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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
PCLinuxOS! Wow!
So, my drawing table called and, for the past two months, I've been cartooning and running Georgetoon.com. (If you don't see George or my other comics in your local paper, ask for them!)
But, in between, I've also been running PCLinuxOS 2009.1!
I don't know exactly how it happened. I guess I just wanted to have new OS on my laptop. I was dual booting between Windows XP and Kiowa Linux. While Kiowa Linux gets ready to release its latest and greatest, I decided to try a new Linux distro. And I wanted something similar to the look and feel of Kiowa and Mandriva. Well, that's why I loaded PCLinuxOS. And I'm so glad I did.
PCLinuxOS loaded in a snap, found all my hardware, configured my graphics card, and presented me with a number of wireless drivers to install. I selected the first one and my wireless came right up!
The extras bonus in all this was the PCLinuxOS forum and community. A really terrific, friendly bunch of folks who are welcoming and ready to help! I had no problems correcting minor issues because i had the help and support of the PCLinuxOS forum.
So, do yourself a favor and buy or download PCLInuxOS 2009.1! I'll be talking about it in the days and weeks to come. If you run the Live CD (or even install) you can follow along!
Get Linux!
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Friendly PCLOS forum? LOL! Good one!
- June 24, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- MSzorady said...
Yes! Very friendly and very welcoming.:) It's one of the main reasons why I like the OS so much.:)
- June 24, 2009 at 2:05 PM
It's a friendly forum if you adhere to its rules. The mods try their best to keep it family friendly.
- June 24, 2009 at 3:29 PM
It is a very friendly forum unless you like to curse and post pictures of half-naked women the argue about it. lololol
- June 24, 2009 at 5:34 PM
What took you so long? PCLinuxOS isn't exactly a well kept secret...
For those that don't think it's a friendly forum, it's because the forum is moderated well to keep everyone behaved and politics out. Anyone trying to misbehave or talk politics won't like the atmosphere. That's their own fault. The rules are well posted and well known. If someone chooses to ignore that, then they're on their own and have no right to gripe about it.
Everyone else loves the tone and friendliness of the forum because they keep it in check. There won't be anyone there telling you to read some manual, or that you're dumb because you don't know how to use 'grep'. People politely help you and encourage you to help others. There is also plenty of laid back discussion about all kinds of topics. It's almost addicting to spend time there.
- June 24, 2009 at 6:27 PM
We all know the rules but sometimes we like to break them as a service to the moderators so they feel they are useful :-)
The truth is: is a family forum, I have a 12 year old son who likes to hang around and learn from the posts to experiment in his laptop and I'm very grateful with the moderators, they do an excellent job.
- June 25, 2009 at 2:03 PM
beware pclinuxos gnome edition. The gnome edition is great for those who are tired of the stagnant kde3 series of desktop environments and know that kde wont be good until kde 4.3.
Pclinuxos gnome edition suffers from poor hardware support in favor of shoving a lot of programs onto the iso. Wireless support on a dell laptop and an eeepc is in the tubes. Not to mention no ability to use my quickcam communicate. Sure everything's in the repos for drivers. But, talk about a lot of after post installation drivers just for enough room on a cd for crappy stuff like an ipod manager, non existant office software, and other stuff like a last.fm program. Hardware should come first, programs are much easier to install from the repos than setting up drivers from the repos.
I may end up using the kde edition, but i don't want to.
- June 25, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- MSzorady said...
"beware pclinuxos gnome edition."
I admit, I'm not a big Gnome power user. But I do have Ubuntu Hardy on my rack system as well as Kiowa Linux' Beta Gnome edition. Gnome does certain things quite well. I just prefer KDE. For me, KDE is much more customizable and comfortable.
But, that's the beauty of Linux! You can choose what works best for you!:)
So, I can't comment on the reliability of PCLinuxOS' Gnome edition. But I've found PCLinuxOS KDE to be very complete, reliable, and stable.
As far as KDE 4.3 goes, I'm looking forward to seeing it in action. But, I'm in no hurry. KDE 3.5 works fine for em.:) I've used Kubuntu 9.04 on a thumb drive. Kubuntu 9.04 uses KDE 4.0. So, I've had a chance to give it a test run. Dolphin is a neat file manager.
- June 26, 2009 at 11:40 AM


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Oct. 20, 2007
The Lady Bisons guaranteed themselves at least a .500 regular season record with a 3-0 Atlantic Sun win Saturday afternoon against Kennesaw State at Allen Arena.
The Lady Bisons have won eight straight matches. They have only five regular season matches left.
"We are really playing well," Lipscomb coach Brandon Rosenthal said. "It is exciting to see this team understanding and playing the system we have set forth. "
Senior libero Ann Mullins posted a match-high 23 digs, but fell four short of breaking the Atlantic Sun Conference all-time digs record of 1,843 set by Liz Kane of Mercer.
"Coming in and trying to get 27 is tough," Rosenthal said. "Getting 23 in a three-game match is outstanding.
"Ann hasn't talked about it with me. I haven't talked about it with her. When it happens it happens."
Junior outside hitter Sarah Snider finished with a match-high 14 kills. She has posted the match-high in kills 17 times this season and finished in double figures in kills 20 times.
Freshman middle blocker Alex Kelly added 12 kills. She also finished with a .526 hitting percentage, her highest of the season.
Snider and junior defensive specialist Jessica Turner both added 11 digs.
The Lady Bisons hit .286 for the match. They held Kennesaw State to a negative .025 hitting percentage. No Kennesaw State player made more than seven kills. There were three players in double figures in digs for Kennesaw State with Asjia Stokes leading her team with 14.
"I'm very pleased with our defensive work," Rosenthal said. "To hold a conference team to negative numbers is always good. Offensively, to have only 13 errors and hit .286 was tremendous."
The Lady Bisons have spent a great deal of practice working on cutting down the errors.
"We were focused on what we had to do on each and every play," Rosenthal said. "We can't worry about the last play or the next play. We have to take care of the ball.
"Kennesaw can be a dangerous team. They have some big players out there that jump well. The setter does a nice job. I think we were well-prepared for her attacks."
Rosenthal praised freshman setter Stefine Pease for the way she distributed the ball.
"It was probably one of the most evenly-distributed matches that we have had," Rosenthal said. "That was good, especially against a team that has offensive weapons.
"I also thought we did a great job at the net. They are a pretty good blocking team. I am always impressed when we go against a good blocking team and we match or better them."
The Lady Bisons are 14-9 overall, 6-2 in the A-Sun. Kennesaw State slipped to 4-20, 2-5 in the conference.
Tuesday night the Lady Bisons make the short trip down the boulevard to face Belmont at 7.
"There is still a lot to be determined," Rosenthal said. "When we looked at what part of the season we were going to play Belmont we thought we had a good chance to be playing well.
"Belmont is going to be ready to go. They are as tough as they ever have been. They are model of consistency year-in and year-out."

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HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks stabilized Tuesday as selling pressure eased after several days of steep losses and investors shifted to a holding pattern ahead of a Fed decision on scaling back stimulus.
Investors worried about slowing growth in China, the world's second biggest economy, found some solace in reports that a high-profile trust company in China cut a last minute deal to avoid a default.
Some 700 clients who bought into a 3 billion yuan ($500 million) product from China Credit Trust agreed on Monday to a restructuring so that they could get their investment back, Xinhua reported, avoiding the first of what was feared would be a cascade of defaults in the country's shadow banking sector.
Investor sentiment has improved though it remains cautious, Cynthia Jane Kalasopatan of Mizuho Bank in Singapore wrote in a market commentary. "The bailout of China's trust helped calm markets. But risk appetite remains relatively low."
Investors are awaiting the outcome of a two-day Federal Reserve meeting kicking off Tuesday where officials are expected to announce a reduction in its bond buying program by another $10 billion to $65 billion as the U.S. economy continues to improve.
