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Forty blogs of Lent
Day 7
Lent is traditionally a time of fasting for 40 days leading up to Easter. It still lives on in the practice of giving something up for Lent, usually alcohol or chocolate. For the second year running I am taking something extra on, writing these blogs on a Christian theme.
But what is the point of these disciplies, whether it is giving up or taking on?
This is what Isaiah had to say about fasting a long long time ago:
58 "Cry aloud; do not hold back;
lift up your voice like a trumpet;
declare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
3 'Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?'
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[a]
and oppress all your workers.
4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is such the fast that I choose,
a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 "Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed[b] go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.'
If you take away the yoke from your midst,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your desire in scorched places
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
12 And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to dwell in. Isaiah 58:1-12 ESV
It's all about other people, going without food to see that others don't. God does not choose piety for it's own sake. In the New Testament Jesus said something similar when the religious authorities brought to him a woman caught in adultery. I blogged about that last Friday.
What really matters is our attitude to others, not our outward show of piety.


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Toronto Sun "Just before the all-star break in 2013, R.A. Dickey was jogging in the outfield at the Rogers Centre. A scout motioned for the new Blue Jays right-hander to come over to talk when he was finished. As Dickey approached the pro scout said "so, you're fixed, huh?" Dickey had been tipping his..." March 04
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Newark Star-Ledger "Alone in the visitors dugout another defeat latched to his ledger R.A. Dickey stared out toward an empty diamond on Wednesday night. His team's season is lost. His star has dimmed. Just minutes before Alfonso Soriano had vaporized a lackluster knuckleball in the eighth inning to lift the..." August 23
Toronto Star "R.A. Dickey has said all along that he has faith in the process. That despite his roller-coaster tenure with the Blue Jays thus far, he trusts his numbers will even out as the season goes on. Dickey took another step in the right direction on Wednesday, throwing a two-hit shutout—his first..." June 27
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The Globe and Mail "He grew up on the self-described wrong side of the tracks, found God, became a multisport high-school star, found English literature, became a pro, struggled, mastered the knuckleball, became a wealthy pro, and by consequence of all the above, today his preteen daughters are growing up on the..." May 11
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The Globe and Mail "Toronto Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey is on track to take his start in Baltimore, after leaving the prior outing due to back spasms. Having responded positively to treatment, he feels optimistic going into Tuesday's outing than he did in advance last Thursday's appearance against the..." April 22
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Toronto Star "It was a tough day for New York Yankees' farmhands over at the Blue Jays' minor-league complex on Tuesday as the Bombers' Class-A youngsters had to face a trio of big-league starters: R.A. Dickey, Darren Oliver and Josh Johnson. Dickey, the Jays' knuckleballing ace, drew a large crowd of..." March 20
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Toronto Sun "The crew from 60 Minutes has come and gone. The whirlwind of interviews has started to subside. Through it all, R.A. Dickey seems unfazed. "It doesn't feel irregular," he said Thursday. "It's not more than I can manage. Coming from New York certainly prepares you for that aspect of the job...." February 15
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New York Daily News "I am walking down a street called Lane 14 in a city the world used to know as Bombay, and my senses are under assault. I sidestep human feces on my left, and a puddle of vomit on my right. Garbage is strewn everywhere, and so are people of all ages, many of them deformed, enough human beings to..." February 10
New York Post "Shaun Marcum isn't headed to spring training under the illusion he is filling R.A. Dickey's rotation spot for the Mets. "That will be tough to fill, having one person do it," Marcum said yesterday, after his one-year contract worth $4 million with the Mets became official. "If all five starters..." January 31
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Hardball Talk "Instead of buying an ad in a paper to say his goodbye to Mets fans, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey penned an entire column. Here's a snippet from the New York Daily News: I may not pitch for the home team anymore (a friend told me I now have to start calling myself a Canuckleball pitcher ) but..." December 23
New York Daily News "Cy who? In a video posted this week on the Mets official website, and emailed to fans, the team sent along holiday wishes, and presented a brief montage of highlights from the 2012 season. It was all there, from Johan Santana's June 1 no-hitter, to Ike Davis' career-high 32 home runs, to..." December 21
Bluebird Banter "You probably know the story, at least partially. The short version is this: R.A. Dickey was a first-round draft pick by the Rangers in 1996, but he got only a minimal offer after the Rangers' medical staff found out Dickey did not have an ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. Dickey's..." December 19
New York Post "R.A. Dickey is sorry he turned the Mets' holiday party for Hurricane Sandy's young victims into his own contract pity party. "At the Christmas party I'd like to admit to you that I was unprepared for that informal press conference, if you will," the ex-Met said during a conference call..." December 19

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How to control information overload
We have come to rely on cell phone calls, email and instant messages, and perhaps have even become consumed by them. At work, companies have found this handy, can't-do-without technology is at times affecting attention spans and hurting productivity. So now, some of the biggest technology firms--the ones in part responsible for this communications revolution--are trying to help it to slow down.
The New York Times reports that Microsoft, Intel, Google and IBM are among those "banding together to fight information overload,'' and have formed a nonprofit group to study the problem, publicize it and devise ways to help workers--theirs and others--deal with the "digital deluge.''
To read about their efforts:
- check out The New York Times article


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World War Z
By DAVID WEINER
September 17, 2013
Brad Pitt vs. a horde of swarming zombies. Enough said? This intense thriller casts Brad as a United Nations rep who traverses the globe amid a deadly epidemic in search of a cure, is directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) and co-stars Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz and James Badge Dale. Bonus features on the unrated extended cut include the behind-the-scenes featurettes Origins (the filmmakers discuss collaborating with Brad to create a zombie film the likes of which have never been seen); Looking to Science (explore the scientific realities of zombie behavior in nature and learn more about zombies in literature and film); and the four-part WWZ: Production, which goes on set and dissects key scenes from the film, from the breathtaking first attack in Philadelphia and the dramatic escape in South Korea to the epic scene in Jerusalem and the final confrontation between Gerry and the zombies.
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Remembering Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day will be celebrated today. It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At one time, the day was known as Armistice Day. It was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.
Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day, because it is traditional to wear an artificial poppy. As the Guyana Legion gears for another Remembrance Day, President of the Guyana Legion, Col (Ret'd) Carl Morgan disclosed that the event is celebrated on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, which marks the signing of the Armistice, on November 11, 1918, to signal the end of World War One.
