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The Texas Longhorns wrapped up the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday, placing fifth. The championship included freshman Alison Gibson's one-meter individual title and four snapped Big 12 records.
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The Texas Longhorns swimming and diving teams swept the Big 12 Championship titles after posting outstanding performances by both the men's and women's squads.
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Fun post! All that food looks delicious!! Love your top!
www.oliveandanarrow.comThe desserts look delicious, especially the scones! What a fun way to spend the afternoon :)
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Caroline's Catwalkoh yes i heard it gets really hot in HK!!! makes me think about my time in Taiwan last summer...so hot!
super cute bag! and the foods look so delish!! definitely gonna check out that open rice link if i go to HK! like the HK version of yelp :)
alex @ carouselstreet.comYou. Are. Killing. Me. So many tasty things, amazing places, awesome people. SERIOUSLY. And what a find in the bag, and even more special than a splurge purchase because it has a story to tell (I would have been just over a month old on that date in 89!)
And the desserts Winnie. Oh the desserts. OH THE SUGAR SWEET HEAVEN.Haha, I watched The Avengers today which featured Mark Ruffalo and thought about our little chat about 13 Going on 30 again! It was so lovely meeting you, it was like catching up with an old friend even though we only 'met' a few months ago... via Instagram? What a funny little world, but what a wonderful one at that!
ReplyDeleteWow...dessert kitchen is defo a place to visit. I just checked it on Open rice and i know that street but dont remember this place. Is it new? I must try it!!!
I just saw Charmaine's blog - thanks for introducing her, good reference for places to go eat in HK, hehehe
and oh my, blogging about food as career, oh good!
and what a cute bag:)i like small bags but i can never fit all the stuff i want to put in. How do you manage?!?!?!? lol


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Inspired by the women in the photographs of Guy Bourdin is the selling spiel of the latest dress offerings from Karen Millen. Now I don't want to blather on about Guy's mother fixation and why but in reality there was only ever one woman in his photographs and this recreation of a child's view of a glamorous woman haunted his brilliant photos.
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I hope so. Lets hope there will be some Monotype PWT's during this saga. So that his older Pokémon get a chance to come back. Otherwise I can't seem to figure out a scenario where Ash can bring back his older Pokémans.
I hope so. Lets hope there will be some Monotype PWT's during this saga. So that his older Pokémon get a chance to come back. Otherwise I can't seem to figure out a scenario where Ash can bring back his older Pokémans.
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I heard trip isn't going to appear anymore... o_O Or he won't be a rival anymore?
Maybe they could move Sinnoh's BF to Unova, like what they did with BF. I wouldn't expect a full-course every episode Team Plasma saga.
Maybe the League gets interrupted and he has to compete once again>.>There's always that.
In both "filler" arcs (the OI and the bf) Ash had a goal which he was working towards. Badge hunting and symbol hunting, respectively. I'm pretty sure that N arc will be similar, he can't just chase around after Zekrom/Reshiram and fight the bad guys, can he? At the very least, I'd assume Ash will be aiming to compete in some kind of league/tournament/bf. He has to have some kind of direction imo, and the whole "fighting the bad guys" quest on its own would be pretty tedious if you ask me. But hey, I could be wrong.
I want them too based off nostalgia, but in terms of for battling I'm not entirely sure :P
I think that too. I doubt that he'll go around without a goal related to battling. However I don't think he will go for another badge quest and rechallenge the Unova League. It would be too tedious and repetitive, unless they pull another Orange Archipelago with unique challenges and a unique Tournament.
His battling goal: Defeat Team Plasma
That'd actually be pretty awesome if it were true :S
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No, it was horribad, I rather not see the writers screw up the whole Unova League a second round (no pun intended).
No.... I'd rather him challenge some kind of Filler League like the Orange Islands.
If he does, Cameron might beat him again.
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I'd love to see ash bring back infernape, charizard, Snorlax, Sceptile, Buizel and curbstomp some new trainer in nuvema town
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Infernape should be brung to teach Ash a lesson on possibly losing to Cameron.
He should reneter the Indigo league.
Ash challenged the 'Seashore'-gym in Johto, and the Kas and Mas gyms in Kanto if I wasn't mistaken.. xD
Trip has been removed from the character list on the official site. It doesn't say much, because he is replaced with N, Ghetsis and Colress, which obviously will take a huge part in this arc. It doesn't mean he has been removed from the animé though, just that he'll be less 'important'.
Lets hope that if he beats Ash that we'll get to see that #6, I doubt it though.. The writers now have Lucario to spam.. xD
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"If I had my way in DP, Ash would've hit the league with: Pikachu, Ambipom (his to keep), Torterra (Grass/Starter), Lucario (Ace), Chingling (Cute), Bidoof (Water-type) and Heatran (Fire-type)."
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The second line is meant to be sarcastic.. Though there was a random trainer with a Heatran at the Sinnoh League..
There are only 3 potential Gyms for Ash to challenge, and it doesn't seem likely. I doubt we'll ever see Marlon again especially.
Drayden could possibly appear again but it won't be for a badge.
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I would also prefer to see Ash rechallenge the Kanto League since he's from Kanto. However, barring that, I would not mind him rechallenging the Unova League assuming the writers do it right, which is an iffy proposition at best given the way this Unova League was handled. Hopefully, if that is the case, they simply got this Unova League out of the way quickly so they could focus on Episode N, Team Plasma, and the second Unova League challenge where hopefully, Ash places higher than in this one and with better battles and opponents. Is it just me, or did this crop of Unova League candidates seem weaker than in Leagues past?
He already has 8 badges. Why does he have to go on a Badge Hunt again?
Satoshi just has to wait a certain period of time to re-challenge the same league again.
But we know things like that never happen in the anime.
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Reserves should return for every friggin' league.
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I think it's unlikely, we'll have to wait til January to see what's next for him.


