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Two more women have come forward to accuse comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault. Donna Barrett alleges that the 78-year-old molested her as they posed for a photograph with athletes at a university track meeting in 2005.
An event photographer at the University of Pennsylvania stadium gathered the group together for a photo as her teammates had finished their race.
She describes how a man suddenly grabbed her from behind and forced her into his lap as the photographer continues to take photos. The man was Bill Cosby. Recounting the alleged assault she said: "He had his arm on my waist and forcefully pulled me on to his private area, saying: 'Hey, back that thing up here girl, back it on up'. I felt his private parts against my backside. I cried out and tried to pull away from his vice-like grip on my waist."
In the photo, Cosby is seen wearing sunglasses with his arms around a woman. The pair are surrounded by athletes who appear oblivious to the alleged incident. She said she was handed the photo during another track meeting.
Mrs Barrett, who spoke up about the alleged assault at a Manhattan hotel on Friday (23 October) alongside another alleged victim of his abuse, said she had done nothing to encourage the actor's attentions. "I am a married woman and do not encourage, condone or solicit any type of attention from other men," she added.
Mail Online reports that a second accuser also alleged that she was drugged and raped by Cosby in 1984 at a New York house where she had gone for a private audition. The woman, identified only as Dottye, said she was an aspiring actress who, after missing an open audition for his sitcom The Cosby Show, approached the actor directly sending him flowers, a photograph and a resume. She said she received an invitation to audition for the star privately.
She stated that before she began her monologue he offered her a drink 'to relax' herself. She describes feeling dizzy almost immediately and she vomited. She said Cosby washed her before dressing her in a robe.
"I felt ashamed," she said. "'Things got foggy thereafter but I do know he took my clothes off and put them in his washing machine. In front of the steps was a half bathroom and to the left of the door was a chest. He leaned me against the chest, raised my robe, and raped me"' she said.
"Next Cosby took me in to the right of the bathroom into the dining room, and laid me on the floor where he continued his assault. I couldn't believe the man I respected as an actor and educator was doing this to me."
She said at the end of the ordeal he showed her the door. She then had to drive herself home to New Jersey. "I went home ashamed, hating myself for letting him have his way," she said. She revealed that she had blamed herself for the assault and had never reported it to the police.
In August, three more women came forward and accused Cosby of sexual assault, claiming the TV actor sexually abused them in the early 1970s and late 1980s after drugging them.
Cosby is accused of molesting or abusing more than 50 women over the course of four decades. Beverley Johnson and Janice Dickinson are among the celebrities to have publicly accused the star of serious sexual assault and rape.
Cosby is now the subject of two criminal investigations and several civil suits, alleging sexual abuse or defamation. Most allegations fall outside the statute of limitations. The only case so far to fall within the statutes of limitations is that of dancer Chloe Goins who alleges that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her at a Playboy Mansion party in 2008, when she was 18.
In August, Cosby was ordered by a California judge to finally answer questions under oath about sexual abuse allegations against him.
Cosby has admitted to extramarital affairs but denies allegations of wrong doing.
Lawyer, Gloria Allred, said she was working with even more women who had similar stories. "We will never stop until the last courageous victim who wishes to come forward has done so," she said. "There is no statute of limitations on free speech," Allred said during the conference. "A person who alleges that she or he is a victim can speak out at any time."
Although the Los Angles police are conducting a criminal investigation into one of the complaints brought against Cosby, he is not facing any criminal charges.

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Women of Awesomeness: Kitty Pryde
Imagine if you will a young girl of ten, mousy with brown hair and eyes reading comic books in the family room of a simple three bedroom home in Texas. Normally she would be in school, but it's Rosh Hashanah and her parents took her to services earlier in the day. She is the only Jewish girl in a school of over 400 kids. That among other things, like her love of fantasy and science fiction, makes her feel alone, a freak. She's kind of an awkward kid, always having a hard time fitting in with the crowd. She opens the cover of an older issue of Uncanny X-men that her Dad had left sitting out. She sees something stunning, it's a girl, not much older than she, Jewish, brown haired and kind of different. The young girl feels an instant bond and a deeper love of comic books is born.
That was me when I first met Kitty Pryde. You can only imagine how validated she made me feel. I mean there she was, Kitty, just like me! Well, minus the walking through walls part. Oh, but I wished I could. Sadly in our "real lives" there's no such thing as mutants, or the X-men. So I made do with following Kitty throughout my adolescence and into my adulthood. She remains one of my favorite characters.
Kitty was introduced in Uncanny X-Men in issue #129 (Jan. 1980), a character created by John Byrne. Her ability was being able to "phase" through solid objects, even people. She could hold her breath and just walk through walls. She could even "float" and her phase ability could disrupt electrical fields. When Kitty first joins the X-Men she went by "Sprite" but eventually she adopted the name "Shadowcat." As the youngest member of the team she was everyone's little sister (which annoyed her to no end at times.) She grew up in extraordinary circumstances and all her experiences turned her into a formidable Woman of Awesomeness.
Early on Kitty developed a crush on Colossus, which was not well received by many due to the age differences. (Kitty being 14 and Colossus being 19.) As time went on, though, they did become an item. Their relationship ended during the Secret Wars series when Colossus developed feelings for Zsaji (an alien woman with healing powers that also induced infatuation.) This combined with his jealousy of Kitty's friendship with Dough Ramsey led to him breaking up with Kitty. Through the years and many adventures since then Colossus and Kitty have remained friends.
Of all the story lines that Kitty has been through here are the ones that I remember best. (Not presented necessarily in chronological order.) The first is the miniseries with Wolverine. It is in this six issues arc that Kitty finally, to me begins to turn into a kick-ass woman. Before this she was, well, weak. She could really defend herself, just phase through things, and honestly she could be a liability in combat. This is when Sprite leaves and Shadowcat comes to meet us. I loved the way the relationship between this sweet young girl and the older gritty Wolverine becomes something more than just comrades. They become family in this series. And by then end of things Kitty is finally a character worth standing on her own.
Another arc that I recall with fondness is the time the X-Men went up against Dracula. It was the first time I was introduced to the idea that faith, and not a specific symbol, would repel a vampire. Before then I used to joke with my friends that if the vamps ever came to me I was screwed because I wasn't Christian. Then Kitty illustrated that very point, when Dracula brushes her cross aside and takes Kitty by the throat. Only he is burned on her little Star of David, the symbol of her faith.
Then there's issue #153 of Uncanny X-Men. Kitty's bedtime story to six year old old Illyana Rasputin (Colossus' little sister). The whole issue was fluffy and cute and wonderful. It also introduced to us Bamfs, little tiny Nightcrawlers (Bamfs have appeared here and there throughout the years as stuffed animals or alternate world critters and so on). In this issue Kitty further endeared herself to me by wearing an Elf Quest t-shirt, which only further proved to my young mind that Kitty was the coolest girl ever.
