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If you're planning on having sashimi to ring in the New Year, prepare to pay. That traditional dish is going to cost you this year with ahi in seriously short supply.
A combination of bad weather and an agreement to limit the annual catch for Western and Central Pacific waters, has resulted in big eye tuna in very short supply this year. That means higher prices for the good stuff.
At the fish auction, fish buyers were bidding high for what was brought in.
"Today, I thought we were gonna maybe have 100,000 pounds plus. We had only about 80,000 maybe 90,000 pounds. Again, we're still a little short and prices are reflecting that," said Brooks Takenaka, United Fishing Agency manager.
Another example of how critical the supply is this year, onaga was going for $29 a pound on Thursday. Normally around this time of the year, it's about $15 to $16 a pound. Fish buyers said customers are willing to pay for it, because they want that traditional red fish that symbolizes good luck.
"I hope so, if not, I'm in deep trouble," said Tamashiro's Market, Guy Tamashiro said with a laugh.
Tamashiro said he was unable to fill Christmas orders because of the shortage, but he's hoping things may change over the next couple of days.
"Hopefully, we'll have more come in and we can average our price down and we can sell it cheaper. But as it is now, we just go with the supply that we do have," said Tamashiro.
As for right now, expect to pay anywhere from $10 to $35 a pound for the better grades of ahi.
This was the last year for the 3-year fishing limits in the Western and Central Pacific, so fishermen are expecting more fish and a better market situation for next year.

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Kailua residents are rallying the community to help save the annual Fourth of July fireworks show.
The 60-year-old tradition could come to an end because of a lack of money amid a bad economy.
The event is three weeks away, so community leaders are racing against the clock to raise $40,000 so the show can go on.
A group called Save Kailua Fireworks is asking for donations on its Web site: savekailuafireworks.com.
A couple dozen businesses and individuals have offered donations to keep the event alive, including Formaggio Grill.
"We're a big part of Kailua and this has been a tradition for the past 60 years," said Patrick Okubo, managing partner. "So it's an important thing that we want to keep up."
Okubo said Formaggio has pledged to donate proceeds from sales on the next two Mondays, June 22 and 29.
"We're going to donate 10 percent of all the proceeds for anybody who comes and says we're here to save the fireworks for Kailua," he said.
Okubo pledges support despite the fact that July 4 is the restaurant's slowest day of the year.
"To be honest, most people go to the beach," he said. "They go to Lanikai. For that particular day, it's counterproductive for us. In the long run, the bigger picture, it helps us because it helps the community."
Businesses are working hand in hand with Kailua residents who are spreading the word any way they can.
"Remind folks, hey -- these businesses are getting involved, so you know, channel your shopping here for these special things to help buoy up the funding that is going to come out of this," Kailua resident Briggs Christie said. "In a bad economy, you need to have these events that are fun and family-oriented. The Fourth of July parade is such a big thing here. The Fourth of July fireworks -- people camp out all night almost to get a good seat. And to take it away is just one more disappointment and one more thing that makes you feel like, 'When are we going to get over this and through this?'"


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first thing this post wasnt intended for you but since u wanted to back up knickfan4realz heres my response.
1) Hitler killed millions of people using gas chambers, torture, starvation every method u can think of back then and you say he's just as good as all of us and should be considered the same as us, law or not?
2) There is a seperation between good and bad or good and evil. Hitler, Stalin, Bin Laden, Hussein and his sons, Nero, etc these men are in their own class which everyone refers to them as bad/evil because their actions were with no remorse and no reason to kill innocent people for joy and gratification.
3) Look at our country and look at places in Africa...we created laws becuase we realized what good and bad was and we tried putting an end to the bad as much we could by making laws. Look at places in Africa there is no law, which means that every action is the same as any other action...these places are in chaos..there is genocide every year, innocent villages burnt down, women raped and boys kidnapped and brain washed to kill innocents, because they dont feel its wrong. And your telling me that these choices should have the same consequence as me or you living a peaceful life? Your saying that one man can kill,rape,torture, everything and should deserve the same fate as a person who has never done anything of that nature?
4) Think about its not logical nor does it make sense. if you have a heart you would see its not about belief but about common sense, there is a right and wrong and some have been brainwashed from their youth to not understand that and i pray that they do have a choice one day to make a good decision and realize what and individual is capable of when they dont know right from wrong...because the result is those infamous people i mentioned before..hitler,hussein etc.
5) when you say a person is mature how would you describe that? Maturaty is basically when a person knows the right decision to make in any situation and knowing right from wrong with wrong resulting in a bad decison and bad consequence. You wouldnt know what maturaty is because every action you make is right and therefore you will eventually suffer a consequence because you dont realize that some choices result in nothing positive. You make a choice always thinking your correct just like Hitler and Huessein did and now look at them and what they have accomplished.
6) conclusion, there is a difference and saying there isnt means you are truely lost and have no feelings what so ever. To say that those men i mentioned deserve the same fate as me and you is just like i said that you have no heart and no remorse and no emotion and think every choice you make is the right one becuase in the end you feel it will only benefit yourself. And this is why many people look to Evolution as yourself for an answer, becuase it allows you to do whatever you want to do morally.


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How to Volunteer
It is our goal to ensure every volunteer at Glenbow Museum has a great experience, and to provide volunteers with meaningful, challenging, and fulfilling volunteer opportunities.
If you are interested in our program, please review the following section carefully. We want to you be as excited about joining our program as we are to welcome you!
Understanding the Commitment
Review the role description we are recruiting for carefully, and note the tasks, shift times, and expectations of the role.
Think about what you are seeking in a volunteer role. Do you want to build on educational or career-related skills? Have you always had an interest in a certain aspect of museums? Perhaps you really enjoy the chance to work with children. Maybe you need volunteer hours for school credit. Or perhaps you just love museums, want to have fun, and meet new people. Consider what is motivating you to volunteer at Glenbow Museum. We want to make sure you have a great experience. By providing us with as much information as possible, we can make that happen.
Consider what your availability is to volunteer. Do you have weekday or weekend availability? How long are you able to volunteer? A few weeks? A few months? Or even longer? The more you let us know about your availability, the better chance we have of finding a good match for you. Some volunteer opportunities are restricted to certain days and times - these are noted in our descriptions. Be sure they fit with your availability and routine - volunteering shouldn't be a burden!
Determine what kind of role you'd really like. Do you get excited about history and love a library setting? Perhaps our Library and Archives is the perfect place for you. Are you considering a career in fundraising or nonprofit management? Perhaps assisting in our membership area will help you learn more. Do you like working with children in a fun educational environment? Our family programs may suit you perfectly. By thinking about what you like to do, and what provides meaning and challenge to your life, you will help us create a great volunteer role for you.
Respect that we have a screening process in place. Candidates are selected for personal interviews based on suitability. Adults aged 18 and over are required to undergo a police records check. A minimum of two references are required. This process in place to ensure maximum success in placing volunteers, and to ensure the safety of everyone at Glenbow Museum. At this time, we are unable to accommodate individuals who need to complete community service hours.
Understand the commitment. Most of our volunteer roles require weekly or bi-weekly shifts, and we need volunteers to accept that responsibility. Are you able to fulfill the expectations of the role? Great - we want to hear from you.
"The volunteers at Glenbow gain positive feedback for their individual talents, and so develop a confident sense of self and of their abilities to contribute to a work environment. You learn that no matter what your attributes are, there is a place where they can affect others in a positive and important way. The individual support for volunteers at Glenbow is so important for youth; they're learning who they want to be." — Andrea W.


