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Friday, November 23, 2012
Kenya Over Japan for Second-Straight International Chiba Ekiden Win
International Chiba Ekiden all the way, with Kenya pulling ahead in the final two km to a narrow victory in 2:05:06 to Japan's 2:05:16. All three Kenyan women on the team won their stages, Gladys Cherono and anchor Joyce Chepkirui setting new records on their legs. Olympic 10000 m medalist Galen Rupp won his stage to bring the U.S.A close to the leaders but could not improve his team's position, the U.S.A. taking 3rd in 2:06:36. Russia, the Japanese University Select Team, Canada, New Zealand and hosts Chiba Prefecture rounded out the top eight, with New Zealand's twins Jake and Zane Robertson winning their stages. Although times were slower than last year in the cold rain the day brought, in all it felt like the highest-level, most truly international edition of Chiba since the switch to the joint men's and women's team format.
The Japanese University team's Ryotaro Otani of 2012 Izumo Ekiden course record-setting Aoyama Gakuin University took things out fast on the 5 km First Stage, with Zane Robertson on his shoulder and a tight pack of the best just behind. Otani faded after 2.5 km, and Waseda University ace Suguru Osako moved up to join Robertson in the lead. At 4 km the pair surged, dropping the competition including London Olympics 5000 m bronze medalist Thomas Longosiwa of Kenya and going head to head for the stage win. Robertson, with a 5000 m best nearly 30 seconds slower than Osako's, was the one who broke free with 200 m to go to hand off 2 seconds ahead of the Japanese team and far ahead of his own best. Russia's Egor Nikolaev, 2nd on the opening stage last year, was 3rd, with Canada's Geoff Martinson just behind in 4th.
10000 m national champion Mika Yoshikawa made short work of taking the lead away from New Zealand's Danielle Ingram-Trevis on the 5 km Second Stage but was run down by Cherono in the home straight. Despite Cherono's left shoe coming undone she blasted a 14:54 course record to put Kenya 2 seconds ahead of Japan. Sub-15 Russian Elena Zadorozhnaya maintained 3rd, Chelsea Reilly advancing the U.S. to 4th a step ahead of the Japanese University team's Ayuko Suzuki.
Kenyan titan Edwin Soi took things out fast on the first of the two men's 10 km stages, but, evidently to the surprise of at least one American commentator who dismissed him as some "random Japanese dude" with nothing but a "home field advantage," the Japanese team's 28:07/1:01:38 junior Shinobu Kubota, who earlier this month made up a margin of over a minute to anchor Komazawa University to its tenth national title under head coach Hiroaki Oyagi, was brilliant. With sub-13 man Soi initially opening a lead of 15 seconds Kubota did what he does best and ran him down. At 4.5 km he caught Soi and went ahead into the lead. Soi responded but Kubota stayed locked to his side and surging on the corners for the remainder of the stage. Soi naturally had the kick to keep Kenya in the lead at the handoff but Kubota marked himself as a name to watch, particularly with a planned marathon debut in Lake Biwa in March on tap. Further back, the U.S.A.'s Jake Riley had a solid run, dropping the Japanese University team's Shota Hiraga and running down Russia's Evgeny Rybakov. New Zealand's Jake Robertson was a surprise stage winner as he handed off in 6th ahead of Canadian Olympian Reid Coolsaet.
Kenyan Olympic marathon silver medalist Priscah Jeptoo and the Japan team's Misaki Onishi started simultaneously in the lead on the 5 km Fourth Stage, but after only 1.5 km Onishi began to slip back. Jeptoo rolled away steadily, opening a gap of 30 seconds to win the stage on time and hand off in the lead. The U.S.A.'s Emma Kertesz was phenomenal, dropping Russian Svetlana Kireyeva and opening a sizeable gap before handing off to highly-anticipated London Olympics 10000 m silver medalist Galen Rupp in 3rd. Collegiate 10000 m national champion first-year Haruka Kyuma ran well for the Japanese University team, narrowing the deficit to Kireyeva for final collegiate man Takehiro Deki.
At the start of the hilly 10 km Fifth Stage sub-13 Kenyan Philip Mosima held a 30 second lead over past 1500 m and 5000 m Japanese national champion Yuichiro Ueno, the U.S.' Rupp another 42 seconds back, a perfect setup for a classic stage. Ueno, with pacing duties at next week's Fukuoka International Marathon, handled the distance well and caught Mosima by halfway even as Rupp, wearing a support on his left thigh, made up ground. After a 13:59 5 km split it looked as though Rupp might make contact with the top two, but going onto the hills in the second half Ueno attacked and after a protracted battle did away with Mosima to put Japan ahead by 11 seconds at the handoff. Rupp was faster but too far away to catch the leaders, winning the stage in 28:20 but still 16 seconds from first overall.
With four major uphills making it the toughest of Chiba's legs, the 7.195 km anchor stage was thus set up as a match race between 5000 m national champion Hitomi Niiya, who led most of the Olympic 10000 m before finishing in an all-time Japanese #3 30:59.19, and African cross-country champion Joyce Chepkirui, a DNF in the Olympic 10000 m. Niiya hit it hard, clocking 5:52 for the first 2 km as if the hills weren't there, but Chepkirui still ran her down. Back and forth they ran, Chepkirui gapping Niiya on the flat stretches and Niiya coming back on the hills, but with a flat final 2 km the outcome seemed inevitable. Chepkirui pulled away steadily with 2 km to go, bringing Kenya home to a successful title defense despite taking a wrong turn heading into the stadium and getting confused about her final lap on the track. A disappointed Niiya came in 10 seconds behind, with the U.S.A.'s Neely Spence losing over a minute for 3rd. Russia and the Japanese University team maintained 4th and 5th, while Canada's Lanni Marchant and New Zealand's Sarah Drought battled over the last lap for 6th, Marchant coming out ahead. Hosts Chiba rounded out the podium with a top eight finish.
All told it was the most interesting and meaningful International Chiba Ekiden in memory, a race packed with Olympians and medalists from around the world. Surely not a coincidence with another Olympic bid in progress. If the bid committee has its way, should Tokyo win next fall we may be lucky enough to see an ekiden on the menu. The Chiba course is sure to be the first choice.
2012 International Chiba Ekiden
Chiba, 11/23/12
six stages, 42.195 km
click here for complete results
click stage header for individual stage results
Top Individual Performances
First Stage (5.0 km, men)
1. Zane Robertson (New Zealand) - 13:29
2. Suguru Osako (Japan) - 13:31
3. Egor Nikolaev (Russia) - 13:37
4. Geoff Martinson (Canada) - 13:50
5. Keisuke Tanaka (Chiba) - 13:57
Second Stage (5.0 km, women)
1. Gladys Cherono (Kenya) - 14:54 - CR
2. Mika Yoshikawa (Japan) - 15:22
3. Chelsea Reilly (U.S.A.) - 15:29
4. Ayuko Suzuki (Japan Univ.) - 15:32
5. Elena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) - 15:45
Third Stage (10.0 km, men)
1. Jake Robertson (New Zealand) - 28:40
2. Jacob Riley (U.S.A.) - 28:46
3. Reid Coolsaet (Canada) - 28:58
4. Evgeny Rybakov (Russia) - 28:58
5. Shinobu Kubota (Japan) - 29:01
Fourth Stage (5.0 km, women)
1. Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) - 15:40
2. Misaki Onishi (Japan) - 16:10
3. Emma Kertesz (U.S.A.) - 16:25
4. Haruka Kyuma (Japan Univ.) - 16:26
5. Dominika Nowakowska (Poland) - 16:38
Fifth Stage (10.0 km, men)
1. Galen Rupp (U.S.A.) - 28:20
2. Yuichiro Ueno (Japan) - 28:46
3. Philip Mosima (Kenya) - 29:27
4. Tim Hodge (New Zealand) - 30:00
5. Alex Genest (Canada) - 30:07
Sixth Stage (7.195 km, women)
1. Joyce Chepkirui (Kenya) - 22:05 - CR
2. Hitomi Niiya (Japan) - 22:26
3. Neely Spence (U.S.A.) - 23:30
4. Mai Tsuda (Japan Univ.) - 24:02
5. Elizaveta Grechishinikova (Russia) - 24:05
Team Results
1. Kenya - 2:05:06
2. Japan - 2:05:16
4. Russia - 2:09:13
5. Japan Univ. Select Team - 2:09:31
6. Canada - 2:11:01
7. New Zealand - 2:11:04
8. Chiba Pref. - 2:12:12
9. Poland - 2:13:02
10. Romania - 2:13:41
11. Norway - 2:14:08
12. Australia - 2:15:19
13. Finland - 2:16:29
14. South Korea - 2:16:42
15. Czech Republic - 2:16:49
(c) 2012 Brett Larner
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7 comments:
- Brett Larner said...
JRN's Chiba prediction in preview with actual placing in parentheses:
1. Kenya (1)
2. Russia (4)
3. Japan (2)
5. Univ. team (5)
6. Poland (9)
7. Canada (6)
8. Chiba (8)
Russia and Poland underperformed a bit and New Zealand in 7th was stronger than expected, but not too far off.
- November 23, 2012 at 4:35 PM
Where can I find full results in english?
- November 23, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Good thorough article, Brett. As predicted, Keyhole didn't work for getting any broadcast, or at least it didn't work here in Colorado.
Would be nice to see an ekiden added at to the world championships, rather than the step being discussed of dropping the world half-marathon championships as a separate event and making them part of the bi-annual world championships. JAAF should be pushing for that as an intermediate step to possibly getting ekidens added to the Olympic schedule.
- November 23, 2012 at 10:21 PM
- TokyoRacer said...
Comments after being out on the course (4th and 5th legs):
It was hardly raining at the 1:07 (why?) start, but by 1:45 it was raining pretty steadily. Still, not hard enough to affect the runners. The temperature throughout was about 9C/48F.
Jeptoo looked really good on the 4th leg, and Emma from the US looked great! She was really moving.
Ueno went past me about 1k after his start about 30 seconds behind Mosima and I never thought he would catch him. Great run. Galen looked strong from the start.
Comments after watching the broadcast later:
The commentators really played up Rupp - before and during his run. They were literally gushing about his form, speed, strength. And if anything, he got more air time than Ueno, which is definitely a first for a Japanese broadcast. And it WAS pretty damn exciting to see him catching them, after starting more than a minute behind.
One more thing: look at those results again. 1st stage, 5km men — no Kenyans in the top 5. 3rd stage, 10km men — no Kenyans in the top five. Amazing. You couldn't have gotten a bet on that before the race. Great that so many countries brought top runners, and that they came to run!
- November 23, 2012 at 11:08 PM
- Brett Larner said...
Thanks, Brendan. And agreed, TR, they were very, very excited to have Rupp there and made that clear. Just to be accurate, however, although he gained on Ueno and Mosima he never actually came close to catching them.
Also agreed on Longosiwa and Soi. It's not as though they were the high schoolers on their first trip out of the country that we've seen the last few years. Longosiwa seemed to have had an off day, but Kubota got in some solid body blows on Soi fair and square. Can't wait to see him again in Hakone and Lake Biwa.
As I said in the article, I think the higher-quality field this year is probably connected to the Olympic bid, but hopefully the audience response was enough for them to see how much better the race is to watch when there is genuinely world-class competition in it. Along with the stronger U.S. team at the Izumo Ekiden the last two years it's a nice move back in the right direction, at any rate. Hopefully in 11 years we'll see a team of all the best NCAA runners at the 100th Hakone Ekiden.
- November 23, 2012 at 11:22 PM
I would love to bring a team of Hansons-Brooks runner to a Japenese Ekiden. Born Neely and Jake are current members of our group.
Keith Hanson
Hansons-Brooks Distance Project
- November 27, 2012 at 2:10 AM
- Brett Larner said...
I'd be happy to help out if you need assistance, Keith. Feel free to contact me via email.
- November 27, 2012 at 2:55 PM