So, yeah, Kitty and I, we go way back. I don't much read comics nowadays, but I admit that every so often I'll go on-line and see if I can catch up a little on what Kitty's been up to. She'll forever hold a place in my heart, because she helped a lonely little girl make sense of her own self.


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Winter Art Fest Set for November | Arts & Culture
The Boulder City Art Guild is holding its 9th annual Winter Art Fest the second weekend of November.
The festival will feature art work and gifts from dozens of southern Nevada and regional artists. Works will include paintings, sculptures, jewelry and glass art.
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1). Despite slower than expected growth in construction, professional, health, and scientific jobs the service industry added the most jobs with a 4.86% increase. Employment rates may be on the rise if San Diego focuses closely on high growth industries that already have a solid present in the area.
The numbers are not dismal and could indicate a upward swing for 2015. Service jobs are relatively easy to add and mark a level of rising consumer spending on travel, restaurants, and leisure services that mark optimism. These are some of the first jobs added to the economy before higher paying jobs also make their way onto the market.
Higher paying employment comes after lower skilled service jobs have made their initial appearance. Industries that have higher paying positions add significantly to income and wages in the area but take a little longer to kick in. Companies making larger investments in skill, recruitment, relocation, compensation and salary only add jobs when needed.
There has been a healthy discussion of encouraging technology firms in San Diego. This discussion, in addition to other high growth fields, helps in improving the future labor market by aligning the economy to industries in demand. For example, small business accounts for 2/3 rds of job creation and high growth firms 35% of job gains during the years 2009-2012 (Clayton, et. al. 2013).
San Diego has a solid high technology based that can be used to create stronger platforms for growth. Cities that put in place policies that encourage the development and investment in growth industries often magnify growth in these sectors (Jenkins, et. al., 2006). The policies should help funnel international investment into industries that are currently, or will soon be, in high demand globally.
Encouraging those industries that are likely to provide the highest paying jobs and greatest amount of overall economic growth is smart government. It provides an opportunity to employee more people and raise the standard of living for a lot of people. Likewise, investors want a return on capital and high growth industries offer that opportunity. Making sure legislative hurdles are lowered and letting the world know of the local investment offerings in San Diego can make a huge difference in industries that are ready to break out onto the international market.
Clayton, et. al. (2013). High-employment-growth firms: defining and counting them. Monthly Labor Review, 136 (6).
Jenkins, et. al. (2006). Do high technology policies work? High technology industry employment growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1988-1998. Social Forces, 85 (1).


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Universities UK and the Research Information Network have released a major report, Paying for open access publication charges, March 2009. (Thanks to Matt Cockerill.) From the summary in Annex A:
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Elise Wiggins, chef at Panzano in Denver, makes her risotto with speck, a cured ham similar to prosciutto but with a flavor closer to pancetta. The smoky grilled kale is also great on its own.
How to Make It
Heat grill to medium (350° to 450°). In a large bowl, mix 1 tbsp. oil, the garlic, and 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper. Add kale and toss to coat well. Dump onto grill, quickly arrange in a single layer, and grill, turning once, until streaked brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside to crisp up, then slice into ribbons about 1/2 in. wide and 3 to 4 in. long.
Brown pancetta in a medium saucepan over medium heat, about 4 minutes (if using speck, don't cook). With a slotted spoon, transfer pancetta to paper towels. Add enough oil to fat in pan to make 2 tbsp.
Add rice to pan, reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring, until rice starts to toast slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Add onion, 1/2 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper; cook until onion is softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add enough broth to just cover rice; cook, stirring constantly, until liquid is absorbed. Continue adding broth to just cover rice and stirring until it's barely tender, 15 to 18 minutes. If needed, add more broth so risotto is loose-textured; it will thicken a bit as it stands.
Remove risotto from heat and loosely fold in pancetta, mascarpone, walnuts, butter, and tomatoes. Fold in most of kale and spoon into a serving dish. Top with remaining kale and serve immediately.
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Americans "overwhelmingly" prefer solar and wind energy to coal, oil, and nuclear energy, according to a Harvard political scientist who has conducted a comprehensive survey of attitudes toward energy and climate for the last 12 years.
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i am what i am (1986/1995)
is a document of my unity with my life-space. in fact, it shows that we cannot separate 'me' and my life-space. i use 'life-space' instead of 'environment' because 'life-space' shows connection, unity, identity. 'environment' is a general word. it signifies that what is around us. it can be everywhere. life-space is here, where i am. environment is around man, it is men-centralised life-space gives togetherness. men and environment are separated. life-space signifies the space where we live in, live with, live from its space we move in, are in, where we eat, from what we eat, wherein i breath, from what i breath, from what i drink. it's there where my excrements return. it's the space of my cyclic participation. here i do plant my mais, here i buy eggs, here i do collect nettles, elder berries, hawthorn, which i need for the continuation of my life. by them i do live, with them i live, from them i have life. what i take in me is what i am. my life-space is also my identity: "i am what i am".
the text contains the names of all the plants i remember to have taken in any way. most of the names are in german because i do live in a space in germany. the names of the plants which contributed much, the most, to my being conscious of this stand at the beginning: cannabis indica, psilocybe spec., papaver somniferum, peganum harmala, withania somnifera, atropa belladonna, hyoscyamus spec., datura spec., lophophora williamsii. they are the holy herbs of peoples and civilisations, more spiritual connected to their life-space as our bourgeois-industrialised barbarity can be, where these plants are put down, as everything, to consumption level. for their message our body has special receptors. now, these receptors are degenerating and so the message of unity will be lost.
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source: herman de vries, 'i am what i am', written in 1986 and published in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 142-145.


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Peta Murgatroyd and Gilles Marini could barely contain their excitement last week when they found out their Team Freestyle song on Dancing with the Stars is PSY's "Gangnam Style" — so much so that they had to double-check. "I couldn't believe it," Murgatroyd tells TVGuide.com. "It was too perfect, so I had to make sure. We were thrilled, as you saw." The defending champ is also thrilled with their team, which includes boyfriend Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Kirstie Alley, Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkvoskiy, and Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke, Marini's former partner. So what can we expect from their team dance and their individual rumba? Keep reading!
Dancing's Sabrina Bryan: We're going "full-out crazy" this weekHow are rehearsals going?
Peta Murgatroyd: Good. We kind of started both routines and got both half done. I think the rumba is going to take a longer amount of time because it's a full dance I have to do with him. "Gangnam Style" is going to be a fun one. We put that one together very quickly. ... It's pretty much divided into the four solos and we have a beginning and end group sections. We already have the choreography for the beginning and the end. Now we're just working on the solo stuff. ... We're definitely spending more time with the rumba."Gangnam Style" already has built-in moves, so how much work do you even have to do?
Murgatroyd: Yeah, exactly! [Laughs] We have definitely put a lot of those tricks in there. I love your reactions when you found out that was your song.
