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Fight of the Day: Glover Texeira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at WEC 24
Five years ago a Cameroon national judo team member by the name of "Sokoudjou" shocked the world by taking out highly-touted PRIDE veterans Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona. One fight prior to his coming out party, "The African Assassin" met up with an equally tough Brazilian named Glover Texeira, who at the time was training with UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell at "The Pit" in San Luis Obispo, CA. Texeira utilized his superior stand-up to test Sokoudjou's chin and let's just say that Rameau's jaw wasn't prepared for the pop quiz.
Texeira has been on the UFC's radar for some time. Chuck Liddell told me a year ago that the light heavyweight, who sometimes moonlights as a heavyweight would likely be Octagon-bound as soon as he sorted out his visa issues, but he's been stuck in holding pattern fighting on regional Brazilian cards. Hopefully the 31-year-old makes it Stateside some time soon. The UFC's light heavyweight class could use a shake-up.Read More DIGG THIS

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Surname Lertora
Are you looking for an Italian surname? Do you need more information about your family heritage?
This is the right place to start your genealogy search.
This is the right place to start your genealogy search.
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Surname Lertora
This is a previously unknown surname for me. Can anyone give me some background information for it?
Secondly where is zoagli ?
Secondly where is zoagli ?
Cichero is a surname in the Ligurian region and predominantlyh in the Genova province. There is no word for Ciliyia as a name,place or thing. TGhere is, however, a town in the adjoingin region of Piemonte in the Cuneo province called Ciglie (pronounced in english as chill-yeh). It is a wild card I admit but its the best without seeing the document. If you wish you can e-mail a copy to me and perhaps I can dsicern something....By the way what is this for?? Peter
I was lucky enough to be contacted by a relative I didn't know existed. He had been in contact with an Aunt of mine whose Mother wrote to my relatives in Italy on a regular basis. Thankfully He wrote down the names of relatives during one particular visit as the documents were lost during a house move. I'm just looking up (with your help) the information he recorded so that I can write and hopefully make contact with other relatives.
This is what was emailed to me:
This is what was emailed to me:
[/quote]Sig Antonio Monteverde Ciliyia per Cichero
Cichero Celesia
Genoa Mothers cousin
Sig Luigi Lertora & Giuseppina Lertora
San Colombano
Certmoll Per
San Martino. Cousins
I looked up per in my Italian dictionary and the rough translation which I though applicable was 'through'. I know that my g-g-g-grandfather came from San Martino in Bavaggi so it wasn't a suprise to find similar with the Lertoras. I could be putting 1 + 1 and getting 3 though. It's just so difficult getting any information at all from living relatives in Italy.ptimber wrote:So glad for you. Did you discover what chiliyia is?? Peter
No idea what Ciliyia is I'm assuming it's a phonetic spelling of a town or village.
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[originally posted April 6, 2005]
Listen to these two musical excerpts and note any differences you discern:
Ave Maria, version 1
Ave Maria, version 2
(Source: courtesy of Mayumi Hamamoto and Kyota Ko)
If you're a typical nonmusician, you will probably notice some sort of difference between the two excerpts. Maybe one seems to be played at a different tempo, or with different instrumentation, or is a bit longer or shorter. You probably won't think either clip sounds unpleasant, and you might not notice any differences at all.
If you are a professional musician, on the other hand, you may find the second clip so appalling that you can't bring yourself to listen to the entire 20 seconds. You might believe it to be some kind of a musical joke, or wonder how the musicians can go on playing in such cacophony.
The difference between the two clips, readily identified by experienced professional musicians, is that the melody is being played in a different key from its accompaniment. While this technique is sometimes deliberately employed in both Western and non-Western music (the musical term for the practice is "bitonality"), it's certainly never expected in a familiar work like Ave Maria.
The fact that nonmusicians can't detect bitonality is the surprising result of a simple little study by Rita Wolpert of Caldwell College ("Attention to Key in a Nondirected Music Listening Task: Musicians versus Nonmusicians," Music Perception, 2000). Using a Nelson Riddle orchestral arrangement of "You Make Me Feel So Young" (the tune made famous by Frank Sinatra), Wolpert had a professional singer perform the melody. Then she used a digital multi-effect processor to create two bitonal versions of the accompaniment: one a full musical step higher (G when the singer was in F), and the other a step lower (E-flat). She then played the "music" for 40 nonmusicians and 10 professional musicians. Only 5 of the "nonmusicians"—which actually included 7 people with over 6 years of musical training—could conclusively tell that two of the arrangements were sung in a different key from the accompaniment. Meanwhile, the musicians uniformly reacted with disgust, easily identifying the problem with the flawed arrangements.
While 42 percent of the nonmusicians did mention the key as potentially a problem, the remainder didn't mention it at all, and none of the nonmusicians indicated that the bitonal arrangements were at all unpleasant.
So an aspect of music which musicians find critically important and (often painfully) obvious is simply unnoticed by most listeners. Wolpert's study may be at least a partial explanation of why thousands of aspiring singers believe they are talented enough to become an "American Idol"—and even have friends and family encourage them to do so—when professional judges like Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson find their shabby attempts at vocalization so laughable that their friends' encouragment seems like a cruel joke.
Wolpert, R.S. (2000). Attention to key in a nondirected music listening task: Musicians vs. nonmusicians. Music Perception, 18(2), 225-230.


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With final arguments underway in the trial of George Zimmerman, who is accused of killing unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin last year, most observers might focus on the central question of whether the neighborhood watch volunteer was guilty of murder, or whether he acted in self-defense the night Martin died. They might also ask why it took prosecutors six weeks to charge Zimmerman with any crime, even though he admitted to killing the youth.
But from the crooked perspective of the far-right media, the trial represents something far more insidious than justice on display. Unfolding beneath the sinister specter of President Obama's pugnacious interference, the Zimmerman hearing is being denounced as a Soviet-style show trial, by Lou Dobbs on his July 9 program, and a hoax in which the defendant is the real victim.
It's the defendant who faces a perilous future even if found not guilty we're told; a defendant who's being persecuted by "the race industry." And it's a trial that allegedly operates under the ominous threat of "riots" if Zimmerman is found not guilty.
In other words, the trial, and the irresponsible right-wing commentary surrounding it, represents the latest example of how the conservative press remains incapable of dealing honestly with issues that the nation grapples with, and especially any issue that involves race, when an African-American (Democrat) sits in the White House.
Instead, the right-wing media once again gleefully stirs the cauldron of racial animosity. Uninterested in letting justice unfold in the courtroom, the far right mob has been obsessed with making Obama a central player in the saga. A Breitbart writer this week condemned the president for his "direct insertion" into the story, referring to the time, 16 months ago, when Obama answered a single question about the Martin controversy. Obama's quote was supposedly part of a larger, menacing White House plot "to gin up charges of racism" surrounding the case, according to the site.
Given that level of obsession, it's no surprise the right-wing press manufactured a story this week that allowed them to cast Obama as an essential villain in the Zimmerman controversy. Pointing to a report that confirmed the Department of Justice's Community Relations Service unit (CRS) had been dispatched last year to Sanford Florida, the scene of the Martin killing, most of the right-wing noise machine trumpeted the revelation as proof that Obama's Department of Justice was guilty of staging "anti-Zimmerman" rallies.
All of that, of course, was completely false.
The CRS employs peacemakers who work with civic and religious leaders when tensions flare up within communities. Its presence in Sanford was hardly proof that the Obama administration had taken sides in the case. And none of it was even news. As Media Matters noted, both the Miami Herald and the Orlando Sentinel wrote about CRS's presence in Sanford last year and detailed its efforts to successfully facilitate peaceful protests.
In other words, the Department of Justice under Obama did its job and helped keep the peace in Sanford at a time when community tensions were running high. Therefore Obama is guilty of fueling racial tensions in Florida? Of "instigating race riots," as Limbaugh put it. (For the record, there were no "race riots" last year in connection with the Martin controversy.)
It's classic Obama Derangement Syndrome, in which the president's professional opponents contort reality to place him at the center of every possible controversy, even murder trials, and cast him as an all-powerful thug. It's a hypnotic force that overrules common sense.
Note this opening sentence from a recent Breitbart News item, which suggested danger was lurking in Florida:
On Wednesday, Sanford Chief of Police Cecil Smith told Breitbart News exclusively that there is "nothing out there" suggesting civil unrest will take place in the city following the George Zimmerman verdict.
So after getting a quote from the head of Sanford police confirming there's no indication there will be civil unrest following the Zimmerman verdict, Breitbart then hyped a story about how officials are bracing for civil unrest following the Zimmerman verdict.
Talk about remaining committed to a race-baiting narrative.
This week Breitbart also trumpeted a piece headlined: "Broward County Sheriff's Office Prepares Zimmerman Verdict Riot Plan," claiming Florida law enforcement "released a video calling on the public not to riot."
But that wasn't the case.
The youth-oriented public service video released by police made no mention of fending off a "riot." It simply discouraged individuals from expressing anger through an act of violence. ("Raise Your Voice, Not Your Hands.") Getting angry and getting arrested does not constitute rioting. So why the right-wing echo chamber obsession about looming riots? On this show Monday night, Bill O'Reilly couldn't stop talking about the threat.
And note how O'Reilly couched most of his trial coverage.
From the Washington Post's Erik Wemple, who contrasted O'Reilly's complaint that the only reason the trial was getting so much attention was that "it's a light-skinned Hispanic against a black kid," as compared with the coverage on The O'Reilly Factor [emphasis added]:
Last night, O'Reilly delivered an editorial monologue on the George Zimmerman case; then he discussed it with commentators Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lis Wiehl; then he sat down with another guest, Jacques DeGraff, and talked about it. Much of the discussion concerned race.
On Monday night, O'Reilly discussed the racial aspects of the case with LeVar Burton. In another segment on the same show, he discussed the case with Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham. Much of the discussion concerned race.
Last Wednesday night, O'Reilly convened a panel with Wiehl and Guilfoyle on the trial.
Last Tuesday night, O'Reilly blasted actor Jamie Foxx's Trayvon Martin T-shirt in a segment with Alan Colmes and Monica Crowley. That was all about race.
But in terms of unfiltered race baiting, nobody has matched Rush Limbaugh's invective about the Zimmerman case, and the talker's obsession with portraying Obama as a driving force in the story. Latching onto the phony spin surrounding CRS, Limbaugh accused the president of "promoting racial strife" so that the "rest of us can get a taste of" slavery.
The confirmation that the right-wing media's loudest voice was using the killing of a young, unarmed black teenager to suggest America's first black president was trying to fuel racial tension so white Americans could "get a taste" of what the crushing pain and humiliation of slavery felt like, really does defy common sense and civility, ever for a confused hate merchant like Limbaugh.
With the Zimmerman trial, Rush Limbaugh had once again won the race to the bottom.
Crossposted at County Fair, a Media Matters for America blog.


