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NFL Draft: Did Teddy Bridgewater really 'fall' to the 32nd pick?
Formerly thought of as a potential No. 1 overall pick, how did Teddy Bridgewater slide until the end of the first round.
Teddy Bridgewater was happy to be drafted by Minnesota. (USATSI)
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NEW YORK -- Teddy Bridgewater's pro day back in March was hardly a success.
His decision not to wear gloves backfired. Critiques about his frame stood out. And in the lead-up to the 2014 NFL Draft his draft stock took a nosedive in the following weeks. When speculation ramped up that he might fall out of the NFL Draft's first round, Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner sought to comfort the former Louisville quarterback.
"Don't worry about your workout," Turner told Bridgewater. "It was not as bad as everybody is going to tell you it was."
Maybe pro days don't help potential No. 1 quarterbacks -- Johnny Manziel, after all, had one of the buzziest pro days of all, yet he tumbled to No. 22 overall -- but, as Bridgewater discovered, they may hurt you.
Still, is that the reason Bridgewater tumbled from the potential top spot to No. 32, where the Vikings -- reportedly under the advice of Turner, who supposedly banged the table in order to convince general manager Rick Spielman that Bridgewater was their man -- traded back into the first round to grab him just before the first round ended?
Did one bad 68-minute workout kill Bridgewater's chances?
"What everybody has to understand is that the No. 1 [ranking] is not made by people who make the decisions in the draft," said former longtime Cowboys personnel man Gil Brandt on Saturday, a few hours before the final day of the NFL Draft began. "Consequently, in an effort to get there first and to get their name out there, people came out and made those statements. Bridgewater is a good player. Bridgewater is not a great player."
Brandt isn't saying Bridgewater won't become a great player. It's just that Bridgewater's not one at the moment, and perhaps that more than his subpar pro day, was the real reason 30 teams passed over him before the Vikings decided to take their chances.
Bridgewater was happy Minnesota did. And when he emerged at his post-draft news conference, with that purple Vikings ballcap sitting on his head, he took a deep breath and exhaled all the pressure that had been building on his so-called slender hips and skinny knees.
"Two weeks," he said, "can feel like two years."
He's joking. But not really. Because he knew the pro day had hurt his draft stock among the decision-makers. Or that's the way the rest of us perceived it. Either way, it wasn't good. But, Brant said, it wasn't all Bridgewater's fault.
"They did a terrible job of working him out," said Brandt.
For one, Brandt said, Bridgewater didn't don the gloves he normally wears during football games. That's because Bridgewater had been preparing for the pre-draft workouts in Florida, and since the weather was warm, he tossed aside the gloves. Before his pro day began, he figured he didn't need them. Brandt also points to the decision to keep Bridgewater almost entirely under center during his pro day instead of allowing him to take shotgun snaps.
A few minutes after he was drafted, Bridgewater was asked when he knew the pro day would present problems for him.
"Right after the pro day," he said. "But everything that I took away from it made the [private] workouts even easier. The pro day happened because of my decisions. I knew if I made the right decisions [afterward], I knew it would be easy."
The decision he regrets was the decision not to wear gloves. He wore them during his private workouts, and he said he fared better. But because the pro day was televised nationally, everybody who has some kind of voice as an NFL Draft analyst could drop him in their mock drafts.
Yet, Bridgewater, looking back on the ordeal, doesn't see that pro day as a negative.
He took it as a chance to learn something. He learned to stay true to himself. He learned not to screw with prior success. He learned that if he became one of the best college players in America when he wore gloves, maybe he should wear the gloves when he's auditioning for the pros.
But maybe none of what would have mattered anyway. Because maybe Bridgewater was never really that highly-regarded in the first place.
"If you asked the coaches or scouts ahead of time just how good he was, nobody would have said he's the first pick of the draft," Brandt said. "It was a media creation."