Murgatroyd: Oh, yes! Well, that's one of my favorite songs. It just kills me every time I see that video. When I saw we had it, I was like, "Oh, my God! That's going to be amazing to do and replicate!"You guys definitely got the better song for a dance compared to "Call Me Maybe."
Murgatroyd: I think so too! [Laughs] I'm sure theirs will be amazing. They're all young and physically fit, so they can do it all.How did you guys put together the team dance? Did you designate a lead choreographer or do you guys collaborate?
Murgatroyd: We actually sent the celebrities out for, like, half an hour just because it's easier when the pros work together. Maks and I took some of the leadership and got some of the group stuff down, so I would say we're the co-leaders.I think it's safe to say you're happy with your team selection.
Murgatroyd: [Laughs] Yeah. I wanted first pick and we got it. I love those guys, obviously, Maks and Val. I love Cheryl as well. She's a great friend and she was Gilles' former partner, so it was perfect. I think there's so much heart and soul on our team. The celebrities are just fun. They just want to entertain. They don't really care about not having the best technique and that's the best song for it.
Dancing's Joey Fatone: I have a voodoo doll of Drew LacheyGilles wanted to make it sexy with Kelly and Val. Can you really make "Gangnam Style" sexy?
Murgatroyd: [Laughs] I really wouldn't call it sexy. I would call it a whole lot of fun. But, I mean, they're just a sexy couple anyway.How's the rumba coming along?
Murgatroyd: Our rumba is going to be crowd-pleasing and it's to one of the awesomest songs ever, Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." That's Gilles' guilty pleasure song. He apparently used to sing it when he was younger and the other boys didn't like it. I hope it's going to be one of the best dances of the evening because most people are going to be doing a faster dance, like a samba. We're going to come out with a serious rumba. He said he wanted all 10s last week, and Donald [Driver] was obsessed with getting a perfect score last season, which you also made a goal. Are you focused on that now, especially since you were a half-point away from one?
Murgatroyd: Yeah, they're hung up on 10s! I think Gilles definitely wants them, but I'm not striving for that yet because the competition is so fierce at the moment. It's going to take a long time, I think, for anyone to get a perfect score. And with the half-points, it's easier for the judges not to give a perfect score. I just want his technique in the rumba to be really, really good. I don't want them to say, "you're too sexy" or "you made it too over-the-top," so I'm trying to put in a really good balance of emotion and technique. I definitely want them to say he has good technique.That picture he tweeted of you with your leg literally straight up past his shoulders is crazy.
Murgatroyd: Oh, my God! I couldn't believe he tweeted that. I was like, "What are you doing?!" [Laughs] I'm very flexible. I had ballet training for many, many years, so I can do stuff like that and splits very easily. It will be [in the dance], so look out for it!
Murgatroyd: I don't think I feel pressure. I just feel like I would love to do it for him. I would love for him to have the Mirrorball trophy just because he was so amazing his first season. There is talk about how he should've won and stuff, and I think he's doing an amazing job on All-Stars. All-Stars is the best of the best. If we make it to the finale, I would be happy.What's your take on everyone else who's left?
Murgatroyd: I think everyone who's left is the best of who should be there. Apolo [Anton Ohno] and Karina [Smirnoff] are just amazing. I'm so glad her fall didn't get them eliminated. They're so good. Kirstie has got the heart and soul, but she has good technique as well, which I think a lot of people overlook because she's such a great personality. Sabrina [Bryan] is a powerhouse. She's just out of this world. She's a freak of nature. She can literally be in the troupe. Kelly and Val are incredible and have the best chemistry I've seen. Melissa [Rycroft] and Tony [Dovolani] are fantastic. She's really pushing herself and you can see that. Shawn [Johnson] and Derek [Hough] — obviously, they're the best of the best right now. They just keep pumping out these incredible routines and you're like, "How do we top that?" Gilles said he downed a $400 bottle of wine after your tango because he was worried he would get eliminated. Did you join him?
Murgatroyd: [Laughs] No, I didn't. That was so funny. He had a little meltdown!Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8/7c on ABC. Both nights will be performance shows this week and there will be no elimination.


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For a party new on the scene — they had no presence at all in the chamber until May — UKIP in Southend have certainly taken to factionalism quickly. Since James Moyies announced that he wouldn't vote for UKIP parliamentary candidate Floyd Waterworth at the general election, the whole local party seems to have come crashing down on itself.
Regardless of his reasons, a senior party figure announcing they won't vote for their party's candidate is tantamount to a knife in the back.
When the revelations broke on Sunday (with thanks to Cllr James Courtenay), it was staggering enough. But since then James Moyes has been sacked (or resigned) as chair of the local branch, and the whole thing featured in a whole-page spread in the local paper.
I have been saying for months that UKIP are a disorganised rabble, without the nous to organise a drinking party in a brewing establishment, let alone provide responsible, effective representation in the council chamber. I submit this spectacular and public display of the wheels falling off the UKIP bus as exhibit 1.
This has gone way past a disagreement between colleagues or rivals. This is well and truly a kipper civil war. The battle lines are pretty clear. On the one side, James Moyies and on the other Floyd Waterworth.
What is the more interesting, is that the rest of the group seem to have divided too. From what I hear, St Laurence councillor Lee Burling (the quietest member of the Famous Five — who has yet to pop up on my radar at all) is reportedly backing his group leader.
Tino Callaghan, the member for Prittlewell, seems to be more towards Waterworth's side of the argument. I understand there is no love lost between Callaghan and Moyies, but I suspect that his support for Waterworth is an alliance of convenience, given that he has been distancing himself from Waterworth's poor attendance in the chamber. I wouldn't be surprised if he sees himself as Moyies' replacement as UKIP group leader.
The unknown factor here, then, is Lawrence Davies. The Kursaal councillor was apparently clueless about the whole mess, which continues his run of being the least politically aware actor in Southend politics. Just about anyone involved in local politics knew of the bad blood between Moyies and Waterworth.
According to the Echo, Moyies resigned his chairmanship of South Essex UKIP (Though I had definitely heard he was sacked) and has been replaced by Waterworth. The Echo also reported that Moyies had appealed against his selection defeat, on the basis that Waterworth used a confidential membership list to canvas members. Waterworth denies it, and claims that the appeal was rejected.
It's all very anorak-y, but the fact that UKIP's two most senior local figures are at each others throats will cut through to the public. It looks, to be blunt, absolutely awful.
According to Waterworth,
"I have asked him to confirm or deny the weasel words attributed to him… It's up to James Moyies to back me or step down."
Well I can save him the trouble of asking: James Moyies had said the self-same thing to me. I have absolutely zero doubt that he meant it. And as for ultimatums, James Moyies is the only real campaigner that UKIP have, and their best chance of being more than a flash in the pan. Cllr Waterworth's ultimatum smacks of cutting his nose off to spite his face.
So UKIP is in civil war. The competing ambitions of Moyies and Waterworth have grown too big, and it has come to political blows. Waterworth is a lame duck, whilst Moyies must surely be weighing the pros and cons of staying within the local party he founded six years ago.
