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Autumn is ripe for the picking so to speak. The first few frosts of fall signals the best time to hand pick apples if you are inclined. Those chilly nights help to sweeten the local apple crops. And we all have our favorites, with around seven thousand varieties around the world there is an apple for everyone.
I wanted to make a welcome to fall apple treat, nothing fancy, and yes, I also wanted the house to smell great, apples baking in the oven and with this cake recipe, cinnamon too.
A basic apple cake just didn't sound that interesting even if it tasted good, so I decided to pair it with some salted caramel. How can you go wrong with such a classic match made in heaven? A simply, so good combination perfect for lifting up the chilly weather ahead.
Cinnamon Apple Cake Recipe
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup brown sugar, packed
8 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk
2 cups diced apple, peeled
Buttermilk [for brushing]
Cinnamon Sugar [mix together 4 teaspoons granular sugar & 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon]
Preheat oven to 350°F
preparing the cake pans:
1. Cut eight 9-inch circles of parchment and line cake rings.
*note: The cake rings used were 3.25"x2." I used cans that once held water chestnuts! If you do not have any and want to use a different pan, this recipe will fill a 9"x9" pan or a standard bread pan.
preparation of the batter:
1. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, sea salt, nutmeg and black pepper.
2. Cream together brown sugar and butter until light, approximately 3-5 minutes.
3. Beat in one egg at a time until thoroughly incorporated.
4. Gently stir in half of the flour followed by half of the buttermilk until combined.
5. Repeat with the remaining flour and buttermilk.
6. Fold in diced apples.
7. Fill each parchment lined round two-thirds full.
8. Brush tops with buttermilk and sprinkle the full amount of cinnamon sugar evenly over each cake.
9. Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean.
Makes 8 mini cakes.
Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe
1 cup granular sugar
¼ cup water
4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into bits
½ cup heavy cream
¾ teaspoon fleur de sel [-or- sea salt]
preparing the caramel:
1. Combine sugar and water in a small sauce pan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
2. Use a skewer to swirl the sugar so it colors evenly.
3. Cook until sugar has is amber in color and turn off heat.
4. Toss in butter bits and then the heated cream [mixture will violently bubble.]
5. Whisk until smooth and has cooled.
6. Stir in fleur de sel.
Makes 1 ½ cups.
To Serve: Remove the cake rings and parchment paper and serve with salted caramel sauce over.


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John Newman was born in Flushing, New York, in 1952. He is more widely recognised as a sculptor than a print maker, though he completed an impressive body of work at Tyler Graphics between 1989 and 1995. Newman undertook his artistic training at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Oberlin College in Ohio, and received an MFA from the Yale School of Art in 1975.
The subjects of both Newman's sculptures and prints are intimate organic forms reminiscent of the inside of shells. The prints he produced at Tyler Graphics are delicately coloured abstract forms that often act as plans for his sculptural work.
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Week of Clinics for Vets Ends With Many Possibilities
The final day of a week-long series of USA Judo clinics for injured veterans at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA, had these warriors wanting more and USA Judo looking at a host of possibilities for new programs.
"The opportunities here were just enormous," said Marc Vink, Team Leader of USA Judo's Paralympic Adaptive Sports Program, which saw about 150 battle-injured veterans step on the mats for an introduction to the sport.
"They jumped at this thing like you could not believe," Vink said of the Vets, who came from across the country. USA Judo hopes they now return home where USA Judo will find them local clubs, provide them with gis and USA Judo membership for insurance on the mats.
Judo was one of several sports for the vets to try at the 6th Annual National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic. Sailing, surfing, cycling and track and field events also were offered.
Leading clinics Tuesday and Wednesday was Myles Porter, 100 kg (Olympic Training Center/NYAC, Colorado Springs, CO), who took at silver medal at the Paralympic Games in London last summer. "Working with this military group is a great and humbling honor," said Porter.
Veterans at these clinics had everything from combat spinal injuries, to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and visual impairments.
Currently, USA Judo's Paralympic Adaptive Sports program is providing a wide range of resources to active clubs in Chicago, Washington DC, Philadelphia, San Diego and coming soon to Denver.
Judo instructors at this week's clinics include Vink, Porter and retired Navy Chief Joe Ciokon and retired U.S. Marine Gerald Lafon, both involved with the veterans community in San Diego. Joining them was Roland Fernando, head sensei of Migot Judo Dojo, located near the OTC in Chula Vista.
If you are interested in starting a Paralympic Adaptive Sports program, contact Denise Thomas at the National Office (719) 866-4732.