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Orecchiette W/Caramelized Onions, Sugar Peas/Ricotta Cheese
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This recipe is total "comfort food" as far as I am concerned! Bon Appetit Magazine, June 2009 edition. Maria Helm Sinskey is the author of Williams Sonoma Family Meals. Made a few changes to suit our needs and to try and make some more people happy.;) I think a nice rose, a sliced tomato salad with an olive oil and "vinegar" vinaigrette, warm bread and butter and a scrumptious fresh fruit salad of berries and cantelope will round out the meal very nicely! :)
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 4 cups packed chopped onions
- 8 ounces trimmed sugar snap peas, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 8 ounces orecchiete pasta (little ear-shaped pasta) or 8 ounces pasta shells
- 1⁄2 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1⁄4 cup torn fresh basil leaf
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
- mrs. dash extra spicy seasoning or mrs dash italian seasoning
- fresh coarse ground black pepper (optional)
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat.
- Add onions.
- Saute until onions are pale golden, about 6 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium; saute onions until tender and deep golden, about 15 minutes longer.
- Transfer 3/4 cup sauteed onions to a small bowl;reserve for another dish.
- Add peas to onions in skillet.
- Saute until peas are crisp tender, about 3 minutes.
- Remove skillet from heat.
- Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite.
- Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup of cooking liquid.
- Add pasta and 1/2 cup cooking liquid to onion mixture; stir over medium high heat 30 seconds.
- Mix in ricotta, basil (if using), lemon peel and lots of black pepper, adding more cooking liquid to moisten as needed.
- Season with either of Mrs Dash's seasonings, black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes (if using), to taste.

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King County resident profiles – Volunteers' leader
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EarthCorps AmeriCorps staff person Mike Friedhoff leads volunteer events in Kirkland and elsewhere. His co-workers describe him as "charismatic and inspiring." Thanks Mike for visiting with us, and for everything you do!
Q: How did you get started with EarthCorps?
A: I first began working with EarthCorps in February of 2012 as a Corps member and never thought that I would love working with volunteers. I remember my first volunteer event - it was April at Duwamish Alive, one of the largest events that EarthCorps hosts each year, and I was terrified at the idea that I had to lead a group of 30 volunteers. I was petrified until the moment that I was front and center explaining the work that we were going to do for the day, and then my nerves were settled.
The rest of the event went about the same, thinking I was going to do something hugely wrong, but everything going well in the end. At the end of the event is when it really hit me that working with volunteers was very inspiring. When my program ended I decided to come back for a second year as a Volunteer Specialist, with a greater focus working with and managing volunteers.
Q: How were you inspired when you were younger?
A: I enjoy working with volunteers because I remember one of my teachers, Mr. Finn, and how excited he got me about Marine Biology - the stories he told and the passion that he had. I was inspired to want to help the environment. Now that I am working with volunteers, a lot of the time youth, I just hope that I can be that spark to motivate someone to go into the environmental field.
Q: What do you enjoy most about your work?
A: I really enjoy seeing the amount of work a group of volunteers can get done in four hours. It is especially amazing when a large event such as Duwamish Alive happens and there are 700-plus people all working to clean up a park.
Q: How many communities have you helped?
A: When I first think about that question, I want to say that each park that I work in, I help that community. But at the same time I have to think about all the volunteers and the fact that they may not live in that area, but could also be helping their community as well. It is somewhat of a ripple effect. I could help teach someone how to pull out invasive weeds in one area, and they take their skills and apply it elsewhere.
Q: How can people get involved in outdoor environmental volunteering?
A: There are many different ways that people can join in and help out the environment, and going to weekly volunteer events is only one way to do this. There are many other programs that organizations like EarthCorps have. One option would be to become a Forest Steward for a site. Forest Stewards are trained on how to take care of a park or green space that one feels particularly passionate about, or lives close to. This means that you would be learning how to run and manage volunteer events. You would learn in-depth about the ecosystem of the park, and you would be responsible to help make sure the park is healthy.
