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Scott and Lauren Sterling Adopt Five Peruvian Siblings
The Missouri couple more than doubles the size of their family when a group of five siblings needed help
Two years ago, Scott and Lauren Sterling were sitting in their Blue Springs, Mo., home when an email landed in their inbox with an eye-catching subject line: "Hi, we need a daddy and mommy."
That email, sent a world away from a small orphanage in Pacasmayo, Peru – and written by a fellow member of the couple's church where Scott, 43, is an associate pastor – introduced them to five siblings, then ages 7 to 15, who had lost both parents to tuberculosis. Because the children refused to be split up, the kids' chances of finding new parents were slim.
"Our first thought was, someone rich ought to adopt these beautiful kids," says Lauren, 30, a job recruiter who was already a mom to daughter Laney, now 3, and stepmom to Logan, 19, Scott's daughter from a previous marriage. "But over the next few months, we realized, why not us?"
The Sterlings began a year-long process to legally adopt the five siblings, which involved Skype chats with the kids, reams of paperwork, and $20,000 raised by the Sterlings' church to help with adoption fees. "It's very unusual to find a family willing to take in so many siblings," says Pat Baldwin, director of international programs at Villa Hope, which oversaw the adoption. "What the Sterlings have done is a true act of love."
In Nov. 2012, the Sterlings flew down to the orphanage to meet Yhonson, now 17, Gerson, 15, Betsi, 12, Joel, 11, and Sibila, 9, in person for the first time and to bring them back to the States.
"The girls came running to us from a distance and jumped into Scott's arms," recalls Lauren. Adds Yhonson, who speaks limited English: "We were so happy. It was very emotional. We waited so long to be together."
The new family returned to Missouri just a few days after Christmas and were greeted by friends and neighbors who had stocked the Sterlings' kitchen with food, repainted their bedrooms, and set up a Christmas tree loaded with presents for the kids.
"Our home is now a mixture of Spanish, English and Spanglish thrown in and we use Google Translate a lot," says Lauren. "People say these kids are lucky to have us, but we're the ones who're lucky to have them."
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Sam Raimi was going to make a movie based on World of Warcraft. Now, he's not.
At this year's Comic-Con, Raimi told CraveOnline that he isn't attached to the WoW film anymore, because he decided to make Oz: The Great and Powerful instead.
According to Raimi, "Actually, they don't have me directing World of Warcraft anymore because when I took the Oz job, they had to move on to another director. They had to start making it."
Raimi did not reveal who that "other director" was. How about Moon director Duncan Jones? Back in 2010, he was excited about Raimi making the movie. Maybe he would be more excited about making it himself?
The chances, however, of this flick ever being finished are not so good. Hollywood rarely makes its game adaptations into actual movies.
Sam Raimi Won't Direct the World of Warcraft Movie [CraveOnline via VG247]

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"Somehow we have developed this large contingent of know-it-all baseball fans who bay like wounded coyotes at any mention of wins, losses, RBI or batting average. I never know whether I should blame myself for this or not.." (Bill James)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Maybe They Should Trade The Whole Team
OK. McCutch grounded out, but Jose Tabata lined a single into right and Neil Walker poked a changeup into left for a knock.
Garrett Jones was up; he hit a little pop off the handle short of the mound that Yadier Molina caught, then dropped, and turned into a DP when his throw to first beat a befuddled Walker to the bag as the umps belatedly ruled it an infield fly. It was an omen of things to come.
Instead of bases loaded and one out, it ended the inning. The mass confusion didn't faze D-Cutch; he threw a 1-2-3 frame without a ball leaving the infield. Jeff Suppan matched him in the second.
McCutchen became his own worst enemy in the second. He walked Matt Holliday on five pitches, got a fly out, and then gave up a single on a 3-1 pitch. He walked Skip Schumaker on four pitches. That was followed by a RBI line drive single by Suppan, his first ribbie of the year. But McC escaped with only a run when Brendan Ryan rolled into a 6-4-3 DP. No wonder LaRussa bats the pitcher eighth.
With two away in the third, McCutch and Tabata lined singles to set up Walker, who fished for a pair of slow curves, fouling one off and bouncing the next to second; both were shin high.
McCutchen started off the third with a ten-pitch walk to Felipe Lopez, losing him on a borderline call. An out later, he picked off Lopez; good thing, too, as Sir Albert lined a knock into center. He finished the inning by getting Doc Holliday on a routine fly to center.
The Pirates may have hit a new low in the fourth, when Jones, Pedro, and Lastings Milledge all struck out swinging against Suppan, flailing away at changeups and curves as if they were never before seen pitches. That's 5 K's so far for Suppan, matching his season high - in four frames!
For the third straight inning, McCutchen walked the leadoff hitter; this time it was Colby Rasmus, who promptly stole second. Schumaker walked on five pitches with one out, and a Suppan bunt was thrown away by Jones trying for the lead runner, plating a run. D-McCutch got the next pair on flies, and it was 2-0. The error hurt, but without the walks...
Suppan, coming into the game with an 0-6 record and 6.18 ERA, mowed down the Bucs again in the fifth; he had a four hit shutout going.
And hey, McCutchen got the first batter out this inning. But he fell behind Albert Pujols 2-0, came in with a fastball, and watched it clear the right center field fence, 390' away. That's the eleventh his given up this year, in 32-2/3 innings - one every three innings.
But Suppan couldn't go on forever; even LaRussa knew it. In the sixth, after a leadoff double by McCutch and a bounce out by Tabata that advanced him to third, lefty Denny Reyes came in to face Walker. He popped out - all together now "runner on third and less than two out..." - and Jones grounded out to short.
Molina tarted off the sixth with a ground rule double on a short ball hit up the right field line that bounced over the railing. Schumaker, after fouling off a couple of bunts (a sure sign Reyes was being pinch hit for) rolled a grounder to second to get the runner to third.
Pinch hitter Randy Winn walked on five pitches. Ryan, a .202 hitter, popped a 3-2 pitch deep into left center for a sac fly - leadoff double, grounder to the right side, sac fly. Read 'em and weep, Pirates.
Lopez singled into left, and Steve Jackson came on to get the last out on a K. McCutchen went 5-2/3 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits, six walks, and a K.
He deserves credit for not allowing a big inning, but his command was terrible, and he went through the game as a fastball-changeup pitcher; the few times he went to his slider, it missed the plate - as did most of his other offerings.
He let the leadoff runner on four of his six frames, and the walks were brutal. Usually aggressive, it appeared tonight that he was changed tacks and tried to live on the black. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
The Pirates went down in order to Kyle McClellan, with Pedro and LM striking out. This inning was especially embarrassing. Pedro looked at three straight strikes without taking the bat off his shoulder, and Thrilledge took the first two for strikes and whiffed on a breaking ball in the dirt.
Pujols started off the seventh with a single off Pedro's glove, his third hit. He jogged in a batter later when Rasmus roped a homer off Jackson over the 375' in right center, his 17th. Molina followed with a single; it was his third hit, too. Jackson worked his way out, but it was 6-0, and the fat lady was gurgling.
Whatever Pedro and LM have must be contagious; Kratz struck out for the second time, watching the first two strikes sail by, with Mitchell Boggs on the hill. You're allowed more than one swing, guys.
Though that's all it takes. Jeff Clement pinch hit, and took a 97 MPH heater over the right center wall, the first Pirate run of the series. A two out Tabata single brought out LaRussa and his hook; lefty Trever Miller was called on to face Walker.
He walked him, but got Jones on a foul pop to the catcher. Wil Ledezema worked the eighth for Pittsburgh. He had a great start, too - Ronny Cedeno threw away a ball that went for a single and error.
Lopez was given three belt high heaters and sent the third into center to put runners on the corners - on an 0-2 pitch. Ledezema got ahead of sub Tyler Greene 0-2, and then threw him four straight balls to juice the sacks for Pujols.
Ledezema got him to pop out; even Albert strands runners on rare occasion. Doc Holliday picked him up by rifling a double to right on a heater down the middle and above the belt, and Rasmus followed with an RBI single to center. JR took the ball from him and gave it to Sean Gallagher.
He walked Molina to load the bases again. He fell behind Schmaker 3-0, and two pitches later gave up a two run single. If you're still keeping score, that makes it 11-1; the fat lady is beginning to nod off.
SG got Aaron Miles to fly out, the Ryan singled to load the bases for the third time in the inning. But mercifully, Gallagher got Lopez to ground out to short on a 3-2 pitch.
Mike MacDougal came in to finish the game; he's the sixth pitcher LaRussa used in an 11-1 game. And of the five after Suppan, none had an ERA of over 3.42. That's a bullpen. McD gave up an infield hit to Cedeno with two away, and then K'd Kratz to end it.
Tonight was a complete embarrassment. St. Louis had 15 hits and drew 8 walks. The Pirates couldn't catch a cold, and were undisciplined as little leaguers at the plate, falling behind in the count and striking out nine times. Let's hope it's a hangover from deadline day.
Zach Duke goes against Adam Wainwright tomorrow afternoon.
