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Riesling rescue
Some of Germany's finest wines grow on the steep slopes of the Middle Rhine valley, and helicopters help to protect the precious plants.
High above the Rhine river, two men curse as they survey the gray clouds hanging low over the sloping hillsides. It's six a.m. and a fine drizzle lends a dark gleam to the slate roofs of Oberwesel. One ship after the next plows its way upstream through the gray-brown waters and a constant flow of freight trains thunder along the valley. One of the men pulls out his smartphone to check the rain radar, but mist and fine drizzle block his view. "Damn nuisance, this filthy weather!," he exclaims in disgust. Wolfgang Folger, 67, sports a gray pigtail and a beard. He is dressed in a black T-shirt, grubby work pants, unlaced old sneakers and a tan baseball cap. Sitting in the pilot's seat, he's the man of the moment. His two-seater Hiller UH12E helicopter turns over noisily in neutral; impatiently, Folger switches it off. Soon the smell of exhaust fumes and fuel evaporates. Two men on an enforced break.
In this weather, there's no point in taking off because the crop spray won't stay on the vines when they're wet. The trouble is this: Folger is paid by the hectare, not by the hour. The vineyards on the Middle Rhine between Bingen and Bonn are some of the steepest in Germany. Some are so hard to reach that helicopters have to be brought in for crop protection purposes. This can be dangerous for the pilots and it's expensive for the wine growers. But, conversely, if it weren't for the helicopter, the continued existence of this ancient cultivated landscape would be threatened.
Defying the chill morning air in just a shirt and thin vest, the second man, Andreas Mollink, pushes back his ear muffs. "Now we have to wait," he says. Mollink is the man on the ground, the person who deals with everyone wanting to know what's going on here – and that means he's busy, because the helicopter has image problems. The noise upsets people, and no matter how accurately the pilot stays on course, a little spray always lands beyond the vines. "After we've passed over, there are white spots on the leaves, and people think we're spraying poison," says Mollink. Yet the regulations in place for helicopters clearly rule this out. "It's just crop protection products," says Mollink, "to combat things like fungal diseases." Today, they're spraying microfine sulfur, a substance that is approved for organic wines and is harmless to bees. Come into contact with it and you may smell a bit, but it doesn't do any harm.
On inclines of up to 80 percent, all the work has to be done by hand
The signs Mollink is putting up at this early hour sound ominous: "Spraying in progress in the vineyard – RISK OF DRIFTING – Keep out!" Not everyone stays calm when the chopper, its spray nozzles mounted beneath a 13-meter boom arm attached to the skids, flies just meters above the vines. But for Jörg Lanius, the whirring of the rotors puts him at ease. "I can get up in the morning knowing the work is already done," says the vintner, pleased. He and his wife Anja run the Lanius-Knab winery. Spread out over around 470 hectares, the Middle Rhine region is the second-smallest wine-growing area in Germany. Riesling grapes are primarily cultivated here, which produce fine wines of world repute. The nine-hectare Lanius-Knab winery also produces some of the finest wines made with this grape – on inclines of up to 80 percent.
One of their best slopes is Oelsberg hill, where the vines grow between chunks of slate. The path downhill between the rows running perpendicular to the valley is slippery. After climbing back up the hill, my thighs are burning and my heart is pounding. "All the work has to be done by hand up here," says Lanius, showing no sign at all of tiring. The helicopter cannot take care of everything and Lanius cannot send unskilled workers to do the rest. Someone – he, or a skilled employee – has to climb up here to do the spraying by hand, and that's expensive. He is currently selling his best wine, the Oberweseler Oelsberg Riesling, Großes Gewächs, for 25.50 euros a bottle. If he did without the helicopter altogether, he would have to double the price of the wine, Lanius estimates.
Wines from steep sites are famous for being very difficult to produce. For example, to produce a fine wine, a vintner spends roughly 500 hours a year working a single hectare of level ground; in comparison, the Oelsberg terrain demands up to 1300 hours' annual attention from Lanius. The main focus is on quality. In the old days, farmers planted vines on these meager slopes, reserving the fertile, level ground for vegetables or grain, since vines – like weeds – will grow anywhere. That's how these unique landscapes came about beside rivers such as the Mosel, the Neckar and the Middle Rhine. Only later was it discovered that slopes were ideal for growing wine. Thanks to the incline, the sun's rays reach the plants better and temperature control is more reliable. The poor soil is also an advantage: It forces the vines to grow their roots further into the ground, making them more resilient in dry weather. The grapes don't get as big, but they are more aromatic. "Good wine has to suffer," according to an old winegrowers' saying, but more and more often, vineyards on steep slopes are lying fallow. Fewer and fewer vintners are willing to take on such backbreaking work. The winegrowers here share the helicopter, which costs between 250 and 350 euros for one hectare of crop. In the summer months, weather permitting, the helicopter sprays roughly every 10 days. That's nine expensive flights per season.
Lanius needs the helicopter for two hectares, but generally, the helicopter is needed less and less. "These days, caterpillar vehicles can make it onto the slopes," he says. That's a cheaper option, also for Lanius. But there is no decent road leading to his vineyard, which is why he needs the helicopter. Drones aren't a viable alternative, either. Experiments have been made, but so far the performance of the remote-controlled devices is no match for a chopper. If necessary, a pilot like Folger will cover 150 hectares in a day, something no drone could possibly manage. Nevertheless, Folger's business in the vineyard is shrinking: Three years ago, he sprayed 26 hectares in and around Oberwesel, now it's only 19.
Two hours later the drizzle has stopped and the vines are now dry enough for Folger to get started. He has 400 liters of water-diluted spray in his tanks. He takes off, comes back 20 minutes later, fills up and takes off again. Folger has been a pilot for a very long time; every move he makes looks unstudied and at the same time, precise. Time and again, he flies so close to the vines that he could run his fingers over them if he chose to. As well as working in the vineyards, he combats mosquitoes along the Upper Rhine, if demand dictates, or flies freight to the Alps. Here as there, the job is not easy. A problem can arise from something as seemingly trivial as a frightened bird suddenly taking flight. Not only that, the helicopters are heavily laden at takeoff and close to the ground. "If something goes wrong, you don't have much time to react," says Folger , taking a deep breath, but nothing's ever gone wrong while he was spraying, he says.
Originally, he had wanted to do something completely different in life: become a graphic artist. But his father, a soldier, argued that it was too artistic a job for a man. Training to become a chef was a non-starter, so in the end, Folger joined the army. That was in 1971, and he has been flying ever since. He bought his first helicopter 38 years ago.
Around midday, the wet vines gleam in the few timid rays of sun piercing the clouds. Mollink's phone rings every few minutes with queries from vintners wanting to know whether everything went OK despite the rain. His replies are always friendly, but he sighs after each call: "Would we have flown otherwise?" He looks over to the helicopter. Folger fills the fuel tank for his flight home. He touches his cap, climbs on board, fastens his seatbelt and buzzes away over the slopes of the Middle Rhine valley.