But six months on from their arrival on the scene, UKIP's biggest contribution to Southend politics looks likely to be their own self-immolation.


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Wait. Did that header just say "writing" and "parallelism"? Are they combining English and Math? I'm OUT!
No, don't worry! We're not about to start graphing sentences on a coordinate plane; we're just going to examine one of those nit-picky grammar concepts that you never really learned in school and that the SAT suddenly expects you to know (that's more fun, right?).
Parallelism in language occurs when two verbal constructions share a grammatical structure. In more pure cases of parallelism, phrases may also have corresponding meter, meaning, or sound and can be used as a poetic device. The immortal opening lines of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities illustrate parallelism wonderfully:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…."
Here, Dickens uses parallelism by making a claim and then asserting an antithetical claim immediately after by changing only one word in the phrase. By doing so, Dickens ultimately stresses that these are times paradoxically full of polar extremes. Not all cases of parallelism are quite so exact:
"I'll give my jewels for a set of beads,
My gorgeous palace for a hermitage,
My gay apparel for an almsman's gown,
My figured goblets for a dish of wood,"
In this excerpt from Shakespeare's Richard II (Act III Scene iii), Richard laments his fall from grace by listing what sacrifices he will make in a parallel fashion (#FirstWorldProblems). Do you need to be a poet for the SAT? No. But you do need to be able to apply this concept to every day English, which you do—every day.
There are plenty of common parallel structures that just don't sound right without parallelism. For example, when you're running down your to-do list you wouldn't say, "I need to go to the store, to study for the SAT, and walking the dog." Although the infinitive form of a verb (to verb) and the gerund (verbing) could both be used in listing activities, we never mix the two because then our list wouldn't be parallel. Even if you didn't know "parallelism" could be a linguistic term before reading this post, your brain still seeks out parallelism in English because it makes information easier to process by expressing concepts in like terms.
Pro Tip: Comparisons, lists, and common parallel structures ("not only____ but also ____," "both ____ and ____," etc.) all require parallelism. Example:
Sweet potatoes baked in an oven are sweeter than cooking them in a microwave, because the sugar in a sweet potato needs the longer cooking time to develop.
As written, this sentence probably sounds clunky to most English speakers, but how exactly it should be fixed might still remain a puzzle. When we make a comparison, however, it is important that we compare like terms, not only in terms of content, but also in terms of grammatical structure. In this example, "X are sweeter than Y," our "X," (Sweet potatoes baked in an oven) is constructed with a noun followed by a past participle phrase (verb + ed) functioning as an adjective ("baked in the oven" is used to describe the noun "sweet potatoes"). Our "Y," however, is made up of a gerund phrase, "cooking them," followed by a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverbial of time or place, "in the microwave." Grammar speak aside, this mistake causes our focus to shift from the sweet potatoes themselves to the actual act of cooking them. Therefore, we want to look for an option with a noun followed by the past participle "cooked", which, when combined with "in a microwave" will parallel the phrase "baked in an oven." Let's look at our choices, and try to keep your mind on those tasty sweet potatoes:
cooking them
B) if
you cook them
C) if they
are cooked
when cooked
E) those cooked
The correct answer is E. Answers A and B both use the wrong form of the verb. Answer C uses the past participle "cooked," but combines it with "if" and a "to be" verb to form a conditional clause, which we don't want. D, again, uses the correct form of the verb, but the conjunction "when" is not grammatically equivalent to the noun "sweet potatoes." E replaces "sweet potatoes" with the nominative pronoun "those" and correctly uses the past participle.
A lack of parallelism may not be immediately apparent, but answer choices that exhibit parallelism should seem more clear and predictable. If you're still not sold on parallelism, think about it like this: would we remember Kennedy's inaugural address if he had said, "Ask not what your country can do for you–instead, question what you could be doing in service of your country"?
Nope. Probably not.


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Tom Cruise Lining Up 'We Mortals Are' for Warner Bros.
Tom Cruise is a guy who likes to stay busy.
With two films in the can (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Rock of Ages), one filming (One Shot) and another (Horizons) lined up after that, Cruise is solidifying his interest in starring in the Warner Bros. sci-fi actioner We Mortals Are, with negotiations expected to begin soon. THR first reported in early October that the actor was talking to the studio and director Doug Liman about the project.
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Based on the 2004 Japanese graphic novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi Abe, the film would have Cruise playing a soldier defending Earth from attacking aliens. Killed in battle, he is then stuck in a time loop that causes him to relive that day over and over while gaining strength and skill each time as he tries to change his fate.
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The CAA-repped Cruise has Ghost Protocol hitting theaters December 21 and Rock of Ages opening in June. With Paramount's One Shot shooting now for a February 2013 release, and Universal's Horizons lined up to start production in the new year for a summer 2013 opening, Cruise could conceivably film Mortals next summer.
Oddly for Cruise, who likes to mix up roles and genres, Horizons and We Mortals Are both involve sci-fi settings and conceits involving a soldier battling an alien race.
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When I first saw The Hunger Games trailer, I thought to myself, "I should probably read those books." So I did.
On second viewing, the trailer comes off as incredibly faithful. The source material is pretty good to start with, and the premise is simple but compelling. As with many adaptations, it's in the execution. The Hunger Games aims to execute well.
While I feel the first book will make for a good movie, the trilogy as a whole would likely make a better episodic series. The books are laced with cliffhanger chapters that rival some of TV's best, ala Lost, Alias, and True Blood. The second and third books especially will be hard-pressed to be condensed into the inevitable feature-film follow-ups. The second book, Catching Fire, is more of an extended conclusion to the first, and takes its sweet time setting up the next equally exciting "event," albeit one wholly worth the wait.
The third book, Mockingjay, poses the bigger issues for an adaptation. It's the contender to continue the recent trend of splitting the last part of a series into two separate movies. In this case it's entirely warranted, as Mockingjay is a huge story that plays out the series' somewhat-epic conclusion. I say 'somewhat' because while the events leading to it are indeed epic, the actual conclusion is not something one gives credit to the typical movie-going audience for accepting. Spoiler alert: It's depressing as fuck.
What strikes me even more is that the source material would make a great videogame. The concept alone lends itself to many gamer-centric features, and gruesome though some may be I can definitely see players clamoring for the chance to prove themselves. In an mash-up of Survivor and The Most Dangerous Game, players can move though generations of Games and their accompanying arenas, each fraught with deadly traps and the ability to form strenuous alliances. The social MMO aspect seems untapped-- actual, virtual Hunger Games could be held on a national and international level. Games can be sponsored, players could be "drawn," prizes could be awarded. And all you have to do is be the last man or woman standing by outlasting, out-witting, or straight-up killing every other opponent. Just sayin'.
The Hunger Games also seems to have spawned a multitude of fan films, many found easily by hopping around YouTube. If you've read the books, this one is particularly good.