-- Jose Tabata extended his hitting streak to eleven games with tonight's first inning single.
-- The Pirates traded three relievers, and played today two arms short in the pen only because Steve Jackson is still around. James McDonald is supposed to start his Bucco career in the pen, too, so that leaves one hole to fill.
-- The Pirates will send Ryan Doumit to his rehab assignment Monday and activate him from the DL on Friday. Here's what he had to say about the Chris Snyder trade:
"I think I'm an everyday player. I expect to play and I want to play every day." - to Rob Biertempfel, Tribune Review.
"I was shocked, obviously. I didn't know how to interpret it." - to Dejan Kovacevic, Post Gazette.
"I was surprised. I didn't know what to think of that. That's about it." - to Jen Langosch, MLB.com.
-- Talk about a pro: DJ Carrasco, who lobbied to get traded to a contender, was instead sent to last-place Arizona. Rather than pout, he hopped a jet and was in uniform tonight. The two guys the Pirates traded for, Chris Snyder and James McDonald, aren't expected to report until tomorrow or Monday.
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- WilliamJPellas said...
So, Doumit was "shocked". Some guys just don't get it. Doumit is obviously one of them.
I hate to see our 'pen chopped down a few pegs, but hopefully Meek and Hanrahan will stay healthy over the next couple of years and Huntington adds a couple more cheap, effective arms next offseason. Dotel wasn't going to be part of the future here, so no problem trading him. Honestly I was more sad to see Lopez go, given how hard it's been for this team to find any kind of halfway serviceable lefties for the 'pen since the current regime took over.
- July 31, 2010 at 11:53 PM
- Ron Ieraci said...
I was sorta surprised at Dewey's reaction myself, Will. I thought he'd recognize his O has been mediocre and his D atrocious. Self image and reality aren't always the same.
Lefties are worrisome; from what I've seen, Ledezema and Thomas both keep the ball up too much and Moskos is having a tough time at Indy. But when (and if) the team is competitive, maybe they'll keep the gang together.
My only red flag in emptying the bullpen is that I think the guys learned something from the vets; it kinda hurts the teaching cycle to not have any gray hairs around.
- August 1, 2010 at 7:08 AM


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Heat keep Bucks from victory
Dwyane Wade was hurt, Chris Bosh was sick, the Miami Heat missed 15 consecutive 3-point attempts and allowed the Milwaukee Bucks to score 22 points off turnovers.
And the Heat won handily anyway.
So if this was a potential first-round Eastern Conference playoff preview, the Bucks probably didn't enjoy much of what they saw on Tuesday night. LeBron James scored 28 points in 30 minutes, Udonis Haslem had his first double-double of the season and the Heat moved a step closer to wrapping up home-court advantage throughout the NBA playoffs by topping the Bucks 94-83.
The Heat tied a franchise single-season record by winning for the 61st time, getting there with five games remaining. Miami needs only one more win or one San Antonio loss to clinch the top overall seed for the entirety of the playoffs. The defending champions (61-16) clinched the top seed in the East long ago, and will more than likely see the Bucks (37-40) when the postseason starts in about a week and a half.
Norris Cole and Ray Allen each scored 11 for the Heat, and Haslem finished with 10 points and 15 rebounds. Wade missed his fifth straight game and seventh in the past nine while dealing with ankle and knee issues, and Bosh sat out his second straight contest, though this time it was flu-like symptoms that left him sidelined, not the sore knee that kept him from participating in Saturday's game against Philadelphia.
Bosh is not expected to accompany Miami for its trip to play in Washington on Wednesday. Wade is traveling with the club, and will be evaluated on Wednesday before the Heat make any determinations on the rotation for the matchup against the Wizards.
James' highlight of the night came early. Off a turnover, he took a pass from Mario Chalmers, thought about getting the ball to Mike Miller but wound up throwing a pass off the backboard to himself -- finishing the play with a dunk that had a half-dozen Heat players leap off the bench in unison and crane their necks toward the scoreboard to see the replay.
James finished 11 for 16 from the floor, with seven rebounds and seven assists.
Miami outrebounded Milwaukee 49-37, and held the Bucks to 37 points after halftime. The Heat lead was only 47-46 at the break, and Jennings opened the second half with a basket to give Milwaukee a one-point lead.
It was also Milwaukee's last lead.
The rest of the third quarter was a 24-11 Miami burst, one where they even made a 3-pointer after going more than two full quarters without connecting from beyond the arc. Mike Miller made one on the team's third attempt of the night, about 2 minutes after tipoff, and the Heat -- the league's second-best 3-point shooting team this season entering the game -- went on to miss their next 15 tries from long range.
When Shane Battier finally made one from the right corner with 7:03 left in the third, he pumped his fist toward the crowd in faux excitement, and James couldn't contain his laughter.
That's also about the time the Heat started to pull away.
James Jones made a 3-pointer to push Miami's lead to 71-59 entering the fourth, and the margin grew to 18 on another 3 from a most unlikely candidate. Chris Andersen -- the reserve forward whose last successful 3-point try was in 2009 -- connected early in the fourth, the lead was 84-66 and fans soon started heading for the exits.
Other than Jennings, no other Bucks player reached double figures. Jennings shot 10 for 16, while his teammates combined to shoot 23 for 59.
NOTES: Battier jumped center to open the game and actually won the tip. ... James said after the morning shootaround practice that he intends to take some games off before the playoffs, presumably after Miami wraps up the No. 1 overall seed. ... The Bucks went 1-3 against the Heat this season. ... Jennings got a technical foul late in the first quarter for shoving Andersen after a hard screen. They slapped hands after the play.


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BEDFORD — Justin Jewell scored the tying goal and the game winner to lift the Spaulding High School boys hockey team to a thrilling 4-3 win at Bedford (9-3-1) in Division II action on Tuesday.
Spaulding improved to 13-1-1. Kyle Carignan scored a goal with two assists for the Red Raiders, while Brian Chick also scored. Derek Scott made 31 saves in net.
Spaulding is at Dover on Saturday.
Mt. Abrams 55, Traip 44
SALEM TOWNSHIP, Maine — The Traip Academy girls basketball team's season came to an end on Tuesday in the first round of the Western Maine Class C tournament as the 10th-seeded Rangers fell 55-44 at No. 7 Mt. Abram (10-9).
Allie Barrett scored 18 points to lead Traip, While Kaylie Andrews scored 14 and senior Eileen Macomber scored three.
Traip's season is over at 6-13.
Somersworth 55, Raymond 29
SOMERSWORTH — The Somersworth girls basketball team was a 55-29 winner over Raymond (3-13) during Division III action on Tuesday.
Rachel Hill led all scorers with 26 points while Erika Ducharme added eight and Meredith Poplawski scored five.
Somersworth (13-4) is at rival Prospect Mountain on Friday.
Nashua South 49, Dover 36
NASHUA — The Dover girls basketball team fell 49-36 at Nashua South (3-12) on Tuesday in Division I.
Molly Wotton scored eight points for Dover and Molly St. Germain scored six.
Dover (6-8) is at Londonderry Thursday.
Salem 63, Spaulding 45
ROCHESTER — The Spaudling girls basketball team fell 63-45 to Salem (9-5) on Tuesday in Division I.
Emily Benway scored 18 points and Ashley Lemery added 10 in the loss. The Red Raiders (4-12) are at Merrimack next Tuesday.
Belmont 47, Farmington 42
FARMINGTON — The Farmington girls basketball team fell 47-42 at home against Belmont (4-13) on Tuesday night in Division III.
Shannon Cardinal scored 11 points with 13 rebounds for the Tigers (9-8) while Molly King scored nine points.
Farmington is at Berlin on Friday for the regular-season finale.
Berwick 44, Concord Academy 31
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Berwick Academy girls basketball team was a 44-31 winner over Concord Academy (0-16) on Tuesday.
Rebecca Siegel scored 10 points for Berwick (12-4) while Torie St. Pierre added eight.
Berwick hosts Beaver Country Day School today.
Nute 39, Wilton/Lyndeborough 36
MILTON — The Nute girls basketball team was a 39-36 winner over Division IV foe WiltonLyndeborough (7-10) on Tuesday night.
Alisha Flanagan scored 14 points while Michelle Guindon added seven.
Nute (5-11) is at Hinsdale tonight.
Oyster River 55, St. Thomas 44
DURHAM — Nick Lazar scored 15 points to lead the Oyster River boys basketball team to a 55-44 win over rival St. Thomas Aquinas (3-8) on Tuesday in Division II.
Jake Smith scored 12 points for the Bobcats (9-4) while Zach Jones scored seven. For St. Thomas, Jon Nartiff scored 15 points and Schuyler Hedberg added 10.
St. Thomas returns to action tonight at home against Kennett while Oyster River hosts Souhegan on Thursday.
Salem 62, Spaulding 58
SALEM — The Spaulding boys basketball team fell 62-58 at Salem (5-8) on Tuesday in Division I.
The Red Raiders were led by Dominic Paradis with 20 points and Alex Gray with 12. Nick MacGregor added 10.
Spaulding (11-3) is home Tuesday against Merrimack.