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The Valentine Continues
This week has become an ongoing ode to RSBS' love for the game of baseball. And not wanting to be responsible for ending the lovefest, today we bring you something that belongs to bars from Queens to San Diego just as much as it does to the British bar where it's set. Punt away the soccer ball at the end, toss in a baseball and you'll find it hard to disagree.
Happy Friday!
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Looks like the gentile boys down at the Harp and Thistle pub putting back the Ginny and having a few bangers and mash on the side.
Seriously, I could close my eyes and see that at a sport bar somewhere.
Cool thing is, I could see that at the Undertow after a Rays game done by Grant Balfour and Bobby Ramos.
I might steal the idea and pass it to them as post-game fodder for thought.
Rays Renegade
How many guys are there together? Too many! They can sing though.
Ready for some baseball??
I was waiting for John Madden to pop through the screen and "BOOMF!" a TASTES GREAT- LESS FILLING commercial was going to break out. Where were the hooligans in the corner table with the walkie-talkies planning their next Liverpool jersey burning?


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Gosh, I probably asked this question when Kate was a baby, but can anyone recommend a good sippy cup that is compatible with a breastfed baby? I don't want anything that will interfere with her latch, which she is struggling with as the top two central incisors break through.
Norah has never had a bottle, but I want to introduce a sippy cup, b/c quite frankly, Mama needs a break without stressing to be back in two hours!
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- Of the Obamas, Wright said, "Church is not their thing. It was never their thing."
- Wright claims Clinton campaign may have been paying black pastors to disparage him
- He says his words have been "misused and taken out of context"
- Reverend alleges that Obama changed dramatically once he became president
Edward Klein's new book, "The Amateur," an unauthorized biography of President Barack Obama, makes some startling and intriguing claims. From former President Bill Clinton calling Obama an "amateur" to Rev. Jeremiah Wright alleging that he was offered hush money, the book is full of political surprises. Earlier this week, Klein gave Fox News'Sean Hannity the three-hour recording of his discussion with Wright. The Blaze also obtained some copies of the recordings. We are currently working to obtain the raw, three-hour interview audio.
The audio clips appear to showcase a man — despite his intense rhetoric — who seems genuinely saddened by his deteriorated relationship with Obama. Wright, contrary to past videos and speeches, seems calm and collected as he recounts his personal experiences over the past few years.
(Related: Beck offers $150K to Wright for contents of Wright's secret box on Obama)
"It wasn't what I expected to tell you the truth because the guy who I met did not look like the guy on the videotapes," Klein told Hannity of his time with Wright. "He was very quiet, very polite, very measured, and talked about his academic credentials, very proud of the fact that he had a Ph.D., and answered all my questions…there was no sense that this guy could go off the deep end."
Throughout his time with the author, Wright can be heard offering Klein his assessment on a variety of issues relating to the president and his 2008 campaign. The Blaze already told you about Wright's claim that he was offered $150,000 by a close Obama associate in exchange for his refusal to preach until after the 2008 election.
In a separate portion of the discussion, Wright talked about a cardboard box that holds some intriguing contents. In it, there are numerous articles and elements related to the Obama campaign and the drama that accompanied it.
One example Wright shared is an article in which David Axelrod, a key figure in the Obama camp, is quoted. The article apparently discusses how Axelrod interacted with the Rev. Otis Moss, another pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ. The topic of conversation? Figuring out how the Obamas could stay at the house of worship, while trying to distance the church from Wright.
Wright also made some intriguing claims about the Obama family and its purported lack of interest in attending church. Since assuming office, the president has consistently faced criticism over his infrequent church attendance. According to Wright, this is par for the course.
"Church is not their thing. It was never their thing," Wright says of Barack and Michelle Obama. "She was not the kind of black woman whose momma made her go to church, made her go to Sunday school…so the church was not an integral part of their lives before they got married — after they got married."
After Wright made these comments, Klein said, "But the church was an integral part of his politics…because he needed that base." Wright agreed with this statement, at one point saying "correct."
"We keep forgetting that Barack Obama was selected before he was elected. You didn't select him. He's accountable to the ones who selected him and who paid for him to be the president," Wright said. "Why do you think Wall Street got a break? They selected him Why do you think the Big 3 got a buy-out? They selected him. Why do you think he stands up and says 'I am a Zionist?'"
These institutions, Wright maintains, had the money to select Obama to be a Democratic nominee and to inevitably arrive in the White House:
During the discussion, Wright told Klein that Obama said, "You know what your problem is. You have to tell the truth." The faith leader maintained that this isn't a bad problem to have and that Obama, being a politician, has transformed into an individual who is not necessarily rooted in truth.
"Politicians don't have to tell the truth. Truth is what we say it is. Well, I somehow can't live with that," Wright told Klein. "That's why I could never be a politician. I think that the transformed Barack has become a politician."
When the author asked when, exactly, Obama made this so-called evolution, Wright said he believes it happened when he assumed the presidency.-------
Remember as a muslim, Obama is permitted to lie if the lies are used to further the cause of Islam.


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ask a new yorker their favorite pizza place and you'll get a million different answers. if you ask me again in 6 months, i may even have a different answer. but for now, we're stuck on company.
my favorite new york pizza.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
ask a new yorker their favorite pizza place and you'll get a million different answers. if you ask me again in 6 months, i may even have a different answer. but for now, we're stuck on company.
17 comments:
- Tibs said...
Thanks for the tips!
- May 2, 2012 at 8:15 AM
- Heather Hands said...
I love arugula on pizza. So good. And shaved brussel sprouts, oh my.
- May 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM
- jillian m. said...
Haha! So true. I'm always changing mine. It used to be this place called Il Forno, then Rosa's, then Artichoke and now it's some place in the neighborhood that I always forget the name of. As long as it's thin, crispy and extra saucy, I'm happy!
- May 2, 2012 at 11:26 AM
- Jill V / TerraSavvy said...
Oh, I am so going here the next time I am in with the family.
And, of course I want a slice of PIE now!!
- May 2, 2012 at 11:34 AM
- Shoko said...
WHOOA. That looks so good! Speaking of pizza, can we make a trip out to Roberta's sometime soon? You'll love it!
- May 2, 2012 at 12:04 PM
- rachel kirk peterson said...
3. don't ask for ranch to dip!
- May 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- rebecca said...
ha! for sure.
- May 2, 2012 at 1:24 PM
- I'm Sydney. said...
haha that's how i eat my pizza anyway. The pie looks great! And food IS better outside, isn't it?
- May 2, 2012 at 5:13 PM
- Sophie said...
ohh man... i desperately need to visit new york. this pizza looks sen.sa.tion.al!
- May 2, 2012 at 5:27 PM
- Lena at A Crimson Kiss said...
Mmm, this looks delicious–isn't it awful that John hates pizza?
- May 2, 2012 at 5:51 PM
- Johanna said...
The pie that starts with an "s" - that looks majorly good. I love the freshness of the ingredients!
- May 2, 2012 at 9:52 PM
- Rebeka said...
We have a pizza place that seems really similar to Co. in Seattle. It's my favorite!! That food looks amazing!
- May 2, 2012 at 11:14 PM
- erica marie said...
That pizza looks so good.
xo erica
- May 3, 2012 at 2:36 AM
- Vanessa said...
You're right, everyone has their own favorite! The good news is, they're all amazing. Lucky us, huh? I've been saving some crappy iPhone shots for a post on my new favorite place. It's deep in Brooklyn, but changed the way I look at pizza...
- May 3, 2012 at 9:53 AM
- la domestique said...
Love this! More NY eating tips would be awesome. Great pics too!
- May 3, 2012 at 4:20 PM
- Monica L. Shulman said...
I'm ashamed to admit I haven't eaten here yet. boo.
- May 6, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- Patrice said...
Slice. Of. Heaven.
- May 7, 2012 at 1:05 PM


