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We're into Term 3 in Australia which means flu session. It also means learning, laughing, friends, and in general more of the same! More Portal Cake (the cake is a lie), more bike riding, more Monday Morning Meetings and co-creating opportunities for pursuing passions! Oooh there's been lots and lots of that! Home ed in the morning, projects in the afternoons. Cosplay and Minecraft, Skyping with mates daily too!
M and D are more keen than ever to 'study' and 'deliberately learn' maths and english skills. After last year's excursion to Canberra, and reflecting on how much learning about the world we've covered together (part of our re-registration process we just went through), they both want to have particular academic skills to be as high as possible.
Hurrah for them… their learning now will open doors later. They both attended the CSIRO Science Camp that was run at a local High School during the holidays. Two days of lab fun!
A new home ed family has made contact with us and over cups of coffee and Tim Tams, this week, we walked away with a bucket of lego that will go BRILLIANTLY with our Mindstorm. Sharing resources no longer needed is typical in our community and we've certainly passed many resources on too. It's always a grateful exchange. In the past few weeks we've enjoyed half a dozen 'play dates'.
Here's a picture of our favourite classroom! When the ads on the radio blast "Back to School SALES" we know it's almost time… for our 'Not Back to School' gathering and going to parks and the beach without the crowds.
There were about fifty people at our last get together, twenty at another, anywhere between one and ten families is the usual. A few hundred people at our Sport's Carnival.
Special time to be a family and enjoy nature is very big on our list of to dos. Now to get over this flu so we can go bike riding some more!

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Athlete Profile
Athlete: Greg Smart
How I Eat
I eat quality foods but don't measure the amount
I eat whatever is convenient
How I Train
I workout mostly at a CrossFit Affiliate
I incorporate CrossFit.com workouts
I record my workouts
My Athletic Background
I played youth or high school level sports
I regularly play recreational sports
My Experience With CrossFit
I began CrossFit with a coach (e.g. at an affiliate)
I have completed the CrossFit Level 1 certificate course
I have attended one or more specialty courses
I train other people
My Work/Rest Schedule
I do multiple workouts in a day 3+ times a week
I typically rest fewer than 4 days per month
How long have you been doing CrossFit?
2-4 years
Athlete Coverage
CrossFit Masters athletes put up an exceptional fight during the Open for one of 20 Games qualifying spots. CrossFit Masters athletes put up an exceptional fight during the Open...
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Ten years ago, the major advertisers had big budgets they spent on both media buying and the creation of content. Not only did it cost a huge amount to produce a commercial, you had to buy the air-time for it on television.
However, since the rise of #digital media, the internet and successful online social networks, the way in which brands and businesses advertise and market themselves has changed significantly. Instead of concentrating dollars on a smaller number of campaigns, brands have become content-producing power houses – continuously finding new ways to produce more and more content, which they can then post for "free" online in hopes of it being shared among networks and maybe even going viral. (Read more about this shift in Cliff Torng's blog post "Content Driven Social Marketing: Time to Make the Digital Donuts").
A big component of this new media landscape is user-generated content, which can be anything from Yelp reviews to crowd-sourced photos and videos for campaigns. In this post, we'll focus on the later and show examples of brands who have rolled out successful #social mediabased campaigns that solicited and used user-generated content.
According to a #HubSpot article, more than 8 in 10 Gen Yers (whose purchasing power will eclipse Baby Boomers by 2017), say user-generated content from people they don't know influences way they buy and indicates brand quality. Soliciting and marketing with user-generated is also a great way to boost engagement and get people talking about and advocating for your brand online.
>>Add, embed and display social media on your site
Dunkin Donuts Coolatta Campaign
Dunkin' Donuts came up with an engaging campaign to promote the launch of their #Coolatta beverages. Dunkin' Donuts encouraged their #Facebookfans to upload a photo of themselves with a Coolatta beverage. By doing, they would be automatically entered into a daily giveaway.
The relatively low cost campaign built up their social network following, increased brand & product recognition with the mass of Coolatta-related images flying around the web, and obviously also increased brand and product awareness for their new Coolata beverage.
Although these kinds of campaigns certainly aren't rare nowadays, this was one of the first of it's kind, giving them extra points for creativity and landing them on this list.
The Best Job in the World
Much like most people can tell you exactly where they were when they heard major news events, I can tell you exactly what I was doing when I first stumbled across the brilliant Best Job in the World Campaign back in 2009.
The amazingly viral, and at the time, inventive, publicity stunt offered a 'job' as an island caretaker in the #Great Barrier Reefwith a salary of AUD $150,000 for a six-month stint. It helped that the campaign was rolled out in January, where people in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere were in the depths of winter (making those Australian Beaches seem that much more appealing).
The campaign went insanely viral and solicited 34,000 user-submitted videos and applications total. The entire campaign was user generated and encouraged engagement. A shortlist was created from the 34,00 submissions, and then a wildcard candidate was crowdsourced. It was an inexpensive, clever idea that ended up being incredible successful, viral campaign with a huge ROI.
Iceland wants to be your friend
#Iceland launched a unique social media campaign last year in an effort to bring more tourists to the country. However, instead of rolling out a safe and predictable campaign with pretty photos of #volcanoes and #waterfalls on their website, the Iceland Tourism Board and agency Takk Takkdecided to do something different – they invite the online world to become "friends" with Iceland.
Takk Takk established a presence across multiple social platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, a blog, Tumblr) and the country refers to itself in the third-person, an authentic voice that's charming, direct, inviting and clear. This voice is consistent in all its communications, imagery, music and messaging.
According to the Takk Takk website, user-generated content fueled the campaign:
The number of brilliant, high-quality videos made by the incredibly talented people visiting Iceland and posted online is astounding — and needless to say, would cost the Icelandic Tourist Board an enormous amount of money to produce. So instead of trying to top the good things we come across, we simply gather them in one place for more people to see, frequently posting them to the project's other channels. In this way, Iceland Wants to Be Your Friend has become a kind of platform for great "user-generated content."
Jump To The Beat – Hotelsbycity.net
Back in 2009, when user-generated social media campaigns were first getting popular, HotelsByCity.net launched an online campaign encouraging users to submit photos of themselves jumping on hotel beds was an instant internet hit and even got picked up by mainstream media.
The premise was simple – go to a hotel; have someone take your picture as you jump mid-air onto the bed; post it to the website titled BedJump.
Some hotels even picked up on the campaign themselves, holding events and special offers to promote the craze.
A 2011 report from Covario ranked #Coca-Colaas the No. 1 global brand in terms of social media marketing due to its massive brand outreach and visibility.
The key to Coke's aggressive social marketing campaigns appear more like stories than marketing messages. The campaign also features user-generated content from "Dusty and Mike," two Coca-Cola fans who encourage the company's social followers to share content through Facebook or any other social platform, including Twitter and photo-sharing service Flickr.
According to social media marketing agency, Brafton, Coke generated a great deal of social buzz by allowing customers to share their compelling content, and now it is recognized as top in terms of social campaigns.
Coca-Cola's strength in social media marketing has been in part due to their focus on encouraging fans to contribute content to the social media campaigns, thus increasing and encouraging engagement.
"Reach and engagement are particularly revealing," Craig Macdonald, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Covario, said in a release. "Several advertisers – Bayer and SC Johnson – have built followers, but their engagement statistics are relatively low. This is a huge branding opportunity for the firms."


