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Snarl from 'the Carl' caught on TV
When Tony Stewart likened Carl Edwards to Eddie Haskell last year, people chalked it up to Tony running his mouth.
But after last Sunday's incident with teammate Matt Kenseth, others are coming forward to call Edwards on his changeable personality.
The latest is former teammate Kurt Busch, who is now at Penske Racing.
'With the way 'the Carl' is referred to in that organization, because there is only one of them he is 'the Carl,' he seems to not be getting along with some of the other drivers that are over there,' Busch said. 'I've seen it all along with him. He'll give you that flashy smile but at the same time he's got something underneath his breath for you. Now it's all just starting to appear.'
On a television show on Monday, Roush Fenway driver Greg Biffle said of his teammate: 'I think the true colors (of Carl Edwards) are coming out there.'
And Kenseth, the target of Edwards' ill will which was captured on camera Sunday, said in a USA Today piece this week: 'His behavior has been real erratic lately, honestly. You don't know what to expect with him. That's the thing that's a little bit troublesome. One minute, he has so much respect for you, and he's real friendly and everything's so much fun. The next minute he wants to kick your butt and he's swearing at you.
'… I thought it was good in a way that the cameras were there because a lot of us see that, and nobody else does because he kind of puts on a different front.'
On Friday, though, the drivers seemed to be tired of the subject. That's when Kenseth put a more humorous spin on the incident.
'Everybody was sick of talking about Jimmie and Jeff driving away, leading the points thing,' he said, 'so this kind of spiced everything up a little.'
Take note of this because it's something that happens almost never.
Hendrick Motorsports won its appeal of the penalty against Kyle Busch's Busch team at Kansas regarding the intake manifold.
'Obviously, we're pleased with the decision,' Hendrick said. 'We appreciate the commission giving us the opportunity to present the facts and send a clear message about our performance at Kansas.
'The team prepared a race-winning car that met every rule in the book. It's important that our fans, our sponsors and our competitors know that's the case.'
Jimmie Johnson, Lowe's, Hendrick Motorsports and Speedway Motorsports chairman Bruton Smith will each donate to the American Red Cross ' California Wildfire Relief Fund this weekend.
Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports will donate their race winnings from today's event at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's and Smith will match their contributions dollar for dollar.
Fans also can help by contributing through the Jimmie Johnson Foundation at JimmieJohnsonFoundation.org.
Johnson, a California native, recalled being forced to evacuate his home a few times as a child.
'This hits pretty close to home,' he said.
Hendrick owns automobile dealerships in California and Smith has a vacation home there.
Dave Blaney and Jacques Villeneuve tested the COT on Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in preparation for the Nov. 11 Phoenix race.
The two had time to speak to Gateway's media relations manager Brandon Mudd
Blaney noted what a relief it is to be in the top 35 in owner points.
'It's actually the safest we've been all year, right now,' he said. 'We've got more of a gap (on the 36th-place team), so we're actually in fairly good shape with four races to go if we don't have any huge misfortunes.'
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
will test a Hendrick Motorsports car for the first time on Monday at Atlanta. …
Patrick Carpentier
will drive the final two races of the season in the No. 10 Gillett Evernham Dodge. …
Steve Hmiel
, who recently left DEI, has been hired at Ganassi Racing.
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Honda Smart Home to Demonstrate Zero Carbon Living and Mobility
American Honda Motor Company, Incorporated, recently announced its plan to create the Honda Smart Home US, a showcase for environmental innovation and renewable-energy-enabling technologies that demonstrates Honda's vision for sustainable, zero carbon living and personal mobility, including the use of solar power to charge a Honda Fit EV battery electric vehicle. A groundbreaking in late April at a site in the UC Davis West Village development marked the start of construction, which will be documented and shared through the Honda Smart Home US web site.
The home's designers envision a lifestyle of renewable energy for home and transportation. The Honda Smart Home will feature new and emerging technologies that will greatly reduce the amount of energy consumed by individual households, and will fully integrate electric vehicles into the home.
The hi-tech sustainable home plans to meet the state of California's goal of requiring all new residential construction to be net zero energy by 2020. It is expected to produce more energy than it consumes, using less than half as much energy for heating, cooling, and lighting as a similarly sized new home in the Davis area.
The Honda Smart Home will also give its occupants complete control over all home systems, allowing them to monitor and adjust all aspects of energy use remotely, continually, and in real time.
Following are a few of the many technologies that the Smart Home will feature.
Solar power system. A PV system will provide the energy for the home and for daily commuting in an all-electric vehicle, such as the Honda Fit EV. The net zero energy home will generate, on average, more electricity from on-site renewable power sources than it will receive from its electric utility provider.
Honda Energy Management System. The Honda Energy Management System introduces a smart-grid technology that will actively manage energy use and communicate with the homeowner and utility provider to maximize energy efficiency while responding to the needs of the electrical grid. This will minimize the impacts of solar generation and electric vehicle charging on the grid.
High-efficiency HVAC and lighting systems. UC Davis energy research centers will design high-efficiency, cost-effective ways to reduce home energy loads. UC Davis researchers will explore new methods of geothermal heating and cooling, and will design a new circadian color control logic LED lighting system to improve quality of life while reducing energy consumption.
Direct PV-to-vehicle charging. Direct PV-to-electric vehicle DC battery charging will substantially improve charging efficiency by reducing losses associated with DC-to-AC and AC-to-DC conversion. PV-to-EV charging will decrease CO2 emitted over the life of an electric vehicle by eliminating the carbon associated with grid electricity production.
Green certification. The home will be designed to achieve top-level green building certifications from the major U.S. rating systems. Taking a holistic approach to sustainability, the home will feature passive-design elements as well as novel materials to further reduce CO2 emissions from the production of building materials and the construction and operation of the home.
Honda anticipates that the Smart Home will be completed by the end of 2013. The home will be leased to a tenant associated with UC Davis; further details have not been finalized.
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Visit the Honda Smart Home web site.
In 2012, Honda unveiled the Honda Smart Home System (HSHS) in the city of Saitama, Japan. The HSHS project includes two homes: One is a demonstration-only home, while the other serves as a residence for Honda employees. Both homes feature comprehensive controls that regulate in-house energy supply and demand.
ASHRAE Expands Jobs Opportunity Board
Thanks to a recent collaboration between ASHRAE and BirdDog—a recruitment and applicant tracking software provider for the construction, specialty trades, engineering, and facilities industries—members of ASHRAE now have an expanded jobs board. The expanded ASHRAE job board will make it easier for employers to fill built-environment technology positions, and will provide ASHRAE members with more opportunities to find jobs. The ASHRAE jobs site (Ashraejobs.com) specifically allows employers looking to hire ASHRAE members to post their listings throughout the BirdDog family of job boards, and will also ensure that all ASHRAE members have the opportunity to see the job posting.