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Ryan began his journey with Lindsey Wilson College in fall of
1996 as a freshman on the main campus. At this time he was
fortunate to have received a track and cross country scholarship
that paid his tuition as he worked toward his Human Services
Degree. During his four year undergraduate program experience, he
had the opportunity to travel across North America as part of
Lindsey Wilson's Track/Cross Country Program.
After graduation with his Bachelor degree in spring 2000, Ryan
married his high school sweetheart, and fellow Lindsey Wilson
alumna, Fran Napier. They began their life together in a small
apartment on Lindsey Wilson's campus as Ryan worked as an apartment
manager for the Residence Life Department, while pursuing his
Master's in Mental Health Counseling and Human Development. During
those two years he and his wife welcomed their baby girl, Abby,
into the world. During that time Ryan worked as a graduate
assistant to the Human Services Department, an Apartment Manager
for Residence Life, a Mental Health Associate for a local Mental
Health Agency, went to school full-time, and began his new role as
a father.
After completing his Master Degree in 2002, Ryan's family
returned home to Harlan County, and Ryan began his stint with the
Extended Campus Programs as coordinator of the Southeast Kentucky
Community and Technical College. Ryan pioneered the first
Bachelor's and Master's program at SKCTC, seeing the first
undergraduate class graduate in December 2003.
Ryan is pleased to serve Lindsey Wilson now as the Director of
Enrollment for the School of Professional Counseling, supervising
all of our extension sites. Ryan's passion continues to be
teaching in the undergraduate program, but finds rewards in playing
a part in the enrollment of nearly nine hundred students across our
sites. He finds much fulfillment taking part in the Mental Health
Movement that LIndsey Wilson College initiated across
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Santa Rosa – Petaluma – Ukiah – Lakeport
Santa Rosa Child Custody Attorney
Our Santa Rosa child custody attorneys at Beck Law P.C., understand that it is important yet difficult to work out child custody arrangements. Our child custody rights lawyers are here to help you with the negotiations and understandings that need to be reached so that you can continue to be there for your child. We do it all – from mediation to working out supervised visitation, arguing for more child support or talking about joint custody arrangements. Our child custody rights attorneys use their personal experience with divorce matters, their years of experience in family court, and their knowledge of government agencies such as Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) to represent you well, in and out of court. Our goal is to be there for you and help you determine and work out arrangements that are in the best interests of your children.
Our Santa Rosa child custody attorneys are ready to represent you in court, at hearings and trial, and out of court in settlements and disputes. Our lead child custody rights lawyer in Santa Rosa has over thirty years of legal experience with visitation rights and custody issues.
We can assist you with:
- Seeking a Child Custody and/or Child Visitation Rights Order
- Modifying a Child Custody and/or Child Visitation Rights Order
- Mediation regarding Child Custody
- Seeking a Domestic Violence Restraining Order, to protect you and/or your children
- Grandparent Rights
- Arguing against Contempt of Court charges for an alleged violation of a Domestic Violence Restraining Order, in which your former spouse made false allegations regarding your behavior
Our services for Sonoma County child custody clients include:
- Consultation: so that you can take steps to represent yourself in court or child custody mediation effectively
- Limited scope representation: making one or more court appearances for you
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- Full representation in Sonoma County child custody proceedings
Petaluma Child Custody Attorney
With over 30 years of legal experience, a practice division devoted to child custody and family law, and as a father of three children, attorney Daniel Beck not only understands the legal issues surrounding child custody matters, but can also empathize with the personal aspects of child custody. Attorney Beck and his team handles child custody and family law issues throughout Sonoma County, Mendocino County, and Lake County California. Some other child custody issues include grandparent's rights as well as father's rights as they pertain to child custody matters.
Determining Child Custody in Sonoma County
At Beck Law P.C. we are convinced that if a loving and safe environment did not exist in a family for their children prior to the divorce, every effort must be taken to develop a parenting plan which ensures that such an environment will exist after the divorce and or legal separation. Our Sonoma County family lawyers treat every child custody matter with this objective in mind and vigorously pursue this goal as we assist our clients in resolving their child custody disputes. Wherever possible, we attempt to do so efficiently and in such a way to minimize the emotional hardships that can arise in such child custody situations.