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Dr. Rakić finished her BSc in organic chemistry from the University of Belgrade. She received an international fellowship for postgraduate studies at the University of Ottawa. She obtained her PhD in biological chemistry where she studied the effects of small molecules' on hepatitis C virus replication. She was awarded an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Withers at UBC where she investigated the function, mechanism, and kinetics of sialyltransferase enzymes. Currently, Dr. Rakić is a Biochemical Genetics Fellow and is interested in developing new methods for identifying inborn errors of metabolism of children and adults. She enjoys spending time with her kids, listening to music, cross country skiing and dinghy sailing.
Academic background
- Fellowship (CCMG, Biochemical) University of British Columbia. 2015
- NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of British Columbia. 2012
- PhD (Biological Chemistry), University of Ottawa / NRC. 2007
- BSc (Chemistry), University of Belgrade, Serbia. 2000
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- Clinical application of mass spectrometry for diagnosing inborn errors of metabolism
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Being glued to your TV, keyboard, tablet or mobile device can have many adverse health impacts. Our posture deteriorates. Our eyes forget to focus on distant objects. We rarely look up to exercise you neck.
Kite flying can be an excellent source of good stimulation and exercise. Here are some health benefits of kite flying.
Improve eyesight
With the constant close focus on our monitors and screens our eyes rarely get to exercise focusing on far off objects. A kite forces our eyes to focus on distant objects. It allows our eyes to scan from left to right and right to left, as the kite swings and sways in the wind. It is believed to be therapeutic to look into the blue sky and at green trees. Blue and green are soothing colors to our eyes. The exercises that doctors prescribe to improve your eyesight are the same exercises that come to us naturally when we fly a kite.
Exercise your neck
How many times do we look up to the ceiling of your home or office or the sky? Rarely, right? Hunching over keyboards, we often get stiff necks and drooping shoulders. A kite will teach us to look up. Have you noticed that when you look up, your shoulders open up? Go ahead do it now, where ever you are, look up. Do you feel your neck muscles stretch and shoulder muscles broaden? Kite flying is such a good activity to exercise our neck muscles.
Relieve Stress
Kite flying is such a simple activity. All we need is a kite, thread and some decent wind. We can fly from our backyard, on a playground or on a beach. You, your kite and nature, isn't that a wonderful combination. Hear the wind blow, feel your kite sway and swirl in the wind. Look past the tree tops, notice the snowy clouds drifting through the sky. And there you are – you, your kite and nature.
Breathe fresh air
The air that we breathe today is so processed. There are air conditions in the summer, heaters in the winter, air conditioning in our cars. When do we get to breathe the old crisp, fresh natural air? Even those of us who exercise indoors, our intake of fresh air is at an all time low. Being out in the open, breathing in that cool fresh air fills our lungs with the ingredient of life – oxygen.
And it is cheap; we don't need hundreds of dollars of gadgets or expensive items to entertain ourselves. Go fly a kite…………improve your eyesight, exercise your neck, relieve stress and breathe that draft of fresh air. Happy flying!
Being glued to your TV, keyboard, tablet or mobile device can have many adverse health impacts. Our posture deteriorates. Our eyes forget to focus on distant objects. We rarely look up to exercise you neck.


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A complete archive of Pakistan's Education news releases since 2007
New college admission system irks students
Karachi, Aug 09: The new Centralised Admission Policy (CAP) of applying for
colleges online has become the cause of worry and frustration among
students and parents. Several educationists, too, have shown their
concern over it.
Prof Feroze Siddiqui, president of the Sindh
Professors Lecturers Association (SPLA), said the new system was not
only complicated but the website from where the form were to be
downloaded did not even open easily.
SPLA also pointed out that
this computerised admission system didn't exist in any of the other
provinces. "We don't understand why this new experiment had to be done
here," read a press release issued by the professors' body on Wednesday.
Meanwhile other people have also complained about the new
system. Dawn got several phone calls from confused students about the
website not opening or how to access it. Some students who were able to
access it wondered about getting a confirmation about their
applications. Many students also said that they didn't have computers at
home and going to a shop to get the forms printed also cost extra. Some
also said that the bank, Sindh Bank, where they were supposed to submit
the forms, didn't have a branch in their areas. All said they were
calling a newspaper office because there was no claim centre to address
their problems.
Haider Ali, president of the Peak Private Schools
Management, said the system seemed out of place in a country where most
colleges didn't have computers, printers or the internet. Wondering what
prompted such a step, he said that if it was done to stop admission
forms from being sold in black, the Education ministry in Sindh should
already be aware that this never happened because the forms were
available without any hassle from the banks.
"It is also
impossible to say that this has been done to prevent corruption of
billions of rupees as there were only 60,00,000 forms printed each year.
And even if we consider some minor form of corruption in the matter,
how can they punish 100,000 students for it?" he said.
"It would
be better to make the online form an option while also making them along
with the prospectus available from the banks. To compensate for the
time lost in confusion over how to access the form, it is also
recommended to extend the deadline by another 20 days. And a centre for
claims should also be set up."
On being contacted over
the matter, the director general of colleges, Sindh, and chairman of the
CAP committee, Prof Dr Nasir Ansar, said that looking at the students'
problems in filling the forms online, they had decided to print the
prospectuses and forms. "It is still required to fill the forms online,
but now the students can submit it the old way and we will ourselves do
it for them online. Those who can do it themselves though should do it
and submit a copy of the filled form in the bank so that they can get a
receipt from there," he said.
As for the absence of Sindh Bank
branches in certain areas, the DG said students should at least make an
effort to reach a branch of the bank where they could find it as they
only had to do it just once.
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Teachers reject new admission policy
Karachi: Teachers' organisations have demanded immediate withdrawal of the newly
introduced college admission policy and called for replacing it with an
"easy and corruption-free" policy.
In a statement issued
on Thursday, the Tanzeem-e-Asatza Pakistan, Sindh, President Abu Hamid
Aazmi and President Higher Education Forum Professor Mazhar Hussain
rejected the introduction of computerized admission forms and said that
majority of students did not have the facility of computers and they had
to bear expenses of internet cafes to fill their admission forms.
education department's policy of rejecting an admission form due to any
mistake and not giving a substitute form would create problems. They
said the old system of admission was based on corruption but the
government had replaced it with another inefficient system. Instead of
changing admission systems, the education department should end
widespread corruption.
New college admission policy castigated
Karachi: The Taleem Bachao Action Committee (TBAC) on Monday criticised the new
college admission policy for the academic session 2014-15 named the
Sindh E-Centralised College Admission Programme (SECCAP).
The SECCAP facilitates students in seeking admissions to government-run colleges and higher secondary schools of the metropolis.
Convener Anis-ur-Rehman, General Secretary Abdul Rehman Khan and other
members of the committee questioned the changes made in the newly
introduced policy.
