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Beef burger is one third horse
The British supermarket chain Tesco sells horse.
There's been a small kerfuffle over the last week in the UK after Irish food inspectors discovered that a sample of supermarket chain Tesco's "beef" burgers contained 29 per cent Phar Lap.
Cue the inevitable "I could eat a horse" tabloid headlines and general handwringing about unwittingly dining out on an animal most people wouldn't like to dine out on.
Thing is though, horse is perfectly edible, and in places like France and Japan it's on the menu. (Of course there it's labelled "horse", not beef.) I've never eaten horse, although I probably would, as I figure that if you're OK with eating one non-endangered animal, you should be OK with eating them all.
And I've never owned a horse.
Still, the Tesco debacle has got me thinking about all of the things I've eaten on my travels that I once would have considered strange. (Not a huge achievement given when I grew up Chinese food only came in sweet and sour.)
Here's a quick rundown of the strangest.
Goat's head, Morocco
You can see them stacked in rows at the markets of Jemaa el-Fnaa in Marrakech, with their bared teeth and wild, beady eyes.
It's generally one between two, a goat's head served whole to hungry diners. It's all up for grabs: cheeks, eyes, brain, tongue... All the good stuff, ready to be greedily consumed.
I'm still not at the point where I'd think to myself, "Mmm, I'm craving a boiled goat's head tonight", but it wasn't too bad.
Century egg with cold kidneys, Singapore
Sometimes called thousand-year eggs, or preserved eggs, but they all come out the same: black and gelatinous, with a dark green yolk.
In Singapore's Chinatown they're served with sheep kidneys that have been boiled and then chilled.
This dish both sounds and looks horrible, but tastes surprisingly fantastic. Probably not one to serve at your next dinner party though.
Guinea pig, Peru
I've written about this one before. The most disturbing aspect of guinea pig consumption is that they're served whole, head and all, sometimes in poses that look like the little fellas were flash-roasted while in the process of running away.
Still, once you get past that and taste the dark, gamy flesh, it's a winner.
Insects, Thailand
Fried insects, I've found, go from tasty to disgusting in order of their size. Little crickets are genuinely good, with a slightly nutty flavour and a bit of crunch.
Grasshoppers are next, and they're OK, although getting large enough to taste individual bits in your mouth.
Once you get up to the big flying cockroach things, you can leave me out.
Snake penis whiskey, Vietnam
Most people have seen big jars of whiskey with coiled snakes preserved inside throughout South-East Asia, but the one I tried in Hanoi was extra special.
Rather than a whole snake, the jar was filled with small snake penises. The guy who served it to me, lacking the English words to explain the benefits his whiskey would provide me, just pointed at my crotch and gave me the thumbs up.
The taste was pretty bad - but then, I don't really like normal whiskey either.
Warthog, Kenya
African animals, while beautiful to look at, are also deceptively tasty. If you can accept that it's OK to view animals for their beauty by day, and then consume animals for their deliciousness by night, then make sure you take warthog for spin.
It's like pork, only better. And then there's springbok, which makes the tastiest biltong around. Oh, and ostrich, which is barbecued meaty perfection. And kudu. And zebra.
Cow's head tacos, Mexico
This is a specialty in the state of Oaxaca, where roadside stalls have whole cows' heads laid out on benches, and the chefs tear bits off it, chop it up and serve it in a large, crackling tortilla.
The whole heads are a little disconcerting; however, like most of the food in Mexico the tacos are excellent, perfect for streetside dining on a warm Oaxaca night. Grab a few beers and you're set.
Scorpion, China
Most visitors to Beijing end up at the tourist-friendly Wangfujing Snack Street, where you can sample anything from pork dumplings to sheep's testicles to deep-fried starfish.
One of the classics is whole scorpion, skewered, deep-fried and salted. They don't taste of much at all - except salt.
Hotdogs, everywhere
Well, I don't know what's in them. Do you?
What's the strangest food you've eaten on your travels? Leave a comment below!


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FOREST Green have secured the services of former Stoke City physio Paul Maxwell, SNJ sports editor Ashley Loveridge met the new addition to Ady Pennock's backroom staff at the New Lawn today.
The 40 –year-old former Plymouth defender talks for the first time about his new role at the Nailsworth club.
See the exclusive interview below.
Edited and produced by Tom Wren.

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If you have been driving for quite a few years, you bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the task. Certain changes that can occur in the aging process, however, could affect your driving skills.
Fortunately, there are techniques to help you maximize your driving ability and minimize your injury risk. If you have noticed that it now takes longer to respond to situations while you drive, ask someone you trust to accompany you on a driving trip and monitor how well you drive.
Traffic situations on today's highways, roads, and streets present many challenges, but vehicle crashes can be prevented.
- Know how medications affect your ability to drive. Some medications slow reaction time, diminish concentration, blur vision, or hamper mobility.
- Ask your doctor or pharmacist if any prescription or over-the-counter medicine that you are taking could interfere with your ability to drive.
Reduce Noise
- Limit conversation to only what is necessary.
- Keep the radio off or the volume low.
Reduce Distractions
- Focus on the traffic ahead, behind, and next to you. Do not let the scenery divert your attention from the road.
- Avoid driving a car that has tinted windshields.
- Avoid using a cell phone, personal digital assistant, or mp3 player when driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), approximately 600,000 drivers used a hand-held cell phone at some point during their trip on any given day.
- Never text and drive. According to the NHTSA, texting while driving makes a crash much more likely to happen.
- Avoid busy streets, roads, and intersections.
- Alter your route to avoid turning left. (Studies show many accidents involving older people occur when they make a left turn.)
- Avoid driving during rush hour, if possible.
- Avoid traveling during heavy rainstorms or when there is snow or ice on the roads.
- Drive shorter distances.
- Drive during daylight hours only. Try to avoid traveling in the direction of the sun as it sets or rises. The intensity of the sun can be very stressful on the eyes.
- Compensate for any loss of strength or flexibility by driving a car with power steering, power brakes, automatic transmission, and adjustable seats and steering wheel. In more severe cases, special devices can be added to a vehicle to assist with many driving functions.
- Do not slouch or hunch forward while driving. Hard car seats provide more support for your back. Adjust the driver's seat so your shoulders are parallel to the top of the steering wheel.
Observe the Rules of the Road
- Drive at the posted speed limit or stay in the right lane if you are driving slower. If you feel that cars are going too fast, switch to a different route.
- Drive defensively and yield the right-of-way.
The American Association of Retired Persons recommends that, under good weather conditions, you leave enough space between you and the car ahead of you so that it takes three seconds to reach what that driver just passed. In bad weather, extend that to five seconds.
Traffic regulations sometimes change. Contact your state department of motor vehicles and request the latest rules of the road. You may wish to take a driver's education "refresher" course. Organizations offer classes in many cities to update the mature driver. Contact your local AAA club for the AAA's "Safe Driving for Mature Operators" course.
See the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) "55 Alive/Driver Safety Program55 Alive/Driver Safety Program (http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/transportation/driver_safety/)"
Call 1-800-621-6244 to ask about the National Safety Council's Defensive Driving Course for the mature driver.
Stay Healthy
Your coordination, flexibility, and reaction time — important skills for driving — depend on your physical and mental condition. You should have thorough examinations every year and alert your doctors if there have been any changes in your health.
Your vision provides 85 to 90 percent of the information needed to drive. Your driving ability can be affected by cataracts, glaucoma, or other visual changes. Other aging or medical conditions that could affect your driving performance include ankle rigidity, wrist pain or weakness, and knee or hip pain or decreased range of motion.
If you are being treated for a medical condition, talk to your doctor about the advisability of driving.
- Do not permit smoking in your car. Smoke may aggravate your congestion and interfere with your night vision.
- Do not drive when you are tired.
- If you need eyeglasses to drive, wear them each time you take a trip, even if it is only a short distance.
- Proper nutrition, exercise, adequate rest, and stress management will help you maintain your driving skills. Be sure to drink adequate amounts of water.
Long Trips
- Prepare in advance for long trips. Plan your route on a map, noting exits, landmarks, expected mileage, etc.
- Get enough rest the night before you leave.
- Pace yourself. Take a break after every 1 1/2 - 2 hours of driving. Get out of the car and stretch.
- Carry bottled water and a first aid kit in the car.
- Clean your vehicle's headlights, taillights, windshield (inside and out), and rear window on a regular basis.
- Keep your vehicle in good operating condition.
Source: American Association of Retired Persons; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); National Safety Council
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Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care to host open house
August 3, 2012
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will host its annual open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care is a nonprofit whose goal is to raise, rehabilitate and release orphaned and injured wild birds and animals. Once per year, it opens its doors to allow the public to see its work and learn a bit more about the animals.
According to LTWC, the facility currently houses five bears, three bobcats, three golden eagles, two red tail hawks, two ravens, one small Saw-Whet owl, one river otter, nine raccoons and many birds.
This rare opportunity to see the center provides a great learning experience for kids and adults alike, LTWC stated.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will accept donations from visitors, but there is no set fee to visit. It is currently trying to raise funds to move to a larger site, as well as cover everyday operating expenses.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care is located at 1485 Cherry Hills Circle in South Lake Tahoe.
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There's an upside to the outcry among readers who felt the Curry Coastal Pilot's Sept. 16 editorial cartoon was a racial slap at President Barack Obama: It showed that people remain vigilant in the fight against bigotry.
And we whole-heartedly support it.
Some people might feel that prejudice and racism has been delegated to the darkest corners of our great nation. They would be wrong.
The civil rights movement of the 1960s eliminated segregation, and similar efforts ever since have done much to free people of many different races from unfair subjugation and cruelty, but make no mistake, bigotry remains.
In fact, it's raising its ugly head more these days since Obama was elected president. It began during the presidential campaign when likenesses of Obama portrayed him as a monkey, or when an image spread via the Internet showed presidential plane, Air Force One, renamed "Watermelon One."
Simply unacceptable.
Some Pilot readers believe Obama was portrayed in our Sept. 16 editorial cartoon as a monkey andndash; a long-standing derogatory reference to black people. Others, including this newspaper, saw it as a caricature free of racial intent.
It would be easy to classify those who were offended as being "too sensitive." They are not. They are people who care deeply about their fellow human beings and bristle at anything that can remotely be construed as racist.
If anything, readers' criticism of our editorial cartoon says something about the permanence of racist ideas in our culture. More importantly, it has opened up a community dialogue about biased attitudes and the harm they cause.