ASHRAE members—totaling 54,000 worldwide—are the global leaders of building technology. To qualify as a full ASHRAE member, candidates must demonstrate a minimum of 12 years of professional experience in the industry. This announcement comes at a time when employers are reporting difficulty finding qualified candidates for open positions.
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Learn more about ASHRAE and its members.
"Our members are in high demand, and that's good news," says Tim Wentz, volunteer chair of ASHRAE's Publishing and Education Council, which oversees ASHRAEjobs.com. "Unfortunately, like so many industries, companies wanting to or already employing ASHRAE members report trouble finding the right candidate. The improved ASHRAE jobs site, along with its four years of history, gives us the foundation to expand our efforts and ensure that the right talent is being matched up with the right job."
Pure Energy Coach celebrates 25th Anniversary
For 25 years, the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Pure Energy team has taken every opportunity to empower people to gain knowledge and make choices to preserve their family's health and well-being, and to minimize their energy expenses and their impact on the environment.
Pure Energy has been in 50,000 homes performing quality assurance inspections and energy audits through contracts with utility programs, serving mostly low-income families.
Founder and Chief Coach A. Tamasin Sterner has mined this depth of experience to create a consistent and efficient business model, which has been adopted by her peers industrywide and nationwide.
A nationally recognized leader in the home performance and home improvement industry, Sterner is one of five experts (and the sole woman) summoned to meet with and advise President Obama on developing business opportunities in the field of energy efficiency.
Sterner was unanimously chosen by her peers to receive the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry for her years promoting understanding of, and knowledge about, home performance through quality assurance, coaching, mentoring, consulting, and building inspection.
Recognized as an expert on the subject of home performance, she has addressed DOE, written countless informative pieces, and reviewed test questions for BPI certification. Pure Energy Coach is a BPI Test Center and offers 50 courses in professional development geared to both individuals and groups.
Reflecting on the direction of the home performance industry, Sterner notes that "after 25 years, I continue to work primarily with low-income folks. Clearly, the need remains—which means we still have work to do."
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To mark this anniversary, Pure Energy expressed gratitude for partners in a thank-you video, redesigned and expanded its newsletter and course offerings, and streamlined its web site, where the video, newsletter, course descriptions, and an abundance of information can be found.
ACEEE Recognizes Program Excellence
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a nonprofit research group based in Washington, D.C., honors America's leading energy efficiency programs with a series of national awards. This year, three of the awards went to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority's On-Bill Recovery Financing, New Construction, and Existing Facilities programs, all of which were designated as exemplary.NYSERDA's accomplishments were recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., in mid-April.
Programs selected for this honor were judged to be especially noteworthy for their effectiveness and innovation in helping customers achieve greater levels of energy efficiency in their homes, businesses, and industries.
"These programs are delivering energy savings that are critical in helping customers reduce their energy costs, plus they make an important environmental contribution by reducing pollution from the use of fossil fuels," says ACEEE Utilities Program Director Dan York.
"ACEEE conducted this national review to recognize outstanding energy efficiency programs and honor the people and organizations responsible for their success," adds Seth Nowak, ACEEE's lead analyst on this review. "Programs such as NYSERDA's On-Bill Recovery Financing, New Construction, and Existing Facilities demonstrate the very real value of energy efficiency to the customers it serves."
Following are the highlights of the NYSERDA programs.
- On-Bill Recovery Financing program. This program, a signature part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Power NY Act of 2011, offers financing to homeowners, small businesses, not-for-profits, and owners of multifamily buildings for energy efficiency improvements through a charge on their utility bill. Launched in 2012, the program issued 530 residential loans totaling more than $5 million. These projects saved more than 434,000 kWh of electricity, the equivalent of powering 63 average-sized homes.
- New Construction program. This program provides technical support to design teams and financial incentives to building owners involved in the construction of new or substantially renovated energy-efficient structures in New York State. More than 1,500 new applications were received from 2010 to 2012. In the last full reporting period, from 2009 to 2011, the projected annual average program savings were 59.6 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity, the equivalent of powering more than 8,600 average-sized homes. The projected average annual demand reduction was 14.1 megawatts (MW).
- Existing Facilities program. This program offers a portfolio of incentive opportunities to offset the costs of energy improvements in existing commercial and institutional facilities across New York State. It works with customers to implement a comprehensive strategy to realize verified energy savings through an integrated approach to cost-effective energy efficiency measures. More than 6,000 customers participated in the program from 2009 to 2011, with annual average demand reduction and response of 98 MW and annual average savings of 143 GWh of electricity—the equivalent of powering more than 20,000 average-sized homes.
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In addition to helping commercial and industrial companies become more energy efficient, both the New Construction program and the Existing Facilities program are active in Governor's Cuomo's Build Smart NY initiative to reduce energy consumption in state buildings by 20% over the next seven years.
Residential Energy Use Reduces Home Energy Expenditures
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently reported that consumers spent 2.7% of their household income on home energy bills last year, the lowest percentage in ten years. Aggregate home energy expenditures by U.S. households fell $12 billion in 2012 from the 2011 level. In 2012, prices for residential natural gas decreased 3% from the previous year, while household electricity prices stayed about the same. Warmer weather contributed to lower energy consumption in 2012, and because household energy expenditures reflect both prices and consumption, these changes resulted in lower household energy expenditures.
In 2012, households spent an average total of $1,945 on heating, cooling, appliances, electronics, and lighting. This total includes home use of electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, propane, kerosene, wood, and coal but excludes fuels used for transportation. It also excludes other household utilities, such as water and telephone services. Using EIA projections for 2012 based on household data from the U.S. Census Bureau through 2010, the $1,945 represents 2.7% of household income for 2012, which is the lowest level since 2002. The percentage of household income spent on home energy bills peaked at 4.3% in 1982 and declined steadily until 1999, when it reached 2.4%—its lowest level since 1973. See Figure 1.
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Get more information and download the data used for this report.
Additional data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2012 show that household energy represents the eighth largest category of consumer expenditure. However, the percentage of expenditure for home energy varies across income levels. Households in the lowest 20% of income (before taxes) spend nearly 6% of that income on home energy bills, while households in the highest 20% of income spend less than 3% on home energy bills.
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text: How did life emerge on Earth? How have life and Earth co-evolved through geological time? Is life elsewhere in the universe? Take a look through the 4-billion-year history of life on Earth through the lens of the modern Tree of Life! This course will evaluate the entire history of life on Earth within the context of our cutting-edge understanding of the Tree of Life. This includes the pioneering work of Professor Carl Woese on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus which revolutionized our understanding with a new "Tree of Life." Other themes include: -Reconnaissance of ancient primordial life before the first cell evolved -The entire ~4-billion-year development of single- and multi-celled life through the lens of the Tree of Life -The influence of Earth system processes (meteor impacts, volcanoes, ice sheets) on shaping and structuring the Tree of Life This synthesis emphasizes the universality of the emergence of life as a prelude for the search for extraterrestrial life.