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NPF Team Hope
Redirecting to the new Community Fundraising--Team Hope!
Team Hope allows thousands of community champions the chance to help NPF in their mission to beat Parkinson's disease. Our dedicated members take the lead in creating unique and wonderful ways to build awareness and raise funds for research. Successful Team Hope events take place around the country – from golf tournaments, to wine tastings, to marathons and dances. No matter how you choose to get involved – you can make a difference!
Team Hope champions can put together their own event – like Kevin Burkart who preformed 200 skydives in a day – or take part in scheduled events, such as marathons, bike races, and triathlons, as part of Team Hope. All Team Hope members have access to tips and resources for planning and fundraising, as well as online tools to make their event a success and help beat Parkinson's disease!
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Technically, the winter writing season's over. This means the Dojo's going in to summer sessions. We'll have little snippets of writing-related things, but none of the epic-length how-to posts you've come to know and, hopefully, at odd times, love.
It shall return full-force in the fall. This summer season, I'll be writing up some awesome new stuff. We're going to have a series on lessons learned from teevee writers, for one, and who knows what else. Plenty of topics we haven't covered yet. Speaking of topics, have you got some? Any matters writing-related you've been dying for me to opine on, but I haven't yet obliged? Let me know, and I'll get round to them for ye. Fiction, non-fiction, whatever you like. I can research absolutely anything. I might even be able to say something useful about it afterward.
And if any of you have written something about writing and would like it featured prominently here, this is your time. This is your chance. This is Ms. Opportunity knocking. If you've posted it to a blog, send me the link. Yahoo knows me as dhunterauthor. If you haven't got a blog, but have some advice you'd like to share with the rest of us, you can send it on and I'll do it up all nice and bloggy for you.
Now it's time for me to put my flame-retardant suit on and leap back into the fire, because while the winter writing season is technically over, my Muse doesn't quite see it that way. Rule #1 of writing: your best-laid schemes will gang aft agley.


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COSEY Camps & Programs Engage Students Across OregonPosted May 25th, 2010 by staff
COSEY is a collaborative academic outreach center that serves the K-20 community in the recruitment and retention of students to science and engineering, with an emphasis on underrepresented groups and is jointly supported by the College of Engineering (COE), College of Science (COS), and OSU Precollege Programs (PCP). COSEY supports a variety of summer programs on the OSU campus designed to engage students of all ages in science, technology, engineering and math. The academic pipeline begins for students in grades K-5 with the wildly popular Spirited Kids in Engineering and Science (SKIES), offered in conjunction with KidSpirit summer camps. Students explore all realms of science using hands-on activities, from discovering the properties of matter to engineering sea-worthy boats. At week-long Saturday Academy camps, middle school students exiting grades 5-8 delve in-depth studying Health Sciences, Lego Robotics, Marine Mammal Ecology and more. Summer opportunities for high school students include Saturday Academy's Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering for a full summer research experience at locations around Oregon as well the Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for Youth (SESEY), a residential program geared towards women and minorities. Information on these and other summer programs can be found at www.oregonstate.edu/precollege.
Thanks to generous funding by the Oregon Engineering Technology Industry Council (ETIC), COSEY is now able to offer similar hands-on science and engineering activities across the state! The COSEY Engineering Camp will travel to eight differnt Boys & Girls Clubs, 4-H Camps and other partner locations from Coos Bay to Ontario this summer, providing exciting and educational programming to middle school students. The activities focus on engineering and design skills related to sustainability and "green" technology with units such as Build a Wind Generator, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car, Simple Circuits and Electromagnets, Make Bio-Diesel (appropriate for advanced chemistry classes), and Design a Green School Building. Furthermore, the activities and curriculum will be packaged together in kits that will be available to educators during the year as part of a lending library. Teachers will have the opportunity to test the kits and discuss applications in their curriculum while the camps are on-site during an evening dedicated to professional development.
"Working with students in an extra-curricular environment invites a fun atmosphere that encourages students to follow their curiosities to discovery. The COSEY camp program also recognizes the possibilities of bringing scientific resources to communities and educators across the state," says COSEY Camp Coordinator, India Sloat. By partnering with summer programs across the state, Oregon State University and COSEY are able to deliver engaging and relevant science and engineering programming to students, teachers, and communities across Oregon.