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Already this year, I have encouraged folks to vote for the Best DC Blog, Dog Show USA, Grease and the NFL's Super Bowl Commercial. The next contest is Good Morning America's "Dancing With the Moms Challenge!" Yes, this is a terrible name, but apparently ABC wants to get as much promotion for "Dancing With The Stars" as possible. Instead of dancing celebrities like Laila Ali, Joey Fatone and Billy Ray Cyrus, this contests features mothers dancing with their kids. Actually, that's completely a guess since I haven't watched any of the videos.
Anyway, over 1,000 people entered and there are now 10 semifinalists, including Tiffany Catania, who is someone I went to high school with in Pittsburgh. According to this link, each week the moms will be given a new dancing challenge, and then we can vote for our favorite dancer. Two dancers with the lowest vote totals are eliminated each week and the final four dancing moms will be flown to New York to train with professional dancers and perform live on Good Morning America. Basically, I'm just asking you to vote for Tiffany. Thank you.
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sorry we let Sanjaya down. Maybe Tiffany can pull it out!
yes, i realize we're talkin' different tv shows - 10:43 PM
i was once on a show called swimming with former child actors. it aired on espn 8 the ocho. it had always been my dream to swim with Jenna von Oÿ, thank you espn.
anyway it's been a while but pittsburgh sports rumors is up and running again with a new and improved format, it's way better than that scribbled noise blog you have linked.
www.pittsburghsportsrumors.blogspot.com - 10:43 PM
- Sean said...
I have never voted for or asked anyone to vote for any American Idol contestants. Dancing With The Moms in completely different.
After no activity for months, I deleted the link for Pittsburgh Sports Rumors. Welcome back! - 6:24 AM
- Tiffany said...
Ten years later. I'm only seeing this
Thank you for your support Sean - 12:28 AM
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Scribbled noise blog heard. My dream too. Please refrain from stomping on it


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ATLANTA – On the heels of the release of the 'Military 24/7' App for iPad, Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System has launched the free application for iPhone and iPod users. Now, the latest U.S. Military news stories, images and video obtained exclusively from the frontlines can be accessed by millions of Apple consumers.
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The city of Jackson is the cultural center of Mississippi, and is home to several large museums including the Mississippi Museum of Art. For more than 100 years the museum has been the state's repository and exhibitor of local, regional, national and international art, with works by state natives including William Dunlap and Walter Anderson. The Mississippi Museum of Art is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am until 5pm, and Sunday 12pm until 5pm. It is closed on Mondays. Adults are $5, seniors $5, students are $3 and children under five are free.
The Old Capitol Museum was originally called the State House, and it served as the capitol from 1839 until 1903, a state office building from 1917 until 1959, and since 1961 has been the state's historical museum. It houses a collection of artifacts that reflect the diversity of the state, along with historical collections from the Native American period through the colonial era to the modern day.
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College and university presidents often talk about how there are different types of students out there, and many different types of institutions to serve them. But when it comes to training new institutional leaders, there has really only been one option -- Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
But starting this summer, the American Council on Education will launch the Institute for New Presidents [1], a training program for recently hired university leaders to show them the ropes of university management.
The design of the program seems to put it in direct competition with the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents [2], a program that has dominated the field since it was created 22 years ago, and has trained many sitting presidents. But officials from both the Harvard program and ACE said the new program simply adds another resource in a field that many complain does not do enough to prepare young presidential aspirants to become leaders at a time when such training is more important than ever.
Higher education is about to see significant turnover in its senior leadership ranks, administrators of both programs said, and there should be enough room in the market for another program to help train presidents, particularly since the ACE program is structured differently from the Harvard seminar. "The increase in presidential retirements is a pressing issue," said Diana Córdova, director of the division of research and programs at ACE. "We want to urge programming that ensures a continuity of leadership for the industry."
Across the country, universities are facing a looming presidential-retirement boom. Between 1986 and 2006, the average age of university presidents rose from 52 to 60, according to a 2007 report by ACE [3]. More than half of all presidents are over the age of 60, Córdova said. The California State University System, the largest public university system in the country, is facing a number of presidential retirements, and lawmakers are urging the system to find ways of developing homegrown talent, rather than hire sitting presidents from other institutions at a high cost.
While the Harvard seminar enrolls an average of 40 to 45 presidents each year, it enrolled 53 this summer. Judith McLaughlin, a Harvard professor who runs the new presidents seminar, said this bump is partly attributable to the amount of turnover.
At the same time, the role of president is, in many ways, more high-profile, more complicated, and more stressful than it used to be. "The challenges facing college presidents today are immense, and few candidates come prepared in all of the key areas of presidential responsibility," said Susan Resneck Pierce, the former president of the University of Puget Sound and occasional author for Inside Higher Ed who recently wrote a book on the responsibilities of presidents [4]. She said new presidents need to understand the academic enterprise, admissions, retention, financial aid discounting, and institutional positioning. They need to be able to to manage complex budgets both in terms of allocating and reallocating resources. And they need the capacity to be successful fund-raisers. While most incoming presidents have experience in some of these fields, few, if any, have the full complement coming into the job.
"You have to be knowledgeable about a wide range of things, not too knowledgeable about any one thing," said Kent Chabotar, president of Guilford College, who has been speaking at the Harvard seminar for about two decades.
Several associations run sector-specific training programs for new presidents. The Council of Independent Colleges – which represents more than 600 private colleges – runs its own program for new presidents [5]. The American Association of Community Colleges also devotes part of its Presidents Academy Summer Institute [6] to training new presidents. The American Association of State Colleges and Universities also runs a new presidents program [7] each summer.
"I know many presidents who have gone to different programs. They find them helpful in different ways," McLaughlin said. "The best presidents are those who take many opportunities for learning, on their campus and at other events."
Rita Bornstein, former president of Rollins College, who has written on presidential succession [8], said there is a lack of leadership-training programs and the addition of ACE's institute is good for the field, particularly because it offers a different structure. "I have consistently called on national higher education associations to do more in terms of training presidents," she said. " There is such a huge need that you could have another similar kind of training program by every national higher education association and it still wouldn't be enough."
