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EU Commission eyes MIT-style research powerhouse
'Perverse', say academics
The European Union will get its own research hub, in an attempt to compete with the US' MIT and emerging academic powerhouses in China and India. Proposals are due to be presented today for a centrally funded and administrated body, with up to €1bn budget.
Today's announcement from the commission will address whether the European Institute of Technology (EIT) should be a physical place, or a collaboration between existing universities. Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said EIT will: "Act as a pole of attraction for the very best minds, ideas and companies from around the world."
Whatever form it takes, the new institute will be aimed at commercialisation of research, which MIT has turned into a fine art.
Some top universities have hit out at the plans however. The League of European Research Universities, including Cambridge - which already has ties to MIT - described the whole idea as "perverse". They say the commision's November consultation report was "narrow and unimaginative" and that it "fails to address" the challenges facing the academic community in Europe.
Their point is that a central university will divert funding from already world-class institutions, while the network model for EIT will lack the attribute that makes MIT so effective - the ability to respond as a complete institution to research advances.
Predictably, there is already bitching over who will get the gig if a new university is to be founded – though today's announcement from the commission will dodge that question.
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has proposed a building, unsurprisingly, near Paris. Siting the institute in Strasbourg has also been mooted by MEPs, with the EU Parliament moving to Brussels, an idea the French have fought themselves. ®


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Aside from five-star athlete Adoree' Jackson, the biggest attendees for Florida's Friday Night Lights were a trio of prospects from Fort Lauderdale.
Aside from five-star athlete Adoree' Jackson, the biggest attendees for Florida's Friday Night Lights were a trio of prospects from Fort Lauderdale.
Plantation's Chris Lammons and University School teammates Quincy Wilson and Richard Yeargin III made their first trip to Gainesville since visiting in late March with their 7-on-7 team 'South Florida Express,' which also features the nation's No. 1-ranked receiver, Ermon Lane of Homestead.
For the 6-foot-1, 197-pound Wilson, it was another chance to connect with current UF players as well as commitments.
"It went well," the ESPN300 cornerback said. "I just really came to be around the team and commits. I just really got a vibe for what it's like at Florida."
Afterward, Wilson and Lane named UF among their finalists. They want to attend the same school and will both announce that destination sometime in August.
The finalists they have in common are Florida, Ohio State and USC.
"Me and Ermon are boys," Wilson said. "We've been friends for three years. We're going to go to college together, so we'll see what college that is."
The night before Friday's event, Lammons tweeted that he's trying to go to college with Wilson. The in-state corners also have a close relationship.
"We have a lot of chemistry together," said Lammons, an ESPN150 member. "On our 7-on-7 team, we play on the opposite side of each other at corner and we've been doing that for two years. Why not keep it going?"
The 5-foot-10, 171-pounder has a Top 5 of Florida, Miami, South Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. He plans to make his commitment within the next six weeks.
Yeargin, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound linebacker, named the Gators his leader following Friday Night Lights but has since backed off that comment.
"I loved it, plain and simple," he said of his visit.
His five finalists are Clemson, Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame and USC. He will be a signing-day decision.
Yeargin hasn't said he intends to play with Lane, Lammons and Wilson in college, but if they all end up at UF, it will likely have some impact on him.

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WILMINGTON, Mass. — Both Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli and head coach Claude Julien addressed the players today before off-ice testing began on the first official day of training camp.
"We talked about expectations," Chiarelli explained. "We talked about the day-to-day attitude, the day-to-day preparation. Last year, we exceeded our expectations. This year I've seen some reports about us doing well but I've also seen some reports that we're not going to do as well, so we're going to be in a different dynamic this year. And I just want the guys to go into it with the proper mindset."
Julien passed along the following about his speech.
"Basically, it's really about starting a new season here and making sure that we're ready to go. That was pretty well the message given to the whole organization and the players that are here."


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Author Notes: For months, Alex Talbot, one half of the duo behind the ingenious blog, Ideas In Food, has been telling me I had to try the chocolate pudding from their new book. The entire pudding is assembled, and the eggs cooked and thickened, in a blender. The texture, spun by tapioca flour (rather than cornstarch) is otherworldly, he promised.
Talbot's and Aki Kamozawa's recipe satisfied every wish. Merrill compared its richness to Italian hot chocolate. Another food52er described its texture as having the bouncy elasticity of diner pudding. It was sleek and charming, not at all daunted by the demands of satisfying childhood memories —Amanda Hesser
Serves: 3 to 4
large egg yolks
tablespoons tapioca flour
cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar
cup heavy cream
cup whole milk
teaspoon fine sea salt
teaspoon vanilla extract
ounces 66% cacao dark chocolate, chopped
Unsweetened whipped cream, for serving (optional)
- Put the egg yolks and tapioca flour in a blender and blend on low speed until a light-colored paste forms.
- Combine the sugar, cream, milk, salt, and vanilla in a saucepan set over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove it from the heat. Turn the blender containing the egg and tapioca mixture back on low. Quickly and carefully, pour the hot milk mixture into the blender and increase the speed to medium. The heat will cook the egg yolks and allow the tapioca to thicken to the consistency of thick mayonnaise.
- With the blender running, add the chocolate in stages so it is emulsified into the pudding. When all the chocolate is added, strain the pudding into a serving bowl (or 3 to 4 serving bowls) and let it cool to room temperature before transferring to the refrigerator to cool completely. Top with whipped cream if you like.
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Hopefully JD will be in Dumb and Dumber To
I decided to watch another movie that he was in
"Fly Away Home"
I know this movie wasn't a block buster but
the first time I saw it years ago, I loved the story,
the filming of the birds and nature, and
the naturalist, adventurer, creator feel the movie gives.
Carroll Ballard did an amazing job on this
this is especially timely to watch due to
the geese coming back for spring I remember
when I was out west and saw thousands of birds leaving
to go south, it was just like the movie, totally amazing.
In parts of the movie my 4 grandkids ages 1 1/2 to 4 just
sat in front of me mesmerized by the beauty of the birds flying.
This is truly a movie that makes you appreciate nature and
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Look Out Above: More Colorful Kitchen Ceilings
Kitchens are such task-oriented spaces that a playful, colorful ceiling might be just what it takes to remember that the kitchen's also a room for fun. We've rounded up colorful kitchen ceilings before and there are lots more out there to share, so here's a second dose:
• 1 This kitchen has color covered, and pattern, too.
• 2 Bold and beautiful purple in a large kitchen area (with equal interest underfoot!).
• 3 Okay, this isn't exactly colorful, but that black ceiling is gorgeous.
• 4 A rich, tiled coffered ceiling lends an old-world feeling to this kitchen.
• 5 The color in the ceiling and walls of this kitchen set off the white cabinets and countertop.
• 6 That strong green color of the kitchen cabinets can only be matched by such a bold, patterned ceiling.
• 7 Color's not only introduced by paint - it can be brought on by material, too.
• 8 We can't imagine this eclectic kitchen with a plain white ceiling.
• 9 This bold color and pattern might be too much of a distraction in the kitchen.
• 10 One more example of introducing color by means other than paint. Here, it's wallpaper!
Related: Color Over Your Head! A Gallery of Kitchen Ceilings
(Images: House Beautiful, Sara Story, Domino, I Have Net, via Houzz, Canadian House & Home, Coastal Living, Country Living, The Kitchen Designer, Coastal Living)


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No timeframe for Carey Price's return to Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens do not have a date in mind for the return of injured starting netminder Carey Price.
The Olympic gold-medal winning goaltender with Team Canada has not played since returning from Sochi, Russia in late February.
Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said Thursday as long as Price is not 100% he will not participate in practices. He was also tight-lipped when asked about the nature of the injury.
"He already had this injury, which did not prevent him from performing (in Sochi)," Bergevin said at a press conference for next year's World Junior Hockey Championship. "It got worse after the Olympics. We are managing the situation as best as we can."
Price's backups Peter Budaj and Dustin Tokarski, from Hamilton of the AHL, may be called upon to finish out the season for the Habs, who have 15 games remaining.
Without Price, the Habs are 3-4-1 and currently sit fourth in the Eastern Conference.