text: Summer belongs to the insects By Scott Shalaway July 20, 2013 Story Share Summertime is insect time. Unfortunately, stinging and biting species such as wasps and mosquitoes get most of our attention for all the wrong reasons. Many insects are beneficial, and most are benign.My favorite summer insects are hummingbird moths. I know they have begun to emerge because digital images from readers arrive almost daily. Hummingbird moths are fuzzy bee mimics. They have antenna and a long proboscis, and they hover at flowers while sipping nectar, just like hummingbirds. But their antennae make them insects.Clearwing hummingbird moths are among the smallest and most common of these fascinating insects. Approach slowly and observe carefully to see the proboscis uncoil as the moth approaches a flower to nectar. The transparent wings will be obvious.Another common hummingbird moth is known by the name of its caterpillar and is probably most familiar to gardeners. Tomato hornworms are fat, green, fleshy caterpillars that eat tomatoes and their leaves, and eventually transform into five-spotted hawk-moths.Sometimes hornworms are covered with tiny white capsules. These are pupal cases of tiny wasps that parasitized the caterpillars. By the time the wasps pupate, the hornworm will be dead. The larval wasps consumed the hornworm from the inside before emerging to pupate.Butterflies are best known for their grace and beauty. Tiger swallowtails and fritillaries are abundant this summer, but I have yet to see a single monarch. Heat, drought and herbicides destroy milkweed plants in the Plains and Midwest, and monarch need milkweeds. Milkweeds are their only host plant.Fireflies or lightning bugs evoke fond memories in anyone raised in the country. At dusk they emerge and light the backyard with their Morse code flashes of bioluminescence. The darker the night, the more impressive the show.Fireflies flash to attract mates. Each species has a unique flash pattern. At dusk, males take flight and begin flashing. When a female of the same species recognizes the appropriate pattern, she flashes back in recognition. Ultimately the male finds the female, and the pair mates.This communication system is easy to test. Study the flash patterns of the fireflies in your backyard. Mimic the female's pattern (the one in the grass) with a flashlight and see if a male approaches in search of a receptive female. And by the way, these most familiar insects are neither flies nor bugs; they are actually classified as beetles.Tiger beetles, as the name implies, are ferocious predators, and they're easy to recognize because their bodies are brightly and iridescently colored. I often find them when I flip rocks in the backyard. They are fast and track down insect prey on foot. Then they use their powerful mandibles to rip their prey into pieces.Larval tiger beetles are even more brutal. They hide inside a vertical burrow and anchor themselves with abdominal hooks. When unsuspecting prey wanders too near the mouth of the burrow, the larva lunges out and grabs the victim. It uses its large scythe-like jaws to kill the prey, then retreats to the burrow for a peaceful meal.Dragonflies and damselflies (members of the order Odonata) patrol the edges of ponds, lakes, marshes, swamps and streams. They are relatively large and territorial, so they're easy to observe, especially with binoculars. Many are brightly colored or conspicuously marked. Often they approach and land on boats that enter their territories.One of the things I love about odonates is their common names. Violet dancer, fragile forktail, unicorn clubtail, dragonhunter, and ruby meadowhawk are just a few. Though ferocious in appearance, odonates are harmless to people. They do not bite or sting. They are, however, voracious predators of flying insects of all sizes. The aforementioned dragonhunter measures almost 3.5 inches and eats other dragonflies and even large swallowtail butterflies. Most odonates eat smaller insects, including deerflies, horseflies and mosquitoes. The basic odonate body plan includes a large head dominated by huge compound eyes, transparent wings, and an elongated abdomen. Dragonflies have larger, heavier bodies and, at rest, hold their wings flat and perpendicular to the body. Damselflies are slimmer and more delicate and, at rest, fold their wings together above the body.Summer belongs to the insects. Enjoy them.Send questions and comments to Dr. Scott Shalaway, 2222 Fish Ridge Road, WV 26033 or by email at email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 3 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 4 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 5 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 Fun with the sun Previous Story Stocking program helped spur return of blue catfish Next Story


