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EUROBASKET NEWS REPORT - 3/2/2008Copyright © 1997-2007 Eurobasket
Men News*****************************************************
Every time when Cherno more plays good in defense they have to be awarded by their sponsor Asen Hristov or Simeon Varchev should take them to a restaurant. After making a hint last week against CSKA that could happen with them as well, today they let Levski reach almost a three-digit score and lost by 97-90. The way Cherno more did in offence may impress the simply basketball fans, but it will not lead to big successes for the team. In the last eight games, Cherno more received a minimum of 90 points six times which means they play a terrible and irresponsible defense. And if they continue like this, the future of the team will be no pink at all no matter how frightful they are in offence.
Tonight's game in not an exception. Cherno more let their opponents from Levski score 37 points after 10 minutes on the court and the difference was 10 points advantage for the hosts (37-26). The players of Lubomir Minchev made six three-pointers and showed their big will for final success. At the half time the result was 61-47 in favour of the 'blues'.
During the second half nothing changed. In the 26th minute the difference grew up to 17 points after Vesko Veselinov scored. A kind of relaxation in the last seconds of the third made the result 75-65. 13 seconds before the final whistle, the difference was only 5 points, but the time was not enough for the guys from Varna to make something more.
For the hosts, Veselin Veselinov (201-F-83, agency: Global Sports Plaza, college: W.Virginia St.) was the one to score most - 20 points, while else 6 players ended with more than 10 points in their count.
Two players of Cherno More finished with a double-double - Augustinas Vitas (22 points and 11 rebounds) and Simeon Tsenov (20 points and 10 rebounds). The Americans in the lines were on the average - Bryce Sheldon scored 14 points and Todd Galoway - 12 points. This game again, some of the main figures in Cherno More, such as Bogdan Boev (2 points), Plamen Aleksiev (6 points) and Vladimir Marinov (3 points) did not perform as expected and their presence on the court was somehow insignificant.
by Lubomira Genova - BulgarianBasket.com
Korisliiga, Round 36: Three games tonight. Torpan Pojat (Helsinki) is winning again after three lost contests in a row. Team gave a birthday present to the Club
(75 yo) by defeating Pyrinto (Tampere) 95-67. Tyson Patterson (175-G-78, college: Appalachian St.) and Josh Gonner (188-G-82, agency: Profibasketball.de, college: S.Carolina) combined 45 pts for ToPo. Tarmo (Porvoo) lost fourth time this season vs Kouvot (Kouvola) and lost the American G Tony Bennett (185-G-84, agency: Edge Sports, college: Bradley) into injury list (ankle). Corey Smith (196-G/F, agency: Warren Sports, college: Vanderbilt) (Kouvot) scored game high 27 pts and grabbed 11 rbs. Team Componenta (Karkkila) beat YMCA Lahti 91-82, when visitor Lahti had only one American (Ed Williams) player in action. Pierre Jallow and Davont Jackson have injuries and DNP.
Torpan Pojat - Pyrinto 95-67 (57-33) (Tyson Patterson 25, Josh Gonner 20 - Damon Williams 18, Damion Dantzler 16/10).
Tarmo - Kouvot 67-81 (36-39) (Travis Leech 15, Esa Maki-Tulokas 13 - Corey Smith 27/11, Wayne Bernard 20).
Team Componenta - YMCA Lahti 91-82 (40-44) (Nick Wallery 26/10, Nanyaw Awuah Addae 16 - Ville Makalainen 26, Ed Williams 25/10).
Yesterday started in Ferrara the 2008 edition of the Lega 2 Final Four - Niagara Trophy. The best four teams of Lega 2 met themselves to battle for the Lega 2 Italy Cup, a competition that is becoming more important and attractive year after year. In the first semifinal, Fileni Bpa Jesi defeated Vanoli Soresina 85-75, thanks to a monumental Michele Maggioli (212-C-77), ranked by most of the observers as the best domestic player in the league. Maggioli scored 24 points, grabbed 7 rebs and blocked 3 shots to end the game as the unanimous MVP. Rodger Farrington (200-C-76, college: Arizona St.) added 15 pts and 4 rebs and David Moss (196-F-83, agency: SportsTalent, college: Indiana St.) 11 pts and 9 rebs in Jesi, while Mauro Morri (190-G-77) and James Reynolds (188-G) led Soresina with 19 points each, and Quadre Lollis (200-F/C-73, college: Montana St.) was very good he too, with 18 points and 10 rebounds. In the second game, host team Carife Ferrara prevailed over Banco di Sardegna Sassari 85-72, thanks to a stellar performing from Andre Collins (183-G-82, college: Loyola, MD), who scored 21 points, dished 3 assits and stealed 3 balls as the game MVP. Daniel Farabello (194-G-73) added 14 pts and 4 assits, and Harold Jamison (204-C-76, agency: Strategic Sports, college: Clemson) dominated under the boards with 13 ts and 9 rebs. Scoring 23 point in losing effort, Trent Whiting (185-G-76, college: BYU) showed to be fully recovered in Sassari, and Brent Darby (185-G-81, college: Ohio St.) added 12 points despite not being so healthy. The main factor in Ferrara win was the game in the paint (Banco Sardegna was outrebounded 28-22), but this could change this afternoon, because Jesi is stronger in the middle than Sassari.