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Many energy investors are interested in Latin America due to its great renewable energy potential and its relatively untapped markets. Good governance in the energy sector – a government's ability to ease the flow of investment, and its capacity to handle resources and finances of projects transparently – is a key factor in determining a country's readiness for renewables. It is not only a matter of getting the money from international and national funds, but also of using funds wisely and directly for the benefit of the population. Many populations suffer from a lack of electricity, and these projects are a way to improve energy services, leading to jobs and better futures. Governance has been an obstacle for renewable investment in many LAC countries, which are well-known for corruption.
The question is, are these governance issues natural and somehow a part of Latin American culture that cannot change? This theory is somehow accepted by many Latin Americans due to their own everyday experiences, plus some well-known scandals involving former presidents and high level authorities of the region for being prosecuted for money laundering and illicit enrichment. The UNDP has found some factors that explain why governance issues, such as corruption, happen in the region: the lack of transparency in a country's performance, the perceived weakness of a government to implement policies and enforce the law, high insecurity and criminal rates, and unequal distribution of wealth.
The majority of LAC countries score below the regional (40.08) and global average (43.26), showing that LAC countries have a higher level of perceived corruption compared to the rest of the world.
According to Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) which measures perceived corruption of countries on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), the majority of LAC countries score below the regional (40.08) and global average (43.26), showing that LAC countries have a higher level of perceived corruption compared to the rest of the world. Heading the study are Haiti, Venezuela and Paraguay, as the region's three most corrupt countries; leaving Chile, Uruguay and Bahamas as the least corrupt governments in the region.
Various institutions around the world have been researching and applying what they consider the best way to deal with governance issues resulting in interesting case studies, like those Brazil, Dominican Republic, and Panama presented below; showing that there is a way to provide a legitimate transparent environment in which the public can track government activities and investments. Ideally, the successes of these countries can be adapted to respond to energy sector corruption and transparency challenges across the LAC region.
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Documented by UNESCO, Porto Alegre's "Participative Budget" system, launched in 1989, involved the city's population in the budget process through debates and consultations on the amount of government income, expenses, and investment across numerous sectors. The first priorities were basic sanitation and sewerage, as well as urban development and education. As a result, 65,000 additional households had gained access to water supply by 1995, sewer system coverage was up to 85 percent of the population by 1996 (from 46 percent in 1989), an average of 25 to 30 km of streets were paved each year, and enrollment in elementary and secondary schools doubled (as well as improved quality) between 1988 and 1995.
Dominican Republic
In some cases, technology solutions can help to minimize the ease of corruption. In 2008, the Dominican Republic launched a smart meter program – which automatically sends power consumption data from the customer to the utility – in order to improve an electricity system on the brink of financial collapse, plagued by electricity theft, nonpayment, and rolling blackouts. Unfortunately, the smart metering system did not initially reduce corruption since the utility failed to act on the data. Once the utility's management was replaced, the project was restarted and the results were more optimistic, recovering the initial cost of the project in just seven months. The Dominican Republic's example demonstrates that it not only takes technology to attack corruption but also the will of people to change and behave according to the law.
Enacted by Panama's government, Law 44 aims to promote wind power by diversifying the country's energy mix. Law 44 asks for exclusive wind power purchase tenders for long-term, especially for contracts up to 15 years, in order to provide a stable stream of electricity and constant revenue for developers. The law offers fiscal incentives so as to encourage a more competitive energy market for the development of wind power. By the end of 2011, the year when the law was enacted, Panama successfully established its first and highly competitive wind power energy tender, auctioning 121 MW for a 15 year period (2014-2028).
The transparent path
Based on case of studies like the ones presented above, and "The Cost of Corruption" report from the World Bank, some key factors that reduce corruption and that can be adapted to the energy sector, specifically renewable energy projects, include:
- Promoting transparency in general, to provide citizens the tools to make their voices heard and gain attention for their particular energy needs in order to provide the most adequate solutions;
- Monitoring progress on governance and project development and performance by allowing measurement data and indicators available for the people; and
- Allowing open and transparent private sector competition for the development of new renewable energy projects.
The Latin American and the Caribbean region are a fertile soil for the development of renewable energy projects; however, the governance issues that threaten the sector currently pose a barrier to healthy implementation. Following a more transparent path will allow these countries to access local and international support for renewable energy projects and therefore seek a more financially and environmentally sustainable future.
Benjamin Heras is a research intern with Worldwatch's Climate and Energy program.


