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Civil Rights Battle Continues On In Jamestown
Fifty years ago, along heat baked banks of the Lincoln Memorial reflection pool in Washington, D.C., I stood there shivering in the August sun. My highly privileged childhood was overshadowed by the enormity of the present and the future was cast in change. My mom, at 97, still shivers when we recall the transformative power of his dream, so much of it she lived. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. embodied the emotions of hundreds of years of untold pain of a people pent up in inhumanity and I, as well as the soul of a nation healed, and still I shiver.
How does a dive into a nearly frozen winter lake sound? Like a wolf's scream from a mountain, right? The body is shocked by the cold. Hypothermia or worse is risked and we're not equipped with gills. The few who dare to dive in are featured in the morning paper or on comedy TV and their folly gains one minute ratings. The topic of civil rights for mainstream America still shocks like a winter dip in the lake. If we whisper a call to action or act we are uncomfortable and fear being labeled a perpetrator of unrest, ripe to face reprisals. So, most prefer to avoid the various theories of race relativity. However, whether it's addressed or not, everyone is directly or indirectly affected by the topic that sounds like a dip in an icy lake. That being said, I ask "Is implementation of civil rights or perception of implementation in Chautauqua County affecting any of us?" And I ask, are you ready to dive in and fine out?
According to the 2010 United States Census, Chautauqua count is home to a population total of approximately 135,000. Jamestown's population is approximately 31,000. having tremendous natural beauty such as Lake Erie, Chautauqua Lake and treasured attractions such as Chautauqua Institution, we are blessed to live in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.
The history of Jamestown is representative of many settlements across the country. Native Americans, Stance Tribal group, were displaced and now reside predominantly in the Cattaraugus Reservation. Currently, they comprise 0.4 percent of the total population and have a 39 percent unemployment rate. African Americans are 2.7 percent of the population according to U.S. Census 2010 and have an unemployment rate of 20.9 percent. White unemployment is 7.7 percent and Hispanic 13.8 percent.
In historic Jamestown, did you know that in 1820 Federal Census listed three slaves in Chautauqua, all owned by members of the Prendergast family (the founders of Jamestown, N.Y.)? Many citizens of Jamestown and neighboring communities were once very proactive in abolition efforts prior to the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, especially in the rich history of conductor stations in the Underground Railroad (UGRR). Catherine Harris of Jamestown, Caroline Storum of Busti and her husband, the Rev. Jermain Loguen, Mr. Eber Pettit of Dunkirk, Silas Shearman of Jamestown and many others risked life and limb to assist in the pursuit of freedom.
Since the dark and difficult pre-Civil War centuries, through war's end and Reconstruction, Jim Crow and Ku Klux Klan (KKK) violence, to Rosa Parks' peaceful protest and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquent defiance of discrimination, the battle to end racism was won and the Civil Rights Era raised the humanitarian flag nationally and internationally. In 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Law and hundreds of years of doors barred by prejudice opened. In Jamestown, African Americans could attend any public social event undisturbed. African Americans could enter any eating establishment and expect the same service as anyone else. Education, job opportunities were accorded, housing barriers lifted. Political participation was encouraged as evidenced in Jamestown by the long years of service by County Legislator Lula Taylor and City Councilman Vivian Taylor, both African Americans. The YWCA of Jamestown has worked tirelessly for years in the elimination of racism and discrimination in all forms. Nationally countless lives were lost over hundreds of years before the nation's cultural adjustment and expanded Bill of Rights could be implemented.
As a result of life sacrifice by so many to enact a national tolerance, my husband and I, African American residents or Jamestown, had the great opportunity to purchase a landmark building and nationally known manufacturing business. the formerly thriving Watson Manufacturing Co. was on its knees when we purchased it. As local and national "firsts" in the industry, we were celebrated by the community as we revived and expanded the operation. However, working for a black man was a difficult concept and our three international unions fought and vandalized the property during many strikes. The 500,000-square=foot building was torched 23 times and racial epithets were common. Of course, we absorbed 20 years of incredible difficulty until Watson was no more. During the late 1990's we were involved in many strong community based organizations to bring about equity for citizens of color in Jamestown, Most prominent, the Jamestown Leadership Committee fought hard to convince Time Warner Cable to bring Black Entertainment Television (BET) to Jamestown. We succeeded. Telemundo was already being aired without petition. We picketed Jamestown City Hall after many failed attempts for the city of Jamestown to honor Martin Luther King Day. Finally, the mayor and city officials agreed to honor the slain Civil Rights leader in keeping with the county holiday, previously sponsored by Lula Taylor. Freedom of Information of employment figures at Jamestown Community College confirmed that minority hiring was nearly nil. The president was invited to our meeting, but rested his talk on qualifications. Equally the same hiring practice was dominant in the Jamestown Public School system. We put pressure on the board to hire minorities, but were unsuccessful. One of the two black teachers in the entire system was desperately frustrated and sought assistance from the Human Rights Commission in Buffalo. Her case was settled and she left Jamestown. A young gifted African American, Keisha Blake, born in Jamestown, majoring in education, graduated from St. Bonaventure University with honors. She was turned away by the Jamestown Public School system for attempting to gain employment for an open position in her expertise. She too left Jamestown and is currently such an excelsior educator that she is being groomed for a position as principal in a prestigious school in New York City. Another young African American woman was ambitious to own a beautiful (and reasonably priced) restaurant/book shop in downtown Jamestown. During lunch, my husband and I frequently enjoyed the food and ambiance. Unfortunately, few others patronized her, but the coffee shop across the street was always bustling. She too left Jamestown. There were only three New York State Registered Historic buildings associated with African Americans in Jamestown; all were demolished by the city. They were Watson Industries, Inc., Catherine Harris UGRR home and the Silas Shearman UGRR home. There are other inequities, but in the remaining minute, I would like to suggest a few measures to improve the pulse of the community as we move forward.
The YWCA is the only mainstream organization in Jamestown that boldly incorporates "the elimination of racism" as the cornerstone of its mission and therefore has greater resolution responsibility. Task the board members of Jamestown YWCA and members of its Racial Justice Committee to task community and business leaders to join in corrective action in areas mentioned above. Recognize businesses that make equity a priority that works, such as WCA Hospital or Cummins Engine. Insist on the sorely overlooked promotion of permanent recognition for minority achievers in the area, especially Mr. Ron Graham, founder of Infinity Performing Arts and founder of the Chautauqua Striders. Develop Jamestown Adoption Center, an incubation mentoring program for prospective minority leaders to be groomed and positioned by Jamestown leaders to utilize advanced skillsets in business creation or job placement. Establish outreach programs partnering with Jamestown's Jackson Center to assist individuals or organizations who have suffered for civil right such as Sarah Collins "the fifth little girl" and the only little girl who did not lose her life in the 1963 Birmingham Baptist Church bombings by the KKK. Review city and county employment practices, city and county board appointments for diversity. Like a flailing fish out of water, use youth wisely, the vigor is temporary. Do something; move swiftly as an action figure; race nimbly as a progress promoter; perfect as a pathologist of societal justice and in heart of the day, shiver at the outcome when we overcome.
Constance Okwumabua, of Jamestown, was the guest speaker at a Black History Month program held at the Jamestown YWCA on Feb. 25.


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Debates of Feb. 28th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #135 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was americans.
- Question Period
- Libya
- First Nations Financial Transparency Act
- Privilege
- Strengthening Aviation Security Act
- Conestoga College
- Roy F. Dickieson
- Claudette Poirier
- Energy Prices
- Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
- International Rare Disease Day
- Curling
- Denis Villeneuve
- Private Thomas Lawless
- Curling
- 2010 Winter Olympics
- Asbestos
- Bloc Québécois
- Drummondville Customs Office
- Canada at the Oscars
- Gulf War Anniversary
- Political Financing
- Foreign Affairs
- Political Financing
- International Co-operation
- Political Financing
- Public Safety
- Former Public Sector Integrity Commissioner
- The Economy
- Seniors
- Oil Industry
- Political Financing
- Public Safety
- Research and Development
- Access to Information
- High Tides in Eastern Quebec
- Status of Women
- Anti-drug Strategy
- Access to Information
- Quebec City Arena
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Request for Emergency Debate
- Privilege
- Strengthening Aviation Security Act
- Privilege
- Strengthening Aviation Security Act
- Business of Supply
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Carol Hughes Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to add something to the discussion. One of the testimonies was from Roch Tassé, the national coordinator for the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. He talked about the fact that this is not just about the personal information of Canadians, but the impact on businesses as well. He said:
Disclosure of personal information to the Department of Homeland Security on passengers travelling to certain destinations, particularly Cuba, could lead to unpleasant consequences. For example, this information could be used to identify Canadian companies that do business with Cuba or to penalize travellers who have visited Cuba by subsequently refusing them entry into the U.S. How will Canada ensure that the U.S. will not use the secure flight program to apply its Helms-Burton act, which imposes penalties on foreign companies doing business with Cuba?