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i just want to get more into paintball, ive played for years and have tried to make a team but no one is dedicated
i play everything but mostly play snake or keeping people from getting into the snake
or im just looking for some buds to play with too
looking for team
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Posted 05 December 2010 - 09:25 PM
"to give anything less than your best is to sacrafice the gift" -Pre
Posted 07 December 2010 - 02:50 PM
where do you play at?
Does anyone play in Maryland? Shoot me a PM and add me as a friend.
I don't have petpeeves, I just have random psychotic fucking rages.
I don't have petpeeves, I just have random psychotic fucking rages.
Posted 10 December 2010 - 04:09 PM
i play where ever i feel like playing at that day. mostly at robin hood or the feild in northeast,md
"to give anything less than your best is to sacrafice the gift" -Pre
Posted 06 March 2011 - 10:02 AM
Have you ever been to Sure Shot in Quarryville Pa. I live in Perryville MD and play for Sure Shot Factory. Its a great field and we have a new psp reg field for this year. 2 speedball and about 5 woodsball fields. Here is there web site www.sureshotpb.com They will be open in april. If you have any questions you can message me.
Sure Shot Factory #29 http://sureshotpb.com/
Posted 09 April 2011 - 07:15 PM
hey man i am looking to start a team, just PM me. work at robin hood since march 19th, 2011
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BSC Nursing Faculty Member a Featured Presenter at Faculty Development Conference in Dayton, OH
Bernadette Dragich, (MSN, RN, CS) Associate Professor of Nursing at Bluefield State College, was a featured presenter at the recent fifth annual ADN (Associate Degree of Nursing) Faculty Development Conference in Dayton, OH. The two-day program, August 7-8, focused upon "Teaching Effectiveness in Student-Centered Environments." Dragich's presentation was entitled "Clinical Journals: A Teaching/Learning Strategy." Clinical journals provide students with the opportunity to synthesize classroom and theory with clinical practice, she noted. "Beginning nursing students reflect on their understanding of being in clinical situations while interacting with their teacher. This study sought to uncover how journalism enhances the teaching-learning process," she explained. Keynote speaker at the conference was Dr. Gregory L. Crow, Professor, Graduate Coordinator, and Program Director: Nursing Leadership and Case Management Programs--Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA.


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Tony Stevens performed in nine Broadway shows from Hello Dolly to Seesaw. Movie choreography includes "The Great Gatsby" with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" with Bert Reynolds, "She's Having a Baby" with Kevin Bacon, "Johnny Dangerously" with Michael Keaton and "Where the Boys Are" with Lisa Hartman. Creator of the workshop that became A Chorus Line, his Broadway choreographer credits include: Gower Champion's Rockabye Hamlet and Annie Get Your Gun, he was Assistant Choreographer on Chicago (Fosse original production), Perfect Frank, Wind in the Willows with Nathan Lane.
His television choreography credits include specials for Mary Tyler Moore, Cheryl Ladd, Disneyland's 30th Anniversary, and the People's Choice Awards. Tony's regional choreography credits include over 10 original shows and 30 revivals. Among his favorite director and choreographer credits are for the National tours of Dreamgirls 1997 and 1998, and the 20th Anniversary Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. Off-Broadway Tony choreographed Zombie Prom, The Body Shop, and directed and choreographed Sheba. He has also directed and choreographed for famous nightclub acts such as Chita Rivera, Bernadette Peters, Dolly Parton, Liza Minelli, Bette Midler, Debbie Shapiro, and Jane Powell. He is also proud to have choreographed for Gene Kelly.
Tony received a Lucille Lortel nomination for best choreography, The Complete Works of Shakespeare, recreated Bob Fosse's original choreography for Chita; A Dancers Life on Broadway, staged numbers for Martin Short and Nathan Lane on "LATE NIGHT with David Letterman," and is currently developing the new musical La Familglia.


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Setting the Mahmud: Johanna on Quade V. Silva
RSBS Special Correspondent and Podcast Loverboy, Mr. Johanna Mahmud reports:
Well….. The first Mike Quade tirade is over. Carlos Silva is gone and I couldn't be happier. In the offseason, as we learned more about Quade and his pastoral fishing trips, thoughts about fly-fishing technique and bait and tackle strategery, I began to wonder what would happen when there needs to be a time to put the hammer down. I got my answer this weekend. When Silva had his tirade earlier in the season over a perceived lack of effort from Aramis Ramirez and other players in a meaningless spring training game, it soon became apparent that his teammates in the locker room had just about enough from this untradeable giant throbbing male member. By the way, this horrible pitcher had a 10.9 ERA in spring training and is a complete a$$bag.
Another thing we've learned from tirades in baseball (or maybe it's just me) is that stupid, childish behavior gets you nowhere. No one ever got better at baseball by being yelled at to be "better", or try "harder".
In basketball, you can achieve better results on defense with more energy on that side of the ball, but primarily defense is a team objective. Football is almost entirely a team sport with thousands of moving parts. In baseball, which is an individual game, players don't get better by being yelled at to try harder. Defense is improved over practicing fundamentals and years of adjustments, like how and when to get to a certain part of the field.
I loved when Carlos Zambrano last year called out (gold glove first basemen), Derek Lee, that he wasn't giving enough effort on a line drive up the line, when in actuality, Zambrano used Lee as a scapegoat for his ineptness and temperamental issues. After the line drive Lee missed, Z gave up a 3 run bomb.
If I could make people better at baseball by yelling at them, I would have my own instructional video a la Johnny Bench. And it would be called "Listen you f**ktw*t, piece of s*** kid: Be better at baseball right the f*** now or go die inside a dying elephant's rectum. Please?" I think this could work and be very effective to young aspiring baseball players. It's like saying guys at the plate need to try harder. Plate aptitude is based on concentration, patience and HOURS AND YEARS of practice. Not try. There is no try.
The best parts of these player on player rants is that it always comes out that the accusing player ALWAYS admits eventually that they were just venting because they were mad at themselves.
Now that Silva has been released, the right pitcher for the future is Andrew Cashner. He has been promoted, Mateo moves to the bullpen and Quade can move on. When Silva talked behind Quade's back to the media; that was the last straw for him. Jim Hendry, for once did the right thing and finally removed the team and the fans from the original blunder that got us here in the first place with the indefensible signing of Milton Bradley. Which, by the way, 29 other GMs in the league looked at like we lost our damn fool minds and laughed and laughed….and…laughed when as predicted, he colossally blew up in the Cubs' face.
Mike Quade and the Cubs can move on now in his young inaugural season which is already strife with all the usual Cub plight we're used to. One hundred years of bad memories, horrible contracts, bad paper, bad karma. Soriano…….(enough said)… Can Ramirez bounce back after hitting .190 for most of the year last season? On and on again.
If Mike had to deal with Silva staying and walking on Quade's sack day in and day out and more second guessing, it would be totally unnecessary. Quade seems to say and do all the right things so far, (especially for a guy that's been waiting his whole life for this and paid every due imaginable). But when the initial scuffle happened in early March, he said that some infighting could be good for a team. POPPYCOCK.
All it did was confirm what we've been hearing for a while; that Silva was not only a replacement level pitcher but also an undeserving malcontent. Eating the money sucks ($8.5 million), but we basically knew that would happen after about two weeks of jagbag Milton Bradley.
Quade finally let him have it this weekend.
Ozzie style and I'm happy.
–Johanna Mahmud
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Hmm, "jagbag". Is that a cross between a jackwagon and a d00shbag? :^)
I'm thinkin' you're on the right track, j2. I just like the sound of jagbag… let's pass it on.
Silva joined the ranks of Milton Bradley and others who overstayed their welcome. Perhaps some therapy for him and a good long look in the mirror?
Or maybe yelling does work and Silva just wasn't berated enough in his brutal '06, '08 and '09 seasons. What a waste of a roster spot and $48 million. And to think, he was given that deal after a season in which he coughed up 229 hits and lost 14 games.


