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Kennedy Could Have Prime Role With Sharksby Staff Writer / San Jose Sharks
SAN JOSE, California - San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson made it clear what he thought of forward Tyler Kennedy when he acquired him in a draft-day deal June 30 with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Wilson spent a second-round pick for Kennedy (No. 50) in a draft he believed had the strongest crop of talent since the now-famous 2003 class. Five days later, Wilson signed Kennedy, who was set to be a restricted free agent, to a two-year contract.
When the Sharks opened training camp Thursday, Kennedy skated on the top line with Joe Thornton and Brent Burns.
"We've done a lot of research on him," Wilson said. "He's the type of guy that he's won a Cup, he's a very competitive guy, he's been able to go up and down the lineup which is one of the things we were looking for. Players that can play a third line role but also go up to the second or the first. Shoots the puck, highly competitive, and he's a high-energy guy too. He practices the way he plays. It drives people to be better."
In other words, Kennedy was a perfect fit for the type of game Wilson and coach Todd McLellan want the Sharks to play. Since last season, McLellan has been hammering home the importance of playing of a fast, hard and gritty north-south game and getting pucks to net.
"They want to play an up-tempo game, and that's kind of my style -- up-tempo and try to get pucks to the net," Kennedy said.
So far, Kennedy has been as advertised, McLellan said.
"He's quick. He has the ability to shoot the puck a lot," McLellan said. "I think he plays fast, he plays hard and, certainly from what I understand, he's a pretty supportive guy around his teammates."
The Penguins drafted Kennedy in the fourth round of the 2004 NHL Draft. In six seasons with Pittsburgh, he scored 76 goals and had 168 points in 372 career regular-season games. He also appeared in 76 Stanley Cup Playoff games, including 24 during the Penguins' run to the championship in 2009. He has scored 12 goals to go with 15 assists in the postseason.
Kennedy isn't a prolific scorer, but throughout his career he has shown a knack for scoring big goals. He has scored 15 game-winning goals in the regular season and six in the playoffs. He scored three playoff game-winners in 2009 during Pittsburgh's championship season.
"He's scored some big goals," Sharks forward Joe Pavelski said. "Obviously he works hard. That's his best asset. He works. That's great to have. He's tenacious on the forecheck. He shoots it good. He's around the puck a lot. He's going to get his opportunities."
Having played on a Penguins team packed with super stars such as Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Kennedy is used to being on the ice with high-profile players. So a top-line job with Thornton and Burns shouldn't be too much for Kennedy to handle, if that's where he ends up.
"I'm excited to be with those guys," Kennedy said. They're two great players, and it's a great opportunity. Obviously I think I can play, but it's a great challenge, and I've got to work and prove myself. It's a great challenge for me."
Thornton said he likes what he's seen from Kennedy.
"He's very, very competitive, a good skater, likes to shoot the puck," Thornton said. "Just a real good, solid player that's very competitive. Hopefully he's going to be a nice addition to our line. He's quick and he loves to shoot the puck, so I think he should fit really well with me and Burnzie."
Being traded didn't come as a shock to Kennedy. After all, he was approaching free agency on a Penguins team that faced a salary-cap crunch and had over a combined $17 million going to Crosby and Malkin this season. What's more, Kennedy's average ice time had dipped to 12:28 last season from 14:22 the season before.
In the 2010-11 season, Kennedy had career highs in goals (21), assists (24) and points (45). His numbers dropped to 11 goals and 33 points the next year. Then last season he had just six goals and 11 points in 46 games.
After last season, Kennedy met with Penguins general manger Ray Shero.
"Ray and I had a good talk," Kennedy told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after he was traded. "He's been very respectful, and he put me in a great situation. He kind of knew I had to move to a place with a little better of a chance. I kind of fell off the map [in Pittsburgh]."
Kennedy said he felt excited and invigorated when he learned he had been traded to the Sharks.
"I was excited to come to this organization," Kennedy said Thursday. "I've only heard good things about it. I've never lived on the West Coast, and it's been crazy. You know, the sun, the great atmosphere in the room. It's been awesome. Whenever something new comes along you have to embrace it and get the best out of it."
Author: Eric Gilmore | NHL.com Correspondent


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Mercedes SLK goes diesel
* SLK 250 CDI * 201bhp diesel engine * On sale late autumn 2011...
Mercedes-Benz has launched the first-ever diesel version of its SLK roadster.
The SLK 250 CDI has the 2.1-litre, 201bhp four-cylinder diesel engine from the C- Class, E-Class and CLS models.
In the SLK, it averages 57.7mpg; thats a 14.9mpg improvement over the next most efficient petrol SLK model, the 250 CGI.
The SLK 250 CDI emits 128g/km of CO2, a 30g/km improvement over the 250 CGI. Company car tax is 18% for the diesel version, whereas the petrol falls into the 20% bracket.
A seven-speed automatic gearbox and engine stop-start system come as standard. Mercedes claims that performance is equivalent to a petrol engine that's twice as big, thanks to 369lb/ft of torque. It quotes a 0-62mph time of 6.7 seconds; 0.1 seconds slower than the 250 CGI petrol. Top speed is 151mph.
Externally, the 250 CDI looks like any other SLK model. The same range of options are available, including a 'magic sky control' roof, which changes from dark to transparent at the touch of a button.
Mercedes SLK 250 CDI gallery
Mercedes hasnt confirmed the UK on-sale date or prices. The European model hits showrooms on September 13, from 41,829, which means UK cars should cost around 37,000.
The SLK 250 CDI will be part of Mercedes' display at the Frankfurt motor show next month, alongside the new B-Class and the SLS Roadster.

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Listen to a track from Twisted Blues, Volume 1:
Back in the early '80s, Brand X bassist Percy Jones debuted a trio at New York's Bitter End nightclub featuring the then-unknown Bill Frisell. Soon after, Frisell became recognized as one of the most original electric guitarists of all time. Two decades later, history repeated itself when Will Lee and Anton Fig—the famous rhythm section from The Late Show with David Letterman—began to appear at the same club accompanying another unknown but truly original guitarist: Oz Noy.
Imagine a player with the combination of Jimi Hendrix's sonic adventurousness, Jeff Beck's wit, John Scofield's harmonic sophistication, Yngwie Malmsteen's chops, and Stevie Ray Vaughan's tone. Now imagine that player writing and performing music as funky as James Brown and the Meters.
By age 13, Oz Noy was doing sessions in his native Israel. By 24, he had accompanied a slew of famous Israeli artists, many during a two-year stint as a member of a television show's house band. Emigrating to New York City in 1996, he soon earned the respect of the city's best musicians, becoming a fixture on the highly competitive session scene. To date, Noy has recorded five solo records. His first, 2006's Live, reflects the excitement of his weekly club gig at the Bitter End. On his latest, Twisted Blues, Vol. 1, Noy is assisted by the likes of Eric Johnson and Allen Toussaint as he pays tribute to one of the musical forms central to his artistry. The original title tune recalls cool theme music from a '70s cop show, while his takes on the Thelonious Monk tunes "Light Blue" and "Trinkel Tinkel" exude tikibar and Texas-shuffle vibes, respectively.
