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One ice cream sundae
Swirled with whipped cream and a cherry on the top
Sitting temptingly in a tall glass
But you were out of reach
I could see you through the window of the restaurant
Melting away in front of my eyes
Like your life was ebbing away from you
With creamy liquid tears running down the side of the glass
Over time the cherry sank deeper into the velvety fluid
Until it disappeared into the thick goo
It's blushing red cheek barely visible at the bottom of the goblet ...
ONE fire alarm spoiling one perfect moment
This is a true story – it happened on 5th September!
One contest – Sponsor Rob Carmack
Copyright © JAN ALLISON | Year Posted 2015
Turkey so dry that I can't speak
Brussel sprouts boiled for a week
Roast potatoes burnt to a crisp
Lumpy gravy
I feel
Jan Allison
26th October
Inspired by Andrea's contest but not written for it!
Copyright © JAN ALLISON | Year Posted 2014
I met this cool dude called Jaffa
At the beginning he was so sweet to me
Sadly after a while he gave me the pip
In the end he ran out of juice and I had to squash him
Then I pulverised his flesh to a pulp
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Copyright © JAN ALLISON | Year Posted 2016
Heavenly Meat Pies
Nostalgic memories -
An awesome aroma
And an unforgettable flavor of
Freshly-baked, hot-out-of-the-oven,
Magnificent, "melt-in-your-mouth,"
Homemade mini meat pies.
Flaky, golden brown pastry crusts,
Filled with lots of love and stuffed with
Savory bite-size bits of tender beef,
Cubed potatoes, green peas, bell peppers,
Pungent garlic, garden carrots, celery, cilantro,
Madras Curry and other fragrant aromatic spices.
Popping one delectable meat pie into my mouth,
I tucked away another in my pocket for later.
Every magical mouth-watering morsel,
A taste of heavenly culinary delight…
In my great-grand auntie's rustic kitchen.
Copyright © Pandita Sanchez | Year Posted 2014
My coffee, my house,
cinnamon and hint of clove
in a full bodied french roast...
acrid, bitter, pungent deliciousness
wafts thought the air
before even the eyes are open
the buzz of conversation over
the tinkling of spoons stirring
the clanking of cup on saucer
the shooshing of steamy cream
into cappuccino
a lush, rich aroma,
with the feeling of rightness
around the edges
like a cozy blanket of comfort
wrapping around your shoulders
Sipping in silence,
watching the sunrise,
simple serenity to start the day.
Copyright © Trudy Diane Rider | Year Posted 2012
You are far away now
Off in fields of gold
Dappled with evenings hot velvety light
90 degrees of separation has dulled the sword
eased the pain
The grasshoppers chirp in unison to your labors but they no longer ache in your solar plexus
Nor mine
What sweet sorrow is loss and gain
I now walk down the very paths I have always so longed for
the dark rich peat paths of happiness
contentment oozes from these fingertips as I write and I wonder if happiness is poetry
Or does it preclude it all together
The night sky fills with stars
The stars fill with fire flies that burst out of them like infinitesimal lightning bolts
jettisoned to my soul
he and I chase storms on decks swirled in smoke
We banter and bay at one another
you are in a field of gold somewhere
or beside
a river bed
The smell of the wet earth of shore beneath you reaches me… but momentarily
dismissed as the ash of the bonfire of a week ago fire or the grill of last night's
unbelievably tasty ribs he concocted from air for me and me alone
but then we shared with so many
Lingers on my lip tips…the bottom edge
I kiss him and mean it with all I am
A being
a re-being
Super beings are we
and our colors wash
upon the canvas of my life
melding into one great magnificent us
Spectacular are we
the creatures who so love life
we give our only begotten selves to each other
and never ever forsake
Copyright © Ingrid Showalter Swift | Year Posted 2014
on a quiet
amidst the
trees of
with a
sweet juicy
ripe with
all senses
simply are..
the Fruit
of the
one of
for the God
& Goddess
in all.
Copyright © Lynn Marie | Year Posted 2006
Beat down with legal fees
Tied up with taxes;
Tripped up with mortgages;
Ripped off with student loans
Insulted with insurance
Telephone updates.
Out of date opts,
New upgrade rates;
Food on the down-low
Carrots in the closet;
Conjugating with fake rice.
Plastic cabbage, inedible corn.
Tomatoes with fish dung
Water with lead, flatulent cows
Polluting the air.
Carbon emission:
Beyond the stratosphere:
Halliburton and agent orange.
Nuclear explosion -radiation;
Devastating the atmosphere.
I can't explain, with no
nutrients to the brain.
No minerals to the lungs n heart.
Contaminated nation;
Sheer contamination.
Is it too late, to rise above the hate?
Tired n Devastated, tried elevation.
Tried to immunize, and fine tune
My body to this new moon.
With herbs n mushrooms.
Sun Hot, Global Scorching...
Illuminati wants hearts,
and good body parts.
Neanderthals,running back to their caves
Underground bunkers, where they'll be safe…
Americans dangling off bridges with knapsacks;
Flimsy structures and Bivouacs
No air, no food, no heat,
Not even water safe to drink.
Like Dinosaurs and bees, fast becoming extinct.
I can't even think, with no nutrients to the brain.
No minerals to fortify lungs n heart.
Contaminated nation,
Sheer contamination.
With nowhere to run;
What do you think should be done?
Copyright © Vicki Acquah | Year Posted 2017
For several thousands of years
you upheld the sacredness of Nature
avoiding wanton destruction
of plant and animal life
taking only what you needed
since their sacredness was
just as important to you
as the sacredness of humanity
When harvesting wild rice for food
you let some fall into the water
to produce crops for the future
Surrounding a pack of wild sheep
while hunting in the mountains
you let a male and female escape
so by their reproductive process
they would ensure the
continuation of their species
You saw yourself as part of Nature
living in harmony with it
and not plundering it with greed
Your religion was to respect Nature
viewing all plants and animals
as parts of its magnificent fabric
Abuse of a part of it was
an abuse of the whole
Your way of life
provides valuable lessons
that can teach mankind how
to deal with today's ecological crisis
that threatens the survival
of all life on the planet
You were the genuine
Guardian of the Environment
I have always admired the way of life of the Native American Indians living in harmony with Nature before the advent of the Europeans. By extension, this applies to all indigenous peoples including the Amerindians and Polynesians. This piece is dedicated to them.
Copyright © john beharry | Year Posted 2013
Now they say that girls are made of sugar
And spice, but good girls finish last my friend.
For there is one truth for all women kind,
Come hell or high water we will fight
For our right to indulge ourselves in
The need for perfections greatest
Confections, COOKIES!!!
Yes we will take down that cookie
Puppet clown, dressed in blue,
For there is no fiercer monster known
To man, then a women who's cookie
Faddish is left unsatisfied.
Peanut butter to chocolate chip,
Just pass the milk and watch out dude,
For women shall be the first to dip.
Call us the two fisted women of the
Raw dough generation, we don't
Really care, just pass grandma's old
Cookie jar.
Roll me down the bakery sweet,
No fragrance smells finer then freshly
Baked what ladies, COOKIES.
Sugar me sweet it's the ladies favorite
Treat, by the bucket or truck load it can't
Be beat, frosted or plain, it matters not,
But without Milk its sacrilege that is
No doubt!!
Now chocolate maybe the vise five to
Seven days a month, but cookies rule
As the male race drools, because honey
There is no doubt women will take you
Don't for what, lets all say it ladies around
The world, all together now, SAY WHAT
By the way did I tell you my favorite
Food in the world, of course it's very
Obvious, COOKIES!!
And to all women
Copyright © cherl dunn | Year Posted 2015
~Pineapple Pizza~
(Double American Diamante )
It's delicious
Just have some
With lots of mushrooms
Red green peppers
Ham add
Pineapple slices
Bring to table
Share with family friends
Have two slices
For you
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
Copyright © Dorian Petersen Potter | Year Posted 2015
Thick or thin, it is the Friday night order in special,
Supreme or meat lovers delight, whatever toppings
You like it, does not matter for it's
The all American favorite, Pizza!!
Roll out that dough, cover it with Italians specialty
Sauce, cheese me to please me, I'll never get enough,
I'm simply addicted to this deep dish pan delicious stuff.
Cut me no single slice, for more, more, more,
Is the thunderous roar of my mighty hungering's
Rumbling, within my tummy, for what Pizza!!!
Circled or squared, just roll that pizza cutter of
Portions pleasure, pick up your slice and allow
That thick cheese to pull apart naturally,
Then bite into Nirvana, for this is heavens
Perfection guaranteed by the slice.
Now the frozen microwave style may work in a pinch,
Delivery or the hot and ready special can satisfy
My personal hunger glitch, for that tasty pizza pie,
As long as can get it, I'm satisfied.