He said today, there will be two minutes of silence followed by wreath laying at the Cenotaph during the ceremony. Persons in attendance will include the President, the Prime Minister, the Chief of Staff, the Commissioner of Police, leader of the Opposition, President of the Guyana Legion, the Mayor of Georgetown, the Heads of Mission, Representative – Guyana Ex-Soldiers' Benevolent Association and the Ex- GDF Association of Guyana.
Any other Persons/Organisations wishing to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph on that day may do so after the end of the Service.
He said that the "poppy" has its origin since in World War 1. In 1921 it was modified as symbol of sacrifice, but later became a symbol of remembering soldiers who served in the different wars. Morgan noted that some Guyanese soldiers have served in the two World Wars.
Morgan disclosed that Guyanese therefore regard the poppy as something to be worn during Remembrance Week in November and during an Armistice Day Parade. The Commonwealth has now come to accept its much wider meaning.
The poppy is a white flower but this symbolic red flower represents the blood that stained the flowers on the battlefield of Flanders Field during the First World War.
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Infantry Anti Tank Weapons
No single area of infantry firepower saw greater change and improvement throughout the Second World War than that of anti tank capability. None of the major combatants entered the war with a credible defence to the tank placed in the hands of their infantrymen. Dependence rested firmly with the towed Infantry Anti Tank Guns maintained in small numbers by most Battalions.
The only infantry anti tank weapon in service with any army in 1939 was the Anti Tank Rifle. In a time used to rocket launchers, it is difficult to believe that such weapons ever existed, but until late 1942 to early 1943 they were the only means at the disposal of the regular infantryman, other than close assault.
The ATR was nothing more than an extension of the Bolt Action Rifles already in use. The German Army had been the first to face a tank assault in 1916. Their initial response was the Mauser Modell 1918. This founded the basic design and characteristics of all subsequent anti tank rifles. It simply scaled up the tolerances and dimensions of the normal rifle. This was to enable a much larger calibre bullet to be fired at a higher muzzle velocity. The intention was to overcome the light armour plating then in use, designed to repel standard rifle rounds, by using a projectile that was both heavier and faster. The weapon enjoyed some initial successes against the crude machines then crawling upon the battlefield, but improved armour gradually overcame it.
Surprisingly, during the inter-war years, no serious consideration was given to a new generation of infantry anti tank weapons. Consequently when thoughts turned to war again in the late 1930's the only precedent to start from was the anti tank rifle of twenty years previous. Britain, Germany and Russia all produced new designs based on the same basis, only the United States excluding the idea. The rifles produced all shared similar characteristics; notably long barrels, single fire only, penetrating roughly 25 mm of armour and weighing in at around four times as much as a service rifle. You would be forgiven for thinking that the men who designed these absurdities had never seen a tank before. The tank had undergo constant and steady improvement from the end of the First War to the start of the Second. Only a handful of machines could be threatened by the penetrative capability of the rifles, and these were gradually being phased out. To compound the irony even further, few rifles were even in service at the commencement of the war, so when they did enter large scale usage their shortcomings were even more painfully highlighted.
It was not until the mid point of the war, 1942 moving into early 1943, that a new type of weapon began to appear at the frontline. The underlying principle of anti tank ammunition had up until this point been based on nothing more complicated than kinetic energy. If a solid round of sufficient weight could be impacted against armour plate at sufficient speed if could punch through, causing carnage for the men inside the machine. But solid rounds were becoming ever less useful against armour plate. Extra armour could easily be added, lessening the effect of anti tank rounds. If brute force was no longer working, the only other option was explosives.
Throwing a bomb against armour does not in itself serve much purpose. The plate absorbs the concussion and any shrapnel is simply bounced off. The threat to the integrity of the plate comes when the force of the blast is directed deliberately and accurately against a single point. There are a variety of names for these types of munitions - shaped charge, hollow charge, high explosive anti tank. They all operate within the same broad principle. When the round hits armour plate an igniter sets of the main charge. In a normal high explosive round the blast is unfocussed, radiating out in many directions. In the shaped charge, the opposite occurs. The blast is funnelled into a virtual stream of energy. For an instant, the full force of this stream is directed against a single spot on the armour plate. It acts in the same way as a blowtorch, burning through the metal before exploding into the interior of the tank, all in a single moment.
The overwhelming attraction of this method for the infantry is that the velocity at which the round is fired is completely immaterial. That means the usual requirements for a large, heavy weapon, able to absorb the recoil of launching are deleted. As long as the bomb could be delivered on target, the hollow or shaped charge would operate. As detailed below, several novel and highly innovative means of delivery were found.
Yet almost as soon as the weapons began to reach the troops, newer and better tanks were appearing. But the gap had been narrowed, if not closed, and now increasingly favoured the infantryman. The ability of a single rifleman, armed with a weapon he could carry on his back (no doubt cursing its weight) to engage and destroy, or at least disable, an armoured fighting vehicle with a multiple crew changed the face of the war. In 1940 the German Panzers had been unstoppable, and early on during 1941 the German Army had had their first taste of impotence against the Russian T34 and KV tanks. The emerging series of infantry anti tank weapons ended the previously one sided struggle. Now troops could ambush tanks, stalk them through streets and hedgerows and deliver a killer blow from a distance, whereas previously they would have had to board the tank with grenades, mines and sub machine guns.
Yet there were still limitations, range being the most important. None of the weapons below were effective above 100 metres and many of them had a chance of success at only half that distance. Several weapons produced a notable sheet of flame and accompanying smoke on firing, compromising attempts at concealment. The appearance of super heavy tanks was also an unwelcome development. But for all the drawbacks, all the limitations, the new range of weapons helped level the field for the infantryman. And in the absence of armoured targets, they naturally enough used the weapons against other objectives, such as machine gun nests, fortified houses or bunkers.
Below are detailed the important types of infantry anti tank rifles and weapons deployed by the major combatants during World War Two.
The British Army
The Boys Anti Tank Rifle
|162 cm
|16.3 kg
|0.55 in (13.97 mm)
|5 round box
|Muzzle Velocity
|990 metres per second
|Armour penetration
|21 mm
A pre-war shot of the Boys, as indicated by the old style ammunition pouches worn by the men. The Boys was largely abandoned by the troops in the field by 1942
The Projector, Infantry, Anti-tank (PIAT)
|99 cm
|14.5 kg
|Bomb weight
|1.4 kg
|Armour Penetration
|100 mm
The PIAT in position, a three tube ammunition container and spare bomb at the ready in the foreground
The Boys Anti Tank Rifle was one of those weapons designed to meet an urgent frontline requirement and in true British fashion took three years to arrive. It was named after Captain Boys (often misspelled as Boyes), but he unfortunately died before the outbreak of war, which given the performance of his contribution may have been ironically fortuitous.