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I should have ended that last post with:
"What a great way to begin summer!"
Because, oops, here we are a month later, fairly roasting and melting in the cool blue north.
This was a few weeks ago at Shiny Pond on the farm where Decadent Housewife grew up.
Someone forgot paddles but remembered a trolling motor. Too hot to paddle - but not too hot for a campfire.
And never too hot for watermelon...
and fishing,
and fishing,
and more fishing.
Speedy caught the biggest fish.
Baby Violinist II fishing with his Daddy.
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Kathy najimy and mo gaffney
Afterbirth: Kathy and Mos Greatest Hits
Tue. 7 p.m., Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m., Wed. 2 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m.
Through July 11
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$60, 212 246 4422
Once Again, with Feeling
Kathy and Mos greatest hits dominates Second Stage
By WINNIE MCCROY
Photos by Michael Lamont
Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney are offering a reprise of their lesbian duo in Afterbirth, on Broadway through July 11.
When I first saw Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffneys first HBO comedy special, I was a budding baby dyke, barely 18. I laughed hilariously at their Holly and Molly sketch, two lesbian performance artists spouting lines like, Oh, golden labia of goddess love, let your champagne flow!
Then, I went to my first womens gathering, and laughed even harder, in retrospect. That may be what makes the work of Kathy and Mo so enduring like the funniest of jokes, it is rooted in truth.
The two stopped performing together in 1991, after Najimy was cast as Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act, and both she and Gaffney agreed to pay their producer to get out of the rest of their run. Najimy has spent the past decade playing roles including Olive on NBCs Veronicas Closet and the voice of Peggy Hill on the Fox animated hit, King of the Hill, and Gaffney has starred in Mad About You, That 70s Show, and on BBCs Absolutely Fabulous.
Now, the two are back at Second Stage Theater, with their new revival, Afterbirth: Kathy and Mos Greatest Hits.
The old bits, wheeled out and spruced up a bit, prove just as funny and fresh the second time around. Both acts of the show open with Najimy and Gaffney as angels, discussing with candor the creation and upkeep of the world. The two perch with angel wings in the top of the Laugh-In style picture-box set with windows that open to reveal different set pieces. On the façade, in a splendid display of pink, are the portraits, Andy Warholized, of pioneering women, including Gloria Steinem, Mona Lisa, Josephine Baker, and Amelia Earhart.
Holly and Molly are back, along with their rapt audience, Najimy as Madeleine Samuels, and Gaffney as her friend, Sylvia Syvvie Dunlevy, two older women who have returned to school, and enrolled in womens studies courses. As Maddie says, We thought, ho ho! We got the prerequisites for that course. At the end, Maddie tells her womens studies professor about her gay nephew, Michael, but in this years edition, his lover Philip is dying of AIDS. Adding a lover dying of AIDS seems strange given the advances in HIV treatment, but still, as Maddie would say, the piece was hilarious as ever, and the clips were flying.
Another old favorite, presaged by hooting from the audience, was the barfly scene, with Najimy as drunken cowboy Hank, cigarette perpetually dangling from lower lip, and Gaffney as endearing, single mom Karen Sue, fending off his advances politely. Najimy elicits howls as she drawls, again and again, You look very, very pretty tonight
Tell me, sweetmeat, when are you gonna leave that boss man of yours and marry me?
There are clever new sketches, as well. Take 16-year-old Italian girls, Annette and Gina. Watching their favorite movie, West Side Story, Gina sees a parallel to Romeo and Juliet, and Annette, to herself, her mother, and her boyfriend, Junior. The two girls create elaborate scenarios, pretending they are Anita and Maria, to test their friendship. Annette finally comes to the truest conclusion: Love hurts, at every level but also, that love is thicker than water
Another interesting new sketch surfaces in Act Two, in the form of the Disney Mothers Support Group, a rap session for the much-slighted mothers of Disney animated characters, often killed off in the first 20 minutes of the film. Among those in attendance: facilitator Dolores Deer, mother of Bambi; Cora Clownfish, mother to Nemo; Betty White, mother of Snow; Monique, and the Beast
Latecomer Patty Rella (you do the math) is late after experiencing some difficulty parking her pumpkin, and mistakes the gathering for an AA meeting. Jasmines two moms are away at a burqua-burning, and Jumbo, Dumbos mother who flew off the handle after yet another kid pulled her babys ears, is in attendance with Cruella DeVille. (They met in the big house.) The skit takes comic jabs at more serious cultural issues.
Another, more sobering piece, is Gaffneys anti-abortion protestor, conflicted over her own teenage abortion. Between yelling, Youll find your judgment in hell! to hapless women on their way to ob/gyn appointments, she wonders if she never got rid of little Judy or Jonah, would she have ever left Atlanta, met her husband Bob, and had her other five kids. While she tries to sort it out, fellow parishioner Denny arrives at the clinic, and guns down a pregnant lady.
She was gonna have that baby, says Gaffneys character. I wish they never invented abortion. Its caused so much heartache. Still, if I never had that abortion
. The story is furthered at the shows end, when the character resurfaces as a member of Embryo-Yo!, a group dedicated to educating anti-abortion protestors.
Afterbirth wraps on a high note, with all the characters making an appearance onstage simultaneously. The angels pop in, as do Maddie and Syvvie, and we learn that Karen Sue has become a successful country-western star, channeling Patsy Cline. For a show with such a storied history, a happy ending is fitting.
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There are few things Hollywood movie studios do more than obsess over release dates. Amidst conflict and cooperation with other studios, they are put together years in advance like a giant jigsaw puzzle. In theory, you would think every single movie would scratch and claw to get the easiest competition possible, but sometimes, the best thing a flick can do is find the biggest, most splashy entry on the calendar and position itself as counter-programming.
This past weekend, the counterprogramming to Captain America 2 was the adorable-looking 39-minute IMAX documentary Island Of Lemurs: Madgascar. It made just under two hundred thousand dollars and was unable to crack the Top 10. For thirty-seven theaters, that was a halfway decent performance, but it certainly wasn't enough to take any real money out of Disney's wallet. The same cannot be said for every film counterprogrammed against superheroes, however. Some of them, surprisingly, against all odds, crushed at the box office. And some of them, of course, didn't.
From romantic comedies to family entertainment, let's take a look back at the films that have squared off against the biggest superhero movies over the past decade or so.
When It Happened: June 14-June 16, 2013
The Backstory : The summer is always an extremely busy time for movies, and the middle of June is well within that window. Consequently, there are very few weekends where a moderately budgeted comedy can open without any other films competing for its adult male demographic. So, Seth Rogen and company decided the best call was simply to attack the biggest bully on the block and hope all the good buzz would be enough to get those who prefer their comedy raunchy to the theater.
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Why It Happened : Man Of Steel roared into the number one slot with a gigantic take, but This Is The End actually held its own. More importantly, many of the people who went with Superman the first weekend returned to see Rogen and friends that following weekend when it made more than $13 million. Eventually, the flick was able to gross more than $100 million in North America to go along with a further $25 million plus overseas, which is pretty damn good for a movie that occasionally feels like a giant inside joke.


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The Louis Garneau CFS-300 shoes provide decent comfort and performance and their novel vents help cool your feet in hot weather.
Heat mouldable shoes are becoming more common and the CFS-300's here are Louis Garneau's take on the custom fit option. For once though its not the sole that you mould but the upper.
Open up the box and you'll find more than just a pair of shoes, there are aero toe covers, a choice of inner soles depending on temperature and a shoe bag printed with all the instructions for the moulding process.
Carbon soles are pretty much a given at this price point but its not often you see them with vents like the CFS-300's. Its what Garneau calls 'Exo-Jet', a vent system that takes air in through the front and exits it out through a mesh vent under your arch in a bid to keep your feet cool.
These holes have no effect on performance though. The soles are as stiff as you need for sprinting and other hard, flat-out efforts.
You can mount any three-bolt cleats, and the sole surface is roughened for grip where cleat and sole meet.
To keep them looking fresh, toe and heel tabs protect the sole when you're off the bike. The rear tab is replaceable.
The upper is made from microfiber leather with a 'wet-look' finish which feels very supple, and there are loads of nylon mesh vents to aid cooling.
Your foot is secured by two Velcro straps and a ratchet strap at the top. Pretty standard you may think but there is something a bit clever about the CFS-300.
The middle strap attaches to the HRS-100, better known as the heel retention system. The black section that runs around the shoe pulls in around your heel as you tighten the middle strap. Along with non slip material inside the heel cup the HRS works very well, so well in fact you can run the ratchet strap looser than normal reducing pressure on the top of your foot.
To mould the CF-300s you remove the top strap and bung them in the oven for 20 minutes at 65°C. When they're ready, take them out and slip your feet in wearing your usual socks,then tighten them up as if you're going out for a ride and let them cool. The majority of the upper is mouldable and it can be done as many times as you want.
The resulting fit is pretty good. On my feet, they're not quite as comfortable as Giro Factor shoes but they're good nonetheless.
Some of that comfort is because there is no actual tongue in the upper. The outside of the shoe positions itself under the inside so there is no bunching of the material when you tighten the straps. In effect, you are wrapping the shoes around your feet.
The CFS-300s do seem to come up a little big. Our sample was a size 44 (UK 9.5) and were spot-on, whereas in all other makes I need Euro 45s for my UK size 10's. We'd advise you try before you buy.
Overall the CFS-300's are a pretty impressive pair of shoes offering decent comfort levels and performance. One bonus of all that venting though is with the mercury recently touching 28°C they do keep your feet super cool. You'll need the toe covers and cold weather insoles to keep the chill off for early spring and late autumn riding.
A good all round package but there are lighter and more comfortable shoes out there at this price point.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Louis Garneau CFS 300 Road shoe
Size tested: Size 44
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
The CFS-300's are part of Louis Garneau's Road Elite range which is designed as "The coveted essential elements of any cyclist whose passion fringes lunacy" They are top end shoes suitable for performance riding whether that be amateur or pro.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
*Exo-Jet Carbon outsole with carbon molded arch support
*HRS-100 system reinforced with a 0.6-mm membrane
*100% heat moldable shoe at 150°F (65°C)
*Ergonomic thermoplastic molded toe cup with 2 side vents
*Upper strap with EVA padding fully adjustable laterally and vertically
*Textured wet-type varnished microfiber leather and nylon cycling mesh upper
*Ratchet with lateral and vertical positioning
*COOLMAX Ergo Air Cool Stuff blue and Hot Stuff red interchangeable insoles
*Visual display of cleat position compatible with DURA-ACE, TIME, LOOK and SPEEDPLAY cleats
*Toe covers and shoe bag included
Put together well with no sign of stray threads or excess glue.
Good stiff soles and the heel retention system works very well indeed.
No issues so far.
Decent levels of comfort but not as good as Giro's Factor.
They are out there with 20% off on the internet at the mo making them much better value for money.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Very well they are stiff and pretty comfortable.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The looks and the versatilty of temperature .
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
No real dislikes, there are just better shoes out there for the same money.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? No, I'd go for the Giros
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes but along with other suggestions
About the tester
Age: 34 Height: 180cm Weight: 78kg
I usually ride: Genesis Flyer My best bike is: Ribble Gran Fondo
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, club rides, sportives, fixed/singlespeed,
Stu knocked out his first road.cc review back in 2009 and since then he's chucked the best part of seventy test bikes around the West Country, a couple of them quite literally! With three alloy and two steel bikes in his fleet he's definitely a metal man (that'll be the engineering background) but is slowly warming to that modern carbon fibre stuff along with fat tyres & disc brakes.
It's not all nostalgia though, after spending the last few years in product design Stu keeps banging on about how 3D printing is going to be the next big thing and he's a sucker for a beautiful paint job too.


