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Eventually, even the Hatfields and the McCoys ended their bitter inter-family war spurred by land, geography, unrequited love and moonshine. But unlike with Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin brokering a peace accord between Egypt and Israel, the Hatfield Family and the McCoy clan did not hole up at Camp David for a week in order to iron out their differences. Not even close. Instead, the famous warring families called up Richard Dawson and played "The Feud." Yep, in 1979 the Hatfield and McCoy families went at it once and for all on the hit TV game show, "The Family Feud." The winners took home a prized pig, which was kept on the set during the show. I didn't see the episode, but if I were a betting man I'd wager Dawson gave that pig a big smooch and then afterwards played it off in sexual suggestive, yet charming, British manner. There's nothing charming about the feud between the Phillies and the Mets, though. The fact is the battle for supremacy in the NL East is just plain ol' nasty. These guys just don't like each other. In fact, the hatred the Phillies have for the Mets actually inspires them. "The other team gives you some inspiration, let's put it that way," shortstop Jimmy Rollins said last week. "You're able to take that and keep yourself motivated." That's kind of vague. How about some elaboration, Jimmy? "No, just watch 'em. If you were a player and you're looking over in that other dugout, you'll feel a certain type of way. Rewind the game. Just watch the game." Just watch the game. It's that simple. Better yet, it seems as if those Mets and their antics inspired an old Phillie watching the games on TV in Jupiter, Fla. to sit down in front of a computer and type out an e-mail to his old team. But more than just an "attaguy" missive congratulating the club for another fine season, this one was more of a call to arms. Think Winston Churchill delivering his "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" address before the House of Commons on May 13, 1940. Or maybe it was more like Franklin Roosevelt's first inauguration address in 1933 when he told Americans that, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Maybe it was like The Dude telling the Big Lebowski that, "This aggression will not stand... man." So if the Phillies go on to surge past the Mets for a second straight September and into the playoffs, perhaps Mike Schmidt's e-mail will be the watershed moment. In its historical context we'll call it the "Better Than They Are" note or maybe, "Win One for the Schmidter." No matter what, Schmidt words inspired his beloved Phillies in Friday night's taut, 3-0 classic in which Brett Myers may have turned in his finest performance ever. Schmidt wrote:
Guys, One pitch, one at-bat, one play, one situation, think "small" and "big" things result. Tough at-bats, stay up the middle with men on base, whatever it takes to keep the line moving. Hot offense. 27 outs on defense. The Mets know you're better than they are. They remember last year. You guys are never out of the game. Welcome the challenge that confronts you this weekend. You guys are the best. Good luck, Mike Schmidt.Just like Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," Schmidt's letter was short, sweet and direct. Also like Lincoln's famous speech, Schmidt's words will be remembered forever. Schmidt came through for the team during that last series in Montreal in 1980 and he came through against Kansas City in the World Series later that month. This time, without a bat or glove Schmidt came through again - but with a laptop, an e-mail account and nine simple sentences. If the Phillies go on to win this thing, it could go down as Schmidt's finest moment as a Phillie. When told that Schmidt wrote, "The Mets know you're better than they are," Rollins, in his understated way, added to the potential legend with a throwing down of the proverbial gauntlet of his own: "Well, that part's true," Rollins said. The Phillies will have two games on Sunday - and just 19 more after that - to prove it again. Come on down and let's play The Feud!


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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the National Capital Area on Tuesday, August 23, at 1:51p.m. (EDT), causing moderate shaking and potentially significant damage, and was felt throughout Northern Virginia and neighboring areas. No casualties are expected.
The earthquake occurred near Louisa and Mineral, Va., approximately 100 miles southwest of Washington, DC. It was a shallow earthquake, and shaking was recorded all along the Appalachians, from Georgia to New England.
There have been several aftershocks.
The information provided by the USGS is part of a government-wide response effort, in coordination with the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, and the White House.
The earthquake occurred in the Central Virginia Seismic Zone, which has produced earthquakes in the past. The most notable was an earthquake that occurred in 1875 that scientists believe was about a magnitude 4.5.
This earthquake is almost as strong as the strongest recorded earthquake in Virginia, a magnitude 5.9, which occurred in May 1897 in Giles County, Va. The strongest recorded earthquake to strike the East Coast was the 1886 Charleston, S.C., earthquake, which was about a magnitude 7.3.
Those who felt the earthquake can go online and report their observations on the USGS Did You Feel It? website. Over 10,000 reports of felt shaking have already been received from more than 3400 zip codes all over the eastern United States.
The earthquake was felt so widely because it was a shallow earthquake, and geologic conditions in the eastern U.S. allow the effects of earthquakes to propagate and spread much more efficiently than in the western United States.
Western rock is relatively young, which means it absorbs a lot of the shaking caused by earthquakes. Thus, western earthquakes result in intense shaking close to the epicenter, but fade more quickly the farther the earthquakes travel.
In the eastern United States, on the other hand, the rock is far older, and so earthquakes can have a much larger and more widespread impact. Earthquake energy can therefore spread farther and have a greater impact.
