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KCET Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, KCET will feature specials throughout the month of September, beginning September 15. Ranging from topics of dance and art to issues of politics and law, these programs highlight the dynamic Hispanic life and culture. Check out the list below:
Sunday, September 15 @ 4:30PM -- "Cruz Reynoso: Sowing The Seeds of Justice"
This documentary in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month paints a portrait of a man touched by injustice as a child who dedicated his life to fighting discrimination and inequality as a lawyer, judge and teacher. The compelling biography, told through a combination of archival footage and interviews, charts Cruz Reynoso's humble origins, his appointment to the California Supreme Court (the first Latino justice to serve in the state's highest court) and more recently, his leadership on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Friday, September 22 @ 4PM -- "KCETLink Presents: Sotomayor & Longoria -- A Conversation With the U.S. Supreme Court Justice"
In this KCETLink special being rebroadcast in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks to actress/activist Eva Longoria about Sotomayor's new book, "My Beloved World". Justice Sotomayor, the first Hispanic -- and third woman -- to sit on the United States Supreme Court, speaks of her humble beginnings in the Bronx housing projects, her struggles to learn English and to overcome financial hardships, as well as her courageous choices and inspiring successes.
Monday, September 29 @ 4:30PM -- "Vamos Al Baile (Let's Go to the Dance)"
In this third program commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month, a stellar lineup of Mexican-American musicians take the stage in front of a live audience. Enjoy performances by award winning artists Little Joe y La Familia, Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution, and Joel Guzman with Sarah Fox plus special guests. Interspersed with interviews. Vamos al Baile (Let's go to the Dance) captures the different styles of Mexican-American music and the family atmosphere of the dance halls in which they are performed.
Tuesday, October 1 @ 9PM -- "Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth"
"Papers" is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. Eleven million undocumented immigrants live in the United States. Of those, four and a half million were brought to the U.S. as children. These are young people who were educated in American schools, hold American values, know only the U.S. as home and who, upon high school graduation, find the door to their future slammed shut. 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school without "papers." It is against the law to work or drive. It is difficult, if not impossible in some states, to attend college. They live at risk of arrest, detention and deportation to countries they may not even remember. Currently, there is no path to citizenship for most of these young people. Graham Street Productions produced this film in association with El Grupo Juvenil (the "Papers" Youth Crew). These youth producers were actively involved in all aspects of the production. They have worked in collaboration with immigrant youth around the country who want to tell their stories and change immigration policy.
Tuesday, October 8 @ 9PM -- "Immigrant Nation: The Battle For The Dream"
Immigrant Nation! is a feature documentary film about the modern immigrant rights movement. In particular, it is the story of the struggle of Elvira Arellano, a single mother from Chicago, who fought her deportation. The film also interweaves the stories of individuals,organizations, activists and community leaders united by passion and a concern for justice. This film illustrates the opposition to the controversial HR4437 immigration bill as well as the ongoing struggle and demand for comprehensive immigration reform.
Tuesday, October 8 @ 10PM -- "Explore: Southwest Borderlands"
The American Southwest is a complex region where cultures transcend political borders. Join Charlie and the explore Team as they meet people pursuing a life in the United States while struggling to maintain their cultural heritage and longstanding traditions.
Tuesday, October 15 @ 9PM -- "Linda Ronstadt: In Conversation"
Climbing to the top of the music industry is a feat for any artist, especially if you're a woman in the male-dominated music industry. Linda Ronstadt is one of the few female rock icons who not only broke through the glass ceiling, but remains one of the most adored performers of our era. KCETLink, in partnership with the literary series Writers Bloc, will televise a special interview on Oct. 15 at 9PM. with Ronstadt and award-winning journalist and radio personality Patt Morrison, discussing the rocker's latest memoir, "Simple Dreams." Ronstadt exposes the long and difficult road to becoming the most successful rock singer of the '70s and also reveals her inability to sing again due to her recent diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. The live event, filmed by KCETLink, took place on Sept. 24 at the Ann and Jerry Moss Theater at New Roads School in Santa Monica.
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Thread: War Su Gui or Almond Chicken
January 24th, 2008, 11:00 AM #1
War Su Gui or Almond Chicken
Does anyone know how to make this dish, it has been our favorite Chinese dish for years as prepared at Ding Ho's restaurant in Columbus, OH. The signature sauce there is an orange sauce not brown as in every other place I have tried it. Please help.
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Re: War Su Gui or Almond Chicken
War Su Gai
2 whole chicken breasts, skinned, boned, and cut in half
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon dry sherry
4 tablespoons cornstarch (corn flour)
3 tablespoons water
3 cups broth
1 1/2 cups chopped mushrooms (optional)
3 tablespoons chicken fat or butter
2 teaspoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon water
1 cup shredded lettuce
1/3 cup toasted, slivered almonds
1 green onion, finely chopped (green and white parts)
Oil for deep-frying
Sprinkle chicken with salt and sherry and marinate for 15 minutes.
While chicken is marinating, prepare the sauce. Mix together the cornstarch and water in a small saucepan until smooth. Gradually mix in the chicken broth, mushrooms (if using), chicken fat or butter, soy sauce, and bouillon granules. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Let boil for 1 minute, and keep warm.
To prepare batter: Beat together the cornstarch, flour, baking powder, egg, and water until smooth. Coat each piece of chicken with the batter.
Heat wok or a large skillet and add oil to a depth of 1/2-inch. Heat to 375 degrees. Cook coated chicken pieces in oil until they are golden, turning them once. This should take about 5 - 7 minutes. Drain the chicken on a tempura rack if you have one, or on paper towels.
Cut the chicken diagonally into strips. Reassemble the strips into chicken breast shapes and place on a bed of shredded lettuce. Sprinkle with almonds and green onion. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and serve.
