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BLOG PIECE: supporting modding in totalityposted by Dark0ne Game NewsIt's been a couple of months since my last blog piece where I updated you all on what we had planned for this year, focusing a lot on stability and a new server clustering setup. We're now quite close to rolling this out so I'll talk a little bit more about that and then talk about what we're working towards.
The past couple of weekends have been a bit tough on the servers partly because we're continuing to tack on new functionality and partly because traffic is still at an all time high. Our solution to this problem which I discussed in detail in the last blog piece focused on completely changing our server architecture to form a database cluster; the idea that you can "link" multiple servers together to make a (for all intents and purposes) single massive database monster that can handle everything you throw at it. If you need to add more power you just add more servers to the cluster, so the potential is practically limitless. We're almost ready to roll this out which will obviously require a bit of scheduled down-time which we'll inform you of before taking the sites down for the maintenance. The hope is that everything goes smoothly and when it all comes back up everything is running like a boss. Do things like that ever happen in the real world? Not normally. But hey, here's to hoping.
While we wait for the final touches to be finished on our database cluster we've optimised the sites a bit more today. We're hoping you'll not notice those regular weekend slowdowns we get as much as before. It's our absolute hope that when the cluster is fully set up and rolled out it's going to solve our site slowdown issues for good, so it's a really important step for us as we look to improve on the Nexus further.
So what's the plan for the rest of this year? I know I've mentioned this already countless times but when I first started the Nexus sites (and the Source sites before that) I had some important principle tenets that were my aim and focus for running the sites; to create as useful and trouble-free resource as possible for modders that would stand the test of time and not be bottle-necked by bureaucracy or any one person, like me. I think we're almost at this point now.
If I were to pass away tomorrow (touch-wood and all that jazz) these sites would continue to run in the form of the 4 other programmers working here. Sure, there'd be a ruckus, but the legacy should continue as they have access to much of what goes on behind the scenes. Moving away from this morbid subject, why am I bringing it up? I think the final remaining bottleneck is that of the games we support. In order to support another game for modding a bottleneck forms while I have to go through the process of setting up a new Nexus site. Why don't we support modding in its entirety for any and all games that people want to mod? Well there's lots of good reasons and I've always wanted to focus on games I know and like because it's been important to tailor solutions specific to games themselves, rather than diluting our services to try and accommodate a broader spectrum of games. However what I'm finding is that we're in the start of a little renaissance period for modding that has gone hand-in-hand with the recent prevalence of indie game development that has meant more great games are being released more often, the Kickstarter revolution that has helped to fund this, the launch of Steam Workshop that has helped to spread the word about modding and increase it's popularity among people who were originally averse to the idea of modding and the decline of the "Triple-A" gaming market, where modding had been abandoned and replaced by lacklustre DLC to eek out more money from gamers.
While we've been focusing on these Triple-A games that support modding (that come along once in a blue moon) there have been lots of indie, or "smaller" games passing us by that have provided modding support but have often lacked a decent place to host their content. We're talking about games that would have a small modding community that maybe produces 50 - 200 mods. The problem isn't that I don't want to take the time to make Nexus sites for these games, the problem is that I'm struggling to keep up with the market.
I don't want to support modding for specific games. I want to support modding. Period. While Steam Workshop has been great at demystifying modding as some obscure past-time and brought modding to the masses I personally think it's taking modding in a troubling direction by essentially DRMifying mods. In order to download a mod from Steam Workshop, currently, you need to have bought the game on Steam or have access to a Steam key for the game and install the game via Steam, essentially negating the whole point of wanting a DRM-free copy of the game (by all means please correct me if this is no longer the case). This would be like changing the Nexus so that you could only download and install mods from the site if you used the Nexus Mod Manager. We certainly would never go down that route. And the annoying thing is that the solution is quite simple for Steam Workshop; they just need to offer a manual download button. Will they do it? I've no idea. And the problem with the modding community right now is that there's not much choice out there in terms of general modding sites. We've got moddb.com, and what a great resource that has been and still is and, thinking about it, they're the only major site out there that I know of that provides a modding solution to any and all games. I've said it before and I'll say it again; modding should be all about choice. It's your choice what you mod and it should be your choice where and how you choose to get and distribute your mods with others. Choice is exactly what is needed and I want to position the Nexus so that it becomes one of those choices, and I can't do that if I have to cherry pick the games we will and won't support.
So what's the plan? First things first if you only care about modding one of the games we already support then for you things aren't going to change past what we would have done before irrespective of supporting other games. Skyrim/Oblivion/Fallout/Witcher/etc. Nexus will still exist and look and act just as before. We've got design updates in the pipeline but these were always going to come along anyway, irrespective of this plan. So yes, if you don't care about us supporting other games then for you, "phew", nothing is going to change. So what will change? Essentially we're going to be centralising our offering on to nexusmods.com, where we'll support modding for any and all games. It's actually quite a simple change; when you go to add a mod you'll be able to choose the game your mod is for. If the game isn't in our database, you can add it, and then add a mod for that file, so you'll be able to add mods for games that we didn't originally support.
This will create a new, generic Nexus site for the game you just added. It'll look and feel like Skyrim/Oblivion/Fallout Nexus, but it just won't have an updated template and will use the same standard colour set and generic background. From NexusMods.com you'll be able to drill-down in to all the files we support across every Nexus site and every game. This will go hand-in-hand with our new category and search pages that we'll be rolling out in the next fortnight that I think you guys are really going to like just because it puts so much more at your fingertips to really get to what you want quickly from a single page. But let me just reiterate; the experience you get from the Nexus sites we currently have won't be changing, or moving. This is about providing support for more (or all) games, and adding to our catalogue, not changing our back catalogue.
This change will enable mod authors to add mods for any and all games that support modding. I regularly get asked by mod authors from various other games we don't support (to name but a few of the more popular requests; Minecraft, GTA, STALKER, Sins of a Solar Empire, Crusader Kings 2, Torchlight 2, the list goes on..) whether they can upload their mods to the Nexus. They can't, because we don't support the game. The idea isn't to swamp places and detract from communities, but to offer mod authors who like the Nexus format and like how we operate to share their work via the Nexus itself. Don't like Steam Workshop? Use ModDB and the Nexus. Don't like ModDB? Use the Nexus or Steam Workshop. Don't like the Nexus? Use ModDB and Steam Workshop. Don't like any of them or want to share with as many people as possible? Make your own site or use one of the many community sites already on offer. It's all about choice, and you should all be able to have that choice and not be limited to one site alone. I've no idea if opening up the Nexus to all games is an option that's going to be used by mod authors or not. It could take off massively or it could not be used at all and really, that's not the point.I just want that choice to be there.
On top of this change we're also going to open up the possibility on all sites to create your own file categories for your files. When you pick the category for your mod you can pick from a pre-set list. Your mod will go into this category to begin with, just like it does right now, but you can also suggest a category that isn't currently listed for your file that fits it better. If we agree with the category then we'll add it to the database and your file will be automatically moved into this category once it's approved. You'll also be presented a list of categories that others have suggested to pick from; so if we see that 50 files have been added for a suggested category then we know right away that yes, that category is probably worth approving.
The subject of supporting modding in general has been on my mind for a long time now and it's been one of the major driving forces for wanting to get this database cluster setup and running smoothly. I can't in good conscious begin supporting modding for a multitude of new games with the sites performing as sluggishly as they have; it'd be a kick in the teeth to the people who've supported us for a long time and I wouldn't want you to feel as though I'm abandoning the roots of the Nexus to go tread in new territory. No, we get things working perfectly, confident that we can transition into this next step without screwing up everything we've worked on before.