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OK, summer session started at the pool/gym today - not as crazy as I thought it would be (though fortunately I am not scheduled for tonight - no-cost public swim to start the summer. Whew! But I did find out today that I'll be getting more early morning hours starting next month, and they've opted to hire and train another person at the desk. We are short-handed this summer, so even though my pool hours are the same, I'm up at the front more often. Good and bad. Good for a little extra income. Bad for having to juggle the morning running schedule...
Hey, Shut Up and Run!!!
Seems odd to be short-handed in the summer. Sounds like you're going to be really busy.
We're not short-handed for lifeguards or swim instructors (though that will periodically happen on weekend with swim meets or water polo tournaments), but at the front desk. Which takes about 4 weeks of training, though new things will happen throughout the year. Mind you, front desk in minimum wage, and lifeguard and WSI get better pay. Often we get people trained for desk/reception who go for higher paying jobs elsewhere. Don't blame them. Since I'm here with swim classes and lifeguarding anyway, I don't mind working the desk. But I was hoping to limit hours, so we'll see...
Getting a long run (and longest since the ankle turn) mid--week was nice. Heading into that busy desk month after the 4th...
Go, Shut Up and Run! 100% and a win! My opening every morning the rest of the month starts next Wednesday. Happy Anniversary to Reggie and I tomorrow - I'll be running the 2.6 mile mini-marathon from Monmouth to Independence tomorrow, right ahead of the parade. Mind you, the run doesn't start till 11:00, and I gave blood yesterday afternoon, so it'll be intentionally slow. And even though it's less than a 5K, I will still carry a bottle of water that late in the morning.
Keep up the good miles, team! Life is busy here!
I have a question. Last saturday i did a 5k pub run. We had to to run a 5k, go to 5 different bars, and drink 5 beers. I did run from bar to bar, but once we got to the bar we just chilled there and drank our beers and shots. There was a contest to see who can get their shot card punched the most. This was my only run that i did this week. should I count this to my weekly miles?
I definitely think you can count the 5K. Were you able to track the miles between the bars at all? How close to each other were they?
I have no idea. I was more worried about Houston TX heat and staying hydrated than the miles itself. It was a fun run so i all focused on that day was having fun.
I just looked at Google maps right now and the distance i covered on Saturday is going to make you all laugh.
It was 2.3 miles at the most. Not even close to being a 5k hahaha
I wonder, did it feel like a 5K, or after that many bars, a 1/2 marathon?
On my way to the last bar it did felt like a half marathon haahaha
Don't forget to post week 29 miles, team! I got 16, which was better than first thought, even with the sore seat muscles! Ankle is feeling much better, though, so I'll go back to 4/1s instead of 2/2s, probably in August. Life is full the rest of July, and I don't want any re-injuries.
Go, Shut Up and Run!
I did 11 miles this week. I'm coming back!
I did 11 miles this week. I'm coming back!
28 miles last week and 80 for the month so far. Looking to be around the same this week.
Go, Shut Up and Run! I need you all to be watching for a team private message...
Go, Shut Up and Run! That 100% posting was great! Looks like this week, week 32, is gonna be a close one! Let's get another win.
8 hot miles today, but really pretty this summer!
Thankful for the gym today - over 90F here, and the wind has dropped down...but it's still summer! We'll take it!


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Philadanco comes to the Clay Center
www.theclaycenter.orgPhiladanco dancers will teach a workshop on Cechetti ballet techniques from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday on the Clay Center stage. It is open to intermediate and advanced level dancers for $15 per person. Space is limited. Call 304-561-3562 to register. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Philadelphia Dance Company sounds like the kind of organization that might have been around since the Revolutionary War -- a nice, respectable ballet company that might have entertained the bluebloods with their powdered wigs.But that's not how it is. The Philadelphia Dance Company, usually called Philadanco, didn't debut until 1970. The dance, too, isn't just ballet, but a contemporary blend of ballet, jazz and modern techniques with black traditions. West Virginia will get a chance to see what Philadanco is all about Friday at the Clay Center when the group returns to the Clay Center for the first time since 2004.Joan Myers Brown, the founder of the predominantly black repertory company, explained that Philadanco wasn't all about high-minded culture. The 80-year-old dance maven and Philadelphia arts scene icon said, "People want to be entertained. They don't want to look at ballet and try to figure out what the heck is going on. Dance isn't just for the intellectual college crowd that wants to think they know everything."To that end, Brown said Philadanco mixes it up. The performance at the Clay Center, for example, will feature four different pieces, including one by dancer, choreographer and professor of hip-hop, Rennie Harris. There's also a piece called, "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?" and another by choreographer Ronald K. Brown called "Gatekeepers."The fourth one she wasn't entirely sure about, but Brown juggles a lot. Philadanco is just one of two dance companies and three dance schools she oversees. She is also a member of the dance faculty at Howard University in Washington, D.C., a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and sits on several boards. But she still finds time to travel with Philadanco. "Of course, I do," she said.Even though Brown said people want to be entertained, she also knows that some of them want to learn, and she has a lot to teach.Brown said she started dancing later than most do."I was in the 11th grade," she said. "My dance teacher saw me jumping around and thought there was some talent there. She encouraged me to think about it, then encouraged me to join her ballet club, and from there, I just got the bug."Brown danced professionally through the 1950s and 1960s and worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway during segregation and the slow process of integration that followed.She started her first dance school in 1960, but by the end of the decade, many of her students were still having trouble getting dance work."So I thought if I started a little group and let them dance around the community, they'd get some experience while they were looking for jobs."She laughed. "43 years later, I'm still doing that."Some of the dancers stay with her for decades."My musical director was with me starting at the age of 10," she said.Others have become teachers at her schools.Brown said she has a lot of family through dance, which sounds a little strange to her because she doesn't come from a dance family. Brown's mother was a researching chemical engineer. Her father was a chef."And my grandfather was a minister," she said. "So you know there wasn't a lot of dance going on in my family."Her life has been about trying to put dance into the lives of whoever wants it.Reach Bill Lynch at email@example.com or 304-348-5195.


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Frogs Fanny Double Duty Fly Treatment is one of the most popular products we sell. We keep cases in storage in the event the manufacturer has an interruption, which has happened. If we run out, our customers are disappointed.Frogs Fanny is a double duty treatment. First, it is an excellent dry fly floatant. Most anglers like the brush-on application. This floatant is great for CDC dry flies. It works on all dry flies.Lots of anglers apply it to their nymphs, not to make them float, but to add the shimmer and the illusion of an air bubble. Some seasoned anglers tell us it really works and trout go crazy after their nymphs.We dont know for sure about that. But, thats what they say and fishermen buy a lot of Frogs Fanny.We have shipped Frog's Fanny to customers around the world. We hope they never quit making Frogs Fanny.FREE GROUND SHIPPING IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
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Editor's note: Although the U.S. House of Repesentatives passed the Goodlatte-Scott amendment to the farm bill, which removed a controversial measure that would limit milk production increases in times of unfavorable price margins, it became somewhat academic later in the day when the House failed to pass the farm bill itself.
Jerry Slominski, senior vice president of legislative affairs and economic policy with the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), released the following statement on the overwhelming, bi-partisan passage of the Goodlatte-Scott amendment:
"IDFA commends the House of Representatives for voting, 291-135, to reform our dairy policies by establishing a new and expanded revenue insurance program for dairy farmers without imposing a controversial program that will have our government get into the business of limiting milk supplies, hurting consumers and costing American jobs. The momentum is now strongly against supply management for our dairy industry.
The Goodlatte-Scott amendment will provide an effective and expanded safety net for dairy farmers but without adding a program that will make healthy and nutritious dairy products less affordable for our nation?s families. And, it will allow dairy companies, particularly dairy exporters, to continue to grow and create jobs.
IDFA is grateful for the strong bipartisan support from all across our country but particularly to Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and David Scott (D-GA) for sponsoring this amendment, to the cosponsors of the amendment, to the Representatives who spoke out during the floor debate and to the many other Representatives who reached out to their colleagues to help win this vote.
We also thank House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) for his strong and consistent support throughout the Farm Bill process.
We look forward to passage of the Farm Bill by the whole of Congress and to reforming our dairy support programs without also forcing families to pay more for dairy products or limiting our industry?s ability to capture new export markets. The entire dairy industry will be stronger as a result."