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Re: War Su Gui or Almond Chicken
Chinese Restaurant Almond Chicken
1 cup flour
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 lb. vegetable oil for deep frying
1 lb. chicken breast, boned and cut into small pieces
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 can chicken broth
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 small can mushrooms
4 oz. cashew nuts (or almonds), finely grated - for garnish
Mix flour, eggs, baking powder and enough milk to form dough
the consistency of pancake batter.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Dip chicken into the batter, let
excess batter drip off. Fry until golden brown, remove from pan
and keep warm until ready to serve.
Remove all oil from pan except about one-fourth. To make gravy add
cornstarch, chicken broth, seasonings, soy sauce and mushrooms, stir
while it cooks for a few minutes.
Pour gravy over warm chicken and sprinkle finely grated cashew nuts or
almonds on top.
Source: House of Hwang Chinese Restaurant, Fredericksburg, VA
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There is a new international ILO/IMO Code of practice on security in ports to be in effect from July 1st (international anti terrorist measures). This means that each port in the world must make an assessment of its port security and establish a port security plan. This plan must be validated by the relevant authorities in the country. The ultimate consequence may be the closing down of the port until the security plan can be accepted.
This will among other things imply restricting access to the port and particularly to the wharfs and docks - many of them freely accessible today. In my hometown Stockholm the quays are now being fenced in and guards check ID papers and clearance for those wanting to approach the ships.
I don't know to what extent this could affect places like IYCA - yacht clubs may have to maintain their own security level being private territories. But ports like Monaco, Cannes, Cap Ferrat and Cap d'Ail may be affected as most certainly all traditional commercial ports, cruise ship terminals etc around the world where the larger and larger yachts (Octopus etc) already now have to be docked.
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Democratic Leader Harry Reid asks the Bush Administration to Focus on a Commonsense Trade Policy, Not on CAFTA
Democratic Leader Harry Reid released the following statement on the Central American Free-Trade Agreement:
Washington, DC. "Today's action on CAFTA confirms again that the Bush Administration is out of touch with the values and priorities of the average American. In recent weeks we heard that the U.S. trade deficit was on pace to set another record of almost $700 billion. The American people have not been clamoring for CAFTA. They do want a trade policy that helps reduce the enormous deficit so we don't have to borrow so much from foreign countries, including China. They do want to ensure that trade is on a level playing field. The American people want to know that the President and the Congress are getting tough with China's unfair currency manipulation and intellectual property piracy. The American people want to expand trade with countries that respect the basic rights of workers and protect the environment; they want trade policy to create opportunities for American workers.
Instead, the Bush Administration's number one trade priority for the year is the CAFTA, which represents less than 1.5 percent of our global trade. It is an unbalanced agreement that provides stronger protections for multinational companies than for workers in these countries and here at home. Because of its flaws, bishops in the Central American countries have raised serious concerns about CAFTA. Democrats have called for tougher provisions to protect the rights of workers, for capacity building assistance to ensure that the poor in Central America benefit, and for strong measures to help U.S. workers remain competitive in a global economy. The Bush Administration and Republicans have resisted these commonsense changes. The Bush Administration's misplaced priorities are evident in the difficulty he is having getting this flawed agreement through Congress. The close 11 to 9 vote in the Finance Committee shows an almost unprecedented level of opposition to this Administration's misplaced trade priorities."


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The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) recently encouraged "increased consumption of omega-3 fatty acids in the form of fish or capsule form (1 g/day) for risk reduction" and stated that "for treatment of elevated triglycerides, higher doses are usually necessary for risk reduction" (Smith SC et al. Circulation 2006;113:2363-72). These recommendations are based on conflicting evidence about the efficacy of the omega-3 treatment with data derived from single randomized trials or non-randomized studies (Smith SC et al. Circulation 2006;113:2363-72). Much effort has been undertaken to elucidate the role of omega-3 fatty acids in the development of cardiovascular disease, but even recent meta-analyses deliver no clear picture; they either favor (Mozaffarian D Jama 2006;296:1885-99) or reject (Hooper L Bmj 2006;332:752-60) the hypothesis of cardioprotective effects of omega-3 FAs.
The objective of the clinical study is to study the effects of fish oil on blood and urinary markers of inflammation and cell stress. By using different permutations of high-dose supplementation of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids versus different alimentary omega-3 fish doses and grain alcohol versus different kinds of red wine, this trial will study how omega-3 fatty acids, ethanol and red wine constituents modulate biomarkers of inflammation and cell stress.
|Drug: Fish Oil Dietary Supplement: Safflower Oil Dietary Supplement: Ethanol Dietary Supplement: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids Dietary Supplement: Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid
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- Urinary isoprostane concentrations [ Time Frame: Hours and days ]
- Urinary eicosanoid concentrations [ Time Frame: Hours and days ]
- Plasma eicosanoid concentrations [ Time Frame: Hours and days ]
- Blood alcohol concentrations [ Time Frame: Hours and days ]
- Blood fatty acid composition [ Time Frame: Hours to months ]
- Compositional Changes in the Intestinal Microbiome [ Time Frame: Hours and days ]Collection of stool samples
- Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Transcriptomics [ Time Frame: Baseline, after low and high doses of fish oil supplementation, after high doses of safflower oil supplementation, after ethanol ingestion ]Exploring potential interactions between polyunsaturated fatty acids and ethanol
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2008
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|November 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Fish oil
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA)
Drug: Fish Oil
Part 1.1: Dose of 9.3 g/day EPA plus 7.5 g/day DHA;
Part 2a (run-in phase): Dose of 1 time 2 capsules per day of Lovaza (total of 1.7 g/d ω-3 PUFA consisting of 930 mg/day EPA and 750 mg/day DHA) for 29±1 days;
Part 2a (study arm): Dose of 3 times 4 capsules per day of Lovaza (total of 10.1 g/d ω-3 PUFA consisting of 5580 mg/day EPA and 4500 mg/day DHA) for 29±1 days
Other Name: LovazaTM (former name: Omacor®)Dietary Supplement: Ethanol
Dietary Supplement: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
Part 1 & Part 1.1:
Dose of 0.9 g/kg body weight 98% alcohol solution
Part 2a:
Doses of 0.4 and 0.9 g/kg body weight 98% alcohol solution and a control placebo drinking solution
Part 2b, Part 3:
Doses of 0.4, 0.6 and 0.9 g/kg body weight 98% alcohol solution
Part 2b:
Alimentary diet delivering ≈ 500 mg/day EPA/DHA,or Alimentary diet delivering ≈ 900-1000 mg/day EPA/DHA, or Alimentary diet delivering ≈ 1500-1800 mg/day EPA/DHA;
Part 3:
Alimentary diet delivering EPA/DHA in a quantity to be determined by Part 2b.