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Quirky 1.3 released. This is built from the 'forked' Woof that I have been discussing recently, and is an opportunity to evaluate the changes in Puppy files and streamlined searching in the 'init' script. A small amount of package upgrading since 1.2, but mostly this release is a test bed for the advances in Woof. In particular, 1.3 is built with the 'simplified file names'. Apart from simplified names, there is also an id-string appended to the files, plus streamlining of the search-code in the 'init' script. 'Rerwin' has also made many advances in analog and 3G modem detection, configuration and usage, that are in Woof. Build 1.3 is for us to thoroughly test these new ideas...
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Alumni-led climate change initiative celebrates official launch
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Over 200 sustainability leaders from across the province gathered in Toronto on Jan. 16 to celebrate the launch of Sustainability CoLab, a new non-profit being led by Laurier alumnus Mike Morrice (BBA/B.S.c 08).
Sustainability CoLabs aim is to help communities engage businesses to set and achieve greenhouse gas reduction goals. The organization will bring the Regional Carbon Initiative model, started by Sustainable Waterloo Region (SWR) in 2009, to communities across Ontario.
Morrice, who founded SWR in 2008 with fellow Laurier grad Chris DePaul (BBA/B.S.c 08), will be Sustainability CoLabs executive director. Hell be joined by another Laurier alum, Priyanka Lloyd (MBA 11), who will serve as CoLabs director of operations.
Were really excited about the potential for this network to enable large-scale greenhouse gas reductions across Ontario, particularly given how much more support our first cohort of members has than SWR did when it launched the Regional Carbon Initiative five years ago, said Morrice. By creating a network of communities all working with businesses to set and achieve carbon reduction goals, we hope to have a significant influence on the way businesses participate in the solution to climate change.
A mix of senior representatives from all sectors, including a large Laurier contingent, were among those gathered at the Jan. 16 launch event to hear Sustainability CoLabs key announcements about its board, funders and the first communities to receive support.
The event also featured speeches from several sustainability leaders including Laurier Associate Professor Barry Colbert. Colbert, who played a significant role in helping Morrice and DePaul form SWR, is the director of Lauriers P&G Centre for Business and Sustainability and chairs SWRs board of directors.
Durham Sustain Ability, EnviroCentre (Ottawa), Niagara Sustainability Initiative, Sustainable Kingston and Sustainable Waterloo Region were revealed as the first members and communities selected to join the CoLab Network. The organization also announced that it has received $385,000 in seed funding from the Metcalf Foundation, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Sun Life Financial and TD Bank Group.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of product: Fun Years Music Big Drum Musical Set Units: About 10,500Manufacturer: Kids Station Inc., of Miami, Fla., for Toys "R" Us, of Wayne, N.J. Hazard: Small parts can break off during use, posing a choking hazard to young children. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. Description: The recalled music set includes a yellow and green drum with a clear plastic lid and a red one-piece carrying strap that doubles as a storage and carrying case for additional instruments. The drum measures 12 inches in diameter and about 7.5 inches in height. The instruments stored in the drum include: purple drumsticks, yellow and red dumb-bell-shaped maracas, purple wrist bells, an orange recorder, a yellow harmonica, a red-rimmed tambourine and a yellow whistle. Only this musical set is part of this recall. A similar drum set sold at Toys "R" Us with a two piece strap and different musical toys is manufactured by a different company and is not being recalled. Sold at: Toys "R" Us stores nationwide exclusively from August 2004 through December 9, 2004 for about $20. Manufactured in: China Remedy: Return the recalled Big Drum Musical Set to your nearest Toys "R" Us store for a refund.Consumer Contact: Call Kids Station at (800) 227-4772 anytime or visit the Web site at
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Equity, equality, justice and inclusiveness agreed as principles of new Kurdistan Region Human Rights BoardSep 19, 2013
The Kurdistan Region Independent Board of Human Rights was established in early 2013 with the support of UNDP. The Board is mandated to promote, protect, and advocate for human rights in the Kurdistan Region.
32 members of the Kurdistan Region Independent Board for Human Rights (IBHR) from Duhok, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah met from 16-19 September 2013 in Erbil to discuss the vision of the Board and the way forward. Their objective was to develop a jointly agreed vision, outline the Kurdistan Region's human rights priorities, and enhance the understanding of international standards and operating frameworks of National Human Rights Institutions.
With the Human Rights Board in the driving seat, experts from Canada, South Africa, and Palestine were invited to support and enhance the capacity of the new Board through a review of Law 4/2010 in line with the Paris Principles.
Sessions on national human rights institutions global and best practices were presented by the visiting experts and UN specialists, in addition to criteria of accreditation of national human rights institutions.
The workshop successfully concluded with the participants adopting equity, equality, justice and inclusiveness as main principles that will guide and inform the vision of the Board. The workshop also identified education, Domestic violence, youth, children and the death penalty as thematic areas for their work in the Kurdistan Region.
UNDP will continue to provide capacity building and institutional development support in the coming two years to the IBHR to enable it to perform its duties as an independent board to promote human rights in across the Kurdistan Region.


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EXPLORE/PLAN - Fall 2013 Administration Archive
We are pleased to announce the availability of EXPLORE/PLAN for all 9th and 10th grade students as we work to further our reform agenda and move toward a growth model of accountability. As a first step, in January 2012, ISBE approved the use of a value table model to calculate growth. Additionally, we are taking steps to ensure our continuous system of assessments align to college and career ready benchmarks. The new high school assessment plan will provide schools and districts a complete picture of student progress from grades 3 through 11 and provide data for the calculation of student growth.
The opportunity to participate in these assessments will be the only state-funded path to administer the EXPLORE/PLAN for the 2013-2014 school year. Test administration must take place between September 16 and November 8, 2013. School districts are encouraged to complete registration to administer EXPLORE in grade 9 and PLAN in grade 10. The information provided below will outline this opportunity for high schools. The state is able to pay only for the administration of EXPLORE at grade 9 and PLAN at grade 10.
Schools and districts will receive copies of student-level reports, school-level reports, and district-level reports. These reports will include academic achievement data in English, Mathematics, Reading and Science, as well as data on students' career aspirations. These data will be valuable in planning programs for individual and groups of students. School- and district-level data will include student performance broken down by subgroups as well as comparisons of students' curricula and performance on the EXPLORE or PLAN test.
These assessments:
- provide data to help pinpoint student strengths and weaknesses, aligned to college and career ready expectations,
- provide data regarding student preferences for post-high school activities,
- provide the school with information on program effectiveness,
- provide valid and reliable data on student achievement at grades not currently assessed by PSAE.
- Participating Districts must administer both EXPLORE at grade 9 and PLAN at grade 10.
- All answer documents returned to be scored must contain a student's nine-digit state-assigned ID. To facilitate this, districts may order Pre-ID labels directly from ACT (preferred method) or may hand-grid all answer documents.
August 12, 2013 ACT will begin to accept orders from Districts for materials and Pre-ID labels.
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- February 1, 2014 (anticipated): District and School EXPLORE/PLAN results available in ISBE's Student Information System
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To participate in the Illinois EXPLORE and PLAN state funded contract, all orders must be placed by the district under the State Contract Cycle. Following the Ordering Guide will insure that orders are placed correctly. Orders placed through the National Ordering Cycle will be billed to the school district and will not be part of the state project. If a school district has ordered EXPLORE for grade 9 or PLAN for grade 10 through the National Ordering Cycle, but has not yet tested, please contact ACT Customer Services at 877-789-2925 to learn how to insure correct scoring and billing under the contract.
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To participate in the Illinois EXPLORE and PLAN state funded contract all answer documents returned to be scored must contain a student's nine-digit state-assigned ID. To facilitate this, districts may order Pre-ID labels directly from ACT (preferred) or may hand grid all answer documents.
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Additional Resources for 2013-14
- 2013-14 EXPLORE Supervisor's Manual
- 2013-14 EXPLORE-General Information
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- 2013-14 PLAN Supervisor's Manual
- 2013-14 PLAN-General Information
- 2013-14 PLAN- Additional Information
- 2013-14 Guidance – Assessment Accommodations for Students with Limited English Proficiency
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- Continue another 7 miles to Axson.
- Just after you enter Axson, you'll see a flashing amber light on the right side of the highway, which warns you to reduce speed for an upcoming intersection. The intersection is just a short distance ahead. Enter the turn lane and turn left onto Minchew Road.
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I am now suffering from a doozy of a cold - nose is stuffed up, eyes are watering, etc.
Last week, my doctor put me on an antibiotic (Amoxicillin) for my bacterial pharyngitis. Since then, the cold has come on.
I called my OBGYN and chatted with a nurse there about what types of meds I can take that WON'T affect my milk production. She said that any decongestant or anti-histamine COULD (and most likely would) cause my production to go down.
I have used a netipot. I am using nasal spray. They are easing the horrifying discomfort I had yesterday.
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The past quarter-century has seen an explosion of interest in the history of science and religion. But all too often the scholars writing it have focused their attention almost exclusively on the Christian experience, with only passing reference to other traditions of both science and faith. At a time when religious ignorance and misunderstanding have lethal consequences, such provincialism must be avoided and, in this pioneering effort to explore the historical relations of . . . → Read More: Science and Religion Around the World