Raymond 78, Somersworth 53
RAYMOND — The Somersworth boys basketball team fell 78-53 at Raymond (9-6) in Division III on Tuesday.
Kevin Clougherty scored 14 for Somersworth (10-5), while Drew Francoeur and Isaiah Gaddy scored eight apiece.
The Hilltoppers return to action Friday at home against Prospect Mountain.
Pittsfield 53, Portsmouth Christian 52
PITTSFIELD — The Portsmouth Christian boys basketball team fell 53-52 at Pittsfield (12-2) in Division IV on Tuesday.
Ryan LaClair scored 20 points to lead Portsmouth Christian (4-10). Matt Geil hit for 12 and Ryan Schonewald added nine.
Portsmouth Christian is at Derryfield on Thursday.


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Another WebGL demo based on previous eye shader project. Might be a bit of an overkill for this 2D/3D hybrid. Also has some seriously lazy way of displacing the eyelids. Should be passing eyeball rotational vector for positioning the displacement instead of approx mouse location.
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Many assist in back-to-school supply effort
As the summer comes to an end and the new school year begins, students throughout Fairfield County are buying back-to-school supplies.
While this is considered a yearly rite of passage for many, items such as pencils, notebooks and backpacks can pose a financial burden for some families. This year, FactSet Research Systems, the McElveen family, Rachel Schiavone, the Sciarretta and Lord families of Wilton, the Service League of Boys of New Canaan, St. Patrick's Church of Redding Tauck World of Giving and the United Church of Rowayton are all donating school supplies for FCA clients.
"Family & Children's Agency is so grateful to our supporters who donate back to school supplies for clients each fall," Robert F. Cashel, president and CEO of FCA, said. "School supplies are essential for academic success, and these donations will mean so much to the students and families receiving them."
This is Schiavone's first year donating school supplies in honor of their friend Victoria Soto, a teacher who was killed in the Sandy Hook school tragedy. Both the Service League of Boys of New Canaan and the Sciarretta and Lord families of Wilton are in their seventh year of donating back to school supplies. The "Tools for School" drive, conducted by the Wilton families, collects backpacks filled with supplies, which are given to sixth grade students in the After School Program. The tradition began when one student in the family began to collect school supplies in lieu of birthday presents seven years ago. In its third year, FactSet Research Systems had a "giving tree" with more than 100 request tags for employees to take.
For information, visit www.FamilyandChildrensAgency.org.


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IDF: We Are Our Brothers' Keepers
Sunday, June 22, 2014 | Ryan Jones
Operation Brother's Keeper, the Israeli army's massive search for three abducted Jewish teens, has intensified as it enters a new week, with IDF officials vowing they will leave no stone unturned.
Col. Eliezer Toledano, the commander of the IDF's Paratrooper Brigade, said that three full battalions are taking part in the search and rescue operation, and that every soldier is unwaveringly committed to the mission.
"I am [personally] joining my soldiers, and despite the [harsh conditions] not one has asked when we are going home," Toledano told the Israeli press. "We all believe that we will find the kidnapped youths, and it is with this faith that we march day and night."
Over the weekend, the Israeli army arrested dozens more Hamas leaders and activists as it seeks out even the smallest clue as to where Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel are being held captive.
"Every pool in the area is being sucked dry. Locals are being questioned - anyone who can help, who might have local intelligence. This will continue in the coming days. We are turning over every stone," a senior military source told The Jerusalem Post.
At the same time, another army officer told Israel Radio that violent Palestinian resistance to the search and rescue operation is increasing. Soldiers are being attacked with stones, Molotov cocktails and explosive devices, and in some instances have faced live gunfire.
In one particular fierce clash in the Samarian city of Nablus (biblical Shechem) on Saturday a Palestinian youth was shot dead as he and others attacked an Israeli search team. Another Palestinian man was killed when he ignored warning shots and approached Israeli soldiers in a threatening manner reminiscent of a suicide bomber.
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– that from a new blog, Margaret and Helen, set up by two octogenarian friends living in different parts of the USA so they could stay in touch. (The pipeline referred to is a $40 billion, Alaskan natural-gas pipeline – about which, surprise surprise, Sarah Palin has been less than economical with the truth.) The language may be a bit blue – and I may be a bit British for saying so. But this, Helen's polite request, comes with feeling:
Please take your ridiculous hair, your over lipstick-smacking mouth, your Lenscrafter look smarter glasses and your poorly fitted designer jackets back to Alaska. And when you get there, shove a piece of the pipeline up your considerable ass. I'll be damned if we'll put our children's future in your hands.
Helen was taught how to blog by her grandson, and met her friend Margaret sixty years ago in college. That would have been 1948 – the year President Truman authorised the post-WWII Marshall Plan, the Berlin Blockade and the Cold War began, and the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Sarah.
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We're all obsessed with Italian food here at SELF -- and we've found that its the cuisine's signature flavors are what makes the fare craveable. From fresh herbs to extra virgin olive oil to savory sauces, it really is hard to beat. However, finding tasty Italian eats that won't break the calorie bank can be a challenge. Luckily, Carrabba's Italian Grill offers some great healthy options -- including smaller portions of their signature dishes, which allows you to put together a multi-course dinner for around 600 calories or less. They also offer a gluten-free menu for those who suffer from Celiac Disease. Wanna know what I approve of? Check out my choices after the break.
- Cup of Minestrone Soup: Since veggies are the main ingredient in this soup, the cup-sized portion stays light at less than 120 calories; herbs and spices help bolster the Italian flavors.
- Side House Salad with Light Balsamic Vinaigrette: Choosing the light version of this tangy-sweet dressing keeps this salad right around 80 calories. The fresh crisp greens, carrots, onions, celery and olives are a great colorful way to fill up on some fiber before you mug down on the rest of your meal.
- Small Chicken or Veal Marsala: The small order of this classic Italian dish with made-from-scratch sauce with ingredients like Lombardo Marsala wine and savory mushrooms clocks in at only 337 calories for the veal and 342 for the chicken. Did I mention the chicken dish is gluten-free, too?
- Small Chicken Bryan: If you feel like indulging just a bit, for just over 400 calories you can enjoya small order of this signature Carrabba's dish. Not only is the Chicken Bryan gluten-free, it's also bursting with delicious flavor from the wood-burning grill plus the goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes and basil lemon butter sauce toppings.
- Side of Grilled Veggies: No matter what you choose for your entree, the seasonal grilled veggies are a healthy side that is packed with that great flavor from the wood-burning grill and nutrients while clocking in at less than 100 calories.
- Last Week's Restaurant: Zoe's Kitchen Runners' Menu
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There are so many things that software giant Microsoft could do with a seasoned chip designer of the caliber of Marc Tremblay, it's a wonder Sun would ever let him get away in the first place.
As we pointed out yesterday, not everything that Tremblay helped etch into silicon at Sun turned into gold. But plenty of the chips he lead the design for or contributed to mightily did end up bringing in the revenues and profits for Sun, particularly before and during the dot-com boom. So what does Microsoft want with Tremblay?
The company is not being terribly precise yet, but Microsoft did offer up a statement by email that says Tremblay is being given the title of distinguished engineer within the company's Strategic Software/Silicon Architectures team, which is known as SiArch. (And thereby ignoring the strategic software part. Go figure. Something about making billions of dollars makes companies lose their minds, I guess).
"We're pleased to welcome Marc Tremblay as a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft," the statement reads. "Marc joins the Strategic Software/Silicon Architectures group, reporting to KD Hallman, general manager. Marc will help oversee cross-company technical task forces and strategic direction for the company's software and semiconductor technologies."
That clears everything up about what Tremblay will be doing, right?
Microsoft doesn't say much about SiArch publicly, but in this job posting that is still held within MSN's cache, we get a little view into what it is:
Strategic Software/Silicon Architectures (SiArch, pronounced "psi-ark") is looking for a senior technology manager to coordinate efforts working with one of our hardware partners, and to orchestrate the cross divisional development of Microsoft's technical strategy with respect to that partner, in a number of critical software/hardware boundary areas. SiArch reports into the Advanced Strategies & Policy division and is chartered with ensuring the success of novel advances in software and hardware by working cross divisionally to develop the Microsoft-wide strategies and build strong relationships with key hardware partners. The team works with the most senior technical and business people at Microsoft at the forefront of the software/hardware innovation areas, setting company-wide and industry-impacting strategy. Examples of the companies that we are coordinating with include Intel, AMD, nVidia, Qualcomm, Samsung, TI, and Cisco. Examples of critical technology areas include: parallel computing, virtualization, memory, networking, power management, security, video, and graphics.
According to this biography, Ty Carlson, who has been at Microsoft for more than two decades, is an architect at the SiArch group and is responsible for "all-up strategic roadmap for Microsoft and the alignment with Microsoft's strategic hardware partners" and that the current areas of focus for SiArch include "heterogeneous many-core (parallel) computing, green computing, and adaptive computing."