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Andy Burkhardt is the Emerging Technologies Librarian at Champlain College. He enjoys playing with new tech, information literacy and generally helping students, faculty, and staff learn new things. He is also a dinosaur enthusiast from Minnesota. You can read about most of these things on his blog Information Tyrannosaur.
Some people are naturally great speakers. They are able to get in front of a large group of people and get their points across clearly, all while keeping the listener interested and engaged. I am not naturally one of those people. Luckily, I'm not alone. Speaking in public is regularly cited as one of the biggest fears that people have.
Unfortunately in librarianship, speaking in public is necessary if you want to be in academia, present at conferences, or hold any sort of leadership position. We have to teach classes, run meetings, present to faculty, other librarians, and the public, and sometimes even give presentations to land a job.
I knew I was weak in public speaking when I began library school, so I sought ways that I could improve myself. The first thing I did was join Toastmasters International. Toastmaster's is a club that allows you to improve your communication and leadership skills. It gives you opportunities to create and deliver speeches in front of groups of people who are also looking to improve their speaking. I got to learn about the mechanics of speaking, get some practice and make some friends. It was a genuinely valuable experience.
The second thing I did was to take a class about teaching. At UW-Madison where I got my MLIS, they offered an Information Literacy Instruction Practicum. In this class we were placed with a mentor in a library on campus where we worked on helping them with instruction. This class significantly changed me for the better. I remember specifically preparing for a class that I was going to co-teach with my practicum mentor. When the day came to present, I was in the room getting things setup. A few minutes before the class, I got word that my mentor was delayed because of snow. I was going to have to teach the class all by myself! I started off really nervous, but I knew I was prepared. As I got into the session I started feeling more and more comfortable, and finally I realized ìhey, I can do this!
Soft skills, like good communication, are essential for librarians. I would strongly recommend both of these experiences to anyone in library school. But more importantly, I would recommend looking critically at yourself and your abilities. I knew I was afraid of speaking, so I pushed myself into situations (often uncomfortable ones) in order to improve that skill. Maybe you're a great speaker, but your technology skills need work. Create opportunities for yourself to improve your weaknesses, even if it's hard or makes you uncomfortable. After all, discomfort is often a sign that you're learning and growing.
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Interior Exposure. By Jessica Todd Harper. Foreword by Larry Fink. Damiani, 112 pp., $45.
By Janice Harayda
Jessica Todd Harper's photographs of her family are what Ralph Lauren ads might be like if they were real. This is a compliment. Unlike Polo ads, Harper's pictures of her patrician family are warm, engaging and at times witty. They tell — or at least suggest — rich and multilayered stories.
Interior Exposure is the photographic equivalent of a good novel of manners, an art form that shows a well-defined social group at a particular time and place. Its pictures would provide wonderful visual data for anthropologists studying Eastern upper-class kinship rituals in the early 21st century. Harper's relatives sport clownish paper hats, just extracted from poppers, at a Christmas Eve dinner. Her sister Becky wears an ill-fitting wedding dress in the Victorian dining room of their parents' house, where the furnishings might have stayed the same for a century. In an amusing self-portrait with her future in-laws, Harper stands at attention as though trying to pass a military inspection.
Part of the charm of Interior Exposure is that it shows how a gifted photographer can bring fresh life to many elements of the high classical tradition in painting. Harper draws on techniques of the Dutch Golden Age: the artful use of natural light, subjects framed by doors and windows, paintings-within-paintings (represented by ancestral portraits within photographs) and domestic objects are that are at once ordinary and freighted with symbolic meaning. But like all good artists, she brings her own sensibility to tradition. Some of her pictures are almost an updated index to the symbols used in vanitas, those treatises-in-oil that comment on the transience of time and earthly life: clocks, flickering candles, half-empty wine goblets. At times you sense that Harper would have loved to include a skull or two, and you wonder what her work will look like when her children are old enough to go trick-or-treating.
But the pictures in Interior Exposure don't moralize as vanitas do. They raise questions: Is Becky the diva she appears to be in Harper's photos, or does she upstage other people by force of her beauty, not her personality? What is Harper saying by giving her such a prominent role? You could return to Interior Exposure again and again and keep seeing new things in it, just as you can with a great novel.
Best picture: No. 1: "Becky in the Dining Room, 2005." Harper's sister wears an ill-fitting wedding gown — possibly their mother's — and stands next to an ancestral portrait in the Victorian dining room of their parents' home in Allentown, Pennsylvania. If you saw this photo out of context, you might mistake it for a movie still from an elegant new film version of a Henry James novel. The picture would show the moment just before the doomed American heiress weds the callow European who, though she doesn't know it yet, is marrying her only for her money. Everything in the Harpers' dining room might have existed a century ago except for — a wonderful touch — a plastic bag on the table. Looking at the photo, you wonder how the idea that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny ever got so discredited, because this picture seems to illustrate perfectly a Brahmin version of it. No. 2: "Self Portrait With Christopher and my Future In-Laws, 2001."
Worst picture: "Self Portrait with Christopher (Rochester), 2000." In this photo Christopher lies on a four-poster bed and gazes at his naked wife, whom we see from behind. Harper positioned the camera in a spot that allows a wood poster to rise majestically from her husband's crotch. Christopher is going to take some ribbing about this one.
Consider reading also: Patrick De Rynck's How to Read a Painting (Abrams, 2004), a good introduction to the use of symbols in Old Masters, including those of the Dutch Golden Age.
If you like this book, you might also like … Bonnettstown: A House in Ireland (Abrams, 1989).
Published: March 2008 www.jessicatoddharper.com and www.damianieditore.com.
Furthermore: This book includes an interview with the author by Sarah Anne McNear in English and an Italian translation. Harper teaches at Swarthmore College and has won many awards for her work.
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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9-Year-Old Girl Walks Miles to Get Help After Car Accident
A courageous 9-year-old girl climbed out of the wreckage then walked for miles to try to find help after the car she and her father were in fell 200 feet down an embankment very early Sunday morning. She is currently recovering in a hospital outside Los Angeles. Her father did not survive the crash.
After Celia Renteria escaped the highly damaged vehicle at around 1 a.m. Sunday, she walked until she found a house. When no one answered, she walked all the way back to the car, then up a steep hill and flagged down a passing driver. That was at about 2:30.
Unfortunately, by the time paramedics found the car, Alejandro Renteria was dead. The SUV he and Celia were in veered off the Sierra Highway in the town of Acton, then tumbled down the embankment and landed in a ravine. The terrain was particularly harsh—very dark, rocky and with coyotes lurking around—which makes Celia's journey that much more impressive.