Australian stocks declined sharply after a public holiday, catching up with global declines the day before. The S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.7 percent to 5,205.40.
Trading elsewhere in Asia was more restrained. Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.2 percent to 15,034.57 and South Korea's Kospi edged up 0.1 percent to 1,912.55.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipped 0.1 percent to 21,952.13 and the Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China added 0.1 percent to 2,035.63.
In currencies, the dollar slipped to 102.57 Japanese yen from 102.60 yen in late trading Monday. The euro dipped to $1.3674 from $1.3676.
Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 7 cents to $95.79 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 92 cents to settle at $95.72 on Monday.


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Lots of people complain about how things are; some actually work very hard to make things better. The needs of cyclists are no different from anything else in this regard; there are literally many millions of active cyclists in this country, and potentially many times that who would be active cyclists if the infrastructure (roads & community layout) were better designed for safe commuting and recreational riding. Today Chain Reaction Bicycles is part of 120 dealers who, along with unpaid cycling advocates numbering several times that, are trying to make the United States a better place for bikes. 500 or so people looking out for many million. It's likely that we're very typical that way; a small number of people influencing very big decisions. The exception would be when the PTA is lobbying; we bring a small division, while they bring an entire army!
It works like this- Wednesday morning, 7:30am, my brother Steve, his wife Teri, my daughter Becky and I are supposed to be wide awake (on east coast time, no less!) and ready to go to "school." We learn about the issues, we learn about the League of American Bicyclists proposed solutions, and we learn about the threats to programs already in place due to the severe budget cuts at the federal level. We have our choice of seminars to attend dealing with a myriad of policy and practical issues, many of which, on paper, look about as exciting as the most-boring thing you ever listened to on NPR. And they would be exactly that (boring) were it not for the fact that these issues touch the cycling community and yourself personally, and knowing how things work helps you to make a difference. At the end of the afternoon you meet with your delegation and split up assignments for meeting with the various congress men & women on the 'hill, who you'll be seeing the next day.
Wednesday evening you have your various fund-raisers and industry gigs to attend, including one from Trek bicycles at which I had my annual beer. Actually I passed on the beer this time and went for a gin & tonic, the only "mixed drink" I have any sort of taste for. That one drink was enough to get me through the next year (in my heaviest drinking days, I was probably up to 15-20 beers or glasses of wine… per year).
Thursday morning you put on your "Sunday best" suit, including having to do that top button on the shirt so you can wear a tie. That top button that makes you want to choke, a metaphor for what it feels like the first time you visit a congressional office on your own. Fortunately, that was several years ago, and it's rarely the case that you'd be by yourself, especially in a state as well-represented by bicycle advocates as California is. Safety in numbers. Then it's time to head to the Metro and storm the 'hill!
We had an interesting day on the 'hill. We met with Representatives Jackie Speier, Elton Gallegly, a drop-by with Loretta Sanchez's office, talked with Anna Eshoo's Legislative Director Casey Fromson, walked the halls a bit looking for anyone else needing help and then wished we'd booked an earlier flight out.
Jackie Speier started the day out on the fast track, as we were led from her office by her aide, down the hall a bit and adjacent to one of those very-important-rooms with lots of TV cameras and a young TV reporter primping herself to look something a bit more, er, stylin' we'll say, than her "Sunday best." We'd stumbled upon the center of attention at the moment, the House emotional hearings on the supposed radicalization of Muslims in America and Jackie Speier was center-stage. We wondered how she could possible meet with us herself (tyically we deal with a legislative aide) in the midst of such a wild scene, but that she did, discussing in frank terms the difficulties faced by anyone asking the current Congress for anything. She looked and spoke a bit worn-down & beaten, but is most certainly a champion of more-livable communities that aren't gridlocked and held hostage by foreign governments who have the oil that fules the flames of our desires.
Next stop was the cafeteria, and, since DC is a study of stark contrast, so would be my lunch. Bacon, ham & bleu-cheese pizza with carrot & celery sticks. We recharged our batteries and headed to the office of Representative Elton Gallegly. Let me tell you about Mr. Gallegly. He is an elderly, seriously-affable gentleman, wise in the ways of the world, very approachable, and very conservative. He's very good friends with Representative Earl Blumenaeur, our most-reliable spokesperson in DC, has bought several hundred inexpensive bikes for kids at poor schools each Christmas, has a photo on the wall of he & his wife riding an cruiser tandem along the beach, and you're thinking, OK, what's not quite right here? Well, that's when he tells you that he likes bike lanes but only when cyclists stay in them, and he'll make us a deal, if we stay in our bike lanes he'll stay in the car lanes, otherwise, he feels it's only right that he drives in the bike lane.
He had a huge amount of respect for the 31 years that Steve and I have been in business, probably because he's been in Congress since 1987. I made a point of thanking him for his support of HR4 (House bill #4), which repealed a requirement of the President's healthcare plan that would have caused small businesses like Chain Reaction to have to spend a ton of extra hours each month to filing reports for every single vendor we spend more than $600 with, likely an unforseen consequence of something added to the plan to make sure that there weren't businesses (identified by our cash outflow) that should be offering health care to their employees but weren't.
His chief-of-staff was well-versed in the goings-on of the current battle over the funding level for transportation, and appeared interested as well as understanding the concept that cycling infrastructure was a relatively low-cost way of dealing with many issues. Either that or he figured that acting that way was a good way to get us to leave their office feeling good about the guy despite their actual intention to chop off funding for anything that isn't fueled by oil.
OK, more to come, right now I'm just too zoned out, waiting for a delayed flight that will eventually get me home sometime around 3:45am. Not fun. (Added later- that was a pretty close guess; we were home around 3:30am. I later added to this piece on 3/18/11.) –Mike–


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To bring Teddy home, this old dog had to learn new tricks
My pledge never to have another pet didn't last a year.
My favorite dog died of congestive heart failure last July. No more pets for me. My heart can't stand the loss, I pledged. I still shed a tear when I remember Damien, my black Pomeranian.
By February, an empty feeling invaded again. Time for another pet. This time I pledge to save a life.
Never having had a rescue dog, I visited the library for books on dog ownership. This old dog needs to know new tricks, like how to train an older dog someone else may have neglected.
I checked out two books, Your Dog: the Owners Manual by Dr. Marty Becker, and Training Your Dog the Humane Way, by Alana Stevenson.
Meanwhile, the local librarian spent 10 minutes telling me her success stories adopting two mixed breeds using Petfindersofmd.org and canine rescue societies. A friend who adopted a standard poodle from Maryland Sanctuary in Bowie highly recommended that facility.
Whenever I mentioned acquiring a rescue dog, smiles and that's great came my way.
With books and references in hand, I looked at fluffy small but not tiny dogs. One book recommended a mixed breed around 15 pounds. A 10- to 12-pound fluffy mixed breed, female or male, was my intended.
Four days into my search I saw Teddy, a Pomeranian-papillon mix, at Pet Rescue of Maryland. Oh, so cute. However, the Rescue limited adoptions to 40 miles from their site in Timonium. My house is 58 miles away. Rats.
I printed out Teddy's picture anyhow and put it on the refrigerator. I spent another week finding three more that interested me only to be told they were gone. Every time I opened the fridge I saw my first choice's picture.
Rescue applications are very detailed. I had completed a lengthy one for another agency, and while emailing it, took a long shot on trying Pet Rescue of Maryland again. Teddy's picture on the refrigerator kept sneaking into my thoughts. Maybe, just maybe, they would consider an old retired couple with a fenced-in yard and excellent vet references. Following the recommendation of several pet adoption web sites, I had prepared my veterinarian's office to receive a call.
My long shot paid off. The next day an email greeted me with an acceptance — on the condition that a local rescue person view my home and yard.
An introduction was in order. My husband and I traveled to PETCO in Lutherville to view five-and-a-half-year-old Teddy, one of 11 dogs on display for adoption. He was just as adorable as his picture, and by the following Saturday, he could be ready for adoption.