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Best Drinks and Cigars To Have With Your Dad
Just in time for Father's Day we pair four of our favorite cigars with scotch and one whisky.
At this point in your life, a handmade ceramic mug with your dad's initials just isn't going to have the same effect on your old man as it did when you were in elementary school. Now that you're all grown up, juggling your wild playboy life and demanding job, there are probably only a few times a year you get to spend quality time with your father. We're talking more than a friendly phone call or a funny e-mail; quality time means sitting down with the man who raised you and having an honest-to-goodness conversation with the man your father really is. If you have yet to spend time with your dad in this way, Father's Day (which is today) is the best time to start.
If this feat sounds daunting to you, it's most likely the setting that you're imagining in your mind. Don't bring your dad to a diner to awkwardly mull over a cup of coffee, invite him over to your place and have a few cigars and glasses of scotch on hand. Treating him with respect while still keeping the atmosphere friendly and laid back is what you'll need to get the conversation going.
Pairing your cigars and scotch
The funny thing about pairing cigars and scotch is that you need to match them up like you would wine and food. Typically, you pair food and wine together to complement each other, not to outdo one another. Scotch and cigars are exactly the same. Pair a mild cigar and mild single malt; pair a strong cigar with strong single malt. By doing this, they work together and enhance each other's subtle flavors you may not have caught before.
Cigar: Obsidian Belicoso (Mild)
Scotch: Crown Royal XR (Mild)
Okay, we're cheating a bit by pairing this one with a whisky we've been drinking as of late. While each of these choices has its own very prominent flavors, enjoyed together they are divine. Expect notes of espresso and black pepper from the cigar and a warm palate with a scent of aged oak, caramel and vanilla from the whisky.
Cigar: La Flor Dominicana Carajos (Mild)
Scotch: Highland Park Single Malt Scotch (Mild)
If you're going for a good-priced pairing, this one is right up your alley. You can pick up both of these for a grand total of about $60. Anticipate subtly bold flavors from your Cajaros (they may be small, but they still pack a punch!) and a peaty undertone and round finish from your glass of scotch.
Cigar: Diesel Unlimited (Strong)
Scotch: Bowmore (Strong)
One name is well known, the other…Not so much. Diesel Unlimited may not be the first name you think of, but with its fairly consistent taste throughout the burn, it's a great cigar to pair. Expect earth tones, sweet chocolate and pepper spice from the Diesel Unlimited and the notorious robust smoky taste from start to finish from the Bowmore.
Cigar: Gurkha Robusto (Strong)
Scotch: Lagavulin Single Malt (Strong)
We won't deny that this is most likely the strongest pairing on the list, but if you like your cigars and scotch bold, this is the pairing you'll enjoy the most. Wrapped in a dark smooth wrapper, the Gurkha Robusto has a leathery, toasty flavor while the Lagavulin Single Malt has a powerful blend of peat smoke aroma with a slight sweetness at the finish.

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Joe's Pizza and Pasta is located at 1601 Ruth St. in Sulphur. The restaurant is open seven days a week. (Cliff Seiber / Special to the American Press)
Last Modified: Friday, October 05, 2012 5:01 PM
By Cliff Seiber / American Press
Joe's Pizza and Pasta in Sulphur is neat, clean and unprepossessing on the outside and comfortably casual on the inside with a full Italian menu, plain and fancy.
There are many chicken and seafood selections, along with meat, including veal. The building was first opened as an ice cream parlor and later housed Chula Vista, a California-style Mexican eatery, for a number of years. Other incarnations appeared in the intervening years.
My friend Marsha was early and waiting for me when I arrived at the appointed time, afraid she might get lost in the intricacies of metro Sulphur traffic.
Hey, Lake Charles, it's easy to reach, straight north on Ruth Street from Interstate 10, across from Brookshire Brothers supermarket. In fact, one of the owners told us that a fair number of Lake Charlesians find it worth the easy trip. Some were fans of the Joe's that operated in a jinxed location in Lake Charles for a time, and some are just discovering the original in Sulphur.
I was cheerfully welcomed to the table by a smiling and personable server and presented with delicious Parmesan-dusted warm rolls and plenty of butter. As a lover of good bread, that would have been a sufficient meal for me, if only they were carb-free. The bread went well with the spinach, artichoke and shrimp appetizer we had ordered. I love spinach-artichoke dip, and the shrimp harmonizes with it.
Marsha enjoyed the eggplant Parmesan, and I had lasagna. My favorite on the menu is Chicken Carchofini, sautéed chicken breast with artichoke hearts in a white wine cream sauce. But for variety, I decided to change it up.
The marinara sauce was well-balanced, not like some served at other restaurants where "more is better" seems to be the philosophy: Load it up with oregano and thyme and it will be superior. Joe's is a milder, less acidic sauce, more like the increasingly popular pink sauce, a hybrid of marinara and Alfredo.
The pasta in my lasagna was light and tender — on the lighter side of al dente. It was meaty and with the cheeses that one expects.
My guest picked angel hair to accompany her eggplant dish from the usual selection of pastas available with entrees. She also complimented the sauce, the eggplant and the pasta.
The lunch began with a crisp garden salad with the usual selection of commercial dressings or, as Marsha chose, oil and vinegar.
On a return trip I had pizza with Italian sausage, bell peppers, black olives and fresh tomatoes. It was loaded with toppings, including delightfully stringy mozzarella. The crust was golden brown around the rim and on bottom but a little soft in the middle, maybe from my selection of moistening vegetables. Half of a 10-inch made a satisfying lunch with part of dinner left over.
The owners of this family-operated restaurant are proud natives of Palermo, Sicily, as the map of the island behind the cashier counter indicates, and they bring a taste of their homeland to Sulphur.
• Joe's Pizza and Pasta (and subs) is at 1601 Ruth St., Sulphur. Phone: 528-2560.
• Hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. seven days a week.
• Lunch specials range from $6.95 to $7.99, and dinners start at $9.95 and top out at $13.95 for Veal Marsala. Be sure to see the Specialita della Casa on the back of the menu for such delicacies as Chicken and Shrimp dello Chef and Linguini del Mar. A recent Saturday-night off-the-menu special was an 8-ounce filet mignon with a mushroom sauce and trimmings for $21.95.
• Cocktails, a good selection of wines by the glass and beer.