I ask my colleague, given the fact that he has done quite a bit of research on it, is he concerned about that?
The other question I would ask him to answer, because I did not quite get an answer from our Liberal counterpart, is whether or not he believes that if this legislation is not passed, the United States would stop all flights from going over there, given that money goes into its economy when Canadian flights go into the United States?
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, let me begin with the hon. member's last point. It is true that in the classic pattern of gunboat diplomacy, the Americans are watching the Parliament of Canada with the implied threat that if we do not pass this legislation and therefore forfeit, surrender and undermine Canadians' right to privacy when travelling on airplanes that may go over even a little corner of the United States, that they will actually close American airspace to their best friend and largest trading partner in the world. This is an absurd situation. Again, we do not make good policy with a gun at our heads. This is something we should find intolerable as Canadians.
It reminds me of the gunboat diplomacy that I have personally experienced with the Devils Lake water boundary dispute where Lloyd Axworthy, Gary Doer, the premier of Manitoba and I went to Washington, urging the Americans to live up to the Boundary Waters Treaty and not talk about an inter-basin transfer of water that will contaminate the Red River and Lake Winnipeg with organisms, foreign invasive species, et cetera.
They simply looked at us and said, "You Canadians have to understand one thing. When it comes down to doing what is good for you and what is good for us, we are going to do what is good for us. Thanks for coming. Do not let the door hit you on your way out".
That is the kind of relationship we seem to have and this government seems to negotiate on its knees. It does not negotiate from a position of strength, dignity or pride, or upholding the rights and privileges of Canadians. It negotiates on its knees, subject to threats by the American government that it will somehow close airspace--
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Questions and comments, the hon. member for Algoma--Manitoulin--Kapuskasing.
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Carol Hughes Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON
Mr. Speaker, my colleague was not quite finished his thought and I am hoping he will finish the thought.
I see this over and over again. We have seen it in the House. The Bloc members were actually not supporting this legislation initially and all of a sudden they have changed their minds. This is because of lobbying by the big airline companies of the United States, I am sure.
The Bloc members have a self-interest. We thought they actually stood up for the rights of people. We think it is very sad that they are actually supporting this type of legislation.
Could my colleague explain a little bit more about the information that would be provided and how it would impact the privacy of Canadian citizens?
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for pointing that out. I am very concerned. In fact, I am afraid the underlying forces driving this legislation are not reason or logic or doing what is in the best interest of Canadians. The underlying pressures driving this legislation are unbelievably aggressive lobbying by well-connected Conservative lobbyists who just flip-flop through the revolving door, from the PMO to lobby firms and back again with their little wish list.
We all know Canadian lobbyists are undermining democracy. We are following the American model. One day Tim Powers and Geoff Norquay are the head of big lobby firms and the same day, or that night, they will be on TV being interviewed as Conservative Party strategists who have just walked out of the PMO with the Conservative Party line. No wonder we get legislation that is not in the best interest of Canadians shoved down our throats, under the threat of terrible consequences of not being able to fly over American airspace, when things are being driven by well-connected Conservative lobbyists undermining democracy.
In my view, and I maintain this, having lobbyists is like having bats in the attic. They cannot stand the light of day, are almost impossible to get rid of and if they are left there too long, they rot the timbers of the building.
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, I was interested in the position taken by the member from Mississauga that we should not worry about this, we had not negotiated that part of it and that we should pass the legislation anyway.
We have seen the abuse by the Americans of their no-fly list and the number of errors, and this came out at committee. Their no-fly list is still permeated with errors that oftentimes have very negative consequences for the people who are the subject of those errors.
Could the member, who has been here for awhile, talk about the attitude of going ahead, doing this and then waiting to see what the outcome is going to be, as opposed to setting in place what the regulations should be, what the guidelines would be and what the absolute protection would be, in writing, in legislation, on both sides of the border?
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, as a lawyer, the member for Windsor—Tecumseh asks a very relevant question.
We have been asked to buy a pig in a poke. We have been asked to put in place the underlying principles and the framework of an agreement, the details of which we do not know. We would not buy a house without reading the fine print, but we have been asked to buy a pig in a poke and to trust the government that it would never enter into an arrangement that would be detrimental to the best interests of Canadians.
We have recent evidence, experience and empirical evidence from which to draw. There is the absurd situation of a do not fly list where a freely elected Canadian member of Parliament cannot get on an airplane in his own country because of a list being kept in Washington, DC. We have recent examples, like the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen subject to the overzealous trading of information between countries, which caused an atrocity in that regard.
We do not know the details of the agreements being entered into with other countries. We do know the details of the one agreement that has been released, and that is between the United States and the European Union. In that case, every time people travel, the right to information they will have is their credit card information, who they are travelling with, what hotel they are staying at, other booking information such as tours or rental cars and any medical condition they may have.
Personal credit card information and personal health records will now be in the hands of another nation. Canadians' sovereign right to privacy is being compromised and undermined by this legislation. It should be condemned. We should be unanimous in our condemnation of a foreign nation intruding in our Canadian national sovereignty and the absolute obligations of the government to protect the sovereign and fundamental freedoms of privacy.
We have a right to know what the government is doing. It does not have an absolute right to know what we are doing.
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
Bruce Hyer Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak to Bill C-42 today. I am the tourism critic for the NDP. More important, I am a Canadian citizen who is concerned about this tremendous erosion of Canadian privacy and sovereignty. The bill has serious implications on Canadian travellers taking international flights over but not into the United States.
The bill should be defeated. It is quite clearly nothing but data mining by the United States. I can understand why it would ask. I cannot understand why we would say yes, especially when it is not reciprocal. It is an unwarranted invasion of Canadians' privacy in many ways.
It is disturbing, but unfortunately not surprising, that the Conservative government would introduce such a bill. It might be reasonable to assume that foreign governments would want carriers to provide names and personal details for flights that would be landing on their soil. Unfortunately, Bill C-42 goes a ridiculous amount further. It would have airlines provide personal information. We heard the member from Winnipeg list many of the kinds of personal information that would be given to a country that travellers were just flying over.
Let us explore some of the implications of the bill. Apparently, a passenger leaving Canada on a vacation to Cuba, which many Canadians do although the Americans do not like it because they do not like Cuba and do not like us going to Cuba, could have their name, birthdate and over 30 other pieces of personal information subject to screening by the Department of U.S. Homeland Security. It would also be checking that information against various databases, including the infamous U.S. no-fly list. If people's names are on the American no-fly list, they will not get on that flight nor will they know the reason why. As well, it may not be just a one-time occurrence. Effectively, they may never be able to get off that U.S. no-fly list and may be banned from all flights leaving from Canada but flying over U.S. airspace for a very long time.
There are already examples of misuse. For example, there is the story of Hernando Ospina. He is a journalist for Le Monde diplomatique, whose Air France flight from Paris to Mexico was diverted to Martinique just because he wrote an article that was critical of U.S. foreign policy.
Another example is Paul-Émile Dupret. He is a Belgian researcher with the European Parliament. His flight from Europe to the World Social Forum in Brazil was diverted, not because he was a security threat but because he campaigned against the transfer of European travellers' information to U.S. authorities.
Who will be on the no-fly list after our speeches here today? Will members of the House of Commons end up on the U.S. no-fly list?
