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The Wyoming Department of Transportation says the state's snow plowing budget is dwindling, and the deparment may have to dip into a construction budget to keep roads clear during the wettest season of the year. According to news release, as of February 28, WYDOT had spent $21.9 million of its $22.6 million snow control budget.
Although March figures are not in yet, the costs of dealing with snowstorms so far this month are expected to exceed the budget's remaining $674,000. With the rest of March and all of April and May and June reopening of three alpine passes still to come, WYDOT officials expect the budget overrun to be significant.
In addition, since WYDOT operates on the federal fiscal year of October 1st through September 30th, the current budget also must cover any snow control needed next September.
WYDOT Chief Engineer Del McOmie said historically, March and April are our heaviest snow months, but even if there is no more snow this spring, just reopening the mountain passes (that were closed during the winter) will put us significantly over the budgeted amount. He added that if the budget overrun approaches the millions, the shortfall would have to be made up from the state construction budget.


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Findings could lead to new ways to control bacterial growth, infections
RICHARDSON, Texas (March 29, 2006) — A research associate and a professor at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) have been awarded a three-year, $240,000 grant to study how bacterial communication affects the formation of biofilms, the culprit in many human bacterial infections.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the grant to Dr. Audry Almengor, research associate, and Dr. Juan E. González, associate professor, in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. The grant supports Almengor's postdoctoral work at UTD.
"This is a very important area of study, since most of the bacteria that interact with animals or plants attach to surfaces, where they form biofilms," González said. Biofilms are a collection of microorganisms that attach themselves to either an inert or living surface, and they exist wherever surfaces contact water.
In addition to being implicated in a "significant number" of human bacterial infections, biofilms can also cause product contamination and even equipment failure. Almengor's research will seek to provide a better understanding of biofilm characteristics and behavior, which could then lead to the design of new strategies to eliminate biofilm formation. González noted the significance of Almengor's research, as bacteria, especially in the form of a biofilm, become resistant to antibiotics and scientists seek new ways to control bacterial growth.
"I am convinced that what we are doing to understand bacterial communication will eventually lead to new ways to control bacterial growth," González said. "This could potentially lead to novel antimicrobials and new treatments for infectious diseases."
Almengor said that the biofilms she is studying are not formed by an infectious strain, but will provide a good model to better understand how bacterial communication affects biofilm formation and will help in creating new strategies to control such formation.
Almengor began her postdoctoral research at UTD in February 2006. She earned a B.S. degree in chemical engineering and microbiology from the University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. degree in microbiology from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
González joined UTD in 1996 as an assistant professor. He was appointed associate professor in 2002. He earned a B.S. degree in microbiology and public health from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. degree in microbiology and molecular genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles. González was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
News Contact: Steve McGregor, UTD, (972) 883-2293
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|2010-06-12, 20:04
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: UK
Age: 26
It's just my point of view, along with my understanding of the series, that suicide is not a conclusion the strong willed rush to. Regardless of her troubles and Mao's manipulation, her judgment seemed to display a weakness of her character. When you say words like 'Ordinary', 'Average', 'Everyone'. I think that 'they' would cling to life through all it's trials and tribulations.
|2010-06-12, 20:17
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Than I completely agree. The strong don't rush to suicide. But there is a middle place between the weak and the strong. We are simply stating our views and trying to understand one another. Very nice to be civilized. I doubt I could change the view you have, so I'll simply respect it. Since I agree with the portion of it.
|2010-06-12, 20:27
|Link #1703
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: UK
Age: 26
Civilized indeed. It goes without saying i'll respect yours. Being average Shirley would have probably fallen into the "middle place between the weak and strong". Not being weak she did not complete the act, and being not strong she didn't initially reject it but needed help to get out of it - Lelouch.
|2010-06-13, 02:38
|Link #1704
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Shirley had basically been Mind Raped. She had been mentally violated in the worst way, after her father had been killed and she learned her big crush was the one responsible, and she had been pressured into turning him in, something she didn't agree to. Her life had started becoming one big Deus Angst Machina.
If you call her weak for crumbling apart, you might as well do the same for every broken rape victim in existence. And only a fool would do that, needless to say.
|2010-06-13, 10:59
|Link #1706
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Wanted to get this out of my system before getting TOO off topic.
The way Lerouch saved the world was not only cowardly and dishonorable in the short run, but also DEEPLY damaged the moral fiber of the world.
What sort of a martha-fudging example is he setting for the children of the next generation? That one is allowed to be as ruthless, cowardly and worst of all dishonorable as long as the final results are noble?
A true savior unselfishly bears the weight of the world's sadness on his shoulders and his own shoulders alone, and never sinks to the depths of the evil he fights by facing it with courage and HONOR, so NOBODY else but him alone will ever need to cry ever again. And Lerouch actually finds time to LAUGH at the destruction and misery he caused just so his baby sister can smile, that demon!!
Take notes from THIS man Lerouch. THIS is how
a world should be saved
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0MpG...elated#t=1m37s (Watch until 4:04. Pay special attention, "Baby-Lulu", to how similar you and your father's ideology are very similar to that of the villain in the flashback between 1:37 and 2:00)
NOT through your selfish, blood-drenched lies, thank you very much.
Better that a world is destroyed than have it be saved without honor.
Let's hope the protagonist of the next series (The Japanese Warrior in the upcoming sequel/sidequel) does a more heroic job than you did.
Having gotten that out of the system.
Back on topic.
Finally started the Shirley-chan and Nunnally-chan paper-crane themed artwork!! Should have the "Pencil Lines" layer completed by tomorrow night. Yay!!
Then comes the painful day long process of coloring, erasing, shading, lighting... oh fudge, the things I do for the love of cuddly and sweet fictional girls.
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|2010-06-13, 17:46
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Join Date: Dec 2008
To keep this as on-topic as possible...I'd say that Shirley herself would probably disagree with that description of Lelouch.
And rightfully so, as a matter of fact, though I won't elaborate on Lelouch here. Suffice to say that he is a flawed character, by all means, but his mindset is different from that of Charles in a few important yet often overlooked respects.
Now, I don't think Shirley would have wanted Lelouch to do what he did, to say the least, but I feel she would be far more understanding, to a greater or lesser extent, particularly if she had survived the events of R2 episode 13.
Not just because the poor girl was in love with him, I must stress, but also because Shirley managed to gain a certain amount of insight into the nature of Lelouch's personality, even though she failed to gain access to many of the details of his other life and the dangers surrounding it. Alas, it's interesting to think about what could have been but there's little that can be done.
|2010-06-13, 19:13
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|2010-06-24, 02:10
|Link #1709
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Seattle
Age: 26
Let me start off by saying that I am a huge Shirley x Lelouch fan and have even made AMVs on the subject.
Now, I have a question for all of you experts. Was Shirley's portion of the R2 Complete Guidebook ever translated into English, and if it was, can I please get a link?
I know that the guidebook said that C.C. never yearned to be a lover to Lelouch and he didn't see her romantically, and that Kallen (although a very close allie and valuable team member) was ultimately unable to capture Lelouch's romantic feelings.
So now I am curious what the book says about Shirley.
|2010-06-24, 03:35
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: U.S.A.
Age: 30
I'd love to see the AMVs you made though.
|2010-06-24, 14:30
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Seattle
Age: 26
I agree with you there. I love C.C. as a character and partner for Lelouch, but as a romantic interest, not so much. I have nothing against shippers though as long as they don't mind my Shirlulu opinions. xD
I love Kallen too, but I feel like Lelouch was already too set on his business and much too traumatized for those kinds of emotions at the point when she kissed him to consider anything more.
Well my account is allipwns on youtube. ^^ One video is specifically Shirlulu, and the other two have snippets of Shirlulu moments.
I do plan on making more, too.
/shameless self advertisement xD;
|2010-06-24, 16:04
|Link #1712
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Seattle
Age: 26
Ooh, a music video thread. I'll go check that out. I'm very new to this site. ^_^
And critique would be great. I'm well aware that I'm no professional, it's just a side hobby. But I'm grateful just for anyone who wants to watch them.
|2010-06-28, 17:41
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Age: 30
Kallen's answer about Lelouch is "kinda" while C.C. is "no".