According to California Highway Patrol Sergeant Tom Lackey:
What was most remarkable was her commitment to her father and to try to get him aid under very challenging circumstances. It's very cold out here. It's also very barren. We have coyotes out here that were also howling. So it's kind of a creepy environment for a young girl to show and demonstrate such courage and commitment to her father.
She suffered minor injuries, and was very sad to hear her father had died. Authorities are investigating what caused the car to veer off the road.


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Today's News: Our Take - The Good Wife's Christine Baranski on Alicia's Big Promotion: "The Stakes Have Gotten Higher"
The "bitchy boss" is a cliché Christine Baranski has spent four years avoiding on The Good Wife. When the series premiered in 2009, many assumed Diane Lockhart would be a woman on top "threatened" by her news-making underling Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies). But instead, Diane has proven to be a stable and encouraging mentor.
So when things briefly - and masterfully - took a turn to the contentious in the most recent episode of the series (airing Sundays at 9/8c on CBS), and Diane called Alicia out on her ungracious attitude about becoming an equity partner, fans were quick to notice the shift.
The Good Wife exclusive: Gary Cole to return as the Marlboro Man
"It was a little slap on the wrist for sure," Baranski tells TVGuide.com. "I requested this not fall into the trap of having Diane being the bitchy boss so we did have Diane mentoring Alicia and always encouraging her to seize her power. But there comes a point where Diane can see that Alicia is reaching a point of equity and how is that going to play out? What does that mean for the future? Alicia is really assuming her own power so there is a threat."
The threat of what the good wife might do with her newfound authority is just the latest danger Diane and the firm have had to face recently. Earlier this season, she and Will (Josh Charles) were nearly ousted because of Lockhart Gardner's huge debt. "This is hardly what she had imagined for being the head of a law firm - to have to literally cut people's jobs and cut corners and take cases that she really didn't believe in. She's had to compromise her integrity and her ideals to just stay alive in a really hard economic time," Baranski says. "You've seen Diane really just get them through the worst of it and it's really one of the things I love about playing that character."
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With many questions still looming about just why and how several fourth-year associates including Alicia and Cary (Matt Czuchry) have suddenly been invited to become equity partners, tensions will run extremely high on Sunday's episode when Diane and Will must team up and go against Alicia and Cary in a mock trial for a client. "They're definitely coming at it from an adversarial position because of what's happened to them," Baranski says. "There's a lot of tension in that episode."
Further complicating that new dynamic is the fact that Alicia's husband, Peter (Chris Noth), is running for Governor of Illinois. "I think the stakes have gotten higher with Alicia's new power position," Baranski says. "But for all of Alicia's strength and accomplishment, Diane is still the boss and when Diane says what can be given, can be taken away. It's a warning that you have to get in there and be grateful for what you've been given. ... Everything has a price tag."
Does Diane's threat mean Alicia won't be sitting at the head of the table with Diane, Will, David Lee and the rest of the equity partners for long? Whatever happens, it sounds like things are just heating up at Lockhart Gardner. "Just when you're back and everything seems to be fine and you're in the money, there is a huge power vacuum and a huge power shift. Success can complicate things more than a lack of success," Baranski says. "There are all kinds of power shifts that are going to happen."
The Good Wife airs Sundays at 9/8c on CBS.
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Mark Twain
Destiny (Expression) Number 11
" If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later."
Mark Twain was an American author and humorist who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel".
He was born on Monday November 30th 1835, in Florida, Missouri, United States.
Mark's is the most highly charged Destiny number of all. Mark Twain is like a lightning rod, attracting powerful ideas, intuitions, and even psychic information like unpredictable bolts.
He is a powerful presence without any awareness on his part of having personal power. Twain is a channel for higher vibrations. But in order to be emotionally and psychologically at peace, he must learn to control that flow of energy. Mark Twain possesses a bridge between the unconscious and the conscious. The trouble is that the unconscious is an infinite resource, while consciousness by definition is a limited arena. The two are therefore at odds until they can learn to live in harmony with each other. This is where control comes in. Until Mark is able to control the flow of energy from this infinite source, he may feel like a victim of its whimsy, thrown about by emotional turmoil and nervous tensions.
Mark Twain has always sensed that he is different, but it was an indefinable feeling. Mark is enormously sensitive and aware, especially as a child. This made Twain vulnerable to all conflicts and painful situations. For most of his upbringing, however, Mark Twain did not realize that other people did not possess the same sensitivity, nor did they see the same things he was seeing. This caused a great reservoir of emotion that was dammed up behind an inability to express his feelings, even to himself. For this reason, most Destiny 11s have a difficult childhood. Mark Twain's extreme sensitivity made him very shy as a child. This usually manifests in adulthood as hesitation and acute vulnerability. Mark is very careful about sharing his feelings with others and choosing his friends.
Twain compensated for his sense of separation in childhood by creating an elaborate fantasy world. He daydreamed more than other children. He had a lively imagination and even in adulthood has a hard time separating reality from fantasy.
Mark Twain's challenge is to bring forth his primitive, earthy strength. He needs to be grounded in order to deal with his lightning bolts. The more Mark is able to call upon his inherent human strength, the greater his capacity to take advantage of his extremely sensitive awareness. Once this is accomplished, Twain's antagonist becomes his benefactor.
Mark is highly emotional and dependent upon relationships. Emotionally, he goes up and down with the fortunes of his love life.
He is idealistic, impractical, and at times disorderly. Twain is often unrealistic in his expectations.
His reasons for doing things are usually born of a mixture of logic, emotion, and intuition, which can rarely be explained satisfactorily to his more rational associates.
The 11 Destiny is the number most dependent upon other core numbers in Twain's chart for insight into his vocation. The 11 charges every area it enters, but it needs a grounding vocation and discipline to be effective.
A balanced 11 is one of the most unique and impressive of all people. It is gifted with insight and illumination, which it can transmit to others. This makes Mark Twain a natural teacher in whatever area he enters.
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The Destiny number reveals the talents, abilities, and shortcomings that were with Mark Twain when he entered his human body. His name, and the numbers derived from it, reveals Mark's development, as well as the talents and issues he will be working with during this life.
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Paul Begala says it's almost impossible for Mitt Romney to get 270 electoral votes without winning Ohio. Ari Fleischer disagrees with that assessment and presents a different version of how Romney could win, prompting Begala to respond, "If my aunt had a moustache, we'd call her my uncle."
Post by: Anderson Cooper
Filed under: 2012 Election • Mitt Romney • President Barack Obama
Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Tune in weeknights at 8 and 10 ET on CNN.
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April 25th, 2011
Why do I keep getting urinary tract infections?
Every weekday, a CNNHealth expert doctor answers a viewer question. On Mondays, it's pediatrician Dr. Jennifer Shu.
Question asked by Elizabeth of Sacramento, California:
I've had 11 urinary tract infections in 13 months and the doctors only give me antibiotics. What is causing this to happen to me? I am scared it could be something really bad. What can I do?