How can the government assure Canadians that this type of political misuse will not occur if Bill C-42 is passed? Apparently, the U.S. has told our government that it needs everyone's personal information so it can check it with its various lists of people who it does not want flying so there are less false matches and less problems. It is saying, "Let us clear your passengers for you." Our government is going along with this. Is this laziness? Are we really that desirous of letting someone else take over the security checks of our citizens flying to a third country via U.S. airspace? We will simply have to accept that they do not get to fly internationally anymore because we have given a foreign government a veto over Canadians travelling abroad.
I hope all the members of all the parties in the House come to their senses, vote against Bill C-42 and preserve Canadian rights and Canadian sovereignty.
Strengthening Aviation Security Act
Government Orders
2 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Order, please. The hon. member for Thunder Bay—Superior North will have 15 minutes remaining when the House returns to this matter.
Roy F. Dickieson
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Wayne Easter Malpeque, PE
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honour Roy F. Dickieson who passed away on February 17 at 91.
Roy was predeceased by his lifelong sweetheart Esther, after nearly 65 years of marriage. They had a family of six and, wow, 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Living his lifetime in New Glasgow, P.E.I., Roy was a dedicated church and community member who truly loved and respected his fellow man. He was a founder of many organizations: New Glasgow 4-H, Central Queen Funeral Co-op and Farmers Helping Farmers, to name a few. His passion was dairy cattle, especially Holsteins. While building a productive herd, he was an avid spectator, participant and judge at cattle shows as far away as England. Roy offered his time and expertise, from coaching hockey and being local school trustee to various directorships. He touched many lives.
Canada has lost a true role model. May we in the House extend our sympathies.
Claudette Poirier
Statements by Members
February 28th, 2011 / 2 p.m.
Carole Freeman Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to publicly congratulate a painter from my riding, Claudette Poirier, who is the president of an organization called Arts visuels Roussillon.
She is a busy artist. Countless exhibitions have showcased her works, which are known for their softness and use of light. And this tireless, caring woman has undertaken or supported countless projects as well.
Ms. Poirier, who retired from the École Polytechnique, painted an incredible mural in 1999 that serves as a stirring tribute to the 13 victims of the unforgettable tragedy that took place there on December 6, 1989.
In December 2010, Ms. Poirier was chosen to be part of Canada's 12-member delegation at the annual exhibition organized by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. This event, which is held at the Louvre, is one of the most prestigious international exhibitions of contemporary art. Ms. Poirier was able to exhibit her work and thus increase her visibility on the international stage.
I wish to thank and congratulate Claudette Poirier, a wonderful artist from Saint-Constant, who will now be known beyond our borders, where she will promote yet another marvellous aspect of Quebec culture.
Energy Prices
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Carol Hughes Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON
Mr. Speaker, gas prices hit $1.30 this weekend in northern Ontario, based on speculation that unrest in Libya would disrupt oil supplies. Despite the fact that Libya produces less than 4% of the world's oil, prices have jumped more than 10% at the pumps.
For consumers, it is a one-way street with a hill that keeps getting steeper, especially in northern Ontario. The problem for consumers will not be limited to the price at the pumps. When energy prices go up, everything else follows. Food, travel and transportation will cost more and the cost of heating homes will go up, again.
For many of us who are reeling from the shock of just how much the HST is cutting into the bottom line, this is only salt in the wound. Every week I hear from more people who are stretched to the limit and, still, the government refuses to act on solid New Democrat proposals that would help consumers deal with the high cost of energy. Now, more than ever, it is imperative to reduce the tax on home heating. It is also time to implement a nationwide regulatory agency to monitor the price of oil and gas and to have an ombudsman to protect consumers.
Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Randy Hoback Prince Albert, SK
Mr. Speaker, finding a family doctor continues to be a concern in my riding. I was therefore very pleased last week when the hon. Minister of Health announced federal funding to support the placement of more than 100 family medical residents in rural Canada.
Yet who was the first to complain of this much-needed investment? The members guessed it: the leader of the federal NDP.
Why was I not surprised when I heard of this criticism? This is the same NDP leader who voted against Canada's economic action plan. This is the same NDP leader who opposes our government's opening of agricultural markets through negotiated free trade deals. This is the same NDP leader who ordered his rural MPs to follow his lead and defeat a private member's bill to repeal the long gun registry.
It is obvious the leader of the NDP does not care about rural Saskatchewan. His criticism of rural Canada's need for doctors further proves that his party is out of touch. The NDP party can no longer claim to be the party of health care in Canada, but has become a party of extreme, out of touch special interest groups.
International Rare Disease Day
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Kirsty Duncan Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, some 2.7 million Canadians are affected by 1 in 6,000 rare disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Most rare disorders are difficult to diagnose and are chronic, degenerative, progressive and life-threatening.
Families who face rare disorders lack access to scientific knowledge of their disease and quality health care. They face difficulties and inequities in accessing treatment and care.
Sadly, Canada is one of the only developed countries without a policy for rare disorders. As a result, Canadian patients are frequently excluded from many clinical trials and often have delayed access to treatment. Moreover, Canadian patients cannot always access drugs available to patients elsewhere. Only a fraction of the drugs approved in Europe and the U.S. are brought to Canada.
On International Rare Disease Day, let us all commit to working together to develop a national policy for rare disorders.


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Secret sauce info. - sort of
February 15, 2005, 10:05:49 AM »
I got an email from a friend that knows of my love for making pizza. She is looking for more details that may fill in some of the blanks. Her dad and his siblings were first generation Sicilians that owned a pizza shop in Boston many years ago.........
My dad was co owner of a pizza and sub shop in Boston MA when I was a
Unfortunately my dad and his siblings never wrote down exactly how to make
their pizza sauce...which was vastly different from their pasta sauce.
They weren't real good at measurements. They used fresh herbs when they
could, lots of crushed tomatoes...not diced, not paste, not sauce, it had
to be crushed...I remember that real well, because mom had to buy it
special if dad was going to make pizza for us at home. The canned Crushed
Tomatoes were used because they had no time to grow their own tomatoes,
and good tomatoes were hard to find year round. Dad did make sauce with
fresh grown tomatoes years later when he was retired and had a garden and
I can only surmnise from that, that he and his siblings were brought up
making it from fresh tomatoes before going to canned.
Dad always said Pizza sauce was a personal taste...but he used a lot of
basil and some oregano...no Rosemary which he did use in pasta sauce. He
also used garlic, salt, and pepper, but try as I might I can recall
nothing else that he used in his sauce...yet mine is never as good as his.
Although he and his siblings shared the shop all of them made their sauce
a little different.
The sauce was made in advance in order to let the herbs mingle and the
sauce was reduced down...thickened by long, low simmer. He said the trick
was in making sure the herbs were truly infused into the sauce...so each
bite had a true mingling of the herbs and tomato with whatever toppings
you ordered.
I can't replicate my dad's sauce and I have tried numerous times. I've
managed to make a decent one...anyway I have gotten compliments from
people on it, but it is no where near the quality of Pizza Sauce my dad us
ed to make.
More to come as is becomes available
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Re: Secret sauce info. - sort of
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February 15, 2005, 10:09:42 AM »
Hi BigPix,
I'm sure a lot of the guys will be waiting to hear more from ya on this topic
Btw, If you are ever in Lynn Mass, see if there is still a place that sells subs..... it's called "Stephie's Subs"
These subs were amazing !! .... I have an American highschool friend that lives in that town ( Lynn ) and we went there several times
when I was there. - wow......
I'm not sure of the spelling of the sub place but it was called "Stephies" ( Maybe after a girls name, but not sure )
Anyway amazing stuff ! oh those subs were good ! ... he's load it up with meat and cheese and if you wanted he'd also load it up
with hot peppers... oh mannnnn !
Pizzamaker, Rib Smoker, HomeBrewer, there's not enough time for a real job.
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Re: Secret sauce info. - sort of
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February 15, 2005, 10:33:32 AM »
That's good news. My mom has a sauce recipe that's really old that I will try to get ahold of as well. I've read that you can take spices and throw it in with your tomato product and just let the herbs sit with the sauce (uncooked) for around an hour and that will make good sauce. I would say, it makes a passable sauce but it's far from good unless you like that raw oregano taste. I think one of the biggest problems with most sauces is that people over-do the oregano and skimp to much on ther basil. My mom's sauce is a cooked sauce, which I will try to dig up for you guys.