Oh grant me one pleasures sinful command to break
Dearest lord above, to indulge myself, and stuff
Myself with pizza, pizza until I burst, for gluttony is
One distractions fault I have dear father, when it
Comes to this circle food, as it spins on the nightly
Commensals boob tube.
Is it not against the law to hide messages within
Certain text, because I swear these advertisers
Know our fragile human weaknesses, late at night
For this delectable substance, called what
Pizza, if I haven't mentioned it enough,
Yummy, yum, yum old chum.
It's the party hardy mid-night special, on all
Channels of the United States of America,
There is no doubt of this, rock my world
In flavorful old time favorite, dude I'm
With you all the way, especially on a
Friday night.
This is my declaration of independence
Declared in Italian sauces redden stainy ink,
Give me Pizza or give me death, just kidding
Folks, by the way do you want that last
Pizza slice, I'm not quite full yet, lol.
When I think of the plight that children face all over the world
I just want to cry
Hunger starts and ends their everyday
As many of us continue to waste away
The scraps that we toss could save a child's life
I'll tell you the human race is nothing nice
We have no problem spending trillions on war
As children starve to death outside a millionaires store
They put locks on the dumpsters to keep them out
To greedy to give what they are throwing out
I watched a show just the other day
That showed Children just wasting away
Right there in their mothers arms
As I ate my giant bowl of lucky charms
Pirates raiding off the Somalia Coast
Because their children's eyes are hollow as a ghost
If my Children were starving these words are true
Captain Hook wouldn't hold a light to you know who
I think in the overhaul scheme of wrong and right
Mankind in general has lost all sight
Could you imagine kissing your child's last breath?
The rich get richer as they starve to death
So as you all tuck your kids into bed tonight
Kids all over the world will lose their fight
They will simply lie down and die
To hungry to fight to weak to cry
Shelters that feed the Hungry are in every
town, when was the last time that you gave
something. No person is any greater than the
depth of their compassion. To give is to receive
for there is no greater blessing in this life. Keep
what you need and give the rest and the Lord will
make sure you never run out. God Bless, MJ
Written for Sami's contest
Copyright © Michael Jordan | Year Posted 2009
Metaphorically they are
As rust to iron
In the fields of
The hunger demon
Ravaging timelessly
Small potatoes
Are like
The Grace of God.
Copyright © Uwe Stroh | Year Posted 2015
The wind swept across the fields of wheat
The breeze curled around each head of grain
Waves would ripple through the fields
Looking like the waves of an ocean lapping to shore
As the sun beat upon these heads of grain
They turned from green to a golden color
They now have become prairie gold
The harvest in the fall has truck loads of wheat
Taken to the elevators for shipping to the coast
From the coast wheat goes world wide
To feed the hungry and give man bread
From the wind swept prairie's
Where the farmer makes his bed.
Copyright © Phyllis Babcock | Year Posted 2009
There once was a fight on my plate
In front of my face while I ate
The Broccoli on the left picked up its Spear
And stabbed the Corn on the right, right in the Ear
The Avocado Artichoked the Zucchini
Before the Pepper rang the Bell on that meanie
The Onion went to Bed on the Lettuce and cried
Afraid that the Beets on the side were all Red cause they died
The Okra came in and slimed the whole affair
While the Yams slammed and Squashed the Cauliflower
The Peas ended up with Black Eyes
Next to the Potatoes that were mashed up and fried
The Cabbage brought it all to a head
Which Steamed the Asparagus with all that was said
There once was a fight on my plate
In front of my face while I ate
Copyright © Mike Hauser | Year Posted 2016
I take firm grasp of the handle
My goal reflected in the steel of the knife,
I put the knife to its green face
Its' checkered skin;
I flex my bicep, grimace with thirst
I remember the day's troubles,
The day's triumphs, And I cut
The blade breaks the rough surface
Shatters the smooth oval,
And sinks deep into the soft redness beneath
Juice flows over my hands, and I forget my thoughts,
I reach in and take firm grasp of its heart
I wrench it out with red dripping fingers
Slobbering it into my mouth
The sweetness of the watermelon sends my heart racing with joy
And I reminisce that I had forgotten the plate.
P.S, for those who may not know, the sweetest part of the watermelon is the heart (hence
reaching for the heart)
© Samir Georges
Copyright © Samir Georges | Year Posted 2010
I will NOT be satisfied with the crumbs
That fall from your banquet table of love
I'm here to have a gluttonous feast
Don't….Don't insult me with tiny morsels
You throw my way
To entice?
To tease?
I'm to sit at the head of the table
My rightful place
And eat and drink to my fill
To satiation's upper limit
My heart and soul, YES, my BODY nourished
With the eclectic fare of delicacies
You serve
For is that not
The kind of feast
You are used to having from me?
I slave away for days on end
To prepare and offer to you, my King
The most scrumptious repast
And you leave MY banquet table
With the decadent savor
Of my sweetness in your mouth
No, this will not do
Until you tempt my appetite
With the fairest of delights
Don't you dare think
That these mere crumbs will do
Eileen Manassian Ghali
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2014
We were vegan
with a brain smaller
than a peanut
and then we started eating
our brain got larger
we became higher primates
moving up the food chain
larger brain
smarter men
bigger hearts
higher blood pressure
and now
we moved back
to green
forget the red meat
to the trees
and to grass fields
became vegan again
up and down
the food chain
hopefully the brain
stays the same...
Copyright © Dino Spahillari | Year Posted 2012
>I do love food.
When I was young, food was rationed.
So much of this, or that, you were allowed.
Each person had a ration book for adults and a child.
So much butter so much sugar, a few ounces of meat.
If you grew your own produce, fresh veg was a treat.
And what was put on the table, you did love to eat.
Many years have passed, and food is not rationed anymore.
The choice on the supermarket shelf, tells there is no sign of war.
Now we are leaving the EU, what will the supermarkets do?
Will the shelves be empty and bare?
Or will more British produce be for sale there.
I do love food, so hope it's there.
British, nice with a price that's fair.<
Copyright © STANLEY Harris | Year Posted 2016
Unwrapping you
With pure delight
Placing you in my mouth
Velvety smooth
A subtle seduction
Melting effortlessly
In the heat
Of my oral orgasm
An indulgent treat
So succulence and sweet
An addiction or temptation?
Sucking eagerly
Seduction of the senses
All I can have, in this moment!
The wetness of my tongue
Searching, my sugar sweetened lips
For the ever lasting remnants
Of a 'Hershey Kiss'
Copyright © Amy Rose | Year Posted 2013
Young, tender and succulent
Smothered in cream
Yellow fluffy omelets
Garnished with herbs
Eve's pudding bathing in custard
- temptingly -
Mushroom risotto
-a gourmet delight -
Served with green salad
plus chips and icecream!
A glass of white wine - Pinot Grigio
slightly chilled
- decadence -
Madness sets in - slowly
I imagine how happy I'll be when I'm slim
A young flirty lover
With lips made of chocolate
Just waiting for kissing
Delicious and sweet
Courting my taste buds
- disgracefully -
Copyright © Liz Walsh | Year Posted 2011
there once was a flying monkey who didn't know what to eat. so he ate the old scraggly poop hanging from his butthole. His friends thought he was weird but i didnt. i do that all the time. it tastes good.
Copyright © Matt Poopenheimer | Year Posted 2012
Broken fruit stacked forward, with
their tender lip-soft skins
scuffed among her unspoiled sisters.
Lonely is the unripe peach
hoping to be chosen,
turning her sun side out, beckoning,
longing to be washed and tasted, and
not knowing of her immature bitterness.
They always reach back
for the fresh loaf of bread
at the back of the shelf.
its not the same for fruit.
Copyright © Rickie Elpusan | Year Posted 2008
The birdfeeder hung on a narrow limb,
away from deck rails, discouraging squirrels.
No problem for the little robber
who raided the feeder day by day.
Repeatedly, he climbed onto a tender branch,
inching forward until it bent, riding it down.
Each trip, he leaned off and dropped freestyle,
disappearing inside with only a furry tail visible.
He emerged with both cheeks bulging ,
and sunflower seeds scattering below.
On a continuous march of palm-less thievery,
the brassy chipmunk mouthed his loot home,
adding to his cache.
Copyright © Cona Adams | Year Posted 2014
We said our goodbyes in June,
and the months since blur into mist.
At unexpected moments, awareness
of loss hits; tears spill unbidden.
Family gathering, Christmas Eve
as usual . . . minus one.
We quietly exchanged gifts,
found flowers from her funeral
crafted into hand-made jewelry,
kaleidoscopes, treasured mementoes.
I cooked grapes today, dark muscadines.
I extracted seeds and peelings,
and measured life-sustaining juice
through the metal funnel she used
from the day of her marriage.
It came to me dented and bent,
like her body had been at 93.
I still taste those fresh-from-the-oven
chocolate rolls after school,
garden tomatoes warmed by the sun,
hot biscuits with apple jelly,
squeezed from the peelings after
she baked crisp slices in cinnamon-rich pie.
