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Juicy, tender, and toothsome. Just as notable is what our chops lack: antibiotics, synthetic hormones, and pesticides. You can literally taste the difference our sound farming practices make!
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North Central's 2001 Outstanding Senior Man Brian Lee will be the College's featured speaker at the Jan. 17 Prayer Breakfast honoring the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hosted by President Harold R. Wilde, the breakfast will take place at 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, in Centennial Hall at the Harold and Eva White Activities Center.
Lee is currently a teacher and coach at Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove Village, Ill. He teaches physical education classes, is co-sponsor of the African-American Club, and coaches varsity football, junior varsity softball and freshman girls basketball. He and his wife Thomasina have two daughters, Dori and Lelah.
As a North Central student, Lee was awarded the Outstanding Service to Student Life Award, Outstanding Physical Education Major of the Year, Athlete of the Year, Outstanding Senior Man and Homecoming King. He was named captain of the football and basketball teams and received three All-Conference honors; was a Resident Assistant, campus safety officer, team leader and tutor for Senior Scholars in Junior/Senior Scholars, counselor for the Premier Program and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Black Student Association and Cardinals in Action.
North Central College's Martin Luther King Week, Jan. 15-22, is an annual celebration of the College's history of building bridges among cultures. This year's celebration includes a keynote address by filmmaker Spike Lee on Jan. 18, a musical tribute to Dr. King by the Chicago Sinfonietta on Jan. 15 and the College's 23rd annual Gospel Extravaganza on Jan. 22.
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In the Philippines, "barako" is the word used to describe men without fear. Originally pertaining to the male stud used for breeding, it now embodies the macho image – strong, brusque, and tough."Barako" (also spelled "baraco") likewise pertains to a variety of coffee grown in the country, particularly in Batangas and Cavite provinces. "Barako" coffee, which belongs to the Liberica family, got its name from its strong taste, full and powerful body, and distinctively pungent aroma. It arrests the senses and sometimes shocks the uninitiated.
A personal favorite and loved locally as the coffee of choice, "barako" has a unique place in the country's culinary and economic history. It is said that in the 1740s, a Franciscan friar brought three gantas of coffee beans on board a galleon headed to Manila from Mexico. The tale continues after the death of the friar, when his servant boy dug up the coffee plants the priest planted in Laguna and replanted them in Lipa, Batangas (both Laguna and Batangas are south of Manila). An alternative story tells of the Macasaet family planting the first barako tree in Batangas in the 1800s from a cutting that originated from Brazil.
(Liberica cherries)
From that time, the Philippines became the fourth largest coffee-producing country in the world – with the rare and exotic Liberica variety grown only in three countries. In 1887, Queen Isabella of Spain made Lipa into a city, named Villa de Lipa, owing to its prosperity.
Though most of the country's coffee plantations have been eradicated by an infestation called "coffee rust" or have been transformed into farms for more lucrative crops, barako coffee remains a sought after variety in the country and across the world – a decidedly strong and frank flavor that can stand its own alongside the famous Kona from Hawaii and Blue Mountain from Jamaica.
In fact, the barako bean has been enjoying a recent resurgence as intrepid local coffee shop owners have stood up to the challenge of foreign chains. As long as drinkers across the Philippine islands turn to it every morning for their caffeine fix and shop owners keep their doors open to those who seek a swift kick, "barako" remains a bold choice for coffee lovers.


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UVM will honor first black grad
File Photo by Mark Bushnell Historian Kevin Thornton holds a University of Vermont account book from the 1830s, which shows the tuition payments made by Andrew Harris, the schools first black graduate. Harris paid the standard tuition fee of only 50 cents per semester.
BRANDON Kevin Thornton is on a mission a mission to have the University of Vermont recognize Andrew Harris, its first African-American graduate.
Harris overcame extreme prejudice from his classmates to graduate in 1838.
Thornton said his attempts to have UVM acknowledge Harris had been ignored. But that didnt stop the UVM history professor and Brandon resident from spreading the word about Harris.
This week, Thorntons persistence paid off when a UVM official acknowledged Harris place in the schools history.
The story of Andrew Harris was unknown to the University of Vermont community for many years until the Special Collections director at UVM Libraries confirmed his status as the first African-American to graduate from the university, a fact that was noted in an article in our alumni magazine, Thomas Gustafson, vice president for university relations and administration, said in an email.
Until recently, UVM was thought to have graduated its first black student in 1877.
Harris, who was from the Finger Lakes region of New York, was living in Troy at the time when he decided to pursue a higher education, said Thornton, who followed through on the initial discovery.
Thornton said Harris application for admission to nearby Union College was rejected. He then worked his way up the Champlain Valley, where he was also turned down by Middlebury College.
Harris had better luck when he applied to UVM and was accepted.
But Harris years at UVM were miserable, Thornton said.
He said when Harris first entered the university, students said they wouldnt attend classes with him, but they backed down after the president gave them an ultimatum.
Like other college students at the time, Harris studied the classics, Greek and Latin literature, math and some science.
Thornton said the prejudice even extended to the grade sheets, which were listed alphabetically, except for Harris, who was listed at the bottom.
Theres an account of the graduation in 1838 that says he was not allowed to come on stage to accept his degree, Thornton said.
He said the schools administration caved in to a threat by Harris fellow classmates to boycott the ceremony if Harris were allowed to participate.
After his graduation in 1838, Harris moved to New York and then Philadelphia, where he becomes part of a very tiny, black intellectual elite and someone who is also connected to a lot of white abolitionists and reformers, Thornton said.
At the time, Harris also became a Presbyterian minister. But in 1841, just three years after his graduation, he died unexpectedly.
Thornton regards Harris as a pioneer and a graduate UVM should recognize for overcoming discrimination to obtain his degree.
I admire the guy, and I also think UVM owes him a little bit, Thornton said.
Gustafson, the UVM official, agreed.
It has taken time to give Harris the acknowledgement on campus received by George Washington Henderson, who was thought to be the universitys first African-American graduate, but plans are in development to bring much deserved attention to him, an endeavor that will be facilitated by Professor Thorntons thoroughgoing research efforts, Gustafson said. While its premature to talk about specifics, were confident that the university will find the appropriate way to recognize and honor this important historical figure and highly significant member of UVMs alumni community.
Thorntons frustration prompted him to offer the following resolution at the Brandon town meeting last week:
The town of Brandon instructs and directs its legislators to inquire why the University of Vermont has spent over $1 million on its presidents residence and approximately $400,000 landscaping the administration building but has done nothing to commemorate Andrew Harris, class of 1838, the first black abolitionist in America with a college degree.
Thornton said the resolution passed on a voice vote with only one nay.
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Two Oregon Girl Scout troops are trying to unload 6,000 boxes of cookies after receiving a huge order that turned out to be a hoax.
The two sister troops thought they had received a $24,000 corporate order from an Oregon company. An acquaintance of one of the troop leaders placed the huge order over email, and since they exchanged several emails, the troop leader thought it was legitimate, according to The Oregonian.
But when the cookies arrived and the company had no clue about the order, the Girl Scouts discovered the order actually came from the acquaintance's daughter, who was using her mother's email to pull a prank, according to "Good Morning America" and The Oregonian.
Sarah Miller, communications director for the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington, told the Oregonian the prankster didn't understand the magnitude of the joke and described the incident as a "tough lesson regarding business ethics" for the two troops.
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Penn State astronomers have discovered that the mysterious "cosmic whistles" known as fast radio bursts can pack a serious punch, in some cases releasing a billion times more energy in gamma-rays than they do in radio waves and rivaling the stellar cataclysms known as supernovae in their explosive power.
Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX is planning to launch by the end of the decade a 4,425-strong 'constellation' of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide gigabit-speed broadband and communication services globally.
Echodyne Corporation, a developer of metamaterials-based radar systems, says it has completed testing on its airborne Metamaterial Electronically Scanning Array (MESA)-Detect and Avoid (DAA) radar on a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV). The landmark tests bring the company one step closer to launching the radar commercially.
Graphene is currently one of the most extensively studied materials in the world, both on scientific and industrial level.
