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The return of the dummy!!
Anyway...the tarla dalal's rajasthani book had a few recipes with jowar and bajra and i was looking forward to make them and had bought them months ago...but had not used them. As i am on a quest to finish all my old stock...i decided to use the grains. As i do not have the book...i googled as to how to cook bajra grains...got the basic idea and make a basic simple khichdi.
Bajre ki khichdi
Bajra Grains - 1/2 cup (soaked for a few hours)
Toor Dal - 1/2 cup ( use any dal you want..toor is the only dal i have at home)
Green Chillies - 2, slit
Garlic - 3 pods, crushed
Onion - 1 medium, diced
Spinach - 1/2 box (i used frozen)(if using fresh..use 3-4 cups)
Sambar powder - 1 tbls.
Oil- 1 tbls
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp.
Water - 2 1/2 cups
1. Heat a pressure cooker with oil, then add the mustard seeds.
2. When the seeds splutters, add the onions, garlic and green chillies and saute till the onions soften.
3. Add the spinach after that with salt and sambar powder and saute for a few minutes.
4. Then add the bajra and dal with 2 1/2 cups of water and pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles.
5. When the pressure subsides, mix it well and serve.
1. I would reduce the water to maybe 1 1/2 cups...as the bajra does not expand as much as rice does. I wanted to make it a khichdi..but it was a lil more soupy than i would have liked it.
2. The bajra did not plump up even after soaking for a few hours, like i thought it would...i mean i just assumed soaking it would plump it up..do not ask me where i got this idea. I think soaking basically lets the grain soften a bit. if i am wrong..please let me know...politely of-course!!
3. All of you watching your carbs..this is great..coz Bajra is basically pretty high in protein and low on net-carbs..so no afternoon slump!!
38 comments:
- Happy cook said...
I have never cooked anything with bajra grain, the curry looks really yummy delicous.
- Mon Mar 30, 12:17:00 PM EDT
- Mahimaa's kitchen said...
new recipe to me.. sounds healthy and looks delicious. thanks for visiting my blog dear.
- Mon Mar 30, 12:46:00 PM EDT
- Lavanya said...
sorry to hear abt your cook books..I had seen many people like that..they will think abt each rupee if they are spending on others (conjuice people) and they will take others rupee very easily..anyway...your recipes all are new to me..i never heard of these grains..i will google it and findout the info abt these grains :)
- Mon Mar 30, 12:49:00 PM EDT
- Laavanya said...
Oh that sounds bad... if she wants to think so much abt the mailing costs then she should've returned the books while you were still in MI. Hope you get them back Rajitha.
I've not cooked with bajra before.. nice to know it's low on the carbs and it looks soups but definitely looks delish too.
- Mon Mar 30, 01:40:00 PM EDT
- Le @HC said...
Nice healthy meal.. you could ask a cheque for the cost of the books (that u love so much) if she refuses to mail, giving a reason of this sort! :)
- Mon Mar 30, 02:08:00 PM EDT
- indosungod said...
I have bajra with me and I love the looks of this one. I am going to try mine with Chard.
There are all kinds of people Ranjitha and it is really difficult to deal with those who borrow and think it is theirs.
- Mon Mar 30, 02:38:00 PM EDT
- indosungod said...
I guess I called you with an extra n. sorry. I usually soak bajra for making dosai and it does not plump up. Most grains with starch do I guess.
- Mon Mar 30, 02:40:00 PM EDT
- Asha said...
I have that book too, Khichadi looks so yum. I have never cooked with whole Bajra, must try once! :)
- Mon Mar 30, 03:56:00 PM EDT
- bee said...
i have a packet of millet and that cookbook. thanks for this recipe.
- Mon Mar 30, 04:18:00 PM EDT
- Nags said...
never cooked with bajra before. the rest looks like my comforting dal recipe :)
- Mon Mar 30, 10:05:00 PM EDT
- Cham said...
I cannot understand how people can talk like? The mailing charge cost more than book, u should have replied the book cost more than a diamond ring!
I never cooked with bajra grains! Delish with spinach too!
- Tue Mar 31, 12:05:00 AM EDT
- Sig said...
Are you serious?????? What a bit&&*!!!!!!! Tell her to send you the books anyway and that you would send her a check for the postage later and of course, don't send it :)
- Tue Mar 31, 12:42:00 AM EDT
- Sunshinemom said...
I had heard of this khichdi but did not have the recipe. Thanks!
- Tue Mar 31, 02:16:00 AM EDT
- sra said...