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About the Author: Ann Stock serves as Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs."Diplomacy does not just happen between government officials. It also happens between individuals, through people to people connections and student exchanges. These are some of the most important people to people connections we can have. For hundreds of thousands of students each year, exchanges promote mutual understanding and bring people of different nations together to share ideas and compare values."
-- Hillary Rodham Clinton
This week, the Department of State celebrated International Education Week by highlighting the people-to-people connections made through educational exchanges.
On Monday, we released, with the Institute of International Education, the Open Doors annual report on international student mobility. This report outlines a couple of key trends. Worldwide, American and international students continue to seek educational exchanges. The report also indicates that the United States remains the preferred destination for international students seeking higher education. In fact, international enrollments in U.S. education institutions are at the highest levels ever.
Close to 700,000 international students attended U.S. colleges and universities, adding nearly $20 billion to the American economy. After their studies here, these students return home to become leaders who understand our society and values. In turn, as Americans study abroad in a growing number of countries, they are better prepared to compete in a global economy.
In addition to the Open Doors report, there have been more than 500 events throughout America and around the globe to celebrate International Education Week. For example:
• In Mobile, Alabama, the Mobile International Festival celebrated the breadth of global heritage and international diversity of the Mobile Alabama Region and U.S. Gulf Coast with exhibits, music and cultural performances, and global cuisine;
• In Lynwood, Washington, Edmonds Community College hosted an event for the community to meet 18 students from Brazil, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan -- studying there under the Department of State's Community College Initiative Program -- who shared stories and games from their cultures and information about their countries;
• In Tripoli, Libya, the first-ever two-day Study in the USA Education Fair held at Al-Fateh University drew more than 7,200 Libyan students together with representatives of 32 American universities, colleges, English language schools and boarding schools, who showcased the best of American education and provided Libyan students and parents the information they need to make educational choices; and
• In Lima, Peru, the U.S. Embassy and local partners began the commemoration of the Education International Week with a national English Spelling Contest that included eight Peruvian students in the Department of State's English Access MicroScholarship Program.
International Education Week highlights the importance of citizen diplomacy and student ambassadors. At the 2010 Citizen Diplomacy Summit on Thursday, I discussed 21st Century Diplomacy, and the importance of our educational exchanges.
The students and citizen diplomats I met this week are models of how 21st Century Diplomacy works to create an open dialogue and mutual understanding. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will build off the success and excitement of International Education Week and pursue ways to increase these vital people-to-people exchanges. They provide extraordinary opportunities for American and international students to work, study and learn together.
If you have a story or want to share a picture about your International Education Week event or celebration, send me a tweet at @AnnatState.
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Debates of Nov. 22nd, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #155 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was producers.
- Question Period
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Supply
- Committees of the House
- Supply
- Auditor General's Report
- Mining Industry
- Tsunami Relief
- Order of Nova Scotia Recipient
- Le Clap Cinema
- Coalition of African Canadian Organizations
- Office of the Ethics Commissioner
- Gun Violence
- Albert Bégin
- Ukraine
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Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
Pauline Picard Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, we are proposing this motion to the House so that it may be passed by all members, because we have no certainty that the federal government will do its job.
It is very important that the government not take any action that will open up our borders and let American and European markets invade ours. It is also very important that it not take any action that will make supply management disappear, as that will put our agriculture in danger.
I would like to repeat the Bloc Québécois motion, because it is being criticized as too restrictive. I will submit that to your judgment, Mr. Speaker, because I do not believe it is. In my opinion, it is ensuring us that the supply management system will be maintained, and we want to ensure that the negotiators defend those sectors subject to that system.
The motion says "that these sectors can continue to provide producers with a fair and equitable income."
Since I am getting the time-up signal, I will invite my colleague in the Conservative Party to read the Bloc Québécois motion.
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
James Bezan Selkirk—Interlake, MB
Mr. Speaker, I wish to thank my colleague from the Bloc, the agriculture critic, the member for Richmond—Arthabaska, for his motion today, giving us this chance to again talk about a desperate situation that we have in agriculture and, really, the future of Canadian agriculture as it relates to the World Trade Organization.
As I mentioned earlier in the debate today, the huge concern that we have is that there has not been a Canadian position advocated for Canadian farmers. We do not what our position is regarding supply management. We do not know what our position is for our grain and oilseed producers and our livestock producers, whether hogs, cattle or bison. We are not sure where we are at when we are sitting around the table in Hong Kong, Geneva, Doha, Cancun, or Seattle. We have actually been just sitting in a quagmire of rhetoric, not knowing the true position.
We want more than just verbal support, and that is what we have been getting out of the government. We want real action and a real position advocated. The Liberal government had an opportunity to represent that at ministerials that were held throughout the last few years. Just as an example, back in March, there was a mini-ministerial that took place in Kenya and the government did not even bother showing up. Why? Because Liberals were holding their convention at that time.
I would like to state, Mr. Speaker, that I will be splitting my time with my hon. colleague from Central Nova, who will pick up after question period.
The real key here is that we have to ensure we have a firm Canadian position, so that the industry knows where the government is headed. We want to know what the negotiators are working from as their base when they go into negotiations. We have to remember that the WTO is a negotiation. It is a poker game and there will be give and take, but we want to ensure that the parameters are laid out. That is essentially what we are asking for here, that the parameters are set.
Agriculture has been an integral part of rural Canada. It is an integral part of urban Canada, as well. Spinoff jobs occur in grocery stores, food processing, packing plants, refrigeration companies, and trucking companies. These are all tied to agriculture. Jobs in mills, distilleries and ethanol plants are all based upon agriculture. We have to ensure that we have these opportunities to hold government to account when we start talking about a trade relationship.
I will continue this discussion after question period, so that we can more formalize the discussion around the World Trade Organization talks.
Auditor General's Report
Government Orders
2 p.m.
The Speaker
I would like to lay upon the Table the Report of the Auditor General of Canada for 2005.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), this report is deemed to have been permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Mining Industry
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Ken Boshcoff Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome today representatives of the Canadian mining industry who are in Ottawa to participate in the annual Mining Day on the Hill.
Canada has long been recognized as a world leader in mining and mineral exploration. Recently the Prime Minister said, "Canada's energy and mineral endowment is one of our greatest comparative advantages".
Mining provides high-paying skilled jobs across Canada and is a major economic engine in many rural and remote communities. Over the next decade the sector will face a labour shortage and estimates there will be 60,000 to 80,000 jobs to fill, and that is not including the oil sands sector. This challenge is an incredible opportunity.
We must enhance aboriginal participation in mining, further develop immigration policies to recruit foreign skilled workers, and continue to improve foreign credential recognition. Canadians stand to benefit. Our government must continue to work with the mining industry to ensure that opportunities are seized.
Happy Mining Day.
Tsunami Relief
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Gary Schellenberger Perth—Wellington, ON
Mr. Speaker, last year Southeast Asia was hit by a massive tsunami. Since then, over 29,000 Rotarians from across Canada have raised more than $1 million to help rebuild 25 schools in Sri Lanka as part of the Schools Reawaken project.
The Canadian Rotary Committee for International Development informed me recently that its application to the federal government for matching dollars was turned down. Rotary applied for matching dollars because the Liberal government promised to match contributions by Canadians.
It is difficult to understand why Rotary's application was rejected, considering that as of August, the federal government has contributed just $166 million or roughly 40% of the $425 million promised to Southeast Asia. That leaves roughly $259 million still available.
On behalf of Rotarians and all Canadians, will the Prime Minister intervene personally and make sure the federal government keeps its word? It could start with $1 million to the Rotarians so thousands of children in--
Tsunami Relief
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for West Nova.
Order of Nova Scotia Recipient
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Robert Thibault West Nova, NS
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge Theresa McNeil's considerable contributions to Annapolis County. I want to congratulate her on her recent appointment to the Order of Nova Scotia. The Order of Nova Scotia is the highest honour bestowed by our province. It recognizes her outstanding contributions and achievements.
As the first female high sheriff for Annapolis County and indeed all of Canada, Mrs. McNeil is an inspiration and a role model. She has spent countless hours volunteering in her community of Upper Granville and always has time for her family and her 17 children.
I want to thank Mrs. McNeil for her invaluable contribution to her community, her province and her country. I congratulate Mrs. McNeil on this the most recent of many accomplishments.
Le Clap Cinema
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Roger Clavet Louis-Hébert, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today with pride in this House to mark the 20th anniversary of the Le Clap repertory movie theatre.
For two decades, film enthusiasts in the Quebec City area have had the chance to see repertory films in their original language.
I have fond memories of that locale and of many interesting post-screening discussions.
The Bloc Québécois congratulates the founders of Le Clap, its management team and the entire staff, who over the past 20 years have stimulated our interest in cinema not only with their program choices, but also with their publication Le Clap .
Any credit for making international cinema popular in Quebec City goes to Le Clap and its team. Congratulations and many more years to Le Clap from my beautiful riding of Louis-Hébert.
Coalition of African Canadian Organizations
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Judy Sgro York West, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to advise the House that this evening the Prime Minister will meet with representatives from the Coalition of African Canadian Organizations.
The coalition is made up of many community groups, including the Jamaican Canadian Association and the Jane-Finch Concerned Citizens Organization, both located in my riding of York West. At the meeting, the coalition will present to the Prime Minister its action plan to prevent violence.
I would like to congratulate the coalition on its continuing constructive efforts to keep our community safe, and wish it well on its meeting with the Prime Minister this evening.
Office of the Ethics Commissioner
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Deepak Obhrai Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, on Friday, November 18 the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs tabled its report on the question of privilege that I raised in reference to the Ethics Commissioner's conduct and to find him in contempt of Parliament.
The committee found the Ethics Commissioner was in contempt of Parliament. Thus, a painful chapter that had no merit to it has come to an end for me and my family. I would like to thank you, Mr. Speaker, and the chair of the committee, the hon. member for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, as well as members of the committee from all parties.
I urge all members to read this report as it deals with the Office of the Ethics Commissioner and has severe consequences on all members. I also hope that the Ethics Commissioner will grab the opportunity that the committee has given him and gracefully make his exit and a thorough cleanup is done of his office so public confidence is restored in this office.
Gun Violence
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jean Augustine Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Speaker, let me take this opportunity to offer our sympathy to the families and friends of so many black young men who have been killed by guns and gun violence.
The entire Toronto community is shocked by the boldness and non-caring attitude of young men who belong to gangs and whose lifestyle, criminal activities and weapons use create havoc and distress in our communities.
As legislators we cannot ignore this continuing crisis which is a manifestation of deep-rooted problems facing African Canadians. As we call for stricter laws and penalties, let us also assist the communities to obtain quality of life for all of our citizens.
Albert Bégin
Statements By Members
November 22nd, 2005 / 2:05 p.m.
France Bonsant Compton—Stanstead, QC
Mr. Speaker, I want tell the House about Albert Bégin from Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton, a young man from the riding of Compton—Stanstead, who will be celebrating his 100th birthday on December 15.
Mr. Bégin does not dwell on the past, but still enjoys the present. Recently, nearly 230 of us relatives, friends and acquaintances came together to recognize the incredible contribution made by this man who has loved the land. Attached to his region and devoted to his neighbours, Mr. Bégin told us with pride about the high points in his life.
Mr. Bégin did not drink from the fountain of youth, but he might have a magical recipe: he does not drink, he does not smoke and he keeps very active. He spoke glowingly of his card games and outings with his friends from the seniors club.
The Bloc Québécois congratulates Albert Bégin, a man who inspires us to live as long as he has.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Borys Wrzesnewskyj Etobicoke Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, as a light snow fell on my way to the House of Commons this morning, I felt a moment of nostalgia. On this morning one year ago, I stood in Independence Square with Viktor Yushchenko as a light snow fell on a gathering of tens of thousands of people.
The day before massive fraud was committed against the will of the Ukrainian people. Canadian observers documented hundreds of cases of fraud and intimidation reaching the highest levels. All exit polls showed Yushchenko had been chosen by the people, yet the interfering Russian government announced Yanukovych the victor.
In addressing the gathering crowd, I congratulated Yushchenko as being the duly elected president and assured that the people of Canada would stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Ukraine.
During the weeks that followed, the crowds grew to millions. Our Prime Minister provided critical support to the people of Ukraine at key points in time. In the end, the colour orange spread over the snow covered cities of Ukraine like the promising rays of sunshine.
I would like to thank the Prime Minister, every parliamentarian and the thousand Canadian observers, including former prime minister John Turner, for rising to the occasion. Not a single life was lost and the will of the people overcame the forces arrayed against them. As the slogan of people--
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Regina—Qu'Appelle.
North Central Family Centre
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Andrew Scheer Regina—Qu'Appelle, SK
Mr. Speaker, the North Central Family Centre has been improving the quality of life in Regina for several years. Thanks to the dedication of dozens of volunteers and staff, the centre has been able to assist low income and unemployed people live better lives. The centre offers after school activities to students, meal programs, and all sorts of training and educational services.
In addition, the North Central Family Centre has started its own construction company to build and renovate houses in the core area of Regina. The company has already taken 18 people off public assistance by providing them with steady employment. It has also improved the standard of housing for many people in Regina and is working toward bringing the joys of home ownership to more and more families. By providing people with jobs, it has helped workers beat their addictions and taught them responsibility and valuable construction skills.
I would ask all members to join me in congratulating Sandi Wankel, Dr. Irvine Resnik, Dick Champlone, Ben Hernando, and all the staff and volunteers at the centre for their outstanding work in making North Central Regina a better place to live.