The new admission policy for the
academic session 2014-15 has replaced the old Centralised Admission
Policy (CAP) devised in 2000 for admissions to class XI at 133 colleges
and 25 high schools in Karachi.
According to the SECCAP, students could download admission forms, as the service was activated on Monday.
authorities have introduced an online application system for the first
time, and they have renamed and reframed the policy as SECCAP.
the officers of the provincial educational department involved in
making these changes as "anti-education", the TBAC representatives said
the "changes were made without any thoughtful process".
claimed that the officers were trying to make the system more complex
and difficult for the students and parents by working on such an agenda
that would produce no fruitful results in the education sector.
steering committee met on February 14 and the minutes of that meeting
were released during another meeting held on March 6, till which time it
was certain that admissions for Intermediate classes would take place
under CAP, they added.
The TBAC stressed that as per the
law, no changes could be made at any stage unless and until the steering
committee had decided on the modifications. They said the decisions
taken by the committee could not be overruled or amended by anyone.
said that there was a large number of students who could not avail the
online service and there were chances that such candidates could not get
admissions in colleges or high schools. "CAP was appreciated by
students and parents, as it was an easy option for them."
TBAC demanded that the education department should facilitate the
students and their parents, and avoid taking decisions that could be
challenged in the court.
This year 530 less admissions
would be given in six faculties as compared to last year. In the
previous academic session 103,480 admissions were given, while this year
102,950 seats were available in the six faculties.
As per
the official announcement, around 38,240 seats were available for the
commerce group, 24,935 for pre-engineering, 18,780 for humanities,
18,695 for pre-medical, 1,700 for computer science and 600 for home
The deadline of August 18 had been set for candidates to download the admissions brochure.
have to fill in their application forms for the six available faculties
by visiting the relevant section at the education department's website
CAP was headed by
Sindh Director General of Colleges Prof Dr Nasir Ansar and he would also
chair the system that would run under the SECCAP.
SSUET entrance test on Sept 28
Karachi: The entrance test for admissions to Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) would be held on September 28.
test will be held at the Karachi Expo Centre, the university announced
on Thursday. Model test papers have been made available with the
branches of private banks operating within the varsity premises.
Air War College convocation held
Karachi: The convocation ceremony of the 27th batch of air war course at the Pakistan Air Force Air War College was held on Friday.
The ceremony was also attended by the PAF chief, Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt.
The Chief of Air Staff congratulated the graduating officers on the successful completion of the course.
said the knowledge and skills acquired at the Air War College would
assist the officers in effective contribution towards the requirements
of national security.
Earlier, Air Vice-Marshal Farooq
Habib, during his welcome address, gave details of the different phases
of the programme; each customised to meet requirements of modern
Officers from 13 allied countries Bahrain,
Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi
Arabia, Sri Lanka, Turkey and UAE were among the graduates. The news
Sindh University syndicate approves new appointments
Hyderabad: The 188th meeting of the Syndicate of University of Sindh
Jamshoro presided over by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Abida Taherani
has approved the Budget 2014-15 of the university.
According to
university spokesman, the meeting also sanctioned the appointments of
12 Professors as Directors/Chairpersons of Centers/ Departments for the
next three years and approved the 10 percent rise in admission fee which
will be charged from the students of the university and its affiliated
campuses in the new academic session. In order to overcome the huge
expenses, the Syndicate also approved 10 per cent increase in fee of
migration, degree, equivalence and other certificates.
The meeting also
approved the pre-mature increment for the employees of Grade 1 to Grade
4. The meeting also approved the proposal of extending the duration of
foreign scholarship from three years to four years for the faculty
members. It also restored the independence status of centre for rural
development communication (CRDC).
The meeting sanctioned 10 percent
Ad-hoc Relief in the salaries of all the employees, pension, conveyance
allowance and provision of leave encashment. The Syndicate also approved
the appointment of Prof. Dr. Rizwana Chang as Director Institute of
Media Studies and Communication, Dr. Lachhman Das as Director Institute
of Information and Communication Technology, Dr. Muhammad Khan Sangi as
Director of Institute of English Language and Literature, Dr. Akhtar
Mughal as Director Institute of Physics, Dr. Muhammad Bux Burdi as
Chairman Department of Public Administration, Dr. Saima Shaikh as
Chairperson Department of Sociology, Dr. Shamim Akhtar as Chairperson
Deparetment of Social Work, Dr. Hafiz Munir Ahmed as Chairman Department
of Comparative Religion and Culture, Dr. Yasmeen Iqbal as Director
Institute of Physical Education, Dr. Ghulam Asghar Maka as Chairman
Department of Microbiology, Dr. Nasreen Memon as Chairperson Department
of Zoology and Ghulam Ali Jareko as Director Sustainable Development
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MUMBAI: There's a battle royale brewing in India's entertainment and commercial capital Mumbai. On one side is the Cable Operators' & Distributors Association (CODA) led by its president Anil Parab. On the other side is the Maharashtra government.
Parab has threatened to switch off all news channels – including Marathi, English and Hindi - when the Maharashtra assembly convenes for its Monsoon session starting 15 July. What's bugging cable operators is the entertainment tax that is levied by the Maharashtra government.
"At Rs 45 per subscriber, it is too high," says InCable managing director Ravi Mansukhani.
Parab says that this should be brought down to Rs 15 per set top box or subscriber. "We had agreed to the government's demand to take it up to Rs 45 from Rs 30 per subscriber earlier because they said cable TV subscriber connectivity declaration was at 30 per cent at that time. Now with digitisation coming in and declarations going up to 100 per cent we believe the tax should go down. Not only will the government's entertainment tax collections go up, it will also be fair to the cable TV community."
Entertainment tax in Delhi is Rs 20, while in others it is zero and yet others keep it in the five per cent to six per cent range. Estimates are that the government has collected around Rs 3.34 crore in entertainment tax from the cable TV operators this year.
Parab, a legislator and lawyer himself, says he had even met up with deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on the same earlier, and has asked for a meeting with Maharashtra revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat this week. "I hope to get a positive response. If we don't then the news channel blackout will spread to the rest of Maharashtra too as I have been getting calls from those in the interiors too expressing their support."
Parab is quite clear none of the channels will be spared, not even Doordarshan. "We will go all the way," says he.
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A few useful gadgets that will save you money and do an ideal job:
I.Circular luminaire
Which will replace the fully specialized flash with an external flash. The idea is not new, but my goal was:
- Do not use any accessories such as a tripod and a sync cable between the camera and the flash.
- Do not use the lens as a carrier.
- Avoid uneven lighting from the center position of the flash.
- The whole construction is extremely light.
- Facilitate the creation and use of materials that are in every home and are of negligible price.
Here's what it looks like:
This is the result that can be achieved with this diffuser –
II. Another idea of distraction
It is made of a bulk tobacco box that has a reflective surface inside the factory.
A similarly-slanted telescope is very suitable for creative projects.
Here are two examples of its application.
Bayonet Topcon to Pentax
How to convert a Pentax Topcon bayonet to use lenses with this Pentax body bayonet.