I do not know the details of your situation but can offer some information about recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) in women.
A UTI is any infection (usually caused by bacteria) of the urinary system, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. While repeated infections are often found in healthy women, they may signal a problem with the anatomy or function of a woman's urinary tract.
Abnormalities of the urinary system may be found using imaging studies such as an X-ray, ultrasound or CT scan.
Certain practices such as infrequent or incomplete voiding, sexual intercourse (particularly with the use of spermicides), and poor hygiene can lead to repeated urinary tract infections.
Conditions such as diabetes, pregnancy and neurological disorders can also increase a person's risk for UTI.
To avoid further infections it can be helpful to urinate frequently and drink plenty of fluids. Some physicians recommend taking probiotics to help prevent UTIs, and for some women an oral antibiotic daily or after sexual intercourse may be necessary.
Research studies have not confirmed theories that wearing tights or panty hose, wiping improperly after using the toilet, douching, or using hot tubs may increase infections, although avoiding such practices probably wouldn't hurt.
For concerns about your own situation, I encourage you to talk to your doctor to see if additional testing, treatment or a consultation with a specialist might be helpful. Good luck!
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Three drunk guys break into Sea World, swim with dolphins and swipe a penguin. Hint: There's alcohol involved...and a spot on the RidicuList.
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The drunk, young guys sure got carried away, ending up swimming with the dolphins at Sea World, and having Durk, the penguin, at their apartment. There sure was a similarity to the movie, "Hangover". That is so good that Durk got returned to Sea World, where he could be with Peaches again!
That poor traumatized penguin,they ought to be ashamed of themselves and made to do 1000 hours each of community service,but not at any place that has animals. Stupid-stupid-stupid!!
Wow, would love to swim with the dolphins, lol but come on guys, you don't steal a penguin, funny but sad.......
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Arrow Boss on Big Ravager Reveal — And Who Almost Played Her!
[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Wednesday's episode of Arrow. Read at your own risk!]
Slade Wilson's dastardly plan claimed yet another life during Wednesday's episode of Arrow - but this time, there was a twist!
After Oliver (Stephen Amell) tracked down the stolen S.T.A.R. labs machine, which was being used on Roy (Colton Haynes) to filter the Mirakuru in his blood to the prisoners that Slade (Manu Bennett) recently set free, the emerald archer faced off against both Slade and Isabel (Summer Glau). But Diggle (David Ramsey) made short work of Isabel, shooting her in the chest.
Arrow: Will Laurel reveal that she knows Oliver's big secret?
Isabel is far from dead, however. In the closing moments of the episode, we learned that Slade gave her some of his blood so the miracle drug could save her - and make her practically invincible. "Now that she's got the evil juice in her, as we call it in the writers' room, she's Ravager," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says, referring to the DC Comics villain whose arrival ended up being one of Arrow's worst-kept secrets after Glau was photographed in costume earlier this month.
In the comics, the alter ego eventually belongs to Rose Wilson, Slade's illegitimate daughter who he brainwashes into becoming his apprentice. However, Isabel is definitely not Rose Wilson, since the producers decided to go in a different direction. In fact, they originally had other plans for Ravager. "Isabel was the one thing we weren't entirely sure about as we were developing the season," Kreisberg says. "Truthfully, there was a very early iteration of the series where Sara [Caity Lotz] started the season as Ravager, and then we switched over."
Even after the role was envisioned for Glau, the producers initially planned to keep her board room-esque character quite tame compared to the tough-gal characters Glau played on Firefly and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. "When Summer took the part, I was up there on set with her and she's like, 'I've never done anything like this. I feel much better if I'm kicking somebody,'" Kreisberg says. "And I was like, 'You're so good, you should give yourself more credit. We wanted you because you're a good actress and you're amazing in this part, not because you can kick a--.' Then I got to call her and go, 'Hey, we changed our minds, you get to kick a--.'"
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"Part of the reason Isabel disappeared for a while is because we still weren't quite sure which way to go, whether she should be an ally or a villain," he continues. "We had written it so that it could turn out either way. The scene that I was picturing was Isabel, Slade and Sebastian [Kevin Alejandro] in Oliver's office, the triumvirate of evil. Once that happened, there was no way she was not going to be Ravager."
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Here's How: Install a retaining wall
Dear James: I'm planning a veggie garden on my sloping lot so I need a retaining wall. I have used timbers before, but blocks might hold up better. Which method do you prefer? -- Steve W.
Dear Steve: Both methods for building a retaining are effective and can be attractive depending on the landscaping appearance you are seeking. Retaining wall blocks create a more formal look, while using railroad ties or landscaping timbers appears more rustic.
It might seem as though stacking up landscaping timbers is the simplest do-it-yourself method to build a retaining wall, but it is the most difficult to do properly. I have seen many timber retaining walls rot away and collapse because they were not installed properly. It is not easy to replace the timbers later without disturbing the garden area.
If you want to build a curved retaining wall, then retaining wall blocks are the best method. Even if you do not need to have the wall curved, a slight curvature can be very attractive. An S-shaped retaining wall is particularly appealing because it provides a location on the lower level for an ornamental shrub or small tree.
The most difficult part of building a wall with blocks is just carrying them to your backyard. They are heavy, but not unmanageable. Even if you use a wheelbarrow to make it easier, there is a lot of lifting. After moving them to the wall location, it would be wise to wait until the following day to start building the wall. It can be pretty hard on one's back.
Make sure you purchase special interlocking retaining wall blocks at your home center store. These blocks fit together when stacked so they will not tip over from the weight of the soil behind them. There are various designs and degrees of offset (how far back each successive row is positioned) so take your time selecting them.
The key to installing a block retaining wall is preparing the ground for the first row. You should dig out a foundation area where the first blocks will rest. It should be about one inch deep for each eight inches of wall height. Dig this area only as wide as the blocks and try not to disturb the nearby soil.
This foundation area should be level, so its depth may vary somewhat depending on the lay of the land. Once you have it dug out and leveled, tamp it down with a 4x4 beam or a hand tamper. It is important to have a solid base so it does not settle.
Once the base row is laid, let them settle for a day or two before completing the wall. When you find some that are not level, remove them and pour a little sand or fine gravel under them to bring them to level. Don't use loose soil you have dug out because it may wash away and they will be out of level again.
Stack the successive rows of blocks until you have the wall to the desired height. Backfill each completed row with soil. Many block systems have a finishing cap to cover the final block, so this will add a little more overall height to the retaining wall.
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Yreka High boys varsity basketball: Currie comes through in the clutch
When it mattered the most,Tyler Currie stepped up in a big way for the Yreka Miners varsity basketball team at the 58th Annual Yreka Miners Invitational Basketball Tournament.
Down by three to Del Norte in the boys seventh place game on Saturday, Currie was able to put up a three-pointer a second before the shot clock buzzer went off.The shot went in with about a minute left in the game to tie things up at 48-48 in a contest that went back and forth throughout.