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U.S. stocks erased an early rally as Wells Fargo & Co.'s shrinking profit margin and weakness in European markets overshadowed a jump in consumer confidence to the highest level since the recession started. Commodities sank and the euro trimmed an early gain.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 0.3 percent to 1,428.60 at 4 p.m. in New York, after rising as much as 0.4 percent, and the Stoxx Europe 600 Index lost 0.5 percent. Ten- year Treasury yields fell one basis points to 1.66 percent. Corn, wheat and nickel led commodities lower. The euro was up 0.2 percent at $1.2958 after rising as much as 0.5 percent, while South Africa's rand erased gains and tumbled 0.8 percent as the nation's credit rating was cut to BBB at S&P.
Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase & Co. paced a retreat in banks as improving earnings were overshadowed by a drop in net- interest margin, a gauge of the profitability of lending. U.S. equities rallied earlier after the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary October consumer sentiment index increased to 83.1 from 78.3 the prior month, topping the median estimate of 78 in a survey of economists.
"The headline macro numbers are getting diminished by the fact that you're not seeing the follow-through on earnings, revenues, outlooks," Matt McCormick, who helps oversee $7 billion at Cincinnati-based Bahl & Gaynor Inc., said in a telephone interview. "There was a lot of build-up and high expectations for Wells Fargo and JPMorgan and people were underwhelmed."
Weekly Loss
The S&P 500 has lost more than 2 percent since climbing to an almost five-year high on Sept. 14 after the Federal Reserve announced plans to buy $40 billion of mortgage securities a month to stoke economic growth. The benchmark index lost 2.2 percent this week, its biggest drop since June 1.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of processors for personal computers, plunged today after it cut its third-quarter revenue forecast, citing weak demand across all product lines in a challenging economic environment.
Bank Earnings
Banks in the S&P 500 led declines among 24 industries. JPMorgan, the largest U.S. bank by assets, slid even after posting net income rose 34 percent on gains from mortgages and trading. Wells Fargo tumbled as its shrinking lending margin overshadowed record earnings. First Horizon National Corp., Regions Financial Corp., SunTrust Banks Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp and PNC Financial Services Group Inc., all lenders that will report results this month, were among the largest declines in the S&P 500.
Signs of a housing recovery prompted Wall Street firms to raise estimates for profit growth at banks to 17 percent for the third quarter and 33 percent in the fourth. Companies in the S&P 500 are expected to snap a three-year streak of profit growth, with earnings last quarter projected to decrease 0.9 percent from the previous year, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
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Animal Cruelty and abuse is a serious offense and one that Broward County Animal Care and Adoption takes very seriously.
Animal cruelty is against the law, per the Broward County Animal Care Ordinance, Sections 4-17 and 4-20. The Ordinance applies to all animals, not only dogs and cats. It defines cruelty to animals as:
"Any person who beats, cruelly ill-treats, torments, overloads, overworks or otherwise abuses an animal or intentionally causes such animal to be mutilated or inhumanely killed, or causes the same to be done, or otherwise treats an animal in a cruel or inhumane manner, shall be deemed to be in violation of this section."
Common Examples of Animal Cruelty
Acts of violence, neglect, fighting and physical abuse are considered forms of animal cruelty. In general, animal abuse/cruelty includes five major categories:
Educate Others. Help educate others about the importance of providing basic needs for all dogs and cats:
Set a good example for others. If you have pets they need more than just food, water, and adequate shelter. In addition to these basics, be sure to always show them the love and care they deserve. If you think your pet is sick, bring him to the veterinarian. Be responsible and have your animals spayed or neutered and make sure their vaccinations and County registration information is accurate and up to date.
How to Report Animal Cruelty
You can be the key to the prevention of animal abuse and cruelty against dogs and cats. If you witness abuse against a dog or cat in desperate need, DO NOT HESITATE; please pick up the phone and call for help!
There is no leash law for cats in Broward County. However, there are options for solving a problem when a neighbor's cat comes on your property and creates damage, urinates, etc.
Step 1
Talk to your neighbor and explain the problem with the cat.
Step 2
We can send an Animal Care Specialist to the pet owner's house to check for current Rabies Registration tags and rabies vaccinations. Simply call Animal Care Dispatch at 954-359-1313, extension 9249. Provide the complete address of the cat owner and when he/she is home. The Specialist can either issue a citation or 30-day warning to the pet owner. The Specialist can also warn the pet owner the cat is causing a nuisance in the neighborhood and subject to possible trapping.
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Animal Care Ordinance Chapter 4, Section 4-4 gives you the right to trap a cat that comes on your property. Options include:
At Large Dog
A dog running loose (at large) may be defecating in your yard, knocking over garbage cans, or threatening you and your pets. There is a leash law in Broward County that states all dogs must be on a leash when off their owner's property.
Broward County residents (other than those who live in Coral Springs, Hollywood, Margate or Pompano Beach) can report nuisance dogs as follows.
Call Animal Care at 954-359-1313, extension 9249 and provide us with the name and complete address of the dog owner and a time of day the owner is likely to be home. An Animal Care Specialist will be dispatched to the home, to inform the pet owner about the nuisance ordinance, and check for current rabies vaccination and Rabies Registration tag. The Animal Care Specialist can write a citation or 30-day warning for expired rabies vaccination and tags. However they are not able to issue a citation for a dog at large unless they see the violation, or unless you and a neighbor, not related to you, provide separate affidavits attesting to the violation.
If you don't know for sure where the dog lives, provide the dispatcher with as much information about the dog and its owner as you know, including description of the dog, when the dog runs loose, who the owner might be, where the owner might live, and when the owner might be home. An Animal Care Specialist will visit the neighborhood at a time the dog usually is at large.
Ask the dispatcher for the Activity Number of the call. You can call back a few days later, and ask the dispatcher for a report on the results of the visit.
Biting Dogs
To document the actions of an animal that bites your pet, call Broward County Animal Care at 954-359-1313, extension 9297, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday; and 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Provide them with the name and complete address of the bite dog's owner, and time of day that the owner is likely to be home.
An Animal Care Specialist will be dispatched to your home, and the dog biter's home, to investigate the situation and, if warranted, issue a citation to the dog biter's owner. The bite dog may be required to wear a muzzle depending on the findings of the investigation.
If the officer does issue a citation and the owner appeals the citation, you will be required to appear in court as a witness.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A company in suburban Atlanta schemed to avoid paying millions of dollars in import taxes on cheap notebooks and loose-leaf paper from China by falsifying records and bribing customs officials in Taiwan, federal prosecutors said in an indictment.
Jennifer Chen, chief financial officer of Apego, Inc., entered a not guilty plea on Monday in federal court in Atlanta. The indictment handed down by a grand jury last week also charges her ex-husband, company CEO Chi Cheng "Curtis" Gung, and Apego with conspiracy and 12 counts of importing notebooks and filler paper from China using false documents.
A judge granted Chen $25,000 cash bond on the condition that she surrender her passport and agree to electronic monitoring. A lawyer for Gung told prosecutors that his client traveled to Taiwan last week to be treated for a grave medical condition and plans to surrender voluntarily next month.
Three Chinese paper manufacturers, a Taiwanese company, and their CEOs are also named in the indictment and face conspiracy and fraudulent importation charges. They are: Forth Wu, 69, a Taiwanese citizen who owns and operates Fromus Psyche International, Inc.; and Zuoru He, 66, a Chinese citizen who controls and partly owns three companies that make up The Watanabe Group.
Wu and He are believed to be in Taiwan and China, respectively, prosecutors said. The U.S. does not have extradition treaties with either nation.
"They are accused of avoiding over 20 million dollars in 'anti-dumping' duties by shipping stationery made in China through Taiwan, bribing Taiwanese customs officials, and exporting the goods from there into the United States, falsely relabeled 'Made in Taiwan,'" U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said.
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Commerce began investigating whether Chinese companies that make notebooks, loose-leaf paper and other lined paper products were selling their goods at an artificially low price, sometimes even below cost. Foreign companies sometimes engage in the practice, known as dumping, with the aim of doing so long enough to put competitors out of business. Once the competition is eliminated, a foreign firm can then raise prices to recover the temporary cost of the scheme. Dumping is a prohibited and unfair trade practice under U.S. law.
The Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission determined in 2006 that Chinese manufacturers had been dumping certain lined paper products in the U.S. To offset the artificially low prices in the U.S. market, Chinese paper manufacturers were ordered to pay anti-dumping import tariffs of between 76 and 258 percent. There are no such duties on lined paper from Taiwan.
To skirt the anti-dumping tariffs, Apego, Fromus and the companies in The Watanabe Group came up with a scheme to move large shipments of paper from China through Taiwan, prosecutors say. Authorities allege that they hired temporary workers in Taiwan to put "Made in Taiwan" labels on loads of Chinese paper destined for an American national retailer that wasn't named in court papers. As Apego gained more customers and large orders, company officials began paying bribes to Taiwanese customs officials to look the other way when containers full of paper from China came into ports already labeled "Made in Taiwan," according to the indictment.
Prosecutors say the scheme began to fall apart in the summer of 2007 when U.S. container security officers based at a Taiwanese port noticed suspicious documentation on shipments of paper bound for the U.S. and alerted other customs officials in the U.S. and Taiwan. The full extent of the conspiracy was discovered when Apego fired Gung's executive assistant, who gave a copy of the hard drive from her company laptop to the Department of Homeland Security, authorities say.
Apego was incorporated under the laws of Texas and was based in the Georgia community of Lilburn until October 2006, when it moved its headquarters to Lawrenceville. Officials say that in 2007, the company began operating as Aclor, Inc., and relocated to the Texas-Mexico border.
The maximum penalty for a conviction on the conspiracy charge is 5 years in prison, a $1 million fine for a corporation, a $250,000 fine for an individual, and three years of supervised release. The maximum penalty for the fraudulent importation charges is 2 years in prison, a $1 million fine for a corporation, a $250,000 fine for an individual, and one year of supervised release for each count.