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CA7 about yesterdays games: DZ, CA7 here...this is gonna get ugly for you tomorrow.
R'dam Wharfies win 227:219.
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Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 655-8697
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Toy Racing Cars
Units: About 2,000
Manufacturer: OKK Trading Inc., of Commerce, Calif.
Hazard: Surface paint on the toy cars contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves toy racing cars that are operated with a remote control. The toy racing car comes with four additional tires and one remote control. "Formula 1" is printed on the packaging.
Manufactured in: China
Sold at: Retail dollar and discount stores nationwide from October 2007 through November 2007 for about $1.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take this car away from children and return it to the store where purchased for a refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact the company toll-free at (877) 655-8697 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.okktrading.com
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of
thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or
mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household
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"Reducing the Greatest Risks of Nuclear Theft & Terrorism"
Journal Article, Daedalus, volume 138, issue 4, pages 112-123
Fall 2009
Author: Matthew Bunn, Professor of Practice; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Managing the Atom; Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Excerpt from "Reducing the Greatest Risks of Nuclear Theft & Terrorism":
In April 2009, President Obama warned that there was still a real danger that terrorists might get and use a nuclear bomb, calling the possibility "the most immediate and extreme threat to global security." He announced "a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years."
Keeping nuclear weapons and the difficult-to-manufacture materials needed to make them out of terrorist hands is critical to U.S. and world security and to the future of nuclear energy as well. In the aftermath of a terrorist nuclear attack, there would be no chance of convincing governments, utilities, and publics to build nuclear reactors on the scale required for nuclear energy to make any significant contribution to coping with climate change.
But Obama's four-year goal will not be easy to achieve. At sites in dozens of countries around the world, the security measures in place for plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU) the essential ingredients of nuclear weapons are dangerously inadequate, amounting in some cases to no more than a night watchman and a chain-link fence. Changing that in four years will take sustained White House leadership, broad international cooperation, a comprehensive plan, and adequate resources.1 The fundamental key to success will be convincing policy-makers and nuclear managers around the world that nuclear terrorism is a real threat to their countries' security, worthy of new investments of their time and resources to reduce the risks something many of them do not believe today.
Resources for this mission are not infinite, and choices will have to be made. Clearly there is little prospect of arranging for every building that has some plutonium or HEU to have a division of armed troops to guard it. It is critical to focus resources on reducing the most serious risks. But how can we judge where those most serious risks lie?
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1 For comprehensive recommendations for meeting this objective, see Matthew Bunn, Securing the Bomb 2008 (Cambridge, Mass.: Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University, and Nuclear Threat Initiative, November 2008), and Matthew Bunn and Andrew Newman, "Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: An Agenda for the Next President" (Cambridge, Mass.: Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University, and Nuclear Threat Initiative, November 2008); http://www.nti.org/securingthebomb.
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Marcus Popenfoose made his first year at Auburn University look easy, qualifying for the NCAA outdoor track and field nationals in the shot put and discus.
Getting back to nationals, however, has not been as easy.
Popenfoose, a junior for the Tigers, will travel Sunday to Eugene, Ore., for next week's national meet. He will throw the shot put at the NCAA meet after missing nationals a year ago.
"I had some struggles," said Popenfoose, a Huntley graduate. "It was mechanical stuff. I came into my sophomore year with big expectations. When I didn't see results immediately, I tried to muscle every throw. That's just not the way to do things."
Popenfoose made his junior season memorable last month when he unleashed a personal-best throw of 62 feet, 2˝ inches to win the Southeastern Conference outdoor title in Columbia, Mo.
"It's definitely a great feeling," said Popenfoose, who finished fifth at the conference's outdoor meet last season.
At last weekend's NCAA East Regional in Greensboro, N.C., Popenfoose extended his season by placing 10th with a throw of 59-11 to earn a return trip to nationals.
"It was a relief," he said. "I made it my goal to get back there. I didn't throw my best (at the regional), but I made it through."
Though winning the conference title was a career highlight, Popenfoose wants to make headlines at nationals. He hopes to earn All-America honors, which would mean a top-eight finish.
"That's the biggest stage," he said. "That's what I've always been most concerned about."
Popenfoose said he appreciates his return to the national stage after having gone through difficult times.
"You're not going to do well all the time," he said. "Everybody experiences peaks and valleys. You just have to work through the valleys to get to those peaks. If you've never failed, then success doesn't taste as great."
Headed to Eugene: Notre Dame sophomore Carly Loeffel is among 24 qualifiers for the NCAA women's outdoor nationals in the heptathlon.
Loeffel, a Cary-Grove grad, automatically qualified for the event by placing second in last month's Big East Conference outdoor meet with 5,411 points. Loeffel, who won the event's javelin competition (111-4) and tied for first in the high jump (5-6˝), earned all-conference honors while helping Notre Dame's women's team win its second conference title in school history.
Fellow C-G grad Eddy Gibbons, a junior, was a member of ND's Big East champion men's 4x800 relay team, which won the event in 7:34.19. He earned All-Big East honors by running the second leg of the relay for the Irish, who placed second as a team.
Missouri Valley masters: Cary-Grove grad Eric Aguilera (Illinois State) and Prairie Ridge's Kevin Kaczmarski (Evansville) were chosen as All-Missouri Valley first-team baseball players in voting by the league's head coaches.
Aguilera, a senior outfielder, batted a team-high .346 for the Redbirds (39-19) while helping them to their first outright MVC regular-season championship in school history. Aguilera, who started every game for ISU, led the team in six offensive categories this season, including hits (80), home runs (seven), RBIs (58) and slugging percentage (.524).
Among MVC players, Aguilera led the league in RBIs and finished tied for second in hits with Kaczmarski. ISU advanced to last weekend's conference tournament title game.
Kaczmarski, a sophomore outfielder, was the leading hitter for the Aces (24-34) with a .339 batting average. He also paced Evansville in eight other offensive categories, including runs (48), stolen bases (15), doubles (15), home runs (six) and slugging percentage (.504).
During last week's MVC tournament, Kaczmarski hit a three-run walkoff home run in Evansville's 4-3 win against Bradley.
Title time: Prairie Ridge grad Allison Holly was part of a University of Mary-Hardin Baylor women's golf team that won its first NCAA Division III national title last month in Destin, Fla.
The Crusaders won the championship by eight strokes for the second national title in UMHB women's golf history. The school also won the 2000 NAIA championship.
A junior, Holly played in six tournaments this season, including the West Region Invitational. In 11 rounds, Holly posted an average score of 85.64. Her best round was a 79 in September at the UMHB Lady Cru Fall Invitational.
MAAC honoree: D-I Iona College freshman infielder Matt Byrne, a Cary-Grove grad, was named to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference second team in baseball last month.
Byrne, who was chosen as a designated hitter, batted .317 in conference games while starting 36 times this season for the Gaels (8-43). Byrne, who batted .258 overall, scored 18 runs while tying for the team lead with 16 walks and ranking second in stolen bases (eight).
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Convention ETS No 108 of the Council of Europe for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (of 1981) - which was the first legally binding international instrument with worldwide significance on data protection - draws inspiration directly from the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which was opened for signature in 1950. In particular, Article 8 of this Convention states that "Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence". This right can only be restricted by a public authority in accordance with domestic law and in so far as it is necessary, in a democratic society, for the defense of a number of legitimate aims. But the Convention also lays down, in Article 10, the fundamental right to freedom of expression. This right includes explicitly the "freedom to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers". The "freedom to receive information" set out in Article 10 is considered as implying the "freedom to seek information".