The ACE program is designed for new presidents in their first two years. Córdova said the council has not finalized the exact structure and cost of the program, but she said the institute will likely cover eight mostly nonresidential months, beginning with a face-to-face convening of the class held in the summer. She said students will likely engage in a few more in-person sessions supplemented by online activities, and the program will likely conclude with a session during the council's annual meeting in March. Córdova said ACE has not finalized what the program will cost.
The Harvard program, by contrast, is conducted entirely in person and runs over five and a half days in the summer. That program costs $5,895. The Harvard program is also bigger; the ACE institute hopes to teach about 20 presidents in its inaugural year. McLaughlin and Chabotar said presidents who attend the seminar often say one of the biggest benefits to the program is meeting a network of people in similar roles.
Despite the different structure, the programs focus on teaching presidents about similar issues, and both are open to presidents from all institution types. Córdova said the program will pull from the "thought leadership" ACE has developed over the years, as well as an advisory group of former and current presidents, some of them new themselves, to determine the content of the program.
Both programs teach new presidents how to deal with some standard challenges that come up during a presidency, such how to work with key constituencies such as boards, faculty, staff, and donors and how to assemble high-performing management teams. Inaugural addresses, symbolic leadership, and dos and don'ts of the job (such as, "Don't spend your first dollar renovating the presidential house") are also issues that will likely be covered in both.
Córdova said ACE's institute is not designed to compete with the Harvard program, just to expand the number of programs serving new presidents at a time of likely high demand. She said the differing structures means the programs might attract different groups of administrators. "The Harvard program is a great program," she said. "I hope that ours will complement their efforts."
ACE already offers several presidential-training programs, including the ACE Fellows program [9], in which aspiring presidents spend time at another institution working with the president there, and a series of presidential roundtables. Cordova said she wants the new presidents institute to be the cornerstone of the group's offerings.


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Inhofe: I'm not sure U.S. troops would be willing to fight for openly gay colleagues
posted at 10:16 pm on May 13, 2010 by Allahpundit
Posting this for two reasons. One: If it's a fair edit, it's … quite a contrast with that milblogger statement yesterday. In fact, let me quote Uncle Jimbo's addendum:
If I am lying by the road bleeding, I don't care if the medic coming to save me is gay. I just hope he is one of those buff gay guys who are always in the gym so he can throw me over his shoulder and get me out of there.
Two: There's a fair possibility that this isn't a fair edit. It comes from a lefty site and is being touted by Think Progress, which has featured highly nuanced edits of Republican statements before. So consider this a fact-check opportunity. Did anyone catch this live on American Family Association radio? Anything out of context here? If so, e-mail and I'll update.
Update: Minor correction: The program was AFR Talk and the video comes from the AFA Channel.
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Kitefin shark
Kitefin shark Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Present[1] |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Dalatiidae |
Genus: | Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810 |
Species: | D. licha |
Binomial name | |
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) |
Range of the kitefin shark | |
Synonyms | |
Dalatias sparophagus* Rafinesque, 1810 * ambiguous synonym |
The kitefin shark or seal shark (Dalatias licha) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae, and the only species in its genus. It is found sporadically around the world, usually close to the sea floor at depths of 200–600 m (660–1,970 ft). With a sizable oil-filled liver to maintain neutral buoyancy, this shark is able to cruise slowly through the water while expending little energy. The kitefin shark has a slender body with a very short, blunt snout, large eyes, and thick lips. Its teeth are highly differentiated between the upper and lower jaws, with the upper teeth small and narrow and the lower teeth large, triangular, and serrated. Its typical length is 1.0–1.4 m (3.3–4.6 ft).
Armed with large teeth and a strong bite, the kitefin shark is a powerful, solitary predator that takes many different types of prey, ranging from bony fishes, sharks and rays, to cephalopods, crustaceans, polychaete worms, siphonophores, and possibly carrion. It also takes bites out of animals larger than itself, similar to its smaller relative, the cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis). This shark is aplacental viviparous and gives birth to 10–14 young. The kitefin shark is fished commercially for its meat, skin, and liver oil, primarily by Portugal and Japan. A fishery targeting this species existed off the Azores from the 1970s to the 1990s, but collapsed due to overfishing and falling liver oil prices; the rapid depletion of the Azores stock is often cited as an example of the susceptibility of deep-sea sharks to human exploitation. The low reproductive rate of this species renders it susceptible to overfishing and, coupled with known population declines, has led it to be assessed as Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The kitefin shark was originally described as Squalus licha by French naturalist Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, in his 1788 Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois regnes de la nature; the type specimen from "Le cap Breton" has since been lost. This species was later placed in its own genus, Dalatias, which came from the synonymy of Constantine Rafinesque's 1810 Dalatias sparophagus with S. licha. However, some authorities dispute this on the grounds that D. sparophagus is a nomen dubium, and prefer to use the next available genus name Scymnorhinus.[3] The genus name Dalatias is derived from the Greek dalos or dalou, meaning "torch".[4] The specific epithet licha comes from la liche, the French name for this shark.[5] Additional common names used for the kitefin shark include black shark and darkie Charlie.[4]
Phylogeny and evolution[edit]
Cladistic studies have consistently found that the closest relatives of the kitefin shark are the cookiecutter sharks (Isistius), with which they share several dentitional, skeletal, and muscular similarities.[6][7] Dalatias and Isistius are believed to have evolutionarily diverged shortly after the transition between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods (65.5 Ma), as part of a larger adaptive radiation of dogfish sharks from the deep sea into relatively shallower habitats.[6]