What cheek! I don't know where we find ourselves such cheapos, really! My friend in college vanished with my notes and didn't return them to me before an exam - I couldn't go get them as I didn't get permission from the hostel warden - and I had to leave the second part of the paper unanswered and walk out as everyone stared at me. When I questioned her, she simply said, yes, but I couldn't give it back - oh, what a witch she was! Thankfully, it was not a univ exam.
- Tue Mar 31, 02:24:00 AM EDT
- DEESHA said...
this is such a new thing for me & very healthy too
- Tue Mar 31, 02:23:00 PM EDT
- Vibaas said...
first of all, the bajre ki kichadi looks super yummy. it's making me hungry.
I feel so bad for you for not getting those books back. i've been in the same boat several times. I just don't know the way to deal with this kind of people. hope she sends 'em thro' your other friend.
- Tue Mar 31, 07:42:00 PM EDT
That is really rude of her to not mail you the books! This is why I hate lending people books, they are almost impossible to get back! (hugs)
- Wed Apr 01, 09:19:00 AM EDT
- EC said...
I am very possessive when it comes to my cookery and craft books..but dont feel like asking directly, so my way is "did u try any from the book, I too wanted to try out something from it" of course, some people do take a hint and return it back soon, while the others seem to be in love with my books and so dont bother to return..Healthy kichadi
- Wed Apr 01, 11:53:00 AM EDT
- Sandeepa said...
Strange People. How dare she say that books cost more to mail !!!
I am a miser when it comes to lending books mostly fiction in my case
I have not had Bajra ever. Looks good
- Wed Apr 01, 02:31:00 PM EDT
- Namratha said...
Uggh, that is annoying right, esp when they "borrow" something and don't make an attempt to even return it! Hope you get them back soooon! :) Where have u been all this while?
I've never cooked with bajra before, this is new to me!
- Wed Apr 01, 07:30:00 PM EDT
- ~Vandya~ said...
Never thought that bajra could be so edible. Always hesiated when it came to this grain. I think high time i give it a try.
- Thu Apr 02, 08:07:00 AM EDT
- RAKS KITCHEN said...
Bajra grain sounds new to me,looks nice!
- Thu Apr 02, 10:09:00 PM EDT
- TBC said...
Too bad about your cookbooks... I'd be mad too!
Direct her to this post of yours. :D
I'm very possessive too about my books. I don't like lending stuff coz of the pain and effort involved in getting something that is rightfully mine back.
Never cooked with bajra before. The khichdi looks lovely and so does Mandy Moore.:)
- Fri Apr 03, 10:38:00 AM EDT
- Gayathri said...
this looks really yummy and healthy treat too
- Sun Apr 05, 06:03:00 PM EDT
- Shubha said...
Never even got bajra.. coz i didnt know what to make with it... ur recipe sounds healthy and delicious...:) will surely try it out...:D
- Mon Apr 06, 08:48:00 PM EDT
- srikars kitchen said...
Sounds delicious.. nice entry.. great recipes/..
- Tue Apr 07, 10:32:00 AM EDT
- delhibelle said...
Hope you get your books back from el cheapo.
Khichdi looks slurppicious.
- Thu Apr 09, 12:34:00 AM EDT
- delhibelle said...
Hope you get your books back from el cheapo.
Khichdi looks slurppicious.
- Thu Apr 09, 12:34:00 AM EDT
- Cynthia said...
This may sound selfish, I only lend things to people whom I know will take care of it, respect it, and return it, especially my books.
- Sat Apr 11, 06:40:00 PM EDT
- Kitchen Flavours said...
Wow comforting and delsih.....
- Tue Apr 14, 01:00:00 AM EDT
- Ramya Vijaykumar said...
mmm Khichdi looks great, my first visit here nice selected recipes wow I liked your one pot meal mmm amazing color shall keep visiting you for more...
- Wed Apr 15, 03:04:00 PM EDT
- pb said...
LOL LOL !! i can so relate with this..once i had given my computer to a friend, and a similar thing happenned. He refused to send it to me saying the it cost too much to UPS it !!
this is a novel concept,i have only heard of bajra bhakri and bajra dhebras so far.
have to try it..
- Wed Apr 15, 07:31:00 PM EDT
- Subhie Arun said...
new recipe to me...will try...u have wonderful site wth grt recipes...keep rocking...
- Thu Apr 16, 06:41:00 AM EDT
- Kumudha said...
Kichadi looks delicious.
How is NYC? I remember you always wanted to reside in NYC...
Hope you are enjoying the great city...
- Sat Apr 18, 01:01:00 PM EDT
- Pavithra said...