Noy's singular, spectacular style invites endless raving from his contemporaries—just read the "Others on Oz" sidebar on p.180—but let's hear from the man himself first.
You started playing guitar
when you were 10. Did
you start taking lessons
Yes. I started playing chords, Beatles songs, and Israeli songs. There were Beatles records in the house, and then my brother started bringing home jazz records. I began with the electric stuff—Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Allan Holdsworth, and Scott Henderson. I went to a teacher who said, "If you want to play like that, you have to learn the roots—bebop." My whole thing comes from bebop.
How old were you at that point?
I was 15 or 16 when I started to concentrate on bebop. I played with my thumb for years—I was a Wes Montgomery clone. I learned a lot of Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Thelonious Monk.
Noy onstage with his two Fender Custom Shop 1968 Strat Relics, both of which feature '70s-style headstocks.
What were you playing on
back then?
First, I had a copy of a Gibson L5, then a real Gibson ES-175. At the same time, I had a Charvel and was playing heavy metal—because I was growing up in the '80s [laughs]. My friends used to ask me, "When are you going to decide [which style to stick with]?" I couldn't—I liked both.
In the early '90s, I discovered Stevie Ray Vaughan. That led me to Hendrix. I started to understand that, in order to sound anything like those guys, I had to get more into the blues. I began to get away from bebop and into people like Jim Hall and John Coltrane, which opened it up a little more. It became less of a strict separation between bebop and metal.
Because the blues is closer to
jazz than metal?
How did your current
style evolve?
In Israel, I used to do jazz gigs and a lot of recording with pop artists. At one point, I wasn't getting many calls to do jazz gigs, so I became a bandleader. At first, I would do all Wes Montgomery, but once I decided to do a real electric thing I got a trio and we would play Stevie Ray Vaughan-style stuff. But, instrumentally, I got bored after a few months of that. So I added instrumental versions of Stevie Wonder and James Brown tunes. Then I got bored again, because I was restricting myself to the basic blues vocabulary. I thought, "What would happen if I just started playing some of my bebop stuff over it?" That's when it all came together: I had my electric rock sound, the grooves weren't really swing, and I was playing a mix of any style I wanted to—whether it was rock, bebop, or whatever. That is still basically the concept of the band to this day.
When I came to New York, I brought my hollowbody guitar and my 1962 reissue Stratocaster. I always hated the sound of the hollowbody jazz guitar, even when I was heavily into Wes—it's not as expressive as a Stratocaster. I was playing with pop artist Gavin DeGraw and needed an acoustic guitar, so I sold the hollowbody to buy one. That was best move I ever made: I only had my Strat, and I decided I was going to play all my music on that.
When did you get into effects?
I was always into sounds. I used to have racks in the '80s, but I really started to get into effects after I started writing my own music.
When did you start writing
your own tunes?
I was writing in Israel. Then I started to write for my band here. I was playing at the Bitter End about twice a month until after I recorded my first record in 2001, then I started playing there every week.
That was some band: Will Lee
and Anton Fig.
I got introduced to Anton at this musician's hangout, The Bar Bat. Anton and Keith Carlock [Sting, Steely Dan] played drums with me from the beginning. Bassist Reggie Washington [Branford Marsalis, D'Angelo] played on most of the first album. I knew Will Lee a little. He saw me at a gig and said, "Why don't you call me to play your gig?" I had always wanted to call him, but hey— he was Will Lee! Then Reggie couldn't make a gig, so I called Will and that was it. Until now, it has been pretty much Will and Anton, or James Genus [Saturday Night Live] and Keith Carlock. Now and then, I might change the drummer or add an organ.
On this record, you've added
Vinnie Colaiuta [Sting, Jeff
Beck], Chris Layton [Double
Trouble], and Roscoe Beck
[Robben Ford, Leonard
Cohen]. How do you decide
which rhythm section is right
for each tune?
I play in Austin a few times a year, and Roscoe is in the band I use down there, so he knows the material. I figured, if I was going to record there, maybe I could get Chris for the shuffle tunes, so I called him and he was totally down with it.
Do you use Chris Layton
when you play in Austin?
No, Chris was new. But it is pretty simple stuff—I mean, Chris knows how to play a shuffle [laughs].
Did you go to Austin to
record Eric Johnson's parts?
I recorded half the record in New York at the Carriage House, and half in Austin at Eric's studio.
Noy having a blast in the studio with a pedalboard that barely has enough spare room to route patch cables between stompboxes.
What is Eric Johnson playing
on "You Are the State?"
He does some harmonics. At the end, he plays a couple of lines— some pedal-steel sounds and textures behind me. There was supposed to be another song with us really playing together, but it fell through. It will hopefully be on the next record.
Why did you decide to call the
record Twisted Blues?
This is not a blues band, but it takes some of the blues forms and adjusts them to what I do. I always play jazz. When I improvise, I don't think about what I am doing, stylistically. Even if I play with a fuzz pedal or play a Hendrix lick, it is still improvising jazz. The only difference is that we don't play swing—we play grooves—but the improvisation part is jazz. For this record, I wanted to play more blues forms, like shuffles, and use a blues sound.
Which Strats did you use on
this album?
I have two 1968 Relic Strats from the Fender Custom Shop. I told them exactly what to make, and they are fantastic. I mostly used the red one with a maple fingerboard. I used the sunburst-finished, rosewoodfingerboard one for "Trinkle Tinkle." I also used a Tele.
Is this the first time you've
played a Telecaster on record?
Yeah. It's a '58 Fender Custom Shop.
You've been playing a Les Paul
a little these days, too, right?
I didn't use it on the record, but yeah, I just wanted to have a Les Paul. I hadn't played humbuckers in years. For a while, it was difficult to play, because it reacts so differently and is so loud. It took a while to get used to it, but now I am digging it.
You usually record as a trio.
What made you decide to add
organ to this record?
It felt to me like it needed a little more harmony. Plus, organ is very bluesy [laughs].


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Marion Cotillard, 37, has won an Oscar, slept with Batman and was Bafta-nominated for playing a killer-whale trainer in her latest film, Rust And Bone
You've made huge Hollywood films such as Inception and The Dark Knight Rises. What was it about this smaller French film?
It was one of my dreams to work with the director Jacques Audiard [of A Prophet, Oscar-nominated as Best Foreign Film in 2010]. Then I totally fell in love with the character. You don't read many interesting powerful female roles like this, especially one with a very unusual story.
There's a harrowing scene where a little boy falls through the ice. Was that difficult to watch, as a mother of one?
Oh yeah. Unbearable. When I first read the script, I was weeping at the end. But it's a beautiful tale.
Did you ever play on the ice as a kid?
No. It's super-dangerous. I remember a scene like that in the film The Four Daughters Of Doctor March, I think. And I've always been so scared. I've always freaked out. I never did that and I will never allow my children to do that.
Your character, Stephanie, loses her legs. What are your thoughts on that?
This is something unbearable and really hard to imagine how it feels. It's something we refuse to see because if it was us, how would you do? Nobody likes to confront their fears.
There's an incredible scene where you communicate with an orca through a glass. How was that?