And to placate the moderating fears and appease those mod authors who've been demanding this for a while now it's likely with this change that we'll provide mod authors with full comment moderation tools for their mods. I think at that point the gates are open and we'll have to change our policy to ensure both the sanity of the moderation team and the sanity of the mod authors.
For me the Nexus up to now has been about supporting the communities I know and love. I'll continue to do this, and I'll continue to keep my eye out for games that I'd love to focus support towards. Opening up Nexus Mods to all games is going to be an "as-is" service. We'll provide the tools and the services "as-is", but will continue to offer that more focused and specialised service for those Nexus sites we've fully committed to supporting. And by analysing the new games that are being added to the database I'll be able to see at a glance if there's any games that we can make a full-fledged Nexus site for (i.e. a site with it's own custom template, colour scheme and background, as it is right now with the current Nexus sites). So if (as an example) 100 Minecraft mods get added to the database then yes, it'd probably be worth spending the extra time on my end to give those folks a custom look to their Nexus site.
It's our aim then to open up the Nexus fully with an API for web designers and a software hook for developers, all offered free of charge. Think of a service like Skyrim G.E.M.S.; they'd be able to plug in to our API and retrieve information about all the mods they have in their database straight from the Nexus without the need to program a scraper or manually enter data. On the software side we want to provide hooks and API data to game developers so that they can present and provide mods to gamers from within the games themselves; including being able to download the mod straight from our servers to their games. We'd happily allow that. We wouldn't look to charge for this service at all (either to gamers or the game developers); we think modding should be open and free to everyone and I want to run these sites on good-will; it'll cost us a lot of money to provide free downloads to everyone, but I think what goes around, comes around. If you offer a good service that people appreciate then donations (in the form of Premium Membership from users) and top-ups from game developers who appreciate that offering those millions of downloads last month probably cost us a lot of money so they might want to consider helping out with a donation will be more than enough. Running on good-will rather than private investment and money-grabbing has worked well for us so far, and there's no reason it won't going forward as well.
This change isn't imminent. We've got a few things we want to get out of the way first before we look into this but you can consider this a statement of intent. This is what we're working towards. This is what we want to do, and we'll try our hardest to not only make it a reality, but a reality that works well and for the good of the gaming community.


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Scholarship to help students from Haiti announced
Posted on January 13, 2011
On the one-year anniversary of an earthquake that devastated Haiti, Grand Valley continued its efforts to help the people of that country.
Officials announced the Empowering Haiti through Education Fund, a scholarship that will help support rising stars from Haitian high schools to attend Grand Valley. The announcement was made January 12 at Chez Olga, an Eastown restaurant that specializes in Haitian food.
The idea behind the scholarship sprang from a discussion several years ago between Peter Wampler, associate professor of geology, and Mark Schaub, executive director of the Padnos International Center. Wampler has traveled to Haiti since 2007 to conduct research on water quality. Wampler said he hopes that the students who will eventually be scholarship recipients return to Haiti to teach the next generation of students.
"This is something to really get excited about," Wampler said. "We can transform Haiti one student at a time."
When he first traveled to Haiti, Wampler said he expected to find people who were defeated and hopeless. The opposite proved true. "Young Haitians would walk with us through town to learn English," he said.
Officials from Rays of Hope for Haiti, a nonprofit organization based in Grand Rapids, are helping to identify Haitian students who could be scholarship recipients. To donate to the scholarship fund visit www.gvsu.edu/giveonline; for more information about the scholarship, visit www.gvsu.edu/haiti.

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The St. Louis Blues have fired just under 20 employees as the lockout drags on.
Mark Scheifele (lower body) will sit out Tuesday's game versus Detroit.
Logan Couture is questionable for Wednesday's game after he had a screw removed from his ankle over the weekend.
James Neal (upper body) has been activated from injured reserve.
T.J. Oshie (shoulder) is "possible" to play Wednesday against Boston, according to coach Barry Trotz.
Jack Eichel has confirmed that he is good to go for Tuesday's match against Edmonton.
Corey Crawford (appendectomy) has been moved to injured reserve.
Craig Anderson has returned home to be his wife again.
Sam Gagner led the Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory on Monday with two goals and two assists.
Marcus Johansson scored two goals, including the overtime marker, in Washington's 3-2 win over Buffalo Monday night.
Bryan Rust had a hat trick and registered an assist to lead the Penguins in an 8-5 victory over Ottawa Monday night.
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Bike race back for 3 more years
KILLINGTON The town has signed a three-year contract to sponsor the return of an internationally renowned cycling event.
The Killington Stage Race will return for the fourth straight year Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27. Killington along with fellow sponsors Long Trail Brewing and athletic apparel manufacturer Champion System has paved the way for individual races, time trials and a grueling 60-mile run that concludes with a climb up East Mountain Road.
It turns a ghost town into a destination, said Town Manager Seth Webb, who in 2010 brought the race back to the area after a 10-year hiatus. Events like the stage race, the concert series, the junior golf tournament, these are all efforts by the town to make this a four-season resort.
This year, the town will spend $25,000 to sponsor the race, down from $32,000 in 2012. Since 2010, the Killington Stage Race has brought a combined $1.1 million to the local economy, according to a press release Webb issued.
The race originally ran from 1987 to 2000 and attracted more than 1,000 racers from across the United States, as well as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
To bring the event back to Killington the race has proven itself as a great investment for the town. Each year weve spent less and attracted over 500 to 600 riders. We look forward to continuing this tradition in 2013 through 2015, Webb said.
For more information or to register for the race, visit www.killingtonstagerace.com.
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"Where is the name of God are you going?" everyone in New Orleans kept asking Amanda.
"To Fayetteville, Arkansas," she relied. "My Paris and my Rome."
Ellen Gilchrist, The Annunciation
At the foothills of the scenic Ozark Mountains, Fayetteville, home of the University of Arkansas,
enjoys a thriving economy and a vivacious atmosphere. Fayetteville was named one of "America's Most Livable Cities" in 2004 and 2005 and was claimed by Money Magazine as one of the "Best Places to Live in America". Its popularity is further shown as it was ranked as the nation's #1 in the Best Performing Cities Report by "Milken Institute" in 2003, and also featured in "Lifestyle Magazine", "Southern Living" and "The Best Towns in America" - a where-to-go guide for a better life.
Fayetteville is served by the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA). XNA receives direct flights daily from 16 cities in the US. Check http://www.nwara.com for current information about airlines and cities served. Ifarriving by air, look for "VC-NST Conference" signs upon arrival at XNA. The University of Arkansas Campus is 23 miles from the airport, a 35 minute trip by Express Shuttle. Express Shuttle will work with the VC-NST organizing committees and provide a convenient ride for the conference. Rental car services are also available at the airport. If you plan to rent a car, you can also check fights to/from Tulsa, Oklahoma (TUL). TUL (http://www.tulsaairports.com/) is about 110 miles away from Fayetteville, and the drive is a little under 2 hours.
The University of Arkansas, the flagship University of the State of Arkansas, is a nationally competitive student-centered research university, serving Arkansas and the world. It is noted for its strong architecture, agriculture and business programs. For more information, please take a slide tour of the campus.


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Benefits of Reading to Your Grandchildren
One of the many roles you play as a grandparent is mentor and teacher to your grandchild, according to Arthur Kornhaber, M.D., president and founder of the Foundation for Grandparenting. Another way to bond with your grandchild-while developing his or her vital language skills-is reading. The benefits of reading can range from increasing vocabulary to opening up new worlds and enriching your grandchild's life. If you happen to be babysitting and you're looking for an educational activity, consider the benefits that reading has to offer.