One pot meals are looking great and so healthy too , will try it immediately. Lovely blog
- Fri Apr 24, 12:53:00 AM EDT
- ARUNA said...
this sounds like a new recipe.....looking yummm!
- Wed May 13, 10:22:00 PM EDT
- Malar Gandhi said...
Thats how human mentality works my dear. If we lend someone(for time being and something not so pricey). When we ask them back...they get offended!! It happend to me several times. Even my close, well-educated friends behave unclassey sometimes! So, my idea is...mentally 'give away the stuff' and forget about it!
- Tue Jun 23, 05:42:00 PM EDT
- rkramadh said...
Beautiful blog! I can't believe someone had the nerve to tell you that after borrowing your books! btw, I live in MI, want me to track her down? lol!
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This document is tentative and subject to change without notice.
- 1 Themes
- 2 Bundling and Deployment Architecture
- 3 System Requirements
JSF 2.0 Support
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- End-user visible features that appear by default are bad. Examples include the appearance of the WPE action on the Open With action in the project explorer and the validation framework. Once these features are contributed an adopter is stuck with them. Short of doing hacky things like calling non-API methods or worse, calling setAccessible to get private data. This is bad due to premise 1: adopters get stuck exposing things to their users that they may not like or conflict with a similar feature that they want to implement in their own way or based on a superior internal technology.
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That would be very nice on more than one level. Hate those packages if you don't have scissors you can't open them. Another reason is the environment, very green of them. :-)
I like the idea, but dont really care about it cause I just use poultry scissors lol. They work perfectly.
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About 100 eateries will be participating in Restaurant Week Aug. 23-30, offering three-course, fixed-price meals that also help fight hunger.
Most of the restaurants participating in Restaurant Week are on or near the Las Vegas Strip, making it ideal for tourists.
Among the many choices:
Alize on the 56th floor of the Palms: Besides its superb view, Alize, a fine French restaurant, will be serving a special meal priced at $50.13 per person.
Jean Georges Steakhouse at Aria: The acclaimed chef whose name is on the door has created a special menu for $50.13.
Verandah at the Four Seasons will offer a creative menu served in intimate surroundings for $50.13.
Visitors who have a car or want to cab it may choose to venture off Las Vegas Boulevard to try some lesser-known but well-respected restaurants. They include:
Twin Creeks Steakhouse, a gem inside the Silverton (Blue Diamond Road at Interstate 15) offers traditional but tasty fare such as filet mignon and Alaskan halibut. The menu for Restaurant Week costs $40.13.
Table 34 at 600 E. Warm Springs Road is a six-mile drive from the Strip but its special menu suggests it might be worth the trip. It includes selections such as citrus-garlic mussel ceviche, layered eggplant and chocolate-peanut butter pie with honeycomb clusters.
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This Week In Island History
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, Jan. 9, 1914
The dance New Year's Eve in the Gardner House by the members of the Jamestown Band proved a popular and enjoyable affair. Music was furnished by Peckham's orchestra.
A dance was given Friday evening in the guild hall at the north end of the island, by those connected with the chapel there. The attendance was not large.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 10, 1939
The work of drilling and driving test piles for the Jamestown Saunderstown bridge was about to be started today, with the arrival of the lighterage equipment from the Merritt, Chapman and Scott Company, of New London, which has the contract for preliminary work. The lighter, Collegian, and a towboat are on the scene and organization was being completed for actual operations.
Representatives of various agencies were at a conference this afternoon in the office of the Jamestown Bridge Commission. The discussion centered on the construction of rights-of-way to the bridge when it is completed in 1940. The commission hopes that these roads will be built by the state.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 11, 1939
WPA Superintendent William A. Gosford has started building the seawall along the proposed park at the eastern end of Narragansett Avenue.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 9, 1964
Practical arts for seventh- and eighth-graders will be offered beginning this week at the Jamestown School during school hours. The boys will be taught woodworking and also minor plumbing and electrical repair for the home. The boys' classroom is a converted storage room and the equipment is the same used in the abandoned Thomas H. Clarke School when woodworking was last offered to Jamestown students around 1955.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 13, 1964
Arnold Sisson's three baskets in the final two minutes gave the Gentlemen a 54-47 triumph over the Rams in Jamestown Senior Basketball League action at the recreation center Saturday evening. In the second contest, the Friars eased past the Vikings, 48-41.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 10, 1989
The Coastal Resources Management Council is recommending a drastic reduction in the number of moorings allowed in Dutch Harbor. Possibly 200 moorings would be reduced to about 140.