But first came a visit to the vet for final shots. And a look at his teeth.
Teddy had been rescued from death row at a pound in Baltimore. Apparently he had lived with small children, which is a big no-no for Pomeranians, and the previous owner had pulled his front teeth because he bit. One of the things I've learned is that people need to spend more time reviewing dogs' personality traits before they run out and buy that puppy.
After a nerve-wracking wait from the vet, it turned out that Teddy had to have 12 more teeth removed.
A week later, though, Teddy came to live with us. He slipped into our home like an old shoe. He has hardly any teeth left, but the vet told me he could eat almost anything when his gums toughened up. That's happening. He enjoys dry dog food and nibbles the gristle end of bones.
Woof, woof, says Teddy, and I know what he means. He tells me he is the happiest dog in the world.


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The fire chief was in the hot seat Tuesday night over a 166-page assessment that found the Fire Department "operating in a dangerous state of disrepair" and saying, "Significant course changes are urgently needed."
Fire Chief Leonard E. Senecal responded at length Tuesday night to criticisms spelled out in consultant Ernest Horn's month-and-a-half study of the Sturbridge Fire Department. The consultant, also the police and fire chief and acting town coordinator in Mendon, was at the selectmen's meeting too.
The report characterizes the chief as amiable and experienced in firefighting techniques but "autocratic" in management style, unwilling to consider the input of employees.
"The biggest thing that has to happen is better communication with all of you," Chief Horn told selectmen . "There's enough blame to go around to everybody."
Chief Horn said he interviewed the entire full-time staff, some town officials and a majority of the call staff, and morale ranked from negative-2 to 3 (on a scale of 1 to 10). He added there was only one rating above a 3 and that was not in the department.
In addition, the report found that while the Fire Department budget underfunds maintenance by $7,000 a year, the chief has sometimes returned maintenance money to the town after not spending it.
Among the problems Chief Horn identified are: unkempt conditions in the fire station, including trash piled in fire escapes; no vehicle maintenance records; controlled substances stored in unlocked file cabinets; a "complete breakdown in communications between the chief and the staff"; lack of standardized policies and procedures; unclear chain of command when chief is not present; inadequate training; ineffective scheduling and staffing, including lack of full-time firefighters assigned to weekend shifts; and use of the town's rescue boat used to store old equipment, making it impossible to immediately to use the boat in rescue situations.
"Long-term maintenance problems should not exist in public safety," Chief Horn said. "You got to have your equipment operating at optimum levels because you are dealing with saving lives."
Chief Horn said he showed Chief Senecal a draft of the report and they went through each page. Chief Horn said Chief Senecal did not disagree with any of his findings in his report at the time they went over the draft, and no changes were requested.
Wearing his dress blues, and with more than a dozen town firefighters in the audience in their dress blues, Chief Senecal gave 27 responses Tuesday night to Chief Horn's recommendations in his report.
Chief Senecal, 61, joined the Sturbridge Fire Department in 1975 as a volunteer, became full time two years later and was appointed chief 29 years ago. In his opening statement, Chief Senecal said no firefighters have been injured during his tenure because of equipment failures.
As to Chief Horn's recommendation for immediate replacement or repair of all regulators and masks that are not in compliance with national standards, Chief Senecal said all but five packs have been flow tested, replaced or repaired since the release of the report. He said the other five packs have been taken out of service until the department determines whether they are under warranty.
Hydrostatic testing of all air-packed cylinders, also recommended by Chief Horn, has already been done, Chief Senecal said.
Chief Horn estimated that the Fire Department needed to replace 50 percent of its hose, but Chief Senecal disagreed.
As to Chief Horn's recommendation for hose testing of all hand and supply hoses to meet national standards, Chief Senecal said the town's hose tester has been sent out for repairs.
Chief Horn said that firefighters' turnout gear was outdated — more than 10 years old. He said Sturbridge needs to pay $100,000 to equip the firefighters with proper gear.
As for replacing all fire helmets not currently in compliance with national standards, Chief Senecal said selectmen were notified on Feb. 4 that the department had received a grant to replace all turn-out gear, including helmets. Chief Senecal said the department has already fitted and ordered helmets and new turnout gear, including jackets, hoods, gloves, pants and boots.
As for Chief Horn's recommendation for immediate testing and inspection of all ground ladders currently not in compliance with standards, Chief Senecal said the department is tentatively scheduled for ladder testing with American Test Center for June.
Chief Senecal said the numerous ladders that were stored in the apparatus area have been secured to the wall to prevent them form accidentally falling on anyone, as recommended.
He said the many fire extinguishers that are out of date for certification or hydrostatic testing or in need of repair have been tested, tagged, replaced or taken out of service.
Chief Senecal said the area where the rescue boat is stored has been cleaned up and it is much more accessible in the event of an emergency.
"At no time was there any danger to the safety of the firefighters using Tanker 1," Chief Senecal said, in response to Chief Horn's finding that Tanker 1 had a "significant grease leak" that had contaminated the truck's braking system. Chief Horn said it is possible Tank 1 would not be able to stop.
Chief Senecal said the department has a plan in use for continuation of command — the fire chief, the fire captain, then the senior firefighters. He said a more elaborate policy will be provided to selectmen when completed.


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A Roman gladiator's tombstone blames the ref for his fatal battle, according to a historian who decoded the 1,800-year-old epitaph.
"After breaking my opponent Demetrius I did not kill him immediately," reads the epitaph of a fighter named Diodorus. "Fate and the cunning treachery of the summa rudis [referee] killed me."
The tombstone, which depicts a gladiator holding two swords, standing above a surrendering opponent, was decoded by Michael Carter, a professor at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. Carter said that, unlike popular conception, gladiator fights had intricate rules and did not always result in one combatant's death.
"I believe that there are a number of very detailed rules involved in regulating gladiatorial combat," Carter told LiveScience.com.
The rule Carter believes Diodorus may have been citing was one that allowed a gladiator who fell by accident to get back up, pick up his equipment and resume combat. Carter interprets the image on the tombstone to be of a moment in his final fight when Demetrius had been knocked down and Diodorus had grabbed a hold of his sword.
"Demetrius signals surrender, Diodorus doesn't kill him; he backs off expecting that he's going to win the fight," Carter said. But instead of the battle being over, the ref rules the fall as accidental. Given a new chance, Demetrius wins the fight, according to Carter.
The inscription says Diodorus lived, fought and died in Amisus, on the sought coast of the Black Sea in Turkey.


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Fire officers are offering free services to reduce the number of blazes in the Derbyshire Dales.
Older people are six times more likely to die in a house fire caused by a faulty electric blanket.
With that in mind, firefighters will be offering free portable appliance testing (PAT) for electric blankets at Bakewell Fire Station on March 12 between 9.30am and 2pm.
They will also be giving away free fleece toppers on a first come first served bases to those aged over 60 or registered disabled.
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Cortez Leopard Sharks registration
The Cortez Leopard Sharks swimming registration day will be Thursday, March 21, at the First United Methodist Church of Cortez at 515 N. Park Street (across from the police station) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Parents and swimmers are invited to meet with the coaches for orientation and registration. Practices begin Monday, April 8. If interested in joining the team, want to improve swimming skills and make new friends, please come to the registration day. If people are not able to make it to the registration day, registration will be ongoing throughout the spring and summer swim season. Registration forms can be requested at email@example.com, through the team's Facebook page of Cortez Leopard Sharks or picked up at the Cortez Recreation Center front desk. Any questions can be directed to the swim team's board of directors at 570-6698.