Children can reap the benefits of reading at any age. Read to your grandchild during bedtime, a picnic, or during a long car ride and let the learning begin!


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Those suspects included:
•Grant Turner in a four-count indictment that included two counts of delivery of marijuana in a drug-free zone, one count of tampering with physical evidence and one count of possession of a controlled substance, methadone.
All four counts were third degree felonies. A conviction on any of those charges could result in a 10-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine.
Beeville Police Department investigators alleged that Turner committed the offenses on June 21, 2012, within 1,000 feet of the Kids World Youth Center at 1826 S. Washington St.
Bond was set at $16,000 by District Judge Joel Johnson.
•Flora Gutierrez in a two-count indictment on charges of tampering with physical evidence and possession of a prohibited substance in a correctional facility.
Both charges are third degree felonies.
According to BPD officers, the 28-year-old defendant tried to hide prescription medicine from an arresting officer on Nov. 26, 2012, to keep it from being used as evidence.
The second count was filed because the defendant had the drug in the Bee County Jail.
Bond was $6,000.
•Larry Lee Soliz on a charge of evading arrest with a vehicle, a third degree felony.
Soliz was accused of using a vehicle to flee from a Highway Patrol trooper on July 29, 2012, while the trooper was trying to detain him.
Bond was $5,000.
•Isidro Castillo on a charge of evading arrest with a motor vehicle.
The offense is a third degree felony.
According to a Bee County Sheriff's Office deputy, the 44-year-old suspect committed the offense on July 3, 2012.
Bond was $4,000.
•Gabriel Gonzalez on a charge of evading arrest with a vehicle.
A BPD officer filed the case against the 51-year-old man after an incident on Sept. 11, 2012.
Bond was $1,000.
•Christie Jay Ponce on a charge of tampering with physical evidence.
Police alleged that the defendant attempted to hide hydrocodone from officers during an incident on Nov. 26, 2012.
Bond was $2,500.
•Kendrick Hadden on a charge of tampering with physical evidence, a third degree felony.
Officers alleged that the 22-year-old suspect attempted to hide marijuana from them on Aug. 10, 2012.
Bond was $2,000.
•Chris Dean Windham on a charge of driving while intoxicated, third offense or more.
The offense is a third degree felony.
A Highway Patrol trooper arrested the 59-year-old suspect on July 19, 2012.
Windham had prior DWI convictions on Sept. 21, 1998, and Oct. 15, 2003, both in Brazos County.
Bond was $2,500.
•Albert Lopez Zamora on a charge of burglary of a building, a state jail felony.
If convicted, the defendant could face a two-year stint in a state jail facility and a fine of $10,000.
A BCSO investigator alleged that the defendant entered a building owned by another man on Sept. 22, 2012, without permission and attempted to take a welding machine.
Bond was $4,000.
•Angelica Maria Perez on a charge of theft with two prior convictions, a state jail felony.
A BPD officer alleged that Perez took an item worth between $50 and $500 from a man on Sept. 28, 2012.
The defendant had previous theft convictions in Bexar County.
Bond was $2,500.
•Richard Allen Morin on a charge of credit card abuse, a state jail felony.
A BCSO investigator alleged that the defendant used another man's credit card on June 20, 2012.
Bond was $4,000.
•Freddie Limonez on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, a state jail felony.
According to deputies, the 46-year-old man had between one and four grams of cocaine in his possession on May 19. 2012.
Bond was $5,000.
•James Wilson on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, less than one gram.
The offense is a state jail felony.
According to BPD officers, Wilson had methadone on July 14, 2012.
Bond was $5,000.
•Noah Paul Meza on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, less than one gram.
The offense is a state jail felony.
BPD investigators alleged that the 30-year-old defendant had methamphetamine in his possession on Feb. 15, 2012.
Bond was $7,500.
•Ryan Adcock on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, less than one gram.
The offense is a state jail felony.
BPD officers alleged that the defendant had cocaine on April 21, 2012.
Bond was $2,000.
•Tabitha Lee Carias on a charge of driving while intoxicated with a child passenger, a state jail felony.
A Highway Patrol trooper filed the charge after the defendant was arrested for DWI on Sept. 27, 2012. She had a child under the age of 15 in the vehicle at the time.
Bond was $5,000.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 120, or at email@example.com.


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President Obama must go to the peopleJanuary 24,2013President Obama tried to galvanize the country to progressive purpose in his inaugural speech, arguing that in this era, advancing time-honored individual aspirations requires collective action.
As attempts to square the ideological circle go, this was a rhetorical triumph. Yet if Obama is to realize his goals, he will have to rally the country on a continual basis.
A reasonable man, Obama craves a return to a time when agreeable people were able to work out sensible compromises.
That, however, doesnt describe this period in American politics.
Mind you, House Speaker John Boehner has some of the same adult inclinations. He clearly would like to accomplish big, serious things if he werent riding a Tea Party tiger and glancing anxiously over his shoulder at the ideological young guns who are eager to replace him. But he is so Boehner wont argue forcefully for the middle road he might pursue if left to his own devices.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, has simply not demonstrated that he cares about serious governance. For him, sadly, gamesmanship seems to be the entire game. The overriding purpose he has brought to his high public post has been to foil the president.
So where does that leave Obama as he confronts large and controversial issues like climate change, gun control, and immigration reform, to name just three? The best prescription comes from the (late) scholar Richard Neustadt, an adviser to several presidents.
Effective influence for the man in the White House, Neustadt wrote in his influential examination of presidential power, stems from three related sources: first are the bargaining advantages inherent in his job with which to persuade other men that what he wants of them is what their own responsibilities require them to do. Second are the expectations of those other men regarding his ability and will to use the various advantages they think he has. Third are those mens estimates of how his public views him and of how their publics may view them if they do what he wants.
Given todays politics, the third source of power will prove particularly important to Obamas success. But that will mean going outside the capital and waging a campaign for what he wants done inside the Capitol. Although thats not necessarily the way hed prefer to govern, Obama does it well. After all, in a year when a number of economic models predicted hed lose, Obama argued his way to a handy victory over Republican Mitt Romney.
In the last four years, Republicans were often able to indulge their obstructionist instincts because of these intertwined realities: Many issues never rise to the level of widespread public awareness, while others that do are sometimes difficult to elucidate to the country.
The first explains why Republican Richard Shelby of Alabama, a small-minded Senate baron, was able to deny Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond a spot on the Federal Reserve Board.
The debt ceiling controversy stands as a prime example of the second. Many people dont understand that lifting the debt limit is an essentially redundant vote to authorize borrowing for spending Congress has previously approved. In 2011, Obama let Republicans use the debt-ceiling vote to lure him into a protracted debate over deficit-reduction.
This time around, however, the president declared he wouldnt bow to brinksmanship. Likening a GOP threat not to raise the ceiling without offsetting spending cuts to going out to dinner and then running out on the check, Obama made it clear that if the United States defaulted on its obligations, he would make the GOP wear the blame for the economic consequences.
Lo and behold, congressional Republicans have now backed off that threat, saying they will support raising the debt ceiling for four months, while using other tools to push for spending cuts.
The central GOP complaint about Obamas inaugural oratory was that it was a campaign-style speech. Theres some truth to that, but the criticism is more interesting for what it reveals about the critics. Republicans were objecting to what they fear: Obamas ability to appeal to the public.
Thats instructive. As he starts his second term, Obama must keep uppermost in mind that the best way to win in Washington is make his opponents fear the consequences of thwarting him.