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John Tavares and the New York Islanders have been road warriors this season and will have to continue to win away from home to end their playoff drought.
Tavares had two goals and an assist Thursday as the seventh-place Islanders rallied past Toronto 5-3 on Thursday and moved within two points of the Maple Leafs for fifth place in the Eastern Conference.
The Islanders overcame an early 2-0 deficit to win the first of five straight road games they will play to end the regular season. They improved to 13-5-2 away from home, and earned their fifth win in six games as they chase their first playoff berth since 2007.
"That's where we want to go, we want to keep moving up ... and take care of our own business," Tavares said. "That's the best way to handle the situation we're in.
"We know when we play well we can really take advantage of our opportunity here and not just get in but keep playing."
New York is 10-1-2 in its last 13 games.
Brad Boyes, with a goal and two assists, Matt Moulson and Frans Nielsen also scored for New York.
"We've still got 12 periods of hockey left and on the road against some good quality teams," Tavares said.
Cody Franson, Joffrey Lupul and Dion Phaneuf scored for the Leafs, who were solidly outshot 38-21 Phil Kessel, appearing in his 500th career NHL game, added three assists.
Toronto will have to wait to clinch its first playoff berth since 2004. The Leafs could have ended their postseason drought with a win over the Islanders and a Carolina victory over the Winnipeg Jets, but instead dropped to 13-8-2 at home with a second straight loss.
Now the Leafs head into an important road game in Ottawa against the sixth-place Senators.
Franson said Toronto's woes aren't the result of the club looking ahead to the postseason.
"We have to stop the bleeding here and get back to what made us successful," he said. "But our lack of lack of success the last two games has nothing to do with thinking we've got a playoff spot.
"This is adversity. A lot of our mistakes are usually correctable, we just have to pay attention."
Lupul said after going ahead, the Leafs became their own worst enemy.
"We were making awful, awful turnovers especially when we got up 2-0 in the first," he said. "We were throwing the puck in the middle of the ice and giving them a chance to turn the momentum and have success.
The Islanders controlled an eventful first, outshooting Toronto 19-5 but needed a late surge to erase a 2-0 deficit. Moulson's power-play goal, his 15th, at 15:03 tied it before Tavares gave New York a 3-2 lead at 17:24.
Tavares fired a shot on a 2-on-1 break that Leafs goalie James Reimer got a piece of but couldn't keep out for his 25th goal of the season.
Boyes had earlier converted Tavares' smart centering pass for his ninth goal at 9:07 that cut Toronto's lead to 2-1.
"I think we've got some guys in here that have matured over the years," head coach Jack Capuano said. "We have a young team. I think guys like (Evgeni) Nabokov and Brad Boyes, guys that have been there before, have been vocal and really good for us."
Lupul opened the scoring at 5:05, skating around Islanders defenseman Matt Carkner and putting a shot through Nabakov's legs for his ninth of the season. It came after Toronto, which boasts the NHL's third-ranked penalty-kill unit, successfully defended a two-man New York power play for 1:28 early in the period, with Reimer making a nice save off Moulson.
Franson's power-play goal at 6:41, his fourth this season, gave the Leafs a 2-0 advantage as they scored on their first two shots of the period.
It was more of the same in the second as the Islanders held a 15-5 edge in shots and had the period's lone goal. Tavares scored his second of the game and 26th overall at 14:40.
Nielsen made it 5-2 with his fifth goal at 10:22 of the third before Phaneuf rounded out the scoring late on the power play.
"It seems at times we're trying to do too much as individuals and it's costing us," Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said.
Notes: Toronto and Buffalo are tied for the NHL's youngest roster with an average age of 26.9 years of age. ... The Islanders came in sporting a 20-2-2 record when they score at least three goals but just 2-14-3 when scoring two or fewer times. ... New York defenseman Andrew MacDonald entered Thursday's action with a league-high 114 blocked shots.


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CORRECTION (Published 5/11/2014)
A story incorrectly reported the results of an Oakland mayoral poll and the number of people polled. The poll queried 400 likely Oakland voters, and Councilwoman Libby Schaaf received 15 percent of first-place votes.
OAKLAND — The latest poll from an Oakland pro-business group once again finds Mayor Jean Quan leading a crowded field of challengers in November's mayoral election despite low approval ratings.
A survey of 400 likely voters commissioned last month by the Jobs and Housing Coalition found Quan winning 20 percent of first-place votes. It also found strong support for a ballot initiative to sharply increase the minimum wage and growing satisfaction with Oakland's quality of life.
The mayor was trailed by Councilwoman Libby Schaaf, 15 percent; San Francisco State professor Joe Tuman, 8 percent; Port Commissioner Bryan Parker, 7 percent; attorney Dan Siegel, 5 percent; and City Auditor Courtney Ruby, 4 percent.
Under Oakland's ranked-choice voting system, Quan would have defeated Schaaf 53 percent to 47 percent, the poll found. The business group's previous poll in November showed Quan narrowly defeating Tuman, whose support tumbled even though his approval rating remained strong.
Parker, who launched an early ad blitz, was better known and more liked by voters than in November, the poll found, but that didn't translate into more support. Quan's job ratings remained low. Only 30 percent of respondents said they approved of her work as mayor, while 57 percent disapproved. Moreover, 59 percent of respondents said they would like to see Quan replaced as mayor.
The polling took place over the last three days of April. For citywide races, the margin of error was 4.9 percent.
Jobs and Housing Coalition President and CEO Greg McConnell cautioned against reading too much into the poll, noting that a quarter of respondents were undecided about the mayor's race.
Also, the poll, conducted by David Binder Research, did not include Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan. Many City Hall watchers expect Kaplan to enter the mayoral race. And she led the field in the group's November poll.
Instead, the poll asks respondents about former Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, who said again Friday that he will not run. De La Fuente polled 13 percent, which placed him third behind Quan and Schaaf. McConnell said his organization included De La Fuente to test candidates against a well-known city politician. Polling data that had been shared with this paper did not show who De Le Fuente supporters would have backed if he weren't among the listed candidates.
A union-backed ballot initiative to increase Oakland's minimum wage from $8 to $12.25 per hour had the support of nearly three-quarters of respondents, as did a potential alternative initiative to phase in a higher minimum wage over several years in Oakland and neighboring cities.
Asked about quality of life in Oakland, voters were evenly spit. That's a big change over November, when only 16 percent of respondents said quality of life had improved, and 36 percent said it had gotten worse.
When it comes to council races, the poll showed former KPIX news anchor Dana King with an early 27 percent to 7 percent lead over Peralta Community College Trustee Abel Guillén in District 2 and Councilwoman Desley Brooks with a 27 point edge over her nearest competitor in District 6. In District 4, school board member Anne Campbell Washington had a slight lead over Jill Broadhurst.
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HARTFORD — The Huskies weren't expecting any less, or any more. They knew the kind of game Cincinnati would make it, and they were ready to rumble.
"I told them it was going to be 90 percent punches and 10 percent plays," coach Kevin Ollie said Saturday, raspy voice and all following UConn's 51-45 victory over the 11th-ranked Bearcats before 16,294 at the XL Center. "There weren't going to be a lot of X's and O's; there was going to be a lot of punches thrown. Thank God, we threw the last punch."
The last jabs came at the free throw line, where UConn scored its last 10 points. Ryan Boatright's dunk, off a pass from Shabazz Napier, gave the Huskies a 41-32 lead with 7:32 to play and they did not score again from the field.
"We said, 'if nobody scores the rest of the game, we'll take it,'" UConn's Lasan Kromah said.
With its defense suffocating from start to finish, UConn did not need another field goal and won the lowest scoring game in which it has been involved since the NCAA championship game against Butler, won by UConn 53-41, three years ago. Not since a 46-40 win over Villanova in February 2002 has a Husky team won with so few points.
"We've got to make shots, we've got to rebound better," Ollie said. "But I like W's. However we get 'em, we get 'em."
The Huskies (23-6, 11-5 in the American Athletic Conference) figure to reappear in the national rankings with this win, and should feel better about their chances in the AAC Tournament. The Bearcats are 24-5, 13-3, having lost to Louisville and UConn in the last two games.
"We want to make sure we understand how good we can be," said Shabazz Napier, who led the Huskies with 18 points and 11 rebounds. "Now, I think guys understand when we miss shots, you've got to continue to play on both ends of the court. Basketball is about two sides of the court."
UConn shot 31.3 percent, making 15 of 48 from the floor, 3 of 14 three-point attempts. Even their free throw shooting, 18-for-25, was below par. But Cincinnati, 13-for-48 or 27.1 percent from the floor, 1-for-10 on threes in the second half and 13-for-21 from the line, could not do better, or as well.
"We were awful from pillar to post," Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said. "We were bad. Our offense was bad, our passing — careless turnovers. We weren't connected."
Though Cincinnati outrebounded UConn 44-30, the Huskies offset that by inducing 19 turnovers, with only 10 of their own.
Sean Kilpatrick, who came in averaging 20.5 points and scored 26 in the Bearcats' win over UConn on Feb. 6, was held to 16 on Saturday, going 4-for-16 from the floor, with Lasan Kromah and, at times, freshman Terrence Samuel hounding him. Justin Jackson, Cincinnati's other top defensive player, had only three points before fouling out.
"We just wanted to make things difficult for them," Kromah said. "With Kilpatrick, limit his touches and really have a whole team defense towards him."
The Huskies started out 2-for-14 and Cincinnati 1-for-12, setting the tone for a defensive struggle early on. Napier put UConn ahead, to stay as it turned out, with a baseline move and layup with 26 seconds to go in the first half. UConn started the second half with a 13-4 run, or maybe it should be called a 13-4 crawl, over a span of 12:08. Napier helped cause a turnover near midcourt and ended up scoring off a pass from Kromah, and hit a three-point shot on the next possession to help extend the lead. Kromah (nine points) scored on a layup to make it 39-29 with 8:40 left.
Then it was a matter of holding on.
"We kept our composure," said Napier, who hit 5 of 6 from the line down the stretch. Phil Nolan was 2-for-2, Kromah, Amida Brimah and Terrence Samuel each hit one shot, and it was enough.
"It's March. From here on our it's war," Kilpatrick said. "There are not going to be any easy games. We know our conference is no slouch, so you have to come out and play hard."
Cincinnati's frustration manifested itself in a heated exchange between coach Mick Cronin and referee Ted Valentine, and in a charging foul called on Kilpatrick, who tried to run over a firmly planted Nolan with 30 seconds left, allowing the Huskies to close it out.
"You're playing Cincinnati, man, you know going in it's going to be physical," said Boatright, who had seven points, four rebounds and three assists. "You know you're going to get hit; you've got to hit back. Have a strong mind, stay in the game."


