors said. "Ecological and sustainable
strategies drive the program, which is a fresh approach to urban design."
Analysis and Planning, Honor Award
New Terrain for the North Lake Region of Chongming Island, Shanghai, China
SWA Group, Los Angeles
This master plan provides for the redevelopment of 34˝
square kilometers in the northern portion of the world's largest alluvial
island. The plan addresses issues of sustainable development and wetland
restoration while providing for the educational and recreational needs of the
residents of Shanghai, China. It provides several innovations in dealing with
ecological and economic sustainability. Analysis uncovered a fundamental
conflict between what was best from a regional hydrologic perspective and how
farmers were currently using the land. The creation of wetland habitat called
for the removal of levees, something that would severely affect traditional
farming methods. This required research into the feasibility of using afforestation and carbon offsetting programs to
economically compensate farmers for the replacement of traditional rice fields.
The framework provides a vision for developers, city officials, designers, and
planners to use to create open space and address critical environmental issues
that we collectively face at a global scale. Jurors said the landscape
architects "deserve recognition for the humanity they bring to this project."
Orange County Great Park Comprehensive Master Plan "A Vision for the Great
Park of the 21st Century," Irvine, California
Ken Smith Workshop West, Irvine, California
A new park typology is created by this master plan.
Pioneering ideas for social and environmental sustainability are investigated
and tested while making local citizens key participants. All 1,347 acres of the
Great Park knit together the cultures of Southern California while restoring
the region's natural heritage. Located on the grounds of a former Marine base,
the park includes a constructed two-and-a-half-mile canyon, a
conservatory/botanical garden, and a sports park. Restoring native habitats
will include exposing a natural waterway buried in a concrete channel for 60
years; it will return as a functioning Southern California riparian ecosystem.
The materials used to create the park will be salvaged, recycled, ecologically
engineered, and waste neutral. Redwood planks from existing on-site buildings
will be used as bridge planks. The site will also become a showplace of
sustainability, demonstrating new ideas with the goal of creating a healthy balance
between meeting human needs and promoting environmental health. Jurors noted
the "bold" formal strategies used by designers of this "marvelous" project.
Porchscapes: An Affordable LEED Neighborhood Development, Fayetteville, Arkansas
University of Arkansas Community Design Center Fayetteville, Arkansas
The planning and policy objective of this plan was to design
a demonstration project following Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
for Neighborhood Development criteria, a pilot certification program of the
U.S. Green Building Council. The goal was to provide an affordable 10-acre
housing development for Habitat for Humanity with limited construction costs.
The challenge for the landscape architect was to create a high-value
development for the triple bottom line (social–economic–environmental) on a greenfield site for modest one-story, single-family houses.
The landscape architect used hydrological processes to organize various
neighborhood subgroupings in the project. Shared
streets are designed as parks, combining pedestrian gathering spaces, parking,
landscape systems, and stormwater facilities with
traffic throughways. The plan also introduces the "shared street" as a green
infrastructure to amplify ecological services delivered by site planning. "What
began as a strong idea became a visionary statement for a community," jurors
commented. "The landscape architect took a fresh approach to a simple issue and
solved it with leading-edge sustainable strategies."
New Orleans Riverfront: Reinventing the Crescent, New Orleans
Hargreaves Associates
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This historical project reevaluates the languishing New
Orleans waterfront and supplements its unique character, unusual street grid,
and historic architecture with visionary, yet practical and sustainable,
design. The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina only reinforced the need
for redevelopment of the city riverfront. The landscape architects for this
project acted together with a core design team to reposition the riverfront as
a singular, continuous ensemble of international prominence. The thrust of the
design concept is that for the cherished historic New Orleans neighborhoods to
survive with a reduced population and declining industry, new development and
new public landscape will be key components to attract and retain visitors and
residents alike. This project questioned the technical restrictions assigned to
flood-control structures, rail lines, and wharves, integrating each into a
public landscape rich in composition, programming, and character. The project
embraces both the uniquely historic and forward-looking creative culture of New
Orleans. Jurors remarked on a "particularly strong" project analysis by the
landscape architect.
Communications Category
Communications, Honor Award
So What?