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Lincoln used the 2013 North American International Auto Show Monday to present its take on a compact SUV.
The new MKC Concept shares a lot of design cues with the recently released MKZ sedan, like the horizontal grille that's said to resemble a pair of wings, and the thin horizontal tail lights that span the width of the back of the car.
As a concept, the MKC has some touches that are not likely to make it to a production model, like an all-glass roof and 20-inch wheels.
"The Lincoln MKC Concept is designed to strike a perfect balance between warm, inviting comfort and the engaging and superb dynamic qualities of performance, ride, handling and braking," said Jim Farley, executive vice president of Global Marketing, Sales and Service and Lincoln. "This balance is focused toward a new luxury automotive client emerging in the marketplace – someone who recognizes a great vehicle and demands a balance between all-out performance and comfort."
Lincoln hasn't officially announced plans to mass-produce the MKC, but don't be surprised if something very similar shows up as a 2014 model.


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Sharna Johnson
I think many of us find within different social settings we adopt alternate vernaculars to our own.
For instance, when I visit my grandparents in the Appalachian Mountains, I develop a twang and blend words like "Ain't" and "Y'all" into my vocabulary.
If I spend time with British friends, I inexplicably develop a brogue and find myself referring to "standing in the queue" or discover "bloody *&%" slips from my tongue as casually as my American curse words of choice.
And for some reason I now greet people with "Howdy" or "Hola", not, I can say with certainty, words used as salutations in the east.
It all makes perfect sense I suppose. Proximity breeds familiarity and all that.
So years ago when a low growl issued from my throat as my dog sat beside me begging for my pizza, it didn't strike me as odd at all.
Quite the contrary, it seemed quite natural.
And my dog understood me. It was magnificent.
Backing away and lowering his eyes, that little growl bought me a good 10-feet of standoff by which to enjoy my dinner.
Giddy with my newfound power I began hissing at my cats when they displeased me or got in my way.
"Haha! Who's the top dog/cat now," I thought.
Oh, they have to learn our language too. "Sit", "Stay", "Down"… But learning theirs is so much easier.
Animal language is simple; human language convoluted.
Some cultures even have specific words designed to convey emotion because there is no tonal change in their speech.
And God help you if you come up against a master of the "Southern graces" who can issue compliments dripping with sugary venom.
But for animals, communication is one with state of mind or emotion. There is no denying a happy bark or a sinister growl.
Sure, perhaps there are meanings only they understand, but we get the point…"Come play", "I am about to tear you apart", or "Oooohhh, a little to the right".
Aristotle identified the distinction between humans and animals as speech and more specifically the ability to articulate.
"For nature, as we declare, does nothing without purpose; and man alone of the animals possesses speech. The mere voice, it is true, can indicate pain and pleasure, and therefore is possessed by the other animals as well," he said.
"But speech is designed to indicate the advantageous and the harmful, and therefore also the right and the wrong; for it is the special property of man in distinction from the other animals that he alone has perception of good and bad and right and wrong and the other moral qualities."
How true. A dog can communicate pain or embarrassment or joy but he cannot analyze those emotions – explain why or how he feels them.
And by the same token a dog has no moral compunction. He will steal a scrap of food without a second thought unless a stronger force acts to stop him.
For all our efforts to advance as humans, one look at the animal world shows us we have all but lost our sincerity, spinning webs of words that disguise the core of our meanings.
And in political correctness, our meanings are often lost entirely.
Ironically though they lack the words, animals are more expressive, concise and without question more honest.
While I certainly wouldn't advocate going around growling or barking all the time, it wouldn't hurt us to learn from animals.


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Great Gelatin Replacement
Publié par rabbit le Sep 05, 2012
Agar is a really great gelatin replacement. It works as a thickening agent for cold foods, but will melt again when exposed to heat. This makes it perfect for vegan cheeses, gel desserts similar to Jello, pudding, and gummy candies. It contains both calcium and iron, which helps if you are a vegan trying to incorporate these essential vitamins into your diet. Agar has become a staple in my pantry.
Some Info & My Opinion
Publié par autumn le Jul 07, 2010
The manufacturer use-instructions for this item are just wrong : Shall One Add an Agar-Agar Amount Greater than 1.5 tsp. (teaspoon) to a "US Pint" (~473ml) Volume of Liquid, the outcome will usually be a Rock-Hard & Uneatable Hydrate ! (so hard that it might require a knife to handle it properly) --- Also, when boiled (while submerged in liquid), it emits an unpleasant potent algae/sea smell.
Publié par Reviewer1202829 le Feb 28, 2011
Im making agar pudding with berrys and lemon ( + stevia) and it tastes great. it makes me really full - and hopefully slimmer in the long run since it's low calories and very filling) I use one table spoon of powder pr 1/2 liter water - wich is less than what the package describes.It makes the pudding perfect!
Great, but doesn't work with certain fruits
Publié par MentaPiperita le May 27, 2014
I like this product very much. I use less than the recommended amount and I get very good results (3 level teaspoons for one litre of liquid gives a firm texture). However, it doesn't work with certain fruits. The first time I used it I tried to make pineapple jelly but it didn't set at all. I searched for information and read that the enzymes of certain fruits (like pineapple and kiwi) react with agar agar and prevent it from setting. Apart from that, it's an excellent substitute for gelatin, I can finally make vegetarian pudding and desserts! I will definitely buy again.
Agar Powder
Publié par Reviewer2377004 le Oct 27, 2007
GREAT. I'm very happy with this product. I take it after dinner and am able to avoid eating again during the evening hours.
Very satisfied
Publié par Mjuuugly le Mar 30, 2010
Terrific vegan alternative to gelatin, tastes nothing and I use it in gel, mousse, dessert and soup.
Publié par Reviewer1620176 le Mar 25, 2008
Agar powder is a super food. I am so glad to find it here at such a reasonable price
Perfect alternative
Publié par Reviewer1654704 le Feb 14, 2011
I have only used it once, so I have not been able to test it properly. I used it for making strawberry jam and the kids where very satisfied.
Publié par Reviewer1676712 le Apr 19, 2011
i love this product! I made "chocolate" jelly and I used fat-free milk,stevia,cocoa,vanilla-extract and this agar powder and it was so good! My 3-year-old daughter also loved it! Great product!
Now Foods, Agar Powder, 2 oz (57 g)
Publié par Reviewer1481253 le Jul 24, 2010
Good for making natural gelatin. I am going to try to make carrot cheese with this agar agar. I have heard it is like cheddar cheese but natural.