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Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12), the seventh annual iteration of the humanitarian exercise begun by the U.S. Navy following the tragic 2004 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Banda Aceh on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra, ended officially when the USNS Mercy departed Sihanoukville, Cambodia on August 11.
The mission to Cambodia was a marvelous example of all of the external personnel on Mercy coordinating seamlessly with our U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh personnel to provide an impressively geographically diverse mission. There is an excellent piece by two PP12 female helicopter pilots, as well as a video clip summarizing efforts in Cambodia, on the PP12 blog site.
Because Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh are four to five hours' drive apart, and some of the mission sites were near Phnom Penh, our two helicopters worked long hours and the pilots, crews and mechanics were outstanding. We also employed a fleet of vans to carry personnel and equipment up and down the two major roads between Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh. Everyone finished the mission happily exhausted, and Sihanoukville was a pleasant seaside town where people could wind down and have a nice meal when they weren't otherwise engaged.
Many PP12 participants, including myself, flew home from Cambodia following the mission. But most are still aboard the Mercy, steaming towards Guam. Much work remains to be done, by the civilian mariner crew that actually operates Mercy, by the U.S. Navy staff who needs to complete all the requisite reports and briefs to be shared, and by the superb public diplomacy team that continues to produce excellent videos, photos, and stories while Mercy makes her slow transit back home to San Diego.
And even as PP12 returns, PP13 personnel are planning a new mission, visiting new prospective sites in new countries, and preparing for the international video-teleconferences that stretch over many months and are so crucial to the success of Pacific Partnership. As USN personnel like to say, "Fair winds, and following seas," and stay tuned for Pacific Partnership 2013 to the Pacific Island countries.


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Mitt Romney is making a brief stop in Oregon. The presumptive Republican nominee for president will hold a fundraiser at a hotel in downtown Portland on Monday. He has no public appearances on his schedule.
Democrats criticized Romney's record as Massachusetts governor in a morning news conference. There was a heavy police presence in front of the governor hotel as Romney critics promised a demonstration.
Monday's fundraiser will be Romney's third in Portland since last year.


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The Japanese Catshark is reported from depths of 600 to 800 m. Males begin to mature at 51 cm TL and females begin to mature at 55 cm TL. All males are mature at 62 cm TL and all females at 57 cm TL. Reproduction is single oviparous species, with one egg case peroviduct (Nakaya 1975 unpublished data).
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M.S. in Biology: Admissions Requirments
For admission to the Department of Biology M.S. program, applicants should have, or be in the process of completing a Bachelor's degree in biology or a subdiscipline thereof.
Applicants with a degree in a different major may still apply, but may need to demonstrate biological knowledge through additional course work. Such applicants should also take the subject GRE in Biology or Biochemistry/Molecular Biology. Applicants to the M.S. degree program ordinarily have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 and have completed two or more years of course work in biology and chemistry and one year of physics.
Applicants must submit:
Note: Fall admission deadline is February 1st for stipend and tuition scholarship consideration, otherwise June 1st.