I'm glad I didn't know then,
about being allergic to Cinnamon.
The Supper Table
by D.A. Brooks
Steam rising, sifting through
The kitchen air that we once knew.
Collards, peas and sweet iced tea,
Hoping they'd save some for me.
Sliced tomatoes, juicy red
Triangle cuts of hot cornbread
The smells from days so long ago
Still linger in my head you know.
Golden chicken, crispy fried
Countless veggies on the side
Knowing if we cleaned our plate
Our prize a slice of caramel cake.
The nine of us sat 'round each day
Waiting for a prayer to say
Then mannerly, we'd pass each dish
"A leg for me" was what I wished.
Now years have passed the four of us
Can fellowship and oft' discuss
Those simple times, those happy times
Those Momma, Daddy, Aunt Ruby times.
Now loud and laughing, fam'ly fables,
Around that supper table.
Copyright © David Brooks | Year Posted 2016
life should be about
nothing more than
swirly upside down rides
and blue cotton candy
for in the end
pasts can't be taken back
only relived
and the truth is
I'd rather live
with my blue tongue
than die
with the past's
bitter taste
on my lips.
Copyright © Ra Oremraeh | Year Posted 2009
Another fast food Sunday
Up at 7, no sleeping in,
everyone gets a bath...hair parted,
always to the right.
Momma's got her best dress out,
black, with white flowers
faded and frayed at the edges,
no one will notice,
that's what she tells herself
running her fingers over the delicate lace collar.
It was beautiful when she bought it
but that was some years ago.
At least the white pumps aren't too scuffed.
Maybe next month she'll get a new dress.
--Maybe--She said the same thing last month.
She never cries about it, but I can see the tears,
she holds them back as I walk past her
to get last year's hand-me-downs from the dryer.
"Time to go," she says, grabbing her bible;
King James, worn and coming apart at the binding,
but a Bible should be well used, I think.
She gives us each a pat on the head with it as we march past her,
single file and down the broken wooden steps
and into the car,
it starts on the third try.
At least we'll get there on time,
and listen to the preacher tell us
how there is humility to be found in poverty...
Copyright © James Andersen | Year Posted 2016
Apple pie, fresh from the oven
cools on a rack, whiffs of cinnamon-nutmeg
aroma rise through the pastry vent
then drifts out through
the kitchen window opened an inch or so
mingling with a hint of moulder on the breeze.
The apple peelings still lay on newspapers
on the counter, deep crimsons mottled with yellow, green
mirror fall leaves of brilliant hues.
Is this a coincidence? Perhaps - but perhaps not -
possibly nature intends apples such colours
as a reminder autumn is close at hand.
The pastry, free-formed into an irregular shape,
rustic, like nature. Trees, some now partially stripped
of leaves, expose gnarled limbs twisting and turning
madly off in all directions. Showing its imperfections
yet is beautiful in its own way
silhouetted against an October deep azure sky.
Reminiscences of baking apple pie
snapshots in an album in the mind's eye
retrieving them, recollecting that day will sustain
when December's snowflakes flutter about,
when January's winds wail and
when February's blizzards drift high against the doors
Copyright © Carol Fillmore | Year Posted 2015


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In a promotion running the entire month of June, Live Nation is eliminating its service fee on tickets for shows in all its amphitheatres. This means you won't pay "processing" and "convenience" charges on tickets purchased during this time (though taxes, shipping, and parking fees, if applicable, will still apply).
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Of course you have questions, and so Live Nation has a useful FAQ page.
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Trigger finger and trigger thumb are conditions in which you find it hard to bend or straighten your finger or thumb. It can feel as if the finger or thumb is stuck or catches, snaps, or clicks when you try to move it.
You may also feel tenderness or a bump in the palm of the hand around the affected finger or thumb. The bump may seem to move as you bend or straighten the finger or thumb.
Trigger finger or trigger thumb can develop when the flexor tendon and its sheath thickens or swells. The flexor tendon helps a finger or thumb to bend; its sheath is the tunnel-like opening that the tendon normally glides through.
The exact cause of trigger finger and trigger thumb is not known. The conditions are more common in people who have diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or a history of repeated injury to the area.
A doctor can usually diagnose the problem from a description of the symptoms and by examining the finger or thumb. X-rays or other tests are not usually needed.
Initial treatment for trigger finger or trigger thumb includes resting the affected hand, taking anti-inflammatory medicine, wearing a splint, and possibly taking a shot of cortisone. Surgery may be recommended if other treatments fail.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerWilliam H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerDavid Messenger, MD
Current as ofNovember 14, 2014
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Letter to Constituents: Budget Update - Furloughs
Budget Update- May 10, 2010: Furloughs
Dear Constituents:
Governor Paterson has included in his budget extenders a mandatory one-day furlough (per week) for all officers and employees in the Executive Branch, including temporary, seasonal, and CUNY employees. Furloughed workers would have their salaries reduced by the same percentage as the reduction in hours worked for that payroll period- 20%. The furlough would impact over 100,000 workers, and each furlough day would save approximately $30 million in General Fund spending and $39 million in All Funds spending. (Furloughed employees are barred from using accrued time and/or overtime hours to offset the reduction, but management/confidential employees, fully federally funded employees, and employees whose services are deemed critical to preserving public health and safety are exempt from the furlough.)
As of 2009, there are almost 150,000 Executive Branch employees making less than $50,000 per annum who would be impacted by the furlough. Their unions have negotiated contracts whose terms run from 2007 to 2011 and have not agreed to any furlough.
A review of cases dealing with impositions of furloughs suggests that New York courts are unlikely to find that the Governor has taken the steps necessary to sustain the legitimacy of a furlough. There has not been an effort to obtain a furlough or other savings through negotiations, and there has not been an independent finding that a fiscal crisis exists that justifies the abrogation of existing labor agreements. Federal and State law recognize the right of employees to enter into collective bargaining agreements. The Contract Clause of the United States Constitution asserts that no state shall pass any law that impairs the obligation of contracts (U.S. Constitution Article 1, Sec. 10). The New York State Constitution (Article 1, Sec. 17) guarantees the right of public employees to organize and bargain collectively. Additionally, the Public Employees Fair Employment Act ("Taylor Law") requires the State, local governments, and other political subdivisions to negotiate with, and enter into written agreements with, employee organizations representing public employees. Thus, it is likely that a court will find that the Governor lacks the authority to impose the furloughs and that they are unconstitutional pursuant to state and federal law.
The Senate Majority Conference will not permit a shut-down in government services. We will not jeopardize the health, safety, and livelihood of millions of New Yorkers by stopping government. We will continue to protect the least, last, and lost by maintaining the critical services they need to survive. The Executive furlough plan is a potentially unlawful breach of contract and we will be supportive of challenges to preserve the rights of hard-working families. Tough times demand tough choices, but it is our job to make sure that the State of New York continues to work for its people.
Very truly yours,
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In the current socio-political climate, is it even safe to say that Playboy, as an entity, is a safe and generally tame endeavor? Especially in an American society so deathly afraid of anything remotely sexual that the sight of a single areola sends Red-State Soccer Moms and Nascar Dads into screaming fits of dizzying hysteria, the likes of which would make Jonathan Edwards (the fire-and-brimstone preacher, not that other nutsucker) seem cool and rational in comparison? What's that?... What are you supposed to tell your children? Maybe that it's a boob?! Heavens forbid.
it's the fiftieth anniversary of Hugh Hefner's creation. Fifty years of young
boys stacking them underneath their beds. Fifty years of young boys sneaking
them into the boy's bathroom in junior high schools, oohing and aahing at the
sight of gloriously air-brushed beauties in various stages of undress. And why
not? At a time of rampant conservatism, so-called moral righteousness and
massive sexual repression, Hef sunk every penny he had into a risky endeavor: a
magazine that would balance features on art, music, politics,
humor, entertainment, sports, and other endeavors with pages and pages of
the most beautiful naked women he could find. Taboo? Of course! This was the
mid-1950s. But the magazine was a smash, and became an intrinsic weave in the
fabric of popular culture.
The DVD
Playboy's 50th Anniversary
Celebration is presented in a fullframe aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The
presentation is mix of archival footage combined with recently-taped material,
and the end result is satisfactory if not excessively impressive. One can easily
accept the older, archival footage for what it is. Several of these clips go
back to the 1950s, and one sincerely cannot expect them to be any sharper than
they are. Colors are generally acceptable, sharpness levels are moderate, and
there is little to nothing in terms of compression noise, haloing, or
edge-enhancement. The transfer looks good enough, end of story.
The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0, and
the soundtrack is generally acceptable. Dialog levels come across satisfactorily
with some decent if not highly impressive range to many of the musical numbers
(Chicago, Blu Cantrell, etc.) Again, like the video it's decent enough but
nothing exceptional.
