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In My Library – part 2
Many of you are avid readers, like me, you are probably interested in what other people have on their bookshelves. While I was looking for a book the other day, the thought hit me that you might be interested in seeing what books I have gracing the shelves in my home. This will be a series, every now and then I'll feature a few of the books on my shelf and tell you about them, where I got them, if I love them, etc.
In part two, we'll be looking at a section of my cookbooks. I love to cook, so naturally I have quite a collection of books pertaining to that topic. My cookbooks vary quite widely, here are a few from a small section of my bookshelf. This time around, each and every book was purchased after I had borrowed the copy from my local library. Not only was I inspired by the recipes I found in each of these books, I also appreciated all the other information contained within; also, being a photographer, I was especially inspired by the images in these books.
Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish is one of the most recent additions to my bookshelf. Mr Chiots actually purchased this book for me last fall. As many of you know, Mr Chiots enjoys hunting and would like to start hunting fowl and other game now that we live in a more rural area. All of the recipes in the book look amazing, I haven't tried any of the venison ones yet, but I will very, very soon. I'm all ready for Mr Chiots to bring home some delicious freshly caught fish or a bird or two as well.
Way back when I started transitioning to making more food from scratch and learning the art of making things by hand, I purchased Cooking by Hand by Paul Bertolli. I find this book to be very inspirational, not only does he cover topics like making your own pasta, he goes deeper than most cookbooks by discusses making pasta from alternative starches like chestnut flour. This is definitely a book for the hardcore made from scratch by hand cook. This book has it all, from preparing and grinding chestnuts to making the best polenta, there's definitely an emphasis on the Italian/european artisanal cuisine. When we finally raise a pig here at Chiot's Run, I'll be following his directions to make my own proscuitto and fermented sausages. If you're into serious DIY cooking or know someone that is, this is the book for you!
I've talked about Healing Spices many times before, both here and on our podcast. This is more of an herbal/spice reference guide with recipes. There's a recipe for every spice, which teaches you how to best incorporate them into your diet. Every recipe I've tried has been fantastic. The Hungarian Goulash is particularly good, the addition of caraway to balance out the paprika was enlightening for me. If you're trying to learn more about the health benefits of adding more herbs and spices to your diet, I highly recommend this book. It can be read little by little in small sections, perfect for enjoying with your afternoon coffee or tea!
Mr Chiots and I don't eat a lot of sweets, at least we try not to. I don't have a sweet tooth, but Mr Chiots sure does. Whenver he's craving something sweet, I often make a fruit based dessert from Rustic Fruit Desserts. So far, every recipe I've tried from this book has been spot on. We are particularly fond of the pandowdy. I'll tell you a little secret though, I generally cut the sugar in half when I make any of these recipes and usually swap maple syrup for whatever sweetener is included. If you are looking for sweets a book that focuses on fruit desserts this is a great buy. It's even organized by season if you're like me and prefer to eat seasonally.
Part gardening book, part cookbook, Tender: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch perfectly describes how I feel about my vegetable garden and my cooking. The reason I started my own little garden was to supply the best possible vegetables for my plate. Now I love the cultivation of vegetables as much as I love preparing and eating them. This book is the perfect bedtime reading for any gardener/cook. You'll fall asleep dreaming about all the wonderful things you can grow in your garden and all the fabulous ways to prepare them for your table. It's hefty too, large enough to keep you busy reading for months! I definitely have his fruit book Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard on my wishlist!
The River Cottage Preserves Handbook is one of my favorite preserving books. The recipes are so unique, you'll find how to make sloe gin, roasted tomato passata (which is one of my favorites from this book), spiced brandy plums, and so many unique things that you won't see in most American preserving books. If you enjoy preserving and want something out of the ordinary, give this book a look. No doubt you'll be trying to figure out how to add quince trees to your garden, you'll be searching for chestnuts to use, and you'll no doubt be making roasted tomato passata each and every year!
I hope you've enjoyed this peek at what's on my bookshelf. Stay tuned for more books in my library.
What are some of the books that inspire you in the kitchen?
The Series:
In My Library – part 1
In My Library – part 2
In My Library – Part 3
In My Library – Birding Books
In My Library: the Edible Garden Edition
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Now in its 11th year, the fellowship provides an academic and professional opportunity for women journalists who focus on human rights and social justice to advance their reporting skills. The fellowship was created in memory of The Boston Globe correspondent and IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner Elizabeth Neuffer, who died while reporting in Iraq on May 9, 2003. In collaboration with Neuffer's family and friends, the IWMF started this program to honor Neuffer's legacy while advancing her work in the fields of human rights and social justice.
The Neuffer Fellowship is designed for affiliated or freelance women journalists with at least three years of professional experience in journalism working in print, broadcast, or digital media. All nationalities are welcome to apply, but non-native English speakers must have excellent written and verbal English skills in order to fully participate in and benefit from the program. The next IWMF Neuffer Fellowship runs from September 2015 to March 2016. The 2015/16 Fellow will complete research and coursework at MIT's Center for International Studies and internships with media outlets including The Boston Globe and The New York Times. The flexible structure of the program will provide the fellow with opportunities to pursue academic research and hone her reporting skills. Past fellows have taken advantage of opportunities to publish work under their byline through various media outlets.
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Haunted House
This project started out as a request to if we were able to bend some tubing to make a roll cage. Little that we knew of what this would eventually lead into. The gentlemen from this company came back again with some more ideas. Eventually we found out what they were building. They are known to be, in our opinion, to be a very SCARY haunted house. The project was actually taking a regular pickup truck and turning it into a 'Zombie hunting/catching truck'. To say we were excited to help on this project was an understatement. We were THRILLED! As we continued on this project we would bounce ideas back and forth. In the end the project got interesting and just in time for the Halloween season.
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Living Arrows: a little moment of the week to pause, savour and treasure
We signed up to Jennie Maizels' wonderful Sketchbook Club as soon as it opened and set to drawing our houses, but we never quite found the time to do more than sketching while we were away. Since we've got back we've been making up for lost time with early morning drawing sessions. Kitty is about half way through hers, H has finished inking in his houses and it just waiting to do the background, and thanks to an early morning with Miss Elma, mine is finished.
Elma at two and a half isn't really up to drawing houses, so she's been colouring in our inspiration sheets, and then painted them, and herself, wonderfully blue with my leftover paint, before helping me out with some French clouds and some very excited scissoring.


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Are you traveling more than staying at home? For many business travellers, this is their everyday reality. They live and work in hotels all over the world. Therefore, it is even more important for them to be able to feel at home at the hotel – all the more reason why it is so important for the top convention hotels to stand out above the rest in terms of service and amenities. The five points to pay especial attention to in order to bring your hotel up to the level of convention superhost are listed in this blog.
Key to success for competitive offering
More is more? In respect to top convention hotels, this is most certainly the case. The basic bed and breakfast programme is not enough to convince business travellers. Rather, you need to offer your guests little extra services during their stay, letting them know you value their comfort and satisfaction. What this entails is outlined in the following five points:
1. Comprehensive implementation of hardware and software
Can you guess what a convention guest will want the most out of in his or her stay at your convention hotel? It's power outlets, of course! A recent study by the Fraunhofer IAO Institute found that 90 percent of those surveyed rate having plenty of power outlets as the most important facture in hotel and conference rooms. So if you want to belong to the top convention hotels, do not be sparing when it comes to outfitting your rooms with power outlets. After all, convention guests, in particular, usually have more than one electronic device with them and must use them all day.