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Re: Secret sauce info. - sort of
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February 15, 2005, 04:17:17 PM »
Here is my mother's and grandmother's philosophy on tomato sauce:
Meat sauce (meatballs, sausage, etc.) needs to be slow cooked for several hours to achieve the proper, rich flavor. The reason for this is to "slow cook" the meat and allow the excess fat/grease rise to the top of the pan. This excess is then filtered off the top and removed from the sauce. Also, the tomato paste that is used in meat sauce also needs time to infuse its way into the canned tomatoes and provide that rich, thickening agent. Lastly, reducing a meat sauce takes a great deal of the water out of the canned tomatoes and, in turn, places a greater emphasis on the flavors of the meat, spices, etc.
Marinara sauce (meatless sauce) is a TOTALLY different story. Marinara sauce is ALL ABOUT THE TOMATOES. Like pizza dough, the best Marinara sauce is that which is left in its simplest form - emphasizing and accentuating one thing - the tomatoes. To a lesser extent, a few select spices (preferably fresh) will aid in the accentuation of the tomatoes. Basil is the primary spice that is best used in marinara sauce. Oregano and garlic tend to be over-used in marinara sauce and, if you're not careful, totally destroy the fresh taste of high quality tomatoes used in a great marinara sauce. This is normally the sauce of choice when making pizza.
Hope this helps.
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March 01, 2005, 05:30:42 PM »
as mentioned before, there was more to come from my friend regarding sauce. Here it is and it is quite interesting. Lots of things to ponder now.
Here it is directly.......
<i>1) Dad did not cook his sauce for pizza at the restaurant and he didn't use fresh herbs all the time. Too expensive. They did have a pizza that used fresh basil as a topping. He says I must have gotten confused with when he made it from his home grown tomatoes...my cousin said he would have cooked that...reducing it down as it can be quite watery otherwise, and probably used fresh herbs when making it at home. As I grow my own herbs I'll probably continue to cook my sauce first, although I may try making a batch raw and one cooked to see which makes me remember dad's sauce more.
2) Garlic...dad only used that when he was making a garlic pizza not in his regular sauce. In other words he would scoop out X amount of sauce and add fresh crushed garlic to it. Of course considering dad's love of garlic he may have added it to all his home pizzas.
3) Dad used both Crushed Tomatoes and Canned Tomato Sauce. I said I didn't remember the canned tomato sauce being in dad's, but he said it was. <Shrug> I know I was just a kid when dad sold the shop, but I sat and watched him make it at home until I was a teenager and I can remember him pouring the crushed tomatoes and mixing herbs and setting the sauce aside, while he made the dough, but I just can't picture him adding any canned tomato sauce. Again, maybe he made it a little different at home...I just don't know.
My cousin offered the recipe he uses nowadays, which has grown out of my dad's recipe. As I mentioned to you, my cousin has owned two pizza shops of his own and worked at several others. However he is now retired from the working world. He said that times have changed and he actually uses canned pizza sauce as a start for his sauce as it saves a bit of time...kind of made me sad to hear that. He also said if you want you can start with crushed tomatoes instead of the canned pizza sauce, which is what our parents did. Of course if you use the crushed tomatoes instead of pizza sauce you may want to add a bbit more herbs.
Oh and the reason mom had to buy the crushed tomatoes special when Dad was making pizza...he insisted it be Italian crushed Tomatoes, and mom usually bought American for making pasta sauce. Now if you were interested in an awesome pasta sauce I know that one by heart.
However here is the modified recipe from my cousin.
1 -28 oz can tomato sauce
1- 28 oz can pizza sauce or crushed tomatoes
2 oz olive oil
1/3 cup basil
1/2 cup parsley
1/3 cup oregano
1/3 cup parmaesean cheese (grated0
salt and pepper to taste
mix both cans of tomatoes and oil - then add all dry ingredients and mix well
Now that I have seen this recipe I think it is the parmesan cheese that I need to add to my recipe that I have been playing with. My cousin siad the above herbs are dried herbs and make sure the sauce is mixed and set aside for at least one hour before making the pizza.
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Looks very interesting! My only comment is that 1/3 cup each of the herbs seems like a lot!
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Dead Sea, Jordan
22 October 2011
In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate
Your Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Before we start this special meeting, I would like to express my sincerest condolences to my brother, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, over the loss of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia.
Jordan mourns the passing of such an Arab statesman and leader, a champion of the Arab and Muslim cause. May I ask you all to join me for a few seconds of silence.
May his soul rest in peace.
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Distinguished Guests:
Thank you, and thank you all for being here. It is a vital time for this special meeting on economic growth and job creation in the Arab World. I want to extend a warm welcome to our friends from many continents who join us today.
Professor Schwab, let me thank you personally for your inspired work and loyal friendship to the people of this region. Long before social media, the World Economic Forum was hosting a global conversation. Where good minds meet, smart solutions take root. That is just what I hope will be achieved here, by all of you.
Our region stands today at the gates to the future.
First is the Gate of Dignity... a passage to the respect our people deserve... and their right, without exception, to the broad horizons enjoyed by others around the world. Aspiring men and women, young people, pragmatic dreamers, gathered at this gate in the Arab Spring.
Second is the Gate of Opportunity... an economic opening for millions more of our people - young, old, urban, rural, badia. To widen this gate, entrepreneurs and innovators, educators and policymakers are desperately needed... not only to free people from today's economic hardships... but to clear a path to the 85-million new jobs that the region needs soon.
The third gate is the Gate of Democracy... not just a political structure but a way of life. An entry to real reform, where people can come together as citizens and stakeholders: assembling in political parties; formulating platforms; building consensus. There is no one path forward from this gate. Solutions must and will be home-grown, in each of our countries.
The fourth gate is the Gate of Peace and Justice... opening the way out of regional crisis, especially at the heart of the region, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Short-sighted leaders may think they can shut this gate. But the future for the Middle East and beyond is with the normalcy of peace... a two-state solution with a sovereign, viable and independent Palestinian state, on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with U.N. resolutions, resolving all final status issues... security and acceptance for Israel… and a new era of peace and cooperation from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.
The four gates of the Arab future are not alternatives. We must pass through them all. Dignity, opportunity, democracy, peace and justice are ultimately inseparable. To cement progress anywhere, we will need progress everywhere.
Your meetings here focus on an area of urgent need, economic growth and jobs. It is hard to find a more central concern for our people - especially our young people, the majority of our population. Today the Middle East has the highest youth unemployment rate of any region in the world. Pockets of poverty make the distress harder... and families everywhere have felt the impact from global crises in food, energy and even finance. This year's events have opened the way to positive change, but in many places, also created painful economic dislocations. Strategies are urgently needed, and they must take place across the board - in economic life; in politics and policies; in social life and cultural values.
Steve Jobs helped prove that people who 'think different' can change the world. He will be sorely missed. But his inspiration will live on. I believe there are a million men and women, with minds that are no less creative and daring, right here in the Arab World. They are ready for the opportunity to act. And they can, we all can, change our world.
When it comes to getting our people employed, three groups have special roles. One is the private sector, which has a strong interest in getting more people off the unemployment rolls. A secure middle class, optimistic about the future, will anchor our strategic region better than any resource. To get there, we need innovative approaches in all areas. In Jordan, for example, we have seen huge growth in ICT, pioneered by visionaries who saw the possibilities of a new regional market, and supported by national investments in infrastructure and education. There is also great potential in other industries our region needs, such as water and alternative energy - which can in turn open new global markets. Many other possibilities are ripe for initiative and I hope you will discover some here.
The second major player in job growth is government. Let's be clear. Political reform is economic reform. For businesses to invest and expand with confidence, they need a predictable, level playing-field... transparency and accountability... the rule of law... and a strong, stable foundation of inclusive political life.
These are key elements of Jordan's reform effort. For us, the Arab Spring has been an opportunity to move our nation's interests forward. We seek a consensual and evolutionary path, engaging citizens at all levels. We have set milestones, and we are keeping to them. New constitutional amendments protect civil rights and freedoms, establish an independent Constitutional Court, and provide for an independent Elections Commission. Wide-ranging legislation will implement these and other provisions. We are anticipating new municipal and parliamentary elections in the near future.