See complete boxscores at www.legaduebasket.it
Two important wins for Milano and Napoli were the result of the two anticipated games of Serie A Round 25. Led by Melvin Booker (185-G-72, college: Missouri), who scored 20 pts and added 4 rebs, 3 assists and 2 steals, Armani Jeans Milano prevailed over Premiata Montegranaro 78-74, staying ahead in the score almost all the game. Danilo Gallinari (202-G-88, agency: Players Group) and Mindaugas Katelynas (205-F-83, college: Chattanooga) added 17 and 16 pts, respetcively, at the winning side, while Ricky Minard (194-G/F-82, college: Morehead St.) (18 pts, 3 rebs, 3 stls) and Sharrod Ford (206-F-82, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Clemson) (14 pts, 6 rebs, 3 stls) outstood in Montegranaro. In the other saturday night game, Eldo Napoli defeated Cimberio Varese 84-75 thanks to a great comeback during the third quarter (at the half time Varese was leading 43-31). Jumaine Jones (201-F-79, agency: Octagon, college: Georgia) outstood in this part of the game and his total score was 24 pts, 9 rebs, 3 steals, but Mason Rocca (204-F-77, college: Princeton) was instrumental in keeping Napoli on the road during the bad first half. Rocca scored 14 pts and grabbed 13 rebounds in one off his classic double-doubles. Chris Monroe (191-G-81, college: George Washington) played a good defense and added 13 points in Napoli, while Varese had a great first half from Tierre Brown (188-G-79, college: Mc Neese St.) (11 pts at the end) and had Jaime Lloreda (201-F-80, agency: HM Sports Agency, college: LSU) and Delonte Holland (201-F-82, college: De Paul) (14 and 18 pts respectively) as its best performers. Thanks to this wins, both Napoli and Milano make an important step towards the playoff grid, while Varese is almost surely relegated to Lega 2.
See complete boxscore at www.legabasket.it
Efes Pilsen management released a media story about Rashad Wright (189-G-82, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Georgia), Drew Nicholas (191-G-81, college: Maryland), Andre Hutson (202-F-79, college: Michigan St.) and Loren Woods (215-C-78, agency: Arik Krayn Services, college: Arizona) who refused to go to Belgrad for last week's Euroleague Top 16 clash due to security reasons.
Andre Hutson who has been rumored to improve his attitude during the crisis, is staying with the team and will see action against Besiktas Cola Turka on Sunday while the rest of the group will be released by the Turkish contenders.
It's been also told that the negotiations with Nicholas' release came to an end as the club is still in talks with Woods and Wright to take care of the contract details.
Women News*****************************************************
SM-sarja, Round 29-30: When the # 1 Team PeKa (Kotka) beat today YMCA Helsinki 116-71, PeKa had seven players in double figures. Dionne Pounds (178-F-84, college: Lamar) led PeKa with 23 pts (treys 6/9). Shanika Freeman (183-F/C-83, college: Jacksonville St.) added 22 pts. The # 2 Team Catz (Lappeenranta) had only one player in double figures as Catz defeated visitor PuHu (Vantaa) by 14 pts 57-43. Tamara Tatham (185-F-85, college: Massachusetts) (Catz) scored game high 18 pts. BC Nokia won over Huima (Aanekoski) 88-74 and Alku (Forssa) lost again.This time it was Espoo Team, which crushed FoA by 42 pts (52-94).
PeKa - YMCA Helsinki 116-71 (51-32) (Dionne Pounds 23, Shanika Freeman 22 - Jenni Laaksonen 21, Mari Puustinen 19).
Catz - PuHu 57-43 (27-18) (Tamara Tatham 18, Elena Reshetko 9 - Venlakaisa Holtta 12, Katherine Sunwall 10).
BC Nokia - Huima 88-74 (46-31) (Sheree Thompson 23, Joanna Rhoads 21 - Kenya Robinson 31/13, Shakeena Wicker 22).
FoA - Espoo Team 52-94 (31-47) (Megan Griffith 15, Jamie Hawkins 12 - Siiri Nuutinen 24/13, Pauliina Oksanen 23).


text: Home > Regions Relatives of freed Australian hostage call for justice Agence France-Presse Posted at Mar 25 2013 12:08 PM | Updated as of Mar 26 2013 04:26 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn MANILA - The relatives of an Australian man held hostage for 15 months by Islamic militants in remote islands of the southern Philippines called Monday for his captors to be brought to justice. Warren Rodwell's elder sister and brother also thanked Philippine and Australian authorities for securing his release, although no mention was made of a reported $100,000-ransom payment that ensured he walked free. "We would like to acknowledge in particular the Philippine National Police for all their efforts, on Warren's behalf," Rodwell's sister, Denise Cappello, told reporters in Manila. "We wish the Philippine police every success in tracking down the group that took Warren from his home. We hope they will be brought to justice so others won't have to experience what Warren has just been through." Armed men posing as police abducted Rodwell, 54, from his home in a coastal town of the southern Philippines in December, 2011, and demanded $2 million for his safe release. The militants freed a deeply emaciated Rodwell on Saturday, and he has since remained at a Philippine military base where he is receiving medical care. Authorities say the Abu Sayyaf, a small group of militants based in lawless islands of the southern Philippines and designated by the US government as a terrorist organisation, was responsible for the kidnapping. The Abu Sayyaf has a long history of kidnapping foreigners, as well as local businessmen, in efforts to extort ransoms. They are believed to be holding at least three other foreigners. Cappello singled out for thanks Al Rashid Sakalahul, the vice governor of the southern Basilan island that is one of the Abu Sayyaf's strongholds. Sakalahul was one of the main negotiators with the Abu Sayyaf and told reporters over the weekend that Rodwell's family paid four million pesos ($97,750) to secure his release. However the Philippine and Australian governments have refused to confirm if any ransom was paid. Cappello and Rodwell's older brother, Wayne, read statements at a hotel without taking questions from journalists, and did not speak about the ransom issue. Wayne Rodwell said the family's most immediate concern was for his brother's health. "He is delighted to be free. He has however lost a lot of weight and is exhausted. He will need medical support as well as time and space to recover," he said. © 1994-2013 Agence France-Presse Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: Mindanao Warren Rodwell australian hostage /life/07/24/17/sonny-angaras-wife-recycles-old-prom-dress-for-sona-2017/business/07/24/17/duterte-sets-early-submission-of-2018-budget/news/07/24/17/bato-kabado-sa-dami-ng-magkikilos-protesta-sa-sona-2017/entertainment/07/24/17/jake-cuenca-napiling-bagong-lizardo-sa-ang-panday/entertainment/07/24/17/mariel-de-leon-on-movie-debut-sana-no-hate-comments

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As school leaders struggle with
managing the technology evolution,
how can we become comfortable
enough to allow any device into the
classroom? Do we need to rethink
computer "management"? Is it
possible we've reached a tipping point where
cost, performance, connectivity, usability, access,
and freely available resources are adequate?