This elite group of nerds at SiArch also includes Jim Rottsolk, one of the founders of supercomputer maker Tera Computer, which ate supercomputer maker Cray in March 2000 and took its name. Rottsolk is a senior director at SiArch. (Burton Smith, one of the co-founders of Tera and its chief scientist, has been at Microsoft as a technical fellow, reporting directly to Craig Mundie, the company's chief technical officer, since October 2006).
Microsoft has a fairly substantial business in Xbox game consoles where it most definitely is heavily involved in processor design. The company didn't just take stock Power processors from IBM, but rather worked with Big Blue to create the custom, three-core "Xenon" XCPU family of Power RISC chips that are used in the Xbox consoles. It seems unlikely that Tremblay is being hired to come up with a replacement for these XCPUs, but it could be.
It certainly would be a blow to IBM's Power platform if Microsoft decided that it wanted to create its own chip, perhaps one based on the x64 architecture. And if Sony and Nintendo similarly abandon the Power chips they use in their game consoles, this would put tremendous pressure on Big Blue's commercial Power systems business, which relies on those game console chip sales to make its East Fishkill, New York chip foundry stay afloat financially. No one is suggesting that Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo are moving off Power, but Apple did. So it can happen.
Now you begin to understand why IBM acquired Transitive last November for its QuickTransit emulation software, which Apple used to run applications compiled for Power chips in emulated mode on Intel's x64 processors. QuickTransit is a perfect defensive-offensive move for servers and game consoles. One way or another, IBM will make money is someone dumps a platform but has legacy software issues to wrestle with.
It is far more likely that Tremblay will be involved with helping Microsoft made its Windows platforms better able to take advantage of processors with many cores and possibly many threads per core. This is, of course, the grand challenge that all computer system makers are facing. If Moore's Law keeps putting more cores and threads on chips and software can't take advantage of it, then people will stop buying new computers.
For Sun, Tremblay's departure to Microsoft is both embarrassing and disturbing. Not so much for the short term as for the long term of the Sparc processor and its related server platforms.
In late January, Sun's president and chief executive officer, Jonathan Schwartz, confirmed that Sun's 16-core "Rock" UltraSparc-RK processors were on track for a launch in the second half of this year in the "Supernova" family of servers. Those machines are coming to market at least a year late (more if you don't want to be generous to Sun), and unless something really radical happens - such as IBM trying to buy Sun and the deal fails - it is hard to imagine that Sun will not follow through and put the Supernovas into the field.
The Supernova server lineup is already set, as El Reg reported back in early February, with servers coming out most likely with two, four, and right Rock processors in NUMA-oid clusters with a single system image for Solaris to play in or to be carved up into lost of logical domain (LDom) partitions if customers want to go that way.
While plenty of people are talking about how the Rock is dead and the Supernovas are dead, if the chips and machines work and Sun has spend heaven only knows how much money on research and development, the Supernovas will come to market. Sun has to get as much of that bait back as it can and also land some big fish. But if Tremblay left because Sun is putting the kibosh on future Sparc development and to focus on creating x64-based server designs that scale as far as Rock machines do, then Sparc customers are going to be hesitant to buy Rock-based servers. And that will be true no matter how good they are. As it is, with Sun under pressure financially and making layoffs, customers are already plenty jumpy.
Tremblay's jump to Microsoft may force Sun to make some pretty emphatic statements about the Rock chip and the Supernova servers to dispel any idea that the products are dead. Sun is in a quiet period now ahead of an earnings report due on April 28, so it really can't do a lot of commenting. But at that time, Sun's top brass better clear all this up or they are going to really do a lot of damage to whatever Rock business Sun can get in 2009 and beyond. And if the Rock family and possibly the Niagara family of Sparc chips are dead, Schwartz & Company had better come up with a good story with Fujitsu, tell it clearly, and get back to business selling servers that run Solaris. ®
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Catholic educators offer their commitment to always do their best so their students may always do their best.
Communities are judged by the schools they keep. We who live in Volusia County are fortunate to have many wonderful schools — big and small; public and private; urban, suburban and rural. Each adds value to our community and to our quality of life.
In Volusia County, we are blessed to include six Catholic schools among the mix of educational options. During "Catholic Schools Week," these six schools join thousands nationwide to celebrate the special gift they are to our communities and to our country.
The five Catholic elementary schools in Volusia County enroll 1,231 students. Many graduates continue their education at Father Lopez Catholic High School, where 407 students are enrolled. Multiplying the county per pupil cost of $8,756 by the 1,638 students enrolled in the Catholic schools suggests an annual savings to taxpayers of $14.3 million! However, this simplistic approach does not fully measure their real value.
In Catholic schools, parents are recognized and respected as the first teachers of their children. When they invite Catholic educators to become their partners in the educational and spiritual formation of their sons and daughters, parents bestow a sacred trust upon the teachers. In exchange for that trust, Catholic educators offer their commitment to always do their best so their students may always do their best.
As parents weigh options for their children, consider making a Catholic school your school-of-choice. Visit the schools. Talk with parents and teachers. Observe behaviors and interactions of students. Ask the principal about the personal care provided to students as they journey down the twin pathways of educational excellence and faith formation.
Inquire about tuition costs and explore financial assistance programs. Get the facts so you may make an informed decision.
In the end, some may think the cost of a Catholic education too expensive. I tend to believe it is priceless. But then again, so are our children.
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Coury became president of Father Lopez Catholic High School in August.
Daily news this time of year highlights the fantastic success, long- and short-term, of the excitement and meaningful value of automotive events at the Daytona International Speedway and elsewhere in the state.
Wouldn't it be thoughtful to consider the likely success of a world-class auto museum wrapped in world-class architecture, blessed with location, weather and the (free for the taking) 100-year legacy of the automobile culture awaiting rebirth?
Picture this happening on the gorgeous but dead patch of property on North Beach Street that begs for life beyond condos, houses and one more unneeded mall.
Choice No. 2: The former Ormond Memorial hospital complex.
Any long-term thinkers or dreamers in the neighborhood?
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As Mac Thrower's Jan. 13 column says, we can't resort to a massive round-up of the mentally ill. But how do we find that 1 percent of people with severe mental illness who are dangerous?
Psychic defects are not always easy to diagnose accurately. Stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers, X-rays, MRIs, etc., are no help. I hope we will not become the sort of society that feels obliged to expose people who are suspected of being potential gun maniacs. And would Florida or any state be willing to divert money into mental health treatment under present economic conditions?
Europeans are not less loony-prone than Americans. But they are not awash in weapons, have no NRAs or Second Amendments.
We suffer annually over 11,000 gun related fatalities — murderously, accidentally or suicidally. A typical European nation has less than 1 percent of that number.
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It is time to stop this unhealthy worship of the Second Amendment, and realize its present interpretation has no place in the 21st century America. Like its cousin the Third Amendment, it's an archaic relic from the past. The Second Amendment's purpose was to allow the states to raise a citizen's army (the militia).
This interpretation was upheld in successive Supreme Court decisions for years until the present court's ruling.
There is nothing sacred or evil about guns. They are dangerous equipment, designed to be used in a careful, responsible way like cars, toxic materials and explosives. All serve a necessary function in our society when regulated and used in a responsible manner. Not to view gun ownership the same way is irresponsible and dangerous.
When Ronald Reagan was faced with the choice of states' rights vs. deaths on the highway, this practical conservative didn't hesitate. He demanded states raise their legal drinking age to 21 or face a cutoff of federal highway funding.
I suggest Obama take a page out of Ronald Reagan's playbook in dealing with the problem of guns. States must do the following or risk losing federal funding for law enforcement:
- Outlaw military-style semiautomatic weapons and clips enabling a gun to fire more than seven rounds.
- All present and future owners of guns must submit to a background check.
All guns must be registered and gun owners must be licensed. No ammunition may be purchased by anyone lacking a gun license, and no concealed-weapon permit may be issued without police verifying the need to carry a weapon.
Let the people decide if their state is to lose millions of dollars in federal aid or change their gun laws. When Reagan gave the states the choice, they changed the drinking law rather than lose the money.
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On April 29, Machinery Pete traveled to New Virginia, Iowa, for a farm auction. He reports this auction echoes two major trends he's seeing in the used equipment market.
- Hay and forage equipment is in high demand
- Larger, late-model equipment is showing softer values
The hottest items at that auction were the two Gnuse forage wagons. They sold choice, and the buyer took both at $10,500 each. A near record came on a John Deere 3950 forage chopper, which also sold for $10,500.
Last week Machinery Pete saw a new record auction sale price of $3,500 on a New Holland 256 hay rake at a farm auction in east-central Wisconsin. At that same Wisconsin sale there was also a record auction price on a New Holland 488 haybine for $10,750.
On the other end of the values spectrum, late model combines and four-wheel-drive tractors are struggling to go for what the sellers hope they'd bring. At the Iowa auction, a 2010 Claas Lexion 740 combine with 1,000 engine hours was a "No Sale" at $184,000. Another "No Sale" on the Iowa farm auction was the 2012 JD 9560R four-wheel-drive tractor with 437 hours. It was a "No Sale" at $261,000, and the word was the owner was needing close to $300,000 on it.
