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Some weeks, I try to skip a big shopping trip to the grocery store and eat from the cupboards, freezer and refrigerator.
I'll get milk and fresh produce, but it's pretty amazing to me how much I have in the cupboards that will make meals that are filling and easy.
I end up searching online for recipes to use pantry staples - the evaporated milk that's been hanging around, the multiple cans of tomato paste (why do I have so many!) and the opened boxes of odd-shaped pasta. That last one comes from me attempting various soup recipes, which require me to buy a whole box, but use only a half cup of the actual pasta.
That brings me to the box of stelline pasta, which has been hanging out in my cabinets for too long. This box of little tiny star pasta was perfect for a soup. Could I use it to make anything else?
Yes ... in fact, I might just be buying another box of stelline pasta so I can make this simple side dish again and again and again.
This recipe is attributed to the Food Network's Giada De Laurentiis from her "Everyday Pasta" cookbook. I've made my usual adaptations and additions to it.
Little Stars with Butter and Parmesan
1 cup of stelline or other small pasta such as orzo
4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons butter (The original recipe calls for unsalted, but I don't think it's essential that it's unsalted.)
Cook the pasta according to the package's directions in salted water. Once it's done and drained, add half of the Parmesan cheese and mix well. Then add in the rest of the cheese and butter.
That's where the recipe ends, but there are so many additions that you can make to this. Chop up some fresh herbs such as parsley or basil and mix it in after you've added all of the butter and cheese. Saute vegetables such as mushrooms, tomatoes, summer squash or zucchini and stir into the pasta. Add any leftover veggies from dinner the night before into the dish. Even some cooked, chopped chicken or drained cannellini beans would make a yummy addition.
This recipe has definitely become a side dish staple for me.
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NEW YORK (Oct. 21)
Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman of the American Zionist Council, today attacked the American Council for Judaism for its endorsement of the United States decision to send arms to the Arab states.
In a statement issued here, Rabbi Miller pointed out that the Council for Judaism's favorable attitude towards the arms program is harmful to the best interests of America. "Not a single Jewish organization supports this policy except the Council for Judaism," Rabbi Miller declared.
A meeting to protest against the shipment of American arms to the Arab states will be held next Monday evening at the Commodore Hotel under the auspices of the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs. The theme of the rally will be "Stop the Arab War Against Israel–No Guns for the Arab States."