And even at the lowest end of the scale, can we
provide a sufficiently good experience on any
device for advancing business and learning
objectives in most instructional environments?
Consider these existing and evolving
■ An open Web platform that allows rich,
interactive content to be accessed on
nearly any device.
■ Historically low per-computing device
■ Open educational resources (including the
vast wealth of information that is the Web).
■ Increasingly reliable, robust, and
ubiquitous access to the global network.
When you marry these conditions with
efficiencies in communication, collaboration,
content delivery and management, business
services, extended professional learning
networks, the seductive pull of being part of
the global social network, and increasingly
universal design approaches across devices
and environment, you have a perfect storm for
disruption and reinvention.
Knowing that a shift is occurring and
bringing new opportunities to augment or
redesign teaching and learning, many educators
have the following questions and concerns:
■ Is it feasible to open up classrooms to
personal Web appliances?
■ If so, how can we support platform-agnostic
environments and provide a
managed learning experience while
leveraging functionality that is unique
to each tool to optimally personalize
■ How can we ensure our learners will be
able to access and use the information
and resources quickly, easily, and
■ Is there a way to minimize the challenges
associated with information overload and
decision-making paralysis connected to
the breadth of available digital resources,
endless choice, and distractions?
Scaffolding for Change
Imagine teaching in a 30-person classroom and
asking students to take out their smartphones,
tablets, or other personal computing tools.
Now imagine they all have devices with various
operating systems, screen sizes, software
versions, and applications. To what extent
can a classroom teacher plan for this mix of
hardware? Would lessons requiring the use of
these devices need to be designed around the
lowest common denominator of capability
to ensure a successful and equitable learning
experience? What about the overhead planning
for this mix of technology? Is that a deterrent
for most teachers? Could a mechanism for
eliminating some of these complexities, reducing
preparation time, and simplifying access
provide a scaffold to increase the probability of
a successful experience for all learners, even in
mixed environments?
Vendors such as Stoneware with its
webNetwork solution (www.stone-ware.com/webnetwork) and Classlink's LaunchPad (www.classlink.com/launchpad) try to solve these
problems by offering a unified cloud service
with 24/7 portal access to private, public, and
local device resources through a Web interface.
Although it's not a silver bullet, the managed-cloud
approach for scaffolding utilization,
whether in 1:1 classrooms or BYOD environments,
blends the benefits of requiring students to access
their "Web classroom" via a common portal for
speed and simplicity. This approach can also be
contextualized to the user, role, or group (where
it can be personalized and measured) without
restricting the ability of learners to freely exit and
use the full, native power and functionality of their
device (e.g., choice, options, and ownership). In
other words, the teacher-constructed Web portal
becomes the entry point, providing an educator
with some ability to manage and direct learning
opportunities across a mix of devices.
Features within these solutions, which are
built around user authentication, permissions,
and roles, give teachers tools that make it easier
to customize resource access and visibility to aid
in focusing on task and attention. These features
also allow for differentiating and personalizing
learning experiences. Login credentials can
be stored for any resource, allowing users to
quickly launch programs or access files with a
single click or tap once authenticated. In my
experience, remembering useful resources, the
location of the resources, and how to login to
access them still present barriers to a very large
group of educators. This scaffold addresses all of
these hurdles, simplifying access and opening the
door to engaging and useful resources. Imagine
if all students, staff, parents, and other enrolled
users were asked to remember just one Web
address (e.g., cloud.yourdistrict.com). Wouldn't
that be useful?
Addressing Some
However, there are some caveats. Many vendor
solutions claim to provide a way to replicate rich
client applications and the traditional desktop
experience on tablets and other devices not
natively capable of running specific applications.
Although technically possible, the experience of
using applications this way is a mixed bag and
often doesn't deliver a consistent or quality user
experience. These limitations have prompted
companies to develop applications for Web
access, built on open standards and optimized
for multiple device categories.
Security is another concern. As with Web
password managers, if someone gets access to
your account, they have access to everything.
The good news is that some of the unified
cloud solutions provide multiple strategies
for addressing security concerns, including
hardware identification, user notification,
and domain restriction. Considering the past
practice of placing sticky notes on computers
with passwords on them, this approach offers
a new opportunity to deepen users' education
around security while plugging holes created by
complex or onerous systems.
Closing the IT Gap
The need to make sure the right users see
the right information at the right time is a
growing challenge. Pushing access through this
environment presents new opportunities to
target communication. A superintendent may
want a district's data dashboard showcasing
monthly attendance to be the first thing
administrators see at login each morning. A
teacher may want her students to visit a specific
website in third period. The applications are
limited only by one's imagination and provide
powerful tools to minimize digital distractions,
drive lesson-specific content engagement, and—
most important—ensure that students meet their
learning targets.
Whether you choose a Web portal or some
other tool for easily and effectively leveraging
the technology children and families already
use every day to close the instructional
technology implementation gap, one thing is
certain: Legacy practice and thinking about
teaching and learning will continue to evolve.
As these tools grow and expand, they will be
critical resources for supporting skills that are
relevant in a knowledge economy and ensuring
that our youth will be able to successfully
compete and thrive in a global economy.
Mechanisms that provide a scaffold for the
transition offer another path and means to ease
and accelerate that shift.
Carl Fahle is the senior director of technology
for the San Juan (CA) Unified School District. He
is the chair of the Sacramento Educational Cable
Consortium, a COSN Certified Educational
Technology Leader, and has presented at local
and national conferences including AS CD and the
California School Board Association (CSBA).
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Golf and Spa Escape
A couple finds the perfect getaway on the Oregon Coast.
My wife Deidre is at best an indifferent striker of the golf ball. I find a driving range visit more relaxing than the most nuanced massage. We both appreciate coastal vistas and find them infinitely enhanced if they're enjoyed while our children are safe at home with a friend. With our priorities thus clearly established — Oregon Coast, here we come!