Included in this disc's extras are twelve-minutes of interviews featuring Jenny McCarthy and John DiResta as the interviewees. Here's a handy tip for everyone, everywhere: no one gives a shit about what Melissa Rivers has to say. About anything. Ever. Next up are Playboy's Part Jokes with comedian Jeffrey Ross and Playmate Stacy Fuson. This runs maybe two minutes long, and that's just enough time for a pee break. Rounding out the extras are a photo gallery and trailers for 50 Years of Playmates, Rita, 2005 Video Playmate Calendar, Video Centerfold: 2004 Playmate of the Year Carmella Decesare, and Video Centerfold: 50th Anniversary Playmate Colleen Shannon.
Final Thoughts:
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration is really not worth your time, although the proud and the faithful definitely might want to give the feature a rental. Skip the party segments and go straight for the old footage; you'll be much better off. Oh, and Barbi Benton and Raquel Welch still look phenomenal. Hats off to ya, ladies.


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Mega creamy (WITHOUT any cream), Thai Butternut Squash, Sweet Potato, Carrot Soup infused with red curry, ginger, garlic coconut milk, and sriracha – the layers of flavor are SO comforting and positively ADDICTING!
Thank you all for your thoughtful comments regarding my last post. It is good to be alive! and always a good reminder to not take anything for granted – life, loved ones, health, shelter, even food. And not just food, but good food!
With that in mind, I bring you:
Having just celebrated our first day of spring, I hope you don't think it's too warm for soup because I am just too in love with this soup to wait to share it with you! I decided waiting to share would be selfish on my part because the sooner I share this Thai Butternut Squash, Sweet Potato, Carrot Soup, the sooner you could savor it and fall in love with soup all over again!
I was inspired by a traditional butternut squash soup and decided to make it Thai style, because to me, nothing is much better in a soup than coconut milk, ginger, basil and Sriracha…and fish sauce…can I say that? without you feeling squeemish? I feel like "fish sauce" has a bad rap – or maybe its just with Patrick who I have to hide the bottle of fish sauce from the second after I use it any recipe. What he doesn't realize is the that fish sauce is completely necessary for authentic Thai flavor in most dishes. It adds a nutty, rich, savory, salty taste. In fact, I added fish sauce to the soup because it was missing a big "something" ah ha – fish sauce! So if you've never used it (it can be found in the Asian isle of any grocery store), just don't smell it – and you are good to go!
As I was cutting my squash, I thought it would be such a shame to not use the seeds (anyone else love roasted pumpkin seeds!), so decided to roast them in honey, Sriracha and cumin. They are DELISH! I had to smack Patrick's hand from eating them all or I wasn't going to have any left for the soup – let alone the pictures. I should have just told him I added fish sauce to them – that would have done it.
Also true to Thai cuisine, this soup is garnished with roasted peanuts which adds the perfect balance and interest of texture to the creamy soup. So for me, the crunch of the peanuts are a must, for Patrick the roasted honey Sriracha seeds are a must – so I added them both and the soup is doubly delish!
This soup is mega creamy (without any cream!), mega healthy and mega flavorful. It is one of those soups that gets better the longer the flavors meld – so you can even prepare it a day or two in advance and it will be even more scrumptious – as will any leftovers!
Sending you my love with this Thai Butternut Squash, Sweet Potato, Carrot Soup – it will make you fall in love with soup all over again!
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- 3 tablespoons coconut oil (may substitute olive oil)
- 1 sweet onion, diced
- 1/4 cup red curry paste
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 8 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 cups uncooked butternut squash peeled, cut into 1"cubes, seeds separated
- 1 large sweet potato peeled, cut into 1"cubes
- 3 medium carrots peeled and chopped
- 4 cups low sodium chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 14 oz. can quality coconut milk (I like Chakoah)
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- Sriracha/Asian hot chili sauce to taste (optional)
- Reserved butternut squash seeds
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1/2 teaspoon Sriracha/Asian hot chili sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- Freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 cup roasted peanuts, chopped (a must! unless you're allergic)
- 1/2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped (optional)
Thai Butternut Squash Soup
Honey Sriracha Butternut Squash Seeds
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a baking tray with a slip mat, parchment paper or foil sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Rinse squash seeds and pat dry. In a small bowl, whisk together "seed ingredients;" add seeds and stir until evenly coated. Spread seeds out evenly on baking sheet in a single layer. Cook for 25-30 minutes (or longer) depending on how "crunchy" you like your seeds.
- Meanwhile, melt coconut oil in a large sauté pan (may use large soup pot or Dutch oven), over medium heat. When oil is hot, add, onions and sauté until onions are soft, about 3 - 5 minutes. Add red curry paste, red pepper flakes, ginger and garlic; stir to combine with onions; saute for 3 minutes. Add squash, sweet potatoes, carrots and chicken stock. Season with 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, then reduce heat to medium. Simmer for 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
- Meanwhile, dry roast peanuts (even if they are already "dry roasted") in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally until golden. Transfer to you food processor or blender and rough chop. Transfer to a bowl or plate.
- Once vegetables are soft, turn off the heat and get out a second pot (large enough to hold soup). Pour half of the vegetable mixture into blender/food processor. Puree until soup is smooth, taking care to not cover the blender completely or it will explode (I use a paper towel), then transfer to the clean pot. Repeat with remaining soup.
- Add coconut milk, fish sauce, and basil to the soup and cook until soup is heated through (2-5 minutes). When ready to server, stir in 2 tablespoons lime juice. Taste soup and add desired amount of Sriracha, salt and pepper to taste.
- To serve, squeeze fresh lime juice onto individual bowls for a fresh pop and garnish with roasted seeds, peanuts and cilantro.
This soup can be ready in a snap if you prep all your vegetables in advance. You can also buy pre-cut butternut squash in order to save time. It won't have the seeds with it to roast, but will be delicious with the peanuts - you will just have to try the seeds another time!
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K.B. Blog From France
The season started very quickly after I arrived, and weve played 6 games so far. Our record is 4-2, and we are tied for 3rd place with 2 other teams. The team I play for is Pays D'Aix Basket 13. On the team we have 2 Australians, 1 Belgian girl, and me as far as foreigners. This is my 3rd year playing for this team.
I am located in the south of France, in Aix-En-Provence where the weather is pretty nice all year round, all though it does get a little cold in the winter. It never snows though! Sorry to rub it in to all of you Chicagoans who will be knee deep in snow pretty soon. I live in an apartment complex with a lot of other people, and one of my French teammates lives here too. Where we practice and play is exactly 6 minutes from where I live. Everything is pretty close here, so I don't drive too much. There are a lot of basketball leagues here, so I try to catch as many games as I can, since I am a fan too! Also, I am working on making my French as fluent as I can. I am almost there, but there are still some things that trip me up.
Other than that, I am just enjoying life and trying to take in as much as I can of being in another country. I miss America of course, and I am watching the race for President as closely as I can. Go Obama!!!!!
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September 7, 2011
Femforce Convention Special
Price: Sold out
THIS BOOK IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT AND UNAVAILABLE AT ANY PRICE!!This Special 2003 Florida Convention Edition has exactly the same interiors as the regular Femforce #117 , but features a great photo cover of acctress Maria Paris as the snarling She-Cat. This cover was produced in extremely limited quantities (less than 75 copie!!) and only a few are left. Once that supply is exhausted, we do not plan to go back to press with it. If you want it, get it now- once they're gone, they're gone!! Lead story is "Curse of the Kraken" Part 2- Nightveil and She-Cat combat Simon, Aura and The Kraken's female minions to prevent them from killing all the dance club patrons and moving on to the rest of the city. An incredible cat fight ensues with Femforce battling exotic dancers. Then, it's Yankee Girl and Cave Girl in "Men Are From Mars…", a Golden Age Rio Rita vintage reprint plus more. 44 pages, black and white with color covers, standard comic book format, printed in 2003.


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When they were making an unlikely run to the Super Bowl a year ago, it was difficult to believe the Carolina Panthers were for real. They had an unheralded quarterback leading a bland offence yet seemed to have every bounce go their way.
When they started 1-7 this season the verdict seemed so clear: This was a one-hit wonder in the inferior NFC, a team that would never be heard from again.
Don't look now, but if the post-season were to begin this weekend, at 6-7 the Panthers would hold down a wild-card spot.
They still have tough games against the Falcons and Bucs, and none of the teams they've beaten on their recent five-game streak had a winning record. Should the Panthers get in, they would be the first team to rebound from a 1-7 start to do so in NFL history.
"It's not worth talking about until it's done," Panthers coach John Fox said yesterday. "We're taking it one game at a time and if we can win out, there is always a first time for everything."
Not so long ago, the Panthers were worried about beating anyone. Besieged by injuries, with as many as 15 starters out of the lineup at one time, the offence was struggling and the defence was getting worn down.