Currie said that it was a designed play and commended teammate Anthony Whitaker for doing a good job of distributing the ball to him.
Currie was not done and caused a turnover a short time later. With time running out, he went down the court and was fouled hard going to the basket with 0.4 seconds left as he prepared to shoot two free throws to decide the game.
"I just tried to focus," he said. Currie proceeded to calmly make the two three throws to give the Miners the 50-48 victory. It was the first win of the season for Yreka after dropping two fairly close contests to start the tournament. The sophomore point guard went 10-for-17 for 28 points, including four three-pointers He also had four assists, two block shots and a steal. Currie said that the entire squad battled the entire game and that this is a team that has worked well together. "It was a team effort," he said.
Saturday's contest was quite evenly matched with neither team gaining an upper hand. After a quarter of play the game was knotted up at 13-13. At the half the score was still tied at 28-28.The Warriors led by two at 42-40 after three quarters. In the fourth quarter Del Norte had a 47-42 advantage before the Miners battled their way back.
Yreka head coach Christian Birch said that this was his first time defeating Del Norte and commended his squad for defeating a solid team in the Warriors. After losing two close games to start the season Birch said the win was certainly a confidence booster for his squad. Birch said that the squad "mixed it up" more on defense and while they pressed like they had the first two games they also played some zone and said this seemed to work well during the game.
"This was a good first step for us," Birch said about the win. But, he added, the team knows they still have a lot of work ahead and have to keep making strives.
Senior Tyler Johnson had a solid game and finished with 12 points, three blocks, two assits and four rebounds.
Curie and Johnson accounted for 40 or the Miners 50 points. Quaid Blanchard had five rebounds and three assits, while Whitaker had five steals. Kaden Culp fisnhed with four points, four assits and two steals.
The Miners opened the season on Thursday and lost in a fairly tight battle against St. Mary's, 67-63. On Friday, the Miners lost to Mazama 58-48 . The score was tied with around two minutes remaining but Mazama pulled away for the win. In that contest, Currie led Miner scorers with 14 points, five rebounds, three assists and four steals. Tevin Cadola finished with nine points and Anthony Whitaker had eight points. Johnson had six points, eight rebounds, eight steals and three assists.
Tonight, Yreka hosts Lost River at home starting at 7:30 p.m. following the girls varsity contest. The Miner boys junior varsity team opens the season today and plays at 4:30 p.m.
Below are the results from the boys games from the final day of the tournament and all-tournament honors that were bestowed on the two local boys teams at the event, Yreka and Mount Shasta.
1st place game: Henley 68, Brookings-Harbor 34
3rd place game: Klamath Union 74, St. Mary's 49
5th place game, Mazama 63, Mount Shasta 58 OT
7th place game: Yreka 50, Del Norte 48
Tyler Currie of Yreka was named to the all-offensive team while Tyler Johnson was named to the all-defensive squad and Travis Robinson was named to the all-sportsmanship team. For Mount Shasta, Dylan Padula was named to the all-offensive team and Cesar Gonzalez was named to the all-defensive team. Brandon Accord earned sportsmanship honors.


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CS is making a Roast Turkey with Maple-Mustard Glaze from Susie Fishbein's – just published – Kosher by Design – Cooking Coach (page 152). Since we will be eating at his place I can take it easy for a change, nevertheless I thought I'd share a favorite, easy recipe, I've made many a time over the years:
Roast Turkey
Serves 10
Total cooking time 3 hours and 40 minutes
- 1 small onion, halved
- 13 pounds oven ready turkey, giblets removed and cavity wiped clean
- 2 1/2 tablespoons margarine, softened
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme, chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- Place the onion in the turkey's body cavity with salt and pepper. Tie the turkey legs with string at the top of the drumsticks.
- Place bird in a large roasting pound, rub all over with the softened margarine and season the outside of the turkey with your choice of spices and seasoning. Add the vegetable oil to the pan
- Cover the prepared bird loosely with foil and roast in a preheated 375 F. oven, basting periodically. Remove the foil for at least 40 minutes to allow the turkey to brown and scatter the chopped thyme over it. Check the turkey is cooked by inserting a skewer or fork into one of the legs. If the juices come out clear, the bird is ready.
- Transfer the turkey to a a large dish, cover with clean foil and let it rest for about 20 minutes before carving.
- Arrange the turkey on a warmed serving platter and serve with your choice of vegetables.
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers expressed disbelief Wednesday at General Motors' explanation for why it took 11 years to recall millions of small cars with defective ignition switches, and also confronted its chief executive with evidence that the company dragged its feet on a similar safety issue in different vehicles.
CEO Mary Barra and attorney Anton Valukas, who recently released a 315-page investigative report into the recall, endured skepticism and some lecturing at a House subcommittee hearing. One member referred to the actions of some employees described in the report as "insane."
The GM recall has triggered a deeper look at ignition switches across the auto industry. On Wednesday, the government opened an investigation into reports of defective switches in 1.2 million Chrysler vehicles.
Barra made her second appearance before the committee since GM recalled 2.6 million small cars in February. As families of some of the people who died in crashes in Chevrolet Cobalts and Saturn Ions looked on, she was again pressed on whether GM's commitment to safety has changed much.
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., read a 2005 e-mail from a GM employee who had a 2006 Chevrolet Impala stall on her after its ignition slipped out of position while she was driving it. "I'm thinking big recall," the employee wrote — but that recall never came until this week.
Upton asked Barra what GM would do with such an e-mail if it was sent today, and Barra said GM would take "immediate action." GM has issued 44 recalls covering nearly 18 million cars in the U.S. this year.
Barra noted that GM has recently hired 40 more safety investors. But when she acknowledged that most of them were promoted from within GM, another member suggested GM get some "outside fresh blood."
Lawmakers at the hearing were skeptical of many of the conclusions in Valukas's report, which was paid for by GM and released June 5. The report found that a lone engineer, Ray DeGiorgio, was able to approve the use of a switch that didn't meet company specifications. Years later, he ordered a change to that switch without anyone else at GM being aware.
Panel members said that defied credibility at a company with 210,000 employees. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., produced e-mails showing that other employees were informed of the change.
"I do think these documents point to the fact that the problem at GM is deeper than one rogue engineer," she said.
Valukas said the employees notified by DeGiorgio were from the warranty area, and the change "meant nothing to them." But he conceded his law firm did not interview everyone included in the emails.
GM blames the switches for 13 deaths, but Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., said there could be up to 100 deaths associated with the problem.
Photos of some of those victims lined the back wall of the packed hearing room, and about a dozen relatives of victims attended the hearing.
GM is establishing a compensation fund for those killed or injured because of the switches, and Barra said Wednesday there will be no cap on the amount the fund can pay out. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg is still determining who will qualify for compensation, she said. GM expects to start taking claims Aug. 1.