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Warzycha: '(Gaven) Is A Special Player'
The Columbus Dispatch - October 31, 2013 09:37 PM
As both an assistant and head coach, Robert Warzycha was on the sideline for every single game of Eddie Gaven's Crew career – all 230 of them, spread across eight seasons and multiple competitions.
It's hard to fathom that when the Crew takes the field next season, neither player will be in uniform on the field or on the bench. After Gaven stunned the soccer world with his decision to retire at age 27, Warzycha described his former player as a special person.
"He's a special player and a special person," he told The Dispatch. "He's somebody that never complains. He's somebody that never takes a shortcut. He's somebody that is enjoying every single day when he's on the field. He's enjoying every single day that he wakes up in the morning because he's so positive. I wish that more people had that kind of happiness and enjoyment, to be honest with you."
After taking a pay cut while signing a contract extension with the Crew after the 2011 season, Gaven set a career high with nine goals in 2012 before losing most of 2013 to a knee injury. Rehabilitation was going well by all accounts, but Gaven said in a statement that the injury had nothing to do with the injury.
Instead, Gaven is following his own path, wherever that might lead him. And although Warzycha is confident that Gaven will be fine, it's hard not to wonder what might have been ahead for the midfielder.
"He was really an inspiration for all of us," Warzycha said. "It is really, really sad not only for the Columbus Crew and the fans and for U.S. Soccer if Eddie decides not to play anymore, but I know that he's thought about his decision. He's going to be fine whatever he wants to do. He has a passion for what he wants to do next and I'm sure he's going to be successful."
The fact that Gaven's decision came on Halloween seemed fitting to Crew president and general manager Mark McCullers, who learned of the news this morning.
"It's just the aura of Eddie Gaven," he said. "He's just so unique, so different, I don't know. It's just perfect that Eddie Gaven retires on Halloween at 27 years old. He marches to the beat of a different drummer. You can't predict Eddie Gaven, so for him to go out like this is almost perfect for him.
"It doesn't make it any less painful, but just from my perspective it's like, 'Yes, that's Eddie Gaven.' "
McCullers said he had not spoken to Gaven, who said farewell to his teammates this morning at the team's training facility in Obetz, but that they had traded emails. And although he is not sure what comes next for Gaven, McCullers said the former midfielder made it clear that his mind was made up.
Coupled with the decision to part ways with Matias Sanchez and Aaron Horton, the Crew has now cleared more than $500,000 of guaranteed compensation from its 2013 budget according to figures released by the players' union.
I'll get more into this in Sunday's paper, but Gaven's news significantly impacts what the Crew might be able to do this winter.
When Gaven went out with the knee injury, Justin Meram was his immediate replacement in the lineup. When he missed two games earlier in the season with an ankle injury, it was Ben Speas. Later on, Bernardo Anor held down the position and showed potential in the most extensive playing time of his career.
McCullers was quick to point out that there is no replacing a player like Gaven, although someone will have to try.
Warzycha knows that better than perhaps anyone.
"He never changed his game," he said. "If he missed a shot or had a bad play, he was onto the next play, which is very difficult as a player. Some guys need 20, 30, 40 minutes to do that, but he was so strong he would just carry on.
"He's very, very important not only for Columbus but for the young players. Hopefully he changes his mind."


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Today, after 10 years of building Mozilla's presence in Asia, I leave Mozilla as full-time staff. Our family is moving to Shanghai for new opportunities and I am leaving to organize our move and enjoy the summer. My last day in the office was April 27th.
I have too many people to thank for their support over these many years at Mozilla. I won't be able to thank everyone but I do want to specifically thank Mitchell Baker and Joi Ito, who introduced me to John Lilly, Chris Beard, and Paul Kim back in January of 2006. Without Joi and John, I would not have joined Mozilla- thank you both.
Thank you to all of my colleagues at Mozilla Japan, especially Satoko Takita, who was very supportive since the beginning. Takita-san, I cannot thank you enough. Thanks to all of my colleagues who made my Mozilla journey as important as the destination: the Evangelism team under Mike Shaver, the Evangelism team under Chris Blizzard, the Contributor Engagement team under Mary Colvig, and the Participation team under Brian King.
There are too many community members for me to thank, so I will just thank you all for your commitment to Mozilla. It is your dedication to the mission of Mozilla which keeps the project alive and moving forward.
While I will be leaving full-time employment at Mozilla, I'll be continuing my mentor position at 500 Startups. I'm also excited to announce that I am now mentoring at Chinaccelerator, a program by SOS Ventures. If you or your friends are interested in either program, or you are visiting Shanghai, please don't hesitate to get in touch: gen at kanai dot net
(Note that if I am in China, it may take longer to reach me via methods that are blocked by the Great Firewall. Email is usually best: gen at kanai dot net)
I'll close with a selection of photos from my time at Mozilla.
John Lilly & Mike Schroepfer in Tokyo, March 2006; (I see Nakano-san on the right side there.)
Mozillagumi welcomes Scott MacGregor to Japan, June 2006
Mitchell & Takita-san interviewed by the Japanese media, Sept. 2006
An interpreter, John Lilly and Joi Ito at the Firefox 2.0 Japan press event, October 2006
John Lilly & Chris Beard
The Mozilla organization in China that existed before Mozilla China.
Seth Spitzer & Seth Bindernagel meet their match with "medium" spicy beef noodle soup in Taipei, April 2007.
Mozilla Japan hosted the Firefox Developers Conference, Summer 2007 (with guest speakers including Shaver, mfinkle, fligtar and dmills)
Chris Beard and Kaori Negoro, Feb. 2008
Mozilla Japan, Firefox 3.5 release photo
Mitchell speaking at the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy, Seoul, June 2008.
Mitchell and I visited with the Mozilla Korea community on the release of Firefox 3.0, June 2008
Mitchell was interviewed on CNN from their Seoul bureau, June 2008
Mozilla l10n teams, Mozilla Summit 2008
meeting with HanoiLUG, Dec. 2009
speaking at Barcamp Saigon, Dec. 2009
Mozilla Indonesia gathering, May 2010
Firefox 4 launch, Bandung, May 2010
Firefox 4 launch, Manila, May 2010
Mozilla Summit 2010
Mitchell Baker and I in Jakarta, Sept 2010
Mozilla Thailand community, Oct. 2010 (with William & Dietrich)
PestaBlogger, Jakarta, Oct. 2010, with Dietrich and WilliamQ
Mozilla community managers, Sept. 2012
MozCamp Asia 2012 closing dance
Mozilla Bangladesh meeting, Dec. 2012
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John Carmack, the technical director of id Software, said in an interview that Nintendo's next-generation Wii U game console was much more viable for hardcore gamers than the current-gen Wii. The legendary game designer even said that the console seemed to suit well for the firm's next-generation id Tech 5 engine and therefore games designed by id.
For many years Nintendo's game consoles were significantly behind competitors (including Microsoft and Sony) technology-wise, which is why developers of video games specialized on so-called hardcore titles were not interested in designing games for Nintendo's platforms. For example, none of id's own latest games released in the most recent decade is available on Nintendo GameCube or Wii. Even though Nintendo Wii U is hardly a big step forwards compared to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, it is a massive step for Nintendo and Mr. Carmack sees it as a step towards hardcore games and gamers.
"[Nintendo Wii U] should be a slam dunk to move over to Tech 5 games on there. We haven't had that discussion yet as a company, but it seems technically like it's a valid target, so I'm always happy to go ahead and get a new box in and see what it takes to bring it up and see the pros and cons of the choices they made. I think they probably made a fairly intelligent decision with the Wii U," said John Carmack, in an interview with Industry Gamers web-site.
Based on unofficial reports, Wii U should resemble Xbox 360 in terms of system architecture, which was once the favourite one for Mr. Carmack. The particular good news for Nintendo is that a legendary developer of hardcore games is now openly interested in creating titles for Wii U. But the problem is that id Software does not seem to have Wii U, which means that it may not have enough time to port upcoming Rage or other title to the platform on time for the launch in 2012.
"I am much more inclined to want to develop something for Nintendo now because I have got a 6-year-old son and we play Wii and DS games all the time. I'd be happy to do something there. It just hasn't been the right fit for where id Software is with our projects and technologies," said Mr. Carmack.
It is noteworthy that John Carmack seems more value in the new tablet-like controller of Wii U than in motion-sensing technologies by Microsoft and Sony.
"I think there may be more good uses of that [Wii U tablet] than [there are for] the current generation with Kinect and Move. There's clearly a subset of games for which things like that are appropriate for. We've been going on with how can we use those types of motion things with Rage and it's hard to take a game that's fundamentally designed around a controller and get value out of doing some of those other things, while adding extra touch interfaces there, that seems like something that almost every game could make some use of," said the legendary game designer.
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While walking around the city center of Florence you will find the Piazza Santissima Annunziata, near the University of Florence. In this wonderful place there are two Patrician palaces. The one on the right is the nowadays known as Budini-Gatta, long before called Palazzo Grifoni.
The Grifoni family lived there for centuries and it s said that one of the Grifoni sons was engaged with a beautiful lady when he parted to the war. The legend tells us that the future wife had been waiting for years to her beloved return. This is the reason why when you look at the second floor you will find a window that is always open, a symbol of the lady waiting for her love to come back.
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As Secretary Clinton has so often said, "When women thrive, families, communities and countries thrive and the world becomes more peaceful and prosperous." Encouraging and increasing women's economic participation is part of why I was in California this week to publicly announce the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Women and the Economy Summit (WES). WES will take place in conjunction with the third APEC Senior Officials Meeting in San Francisco, September 13-16, and involve more than 500 representatives from the APEC economies. WES is about exchanging ideas and making recommendations for concrete policies and projects encouraging women's involvement in economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region.
The United States is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in 2011, bringing together the 21 APEC member economies to discuss how to expand economic cooperation in the Asia Pacific region in a way that fosters free and open trade and investment. Our public announcement gave a preview of the September meetings, which will cover a wide range of policy issues and involve high-level political participation. In addition to women and the economy, other topics addressed will be energy efficient transportation, trade and economic growth, health issues, and emergency preparedness.
WES is the premier event bringing together senior private and public sector players for a dialogue on fostering women's economic empowerment among the APEC economies. The dialogue will support a set of policy recommendations that will be delivered to the APEC Leaders' Meeting in November.
As we head towards these WES meetings in September, I look forward to laying the ground work for a successful summit. It is a great opportunity to advance our nation's agenda and expand the APEC region's economy. More importantly, it's a venue for dialogue on integrating women more fully into APEC economic planning and policy development.
Diane M. in Washington, DC writes:
At the upcoming APEC Women and the Economy Summit, I hope sustainability in business will be a major agenda topic. Sustainability is relevant to every business, whether it is providing a "green" product or service, or simply wants to operate in a more environmentally responsible way. The micro-enterprises that women start are particularly well suited to sustainability, given their initial small scale, local focus, and frequent reliance on indigenous materials to succeed. But in any country, women bolster the green economy when they use their purse and shift their spending to greener products and services - at home and at their place of work. Please let me know how I can help add a "green" or sustainability component to the APEC Women and the Economy agenda. Thank you.