Do not be sparing when it comes to outfitting your rooms with power outlets.
The institute also found that business travellers and conference attendees highly value free and fast internet. This means that Wi-Fi should not only be available in the conference rooms, but also in every part of the hotel. Along with good quality Wi-Fi reception, both of these key factors guarantee utmost productivity at conferences. They are therefore essential if you want to belong to the category of top convention hotels. Furthermore, you should ensure that your guests have access to all the hardware they need, such as printers or scanners.
2. Open workspaces
The days of the typical 9-5 job are in most sectors gone. Particularly business travellers find it hard to adhere to a fixed work schedule. Often, the most important conversations take place after work in casual social gatherings. For this reason, the top convention hotels today place especial emphasis on open workspaces in their lobbies. Akin to the concept of coworking, these hotels provide so-called public spaces which allow for productive work sessions as well as relaxation.
Place especial emphasis on open workspaces in your hotel lobby.
These spaces can be used as a workspace, for open meetings and talks, as a place to unwind, or as a cafe, allowing top convention hotels to provide an atmosphere allowing business travellers to freely switch between work and leisure. This is conducive to the creative exchange of ideas as well as a relaxed work environment and enabling open dialog. The lobby as coworking space – an important selection criterion for convention guests and a determining factor for being a top convention hotel.
3. Spacious and functional rooms
Speaking of work-life balance, this is especially valued by convention guests, who travel a lot. While other employees are spending the evening with friends and family, business travellers often go without this luxury. Instead, they find themselves on the road much of the time. This is why many of business travellers use their hotel rooms after work to attend unfinished business or to communicate with their families, for instance, by using video telephony. In both cases, high-performance Wi-Fi is essential. Equally important is equipping spacious rooms with a functional work station and a comfortable chair. Additional extras can make the guest's stay even more comfortable, such as a water cooker or a coffee machine in the room so that guests may take coffee or tea any time of the day. This is a relatively small effort top convention hotels make to achieve maximum benefits. Cleanliness and a quiet atmosphere should of course be the obvious standard.
4. Sophisticated conference rooms
Especially important for your convention guests are the features and the design of the conference rooms. Business travellers spend most of the day in these rooms. They hold meetings and seminars, give talks or may use conference rooms for brainstorming sessions. Without a doubt, these spaces must provide your guests with state-of-the-art technology. After all, conferences up to individual standards for efficient and productive work environments are only possible when the technology likewise meets your guests' demands. In other words, digital meeting room technology is a must-have for any top convention hotel.
You will be on the safe side by using modern, fast and dynamic systems, since all top convention hotels have one thing in common: they provide smart technology. Concretely, this means a perfect conference room for conventions, seminars and workshops should make comprehensive up-to-date technology accessible. Interactive monitors, a good internet Wi-Fi connection, an easy networking of mobile devices play an essential part. Along these lines, ensure that your conference rooms offer user-friendly media features and provide support to all users in order to make their experience more productive. To do this, it is best to implement technology that integrates all technical devices and moderation tools onto a single platform. Top convention hotels like to provide their convention guests with a unified tool that integrates projectors, TVs, screens, and speakers for instance. And an additional plus is that compatibility problems will now be a thing of the past.
Conference rooms must provide your guests with state-of-the-art technology.
Aside from emails, video conferences and live chats, face-to-face communication remains top priority. Your conference room design and installation should thus foster the seamless exchange and interactive collaboration of all participants, providing convention guests with optimal exchange of ideas and collaborative workflows. Furthermore, it should enable a comfortable work environment, thus making productivity with modern technologies another key success factor for any top convention hotel.
5. Appropriate standards that work well
Sufficient parking spaces near the hotel, flexible breakfast schedules, and easy check-in and check-out times should likewise be a top priority for any top convention hotel. Particularly business travellers tend to arrive outside of normal check-in times and leave the hotel later than usual. Therefore, in terms of check-in and check-out times, (and for daily booking and payment activities), using cloud-based business administration software can be advantageous.
Cloud services represent a cost transparent and effective means to store digital data.
Cloud-based business administration software offers unlimited data storage space and enables users to scale to business needs, eliminating the need to invest in new hardware. In addition, some providers provide flexible fee structures, allowing users to only pay for what they will actually use. The cloud thereby represents a cost transparent and effective means to store digital data. In addition, cloud solutions meet the highest data security standards, a particular advantage for top convention hotels handling sensitive guest data on a daily basis.
Technical equipment is therefore of utmost importance in securing one's ranking in the top convention hotels. With up-to-date and fully functional technology, your guests are guaranteed to be happy – and will be more likely to recommend your hotels to others.


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For years we've been making this tangy sauce that we simply refer to as "special sauce." It's a great sauce because it's easy to make and it tastes incredible on sandwiches, pizza, and just about anything that's salty and savory. The sauce is so easy to make because it's just a mixture of Sriracha, mustard, and vegan mayo. These are pretty typical condiments in our house, so it's basically become our go-to sauce.
The Philly cheesesteak has been around since the early 20th century. Plenty of food bloggers and restaurants have already done a vegan version, so we wanted to make sure our version had something that really takes it over the top. The answer was obvious: smother it in "special sauce." When combined with sautéed veggies, fresh scallions, and fresh baked French bread, this vegan Philly "cheesesteak" sandwich is unstoppable!
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- 1 package seitan, drained
- 1/4 soy sauce
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 1/2 green pepper, sliced
- 1/4 cup vegan mozzarella (we used Daiya)
- 2 tbsp vegan mayonnaise (we prefer Vegenaise)
- 2 tbsp sriracha
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard
- 1/2 tsp sea salt, pepper, red pepper flakes
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 2 hoagie rolls (we used a french bread loaf and sliced it in half)
- Heat oven to 400º and heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Add seitan, soy sauce, and garlic to a medium bowl and set aside to marinate for 10 minutes.
- Once oil is heated, add onions, green pepper, and spices to the pan and stir. Sauté for approximately 10 min.
- Add seitan to the pan and sauté another 10 minutes.
- Fill hoagie rolls with seitan mixture and top with vegan mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 10 minutes until bread is toasted and cheese is melted.
- Meanwhile, stir together vegan mayonnaise, sriracha, and mustard to make "special sauce."
- Once sandwiches are done baking, top with "special sauce" and green onions.