The Boys was a typical weapon of its type, firing a high velocity, large calibre rifle round. It was fed by a detachable five round magazine, but remained a bolt action weapon. The first few encounters against the Panzer Waffe painfully demonstrated its premature obsolescence, facing the British Army with what was to become a familiar problem; withdraw the weapon completely or retain it until something else came along? They chose the latter and the Boys was widely distributed to infantry battalions and rear echelon troops, as well as being fitted to armoured cars.
Its replacement was a perfectly unique device. The Projector, the British Army term for a 'launcher', was unlike any other weapon of its class. Rather than using rocket propulsion, the bomb was delivered by means of a spring powered spigot. Quite what persuaded the army this was the way to go is uncertain, but it produced a remarkably flexible weapon and one which was seemingly loathed by any man required to use it.
To cock the weapon, the recoil spring had first to be compressed, requiring something akin to 90 kg of pressure to be applied. This was done by pulling the T shaped butt plate while twisting the weapon anti clockwise. The 'easiest' method of achieving this was by standing on the butt plate and pulling upwards, but this proved highly unattractive during combat and means were found to accomplish the task lying down. The bomb was primed and placed in the trough. The gunner then had to brace, aim and pull the large trigger. The spigot shot forward and entered the hollow tail tube, detonating a small propellant cartridge as it did. The bomb left the trough on a somewhat wobbly trajectory, but the shaped charge warhead did not require too great a velocity to do its work. The gunner's work, however, was not quite done. The intention was to harness the recoil from the propellant cartridge to drive the spigot back against the return spring and lock it ready for a second shot. This was not always the case though, especially if the gunner let the fearsome recoil loosen his grip and the weapon jerked. In this case, the Projector had to be reloaded manually, as described above.
This odd method though bestowed two distinct advantages. The report of the Projector was not much more than a rifle and more importantly there was no tell-tale flame and smoke produced. It also meant that the weapon could be fired in safety from inside a room or bunker, with no need to clear a safety zone behind the gunner for the exhaust discharge. Another trick was the PIAT could be fired at a high angle, as an impromptu mortar, as well as on the horizontal to engage other targets. High explosive and smoke bombs were available in this role, and range was increased to around 350 metres.
The United States Army
Rocket Launcher, M1A1 (The Bazooka)
|139 cm
|6 kg
|2.36 in (60 mm)
|Bomb weight
|1.5 kg
|Armour Penetration
|100 mm
A watchful rifleman carrying his Platoon's Bazooka during the Normandy campaign, illustrating just how unwieldy the weapon was when not in action
The US Army entered World War Two with no serious anti armour weapon for its infantrymen. A few Boys rifles had been procured for evaluation, but their sole claim to fame was that a handful were taken into the Pacific theatre by Marine units as bunker busters. The Army had a hollow charge grenade, but no means of delivering it until a Colonel Skinner suggested his rocket launcher, which no one had at that point considered seriously.
The combination proved an immediate success and within a year of Pearl Harbor the Bazooka was arriving in frontline use. It was a simple weapon comprising a hollow launch tube into which a primed missile was inserted. The rocket was detonated electrically, igniting the propellant which launched the projectile down the tube, causing a notable exhaust signature which meant the weapon was less than discreet. Danger was also to be found at the other end of the tube, as rockets could sometimes continue to burn after firing which required a wire mesh screen to be fitted to the muzzle.
The early model was supplemented by the improved M9 during 1944 and the M9A1 which could be broken into two halves for easier carrying. They were both longer at 155 cm and heavier at 7.1 kg and the firing batteries were replaced by a generator. Smoke and anti personnel rounds were also available. But against tanks the advent of heavy German models reduced effectiveness, and while soft targets could be engaged at up to 300 m, armoured targets were limited to around 100 m, though penetration was improved to around 120 mm. An upgraded 3.5 in weapon did not see service until well after the war had finished. Yet the Bazooka provided the average Rifle Platoon with some hope of defeating a German Panzer and was equally well employed to reduce enemy strongpoints from Europe to the Pacific.
The Red Army
|202 cm
|17.3 kg
|14.5 mm
|Muzzle Velocity
|1000 metres per second
|Armour Penetration
|25 mm
Anti tank rifle teams wait for the German advance. A perfect illustration that no matter how bad your job is, someone had one worse
The Red Army was alone among the major combatants in that it never produced a viable anti tank weapon for its infantry throughout the course of the war. The PTRD 1941 was available in time for the German invasion, but unfortunately its ammunition was not, so the Red Army found itself introducing the weapon during 1942; the same year the British and German armies were relegating their designs to the scrapheap.
The Russian weapon saw widespread use against the ever heavier German tanks. It was useless in a frontal assault, and the weapon was too cumbersome to consider stalking for a rear engine shot. Instead, against tanks it was used to target soft points such as visor screens or periscopes, blinding the crew. While it may seem a desperate tactic an entire generation of 'super heavy' sniper rifles currently exists to target vulnerable electronic equipment in an identical fashion. It was also useful against buildings or bunkers. A semi automatic model, the PTRS 1941 was also used, 3.5 kg heavier and 8 cm longer, it was fed from a five round magazine. It proved mechanically inferior and never supplanted the bolt action model which was, incredibly, still in use in May 1945.
The German Army
PzB 39 (Panzerbuchse)
|160 cm
|12.7 kg
|7.92 mm
|Muzzle Velocity
|1200 metres per second
|Armour penetration
|25 mm
The size of the PzB 39 is clearly shown against this Afrika Korps soldier, perhaps pondering exactly what he is supposed to do against a Matilda tank with that?
RPzB 54 (Raketenpanzerbuchse)
|164 cm
|11 kg
|8.8 cm
|Bomb weight
|3.3 kg
|Armour penetration
|150 mm
The Panzerschreck, also known as the Stovepipe. This is the later model displaying the blast shield missing from the first version
For a nation which placed so much emphasis on armoured warfare, the Germans were surprisingly lacking in credible anti tank weapons, especially for their infantry, until mid way through the conflict.
The initial weapon was the 1939 model 'tank gun', which replaced the pre-war 1938 type. The PzB 39 was a single shot weapon using a much modified 7.92 mm round in which the empty cartridge case was ejected by pulling down the pistol grip. It was available in large numbers for the invasion of Russia, where it was learned all too well that the weapon was unequal to the task. An attempt to lengthen its service life came with the introduction of anti tank rifle grenades. The barrel was sawn down by around 48 cm and a launcher cup was fitted, but it proved too heavy a weapon to deliver a relatively ineffective round.
