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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Valentine's Day Menu Idea | Fireside Beef Bourguignon & Smores with Homemade Heart Marshmallows
Fireside Beef Bourguignon & S'mores
with Homemade Heart Marshmallows
We got engaged two (short!) years ago on a ski vacation in Aspen. It was such a romantic vacation - we had cozy little dinners at bistros in the village, spent the days skiing and even a real horse drawn sleigh-ride through the woods on the back side of Aspen Mountain.
One of my favorite parts of the trip was our fireside lunch at Cloud 9 Bistro. It is a tiny ski-in little cabin halfway down Aspen Highlands Mountain with only a couple of tables and a roaring fire. Can you imagine anything better than skiing into a rustic cabin and enjoying steaming hot chocolate and French stew in front of a roaring fire? I'm getting warm fuzzies just thinking about it... Here is a link to the post about our entire trip to Aspen. Warning : pre-quality camera photos.
This menu of Beef Bourguignon & S'mores reminds me of that little lunch at Cloud 9 - except it is better because you can enjoy this dinner from the comfort of your own fireplace. The best part about this menu is that you only have to make two things - the stew and marshmallows. And really, you don't even have to make the marshmallows - so many bakeries are making them now, or you can rely on the ole' bag from the grocery store. Either way they will be delicious.
Here is the recipe link to my Beef Bourguignon Recipe & the Homemade Marshmallows.
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Thirteen nurses certified at birthing center, Women's HealthCare
ELKINS – Davis Memorial Hospital recently announced that the Family Birthing Center and Women's HealthCare now have a total of 13 nurses nationally certified in various specialties. Several just achieved new honors.
While nurses are licensed by the state, the National Certification Corporation (NCC) issues nationally recognized certifications.
"Our certified nurses have taken an extra effort to demonstrate their specialty knowledge and stay current in a rapidly changing healthcare field," said Peggy Thorne-Church, clinical manager at the Davis Memorial Hospital Family Birthing Center.
"Being certified means demonstrating a commitment to evidence-based practice while also providing the highest quality of service," Thorne-Church said. "Patients and their families should feel confident in the care of our outstanding nurses, who truly are agents of change and advocates for the patients they serve."
Thorne-Church, who also is certified, recognizes three nurses who have recently completed a rigorous national examination for their initial certification in inpatient obstetrics (RNC-OB): Ciera James, RNC-OB, BSN; Sherry Jones, RNC-OB; and Shalane WetzeI, RNC-OB, BSN.
Two nurses at Women's HealthCare also have certification in inpatient obstetrics: Shirley Daniels, RNC-OB, and Julie Phillips, RNC-OB, ICCE, BSN. Phillips also is a certified international childbirth education.
In addition to receiving certification in inpatient obstetrics, four nurses at the Family Birthing Center also recently received a second NCC certification in electronic fetal monitoring (C-EFM): Mina Cashman, RNC-OB, C-EFM; Jackie Hall, RNC-OB, C-EFM; Mary Jo Hoyle, RNC-OB, C-EFM; and Teri Sandridge, RNC-OB, C-EFM, BSN.
"To maintain certification, nurses must engage in lifelong learning through periodic assessment and continuing education," Thorne-Church said. "That ensures they will always be familiar with the latest techniques to improve patient outcomes and care."
Nurses who have maintained certification in inpatient obstetrics include Peggy Thorne-Church, RNC-OB, BSN, MBA; Cindy Marsh, RNC-OB, BSN; Cindy Nestor, RNC-OB; and Becky White, RNC-OB.
Davis Memorial Hospital's Family Birthing Center offers private birthing rooms, equipped with the latest technology for a safe delivery and recovery. Newborns stay with their mothers to bond in comfortable, home-like surroundings. The spacious rooms also can accommodate visiting family members.
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Kentucky Democrats Worry About Judd Crashing The Party
According to Joshua Miller's: February 13 piece: on Roll Call, an Ashley Judd senate candidacy would give Kentucky Democrats "heartburn."
…for many Bluegrass State Democrats, a potential Judd run brings a different feeling: heartburn. : "If she runs, I think that it would be a catastrophe for a lot of downballot races in Kentucky," said Jimmy Cauley, a longtime Kentucky Democratic strategist who doesn't believe Judd can win a general election. Among Democratic state legislators, he said, "there is significant worry about Ashley being on the ballot."
Democrats plugged into the Frankfort, Ky., zeitgeist publicly and privately confirmed those sentiments. The crux of their worry is this: As a celebrity and strong supporter of President Barack Obama, Judd's position at the top of the ticket could nationalize state and local races. They see her losing the Senate contest – an uphill climb for any Democrat – and potentially poisoning the conservative brand of some state Democrats.
For years, the Kentucky Democratic Party has racked up significant successes at the state and local level, from the governor's mansion down the ballot. But in federal elections, Republicans have won victory after victory. In November, Obama lost the state, winning less than 38 percent of the vote.
However, Judd has one ally in Rep. John Yarmuth, who pitched her name last year, and has since been her "cheerleader," according to Miller. He scolds his fellow party members for not having a better candidate in mind to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2014. : However, Yarmuth's support for Judd is creating some tension.
If: John Yarmuth: wants to be highest ranking Democrat in the state of Kentucky, he should keep pushing Ashley Judd," Cauley said. "Because we will lose the Legislature and we will lose the governor's office and he'll be the only one left."
Yarmuth called Cauley's comments "outrageous" and untrue. "We're not going to lose control of Frankfort," the four-term lawmaker said.
So, let the Democratic infighting over Ashley Judd begin. : One thing is for sure, and that is Sen. McConell must be loving this spectacle. : His approval rating sits at a: paltry 37%: amongst Kentucky voters, and he's the most unpopular senator currently serving in the U.S. Senate. : He would beat Ashley Judd 47%-43%, but that's too close for comfort for an incumbent.
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Bad Long Spell for the Dodgers. Good Luck Fife!
I thought the All-Star break would work wonders for the Dodgers. With Andre & Kemp back I thought things were going to start looking better. but I better stop looking thru this:
Like the LA Times pointed out, they have lost 18 of the last 24! They ended the first half
game in first place but now they are:
Two games back of the Giants.
I thought the Dodgers were happy to have me back at Dodger Stadium after I went to the SABR convention
they lost two out of three from the Padres. They lost the first game to the Phillies and tonight the kid Fife has been called from Albuquerque to replace Billingsley who has gone on the DL with elbow soreness. the 25 year old Fife will make his MLB debut against gulp…Halladay.
Let's Go Dodgers!
Let's Go Fife!
Yeah, I am still looking thru the colored glasses.
Is Beach Chair night tonight!
I anderstand we will get a voucher for the chair and we go pick it up after the game. For those that only come for the giveaway, they will turn around, pick up their giveaway and leave. Let's see how this works picking up the giveaway AFTER the game. At least the giveaway are not bats or baseballs givin prior to the game.
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Thanks David. The Dodgers were able to salvage one game with the Phillies and now they head to New York. It was great seeing Kemp come thru in the 12th inning. I'll head over to your blog.
WELCOME BACK EMMA AMAYA! That's AWSOME! I'm liking the new kid Fife…High Fife!
Hey Rosie,
Our Bums are on a winning streak! and they are winning 6-2 right now in New York. They have not wasted the hits. 6 runs with 7 hits.


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Pirates Caravan-Morgantown, WV
It was the moment I have been waiting for since the date was announced back in December. The Pirates Caravan rolled into Morgantown West Virginia to appease the 125 fans waiting for them at Damons. On top of having a great selection of barbecued items, Damons was gracious enough to host the Morgantown stop for the caravan.