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Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2009
Psychophysiological correlations form the basis for different medical and scientific disciplines, but the nature of this relation has not yet been fully understood. One conceptual option is to understand the mental as "emerging" from neural processes in the specific sense that psychology and physiology provide two different descriptions of the same system. Stating these descriptions in terms of coarser- and finer-grained system states (macro- and microstates), the two descriptions may be equally adequate if the coarse-graining preserves the possibility to obtain a dynamical rule for the system. To test the empirical viability of our approach, we describe an algorithm to obtain a specific form of such a coarse-graining from data, and illustrate its operation using a simulated dynamical system. We then apply the method to an electroencephalographic recording, where we are able to identify macrostates from the physiological data that correspond to mental states of the subject.
Announcement: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters available for author names19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3078244View Description Hide Description
Announcement: Reduced fees for color in print19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3078428View Description Hide Description
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On Thermostats: Isokinetic or Hamiltonian? Finite or infinite?19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3054710View Description Hide Description
The relation between finite isokinetic thermostats and infinite Hamiltonian thermostats is studied and their equivalence in the thermodynamic limit is heuristically discussed.
Generalized projective synchronization in time-delayed systems: Nonlinear observer approach19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3054711View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we consider the projective-anticipating, projective, and projective-lag synchronization in a unified coupled time-delay system via nonlinear observer design. A new sufficient condition for generalized projective synchronization is derived analytically with the help of Krasovskii–Lyapunov theory for constant and variable time-delay systems. The analytical treatment can give stable synchronization (anticipatory and lag) for a large class of time-delayed systems in which the response system's trajectory is forced to have an amplitude proportional to the drive system. The constant of proportionality is determined by the control law, not by the initial conditions. The proposed technique has been applied to synchronize Ikeda and prototype models by numerical simulation.
Transition to complete synchronization in phase-coupled oscillators with nearest neighbor coupling19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3056047View Description Hide Description
We investigate synchronization in a Kuramoto-like model with nearest neighbor coupling. Upon analyzing the behavior of individual oscillators at the onset of complete synchronization, we show that the time interval between bursts in the time dependence of the frequencies of the oscillators exhibits universal scaling and blows up at the critical coupling strength. We also bring out a key mechanism that leads to phase locking. Finally, we deduce forms for the phases and frequencies at the onset of complete synchronization.
Anticipating synchronization of chaotic systems with time delay and parameter mismatch19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3013600View Description Hide Description
This paper studies the effect of parameter mismatch on anticipating synchronization of chaotic systems with time delay in the framework of the master-slave configuration. The convergence criteria for the error dynamical system under study are established by means of model transformation incorporated with Lyapunov functional and linear matrix inequality. The error bound of anticipating synchronization is estimated by rigorous theoretical analysis. Its accuracy is confirmed by numerical simulation results.
Enhanced synchronizability in scale-free networks19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3062864View Description Hide Description
We introduce a modified dynamical optimization coupling scheme to enhance the synchronizability in the scale-free networks as well as to keep uniform and converging intensities during the transition to synchronization. Further, the size of networks that can be synchronizable exceeds by several orders of magnitude the size of unweighted networks.
Outer synchronization of coupled discrete-time networks19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3068357View Description Hide Description
In this paper, synchronization between two discrete-time networks, called "outer synchronization" for brevity, is theoretically and numerically studied. First, a sufficient criterion for this outer synchronization between two coupled discrete-time networks which have the same connection topologies is derived analytically. Numerical examples are also given and they are in line with the theoreticalanalysis. Additionally, numerical investigations of two coupled networks which have different connection topologies are analyzed as well. The involved numerical results show that these coupled networks with different connection matrices can reach synchronization.
Yet another 3D quadratic autonomous system generating three-wing and four-wing chaotic attractors19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3070648View Description Hide Description
This paper introduces a new three-dimensional quadratic autonomous system, which can generate a pair of double-wing chaotic attractors. More importantly, this new system can generate three-wing and four-wing chaotic attractors with very complicated topological structures over a large range of parameters. Several issues, such as some basic dynamical behaviors, bifurcations, and the dynamical structure of the new chaotic system, are investigated either analytically or numerically.
State and parameter estimation of spatiotemporally chaotic systems illustrated by an application to Rayleigh–Bénard convection19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3072780View Description Hide Description
Data assimilation refers to the process of estimating a system's state from a time series of measurements (which may be noisy or incomplete) in conjunction with a model for the system's time evolution. Here we demonstrate the applicability of a recently developed data assimilation method, the local ensemble transform Kalman filter, to nonlinear, high-dimensional, spatiotemporally chaotic flows in Rayleigh–Bénard convection experiments. Using this technique we are able to extract the full temperature and velocity fields from a time series of shadowgraph measurements. In addition, we describe extensions of the algorithm for estimating model parameters. Our results suggest the potential usefulness of our data assimilation technique to a broad class of experimental situations exhibiting spatiotemporal chaos.
Generalized outer synchronization between complex dynamical networks19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3072787View Description Hide Description
In this paper, the problem of generalized outer synchronization between two completely different complex dynamical networks is investigated. With a nonlinear control scheme, a sufficient criterion for this generalized outer synchronization is derived based on Barbalat's lemma. Two corollaries are also obtained, which contains the situations studied in two lately published papers as special cases. Numerical simulations further demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the theoretical results.
Regular and chaotic dynamics of magnetization precession in ferrite–garnet films19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3076395View Description Hide Description
By numerically solving equations of motion and constructing the spectrum of Lyapunov exponents, nonlinear dynamics of uniformly precessing magnetization in (110) thin film structures with perpendicular magnetic bias is investigated over a wide frequency range of the alternating field. Bifurcational changes in magnetization precession and the states of dynamical bistability are discovered. Conditions for the realization of high-amplitude regular and chaotic dynamic regimes are revealed. The possibility of controlling those precession regimes by using external magnetic fields is shown. The features of time analogs of the Poincaré section of trajectories in the chaotic regimes are studied.
Distinguished trajectories in time dependent vector fields19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3056050View Description Hide Description
We introduce a new definition of distinguished trajectory that generalizes the concepts of fixed point and periodic orbit to aperiodic dynamical systems. This new definition is valid for identifying distinguished trajectories with hyperbolic and nonhyperbolic types of stability. The definition is implemented numerically and the procedure consists of determining a path of limit coordinates. It has been successfully applied to known examples of distinguished trajectories. In the context of highly aperiodic realistic flows our definition characterizes distinguished trajectories in finite time intervals, and states that outside these intervals trajectories are no longer distinguished.
Pinning control of fractional-order weighted complex networks19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3068350View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we consider the pinning control problem of fractional-order weighted complex dynamical networks. The well-studied integer-order complex networks are the special cases of the fractional-order ones. The network model considered can represent both directed and undirected weighted networks. First, based on the eigenvalue analysis and fractional-order stability theory, some local stability properties of such pinned fractional-order networks are derived and the valid stability regions are estimated. A surprising finding is that the fractional-order complex networks can stabilize itself by reducing the fractional-order without pinning any node. Second, numerical algorithms for fractional-order complex networks are introduced in detail. Finally, numerical simulations in scale-free complex networks are provided to show that the smaller fractional-order , the larger control gain matrix , the larger tunable weight parameter , the larger overall coupling strength , the more capacity that the pinning scheme may possess to enhance the control performance of fractional-order complex networks.
Chimera states in heterogeneous networks19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3068353View Description Hide Description
Chimera states in networks of coupled oscillators occur when some fraction of the oscillators synchronize with one another, while the remaining oscillators are incoherent. Several groups have studied chimerae in networks of identical oscillators, but here we study these states in heterogeneous models for which the natural frequencies of the oscillators are chosen from a distribution. For a model consisting of two subnetworks, we obtain exact results by reduction to a finite set of differential equations, and for a network of oscillators in a ring, we generalize known results. We find that heterogeneity can destroy chimerae, destroy all states except chimerae, or destabilize chimerae in Hopf bifurcations, depending on the form of the heterogeneity.
Plykin-type attractor in nonautonomous coupled oscillators19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3072777View Description Hide Description
A system of two coupled nonautonomous oscillators is considered. Dynamics of complex amplitudes is governed by differential equations with periodic piecewise continuous dependence of the coefficients on time. The Poincaré map is derived explicitly. With the exclusion of the overall phase, on which the evolution of other variables does not depend, the Poincaré map is reduced to three–dimensional (3D) mapping. It possesses an attractor of Plykin-type located on an invariant sphere. Computer verification of the cone criterion confirms the hyperbolic nature of the attractor in the 3D map. Some results of numerical studies of the dynamics for the coupled oscillators are presented, including the attractor portraits, Lyapunov exponents, and the power spectral density.
Coherence resonance induced by rewiring in complex networks19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3076398View Description Hide Description
We report a novel coherent excitation phenomenon in a heterogeneous network of coupled FitzHugh–Nagumo elements. It is demonstrated that dynamical rewiring in the network can play a constructive role to bring on coherent excitations. The coherence factor as the function of rewiring time interval represents a nontrivial phenomenon which is a fingerprint of coherenceresonance. We call this resonant behavior caused by dynamical wiring changes the network-rewiring-inducedcoherenceresonance. The mechanism can be understood by the effective noise played by the rewiring process.
Experimental verification of rank 1 chaos in switch-controlled Chua circuit19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3073967View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we provide the first experimental proof for the existence of rank 1 chaos in the switch-controlled Chua circuit by following a step-by-step procedure given by the theory of rank 1 maps. At the center of this procedure is a periodically kicked limit cycle obtained from the unforced system. Then, this limit cycle is subjected to periodic kicks by adding externally controlled switches to the original circuit. Both the smooth nonlinearity and the piecewise linear cases are considered in this experimental investigation. Experimental results are found to be in concordance with the conclusions of the theory.
Effect of chemical synapse on vibrational resonance in coupled neurons19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3076396View Description Hide Description
The response of three coupled FitzHugh–Nagumo neurons, under high-frequency driving, to a subthreshold low-frequency signal is investigated. We show that an optimal amplitude of the high-frequency driving enhances the response of coupled excited neurons to a subthreshold low-frequency input, and the chemical synaptic coupling is more efficient than the well-known electrical coupling (gap junction), especially when the coupled neurons are near the canard regime, for local signal input, i.e., only one of the three neurons is subject to a low-frequency signal. The influence of additive noise and the interplay between vibrational and stochastic resonance are also analyzed.
Generalized synchronization of chaotic systems: An auxiliary system approach via matrix measure19(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3076397View Description Hide Description
In this paper, generalized synchronization of two chaotic systems is investigated. The auxiliary system approach, which is suggested by H. Abarbanel, N. Rulkov, and M. Sushchik [Phys. Rev. E53, 4528 (1996)], is used to detect and study generalized synchronization. Based on the Lyapunov method and matrix measure, some less restrictive criteria are obtained to guarantee the asymptotical stability of the error system between the response system and the auxiliary system, which indicates the drive-response systems are synchronized in a general sense. It is shown that the feedback gain can be reduced by means of the matrix measure approach, compared to the norm method. All theoretical results are illustrated by analytical and numerical examples.


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A man borrows US6,400 from a loan association.In repaying this debt he has to pay US400 at the end of every 3 months on the principal and a simple interest of 16% on the principal outstanding at the time.Determine the total amount he has paid after paying all his debt.


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Well, that all went entirely too fast.
Outside of Army-Navy—which you should absolutely watch on Saturday as you tailgate for the Heisman—the 2012 college football regular season is complete. Just like that, we've maximized another year of pigskin and the bowl season is upon us.
"But pretty much all these games don't matter now," said the gentleman in the back who hates fun, puppies and good times. Don't be that guy (or gal). Enjoy these games for what they are: free football and wonderful opportunities for degenerate gamblers looking for 35 more opportunities to win it all back.
Before we look ahead at the games on the horizon, however, we must reflect on the season that was.
We've celebrated each week in 2012 with a Love/Hate column—a look at the best and worst moments from the previous CFB weekend. It was a video, image and GIF buffet showcasing some of the fabulous moments you might have missed and the not-so-great highlights that are so bad that they're magnificent.
To tie a bow on the finished product, we're reflecting on the season that was. There's so much Love and Hate to go around, but only the finest make the final regular-season cut.