The Town Council Monday voted to hold a special financial town meeting Feb. 6 on a $642,000 proposal to renovate and expand the police station.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press, Jan. 7, 1999
The school superintendent said that the spending plan for 1999- 2000 will total $6.2 million. Some 47 percent of it is in salaries, 14 percent is in benefits and 35 percent is in purchase services like the bus contract and high-school tuition.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press, Jan. 8, 2004
An endangered wildflower found at Taylor Point could be put in jeopardy by the development of a highway barn facility at this location.
Fourteen birders held the 19th annual Conanicut Island bird count on Jan. 3. There were 68 species found. Highlights were sightings of 13 razorbills, 20 harlequins, one Barrow's goldeneye and 27 American pipits at Beavertail, and two Wilson's snipes at the North Pond reservoir.


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Lentil Flat Breads
Source: Recipe from Chef Jesse Dodson
Worth the effort, this well flavored flatbread is delicious. A welcome addition that will add interest to any bread basket.
1⁄2 cup dried green lentils
2 tbsp. semolina flour
1 cup plus 2 tbsp. 70º F water
1 1⁄2 tsp. active dry yeast
2 3⁄4 cups bread flour
1 tbsp. whole cumin seeds
1 tsp. ground black pepper
2 tbsp. olive oil
1⁄2 tsp. salt
Caramelized onions or herbs, for topping
Cornmeal, for baking
1. Soak lentils in very hot water for 30 min. Drain on paper towels. Finely grind in food processor with semolina.
2. Dissolve yeast in 70°F water; let stand 5 min.
3. In mixer, combine bread flour, cumin, and pepper. With paddle, blend in yeast at low speed for 3 min. Change to hook attachment; add lentils, oil, and salt. Mix on medium for 6 min., or until dough is smooth and slightly sticky. Place in large oiled bowl. Cover with plastic and let rise for 11⁄2-2 hours until doubled.
4. Preheat oven to 500ºF for 45 min. with pizza stone or oiled sheet pan inside (if there's no hearth). Punch dough down and portion into 12 pieces. Cover and let rest for 15 min.
5. Roll each piece of dough out on lightly floured surface into a 1⁄4 in.-thick oblong. Top with onions and herbs. Spritz oven heavily with water. Dust baking surface with meal and bake flat breads for 7-10 min.


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INDIANAPOLIS The Indianapolis Colts made Chuck Pagano a winner in his return to the sideline.
Andrew Luck threw for two touchdowns, and Deji Karim swung the game with a 101-yard kickoff return in the third quarter, giving the Colts a 28-16 victory over Houston. It was Pagano's first game back as coach since starting treatment for leukemia Sept. 26.
Indianapolis (11-5) heads into the playoffs as the No. 5 seed and on a roll. The Colts will open the postseason next weekend against the Baltimore Ravens.
Slumping Houston (12-4) will host Cincinnati, who beat Baltimore on Sunday, to open the playoffs. The Texans lost three of their last four games, and J.J. Watt failed to break Michael Strahan's single-season sacks record.
The game turned on two big plays: Karim's kickoff return, which wiped out a 16-14 Houston lead, and Luck's 70-yard touchdown pass to T.Y. Hilton.
Redskins 28, Cowboys 18
LANDOVER, Md. RG3 and the Washington Redskins are NFC East champions.
Robert Griffin III ran for a touchdown, and fellow rookie Alfred Morris rushed for 200 yards and three scores as the Redskins won their first division title in 13 years by beating the Dallas Cowboys.
The Redskins are 10-6 and will host the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday.
Bengals 23, Ravens 17
CINCINNATI Carlos Dunlap returned an interception 14 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
The Ravens (10-6) already had clinched their second consecutive AFC North title, and they will open the playoffs at home against Indianapolis, which defeated Houston on Sunday.
The Ravens let quarterback Joe Flacco and running back Ray Rice play only two series. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and receiver A.J. Green sat out the second half.
Bears 26, Lions 24
DETROIT Jay Cutler threw for 257 yards and a touchdown and helped seal the game with a late scramble.
But Chicago missed the playoffs on Sunday afternoon.
The Lions (4-12) lost their last eight games and turned the ball over four times in the finale. Calvin Johnson fell short in his attempt to become the first player with 2,000 yards receiving in a season.
Cutler's 19-yard run on third down helped Chicago run out the clock late in the fourth quarter.
Giants 42, Eagles 7
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. There will be no Super Bowl repeat for the Giants. Not even a playoff berth despite Eli Manning's career-high five touchdown passes.