Perhaps the softest sale prices of the day were the two John Deere Planters. You can view more in this video and in the latest Machinery Pete blog.


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Following the beating of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, Alabama's Gulf Coast faced a slow recovery. The pounding waves of the hurricane pulled sand away from the beaches and destroyed dunes that are home to a number of animal populations, including the endangered Alabama beach mice.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, one population of the mice, at Gulf Shores State Park, appeared to be entirely decimated. To rebuild the dunes and restore the fragile ecosystem, volunteers relied on the help of Christmas Trees.
Kelly Reetz, Gulf State Park Naturalist, coordinated a project with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and a number of volunteers to rebuild the dunes. In two days, the group put up more than 3,000 feet of sand fencing, in 10 foot sections, with a Christmas Tree at the base of each fence. The Christmas Trees themselves were a victim of the hurricane - they had been donated to the park by a local Christmas Tree farmer after Hurricane Ivan devastated his crop.
Approximately 300 Christmas Trees were used to help rebuild the dunes along the coast following Hurricane Ivan.


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Thank you to everyone who joined us for last week's live web chat on "Advancements in Imaging for Early Breast Cancer Detection." Dr. Michael Cohen, director, Division of Breast Imaging for Emory's Department of Radiology, discussed the latest in breast imaging screening and technology.
Questions varied from ,"What are the current breast screening guidelines?" to "What is tomosynthesis and when is it the right choice for screening?" Below are just a few of the questions and answers from the chat. Make sure to view the chat transcript for the whole discussion.
Question: What are the current breast cancer screening guidelines?
Women aged 40 and younger should have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years. All women aged 40 and over should get a yearly screening mammogram, clinical breast exam and perform a monthly breast self-examination.
When is breast tomosynthesis the right choice for screening? And how does tomosynthesis compare to an MRI in diagnosing cancer?
Digital Tomosynthesis (3D mammography) is an improvement on traditional 2D mammography. Rather than the traditional single view of a breast in 2D mammography, 3D mammography obtains a series of very thin 1 mm sections of the breast. This allows us to look at the breast as if we were viewing pages of a book and gives a much more accurate look inside. If tomosynthesis is available at your breast imaging facility, it is an excellent way to screen.
Studies have shown that 3D mammography permits detections of more cancers, while at the same time reducing the number of unnecessary call-backs to evaluate lesions that are not cancer. This is a win-win for the patient. MRI screening is reserved for a limited number of patients at high risk.
What about the radiation exposure for these types of test [tomosynthesis]; is it different from traditional mammograms?
With current technology, a patient receives both a 2D and a 3D mammogram at the same time. The addition of 3D about doubles the radiation exposure compared to 2D alone, but is still within FDA guidelines for mammography.
Also, some very exciting technology is on the horizon that will permit us to create a 2D mammogram from a 3D mammogram using sophisticated computers. When that becomes available, we will only need to do a 3D mammogram, thereby reducing the radiation exposure to the original level.
If you missed this informative chat with Dr. Cohen, be sure to check out the full list of questions and answers on the web transcript.
If you have any questions for Dr. Cohen, don't hesitate to leave a comment in our comments area below!


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As we're used to seeing from Thermalright, packaging is a small but sturdy box.
You'll find the name of the product on one side of the box, and that's pretty much the only information that says what's in the box.
Archon is cozily sitting inside protected with polyurethane foam.
Thermalright ships its TR-TY 140 fan (140mm) with Archon cooler as well as fan-clips for two fans and parts for mounting the cooler on AMD and Intel sockets.
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An intense series of challenges recently came to a close among twelve hopeful finalists who made it through to the MYX VJ Search this year.
|Newest MYX VJs: Luigi, Vieo and Gianna
At the MYX VJ Search 2014 Finals, MYX finally declared that three of these twelve would become the newest VJs, namely Luigi D'Avola, Gianna Llanes, and Vieo Lopez of the number one music channel in the country.
After the announcement of the search's winners by MYX Channel Head Andre Alvarez, VJs Luigi, Gianna, and Vieo are now the newest members of the MYX family and are currently gearing up to take on their newest adventure.
VJ Luigi, in tears when his name was announced, is also a singer and songwriter who was a nominee at the MYX Music Awards earlier this year for the Favorite New Artist and Favorite Mellow Music Video categories. After a warm embrace among all the other finalists, Luigi showed his appreciation for each and every one.
VJ Gianna was a former radio DJ and is an A.B. Communications student at the Ateneo de Manila University. Ecstatic and surprised at the announcement, she described how things went right before the finals took place. "I even cried when I had to talk to Sir Andre alone. But I need to say thank you to everyone that supported me—it always brightened up my day," she said.
For VJ Vieo, the announcement of his name proved the 23-year old's determination during the competition, as this had been his third time to audition for the MYX VJ Search. Grateful, he expressed, "I think the best thing that I can say is that, if you wanted something – you go get it. No matter how many times you fail, keep trying, keep doing it, go get it."
Catch MYX's newest VJs Luigi, Gianna, and Vieo only on the country's number one music channel, MYX. To get to know more about them and to keep up to date, visit the channel's official website at www.myxph.com.
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New York City-based director Eddie Griffith has debuted a new web series KEN that explores one Brooklyn man's struggle with his sexuality and the church. Jarret Janako plays the title character "Ken." The series co-stars Krystal Farris, Travon McCall and Yarc Lewison.
The third episode "Climax" has just been released and it opens with a steamy scene. Will Ken give in to his desires? Or will he try to remain "sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost spirit"?
This is the final episode of KEN's first season. The producers will soon launch an Indiegogo campaign for funding. Watch the ep AFTER THE JUMP ...
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Hunter Shepard will be tested in goal for Grand Rapids by a strong Benilde-St. Margaret's offensive attack at the 7th annual Hockey Day Minnesota. Photo by Brian Nelson.
1. Hockey Day Minnesota
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It's almost time for the annual Hockey Day Minnesota festival, which will always garner top billing on the Hub's games of the week. Nothing quite brings out the hockey lover – and kid at heart – than games played under the winter sky.
This year, Pokegama Lake and Grand Rapids play host to the high school portion of the celebration of hockey. On Saturday, Jan. 19, No. 5AA Eagan (10-3-1) takes on No. 14A Hibbing/Chisholm (8-7-1) in the 10 a.m. start, followed by No. 3AA Benilde-St. Margaret's (10-4-0) and host No. 13AA Grand Rapids (9-4-2) at 1 p.m. The rink is nestled against the shoreline of the lake, directly below the rolling hills of the Pokegama Golf Course. It's cupped by a heavily treed shoreline with wildly forested islands dotting the distant backdrop.
It looks like true pond hockey.
And after a few years of decidedly non-Minnesota winter weather, it also looks like the forecast is holding for a frigid day of outdoor hockey. Temperatures in the teens with a party cloudy sky – and maybe even some snowflakes – should make for great ice. But watch out for a brisk northwest wind that could gust up to 22 miles per hour.
That's a distinct contrast from the last few years. Last January, the event had to be moved off of Lake Minnetonka because of unseasonably warm weather, two years ago in Moorhead the teams played through slush and three years back in Hermantown, it rained. Global warming, indeed.
Hibbing/Chisholm's Derek Abrahamson (5) readies for a face off. Photo by Tim Kolehmainen.
Eagan vs. Hibbing/Chisholm
The opener features a non-traditional match between a huge Twin Cities suburban public school (Eagan) and a traditional Iron Range power (Hibbing/Chisholm). The two programs don't have much history against each other, nor much in the way of common opponents. Both have played Minnetonka early in the season and lost (the Bluejackets lost 6-1 on Nov. 30 and the Wildcats lost 5-3 on Dec. 4).
Eagan just had its 10-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 4-2 upset loss to rival Eastview last Saturday. The Wildcats and coach Mike Taylor have recovered nicely from the graduation of a huge senior class that led the program to back-to-back state tournaments.
Zach Glienke (17-17-34), Cullen Willox (13-16-29) and Will Peterson (6-11-17) were a big part of those teams and are now the Wildcats' leading scorers, but their contributions have been augmented by transfer Jack Jenson (8-14-22) and freshman sensation Jesse Gabrielle (9-11-20). Andrew Lindgren (10-3-1, 2.76, .892) has also been strong in goal after splitting time last winter.
Hibbing/Chisholm is also surging at the right time, winning seven of its last nine after an uncharacteristic 2-5-0 start under coach Mark DeCenzo. Minnesota-Duluth recruit Adam Johnson (14-9-23) leads the Bluejackets' offense, which is just beginning to get on track. Johnson is a whirling dervish on the ice and complements the sharpshooting of Josh Bestul (8-8-16).
Andrew Lindgren has taken over full-time duties in goal for Eagan this winter. Photo by Loren Nelson.
Grant Besse (12) is the pilot of the high-flying Benilde-St. Margaret's offense. Photo by Katherine Matthews.