Cortez Golf Advisory Board seeks youth member
The City of Cortez Golf Advisory Board is seeking one youth to hold a position on their board starting in April. The youth member will have all rights and responsibilities as adult members with possible voting rights as well. People serving on the Golf Advisory Board give input on the course, promote and advertise the golf course, advise and make recommendations concerning agreements with the golf pro, and work together to ensure overall satisfaction with Conquistador Golf Course. Board meetings are the fourth Wednesday of the month from 7 to 8 a.m., and are held March through October. If interested, please email a letter of interest to: Dean Palmquist, firstname.lastname@example.com, or drop a letter off to Linda Smith at City Hall or to Dean Palmquist at the Cortez Recreation Center. Letters of interest need to be submitted no later than Friday, March 22.
Southwest Softball registration day
Southwest Softball will be having a registration day at Hibbett Sports on Saturday, March 23, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All late fees will be waived if forms are brought in on that day. For further information, please contact Scott Tullis at 570-5270.
Ute Mtn. Rec. women's basketball tourney
The Ute Mountain Recreation Center in Towaoc is hosting the "Bad Girl" women's basketball tournament on the weekend of March 23-24. It's a 16-team, 9-women roster double-elimination tourney. Entry fee is $150. Awards are given to teams finishing first, second and third. For more information, please contact Jonathan Dinae at 564-5360, or call or text 560-4181.
Little League registration still open, umpires needed
Little League baseball will be taking registrations with a $30 late fee until Wednesday, March 27. After that, registrations will be placed on a wait list and will be assigned to teams as space is available. Baseball is open from children aged 4-15 as of April 30. Cost varies according to age from $55 to $105 plus the late fee. Registration forms can be downloaded from eteamz.com/cortezbaseball or picked up at the Super Saturday events. Umpires are also needed for upcoming games. Umpires are paid and training is offered. For more information, contact the little league office at the above website, or call 560-3029 or email email@example.com.
Horseshoe league meeting
Anyone interested in pitching horseshoes in a league is invited to attend an information meeting. The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m. at the American Legion, located at 320 N. Harrison St. in Cortez. The league starts in late May and ends in mid to late August on Thursday nights at the American Legion. If you have any questions, please contact Justina Whited at 565-1001.
Ute Mtn. Rec. spring basketball league
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Cortez Rec. men's 40-Older basketball league
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Cortez Rec. men's and women's volleyball
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Ute Mtn. Rec. high school basketball tourney
The Ute Mountain Recreation Center in Towaoc is hosting its high school boys and girls basketball tournament the weekend of April 20-21. It's double-elimination with awards for first through third-place. Entry fee is $125. It's 12 teams in each division. This tourney fills up fast and teams must have a coach on the bench at all times. For more information, please call 564-5360, or call or text Jonathan at 560-4181.
Tri-City Soccer registrations
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Skip to comments.Free Speech Academics Rally Around Academic Who Wanted to Shut Down NRA Free Speech(NRA Terrorists)
Posted on 12/19/2012 10:33:01 PM PST by lbryce
Youve heard about Erik Loomis, the University of Rhode Island assistant professor of history who launched an almost psychotic, foul-mouthed Twitter tirade against the NRA, accusing it of being a terrorist organization, of complicity in and criminal culpability for murder, and a host of other invectives culminating in his wish to see Wayne LaPierres head on a stick.
This is the same Loomis who laughed when Sarah Palin was smeared with the Gabby Giffords shooting because of an electoral map the insane Jared Loughner never even saw. He didnt mind when the left-wing mob sought to destroy Palin over nothing. Loomis insisted, however, that a different standard be applied to his metaphor of a head on a stick, clarifying that he only wanted life imprisonment for LaPierre.
The NRA and LaPierres transgressions which warranted imprisonment or worse? They exercised their constitutional rights to petition the government for redress (the often forgotten right, often disparaged as lobbying) and to their own speech in favor of policies they favored. Because he disagreed with those policies, and made illogical jumps to claims of culpability in murder, Loomis wanted them imprisoned, at a minimum.
Soon after the controversy broke I took the position that Loomis employer should not be contacted, because that is the tactic frequently used against me by liberals.
Yet apparently a lot of people did contact Loomis employer, or the employer otherwise became aware of Loomis Twitter vituperation, resulting in the President of URI issuing a statement distancing the University from Loomis tweets.
Now a variety of people are signing on to a statement at Crooked Timber rallying around Loomis on the grounds of academic freedom and free speech.
The statement focuses on the narrow issue of the head on a stick tweet and whether it was an incitement to violence. The statement also creates a distraction by trying to blame Prof. Glenn Reynolds for properly characterizing Loomis invective as eliminationist rhetoric using the standard applied by the media and Democrats to the Tea Party.
The Crooked Timber statement has been signed by hundreds of people, some of whom identify as academics, others who show no institutional affiliation, and a variety of left-wing bloggers.
I dont think Loomis should be fired, but that doesnt mean he should be free from criticism.
And he certainly is not a hero of anything.
Hes just a guy who wanted to deprive others of the rights he claims for himself.
Update Heres the comment I posted at Crooked Timber:
Crooked Timber Comment
Douche bag leftists like Erik Loomis are exactly the reason we need assault weapons. their plansa and machinations are clear as the blue sky.
As a history professor, he should know that it is head on a pike.
It sounded more like a direct death threat than incitement to me.
I wish more people understood that.
Loomis and his adherents are totalitarian stooges. In another time at another place, they would have made reliable henchmen for Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot.
"A savage is one who laughs when he hits you, and screams when you hit him."
Does free speech include "First f*ker to say the solution is for elementary school teachers to carry guns needs to get beaten to death"
Perhaps as an outburst, but he seems very angry in general. It would be too bad if his rants turn out to foreshadow violence.
More tweets: http://twitchy.com/2012/12/18/university-of-rhode-island-professors-retweet-murder-anyone-who-thinks-teachers-should-be-armed/
I don't use twitter. It probably wouldn't hurt to verify what is attributed to Loomis.
"academic freedom"?
He was not engaged in any academic activity.
Was he using state property? Wouldn't that be nice to know?
"In another time at another place, they would have made reliable henchmen for Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot."
Their time may be coming yet, and sooner than we want to think about in a place we absolutely don't want to think about.
How does a History Professor not know or understand that without guns this Nation would not exist?
Funny, but if a STUDENT had tweeted such, especially substituting a favored group, they would have been expelled IMMEDIATELY. . .
>> The Left doesn't give a rat's ass about free speech.
>> I wish more people understood that.
If all of the firearms in the world disappeared overnight, do you really think you would be safe?
I've been watching the History Channel series "Mankind: The Story of All of Us". One episode included the year 1453. That was the year that Sultan Mehmed II, ruler of the Ottoman Turks, used huge cannons to breech the walls of Constantinople and bloodily "convert" the city to Islam. That same year, Aztec religious pyramids were were literally bathed in blood as their priests used Stone Age weapons to glory in the death of their enemies by cutting out the hearts of still-living defeated warriors. Please note that no firearms were involved.
The gun is civilization, because it can be used to convince murderous barbarians to stay away from the gates. The citizens of Constantinople had no guns, no cannons. They died. Badly. So did the Stone Age people of the Americas.
"The Left doesn't give a rat's ass about free speech....I wish more people understood that."
Absolutely correct in what you wrote. The left is ONLY for "free speech" for themselves.
Great graphic! I'm going to make a decal with that.
Is the the history and gender study professor that reportedly made such irrational comments? Or, are there two such ill-educated professors running around?
. . . and journalists care only about freedom of
thetheir own presses.As far as they are concerned, membership in their club might as well be a title of nobility - they have privileges.
Same person in both cases I think.
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Skagafjörður.com, a local site, about life in the Skagafjörður region, North Iceland, where Minister for Foreign Affairs Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson grew up and worked at the gas station for more than ten years before being elected to Alþingi five years ago, published the following interview with Gunnar:
Name: Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Born: 1968 (I thought for a long time that I was from the '68 generation)
Occupation/education: Hot dog salesman and politician.
Car(s): Toyota Hilux 1992 and my wife drives the fantastic Citroen C5,
a technical wonder.
Horsepower: The Toyota has too few.