But this is the woeful NFC, where a hot streak can make a contender out of just about anyone in less than a month.
And the Panthers certainly are a streaky outfit, going 5-0 last season before suffering a three-game losing skid in mid-season.
They then won six in a row and nearly pulled off an upset of the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
Knowing that they can produce in the playoffs could well make the Panthers a dangerous opponent should they get there again.
The way they held the Philadelphia Eagles to three points in the NFC Championship last season means they won't need to fear anyone, either.
And when he's on, quarterback Jake Delhomme is a confident player.
"We've been in the playoffs the last six weeks," Fox said. "We'll just see where we are when the dust settles at the end. People don't keep track of halftime scores.
"It's where you finish and the jury is still out on us."
The benching interim Cleveland Browns coach Terry Robiskie hung on Jeff Garcia Sunday against the Buffalo Bills smacked of a personality conflict.
So was Robiskie rubbing it in when he finally put Garcia into the 37-7 debacle with no chance to succeed?
Garcia took over from loser Luke McCown late in the third quarter with the ball inside the Browns 10-yard and a weary offensive line that was getting steamrolled by Bills defenders.
No one is suggesting Robiskie was setting Garcia up to get hurt, which happened.
But not so clear was whether it might have been a slap in the face for Garcia's criticisms of Robiskie earlier this season.
Not that he would have had the chance to play in San Diego this season, but Eli Manning's manipulative holdout on the Chargers sure has blown up in his face.
Manning has handled himself well with the New York Giants, but his numbers are abysmal. Since taking over as starter, he is 0-4 and the team has all but been erased from playoff contention. He has just one touchdown toss and has thrown six interceptions.
Even Jesse Palmer, now the Giants' third-string QB, was more productive in his late-season trial a year ago.
Worse for Manning, there doesn't appear to be an upside any time soon for the Giants.
Rob Longley looks at the winners and losers of Week 14
STEELERS: After a couple so-so wins, they showed up to knock off an AFC contender.
RAVENS: Offence awakens at the right time and they'll need more of the same this week.
JAGUARS: The sleeper of the AFC wild-card race is a tough team to score on.
VIKINGS: In no shape to be trying Randy Moss gimmick plays as their playoff hopes fade again.
BRONCOS: Even in winning ,the Broncos look bad. Edging Miami won't build confidence.
COWBOYS: Getting thrashed at home by the Saints is just the latest blight to expose their inconsistency.


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It was Lacey's best performance in awhile. But she still kind of annoys me.
It was Lacey's best performance in awhile. But she still kind of annoys me.
"How do you know the chosen ones? No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his friend. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame... for one person. In the dark. Where no one will ever know or see." - Sebastion, Babylon 5
That was Lacey's swan song. I think she is out.
I don't think she stood out and I think she was rather boring. No one has excited me so far.
Simon is cranky tonight.
Sometimes I get the impression that Simon listens to the other judges' comments, and then finds a way to say the opposite just so he'll stand out.Originally Posted by AI addict;3851467;
With Didi around? And Katelyn, Paige and Lilly are all potentially capable of delivering stinkers (personally Paige bugs the crap out of me).Originally Posted by RealityLovesMe;3851464;
Two will be ditched, and short of some miracle save, I think its unlikely one of them won't be Didi. So its really only one spot here that's at issue, I think.
I think we all know he does that a lot.Originally Posted by TopCatDC;3851470;
"You don't rehearse Mr. T, you just turn him loose."
-----Sylvester Stallone, on Mr. T-----
Another great song, don't screw it up. :nono
Katelyn Epperly sings Carole King's I Feel the Earth Move.
Good singing, but I'm not getting the connection between Katelyn and this song. Kind of talent-show for me.
Randy: No connection with the song.
Ellen: That wasn't the song that will make people pick up the phone. Not enough.
Kara: Didn't feel you were competing.
Simon: Positive- I like your hair. Negative - it was like request night at a piano bar. Simple song, and didn't do anything special with it.
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Katelyn is okay. No bad notes really. But perhaps a bit bland.
She's good, but not special.
Katie and Katelyn seem to be the bottom to me so far.
"You don't rehearse Mr. T, you just turn him loose."
-----Sylvester Stallone, on Mr. T-----
Katelyn sounds great. I love this song and she has put a modern spin on it.
Average performance, as Simon says something you can hear in any bar/lounge across America.


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Rockies slip past Pirates
Clint Barmes homered and drove in a pair of runs Sunday, as the Colorado Rockies edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4.
The Rockies were a -135 favorite in the game and the nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10).
Troy Tulowitzki was 3-3 with a run scored for Colorado in the win.
Freddy Sanchez homered and drove in three runs for Pittsburgh.


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April 21, 1934 July 14, 2003
Maj. Douglas P. Hibbs, a resident of Jamestown, died Monday while playing golf. He was 69.
He was born in Lynden, Wash. He and his wife had lived in Jamestown since 1992. He was a retired U.S. Marine with more than 20 years of service. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the 8th Engineer Battalion and Seabees, earning a Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation Medal. He was a civil engineer surveyor for Forkert Engineering. He earned a bachelor's degree from University of California, Berkeley, an associate's degree in accounting and various engineering certificates.
His family said his primary passion was his second family and that he loved taking Tyler and Beth to various sports activities. He loved helping with homework and flowers, his family said.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia Hibbs of Jamestown; children, Michael and Jeri Hibbs, and Beth and Tyler Brown Hibbs; stepchildren, Brooke and Drake Thais; a sister, Paula Carter of Green River, Wyo.; brothers, Joe Hibbs of Mc Gill, Nev., and Jim Hibbs of Santa Rosa; and aunts, uncles, cousins and numerous friends.
A memorial service is scheduled for 6 tonight at Mountain Springs Golf Club. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made payable to Dana Lang for Beth and Tyler Hibbs, 10599 Jim Brady Road, Jamestown, CA 95327. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Opal 'Lucile' Whitman
Oct. 13, 1914 July 16, 2003
Longtime resident of Sonora Opal "Lucile" Whitman died Wednesday at a Sonora nursing home. She was 88.
She was born in McClave, Colo. She lived in Sonora for 27 years. She was a homemaker for 60 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sonora. She taught Sunday school and played the organ for the church.
Mrs. Whitman is survived by her sons, John Whitman and wife, Tiny, of Sonora, Jim Whitman and wife, Betty, of Aptos; a daughter, Jeanne Whitman of Sonora; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James, in 1974, two brothers and two sisters.
Services will be held at a later date. Donations can be made to First Baptist Church of Sonora, for the worship and music ministry fund, 14425 Highway 108, Sonora, CA 95370. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Walter 'Wally' Carl Baumann
Dec. 12, 1951 July 12, 2003
Walter "Wally" Carl Baumann of Twain Harte died unexpectedly Saturday at a Sonora hospital. He was 51.
He was born in Downey. He had lived in Twain Harte for 18 years, since 1985. He was a graduate of Torrance High School. Mr. Baumann, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, worked as a helicopter crew chief and was shot down twice. He was a mechanic and licensed electrician. He worked on heating and air conditioning.
Mr. Baumann is survived by his son, Michael Baumann of Torrance; his daughter, April Baumann of Torrance; his father, Raymond Baumann of Twain Harte; three sisters, Nancy Schiffler of Sacramento, Barbara Baumann of Long Beach and Donna Baumann of San Pedro; seven brothers, Raymond Baumann Jr. of San Pedro, Jeffrey Baumann of Sacramento, Allen Baumann of Colorado, Richard Baumann of Torrance, Ronald and Fred Baumann, both of Sacramento, and Donald Baumann of California; three uncles, George Clarke of Texas, Allen Baumann of Jamestown and Walter Baumann of Alpine; two grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Betty Baumann, a sister, Linda Pena, and a brother, Clayton Baumann.
A visitation is scheduled from noon-2 p.m. today at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at the funeral home. A burial will follow at Mountain Shadow Cemetery. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
NOEL David Noel, 36, of Sonora died July 9 in a drowning accident in Fresno. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.


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Buy cheap, buy dear is an old adage that appears to have little resonance for Network Rail (NR).
As The Herald reveals today, problems on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London to Glasgow were largely due to short-term economies stemming from budget cuts at the state-backed owner of Britain's rail infrastructure.
Virgin Trains' poor punctuality on the route (at 16% almost twice as bad as the national average), led to chief operating officer Chris Gibb being seconded to NR to examine infrastructure failures. There are two worrying aspects to his finding that NR had not paid enough attention to the long-term performance of components used in the £9 billion upgrade of the route.
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One is cost. In addition to effectiveness, speed is an essential component of successful maintenance and repair operation on the railway. The WCML is the busiest mixed-traffic rail route in Europe, making any delay a logistical problem. NR's chief executive Sir David Higgins has summed up the challenge in describing a major project at Bletchley near Milton Keynes carried out over Christmas as "extreme construction".
