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Raspberry Chocolate Heart Tart
You won't believe how easy this beautiful raspberry chocolate tart is to make. Make someone feel special today.
Try it with a gluten-free crust! It's easy and tasty; find out more on our blog..
- 1 refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on package
- 1 cup (6 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
- 2/3 cup NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups raspberries, rinsed and dried
- 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Directions, Reviews, Nutrition
PLACE pastry circle with plastic removed on lightly floured surface; roll out slightly. Trim small amount of pastry away to form heart shape. Place heart on ungreased baking sheet. Turn edges under 1/2 inch; flute. Prick pastry with tines of fork.
BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on baking sheet on wire rack.
MICROWAVE morsels and sweetened condensed milk in medium, uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute; STIR. The morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10-second intervals, stirring just until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract. Spread over crust. Refrigerate for a few minutes or until chocolate is set.
ARRANGE raspberries over chocolate; sprinkle with powdered sugar.
NOTE: Use remaining CARNATION® Sweetened Condensed Milk to top ice cream or use as a dip for fruit.
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Raspberry Chocolate Heart Tart
This tart was so delicious that one wasn't enough. We're going to have it for our Valentine's Day dinner. Raspberries are perfect with the chocolate.
Very tasty!
This is a great dessert, my husband nearly ate all of it. He loves the combo of raspberries and chocolate.
rasspberry chocolate heart tart
delicious, I made this tart for a get together at church, everyone like it, will make it again for us, very easy.
Simlpy delicious, elegent too.
This was so simple, looks good and tastes delicious.
Raspberry Chocolate Heart Tart
Wonderful presentation and tasted great. My husband loved it. Will make again when our fresh local Strawberries are available.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/8 of Recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 300
- Calories from Fat: 120
- Total Fat: 13g (20% of DV)
- Saturated Fat: 6g (29% of DV)
- Cholesterol: 5mg (21% of DV)
- Sodium: 130mg (6% of DV)
- Carbohydrates: 41g (14% of DV)
- Dietary Fiber: 1g (5% of DV)
- Sugars: 27g
- Protein: 4g
- Vitamin A: 2% of DV
- Vitamin C: 10% of DV
- Calcium: 8% of DV
- Iron: 2% of DV
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Peter Koehler Academic Assistant to the Dean
Peter Koehler joined UHC in February 2012 as Academic Assistant to the Dean, interrupting his most recent career phase as Professor emeritus which began in September 2009. He came to the University of Pittsburgh in August 1986 as Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (recently renamed the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences). After stepping down as dean in 1998 Peter devoted the next 11 years to the teaching phase of his career in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He specialized in the introductory physics courses for scientists & engineers and for students in the life sciences. Jointly with colleagues from the departments of Chemistry and Neuroscience he also developed and taught a two-semester integrated introduction to the natural sciences for non-science majors. These teaching experiences led him quite naturally into pursuing Physics Education research during those years. In the spring of 2003 Peter sailed as Academic Dean with the Semester at Sea.
Peter grew up on a farm in post-war Germany where he learned to work with his hands from a young age, disassembling mechanical devices to find out how they worked. He came to the US right after completing high school in 1957. A part-time job in the Harvard cyclotron laboratory during his junior year was his first exposure to particle physics research, the specialty area which he explored for his dissertation at the University of Rochester. The period from 1967 to 1986 was largely devoted to research in experimental particle physics. Peter participated in a series of experiments at ever increasing energy and complexity, first at Argonne National Laboratory and then at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (both in Illinois); he also worked on an experiment at the DESY accelerator during a sabbatical year in Hamburg, Germany. During his years at Fermilab he also held a number of administrative positions, including Head of the Research Division.
During his retirement years Peter became actively involved as a volunteer algebra tutor and computer skills (Excel) instructor for the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. He and his wife Sue like to travel, visit with their grandchildren, and attend concerts and plays. In his spare time Peter reads and spends time building or repairing things in his workshop.
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During pregnancy, then, CP could not be considered a separate legal entity from EQ.
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Dera Sacha Sauda issues apology
Onkar Singh in New Delhi | May 27, 2007 20:08 IST
Last Updated: May 27, 2007 20:58 IST
A day before the Supreme Court was expected to hear the petition of the Dera Sacha Sauda office for protection from Sikh organisations, its chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, has apologised for having dressed like the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, during a function in Bathinda in the second week of May.
'I apologise for having dressed up like Guru Gobind Singhji', he is reported to have said in a statement faxed to Akal Takht chief Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti hours after the lapsing of the deadline for vacation of deras.
It is not immediately known whether the apology was received at Akal Takht. "We cannot say anything right now," an official of Akal Takht told rediff.com over the phone from Amritsar.
In a statement to the media, the Dera said it has already expressed regret for the chain of events and 'now in the best interest of peace and tranquility the Dera tenders an apology to Guru Gobind Singh'.
'Guruji (Sant Gurmeet) says that he can never imitate or replicate the 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh', it said. 'We also pray for maintaining peace and brotherhood in Punjab, Haryana, within the country and abroad', the statement said.
The statement said the Dera Chief and its followers stand only for unification of humanity. 'Guruji is a humble servant of the entire humanity', the statement added.
Five Jathedars of five religious seats will now take up the matter on May 31 and decide whether to accept the apology or not.
Swami Agniwesh who led a four-member delegation to Sirsa to meet Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was not informed of the development. "If this is true I congratulate the Sikhs and the Sikh clergy for showing examplary courage," Agnivesh said.
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Transit is a vital economic lifeline for millions of Americans workers, students, persons with disabilities and senior citizens. Yet many agencies across the country are slashing services, eliminating routes, and raising fares, leaving many stranded and without access to employment, schools, health care and community services. This lack of mobility is one of the major economic, environmental and social justice issues today.
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For some, simply skimming over material with words like 'systems analysis' or 'business statistical data' causes eyes to glaze over as interest and attention vaporize into thin air like a wisp of smoke. But these business buzzwords are not so nebulous in their foundations. Analytical data and use of Big Data actually permeates our everyday lives; take your GPS System, for example, guiding you through your morning commute. As you drive along, the System is constantly sorting and sifting through vast quantities of Information, detecting the amount of traffic along a particular route, thereby predicting (based upon available data) alternative routes to save you time in traffic. But how do businesses use this? Well, what if you were a coffee shop that just happened to be located on the same route that a GPS user takes to work? Wouldn't you want to be aware of that information to provide more targeted marketing to these customers? These bits of business analytics data come in the form of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), just one avenue through which one can garner business analytics data.