Earthquakes cannot be predicted. Although earthquakes are more commonly associated with the western United States, there have been significant earthquakes in the East too. Scientists cannot predict the timing of specific earthquakes. However, families and communities can improve their safety and reduce their losses by taking actions to make their homes, places of work, schools and businesses as earthquake-safe as possible. The USGS provides information on how you can prepare at the Earthquake Hazards Program Website.
For more information on this earthquake, please visit the PAGER reading here.
For more information on earthquake and other hazards, please visit the USGS Natural Hazards website. The USGS operates a 24/7 National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., that can be reached for more information at (303) 273-8500.
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- Peripheral Neuropathy (Due to Diabetes , HIV , and Other Causes)
- Osteoarthritis
- Post-herpetic Neuralgia
- Back Pain
- Cluster Headaches
- Fibromyalgia
- Nerve Pain Following Surgery
- Psoriasis
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Protecting the Stomach From Ulcers Caused by Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
- Rhinitis
The capsicum family includes red peppers, bell peppers, pimento, and paprika, but the most famous medicinal member of this family is the common cayenne pepper.
Cayenne and related peppers have a long history of use as digestive aids in many parts of the world, but the herb's recent popularity has, surprisingly, come through conventional medicine.
What Is Cayenne Used for Today?
Many people think that hot peppers cause inflammation to tissues, and that this is the source of the classic hot pepper sensation. However, hot peppers don't actually have any damaging effect; they merely simulate the sensations produced by damage. (Herbs like garlic , ginger , horseradish, and mustard actually can cause tissue damage.)
Here's how it works: All hot peppers contain a substance called capsaicin. When applied to tissues, capsaicin causes release of a chemical called substance P. Substance P is ordinarily released when tissues are damaged; it is part of the system the body uses to detect injury. When hot peppers artificially release substance P, they trick the nervous system into thinking that an injury has occurred. The result: a sensation of burning pain.
When capsaicin is applied regularly to a part of the body, substance P becomes depleted in that location. This is why individuals who consume a lot of hot peppers gradually build up a tolerance.
It's also the basis for a number of medical uses of capsaicin. When levels of substance P are reduced in an area, all pain in that area is somewhat reduced. Because of this effect, capsaicin cream is widely used for the treatment of various painful conditions.
Under the brand name Zostrix, a cream containing concentrated capsaicin has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia, the pain that often lingers after an attack of shingles . There is also relatively good evidence that topical capsaicin can modestly decrease the pain of diabetic peripheral neuropathy , other forms of peripheral neuropathy nerve pain following cancer surgery, as well as the pain of arthritis. Capsaicin cream may also be helpful for other forms of pain, including fibromyalgia , back pain , and cluster headaches . 1,2,3,4 However, the benefits seen with capsaicin are seldom dramatic; in many cases, other pain relieving treatments are used simultaneously.
Besides pain-related conditions, some evidence indicates that topical capsaicin may be helpful for psoriasis and possibly other skin conditions as well (especially those that involve itching).
Cayenne can be taken internally as well. It appears that oral use of cayenne might reduce the pain of minor indigestion ( dyspepsia ). This may seem like an odd use of the herb; intuitively, it seems that hot peppers should be hard on the stomach. However, remember that hot peppers don't actually damage tissues—they merely produce sensations similar to those caused by actual damage. Apparently, by depleting substance P in the stomach, they reduce sensations of discomfort. In fact, some evidence suggests that oral use of cayenne or capsaicin can actually protect the stomach against ulcers caused by anti-inflammatory drugs . 5,6,7 However, contrary to some reports, cayenne does not appear to be able to kill Helicobacter pylori , the stomach bacteria implicated as a major cause of ulcers. 9
In addition, it appears that, contrary to long standing belief, hot peppers do not cause increased pain in people with hemorrhoids . 34
What is the Scientific Evidence for Cayenne?
Oral Uses of Cayenne
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 30 individuals with dyspepsia were given either 2.5 g daily of red pepper powder (divided up and taken prior to meals) or placebo for 5 weeks. 13 By the third week of treatment, individuals taking red pepper were experiencing significant improvements in pain, bloating, and nausea as compared to placebo, and these relative improvements lasted through the end of the study.
A placebo-controlled, crossover study failed to find benefit, but it only enrolled 11 participants, far too few to have much chance of identifying a treatment effect. 10
Topical Uses of Cayenne
All double-blind studies of topical capsaicin (or cayenne) suffer from one drawback: It isn't really possible to hide the burning sensation that occurs during initial use of the treatment. For this reason, such studies probably aren't truly double-blind. It has been suggested that instead of an inactive placebo, researchers should use some other substance (such as camphor) that causes at least mild burning. However, such treatments might also have therapeutic benefits; they have a long history of use for pain as well.
Because of these complications, the evidence for topical treatments cited below is less meaningful than it might at first appear.