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We handed out $5 to a hobo who came into the place we ate out at last night. Came right up to the table and interrupted the meal asking for a hand out. $5 cost less than pulling out my carry weapon and getting into all of that.
So, I think Cities just provide support to keep a lid on it all. Until one day, it runs dry.
That day is coming when we gotta.........


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- Area:
- 779,452 square kilometers (300,948 square miles)
- Language:
- Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
- Religion:
- Muslim (mostly Sunni)
- Currency:
- Turkish lira
- Life Expectancy:
- 69
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- Literacy Percent:
- 87
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Straddling the continents of Europe and Asia, Turkey tries to be a bridge between West and East. The portion of Turkey's land in Europe may be small (about 5 percent), but the country's largest city, Istanbul, is there. With nearly 13 million people, Istanbul is the third most populous European urban area, after Moscow and Paris.
The Asian part of Turkey is dominated by the dry plateau of Anatolia; the coastal areas of Anatolia consist of fertile lowlands. The country, especially northern Turkey, suffers from severe earthquakes. Mount Ararat, the highest point in Turkey at 5,137 meters (16,854 feet), is the biblical resting-place of Noah's ark.
Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and NATO in 1952. Although Turkey and Greece both belong to NATO, disputes over the Aegean Sea and Cyprus strain relations between the two countries. Turkish forces invaded Cyprus in 1974 to protect the Turkish-Cypriot community during a military coup—it still maintains some 35,000 troops in northern Cyprus. UN peacekeepers remain on the island.
Southeastern Turkey saw years of civil war in the 1980s and 1990s between Turkish forces and Kurds from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who wanted to form an independent Kurdish state. Relations improved when the Turkish parliament passed laws giving more rights to Kurds, but Turkey has used cross-border operations to quell Kurdish insurgents located in Iraq.
In 1990 Turkey supported the West against Iraq following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and in 2003 allowed U.S. forces to use Turkish air space in the Iraq war. In 1999 Turkey gained approval as a candidate country for membership in the European Union. Turkey hopes to be able to join the EU by 2015, but the road has not been smooth. Questions about the role of religion in public life occupy Turkish discourse, notably seen in the state's ban on wearing headscarves in government buildings and schools, which has been a focus of protests.
There are some five million Turks working and living in EU countries—most in Germany. Most trade is with Europe, and many European vacationers come to Turkey for the climate, fine beaches, resorts, Roman ruins, and Crusader castles.
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After serving a search warrant Wednesday morning, the Arcata Police Department reported finding cash, firearms and numerous marijuana plants in a home on the 1700 block of Roberts Way.
After entering the residence, officers reported finding a marijuana growing operation that utilized several rooms in the home. They found 550 growing marijuana plants, about four pounds of processed marijuana, six firearms and more than $61,000 in cash, officials said. The grow operation was using an estimated eight times the electricity of a typical Arcata family home, a press release said. Officers also seized a 2010 Toyota Tundra pickup truck, worth an estimated $38,000.
Arcata resident Justin Dion Decarolis, 32, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale.
City of Arcata building inspectors found several building code violations inside the residence, which necessitated a disconnection of electricity, a release said.


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Steven Lengil's goal in the 84th minute gave home team Auxerre a 2-1 lead over Ajax Amsterdam that they would not relinquish. The victory was the first for AJA in the UEFA Champions League first round. Standings in group G after four games have Real Madrid sitting atop the table with 10 points followed by AC Milan (5), Ajax (4) and Auxerre (3).
The home side were on the board early when Frederic Sammaritano's right footed shot from outside the box heat Ajax keeper Maarten Stekelenburg to the top right corner.
Ajax pulled even in the 79th off a goal from Toby Alderweireld before the strike from Lengil. AJA will host AC Milan on November 23rd prior to traveling to the Bernabéu to face Real Madrid on December 8. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout rounds


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Charles F. Montgomery, age 89, passed away at Fishermen's Hospital on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
He was born in Owosso, Mich., on Sept. 20, 1923.
Charles had been a resident of Marathon, Fla., since 1961.
He served in the Army Air Forces from February 1943 to November 1945 and received four Bronze Battle Stars.
Charles worked for BellSouth for over 30 years. He had been a member of the Marathon Volunteer Fire Department in the 1960s, as well as belonging to numerous clubs and organizations throughout Marathon.
Charles and his late wife, Sylvia, enjoyed spending time with friends at the Marathon Yacht Club and taking cruises around the world. He also enjoyed boating, fishing and diving.
Charles was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia.
He is survived by his two sons, Thomas and Daniel; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and his first wife, Bertha.
It was Charles' request that there be no service.
Memorial donations may be made to the Marathon Yacht Club, 825 33rd St., Gulf, Marathon, FL 33050.


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I would NOT run a Semi-Wadcutter for a 1911 in action pistol sports.
Round-Nose FMJ is typically the way to go. You can try some different loadings with hollow bases / less weight more powder etc and see what you gun likes, but please stay away from the LSWC projectiles, they are a little more finicky and tend to jam up a lot, the profile is not conducive to good feeding. Also, not all magazines work well with LSWC and need the feed lip geometry altered to achieve good function.
IN short, the 1911 was made to work with 230Gr FMJ, in my opinion it's not wise to deviate too far from that.


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Not many active artists in the world of music have seen as much as Billy Corgan. The front man for the Smashing Pumpkins has found mainstream success but has also been on the fringe of the music scene thanks to his unique blend of goth, industrial and alternative rock that really defies classification.
John Mayer takes a lot of flack, but despite all of the criticism, there's one thing for certain – the man can write some quality songs.
There's no doubt about it – Slash is an iconic figure in the world of rock and roll. Everyone from classic rock fans who saw Slash tear it up with Guns N' Roses to kids who've just seen his doppelganger in Guitar Hero can recognize the shaggy hair and top hat as signs of a legend.
At the turn of the century, The Get Up Kids were firing on all cylinders. The release of Something to write Home About in 1999 launched the band to notoriety and effectively identified The Get Up Kids as the prototypical emo rock band.
Upon first discovering the name of Toronto's finest experimental electronic rock group, Holy F*ck, one might be turned off by the perceived crassness and obscenity.
Icelandic producer and composer Valgeir Sigurðsson follows the success of his solo debut Ekvílibríum which The Fader called "a singular album, as ornate as it is direct"—with the soundtrack to the documentary film Dreamland (Draumalandið), to be released February 22 on his Bedroom Community label.
For a while, it looked like the world was never going to hear a sixth Deftones album. After the release of 2006′s Saturday Night Wrist, the band had planned a follow up, Eros, to be released in 2009.
Serena Ryder sings with conviction; she's sexy but she also sounds like she could kick your ass. The Canadian, Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter played the intimate City Winery on February 25 to audience cheers and turned the place into a sing-a-long that fans appreciated by the show's end.
Stadium-sized "Posner" chants took over the Blender Theatre at Gramercy while a waft of marijuana emanated its way throughout. Posner emerged sharply dressed in a blue and red leather jacket, kicks and a black button-down, cupping his right ear to the crowd on that side of the stage, then making his way to the other side with his left.
For fans of the addictively-catchy indie-pop sounds of The Shins, the news that broke this January – that lead guitarist vocalist James Mercer would be taking a break from the band until at least 2011 – was discouraging, to say the least.
By many people's standards, naming your band Zeus is a somewhat pretentious move. While shows of extravagance aren't exactly unheard of in the world of entertainment, coming out and implying that your musical skill is Olympic in nature could definitely rub some listeners and critics the wrong way. Given the name, then, it's surprising just how unpretentious and understated Zeus sounds on their debut full-length, Say Us. The album is refreshingly absent of self-aggrandizing statements and pomp; Say Us instead delivers subtle bolts of lightning in the form of catchy, creative sounds that are often gritty but never a grind to get through.
Let me be the first to say this – Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" is the song of the decade. Forget about the fact that the song was released in October of 2009.
In this day and age, when originality and creativity seem to be dying breeds in the music scene, a musician that tries to think outside the box and push the envelope should be commended.
At a time when the music scene is dominated by the likes of the Jonas Brothers and Auto-tune is everywhere you turn, intensity and talent seem to be lacking. So where do you turn when you're sick of poppy love ballads and over-produced, unemotional radio-friendly "anthems"? Look no further than August Burns Red.
Yelle may be young and pretty but she is also a very explosive character entering a slightly rigid French pop scene.