The oldest fossil teeth that definitively belong to the kitefin shark date to the Middle Eocene epoch, such as those recovered from Bortonian-stage deposits (43.0–37.0 Ma) in New Zealand.[1] Dalatias fossil teeth dating to various ages have also been discovered in Europe, the former USSR, Japan, and western India.[8] The fossil material now recognized as belonging to this species were historically described under a multitude of different names.[1]
The kitefin shark has a moderately elongated body with a very short, rounded snout. The eyes and spiracles are large. The lips are thick with pleats or fringes, though are not modified to be suctorial. There are 16–21 tooth rows in the upper jaw and 17–20 tooth rows in the lower jaw.[3] The upper teeth are small and spike-shaped, curving slightly towards the corners of the mouth. The lower teeth are very large, knife-shaped, and serrated, with their bases interlocking to form a continuous cutting surface.[9]
The first dorsal fin is slightly smaller and shorter-based than the second, and neither has spines. The first dorsal fin originates behind the free rear tip of the pectoral fins, while the second originates above the middle of the pelvic fin bases. The pectoral fins are short and rounded. The caudal fin has a prominent upper lobe with a well-developed notch near the tip, and a barely present lower lobe.[3] The form and arrangement of the fins is similar to the Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), from which this species can be distinguished by the lack of fin spines.[9] The dermal denticles are small and flat, with a single horizontal ridge ending in a point.[3]
The coloration is a uniform dark brown or gray, sometimes with faint black spots on the back. The fins have white or translucent trailing edges,[10] and the tip of the caudal fin is black.[9] An 90 cm (3.0 ft) long kitefin shark with partial albinism, lacking pigment on 59% of its body, was caught in the Gulf of Genoa in 2003. Unlike in a previous case of an albino Portuguese dogfish, the abnormal coloration of this individual had not diminished its ability to capture prey.[11] Most kitefin sharks are 1.0–1.4 m (3.3–4.6 ft) long and weigh 8 kg (18 lb); the maximum reported length is 1.6 m (5.2 ft), possibly 1.8 m (5.9 ft).[9][12]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
The kitefin shark has an almost circumglobal range in tropical and warm-temperature waters, consisting of a number of widely separated populations with likely little interchange between them.[13] This shark has not been reported from the eastern Pacific and northern Indian Oceans. In the northern Atlantic, it occurs in the Georges Bank and the northern Gulf of Mexico, and from the North Sea to Cameroon, including around the British Isles, in the western and central Mediterranean Sea, and off Madeira and the Azores. In the Indian Ocean, it is found off South Africa and Mozambique. In the Pacific, it occurs off Japan, Java, Australia and New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands. There is a single record of this species in the southern Atlantic, from off southern Brazil.[2][3][14]
An offshore, deepwater species, the kitefin shark is most common at a depth of 200–600 m (660–1,970 ft), but has been captured from the surface to as deep as 1,800 m (5,900 ft).[9][14] Off the Azores this shark segregates by sex, with females most common around a depth of 230 m (750 ft) and males most common around 412–448 m (1,352–1,470 ft).[12] The kitefin shark inhabits the outer continental shelves and upper continental slopes, and is also found around oceanic islands and seamounts.[8] It is the only member of its family that tends to be found close to the sea floor as opposed to in the middle of the water column, though on occasion it has been captured well above the bottom.[8]
Biology and ecology[edit]
Relatively common where it occurs, kitefin sharks are usually solitary in nature but may form small groups.[14] It is a slow swimmer with a large liver filled with squalene, a lipid less dense than water, allowing it to maintain neutral buoyancy and hover above the bottom with little effort.[3] Studies off the coast of North Africa and in the Gulf of Genoa have found males outnumbering females by 2:1 and 5:1 respectively; this imbalanced sex ratio has not been observed off South Africa and may reflect sampling bias.[15] The kitefin shark is preyed upon by larger fishes and sharks,[9] as well as by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus).[16] Parasite data on this species is limited; an examination of two sharks caught off Ireland found three nematodes in the stomach lumen. One could be identified as Anisakis simplex L3, while another may have been a larval Raphidascaris.[17]
A powerful and versatile deepwater predator, the short, robust jaws of the kitefin shark give it an enormously strong bite. It feeds mainly on bony fishes (including deepwater smelts, viperfishes, scaly dragonfishes, barracudinas, greeneyes, lanternfishes, bristlemouths, cod and other gadids, grenadiers, deepwater scorpionfishes, bonito, snake mackerels, deepwater cardinalfishes, and sea toads), but also takes a wide variety of other animals, including skates, smaller sharks (Galeus, Squalus, Etmopterus and Centrophorus), squid and octopus, crustaceans (amphipods, isopods, shrimp and lobsters), polychaete worms, and siphonophores.[3] Like the related cookiecutter shark, the kitefin shark is also capable of excising chunks of flesh from animals larger than itself, including other sharks and whales.[14][18] The presence of fast-swimming fishes in its diet suggests the kitefin shark may scavenge, or have some other means of capturing faster prey. In the Mediterranean, bony fishes are the most important food year-round, with the second-most important prey being sharks in the winter and spring, crustaceans in the summer, and cephalopods in the fall. Captured males are more likely to have full stomachs than females for unknown reasons.[3]
Reproduction in the kitefin shark is aplacental viviparous, with the embryos hatching inside the uterus and being sustained to term by yolk. Adult females have two functional ovaries and two functional uteruses; the uterus is not divided into compartments. In the Mediterranean, breeding occurs throughout the year with peaks in spring and fall; females may have a year of rest in between pregnancies.[2][15] The litter size is 10–16, increasing with female size.[13] The young are born at a length of 30–45 cm (12–18 in), varying by geographic location, after a possible gestation period of two years.[12][19] The males mature sexually at a length of 77–121 cm (2.53–3.97 ft), and the females at a length of 117–159 cm (3.84–5.22 ft).[13] There is no relationship between an individual's size at birth, size at maturity, and maximum size.[15]
