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Oh, those wonderful summer vegetables fresh from the garden, so many ways to fix zucchini. You can always hide it in bread and kids will never know it's in there, a wonderful way for them to get their fresh veggies.
Summer Vegetable Cobbler
2 tablespoons butter
3 small zucchini, sliced
1 small sweet red pepper, finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 cup 2% milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Biscuit Topping
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cold butter
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoon minced fresh basil
2/3 cup 2% milk
Preheat oven to 400°. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add zucchini, red pepper and onion, cook and stir 10 to 12 minutes or until zucchini is crisp tender. Add garlic, cook 1 minute longer. In a small bowl, whisk flour, milk, salt and pepper; stir into pan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce is thickened. Spoon into a greased 8-inch square baking dish. For topping: In a small bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese and basil. Add milk. Stir just until moistened. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls over filling. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until filling is bubbly and biscuits are golden brown.
Zucchini Corn Medley
2 small zucchini, cubed
1 cup frozen corn
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/4 cup spaghetti sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
In a saucepan, sauté the zucchini, corn and onion in butter until tender. Stir in spaghetti sauce and seasonings. Heat through. Stir in the cheese until melted. Serves 4.
Zucchini Nut Bread
2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups shredded zucchini (about 2 medium)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease two 8-by-4-inch loaf pans. In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking soda, lemon peel, cinnamon and baking powder; gradually beat into sugar mixture, mixing just until moistened. Stir in zucchini and walnuts. Transfer to prepared pans. Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool.
Zucchini Apple Salad
2 medium red apples, chopped
2 small zucchini, chopped,
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
2/3 cup Italian salad dressing
In a serving bowl, toss the apples, zucchini, walnuts and salad dressing. Serve immediately. Serves 6. 2/3 cup prepared with fat free salad dressing equals 114 calories, 6 grams fat, 13 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 3 grams protein.
BBQ Burgers 'n' Veggies
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1 envelope (1 ounce) onion soup mix, like Lipton Beefy onion
1 1/4 cups barbecue sauce, divided
1 1/2 cups sliced zucchini
1 1/2 cups sliced yellow squash
1 1/2 cups sliced carrots
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1/4 cup light Italian dressing
3 ears corn, halved
In bowl, mix beef, soup mix and 3/4 cup barbecue sauce; shape into 6 patties. In separate bowl, toss next 5 ingredients. Coat 6 sheets heavy duty foil with cooking spray. Add patties, top with remaining barbecue sauce. Add corn and veggies. Fold foil to enclose, double sealing seams. Grill 15 minutes or until patties are done. Let sit 1 minute. Carefully open and serve.
Zucchini Cake
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 cups shredded zucchini
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
*** Frosting
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese softened
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla, extract
2 cups confectioners sugar
Additional chopped walnuts
In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Combine oil and eggs, add to dry ingredients and mix well. Add zucchini. Stir until thoroughly combined. Fold in walnuts if desired. Pour into a greased 13-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool. For frosting: In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla until smooth. Add confectioners sugar and mix well. Frost cake. Sprinkle with nuts. Store in the refrigerator. Makes 20 to 24 servings.
Crispy Grilled Zucchini with Marinara
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes with basil, oregano and garlic, undrained
1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
1/2 cup water
2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1 egg
1/3 cup prepared Italian salad dressing
1 cup Italian style panko (Japanese) bread crumbs
2 medium zucchini, cut diagonally into 1/4-inch slices
In a large saucepan, combine the first seven ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, for 5 to 10 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, in a shallow bowl, whisk egg and salad dressing. Place bread crumbs in another shallow bowl. Dip zucchini slices in egg mixture, then coat with bread crumbs. Cook on an indoor grill for 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with marinara.
Zucchini Beef Soup
1/2 pound ground beef
2 celery ribs, thinly sliced
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
3 medium zucchini, cubed
2 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon salt, optional
1 teaspoon beef bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon sugar
Pepper to taste
Shredded Parmesan cheese
In a large saucepan, cook beef, celery, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and veggies are tender; drain. Stir in the tomatoes, zucchini, water, Italian seasoning, salt, bouillon, sugar and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Garnish with Parmesan cheese. Serves 6. One serving with lean ground beef equals 106 calories, 10 carbs, 4 grams fat, 2 grams fiber, 10 grams protein.
Zucchini Fritters
1 container (6 ounces) 2% Greek yogurt
2 teaspoon lime juice
1 teaspoon lime zest
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 pounds zucchini, shredded
1/2 cup sliced scallions
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped, plus more for garnish
1 egg yolk, beaten
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup canola oil
Heat oven to 200°. In a small bowl, mix yogurt, lime juice, lime zest and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt until smooth. Squeeze shredded zucchini in a clean kitchen towel until most of the moisture is absorbed. In a medium bowl, combine zucchini, scallions, 1/2 cup of the cilantro, the egg, flour, remaining 1 teaspoon salt and the pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium high heat in a large sauté pan. When shimmering, add zucchini mixture in four 1/4 cup portions. Flatten fritters with a spatula until they are 3 inches in diameter. (It will require 3 batches). Cook fritters 3 minutes until browned then flip and cook another 3 minutes. Transfer fritters to a baking sheet and place in oven to keep warm. Continue cooking fritters, adding 1 more tablespoon of oil each time. Serve with lime yogurt and garnish with remaining cilantro.
If you have any recipes you would like to share with all of our other readers, you can send them to my email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Would really like to hear from some of you I know there are a lot of good cooks out there with a lot of good recipes. Happy Cooking!