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Museum of Modern Art Presents Kim Longinotto
Kim Longinotto
(Women Make Movies)
US theatrical: 7 May 2009
I don't know if films can actually change things; I think films can be part of a change and celebrate something that's changing whether the film was there or not, but I think the film can then be used by the people to push the change a little farther forward.
—Kim Longinotto, Mother Jones 8 May 2009
With a few words, I could change the world.
—Alex, Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go
Sonita, just 10 years old, sits quietly in court president Beatrice Ntuba's chambers. Asked to describe her charge against a neighbor, she stands, only a few short feet from him, and speaks. Her story is grim: he tied her up with red cloth and raped her, leaving her body "all covered in blood." Then, she says, "He threw me out the door." As Ntuba listens, the accused sits just behind Sonita, shifting in his chair and sighing, shaking his head. She instructs him to be still, that she will not allow him to influence the girl's testimony.
This scene typifies Sisters in Law, a 2005 film about the changing political and legal landscape in Kumba Town, Cameroon. It is one of 14 documentaries being screened in the Museum of Modern Art's retrospective of Kim Longinotto's work, from 7 May through 23 May. Including the filmmaker's earliest work—Pride of Place (1976), made while she was completing her degree at England's National Film School, and Theater Girls (1978)—the series covers her 30-year career through to this year's Rough Aunties. Following a group of women who make it their business to protect neglected children of Durban, South Africa, working with the Bobbi Bear Child Welfare Organization, the movie won the World Cinema Jury Prize in Documentary at Sundance this year and is scheduled for a 2010 HBO broadcast premiere.
As the MOMA series demonstrates, Longinotto's films are verité, in the sense that they are comprised of handheld camerawork and affect an observational distance. But they are also, always, deeply involved in their subjects' experiences, presenting themselves outright as means for so-called outsiders to express themselves. At times such expressions seem plain, as in Shinjuku Boys (1995), which follows three onnabes, women who live as men, working as hosts at the New Marilyn Club and living with their girlfriends in Tokyo (the 53-minute film won Outstanding Documentary at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and the Gold Prize at the Houston Film Festival), or again, in The Day I Will Never Forget (2002), which argues against female genital mutilation. But the subjects' self-presentation may also be less coherent, as in Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007), which looks at traumatized children and their caretakers at Oxfordshire's Mulberry Bush School (it won the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam and will premiere on PBS' POV 28 July).
Sisters in Law
Longinotto's documentaries explore moral and emotional intricacies, the shifting relations between individuals and communities. As Sonita in Sisters in Law responds to state prosecutor Vera Ngassa's questions, the man behind her is both her assailant and an emblem of a system of wherein men possess women and adults children where authority and violence are coterminous. And yet the movie is less accusatory than provocative, advocating for the collective healing made possible through the recognition of women's rights. When six-year-old Manka escapes her "auntie," Ntuba repeatedly asks her to show the scars on her back (caused by beatings with a hanger), in front of her abuser, who breaks down and apologizes for her "mistake." "Don't you 'sister' me," the judge snaps, horrified by the girl's pain and the woman's professed ignorance. The film also follows the case of a Muslim woman seeking a divorce from the man who has been beating her since their marriage when she was just 14. Declaring her newfound belief in her own rights as a consequence of working with the Women Lawyers Association, she tells her own story before a panel of local male judges, who threaten to send her back to the man who might "split her in two." Still, she holds her ground, and eventually finds herself in a classroom full of girls, one of the first women in Cameroon to secure a divorce for reasons of spousal abuse.
For all the film's verite look, it also represents a range of commitments to performance, and especially to documentaries' social functions. Along with Longinotto and co-director Florence Ayisi, the subjects of Sisters in Law are asserting and redefining the legal and political dimensions of their lives. Such transformation is jumpstarted by the medium's compelling, productive vagaries. Sonita's accused rapist, for instance, sure of his own testimony, is visibly dismayed when Ngassa notes its absurdity (that a child "who doesn't even have boobies," as she puts it, would approach him for sexual intercourse and then cut herself when he rejected her). The man is visibly disappointment back in the courtroom, when he is convicted and sentenced, bowing his head and claiming that his life as an orphan has left him without proper resources and deserving of the court's mercy.
Divorce Iranian Style
Other sorts of judgments are revealed in the BAFTA Award-winning Divorce Iranian Style (co-directed with Ziba Mir-Hosseini, 1998). In Tehran, the film states, "Unlike men, women's access to divorce are extremely limited. " Judge Deldar, an expert in Islamic law (who, the filmmakers note, "allowed to film in his court and made us feel welcome"), daily hears complaints and petitions, decides divorce cases, and also entertains the young daughter of his clerk, Mrs. Maher. Little Paniz, the film reveals, "has been a part of court life since she was two months old, she comes every day after school." She has learned the language and ritual of the court, and she has learned as well where she might stand in it. Though Paniz insists she is uninterested in marriage—she sees so many divorces—when she play-acts at the judge's desk, pounding the desktop for order, donning her knit cap as a "turban"—she also makes clear her own child's belief in women's rights. (Her mother, by contrast, tends to come down on the side of traditional law that prohibits women's free movements and demands they obey their husbands).
The cases Judge Deldar arbitrates include that of Ziba, who fails "to come up with a valid reason for divorce" and so must go into arbitration with her husband Bahaman (their dispute involves whose life is most "ruined" by the failed marriage, he a villager feeling disappointed by his city-born wife, she a former child bride who resents her father's choices back when she was 14). Jamala, for her part, is angry that her husband repeatedly leaves home to sleep in the park, and can't keep a job. Even as she presents her case for Judge Delbar, she turns to the camera and speaks, "I'm a woman, I have my pride," she says, "He insults me in front of the neighbors." As her husband tearfully tries to apologize to Jamala and their sons, one rolls his eyes, also aware of the filming process.
Still another young woman, Mariam, seeks custody of her child, which she is bound to lose under Islamic law because she is divorced and recently married to another man. When she and her ex leave the judge's office, he returns with a torn court order, claiming did the damage. Mariam appeals to the camera crew, insisting their documentation will prove she is innocent, then a few minutes later, admits to the camera that she has torn the paper, in a legitimate fit of anger. By turns charming and frustrated, Mariam is undone by the intractable law that so pointedly favors men: even when she offers to divorce her new husband in order to maintain custody of her big-eyed daughter (whose own turns to the camera are inevitably heartbreaking), the judge dismisses her from his office, her tears and laments ineffective.
As Mariam or the women in Sisters in Law enlist the camera—as defense, proof, or emotional support—they reveal understanding, however intuitive or self-serving, however rudimentary or sophisticated, of how images work. The representations of men in law, in court proceedings, and in traditions, are challenged by the intimate, emotional, and sometimes perverse possibilities of films.
Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go
Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go, Longinotto's examination of the treatment of troubled children at Mulberry Bush, presents another set of representational dilemmas. The counselors, teachers, and parents make clear (or clearish) choices as to their representations portrayals in the film, their performances indicating their comprehension of the camera as "witness," as a device of comforting or disturbing documentation. The children, however, are unable to grant such informed consent, both by legal age and by emotional state. The boys—and all the featured subjects are boys, though girls attend the school as well—argue with adults, act out with their peers, and worry themselves into frenzies. The caretakers (there are 108 staff members for 40 children) reason with them, restrain them and reward them, hoping against hope that all will make steps forward.
"Who did you hurt today?" a teacher asks one pupil. The kids curse, hit and kick, throw furniture and yowl. Again and again, they seek attention even as they reject it. The question may be, how does "normalcy" beckon. How do the students conceive of lives outside the school? Can these fantasies only be informed by the suffering they've already endured? Or can they begin to think through and past what's immediately in front of them or behind? Can they see themselves in a new way?
One day, says a teacher to Alex, "You can go to a mainstream school. But in a mainstream school, Alex, you can't be under the table all the time, can you?" The boy is eventually moved to a doctor's office, where he's treated for injuries inflicted by his friend Ben. While Alex is mostly unbothered by the ordeal, Ben is horrified that he has so lost control, weeping against the chest of his caretaker. When the boys are reunited, Ben is reassured, "You don't need to worried now because he's back and he's well." Each moment, however fleeting, is precious.
The ability to imagine long-term, to see a future or to make plans, is crucial to all the subjects in Kim Longinotto's films. More often than not, this ability is complicated by repressive current circumstances, by violence and trauma, by lost memories or nightmares that won't go away. As Longinotto persistently makes visible these troubles and grants representation to subjects unused to being seen and heard, her documentaries become transformative experiences for viewers as well.
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There must have been a lot of anger felt by those who had endured the horrors, especially at all the sanitising of the whole thing that went on afterwards. I have a medal which was in a box of coins that came from my father's family, but in fact this medal belonged to a great-uncle on my mother's side of the family. He was in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in WW1. In case you can't read the inscription, it says "The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919". I suppose they could hardly admit what a ghastly mess it was, but still ...
As I've heard it one thing that led it to ending when it did was the flu. Back then it was a far deadlier strain than we know now and it led to a shortage of troops well enough to fight. It's also why they had laws about spitting on the sidewalk as it could be transmitted so easily that way. Old newsreels show police and others wearing a mask when out in public in hopes of not catching it. My paternal grandfather was in WWI. He forgot to have his ear protection on during artillery training and his hearing ended up being affected as he got older. You could be several blocks away and tell when he was watching TV according to my Dad, his hearing got that bad due to damage from the sound of the artillery shells.
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Home is where the heart is for McBride
RLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Paris was practically at their doorstep when Brian McBride and his family lived in England. The rest of Europe, too.
Now there are cousins next door, with more just down the street. McBride's brother lives nearby, and wife Dina can make it to the home of pretty much anyone in her family within 10 minutes.
Major League Soccer may not have the glitz and the glamour -- not to mention the cash -- of England's Premier League. For one of the best players the United States has ever produced, however, it offers something far more valuable.
"We've been looking forward to it for so long, my wife and I, we've been able to just jump right in," said McBride, who signed with the Chicago Fire in July after spending the last 4½ years at Fulham in London.
"It just seems so normal and right. People ask, `Do you miss it? Do you think about your decision?' No. Not at all."
McBride was to face another big name who made the move from England -- via Spain -- to MLS on Thursday night, when the Fire played David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
That the McBrides would come back to this northwestern Chicago suburb was always the plan. Both Brian and Dina grew up here surrounded by family, and they wanted to give their kids the same experience. The couple have two daughters, 8-year-old Ashley and 5-year-old Ella, and are expecting their third next month.
When they would return, now that was another matter.
"I never quite believed we were for sure coming home," Dina McBride said. "The fans liked him so much and the [Fulham] chairman was unbelievable to him."
The McBrides originally planned to return to the United States after the 2006-07 season, but decided to spend one more year in England. And what a dramatic one it turned out to be.
McBride missed 5½ months of the season after rupturing his quadriceps and dislocating his kneecap while scoring in the third game. By the time he returned, the Cottagers were deep in relegation trouble.
With their captain back, Fulham staged a fantastic rally, winning four of its last five games to keep its spot in the Premier League.
Once again, the club asked McBride to put his departure on hold for another season.
"The way we finished, everything was on an extreme high. So of course I wanted to give Fulham a fair chance for us to talk to each other," he said. "It was a good conversation. They understood my point and I understood their points.
"Yeah, we could have stayed and made a lot more money, but it was time to get home."
McBride had first caught the eye of English scouts when he was still with the Columbus Crew. Tenacious, physical and supremely gifted in the air, he is able to create goals that most other players can only imagine. He still shares the Crew record for goals scored, and had 30 in 12 years with the U.S. men's team, including an American-record 10 in World Cup qualifying.
He is the only American to score in more than one World Cup, with goals in 1998 and 2002.
MLS loaned him out twice, first to Preston North End in 2000 and then to Everton two years later. He didn't disappoint, scoring five goals in 17 games. In January 2004, McBride was transferred to Fulham.
He quickly became a fan favorite, scoring a goal in his very first appearance, and his success on the field and character off of it helped open the door for other Americans in England. In his last season, he was made Fulham's captain, a rare honor for an American.
"I loved my time at Columbus, but I wanted the challenge and I knew I was prepared," he said.
Even with London calling, Arlington Heights was always the McBrides home base. They found a beautiful home with a big deck and a sprawling back yard on a quiet street that's close to all of their family and friends, and came back in the offseason.
But you don't live 4½ years somewhere without it making an imprint on your lives, too. Ashley was just 3 when the McBrides moved to London, Ella only a few months.
"They made friends there, did all their firsts there," Dina McBride said of their daughters.
As did the McBrides. The couple is delightfully down to earth -- family pictures fill their living room and a school calendar is prominently on display in the kitchen -- and aren't the sort to create fodder for the British tabloids.
They got involved in their daughters' school, and made friends with the other parents. They got to know London, spending time in the city when they could and enjoying restaurants there. When McBride had time off, the family often took trips to see other parts of Europe.
"They were in more places the first years of their life than I had ever been," Dina McBride said, laughing.
Said her husband, "During the third and fourth year, we were very comfortable with our routine. The last year, we were looking around (the girls' school) and we're like, `Wait a second, we're one of the longest-serving people here.'
"There was a part where it felt like home, but in our minds, we all knew it wasn't home."
Leaving England didn't mean leaving soccer, though.
The first pick of MLS' very first draft, he had always said he hoped to end his career with the league. At 36, he is still one of the best at what he does -- he had two goals and an assist in his first six games with the Fire -- and wants another shot at the MLS title he never got with Columbus.
Though Toronto FC had the initial rights to sign him, the McBrides really wanted to be in Chicago. Finally, in late July, a deal was worked out that brought him to the Fire.
"It was such a good feeling to know we would be here," Dina McBride said. "Finally, I could start to enjoy it."
They started unpacking their boxes -- ones from London AND Columbus. They signed their daughters up for school and activities; Ashley is in dance and cheerleading, while Ella takes dance, too, and just started playing soccer.
Most of all, they're enjoying being close to those closest to them. When the Fire hosted Dallas last weekend, more than 50 people joined Dina and the girls at the game.
"It sounds cheesy, but we're really happy," McBride said. "We're now at a place where we want to be, and we feel very blessed and fortunate for that."
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Spring is always a fun time to visit the grocery store. That's because there are some vegetables that are beginning to be in season. One vegetable that is popular right now is asparagus. But sometimes it can be hard to come up with a unique recipe for using it.
In House Works, Chef Christ Leon joins us with not one, but two recipes that use asparagus to its fullest potential.
Cream of Asparagus Soup (Crème d'asperges)
• 2 pounds green asparagus
• 1 large red onion, chopped
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 cups milk
• 1 cup vermouth
• 1/2 cup crème fraîche
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste after soup is chilled
Cut tips from 12 asparagus, 1 1/2 inches from top and halve tips lengthwise if thick. Reserve for garnish if you wish. Cut stalks and all remaining asparagus into 1/2-inch pieces. Cook onion in 2 tablespoons butter in a 4-quart heavy pot over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened. Add asparagus pieces and salt and pepper to taste, then cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
Simmer covered and cook until asparagus is very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Chill cooked asparagus in ice bath, then add vermouth, milk, and crème fraiche. While soup rests, cook reserved asparagus tips in boiling salted water until just tender, 3 to 4 minutes, then drain.
Purée soup with hand blender until smooth, transferring to a bowl. Season with salt and peper and add remaining tablespoon butter. Add more milk if thinner soup is desired.
Add lemon juice and garnish with asparagus tips before you serve chilled!!
Roasted Asparagus
1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 450F. Place asparagus in a 2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle with pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Toss lightly to coat. Roast, uncovered, in the preheated oven about 15 minutes or until crisp-tender, lightly tossing twice during roasting. Transfer asparagus to a warm serving platter. Sprinkle with cheese. Makes 4 servings.