At IMS 2016, Teledyne Microwave Solutions, Booth #1739, is highlighting its new line of SWaP-friendly GaN amplifiers, Integrated Assemblies for EW, its industry-leading portfolio of TWTs, the industry's most comprehensive line of MW & RF Components, and its diverse range of Microwave PCB capabilities. Like last year, stop by our booth for a free cup of Espresso!
As 5G technologies are developed to increase wireless communication data rates by a factor of 100, the design specifications of radio frequency (RF) electronics have become much more rigorous, especially for millimeter-wave (mm-wave) applications. As an alternate solution to traditional low radiation and low gain antennas, Dielectric Resonator Antennas (DRAs) operate with less conduction losses and feature high radiation efficiency when excited properly for mm-wave frequencies and beyond. This white paper presents additional DRA characteristics, and the advantages of using them for 5G technology development.
As new power amplifier (PA) technologies are released, the latest being GaN technology, an amplifier's behavior must be thoroughly tested and evaluated to ensure the highest performance under the stress of high power pulsing signals. Since a pulsed RF signal has a time domain nature, the best way to observe the performance of an amplifier is through time domain signal analysis. This article explains how to characterize the behaviors of pulsed RF power amplifiers in radar systems with a peak power meter.
In order to generate noise power ratio stimulus signals and to measure the resulting noise power ratio of a device under test (DUT), Rohde & Schwarz offers the Noise Power Ratio (NPR) is an add-on tool for WinIQSIM / WinIQSIM2™ software. This NPR measurement technique drastically reduces measurement time compared to classic gain wobbling, and is able to characterize the linearity of a wideband amplifier over a custom frequency range. This application note provides an overview of the software, its features, hardware and software requirements, installation, parameters, and more.
The power sensor is one of the most essential RF measurement tools, and as such, it is critical to choose the best power sensor for your application. This can be difficult, however, when many choices are available with bold claims of quicker speeds and more readings per second. Sifting through datasheets can quickly become overwhelming in order to decide which sensor meets the needs of any particular measurement. This white paper provides an overview of the fundamentals of RF power sensors, and presents considerations for selecting the best fit.
In most EMC radiated immunity testing applications, broadband amplifiers are required for generating the necessary field strengths. This white paper provides a brief overview of the role of amplifiers in EMC testing as well as a discussion of the parameters and characteristics which have the greatest influence on amplifier performance.
Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation, a leader in RF/microwave signal generation and analysis for over 50 years, offers an array of signal generators, phase noise testers, and real-time spectrum analyzers as test and measurement solutions for radar applications.
Corry Micronics' line of high power RF amplifiers feature up to 40% efficiency, an extended temperature range of -20oC to 55oC for MIL-STD applications, and status monitoring signals that provide diagnostic information.
Fischer Connectors offers a variety of electrical and optical connectivity solutions for test, measurement, and sensing applications such as those on roads, railways, underwater, and in manned or unmanned vehicles. This video offers an exciting overview of the four product lines available, guidance on the best connectivity solutions for application-specific requirements, and relevant technical specifications for each group.
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If the seemingly endless supply of innovative technologies coming out of the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is any indication, old dogs can learn new tricks.
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A rifle-like signal jammer that can disable an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) away is the latest technology developed to neutralize threats posed by drones deployed for nefarious purposes.
MaxLinear, Inc., a leading provider of radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for broadband communications, the connected home, data center, metro, long-haul fiber networks, and wireless infrastructure, recently announced that Hitron Technologies Inc., a leading global telecommunications networking company, has successfully achieved Cable Labs certification of its CODA-45 DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem using the MxL277 Full-Spectrum Capture (FSC) digital cable front-end receiver, the MxL236 upstream programmable gain amplifier, and he Intel Puma 7 DOCSIS 3.1 SoC.
Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd, the UK based specialist manufacturer of RF connectors and cable assemblies announces the introduction of a range of cost effective, field replaceable SMA and 2.9mm connectors providing solderless attachment to 0.141″ (RG402) semi rigid cables and 2.9mm connectors for 0.085″(RG405) and 0.141″ cables. Customers will find the main advantages of these connectors are assembly time saving, repeatability and performance.
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Five Reasons VW Should Bring Back the Bus
Absolutely not, says VW, at least not right now. But we think they should reconsider! Five reasons why, right here.
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The current Ford F-150 is an ultra-popular gas guzzler. The fuel-efficient new model is a gamble. WIll it pay off?
Wish the high-center-of-gravity, low MPG SUV would just… go away? It's not going to. But, here are some much better options, in our opinion.
After serving at federal watchdog NHTSA, the next step is working at one of the companies you used to regulate.
Eco-Activism in disguise? A Swedish-born American is out to prove that electric vehicles don't have to be "slow and boring." And at 241.9 mph, we'd say she's doing a pretty good job.
Americans are buying so many new cars they're unloading the older ones at affordable prices. Find out what's selling below market, right here.
By challenging traditional business models, these two companies are changing transportation forever--and fighting lawsuits from taxi companies and auto dealers.
You can flag down a Tesla Model S in Oslo, a Lamborghini Gallardo in Bangkok, a Maybach in Moscow and Ferraris in Muscat and Warsaw. A world tour of the fanciest taxis, right here.
Rappers love Maybachs and Bugatti Veyrons, but Paris Hilton likes to be seen in a pink Bentley. Proving once again that money can't buy taste.
Amp Electric Vehicles has a new hybrid truck that nearly triples delivery fuel economy, and launches (and recharges) a Horsefly drone for short-range packages.
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This course examines the various components of the U.S. health care system, both public and private, while emphasizing the ways that health care in the United States is organized, delivered and financed. Special attention will be paid to moral issues as they relate to the health care system and to the practical implications of this discussion in advocating for patients and their families.
This course will provide an understanding of the history and problems of American medicine and health care, an ability to analyze health care issues and explain them clearly to the general public, and an understanding of central ethical and public service issues related to health care and patient advocacy. The course will cover some issues in the philosophy of medicine; history of American medicine; the health care reform movements during the 20th and 21st centuries; the medicalization of society; The Affordable Care and Protection Act; economic issues in health care, such as cost containment and questions of economic and social justice; overview of patient advocacy and its role in U.S. health care; health literacy, health professional/patient communication, patient safety and E-patients; and division of labor among health care professionals.
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Obama Zombies Plan "Million Muppet March"
Do they even know that Big Bird isn't technically a Muppet?
(Reuters) Plans to save Big Bird, the fuzzy yellow character on U.S. public television's "Sesame Street," from possible extinction are taking shape in the form of a puppet-based protest next month dubbed the "Million Muppet March."
The demonstration is planned for November 3 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., three days before the general election.
Michael Bellavia, 43, an animation executive from Los Angeles, and Chris Mecham, 46, a university student in Idaho, separately came up with the Million Muppet March idea in response.
Bellavia bought the Internet address www.millionmuppetmarch.com during the debate and discovered Mecham had already started a Facebook page by the same name.
And there you go, this is what Democrats are concerned with: a possible cut of $8 million dollars from the federal budget for Sesame Street. They aren't concerned with Obama adding over $5 trillion in new debt in less than 4 years, wasting almost a trillion dollars on a Stimulus that failed, giving billion upon billions to "green" energy companies that go bankrupt, trillion dollar deficits, cutting billions from the defense of the USA, not spending the money to protect our Libyan consulate, record numbers of people dropping out of the jobs market in despair, record numbers of people on food stamps…..no, they're worried about Big Bird. Who's part of the 1%.
In fairness, there is also a Millionaire Muppet March, to be held in protest of the protest, but, it seems more like a response to the foolish Million Muppet March than seriously expecting people to show up.
The Jawa Report highlights how stupid this all is.
Jammie Wearing Fool: Nothing like a 46-year-old student/Muppet lover. Maybe he can hook up with aging student Sandra Fluke while he's in DC.
Instapundit: This march, built around a surreal television character on the weekend before the election, sounds very much like Stewart and Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" – the weekend before Congress changed parties.
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Olympus's mid-range E-PL3 is small, light and finished with a sturdy metal body. With super-fast autofocus is this the PEN Lite the ultimate Micro Four Thirds model...?