About Shirley, they didn't even bother. You have a "what if" with the reincarnation thing but that's about it.
In the same time, Shirley was a secondary character and she died early, with the huge cast we can hardly blame authors for not working hard on everything Shirley related.
In the end, more attention has gone to Rolo, ironically.
|2010-06-29, 20:18
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Seattle
Age: 26
I apologize if I offended you-- I can only go with what I have read in fan translations and the one I read just so happened to discount Kallen's romance with Lelouch. I'm not a translator.
I think that Shirley had to be a minor character. I ultimately think that the writers never intended to have a main love interest for Lelouch work out for him in the end because that was not included in his major goals / plot of the show. So it's suitable for someone who likes Shirley to believe that his love interest would, by assumption, be a minor character who
I do not discount any opposing ships at all. I love Kallen. I can only go with what I have heard when it comes to translations.
|2010-06-29, 23:12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: UK
Age: 25
That's why I think Shirley is the closest thing there was to a proper love interest. This isn't supposed to be a romantic show, so yeah, I thought the romantic aspects dying with Shirley was a rather apt symbolism.
The translation I read for that thingy also said Lelouch didn't have romantic feelings for anyone in particular, but I think it's better if fans interpret things their own way. They should leave things like that completely ambiguous, so I think they really shot themselves in the foot with the C.C. - Lelouch revelation. Regardless of what they intended, they fucked up if they wanted their relationship irrevocably platonic. I prefer them platonic, actually, but it could easily be interpreted as romantic. /lol off-topic
People should just think what they like. And preferably not bash each other in the process, but hahaha like that's going to happen.
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When I was diagnosed with HIV in 2007, the news was devastating. For the first time in my life I felt totally alone and defenseless. My mind immediately shifted from helplessness to acceptance. I made a personal decision to carry on with my life and do whatever necessary to fight my HIV. That meant learning everything I could about my disease. I began educating myself. I obtained as much medical information from every possible source. That's when I discovered TheBody.com.
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Canobie Lake Park
8 North Policy St.
Salem, NH 03079
Ph: 603-893-3506
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Hampton Beach State Park
Route 1A
Hampton, NH 03842
Ph: 603-926-8717
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Whale's Tale Water Park
481 Route 3 North
Lincoln, NH 03251
Ph: 603-745-8810
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Don't miss Castaway Cove, the Banzai Pipeline and the Eye of the Storm, where you'll hit speeds of 35mph!
Charmingfare Farm
774 High Street
Candia, NH 03034
Ph: 603-483-5623
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McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
2 Institute Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Ph: 603-271-7827
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Story Land
850 Route 16
Glen, NH 03838
Ph: 603-383-4293
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Clark's Trading Post
Route 3
North Woodstock, NH 03251
Ph: 603-745-8913
You're invited to visit one of the White Mountain's most outstanding attractions featuring trained North American Black Bears, antique Americana, steam trains and a whole lot more. In addition to the best bear show you'll ever see, you must pay a visit to Merlin's Mystical mansion. It will turn your world upside down! And, Tuttle's Rustic House will make you see things in a whole new way. The Clarks have been providing quality family entertainment for over 70 years. An admission ticket will provide fun for any age as you step back in time.
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
23 Science Center Road
Holderness, NH 03245
Ph: 603-968-7194
The mission of Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is to advance understanding of ecology by exploring New Hampshire's natural world. If you're wild about New Hampshire Wildlife, the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is the place to visit. Through live wildlife exhibits and demonstrations - from bears to bobcats, owls to otters - this natural science center provides everyone with an opportunity to see wildlife up close and learn about their habitats.
Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne Point State Park
570 Ocean Boulevard
Rye, NH 03870
Ph: 603-436-8043
The Seacoast Science Center is located on the last undeveloped stretch of New Hampshire coastline. Cultural and natural history exhibits for the entire family. Visitors can touch and learn about tide pool animals in the indoor tide pool touch tank and learn about the seven habitats found on the 350-acre park.
Children's Museum of New Hampshire
6 Washington Street
Dover, NH 03820
Ph: 603-436-3853
This hands-on arts and sciences museum offers many engaging exhibits, including a dinosaur dig, a throne room, a kaleidoscope exhibit, a yellow submarine, a post office, a music matrix and more. It's an interactive delight for all the senses! Admission charged.
The Friendly Farm
716 Main Street
Dublin, NH 03444
Ph: 603-563-8444
Wander through five acres and enjoy some of the most agreeable animals you'll ever meet. Not only will you be able to see the animals up close — you'll soon find yourself wanting to pat and hug them. Farm animals and their young may be pet and fed in a natural setting. Chicks hatching; baby animal area; picnic area; gift shop. A clean farm where children are encouraged to hold and pet the animals or simply observe them at play, nursing, eating or "talking" with each other.
Candia Springs Adventure Park
446 Rte. 27
Candia, NH 03034
Ph: 603-436-8043
Formerly known as Liquid Planet, the facility opened in 2008 but has new ownership as of 2016 and will be called Candia Springs Adventure Park. The water park offers multiple water features just for little ones. There is a 25,000 gallon swimming pool, a 9-hole miniature golf course, a natural swimming hole where you can rent a tube and relax the day away, water slides, zip lines, and much more. There will be some new features too, including a challenge adventure course spread across a portion of the 45 acres of property.
SEE Science Center
200 Bedford Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Ph: 603-669-0400
The SEE Science Center is a hands on discovery center. Keep kids busy with more than 80 exhibits that will make their imagination run wild. The Science Center is also home to the LEGO Millyard project, the largest of its kind in the world.
Explore the Ocean World
367 Ocean Boulevard
Hampton Beach, NH 03842
Ph: 603-431-0260
Explore the Ocean World is a small facility at Hampton Beach that educates visitors about the importance of the estuarine and oceanic ecosystems of the New Hampshire coast, while providing a unique opportunity to view and touch sea animals that they may never otherwise encounter.
Mount Washington Valley Children's Museum
2936 White Mountain Highway
North Conway, NH 03860
Ph: 603-356-2992
Come for hours of fun and entertainment in our educational safe environment where parents and children 0-9 can explore our wide variety of exhibitions where we encourage children and parents to interact and learn thru play! Who ever thought learning could be so much fun? Explore Dinosaurs, Castles and Dragons. Dress-up in our Drama Center. Put on a puppet show. Play with Trains in Transportation Exhibit. Climb the Life Size Tree House. Explore Outerspace. Design structures in our Lego Room. Read stories in the Infant and Toddler area and much, much more..... The Mount Washington Valley Children's Museum nurtures the natural curiosity of all children and the adults in their lives and encourages shared discovery through exhibits and programs that inspire exploration.
579 Endicott St.
Laconia, NH 03246
Ph: 603-366-4377
Funspot is the largest arcade in the world. With over 500 games, a 20 lane ten pin and candlepin bowling center, cash bingo, outdoor and indoor mini golf, kiddie rides, skee-ball, golf simulators, and the world's largest collection of classic arcade games, Funspot offers something for the whole family. Open year-round.
Lost River
Route 112
North Woodstock, NH 03262
Ph: 603-745-8031
Created by the powerful forces of water, wind, weather and time, Lost River is a place where granite walls seem to erupt from the earth, and where a river plays hide and seek. Long before recorded history, massive glaciers slowly ground their way across North America, shaping the land. The powerful forces of water, wind, weather and time worked their magic, creating Lost River. Today you can follow Lost River as it appears and disappears through the narrow steep-walled gorge, the tumbled granite crevasses, caverns and falls. Along the boardwalks and in the boulder caves you'll travel through history, journeying back 25,000 years to the time of glaciers and pagan gods. Wander through caves, squeeze through boulders into spaces between rocks and climb over and under the glacially made wonders of Lost Gorge.
Water Country
2300 Lafayette Road
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Ph: 603-427-1111
Water country is the largest waterpark in New England. Set on 47-acres, there are plenty of action-packed adventures for everyone in your family. With rides and slides, kiddie slides, waves, rivers and pools, there is something wet and wonderful for kids of all ages. New in 2012, the Tunnel of Terror is the first water ride of its kind in New England. You'll sit face-to-face in a 2-person tube then descend into a twisting 40-foot plunge through a totally enclosed, totally dark tunnel. Along the way, a wicked tornado funnel will leave your head spinning and your fears in your throat! A work of evil genius, it's a 300 foot trip into the dark side of thrills. Sounds like a day of fun!