Flange focal distance
Pentax K-mount – 45.46 mm
Topcon UV bayonet 55 mm
What you need
Bionet Pentax from lenses, excellent for the purpose, are 50 mm on the Pentax.Metal ring, which from the inside enters the Topcon's bayonet and outside
in the Pentax Baionet by the Topcon.6 camera. screws 1.5 mm and others. Check out my kit in the picture.
The next step
is to mount the ring to a bayonnet from the Topcon. To do this, insert the ring and carefully mark the 3 holes through which it has previously engaged the body of the chamber. Carefully pry the ring with a suitable drill bit and cut the thread. the photos show that I did otherwise, having installed the bayonet Pentax ring in advance, but I was absolutely sure about the accuracy of the ring making. The right way is to act in the reverse order so that a bayonet can be set exactly at infinity.
The next step
is to mount the ring to a bayonet from the Pentax camera, once you have finished it infinitely and of course watching the mud, the aperture, fall into the top of the camera. To do so, put the ring and carefully mark the 3 holes that were previously factory have been used to grip the leading inner ring. Recycle and cut the thread.
Here is the final look of a bayonet with a lens mounted. As between the ring for the bellows of the topcon bayonet and the ring of the Pentax remains a distance of about 1.7mm. I have applied the entire circle of the Pentax ring 1.5mm. two-component hard epoxy metal adhesive, also known as an epoxy kit, which after curing can be processed but is solid enough to avoid eating the ring of the blends. This protects the ring from improper motion and unnecessary strain. Well that's it!


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I'm married to a fantastic, caring husband with a stable job in the midst of a rocky economy that is still affecting people everywhere – in a state where thousands of people's jobs are at risk (I know this is a really biased source, but I'm working on the netbook right now and frankly don't have the energy to find a better source, but suffice it to say, I'm very anti-Walker). But for the moment, our finances are secure and we are lucky.
I am blessed with two adorable, intelligent healthy children in a world where kids go hungry, get sick or worse. I am blessed.
Thanks to our recent move to Wisconsin, we've been able to save more money than I would have once thought possible, putting us in the position to buy our first home in a state where house prices are nearly half of what we'd have paid in Massachusetts. Which makes our whole move here fortunate in more ways than we could have predicted. We have been very luck indeed.
I have a strong support network of family and friends in a world where many feel unloved, I know that I am cared about and needed and valued. I cherish these people and thank my lucky stars for them.
I have the ability to adapt to life's changes and make the best of new situations. I can make new friends and find my way to being comfortable in a new home as often as I need to and for the most part appear resilient in this. I am open to change. I am optimistic that things will work out – I am amazed each time this happens at the fantastic new people I meet through these life changes. They are awesome.
But the truth is, even when I know that I am a lucky, blessed fortunate person with so much going for me and so much love surrounding me… I also feel lonely sometimes.
It's lonely to watch the friends you've left behind continue their lives without you and for the most part, appear no worse from your absence. To see their pictures of fun times that you aren't in now. Sure I make new friends and take new pictures, but making new friends – though possible – is hard.
It's hard to leave behind the amazing friendships that are rock hard strong and built to last. To hope that you'll find that again and that maybe some of the friendships you are starting will be that strong someday. To worry that the wrong word or thought or moment might potentially end that friendship and send you spiraling back to square one.
Sometimes I find myself over analyzing everything and feeling like a silly teenager worrying that her boyfriend might not love her when she wakes up tomorrow. And the thing is – those silly teenagers are not wrong to worry about it. Young love is fickle and ends often. But we pay the price and endure that drama because hopefully we come out of the race with a love that lasts. I did.
Which makes it all the more infuriating sometimes to deal with these ridiculous girly weepy whiny feelings again. I've got the love of my life and an amazing family – I've got great friends, though most of them are too far away to grab a cup of coffee with or invite over for a party. And some of these new friendships, heck they might last that test of time after all, in spite of my fears and neediness. But it suuuuuucks being stuck inside my head in the meantime, you know?
And sometimes I feel lonely. And sometimes I just want to visit my best friend and vent and complain and hear her say, "Oh my god, me too!" And then we'd eat junk food together and talk about nothing and everything at the same time in that special Friend Language that nobody else can understand.
Since I can't do that, I thought I'd vent to you instead. Wanna eat junk food together and talk nonsense for awhile in the comments section?


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So it looks like Friday night (Feb. 27th) was the night we'd been waiting for since November, the night that the tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) finally got enough rain to come out and breed. Tiger salamanders in some parts of New Jersey and Delaware have been breeding for a couple months, but not at the spot I've been targeting for about three years now. Scott and I have been watching the weather forecasts, making trips down there, and asking other herpers who also do the same to see if the vernal pools in which the tiger salamanders breed have been filling up with water. Tiger salamanders might breed on any warm (= not freezing) night in the winter, but they need water to do it (do it) in, and they'll stay put until it rains just enough to give them water to play in.
Tigers breed once a year, and I can't imagine how frustrating all this waiting must have been for them. Of course I'm anthropomorphizing, but imagine that you get to have sex only once per year (and you live much shorter lives than we do) and you're depending on the weather to make the magic happen. Most years the rains come at about the time you're in the mood, but this year it's been months and it just hasn't been raining enough. You're down in your burrow, maybe sleeping a little, but certainly not getting any kind of relief.
It was rough for us too, stewing in our own frustrated herping urges with no promise for anything exciting except these tiger salamanders - bruisers of the salamander world that can swallow mice whole and grow up to around eight inches. We've waited and waited, made dry (literally) runs to check the pools in the middle of the night, and when the rains finally came... we couldn't go. We had a Greater Philadelphia Herpetological Society steering committee meeting that same night! Are we committed or what? We skipped a once-a-year herping opportunity for a meeting!
So we did the next best thing and went out first thing Saturday morning. We searched hard but found no adults. We did find what they left behind, these egg masses in the deepest puddle in this nearly-dry shrubby pool. In the photo you're looking for two grey blobs. The easiest one to spot is two-thirds down, a little right of center.
Here's one close up that you can see attached to a grass stem.
Here's Scott taking a picture of another egg mass - note that we need to be careful (and we were) not to step on or too close to the egg masses. You don't want to damage them.
We left a little pissed off but at least a little happy to have seen at least some evidence of the salamanders that have otherwise eluded us for yet another winter.
There was still plenty of worthwhile scouting to do, so off we went to other wetlands.
First, check out this shallow (everything was shallow - a dry winter so far, I suppose) beaver pond.
We saw plenty of these gnawed-off tree stumps sticking out of the water.
Next we tried some slightly different terrain, a nice holly-oak woodland at the edge of the Delaware Bay that I think holds some promise for spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) in another couple weeks (hell, if we'd had some strong sun on Saturday we might have even seen some then). We saw some of these puddles that could be proper pools with some more precipitation (you're looking at that dark spot on the leaf litter)...