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 Review
Olympus claims that, like the E-P3, this latest Lite model has the world's fastest autofocus system. It also benefits from a variety of tweaks and improvements compared to the previous E-PL2 model – but can these changes escalate the latest Lite model to new heights?
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 review – Features
The E-PL3's feature list makes a variety of subtle improvements to the range, yet there are one or two bigger shakeups: the improved and super-fast autofocus is one big plus point; while the metal body and improved AVCHD movie mode set about to answer the criticisms of previous generation models.
The camera's 12.3MP Live MOS sensor is the same Micro Four Thirds chip as found in all the other PEN models. This is one of Olympus's strongholds: it's a company not looking to push the megapixel race to the point of excess, which is of critical importance when dealing with the smaller-sized Micro Four Thirds sensor. There are tweaks however as a top-end ISO 12,800 sensitivity adds one extra stop compared to the E-PL2 model.
The other Olympus staple, its sensor-based image stabilisation system, also means handshake can be countered whatever lens is attached to the camera.
The E-PL3's rear 460k-dot LCD is a 16:9 widescreen ratio, 3inches in size and mounted on a tilt-angle bracket for 85° upward and 45° downward rotation – ideal for waist or overhead work. While the E-PL3 has no built-in electronic viewfinder the inclusion of a standard hotshoe and Olympus's Accessory Port 2 (AP2) connection does mean one can be attached. What may come as a surprise, however, is the omission of a built-in flashgun from this model. Instead there's a small flashgun included in the box (well, there should be, but our pre-release sample didn't include one). Some may see this as a step backwards given that the previous E-PL1 and E-PL2 models each featured one. On the upside it is possible to control external flashguns using the hotshoe-mounted flash as a trigger which makes the E-PL3 an advanced camera in the right hands.
A top speed continuous burst mode of 5.5fps means the E-PL3 makes for light work of successive snapping, though this is limited to 4.1fps if the image stabilisation system is activated.
Movie mode also sees a reworking. While the ability to shoot M-JPEG (AVI) files is still possible, a new 1080i Full HD AVCHD shooting option captures at 60 fields per second (output at 30fps from the sensor) with a solid 17Mbps data rate to keep the quality standard up.
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 review – Design
The PEN range has a unique feel about it compared to other Compact System Cameras, and the E-PL3 continues to raise the bar in quality terms. The model's metal body is a sure improvement over the plastic casing of the E-PL2. The silver model provided for this review looks classy, and the beveled Olympus logo on the front of the camera shows care and attention to the finish. While the body shape is a simple rectangular shape, the edges have been smoothed out with subtle curves – it's not a design innovation, yet its bold and simple look is striking.
However, such a smooth finish does mean there's no textured grip to the camera's front for any extra sturdy hold onto the body. Furthermore the 3in, 16:9 ratio LCD screen may help in keeping body height to a minimum, but for a camera that shoots 4:3 ratio shots (by default) there's a loss of viewing real estate. In fact 4:3 shots view at just under 2.5in.
Controlling the camera feels like a hybrid between a DSLR and a compact camera. There's a main mode dial on top and four-way d-pad that doubles up as a rotational control wheel on the rear. A handful of extra buttons, including a one-touch movie activation, also appear on the body, while menu access is divided into a quick selection via the OK button or a more in-depth (though ultimately similar set of choices) selection via the main Menu button. The only qualm here is that the placement of the shutter button and the mode dial feel a teeny little bit unnatural.
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 review – Performance
For those looking for a point-and-shoot model the E-PL3 will take control of settings when set to its iAuto (intelligent auto) mode. Art Modes and a variety of Scene options also feature alongside the more advanced manual settings – making it an easy to use the camera whatever your level. If you've got higher end projects in your mind then the E-PL3 can even control external flashguns wirelessly (4 channels in 3 groups).
Recent Compact System Camera releases have seen dramatic increases in autofocus speed and the E-PL3 is no exception. With an AF system as per the E-P3, Olympus claims the latest PEN models have the world's fastest autofocus system. Yup, you read that right – faster than any DSLR or other camera type. While we agree it's very fast and on par with Panasonic's GF3/G3 models, there are situational hurdles that don't maintain that super speed throughout. Pop the camera into continuous AF (C-AF) or its tracking mode (C-AF TR) and it can be painfully slow to keep up with subjects, exacerbated by low light conditions causing a further struggle. Ignoring that aspect, however, and focus speeds can be some 25% faster than the previous generation model. Plus the latest 35-point AF arrangement (which covers all but the far horizontal reaches of the screen) is vast compared to the old 11-point system. A quick left tap on the d-pad and it's possible to manually select any one of these AF points, which are each backed up against one another in a grid arrangement. All in all these steps make focusing impressive for the most part and a big step up from the E-PL2 model.
From fast autofocus to a fast burst mode of 5.5fps, the E-PL3 can shoot up to 8 RAW+JPEG shots in succession before a brief pause, or up to 10 JPEG Fine files (tested using a Class 10 SDHC card). The buffer is quick to clear, particularly when shooting JPEG only. However the image stabilisation (IS) system will restrict the burst speed to 4.1fps when activated.
Power is dealt with via the rechargeable li-ion battery that provides 330 shots per charge according to Olympus's official figures. It's the same battery as found in the E-P3 and, all things considered, we found the total number of shots achievable to be a little on the low side. Some extra juice per charge would go a long way for the PEN range, though with the Lumix G-series providing a similar low ratio of shots per charge the Olympus isn't the only culprit in this department.
Image Quality
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 review – Image Quality
E-PL3 review: Tone & Exposure
The E-PL3 tends to opt for slight underexpose, which one the one hand can help to save highlight detail but on the other can also leave shots looking a little too dark in the areas where it matters. Quick exposure compensation adjustment or exposure bracketing can help and can be particularly useful when shooting in bright sunlight as accurate exposure assessment on the LCD screen is tricky.
E-PL3 review: White Balance & Colour
The E-PL3's Auto White Balance (AWB) errs towards a warmer, magenta cast. A little extra exposure goes some way to dialing out this colour cast, or manually adjusting the white balance to compensate.
Art Modes – Olympus's in camera effects – provide instant results that are most useable, including Sepia, Dramatic Tone, Grainy Film, Pop Art and others.
E-PL3 review: ISO Sensitivity & Image Noise
With the very same sensor and processing engine as the Olympus E-P3 the quality from the E-PL3 is an identical match.
The E-PL3's ISO 200 is the camera's lowest sensitivity, with no option for ISO 100 a disappointment. At this lowest ISO 200 setting shots are of good quality, sharp and defined through until ISO 400. There's a slight dip in sharpness at ISO 800 due to processing but the results are still very good indeed and such issues posed few problems in real world shots. In lab tests the finer detail diminishes at ISO 1600, and this progresses further at ISO 3200. Colour noise is only a subtle background hint from ISO 1600 and above, though at ISO 6400 it becomes more noticeable and by ISO 12,800 a wash of red colour noise is problematic – the decision to add an extra stop of sensitivity has had little benefit.
Overall the E-PL3's images are impressive considering its Micro Four Thirds sensor size. While higher sensitivities (over ISO 1600) aren't quite as hot, we're more impressed with the image noise reduction process than in the Panasonic Lumix G-series range.
E-PL3 review: Sharpness & Detail
The E-PL3's 14-42mm collapsible kit lens is reasonably sharp, though other Micro Four Thirds lenses will open the door to yet crisper shots.
Fine detail at ISO 200-400 is a little soft and can't quite be resolved to single pixel line detail. JPEG sharpening isn't over the top but does see a boost from ISO 800 and above. ISO 1600 is where detail begins to diminish towards the finer end of the detail scale.
E-PL3 review: Raw vs JPEG
The E-PL3 also comes bundled with its own Raw conversion software to get you started if you're new to image editing. The camera's JPEG images display a touch more contrast and sharpness than their Raw counterparts before processing, but the extra flexibility that the ORF Raw files provide will allow you to push your images much further.
Movie/Video Mode
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 review – Movie/Video Mode
Movie modes in stills cameras are becoming evermore important and in this competitive market Olympus has upped its game and made the E-PL3 even better featured than its predecessors.