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Sampler Transform
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Complex Processing
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Dra. Silvia Greses
Silvia Greses is a postdoctoral researcher in the Unit of Biotechnological Processes of IMDEA Energy. She is chemical engineer and obtained a Master degree on Environmental engineering at the University of Valencia, where she also got her PhD with international mention in Chemical, Environmental and Process engineering in 2018. Her thesis title was "Anaerobic degradation of microalgae that come from the effluent of a wastewater anaerobic treatment performed in an AnMBR". During her PhD studies she gave lectures at University of Valencia and supervised Master thesis, as well as she was visiting student at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Ås, Norway), where she studied the microbial communities involved in the anaerobic digestion processes through the 16S rRNA gen, including the bioinformatics and statistical analysis. After her PhD, she worked as a project assistant in European projects such as LIFE Memory and the first Innovation Deal focuses on reclaimed water reuse. Silvia has been working in biogas production field since 2010. She has studied the anaerobic degradation of different substrates such as municipal wastewater, human urine, the organic fraction of municipal solid waste and microalgal biomass in order to maximize their energy valorisation as methane by using different reactor configuration and optimizing the operational conditions. Moreover, she has also studied biomass pretreatments, the specific methanogenic activity and the inhibition of microbial communities. Nowadays, her research is focused on energetic valorisation of different waste streams as biofuel.


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Vote Gap Between Murkowski and Miller Narrows Slightly
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The absentee ballot count today in the Republican U.S. Senate primary shows a slight narrowing of the gap between Lisa Murkowski and Joe Miller at this hour. As of 4:00 p.m., Miller is leading Murkowski by 1,210 votes, down from 1,668 votes after last Tuesday's election.
Thousands of absentee ballots were counted today at the Anchorage office of the state division of elections. The ballots are pivotal in the outcome of the race for Alaska's available US Senate seat in the November election.
But things were quiet this morning as election volunteers, most of them women, sat at their workstations. Both the Miller and the Murkowski campaigns had sent observers to watch the proceedings. Gail Fenumiai, division of elections director, said ballot counting was taking place at the same time in Wasilla
Fenumiai said questioned ballots, those voted on election day, but without proper address identification, are verified by a bipartisan review board. Despite fears expressed by the Miller campaign regarding mishandling of the vote count, the operation seemed to go smoothly. Other than a handful of reporters, there were few members of the public in evidence at the division office in Anchorage.
When new numbers were posted to the state election division website shortly before eleven this morning, the returns showed a slight lessening of the gap between the two candidates – in Murkowski's favor. John Bitney speaks for Lisa Murkowski's campaign.
The districts reflecting the early returns were in Anchorage and Eagle River. Miller campaign spokesman Randy DeSoto said he wasn't worried about them
Shortly after noon, Matanuska Valley election officials finished counting absentee votes in Wasilla. Those returns lessened Miller's advantage by about one tenth of a percentage point.
Ballot Counting Continues
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage and Dave Donaldson, APRN – Anchorage
APRN's Juneau correspondent, Dave Donaldson, is keeping tabs on the returns today.
The vote counting continues on Friday and on September 8. By state law, the division has up to 15 days after the election to review and count absentee and questioned ballots.
Lt. Governor Responds to Vote Tampering Allegation
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
Lieutenant Governor Craig Campbell is responding to a complaint by the Miller campaign of alleged vote tampering at the Mat Su Division of Elections office. An attorney for the Miller campaign, Thomas Van Flein, wrote a letter to the Division of Elections yesterday accusing a Murkowski campaign observer of accessing election information on a state computer. Campbell says the full review of the incident is not complete. But he has determined the security of the voter system could not have been compromised.
The complaint also accuses the observer of trying to bring a back pack into the ballot observation room. Campbell says that claim appears to be true, but election officials stopped him. The Miller campaign says the observer also tried to use his smart phone from inside the observation room, which is prohibited. Campbell says it looks like that complaint is true.
Campbell says the full inquiry into the matter should be complete soon. Until then, he says its too early to say what type of repercussions may be in store for the observer or the Murkowski campaign. He says it's unusual for the Division of Elections to have to investigate these types of allegations.
Campbell denied a request by the Miller campaign to station state troopers at the election offices where vote counting is taking place today.
Judge Sets Hoonah Murder Suspect's Bail at $1 Million
Matt Miller & Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
A Juneau magistrate has set bail at $1 million for the Hoonah man accused of shooting and killing two police officers last weekend.
45-year-old John Marvin Jr. appeared in Juneau District Court today (Tuesday) — escorted by a state trooper and a judicial services officer — dressed in red prison pants and shirt, slip-on shoes, and hands and feet cuffed and chained.
District Attorney Doug Gardner justified such a high bail amount by saying the shooting of Officers Tony Wallace and Matt Tokuoka was an "unprovoked slaying." Both officers did not even contact Marvin Saturday night and were — instead – socializing with their own family members. Marvin also has a record – including a conviction for sexual abuse of a minor in 1993.
Magistrate John Sivertsen attempted to explain to Marvin his rights, but Marvin did not appear to be very responsive.
At least twice he blurted out, "I'm John McMartin Royal."
Then, after reading the charging documents, he repeatedly asked "Who's treating Officer Wallace?"
In partial frustration, Magistrate Sivertsen replied "I don't know. I think he's dead."
Marvin was appointed a public defender who did not immediately contest the high bail amount.
Sivertson advised Marvin that – if convicted — he would face a minimum of 99-years in prison for each charge of murder of a police officer.
Today's court hearing was also attended by members of the District Attorney's office –a few of whom were visible upset — half-a-dozen Juneau police officers, state troopers from the Juneau post, and other courthouse staff.
Marvin's next court appearance in Juneau District Court is September 8th unless a grand jury returns with a bill of indictment. Then, the case will automatically go to Superior Court.
Meanwhile, Hoonah's Interim City Administrator Bob Prunella says counselors from SEARHC Behavioral Health led community stress management workshops today (Tuesday) at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. He says the counselors are also meeting with people individually as needed.
"I know they've already been meeting with a lot of the first responders and there's two chaplains here that are connected to the state police, and they're going to spend an extra day. So, some good stuff's
happening," he says.
Prunella says more reinforcements arrived Monday night for Hoonah's depleted police force. Yakutat Police Chief John Nichols is doing patrol shifts, and two officers from Wrangell continue to fill in. Wrangell Police Lieutenant Merlin Ehlers is serving as acting police chief while Hoonah Chief John Millan takes time to grieve.
Classes were canceled at Hoonah School on Monday due to the police standoff with Marvin, who barricaded himself inside his home after the shootings. Interim Superintendent Charla Wright says counselors were available at the school today for students who may have trouble coping with the weekend's violence.
"It's important to let kids get into a familiar place, a safe place, and get back into a routine. And then there will be opportunities to grieve and express their feelings and we have a good support system for them to be able to have support," she says.
Wright says both officers were involved in school activities. Wallace ran open gyms after school hours, and was a volunteer wrestling coach. Tokuoka had two children, a six-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter.
State flags are lowered to half staff today and a memorial service is being planned.
University of Alaska Collecting Data on Ocean Acidification
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
The University of Alaska has established a research Center to gather data and run experiments on ocean acidification. The oceans absorb much of the Carbon Dioxide put into the air from the burning of fossil fuels, but that removal comes with a price tag that could involve our fisheries.
Cruise Ship Wastewater Case Lands in Court
Deanna Garrison, KRBD – Ketchikan
The battle over state cruise ship wastewater standards has landed in court. A coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit last week challenging a state wastewater discharge permit for the cruise ship industry. The groups contend that the state has watered down the discharge requirements set by voters in 2006 and amended by the legislature last year.