Benilde-St. Margaret's at Grand Rapids
The second game features the defending Class 2A champions – and Twin Cities private school – (Benilde-St. Margaret's) against another Iron Range power (Grand Rapids), which is hosting the event. They've each won twice against common opponents, beating Duluth Marshall and Elk River in mid- to late-December. But while the end results were the same, the scores lend themselves to an easy interpretation of both clubs' strengths and weaknesses.
Benilde-St. Margaret's simply outscored both by a combined 11-4 margin, something the Red Knights have been able to do much of the season. With Mr. Hockey favorite Grant Besse (25-12-37) and linemates Dan Labosky (7-29-36) and T.J. Moore (7-15-22) leading the way, coach Ken Pauly's club has serious offensive firepower. But when things haven't gone well, they've also broken down in their own zone and allowed too many goals against.
On the other hand, Grand Rapids posted a 5-2 combined score against the two common opponents, winning with defense, goaltending and timely scoring -- largely from junior power forward Avery Peterson (15-16-31), who scored three of those five goals. He's had a knack for scoring big goals in big games, but the Thunderhawks don't have much scoring power past their front line. Coach Bruce LaRoque does have a great defensive corps led by University of Minnesota recruit Jake Bischoff (3-3-6), David Horsmann (1-8-9) and Curtis Simonson (1-5-6) as well as strong goaltending from junior Hunter Shepard (9-4-2, 2.01, .927).
It should be a strength on strength battle.
Spencer Naas (8) has added scoring punch to the Red Knights' second line, scoring 18 goals so far this winter. Photo by Brian Nelson.
2. Breck at St. Thomas Academy
Hockey Hub Spotlight Game
Two of the state's most consistent winners over the past seven years get together for a midseason showdown that could determine state tournament seeding (should they both reach the X, of course). Breck and St. Thomas Academy have combined for six of the last seven Class 1A state titles and both look like strong contenders for another crown. Top-ranked St. Thomas Academy (12-1-1) just might be the best team in the state regardless of class, having already beaten defending Class 2A champion Benilde-St. Margaret's and former top-ranked teams Hill-Murray and Edina. The Cadets also beat third-ranked Breck (10-2-1) 2-1 back on Dec. 27 in the Schwan Cup Gold semifinals, outshooting the Mustangs 33-18. But Breck has also been rolling since that game, going 5-0-1 with wins over Moorhead, Totino-Grace and Rochester Lourdes.
3. Minnetonka at Edina
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One of the premier games in the Lake Conference every year is this battle between sixth-ranked Minnetonka and No. 2 Edina -- one of the many premier games the best conference in high school hockey has to offer. Injuries have taken their toll on the Hornets (12-3-0) over the past few weeks, as they're just 3-3-0 in their last six games and have scored just 11 goals. Connor Hurley (10-14-24) continues to lead the way, but certainly misses linemate Dylan Malmquist (8-10-18), who is out with an injury. But Minnetonka (9-4-1) hasn't exactly been lighting up the scoreboard over that same stretch, going 2-4-1 in its last seven games with 18 total goals. Can Max Coatta (12-19-31) and Connor Thie (7-12-19) continue to carry the offensive load along with the Skippers' defensemen?
4. Thief River Falls at Warroad
It's been more than a decade since anyone besides these two northwestern powers represented Section 8A at the state tournament. Warroad (12-2-1) dominated much of that time before giving way the last two years to Thief River Falls (8-6-0), which also won the section in 2006. Both teams are again contenders to reach the X, but they have some company in unbeaten East Grand Forks. This is a big section seeding game -- and a chance to keep pace with the Green Wave. The Warriors are unbeaten in their last eight games (7-0-1) since falling 5-3 at East Grand Forks in mid-December. Youth has led the charge in the form of Kobe Roth (14-9-23) and Jared Bethune (16-13-29), the team's two leading scorers. The Prowlers have won six straight since a slow start and have yet to face the Green Wave. As always, tough defense (2.21 GAA) has paced Thief River Falls under coach Tim Bergland. Logan Engelstad (14-3-17) has been regularly lighting the lamp, as well.
5. Little Falls at St. Cloud Apollo
Who can forget that infamous Section 6A quarterfinal game of a few years ago when ninth-seeded St. Cloud Apollo knocked off top-seeded Little Falls? Certainly not the two programs involved, which should make for a great game this week. But unlike that upset, the turf is much more even this time around. No. 11 Little Falls (11-3-0) is again strong, with Michael Stumpf (10-3-0, 1.62, .938) putting up ridiculous numbers in goal and a strong Flyers' defense supporting him. But Apollo (9-6-0) has one of its best teams in years with a potent first line that could put up points on anyone. The trio of Jared Christen (28-22-50), Paul Kenney (16-26-42) and Jason Omann (12-24-36) will certainly test the Flyers' defense. Both teams are angling for the top seed in the Section 6A playoffs, as well.
6. Cloquet/Esko/Carlton at Grand Rapids
Section 7AA looks to be wide open this year, as the top teams have both underwhelmed at times -- and looked like world-beaters at times. The same holds true for these two contenders, Cloquet/Esko/Carlton (10-4-1) and No. 13 Grand Rapids (9-4-2). Nothing was decided the first time they played, a 2-2 tie back on Jan. 3 in Cloquet, a game in which the Lumberjacks held a 42-28 shot advantage but needed a Westin Michaud goal with 1:30 remaining to earn the tie. Michaud (21-23-44) leads the 'Jacks in scoring along with linemates Beau Michaud (16-22-38) and Karson Kuhlman (16-13-29), an important trio that does much of the team's scoring. Grand Rapids has also been top-heavy in the scoring department, with Avery Peterson (15-16-31), Cody Mann (10-8-18) and Reid Holum (6-9-15) the only players with more than three goals.
7. Maple Grove at Blaine
Speaking of games that can't be forgotten, it's a dead certainly that neither Maple Grove nor Blaine will forget what happened in the Section 6AA final last winter -- a 15-1 thumping of the Bengals by the Crimson, the biggest blowout in a section final in state history. The ninth-ranked Bengals (9-4-1) saw their six-year run at state end in spectacular fashion but have rebounded quite well behind a strong junior class anchored by Tyler Cline (11-13-24), Brandon Notermann (11-10-21), Joey Lau (5-12-17) and company. The juniors account for the top eight scoring spots on the Bengals, all of them in double-digits. Maple Grove (9-7-0) got off to a slow start as coach Gary Stefano had to replace a huge senior class that led it to its first state tournament. But the Crimson have won six straight, including nice wins over Andover and Bloomington Jefferson.
8. Andover at Elk River
Another big game from the southern half of Section 7AA, as Northwest Suburban Conference mates Andover and Elk River square off this week. The pair faced each other way back on Dec. 8, a 4-1 Elks victory that featured four goal scorers: Andrew Zerban (7-8-15), Jacob Jaremko (9-10-19), Chase Springman (12-7-19) and Tim Sanford (8-7-15) -- not surprisingly four of the team's five top scorers. The No. 14 Elks (9-7-0) have also received a big season from goaltender MacLean Berglove (8-7-0, 2.33, .899), who has stepped in admirably after the graduation of longtime 'tender Anders Franke. The 20th-ranked Huskies (5-8-1) were supposed to be a big contender in the section after reaching the final last winter but instead have struggled to string together victories. Andover is winless in its last five games (0-4-1) and has scored just six goals in that span -- a problem all season.
9. Holy Family Catholic at Waconia
Just a few years ago, these two programs were part of a Class 1A co-operative that operated in near-anonymity on the western edge of the Twin Cities sprawl. After splitting up, they've remained rivals in the Wright County Conference, but while Waconia has remained in 1A, Holy Family Catholic has vaulted itself up into Class 2A and begun to make some noise statewide. The Fire (8-3-0) have played a light schedule of just 11 games thus far, which sets up a big second half of the season for the high-scoring machine led by sophomores Shane Gersich (7-16-23) and John Peterson (11-12-23) and senior Garrett Riebling (10-8-18). Waconia (6-8-0) would like nothing better than to beat its former partner. Tanner Riebel (16-9-25) has been scoring goals in bunches for the Wildcats, netting at least one in nine of the last 12 games.
10. Robbinsdale Armstrong at Robbinsdale Cooper
Other than a blip on the radar two years ago, this crosstown rivalry between Armstrong and Cooper has been all in favor of the Falcons. Cooper's victory in January of 2011 was the first since 1995 for the Hawks. Sophomore goalies Keegan Husom and Angel Hillstrom -- yes, a girl playing varsity hockey -- have been seeing plenty of shots and Cooper (3-12-0) has been allowing plenty of goals (7.00 per game). Yet Armstrong (2-10-1) hasn't been able to consistently put the puck in the net so far this year, scoring more than three goals just once since a season-opening 9-2 victory at Legacy Christian. Cooper's Trey Rooney (10-16-26) is the only player on either roster with double-digit goals. But this rivalry game usually brings out the best in both teams.


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Is the Watcher new to this dungeon? I assume that this is the same cloaked figure that convinced the nagas to declare war on the northern empire, and then convinced the imperial leaders to conjure the Avatar (or something like him), and then also convinced Namtar to start studying death magic.
The figure is totally Horatio, by the way.