The Giants (9-7) playoff hopes ended minutes after routing the Eagles in what may have been coach Andy Reid's final game for Philadelphia. Chicago's win over Detroit ended New York's long-shot playoff chances.
The loss means that it will be seven consecutive seasons that the Super Bowl champion has failed to win a playoff game the following year.
Philadelphia closed the season 4-12.
Buccaneers 22, Falcons 17
ATLANTA The Falcons couldn't follow through with their plan to gain momentum for the playoffs as Josh Freeman threw a touchdown pass to Mike Williams, and Doug Martin ran for 141 yards.
The Falcons (13-3) had little to play for as they already have home-field advantage through the NFC playoffs. Coach Mike Smith said he wanted to "finish the regular season the right way," and he stayed with his starters through the game.
The danger to Smith's strategy was losing a top starter to an injury. Defensive end John Abraham, Atlanta's best pass rusher, left with an apparent left ankle injury in the fourth quarter. Cornerback Dunta Robinson suffered a head injury in the first quarter and did not return.
Steelers 24, Browns 10
PITTSBURGH Ben Roethlisberger threw three short touchdown passes, and Pittsburgh avoided its first losing season in nearly a decade.
Antonio Brown, Leonard Pope and Plaxico Burress scored for the Steelers (8-8). Pittsburgh's top-ranked defense forced four turnovers as the Steelers won for just the second time in the last six weeks, a slide that knocked them out of the playoffs for the first time since 2009.
Cleveland's third-string quarterback, Thaddeus Lewis, passed for 204 yards with a touchdown and an interception in his first NFL start. But the Browns (5-11) dropped their third in a row in what likely is coach Pat Shurmur's final game.
Bills 28, Jets 9
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. C.J. Spiller scored on a 66-yard catch and run in helping underachieving Buffalo, while Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez had two more turnovers.
Safety Bryan Scott also returned an interception 20 yards for a touchdown for the Bills (6-10), who snapped a three-game skid. Both AFC East rivals had already been eliminated from playoff contention.
The Bills finished last in the AFC East for a fifth consecutive season amid speculation about coach Chan Gailey's job security.
Sanchez may have started his final game for the Jets (6-10), who closed the season with three consecutive losses amid all sorts of turmoil.
Titans 38, Jaguars 20
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Tennessee became the first NFL team with two players scoring twice on returns in closing out the season with two wins in its final three games.
Darius Reynaud scored on two punt returns, and rookie linebacker Zach Brown returned two interceptions for touchdowns.
The Titans finished 6-10 and await owner Bud Adams' decision on whether to keep coach Mike Munchak, who has two years left on his contract.
The Jaguars (2-14) wrapped up their worst season with their 12th loss in 13 games, and now owner Shad Khan has to decide on the futures of general manager Gene Smith and first-year coach Mike Mularkey.
Panthers 44, Saints 38
NEW ORLEANS Drew Brees made more NFL history, but so did the Saints' porous defense in a loss to Carolina.
DeAngelo Williams rushed for 210 yards, including touchdown runs of 54 and 12 yards, for Carolina (7-9), which closed the season with four consecutive wins. His 65-yard gain set up the first of three 1-yard scoring runs by Mike Tolbert.
Brees passed for 396 yards, giving him 5,177 this season. That makes him the first player to eclipse 5,000 yards three times. His four touchdown passes gave him 43 in 2012, and he's the first player with 40 touchdown passes in consecutive seasons.
The Saints (7-9) also gave up 530 yards, raising their season total to 7,042 to break the record of 6,793 allowed by the 1981 Baltimore Colts.
49ers 27, Cardinals 13
SAN FRANCISCO Michael Crabtree caught touchdown passes of 49 and 7 yards and finished with a career-high 172 yards, leading the San Francisco 49ers to a second consecutive NFC West title with a victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Colin Kaepernick overcame a slow start to throw for a career-best 276 yards and two touchdowns as the Niners (11-4-1) did their part to control the postseason picture and clinched a first-round bye when Minnesota beat Green Bay.
Frank Gore ran for a 2-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter for his franchise-best 51st touchdown rushing.
Brian Hoyer went 19 of 34 for 225 yards and a late touchdown toss in his first career NFL start as Arizonas fourth quarterback. The Cardinals (5-11) lost for the 11th time in their last 12 games in what might have been Ken Whisenhunts final game as coach.
Patriots 28, Dolphins 0
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes, and the New England Patriots regained their dominance after a rare slump, earning a playoff bye with a win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
Stevan Ridley ran for two touchdowns as the Patriots used a ball-control offense and a defense that racked up a season-high seven sacks.