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The Challenger Calendar is a fun way for kids to set their own goals and earn points! Stuff like "Eat Breakfast" or "Make a Healthy Snack" are easy. Parents can assign goals too and when the kids finish the goals, the parents can assign a reward like "Pizza Night" or " Fun Run at the Zoo!". Try it for 21 days straight and see if you can create a habit.
A Game for Achieving Goals!
Ready, Set, GOAL! Getting kids motivated to eat healthy and exercise has never been as easy as with the Challenger Calendar. Both parents and kids can set their own goals or work together to set family goals, such as Eating Breakfast, Having a Healthy Snack and Exercising 60 Minutes. Kids will have fun along the way as they track their progress in the online journal, empowering them to achieve their goals. The more they achieve, the more points they earn! Points can be used online to dress your Antvatar, or for a real-world reward from parents.
Time to set your goals and achieve them! So challenge your family to healthy living and fitness fun with this goal setting system that tracks progress to achieve goals while motivating and rewarding kids. Ready, Set, GOAL!
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Rabbits, known for their cuteness and amiable nature, and that are also the manifestations of Allah's name of al-Munis, can range from 50 to 70 centimeters in length when they reach adulthood.
If you try to approach a rabbit, you will most probably notice it running away from you right away with great speed. With their keen hearing abilities, they sense the slightest sound or movement and lose no time in running away. Their hind legs are longer and stronger than their forelegs. This feature enables them to run 40 to 60 kilometers per hour in short sprints, and hop in jumps up to 6 meters ahead. A rabbit can run faster than a car traveling in a city.
Rabbit teeth also lengthen constantly. It is the rabbits constant gnawing which files down the rabbit teeth and enables them to remain at a desirable length all the time.
On the rabbit's nose, there exist some special cells that also function as olfactory cells. They have about 20 sensory fibers on their lips that move up and down. Using these sensory cells they try to acquire more information about their environment. For this reason rabbits' noses and upper lips always move.
There are various kinds of rabbits on Earth that have widely different features. The rabbits living in colder regions are generally white. In this way they are not recognized on snow and can easily conceal themselves. Some rabbits build their nests underground and thus protect themselves.
Wild rabbits, which are relatively bigger in size than others, have longer legs and ears. American rabbits living in the deserts, on the other hand, have very big ears that help it to cool. Like other living beings, Almighty Allah creates rabbits together with all the features meeting their needs in a moment. Allah is the One Who protects and exactly knows all the needs of living beings.
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HOUSTON - Many people feel financial stress in January, worried about paying their holiday gift bills and taxes. There are many ads popping up all around, promising to help turn a person's credit score around, but be very careful before signing up for one of those services.
Manuel Navarro, a credit counselor with Money Management International, said he worries about many people at the end of their financial rope.
"They're desperate, they're panicking because their situation is changing and it's something they hadn't gone through in the past," he said.
He said there are many people making wild promises to fix people's credit, for a price.
"There's a lot of companies out there that are basically out to make money on their desperation," Navarro said.
Credit repair takes time. The best place a person can start is by checking their credit report to make sure it's accurate. That's something that can be done for free by going to annualcreditreport.com.
If more help is needed after that, check with the Better Business Bureau for a credit counselor with a good rating. Banks and credit unions may also be able to make recommendations.
Experts said that companies asking for money upfront shouldn't be trusted and companies offering new Social Security numbers are asking you to commit fraud.
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OCF and OCA Youth Department Host Campus Ministry Night
The Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) and the Orthodox Church in America's (OCA) Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry, are co–sponsoring a free and public forum on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, titled "Campus Ministry Night." The evening will feature presentations by OCF Executive Director Jennifer Nahas; The Rev. John Diamantis, regional OCF chaplain for New York and New Jersey; and the Chair of the Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry, Andrew Boyd. Presenters will focus on practical skills and useable resources needed for campus and young adult ministry. The forum will be held in the Bashir Auditorium on the campus of St. Vladimir's Seminary.
- 7:00–7:30: Jennifer Nahas speaks generally about OCF on the national level and its history and programs
- 7:30–8:00: Fr. John Diamantis shares his extensive on–campus experience, and "do's and dont's" of starting an OCF
- 8:00–8:30: Andrew Boyd speak on OCA specific resources, and offers strategies for parish-based campus outreach
- 8:30 Questions and discussion, with Compline in the seminary chapel following
For more information, contact Andrew Boyd: email@example.com.
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HOUSTON - Immigration is a hot-button issue in Texas, and President Barack Obama's plan to reform immigration laws has the attention of Houstonians.
Declaring "now is the time" to fix broken immigration laws, Obama urged Congress to put millions of illegal immigrants on a clear path to U.S. citizenship while cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders.
As the President explained his plans for immigration reform, the group FIEL watched closely.
"We have our permits to work here, but still we want something better than that," student Araceli Sanchez said.
But both the White House and Senate proposals for tackling the complex and emotionally charged issue still lack key details.
In Austin, State Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Houston) told Local 2, "Border security has got to be the first thing that we look at. There's not a single nation in the world that would agree to have open borders and any and everybody can come through."
State Rep. Armando Walle (R-Houston) said, "I think it's great for not just the economy, but also to bring these folks out of the shadows."
The President, in the heart of the heavily-Hispanic southwest, praised the Senate push, saying Congress is showing "a genuine desire to get this done soon."
But mindful of previous immigrations efforts that have failed, he warned that the debate would become more difficult as it gets closer to a conclusion.
"The question now is simple," President Obama said during a campaign-style event in Las Vegas, one week after being sworn in for a second term in the White House.
"Do we have the resolve as a people, as a country, as a government to finally put this issue behind us? I believe that we do."
"It won't be a quick process, but it will be a fair process," the President added.
Another key difference between the White House and Senate proposals is the administration's plan to allow same-sex partners to seek visas under the same rules that govern other family immigration.
The Senate principles do not recognize same-sex partners, though Democratic lawmakers have told gay rights groups that they could seek to include that in a final bill.
Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), who is among the eight in the Senate immigration group, called the issue a "red flag" in an interview Tuesday on "CBS This Morning."
Washington last took up immigration changes in a serious way in 2007, when then-President George W. Bush pressed for an overhaul.
The initial efforts had bipartisan support but eventually collapsed in the Senate because of a lack of GOP support.
Cognizant of that failed effort, the White House has readied its own immigration legislation.
But officials said Obama will send it to the Hill only if the Senate process stalls.
Some of the recommendations in the Senate plan are also pulled from past immigration efforts.
The senators involved in formulating the latest proposals, in addition to McCain, are Democrats Charles Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado, and Republicans Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida and Jeff Flake of Arizona.
Also Tuesday, in another sign of Congress' increased attention to immigration issues, a group of four senators introduced legislation aimed at allowing more high-tech workers into the country, a longtime priority of technology businesses.
The bill by Republicans Rubio and Orrin Hatch and Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Chris Coons would increase the number of visas available for high-tech workers, make it easier for them to change jobs once here and for their spouses to work, and aim to make it easier for foreigners at U.S. universities to remain here upon graduation.
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A sewing machine is a machine used for stitching various types of materials such as fabric with thread. The first sewing machine was created right in the middle of the first Industrial Revolution with the main purpose of decreasing the amount of manual sewing work performed in all clothing companies. Ever since that moment, the sewing machines have greatly improved in terms of design and utility thus highly contributing to the overall performance and productivity of the clothing industry at a global level.
Types of Sewing Machines
There are two main types of sewing machines: the ones used for home purposes and the industrial ones. Home sewing machines have been designed to be used individually and for the purpose of sewing individual items by means of a single stitch type. On the other hand, industrial sewing machines are much larger in size and faster because they are meant to offer a great improvement in productivity. These are also much more varied in terms of appearance, cost, size and tasks.
Interesting Design Features
Sewing machines are very interesting to analyze in terms of design because they can make a great variety of both plain and patterned type of stitches. As far as plain stitches are concerned, we can say that there are four main types: lockstitch, overlock, chainstitch and coverstitch. Many different brands of sewing machines can do these types of stitches such as the Janome HD100 (http://sewingmachinecritic.com/janome-hd1000-review/).
The Chainstitch
Chainstitch is the one used in the early beginning but discovered to feature two main drawbacks. First of all, the stitch is not self-locking in this case and it can lead to the whole length of stitching coming out when any mistakes occur during the manufacturing process. The other main drawback is that the direction of the sewing cannot go through any major change from one stitch to another because it would lead to failure in the case of the stitching process.
The Lockstitch
The lockstitch was considered a much better choice in terms of stitches for sewing machines. It represents the familiar stitch performed by most sewing machines used at home as well as the simplest model of industrial sewing machines namely the single needle type. The great advantage in the case of the lockstitch is that it can be formed anywhere on the material that is being sewn as it does not require to be located near the edge as in the case of other stitches.
The Overlock
The overlock has also become familiar under the name of serger stitch or serging. It needs one to four threads for its formation as well as one or two needless and loopers. There are both household and industrial sewing machines that are based on the overclock and which are commonly used for garment seams in knot or various types of stretchy fabrics.
The Coverstitch
The coverstitch features one or two loopers and a minimum of two needles. It is considered advantageous for the freedom of being formed anywhere on the material used for sewing. It is especially popular in the field of garment construction because it is widely used for attaching flat seaming or trims.
Before the invention of sewing machines, there was a lot of time spent by women worldwide on maintaining their family clothing. As soon as these machines were invented, they became women's allies in their attempt to keep everything in order within their household.


text: Alamo Group Inc. (NYSE: ALG) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share, payable July 30, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 16, 2012. Alamo Group is a leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and service of high quality equipment for right-of-way maintenance and agriculture. Our products include tractor mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, excavators, street sweepers, vacuum trucks, snow blowers, pothole patchers, agricultural implements and related after market parts and services. The Company, founded in 1969, has approximately 2,460 employees and operates eighteen plants in North America, Europe and Australia as of March 31, 2012. The corporate offices of Alamo Group Inc. are located in Seguin, Texas and the headquarters for the Company's European operations are located in Salford Priors, England. This release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Among those factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: market demand, competition, weather, seasonality, currency-related issues, and other risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update the information contained herein, which speaks only as of this date.