Triathlon Raises Money for Memorial Bike Shelter
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
A triathlon over the weekend in Sitka raised money for a bike shelter to memorialize Alice Machesney, a longtime resident who died last fall at the age of 83. But as KCAW's Ed Ronco reports, the triathlon, just like Alice, operated on its own set of rules.


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Jun 4, 2019
Promise in the Gloom? How Bleak Future Scenarios for Employment Might Save the Environment
Posted by Alexandra Whittington in categories: environmental, robotics/AI
How might future changes in the structure of business and the nature of work impact the environment?
While governments around the world are wrestling with the potential for massive on-rushing technological disruption of work and the jobs market, few are extending the telescope to explore what the knock-on impacts might be for the planet. Here we explore some dimensions of the issue.
Although replacing humans with robots has a dystopian flavor, what, if any positives are there from successive waves of artificial intelligence (AI) and other exponentially developing technologies displacing jobs ranging from banker to construction worker? Clearly, the number of people working and the implications for commuting, conduct of their role and their resulting income-related domestic lifestyle all have a direct bearing on their consumption of resources and emissions footprint. However, while everyone wants to know the impact of smart automation, the reality is that we are all clueless as to the outcome over the next twenty years, as this fourth industrial revolution has only just started.
There is a dramatic variation in views on the extent to which automation technologies such as AI, robotics and 3D / 4D printing will replace humans or enable wholly new roles. For example, A 2016 McKinsey automation study reported that, with current technologies, about a third of most job activities are technologically automatable, affecting 49% of the world economy, an estimated 1.1 billion employees and $12.7 trillion in wages. China, India, Japan, and USA account for more than half of these totals. The report concluded it would be more than two decades before automation reaches 50% of current activities.
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Feb 24, 2016
What has changed since "Pale Blue Dot"?
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: astronomy, cosmology, environmental, ethics, habitats, lifeboat, science, space, space travel, sustainability
I am not an astronomer or astrophysicist. I have never worked for NASA or JPL. But, during my graduate year at Cornell University, I was short on cross-discipline credits, and so I signed up for Carl Sagan's popular introductory course, Astronomy 101. I was also an amateur photographer, occasionally freelancing for local media—and so the photos shown here, are my own.
By the end of the 70's, Sagan's star was high and continuing to rise. He was a staple on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, producer and host of the PBS TV series, Cosmos, and he had just written Dragons of Eden, which won him a Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote Contact, which became a blockbuster movie, starring Jodie Foster.
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Jul 23, 2015
2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium | July 26–31, 2015 | Milan, Italy
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: big data, complex systems, computing, food, information science, machine learning, mapping, space, surveillance, sustainability
Hosted by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2015 (IGARSS 2015) will be held from Sunday July 26th through Friday July 31th, 2015 at the Convention Center in Milan, Italy. This is the same town of the EXPO 2015 exhibition, whose topic is "Feeding the planet: energy for life".
Jul 10, 2015
The Art of Time | The Plus
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: hardware, software
Art and photography often dovetail nicely, to the point of being indistinct at times. But rarely does photography achieve the sort of free-flowing, brush-like effects that Matt Molloy imbues his incredible Time Stack photographs with. "My time stack series is a lot like a digital version of what the impressionist painters where trying to achieve in the 19th-century," says Matt.
Tags: art, Digital Photography, environment, Impressionism, time
May 28, 2015
Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: architecture, environmental, futurism, human trajectories, lifeboat
"In Designed for the Future, author Jared Green asks eighty of today's most innovative architects, urban planners, landscape architects, journalists, artists, and environmental leaders the same question: what gives you the hope that a sustainable future is possible?"
Jan 8, 2015
How Creative Are You? Pt. III — Environment
Posted by Johnny Boston in categories: science, transhumanism
One of the major aspects that can make or break a creative person according to FM-2030 is the environment. In his book "Are You A Transhuman?", he asks the reader to grade their own surroundings: "Does your home environment stimulate innovation — cross fertilization — initiative?"
We bet you can see where this is going.
The answers are, once more, "Often, Sometimes, or Hardly Ever", with "Often being the answer choice that gives you the most points — another 2 to tally up to your score if you're already proving to be more transhumanist that you thought. It might seem obvious, but it's true — environment can play a major role in the stimulation of creativity. FM says that "It is difficult to be precise about creativity — how much of it is inherited and how much is learned." If an environment is one that "encourages free unrestricted thinking… encourages people to take initiatives… open and ever-changing", it is a dynamic environment that can stimulate creativity in an individual.
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KINGS POINT, N.Y. — Although head coach Thomas Till's squad came away from today's meet against two Landmark Conference opponents with only one victory, it was enough to make 2014-15 the second-winningest season in the history of Goucher's men's swimming program.
The win was over Drew, 75-20, but the Gophers bowed to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 70-35 and finished the regular season with a 7-4 record. The only time they exceeded seven wins in a season was in 1993-94 when they went 9-3.
The Mariners (7-2), who were also victorious over the Rangers (1-9), 74-31, claimed first place in the 200-yard medley relay to open the meet and the first five individual swimming events before Sam Davis (Wilmington, Del./Wilmington Friends) broke through for the Gophers and was the first to complete the 100-yard freestyle. With a time of 48.84 seconds, he finished 3.95 seconds ahead of USMMA's Stone Hewitt.
That, however, turned out to be Goucher's only first-place performance of the meet until the 200 free relay, the final event. The Gophers did produce the runner-up in five individual events: Colin Richter (Cleburne, Texas/Cleburne) in the 50 free (:22.73), Jerel McCord (Fort Wayne, Ind./South Side) in the 100 butterfly (:56.26), Patrick Tribbett (Kingman, Ariz./Kingman) in the 100 backstroke (1:04.95), Ben Shriner (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) in the 500 free (5:24.36) and Cody Nelson (Duanesburg, N.Y./Schalmont) in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.84).
First place in the 200 free relay went to the entry of Davis, Morgan Richter (Cleburne, Texas/Cleburne), Dalton Delp (Summerville, S.C./Ashley Ridge) and Colin Richter, which was clocked at 1:29.80. The Gophers also took second place in the 200 medley relay, with the same four swimmers registering a time of 1:41.46.
The Gophers still have nearly two weeks to prepare for the 2015 Landmark Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championships which will take place Feb. 13-15 at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center in Boyds, Md.


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If you are wondering whether a person could lose weight by performing yoga, you have come to the right place. The regular practice of yoga can enhance the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of the individual. It always allows you to create the best version of yourself when done correctly.
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Yoga helps enhance your mindfulness and increase your awareness. When you are mindful, you tend to make better diet and exercise choices. You will be more conscious of how different foods affect your physical and mental well-being. Binge eating is reduced and you will eat more healthy foods over time.
This is an important aspect of losing weight quickly. Weight loss boils down to expending more calories than you take in.
Practicing yoga helps improve your sleep quality. Quality sleep is associated with effective fat loss in the long run. Research shows that people who follow normal sleeping patterns burn more body fat compared to people who had restricted sleep five times per week. There are certain types of yoga that are more physical.
