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Lennerton is Tigers' rep at All-Star Futures Game
DETROIT -- Jordan Lennerton hasn't received much fanfare in the Minor Leagues. He wasn't a top pick in the 2008 Draft -- instead going in the 33rd round -- and he wasn't ranked highly as one of the top prospects in the organization before the season.
However, the 27-year-old first baseman, who leads Triple-A Toledo in batting average and on-base percentage, has earned some recognition and will represent the Tigers for the World Team at the 2013 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game on July 14.
Lennerton, in his sixth year in the Minor Leagues out of Canada, also leads Toledo in OPS and walks, while posting solid home run and RBI numbers.
"He can drive the ball to left-center as well to right-center," assistant general manager Al Avila said. "He has a similar hitting style and approach as the Orioles' Chris Davis. His next step and opportunity should be in the Major Leagues."
Last year, he led Double-A Erie with 21 home runs, 82 RBIs, 34 doubles, 73 runs and 79 walks, while posting a .269/.389/.469 slash line.
"He has had to prove himself at every level, and he has," Avila said. "He has always been a good hitter, but in the past couple of years, he has really stepped it up hitting for average, power and being a run producer in the middle of the order."
The 15th annual SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game takes place at 2 p.m. ET on All-Star Sunday at Citi Field in New York and can be seen live on MLB.com, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD and followed live on MLB.com's Gameday. In addition, XM Radio will broadcast play-by-play coverage of the event live on MLB Network Radio XM 89. MLB.com will also provide complete coverage before, during and after the game. Fans can stay updated by following @MLBFutures on Twitter and can send/receive tweets to/from the U.S. and World Team dugouts during the game by tagging tweets with the hashtags #USDugout and #WorldDugout.
Thank you to my family, friends, and fans for the support! Im very thankful for the opportunity to represent the tigers in the futures game!- Jordan Lennerton (@oppo_jack_lenny) href="https://twitter.com/oppo_jack_lenny/statuses/350002761456304128">June 26, 2013
Also, for the first time, fans will determine the final player on the U.S. and World Team rosters by casting their votes in the All-Star Sunday Futures Finalists ballot. There are five candidates for each team, and voting ends on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Outfielder Nick Castellanos and right-hander Bruce Rendon were chosen for the Tigers in last year's Futures Game, while catcher Rob Brantly, now with the Miami Marlins, was an injury replacement. Castellanos took Futures Game MVP honors, capping a three-hit game with a three-run home run. Rendon tossed 101-mph fastballs in a scoreless two-thirds of an inning, while Brantly hit an RBI double in the sixth inning to score Castellanos.
Castellanos was named one of the five Futures Finalists for the U.S. team, giving Tigers fans an opportunity to send him to New York.
Castellanos is ranked No. 20 on MLB.com's Top 100 prospect list. Just 21 years old, he has spent all season at Triple-A Toledo and was the second-youngest player in the International League on Opening Day. He has a slash line of .296/.375/.476 and has 10 home runs in 80 games.


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Sasa Stamenkovic has a quick post to his blog talking about a switch he made away from the Zend Framework over to Silex for a simple portfolio site.
Last week I needed a small website. I wanted it to be quick and dirty. Well, blazing fast and not so dirty. I heard best about Silex, so I gave it a shot. It was more then good experience. It worked like a charm, it was fun to use and site was completed in one day.
He includes two code snippets - one is the basic "hello world" example that most Silex tutorials reference and the other is more specific to his site. It defines the routes and the (Twig) templates they relate to. A few submodules helped him get this and other functionality working (like the Forms component and Swiftmailer for a contact form). You can find the full source for the site over on github.

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UK vehicle tracking specialist merges with Italian telematics group
Enigma Telematics of the UK has merged with Italy's Viasat Group to create a leading pan-European business serving the fleet and insurance industries.
Established in 1992 and based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, Enigma Telematics provides industry-leading telematics solutions, enabling its customers to track, trace and monitor their fleet vehicles, construction plant and other remote assets.
Enigma's flagship product is Skyline, a web-based vehicle tracking, fleet management and security system. Designed for rapid deployment at low initial cost, Skyline uses GPS and wireless technology to provide companies with real-time data from their remote mobile assets, from trailers and generators to fleet vehicles and heavy-duty, off-road construction equipment.
Viasat Telematics Ltd was established in London in 2013 to spearhead the international development of the Viasat Group which is a market leading Italian company based in Turin since 1974. The Group specialises in the design, manufacture and supply of telematics products & services to Fleet and Insurance industries.
While both companies will be looking to enjoy the benefits of a larger cooperation, they will remain independent in their own markets, with Enigma continuing to operate under the same name in the UK and Viasat Group maintaining its image in Italy. One of the big changes however, will be a combining of resources, which will see increased investment in software and hardware development over the next few years, much of which will come from an expanded R&D facility currently operated by Viasat.
It's expected that over time, these developments will deliver improved product performance and features for customers.
International development began in 2012 with Viasat Servicios Telematicos based in Madrid and continued with the acquisition of a majority stake in Enigma Telematics in 2014. Enigma is an established fleet management business based in the UK with over 40,000 connected assets and exports to 25 overseas markets in Middle East, Africa and Asia.
With over 600,000 connected assets within the group a dedicated and passionate workforce of around 350 people and revenues approaching Euro 55 million the business is well poised to exploit the opportunities that lay ahead.
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Welcome to March! In days of old the druids would celebrate the first day of March by taking some time off from Druiding and enjoying some fishing. They would spend most of February building canoes and the person with the best canoe would be given the title of Supreme Kleeton. He would be showered with gifts and given the best fishing pole in all of the Druid town. The person with the worst canoe would be flogged to death. It really sucked.
Steve Watson's book "Before I Go to Sleep", a tale of a woman who's suffering from a injury that has left her without the power to save new memories for two decades, has been in the big screen adaptation bucket for a while now without much action. But today my friends, oh today we have news that Nicole Kidman is in talks to take on the lead role in the film. So I guess that's still not much momentum there. In talks could be she went out to dinner, got drunk and said something like "Hey! I want to play the lead in a movie that sounds a lot like 'Memento' but isn't 'Memento'".
The short film "Archetype", which tells the story of a robot that begins to think on it's own, has been picked up by "Chronicle" producer John Davis with plans to turn it into a feature film. No word on when the movie will start filming but I'm hoping they turn it into "Short Circuit 3". I've been waiting almost 25 years for that movie to happen.
I've never seen "The Day of the Triffids" and to be honest I thought it was a Star Trek episode until now but it looks like Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures has picked up the rights to remake the 1962 film. The movie focuses on a couple left with the power of sight after a meteorite shower hits the earth, leaving the population blind and giant plants growing everywhere. "The Trouble With Tribbles"! That's the Star Trek episode I'm thinking of.
Bill Paxton has joined Laurence Fishburne in the cast of "The Colony". The film follows a group of survivors trying to fend off a gang of cannibals after the second ice age hits. How do they cook the meat if it's the ice age? God I hope they answer that question in the movie. That's all I want to know. I'll walk out of the theater once they tell me.
If you're going to leave your just-used butt plug someplace you might want to make sure that place isn't the back seat of the cop car you were just thrown into. I don't know proper butt plug etiquette though. I could be wrong on this.
A North Caroline man is with us no more after he accidentally drank gasoline and then lit up a smoke. A mistake any of us could or have made in the past.