Child Custody Disputes in Sonoma County
Child custody disputes, or disagreements if you will are remedied when the court determines, based on the evidence presented, what the court feels to be in the best interest of your child or children. Though the court does attempt to keep both parents active and participating in their child's life, there are several factors which could influence the outcome as the court determines what is in the best interest of the children involved. In most cases, the court will work to keep both parents involved in a child's life. However, there can be factors which could have an impact of what the court ends up deciding.
- Economic Standing: the court will often time grant custody to the parent who can provide their child with a better suitable environment be it quality of neighborhood, as well as other factors.
- Condition of Surroundings: the court will generally attempt to keep the child in the same community, school, environment, etc.
- Parental Reliability: what is the mental, emotional state of the parents? Is the parent reliable and stable? Does the parent suffer from addictions, physical or mental health issues? Is there a history of criminal behavior or improper or poor decisions as to what the child is exposed to in the home and much more.
- Status Quo: what if any is the nature of an existing custody agreement? Has that custody agreement been previously agreed to and in effect?
- Siblings: the court commonly attempts to keep brothers and sisters together, but then again, the courts usually can't overlook the fact that at that moment in time, the needs of siblings can differ and the court does have the power to divide custody between the parents.
- Rapport with the Parent
- Rapport with others in the Household
- Desires expressed by the Child
Child Custody and Divorce Lawyer
Do you have questions about a child custody situation or any other family law issue in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Ukiah or anywhere else in Sonoma County, Mendocino County or Lake County California? If so, please do not hesitate to contact us to make an appointment for a free initial consultation where the particulars of your situation can be discussed.
Child Custody Related Blog Posts by Beck Law P.C.
- Determining Child Custody and Visitation Through Mediation
- Do Mothers Have an Advantage in Custody Disputes?
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Child Custody | Legal Custody, Physical Custody, Joint Custody, Sole Custody and More
- International Child Custody Case Reaches the United States Supreme Court
- Can California Grandparents Adopt their Grandchildren
- The Tom Cruise Case: High Bar to Obtain Sole Custody
- Determining the Best Interest of the Child
- Medical Marijuana and Child Custody Issues
- Can My Smoking Habit Affect My Child Custody Case
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Rudy's character was far too big and bulky, and Lumumba's sounded Jamaican.
I parked the stroller at the base of the metal slide and wrestled Julia in her bulky snowsuit out of the belted contraption.
The town square is stuffed with a half dozen bulky war memorials.
In the old AA terminals, you could see the bulky old-gen scanners sitting in the arrivals halls.
Autographer is Narrative for video but made by Brits, bulky, and expensive.
He made reforms; he also took In hand the bulky Doomsday book.
Though the body is bulky, it is yet light, and easily sustained by the wings.
Senator Markham, the bulky, red-faced Chairman greeted them.
No bird would be likely to carry about such a bulky thing as that.
At last the cave is pronounced spick and span, and the doorway thought wide enough to admit the bulky prey.


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Medical Definition of Enterococcus
Enterococcus: Bacteria normally found in the feces. Two types, Enterococcus fecalis and Enterococcus fecium, cause human disease, most commonly in the form of urinary tract and wound infections. Other infections, including those of the blood stream (bacteremia), heart valves (endocarditis), and the brain (meningitis) can occur in severely ill patients in hospitals. Enterococci also often colonize open wounds and skin ulcers, and are among the most common antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Homemade Power Bars
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A delicious, high fiber power bar made of whole foods, with soy protein, and nuts, sweetened only with dates, and a little 70% dark chocolate on top.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 10 ounces silken low-fat tofu, drained well (almost the whole package)
- 15 large medjool dates, pitted
- 1⁄4 cup coconut oil
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1⁄4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1⁄4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1⁄4 cup ground flax seeds
- 1⁄2 cup pecans or 1⁄2 cup walnuts or 1⁄2 cup almonds
- 1⁄4 cup dried cranberries (optional) or 1⁄4 cup raisins (optional) or 1⁄4 cup chopped dried fruit (optional)
- 6 ounces 70% dark chocolate
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Puree the tofu, dates and coconut oil in a blender.