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The Harvest takes place at the End of the Age. When Christ comes at the last trumpet, The true believers in the Church (Wheat) will go up to be with Christ and the people call themselves Christians but are not (Weeds) will go to Hell. (Rev 14)
The rapture of the great multitude and the first resurrection occurs at the seventh (or last) trumpet. The last trumpet (the seventh trumpet) is when the Church is raptured 1Cor 15:52. It also signifies the end of this age and the beginning of the millennium.
The second coming of Christ is at the seventh trumpet. Christ is coming to redeem / harvest the Church from the Earth and to judge the living and the dead.
The last trumpet sounds during the seven bowls of God's wrath which are also known as the third woe. The bowls of God's wrath are poured out on the unbelieving nations (pagans) who have been left behind on Earth after the Church has been taken up to Heaven (Harvested). The bulk of the Church is Harvested after the 1260 day tribulation (post tribulation) but before God pours out his wrath (hence prewrath). Only the 144000 firstfruits are raptured before the Great Tribulation starts (pretribulation rapture of the minority of believers who are mature before the tribulation starts). This is a premillennial view - (the second coming of Christ is just prior to the Millennium) in fact, this is what will cause the Millennium to begin.)
The seventh trumpet therefore encompases the second coming, the rapture of the Church, the third woe which is the seven bowls of God's wrath, the battle of Armageddon, the separation of the sheep and the Goats, the end of this age and the beginning of the millennium.
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Jurgen Klinsmann has called in Brad Davis, Joe Corona, Clarence Goodson and Jose Torres as reinforcements for the suspension-plagued US national team ahead of Tuesday's massive World Cup qualifier against Mexico in Columbus, Ohio (8 pm ET, ESPN, UniMas).
The experienced quartet provides coach Klinsmann with welcome options as he and his staff prepare to cope with the suspension of Jozy Altidore, Matt Besler and Geoff Cameron due to yellow cards sustained in Friday night's 3-1 road loss to Costa Rica.
The Yanks must also face their border rivals without influential midfielder Michael Bradley, who suffered a sprained left ankle in pregame warmups at Estadio Nacional and was a late scratch from the lineup.
Additionally, central defender John Brooks was released to return to his club team, Hertha Berlin.
GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake
DEFENDERS: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), Michael Orozco (Puebla), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg)
MIDFIELDERS: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Jose Torres (Tigres UANL), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS: Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC)


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Lavergnes meet with Cornwall Motor Speedway drivers
Driver meetings happen regularly at the Cornwall Motor Speedway.
Every Sunday, late in the afternoon, in fact.
But not in the winter time.
"It's the second time we've done this, I think it was a good (development), I'm okay with it if it makes the sport better," said speedway owner/promoter Raymond Lavergne, referring to a recent gathering of some racers and race teams in the Mini-stock and Pro Stock Divisions.
The Lavergne brothers, Raymond and Jacques Lavergne, discussed several issues with the drivers and teams, with the 2019 season still five months away.
Speedway public relations director Martin Belanger said the meetings were held at the request of the drivers in the two divisions.
"Both meetings were productive, as we're (already) in full preparation for the upcoming season," Belanger said.
The Lavergnes listened to and exchanged ideas, and took questions from the drivers and race teams in attendance.
Different issues were discussed in each division, but the overriding one was this: unpredictable attendance each year, when it comes to driver count. As they are the entry level divisions, having a big crop of new drivers is important for racing.
"I want to save the (Mini-stock) class," Raymond Lavergne said matter-of-factly on Monday. "Right now the car count is iffy. . . if we can bring more cars and traffic to the speedway, everyone will benefit."
Why are the numbers down at the entry levels?
"Honestly, I don't know," Lavergne said. "It's up and down everywhere, not just here. You'll have 10 cars in a division one year, 25 the next. Why? We don't know."
But, the Lavergnes came out of the meetings feeling positive.
"I could feel the confidence of the teams, and I'm confident (the numbers will bounce back)," Raymond Lavergne said.
Belanger said it was a wide-ranging meeting.
"Several teams attended, and several rules discussions occurred as we talked about the weight breaks, security features, engines. . . several ideas were put on the table," he said. "The Lavergne brothers have committed to providing answers to all teams in early 2019, (and) the amount of potential drivers is encouraging."
The Pro Stock meeting, Belanger said, focused on finding solutions in getting more cars to the speedway, as well as security features and calendar of events during the season.
The upcoming campaign will be special one – the 50th season of operation. Some key dates for the anniversary year have been announced, including for the Super DIRTcar Big-block Series, including the DIRTcar Pro-stock Series will be in town on July 7, followed by the Dirtcar 358 Series on July 14.
On Aug., 15, the DIRTcar Sportsman Series will highlight action at the quarter-mile clay oval.
"More announcements will be made after the holidays, as we're looking to have another calendar filled with great events and visiting series," Belanger said.
Speedway season will feel a lot closer late next month, when the track holds its annual awards banquet and dinner.
The event will be on Jan. 26, at the South Stormont Community Hall in Long Sault, with efforts from the 2018 season being honoured.
Awards to be presented include for the Doiron Engineering Heat Championship, Draper Doors Canadian Nationals 358 Mod Series and the Race for the Cure Sportsman Series, as well as the speedway's coveted Merit Award, and numerous other trophies including for points champions and top rookies.
More information on the 2019 season at the track is available at www.cornwallspeedway.com, or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cornwallspeedway.


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For the first time, fans of CCSU football don't have to wait until the day of the game to buy tickets to see the Blue Devils. Online ticketing is now available, and encouraged, for all fans planning on attending the five home games this season.
The Blue Devils open the home portion of their schedule on Sept. 8, against FCS playoff contender Lehigh at 12 p.m.
In order to avoid the lone lines at the ticket booth, fans can purchase their tickets online, and print them out at home. Then simply walk up to the main gates, have your ticket scanned and you're in. No more waiting in line and missing any of the action.
With the new East Stands at Arute Field, the crowd is anticipated to be larger than ever. The East Stands will feature the CCSU Marching Band, as well as the new student section, whose name will be announced this week.
Don't miss any of the action as the Blue Devils play at home five times this season, beginning Sept. 8 vs. Lehigh. Buy yout tickets now!!!


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The FAQ now has the following line:
15000 Protect questions to prevent answers by new users
Yet, we highly restrict new accounts and tell them that they need to go earn reputation prior to using the most convenient features of the system and (by that description) intimidate them in the process.
Yes, new users are often problematic, but I don't think classifying them as the cause of a codified repellent in our venerable FAQ is appropriate. That is hardly a welcome mat, especially given how often the FAQ on any given site is cited.
I fear that this gives the impression of "We expect low quality from you until you manage to prove otherwise" and while that might be statistically justified, it isn't very nice and might intimidate people who do bother to read the FAQ (it does happen, believe it or not!)
I suggest changing
Protect questions to prevent answers by new users to
Protect questions from SPAM or noise, which is what the feature does in reality.
Categorizing 'new users' as some kind of wholesale problem is (IMHO) an epic failure for us.