Polar Caves
705 New Hampshire Rte. 25
Rumney, NH 03266
Ph: 603-536-1888
An amazing series of caves and passages formed by the falling of massive boulders nearly 50,000 years ago as the third continental glacier moved southward over New Hampshire's White Mountains. Explore the Rock Garden, a jumble of glacially deposited granite boulders, and take a self-guided tour of the caves. Also, pan for stones. Buy a bag of Mining or Fossils rough and use our Sluice to wash away the dirt to uncover gems and minerals. Also, The Klondike Mine: Klondike Mine is designed for younger ages but can be fun for the whole family. Enter one of our three mines, once inside use your light and start our family scavenger hunt for minerals and other hidden gems.
Amoskeag Fishways
6 Fletcher Street
Manchester, NH 03102
Ph: 603-626-3474
The Amoskeag Fishways offers award winning school programs, public programs for all ages, family nights, pre-school programs, vacation series, Saturday workshops with quirky and fun special events. Open 7 days/week in May and June, during fish season when the fish ladder is running. Come see several species of ocean fish return to spawn in the Merrimack River. Watch through underground viewing windows, fish migration, historic diorama and exhibits with waterpower displays. Guided tours available during fish season.


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Courtney Cook Named Skyline Rookie of the
- Freshman goaltender makes 19 saves vs. Kean -
Lawrenceville, N.J. - Farmingdale State freshman
goaltender Courtney Cook (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) earned Skyline
Conference Rookie of the Week honors for women's lacrosse on
Monday, April 27th.
Farmingdale State College wrapped up an unbeaten season in Skyline Conference play with a 24-10 win over Kean. Cook played a big role for the Rams, stopping 19 shots (.655 save percentage). In 10 starts as a freshman for Farmingdale State, Cook posted a 7-3 record along with 11.6 saves per game, a .577 save percentage and an 8.50 goals against average.
The Skyline Conference Weekly Reports are announced by the Conference on Monday nights. Reports (including players of the week and statistics) are available to view on the Skyline website at www.skylineconference.org.


text: Student Profiles Rachel Goldman '10 Rachel Goldman '10 Major: History; Minor: Art History Hometown: Dresden, Maine Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? At first, I had a few reservations about going to a school that was only half an hour from my house. When I was young, I learned to ride a bike on the campus, a fact that was slightly off-putting while I was trying to decide whether to attend Bowdoin. But when I visited during my senior year of high school, I realized that living in Maine and experiencing Bowdoin peripherally while growing up was a completely different experience from actually being a Bowdoin student. I discovered that Bowdoin was a very self-sufficient and close-knit community, and I realized that being a Bowdoinite would be a completely separate experience from being a Mainer. Maine is a wonderful state, and going to Bowdoin has completely revitalized and reframed my love for everything it has to offer. Why did you choose your major? My sophomore year, I took a seminar with Professor David Hecht in the history department. The class, Activism in America, was an incredibly small seminar of only seven students. The other students were history majors preparing to dive deeply into a research project of their choice. Although I had written research papers in high school and in previous Bowdoin classes, this was my first experience writing a research paper of considerable length. Working closely with Professor Hecht and such motivated, passionate upperclassmen was very inspiring. Digging through primary sources and reworking my argument and my analysis of the material with Professor Hecht was incredibly rewarding and made me realize the intrigue of majoring in history. History majors are able to take both intermediate and advanced seminars where they have the opportunity to formulate and embark upon independent research projects. Working closely with a professor to form your own critical and analytical argument is an empowering intellectual experience. The history department pushes students beyond simply answering prompts and circling answers by encouraging us to pursue independent projects. What has been a course you especially enjoyed at Bowdoin? The spring of my junior year I was able to take Photography with Visiting Professor Meggan Gould. I think that it's very easy to get wrapped up in your own stress at Bowdoin and just crank out work without pausing to think about what you're learning. However, visual arts classes give students a unique outlet to the Bowdoin academic experience, an opportunity to step back, take a breath, and rework ideas and beliefs in a new, visual way. Photography was also a very important transition for me personally and in working with Professor Gould, I realized how the camera and the photographic language it employs allowed me to engage with the world in a new way. Since that class, photography has become an integral part of my life and something that I definitely want to pursue after I graduate. What professor or professors have inspired you during your time at Bowdoin? Following the Activism in America seminar, I continued to work very closely with Professor Hecht. Even during semesters when I was not in one of his classes, I often met with him to discuss work I was doing in other history or art history classes, seeking advice about the ways I was approaching and engaging with historical questions. Currently, I am taking Professor Hecht's seminar titled Sex, Science and Politics, which has been another phenomenal experience. Professor Hecht is particularly inspiring in the seminar setting because of the ways he leads class discussions. Not only does he provide us with readings that spur provocative class debate, but he also phrases his questions in ways that open up the material in completely unexpected and revitalizing directions. His questions are never pointed, but rather subtly shift the discussion and inspire student responses such that discussions seem the product of the entire group. I leave every class feeling that I've gained a new understanding of the material, and that it was not handed to me, but that every student had a central role in formulating and critiquing it. Professor Linda Docherty in the art department single-handedly inspired me to become an art history major and conceptualize the world in a much more visual and creative way. As a sophomore, I took Professor Docherty's course American Art 1620-1860 and I felt something click for me—there was a moment when I saw the ways in which politics, religion, culture, science, and philosophy are synthesized through art and how understanding art is a wonderful way to understand the world that produced it. Professor Docherty is another professor who welcomes students to meet with her during office hours, and I frequently took advantage of her invitations. Working with her one-on-one and having two-sided discussions about what we were learning and seeing in class really brought my coursework to life. Rachel's weekly column for The Orient, "Our Artistic Footprint." What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? Writing for the Arts and Entertainment section of our newspaper, The Bowdoin Orient, has been a big part of my Bowdoin experience. For two years I wrote for the paper as a staff writer covering campus events in the arts. It was awesome to find just how talented Bowdoin students really are and how vibrant the art scene is on campus. This year, I decided to design and write a column for the section titled Our Artistic Footprint, reporting on alumni who were involved in the arts while at Bowdoin and who continue to engage their artistic minds in their careers today. I wanted to connect with Bowdoin alumni and explore the ways in which they have managed to keep art in their lives and forge careers and lifestyles that accommodate that passion and that talent. Speaking with alumni has been an inspiring experience—it's amazing to see the reverence and gratitude they continue to have for Bowdoin. Playing on the women's Ultimate Frisbee team, Chaos Theory, has also been a wonderful experience for me. Despite the College's small size, I think that it can be easy to feel lost socially and not find a group of people you immediately connect with. I feel so lucky that I joined Frisbee my first year and found a group of amazing, intelligent, and diverse women who love to compete and have fun. Knowing that for two hours every afternoon you're going to be able to run around outside laughing with friends helps avoid a stressful mindset. Rachel and local publisher Nancy Randolph of Just Write Books working on a manuscript. At the end of this past summer I also began working at a small independent publishing house in downtown Brunswick. Working with Nancy Randolph of Just Write Books has been a great way to contextualize my Bowdoin experience and engage with the world beyond campus. Bowdoin is such a busy place that it's easy to remain completely inside the Bowdoin bubble. I think it's important to leave and find figures in the community who can be amazing mentors, teachers, and role models. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? Although I did not study abroad during my junior year, during the summer after my sophomore year, I studied creative writing at the National University in Galway, Ireland, through a Faculty Scholarship. Studying in Ireland for the summer greatly improved my creative writing and also made me realize that I would love to live abroad at some point in my life. I also realized that I wanted to remain on campus during my junior year. As eye-opening and boundary-pushing as abroad experiences are, it was important for me that I got as much out of my Bowdoin experience as possible. Remaining on campus while many of my friends studied away pushed me to define myself as an individual, make new friends and decide exactly what it was I was passionate about. What have you done during your summers? In addition to studying abroad in Ireland, I've used summers to expand upon my academic interests and artistic passions. During the spring of my sophomore year, I approached Professor Docherty, explaining how I'd really fallen in love with art history and was wondering how I could continue to work with art history over the summer. She recommended I look into an internship at an art gallery and an art museum. Under her guidance I took two summer internships: one at a small art gallery in Wiscasset, Maine, The Wiscasset Bay Gallery, and one at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockport, Maine. Both were enriching and thought-provoking experiences that allowed me to work with beautiful pieces of art and see the way my passion for art history translated into the real world. This past summer, I received a McKee Photography grant through the visual arts department, allowing me to write and photograph a book of five short stories titled With the Current: connected short stories drawn from the Kennebec River in image and word. Writing and photographing the book was the most unbelievable engrossing and intense experience, and also one that was completely rewarding in every way. What is your best Bowdoin memory? One of my favorite Bowdoin memories was the opening reception for the exhibit of my McKee Photography grant project in the Fishbowl Gallery, the campus gallery that exhibits student work. Being able to share my work with my friends, family, and professors was one of the most rewarding experiences I've had at Bowdoin. It was amazing to watch others really soak in the worlds that I had created through my photographs and writing. Working on, completing, and showing my work this past summer and fall reaffirmed my passion for writing and photography and made me realize how important it is to have both of those passions in my life. What are your plans for after graduation? It's hard to say concretely what my plans will be post-Bowdoin, but in the broader sense I know it's important to keep the act of storytelling in my life. Being able to tell stories—whether through words or through pictures; whether mine or someone else's; whether earth-shatteringly real or utterly made up—is something that allows me to digest the world around me and interact with it in a way that brings depth, contentment and humor to each and every day. I don't know if this will result in journalism, photojournalism, or creative writing, but as of now I'm just excited to have the opportunity to whole-heartedly explore any of those pathways. Rachel and her Chaos Theory teammates at a competitive Frisbee tournament in Savannah, Georgia. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? Take advantage of office hours! Working one-on-one with your professors will make you a stronger critical thinker. Also, I think it's really important to try to keep a perspective and balance your workload. As important as it is to get as much out of Bowdoin academically as possible, when you look back at your Bowdoin career years from now, what you're going to remember isn't stressing for hours on a paper or problem set, but laughing so hard with friends that your stomach hurts. What quirky or fun thing do you wish you had known before you came to Bowdoin? Start collecting every type of crazy clothing and accessory as soon as possible and bring it all to Bowdoin! You can never have enough costumes—looking outrageous makes everything more fun. Story posted on April 13, 2010 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Grim details emerge on murder-suicide near Darien
A Darien-area man may have been upset about his finances and losing his job when he opened fire on his family Tuesday, killing his wife and two daughters and then turning the gun on himself, law enforcement sources said Wednesday.
David Andrus, 50, killed himself after fatally shooting his wife, Jeana, 48, and the couple's two daughters, 22-year-old Jessica and 16-year-old Jennifer, inside their home on Oldfield Road near Darien, the sources said.
DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen said autopsies Wednesday determined all of the victims died from single gunshots to the face. Both daughters were shot at close range, he said, and Andrus fired into his own mouth.
The killings started in the family basement. A source said one of two nephews living with Andrus saw him walk to a gun safe with a "weird look on his face," then heard popping sounds as Jeana Andrus was fatally shot in the basement.
The nephew then went upstairs to the main floor, the source said, and ran out of the house after seeing David Andrus shoot his older daughter.
A source said Andrus stood outside his younger daughter's bedroom and repeatedly called out for her to "open the door" before shooting her in the face. After the killings, he shot himself and collapsed on the girl's body.
Andrus recently was fired from his job in Willowbrook after coming under suspicion for theft from the company. He also was upset because of financial problems he and his wife were having, the source said.
Andrus used a large-caliber revolver to carry out the slayings, according to a source who called the crime scene "brutal."
Andrus has no record of domestic violence in DuPage County, but a source said police had been called to the family's home on several occasions for domestic disturbances.
Neighbor Rachel Steinhaus said she was worried when she saw Andrus arguing with his 19-year-old nephew on their front lawn Tuesday afternoon, but didn't think much about it when she heard a "popping noise" a short time later.
"It sounded like a door slamming," she said Wednesday.
Steinhaus, 18, lives three doors away and said she's known the family since 2000.
"I'm still shaken up and terrified," she said.
Steinhaus said she called Andrus' other nephew, 17, after seeing the commotion on the lawn Tuesday.
"I told him to get home from work now because something was happening at his house," she said.
She said she then heard a single "pop."
"All I know is (David Andrus) came home earlier than usual and all of this happened," Steinhaus said.
A relative of the family declined to comment when reached by phone.
Steinhaus said six people, including the victims and the two nephews, lived in the home with five dogs.
On Wednesday, she was caring for four of the dogs -- two chihuahuas, a Rottweiler mix and a golden retriever. The fifth dog was taken by police after it walked through the crime scene, she said, and then was turned over to the youngest victim's boyfriend.
Steinhaus said the family had "normal fights like a normal family" but she never expected violence. She said Andrus's 17-year-old nephew was staying with her Wednesday and still was recovering from the shock.
"He's doing all right, trying to forget most of it," she said.
Steinhaus and a law enforcement source said generations of Andruses have lived in the area and are considered one of the community's founding families.
The killings happened just yards from where three members of a Darien family were shot to death in February 2010. Last month, a DuPage County jury convicted the second of two men charged in that case.


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Mayo Study Links Increased Vitamin K Intake to Lower Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk
In one of several noteworthy presentations at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, it was reported that a higher intake of vitamin K is associated with a reduced risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.*
James Cerhan, MD, PhD and his colleagues at the Mayo Comprehensive Cancer Center compared 603 non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients to 1,007 men and women who did not have cancer. The investigators found an association between a lower risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and increased consumption of vitamin K. For those whose intake of the vitamin was among the top 25% of participants at over 108 micrograms per day, the risk of the disease was 45% lower compared with those whose intake was among the lowest fourth at less than 39 micrograms per day.
"As with all new findings, this will need to be replicated in other studies," Dr. Cerhan noted.
Editor's note: This study adds evidence to previous research that associates vitamin K intake with cancer protection.
—Dayna Dye
*American Association for Cancer Research 101st
Vitamin, Calcium Supplementation Associated with Reduced Breast Cancer Risk
The American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010 was the site of a presentation concerning the finding of a protective effect of vitamin and calcium supplements against breast cancer.*
Jaime Matta, PhD of the Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico and his colleagues compared 268 Puerto Rican women with breast cancer to 457 healthy control subjects. Participants who consumed vitamin supplements were found to have a 30% lower risk of breast cancer compared to those who did not have a history of vitamin supplementation, and those who consumed calcium supplements had a 40% lower risk.
"It is not an immediate effect," Dr. Matta noted. "You don't take a vitamin today and your breast cancer risk is reduced tomorrow. However, we did see a long-term effect in terms of breast cancer reduction."
Editor's note: Since cancer takes years to develop, long-term protective measures are essential.
—Dayna Dye
*American Association for Cancer Research 101st
Supplement Use Associated with Lower Risk of Cervical Dysplasia in HPV-positive Women
The International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer reports the finding of Korean researchers of a lower risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (also known as cervical dysplasia) among human papilloma virus-positive women who consumed vitamin supplements. Human papilloma virus has been identified as the agent responsible for cervical cancer, for which cervical dysplasia is a precursor. The condition is detected by a pap smear and graded according to stage as 1, 2, or 3.*
Ninety women with cervical dysplasia 1 and 72 with cervical dysplasia 2/3 were compared with 166 control subjects. Women who used multivitamins had a 79% lower risk of cervical dysplasia 2/3 than those who did not use them. Similar reductions in cervical dysplasia 2/3 risk were observed for vitamins A, C, and E, and calcium use.
"Larger studies are needed for confirmation of these findings before the results can be generalized to a broader population," the authors write.
Editor's note: The researchers involved in this study previously uncovered a link between a lower risk of cervical cancer and increased antioxidant intake from diet and supplements.
—Dayna Dye
* Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2010 Apr;20(3):398-403.