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forum: Food & Drink
#1 Fri 13 Apr 07 4:36am
Thomas Harding
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Mashed potaoes
Always use dried non-fat milk in mashed potatoes. Cheapest protein on the planet. Lots of calcium. A little liquid milk lets you make a good consistency.
#2 Fri 13 Apr 07 4:59am
Dave Barker
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Re: Mashed potaoes
"Dried non-fat milk"
I find that cream, butter salt and pepper works fine thanks!
#3 Fri 13 Apr 07 6:00am
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- Member since Tue 03 Aug 04
Re: Mashed potaoes
Oh you mean milk powder?
In mashed taters?
#4 Fri 13 Apr 07 8:48am
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Re: Mashed potaoes
Cream and butter for me too....with a spoonful of either apple sauce or grainy mustard
#5 Fri 13 Apr 07 10:01am
Dave Barker
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Re: Mashed potaoes
Horseradish mash goes brilliantly with roast beef too!
roast garlic mash with lamb is also very nice...
#6 Fri 13 Apr 07 11:01am
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Re: Mashed potaoes
Dried non-fat milk
Cream and butter for me too, and a little salt, white pepper and nutmeg
And now in spring, a bit of finly chopped or pureed wild garlic /ramps...
Or for autumn either finly grated chestnuts or pumpkin seed oil and chopped pumpkin seeds... lovely with venison
Have to try the horseradish one next Dave! Sounds really nice
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#7 Fri 13 Apr 07 2:21pm
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Re: Mashed potaoes
Good idea Thomas but to me it sounds a bit grim !
I usually put a little fresh milk and butter in the mashed potato with a little pepper and salt. sometimes I use cream and butter instead.
I do sometimes put other veg in with the potates to mash... things like parsnips.
or. sometimes I stir in some freshly cooked peas / sweetcorn.
#8 Fri 13 Apr 07 2:33pm
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Re: Mashed potaoes
I like the real stuff, too. Real milk and butter. I rather eat it less often than using artificial powders of any kind....
#9 Fri 13 Apr 07 3:00pm
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Re: Mashed potaoes
cream and butter with some parmesan. Or chopped fresh chives do it for me, too.
I'm sure you're a very nice man, Thomas. But I hear that POW's in countries with less than stellar human rights records are forced to eat their mash with powdered milk.
#10 Fri 13 Apr 07 6:35pm
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Re: Mashed potaoes
Milk, salt, pepper, parmesan and scallions! Or chives...Or a little bit of wasabi...Garlic! Hmmm-guess what I'm craving now?!


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Carved wooden head of Henry VIII. English, about 1689-91 (XVII.1)
Carved wooden head of Henry VIII. English, about 1689-91 (XVII.1)
Torture collar. (XV.4)
Armour of King Henry VIII. (II.6)
Armour of King Henry VIII. (II.7)
Armour of Henry VIII. English, Greenwich, 1540 (II.8)
Armour used for the figure of George II in the Line of Kings 1768 -1826. English, Greenwich, about 1560 (II.82)
The figure of Will Somers engraved in 1794
Figure of King Charles I in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840
Figure of King Henry VIII in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840.
Figure of King James II in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840.
'Interior of the Horse Armoury', anon engraving, The Penny Magazine, 1836 © Royal Armouries 2013
Armour of Henry VIII. English, Greenwich, 1540 (II.8)
Portrait of Lodewijk Huygens, ink drawing by Constantijn Huygens II, 6 November 1669 © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Portrait of William Hutton by an unknown artist, about 1780 © Birmingham Museums Trust
Carved wooden head of Edward III. English, about 1688-90 (XVII.41)
Carved wooden head of Henry VII. English, about 1689-91 (XVII.40)
Figure of William the Conqueror, detail from a watercolour of the Line of Kings. Early 19th century (I.69 )
Henry VIII has cast a long shadow over the Tower of London. Alongside the many prisoners and executions during his reign, the continual display of his armour since the seventeenth century has ensured his physical presence has been seen and felt by visitors over the centuries.
In the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, foreign dignitaries would be shown around the Tower and the exhibition of royal armour was as much a show of strength and prestige as the collections of weapons. In 1652, three years after the execution of Charles I, an account of his visit written by Lodewijck Huygens, a Dutch civil servant, mentioned seeing two of Henry VIII's armours, however he describes them as being 'not very costly'. The Duke of Tuscany had a similar feeling when shown round the Tower in 1669, after the Restoration, dismissing Henry VIII's arms as amongst a collection that was 'neither very numerous nor very valuable'.
It seems that some foreign visitors could be hard to impress, but forty years later the German scholar Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach found the display of armour 'remarkable'. Noting the full-sized wooden figures with 'faces painted in colours from life' he found Henry VIII's armour of a 'prodigious size'. Uffenbach was not the only visitor to be struck by Henry's presence and pins had been stuck in the red velvet lining of the armour for visitors to take. These were not just souvenirs but charms to protect against impotency and barrenness.
By 1768 the Tower guidebook noted that the figure of Henry VIII was 'in his own proper armour' which denoted that amongst the Line of Kings this was one of the few armours that the Ordnance staff knew had belonged to a particular king. The guidebook also confirmed what Uffenbach insinuated that the armour used in the Line of King's was Henry's field and tournament armour made in 1540. This would have been an older and larger Henry, compared to the man for whom the Foot combat and Tonlet armours were made in 1520.
However, regardless of the size of his armour, Henry's reputation was never far away. Visiting in 1785, William Hutton described him 'as much a monster, as when he ordered the execution of the Earl of Surry, but not quite so mischievous'. By the turn of the nineteenth century the guidebooks played more on the merciless reputation of Henry VIII describing his reign as 'stained with acts of cruelty, the divorce and murder of his wives, &c.'.
The re-display of armour in the early nineteenth century brought a more academic feel to the display and an increased knowledge of the collection. In 1827 the Morning Post celebrated the discovery by Dr Meyrick of an armour given to Henry as a present on his marriage to Katherine of Aragon. Once again the display of Henry's genuine armour was highlighted for the increasing numbers of visitors to appreciate. Though with the greater numbers the guidebooks seemed to take on an increasingly dramatic flair in their historical descriptions, declaring that during the reign of Henry VIII 'never was the headsman's office more recklessly called into requisition than during this reign of terror – the scaffold and the block reeked with blood!'.
The twentieth century saw a continuation of the celebration of Henry's armour; a guidebook published in 1913 proudly presented Henry's armours amongst the Line of Kings, and even more recently the Royal Armouries have curated exhibitions, including Dressed to Kill, focusing on Henry and his armour. It is unsurprising that such a formidable figure continues to make such an imposing impression and features prominently in the latest Line of Kings display.