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HALL - At his home, nine miles on Dickerson Pike, Sept. 24, 6:05 p.m., Frank W. Hall, 61. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Graves Hall, sons, W. D., F. G., and J. D. Hall; daughters, Mrs. G. H. Rawls, Hollywood, Fla., T. G. Clark, Chicago, Ill., sisters, Mrs. J. W. Ragan, Goodlettsville, Mrs. L. B. Cunningham and Mrs. J. D. Brake, Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted from New Bethal Baptist Church this (Monday), Sept. 26, at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. J. C. Leeman. Pallbearers: Honorary, T. J. Lowe, W. F. Clark, G. W. Watkins, W. H. Naive, Herbert West, the Rev. H. F. Burns, Joe Cunningham and Enoch Cunningham. Active - W. W. Hitt, Odie Callis, T. J. Lowery, H. H. Leeman, S. J. Watkins and Earl Watts. Interment Spring Hill Cemetery. Cole & Garrett, Goodlettsville, in charge. *(Found within the 1927 listings.)
HALL - Thursday afternoon at 7:50 o'clock, October 4, 1934, at his home four miles on Louisville Pike, Sam B. Hall, age 83 years. Survived by wife, Mrs. Ellen Hall; son, H. B. Hall. Funeral services at the home this (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Jim Crawford. Pallbearers: Honorary, A. J. Fisher, Jess Payne, B. M. Lassiter, H. C. Lassiter, H. C. Lassiter, T. F. Wilson, R. E. Harris. Active pallbearers: H. D., J. B. M. D. and Ken Lassiter, Tom and Harry Carr. Interment in Luton's Cemetery. Cole & Garrett, Goodlettsville, funeral directors.
HALL - Monday, June 9 1941, at the CCC Camp, Medford, Oregon, Robert Clay Hall, age 19 years. Survived by mother, Mrs. J. E. Coles; brother, Carl Ray Hall; half-brothers, Eugene, Roland and Elbert Coles, all of Goodlettsville; grandmother, Mrs. Owen Ricketts, Watertown, Tenn.; seven uncles, nine aunts. Remains will arrive at Union Station, Nashville, Tuesday morning June 17, at 7:30 o'clock and will be carried to Cole & Garrett, Donnellson, where funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon, June 18, 2:00 o'clock by Elder Rawleigh Polk & Gerald Everest. Pallbearers: Honorary - S. J. Watkins, J. W. Ragan, W. C. Meyers, George W. Watkins, C. C. Brock, A. C. Dale, A. W. Sloan, A. E. Martin, W. E. Scott, Bryant Moore, Jesse Kemper, Frank Hunt. Active - Old Center Boy Scout Troop No. 43. Interment, Spring Hill Cemetery.
HALL - Monday afternoon at 3:50 o'clock, January 20, 1942, at a local hospital, Mrs. Willie Estelle Hall, age 41 years. Survived by husband, Leonard A. Hall; daughters, Mrs. Alvin Sarver, Mrs. Earl Webster, Misses Cleo and Ileo Hall; son, Arthur Bernard Hall; sister, Mrs. Lawrence Medlin, Nashville; brothers, Eldridge, John, Herschel and Charles Foster of Nashville, Leslie Foster, Los Angeles, Calf. Remains are at the home, 11 miles Gallatin Pike, where funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning, January 22, at 10:30 o'clock by Elder S. H. Hall. Pallbearers: Joe Hall, Bailey Hall, Alvin Sarver, Earl Webster, Lawrence Medlin, E. W. Lampley. Interment Williams Cemetery, White Bluff, Tenn. Cole & Garrett, funeral directors, Goodlettsville.
HALL - Sunday, November 5, 1944, near San Clemente, Calf., 2nd Lt. Marion Dallas Hall, Jr., U. S. M. Air Forces. Survived by his parents, M. D. and Mary L. Hall, Greenbrier; brothers, Billy and Roy David; sisters, Betty Jean, Peggy Martha, Shirley, Margaret and Linda, all of Greenbrier; Mrs. Dorothy Steele, California. Remains arrived in Nashville at 6:30 Sunday morning, November 12, and were carried to the home of his parents. Funeral services Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bethel Baptist Church, conducted by Revs. W. B. Woodall and Wayne Dehoney. Pallbearers: Miss Charlene Willis and the following classmates of Greenbrier High School: Mrs. Dorothy Walker Bracy, Misses Lucy Sutter, Evelyn Faires, Edna Ann Faires and Eleanor Choate. Military honors at the grave. Interment Spring Hill Cemetery. Cole & Garrett, funeral directors.
HALL - Sunday evening, November 9, 1947, at a local infirmary, Baby Hall, infant daughter of Joe B. and Barbara Fore Hall of Old Hickory. Prayers at the grave, Spring Hill Cemetery, this Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. N. Burch Tucker. Cole & Garrett, Goodlettsville, Funeral Directors.
HALL - Thursday morning at &:30 o'clock, Aug. 11, 1949, at a local infirmary, Mrs. Clara Jones Hall, aged 69 years. Survived by husband, J. F. Hall, Edenwold; sons, Joe B. Hall, Old Hickory, Walter B. Hall, Madison; daughter, Mrs. Elsie Jackson, Madison; 12 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; brother, Arthur Jones, Madison; sister, Mrs. Berta Hall, White Bluff. Remains at the Cole & Garrett Funeral Home where funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, conducted by Elder S. H. Hall. Pallbearers: Stanley Lillie, Perry Underwood, Earl Webster, Fred Allen, Jimmy Bryant, Joe Gaines, Alvin Sarver. Interment Williams Cemetery, White Bluff.
HALL - White House, Tenn. - October 6, 1949, at 9 p. m. at her home, New Deal Community, Mrs. Dicie Rigsby Hall, age 88 years. Survived by daughters, Mrs. Willie Hall, Fountain Head, Tenn., Mrs. Eddie Flatt, Cottontown, Tenn., Mrs. Mary Pool, Portland, Tenn.; son, Alfred Hall, Madison, Tenn.; 18 grandchildren. Remains are at the home as above. Funeral services this (Friday) at 2 p. m. from the New Deal Church of Christ conducted by Rev. Harry Civils. Interment Rigsby Family Cemetery. Cole & Garrett, funeral directors.
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"You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest,
and I smile, and am silent,
and even my soul remains quiet:
it lives in the other world
which no one owns.
The peach trees blossom,
The water flows."
Li Bai (701-762), Chinese Poet of the Tang Dynasty
As my travels end after several weeks of reporting on the crises facing China's forests, I turn back to look again at some of the faces that I have encountered over the course of this journey.
These 'Faces in the Forest' represent something quite interesting to me. They show not only the diversity of people in the southwestern province of Sichuan, but also highlight the relationship between the people and the forest itself. It is this relationship, this uneasy and fragile balance, that fascinates me and offers an insight into the people of this region.
From local people's homes in the mountainous forests, to the numerous bamboo factories, to the national parks, the people of the southwest's forests are linked by their intimate relationship to the land. They have welcomed me and allowed me to photograph them. Each one has a role in the future of protecting the region's forests and ensuring their survival.
On the whole, the forest's loss has been halted in southwest China. However, beyond the propaganda, many challenges still remain from over-harvesting of plants for traditional medicine usage, mono-cultured forests and severe habitat fragmentation.
As I hope my reporting has demonstrated over the past month, these new challenges continue to seriously threaten both the flora and fauna of this valuable biodiversity hotspot.
As the UN's International Year of Forest draws to an end, its resolution points at the key to the future of the protection of the world's forests: "Efforts should focus on raising awareness at all levels to strengthen the sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations."
Changing attitudes, from the grass roots level through to government, is perhaps the only way in which the remaining forests of southwest of China can be saved.