During 1943 two enormously influential new weapons appeared. They enabled the German Infantry, who until this point had been forced to assail Red Army tanks in close assault parties armed with hand grenades and Teller mines, to engage any tank then in service from distance.
The first of these new weapons was the Faustpatrone, or 'fist cartridge', later renamed the Panzerfaust, 'armoured fist'. The Panzerfaust took the basic idea of a rifle grenade but took it one step further. Instead of firing it from a rifle muzzle, the grenade was given its own disposable launch tube. This meant a greater amount of propellant charge could be used, increasing range, and a far larger warhead, increasing penetration. Upon firing the grenade was propelled from the tube, allowing four stabilising fins to open up. There was a notable discharge from the opposite end of the launch tube, so the weapon had to be fired under arm or over shoulder and suitable clearance left behind the gunner for the back blast. Four variants were made, becoming progressively heavier but atoning with ever increasing range.
|Total weight
|Panzerfaust 30 klein
|3 kg
|100 mm
|Panzerfaust 30
|5 kg
|150 mm
|Panzerfaust 60
|6 kg
|150 mm
|Panzerfaust 100
|6.8 kg
|150 mm
Ambush position with the Panzerfaust, identified in the accompanying text as the 100 version, the most effective of the series
In each case the numeral suffix refers to the maximum effective range in metres. The klein had an armour penetration of 140 mm, the remainder all around 200 mm. This meant they could easily punch a hole in any of the British or American tanks then in service and proved highly effective against the Red Army models. Once launched the tube was disposed of, so they were treated as grenades and issued on a comparable scale, meaning any German squad had a realistic chance of facing down a Sherman or T34, but given the ranges involved it still required a brave man to try.
The second weapon to arrive was even more deadly. At some point during the war the Germans captured models of the M1A1 Bazooka and ammunition. Depending on what you read these were obtained in North Africa or from a delivery sent to the Red Army. The Germans had already made an 8.8 cm anti tank grenade and were producing a small artillery piece to discharge it. The simple idea of the Bazooka changed that and the 'rocket tank gun' appeared.
The early RPzB 43 was almost a direct copy, but incorporating the 8.8 cm missile which proved terribly more damaging than the US 60 mm equivalent. As with the Bazooka, back blast was a problem and the gunner was vulnerable to the exhaust flame of the rocket. The early models required the gunner to wear some form of protective clothing to fire it, but latterly a shield was fitted, taking the weight up from 9.3 kg to that given above. Maximum effective range was quoted at between 120 m and 150 mm markedly higher than its Allied contemporaries.
The combination of the plentiful Panzerfaust and lethal Panzerschreck (tank terror, a nickname applied to the RPzB) proved murderous to Allied tank crews. The defensive war being fought by the Germans offered innumerable opportunities to ambush advancing armour, most potently in the Normandy bocage where the British and Americans first encountered the threat. Unlike the allies though, the Germans do not appear to have developed alternative rounds such as high explosive, maintaining their belief in the weapons as pure tank killers. The initial irony that the 8.8 cm design was inspired by the Bazooka was given further life by the fact that US troops pressed captured models into use when sufficient ammunition was available.
sPzB 41 (schwere Panzerbuchse)
|170 cm (barrel only)
|225 kg
|2.8 cm
|Bomb weight
|0.13 kg
|Muzzle velocity
|1400 metres per second
|Armour penetration
|50 mm
The sPzB41, seen here in wintry conditions. This is the airborne model, the standard version having much larger road wheels for towing behind a vehicle. The above example also has a secondary splinter shield fitted just forward of the trigger
Along with their highly influential rocket projectiles, the German Army also employed a series of tapered bore weapons. The first of these was the 2.8 cm schwere Panzerbuchse 41, or heavy anti-tank rifle. It made its appearance on the Eastern Front in 1942, and would go on to see service in all other German theatres. The tapered bore effect used a barrel that gradually narrowed from the initial calibre, in this case reducing from 2.8 cm to 2.0 cm. The projectile casing used collapsible studs that gave way as the barrel narrowed.
The logic behind this system was that the squeezing effect translated into kinetic energy, which was absorbed by the round to impart greater muzzle velocity and therefore improved armour penetration. This meant that the weapon could achieve better results than the Pak 35/36, which weighed roughly twice as much, and without the penalty of severe recoil. There was a penalty however, namely in wear and tear, and the barrel had to be replaced every 500 rounds.
The Allies viewed the weapon as a developmental back step, however it proved very effective in action. Its low silhouette improved its survivability and aided in ambushes, while a lighter airborne model of 120 kg was used by the Fallschirmjager to boost their often limited anti-tank defences. It was fitted to softskin vehicles, as well as the SdKfz 250/11 light halftrack, and was still in use at the war's end.
Plans to extend the use of tapered bore weapons to more conventional towed anti-tank guns were curtailed due to lack of the high quality metals needed, though both 4.2 cm and 7.5 cm models saw limited service.
The Japanese Army
Type 97 (Anti-tank Rifle)
|210 cm
|52 kg
|20 mm
|7 round box
|Muzzle Velocity
|790 metres per second
|Armour penetration
|30 mm
The massive 20 mm Anti-tank rifle, soon outclassed in the East and superseded by suicide attacks launched against allied tanks
The Japanese approach to the anti tank rifle was far removed from the other nations detailed here. The Type 97 was a massive item of equipment that needed four men to even carry it. This was done using a system of frames which, ironically, increased the weight to almost 68 kg.
Like all such weapons its heyday was soon gone. In the Pacific and Far East, it was less likely to encounter the newer Allied tanks designed to meet the German threat for the first year or so of the campaign. But as Shermans and Valentines started to arrive it soon showed itself a liability. It does seem to have been retained in shore defences though for use against landing craft.
It was replaced by typically extreme Japanese tank killing methods. These were no more complicated than a man filling a satchel full of explosives and throwing himself underneath a tank before before igniting the charge, or digging himself a foxhole and waiting for a tank to ride over him. It typified the view of the soldier himself as nothing more than an expendable item; as long as he destroyed something of worth to the allies, his demise was deemed honourable.
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There are 26 weeks between Labor Day and Oscar night, so in my mind the race for the Academy Awards is a marathon. It starts the week of the Telluride fest then heats up days later Toronto. And slowly, a few leaders emerge.
Now, we are in Mile 11.