"We want to capture every single person who suffered injury or lost a loved one," Barra said.
But Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., said GM's lawyers are trying to use the company's 2009 bankruptcy to thwart lawsuits. He said GM wants to force victims from pre-bankruptcy crashes to accept its settlement offers or risk getting little compensation.
Barra didn't directly respond to Griffith's complaint.
The ignition switch in Cobalts, Saturn Ions and other cars could move out of the run position because of a heavy keychain or a bump of a knee. That causes the engine to stall, cuts off power-assisted steering and brakes and disables the air bags.
GM took years to make the connection between the switches and the air bag non-deployment. Valukas said a culture that prevented information sharing and discouraged people from taking action on problems was partly to blame.
Valukas said GM engineers also viewed the ignition switch malfunctions and engine stalling as a "customer convenience issue" rather than a safety problem, believing drivers could adequately control their cars without power steering and power brakes.
"That's just insane, isn't it?" DeGette asked Valukas.
"I don't want to use the word insane, but I'm deeply troubled by that," he replied.
Barra confirmed GM has dismissed 15 people who "didn't take action, or didn't move with urgency" to solve the ignition problems. DeGette said she has heard there is "more paranoia" within the company since the Valukas report came out.
But Barra said she is also encouraging employees to speak up about potential safety issues and is rewarding — not punishing — those who do. She said she has already gotten dozens of emails from employees reporting safety concerns.
Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, said he thinks more than 15 should have been terminated, based on what he read in the Valukas report.
GM paid the maximum $35 million fine to the government in May for failing to disclose the problem sooner. Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., said that's not enough of a deterrent for a company like GM, which earned $3.8 billion last year. A bill now in the Senate would lift the cap on government fines.
Tonko said the government's regulatory agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, needs more detailed data from automakers to help track safety problems.
NHTSA admitted during April testimony that it was contacting other automakers and suppliers to find out how their ignition switches interact with air bags. That could lead to even more ignition-related recalls. On Wednesday, the agency opened an investigation into switches on 1.2 million Chrysler vehicles after getting complaints that the cars can suddenly stall and the air bags won't inflate in a crash.
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Howdy, friends! Noodle J. Parker here. BOL! That's Dad's nickname for me. My middle name is Schnoodle – it doesn't start with "j"- and our last name isn't Parker. Silly Dad.
I came to update you all on Macy. It's been 17 days since her surgery. She's doing really well. Too well. She's ready to run and play and she's not allowed to for another month!
Mom and Dad know how hard it must be for her to stay "calm" and quiet. She IS Macy after-all. So, they took her on an adventure Friday.
It started with a little walk to see Snooter Tooter
Then they took her to visit with the chickens.
The dodo doesn't even realize that they're trying to kill her.
Yesterday, she got to go to the vet! Mom was afraid she wouldn't like going anymore but she did. They took her stitches out and said she's healing wonderfully.
Barely any scar! Mom thinks it's because the doctor did the initial incision with a laser that cauterized as it cut. She doesn't really know but it's just a guess.
Macy has to go back in 6 weeks for her post-op x-ray to make sure everything is healed properly. Once that's done and cleared, Macy can resume normal activity.
Countdown to normalcy: 17 days down, 43 to go!


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Family Matters: Holding them close, every day
As we hold our children a little closer, we wonder how such a tragedy could have possibly unfolded in a quiet New England town.
As our hearts ache for those parents who have lost children, and those children who have lost brothers, sisters, parents and teachers, we wonder why. I wonder how they will go on, living with grief, or in fear, as their lives have been changed forever. Nothing can bring back their loss, or ease the pain that hundreds of families will endure from a senseless tragedy in Newtown, Conn.
Why does violence continue to be breaking news?
Could it be that we have desensitized our children by allowing them to play video games with guns and weapons that clear a room full of cartoon warriors? Do those games normalize violence and killing with a powerful adrenalin rush?
Children learn what they live. Have we allowed violent movies and TV to seep into our everyday lives? Many children are permitted to watch movies that are well beyond their understanding.
Television needs to be monitored, as much of it is completely inappropriate for those who are learning as they watch. Have we become too busy or just careless? Have we all become desensitized to violence?
How can we protect our children? Experts across the country are weighing in and recommending how to talk to children about traumatic circumstances.
Common themes suggest that we provide information, emotional security, stability and love. I believe that every child needs each of those supports every single day, not just when tragedy unfolds.
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It is always important to tell children the truth so they learn trust, believe what we say, and come to us often with their questions. As parents, we want them to learn that they can rely on us for the answers.
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Provide a clear, simple answer in one or two sentences, and then stop. Wait for your child to process that information.
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Maintain routine
Children develop a sense of emotional security when they know what to expect.
Waking up each day to normal routine is always in a child's best interest, because emotional and functional learning occurs more readily when a child is comfortable. With a consistent, routine environment children are better able to maintain healthy emotional self-control, and when distressed can often self-regulate more easily.
In the face of tragedy, there is very little that is normal, but whenever possible be consistent with routines that directly affect your child. Always provide routine comfort at bedtime with time for prayers and stories.
Increase family time
Experts suggest that families spend more time together when tragedy occurs. Family time includes sharing meals, going for walks or reading together. It is your physical presence that provides comfort and emotional security. Family time provides the foundation for children to develop the social skills they need to be successful. Turn off the TV and find time every day to play a board game, piece together a puzzle, look through family albums, or bake a family recipe together. Make family night part of your weekly routine to instill and reinforce the values you hold true.
Hug more
Communicate your love, understanding and support with unexpected hugs or a gentle loving touch. Take time to sit and rock together. Express your love, with and without words.
Be there for your child. Eliminate access to violent games, TV and movies. Teach with thought, and wrap your child in love and hugs every day.
Diana Boggia, M.Ed., is a parenting coach who lives in Stark County Ohio. She is author of "Parenting with a Purpose." Send your child-rearing questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or The Repository, c/o Family Matters, 500 Market Ave. S, Canton, OH 44702. Find parenting resources at her website, www.yourperfectchild.com.


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Last Wednesday's live broadcast from Gotham Wines and Liquors' 8th Annual Wine Extravaganza, held at the West End Institutional Synagogue. We had some great guests on that show and made new friends. Unfortunately the .mp3 file got trashed, so we never got a chance to hear it the actual broadcast. Tonight's show will focus on wine and food. Our guests will be several kosher winery spokesmen and distributors, then at the last half hour we will talk to Chef Jeff Nathan, Chef/owner of Abigael's on Broadway.
We will discuss the reasons for the 4 cups of wine and other Pessach customs, we will hear about their selections from the various wineries, while Chef Jeff will explain the whole concept of the New Jewish Cuisine, which he made into a wildly successful series on Public Television. We will also talk about his journey to become a successful restaurateur and what Abigael's is planning for Passover.