- Transfer this paste to a bowl.
- Add oats and nuts and seeds and dried fruits as you desire.
- Spray coat a 9x13 inch pan.
- Spread the mixture evenly into the pan.
- Cook for 30 minutes, or until firm and browned.
- Melt the chocolate in a microwaveable bowl.
- Spread melted chocolate over the top of the bars.
- Allow to cool for at least 1 hour, or put in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Cut into small 1x3 or 2x4 inch pieces, they are very filling!
- These keep well for a week in the fridge, or for 3 months in the freezer. I freeze 3/4 of my batch and eat them straight out of the freezer, they're not too hard!


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The following speculative comment can be restored if there is a citation available. I know there is proof that Bashir's spy program in general was based on the Bond series, but I don't recall a specific reference to Largo.
Falcon's eyepatch is likely a reference to Bond villain Emilio Largo, who was a member of Ernst Blofeld's S.P.E.C.T.R.E.--31dot 01:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


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We have launched a new version of our article creation page, this time in a tabbed format. It lets you easily add new articles on various topics, as it preloads the necessary templates and categories for you to fill in.
Person infobox
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Item article layout
After a lengthy discussion about the new policies, we are also introducing new format for items (particularly weapons and armor) that can be found in multiple games. Previously, the generic name, like Laser rifle, functioned as a disambiguation page, while the stats for the same item for each game, if a given item was the same in-universe, were listed on the same page (e.g. Wattz 2000 Laser Rifle, with stats for both FO1/2 and for FOT).
In our new version, on the other hand, the generic title is an overview page, like at Laser pistol, and there are separate pages with game-specific info for each game an item of a given type appears in with different stats, regardless of whether it is the same item in-universe, or not. We think that this helps us avoid the pages being cluttered, while pages for each game are still not entirely disconnected from each other. Tell us what you think about it.
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The weekly digest is a weekly summary of The Vault's internal news with the purpose to help editors keep up with what's going on at the wiki. It is the place to mention all the small things and improvements which do not justify an own news item and will be posted weekly on the main page. If you think that something should be added to the next digest, please list it here.


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SYDNEY coach John Longmire signed a three-year senior coaching agreement with the Swans, a full two seasons before taking the job.
An intriguing new layer in the Swans' version of a coaching ''Kirribilli agreement'' has emerged, with the revelation that Longmire put pen to paper agreeing to a three-year deal that ran simultaneously with that of his colleague and now predecessor Paul Roos.
The contract was only to be triggered in the event Roos stepped down before his contracted final season of 2011 - which he did. Had Roos completed his contracted term, the Longmire deal would have been null and void.
Sydney chief executive Andrew Ireland has revealed the secret contract on the eve of the Swans' battle tomorrow with Longmire's old club North Melbourne. Longmire was due to fly to Melbourne to interview for the Kangaroos' senior coaching position at the end of 2009 and had prepared his presentation. That situation forced Roos - fearful that Longmire would be lost to the club - to bring forward his retirement announcement.
''We always felt, and Paul had indicated as much, that he might not complete his contract, which we understood,'' Ireland told The Saturday Age.
''Even though he had signed for three years, we felt that if Paul stepped down, we had a complete senior coach in John Longmire. The board and administration were confident that it was sensible to secure John and when Paul realised about the North Melbourne situation, it perhaps made him announce his decision a bit earlier than he planned.''
Ireland explained that the fact the contract was already in place - having been overseen by chairman Richard Colless, then football boss Ireland, and Longmire's manager Liam Pickering - explained why Longmire's appointment was made with such remarkable speed.