On the first day, my signs to the orca weren't very precise and she didn't get what I was asking her. I asked her again and she got mad at me. She screamed, and that was really weird. Even though it was super-secure and nothing could happen to me, I was in a state of shock. This was the biggest mouth ever, the biggest jaws ever and it was right in front of my face. The teeth were so scary. I was in shock. I cried right away. So we changed the orca for the shot.
There are also some quite explicit sex scenes…
I've never liked filming them as I don't feel comfortable. But this story was different. The sex is a big part of the story. It's a movie about love but also about flesh, about the body.
You won an Oscar as Best Actress for playing Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose. Do you still get excited when you are nominated for awards?
It's always exciting but nothing will ever be like my experience on La Vie En Rose because I didn't expect anything that happened. I'm always happy if people like what we do. With La Vie En Rose, everything was new and I didn't even know it was possible with a French movie.
You were out in London recently with Bradley Cooper, Ben Affleck and George Clooney. The tough part of awards season?
Yes. That's the very good side of it. They're very funny, very smart and very nice.
Is it true though that you have a weakness instead for Will Ferrell and Steve Carell and silly US comedies?
I totally love those guys too but that night was a lot of fun.
What are your top comedies?
Blades Of Glory and Stepbrothers.
How about Wedding Crashers, with pre-famous Bradley Cooper?
That was him? I totally forgot it was him. Oh my God. He's the one who's supposed to marry Rachel McAdams. I remember now.
Have you told your agents what they need to find you?
That's not the way I work. But maybe. Because I've done so many dramas. I would love it to work that way. I think I still have a lot of work to do before a good silly comedy comes my way.
What performance has blown you away this year?
Naomi Watts in The Impossible. Oh my God, prepare your tissue box. I didn't know anything about the movie except it was about the tsunami. She totally killed me. And I'm totally in love with Jennifer Lawrence. She's a prodigy. She's 22, it's insane.
You were named Harvard University's Woman Of The Year and roasted by the students. How was that?
One of the craziest things. It was a journey with amazing people so in love with their university.
What did they tease you about?
Things they didn't like. They teased me about my very bad acting in some of the movies I've done and it was kind of a relief to be able to laugh about it. They teased me about The Dark Knight Rises. It was amazing because, especially in France, you don't get to make fun of yourself. But I love to be able to talk about things that you'd like to forget.
Rust And Bone is out February 25 on DVD and Blu-ray


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This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks during the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, November 17th, and it's shaping up to be a beautiful night for stargazing. According to NASA, tonight's shower could be one of the best Leonid displays in years. Here's everything you need to know to spot as many meteors as possible.
Pictured above: Leonid meteor storm of 1999 (NASA)
Avoid Light Like the Plague
Mike Brown (the astronomer who killed Pluto) likes to say that the Moon is his nemesis, because it washes out his view of celestial bodies in the night sky. And while you may not agree with Pluto's demotion, you'd be wise to take Brown's dictum to heart; when you're looking for meteors, the Moon is your enemy.
Fortunately, the lunar phase tonight is a waxing crescent (just a few days past-new), so moonlight should be at a minimum. But city lights, street lights, house lights, flashlights, any lights can be just as bad. Your surroundings will be giving off tons of the stuff, as will your personal items — so don't blow your vision by checking your indiglo watch out of habit and for god's sake don't look at your phone.
If you're in the country, go find a big open field. If you're in the city, get out if you can. If you can't get out, try to find a high point.
Taking all these things into account can make a huge difference. The images featured here help illustrate the effect that light pollution can have on your stargazing experience. The bottom photo was taken in Orem, Utah — a major metropolitan area with around 400,000 people. The top photo was taken in Leamington, a rural Utah town, about 75 miles southwest of Orem, with a population of just 217 people. The difference in visibility is staggering. Give it a little forethought, and you can vastly improve your experience; the Clear Sky Chart website has a great list of optimal viewing locations organized by state, so go check it out.
Once you're all settled in at your prime viewing spot, give your eyes at least 20 minutes to fully adapt to the dark. How do you know if your eyes have adapted? A good rule of thumb says if you can see all the stars in the little dipper (you should count 10) you'll see plenty of meteors. If you can't spot all 10 it's not a big deal, that's just under optimal conditions.
Know When and Where to Look
The best hours for catching the Leonids will be between midnight and dawn on the morning of Saturday, November 17th, with activity peaking between 3:00 and 5:00 ET.
You can also use NASA's Fluxtimator to help calculate the ideal time to direct your gaze skyward. The Fluxtimator even takes your viewing location (i.e. whether you're observing from the city or the countryside) and the brightness of the Moon into account — just be sure to adjust date and location information accordingly.
As for where to look, that depends on who you ask. Some people will tell you to look towards the radiant, where the shooting stars will appear to emanate from (for the Leonids this is near the constellation Leo):
Bear in mind, however, that meteors' trails tend to be shorter the closer they are to the radiant. Your best bet is to probably just look straight up, keeping in mind that meteors can appear anywhere in the sky.
If you'd like to join local experts, click here to find your neighborhood astronomy club, and find out whether they'll be setting up a telescope you can peek through with friends.
Bring the Right Stuff
Bring a reclining lawn chair, a blanket, some pillows and a coat, as it's likely to get chilly. Basically, bring whatever you need to get comfortable and still keep your eyes on the sky. Don't try to stand. Standing and looking up may seem like a decent enough idea, but eventually your neck will get tired, and the second you take your eyes off the sky is invariably when the brightest meteors of the night will go blazing by — it's like a code that all meteors live by.
You shouldn't really need a telescope or binoculars, because you'll want to keep your eyes on as much of the night sky as possible. Bring something to snack on, but nothing you have to look at to eat. Hot chocolate is always nice. And finally, bring some good company, so you have somebody to "ooh" and "ahh" with while stargazing on this beautiful autumn night.
Live in Asia
Last little tip: should you find yourself in Asia tonight, you have the chance to witness an absolutely ridiculous natural light show. According to Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, experts are "predicting 20-30 meteors per hour over the Americas." Not bad. But they're predicting "as many as 200-300 per hour over Asia." Yeah.


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Dobbs settling into pinch-hitting role
MIAMI -- The return of core position players like Logan Morrison and Giancarlo Stanton to the lineup has allowed the Marlins' bench to fall into place.
Greg Dobbs, for instance, has settled back into the role the team envisioned for him entering the season. The veteran is a quality pinch-hitter who can play multiple positions.
Like the rest of the team, Dobbs has seen his production pick up in June. Entering Wednesday, he was batting .296 in 15 games, and he delivered a couple of critical pinch-hit singles last weekend at San Francisco.
As a pinch-hitter this year, Dobbs started off hitless in his first eight at-bats, but he now has a string of three straight hits in that role.
"That's kind of what we talked about in Spring Training was having him in that [pinch-hit] position," manager Mike Redmond said. "But with all the injuries, he had to play. I know it's good for him, because he loves to play."
Logan Morrison started the season on the 60-day disabled list and Casey Kotchman (hamstring) missed substantial time, and Dobbs filled in at first base on a regular basis.