The event began at noon, perfect timing for my 19 credit hour semester. I had a class at 9:30-11 and my next was not until 2:30. There was nothing greater than having my normal lunch break along side some of my favorite players. Manager John Russell, relievers Evan Meek and Kevin Hart, center fielder Andrew McCutchen and broadcasters Greg Brown and Bob Walk and the Pirate Parrot came to the event.
My buddy Andrew and I arrived at the restaurant ten minutes before noon and took our seats. We scouted the crowd and realized we were the only two college students among the fans. Weird considering Morgantown is a full fledged college town, but also understandable because this generation of Pirate fans really ceases to exist. I am of a rare breed and even Andrew (who is a die-hard Orioles fan) considers himself a bigger Pirate fan than most baseball fans in this area. I agree with him whole heartedly.
As we dined on our pulled pork sandwiches we were joined by two familiar faces, fellow WVU students in the journalism school. Although I give them credit for being at the event they were self proclaimed "not Pirates fans." However, they had a good time and admitted that they would follow along because they do support the Penguins and Steelers.
Greg Brown got the festivities under way by taking the mic and adressing those in attendance.
"Look at this sell out crowd!" he said in a joyous tone. I turned to Andrew and said, "He doesn't get to say that very often" A reference to the infamous spotty crowds that PNC Park is accustomed to.
However, he got the ball rolling introducing Meek, Hart, McCutchen, Russell and Walk to us all. Each Bucco member gave a minute long introduction and expressed their gratitude along with aspirations for the coming season.
While everyone pretty much sugar coated how great the upcoming season is going to be it did give me up. Hearing John Russell speak is not the most exciting thing in the world. He speaks softly with a monotone voice and it really could put you to sleep. However, he did seem excited with an intimate group of fans in front of him, but still maintained the montotone clarity, or lack there of.
The crowd cheered the loudest for this guy.
No, not Andrew, o wait, yes Andrew. McCutchen that is, not Schuerholz. When his name was announced there were hoops and hollers. Many questions were directed his way including one of my own. I asked a question opened to all on the panel but only Cutch answered. I asked, "Who was the most missed player traded last season?" A genral question without getting too in depth. I was more interested in what Russell had to say, but he did not answer. Meek was hurt most of last season and Hart came to Pittsburgh mid season by way of the Tom Gorzelanny/John Grabow to the Cubs trade. I did not expect them to form too tight of a relationship with the current Bucs. It was obvious that McCutchen said Nyjer Morgan, I knew it was coming. It was well documented back in Spring Training of 2009 that the duo were best buds and forming great chemistry that rubbed off on the rest of the team. I was happy when a large smile grew on Cutch's face when talking about Morgan.
I ended up collecting many autographs which are displayed below.
Evan Meek, Kevin Hart, Andrew McCutchen, Bob Walk, Greg Brown and John Russell all signed these beautiful picture cards. Each year I have been a Pirate fan these cards are passed out throughout the year. Usually they are just headshots of the players on a small sized card. This year has one of the best sets of these cards I have seen. The McCutchen pose is one of my favorites. He is thrusting his arm towards the air in celebration after one of his home runs.
The shrine dedicated to McCutchen is one of my favorite. I had him autograph a ball on the sweet spot a picture card that was provided and the November issue of Baseball America which features Andrew on the cover, I had the card signed during a game at PNC Park earlier this year.
It was an awesome hour and a half, we had a great time. This weekend I have another Pirates event coming my away. Pirates Fest is taking place in Pittsburgh, my WV buddies plan on going up Sunday. The event begins Friday night and concludes Sunday. Talk about an awesome Pirates week!
Here are some more photos from the day:
The autograph line
Andrew McCutchen and me. Too bad Andrew Schuerholz couldn't have taken a better pitcture from a better angle.
Announcer Greg Brown and myself posing for the camera. I explained to him about my journalism aspirations and that I hope to take his job someday. He was very encouraging and a down to earth fellow.
The Pirate Parrot made an appearance and brought laughter to the party.
Thank you all for letting me share this experience with you all!
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Always great karma to get a head bite by the Parrot.
Seriously, looking forward to seeing AC in centerfield again in 2010. Really love the way he plays the game and is always squared to the ball in the outfield.
Evan Meek seems like he is going to be a great reliever, and might just need a dose of pure joy to push himself to that next level.
I know that happened with the Rays J P Howell, and when the team showed confidence, Howell exploded and became a better teammate and player.
Hope Meeks meets the same great fate in 2010.
Rays Renegade
That's what I'm talkin' bout!! That's a hell of a day and a nice long post. 19 credits? that's tough.
Sounds like fun! I wish I could go to one of my Fan Fest things. Strangely enough neither the Indians or the cardinals make a stop at Clemson. Hmmmmm…
Indians, Cardinals, and Tigers! Oh my!
Wow. What a fantastic time you must have had! I have to admit, you had me at the pulled pork sandwiches, but the rest of the caravan sounds terrific too. Great pix!
The Pirates will be in my area tomorrow, but i have class.. That does look like fun though. Thanks for commenting! I think Orlando is headed to Washington. We have a young 2b (luis valbuena) who needs AB's and already saw significant time last year, and showed signs of brilliance at times..
AWESOME event Matt!
See, by being the only two College students, you two stood out! I like the pic with Greg Brown. Our event is next week!
Did you see that George Shuba has a website?
😀 Glad you had a great time! Thanks for sharing all those photos! Ahh Andrew McCutchen! What a great promising player! He's gonna be the face soon if he isn't already.
What a cool experience! I'm glad you got to enjoy it… you might just be the coolest Pirate fan I know. I look up to your steadfast support. No matter what you'll always have 1960 and 1979 though. That's for sure!
Yo man…that's awesome. I think that reading your blogs is turning me into some sort of closet Pirates fan. I love the passion. I will adopt them as my NL Central team. Keep up the good work.
Penguins/Steelers fans? (But not Pirates)
Is that a bandwagon I smell?
It sounds like a really cool event, though…it was really nice of all the guys to come and do this for the fans. I like the picture of the parrot at the end, too!
What a fun caravan! I love your pictures. You are getting a nice collection of baseball cards.
Looks like a fun event! McCutchen is going to be an exciting player to watch this year. A Phillies-Pirates game in Bradenton is one of the ST games I'm going to in March – hope he plays in that one, I'll be armed with my camera!
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
Good group that you got to meet with. Met Hart at an STH event this winter, hes a very good guy, and well Cutch is just simply the man. Im not a fan of Evan Meek. The fact he was openly complaining about the trades to fans the day after the McLouth trade struck me as very unprofessional. I got to hope that I can make one of these Caravan stops when im at Ohio U next year.


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Evidence for a Young World
Here are a dozen natural phenomena which conflict with the evolutionary idea that the universe is billions of years old. The numbers I list below in bold print (often millions of years) are maximum possible ages set by each process, not the actual ages. The numbers in italics are the ages required by evolutionary theory for each item. The point is that the maximum possible ages are always much less than the required evolutionary ages, while the Biblical age (6,000 to 10,000 years) always fits comfortably within the maximum possible ages. Thus the following items are evidence against the evolutionary time scale and for the Biblical time scale.
Much more young-world evidence exists, but I have chosen these items for brevity and simplicity. Some of the items on this list can be reconciled with an old universe only by making a series of improbable and unproven assumptions; others can fit in only with a young universe. The list starts with distant astronomic phenomena and works its way down to Earth, ending with everyday facts.
1. Galaxies wind themselves up too fast
The stars of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, rotate about the galactic center with different speeds, the inner ones rotating faster than the outer ones. The observed rotation speeds are so fast that if our galaxy were more than a few hundred million years old, it would be a featureless disc of stars instead of its present spiral shape.1
Yet our galaxy is supposed to be at least 10 billion years old. Evolutionists call this 'the winding-up dilemma', which they have known about for fifty years. They have devised many theories to try to explain it, each one failing after a brief period of popularity. The same 'winding-up' dilemma also applies to other galaxies.