In the conceptual architecture of the Convention, Articles 8 and 10 are not contradictory but complementary. However, in practice, the exercise of one of these rights can sometimes be restricted by the exercise of the other. For this reason, the European Court of Human Rights has defined in case law the limits to the exercise of each of these rights and, in particular, the extent to which public authorities have the right to interfere. This case law is still of great importance to the Council of Europe in its work on data protection as the source of criteria for the development of national regulations on data protection. In its case (M.S. v. Sweden of 27 August 1997), the European Court of human Rights "reiterates that the protection of personal data (...) is of fundamental importance to a person's enjoyment of his or her right to respect for private and family life as guaranteed by Article 8 of he Convention". Nevertheless, in the years following the adoption of the European Convention on Human Rights, it became apparent that efficient legal protection of privacy required more specific and systematic development.
From the beginning of the sixties, rapid progress in the field of electronic data processing and the first appearance of main frames allowed public administrations and big enterprises to set up extensive data banks and to improve and increase the collection, processing and interlinking of personal data. While this development offered considerable advantages in terms of efficiency and productivity, in return it gave rise to a clear trend towards massive electronic storage of data concerning the private sphere of individuals. In the face of this trend, the Council of Europe decided to establish a framework of specific principles and norms to prevent unfair collection and processing of personal data.
A first step in this direction was taken in 1973 and 1974, with the adoption of Resolutions (73) 22 and (74) 29 which established principles for the protection of personal data in automated data banks in the private sector and the public sector. The objective was to set in motion the development of national legislation based on these resolutions. However, during the preparation of these texts it became apparent that comprehensive protection of personal data would be effective only through further reinforcement of such national rules by means of binding international norms. The same suggestion was made at the Conference of European Ministers of Justice in 1972.
In 1981, after four years of negotiation, the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data - known as Convention 108 - was concluded. Contracting Parties to this Convention take the necessary measures, in their domestic law, to implement the principles laid down in it with regard to the personal data of everyone in their territory. These principles concern in particular fair and lawful collection and automatic processing of data, storage for specified legitimate purposes and not for use for ends incompatible with these purposes, nor kept for longer than is necessary. They concern also the quality of the data, in particular that they must be adequate, relevant and not excessive (proportionality); their accuracy; the confidentiality of sensitive data; information of the data subject; and his/her right of access and rectification.
The Convention provides for free flow of personal data between states party to the Convention. This free flow may not be obstructed, for personal data protection reasons, unless Parties derogate from this provision, which they may do in two specific cases: where protection of personal data in the other Party is not "equivalent", or where the data are transferred to a third state which is not Party to the Convention.
The Convention establishes a Consultative Committee (T-PD), consisting of representatives of Parties to the Convention complemented by observers from other States (members or non-members) and international organisations, which is responsible for interpreting the provisions and for improving the implementation of the Convention. It is also responsible for drafting reports, guide lines and guiding principles on such topics as, the contractual clauses governing data protection during the transfer of personal data to third parties not bound by an adequate level of data protection or data protection with regard to biometrics. This Committee adopted inter alia an amendment to Convention 108, allowing the European Communities to accede to it. Moreover, it adopted an additional protocol to Convention 108 regarding supervisory authorities and transborder data flows, opened to signature in 2004, reinforcing the Supervisory Authorities and prohibiting the transfer of personal data to States or organizations that do not provide for an adequate level of protection.
Inasmuch as Article 4 provides that states must have enacted adequate legislation before becoming Party to the Convention, 46 States have ratified the Convention and 35 have ratified the additional protocol. Other states are preparing to ratify these instruments which, with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, are part of the community acquis. Nevertheless these instruments are not restricted to Council of Europe member States as Article 23 provides for states which are not members of the Council of Europe to accede to the Convention.
Since the conclusion of the Convention in 1981 the society has been completely transformed, in particular due to personal computers and the Internet which permit any individual or organisation to carry out "automatic processing of data". In the meantime, social and economic development has led to even more complex forms of organisation, management and production, based on powerful processing systems. In this context, the individual becomes an active agent of the "information society" - while, at the same time, his privacy is subjected to even greater interference by the information systems of numerous public and private services - banks, credit services, social security, social assistance, insurance, police, medical care.
This evolution constitutes an enormous challenge in terms of data protection. Today an ever-increasing number of new problems and practical questions is submitted to national data protection authorities -in most countries the national Data Protection Commissioner. These authorities, which, like the Ombudsmen, have become an integral part of the control system in a democratic society, must interpret the principles of the Convention and apply them to these new problems and questions. Nevertheless, experience has shown that neither the principles of the Convention nor national regulations on data protection can regulate exactly every situation in which personal data are collected in different sectors: medical care and research, social security, insurance, banking, employment, police, telecommunications, direct marketing etc. Of course, in each of these sectors data must be collected and processed in accordance with the basic principles of the Convention, but the ways and means may be different. In some sectors conditions may be more flexible than in others, and self-regulation may be more advanced in one profession than in another.
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Lessons in Cooking: Part 3
Cooking classes to take around Fairfield County.
OK! So let's be serious here. I am never going to join the Culinary Institute of America. Not because I don't want to, but because it's too expensive for someone like me, who has no interest in opening a restaurant or anything like that. I just like to eat great food, and cook great food as often as I can.
So, I have discovered my second best alternative. One of the most fun things I get to do in Fairfield County is attending cooking classes taught by area chefs. To me, that is the best way to learn from really talented chefs all the while getting an opportunity to get into their minds and understand why they cook the way they do.
One of my most favorite places to enjoy this experience is at Clarke Kitchens in SONO. Awesome chefs are invited to teach simple as well as complex recipes. I love the elegant setting of this location with intimate class sizes. Marco and his team will make sure your wine glass is always full and you have the best time eating, learning and mingling.
When I want to learn the secrets of fine dining, I check out the cooking class schedule offered by Chef Brian Lewis at Elm in New Canaan. Just being in Chef Brian's state of the art kitchen is a treat in itself. I feel mesmerized as he demonstrates interesting cooking techniques with the surprisingly underlying theme of, "anyone can do it."
To learn delicious French style cooking in a hands-on cooking class, I am always sure to check Chef Emily Roy's class schedule in Wilton and Westport Continuing Ed programs. Chef Emily has inspired me to throw elegant and fun tasting menu parties, creating romantic meals for two and oh! just experimenting with things like lobster cooked four ways!
Last but not the least are the really exciting cooking classes by Lynn Manheim of Aux Delices. Classes are held in their kitchens in Stamford in a very casual setting. Lynn is a very talented and humble person. Her joy for cooking was the first thing I noticed. Class menus change based on seasons, which always keeps things exciting and relevant. Check out the extensive selection of class topics!