These types of yoga will help you burn more calories during the sessions. Vinyasa, Power yoga and Ashtanga yoga are some of the more physical yoga types. They keep you moving constantly to help lose body fat. Yoga also helps tone your muscles and improve metabolism.
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I really liked that link! Bookmarked for future reference.
It actually sparked yet another thought: the difference between lawful money and legal tender. It appears to me that lawful money is money held under the common law, whereas legal tender is in admiralty.
The way I see it, this relates to saving to suitors and demanding redemption by highlighting what happens when someone makes their demand. Would it be incorrect to say that: one is demanding his currency be redeemed from one jurisdiction, and brought into another?
The funds made subject to a tax are legal tender, and subject to siezure, correct? Now it's occurring to me that in the case of filing a return, the legal person taxpayer is also in admiralty, which is why he must file a return. He is in admiralty because he - being simply the NAME - is the res of a trust.
The living man however is not the res. Rather he is the beneficiary of the trust.
Now then, if the NAME files his return as required, but the living man makes his demand on the return, I can see why this would be confusing for IRS to process.
If, as someone said, the result would be a denial of the claim by IRS, it seems the ball would then be handed back to the taxpayer/living man. Here is where the benefit of experience in dealing with them is most necessary. I do not know what form a denial would take. Do they list their reason(s) for denial?
In any case, I would accept their denial on the condition they show proof of claim that I am not entitled to make the demand.
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Flavorful cauliflower stuffing is made with cauliflower, celery and portobello mushrooms and roasted in the oven. It's so delicious and the leftovers are great too!
I was so happy when I served this stuffing to my family and they gobbled it all up! I was actually planning on having leftovers for the next day – no such luck. But it was worth it!
Now I know that the next time I make this recipe I should most definitely double it, to ensure I have some tasty leftovers.
A substitute for bread stuffing
I used to make traditional bread stuffing for Thanksgiving that we all loved. When my husband and I transitioned to a low carb diet, 5 years ago, I had to find a replacement.
This sausage stuffing is wonderful. But one of our usual Thanksgiving guests doesn't eat pork, so I wanted to find a vegetarian substitute.
This cauliflower stuffing is just what I was looking for. A wonderfully flavorful side dish, reminiscent of traditional stuffing but keto and paleo.
In fact, it's so good that I plan on serving it year-round. There's no point in serving something so good just once a year.
The only downside: it's a lot of work to chop so many vegetables! The cooking itself is a breeze – I make this recipe in the oven. But the prep work is somewhat time-consuming. I do think the end result is worth it, though.
Apart from the cauliflower, I use onions, celery and chopped portobello mushrooms in this recipe. All of these add wonderful layers of flavor and texture to the stuffing.
The ingredients you'll need
Here's an overview of the ingredients you'll need to make this tasty side dish. The exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below:
Fresh cauliflower: Cut it into bite-size pieces. I haven't tried making this recipe with frozen cauliflower, but I suspect that fresh is the way to go.
Vegetables: Chopped onion, sliced celery, and chopped portobello mushrooms.
Minced garlic: Mince it yourself or use the stuff that comes in a jar. Freshly minced is probably better, but I'm lazy, so you know what my choice is…
Melted butter: You can use olive oil instead if you wish.
Kosher salt and black pepper: If using fine salt, you should use less of it.
Spices: Dried thyme and dried sage. Make sure they are fresh! A stale spice can easily ruin a dish.
Olive oil spray: I use it to spray the dish midway through roasting. Olive oil is delicious. But if you're unsure about cooking with it, you can use avocado oil instead. It has a higher smoke point.
Chopped parsley: This is mostly for garnish. Without it, the dish isn't very colorful.
How to make cauliflower stuffing
Apart from the tedious work of chopping the vegetables, this is not a difficult recipe. The detailed instructions are included in the recipe card below. Here are the basic steps:
Toss the vegetables except for the mushrooms with the melted butter and the spices.
Roast them for 15 minutes at 450°F.
Add the mushrooms and roast for 15 more minutes.
Garnish with parsley and serve.
Butter or olive oil?
I use quite a bit of butter in this cauliflower stuffing – 6 tablespoons. It's delicious, of course, and I don't find it excessive for 8 people (that's less than a tablespoon per person). But if you prefer, you could try using just 4 tablespoons.
You can also use olive oil instead of butter. It's delicious. Personally, though, I'm partial to butter.
What to do with leftovers?
If you are fortunate enough to have leftovers, they keep just fine for 3-4 days in the fridge, in an airtight container. Reheat them in the microwave, covered, on 50% power.
You can also make this cauliflower stuffing ahead of time, then on Thanksgiving day reheat it in a 350-degree oven.
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Cauliflower Stuffing
- 1 medium head cauliflower, cut into bite size pieces (2 lb. whole, 1 lb. after trimming)
- 1 medium onion, chopped (6 oz)
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt divided (not fine salt)
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
- 2 Portobello mushrooms, chopped (10 oz)
- Olive oil spray
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley for garnish
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, stir together the chopped cauliflower, onion, celery and garlic. Toss with the melted butter, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, black pepper, thyme and sage.
- Spread the cauliflower mixture on the prepared baking sheet. Roast for 15 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven. Add the chopped mushrooms, stirring them into the mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining teaspoon of salt and lightly spray with olive oil.
- Return the pan to the oven and roast until the stuffing is browned, about 15 more minutes. To promote browning, if your pan is broiler-safe, you can also roast for just 10 minutes, then broil, 6 inches below the heating element (not directly below or it will burn), for 2-3 more minutes.
- Garnish the cauliflower stuffing with chopped parsley and serve.


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Bob Mizer and Tom of Finland
MOCA Pacific Design Center
In Victorian times, the site of gay pleasure, sensuality, and communality was the ol' swimming hole, celebrated by artists like Walt Whitman and Mark Twain, Thomas Eakins and Henry Scott Tuke. Photographer and publisher Bob Mizer and illustrator Touko Laaksonen ("Tom of Finland") relocated the Victorian Eden to the filling stations, pools, bars, gyms, and barracks of a postwar landscape remarkably like Los Angeles, a sunbaked utopia where every man's a dreamboat and he's bursting out of his jeans to get at you. In recent years, Mizer's and Laaksonen's respective foundations (both artists died in the early 1990s) have attempted to insert their work into a high-art context; the MoCA Pacific Design Center show was only the latestand perhaps most prominentmanifestation of this ambition.
The exhibition tamed a staggering proliferation into two large galleries and an anteroom,
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Ticking all the right boxes for a slick summery remix this week is the latest to come from Dutch superstar R3HAB. He takes on the heartfelt 'Space For Two' by Mr. Probz and makes it his own for Sony Music, and we love his work here.
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday signed sweeping legislation to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, making his state the first to enact such stringent controls.
The new law, which is set to take effect on June 1, 2020, is not a blanket ban. Instead, it limits the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products, including menthol, "to licensed smoking bars where they may only be smoked on-site." The same restrictions apply to all other flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavored chewing tobacco.
Baker did not offer details on how the state intends to enforce the law.