For the last few decades the favored attempt to resolve the dilemma has been a complex theory called 'density waves'.1 The theory has conceptual problems, has to be arbitrarily and very finely tuned, and lately has been called into serious question by the Hubble Space Telescope's discovery of very detailed spiral structure in the central hub of the 'Whirlpool' galaxy, M51.2
2. Comets disintegrate too quickly
According to evolutionary theory, comets are supposed to be the same age as the solar system, about 5 billion years. Yet each time a comet orbits close to the sun, it loses so much of its material that it could not survive much longer than about 100,000 years. Many comets have typical ages of 10,000 years.3
Evolutionists explain this discrepancy by assuming that (a) comets come from an unobserved spherical 'Oort cloud' well beyond the orbit of Pluto, (b) improbable gravitational interactions with infrequently passing stars often knock comets into the solar system, and (c) other improbable interactions with planets slow down the incoming comets often enough to account for the hundreds of comets observed.4 So far, none of these assumptions has been substantiated either by observations or realistic calculations.
Lately, there has been much talk of the 'Kuiper Belt', a disc of supposed comet sources lying in the plane of the solar system just outside the orbit of Pluto. Even if some bodies of ice exist in that location, they would not really solve the evolutionists' problem, since according to evolutionary theory the Kuiper Belt would quickly become exhausted if there were no Oort cloud to supply it. [For more information, see the detailed technical article Comets and the Age of the Solar System.]
3. Not enough mud on the sea floor
Each year, water and winds erode about 25 billion tons of dirt and rock from the continents and deposit it in the ocean5 This material accumulates as loose sediment (i.e., mud) on the hard basaltic (lava-formed) rock of the ocean floor. The average depth of all the mud in the whole ocean, including the continental shelves, is less than 400 meters.6
The main way known to remove the mud from the ocean floor is by plate tectonic subduction. That is, sea floor slides slowly (a few cm/year) beneath the continents, taking some sediment with it. According to secular scientific literature, that process presently removes only 1 billion tons per year.6 As far as anyone knows, the other 24 billion tons per year simply accumulate. At that rate, erosion would deposit the present amount of sediment in less than 12 million years.
Yet according to evolutionary theory, erosion and plate subduction have been going on as long as the oceans have existed, an alleged 3 billion years. If that were so, the rates above imply that the oceans would be massively choked with mud dozens of kilometers deep. An alternative (creationist) explanation is that erosion from the waters of the Genesis flood running off the continents deposited the present amount of mud within a short time about 5000 years ago.
4. Not enough sodium in the sea
Every year, river7 and other sources9 dump over 450 million tons of sodium into the ocean. Only 27% of this sodium manages to get back out of the sea each year.8,9 As far as anyone knows, the remainder simply accumulates in the ocean. If the sea had no sodium to start with, it would have accumulated its present amount in less than 42 million years at today's input and output rates.9 This is much less than the evolutionary age of the ocean, 3 billion years. The usual reply to this discrepancy is that past sodium inputs must have been less and outputs greater. However, calculations which are as generous as possible to evolutionary scenarios still give a maximum age of only 62 million years.9 Calculations10 for many other sea water elements give much younger ages for the ocean. [See also Salty seas: Evidence for a young Earth.]
5. The Earth's magnetic field is decaying too fast
The total energy stored in the Earth's magnetic field has steadily decreased by a factor of 2.7 over the past 1000 years.11 Evolutionary theories explaining this rapid decrease, as well as how the Earth could have maintained its magnetic field for billions of years, are very complex and inadequate.
A much better creationist theory exists. It is straightforward, based on sound physics, and explains many features of the field: its creation, rapid reversals during the Genesis flood, surface intensity decreases and increases until the time of Christ, and a steady decay since then.12 This theory matches paleomagnetic, historic, and present data.13 The main result is that the field's total energy (not surface intensity) has always decayed at least as fast as now. At that rate the field could not be more than 10,000 years old.14 [See also The Earth's magnetic field: Evidence that the Earth is young.]
6. Many strata are too tightly bent
In many mountainous areas, strata thousands of feet thick are bent and folded into hairpin shapes. The conventional geologic time scale says these formations were deeply buried and solidified for hundreds of millions of years before they were bent. Yet the folding occurred without cracking, with radii so small that the entire formation had to be still wet and unsolidified when the bending occurred. This implies that the folding occurred less than thousands of years after deposition.15
7. Injected sandstone shortens geologic 'ages'
Strong geologic evidence16 exists that the Cambrian Sawatch sandstone—formed an alleged 500 million years ago—of the Ute Pass fault west of Colorado Springs was still unsolidified when it was extruded up to the surface during the uplift of the Rocky Mountains, allegedly 70 million years ago. It is very unlikely that the sandstone would not solidify during the supposed 430 million years it was underground. Instead, it is likely that the two geologic events were less than hundreds of years apart, thus greatly shortening the geologic time scale.
8. Fossil radioactivity shortens geologic 'ages' to a few years
Radiohalos are rings of color formed around microscopic bits of radioactive minerals in rock crystals. They are fossil evidence of radioactive decay.17 'Squashed' Polonium-210 radiohalos indicate that Jurassic, Triassic, and Eocene formations in the Colorado plateau were deposited within months of one another, not hundreds of millions of years apart as required by the conventional time scale.18 'Orphan' Polonium-218 radiohalos, having no evidence of their mother elements, imply either instant creation or drastic changes in radioactivity decay rates.19,20
9. Helium in the wrong places
All naturally-occurring families of radioactive elements generate helium as they decay. If such decay took place for billions of years, as alleged by evolutionists, much helium should have found its way into the Earth's atmosphere. The rate of loss of helium from the atmosphere into space is calculable and small. Taking that loss into account, the atmosphere today has only 0.05% of the amount of helium it would have accumulated in 5 billion years.21 This means the atmosphere is much younger than the alleged evolutionary age. A study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research shows that helium produced by radioactive decay in deep, hot rocks has not had time to escape. Though the rocks are supposed to be over one billion years old, their large helium retention suggests an age of only thousands of years.22 [See also Blowing Old-Earth Belief Away: Helium gives evidence that the Earth is young.]
10. Not enough stone age skeletons
Evolutionary anthropologists say that the stone age lasted for at least 100,000 years, during which time the world population of Neanderthal and Cro-magnon men was roughly constant, between 1 and 10 million. All that time they were burying their dead with artefacts.23 By this scenario, they would have buried at least 4 billion bodies.24 If the evolutionary time scale is correct, buried bones should be able to last for much longer than 100,000 years, so many of the supposed 4 billion stone age skeletons should still be around (and certainly the buried artefacts). Yet only a few thousand have been found. This implies that the stone age was much shorter than evolutionists think, a few hundred years in many areas.
11. Agriculture is too recent
The usual evolutionary picture has men existing as hunters and gatherers for 100,000 years during the stone age before discovering agriculture less than 10,000 years ago.23 Yet the archaeological evidence shows that stone age men were as intelligent as we are. It is very improbable that none of the 4 billion people mentioned in item 10 should discover that plants grow from seeds. It is more likely that men were without agriculture less than a few hundred years after the flood, if at all.24
12. History is too short
According to evolutionists, stone age man existed for 100,000 years before beginning to make written records about 4000 to 5000 years ago. Prehistoric man built megalithic monuments, made beautiful cave paintings, and kept records of lunar phases.25 Why would he wait a thousand centuries before using the same skills to record history? The Biblical time scale is much more likely.24
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- Scheffler, H. and H. Elsasser, Physics of the Galaxy and Interstellar Matter, Springer-Verlag (1987) Berlin, pp. 352–353, 401–413. Return to text.