''Roosy came to see me at breakfast time to tell me of his decision and at 11 am we called a press conference announcing John as coach,'' he said. ''I never saw a downside in it. Here was a case of someone who we really believed could do the job and he was within our organisation.''
In a week in which Collingwood's uneasy transition between Mick Malthouse and Nathan Buckley again made headlines, Ireland refused to compare the Collingwood deal with that of Sydney's, saying only that the decision worked well because it came at a time when neither party was under pressure. While Roos signed his final three-year deal in 2008, Longmire's contract was signed in March 2009.
And it has also emerged that Colless, the AFL's longest-serving chairman entering his 19th season, had given Ireland a verbal assurance he would not step down without giving the board 12 months' notice. Colless said yesterday he could not say beyond doubt that he would head the Swans' board in 2013, but the club's situation had him ''invigorated''.
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A report by a committee of lawmakers highlights the slow initial response to the emergence of the disease in the neighbouring Chinese province of Guangdong.
It also says mistakes were made in containing its spread once it took hold in the territory.
Sars infected 1,755 in Hong Kong and killed 299 between March and June 2003.
Earlier investigations into what went wrong failed to single out individuals whose mistakes contributed to the spread of Sars in Hong Kong.
However, the new report focuses on the decisions made by senior officials in response to the crisis.
It says that, even though at least six newspapers in Hong Kong had carried reports of a new disease spreading over the border in China by early February of 2003, by that point the government had not managed to obtain any information about the outbreak.
Phone calls to Chinese officials were not answered, faxes were ignored, but no-one from the Department of Health was despatched to investigate.
The man in charge of health policy in Hong Kong, Dr Yeoh Eng-Kiong was not alert enough, the report says.
His attempts to reassure the public were confusing and misleading and he is criticised for attempting to downplay the seriousness of the outbreak.
The committee stops short of calling for anyone to resign. But it says Hong Kong needs a new contingency plan to deal with serious outbreaks of infectious disease in the future.
Government reaction
However the report, which follows a six-month inquiry, credited the city's much-criticised chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, for making a number of "strategic decisions" in controlling last year's outbreak.
Mr Tung said the government would carefully study the findings and recommendations of the report.
In a statement, he said: "The government has taken the lessons learnt from this humbling experience very seriously and will continue with its work to prevent and control infectious diseases."
He said a government-appointed Sars expert committee had already conducted a comprehensive review and made a number of recommendations to address the inadequacies of the healthcare system in handling large-scale outbreaks of infectious diseases.
The government has already implemented many of these recommendations and is in the process of putting the remaining ones in place.


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About the Book
The Tempest In My Eden is a very short collection of works from a period in my own
life when love was the theme – blinding, heartbreaking, breathtaking.
My poetry is my inner mind exposed. I write mainly for myself, but if in reading you find
something of yourself also, then I hope I will have touched you, provoked you, or brought to mind memories long faded.
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I love smoothies! They are great for workout recovery or a creamy and refreshing afternoon treat. I've been experimenting with some new flavor combinations lately and this was one I just had to share with you! Banana, peach and orange with just a hint of ginger and nutmeg make for a flavorful, nutrient rich treat.
This smoothie has some hidden benefits, as well. I added a bit of turmeric, which you can't even taste, for it's anti-inflammatory properties - just what your body needs after a hard workout. And, instead of regular ice cubes, I used green tea ice cubes to boost this smoothie's antioxidant power.
To make the green tea ice cubes, I like to brew a big batch of green tea and just pour the tea into an extra ice cube tray that I have reserved just for my special green tea ice cubes. They are great in smoothies or in iced tea because they stop the tea from getting watered down as the ice cubes melt.
Ill stop giving instructions on how to make ice cubes so you can get out there and make this smoothie! Do you have a favorite smoothie flavor?
Peachy Keen Smoothie
Serves: 2
Time: 10 minutes
1 banana, sliced
1 orange, peeled and quartered
1 peach, pit removed and quartered
1 cup coconut milk
4 green tea ice cubes
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp turmeric
Water (as needed)
Place all ingredients in a blender.