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"Awe-inspiring. One of the more complicated operatic enterprises to have been attempted since Richard Wagner staged The Ring of the Nibelung in 1876. Hopscotch triumphantly escapes the genteel, fenced-off zone where opera is supposed to reside."
"A defamiliarizing and ultimately haunting journey through the cityscape. With fantastical dream sequences and arias that describe the existence of parallel universes, Hopscotch is less a traditional plot than a trippy exploration of time and memory."
"Breathtaking. A glorious patchwork portrait of Los Angeles, Hopscotch could be the future of the genre. Immersive, surprising, and decidedly modern."
"Hopscotch may be referred to years from now as the project that redefined opera for the early 21st century. The overwhelming impact and uniqueness of Hopscotch leaves you awestruck."
"An incredibly intimate and yet infinitely vast experience. Unquestionably meaty in concept, thought provoking in themes and sonics and gargantuan in logistical execution."
"After Invisible Cities, I should have known I was in for something challenging, innovative, complex, and epic. I had no idea. Hopscotch fractures everything you think you know about opera, and forces you to stretch your brain."
"Site-specific performance at its best. Inspired, massive, complicated, and magical."
"The most intimate opera performance I'd ever experienced. Hopscotch gives Los Angeles a starring role."
"One of the most comprehensive, expansive and poetic reflections of life in Los Angeles that I've ever seen. To experience it is to travel in both actual and fragmented time. To experience feelings of both bewilderment and belonging. To momentarily find a center in a place that will defiantly forever be more of a montage than a snapshot."
"A theatrical experience that defies description and will blow your mind."
"One of the most audacious cultural events of the year."
One of four reasons Los Angeles is listed as the #1 city in the world for the future of Design in Wired Magazine
"L.A.'s most anticipated new opera takes place in cars — of course."
"A masterpiece of logistics and a remarkable fusion of variety and consistency. Hopscotch has broken the fourth wall with a vengeance, not merely freeing opera from the opera house, but making its heightened expression the sound of real, everyday and inner life."
The company that created Invisible Cities
wants to move you in a whole new way with Hopscotch.
Imagine getting in a car without knowing the destination. Sharing the car are singers, actors, and instrumentalists who draw you into a story. The car stops at an incredible site, where another chapter of the story commences – until another car pulls up, with different artists, depicting another chapter of the story.
And so on, and so on, in a 90-minute journey throughout the unsuspecting city.
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The Central Hub
Four audience members at a time experience the opera in the intimacy of the car – but everyone can experience Hopscotch for free at the Central Hub.
All 24 journeys throughout Los Angeles will be live-streamed to a temporary structure at SCI-Arc, the Southern California Institute of Architecture.
The dazzling panorama of simultaneous life in Los Angeles will be experienced with Sennheiser's Guideport technology, allowing you to focus on any one of the 24 chapters.
The Central Hub is also the site of the Finale, performed once a day, where all of the cars' journeys converge. The solitude of driving transforms into an ecstatic vision of community in Los Angeles.
Leadership Support
Hopscotch is presented with the support of Sennheiser and SCI-Arc, and with the cooperation of Grand Central Square Limited Partnership, Downtown Properties, Toy Factory Lofts Homeowners Association, Libros Schmibros, Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Clockshop and California State Parks, John Ladner and Mark Lipscomb, Los Angeles Chinatown BID, Vibiana, Loftquinox LLC, DTLA Rent LLC, CalArts, and University of Southern California.
Leadership Support for the production of Hopscotch comes from the Aileen Getty Foundation, Kiki and David Gindler, and the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Foundation. The music of Hopscotch is commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting. Yuval Sharon's "Director's Chair" is underwritten by Stephen Block, Leslie Lassiter, and Raulee Marcus.
Major Support
Major Support for the production is also provided by Mary Ann O'Connor and Stuart Meiklejohn, Daniel and Dylan Lewis, Hyon Chough and Maurice Singer, Ruth Gilliland and Arthur Rieman, Abby Sher, The Feintech Family, Adam Paris, Jerry Kohl and Ruth Eliel, Susan Baik, Fariba Ghaffari, Betsy Greenberg, Bill Anawalt and Anawalt Lumber. Additional support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Colburn Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, The Rosenthal Family Foundation, Carmel Partners, Dew Foundation, and The Audrey & Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation.
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Back in September, 2 days after getting beaten rather handily by the Redskins, a bitter Antrel Rolle proclaimed that if the two teams played 100 times, the Redskins might win 5. He was reminded of that today on Joe and Evan on WFAN:
Evan: Back in September, when you guys lost to the Redskins, you said "We know we're better than the Redskins, and if we played them 100 times we'd beat them 95 times out of 100." Well, you owe them for that Week 1 game, so, take care of business.
Antrel: I said 99.
Antrel Rolle plays on a defense that's 3rd worst in total yards, 11th worst against the rush, 4th worst against the pass, and 6th worst in points allowed. And Rolle himself is having a bad season. The Giants are coming off a huge win… their first in 5 games. Maybe Antrel should dial it back a tad.


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Game Predictions – 3/31/2006
For the first time in quite a while we have more meaningless games than meaningful games. The Islanders-Pittsburgh, Detroit-Chicago and St. Louis-Columbus games are completely meaningless with espect to playoff positioning. The Carolina-Florida game is only marginally meaningful with Florida still having an outside shot of making the playoffs (just because they have 3 games against Tampa and winning all three would allow them an opportunity to catch them) and Carolina still in the race for top spot in the East (though hopes of that are dwindling as well). The more meaningful games come from the western Conference as Calgary» Read more


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Kia, the South Korean car manufacturer is planning on going ahead with production of their provo concept, reports Auto Express.
The Kia provo is a B segment urban hatchback. Its interiors will be in all black and will see use of some materials such as neoprene over carbon on doors while extensive use of aluminum is seen on most parts as well. The best of style and technology, Kia provo will be based on based on a front wheel drive platform seen on Rio, while a turbo hybrid power plant is also being planned.
Apart from the images of provo, you can also find the images of cee'd GT here in the gallery from 2013 Geneva Motor Show.


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Plans for a new park in Fresno, designed to be fully accessible to disabled and able bodied users alike, has gotten a big boost from the State of California. The City has been awarded a $5 million grant by the California Parks Department to help underwrite the cost of a Universally Accessible Park proposed for Fresno.
The total cost for the park is estimated to be $7.25 million. The project is envisioned as a regional destination that will attract visitors from the City and throughout the San Joaquin Valley that will include residents from diverse economic, social, and cultural backgrounds. The park's amenities will provide unique recreational opportunities for individuals with special physical, mental and emotional needs.
"This is a proud moment for Fresno. Our state leaders have recognized the value of this park and the needs it will meet across the community and our entire region," Mayor Ashley Swearengin said. "The project has garnered wide support from organizations offering in-kind services, assistive technology support and partnership opportunities. I am eager to finalize details and break ground in 2011."The park's universally accessible amenities will create a unique setting to help improve the behavioral, emotional, and mental health of all visitors young and old alike, including:
• Softball/baseball/multi-purpose playfield with rubberized surface and shaded bleachers• Three age-appropriate, play structures with UV shade over each• Water spray park play area• Basketball courts with rubberized play surface • Skateboard Court area• Picnic areas with preschool tables • Community building with family restrooms, concession stand and a computer lab with assistive technology• Sensory garden and sensory wall• Wheelchair accessible dog park with artificial turf• Two 50-foot shade pavilions• Two parking lots designed with plenty of spaces for special needs vehicles
The project will also add new park space to a critically underserved area. The 7.8 acre park will is slated to be built west of Highway 99 near Gettysburg and Polk avenues.
"This area has grown tremendously in recent years but services have not always followed that growth," said City Council member Blong Xiong, who represents District 1. "After five years of hard work and collaboration with many organizations and community members, the underserved residents west of Highway 99 will soon be able to enjoy the park they have long been promised. I want to thank Randy Cooper and his PARCS staff for their commitment to obtaining funding for this project."