In the business world there are many ways to gather and apply business analytics data, and while one of the most obvious is the above consumer-centric GPS/GIS example, one of the the more underlooked but equally important sources of data is your quality management system. With the right software, you can analyze your own internal processes to fine tune your business.
Let's look at a few situations where quality management software can help glean that nugget of essential data.
Back in the day, before the prolific spread of modern technology, documents were all hand written and gathered from hours upon hours of studying sales numbers, marketing surveys, and customer feedback. The data collected was then written into reports that led to new initiatives that centered on improving customer service, creating timelier deliveries, and predicting market trends used to benefit business as well as gain a larger customer base. The problem is that a human can only do so much, so areas from which people can manually "mine" data had to be carefully selected based on how useful that data was projected to be. Not only that, but even the best humans make mistakes--take doctors, for example, who actually misdiagnose patients between 5%-15% of the time! While too much data can bog down analysis, accurately finding that trend (or diagnosing the symptoms of a problem) you never thought existed can make or break your company, and even save lives. Fortunately, with today's technology, we can enjoy the luxury of software that rarely errs and never sleeps, mining all available points of data, and analyzing each bit of it so that you don't have to. Imagine a system that generates sales reports which intuitively predict where improvements are needed, based upon benchmarks or standards that are failing to be met--all delivered to you automatically, so that you don't have to lift a finger. Just remember that as data becomes easier to access for you, so does it become easier to access for criminals and competitors. Storing and securing your business analytics data is just as important as gathering it.
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Jessica Simpson has debuted the new ad for her latest fragrance. It will be available in August.
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I've been wrestling with this for a little while now and wanted to try and get down some thoughts so at least I can refer to them in future. Others will hopefully find them useful as well. I'm not going to pre-amble with all the reasons for why we've had to do this in IE8 – there are plenty of other places to go for that background. I'm going to focus on the current state of play in IE8 Beta 2, what happens when you pull certain levers or the user pulls certain levers.
As I see it, there are a few inputs into this equation:
- Page Developer / Site Owner
- Valid DOCTYPE (or not)
- Meta tag in header (or not)
- HTTP Header (or not)
- User (ie the person using the browser)
- Compatibility View enabled (or not)
Let's tackle those one at a time (and because of the dependencies between these things it can be difficult to talk about them in isolation so cut me a bit of slack here):
- All other things being equal the presence of a valid DOCTYPE switches the browser into "standards" mode. No DOCTYPE typically means "quirks" mode
- Meta tag in header
- Format: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=……."/>
- Allows the page developer to specify a particular layout mode (5, 7, EmulateIE7, 8, EmulateIE8, Edge)
- Affects a single page and trumps the HTTP header
- HTTP Header
- Format: X-UA-Compatible: IE=……..
- Allows the site owner to specify a particular layout mode as per the Meta tag
- Affects all pages in the site and can be overridden by the Meta tag
- Compatibility View
- The user has the ability to enable "Compatibility View" for a domain (either by pressing the compatibility view button on a particular page or by enabling it through Compatibility View Settings")
- All other things being equal, this will switch the browser from IE8 Standards rendering mode to IE7 Standards rendering mode
- By default, all internet sites display in IE8 Standards Mode (Compatibility View off) while all intranet sites display in IE7 Standards Mode (Compatibility View on). This can be changed from the Tools -> Compatibility View Settings menu.
And clearly, there are a few outputs as well:
- User agent string (the browser's identity as sent to the web server)
- Document mode (the actual layout mode the browser is using)
- The version vector (the version number reported by IE, eg for use in conditional comments)
For a given set of inputs, IE8 Beta 2 will generate a specific set of outputs. I've collated a table which may help us understand what's going on. The vertical axis represents different Meta tag / HTTP header settings while the horizontal axis represents normal vs compatibility view for both valid and invalid / no DOCTYPEs:
What conclusions did I draw from this:
- Document / Layout Mode
- No Meta tag / Header
- If there is a valid DOCTYPE you will get the highest level of standards layout mode "available"
- ie either 8 in "normal" mode or 7 in "Compatibility View"
- Otherwise you get 5 (quirks mode)
- Meta tag / HTTP header
- Setting to 5/7/8 – that is guaranteed to be the layout mode IE8 will use
- Setting to EmulateIEx – you will get layout mode x for a valid DOCTYPE and quirks for invalid / no DOCTYPE
- ie the same behaviour as IEx
- No Meta tag / Header
- User Agent String
- "Normal" mode – MSIE 8.0 always reported
- "Compatibility View" – MSIE 7.0 always reported
- Trident/4.0 always reported irrespective of "Compatibility View" setting
- Version Vector
- "Normal" mode – IE8 unless Meta tag / HTTP header overrides with 7 or EmulateIE7
- "Compatibility View" – IE7 unless Meta tag / HTTP header overrides with 8 or EmulateIE8
All the above was derived empirically using the following HTML page deployed to IIS7. I then simply changed the meta tag, HTTP headers or Compatibility View in the browser to create the matrix:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"

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Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Vocational/Computer - Advanced
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Like many honors, the requirements for Computer - Advanced differ from one division to the next. If your division is not listed below, use the General Conference version.
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Native plants make beautiful, functional and environmentally smart additions to any garden. By planting native plant gardens, you can help to preserve the native plants that are disappearing from our natural areas as well as create small oases for native wildlife.
Native plants can provide a sense of place, for the garden and for the gardener. A landscape rooted in native plants creates a regional imprint; a sense that it belongs here, not just anywhere.
From an aesthetic standpoint, Pennsylvania natives excel, offering a wealth of color and texture, from buds to blooms to bark to berries. The native plant palette encompasses groundcovers, grand trees and everything in between.
Quite naturally, you may associate native plants and wildflowers with an informal landscape style, but many native plants fit in a more formal setting as well. As you learn more about native plants communities, you'll get plenty of "design" ideas from nature.