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Biedscheid gets 90 days in Bend hit-and-run death
Three years probation, community service, 5-year loss of license
BEND, Ore. - A Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to a 90-day county jail term, three years probation and 500 hours of community service for leaving the scene of a deadly hit-and-run crash in January 2011.
Under terms of a plea deal reached last month, Bret Biedscheid, 40, director of accounting for Les Schwab Tire Centers, changed his plea to guilty on one of two charges against him -- failure to perform duties of a driver -- in exchange for dropping a charge of criminally negligent homicide.
Deschutes County Circuit Judge Roger DeHoog ordered Biedscheid to report to the county jail on Wednesday, and said his driver's license will be revoked for five years from the day of his release.
Biedscheid was driving his pickup truck when it struck and killed Anthony "Tony" Martin, 48, as he pushed his bicycle across Third Street north of Revere Avenue. He did not stop, and Martin died at the scene.
Days later, Biedscheid's lawyer, Stephen Houze of Portland, contacted Bend police to say it was his client's truck, which was then turned over to police.
Family and friends of both Biedscheid and Martin filled the courtroom for Tuesday's sentencing.
Martin's sister, Teresa Gibbs of Madras, requested the maximum prison sentence possible.
The charge Biedscheid pleaded guilty to carried a maximum possible prison term of 12 to 16 months.
Martin's friend, David Krause, looked at Biedscheid in the courtroom as he tearfully read a letter, calling him a "coward."
But Houze told the court that Biedscheid did not cause Martin's death, saying the victim had a .22 blood-alcohol count at the time of his death, as well as methamphetamine and marijuana in his system. He said Martin caused his own death, crossing the dark street while drunk and high.
Several of Biedscheid's friends read statements in court, testifying to his character, work ethic and "family man" qualities.
When Biedscheid's time came to speak, he told the judge and courtroom audience, "I accept full responsibility" for what happened, and expressed "great remorse."
Biedscheid told Martin's family and friends he was "deeply sorry," and that he would understand if they never forgave him.
"It's hard to convey the sorrow that I feel," he said, adding that he was undergoing therapy for depression.
Biedscheid said he plans to perform his community service at the Bethlehem Inn homeless shelter, having chosen that organization as appropriate, due to Martin's history.
DeHoog said he must impose sentence based on the charge Biedscheid admitted to, not anything else.
Prosecutors had asked for a 16-month prison sentence, but the judge said that Biedscheid had no record, except for a 1997 DUII case, and thus qualified for the lower end of the sentencing guidelines.
Outside the courtroom, DA Patrick Flaherty said it would have been "nearly impossible" to prove a criminally negligent homicide charge, based on the evidence, noting that Martin was wearing dark clothing and had used alcohol and drugs before crossing the dark street, away from a crosswalk.
As for people who believe Biedscheid got away with killing someone, Flaherty said you have to look at it from a legal standpoint, and what he was charged with and admitted to -- leaving the scene of the crash.
On Monday, Gibbs learned of a $525,000 settlement of a civil wrongful-death lawsuit the family filed against Biedscheid.
Gibbs spoke to the media Monday about the civil suit settlement. She said she was exhausted, waiting this long for closure for her brother.
"A lot of tears have been shed in 2 1/2 years over this," Gibbs said. "How do you prepare for this (criminal sentencing) especially without closure?"
Because the deal averted a criminal trial, the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his sister won't proceed, either.
On Monday, she learned that she and Martin's three daughters will get $525,000.
"He was excited about having that little girl in his life. Its too bad it was cut so short," Gibbs said at the Bend office of her attorney, Tom D'Amore.
Martin's 3-year-old daughter, Sadie Martin, now will have a trust account for college, as well as Tony Martin's two other adult daughters.
"I'm not in a forgiveness place," Gibbs explained. "I do want some answers. An apology from him (Biedscheid) would be very nice and help the family toward closure. I would like to know exactly how he's doing about this whole situation, about what he did to my brother."
Sworn civil case affidavits from bartenders say Biedscheid was drunk at the former Black Horse Saloon in northeast Bend when he got in his truck.
Martin was walking his bike across Third Street near Revere Avenue when he was hit late that night. Biedscheid, who was busted for DUI in 1997 in Oregon, was seen tapping his brakes on surveillance video, then took off.
D'Amore showed NewsChannel 21 two police evidence photos of Biedscheid's truck, with markers pointing to where Martin's bike tire hit the front bumper.
"Then up on the hood, based on the property damage, this is where Mr. Martin's head struck before he was thrown off," D'Amore pointed out. "It's not one of those situations where you don't know you hit someone."
"He should have stopped and helped my brother Tony," Gibbs said emphatically. "Even if he couldn't be helped because of his injuries, he should have stopped."
Gibbs says her brother was a great dad, loved hunting and fishing and was a mechanic, enrolled at COCC to get his certification. She's angry that after two years of delays, her brother's killer is getting off on the homicide charge.
"If anybody else is put in that situation, please stop the car and get out and help. Absolutely no drinking and driving, absolutely. It cost my brother his life."
D'Amore said, "It seems as if this guy is going to get off a little bit too easy in all respects. It almost seems like he did what's in his best interest, to wait two days to come forward (after the crash). It almost seems like it was in his best interest to kill this man and leave the scene, and it doesn't send a very good message."


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Drunkeness to the point of being unable to stand up straight and form cohesive, concise sentences. The Kyrk requires large amounts of alcohol, no or little food, and tends to happen in Las Vegas Nevada though can find you anywhere really. The Kyrk will cause you to disappear - a la Doug in the Hangover, only to come back in the form of a passed out drunken mess who shouts, "RAFAEL," in between shallow breaths.
I'm finding it hard to stand up straight and form cohesive and concise sentences right now... in fact I'm pretty sure I'm experiencing the Kyrk right now...
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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This introductory video summarizes the process of generating solar electricity from photovoltaic and concentrating (thermal) solar power technologies.
In this activity, students are introduced to tree rings by examining a cross section of a tree, also known as a 'tree cookie.' They discover how tree age can be determined by studying the rings and how ring thickness can be used to deduce times of optimal growing conditions. Next, they investigate simulated tree rings applying the scientific method to explore how climatic conditions varied over time.
The NOAA Ocean Service Education lab requires students create and manipulate solutions simulating different ocean water characteristics in order to recognize that the effects of salinity and temperature are the drivers of thermohaline circulation.
In this activity, students calculate temperatures during a time in the geologic record when rapid warming occurred using a well known method called 'leaf-margin analysis.' Students determine the percentage of the species that have leaves with smooth edges, as opposed to toothed, or jagged, edges. Facsimiles of fossil leaves from two collection sites are examined, categorized, and the data is plugged into an equation to provide an estimate of paleotemperature for two sites in the Bighorn Basin. It also introduces students to a Smithsonian scientist who worked on the excavation sites and did the analysis.
This web-based activity tackles the broad reasons for undertaking ocean exploration - studying the interconnected issues of climate change, ocean health, energy and human health. Students examine the types of technology ocean scientists use to collect important data.
In this activity, students research changes to the environment in the Arctic/Bering Sea over time using oral and photographic histories. Developed for Alaska Native students, this activity can be customized for other regions.
The heart of this activity is a laboratory investigation that models the production of silicon. Students learn about silicon and its sources, uses, properties, importance in the fields of photovoltaics (solar cells/renewable energy) and integrated circuits industries, and, to a limited extent, environmental impact of silicon production.
In this activity, students learn about sea ice extent in both polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic). They start out by forming a hypothesis on the variability of sea ice, testing the hypothesis by graphing real data from a recent 3-year period to learn about seasonal variations and over a 25-year period to learn about longer-term trends, and finish with a discussion of their results and predictions.
This lesson plan has students working in small groups to research the Mountain Pine Beetle in Colorado and other inter-mountain Western states. Students identify the factors that control pine beetle population and research how warmer winters and decreasing spring snowpack allow the population of pine beetles to expand.
This is a team-based activity that teaches students about the scale of the greenhouse gas problem and the technologies that already exist which can dramatically reduce carbon emissions. Students select carbon-cutting strategies to construct a carbon mitigation profile, filling in the wedges of a climate stabilization triangle.