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- It was a Sept. 10 around 1:30 p.m. in a soybean field a few miles south of Shellman in southwest Georgia where crop consultant Kevin Cotton was bitten by two rattlesnakes.
- In total, it took 26 vials of antivenin, two different ER visits and four nights in the hospital to start to get over the snake bites.
- Across the country there are 7,000 venomous snake bites annually. The majority of those bites happen to people who handle the venomous snakes regularly, like zookeepers and pet owners.
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CROP CONSULTANT Kevin Cotton in soybean field near Shellman, Ga., Oct. 28, the same field where he was bitten by two timber rattlesnakes at the same time six weeks earlier.
Speculation on cause
The two snakes could have been a male and a female either in the 'act' or post act, Jensen said. Or, the snakes could have been two males that had locked in on a female's scent somewhere else in the field. The two males could have been entwined in battle for dominance over the female, primed and ready to fight and bite.
August through October is also birthing season for pit vipers, but it is unlikely Cotton stumbled up on a birthing sight, the fang marks on his leg too big and high up on his calf. Rattlesnakes give birth only every other year. The snakes that give birth this year will breed next year. Those that bred this year will birth next season.
"The chances that he (Cotton) will get bit again are extremely low. They were low already. But, if I were bit by two timber rattlesnakes at the same time, I'd probably start wearing armor in the field," Jensen said, jokingly.
Cotton said he watched his step very closely those first few weeks back in the fields and he wore snake boots, something he is going to require all his helpers to wear during summer. He keeps snake boots now in his truck, but Cotton on a cool October morning was back in his standard uniform: t-shirt, shorts and good walking shoes.
Pondering whether he was a lucky man or not, "I wish I could turn this kind of luck around and into winning the lottery," he said, laughing and adding that he'd probably just get struck by lightning the next day after winning.


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Boak and Bailey... or was it just Boak... or Bailey... triggered a great discussion today about the meaning of saison. I recommended Farmhouse Ales by Phil Markowski and Yvan De Baets (and I just did again) for anyone interested in the topic. But it is neat to see that we may be in the third wave of these beers if we consider the authentic first era of the farmhouse, the second of the commercial production of a regional style and the third of the craft brewer's take on the other two eras.
While Wevelgem is in Dutch-speaking West Flanders, it is close to the borders of both France and that French-speaking Wallonian province of Hainaut from which saisons are sprung. I will leave it to others to figure out the sensibilities but it may well be fair to say that this is a nod from the third wave to the first from not a very great distance.
I have liked anything De Ranke has made that I has come my way so far. I have high hopes. After my one cube cooler treatment, it pours a bright and active orange under a sustaining white head. The nose is subdued but herbal fruit malty. In the mouth, herbal astringency from bark / lavender / green tea / white pepper hops surround a core of marmalade malt and seemingly deny a soft water core. The overall effect is drying, a bit like like dry vermouth, but properly framed. Not a quick quaff but a thinking person's one.
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If you have ever been involved with the design and construction of new facilities or renovating existing buildings, you are well aware that the best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. Or, simply said, things don't always go as planned. And, most of the time, the later in the process that these...read the full article
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As an architect, you want to design a building that meets the owner's needs and allows you to be creative at the same time. The balancing act can be difficult when you are wedged between the extensive fire code requirements for high-occupancy structures and the needs of the owner. The process can feel as though you...read the full article
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A recent project triggered a number of problem areas and required we employ our creativity and deep knowledge of fire protection to succeed. The client wanted to renovate an existing facility that had been built in the early 1970s. This special case was made more 'interesting' by a number of factors: The addition increased the...read the full article
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Did the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) over your project recently reject your design due to improper smoke control in your building? Do you need to calculate proper exhaust and convince the AHJ your structure will meet or exceed the intent of the fire code? Vertically stacked rack storage units and multi-story atriums can trigger the...read the full article
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Fire protection engineering is normally understood by its technical appliances like sprinklers, fire alarms, and fire hazard warning signs. Although these tools are extremely effective at reducing risk and dealing with accidents when they occur, they do not tell the entire story. The human element is often overlooked. Reactive Fire Protection If a fire damages...read the full article
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This studio course is an introduction to the illustration of surgical procedures and its fundamental application within the discipline of biomedical art. It is based on the belief that understanding the concepts of medical and/or veterinary surgery is essential to creating effective illustrations and other media that visually communicates the information. Students will research surgical procedures and techniques, sketch procedures in the operating room, prepare comprehensive sketches outlining visual narrative of surgical procedures, and render final illustrations/media presentations using a variety of digital media. Special access to Case Western University Hospitals will be granted and all students must follow ALL rules during medical observation; and be conscious of patient-related regulations and privacy standards. Required of junior Biomedical Art majors. No electives. Offered spring.
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Millions of householders who want to build a conservatory, replace a broken boiler or install new windows will be forced to spend hundreds of pounds more on 'green' projects.Now Booker has weighed in, providing some context.
They will not be permitted to carry out the home improvement or repair unless they agree to fork out for measures such as loft or wall insulation.
The work is expected to add ten per cent to the cost of any building project in the home.
Defenders may stress that this is a consultation. So it may be in form ... but where is the consultation document? Who publicised it? It's not obvious where to find it - seemingly it's Eric Pickles' DCLG which is doing the consulting. They've acknowledged my query. This is reminiscent of the "consultation" at the start of The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy on demolishing the Earth to create an inter-stellar bypass.
"But the plans were on display..."If it turns out that this does emanate from Pickles' department, we can return later to his 'man of the people' image.
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"With a flashlight."
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The policy assumes the cost of energy will keep rising, which it will if the government keeps increasing green taxes and pretending shale oil and gas don't exist.
The policy also assumes that CO2, which is essential for life, is causing temperatures to rise dangerously, which is odd, because even the greenies admit that - unexpectedly - there's been no statistically significant warming for the past fifteen years. If CO2 is such a temperature driver, something else must be going on too, but no one knows what. If the CO2 theory didn't exist, no one would invent it now. And if, implausibly, increased CO2 emissions were driving dangerously higher global temperatures, UK policies would have precisely no effect. Green policies - the subject of political consensus, by the way - insanely aim to make Britons poorer for no benefit.
Having recently eased planning regulations to make the process simpler for people who want to instal conservatories, the government now wants to make the rules more intrusive. You wouldn't even be able to instal a new boiler without doing council-mandated insulation work on your home.
At a time when most people are getting poorer, the government wants to increase costs and increase regulation - and we know who will pay.
Lastly for the moment, even if the policy wasn't expensive, intrusive and intellectually bankrupt, would compulsory increases in insulation be a sensible response?
In answer to a reader in this week's Sunday Telegraph, their building expert wrote that
I'm afraid your elderly mother is another victim of the government's "climate change" policy to stuff as much insulation as possible into everyone's lofts and walls, without any real understanding of the problems this can cause. And of course the public subsidy to schemes such as Warm Front has meant that much of the installation work is carried out by fly-by-night firms using unskilled labour.Government policy is evidently to make it worse.
The damage caused to people's homes by this misguided policy looks set to become a national scandal.