Capsaicin cream is well established as a modestly helpful pain-relieving treatment for:
- Post-herpetic neuropathy (the pain that lingers after an attack of shingles) 14-16,37
- Peripheral neuropathy (nerve pain that occurs most commonly as a complication of diabetes , but may occur with HIV as well as other conditions) 1,17-23,35
- Pain after cancer surgery24-27 or hernia repair 36
- Osteoarthritis2,3,28,39
In a review of six randomized trials of 2,073 adults with postherpetic neuralgia or HIV-associated neuropathy, a high-dose capsaicin (8%) patch significantly improved pain symptoms for up to 12 weeks compared to a low-dose (0.04%) capsaicin patch. 42
Supportive evidence also exists for the use of topical capsaicin for soft tissue pain (muscles, tendons, and ligaments) 40 and pain following hernia repair. 36 Weak evidence supports its use for fibromyalgia . 4
Capsaicin instilled into the nose may be helpful for cluster headache . 29 (The fact that this has even been considered a viable treatment option shows how painful cluster headaches can be!)
Topical capsicum-based cream was associated with reduced acute low back pain compared to placebo in a small randomized trial with 40 adults. 43 Actual cayenne rather than capsaicin has been tested for pain, as well. A 3-week, double-blind trial of 154 individuals with back pain found that cayenne applied topically as a "plaster" improved pain to a greater extent than placebo. 30
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nearly 200 individuals found that use of topical capsaicin can improve itching as well as overall severity of psoriasis . 31 Benefits were also seen in a smaller double-blind study of topical capsaicin for psoriasis. 32
Topical capsaicin is thought to be helpful for various itchy skin conditions, such as prurigo nodularis, but double-blind studies are lacking. 8,33
Intranasal Uses of Cayenne for Rhinitis
One study of 208 patients with idiopathic (unknown cause) rhinitis found that using a capsicum nasal spray 3 times daily for 3 days (4 mcg/puff) may reduce symptom frequency. 38 And, a small randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 42 people with nonallergic rhinitis found that an intranasal product called Sinus Buster (a combination of cayenne and eucalyptus ) used twice daily for 2 weeks helped to improve sinus congestion, pain, pressure, and headache. 41
Capsaicin creams are approved over-the-counter drugs and should be used as directed. If the burning sensation that occurs with initial use is too severe, using weaker forms of the cream at first may be advisable.
For treatment of dyspepsia, cayenne may be taken at a dosage of 0.5 to 1.0 g three times daily (prior to meals).
Safety Issues
Capsaicin creams commonly cause an unpleasant burning sensation when they are first applied; this sensation disappears over subsequent days as treatment is continued.
As a commonly used food, cayenne is generally recognized as safe. Contrary to some reports, cayenne does not appear to aggravate stomach ulcers . 11
Interactions You Should Know About
If you are taking:
- The asthma drug theophylline : Cayenne might increase the amount you absorb, possibly leading to toxic levels. 12
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs : Cayenne might protect your stomach from damage.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO CAM Review Board
- Review Date: 12/2015 -
- Update Date: 12/15/2015 -


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WORCESTER — It was more than a month after Pam Woodbury fell on her basement stairs and broke her ankle that she realized how serious the injury had become.
A week after her fall in 2011, doctors operated on the ankle, inserting a plate and screws to repair the bones. Ms. Woodbury went back to UMass Memorial Medical Center several days later for a checkup. When doctors opened her cast, an orange liquid started dripping. The wound was infected.
"It was forming a puddle on the floor," Ms. Woodbury said.
A week later, the dripping hadn't stopped. She was admitted to the hospital and kept there for seven days, where she went through a second surgery and later had a machine attached to her foot, sucking liquid from the ankle.
"I didn't have an infection before I went to UMass," said Ms. Woodbury, 59, of Spencer. "The only place I could have gotten it was surgery."
The infection that complicated this otherwise healthy woman's life was not an isolated incident, but an example of a costly problem all too familiar to those who work at hospitals in Central Massachusetts and across the country.
One in 20 patients acquire infections while receiving care at U.S. hospitals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Germs can penetrate already sick patients during surgeries, through intravenous tubes or through catheters attached to the urinary tract. And routine cleanings are not enough to kill some powerful strains of bacteria.
Patients can recover from infections, but for many, they are debilitating and even deadly.
"The consequences can be catastrophic," said Dr. Anthony L. Esposito, head of the infection control program at St. Vincent Hospital.
A landmark study published in the journal Public Health Reports counted 1.7 million hospital-acquired infections in 2002 and said infections were linked to as many as 99,000 deaths. The report boosted awareness of the problem of hospital infections. The issue gained more attention when Massachusetts, in its 2006 health care reform law, started requiring acute-care hospitals to report infection data and to establish infection control programs.
But the biggest push yet is coming from insurers, public and private, that pay hospitals. Increasingly, insurers are changing payment models to account for the quality of care hospitals provide. That means hospitals with lower infection rates can earn more money.
Rates of some common types of infections have been declining since the federal government developed an action plan to prevent hospital infections in 2008. The CDC said bloodstream infections associated with central lines — invasive tubes that deliver medication to blood vessels near a patient's heart — fell 41 percent. Surgical site infections dropped 17 percent, while urinary tract infections associated with catheter use fell at a slower pace, 7 percent.
But even as some infections are decreasing, other threats — such as clostridium difficile, a serious infection of the intestines — are growing. Deaths related to C. difficile soared 400 percent between 2000 and 2007, with 14,000 deaths per year, according to the CDC.