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Tonight's Concert Picks: Mornin' Old Sport, Jackson Browne; Rufus Wainwright postponed
If you missed out on scoring tickets to the now sold out Frank Ocean show at Union Transfer, fear not; there are myriad opportunities for you to get your music fix tonight.
Let's start with Boston country/jazz-types Mornin' Old Sport, who'll be shacking up at PhilaMOCA along with a whole slew of good-time folky songsters. Also playing are local acts Liz & the Lost Boys, On the Water, and Joshua Alvarez. Admission is on a $7-10 sliding scale; show starts at 8. Listen to "Katie" from Mornin' Old Sport's forthcoming album below.
Singer-songwriter extraordinaire Jackson Browne will be plucking strings and crooning verses at the Academy of Music. Opening up the show is folk-and-fiddle hero Sara Watkins, whose latest album Sun Midnight Sun came out earlier this summer. Tickets are available here starting at $40. Stream "When It Pleases You"– from Sara Watkins' latest album — below.
Rufus Wainwright and singer-songwriter Josh Ritter were scheduled to appear at the Festival Pier tonight. The show has been postponed, and a new date will be announced soon. Wainwright is touring to promote his latest album, Out Of The Game, out on Decca. Below, watch the video for the title track from Wrainwright's Out Of The Game, featuring actress Helena Bonham Carter.


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Stalin continues to fascinate–the central mystery within the riddle inside the enigma that was the Soviet Union. If you Google "Stalin, biography," 166,000 websites come up. Amazon offers more than 8,000 titles with his name in it, many of which qualify as biographies, whole or partial. The man who toward the end of his life was arguably the most powerful individual in the world had at various earlier times been seen as a "gray blur," "the man who missed the revolution," "a non-entity hooked by history," "the marvelous Georgian," "Generalissimo" and "History's villain." Why would anyone contemplate yet another biography? What is it that we need to know that is not already available? As someone engaged at the moment in writing a biography of the young Stalin (up to 1924, the year of Lenin's death), doubts dissipate each time I return to Moscow or Tbilisi and enter the archives. A man like Stalin is not easily put aside by the dismissive phrase "of interest only to historians." His latest biographers, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Roy and Zhores Medvedev, seem to think that even the most trivial material provides its own sensation of discovery, and in their archival diggings they have come up with new, though not always particularly important, tidbits, as well as gripping stories of people caught in deadly political games that stretched over decades.
The authors come from quite different backgrounds, though their approaches join them in a common enterprise. Montefiore is a talented journalist, the author of a well-regarded biography of Prince Grigorii Potemkin, Catherine the Great's adviser and lover (those two positions often went hand in hand), as well as a novelist. A prodigious researcher, he mined Russian archives, traveled to Stalin's birthplace, Georgia, to his various homes and hideaways as far away as war-torn Abkhazia, unearthed unpublished memoirs and carried out numerous interviews with anyone who knew Stalin and would talk to him (including most of his living descendants, with the notable exception of the reclusive Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's daughter).
Twin brothers Roy and Zhores Medvedev have enjoyed long careers as chroniclers of Stalinism and its crimes. Roy is best known for his mammoth study, Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism, while Zhores, a biologist and science writer, wrote a chronicle of the tragic experience of Soviet geneticists, The Rise and Fall of T.D. Lysenko. Expelled by the Soviet government in 1973, Zhores continued his critical opposition to Brezhnev's USSR from London. Brother Roy, though not quite a full-fledged dissident, was a gadfly who criticized the regime from what can be described as a "Leninist humanist" position. The Medvedevs were members of the generation of shestidesniatniki, "sixties people," among the first to raise their voices during the Khrushchev years to urge the regime to carry the denunciation of Stalin into a "return to Leninism," by which they meant a more democratic socialism with genuine respect for "socialist legality." After the crushing of the Prague Spring in 1968, the social democratic wing of the intelligentsia withered, eclipsed by Westernizing liberals like Andrei Sakharov from one side and, from the other, by Slavophilic conservatives and nationalists like Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The Medvedevs continued writing, but they were lonely witnesses, better known in the West and in Sovietological circles than among their own countrymen. Roy Medvedev enjoyed a brief political resurrection in the Gorbachev years when the general secretary flirted with socialist democracy, unsure to the end what that would entail, and in the process destroyed not only the Communist Party but the empire he had hoped to save.
Joseph Stalin was the real creator of the Soviet system as it became consolidated in the 1930s, nearly collapsed before the Nazi invasion and was reconstructed after the war. His successors significantly modified aspects of the system–most important, the arbitrary terror, mass arrests and executions; the nearly total isolation from the outside world; and the confiscatory policies of the state toward the peasants. But until the Gorbachev reforms, its fundaments remained intact: the one-party monopoly on political and economic power; the largely marketless command economy; state control of the media and intellectual expression; and official commitment to a state-socialist version of Marxism. From 1934 to his death, Stalin's power was so absolute that his own will determined not only how the system was built and operated but the destinies of hundreds of millions of people. He and his "magnates" (as Montefiore calls the members of his inner circle) personally signed the death sentences of hundreds of thousands of people. They set the quotas for how many would be arrested, exiled or shot. Stalin and Churchill, like two aging real estate brokers, sat across from each other in October 1944 and determined which of their countries would dominate which state in the Balkans. When Churchill expressed qualms about deciding the fate of so many people so casually, he asked Stalin if they should burn the note on which he had written the infamous "percentages agreement." "No," said Stalin, "you keep it." In the last years, when his health and mental stability deteriorated, he kept Mao Zedong, the recent victor in the Chinese civil war and ruler over the most populous state in the world, cooling his heels for months in Moscow, both to wear him down into making concessions and to show him who was boss in the international Communist movement.


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Man arrested in shooting death of motorcyclist in Fayetteville
Man arrested in shooting death of motorcyclist in Fayetteville
Police in Fayetteville say a man has been arrested in the shooting death of a motorcyclist, while investigators say another assault on a biker around the same time was unrelated.
Authorities say 24-year-old Francisco Echeverria was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of Craig Morris. Police say Morris was shot to death early Tuesday morning after the two got into an argument in the parking lot of shopping center.
In the second assault, 30-year-old Matthew John Key said he was riding his motorcycle when he got into an argument with two people in a car. They went into a parking, then rode off. Key said someone in the car shot at him several times. The car also hit Key's motorcycle, causing him to wreck.