Ahbe Landscape Architects, Culver City, California
This seven-minute film documents the planning and
implementation of an art installation composed of the shredded paper waste
generated by a landscape architectural firm over a 12-week period. By
exhibiting this physical manifestation of the concept of sustainability in a
highly original and entertaining fashion, the film seeks to educate viewers and
spur them to action. The film relies on the premise that the term
"sustainability" has been overused to the point of becoming meaningless—and
that it is time to reflect on the true meaning of the word. Created in-house by
a landscape architect who is an award-winning filmmaker, the film is touring
the film festival circuit and will be handed out by representatives of the firm
to local schools and universities. Its targeted audience includes persons
interested in art and sustainability issues, students seeking inspiration about
the breadth and possibilities of the landscape architectural profession, and
clients and fellow design professionals. "Creative, innovative, surprising, and
unexpected!" jurors said.
25th Anniversary of Landscape Journal: Design, Planning, and Management
of the Land, Madison, Wisconsin
SUNY ESF, Syracuse, New York
Landscape Journal
has chronicled the evolution of academic discourse in the field for more than
25 years. Sponsored by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, this
semiannual publication disseminates emerging scholarship relevant to academics
and practitioners. On its silver anniversary, Landscape Journal launched new graphic design features and online
services that enhance visibility and access to its content, fortify its
intellectual value, and broaden the impact of the discipline around the world.
Special features include online access to current and back issues, technology
reviews, full text and keyword searches, and citation alerts. This publication
builds the profession by generating, testing, applying, and critiquing
practical and theoretical ideas. Such work helps construct and legitimize the
claims of landscape architecture as a specialized body of knowledge, a
profession, and an art. "Landscape
Journal has great value for expanding the body of knowledge for landscape
architecture. In its 25th anniversary, it really rises to the level of landmark
status," jurors said. "A very elegant communications piece."
Louisiana Speaks: Our Voice. Our Plan.Our Future.
Center for Planning Excellence
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Created as a public outreach tool, this one-hour documentary
pulled together the major 2005 hurricane aftermath recovery issues facing
Louisiana and showed how different patterns of land use, transportation,
economic policy, housing, and wetland loss would shape the future landscape of
the region. The DVD guides sustained recovery and future growth through a
comprehensive, 35-parish physical and policy plan supported by a concrete
implementation strategy. By being provided information on the benefits and
consequences of pursuing different futures, state residents were given the
information they needed to choose their preferences for a new vision for
Louisiana. The challenge met by creators of the DVD was distilling complex
technical subject material into an engaging message with an emotional appeal
while still conveying data and facts to give the viewer enough information to
make informed decisions about the future growth and development of the region.
More than 23,000 web, paper, and phone responses were received, which made it
the largest and most inclusive regional planning outreach campaign ever
conducted in the United States.
Bird-Safe Building Guidelines
SCAPE Landscape Architecture PLLC, New York
This 55-page booklet does its part to harmonize nature and
the built environment. Its authors examine the causes of building-related bird
mortality; convey the ecological, economic, ethical, and legal justifications
for bird conservation; advocate a series of preventive and rehabilitative
strategies; and describe precedents for regulatory initiatives. They strive to
stimulate the development of new glazing technologies while creating a market
for all bird-safe building sites and systems. Bird populations, already in
decline from loss of habitat and wintering grounds, are seriously threatened by
the relatively recent incursion of man-made structures into avian air space. In
the United States, an estimated 100 million to one billion birds perish each
year from encounters with buildings and adjacent reflected landscapes. The
guidelines are intended to both raise general awareness and specifically
complement and inform today's green building initiatives. "The health and
well-being of wildlife is an important and often overlooked topic," jurors
The Landmark Award
Cosponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Tanner Fountain, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Peter Walker, SWA Group, Berkeley, California
The creation of this fountain without a basin, completed in
1984, was an innovation that transformed fountain design. The Tanner Fountain
is also credited as the first institutional project of the "Landscape as Art"
movement, and it continues to prove that landscape architecture is an art and
that the landscape architect is an artist. When Harvard commissioned the
fountain, it noted the demise of other fountains that had their basins planted
with bulbs. This landscape architect's method of preventing such an end result
was an innovation rivaled only by the fountain's other design features. Sited
in a pedestrian crossroads and surrounded by buildings that include the Science
Center, the fountain—suggested by critics as a symbolic representation of the
Big Bang—takes the form of a circle delineated by 159 granite boulders. The
stones were cleared from regional farms at the turn of the century, recalling
the arduous process by which the first settlers in New England cleared the
fields. Tanner Fountain sees dense traffic in all seasons. Children play.