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Today the Media Action Network for Asian Americans stepped into what's been a slow-boiling debate ever since July, when the first trailer for Cloud Atlas debuted online. Even in that jam-packed six-minute trailer it was hard to miss the sight of Jim Sturgess, a white British actor, with his eyes augmented to look Asian, in a section of the story that takes place in the futuristic Neo Seoul and which co-stars Korean actress Doona Bae. It was a jarring image, and many websites raised a flag of concern that, in overreaching to tell a wide-ranging story about multiple races and centuries, directors Andy and Lana Wachowksi and Tom Tykwer had stepped into some of the most pernicious and racist tendencies that date back to Hollywood's inception.
The term that's been thrown around is yellowface, in which a white actor's face is changed to appear Asian as opposed to casting an Asian actor in the role. The more familiar blackface has its origins in minstrel shows and has been absent in film for decades, while yellowface appears in films as beloved and recent as Breakfast at Tiffany's or David Carradine's kung fu movies-- it's nasty stuff, either way, and in the last few decades this kind of mockery of East Asian people has, thankfully, become as taboo as blackface.
And it's not that kind of parody that anybody is accusing Cloud Atlas of, which makes the yellowface term a little inaccurate-- Jim Sturgess's character, along with the other characters played by white actors in the Neo Seoul scenes, is not intended to mock Koreans. What the Media Action Network for Asian Americans is pointing out is a fair point: why not cast an Asian or Asian American actor for that role? As the group's founding president Guy Aoki points out in The Hollywood Reporter, "It would have been a great, stereotype-busting role for an Asian American actor to play, as Asian American men aren't allowed to be dynamic or heroic very often."
I can't argue with that, nor can I explain why the Wachowskis and Tykwer didn't cast an Asian actor in a major role, except that by making an independent film on a huge budget, they possibly had to go with the actors with the biggest names possible, most of whom are white, American and English. (That's a depressing reality of filmmaking far bigger than Cloud Atlas that we can't really get into here) But to pick on Sturgess's transformation specifically, as well as the alteration of other actors (Hugo Weaving, James D'Arcy, Keith David) to appear more Asian, is to miss the purpose of Cloud Atlas, a movie devoted to the idea that these lines between races, genders and generations are as immaterial as, well, clouds.
As you probably know, Cloud Atlas tells six individual stories that take place across centuries, with around a dozen actors playing multiple leading roles-- Tom Hanks is a doctor on a Pacific trading ship in the 1840s and a nuclear scientist in 1970s San Francisco, Jim Broadbent is that ship's racist captain as well as a book publisher in 2012 London, etc. Each of the actors transforms dramatically between the stories, and though the makeup varies in quality, it's a striking effect-- you know you're seeing Hugo Weaving as the evil nurse or as the actual devil, but the knowledge of his presence as an actor helps connect his story to the others before it. It's a way of linking these stories unrelated through plot, and of establishing the movie's overarching message that, regardless of gender or class or race or country, souls remain the same across time.


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Poquonnock Bridge fire chief asked to plan for closing one of two stations
Groton - The president of the Poquonnock Bridge Fire District board has asked the fire chief to outline a potential plan for closing one of the district's two fire stations.
Board President Alan Ackley said Tuesday no decision had been made yet about the 13 Fort Hill Road station, but he and another board member asked Chief Todd Paige on Monday to report back with details, such as relocating equipment and moving the fire marshal's office to the Long Hill Road station.
"We're looking for every possible savings that we could garner here," Ackley said. The board is also waiting for legal advice on what other steps it might take to save money, Ackley said.
The board of directors is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Fort Hill Station.
Poquonnock Bridge is strapped because taxpayers approved a budget of $3.5 million for the year that began July 1, slightly more than half of what the board had sought and not enough to meet payroll.
Ackley said the district board had sought to re-enter negotiations with Poquonnock Bridge Professional Firefighters Union by Aug. 5, but the union declined.
James Ferguson, the lawyer representing the union, wrote to Ackley on July 30 that the fire district and union already have an agreement that was ratified in 2012.
"Since we have a fully executed collective bargaining agreement in effect, Local 2704 at this time feels there is no need to meet with you," Ferguson's letter said.
Ackley said the contract is in arbitration and the two sides expect to hear the decision this month.
Paige said earlier that running the department on $3.5 million would "decimate public safety." He said he looked at potential cuts and found that even if he laid off firefighters, the department would not save money because he'd have to pay others overtime to meet minimum staffing.
He said closing the Fort Hill station would save $40,000, not including the cost of moving equipment, and would increase response time by 3 to 4 minutes in parts of the fire district.


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Boehner Wants Joint Talks on Debt, Budget
House GOP Wants to Trade Spending Cuts for Raising the Borrowing Limit; White House Balks at Such Negotiations
House Speaker John Boehner argued Thursday that lawmakers and President Barack Obama should agree to a new round of budget cuts or other conservative priorities as elements of a bill that would raise the nation's debt ceiling.
The move came as legislative leaders struggled to find a way forward in talks on several pressing fiscal issues. Democrats immediately dismissed Mr. Boehner's proposal to link the debt ceiling with GOP policy goals, and fears re-emerged that Congress was reviving the kind of budget battle that in the...