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Not many teens have the time, interest or courage to ask their parents personal questions: What was your first kiss like? Can you describe your drug addiction to me? Do you think about dying?
Even fewer would record the answers — and then put them in a book.
That's what students at O'Farrell Community School in Encanto did.
Like other oral histories, "What I Leave With You" is a snapshot of a particular place and time — in this case, one of San Diego's most ethnically diverse communities. The book is in English, but some of the interviews were done in Vietnamese, Tagalog, Spanish, Laotian, Somali, Amharic or Khmer.
There are stories of struggle and success, of faith and failure, of perseverance. Ordinary stories, at first glance, of ordinary lives. Except as the late Studs Terkel, the master of this particular literary form, showed long ago, even the ordinary can be illuminating.
"I see this as a book of love stories," said Ray Kinne, a computer teacher at O'Farrell who edited the book. "What comes through is how the parents would give just about anything for their children to succeed."
This is the latest in a string of oral history collections Kinne has shepherded into print at O'Farrell. He's a longtime fan of Terkel's work, and of the weekly National Public Radio segment "StoryCorps," which features short personal reminiscences and has spawned several best-selling books.
"What I Leave With You" isn't polished like that, but it still fits into the tradition of capturing voices that might otherwise go unheard. And, Kinne said, it's given the 52 6th, 7th and 8th graders involved an opportunity to feel good about themselves: Published authors before they hit high school.
They were honored at a reception last month as part of the San Diego central library's annual local authors' celebration. Their book is on exhibit this month at the central library, as well as at the Malcolm X Library in Valencia Park.
"It's been really exciting," said Ameena Pascua, 14. So exciting she's having second thoughts about her career plan to become a doctor. Author, she said, sounds pretty good, too.
For the book, Ameena interviewed her mother, Eva Rivera, a nurse in National City. (All the students were asked to select an adult "hero," someone 25 or older.) Ameena learned about her mom's upbringing in Manila, how she met her husband, what her happiest and saddest moments in life have been. Before this, she hadn't known much about her mom's past.
The final question was about her mom's most unforgettable experience. The answer: "The most unforgettable experience in my life was when I was giving birth to you." Easy to imagine that moment staying with Ameena for a while.
There are other emotional sparks in the book, some funny. Marcia Aloese, 14, asked her grandmother whether she had overcome obstacles in her life. "Well," her grandmother, Tamato Lavatia said, "I overcame a lot, a whole lot of obstacles, mainly from my husband. He is an ornery old goat."
Sorrow surfaces as well, sometimes between the lines: absent parents, dead siblings, dreams abandoned. One of the students interviewed her mother, a recovering heroin addict. When the transcript was finished and ready for the book, the student was concerned that it didn't tell the full story. So she wrote a postscript.
In it, she describes how hard it was to be in foster care because of her mom's addiction — how abandoned, isolated and depressed she felt. "I didn't let anyone get close to me at all," she wrote. To others going through something similar, she offered this advice: "One should not blame themselves for it, because it is never a child's fault. NEVER."
Cox Communications and the Neighborhood United Foundation provided funding so the book could be published by Infinity, a vanity press. It's for sale ($13.95) online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, with all proceeds funding future writing projects at the school.
Elizabeth Aguilar, 15, said the project has brought her closer to her family, made it easier to talk about touchy subjects. She interviewed her father, asked him about the most embarrassing moment in his life. "When you were born!" Jose Aguilar said. "No, I'm just playing."
Somewhere, Studs Terkel is smiling.