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Simple elegance: pine nuts, sugar, rosemary, butter, salt.
For your eyes only: it's caramel, people. Into a copper saucepan goes the sugar, a bit like an avalanche. Or waterfall? We couldn't decide.
Snow it is -- see the tracks?
Bring the sugar to a rolling boil ... you're a veritable Willy Wonka!
En route to caramel. Now that's science for you. Where's Harold Magee when you need him?
Finally, stage three, is clear and auburn caramel. Should you choose to abandon this project, stop here and dunk an apple.
It took a forest of pine trees to produce the nuts we needed. Makes pesto look like the peewees, no?
Why, hello lover. Is there anything about that pot that doesn't make you want to jump for joy?
And, as a reminder of the pine nuts' woodsy roots, here come the herbs: chopped rosemary. Trust us -- it's key.
Ms. T uses gray sea salt -- and so did we -- but just add the best version you have on hand.
This brave brittle's a thing of beauty even before it sets!
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Do not forget the parchment paper.
Using a wooden spatula, we spread the nutty caramel around a parchment lined sheet pan. Doesn't have to be perfect, but it's nice to have an even layer.
All the little pine nuts are waiting to be showered with salt. Go, Amanda, go!
And, how about a bit more rosemary, just for kicks?
Too pretty to break.
Shards of sweet and savory glory.
But not for long ...
Are we making fruitcake? No! We're making brownies: pecans, walnuts, dates, nutmeg, baking powder, dried cherries, bittersweet chocolate, hazelnuts, candied orange bits, butter, flour, vanilla, cinnamon!
A happy holiday sight.
First step: mix a bunch of chocolate into a bunch of melted butter.
And stir.
Until it's smooth as pudding.
Dry ingredients ahoy! We like grating nutmeg on this little rasp but a fine Microplane-style grater works too.
If you don't have a proper sifter (or don't want to dig it out of the cabinet) just use a fine strainer to sift the dry ingredients and tap, tap, tap the side.
We went rogue and mixed the dried fruit bits with the flour mixture -- they were sticky, and this helped keep them from clinging together.
Nuts, are you ready? Are you toasted?
Onward to wet ingredients -- starting with 5 eggs!
And a pile of lightly packed brown sugar.
James Ransom, the wonder photographer, captures the secret dance moves of vanilla.
Once the eggs and sugar are thick and pale (a good 4-5 minutes on high speed in the mixer), the cooled chocolate-butter elixir gets folded in.
A deft fold keeps the mix light and airy.
Keep on folding for the dry ingredients and nuts (except the pecans, which get to star on top of the brownies).
A paper towel, wax paper, the butter wrapper itself, or your fingers (if you want to get messy) -- all make good dish butterers.
Bring the batter!
And pecans to dot the top.
Doesn't look much like fruitcake, does it? Sneaky.
All the good surprises of fruitcake lurk inside, with none of the bad ones. Brilliant.
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i smell another LOSS
Any decent coach who looked at the box scores of the last 5 games would coem to an obvious conclusion: STOP SHOOTING THREES.
Instead, the Knicks come out and shoot 19 of them in the first half. They make three. Yep, 3-19 from dowtown in the 1st half! WOW.
16 wasted possessions. SSOL is supposed to give you extra possessions, but what's the point if those are lost possessions?
Shooting 17-34 on non-3-point shots though.
Mason-Douglas-Gallo 1-12 from 3-point range. Wake up coach, these guys aren't shooters. If they are they're nothing more than practice shooters, b/c it doesn't happen during games.
i smell another LOSS
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
Lmao @ STAT landing on the Nuggets dancers! Nice Bday present to STAT! Hope he copped a few feals!
The 3 ball loses us another game.
Gallo looks really good when cutting, and Felton looks better the more our wings cut. But still, changing the game plan isn't an option.
We can win this game from the stripe, from cuts, and from interior to perimeter ball movement.
i think bill walker should start at the 2. he can really shoot the three.
STAT misses another 2 huge 4th Q free throws. (5 misses on the night).
Great game from Fields. Even Gallo have a strong effort (minus the 3-point shooting.
People will flip bc it'd put Fields to the bench to start.
But I actually kinda like that since he'd replace the huge role D'ant has allowed Douglas to assume. Plus, this game aside, field's has been neutered and not really designated as being a bigtime part of the offense.
I missed most of this game but why the **** has gallo takin more shots then stoudemire and fields?
Gallo 6-18
Stoudemire 9-17
Fields 10-14
I notice this every game with fields, he needs to take more shots. But what a night the kids having
Nice job by Gallo hittin the boards
Stoudemire for three!!!!!!!!
Miss 10 free throws.
Miss 20 3-pointers.
Miss 4 huge free throws down the stretch. Same old stuff.
We should be taking 15 3 pointers, a max of 18...29 is way too many
A step backward, for two forward. That's been gallo's season. His shot has been ****, but all we heard before is how he's JUST some shooter, and a 1 trick pony.
Which is it?
Now he's vastly improved a lethal slashing and driving games all season, with sick consistency when he is at the line.
And what a surprise...Billy Walker...gee, wonder if he could have helped in all those 4th q meltdowns when Felton-Douglas-MasonJr were laying bricks like pro construction workers.
I think it's time AR logs more minutes. At center. I guess Moz isn't goo enough for d'ant to run some offensive plays through him to keep teams honest n ****