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Well Marion, you got him.
The coach that led Bishop Luers to a pair of state championships and 164 victories over nine seasons officially returned to his alma mater on Wednesday night, being unanimously approved at a school board meeting as the next head basketball coach at Marion.
"It feels great to be home," Blackmon said.
Marion Athletic Director Greg Peden - himself a former boys' basketball coach in Fort Wayne at Northrop - said that Blackmon will hold a yet-to-be-decided administrative position within the school system.
With Blackmon to Marion will come sons James Blackmon Jr. and Vijay, who will suit up next season for the program their father played for from 1979-83.
"My kids now are going to finish school in Fort Wayne (this year) because school is almost out," Blackmon Sr. said. "When you move it is always a transition, but we are excited about it and look forward to it."
Two years ago, drama reigned as Blackmon Sr. initially accepted the then-vacant Marion coaching job, then backed out after several days of contemplation.
Since Blackmon Sr. chose to stay at Bishop Luers in 2011, the Giants have gone a combined 19-25 under Coach Billy Shepherd with a pair of first-round sectional exits. He subsequently resigned after this year's 10-13 campaign, the fourth consecutive sub-.500 season for the Giants.
This time, there were no second thoughts.
"Timing is everything," Blackmon Sr. said. "Two years (ago) was a lot different situation than the one we're in right now. This feels like a great opportunity."
While Blackmon Sr. did not go into detail on his family's plans on where they will take up residence, his sons will exit Northeast Indiana and head south to play for the Giants. His wife currently heads a medical practice in Fort Wayne.
"We are going to take it day-by-day," Blackmon Sr. said. "My wife's situation is totally different than the situation I am in right now. We are just excited about this opportunity to be the Marion Giants basketball coach."
Blackmon Sr. said it was mixed feelings for his kin as they prepare to leave their comfort zone.
"Kids are always afraid of change," Blackmon Sr. said. "When we left Marion (to go to Fort Wayne) when my kids were young, they cried like babies. They matured and we are in a different situation now. This is another challenge and they look forward to that challenge.
"I think they are excited and pretty eager to get started."
During his tenure with Bishop Luers, Blackmon Sr. took over a program that did not have a single conference or postseason championship. Over nine years, the Knights won a pair of SAC championships, five sectionals, two regionals, two semistates and state titles in 2008 and 2009.
Under Blackmon Sr., Deshaun Thomas scored 3,018 career points at Bishop Luers, good for third overall in Indiana High School Basketball history. Thomas is expected to be a lottery pick out of Ohio State in this year's NBA Draft.
"There are a lot of great people (at Bishop Luers)," Blackmon Sr. said. "Those relationships are not going to stop just because you move. I appreciate everything Luers did for me.
"Without Bishop Luers, I wouldn't be in this position right now."
While building a program at Bishop Luers and competing in such a talent-rich area was rewarding for Blackmon Sr., the allure of his alma mater was too much to pass up a second time.
"We got lots of support when I was coaching up in Fort Wayne," Blackmon Sr. said. "But just to come back home and see how much people are excited about Marion Giants basketball … it's going to be a great opportunity."


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Correia's gem spoiled after Royals rally late
KANSAS CITY -- Minnesota dropped its third series opener in three tries on Monday, mainly because little execution errors had huge consequences in a 3-1 loss to the Royals. A baserunning mistake by Ryan Doumit took the Twins out of a promising first inning, and right fielder Chris Parmelee missed the cutoff man on Alcides Escobar's go-ahead RBI double in the eighth.
Those little things add up in tight ballgames.
"I know we're better than this," Parmelee said. "We just have to come back and win tomorrow, win the next day and take the series again."
The Twins (4-3) seemed to be over the series-opener blues in the first, when they collected four hits off Kansas City starter Ervin Santana and took a one-run lead. But that rally ended abruptly on Doumit's baserunning error, which served to give Santana new life.
With runners at first and second and two outs, Trevor Plouffe smashed a single to left. Justin Morneau held at third, but Doumit didn't immediately notice and rounded too far around second. The throw went home, and catcher Salvador Perez had plenty of time to throw out Doumit as he tried to scramble back to second.
Santana settled in, and the Twins were left to wonder how many more runs they might have scored in the first had Doumit been more alert.
Starter Kevin Correia had only that one run with which to work as he took a shutout to the eighth. But the Royals (4-3) rallied for three runs to delight a sellout crowd in their home opener.
"I just didn't pick up the third-base coach," Doumit said. "I was going to third all the way, and that was my fault. It's one of those things. There's no excuse for it. You are taught to pick up the third-base coach rounding second, and I didn't. I paid for it."
The Twins had a chance to create more offense when Parmelee led off the seventh with a single. Parmelee then appeared to steal second on a hit-and-run sequence but was out because the momentum of his slide took him off the bag.
It was that kind of slip-and-slide day for the Twins.
Correia made a strong bid to have that one run hold up, but the Royals finally got the bats working in the eighth. Correia fell behind Lorenzo Cain before Cain doubled to right-center. A sacrifice bunt by Chris Getz moved to Cain to third, and Alex Gordon lined an RBI center past a drawn-in infield to make it 1-1.
"I threw a fastball to Gordon and it kind of ran back over the middle," Correia said.
The Royals then went to the hit-and-run, and Escobar shot a liner inside the right-field line. When Parmelee couldn't hit second baseman Brian Dozier with a clean relay throw, Gordon scored the go-ahead run easily.
"It sailed a little bit on me," Parmelee said of his throw. "I've got to hit Dozier on that one."
Royals manager Ned Yost felt that with Escobar at the plate, it was a perfect time for the hit-and-run.
"After Gordon drove in the run, we were going to do it first pitch -- bam," Yost said. "During all the confusion, all the excitement, while the energy was still high throughout the stadium, we were going to try to take advantage and start the merry-go-round."
Billy Butler gave the Royals a two-run cushion with an RBI single to cap the decisive eighth. Correia, therefore, was left with a tough-luck loss.
"Our starter goes into the eighth with a five-hit shutout. He was of a mind to finish the ballgame, but it just didn't work out," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "It was a heck of an effort."
Santana worked eight innings, and Aaron Crow picked up the save by working a 1-2-3 ninth.
"Santana did his thing, but our guy matched him," Gardenhire said. "It just got away at the end with a couple of big at-bats by them."
The Twins can only hope that their trend of taking the final two games of a three-game set will hold up in Kansas City, as it did against the Tigers and Orioles.
"Any loss hurts," Doumit said. "I feel bad for Kevin. He showed up and did his job. We had some opportunities early to give him a cushion, and just weren't able to do that."
Robert Falkoff is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I was thinking about some Article written about Walsh not considering giving Max Contracts to Players like Bosh or Joe Johnson....and this made me think....of the crop of 2010 Free Agents that will hit the market....which one would you consider are Franchise Level Players that you build around ( aka "Batman" of Gotham City...or Michael Jordan if you want a clearer NBA analogy ) and which are the Top Tier Free Agent that are better supporting Player ( aka "Robin" of Gotham City or Scottie Pippen to Michael Jordan ).
IMHO....there are only 3 Franchise Level Players that you build around ( hence deserve a MAX Contract ):
Kobe ( if he decides to opt out out )
As for the rest of the FA Market, I think that they are better suited to be the 2nd best Player on the Team to support a Franchise Level Player ( they deserve a huge contract but not a MAX Contract ) but not in any particular order:
Joe Johnson
I'm sure that there are more....these were just the ones that popped into my head.
I'm guessing that the Top Tier Franchise Players like Lebron/Wade/Kobe resign/extend their Contracts with their respective Teams....thus leaving the 2nd Tier Players like Bosh/JJ/Amare/Boozer to be the top signing options for Teams like NY, Chicago and NJ. You have wonder if they are going to be overpaid or not.
It sounds like DW is may spread out the $$$ spent on Players over the next 2 Offseasons and not overspend on talent in one offseason "just because"....which IMHO would be a smarter thing to do.
Thoughts anyone?
BTW.....IMHO...I think that Granger would be a much better "Robin" then a "Batman". The best that I can hope for us in the future is that we acquire another "Robin" Level Player that complements him so that we have 2 top tier Players on the roster.