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- Emotional or psychological trauma
- Risk factors
- Symptoms
- When to seek help
- Finding a specialist
- Treatment
- Recovery tips
- Helping someone
- More help
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Emotional and Psychological Trauma
Symptoms, Treatment, and Recovery
If you've gone through a traumatic experience, you may be struggling with upsetting emotions, frightening memories, or a sense of constant danger. Or you may feel numb, disconnected, and unable to trust other people. When bad things happen, it can take a while to get over the pain and feel safe again. But with the right treatment, self-help strategies, and support, you can speed your recovery. Whether the traumatic event happened years ago or yesterday, you can heal and move on.
What is emotional and psychological trauma?
Emotional and psychological trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter your sense of security, making you feel helpless and vulnerable in a dangerous world.
Traumatic experiences often involve a threat to life or safety, but any situation that leaves you feeling overwhelmed and alone can be traumatic, even if it doesn't involve physical harm. It's not the objective facts that determine whether an event is traumatic, but your subjective emotional experience of the event. The more frightened and helpless you feel, the more likely you are to be traumatized.
Causes of emotional or psychological trauma
An event will most likely lead to emotional or psychological trauma if:
Emotional and psychological trauma can be caused by single-blow, one-time events, such as a horrible accident, a natural disaster, or a violent attack. Trauma can also stem from ongoing, relentless stress, such as living in a crime-ridden neighborhood or struggling with cancer.
Commonly overlooked causes of emotional and psychological trauma
Risk factors that increase your vulnerability to trauma
Not all potentially traumatic events lead to lasting emotional and psychological damage. Some people rebound quickly from even the most tragic and shocking experiences. Others are devastated by experiences that, on the surface, appear to be less upsetting.
A number of risk factors make people susceptible to emotional and psychological trauma. People are more likely to be traumatized by a stressful experience if they're already under a heavy stress load or have recently suffered a series of losses.
People are also more likely to be traumatized by a new situation if they've been traumatized before – especially if the earlier trauma occurred in childhood.
Childhood trauma increases the risk of future trauma
Experiencing trauma in childhood can have a severe and long-lasting effect. Children who have been traumatized see the world as a frightening and dangerous place. When childhood trauma is not resolved, this fundamental sense of fear and helplessness carries over into adulthood, setting the stage for further trauma.
Childhood trauma results from anything that disrupts a child's sense of safety and security, including:
Symptoms of emotional and psychological trauma
Following a traumatic event, or repeated trauma, people react in different ways, experiencing a wide range of physical and emotional reactions. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to think, feel, or respond to trauma, so don't judge your own reactions or those of other people. Your responses are NORMAL reactions to ABNORMAL events.
Emotional and psychological symptoms of trauma:
Physical symptoms of trauma:
These symptoms and feelings typically last from a few days to a few months, gradually fading as you process the trauma. But even when you're feeling better, you may be troubled from time to time by painful memories or emotions—especially in response to triggers such as an anniversary of the event or an image, sound, or situation that reminds you of the traumatic experience.
Grieving is normal following trauma
Whether or not a traumatic event involves death, survivors must cope with the loss, at least temporarily, of their sense of safety and security. The natural reaction to this loss is grief. Like people who have lost a loved one, trauma survivors go through a grieving process. This process, while inherently painful, is easier if you turn to others for support, take care of yourself, and talk about how you feel.
When to seek professional help for emotional or psychological trauma
Recovering from a traumatic event takes time, and everyone heals at his or her own pace. But if months have passed and your symptoms aren't letting up, you may need professional help from a trauma expert.
Seek help for emotional or psychological trauma if you're:
- Having trouble functioning at home or work
- Suffering from severe fear, anxiety, or depression
- Unable to form close, satisfying relationships
- Experiencing terrifying memories, nightmares, or flashbacks
- Avoiding more and more things that remind you of the trauma
- Emotionally numb and disconnected from others
- Using alcohol or drugs to feel better
Finding a trauma specialist
Working through trauma can be scary, painful, and potentially retraumatizing. Because of the risk of retraumatization, this healing work is best done with the help of an experienced trauma specialist.
Finding the right therapist may take some time. It's very important that the therapist you choose has experience treating trauma. But the quality of the relationship with your therapist is equally important. Choose a trauma specialist you feel comfortable with. Trust your instincts. If you don't feel safe, respected, or understood, find another therapist. There should be a sense of trust and warmth between you and your trauma therapist.
After meeting a potential trauma therapist, ask yourself these questions:
- Did you feel comfortable discussing your problems with the therapist?
- Did you feel like the therapist understood what you were talking about?
- Were your concerns taken seriously or were they minimized or dismissed?
- Were you treated with compassion and respect?
- Do you believe that you could grow to trust the therapist?
Treatment for psychological and emotional trauma
In order to heal from psychological and emotional trauma, you must face and resolve the unbearable feelings and memories you've long avoided. Otherwise they will return again and again, unbidden and uncontrollable.
Trauma treatment and healing involves:
- Processing trauma-related memories and feelings
- Discharging pent-up "fight-or-flight" energy
- Learning how to regulate strong emotions
- Building or rebuilding the ability to trust other people
Trauma therapy treatment approaches
Trauma disrupts the body's natural equilibrium, freezing you in a state of hyperarousal and fear. In essence, your nervous system gets stuck in overdrive. Successful trauma treatment must address this imbalance and reestablish your physical sense of safety. The following therapies are commonly used in the treatment of emotional and psychological trauma:
- Somatic experiencing takes advantage of the body's unique ability to heal itself. The focus of therapy is on bodily sensations, rather than thoughts and memories about the traumatic event. By concentrating on what's happening in your body, you gradually get in touch with trauma-related energy and tension. From there, your natural survival instincts take over, safely releasing this pent-up energy through shaking, crying, and other forms of physical release.
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) incorporates elements of cognitive-behavioral therapy with eye movements or other forms of rhythmic, left-right stimulation. These back-and-forth eye movements are thought to work by "unfreezing" traumatic memories, allowing you to resolve them.
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps you process and evaluate your thoughts and feelings about a trauma. While cognitive-behavioral therapy doesn't treat the physiological effects of trauma, it can be helpful when used in addition to a body-based therapy such as somatic experiencing or EMDR.
Emotional and psychological trauma recovery tips
Recovering from emotional and psychological trauma takes time. Give yourself time to heal and to mourn the losses you've experienced. Don't try to force the healing process. Be patient with the pace of recovery. Finally, be prepared for difficult and volatile emotions. Allow yourself to feel whatever you're feeling without judgment or guilt.
Trauma self-help strategy 1: Don't isolate
Following a trauma, you may want to withdraw from others, but isolation makes things worse. Connecting to others will help you heal, so make an effort to maintain your relationships and avoid spending too much time alone.
Ask for support. It's important to talk about your feelings and ask for the help you need. Turn to a trusted family member, friend, counselor, or clergyman.
Participate in social activities, even if you don't feel like it. Do "normal" things with other people, things that have nothing to do with the traumatic experience. If you've retreated from relationships that were once important to you, make the effort to reconnect.
Join a support group for trauma survivors. Being with others who are facing the same problems can help reduce your sense of isolation and hearing how others cope can help inspire you.
- Volunteer. As well as helping others, volunteering can be a great way to challenge the sense of helplessness that often accompanies trauma. Remind yourself of your strengths and reclaim your sense of power by comforting or helping others.
Trauma self-help strategy 2: Stay grounded
In order to stay grounded after a trauma, it helps to have a structured schedule to follow.
- Stick to a daily routine, with regular times for waking, sleeping, eating, working, and exercise. Make sure to schedule time for relaxing and social activities, too.
- Break large jobs into smaller, manageable tasks. Take pleasure from the accomplishment of achieving something, even it's a small thing.
- Find activities that make you feel better and keep your mind occupied (reading, taking a class, cooking, playing with your kids or pets), so you're not dedicating all your energy and attention to focusing on the traumatic experience.
- Allow yourself to feel what you feel when you feel it. Acknowledge your feelings about the trauma as they arise and accept them. Accepting your feelings is part of the grieving process and is necessary for healing.
Staying grounded: A trauma self-help exercise
If you are feeling disoriented, confused, or upset, you can do the following exercise:
- Sit on a chair. Feel your feet on the ground. Press on your thighs. Feel your behind on the seat and your back against the chair.
- Look around you and pick six objects that have red or blue. This should allow you to feel in the present, more grounded, and in your body. Notice how your breath gets deeper and calmer.
- You may want to go outdoors and find a peaceful place to sit on the grass. As you do, feel how your body can be held and supported by the ground.
Trauma self-help strategy 3: Take care of your health
A healthy body increases your ability to cope with stress from a trauma.
- Get plenty of sleep. After a traumatic experience, worry or fear may disturb your sleep patterns. A lack of sleep can make your trauma symptoms worse and make it harder to maintain your emotional balance. Go to sleep and get up at the same time each day and aim for 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night.
- Avoid alcohol and drugs as their use can worsen your trauma symptoms and exacerbate feelings of depression, anxiety, and isolation.
- Exercise regularly. Regular exercise boosts serotonin, endorphins, and other feel-good brain chemicals. It also boosts self-esteem and helps to improve sleep. For maximum results, aim for 30 to 60 minutes of activity on most days.
- Eat a well-balanced diet. Eating small, well-balanced meals throughout the day will help you keep your energy up and minimize mood swings. While you may be drawn to sugary foods for the quick boost they provide, complex carbohydrates are a better choice. Foods rich in certain omega-3 fats—such as salmon, walnuts, soybeans, and flaxseeds—can give your mood a boost.
- Reduce stress. Making time for rest and relaxation will help you bring your life back into balance. Try relaxation techniques such as meditation, yoga, or deep breathing exercises. Schedule time for activities that bring you joy—favorite hobbies or activities with friends, for example.
Helping someone deal with emotional and psychological trauma
It can be difficult to know how to help a loved one who's suffered a traumatic or distressing experience, but your support can be a crucial factor in their recovery.