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My 1 wk old feeds very well on one side but is getting in the habit of falling asleep after the first side, barely or not at all feeding on the second. If she does go to the other side right away, it is not usually full force. Then 10 minutes later just isn't satisfied and wants to feed again. I let her feed for another few minutes and she is perfectly satisfied and usually falls right to sleep.
Why is this? How can i get her to feed straight through?


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April 28, 2011 —
The Easter Bunny's stump on Cotton Tail Lane was thumping until late in the evening on Easter Sunday. Creatures from every walk of life had come to hang out, eat some candy and pay their respect to Tommy "The Easter Bunny."
Tommy sat in his favorite chair in the corner and looked around the room. The Young Bunny from across the street was there; she was so cute. He really wanted to talk to her, but didn't have the energy. His feet ached from all the hopping. As usual, things had gone off without a hitch and it had been a long day of hiding eggs and waiting for children to find them.
The whole thing had become routine. He took a long swig of his carrot juice on the rocks. So far no one had noticed that he hadn't eaten a single piece of candy (chocolate, gummy or other) all day. He didn't know how to explain it, but the very thought of it made him nauseous. Last year, he had eaten more than his fair share.
After most of the guests had gone, Tommy was left sitting across from his friends, Trixie and Donald.
"Have you tried Peter's new candy bar?" Donald asked.
"Oh it's just the best," Trixie added.
Donald broke off a piece of the candy bar and passed it to Tommy. Tommy knew that he should just tell them; they were his oldest friends in the world and they would surely understand.
"I'm full," Tommy deflected as Trixie grabbed the piece.
"Ohh. Yummy! I hadn't tried the coconut," she raved.
Donald and Trixie hugged Tommy and they left. As the door shut, he breathed a sigh of relief. Another Easter was over. He stared at himself in the mirror. He had gained weight recently and he was disappointed with how old he looked. Maybe he should just hang it all up.
The next day, bright and early, he left his house on Cotton Tail Lane and went to his doctor.
"Everything checks out fine; a clean ear of health," his doctor said. "It must be a mental thing."
"Must be," said Tommy, defeated.
"Get more rest and ease up on the carrot juice."
That night (carrot juice on the rocks in hand), he forced himself to try the candy bar that Donald had left. It was the same horrible nightmare all over again. It didn't taste bad, per se. But he found it left him empty and depressed.
The next day, he went to see his shrink.
"Well, how do you feel about chocolate?"
"I hate everything about it."
"Has it always been this way?"
It hadn't and Tommy told his shrink that when he first started the whole Easter Bunny gig he loved chocolate. He remembered bounding around with his father. That was before he made up his mind to actually go into the family business.
"Maybe you should go talk to your dad. I wonder if he's gone through this sort of thing?"
"Yeah, maybe," said Tommy. It wasn't what he wanted to hear. This was a disaster.
That night, he swigged his carrot juice and passed out on the couch watching "When Bunny met Sally."
The next morning, at his wit's end, Tommy went to see his dad at his stump in upstate New York.
"Tommy, what a lovely surprise." his Dad said warmly. "Have a chocolate."
"Well, Dad, that's actually why I am here..."
His dad stopped short. A moment of realization crossed his older rabbit face. "Same thing happened to me, son. About your age." He beckoned Tommy closer, lifted his large ear and whispered a piece of advice into it.
It was good to hang out with his father. Good to know that other Easter bunnies had gone though the same thing and walking home he realized his father was right. He was lonely.
He stopped off to see The Young Bunny who lived on Cotton Tail Lane across the street and asked her out right then and there. She said she "would love to" and they made plans to have dinner with Donald and Trixie at The Hole.
He still didn't want any chocolate, but his father had gotten to the root of his problem. Tommy vowed, in fact, to start exercising more and stay off the chocolate until next Easter. Santa would be disappointed, but he would understand. He could stand to lose a few pounds himself.


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A few years ago, I worked for Gabriele Rosa, arguably the world's greatest marathon coach. His athletes, mostly Kenyan, have won every major marathon on Earth. During my tenure under him, Rosa-coached athletes won world cross country titles, world track titles, Olympic medals and set numerous world and marathon course records. As of this writing, his top athlete, Paul Tergat, is the world record holder in the marathon (2:04:55: 4:46 per mile). As you might imagine, I learned a lot.
My job was to assist with Rosa's U.S.-based training camps — modeled after his successful Kenyan camps — in which he hoped to develop U.S. runners into world-class marathoners. After a couple of marathon training cycles, I realized that the U.S. athletes simply were not ready for the rigors of his marathon training program. I felt that if we created a "pre-camp" training program for them, they'd show up better prepared for the marathon-specific training phase.
When I discussed this with Rosa, I fully expected him to propose a program that would build the athletes' mileage (base building) as well as a strength phase prior to the marathon phase. WRONG. To my surprise, the pre-marathon phase was nothing like I expected. Instead it was all speed work. That's right — 200s, 400s, 800s, mile repeats, and so on. Traditional "track work" like you might find a 5K or 10K runner doing before a competitive season. Rosa's experience showed that it was first important to develop the athlete's speed so this would not be a limiting factor in the marathon training phase. The goal in marathon training is to fatigue the athlete with the duration of the workouts and not the speed, so speed needed to be developed first.
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Like most U.S. coaches, I was educated on what I'll call the "classic" marathon method. In this method, there is a traditional training pyramid (figure 1) where you first build an aerobic base with mileage, then transition to strength training with hills and stamina workouts, then finally to speed work before the peaking phase.
Rosa believes in this model with one exception: the strength phase and the speed phase should be flip-flopped for marathoners. I'll call this the "new" marathon training method. (figure 2)
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|Comment: This program follows your normal base-building phase, but is before your six to eight week marathon-specific phase. In this phase, you work on speed two days per week and fill in the other runs with your normal maintenance runs and a long run. Take at least one day (and maybe two) between the speed sessions and ease into these workouts. This is stressful training so respect this and take good care of your body. Each workout can be performed as a fartlek run if no track is available or effort-based workouts are preferred. The goal is to increase speed, so make sure you run easily on your other workouts so that you can give a good effort in the speed workouts.
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Gabi Schopperth is a typical preschooler, reciting the alphabet, professing her love of Care Bears and fascination with fairies. Three months ago, she couldn't even sit up.
On Jan. 24, 2011, Gabi's characteristic world was rocked when she suffered a stroke at her grandparents' home in Galva, Iowa. Gabi stumbled and cried out, "Ow! My head hurts!" and quickly became unresponsive. Gabi's mother, Amy, rushed her daughter to a hospital in nearby Storm Lake where doctors assessed Gabi and a helicopter brought her to Children's Hospital in Omaha, Neb.
Two days later, doctors operated to relieve the pressure of Gabi's swelling brain. The pediatric intensive care unit was Gabi's home until she arrived at Madonna on Feb. 10, 2011.
The stroke had affected the right side of Gabi's body and the preschooler who loved running and climbing was now unable to walk. "My arm is dead," proclaimed Gabi as her right arm dangled limply. Slurred words tumbled out of the youngster's mouth, frustrating her into silence.
The incidence of stroke in children younger than 15 years old is about 6 cases in every 100,000 children per year.1 Amy Goldman, stroke program manager, said strokes usually occur for different reasons compared to adults, including birth defects, infections, trauma, and blood disorders, such as sickle cell disease. Doctors were baffled as to what caused Gabi's stroke and she is currently undergoing genetic testing, as will her twin sister, Chloe. "The good news is a child's brain is still developing and is better able to heal itself compared to older adults," said Amy.
Gabi's Madonna team put together an individualized, creative therapy program to help the youngster recover. Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) activated the weakened muscles in Gabi's right hand and arm. Kelly Myers, occupational therapist, said the NMES helped open up Gabi's wrist, so she could once again grasp favorite toys. Kelly stimulated Gabi's bicep and tricep to prepare her for feeding herself and brushing her teeth.
Speech language therapy provided Gabi with activities to rediscover the colors, shapes, numbers and letters she'd known since age two.
Therapy, under the guise of playtime, strengthened Gabi's damaged arm. The young model held a mock fashion show, wearing a new skirt that had "wings" attached to her arms. Much to her delight, when Gabi lifted her arms, she simulated flying like a butterfly through the unit. Her mom said it was apparent the staff is expertly trained to deal with children. "Kids aren't little adults, they're kids and Madonna does a great job relating therapy to their level," said Amy.
The Snoezelen room, a multi-sensory environment, provided novelty and fun to Gabi's rehabilitation program. "Gabi loved manipulating the fiber-optic rope lights and the bubble tube; both of which I encouraged her to use with her right hand," said Kelly.
The Lokomat, a robotic gait training device, helped Gabi relearn walking skills and regain confidence with gross motor skills.
Gabi's father Nick is in the Air Force and saw Gabi before and after her rehabilitation. "Initially, she could not walk, turn over or sit up," said Nick. "At Madonna, Gabi relearned how to do all that and more. Simply amazing!"
Amy encouraged other families in a similar situation to stay positive and realistic. "How you accept it makes all the difference to your child's care and progression."
Gabi has relocated with her family to San Antonio, Tex., and according to her mother, is "just as sassy as before." Gabi continues to grow in strength and confidence. "We are very proud of her."
1Source: National Stroke Association