Nevertheless, equipment chosen because it was the most readily available or cheapest has had to be renewed sooner than expected, leading to increased costs in the medium to longer term. This is poor value, made worse by NR's approach to maintenance because global engineering firms are not willing to take responsibility for parts failures and on-going maintenance.
The second concern is the more fundamental one of the relationship between NR, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) and the train operating companies. NR was set up as an independent but Government-backed group in 2003, following the financial collapse of Railtrack as a result of its liabilities after the Hatfield and Potters Bar derailments. In the absence of shareholders, the ORR keeps Network Rail on its toes by imposing multi-million pound fines if it breaches the conditions of its licence. Mr Gibb has criticised this approach as punitive and damaging to staff morale, with engineering managers feeling particularly at risk. The system is equally unsatisfactory to the public because fines lead to improvements being postponed or are recouped in increased fares, while NR approved substantial bonus packages for three directors earlier this year.
NR's managing director for network operations Robin Gisby likes to boast about the new paint they have applied to the Forth Bridge that has ended the famous need for continuous painting. Similar long-term thinking must now be applied to the network. Taxpayers and passengers, whose cross-Border fares will rise by 6.2% in January, are entitled to expect much better value for money on Britain's railways.


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Mack siblings dominate from the pool to the ice
Cathy and Brian Mack often find themselves splitting up as they leave their Ashburn home on Friday nights.
Brian Mack will drive to the nearby Ashburn Ice House to watch his 17-year-old son Trevor, a senior, play for the Stone Bridge High School club hockey team. Cathy Mack tends to trek a bit farther, to Claude Moore in Sterling, Oak Marr in Oakton or Audrey Moore in Annandale, to watch their sophomore, Andi Mack, take to the pool for the Bulldogs.
But wherever they go and which ever kid they're watching, the Mack parents are never disappointed.
Trevor, who plays right wing for both Stone Bridge and the Ashburn Xtreme travel team, made the Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League's All-Star team as a junior. With 26 points this season, good enough for fourth in the league, he's poised to make another appearance in this year's All-Star game. In March, Trevor and the Xtreme traveled to Michigan to compete in nationals, where they reached the semifinals.
But little sister Andi is not one to be outdone. As a freshman, she finished second in the state in the 200 freestyle and fourth in the 100 free, breaking three school records in the process.
This year, as a sophomore, Andi has already won her second consecutive district title in the 200 free. This past summer, competing with the Ashburn Village AquaJets, she placed first in nearly every individual event she entered. To top it off, Andi trains with the Nation's Capital Swim Club (formerly Curl-Burke), an elite program in the Washington D.C. area that's trained Olympians, including 2012 gold medalist Katie Ledecky.
And while the Macks admit they're athletic individuals, they attribute their success to simple hard work.
Finding a niche
For Trevor, finding his sport was easy.
"Back in kindergarten, my mom decided to take me and a couple of friends to the Ashburn Ice House to skate around," Trevor said. "I picked it up from there. I just loved skating and once I got skating down, I got into hockey and stick handling."
By second grade, Trevor had moved to playing with the Ashburn Xtreme and relished in practicing, both on ice and on rollerblades. During free afternoons, Trevor would suit up his younger sister as a goalie and practice ripping shots.
For Andi, finding her passion was a bit harder.
"I played a lot of sports when I was younger," Andi said. "I wasn't very good at them because I don't have much hand-eye coordination."
But Andi took quickly to the water and from there, her competitive nature took over.
"It's very competitive, because it's kind of all on you. It's not a team sport," Andi said. "I like that.
And rather than wane as they got older, both the Macks' passions for their sports only continued to grow and so did their commitment.
Andi wakes up at 4 a.m. during the week to practice at the Claude Moore Recreation Center with her club team. She attends school during the day, then spends the afternoon at school swim practice. Additionally, she spends some evenings working with a personal trainer with the hope of getting strong enough to shave time off her swims. On average, she tries to finish up schoolwork and be in bed by 7 to 8 p.m. to repeat the process.
"Sometimes we have to remind her, 'chill, it's OK to go out,'" Cathy Mack said.
While Trevor doesn't have to suffer through early mornings, he takes to the rink three to five times a week. He tries to hit the gym at least twice a week and also works with a trainer. After practices and homework are done, he works a part-time job at the pro-shop at the ice house.
Trevor and Andi say that although their parents are supportive, they never felt pushed into any of their activities.
"They do as much as they can for us," Andi said. "But they never put any pressure on us to do anything. They never made us do anything we didn't want to do."
Cathy Mack notes they didn't need to pressure their kids into anything. "Once they found the sports they liked, it's all they wanted to do."
Both siblings have long and short term goals for their sports. Trevor hopes to play in the All-Star game again and help the stalwart Bulldogs win yet another NVSHL championship.
Beyond that, he wants to help the Xtreme bring the first national title to Ashburn and then play at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the fall.
Andi has two more years of high school, but after finishing less than a second shy of a state title last year, is already a contender as a sophomore. Her ultimate goal, however, is long term.
"I really just want to swim at a Division I college," Andi said.
But regardless of what either kid decides to do, one thing is sure: Brian and Cathy Mack will be there watching.
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Nanosuspension Processing for the Delivery of Non-Soluble Drugs
The key to unlock new drug formulations?Roughly half of all new drugs in development are poorly soluble and often associated with low bioavailability. Among the most promising
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Figure 1. Principal of operation of Microfluidics Reaction Technology.
A new generation of nanosuspension processing equipment is enabling pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to develop and ultimately manufacture difficult-to-formulate insoluble drugs. It has been demonstrated that Microfluidics Reaction Technology (MRT), a highly successful development program at Microfluidics Corporation (MFIC), can create high purity nano-particles to sizes not achievable with conventional particle size reduction methods. This new technology could potentially unlock numerous drugs, vaccines and drug delivery systems that could not be formulated or efficaciously administered in the past.
Bottom-Up Versus Top-DownThe MRT creates nanosuspensions through the precipitation of crystals. This solvent/anti-solvent crystallization is commonly called a "bottom-up" technique, because particles are grown, beginning with crystallization of individual molecules. To do this, the API is dissolved into a solvent, and then this solution is subsequently mixed with an anti-solvent to cause precipitation/crystallization. The technology introduces uniform mixing in the nanometer scale of species that are present in the chemical or physical processes which enables nanoparticles to be formed and the rates of the processes to be expedited.
In contrast, the conventional "top-down" process takes larger particles and breaks them apart to achieve submicron particle sizes. Various techniques are employed, such as wet-milling, homogenization, and micronization. Most often these top-down processes cannot produce enough energy to break through nature's barrier to reduce particles smaller than the primary crystal size which varies with each material of interest. This limitation is a roadblock that prevents a growing number of critical formulations from becoming available to the marketplace.
The key to MRT is the processing conditions in the Microfluidizer® processor reaction chamber where the precipitation/crystallization takes place. The short reaction time (i.e. dwell time) inside the high speed, high pressure, and high shear environment, forces the reactants to interact at a nanoscale level. By intensifying various processes, and by expediting the rate of chemical reaction, the processor's continuous microreactor generates high throughput.
This new technology is advantageous compared to other bottom-up techniques that already exist. For example, a laboratory technician can certainly perform solvent/anti-solvent crystallization in a glass beaker at atmospheric pressure, but this process is difficult to control and to scale. Also, the product can be inconsistent and can contain unacceptable levels of impurities and crystalline polymorphs that provide no pharmacological benefit.
The MRT ProcessTo cover a broad range of applications, the current MRT program consists of two reactors; the Microfluidics Mixer Reactor (MMR) for very fast reactions, and a coaxial
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Figure 2: Crystallization Results using Microfluidics Reaction Technology
The residence times in the Microfluidizer processor chamber can range from a few hundred microseconds to a few hundred milliseconds. It is the levels and the localized nature of the energy dissipation that create a uniform mixture of the reactants in the nanometer level.
The patented Microfluidizer Mixer-Reactor (MMR) system is a high-performing, continuous chemical reactor utilizing multiple reactant fluid streams. In most conventional chemical reactors, inadequate mixing and mass-transfer rates limit the value and performance of a fast chemical reaction. As a result, product yields are low, and unwanted by-products are produced. Building upon basic Microfluidics technology, computer controlled flow rates of multiple streams of pressurized reactants are brought together in a proprietary MMR mixing chamber with residence times of a few hundred microseconds to a few hundred milliseconds. By optimizing the fast chemical reactions required in specific chemical processes, MMR enables the production of uniform nanoparticles on a continuous basis with phase purity previously unachievable with conventional batch reaction technology.
The Co-Reactor allows for precise control of the feed rate, reactant ratios, and mixing intensity and location of liquid reactants through a coaxial feed system. For the slower reactions, which comprise the majority of applications that are encountered, the co-reactor has clearly demonstrated to be more effective in producing optimally-sized, consistent nanosuspensions than standard particle size reducing methods for a variety of drugs using solvent and anti-solvent crystallization.