Since the explosion of Bandon Dunes onto the international golf scene in 1998, the Oregon Coast is no longer a secret to serious linksters. But Bandon is not the end-all; you can combine fine golf with first rate spa services at Salishan Spa & Golf Resort, just two hours and change from Portland in Gleneden Beach. After dropping our daughters at school, we ambled down Highway 18 to the Coast and were sitting in The Grill at the Salishan Clubhouse enjoying a couple of burgers before the lunch time rush. After checking in, I left Deidre to unwind while I hustled to the first tee.
The 18-hole layout at Salishan has two distinct personalities. The front nine is a parkland layout winding up and down through old-growth Douglas fir while the back nine marches toward the sea on links-like land. The original 1965 design was revamped in 2004 by PGA Tour veteran Peter Jacobsen of Jacobsen Hardy Golf Course Design, primarily to improve drainage and enhance the playability of the greens. Despite recent rains, Salishan played like a course east of the Cascades, which is to say dry and firm. Two holes on the back nine were reimagined by Jacobsen, and they are Salishan highlights. The short par-5 10th hole begins on an elevated tee where a double-dogleg unfolds to a green that's framed by Siletz Bay. The par-3 15th hole tees off from high on a bluff of dunes with vistas extending north over the Pacific Ocean.
As I walked to my drive on the 10th hole, I passed close to the Salishan Spa, where Deidre was midway through what she later described as "the best massage of my life." Created by world-renowned spa designer Cary Collier, Salishan Spa is a study in polished wood and slate, in keeping with its tranquil setting by Siletz Bay. Indoor and outdoor whirlpool tubs look out on the water. Treatment rooms are equipped with heated hydraulic massage beds; several rooms have two beds for couples treatments. Deidre opted to extend her deep tissue massage an extra half hour instead of partaking of one of Salishan's facial or body treatments — though the caviar facial sounded tempting.
After a drink at the Attic Lounge in the main lodge, we opted for dinner at Prime Steakhouse — a filet mignon for me (I did walk the course, after all!), and lighter fare for Deidre in the shape of Dungeness crab cakes with roasted fennel and avocado coulis. With Deidre sufficiently relaxed from her massage session and me slightly overfed from my filet, we slept peacefully.
If one day of golf and spa decadence is good, it stands to reason that two days are better. Ever up for exploration, we headed south to Yachats and Overleaf Lodge. The lobby of the Overleaf, decorated with distinctive driftwood sculptures, sets the stage for the property. You're not merely looking out at the Pacific; you can feel it, as you're only a long putt away.
After settling Deidre into Overleaf's Aveda Spa, I continued south to Florence and Sandpines Golf Links. Sandpines, designed by Rees Jones (son of legendary course designer Robert Trent Jones, Sr.) was named America's best new public course by Golf Digest in 1993. As its name implies, the course alternates between pine forests on the front nine and sandy dunes on the back. When the wind picks up (and it often does in these parts), Sandpines can be quite a challenging track. This day, the winds were calm, and I had only my own swing to blame for a far-more-than-par performance.
A quick text revealed that Deidre was safely ensconced in one of the Overleaf's hot tubs, which look out to the sea from the lodge's third floor; she confessed later that she was just too relaxed to climb out and partake of one of Overleaf's signature seaweed treatments.
Dinner that evening took us to downtown Yachats and Ona, a bistro overlooking the Yachats River. Chefs Michelle Korgan and Anthony Velarde offer a fresh take on quintessential comfort foods — like fish and chips featuring panko-crusted grilled Pacific rockfish, or a meatloaf fashioned from ground lamb, beef and pork. Deidre opted for meatloaf; remembering the previous evening's overindulgence, I had the house-made veggie burger, concocted of falafel, quinoa, zucchini and mushrooms.
We finished dinner in time to head back to the lodge and take in the sunset from our front-of-the-room whirlpool tub — and begin strategizing about our next coastal escape.
about author Chris Santella
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I am sure that there are many who read the posts as I do. However, there has been no info forthcoming about my surname interest. I read in the hope that someone will have info for me and do not want to take the risk of repeating info on the list.
My great aunt PHOEBE ISABELLA HOPKINS was apparently born on the island during 1890. Her father was ? HOPKINS . PHOEBE arrived in South Africa as a young girl and lived with her cousin EDITH ANNE HOPKINS (my ggmother) in Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal. PHOEBE 's uncle was GEORGE S. HOPKINS who resided in Pietermaritzburg.
Have you come across any HOPKINS on the island during 1880 to 1900?
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Hi Everett,
Is it just you and me who read this forum? Not a single post in the
best part of three weeks! Anyway, hello, too, to any other forum
readers out there.
Everett , I have been doing a little reading, mostly re-reading -
more thoroughly the second time - the information on line regarding
the history of the island. It has been a useful exercise and my
thanks go to those who have made the information available.I have
also had some new information from my aunt who has, in the past,
been in contact with the archivist on St Helena . Before I go into
this, however, I wanted to ask you whether you have been in touch
with the archivist. I think it could be the simplest way to get the
information you are looking for, especially since you are just
looking, at present, to tie Thomas Richards the jeweller in with
Elizabeth, who could have been the daughter of one of his three (as
of 1814) sons. I think it's worth looking into. In some ways, I
think that looking for ancestors on St Helena is probably easier
than elsewhere, certainly easier, for example, than in South Africa
where my great-grandmother Sophia married, her son, my grandfather,
was born and where, too, my father was born.
Anyway, this is the new information I have, and I am, of course,
interested to hear if this ties in with anybody else or if anybody
can back this up: Sophia Richards's mother was Harriet Wade who, it
transpires, was the daughter of Sarah Wade born 1846, which would
have made her 16 when she had Harriet, and John Alexander - this
seems to have been a very popular combination of names on SH-
Caswell born in 1841. Harriet, then, was illegitimate, though it
appears, and here we could be completely off track, that Sarah and
John cohabited and had a large family together. We don't know about
Sarah's parents, however, John Caswell was ths illegitimate son of
one Mary Ann Caswell who died a spinster at the age of 52 in 1870
and a certain John Mohammed, described as an East Indian. Mary's
date of birth would be 1817/18, which would tie her in very neatly
with the presence of a soldier James Caswell who a ship's list,
published on this website, shows arrived in 1813. Of course, this
does not mean anything, and it would certainly be almost too neat a
tie-in to be true, but stranger things happen. I have also been in
contact with a lady whose mother was a Wade and who believes there
is a family connection. She tells me that she has not found a Wade
earlier than 1814. Unfortunately, we have not, as yet, discovered
anything about Harriet's husband, James Richards, since there
apppear to have been three men of the name on the island at more or
less the same time. We also know that Harriet was a laundress.