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The Crap We Missed – Friday 3.14.14
Welcome to Friday's The Crap We Missed which, thanks to Comcast taking a shit on my face, is coming at you from Starbucks — a place I thought was just a nice spot to get an overprice cup of sugar, but turns out is actually Satan's asshole. Who knew? In a moment, I'll get this nice ENTIRE FUCKING FAMILY WHO FOR SOME REASON IS IN STARBUCKS ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON and speaking at max volume in Spanish right beside me to translate this for our ESL readers, but first I need to collect myself with this Elton John pic. This should put me in a calm, meditative state.
*waits, inhales deeply* Nope, still gonna steam burn everyone in this place to death. *leaps onto table, points green straw* BARISTA, EN GUARD!!
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Career Services Resources
Here are some of the tools BCC's Career Services department can offer your students:
Career Counseling
Career counselors can help your students explore their chosen major in depth and learn how they can prepare for professional success in terms of attaining the necessary education and skills. Sessions can also include discussions relating to résumé writing, interview preparation, successful job search strategies and techniques, and similar topics.
Career Planning
Students may utilize our online tools to identify their interests, skills, and values and, based on the results, explore occupations and career paths.
Classroom Presentations
Staff can provide classroom presentations on a variety of topics that can be tailored to specific disciplines. Topics include: Career Exploration, Personality Style and Career Choices, Exploring SIGI-Plus, Résumé Writing, Developing Interview Skills, Job Search Resources and Techniques, and Navigating a Job Fair.
Job Search Assistance
Your students may sign up for our Jobs Bulletin to receive job postings, develop a résumé, learn about recruitment events, explore occupations and industries, and much more.


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Girl accused of bomb threat will stay in lockup
Updated 2:02 pm, Thursday, October 4, 2012
A judge Thursday ordered that a 12-year-old girl charged with making a bomb threat at Briscoe Middle School remain in custody at Bexar County Juvenile Detention Center.
Northside Independent School District spokesman Pascual Gonzalez said that before school started Wednesday, the seventh-grader called in a threat to the school's 24-hour tip line, 397-SAFE.
The girl, who isn't being identified because she's a minor, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of making a false alarm or report, a state jail felony offense.
Judge Carmen Kelsey said she was following a recommendation by the girl's probation officers to keep her in custody because she wasn't getting adequate supervision at home.
The next hearing in the case is slated for Oct. 18.
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Numerous inoculants exist in the marketplace today, each claiming to have various benefits. How do you know which type is right for your operation?
There are four main factors to consider when choosing an inoculant:
- Do you need a fermentation aid, a spoilage inhibitor, or both?
- Do you need enzymes?
- Should you use water soluble or dry-applied?
- Is it a quality product?
Fermentation Aids vs. Spoilage Inhibitors
The most common reason to use an inoculant is as a fermentation aid. These inoculants contain specific bacteria selected to promote a rapid fermentation and pH drop. Ensuring a rapid fermentation maximizes dry matter and nutrient retention. All forage crops can benefit from the use of a proven fermentation aid, especially with current feed costs and availability issues. A proper fermentation is of particular importance for crops that are typically more difficult to ensile, such as haylages.
For forage crops prone to spoilage after exposure to air, such as high moisture corn and higher dry matter corn silages, a proven spoilage inhibitor should be used. These inoculants inhibit the spoilage and heating that occurs after opening up the fermented silage for feed-out.
Some forages, such as drier haylages, exhibit both fermentation and spoilage challenges. In these cases, a combination inoculant, which includes both types of bacteria, will meet both of your needs.
Different types of forages are more prone to certain challenges than others. For more information on the differences between these types of inoculants and which is right for your specific operation, please visit Quality Silage.com. Remember to ask for data showing the efficacy of the product on the forage type you are producing.
Some inoculants contain enzymes, which provide a source of fermentable sugars, aiding the ensiling fermentation. Enzymes are beneficial in all situations where available sugars may be limiting, e.g. haylages harvested in cloudy conditions, to ensure maximum dry matter recovery. Some enzyme formulations have been shown to help improve digestibility: look for data to support any claims made.
Water Soluble vs. Dry-Applied
Water soluble inoculants are typically applied using specific applicators at the chopper. This achieves proper distribution across the entire forage crop. Rehydration with water means inoculant bacteria hit the crop live and ready to go, helping drive a faster fermentation. As always, good management is of key importance. Several important factors, including water quality and water temperature, need to be managed to ensure viability of the bacteria.
Dry-applied, or granular, inoculants are applied without the addition of water. Application is considered by some to be simpler; however the bacteria are not immediately effective due to a lag time needed to rehydrate them by pulling moisture out of the crop mass. This lag time slows the fermentation and can be an issue with crops that are harvested at a high dry matter (>50%) While good quality dry applied inoculants can remain viable in the applicator hopper for 48 – 72 hours, after that viability will decline due to exposure to ambient humidity and temperature.
Once you have identified the type of inoculants that best fits your operation's needs and challenges, it is important to keep quality in mind. Some of the factors that can help determine quality include:
- Independent research to validate the specific product and strain
- Independent research to validate the recommended application rate
- Manufacturing according to strict controls and standards to ensure product viability
- Proper, clear labelling detailing safe handling and proper use.
Ask the Silage Doctor at QualitySilage.com if you have questions about which inoculant is right for you.


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A SCHOOL has been told it must try harder after education watchdogs ruled not enough pupils were making good progress.
Ofsted inspectors will keep an eye on St Stephen's Primary, in Woodgrove Road, Burnley, to ensure it makes the grade in future.
A visit in January 2013 reported the school was sustaining the 'good' rating' achieved at its last inspection in October 2009.
But leading inspector Emma Jackson believed progress, particularly in writing skills, was insufficient and children did not have enough chances to practice these across different subjects.
Mrs Jackson added: "Teaching requires improvement because it does not always challenge pupils, particularly the most able."
Teachers have been encouraged to plan lessons to challenge youngsters of all abilities.
Ofsted also says further assistance is needed to ensure 'decisive action' is taken so teachers can be held accountable for all pupils making good progress.
Staff were told that reading levels were good and the spiritual, moral and cultural development of pupils was fine.
Mrs Jackson said: "The behaviour of pupils is good. They are polite, well mannered and play well together. Pupils have good relationships with each other and adults."
In the coming months, inspectors will return to assess whether improvements have been made.
Headteacher Ian Wilson said: "While we acknowledge we need to improve in some areas, we are pleased to note Ofsted identified many strengths.
"We were particularly pleased the inspectors noted that children enjoy coming to school, their behaviour is good, children feel safe and are making good progress in reading.
"We have just received Key Stage 2 results which show children in Year 6 are making excellent progress in numeracy and literacy."