The current front-runners for the trophy are "Atonement" and "No Country For Old Men" (at least according to latest edition of the weekly "Gurus o' Gold" survey I participate in with other prognosticators).
This week, while we all still have a number of movies to watch, we were each asked to name the underdogs we are personally rooting for and I chose:
Best Picture - "I'm Not There"
Best Actress - Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"
Best Actor - Frank Langella, "Starting Out in the Evening"
Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Keener, "In The Wild"
Best Supporting Actor - John Travolta, "Hairspray"
Best Director - Todd Haynes, "I'm Not There"
Best Original Screenplay - "Lust, Caution"
Best Adapted Screenplay - "Persepolis"
Check out all of our personal picks and our top ten best picture rankings on the Movie City News site.


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Sounds of Stoker
Music | Nosferatu compellingly transmutes Dracula into music
John Zorn releases more albums in a year than some musicians do in a career. Pondering the quantity of his output, it's hard not to recall Steve Martin's response to the productivity of Leonardo da Vinci: "That's why I took up juggling."
Figuratively speaking, Zorn is a juggler too-of styles, of concepts. So far, his 2012 discography includes five albums, ranging from the sparklingly beautiful (The Gnostic Preludes, featuring harp, bells, and vibes) to the abrasively harsh (Templars: In Sacred Blood, featuring the maniacal vocals of the ex-Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton).
The most arresting, however, partly because it combines the best elements of the others, is Nosferatu, a soundtrack to Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, released to mark the centennial of Stoker's death. Five of the songs are titled after the novel's characters ("Mina," "Van Helsing," "Lucy," "Jonathan Harker," "Renfield"), the other 11 after various plot elements ("Death Ship," "Fatal Sunrise," "Hypnosis," and the like).
Yes, having read the novel makes it easier to appreciate Zorn's music. But, more to the point, from the most mysterious-sounding cut ("Hypnosis") to the most frenzied one ("The Battle of Good and Evil"), the music is fascinating enough to induce even those without a taste for gothic horror to read the novel on which it's based.
And Dracula deserves to be read. Due primarily to its various film incarnations, it tends to be one of those literary works that people think they know because they've experienced it secondhand.
But no amount of secondhand exposure can recreate the pleasure deriving from reading Stoker's skillful use of various first-person perspectives (journal entries, letters) to advance the plot or the sense that, rather than glamorize evil, Stoker actually intended with Dracula to valorize heroic-even Christian-goodness.
Zorn is at his best in successfully transmuting Stoker's intentions into music with the songs based on the novel's two main female characters, "Lucy" and "Mina." On the one hand, the two young women share not only beauty and vulnerability but also a close friendship. So it makes sense that Zorn's pieces should utilize similar-sounding, euphonious combinations of piano and vibraphone. That Zorn also somehow manages to evoke and contrast, ever so subtly, Mina's depth with Lucy's relative superficiality is no mean artistic achievement.
'Lit. hop'
By Arsenio Orteza
On the lighter side of the literary-pop ledger is the latest release by the rapper MC Lars, The Edgar Allan Poe EP (Horris). Unlike the Alan Parsons Project and Lou Reed, the Poe-inspired recordings of whom were intended to reflect their source material's "mystery and imagination," Lars goes for clever and, surprisingly, the gambit pays off.
"Hip hop?" he asks at the outset of "Anabel Lee R.I.P. (2012)." "Nah, this is lit. hop." And he isn't kidding. "Flow like Poe," set to Pachelbel's Canon, even teaches the basics of poetic terminology. "An iamb is two syllables, unstressed stressed," he raps, eventually touching on the other feet, meters, and sound terms before he's done.
But there's more to the EP than Schoolhouse Rock. In "Lenore (IMiss You)," "Mr. Raven," "(Rock) The Bells," and "The Tell-Tale <3," Lars retells the tales you'd expect. But he also weaves in details of Poe's biography when the need arises.
The best news is that Lars' raps are clean. The second best: They're funny. The 15-second "The Abridged Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" begins "This is the abridged Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket."
"A man on a whaling ship ends up in Antarctica, / it's a good book, you should read it" is how it ends.


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After Lenovo, Chinese handset maker Gionee has cautioned its customers against purchasing devices from e-commerce platforms and online shopping sites.
The smartphone maker also said these online firms are not their authorised resellers.
"One, these e-commerce sites are discounting prices below what other retail stores would sell at. After that, if the customer faces any issues post purchase, they turn them away saying its a brand issue. This is hurting our brand," Gionee India Head Arvind R Vohra said.
While there is nothing wrong with selling phones at competitive rates, consumers not getting good after-sales service, he added.
When contacted, a Flipkart spokesperson said: "As India's leading e-commerce marketplace, we pride ourselves in offering our customers one of the largest selection of high quality and genuine products and brands along with a world-class customer service.
"We stand behind the quality and warranty associated with every product we list on our site. We can assure our customers that products on Flipkart are genuine and our customers will continue to enjoy the warranty and services extended to all original products as always."
In February, another Chinese player Lenovo had issued a similar advisory to its customers alleging the online portals were selling products at "very low predatory prices". It carried a list of all authorised stores and genuine partners on its website as part of its efforts to inform buyers.
A Snapdeal spokesperson said: "Only authorised sellers list their products on our platform. These authorised sellers, already selling offline, are the ones listed on our site and are selling Gionee products online through our platform."
Customers can rest assured that all products, including Gionee products which are available on Snapdeal are genuine and eligible for warranty, she added.
"Further, being an online marketplace, pricing decision solely lies with the seller listing the product," the spokesperson said.
Gionee, which last month claims to have sold 2.13 lakh handsets, said it has "zero-visibility" on sales through e-commerce sites, Vohra said.
"Their (e-commerce firms) way of doing business is hurting my business and has ramifications on the brand," he added.
Vohra clarified that Gionee does not have any direct arrangement with any e-commerce portal in India as of now and sells only through its e-store and registered distributors. It products are available across over 20,000 retail touch points.
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Judge: Hydrant must go
A hydrant used to fill a water truck must be removed from the residential lot where it was installed last year.
The hydrant, installed in Jan. 2012 by Pennsylvania American Water Company for anti-drilling activist Craig Stevens is located on a property owned by Dr. Monica Marta at 12 Jessup St., on a "conditional use" lot in Montrose Borough's residential zone.
Stevens appealed a December 2012 decision against the hydrant by the borough's zoning hearing board to the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas.
Susquehanna County President Judge Kenneth Seamans handed down his order, Wednesday, May 8, upholding the zoning board's decision.