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text: Extraterrestrial Disclosure Petition II Cee886 posted:2/24/2012 2:28:31 PM "Disclosure Petition II - The Rockefeller Initiative" is back up on the White House "We the People" website with a new direct link. Sign it here: http://wh.gov/8wh 25,000 signatures must be obtained within 30 days of submission to ensure a response from the White House. Spread the word via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, email and websites that the second Disclosure petition will go up on February 23. All nations can sign. Thank you erysian posted:2/25/2012 6:27:03 PM Interesting, though I don't really expect any result from such a petition.LincolnGenghis posted:2/25/2012 7:17:10 PM Yeah I don't think it will go anywhere but hell give it a whirl. I would love to find out the location of some Extraterrestrials. I would show up there with a rifle , a grill, some BBQ sauce and a taxidermist. I would love to bag one of them little bastards.macros72 posted:2/25/2012 8:35:41 PM It will only give a list of emails and addresses to those whom wish to keep it all mum. Dont fall for it. The White House will never reveal - the Cherry on the cake is trying to trick you. See, they are trying to balance the mess of truth with belief in the american way. My old friend Gen Leaver talked about such things in 1993. He actually said such a thing would happen. He also spoke of two core locations under the sea that where ET. In his words, "One is fingering us and the other pats our heads like a dog". He went on, "the latter watches how we interface", "they never offer help", "They are bastards" He spoke of them being present in the past. They always shadow the other. When I asked more about this he only said they where a police force of sorts. They came to our aid in the past and offered solutions to help us develop without destructive ideas. We in fear declined them due to the shock of alien on our soil. Another came and made the most of this shock. It came and healed all present. It then wished to share the truth of what we found mysterious. It told us that it made us and wished to remain after our discovery of ET. It spoke of others that will come and test or break your spirit. All where told to listen and accept the new ET. New tech would be given, moments with scientists to improve thier knowledge. He speaks of amazing finds that later are found incapable of working here. Gifts given are useless. "They are bastards who fool the foolish & afraid shit in control on Earth" He told me the Moon is not natural but a station. Sometimes even I had to walk away. He was sure from his knowledge that under sea housed 1000s of these things we met decades before. He told me that these things took people everyday and night. He told me intelligence estimated that such things work with agreed underground places. The ocean is thier source with our hidden places underground stageing their needs. "Underground bases are sugar, attracting flies." "A F-ing Spiders web" "we supply the fly and receive a single peice of sugar" Paranormal_Etcetera posted:2/26/2012 3:03:31 PM Yes but it keeps them busy having to deal with petitions. Can't hurt to try.breeld posted:2/27/2012 4:59:19 AM I already signed one time. Guess it didn`t take, huh?spiritech0 posted:2/27/2012 10:37:49 AM Fuck that. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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The Israeli-American community is invited to celebrate Israel's 66th Independence Day and to discuss their experiences as Israelis living in the United States. Admission is $10.Event in Hebrew.
The estimated 30,000 Israelis in the Greater Philadelphia area are expatriates who are scattered in disparate cultural and geographical communities. PhillyIsrael has aimed for many years to coordinate and streamline these groups, connecting them through a single, central platform that welcomes everyone.
The concept of Israeli-American identity officially emerged in 2012 when the Jewish Agency understood that it has to include the Israelis in the diaspora as part of the Jewish people. The Jewish Agencyoperates in the spirit of its vision of "guaranteeing the future of the global Jewish people, united and committed with a strong Israel at its center," by means of developing and devising solutions for the challenges of the younger generation in the Diaspora. The Jewish Agency plans to develop a relationship with the community of Israelis living outside Israel, with an emphasis on strengthening the Jewish-Israeli identity of young Israelis being raised abroad and their connection to Israel and their local Jewish community.
This change represented a major shift in approach. For decades, Israelis living abroad had been viewed as displaced citizens, who for the sake of Israel, must be nudged back home. As the expat community grew in wealth, influence, and numbers (exceeding one million Israelis worldwide) perceptions changed.
The new reality is focusing on the trend of viewing Israeli emigration as an asset. The Israelis in the diaspora are now embraced as "ambassadors."
If the Israelis do not or will not continue to live in Israel, who are they? What happens to their children's and grandchildren's identity? How do their families deal with the "Tridentity" complex (Israeli-American-Jewish)?
Join us on May 13th, 2014 at Congregation Beth Am Israel as we mark PhillyIsrael's 9th anniversary and Israel's 66th Independence Day for an evening that brings the Israeli community together to discuss these issues openly.
Community members of all ages will share stories of their life experiences and more.
Our guest speaker is Tova Birnbaum, The Central Shlicha, Director of the North America Region of theWorld Zionist Organization. Ms. Birnbaum will lead a conversation based on a traditional and modern Jewish and Israeli text about our role as parents in shaping the next generation's identity.


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Mrs. Rojas was born April 10, 1927, in Beeville to Atanacio G. and Jacinta (Vera) Perez. She married Onofre G. Rojas and was a housewife. She was also an active parishioner of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Survivors include two sons, Jaime Rojas of Lake Jackson and Steve Rojas of Beeville; a daughter-in-law, Carmen E. Rojas of Lake Jackson; a brother, Pablo (Carolina) Perez of Beeville; three sisters, Adelfa Alaniz and Delia Rivas of Beeville and Lucia Cortez of Clute; a granddaughter, Jacare Church; a grandson, Yash Rojas; a great-granddaughter; and numerous other relatives and friends.
A rosary was recited Thursday, Aug. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Treviño Funeral Home.
The funeral Mass was celebrated Friday, Aug. 9, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory Church with Father Luke Thirunelliparambil officiating. Interment followed at Beeville Memorial Park.
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Ohio Northern University, Walmart establish endowed leadership scholarship
Ohio Northern University has established the Walmart and Sam's Club Endowed Leadership Scholarship Fund for the Rudolph H. Raabe College of Pharmacy.
The scholarship will be awarded to academically eligible ONU pharmacy students entering their fourth, fifth or sixth year of pharmacy studies who have demonstrated leadership in pharmacy or to an ONU student organization and have shown interest in community pharmacy.
"We're very appreciative of our partnership with the Walmart team," said Jon Sprague, dean of the College of Pharmacy. "Walmart's endowed scholarship will provide much-needed support to current and future pharmacy students focused on community pharmacy. The scholarship also will provide great reinforcement for our mutual message to students on the importance of developing their leadership skills in impacting their current educational experience to serve as the future leaders in community pharmacy."
The newly established scholarship will be awarded during the 2013-14 academic school year.
Ami Bhatt, Walmart's director of talent acquisitions and professional relations for health and wellness, said, "Ohio Northern has a long tradition of excellence in preparing students to serve the profession in community pharmacy, and we welcome the opportunity provide support for their educational endeavors and leadership development."


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Posted on November 22, 2013
Students from the Meijer Honors College taught arctic games to the campus community November 22 near the Cook Carillon Tower.
Games include the musk ox wrestle, harpooning, blanket toss and high kick. The Honors College seminar course is taught by John Kilbourne, professor of movement science.
Students spent the semester reseraching games of the Inuit (eastern Arctic region of Canada) and Saami (Scandinavia) people. Live reindeer completed the arctic scene.


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'Lone Ranger' Casting Call: Filmmakers Seek L.A.-Based Natives to Recreate Comanche Village
Disney Studios, the production company behind the much-discussed mega-project The Lone Ranger, has put out a call for "Mexican and Native American Women, Children, and elderly Men to work on the film as fully paid featured background performers."
As we recently reported, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has said that the film is nearly wrapped. Location shooting, which took place in Monument Valley, seems to be done with. The current casting call is for scenes of a Comanche village, which will be shot in or near Los Angeles. The film stars Armie Hammer as the title character, Johnny Depp as Tonto, and is directed by Gore Verbinski.
Some specifics about what the casting agents are looking for:
Mexican or Native American Women, ages 18-80: Very natural, period look. No contemporary hair styles. No tattoos. No highlights.
Mexican or Native American Men, ages 50-80: Must have long hair. Very natural period look. No tattoos. No dyed hair.
Mexican or Native American Children, any age: Must be able to portray 1800's period look.
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Robin Ventura confirmed Wednesday that he turned down a one-year contract extension from the White Sox that would have made him the manager through 2015.
Ventura called the offer "flattering" and said that there is good communication between he and general manager Rick Hahn.
"I want them to, in two years, think I'm the right guy still for the job," Ventura said.
He added that he's not holding out for anything, but that he's worried about the present team.
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A Nekoosa High School student accused of threatening to bring a gun to school to "kill everyone" is charged with disorderly conduct.