Other Name: n-3 PUFA alimentary supplementation
Active Comparator: Safflower Oil
Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-6 PUFA)
Dietary Supplement: Safflower Oil
Part 2a: (Study Arm): Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids 3 times 4 capsules per day (total of 10.2 g/d ω-6 PUFA) for 29±1 days
Other Name: Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acidsDietary Supplement: Ethanol
Dietary Supplement: Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid
Part 1 & Part 1.1:
Dose of 0.9 g/kg body weight 98% alcohol solution
Part 2a:
Doses of 0.4 and 0.9 g/kg body weight 98% alcohol solution and a control placebo drinking solution
Part 2b, Part 3:
Doses of 0.4, 0.6 and 0.9 g/kg body weight 98% alcohol solution
Part 2b:
Control omega-6 fatty acid alimentary diet (<130 mg/day EPA/DHA)
Other Name: n-6 PUFA alimentary supplementation
Detailed Description:
This clinical study comprises several parts:
Part 1: Single-arm open oral administration of ethanol in n=40 healthy participants.
Part 1.1: Single-arm open oral administration of fish oil capsules and ethanol in n=12 healthy participants.
Part 2a: Randomized double-blind oral administration of fish oil or safflower oil capsules and ethanol in n=44 healthy participants.
Part 2b: Randomized double-blind oral administration of fish foods or control diet and open oral administration of ethanol in n=40 healthy participants.
Part 3: Randomized double-blind oral administration of fish foods or control diet and red wine beverages in n=40 healthy participants.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 21 - 60,
- Subjects must be in good health as based on medical history, physical examination, vital signs, and laboratory tests.
- All Subjects have to adhere to the following criteria:
- Must be non-smoking volunteers (both male and non-pregnant females) due to a significant influence of smoking and overweight on the outcome measures of lipid peroxidation,
- Must be of normal weight with a body mass index (BMI) ≤ 25. The correlation between the BMI number and body fatness is fairly strong; however it varies by sex, race, and age. These variations include the following examples: At the same BMI, women tend to have more body fat than men; at the same BMI, older people, on average, tend to have more body fat than younger adults; highly trained athletes may have a high BMI because of increased muscularity rather than increased body fatness; source at http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_BMI/index.html. Therefore, subjects with a BMI > 25 can be enrolled at the discretion of the PI in writing.
- Female subjects of child bearing potential must be using a medically acceptable method of contraception (oral contraception, depo-provera injection, IUD, condom with spermicide, diaphragm, cervical cap, progestin implant, abstinence, tubal ligation, oophorectomy, TAH) throughout the entire study period. All female subjects must consent to a urine pregnancy test at screening and just prior to the start of each treatment phase of the study (first study visit, every ethanol administration visit, at first visit of fish oil administration), and during the third week of fish oil administration. All pregnancy tests must be negative at all time points.
- Male subjects must be surgically sterile and/or agree to use condoms throughout the duration of the study.
- Persons who consume vitamin supplements are required to undergo a "washout period" of ≥ five weeks without supplement prior to study enrollment (in analogy to Block G, et al. Am J Epidemiol 2002; 156: 274)
- Urine ethanol assessment indicating abstinence.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Female subjects who are pregnant or nursing a child.
- Subjects, who have received an experimental drug, used an experimental medical device within 30 days prior to screening, or who gave a blood donation of ≥ one pint within 8 weeks prior to screening.
- Subjects with any coagulation, bleeding or blood disorders.
- Subjects with nutritional inefficiencies in Fe, Zn, Cu, Mg (according to 61)
- Subjects who are sensitive or allergic to fish, fish oil or fish-containing products.
- Subjects with any evidence of cancer or history of significant cardiovascular disease (including stroke or TIA), renal, hepatic, respiratory, endocrine, metabolic, hematopoietic or neurological disorder.
- Subjects with a systolic blood pressure above 160 or a diastolic blood pressure above 95,
- Subjects with any evidence of GI disorders that could interfere with fat absorption
- Subjects with an intention to lose weight during their participation in the trial
- Subjects with any abnormal laboratory value or physical finding that according to the investigator may interfere with interpretation of the study results, be indicative of an underlying disease state, or compromise the safety of a potential subject. Subjects who have had a history of drug or alcohol abuse within the last 6 months.
- Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin > 6% indicating chronic alcohol abuse
- Complete abstinence from alcohol
- Intake of more than three alcoholic drinks per day
- Subjects with a history of cancer, including skin cancer
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00682318
|Contact: Lavenia Banas, CRN
|Contact: Carsten Skarke, M.D.