- D. Zaritsky et al., Nature, July 22, 1993. Sky & Telescope, December 1993, p. 10. Return to text.
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- Humphreys, D.R., 'Physical mechanism for reversals of the earth's magnetic field during the flood', Proc. 2nd Intern. Conf. on Creationism, Vol. II, Creation Science Fellowship (1991) (ref. 12). Return to text.
- Austin, S.A. and J.D. Morris, 'Tight folds and clastic dikes as evidence for rapid deposition and deformation of two very thick stratigraphic sequences', Proc. 1st Internat. Conf. on Creationism Vol. II, Creation Science Fellowship (1986) pp.3–15. Address in ref. 12. Return to text.
- ibid., pp. 11–12. Return to text.
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Title: Fate and Transport of Arsenic in Poultry Litter Amended Delaware Soils: Impacts on Water Quality
Project Type: Research
Focus Categories: Water Quality, Geochemical Processes, Toxic Substances
Keywords: arsenic, animal manures, drinking water, human health, soil chemistry
Start Date: 03/01/2005
End Date: 02/28/2006
Federal Funds: $19,510
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Congressional District: At large
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There are increasing concerns about surface and ground water quality in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the USA. The primary pollutants of concern on the Delmarva Peninsula have been nutrients such as N and P, but there are ever increasing concerns about trace metals derived from industrial, municipal, and particularly, agricultural sources. Arsenic (As) is a ubiquitous metalloid in soil/water environments due to natural geological processes and anthropogenic inputs. Over the past few decades, environmental health has been jeopardized by As contaminating soil and water in the U.S. because of its high carcinogenic, phytotoxic and biotoxic characteristics. Arsenic is a major concern for the health of plants and crops, microorganisms, farm animals, wildlife, and humans. Long-term human exposure to As in drinking water can result in bladder, lung, skin, kidney, immunological, neurological, and endocrine effects. The USEPA announced that it was lowering the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for As in drinking water from 50 ppb to 10 ppb, and all water systems must comply by January 2006. The Delmarva Peninsula is one of the most concentrated poultry production areas in the US. Poultry litter is generally applied at the rate of 8.96-20.16 Mg ha-1 on agricultural lands, and its total annual As inputs on the Delmarva Peninsula are estimated between 20 and 50 metric tons of total As. The As in the PL is initially primarily organic (3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenl-arsonic acid, Roxarsone, abbreviated ROX), which is the form fed to the poultry to control coccidiosis disease, to enhance growth and to improve feed conversion. Annual total metal(oid) inputs on agricultural lands via PL amendments are not specifically regulated at either the federal or state levels, and continuous PL amendment effects on As contamination in Mid-Atlantic soil and water environments are not known. Data are needed to understand the impacts that PL amendments have on the fate and transport of As in sandy, Mid-Atlantic soils and resultant effects on water quality. Accordingly, the objectives of this study are (i) To determine the As status, retention, and release in Delaware soils that have been amended and unamended with poultry litter (PL) and the effects of competitive sorbates such as phosphate; (ii) To determine the transport of As in PL amended and unamended soils as it impacts water quality.
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Question: Tell us a little about your background.
Tim: I earned my Bachelor degree in Business Administration and an Art Minor from James Madison University. After graduation I was in marketing planning to focus on the creative side of advertising but when I did an internship at an advertising agency in Richmond, Virginia, I felt more comfortable with the production side of things – posting commercials and doing a little bit of effects work. After graduation this led me to a company that was doing this kind of work. They were all Silicon Graphics – really expensive machines and state-of-the art software – but it was for government entities, three letter words basically, and while really interesting work but with security clearances none of my work was going to see the light of day. I met my future wife in college and she was from New York. My goal was to get into film or television and more opportunities existed in New York so we moved up there.
Question: So how did you move from advertising to film?
Tim: I did some freelance work for ABC and eventually landed a job with Post Perfect, a big post-production house. Still all the film work was mostly being done in California and I figured that was where I eventually wanted to end up. However, life doesn't always go in a straight line. I got my first film-gig job with Square Pictures in Hawaii where I was Lead Animator for "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within." When that studio closed, I got my chance to move to California. I got a job with Electronic Arts as Animation Supervisor.
Question: That's still not film work, so how did this help you achieve your goal?
Tim: Well, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was the first feature film I worked on; I then worked on a short film for the Wachowski Brothers' Animatrix series before Square Pictures closed. It's also when they were trying to do a lot of film work in video games, trying to push the technology in games themselves and trying to push storytelling in games. I have game credits for Lord of the Rings and The Godfather.
Question: When did you get your film break?
Tim: From Electronic Arts, I had the opportunity to go to ILM and work on "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest," as one of the senior animators but it was a huge crew. So I just kind of came in and did my shots and it was a great experience because that's exactly the kind of movie I wanted to work on when I first got into the mix. Back when I saw Jurassic Park, I thought, "That's what I want to do. I want to work at ILM."
Question: Why did you leave ILM?
Tim: After that show, one of the short films I had made entitled, Lagerheads, while I was on my own caught the attention of some guys at Nvidia. They we remaking some rendering software and asked me to come on board to make short films for them using their rendering software. To me that was like the dream job part two where you go in and you get to make whatever you want, within reason, whatever you want and plus I was with some of the brightest guys in the industry doing rendering. That's what I would like to eventually do at AMD where I am now – to make short films.
Question: So what made you decide to teach at Cogswell College?
Tim: It hasn't gone that way just yet at my day job but I have this bug of still wanting to make short films and the chance to do that is one of the reasons that brought me to Cogswell.
Question: Tell us about your work with the Project X Studio at Cogswell.
Tim: As you know, this will be the fourth film to come out of Project X. Two did quite well in the film festival circuit and the third, "Driven" is just getting started but I'm sure it will do well too. I'm working with a team of about 18 students right now and I think we're going to be able to get something really nice done. The goal is to have the film ready by early 2015 – about 1 year from now. The students are all very eager to work hard to make something incredible. While I brought a story, I'm also involving the students in helping develop the story. I brought the characters and an outline of what I think we can accomplish. Right now we're going over story beats and revising it. We have a little story team of four or five of the students and we're pounding it out and adding things and taking things out and making it better together as a group. I'm also not the only faculty who is mentoring students. David Perry is animation lead, Kong Vang is lead concept design and Rob Garcia is overseeing the pipeline, rigging and modeling issues. Richard Schimpf is consulting on the story development. Finally Julius Dobos will lead the audio portion of the film when we get to that point but we've consulted with him to give him a frame of reference for the eventual music and sound effects we're going to need. I'd like to utilize all the great talent we have at Cogswell.
Question: So what is it like to be a student working in the Project X Studio?
Tim: Even though we just got started, you don't walk past the Project X room without seeing people in there working and diving into it. Because we are using different software than previous films, they're learning new software. We're rendering with V-Ray and composting with Nuke. They're also learning fur technology. The goal is to push the look of the film we are making.
Question: Any other plans for the project?
Tim: As we develop the story and are a little further into the production pipeline, I'd like to be more open about the project and let everyone know what we are doing. I think it would be fun for everyone on campus watch it develop. Maybe we can even put up a production blog so people can follow our progress.
Question: Any final thoughts?
Tim: I've led teams of animators but never led a team of students so this is really exciting for me. I want us to learn from each other and produce a film that we will all be proud of. Given the amazing work done by students in the past, I think we will create something incredible together.
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Congrats to Rady at this very moment he has 800 posts! Sorry I hadda let it out.
This is the best Knicks site I have ever seen. Congratulations Rady and thanks for this awesome site where all of us can come to and talk about our Knicks that we love so much.