Human interactions[edit]
The kitefin shark inhabits depths too great for it to be a danger to humans.[9] Its upper teeth have been found lodged in underwater fiberoptic cables.[18] This species has a long history of human exploitation: the meat is consumed in the eastern Atlantic and Japan, and the offal processed into fishmeal. The liver oil is utilized in Portugal, Japan, and South Africa. The skin is made into a type of shagreen useful in the making of furniture and jewelry, and is also favored for the manufacture of "boroso", a Spanish polished leather. This shark has no commercial value in the western Atlantic.[9][13]
The continuing expansion of commercial fisheries into the deep sea has raised concerns about the vulnerability of this and other deepwater shark species to overfishing, as these sharks have slow growth and reproductive rates. This is exemplified by the rapid stock depletion and collapse of the Azores kitefin shark fishery.[2] This targeted fishery began in the early 1970s for the production of liver oil. In the early 1980s, the fishing fleet was enlarged with the addition of industrial vessels equipped with demersal gillnets, resulting in a fishery peak in 1984 of 937 tons landed. After 1991, kitefin shark catches declined precipitously to under 15 tons annually which, along with a drop in the global price of liver oil, led to the fishery becoming unprofitable by the end of the decade. A population assessment has suggested that the northeastern Atlantic stock had fallen to 50% of the pre-exploitation biomass.[20][21]
Fisheries operating off Portugal and Japan are responsible for most commercial landings of the kitefin shark, generally as bycatch in bottom trawls and on hook-and-line.[9][22] Portugal reported a kitefin shark bycatch of 282 tons in 2000 and 119 tons in 2003. In other areas of the northeastern Atlantic this shark is rare and reported catches are likely confounded by misidentifications of other species; some are caught by mixed-species gillnet fisheries operating in deep water west of the British Isles, where surveys suggest that kitefin shark numbers may have declined by 94% since the 1970s.[2][20] In the Mediterranean, this shark is caught incidentally by bottom trawl and gillnet fisheries. Although it is generally discarded alive, many are unable to return to deep water and do not survive.[2] In the Southern Hemisphere, catches by the Australian South East Trawl Fishery are increasing following the relaxation of regulations regarding seafood mercury content; this species is not included under Australian fishery quotas.[9] New Zealand kitefin shark catches peaked from 1986 to 1997.[21] The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed the kitefin shark as Near Threatened worldwide, and as Vulnerable in the northeastern Atlantic in light of documented population declines.[2]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c Keyes, I.W. (1984). "New records of fossil elasmobranch genera Megascyliorhinus, Centrophorus, and Dalatias (Order Selachii) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 27 (2): 203–216. doi:10.1080/00288306.1984.10422527.
- ^ a b c d e f g Blasdale, T.; F. Serena; C. Mancusi; J. Guallart & N. Ungaro (2006). "Dalatias licha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Compagno, L.J.V. (1984). Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date (PDF). Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization. pp. 63–64. ISBN 92-5-101384-5.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). "Dalatias licha" in FishBase. June 2009 version.
- ^ Bonnaterre, P.J. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois regnes de la nature. Chez Panckoucke. p. 12.
- ^ a b Adnet, S.; Cappetta, H. (September 2001). "A palaeontological and phylogenetical analysis of squaliform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes) based on dental characters". Lethaia. 34 (3): 234–248. doi:10.1080/002411601316981188.
- ^ Shirai, S. (1996). "Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes: Euselachii)". In Stiassny, M.L.J.; Parenti, L.R.; Johnson, G.D. Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press. pp. 9–34. ISBN 0-12-670950-5.
- ^ a b c Carrier, J.C.; Musick, J.A.; Heithaus, M.R. (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-8493-1514-X.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bester, C. and Burgess, G. Biological Profiles: Kitefin Shark. Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray & William T. White, 2011, Black Shark, Dalatias licha, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Aug 2014, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2008
- ^ Bottaro, M., Ferrando, S., Gallus, L., Girosi, L. and Vacchi, M. (2005). "First record of albinism in the deep water shark Dalatias licha" Reference No. 5115. JMBA2–Biodiversity Records.
- ^ a b c Kiraly, S.J.; J.A. Moore; P.H. Jasinski (2003). "Deepwater and Other Sharks of the U.S. Atlantic Ocean Exclusive Economic Zone". Marine Fisheries Review. 65 (4): 1–63.
- ^ a b c d Fowler, S.L.; Cavanagh, R.D.; Camhi, M.; Burgess, G.H.; Cailliet, G.M.; Fordham, S.V.; Simpfendorfer, C.A.; Musick, J.A. (2005). Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. pp. 230–231. ISBN 2-8317-0700-5.
- ^ a b c d Soto, J.M.R.; Mincarone, M.M. (2001). "First record of kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Chondrichthyes, Dalatiidae), in the south Atlantic". Mare Magnun. 1 (1): 23–26.
- ^ a b c Capapé, C.; Hemida, F.; Quignard, J.P. (2008). "Biological observations on a rare deep-sea shark, Dalatias licha (Chondrichthyes: Dalatiidae), off the Maghreb coast (south-western Mediterranean)". Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 3 (3): 355–360.
- ^ Gómez-Villota, F. (2007). Sperm whale diet in New Zealand. Master of Applied Science thesis. Auckland University of Technology.
- ^ Henderson, A.C.; Flannery, K.; Dunne, J. (2003). "Biological observations on shark species taken in commercial fisheries to the west of Ireland". Biology and Environment. 103B: 1–7.
- ^ a b Musick, J.A.; McMillan B. (2003). The Shark Chronicles: A Scientist Tracks the Consummate Predator. Macmillan. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-8050-7359-0.
- ^ da Silva, H.M. (1988). "Growth and reproduction of kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (Bonn 1788) in Azorean waters." ICES, Demersal Fish Committee CM 1988/G:21. pp. 1–16.
- ^ a b ICES. (2007). Report of the Working Group Elasmobranch Fishes (WGEF), 22–28 June 2007, Galway, Ireland. ICES CM 2007/ACFM:27. pp. 52–55.
- ^ a b Perrotta, R. (2004). "Kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (dalatiidae) fishery in the north eastern Atlantic and some recommendations for elasmobranchs exploitation". Revista de Investigación y Desarollo Pesquero. 16: 97–101.
- ^ Castro, J.I., Woodley, C.M. and Brudek, R.L. (1999). A preliminary evaluation of the status of shark species. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 380.