What's next: Fulfilling promises and taking trip to (the salmon river) Langá.
How are you?: Good as always, can't stand whining.
Good in school?: OK I think, but social engagements took up a lot of my time.
What is most memorable from your confirmation day: The hair perm. I can't understand
how my mother could do it to me. I have used hair gel since.
What did you want to be as when you grew up?: Progressive Party guy and look…
What scares you the most?: Pills, they're all fake.
The first record you bought (or the best one)?: Definitely something by
Geira (local musician) or Queen.
What song would you sing in karaoke?: Have only sung one song, Elvis' 'Love Me Tender,' and received a great applause from the groupies. Most of them were over 70.
The television programs you hardly miss (excluding the news)?:
Liverpool (football club) and Kastljós (news magazine)
Best movie?: I can laugh endlessly at A Fish Called Wanda and the Monty
Python movies are super.
Bruce Willis or George Clooney/Angelina Jolie or Gwyneth Paltrow?: Not a
good cocktail, would have chosen John Cleese or Robin Williams and Jamie
Lee Curtis and Reneé Zellweger.
What do you put in the shopping trolley that is not on the list?:
Some sweets… for my boys.
What do you have for breakfast?: Herbalife or nothing. Most often not hungry until noon.
Favorite proverb?: Let the gas station assistant pump the gasoline pump. Björn Björnsson told me this one after my campaign speech.
Favorite cartoon character?: Garfield, he has no worries.
Your kitchen wonders?: Few wonders there, try to be home at dinnertime and not be in the way in the kitchen.
Your favorite book?: Álftagerðisbræður (about singing brothers and farmers
from Skagafjörður). The first and only book by my friend Björn. His next book
must be about the Dalton brothers. It is the same type of work.
If you could jump on board a plane and could choose the destination you
would go to…?: To the sun in Benidorm (mass-tourism resort in Spain) with my family.
We have the best of times there.
What do you like the least about your character?: Punctuality. I try to be on
time. When it fails, I get annoyed.
What in other people do you like the least?: Lack of integrity and lack of
punctuality, cannot stand it.
The English football, which team and why?: I got a Liverpool t-shirt
when I was young and it was Björn's favorite team. It is in the
blood, like the party.
What sportsman/referee do you like the most?: Eyjólfur (Sverrisson,
footballer from Skagafjörður). He could have been the best in every sport.
Daily DV once wrote that as a referee my father and Rafn Hjaltalín were
the most biased referees in the country.
The (song) 'Heim í Búðardal' or 'Diskó Friskó?': Diskó Friskó. The team members of
Barlómar, (a basketball team of people from Skagafjörður living in Reykjavík) sung that song with former Eurovision-contestant Helga Möller in Hótel Ísland. She did not ask for our company.
The most important person of the 20th century, in your opinion?: No single
person but Bill Shankly was fantastic.
If going alone to a deserted island, what three things would you bring
with you?: A fishing rod, my Liverpool shirt and my bed. I own a fantastic
Best in the world?: My family.
Páll Stefánsson - [email protected]


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BOSTON — Team Canada's 2010 Olympic lineup was loaded with centres, but of them all, Jonathan Toews was No. 1, playing on the top line with Rick Nash and Mike Richards, himself a natural centre who'd been moved to the wing.
Patrice Bergeron?
Often he'd be sent on by Mike Babcock to take faceoffs, and come right back to the bench.
That was his role, and however you slice it, it was a reflection of where he stood in the pecking order of Canadian centremen. Helluva faceoff guy, but ...
Three years later, both Bergeron and Toews have won Stanley Cups, and though it's far from the whole picture, chances are that whichever of the two plays better in this series is going to be hoisting it for a second time in a week or less.
And at the moment, it's no contest.
The point was never clearer than in Game 3, when Chicago coach Joel Quenneville played Toews — with one lonely goal in the entire playoffs, pointless in the final — between fourth-line wingers Marcus Kruger and Michael Frolik.
Bergeron, meanwhile, scored his seventh goal of the playoffs (his second of the Cup final) in Boston's 2-0 win, took half his team's 56 faceoffs, won a ridiculous 24 of the 28, and led all players with seven shots on goal.
For Wednesday's Game 4, it appeared Quenneville was going to reunite Toews and muzzled sniper Patrick Kane on a line with big Bryan Bickell, whose offensive flame has burned out after an amazing series against L.A. At least it would give Toews a fighting chance to be a contributor on the scoresheet.
Only one problem: playing two aces together meant they were guaranteed to see far more of Bergeron, in his defensive-centre role, and the Bruins' brutal/brilliant sweeper, Zdeno Chara, than is good for their health.
Based on what we've seen so far in this series — and throughout the playoffs — it is hard to conceive of Canada's 2014 Olympic team heading for Sochi without a pretty significant role for Bergeron built into it.
"He is by far the best two-way centreman in the league," said winger Brad Marchand, who may be a little biased in favour of his own linemate. But the other winger, 41-year-old Jaromir Jagr, went further.
"Everybody knows how good he is," said Jagr. "I've never seen anybody be that hungry in the defensive zone."
At the other end of the happiness scale, Toews — who won the Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward (Bergeron won last year) — has been in a constant struggle to keep a stiff upper lip while playing as honest a game as he can in the midst of an epic slump. But he's feeling the pressure, all right.
"I think everything is under a microscope now," Toews said Wednesday morning. "It's the Stanley Cup final. Everything is going to be scrutinized, every little shift, every period. There's going to be more pressure. Of course it's more difficult."
Things were not, as he spoke, quite as dire as when the Hawks trailed Detroit 3-1 in the second round, but the Red Wings were never this tough to mount scoring chances against. With a power play that went 0-for-11 in the first three games of the final, up against the Bruins' penalty killers, who had snuffed out 27 straight power plays, the Blackhawks were ailing in all the wrong areas.
"You can talk about faceoffs and our power play. Those were basically the differences in (Game 3)," Quenneville said.
Faceoffs were a killer. A puck-possession team that rarely possesses the puck is in trouble, and the Hawks were, when they lost 40 of 56 draws against the league's best faceoff team, and its best faceoff man, Bergeron, who won 62 per cent of his draws in the regular season, but 86 per cent in Game 3.
Maybe he did a lot of that damage against Michal Handzus and Dave Bolland, who were a combined 1-for-18. But Toews, who was the NHL's top faceoff man a year ago, only went 8-for-19, just one more indication of how thoroughly the Bruins have Chicago flummoxed.
It's been suggested that the Bruins are expert at cheating on the draws, and Toews didn't exactly disagree.
"For the most part, they're using their feet quite a bit. We have to be a little more vigilant, making sure the linesman is aware of that," he said. "We can do our part, too, to try to get the edge. It comes down to being more aggressive and competitive in the faceoff dot."
"I've always said, and a lot of people have said, if you're not cheating you're not trying," said Bergeron. "I guess we all cheat. It's throughout the league, you're trying to find ways to time it, and I'm going to keep doing that if it works.
"I think it's about bearing down every time you're at the dot, but it's also about talking to your wingers and defencemen to win the battles for you, too. It's about trying to know their tendencies, and adjust, and don't just show them one look but a couple different looks, and it's about help."
Toews could use some help, too, but increasingly, the focus is on him, as the captain and leader, to move the boulder himself.
"Right now, whether it's him or our power play, offensively I think we're all a little gun-shy in that area," said Quenneville, who must have seen hesitation on several chances Monday. "One thing with Johnny, he's a great pro. Game in, game out, he leaves it out there. Offensively, maybe he's pressing. It would be nice to get some production and finish to show for it."
"I don't sense whole lot of (frustration)," said Patrick Sharp, who's been far more effective than any of the Hawks' other stars. "He's still contributing in a lot of areas, plays heavy minutes for us. I'm not too concerned with Johnny. He's a pro. He knows what he's doing out there."
But there's knowing it, and then there's doing it.