Blend until smooth. If needed, add water until desired consistency is reached.
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The Hills Were Joyful Together
Published by Peepal Tree Press
Struggling to survive in the Kingston tenement yard, Surjue falls under the spell of the trickster figure Flitters. Arrested for robbery, he finds himself sentenced to the appalling world of a Jamaican colonial prison, far from his woman, surrounded by his suffering people.
This is a brutal and stark novel, full of Mais's prophetic rage and railing against the imprisonment felt both inside and outside jail. And whilst the novel displays an unflinching and deeply distressing realism, it is unquestionably also a work of art with a genuinely tragic vision.
Roger Mais (1905-1955) was born into a comfortable, educated middle-class Jamaican family. He was swept up in the riots and workers rebellion of 1938, and thereafter was a wholly committed activist and Jamaican nationalist. His 1944 critique of Churchill's imperialist ideology, Now We Know, brought Mais to court and he was sentenced to six months in prison for sedition. The Hills Were Joyful Together was originally published in 1951, followed by Brother Man in 1954 and Black Lightning in 1955. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Jamaica in 1978.


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Elizabeth Bishop
Sestina - Poem by Elizabeth Bishop
September rain falls on the house.
In the failing light, the old grandmother
sits in the kitchen with the child
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Comments about Sestina by Elizabeth Bishop
Perry Collins (12/18/2012 9:21:00 PM)
once again beautiful, a bit haunting, and so it begins... never mind the choice of words, never mind the syntax, and what the fuck is syntax, there's the old saying expect the worse of people and you'll never be disappointed, i could never figure the how or why of any of this shit, you need to come home she said, what home? I haveg no home, the pain the anguish of knowing it s all for naught, its all gone all of it and what of it? nothing and nothingness, always the cost, never mind the value, and was there any value? now its time to find that place in time, lose the self to he ages asking what do you do when you have done everything.. do it all again, only far better than before..... (Report) Reply
J.b. Lebuert (2/28/2012 6:18:00 PM)
If people only understood the challenges and difficulty of writing a sestina poem then the rating for this great poem would be higher. It is one of the ost difficult structured poems that I have ever attempted. (Report) Reply
ilia Altshuler (2/7/2012 6:24:00 AM)
I think: That the repeating pattern of the words: almanac, stove, house, child, tears, grandmother, suggest that the grand mother and the child are left alone, trapped in a continuous vicious annual circle. the tears suggest the tragic absence of the parents and the grandfather and perhaps the coming death of the grandmother. The last three lines which end with almanac, stove, house, suggest that the only thing that will survive is the house the almanac and the stove - the tears here are symbolical and stand for the more general mourn about the human mortality, (Report) Reply
Anessa Buff (1/12/2012 5:12:00 PM)
It appears to me that the man in the boy's drawing is the grandfather. Since the grandfather does not have a role in the poem, one can assume that the grandfather has passed away. So as to avoid any feelings of pain, the grandmother busies herself about the stove. The poem even states that the laughing and talking have the purpose of hiding the grandmother's tears. (Report) Reply
Oliver Hansen (12/22/2011 10:54:00 AM)
Hello Christina, well it has been nearly four years since your post, but I have an English final soon, and this topic is on the final so I thought I would try my hand at explaining.
A sestina (or a sestine, sextine, or sextain) is a seven stanza poem, as you may have noticed. The first six stanzas consist of six lines and the last one of three, called an 'envoi.' Something I find really interesting about them is way the last word of each line repeats itself: 'house, tears, child, almanac, stove, and grandmother.' This pattern is traditional in sestinas.
I feel this poem is about a loving household, where the grandmother cares for the child. They have a good time together and it is mixed with sadness from the grandmother. Maybe it's her mortality or the child's innocence she cries at. (Report) Reply
Christina Parker (3/28/2008 4:12:00 PM)
I like the poem, can someone explain it better to me though. (Report) Reply
Elizabeth Bishop's Other Poems
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Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch left the playing field with a fractured right collarbone in the second quarter of tonight's preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Steelers won the Heinz Field game, 16-10.