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German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) satellite communication researchers have demonstration a new data compression technology for the first time. This demonstration was made possible using network coding, which reduces transmission bandwidth requirements. The process has applications, for example, in emergency response, when local networks fail and emergency services have to fall back on satellite communications. For internet and cellular traffic, data is transmitted over terrestrial links and network coding is used sometimes, but it is new for satellite communications.
Satellite terminals in Sardinia and Oberpfaffenhofen
This new technology, based on a proposal published by Rudolf Alswede, Ning Cai, Shuo-Yen Robert Li and Raymond W. Yeung, was implemented by researchers at the DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation and demonstrated for the first time over a satellite link on 14 September 2010. The demonstration took place at the Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference in Cagliari, Sardinia, and used videoconferencing as its test medium. The data were transmitted between two satellite terminals, in other words, two send/receive stations, one in Cagliari and the other at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen. The data were first sent to the satellite, which forwarded them to a terrestrial gateway station. This was where network coding came into play; the gateway modem bundled incoming data packets from both terminals together into a single packet, but this did not result in a packet with a size equal to the sum of the two. The resulting data packet was only slightly larger than each of the incoming packets.
For example, if the gateway receives two packets of 1000 bits each, network coding bundles them together into a packet of around 1100 bits – thus reducing the overall incoming data size of 2000 bits by 45 percent. Satellite service providers calculate their fees based on the amount of bandwidth users consume, in other words, the number of bits transmitted – so that users save money by compressing their data. The gateway sends the new packet back to the satellite, which sends it on to the satellite terminals. Since the terminals know what data they have sent, they can extract the answering packet sent by the other terminal from the network-coded bundle.
"Network coding is a very interesting option for satellite communications. In contrast to cable or cellular communications, it is often the case in satellite communications that both partners also receive the other party's data, so network coding leads to significant savings. Furthermore, satellite communications are very price critical. Any savings are crucial and increase the range of potential applications. At DLR we're working on developing this technology even further – we'll soon have more announcements to make," says Prof. Christoph Günther, Director of the DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation. For their demonstration, the DLR researchers used the Eutelsat Eurobird 3 satellite. DLR's German Space Operations Center (GSOC) supported the project.
The project was sponsored by the DLR Space Agency with funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie; BMWi), under a mandate from the German Federal Government.


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Brown is also an author. In 2008, her autobiography, The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive (Harper Paperbacks, $14.99), was published to rave reviews. And over the years, she has appeared on countless television shows, appearing on MTV, BET, America's Next Top Model, and even the Oprah Winfrey Show. She has also spoken at colleges, universities and other venues throughout the world.
This is Warren Tong, reporting for TheBody.com. If my guest today had a nickel for every time she said the words "I'm HIV positive" to a group of strangers, then she'd surely be a millionaire or pretty close to it. Marvelyn Brown, welcome to This Positive Life.
Thank you for having me.
Can you start by describing how you found out you were HIV positive?
Certainly. I found out I was HIV positive on July 17, 2003. At the time, I had been sick in the hospital for about two and a half weeks. The doctors did a series of tests. I was given a CT scan, MRI, spinal tap; and every test they gave me, it just kept coming back negative, negative, negative. They actually had told me I had 24 hours to live. The priest was called in to give me my last words.
Then it was discovered that I had pneumonia. I think what people should realize is, I had pneumonia, and it had absolutely nothing to do with HIV. I just happened to be sick with pneumonia, but was tested for HIV at a time, which I'm really grateful for. Because I never cared about HIV. I did not care about it until they told me, right then, I was positive.
How old were you?
I was 19 years old.
Wow. I pulled a quote from your book that very much highlights this. It says, "How did I not know that this virus was sexually transmitted? I felt I had been robbed by my community, my school and my church. The mantras I had heard over and over again growing up -- 'Don't do drugs; don't get pregnant; don't smoke' -- suddenly seemed so worthless. Never had someone mentioned the possibility of me, Marvelyn Brown, contracting HIV from unprotected sex. I had seen it as something only Africans or gay men got." Could you expand on that a little?
I had only heard about HIV on the news, when I'd see this helpless kid in Africa. I knew that white gay men were getting it. I remember Philadelphia, you know.
The movie.
Yes. At that time, I was very irresponsible, too. I was selfish. I felt invincible. So HIV was everyone's issue but mine. I really didn't care who got it. As long as it wasn't me, and it wasn't affecting people like me, I just didn't care.
Did it register at all with you?
Not at all. I had other stuff. I had prom. I had Mom issues. I was into guys. I had other issues. HIV wasn't one of them. You know? [When you're a teenager, the first thing on your mind, that you're concerned about, is not health.]
So, in the hospital bed, when they told you that you were positive, what was your reaction?
I really didn't have one, because I didn't really too much know what to think. Because I truly did not know what HIV was. I could tell that it was something more serious than I had ever took it for. But that was it.
Did you realize that you were at risk at all?
Not at all. The funny thing about it was, I had no idea how I contracted this virus. At the time, I was working at a daycare. You know, kids constantly come in, and they're sick, and they're ill, and all these things. So the thing I'm thinking, on my mind, is: I got it from one of the kids.
I really did not know how that virus was passed, so the last thing [on my mind was that I got it] through sex. I had always heard "STDs [sexually transmitted diseases] and HIV." And I'm like, "Why is HIV so close to STDs, but it's not under the umbrella?" And I said, "Oh. That's because gay men get it, and prostitutes get it."
When I looked at STDs, I thought of gonorrhea, chlamydia. You know, like, those were STDs. But HIV stood on its own.
Eventually, you did find out who you got it from, right?
Yes, once I had been told, "You got this virus through sex."
And then it started going through your mind, "These are the people who put me at risk?"
Were you able to talk to whoever infected you about it?
Well, once I had been told, "You got it through sex," and told the amount of time the HIV had been living in my body, I knew who I got it from. And it was the guy that I was dealing with.
But I did not want to tell him.
Why is that?
Because I still didn't think I got it from him. He looked too good. He smelled too good. This was my Prince Charming; this was my everything. So I did not want to believe that he and HIV could even be in the same sentence.
So even when I called him, it was still this thing that, in the back of my head, that it's no way. You know. It's no way.
But I called him and I told him. And he wasn't surprised.
He wasn't?
No, he wasn't. I told him, "The doctors just told me I'm HIV positive," and he said, "I'm sorry."
Just like that? He's sorry?
Yeah. Yeah.