- Be patient and understanding. Healing from emotional or psychological trauma takes time. Be patient with the pace of recovery and remember that everyone's response to trauma is different. Don't judge your loved one's reaction against your own response or anyone else's.
- Offer practical support to help your loved one get back into a normal routine. That may mean help with collecting groceries or housework, for example, or simply being available to talk or listen.
- Don't pressure your loved one into talking but be available when they want to talk. Some trauma survivors find it difficult to talk about what happened. Don't force your loved one to open up but let them know you are there to listen whenever they feel ready.
- Help your loved one to socialize and relax. Encourage them to participate in physical exercise, seek out friends, and pursue hobbies and other activities that bring them pleasure. Take a fitness class together or set a regular lunch date with friends.
- Don't take the trauma symptoms personally. Your loved one may become angry, irritable, withdrawn, or emotionally distant. Remember that this is a result of the trauma and may not have anything to do with you or your relationship.
Helping a child recover from trauma
It's important to communicate openly with children following trauma. Let them know that it's normal to feel scared or upset. Your child may also look to you for cues on how they should respond to traumatic events so let him or her see you dealing with symptoms of trauma in a positive way.
How children react to emotional and psychological trauma
Some common reactions to trauma and ways to help your child deal with them:
- Regression. Many children may try to return to an earlier stage when they felt safer and more cared for. Younger children may wet the bed or want a bottle; older children may fear being alone. It's important to be patient and comforting if your child responds this way.
- Thinking the event is their fault. Children younger than seven or eight tend to think that if something goes wrong, it must be their fault—no matter how irrational this may sound to an adult. Be sure your child understands that he did not cause the event.
- Sleep disorders. Some children have difficulty falling to sleep; others wake frequently or have troubling dreams. If you can, give your child a stuffed animal, soft blanket, or flashlight to take to bed. Try spending extra time together in the evening, doing quiet activities or reading. Be patient. It may take a while before your child can sleep through the night again.
- Feeling helpless. Being active in a campaign to prevent an event like this one from happening again, writing thank you letters to people who have helped, and caring for others can bring a sense of hope and control to everyone in the family.
Source: Sidran Institute
More help for emotional and psychological trauma
PTSD and Trauma Help Center: With the right help and coping skills, you can overcome the effects of trauma and move on with your life.
- PTSD in Veterans: Helping Yourself Recover from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- PTSD in the Family: Helping a Loved One or Family Member with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Symptoms, Treatment and Self-Help for PTSD
- Coping with Grief and Loss: Understanding the Grieving Process
- Supporting a Grieving Person: Understanding the Grieving Process
- Suicide Help: Dealing with Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings
- Domestic Violence and Abuse: Signs of Abuse and Abusive Relationships
- Child Abuse and Neglect: Recognizing, Preventing, and Reporting Child Abuse
- Attachment and Adult Relationships: How the Attachment Bond Shapes Adult Relationships
- Traumatic Stress: How to Recover From Disasters and Other Traumatic Events
PTSD and trauma
Related isssues
Resources and references
General information about emotional and psychological trauma
Common Reactions After Trauma – Guide to the common symptoms, effects, and problems that can result from emotional or psychological trauma. (National Center for PTSD)
What is Psychological Trauma? – In-depth introduction to emotional or psychological trauma, including the causes, symptoms, treatments, and effects. (Sidran Institute)
Trauma treatment and therapy
How to Choose a Therapist for Post-Traumatic Stress and Dissociative Conditions – Advice on how to choose a trauma therapist. (Sidran Institute)
Trauma is Treated in the Body, Not the Mind – Article by trauma expert Peter Levine on how to heal trauma using a natural, body-based approach. (Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute)
A Brief Description of EMDR Therapy – Covers the eight phases of EMDR therapy involved in the treatment of trauma. (EMDR Network)
Trauma recovery and self-help
Recovering from Trauma – Article on the necessity of processing emotional trauma in treatment if we are to recover and heal. (Psychology Today)
Dealing With the Effects of Trauma: A Self-Help Guide (PDF) – Guide to the healing journey, including coping strategies, where to find help for emotional trauma, and how to support recovery. (SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center)
Trauma in children and adolescents
Helping a Child Manage Fears – Article on helping a child cope with traumatic events. Includes tips for helping your child and a list of common childhood reactions to trauma. (Sidran Institute)
Understanding Child Traumatic Stress – Learn how emotional or psychological trauma in children differs from trauma in adult. Includes causes, symptoms, and recovery factors. (The National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
Delving deeper into psychological and emotional trauma
Trauma, Attachment, and Stress Disorders: Rethinking and Reworking Developmental Issues – Explains the brain-based view of emotional trauma and how it affects child development. (Trauma Resources)
What other readers are saying
"I suffered abuse in my life during childhood and have just begun to face the fear and anxiety through therapy. Reading the article made me feel okay about the feelings I was having, and whenever I get really anxious I can come to this site and know that what I'm experiencing is completely normal. Where I live, mental health is not really an acknowledged thing and I did not even know about seeking help until I went to college in a large city. This resource is invaluable." ~ New York
"I was recently in a car accident and . . . there has been an obvious deterioration in my behavioral and emotional functioning. I could not understand why the feelings weren't going away, or why I seemed to be getting worse, not better. A couple of friends suggested I was traumatized, which I initially pooh-poohed, but then I started to really consider it and finally decided to research trauma. Your article spoke to me, and clarified a great deal. I am particularly grateful for the suggestions about how to self-help and what to expect going forward." ~ Canada
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Pear, Pistachio, and Parsnip Soup Recipe
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Last night I was trying to explain to a friend how much I enjoyed this one recipe from Stephanie Izard's new cookbook, Girl in the Kitchen. Turns out I was preaching the choir, as we had both apparently purchased the book, looked through the whole thing, and decided to try this exact same recipe. Usually I skip over blended soups, but that's mostly because I find they come off as bland and one-dimensional.
But in this case, my only worry was that there'd be too much going on here. Luckily, everything manages to balance out. The sweetness of the pears and parsnips is cut by the wine and pistachios. I'm especially impressed by the one red Thai chile, which doesn't clobber you over the head with spice, but does let itself be known. The recipe takes a little over an hour to prepare, but everything else about this soup is easy. You can use a blender to puree this, but an immersion blender works remarkably well.
- Yield:serves 4
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:1 hour and 15 minutes
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/3 cup diced yellow onion
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 8 ounces parsnips, peeled and sliced
- 2 ripe Anjou pears, peeled and diced
- 3/4 cup roasted, salted pistachios
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup milk
- 1 dried red Thai chile
- salt and pepper
Add the butter to a medium-sized saucepan set over medium heat. When the butter melts, add the onion, and garlic. Cook until onions are translucent but not brown, three to five minutes.
Add the parsnips, pears, 1/2 cup of the pistachios, and the wine. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the wine has almost evaporated, about eight minutes. Add the broth, milk, and red chile. Turn heat to high and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat to maintain a simmer, and cook until the parsnips are very soft, 45 minutes to an hour.
Puree the soup either by carefully blending batches of it in a blender or by using an immersion blender. Taste the soup, and season to taste with salt and pepper. The pistachios will bring a lot of salt to the soup, so be careful. Divide soup between four bowls. Garnish with remaining pistachios.
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ALBANY, N.Y. – The New York's attorney general says 18 Wall Street firms have agreed to stop co-operating with analyst surveys that investigators say favour certain elite clients.
The agreements follow the office's January pact with asset manager BlackRock to end systematic analyst surveys about companies they follow. The surveys were frequently timed before the official release of publicly available opinions.
The new agreements include Merrill Lynch, UBS Securities, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies and Goldman Sachs.
Others are Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.; Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods; Thomas Weisel Partners; Macquarie Group; Vertical Research Partners; FBR Capital Markets & Co.; and Wolfe Research.
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World Health Organization warns of "spreading" yellow fever outbreak in Darfur
A yellow fever outbreak has hit Sudan's Darfur region, infecting up to 350 people and killing 107 in the last six weeks, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday. The WHO warns that the disease could spread all over the country.
As of Nov. 11, the WHO said in a statement there were 329 suspected cases including 97 deaths were reported from this outbreak. Central and South Darfur have the most suspected cases.
The number of deaths from the outbreak is steadily rising, and Sudan is working on an emergency vaccination drive. Officials reported last week that 67 people had died in the outbreak.
Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. The majority of those infected have no illness or only mild illness, but those who develop symptoms may experience sudden onset of fever, chills, severe headache, back pain, body aches, fatigue, nausea and vomiting within six days of exposure.
The severe form of disease brings symptoms such as high fever, jaundice, bleeding and eventually shock and failure of multiple organs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There is no medicinal cure for yellow fever. Doctors treat the main symptoms and wait for the viral infection to pass.
The WHO estimates that more than 500 million people in 32 countries in Africa are at risk of yellow fever infection.
As part of the emergency response program, 2.4 million doses of the yellow fever vaccine are scheduled to arrive in the Sudanese capital next week, Dr. Anshu Banerjee of the WHO office in Sudan told The Associated Press by phone on Tuesday.
More than 30 percent of people showing symptoms have died since late September, according to a WHO statement.
Around 70 percent are under 29 years old, according to a statement released Monday by the Sudanese Health Ministry and the WHO.
Banerjee warned that yellow fever cases are "definitely spreading" to new areas of the remote region of Darfur, where Sudan's government has been battling rebel groups since 2003. More than 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict, and health care services are not available to many residents as a result of the turmoil.
He said that while no yellow fever cases have been found outside Darfur, the WHO is planning a risk assessment in the next two weeks on the assumption that all areas in Sudan may be at risk of infection.
Banerjee said that Darfur's heavy rainy season this year created additional breeding sites for the disease-carrying mosquitoes.