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Understanding Glues: Part II
Prepare your wood, pick the right glue and prevent problems.
By Marc Adams
Pages: 49-55
From the October 2009 issue #178
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Baseball bats, utensils, turned items and small carved objects are usually made from one piece of wood. But most woodworking projects are made under the premise of "some assembly required." Face it: Most everything we make with wood involves one or more boards joined together. Without something to tie those boards together there is no gain in structural integrity.
There are several ways to secure boards together. The first is with a mechanical fastener such as nails, screws or bolts. Mechanical bonds are point-specific and once the fastener is removed the bond is lost. The second way is worked joints, where interlocking or fitted wood pieces join together. Worked joints include dovetails, mortise-and-tenons, dowel joints and housed joints. The third way to join wood is to use some kind of glue. When properly used, most modern glues are stronger than the wood they are used on. A fourth way to join wood is to combine two or more of these methods.
Glue is the most often used means of joining wood and by far the most misunderstood. Cutting a dovetail is a learned skill. Gluing two boards together is much easier. But in the long run it's the glue between those dovetails that locks them together and it's the glue that will continue to hold them together throughout time.
If the glue fails you can bet that the joint will fail. However, if the joint fails it might not mean that the glue has failed as well. I believe that understanding how to glue wood together is an inherited trait – we just know how to use it. Nobody ever teaches us how to put the stuff on or explains how it works.
And the two most common factors of gluing two pieces of wood together are almost never considered: the wood and the glue. Before you grab a bottle of glue for your next project ask yourself these simple questions. How should the wood be prepared? What glue is best for this specific task? What is the correct procedure for applying glue, and how can I avoid gluing problems and correct them if they happen?
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The Oakland Raiders announced Monday, Feb. 9, additions to the coaching staff included defensive assistant Sam Anno, strength and conditioning coach Joe Gomes, strength and conditioning assistants Darryl Eto, Kevin Kijowski and Wesley Miller, offensive line assistant Tim Holt, offensive quality control coach Nick Holz, senior offensive assistant Jake Peetz, defensive quality control coach Travis Smith and assistant linebackers coach Brent Vieselmeyer.
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Peanut Butter Oatmeal M&M Cookies
Since I'm not overly confident in breadmaking, I've never made an actual pie crust, and I'm down right embarrassed at my cake decorating, I'm striving for cookie perfection with my entries. First up—Peanut Butter Cookies. I had a recipe I was dying to try out, but it called for milk chocolate chips. They HAD to be milk chocolate. Definitely not semisweet because it would "taste bitter against the peanut butter." Well, guess what I didn't have. And after paying $150 that I definitely didn't have to get my car fixed 2 weeks ago, I'm B-R-O-K-E, so there has been no grocery shopping lately for anything other than milk. (Okay, maybe there was a tiny one for more oil to fry donuts.. but we're not going to tell anyone about that. Or that I finally broke down and bought some more brown sugar.) It's been weeks of clearing out the pantry, using what I have, which means a whole lot of Hamburger Helper meals, without any hamburger because, of course, I'm out of that too. And the same goes for my baking. Use what I have. So instead of risking the chance that my cookies would taste bitter and disgusting, I decided to go for a different recipe altogether. I've got a whole lot of oatmeal, so why not try out the Oatmeal Cookie category first!
I couldn't get the idea of peanut butter out of my mind, so I ended up with a recipe for Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies. While I was digging through my stash of chocolate chips, I realized I had a whole unopened bag of mini M&Ms. Hmm. Those sound pretty good. Why not throw them in too! I should rename these "Pantry Cleaner Cookies"!
I baked them for 12 minutes, but honestly I think that may have been a little too long, because some of them turned out a little dry. Next time I'll take them out at 10, even though they looked a little wet and gooey. Once they cool, they firm up quite a bit, so I think at 10 minutes, they would have been a bit chewier. Also, I had issues with the cookies spreading. At least, I think I did. When I went to rotate the pans for the first batch, it didn't seem like they were spreading at all, so I smashed them down slightly with a spatula before putting them back in the oven. They came out looking pretty good, so maybe it helped? The 2nd batch, I flattened with my hand before putting them oven, and those came out smaller but thicker than the first batch, so I'm not sure that helped at all. I should have left some of them unsmashed to see if I even needed to do it at all. If you make them, please let me know if they spread on their own, or whether they do benefit from being smashed down. Maybe I was just being paranoid.
Overall, they turned out pretty good! They probably won't make it to the Fair, but it's definitely a recipe I'd make again. I ate an ungodly amount of raw dough and 2 finished cookies before I even made it to work... And I shouldn't mention that I ate another 3 during work… And one for breakfast this morning. And another for lunch… I better hide the rest before I finish off what I saved for Boyfriend.
Peanut Butter Oatmeal M&M Cookies
Adapted from Two Peas and Their Pod
Makes 32 cookies
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg
½ cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
1 teaspoon vanilla
¾ cup all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups old fashioned oats
¾ cup mini M&Ms
1. Preheat oven to 375F. Line two baking sheets with parchment or silicon liners; set aside.
2. In a small bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon; set aside.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer on medium speed, beat together butter and both sugars until fluffy and lightened in color, about 2 minutes. Add peanut butter and beat until creamy. Add egg and vanilla, mixing until well combined.
4. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture a little at a time, beating until just incorporated.
5. With a wooden spoon, stir in oats and M&Ms until everything is combined.
6. Using a spoon or a 1½-inch cookie scoop, drop rounded tablespoons of cookie dough onto prepared sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes, rotating halfway through, until cookies are lightly browned.*
7. Let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
*Note: I baked mine for 12 minutes because they still looked a little wet and gooey at 10, but once they cooled, they ended up being a little dry. So even if they look a little underdone, go ahead and take them out. You'll have much softer, chewier cookies once they're cooled.
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These look awesome! I never can keep chocolate chips in my pantry; That and cocoa powder.I got an email about registering for fair competitions, never done it before but couldn't hurt to try and take down some of the vets. Do you have to pay a creative arts fee per entry or just one time? I'm leaning towards entering but on the fence on what exactly I want to do.
- June 4, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- sarahe said...
these sound great! good luck w/your total fair domination!!
- June 4, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Danae - The Busty Baker said...
There's a $10 processing fee that you pay just once, no matter how many categories you enter, and then the individual entry fees per category (usually $1). You should totally do it! Especially the cupcake category!
- June 4, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- Kiesha Jenkins-Duffy said...
While I can't say that I'm sad about moving to New York, I am pissed that I never got a chance to compete at the Fair. I was so ready to do it. And now I live in a place where people equate "fair" with "parking lot carnival".
I have to wait for November, when I can enter the 2nd Annual Brooklyn Pie Bake-Off.
Speaking of pie, you should totally make a pie crust. America's Test Kitchen has a great one that uses vodka. I can send you the recipe if you'd like.
- June 4, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- oneordinaryday said...
Love the peanut butter and oatmeal combination, but I'm iffy on the m&ms. I know it's unnatural, but I don't care for them.
I do, however, hope you succeed on your quest for total fair domination. Keep sending your baking "tests" our way!
- June 4, 2010 at 6:19 PM
i'm going to send you an e-mail with my top fair entry suggestions. you can't give up the crown! (or trophy? or blue ribbon?)
- June 5, 2010 at 7:01 AM
This cookie so reminds me of what Grandma used to bake! She would throw anything and everything (and I mean everything) in her cookies! They always ended up really good too!
- June 5, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- Heavenly Housewife said...
Mmmm... nice I could gobble these up :). Very cute. I imagine with all thes baking you are going to be doing, you are not going to be able to eat all of this stuff so... call me! (Yeah, no shame)
*kisses* HH
- June 7, 2010 at 6:34 AM
- I BLEED PINK said...
These look so GOOD!!! I think its so cool your entering the contest at your fair.
- June 7, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Yes, you need to smash them down. Use a fork and make a criss-cross type of design on each cookie before putting them in the oven. I use butter crisco instead and for Christmas, just use red and green M&Ms.
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In the main section of the Lederer Youth Garden in northeast Washington D.C., run by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), a staff member pulled up a weed from the rows of ochre, peppers, and watermelons. "This will sell for 3 dollars a bunch at the farmers market," he said. "But here in our garden, we consider it a weed."
Yao is helping to introduce farmers in the greater DC area to water leaf and other plants like it. (Photo credit: Molly Theobald)
Looking on, Yao Afantchao, who works with the University of the District of Columbia's (UDC) cooperative extension service and its agricultural experimentation service, smiled and shook his head. On just the other side of the Lederer Garden's green house, the small demonstration garden he manages boasts an entire section dedicated to growing this weed. It's called water leaf and it is a common food crop Yao's home country, Togo, in West Africa.
Through his work with UDC, Yao is helping to introduce farmers in the greater DC area to water leaf and other plants like it, as well as providing the local immigrant community with a source for all the vegetables they miss from home.
When he first moved to the United States, Yao says, it was hard to find the food ingredients he was used to cooking with back home. "It was hard to find the ingredients at all," he said, "let alone fresh ingredients." Yao realized that he couldn't be the only immigrant in DC looking for a taste of home. And local DC farmers, he believed, could benefit from serving this untapped market for indigenous African vegetables.
At first, Yao says, it was an uphill battle to convince farmers to grow these crops. But after the tobacco buyout in 2004, many former tobacco farmers in southern Maryland were looking for a new cash crop. Yao was confident that some of the best new cash crops were ones from his home—ones that most of the tobacco farmers had never heard about before. Now, these same farmers can't seem to grow enough of vegetables with names like Sawa Sawa, Gilo, garden eggs, and Gboma to sell at local farmers markets and ethnic grocery stores.
Waterleaf is a common food crop Yao's home country, Togo, in West Africa. (Photo credit: Molly Theobald)
Another benefit of these "new crops," as Yao calls them, is that they bring together groups of people who would otherwise never interact. One farm he works with sells pick your OWN vegetables and families from all over the world who have moved to the area come to pick food together. It's a learning experience for everyone. Yao was surprised to learn that some of his favorite foods from his home are also the favorite foods of Egyptians and Liberians, and they all have learned new ways to prepare those foods from each other. One farmer in Maryland was surprised to learn that with his new customers he can make more selling the leaves of sweet potatoes than the tubers. And when families come to pick vegetables from the farm, children learn to appreciate "fresh foods and healthy eating habits," says Yao.
"It's really about bringing communities together," says Yao. "That is the real value in growing and sharing these crops."
To read more about the benefits of growing indigenous African vegetables, and of connecting farmers to markets, see: Malawi's Real Miracle, Emphasizing Malawi's Indigenous Vegetables as Crops, Breeding Vegetables with Farmers in Mind, Listening to Farmers, Keeping Weeds for Nutrition and Taste, In Easter and Southern Africa, Improving Trade and Identifying Investment Opportunities, Creating Game Plans for Investment and Policy to Improve Food Security, To Improve Competitiveness of Rural Businesses, Linking Farmers to the Private Sector, A Sustainable Calling Plan, and Working to Connect Farmers, Researchers, and Policy Makers in Africa.