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Even though he's been speaking truth to (Republican) power lately, I'm still not a Scarborough fan…
Think Progress
MSNBC host and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough admitted on Sunday that Republicans only kept their majority in the House of Representatives as a result of gerrymandering, noting that the GOP received less votes than Democrats in the 2012 election. Scarborough argued that Republicans must prevent radical ultra-conservative voices from dominating the party's message and pointed out that the GOP is already losing electoral ground among voters who view it as too extreme and out of touch with middle class Americans:
SCARBOROUGH: William F. Buckley in the 1960,s at some point had to start defining the boundaries of conservatism. He went after the John Birch Society, Ayn Rand, George Wallace. That has to happen again with this party because it's getting smaller and smaller. In this debate, we actually have conservative thinkers, talking about Ronald Reagan being a RINO — a Republican in name only, because he supported an assault weapons ban. They keep pushing themselves closer and closer to the cliff. But I just have to say one other really important point, because I made a mistake over the past month talking about how Republicans have also won a majority in the House. As this article I was referencing mentioned, we actually got a minority of votes nationwide in House races. It was just gerrymandering from 2010 that gave us the majority.
Watch it:
Indeed, a recent Republican State Leadership Committee report boasted that the only reason the GOP controls the House of Representatives is because state legislatures gerrymandered congressional districts in blue states. "Controlling the redistricting process in these states would have the greatest impact on determining how both state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn," the report reads.
"Aggregated numbers show voters pulled the lever for Republicans only 49 percent of the time in congressional races, suggesting that 2012 could have been a repeat of 2008, when voters gave control of the White House and both chambers of Congress to Democrats. But, as we see today, that was not the case."
Related articles
- Republicans Brag They Won House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering (thinkprogress.org)
- Scarborough on Republicans winning House majority: 'It was just gerrymandering' (rawstory.com)
- GOP Memo: Gerrymandering Saved Us (drudge.com)
- Republicans Brag They Won House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering (thefifthcolumn2.wordpress.com)
- Joe Scarborough: Republicans Only Kept House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering (thinkprogress.org)
- WATCH: Scarborough's Stark Warning To Republicans (huffingtonpost.com)


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This fabulous recipe comes from Shari, aka Red, of the blog Tickled Red. When asked to describe herself and her blog, Shari says, "I'm the wife of a competitive surfer with an extreme nature and the mother of two fantastic silly monkeys. Simply a coastal southern girl with a tendency to always look on the bright side. I've lived on the east coast for the past 26 years and would not trade it for anything in the world (humidity, mosquitoes and all). I believe in trying to stay optimistic as well as looking for the fun in life, even when faced with adversity. So Tickled Red will be a place to show case all of the little things that make me smile, say thank you and breathe just a little easier."
Coconut Dutch Baby with Kahlua Bananas
Makes approx. 4 servings
Prep Time-Approx. 15 minutes (including chill time)
Cook Time-Approx. 25 minutes
- 3 large Eggs
- 1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill Coconut Flour
- 1 cup Milk
- 1/4-1/2 cup Coconut Milk, use to help thin batter
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted
- 3 Tbsp Butter
- 1/3 cup Light Brown Sugar
- 1/8 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 cup Kahlua
- 3 Bananas; sliced
- 1/2 cup shredded Coconut, pre-toasted
For Coconut Dutch Baby-
Place an 8- or 10- inch iron skillet in the freezer for approx. 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 450°F.
Combine the eggs, flour, salt and milk in a blender. Blend at low speed 1 minute or until well combined. {Or whisk in a bowl as I did} You want the consistency of pancake batter. If your batter seems too thick add coconut milk until you reach the desired thickness.
Pour melted butter in chilled skillet and swirl to coat. Pour in batter and bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F and bake 10 minutes longer or until golden brown and a fork comes out fairly clean.
*Note-If you haven't had a dutch baby before it is perfectly normal for the center to be more moist than a pancake. Think firm custard.*
In a large skillet melt the butter. Sprinkle in the brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Add cinnamon and pour in the Kahlua. Heat until all bubbly.
Slice the bananas in approx. 1/2 inch circles and add to the sauce. Cook until heated through but still firm, not mushy. Baste often for 3 to 5 minutes.
Serve & Enjoy!
A Few Coconut Flour Tips-
- For some recipes the batter becomes so thick and you might be tempted to add extra water to thin it out. However, adding more liquid to the batter will not make it thinner. If you want to thin the batter, you can generally do so by adding a little coconut milk or more oil.
- For some recipes the batter may seem too runny, that's ok. When cooked, the batter will firm up and produce good results. Avoid the urge to thicken batter by adding more coconut flour. Adding more flour may produce a dry and crumbly product. Generally, if you allow the batter to sit and rest for a few minutes, it will thicken slightly as the fiber absorbs the moisture.
- Coconut flour is gluten free and will fall apart when you make pastry. As a replacement to gluten, leavening comes from eggs and baking powder.


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Dirk Nowitzki definitely plays Center as a secondary position. Here is the justification for this case.
1) 82games.com lists Nowitzki as playing Center as a secondary position. As the line indicates he plays 9% of the Center minutes for Dallas.
2. According to ESPN's 2008 draft packet Nowitzki plays Center.
"Positions get weird in the NBA -- is Nowitzki center-eligible? He starts at forward and plays on the perimeter but occasionally lines up at center."
3. Look at the Mavericks other options at Center. You have Erick Dampier, DeSagana Diop, and DJ Mbenga. According to 82games.com Dampier play 48% of the Center minutes, Diop played 37% and Mbenga played 1%. that leave 14% that isn't covered. At least 9% of which is covered by Dirk.
http://www.82games.com/0607/06DAL15C.HTM Dampier
http://www.82games.com/0607/06DAL16C.HTM Diop
http://www.82games.com/0607/06DAL13C.HTM Mbenga
4. Other sites that list him as a Center
1. Rotoworld.com
2. hoops.ws- The site we used to use for the league still has him as a C/F
"Dirk Nowitzki FC DAL 78 35.6 1916 24.6 692 8.9 263 3.4 52 0.7 62 0.8 167 44.2 1.24"


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A 15-year-old appeared in court charged with the murder of Jamil Palmer, from Hampton.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with stabbing the 18-year-old Kingston College student to death near Evans Grove in Feltham on Tuesday, May 6.
The boy spoke only to confirm his name and address when he appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Thursday, May 15.
He will remain in custody until his next appearance at the Old Bailey for a bail hearing and preliminary hearing on Monday, May 19.
Magistrate Jeremy Lister said: "There is nothing more that this court can do - we do not have the powers.
"You will appear at the Central Criminal Court on Monday, May 19, for a bail hearing and preliminary hearing on the same day.
"Until then you will remain in custody because of the nature of this charge this court cannot grant you bail."
The defendant, from Wembley, hugged and kissed two females who were sitting in court before he left.
Police continue to appeal for any witnesses, or anyone with information, to call the incident room on 020 8785 8099 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Pacers are 21th.
@HPbasketball: Power Rankings highlights: No. 30, No.28, No. 19 especially, No.20 and No. 14. http://t.co/DBCFrzgX
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Pacers are 21th.
@HPbasketball: Power Rankings highlights: No. 30, No.28, No. 19 especially, No.20 and No. 14. http://t.co/DBCFrzgX
Seems fair enough for now. Lakers are at 19th.
doesnt matter how good the Knicks are doing, they cant be #1. I know they havent lost and have played Miami, Philly (twice) and Dallas...im not sold on them being that good.
But I like the comments about the PacersTo me, it means that its only a matter of time until we get it back to normal. We're slowly clicking, its taking a while, but it'll happen.Outlook hazy. Check back later.
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
*puke* I hate the Knicks, but who's played a tougher schedule and looked better?
I, for one, think they'll crash down to earth. But for now, they look...ugh...good.
Woodson's teams always look good early, then crap the bed when it counts. I would be surprised if that didn't happen here.
At least the media is being optimistic about our year, and not throwing us under the bus wanting to trade away all our assets....Outlook hazy. Check back later.
Seems very record-based, which isn't bad. But in an 82 game season it seems a bit early to be ranking teams solely that way. It's just 1 guy's opinions, I try not to get too worked up about power rankings
Power rankings are about what's happened. It would be wrong to rank us highly or to penalize the Knicks for what might happen.