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An attempt to close down a contentious matter by taking unilateral action. Usually has the opposite effect and spawns a thousand conspiracy theories
The US Army chose to bury at sea; "Megatron", leader of the "Decepticons", to maintain the illusion that there are no aliens on earth, and society is safe.
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Aili Petersen
You probably thought the Crusades ended sometime in the late 13th century. In fact, there is a new crusade under way, and 27 Roman Catholic sisters recently participated in the fight against malnutrition. Allowing scientists to move into their Philippine convent, the religious sisters, who range in age from 22 to 36 years old, provided evidence that experimental rice varieties could terminate iron-deficiency anemia in people whose primary diet is rice. Many of the sisters were mildly anemic prior to the study, but after substituting the new iron-rich rice for ordinary market rice, their blood iron rose significantly, sometimes reaching levels as much as two to three times the previously recorded baseline quantities. In some cases, this was sufficient to raise their iron levels from deficient to above normal.
Rice, a staple in the diets of millions of people in the world's poorest areas, typically lacks sufficient levels of iron and zinc. These deficits cause "about two billion people [to] suffer from iron-deficiency anemia, nearly one third of the world's population," notes the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Most of those affected are pregnant women and young children.
Plant breeders at IRRI began the studies that led to rice variety IR68144 with the hope of increasing rice productivity in regions with below-average temperatures and soil quality. Yet these attempts, performed using traditional breeding techniques rather than direct genetic modification, actually offered more than investigators were expecting. "Quite by chance, it was discovered that one of the varieties designed to tolerate low temperatures had also inherited a richness in iron and zinc from one of its parents," says Glenn B. Gregorio, an affiliate scientist and plant breeder at IRRI. IR68144 was not only nutrient-rich and hardy but, among its other extraordinary qualities, was also disease-resistant, high-yielding and flavorful.
IR68144 seemed too good to be true, and scientists had doubts about whether anyone would be able to benefit from the extra nutrients after the product had undergone processing, cooking and digestion. To find out, testing was done at Cornell University, first on laboratory rats and then on cultures of human colon cells. Later, IRRI collaborated with the Institute of Human Nutrition (part of the College of Human Ecology at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños) to supervise an experiment where the high-iron rice was fed to a family of six in the Philippines. After these studies yielded positive results, the investigators decided to run a larger human-consumption trial and turned to the sisters.
Chosen for a variety of reasons, the sisters were "ideal," according to Gregorio, who coordinated the research with the convent. "Because they are women at reproductive age," he explained, "they are prone to iron-deficiency anemia due to their physiological needs," such as blood loss during the menstrual cycle. Throughout the study, the sisters were willing to eat what they were served and to have their blood tested approximately once a month. During the six-month period, scientists weighed the sisters' food and drink at each meal and recorded their activities. The sisters' health improved significantly; overall, higher serum ferritin levels in blood were found, moving many of the sisters from the iron-deficient range to above average.
The sisters hoped their participation would benefit the poor, especially women and children, and thanks to their charity more nutritious rice may become available to malnourished peoples within a few years. First, however, another more fully controlled feeding trial involving 200 sisters will take place. Gregorio notes that "10 hectares of the high-iron rice and control rice for the next bioavailability study [to take place] early next year" have already been planted. Should this trial confirm the results of the previous one, IR68144 will undergo several additional tests, such as crossbreeding against pests and diseases, before being distributed-at no cost-to farmers in developing countries in as early as two or three years.
Crop scientists hope, by breeding or engineering grains with higher nutritional value, to offer options to people in rural or poor areas that lack the technology necessary for the post-harvest enrichment commonly used to add nutrients to rice in industrialized nations. IRRI, which developed IR68144 in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) with support from international-development agencies in Denmark, Australia and the U.S., plans to continue creating nutrient-rich rice varieties, including one with an even higher iron content. Meanwhile, the Institute for Plant Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has already developed a genetically engineered rice fortified with vitamin A. Similar developments are expected soon in other food staples such as wheat and maize. Amen.—Aili Petersen
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According to the W3C accessibility guidelines, a site that wants to achieve level 1 accessibility should:
Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content.
Closer inspection tells us that we should:
Favor words that are commonly used. For example, use "begin" rather than "commence" or use "try" rather than "endeavor."
Use active rather than passive verbs.
Avoid complex sentence structures.
Does anybody agree with this or is it just catering to the lowest common denominator?Is my site really regarded as inaccessible because I have a reasonable command of the English language and can express myself well?Is this not the equivalent of insisting that authors write books in an easy-to-understand, as opposed to literary (thus enjoyable) style?
I would be interested to hear any thoughts on this.
As far as content accessibility goes, I agree that your website words should be easy to understand and help the visors take the desired action. Say, for an ecommerce website, you'll need to make your sales page message crisp and to-the-point to get your leads converted into sales. As they say - follow the KISS principle {keep it short and simple-my version, don't like to call people stupid :)}
I struggled to follow this thread. Too many big words.
You got it!
Nice one, Maleika. That was fun!
Get used to it, Michael! This is a glimpse of the future. Contrary to the popular belief that humans grow ever more sophisticated, languages have been declining in sophistication and power for thousands of years. My Latin teacher used to rail that French was just a gutter version of Latin, etc.
Regarding "b4 d mtg cUd gt strtd, dude had 2 read d papr", though, there's not as much wrong with it as you might think. For thousands of years, scribes have been abbreviating written words for convenience. The only thing really bad about that quote is the word "dude", which is a stupid slang word. But I dissociate writing from language, myself, since for me, English is speech, not written letters. If you sound out that text message, it's just straight English (but for the 'dude' word).
It's really bad/sloppy grammar that damages a language. It's the grammar (along with a rich vocabulary) that makes a language powerful, and we are dispensing with grammar at an alarming rate of knots.
I'm going to work on my pronounciation of "capable" -- "capabuble". Now I know why you're such a "House" fan. (Hugh Laurie looks about 18 years old.)
I have a weakness for beautiful, flowery language.
The Dutch couldn't decide:
Zijn of niet zijn; dat is de vraagWant wie verdraagt de smaad van deze wereld, Zo maakt het denken lafaards van ons allenondernemingen van groot belang verzanden in oeverloos gepeins
Zÿn of niet zÿn, daar gaat het om.Is het eervoller om in je hoofd die voortdurende aanvallen van het nietsontziende lot te verdragen of de wapens op te nemen tegen de zee van moeilÿkheden en er al vechtend een einde aan te maken?
Bestaan of niet bestaan, aanschouw hier de vraag...
Om te zÿn, of niet te zÿn: Dat is de vraag.Is het edeler in de geest om lÿdzaam te berusten inde stoten en steken van een buitensporig lot,of om de wapens op te nemen tegen een zee van onheil,en door weerstand het te beëindigen?
Zijn of niet zijn; dat is de vraagWant wie verdraagt de smaad van deze wereld, Zo maakt het denken lafaards van ons allenondernemingen van groot belang verzanden in oeverloos gepeins
Zÿn of niet zÿn, daar gaat het om.Is het eervoller om in je hoofd die voortdurende aanvallen van het nietsontziende lot te verdragen of de wapens op te nemen tegen de zee van moeilÿkheden en er al vechtend een einde aan te maken?
Bestaan of niet bestaan, aanschouw hier de vraag...
Om te zÿn, of niet te zÿn: Dat is de vraag.Is het edeler in de geest om lÿdzaam te berusten inde stoten en steken van een buitensporig lot,of om de wapens op te nemen tegen een zee van onheil,en door weerstand het te beëindigen?
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You guys are killing me. Takes me back to my English lit study days.
As with so many things, there's a medium involved. I'm a (semi) professional writer and a professional English teacher, so I do know a couple of things and I have to watch myself to keep the convoluted sentence structures down, though I've pretty much gotten away from the overly flowery language.
Louis's examples are interesting. No one besides my Faulkner-loving English professor believes that this is any good:
Before the proceedings could be commenced by the participants who had assembled for the colloquium, it was of paramount importance that the agenda be read by the speaker.
His "plain English" version was, I believe, perfectly acceptable (though the meaning changes slightly):
Before the meeting could get started, the speaker had to read the agenda.
But some people want to argue about the use of words like "agenda" and even "speaker" in favor of moron-class words like "dude" and "stuff," pulling all of the meaning out of it in favor of sticking to their 100-word vocabulary.
And there's always txt-talk, which I think is turning vast swaths of society into blithering illiterates:
b4 d mtg cUd gt strtd, dude had 2 read d papr.
I'm all in favor of clear, everyday language, whether it be English, Flemish, or Tagalog, but I won't sink to the level of the cretinous language that passes for English that so many people speak. A pox on their houses.
That word comes up a lot in the ancient Sanskrit texts. Modern English colloquial translation: "heaps".
Thou canst not use such language and claim as much! :lol:
raPH if u dIS lngwg i wl mpt mY GAT n yr AZZ
Not only is language itself deteriorating, it's becoming more brutish, less capable of expressing nuance and degree. I'm "sad" both for stubbing my toe and losing my family in a house fire. I'm "mad" at you for causing me to stub my toe, and "reely mad" at the other guy for torching my place.
I refuse to be part of the dumbing-down of civilization. Instead I will throw a gauntlet in the face of "text-talk" and arrogant, illiterate posturing, using the words of Robert Browning to the guy who dissed his wife to address the barbarians who want to turn language into random gibberish:
How to return you thanks would task my wits.Kicking you seems the common lot of curs -While more appropriate greeting lends you grace.Surely to spit there glorifies your face.
I ain't getting used to a damn thing. :mad::mad::mad::mad:
Arg, people have been decrying the fall of (set non-dead language here) ever since forever. But, it's just evolution of language. So long as living people are using it, it will change.
If I were to pronounce the original in my native-tongue (which is not actually English) you'd get something like:
Ta be, or not ta be: 'a' is t' question:whetha 'tis nobla int' min' ta sufferthe slings 'n arrows o' ahtrageous fortune,or ta tek arms against eur seeur o' troubles,an' by opposin en' 'em?
Which of course would make far more sense to me (an many others) but an "international" audience may stumble.
I useth language how I damn well pleaseth. A pox on thee, arrant language ruffian, begone before someone droppeth a house on thee as well.
(It's the juxtaposition that makes it fun. Ghetto slang and Robert Browning in the same post, that's one I haven't done before, much less faux Shakespeare and the Wizard of Oz.)
[ot]I be, or I don't be, dat's wuzzup, nome sane?Be I some fool stayin' a slave to The Man,or do I posse up ma crew an pull out ma Glock?
I like the [c]rap version. No doubt das whad ee'd afta do to make a pression on da yoof of today, innit?[/ot]
oþ béo ór ne oþ béo: þæt is sé áscunga:Sufel íse eorlmægenum geacen vit andum sé stæfliðereas ond boltas od húsclicum gedryht,ór tó ongunne gewæpnu wiþ aet brym od ágláce,and be wiðercwedolne ende him?
Gah, had to drag out the book for that one... nothing like translating what's usually held up as one of the earliest examples of modern english back to old english... Even more fun trying to remember when to use oþ or tó, and the difference between "und", "ond" and "and".
Not to go all medieval on people's kiester's Samuel L. Jackson style, but...
cwep hwá gean... cwep hwá gean...
Englisc, mōdor wyrter! Gedōn ēow cweþan hit!?!
To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?
Stick around, or bugger off? Hmm, dunno.Should I take the crap life dishes up orFlip the bird and five 'em hell?
Take your pick.
No, that's not the case. Those docs are a good example of a failure to connect words with something meaningful, that's all.
Fewest words possible?
What to-do?: Put my BS in lady fates hands or start killing.
No contest, mine is shorter and says basically the same thing!
I agree that humour can really improve the accessibility of information but it needs to be used appropriately. Language is as subjective and complex as design so people will take it differently depending on how you portray the information, one key area for example is the use of complex technical language, that can be a real barrier for dyslexics or those not in the same field (such as the medical industry) where those terms are used regularly.
PS: I agree the average user is (for lack of a better term - incompetent) I have several years of tech support practice via web based support desks to vouch for that.