Judge Seamans determined that the existence of the hydrant on the Marta property was an unpermitted use and further ordered Stevens and/or Marta, with the assistance of PAWC to remove the water hydrant, piping and concrete barriers within 45 days.
According to the decision handed down by the judge, the conditional use on the property is only for a light commercial customer service establishment.
"No where in permitted uses, conditional uses or special exceptions is permitted a water transfer station such as (the one) maintained by Mr. Stevens on the Marta property," noted Judge Seamans.
Continuing in the decision, the judge stated: "The appeal must be denied in that no permit was applied for and hence no permit was ever granted by the Montrose Zoning Hearing Board for the use of the property of Marta in a residential district… to build and maintain a water distribution system for the purpose of transporting potable water outside the borough limits by truck."
Stevens' appeal to the Court of Common Pleas was the result of a notice of violation for maintaining an unpermitted water distribution system. The notice of violation was issued to Marta in August 2012 by James Smith the borough's zoning officer.
Stevens and attorney Kevin Boylan, and solicitors for the zoning board and the borough, Paul Litwin and Marion O'Malley appeared April 25 in the Court of Common Pleas.
Judge Seamans allowed for arguments of the issues raised in the appeal but, after admitting the transcript of testimony from the zoning hearing, ruled that no further testimony in the form of evidence would be taken by the court on that day.
Following the April 25 court date, Stevens and his attorneys also attempted to consolidate non-traffic citations filed in Montrose District Court against Marta by the borough zoning officer with his appeal of the zoning hearing board findings.
On May 1, the Judge Seamans denied the consolidation of the cases, noting that Marta was not a party to the zoning hearing board appeal; and the District Court citations had been filed against Marta as the property owner and not Stevens.
Marta appears in District Court
Marta appeared before District Judge Jeffrey Hollister on Thursday, May 9, on the zoning citations. Attorney Boylan also represented Marta.
Boylan asked that the citations be dismissed, citing a "stay" he said was in effect when the citations were filed in January by the zoning officer.
Borough solicitor Marion O'Malley argued the "stay" was only in effect pending resolution of the issue by the zoning hearing board.
O'Malley said that with the December board decision regarding the hydrant, the issue had been "long resolved."
She noted to Judge Hollister that Marta was not involved in the zoning hearing board appeal lodged in the Court of Common Pleas; and that the citations were property brought.
O'Malley also told the court that a decision had been handed down Wednesday on Stevens' zoning board appeal with the Court of Common Pleas which ordered the spigot removed from the Marta property.
Specifically on the issue of the "stay," O'Malley said no petition for a stay was ever filed.
Zoning Officer James Smith took the stand, testifying that he sent a notice of violation to Marta. He told the court that he was subsequently contacted by Marta's husband, Scott Ely.
Smith also told the court that he advised the property owner to see if a permit or variance was needed for the spigot.
But, he told the court, the borough never received an application for a change of use permit.
Smith said, "(They) went forward without borough permission."
He told the court the hydrant was still located on the property but that he did not know if it was currently being used.
In cross examination, Boylan asked Smith if somebody needed to make money in order for a property to be considered commercial.
Smith answered, "No," saying the hydrant was, in fact, a water distribution center.
Boylan also asked Smith if he had contacted PAWC about the hydrant.
"No, that's not who I would be enforcing," answered the zoning officer.
Smith also testified that violation notices issued to Marta, prior to the Aug. 21 violation, had been withdrawn by him because they had not been "worded correctly."
He also reiterated to the court that Marta's Montrose property was located in a residential zone and had been granted a conditional use variance before he became the zoning officer.
Montrose Borough Secretary Erin Jenner also took the stand. She presented a spreadsheet prepared at O'Malley's request of the legal costs incurred by the borough connected with the hydrant.
O'Malley said if the court determined violations occurred that – in addition to daily fines – the borough would also be seeking reimbursement on legal fees as allowed in the municipal planning code and also the Montrose borough code.
Boylan argued that the legal fees were not just applicable to Marta's alleged zoning violations but also included fees arising from Stevens' zoning board appeal.
Jenner told the court that the borough had amassed $13,572.85 (as of May 9) in fees resulting from the hydrant issue.
Boylan asked to see the invoices from the attorneys connected to the cases but O'Malley argued that privileged information is often included on the invoices.
"I think we have a right to see what the bills are for if we're being asked for legal fees," Boylan countered.
O'Malley responded that all of the expenses incurred by the borough were the result of Marta allowing the hydrant to operate on her property.
Boylan offered only Craig Stevens as a witness.
Stevens told the court he moved to Susquehanna County in 2010 and met several Dimock residents. He said he was concerned when Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation was no longer required by the state to provide water to Dimock residents and that is when he opted to have the hydrant installed to supply them with water.
On the stand, Stevens attempted to testify about his dealings with the Montrose Borough Council, including a walk-out of council members in February 2012 when an audience member said she planned to videotape the meeting.
The hydrant issue was listed on council's agenda to be discussed during that meeting.
O'Malley told Judge Hollister that Stevens' appeal had run its full course in the Court of Common Pleas and was now a matter of record but that the citations against Marta did not exist until earlier this year.
"I was told I would get my day in court and I didn't," Stevens said on the stand.
In summation, O'Malley said that no testimony to refute the existence of the violations by Aug. 21, 2012, had been presented by Marta.
She also noted that Marta did not appeal the notice of violation and had not offered any defense.
O'Malley asked the District Court to impose penalties, including the fine of $500 per day, reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
In his closing, Boylan argued that the nearly $14,000 in legal fees was unreasonable for citations that did not exist until January of this year when the citations were filed; and that the penalty should be no more than $500 per occurrence.
Judge Hollister said he would review the evidence and would notify both parties when he reached a decision in the matter.


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Sidenotes: National Geographic editor to lecture at Keystone, Four Freshmen wrap up Community Concerts
Nat'l Geographic editor to lecture
Keystone College in La Plume will host a presentation by Priit Vesilind, a senior writer and expeditions editor for National Geographic magazine, at 7 p.m. today.
The lecture in Evans Hall is free and open to the public, and it will cover stories about Mr. Vesilind's career.
"His assignments took him around the world and miles deep in the ocean, covering such diverse stories as Brazil, Albania, East Berlin, the Monsoon world and cave diving in the Yucatan," Ward Roe, professor and chairman of Keystone's division of fine arts, said in a statement.
Four Freshmen to play Lackawanna
The final show of Community Concerts at Lackawanna's 2012-13 season will feature the Four Freshmen on Saturday at 8 p.m. in Lackawanna College's Mellow Theater.