The above concerns names and dates and, as such, tells us little,
however, it does raise questions: was it common for couples to raise
families out of wedlock at that time?; why would there be an East
Indian on the island in the 1830/40s? were there Malay soldiers in
the garrison? or was he just a sailor who arrived, had a liaison
with Mary Ann and then sailed off again, John Mohammed, perhaps
being a generic name for an East Indian?
One thing that has become apparent to me through reading the little
material available on line, above all the posts on this forum, is
that no few soldiers married the native, ex-slave girls. My reading
of SH newspapers and websites, in general, tells me that relatively
few of the names on the 1814 census are preseent on the island
today - with notable exceptions such as Greentree (the oldest name
on the island today?) and Yon. I conclude that those names on the
island today which were not given to slaves by there owners e.g.
Plato, Scipio, Constantine( ?) and which do not belong to planters
belong to soldiers who over the years married local girls. Then, of
course, there is the question of temporary liaisons between the
same. Janisch, in his compilation of news from the records, refers
to 1824 and to 'the vestry having recommended a Tax on Free Blacks,
the governors point out that they cannot recognise any distinction
of Colour in legislation and that in the case of hundreds of
individuals it would not be an easy matter to determine whether they
ought to be classed as Whites or Blacks.' This would suggest that
mixing had been going on for generations, yet from my reading, it is
clear that in the 1700s, at least, there were laws prohibiting
contact between Europeans and 'Blacks' - I do not remember the date,
but one planter or soldier was tarred for having a relationship with
a slave woman and was then to be shunned by the white community and
considered 'nothing more than a black.' I would be interested to
read more about this matter. Dr Schulenburg?
Regarding the name Yon, something I raised in a previous post, I
have found a reference to Worrall's slave man from 1786. Janisch
reports a story to illustrate the legal double standards of the
time: Worrall had ordered his slave, Yon, to steal sheep for him.
Yon was sentenced to death, fortunately, he was reprieved, while,
since evidence from a slave against a European was inadmissible,
Worrall was acquitted. Where, though, does the name, perhaps the
most common on the island today, come from? Some names I have come
across in my reading are mysterious - Dullisear, O'bey - and I'm
curious to know if they are ethnic names, that is, do they come from
the countries of origin of the slaves? More generally, I am curious
to know what,if anything, was kept up, for any time, of the
traditions and customs of the countries of origin of the slaves.
There must, at least, while slaves continued to arrive from the East
Indies and Madagascar and for some time afterwards, have been some
things which remained and formed cultural ties separate from the
imposed language and culture of the white man.
I will post more questions soon, in the meantime, I look forward to
comments. I would also like to hear from descendants of Saints who
settled in Cape Colony - in particular, Port Elizabeth - and Natal .
I get the impression that, for a time, at least, the Saint Helenians
formed small, but recognisable communities in Cape Town and PE and
fell, naturally, somewhere between the European and Coloured*
* The Cape Coloured and Cape Malays shared a good few of their
ethnic origins - European, Malay, Indian, Madagascan - with the
Saints, though the former were Afrikaans speakers and through their
Hottentot and Khoisan ancestors had a direct connection to their
land. The Saints would have had a sense of linguistic community with
the (white) English-speaking settlers.
It would be nice to see a livelier discussion, but I know we are few
in number - though, and this consoles me, more than I had originally


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Atlanta, Georgia November 6-11, 2010.
Long-Term Drug Survival of Anti-TNF Therapy in Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Li1, Qiang, Seah2, Michelle Y., Burgess3, John A., Dharmage3, Shyamali, Martin1, Belinda J., Buchanan1, Russell, Schachna1, Lionel
Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Unlike rheumatoid arthritis, the long-term efficacy and safety of TNF inhibitor (TNFi) therapy in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is largely unknown. We examined drug survival (ie, continuation) rates of TNFis among a large cohort of AS patients.
All biologically-naive patients with active AS commencing TNFi therapy in a single center were followed to March 31, 2010. The effectiveness of treatment was examined by drug survival using life table analysis and multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis.
We examined 209 consecutive patients who received a total of 326 TNFi courses for active AS over 581.0 patient-years; the median treatment duration was 32.9 months (range: 0.468.3). The first TNFi was infliximab in 87 (41.6%), adalimumab in 66 (31.6%) and etanercept in 56 (26.8%). Men constituted 153 (73.2%) of the study sample and the mean age at inclusion was 42.4 (SD 11.9) years with disease duration of 19.1 (SD 11.3) years. At the end of follow-up, 128 (61.2%) remained on their first TNFi while 52 (24.9%) had switched to their second, and 24 (11.5%) to a third TNFi. The reasons for TNFi discontinuation were secondary inefficacy (34.6%), adverse event (24.1%), primary inefficacy (21.1%), convenience (12.0%) and other (8.3%). Treatment discontinuation due to adverse events occurred more commonly for infliximab 19 (17.0%) compared with adalimumab 6 (5.0%) (odds ratio (OR) 3.9, 95CI, 1.412.4) and etanercept 7 (7.5%) (OR 2.5, 95CI, 0.97.4). Only 13 patients (6.2%) had ceased TNFi therapy entirely (primary inefficacy (3), adverse event (5), planning to conceive (1), other (4)). Drug survival for the first TNFi therapy was 0.82, 0.72, 0.60, 0.53 and 0.43 at 6, 12, 24, 36 and 60 months, respectively. At similar time points, drug survival for the second TNFi was lower only for the first 12 months: 0.74, 0.64. 0.58, 0.52 and 0.44, respectively (p=0.32). For the second course of TNFi, primary inefficacy to the first TNFi was associated with drug survival at 6 months of only 0.50 compared with 0.84 for prior secondary inefficacy and 0.82 for adverse events (p=0.11). Survivor function was equivalent for all TNFis, by log rank test. Predictors for treatment discontinuation in multivariate analysis were absence of HLA-B27 (hazards ratio (HR) 2.0, 95CI, 1.13.8) and female sex (HR 2.0, 95CI, 1.33.0).