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BRICKSQUAD is taking over 2011! Last week Gucci Mane gave you THE BURRRTISH EDITION mixtape, and now he's bringing out the BRICKSQUAD MAFIA mixtape hosted by DJ Holiday!
This one is filled with bangers featuring the whole squad so don't sleep on it! See the full tracklist below and DOWNLOAD NOW at LiveMixtapes.com!


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— Sometimes you just have to do something — anything — to get people's attention.
Jeremy Staat and Wesley Barrientos, veterans of the Iraq War, have been consumed by that feeling for months now. They're proud of their military service and proud of their fellow veterans — but they're also alarmed by the jump in suicides among U.S. veterans and service members during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They're so concerned, in fact, that they plan to embark Sunday on a cross-continental bicycle ride to call attention to it.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that a veteran dies by suicide every 80 minutes. That's an annual death toll of about 6,500 — more than all the U.S. military casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan since those conflicts began.
"We need more support for our nation's veterans," said Staat, 35, a U.S. Marine veteran and retired NFL player who lives in Bakersfield, Calif. "They deserve our gratitude, and they should get the help they need."
Staat began brainstorming ways to draw attention to veterans' issues last summer with his buddy Barrientos, a U.S. Army veteran and double amputee who lost both his legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2007.
"We thought, 'OK, we can't run across the country like Forrest Gump, but what can we do?' " Staat said. "And then we came up with this: We can ride bicycles across the country!"
They've named their upcoming 4,163-mile journey the "Wall to Wall Cross Country Bicycle Ride," and they've mapped it out with great care. They'll begin at the Wall of Valor in Bakersfield on Sunday and visit 71 cities and 10 military bases on their way to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Barrientos will use a special hand-cranked bicycle while wearing an 8-pound Kevlar helmet to honor fallen soldiers from his unit.
"We still have people out there fighting for us," said Barrientos, 27, also of Bakersfield.
They've given themselves 100 days to traverse the country — so, if all goes as expected, they'll arrive in Washington by Memorial Day weekend in late May.
Staat and Barrientos won't be the only ones making this trek. Dale Porter, a 65-year-old Vietnam veteran from Bakersfield who's been training by cycling about 40 miles a day, has decided to join them.
"When I came home from Vietnam, I felt ashamed," Porter said. "People were calling me all kinds of names. I was embarrassed, and it put me in a shell.
"That's why I want to be a part of what these guys are doing," he added. "I want to help other veterans — maybe give them, you know, that sparkle in their eyes."
Seeking treatment, support
While all three men feel compelled to make this trip out of gratitude and respect for their fellow veterans, their journey is also fueled by frustration. Staat and Barrientos said the rise in veteran suicides in recent years provides stark evidence of the challenges faced by physically and emotionally wounded veterans.
"Everything's connected," Barrientos said. "We're not getting the treatment that we need once we get back home."
During their ride, they plan to call for a "more efficient" Veterans Affairs system that makes it less taxing for veterans to access medical care, mental-health care and education benefits once they return to the States. They said it can take months to see the right doctor or get a claim processed, and many veterans just stop trying.
Barrientos' military honors include three Purple Hearts and five Army Commendation Medals, and, as a double amputee, his wounds are quite obvious. Nevertheless, he said he's faced challenges accessing care ever since his third tour of duty in Iraq — and it can be exasperating, because he's prone to falls.
"I don't have any feet ... so it's constant a fight against gravity," he said. "Sometimes gravity wins, sometimes I win."
Gravity prevailed one day in 2010 when Barrientos' prosthetic knee gave out on him, causing him to slip and fall in his garage and break two fingers on his right hand. Barrientos said he had to pay the emergency-room bill out of pocket because the VA did not view the incident as an emergency.
He also said the suction valves, or seals, that hold his prosthetic legs in place have been broken for almost a year now, and he hasn't been able to get them repaired with the VA's help. So, he's resorted to creating his own seals with thick white tape and clear plastic bags.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Veterans Affairs said the agency could not comment on the specifics of Barrientos' care because of patient privacy issues. But in a statement to TODAY.com, the VA Department described a crushing caseload in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and said veterans of those conflicts are relying on the VA at "unprecedented levels."
"In the next five years, more than 1 million veterans are expected to leave military service," the Veterans Affairs Department said. "Through September 2011, of approximately 1.4 million veterans who deployed to and returned from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, 67 percent have used some VA benefit or service — a far higher percentage than those from previous wars."
The VA said it has greatly expanded its mental-health services and suicide-prevention efforts in recent years. Since the VA's suicide hotline launched in 2007, it has saved the lives of more than 18,000 veterans who were ready to hurt themselves and connected more than 55,000 callers to mental-health services, the VA said. (See blue box at right for the hotline number and a link to more resources.)
But Barrientos and Staat maintain that more needs to be done, and they anticipate meeting many veterans across the country who will agree with them.
"My situation isn't special — it's a common situation in the VA," Barrientos said. "And what about veterans who don't have visible wounds like I have? What kind of treatment do they get?"
'A spirit of unity'
Right around the same time they dreamed up the wall-to-wall bike ride, Staat and Barrientos started the Jeremy Staat Foundation. Through that organization, they speak to young people and try to educate them about the contributions and sacrifices of service members and veterans. In 2011, they spoke to more than 25,000 students without charging schools any money.
The upcoming bike ride will be one of the Jeremy Staat Foundation's first major events. Staat, Barrientos and Porter are inviting supporters to ride with them for stretches of their journey as a show of solidarity. Throughout the 100-day trip, they plan to ride for two consecutive days and then take one day off to rest and speak to veterans, students and community groups.
In Tehachapi, Calif., an early stop on the ride, residents have planned a huge bash for the cyclists complete with live bands, a spaghetti dinner, a bake sale and hundreds of children waving flags in support.
"We're excited because we're trying to ignite a spirit of unity throughout the country, like we saw after 9/11," Staat said. "There's so much division in our country, but this is about unity."