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You knew it was only a matter of time before there would be cross promotion between the "Chicago Fire" TV show and the Major League Soccer club by the same name.
Eamonn Walker -- who plays Battalion Chief Wallace Boden on the upcoming NBC firefighter drama -- will take part in the ceremonial coin toss before the Fire face the Philadelphia Union Wednesday at Toyota Park. After the game, fans can watch the show's series premiere on the stadium's jumbotron. NBC has teamed up with CFD Gold Badge Society and 100 Club of Cook County to provide local firefighters and rescue workers tickets to the match.
On September 18, "Chicago Fire" actor Taylor Kinney (aka Lady Gaga's rumored boyfriend) threw out the ceremonial first pitch and co-star Jesse Spencer played the violin during the national anthem before the Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Both actors are expected to attend the "Chicago Fire" screening Tuesday at the Chicago History Museum, as will Fire players. The show premieres October 10.
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I attended today's game with my wife. I had to wait for her to get home for work, so we didn't get to the stadium until 4:55 PM, just in time before the 5 PM gate opening.
Usually I get 1 ball during the Pirates portion during the week (they only hit for about 10-15 more minutes after the gates open). Today, though, I had 4 balls by 5:04. I've never gotten off to a start like that in my life.
Ball #1 was tossed from Nyjer Morgan.
Game: 10 balls (4 hit, 4 thrown, 2 device)
Season: 84 balls (32 hit, 43 thrown, 9 device)
Games: 16 games (13 with BP, 3 without)
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In Europe, Obama looks to rally on Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Obama will depart Sunday for a six-day swing through Europe and the Middle East in what is shaping up to be one of the most consequential foreign trips of his presidency.
The visit will kick off Monday with a meeting with Dutch leaders and the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in the Netherlands, a biennial gathering of more than 50 world leaders that will be overshadowed by the crisis in Ukraine.
Leaders from the Group of Eight — minus Russia — will meet on the margins of the summit at The Hague on Monday to discuss how they will move forward against Moscow, which formally annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine on Friday.
National security adviser Susan Rice said Friday that Russia's actions have led to a fundamental reassessment of the U.S.-Russian relationship, one that since the end of the Cold War has been moving toward fully integrating Russia politically and economically into the global community.
"But that was predicated on the expectation that Russia would play by the rules of the road," Rice said. "What we have seen in the Ukraine is obviously a very egregious departure from that, and it is causing the countries and people of Europe and the international community and, of course, the United States to reassess what does it mean and what are the implications."
Obama will also hold meetings on the sidelines of the nuclear summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first time the two leaders have sat down together since they met in California last June. Obama plans a trilateral meeting with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, which the White House said is meant to send the message that the United States is committed to the security of northeast Asia.
The crisis in Ukraine will be the central focus during the president's time in the Netherlands, as well as subsequent stops in Brussels and Rome, according to the White House.
Wednesday in Brussels, he will take part in a summit with European Union leaders and visit NATO headquarters. Obama is also scheduled to deliver an address on the Ukraine crisis.
"What will be clear for the world to see is that Russia's increasingly isolated, that the United States is leading the international community in support of Ukraine … and in imposing costs on Russia for its aggression," Rice said.
The president will then travel to Rome, where he's scheduled to meet Thursday with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Enrico Letta.
Obama is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis on Thursday at the Vatican, giving the president a high-profile opportunity to highlight his domestic push against income inequality by huddling with the religious leader who has made the eradication of poverty one of his top issues.
Obama and the European Union announced financial sanctions and travel bans this week against more than two dozen Russian officials and associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as sanctions against a Russian bank that the Treasury Department said is used by top Russian officials.
Andrew Kuchins, an expert on Russian politics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, likened Obama's response to Putin's military incursion to President Jimmy Carter's early response to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
Carter was ridiculed for seeming flat-footed, Kuchins said. Carter called on the Senate to postpone action on the SALT-II nuclear weapons treaty and recalled his ambassador to the Soviet Union
"By comparison now, Barack Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun," Kuchins said.
When Obama sits down with European leaders next week, he will have the tough task of persuading his counterparts to approve the sort of tough sanctions on Russia's economy that will have deeper reverberations in Europe than they will in the USA.
Obama signaled Thursday that it might be time to hit Russia's oil and natural gas industries, which account for much of Russia's exports, but he acknowledged the move could be difficult for much of Europe, which relies on Russian exports.
The president will have to answer difficult questions about U.S. efforts to aid Ukraine that have become complicated by differences between the White House and Republicans over the International Monetary Fund.
The White House is using the Ukraine aid measure to press Congress to make changes to the IMF that have stalled since Republicans took the House majority in 2011. Obama wants Congress to shift $63 billion in U.S. funding from the IMF crisis fund to the body's general fund. Republicans want to separate the Ukraine aid and IMF decisions.
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Obama will cap his trip with a visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday, making his first visit to Riyadh since 2009.
Riyadh has become frustrated with U.S. policy toward Syria. The Saudis want Washington to do more to back the increasingly beleaguered Syrian opposition in its effort to oust Bashar Assad's regime and replace it with a pro-Saudi Sunni government. The Saudis are also incensed by Obama's engagement with the Shiite regime in Tehran, Iran.
Rice said the White House contemplated holding a meeting with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council while Obama was in Riyadh but decided not to pursue a summit.
The Obama administration has coordinated closely with GCC members — which include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait — on the civil war in Syria.
Rice noted that internal strife in the GCC makes it difficult to hold a summit. Qatar has faced opposition from the other GCC members over its support of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization that was briefly in power in Egypt and is active in Syria and Libya.
"The situation between and amongst the members of the GCC has grown more complex of late," Rice said. "While we maintain very strong and cooperative relationships with each of the GCC countries, we didn't think that from their point of view the time was optimal for a collective meeting."