Switching to an alternative TNFi is common in AS but few patients entirely cease treatment. Primary inefficacy to initial TNFi is associated with low continuation rates of a second TNFi.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Li, Qiang, Seah, Michelle Y., Burgess, John A., Dharmage, Shyamali, Martin, Belinda J., Buchanan, Russell, et al; Long-Term Drug Survival of Anti-TNF Therapy in Ankylosing Spondylitis. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :1942
DOI: 10.1002/art.29707


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Improved product quality and production methods, and decreased production costs are important objectives of industries. Welding processes are part of this goal. There are many studies about monitoring and controlling welding process. This work presents a non-intrusive on-line monitoriment system and some algorithms capable of detecting GTAW weld defects. Some experiments were made to simulate weld defects by disturbing the electric arc. The data comes from a spectrometer which captures perturbations on the electric arc by the radiation emission of chosen lines. Algorithms based on change detection methods are used to indicate the presence and localization of those defects.
Welding processes are used in many manufacturing industries and due to this widespread application, many studies have been made to improve their quality. Some of these studies include visual inspections, destructive and non-destructive testing techniques, but these are only done after the process and this raises the final cost if defects are found and the products must be reworked or discarded.
There is some research that has studied the use of spectrometers as a welding sensor in Laser [
This work proves that it is possible to improve a non-destructive and on-line weld defects monitoring system using the radiation emitted by chosen chemical elements, involved in the welding process, and measured by a spectrometer sensor. The main objectives are to evaluate if the spectrometer is capable of sensing perturbations in the electric arc and present algorithms able to point them out. Thus, it was not necessary, in this initial phase, to examine the defects metallurgically.
The physical phenomena consists of a photon emission at a determined wavelength or frequency after the absorption of some energy. This can be compared to a fingerprint. An atom and its ions and molecules can emit photons in different wavelengths, but a wavelength is related only to one atom or ion or molecule.
The study of plasma emission can be done in two different ways: qualitative and quantitative. In a qualitative approach, the analysis is made on the chemical elements found on the plasma. In a quantitative study, the objective is to evaluate some information extracted by the spectra taken. A common factor is the calculation of the plasma Electronic Temperature. Another that can be applied is the intensity of radiation emitted by some spectral lines. That one is proposed in this work.
The main idea of change detection techniques is to evaluate a signal and if there is an appreciative change in its behavior, in frequency, magnitude, abrupt peaks, the system must be capable of detecting them. These perturbations can be defects on the welding process.
In the case of this work, the process involved can be considered as a linear system in discrete time. The process equation is given in
The model for the spectrometer reading is shown in
The signal given by the sensor (
The sensor data (
The Cusum LS Filter uses a Least Square filter to estimate the radiation intensity,
The other algorithm is based on sliding windows. The idea is to compare two models (two filters). For a better comprehension, a scheme can be seen in
Both models present the notation of
Some experiments were performed using proposals of electrical arc perturbations taken from a bibliographic review [
Four different kinds of defects were induced to evaluate the capacity of the sensor to detect their perturbation on the electrical arc. One of them was a metallic inclusion. It consists on small pieces of welding wire. Another defect was simulated by putting some sand, which is used for cooling welded parts, on the welding track. Another disturbance applied was on the gas flow rate, which was changed from 10 to 2 L/min. Finally, some water was sprayed at the electrical arc.
The software acquired the spectral graph and saved it after the experiment. With these data, a quantitative analysis of some spectral lines was made. Several experiments were done to study the wavelengths' behavior with different weld parameters. Initially, two elements were selected: iron, found in the plates; and hydrogen, which can arise from contaminations. Some initial wavelengths were chosen of those elements and their corresponding ions based on the NIST [
An experiment with metallic and sand inclusions is presented in
The four metallic inclusions were detected with a great fluctuation due to the increase of iron in the arc region. There is a disturbance where the sand was included (last defect). There was no iron increase because the sand does not contain this chemical element in its composition, but the sand caused an interference in the electric arc reflected by a fluctuation of all spectral lines.
The same experiment was analyzed by the algorithm proposed with the same algorithm input parameters:
The result of the experiment which had the gas flow rate changed four times from 10 to 2 L/min can be seen in
The experiment welding parameters were current 160 A, stand off 5 mm and welding speed of 2.5 mm/s. The algorithm parameters were both the same:
Both figures presents equivalent outcomes. All four sprays were detected. One difference can be found on how high the statistical test values were in the proposed algorithm compared to the Cusum LS Filter.
In all experiments, other welding parameters or input algorithm variables and spectral lines can be used. Different values were tested and lead to similar results, especially the algorithm parameters, which depend on the designer experience.
It is possible to capture the spectrometer signal and run the algorithms in real time. It can be done with dedicated hardware for data acquisition and processing the information. This task can be done by a microprocessor or FPGA technology. The algorithms will be modified in their input parameters, when the signal would not be normalized, but filtered in real time.
This work presented a system based on a spectrometer and change detection algorithms that could detect disturbances in an electric arc. These perturbations could be related to weld defects. Thus, it is possible to apply those techniques to monitor the weld quality. The Cusum LS Filter and the proposed algorithm were capable in pointing out simulated defects in the signal acquired by the sensor. Therefore, they can be applied in monitoring the weld quality. There are many possibilities of using different spectral lines, algorithms, and input parameters to capture disturbances in the spectrometer signal.
There was no need in calculating the Electronic Temperature. In this work, the information monitored was the radiation emitted by the electric arc. Thus, the computational cost is lower and the defect detection is faster. The algorithms can be applied in real time, once there is a test for each time instant, i. e., for each data acquired. For this purpose, it would be better to build some dedicated hardware for this task.
Change detection diagram flux.
Scheme for sliding windows.
Experimental scheme.