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Well, they said it was coming. You know those teasers Coty CEO Bernd Beetz kept dropping last week about plans for a purchasing trifecta before year end? He came through, and yesterday announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Tjoy, the Chinese skincare company, thus completing the third leg of a Philosophy-OPI trinity. Read more
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'Liberty or death' rallied colonists to war
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 11/24/11
With the possible exception of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, perhaps no historical event stirs the imagination or fires the patriotism of schoolchildren as does Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech.
But while Revere's ride was important, Henry's speech in 1775 was a genuine turning point in American history, providing the impetus that helped set the colonies on the road to revolution.
Delivered at St. John's Church in what was then Henrico Parish, the speech rallied a crowd that was inclined to delay confrontation with Great Britain and convinced the members to approve Henry's call to arms.
"Henry combined an actor's flair with a preacher's fervor," writes Henry Mayer in his biography of Henry, A Son of Thunder. "[A]nd he evoked a rapport with ordinary folks that changed the face of Virginia's – and later, America's – politics."
Less than a month after the speech, the "shot heard round the world" was fired at Lexington, Mass. Thanks in no small part to Henry, the Virginians had a militia organized and stood ready to lead the colonies in the fight for independence.
Because of Henry's speech, St. John's Church (now located within the City of Richmond) is today a National Historic Landmark and a treasured symbol of the birth of American liberty. And as Henrico Parish – like Henrico County – marks its 400th anniversary this year, St. John's will welcome an estimated 40,000 visitors into the church to view the hallowed site of Henry's address to the Second Virginia Convention.
Guests who are fortunate enough to visit during one of the popular re-enactment programs will have the opportunity to hear the immortal words spoken as Patrick Henry might have spoken them, and to experience for themselves the electrifying effect that Henry had on the crowd in 1775 – an effect that ranks the "Liberty or Death" speech No. 3 on the Henrico Citizen's list of the most significant events in Henrico's 400-year history.
Preaching to the choir
Patrick Henry developed his oratorical skills at a young age, and in an unlikely venue: atop the driver's seat of a carriage.
As a teenager, Henry drove his mother and sisters in the carriage to Polegreen Church, where they heard the preaching of the gifted orator Samuel Davies.
On the long carriage rides back from Polegreen, Henry's mother – a devout follower of Reverend Davies – would demand that young Patrick repeat the substance of his sermons. Henry studied Davies' rhetoric intently and adopted much of his style; years later, he told his biographer that Davies was the greatest speaker he had ever heard and
that Davies had taught him what it was to be an orator.
After he became a lawyer, Henry began earning a reputation not only for oratory, but also for his resistance to British rule. Elected to the House of Burgesses in 1765, he led the opposition to the Stamp Act and proposed Virginia's Stamp Act Resolutions.
Author and scholar Jon Kukla, who is working on a book about Henry and the revolution, points out that Patrick Henry was denouncing the king as a tyrant at least a decade before the likes of Adams, Jefferson or even Thomas Paine had spoken out publicly.
"Without Henry's leadership in Virginia," says Kukla, "the American colonies would not have united in opposition to the Stamp Act."
'Let me be buried'
As preparations for the Second Virginia Convention got underway in 1775, tensions between Virginia and Great Britain were worsening, and delegates decided to move the meeting from Williamsburg to the Henrico Parish Church to avoid interference from Governor Dunmore.
Henry presented resolutions to mobilize for military action, but the more cautious House members preferred a wait-and-see attitude. After listening to a number of arguments for delay, Henry took the floor seeking to dispel any notion that the colonists could still achieve peace through submission to the crown.
The war had already begun, Henry told his audience, which included such notables as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Henry Lee.
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" he concluded. "Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
According to accounts of the event, the speech initially met with stunned silence. But William Wirt, who wrote the first biography of Henry, notes that the speech was also followed by cries of, "To arms! To arms!"
It was Wirt who collected oral testimony from convention eyewitnesses and reconstructed the speech as we know it today. But because Wirt's biography was published in 1817, some historians have expressed doubt about the speech's accuracy.
While Kukla acknowledges that there was no stenographer present to transcribe the speech, he points out that the ideas expressed are clearly in line with thoughts and opinions that Henry had voiced before.
What's more, says Kukla, "People in that time had a much better capacity to memorize and retain speeches like that." Listeners were deeply affected by the speech as well, and therefore more likely to take the words to heart or commit them to memory.
"On the whole," says Kukla, "I'm one of the historians inclined to regard it as a good approximation. That's as close as you're going to get in an era that didn't have tape recorders."
Among the deeply affected listeners was a young delegate named Edward Carrington, who was unable to get a seat inside the church due to the multitudes that flocked to St. John's and surrounded the building hoping to hear the debate. Carrington maneuvered his way to an open window, however, and was able to hear Henry's declaration.
As the closing words rang out, Carrington was so overcome with emotion that he exclaimed, "Let me be buried at this spot!"
After his death in 1810, Carrington's family adhered to his wish.
"That tells us," Kukla says, "how much impact the speech had."
The first American?
Centuries before the advent of television, "liberty or death" quickly became the sound bite of its era. The phrase was immensely popular, says Kukla, and even was adopted as a motto by militiamen in Culpeper, who inscribed it on their flag along with the "Don't Tread on Me" rattlesnake.
In modern times, the phrase has served as a mantra for revolutionary movements in countries around the globe; in 1989, for example, it was displayed by Chinese students on a bed sheet in Tiananmen Square.
In the immediate aftermath of the speech, Henry's remarks predicting that the "next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms" turned out to be remarkably prescient. Within the month, Great Britain moved to disarm the rebellious colonists, conducting raids on powder magazines in Massachusetts and, three days later, in Virginia.
Kukla does not find it at all surprising that Henry predicted the conflict in Lexington. "He very frequently, at these critical times, had his finger on the pulse of events," says Kukla, citing the Stamp Act speech and Henry's earlier Parson's Cause speech.
When Henry responded to Lord Dunmore's raid on the Williamsburg magazine by leading a force of 500 militia to reclaim the powder, Lord Dunmore issued a proclamation declaring that "Patrick Henry . . . and his deluded Followers" were outlaws and rebels.
While Patrick Henry enjoyed many distinctions, Kukla likes to point out that Dunmore's proclamation conferred an honor that often goes unrecognized: Henry was the first American formally accused of rebellion. In other words, says Kukla, we can in one sense consider Henry the first American.
It would be another year, notes Kukla, before the Second Continental Congress would reach a unanimous vote for independence. But the war actually began that summer of 1775, with the uprisings at Bunker Hill. And the resistance, says Kukla, had begun well before that – with Patrick Henry and Virginia at the thrust of it.
If not for the support of leaders such as Henry, beginning with the Stamp Act in 1765, the northern colonies could not have held on during the pre-revolution decade, says Kukla. The British could have easily isolated New England, he believes, and stopped the revolution in its tracks.
"Patrick Henry stood at the heart of the American resistance to king and parliament that gave birth to the American Revolution," says Kukla.
And Henry's speech, which Kukla calls "a pivotal moment in the transition from peaceful resistance to the Revolutionary War," did not merely inspire a single revolution or war for independence. As indicated on the St. John's Church Foundation website, the "liberty or death" legacy continues to inspire revolutionary movements in far-flung places and modern times.
"[Henry's] phrase," the website notes, "remains as recognizable today as 'I have a dream' or 'Four score and seven years ago.'"
Henrico promotional company changes name
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Henrico-based brand merchandising company NewClients, Inc. has changed its name to Boost Promotional Branding.
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OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 21: Andre Ward celebrates after defeating Mikkel Kessler of Denmark during their WBA Super Middleweight Championship Bout at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on November 21, 2009 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
The WBC has elected to strip Andre Ward of his WBC super middleweight title and has sanctioned a bout between No. 1-ranked Anthony Dirrell (24-0, 21 KOs) and No. 3-ranked Nikola Sjekloca (24-0, 7 KOs) for the world title. Ward, who injured his hand in the Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic final in December, has still not announced his next move. The WBC claims the hand injury is the reason for their move, which they are calling "promoting to champion in recess," yet Ward has stated his hand has healed. Ward fought his way through the Super Six tournament to win two world titles and a place among the best in the sport, and the WBC was happy to include their title in the tournament. But as quick as they agreed to allow their title into a big-money tournament that could have (and did) last two years, they took it away from its rightful owner in favor of an immediate stimulus of cash. This isn't the first time the WBC has bent its own rules to remove a semi-inactive champion fr...
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International Catholic News Agency (Agence de Presse Internationale Catholique) announced the Harun Yahya conferences, which will be held in Lausanne and Geneva in its article dated May 6, 2010. In the article titled "LAUSANNE: The Arrival of the Turkish Muslim Creationist Adnan Oktar, aka Harun Yahya, to Lausanne" some of the lines published are as the following:
Posters of Turkish Adnan Oktar, who wrote under the pen-name Harun Yahya and preached religion everywhere are found these days around the city streets in French-speaking regions of Switzerland. The spokesman of the Muslim Creationism will give a "scientific conference on the origin of life" in Lausanne and Geneva in May 25 and 26 respectively.
In 2007, the "Atlas of Creation", which states that the species have never changed and that evolution is a deceit had spread across almost all Europe and the United States.
Adnan Oktar, born in Ankara in 1956, claims to expose the lies of the modern era. Since the 80s, he has published many books on political, scientific and religious subjects under the pen-name Harun Yahya.