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Arizona Muse is an American model and Vogue cover girl whose star is rising rapidly in the fashion world. Born in Tucson and named after her home state, she has worked with some of the fashion industry's leading personalities including Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier and Paolo Roversi. She has been associated with couture brands including Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino and Chanel, and has also anchored an issue of Dazed & Confused, in which every page of fashion editorial featured her image.
Working with a denim brand like G-Star RAW and a music-based photographer like Anton Corbijn is proving to be a new move for a model so closely associated with couture catwalks. "He's an iconic photographer and he shoots real people, so his pictures are very realistic," Muse says of working with Corbijn. "He captures moments that are just true. Honest moments."


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Moving on up in the oil patch
Are the West's energy fields the last bastion of the American Dream?
Imagine a child born in or near Gallup, N.M. "Jonny" is an average, healthy kid, but life's not easy. His single mom works at a mini-mart and makes about $16,000 per year, putting the family in the state's lowest income bracket. At school, Jonny's underpaid, overworked teachers tell him that in the United States even poor kids can prosper if they work hard. Upward mobility, the collective rags-to-riches momentum, distinguishes us from the rest of the caste-confined world. It is, they tell him, the American Dream.
Yet across the nation it's getting harder to climb the income ladder. And in the Gallup commuting area, which stretches into Arizona and spans much of the Navajo Nation, the American Dream is all but dead. Jonny and other poor kids here have about a 6 percent chance of ever making it into a household in the top income bracket (earning more than $90,000 per year), according to data recently released by the Equality of Opportunity Project. The Project, headed by four prominent Harvard and Berkeley economists, ties geography to income mobility. And the picture it paints of Western places like Gallup, Albuquerque, Tucson and Phoenix isn't pretty: For the most part, kids who are born poor in these areas stay poor.
There's some hope for Jonny, however. If his family can afford to move to Vernal, Utah, or Williston, N.D., or Gillette, Wyo., his chances of reaching the top of the ladder by the time he's in his 30s increases fivefold. These are among the areas that are not only the most upwardly mobile in the West, but in the nation. And the common thread connecting them is energy extraction: They are all hotspots for coal, oil or natural gas production.
In such geologically fortunate places, jobs on the oil and gas rigs or in the coal mines have taken the place, if imperfectly, of the factory jobs that once buoyed the middle class. Since 2007, private-sector employment in the U.S. has grown by a mere 1 percent, while in the oil and gas sector, jobs have jumped by 40 percent. The annual mean wage for oil and gas jobs is $92,000, twice that of other occupations. Petroleum engineers -- 270 in western North Dakota alone, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- need only a bachelor's degree to make $161,000 on average. Meanwhile, derrick or rig operators make nearly $60,000. "I can't think of another industry where someone with just a high school degree can come in and make that kind of money," says Jeremy Weber, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service.
Before the early 1980s, even if you grew up in a poor household, you had a chance of getting a union factory job right out of high school and steadily working your way into the middle class. Relatively high, progressive federal income taxes kept the wealth from accumulating in the hands of Mad Men-era executives. But over the last three decades, manufacturing jobs have dwindled, thanks to outsourcing and technology, and working-class wages have generally declined. At the same time, executive pay has skyrocketed and the taxes on the top incomes have dropped by more than 40 percent. More and more of the wealth has gone to the top 1 percent, and the abyss between rich and poor is growing ever wider.
In the energy patch, however, high-paying jobs on the rigs are bridging the abyss. And Weber's research in the oil and gas fields shows that in energy-boom counties, wages and employment across the board -- not just in the industry -- increase. Poverty and income inequality tend to be far lower in those counties than national and even associated states' averages. That suggests that the so-called resource curse, or Dutch Disease, in which the positive impacts of a boom are limited to the extractive industry, and may even suffocate other industries, is being held at bay.
Local government coffers also get in on the action. The Equality of Opportunity Project found a mild correlation between areas with high upward mobility and those with the most progressive tax structure. That is, when lower income folks get more tax credits and the wealthy are taxed more, the chances of climbing the income ladder go up. This phenomenon extends to the energy fields as well, but with a twist: Rather than taxing the rich, the states tax energy production. Wyoming has long had a robust mineral severance tax, netting the state some $1 billion per year, or about $2,000 for every resident, and North Dakota is closing in on the $2 billion per year mark. And these figures don't include impact fees and property taxes on the energy industry, which can amount to millions for local government. In theory, at least, these funds can go toward safety nets that catch people before they fall into poverty. They can also encourage upward mobility: Wyoming spends more per pupil on public education than almost any state in the nation, and its teachers are paid well, too. Add to that the grants and scholarships energy companies often give to classrooms and students -- along with big funding to energy wings of colleges and universities -- and the educational system in the gas patch tends to be pretty strong.
There are trade-offs, to be sure. Any energy boom ravages the landscape to some degree. Energy-rich counties also tend to have higher rates of domestic violence, teenage births, juvenile arrest and youth death than other counties. Women in the oil patch make less than their male counterparts. And even a battalion of drill rigs or some gargantuan coal mines can't completely counter the drag that racial factors have on income mobility: It might be high in the energy fields, but it's still low where they intersect Indian Country.
But as the 1 percent continues to hoard more of the wealth, and the middle class dissolves, the energy fields may be the last bastion, however imperfect, of the American Dream.
Honestly in my opinion once all of the fossil fuels are gone such as oil for example people will go and try to find more resourceful and environmental safe fuels and by that time I believe it will be too late because for example our changing climate are our climates keeps changing I feel that more and more of our earth is slowly dying. I also feel that Scientists should start finding more environmental safe fuels before it is too and we lose our precious planet to pollution, and even then I feel like it is too late.
There are alternatives, but none of them are as 'compact' and energy rich as oil (unfortunately).
So many people believe that global warming is going to "destroy" the planet they fear rising sea levels and all kinds of bullshit.
Before mankind runs out of "fossil fuels" (still an unproven theory itself - there is also the possibility of abiogenic petroleum - another theory) we will have figured out how to subsist without the black juice.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Many humans see the dwindling resources and are working to find alternatives. The biggest source of energy, the sun, is still largely untapped at this point in human evolution. Once we have a way to truly capture more of that energy and convert it to electricity (or something else) we'll have our 4 billion year power source.
So many people bitch about the planet dying like it's something we can stop. IN 4-5 billion years our sun will die and consume our planet in the process. This planet was always destined for destruction. It will be consumed and reused by the Universe in some way billions of years from now.
Wasting our energy combating CO2 is pointless and futile. It will merely give control of the earth's resources to the most powerful entities on the planet - Governments and International Corporations (the first with the power of force/death/imprisonment and the other with the power of influence and money to manipulate the first).
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In this era of retrenchment from all things creative, lovely and life sustaining--particularly the commercialization and conglomerization of language-- one success story is a breath of clean air. Thank you.
Interesting and important it is, that the founders of Dzanc Books have skills that are agreeable to the corporate model that contributed to the production and promotion of their venture.
I note, though, that only after a known "establishment"--"Publisher's Weekly"-- gave the company a positive review were theycontacted and able to advance.
My father often said that "contact" was the most important component one could have. He meant, "contact" with someone who has the ability to assist. you. Publisher's Weekly was the "kiss of death" for my first publication. Giving my work to someone who was unqualified to evaluate it provided a devastating review, despite George Garrett, the Dean of southern writing, having given it a superlative review--and inclusion in The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Yearbook 2002.
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It is no secret that rule of law in places like Slovakia is weak. Corruption, pay-offs, bribes and twisted use of power often pass for "rule of law." However, this problem has infected health care as well, which means those who are able to bribe the doctor or health care worker is the one who will get the care.
The Economist describes Communist-era corruption as a holdover infesting much of central and eastern Europe, and not just in health care. However, it's one thing to bribe an official to get a building permit; it's quite another to have to do it for live-saving surgery.
In Latvia Valdis Zatlers, an orthopaedic surgeon who served as the country's president from 2007 to 2011, accepted what he called "gratitude payments" from patients without declaring them to the tax authorities. He was fined just 250 lats ($466). A European Commission survey in 2013 found 28% of respondents in Romania and 21% in Lithuania had made informal payments to doctors, compared to an EU average of 5%. (more…)