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The Willits school board's public threat to file a complaint against PG&E with the California Public Utilities Commission has apparently born fruit, as PG&E is now working hard to assure every new solar array at Willits schools is up and running as soon as possible.
"We've had a turnaround," interim Superintendent Deb Pearson told school board members Wednesday. "PG&E has done everything they said they would to fast-track the projects, and it's gone very smoothly."
The solar array at Baechtel Grove Middle School has been generating electricity since last week, and the array at Blosser Lane Middle School is all connected and ready to go.
"We expect Blosser to go online early next week," said Josh Margerison from Fort Bragg Electric, who told the board last month about his frustration with the lack of response from PG&E's newly formed generation and interconnection services group.
"We will have one of the two arrays at Willits High School connected this afternoon," Margerison said Thursday morning. "It'll probably be a week before it's inspected and then probably another week before it's turned on."
The three solar arrays at Brookside school are "starting to go ahead full speed," he said.
"PG&E has moved heaven and earth."
The district expects to save about $13,600 on energy bills each month, after all the arrays are tied into the grid. Pearson told The Willits News that, thanks to PG&E's response, the district will not file a complaint with the CPUC.
Brittany McKannay, area spokeswoman for PG&E told The Willits News last month: "We take these concerns very seriously and are working with the school district to try to resolve this issue."
Willits High School Principal Gordon Oslund acknowledged members of the varsity soccer team present at Wednesday's meeting, along with coach Noel Woodhouse. "I have never seen a better team on the field than I saw last night," Oslund said. The Wolverines won Tuesday night's game against St. Helena 2-0. "All the teams here are great, but this is your little moment in the sun," he told the soccer players.
Woodhouse also gave a presentation to the board on the conceptual designs students have been doing for the new Reading Garden, which will be outside the high school's new Media Center. Woodhouse and two students showed a whole stack of ideas students had come up with, and also a sample of about 20 larger conceptual drawings students had made, with names like "Utopia" and "Paradise."
"The next step," Oslund said, "is combining those ideas to see what we can do, what we can afford to do, and what will work with the Division of State Architects." Prevailing wage for this design work by the students, Oslund said, is donuts. Or maybe pizza.
Woodhouse told The Willits News the design ideas for the Reading Garden, planned to be used as an outdoor classroom, include overall layout, landscaping and seating. Students from Woodhouse's building class and wood shop are already milling up big slabs of lumber to build benches for the new Reading Garden.
The district is now taking applications from residents of the Willits Unified School District interested in being appointed to the school board to replace retired member Robert Kirkpatrick. Applications are available at the district office, 120 Pearl Street, 459-5314. The deadline for returning those applications is October 23.


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Community-level, individual-level, and group-level interventions. The CDC updated the list in May 2009, and it includes 14 new interventions.
- Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic
The Advancing HIV Prevention (AHP) initiative aims to reduce barriers to early diagnosis of HIV infection and increase access to quality medical care, treatment, and prevention services for those living with HIV.
- HIV Cost Effectiveness
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May 2010 Nuts & Bolts - Jeep Tech QuestionsPosted in How To on May 1, 2010 Comment (0)
Jeep Tech Questions Answered
For the past few Months we've been gathering up your tech questions and taking them to the people building your new 4x4s. We started in January with Dodge, followed by Ford, Toyota, and GM. This month Jeep gives us the answers we all want to know. Next month we'll return to the regular Nuts & Bolts format, so send your tech questions to email@example.com.
Eurotrail Armor
Q Why do the European JK Wranglers have a different front bumper design, and where can they be purchased in the U.S.?
A JEEP RESPONDS: Safety regulations are different in the U.S. than in select European countries. We do not make the Euro-spec bumpers available in the U.S. market.
4WOR RESPONDS: Seems reasonable. Maybe there's an aftermarket importing business opportunity there.
The Independent Issue
Q Is independent suspension for the Wrangler inevitable?
A JEEP: There are no plans to change from a live axle on the Wrangler. Solid axles are the foundation of serious off-road performance, the JK's DNA.
4WOR: Excellent! We'd hate to think what would happen to any engineer who tried to change the Jeep Wrangler to IFS.
Totally integrated whozee WhatchaMacallit
Q What is the purpose of the TIPM? This electronic junction box under the hood of the JK seems like it just adds complexity to what should be a simple vehicle.
A JEEP: TIPM stands for Totally Integrated Power Module. This is a computer controlled power distribution system for all electrical vehicle loads. It protects the vehicle's wiring/systems more effectively.
4WOR: This sounds like a fancy way of saying "fuse box." I wonder if you could repair it with a chewing gum wrapper the way you could an old flatfender fuse box? [Ed. note: There isn't a fuse block on a real flatfender Jeep.]
Five-Links in Wrangler's Chain
Q Why do Wranglers use a four-link front suspension with a track bar instead of a three-link front suspension and a track bar?
A JEEP: The five-link suspension design provides the articulation and durability required for serious off-road operation. Fore/aft location of the axles is controlled by the upper and lower control arms. Long, cross-car, front and rear track bars provide lateral location with minimal angle change during suspension travel. Track bar pivots were lowered relative to the axle by 100 mm (4 inches) to lower the roll center as much as practical while maintaining ground clearance. This makes the vehicle more stable. This also helps minimize on-road lateral jostling of occupants for long-term comfort.
4WOR: It's definitely more comfortable than an old leaf-sprung CJ.
Team Tank
Q What are the benefits of an in-tank fuel pump over an external fuel pump?
A JEEP: NVH (noise, vibration, harmonics) and serviceability. An internal fuel pump provides quieter operation, combined with an internal filter that has sufficient capacity to protect the fuel system from contamination for the life of the vehicle in normal service. Without replacement the internal pump offers a better owner experience.
4WOR: Plus an in-tank pump should reduce the operating temperatures of the pump, adding to longevity.
XJ Excellence
Q I have an old XJ Cherokee. What products does Mopar offer to make my Jeep more capable off-road?
A JEEP: There are a number of great Mopar offerings for XJ owners. New items include an off-road front bumper and the availability of a 4.7L I-6 long-block. The block will fit most Jeep vehicles previously equipped with the 4.0L I-6 engine. Check out www.mopar.com.
4WOR: We saw some very cool Mopar tube doors for the XJ at the SEMA Show also. These SUVs are the best value in the off-road market these days.
Plastic Péwé-Mobile
Q On the new JK Wrangler you went from steel to plastic fenders. Why? Were these deemed more trail-worthy?
A JEEP: Combining the fender/flair into one unit was the most efficient design for the JK. Fuel economy, safety, and vehicle weight are all aspects that play in the development of a vehicle; it's truly a balancing act. The plastic fenders help us attain goals and meet customer needs.
4WOR: Yes, but our editor-in-chief, Rick Péwé, would like to invite your finest engineers to rest a bottle or can of their favorite beverage on those plastic fender/flares and see if it won't slide off into the dirt. Lightweight is cool, but steel CJ fenders won't dump his Corona on the ground.
Dana Differences
Q We know the Jeep JK Dana 44 is different from other Dana 44s. Are the JK Dana 30s different from previous Dana 30s also? If so, what are the differences?
A JEEP: Improvements have been made to the front axles to improve ground clearance, reduce NVH, and improve durability. The driveshaft attaches to the axle at the top (high pinion) instead of at the bottom (low pinion) as on previous front axles to provide greater gear strength when driving forward. Relative to the prior axle, the housing is stronger and more rigid. The pinion bearings are larger to handle added torque requirements created by a heavier vehicle with larger tires. Above-center mounting also reduces the offset between the pinion and the output shaft of the transfer case, thereby reducing driveshaft joint angles for smoother, quieter operation. The JK ring-and-pinion is different from the previous model.
4WOR: It's improvements like these that keeps the Wrangler at the top of the pack for out-of-the-box off-roaders.
Team Tank II
Q Why was the fuel tank moved up beside the driveshaft instead of keeping it behind the rear axle?
A JEEP: The fuel tank location is driven by vehicle packaging to meet functional objectives.
4WOR: "Functional objectives"? Maybe that's marketingspeak for "it removes it from out back where everyone bashes it on rocks." We'd like to see a second tank out back for long-range travel, a diesel engine, a small Jeep pickup, and a smaller solid-axle commuter Jeep that gets 35 mpg, holds two people, and can be used from city streets to ranch pastures.
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Gold: Can India's Consumers Save the Day?
Amid gold's 12% tumble this month, Indian consumers have been going shopping. But don't look for their binge to support the support the price of the precious metal.
How strong has the demand for gold in India been? A local trade group expects imports to double to 70 tons in April from a month ago, while the premium above gold's spot price that consumers pay for the precious metal has also jumped.
Nomura's Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, however, don't see Indian demand persisting without a bounce back in the price of gold. They note that the correlation between gold's price and the import volume in India has been positive since 2009, a sign that Indian buyers have shifted from purchasing for weddings and other ceremonies to buying it for its investment merit.
That correlation has broken down in April, Varma and Mohunta note, but they call it "a temporary blip as consumers bring forward demand viewing this as a buy-on-dip opportunity." Read between the lines and it seems that if such demand is "brought forward," it's unlikely to persist.
The upshot: "If the gold price continues to fall, we would expect the recent surge in demand to falter as investment demand declines," Varma and Mohunta say.
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) has plunged 15% this year, while Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) has fallen 16%. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has plunged 38% and Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (GDXJ) has plummeted 39%.