Students read, flirt, converse, meditate, and brood. "It set a precedent for
the profession and has stood the test of time remarkably well, retaining the
full power of the original idea," jurors said. "Transformational."
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Baked Orange-Flavored Chicken
Yield: serves 4
- We prefer the flavor and texture of thigh meat for this recipe, though an equal amount of boneless, skinless chicken breasts can be used. It is easiest to grate the orange zest and remove the strips of orange peel before juicing the oranges; use a sharp vegetable peeler to remove the strips. For extra spiciness, increase the cayenne added to the sauce to 1/2 teaspoon. The whole dried chiles are added for appearance, not for flavor, and can be omitted. White rice and steamed broccoli are good accompaniments.
- Marinade and Sauce
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs , trimmed and cut in 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 3/4 cup orange juice , plus 1 1/2 teaspoons grated zest, and 8 strips orange peel (each about 2 inches long by 1/2 inch wide) from 2 oranges
- 6 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar (3 1/2 ounces)
- 3 medium cloves garlic , minced or pressed through garlic press (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1 piece fresh ginger (about 1 inch), grated (1 tablespoon)
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch , plus 2 teaspoons
- 2 tablespoons water (cold)
- 8 small whole dried red chiles (optional)
- Coating and Frying Medium
- 3 large egg whites
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup peanut oil
- Forget about takeout. Homemade orange chicken is much better.
Instructions1. FOR THE MARINADE AND SAUCE: Place chicken in 1-gallon zipper-lock bag; set aside. Combine chicken broth, orange juice, grated zest, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger, and cayenne in large saucepan (with at least 3-quart capacity); whisk until sugar is fully dissolved. Measure out 3/4 cup mixture and pour into bag with chicken; press out as much air as possible and seal bag, making sure that all pieces are coated with marinade. Refrigerate at least 30 but no more than 60 minutes.
2. Bring remaining mixture to boil in saucepan over high heat. In small bowl, stir together cornstarch and cold water; whisk cornstarch mixture into sauce. Simmer sauce, stirring occasionally, until thick and translucent, about 1 minute. Off heat, stir in orange peel and chiles (sauce should measure 1 1/2 cups); set sauce aside.
3. FOR THE COATING: Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 500 degrees. Place egg whites in pie plate; using fork, beat until frothy. In second pie plate, whisk cornstarch and flour until combined. Drain chicken in colander or large mesh strainer; thoroughly pat chicken dry with paper towels. Place chicken pieces in egg whites and turn to coat, then strain again until egg mixture has drained away; transfer pieces to cornstarch mixture and coat thoroughly, then gently pat to allow excess cornstarch mixture to fall off, leaving a thin layer. Place dredged chicken pieces on plate.
4. TO COOK THE CHICKEN: Heat rimmed baking sheet in oven for five minutes. Add oil and return baking sheet to oven until oil is just smoking, about 5 minutes. Add chicken pieces, evenly spaced in single layer, and cook 10 minutes. Remove baking sheet from oven, turn chicken, and cook on second side until light brown and crisp, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to paper towel to drain excess oil.
5. TO SERVE: Reheat sauce over medium heat until simmering, about 2 minutes. Add chicken and gently toss until evenly coated and heated through. Serve immediately.


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Barefoot Podiatry is a podiatry clinic located 5 minutes drive from the city center in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia with Rehabcorp Physiotherapy.
At Barefoot Podiatry, we strive to provide the very best in diagnosing foot and lower-limb related pathology and construct the most appropriate and individualize short and/or long-term treatment regimes. Here also, we aim for high standards in all areas of Podiatry, treating the body as a whole unit, finding the cause of your problem by assessing head to toe, and providing knowledge on self-management and prevention strategies.
Our aim is to provide a first class professional service using modern treatments to improve our client's health and wellbeing.
Why Choose Us?
- Your Podiatrist is a member of the Australian Podiatry Association (MPodA), and also is an 'accredited podiatrist' which is recognition for on-going updates in modern Podiatry knowledge.
- A tranquil and therapeutic environment.
- No Doctor referral needed for general treatments.
- Convenience of extended opening hours, early and late opening hours during the week.
- MEDICARE BENEFITS (Accepts referrals from GP's for EPC patients).
- VETRAN AFFAIRS BENEFITS (Accepts referrals from GP's for patients with DVA gold card).