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BADBOY compressors are all cast iron low RPM. This is how the old machines where built and gave thousands of running hrs. Speed kills the life of a compressor pump!
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Using my simple/cheap cabinet, I was frustrated with the cheap gun and pickup tube. Always clogging and poor media distribution.
But- that all changed with this unit. The gun is amazing. The pickup tube is flawless. I can now blast media none stop and cut my work in half, or more!
Great product! Thank you!↓
Bruce Cascio
After using a bench top blaster for years without a dust collector and cleaning my shop every time I used it, I decided it was time to upgrade into something more professional. I was a former Caterpillar Diesel mechanic and after an auto accident which left me in a wheelchair, I still like to tinker. The industrial market place for handicapped shop equipment is virtuously non existent, you modify or make your own. I contacted Mark Cain and explained my situation, he had just the unit I needed the BB 1050XLD-FL-HC. I took an 8 hour ride from NY to Ohio and Mark designed and put together a blaster shell while I waited, THAT WORKED FOR ME! A week later it was in my shop. Mark is a first class act, and customer service is a priority with him. This is a great blaster if you can't stand up for a long time or if your in a wheelchair. The machine works perfect and cleans up anything you put in it quickly. I upgraded the dust vacuum and there is NO dust from this unit, it was worth the up charge. As a former professional Diesel mechanic I would recommend a BADBOY product for your shop AND it's made in OHIO USA!
Bruce Cascio
South Salem, NY↓
John Mahle
"Just received delivery of my new BB-1000XLD! Mark Cain was kind enough to drop it off on his way through town yesterday. After delivering it, he stayed to help set it up. I very much appreciated the passion Mark has for his products. As we assembled the unit, Mark went over all the details with me to make sure we knew all the reasons he made many of the engineering changes not found in competitors' units. To make this short, you will not find better people to work with. There is no gap from when you purchase a unit to customer service. the hands-on philosophy Mark teaches and follows himself is genuine. There will be no disappointments, and I will definitely do more business with BADBOY Blasters in the future."
-John Mahle↓
Todd Droegemeyer
"I don't usually take the time to write a testimonial unless I am completely happy with something. I saved for months to buy a BB-1000-XLD and it is worth ever penny. I and several of my hot rod buddies can't believe these unites can be sold for as little as they are. The quality is amazing and it blows away every single sand blaster I looked at. The snap-on tools cabinet is the only one that came close and it is three times the cost. Packaging is very nice and kept the units powder coating in perfect condition, even the way it is packaged looks like it's from someone who cares about the product they make and sell. This is what "MADE IN THE U.S.A." used to stand for and few companies build quality anymore. Like I said, I saved for months for this and I can tell you if you are considering one of these cabinets, buy with total confidence! You will not find a better blaster to spend your hard-earned money on. Thank you so much for the best cabinet money can buy."
-Todd Droegemeyer↓
Douglas Fishel
"The unit that I bought is not the one that I thought I needed. I listened to the salesman, and he said, "I don't want to sell you something that you're not happy with." I bought what he suggested, and I am HAPPY. The unit came assembled and ready-to-work. These units have the accessories as standard equipment! Great company and great blaster."
-Douglas Fishel↓
John Walzl
I purchased the BB1050XLD and couldn't be more pleased. It appears that every detail was well thought out and built for satisfaction. The light is bright and it is easy to operate. Thank you for building such a quality machine at a reasonable price.
John Walzl
I purchased the BB1050XLD and couldn't be more pleased. It appears that every detail was well thought out and built for satisfaction. The light is bright and it is easy to operate. Thank you for building such a quality machine at a reasonable price.↓
Eric Love (Lumberton, Texas)
I just purchased and received my BB-1000XLD sandblast cabinet from Bad Boy Blasters. It arrived on time, professionally packaged and crated, and in excellent condition. To my surprise, alot of the more technical assembly inside the cabinet was already done for me (thank goodness), so there was very little setup required, and what assembly remained took no time at all to complete. To say I was please with the quality of this product would be an extreme understatement. The cabinet is solid, beefy, very high quality, and the setup and configuration is simply practical from a "use" perspective in every sense. I would also like to rate the personal experience I had with Mark Cain, the owner. He was both professional and eager to assist me throughout the process, including any questions I had. The following is a perfect example of Mark's work ethic, and the level of support he extends to his customers. I worked late last night in my garage assembling this new cabinet, and I ran into a step that I needed technical assistance on to ensure I was assembling some fittings properly. (I am challenged when it comes to pressure fittings, etc). Although it was late last night (10:30 pm), I decided to text Mark to ask the question, so I could complete the assembly the following morning after he responded. Within minutes, Mark requested I call him so he could step me through the questions I had in order to complete the assembly. It doesn't get any better than that. It is very rare these days when customer service rates just as high as the quality of the product received. Thank you Mark, a great experience indeed, and a cabinet I will enjoy for many years to come.
Eric Love
Lumberton, Texas↓
Jay Pierce J & J pumps
one of the best I have tried It works great no clogs . the rubber stops burn up fast and do not work great , But I never found one that did, except texas blasters ball valve ,and it clogs easy and their gun is 1/2 of this gun , and it is worth working with , thanks Bad boy↓
T and T Press Restoration
These gloves are the direct replacement for the OEM item. They work as advertised. We will buy these again and again.↓
Jack Chrisman
I purchased a cheaper blast cabinet and it worked pretty good. It came with a blast gun and it did ok, it just took me a long time to get anything done. After a year or two I found this blast gun. I called and talked with them and then I ordered it. This gun with clean sand will cut your work time in half. I can clean parts that used to take me 20 30 minutes, now 5 minutes. I just clean a few parts now and then, this gun works great, and compressor is running less time. If you do any blasting, do yourself a favor and order this item.↓
Mike Gencarelli
Normally I don't take time out to fill out reviews like this, but Mark and his staff at Bad Boy Blasters have gone above and beyond in customer support. From my initial inquiry, through purchase, delivery and now product support. They are SERIOUSLY committed to providing the best customer support.
But that is not the reason I took the time to write this… The Blast Cabinet is…
I have been working in the Machine Shop & Fabrication industry for 40 years. I have used MANY different blast cabinets. This is by far the BEST blast cabinet I have ever used / owned. You can see the quality, this is not a CHEAP OVERSEAS MANUFACTURED piece of junk. This cabinet is solid, well designed, well made… Just pure MADE IN USA quality.
When I first came to this site I was wondering… Is it going to be worth the money… IT IS…↓
Eddie B
All I can say is WOW,WOW, WOW! What a remarkable business. Mark Cain is a rare bird he actually takes pride in what his company does along with the products he sells. He is ALL ABOUT customer satisfaction too. I will confess I am very hard to deal with and am a perfectionist myself.
I stopped by the Columbus power show in Ohio to view the latest and greatest products on display from his shop. I saw a parts washer that operates with air pressure, what a great idea, no electric pump and he is always coming up with new ideas. Mark can supply consumable parts in a heartbeat at competitive pricing or sometime lower.
Keeping it short once you deal with Mark and his company, for lack of better words you will become family in a family run business.
Thanks Mark,
Eddie B.
Grove City, Ohio
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OOOPS I love the welded premier 1050 PR
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Barry G. Beaver / Servo South Inc.
Received our Badboy blaster BB-4100BVT-PR-TT, What can I say this is a BEAST! This unit is very well made most blasters are constructed with inferior materials however Marks blaster is constructed of heavy duty steel and all the materials are very well built. I knew it was going to be a great unit but the actual unit is way better than I imagined. Any time I needed to speak with someone I actually contacted the owner Mark for advise on his cell. I cannot express how satisfied on this unit.. Thanks for providing an awesome Blaster! If you are considering a unit there is no better unit than Badboy blasters!!
Eric Love
Mark, thank you for all the help troubleshooting the issue I had with my regulator. After 1 year, my 1000-XLD blasting cabinet is still performing flawlessly. Many thanks!
Rod Woodring
I want to thank Mark Cain for his devotion to quality .
it was a pleasure doing business with him and his company.
we purchased a sandblasting cabinet and an air compressor and wow
what a match . we are a new machining business and i have got a lot
complements on these two pieces . our cabinet is in its own room and the compressor
is so quite . hats off to BAD BOYS thanks again.
Jimmy Butts
I have had my blasting cabinet for over a year now and I am glad I went with the 1050 bad boy. I bought this blaster to help in the restoration of my dad 1953 ford jubilee tractor, a long with one of Marks bad boy compressors. I use the glass bead to do the blasting in my cabinet and it dose the job. I have blasted over 50 parts. What a beast!↓
Greg Young
We have an older model with florescent lighting, do you carry a L.E.D. upgrade kit?↓
William Chan
What is the sound rating for this system?↓
Please provide price quote for BB-2990LED-BVR-PR
Please provide price quote for BB5990LED-BVR-PR↓
The media strainer is great. I should have bought it sooner. We try to keep our environment clean, but there is always some level of contamination that manages to mix with the sand that we re-purpose. And as I'm sure you know, one small piece of debris can turn a quick job into a royal cluster. The strainer is a simple effective upgrade.