The third key group in regional job creation is of course, our people themselves. Building our region's future is a responsibility that belongs to all. This is true in political life, and it is true for our economic future as well. All the jobs that our region needs will not be wished into being. But we can help opportunity grow, by what we do: by strong and growing productivity; new investments and industries; innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. For this, we need everyone. Employees who do their jobs with dedication and professionalism. Managers who act ethically and competently. CEOs who lead boldly and responsibly. Civil society volunteers and caring young people, who better our communities and help others reach their potential.
My friends,
We've all seen the soaring archways of classic Islamic architecture. Their design depends on many individual stones... using the strength of each, working in perfect harmony, to create the whole. It cannot stand, it cannot last, without them all.
Today, in our political and economic life, each of us is needed. If we work together, if we lend our full strength to the job, I believe we can make it a future worthy of our great people. My best wishes to you all, for your work today and in the days ahead.


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We have an ambitious agenda ahead of us and I look forward to working with you to bring Pentathlon to new levels of success. I will be reaching out to you in the near future to seek volunteers to assist in participating in various committees and task forces. Opportunities for service are enormous and I have listed only a few which include: fundraising, talent identification, marketing, club, coach and athlete development, local and national competitions, your stories for the newsletter and website, etc.
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The Library of Congress is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, members of Congress use the library to do research, but next to them in the Main Reading Room are the Americans who elected them. Anyone 18 or older with a LOC library card can use any of the 22 reading rooms and access its 650 miles of bookshelves.
Washington is filled with imposing edifices, and the three buildings that make up the Library of Congress are no exception.
With its 160-foot-high dome, semicircles of stained glass depicting the seals of 48 states and bronze statues of such luminaries as Shakespeare, Homer and Beethoven perched on the top floor, the library's Main Reading Room has long been a refuge for some of the country's best-known writers, including Herman Wouk, David McCullough and David Baldacci.
But you don't have to be a literary giant to get a registration card and spend an afternoon working on your own great American novel or just curling up with the newest John Grisham (yes, they have popular fiction!). Take note, the books must stay in the library. Getting a card is pretty easy and takes only about 15 minutes (see "If You Go," below).
The Thomas Jefferson Building, across from the Capitol, is the library building most tourists are familiar with. It's home to one of three copies of the Gutenberg Bible and a 1507 map notable for being the first document with the word America on it. Tourists can only peek into the Main Reading Room, but anyone with a library card can walk right in, plug in a laptop (this old room is completely wired) and then anguish over writing something worthy of such a magnificent space.
In a wired world, the idea of going to the library might seem quaint. But with more than 32 million books, the task of making everything available online is ongoing and will take years, so librarians encourage people to visit.
"There does come a point where you can't find everything online," says Marilyn Parr, the library's public services and collection access officer.
Parr says visitors have come seeking books they read as children; others are looking to research their family tree (Local History and Genealogy); and still more travel from countries that lack such vast collections.
Every region of the world is represented, and many culturally themed reading rooms have special touches. The entrance to the Hispanic Reading Room features murals by Cndido Portinari, and deep blue Mexican tiles line the walls.
In these mammoth buildings you can no doubt find an ornate place to spend a few hours reading, writing or just appreciating the world of books.
-- Amy Orndorff (March 21, 2007)
IF YOU GO: Reader registration cards are available in the James Madison Building. Enter at the Independence Avenue lobby, turn left and follow the signs to room LM140. Be sure to have a government-issued identification card with a photo (a passport or driver's license will do). Fill out a couple of quick forms and have your photo taken.
The process is free and is one way to be introduced to the librarians. Plus you can bypass the line of tourists to get in at the Second Street entrance to the Jefferson building.
WHERE IS IT? Across from the Capitol, along Independence Avenue SE. Accessible by the Capitol South Metro station (Orange and Blue lines).
WHAT ELSE IS THERE? In December the library unveiled interactive exhibits in the Jefferson Building that allow visitors to examine such artifacts as maps and paintings with touch-screen computers. You can also learn about upcoming events by visiting http://www.loc.gov or calling 202-707-8000.


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I looked for a beautiful photo I took of the crepe myrtle across the street from the NSC office, but I can't find it--so I'm posting a photo of the old Greenbriar Cemetery out west of town. Paul Corbin and I recently went out there to find Civil War graves. It's a beautiful, peaceful spot up on a rugged hill. Paul says that 8 of the 29 victims of the Mingo Swamp Massacre are buried there in a mass grave. There is a lovely sign commemorating this dastardly event.
August is supposed to be hot, but I'm hoping that it's not as hot as June and July have been!
If we can hang on, here are the events expected to happen this month.
Aug. 4.....Advance Senior Center board meeting, 6 p.m.
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Aug. 2.....7 p.m. meeting in the library for board members. Wear light clothes, as we keep the air on low. I hope the new library shirts are done!
Aug. 11....7 p.m. School Board meeting in Mr. Seiler's office. Dress warmly.
Aug. 15....6 p.m. This is the regularly-scheduled time for an Advance Board of Aldermen meeting at City Hall. That doesn't mean they'll have it for sure, but there's a 50/50 chance they will.
Aug. 25....6 p.m. Yep, the Advance board of Aldermen is Thursday at 6 m.m.
Every Friday at 11:30 we have a meal at the Senior Center on the corner of Highway C and Poplar Street. You will see the sign, provided that our Knock Out roses haven't covered it up. They are doing quite well. The cost of the meal has recently been raised to $4.00 for everyone, no matter the age. Homemade desserts are out of this world!
Aug. 29....Usual night for Stoddard County Historical Society meeting. I haven't heard if they're meeting this month.
I am sorry if you find this message board a bit flippant this month, but I am feeling a bit unruly, and I have the distinct feeling that no one reads it, so I feel that I may say what I please. If this is not the case, you'd better tell me now--before my disrespectful attitude gets me fired.... Madeline
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Here's what Jim Cramer had to say on CNBC's "Squawk On The Street" Friday:
Cramer said shares of EOG Resources (EOG) are rising on takeover chatter, with which he disagrees. EOG is an earnings play, he said, as it's the fastest-growing oil company in America. EOG shares closed up 1% Friday.He was also bullish on Waste Management (WM) , saying construction is picking up after Hurricane Sandy, and Waste Management will benefit. WMT closed up 1%.
In the bearish camp, Cramer said Capital One (COF) had a very tough quarter and conference call. Meanwhile, railroad CSX (CSX) continues to be dragged lower along with coal demand. Investors withdrew support from COF, pushing shares down 7.5%. CSX was unchanged.
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There are a number of characteristics which can be summarized regarding the Dudleya genus. Genus occurrences are restricted to southwest North America; in fact, according to Low, approximately 98 percent of genus occurrences are along or near the coasts of Baja California, (the states of Baja Sur and Baja Norte in Mexico), plus the northward extension into the USA in the states of California and southern Oregon. A small number of genus populations are found in Arizona and possibly Nevada. The center of genus diversity is the coastal region where Mexico and the USA meet. Dudleyas have a strong affinity for the coastal regions, but some species have ranges that extend into the nearby mountains and deserts.
Most species of Dudleya grow at elevations near sea level, but a few grow on or even atop mountains of Baja California, the high Sierra Nevada and in many other California mountain ranges. Many, such as D.cymosa, prefer canyon locations on vertical or near vertical rocky walls, often in the shade, surviving in very little soil in the crevices of almost solid rock. Sometimes the occurrences are in locations that receive no direct sunlight. Almost all Dudleya species have succulent leaves arranged into rosettes. Because of this rosette geometry many genus members are striking in their visual appeal. Many, including the Canyon Liveforever, have leaves that are glaucous (covered with a whitish or bluish waxy coating) or frosty looking.
The chromosome count of all Dudleya species is n=17, with about 35% of all populations consisting of polyploids (individuals with multiples of the base number). Remarkably, according to extensive crossing experiments conducted by Verity, all Dudleya taxa are capable of hybridizing in nature.