Infection rates are still too high, according to Dr. Ashish K. Jha, a patient safety expert and professor of health policy at Harvard School of Public Health.
"Are patients safer now than they were 10 or 12 years ago? Overall, the story is a little bit — but not that much," he said.
A Telegram & Gazette review of infection data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the year ending March 31, 2013, found that infection rates at Central Massachusetts hospitals, in general, were no better or worse than the national benchmark.
But some numbers stand out. UMass Memorial, the biggest hospital in the region, reported that 145 patients acquired urinary tract infections while at the hospital, making its infection rate far worse than the national benchmark. Hospital officials said they didn't know why the number was so high, or even if a reason was identified. UMass Memorial started using new procedures to prevent urinary tract infections about two years ago, said Dr. Margaret M. Hudlin, chief of quality.
In another measure, central line infections, UMass Memorial performed better than other hospitals, though 13 patients still became infected through central lines.
Hospitals have been submitting infection numbers to a national database for several years, but only the most recent year of data is public. At the state level, the Department of Public Health requires hospitals to report on another set of measures. The DPH reports, which break down the number of infections for certain types of surgery, such as knee replacements and hysterectomies, show some drops in infections but also some spikes since 2009. Central Massachusetts' two big urban medical centers tended to have more infections than small community hospitals, partly because they see sicker patients, and more of them.
Those involved with infection control efforts acknowledge the public data are imperfect and can be hard for consumers to digest. "It's hard to make comparisons between hospitals because most of our hospitals are statistically average," said Dr. Alfred DeMaria Jr., medical director for the bureau of infectious disease and state epidemiologist at DPH. "It's such a small number of events that it's hard to interpret.
"The most important thing is that the hospitals have effective infection control programs and they're monitoring their own data, and from all indications they are doing that."
The Telegram & Gazette asked hospitals to release additional infection data, but not all of them agreed to the request. Of the region's biggest hospitals, UMass Memorial did not provide its figures by this story's deadline. St. Vincent Hospital released figures that showed an up-and-down pattern in urinary tract infections over the past five years. In central line infections, St. Vincent had a spike in 2012, with six patients becoming infected through the lines.
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Octavio J. Diaz called each of those infections a failure.
"We worked diligently to try to identify what caused those failures," he said. "Was it that we didn't follow the right technique? Was it that we didn't take care of the line appropriately? Was it that we didn't change the dressing frequently enough? We looked at each of those individual factors and what we found is there were no trends of we did this wrong or we did that wrong.
"Sometimes health care is a very complicated machine. We don't always get it right."
One hole in the data hospitals report is the link between hospital-acquired infections and patient deaths. Though studies have estimated the number of deaths nationwide — one study this year said as many as 400,000 patients may be dying every year from preventable harms — hospitals are not required to track whether patients who acquire infections recover or die.
When infections occur, doctors take a culture of bacteria and watch it grow in a dish. They try to identify the germs and pinpoint a source. They look for patterns: Did the same bacteria get into more than one patient? Did two patients with the same surgeon both come down with infections? Sometimes, it feels like detective work.
"My job is to find the source, if there is a source, and eradicate it so it doesn't occur in other patients," said Dr. Esposito of St. Vincent Hospital.
The state mandates that all hospitals have infection preventionists on staff. Smaller hospitals have one, while UMass Memorial has seven people dedicated to curbing infections.
But infection prevention extends well beyond these specialists. It is part of how doctors, nurses and even the hospital cleaning staff do their jobs. This is a relatively new phenomenon. Infections were once considered part of the health care business. Now they're widely seen as preventable.
"Fifteen, 20 years ago, there was the lonely infectious disease person crying out in the wilderness about this problem, but the institution would focus elsewhere," Dr. Esposito said. "Now, with the great public scrutiny and ... the reimbursement implications, everyone is focused on it."
Indeed, doctors and health care institutions who for years were paid for every appointment, every test, every procedure they provided, have begun to be paid for the quality of care they provide. Insurers are monitoring the steps providers take to keep patients healthy and whether those measures actually result in healthier patients.
Medicare, the national health care system for seniors, has stopped paying hospitals to care for patients after they develop certain complications during a hospital stay. The penalty list will soon include central line infections and urinary tract infections.
"In general, the policy decisions on this are mostly being driven by Medicare," said Dr. Neil B. Minkoff, medical director of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans. But private insurers are catching up, he said.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state's largest health insurer, started using incentives in 2007 to push hospitals to reduce infection rates. It pays more to hospitals that maintain lower rates.
"Hospitals that keep the rate of infections to the lowest achievable levels are rewarded for doing so," said Dana Gelb Safran, senior vice president for performance measurement and improvement at Blue Cross, in an email.
The underlying concern with all this infection data and the payment penalties attached to them is that hospitals self-report infection data and may be reluctant to draw attention to all their mistakes. Regulators don't have the resources to verify all the numbers.
"There's a disincentive to report because there's a penalty," Dr. Esposito said.
For patients, the impact of infections is more personal. Pam Woodbury was lucky to have an insurance plan that covered most of her expenses at UMass Memorial Medical Center after she broke her ankle. But because of the infection she acquired, and the weeklong hospital stay that followed, she was forced to spend an extra $1,000 out of pocket, she said.