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The Stone Church is bringing you a powerful show schedule for the last two weeks in September with some of the best Regional and National Acts including Hot Day at the Zoo, Ellis Paul, Entrain, and David Wax Museum. This all star-line up is the reflection of the new attitude of the Stone Church and talent buyer Phil Simon of Simon Says Booking.
The Stone Church is bringing you a powerful show schedule for the last two weeks in September with some of the best Regional and National Acts including Hot Day at the Zoo, Ellis Paul, Entrain, and David Wax Museum. This all star-line up is the reflection of the new attitude of the Stone Church and talent buyer Phil Simon of Simon Says Booking.
Sept 17 the Stone Church will be celebrating with their 2nd Halfway to St. Patty's Day featuring the Tom Lanigan Band. Tom Lanigan born in Dublin, Ireland and moved to America when he was sixteen. He grew up developing a great love for both Irish and American music. Tom has developed a strong following with his unique take on traditional and contemporary Irish music, and his ever growing collection of original compositions. There will be drink specials all night with $4 stouts and Jameson specials! Jordan Tirrell'wysocki Band will be opening the night at 8:30 p.m.
Get music from both sides of the states on Sept. 19 with Long Beach, California artist Mike Pinto and Brooklyn based independent songwriter and performer Don McCloskey. Mike Pinto has crafted an exceptional style of songwriting, with a truly unique take on roots, vintage rock, folk, reggae, ska and classic surf, but it's his distinct voice and seamless storytelling that has brought him success both in the States and overseas.
Sept 20 Spankalicious with special guest B—— Please will be hitting the stage blending elements of glitch-hop, future bass, trap, and live e-drumming. He was named the best DJ in St. Louis in a 2010 Riverfront Times readers' poll and is stopping by the Stone Church on his North American Do Magical Things Tour. He has played alongside every major cutting edge act in livetronica, bass music, electro, and hip-hop including Pretty Lights, Caspa, Borgore and more, as well as several major festival appearances.
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On Sept. 22 New England's genre-bending American roots string band, Hot Day at the Zoo, is spreading their "zoograss" sound nationwide. The high-energy quartet mixes folk, blues, ragtime and jazz with progressive bluegrass and Americana-infused rock and roll.
On Sept. 23 Ellis Paul will wow audiences as one of the leading voices in American songwriting. He was a principle leader in the wave of singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston folk scene, creating a movement that revitalized the national acoustic circuit with an urban, literate, folk pop style that helped renew interest in the genre in the 1990s. Between 1993 and 2004, he won an unprecedented 13 Boston Music Awards, and his songs were heard on hit TV shows Ed and MTV's Real World; and in the soundtracks of several Farrelly Brothers films, including "Me, Myself, & Irene," starring Jim Carrey, and "Shallow Hal," with Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow. Director Peter Farrelly has called Paul "a national treasure."
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Yankees should keep shopping after signing Masahiro Tanaka
Two days after last season ended, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said of getting his team's payroll under $189 million to avoid Major League Baseball's luxury tax, "It's a goal, not a mandate."
Cashman and owner Hal Steinbrenner repeated that sentiment throughout the early part of the offseason, as the Yankees signed Brian McCann, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran. The Yankees were going to try to be fiscally responsible, but not at the cost of not putting a championship-caliber team on the field.
SPECTOR: Stars past and present weigh in on MLB's hot topics
There is only one mandate in the Bronx, and that mandate never changes: Win everything. The Yankees made a good-faith attempt to do that under the framework of a $189 million payroll for 2014, even letting themselves get outbid by the Seattle Mariners for Robinson Cano.
Now, Masahiro Tanaka is coming to New York for a reported seven years and $155 million, with an opt-out clause after four years, and it's a 1-8-7 on Project 189. There is no argument that it was worthwhile for the Yankees to forget about their financial pet project in order to sign the 25-year-old right-hander — the only question now is how much further Steinbrenner will be willing to go in pursuit of the only thing that ever matters to the Yankees, another championship.
— A 10-year-old ranks MLB's mascots
By now, everyone knows Tanaka's eye-popping numbers from last year — a 24-0 record and 1.27 ERA for the Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan. For those thinking it may have been a well-timed fluke, over the past three seasons Tanaka has gone 53-9 with a 1.44 ERA, a 0.944 WHIP, 593 strikeouts, 78 walks and 18 home runs allowed in 611 1/3 innings. There will be an adjustment from the Pacific League to the American League, to be sure, but New York is getting a star.
Tanaka slots in at the top of a rotation that also includes CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Ivan Nova, with Vidal Nuno, David Phelps, Michael Pineda and Adam Warren all candidates for the No. 5 spot. Now that the Yankees have put aside their self-imposed financial goals, though, they should go for more certainty in their rotation and sign Ubaldo Jimenez.
FANTASY: How much value will Tanaka have?
Sabathia, at age 33, is coming off the worst season of his career, having allowed a league-worst 112 earned runs in 2013 while seeing his strikeout total dip to 175, his lowest K count since a 2006 season in which he made four fewer starts. Kuroda, who turns 39 next month, went 0-6 with a 6.56 ERA in his final eight starts of last season. Nova has never made more than 28 starts in a season. Jimenez should be the Yankees' target because of his durability, with six straight seasons of 31 or more starts, and because of his history of keeping the ball in the ballpark, with only 103 homers allowed in 1275 2/3 innings, despite having spent most of his career with the Colorado Rockies. That's what makes him a better fit for New York than Ervin Santana, Matt Garza or Bronson Arroyo.
Ubaldo Jimenez (AP Photo)
Adding Jimenez to Tanaka, Sabathia, Kuroda and Nova would give the Yankees a rotation to compete with the Dodgers' starting group as the best in baseball, with the current candidates for the No. 5 spot serving as the kind of depth that a team so reliant on older players needs.
The Yankees also should get in touch with Grant Balfour and Fernando Rodney, because they can use another top reliever to go along with David Robertson and left-hander Matt Thornton. There's some talent in the New York bullpen now, but also a lot of uncertainty. Playing in a division where the Red Sox have Koji Uehara set up by Craig Breslow, Edward Mujica and Junichi Tazawa, another top-flight relief arm would better position the Yankees for the inevitable late-inning duels with their ancient rivals.
Another way the Yankees could go after the Red Sox would be to sign Stephen Drew, which would leave Boston without a safety net if Xander Bogaerts or Will Middlebrooks struggles. In New York, Drew would start off as a third baseman, but would also provide better insurance than Brendan Ryan as an everyday option at shortstop if 39-year-old Derek Jeter's health does not hold up. Ryan would be free to split second base with Brian Roberts, while Kelly Johnson would be able to play the super-utility role that he is best suited to play. What would become of Eduardo Nunez? The Yankees have more important things to worry about than how a career minus-1.7 WAR player fits their roster, because he doesn't.
If some of this seems like overkill, like the Yankees would be filling positions that already are filled, that is exactly what they should be doing, because a team depending almost exclusively on players over 30 needs to have depth — not only in case of injuries, but to keep those aging players fresh over the course of 162 games. New York signed Beltran when it already had Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, and Alfonso Soriano. The DH spot will be a valuable tool for Joe Girardi to keep good hitters in the lineup while simultaneously easing the burden of innings spent in the field on aging legs.
On his own, Tanaka provides a massive boost to the Yankees' hopes of returning to the playoffs after missing out for only the second time in the wild-card era. There still is work to do for New York to put forward a championship team in 2014. That's a goal and a mandate.


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Esther Pearce/ Daniel Warner. Monroe NY
Hello Looking for any details of the marriage of Esther Pearce married to Daniel Warner. Son George W Warner born Ogden NY 1836. Daniel remarried about 1840/42 to Harriet Trimmer. Esther possibly died bet 1836- 1840.
Looking for details for McComber/ Warner / Miller NY
1910 Census of NY John A Mcomber is listed as a Inventor. John born in Michegan abt 1853. Father Scott McComber, Mother Adelaide? Married Cora E Warner 1891 Rochester NY no children. 1910 John and Cora lived 100 Locust St New York City alongside Lucinda Miller. Cora's parents Daniel Warner born 1807, Harriet? born 1817. Cora had three Brothers Daniel born abt 1841, Joseph born 1846, Charles born 1848, NY believed both brothers remained single. Charles and Joseph are buried alonside the parents in Mt Hope Cemetery NY. A Step Brother George W Warner born 1846 to Daniels first wife Esther Pierce. George had a Daughter Esther born abt 1854 Rochester Mother name unknown believed to have died in childbirth or shortly after. Esther married Englishman William Edley Sept 1873 Rochester, shortly after marriage came to England and never returned to the US. In 1882 George Warner married his Sister in Law Katie Hancock widow formerly Albright, So guessing Esther's Mother was probably an Albright
Parthany Wilsey
Looking for info on Parthany Wilsey born 1808 Albany NY. Married William Albright born 1806. Parents maybe John Wilsey and Mary?. Possibly brother Soloman born 12 Dec 1805. Help Appreciated.
Albright . Le Fevre. Warner .Christman . Lauffer . Best . Kluge
Any one interested in the above families contact me for details.Thank you Gales.
Thyrza Jenkinson Sligo1842 - Nottingham England .Godward
My Gt Grandmother Thyrza Jenkinson born 1842 Co Sligo Ireland. Married Henry Godward born Worksop Notts 1845. Married at St Bartholomews Nottingham 21st November 1865. Her fathers name, witness on the marriage certificate looks like Galilio. the address is Millstone Place Nottingham, where Thyrza and Henry lived for a number of years. However, it is information I require on Thyrza previous to her marriage. I know she worked as a cook for the priests at St Bartholomews, but when did she arrive in England, and where in Sligo did she originate. Any Help appreciated.
Esther Warner dob 1855 Rochester New York
My Gt Grandmother Esther Warner born 1855 Rochester. Monroe County New York.Around the mid 70's Esther lived with her Father on John St NY. I understand her mother died in childbirth. Esther married William Edley born 1853 England, at The First Methodist Episcopal Church Rochester 15th September 1873. Esther came back to England shortly after with William. Esther never returned to America. She settled down and went on to have 11 children. William was a cutlery manufacturer. I am seeking information on Esther prior to her marriage. There are no details of her parents on her marriage certificate. I have tried a number of ways to obtain a birth certificate but have failed owing to lack of information. Any Help appreciated. Esthers Father was G W Warner born abt 1835 Ogden NY, Georges Parents were Daniel Warner abt 1807 NY his Mother Esther Pierce. NY. Esthers Father G W Warner re married late in life to Katie Hancock a widow.13 Jan 1882 Manhatten. Katie had a daughter Estelle Hancock, born Hansbon Mississipi, she married Edward F Brown born Peekskill Westchester NY.Married 31 Oct 1881 Manhatten. Katie's maiden name was Albright. Katie's first husband was Dwight Hancock.
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William Deakin Salt Lake 1887 0nwards
William Deakin Born England 1876 arrived USA October 1887 with parents Thomas and Mary Ann Deakin, also sister Hannah born 1882. They lived Hunters Precint Salt Lake. Hannah married John Rasmus Neilson 2nd May 1900.Both Thomas and Mary Ann died 1939. I am desperate to find out what happened to William. William is on the 1900 census in Utah Salt Lake.After that I hit a brick wall. Help appreciated.
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The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data
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A NEW commodity spawns a lucrative, fast-growing industry, prompting antitrust regulators to step in to restrain those who control its flow. A century ago, the resource in question was oil. Now similar concerns are being raised by the giants that deal in data, the oil of the digital era. These titans—Alphabet (Google's parent company), Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft—look unstoppable. They are the five most valuable listed firms in the world. Their profits are surging: they collectively racked up over $25bn in net profit in the first quarter of 2017. Amazon captures half of all dollars spent online in America. Google and Facebook accounted for almost all the revenue growth in digital advertising in America last year. Such dominance has prompted calls for the tech giants to be broken up, as Standard Oil was in the early 20th century. This newspaper has argued against such drastic action in the past. Size alone is not a crime.
Pathways for Peace : Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflicts
World Bank/United Nations
The resurgence of violent conflict in recent years has caused immense human suffering, at enormous social and economic cost. Violent conflicts today have become complex and protracted, involving more non-state groups and regional and international actors, often linked to global challenges from climate change to transnational organized crime. It is increasingly recognized as an obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This has given impetus for policy makers at all levels – from local to global – to focus on preventing violent conflict more effectively. Grounded in a shared commitment to this agenda, Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict is a joint United Nations and World Bank study that looks at how development processes can better interact with diplomacy and mediation, security and other tools to prevent conflict from becoming violent.