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OROVILLE -- Whether tribal disenrollments by the Berry Creek Rancheria Tyme Maidu Tribe of Indians are a judicious weeding out of non-lineal members or ethnic cleansing depends upon who you ask.
Tribal Attorney Patrick Marshall contends the tribe's disenrollment procedures are more than fair, and the tribal members who barricaded themselves inside tribal headquarters last Thursday corrupted the voting process.
An 11-hour protest inside tribal headquarters ended with about 20 people who had barricaded themselves inside taken into custody around noon May 16.
Officials found ballot boxes inside, used for a vote to remove some members from tribal rolls.
A representative of the protesters contends they were standing against unfair actions to remove tribal members.
One of the protesters, Charlene Delagarza, said they have documents to prove lineage back to Dick Harry, who had been the recipient of federal land designated as Berry Creek Rancheria, and his nephews Frank Mullen and Lew (Johns) Wagner.
However, Marshall said on Thursday by telephone the tribe's goal is to weed out people who do not have blood lineage.
Marshall said the tribe looked at the documents presented by those whose ties had been questioned.
"In their minds, they have the records," Marshall said. "The tribe found them wanting."
Marshall said the tribe has criteria for membership, but did not want to go into the specific details behind the tribe's determination to remove some members.
Rather, Marshall discussed the procedure for removing members.
He said committees look into the member's records and make recommendations to the tribal council.
The tribal members have every chance to introduce information to the committee and defend their membership rights, he said.
The members can also attend the tribal meetings and speak, and the tribal council also addresses the issues in public hearings.
"This is a good tribe," Marshall said.
He said the tribal government is open and allows all tribal members to vote on disenrollments.
The night before the occupation of the tribal office at 1 a.m. on May 16, Marshall said the council had taken a vote on removing the tribal members, and left the ballot boxes locked inside the tribal offices.
He said some of the members threatened with disenrollment and supporters had obtained keys and entered the offices illegally.
Marshall contends even tribal members do not have a right to enter the offices at night or after business hours.
In addition, Marshall said the protesters corrupted the tribal voting process by breaking the locks on the ballot boxes, shredding the ballots.
"We take that very seriously," he said.
Marshall said they also vandalized the offices, breaking doors and throwing computers and other things around the offices.
Delagarza said the only damage they did to the offices was where they put screws in the walls to barricade windows and doors.
"These are our tribal offices," Delagarza said. "Why would we damage our offices?"
Delagarza contends they had a right to enter the offices.
While she said they might have cause a huge disturbance, they were trying to make a statement about the tribe's unfair disenrollments.
Delagarza said they do have an open process with access to public hearings, but the tribal council has weeded out the membership to include a majority of some families.
"So if they don't like you, they vote you out," she said.
The records that would exonerate their family in a state court are not really considered by the tribe, she said.
Delagarza cites a certified genealogist's report the tribe contracted to research the family lineage in November.
Lorraine "Rain Cloud" Escobar concluded that after extensive research "there remains little doubt that Frank Mullen and Lew Wagner were Emma John's children."
"In fact, the evidence is so compelling that any additional research effort is likely to produce more evidence that confirms this conclusion rather than disproving it."
It's unclear how the tribe interprets this information.
Delagarza says the families descended from Wagner and Mullen consider attempts to remove them from the tribe ethnic cleansing rather than a legitimate weeding out of non-lineage tribal members.
She said the tribal members are working to retain an attorney to answer the claims they shredded ballots and vandalized and illegally took over tribal offices.
Butte County Undersheriff Kory Honea said by telephone Thursday his detectives and tribal representatives had found shredded ballots in a trash can while gathering evidence at the tribal offices last Thursday.
Sheriff's law enforcement forcibly entered the offices and took the protesters into custody peaceably around noon May 16.
The tribe is sending out ballots to all tribal members to take another vote.


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Nestled into the hillside and surrounded by ancient olive trees, the villa sits unobtrusively in its own natural gardens. There are hints of the sort of dwelling that might have originally stood here, in the form of exposed stone walls and chunky wooden beams and doors, but Zeytin Evi is every inch the modern couple's retreat: light-filled, contemporary and romantically private. You can see the sea from virtually every corner of the house and grounds, whether you're reading in the seating area beyond the glorious pool or stretched out in the sunshine on a sunbed. And because we know that modern honeymoons sometimes mean that the children come too, there are two lovely bedrooms to accommodate the whole family if required.
Dusk at Zeytin Evi is a particularly magical time of day, as the setting sun burnishes everything with nature's own rosy glow and the first stars begin to sparkle in the sky above Söğüt. If you feel like dinner out in this very pretty village, it's just a five minute drive down to the beach and waterfront restaurants which are such a feature here. The entire Bozburun Peninsula is a protected natural environment, criss-crossed by walking paths and littered with ancient remains. The coast offers equally wonderful opportunities to explore, whether you want to charter your own craft or enjoy a relaxed gulet cruise around one of the most beautiful bays in Turkey.


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In this episode we open up the Samsung Galaxy S4, the latest flagship Android smartphone from the company. The Galaxy S4 features a 5-inch display, and is available on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, making it as widely available as the iPhone 5. We give you a look at the Galaxy S 4 hardware in this episode of Unboxing Live, showing you all the contents of the box as well.
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the talk of the town as it pertains to Android smartphones at the moment (though one could argue that the HTC One deserves just as much attention.) Samsung's new flagship sports a 5-inch 1080p display, LTE connectivity, and a bunch of those nature sounds to make it more calming (or something.) While we are working on our full Galaxy S4 review, we put together a photo gallery showing off the device itself, along with the included accessories. Go ahead and check out our Samsung Galaxy S4 unboxing gallery for all the goodness, and stay tunes for the review.
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Collaboration, competition and strategic costing: knowing when to start learning
Many companies confronted with 'make or buy' decisions adopt the mid-way option of engaging in collaborative relationships (CRs) with suppliers rather than in internal production or the purchasing of parts through a process of competitive bidding. Engaging in CRs requires evaluations of when to enter such relationships and when to abandon them. Traditional incremental cost analysis does not readily allow such analysis for the establishment of supplier networks and relationships. This paper develops a real options-based model that focuses on the cost implications of learning curves and timing concerns. It provides an optimal timing valuation approach to establishing/abandoning a CR that incorporates differential learning rate payoffs and that assesses the contingencies embedded in a CR. A standard illustration of the application of the model is provided.
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Miguel Angel Chiurillo
Miguel Angel Chiurillo received the Medical degree from Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCLA), Barquisimeto, Venezuela. He got the Ph.D. degree in biological sciences from Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela. Chiurillo currently works as an Associate Professor at the Biochemistry Section, Department of Functional Sciences, UCLA, Venezuela, and as a Visiting Professor at Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology. He also served as the Head of Molecular Genetic Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, UCLA. He is a Member of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) and a Member of the Spanish and Portuguese ISFG Working Group (GEP-ISFG). His experience includes forensic genetics, human genetic polymorphisms, molecular parasitology, and H. pylori virulence-associated genes. Chiurillo is the author of more than 50 papers in national and international journals.
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A L'oree du Bois features a spa centre with 2 hot tubs, a sauna and hammam. It offers rooms with a view of the nearby Argonne Forest or the Biesme Valley.
Guest rooms at L'oree du Bois are furnished with parquet floors and exposed beams. They each have a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom.
A continental breakfast is served on the garden terrace, and the Bois's restaurant serves traditional French cuisine. Guests can relax by the fireplace in the cosy lounge.
A range of reflexology and massage treatments are available at A L'oree du Bois upon prior reservation. The hotel also provides a free bicycle rental service, and is an ideal base for local cycling and hiking trails.


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Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure was the best selling game over all platforms from January to April 2012, if one factors in the sales of all the figurines that go with the game.
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure was released back in October, and had a unique mechanic in which players purchased figurines that sat on the base of a castle controller/device that would unlock the character it was based on, which would have all of its own special abilities. The figurines elevated to a "gotta catch them all", with rare characters being highly sought after, including special gold versions of the figurines.
Activision also announced that the game's sequel, Skylanders Giants, will be shown off at E3 in the next few days. It will add, of course, giant characters to play with.
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Grand Hotel Ambasciatori
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This modern 13-storey hotel comprises a total of 177 rooms of which 14 are suites. Amongst the facilities at this fully air-conditioned hotel count a foyer with a 24-hour reception desk, lifts, 3 bars and an air-conditioned restaurant with views out over the sea offering a selection of international and traditional dishes. There are also 21 conference rooms to make use of and those arriving by car are offered access to the hotel car park and garage facilities.
The comfortable rooms each come with an en suite bathroom, a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, a radio, a fridge/ minibar, individually controlled air conditioning and a hire safe.
Leisure options include a swimming pool, a poolside snack bar, changing rooms, a Jacuzzi and a wonderful sun terrace where sun loungers and parasols that have been laid out ready for use.
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This charming hotel enjoys a central location and views out over Mount Vesuvius, the Gulf of Naples and the turquoise-blue sea. It is just a short distance to links to the public transport network and the nearby city centre can easily be reached on foot lying just 300 m from the hotel.