Jason in Ohio↓


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SPRINGFIELD -- Hallucinogenic powders with names like "Ivory Wave," "White Lightning" and "Zoom" may soon be illegal in Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD -- Hallucinogenic powders with names like "Ivory Wave," "White Lightning" and "Zoom" may soon be illegal in Illinois.
The Illinois House Wednesday passed House Bill 2089, which would make the substance MDPV – the key psychoactive ingredient in those powders – illegal.
"These substances are legal in many states, although they have effects similar to cocaine and methamphetamine," said the sponsor, Rep. Wayne Rosenthal, R-Morrisonville. "They're sold in convenience stores as 'bath salts,' 'plant food,' but a 1-ounce package … is sold for $60, and it's just below the street value of cocaine."
According to Ivory Wave's website, the powders sell for $36.31 for 500 milligrams, which is less than 2 percent of one ounce. Bath salts for foot baths typically sell for between $2 and $5 an ounce.
The street value of a comparable amount of cocaine is $80 to $100, according to Montgomery County Sheriff Jim Vazzi, who brought the proposal to Rosenthal.
"We've had several overdoses in our county on bath salts," Vazzi said. "We've had them where their (the overdosers') heartbeat is rapid, they become delirious, pull out arm hair and hair out of their head and see little bitty men coming from outer space."
Hospitals in Montgomery County, which have seen eight overdoses, were unable to test for the drug or prescribe a treatment, because they did not know what they were treating, Vazzi said.
There has been little research into MDPV, and its lethality is unknown.
The problem for law enforcement is that people are getting hurt, but not doing anything technically illegal, Vazzi said.
There have been no reports of use or abuse of bath salts in Sangamon County, Sheriff Neil Williamson said. The closest place somebody could find the drug would be Litchfield or online, he said.
The bill passed the House with a vote of 113-3.
Rep. Monique Davis, D-Chicago, who cast one of the "no" votes, questioned how effective a ban would be.
"We can continue to outlaw substances that are legal, and because people use them illegally, we pass a law," Davis said. "What will they pick next week? Will they decide ginger gets you high, or cinnamon or clover? Liz Taylor's new perfume?"
The state should instead look at why people to feel the need to abuse drugs and address those conditions, she said.
A similar measure, Senate Bill 1034, sponsored by Sen. Jacqueline Collins, D-Chicago, is waiting to be heard by that chamber.
Andy Brownfield can be reached at (217) 782-3095.


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Hey, at least it's not a loss, right? The Solar Sox showed some life in this one as they led Phoenix 6-2 in the seventh inning. Unfortunately the Solar Sox chucked that lead, only a run in the ninth saved this from being yet another loss. The two teams called it quits after each went scoreless in the 10th and settled for a tie. Dae-Eun Rhee got the start for the Solar Sox and the Cubs prospect pitched well, he gave up two runs on six hits in 3.2 innings. Tony Zych also made an appearance for the Solar Sox, and he was outstanding again, tossing a scoreless 1.2 innings while giving up three hits. Javier Baez was the only Cubs position player to get into the game today, and it was another clunker. Baez finished the day 1-for-5 with an RBI at the plate, but made two more errors, that brings his AFL total nine, and he's only played in ten of the games.
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This time, it's the Winter 2010 issue, and I wasn't disappointed.
For articles, they have "The Haunted House of Sir George A. Drummon", "Patriots' Prison", and the "Edifice Gilles Hocquart", all written by Robert N. Nixon.
"Treasure in France", by Ransom Vrooman, and "Surviving the Russian Quagmire 1942-1945", by E. Peter McLoughlin, round out the article in this edition.
Although I haven't had the chance to go to any of their meetings yet, I like to read about them, and I hear that they will have the conference in June next year - that will be a treat that I am looking forward to with great anticipation!
Besides reading the articles, I also like to read the newest library acquisitions since the last issue, the Queries section, and a chance to see what is new on the computer page, and in genealogical software.
So, if you have English ancestors in Quebec, or have some who lived in Quebec, and you don't belong to the society, maybe it's time you checked out the Quebec Family History Society www.qfhs.ca because they offer a lot for the money.


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In the previous lecture, we showed that every -solution generated at least one asymptotic gradient shrinking soliton . This soliton is known to have the following properties:
- It is ancient: t ranges over .
- It is a Ricci flow.
- M is complete and connected.
- The Riemann curvature is non-negative (though it could theoretically be unbounded).
- is non-negative.
- M is -noncollapsed.
- M is not flat.
- It obeys the gradient shrinking soliton equation
for some smooth f.
The main result of this lecture is to classify all such solutions in low dimension:
Theorem 1. (Classification of asymptotic gradient shrinking solitons) Let be as above, and suppose that the dimension d is at most 3. Then one of the following is true (up to isometry and rescaling):
- d=2,3 and M is a round shrinking spherical space form (i.e. a round shrinking , , , or for some finite group acting freely on ).
- d=3 and M is the round shrinking cylinder or the oriented or unoriented quotient of this cylinder by an involution.
The case d=2 of this theorem is due to Hamilton; the compact d=3 case is due to Ivey; and the full d=3 case was sketched out by Perelman. In higher dimension, partial results towards the full classification (and also relaxing many of the hypotheses 1-8) have been established by Petersen-Wylie, by Ni-Wallach, and by Naber; these papers also give alternate proofs of Perelman's classification.
To prove this theorem, we induct on dimension. In 1 dimension, all manifolds are flat and so the claim is trivial. We will thus take d=2 or d=3, and assume that the result has already been established for dimension d-1. We will then split into several cases:
- Case 1: Ricci curvature has a zero eigenvector at some point. In this case we can use Hamilton's splitting theorem to reduce the dimension by one, at which point we can use the induction hypothesis.
- Case 2: Manifold noncompact, and Ricci curvature is positive and unbounded. In this case we can take a further geometric limit (using some Toponogov theory on the asymptotics of rays in a positively curved manifold) which is a round cylinder (or quotient thereof), and also a gradient steady soliton. One can easily rule out such an object by studying the potential function of that soliton on a closed loop.
- Case 3: Manifold noncompact, and Ricci curvature is positive and bounded. Here we shall follow the gradient curves of f using some identities arising from the gradient shrinking soliton equation to get a contradiction.
- Case 4: Manifold compact, and curvature positive. Here we shall use Hamilton's rounding theorem to show that one is a round shrinking sphere or spherical space form.
We will follow Morgan-Tian's treatment of Perelman's argument; see also the notes of Kleiner-Lott, the paper of Cao-Zhu, and the book of Chow-Lu-Ni for other treatments of this argument.


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The plastic spoon you mindlessly throw in the garbage after eating a frozen yogurt will likely arrive at a landfill within a few days. Once there, the spoon will be entombed with tons of other garbage in an airless, lightless, moisture-free space for the foreseeable future.
Obviously, the landfill is not the best solution. It would be better if the plastic in the spoon degraded on its own, instead of cluttering the environment for the next who-knows-how-many years.
These days, scientists and engineers have come up with remarkable new materials that serve as biodegradable solutions to some of our pressing environmental problems.
In fact, many of these biodegradable plastics are already being used for food service and packaging needs.
What do we mean by biodegradable? The Federal Trade Commission states that any unqualified claim of a material being degradable, biodegradable or photodegradable should be backed by competent and reliable scientific evidence that the product or package will break down completely and return to nature within a reasonably short time after disposal.
To clarify claims of a product being biodegradable, the FTC states that manufacturers should inform consumers about the product's ability to biodegrade in the environment where it is likely be disposed and the expected rate and extent of degradation. For example, if the product will likely end up in the local landfill, it can't be labeled biodegradable unless it will biodegrade under those conditions.
To get a feel for some of the progress made, here's a snapshot of some of the materials being used in industry today:
Plastarch Material: This material is made from corn starch along with other compostable ingredients that combine to create a plastic-like substance. It can withstand high temperature (meaning it can go in the microwave) and the HL-300 variety is compostable and biodegradable.
Biograde: This material is manufactured by the German company, FKuR Kunststoff GmbH, as an alternative to polystyrene. The material, which is based on a cellulose blend of ingredients, can be used in a variety of different roles, including writing utensils, disposable cutlery, cups and bottles.
TephaFLEX: This material is often used for medical purposes where it can degrade and be absorbed by the body. Tepha, the company that manufactures the material, says TephaFLEX is produced through a patented recombinant DNA technology. FDA-approved product uses for the material include surgical suture, surgical mesh, surgical film and a composite mesh.
Ingeo Plastic: This material is derived from plant sugar. At the moment, the manufacturer, NatureWorks, uses corn to obtain the sugar but the company says it may use other sources including agricultural waste and non-food plants. Products made from Ingeo are eligible for industrial composting, recycling, feedstock recovery or clean incineration (the smoke is nontoxic and the residue can be used as fertilizer). It will biodegrade under conditions at an industrial composting site but not on its own.
Have other thoughts on biodegradable solutions for certain waste management problems? Leave us a note in the comments below.