JJtheKnick was on his way to 800 posts as well, too bad for him.
I agree this site is the best one out ther amongst the other fan sites no doubt about it.
One outta three ain't bad.
wow, i never even realized it, thanks people! i hope someone will outrun me soon
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This guy right above here will pass 800 within a couple of months. Hey JJ, I didn't realize you were back, if anyone here will pass 800 posts next it'll be you bro. Some of the signatures look a little messed up today in here.
One outta three ain't bad.
what do you mean? and thanksSome of the signatures look a little messed up today in here.
Problem seems to be fixed JJ. Signature graphics, were messed up, only half the graphic was showing up. I noticed it on mine as well as AJD's signature graphics.
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Support pours in to fire-stricken farmMark Collier / Staff Photo
Berlin Fire Chief Miles Silk Jr., right and homeowner Brad Towne, left, are silhouetted against a column of orange flame in last weeks fire.
BERLIN In addition to their neighbors, a tight-knit equestrian community in Central Vermont and horse lovers from across the country have rallied around the Towne family of Berlin in their greatest hour of need.
The support has been pouring in following the massive fire last week that destroyed the Berlin horse farms 4½-story haybarn and the familys historic 20-room farmhouse.
A local 4-H club that Rita Towne leads organized a donation drive; the secretary of the Vermont Horse Shows Association created an online account for direct cash contributions; and the next door neighbors have stepped up, too. One couple provided a camper that the family has been staying in following the big blaze that began last Wednesday evening and burned well into the early morning hours Thursday.
As of early Sunday, the online account had $945 in donations.
People all over have been coming in with food and bags of clothes and seeing what we need, and neighbors have invited us to their houses to shower. Its been like Grand Central (here), Towne said.
The cause of last weeks fire is not suspicious, according to investigators. It appears to have been accidently related to a piece of farm equipment.
This actually wasnt the first fire ever on the property. The original farmhouse was destroyed in another blaze in the 1880s, and then rebuilt, according to Brad Towne, who is a third generation member of the Towne clan to call the farmstead home. According to Brad Towne, the big barn pre-dated the reconstruction of the farmhouse.
The Towne farm trains Morgan horses, and Brad Townes mother bred Morgans too.
On the night of the fire last week, dozens of volunteers helped guide 12 horses and a pony from the stable and arena to an outdoor ring to get farther away from the flames. The horse barn was unaffected by the blaze, but one of the horses whose stall was near the adjacent haybarn has still been hesitant to return to its stall, Rita Towne said.
The day after the fire, they (the horses) didnt say a word. They were in some sort of a shocked state. And some of them are still a little jumpy. And I am too! Rita Towne said.
After the fire, two horses appeared to have colic, which can be fatal for them, according to Towne. It was presumably caused by stress, and a veterinarian assisted with medicine, she said.
But now, Towne said, the horses will whinny right back to her.
Theyre drinking and eating the way they should, Rita Towne said. Theyre getting their personalities back.
The property is still without running water and electricity, but Green Mountain Power plans to install a pole soon to get power to the horsebarn. The couple has been using a generator in the interim.
And aside from a few bales, the fire also consumed the couples hay supply. But the community has already given two weeks worth to the Townes, and a Vermont Horse Show Association contact has indicated others have enough extra to give to tide the family over for another couple months.
Rita Towne is on the associations board, and her daughter, Bethany, is the organizations vice president. Bethany Towne is also active in equestrain competition circles, competing in events from New England to Oklahoma.
It looks like the cats around the Towne farm are going to be OK too.
The fire burned off the tips of the family housecats ears. Jack also suffered burns to his four paws, which are still bandaged. Hell remain at the vets for a few weeks more, but likely looks forward to returning to the family. When Townes daughter visited Jack, he fell asleep in her arms within five minutes, Towne said.
Even one of the barn cats has returned a sure sign that the recovery is underway for the Towne family.
The online address for donations to support the Towne family is www.towneayrefarm.chipin.com/towne-ayre-farm.
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Dude, I already made a league on ESPN.com but there wasn't enough interest...a lot of people never joined...
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Dude, I already made a league on ESPN.com but there wasn't enough interest...a lot of people never joined...
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I just signed up. My name is djlcheckers.
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Isn't Yahoo > ESPN?
Anyway, lets all get together so we could keep track on the NBA season.
Thats it?
Who has an ESPN account tho? **** ESPN...I dont feel like going through all that registering.
i just joined my team name is Brooklyn Pharaohs....kblack25 just join all that matters is that we got a leauge right?
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Im new to this fantasy basketball stuff. From what i understand, im supposed to make a team and knicksonline is the league where we all compete against each other, right? Or are we workin together on this?
^ you create a team name and when the draft comes you draft the players you want...theres gonna be a draft order...so you take the player you want or whos best available....its fun we all make our seperate teams then our teams face each other and whoevers team has more fantasy gets the win...then theres usually playoffs where the winner is decided...join it its fun
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^ just make sure your online at draft time because if your not the computer will draft the best player available for you thats good early but later on your screwed...your whole team could be gaurds lol...i know u wouldnt want that
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I just joined up the league, deleted the ESPN one. I just looked at our roster settings, any way we can change one of the F positions to PF/C...I think that works better in forcing us to start a wider variety of players and fielding a more balanced team...
I'm in... Naranjito Nix
Could the live draft be rescheduled for 6pm? I won't be able to be online at 4pm.
Anyways, we are far from 16 teams and the season is gonna start.
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Maintain the Theme With Integrity
An effective magnet school theme is evident throughout the curriculum and as a visible element through the entire building. As one district staff member explains, themes that are successfully implemented are those that are easily seen, easily understood, and easily articulated. They do not leave prospective parents asking such questions as: "So can you explain that again? What is the theme exactly?" Some schools communicate the theme, in part, by physically transforming the school building. The giant outdoor sculptures and exhibit-like hallways at Normal Park suggest a children's museum more than a school; the zoo-like life science lab and planetarium signal what Hoggard staff call their "hands-on, minds-on" math and science theme; walls of musical instruments, a black box theater, and the ample studio space immediately indicate FAIR's arts theme. At FAIR, the robust and vibrant performing arts theme goes far beyond a smattering of arts activities where students are simply handed scissors, construction paper, and glue. In a media arts lab, seventh-graders work independently, editing self-directed films, writing artist's statements, creating animation video, and developing black-and-white prints.
At some schools, cohesiveness of the themed curriculum is furthered by something as seemingly simple as the use of common terminology and concepts across content areas and grade levels. At Raymond, for example, teachers across the grades speak to their students about creativity, design, suppositions, and imagination, identifying them as the school's core strands of critical thinking used in scientific problem solving. Throughout the grade levels, students are asked to apply these skills in age-appropriate curriculum units that build on previous years' lessons. A first-grade teacher introduces civil engineering concepts by discussing "wolf-proofing" homes in a read-aloud of The Three Little Pigs, while second-graders deepen their understanding of structural design through a study of historical landmarks that are engineering marvels. By fourth grade, students are demonstrating Raymond's core strands of critical thinking by drawing proportionately scaled homes, building replicas of monuments, and designing bridges. By using a common framework for teaching math and science and aligning their use of core terms and concepts, teachers at Raymond have created a cohesive and compelling curriculum.
As a curriculum moves from design to implementation, it often evolves, with staff adapting it to community needs and improving it based on lessons learned. To integrate a theme across all grade levels, some of the profiled schools take a "think big, start small" approach, as Normal Park's magnet coordinator calls it. For example, whenever possible—whether with a new strand (River Glen) or the creation of a brand new school building (FAIR)—the profiled schools were intentionally stair-stepped: They opened their doors with only the earliest grade levels in place, gradually adding higher grades in subsequent years. Starting on a smaller scale means fewer people share the burden of start-up tasks, but it is also an effective way to ensure fidelity in the execution of the theme. With fewer families to attract initially, there is less pressure to adjust the theme to appeal to a broader public. Stair-stepping also means having to find fewer numbers of adequately trained staff or interested families for the program in the first year.