The main improvement comes down to capture format: the new AVCHD mode can record Full HD files using a decent 17Mbps data rate to maintain quality and files are better than the Motion JPEG process (though this is also available if you prefer AVI files direct from camera). However the 1920×1080 resolution is let down by the interlaced 60 fields per second frame rate. Interlaced capture means that even lines are captured on one pass of the sensor, followed by odds on the next pass. This is common at this level however, and the E-PL3 matches up to its nearest competitors in this department.
Where the camera pulls ahead, however, is by offering full control the recording process. Set the camera to 'Movie' on the top dial and it's possible to use any of the P/S/A/M modes to set aperture and shutter for more dramatic exposure control. Exposure compensation and all focusing types can also be selected as you please. Leave the camera in any of the automated modes and it'll happily adjust exposure and to great effect of course, but many of its competitors won't provide full manual control.
While autofocus can be a little slow to play catch up it does slip effortlessly into focus within considered parameters – over- and under-focusing is seldom an issue.
For all its good there's one major downside to the E-PL3's movie mode, and that's the inability to accurately frame a shot prior to recording. As a different portion of the sensor is used than when capturing stills (at any aspect ratio, including 16:9) the press of the one-touch record button will crop slightly into the frame. It's subtle enough, but with all the other manual control available this is an oversight that should be adjusted for future generation models.
Value & Verdict
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 review – Value
Available for £550 upon launch the E-PL3 is slightly pricier than its closest Compact System Camera competitors. By comparison the Panasonic Lumix G3 (which has both a built-in flash and electronic viewfinder) can be bought online for £490 with a 14-42mm lens.
That's not to say the E-PL3 doesn't post good value however. It produces images of a better quality than its Micro Four Thirds competition (though doesn't outsmart the APS-C Samsung and Sony competitors) and has features such as wireless flash control that offer bags of potential. The metal body also exudes quality that's worth paying for. It's just a shame to lose the built in flash that the E-PL2 featured at the expense of the E-PL3's new, smaller body size.
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 review – Verdict
Small and with an elegant metal finish the E-PL3 brings together much of what was lacking from its predecessors. This middle-of-range model is shrewdly positioned yet still offers the same autofocus speed and image quality of its bigger brother E-P3 model for some £250 less. While the E-PL3's £550 asking price may not be the most budget out there, it significantly cuts back on the rather expensive E-PL2 kit which will open it up to more users.
There are one or two issues: The 3in, 16:9 ratio screen shows 4:3 shots closer to 2.5in in size; while the lack of a built-in flash seems a backwards step from the E-PL2 (though there is a flash in the box and the hotshoe mount formula may be the best solution for those wanting to get involved in the E-PL3's wireless flash capabilities).
With so much else going for it, including the improved AVCHD-able movie mode with full manual exposure control, and decent image quality at the lower ISO settings, the E-PL3 is among the better-equipped Compact System Cameras out there. We like it a lot.


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September 11, 1997
Beyond the Orange Curtain
The recent revelations about the South OrangeCounty Community College District's desire to offer a course that, inpart, blames the Mossad and the Anti-Defamation League for theassassination of President John F. Kennedy read something like a badclipping from the area's far-right past.
Even as the county continues to emerge as anincreasingly cosmopolitan, high-tech region, it appears that theregressive gene, with its racist and anti-Semitic characteristics,remains all too embedded in the county's public policy. Despite thecancellation of the course (due to various outside pressures), theelected head of the board of trustees, Steven T. Frogue, continues tospew out the right-wing conspiratorial line, which, in other parts ofSouthern California, has thankfully receded into history.
Indeed, despite rapid demographic and economicchange, the county still is bedeviled with a significant, highlyvisible group of people whose views seem more in line with the MiddleAges than the Information Age. Of course, such views do not representanything like a majority in Orange County, notes UC Irvine's MarcBaldassare, the region's leading pollster. By his estimation, no morethan 20 percent of Orange County residents share the kind of"hard-right" politics that produces leaders such as Frogue. Evenwithin the Republican Party, Baldassare believes, the vast majoritytend more toward a libertarian, fiscally conservative but sociallymoderate philosophy.
"The whole right-wing social agenda, 'familyvalues' thing does not play well here," Baldassare says, noting thatin the 1996 elections, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole wononly 50 percent of the Orange County vote and moderate DemocratLoretta Sanchez upset far-right (but not anti-Semitic) incumbentCongressman Bob Dornan. "I don't think there's a vast undercurrent ofracism or anti-Semitism here at all. That conflicts with theprevailing sense of personal rights and responsibility."
Rabbi Arnie Rachlis of University Synagogue inIrvine essentially shares these views, suggesting that the region'sJewish community, estimated to be between 70,000 and 100,000 strong,has little to fear from anti-Semitism from its non-Jewishneighbors.
Life in Orange County may be plagued by a kind of"Stepford Wives" suburbanite conformity, but not by rabidanti-Semitism. "People like Frogue are exceptional," Rachlis says."When you go out to soccer practice, it's white, Gentile andconservative, but not a bunch of Birchers and skinheads."
Perhaps so, but having Frogue entrenched as anelected official still should give pause to Jews in Orange County andthroughout Southern California. For one thing, Frogue's anti-Semiticpolitics are not a new development on the other side of the OrangeCurtain.
Since the 1920s, racist, anti-Semitic and nativistsentiments have surfaced repeatedly in Orange County politics.Indeed, back in the 1920s and 1930s, the Ku Klux Klan gainedpolitical power in cities such as Anaheim, Fullerton, Brea and LaHabra; the rabidly anti-Semitic group was hardly on the fringe. Asone scholar noted later, most Klansmen were considered "civicallyactive, substantial citizens."
Nor did the extremist element die with the demiseof the Klan in the 1930s. Although Jews, African-Americans andAsian-Americans were only a tiny proportion of the county'spopulation -- itself nearly 75 percent white Protestant -- the racistculture continued to exist in Orange County's fertile soil. Into the1960s, extreme right-wing politicians, such as James B. Utt,represented the southern end of the county, even proposing aconstitutional amendment that called for official recognition of "theauthority and law of Jesus Christ, Savior and Ruler of Nations." TheJohn Birch Society also found its strongest California base in OrangeCounty.
As the county grew in population and economicpower, far-right anti-Semitic and racist elements still found succorwithin prominent institutions, such as Knott's Berry Farm. In thiscase, recalls marketing consultant Bob Kelley, it may have been morea matter of indifference and ignorance than outright activeanti-Semitism. Walter Knott, Kelley says, was himself not ananti-Semite and even had Jewish secretaries, but he tolerated afundamentalist-run bookstore that openly sold anti-Jewish tracts.Eventually, Kelley and other advisers persuaded Knott to shut downthe bookstore.
But Kelley, my own longtime personal friend and aprominent adviser to many Orange County high-tech companies, believesthat the region is now at a crossroads between its far-right,intolerant past and a more cosmopolitan future. The bulk of OrangeCounty's increasingly high-tech and trade-oriented businessleadership remains politically conservative but far from racist orexclusive. Indeed, Kelley points out, some of the county's leadingbusiness figures -- such as Quicksilver Software's Bill Fisher,Westec's Michael Kaye and Toshiba Information Systems' Paul Wexler --are themselves Jews.
"In the high-tech and medical world that I dealwith, it's pretty Jewish these days," Kelley says. "In that world, Inever encounter anti-Semitism. But, sometimes, when I was dealingwith car dealers and with insurance brokers, well, some of themclearly came from wherever rednecks are minted."
In other words, Kelley and other business leaderssuggest, Orange County's new, and buoyant, economy, increasinglydominated by Asians and Latinos, has no room for bigots -- even ifonly in its own self-interest. To compete for educated workers,capital and media attention against Silicon Valley or other high-techregions, Orange County must purge itself as much as possible of itsugly regressive genes. It may be blind optimism to believe this willhappen, but I'm betting that it will.
Joel Kotkin is the John M. Olin Fellow at thePepperdine Institute for Public Policy.
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Felicity Abram
Representing: AUS
Gender: Female
Athlete Year of Birth: 1986
Athlete Place of Birth: Brisbane
Athlete Weight: 54 kg
Athlete Height: 168 cm
Athlete Lives: Gold Coast Australia
Website: http://www.felicityabram.com
WTS Ranking: No Ranking
ITU Points List:: No Ranking
Athlete Biography
Queenstown World Championships 2003- Junior Champion.