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Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow, Sunil Kumar pronounced the order yesterday on a complaint filed by an ICICI Bank credit card holder Imran Ahmed, seeking direction for lodging an FIR and proper investigation in the matter.
The complainant said that on May 28 he had received three messages between 9.53 PM and 10.01 PM on his mobile phone about online shopping and the fourth message informed him that shopping worth around Rs. 79,000 has been done through his credit card in Turkey.
The complainant said that when he contacted bank officials in this regard he was not provided any information after which he blocked his card and informed the police, which also took no action.
He said that after all his efforts failed, he moved an application in the court against Kochhar and Valse.
The CJM directed the Station House Officer of Hazratganj police station to lodge an FIR and investigate the matter.


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Once Sakura left the room, Sasori made his way back to his own. He closed and locked the door behind him, not wanting anyone finding out about his "master plan".
He went over to his computer and went to Google. His wooden fingers gracefully danced across his keyboard as he typed in what he was searching for.
50 Ways To Piss Off Sakura
His eyes skimmed across the page and his smile grew wider with every number.
'Number one, Ask her why she BOTHERS chasing after Sasuke, when it's so obvious he's gay.'
Sakura read her list, trying to find the number she had stopped at.
'Number twenty-six. Remind him that he is the shortest member in the organization (make sure to call him Shorty).'
Sakura smirked.
She walked over to Sasori's room, only to find that the door was locked. The door was never locked.
Knock knock.
She waited ten seconds before knocking again.
Knock knock.
Another five seconds.
Knock knock.
Still, he didn't answer his door.
A very annoyed looking Sasori answered his door.
"What do you want, Sakura?"
"Nothing, Shorty. I just wanted to come in."
Sakura pushed past Sasori and stepped into his room. She plopped down onto his bed and gave him a little smile.
"Yes, Sakura..?"
"Did you know that you're the shortest member of the Akatsuki? I mean, next to me of course. But, doesn't that suck? Even Deidara is taller than you."
Sasori felt the urge to punch her in her pretty little face, but he didn't. Instead, he went along with his plan.
"Why did you ever bother chasing after Sasuke? He obviously wasn't going to like you,"
Sakura's face dropped. This was a sensitive subject.
"He...He could have liked me..."
"It's so obvious that he was gay." Sasori held back a smirk. While Sakura looked away, Sasori quickly read the next number on his list. 'Tell her she's completely useless.' Sasori thought about this for a second. He knew this would probably hurt her. But she'd been bothering him all day. The next number tied into the previous. 'If she denies it, show her all the clips where they actually SAY in the series that she's useless.'
"He wasn't gay!"
"He chose a pedophile snake-man over you. I'm pretty sure he's gay," Sasori gave her a look. "Either that, or he left because you were completely useless."
Sakura's eyes widened.
"I-I..." She sniffled. "I'm not... I'm not useless."
"Do you need me to show you the clips? Everybody said it."
"NO! No... Please don't show me any of the clips," She quickly read the next number on her list. 'Number twenty-seven. Call all his puppets ugly and say they are not art.'
"It seems like you need a reminder-"
"At least I'm sensible! I mean, have you seen your disgusting puppets? They're hideous! You call that shit art?" Sakura screamed at him, tears threatening to fall.
"WHAT did you just say?" Sasori growled. Sakura knew she was digging her own grave by now, but she wasn't stopping.
"I said that your puppets are ugly,"
Sasori skimmed down the list, looking for something to say to get back at her. 'Number six, tell her that her forehead is HUGE.'
"You're ugly," Sasori hissed at her. "Your forehead is huge. I don't understand why anyone would ever like you. That's probably why Sasuke left." As soon as it left his mouth, Sasori knew he'd made a mistake.
"I know..." She whispered.
Sasori strained his ears to hear her.
"I said... I know. I know I am,"
That genuinely surprised Sasori. He was expecting her to come back with a rebuttal. Instead, she agreed? Where was the real Sakura?
"I said-"
"I know what you said. I just thought you'd say something back..."
"No. You've hurt me enough."
With that, Sakura got up and left the room.
Sasori fought back the urge to go after her, but he knew if he did he'd seem soft.
He rethought his whole plan. Maybe this list was too cruel. Maybe he should just ignore the things she does to him. He had never meant to actually hurt her.
The next time she came in, he'd apologize.
Sakura sat on her bed, tears flowing from her eyes. Her tears were a mix of both sadness and anger.
'How could he say those things to me?' She asked herself. 'Why would he say those things to me?'
She would get him back, and she would get him back hard.
The "50 Ways to Piss Off Sakura" list is by ~sasodeioctembuary on deviantART.
I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. And if this isn't as good as my other chapters, I apologize. I haven't been online in a while. I hope I didn't lose my touch.


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Sun World International LLC has licensed two Latin American companies to grow its grapes.
Mexico's Grupo Alta and Peru's Camposol S.A. have been granted rights to grow proprietary Sun World varieties in their respective countries, according to a news release from Bakersfield, Calif.-based Sun World.
Grupo Alta and Camposol S.A. also can distribute and market the Sun World grapes and use Sun World's brands.
"Grupo Alta's specific attention to producing and marketing quality fruit makes them a compelling partner and a great addition to the Sun World licensing family," Sun World's executive vice president, David Marguleas, said in the release. "Camposol's broad-based involvement in the Peruvian fruit industry and its singular commitment to grape production in Peru's Piura region will bring even greater strength to our aim for truly year-round supply capability."
Sun World has licensed its grape and other fruit varieties to more than 1,000 grower-shippers and marketers around the world.


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Katie Holmes Switches Up Her Look, Still Looks Way Older Than She Actually Is
Here's some more snaps of Katie Holmes for the first Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood event that we reported on earlier. You would think Tom and Katie and Will and Jada were the only four who attended. And I know there are much hotter black people in Hollywood than those four. Err….anyway, Katie was noticed for switching up her hair from the Victoria Beckham transalien bob she's been sporting lately. People actually noticed these things. All I could scope was the damn table cloth she wrapped herself in. And the fact that seems to be trying to seriously age herself into some sort of withered Jackie Onassis socialite type. Remember the days when she just did "Dawson's Creek" and bad movies? I miss that Katie before she was imprisoned and condition. There's good news, though. She's still trying to rebel slightly by wearing heels which make her crazy husband look shorter than he actually is. And that bitch is stumpy. She takes her victories where she can.
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It took some time for the rain to subside, but once it had the BLACKCAPS put on one of the most incredible cricketing spectacles in history.
No amount of superlatives will do the BLACKCAPS batting effort justice, which concluded with them making 283 for four from just 21 overs in a rain shortened match. However that total will likely be deemed insignificant, with Corey Anderson demanding the world's attention with a record breaking 131 from 47 balls.
Jesse Ryder also welcomed 2014 in sensational fashion, pummeling the sixth fastest century off 46 balls. It seems almost inconceivable that such a knock could be bettered, but Anderson managed it.
Anderson's brutal innings saw him dazzle his way into the record books on a number of levels, but there was an obvious standout – the fastest century in any form of international cricket.
His brief yet belligerent innings saw him rocket to 50 from 20 balls, yet his then strike-rate of 250 continued to trend upwards. Across two overs he struck five consecutive sixes, as well as four in one Sunil Narine over.
He remained on track and in the 18th over needed to strike a six to claim the record – no problem. He emphatically dispatched Nikita Miller over the rope and celebrated with appropriate exuberance. On what started as a gloomy day for Queenstown, ended with Anderson lighting up all corners of the ground.
Not to be forgotten was the clear message that Ryder signalled – he's back. The 29-year-old was his explosive best en route to his extraordinary century, terrorising the West Indies bowlers. His own onslaught included 12 fours and five maximums.
With Ryder in full-flight and Anderson unstoppable, the crowd were in awe as the duo blitzed their way to a New Zealand record fourth wicket partnership of 191 (off 75 balls). Their stand came to an end in the penultimate over when Ryder was eventually caught off the bowling of Jason Holder (2-48).
Anderson though held his bat, finishing unbeaten and able to boast a number of New Zealand records, including most sixes in an innings (14). For the West Indies it finished a miserable 21 overs, blasted for 13.47 runs per over.
The visitors would need everything to go their way in their response if they were to have any chance of victory, but three wickets in the first four overs spelled the end. A spirited 56 from captain Dwayne Bravo saw them claw their way to 125 for five, giving the BLACKCAPS a 159 run victory.
It was an afternoon of incredible scenes. Apart from the delay at the start of the match, there could only be one other complaint – 22 chances to catch $100,000 were missed by the crowd, though some came close.
Nelson – get your Tui tops on for the fourth ODI on Saturday. (http://www.tui.co.nz/Competitions/Tui-Cricket-2014)