She left the hospital in a wheelchair. Eventually, she used a walker, then crutches, then a cane. For three months she couldn't return to her job at the Spencer Senior Center, doing whatever work she could from home.
Now, almost two years after she fell and injured herself, she still has limits. She can't move her foot the way she used to. She has trouble finding comfortable shoes. She doesn't walk or work in her yard for long stretches. She vows never to go back to UMass Memorial Medical Center.
The hospital declined to comment on Ms. Woodbury's case, citing privacy laws.
"To this day, I don't know what kind of infection it was," she said. "I think I would have had less animosity if they had just told me what the infection was and waived my co-pays."
Tomorrow: A look at the strategies local hospitals are using to prevent infections.


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Crested Butte Music Festival 2012: Boston Brass, Samuel Ramey and Gypsy jazz
The schedule for the 16th annual Crested Butte Music Festival is officially on the boards now. And tickets are going…
The fest is a wild combo that ranges from classical to jazz to pops to hiking. This year it runs from July 4 through Aug. 12 and things kick off with a patriotic concert featuring the Boston Brass.
There's plenty more, but the programming is divided largely into three areas: Bluegrass In Paradise, Opera In Paradise and Gypsy Jazz in Paradise.


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My problem
UbuntuOne does not synchronize Windows link files (
.lnk). Now, I do not expect UbuntuOne to synchronize the actual links by changing an
.lnk file to a linux
symlink, nor do I do expect UbuntuOne to copy the actual target file in the Library (as though it were a hard link). But I would love to have UbuntuOne copy the
.lnk files themselves.
The use case
I have an identical directory structure on my windows computer (@work) and my 12.10 (@home). At work I have a folder called Library which contains all my pdfs. When I am working on something I put a link to that file in the current working directory. That's nice because all my files are easy to reach and I know which files I have referred to.
That would allow me to see what files I quoted. On the long run it would allow me to use a script to convert the .lnk files to symbolic links on 12.10.
As a part of this question: do you have a) a proposal of a batch script to convert windows
.lnk files to text files and b) a script that converts that text file to a
symlink on 12.10. I could run the first script on W$ and the second on 12.10. Or do you have a better solution?
The background
I have read the following questions (and their answers) and I think this is not a duplicate, because I don't want the target file (the file the link refers to) to be copied, but simply the .lnk file itself.


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The Broadbeams were one of the seven houses of the Dwarves. They were originally paired with the Firebeards. The ancestor of the Broadbeams was among the oldest (together with the ancestors of the Firebeards and Longbeards) of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves.[1]
The Broadbeams (with the Firebeards) awoke in Mount Dolmed in the Blue Mountains, and lived there throughout the history of their people.[2] Though unstated as to which kingdom was theirs, they built and dwelled in either or maybe both the great Dwarven cities of Nogrod and Belegost before their ruining in the War of Wrath.
These dwarves moved to moria with the firebeards until it was destroyed by Durins Bain. Then probably moved back and rebuilt at least one of the cities of the Blur mountains.
2002-5: The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game:
- The House corresponding to the Broadbeams is called Linnar's Folk, said to reside mainly in the Iron Hills during the late Third Age.[3]
See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men", p. 301
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men", p. 301
- ↑ Mike Mearls, Chris Seeman (2003), Moria
|Dwarven Clans
|Longbeards · Firebeards · Broadbeams · Ironfists · Stiffbeards · Blacklocks · Stonefoots · (Petty-dwarves)


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Posted on March 9, 2012
The Scholl Center's annual series of scholarly seminars is our longest running program. Every academic year, the Center welcomes several hundred participants, both new visitors and old friends, to engage as presenters and contributors in the seminar series. Graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars come from across the country to present and discuss their work in an informal, round-table setting. Over the years, these seminars have not only enhanced the work of individual scholars; they have also advanced scholarship in several fields and created sustainable communities of thinkers on both a local and national level.
The genesis of the seminar program is found in the Family and Community History Center, the original incarnation of the Scholl Center. Aiming to connect local researchers to the Newberry and to each other, the FCHC created the Colloquium Series in Social History in the early 1980's. Like today's seminars, the Colloquium was a forum to present and discuss works-in-progress in the maturing field of social history.
In 1991, the newly-rechristened Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History sought to build a centralized seminars program. The Newberry Seminar in American Social History was launched, bringing prominent scholars from across the country; in addition, the Early American History Seminar—a Newberry seminar series nearly two decades old at that point—came under the Center's umbrella. As these two seminars grew, scholars organized additional series and the Scholl Center garnered support from area universities. By 2009, when the Center became the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture, the Center was hosting seminars in Rural History, Sport and Culture, Women and Gender, Labor History, Borderlands and Latino Studies, American Art and Visual Culture, and a seminar created specifically for graduate students, the Urban History Dissertation Group.
The seminars have continued to flourish over the past decade, and today the Scholl Center hosts six ongoing seminars with the continued support of institutions across the Midwest. What began as a local colloquium has grown into a series internationally known seminars that draw participants form across the globe. The 2011-12 year thus far has seen 32 papers presented at 26 seminar meetings, attended by 379 people. In the near future, we hope to launch a new seminar focusing on Literary Aesthetics.