U23 Oceania Championships 2005- 1st place
6th World Champs 2005 Gamagori
3rd World Champs Laussane 2006
4 x world Cup Podiums 2008
World ranking #2 2008
Athlete Sponsors: TeamTBB ,2XU , Cervelo ,Avia , AIS, Oakley , Icool Ice baths
Athlete Language: English
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2003
Athlete Other Sports: I love most sports
Athlete Education: high school 2003
Athlete Hobbies: Art , Music , food
Athlete Sports Hero: Muhammad Ali .
Athlete Proudest Moment: 3rd Elite World Champs 2006 Laussane
Athlete Injuries: Psoas tear early 2006 Foot Op 2007 Hip Op 2010
Athlete Coach: Brett Sutton


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Hi! So I've never breastfed though I've always thought I would and am sadly missing out due to my three-month-old's large cleft palate (and when I say cleft, I really mean she is missing the roof of her mouth). We also missed out on a lot of bonding time since she was in the hospital her first 2 months of life because of heart issues / multiple surgeries etc. (She has Velocardiofacial Syndrome). I am a new mom too!
Anyway, my question is probably a totally weird one and I'm not expecting much, but what does everyone think about a baby trying to breastfeed for the first time at a year of age? She will not have her cleft repaired until at least a year or so and cannot suck at all until then. She gets very frustrated if I put her to the nipple at all because she is used to her Nuk pacifier. She also has never been orally fed period -- so that is a doozy I know!
We hope to begin feeding her orally soon within the next month or so, just a few feeds to introduce her to using her mouth etc. with a haberman bottle (however you spell that special cleft feeder bottle).
Anyway -- could you introduce the breast to a 1 year old with any sucess or do you think she might just bite me? Or at this point not worry about breast feeding since she will be dependent on solids?
I plan to express milk for her for as many years as I can since she has a bad immune system also!!
Any encouragement you can offer will cheer me up even if you think I'm nuts. God bless!


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- A lot of uncertainties remain as to how 2012 peanut crop will turn out
- New opportunities in Europe?
"When peanut carryover gets down to 500,000 farmer stock tons, that is extremely tight — as tight as we want to get in terms of marketing," says Marshall Lamb, research director at the National Peanut Research Laboratory, Dawson, Ga. "Manufacturers get nervous, shellers get nervous, and that's why in 2011 uncontracted peanuts pushed up to $1,000 per ton," he said at the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation's summer peanut commodity conference.
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MARSHALL LAMB, right, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory at Dawson, Ga., visits with Robin Borden, OZYS Corp., Wesson, Miss., at the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation's summer peanut commodity conference.
A roller coaster ride — that's how Marshall Lamb describes the peanut industry for the past decade starting with the 2002 farm bill.
It has been characterized by market dips brought on by overproduction, followed by acreage cutbacks and lower production that then result in an upward market price trajectory, then a repeat of the cycle, says Lamb, who is research director of the USDA/ARS National Peanut Research Laboratory at Dawson, Ga..
"Right now, we're in a very dynamic situation," he said at the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation's summer peanut commodity conference at Grenada, Miss.
"We're coming off two years, 2010-2011, that were marked by drought and very high temperatures in major production areas, which had an impact on peanut quality and supply,"
That reached a culmination in 2011, when severe drought in Texas sharply reduced production and shot the peanut market roller coaster dizzingly upward.
"With only 1.8 million tons produced and an edible supply just under 500,000 farmer stock tons (FST), and imports at roughly 70,000 tons, that left us with only a 2.4 million FST supply to work with. From 3 million FST in 2010 to 2.4 million in 2011 is a pretty steep drop.
"The crush was also a little higher in 2011, which left us with a carryout of only 207,000 FST. In the U.S., we have a shelling capacity of about 165,000 tons per month. Over a three-month period from August through October, the industry needs about 500,000 FST of carryover in the pipeline in order to keep the mills running and full until new crop deliveries come on board.
"When carryover gets down to 500,000 FST, that is extremely tight — as tight as we want to get in terms of marketing. Manufacturers get nervous, shellers get nervous, and that's why in 2011 uncontracted peanuts pushed up to $1,000 per ton.
"Shellers and manufacturers were scrambling to get peanuts that weren't already secured. That's also why, going into 2012, we were seeing contracts around $700 to $750 per ton — because they wanted to make sure there would be enough acreage going into the season to get this undersupply situation off our backs."
No contracts are currently being offered for 2012 peanuts, Lamb says, because "it's too early to tell which way this crop is going to go.
"From this point forward, yield will determine where we are in terms of the fall market. Don't expect a contract to come out anytime soon. Manufacturers want to see where this crop is going, so they won't support the shellers right now to go out and contract peanuts. And shellers can't afford to go out on a limb and speculate where this crop is going without having the backing of the manufacturers. All of which means no offer is going to trickle down to farmers right now."
A lot of uncertainties exist, Lamb says. "Yield and quality of this crop have a long way to go. We're on a seesaw right now, and it's balanced about in the middle. The question is, which way is it going to go — up or down? We've never made or lost a crop in June; it's just too early to tell."
Another factor that may influence the market, he says, is imports. Last year, peant imports totaled about 70,000 tons; this year, that could be cut in half.


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Hello fellow disc golfers! It is a very exciting time here for Disc Golf Traveler, we just created a youtube account and already have 3 instructional videos! Check them out and let us know what you think. Plenty more videos are going to be uploaded so check often. We have a goal to make Disc Golf Traveler your destination for anything disc golf. Let us know if you want to see anything specific or if you want a review on something. Here is the link to our YouTube page.
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Numerous studies of CoQ10's benefits to the circulatory system have been conducted during recent years, all showing a strong benefit to heart health.
Good for those with heart failure
A study in the European Heart Journal showed that CoQ10 strengthens the heart. The team studied 23 patients, average age 59 years, with moderate to severe heart failure. They were assigned four weeks each of oral CoQ10 supplements or inactive placebo pills with or without supervised exercise training five times per week.
Supplementation with CoQ10 led to an improvement in peak exercise capacity and cardiac function without any side effects.
Healthy capillaries
One recently published study found in the journal, Evidence Based Integrative Medicine, specifically points to CoQ10's use in supporting healthy circulation. Patients who took CoQ10 together with Pycnogenol (pine tree bark extract) benefited from the collaborative antioxidant effects. It provided antioxidant protection from cell-damaging free radicals and helped maintain a healthy capillary circulatory system.
Regenerates vitamin E
In another study of its interactive benefits with other nutrients, CoQ10 was shown to interact with alpha-lipoic acid to regenerate oxidized vitamin E, which can help support healthy blood pressure levels and lipid metabolism. CoQ10 raises the body's level of vitamin E, causing a cascade of other benefits.
Protects against stress from exercise
Vigorous exercise, as well as environmental toxins, can generate free radicals in the body. CoQ10 helps neutralize these free radicals so you get all the benefits of exercise without the potentially damaging effects.
Prevents damage from high trans fat diets
The news keeps getting better. Based on research from India, CoQ10 may be useful to protect the heart for people who consume too much trans fat. This is the bad fat found in candy bars, some breads and many processed foods.
Statin drugs may deplete CoQ10
Evidence suggests people who use statin drugs to treat high cholesterol levels may be simultaneously depleting their CoQ10 levels. Many cardiologists are now recommending CoQ10 to patients as an adjunct to traditional medical treatments, especially for those with congestive heart failure.
CoQ10 levels decline with age
The concentration of CoQ10 in the body decreases as we age. This decrease in CoQ10 begins to take place around the age of 40. However, some research suggests levels begin to diminish as early as 20 years of age, with a slow but continuous decline thereafter.
Consider supplementation
Several factors contribute to the aging process, but many age-related conditions are associated with this decline in CoQ10 levels. You might think of cardiovascular disease, neuro-degenerative disease, cancer, diabetes, fatigue, and reduced stamina and energy as unavoidable symptoms of aging. You probably don't realize these problems may be linked to diminished amounts of CoQ10, thereby warranting the consideration of CoQ10 supplementation.