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This is just short tut on changing the xp bootup screen so you don't have to look same screen everytime you bootup your computer.
OK, so windows boot up screen is located in c:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe . So to make your own boot up screen is little time consuming and need artistic mind to creat something very attractive, but you can download custom made bootup screens, from www.themexp.com
go there and click on bootup. Then download your favourite one, create a saparate folder in c:\ to get easy access to download bootup theme. Now see the bootup screen you downloaded it has two .exe files ntoskrnl.exe and ntoskrnl1.exe. You have to make sure which service pack you have installed in your system, to see that right click on my computer and select properties. If you have service pack1 installed. Then go to system32 foler and backup your original ntoskrnl.exe file to old_ntoskrnl.exe or anything you can remember, just in case if something goes wrong. Back to service packs, if you have service pack2 installed then go to your downloaded bootup screen, you just downloaded and then change ntoskrnl1.exe to ntoskrnl.exe and move it to system32 folder otherwise just move ntoskrnl.exe to sytem32 folder, if you have service pack 1 installed. Now all this you have to do in safe mode, otherwise you wont be able to rename original ntoskrnl.exe file in system32 folder. To get into safe mode press F8 while your system started to reboot. You will get into the safemode. Now first, rename ntoskrnl.exe in system32 to something you could recognize. Then copy ntoskrnl.exe to system32 folder from that downloaded bootup theme and save it as ntoskrnl.exe. Now reboot your computer. Your newly installed bootup screen should kick in now.


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The Robert Noyce Fellowship is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded program designed to help increase the quantity and Quality of Mathematics and Science teachers in the United States. Becoming a Robert Noyce fellow links you to a national network of Noyce fellows, scholars and faculty with a commitment to increasing the Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics capabilities of our population and increasing our Global Competitiveness. For more information on NSFs Robert Noyce Scholarship and Fellowship programs, please go to http://nsfnoyce.org/
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Owls Club defeated VFW Thursday night, 8-3, thanks to a strong pitching performance by Bruce Neterer.
WAYNESBORO — Owls Club defeated VFW Thursday night, 8-3, thanks to a strong pitching performance by Bruce Neterer.
Owls struck first in the first inning as Hunter Clever reached on an error and scored on a single by Xavier Rhyne.
VFW came back in the bottom of the inning with two runs. Sam Moore got things started with a walk, and Riley Jackson plated Moore with a single. Jackson scored when Logan Wishard delivered a two-out single.
Owls plated a run in the third on a single by Cole Rhyne and a double by Hunter Clever.
With the score tied at two Owls went ahead for good in the fourth, plating two more runs. Paul Skehan singled, Rhynes reached on a fielder's choice and Clever struck again with a two-run single.
Neterer finished the game with nine stikeouts while only giving up four hits.
Record Herald jumped out to a two-run advantage in the top of the first inning when Jacob Doherty drew a two-out walk and scored when Noah Litzinger tripled to right center. Isaiah Reed then singled to right field to plate Litizinger.
In the bottom of the first, Connor Jacobs led off with a single. Derek Buhrman then drove a fastball over the left center field fence for a two-run home run to tie the game.
The score remained 2-2 until the top of the sixth when Doherty, Litzinger and Reed drew one-out walks. With two outs, Tyler Hanosek hit a ball up the middle that was misplayed, allowing the go-ahead run to score.
Doherty gave up a leadoff single to Jacobs in the bottom of the sixth but quickly retired three batters to secure the victory.
Doherty allowed only three hits while striking out 12 Eagles and issuing no walks. Jacobs took the tough loss for the Eagles, allowing only three hits and striking out 12 with five walks.
Record Herald returns to action tonight at 8 against Moose. Eagles take on Moose on Monday.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. – While the White Sox avoid using their starting pitchers against AL Central opponents, the Indians figure they've seen their rivals so often a few spring training games won't hurt.
So at the same time Jake Peavy was throwing 81 pitches on a back field against minor leaguers, Ubaldo Jimenez worked five solid innings against the Sox in a 5-2 victory Wednesday.
After stringing together four hits in the second, including an RBI ground-rule double to center by Gordon Beckham and a run-scoring single by Dewayne Wise, the Sox were held to two hits in the final six innings against Jimenez and four Indians relievers.
Alexei Ramirez (.409) singled twice and stole a base, and Wise had two singles.
Notes: Sox 3B Jeff Keppinger's sore shoulder, which has lingered since the beginning of camp, kept him out of the lineup again, but manager Robin Ventura downplayed it, saying the team is being overly cautious. Keppinger might play second when he returns, perhaps this weekend, to avoid longer throws.


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Monday, October 22: Main Streets and Back Roads: Hardwick, Massachusetts
Monday, October 22: Main Streets and Back Roads: Hardwick, Massachusetts
Is it possible for everybody in one small Massachusetts town to be happy? That's the claim in Hardwick, a self-proclaimed piece of paradise out by the Quabbin Reservoir. Tonight Ted Reinstein finds several reasons for bliss: a bakery that's become a very big deal; a lifestyle that's outdoorsy and unconventional; a dairy farm turned vineyard, and a prize-winning cheese maker.
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Clover Hill Farm [cranberries]
Robinson Farm [artisanal cheese, raw milk]
Gilbert Players [community theater]
The Center at Eagle Hill [performing arts center, the Eagle Hill School]
Aurelio "Bolo" Bolognesi [fine furniture]
Whitesfields Farm [paw paw fruit]