The Scholl Center is currently accepting proposals for next year's seminar series. We encourage graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars interested in presenting their work during the 2012-13 academic year to view the Call for Papers on the individual seminar pages:
- American Art and Visual Culture
- Borderlands and Latino Studies
- Early American History
- Labor History
- Urban History Dissertation Group
- Women and Gender
With the exception of the American Art and Visual Culture seminar, whose deadline is March 15, seminar proposals are due April 25. Any questions about submitting a proposal or attending a seminar can be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
We hope to see you at the seminars!
By Carmen Jaramillo


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50 Awesome Must See Business Card Designs
As I try to do ever month, I am bringing you the latest in business card design. There is never a shortage of new business cards to drool over. In this post you will see business card designs ranging from really creative and cool to very simple and sleek. I hope that these business card designs will inspire you to create your own masterpiece. Enjoy!
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Let's think about food. Not the food you eat, but the food others struggle to obtain. Congress continues to shape and debate a bill on food policy as it determines how it will allocate hundreds of billions of dollars to farmers and low-income consumers.
Summer strains the public and private networks that throughout the year provide food for people who would otherwise go hungry. No one in Connecticut should be without adequate food. A state that hands out hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate welfare to executive fat cats ought first to provide for the neediest among us with essential food.
Many children receive breakfast and lunch at school five days a week during the school year. During the summer, that routine ends. The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides a substitute with the Summer Food Service Program for students who are eligible for free breakfast and lunch during the school year.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy brought some attention to the program last week by visiting the Clark Elementary and Middle School in Hartford. It will serve between 200 and 225 meals a day, according to Dawn Crayco, deputy director of End Hunger Connecticut! There are 400 sites around the state. Some will serve two meals a day, others will serve one meal and a snack. You can find the site nearest you by going to ctsummerfood.org.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, provides $4.50 a day per person in an eligible family. It is intended to supplement a family's food budget, not pay for all its expenses. Eligibility varies from state to state.
Other programs provide additional help. They face summer challenges, too. Demand for food at Foodshare, the nonprofit organization that carries a heavy load in feeding the hungry in Hartford and Tolland counties, is at its highest in July and August. Donations of food, however, are at their lowest, Gloria McAdam, the president of Foodshare, said last week. She's been at the organization for 29 years and knows the cycles.
Foodshare provides food for local pantries in the region. Through them and other programs, it assists 137,000 people each year. Some use the service often, others more sporadically. The end of each month sees a spike in demand for help with food because people are running out of money.
Proof of that is found after midnight on the first day of the month at grocery stores that are open all night, McAdam relates. SNAP benefits become available and recipients head to the grocery store. You can't, however, fill a healthy diet with boxes of four-for-a-dollar macaroni and cheese unless you are a college student.
Foodshare grows produce at three farms and distributes it through mobile units that visit 70 sites every two weeks. Churches and civic organizations also make crucial contributions to feeding people throughout the year by preparing meals and donating food to take home.
All these efforts still leave this region of the state $64 million short in food for the needy, Feed America estimates. The people who need some help are from a broad socio-economic spectrum, from the mentally ill who lead tenuous lives to the unemployed who find themselves making a sudden adjustment to straitened circumstances. The unemployment rate in the United States has been over 7.5 percent for the longest period since records have been kept. Connecticut's unemployment rate remains stubbornly higher than the nation's. It's not hard to see why these resources are stretched.
One group that requires special attention is seniors. They are often reluctant to apply for SNAP benefits, but they will go to senior center programs. Though Connecticut has an aging population, the state is one of only nine that does not participate in the federal Supplemental Food Program that distributes commodities such as rice and canned fruits and vegetables.
The USDA provides the food and volunteers through organizations such as Foodshare organize and distribute it to the elderly. The program, efficiently administered, can become a model of the fusing of government, private and volunteer action for the benefit of those in need. Perhaps one of the state's U.S. senators could interrupt his schedule of publicity stunts and get Connecticut in the program.
Kevin Rennie is a lawyer and a former Republican state legislator. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Recently I was in Chinatown food shopping,I requested the seller at the vendor store to get me "sweet" preserved vegetables (mui choy) but he recommended a "salted" mui choy in loose bundle.He even told me salted mui choy taste better than sweet mui choy. Well ,I'm a sucker for anything taste better that I never try before! hehehe!! So I asked for a bundle of salted mui choy,it's approx 1 pound and plan to mix with a pack of sweet mui choy I still have a home. Actually the salted mui choy not really salty provided you must soaked in water for 24 hours,then keep changing the water until it's color changed clear. .I recalled my mom told me to get sweet mui choy if I'm going to cook mui choy yoke .When I mixed both sweet and salted preserved vegetable together ,I don't have to add in soy sauce or salt when cooking.It's really a married in heaven!! This dish is a comfort food for me when I was living in Malaysia. Usually we eat mui choy yoke with congee/porridge..If you miss home or family,try to cook this dish...as easy as ABC!!