In May, the left-handed hitter had 91 at-bats and batted .193.
Coming off the bench, Dobbs gives the Marlins a weapon who can deliver against left-handed and right-handed pitchers.
"Really, his strength and value to this team is coming off the bench," Redmond said. "That's exactly what he's done, whether it's against a lefty or righty or whatever. We're always looking to get him into a good right-hander situation, but he gives you great at-bats against a lefty."


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Hammer Blow Reveals Rare Muscular Dystrophy
Along with the stethoscope and the tongue depressor, the reflex hammer is one of the objects most commonly associated with a visit to the physician's office. Yet this decidedly low tech piece of medical equipment – which dates back to the 19th century – may hold the key to diagnosing one of the most complex neurological disorders.
Myotonic dystrophy is a multi-system disease that can result in a host of health problems such as fatigue, muscle weakness, cognitive impairment, depression, difficulty sleeping, impaired vision, pain, difficulty swallowing, and gastrointestinal problems. One of the hallmarks and earliest symptoms of this common form of muscular dystrophy is myotonia, the delayed relaxation of a muscle after it has contracted.
In myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the more common form of the disease, the symptoms frequently first appear in the extremities such as the hands and lower legs. A common manifestation is the locking of a person's grip after clenching their fist. Although myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) shares many similar clinical features with DM1, the muscle problems more frequently begin in the hips and shoulders and patients often complain of pain and weakness when climbing stairs or reaching for an object on a high shelf.
DM2 is often misdiagnosed and difficult to differentiate from DM1. The generic symptoms that patients tend to report – muscle aches and weakness – can often result in the disease being mistaken for as a pain disorder such as fibromyalgia, leading the patient and their physicians on a wild goose chase. On average it takes fourteen years and a battery of expensive tests to definitively diagnose DM2. Furthermore, if misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia, the patient can be subjected to unnecessary procedures and medications with potential side effects.
Postulating that the neck muscles would exhibit signs of myotonia, URMC neurologist Chad Heatwole, M.D., MS-CI along with Nick Johnson, M.D. (a fellow at URMC at the time of the study and now with The University of Utah) set about testing whether or not they could devise a method that would allow them to screen for DM2. They eventually found that when by firmly striking the trapezius muscle in the neck with a reflex hammer that they could observe a delayed relaxation of the muscle. This finding, along with a video of the procedure, was published this month in the journal Neurology.
While the procedure still needs to be evaluated on a larger group of patients, the two have since performed the test on dozens of myotonic dystrophy patients with the type 2 patients almost uniformly demonstrating the delayed neck muscle relaxation while the phenomenon appeared in none of the type 1 patients. Genetic testing would still be required for a final diagnosis of DM2, but this initial screen could help shorten the years of confusion and frustration that accompany a misdiagnosis and help differentiate between the two types of the disease. The test may also be a useful screening tool for any patient being considered for a cholesterol lowering agent as these agents can significantly worsen certain symptoms in patients with DM2.
Ultimately, the beauty of this test, the authors contend, is its simplicity. "This appears to suggest a quick and inexpensive test that can be done by any clinician who suspects the disease," said Heatwole.


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Senate Bill No. 497
(By Senators Beach, D. Facemire, Kirkendoll and Miller)
[Introduced February 2, 2012; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §22-3-33, relating to the award of attorney fees and costs by the Surface Mine Board and courts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §22-3-33, to read as follows:
§22-3-33. Attorney fees and costs.
(a) As a result of any administrative proceeding under this article, at the request of any person, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, as determined by the court or the Surface Mine Board to have been reasonably incurred by the requesting person for or in connection with his or her participation in the administrative proceeding, including any judicial review of agency actions, may be assessed against either party as the court, resulting from judicial review or the Surface Mine Board, resulting from administrative proceedings, considers proper.
(b) On a finding that a claim was brought in bad faith or for the purposes of harassment, the Surface Mine Board or the court, whichever is appropriate, may award to the defendant or respondent, however designated, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, as determined to have been reasonably incurred.
(c) The secretary shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code that are necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Surface Mine Board or the reviewing circuit court to award attorney fees and costs in administrative proceedings arising under the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.)


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Reading and interpreting Buddhist Madhyamaka texts: an overview of useful resources from the Smith College in Northampton, MA, as written by Andy Rotman, of the Religion Department Smith College.
I wanted to let you know that the videotaped proceedings of "Madhyamaka & Methodology: A Symposium on Buddhist Theory and Method," which took place at Smith College in Northampton, MA in April 2010, are now available online. You can watch them on the site, and you can also download them for free and watch them on iTunes.
Here's the link: http://www.smith.edu/buddhism/event-mmsymp.php
The three-day symposium extended a conversation that was begun in 2008 in two articles in the Journal of Indian Philosophy — one by C. W. Huntington of Hartwick College, and the other by Jay Garfield of Smith College — on the question of how to read and interpret Buddhist Madhyamaka texts. The crux of the issue is how to make sense of the argumentation that we find in these texts, while also taking seriously the Madhyamaka critique of all views, theses and propositions. According to Madhyamaka proponents, all phenomena are empty of "self nature" or "essence," meaning that they have no intrinsic, independent reality apart from the causes and conditions from which they arise.
Arguing for a literary reading of Nāgārjuna (the founder of the Madhyamaka school in the second century CE), Huntington asserts that philosophers who seek to understand Madhyamaka through modern symbolic logic end up missing the point of Nāgārjuna's enterprise, for in treating Madhyamaka texts as a form of denatured discourse, they fail to engage with the metaphorical and affective dimensions of his language. Responding to this charge, Garfield holds that not only is Nāgārjuna's logic very interesting, but it's also in no way antithetical to his rejection of views, theses and positions. Garfield thus defends the use of symbolic logic as well as the general approach of reading Nāgārjuna's arguments in terms of rational categories familiar to students of Anglo-American analytic philosophy.
The symposium featured more than twenty scholars from across America and Europe, each of whom had the opportunity to respond to these two papers and to present their own ideas on the topic. There were philosophers and historians, textualists and ethnographers, specialists in logic, literature and tantra as well as India, Tibet and East Asia. These scholars espoused a range of viewpoints, with many complementary yet opposing perspectives and areas of expertise, hence the proceedings functioned as a high level and heated conversation. Presenters spoke pointedly for fifteen minutes, addressing pre-circulated questions about Madhyamaka and Methodology as well as the original papers by Huntington and Garfield. What ensued was a conceptually focused dialogue in which people had the opportunity to distill their thinking about method, highlight their interests and concerns and respond to others doing the same.
We hope that this symposium will be of interest to a wide variety of scholars, whether in Buddhist studies (across discipline and region) or in religion or philosophy. The study of Madhyamaka has long been central to the study of Buddhism, guiding the methodological orientation for the field of Buddhist studies as well its understanding of the relationship between text and practice. The question of how best to make sense of premodern texts with modern theory is surely one that confronts many scholars, and we were fortunate to have some of the best scholars in Buddhist studies addressing this problem through a series of brilliant texts that thwart any easy answer.


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Many manifest no loyalty to ideals they once espoused.
Many show no loyalty to their jobs.