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Updating to 5.01 now, from jailbreak me.com (4.3.3). Awaiting the new JB Good luck dream team & thanks for all your hard work...go team
I've never experienced such a detailed, step-by-step, slew of updates for a jailbreak as we have with A5 devices. The more iOS owners out there, the more clamoring for a jailbreak because it's jailbreak or bust with iOS!
Keep up the good work. Looking forward to updating my iPad 2 to iOS 5.0.1 soon. Notification Center, iMessage, and split keyboard goodness.
That's freaking sweet!!! Way to go guys!! Good work!
Will we know ahead of time, when apple leases a new update
Now saying that, since those 2 have been on the jailbreak, its really only been a matter of maybe not even 2 months total and they're already out of the sandbox which is a huge step forward. Had they been on from the day of the 4S launch, it would probably be ready by now. If every person who jailbreaks donated just a mere $1 or $2, there would be a significant fund set up as incentive to hop right on it. You have to realize these people have normal jobs and this is just a hobby. But if there was a significant fund set up, there may be more incentive to jump on it quicker too. Unfortunately by the comments on pod2g's page, people are completely selfish and expect a jailbreak as a matter of right and feel they can be pissed when one isn't ready. So that idea to donate will likely never be reality due to greedy people.
More like slowing down the process
You need to remember that it's a lot easier to patch a jailbreak than create(obviously, hang on im getting their)
The fact that our devs were able to crack a device that is LOCKED DOWN completely speaks mountains. Think about it... apple makes these devices security extremely strong. Doesn't matter how long it takes to complete a jailbreak but that it is accomplished that matters. You have to look at the end result.
So who exactly should I donate to? pod2g? Saurik? the team?
Resistance is far from futile; The A5 has been mainly exploit free for 10 months and counting (a new record)! I fear Apple's next generation processor will take even longer than the A5 to exploit. If they keep resisting like that, they'll win.
Edit: I'd say Apple wins the Jailbreaking game when those who buy a new device each year (and sell their old one) can never Jailbreak it.


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Look, I know you are tired of watching him. You're tired of the groundouts, the poor range in left field. Every failure is magnified by that four-year, $66 million contract.
But let me give you a list of players who play the outfield for the New York Mets, and their OPS against lefties this year:
Scott Hairston .952
Andres Torres .804
Jason Bay .776
Jordany Valdespin .631
Lucas Duda .588
Kirk Nieuwenhuis .492
Since a team, ideally, deploys three outfielders, it is pretty clear that having Hairston, Torres and Bay against lefties will make a lot more sense than Valdespin, Duda or Nieuwenhuis against lefties.
It's not a perfect scenario to be paying $16 million a guy who would be your third-best option in the outfield, strictly in a platoon situation. But the Mets have been engaging in makeshift plans all year, the result of not having the financial luxury of actually fully planning in the offseason. That replacing Dillon Gee comes down to either Miguel Batista, who doesn't belong on a major league roster, or Matt Harvey, who should be spending more time in Triple-A learning to pitch, is happening for the same reason.
So don't look at Jason Bay as someone who is woefully short of what the Mets hoped he'd be when they signed him. The contract is a sunk cost. Think of it this way: a guy who works as hard as Jason Bay should be easy to root for, and fills a need. What else do you want out of a fifth outfielder?


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Discovery Education product could help students study science
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 06:00 am
County residents will get to try out a virtual textbook this week that teachers hope will excite students about science.
The Sturgeon School Division is holding an open house Thursday night at Gibbons School to showcase the district�s new digital science textbook.
The book, created by Discovery Education Canada (a division of Discovery Communications, which owns the Discovery Channel), has been used to teach grades 1 to 8 science classes at the Gibbons and Landing Trail schools since September.
The board plans to test-drive the textbook at Gibbons and Landing Trail for the rest of the year before deciding if it will roll it out to other schools, said Nikki Woodford, the board�s co-ordinator of instructional and assistive technology.
�There�s no direct link between the technology that is used and achievement test scores but it does influence if (students) pay attention to what�s going on,� she said.
Board research suggests that students who aren�t interested in traditional textbooks or lectures are more apt to learn when information is presented in multiple ways, such as through videos and websites, she said.
Sturgeon Schools initially teamed up with Discovery Education about five years ago to tap into its streaming video services, Woodford said.
About three quarters of Alberta schools used Discovery�s streaming video and learning resources, said Discovery Education community manager Dean Shareski.
�Our videos are all aligned to the curriculum,� he said, and feature lots of suggested activities for teachers.
Students can also tap into their video library to do their own research.
The virtual textbook is a relatively new product in Canada that covers the K-to-8 science curriculum, Shareski said. It is now in use in the Sturgeon and Pembina Hills school divisions.
Students can log into the textbook website from any digital device and explore lessons on light, momentum, photosynthesis and other topics at their own pace, tapping into video clips or glossaries as needed. Students can highlight text to make notes, translate the text into several languages, or have a computer read it aloud for them.
Shareski said the textbook (or techbook, as it is known) also features virtual labs that let students do experiments they couldn�t easily do in a classroom. For example, one experiment lets students toss around planets as part of a lesson on gravity.
Some teachers love the textbook as it is full of resources, while others are still getting a grip on how best to use it, Woodford said.
Many have tapped into its videos and interactive labs to supplement their traditional lessons.
�There�s a lot of flexibility.�
Thursday�s open house is at Gibbons School in Gibbons from 6 to 8 p.m. It includes trivia questions and a private screening of the Discovery Channel show North America.
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Red River College has one of the most successful aircraft maintenance engineer training programs in the country, and for the past few years close to 40 per cent of the students in that program are from India.
The 17-month diploma program is one of the most popular among RRC's growing number of international students. It has four intakes per year with a maximum of 18 seats per intake. Six of those seats are reserved for international students, more than 90 per cent of whom are from India.
Those foreign-student graduates -- who, like all the students, are recruited and typically hired before the program is over -- are now peppered throughout the aviation and aerospace industry in the province.
If you allow that RRC's students are its customers, then India is one of its most successful foreign markets. So it makes a lot of sense RRC president Stephanie Forsyth is part of Premier Greg Selinger's current trade mission to India.
RRC has an aggressive target of having international students make up 15 per cent of its total student enrolment by 2020.
Kim Jasper, chief development officer at RRC, said the college's aggressive foreign recruitment serves several elements of the college's mandate, not the least of which is on the revenue side because foreign student pay on average 300 per cent more than domestic students.
"Red River's mission is to strengthen Manitoba's social and economic environment," she said. "We have a very specific mandate. Given that the predictive skills requirement in 2020 is for 75,000 workers in Manitoba, then this (international student recruitment) is a strategy that can help in that."
As well as building up a pool of skilled workers for local employers to hire, Jasper said, "It also opens up the conversation and opportunities for Manitoba companies to expand into these countries as well."
And it so happens Forsyth is travelling in India with a Red River colleague who is of Indian ancestry.
The college believes its drive to fill more classroom seats with international students does not limit access to domestic students.
Christopher Walters, academic co-ordinator of the college's aviation and aerospace program, said intakes rarely fill up to the maximum level. The latest round numbered only nine, three of whom were international students.
And rather than cause any disruption to the operation of the program, Walters believes the influx of international students since the college started its push in 2009 has made it a better program.
"The international students made us re-evaluate our program," he said. "They've helped us make it better for every student."
Walters said there was a realization the technical skills of the current cohort of domestic students was not always that high and a rethink was conducted with that in mind, as well as the fact there would be international students with English as a second language.
Curt Enns, the owner of Flin Flon-based Wings Over Kississing Air Service, is one of the beneficiaries of the campaign to fill more seats at RRC with full-price international students. Kississing operates close to 20 planes in the summer months, servicing both the resource and tourism industries from bases across the North.
He's just hired a couple of recent aircraft maintenance engineer grads from India for his Flin Flon shop.
It's not the first time he's hired graduated international students and it's not a big deal for Enns or his staff, even though Flin Flon might be an exotic locale for someone brought up in the Indian sub-continent.
"It is a pretty tight-knit bunch in Flin Flon," he said. "And like just about everywhere in the North, there are lots of people who are from somewhere else. And the company sort of has a subculture of its own. The Indian guys have been well-received by their co-workers."
A snapshot of Red River College's international students program:
-- 44 -- number of international students at RRC in 1997-98;
-- 536 -- number of international students at RRC in 2011-2012;
-- 5.8 -- percentage of international students that made up the entire RRC student population in 2012;
-- 15 -- percentage of international students RRC plans to have by 2020;
-- 300 per cent -- how much more (on average) an international student pays for the same program as a Manitoba student;
-- China, India, Korea -- RRC's top three international student partner countries.