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Vanessa Hudgens Hangs Out On A Yacht In A Black String Bikini
We spotted a bikini-clad Vanessa Hudgens spending time on a boat with some friends, including film directors Eli Roth and Terry Gilliam, in Italy on Friday.
The actress looked incredible in a black string bikini with gold, wispy chains hanging off her neck.
At one point, she appeared to be meditating with another friend in a swimsuit.
The actress, who is promoting her new film "The Frozen Ground," tweeted on Thursday: "SO grateful to be where I am and for my amazing fans who continue to share their love & support. Viva Italia!"
The previous day, she wrote: "So Im sitting on my balcony overlooking a port while I hear MoulinRouge play in the distance as well as a faint radio playing Italian opera."
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Don't Succumb to Mediocrity
You've probably worked with someone who was completely incompetent. It may have even been your boss. Did you ever wonder how they got where they are? It's a complex phenomenon, but if you feel surrounded by incompetence you're not alone. You can see the formation of incompetence being rewarded if you think back to public school. The education system churns out poorly educated and incompetent folks all the time. Were the most popular people in your high school the straight A students or the D+ jocks and cheerleaders?
If your high school was anything like mine, the jocks and cheerleaders hogged the limelight and popularity even though their academic performance may have been atrocious. And the workplace sometimes seems an extension of high school. Popularity and promotions may not always be as performance-based as they ought to be. Sometimes the cool kids are going to get what should have been yours. That can result in being surrounded by mediocre performers.
If you are in a position of thought leadership in your company, or if you run your own small business, you can avoid falling into the trap of a mediocre workforce. More importantly, you can ensure that your management team rewards competence. Innovation has become a buzzword in corporate circles. But innovation shouldn't merely focus on your business tactics and overall strategy. Innovation should begin with rewarding and promoting innovators.
Think for a moment about what your company looks like. Do you have a decision-making team full of yes-men (and women) who all think alike about everything and never do anything original? Or do you have a group of diverse, dedicated, innovative, out-of-the-box thinkers who have a vested interest in keeping your company nimble?
The latter group won't always agree with each other. Team meetings may even get spirited. These people are more likely to be invested in continuing education; perhaps pursuing an MBA while climbing the corporate ladder. The spirited give and take in the boardroom produces decisions which are good for the company for the long term. Instead of corporate tunnel vision, these forward thinking innovators produce clear strategic vision.
A great way to ensure that you're promoting these kinds of thought leaders is to avoid seeking out individuals who are brilliantly competent—but only in one particular area. The advent of the Industrial Revolution resulted in the devaluing of the old ideal of the Renaissance man (and woman). Knowing a lot about everything used to be a prized virtue and having the ability to apply that knowledge in a wide range of disciplines was an expectation. The modern focus on being super competent in one particular area is great. At least it's great until that sort of person is promoted or transferred laterally into a position outside that specialization. This situation happens more often than we think and also results in incompetence. It may be unintentional but it's still incompetence.
A great way to avoid this kind of incompetence is to actively seek out and recruit individuals who have a broad knowledge base and who are greatly competent in areas outside of their core competencies. If you focus on that—and those people are definitely out there—your company's ability to innovate and remain nimble will be enhanced.