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 24, 2009) - Katy Jett (Talbott, Tenn.) made her final Blue/Gold Fall Classic a memorable one on Saturday afternoon.
The senior outfielder blasted a two-out pitch over the fence in left-center, which snapped a third inning tie and lifted her Gold squad over Blue, 4-1, in the fifth annual Blue/Gold series at the ETSU Softball Complex.
Jett enjoyed an outstanding afternoon - going 2-for-3 with an intentional walk and a couple game-changing plays in center field. Along with Jett, fellow senior teammate Cheniece Cason (
Cason didn't waste any time putting her Gold team ahead, 1-0, as she led off the game with a triple down the right field line and came around to score when sophomore Amy Campbell (
After being sent down in order to start the game, the Blue team quickly capitalized and evened the game at 1-all, when senior Trisha Massenzo (
Unfortunately, that was all the offense the Blue team was able to muster, and Jett came through with the clutch two-out homer the very next inning - putting Gold up 2-1.
The Gold squad added two insurance runs in the top of the fourth to grab a 4-1 lead. Vicki McCoy (
Junior right-hander Jessica Duncan (
The Gold squad was managed by Jared Fries and Cat Zyskowski; while Blue was led by Kevin Brown, Jessie Hackworth, and Stephanie Gaynord.
Saturday marked the final day of fall ball for the Lady Bucs. ETSU returns to the diamond in the spring when they open up the 2010 regular season against
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UW Huskies (2-0) vs (11) Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-0)
The Washington Huskies got a tougher test against Hawaii in Week 2 after scraping past the FCS's Eastern Washington. They rose to the occasion and picked up a 40-32 victory.
From here on out, the going gets much tougher for UW. This week, the Huskies hit the road for a scary matchup against No. 11 Nebraska.
Washington Huskies vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers
Saturday, September 17, 3:30 p.m. ET
Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
Favorite: Nebraska -17
Matchup Info
To assess Washington's chances at Nebraska, let's first see what it learned from Game 1 to Game 2 this season.
After allowing more than 500 yards and 473 passing yards to Eastern Washington, the Huskies were determined to improve on "D" but had a tougher test against a potent Hawaii offense. Washington absolutely passed. It held Bryant Moniz to 333 yards, a big number but a vast improvement over Week 1.
The Huskies were also stingy against the run, holding the Warriors to 55 yards on 22 attempts. Through two weeks, UW's 43 rushing yards allowed per contest rank it seventh in the nation.
Washington's offense looked steady and balanced last week, Keith Price followed up his three-touchdown debut with 315 yards, four touchdowns and one interception on 18 of 25 (72 per cent) passing. If he keeps up efforts like those, people will forget about Jake Locker in a hurry.
Chris Polk was steady as ever in the backfield, running for 107 yards on 22 totes.
To hang in against Nebraska, UW's stout run "D" must hold up again. The Cornhuskers ran for 219 yards last week; quarterback Taylor Martinez hasn't excelled as a thrower but ran for 166 yards and two touchdowns against Fresno State.
Also, don't be surprised if Polk has a bigger role this week.
Nebraska looked vulnerable versus the run in Week 2, so the Huskies may see if Polk can find some lanes.
More because of their power running game than anything else, Nebraska is a justified favorite this week. But an upset wouldn't be unheard of.
The Huskies' greatest strength happens to be stopping the run so far; if they can find a way to contain Martinez, this game might get very interesting.


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Is this the next coach of the Manitoba Moose? (photo credit: PIERRE OBENDRAUF, THE GAZETTE)
The Vancouver Canucks were forced to watch Scott Arniel leave their organization, as the former Manitoba Moose head coach has taken the role of bench boss in Columbus. The Moose continue their recent history of losing head coaches to join the ranks of the NHL.
By all accounts, Scott Arniel is an excellent head coach, and was due for an NHL head coaching position sooner rather than later. So what were the Canucks going to do to keep him? Frankly nothing. The Canucks are not about to let go of Alain Vigneault to give the job to Arniel. Giving Arniel an assistant coaching job would be a bit of a step back for him.
So who fills the role now?
Bob McKenzie suggested this morning on TEAM 1040 AM that Kirk Muller would be an excellent and likely candidate. Muller and Mike Gillis are known to have a good relationship, and Muller looks ready to take on a head coaching job. I would argue that, if Muller becomes the next Moose head coach, he would then be the next head coach of the Vancouver Canucks.
In the meantime, the Canucks still have to sort out their own coaching situation. I've previously said that the assistant coaches are not pulling their weight and need to be changed. I would have liked Arniel to have taken one of the roles, but that's obviously not going to happen.
One other plan is that either Ryan Walter or Rick Bowness takes the head coaching job in Manitoba, making the way for a new coach or two to work with Vigneault here in Vancouver.
There are many options available to the Canucks. However, they need to address their needs quickly. They need to have their coaching situation sorted before the draft, so that their new players know who their leader will be. I personally like the idea of Muller coming on board, then taking over for Vigneault in the long term. I like Vigneault, but sooner or later, Alain's time will come to an end and the Canucks better have a viable option at the ready. It seems Kirk Muller would be a great option.


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As supporters of our military service members, we're always happy to see them having some good clean fun on their downtime. And what could be more wholesome than enjoying a girthy banana? Our boys (and gals??) have to get their potassium somewhere.
Our friends at The Gaily Grind have compiled this stimulating super-cut of our servicemen embracing their inner Deep Throat with the fruit of
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RIP dirty old DADT. I hear from some service members that those who have come out in military risk life and limb from those that are not on board. We need sensitivity training to eliminate discrimination for those that are OUT. I have even heard of a few accidental on purpose fratricide stories.