You'll need to begin by choosing the right native plants for your site, buying healthy ones and planting them properly. Once you do so, you'll find that natives are well-adapted to our climate, with built-in resilience to temperature and rainfall fluctuations. When planted in the proper situation, native plants require minimal maintenance.
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It has not been long enough since the chemistry of Katrina Kaif & Hrithik Roshan were making headlines in the media & now recent events make way for more gossip that something is definitely cooking between the two.
First it was the extended kissing scene in Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara that provided the requisite masala to the gossip mills, which few attributed to the marketing minds working to make the movie a success. This time however we don't think there's a movie behind their sizzling chemistry.
Recently, when Imran Khan & Katrina Kaif visited the sets of dance reality show, Just Dance, where Hrithik Roshan is one of the Judges, along with ace choreographers Vaibhavi Merchant & Farah Khan, the duo was inseparable.
Whether Katrina was invited on stage or Imran, Hrithik made sure he was besides the 'Sensuous Sheila'. Teaching Katz his steps or learning from her, Duggu couldn't take his eyes away from her.
Though one may say that the two actors had to be cordial with one another, considering Katrina was on a promotional visit for her movie, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan & Hrithik is a part of the show, what raised our suspicion was that the generosity came in more from Hrithik than the two other judges. But then we can't blame Duggu completely for it?
Having been seated in between two tough & healthy ladies of the tinsel town for quite some time, Katrina's presence on the sets must have been a sight for Hrithik's sore eyes and he didn't miss a chance to get fresher air.
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IB and College Readiness
The International Baccalaureate Program is one example of a fast-growing reform curriculum that focuses on critical thinking and purports to infuse an international outlook into all subjects. Research supports the conclusion that the IB curriculum introduces rigor and international mindedness in the classroom.
One of the most extensive studies on the effectiveness of the IB program was conducted by William Kolb, director of admissions for the University of Florida. The University of Florida enrolls more IB diploma holders than any other institution in the world, in large part because of a state policy that provides full scholarships for IB diploma holders. Kolb analyzed data for the university's 1996 freshmen class and found that IB students were better prepared for the shock of college academic demands and suffered less of a drop in grade point average in their first year of college compared to their high school performance level. The IB students on average had a GPA decline of 3.8 to 3.3, while AP students dropped from 3.9 to 3.1, compared to regular college prep students who lost a whole grade point, from 3.6 to 2.6 (Kolb, 1996).
Panich's 2001 research, "A study of the university performance of students with International Baccalaureate high school experience" matched 1998, 1999 and 2000 IB graduates attending the University of Florida with students entering with comparable SAT verbal and math scores. She compared three groups: students with no IB experience, students with IB experience and students with an IB diploma. Panich found that IB diploma students had the highest freshman GPA while IB non‐diploma students had the lowest. The difference between the IB diploma students' GPA and the non‐IB and IB non‐diploma students' GPAs were statistically significant in all but one year (Panich, 2001).
Additional studies looking at post‐secondary outcomes for IB students include Taylor and Porath's "Reflections on the International Baccalaureate Program," (Taylor & Porath, 2006). Based on a survey administered in the Spring of 2005 of IB graduates from two public high schools in British Columbia who graduated in the years 1996 or 2000, the researchers report that the graduates felt that the rich curriculum to which they were exposed and the critical thinking and time management skills that they developed were well worth the extra effort required to earn an IB diploma. Furthermore, they felt that the IB experience prepared them well for post-secondary studies.
An Oxford University study examined case studies on the implementation of IB at several schools in the United States. The study found that as a result of IB program, schools were able to raise academic standards and change perceptions towards academic achievement, increase diversity within the school, bring international perspectives to the classroom, raise awareness around intercultural understanding and improve the reputation of the school in the community (International Baccalaureate Organization, 2007).
The College of William and Mary also studied the impact of the IB program by analyzing it as an advanced academic option, comparing the curricular goals of the IB program to 21 recommended practices for gifted and general education. The researcher, Hutchinson, found that the IB curricular goals and the 21 recommended practices aligned with one another. IB teachers implement a variety of instructional strategies with high levels of instructional clarity and complexity and high expectations for student learning in and out of class (International Baccalaureate Organization, 2007).
"Preparing today's students for success and eventual leadership in the global economy is the single most important task facing U.S. education. If young Americans are to take on challenging global leadership roles in the future, they must possess a deep understanding and appreciation for other cultures, geography, history and languages." - Stephanie Bell-Rose, President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation
Kyra Caspary (2011) examines the rates of college enrollments and graduation amongst IB students across nation to identify correlations between the program and university. In her findings she notes that of all high school students in the US, only 56% enroll into a full-time 4 year institution, while the same is true for 71% of all IB students. In comparing achievements of college students, IB students exhibit a graduation rate (64%) significantly higher than that of the national average (36%). All together these findings show that IB students are not only more likely to enroll in postsecondary education but also complete the required college coursework, when compared to the general college student population.
In attempting to gauge the efficacy of the IB program, the Center for Education Policy conducted research to examine the enrollment patterns of international students in American higher education programs. This study concludes that students that completed IB classes in their home countries exhibited high test performance and graduation rates in American higher education institutions. Of those studied, 86% of diploma recipients graduated from their respective higher education institution within 6 years of enrollment (Caspary, 2011). Furthermore, many of institutions indicated the rates of graduation amongst IB alumni were higher than the greater institution average. These results indicate that not only does the IB program fosters communities of multicultural and diverse outlooks within American universities but also encourages students to remain high-achieving in their postsecondary education careers.
Beyond the academics of the IB program, Conley et al. (2014) conclude that the IB program in part contributed to the comprehensive preparedness of many college students. When asking college students "What makes you unique or distinctive from your peers?", IB were amongst the group that indicated answers regarding an excitement towards learning, the development of holistic outlooks and personally challenging oneself. Furthermore when discussing the adjustment to college, IB students self-identified as more prepared for the difficulty of college so much so that "every [IB Diploma Programme] student agreed that they were academically adjusted the moment their stepped on campus" (15).
For many college students, the first year is often the toughest and the one of greatest highest drop-out rates. University of Wisconsin's Liz Bergeron (2015) revealed that a significantly larger percentage of IB diploma program students will return for their second year of college when compared to the national average (96% and 77% respectively). Nationally, the rates of first year retention have decreased amongst the general student populations, causing concern as the demand for workplace employees with degrees has increased. However, first year retention rates amongst IB students indicate a strong constant of 98% over the past 10 years.