1 lb salted mui choy
1 lb sweet mui choy
3 pound pork belly ( cut 1 1/2 inch each)
6-7 fresh garlic (peel and chopped)
3 tbsp thick caramel soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 cup water
1 tbsp cooking oil
1:Soaked mui choy in cold water 24 hours.In between keep washing and changing the water to remove soil .Then cut about 1 inch length mui choy,wash with clean water again..Remember to wash mui choy until no soil.Cut pork belly with skin about 1-2 inch each pieces.
2:Prepare pressure cooker at high heat with oil,add in pork belly ,fats and skin facing the pot bottom for 2-3 minutes,then add in chopped garlic.Fry until fragrant,then add in cut and clean mui choy,water ,sugar and thick caramel soy sauce.Cover with lid and notch,let it cook for 25-30 minutes at high heat
3:Remove pressure cooker from heat and slowly remove notch to release steam.Then check the seasoning again,dish out and serve with white rice or porridge.


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Oreo cookies. I don't know anyone who says they don't like them, even if they won't eat them. There are several other brands of chocolate sandwich cookies that aim to be healthier using organic and natural ingredients. My family and I and several friends, set out to find out how these other sandwich cookies stack up to the Oreo.
I chose four brands of sandwich cookies to taste test against the Oreos. Here are the contestants:
Newman-O's ($3.79 for 16oz) – Paul Newman's version of the Oreo is made from several organic ingredients, but isn't USDA organic certified.
Joe-Joe's ($2.49 for 20oz) – Trader Joe's All Natural Chocolate Vanilla Crème Cookies with real vanilla bean spekles.
Wild Harvest ($2.99 for 16oz) – My local Acme's organic brand of USDA organic chocolate sandwich cookies.
Late July ($3.99 for 9oz)– These USDA organic chocolate sandwich cookies are made with green tea.
Oreos ($3.19 for 18oz) – The one to beat.
So what did my panel of elementary school boys and three adults have to say?
First up were the Newman-O's. These looked very much like Oreo's with the same dark cookie and similarly thick filling.
Ingredients: organic unbleached wheat flour, organic sugar, powdered sugar, organic palm fruit oil, canola oil (expeller pressed), organic cocoa, cocoa (processed with alkali, organic unsweetened chocolate, natural flavor, salt, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin)
These were good. Several of the kids said they tasted just like an Oreo, and I agree they were the closest in taste to an Oreo. They were, however, a bit sweeter. A very good substitute with better ingredients.
Next we tried the Joe-Joe's. These, too, looked a lot like Oreos.
Ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine monoitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, expeller pressed soybean oil, cocoa processed with alkali, evaporated cane juice syrup, corn starch, natural flavors, baking soda, salt, soy lecithin, vanilla bean seeds
A few people, including my husband, liked these even more than the Oreos. Everyone enjoyed them and said they'd be happy to eat them anytime. There are no organic ingredients in here, but the high fructose corn syrup and the artificial vanillin found in the Oreos aren't in here either — so I'd think they are a better choice health wise. Plus, the price is really good.
We moved on to the Late July cookies. These look nothing like an Oreo. The cookie is much lighter in color and they are thinner.
Ingredients: organic wheat flour, organic powdered evaporated cane juice with organic cornstarch, organic palm oil, organic evaporated cane juice, organic whole wheat flour, organic cocoa (processed with alkali), organic brown rice syrup, organic vanilla extract, organic evaporated cane juice syrup, organic roasted barley, organic chocolate liquor, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, organic cocoa butter, sea salt, natural flavors, organic green tea extract
These cookies could not be passed off as a substitute for Oreos, and to be fair, it doesn't look like they are trying to do that. Sure, they are chocolate sandwich cookies with a cream filling, but the look of them is very different. The all-organic ingredients are impressive, but the taste was a disappointment to everyone who tried, except for one 9-year-old boy. They also seemed oily. One kid said they tasted like broccoli. I'm thinking that particular child doesn't like broccoli.
I think that if they weren't being tasted against Oreos, they might stand a chance of being a good cookie. But if you're specifically looking for a healthier Oreo, these aren't going to do it for you.
Finally, we tried the Wild Harvest which look a lot like the generic sandwich cookies that people buy for the cookie trays at church.
Ingredients: organic dehydrated cane juice, organic wheat flour, organic palm oil, organic cocoa, organic invert sugar, sea salt, baking soda, organic vanilla extract, natural flavour, soy lecithin, organic canola and/or organic sunflower and/or organic soybean oil
The Wild Harvest cookies had the same problem that the Wild Harvest hot chocolate had two weeks ago when we taste tested hot cocoas. They had an overwhelming taste of sweet and not much of a taste of chocolate. The kids liked them — not as well as some of the others, but they were fine with the over sugary taste. The adults weren't so thrilled. They were not an acceptable substitute for Oreos in our minds.
And the Oreos. We couldn't compare the others without having the original.
Ingredients: sugar, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine monoitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), high oleic canola oil and/or palm oil and/or canola oil and/or soybean oil, cocoa (processed with alkali, high fructose corn syrup, leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phosphate), cornstarch, slat, soy lecithin, vanillin — an artificial flavor, chocolate
Sure, we all liked the Oreos. They're Oreos, after all. Good crunchy cookie, familiar cream center. And I'd be happy with them if not for their ingredients — particularly the high fructose corn syrup and the vanillin.