Unlike other multi-stream mixer reactor systems, the co-reactor pumps the multiple streams of pressurized reactants (the API dissolved into the solvent and the anti-solvent) through a coaxial feed system to the Microfluidizer processor reaction chamber. The flow of each of the reactants is metered by a peristaltic positive-displacement pump, and the precisely-controlled mixing ratio can vary from 1:1 to 40:1. ?Each stream in the Microfluidizer processor is pressurized in the range of 5,000 to 40,000 psi and led into an inlet channel a few millimeters long with a cross-sectional area in the range of 75-200 microns. Fluid velocities between three and 30 m/sec are achieved. Jets are then formed, reaching velocities in the 200-400 m/sec range. The channels are formed in diamond or ceramic constructs to handle a wide variety of product media.
Both systems are scalable. Parallel jets can be employed – operate under identical conditions – and should process tens of liters per minute.
The technology is designed to prevent any reacting prior to the reactants entering the interaction chamber. However, for some applications, it may be desirable to allow the controlled mixing of the inlet streams in a macromixing zone before entry into the inlet channels. Liquid mixing occurs for a few milliseconds in these channels, creating a small amount of microcrystalline product nuclei to seed the reaction in the reaction zone, if necessary.
Requirements of the pressures, channel dimensions, reaction zone dimensions and exit channel dimensions are experimentally optimized to accommodate the specific kinetics of the reaction being conducted. Bulk fluid temperature rise in the system between five and 20 Celsius depending on process pressure, and heating or cooling either before or after reaction can be provided. ?Post-reaction processing may be necessary or desirable for some reactions to prevent crystal growth or to alter crystal morphology (length/diameter ratios of needle-shaped crystals, for example). Agglomeration is a natural post-reaction event. It can be minimized by dilution of the product stream. Alternately, the product can be redispersed at a later time.
Experimental ResultsMRT has been successful in producing stable nanosuspensions with exceptionally small particle sizes for several drugs, including two antibiotics, an antihistamine, an anticonvulsant and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, with molecular weights ranging from 228-750 Amu.
Control experiments were performed for comparison purposes, using conventional "top-down" particle reduction methods. These conventional methods were not able to achieve particle sizes as small as those created using MRT, regardless of the number of processing cycles.
The experiments used the solvents DMSO or NMP, and water served as the antisolvent. The surfactants, Solutol (BASF) and INUTEK (Orafti) were also used.
The process achieved considerably smaller median particle size (see Figure 2), as well as more uniformity as exemplified in narrow Azithromycin particle size distribution. The MRT process also provided better crystalline structure than the control methods, and a reduction in quantity of polymorphs that provide no pharmacological benefit.
Nanosuspensions Development RoadmapMicrofluidics recommends a three step process in development a pharmaceutical nanosuspension:
The first step is to conduct screening experiments to determine the best solvent, anti-solvent and surfactant systems, considering issues such as solubility, toxicity and compatibility for the particular application. Analysis should be conducted to select the most suitable materials and to optimize the concentrations.
The next step is to use the MRT to produce nanosuspensions. The goal at this stage is to determine the optimal processing parameters, such as feed rates of reactants, reaction chamber geometry, process pressure, super-saturation ratio, and number of passes.
The final step is to purify nanosupension, if necessary, using methods such as centrifuging, filtering, rinsing, and lyophilizing.
Next Generation Nanosuspension ProcessingWith the introduction of MRT, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies now have a powerful and flexible tool to develop and ultimately manufacture difficult-to-formulate insoluble drugs. The coaxial feed system and the Microfluidizer processor reaction chamber provide precise control of critical processing parameters, including mixing ratio and reaction time, to produce nanosuspensions containing optimally- and uniformly-sized drug particles.
It has been demonstrated that MRT can create high purity nano-particles to sizes not achievable with conventional particle size reduction methods. Conventional processors cannot produce enough energy to break through nature's barrier to reduce particles smaller than the primary crystal size which varies with each material of interest. This limitation is a roadblock that prevents a growing number of critical formulations from becoming available to the marketplace.
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The Hills for Everyone Trail (actually reserved for hikers only -- no mountain bikes or equestrian allowed), commemorates "Hills for Everyone," a conservation organization that was instrumental in the establishment of the 13,000-acre Chino Hills State Park. The trail runs up an unnamed tributary of the larger Aliso Canyon, and is beautifully shaded by live oak, walnut, sycamore, elderberry, and toyon. The native "California walnut" trees here are endemic to the foothill region surrounding the Los Angeles basin. San Diego County lies just outside their native range. In the next month or so, both the walnut and sycamore trees will show their best autumnal colors.
To get to the trailhead from San Diego follow Interstate 15 north to Corona. Exit at the westbound Highway 91 (Riverside Freeway), continue 5.5 miles, and take Highway 71 north. After seven miles, exit at Soquel Canyon Parkway. Drive west on Soquel Canyon Parkway 1.0 mile to Elinvar Drive. Turn left, left again after 0.2 mile, and then immediately right on the gravel road signed "Chino Hills State Park." That road, through Bane Canyon, is open during park hours, 8 a.m. to sunset. After one-half mile you arrive at the park's entrance station. After two miles, the road becomes paved and bends sharply right. Continue all the way to the end of the pavement, and park in the lot at Rolling M Ranch, the site of the park office.
On foot now, walk south on the paved entrance road for about 200 yards, then turn right (west) on the Telegraph Canyon Trail -- a maintained dirt road closed to motor traffic. After a near-flat 0.9 mile of travel, look for the Hills for Everyone Trail on the right, which follows a ravine (another, wider trail continues north to Raptor Ridge). For the next 1.3 miles you stick close to the bottom of that ravine. In winter and spring, water courses through here, nourishing a moist, dark understory of wild berry vines, ferns, nettles, watercress, and other riparian vegetation. Near the top of the trail, filtered sunlight illuminates wild grape vines draped among the oak trees.
At the top you come to a saddle, part of a major watershed divide in the Chino Hills, where several trails come together. Just west of that saddle is McDermont Spring, an old stock pond filled with cattails. Nearby an old windmill groans as it pumps water into a metal tank. Look for frogs, pond turtles, and a host of birds before you return the same way.


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The new Hayliner produces denser, uniform bales that are more consistent in length so they're easier to pick up and handle with automatic bale wagons.
New Holland's new BC5070 Hayliner small square baler offers a heavier-duty design and performance features over the standard BC5070 model. The Hayliner bale case is 12 inches longer and 20 percent thicker than the standard case for better bale shape and greater unit strength and durability. Wheels and tires are larger for better flotation and smoother operation.
A heavy-duty, higher-capacity eight-ball twine box is 35 percent larger than on the standard model to accept bigger twine balls, so more time can be spent baling before replacing twine balls.
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The logistical challenges of his new job may have surprised Bob Davie the most.
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During his five-year stint at Notre Dame, Davie didn't have to worry about the more menial tasks of recruiting. As the head coach of a national power, Davie often had someone waiting to pick him up at the airport and drive him to a prospect's high school or home.
That's not the case anymore.
Davie, 57, ended a decade-long coaching sabbatical in December when New Mexico hired him to rejuvenate one of the nation's most downtrodden programs. The guy who once had arguably the highest-profile job in all of college football now works for a Mountain West school that won just once each of the last three years.
The move to a smaller stage has given Davie more responsibilities on the recruiting trail. Nobody was picking him up at the airport anymore. If Davie happened to get lost during a recruiting trip, he'd be the one who had to ask for directions or check his GPS. Davie had to work particularly hard during this last recruiting cycle because he didn't finish putting together his staff until Jan. 20, less than two weeks before Signing Day.
"I went out and did it like an assistant," Davie said. "It took me way back to some of my Texas A&M days [as an assistant] in trying to get around the cities and towns. It really is amazing how some places have changed and grown. The biggest problem I had was logistics in finding a prospect's house and getting by the coach's office because I had no one out there helping with it.''
Davie isn't the only former coach at a big-time program making this adjustment.
After coaching in the FCS ranks last season, UT San Antonio's Larry Coker and Texas State's Dennis Franchione will lead their respective schools into their inaugural seasons as FBS members this fall. Coker, who went 4-6 at UT San Antonio last fall, posted a 60-15 record in a six-year stint at Miami that included a 2001 national title. Franchione went 6-6 at Texas State last year after previously coaching at TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M.
They're starting over at an entirely different level, which means they're recruiting an entirely different athlete.
And they relish the challenge.
"I told some of the coaches this, 'This is the way college football should be,' '' Coker said. "It's very pure. There aren't a lot of agents hanging around. There will be as we grow, but not now. It's pure.''
They're following the lead of Frank Solich, the former Nebraska coach who took over Ohio's program in 2005.