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Contact: Lavenia Banas, CRN 215-662-4652 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Carsten Skarke, M.D. 215-746-8330 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Garret A FitzGerald, M.D.
|Principal Investigator: Carsten Skarke, M.D.
|Principal Investigator:
|Garret A FitzGerald, M.D.
|Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
|Principal Investigator:
|Carsten Skarke, M.D.
|Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
|Responsible Party:
|Carsten Skarke, Research Assistant Professor of Medicine in Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00682318 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 16, 2008
|Last Updated:
|May 1, 2017
Keywords provided by Carsten Skarke, University of Pennsylvania:
Fish oil
red wine
oxidative stress
Healthy volunteers
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Anti-Infective Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017


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NFL to pay $42M for use of retired players images
MINNEAPOLIS -- The NFL has agreed to pay $42 million as part of a settlement with a group of retired players who challenged the league over using their names and images without their permission.
Terms of the settlement were announced on Monday. The league will use the money to fund a trust over the next eight years that will benefit retired players. The settlement also establishes a new licensing agency for retired players to ensure they are compensated for the use of their identities in promotional materials.
NFL will not change postseason in 2013
PHOENIX -- The NFL will not be adding teams to the playoffs this season, but still is discussing an expanded postseason.
Commissioner Roger Goodell says Monday that the league's competition committee has looked into adding teams to the playoffs, and the topic will be discussed at this week's owners meetings. But "it clearly won't happen this year," Goodell says.
Twelve of the 32 teams make the playoffs, including all eight division winners. Adding more qualifiers could mean eliminating byes in the opening round if the NFL went to as many as 16 playoff teams. It could add two teams and keep a system of byes.
Titans release veteran QB Matt Hasselbeck
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans have released veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, a move buying the team some more cap space after they couldn't work out an agreement trimming his $5.5 million salary for 2013.
Hasselbeck, 37, spent the past two seasons with Tennessee, leading the Titans to a 9-7 record and just missing the playoffs on a tiebreaker in 2011. He threw for 3,571 yards, the fourth-best passing season in the team's history and the third highest of Hasselbeck's career.
Parker, Reimer named McD's Players of Year
CHICAGO -- Four-time Illinois state champion Jabari Parker and Indiana standout Taya Reimer have been picked as the national prep basketball Players of the Year.
The award, named for legendary Maryland high school coach Morgan Wooten, is awarded annually to the top male and female McDonald's All-American players. It was announced Monday.
Parker, a 6-foot-8 star from Chicago Simeon, has verbally committed to attend Duke next year.
Reimer, an all-state forward from Hamilton (Ind.) Southeastern, played on a gold medal U.S. Under-17 World Championship team. She is expected to play for Notre Dame.
Majerle named head coach at Grand Canyon
PHOENIX -- Former Phoenix Suns star Dan Majerle has been named head coach at Grand Canyon University as the Phoenix school begins a four-year transition to NCAA Division I.
Majerle was introduced as coach at a news conference on Monday, saying he is thrilled with the opportunity to coach his hometown university.
Majerle played 14 seasons in the NBA, eight with the Suns. He is a member of the team's Ring of Honor. Majerle was in his fifth season as an assistant coach of the Suns when he left the organization earlier this year after he was passed over for the interim coach position after Alvin Gentry was fired.


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Kansas State senior running back Daniel Thomas and sophomore place kicker Anthony Cantele have been named the first Big 12 Players of the Week for the 2010 season, the conference office announced Tuesday.
Thomas shared offensive player of the week honors with Oklahoma State running back Kendall Hunter, while Cantele earned co-special teams player of the week accolades with Oklahoma punter Tress Way. Both Wildcats picked up the first weekly conference honor of their careers.
The awards marked the first time in school history that K-State had two conference player-of-the-week honors following the first weekend of play. It was also the second straight season that two Wildcats were named players of the week after the same game as Grant Gregory (offensive) and Emmanuel Lamur (special teams) were honored following the 2009 Iowa State game.
Thomas ran for a career-high 234 yards and two scores to lead Kansas State to its 31-22 win over UCLA. He set a K-State record for rushing yards in a season opener and also tallied the fifth-most rushing yards in a single game in school history. Thomas' 234 rushing yards were the most surrendered by a UCLA defense since USC's Reggie Bush rushed for 260 yards in 2005. The Hilliard, Fla., senior averaged 8.4 yards a carry and had a career-long run of 44 yards. His performance was also the 12th 200-plus yard game in school history.
Making his collegiate debut, Cantele boomed four of his six kickoffs through the end zone for touchbacks, the most by a Wildcat in a game since 2008. The Wichita, Kan., product was 4-of-4 in PAT's and hit his only field goal attempt of the afternoon, a 35-yarder in the third quarter that gave the Wildcats a 17-13 lead they would not relinquish.
Kansas State, which received votes in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches' Polls on Tuesday, takes on Missouri State this Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
Offense: Daniel Thomas, RB, Kansas State; Kendall Hunter, RB, Oklahoma State
Defense: Aldon Smith, DE, Missouri; Keenan Robinson, LB, Texas
Special Teams: Anthony Cantele, PK, Kansas State; Tress Way, P, Oklahoma


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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The ACLU has filed a motion for public access to the 9/11 trial in Guantanamo, says Carol Rosenberg at the Miami Herald.
Lest you were wondering what Donald Rumsfeld thinks of the decision to kill Osama bin Laden, Greta Van Susteren took the time to interview him earlier this week:
You mentioned there was a tough decision. I don't think it was a tough decision. We've seen a lot of instances where presidents over the years have -- have had to make decisions like that.
I think after spending that amount of time, that number of years and that much money -- we increased the special operations forces by about 50 percent. We increased their budget. We increased their equipment. And they develop these skill sets and improve the intelligence capability of our country.
And finally, when all that comes together, to not make that decision, it seemed to me, would just be dumbfounding. I can't imagine any president not making that decision. That's not to say it wasn't a huge accomplishment. It was.