If you have heart problems or a family history of heart problems, supplementation with CoQ10 is definitely a good idea. Since your body may not be producing adequate levels of CoQ10 as you get older, think about supplementation as a way to maintain good overall health and longevity. See below for typical dosing guidelines.
CoQ10 Typical Daily Dosages
30-100 mg – General health
60-160 mg – Family history of heart problems
90-160 mg – Heavy exercisers
100-200 mg – Mild heart problems
200-300 mg – If taking statin drugs
300-360 mg – Congestive heart problems
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Power to the people?
Speaking of power, during my week without it, I confess it was some small comfort in knowing that I'm not alone. The communal support, brotherly love and overall camaraderie that enveloped our community in the wake of the hurricane has been overwhelming in it's generosity of spirit and ushers in the holidays right on time. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and many of us have a lot to be thankful for this year. As we reach out to each other, lending a helping hand, my smile remains firmly in place, knowing that in times of need, I'll get by with a little help from my friends. That feeling is electric, whether the power is on, or not.
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In Search Of...Another Wii Record
A local senior continues his streak of Guinness World Records
John Bates, 87, is certainly not your typical gamer, but that hasn't stopped him from earning a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records - three years in a row! "This is on page 159."
Right there in fine print, his picture next to the title 'Most perfect games of Wii sports bowling." "It was 2850 perfect games when you were here two years ago. That was the record then."
Fast forward two years and he has more than tripled that with 14,000 perfect games! "That's 168,000 strikes."
He started playing in 2008 after a neighbor got him hooked and has since mastered the two handed toss. "You have to do it perfectly perfect otherwise you don't get a perfect score."
Over the years he's kept a very detailed account of all of his perfect games. "I have 80 one day, 80 another day. 85 perfect games on another day."
Opening the book this year, John discovered an added bonus - yet another record set. "At the time the last game was counted in June of 2012, he was 85 years...225 days old. Making him the oldest video gaming holder."
Strike after strike after strike, he still enjoys the challenge, but recently has set his sights on another Wii gaming record. "I may try to get a world record in Wii golf."
Watch out gamers - John Bates is coming for you!
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Laurier Brantford
Staff Development Day: Save the Date & Call for Proposals
Human Resources
Mar 1/13
Human Resources is pleased to announce the 3rd annual Staff Development Day, scheduled for Thursday, May 16, 2013
on the Waterloo campus. Participants from Brantford will be offered
transportation to and from the event. Be sure to note the date!
Plans for this day include an engaging keynote speaker, BBQ lunch, panel discussion and break-out sessions featuring content created and presented by your fellow colleagues.
Were looking for your creative ideas and expertise to enrich our programming for the day. This year our theme is Inspiring Potential.
We invite proposals that support our institutional proposition of Inspiring Lives of Leadership and Purpose and support one or more of the five Employee Success Factors
Proposals should feature the following:
- Educational session(s) running a maximum of 75 minutes in length, which incorporates time for questions.
- Content should include discussion, activities, and engagement on a specific topic.
- Sessions may be led by a single presenter or in teams. Presenters should be prepared to deliver their workshop up to 2 times during that day.
We strongly encourage proposals that include content that has the potential to appeal to a broad number of staff at all levels of the organization.
Got an idea youd like to submit?
Download and complete the Proposal Submission Form. Be sure to fill out all fields!
How do you submit your proposal?
- Email your proposal as an attachment to Dorota Rams Skazinski (firstname.lastname@example.com).
- Name your file by your last name and the session title e.g., Smith_Utilizing-Social-Networking-For-Work.doc
- Give your email the subject heading: "Call for Proposals: 2013 WLU Staff Development Day.
The deadline for submissions of proposals is Friday, March 22nd, 2013.
You will receive reviewers' feedback and be invited to consider this feedback before submitting the final version of your session description by March 30th, 2012. Final session information will be available on the website when registration launches in April.
We look forward to celebrating this day with you and receiving your submission!
Jennifer Porritt (x2254)
Chair, 2013 Staff Development Day


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Jamie Bell | A Northern Homecoming
For Jamie Bell, his two 2011 releases from Focus Features, Kevin Macdonald's Roman adventure The Eagle and Cary Fukunaga's adaptation of Jane Eyre, represent something of a homecoming for the young actor. Both movies are principally set in the North of England – The Eagle in the areas around Hadrian's Wall, near the Scottish border, and Jane Eyre in northern Derbyshire – which is the area where Bell himself grew up. He was born in 1986 in Billingham, near Middlesborough, and was brought up by his mother, Eileen, and older sister, Kathryn. He came from a family of dancers, and Bell started dancing himself after he caught the bug watching and imitating the movements his sister was being taught at her ballet lessons. His passion for dance and performance became a dominant part of his life, and though he was mocked by his classmates at school, his dedication was rewarded all too soon.
Jamie Bell | Billy Elliott
Bell became an international sensation after he was chosen from 2000 boys to play the eponymous lead in director Stephen Daldry's 2000 film Billy Elliott. The movie is the story of a boy from a mining town in County Durham, Northern England, who discovers he has a unique, innate talent as a ballet dancer, but is ostracized by both his peers and family members for choosing to do such an unmanly activity. It was a role Bell was born to play, and he dazzled not only with his dancing skills but with an incredibly moving and genuine performance as a boy torn between following his heart and conforming to the expectations of those around him. The crowdpleasing movie became a hit in the US as well as its native UK, and Bell won accolades and awards galore. At the BAFTAs, the Britain's version of the Oscars, the 13-year-old Bell took home Best Actor, beating out Russell Crowe, Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks and Geoffrey Rush to win the award.
Jamie Bell | Growing Up on Screen
Despite finding fame in his early teenage years, Bell has achieved the rare feat of both transitioning from a child star into a sought-after adult actor and keeping his feet firmly on the ground. "Inner demons? Got none of them," he once said in an interview. "I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst." While not a troubled teen himself, Bell has ironically played one on screen with great regularity. In David Gordon Green's Undertow (2004), he played an angsty adolescent on the run from his murderous uncle and he was a Wild West gang leader in the Lars von Trier-scripted, Thomas Vinterberg-directed Dear Wendy (2005). He also appeared as a depressed teen dealing with his best friend's suicide in Arie Posin's The Chumscrubber, and was the titular lead in Mister Foe, about a runaway peeping tom who is obsessed with his mother's death – and is sleeping with a woman who is her spitting image!
Jamie Bell | Battle Tested
For an actor who is still in his early 20s, Jamie Bell has been to war remarkably often – on screen, that is. In The Eagle, he plays Esca, a slave on the march with a Roman legion, but it's just the latest in a long line of military movies for Bell. In 2002, he was Private Charlie Shakespeare, a British soldier stuck in no man's land, in the World War I horror movie Deathwatch, after which he played Private First Class Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski, a US Marine at the Battle of Iwo Jima, in Clint Eastwood's World War II drama 2006 Flags of Our Father. He also appeared in another WW2 movie, Ed Zwick's Defiance, a few years later, appearing as one of four Jewish brothers (along with Daniel Craig, Liev Schrieber and George McKay) who are resistance fighters liberating and recruiting Polish Jews in their fight against the Nazis.
Jamie Bell | Cinematic Chameleon
The fact that Jamie Bell is playing roles so radically different as Esca in The Eagle and St. John in Jane Eyre is not really surprising when one looks back over his filmography. After his breakout role, he made a conscious effort to avoid typecasting: "I can understand why everyone sees me as Billy Elliot," he once said. "It was the first thing I did, so I was determined to take the most diverse route possible." Bell, as a result, has become a chameleon, just as at home in period dramas like Nicholas Nickleby (in which he played the cripple, Smike) as he is in blockbusters like Jumper, a film which gave a role as a young man able to teleport anywhere in the world. He followed up the low-profile indie The Chumscrubber with Peter Jackson's $200 million movie King Kong, and has mastered accents as diverse as Scottish and Polish-Belarussian. Ultimately, for Bell, he's just happy to look back at the work he's done: "I love looking down my résumé and seeing all those great people on it like David Gordon Green, and of course Peter Jackson and Stephen Daldry. When I look at it, I feel very proud for myself and the people around me who have managed to get me these roles."