Many really do not show loyalty to friends.
Many, as to their jobs, are as void of loyalty on the inside as frogs are void of feathers on the outside.
Many, without loyalty to wedding hour obligations and sanctity's, make perjury of their marriage vows.
And we know, as we have been told by those wiser by far than we, that people who are without loyalty are as worthless and undependable as
… houses without foundations,
… as ships without rudders,
… as unarmed soldiers in battle,
… as dishes with out food when the hungry are to be fed.
Loyalty is one of the biggest words. It is big with meaning. It is a red-blooded and robust word. It stands for a big idea. It represents one of the finest qualities of character. Loyalty is one of the noblest sentiments with which one can be endowed. Loyalty is close kin to royalty. One who is loyal in conduct is royal in character. Loyalty manifest itself in every relationship of life. Loyalty, or the lack of it, may be found between husband and wife, between parent and child, between employer and employee. Between the citizen and his nation, between the church member and his church, between the Christian and his Christ.
One who regards the obligations of any relationship lightly is a light weight. Church members need to confer with themselves often concerning the warmth and strength of their church loyalty. If it is easy to excuse one's self from the discharge of definite duties to the church it is because the fires of loyalty are burning low.
In the long ago when God's people left Him and His house to follow after other systems and orders, they were called spiritual whoremongers and were said to have been married in spiritual adultery to those whom they followed. That is what God said in the long ago, I do not know what He would say now about those who give of their time, devotion and money to the clubs, to the lodge, to the theatre on Wednesday night or the golf links on Sunday morning in preference to the church of Christ.
The Christian who is loyal to his church above all other institutions is like the man who is loyal to his wife above all other women, and like the patriot who is loyal to his won flag above all other nations, and like the child who is loyal to his own father and mother above all other men and women.
From over hill and plain
There comes the signal strain,
'This loyalty, loyalty, loyalty to Christ;
Its music rolls along,
The hills take up the song,
Of loyalty, loyalty, yes, loyalty to Christ.
On to victory! On to victory!
Cries our great Commander: On!
We'll move at His command,
We'll soon possess the land,
Thro' loyalty, loyalty, yes, loyalty to Christ.
E. Taylor Cassel 1894 for Baptist Young People's Union
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. I Corinthians 4:2
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A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson (15-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Ricardo Lamas (10-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will be part of November's historic UFC on FOX 1 event.
UFC officials today announced that verbal agreements are in place for the fight.
UFC on FOX 1 takes place Nov. 12 at Anaheim, Calif.' Honda Center.
The main card (including heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos) airs on FOX, though Swanson vs. Lamas likely will be part of the night's preliminary card.
Only the night's title fight is guaranteed a TV slot. However, UFC on FOX 1 features a full fight card, and prelims likely will or stream in some form.
The event marks the UFC's debut on network television and kicks off a seven-year deal between the UFC and FOX, a partnership that also includes UFC programming on FX and FUEL TV.
Swanson, a longtime WEC fighter, makes his long-awaited UFC debut. However, his past two bookings – a UFC on Versus 3 fight with Erik Koch and a UFC 132 meeting with Koch – were scratched due to Swanson's array of injuries. When he finally returns from what will be a year-long layoff, the three-time WEC "Fight of the Night" winner and Greg Jackson-trained fighter will attempt his third win in four fights and his fifth in seven.
Lamas, a former WEC lightweight, fights at featherweight for the second time. The Chicago-based fighter made a successful UFC and 145-pound debut when he scored a first-round TKO victory over Matt Grice at UFC on Versus 4 back in June. It marked his fourth win in his past five fights.
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Sale pitched one-hitter with abscessed tooth
ANAHEIM -- Chris Sale was not close to perfect this past Sunday night when he pitched against the Angels at U.S. Cellular Field, regardless of how the scoreboard read.
The White Sox ace retired the first 19 batters and allowed just two baserunners, but he also was working through a cracked tooth on the back right side of his mouth that had become abscessed. Sale had that tooth removed on Monday.
"What happened was I cracked the tooth in half on our plane trip coming back from [New York] going to Chicago and I bit into something and my tooth went one way," Sale said. "So I actually pulled half of it out on the plane and got the rest of it taken care of.
"I wanted to do it after my start so I had enough time to get over it and be ready for my next start. I got put on laughing gas and pain medication. I was out of it for a couple days."
Sale joked that he was "a little loopy" the first couple of days after the tooth was pulled, but he has been training the last few days and should be ready for Friday's start. The dentist who performed the procedure was a Twins fan, according to a smiling Sale, but took good care of him.
Now the task for Sale is to throw another masterpiece against the Angels, a start that Sale considered even better than his 15-strikeout effort against Tampa last May 28.
"Any time you get an unexpected day off in the bullpen, it's always nice," said Sale, explaining why he picked the complete-game one-hitter as his top mound work. "I like taking care of those guys because those guys are coming in quite a bit, 60, 70, maybe even 80 times."


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According to statistics of Facebook dating apps, 2.4 million male users suffer from Yellow Fever (not the viral disease spread by female mosquitos). These western men frequently chat up, hit on or date Asian women, because of their "sexual preference" (or, in severe cases, "fetish") towards yellow-skinned females. But is it right to go with the crowd and "diagnose" men who prefer Asians with the label "Yellow Fever"? Is it really so abnormal? Would you say a man who preferred blonds had a blond fetish? Probably not.
Lory Wong, a Chinese woman residing in the UK, explains how her white ex-boyfriend used to be accused of having an "Asian Fetish" because almost all the women he dated were Asian, he was obsessed with Asian culture and always ask her questions about her lifestyle in China. Put it this way, if the person you were dating was of the same race, would you not want to find out more about that person or her background, or show interest in her? Yes you would. So how is this different? It's not.
"The Asian fetish is a social construct which is portrayed as a perverse obsession when in reality, it [is just a] preference," Wong states. She believes it is merely an interest in another culture, not an obsession or fetish. So why is it that only when men are attracted to Asian women do they get the "fetish" label? Harvard researcher Mahzarin Banaji's research on implicit associations indicates that unattractive white males who cannot find beautiful white women look for Asians as substitutes, often for their physical needs. Mainly because of the objectification (and devaluation that occurs as a result) of Asian women, we get the name "Asian Fetish".
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Urban Fantasy Review: Chest of Stone by Vicki Stiefel
Monday, March 12, 2018 | Posted by kara-karina@Nocturnal Book Reviews
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Synopsis from Goodreads
A Daring Mage. A Damaged Monster. A Deathly Mission.
Mage Clea Reese hunts a deadly Creature that ritually slaughtered three shifter children. In order to unearth the beast, she needs the aid of her broken lover, James Larrimer.
Together, they aim to smoke out the killer while pursuing Clea's quest for the magical Chest of Stone and preventing the Magical and the Mundane worlds from splintering.
Their hunt for the beast drags them from the Mundane realm to the Magic one, where a lethal sorceress seeks to destroy Clea and procure the chest for herself.
The race for the killer and the Chest is on, but time's against Clea and Larrimer when the Creature kidnaps another child and seeks Clea for its own dark purposes.