Tickets are $25 and $30 and can be purchased online at www.etix.com or at the college's box office through Friday between 1 and 4 p.m. Group discounts for the show also are available by calling 955-1455.
The Four Freshmen was one of the premier vocal groups of the 1950s and formed the bridge between '40s ensembles like the Mel-Tones and harmony-based rock-and-roll bands like the Beach Boys. Performing together since 2001, the group's current members are Bob Ferreira, Curtis Calderon, Brian Eichenberger and Vince Johnson.
For more information, visit www.lackawanna.edu.
MTV comedy star to appear locally
Area comedians Kevin Lepka and John Walton have arranged two local comedy shows with Jessimae Peluso, star of the upcoming MTV series "Girl Code," as the headliner.
The first performance will be Saturday at Main St. Bistro in Dickson City, and the second will be Saturday, April 27, at Gravity Inn in Waymart. Both shows begin at 8 p.m., and tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door, available at the venues or online at brownpapertickets.com.
"Girl Code" is set to premiere on Tuesday, April 23, and highlights the pitfalls, pains and pleasures of womanhood.
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text: Cal Athletics Cal Seniors Recall World Series Run Devon Rodriguez, Kyle Porter and Derek Campbell were instrumental players in 2011 By Cal Athletics on Tue, May 27, 2014 Related Links Cal Baseball Facebook Cal Baseball Foundation BERKELEY - Cal baseball seniors Devon Rodriguez, Kyle Porter and Derek Campbell were all instrumental in the Golden Bears' College World Series run of 2011. Video Feature Rodriguez will forever go down in Cal baseball lore for producing the clutch game-winning hit versus Baylor in the 2011 NCAA Houston Regional. He was named the Houston Regional MVP after leading the Bears back from a 7-1 deficit versus Baylor by earlier hitting a two-run homer in the contest. After suffering through injuries in 2012 and 2013, Rodriguez returned in 2014 to lead the team in home runs (7) and RBI (34), including a game-winning home run versus San Francisco and a two-home run game at USC. Porter went 6-0 during his freshman year in 2011, earning Freshman All-America honors after giving the Bears their first CWS series win since 1980 when he defeated Texas A&M, 7-3, in Omaha. Porter had also given Cal a win over Baylor in the Houston Regional. Due to a series of nagging injuries, Porter struggled to regain his freshman form in 2012 and 2013, but came back this season to pick up six more wins, including defeating Cal Poly on the road, striking out 11 batters versus Utah and shutting out Oregon on two hits last weekend in Eugene. He concluded his Bear career with 15 wins. Campbell, one of the stars of the Cal Baseball Reinstatement Rap Video, came off the bench as a freshman to replace an injured Tony Renda at second base during the Super Regional and CWS. He thrived in the spotlight, going 4-for-8 in the Super Regional wins over Dallas Baptist and went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the Omaha win over Texas A&M. In 2013, Campbell got his leg broken playing at Houston only 11 games into the season. He was able to come back for the 2014 season, leading the team with 14 doubles and tying Rodriguez with a team-leading seven home runs. All three of these Cal baseball seniors shined in the spotlight of postseason play in 2011, and after coming back from injuries, finished their college careers on a high note last weekend in Eugene as the Bears captured the final two games of the series over the Ducks. RECOMMENDED STORIES < Never Out Of The Game Cal Closes Pac-12 Play With Esquer's 500th Win Bears Make Their Case With Win > OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE < Men's Nike Gray Cal Bears Team Stripe T-Shirt $25.95 Buy Now > Cal Bears Nike Navy Blue Medium Training Duffle Bag $60.00 Buy Now > > Left Promo SHOP NOW > Right Promo MORE INFO > Bears On Pac-12 Networks Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Networks


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Dear 18 year old Emilia,
I'm 29 and I'm writing to your from your FUTURE! And yes, I know you probably have been smoking (ugh), but that's not the point …. this really IS happening.
I'm going to give you some big style advice first off… but don't freak out okay?
First of all remember this; You'd worry a whole lot less what other people think of you if you realised how little they did. You also only have control of what you do, never of what other people think. Spend your time doing nice things for people whose opinion matters. Stop obsessing over what people who don't matter think.
Be nicer to your parents. I know you love your social life, but you need to also be nicer to your parents. They love you un-conditionally, but you shouldn't make them. Please.
Start considering your future in at least some of your actions. Consider which friends are really there for you now and are likely to be in the future. You already know the answer to this. Working hard at University is not for total losers; don't assume you can coast by forever. You can't. I think your hearts in the right place, but your priorities are ALL wrong my friend.
Being 18 is just a moment.
Okay, that was the big style stuff – trippy right? So now I'm going to give you three pieces of advice that you MUST follow. They're pretty easy and one will make boys like you, one will get you friends and one will make you look more attractive.
The important stuff, right?!
First, a vegetarian diet of processed food does not a healthy diet make. Cheese bagels, Maltesers, crisps and weekend Bacardi Breezers? As a staple diet?! Oh my goodness, get some nourishment woman! Eat some proper protein and fat at every meal; maybe some tofu and a bit of avocado. You could even ditch the vegetarian diet and have one with fresher foods, that included the occasional free range and totally delicious burger. I think that would be super healthy and instead of 'impressing' boys by smoking and wearing low cuts tops (cough), you could totally be the girl who makes an awesome burger.
That got your attention, right?!
Second, learn to bake! That way, should your sweet tooth continue – hypothetically – you can enjoy goods that are a bit more nourishing than Sainsburys soft bake chocolate chip cookies. I think you would feel way better making the occasional proper sweet treat than eating processed chocolate religiously at 11am every day.
You could also bake your best friend something to say you're sorry after one of your 'never-making-up' fights. These gluten free flapjacks are super easy and would be a great one to start with.
Third, eat some vegetables my friend. This is a vanity plea from 29 year old you who already has a few too many wrinkles from all those years of smoking. Your mum is amazing at cooking vegetables and you should try to learn from her. Instead of locking yourself in your room, chain smoking and talking on the phone. I'm being serious.
If hanging out and eating vegetables with mum just feels like TOO much right now, why don't you at least steam some kale to have with your pasta ready meal? Kale is pretty much the healthiest vegetable out there and I won't tell any of your friends (why are you so desperate to prove to them that you life off a diet of Pot Noodle and cigarrettes anyhow? It's weird Emilia!)