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Are You a Shadow or Body?
"Regenerating the Sunna" referes to not imitating the Sunna, but realizing it, bringing it to fruition, actualizing it. The concept implies not merely remembering the actions of Prophet Muhammad, but living and experiencing those behaviors in the here and now.read more 8 30.03.2012, Friday
On 'Planting a Seedling'
"Even if the end of time is upon you and you have a seedling in your hand, plant it!" I first encountered this Prophetic Tradition years ago in a Friday sermon "on the occasion of Forest Week." In the following years, I came to understand that these words are constantly cited via this unfitting correlation.read more 27 30.12.2011, Friday


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Wondering Where Your Tax Refund Is? Don't Check With the IRS
If you filed your taxes electronically, you may be wondering where your refund is. And, if you visited the IRS website's "Where's my refund?" page, you may have been given an error message that says the IRS has no information about your return.
Teen Girl Forced By Parents to Stand on Corner and Hold 'I Steal' Sign
Some kids just get grounded when they disobey their parents. But in Memphis, TN, this young lady had to stand on a busy corner holding a sign that said, "I steal from my family" as a punishment.
Who Is the 'Piggyback Bandit' and Why Is He Acting So Creepy at High School Sporting Events?
There is a short, 240-pound man who will show up at high school sporting events, do things on the sidelines to help the team, then talk someone into giving him a piggyback ride and leave. No, it's not a joke.
He started this practice in 2008 on the West Coast, but continues it to this day and recently turned up in North Dakota.
Did President Eisenhower Meet with Aliens?
According to a former Pentagon consultant and prominent author and lecturer, President Eisenhower met with aliens on at least one occasion during his presidency. Timothy Good, who worked with the Eisenhower administration, made this claim on a recent BBC program.
10 of Our Favorite Single Celebs Will Help You Celebrate Singles Awareness Day
Not at all coincidentally, February 15th has been designated Singles Awareness Day. This is a day for singles to get out there and appreciate each other, since all the couples just got to have their day. This was the brilliant idea of Dustin Barnes, a student at Mississippi State, and we think he was spot on.
11 Adorable Kids Experiencing First Love for Valentine's Day
We usually think that kids are too young to understand our grown-up versions of love. In fact, many would argue a person doesn't fully understand love well into adulthood. But, as proved by adorable kids on YouTube, the innocence and sincerity of those first inklings of love can be the sweetest and most endearing of all.
10 Romantic Movies Everyone Should Watch on Valentine's Day
The American Film Institute created a list of the 100 most romantic movies ever made. Because their list spans a good 7 or 8 decades, and doesn't go past the '90s, it doesn't include a lot of our favorites. The movies that shaped our ideas of romance.
10 Things You Didn't Know About Facebook
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What Time Will the Oscars Be On?
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The golden ball title was awarded to players Huynh Quoc Anh (male) and Dang Thi Kieu Trinh (female).
2012 was an impressive year for midfielder Huynh Quoc Anh (from SHB Da Nang club). He played an important role in the victory of SHB Da Nang club in the V – League 2012 championship, and also played well in the national team.
The silver ball title belonged to midfielder Le Tan Tai (from Vincem XM Hai Phong club) who has contributed to the club's relegation V Khatoco Khanh Hoa League last season. Meanwhile, the bronze ball title went to Minh Phuong (also from SHB Da Nang club).
In the women's category, goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh (from Ho Chi Minh City) was predicted to pocket the golden ball. Last year, her role in the Vietnam's women's football team championship in SEA Games competition was considered irreplaceable. She also won the title of best female player in 2012.
The silver ball title went to Le Thi Thuong (from Vietnam Coal and Mineral club), and the bronze ball title was presented to Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh (from Hanoi).
The organizing board have also presented awards for outstanding male footballer Tran Phi Son from Song Lam Nghe An club, and female player Chuong Thi Kieu from Ho Chi Minh city.
Whereas, excellent foreign player belonged to striker Gaston Merlo (from SHB Da Nang club).
This is the 18th year that Vietnam Golden Ball awards were given to players./.