For example, in 1986, when River Glen offered a two-way immersion alongside an English-only and transitional bilingual strand at neighboring Washington Elementary School in San Jose, magnet coordinator Linda Luporini-Hakmi had to interview each parent-English-speaking and Spanish-speaking-to explain the different program options. The first kindergarten families were painstakingly recruited and educated about the benefits of dual immersion. But as the magnet strand showed success in developing bilingual and biliterate students, families throughout the community took notice. Today, River Glen operates as a dedicated magnet school serving grades K-8 and is able to recruit both teachers and students by word of mouth.
Piloting and assessing programs on a small scale first is one way to increase staff buy-in for a plan they ultimately must execute. School leaders at Normal Park took this approach when they wanted to eliminate their two-week curriculum units, which involved museum field trips at a superficial "walk-through" level, and replace them with quarter-long modules that would incorporate weekly museum expeditions as an integral component. Wanting to try out the idea on a small scale before taking it schoolwide, leaders asked teachers to volunteer to develop and implement a new module. The second-grade teaching team stepped up, collaborating with staff at the Tennessee Aquarium to create a nine-week oceans module, which subsequently generated impressive student engagement and quality student work that demonstrated mastery of skills. Based on this success, other grade-level teams reportedly embraced the new curriculum approach with enthusiasm, setting out to develop their own modules with the integrity needed for whole-school implementation.
Even with a clear blueprint for an innovative curriculum, implementing a quality theme-based program over time presents ongoing challenges. Research shows that innovations often fail because long-standing practices or firmly held beliefs about schooling persist and are difficult to overturn.11 More recently, districts and states have also faced the challenge of meeting annual adequate yearly progress (AYP) standards as part of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). And however much they diverge from traditional, textbook-centered approaches to educating students, magnet schools, too, must ensure that their innovative curricula comply with externally imposed standards, priorities, or mandates, whether from the district, state, or federal government. These profiled schools demonstrate that a skillful, thoughtful, and committed staff can meet this challenge with success and integrity.
All of these schools revisit their curriculum maps yearly to improve alignment with state and district standards. In 2005, Raymond staff rearranged the four engineering quarters to synchronize more closely with the scope and sequence for the Aldine Independent School District common assessments used across the district. By switching the mechanical and chemical engineering units, the curriculum is now in line with the quarterly testing without much compromise in the classroom. Similarly, teachers at Normal Park mapped their museumbased curriculum across grade-level strands, grouping lessons and units to match state science and social studies standards.
At a time when it can be tempting for schools to respond to the need to raise proficiency rates by replacing arts, social studies, and science instruction with additional hours of mathematics and English, these profiled magnet schools are providing a rigorous, theme-based curriculum without apology and are making AYP in the process. As principal Jill Levine explains, "I was determined that we're not going to be a school that obsessed over test scores. … Our model works because the depth and rigor of the curriculum transfers over. The kids know how to think, and they know how to read, and they know how to comprehend. They do well on the tests because they're engaged in learning."


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Exclusive to Scrappin Doodles, our Sammy Scarecrow collection includes adorable fall scarecrow reading character themed graphics. Great for craft projects, teaching projects, teaching lesson plans, teacher papers, student handouts, scrapbooking, digital scrapbooking, paper crafting, card making, etc.. Graphics come in JPEG and PNG format 300 dpi for perfect printing. I created these graphics large so they are suitable for printing and Digital Scrapbooking projects and can be easily re-sized smaller to suit other needs, graphics measure up to approx 6". Graphics shown at approx 14% of actual size. Original Artwork by Scrappin Doodles
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Time to move forwardAugust 31,2013
Time to move forward
I am an alumni of Goddard College and I feel compelled respond to Erica Heilmans letter in The Times Argus on Aug. 27.
While it would be easy to reply point by point to Ms. Heilmans letter, challenging her positive assertions about Barbara Vacarrs leadership, the simple fact remains that Vacarr has resigned as president of Goddard College. Many at Goddard were relieved when Vacarr announced she was stepping down, though saddened to hear of illnesses in her family. With her announcement, the hard work now begins.
Goddard College always has and always will belong to those of us who built it: the students and alumni, faculty and staff. Now is the time for us to take back ownership of the college we love, that we have reinvented and fostered many times throughout its colorful history. Now is the time for all of us, East Coast and West Coast campuses alike, to speak up and let the board of trustees a know our vision for our college. Now is the time to step up with our time, in-kind resources, and our money to support the institution and academic programs we believe in, have benefited from, and deeply love.
Goddard has a long tradition of challenging tradition, graduating singular minds such as poet Mark Doty, playwright David Mamet, and educational visionary Evalyn Bates, who founded the low-residency model Goddard now functions on. Goddard is a champion of activism and experimentation. Its status as a bit of an outlier does not mean it cannot intersect with mainstream education, but it requires someone, or a collective leadership body, at the helm that truly understands and appreciates its history, its current academic programs and structures, the needs of staff, faculty and students, and how Goddard might meaningfully intersect with the communities in which its campuses reside. It is a college with a legacy of educating those least likely to seek or receive the education they deserve: single mothers, artists, adult learners, and so on. With a mission such as this, requiring constant dedication, what might appear as insular eccentricity is mere focus on the task at hand. Goddards ability to survive and thrive is of the highest priority to those of us who have helped to build it.
Now we look forward, recognizing that Vacarrs leadership style and track record were not a good match with our college. We must focus on the future and, ultimately, on the students of Goddard who entrust the institution with their dreams of learning, enrichment and advancement, for they should be the priority.
Mark OMaley
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Alan Phillips
Alan Eugene Phillips, 61, a resident of Elkins, departed this life Sunday evening, Jan. 26, 2014, in Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown. He had been in declining health for the past three weeks.
He was born Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1952. at Elkins, a son of the late Howard Alton Phillips and Jeanette Lee Rennix Phillips, who survives at Elkins.
On April 1, 1972, at Elkins, he was married to the former Brenda Lynn Vandevender, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Jamie Alan Phillips and wife, Shelley, of Bridgeport and Joshua Paul Phillips and Cindy Phillips, of Montrose; one sister, Diana L. Peters and husband, David, of Elkins; three grandsons, Tyler Stephen Plum, Corey Jacob Phillips and Joshua Paul Phillips Jr.; his mother-in-law, Alice C. Vandevender of Elkins; and three sisters-in-law, Beth Rice Phillips, of Elkins, Joan Antolini Phillips of Winfield and Paula Siler and husband, Joseph, of Parsons; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were three brothers, Alton Chester "Butch" Phillips, William Howard "Bill" Phillips and Eric Wayne "Rick" Phillips; one sister, Cynthia "Kay" Phillips Riddle; and father-in-law, S. Paul Vandevender.
He was a graduate of Elkins High School with the class of 1971 and was a truck driver, having worked for the city of Elkins for more than 30 years. He was an active member of Elkins Church of the Brethren for many years, where he was a member of the board of directors and was a volunteer fireman for more than 30 years with Elkins Volunteer Fire Department. He was a loving father and grandfather and was an avid hunter.
The family will receive friends at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home Thursday, Jan. 30, at 12:30 p.m. Pastor Mark Teets will officiate, and interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery at Elkins.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to Elkins Volunteer Fire Department, 216 4th St., Elkins, WV 26241 or Elkins Church of the Brethren Building Fund in care of Nancy Thompson, Scott Ford Road Elkins, WV 26241. Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Alan Eugene Phillips. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.