Lower Rheumatoid Arthritis Rates Linked to Vitamin D
A study published online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives suggest that increased vitamin D from sunlight exposure could have a protective effect against rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic autoimmune disease with unknown causes.*
For the current investigation, Boston University School of Public Health associate professor Verónica Vieira, MS, DSc and her colleagues analyzed data from the Nurses' Health Study, which enrolled female nurses in the United States beginning in 1976. Four hundred sixty-one participants diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis between 1988 and 2002 were compared to 9,220 control subjects who did not have the disease. The researchers examined the association between rheumatoid arthritis risk and residential address.
The team found a higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis among women living in the northeastern United States, suggesting that less sunlight exposure, and, consequently, decreased vitamin D production, could be a factor in the development of the disease.
Editor's note: The authors remark that an association with northern latitudes has also been observed for multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, and other autoimmune diseases.
—Dayna Dye
* Environ Health Perspect. 2010 March 25.
Lack of Sleep May Lead to Overeating
A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that "sleep restriction could be one of the environmental factors that contribute to the obesity epidemic."* In particular, the study discovered that normal-weight young men ate several hundred extra calories a day when they'd gotten just four hours of sleep compared to when they slept for a full eight hours.
The study, led by Dr. Laurent Brondel of the European Centre for Taste Sciences in Dijon, France, followed the sleep, eating, and energy expenditure in 12 healthy young men across two 48-hour periods. Two days served as a control period, where the men in the study adhered to their normal routines but wrote down their sleep, eating, and activities in a diary. During the second 48-hour period, the men went to bed at 12 am and woke up at 8 am on one day, and on the other day they went to bed at 2 am and woke up at 6 am. There were no eating restrictions during each period.
Researchers found that after the short night sleep, the men consumed 22% more calories, on average, than when they were allowed to sleep eight hours. This accounted for nearly 560 extra calories a day per person.
Editor's note: Getting adequate sleep may be beneficial when trying to follow a low-calorie or calorie restricted diet.
—Jon Finkel
* Am J Clin Nutr 2010 Mar 31.
Low Vitamin B6 May Increase Parkinson's Disease Risk
A study published by the British Journal of Nutrition states that inadequate levels of vitamin B6 may increase the risk of Parkinson's disease by 50%.* According to the American Parkinson's Disease Association, over two million Americans currently suffer from PD. While searching for optimal vitamin levels to combat Parkinson's, researchers from Japan conducted a hospital-based case-control study involving 249 people with Parkinson's disease and 368 people without any neurodegenerative condition.
In order to quantify the intake of B vitamins, the subjects filled out a self-administered, semi-quantitative, diet questionnaire. They observed that there was no link between riboflavin, folate, and vitamin B12, but low intake of vitamin B6 was linked to an increased risk of the disease, independent of other factors.
These findings agree with a previous study done by researchers from the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, England, that also linked increased B6 intake with Parkinson's disease risk.
Editor's note: These low levels of B6 intake would only occur in those who do not take vitamin supplements.
—Jon Finkel
* Br J Nutr. 2010 Mar 26:1-8.
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2011 Nissan Leaf
As the first mass production electric car, the 2011 Nissan Leaf follows in the tire tracks of the Model T. The Leaf might be the herald of a new era in automobiles, which could profoundly affect the way we drive. That's a lot of weight for a simple suburban runabout to carry, and is bound to bring unrealistic expectations.
Although priced in the realm of top-trim midsize sedans, the hatchback Leaf lacks power-adjustable leather seats. Its ride is too firm for luxury and it doesn't handle like a sports car. It also suffers from a range of about 100 miles and a recharge time counted in hours. And running the climate control system shaves about 15 miles off the range.
The Nissan Leaf is the first of many new electric cars designed for everyday use.
But taking into account what the Leaf is not, it still proves to be a practical car, with a roomy interior that can fit five people in its comfortable, cushy seats. Nissan uses recycled materials in the seats, headliner, and interior panels to push its environmentally conscious theme. Cargo space is ample with the deep well under the hatchback, and navigation comes standard.
Most importantly, push the accelerator and the car takes off easily, more than keeping up with traffic. That 100-mile range is a serious limitation when thinking of a weekend getaway, but in an urban or suburban area, most people will be able to drive to and from work, run a few errands, and even go out to dinner.
Musical boot-up
The Nissan Leaf starts up with a pleasant set of musical notes as the digital instrument cluster comes to life. Owners of hybrids will be familiar with the quiet that ensues--the sound of an engine not coming to life. No whirring of a starter motor, no clatter of injectors, and no bark as contained explosions push cylinders.
Instead of a big, mechanical shifter, an easily palmed plastic puck sits on the console, a shift pattern printed nearby. Pulling the puck to the left, then dragging it to the back puts the car into standard drive mode. A tap on the accelerator, which feels no different than gas pedals in most other cars, sends the Leaf gliding forward.
With the windows down, you might notice a whistling whirring sound, a noise generated to let pedestrians hear the car. With its electric power steering unit, the wheel turns easily, movement aided by low rolling resistance tires. In fact, the wheel feels a bit numb, not transmitting much road feedback, reasonable tuning for this car's mission.
Rolling down the road, the suspension's firmness comes through. Speed bumps deliver a noticeable thump through the cabin, but the car does not vibrate much over rough pavement. The Leaf deals with imperfections in the road quickly, absorbing then leaving them a distant memory.
A display above the steering wheel shows the car's speed in bright numbers, while next to it a digital circular gauge indicates power usage. Keeping the circle full causes a representation of a tree to grow, starting with its trunk and on to the upper branches. The Leaf makes growing trees a game, saving each one and starting another. Over an hour of driving we managed two and a quarter trees.
This power display rewards efficient driving by growing trees, which becomes kind of a fun geek game.
Under the ring of the steering wheel sits the main instrument display, this one in color and showing the all-important remaining range on the right superimposed on a bar graph for the battery level. On the left a similar bar graph shows the battery temperature, but that serves the same practical purpose as the temperature gauge for a car with a gas engine--if it goes significantly above half, it probably means something catastrophically bad has happened.
The center LCD also offers lots of information about energy usage, with a couple of screens showing battery draw and recharge, along with miles per kilowatt-hour, a number that hovers around 4.5. Another screen shows the Leaf's remaining range superimposed on a map, but as the map display shows distances as-the-crow-flies, it is not really useful.
Nissan integrated a database of charging stations with the navigation system, which can be updated through the car's Car Wings telematics service. After spending a night charging in the CNET garage, the car automatically added CNET as a charging station to its database, keeping a record of place it has been plugged in. What the charging station database lacks is any information about the voltage of the charging station, 110, 220, or a Level II or Level III rapid charger. But it is early days yet for charging infrastructure.
This map shows straight line range, along with charging stations.
All the energy-usage displays and the tree-growing game discourage lead foot behavior, but flooring the accelerator produces a powerful push forward. And unlike a gas engine car, there is no power dip during gear changes--the Leaf just accelerates steadily on. Going up a steep San Francisco hill, the car charged forward, its 80-kilowatt motor showing no sign of lagging.
Although the electric motor only churns out 107 horsepower, its 207 pound-feet of torque give it strong initial acceleration, enough to chirp the front wheels. At speeds of 20 to 30 mph, it still has a lot of acceleration headroom, but on the freeway a push on the accelerator makes it bolt forward less promptly.
Cornering is not the Leaf's strong point. The tires are optimized for easy rolling, not holding a death grip on the pavement. But its weight feels low to the ground, helping it maintain stability. It doesn't exhibit any bad behavior when taken through a turn quickly, but the numb steering makes it easy to oversteer, which could lead to a driver error-caused accident.
During a driving excursion starting in San Francisco, the Leaf traveled 30 miles down the Peninsula and back, then made a few stops around the city, finally settling back into the CNET garage. The route involved freeway speeds of 65 and 70 mph, stop and start traffic, and tackling steep hills, and covered a total distance of just under 70 miles. Back at CNET, the car showed it could go another 18 miles.