...and we saw these long, deeper ditches that seem to hold water for a lot more of the year.
We can smell it now - I'm not referring to any literal smells (or to salamander sex), but that almost-tangible sensation that spring is almost here. Sure there's a snow storm bearing down on us as I write this. That's just a minor hitch. The 50s will be here soon after - that means breeding amphibians when it's wet and spotted turtles when the sun comes out.
Get ready.
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Sweet treat
Learning to trust baked goods again.
Allow me to lick some sticky goodness off my fingers and tell you a story about a woman whose aim is to make life a little sweeter.
Ten years ago, Reno resident Aimee Eiguren was diagnosed with Celiac disease (an inability to tolerate wheat gluten that results in many dangerous complications). An abrupt change in her lifestyle ensued as she learned that most foods were poison to her body, and sadly, at that time, most of what she could eat was not tasty. As she learned to navigate the gluten-free food waters, she began to think about what she could make that would be a treat for her and others who are so limited in their food choices.
Two years ago, Eiguren started Glutenfreebowlofsoul.blogspot.com to help people with Celiac disease, hoping they could benefit from her experience and research. In it, she offers advice on everything from traveling and safe restaurants to recipes. Last fall, with the help of her mother, Paula Eiguren, she began experimenting with her grandmother's macaroon recipe so that she could, "put a smile on the face of someone who can't normally have a sweet treat."
What came of the experimentation was a budding business: Tia's Sweet Treats.
Using all organic ingredients and striving to have all products locally produced, Aimee and Paula are changing the food landscape for many people. During one delivery, Aimee met a woman and her children, all Celiacs, who embraced and thanked her for giving their family a treat they could enjoy. That, she says, is what it's all about. You can find Tia's Sweet Treats at The Hub in Reno or at www.Tiassweettreats.com
Reno resident Stephanie Stika is a horticulturist and avid gardener. She also owns Your Plant Guru www.yourplantguru.com
Food fight
Consumers are challenging conventional wisdom.
Welcome to the food revolution.
Many people are challenging the standard methods of our agricultural system. Consumers are asking questions. They want to know where and how their food is grown and prepared (with or without chemicals and other additives).
Some conventional and alternative farmers are at odds with one another. Some farmers say that the organic movement is a myth or a marketing gimmick. Some think that our conventional agricultural system is working just fine, thank you. They say we are feeding the masses and we can't do that the natural way.
We, at edible Reno-Tahoe, are excited to be stimulating this discussion. We seek to educate and offer different perspectives on food issues. We hope to empower you to make informed decisions on your food choices.
It's also our mission to celebrate and support our local food culture. And we want to emphasize local farmers and food purveyors who are providing us with healthy, sustainable, natural, and humanely raised options.
We support agriculture. We think it is a great industry in Nevada and California.
And it appears to be growing and becoming an even brighter light for our future.
Food issues can be controversial. And our spring feature on sustainably and humanely raised meat did, in fact, spur debate. But we believe the story offered a perspective that needed to be shared. Many people don't realize where their meat comes from, besides the grocery store.
We recognize that there are many fine cattle ranchers and dairy farmers in Nevada and California who are struggling to make a living. Farming often is not an easy or profitable venture. Those who grow our food deserve our thanks.
For this reason, we believe local beef deserves a closer look. So in the fall edition you'll find an intriguing feature on local cattle ranchers. You'll step into the ranching world, meet cattlemen (and women), and peruse a listing of local meat resources.
The food debate will continue. We all need to keep asking questions. And we, at edible Reno-Tahoe, will continue to educate, support, and honor our local healthy food culture.
Culinary showcase
Autumn Food & Wine Festival
lures foodies from near and far.
Grab your favorite foodie friends and head for the hills this fall. You'll sample the latest in haute cuisine with local flair, as well as extraordinary vintages, at the Autumn Food & Wine Festival. Get ready for a savory and sweet sensory overload that will thrill your taste buds.
This year's festival, the 25th annual, also offers culinary demonstrations and workshops. And the affair is set in the alpine glory of Northstar Resort in Truckee.
What makes this event so special? Participants partake in memorable cooking and wine seminars presented by nationally and locally revered chefs and winemakers in an intimate environment. There's also an Iron Chef-style cook-off, kids' cooking classes, and a grape stomp.
And the weekend's finale is the Grand Tasting, which features extravagant, walk-around tastings by acclaimed vintners and talented chefs. This premier epicurean event is set to turn up the heat this year. So don't miss it. Mark your calendar for Sept. 10 – 12.
For details, call 888-229-2193 or visit
Waste not, want not
Compost Tahoe diverts food waste.
Imagine if a restaurant could grow fruits and vegetables out of the food waste it produced, creating a sustainable, zero-waste cycle.
For a group of South Lake Tahoe businesses, that dream is becoming a reality.
In January, Embassy Suites Lake Tahoe, Marriott Timber Lodge, Marriott Grand Residences, and Zephyr Cove Resort partnered with South Tahoe Refuse Co. to create CompostTahoe. Twice a week, the trash company collects food waste from the participating hotels. Instead of delivering it to the Sparks landfill, it's diverted to Full Circle Compost in Minden where it's turned into organic compost blended especially for Tahoe's sensitive ecology.
Garry Bowen, an adviser on the project, estimates that the venture is keeping a couple tons of food waste per week out of the landfill. And more restaurants are expected to sign on in the future.
"All our vegetables come from hundreds of miles away, but they are priced higher and have less nutritional value," says Bowen, who hopes the garden will change that by providing fresh, local produce.
Compost Tahoe's goal is to use the compost in a 2,500-square-foot community garden, where both residents and participating restaurants can grow fresh, organic food year-round. The location of the garden has yet to be determined. As a companion to the project, plans for a solar-powered geodesic dome greenhouse have been completed. Compost Tahoe organizers also are working with the City of South Lake Tahoe to get restaurants to switch to compostable to-go containers.
That way, nothing is wasted.
Melissa Siig is a freelance writer based in Tahoe City, Calif. She is still trying to figure out how to compost in the mountains without inviting bears over for dinner.
Sustainable cookware
Choose non-toxic pots and pans.
Nonstick pans are easy to use. But are they safe for our health?
Most contain PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene or Teflon) and PFOA
(perfluorooctanoic acid). At high temperatures, these coatings can break apart and emit harmful toxins.
Some safer alternatives include stainless steel, cast iron, copper, enamel-coated cast iron, or glass. All cook and must be cleaned differently. Do your research to find the best fit for you.
If you continue to cook with pots and pans that have nonstick surfaces, be sure to use only low and medium heat, avoiding high temperatures. Stop using pans that are nicked or scratched to avoid leaching toxins. Finally, use plastic or silicone utensils to keep your cookware in tip-top shape.
Morgan Tiar owns EcoReno, a retail store at 1095 S. Virginia St. in
Reno. For details, call 775-32-GOECO or visit www.Goecoreno.com.


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