There are eight recognized subspecies of D. cymosa (flower color in parentheses):
- D. cymosa subsp. agourensis K.M.Nakai: Canyon Liveforever (bright yellow)
- D. cymosa subsp. crebrifolia K.M.Nakai & Verity: San Gabriel River dudleya (mustard yellow)
- D. cymosa subsp. costafolia Bartel & Shevock: Pierpoint Springs Dudleya (bright yellow)
- D. cymosa subsp. cymosa: Canyon Liveforever, the nominate subspecies (bright yellow, red or orange)
- D. cymosa subsp marcescens Moran: Marescent Dudleya (bright yellow with orange or red markings)
- D. cymosa subsp ovatifolia: (Britton) Moran Santa Monica Mountains Dudleya (bright yellow, rarely with red or orange marking)
- D. cymosa subsp. paniculata: (Jeps.) K.M.Nakai (pale yellow-white to pale yellow-pink)
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Redbox is a plugin for rails that allows a request to be displayed in a window in the middle of the page, while the page requested from is grayed-out in the background.
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Join us Friday, October 11, for an Open House on the Barry University School of Law campus in Orlando. This event, which is open to students interested in either Spring or Fall 2014 admission, is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes lunch.
We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to meet our students, faculty and administrators, participate in a mock class, learn about our academics and bar preparation program, and take a guided tour of our campus.
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Topic: CSS compliance at last?
As promised in some other thread, this is a re-post of some tool I just found. I'm excited by it, because there are some nice things that are in the CSS spec that honestly are "just broken" by IE 5.5 & IE 6 (well -- eralier browsers also, but probably are not worth my time anyhow).
Javascript CSS-and-png-fixer-upper script:
So it appears that this would allow me to write CSS code that works say in firefox, and without too much worrying, would probably also work in IE 5.5 and IE 6. I personally think it's a reasonable approach -- certainly an improvement over me bashing in my own head with a baseball bat because some stupid "alternative CSS implementation" in IE seems to screw something up.
I'm not saying here, that without this you can't possibly implement a good looking website. But, there are things that unquestionably simply don't work in most versions of IE, that ought to. So either you simply "don't use these features", or you start hacking around with your CSS that only are noticed by IE and not firefox (or vice-versa).
Some examples that I was interested in are addressed by this script. Examples are:
Has anyone here used it? If so what do you think?
If you have not yet used it, are you going to think about it? If not, why not?
Are there other libraries out there that do the same thing (better?, different?)
Again, I'm not saying that this is the only solution that makes sense, but to me it is quite appealing because it would seem I could code CSS once -- correctly, and have it pretty much work as expected.
I did see the following warning with the code:
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Today thru Sunday the USA Sitting Men and Women's teams will be training and competing at the Colorado Crossroads against Canada. Come by and meet these four wonderful teams if you are in Denver. This morning Fred Wendelboe, long time USAV leader, forwarded me a link to a great story about a golfer who has Cerebral Palsy. It brought to mind how vast our nation is, and how amazing stories like DJ Gregory's remain hidden. If I fall, I fall....you learn from your mistakes...this man last year walked all 44 tourneys in 45 weeks, 3256 holes, 900 miles. Kudos to DJ who left his footprints all across a sport, I strongly encourage you and your team to watch it at:
Since producing the 1996 Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Venue in Atlanta I have been inspired by the athletes who represent the USA in all the amazing disciplines offered - from Blind Sports - Tandem Biking and Goalball, to our own sitting and standing versions of volleyball. You get a change of perspective in life when you work in disabled sports. My request is two fold:
1. You are our talent scouts, please keep looking
2. Your team will benefit from experiencing sitting volleyball
As HIPPA laws provide a higher level of privacy, and deaf and blind children are now regularly being mainstreamed into regular schools, it has become more and more difficult for us to find new athletes who also qualify for Paralympic and Deaflympic competition. The Paralympic Military Sports programming headed up by long time USAV Board member Roger Neppl, has brought hope, smiles and talent to those returning injured. Just like this powerful disabled golf video story shared, our nation is so large, great ideas, opportunities and inspiration are too often not known about. So take a moment to download this chart of sports and disability.
When the women won the Paralympic bronze medal in Athens in 2004, most volleyball fans not only did not see it, but did not realize that half our line up was high school players who had been training hard for just a couple of years. Those same key players returned to step up to a Silver medal in Beijng, yet the starting line up still included Heather Erickson, a 15 year old high school player out of North Carolina who was statistically the best blocker in the world event in Egypt in advance of our success in China. The next USA Paralympian may not be playing high school volleyball, but is a Park and Rec or YMCA League player you see when you go officiate, play, or just are watching. Let them know of the opportunities they have.
Getting your players to empathize and be "disabled" for a warm up or two, simply means having two people sit in chairs to make the "standards, and stringing a rope down the middle of a regulation vb court, just like you see in the picture. You can even have the net up. This allows for three courts to be created, so up to 36 kids can play with the endlines and 3 meter lines being the court sidelines now, and the sidelines are the 4.5 meter per side endlines. This is off regulation by .5 meters, but who cares. Play! There are just really four main rule differences, seen below. The rest of the Olympic/USAV rules are what's used, without change. A skill set poster showing the subtle differences of playing on the floor can be found by clicking here.
1. Your feet can be in the court/over the lines, but your behind must be behind the line
2. You can block the serve
3. The net is about 1.1 meter high, while the court is 6m wide by 10 total meters long
Your behind has to stay on the floor with one cheek at least when you block or attack or play a ball. No "air butts".
Next week I will be doing a webinar course for Blaze Sports on Sitting Volleyball Programming. Eliott Blake, USAV staffer at University of Central Oklahoma in charge of developing the grassroots Disabled Volleyball programming will join Jeff Jones, Director of Education at Blaze Sports out of Atlanta for a 1 hour session. If you have the time and interest, join us, by signing up here - space is limited. Here is what Jeff said about it:
BlazeSports America will be hosting a webinar/conference call on competitive opportunities in the sport of Sitting Volleyball. BlazeSports America and the US Paralympics are very pleased to partner with USA Volleyball to bring you this informative webinar. Anyone can "Get Down" with Sitting Volleyball. By utilizing the existing resources within your community, you can organize a group of athletes with and without disabilities into a formidable team. The webinar on this Paralympic sport will provide you with the information necessary to teach the basic skills of the game, knowledge of the rules governing the game, and some of the best practices currently in place to develop your own grassroots program. Additionally, you will learn about the necessity to identify disabled athletes who could make an immediate impact on the national teams, and how to refer them into the elite athlete pipeline.
I must also note that a whole group of amazing USA athletes will have their own 'lympics" - the Deaflympics take place a year after the Olympics, as a 30 plus sport world competition for those who are deaf. Take another moment to download this chart of Deaf Sports opportunity by clicking here. Now go out and find those next USA players for all these programs, and have fun playing with your team too!
Let us know if you have any other ideas on growing the sport at the disabled level by posting thoughts and comments here - these amazing athletes deserve it. email@example.com


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Make sure you have the Jetset Utensil Set ready to go when you make a meal with your Jetboil stove.
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perfect set.
lightweight and convenient for backpacking and camping.
JetBoil Utensil Set
perfect compact addition to the jet boil that lasts up to the elements!
Useless gimmicky junk
The spatula melted onto the pan the very first time I tried to use it making pancakes. The utensils feel like junk, and will also melt if you try to stir something hot. Don't buy this garbage.
Spooning up Thai Peanut Sauce
I love seeing the goat in all your adventures!
Behold, 2/3 of the Utensil Set!
Fork me? Fork you, man!
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
5.2" Packed
8.5" Extended
1.3oz Combined Weight
I likes me the Mountain House meals, thus my utensils must be gloriously lengthy to consume my pouch-based sustenance!
I've been toting an REI longspoon which works well but doesn't collapse. Enter the JetBoil Utensil Set.
These orange and grey puppies have a combined weight of 1.3oz and extend from 5.2" packed to 8.5" of food-shoveling, pancake-flipping UTILITY (see what I did there).
The spatula has an asymmetrical head; one radius fits JetBoil pots, the other radius fits the JetBoil pan - I love thoughtful design! One of the Radii fits my MSR Flex Skillet perfectly.
The locking mechanisms work well and snap positively into position. I appreciate that they lock in the closed position too.
I haven't had trouble with food getting into the nooks and crannies as others have described, I'll keep an eye out for that.
I do wish that JetBoil would produce utensils that pack/nest within the MiniMo.