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This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
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The primary objective of this research project is to expand the clarinet repertoire with the addition of four new pieces. Each of these new pieces use contemporary clarinet techniques, including electronics, prerecorded sounds, multiphonics, circular breathing, multiple articulation, demi-clarinet, and the clari-flute. The repertoire composed includes Grant Jahn's Duo for Two Clarinets, Reggie Berg's Funkalicious for Clarinet and Piano, Rusty Banks' Star Juice for Clarinet and Fixed Media, and Chris Malloy's A Celestial Breath for Clarinet and Electronics. In addition to the musical commissions, this project also includes interviews with the composers indicating how they wrote these works and what …
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For most of my life, I had no love for hamentaschen, the triangle-shaped filled cookies eaten on the Jewish holiday of Purim. I always found the doughs dry and the fillings boring. When I received my husband's family recipe, I had to change my tune. The dough was easy to roll, shape and re-roll, and the cookies came out perfect and tasty every time. I filled them with jam, prune and poppy seed fillings and chocolate for the kids. After a few years, I was bored again.
Last Thursday, as I was lying in bed in London at 3:00 am suffering from jet lag, my mind drifted to what I needed to do when I returned home: Purim. Mishloach Manot. Hamentaschen. I must have been inspired by the complete rainbow I saw in Edinburgh, Scotland earlier that day which appeared following 10 minutes of giant hail and sideways rain; I started to imagine tinted hamentaschen doughs that were flavored to match their fillings.
I returned to my laboratory and created raspberry, chocolate, apricot, hazelnut and pistachio hamentaschen. I filled the pistachio ones with pistachio paste and some with little triangles of good quality chocolate. I played around with the amount of baking powder in the recipe and found that less baking powder yielded crisper cookies. My flat metal spatula was the perfect tool to lift the dough circles. I discovered that chilling the dough for several hours or overnight made it easier to roll, but you can still roll right away if you want, just sprinkle more flour on your parchment and dough. The chocolate dough can be found in The Kosher Baker, and I filled some with chocolate chunks and others with parve white chocolate chips. My lemon hamentaschen recipe appears on the Joy of Kosher website.
What is the most unusual hamentaschen you have ever tasted? Any flavors you would like to see developed? Let me know. Happy Purim!
Pistachio Hamentaschen Makes 4 dozen
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon orange juice
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4-5 drops green food coloring
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup shelled pistachio nuts, ground fine
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting parchment and dough
one 11-ounce can pistachio nut paste
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment. In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, sugar, oil, and orange juice, and mix well. Add green coloring to achieve desired shade of green. Add the baking powder, ground nuts and flour and mix until the dough comes together. You can chill the dough at least one hour or overnight or bake right away.
Divide the dough in half. Take another two pieces of parchment and sprinkle flour on one, place one dough half on top, and then sprinkle more flour on top of the dough. Place the second piece of parchment on top of the dough and roll on top of the parchment until the dough is about ¼ -inch thick. Every few rolls, peel back the top parchment and sprinkle more flour on the dough.
Use a glass or round cookie cutter about 2 to 3 inches in diameter to cut the dough into circles. Place a teaspoon of the pistachio paste in the center and then fold in 3 sides to form a triangle, leaving a small opening in the center. Pinch the 3 sides very tightly. Place on the prepared cookie sheets. Repeat with the rest of the dough and re-roll and cut any dough scraps you have.
Bake for 12 to 16 minutes, or until the bottoms are lightly browned. The baking time often depends of the type of cookie sheet used: cookies on darker sheets bake faster. Just watch the cookies until they look done—you do not want them to be brown on top because then they will be too hard. Slide the parchment onto racks to cool the cookies.
Raspberry Hamentaschen
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon raspberry extract, Bakto Flavors
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4-5 drops pink food coloring
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting parchment and dough
1 cup seedless raspberry jam
6 ounces fresh raspberries
For the dough, mix the eggs, sugar, oil, extracts and food coloring well and then add the baking powder and flour and mix until combined. After you roll out and cut circles according to instructions above, fill each circle with 1 teaspoon jam and one fresh raspberry. Follow instructions above to shape and bake.