"Absolutely. Every waking moment it's something you think about," said Toews, facing a huge scrum of reporters but, in a sense, administering his own pep talk.
"Just gotta be hungry. Just gotta be that guy that you don't get denied. No excuses. Gotta find a way. And obviously scoring a goal would be huge. Not just one. I'll take whatever I can get."
The Hawks' playoff lives may well depend on it.


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Recipe: Chickpea Casserole with Lemon, Herbs & Shallots
This recipe from my new cookbook, Not Your Mother's Casseroles, is perhaps the perfect expression of what I love about casseroles. It's quick and easy — a modern, lightened-up version of a "dump-and-mix" dish, where you open up a few cans and mix everything together. But it also has fresh flavors, lighter dairy, and — the best part — no pasta. Instead, protein-rich, toothsome chickpeas take center stage.
This is a meatless vegetarian dish, bright with lemon zest and herbs. It gets finished off with a crunchy, olive oil-drizzled crust of Parmesan and breadcrumbs. It's creamy inside, crisp on top. But it leaves out old-fashioned canned soups and all those heaps of cheese and cream. Instead I use some low-fat yogurt (so tasty and tangy!) and some cottage cheese to bind the casserole together.
I also love how pretty this casserole is when served up. The photos don't do it justice (have I mentioned how hard it is to photograph casseroles well?!) but when you scoop up this casserole you see the pink shallots, the green flecks of herbs, and of course the golden creaminess of cheese and chickpeas.
This reheats beautifully. It is often my go-to lunch; I love it with a good green salad and some crisp white wine for dinner, too. It's very satisfying; those chickpeas make for a more filling meal than pasta or rice.
I haven't frozen this particular dish, but I have no reason to think that it wouldn't freeze well.
Chickpea Casserole with Lemon, Herbs & Shallots
Serves 6 to 8
(15-ounce) cans chickpeas, drained, or 5 cups cooked chickpeas
1 cup
cooked brown rice
large shallots, minced or grated
2 cloves
garlic, minced
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
large eggs, beated
1 cup
cottage cheese (ideally the small curd variety of cottage cheese)
3/4 cup
plain yogurt (ideally full-fat yogurt, and not Greek yogurt; it has too little moisture)
1 cup
grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1/2 cup
fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 stalks
fresh rosemary (leaves only)
2/3 cup
dried breadcrumbs
Olive oil
Preheat the oven to 375°F and lightly grease a 9x13-inch or other 3-quart baking dish with olive oil.
In a large bowl, mix the chickpeas with the rice, shallots, garlic, and lemon zest and juice. Season with salt and pepper.
Mix the beaten eggs in a medium bowl with the cottage cheese, yogurt, and 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese. Finely mince the parsley and fresh rosemary leaves. Stir the cottage cheese mixture and herbs into the chickpea mixture.
Spread the mixture in the prepared baking dish and top with the remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan and the bread crumbs. (At this point the casserole can be covered and refrigerated for up to 24 hours.) Drizzle with olive oil. Bake for 45 minutes, or until bubbling and golden. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Recipe Notes
Cooked chickpeas form the toothsome base of this delicious dinner casserole. It's vegetarian and so very nice for a meatless supper. But with its herbed and lemony creaminess, it also makes a great side dish for roasted chicken or grilled pork chops.
Reprinted from Not Your Mother's Casseroles by Faith Durand. (Harvard Common Press, January 2011).
(Images: Faith Durand)


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Chris Burnham gets the creeps over his, Grant Morrison's 'Nameless'
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Chris Burnham was being "cagey" about his and writer Grant Morrison's "Nameless" horror, but he was excited to name the terrors that keep him up at night.
The good-humored artist, a surprise guest at last week's Image Expo in San Francisco, had used that word on stage in not discussing what the upcoming comic book miniseries is about (though Morrison has revealed a few details), and in a backstage interview he apologetically kept mum on the subject.
But Burnham, 36, who recently moved to L.A. from Chicago to be nearer to opportunities in film, video games and other media, was forthcoming about how his and "Batman Incorporated" collaborator Morrison's creative dynamic works, the freedom of drawing a creator-owned book, and which comics, movies and books haunt him at home and freak him out in L.A. traffic jams.
And, after having told the crowd that in research for the series he'd been finding things on the Internet that were polluting his brain, he enthusiastically detailed the particular pollutants. Trypophobes and dog lovers, beware.
Hero Complex: How do you think your work on this book will look different from your work on "Batman Incorporated"? Any challenges you've set for yourself?
Chris Burnham: It's certainly not a superhero book, and I'm not finishing a seven-year story and having to constantly reference not only that seven-year Batman story but also the 75 years of Batman history that came before that. So this is a lot less reverential and referential. This is striking off into a new thing, so I think hopefully the art will look a lot weirder.
I won't be as constrained by trying to make something look like a colorful, pretty superhero book, so I have a lot more freedom to really make it look weird. As for specific challenges, the story is always evolving. Grant writes issue to issue, so I'm not exactly sure what's going to happen in Issue 3 other than the broad outline I've been given. I'm always changing my style to try to fit the story at hand, so I really don't know what's going to happen to it, but I'm sure it's going to be crazy.
HC: That striking teaser image – I know you don't want to get into who's in the suits – but if you could talk about coming at that from a design perspective.
CB: I think the challenge was to make it kind of striking and iconic without it looking precisely generic. So it's definitely kind of "Right Stuff"-y, but not specifically. Hopefully, you know – does it look like a creepy "Right Stuff" with tribal totems drawn on it? Does it look like tribal "Tron"? Hopefully, does it look ominous and sci-fi but somehow magical? Hopefully. [Laughs] Hopefully it does.
HC: What sorts of things are you finding on the Internet that are poisoning your brain?
CB: I'll spend a lot of time on Rotten.com or the dark subthreads of Reddit, just following just horrible reference. Like, "Hey, what does that look like?" [sound of disgust]
There was a big hit on the Internet for eight hours or so … it's the fear of small holes, and apparently I have it. It is just about the worst thing. There's this, I guess it's a meme at this point of taking [lotus seed pods] … even just the actual seeds of this thing look creepy, but then they Photoshop that onto people's faces and arms. And so they're just riddled with holes with these creepy little things poking out. Some of the GIFs … it's like rawr-rawr-rawr with these horrible little maggoty objects poking out of these holes. I'm talking about it, and I'm giving myself goosebumps. That's horrible stuff.
I recently learned about mango worms, this horrible parasite that dogs can get. It looks like they're popping pimples on these dogs, but they're actually squirting out these maggots. There's these videos of people just squeezing out hundreds of these … and the dogs turn around and eat these things. It's horrific, but it's kind of amazing.
What a … up place the world is. What sort of awful, awful dimension do we live in if these creatures live by eating the flesh of these living animals? Awful.
HC: You said this is Morrison's first straight-up horror comic. Was a horror comic something you'd had your eye on doing?
CB: Yeah, I think horror in comics is very rarely done well. Most of my favorite ones are actually Japanese, like Junji Ito's comics I find to be amazing: "Uzumaki" is awesome, "Gyo" is pretty cool. His "The Enigma of Amigara Fault" is the single scariest thing I've ever read. It's 20 pages long, and I literally had to put it down halfway through and walk around the house so that I would have the strength to read the rest of it – which is probably overselling it a little bit. [Laughs] Maybe for you it's just a pretty creepy comic, but for me it's just about as scary as it can get. I can even freak myself out at night. When I'm going to bed, there's a couple of things I can think about where I can't even close my eyes after – like, think about something else, la, la la, got to sing a song – and that's one of them.
I like horror movies a lot, I've read a lot of horror books, and I just thought it'd be a fun challenge to do a straight-up horror comic. I find a lot of Grant's stuff – the horrific things the bad guys do to the good guys – some of the concepts he plays with I find so unsettling, but it's always a spice he's throwing into a sci-fi or a superhero story. I was like, "We should do a horror comic. Let's put your horrible ideas to good use." I hope it doesn't have a happy ending. [Laughs] I hope the end is that we're all doomed.