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Blue Ribbon and Potluck Recipes
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A winner from the August/September national recipe contest to appear on "The Early Show" on CBS.
On newsstands August 7, 2007; Greendale, WI –Just in time for family reunions, picnics, and summer get-togethers and ahead of fall tailgating comes Taste of Home's August/September issue. The magazine overflows with winning recipes including the best from the magazine's "Potluck Pleasers" contest, Blue Ribbon recipes from fairs and festivals across the country, plus winners from the magazine's Creative Cakes contest and last year's "Recipes from the Road" events. Beautiful berry desserts and luscious chocolate goodies are also on the menu in this mouthwatering issue.
Joan McCulloch of Abbotsford, British Columbia and Carolee Ewell of Santaquin, Utah took the top prizes in the Potluck Pleasers contest. The judges thought Joan's "Duo Tater Bake" – an ooey-gooey dish with both Yukon Gold and sweet potatoes whipped with lots of cheese – would make a comforting and delicious statement on any table. And Carolee's "Special Sesame Chicken Salad" won praise for its meal-in-one style featuring bow tie pasta, cooked chicken, honey roasted peanuts, water chestnuts, fresh baby spinach, mandarin oranges, and dried cranberries and a vinaigrette made from white wine vinegar, sugar and teriyaki sauce for a different twist.
Carolee's stunning salad makes enough for a crowd and she'll need it all to feed the hungry crowd that watches her demonstrate her recipe alongside Taste of Home's editor-in-chief Catherine Cassidy on CBS's "The Early Show" on August 28, 2007.
"Like Carolee, Taste of Home readers are known for the delicious dishes they bring to pass at neighborhood parties, family birthdays, church picnics and other gatherings where good food is part of the fun," says Cassidy. "Carolee's flavorful salad stood out from the thousands of entries in our potluck contest." Other winners include Tortellini Spinach Casserole, Glazed Peanut Butter Bars, and Orange Gelatin Pretzel Salad. To enter the current contests, go to www.tasteofhome.com/contests or pick up the August/September issue.
Tastiest at the Fair
Alongside the potluck contest winners, cooks and bakers who earned blue ribbons from fairs and festivals share their recipes in this latest issue. Among them are Donna Thomas from Dallas, who wowed State Fair of Texas judges with her Hambalaya Corn Bread, and Betsy Hedeman of Timonium, Maryland, whose Seasoned Crab Cakes took honors at the National Hard Crab Derby.
Awesome Creative CakesTaste of Home's Creative Cakes contest drew more than 4,000 photos of unique cake ideas for birthdays, showers, weddings, holidays and other occasions. Winners were selected in four categories: Cut-Outs and Shapes, Floral, Holiday and Miscellaneous.
Winners from Taste of Home Cookbook Tour, Too!
Top recipes from local contests held during Cassidy's nationwide promotional tour for the Taste of Home Cookbook are also featured—like Creamy Clam Chowder from Lori Kimble of McDonald, Pennsylvania (winner at the Pittsburgh event) and Buttermilk Cake with Caramel Icing, entered at Lexington, Kentucky by Anna Jean Allen of West Liberty, Kentucky.
There are also recipes for tailgating before or after the game or in front of the TV such as Smackin' Good Snack Mix and Southwestern Backyard Burgers. And "A Bite of Bruschetta" offers easy and perfect solutions for the produce people have in abundance in their gardens at this time of the year like tomatoes, spinach, fresh basil, zucchini and onions, such as Artichoke, Zucchini Feta, and Mozzarella Basil Bruschettas.
These and every one of the 79 outstanding recipes in Taste of Home August/September is accompanied by a mouth-watering photo and has been tested by the Taste of Home Test Kitchen's professional home economists, guaranteeing success every time.
Taste of Home is the world's most popular cooking publication. Since 1993, it has offered a friendly exchange of family-favorite recipes, cooking tips and personal stories from real home cooks in its flagship magazine and other publications, in cookbooks and on its Web site, www.tasteofhome.com. Today, Taste of Home is part of the Reader's Digest family, and the circulation of all Taste of Home magazines, including Simple & Delicious, Light & Tasty and Cooking for 2, totals 6.7 million.
Here's the recipe for Carolee Ewell's "Special Sesame Chicken Salad"
The Potluck Pleasers Runner-Up:
Special Sesame Chicken Salad
PREP: 30 min. + chilling
With its delicious mix of crunchy peanuts, tangy dried cranberries and mandarin oranges, this colorful pasta salad is a definite crowd-pleaser. Water chestnuts and a teriyaki dressing give this main dish its Oriental flare.
—Carolee Ewell
Santaquin, Utah
Special Sesame Chicken Salad
- 1 package (16 ounces) bow tie pasta
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup white wine vinegar
- 2/3 cup teriyaki sauce
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 3 cans (11 ounces each) mandarin oranges, drained
- 2 cans (8 ounces each) sliced water chestnuts, drained
- 2 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 1-1/3 cups honey roasted peanuts
- 1 package (9 ounces) fresh spinach, torn
- 1 package (6 ounces) dried cranberries
- 6 green onions, chopped
- 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds, toasted
Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and place in a very large bowl. In a small bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, teriyaki sauce, sugar and pepper. Pour over pasta and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Just before serving, add the remaining ingredients; gently toss to coat. Yield: 22 servings (1 cup each).
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 cup) equals 302 calories, 16 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 358 mg sodium, 32 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 10 g protein.
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Glad to see someone else is as dumb.....errr i mean adventurous enough to make a trip to ravens fork as i did. I came in via the enloe creek trail on straight fork, though, so take my advice with a grain of salt. I have only been on chasteen creek trail once for a very short distance, right at bradleys fork. It is relatively easy at this elevation but by looking at the maps it appears to get quite a bit more difficult. Another important thing to remember is that this 6 mile hike will take quite a bit longer than most due to the fact that it is so steep. Again, different trail, but when we made the short 3 mile hike from straight creek it took us about 2 1/2 hours. In comparison, on our trip to bryson's place on deep creek, about a 6.1 mile hike i believe, it took us about that long on the way up and just over 2 hours on the way back.
Have you ever been to ravens fork? One thing that is important to know is that that area is probably one of the most rugged in the park, that's why it was spared from the logging. You made no mention of anyone else and i can't recommend that you fish this river alone, it quite simply just offers too many opportunities to get hurt. I went late last year during the drought and the water was extremely low, as one could expect, but the river had some treacherous spots and some that were impassable. This river appears to be able to hold a large amount of water and i'm not sure that the river would be downright dangerous during normal water conditions, let alone when the water is high.
Not to try and dissuade you from going there, because i think you would love it. It's an absolutely gorgeous area and one of the few areas of the park that have been untouched by man. We caught good numbers of fish when we went, although i think we could have done better had the water not been quite so low. It is definitely a trip that you would enjoy, it's just one that proper precautions need to be taken. Here's a link to the report i posted last year:
Let us know how you do if you go. As long as you're safe i don't think you'll be disappointed in the trip. Hope this helped.
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A 49-year-old female driver is behind bars in the Archer County jail this morning.
DPS troopers say Lori Camp rolled her minivan off Highway 281 and over a barbed wire fence but, escaped injury. Authorities say the crash happened about 7 miles south of Windthorst around 4:45 Thursday afternoon.
They say Camp from Burkburnett was driving the van and heading northbound when it left the roadway, hit a soft embankment, and then the fence. Authorities say Camp is charged with DWI 3rd or more.
She's in the Archer County jail, but bond has not been set.
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Price paid: $ 366
Purchased from: Local Guitar Shop
Features: This is a John Petrucci Signature guitar by OLP. When placed side by side with a musicman it is astounding at how similar they are, with this version havnig a slightly smaller neck. As far as I know this was made in 2004. It has 2 jumbo frets and the neck is very thin which is ideal for shredding and fast guitar playing. The neck is maple and the body is basswood. The finish on mine was a red pearl burst and this was the first thing that really attracted me to the guitar. It has a tremolo (non-locking) bridge, 2 direct mounted OLP humbuckers, a 3-way selector Switch, 1 volume and 1 tone knob, chrome hardware and locking tuners. Along with the guitar came a very decent case, the typical tools, a strap and some plectrums. With all the accessories and the quality in relation to the price I have to give it full marks here, brilliant for the price, great value. // 10
Sound: I play a wide range of music am mainly focus on classic rock and blues lately. The pickups sound a bit muddy and are soon to be changed. I play this through a Zoom multi effects pedal or an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff and usually through a Fender Champion 30DSP. With the stock pickups you can really get any sound you want but it's most at home when it's used for metal/shredding types of music. For a pair of stock pickups on a guitar of this price these are some of the very best I have heard. // 8
Action, Fit & Finish: The intonation was way out but it wasn't a huge problem. The action was low and perfect and the pickups were adjusted pretty much perfectly. The finish was flawless and looks very nice. I can't really fault it here at all. // 8
Reliability & Durability: This guitar hasn't been played live yet. Once the pickups are changed it probably will. It definately seems like it will wistand live playing with no problems. I would feel comfortable using this without a backup. The finsih, to me anyway, looks as though it will last a good while. It's had its fair share of knocks and bumps and still looks like new. // 10
Overall Impression: This guitar can handle the music I play very well, but as I said before it feels most comfortable with metal etc. I have been playing for about 7/8 years now and have played numerous higher end guitars that I feel this guitar could comfortably compete with. It's very lightweight which will probably be the first thing you notice if you actually play one and it has trouble staying in tune when the whammy bar is used. Since I don't really use it I don't have to deal with this problem though. The weight of it I find is an advantage rather than making it feel cheap. I looked around for a guitar that looked good that I could upgrade but with this very little really needs to be done. The quality for the price is what really blew me away and I am more than happy with it. If it were stolen or lost I would definately not hesitate about buying another one. Better pickups and maybe a locking trem and this would be hard to tell from the musicman version. // 10
Price paid: $ 473.97
Purchased from: GAK
Features: I think my OLP guitar was made in 2004 in china but I'm not 100% sure. It has 24 jumbo frets on a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. The body is made out of basswood and is finished of in a nice red pearl burst as the manufacturer's put it. It has two OLP humbuckers and has a non-locking tremolo. The pickups are governed by a master tone and master volume controls. It also comes with a case, strap, picks, cable, and a poster. // 7