Experiment with metallic and sand inclusions – analysis with Cusum LS Filter.
Experiment with metallic and sand inclusions – analysis with proposed algorithm.
Experiment with shielding gas disturbance – analysis with Cusum LS filter algorithm.
Experiment with shielding gas disturbance – analysis with proposed algorithm.
Experiment with sprayed water – analysis with Cusum LS Filter.
Experiment with sprayed water – analysis with proposed algorithm.
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I really love when I see a blog published at the Huffington Post by Alec Baldwin for I know it's going to be some truly delicious left-wing insanity guaranteed to put a huge smile on my face.
On Saturday, the idiot actor from Long Island, New York, didn't disappoint:
I hope they catch that WikiLeaks guy. I hope they catch him and prosecute him for all its worth. I hope they, legally speaking, throttle this guy within an inch of his life. [...]
Only one condition. You hold formal hearings on the Valerie Plame scandal. And you put that Low-Down-Gutless-Excuse-For-A-Vice-President Dick Cheney and that crypto-facist maniac Richard Armitage on trial. Same as Julian Assange.
Cheney and Armitage. Assange goes on trial, they go on trial.
It's astonishing that anyone with even a room temperature intelligence quotient can make a comparison between all the top secret information released by Julian Assange and the Valerie Plame affair.
Or is this an indication there's a severe winter storm hitting Hollywood and the thermostat in the Baldwin residence is broken?


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Homebuilders have been one of the brightest spots in the market this year and despite significant gains, evidence suggests there is plenty of room left as we move toward 2013, particularly in back-door housing plays such as USG Corporation (NYSE:USG).
New home construction is good news for USG's drywall sales.
In September, housing permits increased 45.1% and housing starts rose 34.8% from a year ago. August new home sales increased 27.7% year-over-year, as inventory dropped to 4.5 months from 6.6 months.
The expansion helped USG report 9% growth in Q3 earnings from last year, driven by both demand and higher Sheetrock prices.
The company's drywall sales climbed 14.3% to 1.20 billion square feet as realized selling prices increased to $131.97 per thousand square feet, up from $111.16 year-over-year. Overall, North American Gypsum sales increased $59 million to $496 million, generating segment operating profit of $35 million - up from a $70 million operating loss last year. This helped company wide operating profit climb to $32 million, reversing a year ago loss of $20 million.
Improving construction trends also gave USG's Building Products Distribution segment a $17 million bump to $300 million in the quarter. The division handled 5% more wall board than a year ago and prices boosted spreads by 10%. While the segment still had an operating loss of $10 million, results were much improved from the $17 million loss a year ago.
Across the company, sales growth was leveraged against fixed costs to produce a 13% gross margin, up from 6% last year. Additional volume tied to new home construction could drive earnings much higher. After all, the company earned well over $8 per share during the boom years of both 2005 and 2006.
While we're miles from those heady days, significant additional volume growth is certainly possible, particularly considering how much activity would be needed just to get us back to historical norms. As you can see from the following chart, home construction is in the very early days of recovery.
Commercial construction also offers upside.
Non-residential construction spending has been sluggish compared to residential. But spending on commercial projects is still growing. In August, non-residential construction spending increased 7.2% from August 2011.
Private sector spending on drywall-intense projects, including lodging and office space, increased 33.7% and 10%, respectively. This growth helped offset lower public spending for those categories.
Strength in lodging is likely to continue given 289,145 rooms remained in development as of September, according to STR. Hotel occupancy climbed 0.4% in September to 63.4%, helping revenue per available room increase 3.8%. As long as occupancy and rates continue to increase, lodging projects will move forward, bullish for drywall demand.
The office market isn't nearly as attractive as residential or lodging. However, office vacancy rates seem to have stabilized, falling 0.1% to 17.2% in Q3 from Q2. This brought office vacancy rates 0.30% lower year-over-year and helped office rents increase 1.4%. Clearly, there's a lot more work to do before substantial office construction returns. But, if the economy continues to add jobs, vacancy and rental rates will eventually help spark additional drywall demand too.
So, while homebuilders like Pulte Group (NYSE:PHM), KB Homes (NYSE:KBH) and Hovnanian (NYSE:HOV) have garnered a lot of attention this year, investors shouldn't limit themselves solely to those plays. Instead, they should consider companies supplying these builders too. If construction trends continue higher, companies such as USG may reward investors just as handsomely.
Disclosure: I am long USG, PHM, KBH, HOV. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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I'll fully admit that I have a complete and utter lack of ability to make decisions. There are some things that I never fail to be decisive out – like things that affect only my own life. Because if I choose to eat cheese-cake ice cream after dinner – no one dies… but what happens if I say I want to go to Chili's? We sit down, ordering our bottomless chips and salsa and sip our free refill beverages (which we're gonna get refilled to fuck and back) and chat about whatever it is we gays talk about before dinner. But then, somewhere, a meteor falls out of the sky, hitting a car – which in turn flies into the side of a gas station, which explodes in a fiery display sending debris and rubble crashing all over a street corner. A young boy on his paper-route is so frightened by the explosion that he pisses his pants, slips off his bike seat and ends up crashing into a car where a woman is not paying attention because she just dialed up her son (who lives many states away and never calls on his own anymore these days). He's so wrapped up in her story that he fails to notice that he didn't really cook the chicken all the way through but it's too fucking late, because now it's being served to the party of two at the corner table. My party of two. And we're about to die from uncooked chicken, people. My. Fucking. Fault.
And that's why, no… I can't pick the restaurant tonight.
But that's the way my mind works. A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' of bad choices and terrible blunders, but you can't keep your finger holding on to the previous page to see if you're decision sucks… because once you say "I choose" – it's fucking GAME OVER, man.
Which leads me to the next point… I've been giving some serious consideration to moving from three to two comics a week. It's been somewhat… difficult… getting everything done that I need to – and work a full time job. It's not because I don't have material – or that I dislike what I'm doing… hell – I'd love to just draw comics and anything else that inspires me all day, every day. But that's not really realistic in the 'survival' reality of things. I'm waffling on that one, though… So who knows where I'm going to end up.