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PHILADELPHIA – The days leading up to a Penn-Lehigh wrestling match are often filled with the coaching staff and veteran members of the team educating the new guys on just how combustible the rivalry is.
It's territorial. It's prideful. It matters.
On December 1, the Quakers loaded up a bus to Bethlehem with maybe more confidence than they had in recent trips to its storied Keystone State rival. The Red and Blue felt underappreciated and underrated. They were ready to shake things up.
Six hours later, the young crop of Quakers had taken care of business – and the No. 21 Mountain Hawks – to the tune of a 24-12 win, silencing what is usually a boisterous and hostile Grace Hall crowd. That moment comes in at No. 7 on this year's "Penn Top 10" which chronicles the 10 best moments from the Quakers this season.
Head coach Rob Eiter picked up his first win at Lehigh as skipper of the Quakers, watching his charges win seven of ten bouts. The Red and Blue secured their first victory at Lehigh since 2007 without its best wrestler – 2012 All-American Micah Burak was out of the lineup with an injury which would shelve him until early January. Canaan Bethea – the regular starter at 184 pounds – would step up a weight class and deliver a come-from-behind 3-1 win at 197 to clinch the win.
Senior Mark Rappo started the dual in fine fashion, pinning his opponent in 1:05 to add six huge team points to the cause. That win was one of four in a row to start the day. Andrew Lenzi capped the 15-0 run to start the dual with a 3-2 win over defending EIWA champion and 19t-ranked Shane Welch.
After the Mountain Hawks notched a major decision, it was a true freshman who came through for the Quakers in the form of Casey Kent. The Pennsylvania native scored a takedown with five seconds remaining to rally past No. 17 Eric Hess, 4-3, to give Penn an 18-4 lead and Penn would cruise to its first road win over a ranked opponent since a 20-13 win at No. 24 Penn State in 2009. The next day, the Quakers would create a little Penn history with a win over Hofstra – the first time in program history that Penn defeated Lehigh and Hofstra in the same season.
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Special Report continued to misconstrue federal authority in Katrina response
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On the September 19 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, two on-air personalities repeated the false claim that the federal government lacked the authority to supersede state and local authorities in responding to Hurricane Katrina, continuing a pattern of misinformation concerning this subject on Special Report. During a news segment, Fox White House correspondent Wendell Goler reported that White House senior adviser Karl Rove may have admitted during a recent private appearance that "it was a mistake for the federal government not to override local authority," but Goler falsely added that "privately, authorities admit the federal government has no such authority." In fact, as Media Matters for America has previously documented, federal officials had clear authority under the Department of Homeland Security's National Response Plan to supersede state and local officials in responding to catastrophic events. Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer echoed Goler's falsehood later during a panel discussion segment on Special Report, wrongly claiming the federal government "didn't have it [authority] at the time."
Such misleading accounts of the federal government's authority to respond to catastrophic events have previously appeared on Special Report, as well as in The Washington Post and in columnist Jack Kelly's syndicated column -- and have been corrected by Media Matters. Since this earlier reporting, a review of internal documents by Knight Ridder published on September 13 has confirmed that federal Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, despite having full authority to initiate independent federal action even before the hurricane landed, delayed a full 36 hours after Katrina passed over the Gulf Coast to authorize then-Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael D. Brown to take such action.
From the September 19 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume:
GOLER: White House counselor Karl Rove is reported to have told a group over the weekend, it was a mistake for the federal government not to override local authority when Katrina hit. But privately, authorities admit the federal government has no such authority. Still, a new disaster [Hurricane Rita] is the last thing the White House wants as it grapples with the cost of the last one. With the federal tab for Katrina likely to be well over $100 billion, press secretary Scott McClellan says the president rules out tax hikes; he'll try and sell Congress on budget cuts lawmakers have rejected in the past.
Later in the same edition of Special Report during a panel discussion featuring Krauthammer:
KRAUTHAMMER: But once you start people entering into a city, you've got to have facilities, you have to have support structures, you've got to have emergency services. None of that is in place. He backs down, but the major issue is that we don't have agreed-upon lines of authority in a catastrophe like this, which is why we had the tug of war between the feds and the state and the locals at the beginning.
We're going to have to decide with new laws if you have either an inept local and state government, or an overwhelmed local and state government, when and how the federal government steps in. Because it gets blamed, it's got to have the authority; it obviously didn't have it at the time.
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As the games begin to heat up in the Olympics arena, the competition will be equally fierce in Kitchen Stadium during Cooking Channel's marathon of Iron Chef America tonight beginning at 8 PM ET. They're two different arenas with two different kinds of champions, but both keep us on the edge of our seats.
The London Olympics 2012 opening weekend brought us some great television: David Boyle's cinematic opening ceremony, intense international competition and a round-up of athletes with bodies so toned you can't help but feel inferior watching them. By the end of it, with my mind on Olympics overload, I naturally began to think about food. What do Olympics athletes eat to keep up with such a strenuous physical regimen?
To gear up for the Iron Chef marathon tonight, we've rounded up two iron-bodied Olympian-inspired menus.
The Michael Phelps: Famous for his 12,000-calories-a-day training diet during Beijing's 2008 Olympic games (apparently he's cut that down to about half this year, still a feat for us mere mortals), the gold medal swimmer makes us want to break out the griddle and fry up some breakfast foods. This Phelps-inspired breakfast menu includes Buttermilk Pancakes, Chocolate & Strawberry Stuffed French Toast and an Italian Egg Sandwich. Unless you're an athlete yourself, you may want to find a buddy to share.
The Carmelita Jeter: Jeter—the World's Fastest Woman—claims her impressively toned physique (those abs would put most men at the gym to shame) is fueled by a healthy diet including lots of chicken, rice and veggies. She inspires our perfectly-balanced, light summer dinner menu of Grilled Tuscan Chicken, Wild Rice Salad and Grilled Mixed Vegetables.
Whether you indulge in the fried Phelps foods, keep it light Jeter-style or mix things up with other summer dinner favorites, the Olympics are just as good an excuse as any to cook up a delicious meal and veg out at the end of a long day with Iron Chef America and the iron athletic competition of the 2012 Olympics.


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When we look at the hadith signifying the time of the Day of Judgment, it is seen that there is not an unanimity amongst the hadiths regarding the time given.
In such a case, one needs to look at the common point on which all hadiths agree. For instance when we analyse the 8 hadith, compiled by the great scholar of Ahl-Sunnah, al-Suyuti, that narrates the age of the Earth to be 7000 years, we see that all these hadiths reveal one single point which they agree on unanimiously. The similarity of the events related in the hadith yet the disagreement on the time signify an error made during the transmission of the hadith from our Prophet's (saas) time to our day. For this reason one needs to accept the transmission errors on the hadiths about the Day of Judgment and notice the common point they relate.
From the hadith regarding the time of the Day of Judgment, we understand that people will live 120 years from the beginning of the End Times to the Day of Judgment. This period will be the last times of the earth that will commence with the prevelance of irreligious systems, continue with the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the second coming of Prophet Jesus (as) and the prevelance of the morality of religion over the entire world, and end with the eradication of the morality of Islam and dominance of irreligion. That is to say, at the begining and end of this period of 120 years, the movement of irreligion will be severe while in the middle the morality of Islam will prevail and the Golden Age will dominate.
It is not a wise and rational attitude to indicate the time of the Day of Judgment in the distance and to prevent people to feel the due awe for it. Even if it will be far off, every individual will witness the Day of Judgment when he dies.
In a hadith related from our Prophet (saas):
During a conversation, a deep noise came. Our Prophet (saas) said: "That is the sound of a rock which has been rolling down hill for seventy years and has at this moment come to rest in the very pit of Hell." Five minutes after he made this strange announcement, someone came and said: "Such-and-such a dissembler has died. He was seventy years old, and has gone to Hell," (Muslim, Janna, 31, No: 2844; Musnad, iii, 341, 346)
As this hadith also states, although our Prophet (saas) and other people around him were alive, the hypocrite mentioned in the hadith died, he was put on trial and sent to the Hell. All these events occurred very rapidly. For this reason, because all people who die will experience the Day of Judgment, trying to show that it will occur far in the future only to make people feel no fear for it would not be a decent act. Besides, this will not change the facts.
The second explanation of the hadith, sun rising from the West may be the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as) from the West. Indeed, in another hadith revealed by our Prophet (saas) Hazrat Mahdi (as) is compared to a Sun.
HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS THE SUN WHO WILL DO AWAY WITH ALL TROUBLES AND OPPRESSION. When he bestows goodness he is fertile rain. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 188)
Besides, in a hadith revealed by our Prophet (saas) it is related that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear from the "West." In the hadith revealed by Hafiz Abu Nuaim our Prophet (saas) told:
In such a troublesome time a person FROM THE FAR END OF THE (WESTERN) COUNTRY and one of the sons of our Prophet's (saas) blessed daughter Fatima will appear. That individual is Hazrat Mahdi (as) who will engage in activities at the End Times. The appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as) is the first of the portents of the Day of Judgment. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p.16)
As is known, Turkey is located in the West end of Islamic countires. The information in the hadith reveal that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear from Turkey. When this hadith is considered, one may think that the information in the hadith revealing that the Sun will rise from the West signifies that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also appear from the West.
In this case, based on the information in the other hadith revealed by our Prophet (saas), for the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as), if we take the Hijri 1400 year for the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as) as a basis, the phrase that the Day of Judgment will commence after 120 years the Sun rises from the West corresponds to the Hijri year 1520.
The date provided by Said Nursi, that is the Hijri year 1520 are the years that Muslims will lose their strenghth and the system of irreligion will prevail the world. According to the explanations of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi 20-25 years after these years the Day of Judgment is awaited. (Allah knows the truth.)