What's my advice when all is said and done?
I wouldn't call any of these cookies health food. They are processed chocolate sandwich cookies and should be eaten as a treat and not used as a daily snack. But, we all appreciate a treat now and then.
Best substitute for an Oreo: Newman-O's. They look and taste the closest to what we've grown up with.
Best bang for your buck: Joe-Joe's. They've got the best price and everyone likes them. Their ingredients are all natural (not that the phrase always means healthy).
Best for your health: Probably the Late July's. But they are pricey, and their taste didn't go over so well.


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On the first swing of his major league career, Pittsburgh's Starling Marte homered tonight to deep left-center field in Houston. He became the first Pirate in 51 years to homer in his first at-bat, as well as the 28th player in MLB history to homer on his first pitch. That ranks just behind perfect games (22), four-HR games (16), and unassisted triple plays (15) in terms of historical rarity.
Before the season started, here's what ESPN's Keith Law had to say about Marte's potential:
Marte has tremendous tools and has moved aggressively through Pittsburgh's system despite a real lack of polish at the plate that makes him a very high-beta prospect. ... The Pirates might have a successor to Andrew McCutchen, or just a maddening bench guy who looks like he should be a star.
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Can QKW change which application is active (such as from Microsoft Word to a browser, or from a browser to an e-mail application)? (That can be done in QuicKeys for Mac by creating a shortcut containing this step: System > Switch Applications.)
I often need to simulate a click in a window that is visible but is not the frontmost window--and is in a different application from that of the frontmost window. Triggering a QKW sequence intended to do that always bring an error message saying:
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Evidently QuicKeys cannot simulate a click in a window in an application other than the active one. If I could somehow get QuicKeys to switch applications, the problem could be easily solved. (Telling QuicKeys to click on the icon for the desired application in the Task Bar--or whatever Microsoft calls that thing along the bottom of the monitor screen--brings the same error message.)
Is there a way to accomplish what I described above? (I'm using Windows 7 Enterprise with SP 1.) Thanks to anyone who can help.


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Thursday, 17 April 2008
Sausage and Tomato Linguine and a 6 Word Tag!
Sausage and Tomato Linguine
Serves 4
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
450g Toulouse or herby sausages
400g can chopped tomatoes
1 bay leaf
Pinch of sugar
350g linguine/spaghetti
50g grated parmesan or mature cheese
Heat the oil in a pan, then fry the onion for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden. Remove the skins from the sausages and discard. Add the sausages to the pan and cook for 10 minutes until they start to brown, breaking them up with a spatula.
Add the tomatoes, bay leaf and a pinch of sugar, and season. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes until cooked.
Meanwhile, cook the linguine/spaghetti in salted boiling water according to packet instructions. Drain, then stir into the sausage sauce with half the cheese. Serve hot with the remaining cheese sprinkled over.
6 Word Tag
The lovely Vi from Flowers in the Kitchen has tagged me for a 6 word description of myself.
1. Sensitive
2. Fiery
3. Caring
4. Considerate
5. Mad...but in a good and fun way
6. Strong willed
I am supposed to tag another 6 people but I am going to be a rebel and nominate all my blogger friends and leave it up to you if you want to be tagged.
12 comments:
- Finla said...
I am hungry now seeing the pic of the pasta and i just had my dinner.
- 17 April 2008 at 19:12
- Maria♥ said...
Hi Happy, thanks ;o)
- 17 April 2008 at 22:00
- Vicky said...
That looks delish! My family would love that too. So warming and filling.
Love Vicky xxx
- 18 April 2008 at 18:40
- Kelly-Jane said...
I really like sausages with pasta, mmm.
- 18 April 2008 at 19:13
- Emily said...
Mmm, I love pasta. With a little tomato and spicy sausage, that sounds fantastic.
- 18 April 2008 at 19:39
- Maria♥ said...
Thanks for the kind comments ;o)
- 19 April 2008 at 08:30
- Nickki said...
Looks really tasty Maria :) It remind me a something I made a long time ago, come to think of it I'm sure it was from BBC Good Food magazine. I'll need to have a look in my recipe folder x
- 19 April 2008 at 09:25
- Maria♥ said...
Hi Nikki (waving)
Thanks for dropping by and the lovely comment. I have now added the recipe for you and anyone who would like to re-create this yummy dish ;o)
- 19 April 2008 at 10:36
- Rosie said...
This is mouth watering good Maria!! As you know I love pasta and this looks a great dish!!
Thanks for sharing sweetie :)
Rosie x
- 19 April 2008 at 16:15
- Maria♥ said...
Thanks Rosie ;o)
- 19 April 2008 at 17:25
- Anna's kitchen table said...
That dish really does look amazingly good!
Perfect comfort food...
- 20 April 2008 at 23:16
- Maria♥ said...
Hi Anna
I agree this is pure comfort food. Thanks for the lovely comment.
- 21 April 2008 at 13:43


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