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Ambience can be a tough thing to pull off effectively with music. Go too far to one extreme and your music becomes a directionless bore that can be appreciated almost exclusively by folks under the influence of mind-altering substances. Go too far to the other side and your music ceases to be ambient, instead sliding its way towards dance music, techno, or even jam-oriented rock. Mirror Eye, the second album from Psychic Ills, manages to find that ambient sweet spot more often than not.
The New York City-based quartet know what they are doing when it comes to this type of music. Atmospheric synth sounds abound, covering most of the songs in a layer (sometimes thick, sometimes thin) of electronic noise. The band know enough to mostly stay away from the drumset. Bass drum beats, snare hits, and even steady cymbal rhythms give ambient songs the kind of propulsion that makes them turn into one of the aforementioned other types of music. Instead, Psychic Ills use a variety of percussion, from hand drums to tambourines and a multitude of shakers, to give their pieces motion while keeping away from steady beats. Elizabeth Hart's bass playing gives the most substantial of the songs on Mirror Eye a bedrock. Modal, or at least minor-key, bass figures give the listener something to grab onto, although I wouldn't go so far as to call them catchy. And Tres Warren's guitar, while used sparingly, is appropriately reverbed out. The guitars on this album never appear without some form of reverb, delay, or echo effect. Like Hart, Warren uses recurring, sometimes even repetitive guitar riffs as a basis for the rest of the song to swirl around. Occasionally these riffs approach actual melodies, but he usually backs off just enough to keep that from happening.
I may be getting a bit snarky here, but I'm also being complimentary. Psychic Ills seem to have chosen a very specific style, and they work hard at it. Mirror Eye sounds loose and at least partially improvised, as if the same songs may sound completely different from one concert to another, or even one recorded take to another. But the moody, hypnotic vibe is present throughout the entire album. The opening "Mantis" rambles along for nearly 11 minutes, starting with wobbling synths, adding simple percussion flourishes, a bassline, and eventually little snatches of echoing guitar. The guitar returns later with a relatively simple riff, and the band works around it for a good five or six minutes. The music doesn't build up to anything so formal as a climax—this isn't Explosions in the Sky. The band is content to create sounds around the bassline and guitar riff without going anywhere in particular, and it's an effective introduction to the rest of the album.
The second track, "Meta", fades up to what sounds like a song already in progress. Warren is playing a minor-key guitar line while Brian Tamborello adds rhythms on toms. Meanwhile, Hart follows Warren's guitar with her bass, echoing and building off of his lines, while Jimmy Seitang handles most of the synthesizers. It's a portrait of the band in the middle of a groove, and it was a smart call to use just four minutes of that improvised jam on the album, because it's one of the most interesting moments on the disc.
Other tracks don't fare quite as well. The two-minute "Sub Synth" is nothing more than synth sound effects, but at least it's short. "I Take You as My Wife Again" is almost ten minutes long, but only stays listenable for about half of that time. The closing pair, "The Way Of" and "Go to the Radio", blur together in an indistinct morass of sound effects and guitar, and they don't hold much interest. They run into the problem of going in the other direction from ambience: sheer boredom.
But when the band is on target, these hazy, dark jams provide good atmosphere. Besides the opening two tracks, Psychic Ills hit the mark on "Eyes Closed" and "Fingernail Tea", both of which have enough focus to hold the interest of a non-high listener. The former is a smoky, groove-less experiment in atmosphere, but at just over three minutes, it doesn't wear out its welcome. The latter is probably the most composed song on the album, with what sounds like planned-out guitar and bass parts, as well as some moody chanting (incomprehensible, of course—there are no lyrics on the album). The more focused pieces effectively set off the looser jams and make Mirror Eye a trip worth taking, if you are looking for what Psychic Ills are offering.
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- 12 eggs, lightly beaten
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- 5 cups sugar
- 2 cups dark corn syrup
- 1-1/3 cups honey
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 12 to 15 cups chopped pecans
- 8 unbaked pastry shells (9 inches)
- Preheat oven to 300°. In large bowls, combine the first seven ingredients. Add pecans. Pour 2-1/4 cups filling into each pastry shell.
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Junior (2003): Versatile player who brings stability on the field...one of only five players to start every game...set career highs in games played (21), games started (21), shots (34) and game-winning goals (2) while tying her career high for goals (5), assists (5) and points (15)...tied for the team lead in assists while finishing tied for third in points and fourth in goals...tied for seventh in the Atlantic Sun Conference in assists and tied for 10th in assists per game (0.24)...her first goal of the season ended up being the game-winner in a 1-0 win over no. 25 Indiana (8/31)...recorded her first assist in 5-0 win over Charleston Southern (9/12)...assisted on the game-winning goal in 2-1 win over defending conference champions UCF (9/19)...scored opening goal and assisted on another in 3-1 win over Gardner-Webb (9/25)...assisted on freshman Karyna Espinoza's first career goal in 3-1 over GWU...recorded two assists, the first being the game-winner, in 3-0 win over Lipscomb (10/3) while also attempting a season-high five shots...set a career high by scoring her second game-winning goal in 3-0 win over Georgia State (10/12)...scored her fourth goal of the season in 4-0 win over Jacksonville (10/19)...scored her fifth goal of the year against Georgia State in semifinals of the A-Sun championships (11/7)...scored two goals in two games against the Lady Panthers...moved from 12th to eighth on the all-time points list with 39...moved to ninth on the all-time goals list with 14...tied for seventh on the all-time assists list with 11...10th on the all-time games played list (59) and fifth for all-time games started (57)...tied for sixth in game-winning goals (4) and tied for seventh in all-time shots (81)...one of four Lady Owls to be named to the A-Sun All-Tournament Team
Sophomore (2002): Aggressive all-around midfielder with a knack for being in the right spot...played in 18 games, starting 16 contests...finished the season with four goals and one assist for nine points...fifth on the team in points and tied for third in goals scored...her four goals were one shy of tying her career record for goals in a season...scored the second game-winning goal of her career in the program's first win over Miami (10/28), while assisting on the first goal for her only multi-point game of the season...recorded her first goal of the season in 10-0 win over Belmont (10/4)...scored her third goal of the season in 3-0 win over Jacksonville State (10/21)...scored goal versus Jacksonville (11/8) in the A-Sun semifinals...came on strong at the end of the season by recording seven points in final five games...attempted a season-high five shots in 1-0 win over Campbell (9/26)...seventh on the team in shots with 16...moved from 19th to 12th place on the all-time points list with 24.