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How to Use
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Reading 1
Reading 2: Jonas Elias Pope's Freedman's Papers
Freed blacks living in the South prior to the Civil War had to carry their freedman's papers with them at all times to make sure that they would not be caught and sold back into slavery. These papers were issued by the state, and provided proof that they were free. The freedman's papers that you are about to read were owned by Jonas Pope, Dr. Manassa Pope's father.
State of North Carolina
This may certify that Jonas Pope the bearer hereof a free person of colour was borned the first day of February Eighteen hundred and twenty seven according to the family record is of bright yellow complexion five feet nine inches high in shoes with a scar on the great toe of his right foot cut by an axe: is a carpenter by trade & of good habits industrious. He the said Jonas Pope is of free parentage to the best of my knowledge and belief as I have been personally acquainted with his grand mother & mother & father for twenty five years or more and they sustained a good character during that time, so far as I have heard. This the 6th day of October 1851
[signed] Jordan Beale [Justice of the Peace, Northampton County, NC]
State of North Carolina
I, John B. Odom clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for Northampton County and state aforesaid, do certify that Jordan Beale and James Martin, whose names appear on the foregoing certificate, are and were at the time of signing the same two of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the county & state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified according to law. And that their signatures appear to be genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Jackson this 9th day of December A.D. 1851 and in the 76th year of American Independence
[signed] John B. Odom CCC
State of North Carolina
I, William Barrow, chairman of the court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for Northampton County state aforesaid, do certify that John B. Odom, whose name appears to this foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same the acting clerk of our said court, duly Elected and Qualified - that his certificate above is in due form of Law and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such.
Given under my hand at Jackson this 9th day of December A.D. 1851 & in this 76th year of American Independence
[signed] William Barrow
Questions for Reading 2
1. What does this document tell you about Dr. Pope's father?
2. Why did Jonas Pope have to carry his freedman's papers with him? Why was it important that they include a detailed physical description of him? Why do you think he was required to carry three different documents?
3. Think back to Reading 1, the Pope family history. For what important purpose did Dr. Pope use his father's freedman's papers?
Reading 2 is from the Pope Family Papers, #5085, Southern Historical Collection, the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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The Denver Broncos are welcoming back suspended superstar Von Miller with open arms and a spotless 6-0 record.
The Broncos' bedraggled defense can sure use his help pressuring the passer.
Denver's shaky secondary allowed Chad Henne and Justin Blackmon to play catch all afternoon before the Broncos put away the winless Jacksonville Jaguars 35-19 Sunday.
Blackmon caught 14 passes for 190 yards and Maurice Jones-Drew ran for 71 yards and a score, but the Broncos remained unbeaten behind Peyton Manning's two touchdown throws and Knowshon Moreno's first career three-TD game.
The Jaguars were a record 27-point underdog but didn't play like it.
"This is still the NFL," Denver's Champ Bailey said. "Nobody's a cakewalk in this league."
Bailey, who made his 2013 debut after missing two months with a sprained left foot, said the Broncos are eager to get Miller, their All-Pro linebacker, back in the mix but they can't count on him being a cure-all.
"When you have a dynamic player returning to your lineup, he's definitely going to cause some problems for people," Bailey said. "But we can't rely on him to do everything. It's an 11-man game, so we got to make sure we do our part."
Miller returns just in time for Manning's homecoming game at Indianapolis (4-1) next Sunday night, something Manning was loath to talk about after the Jaguars (0-6) gave him all he could handle with three takeaways and two sacks.
Five things that had others talking after the Jaguars put such a scare into the Broncos:
ORLANDO FRANKLIN: The Broncos lost their massive right tackle to a left knee injury in the third quarter and he hobbled out of the locker room on a cane a month after All-Pro left tackle Ryan Clady was lost to a season-ending foot injury.
With "Big O" out, the Broncos turned to Chris Kuper, who's been bothered by leg injuries the last two years, at right guard and slid Louis Vasquez to right tackle.
"It was a pretty good example of versatility," Manning said. "Obviously, we have our fingers crossed for Orlando. You hate to see that, but you've got to go play. You have to go out there. I know Kupe has been hungry to get out there. He's worked real hard to get healthy."
GUTSY JAGUARS: The Jaguars took little solace in playing the Broncos tough.
"We're not at all satisfied with what took place as far as the outcome," Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said.
He rattled off the good — linebacker Paul Posluszny's 59-yard pick-6 that pulled Jacksonville to 14-12 at the half, recoveries of Manning's two fumbled snaps and Denver's half dozen drives that ended without points.
"All things we can build on," Bradley said. "We feel like we're getting closer, we're going in the right direction, but I want them to understand that's not what we're trying to accomplish. We're trying to get the outcome in our favor."
THE REPLACEMENTS: The Broncos didn't miss Robert Ayers (shoulder) because his replacement, second-year pro Malik Jackson had seven tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries and one pass breakup.
Both of his sacks came in the same series sandwiched around his stuff of Jones-Drew for a 1-yard loss.
"This is my first time really going out there and performing like that," Jackson said. "The greats keep it up and I'm just trying to keep it up and keep working and get many performances like that."
IMPERFECT PEYTON: Manning went 28 for 42 for 295 yards, marking the first time he's been held under 300 this season. His two TD passes gave him 22 on the year, a record for an NFL quarterback through six games.
But he also lost a pair of fumbles on bad exchanges from center and threw his second interception of the season.
"The best thing about this team," receiver Eric Decker said, "is we always find a way to win."
MORE MORENO: Moreno's three TD runs, all in the second half, gave him seven for the season, tying his career high set as a rookie in 2007.
"A lot of people think we just throw the ball and we don't like to run it," tight end Julius Thomas said, "but we're going to go with what's working."
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The 'Bivvy' trousers, which take recycling to a new and exctiting level, were developed when two designers went hunting in an old warehouse for ideas: 'After many attempts to find the perfect recycled material, we finally found a pair of World War II era Bivouac tents languishing in a dusty warehouse. Luckily they make fantastic trousers and because they are individually cut and sewn each pair is unique.' Snap them up for £65 at Stabo For more recycled eco goodness visit Hippyshopper.[Via Boing boing]


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Shoot me in the foot for askin this.. but what is an arbitrary file? ive been lookin it up and cant find a clear definition.
Well lets say if im on a site and im just fooling around looking for a few CGI flaws because we all know what an ******* I am... one flaw found allowed me to retrieve arbitrary files from the web-server outside of its specified path.
Wotcher mate!
I don't think there is such a thing as an "arbitrary file" I think the context is like this:
arbitrary (file) deletion
arbitrary (file) overwriting
arbitrary (file) insertion
And so on..............I guess that makes "arbitrary an adverb or whatever, that is, it qualifies the action (verb), and not the object (noun, i.e. "file"), in which case it would be an adjectival pronoun.
Basically it means without negotiation/permission etc. For example, a lot of malware performs arbitrary actions on a system.
So one could have an "arbitrary" action, but a "mandatory" file. In both cases you have no choice
In TheSpecialist's example, he is "arbitrarily retrieving files"
EDIT: And in my next class we will do the gerund and gerundive
To test if a file is an arbitary file hover the mouse over the filename and click the ANY key.
If you fail to get a dialogue message then it an be assumed that that file is an aribtary file.
Sorry, couldn't resist
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An arbitrary file really means, AFAIK, any file on the system. The reason for the word aribtrary is it usually means "outside the scope of the vulnerable application."
So if i'm running a web site that has some vulnerability allowing access to modify the files that are a part of the web site, they're not "arbitrary" files. If I can access any file that may be on the box, those are arbitrary.
Now that i've written all of that, those of you with more experience please tell me how correct it is.
Timmy, you've got the gist of it. s0nIc, I think you've misunderstood the semantics of the word as it was used. "This exploit allows arbitrary access to the system."
Main Entry: ar·bi·trary
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Orioles right-hander Jason Hammel will make his second minor league rehabilitation start Tuesday for short-season Class-A Aberdeen.
He is scheduled to throw between 60 and 65 pitches or go five innings, whichever comes first, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.
Hammel tossed 2 2/3 shutout innings for Double-A Bowie on Thursday night, his first time facing hitters since going on the disabled list with a right forearm strain on July 29.
He threw 47 pitches (32 strikes), allowing three hits with no walks and two hit batsmen. Afterward, Hammel said he was able to get the full extension on all of his pitches – particularly his slider, which he hadn't previously been able to do with the injury.
Showalter said Hammel could be activated from the DL next weekend against the Chicago White Sox.
Before pitching for Aberdeen, Hammel will throw a bullpen at Class-A Frederick.
While Hammel said it's been difficult being away from the team, he's learned from last year's premature return from arthroscopic right-knee surgery and doesn't want to come back until he's 100 percent.
"I've learned my lesson from last year," Hammel said Thursday. "I know the guys can use me, and I want to help out, but I'm more helpful when I'm healthy, so obviously get healthy and then go. We've got plenty of arms up there and plenty of guys who can do the job, so I'm not worried about that."
Around the horn
Utility man Ryan Flaherty, who was optioned to the minors on Tuesday, was transferred Friday to High-A Frederick from Low-A Delmarva, where he was 2-for-8 in two games for the Shorebirds. Flaherty is expected to return to the big league club Tuesday after Frederick's season is finished. … Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, who was optioned to the Gulf Coast League after his previous start, is expected to fly back from Florida on Saturday and is scheduled to start the Orioles' series finale in New York. … Right-hander Scott Feldman, slated to start Saturday, is 2-3 with a 4.11 ERA in six career starts against the Yankees, including three quality starts.


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An imaginative, cavern-style house in Malibu that looks like something out of "The Flintstones" has come on the market at $3.5 million. What a contrast then that the owners are seemingly ageless television personality Dick Clark and his wife, Kari, according to public records.
The usual architectural retreat sits on a mountaintop within a nearly 23-acre site. Free-form walls punctuated with expanses of glass bring in ocean views.
The one-bedroom, two-bathroom custom house, which has the interior ambience of a bright cave, has vaulted ceilings in the living and dining rooms, a fireplace and a wine cellar.
Clark, 82, hosted "American Bandstand" for more than three decades starting in the '50s as well as game shows and "The Dick Clark Show" (1958-60). His "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" show marked its 40th anniversary this year. He started Dick Clark Productions in 1957 and sold it in 2007 for $175 million.
Diane Carter of Coldwell Banker's Malibu Colony office is the listing agent, the Multiple Listing Service shows.