These seem like solid utensils thus far, time will tell.
After using them all weekend, I have to say, I don't see any issues with the JetBoil Utensil Set. I didn't have any trouble with food getting lodged in the nooks and crannies of the utensils.
The MSR Alpine utensils are a bit lighter and fold up a bit smaller. However, the JetBoil utensils seem a bit sturdier, they are less likely to fold up in use, and they are longer.
I don't think you can go wrong here. I'm really, really happy with the JetBoil Utensil Set.
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
The packaging says "nylon resists melting". Well, nylon actually does not resist melting, it welcomes it. I melted the thing the first time I used it AT HOME, on a real stove with a real pan. Not a superhot canister stove. If it can't stand up to a simple pancake it has no business in the field. The fork melted as soon as I put it into boiling water to stir some pasta. The spoon deformed as soon as I put it into a cup of baked beans.
Good thing my actual jetboil fell apart on me, using these in that would have been hazardous to my health
Jetboil Jetset Utensil Set
Great Set of Utensils
At first glance, these were a little bigger than I expected, still easily packable, but just a little more bulky than I thought.
Seems very durable though. We cooked up some chorizo tacos at camp and nothing melted!
The length of these ends up being perfect if you bring along those freeze dried backpacking meals. No more having to lick food off your knuckles!
Not bad at all
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Haven't used these much, only first impressions. However the length is great, they're light, they collapse well, when extended I haven't had wiggle in them, and they're cheap! Yes, they are plastic, yes plastic can melt... but they won't scratch up your fancy non stick expensive fry pan. If I end up being upset with the durability I will tweak this review, but my initial impressions are that you can't ask for much more out of a camping cutlery set at below $10.
Great set!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I agree that the best thing about this set is the length! It is nice to be able to reach down into the bag without gettting your hands full of food. They are in my opinion however, a little on the flimsy side and i'm not a big fan of trying to get food out of the grooves that the handles have in them. My spatula melted a bit the first time i used it but since have not had many problems.
Overall its a great set thats lightweight and compact!
No More Sticky Knuckles!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Quality is decent but I am way stoked on the length. I like to prevent messes while camping/backpacking so reaching into my favorite backpacking meal and pulling out a hand full of goo & a fork half full of food kinda feels like nails on a chalkboard. You can imagine how exciting it was for me to inhale food quickly while keeping my hands all clean! (its all in the little things guys... especially while backpacking)
Pros: get rid of mess, carry less, lightweight & scale down small
Cons: easy to melt & possibility of snapping
the spatula is a knife. brilliant.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
They do their job and fold up nicely. Watch out, b/c that fork is sharp!
Spatula in action!
Steak, eggs, mimosas, cholula. Who could ask for anything more?
How about some guac? :) -Chowing down at Crater Lake, no?
Hey Ryan,
Yes indeed, enjoying the view for breakfast. I love making breakfast in sweet, iconic locations!
Amy, I was just at Crater Lake myself a few weeks ago. Didn't enjoy a breakfast like this one, but close!
Lightweight & compact
I love these retractable utensils. Easy to clean, lightweight, and compact. Much more durable then some of the other products out there.
all you need to eat
there are the perfect utensils. small, compact, light... need i say more?
Great utensils
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I bought these to go along with my jetboil Flash. I have a titanium spork that I use with my other cook set. My spork was a little short and with the nostick in my Jetboil I thought that these would be better and I was right. At first they seem to light to use well, but even being plastic they have held up to many meals so far. I have used them to eat my add water freezed dried dinners, as well as pasta and rice directly in my Jetboil and was able to stir and eat without a problem. I carry the spoon and fork right on the side of my Flash ever camp trip because they set nice right on the side. I have only had these a couple of months, but i love them. I just have to either get another set or hide them from my wife because she has used them and now keep wanting to put them in her lunch kit for work.
Better than most I've tried
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I've tried a number of different compact utensil sets and have found that this one works better than most. They are plastic so of course the will melt if you get them too hot, and they also aren't one solid piece so there is going to be a weak point. But keep these things in mind and the set works pretty well. They are long enough to reach the bottom of my GSI Pinnacle Soloist allowing me to stir what I'm cooking or eat from the pot. Also they collapse enough to make packing them a bit more convenient.
Pretty good
They've been incredibly durable over a fair amount of use and abuse. They pack up nicely, and slide into any small pocket- so super convenient! I love having these extendable utensils for backpacking meals especially- you can get down to the corners of the bag without getting stuff all over your hands. Overall, pretty good to have around- definitely worth $10
Will this fit inside the jetboil with the...
Will this fit inside the jetboil with the fuel can and ignitor stored inside?
I store the fork and spoon on the outside of the mug in a little sleeve on the neopreene holder that's designed to do just that.
The spatula can go there to but it also fits perfectly on the underside of the pan under the protective ring cover.
what is the length of these opened and...
what is the length of these opened and collapsed?
they are 8 3/8" opened and 5 1/8" collapsed


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For four years Ms. Molly Misany has taught a third and fourth grade multi-age class at Coulee Christian School.
"Our classroom is usually a structured place where we work hard but we play hard," said Ms. Misany.
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"I'm competing with video games, I'm competing with the Wii. So, you have to see learning, you really do. There is a lot of persuasion going on under the surface. There's a lot of drama and acting. But it's worth it. And when the kids catch onto that and they get excited about it. That means everything," said Misany.
Her favorite subject is reading, that's because reading is in everything we do.
"It filters in through history, science, writing, language arts, everything. And empowering the students to feel and know they're successful readers, regardless of any sort of ability level is extremely rewarding," said Ms. Misany, "I feel like they're independent enough to work on their own, yet they still have that zest for learning. They still want to know and to learn and to go after that."
Ms. Misany says once you're a teacher, you're always a teacher, "I love to share information. Whether it's in a small group or camping or in a church setting. It's a very fulfilling opportunity."
And that is especially important for her now, as she has taken her career somewhere other than school.
"I think a who can teach and has that capability will be a teacher for their entire life. It's a lifestyle in a sense," said Ms. Misany.
Ms. Misany is taking a break from teaching right now and exploring other career opportunities.
She is now working for an investment firm, but plans to return to the classroom within the next few years.
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|Paul Stastny (#26) celebrates with his teammates after winning the bronze medal the IIHF World Championship third place match between Finland and USA at Globen Arena on May 19, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden.
The United States ended a drought and continued a run of success in international ice hockey with a victory Sunday.
Alex Galchenyuk and goaltender John Gibson came through in a shootout to lift the United States to a 3-2 victory over Finland for the bronze medal at the International Ice Hockey Federation Men's World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
Galchenyuk, who plays for the Montreal Canadiens, scored on both of his shootout attempts. After making 36 saves in 70 minutes, Gibson, an Anaheim Ducks draft pick, stopped three of four shootout attempts.
By recovering from a 3-0 semifinal loss Saturday to Switzerland, the United States medaled at the Men's World Championships for the first time since 2004 and kept alive its streak of medaling in every major IIHF competition in 2013.
Craig Smith (Nashville Predators) scored on a rebound just 58 seconds into the game and Paul Stastny (Colorado Avalanche) made it 2-0 later in the first period. They assisted on each other's goals.
Finland forced overtime, and ultimately a shootout, with goals four minutes apart midway through the third period.
Kristian Ipsen and Samantha Pickens each qualified for the 15th FINA World Championships in two events based on their performances at the USA Diving World Championship Trials, which will conclude today in Tallahassee, Fla.
Ipsen made the team in the 1-meter and the 3-meter individual events, which he won Sunday. Pickens is on the team in the 1-meter event and as part of the synchronized 3-meter event with Amanda Burke.
The world championships are set for July 19-Aug. 4 in Barcelona, Spain.
"Going to worlds with three years until Rio is going to be an amazing learning experience, and so far the team is incredible," Ipsen said. "I'm really looking forward to it."
Tori Lamp and Amy Cozad qualified in the women's 10-meter Sunday. David Bonuchi and Toby Stanley made it as the 10-meter synchronized men's team.
The last day of trials will determine spots in the men's synchronized 3-meter, women's synchronized 10-meter, women's 3-meter and men's 10-meter. The World University Games team also will be selected based on performances at the Trials.