Alan Phillips
Alan Eugene Phillips, 61, a resident of Elkins, departed this life Sunday evening, Jan. 26, in Ruby Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of Lohr & Barb Funeral Home for Alan Eugene Phillips. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.


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Soup is far and above my favorite food. I eat it in the heat of the summer. I eat it in the cold of winter. It is my go-to food for a quick meal or for a special occasion. So when I found this soup in Taste of Home's Family Collection Cookbook, I made it that very night. And my friends, it was very good!!
3 T. butter
2 T. vegetable oil (I used olive)
3 c. cubed French bread
1 lb. bacon, diced
2 c. finely chopped celery
1 medium onion, chopped
2 T. sugar
6 T. all purpose flour
5 c. chicken broth
1 jar (16 oz.) picante sauce
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1/8 t. pepper (I used 1/4 t.)
3 cups lettuce, shredded
In a large saucepan heat butter and oil over medium heat. Toss in bread cubes and stir until crisp and golden brown. Remove and set aside.
In the same pan, cook bacon until crisp. Drain, reserving 1/4 c. drippings; set bacon aside.
Sauté celery and onion in bacon drippings (1/4 c.) until tender and onions are translucent. Add sugar, cook and stir for one minute. Add flour, cook and stir for one minute. Slowly stir in broth, picante sauce, tomato and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Boil and stir for two minutes. Just before serving, add lettuce and heat through. Garnish with the croutons and bacon. Yields 8 servings (2 qts.)
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My source has told me the press conference will be held around 11:30ish........
My source has told me the press conference will be held around 11:30ish........
Season Ticket holder! 1st Level Seats behind Bills bench!
they look like fools. some search
Right after the Ralph video?
i guess all the posters with supposed ( sources) never guessed that this guy would be hired huh ?
press conference, the deal isn't finalized yet man what are you smoking
its like almost noon now, some source u got.
is the presser being videotaped as we speak?
you and your press conferences. give it up
How embarrassing. Wrong again...
LOL at this thread
More attention-seeking by Chan............................lol
Chan??? Where are you?
The Future...
EJ Manuel
wow....where did ya'll find this guy?
The Bills are THE ONLY TEAM IN NFL HISTORY to bench their healthy starting quarterback to open the playoffs! WE HAVEN'T MADE THE PLAYOFFS SINCE!
FLUTIE: Please forgive the late Ralph Wilson and lift the curse!!!!!
Nice fiction as always Chan. You clearly need to stop embarassing yourself.
A source tells News 4 that a deal has been agreed to in principle.The formal signed agreement could be announced as soon as Monday.
So nothing announced officially until Monday- good call on that press conference today
Ralph video or Marrone intro?
Rex Ryan will end the curse...playoffs next season. 1-19-15<<<<<I was wrong
In Rex I trust.
Draft Chad Kelly and give Rex Ryan 3 full seasons.
Did I miss the press conference???
"Send Lawyers, Guns and Money -- The **** has hit the fan." - W.Z.


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Yoko Ono Imagine Peace: Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
A simple message, delivered on billboards, posters, postcards, badges, T-shirts and rubber stamps, Imagine Peace exists as a seed, activated individually and collectively in the minds and actions of those who encounter it. Like much of Yoko Ono's artwork over the past forty years, Imagine Peace is a work that is dependent upon a collective realization on the part of her audience. As she declared in 1972 single, Now or Never, " A dream you dream alone is only a dream, but a dream we dream together is reality." As is often the case with her work, this germinating idea is manifested in multiple variations.
The exhibition focuses on the thematic ideals of peace and love. The exhibit presents the work of Yoko Ono and John Lennon chronologically as solo artists and as a couple in the 1960s, as well as a selection of Ono's recent solo works.
Showcased are interactive works by Ono that demonstrate her long-standing practice of involving individuals in the process of achieving peace through the power of imagination. The exhibit also includes installations that are designed to help visitors spread the message of love and peace worldwide through the use of rubber stamps, postcards, flashlights, and buttons.
Originally organized by the Myers School of Art at The University of Akron, the exhibition was curated by Kevin Concannon and John Noga.


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Ever wonder what NRPA's Directors School is really all about? In this guest blog post from James D. Worsley, Parks and Recreation Director of Columbus Parks and Recreation Department in GA, you'll read his key takeaways from his first-year experience and learn why you should attend this school to further your career. And what's more, he offers great tips for a first-time Directors School student!
The NRPA's Directors School provides an opportunity for individuals to maximize their human capital (i.e. education, training, skills, and experience), which often becomes an advantage in the workplace. NRPA's Directors School also provides an opportunity for individuals to increase their social capital (i.e. networking opportunities with colleagues and instructors and finding mentors).
Human Capital The NRPA's Directors School affords the opportunity to actively participate in a curriculum that is designed to build skills necessary for the development of new and upcoming park and recreation directors. Directors School offers topics such as:
Each topic provided me with an overview and included specific issues that are relevant in the park and recreation profession. In addition, by attending Directors School I was exposed to other directors and faculty that provided feedback, advice, guidance, and mentorship. The engagement with other professionals who have similar goals and/or experiences provided me the opportunity to seek "Best Practices" in the park and recreation field and "Best Practices" for becoming a better park and recreation director.
Social CapitalThe week-long Directors School adventure enabled me to create strong ties with other recreation professionals around the country. Since attending Directors School, I have contacted several of my peers to ask questions regarding special projects. The feedback that I received enabled me to make more informed decisions. Instructors were knowledgeable about their course materials, and they were also extremely energetic. The course materials were helpful; however I found the group exercises and projects most beneficial because working in groups created a practical atmosphere like you might find on the job. In addition, the groups were made up of directors and/or senior staff being groomed to become directors; therefore the groups brought diverse experiences and philosophies that created a think-tank for parks and recreation best practices.
One other key lesson learned from my experience at NRPA's Directors School is that it reinforced the need for me to set realistic and obtainable goals, both personally and professionally. Goal setting is extremely important for most things in life, especially for professional development and upward mobility.
If you are a new Directors School Candidate, here are a few key recommendations to consider:
Written by: James D. Worsley,
Ph.D., CPRP, CTRS
Parks and Recreation Director, Columbus Parks and Recreation Department, Georgia
The opinions of NRPA blog contributors don't necessarily reflect the editorial position of National Recreation and Park Association as a whole.
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About the International Student Visa Program (ISVP)
Immerse yourself in American culture and language with the most celebrated dance community in the world! Join dancers from around the globe and experience the vitality of New York City, the dance capital of the world.
Choose a program of 3 months, 6 months or 1 year of intensive study with
the option to extend
Each week, choose 12 classes from an enormous variety of classes (more
than any other school in NYC). Choices include classes in Ballet (course requirement
of two ballet classes per week), Jazz, Lyrical Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Musical Theatre,
Funk, Hip-Hop, Breakin, African, Tap, Voice, Stretch, Pilates, Yoga and more.
Classes are for students at levels Basic through Advanced.
Design your own program and chart your progress with the help of a
student advisor.
Develop relationships with your teachers through ongoing Faculty
Mentoring and during Teacher Meetings, one-on-one sessions where your
teachers provide you with personal evaluations and commentary.
Our Faculty (over 90 teachers) are world-renowned teachers and
choreographers who offer cutting-edge to classical styles of instruction
and choreography.
Your program will consist of classes selected from our open-class schedule, so that you have the opportunity to dance alongside New York dancers, and supplementary ISVP-only classes provided to increase your knowledge and focus on your goals. Your studies will amount to at least 18 mandatory hours of classes a week, not including rehearsals.