And Greg Miller at the Washington Post tells us what's in those recently-released documents from Osama bin Laden's compound, documents which he says demonstrate the divisions in the Al Qaeda leadership over how to oversee the sprawling and directionless organization.
David Ignatius' column today is also about drone policy, and he raises questions about that John Brennan's speech earlier this week--and quotes Ben along the way.
Peter Baker has this piece in the New York Times critiquing President Obama's speech Tuesday.
Pakistan is branding the doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden as a traitor, and the military is using him as an example as it cracks down on humanitarian organizations whose employees are being recruited for the CIA. Declan Walsh at the Times has this story.
Former chief prosecutor of military commissions at Guantanamo Morris Davis has written this piece in Salon about the use of military commissions in advance of the alleged 9/11 plotters' arraignment this weekend. Money Quote:
In normal practice, cases are developed to conform to the court. Here, because of how we mistreated some of the detainees, we are trying to develop a court to conform to the cases. We are setting an example for the world, but not a good one.
The Army is restructuring its training and deployment procedures to emulate Special Operations forces. Read Thom Shanker's piece at the Times on General Ray Odierno's plan.
NPR reviews Peter Bergen's new book, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 to Abbottabad.
For more interesting law and security-related articles, follow us on Twitter, visit the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law's Security Law Brief, Fordham Law's Center on National Security's Morning Brief, and Fordham Law's Cyber Brief. Email us noteworthy articles we may have missed at [email protected] and [email protected].


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The writer opinion described death as a constant to all the living ie an inevitable thing that hangs on everyone
I dedicate this poem to all those who has lost their love ones and to God almighty to see us through
I was inspired by the pain of losing a dear friend
Obute Gabriel
Obute Gabriel (11-04-1983 / Warri, Delta State Nigeria)
Poems by Obute Gabriel : 19 / 18
Wingless Death - Poem by Obute Gabriel
How I wonder what you are
Flying round the globe is tour hobby
And perching in the hearts of men
With sorrows in your hand
Even as you deliver
Agonies and emotional pain
Through every space of time
Oh! This wingless death
I weep! I weep! ! I weep! ! !
I weep for your continuous chain
I weep to see you take away our joy
I weep to see you again and again
Wingless death
Where is your gain?
What have you to show for the pain
And the holes you keep digging
This wingless death
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You might think that planning storage needs for a small business is as simple as buying a new hard drive. I wish it were. I recommend a simple rule of thumb using percentages: Whenever your hard drives are half full, mark the date. When they reach three fourths, find out how long it took to fill that quarter. Do this per hard drive, so you get an average, and you'll know when you need more.Mario Morejon
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Auckland's northern building boom
It's boom time.
Thousands of homes along with town centres and other facilities are coming on stream during the next few years.
Major developments worth millions happening around Kumeu-Huapai, Riverhead, Silverdale and Millwater, Orewa, Gulf Harbour and Warkworth will bring tens of thousands of residents to Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast.
New townships or town centres are under way at the nearby Westgate expansion in Massey North and Hobsonville, plus Millwater and Warkworth.
Supermarkets have opened or are planned, and retirement villages are expanding too.
Infrastructure such as roads, water, sewerage, gas and fibre optics are either in place or being developed for growth areas.
The developments will bring more pressure on roads, schools and some other facilities.
Several ratepayer and business representative groups are already voicing concern about increased traffic congestion and the lack of public transport.
The largest residential development in the area, Millwater, will house more than 10,000 residents with around 3500 homes planned.
Whangaparaoa and other parts of the Hibiscus Coast have pockets of development that will fulfil current demand in the area, because issues like roading, Penlink, and the lack of public transport have held growth back, Millwater marketing manager Warren Frogley says.
"We all know Hibiscus Coast is a magic spot, but even though the secret is out, people aren't coming here in their droves yet. The traffic flow needs to be dealt with."
The upside to the growth is more jobs, from construction through to service industries and the many spin-offs such growth brings.
Sections in many of the new areas are in the $400,000-plus range, yet interest is keen with residential lots selling before earthworks are completed. House and land packages start at $599,000.
More than half of the lots available have already sold on subdivisions around the Kumeu-Huapai and Riverhead area, for instance. Much of the land was previously rural, orchards in many cases, with other uses including various horticultural activities, farming, equestrian and lifestyle blocks.
Interest and demand are huge, developers say. One attraction in the Kumeu-Huapai to Riverhead area is the closeness to Auckland city and the nearly completed western ring route motorway system linking the North Shore with West and South Auckland.
Technology is also allowing more people to work from home.
Rodney MP Mark Mitchell says Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast have the land and ability to absorb the growth Auckland is experiencing.
"It's a beautiful area to live in with so much available for people."
Mitchell says while the development is a positive sign, investment required for the needed infrastructure is also critical.
"Schools, health facilities, roading - everything that is needed to support the growth has to be developed and brought online in the right time. I want to see new businesses coming to the area, jobs created for people here so they don't have to travel out of the community to get to work."
The speed of development is also improving with a focus both at central and local government to streamline the resource management act and cut red tape.
More than 800 sections in Cabra Developments' pipeline
Cabra Developments in Orewa is developing or selling down more than 530 sections around Rodney and it has plans for 270 more in the works, Cabra project and sales manager Duncan Unsworth says.
It is developing 61 sections at its Portage Estate site in Riverhead.
''We have completed 40 out of the 61 with the balance under construction at the moment.
"There are about 10 houses under construction at present,'' Unsworth says.
At its Mahurangi Ridge site in Snells Beach it sold the last of 82 developed sections six weeks ago and three quarters of the sections have already been built on.
Cabra's Woodridge Estate development on Wade River Rd in Whangaparaoa will see some 110 new sections, Unsworth says.