Eighteen-year-old Steven Dzieglewicz could spend 90 days in jail if he's convicted. A criminal complaint stated a fellow student told a counselor that during an online chat, Dzieglewicz indicated he had taken a gun to school. It alleges Dzieglewicz said he had a way to kill everyone and that he wanted to end it all.
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The milk storage guidelines listed here are for healthy babies who are at home. If your baby is in the hospital (preterm or sick), check with your baby's health care provider to find out what milk storage guidelines they recommend.
Why can't the experts agree? First, research confirms that your milk will not spoil before the times listed in this table. But the longer your milk is stored, the more vitamins and antioxidants are lost. That's why some breastfeeding books list shorter storage times. Those experts prefer you to use your milk sooner rather than later. But this doesn't mean that your milk will spoil if you wait longer.
It's never a bad idea to give your milk as soon as you can after pumping. But what should you do if you find some stored milk in the back of the fridge that has been there for up to eight days? When in doubt about the freshness of your milk, smell or taste it. Spoiled milk will usually smell spoiled.
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To watch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in that venue, as close as I was to the stage, is something that I will take with me to my grave. A musical dream come true. Mike Campbell is the personification of excellence, Scott is always reliable and rock solid to push the songs to the end, Benmont flows through any musical landscape with ease and soul, Ron holds it all down, Steve's smile beguiles the task of keeping rythm for the greatest band in the world (no easy task) -- which he does by getting everything his kit with the flying V logo on the kick drum has to offer. And then there's Tom. How Tom has managed to keep writing lyrics and music that gets to the heart of growing up in America for as long as he has is remarkable. Tom's music invokes many different influences and styles, but there's one constant... longevity. This bands' music will be around long after all of us are gone, and will be played on formats yet to be invented, but none more powerful than a needle on a record.
The set list complete with tribute covers to the Byrds, JJ Cale, Dylan, Muddy Waters, etc. is fresh, alive and a gift for any Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fans lucky enough to witness it as I did. Thanks to the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, their crew and families for making the Fonda concerts a reality. "It was all right there, in front of me."
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Richard Childress Racing
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Sprint Cup Preview for Michigan
August 13, 2013
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News and Notes
Race: Pure Michigan 400
Date: Sunday, August 18, 2013
Location: Michigan International Speedway
Richard Childress Racing in the Motor City ... In 136 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Michigan International Speedway, RCR teams have earned three wins, two with Dale Earnhardt (1987, 1990) and the most recent with Kevin Harvick (August 2010). Additionally, RCR has claimed 18 top-five and 46 top-10 finishes with 10 different drivers including Richard Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, who recorded top-10 finishes at MIS in June 1978 and August 1979. The Welcome, N.C.-based organization has an 18.5 average starting position, an average finishing position of 16.6, has completed 25,523 of the 26,932 contested laps (94.8 percent) and has led 685 laps in the Irish Hills.
RCR in the NSCS ... In 2,339 Sprint Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 103 wins, 42 pole awards, 442 top-five finishes and 929 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.9 and an average finishing position of 15.8. RCR has earned 14 total championships (six Sprint Cup Series championships with Earnhardt in 1986, '87, '90,'91, '93 and '94, five NASCAR Nationwide Series titles, two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards title) and was the first organization to win titles in NASCAR's three national series.
RCR Watkins Glen Rewind ... Last weekend at Watkins Glen International, Harvick and Paul Menard finished 13th and 17th, respectively, while Jeff Burton finished 26th after being collected in two accidents late in the race.
The Collective RCR ... Throughout the season's first 22 races, RCR's Sprint Cup Series entries have earned two wins with Harvick at Richmond International Raceway (April) and in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (May), notched seven top-five and 19 top-10 finishes with drivers Burton, Austin Dillon, Harvick and Menard. RCR's three full-time Sprint Cup Series drivers rank fourth (Harvick), 19th (Menard) and 21st (Burton) in the driver championship point standings.
Interactive RCR ... For up-to-date news and exclusive content, visit RCR's Twitter page - @RCRracing - along with the RCR Sprint Cup Series team Twitter pages - @RCR27PMenard, @RCR29KHarvick, @RCR31JeffBurton and driver Twitter page @KevinHarvick. Information about the 14-time championship winning organization can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardChildressRacing and at www.RCRracing.com along with official driver pages - www.facebook.com/PaulMenard27, www.facebook.com/OfficialKevinHarvick and www.facebook.com/OfficialJeffBurton.
Catch the Action ... ESPN's live coverage from Michigan International Speedway begins Sunday, Aug. 18 at Noon Eastern Time. The race will also be broadcast on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.
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No. 27 NIBCO/Menards Chevrolet SS
This Week's NIBCO/Menards Chevrolet ... Paul Menard will pilot chassis No. 428 at Michigan International Speedway. This No. 27 Chevrolet SS was raced previously this season at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Menard drove it to a 12th- place finish.
Michigan Stats ... Menard has 14 starts at Michigan International Speedway. His best start of fourth came earlier this season and best finish of fourth took place in 2011. The Wisconsin native has completed 2,764 of 2,810 laps attempted (98.4 percent) at the Brooklyn, Mich., track, leading 15 of them.
About NIBCO ... Founded in 1904, NIBCO INC. is a leading provider of valves, fittings and flow control products for commercial, industrial and institutional construction, as well as residential and irrigation markets. NIBCO is headquartered in Elkhart, Ind., and has 10 manufacturing plants located throughout the United States, Mexico and Poland. Visit www.nibco.com for information on the complete line of NIBCO products.
Race Rewind ... Starting 10th, Menard survived a green-white-checkered finish collecting a ninth-place result in last year's event at Michigan International Speedway.
Menard's Thoughts on Racing at Michigan International Speedway: "Michigan (International Speedway) is the fastest track we go to since they repaved it last year. We are averaging close to 200 mph, which hands down makes it one of the fastest places we race. It's a challenging track, because the tires that we run there are hard and the track has a lot of grip. You're always on kind of a knife's edge through the corners because the groove is very narrow right now. The more we run at Michigan the wider the groove will get, and we will be able to do more passing. I think we already started to see that from last year to the first race this year. The groove has definitely increased and we could race harder and race side-by-side. I expect this weekend's race we will see even more side-by-side racing. We had a pretty good car in the June race, and I'm sure 'Slugger' and the guys will have another fast NIBCO/Menards Chevrolet prepared for this weekend."
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No. 29 Rheem Chevrolet SS
This Week's Rheem Chevrolet SS at Michigan International Speedway ... Kevin Harvick will pilot chassis No. 425 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable in the Pure Michigan 400. This Chevrolet was most recently driven to a 10th-place finish at Kentucky Speedway in June.
Harvick in the Irish Hills ... Since his first appearance at Michigan International Speedway in June of 2001, Harvick has made 25 starts at the two-mile, D-shaped oval. In those 25 starts, the California native has collected one win (August 2010), four top-five and nine top-10 finishes. Harvick holds an average starting position of 18.2 coupled with an average finishing position of 14.3, has completed 99.2 percent (4,860 of 4,901) of the laps contested and led 149 circuits.
Rheem on the Hood ... The red Rheem logo will adorn the hood of the No. 29 RCR machine this weekend at Michigan International Speedway for their sixth of seven appearances during the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season. Rheem will also be featured on Harvick's Chevrolet at Talladega Superspeedway in October.