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New Chicago Council Report Finds Agriculture Innovations and Investments Critical to Meeting Future Food Demand
April 24, 2013 CHICAGO - The Chicago Council on Global Affairs today released a report that examines the implications of the increasingly influential roles of global business, Brazil, China, and India in agricultural research and the limited national research capacity of developing countries. It makes the case that greater international collaboration and investment in research is needed to safeguard productivity gains made over the past half century and meet future food demand.
The independent study, Agricultural Innovation: The United States in a Changing Global Reality, is authored by University of Minnesota researchers, Philip G. Pardey and Jason M. Beddow. It concludes that most Sub-Saharan African countries could potentially access at least 25 times their locally produced agricultural knowledge by adapting and adopting scientific breakthroughs produced in other countries.
"A new way of thinking about agricultural investments and innovation must be embraced to take advantage of such opportunities to increase agricultural production and increase the efficiencies of investment at all levels, from the local to the international level," said Pardey. "A more international approach is urgently needed, as the lag between research investments and commercial adoption is extremely lengthy."
Pardey and Beddow present new measures of accumulated knowledge stocks by country and the potential for this knowledge to "spill over" and benefit other countries. These new measures of global spillover potential can help guide research and development decisions in the United States and globally.
"The current system does not adequately take advantage of the vast stocks of knowledge that exist around the world that could be adapted to local environments elsewhere," said Beddow.
History has shown that agricultural research and innovation is pivotal to increasing productivity, but the share of R&D investments made by traditional high-income countries, especially the United States, has dropped. Investments in agricultural research in emerging economies such as Brazil, China, India, and South Africa are growing. Business investments in research are playing an increasingly important role. Investments have also shifted away from a focus on productivity improvements in staple crops and been spread across a wide variety of other interests.
"The Chicago Council commissioned this report to assess how to better leverage scientific breakthroughs to benefit agriculture in low-income countries and get the most out of R&D dollars and activities," said Marshall M. Bouton, president of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. "Taking stock of international agricultural R&D efforts is critical given the important role science will play in empowering the agriculture and food system to meet future food demand."
The study takes into account that the global agriculture and food system will be asked to increase production by 60 percent by 2050. It acknowledges that research and development will play a critical role in meeting this challenge given that production increases will occur in the face of rising temperatures, resource scarcity, and the increased frequency of extreme climatic events.
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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival is all about diversity and inclusion. Two of its documentaries are all about disparity and exclusivity — economic inequality that has left a rising gap between the super-rich and everyone else.
Director Jacob Kornbluth's "Inequality for All" is inspired by economist Robert Reich's book "Aftershock: The Next Economy & America's Future" and features the former U.S. labor secretary's analysis of such issues as wage stagnation and big money in politics.
"99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film" takes its cue from the 2011 protests that had activists camped out in cities around the country. Inspired by the collective approach of the Occupy movement, four directors and five co-directors oversaw the work of about 100 people, with more than 70 contributing footage to chronicle the protests.
Directors Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites got the film rolling after seeing streaming footage of mass arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge near their home. They flipped on the TV news and found no coverage of the protest, so they grabbed their cameras and started filming.
As protests spread to other cities, they put out a call for volunteers to help document the overall movement.
"People were seeing marches, people were seeing people camping in a park and talking about all these different issues. But it didn't feel like there was that one cohesive telling of the story where people could understand what they wanted, why they wanted it, where all of this anger and frustration was coming from," Ewell said. "Also to tell the story of the underlying issues that had brought all of these people to the streets of America to say, 'Enough.'"
"Inequality for All" follows Reich through a semester of teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, intercutting his lectures with interviews and segments with families who lost homes in the recession and are living from paycheck to paycheck.
Reich traces cycles in economic disparity over the last century, noting that the peaks of wealth concentration in the hands of the richest 1 percent of Americans occurred in 1928, the year before the Depression hit, and right before the 2007 recession.
"It's gotten to a tipping point," Reich said. "We can't really maintain our democracy when so much money is at the top infecting our democracy. We can't have an economy that can even get out of the gravitational pull of the recession when the vast middle class and everybody aspiring to join it doesn't have enough purchasing power to keep the economy going."
Among the fixes Reich suggests: getting big money out of political campaigns; investment in schools and colleges to boost educational opportunities; and reforming a tax system that allows the rich to pay a lower percentage of income than middle-class workers.
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Stull Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas
Posted 14 May 2004 - 06:12 AM
oh and i also found this on a site:
The town of Stull is located about ten miles west of Lawrence, Kansas in the northeast part of the state. It can be found by traveling west on Route 40 and then traveling straight west to Stull. The town can be found on the northwestern edge of Clinton Lake and close to the Clinton State Park. Visitors to the cemetery are advise to go there at their own risk.
Posted 14 May 2004 - 08:10 AM
It is known as one of the "gateways to hell" and the devil is supposed to appear tehre a certain time of year.
who, me? ;D
Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 08:13 PM
i read it was torn down a few years ago.
the rumor was that you could throw bottles at the walls and they wouldn't break.
Urge Overkill even had a CD called "Stull" which i bought in 93 but have never listened to.
oh well.
Posted 20 May 2004 - 08:57 PM
Posted 21 May 2004 - 03:55 AM
There's another cemetery in the KC area that's had several reports of paranormal activity. It's called Union Hill Cemetery. I think KC Ghosthunters went there once and took several pictures, and they captured what appeared to be several orbs.
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Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above
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Posted 17 June 2004 - 08:51 PM
It sounds like its a haunted site
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Posted 20 June 2004 - 12:02 PM
that's an article about stull. i've been there a few times and here's what you need to know if you decide to go:
when you are there (and this is the best part) don't be disappointed, the church IS torn down and is no longer a very haunted looking place. FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS:
There are "stairs" that lead somewhere down. They are behind the chruch on the right side of the church if you are facing the front of the church. they are covered with overgrown grass, so it's not easy to find them, it took a friend and I about 3 hours. "Take a flashlight and plenty of batteries, because you will have a ton of trouble keeping the flashlight working and it will go out a lot." says another who has been there.
if you don't find them within hours, don't give up.
good luck everyone who wants to visit stull. personally, i've been there thrice, and only once did things happen. i went with groups the other times and nothing happens really, also it's harder to keep hidden. i've never experienced the broken bottle phenomena, but i recently heard that if you bring a crucifix with you, glass bottles will not break against the walls of the church, the only problem is, there are no more walls. and now for the good part, and i am NOT in any way lying in this story. it was one of the greatest experiences in my life.
after my friend and i had found the staircase, we could barely lift the stone that covered it, and when we did, i felt compelled to go down, so compelled that i forgot my camera. i had my flashlight, but it kept going out. we went down the stairs anyway, and all it was was a very small room, probably a storm cellar or just a cellar maybe? i never found out, but there was nothing in the room and upon feeling the walls, nothing strange seemed to be down there. we went back up the stairs, disappointed, replaced the stone, and left. we walked back to our car about 2 miles out of town and drove home. about 20 minutes of driving and the sun began to come up. i looked at the clock in the car and it was 6:30am. my friend and i arrived at the place where are car was at 8pm, got to the church at 9, and three hours to find the staircase equals to about 1am. what seemed like a few minutes in the cellar was five hours. how this happened, i still don't know. but i've never been back to the stull church... something like that is just too wierd.
i think in about 5 years, stull will be a lost story, and maybe.. just maybe i can get in on halloween. you see it's been so big that on halloween in 1999 about 200 people including a local news station gathered at the cemetary and were told to leave at 11:30pm, 30minutes before the witching hour. kinda makes you wonder. i don't know if i really want to be in the cellar during the witching hour. kinda scary.
hope this helps some of you.
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How to stick a Ferrari V8 in a quad bike
In a downsizing week of 660cc Hondas and 80bhp Caterhams, France has helpfully chipped in with, er... a 3.0-litre Ferrari-engined quad bike. Made by Lazareth, it's called the Matt Edition, and it's a very nasty version of the V8F.
Let's talk power-to-weight. A 250bhp 3.0L Ferrari V8 bolted to a gearbox from a BMW M3, in a quad that weighs 650kg, equals a juicy 385bhp per tonne. Which is a lot.
The shifters for the sequential 'box run through buttons on the handlebars. But that's the tip of the electrical trickery. The engine uses the injection system from two superbikes, and the whole lot's managed by a fully adjustable Sybelle system, so you can play with power delivery through a laptop.
Though it looks like a three-wheeler, there's actually a pair of Momo wheels out back, each sporting a massive 315 section 18-inch tyre (the fronts are relatively diminutive 285s). They hide a set of Brembo calipers and 324mm discs.
Lazareth won't tell us how fast the Matt Edition goes, but they will tell us how much it costs. Sitting down? Rs 1.54 crores Or two Nissan GT-Rs. But it's still on our Christmas list - big's the new small round these parts.


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
Wildcat shooters converted just two three pointers in the contest, so the 55-33 surge in the second half was a testament to their fundamental play.
Lincoln College New England picked right up where they started this week with a pair of lopsided victories to launch their second semester, but it was the second half rally in the second game that will linger in the memory of Wildcat fans.
Mass Bay Community College edged the Wildcats by two points in the first meeting, but on Saturday, Jan. 18, Lincoln evened the series with an 87-62 home win at Bristol Eastern.
"They were ranked No. 15 in the nation, and we were ranked 12th," said Wildcat coach Preston Beverly about the regional match-up. "It was a really great game."
Kyre Jackson paced the Wildcats with 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jalen David (5 steals) and Chris Austin (5 assists) scored 16 points apiece.
Kojo Lockhart and Dairyon Davis added nine points apiece, and Baboucarr Bah contributed eight off the bench. Eleven Wildcats contributed to the scoreboard as the locals turned a three point lead into a 87-62 victory.
With the win, Lincoln improved to 12-5 overall (10-3 in the conference), and Mass Bay fell to 12-4 (10-2). Beverly was pleased with the upset, but he hasn't wavered from his ultimate goal.
"We're not just trying to win games," said the coach. "We're trying to win tournaments."
The victory came on the heels of another double-digit victory as the Wildcats opened their second semester with a 73-59 road win over Ulster County.
Bah scored 14 points and six rebounds off the bench to pace the Wildcat offense. Jackson finished with 10 points and 10 boards. Davis added nine points, and David scored eight. Austin and Lockhart added seven points apiece in the victory.
Lincoln led by nine at the half and cruised to a 14-point win.
Lincoln will continue their homestretch this week with a game against Springfield Tech CC on Tuesday. The Wildcats will return to Bristol Eastern on Saturday, Jan. 25 to face Bunker Hill CC.
Lincoln picks up where they left off; Wildcats open 2nd semester with 2 convincing wins
By John Goralski