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Sending package to USA - how does it work inside USA?
I'm from EU, so I don't know much about the internal process of delivering packages in USA.
In my native country, we have one 'general post service', and then multiple alternative providers like UPS, DHL, or others.
I want to send a package to company in USA, as I have ordered a product and received broken device.
So I'm wondering how will it arrive, if I use "general post service" from here...
Thanks for help :)
Post office seems to be a little slow these days but if you have a correct address the package should arrive. We gripe about our postal service but most things arrive like they are suppose to. There are size and weight restrictions.
The USA has 1 Government run postal service. DHL, UPS, FedEx are private companies that deliver packages for a price.
FedEx ships worldwide too I think.
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When I send it via UPS, will it arrive to some general post office, or will it be handed directly to them?
If UPS or other companies are used, the package is usually delivered directly to the person it's addressed to.
If you use general post service (Slovenska posta), the package arrives at post, and you have to pick it up there.
Services such a Federal Express, U.P.S., D.H.L. and so on, are door-to-door services. You hand your
items to them on your end. They transport it. Someone of their folks hands it to the addressee on
this end. Since September 2001, items entering the USA are screened in various ways before leaving
overseas for US destinations, after arrival in USA, and sometimes at way-points along the way.
If it were my parcel, I would use one of the commercial door-to-door carriers with an end to end
tracking number. It will get to its destination and should it go walk-about, tracking will help
it get found.
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Using UPS or DHL or others are also available UNLESS you are shipping to a USPS post office box. Private carriers cannot deliver to a Post Office Box.
Best bet: take the package to your local government post office and see what it has for premium/expedited service to the US, delivery by the USPS.
@ Skyer
I would go for DHL if I want to make sure the package is delivered.
I don't know the prices (quite higher than a "national post service") but then you can also track the package etc.
I have done this [too] often. Yes, FedEx, UPS or DHL are the best options because the package can be tracked and the recipient has to sign for delivery. That is an important proof they received it. Also don't forget that most companies require a RMA (Return Material Authorization) before they accept a device for return.
Ask your local customs organization how they handle repaired materials on return. Either you have to draw up a document with the device serial# so you don't have to pay VAT when the package returns into the EU. Sometimes the price of the document is higher than the amount of VAT. But you pay either way. If you draw up a document with serial# and the manufacturer sends you a replacement with a different serial#, you have paid for the document and pay VAT as well. 90% of companies sending a repaired device back put either the repair costs (if it was out of warranty) or the retail value (when the device was still in warranty).
Think deeply if it is not cheaper to replace your device instead of having it repaired after you inquired for all costs.
The entire shipping world has many ways to deliver a package. As above you might go to some commercial carrier who at some point might ship it via another or even a government postal facility. The companies calculate the costs to send part of their shipments to the USPS for what they call the last mile.
I have seen the insides of Fedex, UPS and USPS and they all are kind of rough on packages. A PopularMechanics test showed a package with tracking and tip and impact monitoring was best treated by the USPS.
All carriers and post offices can track packages. It tends to be an issue of cost. Fedex is pretty high while USP and USPS tend to be more closely priced.
Broken stuff generally doesn't have any tariff.
Each provider routes it through their own network. Finally, depending on the size and weight of the package, it is delivered to the recipient either by a courier or truck.
For international packages, there may be a cooling period and also package scrutiny.
Thank you all for your answers.
I think I have a generally clear vision about how does it work now.
I'd like to ask few more questions though. I asked them to replace my device, and yes, RMA is required.
By RMA requirements, I understand placing the RMA number on the outside of the package. I really don't have any experience with this, it probably sounds as totally petty problem for those who live in US, but things really are different here :)
So are there any special things I should be aware of?
Jefro, "Broken stuff generally doesn't have any tariff." could you elaborate?
I'd like not to pay any more than I have to - I already payed for UPS, Shipito (BN doesn't ship outside US), and the package itself, so.. I'm pretty squeezed up.
Thanks again for so many useful responses.
Stick it in the mail.
If "the mail" decides to employ a private service (as the US Postal Service does do for "express mail") then that's their business. You simply mailed the package and told the powers that be how fast you wanted it to get there and paid the price they named.
I rather suspect that every country's "post office" winds up doing more-or-less the same thing.
Prepare a shipping label and affix two of them on the box. Put one loose inside the box. Stick one on your device with tape. Print the return address smaller than the recipient's. Print the RMA bigger.
Example shipping label.
Follow jlinkels's advice on labeling, and like he said, place one copy of print out, on the box, one inside the box, and one on the product.
If you want the best quality shipping use UPS (but don't ship to a PO box address). (UPS has the best quality tracking. You can go on line and see where the package is at all times.)
If you want the cheapest, ship government parcel.
Wayne Sallee
Here's a funny true story with UPS:
This was posted back in 1999
I saved the post, and here it is:
I work for a company where we accept a large number of UPS packages. We kept
missing/losing deliveries and when we traced them, the log showed they were
signed for by "ITR."
After numerous complaints and claims, UPS finally called the driver in. She
explained that she was given WAY too many packages to deliver and, at the end
of the day, she would pull her truck up to the good ol' Missouri and toss
whatever remained in the truck.
ITR = In The River.
True story. She lost her job, we got a new delivery person on the route and
things are much better now.
So as long as your package isn't signed by ITR you should be fine. :-)
Wayne Sallee
"Jefro, "Broken stuff generally doesn't have any tariff." could you elaborate?"
Each country has taxes on products entering and some leaving.
An example was a stereo I shipped US Postal Service from Japan. The customs rules were if it were new, it was subject to a tax or tariff. Since I had opened the original box and powered it on, it was by definition used. (and US Customs opened the outer box to see)
Check with the customs office in both your country and the US for rules. Generally broken and used electronics are exempt.
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How can I find a caregiver to attend my home birth?
Some resources to start with:
- The American College of Nurse Midwives in Washington, D.C., can direct you to home-birth resources in your area, including a list of certified nurse-midwives. You can call the organization at (240) 485-1800 or visit its website.
- The Midwives Alliance of North America is an organization for both direct-entry midwives and certified nurse-midwives. For a list of members in your state, email the alliance at firstname.lastname@example.com, or call (888) 923-6262. You'll find some information about home births on the group's website.
- Ask a childbirth educator in your area or contact your local La Leche League.


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By Steve Persall
Times Film Critic
If only one character in Stone reacted as someone in his position would to the preposterous situation at hand, the movie would be 15 minutes long.
That would be Jack Mabry, listlessly played by Robert De Niro like an actor needing to make a mortgage payment. Jack is a parole officer whose job is to evaluate eligible prisoners, and apparently has been good at it for decades. He is weeks away from retirement, but that hasn't dulled his devotion to work; rather than coasting to the finish line, he insists on clearing out his pending cases.
Jack should be savvy enough to see right through one of those potential parolees, a fast-talking roughneck named Gerald "Stone" Creeson (Edward Norton), jailed for arson and helping to kill his grandparents. Obviously this is not someone to be trusted.
Stone blows into Jack's office demanding to be released and constantly interrupting the interview with graphic descriptions of what he misses about his girlfriend and hollow declarations of being rehabilitated. The instincts that Jack must have developed after years in this job immediately desert him. Rather than kicking Stone back to his cell for someone else to handle in a few years — logically ending the movie — Jack gets passively sucked into a deepening pile of bull hockey.
This never makes sense, after an earlier flashback showing Jack (De Niro look-alike Enver Gjokaj) as someone capable of throwing his baby daughter from a second-story window to get what he wants. Years later, Jack's weary wife, Madylyn (Frances Conroy), still cringes when he raises his voice. Jack should be able to crush Stone into pebbles.
Why the shift in personality? Screenwriter Angus MacLachlan clumsily attributes it to Jack and Madylyn finding religion, although they don't fully practice what is preached. Christian radio shows are a constant on the sound track (handily commenting on whatever happens), yet alcohol, tobacco and gambling are fixtures in the Mabry home. But, oh, the repression has taken its toll.
All of which leads to the most ridiculous turn in MacLachlan's script, when Stone's girlfriend, Lucetta (Milla Jovovich, suitably slutty), seduces Jack to facilitate her man's release. Meanwhile, the religion angle is countered by Stone embracing an obscure Far Eastern faith, although we've seen enough of him to wonder if it's just part of the plan.
Either way, watching Jack getting grinded by one schemer and worn down by the other is absurd.
De Niro looks pained to be here, and Norton performed this jittery liar routine so indelibly in Primal Fear that nothing his character does is surprising.
Neither actor will include clips from Stone in his career achievement tributes.
Steve Persall can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or ((727) 893-8365. Read his blog, Reeling in the Years, at tampabay.com/blogs/movies.


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Palace eye Coppell return
Steve Coppell is on Crystal Palace's list of potential candidates to replace Dougie Freedman, who quit this week to join Bolton.
• Confusion over Freedman move
Coppell would be one of the top candidates if Palace opted for experience, but there is a group of young managers also on their shortlist. Gareth Southgate, Sean Dyche, Paolo Di Canio and Attilio Lombardo have all been linked.
If the club do opt for the vastly experienced Coppell, Palace's most successful manager, it would be a truly remarkable fifth stint as manager at Selhurst Park, which would be some kind of all-time record.
The 57-year-old might be considered in a more senior role as technical director of football, if the club decide to go down that route.
However Coppell was non-committal about the job when contacted by ESPN but refused to rule out a return. "I have great affection for Palace but I am thoroughly enjoying myself at Crawley," he said.
Parish added: "The last four days I haven't spoken to anyone. Steve [Coppell] is certainly someone I will speak to - somebody we will be consulting, and is a possibility."
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Looking For Very Inexpesive Cupcake Stand
Baking By smile22 Updated 8 Jul 2013 , 8:45pm by jason_kraft
Hi i am looking for a very inexpensive cupcake stand i prefer square but i am open to round. i am looking for a 3-5 tier.
i dont want paper, cardboard, or styrafoam . not looking for glass or ceramic right now i am looing for plastic or acrylic
i am doing cupcakes for my cousins wedding reception and want to place the 4 dozen on a nice stand.
i dont want to spend more than $20 on the stand i know i saw someone who had a website that took some dollar store crafts and made her own stands she took some burner covers spray painted them white then covered with some printed round paper attached them to candle stick holders with some gorilla glue. not sure if i want to go through all that hassel
does anyone know where i can get super cheep stand... once my business starts picking up again i hope to get some really nice ones i can have for rent as part of my business
AHave you checked eBay?
AHere you go: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00188JNMY/?tag=cakecentral-20
It will hold 3 dozen at most so you'll probably need two.