Gotta Have a Rheem ... Rheem Manufacturing Company (www.rheem.com) is privately held with headquarters in Atlanta and U.S. operations in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Indiana, North Carolina and Texas. In its 88th year of operation, the company manufactures a full-line of eco-friendly, technologically advanced residential and commercial heating and cooling systems; tank, tankless, solar and hybrid heat pump water heaters; whole-home standby generators, controls, swimming pool and spa heaters; indoor air-purification products; and commercial boilers throughout North America and world markets. The company's premium brands, including Rheem, Raypak, Ruud and Richmond have been recognized with countless industry and consumer awards for reliability, innovative design and high quality. Rheem is the official heating, cooling and water heating supplier to Richard Childress Racing, and is a primary sponsor of RCR's No. 29 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and RCR's No. 33 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Race Rewind ... Starting from the 20th position, Harvick and the No. 29 team finished 16th at Michigan International Speedway after battling handling issues in the 2012 Pure Michigan 400.
You finished second at Michigan International Speedway in June, are you eager to go back? "This part of the schedule has been tough for us the last few years, between Indy (Indianapolis Motor Speedway), Pocono (Raceway) and Michigan (International Speedway). We didn't run that well last season at Indy, and ran ok at Pocono and Michigan. We've been trying to work on this portion of the schedule and make it better. We've been kind of hit and miss on these types of tracks."
Do you think some of the old character is coming back to Michigan International Speedway? "The bottom groove was better the last time we raced there. It didn't move up like it used to, but you have that middle and bottom groove, especially between turns three and four. In turns one and two that bottom groove wasn't quite as good, so you were kind of locked into that one-single groove. It's hard to adjust from the type of racing that we used to have there compared to what you see now with the groove being so much narrower with the new asphalt. It's slowly coming back around, but I think it's going to take a while."
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This Weekend's No. 31 Cheerios Chevrolet at Michigan International Speedway ... Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 372 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable this weekend at Michigan International Speedway. This No. 31 Chevrolet was utilized twice this season at Bristol Motor Speedway in March and Kentucky Speedway in June.
Career Michigan Stats ... This weekend's 400-mile event marks Burton's 40th start at the two-mile facility and 678th-career Sprint Cup Series entry. Burton has garnered four top-five and 10 top-10 finishes at the track, along with two pole awards in 1996 and 2006. He has also led 76 laps at the Brooklyn, Mich.-based race track.
Black and Yellow ... The iconic General Mills brand Cheerios returns as the primary sponsor on Burton's No. 31 Chevrolet SS. America's No.1 cereal franchise will also bring its fan-favorite yellow and black paint scheme to New Hampshire Motor Speedway (September 22). General Mills has roots as a NASCAR sponsor for more than 15 years and began its partnership with RCR in 2008 with the Cheerios brand as the primary sponsor of the No. 33 Sprint Cup Series team. The program moved to the No. 31 team as a co-primary sponsor for the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season.
Top-10 Finish in June ... After starting the 200-lap affair in June from the 18th position, Burton and the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet team collected their third top-10 finish of the 2013 season, finishing 10th in the 400-mile event at Michigan International Speedway.
Race Rewind 2012 ... After starting from the 32nd position in the 2012 Pure Michigan 400, Burton and the No. 31 Wheaties Chevrolet team scored a 19th-place finish in the Sprint Cup Series event at Michigan International Speedway.
Has Michigan International Speedway aged at all since the recent repave? "I thought Michigan International Speedway was better in June. The groove was a little wider and the tire compound was better. I expect it to continue to get better and as the grip goes away, the racing will improve. We had a good run there earlier this season and hope to build on our top-10 finish this weekend."


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Shrimp and Sausage Stew
Makes 4 (1-cup) servings
Getting started Equipment you will need: knife/cutting board, colander, large saucepan or pot Do right away when you get home:
1 cup green bell pepper
2 Tbsp. fresh parsley
1 cup turkey smoked sausage (about 6 oz.)
8 oz. medium shrimp
1 (15 oz.) can kidney beans
2 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. minced garlic
3/4 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
1 (10 oz) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (such as Rotel), undrained
1. Chop pepper and parsley. Chop sausage into thin slices. Peel and devein shrimp. Rinse and drain beans using a colander.
2. Heat saucepan over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan. Add pepper, sausage, and garlic to pan; cook for 3 minutes until pepper is tender. Stir occasionally.
3. Add broth and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Stir in shrimp and beans. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 6 minutes until shrimp are cooked. Sprinkle soup with parsley; serve.
Suggested Side Items: Specialty bread of your choice and a glass of milk
Tips: Serve with hot sauce for an extra kick! This stew also tastes great served over rice.
Shopping list: Green bell pepper Turkey smoked sausage (6 oz.) Reduced sodium chicken broth Fresh parsley 1 (15 oz.) can kidney beans 1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (such as Rotel)
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Friend of Israel?August 05,2014
The U.S. government says it is a friend of Israel. That is good; I want my government to extend its circle of friends as wide as possible, and to seek peaceful ways of living with those who refuse our friendship. But the U.S. has a very strange way of behaving toward a friend. Friendship entails seeking the greatest good for ones friend. That is not what the U.S. is doing with Israel.
If a friend comes to my house drunk, I do not give him the keys to my car. If that friend is fighting with a neighbor, I do not give him a gun. If I wish to be a true friend, I seek ways to help him and his neighbor settle their disputes peacefully. If I see my friend doing things that exacerbate the quarrel, I point that out to him. I try to get my friend to listen to the complaints of his neighbor and see where those complaints may be justified.
I do not help my friend break into his neighbors house and steal his property. I do not help my friend deprive his neighbor of the means to live a decent life. I do not subsidize the actions of my friend that make a peaceful settlement of the dispute impossible. And if my friend should kill his neighbor, I do not congratulate him and tell him he has a right to kill; I certainly do not give him more weapons so he can kill again.
The U.S. government is betraying our friendship with Israel. The president and Congress are not acting in the best interests of Israel, but responding with moral cowardice to its unlawful, immoral and brutal behavior toward the Palestinians. Afraid of Israels powerful supporters in the United States, our government betrays the very meaning of friendship by supporting Israel in its time of shame. And it is worse than that.
Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. military aid in the world. The United States extends its diplomatic cover while Israel continues to confiscate Palestinian land for new settlements in the occupied territories, in violation of international law, and making a peaceful, two-state solution impossible.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asks, What would you do if the (Palestinian) rockets were landing on your cities and towns? Fair question. As someone who wants to see Israel live in peace amongst its Arab neighbors, I take this question very seriously. As a friend of Israel, who wants to get at the root of the ongoing tragedy, I would ask the prime minister, What would you do if another country occupied ever larger sections of your homeland, kept you and your people prisoners in a restricted zone where all coming and going, including commercial trade, is controlled by the occupier, who attacks with overwhelming destructive power whenever the prisoners react with frustration and violence?
I do not intend to excuse the prisoners violence, the rockets, the resulting fear and destruction. I am trying to place it in historical and psychological context, just as I try to understand how the history of pogrom and holocaust none perpetrated by Palestinians motivates some of the unquestioning supporters of Israel. The Israeli government wants us to forget this Palestinian context as it has great explanatory power; so it places the start of the violence at a convenient moment that seems to support its contention that the Palestinians started the whole catastrophe.
Just when the number of Palestinian dead approached 1,400, the majority of whom were civilians, including nearly 200 children, the U.S. government gave Israel an additional $1 billion in weapons. This further implicates every U.S. taxpayer in the killings.
The barbarous actions of the Israeli government in Gaza erode the magnificent tradition of Judaism for justice and peace, a tradition that forms a basis of Western political thought. Israel says it wants peace, but it is the peace of a cell block. And the United States aids and abets these actions. With friends like this, who needs enemies?