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I really like the way Mrs Stiefel expresses herself. Her writing is very original, it just flows, always in the moment, always unconstrained by having to choose one or the other train of thought. Her heroine's mind flits from one thing to another and finds snarky humour in the most absurd of situations. It's fluid, it wanders just like our minds. And I don't see it expressed like that very often.
Tags: 8/10, magic, urban fantasy, vicki stiefel, вики штивель, городское фэнтези, магия
Friday Mini Audiobook Reviews #109: Sarah J. Maas, C.D. Reiss & Paul Cornell
Friday, March 09, 2018 | Posted by kara-karina@Nocturnal Book Reviews
bought on audio
Synopsis from Goodreads
Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1 New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series.
Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's manoeuvrings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit – and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.
As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords – and hunt for allies in unexpected places.
In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy them all.
I've been enjoying this series more than Celaena, peeps. It feels more together and a bit more mature (pun intended). I also love that they are such long books that it's worth buying them on audio for countless hours of entertainment. I think I did 6 days of olive harvest to this book. *grins* I totally dig Rhys and Feyre. Theirs is an awesome union of two souls who really took time to understand each other. The overall story arch is on epic scale, and it's a vivid, fast-paced fantasy. Absolutely recommended.
* * *Честно, слушаю я эту серию с большим удовольствием, чем Селину Сардотьен. Все-таки, она эмоционально повзрослее, и, к тому же, каждая книга - это увесистый том, который выгодно покупать на аудио и слушать очень долго. Под эту книгу я по моему собирала урожай оливок чуть ли ни неделю. *смеясь* Мне очень нравятся Рис и Фейра как пара, так как их союз достался им нелегко, и они долго друг к другу присматривались и приценивались. Да и главная сюжетная линия здесь совершенно эпичного масштаба, яркая и динамичная. Скучать не придется, рекомендую.
Marriage Games by C.D. Reiss (The Games Duet #1)
bought on audio
Synopsis from Goodreads
That's all Adam Steinbeck demands of his wife.
Thirty days in a remote cottage, doing everything he demands. After that, he'll sign her divorce papers and give her complete ownership of their company.
That's how long he has to rediscover the man he once was. The Dominant Master he hid when he fell in love with her five years ago.
She wants the business they built badly enough to go to the cottage for a month. Cut off ties to the world and do his bidding. She can submit to him with her body, but her heart will never yield.
She thinks this is his pathetic attempt to repair their marriage.
She's wrong.
That's all Adam Steinbeck demands of his wife.
Thirty days in a remote cottage, doing everything he demands. After that, he'll sign her divorce papers and give her complete ownership of their company.
That's how long he has to rediscover the man he once was. The Dominant Master he hid when he fell in love with her five years ago.
She wants the business they built badly enough to go to the cottage for a month. Cut off ties to the world and do his bidding. She can submit to him with her body, but her heart will never yield.
She thinks this is his pathetic attempt to repair their marriage.
She's wrong.
Not my favourite read by this author, ladies and gents. Mostly, because it feels like a lost cause with a note of underlying bitterness. The relationship broke down, and no matter what, it can not be put back together the same way. It was an interesting experiment to follow, and I did enjoy the characters on their way to self-discovery, but they confused the heck out of me together. I'll listen to book two to see what happens, because right now I have no clue how it'll all ends.
* * *Не очень мне понравилась эта книга от С.Д. Райсс, несмотря на свою оригинальность. Ну, не вижу я как отношения, которые закончились могут вернуться к прежнему статусу кво. Ведь сама пара и их восприятие друг друга сильно поменялись. Эта книга оставила у меня привкус горечи, но читать вторую часть все-равно буду, так как понятия не имею как этот дуэт закончится.
bought on audio
Synopsis from Goodreads
The dark is rising ...Detective Inspector James Quill is about to complete the drugs bust of his career. Then his prize suspect Rob Toshack is murdered in custody. Furious, Quill pursues the investigation, co-opting intelligence analyst Lisa Ross and undercover cops Costain and Sefton. But nothing about Toshack's murder is normal. Toshack had struck a bargain with a vindictive entity, whose occult powers kept Toshack one step ahead of the law -- until his luck ran out. Now, the team must find a 'suspect' who can bend space and time and alter memory itself. And they will kill again.
As the group starts to see London's sinister magic for themselves, they have two choices: panic or use their new abilities. Then they must hunt a terrifying supernatural force the only way they know how: using police methods, equipment and tactics. But they must all learn the rules of this new game - and quickly. More than their lives will depend on it.
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7.5/10It's like a toss between Joe Hill and Ben Aaronovitch. I liked the narrator a lot, and how tense and suspenseful the chase after the villain had been, but there were so many main characters with their own storylines, I kind of lost focus. The setting and the atmosphere were fascinating, and I'll be definitely picking up more by this author. I can easily imagine this series on TV.
* * *Это какое-то смешение Джо Хилла и Бена Аароновича. Рассказчик мне очень понравился, все было напряженно и динамично, с большой дозой хоррора. Не понравилось то, что здесь слишком много главых героев с разными сюжетными линиями, и читатель теряет фокус. Атмосфера шикарная и сам мир очень интересный, так что буду продолжать серию. Мне ее легко представить на ТВ.
Tags: cd reiss, friday mini reviews, paul cornell, sarah j. maas, мини ревью, пол корнелл, сара дж. маас, сд райсс
Romantic Comedy Review: Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reid
Wednesday, March 07, 2018 | Posted by kara-karina@Nocturnal Book Reviews
Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reid (Knitting in The City #7)
ecopy thanks to the author
Synopsis from Goodreads
There are three things you need to know about Kat Tanner (aka Kathleen Tyson. . . and yes, she is *that* Kathleen Tyson): 1) She's determined to make good decisions, 2) She must get married ASAP, and 3) She knows how to knit.
Being a billionaire heiress isn't all it's cracked up to be. In fact, it sucks. Determined to live a quiet life, Kat Tanner changed her identity years ago and eschewed her family's legacy. But now, Kat's silver spoon past has finally caught up with her, and so have her youthful mistakes. To avoid imminent disaster, she must marry immediately; it is essential that the person she chooses have no romantic feelings for her whatsoever and be completely trustworthy.
Fortunately, she knows exactly who to ask. Dan O'Malley checks all the boxes: single, romantically indifferent to her, completely trustworthy. Sure, she might have a wee little crush on Dan the Security Man, but with clear rules, expectations, and a legally binding contract, Kat is certain she can make it through this debacle with her sanity—and heart—all in one piece.
Except, what happens when Dan O'Malley isn't as indifferent—or as trustworthy—as she thought?
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Guys, guys, I don't know what to say here! Penny's books usually get nothing but highest rating from me, but this read felt out of sync. It was more similar to books she writes with L.H. Cosway, of which I'm not a big fan.