Stage one is under construction and consists of 42 sections due for completion in six to eight weeks.
''That is just construction completion and then we have to go through the process of getting council sign off and obtaining titles,'' he says.
''They will be ready to build on towards the end of the year,'' Unsworth says.
Completion of the overall subdivision should be towards the end of 2015.
Cabra's 62 sections in Beachwood Estate at Hatfields Beach have been completed.
''There is house building going on there but the actual subdivision is finished and everything is sold,'' Unsworth says.
At Matua Residential Estate in Huapai, Cabra has almost finished stage one which consists of 68 sections, just under half of which have sold.
''Ultimately it is about 280 sites so we'll just carry on with the subdivision over the next couple of years,'' Unsworth says.
Cabra also hopes to develop about 150 sections in the Huapai Triangle Special Housing Area in Kumeu.
''There is a plan change process going through at the moment and we hope to lodge our resource consent within a couple of months,'' Unsworth says.
Last week, the company also launched an application to develop 120 sections off Grand Drive in Orewa.
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Last week, I attended a classical guitar concert. Why am I blogging about it? You will know soon enough. Or perhaps you won't. I don't.
Staying in Aarhus, which is in its heart and soul a European village, is being bombarded in my head several times about how urban Bangalore is. If R K Narayan lived in Denmark, this would be his Malgudi. I look outside the window every morning at 7 am and ACTUALLY see the sun rise. The world begins in the morning slowly, gradually, like how it is meant to be...not in the frenzied, go-away-morning way I am used to. The newspaper 'comes' at only around 10 am. And there is no scramble for it.
I live with 13 other Danes, my housemates. I notice their little fights, their little jealousies, and also their forgetting all that is petty and coming together to cook elaborate community lunches and dinners. And do you believe it? They actually sit around in the evening, play chinese whispers, trivial pursuit and monopoly. Yes, just like that. With lots of giggles for accompaniment. And invariably there is some un-loud music playing faintly in the background. The television, with its two-and-a-half channels remains switched off.They also bake bread.
Here, being provincial is not a crime, it perhaps might be a virtue. I still don't understand the Danes enough to take a stand on this. And so, in banks, you see people stroll in with bunches of parsley and fat broccoli sprouting out of their eco-friendly shopping bags. Wearing pink slip-ons. Supermarket aisles have toddlers with running noses happily let loose. People cycle to work, to the pub, to a formal reception, to everywhere. I have met several strangers while walking to the college who I keep seeing here and there. And smile at. Everybody it seems really can know everybody. A few hundred yards from the place I live, there are woods just like Frost described famously. They are lovely, dark and deep. And many times, two roads or more too diverge.
But I wanted to write about the guitar concert! How did I find out about it? I was walking back from the supermarket, when a little notice stuck on a pole caught my eye. It did not scream; it just plainly informed that an 'international' guitar festival is on at Aarhus and the Prague Quartet will play. Now I know nothing about the Prague Quartet but something about those words reminded me of 'Equal Music' and such free associations in my mind are times when serendipity is waiting to knock. So I let it inside. The only urbane thing about this whole business was that I bought the ticket online.
So on the evening of the concert, which was to be held in a centuries' old theatre in the old town of Aarhus, I set out. I actually love my propensity to get lost. It has shown me things I would otherwise have never seen. But I digress (like always).
That day I didn't like it all. I had got lost again and it was getting dark and foreboding. (All this lovely European village business ceases to be so lovely when night sets in. Then, it is just a dark, lonely stretch of road lined with trees with no one to turn to, to ask for directions.) I kept on walking gingerly when I spotted two men strolling along. I ran up to them and asked them about the theatre. "Oh! We are going the same way..come with us". So they escorted me to the old theatre. We were guitar buddies you see.
Inside, no one was younger than 50. Or so it seemed to me. And no one had heard of the 21st century. I was in jeans and T-shirt. The rest of the thirty-odd people were in their best evening wear bought in 1760. One was even wearing a top hat and his coat had tails. There were only discreet murmurs to be heard and this was in the lobby where one would imagine, you could speak to your heart's content. (Just to put this in context, imagine standing outside Inox before you are let inside Theatre no. 4)
The concert was to begin at 8 pm and so we were courteously let inside by a fully-dressed usher. It was a theatre that could seat around 200. We were thirty. It was 7.45 pm. The stage was around 6 feet by 6 feet. There were four chairs and four stands to keep the music notes. And absolute silence. At sharp 8 pm, the quartet, four genial looking men from Czech, strided in, bowed elaborately and spoke nothing. Began playing.
I am no western classical expert but their expertise, their joy at playing the instrument and the way they made love to the guitar was transporting. They could squeeze a village bonfire dance out of those strings, they could just as easily turn maudlin and make you think of long lacy curtains and a woman in a bonnet looking out of a window, waiting for her lover to come home. They played so well that thirty clapping hands echoed long enough for them to do two encores.
And how did they do the encores? They bowed and bowed and they sprinted to the green room, sprinted back, bowed and bowed again and sprinted to the green room and sprinted back and then sat and played!!
And when it was over and I was going back in the bus, there was the perfect ending. The bus driver turned round and said, 'so, did you enjoy your concert'? (While going, I had asked a bus driver for directions. Turns out, it is the same bus driver who drops me back home as well.) My face split open with glee. I nodded my head vigorously and looked out at the dark, sprinkly sky, a sky that has reaffirmed my faith that more than 100 stars exist in the galaxy.


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London, July 4 (ANI): England bowler Graeme Swann has declared himself fit and ready for the Ashes after fearing the worst when he took a hard hit on the arm from Essex quickie Tymal Mills.
Although Swann's Ashes dream had almost ended before it begun, he managed to break through the pain barrier to bowl more than 20 overs and grab five wickets in a futile 228-run win over Essex, but one that provided crucial match practice, the Mirror reports.