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From Algiers to Zimbabwe, we hear how people want to learn English. Children in orphanages in Mali, law enforcement professionals in Indonesia, and women entrepreneurs in Pakistan all share an interest in speaking English. Here at the State Department, we understand how English fluency lets people take charge of their futures: it builds leaders who can do their part to promote more prosperous, equitable, and stable societies.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is helping millions of people around the world create brighter futures by providing access and improving the quality of English learning. We support teachers and learners because English proficiency opens doors to new economic, cultural, and educational opportunities. With the help of Regional English Language Officers (RELOs) around the world, the Office of English Language Programs manages a wide array of innovative programs and resources.
Thousands of young people have participated in our English Access Microscholarship program that provides after-school English classes to disadvantaged students in countries around the world. Over the past 10 years, the English Access program has changed lives and provided young people who complete the two-year program with the skills they need to succeed in higher education and business. We also support teachers of English around the world in many ways, and I'm happy to hear how so many teachers are benefiting from the excellent virtual exchange programs we offer each year. In the past year, we have organized over 30 English teacher-training webinars and E-Teacher courses that will reach over 18,000 teachers.
We also recently launched our new American English website (americanenglish.state.gov) -- a one-stop shop for free, high-quality materials that teachers and learners can download. The site also provides virtual training tools and a powerful search feature to locate the right resources from our library of 1,000 books to read, songs to learn, and games to play while practicing English. We also launched a new Facebook page that provides a wealth of resources for classroom use and self-study.
I have been pleased with the tremendous response to the Trace Effects, an innovative, new 3-D video game. The game is a valuable classroom addition for teachers or for students looking for a fun way to practice English and learn about American culture along the way. Trace Effects will soon reach 100,000 games played through the online version. An additional 50,000 DVDs of the game are in circulation across the globe.
Of course, face-to-face encounters are critical to breaking down cultural barriers and building relationships with citizens abroad. I am so proud of our English Language Specialist and Fellows programs, which allow Americans to engage with teachers overseas and promote mutual understanding, doing their part to contribute to a global community of networked English language professionals.
Anyone can use our free materials. Please take some time to check them out on americanenglish.state.gov, share the site with friends, students, and colleagues, and tell us what you think on our Facebook page.
Hamilton A. in Arizona writes:
Do American kids, born with English, have a brighter future then? There are Americans with college degrees in English Language still jobless. Would we say that we have created a bright future for them through their mastery of English? William Kamkamba was 15 years old and could barely speak English when he harnessed the windmill to produce electricity in an entire village and environs. Richard Turere was 13 when he invented the light strategy to repel lions away from his father's cattle. Take technology to these people and not English. There are many Algerians, Zimbabweans, Malians, Indonesians, and Pakistanis who speak good English to help with the technology. You should stop wasting money on lingual imperialism!