- Convenience of on-the-spot health refunds via HICAPS.
- HICAPS, EFTPOS & credit card facilities available.
- Convenient onsite parking.
Podiatrist(s): Michael Nitschke – Bpod (2006), MApodA & Accredited Podiatrist
founder and director of
Barefoot Podiatry
Michael Nitschke was trained at the University of South Australia (Bachelor of Podiatry), where he graduated in 2006, and has practiced in for the past 3 years in array of private practice settings in South Australia, and has experience in all areas of Podiatry. Other qualifications include: certificate 3 and 4 in fitness and level one sports training (Sports Medicine Australia).
In his spare time, Michael is an extremely committed track athlete, competing as a professional athlete in SA and interstate on a regular basis and has achieved a great deal on the track. It is this athletic experience that gives Michael an advantage in dealing with other amateur, junior and elite athletes.
Michael's interest in athletics and other sports have allowed him to focus on musculo-skeletal injuries of the foot and lower-limb. With a great understanding of anatomy and biomechanics, his main focus is in diagnosing and using modern treatment methods in order to solve and prevent injuries. Michael also made a keen effort to focus on the lower-limb development of children and the development of sporting injuries related to growth and postural alignment.
Michael is also a guest lecturer at the University of South Australia (Bachelor of Podiatry) in the areas of Athletic Footwear and Running Injuries.
Michael's further qualification as a fitness trainer allows him to also specialise in the area of gym rehabilitation (postural correction) and creating advance strength and conditioning training regimes, along with his passion to assist those needing help with running technique and sports specific strength work for athletes.
Born and bred and Loxton, Michael has also a Barefoot Podiatry clinic in the main street of Loxton. Barefoot Podiatry operates from the Loxton Chiropractic Clinic, three days in every month. Barefoot Podiatry offers all the same services in Loxton that is offered in Evandale.
Marie Campbell – Bpod (2006), MApodA & Accredited Podiatrist
Other qualifications include: Foundation and Development Netball Coach Accreditation (previously Level 1 coaching accreditation). In her spare time, Marie is an extremely passionate Assistant Coach of the Garville Premier League Reserves Netball team. She previously played in the Reserves and Premier League levels before incurring persistent knee injuries. This gives Marie an advantage in dealing with court sports athletes as she understands the physical demands and injuries that often occur. Treating sports injuries has always been a keen interest of hers and she has been known to deliver court-side treatment to her players!
Marie is a highly personable individual who aims to provide clients with treatment tailored to their specific needs.
She is very excited to have joined the Barefoot Podiatry team!
Opening Hours
|10:00 am – 6:00 pm
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Therapeutic Stretching Class)
|8:00 am – 6:00 pm
|8:30 am – 6:00 pm
|9:00 am – 1:00 pm
|Via Appointment
Appointment Options
We aim to be punctual to meet the needs of busy people; however we also aim to ensure that our clients receive a careful, personalised service with a minimum of 30 minutes contact time with their podiatrist.
|Initial Consultations (including full assessment)
|60 Minutes
|Standard (follow up) Consultations:
|30 Minutes
|Biomechanical Examinations/Gait Analysis
|45 Minutes
|Extended Consultations
|45 – 60 Minutes
|Therapeutic Stretching Classes
|60 Minutes
|Rehabilitation Sessions
|45 – 60 Minutes
|Sports Specific (technical) Sessions
|45 – 60 Minutes
Appointment Policy
We would appreciate 24 hours notice should an appointment need to be cancelled to allow us time to fill the appointment space, however we understand that emergencies are unavoidable. Once you commence treatment with one of our podiatrist we envisage that you will continue with that therapist.


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Once shame on me,
Twice shame on you.
The comedians are going to have to replace a lot of material.
Question is, is everyone taking their money out and going home? Or are they locking in profits at lower tax rates before buying back in?
they've been making money hand over fist buying long bonds lately
serves Waldo right.
the liklihood of dividend increases is probably nil, far more likely to see dividend cuts in the future.


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The Tuscarora 50 is scheduled for tonight, weather permitting. The week has not been good weather wise, and that's especially true for the racing community. Monday's Labor Day Classic was washed out at Port Royal Speedway, and Friday's Night Before the 50 was called when a storm hit the area.