Monthly Master Classes or Performance Project included, with free
rehearsal space offered to those performing.
Nurturing full-time staff on hand to help guide your studies.
State-of-the-art studios in the heart of the Broadway Theater District.
Once accepted, students may arrive in the US up to 30 days prior to the start of the program and remain in the US for 30 days following the end date of the program.
Program is for students 18 and older, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com for possible exceptions.
For advanced-level international dancers looking for a program that will prepare them for a career as a professional artist, please consider our ISVP Professional Semester.
Applications may be submitted no sooner than six months prior to the Start Date requested, and Start Dates and Application Deadlines are as follows:
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The freely available Adobe Acrobat reader is required to view and print PDF files.)
Application Process
You must include the following in your application:
- A completed ISVP Application Form.
- A completed ISVP Health Form signed and stamped by your physician. (The Health and Application Forms are included in one document here.)
- U.S. Government requires a current personal bank statement to show sufficient funds to cover tuition and living expenses while studying at Broadway Dance Center, or a letter of financial support and a copy of the supporter's bank statement — documents must be written in English. This is NOT the tuition — you do not have to PAY this amount, you must only SHOW it in a bank statement. View Tuition Amounts.
• $6,000 for three months
• $12,000 for six months
• $24,000 for 1 year
- Dance résumé detailing previous training and performance experience.
- Two or more professional or personal dance photos that best demonstrate your technical ability and strongest style.
- Short essay (one full type-written page, no more or less) stating your dance goals and specifically how you plan to pursue them during your studies at BDC.
- A copy of your valid passport.
- A $250 (non-refundable) application fee payable by wire transfer, credit card, money order, or travelers checks in U.S. dollars (please email email@example.com for instructions).
Please make sure your application is complete BEFORE you send it in — incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Please mail your completed application and payment to:
Broadway Dance Center
Attn: ISVP Administrator
322 West 45th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10036 USA
Or, Documents may be scanned and emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com
Faxed applications will not be accepted
Broadway Dance Center will notify you via email upon acceptance — you must have a valid email address.
After BDC Receives Your Application
- BDC will notify you of your acceptance by email — please write your email address clearly on your application. Please do not make your appointment at the embassy until you have been accepted into the program.
- Half the tuition is due at that time.
- Once half your tuition has been received, BDC will issue your I-20 Certificate of Eligibility. The I-20 IS NOT THE VISA. Students must contact the US Embassy in their home country to make an appointment to apply for the M-1 VISA. You may ONLY participate in the International Student Visa Program if you enter the US on the BDC M-1 visa — by law you may not participate in the program using a tourist visa.
- The balance of your tuition is due before the start of classes
- Please note that if accepted, you must arrive in New York ONE WEEK before the start of your program.
Traveler's Medical Insurance is MANDATORY. Before starting the program, you must provide proof of your own traveler's medical insurance -- you do not need to include this proof of insurance in your application packet, but must have valid insurance before starting the program. BDC does not provide medical insurance but we can assist by directing you to CareMed International Travel Insurance: www.CareMed-Travel.com. BDC is not responsible for injuries or illness incurred during your program, so it is imperative that as an ISVP student you carry medical insurance before you begin and during your course of study with Broadway Dance Center.
|Program Length
|Vacation Period
|Tuition Amount
|3 months
|No vacation
|6 months
|One week vacation
|1 Year
|Two weeks vacation
|There is a $100 administrative fee to extend your program.
Tuition rates subject to change.
- Students able to consistently complete their 12 classes per week who would like to take additional classes may do so at a discounted rate per class.
- No vacations will be granted until the student has been enrolled in the program for longer than three months.
- Vacations must be taken in one week increments.
Please note: There is an additional fee of $200.00 payable to the U.S. Government Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) for all M-1 applicants. This fee must be paid prior to obtaining the M-1 visa, and instructions on how to pay this fee will be included in your I-20 Acceptance Packet.
Methods of Payment
- Please email us for wire transfer information at email@example.com
- We also accept credit cards (MasterCard or Visa), Money Orders or Traveler's Checks made out in U.S. dollars for tuition payments.
A student whose application is refused by Immigration will receive a refund for all tuition paid, except application fees and some processing fees. A student requesting a refund must return the original I-20 and a copy of the letter from the U.S. Embassy or other proof stating reason of denial.
No refunds will be given for any absences not made up during period of study.
Transfer Students
- Broadway Dance Center will consider applications from M-1 and F-1 transfer students.
- If you are currently in the United States on an M-1 visa, you would be considered a Transfer Student, as our program is an M-1 course. If you are currently in the US on an F-1 visa, you would be considered a Change of Status Student. These two processes are quite different.
- Students wishing to transfer to Broadway Dance Center's ISVP must arrange an interview and audition with Program Administrators. Please email us at email@example.com to arrange the audition.
- Please bring your current I-20 and visa with you to the interview.
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Electronic snooping by the government has higher standards, more controls and a completely different justification than in the days of King.
Where the enemy was once communism, it is now terrorism. Investigators focus less on the private lives of highly public individuals such as King, and more on the thousands of people whose private communications and activities could come under the watchful eyes of government interceptors.
Government officials say the modern surveillance programs involving telephone calls and Internet activity are carefully controlled by the courts, Congress and the White House.
But we don't know everything about these programs because they are by their very nature, secret.
The power of today's NSA
Still, old habits die hard. The most recent revelations involving the National Security Agency show that the government can peer into intimate moments in the lives of everyday Americans.
And it has happened before.
In his 2008 book about the NSA, "The Shadow Factory," author James Bamford wrote about an NSA employee named Adrienne Kinne, who was quoted saying she made a personal decision to erase intimate communications that had been intercepted between Americans living abroad and in the United States.
"A lot of times I would just delete them. ... I would just do that because I didn't feel comfortable leaving it in the system and I didn't. ... A lot of times you could tell they were calling their families, waking them up in the middle of the night because of the time difference. And so they would be talking all quiet and soft, and their family member is like half asleep -- incredibly intimate, personal conversations -- and I just can't believe they were frigging recording them, and I don't know why they would ever have to to begin with."
Fast-forward to this week.
A story first reported by The Wall Street Journal asserted that NSA officers have on several occasions "channeled their agency's enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests."
So perhaps, if a guy like J. Edgar Hoover had access to a tool such as the NSA, it might have been hard for him to resist using it any way he saw proper.
Even on a civil rights hero.


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Re: Weekly Picks & The 1 Point Club
Annalee wrote:J, you are closest to winning, and if I could I would give you my points .....mind you there aren't that many .....my motive is that I want someone from the one point club to win! Beav is now nine and Mrs HH and Mrs B are close behind.....Seems only fitting one of you should have the honors... At least then you could post pictures of it, that would be a great avatar to carry into the new season.......and all the bragging rights!
NDunn, you are so right, I do have a lot of bridges to sell......real-estate is just not moving!
I would gladly take-em if I could Annalee just to get Beave OFF my back


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The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) is improving public health by building competency-based training and certification systems and cultivating leadership for the food protection community worldwide.
Meeting Training Needs for Better Food Protection
In order to address the emerging issues of a safer worldwide food supply, the International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) was created in 2009. Based in Battle Creek, Michigan, IFPTI is a model for private-public partnerships that address public health needs and collaborates with industry, academia, federal, state and international governments, and other organizations.
IFPTI builds competency-based training and certification systems for U.S. and international public- and private-sector food safety professionals. The training is designed around curricula frameworks that are aligned with workforce competencies from the food protection community.
International Leadership, Partnerships and Collaborations
Through international collaborations with organizations such as: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA); the World Health Organization (WHO); and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), IFPTI has become a recognized leader in the effort to create a safe global food supply.
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