Okay, I'll let you go now Em. Although there is tonnes more I want to say, I'm also prepared to let you go. Your mistakes might cost you- or worse still hurt other people – but I hope they make you a more empathatic adult.
I do however, want you to start eating healthier food.
29 year old Emilia.
The Health Activist Writer's Month Challenge is hosted by WEGO Health. I will be writing a post a day for all 30 days. If you want to join me in the challenge (please do!) all you have to do to join is sign up here.


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Cheesy Potatoes and Ham Recipe
Esther Yoder combines leftover ham with canned soup, cheese and a few other ingredients to make this mashed potato-topped casserole. "My family loves it," notes the Millersburg, Ohio reader.
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1 cup cubed process cheese (Velveeta)
- 2 tablespoons butter, cubed
- 2 cups cubed fully cooked ham
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1-1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 6 cups mashed potatoes (with added milk and butter)
- 1. In a large saucepan, combine the soup, cheese and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until cheese is melted. stir in the ham, onion and Worcestershire sauce.
- 2. Pour into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Top with mashed potatoes. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 4-6 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 serving (1-1/2 cups) equals 438 calories, 24 g fat (13 g saturated fat), 74 mg cholesterol, 1,849 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 17 g protein.
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"My very favourite way to use up leftover ham, my family loves this dish!"
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Best Buy plans to build a 368,060-square-foot distribution center in Streetsboro. The Streetsboro Board of Education approved an eight-year, 100% tax abatement for the development. Payroll processing company Paychex intends to consolidate its offices in Warrensville Heights and Green at a new site in Boston Heights. The Village and the Hudson School District approved a 10-year, 100% tax abatement.
Update: Best Buy is moving its operations from Glenwillow.


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Kaley Cuoco is the Greatest All Over Again
Take a moment, friends, to bask in the glory that is this photo of Kaley Cuoco. Really, just go ahead and savor it, soak it in, appreciate it for the amazing piece of art that it is. For never before has a woman been so hot, so super gorgeous, and so adorable at the same time. It is a feat that was previously considered impossible, but this photo of Kaley here, looking both hot in a bikini and precious on a swan float, just goes to show that anything is possible if you believe in it hard enough.


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It is so important for us all to take a moment to submit ... to voice our priorities and help change Parkinson's research. Now is our time to speak up.
~Diane Cook
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& Advisor, ProjectSpark
Community Choice Research Award
Who Has the Next Big Idea for PD Research? You Do!
Each year, through its Community Choice Research Award, the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) asks people living with the disease and care partners to share their priorities for research. Our scientific advisory board studies all responses to better understand which issues are most important to the community. We also select two community-chosen priorities and fund scientists with $15,000 to investigate them.
In 2014, after the first Community Choice Research Award survey, PDF announced $30,000 in funding to address two disabling, yet under-recognized symptoms of Parkinson's – fatigue and gastrointestinal dysfunction - identified by the patient community through the online survey.
PDF then gathered leaders in the field of Parkinson's disease as well as specialists from related areas to assess where we are in understanding and treating these symptoms, and what needs to be done to move the field forward.
- The first, focused on fatigue, was led by Joseph Friedman, M.D., professor of neurology in the Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, RI.
- The second on gastrointestinal function was jointly led by Ronald Pfeiffer, M.D., professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN, and Eamonn Quigley, M.D., a gastroenterologist and Medical Director of The Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.
Each meeting involved people with Parkinson's disease, both those who recommended each topic and several PDF Research Advocates.
Stay tuned for updates on reseach into our 2014 priority areas, fatigue and gastrointestinal function, and for selections for 2015. Also be sure to read Anne's story of why she first submitted fatigue as a research priority on behalf of her husband Jim.
Learn More
- What questions trended in the first Community Choice Research Award online survey? View results here.
- How did we choose the PDF Community Choice Research Award? Browse the Frequently Asked Questions here.
PDF thanks its People with Parkinson's Advisory Council and the ProjectSpark Foundation for their support and partnership on this initiative.


text: Okay me and a few guys are starting a classic metal (metallica, Ac Dc, ect) and it's me and the lead guitarists first time in a band. We will play gigs. The all but one or two of the others have been in a band before. I'm rhythem guitarist and I don't wanna to be, you know, some dude in the backline with sound coming out of his amp, I wanna be noticed. Me and the lead guitarist are 14, the others are about 16. Any advice for us first timers? :confused:


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FREE Tutoring @ the Downtown Library Youth Department Starts Monday, September 16!
School has started so it's also time to get some FREE tutoring help! Circle K students will be available three days a week: Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00 - 8:00 PM. And Sundays (FREE Parking Downtown) from 3-5 PM. Students in grades K-12 can get homework help at AADL (all subjects), provided by volunteers for the University of Michigan chapter of Circle K. No appointment necessary - just drop by!


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May 24, 2016
The exact cause of last week's plane crash off Miami Beach has not been determined. But the FAA says preliminary investigations have revealed stress fractures in the plane's right wing support.
The seaplane crashed last Monday and sank within sight of luxury high-rises, killing all 20 people aboard. The plane, operated by Chalk's Ocean Airways, crashed after its right wing separated from the fuselage. It was en route to Bimini in the Bahamas.
The FAA has issued a bulletin indicating it may require mandatory inspections of all seaplanes like the 58-year-old Grumman G-73 Turbine Mallard that crashed. Chalk's has voluntarily grounded its four other G-73 aircraft.
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Serena Williams was pictured winning her way to the Australian Open quarter-finals last night.
Serena Williams gave her opinion about her sister Venus Williams buttocks being commented on by tennis commentator Roger Rasheed live on Australian TV earlier this week.
Serena told the Australian press, who used the more polite term "posterior ":
"Oh, yeah, we say booty," "I'm not quite sure about posterior, I'll try to keep that in the back of my mind. What are you doing? I'm shaking my posterior,"
She added:
"Venus definitely has a great posterior. I'm sure it looked nice."
Category: Serena Williams, Venus Williams
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this is messed up and im glad that serena took it in stride. i heard those ugly hoz mary joe fernadez and pam shriver comment on venus's shorts being obscene. those two hoz only wish they had the careers of the williams sisters. you go serena and venus. your the best thing to happen to tennis since well your the best thing period.
They are jealous of her butt because they have to wear those foam fake butts. Ha Ha Ha LOL. Why don't you buy some cilicone injections for your Butts, Isn't that they way y'all get your bodies through putting unnatural in your body.
Venue, you are beautiful and keep on trucking.


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ISOM number changed from 611 to 713.
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