According to the report, England was dreading being without half their first-choice bowling attack at Trent Bridge next Thursday if Swann did not come through, especially after the news that Stuart Broad has had a cortisone injection in his bowling shoulder.
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Stating that he is happy with his form despite not bowling a sufficient amount of overs by this stage of the season due to back, calf and elbow injuries, Swann however, admitted that he did feel like he needed a long bowl in the middle, which he managed to do during the game against Essex.
The report further said that Swann stayed out in the middle and continued to bat because he could grip the handle, which is usually a good indicator of whether the bone is broken or not, although it added that shivers were sent through the dressing room when they saw the size of the bruising around the blow, and the spinner was immediately sent for a scan.
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I had my boobs done about 2 years and 6 months ago it looked perfect, the perfect size. But about 2 months ago ( both boobs) until today I noticed it's getting smaller and very, very soft. PS: The bra I was using no longer fits me because my boobs got smaller. What should I do or what could be causing this? Please help me.
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If you have saline implants it sounds likely that you may have had a deflation of both implants. I would recommend seeing your surgeon to have this evaluated.
Breasts getting smaller two years after implants placed--what to do?
Unless you have lost weight in the past several months you noticed the change in your breasts, the only conceivable cause would be (bilateral) loss of implant volume. This cannot occur with silicone, so you must have saline, and have developed leaks and gradual deflation in both. Although this is rare, especially both at the same time, but it is possible. I have had several patients puncture their implants, hoping to get "free" new ones from the manufacturer. Each implant company carefully examines each "leaking" implant under the microscope, and can tell if an implant has a defect, gradual damage from flexing of the shell (more common in textured implants, and under-filled implants), or if it was punctured externally.
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if you have saline, it could be they have a leak. Another alternative is weight loss, if you have lost weight, your breasts will get smaller too. You need an in person evaluation.
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I doubt you have deflation. Either you have lost some weight or sometimes saline implants lose a little bit of volume with time. this can be noticeable in a slim person. go see your surgeon
Why is My Boob Job Getting Smaller?
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The only way the breasts can be changing 2 years after your augmentation would be if you had bilateral saline deflations (unlikely!) or if your own breast tissue is thinning out. Have you lost weight or are exercising more so your body fat is lower ? as this could explain it. Go see your plastic surgeon for an exam.
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It would have been helpful to have had more information (weight loss, type of implant, etc.). If you have sustained a significant weight loss, this could be the cause. If you have saline implants, they may have a tear leading to a full or partial deflation (although it would be unusual to have this occur bilaterally at the same time). You should check with the surgeon who performed your surgery who is probably best equipped to answer your question.
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Autumnation is Sixpoint's first canned seasonal and their fifth canned release to date. This is a beer that embodies all the things that are wonderful about the autumn when it comes to beer. It's got a hefty dose of malt, its wet-hopped with freshly harvested hops and its brewed with pumpkin. We really love the idea of all of those things. We'll see how it all comes together and if it might just be something uniquely delicious and altogether amazing...or is it simply too much for one beer? You may have to be your own judge in the end. Cheers!
From the Sixpoint site:
"Autumn ushers in an annual rebirth with a full harvest, longer nights, and in many cases, a new wardrobe. We're celebrating the bounty of the season with a new beer that's coming out in cans this week — Autumnation. Brewed with pumpkin, ginger and white pepper, and wet-hopped with just-harvested Citra hops from the oldest continually farmed hop farm in the country, it's a burst of fresh, seasonal spices trapped in a 16-ounce. can."
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Pour - reddish amber, the color of the can isn't too far off actually. Lots of brightness shining through this pout with a nice fluffy inch of head that clings to the glass. Looks clean, clear and well polished.
Aroma - wow, this smells like grapefruit and lemonade with some subdued spices and earthiness. Some more sniffing and some sweetness comes out. If I didn't know any better I'd say that first smell sure seemed like that of an IPA!
Taste - one of only a few beers where I've been left sort of speachless as to how I should explain the flavors I'm tasting. There is definitely a lot of bitterness, sort of resiny with pineapple and sharp citrus notes. Lots of IPA characteristics are present but there is also some sweetness, like brown sugar or molasses along with some very subtle spiciness. It's not overpowering and it in no way embodies anything close to the flavors I've gotten from some of the more mass produced pumpkin ales. Actually, throw all of those notions out the window. This is much different. It's like someone mixed a Belgian Dubbel and a Belgian IPA together with some slight hints of pumpkin. That is the best way I can describe this beer and I'm really enjoying it.
Overall - conformity is not the name of the game at Sixpoint and Autumnation is proof of that. This is not a pumkin pie flavored amber ale, no, this is something much different. Get rid of your assumption the minute you open the can. This is hoppy, this is spicy and this is altogether something unique. Some advice would be to let this warm a bit and not drink it super cold as you'll miss out on a lot of the subtle aromas and flavors.
Note - Autumnation is only the second example of a canned Pumpkin Ale available in the US. The first was Wild Onion Brewing Company's Pumpkin Ale which was first released last fall. This is the first wet-hopped pumpkin ale that we've ever heard of and certainly the first in a can. Surly's WET is also a great exampled of a canned wet-hopped ale, but it doesn't contain any pumpkin - obviously.
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Environmental Factor, March 2010, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Epidemiology Shines at Advisory Council Meeting
By Thaddeus Schug
March 2010
A distinctive feature of the February 18-19 meeting of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council (NAEHSC) was a three-part series of scientific presentations on a wide-range of epidemiological studies supported by NIEHS. Presenting talks were NIEHS Senior Investigator Allen Wilcox, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator Stephanie London, M.D., Dr.P.H., and grantee Julie Herbstman, Ph.D.