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last night you may have noticed the Scientology website went down repeatedly, and has been going down every now and then, since. it aint downtime. it was suffering a nicely sized ddos attack from your friendly neighbourhood anonymous and g00ns.
We have spent today handing out leaflets outside Scientology churches, prank calling them and ddosing them. much more is expected. read all about it here http://711chan.org/i/res/6962.html and go here http://711chan.org/i/ for updates on the raid
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for epic justice, join us. we wont stop until their presence is removed from the internet


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These regulations, which were enacted in 1983 (Statutory Instrument No. 1168), defined a new type of vehicle under the Road Traffic Acts. Other legislation says who is permitted to ride an EAPC (anyone over the age of 14), where they may ride it (not defined, but presumed to be anywhere you can ride a normal pedal cycle) and how they ride it (just like a pedal cycle). See the pages on Construction & Use [1] and Lighting [2] regulations for more about that. The Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles Regulations simply set out the minimum criteria such a vehicle must satisfy – or else it will be regarded as some sort of electric motorbike (taxed, insured, used only by a licensed, helmeted rider etc.). These criteria are as follows:
- The vehicle must not weigh more than 40 kg if a solo bicycle, or 60 kg in the case of a tandem or tricycle.
- The vehicle must be fitted with pedals, by which it can be propelled.
- The vehicle must not be fitted with any sort of motor other than an electric motor.
- The continuous rated output of the motor must not exceed 200 watts if fitted to a solo bicycle, or 250 watts in the case of a tandem or tricycle.
- The motor must not propel the vehicle when it is travelling faster than 15 mph.
Not included in the above list, but required by Construction & Use regulations [1] (so they ought to be listed since you can't legally use the thing otherwise!) are the following additional criteria:
- The vehicle must be fitted with a plate (where you can easily read it) showing the manufacturer's name, the nominal battery voltage and motor power output.
- The power switch or control must default to off, requiring a constant intervention from the rider in order to maintain power assistance. (No power without pedalling, as required in some other countries, also satisfies this requirement.)
Note that these definitions do not include cycles with more than three wheels. So you cannot electrically assist a quadricycle without it becoming some kind of motor vehicle.
Vehicle weight, for the purpose of these regulations, is the weight of the cycle without a rider and no load other than 'the loose tools and equipment with which it is normally equipped'. Nominal battery voltage and continuous rated output are defined with reference to BS1727: 1971. Apparently this lets the peak output be a little higher than the number of watts specified above.
European legislation
Many other countries also allow a modicum of electrical assistance on pedal cycles, under similar but slightly different regulations of their own. Mostly they allow a bit more power (250W rather than 200W), with a fractionally higher motor cut-off speed of 25 kmph (15.5 mph) and up to four wheels. On the other hand, most countries additionally require that the motor must not propel the vehicle when the rider is not pedalling. This no power without pedalling type of EAPC is called a 'pedelec', as opposed to an 'E-bike' that will also go when the rider freewheels. I think that British experience proves that a speed limited motor is enough to keep an E-bike behaving like a pedal cycle, but other countries are insistent that the rider also pedals.
In 2004 a European Directive harmonised 'type approval' procedures for motorcycles whilst making an exemption for electrically assisted pedal cycles. Type approval comprises technical safety tests that a motor vehicle has to pass before it can be put on the market. Like the Pedal Bicycles (Safety) Regulations [3], these tests are of concern to the manufacturer and retailer and not something the customer or user ordinarily has to bother about.
The EAPC exemption is based on the majority European definition of an EAPC, i.e. a pedelec. So all E-bikes now have to go through motor vehicle type approval before they can be sold in UK, including those that can be used just like pedal cycles once the customer gets them out of the shop. So there's not only a bigger market for pedelecs, they are also easier to put on the market, here as well as abroad. No power without pedalling is no problem for most people (except the very infirm), but some of these machines are slightly over-powered, up to a speed fractionally higher than UK law permits to be used – without all the paraphernalia of a motorbike. Fortunately, the police do not take any notice of this minor technical infringement and it seem likely that UK regulations will eventually be brought into line.


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TRANMERE Rovers continued their battle for crucial League One points with a 2-1 defeat of Shrewsbury Town at Prenton Park.
John McMahon's squad took the lead though Max Power and though Paul Parry equalised, substitute Junior Brown scored the winning goal late on.
It earned Rovers three points. They kick off the first of their final games of the season with an away match against Crawley Town on Tuesday night.
On Good Friday afternoon they are away to Gillingham and face Sheffield United at Prenton Park on Easter Bank Holiday Monday.
In a post-match interview, caretaker manager John McMahon said: "Three points was everything. I think we were a bit nervous and anxious and it showed but the most important thing was the three points.
"It was a good position from Max [for the first goal], it was pleasing to see him there.He showed a bit of bravery at the far post to head that one back.
"They had a good spell [in the second half] and we were going back and back and back. They're a big, big side and [the equaliser] was a result.
"Junior has been terrific for the last couple of weeks in training.
"When he first arrived it was tough for him, he was getting to know a different group of players and what's expected of him.
"He's adapted really well and I was confident that when I put him on he'd give us something and he did.
"It's the monkey off our back [with back to back league wins], let's try and make it three on Tuesday.
"We've just climbed two mountains and we've got five to go.
"It means a lot to the players. I keep stressing to them that it's not about just coming in, playing the game and going home, it's about being part of the club.
"It affects too many people to not want to win and to not want to show effort and desire. It's too many people's jobs and livelihoods.
"We've got a massive responsibility as players and staff to survive for the people of Wirral, for supporters and for the people who work here.
"We need to take that responsibility and if we can keep doing that it bodes well for this football club."