Sound: This guitar suits my style of music which is generally shred like Petrucci, Vai, Satriani etc. I play it straight into my 15 watt Marshall amp. The sound is fairly good to say how cheap it, although the sound tends to get a bitty muddy when playing with the neck pickup on the first few frets, especially with heaps of distortion on there. There is also lots of feedback when the guitar is played loud but its nothing that can't be handled. I've given it a 9 taking into consideration the price it comes at, it will never compare to the Music Man version but thats why theres the price difference I suppose. // 7
Action, Fit & Finish: I don't know what the set-up was like straight out of the box as a friend got it for me and set it up so I don't know but it was amazing when I recieved it. The body is carved in certain places to a dynamic to it and they are spotless no ruff edges in sight, the paintwork is all intact and looks wonderful. The tuning pegs are solid at the top I've had no problem with mine, except when I dive bomb the trem' but that's what I expect with a non-locking trem' I suppose. // 9
Reliability & Durability: I have never gigged this guitar but I'm sure it would stand up to it, the strap buttons are a bit small but thats nothing a Dimarzio strap or some strap buttons won' fix. The finish seems to be doing alright it's had a few knocks but no paint has chipped off so far. I probably would gig this without a backup because I think it would stand up to it but taking 2 guitars wouldn't hurt. // 8
Overall Impression: The guitar is very good for any sort of metal music, this is my first electric guitar but I have played a Music Man Petrucci, and while this guitar will never compare to that guitar I feel that anybody on a budget that wants something that looks like the real deal to buy this as the sound quality is pretty good for the price. If it were stolen I would probably look for a different guitar with a Floyd Rose on as this trem' is not really suited to my style. I was originally going to purchase the OLP axis copy but I felt that the overall quality of the John Petrucci model was better. // 7
Price paid: $ 402.6
Features: Made in 2005, 24 frets with basswood body, maple neck. Red pearl burst finsk which is very attractive if not very robust and a Vintage style non locking trem, locking tuners, 3-way selector and 1 vol 1 tone. Twin humbuckers finish the gig off. // 8
Sound: I play mainly prog/instrumental metal/rock although I have a strong penchant for blues. As it came the guitar sounded very good for cheap pickups if lacking a bit in depth especially with higher gain lead sounds or clean work. I swapped 'em for a Steve's special at the bridge and an air Norton in the neck position and it just sounds awesome. The unplugged ring off the guitar is very good as well. With these pups in the guitar about the only sound I can't get straight off the bat is a nice Strat neck tone, but the GT8 I have soon sorts that out. For all other work it is very useable. Rating below is for standard pickups. // 7
Action, Fit & Finish: Out of the box it needed 15 mins to get the action sorted out but after that no probs. I can't get the action quite the way I would like it which isn`t to be honest very low as I like to get under the stings in bends so if you are looking for mega low action try a few to see which one works for you. The paint finish is very nice but the body dents very easily as I found out to my dissmay. The routing inside is a mess and has no finish at all and around the pickups and trem are a bit shabby but you have to bear in mind how incredibly cheap this guitar is for what you get and none of the aforementioned problems stop it playing well. // 7
Reliability & Durability: The guitar will be fine for live work although personally I have set the trem so as it is flat on the body because its not very stable for tunning and the tunners themselves are total crap, replace as soon as. Don't expect the finish to be great after a year or so though. // 8
Overall Impression: For my style it's a great guitar for very little cash, make a couple of small changes and spend another 150 on it when you can for pups and you'll have a stunning guitar for very little cash. Btw I'm playin through a Boss GT8 and a Fender performer for practise/Mesa F50 for live. Cheers and good luck. // 8
Price paid: $ 457.5
Purchased from: Belfast Guitar Emporium
Features: Made in 2006, inchina I think. It has 24 thin jumbo frets. Maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. It has a basswood body, mine has a black paint finish. Body style a bit simialr to a Strat. It has a heavy mass tremlo (through the body) with locking tuners. It has a 5-way pickup selector and a volume and bass knobs. The pickups are two Standard OLP humbuckers. Came with a bag, picks, cable and a psoter. I had this guitar in drop b without any ringing on the strings using nines. // 10
Sound: I play a load of different styles from classical to heavy metal. It suit's them all quite well but is great in heavier music like metal, which I have been playing a lot more lately. I play directly into a Roland Cube 30, it sounds great through this. It is slightly noisy on the neck pickup. It has a very full sound though, very nice tone. Harmonics are very clean through this guitar and are clearly anywhere on the fretboard. Overall it sounds great. // 8
Action, Fit & Finish: Straight from the shop and it was great I didn't need to change anything. Everything was already setup and ready to go with a set of nines on it. I was reccomended to change to tens but I think that nines are fine. The action is just low. The pickups didn't need adjusted at all. Everything was fine on the guitar not a flaw, great finish. // 8
Reliability & Durability: I think that this guitar will withstand playing Live. It is very reliable and durable. Nothing has gone wrong with it or fallien off, it hasn't cut out, except for my dodgy lead. The hardware seems like it well last quite a while. The strap buttons are solid enough, my strap has never falling off. I could depend on it playing Live, I have had theis guitar for about 6 months and so far nothing has went wrong with it. I would happily use it without a backup. The finish seems of a very high quality and looks like it well last with only a few scrapes on the body from msitreatment. // 8
Overall Impression: Overall it think that this is a superb guitar for it's price range, it fits perfectly in with most styles, but is best in heavy music like metal. I have been playing for about 2 years and own a prs, Strat and a Yamaha pacifica as well as the OLP. If it was stolen or lost I would buy this guitar again. I compared it to a Fender Telecaster when buying and prefered this guitar to it. It would be nice with a floyd rose. // 9
Features: I don't know when it was made, but I know it was made in China. (Eventhough the salesman told me it was Korea...) It has a nice look and a nice feel. It has 2 humbuckers, 3-way selector, a tremelo and a red-burst finish. A gig bag and cable were included, aswell as a poster. I got it for my 18th birthday. // 8
Sound: It has a nice sound going through a Roland Cube 15w. I like to use distortion, and the kind of music I bought this for is mainly blues and rock; Steve Vai and Stevie Ray Vaughan being my favourite guitarists.
There's quite a lot of variety in the guitars tone. The neck pickup sounds completely different from the bridge pickup. The guitar is not so noisy. It also stays in tune quite well. // 8
Action, Fit & Finish: As a beginner, I'm not sure about how well it's set up and such. What I can tell, however, is that when I got it it worked perfectly fine and I was real happy, but after 3 days, the toneknob got looser and looser and eventualy broke. The guitar now does nothing at all, it gives no more sound, on none of the pickups. // 4
Reliability & Durability: The strap buttons are actualy great, I don't think the strap will ever fall off. I guess I just had bad luck because my tone knob died. But I don't think you should bring this anywhere without a backup guitar. The finish looks like it'll last a long time... // 2
Overall Impression: I own a cheap classical guitar, which I used to play quite much. I want to play mostly blues and rock. The next time I will buy a guitar, I will check where it's made and such myself, because the salesman didn't know what he was talking about: OLP is not owned by Fender and it's not made in China! If it were stolen I wouldn't get it again, in fact I wouldn't get anything by OLP. They're pretty guitars and they sound good; the quality is worthless, eventhough I might've had bad luck, but I wouldn't risk getting another crappy-quality guitar. No wonder OLP retired.
I wish it had decent quality. I was really happy and it sounds great, so if you do want to buy one, make sure it has waranty and try to see if they can check the electronics for you. Wasting 250 bucks is no fun. // 2
Price paid: £ 200
Purchased from: RIFF Music Shop
Features: Guitar made in 2004 in China (as far as I know), Although a lot (probably most) of the electronics are Korean (apparently).
Main features:
Basswood body
Maple neck
Rosewood fingerboard
2 black humbuckers (stock OLP)
Sealed, die-cast locking tuners
Heavy mass trem bridge
24 jumbo frets
Chrome hardware
25-1/2" scale
1vol/1tone/3-way toggle controls
OLP JP Signature Model is bacically cheaper version of the MusicMan John Petrucci Signature line. Included an OLP Strap, (Bass O_o) picks and Gig bag, and a John Petrucci signed poster. // 7
Sound: I play my OLP through a 30 Watt Peavey Vypyr (at home) and a Marshall JCM2000(at band practices). The only effects I use are Blackstar HT-DISTX Distortion Pedal. I play mostly Metal (Metallica, Pantera, Slayer sound) and I have to say that the guitar is pretty good with almost anything I throw at it. Although saying that pick-ups are a little too bassy for my liking (both neck and bridge p-ups) and if I don't turn the bass down a notch on my amp, it takes over the sound slightly. Other than that, both distorted and clean sounds are pretty rich and... Not noisy (doesn't buzz or anything like that). // 8
Action, Fit & Finish: I bought this guitar 2 years ago and I was a complete and utter noob to the guitar business, so I can't really remember how the action was, but I think it was set up pretty well...? Pick-ups, as I said, are a little too bassy for my liking. I might lower them a bit so the bass doesn't cut through as much. Also, after a while both knobs got a bit loose and broke, so I replaced them with american ones and had them fitted in properly, hopefully that will last a bit longer. // 5
Reliability & Durability: I've played one gig with this guitar, and quite a few band practices with no back up, so from that I'd say this guitar is pretty durable and reliable. As I said though, I had some problems with the electronics, all the knobs started messing up, my toggle snapped and my jack input stopped working, but it might have been my fault. Also, the bridge isn't too good. Every time I used it, guitar goes out of tune... So I stopped using it. I might replace the bridge for a locking trem, if'll decide to upgrade this guitar a bit. I rate it a 6. This guitar is reliable and durable, but if one thing goes wrong with it, everything else tends to follow it. So I'd bring a replacement, If you're lucky enough to have one. // 5
Overall Impression: Overall this guitar suits my guitar playing pretty well. I'm still a beginner, been playing for just over a year, but this light body, beautifully cut neck and cutaway make my learning hell of a lot easier! As I said I play mostly metal, but some clean and jazzy/bluesy tones come up every now and again. This guitar nails them ALMOST beautifully, if not the cutting through bass sound this guitar would be by far the best sounding beginner-to-intermediate guitar... PERIOD. Compared to some other guitars I tried in this price range, cheap LTDs, INDIE, BC Rich, this guitar is pretty amazing, althought finnish quality could be a lot better. It's probably not the best, but one of the better ones. I wish the electronics in this guitar were a bit higher quality, and that the bridge was either a locking trem, or a trem that stayed in tune if you used it. But you can't have everything I suppose... Not for 200 quid. If some one stole it (or if I lost it) I'd probably save up for a slightly better guitar, but I'd buy it again later on and probably replace some parts and have it a 'fun' guitar. // 6


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