Freshman (2001): Very solid first-year campaign...played and started all 20 games...was fourth on the team in scoring, with five goals and five assists for 15 points...recorded her first collegiate goal, the game-winner, and an assist against conference rival Central Florida (9/17) in a 3-2 win...had the game-tying goal against Georgia State...scored the game-winning goal against Mercer (10/18)...was named to the A-Sun All-Conference Second Team...also named to the A-Sun All-Freshman Team.
High School: Played for Marty Hearny at Kellenberg Memorial High School...was named to the Long Island Soccer Team in 2000 and 2001...soccer MVP in 2000...also named to the softball Long Island Team in 2001...two-sport athlete (soccer and softball).
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2002 | 18-16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
2003 | 21-21 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
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Shopping at Walmart is supposed to be an activity of peace and serenity -- a moment where you can leave your troubles behind and explore aisle after aisle of majestically rolled-back prices. That tranquility was shattered at a Cleveland, Texas Walmart Sunday night by a maniac in a Scream mask.
The store had to be evacuated after the culprit "allegedly mixed several chemicals inside a plastic tote in the store," according to YourClevelandNews's summary of Cleveland Police Department's report.
According to the report, "This chemical mixture created a gas that filled a section of the store. One store employee was transported to Cleveland Regional Medical Center for evaluation due to difficulty breathing and was later released."
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the alleged perp, which may be a little difficult given the fact that the person was wearing a Scream mask. (Personally, that's a police lineup we'd love to see.) We do, however, think the Scream mask is a little played-out, and would have preferred if the culprit worked a little harder on his or her costume.
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3 Things You Need to Know About Akamai
With Worldwide Invest Better Day upon us, we here at The Motley Fool are profiling dozens of companies that might be worth investing in. Here's a closer look at Akamai Technologies (NAS: AKAM) , whose content delivery network aids in cloud computing.
History and overview
In 1998, before the Internet became a medium for accessing, well, just about everything, it had a problem: traffic jams were far too common. Bottlenecks would prevent pages from loading and email from being sent or received. This early version of the web was far too unreliable for Skype, let alone high-volume feed demons such as Facebook (NAS: FB) and Twitter.
Dr. Tom Leighton, a professor at MIT at the time, believed the problem could be solved with algorithms. He found a kindred spirit in graduate student Danny Lewin, and together they created the first formulas for handling dynamic routing of Internet content. They started Akamai not long after.
The aim: create a network of servers whose purpose would be to host copies of web pages. Requests would be filled by the nearest available server. Where the Internet had been a jumbled mess of surface streets, Akamai had built the first digital superhighway, including with well-organized network of onramps and offramps.
The business
Lewin died in the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attacks, but Akamai has endured. Over the past decade, Akamai's network has grown to support e-commerce transactions, streaming media, and dynamic software applications that exist entirely on the Web. Riverbed Technology (NAS: RVBD) and Rackspace Hosting (NYS: RAX) are notable partners in these efforts.
Media remains an important historic sector for Akamai, but it's e-commerce and enterprise clients (i.e., large-scale businesses with substantial online operations) that have driven growth in recent years:
Revenue Gains Attributable to Verticals | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
Media and Entertainment | $45.7 | $75.9 | ($1.2) |
Commerce | $46.1 | $38.7 | $35.0 |
Enterprise | $33.5 | $20.0 | $17.9 |
High Tech | $4.9 | $15.0 | $8.7 |
Public Sector | $4.8 | $14.2 | $8.4 |
Net Revenue Increase | $135.0 | $163.8 | $68.8 |
As a company, Akamai has grown substantially by improving the size (and to a lesser degree, the functionality) of its network:
Key Indicators | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
Revenue | $1,158,538 | $1,023,586 | $859,773 |
Number of Employees | 2,380 | 2,200 | 1,750 |
Revenue Per Employee | $486,780.67 | $465,266.36 | $491,298.86 |
Number of Deployed Servers | 105,111 | 84,259 | 61,553 |
Revenue Per Sever | $11,022.04 | $12,148.09 | $13,968.01 |
Competitive acquisitions have played an important part in the plan. Deals for Speedera in 2005 and Cotendo last year retired costly litigation even as they helped boost margins and improve Akamai's balance sheet:
Metric | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
Revenue Growth | 13.2% | 19.1% | 8.7% |
Gross Margin | 73.0% | 71.8% | 70.9% |
Net Margin | 17.3% | 16.7% | 17.0% |
Cash / Debt | $849.2 / $0.0 | $606.6 / $0.0 | $566.1 / $199.8 |
Here are three other things you, as a potential investor, should take away from this data:
- Revenue is growing, but inconsistently. We'd prefer to see accelerating gains here.
- Improving margins are a welcome sign. I'd been looking for exactly this sort of improvement before I sold my shares last year. Clearly, I should have been more patient.
- With no debt and a rising cash balance, Akamai probably has the resources to withstand a lengthy downturn in its core markets.
The Foolish takeaway
Think about how you invest your own resources. Do you buy what you need at a good price? Do you invest the excess in things that matter, whether for the benefit of yourself, your family, or a cause you care about? Are you careful not to pile up debts you can't pay off? Companies and management teams are subject to these very same tests. Akamai's team has its ups and downs but is trending in the right direction.
Care to learn more? There's plenty of source material freely available on the web:
- Akamai Technologies files annual reports with the SEC each year. Here's the latest.
- You can also click here for the most recent quarterly earnings report.
- Or for a comprehensive view of the entire business, Akamai also has a rich Investor Relations archive.
The article 3 Things You Need to Know About Akamai originally appeared on Fool.com.