Now, seeded second in the AFC, they have an extra week to savor the win and prepare for their postseason opener.
The Patriots (11-5) led 21-0 at halftime on Bradys 9-yard touchdown pass to Wes Welker and Ridleys runs of 1 and 2 yards, capping drives lasting 14 and 13 plays. They ended the scoring on Bradys 23-yard scoring pass to Rob Gronkowski, who missed the previous five games after breaking his left forearm.
The Dolphins (7-9) finished with a losing record for the fourth consecutive season.
Chargers 24, Raiders 21
SAN DIEGO Micheal Spurlock returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown, and San Diego beat the Oakland Raiders on a wet, gloomy Sunday in whats expected to be Norv Turners final game as Chargers coach.
Turner and general manager A.J. Smith are expected to be fired because the Chargers (7-9) missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Raiders finished 4-12.
If Turner does get fired, hell finish 56-40 in six seasons with San Diego but just 24-24 the past three seasons.
Spurlock became the first Chargers player to have a kickoff and punt return for touchdowns in consecutive weeks. He returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown a week earlier in a victory against the New York Jets.
San Diego linebacker Takeo Spikes and Oakland running back Mike Goodson were ejected following a skirmish in the second quarter.
Vikings 37, Packers 34
MINNEAPOLIS Adrian Peterson came within 9 yards of Eric Dickersons rushing record on Sunday, finishing with 199 yards and powering the Minnesota Vikings into the playoffs over Green Bay.
That forced a rematch with the Packers next weekend in a wild-card game.
Peterson rushed for 36 yards on the last drive, plenty for rookie Blair Walshs 29-yard field goal as time expired to put the Vikings (10-6) in the postseason. The Packers (11-5) fell to the NFCs No. 3 seed.
Aaron Rodgers completed 28 of 40 passes for 365 yards and four touchdowns and no turnovers, connecting with Jordy Nelson from 2 yards to tie the game with 2:54 remaining. But Christian Ponder threw for three scores, including one to Peterson.
Seahawks 20, Rams 13
SEATTLE Russell Wilson tied Peyton Mannings record for most touchdown passes by a rookie with 26, and his 1-yard TD run with 1:39 left gave Seattle a 20-13 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday and an 8-0 home mark for the Seahawks.
Seattle (11-5) entered the day with hopes of still winning the NFC West and getting a home playoff game, but those dreams were dashed when San Francisco beat Arizona 27-13 to clinch the division. Seattle will be the No. 5 seed in the NFC and face the NFC East champion either Washington or Dallas in the opening round next weekend.
Seattle finished as the only team unbeaten at home in the NFL.
St. Louis defensive effort didnt make it easy for Seattle. The Rams (7-8-1) sacked Wilson six times but couldnt offensively do enough to finish with their first winning record since 2003.


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Arbitron produces one line of output per mailbox, reporting the mailbox name
followed by a space, followed by the number of
readers (and if -u is specified, followed by a colon and a
comma-separated list of the readers userids), and if -o is not
specified, another space and the number of subscribers (and if -u is
specified, followed by a colon and a comma-separated list of the
subscribers userids).
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When Egon Schiele died on All Hallows' Eve in 1918, a victim of the Spanish influenza pandemic that killed 40 million people–including his pregnant wife, who had died three days before him–he was 28. Schiele had been poised to assume the position of Vienna's leading artist, having abruptly arrived at his signature style in 1910, at the age of 20. The change was more like a metamorphosis than a transformation. Schiele had been a precocious student, but nothing he did before 1910 would have prepared anyone for the singular artist he all at once became. The only parallel case that comes to mind is that of Arthur Rimbaud, writing urgent and unprecedented verse while still a schoolboy. Rimbaud and Schiele were comparable geniuses, and Schiele was in a way a vilain bonhomme, as Rimbaud and his drinking buddies called themselves. But Schiele's rebelliousness was part of the overall secessionist spirit that possessed twentieth-century artists impatient for official academic art to be junked and Modernism to begin.
There was nothing criminal in his character, as there had been with Rimbaud, but the extreme eroticism that marked his work–and his use of very young models–raised suspicions that he was capable of transgressive sexual acts. Indeed, he was jailed in 1912, accused of abducting and sexually abusing an underage female, while he was living in a small village outside Vienna with his long-term lover and model, Wally. At the trial the charges were refuted, but one can easily understand, on the evidence of his art, how he could be believed capable of sexual delinquency. The authorities found pinned to his studio wall an evidently salacious drawing of a young woman, naked from the waist down. He was sentenced to an extra three days in prison–his incarceration lasted twenty-four days in all–on the ground that he displayed an indecent picture where it could be seen by innocent eyes. The offending image was subjected to judicial destruction. Interestingly, the fact that the authorities found drawers full of similarly "indecent" images did not count against him. The offense was showing, not making, dirty pictures.