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- Designed by Steve Cozzolino
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- Gleams like silver – beautifully reflects its contents
- Durable and strong like iron
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- Each bowl holds 6 oz.
- 13" x 4½" wide overall
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|This article describes a commodity traded on a commodities exchange. View articles referencing this commodity.
This article describes soybeans in general with a focus on whole soybeans. For soybean processing yields futures, please see Soybean Meal Prices and Soybean Oil Prices.
The United States grows more soybeans than any other country in the world, accounting for 32% of the world's production. Its fields yield 2,585 million bushels of soybeans every year. [1] Farmers in the rest of the world are closing the gap, however, enticed by a continued rise in soybean prices. In 1980 the U.S. it produced 60 percent of the world's soybeans, but by 2005 it produced only 39%. [2].
Despite increased world supply, the price of soybean futures has increased more than 80% in 2008 because of soybean oil's use in biodiesel and as feed for fish farming. Another factor in soybeans' rise is China's urbanization, as Chinese cities buy large quantities of tofu and other soy products. [3] [4] As soybean prices rise, agricultural companies benefit, while companies that use soybean products and derivatives face higher production costs.
The chart at left shows continuos front-month futures prices for Soybeans traded on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Unlike other Commodities, derivative components of soybeans are also bought and sold by hedgers and speculators on futures markets. These derivative soybean products are soybean meal and soybean oil. Both are the result of pressing and seperating soybeans into their oil and meal components.
Soybean meal can be processed into soy flour or soy protein, but in general the meal is used as livestock feed.
Soybean oil is used as an edible oil for cooking and salad dressings, as well as a component of butter substitutes such as margarine.
While the prices of the two derivative commodities are generally strongly correlated with each other and the prices of underlying Soybeans, a move of the price of one derivative commodity against the other is indicative of extremely high demand for one resultant product. Note that, as the processing of Soybeans necessarily results in the production of both soybean meal and soybean oil, the total supply of each will always remain constant relative to the other.
Note also that a consumer of one of the derivative products could acquire meal or oil by beginning with whole soybeans and processing them herself, thus an increase in demand for one of the derivatives will necessarily correlate with an increase in the demand for the underlying beans.
The following table illustrates world production of Soybeans in 2007.
|World Production of Soybeans in 2007
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Soybean prices have nearly doubled in 2008, due to lower production and the increased usefulness of soybeans. Last year, demand for ethanol and rising corn prices caused many farmers to use all their fields for corn. Usually, corn farmers plant half corn and half soybean. By the laws of supply and demand, fewer soybeans mean higher soybean prices. The summer of 2008 has seen increased soybean production once again, to compensate for scarcity.[16]
Below are some factors that impact supply and demand for soybeans:
The current short supply of soybeans could be somewhat exasperated by the spread of Soybean Rust in the Americas. Soybean Rust has been identified in 15 states and throughout South America. It is a wind-borne fungal disease that attacks soybeans and other plants. [17] There is a growing body of research aimed at treating Soybean Rust, but no definitive solution exists. During the 2003 growing season, the pathogen was detected in most of the soybean growing regions of Brazil with a conservative yield loss estimate of 2.2 MMT, or approximately 5% of the annual production. [18]
Soybeans are processed by companies like Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) and Cargill, which use machines to split the soybeans' proteins from their oils. These oils may be used for cooking, and the creation of biodiesel. Increasing gas prices have made biodiesel far more attractive, thus increasing soybean prices. Because heavy machinery is used in soybean harvesting, increasing gas prices make soybeans more expensive to produce, and thus boost their prices.
While the growing need for alternative fuel has boosted corn and soybean prices, the increase in soybean prices can also be attributed to its unique industrial applications. Once the oil is extracted from soybeans, its protein is used to enrich animal feed. Because of its high protein content, the booming farm fishing industry uses soy to replicate the meat which many fish are accustomed to eating. Farm fisheries once used fish meal, which is far more expensive than soy meal even with its recent price shock. Soy is combined with newspapers to create quality building materials which replace wood in furniture, flooring and countertops...
Scientific investigation of soy has now made its use incredibly wide spread. Soy is the main ingredient in many types of particleboard, laminated plywood, commercial carpet, auto upholstery, clean-burning diesel engines, environmentally friendly solvents, industrial lubricants, cleaners, paints, non-toxic crayons, candles, ink cartridges, high-quality lubricants, hydraulic fluids, and foams. As of October 2007, new Ford Mustangs use soy foam in their seats. [19] Soy can usually substitute for petroleum in most senses, and it is often cheaper to do so. As science develops more effective way to use the soybean, its price will increase along with its demand. Increased soy production will mitigate the price increase.
Millions of gallons of soy-based biodiesel are already being produced in the United States every day, and the fuel is used in over 200 US fleets. It is slightly less powerful than petroleum diesel, but burns much cleaner with much higher lubrication. This means fewer engine maintenance expenses and less pollution. Biodiesel is significantly more powerful than ethanol, yielding 120,000 BTUs per gallon versus 80,000 BTUs. [20] [21] Because Biodiesel has higher energy content, and is best produced with soybeans, soybean prices will increase as it becomes more demanded.
While the use of bio-fuels like ethanol and biodiesel has benefits (especially when mixed with normal diesel due to enhanced lubrication), it has garnered world controversy because of its perceived role in the world food crisis. As a growing number of countries approach the brink of mass food shortage, biofuel development will face more significant moral opposition. Any legislation or international move to curtail biofuel development will lower the price of soy-beans, because they would be less valuable as food than as a potentially viable substitute to gasoline. [22]
Besides moral issues, many scientific reports claim that soy is actually not fit for human consumption. Reputable studies have found that soy products are very dangerous to infant health due to large amounts of the female hormone estrogen. Soy contains significant amounts of genistein and daidzein, which are known to cause genetic damage, and cancer. Soy is often blamed for increasing incidence of breast cancer among other health harms. Soy also contains the "anti-nutrient" phytic acid (blocks the intake of important vitamins and minerals), trypsin inhibitors, toxic lysinoalanine and cancer causing nitrosamines. These supposed health hazards are bitterly disputed by soy producers, but have merited further investigation by the FDA as well as the German Government. If soy is proven to be dangerous to eat, its prices may drop significantly. Its growing number of industrial applications may cushion this possibility. [23]
2008 United States soybean production is projected to drop 105 million bushels to 3 billion bushels, because less harvested area and yield. The USDA predicts 2008/09 ending stocks for soybeans to be 140 million bushels, down 35 million from last month. [24]
Expert analysis notes that predicted year-end inventories for soybeans are dangerously low. Despite increased acreage dedicated to soybeans, it is possible that burgeoning global demand for soybeans may be halted completely by a supply shortage in 2008/2009. In the worst case scenario, soybean prices could rise to $19 or more per bushel, depending on the South American yield which is currently uncertain. [25]


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Aviva Premiership
Smith: Edwards is still the best
ESPN Staff
December 19, 2012
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Shaun Edwards has received the 100% backing of London Irish director of rugby Brian Smith after enduring a difficult few months.
The London Irish and Wales defence coach was earlier this month omitted from Warren Gatland's coaching team for the British & Irish Lions' tour to Australia. It followed poor results for Wales in the autumn internationals while the pressure is on Edwards at club level as well with London Irish struggling with the worst defensive record in the Aviva Premiership.
Irish are second bottom in the Aviva Premiership table after conceding 291 points, including 25 tries, in their opening ten fixtures in the league. But Edwards retains the full support of his boss.
"I am backing Shaun Edwards 100%, he's the best defence coach I have worked with," Smith told the BBC. "I could not speak more highly of him. It's a challenging time but Shaun is not missing the tackles."
Smith continued: "In terms of the performance of the club the buck stops with me. At the end of the day I have put together the coaching staff, I have put together some of the playing staff. But ultimately I am responsible for the programme and Shaun Edwards' track record speaks for itself and [he] is a world class coach.
"The boys love him here. He delivered an outstanding session today [Tuesday] and winning speaks in team meetings and you could hear a pin drop.
"There is a massive amount of respect for him but he is a very intense man and proud man and I am sticking with the crew I've got. Loyalty is a massive part of the game and if the club wants to get loyalty then it needs to show loyalty."
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UEFA changes bookings rule
UEFA has announced that bookings accrued throughout continental competitions will expire after the quarter-finals.
The UEFA Emergency Panel met on Wednesday, and have decided to implement the rule following a suggestion from the UEFA Club Competitions Committee.
Such a system is already in use in the UEFA European Championships, and will now be adopted in the Champions League and Europa League from this season.
"Following a recommendation by the UEFA Club Competitions Committee - in order to implement in UEFA club competitions a rule which is already in force in the UEFA European Football Championship - the Emergency Panel decided that, as of this season, all yellow cards from the beginning of the group stage will expire on completion of the quarter-finals," read a statement.
"Bookings will therefore not be carried forward to the semi-finals."
Previously a player would have missed one match of the competition if three yellow cards were received from the group stages through to the semi-finals.
The new rules mean there will be no repeat of last season's scenario where Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso was suspended for the Champions League final with rivals Atletico Madrid.
Alonso received three bookings throughout the tournament, the last of which came in Real's semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich.
Under the new ruling, Alonso would be allowed to play as his previous cautions would have expired.


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The October Issue is at the Printer – Subscribe Now So You Don't Miss Out!
Yesterday, Linda Watts (our designer extraordinaire) and I approved the printer's proofs for the October 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. That means, because of the wacky way magazine subscriptions work, you have only three more days to sign up for a digital subscription and receive the October issue as the first one in your digital sub. Subscribe by July 25, and you'll be able to download the issue to read on your computer or PDF-enabled eReader (including iPads).
So what's in the issue? If you click on the picture at left, you'll be better able to read the coverlines (that's true for most of the blog pictures, by the way – if you want to see a big picture, as it were, just click on it).
But even if your eyes are as crappy as mine (that's what staring at a computer for 15 years will do to you), you can no doubt see the shiny brass and rosewood try square. That's a shop-made version of the Bridge City Tool Works TS-2 Master Try Square – one of two tools on which John Economaki founded the company – and John shows you, step by step, how to make it in your shop using equipment you probably already own.
We also have "The Best Oak Money Can't Buy," from 17th-century-style joiner Peter Follansbee. Peter tells you why riven oak is the best for joinery, and shows you how to rive your own. (See my note at the bottom – this technique may be the death of me.)
Rob Millard, the wunderkind of Federal Furniture, shares his simple router jig method for making the diamond inlay banding that's a hallmark of the Federal style (a half-day of work, and you'll have 70′ of this striking inlay ready to use).
Award-winning furniture designer, maker, author and teacher Jeff Miller investigates the science and shape behind a comfortable rocking chair, and teaches you how to apply what he's learned to your own designs.
Toshio Odate returns to Popular Woodworking's pages with a philosophical piece on how the spirit of the maker infuses the objects he or she uses and builds (in other words, be nice to your tools, have fun while you're building, and your work will benefit).
Ajax Alexandre, our online community editor, shares plans for a clever Portuguese folding table – make a pair, and you have portable tables that work great in the shop, on your patio or in front of your television.
And of course, you'll find our regular columns – including the return of Adam Cherubini as our Arts & Mysteries columnist and a simple and inexpensive toothing plane from Don Williams in Tricks of the Trade.
Sign up for a digital subscription today so you don't miss out!
p.s. I'll be riving oak next week under Peter's tutelage in Pittsboro, N.C. at The Woodwright's School. While I'm very much looking forward to wielding sledgehammer and froe, I do wish some freak storm would get rid of this torrid weather. My people are from peat bogs; hard physical labor in 100+ temps does not appeal. Thank goodness there's a bar just behind the school, and ice cream just down the block.