Testing genetic susceptibility as a cause of disease
Wilcox led off the trio of talks describing his attempt at using genetic susceptibility to discover environmental causes of disease. As Wilcox explained, "People vary genetically in their susceptibility to particular exposures, and if we can identify genetically susceptible subgroups we can find stronger associations between exposure and disease. So the ultimate goal is to use this information so that we can gain insights into biological mechanisms of action."
Wilcox's group examined epidemiology data obtained from a population-based study conducted in Norway, which has one of the highest rates of oral clefts in Europe. The study aimed to determine the roles of prenatal exposures - smoking, alcohol use, and folic acid supplementation - and genetic susceptibility in facial cleft birth defects.
Although his group was not able to link prenatal smoke or folic acid exposure to genetic susceptibility, they found that maternal "binge" alcohol consumption was associated with a two to three times greater likelihood that their babies will be born with oral clefts (see story(https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2008/september/alcoholbinges.cfm)).
Taking advantage of GWAS to link genes to complex diseases
Next up was Stephanie London, who uses newly developed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to couple genetic variation with disease state. London, whose primary focus is pulmonary diseases, stated, "We know that asthma is a chronic childhood disease that is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, but so far, no genes have been definitively shown to influence asthma development. By using new approaches that have emerged in the past two years, such as GWAS, we're able to home in on specific regions that might be involved in the disease process."
Using data from a Mexican population study, London's group has discovered that chromosome 9q21.31 may underlie some of the differences observed in cases of childhood asthma. The variants were located near the TLE4 gene, which codes for a protein involved in cell fate determination and differentiation. London noted that these variations may be due to ethnic backgrounds, and that it will be important to compare different groups to determine disease susceptibility.
Using sibling pairs to study the epigenetic effects of prenatal exposure
Recent NIEHS K99-R00 grantee Julie Herbstman rounded out the series of talks with a discussion of how prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) leads to epigenetic gene modifications that likely result in increased susceptibility to disease. She discussed sources of inter-individual epigenetic variation and how this variation limits the ability to detect significant associations in conventional epidemiologic studies of unrelated individuals.
Working at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) (http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/mailman/ccceh/experts.html) at Columbia University, Herbstman is planning to use a sibling-pair study to control some of this variation to better study the relationship between prenatal PAH exposure and DNA methylation (see story(/news/newsletter/2009/april/study-links.cfm)). She is now looking at global DNA methylation and plans to narrow her focus to determine what specific genes undergo epigenetic modifications and how those modifications result in changes in disease susceptibility related to growth and development.
Herbstman concluded her talk by detailing a well mapped-out study design that she hopes will eventually lead to development of strategies designed to help prevent disease among urban infants.
(Thaddeus Schug, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research fellow in the NIEHS Laboratory of Signal Transduction.)
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Are Sinarbacks independent from Phase or Leaf etc?
They do share (1) CCD sensor...
I wonder what Leica see in Sinar for a profitable future? Leica can not meet demand for Leica products. Is the 35mm style handholdable market place too fast and too crowded and too cheap for future expansion?Just curious as what Sinar can bring to Leica or Leica too Sinar, is there anything the two can integrate the products with, or will they be two separate entities? I hope it works out well for both, because it will mean it works out well for photographers in the future, assuming there will be photographers in the future:-)
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Nickel Creek is an American progressive acoustic music trio formed in 1989 and consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), Sara Watkins (fiddle) and Sean Watkins (guitar). Following an extended hiatus from 2007 (during which there were numerous solo projects from the band members), Nickel Creek reformed in 2014 with a new album and subsequent tour. The band released six albums between 1993 and 2006, winning a 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.Read More...
The two families, the Watkinses and the Thiles, met after Sean Watkins and Chris Thile had mandolin lessons with the same music instructor, John Moore. Sara Watkins studied with Moore's bandmate, Dennis Caplinger. The band name came from a song by Byron Berline, who was Sara Watkins' fiddle instructor.
Nickel Creek's first performance was at That Pizza Place in Carlsbad, California in 1989 with Scott Thile, Chris's father, playing string bass. Sean Watkins was only twelve years old at the time. At the start Chris Thile played guitar and Sean Watkins played mandolin but later they decided to switch instruments. The band played many bluegrass festivals throughout the 1990s, and the band members were home-schooled to accommodate their tour schedule. Nickel Creek's first two albums were Little Cowpoke (1993) and Here to There (1997).
The group received two Grammy nominations: Best Bluegrass Album and Best Country Instrumental for the song "Ode to a Butterfly". The trio was nominated at the CMA Awards for Best Vocal Group and the Horizon Award and were named one of the "Five Music Innovators of the Millennium" by TIME Magazine in May 2000. Nickel Creek's "The Lighthouse's Tale" video was nominated for a CMT "Flameworthy Video Award" for Group/Duo Video of the Year.
In 2002 the band released their fourth album, This Side, produced by Alison Krauss. It was a departure from their previous releases which were purely bluegrass. Although the core influence of bluegrass remained, other genres such as indie rock and folk rock were present in their music included cover songs Spit on a Stranger by Pavement, and Should've Known Better by Carrie Newcomer.
In 2005 the band released their fifth album, Why Should the Fire Die? with more rock and pop influences. The album debuted and peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Billboard bluegrass chart.
In late summer 2006, via Billboard and their official website, Nickel Creek announced that at the end of the year they would no longer be recording as a group and their tour, scheduled through 2007, would be their last for an indefinite period of time so band members could expand their musical horizons.
The band had plans to record its final performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in November 2007 but the idea was later "scrapped".
The band released a new album in the spring of 2014. They also played a handful of live shows and festival dates, including a concert at the Ryman Auditorium, the last venue the band played when it played its last show. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.
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