Eroticism and pictorial representation have coexisted since the beginning of art, and many great artists have a few erotic images in their "X Portfolios" (to use Robert Mapplethorpe's term). But Schiele was unique in making eroticism the defining motif of his impressive if circumscribed oeuvre. He was also unique in that drawing was his chief medium. Willem de Kooning said that flesh was the reason oil painting was invented, but Schiele demonstrated how remarkably fleshly thin transparent washes of pale color can be. Consider the iconic self-portrait of 1910, in which the naked artist is gazing–or glowering–at himself in a mirror, over his left shoulder. The right arm is bent around his head, which he grasps with his hand. The fingers are abnormally long, and his face is focused in a look of intense concentration: One eyebrow is raised, the mouth is pursed in a sullen grimace. The left arm, all bone and stringy muscles, falls straight down from shoulder to a flared elbow. Whatever he is looking for in the mirror, the artist is as confident as the drawing of his arm, his outthrust rib cage, his curved back, his narrow waist. Lines of tension give definition to his body, matching the ferocity of his look. Two features call for specific comment: the wiry thatch of hair beneath his right arm–echoed by a curl of pubic hair at the bottom of the sheet–and his right nipple, red almost to the point of blackness. These express not so much the gender as the sexuality of the body. The hair is not indicated but drawn, and the nipple suggests a target. There is a touch of red on the elbow so sure in its execution as to take one's breath away. The same red is on the cheekbones and on the finger clasped around the artist's head. There is nothing else in the self-portrait besides Schiele and the signature initial S in the lower right corner. The paper is yellowish. The figure is cropped, which heightens the intensity both of the posture and the execution. The accuracy of the drawing is confirmed by several photographs, in which Schiele contemplates himself in the mirror, clearly proud of his looks, his elegant figure, his leonine head of hair. Unquestionably, this is a vain young man.


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The up-and-down Terriers are a bit of a wild card as they begin play in the Southern Conference Tournament against Georgia Southern.
As should have been expected with a roster that includes only two upperclassmen, Wofford's basketball team has been inconsistent and unpredictable.
The Terriers believe that's exactly why nobody should count against them making some serious noise in the Southern Conference tournament, which they open at 11:30 a.m. today in Asheville as the No. 8 seed against ninth-seeded Georgia Southern in the U.S. Cellular Arena.
"All season, we've been up and down," sophomore forward Lee Skinner said. "But I know one thing about this team and it's that we've got a lot of heart. We're young, but we don't believe in age. That doesn't matter. You have to man up and come together. We're doing that."
There was the surprising win in December at Xavier, a Sweet 16 regular that won its 17th game Wednesday by beating No. 15 Saint Louis. After that however, the Terriers dropped six of seven, including a thumping at the hands of eventual SoCon bottom-seed Furman.
Wofford (13-18, 7-11) won five of its last eight games of the regular season, one of those losses by just five points at the No. 3 seed College of Charleston. That was a 14-point improvement on the earlier meeting at home. The Terriers demolished Chattanooga by 30. They also scored only 33 in a loss at Samford. They finished with a win against The Citadel, a team they had lost against, holding on after a 17-point lead was cut to two.
"We've been right there in every one of our games down the stretch," Wofford head coach Mike Young said. "We let some slip away, but this team has gotten better and better. And there are brighter days ahead. To finish up as we did, we feel like we're on a pretty good roll."
The regular-season finale against The Citadel was testament to that overall improvement.
"The difference in our team now and where it was 20 games ago is that maybe we don't win that game before," said Taylor Wagener, the only senior. "But we were able to regain our composure and pushed out to a seven-point win. …We're playing good basketball. We've lost some tough games. But we're coming together."
Are they ready for postseason, which would include a second-round game against No. 1 seed Davidson on Saturday?
"I believe we are," said Wofford sophomore guard Karl Cochran, who was named second-team all-conference and is fourth in the league in scoring. "It helps that we got a win going into the tournament. Cam Rundles (assistant coach who helped Wofford win two straight SoCon titles and make it to the NCAA tournament) told us to build a little heat going into the postseason. When you do that, you create some rhythm. I think we've done that."