Elsewhere, Estee Pryor earned a pair of bronze medals Sunday when the FINA Grand Prix concluded in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Pryor was third in the women's 10-meter and in the synchronized 3-meter with Madison Witt.
Christo Law and David Dinsmore added bronze in the men's synchronized 10-meter. Law and Grayson Campbell, competing as teammates for the first time, took silver in the men's 3-meter synchronized Saturday.
The United States won eight gold medals Sunday at the Women's Continental Championships in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Olympic bronze medalist Marlen Esparza won the flyweight division (112 pounds) in a championship bout with Brazil's Clelia Marquez. Esparza won her third bout of the tournament, taking a 20-11 decision over Marquez to defend her Continental Championships title.
Queen Underwood, who represented the United States in the London 2012 Olympic Games, boasted the longest road in the tournament to her gold medal at the 2013 Women's Continental Championships. Competing in the deepest weight class (132) in the event, Underwood boxed every day of the event en route to a lightweight final-round matchup with Argentina's Dayana Sanchez. Underwood earned a 19-11 decision over Sanchez to win Continental Championships gold after falling short of the medal stand in the 2012 event.
Christina Cruz (119), Jennifer Hamann (125), Bertha Aracil (141), Danyelle Wolf (152), Tiffanie Hearn (178) and Denise Rico (178+) all won titles. Franchon Crews finished second at 165.
Jason Richardson and Ryan Wilson finished 1-2 in the 110-meter high hurdles Saturday at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Shanghai, China. Aries Merritt, the Olympic champion and world-record holder in the event, pulled up before the first hurdle and told reporters he suffered a leg cramp.
Justin Gatlin, who won the men's 200 in Doha, Qatar a week earlier, finished second to Jamaica's Warren Weir in the event in Shanghai. Gatlin recorded a season's-best time of 20.21 but was edged by Weir, who was clocked at 20.18.
Americans Lashawn Merritt (men's 400) and Mary Saxer (women's pole vault) placed second. Michelle Carter placed third in the women's shot put.
Jamaica dominated the sprints, including the women's 100, which was won by Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.93). American Carmelita Jeter was third (11:08) but left the track on a stretcher after grabbing her thigh and hobbling as she approached the finish. According to news reports, meet officials said Jeter will undergo medical tests to determine the nature of the injury. Jeneba Tarmoh, the other American woman in the 100, placed eighth.
Two-time Olympian Casey Eichfeld was the leading qualifier in men's canoe Sunday at the U.S. Slalom National Team Trials/Deep Creek Open in McHenry, Md.
Three days and six runs down the course were used to determine the U.S. World Cup Team.
Eichfeld, Fabien Lefevre and Zach Lokken were selected in men's canoe. Eichfeld was also selected in men's double canoe along with Devin McEwan. The team of Michael Rudnitsky and Elliot Bertrand was also selected.
Lefevre, Michal Smolen and Richard Powell made the team in men's kayak.
The women's kayak selections were Dana Mann and Ashley Nee. The women's canoe picks were Colleen Hickey, Micki Reeves and Catherine Vuksich.
Elsewhere, Maggie Hogan and Kaitlyn McElroy took the silver medal in the Women's K2 1,000 meters Saturday at the ICF Sprint World Cup stop in Racice, Czech Republic.
Hogan and McElroy, who took third in the same event last week, also placed fourth in the B Final of the K2 500 meters.
Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs defeated Russia's Saba Khubetzhty by a first-period technical fall 14-3 in a 163-pound bout to close out the freestyle bouts at United 4 Wrestling Sunday in Los Angeles.
The United States went 7-4 in a dual meet against opponents from Canada and Russia in the event.
Olympian Alise Post won her third straight elite supercross national title Saturday at the USA Cycling Elite BMX National Championships in Chula Vista, Calif. Nic Long, another 2012 Olympian, won his second elite men's title.
Post won all three motos on the way to the final where she held off Arielle Martin for the win
"Today was a lot of fun," Post said. "It was good racing, all the girls were on point. For me, it just felt really great to win three in a row. It's a great accomplishment.
"On top of that, I made my momma proud. She's been watching from home and wasn't able to make it, being in the hospital. I'm happy to have won for her."
Post's mother was diagnosed last month with stage four melanoma.
Long edged fellow Olympian Connor Fields.
Maliek Byndloss and Shaelen Reno won junior elite titles.
Elsewhere, Kate Courtney earned a bronze medal Saturday at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. The 18-year-old medaled in the junior women's race.
Mike Gennaro and Olympic bronze medalist Henrik Rummel won the men's pairs title Saturday at the USRowing National Selection Regatta at Mercer Lake, N.J.
The Selection Regatta decided which rowers will represent the United States at the upcoming Samsung World Cup events. A top-four berth at any World Cup event locks up a spot on the U.S. National Team for the World Rowing Championships, which take place Aug. 25-Sept. 1 in Chungju, South Korea.
Meghan Musnicki, a gold medalist in women's eight at the London 2012 Olympic Games, joined Taylor Goetzinger to lead women's pairs qualifying.
Ellen Tomek and Meghan O'Leary won women's double sculls, Matt Miller and Willie Cowles won men's double sculls, Kate Bertko and Kristin Hedstrom won lightweight women's double sculls, and Colin Ethridge and Peter Alter won lightweight men's double.
Andrew Gemmell and Haley Anderson won 5-kilometer titles Sunday at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships at Castaic Lake, Calif. Gemmell and Anderson used the wins to qualify for the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The top two men's and women's finishers from Friday's 10K national championship also qualified for worlds. Alex Meyer and Sean Ryan finished 1-2 among men while Christine Jennings and Becca Mann were 1-2 among women in the 10K.
ARCHERY: Braden Gellenthien won men's compound gold and Reo Wilde took the bronze Saturday at the World Cup season opener in Shanghai, China. The United States team of Brady Ellison and Khatuna Lorig defeated India Sunday for the recurve mixed team gold medal.
TABLE TENNIS: Ariel Hsing and Lily Zhang, both 2012 Olympians, reached the round of 64 in women's doubles then were eliminated at the ITTF World Championships in Paris.
FENCING: Amanda Sirico placed 14th to lead the U.S. entries at the women's epee World Cup event Friday in Rio de Janeiro.
BASKETBALL: Ariel Massengale and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, who have three international gold medals to their credit, were among the 12 players named Sunday to the U.S. team for the World University Games following trials at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The World University Games begin July 8 in Kazan, Russia.
RACQUETBALL: Connor Laffey won the men's elite title at the Ektelon National Singles Championships in Fullerton, Calif.
VOLLEYBALL: The U.S. women's sitting volleyball team swept Russia in three weekend exhibition matches in Edmond, Okla.
WATER POLO: The New York Athletic Club successfully defended its Fisher Cup title with an 11-5 victory over the Newport Water Polo Foundation Sunday in San Diego.
TRIATHLON: Lukas Verzbicas and Eric Lagerstrom, the only two U.S. entries, were unable to complete the ITU World Cup event in Huatulco, Mexico.
RUGBY: The United States closed out the IRB Women's Sevens series Saturday with a 17-12 victory over Spain in the Plate Final of the Amsterdam Sevens in The Netherlands. The Plate goes to the team that finishes fifth overall at the event. The U.S. women also finished the series fourth in the point standings. The Rugby World Cup Sevens are scheduled for June in Moscow.
BADMINTON: The United States, with 10 athletes entered, is one of more than 50 nations at the Sudirman Cup, the world mixed team championships, which began Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event continues through May 26.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Tom Robinson is a freelance contributor for TeamUSA.org. Material from various news services and press releases from National Governing Bodies was used to compile this report. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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This must-have mesh recliner is made by Lafuma, the original — and still the best — maker of zero-gravity recliners. Lafuma has a well-deserved reputation for combining sensible features, innovative ergonomic design and high quality materials. This Evolution Air Comfort® chair is based on research into the most comfortable seating positions, and it allows you to easily adjust the position by shifting your weight or by pushing on the arms. The padded headrest also adjusts. The permeable fabric sling, attached to the frame by a patented clip system, dries quickly after a rainstorm. This is simply the best; don't be fooled by imitations. Choice of Chocolate or Steel.
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