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Robert Schroeder
Class Year:1958
Outstanding Alumni Award Winner 2003
Robert Schroeder is a committed public servant and has been a dedicated teacher of government and geography in the Naperville schools for some 30 years. Since 1988, he has been county commissioner in District 5 of the DuPage County Board. He currently serves as a member of the finance, public transit, storm water and economic development committees of the Board. For over 15 years, he has coordinated Christian education classes at Community United Methodist Church for Little Friends, an organization that serves children and adults with developmental, emotional and behavioral disabilities. Since 1990, he has been a volunteer with Public Action to Deliver Shelter, which addresses the needs of the homeless in DuPage County. In 1986, Robert and his wife, Nancy, established the Heyer-Schroeder Scholarship at North Central for students from Wisconsin.


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You Guys Need Help
Well, at least Adrian's having fun.
I swear, it's those stupid sand uniforms! THEY MAKE US LOSE. Why does that not make any sense to you guys? Come on, it's so obvious!!
Adrian hit his 12th homer, top of the first. Just like Tuesday. Did it help anything? Of course not!
Chris Young gave up four home runs, six runs, in four innings. He got the loss, keeping the streak of a starting pitcher not winning a game since April 16th.
The start of the game was delayed by rain, and there was a four-minute rain delay during the game. Then the game was called after eight. It's not like we would have come back anyway, but it's kind of odd that they called it then. Oh well.
The bullpen actually didn't allowing anything last night! Shocking. Mujica, Gregerson, and Sanchez combined for a few scoreless innings.
Adrian hit another homer later in the game, his 13th. Scott Hairston, Chase, Adrian, and Luis Rodriguez each had two hits. We had 11 hits total, which is crazy! This team doesn't do that. Well, maybe they do, but they don't get the hits they need to, like when they left seven runners on.
After getting his second hit, Luis rounded first and suddenly hopped on his right foot, obviously stuck by pain. He was able to hobble back into first, while the mean Cub threw to first! Come on, can't you see he's hurt? Least you could do was let the poor guy not have to hurt himself more by hurrying back to first!
Luis is going on the DL. Well, second shortstop down, one more to go. Chris Burke's the dude right now, though Edgar Gonzalez and David Eckstein could play there. Sounds like KT's going dumpster diving, though.
After the terrible loss last night, my boys don't get their cell phones back. Their play has been so terrible lately!
I think it's time to bring in the psychiatrist.
Brian Giles, you're first.
Let's name our psychiatrist Bob.
BOB: So, Brian, I understand that you've been going through a lot lately.
BRIAN (turning bright red): Well, what do you expect? My former girlfriend is accusing me of abusing her, and I'm accusing her of abusing me, and I can't seem to find my groove, and I'm batting in the seven spot, and…and…I'm getting old!!!
BOB: Calm down, Brian, take a deep breath, there you go. Now, Brian, it seems to me that you're under a lot of stress. Perhaps you should go take a long hot shower…oh wait, you guys can't have hot showers. Never mind.
DUANER SANCHEZ: Hello, Bob. I have a problem.
BOB: Oh?
DUANER: Yes, I seem to give up run after run after run when I go out to pitch. I also can't seem to understand the concept of throwing strikes.
BOB: Oh man, you need help!
DUANER: Yeah, that's why you're here.
BOB: Oh yeah. Well, I think the only way I can help you is this: if you can't find the strike zone soon, you going to be looking for it in Triple-A.
Jake Peavy, looks like you're next.
JAKE: (imagine country drawl) Bob, ah jist don't git it. Ah mean, ah lurve San Diego and all, but this country boy ain't gettin' any run support durin' his starts. Ah'm tryin' so hard, man, but somethin' gaotta give.
BOB: Yes, I see that you have five losses already. That's terrible for a Cy Young Award winner!
JAKE (moaning): Ah know it, Bobby. Ah mean, ah struck me out nine guys on Tuesday, but ah only gotter a two-runner homer to support me, ya know?
BOB: Of all the team, I would think that you would be the most affected. I mean, you had a tough offseason with all the trade talks, and now you're on a losing team that simply won't score any runs for you. Now, how do you feel about the sand uniforms?
JAKE (in an angry tone): Man, ah hate those thangs!! Ah never want to be wearin' them, 'specially after that there Game 163, but Harry makes me. Ah don't know why…I'm thinkin' about makin' big ole BBQ in mah backyard in the offseason; then we can be burnin' them!!
Oh Koooooz…your turn!!
KOUZ: Hey, Bob, does my hair look OK?
BOB: Kevin, you don't have any hair.
KOUZ: Oh – yeah.
BOB: So, I hear you've been in quite a bit of a slump.
KOUZ: Well, I've been getting in my reps, so it's all good.
BOB: Even if you're not hitting well?
KOUZ: Well, I know I look really good, so I think that's all that really matters. As long as all the girls are swooning over me, it doesn't really matter if I'm hitting or not.
BOB: But wouldn't they like you more if you played well?
KOUZ: They don't notice. All they see is my beautiful face.
BOB: Seems like we have a bit of a pride issue here.
KOUZ (shocked look on his beautiful face): Bob! I'm just saying the truth!
BOB: I think I've figured out your problem! How many times to you look at yourself in the mirror during a game?
KOUZ: Too often to count, Bob. I need to be constantly checking my beard.
BOB: You need help!
KOUZ: That's why you're here.
BOB: Oh yeah. Um, Kevin, I think you need to concentrate on your performance on the field more than your face. You're always going to be beautiful to the girls, so you need to just show off that bat and that glove. Hope you get out of that slump soon.
(Kouz walks out, rubbing his beautiful bald head. Bob is left alone in the room.)
BOB: This team needs some major help.
KAYBEE: That's why I brought you here, Bob!!
BOB: True, but they need REAL help. They need more than a psychiatrist. They need new bats and some winning dust.
KAYBEE: What, you want me to call Tinkerbell next?
BOB: I'm just saying…
KAYBEE: Bye, Bob. Thanks for trying.
Well, the Padres have an early game today. Hopefully the weather will behave and we will be able to get this one in with no interupptions. Chad Gaudin will go for his first win against Ryan Dempster. Hopefully the boys got to clear their heads a little by meeting with Bob, and they'd better get the win today. I do not want to get swept again.
(photo credits: 3.bp.blogspot.com, ???)
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Kaybee- love your blog & Bob the psychiatrist. As a Mets fan I have to apologize for sending you Duaner Sanchez (but your Jody Gerut did hit the first homer in our new park.) Can you send me an e-mail message I have a question for you…
thanks, bryan email@example.com
That was so creative! I really enjoyed reading the conversation. But seriously, our boys need to see a real psychiatrist. If that doesn't work out, I will go up to them and talk one on one with everyone who are not doing well. Nice southern accent! If we get swept today, they are in serious trouble. I'm going to have to take their mp3 players and iPods away!
I love the dialogue of the players and shrink. Too funny. Thanks for the welcome on my blog!! Hopefully the NL West can prove to the rest of baseball that we do exist!!
Love the dialogue. But everything needs to do well, especially our bullpen, or it's going to be a very very long year.
Kaybee – TOO FUNNY! Hope it helps!
BRYAN, thanks! Yeah, I have a feeling that we'll be getting rid of Sanchez soon…
HYUN YOUNG, thats great! They're doing terrible right now, and they need to have their music taken away. We're soo bad!!
JESSTUD, yeah, this division is crazy, but we're certainly here!
23GONZALEZ, it already is a long year🙂
JANE, yeah, maybe I should get on that🙂
JENN, oh yeah they do!!
DILLON, we're going through some tough times right now in San Diego. Thanks!
JULIA, I hope so too!
OMG, Kaybee, I still haven't stopped laughing!!! Too funny. I really love reading your blog although I am a Dodgers fan.