Bergeron, L. (2015). Diploma Programme students' enrollment and outcomes at US postsecondary institutions 2008-2014
Caspary, K. (2011). Postsecondary enrollment patterns of IB certificate and diploma candidates from U.S. high schools. Research Brief. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
Conley, D., McGaughy, C., Davis-Molin, W., Farkas, R., & Fukuda, E. (2014).International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: Examining college readiness.
International Baccalaureate Organization. (2007). Research on the IB. Retrieved May 22, 2008 from http://www.ibo.org/ibna/research/documents/IBResearch-Sep05-1_000.ppt
Kolb, William. (1996). Study of the effectiveness of the IB Curriculum. University of Florida.
Panich, C. (2001). A study of the university performance of students with International Baccalaureate high school experience. Ed.D. dissertation, Duquesne University, United States ‐‐ Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 29, 2009, from Dissertations & Theses: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection.(Publication No. AAT 3103065).
Taylor, M. and Porath, ML. (2006). Reflections on the International Baccalaureate Program: Graduates' perspectives. Journal of Secondary Gifted Education,17(3), 149‐158.


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Even more than the rest of us, actors, especially women, are the prisoners of time – the clock on their careers runs cruelly fast. Save for La Streep, roles are hard to find beyond a certain age, and starring roles virtually impossible. So it's a delight to see Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker, superb talents and Oscar winners both, share almost every frame of Cloudburst. It would be a greater delight if Cloudburst were a better movie, but, for once, let's stow any niggling complaints and take heart from the fact that the characters here are as unique as the actresses who play them. How often on screen (or off) do a pair of septuagenarian lesbians get to offer life lessons on love?
For the past 31 years, the two have shared a house on the rugged coast of Maine, and the early odd-couple scenes succinctly show us why. Beneath her tattered cowboy hat, Stella (Dukakis) swears like a lumberjack and is built like one too. By contrast, Dot (Fricker) is plump with a nimbus of grey curls and a lovely Irish lilt. On a summer's eve, Stella curls up with some porn, which Dot can hear but can't see. She's blind, although not to the cultural changes afoot: "Imagine. You can now buy lesbian porn at the gas station." Later that night, they cavort in bed with a vibrator that's no longer put to purposeful use, but whose energetic buzzing remains music to their failing ears.
Enter Dot's straight-arrow granddaughter, court order in hand, to do what's best for her aged relative: the dreaded nursing home, of course. Just as predictably, Stella busts her out of the place, whereupon our geriatric Thelma and Louise hit the open road in a red truck, stopping along the way to pick up their version of Brad Pitt – young hunk Prentice (Ryan Doucette), a wannabe dancer returning to visit his sick mom in Nova Scotia. Indeed, given our saner views on same-sex relationships, the border beckons for the lesbians too: "We'll drive to Canada and then we can get legally married and no one can separate us."
What follows is a picaresque road comedy, adapted by director Thom Fitzgerald from his own stage play, which he cracks open remarkably well, taking scenic advantage of the rolling hills and ocean views en route. This is, at best, a pretty picture. Unfortunately, the humour, much like Dot's failing health, is up and down. Sometimes it's low and sitcom dull, like when "Hey, I don't make the rules" gets met with "That's what Joseph Goebbels said." Other times, though, it rises close to ribald wit, like when the always acerbic Stella hits a smirking waitress with this verbal dart: "If that skirt was any shorter, you'd need another hairnet."
However, the strongest moments aren't the laughs but the lyrical episodes, the sequences where two great actors are allowed to forget the farce and show off their subtle range. Watch for the one where the movie makes good on its title: On a warm afternoon by the sea, a sudden cloudburst sees the giggling ladies totter from the truck to get drenched in the gentle rain, lifting their heads first to nature's embrace and then to each other's, lingering for a deep kiss that seems the very soul of enduring love. Altogether different, but just as remarkable, is a passage that only Dukakis could bring off: Stella's fiercely delivered and surprisingly touching ode to the c-word, by which (sorry patriots) I don't mean Canada.
Alas, it's soon back to clumsiness at the finale, along with a contrived punctuation that even our starring principals can't keep on the safe side of maudlin. Ah, but I promised to forgo those complaints. Better, then, to heed Stella: "Take it from an old broad … If you're ever lucky enough to have a perfect day, don't let go of it, bank it." Well, that cloudburst in Cloudburst is the movie equivalent of a perfect day. I'm banking it.Report Typo/Error
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FSU Basketball At A Glance: The Ferris State women's basketball squad resumes Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) action by hosting Wayne State Wednesday, Jan. 9, in a 6 p.m. (EST) tilt at FSU's Jim Wink Arena in Big Rapids, Mich. The game will be FSU's first contest of the New Year and first outing at home since defeating Saginaw Valley State in the league opener on Nov. 29.
Media Coverage: Wednesday's game can be heard live locally on Bulldog Radio, which is available on Charter TV Channel 21 in Mecosta County or online at www.bulldogradio.org. Also, a live video and audio webcast will be available for the game through B2 Networks for a $6 fee. The webcast can be acccessed via the FSU Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports (Click on B2 Networks icon). Live internet statistics will also be available on the FSU athletics website.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all 2007-08 Bulldog basketball home games will be available at the door one hour prior to tipoff. Single-game general admission ticket prices are $7 while FSU students are admitted free with ID. Call (231) 591-2860 for more information.
About Ferris State: Ferris State University is a NCAA Division II school located in Big Rapids, Mich., with an enrollment of 12,578. The Bulldogs are a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). Big Rapids is located in West Michigan approximately 60 miles north of Grand Rapids or 40 miles west of Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Saturday Road Game: The Bulldogs visit rival Grand Valley State Saturday (Jan. 12) evening for a 6 p.m. (EST) GLIAC outing inside GVSU's Fieldhouse Arena at Allendale, Mich. The game will be televised in Michigan on Comcast Local. Also, the game has been chosen for a free live video webcast by CSTV in partnership with the NCAA. Visit the FSU athletics website (www.ferris.edu/sports) for a link to the webcast.