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California deserts will soon burst with wildflowers
Benoit LeBourgeois
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The valleys and hillsides of the Southern California deserts have been preparing all winter for their close-up. Silent and forlorn, often harsh and austere, they're ready to shed their mantle of earth tones and dress themselves in wildflowers, thanks to the rain storms and subsequent warm days. Here's a look at what's unfolding in some of Southern California's best natural settings.
If you go, these five parks regularly update wildflower reports on their websites during viewing season. They also post activity calendars with details on ranger and docent programs. Desert USA keeps track of conditions throughout the Southwest deserts.
Its lower desert elevation gives Anza-Borrego Desert State Park an early start on the wildflower viewing season. A decent winter rainfall nourished the ground sufficiently to help the seeds to germinate.
"It should be crazy great," says Michael Rodriques, the park's interpretive specialist. He predicts annuals will be at their peak until mid-March, with "hundreds of thousands of acres" of desert sunflower, sand verbena and dune evening primrose around the Borrego Valley.
Brittlebush and other perennial shrubs will add a colorful note in rocky areas. The flattened pads of the beavertail cactus and the spindly stems of the ocotillo also are ready to burst.
"It will be absolutely gorgeous," Rodriques says. "The aroma, you'll never forget."
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Joshua Tree National Park hedges its botanical bets with two ecological zones, making a staggered wildflower bloom possible. "Portions of the park have received up to 10 inches of rain since December," says Joe Zarki, chief of interpretation. The bounty has stimulated early blooms in the lower eastern half of the park, where the whitish-yellow flowers of the small forget-me-nots compete for attention with chuparosa, a shrub covered with red tubular-shaped blossoms, and carpets of chia, a mint-family relative that Zarki describes as "weird-looking with spiky dark purple flower heads."
In the higher Mojave desert, the park's namesake tree (actually not a tree but a member of the yucca genus) has just started to bud. "Joshua trees don't necessarily track with other wildflowers," Zarki says. He expects wooly daisies, primroses and mariposa lilies as well as cacti to bloom in mid- to late March, with or without the Joshua trees.
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Milt Stark, vice president of the Poppy Reserve Mojave Desert Interpretive Assn., hesitates to quantify this year's seasonal display at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster. "Predicting wild flowers is very difficult," he says, recalling that "last year looked great (in late winter), but it wasn't."
It may not be until mid-April that gargantuan fields of orange poppies will blanket the park's rolling hills, with patches of blue lupine and purple owl's clover making an appearance in riparian areas. The delay works out well for the preserve, which will be closed to vehicles (visitors may hike in) until March 1 because of state budget cuts. (The visitor center will not be open until the middle of the month.) The nearby Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park is open. Expect to find California buckwheat, blue sage and other annuals among Joshua and some rare juniper trees.
More optimism at the Mojave National Preserve. "We have a biologist who lives in the Granite Mountains. He believes there will be very good blooms at lower elevations," says Linda Slater, the park's chief of interpretation. In March, she expects evening primrose and sand verbena in the vicinity of the Kelso Dunes, desert marigold and Canterbury bell along Kelbaker Road and patches of beavertail cactus and Mojave Mound elsewhere in the vast park.
"If we get another rain," Slater says, "the flower bloom will continue at higher elevations like the Mid Hills," where globe mallow will paint the hillsides orange. The Joshua tree woodland on Cima Dome might sport creamy white blossoms, but Slater notes they do not bloom every year.
Death Valley
Ranger Alan Van Valkenburg expects that by mid-March the tiny white sprouts he sees on the floor of Death Valley National Park will become the season's first buds, ushering in a peak bloom later in the month. He says that near Furnace Creek the abundant yellow desert gold will turn the desert into, well, gold.
The purple notch-leaf phacelia will add a colorful counterpoint, one best enjoyed from a distance. "It's a plant that's very beautiful, but don't touch it," Van Valkenburg says. "It can produce a rash much like poison oak."
By the end of April, Van Valkenburg says temperatures will be too hot for most plants.
When the valley floor sizzles and wildflowers withdraw for the year, others come to life elsewhere. "If things work out just right, the bloom might be getting to peak in higher elevations like Emigrant Canyon, Scotty's Castle and Greenwater Valley," Van Valkenburg says.