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Stacie Klein has much of the traditional fare for her Passover Seder meal: brisket, potato kugel, matzo-ball soup.
But she'll also offer a few nontraditional options, such as eggplant casserole for her vegan friends.
Much as with the food, Klein will mix tradition with a contemporary approach when retelling the story that the Seder represents and celebrates: the Israelites' liberation from slavery in Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.
Klein, of Clintonville, plans to welcome about 10 people on Monday evening, when the eight-day holiday begins. She turned to online resources for guidance and plans to use the liberation story to help her guests consider pressing issues in today's world and to question what the story means to them.
"It's taken on a little bit of a social justice-y feel," Klein said of her upcoming feast. " Passover is all about slavery and freedom and redemption, so I think it fits nicely with some issues of the 21st century."
Klein, 25, is among hundreds of young Jewish adults throughout the country who are the hosts of unique and personally meaningful Passover Seders, thanks to funds and guides from NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel. The organization seeks to foster lifelong Jewish engagement among the nearly 250,000 young-adult Jews who have visited Israel courtesy of the program since 1999.
Last month, NEXT kicked off another program that offers monthly seminars to help Jewish leaders learn new ways to connect young adults to their local faith communities. The NEXTwork Hub initiative links professionals in Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Indianapolis and Lexington, Ky., and also will include mentorship and partnered study. Organizers expect that it will last at least two years.
Klein is participating in the workshops through her work at the Jewish Federation of Columbus as co-director of the Atid (Hebrew for future) program for people in their 20s and 30s. A survey released by the federation and other local agencies this week shows that 30 percent of the Columbus area's roughly 25,500 Jews are ages 20 to 39.
Morlie Levin, chief executive officer of NEXT, said the NEXTwork Hub training is the first of its kind focused on people who work with the young-adult Jewish population.
"We've got the opportunity to reach ... very large numbers and help large numbers of people explore and deepen their sense of Judaism, connection to Jewish people, and know what it means to be a part of a larger whole," Levin said. "It's a very exciting opportunity that each of us feel very profoundly every day."
Levin said the peer-to-peer do-it-yourself experiences, such as the Passover Seders, help deepen Jewish identity and connection, as do experiences created and led by people who are more knowledgeable or associated with Jewish agencies.
"The important thing is, for young Jewish adults to find meaningful ways to explore and to deepen their own sense of connection to one another, to communities and to Israel," Levin said, " because it is connecting them to the larger Jewish people, which we hold as a high value."
The NEXT Passover program follows in the footsteps of another NEXT "do it yourself" initiative that encourages young adults to be hosts of Shabbat (Sabbath) meals. Another do-it-yourself program is timed to the High Holidays.
Since 2011, about 1,000 Seders have been held through the program, organizers said. Among those who signed up as hosts last year, more than half said it was their first time as hosts of a Seder.
In addition to being a host this year, Klein sought to boost participation in the holiday by helping to establish a Columbus link at findaseder.com, which connects hosts with people looking for a place to celebrate.
She said young people are not always encouraged to lead a Seder meal and make decisions about what traditions they want to keep. As such, the NEXT Passover stipends provide young Jews with experiences they might not otherwise have.
Among the traditions she'll stick with is breaking a piece of unleavened matzo bread and hiding half in the home for afikoman (dessert). The meal is not over, she explained, until the hidden piece is found and shared by everyone at the table.
She said the tradition offers a good lens through which to view the need to end affliction and suffering in today's world.
"Our work is not done until we're reunited," she said, "until we're back together as one and, hopefully, healed and no longer experiencing that affliction."


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CSU Family Mourns Loss of Former Trustee, Lloyd Sineath
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The Charleston Southern University family is saddened today by the death of former trustee and longtime supporter, Lloyd E. Sineath.
Sineath, a retired attorney from Hanahan, served three terms on the University's Board of Trustees (1985-89, 1991-95 and 1997-2001). He was also an active member of the Board of Visitors, a network of leaders who provide assistance to the University in the areas of scholarships, planning, promoting and resource development.
Sineath and his wife, Peggy, established the Lisa Sineath Nursing Endowed Scholarship, in memory of their beloved daughter, Lisa, and have been staunch supporters of the College of Nursing and Allied Health.
"Lloyd and Peggy have supported Charleston Southern University for a long time," said President Jairy C. Hunter Jr. "They were with us during all the years of growth and expansion at the University and have been faithful friends. We appreciate the leadership and guidance Lloyd exhibited on our Board of Trustees, and his steadfast support will live on through the students who benefit from the Lisa Sineath Nursing Endowed Scholarship."
Sineath was awarded an honorary doctor of laws by the University in 1996. In addition to his service on the Board of Trustees and Board of Visitors, he was a life member of the President's Club.


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There are a many vocal exercises that you can use to improve the quality and tone of your voice. Some of these exercises can even help you develop a broader vocal range. Here are a few of the most effective excercises to get you started:
Your vocal chords need to be warmed up before you sing. Warming up helps protect your pipes from injury, and it also helps you sing a lot better.
First, practice singing up and down the C chromatic scale a half-step at a time. This will force you to hit lots of subtle notes, and will give your voice a smoother quality.
The yawning technique is another effective approach. Open your mouth and sing a note. Now, without pausing for breath, keep singing the note while you change the pitch. Think of the way your voice gets higher when you yawn. This exercise should have a similar effect. Use it to go from the bottom of your range to the very top.
Try to spend between 10 to 15 minutes warming up before you rehearse or perform.
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One popular exercise to help you increase your vocal range involves playing notes on an instrument and singing along with them until you can't sing any higher (or lower). With the help of a tuning device or a musical instrument, you can quickly identify your natural vocal range.
Other range-expanding vocal exercises focus on building a strong middle voice, which is a voice that combines the chest and head voices. Practice singing across your natural vocal break. As you sing, pay attention to where each note vibrates in your throat. Chest voice notes will vibrate lower in your vocal chords; head voice notes often vibrate at the back of your soft palate.
Practice these notes until you can routinely produce them with good quality and voice control. Go a step higher each week until you can sing well above your natural range.
Vocal Exercises for Secure Pitch
Perfect pitch comes naturally to a rare few individuals. Most of us have to practice at it. Fortunately, there are vocal exercises that can help you improve your pitch.
The easiest way is to play a note on an instrument or in a sound software program, and sing that note as it plays. When you match the pitch perfectly, there will be a resonance that isn't present when you sing off-pitch.
You can also practice pitch with other vocalists. Try harmonizing with another singer or two, with one singer taking the higher notes, one taking middle notes, and one taking lower notes. When you're all on pitch, the result will be a resonating harmony.
Vocal Exercises for Improved Volume
Volume is another important part of vocals. Sometimes you will need to sing at a higher volume, especially if you sing opera or rock music, or if you sing with a band that plays loudly.
Finding your natural volume is a lot like finding your natural range. Simply start out at a regular volume, singing in your speaking voice. Sing gradually louder until you can no longer sing comfortably. That is your natural volume range.
You can increase your volume by identifying your diaphragm (the band of muscle beneath your ribcage) and using it to push out your voice as you sing. Exhale sharply; the muscle that tightens when you exhale is your diaphragm.
The above vocal exercises will help you identify and increase your natural range and volume, and add power to your notes. Practice daily to develop the best tone possible.
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Le Salon de MusiquesPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: Bax, chamber music, champagne, Downtown LA, flute, food, Harp
The February 26 Le Salon de Musiques' program, in the Fifth Floor Banquet room at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, will feature Poulenc Flute Sonata With Piano and Arnold Bax Elegiac Trio for Flute, Harp And Viola and Faure Piano Quartet N.1 In C Minor Opus 15 with Steven Vanhauwaert on Piano, Marcia Dickstein on Harp, Pamela Vliek on Flute, Tereza Stanislav on Violin, Victoria Miskolczy on Viola and John Walz on Cello. The performance is accompanied by Champagne, food by Patina and informal conversation introduced by musicologist Julius Reder Carlson. Tickets are $65 and $45 for students (including concert and refreshments) and are available on line at www.LeSalondeMusiques.com or by calling (310) 498-0257.
By removing the stage, Le Salon de Musiques offers a more personal touch to listeners eager to familiarize themselves with Chamber Music. The goal is to bring together an audience of disparate backgrounds…music lovers who believe that this form of melodic artistry brings out the best in humanity.
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I don't even know where to start. We are already over one week into the New Year and life is moving fast. The holidays came and went so quickly I didn't have the time or will to blog. I'll do a quick recap here.
We spent the first part of December getting ready to get ready. Right after Thanksgiving Juan went into the attic and brought down our 12 crates of holiday decorations and the artificial tree we purchased last year. I thought it would be a great idea to have an artificial tree so we could put it up early and enjoy it all month long.
The tree stood in the living room, and the boxes lined the hallway untouched for two full weeks. I kept wishing the tree would decorate itself and trying to find the motivation to hang a few decorations. My advent wreath was set out on the dining room table and the first two candles stayed unlit. Then Olivia came home from her first semester at college, Diego continued to ask about the decorations and I got tired of running into boxes in the hallway. Finally, mid-December we decorated and started our Christmas shopping. Bam! It was Christmas in my house!
The weekend before Christmas my family got together to make tamales. I grew up eating tamales at Christmas and for many years I would get together with my mom and grandma to make them. Since my grandmother died two years ago we have not made tamales. This year it was time to start our tradition again. Olivia wanted to participate so we went to my mom's house and learned the craft of tamale making while the men "helped" by drinking Coronas, watching football and taste testing. I guess some traditions die hard.
Another one of our Christmas traditions involve debating how we will spend Christmas. Juan and I have celebrated a dozen Christmases together and I can safely say that we have probably spent three of them in our own house, waking up in our own bed. That's because every year when the kids were younger, we would have to share Christmas morning with the other parents and divide our family time between my extended family and Juan's extended family. That usually meant Christmas Eve dinner with my parents followed by a sleep-over at my sister-in-law's house for Christmas morning and then driving back to our side of town for the custody exchange, mid-day. It was hectic but that became our routine. Now that the kids are older and there is more flexibility with the custody exchange we have been able to cut down on some of the Christmas day driving.
Every year I try to eliminate the Christmas Eve sleepover, and this year was no different. Juan and I wanted a nice, relaxing Christmas morning in our own house, but we were completely out-voted. The kids protested, arguing that part of the fun and "tradition" was staying up late and sleeping over to celebrate Christmas with their cousins. So, that's what we did. In our annual tradition, we went to an early Christmas Eve service and then returned home to hurriedly load our van with presents for both our families, and our kids, overnight clothes and sleeping bags and then drove to Orange County to celebrate Colombian style with my in-laws. The celebration involved a late night meal, dancing and a hilarious gift exchange where my mother-in-law was the big winner! The kids were right. It was really fun! I guess part of our tradition is that every year I have to complain about our "tradition." At least this year I didn't have to rush through Christmas Eve dinner with my parents since everyone in my family was willing to have that part of the celebration on Christmas day. Maybe that's a new tradition.
New Year's Eve was also the start of something different. For a couple of years now I have spent New Year's Day hosting an open house and serving black-eyed peas and posole. The black eyed peas are for good luck and the posole is because I like it. This year we decided we wanted to host a party and switched it up for New Year's Eve. We got together with another local family who are Colombian and combined forces. They brought over a 65 pound female pig to roast and 30 of their closest friends.
We supplied the house, the black beans, rice, platanos, along with a few other appetizers, a whole lot of left over alcohol from my 50th birthday party, and about 20 friends. We danced, lit fireworks, and finally ate at 1:00 a.m! It was a good time for all! So good that the party turned into a sleep-over and carried over the next day as we all sat around in my kitchen eating leftover tamales and the posole I made for New Year's Day.
I guess looking back at how busy we were for the the holidays, I can understand why I didn't blog much. Remembering how wiped out I was after my New Year's party, I can also forgive myself for waiting over a week into the New Year for my first blog post. I have some intentions for this New Year which I hope to share with you in posts ahead.
In the meantime, I have some black-eyed peas I need to eat. Happy New Year!