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What bon-vivant doesn't get tired of plain old champagne on New Year's? NYC luxury catering company Canard, Inc. is proposing something more.
Check out their elegant champagne-infused creations, including the Cactus-Pear Tequila Martini and Champagne Pear & Aspic Desserts, as fun and exciting ways to ditch the usual bubbly dictated by tradition and ring in 2013 with a twist.
According to Canard's Event Director, Kelven Book, "Another truly customized option for celebrating New Year's is to create a signature champagne cocktail of your own. It's an easy way to add a special touch, and lesser-priced sparking wines can be used without affecting the cocktail. For example, Courvoisier, Grand Marnier, bitters, a bit of simple syrup and sparking wine, served up."
1 oz. cactus pear-infused tequila
0.25 oz. fresh lemon juice
0.25 oz. simple syrup
Shake the ingredients together, pour into a Martini glass amd top with champagne. Garnish lemon wheel.
2 sheets gelatin (available in specialty stores)
or 2 oz. powdered gelatin
1 quart simple syrup
1 bottle champagne
Thinly sliced fruit for garnish, such as seedless grapes, berries of all kinds and mango
Soften gelatin sheets in cool water. Heat sugar syrup until warm to the touch. Add gelatin sheets and whisk to dissolve. (If using powdered gelatin, dissolve in liquid per instructions.) Add champagne.Fill glass dishes with the liquid and transfer to the refrigerator until the mixture sets and becomes firm; at least 2 hours.
To serve, garnish with sliced fruit and fresh mint.
*Note: Use clear glass dishes-old-fashioned champagne coupes or other footed glasses are particularly attractive-for serving to accentuate the delicate color. Do not use fruits high in acid, such as pineapple, for the garnish or the aspic will begin to dissolve on contact.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson collected nearly half a million dollars in questionable payments from four federally funded nuclear labs after she left office, the Energy Department's inspector general says in a new report.
Wilson failed to provide documentation for the work she did to earn $20,000 a month from the Los Alamos and Sandia national labs in New Mexico from January 2009 to March 2011, the report said. Officials at the Nevada Test Site and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee acknowledged there "were no deliverables" associated with $30,000 the two labs paid Wilson. And Sandia and Los Alamos appear to have asked Wilson to help them secure more work for the labs, an apparent violation of her contract, the report said.
In total, nearly $450,000 in questionable payments were identified, the bulk from Los Alamos and Sandia.
The contractors that run the labs billed the payments to the government, "even though they did not receive evidence that work performed under the agreements had been completed," the report said. The payments were fully reimbursed by the government.
The contractors, which include Lockheed Martin, Bechtel and other companies, have since paid back most of the money to the government, but an investigation continues. In all the government recovered $442,877 of $464,203 paid to Wilson, the report said.
In a statement emailed Tuesday to The Associated Press, Wilson said the report "confirms that the labs were satisfied with my work. The work was done in full compliance with the contracts we signed and under the direct supervision of lab sponsors."
The report called Wilson's agreements with the labs unusual and in some cases "highly irregular." And it said the agreements and the lab operators failed to include or enforce "even minimum" invoicing standards required under federal regulations.
Wilson, a Republican who represented New Mexico's 1st Congressional District, collected much of the money in between two unsuccessful runs for the U.S. Senate. She was defeated last year by Democrat Martin Heinrich during a campaign that highlighted her connections to Los Alamos and Sandia. The labs conduct classified research on nuclear weapons.
Wilson, a former Air Force officer, has a doctorate in international relations and is a former staffer for the National Security Council. She campaigned as an expert on defense, arms control, and intelligence matters.
During the 2012 Senate campaign, the AP sought copies of Wilson's contracts with the labs after she disclosed income from Los Alamos, Sandia and Oak Ridge. And all three labs called the documents confidential.
Saying much of her work was classified, Wilson's campaign declined to release the contracts. But it said her work included helping Oak Ridge establish a senior advisory group on intelligence; providing advice to senior managers at Los Alamos on nuclear deterrence and threat reduction programs, and serving on the Intelligence Advisory Panel for Sandia National Labs.
"Her relationship with our national labs goes back over 20 years and she has worked on a wide range of projects with different groups of scientists and engineers over time," her campaign said last year.
In a statement, Los Alamos said it "was reasonable and appropriate" to seek Wilson's services, calling her "uniquely qualified to advise the lab on a variety of issues related to our national security missions."
Even so, the lab added, "we acknowledge we did not document her services consistent with our own expectations for subcontract management." The lab, which is managed by Bechtel, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services, the University of California and others, said it was taking steps to avoid similar concerns with future consulting agreements.
Sandia issued a similar statement, but claimed it has documentation that "demonstrates we received commensurate value" from Wilson in support of the lab's missions.
The National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the national labs, requested the DOE review of whether the agreement between the contractor that runs Los Alamos and Wilson was properly administered.
In addition to problems with the contracts and documentation of services provided by Wilson, the report said an agency contract officer was "subjected to pressure'" when Los Alamos National Security, LLC, which runs Los Alamos, requested approval to enter an agreement with Wilson. The report said inspectors were unable to identify any evidence of that pressure.
It noted that the separate investigation continues. The report was issued by the civil division. The office also conducts criminal investigations.
The report is the latest in a string of reprimands from government oversight agencies for a lack of oversight of contracts and projects at the nation's nuclear facilities.
Congress has created a special committee to study a potential overhaul of the NNSA, which oversees about $8 billion in federal contracts. The agency suffered another blow last month, when its acting director suddenly announced she is stepping down after less than six months in the top spot.
Wilson is a member of the oversight panel, having been appointed by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. A nuclear watchdog group called on Wilson to recuse herself or be barred from the committee.
"The problems are not limited to Ms. Wilson," said Greg Mello, who heads the Los Alamos Study Group in Albuquerque. "There are pervasive problems with improper contracting at NNSA. Billions of dollars in contract extensions can be awarded by the stroke of an administrator's pen."
Wilson gave up her seat five years ago to run for the nomination to replace her mentor, longtime New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici. She lost in a tight primary, but ran again last year against Heinrich in a race to replace retiring Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a Democrat.
Wilson called herself a consultant and said she turned down a top spot at Sandia to make her second run for Senate.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters scuffled with Cairo police on Monday during a rally by 5,000 people to mark the first anniversary of the death of at least 42 Egyptian demonstrators during interim military rule.
The demonstration underscored public pressure on elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to punish killings and abuses during security crackdowns by the military council that replaced Hosni Mubarak after his fall in a popular revolt last year.
The issue of holding leaders of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to account touches a sensitive nerve since the generals intended to ensure immunity from prosecution before they ceded power, diplomats say.
In November 2011, police pulled down the tents of protesters who had camped in Tahrir Square overnight after a demonstration of some 50,000 people, mostly Islamists, against the SCAF.
That prompted thousands of protesters to return to the square and clashes erupted. Police beat protesters with batons and fired rubber bullets and tear gas at them. Protesters broke off chunks of cement from sidewalks to throw back at the police.
The clashes, in which at least 42 protesters died, have since been coined "Mohamed Mahmoud events" after the street in which they took place.
In Monday's demonstration, stones and empty bottles were hurled and 24 people were injured, including four policemen.
"We swear by your blood martyrs, there will be another revolution!" demonstrators chanted on Monday, waving Egypt's flag and posters of people who died during the clashes.
"Down, down with rule by the guide!" they added, suggesting Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie pulls the strings even though Mursi officially quit the Brotherhood on taking office.
The demonstrators were mostly youth from the non-Islamist camp, including Ultras soccer fans, Revolutionary Socialists, and public figures such as leftist activist Kamal Khalil.
Mahmoud Street, where they gathered, is located off Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the mass demonstrations that forced out Mubarak, and also near the interior ministry.
During SCAF rule, at least 12,000 civilians were tried by army courts and over 100 protesters were killed in clashes with army and police, with thousands more injured, rights groups say.
"We want justice for the martyrs and purging of the corrupt interior ministry, and we want Mursi to adopt a public plan for reform of the police forces and the country in general," said Nader Eissa, one of the demonstrators on Monday.
(Reporting by Saad Hussein; Writing by Shaimaa Fayed; Editing by Mark Heinrich)