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Waiting for the Krewe of Carnivale en Rio to roll in Lafayette one recent Saturday night, I fell into conversation, as Louisiana people do to pass the time, with a fellow parade-goer.
This stranger and I talked about how Mardi Gras in smaller towns is more of a family celebration than in New Orleans; that the LSU Tigers' football season was more disappointing than a 10-3 record would indicate; and that anyone who doesn't have the pluck to get up off the couch shouldn't expect Louisiana taxpayers to bail them out of poverty.
Janet Simmons, of Hope Ministries of Baton Rouge, says she too has similar conversations while waiting in line at the bank or the grocery store. But the views so easily espoused in this kind of small talk overlook the complexities of how the poor got in their situation and the impact their poverty has on the middle class. "A majority of the people we serve work, or they want to work, or they work multiple jobs just to make ends meet," she said. The service group is funded by local churches, individual donations and foundation grants.
Hope Ministries is hosting a Feb. 26 workshop entitled "Understanding the Dynamics of Poverty," which is designed to help employers, clerics, social workers and others who regularly deal with poor people to understand the causes of poverty; to explain how people struggling daily to survive, view and act in the world. "It may be common sense to you and me, but it may not be to our clients because nobody has taught them," Simmons said.
But what of studies, like the July 2011 report by The Heritage Foundation, a self-proclaimed conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., that show an "overwhelming majority of the poor" have air conditioning, cordless phones, cable, microwaves, even coffee makers? That conflicts with the vision of poor for most of the middle class that includes homelessness and soup lines, not color televisions.
Simmons says observations such as those miss the larger point. People in poverty are one bad decision, one car wreck, one illness from a fiscal crisis, she said.
For the middle class, poverty lowers property values, stifles incomes, increases crime, impacts businesses, makes teaching more difficult, and motivates the more-affluent to relocate, Simmons said. "To have the level of poverty we have today is a huge economic disadvantage," she said.
When Bobby Jindal became Louisiana's governor in 2008 the political emphasis shifted from task forces, programs and czars to education, health care and workforce training as the focus for helping families to lift themselves out of poverty. In December 2007, Jindal said that by 2011, Louisiana would see the results by comparing numbers, then and now, such as an increase in the number of students graduating high school and an increase in average earnings.
High school graduations have increased from 66 percent in 2007 to 71 percent in 2011, according to the latest numbers available, according to the state Department of Education.
But during that same four-year period, the percentage of Louisiana's roughly 1 million families living in poverty has increased from 14.6 percent to 16.1 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That translates to 20.4 percent of the state's 4.5 million residents in the state, up from 18.6 percent, the count shows.
During the same time period, the Census Bureau reports that median family income in Louisiana dropped from $54,890 to $53,601.
Jindal's aides have, in the past, ridiculed the Census Bureau and pointed to different numbers. The U.S. Census Bureau last week said the American Community Survey Estimates released in December 2012 provide a fair, apples-to-apples comparison between 2007 and 2011.
The success of a "rising tide lifts all boats" strategy should be a part of any discussion legislators have about tax overhaul proposals that could well increase costs for the poor.
Jindal last week did not agree to an interview on the poverty issue. But back in 2007, he said: "The social compact in America is that you should have access to a great education, you should have access to the opportunity to work, so that you can work hard and get ahead. I think that is what society owes us."
Mark Ballard is editor of The Advocate's Capitol news bureau. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Only 4 168g Glow Wizards Left
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OldTyme wrote:Follow up.
Those do have a nice glow to them. They hold the glow longer than my other Glow Wizards.......BUT, they don't feel as chalky / grippy as the others.
No biggie though. The one you sold me will never see the ground : ) ( or : ( too all those who say that discs weren't meant to be thrown.lol)
timbuktwhom wrote:Hey Mark, got my disc a couple days ago, and left positive feedback for you in the thread. Thanks for the superfast shipping!
As for the disc, it IS definitely different than my other glow wizard. While my other feels like a medium, this one feels like a soft, and it feels great. As for the glow, this one seems to glow less vibrantly (the other one says "super glow", so maybe that has something to do with it). I don't know about the longevity of the glow though, as I haven't watched them for the duration. Definitely feels like a great disc though!
the invisible tree wrote:I've been practicing with the 168g that I got from you and it's starting to make an impression on me. I love the feel of it which is similar to an SS but about the firmness of the new medium blend, and it's got the slightest hint of a dome. It might unseat my current main putter.
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SANTA CRUZ - Two women escaped from the Blaine Street Women's Jail on New Year's Eve but were apprehended minutes later.
Melissa Ann Bica, 19, and Domenika Marie Galpren, 25, climbed the security fence of the minimum-security facility about 7:45 p.m. Monday, said deputy April Skalland.
A corrections officer saw the them flee and notified other authorities. The pair was found a few minutes later at a gas station on Ocean and Water streets.
Both women were cooperative and booked in to Santa Cruz County Main Jail, deputies said.
Bica was in custody for charges related to drugs and stolen property and awaited placement in a drug treatment program, Skalland said.
Galpren was convicted of auto theft and was serving a jail sentence at Blaine Street, deputies said.
The facility typically houses women with charges related to theft, DUI or drugs, according to the Sheriff's Office.


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I have a NI cRIO-9025. I am trying to run a stepper motor with NI 9501 with the help of the example given (Veloity Control (open loop)- NI 9501). The program gets compiled on the FPGA, but the stepper motor doesn't move. The drive status always shows "disabled by software". What am I doing wrong? I am running both the RT and FPGA VIs.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi Pranjal,
I ran that example without making any changes and it ran fine. I have a few ideas:
Let me know how it goes.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the reply. I'm quite sure that the problem I'm facing is not 2. or 3. I tried moving the example using the methodology you mentioned, but I faced a problem:the "Items to move" folder did not appear. I could not the transport the examples properly. I transported the examples by copying it to the new project and changing the module number in it. It is able to compule, but as I said before the motor does not move.
The other think I want to ensure is whether I'm doing it correctly. I am entirely new to 9025 and 9501, and FPGA programming. How should I run the VIs? Should I run the FPGA VI first or the RT VI?
Also, while connecting the NEMA-17 motor to NI 9501, is there any need to supply external voltage supply or the voltage is provided by the module itself?
Thanks again,
Hi Pranjal,
You will have to provide an external power supply to the module. If you look at the 9501 manual, you will see that pins 7 and 8 are meant for an 8-30V power supply. If you don't connect this supply, you will have a fault and the red LED should be lit. The manual also shows you different ways to connect your motor.
When running the VI, you will want to run only the RT VI. The FPGA VI will automatically be run when you start the RT VI.
You are right that there is no 'Items to Move' folder. Instead, you will want to move the following things to your new target: Velocity Control (open loop) - NI 9501 (RT).vi, Velocity Control (open loop) - NI 9501 (FPGA).vi, and Setpoint. You will also want to make sure that you drag them to the appropriate hierarchy. The RT VI should be below the RT controller in the project and the FPGA VI and Setpoint FIFO should be below the FPGA target. Finally, you want to make sure that Mod1 is a 9501.
Let me know if any of this helps.
Hi Paul,
Thanks a lot for your help. I did not connect the external power source earlier. The motor is running fine now.
I am currently trying to run a example program as well Position Control (open loop) and I tried moving the specific files over to the correct levels in a new project file and wont let me compile it. Any suggestions?
Hi, I'm not sure whether this is the right place for asking this question or not and if not, then please guide me to the right place for asking such question. Thanks.
I have a stepper motor with the Vector Network Analyzer Anritsu MS4623B. I got it up and running with the LabWindows/CVI. I need to sync the motion of the stepper motor with my data acquisition. Basically, I have to acquire the data in a way that in the start the motor will come back to home position wherever it was and then I want to move it to the specific position to do the measurements (For Example, I want to measure the 40 GHz channel between 1m to 3m movement of a stepper motor on a linear positioning system (ball-screw)). I've interfaced the VNA with the PC using LabWindows/CVI and I've controlled the clockwise and anti-clockwise movements of the stepper motor using LabWindows/CVI but I'm unable to sync the system in a way that whenever I run the code, the motor will run back to the home position and then move to a specific measurement start position and move till the end position and in between do the increment and stop and acquire the data. Is there any one to help me please? It's really urgent please and I'm doing this thing first time so please guide me in a proper way. I shall really apprecaite that and will be highly obliged with you. Thanks for your time and concern.
Thanks and Regards.
I have connected my compacrio with pC and its connected fine, but on the chassis the c-series modules green led is continusally blinking saying that the drive is not enabled??
how can i enable the drive?
Do i have to run some program for enabling??
please reply me soon
Do I have to connect the motor with it then it will stop blinking or what?
I am receiving an error number -63192 saying