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I'd rather see you drop down to two per week than burn out and stop altogether!
I'd rather see you slow down as well, but then again, drew is incredibly sexy when tormented by his internal dialog. Besides, gives you more time to chill with me on Facebook
Agreed. I'll take limited Drew and Rick over no Drew and Rick.
But the real problem is that you went for the chips and salsa instead of the Queso – which comes with chips and salsa. During happy hour that bitch is like $3.99 or something.
I do care about you not getting burnt out. But you may as well have ripped the still beating heart from my chest….. lol noes im playing Well survive…. probably…
My honest recommendation is to take a whole week to do a single comic and update it like every Saturday or some shit like that. Will allow you to focus on a little higher quality and allows for slightly larger comics (if you chose to do so), plus it's less of a burnout.
I did a comic back 5 years ago called Damn Life, meant to be offensive and piss people off, it did so well that my host disconnected me and didn't give me time to backup (assholes), but the few readers I did have, enjoyed the once a week comic because I was able to go into much finer detail with creating backgrounds, settings, etc. From one old and retired comic artist to a new artist.
Ahh the perennial bear/chub indecision… "Where do you wanna eat?", "I don't care what are you in the mood for?", "Don't give a shit as long as it's food.", Whatever you want, I'll eat anything.", "Will you just make a goddamn decision?", "I decided last time, you pick!", "I'm going to skin you for your pelt if you don't pick a restaurant in 5 seconds!!1!"
Yea, that's our typical Saturday night….
I've been through those situations between Golden Coral, Chinese Food or Taco Bell :p if I have to choose it's always going to be fucking iHop
I'm in the same camp of taking less than none,
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To Glenn:
Omg, I can't believe your site got shut down! I would have loved to check it out. Offensive sarcastic comics are amazing! If you managed to save any of them, I'd love to see =D
To HeadArtist:
I agree with everyone else. If you're 'considering' it, it means you most likely need it. You're comics are amazing and I would hate to see this site shut down because you're overworking yourself.
Also, cute pick RainDog
Dam! And I thought I was the only one having internal dialogue sex…just wish I got a raging boner during it.


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Week of May 27 - 31, 2013
Congratulations to Zachary Davis!
Zachary Davis is a student at Seminole Ridge High who volunteers at Loxahatchee Groves Elementary. Zachary helped the 5th grade math teacher with students who were having trouble understanding the math curriculum. Now he tutors students one-on-one and works with small groups. The staff believes that he made a huge impact on students with the previous math FCAT scores. Zachary - thanks for all your accomplishments.
If you would like to become a volunteer, simply go to a neighborhood school or contact the local School District Volunteer Coordinator!


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A BUNGLING teenage burglar was caught out – after he accidentally left his mobile phone behind at the scene of his crime.
The 17-year-old boy from Clock Face dropped his Blackberry Curve in the bedroom of the house he broke into.
When the 33-year-old owner returned from staying at a friend's house in Lancashire, she found the phone on her bed.
When she checked its BBM profile, the name of the intruder flashed up and she called the police.
Detectives from St Helens CID searched the offender's home for the digital photo frame that the victim had reported missing but could not find it.
However the teenager admitted having broken into the house in Clock Face on October 12 to burgle it.
He was given a 12-month supervision order, a youth rehabilitation order and made to do 100 hours unpaid community work by St Helens Magistrates' court.


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ORVALLIS, Ore. – Roberto Nelson scored a game-high 24 points and both Angus Brandt and Devon Collier registered double-doubles as Oregon State flew to a 79-73 victory over Portland Wednesday night at Gill Coliseum.
Nelson showed his scoring prowess, posting his 19th straight game in double digits with 24 points, 14 of which came in the second half. The senior shot 9-of-17 from the field and also added a career-high tying seven assists, four rebounds and four steals.
The Australian senior Brandt recorded his second career double-double, finishing with a stat line of 13 points and 10 rebounds. A slam dunk at the 9:09 mark in the second half got the fans on their feet as Brandt made his presence felt under the basket.
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While House Speaker Becky Lockhart is the elected leader of the House, she was the only member Tuesday to vote against a bill that would shower borrowed money on a long list of local road projects.
HB377, sponsored by House Majority Leader Brad Dee, R-Ogden, passed on a 72-1 vote, with Lockhart as the lone no vote showing, at least, that she is not a dictator in style.
"I am personally getting a little tired of this continually directing the Transportation Commission what to do, as opposed to leaving it up to them," Lockhart, R-Provo, told The Tribune after the vote. "So it was a protest vote."
The Utah Transportation Commission is normally charged with deciding how to prioritize state road projects for available highway funds. But occasionally the Legislature passes bill to direct money to some specific projects, circumventing the normal prioritization process.
HB377 creates earmarks for money that would come from up to $1.15 billion in previously approved bonding, or borrowing, for 17 road projects, as well as $135 million for the Transportation Commission to use for other projects that it will prioritize.
Earmarks range from $3 million for a study on how to improve transportation in the Uinta Basin which may be limiting oil production there to $2.9 million for Utah Transit Authority studies, including one on mountain transportation, and $3 million to the state Office of Tourism for transportation projects associated with annual tourism events..
Earmarks also include a variety of road projects in Bluffdale, Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Herriman, Midvale, Murray, Ogden, Sandy, South Jordan, Taylorsville, Tooele, West Jordan and West Valley City.
Dee said his bill also gives Salt Lake County more control over a county-option $5 fee that it added to state car registration fees. Dee said most state highway projects originally intended when that fee was imposed have been completed, so the bill gives the county $3 of the $5 fee in the future.
Dee said Lockhart's lone vote in opposition to his bill is not a sign of difficulty between the GOP's top two leaders in the House. "It it were a problem, I wouldn't have run it," he said.


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Children from across the nation will rub elbows with First Lady Michelle Obama, center, and dine off fine china at the White House this summer as part of a contest to promote healthy eating. The first lady is asking children ages 8 to 12 and their parents to create nutritious lunch recipes that represent each of the food groups for "The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge." The deadline to submit recipes is May 12. For more information, visit www.recipechallenge.epicurious.com.
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