Home Stretch: Wednesday's game versus Wayne State opens a stretch of four home outings over five games in the next week for FSU. After Saturday's visit to Grand Valley State, the Bulldogs will return home for three more GLIAC games next week inside Wink Arena against Northwood (Jan. 14), Gannon (Jan. 17) and Mercyhurst (Jan. 19). Ferris played three home games in November before having none in December. The Bulldogs have four January home contests and will have four more regular-season home tilts in February.
Dawgs Getting Votes: FSU was listed among other schools receiving votes in this week's (Jan. 8) USA Today/ESPN/Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 poll. The Bulldogs earned three points. No GLIAC schools were listed in the top 25 poll.
FSU Wins Last Outing: Ferris State opened up an 11-point halftime edge and held on to post an 83-73 non-conference victory over Azusa Pacific (Calif.) in the final outing of a three-game trip to California in its most recent action last Monday (Dec. 31) afternoon in Azusa, Calif. Ferris, which had lost each of its three previous games by two points or less on the road, improved to 8-4 overall this season with the win over the nationally top 10-ranked NAIA school in the first-ever series' meeting. Senior forward/center Rachel Folcik (Powers/Carney-Nadeau) had another outstanding game for the Bulldogs with a contest-high 34 points, 15 rebounds and six assists inside Azusa's Felix Event Center. Folcik was joined by junior forward Caitlin Hutchison (Riverview), who finished with 11 points. Junior guard Teghan Thelen (Pewamo/Westphalia) reached double-figure scoring as well with 10 points in the outing. Ferris led 40-29 at halftime and increased the margin to as many as 16 points at 49-33 with 16:50 remaining. The Cougars rallied to take a one-point lead, 59-58, with 7:52 left before the Bulldogs quickly regained the advantage and came out with the victory.
Trip To California: The Bulldogs dropped their initial two games on their trip to California. Ferris suffered a 63-60 loss at Cal-State Dominguez Hills (Dec. 28) and lost on a buzzer-beater at Cal-State San Bernardino (Dec. 29) in the second leg of the three-game trip. Prior to the trip to California, the Bulldogs had never played a team from the West Coast state in game action.
Last Campaign: The FSU women's squad returns three starters and eight letterwinners from one of the most successful seasons in school history. Ferris State, which advanced to the NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional Championship Game for the first time ever last season, was ranked 25th nationally in the final 2006-07 USA Today/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll. The Bulldogs, who prior to last year had never won a NCAA Tournament game, recorded back-to-back wins in their first two national tournament contests en route to the regional runner-up finish. Ferris also compiled a second-place tying 13-5 GLIAC regular-season finish and earned the program's eighth consecutive GLIAC Tournament bid.
This Season: The FSU women's squad returns three starters and eight letterwinners from last season's spectacular NCAA Tourney run. FSU's roster this season also includes seven freshmen, six of whom are new to the program as true freshmen.
Head Coach Tracey Dorow: Tenth-year FSU head coach Tracey Dorow (formerly Tracey Bloodworth-Fisk) presently ranks as Ferris' all-time winningest coach with a current 166-101 (.622) career record at Ferris State. A 1996 graduate of Western Michigan, she guided FSU to a 22-7 mark and the school's first NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional Tourney appearance during the 1999-00 campaign. She spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Lake Michigan College (1994-97) and one season at Indianapolis (1997-98). She also directed FSU to an NCAA Tourney berth in 2003-04 before last season's run to the Sweet Sixteen.
B2 Broadband Webcasts: A live broadband video and audio webcast will be available via B2 Networks for all of FSU's home games this season. The cost is $6 per game and includes live video along with a radio audio feed. To access the service or obtain more info, please visit the FSU Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports.
Live Internet Stats: "Live Stats" of all 2007-08 Ferris State home games will be provided in progress via the internet. Visit the site at www.ferris.edu/sports and click the "Live Stats" icon to access.
GLIAC Games On The Air: FSU women's basketball (GLIAC games only) will be carried live this season through a partnership with Bulldog Radio, a registered student organization on the Ferris campus. The station can be heard locally on television Channel 21 both via on-campus cable and Charter Communications in Mecosta County. A live 24-hour webcast of the signal is also available at www.bulldogradio.org. A link is also available on FSU's Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports (under Bulldog Webcasts).
On The Internet: Ferris State University Athletics' official web site can be found at www.ferris.edu/sports. The site features information on all FSU varsity programs including rosters, stats, yearbooks and more.
GLIAC Player Of The Week: Ferris' Rachel Folcik received the GLIAC North Division Player of the Week honor just prior to the holiday break on Dec. 17, which represented the second time this year and eighth time in her career she's claimed the league weekly distinction. Folcik, who previously earned the award this campaign on Nov. 26, led the Bulldogs to their sixth consecutive victory of the season at Lake Superior State (Dec. 15) to claim the award. Folcik attained the league weekly honor six of the final nine times it was awarded in 2006-07.
Nothing New For FSU: A Bulldog player has earned the conference weekly honor three times to date this season as junior Jenna Guay claimed this season's first divisional weekly honor following her performance in the season-opening Quincy (Ill.) Subway Tipoff Tourney (Nov. 16-17) prior to Folcik receiving the same award twice this year.
The Coaching Staff: The Bulldogs have a new full-time assistant coach this season in Crystal Harris, who played collegiate basketball at the University of California-Riverside. She also has professional playing experience and replaced former assistant coach Justin Rees, who landed a NCAA Division I assistant coaching position at Maine in August. Coach Dorow's father, Rick Bloodworth, returns for his second season as a volunteer assistant coach following a lengthy tenure as a junior college coach at Lake Michigan College from 1987 to 2006.
Bulldog Bites: FSU was the only GLIAC-member women's basketball team to defeat a NCAA Division I foe in exhibition play this preseason as the Bulldogs toppled Central Michigan 83-61 in Mount Pleasant (Nov. 1) ............... The Bulldogs wrapped up a seven-game road swing with last week's win over Azusa Pacific ............. Ferris has currently won 16 of its last 22 games dating back to last season ........ Rachel Folcik has notched a double-double (points and rebounds) in eight games this year, including five of her last six outings. She needs 69 points to notch her 1,500th career point ....... All four of FSU's losses this year have came against teams with two or fewer losses, including two nationally top-five ranked squads in Delta State (Miss.) and Drury (Mo.) ....... The Bulldogs are 67-25 (.728) all-time inside Jim Wink Arena.