The legislation, titled An Act Modernizing Tobacco Control, also imposes a 75% excise tax on e-cigarettes — meant to reduce their appeal to young people by making the products too expensive for minors.
"It's pretty clear there isn't going to be a federal policy on this anytime soon," Baker said at the signing. "So in the absence of that, we had to act."
Baker declared a public health emergency in September and issued a four-month ban on all vaping products, following mysterious lung illnesses and deaths nationwide that were linked to vaping. The temporary blanket ban was set to expire in late January, but on Wednesday, the governor said it will end on Dec. 11.
In light of the growing health crisis associated with e-cigarettes and vaping, our administration implemented a temporary ban on the sale of e-cigarette and vaping products to provide time for legislative and regulatory bodies to better understand what's making people sick and act to protect the health of Massachusetts residents," Baker said in a statement emailed to NPR.
He went on to add that the temporary ban will remain in place "as the Department of Public Health develops permanent regulations that will ensure risks are known to consumers, clarify what interventions DPH can take to address clear risks identified by the developing science, and ensure sellers are not skirting the new law and selling to kids."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 47 people have died from unknown lung disease related to e-cigarettes as of Nov. 20. Since then, nearly 2,300 cases of lung injury associated with the use of e-cigarette or vaping products have been reported to the CDC in 49 states, the District of Columbia, as well as Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. The only state that hasn't yet reported any illnesses is Alaska.
Researchers have identified a vitamin E compound often used as an additive to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, as a possible cause of the lung injuries. While vitamin E is a common dietary supplement and is also found in lotions, it can be extremely harmful when it's vaped in high concentrations, New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker recently told NPR.
It ultimately causes an inflammatory process in the lung, Zucker said. "The body is trying to fight off a foreign substance deep in the lung," he added.
Vaping businesses in Massachusetts have been protesting the temporary ban and the threat of looming restrictions since they were first proposed.
"The people that were applauding the governor the loudest were the criminals and gangs that already operated in the states illegal black market," Jon Shaer, executive director of the New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association, told NPR.
The industry group campaigned for months to stop the inclusion of menthol and mint tobacco products in the newly signed legislation, arguing it will have detrimental effects on public safety because consumers will be pushed out of the regulated market and turn to illicit sellers. Shaer also said the new law will have a disproportionate impact on communities of color because they consume more menthol and mint products than any other demographic.
Meanwhile, anti-smoking advocacy groups welcomed the Massachusetts law.
"Absent strong action from the federal government, we urge states and localities to follow Massachusetts' lead," Harold Wimmer, national president and CEO of the American Lung Association, said in a statement.
Wimmer also praised parts of the law requiring retailers to contribute to tobacco cessation and prevention programs."This law is a major win for the residents of Massachusetts and will positively impact statewide tobacco use rates, tobacco related death and disease, and tobacco related health costs."
He added: "Clearing the market of all flavored tobacco products is critical to addressing the youth e-cigarette epidemic."
In September, President Trump indicated support for a national ban on flavored vapes because those products are known to attract teens to vaping but he later moved away from that position. Last week, he hosted a "listening session" on e-cigarette use by minors that included representatives from the vaping and tobacco industries as well as public health advocates.
Trump expressed skepticism at the meeting that such a ban is the right move, noting how Prohibition spurred a black market for alcohol. He suggested the administration might instead raise the legal age to buy e-cigarettes to 21 from 18.
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Meet three of the team's top female ballers.
It's the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll and President Barack Obama is doing pushups on his basketball court.
It's not what you'd expect from the President during one of the most carefree days at the Capital, but it happened, and Fatima "TNT" Lister was there to bear witness. Never in her entire basketball career did she imagine she'd see this scene in person.
As a kid growing up in Colorado Springs, TNT had dreamed of becoming a pro basketball player. She played college ball at Temple where she was coached by U.S. Olympic gold medalist Dawn Staley. She traveled overseas and played two years with a pro team in Sweden. Her passion for the sport had taken her to all sorts of amazing places. But shooting hoops with America's first Black president was outside everything she had ever envisioned.
For TNT, the fall of 2011 ushered in a whole new world of adventure and surprises. That year she took a chance and tried out for the Harlem Globetrotters, and after winning the coaches over, she became the first woman to sign with the team since 1993.
The following spring — on that jovial Easter day — the President invited the crew to play with him and a group of children visiting the White House. "I was so nervous," Lister told the Shadow League, a little shocked by her jitters.
It was just a simple free throw game. Whoever bucketed the most walked away with the crown. But there was a bit of a twist: If you made your free throw, the kids had to do push-ups. If you missed your shot, then you had to crank them out. Lister had no real reason to be nervous because she had been sinking free throws her whole life. She knocked out her usual trickshot without a problem.
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US President and basketball aficionado Barack Obama shoots baskets with the Harlem Globetrotters at an Easter event, performing push-ups each time a player scored. Contains footage from Reuters
But Obama? He wasn't so lucky. After the ball missed the net, he got down on his hands and feet, ready to take his punishment. Lister almost stopped him. Somehow it didn't seem right to make the President do such a thing.
"I was like, 'Ah … You don't really have to do the pushups,'" said Lister. "But he was like 'No, no. That's the rules.' I thought that was pretty cool." It's been six years since that unforgettable moment, and since then, Lister has played ball in over 50 different countries. She speaks to hundreds of kids, on the sidelines, at schools in hospitals all around the globe.
And this all came to be because she said "yes" to something she never thought was possible.
TNT: The Second Wave Pioneer
Most die-hard American basketball fans know this: The Harlem Globetrotters are some of the most beloved ballers in the world.
Their audiences howl and applaud as they show off their fancy handles. Fans laugh at their silly antics and clap at their mind-blowing slam dunks. It's not uncommon for people to start smiling the moment they hear their playful and iconic whistle anthem. That's because they know they are about to be entertained.
The Harlem Globetrotters have also been some most impactful athletes in Black history. Abe Saperstein founded the team in 1926 — a year when African American players were not allowed to play on professional basketball teams. Despite the racism that permeated much of American society, the Globetrotters' early success on tour began to change White America's mind. In 1948, the Globetrotters beat the Minneapolis Lakers of the newly established National Basketball Association (NBA) and two years later the NBA's Black ban was finally lifted.
Still, as influential as the organization has been within Black civil rights, the organization has largely been focused around male athletes. That was until Naismith Hall of Famer Lynette Woodard joined the squad in 1985. Over the next five years, the Globetrotters would welcome seven more women to the team, showing that female talent was worthy of being on the Globetrotter stage.
That all came to a halt in 1993, however. The two decades that followed saw zero women on the Globetrotters' roster. That's why when recruiters asked Lister to tryout in 2011, she thought it was a mistake. "I had no idea a woman had ever been on the team because there had been that big gap," she said. "I'm just really honored that they chose me."
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They did more than choose her. All of her new teammates — around 30 male athletes — welcome Lister onto the squad with open arms. During her first training camp, the guys started calling her "TNT" for her explosive playing style. Globetrotter veteran Chris "Handles" Franklin quickly became her mentor and taught her how to be a better basketball player as well as an entertainer.