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The United Nations TV (UNTV), and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) launched today at Rio + 20 the film Rhino under threat. From the massive parks in South Africa and Swaziland, to the crowded streets of Hanoi in Viet Nam, the film shows the brutality of the current spike in illegal killing of rhino and the impact it is having on local communities. The film investigates what is driving the demand for rhino horn in Asia and the powerful measures being taken by national authorities to fight this crime. UNTV obtained exclusive access to the Environmental Crime Investigation and Air Services of South Africa and to black markets in Hanoi.
In 2007, poachers killed 13 rhino in South Africa. In 2011, this number has risen to 448 and the number of rhinos killed so far this year is 245, while 161 arrests have been made. The CITES/UNTV film Rhino under threat shows the role of organised syndicates in wildlife crime, and the need for a tough coordinated enforcement response - from work in the field, to the use of DNA technology, to effective prosecutions, and the need for severe penalties.
"If the current trends in illegal killing continue, we will drive the rhino, this iconic species, to extinction in the wild" said Mr John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General. "We need to work together at national and international levels to stop the poaching, stop the smuggling and stop the consuming. It will be tough, but if we manage to work together, we will win this fight", he added.
"Success in rhino conservation has been a function of political will and significant field effort to protect rhinos on the ground as well as gathering intelligence. It is clear that today we need to redouble our efforts. That's why IUCN stands ready to support the range States, conservation groups, CITES and its partners to ensure future survival of the rhino in the wild," said IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre.
"The recent increase in rhino poaching can be reversed if governments in both Africa and Asia prioritise law enforcement, prosecutions and demand reduction. Illegal wildlife trade is a serious crime that compromises national security and people's safety. To secure a future for rhinos, leadership is needed from Viet Nam, the biggest current destination for rhino horn," said Jim Leape, Director General of WWF International.
A GEF-funded project was recently approved to strengthen law enforcement capacity in South Africa's protected area system through forensic-based technologies focused on the rhinoceros. GEF funding will be used by the Government of South Africa for a dedicated forensic laboratory. This facility will provide timely DNA analysis of forensic evidence for the prosecution of wildlife crimes, and enhance the existing coordination and information sharing among all actors involved in the law enforcement and anti-poaching efforts in the country and the region.
Commenting on the approval of the GEF rhino project, Ms Monique Barbut, GEF CEO and Chairperson declared: "The poaching of endangered species is a serious threat to the world's biodiversity and it warrants the deployment of all methods at our disposal: better engagement with local communities, improved management of protected areas, and the latest anti-poaching technology to catch those responsible." "The GEF is pleased to be working with CITES and the Government of South Africa to protect the rhinoceros," she added.
Rhinoceroses are poached to supply an extremely profitable but poorly understood market. Based upon available information, the demand for rhino horn comes principally from Asia, with the major destination appearing to be Viet Nam. There, according to a report commissioned by the CITES Secretariat, increasing levels of demand have been fueled by rumours of rhino horn being a cure for cancer, and being increasingly used in a manner akin to a recreational drug, such as 'rhino wine,' to improve male sexual performance, and to treat hangovers and other ill-effects of the over-consumption of food, drugs or alcohol. None of these uses is recognized in traditional medicine.In addition, theft of rhino horns from museums, auction houses or at antique or taxidermist shops has occurred in the European Union. Since 2011, EUROPOL has recorded 56 successful and 10 attempted thefts. Criminals stole horns from museums and private collections in 15 countries, with many of the thefts believed to be linked to an organized criminal group, who are known to use intimidation and violence to achieve their ends. The group is believed to be active in Asia, North and South America and Europe.
In the United States, seven people were arrested on charges of trafficking in endangered black rhinoceros horn in February 2012, as part of "Operation Crash," a multi-agency effort to investigate and prosecute those involved in the black market trade of endangered rhinoceros horn.
In South Africa, persons from Mozambique and Viet Nam caught trying to smuggle rhinoceros horn out of the country were given long prison sentences – sending out a powerful message to those who seek to engage in illegal wildlife trade. These convictions reflect the combined efforts of enforcement officials, prosecutors and the judiciary in South Africa where the whole system worked to bring these criminals to justice.
It is clear that the increased levels of rhino poaching and rhino horn thefts has an impact on several continents and that a well coordinated law enforcement response, as well as high-level political responses, will be required to addresses this problem effectively.
Background on rhinoceroses
There are five species of rhino, all included in the CITES Appendices. The Javan, Sumatran and Indian rhinos are found in Asia and are listed in Appendix I. The first two are considered to be as critically endangered and Indian rhinos as vulnerable in the IUCN's Red List. The Javan rhino subspecies in Viet Nam was declared extinct by WWF on 25 October 2011. A small population of Javan rhinos still exists in Indonesia, which has prompted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia to declare 5 June 2012 the start of the International Year of the Rhino.
The number of black rhinos in the wild is estimated at 5,000 individuals and that of white rhinos at 20,000. Both are found in Africa and their range and numbers declined very significantly in the past. Populations then recovered, particularly in Southern Africa which has its recovered white rhino population listed in CITES Appendix II. A fresh wave of poaching in the past few years, however, is posing a significant threat to this recovery. The western black rhino was also declared extinct in November 2011.
For more information, please contact Juan Carlos Vasquez, Communication and Outreach Officer at +41 22 917 8156 or email@example.com
Related links:
- Rhino Under Threat video (not recommended for young children)
- International Rhino Foundation


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With unique twists on upscale Italian/American dishes, the new restaurant Otto Strada on Park Avenue has been bustling with hungry patrons who have heard about it through word of mouth since it opened in November.
Located near several schools and parks, the corner restaurant has attracted families, moms' groups, young people, and singles out for a date. It's served them well, providing a unique and extensive menu of pasta dishes, seafood, salads, and poultry.
With offerings ranging from salmon, saffron dumplings, eggplant, and pork chops to a salad of "drunken grilled octopus with a Limoncello sauce," customers have left full and pleased.
The restaurant is airy and tastefully decorated with metal and wood, providing an adult atmosphere rather than the bar-type feeling so prevalent in Hoboken. You won't find a television set at Otto Strada, but nor is it stuffy or formal – it has its own basic elegance and roominess, with servers and owners on site to please.
Home cooking, and more
Owners Joe Cascetta and Lindsey Bednar met at a New York investment banking firm in 2001 and will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary this year. Cascetta has lived in the building at Eighth and Park Avenue for his entire life, and his parents still live there. Bednar is from Pittsburgh. They both love the Steelers and they both love food. But they didn't know much about running a restaurant.
They make their own fresh mozzarella.
He said that other Hoboken restauranteurs offered to help, but most of all, he learned from his parents – particularly from his mom's Southern Italian cooking. (They're from San Giacomo in Salerno.) When she would make octopus for the family, she'd buy it at the now-closed Apicella's fish market in Hoboken and boil it for hours until it was unspeakably tender. He said that restaurants nowadays sometimes make short cuts, so often, people find octopus rubbery, but there is a right way to do it.
"People ask me my favorite Italian restaurant in Hoboken," he said. "My parents would cook everything. We'd never order anywhere. I wanted to bring the same classic cooking, some northern and southern, and I wanted to bring something different, something young people like, something old people like."
The other two owners are Lindsey's mother, Connie Bednar, and Executive Chef Nick Rutigliani. Rutigliani, a veteran of several New York City restaurants, helped dream up unique variations of traditional dishes.
For instance, do you like meatballs? You can order "polpetta di nonna," which is a special blend 16-ounce meatball with a "dollop of fresh imported Italian ricotta cheese, san marzano tomatoes, basil, and extra virgin olive oil" for dinner. The meat comes from Trulios, a local business.
The portions are filling, even for the appetizers. "When I ate at home, it was never small," Casetta said.
The meatball is just one of several popular dishes I saw a family ordering when I stopped in at 5 p.m. on a recent Tuesday. I had to try several more.
What I ate
I've eaten at a lot of local restaurants, and sometimes even the best food can get a bit boring when everyone has the same linguine or sea bass on the menu – but Otto Strada has a whole list of special delicacies.
For an appetizer, I tried the "drunken grilled octopus with a limoncello sauce" ($19), which was served over a Tuscan bean salad with roasted red peppers. I had never had octopus, and it was incredibly tender and meaty. They boil it for hours, grill it, then cook it in the brick oven. The limoncello sauce made it a delectable treat. I've been thinking about it since then and want to go back just to order it. Bednar said they get lots of compliments on it.