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Friday, March 30, 2012
On the LHB Facebook Page: Crime and Criminal Law
This week on the Legal History Blog Facebook Page we're spotlighting sources, suggested readings, and blog posts on crime and criminal law. Suggested readings include former LHB guest blogger Elizabeth Dale's Criminal Justice in the United States, 1789-1939, and more all week on the Facebook page.
Posted by Clara Altman at 4:30 PM
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- Patrick S. O'Donnell said...
While my bibliography for "criminal law, punishment, and prisons" is not historical, more than a few titles do have an historical orientation. In any case, I'll send it along to anyone interested (it's 17 pgs., divided into two sections: criminal law, and punishment and prisons, with links to Internet sites as well).
- March 30, 2012 at 7:40:00 PM EDT
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Perry man has dedicated decades to helping local veterans organizations
James Gallagher of Perry Township was wounded in action as a combat medic during the Vietnam War. He was blown from the vehicle in which he was riding. His body still carries shrapnel from the blast.
When he came home from Vietnam in the late 1960s, it seemed to him few people cared.
"When I got back, we didn't have help resuming our lives," he recalled. "We weren't welcomed home."
That feeling of isolation prompted a mission to make sure other veterans didn't have to endure a similar homecoming, and provided Gallagher motivation to join organizations open to veterans.
His decades-long service to country and community — inAmVets, American Legion, and VFW, among other groups — earned Gallagher the title of 2013 Veteran of the Year.
"He changed the status quo to provide assistance to other veterans in need and help them transition back to civilian life," said Robert Barson in a nominating application from the Frank W. Adams Post 124 of AmVets that he filed with Greater Canton Veterans Council, which honors the Veteran of the Year, "while simultaneously honoring their past military service."
A panel of past winners chose Gallagher for the award, which will be given to him at 11 a.m. Monday — the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — during a Veterans Day ceremony at Westbrook Veterans Memorial Park in Canton.
"I've been familiar with others winning the award," smiled Gallagher, who has served for the last seven years as president of the Greater Canton Veterans Council. "It's one of the finest honors. It makes you aware that other people know you've done something for veterans."
Gallagher comes from a family accustomed to military service. His father served in the Army, two brothers also served in the Army, and a third brother was in the Marine Corps.
As an Army medic, Gallagher was wounded while trying to tend to others during enemy shelling of an ammunition dump near Da Nang in 1967.
"The explosion toppled the Jeep over and I got hit by shrapnel," said Gallagher, who returned to the U.S. after his recovery and was discharged in 1968.
A life-long mechanic who worked with his father before his military service, Gallagher returned home to run Gallagher's auto repair and body shop on Cleveland Avenue SW with his brother, Carl. "I run the repair side and my brother has the body shop," said Gallagher, whose son, Michael, is operating the auto repair shop while Gallagher recovers from a stroke.
The first veterans organization Gallagher joined was VFW Post 4120 in Minerva. Later he was a charter member of Army Navy Union No. 272 across Cleveland Avenue from Gallagher's auto repair, in a building where he later helped found AmVets Post 124.
For the last 15 years Gallagher has served as commander of Post 124.
Gallagher is a life member of Army Navy Union No. 150, and also of the Disabled American Veterans. He is a member of VFW Post 3747 and American Legion Post 44.
In addition, Gallagher is Ohio's 16th District commander of AmVets.
"Essentially, he's a member of all the veterans organization there are," said Melvin "Mel" Schlabach, vice president of Greater Canton Veterans Council who is acting as president while Gallagher recovers his health. "He's been extremely active in veterans affairs."
Over the years, Gallagher has helped plan and stage numerous Memorial Day parades and Veterans Day events. He has served on flag ceremony committees, helping to decorate veterans' graves for holidays.
"Jim receives no monetary compensation for his efforts to honor and help his fellow veterans," said Barson, who served in the Marine Corps from 1966-1970, in nominating Gallagher for Veteran of the Year. "He tirelessly serves the veteran community simply because there is a need."
Gallagher's family also serves. His wife, Bonnie, is finance officer of the AmVets Post 124 Auxiliary, of which their daughter, Shannon, is president. Their son, Michael, is finance officer of Sons of AmVets Post 124.
Years ago, Gallagher's family also helped him deal with feelings that lingered from his military service in Vietnam. His wife and children took him to see "the wall" — the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The peaceful setting, in which flowers and letters were left at the wall, lifted a troubled spirit, said Gallagher's wife.
"It was the most calm and quiet place I'd ever been," she said. "There were tons of people, but you could hear a pin drop."
And in the silence, her husband found a mission in life.
"After that, I felt I would do something to make sure everyone felt like that — calm — when they came home from service," said Gallagher. "I hope I have. I hope that whatever I've done and the attitude I've taken has brought peace of mind to other veterans."
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The Greater Canton Veterans Council will present its Veteran of the Year award to James Gallagher of Perry Township at 11 a.m. Monday at Westbrook Veterans Memorial Park on 13th Street NW at Harrison Avenue.
Speakers will include Canton Mayor William J. Healy II; State Sen. Scott Oelslager, R-North Canton; and State Rep. Kirk Schuring, R-Jackson Township.
Timken High School Army Junior ROTC will post the colors, with an invocation given by chaplain John Stocker. The National Anthem will be sung by Bob Cairns. Taps will be performed by David Vandegrift and a rifle salute will be provided by the American Legion Honor Guard.
Following the services, refreshments will be served at American Legion Post 44 at 1633 Cleveland Ave. NW.


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Records of the Vice President and Special Adviser to the President, Visvanathan Rajagopalan
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Visvanathan Rajagopalan was the Vice President for Sector and Operations Policy when President Preston asked him to join the President's staff as Senior Adviser. Rajagopalan held this post for the year 1993, retiring at the end of December. D...
Office of the President -- Lewis T. Preston -- Visvanathan Rajagopalan (Vice President and Special Adviser to the President)


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Croatia joined the European Union and became the 28th Member State on 1 July 2013. This historic achievement brings new perspectives for Croatia and lays ground for an efficient enforcement of international standards and EU policies on nature conservation. It should also serve as great impetus for the other countries in South-Eastern Europe to continue with EU accession processes.
Reflecting on this milestone event we introduce Croatia's remarkable nature and the conservation activities of IUCN Members in the country. As a result of its geographical location and morphology, Croatia encompasses three biogeographical regions, out of nine recognized in the EU. Vast plains in the east, dense forests which cover more than 35% of the central territory and more than 1,000 islands in the Adriatic host Croatia's extraordinary biodiversity.
Learn about the extraordinary terrestrial biodiversity, the richness of the Adriatic Sea and the ongoing efforts on species conservation in Croatia in the Country Focus.


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Love You Because Layered Template Set
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Winter Woods Kit
This time of year, just about anything can happen. As the UPS truck, aka The Christmas Truck is making his rounds, things show up in the strangest places. Michael gets pretty secretive, but cuts me in on his plans for a special little boy. This year is an unusually big Christmas for Jake. When I came home from work today and opened the closet, I found a pretty cool scooter. Michael chose this hiding place to charge it up. Funny thing is, Jake has never snooped, which is pretty lucky for us. It sure makes keeping secrets a lot easier.


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Welcome to the surprise ninth episode of The Real L Word, Season 3. Some of you thought the season was over last week, eh? Ha ha! Psych! This is kind of like the kitchen scene in Gremlins. You think you've disposed of all the pesky critters, but then you turn around and there's one more standing right behind you wearing a shit eating grin.
Time to microwave this sucker! Yeee haw!
So, let's honor all the Gremlins that we encountered in the last eight weeks. Over the course of the season:
So now it is one month later. Let's get pumped, because it's all caps for emphasis!
It is two days from Whitney and Sara's wedding, and their stress level is dangerously nearing red on the lesbian drama terror alert scale. Whitney tells us, "We literally want to kill each other."
Whitney jokingly wonders aloud why Sara is wearing a white veil, because she isn't even close to being virginal.
Sara says she is wearing it as a fashion statement.
And then Whitney receives a text – her dad is coming after all. Hooray! But since he's the one who hates being on camera, maybe he can wear the veil and everyone can be happy.