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Election Special--The Arts are Apple Pie in New York, But The Candidates Have Been Silent on Specifics
(Oct-Nov '00) In the current election season, three campaigns stand out for their potential to impact on the arts in New York City. Bush/Gore and Clinton/Lazio are obvious, but not to be overlooked is the State Senate campaign on the Upper East Side where long term Senator Roy Goodman is being challenged by a Democrat, Liz Kruger, in her first attempt at public office. So, what are the issues artists and arts groups would like to hear the presidential and senatorial candidates talk about, and what are the candidates talking about?
In the case of Bush/Gore, not much, except violence on TV, in films and video games. A few general remarks from Gore about the importance of the arts on some of his fund raising visits to the city does not constitute an arts policy. The scary part for many liberal Gore supporters in New York, who also see the arts as important, is how close Bush and Gore are on the issue of controlling culture. However, neither of them as President can directly do too much to control the arts. The First Amendment is a pretty impressive barrier -- unless Bush is elected and his Supreme Court appointments undercut recent complex rulings on the First Amendment. In fact, it is possible that the greater risk lies not in the area of First Amendment rulings, but in the growing tendency of the Supreme Court to allow power at a state level to supercede federal controls. That may become a back door for "community standards" to prevail, especially in states whose constitutions do not have protections for free speech similar to the First Amendment.
Visit the web sites of both senatorial candidates and guess what is missing. Nothing about art or culture! So, what should Bush/Gore and Clinton/Lazio talk about if they want the arts vote? Here are a few suggestions.
Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts; how much is appropriate and how should the funds be used? Would they support fellowships for individual artists -- once a significant part of the NEA and now almost extinct? It would also be helpful to hear their positions about the arts endowment's sister agencies, the National Endowment for the Humanities and Museum Services.
Support for Public Television; how much and would they approve conditions about content, geographic distributions, etc.?
What are their views on the issues surrounding the Internet and copyright? It is clear that current copyright law simply does not adequately address this new medium. Both the next president and the junior senator from New York will help shape changes in copyright legislation over the next few years.
Where do these candidates stand on legislative efforts to limit advocacy by non-profits? Sooner or later one of the many legislative efforts by far right Republican House members to hamstring the voices of non-profits will reach the Senate and possibly the President's desk. Non-profit arts groups fear this type of legislation given the regular legislative assaults on the arts.
And, specifically for Ms. Clinton, how can you reconcile your recent recommendations to control advertising for young children with the First Amendment? For Mr. Lazio, exactly what would you do about all the violence you abhor on TV, video and film?
Though neither senatorial candidate's campaign responded to email and phone calls to ascertain their positions on the arts, there are some clues. One should keep in mind that in this city, candidates for public office are generally for the "arts" -- it's like apple pie and motherhood.
Unless Lazio has voted on one of the many convoluted efforts to deny funding to the National Endowment for the Arts, there simply will not be a clear indication of his position from his years as a member of the House of Representatives. Tracking that type of vote is next to impossible, since these were often amendments to amendments, and sometimes voice votes. However, arts advocates do not think of Lazio as someone who poses a threat. The problem is they also don't have any sense of his fighting for the arts. At this point, any statement from his campaign is like to be what we call the "tea and sympathy" response, so it is doubtful that anyone will get a clear sense of his views.
The Clintons are both generally regarded as arts supporters, and compared to Jesse Helms's kind of opposition in Congress, they certainly are. Still, it is troubling to see no reference to arts or culture on the Hillary Clinton web site. Her need for a heavy turnout among city voters, where there are over a hundred thousand artists (mostly registered Democrats and with demographic profiles that scream voter to any pollster) ought to cause someone in that campaign to take ten minutes and correct the oversight. Again, it would probably not be a particularly substantive statement, but even tokenism might be welcomed by some.
Ultimately the race that has potential for a real and immediate impact is none of the above, but the state senate campaign between Goodman and Kruger. Senator Goodman, a liberal Republican often acceptable to moderate Democrats, is chair of the subcommittee that recommends the appropriations for the New York State Council on the Arts. He has pushed successfully for several years for increased funding for that agency. Despite Ms. Kruger's thoughtful position on social issues, and her appreciation for the value of the arts to the city, non-profit arts groups and artists might lose a great deal if Goodman is defeated. Unless, of course, the Democrats take over the State Senate, in which case the arts chairmanship would probably continue in the hands of a city representative.
The likelihood that the Republicans will lose control of the state senate is about on a par with hearing real substance on arts issues from Bush/Gore or Clinton/Lazio. Perhaps we should find a way to have a fight over arts vouchers, or special tax cuts for artists. Or perhaps everyone in New York City and Hollywood, who earns a living in the arts, should close their wallets until these candidates speak to our issues.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Walters Art Museum has been awarded $913,000 in grants for upcoming projects and exhibits leading into its 80th anniversary as a public museum.
Three federal agencies awarded grants to the Walters. They total $500,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Arts to support an upcoming exhibition on Islamic art and culture in fall 2015.
Prior to that exhibit, the museum will celebrate its anniversary with a major reinstallation of its fourth floor galleries, focusing on the museum's founders. The Richard C. von Hess Foundation gave $250,000 to support the effort.
The museum also is starting a two-year refurbishment of the historic Hackerman House near Baltimore's Washington Monument and is working to improve the museum's environmental controls.
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A little while back I asked the questions "what's in a title"; the discussion that followed was regarding people's feelings on selling Kingslayer titles. There was a lot of good conversation as people shared their opinions on how they felt about "selling" a title. I had brought the topic up because as a guild, we were discussing whether or not we wanted to offer Lich King kills. We had been approached several times from players outside of the guild asking if we were ever going to do this.
Ultimately, we decided that we didn't want to sell titles, but we liked the idea of offering experiences for those who may not have an opportunity to have them. So, ultimately, we decided to do this (copied from my post on our realm forums):
"Arthas and the Lich King have been a pinnacle of Warcraft lore long before Blizzard introduced WoW, the lore rich and intriguing. It's my belief that part of what made this expansion work so well were how the stories wove together and immersed the player into their history. Every action had a reason (we will just forget about ToC…), and you were part of the story. The end of this expansion includes an epic battle with one of Warcraft's most notorious, and loved, villains.
We are also aware, based on the number of people that have spoken to us, that even after all of the story, all of the lore, not everyone has the opportunity to experience the final showdown with Arthas.
Because we recognize the importance that Arthas plays in WoW lore, and because we'd like to offer something back to the server community that we have been part of for going on six years now, we have decided to offer the experience of facing Arthas in his final days.
Now, to be clear, we aren't going to "sell" Lich King titles. We aren't particularly interested in your gold. We are freely offering the opportunity to meet Arthas in his final playground.
If you don't want our gold, what's the catch? (I can hear you thinking it!)
Well…you will have to tell us why you want to kill the Lich King. You can do this in any number of ways: a short essay, a piece of fan fiction, a short comic, or a role play story are all acceptable submissions! Regardless of your method, what you need to convey to us is what makes killing the Lich King important for you.
We don't care about your gear, your gear score, or how amazing a player you are. What we do care about is why it is important for you to kill the Lich King. Creativity is encouraged!
Each week, we will look at our current, and past, submissions and select up to two people to join us to kill The Lich King.
(hint: because you want a Kingslayer title isn't going to get you a raid invite!).
There are a few things that you will need to know should you be selected to join us:
Vent will be required, this is non-negotiable. You will not need to speak, but will be required to listen.
We will give you one opportunity to truly experience and be an active participant in the encounter (do your research!), however should you cause a wipe, (defile us to death!) we will suicide you on any subsequent pulls where you can still see the fight in its entirety, but you will not be an active participant in the kill.
Ok, sounds great! Where do I sign up?!?!
There are two ways to enter submissions for a chance to join us: send a PM to Beruthiel on the Monolith forums (monolithllane . Be sure that you include your character's name and a way for us to contact you, along with your submission.
Please note that making a submission does not guarantee that you will be selected to join us. We will contact you should you be selected to arrange a time. Hounding us will only ensure that your submission is not selected."
We thought it would be cool to offer the opportunity to kill the Lich King to someone who really wants to see him dead, not just for a title, but for a more compelling reason. The guild is largely very excited about it, and thinks it's very cool. I think everyone is looking forward to seeing some submissions. (Hopefully we get some!).
But, then that got me thinking, well I wonder what the Lich King means to others? I certainly know that for me it was some closure to one of my all time favorite story lines in the Warcraft Universe. And while I loved this expansion for the lore, and certainly the Lich King was a part of that, his demise was more than that too. It was another statement of survival for my guild. We came, we survived, and we kicked some ass. It was a statement to our tenacity. Well, at least I felt that way!
I am happy about our decision to offer experiences to others. While they may not have to suffer through the 100+ pulls it takes to learn to deal with defile, they will have to "earn" the kill in another way: proving to us that it's important to them. And you know, that's OK. Personally, I'm happy to offer what I would hope is a very memorable experience for someone. And it's my hope that when they look back on their WoW adventure and they'd remember this experience fondly, and that it would be something that stuck in their mind as part of their WoW memories.
So, how about all of you? What does killing the Lich King mean to you? If you were on my server, would you participate in our little contest? How would you enter your submission?