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Breaking bread in faith and love
c. 2013 Religion News Service
(RNS) In the Bible, few dine alone.
Small wonder that Christians and Jews see sharing a meal with family, guests and strangers as a form of spiritual nourishment and hospitality — as valuable as the bread passed around the table.
Although the holiday season's family feasts are fast approaching, many say it's the weekly family meal that matters most across time.
Those dinners after Sunday church or around the Sabbath Friday night table are where the richest memories, deepest traditions and most treasured values are shared. Now, these family meals have inspired two new books, packed with stories and recipes from Christian and Jewish traditions.
Every person Diane Cowen told about her book, "Sunday Dinners: Food, Family and Faith from Our Favorite Pastors," "immediately began to tell me about the family dinners of their memories and the dishes their mothers and grandmothers made."
Cowen, religion and food editor for the Houston Chronicle, said families are "enriched by both faith and food … one meal and one prayer at a time."
She consulted experts from sociology, psychology, and specialists in treating substance abuse. Their studies confirm that family meals bless more than the food. They knit generations together with experiences of love, solace, laughter and gratitude.
"Sunday Dinners" adds a fillip of celebrity: It highlights 13 megachurch preachers (and their spouses who often do the cooking) including Bishop T.D. and Serita Jakes who duel for the most decadent banana pudding — his mother's recipe, which he would not share, or his wife's recipe, which is in the book.
Meals for the family of the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, lean toward healthy fare but when the call goes out for comfort food, he heads to the kitchen to bake rich macaroni and cheese.
Most people know George Foreman as the former heavyweight boxing champion of the world who became a pitchman for an electric grill. But today, he's the Rev. George Foreman, pastor of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Houston.
Sunday dinners with the family involve "mountains of food," often including his favorite salad with berries, nuts and lemon vinaigrette. After the meal, the Foremans go back to church for an evening service. He tells Cowen, "I'm afraid they're going to fall asleep during my sermon because they're so full of food."
Just as valuable as dining together is cooking together, said author and cooking instructor Tina Wasserman in her book, "Entree to Judaism for Families: Jewish Cooking and Kitchen Conversations with Children."
"The kitchen and the table are the spiritual center of any home. It's here where people open up, where they give of themselves, where they connect," said Wasserman.
"And if some food at the table is great grandma's famous custard or your great aunt's recipe from Greece, that's how we tie past and future."
Wasserman has an idea for tying up a menu for November when Thanksgiving and Hanukkah collide on the calendar, endangering treasured Jewish family menus for both holidays.
Wasserman counseled, "Don't panic. Just take traditions from both."
"If your family wants candied sweets with marshmallows on top, don't substitute it with a new dish, just try adding something close like the sweet potato cazuela rich in spicy flavor.
"The key is to add but never subtract," said Wasserman.
That way, with food as with family, you never lose.
The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell's "Old-Fashioned Macaroni and Cheese"
Serves 12
* 8 ounces large elbow macaroni
* Olive oil
* ½ cup (1 stick) butter
* ¼ cup chopped fresh chives
* 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 16 ounces shredded mild Cheddar cheese
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 3-quart baking dish.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the macaroni and a sprinkle of olive oil. Cook until al dente. Drain and set aside.
Melt the butter in a medium-size saucepan. Add the chives, evaporated milk, and salt and stir well.
Place half of the macaroni in the prepared baking dish. Cover with half of the cheese.
Layer with the remaining macaroni and top with the remaining cheese. Pour the milk mixture over the top.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until the milk mixture is absorbed. Turn on the broiler for 1 to 2 minutes to brown the top of the cheese.
-From "Sunday Dinners: Food, Family, and Faith From Our Favorite Pastors" by Diane Cowen, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Serves 6 to 8
* ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
* 1 cup olive oil
* ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
* 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
* 8 cups mixed baby salad greens
* 1 cup cherry tomatoes
* 1 cup blackberries or blueberries
* ½ cup walnuts
* ½ cup green grapes
* 8 green olives, pitted and sliced
Make the vinaigrette: In a small bowl or shaker bottle, combine the vinaigrette ingredients. Stir or shake until combined. Set aside or refrigerate until ready to use.
Make the salad: Wash the salad greens and place them into a large salad bowl. Add the cherry tomatoes, sliced in half if they're larger, berries, nuts, grapes, and olives. Top with the vinaigrette, toss, and serve.
-From "Sunday Dinners: Food, Family, and Faith from Our Favorite Pastors" by Diane Cowen/Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC 2013
Serves 6 to 8
* 3 large egg whites
* ¼ cup sugar
* 3 cups vanilla wafers
* 3 bananas, cut into ¼ -inch slices
* ¼ cup all-purpose flour
* 1 ¼ cups sugar
* 2 cups milk
* 3 large egg yolks
* 2 teaspoons butter
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Make the meringue: Using an electric hand mixer or stand mixer, beat the egg whites in a large glass or metal bowl until they are foamy. Then gradually add the sugar, continuing to beat until the whites are stiff. Set aside.
Make the pudding: Line the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate with a layer of the vanilla wafers. Top with a layer of the banana slices. Set aside.
In a medium-size saucepan, whisk together the flour and sugar. Stir in 1 cup of the milk and turn on the heat to low.
In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks, and then whisk them into the cooking milk mixture. Add the remaining cup of milk and the butter.
Cook over low heat until the pudding is thickened, stirring frequently with a whisk, about 15 minutes. Remove the pudding from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
Pour half of the pudding over the vanilla wafers and bananas while it is still hot. Top the pudding with the remaining vanilla wafers and banana slices. Pour the remaining pudding over the top of the second layer of vanilla wafers and banana slices.
Spread the meringue on top of the banana pudding in the pie pan, making sure to completely cover the pudding layer.
Bake for 15 minutes, just until the meringue is browned. Allow to cool, then chill before serving.
-From "Sunday Dinners: Food, Family, and Faith From Our Favorite Pastors" by Diane Cowen/Andrews McMeel Publishing
Serves 8-10
* 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
* 2/3 cup granulated sugar
* 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
* 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
* ½ teaspoon salt
* 5.6 ounce can unsweetened coconut milk (about 2/3 cup)
* 2 eggs
* 1 15 ounce can pumpkin puree (NOT pie filling) or 1 small sugar pie pumpkin
* 1 29 ounce can of yams in light syrup, drained, or 3 large baked sweet potatoes
* 1/3 cup water
* 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
* 2 inch piece of stick cinnamon broken into pieces
* 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
* 3 whole cloves
* Place the butter in a 2 quart Pyrex bowl and microwave for 45 seconds.
* Whisk the sugars, flour and salt into the butter to combine.
* Whisk the coconut milk and eggs into the mixture until thoroughly blended.
* Puree the sweet potatoes and pumpkin in a processor work bowl until smooth. Add this mixture to the ingredients in the mixing bowl and whisk until a smooth batter is formed.
* Combine the water with the spices in a small glass cup and microwave for 1 ½ minutes. Strain the spiced water through a fine mesh strainer into the pumpkin -potato mixture and stir to incorporate.
* Butter a 2 quart casserole and pour the mixture into the prepared dish.
* Bake covered in a pre-heated 350F oven for 1 hour. Serve.
* Sugar pie pumpkins are about 1 ½ pounds and very rounded. Always use them when a recipe calls for cooked pumpkin. Larger pumpkins are more watery.
* Coconut milk is not milk or dairy. It is the liquid formed from ground, fresh, hydrated coconut.


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Sammi Kane Kraft, whose real-life baseball skills landed her the role of the pitching ace in the only film she ever made, 2005's "Bad News Bears," died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles. She was 20.
She was a passenger in an Audi that was speeding on the westbound 10 Freeway near Crenshaw Boulevard about 1:30 a.m. when it rear-ended a big rig and was then struck by another car, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Kraft was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said her brother, Frankie Kraft.
Molly Kate Adams, the 21-year-old driver of the Audi, was treated for moderate injuries and arrested on suspicion of felony drunk driving,...


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New students encouraged to register for orientation
Incoming Lamar University freshmen can start their college careers off right by registering for one of seven upcoming New Student Orientation sessions.
Orientation is designed to ease the transition to college for first-time freshmen and incoming students with fewer than 18 hours of college credit. At orientation, students and their family members will meet college deans and current students, learn about student organizations and academic resources, and gather financial aid information.
Orientation sessions are scheduled for May 4, June 12, June 14, July 16, July 18, July 20 and July 31. Each orientation session is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. with most activities planned in the Setzer Student Center.
After being accepted for admission to Lamar University, incoming students should register for New Student Orientation online at www.lamar.edu/orientation. Incoming students also should schedule an advising appointment with the Undergraduate Advising Center by calling (409) 880-8822 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Orientation reservations will be confirmed after students have been advised.
Orientation fees are $50 for students and $25 for each accompanying guest (no fee for guests 12 and younger).
"Orientation teaches students how to be a Cardinal and how to be a part of this university," said Ashley Spicer-Runnels, director of student development and leadership. "After attending orientation, students will be ready to come in on the first day of classes and seek out all the opportunities to better themselves that they'll find here at Lamar."
Prospective students who have not yet applied and been admitted to Lamar University can find information on becoming a student at BeACardinal.com or by calling (409) 880-8888.