Also sweet and memorable were the crostini with red peppers ($10), with melted caciocavallo (a soft cheese) and a sweet balsamic reduction.
A special cheese plate was offered. Otto Strada makes its own fresh white mozzarella, which I enjoyed with a pesto on top. The plate also boasted gorgonzola with pecan and honey, and an incredibly soft, whipped ricotta in olive oil, into which I dipped my bread. I'm tempted to go back just to order appetizers.
The restaurant also serves four types of salad. I was amazed by the kale salad ($10), as it was fresh, crunchy, healthy, and had a sweet mango glaze to tell your friends about. (The menu lists it as spicy, but I found it more sweet.) The salad also included Tuscan white beans, pumpkin seeds, and shaved parmigiano reggiano. Here's the kicker – I brought it home and ate it the next day, and it was just as fresh and crunchy. When does that ever happen with a salad? It was filling, too. Never has something this healthy tasted this good.
Main courses
The main courses are also unique. They include: Saffron dumplings (gnocchi) with sweet pork sausage and tomatoes ($18); lasagna with smoked mozzarella, brick oven roasted tomatoes, and portabella mushrooms ($18), the aforementioned meatball dish ($18), salmon with oven roasted vegetables ($20), a double cut, pan seared, pork chop alla parmiagiana ($24), and one of Bednar's favorites, breaded chicken pounded thin with prosciutto, homemade mozzarella, tomato bruschetta, on a bed of arugula ($20); and several other dishes.
They also offer nine specialty pizzas, but they don't want to be seen as a pizzeria. The other food is much more unique, but if you have less complicated tastes, you can try varieties like Quattro Formaggi ("Four Seasons") with four types of cheese (riccato, mozzarella, caciocavallo, parmigiano reggiano) and a prosciutto and asparagus. The pizzas range from $12 to $16.
I enjoyed several of the dishes. The breaded chicken had a delectable blend of layers, including the prosciutto and cheese, that worked together nicely. Like the other meals, it was filling, and I appreciated the bed of arugula for a healthy twist.
I also tried linguini con pesto di Pepe Rosso, made with homemade linguini and roasted red pepper pesto, topped with crumbled goat cheese and fresh basil. It was unique, with elements of cheese and spice.
The restaurant is only open for dinner right now, although they are working on a weekend brunch, and plan to serve outside when the weather is warm. Check their website, ottostrada.com, for updates.
They do take reservations. They don't serve liquor, but you can bring your own.
Otto Strada, which means "Eighth Street," is located at the corner of Eighth Street and Park Avenue, three blocks off Washington Street. Call (201) 792-8880 for more information.


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Hi, all. Before officially returning from an epic blogging absence, let me just say a couple of things: 1) I've had a mess of a time trying to access blog-related email, so if you've emailed me at all in the last few months, I apologize for not getting back to you; and 2) you can in the meantime find food-related happenings (if you're still interested) on my Instagram account, @xo_tiffmt. Thanks!
[UPDATE 4/29/15: My Instagram account is no longer accessible to public viewing.]
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09 May 2013
bake--bread, namely, but also a plethora of sweets--is substantial for the average kitchen lurker.
So I've been keeping at it: firing up the oven, dusting my hands (and everything in a three-foot radius of them) with flour, and turning out the usual range of yeast-risen goodies. Having managed to keep the sourdough starter alive, I generally opt to put the "discard" to use whenever I do actually refresh the starter. But for the sake of doing something a little different, I used active dry yeast in my most recent batch of bread: whole wheat bagels.
Note: I adapted the recipe to vegan by using agave nectar instead of honey. I also boiled the dough rings in water with a touch of barley malt syrup, rather than baking soda, because using the latter is more of a pretzel thing (not that I don't love pretzels, of course). The use of white whole wheat flour made these bagels lighter in color and subsequently, deceptively reminiscent of a regular bagel. The photos show the results of a double-batch. Sure, they could look a little better, but they tasted just fine.
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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Changes
It's officially spring. Here's to something a little different.
|Same ol' pretzels, alternatively shaped.
|Fruit tree blossoms.
Life is moving and changing in many ways--accordingly so, it seems.
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recipe anymore. My freezer always has pretzels in it. I am not complaining.)
This week, my oven has not seen the likes of a single pretzel. In truly unusual fashion, I deviated from what has become my bread norm--pretzel-making, obviously--in favor of something different, which is, in fact, probably quite normal in terms of at-home bread baking: I made actual sourdough loaves.
Wanting to find a recipe for a hearty, whole wheat, sandwich-style loaf, I found that this recipe for Sourdough Honey-Whole Wheat Bread (over at Heartland Renaissance) quite fit the bill. I adapted it ever-so-easily to suit my vegan needs, using almond milk for dairy milk, milled flax seed and water for eggs, vegan margarine for butter, and agave nectar and molasses for honey. Although my resulting loaves were not nearly as perfect as Sarah's--I let my unbaked loaves over-rise, which yielded rather flat tops--the bread's tender crumb was more than acceptable. I had expected the density that so often results from bread made without refined flour (such as this one), but instead discovered a measure of lightness that made up for the disappointing unevenness of my misshapen top crusts.
The actual flavor also surprised me. Having expected the amount of sweetness from the agave and molasses to mask any trace of sourdough, I was pleasantly surprised by the noticeable tangy bite the bread retained; it makes me oddly happy to be reminded of my ability to keep my sourdough not only alive, but appropriately sour. There was a slight sweetness to offset the sourness, the interplay amounting to flavorful bread. I couldn't ask for a more satisfying conclusion to another bread baking session.
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Site evacuated and roads closed as blaze breaks out at plant
RIVERINA Stockfeeds' manufacturing plant was evacuated yesterday after a fire broke out at the Casino site.
A NSW Fire and Rescue spokesman said 20 staff were evacuated when the blaze broke out just before noon in a hopper at the base of one of the silos at the Reynolds Rd factory.
Emergency services personnel rushed to the scene and when they arrived there was a large amount of smoke billowing from the hopper.
Crews from Essential Energy were on the scene within minutes and cut off the power supply to the factory.
After attending the scene, Richmond Local Area Command duty officer Inspector Bill McKenna said firefighters were working to ensure the fire did not spread or reignite.
"It appears that a hopper at the bottom of one of the silos may have overheated," he said.
"That caused a large amount of smoke at the factory."
A NSW Fire and Rescue spokesman said crews worked for several hours to ensure no hot embers spread and ignited more fires.
"There was a fire in a hopper and small fires in exhaust ducting at the factory," he said.
"When you are dealing with ducting and conveyor belts it takes a fair bit of time disassembling things to check that the fire hasn't spread."
The spokesman said it had been declared a hazmat incident, which was standard for a fire in a hopper or silo.
It is understood nobody was injured in the fire.
Richmond Valley Council set up a one-kilometre exclusion zone around the site of the fire and put in place a number of road closures.
The closures affected the intersections of Summerland Way and Reynolds Rd, and Reynolds and Savilles rds.


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At VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas I meet with Reza Malekzadeh, VP of Marketing and Kuyper Hoffman, Sr. Systems Engineer from Nimula to talk about the new release of Nimbula their cloud operating system. Nimbula was founded two years ago by two former Amazon executives that lead the development of Amazon's EC2 public cloud service. With Nimbula they built on those EC2 concepts and created a cloud OS technology that delivers EC2-like services that can work either behind the firewall as a private cloud solutions or as a public cloud service.
Nimbula is targeted toward cloud providers and enterprise customers and is designed for scalability and can work with a small cluster to up to thousands of computers. Nimbula runs on multiple nodes and is designed for high availability where there is no single point of failure. Reza and Kuyper demonstrated their Nimbula Director 1.5 cloud management system which has the ability to work with geographically distributed cloud resources as well as providing an identity model that can span multiple locations. Nimbula Director 1.5 can be managed from the command line or a web-based GUI. It also provides the ability to manage multiple tenants as well as perform usage metering and chargebacks. Y
ou can learn more about Nimbula Director 1.5 and download a trial copy from: http://nimbula.com/


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Peggy Wetherell, currently a resident of Gresham, Ore., died at home Aug. 9, 2009. She was a longtime resident of Parkdale, Ore., where she raised her family.