text: North Korea kept control of the country in the last famine because its propaganda machine convinced the isolated and easily manipulated population that the Chinese and South Koreans were facing mass starvation more severe than what they were suffering. Since then, Chinese cell phones smuggled into North Korea, South Korean radio broadcasts run by North Korean defectors into the North, Chinese merchants doing business in North Korea, and most powerfully South Korean soap opera DVDs sold across the North have exposed the public to the truth and convinced them that their government has been lying to them. They are hungry, while the Chinese and Southern Koreans prosper. This prolonged deprivation and the collapse of the propaganda machine have driven a tenfold increase over the past decade in the number of North Koreans escaping the country. Melanie Kirkpatrick in her powerful new book—Escape from North Korea: the Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad—traces the journey of these refugees and defectors on the underground railroad from North Korea through China to freedom; it was modeled after the underground railroad that moved escaped slaves in the South to the North in the decades before the American Civil War. We also have extensive internal evidence of a breakdown of the North Korean regimes control over the population.


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The hair is rendered with Hairworks Component using Nvidia Gameworks integration GitHub branch: https://github.com/NvPhysX/UnrealEngine/tree/HairWorks
The version is currently 4.16.3
(The branch has been stuck on 4.16 for quite some time, so I have doubt Nvidia will update it in the future.)
As for the tool to make the hair, I'm using 3dsMax plugin downloaded from Nvidia's official website: https://developer.nvidia.com/gamewor...arch=HairWorks
The tool essentially allows you to export the hair and fur modifier as a .apx file and import it into UE4 project build from the Github version mentioned above.
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A Bike Unlike The Rest. Wouldn't it be nice if we all had eight or nine new motorcycles in our garages, so we could pick the perfect machine for our next ride? But unless you're a rock star, who's living that life? The rest of us want our bikes to offer a wide range of ability, to be as much fun on a leisurely boulevard cruise as on a weekend-long trip. That versatility is what Honda does best, and there's no better example of that than the 2015 CTX700. Equipped with a full fairing, it provides superior comfort and weather protection when you're spending a long day in the saddle. The laid-back riding position, including the forward-set hand controls and footpegs, help make it comfortable for relaxed street rides.


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Deadline to oppose Tahoe Regional Plan update midnight Tuesday
Opponents of a plan designed to guide development at Lake Tahoe for the next two decades will have until early next week to file a legal challenge.
Most of the elements of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update take effect today, agency spokesman Jeff Cowen said. Opponents have until midnight Tuesday to file a legal challenge.
Proponents of the Regional Plan Update, including many from the business community, have lauded the plan as a way to bring needed investment to the Lake Tahoe Basin while still protecting its environment.
The most vocal opponents of the plan, have been environmental groups that contend the plan will lead to detrimental increases in the height and density of development, as well as choke area roads with additional traffic.
Tahoe Area Sierra Club representative Laurel Ames could not be reached Friday afternoon. Representatives of Earthjustice, an environmental law firm that has challenged TRPA decisions in the past, did not return requests for comment about the possibility of a legal challenge Friday.
Changes regarding land coverage rules in the Regional Plan Update, such as exemptions for decks and bike paths, still require approvals from state agencies and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cowen said. The EPA's approval of the changes will be considered in March and, barring complications, would be in place in time for this summer's building season, Cowen said.
The agency's Governing Board approved the controversial Regional Plan Update Dec. 12. The plan was originally slated for completion in 2007.
Passage of an updated regional plan was one of the major concerns for Nevada legislators during the passage of Senate Bill 271, which threatens to pull the state out of the agency if certain benchmarks are not met.
The TRPA's existing regional plan was fought over in court for three years following the filing of a pair of lawsuits in 1984. A judge effectively ordered a moratorium on new construction at Tahoe until the suits were resolved in 1987.


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Imagine the best of Dublin city – pubs, galleries, restaurants and music – squeezed into a few blocks. Introducing Temple Bar, the cobbled, cultural heart of Dublin City
First, some history. Temple Bar has always been a popular spot – the Vikings set up camp here as far back as 795 A.D. Their settlement remains can be seen in Dublin Castle today. Fast forward a few centuries to a time when British diplomat Sir William Temple built his grand residence and gardens on the site, the name stuck and Temple Bar was born.
The Temple Bar area is a square on the south bank of the River Liffey with off-shooting streets and narrow laneways. They're lined with boutiques, cafes, galleries and pubs, and at any time of year, packed with culture-vultures and party-seekers. It's the city's playground, and it has a lot going on.
Temple Bar is the centre of Dublin's cultural universe. Buskers, street artists, open air markets and exhibitions a create carnival atmosphere. You can catch a show (no less than three theatres on offer), mosey through a gallery, explore a market, go to a gig or just plonk yourself in a café for Dublin's best people-watching spot.
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Meeting House Square is Temple Bar's culture HQ. It is lined by The National Photographic Archive and The Gallery of Photography (both free entry), and the Irish Film Institute. It is also a stage for occasional screenings, markets and even a vineyard.
Every Saturday, it erupts with colour with the food market. Huge canopies cover the square making it all-weather. On sale you'll find fresh fruit and veg, a cheesemongers, even oysters. Around the corner in the main square, the Temple Bar Book Market has a world of literature on its stalls.
Between the squares is Filmbase, a mecca for film fans with a public gallery, tasty café, free lectures and screenings.
Feeling peckish? Wander the cobbled streets and let your sense of smell guide you. The fare on offer is international, from Indonesian eatery The Chameleon to French bistro Les Fréres Jacques. For traditional Irish, get your boxty on at Gallagher's Boxty House. For a real treat, try the Tea Room restaurant at The Clarence Hotel, and keep an eye out for owners Bono and The Edge.
When the sun goes down, the volume goes up. Temple Bar has the highest density of pubs of in Dublin City, so no problems grabbing a pint here. Street musicians play their hearts out for the revellers hopping from pub to pub. The rhythmic sounds of Irish trad music may tempt you in for a pint and a dance. The Oliver St John Gogarty bar has live Irish trad every day and night.
Down Fleet St, is The Porterhouse Bar and brewery pub. One of the bastions of Ireland's craft beer scene, The Porterhouse's taps only flow with their brews, and there are bottled wonders from around the world.
Quite like Temple Bar itself: a cultural melting pot with an Irish flavour at its heart.
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Pumpkin Pancakes with Brandied Lemon ApplesFrom SWISS WOODS BED & BREAKFAST INN
As the weather cools down, what better way to start your day than with this fall favorite? These can be served with the apples simply heated, but try the flambe version for the exquisite flavor as well as the extra drama!
2 cups flour
4 Tablespoons sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon, preferably Saigon or Vietnamese
1/8 tsp cloves
pinch allspice and nutmeg
4 Tablespoons melted butter
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 cup pumpkin, Libby's or fresh
1 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
pinch salt
Preheat a griddle to 400F
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl
In a separate bowl whisk butter, milk, eggs, pumpkin and sour cream
Stir into dry ingredients
Pour by 1/4 cupful onto the hot griddle
Flip when bubbles form on the surface.
Serve warm
Lemon Brandied Apples


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Farms and nature are often seen as opposing forces. One plows down wild spaces, builds fences and turns a wary eye toward the native wildlife. The other follows the way of the wild, nurturing an array of critters ready to pounce upon the free grocery store in their midst and even assault their domesticated brethren.
But it doesn't have to be like that. With creativity and careful accommodations, farmers and ranchers have found ways to coexist with wildlife.
Some farmers leave wildlife zones unplowed to assure a healthy ecology that sustains pollinators, a benefit to agriculture. Others install warning flags, guard dogs and other measures to deter predators and avoid calamities on both sides.
There's even a certification for growers and producers who take effective steps to co-exist peaceably with their wild neighbors.
The Predator Friendly® certification, which recognizes wildlife stewardship by farmers, has been around for about 20 years. Members include sheep, bison and cattle ranchers, dairy producers and apiarists.
This week the group welcomed the first Virginia farm to be awarded the certification, Ayrshire Farm of Upperville, just west of Washington D.C.
Already an advocate of sustainable farming, Ayrshire can now claim the Predator Friendly® certification for its beef, rose veal, pork, chicken, eggs, and honey.
The farm's products are sold online and at the Home Farm Store in Middleburg, Va., and appear on the menu at Hunter's Head Tavern in Upperville and in other restaurants in the D.C. area
The Ayrshire operation is wildlife friendly because it makes sure there's habitat for wild critters with open access to streams and ponds. Their livestock co-exists with bobcats, coyotes, hawks, bear and bald eagles.
"Ayrshire has a long history of predator friendly practices," said Chris Damewood, property manager for Ayrshire Farm, in a statement announcing the certification. "It's great to be able to add predator friendly to our multiple credentials such as Certified Humane® and USDA Organic."
Julie Stein, executive director of The Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network, which manages the certification program, said the group was thrilled to add a member, extending the "best practices" that will help conserve wildlife on private lands across America.
"Farms across the Piedmont of Virginia are ripe to serve as models of these best practices for the mid-Atlantic," she said.
Read more about other certified members of the group here.
Copyright © 2013 Green Right Now | Distributed by GRN Network