The Tuscarora 50 is the the biggest race of the season at the Juniata County oval. Brian Montieth won last year's event. Three drivers have won the event four times: Doug Wolfgang, Lance Dewease and Fred Rahmer. Mitch Smith, Lynn Paxton, Todd Shaffer and Greg Hodnett have won the race three times. Shaffer and Hodnett both have a good shot at winning this year's event.
The points titles are on the line and Scotty Haus need only show up to claim the late model championship. Ryan Taylor has come into his own this year and holds a 60 point advantage over Mike Wagner entering weekend action. I am guessing the points chase will stay open until the Dream Race, scheduled for Friday, is run.
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Sentinel photo by TIM?SHUMAKER
The pit area at Port Royal Speedway during Friday's rain storm, which eventually forced the postponement of the Living Legends Dream Night Before the 50.
Aaron Ott is out for the remainder of the season. Ott was injured at Williams Grove Speedway last Sunday night when his sprint car flipped over the third turn fence during the Billy Kimmel Memorial Race. Ott suffered a neck injury that will take several months to heal.
Big Diamond Speedway near Minersville will attempt to complete the final 72 laps of the Coalcracker 100 Sunday evening. Rain hit the speedway last weekend.
Selinsgrove Speedway will be in action this evening with 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks and daredevil cars. Action starts at 7. Williams Grove, Susquehanna and Lincoln Speedways will all be in action this evening also.
Fact Box
No Dream makeup
Word was received late Friday that the Living Legends Dream Night Before The 50 twin 20s at Port Royal Speedway will not be made up.
All of the contingency money and prizes slated to be given away at the Friday show will now be distributed at the Tuscarora 50.
In addition, the Living Legend honors and awards for Keith Kauffman and Walt Dyer will also be conducted at the Tuscarora 50.
The 50 will close the 2011 season at Port Royal and crown the sprint car track champion as well as the late model champion.
There will be no time trials for the sprint cars.
Last week's Butch Renninger Memorial Race was a classic. Bumping, banging, crashing, a few tempers flaring and I'm sure Butch Renninger was smiling down on the event. Ed Spencer gave the command to start the engines and it was good to see the Spencer family on hand. Around 20 members drove down from Berwick to attend the race.
McClure driver Tim Wilson had the misfortune of tearing up two cars. The team had plenty of work to do for this weekend.
One driver that wasn't happy was Scotty Haus.
"We try a bunch of little things and they don't work. We make changes and nothing helps. If it was easy, I guess every one would be doing it," Haus told me after the event.
Congratulations go out to Lewistown driver Nick Dickson on winning the closing race at Bedford Speedway last Friday. Dickson controlled the race from the start.
I want to join other sports fans in mourning the loss of former Indian Valley football coach J. Gawen Stoker. Coach Stoker was a class act and will be missed by many. Football was his passion, however, Stoker paid attention to local sports in general and would talk to me about local racing at times. I had the privilege of speaking with him regularly while employed locally.
Richmond International Raceway hosts Sprint Cup action this evening. ABC has coverage at 7 p.m. The green flag is scheduled for 7:30. Denny Hamlin is the defending race champion. Kyle Busch won the spring event. Richmond ends the regular season and the Chase will start next week.The top 10 in points and top two winners this year will enter the run for the Sprint Cup Championship.
Drivers that have clinched a spot in the chase include five-time and defending champion Jimmie Johnson, Kurt and Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Ryan Newman. Drivers that could still make it include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Brad Keselowski, Paul Menard, Marcos Ambrose and David Ragan. Some must win the race to move on to the chase.
The season ending races are upon us so I urge you all to get out to those events. It's been a rough year for auto racing and the tracks need your support to survive. It's going to be an interesting off season. Until next time, please drive safely!
Craig Rutherford writes about motorsports for The Sentinel.


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Area news briefs
February 6, 2013
Man arrested after fifth call at apartments WARREN — A man who was warned to stay away from an apartment building was arrested early Tuesday morning after officers were called for the fifth time......
Yes, Rick needs some serious help before he hurts himself or somebody else. Just sad to somebody constantly making an arze of themselves.
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Oh, was that the same guy that was stuck in the chimney? LOL... that's funny!! Yeah this guy needs some serious help...
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And what is their logic again for keeping marijuana illegal? Kline needs a joint to smoke instead of a bottle to drink...
The copper thief sounds like a serious addict. Or a mental patient...