HC: Could you pick one horror film and one book that stuck with you, and say what about them has lingered?
CB: The movie that's probably bothered me the most is "The Return of the Living Dead," which is pretty funny, but I saw it as a kid, and there's a line – in that movie, the zombies can talk – that's the movie where zombies eating brains comes from … they ask this zombie who they've captured, "Why do you eat brains?" and she says "The pain of being dead, I can feel myself rot." And she eats brains to make the pain go away. Jesus Christ. It's the worst thing I've ever heard. The reason they can talk to her is because she's calmed down because she's just eaten the brains of one of the main characters, and 10 minutes later she's freaking out, screaming for brains again. Eating some poor schlub's brain has only killed the pain for 15 minutes. They're like brain addicts or something. Ugh. Just an awful idea – really, really bothersome. [Laughs]
As for books, I love the Lovecraft stuff, though I've recently reread some of it, and I guess I didn't really notice how awful and racist a lot of it is. [Laughs] I can appreciate it for what it is, but it kind of makes me uncomfortable….
There's certain things in Stephen King books I always think about. Every time I'm in a traffic jam, I think about the traffic jam in "The Stand" – "Oh, man, what if this is it? [Laughs] I can't go anywhere. I'm stuck in the car, bumper to bumper. If I wanted to get off, there's nowhere … I am literally trapped." That freaks me out – feeling constrained and that sort of doomed feeling.
If you can get that across in horror, I think that's really what it's all about. That sense of impending doom, the realization of it.
My dad told me a story. I've asked him about it since, and he has no idea what I'm talking about. So I may have dreamt this whole thing up. But he was telling me he'd read a book about some tribe of cannibals, and they would act friendly and talk to these people and bring them into their camp, and they would live for the moment when their prey would realize that they were prey, and they had some ominous word for that moment of realization, when that guy notices, "Oh … these guys aren't my friends. They're going to kill me and eat me." That just really – that idea just really bothered me of being one guy alone in a pack of 20 people and slowly realizing, "Oh my God, these aren't my friends. They're going to get me, and there's nothing I can do." That is awful. [Laughs]
HC: You've collaborated with Morrison for a while now. What about that collaboration in particular continues to appeal to you?
CB: I think why we make good comics together is that he – if you believe in the right-brain/left-brain sort of thing – seems to be a really out-there, weirdo right-brain guy, and I'm very literal-minded and I believe in strict storytelling rules. I never break the 180 rule in my storytelling. I have a very literal perspective. I've got all sorts of instructions that I live by to tell a coherent story. And a lot of people's problems with Grant Morrison comics is that they can get a little too confusing for them. I think that my very literal, very disciplined storytelling style can help to sell his crazy flights of fancy and make it a little more coherent – and I don't really agree with most of the people who say it's too confusing to follow, but I guess I can see where they're coming from. I think it helps get the story over if it's very clear exactly what's happening. And then the stuff that's happening is weird enough where you can still have that sense of unease.
There's two kinds of "what the …?" you can have. You can have that "what the …?" where you lean in and you're like, "wow, what's going on here?" And there's also that "oh, what the …?" where you lean back and throw your hands up and you don't want to hear anymore because it's broken your sense of reality – "This is garbage, I'm over it." We're definitely going for the lean-in "what the …?"
– Blake Hennon | @BlakeHennon | @LATHeroComplex
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What are the first word that come to mind when you think about Africa?
Warm - not only the warmer weather they enjoy, but the warmth of the colours of nature there, and most especially the warm and inviting spirit of the people. It's something you feel when you first inhale the warm air as you step off the plane, feel again in the genuine smiles of the people who greet you, the warm sunshine on your face and throughout the countryside as you drive home. The tall golden grass, terra cotta soil and flashes of bright colour in the flowers, clothing and building - it's all around you.
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Too many to choose from but one that stands out is going out after dark on my twelfth birthday (you had to be twelve for this activity) and driving out to a viewing point at a small lake where suddenly, and almost silently, hundreds of elephants started to arrive. At first they were just shadowy figures then the moon rose and you could see them as far as the eye could see - my favourite were the babies playing with their mothers in the water. The experience was pure magic.
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Bazaruto, Mozambique - the most idyllic beach setting, completely remote, breathtakingly beautiful and utterly peaceful. Of course, always dream of being home in Zimbabwe and would love to live in vibrant, cosmopolitan Cape Town.
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Appetizer: Garlicky Green Beans
Salad: Bulgur and Orange Salad
Soup: Mushroom Barley Soup
Main Dish: No-Meat Loaf
Side Dish: Brown Rice Pilaf
Dessert: Masala Chai Apple Crisp
Makes about four 1-cup servings
These green beans have a delicious Asian-inspired flavor and can be prepared simply and easily.
1 pound fresh green beans
2 tablespoons vegetable stock
8 large garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Rinse beans, remove stems, then steam until just tender, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
Heat vegetable stock in a nonstick skillet and cook garlic, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Stir in vinegar, soy sauce, water, and cooked green beans. Sprinkle with black pepper and cook, stirring constantly, until very hot, about 2 minutes.
Per 1-cup serving: calories: 77; fat: 2.6 g; saturated fat: 0.4 g; calories from fat: 30.1%; cholesterol: 0 mg; protein: 2.5 g; carbohydrates: 12.8 g; sugar: 4.7 g; fiber: 3.3 g; sodium: 253 mg; calcium: 57 mg; iron: 0.9 mg; vitamin C: 11.6 mg; beta-carotene: 398 mcg; vitamin E: 0.5 mg
Recipe from Jennifer Raymond, found in Healthy Eating for Life for Children by Amy Lanou, Ph.D.
Makes about six 1-cup servings
This nutritious salad, which contains beans, grains, vegetables, and fruit, may be used as a side dish or served as a complete meal. The wholesome fiber makes it low-fat, yet filling. The addition of orange slices is quite refreshing.
1 cup dry bulgur
1 tablespoon orange juice concentrate
2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed, or 1 1/2 cups cooked beans
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1/2 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 orange, peeled and chopped
2 cups boiling water
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Place bulgur in a large bowl and mix with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add boiling water and stir just to mix, then cover and let stand until bulgur is tender, about 25 minutes. Cool completely.
When bulgur is cool, add orange, bell pepper, green onions, and beans.
In a separate bowl, mix vinegar, orange juice concentrate, cumin, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add to salad and toss to mix. If possible, chill before serving.
This salad is very flavorful the next day. Stored in a covered container in the refrigerator, leftover Bulgur and Orange Salad will keep for up to 3 days.
Per 1-cup serving: calories: 174; fat: 0.7 g; saturated fat: 0.1 g; calories from fat: 3.5%; cholesterol: 0 mg; protein: 7.5 g; carbohydrates: 37 g; sugar: 6.9 g; fiber: 8.2 g; sodium: 473 mg; calcium: 59 mg; iron: 2 mg; vitamin C: 33.9 mg; beta-carotene: 258 mcg; vitamin E: 0.3 mg
Recipe from The Survivor's Handbook: Eating Right for Cancer Survival by Neal D. Barnard, M.D., and Jennifer Reilly, R.D.
Makes about three 1-cup servings
This soup takes just minutes to make if you have cooked barley on hand. Because it is very low in fat, it helps the immune system recognize and destroy cancer cells. All fats, including healthful vegetable fats, should be kept to a minimum when it comes to cancer prevention and survival. Barley is also known for its cholesterol-lowering properties.
2⁄3 cup water
1⁄3 cup pearl barley, regular or quick-cooking
2 cups fortified plain rice milk
2 tablespoons barley flour
1 can (4 ounces) mushrooms, undrained, or 6 fresh mushrooms, quartered
1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
Pinch of dried marjoram
Pinch of dried sage
Pinch of dried thyme
Pinch of dried dill weed
To cook the barley, bring the water and barley to a boil in a medium saucepan. Lower the heat, cover, and cook until all of the water has been absorbed, about 30 minutes for regular barley or 10 minutes for quick-cooking barley.