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White Sturgeon
Sturgeon have remained nearly unchanged for at least 70 million years. Sturgeon fossils over 200 million years old show that sturgeon lived when dinosaurs roamed Earth. Historically, white sturgeon ran along the Pacific Coast from the Aleutian Islands to central California, spawning mostly in the Fraser, the Columbia, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin river systems. The largest specimen on record, taken near the mouth of the Fraser River in 1897, weighed 1,387 pounds.
Of 18 landlocked white sturgeon populations, the Kootenai River contains the only population that was naturally isolated from the lower Columbia River drainage. All the other populations were isolated by hydroelectric and irrigation facilities. It is believed the Kootenai population became isolated upstream of Bonnington Falls, located below Kootenay Lake British Columbia, during the last period of glaciation at least 10,000 years ago. Kootenai white sturgeon are now restricted to 168 river miles between Kootenai Falls, 31 miles below Libby Dam, and Kootenay Lake in British Columbia. This separation made the Kootenai River population genetically unique.
The Kootenai River white sturgeon was listed as endangered in 1994. This population had been declining for at least forty years and natural reproduction has been insignificant since 1974. Kootenai sturgeon began declining in the 1950s and 1960s as water quality deteriorated due to pollution and as loss of river sloughs and marshes left fewer rearing areas for juvenile fish. Libby Dam, completed in 1972, drastically changed the Kootenai River ecosystem by disupting the natural flow regime and altering seasonal and daily water temperatures. Nutrient retention behind the dam and unnatural river fluctuations negatively impact biological production in the river, as evidenced by reduced numbers and growth rates of resident trout, and whitefish.
According to state, federal, and Kootenai Tribe of Idaho biologists, the Kootenai River sturgeon population declined from an estimated 1,194 fish in 1982 to less than 600 individuals by 2004. Based on a 9 percent annual attrition rate, researchers predict that all remaining wild adults will vanish by 2065. The population will be functionally extinct by 2035.
Fishing for white sturgeon has been illegal in Montana since 1979. Idaho ended the sport harvest of white sturgeon in the Kootenai in 1984, and white sturgeon fishing in the British Columbia portion of the Kootenai system was halted in 1990. Lack of reproduction is the most immediate threat to the Kootenai sturgeon population. Despite experimental discharges from Libby Dam designed to benefit spawning and egg development, recruitment has not improved. Fortunately, before the last wild adults vanish, 3,000-6,000 of their progeny from the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho's sturgeon aquaculture facility will have survived to maturity (at 30 years old). Since 1990, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho has propagated white sturgeon in captivity and thousands of juvenile sturgeon have been released into the Kootenai River in Idaho.
Montana has less than 30 miles of white sturgeon habitat in the Kootenai River. In 1980, only a handful of adults attempted to spawn in this section of river. Researchers captured a single adult several times in Montana between 1990 and 1992. Twenty juveniles have been planted in Montana's portion of the Kootenai River. The first 10 fish, planted in the late 1990s, returned to Idaho. Ten juveniles equipped with radio tags were planted in 2004 and nine remain in Montana as of August 2004. The recovery team hopes to plant larger numbers of juveniles in Montana during 2005. Researchers hope these fish will return to suitable spawning habitat in Montana when they mature in 30 years.
Recovery of the white sturgeon requires natural reproduction. Evidence suggests that a naturalized spring freshet is needed to initiate migration to the spawning reach. Spawning now occurs in Idaho over sand substrate unsuitable for survival. The historic spawning reach, which is thought to be further upstream, is heavily embedded with sand. Before Libby Dam was installed, the natural spring freshet flushed fine sediments from spawning cobble. The US Fish and Wildlife Service's 2000 Biological Opinion implemented a tiered flow strategy to assess possible thresholds between recruitment success and failure. The Service also recommends increasing the discharge capacity of Libby Dam by 5,000 cfs in 2004 and an additional 5,000 cfs by 2007. Unfortunately, Libby Dam cannot currently pass the additional 10 kcfs without the use of the spillway, and a spill of less than 2 kcfs exceeds Montana's water quality standard of 110 percent gas supersaturation. Excess gas causes gas bubble trauma in river fish including federally listed (threatened) bull trout. Therefore, researchers are analyzing alternative ways to flush sediments and provide suitable rearing habitat without releasing high river flows that may be prevented by human development in the flood plain.
Survival of the species and public acceptance of recovery actions require shifting emphasis from a high spring peak to a gradually descending hydrograph, and from the spawning period to survival during the crucial first few months of life. Learn more


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- ABC is gearing up for a major overhaul to its primetime schedule, including new homes for "Private Practice" and "Life on Mars."
The proposed changes - which include the additions of "Border Security USA," "Scrubs" and "Here Come the Newlyweds" - began making the rounds in the advertising community this afternoon.
It's believed a final schedule will be unveiled as early as tomorrow morning.
Here's a breakdown of the aforementioned lineup, which would take effect by the end of January:
8:00/7:00c - "The Bachelor" (New Season)
9:30/8:30c - "Samantha Who?"
10:00/9:00c - "True Beauty" (New Series)
8:00/7:00c - "Border Security USA" (New Series)
9:00/8:00c - "According to Jim" (New Season)
9:30/8:30c - "According to Jim" (New Season)
10:00/9:00c - "Eli Stone"
8:00/7:00c - "Scrubs" (New Season)
8:30/7:30c - "Scrubs" (New Season)
9:00/8:00c - "Lost" (New Season)
10:00/9:00c - "Life on Mars" (New Time Slot)
8:00/7:00c - "Ugly Betty"
9:00/8:00c - "Grey's Anatomy"
10:00/9:00c - "Private Practice" (New Time Slot)
8:00/7:00c - "Wife Swap"
9:00/8:00c - "Here Come the Newlyweds" (New Season)
10:00/9:00c - "20/20"
8:00/7:00c - "Saturday Night Movie"
7:00/6:00c - "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8:00/7:00c - "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
9:00/8:00c - "Desperate Housewives"
10:00/9:00c - "Brothers & Sisters"
It's assumed that current Wednesday entries "Pushing Daisies" and "Dirty Sexy Money" will sign off at 13 episodes while "Supernanny" will rejoin the lineup after "Newlyweds" completes its second season.
Due in the spring then are newcomers "Better Off Ted," "Castle," "Cupid," "The Goode Family" and "The Unusuals."
Again, keep in mind the above schedule has yet to be confirmed.