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Song and dance will be lighting up Palm Beach this August when Wayne Hosford returns to the Royal Room at The Colony Hotel August 16-31. For Hosford's fourth outing to the famed cabaret setting, he's bringing out a new show, "Wayne, Women and Song," a collection of vintage and contemporary songs written and sung by women.
A one-man band on stage, Hosford's combination of piano, silky lyrics and touch of comedy has garnered rave reviews, including the New York Post dubbing him "a one-in-a-million talent."
- Enjoy cocktails, dinner, dancing and a show for $100 per guest.
- Each Friday and Saturday evening begins with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and dancing at 7 to 8:30 p.m. The show begins immediately after dinner.
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Justin Timberlake Covers Earth, Wind & Fire's 'September'It appears on the 'Trolls' soundtrack.
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5 Best Revenge Pop SongsClassic pop tunes that strike back at love gone bad.
Watch Justin Timberlake Cover Otis ReddingTimberlake was being inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
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Every Musician Who's Hosted 'Saturday Night Live,' Rankedin honor of the show's 40th anniversary season premiere on Saturday, we have compiled a list of every single musical host and then ranked them. Live from New York, it's completely subjective ratings time!
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Redenius charged in stolen property investigation
A six-month investigation into a series of burglaries and thefts has led to the recovery of more than $20,000 in stolen property and the arrest of a man in connection with the case.
Michael T. Redenius, 29, was arrested on Friday and charged with ongoing criminal conduct.
Fort Dodge police executed a search warrant Friday at 3003 Seventh Ave. S., where Redenius was arrested. According to Fort Dodge Police Chief Tim Carmody, officers found a variety of hand and power tools, chain saws, vehicle and heavy equipment tires, all terrain vehicles, lawn and yard equipment and a moped.
Carmody said police, the Webster County Sheriffs Department and the Webster County attorneys office had worked together to investigate the burglaries and thefts in the Fort Dodge and Webster County area. That investigation included evidence, leads, interviews with witnesses and a series of search warrants, he said.
Also arrested Friday was Brittany J. Cook-Redenius, 23. She was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct.
Both Redenius and Cook-Redenius were booked into the Webster County Jail.
Authorities are now trying to identify the owners of the recovered property, according to Carmody. He said the owners will be contacted by investigators once they determine who the property belongs to.
Despite Fridays arrest, Carmody said the investigation is still ongoing. Investigators will follow up on any more information they receive, as well as talk to any witnesses, he said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fort Dodge Police Department at 573-1426 or Crime Stoppers at 573-1444. Tips can also be sent online at wccrimestoppers.com or by texting LEC and the tip to 274637.


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Botanical Studies
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These graceful giclée prints are taken from a botanical series by Carol Misner, an Alabama artist who layers acrylics to achieve a delicate, gossamer-like quality. Rendered in warm monochromatic tones, each work reflects the simple beauty, grace and fragility of the flower it portrays.
- Inspired reproductions of original botanical studies by Alabama artist Carol Misner.
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- The artist's signature is printed beneath the flower on each botanical portrait.
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) announced today their launch of ACS ChemWorx, a single-source solution that combines reference discovery and management, professional networking, group and task management, and manuscript preparation in a single, secure location, accessible from anywhere.
ChemWorx is available for free use by UMass Lowell users. Simply visit the ChemWorx site and create a free account. The setup requires a plugin installation for Windows, Mac, or Linux. For Windows the plugin consisted of a 17.7 MB download and installation of a desktop library app. The app allows you to import personal publications from Google Scholar or other repositories. You can also import references from a multitude of options such as Mendeley, Endnote, or Zotero. Your desktop information then syncs with the online ChemWorx site.
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The Secret Ingredient for Marketing Magic
September 9, 2011
Michael Fanuele, chief strategy officer, Fallon, discussed the importance of building brave brands.
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