Solich, whose Nebraska team lost to Coker's Miami squad in a Rose Bowl that determined the 2001 national champion, has posted a 50-40 record since moving to the Mid-American Conference. He has led the Bobcats to bowl games each of the last three years.
"You're still after the same thing," Solich said. "You're wanting to recruit the very best kids that you can recruit. We go out with that intention. Sometimes we get some of those guys snatched away by some schools in the BCS, so you have to have a good-sized pool [of potential recruits], but you're still working at identifying the kind of players who are going to fit what your program is all about and where you're located."
The goal remains the same, but the job is different in a number of other respects. Recruiting at a program outside the six major conferences forces Davie, Coker and Franchione to focus on aspects of the business that they rarely had to worry about at their previous coaching stops.
Franchione is aware of this because of his small-school background. He coached NAIA program Pittsburg State in the 1980s. This isn't even his first stop at Texas State. He last coached here from 1990-91 when the school was still known as Southwest Texas State.
"You watch your money," Franchione said. "You spend your money as you can. At higher levels, you can spend more. I don't say I ever wasted money [at previous jobs], but here if I'm booking a flight, I'm always asking how I can save money.''
Frankly, their entire job as recruiters now involves hunting for bargains.
New Mexico, Texas State and UT San Antonio aren't going to win many recruiting battles for four-star or five-star prospects. Davie, Coker and Franchione understand that. That makes their talent evaluation skills particularly critical.
Yes, they have to be salesmen. That's the case for any college coach.
But their success on the field will depend upon how well they can identify so-called sleeper recruits.
"We sat there as a staff and gave them all a grading sheet," Davie said. "We rated each kid. Regardless of how much attention it's getting on television, you have to be able to do it in your room with your coaches. We all know it's an inexact science. We know it's hard to rate kids. � We have to really be rigorous because we have to rely on our staff. We're not going to go out and out-star anybody.''
Davie noted that the Lobos did beat major-conference programs for some players. Reserve (La.) East St. John defensive tackle Gerron Borne, one of five three-star recruits in a 24-man class, was verbally committed to Arizona before making a National Signing Day switch to New Mexico.
But he also admitted that he didn't have to beat any other school for a number of recruits. In those cases, he merely had to trust his staff's instincts on whether that player could contribute at the FBS level.
The same was true for Franchione and Coker.
Franchione did sign 11 three-star prospects to Texas State this month, though the majority of his class remained two-star recruits. Coker's UT San Antonio class included two three-star prospects, with the rest being two-star guys.
"Evaluation is more pivotal," Franchione said. "You can't go after the players where it's easy to pick out who's going to be a star. We have to look deeper and project them and visualize what they're going to be like in four years.''
Or, in some cases, two years.
Texas State's class included nine junior college transfers, while UT San Antonio's features eight. Texas State's class also has nine players who enrolled in January and already are participating in spring practice.
At both places, the coach currently is a bigger name than the school itself. Many players outside the state of Texas are unfamiliar with Texas State or UT San Antonio, two schools that still haven't made their FBS debut.
It's more likely they've heard of the coaches at both programs. Coker's UT San Antonio class features two players from his old Florida stomping grounds. Franchione, the former Alabama coach, signed a pair of guys from Alabama.
"The thing that's helped us here is my name recognition," Coker said.
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Last fall marked the first time Coker had coached in a game since Miami fired him at the end of the 2006 season. Franchione took three years off from coaching before taking over Texas State's program. And most of today's high school seniors hadn't even mastered their multiplication tables the last time Davie was coaching.
Some of New Mexico's 2012 recruits were more familiar with Davie's broadcasting career than his coaching background.
"I knew he'd been at ESPN," Borne said. "That's really the only thing I knew about him. That he'd been a football coach, I really didn't know that."
Even though Borne wasn't aware of Davie's coaching history, he knew all about the Texas A&M "Wrecking Crew" defenses that wreaked havoc in the early 1990s. Borne just didn't realize Davie had coordinated those defenses before joining Lou Holtz's staff at Notre Dame.
Now Borne's looking forward to playing for the former Irish coach.
"He created the Wrecking Crew at A&M, and that was a really big factor," Borne said. "He's a defensive coach, and I'm a defensive player. And I feel like I can talk to him about anything."
Davie's Notre Dame connections paid off with at least a couple of his 2012 recruits.
One of defensive end Dominic Twitty's coaches at Mt. Holly (N.J.) Rancocas Valley was Terrance Howard, who played for Davie at Notre Dame. Dallas (Texas) Christian offensive tackle Garrett Adcock went to the same high school that produced Jordan Black, a Notre Dame offensive tackle during Davie's tenure.
Adcock said he didn't have any concerns about Davie's long layoff.
"He had his experience in the past from coaching," Adcock said. "And he told me that his time at ESPN had just helped him understand the game even more. He's going to bring all that knowledge and experience back to coaching, and I think he'll be just as good as ever. He said he really got the opportunity to view the game from a different perspective, watch teams week in and week out and see what they're doing right and what they're not doing right.''
Of course, it's easy to make all the right calls from the booth. Now Davie must prove himself on the sideline once again.
It all starts with finding the right players. That part of the job hasn't changed, whether you're at Notre Dame or New Mexico.
"They say it's like riding a bike, and it really is true," Davie said. "You get back in the middle of it immediately. It all comes back very quickly."
David Fox contributed to this report.
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AN Australian allegedly behind a bombing that killed Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year was studying engineering in Lebanon when he was recruited by Hezbollah terrorists to run a unit in Australia.
Bulgaria police working with Israeli and Australian authorities including ASIO have now confirmed the identity of the Australian who they believe has been in hiding in Lebanon since the bombing which killed five Israeli tourists and injured 30 others in the Black Sea resort city of Burgas on July 18.
Bulgaria Minister of the Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov confirmed the Australian-Lebanese dual national and a Canadian man were both studying in Lebanon when they were approached by Hezbollah's military wing.
The Australian man was allegedly the bomb maker; the unidentified Canadian bomber died after the backpack bomb he was carrying and attempting to place in the hull of the Israeli tourist bus either went off prematurely or was remotely detonated.
"The Burgas bombers were maintaining part of Hezbollah's structures in Canada and Australia and had contacts with other representatives of this organisation," Mr Tsvetanov said, adding further links between the three bombers and Hezbollah had been established.
The Australian man and one of the Canadians were still studying when the plot to kill Israelis holidaying in Bulgaria was devised.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah today rejected the claims the Shiite group was involved in the bombing.
Bulgaria has formally requested Lebanon arrest the pair and extradite them back to Europe to face charges related to the bombing but Lebanese authorities have denied the pair re-entered Lebanon legally if they had re-entered at all.
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Floor graphics remain a popular option for catching the attention of consumers.
Meanwhile, Rose Displays offers the aforementioned FloorWindo, an easily changeable system designed for retail environments. The system comprises a skid-resistant, adhesive-free frame that graphics slide into; the frame's "window" is made from PETG and is scratch-resistant; it's available in four sizes. ADA-compliant and certified by the National Floor Safety Institute, the FloorWindo also passes ASTM safety standards. "We like to call it a cost-efficient signage billboard on the floor," says Ann Seamonds, communications consultant for Rose Displays.
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You may not necessarily think of outdoor when it comes to traditional floor graphics, but it's a growing niche within the segment. In fact, says Tom Reid with Catalina Graphics, "Outdoors is where the new action is."
To get in on this action, manufacturers are developing products to be more long lasting, able to endure heavier traffic, and more able to survive harsh weather conditions. Typically, outdoor floor graphics have much tougher adhesion requirements because of the unfinished, textured nature of the surfaces. Also, outdoor graphic durability is significantly shorter than indoor durability because of weather concerns.
Avery's MPI 6121 Street Graphics is a 1.8-mil non-PVC, cellulose film that allows graphics to be applied to rough surfaces such as concrete, sidewalks, and even brick for up to six months. It features micro-fracture technology that enables the film to conform to very rough surfaces like cement and pavement by conforming to them.
Imagin StreetRap, MacTac's outdoor floor-graphic system, is specifically designed to resist typical weather conditions including hot sun and rain, with no extra steps or techniques are needed to help the product work. To enforce the bond to rougher surfaces such as concrete, permanent adhesives are utilized. StreetRap offers an outdoor durability of approximately three months with an indoor durability of approximately two years.
To develop short-term and medium-term application outdoor floor graphics, Aslan combined its digitally printable Aslan DFP 46 film with the Aslan MP 326. The composite film can be adhered to smooth or rough outdoor surfaces, roads, car parks, or paths. The DFP 46 digital printing film is compatible with all major solvent, eco-mild-solvent and UV-curable inks and must be used in combination with Aslan MP 326 laminating film. As well as protecting the print from abrasion and soiling, MP 326 has an embossed anti-slip texture; the laminate also offers flatness making it possible to be machine-cleaned and resistant to scratching and wear.