Please listen in to The Kosher Scene's Show, this evening at 6:30pm to 8:30pm Eastern Time,
The first cookbook Jeff Nathan published – in 2002 – Adventures in Jewish Cooking, included some great recipes that can be made on Passover. Here is one I intend to savor on the last day of Pessach, when I finally do eat gebroks. It will go perfectly with a glass of Psagot Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Veal Chops Milanese with Tomato Salad and Arugula
In Milan, you'll find golden-crusted veal chops so big they fill your plate. Before being cooked, they are pounded while still on the bone. This creates wide flaps of meat to allow for more crispy coating that everyone loves. A combination of matzo flour, matzo meal, and matzo farfel is my secret to creating a crunchier crust than is possible with bread crumbs alone. Using matzo also opens up the possibility of enjoying this dish right through Passover week. You will need a very large, 12-14 inch skillet to cook both chops at once. Of course, if you have two such skillets, you can invite a couple of friends over for dinner, doubling the amount of tomato salad.
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 ripe tomatoes, preferably 1 red and 1 yellow, seeded and cut into 1/2 inch dice
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, cut into thin ribbons
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Two twelve ounce bone-in veal chops, about 1 inch thick, trimmed of excess fat
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup matzo flour (also called matzo cake flour)
- 2 large eggs, beaten with 2 teaspoons water
- 1/2 cup matzo meal
- 1/2 cup matzo farfel
- 1/2 cup olive oil (regular or extra-virgin)
- 6 ounces arugula, washed and dried, torn bite-sized pieces.
- Lemon wedges, for serving
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400 F.
- To make the tomato salad, whisk the lemon juice and oil in a medium bowl. Add the tomatoes, basil, oregano and rosemary and toss. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and let stand at room temperature, stirring occasionally, while preparing the veal.
- Place the chops between sheets of plastic wrap or wax paper. Using a heavy mallet or rolling pin, pound the meaty part of each chop until it's about 1/2 inch thick, to create chops with a thinner flasp of meat attached to the rib bone. (In Milanese restaurants, the veal is pounded even thinner and wider, but at home, practicality demands that you pound the veal to a size that will allow two chops to fit into the skillet.) Season the chops with salt and pepper.
- Place the matzo flour in a shallow dish, the beaten eggs in a second shallow dish and the matzo farfel in a third shallow dish, Coat each veal chop with matzoh flour, then the egg wash, and then the matzoh meal.
- Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add the chops and cook, turning one, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Place the browned chops on a large baking sheet. Bake until they feel firm when pressed in the center, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Just before serving, add the arugula to the tomato salad and mix. For each serving place a chop on a dinner plate and heap the tomato salad on top. Serve immediately with a wedge of lemon.
Just like his other book (which we reviewed) and has become one of my favorites, this one is also chuck full of mouth watering recipes which I can't wait to try.
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November 19th, 2012
Rubio ignites debate with answer about creationism
By Dan Merica and Eric Marrapodi, CNN
Washington (CNN) – Florida Sen. Marco Rubio attempted to walk the line between science and faith-based creationism in remarks that that have provoked the ire of liberal blogs, leaving the door open to creationism in responding to a recent question about the age of the Earth.
When GQ's Michal Hainey asked Rubio, in an interview released Monday, "How old do you think the Earth is," the rising Republican star described the debate about the planet's age as "one of the great mysteries."
"I'm not a scientist, man," Rubio told the interviewer. "I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that's a dispute amongst theologians and I think it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States."
"Whether the Earth was created in seven days, or seven actual eras," Rubio continued, "I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."
Most scientists agree that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old and the universe is 14.5 billion years old. Christian Young Earth Creationists, on the other hand, argue that the weeklong account of God creating the Earth and everything in it represents six 24-hour periods (plus one day of rest) and date the age of the Earth between 6,000 and 10,000 years.
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Left-leaning blogs and sites like ThinkProgress and Huffington Post jumped on Rubio's comments, with the Zack Beauchamp from ThingProgress writing, "To suggest we can't know how old the Earth is, then, is to deny the validity of these scientific methods altogether — a maneuver familiar to Rubio, who also denies the reality of anthropogenic climate change."
Rubio is regarded as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016, though the senator says his visit last week to Iowa, home of the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, had "nothing to do with 2016."
His response to GQ's age of the Earth query has also provoked questions about his political aspirations. Dave Weigel of Slate writes, "How can you read that and not think 'Iowa'? " The state is the first to hold a presidential caucus in 2016.
Forty-six percent of Americans believe that God created humans in their present form at one point within the past 10,000 years, according to a survey released by Gallup in June. That number has remained unchanged for the past 30 years, since 1982, when Gallup first asked the question on creationism versus evolution.
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The second most common view is that humans evolved with God's guidance - a view held by 32% of respondents. The view that humans evolved with no guidance from God was held by 15% of respondents.
The Gallup poll has not specifically asked about views on the age of the Earth.
Rubio attends a Baptist church in southern Florida but also considers himself "a practicing Catholic."
He was born Catholic, but his family converted to Mormonism when Rubio was 8 years old, according to Rubio's recent memoir. The family left its LDS faith behind when it moved from Nevada back to Florida and Rubio was confirmed in the Catholic Church.
Catholic teaching is that science and faith are not at odds with one another and it is possible to believe what scientists say about the Earth's age and in God. But many evangelical churches, including Baptist ones, promote a version of creationism.
When CNN reached out to Rubio's Baptist church in Florida on Monday, a person answering the phone would not comment on its teachings about the Earth's age and said that a church representative was unlikely to be available in the near term.
During the GQ interview, Rubio argued that "there are multiple theories out there on how the universe was created and I think this is a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all."
For the past 30 years, the "equal-time argument" –- the idea that Creationism taught alongside evolution -– has been popular method for Creationists to advance their cause. In the late 1980s, some state legislatures passed bills that promoted the idea of a balanced treatment of both ideas in the classroom.
In 1987, the issue made it all the way to the Supreme Court, where a Louisiana "equal-time law" was struck down. The court ruled that teaching creationism in public school classrooms was a violation of the Establishment Cause in the Constitution, which is commonly referred to as the separation of church and state.
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The odor evoked "a damp kind of burning leaves or brush fire," Windsor Town Manager Tom Marsh said.
A worker on her way to milk goats discovered the fire in the 120-cubic-yard manure pile around 3 a.m. Wednesday, said George Redick, owner of the 800-goat Oak Knoll Dairy. He and others put out the flames with water from a hose but the pile continued to smolder. He planned to call the fire department later in the morning, but firefighters were already searching for the source of the smell by 6:30 a.m.
Marsh said he could smell the fire at his hilltop home five miles away. He called it "a little disconcerting, because it was a very strong smell."
Redick says the manure would typically have been spread around the farm earlier in the year, but the rainy season and other factors kept that from happening.
He said he used to think spontaneous combustion was make-believe.
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