The Bulldog Roster: Ferris' 2007-08 roster includes three seniors, four juniors, one sophomore and seven freshmen. Seven of the 15 players are guards while the remaining eight are frontcourt players. Fourteen of the 15 players on the roster hail from Michigan. Rachel Folcik and Teghan Thelen are serving as the Bulldogs' team captains this season.
Ferris Picked Second: Ferris State was picked to finish second in the 2007-08 GLIAC Women's Basketball North Division Preseason Poll, which was announced during the league's media day teleconference (Oct. 24). The poll was chosen for the first time in league history by selected members of the media and the GLIAC's Sports Information Directors. The 30-member group tabbed Grand Valley State and Gannon to win the conference's North and South Division titles, respectively. In addition to the poll, the league also released a Preseason All-GLIAC Team, which was chosen by the conference's head coaches. FSU's Rachel Folcik was among five individuals named to the North Division team and also chosen as the GLIAC's Preseason Player of the Year.
Climbing The List: FSU's Rachel Folcik currently ranks fifth in school history with 1,431 career points and is only 290 shy of tying Lucy DeMartin's school-record total of 1,721 points at FSU. This season, Folcik currently ranks as the squad's leading scorer (21.0 ppg) and rebounder (10.7 rpg). She's reached double-figure scoring in 11 of 12 contests while posting eight double-double (points & rebounds) efforts this campaign. The 2006-07 NCAA Division II Kodak/Women's Basketball Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-American was named to both the All-GLIAC North Division and All-Great Lakes Region First Teams last year in addition to the GLIAC North Division All-Defensive Team. Folcik's 241 made field goals and 602 total points last season were both school single-season marks while her 261 rebounds was the second-highest seasonal figure in FSU history. The 2006-07 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Women's Basketball College Division Second Team pick scored in double-figures 27 times last year and notched 13 double-double performances while averaging 18.8 points per game.
The Bulldog Tradition: The Ferris State women's basketball program, which is midst its 34th season of varsity competition, has compiled a 419-426 (.496) all-time mark. The Bulldogs won their only GLIAC crown, advanced to their first NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional Tournament and
recorded the nation's highest grade point average in 1999-2000. FSU, which claimed GLIAC Tourney runner-up honors in 1999-00, has posted 10 or more victories 11 consecutive seasons.
The Records: Ferris currently owns an 8-4 overall record this season and is 3-0 in GLIAC action to date this year. The Bulldogs have dropped three of their last four games overall, but all three setbacks came on the road by three points or less. WSU presently is 5-6 overall and 1-3 in league action to date this campaign.
Series Information: The Bulldogs maintain a 29-24 series' advantage entering Wednesday's 54th meeting and defeated WSU 93-85 in the last meeting (2/15/07) at Detroit, Mich. FSU head coach Tracey Dorow presently has a 9-1 career coaching record against the Warriors. Ferris has won nine of the last 10 series' encounters to date.
Scouting WSU: WSU is presently 5-6 overall and 2-2 in GLIAC action after last Thursday's (Jan. 3) 93-83 league road setback at Findlay. Wayne State, which is led in scoring by junior guard Jasmine McCall (13.1 ppg), was 10-18 overall in 2006-07 and placed third (8-9) in the GLIAC's South Division. The Warriors, who are coached by eighth-year head coach Gloria Bradley, were picked to finish fourth in the 2007-08 GLIAC South Division Preseason Media Poll. WSU is led by eighth-year head coach Gloria Bradley, who holds a 91-111 (.450) overall record with the Warriors to date.


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Ferran Adria Makes Me Coffee, with Extensive Elaboration...and Joy
Lunch with perhaps one of the most adventurous chefs perhaps in the history of cooking
If you were to ask any 10 chefs in the Western world to name the most influential living practitioners of their craft, chances are good that Ferran Adrià of Barcelona's elBulli would head up many of those lists.
Adrià's influence upon how we think about food is undeniable.
When I got a press invitation to hear Adrià talk about coffee at Eataly's La Scuola last Friday, I couldn't say no.
Adrià is collaborating with Lavazza…but on what, exactly, I'm a little vague. It has something to do with understanding coffee, which Adrià told us, we know nothing about. Absolutely nothing.
"What IS cooking?" Adrià asked a largely dumbfounded audience. Adding shortly thereafter, "Everything you know about cooking is a lie. We are all confused and mixed up. Especially me...The first thing to know is that you know nothing."
Throughout the presentation – which involved a discussion of the "cooking genome" and much parsing of the words "tool" and "technique" – I had the same feeling I used to get in grad school when I'd sit in on philosophy lectures in the Divinity School. Lots and lots of definitions and re-definitions, challenges, ambiguity, and an overall sense that though we were discussing matters of great significance with extremely important implications, there were, ultimately, no answers, and we were just fiddling with vocabulary.
A key point of Adrià's presentation was that what most of us think of as cooking is actually "elaboración," as he put it in his elegant Spanish, and which his translator understandably translated as "elaboration." This, I believe, is an instance of what we call in Italian "falsi amici," false friends. "Elaboración" sounds like "elaboration" but a more literal translation would likely be "making."
And that's what Adrià is: a maker, a creator, an artist, a chef who uses food – who "makes" food – that is expressive.
Whether Adrià is a good philosopher or not, I can't say, but I will say this: nothing he said at this get-together was anything less than highly interesting and frequently amusing. And even if he seemed to over-think -- or over-elaborate -- what might be fundamentally simple ideas, he's clearly a guy who spends a lot of time thinking about food, and there's no doubt his efforts have influenced Western cuisine to an almost incalculable extent.
During the course of his presentation, we were served "coffee caviar," which I liked a lot: caffeinated bomblets of coffee essence, encased (I'm guessing) in one of Adrià's signature alginates, served on cream, a very light and perky dessert.
There was much discussion of the "siphon," a soda jerk's friend that Adrià had used to make the first foams (a culinary practice which now, twenty years later, almost seems quaint). The genesis of foam, as explained by Adrià, was that "In 1994, I had a dream of making mousse without milk or eggs." At the presentation, he used the siphon it to make a foamed coffee, a delightful dessert. The literature explained that this confection, called Èspesso, is "a pure and full-bodied espresso with all the flavor and aroma of traditional coffee, but in a solid format."