Haha that was great! Adrian is killer! I kept watching going, "WTF is he pitching to agonz for!? He just hit a homer and you're going to pitch… JESUS HE DID IT AGAIN!" I might just have to change my 1st base allstar vote from pujols to gonzalez.. he is ahead of him now.Hopefully you guys pick it up and start winning, after our 3 game series against you next week of course ;)Stephaniehttp://steponme.mlblogs.com
Kaybee – Hopefully your Padres can get it together. How about they start turning it around on Monday? ;-)Russhttp://wight4256.mlblogs.com


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Louse eggs no excuse for absence, according to school policy
MARTINSBURG – Lice are parisitic creatures infesting the head and neck quickly working to cement their eggs, some of which may hatch in eight or nine days, to the hair shaft. Students with lice are excused from school. Students with louse eggs, known as nits, however, are commonly required to attend as usual.
Shawna Plaine's youngest son went to Berkeley Heights Elementary with nits last Wednesday. According to Plaine, after taking him to seek treatment at the health department instead of school, she was forced to send him to class in accordance with Berkeley County Schools policy, which does not permit "nits" as an excused absence.
"I just thought it was crazy," Plaine said. "What is an egg in the morning might not be an egg in the afternoon."
According to Berkeley County Schools Veronique Walker, director of diversity and student support services, the district's attendance policy allows for excused absences in instances of live lice – not nits.
"The West Virginia Department of Education's Office of Healthy Schools issued directives to all counties regarding moving from a 'No Nit Policy' to a 'No Lice Policy,'" Walker said in statement. "Berkeley County has followed and implemented the directive based upon research and No Child Left Behind."
The directive, Communications Coordinator Leah Daniel said, was issued in 2009.
"Data does not support the exclusion of children for nits. No disease process is associated with head lice; therefore pediculosis should not disrupt the education process. Students found with live head lice should be referred to parents or guardians for proper treatment and reevaluated as necessary to prevent a recurrence. Therefore, it is the recommendation of the West Virginia Council of School Nurses that 'No-Nit' polices be eliminated," states the 2009 reccomendation of the WVCOSN.
The recommendation indicated 12 to 24 million school days were lost annually in the United States due to exclusion of students for having nits.
"Since we now have a 'No Lice Policy,' students missing school because of nits is at the discretion of the parent and would be considered unexcused unless medically excused by a physician," Walker said in the statement.
Jefferson County Schools, on the other hand, allows five excused absences, per occurrence, for both nits and lice, Ann Ebersole, director of pupil services, said.
"Each county is given the leeway by the state to create their own policy based on state health recommendations," Director of Attendance Dr. Sheri Hoff, of Jefferson County Schools, said.
According to the West Virginia Department of Education's Liza Cordeiro, executive director of the office of communications, the state does not have a policy regarding lice and nits; however, one may be implemented at the county level.
"Current research and No Child Left Behind do not support 'No Nit' policies," reads information from the Office of Healthy Schools on the state department of education's website. "Lice are not a communicable disease, only a social stigma with time consuming treatment. Schools should move toward a 'No lice' policy since most nits do not hatch unless (less than) a quarter of an inch from the scalp and many nits are misdiagnosised by school nurses and school personnel, whom should not be diagnosing."
Nits, according to Mary Jane Rinard, lead nurse for Berkeley County Schools, are "glued" to the hair shaft and subsequently need to be combed or individually picked out. The CDC says many nits are more than a quarter inch from the scalp and not likely to hatch into crawling lice. Additionally, as they are attached to the hair shaft, the transfer of nits to other people is unlikely.
"Staying out of school just because there are nits there impedes the learning process," Rinard said. "What is best for the child is to be in school."
In contrast, Plaine said she received a phone call from South Middle School Friday indicating that her middle child would not be permitted to return to school until a medical note denoted he was nit-free – a response to his full-day absence, which his mother used to take all three of her children to receive a chemical treatment for head lice at the health department after her initial discovery of nits in her youngest son's hair.
"We cannot discuss any particular case or child, due to confidentiality; however, generally, our policy is 'no lice,'" Daniel said in an email regarding the Friday incident. "There may be instances where nits and/or lice are misdiagnosed by a school employee. If a misdiagnosis occurs, any attendance issues will be resolved by the school."
The CDC reccommends treatment and retreatment of head lice as no approved chemical treatment is able to kill lice eggs completely.
Stringent federal and state attendance requirements mandated by the No Child Left Behind act, a 2002 initiative aimed at boosting academic achievement under the George W. Bush administration, have seen a nationwide shift from "no nit" policies to "no lice" polices. Last February, state education officials announced they would submit a flexibility waiver from the act, becoming the 27th state to do so at the time. The flexibility waiver, which was submitted in September, is still awaiting approval, Cordeiro confirmed.
For further information on the treatment of head lice, visit www.cdc.gov.
– Staff writer Holly Shok can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 131, or email@example.com.


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Recent evidence suggests monsoons are weakening, whereas climate models predict strengthening.alternation of wet and dry periods over a region home to roughly half the world's population?
'Livelihoods, water security, and energy security are all tied to the volume and timely arrival of monsoon season,' says one scientist.mean temperature, you could expect about a 7-percent increase in water vapor in the air," explains William Boos, an assistant professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University.
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Honeyed carrot soup
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal116
- fat5g
- saturates3g
- carbs16g
- sugars14g
- fibre6g
- protein3g
- salt0.59g
- 2 tbsp butter
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 2 small leeks, sliced
Like garlic and onion, leeks are a member of the allium family, but have their own distinct…
- 800g carrots, roughly chopped
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 2 tsp clear honey
Honey is made by bees from the nectar they collect from flowers. Viscous and fragrant, it's…
- small pinch dried chilli flakes (optional)
- 1 bay leaf
- 2½ l vegetable stock
- soured cream or yogurt, to serve
Yogurt is made by adding a number of types of harmless bacteria to milk, causing it to ferment.…
Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the leeks to the pan, then cook for 3 mins until starting to soften. Add the carrots, honey, chilli (if using) and bay leaf, then cook for 2 mins.
Pour in the stock, bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 mins. Blend the soup in batches, return to a clean pan, then season to taste. When ready to serve, bring back to a simmer, then ladle into mugs. Add a swirl of soured cream or yogurt and serve with garlic bread or bacon butties.
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Comments (163)
I made this soup this afternoon, and added lentils & less stock, having read previous comments. Unfortunately, the soup still turned out far too runny & insipidly sweet. Even my children found it unpalatable! Fortunately, I managed to rescue it by adding some new potatoes, a bit of cumin, and some Lee & Perrins. I did then have to add more water, but at least it's now edible!
I've used many soup recipes from this site, and this is the worst one yet!
Great cheap tasty soup, I make a big pot of it and freeze half for lunches the following week. Super tasty and super orange, my colleagues always comment on the vibrant colour of my soup! haha.
I might add that I only put in a small drop of honey as it does make it rather sweet and added a dash of chili powder for an extra kick!
Yummy yum yum, this soup is Amazing!! Me, my husband, my 14 month old son, my dad, my sister and my 16 month old niece absolutely love it!! I'm sure my mum would have loved it too but she didn't get a look in :) only difference I made was adding 2 small teaspoons of very lazy chilli instead of a pinch of dried (it gave it quite a kick), I used 1.5l of stock and squeezed a bit of extra hunny into the pot . Nomanomanom!!
The soup was great, I only used 1L of stock though since my pan wasn't big enough for 2.5L but the end result was still great. The soup had a lush sweetness thanks to the butter, carrots, honey (I used Manuka), and chilli flakes. The leeks, bay leaf, and heat from the chilli flakes really helped balance out the sweetness. Conclusion, delicious!
Just made this soup and its amazing! Best soup ive had in ages. The honey in it makes it taste almost sweet potato like. Do not miss out the chilli flakes, I'm not a lover of spice so almost didn't use it but it totally makes the soup. I didn't measure the stock I just added it to the consistency I wanted and used chicken instead of vegetable for more flavour, plus used garlic salt rather than normal salt again for more flavour. Me and my picky toddler have almost eaten the lot!
Only had 500g of carrots in the fridge so only used 1 leek and I added stock gradually to get the consistency I prefer. I had no bay leaf but what I did add is thumb sized piece of grated fresh ginger, half teaspoon of turmeric and quarter of cumin powder. I used two small pinches of dried chilli and scatter of dried coriander. Soup was delicious with a good amount of heat.
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