She was born Dec. 2, 1922, in Pitcher, Okla., and was raised near Joplin, Mo. She married William B. Wetherell on May 7, 1941.
She was a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW and actively supported the organization's volunteer work. She was an avid bowler for years. She volunteered with Job's Daughters for many years. She loved gardening and reading.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 63 years and is survived by her three children: son Tom (Lynne), of Troutdale, Ore., daughters Sandy (Jim) Church, of Tacoma, Wash., and Linda (Roy) Hamilton, of Portland, Ore.
Grandchildren are Eric Hofmann, who preceded her in death; Kaaren Hofmann, Melissa (Joshua) Wetherell-Moore, Bill (Amy) Wetherell, Rebecca Wetherell and Jackie (Vanessa) Evans. She had numerous great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at Willamette National Cemetery at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Donations may be made in memory of her husband, Bill, to the Alzheimer's Research or Hospice.
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man and boy
Added Nov 27, 2011
by gillthecat
Perth, Australia
i made his and his combat/cargo shorts for the summer, and thought id make a wee shirt for hamish to protect him from the sun. so these photos are from a xmas party, and lulu had on a dress i made also, im behing the camera in a dress i made, freaky home made day out. the shorts i think are fab but boy oh boy time consuming is not the word,, so slow,, both my male creatures love them so well worth it. both patterns are burda ones, the mens trousers are shortened trouser pattern
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cotton thrifted buttons.
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Jan 6, 2012, 12.52 AMby jacinta
Love them! What pattern did you use? I've been looking around but all I can find are elasticated waists!!
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Jan 15, 2012, 11.53 AMby gillthecat
hey sorry for late reply they are both burda magazine ill have a look see if i can remember which ones !!
Nov 27, 2011, 03.43 PMby Lucha Suarez
Just perfect!
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Nov 28, 2011, 12.35 AMby gillthecat
hey thanks
Nov 27, 2011, 07.49 AMby schnui
What lovely photos of your family and all dressed so beautifully by you. The shorts are so well made, you must be proud of them, especially after so much work.
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Nov 27, 2011, 08.20 AMby gillthecat
oh thanks so much, a real labour of love,,and a rare treat to make them for the boys my wee girls does get the lions share of the new clothes,must make bigger effort, i must say was fun,,lots of hours and lots tan thread !!!
Nov 27, 2011, 07.11 AMby Ralf Schmitz
great shorts! looks like a lot of fun you had that day :-)
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Nov 27, 2011, 07.14 AMby gillthecat
hey thanks, i think they are great too, and nice for them to have matching something, as i fear ive neglected them a bit with obsessive dress making for me and lulu,, nice day very hot !!
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While the U.S. Comex gold futures climbed $3 this week to end at $1,575.10 on Thursday, the global stocks and commodities markets surged in the past week. The S&P 500 index jumped 1.71%, the Euro Stoxx 50 surged 2.83% and the MSCI World Index rose 1.65%. The CRY Commodities index also inched up 0.82% this week. After rising for four consecutive weeks, the Dollar Index retreated 0.28% week-to-Thursday.
Central Bank Meetings Set the Tone This Week
The outgoing Bank of Japan governor did not change the asset purchases program at his final BOJ meeting, leaving his successor lots of room to stimulate aggressively. Bloomberg reported that in the past five years, the BOJ increased its balance sheet only by 50% compared to 250% by the U.S. Fed and 200% by the ECB, suggesting that the BOJ can still do a lot more to end deflation. The Bank of England did not change the size of the bond-purchase program either. The ECB governor kept the policy rate unchanged as well even though the ECB governor has revised down his GDP growth forecast for the Euro-17 by 0.2% to -0.5% in 2013 and has further revised down the 2014 growth to 1%. He believes that inflation will be 1.3% instead of 1.4% in 2014. Although the central banks did not ease further, economic news remain far from bullish, giving hope to gold investors for further stimulus down the road.
Stronger Economic Data Present Headwind for Gold
Better macro data have been released in the U.S. The weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fell by 7,000 to 340,000, reaching a six-month low. Based on the recent Federal Reserve Flow of Funds report, household wealth rose to a five-year high in Q4 2012 due to rising home prices. The net-worth level peaked at $67.4 trillion compared to the current level of $66.06 trillion. The underlying improving tone in the U.S. economy has prompted investors to buy equities and reduce their bets on gold prices. Even Japan reported a much higher-than-expected GDP growth of +0.2% in Q4.
Upcoming Data to Watch
The key data to watch will include the U.S. non-farm payrolls and the unemployment rate on March 8, the February China industrial production data on March 9, the February U.S. retail sales on March 13, the EU summit in Brussels on March 14-15 and the February U.S. industrial production data on March 15.


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By Suzanne Roig
HONOLULU (Reuters) - When Japanese warplanes strafed the USS Honolulu in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Navy sailor Ray Emory fired back with a machine gun, so the World War Two veteran knows all about being on the front line of America's defenses.
But North Korea's latest threats of a pre-emptive nuclear strike and rocket attacks on Hawaii do not faze him.
"They're not gonna do anything," Emory, 91, said at his Honolulu home. "They can't even control their missiles. North Korea doesn't bother me. It really doesn't," he added.
Emory's attitude seems to be the norm in the lush, tropical islands, where this week residents and tourists appeared to be pretty much ignoring Pyongyang's rhetoric.
If anybody was seriously preparing for the worst, Jared Aiwohi would know. He is the owner of a store called Uncle Jesse's Place in Wailuku, Maui, that specializes in camouflage clothing, martial arts gear, hunting and bow supplies - the kind of gear favored by survivalists who fear a Doomsday scenario.
"The lifestyle here is laid back and people don't tend to be concerned about these things," Aiwohi said. "We always have the regulars prepping for things like this, but they haven't come in."
The U.S. military announced on March 15 it was bolstering missile defenses in response to the threats from North Korea, which has specifically mentioned Hawaii and the Pacific Island territory of Guam as potential targets.
"Yes, I'm concerned, but what can I do?" said Hawaiian homemaker Cheryl Yamamoto, 57. "Nothing."
Few believe North Korea will risk starting a full-out war - and Yamamoto said the ritual of going to work, getting dinner and taking care of her family weighed more on her mind than what the North Koreans might or might not do.
"I can't let them run my life," she said.
Joey Augustine and Doug Tojeiro, visiting from the continental United States, took time out from enjoying the local wild life (sea turtles) to discuss the threats as they walked up a rocky path from the beach. Both were skeptical.
"I think they're just trying to intimidate us, to see if they can get a rise out of us," Tojeiro said, as he wiped the salt water from his face. "We have the greatest military in the world to stay at peace."
On Guam, which lies about 2,500 miles closer to Pyongyang than Honolulu, the island's flow of tourists has been unaffected by rhetoric from North Korea, residents said.
While still on peoples' minds, concerns over the tension have receded somewhat as residents of the predominantly Catholic island have turned their attention to Easter celebrations.
Tammy Cruz, 38, a teacher from the village of Santa Rita, admitted she'd been a little worried: "Of course it's a scare to hear that our island is threatened." But she was focused on more immediate things: "Our tradition is to get together as a family and to come together to eat as well as have the kids play and to do an Easter Egg hunt."
While U.S. Stealth bombers and a B-52 bomber flew practice runs over South Korea this week, Honolulu's Department of Emergency Management said it had not received any particular alert about potential threats.
"In the event of a rocket attack, then the national defense system would render it useless," said Mel Kaku, director of the Department of Emergency Management. "The best recommendation to our people would be to shelter in place until the threat was eliminated," he added.
In the event of any attack, Kaku's advice to residents is "stay away from windows, or open areas, stay indoors."
"Kind of like during a hurricane, the blast would be similar, with high winds and projectiles," he said.
The Pentagon has declined to define the range of North Korea's rockets, saying it is classified. But Admiral James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged on March 15 that one type of North Korean missile likely had the range to reach the United States.
(Additional reporting by Maureen N. Maratita in Guam; Editing by Tim Gaynor and Claudia Parsons)