Obviously, Lavazza is eager to develop line extensions that would feature coffee as gas, solid, or perhaps even liquid. As Vice-Chairman Giuseppe Lavazza said in his opening remarks, "Coffee is not just a beverage. It's much more complex."
Overall, it was a lunch hour well-spent with one of the most adventurous chefs perhaps in the history of cooking …or elaboration…or whatever. Most importantly, it was joyous, lively and fun – which clearly take precedence over the philosophical foundations of what's being eaten…or anything else, for that matter.
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Raisin Bread Pudding
Brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg will fill your kitchen with sweet aromas and sweet memories of happy faces around your table. Serve this delicious Raisin Bread Pudding with whipped cream or with milk for breakfast for a change of pace.
- 16 slices bread, cubed
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 cans (12 fluid ounces each) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
- 4 large eggs, slightly beaten
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Caramel sauce (optional)
Directions, Reviews, Nutrition
COMBINE bread and raisins in large bowl. Combine evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon and nutmeg in medium bowl. Pour egg mixture over bread mixture; combine well. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish. Let stand for 10 minutes.
BAKE for 35 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle with caramel sauce before serving.
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Wow we all just love it! I have never really like it until now. We have a new family tradition we make it on Sunday's, it's an awesome way to start off the week!
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Serving Size: 1/8 of Recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 395
- Calories from Fat: 141
- Total Fat: 15.6g (24% of DV)
- Saturated Fat: 8.4g (42% of DV)
- Cholesterol: 147mg (49% of DV)
- Sodium: 323mg (13% of DV)
- Carbohydrates: 53.5g (17% of DV)
- Dietary Fiber: 1.2g (5% of DV)
- Sugars: 20.6g
- Protein: 11.3g
- Vitamin A: 14% of DV
- Vitamin C: 3% of DV
- Calcium: 36% of DV
- Iron: 20% of DV
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The online world of Jesse White
Despite the recent convictions of eight ex-legislative leaders and a history of corruption since the Civil War, there is a code of honor among Pennsylvania legislators. Your word is your bond. It's critical to succeeding.
State Rep. Jesse White's online antics — creating fictitious characters and using aliases to anonymously blast his critics — went way over the line. The Cecil Democrat admitted using phony names and photos online to rail against natural gas drilling and to criticize pro-drilling constituents. He was by his own admission "Victoria Adams" and "Janice Gibson." He issued apologies to two constituents.
But those who have watched him for a while claim he was doing a lot more, including anonymously blasting some of his colleagues, occasionally in a crude way. Those who appear to have been hit by White's anonymous posts include Sen. Tim Solobay, D-Washington County, House Majority Whip Stan Saylor, R-York County, Rep. Jim Christiana, R-Beaver County, Rep. Brandon Neuman, D-Washington, and Rep. Brian Ellis, R-Butler County.
Two district attorneys, in Washington and Dauphin, are investigating to see if any crimes were committed. It remains to be seen.
In the end, White's problems might be more political than legal; anonymously criticizing colleagues is a lethal activity in the state Legislature.
There might have been many more aliases than "Victoria" and "Janice." White is in an unfortunate position, given what he did, in that he could be blamed for some posts that weren't his. Sadly, he brought that on himself.
Longtime watchers of White's activity, along with people he has criticized, suspect he had quite a few more names, including "Ashley Jackson" and "Texas Timmy," the latter mocking Sen. Solobay.
"Ashley Jackson's" Facebook page was taken down on May 31 as Trib reporters were making inquiries to White and Democrat leadership about it. White declined to answer questions about whether he had used "Jackson" or "Texas Timmy."
Christiana said he booted "Ashley Jackson" and "Victoria Adams" off his Facebook. He rarely turns anyone down and believes taking criticism is part of the job. But the posts from them were just "relentless," he said.
"They were critical of me. They were critical of natural gas. They were critical of education reform. I just blocked them," Christiana said. Any doubt in your mind it was Jesse? "None," Christiana said.
White claims he used a "stock photo" to depict "Victoria Adams," but other photos have surfaced. It raises the question — if this was White's doing — of how he got them and whose photos were used.
This is not a column aiming to address all White wrote or is believed to have written or all his aliases. The point is that some Pennsylvania lawmakers who were criticized strongly suspect it was White. He has not denied it. And that cripples his ability to be effective in the House.
The House Democrat leadership appears to be out of patience.
Brad Bumsted is the state Capitol reporter for Trib Total Media (717-787-1405 or firstname.lastname@example.com).
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And in all honesty if I did I would keep it and cut all ties with him. No point in forcing a man to be in a child's life and if I did get an abortion it would weigh heavy on me because emotionally and physically I'm not strong enough to do that.
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Dog biscuits are not typically associated with banks. Walk into Metro Bank, however, and you will get just that, and more.
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Dog biscuits are not typically associated with banks. Walk into Metro Bank, however, and you will get just that, and more. The brainchild of American banker Vernon Hill, Metro will be the first new British bank for more than 100 years when it opens in central London, and it is pulling out all the stops to lure customers from the so-called Big Four (Barclays, NatWest-owner Royal Bank of Scotland, HBSC and Lloyds Banking Group).
Gone will be the dour atmosphere, long queues and impossible opening hours that typify British banks. Branches will open 8.00 to 20.00, cashiers will no longer sit behind bullet-proof glass and pets are welcome – with biscuits available for any hungry passing pooch, customer or not.
Setting up a bank is complex and expensive, and traditionally there has been little incentive. But after a turbulent few years, that is changing. The credit crunch has shaken both the economies of the banking sector and the public perception of it: the British public no longer trust bankers, blaming them for the recession and the billions of debt the country has been saddled with.
At the same time, lending margins have improved. In less than two years, the credit glut has turned into a shortage, as once aggressive lenders cut back on activity or quit the market altogether, while the ones that remain are more selective about the terms on which they lend. So while demand remains high, supply has dwindled.
Technological advances, meanwhile, have simplified the processes involved in running a bank – an extensive branch network is no longer essential – and the political will for more competition is strong.