There was no immediate word on how long Batch would be out but it probably would be at least a month and likely more.
Unless the Steelers pick up another quarterback in the meantime rookie Dennis Dixon likely will serve as No. 2 with rookie Mike Potts No. 3.
Batch left the field with 5:59 left in the second quarter one play after he ran six yards on a broken play. He took the next snap and handed off to Gary Russell, then walked off the field with a team doctor.
Dixon replaced Batch in the lineup.
The Steelers took the opening kickoff tonight and drove 80 yards for a touchdown to take a 7-3 lead over Eagles at the end of the first quarter.
Santonio Holmes caught a quick third-down pass near the line of scrimmage from Ben Roethlisberger and ran 19 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown to stake the Steelers to a 7-0 lead.
The Eagles came right back on their first possession to score on David Akers' 28-yard field goal late in the quarter.
Philadelphia took the lead early in the second quarter on Donovan McNabb's third-down, three-yard pass to Jason Davis. The Eagles stayed with their first team offense while the Steelers deployed their second-team defense on that drive.
Jeff Reed tied it at 10-10 with a 20-yard field goal late in the second quarter and the score remained tied through the third quarter.


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Williamsville gets green light from state DOT for Main Street traffic signal
There's good news for pedestrians dodging vehicles on Main Street in Williamsville.
The state Department of Transportation has given the green light to install a new type of traffic signal that will help pedestrians cross midblock, Williamsville officials announced Tuesday.
The DOT approved plans for the so-called HAWK signal, or high-intensity activated crosswalk beacon, which is viewed by Williamsville officials as a critical piece of the plan to calm traffic along the heavily traveled route and make Main Street more walkable in the heart of the village.
Williamsville officials made the announcement at a news conference in Village Hall.
"I feel a little more safe and a little less nervous for pedestrians in the Village of Williamsville today," Trustee Daniel O. DeLano said. "Thank you to the DOT for realizing this is an integral part of our 'Picture Main Street' initiative and for making it safer for our residents and visitors."
The HAWK signal would be installed in the 5500 block of Main – the village core – in front of the Williamsville Branch Library, between Village Hall and Town Hall. That section of Main also has Island Park to the south and Glen Park to the north.
The problem in this area, according to village officials, is that the nearest crosswalks are at Cayuga Road to the west and Mill Street to the east – about a fifth of a mile from each other – both of which are hazardous crossings for pedestrians.
More than 45,000 vehicles use Main each day, officials said.
The HAWK signal, however, is activated by pedestrians using a push button. The signal first flashes yellow to drivers, then displays a steady yellow and, finally, steady red over a period of several seconds, allowing pedestrians to cross.
There's also a timer on the signal prohibiting pedestrians from continuously pushing the button and stopping traffic along Main.
Williamsville officials compare the signal to having a traffic officer periodically stopping vehicles on Main, allowing people to cross back and forth safely, similar to what happens during the Old Home Days at Island Park.
"The Village of Williamsville will be a safer place to live, work and play," Williamsville Mayor Brian J. Kulpa said.
HAWK signals are common in the Southwest. There are none in the Buffalo area, although Erie County has plans to install one on Sheridan Drive, near Belmont Avenue, in the Town of Tonawanda.
In January, Williamsville received $2.5 million in federal funds for its "Picture Main Street" project, which includes a series of improvements along Main to make the busy street more pedestrian- and business-friendly.
Williamsville officials, however, were getting vibes from the state that it may not approve the HAWK signal – a crucial component to the village project – and held a news conference earlier this month to publicly call on the DOT to allow the installation of the new device.
The HAWK signal was the last major hurdle for the Main Street project, which is currently in the design phase, village officials said. Construction is scheduled to being in 2015.
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