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Review: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
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Review: 4/5
When fourteen year-old Maisie's mother passes away her father does what he believes to be best for Maisie and sends her away to work. Maisie is forced to move away from her father and begin work as a service maid. Her hopes of continuing her education are crushed, and her whole world is torn apart. Maisie begins sneaking into the manor library in the middle of the night to finds books that interest her. When Lady Rowan catches Maisie in the library, reading psychology and philosophy books, she realizes that Maisie is not an ordinary maid. Lady Rowan promises Maisie to hire a tutor, as long as she continues her work. Maisie ultimately qualifies for Cambridge, but when war erupts, Maisie feels drawn to become a nurse. Hopefully, Cambridge will wait. After years of service in the war, Maisie returns home and follows in the footsteps of her tutor. Maisie sets up an office and becomes a private investigator.
After receiving a lot of Buzz, I had to pick up the first book in the series and see what it was all about. Maisie Dobbs wasn't exactly what I was expecting. The book is categorized as a mystery, and it wasn't a typical mystery novel. The book opens with Maisie investigating a woman, when her husband suspects that she is cheating on him. The mystery is solved quickly, and then readers are introduced to Maisie and her past. The mystery takes a back seat to Maisie's storyline. While I thought the story was great, and I enjoyed learning about Maisie, it fell short with the mystery aspect. Perhaps, the other books in the series will be more mysterious.
I really enjoyed Maisie's character and her back story. Masie thrived, when put it difficult situations. I would love to continue the series and see Maisie grow as a detective and woman. I really enjoyed the historical aspect of the novel, and thought Maisie was a strong character. It was different than other novels that deal with World War I. Maisie focuses on the men who came back as different people and felt displaced, and the women who felt like they needed to do something to help the war effort. Maisie lost many friends during the war, and wants to help those that she can still help.
I really want to continue the series, and I have no idea how it will progress. I wonder what can possibly be in store for Maisie.
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So I know the Leahys from when they were young pups in love at Purdue. We're all grown up now with kids of our own too and thanks to the wonder of Facebook, have still kept in touch. Like the Leahys, my husband and I are navigating the seas of parenthood. We have a 3 year old and 5 year old. Your prayers are appreciated.
This past August, our 5 year old started full day Kindergarten and I cried for about a week. The good news, though, is that she loves it and is very happy with her school and teacher. While mourning her transition into school, I realized that there are some things a mom of an elementary schooler needs to do each day. Help with homework, make sure they are wearing the right shoes on PE day, sort through office paperwork, drop off, pick up and make lunch!
Tessa's school has a really great hot lunch menu (which even includes Little Caesar pizza on Fridays) but I decided to pack her lunch for a handful of reason. First, it's way cheaper. At her school the lunches are $4 a day, which adds up pretty quickly. Second is that it's probably healthier (although you will notice some delicious cold pizza and giant marshmallows make our regular menu).
But lastly, I wanted to show her my love through her lunchbox. I know that sounds a little cheesy but it's true. I'm not used to being away from her this many hours a day, and I miss knowing what she's doing at all times. Those other things are somewhat out of my control as we 'cut the cord' a bit, but I do have control over what surprises she finds in her lunchbox each day.
The best decision I made was to buy a bento style lunchbox. Bento just means little containers. You know when you eat Japanese food and they sometimes have bento meals with lots of of little compartments of little things to try? You don't?....really you should, it's delicious.
I bought her and her brother both a basic bento kit with insulated bag to fit at www.laptoplunches.com Best purchase ever!
I've dabbled a little bit in making cute shapes and faces on food like Amanda does, but I'm nowhere near her level of awesome. Partially because I'm too lazy. But nothing make food cute like a quickly added candy eyeball, and my kids have really enjoyed that part.
Here is a smattering of pictures of some lunches I've made since school started....
Here I made cheese and PB&Js into star shapes along with some carrots and ranch (in the tiny container), pudding with candy sunflower seeds and a banna applesauce. They 'apple sauce squirts' as my kids call them, are a great portable snack! We like the Trader Joes brand because they come in lots of flavor.
Excuse the nuclear color here. I went through a short obsession with the 'super vivid' setting on my camera. Those are not nuclear yellow worms, but cheetos. Also ham and cheese pinwheels, grapes, yogurt with honey and a pickle pack.
With the packaged things, I've found that part of the trick is to find things that fit into the box, otherwise it won't close. For instance, most yogurts are too tall.
One of Tessa's favorites...her Greek lunch. Those are pita chips with olives, carrot and a big vat of hummus for dipping. Plus an applesauce and giant marshmallow. Because it's giant, and cool.
Mini bagels are a perfect fit. I really need to buy some more of these cause the kids really dug them. This is a pretzel mini bagel with cream cheese, veggie chips, raspberries and yogurt. The kids Dannon with Micky Mouse on it is the perfect height!
So the only tricky thing about the box can be fitting things in just right. For instance, traditionally cut leftover pizza doesn't fit...but square cut pizza does! All the more reason to eat at Arni's.
I used a little melted chocolate to adhere eyeballs to their plums one day. Freaked the 3 year old out, though. He wouldn't eat it.
But he sure does love a dinosaur ham or PB sandwhich. This was just done with a cookie cutter and some candy eyeballs.
So I get questions on how things all stay in place without jumbling around. Well, several of the contatiners inside have lids, so anything that is liquidy or sticky gets a lid. (Look there are the nuclear yellow worms again)
Then the big box closes very tightly over the little ones, so there's no room for things to jumble around and intermingle.
Inside the bag is a spot for an ice pack to keep it all cold.
Then it all zips up in an insulated bag with a spot for a juice box on the outside. Unfortunately the juice doesn't stay cold but nobody at my house has complained about that.
I've really enjoyed making her lunch and I think seeing the containers makes it easier to pictures both balanced choices and correct portions. I know for sure it make it easier for her to eat as well, because she can see her whole meal laid out in front of her. Last year she took her lunch to preschool and was notorious for not eating it. I think because there were so many little items packed in ziploc bags that were hard for her to open, plus hard for her little brain to think of as a complete meal. So she would eat the crackers and ditch the rest.
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