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It is summer in Antarctica. Frigid temperatures have been replaced by mild, 50-degree days.
Surrounded by green hills rolling into lush, snow-capped mountains and thick fog, Joel Sartore is crouching low to the ground. Usually, it is he who is chasing his subjects, but this time the tables have turned. Instead, in the middle of the beach-like terrain, Sartore is surrounded — by penguins. King penguins to be exact.
"Most of the time the animals I'm seeing are running away, they don't want anything to do with me," Sartore says, adding that the King penguins did the exact opposite. "They just wanted to stare at me. I got low on the ground and they stood right over me and looked at me. The whole thing was just tranquil, peaceful, and one of the most impressive things I've ever been a part of."
Most of us will never get the chance to experience such an event. But for Sartore, it's just another day on the job. From Antarctica to Russia, he has seen it all. Throughout his 20-year career working as a photographer for National Geographic, Sartore has traversed the globe, photographing everything from rare wildlife to hurricane aftermath and even state fairs.
"Once I discovered photography, there was never any turning back for me," he says.
Sartore's impressive body of work has been featured in Time, Life, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated. He also has contributed to several book projects and has been the subject of national broadcasts.
In addition to his talents as a photographer, Sartore devotes his energy to conservation efforts. A Nebraska native, he is committed to conservation in the Great Plains, is co-founder of the Grassland Foundation, and a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
Sartore will share his passion for sustainability as the speaker at Valley Forward's 41st Annual Luncheon on Dec. 3.
"That is just an excellent group. There needs to be 100 groups like them. We have to start talking about this stuff and realizing that it's easy to be green. It's certainly a better way to live your life," Sartore says. "There needs to be more and more people thinking and caring about the earth. We don't have the luxury of time to count on the next generation to start saving the planet. We have to be doing it now."
Sartore addresses the global environmental crisis using photography as his platform.
"I really am constantly faced with environmental problems," says Sartore, a self-professed hyperactive person. "My job is to get people to think."
While photographing the American Gulf Coast during one of his first assignments for National Geographic, Sartore was drawn to the plight of animals and the environment.
"I remember walking the beach and the bottom of my feet were black with spilled tar and oil, and there was garbage and a dead dolphin wrapped in plastic," he says. "When you see things like that it makes you think that we could be doing a lot of things better, could be treating the Earth better."
Sartore's focus on building a sustainable future has allowed him to draw attention to issues that are often overlooked. His latest book, "Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species," sheds light on some of the country's most endangered species of plants and animals, and what the public can do to help. "Rare" was originally inspired by a magazine assignment, before turning into a personal project for Sartore and later a full-fledged book.
Several of the subjects featured in the book were shot in Arizona, including the California condor, photographed at the Phoenix Zoo; and the Tarahumara leopard frog, photographed at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson.
Although, sadly, one of the other animals featured in the book, the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, became extinct during the book's production, Sartore emphasizes the importance of highlighting environmental issues.
"It was a very good experience to give a voice for the voiceless," Sartore says. "The encouraging thing is that most species in the book could make it if we pay attention to it. I guess that's what I try to convey to people: There's always hope. These things are absolutely worth saving."
Sartore's passion for photography began in high school and continued into college, where he earned a degree in journalism with an emphasis in photojournalism from the University of Nebraska. Thanks to some great mentors, Sartore decided to pursue a career in photography, but he didn't forget his journalism roots.
"In any of these situations I go into, I bring with me a reporter's aesthetic and background to it," he says.
This background has proven beneficial, as he shoots such a wide variety of subjects in exotic locations around the world.
"I want to know why things are the way they are and how to fix it," he says.
As thrilling as his job may be, it comes with its share of dangers. When asked how many times has he almost been killed, Sartore responds on his website: "More than I care to tell my wife about for sure."
He hasn't let the danger stop him, but he does try to err on the side of caution.
"You can't take more pictures if you're dead," he writes.
Sartore continues to journey around the globe in search of the next great photo. Currently, he's preparing to travel to Africa for an assignment. Despite two decades of experience under his belt, Sartore still worries.
"I'm very nervous that I'll fail, starve and die, in that order," he says. Irrational fear or secret to success? Maybe worrying is just part of the job, Sartore adds.
"Everything has worked out well so far, yet I've always been very worried that nothing ever would," he says. "With a strong story you may just reach those people who can change the world. If I can right a few wrongs, then that's probably a life well spent."
If You Go:
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Dec. 3
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 24/2/2013 (1641 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Applications to Brandon University have soared this year and are now running at 20 per cent higher than a year ago.
After suffering the longest faculty strike in Manitoba history in the fall of 2011, BU has bounced back and expects enrollment to grow in September, president Deborah Poff said Sunday.
The numbers are welcome, but where BU has shown success is in paying far more attention to retaining its current students, to recruiting more intensely and focusing more attention to the students it's hoping to enroll.


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Double S BBQ has been around for awhile but they only recently (May) opened an actual restaurant, so last Saturday I took a drive over to Cambridge.
One of the well-known local businesses is Rowe Pottery Works.
Boaters, fishers, and Lawn-Boy enthusiasts might be interested to know this little bit of Cambridge history, posted in Ripley Park. Lake Ripley is in the background.
Double S is located in a small strip mall on US-18. While waiting for the door to open at noon I sat at one of the picnic tables and enjoyed the smoke. And every barbecue joint should be located next to a beer store!
There are only a few tables inside.
I was a little disappointed that the Cajun specialties were unavailable but the Taste of Madison had been held the previous weekend and they hadn't restocked yet. I wonder what was under the piece of paper...pork, maybe? Double S is licensed to sell beer, which is listed on a separate board. And yes, they sell Shiner.
I decided on the 2-meat plate and since ribs weren't going to be ready for another hour I chose brisket and sausage, and added sides of beans and cornbread.
The brisket had a light smoke flavor and was pretty good, but I really liked the spicy smoked sausage from Beasley's.
The cornbread had a light, mild flavor that I liked but according to the owner's wife it doesn't seem to be very popular. It wasn't sweet or cakey and while a dollop of butter certainly wouldn't have hurt I thought it was fine as it was, but it was also fresh out of the oven so maybe that had something to do with it.
The beans tasted beany, meaty, and slightly smoky without any sweetness, which was a nice change from baked beans.
I'm looking forward to another visit so that I can try the boudain links and balls.


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It's become difficult to watch the Packers, who are ravaged by injuries, particularly in the secondary, and can't consistently protect Aaron Rodgers. Nor can they block for the running game.
So when they appear on "Monday Night Football" for a 24th straight season, second-longest streak behind Denver's 25-year run, a fifth successive loss is highly possible.
Philly is more pleasant to observe, particularly near its end zone. Philadelphia's red-zone defense is first in the NFL in scoring efficiency at 73.3 percent.
While Green Bay has lost four straight, the Eagles are 2-5 since a 3-0 start. Both teams need a win to avoid slipping further behind in the playoff race.
"We are still in the thick of things and have to stack up one win at a time and obviously fix the mistakes that we make," Philadelphia safety Malcolm Jenkins said.


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In an interview with the historian Ronald Numbers published on the famous US web site salon.com, the renowned journalist Steve Paulson considered the world's creationist movements. In response to one question during the interview, published on 2 January, 2007, Ronald Numbers made mention of Harun Yahya's works on the subject of evolution:
[Q:] So far, the rejection of evolution seems to be a predominantly Christian movement. Do we see much of this in other religious traditions?
[Ronald Numbers:] We are now. It was mostly a Christian tradition, although to a certain extent, the reason we didn"t see this in other religious cultures is because it was so dormant. Most modern Muslims weren"t accepting evolution, but they weren"t coming out in opposition to it. Most ultra-Orthodox Jews didn"t accept evolution, but they didn"t see any reason to say anything about scientific evolution. Today -- especially in the last decade or two -- we"re seeing anti-evolutionism erupt in these non-Christian cultures. It"s very big in the Muslim culture. The center for that is in Turkey, and the leader goes by the pen name Harun Yahya. His work circulates in millions of copies. They"re translated into virtually every language [spoken by] Muslims.
[Q:] Are we going to see this war between evolutionism and creationism continue for years to come?
[Ronald Numbers:] I probably shouldn"t even try to answer that question. Historians generally shouldn"t try to [make predictions]. But it doesn"t seem to be declining in any way right now. I think the creation scientists are still extremely strong. …0000-00-00 00:00:00


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The American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) is a non-profit educational and professional organization for persons, military and civilian, involved in the overall field of military comptrollership. ASMC has developed and is now administering the Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) program. Since the program began with Beta testing in December 1999, more than 10,000 persons have taken and passed the three-part examination and earned the designation of CDFM.
ASMC was established as the Society of Military Accountants and Statisticians in 1948 in San Antonio, Texas, and was open only to active duty officers. Since then, ASMC has expanded to include all Department of Defense (DoD) and Coast Guard financial management personnel. The national headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, currently serves a growing professional society of approximately 18,000 individual members and 150 corporate members. Military comptrollership is defined as the profession of financial management in the DoD and Coast Guard. It includes the fields of accounting and finance, financial management, administrative support, auditing, budgeting, comptrollership, cost analysis, information management, management analysis, manpower management, program analysis, resource management, statistics, acquisitions, and many supporting activities.
ASMC's mission is to provide education and training to its membership base and to all professional DoD comptrollers and financial managers. As part of this mission, ASMC has held a Professional Development Institute (PDI) annually. At the PDI, experts and practitioners are given a platform from which to speak of the latest developments in the field of defense financial management, and to inform the attendees of proposed developments or changes in the field.
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