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WASHINGTON – A man has been arrested and charged in the brutal beating of a 72-year-old man.
Prince George's County police took Justin Charles Strong, 22, of the 4100 block of 34th Street in Mt. Rainier, into custody Friday.
Police say that Strong approached the victim at a bus stop in Calmor Manor on Sept. 15 brandishing a knife and demanding the victim's wallet.
The victim refused to give his wallet, Strong then walked away but returned later with an aluminum baseball bat and began allegedly attacking the victim.
Police were called to the scene just before 6 a.m., where the found the victim suffering from serious injuries. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he remains in stable condition.
Strong is being charged with attempted first degree murder, first degree assault, armed robbery and several other charges.
He is being held without bond.
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Torture Tests Tell The Truth (Sep, 1938)
That shoe tester looks like it has been taken right out of a Rube Goldberg contraption.
Torture Tests Tell The Truth
Ingenious Machines in the National Bureau of Standards help bring to light unknown facts about peas, pants, pots and paints.
by James N. Miller
EVERY time you visit the dentist, break in a pair of new shoes, buy an electric light bulb, heat your home, drive an automobile, wind your watch or weigh your groceries, you are directly or indirectly affected by the work of scientists located in an enormous network of laboratories in an obscure section of Washington, D. C. This is the National Bureau of Standards, where a group of technical men seem to live in a complicated mechanical world that appears far afield from that of Mr. Average American Citizen. This Bureau of Standards, without the slightest exaggeration, is the nation's and probably the world's, greatest quality testing laboratory. Every day, in almost every conceivable way, it performs monumental tasks which help make life healthier, safer, happier, more comfortable and more convenient for every one of us.
Look at what the Bureau has done for the dental profession, for instance. Dental amalgam fillings have been used for more than 100 years, but it is only during the last 30 years that the dentist has been accurately advised on its two greatest defects: excessive shrinkage and flow. The dental research program at the Bureau of Standards has attacked these defects, made official ratings of manufacturers' products and because of its support, defective amalgams have practically been driven off the market.
The Bureau maintains the national standard of light. It gives technical advice on the performance characteristics to be included in Federal specifications for lamps and it tests lamps for the Federal Government, which uses them on an enormous scale. During the past fiscal year over 4,000,000 incandescent electric lamps were inspected before shipment, and more than 6,800 samples selected from these lamps were life-tested at the Bureau laboratories. Six thousand bulbs are tested annually on the "life testing" racks.
Whenever you buy a roll of wallpaper for your home or apartment, chances are that the Bureau of Standards, somewhere along the line, had a hand in the situation by establishing standards which give consumers practically all the information wanted concerning the quality of wallpaper based on weight, color fastness, grounding and printing. Detailed requirements are also set forth for printed, plain and embossed papers, including width of printed pattern and coverage of a single roll.
If your home is comfortable in winter, you should be grateful to technicians at the Bureau. From time to time studies are being made of all manner of house heating appliances including radiant gas heaters, thermostatic valves for radiators and fire hazards of domestic heating systems. One of the strange facts recently revealed is that painting of radiators has a marked effect on the amount of heat they will deliver to the room. When painted with bright metallic paint, such as aluminum and bronze, they supply less heat to the room than when painted with ordinary paints.
A remarkable machine in one of the Bureau laboratories tests the wear of carpets. This device produces the bending, slipping, twisting and compression of the pile that takes place when a carpet is walked upon. The durability of a carpet was found to be increased materially by increase in density or height of pile and by the use of underlays. Incidentally, this same type of machine is being used in a number of carpet manufacturers in improving their processes and products.
Fever thermometers are used in almost every household. The Bureau has established the official test methods and most of the specifications, and these are now incorporated in a commercial standard. Fever thermometers for household use generally are tested only by the manufacturer, but the tests are based on standards maintained for clinical thermometers used by the Federal Government. The Bureau renders an important nation-wide service to the consumer through the direct or indirect standardization of devices used in weighing or measuring commodities purchased by over-the-counter buyers. It promotes uniform action in weights and measures ad-ministration throughout the country and serves as a clearing house for information on the subject.
Glass for glazing doors and windows is usually either polished plate glass or so-called sheet glass. The first is characterized by its plane surfaces which do not distort reflected images and which eliminate distortion of objects when they are viewed through the glass at any angle. The second has a relatively smooth but characteristically wavy surface and objects viewed through sheet glass will be somewhat distorted, especially when the line of sight makes an acute angle with the glass surface.
It is quite probable that the quality of your raincoat depends upon tests made at the Bureau laboratories. One experiment in particular should interest you. It consists of a cycle of treatment of waterproofed fabrics, such as ducks and drills. Practically every conceivable condition of actual use is simulated, including light exposure, wetting and drying and crumpling.
When laundered cotton fabrics are dried outdoors during the winter, particularly in New England, they frequently undergo excessive deterioration of a type called "winter damage." An investigation of the trouble in a Bureau laboratory showed that this was due to sulphuric acid formed in the damp fabric by oxidation of atmospheric sulphur dioxide and that the damage could be remedied by using a small amount of calcium carbonate in the final rinse water.
Women's stocking have an annoying habit of wearing out or ripping at inconvenient times. Small wonder then that, at the request of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, a hosiery testing machine has been developed at the Bureau. This simulates the forces acting on a stocking at the knee and at the places where garters grip the hosiery. It alternately pulls the stocking crosswise and lengthwise, just as if a lady were wearing it. After a few pulls a poor stocking will show runs and lose its shape. A good stocking will withstand many pulls.
If ever you visit the Bureau laboratories, by all means take a look at the remarkable shoe-testing machine. As the spokes of an enormous wheel, containing six shoes, turn, a pair of shoes presses and rubs against a moving belt. This wears and strains the upper leather, linings, stitches and heels of the shoe, just as if a person were wearing it. Within a short time a shoe has "walked" many miles on this machine.
The Bureau sometimes extends its research activities into the field of sports. It recently announced, for instance, that its measurements of the liveliness of the American and National League baseballs showed no difference of any practical significance. Some National League balls are more lively than some American League balls and some are less lively. There are slight variations in liveliness of balls of either league, just as there are slight variations in weight within the official limits of 5 to 5-1/4 ounces and slight variations in circumference within the official limits of 9 to 9-1/4 inches.
The laboratory apparatus used is an adaptation of a machine developed by the Carnegie Institute of Technology for measuring the liveliness of golf balls. It consists of an air gun which fires a wooden projectile representing the bat against the ball which is "teed" like a golf ball. The ball and projectile are caught in swinging pendulums which measure their speeds.
The gun was taken to the ball park and used as a robot batter to drive out home runs. It was easily possible to knock the ball over the fence. Numerous measurements of distance were made under the same conditions in so far as possible. The average distance was the same for the American and National League balls within one foot, namely 367 feet for the conditions used. Individual shots went from 320 to 410 feet, the exact distance being largely due to the effect of variable winds.
How's the brake lining of your car? The brake testing machine automatically performs the following cycle of operations: the motor starts and accelerates the shaft, flywheel and brake drums to any desired speed up to 600 revolutions per minute (representing 60 miles an hour, car speed); the current is shut off and one of the brakes is applied, bringing the shaft to a stop in a certain time which is recorded automatically on a chart; a small motor turns a valve, cutting out the brake that has just functioned and connects the other to the line; the main motor starts again accelerates the shaft as before, the current is shut off, the second brake is applied and the time to stop is recorded as before. This cycle is repeated automatically at any desired interval (usually once a minute) for as long as necessary.
Within the past three years X-ray voltages have been more than doubled, there being several dozen X-ray plants in this country operating at 400,000 volts and some half dozen at voltages from 600,000 to 1,200,000. With this increase in voltage, entirely new measurement problems have arisen, the solution of which is awaited before these new radiations can be safely utilized to their ultimate limit. To meet this demand the Bureau has recently installed a 500,000-volt X-ray plant to provide a starting point on the problem, although it is generally recognized that they must ultimately have at least twice that voltage to keep abreast of the clinical demand for X-ray standards. Bureau measurements up to 400,000 volts have been carried out and it appears possible for the first time in history to standardize accurate dosage up to these limits.
Recently the Bureau announced an improvement in the system, of radio airplane landing aids first introduced by the Bureau to aviation back in 1931. This improvement brings the system in line with modern requirements and greatly increases its flexibility. The Bureau's system differs from other instrument landing systems in that it provides positive guidance of the airplane in the vertical as well as in the horizontal plane down to the point of contact with the airport runway. Guidance in the vertical plane is accomplished by means of a radio landing beam, produced by an ultrashort wave transmitter located at one end of the airport. The airplane, approaching from beyond the other end of the airport, follows a curved beam to the airport surface.
In this country experimental installations made at College Park, Md., Newark, N. J., and Oakland, Calif., have demonstrated the possibilities of the system. Literally thousands of "blind" landings in airplanes provided with hooded cockpits have been made. Two of the nation's leading airplanes are today studying improvements in the system" with a view to fitting it to the needs of large passenger planes.


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Doha Film Institute (DFI) has appointed renowned Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman to the post of artistic advisor.
Suleiman's last film, 7 Days In Havana, played in Un Certain Regard last year. His 2009 The Time That Remains played in competition at Cannes and won the Black Pearl Award for Best Middle Eastern Narrative Film at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
His credits also include Divine Intervention (2002), which won the Jury Prize and FIPRESCI prize at Cannes, and Chronicle Of A Disappearance (1996), which won the Best First Film Prize at Venice.
"Elia's bedrock credentials as a greatly admired director are invaluable to DFI in its mission to develop and support emerging filmmakers all over the world," said DFI CEO Abdulaziz Al Khater.