Tags: 7/10, comedy, contemporary, penny reid, romance, комедия, пенни рид, современный роман
Paranormal Fantasy Novel Review: Ironbound by Mel Sterling
Monday, March 05, 2018 | Posted by kara-karina@Nocturnal Book Reviews
Ironbound by Mel Sterling (Portland After Dark #2)
ecopy thanks to the author
Synopsis from Goodreads
The Master of the Wild Hunt
In a single cataclysm of magic shattering a centuries-old bond of servitude, the Unseelie Queen of Forest Park loses her fiercest huntsman. Now Hunter is free to abscond with half her court and the Wild Hunt is his to command. Yet between the Queen's deadly incursions and a mysterious sickness spreading through his followers, Hunter's rebellion is doomed unless he turns to an even deadlier poison—mortal iron, and hands capable of shaping it.
The Mistress of Cold Iron
Dove Paisley ekes out a living as a modern-day blacksmith and office cleaner. Accidentally swept up in the Wild Hunt, Dove finds herself prisoner in a plague-stricken fae mound and forced to confront Hunter, the harsh, forbidding King in the East. Dove must drive the hardest bargain of her life: her freedom in exchange for forging the weapons that can turn the tide in a supernatural war.
But fae bargains twist on those who make them. The Master of the Hunt may have met his match, and if he isn't careful he'll be bound to a human woman by more than her iron sorcery. Together, the fae hunter and the mortal blacksmith must break the Queen's malevolent enchantments before she binds them all forever in Death's cold hands.
Welcome back to Portland, After Dark.
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8/10Despite picking it up during my reading slump, I still managed to enjoy Ironbound which is a testament to Mel Sterling's skill.
Ironbound is a moody, twisted winter fairytale for lovers of dark chocolate and Guillermo del Toro. Don't wait for "and they lived happily ever after" either. It's rich, bitter and beautiful just like dark chocolate, and you either have a taste for it or you don't.
Tags: 8/10, fae, fantasy, mel sterling, paranormal, мел стерлинг, паранормал, фэйри, фэнтези
Fantasy Novel Audiobook Review: The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
Friday, March 02, 2018 | Posted by kara-karina@Nocturnal Book Reviews
The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (Their Bright Ascendency #1)
audio copy courtesy of Audible Studios
Synopsis from Goodreads
Even gods can be slain….
The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach―but failed to notice a lurking darkness festering within the people. Now, their border walls begin to crumble, and villages fall to demons swarming out of the forests.
Away on the silver steppes, the remaining tribes of nomadic Qorin retreat and protect their own, having bartered a treaty with the empire, exchanging inheritance through the dynasties. It is up to two young warriors, raised together across borders since their prophesied birth, to save the world from the encroaching demons.
This is the story of an infamous Qorin warrior, Barsalayaa Shefali, a spoiled divine warrior empress, O-Shizuka, and a power that can reach through time and space to save a land from a truly insidious evil.
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* * *The best thing about this book is its narrator, Caroline McLaughlin. I found her voice very easy to listen to in an otherwise pretty boring book.
It always surprises me how someone can take a sound, exciting idea and flush it down the drain with the execution. The promise of this plot sounded amazing. Two lesbian warrior queens destined to fall in love and fight demons with their special magical powers in a vaguely Asian fantasy background.
Tags: 7/10, eastern, fantasy, K. Arsenault Rivera, LGBT, romance, YA, восток, к. арсенолт ривера, лгбт, подростковый фикшн, фэнтези
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MANILA, Philippines — There have recently been reports about scientific findings confirming the efficacy of traditional herbal cures for simple, everyday aches and pains. In these days when we're forced by bad weather to stay at home, the kitchen can save us a trip or two to the drugstore; we only need to know how, and keep in mind what Lord Riekin wrote in a book in 1999.
ALLSPICE — With its active ingredient eugenol, allspice provides relief from topical pain and makes an excellent mouthwash when steeped into a tea.
ANISE SEED — Seven tsp. of seed to one quart water, boiled down by half, and sweetened with honey creates a syrup that calms a cough. Anise tea improves memory, aids digestion, and makes an excellent wash for oily skin.
ASPARAGUS — Boil asparagus in water the broth for kidney problems. Dissolves uric acid deposits and promotes urination.
BASIL — Fresh leaves and seeds make tea for migraines and bed time restlessness. The tea is also used as douche for yeast infections, as well as gargle and mouthwash.
BAY/LAUREL LEAVES— Heat leaves in a little olive oil to make a bay oil salve for arthritis and aches.
CAYENNE PEPPER— Capsicum speeds metabolism. Capsicum cream and oils relieve arthritis and aches, not just by warming and stimulating blood flow, but also by blocking pain transmission by nerves. Prevents blood clots, heals ulcers. Cayenne dramatically drops blood sugar levels and should by avoided by hypoglycemics. Cayenne promotes excretion of cholesterol through the intestines.
CELERY — Has sedative effects through active ingredient thalide. Seed and stalk reduce hypertension. Celery seed tea helps the kidneys as a cleanser.
CILANTRO (WANSUY) — Leafy part of coriander plant. Food poisoning preventative.
CINNAMON— Mouthwash, good for upset stomach. Simmer sticks with cloves for 3 min, add 2 tsp lemon juice, 2 tsp honey, 2 tbsp whiskey – as cold medication. Boil 8-10 sticks in 4 cups water, simmer 5 min, steep 45 min, then douche or apply to athlete's foot.
CLOVES (CLAVOS)— Use oil for pain relief for sore gums and toothache. Add clove oil to neutral oils for topical pain relief of arthritis. Small amounts of clove in a tea for nausea. 3 cloves in two cups of boiled water, steeped for 20 minutes, as an antiseptic and mouthwash.
CORIANDER— The tea can be held in the mouth to relieve the pain of a toothache. Can also be drank to relieve flatulence and indigestion.
DILL SEEDS— Bring one pint of white wine almost to a boil, remove from heat and add 4 tsp of dill seeds, let steep 30 minutes and strain. Drink 1 ½ cups a half hour before retiring to sleep well.
FENNEL — Chewing fennel seeds relieves bad breath. Fennel seed tea sweetens breastmilk. Fennel tea relieves colic in infants.
GARLIC — Ultimate antibiotic. Useful even for sexually transmitted diseases. Strongly recommended for hypoglycemia and diabetes. Destroys intestinal parasites. Reduces cholesterol. Repels insects, and reduces sting effects of insects and red ants.
GINGER— Anti-nausea tea and blood thinner. Boil 2/3 cup of freshly chopped root in 1 gallon water, wrapped in cheesecloth (or old nylon stocking) until the water is yellow. Then soak towel and lay on bruises and sprains while still hot, to ease them. Stimulates a delayed period. Warm ginger tea is good to break up congestion and fever.
LEMONGRASS – Simmer ½ cup of dried leaves in 2 pints of water for 10 minutes, and sip to bring down fevers.
MINT— Peppermint tea for migraines, nervousness, stomach disorders, heartburn, and abdominal cramps. Herpes sufferers can take 2 cups of tea a day to ease the symptoms when the virus is active.
ONION— Onion is an excellent dressing for burns. Crush sliced onions with a little bit of salt and apply to burns. Apply sliced onion to bee and wasp stings.
PARSLEY— Chew for halitosis. A few sprigs provide 2/3 the vitamin C of an orange, lots of vitamin A, and the important amino acid histidine, which is a tumor inhibitor. Parsley tea is good for kidney problems, painful urination, and kidney stones. One cup of parsley to 1 quart of water makes a strong tea.