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For robots, Robogames is the ultimate fighting competition. It's where brain turns into brawn, electronics trump athletic prowess and the arena is heavy not with sweat, but with the smell of solder and burnt metal.
At this year's games, held in the sleepy Silicon Valley town of San Mateo, California, some 500 robots from 17 countries competed, while at least 5,000 spectators witnessed the mechanized mayhem.
"It's just like the Olympics, but for robots," says David Calkins, founder and one of the organizers of Robogames.
At Robogames, robots compete for medals across categories such as combat, soccer, hockey, sumo and kung fu. Scores are tallied and medals awarded. But fun and games aside, Robogames also helps advance technology breakthroughs, says Calkins.
"There's nothing that motivates a person more than losing," he says. "If you are an athlete you train harder but if you are an engineer you spend more time in the garage and rewrite the code. Without that level of competition, it is difficult to stay motivated."
There's more at stake than just medals: Reputations can be made within the metal-Plexiglas robot combat arena. And it's not just for geek cred: Last year, winning teams from Indonesia and Mexico found themselves invited to meet with the presidents of their respective countries.
Want to see what it takes to make a competitive robot? Watch our video, below, or click here: What's Inside a Winning Battle Bot.
Then, read on for some highlights from this year's games.
Photo courtesy Willow Garage
Mech Warfare
One of the popular, relatively new categories at Robogames is Mech Warfare. Instead of the heavy, armored combat bots for which Robogames is best known, Mech Warfare pits bipedal, quadrupedal and hexapod robots shooting plastic ammunition against each other. Wheeled robots aren't allowed to participate.
"The concept is to recreate the mech-warrior and battle-tech type of war games that were popular on PCs and tabletops," says Andrew Alter, who organized the event. "Our emphasis is not on destroying the opponent but more about scoring and strategy."
All the robots involved have an on-board wireless camera. Each robot's operator has to view the fight through the robot's POV camera to score a hit. The entire arena is mocked up like a city complete with miniature buildings, alleys and parked cars, increasing the challenge, since robots can sneak up on one another or use the environment for tactical advantages.
The 12-minute match starts off with 20 hit points for each player. The robots lose a point each time they take a hit. The hits are monitored and relayed wirelessly to a scoreboard.
Alter's robot Giger won the second place in that category.
Photo: Andrew Alter
Picture tiny robots manipulated into kicking a ball to win. That's soccer for you in the world of robots.
Robo-soccer has two teams of three robots playing against each other. If any of the robots fail during the competition, the team goes on without it.
Robotinno, a 12-inch tall robot that weighs about 3.5 pounds, won the event and brought home the only prize for Taiwan.
Despite its rookie status — it was Robotinno's first year at the event — the robot beat players from the United States and Hong Kong.
"The robot uses [a] servo motor in each part so it moves like a human," says Choi Hung, director at Kowatec, an Oakland, California, company that serves as a distributor for the Taiwanese robot-kit maker. "And you can program it so its features are as much the human as the hardware."
Robotinno is easy enough to put together. The robot kit costs about $850 and thermometer and barometer modules are available. The programming is done using a modified Visual Basic language.
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Texai vs. Phun Bot
Robogames has a lot of scheduled events, but every so often there's an impromptu match that turns out to be a lot of fun. Texai vs. Phun Bot is one of them.
Texai is a remote-control robotics platform from the open source robotics company Willow Garage, while Phun Bot is a robot that mixes and serves drinks.
The two bumped into each other at the event, setting the stage for a quick match, says Ken Conley, a software engineer at Willow Garage.
"If there's ever a category for most useless combat robot, these two would be in it," says Conley.
The two robots don't have any armor or weapons but that didn't stop them from a face-off. Their version of a fight meant bumping into each other.
"It was more of a comedy than a battle," says Conley. But for those who insist on keeping score, Texai was asked to leave the ring at the end.
Photo courtesy Willow Garage
A 340-pound titanium robot, Ziggy is a Robogames champion: It has won three gold medals in the heavyweight combat category.
This year, Ziggy didn't get off to a good start. During a lead-up to Robogames, Ziggy was pitted against San Francisco Forty Niners' placekicker Joe Nedney in a kick-off contest. Nedney kicked a football 45 yards while Ziggy, the robot, failed to clear the goalposts in two attempts at that distance.
Luckily for Ziggy, it wasn't part of the competition. At the Robogames event where Ziggy was up against his own kind, he readily trounced the competition.
Just ask his opponents. Tom Hartley, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Akron, has a robot called CombatBot pitted against Ziggy.
"Ziggy threw us all over the ring," he says. "Our weapons system failed quickly and the internals of the CombatBot were thrown everywhere."
Overnight, Hartley and his students fixed up the CombatBot for a second round, only to have Ziggy pound them again.
Photo: Evan Ackerman/Botjunkie.com
Firefighting robot
CombatBot lost the fight against Ziggy but that didn't deter University of Akron professor Tom Hartley and his students. They competed in another category called 'Fire Fighting Robots'.
The goal of the fire-fighting robot is to be able to navigate a house and locate the source of a fire. Fire-fighting bots can be either bipedals, cubes, box-shaped or even round. Cubes and box-shaped robots are desirable because they have wheels. Wheeled robots are easier to manipulate than robots with legs, says Hartley. The University of Akron's robot was a 15-inch cube that weighed about 10 pounds.
The unidentified robot in the picture is not Akron's but shares many of the basic features found in most robots in the category. It has sensors that can detect heat, light and changes in temperature. It wasn't the winner in the category though. The robot that bagged the gold medal was the Indonesian team's walking fire-fighting robot.
Hartley's students had some consolation to offset their two losses: The university won the gold for the BalanceBot, a Segway-like robot whose goal is to balance itself on two wheels.
Photo courtesy Willow Garage
Brain vs. Brawn
Robogames isn't just about engineers and DIY hobbyists. Behind-the-scenes technicians like Fon Davis make some of the more interesting props used in the competition.
Davis, a prop maker for Hollywood, created the city that was the setting for the Mech Warfare event. The replica, built on a 1:24 scale, had some amazingly lifelike designs, including a miniature yellow taxi. The walls were made of plaster so that they'd sustain damage when hit by the Mech Warfare bots' pellets — an effect the organizers hoped would look especially good when filmed with their high-speed HD cameras.
Today's robots lack visual appeal, says Davis.
"Lots of people design robots to be practical, not artistic," he says. "I want to try to bring in robots with an aesthetic slant so it takes the whole sport to a greater level of entertainment. It's not just about winning."
A design and props maker, Davis has worked on films such as Star Wars, the Matrix series and Planet of the Apes to create models.
"Most people are doing this in their free time. They are focused on technical goals so they don't want to get into the aesthetics of it," he says.
But it's not that hard to pretty up a combat bot. Sometimes it's as simple as pouring hot plastic over a piece of rigid foam to create a curved outer shell, says Davis.
"The electronics are cool and interesting but they are all over the event," says Davis. "The robots need personality and they need clothing."
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Santana got crossed up on a pitch from closer Chris Perez and sustained a contusion after being struck on the thumb while trying to catch the baseball. Santana was in obvious pain and exited the game after being attended to briefly by manager Terry Francona and a team trainer.
"Obviously, he's going to be sore, at best," Francona said before the results of the X-rays were known.
Santana was replaced behind the dish by backup catcher Lou Marson, who was still dealing with some lingering neck stiffness from his collision at the plate with Tampa Bay's Desmond Jennings in Saturday's game. Marson was feeling better as of Monday afternoon and was deemed fine to catch by Francona, if necessary.
Losing the switch-hitting Santana for any significant length of time would have been a big blow for the Indians in this young season. With his 1-for-2 showing in Monday's loss, the catcher is hitting .500 (13-for-26) with two home runs, four walks, five runs scored and five RBIs through seven games this season.
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