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The Brutal Truth About Social Media: It's OK to Be a Little Antisocial
I recently did an interview for AdAge.com titled "Viral-Video Genius Damian Kulash, Lead Singer of OK Go, Tells All." It attracted a lot of interest because of OK Go's Chevy-sponsored music video, an instant hit that had a cameo in a Super Bowl ad. Plenty of people shared the Q&A via social media, spurred on in part by a tweet from our official Twitter account, @adage, as well as a plug from @okgo.
Beyond retweeting us, some people responded to the band and to Ad Age on Twitter. One guy named Mark Naples emailed me directly: "This Kulash kid was a genius even in seventh grade," he wrote. "Damian was one of my students at St. Albans in D.C. He was writing really clever raps and other lyrics even then. A great kid. …" (These days, by the way, Naples has moved on from teaching and is managing partner at WIT Strategy.)
The seventh-grade teacher of "this Kulash kid" got me thinking about why people "engage" with content and brands -- why they've ever engaged with them -- and how social media has and hasn't changed fundamental truths about engaged consumers.
Many social-media "experts" insist that a "two-way conversation" between marketers and consumers is the whole point of social, and anything less than that is a reflection of outdated, broadcast-style thinking. But the reality is that many people follow and "friend" brands simply because they want to hear from those brands, not necessarily talk back.
If you look at the behavior of the Twitter audience of one particular specialized business publication (@adage, with more than 350,000 followers) and one well-known art-rock band (@okgo, with more than 650,000 followers), you'll see that most folks are only listening.
Though Mark Naples could have reached out to OK Go or Ad Age on Twitter, he chose good old-fashioned email -- wisely, I'd say. OK Go, even though it's one of the most shared and socially savvy bands (its music videos have been viewed at least 300 million times), generally doesn't tweet back to fans that much. And I would have seen a tweet from Naples if he'd addressed it to @simondumenco, but he had more to say than would fit in 140 characters, so I'm glad he emailed.
Besides clicking on the links we serve up, retweeting is the thing followers of @adage and @okgo seem to do most. It's a form of engagement, sure, but a retweet is at its core a republication. Ad Age and OK Go are essentially broadcasters of content, and some of our "fans" volunteer to serve basically as broadcast-repeating stations via social media.
That sharing, made easy by social media, is highly valuable but not vastly different from what's seen in some old-school media. For instance, magazines have "pass-along readership," which is what allows Time Inc.'s People to claim 43 million readers per issue even though its total subscriber and newsstand distribution is 3.6 million. And libraries and mixtapes were early forms of file-sharing for books and music.
The Utopian notion of two-way conversations being the primary purpose of social is not only generally impractical and unscalable, but just not what most people want. I do my best to respond to tweets directed at me, but the vast majority of my followers are passive consumers of the tweets I publish and the content I share. And I have no problem at all with that .
Meanwhile, I happily accept my role as a passive consumer of some of the best content I see in social media. For instance, I follow Nebraska adman and Twitter wit Tim Siedell, aka @badbanana, who tweets random musings like "What's that thing that 's like Photoshop except way easier to use and it's for real life? Oh yeah, vodka."
I occasionally retweet Siedell's gems, and last year I bought his his Amazon Kindle ebook, "Marching Bands are Just Homeless Orchestras, Half-Empty Thoughts Vol. 1" (a $2.99 collection of some of his funniest tweets). But just because Siedell is on Twitter doesn't mean we have, or ever should have, a two-way conversation.
Siedell, God bless him, entertains; I sit back and get entertained.
Meanwhile, Twitter itself is becoming more like a traditional media company in that it's trying to find more and better ways to filter and present its content, while channeling users' interests and cuing their behavior. Consider its recent Ad Scrimmage project, with the tagline "Watch, vote and tweet your favorite Super Bowl commercial."
Savor the irony: Twitter baited its users into broadcasting their thoughts about the most expensive form of advertising on that antique broadcast medium known as TV.
So maybe it's OK to think of social as a form of broadcast media, at least some of the time? Though I'd say so, some social-media purists freak out at the idea.
For example, AdAge.com recently published a a guest post by Zach Rosenberg , director of the L.A. office of Horizon Media, titled "How to Turn Tweets Into Ratings Points." The gist of his argument was that if you're disseminating marketing messages via Twitter, it's useful to think about tracking and analyzing the reach and resonance of those messages.
Rosenberg proposed a formula for calculating Target Ratings Points (TRPs) for tweets based on a bunch of things, including the fact that the average Twitter user has 136 followers and that there's a 5% likelihood ("a conservative estimate based on partners who leverage the Twitter platform") that any of them will see any given tweet.
Rosenberg's post was shared widely -- it was tweeted 661 times, according to our on-page tweet counter, which tends to lowball. But it also attracted three angry comments -- so angry you'd think Rosenberg had proposed that Twitter somehow be used to drown kittens. Some choice excerpts:
"OMG LOL SRSLY? #FAIL. This is not only unnecessary, it's wrong. Twitter is a dynamic conversation driven by consumers; TRPs are a static estimation of passive commercial delivery."
"Social media is not a broadcast channel ... so please stop with these broadcast metrics and comparing it to media channels."
"After I checked that it wasn't April Fool's, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this ridiculous post. And how did Ad Age allow this to be published? Social media is NOT a broadcast medium and never has been. Yet, many agencies, media, brands and marketers simply treat it as such."
While I agree that plenty of agencies, media, brands and marketers are pretty clueless about social media and misuse it a lot, the idea that "social media is not a broadcast medium and never has been" is folly.
My colleague Matt Creamer recently reported on AdAge.com that "slightly more than 1% of fans of the biggest brands on Facebook are actually engaging with the brands, according to a study from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, an Australia-based marketing think tank that counts Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and other major advertisers as its supporters." The study used one of Facebook's own metrics, People Talking About This. As Matt explained, that is the "running count of likes, posts, comments, tags, shares and other ways a user of the social network can interact with branded pages."
Matt quoted self-described Facebook advocate Karen Nelson-Field, senior research associate at the institute, on that 1% statistic: "I don't think it's a bad thing. People need to understand what [Facebook] can do for a brand and what it can't do. It doesn't really differ from mass media. It's great to get decent reach, but to change the way people interact with a brand overnight is just unrealistic."
To bring things full circle, I'll just point out that if you look back at ancient human history -- before 2006 (when Twitter launched) or before 2004 (when we got Facebook) -- people had plenty of ways of engaging with brands and content. It wasn't as simple as it is now, of course, but it wasn't terribly difficult. As long as any of us can remember, there have been toll-free numbers on the back of cake-mix boxes, letters to the editor at print publications, and call-in shows on TV and radio.
One of my fondest memories of early social/interactive media dates to my days at Milwaukee magazine. Fresh out of college, I worked as an editor-writer at my hometown's glossy, and part of my job was doing radio. Fellow staffer Jim Romenesko (who later gained fame as the ur-media blogger) and I would take turns making on-air appearances at a local station to discuss Milwaukee magazine stories and talk to readers calling in.
One day, the DJ announced, "Next up, we've got Ron on the line." The caller sounded breathless: "Si? It's Ron Fieber! Mr. Fieber -- your high-school history teacher! Remember me? I heard you on the radio and I just had to call in. I always knew you'd make something of yourself! Si, I'm proud of you. ..." And on and on, much to the DJ's delight and my embarrassment.
(I can't remember my stammered response, but for the record I want to state that Mr. Fieber was a life-changingly brilliant teacher and just the loveliest human being. He's retired now, but if he were on Facebook, I'd totally fan him.)
Like Damian Kulash's seventh-grade teacher, my high-school history teacher felt a compelling need to "engage" and interact with some content.
Most consumers of media will never have reasons as good, or as heartwarming, as those Mr. Naples and Mr. Fieber had. But, hey, that 's OK.
As for the 99% of humans who aren't engaging with media and brands? Maybe it's time we accept that they might not be engaging through social media because they choose not to. And, hey, that 's also OK. Or to put it another way, maybe passively consuming content is just the way that most people choose to engage.
Yeah, SRSLY.
Simon Dumenco is the "Media Guy" media columnist for Advertising Age. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco.


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EVENT DATE: Feb 21, 2015
Last year, over 1000 Austin residents came out for the first-ever Illuminate Austin, Walk for Safe Families. Illuminate is a revival of a 22-year SafePlace tradition of hosting community walks. The walk raises essential funds for SafePlace programs-- but they also help to deliver a message-- that help is available-- to the thousands of homes in our cty where violence and fear still prevail.
This year's Walk promises to be even bigger and better than last year's! Please join us as we welcome Austin community leaders, survivors, teams, moms, dads, kids, and dogs to the 2nd Annual Illuminate Austin, Walk for Safe Families!
$25 - 2 calls to our 24-hour emergency hotline
$50 - 1 Week of Baby Formula
$100 - for 1 day of in-hospital support services for a survivor of sexual assault
$250 - 1 day of operating costs at the school
$500 - 14 hours of counseling for a person healing from sexual or domestic violence
$1000 - 10 days of food for every adult and child living in shelter


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