Little surprise then that Metro is not the only bank focused on the UK. City grandee Lord Levene, US private equity firm JC Flowers and Spain's Santander are all understood to be looking at entering the market or, in the case of Santander, to step up their existing presence.
Metro is the first though, opening on 29 July. The gregarious Hill, 64, is well versed in launching banks, setting up the New Jersey-based Commerce Bank in 1973; it sold for $8bn in 2007. (He has various other business interests, including chairing Petplan insurance, perhaps explaining his fondness for animals.)
For all the changes, the British market will still be hard to crack. The Big Four have vast resources at their disposal, competition is fierce and customers, no matter how exasperated with their bank, have traditionally been reluctant to switch accounts. The regulator will also be keeping a watchful eye: to award a banking licence and then see that business fail would be calamitous.
The pitfalls are many. But conditions are ripe for new players. Dog biscuits many not be enough to snaffle significant market share, but they are certainly a start.
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"It's one day before the fight and every thing is lining up exactly the way that I thought it would. The Klitschko brothers are up to their old tricks. Over the last few days, I've done a lot of media and at each event one of the Klitschko brothers has tried to get under my skin.
"At the open public workout on Thursday, I stole the show. I had a mob of people asking me for autographs and pictures everywhere I went and I spent hours and hours greeting fans. I think that made Vitali a little angry so when it was time for me to work out, he spent most of his time taunting me and trying to get me to take the bait.
"It didn't work and I let him know it. I also let his brother know that after I knock out Vitali, he's next.
"On Friday at the weigh-in, it was more nonsense. Dr. Frankenstein and his promoter think that is okay for him to wear one set of gloves that favors him and me to wear a set that make it difficult for me to fight.
"For some reason, even though Vitali is supposed to be the baddest man on the planet, he is obsessed with trying to rig everything in his favor. From the gloves, to the size of the ring, to the selection of the judges, Dr. Ironhead has tried every thing he can to get an advantage. Thank god that there will be testing for drug, because after what he and his team have been pulling this week, nothing would surprise me.
"Its ok though, because on Saturday, he won't be able to hide behind anyone. It's going to be just me and him and boy payback is you know what. I'm all set for this fight. My body is right, my mind is right and my game plan is set. When I'm in this type of mindset, know one can stop me. I'm on my way.
"Look out WBC, you guys are going to need to make me a new belt that says Kingpin because not only will I win, I'm going to reign for a long time."
Televised on HBO, Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) will take on Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KOs) for the WBC heavyweight championship on December 12.


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The Boston Celtics traveled to Detroit to face the Pistons Wednesday night, coming off of a tough loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. In general, the Celtics have seemed mired in a mid-season quagmire as they face injuries and what is only now becoming an easier schedule.
The Celtics played well in the first half, forcing turnovers and making shots, but the Pistons switched to a zone defense in the second half. The Celtics could not come up with a way to penetrate the new defense and, combined with no help from their bench whatsoever, became so frustrated that they lost all control of the game. Hot hands for Pistons turned the score the other way, and Boston lost, 92-86.
There were certainly some bright spots in Wednesday's loss. Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo each scored 21 points. Rondo also chipped in seven assists and eight rebounds, getting close to the triple-double he always seems to flirt with. However, Pierce's and Rondo's performances were just silver linings to a very dark storm cloud of Celtics offense.
The offense played well in the first half, forcing turnovers and scoring on fast-breaks with relative ease. But they could do nothing against the new defense the Pistons put in place in the second half. Worse than that, they let the defense get in their heads. They shot poorly, they passed poorly (a rarity with this Celtics team, win OR lose), and they played without any energy. From the first half it seemed like the Celtics could run over the Pistons at will. Against this new defense, they slowed down and started jamming passes to doubly-covered teammates. It led to Boston turnovers that Detroit turned into easy fast-break points.
The biggest problem with the Celtics defensively Wednesday night was rebounding. The Celtics gave up 13 offensive rebounds on their way to getting out-rebounded 45-35. Giving teams with scorers second-chance shots like that is a surefire way to blow leads and lose games. And when they DID rebound, too many Celtics turned and sprinted up-court without making sure the rebound had been secured. Several Celtics rebounds ended when a Piston would just steal the ball from the rebounder and score again.
The Celtics defense played with the same lack of energy that they offense did, and in the second half it cost them. The Pistons were able to run circles (quite literally, sometimes) around Celtics defenders. They penetrated when they wanted to, kicked it out to the corners when they wanted to (only four three-pointers, but they were all big ones, including one to ice the game with 55 seconds left on the clock), and played with far more heart, energy and rhythm than the Celtics did.
The Celtics deserved to lose this game Wednesday night. They played an awful second half that lacked any passion or force. It raises the question of whether or not the Celtics care that they are underachieving as badly as they are. Injuries and instability on the front line can be blamed for SOME of this malaise, but this is a Celtics team filled with veterans and leaders. Someone has to step up and get this team going in the right direction again.
The Atlantic Division is weak enough that they should make the playoffs with relative ease. But, for the Celtics to DO anything once the playoffs start, they will need to find their passion once again. The Celtics, like the ad says, are definitely "reloaded." The question is: are they "rejuvenated" enough to win?
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Once again, an embarrassing performance against a second rate team. I suppose the Celtics are now officially a second rate team as well. Maybe everybody will stop getting up for them now that they've shown just what they're made of. Pierce and Rondo are the only bright spots. I would have included Perkins, but his inability to set a pick without fouling, and his woeful passing of late, is offsetting his shot blocking and high shooting percentage. I can't even begin to understand our bench. Baby looks totally lost out there, House is completely undependable, Sheldon Williams is invisible, and Tony Allen has no offensive coherence. Meanwhile, Doc continues to ignore the existence of Walker and Giddens and I fully expect them to be traded for another ancient veteran to some team that actually gives them a chance to become stars.
It's getting damned hard to even watch these guys. There is no team in the league except New Jersey – maybe – that can't take them out in the second half. Old age? Disinterest? Misplaced cockiness? Take your pick.


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VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 1 is the supported VMware ESXi version for the sever nodes on PowerEdge VRTX. The RAID controller used in VRTX is "Shared PERC8" for the shared storage management. The driver for Shared PERC8 (the low-latency internal shared storage) is included from the Dell customized VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 1 Image (A01 Revision) which can be downloaded from support.dell.com.
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