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well at least they (WPD) weren't pulling Kline out of the Log Cabin chimney, Naked again. Rick, Get Help.....smh
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Showing some love to her Manhattan fans, Blake Lively showed up at the SoHo branch of the Apple Store on Wednesday evening (April 22).
The "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" starlet was in the house to chat about her brand new movie "Age of Adaline" as part of Apple's "Meet The Filmmaker" series.
Motherhood looks amazing on her, and Blake Lively proudly displays her post-baby body on the cover of the May 2015 issue of Allure magazine.
As the April 24th release date draws ever closer, Lionsgate has unveiled a pair of new preview teasers for all to enjoy.
Both "27 Floors" and "First Dates" give viewers an inside look at Blake Lively's character Adaline Bowman and the unique challenges she faces having remained 29 years old for the past eight decades.
It's been getting all kinds of attention from moviegoers young and old, and "The Age of Adaline" is less than a month from hitting theaters, so naturally there's another promotional poster in the mix.
Slated to open on April 24th, the Lee Toland Krieger-directed project features big name stars like Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker and Michiel Huisman.
As new mom Blake Lively prepares to hit the promotional trail, Lionsgate is working overtime to build the pre-release buzz for "The Age of Adaline."
They've been having a blast as new parents, and finally Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have unveiled their baby girl's moniker.
During an appearance on the "Today" show, the "Van Wilder" actor joked, "It is Butternut Summersquash," before sharing, "No, it's out there! It's out there. It's James. Everyone knows and I told everyone who would listen that."
It's always a challenge for first time parents to find their rhythm, and thankfully for Blake Lively she had a great example from whom to learn.
It's one of the spring's most anticipated movies, and "The Age of Adaline" just released a series of decade-appropriate posters featuring Blake Lively posing up a storm.
Slated to hit theaters on April 24th, 2015, the forthcoming flick also stars Harrison Ford, Amanda Crew, Ellen Burstyn and Kathy Baker.


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After going into convulsions, Demi Moore was whisked away by ambulance from her Los Angeles home to a San Fernando Valley hospital – and seemingly vanished.
The resourceful and aggressive paparazzi have managed to track down her estranged husband Ashton Kutcher, her ex-husband Bruce Willis and her daughter Rumer Willis, but have yet to get that elusive shot of Moore.
Not since Tiger Woods disappeared during his marriage scandal has speculation about a troubled celebrity's whereabouts so consumed Hollywood.
"Demi is such a private person," a source close to her tells PEOPLE, "and where she is now is being kept top secret."
Another source tells PEOPLE that only a "very close" group of friends knows where Moore is.
Her rep's only statement during the health crisis said that Moore, 49, had decided to get "professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health."
With no eyewitness sightings of her since, the reports and rumors have included everything from "spiritual counseling" at an unknown location to prayer sessions with Kutcher at her house.
In recent days, residents of Utah have been abuzz over suggestions she may have headed to the Cirque Lodge in Sundance, though nobody has actually reported seeing her there.
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Wayne Harold Marshall, was born 26 September 1910 in Millville. He married Mary Reba Wade 10 June 1938 in Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia. Wayne and Reba had a son, Joseph Wayne Marshall, born 2 October 1941 in Panama City. Wayne served in the Navy during World War II and worked for Harrison Motor Company, the local Oldsmobile dealer for most of his working career. When the dealership was sold he went to work for Bruce Collins in the Clerks Office. He died 23 January 1990 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery. His son Joe, who is barely distinguishable from his father, is currently the Web master for the Bay County Historical Society.
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is in the national spotlight now that he and his teammates have made it to the Super Bowl. In January of 2013, Russell Wilson called in to "The Yolanda Adams Morning Show" to discuss his faith, what he listens to before his games and much more.
Russell Wilson told Yolanda Adams that her song "I'm Gonna Be Ready" helped him death with the passing of his father, and said it is, "the song I listen to every day, every morning, before every game, and I sing it right before I go through the tunnel, and I sing it out in the field."
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In case anyone is interested, I've put
another set of tarballs for my NFSv2,3,4
server for BSD up anonymous ftpable. It
now includes a basically functional
client for OpenBSD3.7. (The server
currently works on OpenBSD3.7 and FreeBSD5.4.)
It includes support for NFSv2,3 and 4,
including RPCSEC_GSS.
Anyhow, if you're interested, take a
look at [url]ftp://ftp.cis.uoguelph.ca/pub/nfsv4[/url].
Have fun with it if you try it, rick