BLACK PEPPER— Pain relief from toothache, brings down a fever.
TURMERIC— Anti-oxidant. Take ½ tsp in juice in the morning and evening to aid in removing fat around the liver.
VINEGAR— Naturally brewed apple cider vinegar: Take 1 tbsp per day of equal parts vinegar and honey in water to taste to cleanse the blood and reduce inflammation from arthritis.
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Sushi Kanesaka is a small sushi restaurant in the basement in the Misuzu Building in Ginza. It wasn't too hard to find with the help of Google Maps on our phones, but for those who need visual cues, this Street View might help you find the place.
We went into the basement through the noren, which are those half curtains typically donning the name of the restaurant, and we came across the wooden door that let us peek into the beautiful space. The maître d' slid open the door, welcomed us in, and seated us on the Chef's right side of the bar. After placing our belongings out of the way, she came to take our order. For a weekday lunch, that meant choosing between the 5,000¥, 10,000¥ or 15,000¥ menu. We chose the 10,000¥.
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We started with seaweed and myoga ginger salad. Myoga is a flower bud of a ginger plant that tastes like ginger, but much more fragrant. There were many times throughout this trip when my taste buds would experience something new and my eyes would just open wide in response. You know those times when your brain understands something new for the first time, like a complex math concept or a new grammar rule? This was certainly one of those moments, but in the realm of food.
Starting from the top left, going clockwise, we started with hirame or fluke, shimaji or stripe jack, maguro, and toro. Each piece of fish was so sweet and perfectly complimented by Kanesaka-san's rice, which was the Goldilocks of sushi rice. It had the perfect amount of vinegar and was just the right temperature so that the grains separated just enough while eating. Both the fluke and stripe jack were great pieces, but the tuna definitely stood out. When we thought the maguro was already rich in flavor, out came the toro, a fattier piece of tuna that just melted in our mouths.
Next was ika served differently from anything I'd seen before. Because the quality of the ika wasn't perfect to Kanesaka-san, he sliced the piece into paper-thin slices, and continue to slice and dice the ika into small slivers that he dressed lightly with lime and sea salt. The texture was a little different, but in a good way, since I wasn't distracted by what could have been a chewy piece of ika, and the lime and sea salt really complimented the piece.
The next four pieces were tiger prawn with a baby shrimp paste, herring, horse mackerel with scallions, and bonito with shiso. The tiger prawn was very tasty especially with the added paste, but I was a little disappointed it was cooked, as I've grown to love raw sweet ebi. I loved the detail of Kanesaka-san's knife work on the herring, and thought it was the fishiest tasting piece of the lunch, it was still great. Both the horse mackerel and the bonito were paired with herbs which rounded out the pieces. The mackerel was surprisingly unfishy and mostly sweet, and the bonito reminded us of a lean tuna. Everything we had at this point shook up what we thought we knew about fish flavors.
We were then served a clam miso soup that gave us a break from all the wonderful nigiri. I'd never had clams in miso soup, and therefore had another one of those eye-opening moments. But after the soup, I'm very sad to say that I didn't take a picture of what was the best piece of the meal.
The ark clam was an incredible unique piece of sushi that I really don't know how to explain it. It appeared to still be moving when Kanesaka-san placed it on our plates, and we were so excited to try it, I forgot to snap a picture. It was fresh and crisp in both flavor and texture. Words and my lack of picture does it no justice. Also to note, we were the only ones who got the ark clam. We couldn't pinpoint the differences between the different priced lunch sets, but all we know is we picked the 10,000¥ and we got the ark clam.
Next was the uni. I dearly love uni, and I always say I love the briny taste and how it reminds me of the ocean. But this uni was so different. It had all the same texture and sweetness, but no ocean taste! Nothing about it was fishy, and I was just amazed that a piece of uni could taste like that.
The tamago and anago marked the ending of our meal, so I tried to savor these pieces. The tamago tasted like dessert to me, perfectly sweet and fluffy, cooked evenly throughout, absolutely well done. And the anago was without heavy use of the sauce I usually associate with saltwater eel. It was warm and delicate and sweet on its own, it really didn't need the sauce. And last but not least, the tuna temaki. Simple and pure, it was a great way to wrap up this lunch.
The food was amazing, as you've seen, but what made this an unforgettable experience was what happened after we left, after we said our "gochisousama deshita." You see, it had been raining the entire time we were in Tokyo, but we took a chance that day and left our umbrella in the hotel. Sure enough, as we were about to leave Sushi Kanesaka, it was a steady drizzle. We were in no rush to get anywhere, so we decided to wait in the building's entrance for the rain to stop.
After a few minutes, three of our fellow diners at Kanesaka (a woman and her parents) came out to leave, and when they reached where we were, the father said sweetly, "Oh. Rain. No umbrella?" We shook our heads no, but tried to tell them it was okay and we were going to wait. The daughter went back into the restaurant, and we assumed she must have left something. As quickly as she went in, both she and the maître d' came out, carrying two extra umbrellas. They held out a long clear umbrella to us and kept insisting that we take it. Of course we bowed our apologies and said we didn't need the umbrella, but they kept insisting. After several rounds of bowing, we gave in and took the umbrella. And then they tried to give us another one! We had to strongly push back about taking two, and bowed our deep grattitude to all of them.
We've always been very fond of Japanese culture, and our tiny trip to Japan only grew that love deeper. We were shown such respect by everyone, and above the sights and food, it was an extraordinary place to visit (and we were only in Tokyo!). We carried that umbrella all over Thailand and Taiwan; if our friends at Kanesaka went through the trouble of getting it for us, we certainly wanted to bring that keepsake home with us.
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Human trafficking, including sex trafficking of children, is moving from the streets to the Internet. Increasingly, the traffickers are also migrating to a new, unregulated, unbanked and largely anonymous Internet-based financial system. For the traffickers, the appeal is obvious. This virtual economy offers them anonymity with little if any regulation or oversight. It is easy, low risk, and enormously profitable.
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You'll feast your eyes on signature stones such as the 128.54-carat Tiffany Diamond—one of the world's largest and finest fancy yellow diamonds—and the Incomparable Diamond—weighing in at 407.48 carats as the largest flawless diamond ever graded by the GIA and the third largest cut diamond ever recorded!
The size of the diamonds was one thing, but the incredible artistry involved in pieces from some of the world's most famous jewelers and designers was literally showstopping. Here's the Tiffany piece…that diamond the peacock is standing on is something like 130 carats with 90 facet cuts.
You get about six inches away from the glass and move from right to the left, and the luster/luminousity of it is indescribable. The guard said this piece was featured in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Anybody remember that? I don't. the Incomparable Diamond was just too huge and too perfect to describe. They cut it down from something like 800 carats, because it had several flaws. However, this type of diamond is rarely flawless, so they decided to go for perfection vs. size.
Well, that's it. Just sharing a bit of my day. Oh–when I got home, I quickly cleaned my wedding ring. *rolling eyes* None of those diamonds had soap/lotion film on them. Oi.
Anybody else have the day off for President's Day?