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Harry Kalas, the Voice of the Phillies, Has Died
I'm a bit speechless right now. My husband just called to say he'd heard on the radio that long-time Phillies announcer Harry Kalas had died.
"Are you serious?" is what I think I said.
Unfortunately it is true. He had apparently collapsed in the team's broadcast booth at National's Park, where the Phillies are playing the Nationals in the Nats' home opener.
I'll be back later after I've organized my thoughts.
In the meantime, here's one of my favorite bobbleheads, of Harry and Whitey. Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn were, to me, the best pair of announcers a team could have. If there's a baseball team in heaven, they've got a great team in the booth now.
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Sue, I am so sorry to hear of Mr. Kalas' passing. My thoughts and prayers are with his family, the Phillies Organization and its fans.
So sorry to hear about Kalas' death, Sue. My prayers go with his family, the Phillies organization, and fans like you. May he rest in peace–he died a WS champion. Godspeed. Tough week for baseball.


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Banana Fruit Bread
This classic tea bread delights with flavors of bananas, spices, mince and nuts.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 70 min
- Ready Time: 85 min
- Yield: one (9x5-inch) loaf
- 2 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 or 3 bananas)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 (9-ounce) package None Such® Classic Original Condensed Mincemeat, crumbled
Preparation Directions
- PLACE rack in lower half of oven; heat oven to 350°F. Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- BEAT granulated sugar and shortening until fluffy in large bowl. Add eggs, bananas and sour cream; mix well. Stir in flour mixture and mincemeat. Turn into greased 9x5-inch loaf pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 slice, 1/12 of loaf), Calories 310 (Calories from Fat 100), Total Fat 11g (Saturated Fat 3g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 35mg, Sodium 230mg, Total Carbohydrate 49g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 30g), Protein 4g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 2%, Calcium 4%, Iron 8%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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#136824 - 01/07/05 01:50 PM Re: Good questions
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If one looks at the crests of waves, and little ripples gathering on a shoreline though, one recognizes endless little moons nested within the folds of water just as each droplet on a car window holds an upside-down view of the view of outside relative to its own size. If one retreats to the distance of, say, the ISS, our moons reflection spans whole seas of course. Does the word moonglade do all this justice? The idea of 'self-similarity across scales' and the scientific field called 'chaos theory' seems to have some pertinence here, but Ill resist trying to relate anything bout that. The bewildering thing though is that this 'organised chaos' (great term, hey) seems to be in practically everything we do - though this comes as little surprise to many less educated people, I suppose.
Perhaps we can borrow a term from heraldry. Semy of indicates a pattern of lots of little identical images in an orderly pattern across the background of a coat of arms. That sounds a lot like all those little moon reflections on the waves. They become a semy of moonglade.
#136825 - 01/07/05 03:59 PM Re: Good questions
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Perhaps we can borrow a term from heraldry. Semy of indicates a pattern of lots of little identical images in an orderly pattern across the background of a coat of arms. That sounds a lot like all those little moon reflections on the waves. They become a semy of moonglade.
Ah, geez, you guys. . .this just keeps getting better and better!!
I've a question, and I don't know if it has been broached before. . .. I teach at a small, two-year college on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Could I share this discussion with my students as a way of defining what a threaded discussion is and can be? Or are these posts absolutely off limits??
(Perhaps I should have posted this question in a separate thread; if I've violated any "rules," I hope you all will forgive me. . .. Again, thank you so VERY much for these fantastic posts!!!)
#136826 - 01/07/05 04:09 PM Re: Good questions
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Oh, please do share with your students, Allison, and maybe some of them will want to join! We can use new blood around here...
#136827 - 01/07/05 06:50 PM A Swiftian Invitation
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Posts: 2788
Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA
"We can use new blood around here," said Tom, sanguinely.
#136828 - 01/07/05 07:14 PM Re: Good questions
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Posts: 13803
Crispy!! Welcome home Kriegführendejugend! And such an evocative post to come home with!
#136829 - 01/26/05 09:19 AM Moonbow search
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Posts: 389
Loc: Rhode Island, USA
I won't make this into my personal journal, but I said that I let you know the results of my moonbow expeditions. It was too cloudy to see the full Old/Wolf/Ice moon last night, but it was the quietest night that I can remember in years. No owl, no loud moon, just one far off bark of a dog. I'll go to the falls under the full Hunger moon next month.
#136830 - 01/27/05 05:20 PM Re: is kumatage the same phenomenon as moonglade?
Registered: 06/27/00
Posts: 444
Loc: Sydney Australia
tsuwm, the definition you referenced upfront ('a bright appearance in the horizon, under the sun or moon, arising from the reflected light of those bodies from the small rippling waves on the surface of the water') doesn't seem to me to be at the same as 'moonglade', or to be what Allison was looking for.
Kumatage is brightness in the horizon, she's looking for brightness in the water, whcih could be quite some way from the horizon. I know I'm being pernickety, but I do think the two are separate effects.
This is not to say that kumatage is anything other than a charming word, although I personally prefer moonglade for its inherent poetry. Then again, I don't think moonglade quite conveys the idea of a pathway that Allison had in her first description.
No helpful words to offer myself, I'm afraid, but Broome, up on the NW coast of Australia, has a famous tourist spectacle called the 'Staircase to the Moon', which is a phrase capturing that idea of pathway at least, although decidedly unpoetic.
No pics on the official tourist website, but I did find one here:
I also note they have a night market to help tourists 'appreciate' the sight - reminds me sadly of the Japanese stringing everything in sight with pink plastic flowers, then hanging out in loud drunken parties to help everyone appreciate cherry blossom. Maybe I am missing something in just wanting to admire nature quietly on my own rather than as a mass activity?
#136831 - 01/27/05 06:14 PM Re: is kumatage the same phenomenon as moonglade?
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Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10538
Loc: this too shall pass
I don't pretend to use or even like the word; I referred to it as an obscure word for this concept found in an outdated seaman's glossary. the language seems stilted and even a bit archaic*: a brightness in the horizon. but to me that conjures up the bright, nigh on to full size reflection of the (low in the sky) moon on the horizon which then slowly narrows towards you -- sort of a reverse vanishing point.
a brightness on the horizon.. seems as evocative of the event as moonglade.
but the word is rare, at best; and this is all rife speculation.
*maybe that should read poetic :-)
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Seeking Justice for the Least of These: Center for Global Justice Symposium
Friday, January 11 - Saturday, January 12, 2013
Hear from 50+ experts in 2 days as they share about their critical work to combat child trafficking, improve child welfare systems, reform juvenile justice efforts and advocate for children in need of families.
Network with hundreds of human rights advocates, legal professionals, nonprofits, ministry leaders and passionate students called to serve the vulnerable and oppressed in our world and many others during this exciting weekend.
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Please note: The sampling of resources identified below are designed to help you think creatively about fun activities and programs to engage your child during their summer vacation. Programs are provided for informational purposes only and do not imply an endorsement or recommendation.
A diverse listing for those seeking programs in Brooklyn; some programs provide bus transportation from NYC's other boroughs to Brooklyn.
Short-term programs designed for students who have an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong interest in learning about business.
Just for Girls
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Language programs in New York City for young children that range from brief classes to intense immersion programs.
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Summer activities and camps with a focus on science and/or technology. These camps involve hands-on learning in the sciences while incorporating some traditional camp activities.
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Traditional day camp experience including sports, arts and crafts, and games in New York City and the surrounding area are identified here. Counselor-in-Training leadership programs are often available for older campers.
Teen opportunities range from outdoor/adventure camps to internships and pre-college programs.