Place the rice milk and flour in a blender and process on high speed for a few seconds. Add the cooked barley and process on high speed for about 10 seconds, just until the barley is coarsely chopped. Add the mushrooms and their liquid and process very briefly, just until they are coarsely chopped.
Transfer the blended mixture to a medium saucepan and stir in the garlic powder, salt, marjoram, sage, thyme, and dill weed. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, for about 5 minutes, or until the soup is hot and slightly thickened.
Stored in a covered container in the refrigerator, leftover Mushroom Barley Soup will keep for up to 3 days.
Note: If you prefer, omit the water and barley and substitute 1 cup cooked barley.
Per 1-cup serving: 172 calories; 1.7 g fat; 0.2 g saturated fat; 8.9% calories from fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 3.2 g protein; 36.7 g carbohydrate; 9 g sugar; 4.1 g fiber; 350 mg sodium; 213 mg calcium; 1 mg iron; 0.9 mg vitamin C; 9 mcg beta-carotene; 1.2 mg vitamin E
Makes 12 1-slice servings
This savory loaf is delicious with Mashed Potatoes and Brown Gravy or as a sandwich filling. The vegetables need to be finely chopped, which can be easily accomplished with a food processor.
1 cup dry bulgur
1 1/2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons water
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 medium carrot, shredded or finely chopped
2 celery stalks, finely chopped
1 pound mushrooms, finely chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/3 cup potato flour
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon dried sage
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons ketchup or barbeque sauce
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
4 teaspoons stone-ground mustard
Vegetable oil spray
Additional ketchup or barbeque sauce for topping
Place bulgur in a large bowl and pour 1 1/2 cups boiling water over it. Soak until bulgur is tender and most of the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Heat 2 tablespoons water in a nonstick skillet and add onion, carrot, and celery. Cook over medium-high heat for 3 minutes, stirring often. Stir in mushrooms and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft and mushrooms are brown, about 5 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Drain any excess water off the bulgur. Add vegetables along with walnuts, flour, marjoram, garlic powder, salt, thyme, sage, black pepper, 3 tablespoons ketchup or barbeque sauce, soy sauce, and mustard and stir for 1 to 2 minutes, until the mixture holds together. Pat into a vegetable oil sprayed 5"×9" loaf pan and top with ketchup or barbeque sauce. Bake for 60 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Per slice (1/12 of loaf): calories: 120; fat: 3.6 g; saturated fat: 0.4 g; calories from fat: 27.1%; cholesterol: 0 mg; protein: 3.7 g; carbohydrate: 20.8 g; sugar: 5.3 g; fiber: 3.8 g; sodium: 385 mg; calcium: 25 mg; iron: 1.2 mg; vitamin C: 5 mg; beta-carotene: 519 mcg; vitamin E: 0.4 mg
Recipe from Jennifer Raymond, found in Turn Off the Fat Genes by Neal D. Barnard, M.D.
Makes 4 servings
This richly flavored pilaf may be served as a side dish or used as a stuffing—it is truly a staple year-round. Brown rice is a rich source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Most of the nutrients available in brown rice come from the bran. When rice is processed and the bran is removed, it becomes white rice, which is essentially devoid of nutritional value and health-promoting properties.
1/4 cup water
8 ounces mushrooms, diced (about 2 1/2 cups)
1 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 cup dry white wine or vegetable broth
1 cup long-grain brown rice (preferably basmati or jasmine)
2 to 3 cups boiling water or vegetable broth
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Heat the 1/4 cup of water in a large saucepan. Add the mushrooms, onion, and garlic. Cook and stir over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until the mushrooms and onion are soft.
Add the thyme and cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of the wine or vegetable broth and mix in well.
Stir in the rice and 2 cups of the boiling water. Add the remaining wine and the salt and pepper. Stir to mix well. Cover and cook over low heat for about 60 minutes, until the rice is tender and all of the water has been absorbed. Check the saucepan occasionally to make sure the rice doesn't cook dry, and add a small amount of the remaining water as needed to prevent sticking.
Stored in a covered container in the refrigerator, leftover Brown Rice Pilaf will keep for up to 3 days.
Per serving (1/4 recipe): calories: 216; fat: 1.6 g; saturated fat: 0.3 g; calories from fat: 6.8%; cholesterol: 0 mg; protein: 5.3 g; carbohydrate: 40.9 g; sugar: 2 g; fiber: 6.4 g; sodium: 306 mg; calcium: 32 mg; iron: 1.7 mg; vitamin C: 3.3 mg; beta-carotene: 3 mcg; vitamin E: 0.1 mg
Recipe from The Cancer Survivor's Guide
Makes 6 servings
Chai spices are the perfect accompaniment to this quintessential American dessert.
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom (preferably from green cardamom pods)
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
4 apples, cored and sliced thinly (2 Pink Ladies and 2 Granny Smiths, preferably)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 cup apple jelly
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
11/2 cups dried oats
Combine all the spices and the sugar together. Place the apple slices in a mixing bowl and toss them with the spices and sugar. Allow this to sit for about 30 minutes.
At this point, the apples will have released some liquid. Drain the juice from the bottom of the mixing bowl into a small saucepan. Over medium heat, reduce the juice until it is about half the original volume. Mix this with the apple cider vinegar, apple jelly, and grated ginger.
Place the apples in a baking dish and spread the apple jelly mixture over them. Top with the dried oats. Bake this at 350 F for 20 minutes.
The Gourmet Touch: Toast each spice individually, whole, for about 1 minute over medium-low heat, then grind each spice into a powder.
Core Concepts: Dried ingredients like sugar and salt pull out liquid from fruits and veggies through a process called maceration. When making a pie or crisp, this is important because it reduces the amount of liquid released by the fruit during baking, keeping the texture of the dessert tight instead of watery.
Per serving (1/6 recipe): calories: 278; fat: 0.8 g; calories from fat: 3%; cholesterol: 0 mg; protein: 4 g; carbohydrates: 70 g; sugar: 49 g; fiber: 5 g; sodium: 1 mg
Recipe by Jason Wyrick found in 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health by Neal Barnard, M.D.


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2008-09 Women's Basketball Coaches Weekly Teleconference
|Links will be active and archived as the teleconferences take place. NOTE: The audio clips are streamed via Windows Media. For best results download the latest version of the Windows Media Player from microsoft.com.
|Archive Replays
|January 13
|February 10
|March 3
|Time (CT)
|10:00 a.m.
|Sherri Coale, Oklahoma
|10:07 a.m.
|Connie Yori, Nebraska
|10:14 a.m.
|Kim Mulkey, Baylor
|10:21 a.m.
|Cindy Stein, Missouri
|10:28 a.m.
|Gail Goestenkors, Texas
|10:35 a.m.
|Bonnie Henrickson, Kansas
|10:42 a.m.
|Kristy Curry, Texas Tech
|10:49 a.m.
|Bill Fennelly, Iowa State
|10:56 a.m.
|Kathy McConnell-Miller, Colorado
|11:03 a.m.
|Kurt Budke, Oklahoma State
|11:10 a.m.
|Gary Blair, Texas A&M
|11:17 a.m.
|Deb Patterson, Kansas State


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Rothesay Saint wrote:Aww, you made Buffon cry.
Buffon's had a great career. One of the best goalkeepers of all time and a true champion. I still remember watching his debut for Parma as a 17-year old against Milan on Channel 4's Football Italia.
These World Cup play-offs are gripping stuff. Including the two intercontinental match-ups we've now had six 0-0 draws, two 1-0's and a single 4-1 blowout. That's an average of 0.78 goals per match. Jose Mourinho's bus parking manual is turning out to be very popular.