Lister was wonderfully surprised by all of the support.
"I had no idea how receptive the guys were going to be because they had never played with a female on their team," said Lister. "I had [also] never been on an all-male team so it was really this big experiment to see if it could work. Lucky for me, those guys are so professional and they really became my brothers. Without them being open to [having] new experiences, [this] probably wouldn't have worked."
But if the Harlem Globetrotters were already so comfortable with having a woman on the squad, why had there been that large gap in the first place?
"I think women's basketball has had a big growth spurt," she said. "There are a lot more outlets for women: Now there's the WNBA, the European leagues and more colleges getting on board. So [before I signed], I think that it was difficult for the Globetrotters to find a very top-tier female to fill that void at the time — one who was not only a good basketball player but a good entertainer and a good speaker as well."
Whatever the reasons may have been, TNT busted that gender dam back open. Today, TNT has signed her 8th contract with the squad, and now six other female basketball players have joined her on this Globetrotting journey. Two of those players have just started this season.
With TNT's signature trick shots and her bright smile, she's showing women and girls what's possible in the world of basketball — including being a new mom and a badass baller. She just gave birth to her daughter 5 months ago.
"I went back to work after having a baby and I wasn't even sure I would be able to do everything, to be honest," Lister laughed. "So I'm so proud I was able to come back and do my thing and be able to tell my girl, 'Hey, you can still chase your career when you become a mom.'"
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Briana "Hoops" Green, who's in her sophomore season with the Globetrotters, says that TNT has been one of the greatest pillars of support for all of the women on the team. Whether it's teaching them the history of the organization or giving them life advice, TNT has always been there for them, Green said.
"We feel like she's the GOAT," said Green. "When I started looking into the Globetrotters, I knew of TNT. She's paved the way for us."
Hoops: The 90's Streetball Kid
Green was one of those players who was recruited from going viral on social media. Before she broke the internet, she had already been a globetrotter of sorts. The University of Texas – El Paso grad had played professionally in the Czech Republic, Spain, and Mexico. But in 2017, Green was feeling like she needed a change.
"I was trying to figure out if I wanted to continue to play professionally overseas," said Green. "It just so happened that I posted a video on Facebook of me dribbling, and the video went viral. Everybody was tagging the Globetrotters and how I should be on the team so a recruiter saw it and he invited me to try out.
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That year she became the 15th woman to don the red, white and blue uniform in Globetrotter history. But how did Green become the ritzy player that she is today?
She'll tell you her style stemmed from the AND1 Mixtape days in the late 90s and early 2000s when hip-hop DJs mixed music to the ebb, flow and hype of streetball games. "I used to watch [legends like] Hot Sauce and Skip to My Lou," Green said.
Green was the type of kid who always had a basketball in her hand. She practiced hours a day to perfect the spins and fake moves she saw in those videotapes. She loved following Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson and aimed to play like her favorite players. She watched "Love and Basketball" and knew that all she wanted to do was to travel the world and compete at the highest level.
The now-28-year-old spent much of her childhood playing against boys on courts all over her hometown of Lexington, Ky. In fact, she says that's why it hasn't been that difficult joining the Globetrotters squad. "I'm so comfortable even now just playing with the guys," she said.
It also wasn't difficult for Green to switch to using a men's ball. Today, NBA standard balls are 1 inch larger in circumference and 2 ounces heavier than what the women use in the WNBA. "I don't think it took me that long to get used to it," she said. "Now I'm so used to it that when I go back to workout at home and they try to give me a women's basketball, I can't even hold it. So now I only train with guys' ball."
While the ball wasn't much of an issue, the trickiest thing for Green to learn was how to be an entertainer and a basketball player at the same time. It's a delicate balance she has to maintain during game time.
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"When I was playing overseas, it was all competitive," she said. "You're there to win no matter what. The Globetrotters are playing to win, but we are also there to make people have a good time. Throughout the game, you're kind of flipping the switch. First, you're doing your tricks and then you gotta make shots, play defense, lock-in. That was the hardest challenge for me coming into my first year."
This is her second year with the team and Green is finding her groove. In a society that still bashes women's basketball for being "boring", she's proving to thousands of people worldwide that female basketball players can be just as talented and entertaining.
"In the NBA most of the guys can dunk and they can be a lot flashier," said Green. "But girls can do the exact same thing. I try to prove that on the court. As far as my dribbling ability, I think I can compete with the best of them. It's important that everyone knows that women are more than capable of competing at that level — not even just with basketball, with anything."
She says some of her favorite moments are talking to kids after the games. "I'm used to little girls looking up to another girl, but when a younger guy comes up to me and tells me that I'm their favorite basketball player, I'm like, 'Yeah, we can do this!'" she said.
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But she and her teammates also recognize that their presence on the court is more than just about proving that girls can hang. Their goal is to inspire everyone to live their best lives— regardless of gender.
When Cherelle "Torch" George puts on that Globetrotters uniform, she aims to do just that.
"Growing up in the projects, I didn't see a lot of positive," she said. "My mom was my only role model. That's it. So today, I try to be the person who I needed when I was younger."
Torch: The Miracle Who Trots Around the Globe
For George, being raised by a single mother in Reading, Pa. may have been a struggle, but basketball had always been her refuge. Mastering new tricks in the gym was her daily therapy. In fact, she got so skilled that George was even criticized for being too flashy.
"It's so crazy because I would get in trouble," she said. "My mom would say, 'Quit showboatin'. Two points is two points. And now I make a living to do all the things I used to get in trouble for."
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While the Globetrotters have given George a stage to show her unique style, it has also given her basketball career a second wind. After a successful four years at Purdue University, she nearly lost everything — including her own life.
Her original plan was to make it in the WNBA or sign with a pro team overseas. She first tried out for the Indiana Fever but failed to make the roster. Soon after that, her mother passed away and George didn't know how to handle it.
"My body was in crazy shock because it was unexpected," she said. "Suddenly my metabolism was 10-times faster. My heartbeat was 150 beats per minute. I would wake up in a pool of sweat and I wouldn't sleep."
A month later she was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness that attacks the thyroid gland. It's a disease that's not exactly curable. Her doctors said they would have to remove the organ completely and that she'd have to be on medication for the rest of her life. "I didn't want that," she said. "When they first had put me on steroids I gained 80 pounds in four months. I couldn't play basketball. My mother was gone. I was going to go cold turkey."
But the doctors claimed that without medication she wouldn't survive six months.
"I told them I was already dead," she said.
Over the next four years, George researched all she could about natural medicine and nutrition. She did acupuncture, took herbs and cut out processed foods. And while some days she felt dreadfully sick and there were many times she watched her hair started to fall out, she gradually found herself feeling better. She started shedding the weight.
And then one day she went into the doctor's office for blood work, and her charts showed that she had completely healed. A miracle.
"When I heard that, my first thought I was, 'Man, I got to get back into basketball,'" said George.
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She didn't know how or when, but she knew in her heart she was going to get back on the big arena.
Her chance came when she was coaching a boys' team at a tournament in Miami. In between one of the games, she took a basketball to an open court to work on some agility drills. One of the tournament officials was actually a former Harlem Globetrotters ref and was watching her from afar. He told her she needed to submit a YouTube vid and tryout for the team.