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Escape Kit
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Atlantic City is known for its hotels and casinos, but you haven't really experienced "America's Favorite Playground" until you've tangoed with the sultan of slots: the Trump Taj Mahal. Like anything Trump, the Taj is prime real estate, located right on the boardwalk. But with its marble entryways, brilliant crystal chandeliers, modern mood-lit lounges, state-of-the-art casinos, luxurious spa, headlining live entertainment, and five-star restaurants, this symbol of AC is a destination in and of itself.
The Digs
As you would expect from Trump property, your guest room is dripping with luxury. Sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean are perfect for watching sunsets. Inside, warm, contemporary décor accents plush queen- or king-size Simmons Health Smart beds. In-room coffee makers and refrigerators add a welcomed level of convenience, and marble-clad bathrooms, flat-screen TVs, and in-room digital entertainment round out your experience.
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If you're lucky, you might hit the pristine buttery-sand beaches outside, but chances are, you'll find all you need among the Taj Mahal's five-star restaurants, live entertainment, lounges, and nightclubs all in one place. Decadence is a norm from morning 'til night starting with a breakfast at Sultan's Feast Buffet or American Plate Café. Try your luck at the Taj's 24-hour gaming space. Then, sip or dance away your cares at the posh Ego Bar & Lounge. For those who seek shopping, the hotel features a host of high-end options including Caché and Marshall Rouse. Fitness gurus will enjoy the state-of-the-art health club, and those in need of pampering will find the host of body treatments available at the spa simply heavenly.
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forum: Food & Drink
#511 Tue 11 Dec 12 3:02pm
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Re: Ask me a cooking question
Hi there Jamie, I hope you can inspire me!
On a complete whim, I decided to make my dear old aged mum a box of home made marron glaces for xmas as she loves them so much and they're about �1.50 EACH in the shops! I have successfully made about 24 and they are delicious but in several million pieces, but never mind, she'll be well impressed and will eat every mouthful, I know.
My question is this, apart from using it on ice cream, and mixing it into cream to go with meringues (my arteries are clogging just thinking about it) what can I do with the leftover syrup. It's full of gorgeousness (now where did I get that word from?) and I simply can't bring myself to throw it out.
Can you think of anything?
#512 Tue 11 Dec 12 9:32pm
Re: Ask me a cooking question
I'm not Jamie, but you could use that syrup to flavour coffee or hot chocolate.
Or make a sponge cake, then prick it and pour over the syrup like you would a lemon drizzle cake.
Or make a Christmas fruit salad (say with plums, clementines, walnuts and apples) and dress it with the chestnut syrup.
Or use it as a glaze for meat - maybe venison or beef?
Whatever you do, don't throw it away! If it's a fairly strong syrup, like stock syrup consistency, it should keep indefinitely in the fridge.
Last edited by hippytea (Tue 11 Dec 12 9:36pm)
#513 Tue 11 Dec 12 11:34pm
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Re: Ask me a cooking question
I love the sponge cake suggestion and will give that a go! I have put it in a sterilized jar and popped it into the fridge. Never even thought about meat glaze but I think the venison idea is great.
Many thanks, it's great to have something a bit more exciting than just the old ice cream sauce thing, eh? Have a great xmas!
#514 Wed 12 Dec 12 1:03am
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- From Australia, Sydney
- Member since Mon 11 Dec 06
Re: Ask me a cooking question
Hi !!
I have a question... I need to make stuffing for Christmas lunch.
I have a child who is allergic to eggs, another one allergic to cashews and pistachios.
And dietary requests that have asked for no dried fruits in the stuffing.
What can I use to bind my stuffing without using eggs ?
#515 Wed 12 Dec 12 6:24am
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- From Victoria, Aus
- Member since Sat 26 May 07
Re: Ask me a cooking question
Hi Jamie,
I am throwing a christmas eve party, and one of the guests has a soy,dairy and gluten allergy. I was wondering if you had any really good gluten free pasta/bread recipes.
Thankingyou, and Merry Xmas Jamie and family.
#516 Wed 12 Dec 12 8:53am
Re: Ask me a cooking question
najys: would some cheese work? I know I've seen fish cake recipes which used parmesan as a binder instead of eggs.
And actually, do you need a binder at all? Stuffing is meant to be a bit crumbly. You could just moisten the mixture with water or stock, maybe add a bit of flour so it will approximately stay together in balls.
Is it bread stuffing, sausagemeat stuffing or something else? Sausagemeat will bind itself to some extent, as will any raw meat.
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#517 Wed 12 Dec 12 10:53am
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Re: Ask me a cooking question
I've just made 2 litres of pesto to give as gifts and to stock up myself. It keeps fine in the fridge or freezer but looses some of its green-ness on storing. I don't add Parmesan when making (even if for immediate use). Those who want it can add it at the table, family style.
In addition to the "usual suspects" , I also use white walnuts in my recipe.
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#518 Wed 12 Dec 12 12:29pm
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- Member since Wed 04 Jan 06
Re: Ask me a cooking question
I brew homemade wine (normally from Kits),but i have just made and bottled some Sloe wine,(which will take a few months to mature).
My question is what food would accompany the Sloe wine ?
As this is the first time i have made sloe wine from the fruit and not from a kit , what food would accompany the Sloe wine ?
Any suggestions would be most welcome and appreciated.
Thank you
#519 Wed 12 Dec 12 4:13pm
Re: Ask me a cooking question
Nice to see you. Do you come here often?
#520 Fri 14 Dec 12 3:54pm
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Re: Ask me a cooking question
Hi Jamie!
I have a small butcher's shop in northern Italy with my husband, and get wonderful pork meat from Mantova, but something you don't find in Italy is gammon. I would really like to know how I could make it, starting from the hind leg of the pork. I understand the raw meat has to be treated, but how? Thanks a lot!


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I cut the comb out of 3 frames that had overwintered in the hive and crushed it with my hands and put it in a paint strainer bag suspended over a 6 gallon bucket and let is sit in my basement for a week. What I ended up with reminds me of "spun" or "creamed" honey I've had. It is not clear, but is opaque. However it does not have that gritty mouth feel when honey has crystallized. When I've read up on this it talks about seeding the honey with 10% creamed honey, which I did not do.
Any idea what happened?