"I was like, 'What is he talking about? No way'," said George, who thought the man was joking. "I totally ignored him."
But when the ref showed up the next day and pressed her on it, George thought she should give it a try. She joined the team in 2017 and it's a decision she has never regretted. "I pinch myself every day because of how things [have] happened," she said.
Today, George (aka Torch) lights up every room she enters. Whether she's cutting up people on the court or speaking behind the podium, she's a star.
In her first season, George became the team's Rookie of the Year and she's now infamous for her mouthful of a move: the under-the-leg-tumble dribble. (Sexier name pending.) She also became the first female Globetrotter to earn a Guinness World record for the most basketball under-the-leg-tumbles a woman has ever done in one minute: 32.
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For George, all of the awards are flattering and all, but what gets her out of bed every day is the chance to make someone else's day better.
"Being a Globetrotter is just amazing," she said. "We're changing lives but it [has] also changed my life. We get letters from people all over the world about the memories they've made coming to our games. I'm truly speechless to be able to affect so many people globally. Every night I know someone is going to see me for the first time. I give it all I got because I know it's going to impact somebody's life."


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4 Veteran Owned Businesses You Need To Know About
Hannah Heine
Do you like to support veteran owned businesses? If so, keep reading…
Veteran Owned Business You Need to Know About
These four veteran owned businesses are all relatively young (founded within the past five years) and have all found incredible success because of the obvious need in the U.S. or for specifically filling a void in the military community. We think they are worth knowing about & trying…
1. Plated, founded by Nick Taranto, US Marine Corps, Infantry.
Nick Taranto learned early on that you can have big starry-eyed dreams, but without a toolkit and hardcore skills of how you can accomplish those dreams, well, they just won't be achieved. It was while enrolled at Harvard for an MBA program where Taranto met military people who had that vision, drive, and knew what it was like to harness the power of dozens or hundreds to all work toward a common goal.
Taranto then enrolled in the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School and was ultimately commissioned as an infantry officer.
Fast forward to 2014 when Taranto and co-founder Josh Hix got on Shark Tank for their business idea called Plated. However the past five years have been quite a ride for the co-founders as their original Shark Tank deal with Mark Cuban fell apart. When the show followed up for "Beyond the Tank", investor Kevin O'Leary was so impressed by the duo's progress that he made an investment.
In September 2017, one of the nation's largest grocery retailers bought Plated for $300 million.
2. Millie, founded by Ken Robbins, U.S. Army, Armor & Jason Dempsey, US Army Infantry.
Ken Robbins and Jason Dempsey teamed up in early 2015 after completing their twenty-year Army careers. It should come as no surprise that their business venture's mission is to support and help the military community. Robbins & Dempsey are the co-founders of MILLIE, a real estate marketplace that connects military and veteran movers with trusted resource providers who have been in their shoes.
Over 200,000 service members exit the military each year. An additional 260,000 are given orders to PCS to a new duty station. The military will ship a family's personal property, but deciding where to live & how to navigate the moving process is largely left to the service member's spouse.
Because of this, these moves are a significant source of stress for military families. Unfortunately, few quality resources are available to assist with the moving process. It's difficult to find an agent military families can trust when looking to buy a house.
Robbins & Dempsey's goal is to make MILLIE a one-stop shop and the most visible and trusted resource for veterans and military families that are PCSing.
3. Sword and Plough, founded by Emily Núñez Cavness, active duty officer in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps & Betsy Núñez
Sword & Plough founders, sisters Emily Núñez Cavness and Betsy Núñez, grew up in a military family. Emily's experiences serving in the Army inspired her to start Sword & Plough with the mission to strengthen civil-military understanding, empower veteran employment, and reduce waste.
The brand repurposes military surplus and incorporates that material into bags and accessories. They work with U.S manufacturers that are owned or partially operated by veterans. They also donate 10% of profits to veteran organizations. Sword & Plough creates American made products that promote social and environmental impact.
4. Black Rifle Coffee Company, founded by Evan Hafer, Green Beret
At 20 years old Evan Hafer was consumed with the desire to serve his country. He joined the Washington National Guard after high school and then went on to become a Green Beret. He served the United States for twenty years. Before each of his 40 different deployments, he would always roast about ten pounds of coffee to take with him. He says that what he roasted himself was always better than anything he could ever get while on deployment.
Hafer separated from government service in 2015, and it didn't take long for him to figure out what his next step was.
Black Rifle Coffee Company is owned and operated by U.S. military veterans and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, where it roasts and distributes premium coffee blends.
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James Pellow returns to Sidmouth for one night stand
PUBLISHED: 11:35 29 September 2011
Writer Jilly Cooper approves one night comedy performance at Sidmouth's Manor Pavilion Theatre
IT is not surprising Sidmouth has an affinity with actor James Pellow. He loves Sidmouth and Sidmouth loves James.
He's a very funny, clever actor and has just come to the end of an exhausting and enjoyable summer season at the Manor Pavilion Theatre.
But he won't be gone for long. He returns at the end of October, for one night only acting with Kairen Hooker in a three-part comedy, The Jilly Cooper Effect, at Kennaway House.
Earlier this year Kennaway House hosted Kairen Hooker in a sketch with Rowland Molony, involving mobile phones going off in the middle of the performance.
This time the comedy revolves around a married couple, one of whom is attempting to arrange both their diaries to include time for some ... er, togetherness.
The play is interspersed throughout the evening between music from Chris Gradwell and Friends, and poems from John Torrance and Rowland Molony.
Both Jilly Cooper and her agent have seen the script of The Jilly Cooper Effect and approved it. Whether or not she accepts the invitation to be in the audience to see it is anyone's guess.
Tickets are £10. Doors open at 6.45pm for the 7.30pm show. Because James is a busy actor and there is just one performance, both he and Kairen will perform the play with scripts in hand, making it a performed play reading, rather than a completely acted play.
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State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act Volume VI - Targeting and Uses of Federal Education Funds (TRAC)
This report examines how well federal funds are targeted to districts and schools serving economically disadvantaged students, how Title I targeting has changed over the past seven years, how districts have spent federal funds, and the base of state and local resources to which federal funds are added. The report covers six federal programs: Title I, Part A; Reading First; Comprehensive School Reform (CSR); Title II, Part A; Title III, Part A; and Perkins Vocational Education State Grants. The report uses data on federal program allocations from all states, as well as data from a nationally representative sample of 300 school districts on federal program allocations and expenditure data for the 2004-05 school year.
Key findings include: Federal education funds were more strongly targeted to high-poverty districts than were state and local funds. However, the higher level of federal funding in high-poverty districts was not sufficient to close the funding gap between high- and low-poverty districts. The overall share of Title I funds going to the highest-poverty districts and schools changed little between 1997-98 and 2004-05, and the highest-poverty schools continued to receive smaller Title I allocations per low-income student than did the lowest-poverty schools. Schools that were identified for improvement were more likely to receive Title I funds than non-identified schools, but they received smaller allocations per low-income pupil. Most funds for the six federal programs in this study were used for instruction and instructional support.