Wofford will try to erase the memory of last season's short stay in the tournament. The Terriers lost their opener, 82-59, to Western Carolina.
"Our guys are excited about how we are playing right now," Young said. "They're looking forward to going up there and playing much better than we played up there last year."
Wofford's women (8-20, 3-17) finished as the bottom seed of 11 teams and will play at 4 p.m. Friday against No. 6 seed Samford at UNC Asheville's Kimmel Arena.
The Terriers lost both regular-season games to the Bulldogs, 52-46 on Dec. 1 and 59-45 on Feb. 2 at home. One of their league wins was in the next-to-last game of the regular season, 75-57 at home against Furman. Morgan Wrightson scored 25 points. Daniella Motley, second-team all-conference, is second on the team in scoring (12.7) and first in rebounding (9.1).
Wofford won a tournament game last season against the College of Charleston before losing to Davidson.


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The question of whether and how to limit citizens access to certain types of guns remains difficult to settle, as smart, reasonable people on all sides of the argument raise valid points around such a bans effectiveness and even how to define effective. The debate is unlikely to be settled to anyones satisfaction anytime soon, and even if it is, any ensuing legislation will not put an end to acts of horrific violence carried out with guns. What will almost certainly not help curb such acts, though, is intentionally increasing the number of people carrying guns at any given time.
By that broad standard, then, legislation proposed in the Colorado Legislature allowing school districts to grant their permit-holding teachers and administrators the right to carry concealed weapons in school buildings is the wrong approach to a problem that demands some solution. The difficulty is, that solution is neither clear nor simplistic, and Senate Bill 9, proposed by Sens. Scott Renfroe and Ted Harvey and Rep. Lori Saine, attempts to answer a vexing and important question all too quickly to no positive effect.
Simply put, allowing school personnel to carry concealed weapons is the wrong answer. In fact, doing so raises far more questions than it settles. The scenarios that could unfold in such a situation are virtually endless, but they share the common denominator of being those where an armed teacher, principal, custodian or secretary is less likely to stop a violent event from occurring than adding more variables for potential disaster. Those who carry out the shootings such as that in Newtown, Conn., more often than not are carrying out a suicide mission, leaving a sweeping and tragic wake of homicide. The likelihood that an armed school official would be able to derail that intent is marginal at best. The level of training needed to effectively stop such an incident is intensive and exhaustive, and even those who have had such education all too frequently make mistakes. Adding more guns to already volatile and chaotic situations will not improve them.
SB 9 is unlikely to gain much traction in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, and that is about all the good that can be said about the measure. Nevertheless, marking the debate about how to respond to shootings such as that at Sandy Hook Elementary with such proposals simply escalates the rhetoric and takes us further from meaningful action to address and prevent such tragedies. It may well be true that banning certain types of guns will not get at the fundamental problem that is fueling the rise of school shootings, and that the conversation needs to extend well beyond how to manage the number of guns in U.S. society. However, growing that number is the wrong approach. Renfroe, Harvey and Saine are quite likely as shocked and horrified by the recent uptick in school violence as those who would like to ban certain guns. Their answer, though, is far less practical and appropriate. SB 9 should be scrapped in favor of a larger discussion of how to meaningfully address the triggers of such events as well as the means by which they are executed.


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"Spencer has given everybody a spark. Why? Because at Oklahoma we always love, you know, who's the next great one, who's the next guy. You can have a Heisman Trophy winner, but it's who's the next guy? Who's going to be the next great one? That's what's always fun about everything that's going on there."
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Changes to the Ticket to Work Regulations in 2008 Attracted Providers and Participants, but Impacts on Work and Benefits Are Unclear
In this article, the authors use administrative data from the Social Security Administration to explore employment service provider and beneficiary participation in the Ticket to Work program over time and to assess the extent to which participants had earnings sufficient to have their cash benefits suspended or terminated for work. The authors focus on the effects of 2008 regulatory changes to the program on participation and participant earnings.
How Common is "Parking" among Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries? Evidence from the 1999 Change in the Earnings Level of Substantial Gainful Activity
The authors explore the extent to which Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries restrain their earnings below the substantial gainful activity (SGA) level in order to maintain their cash benefits. The extent of "parking" is measured by exploiting the 1999 change in the nonblind SGA earnings level from $500 to $700 and assessing its effect on cohorts of DI beneficiaries who completed their trial work period, one of which was affected by the SGA change, and one that was not.
Disability Benefits Suspended or Terminated Because of Work
The authors use longitudinal Social Security administrative data to produce statistics on the number of Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)-only beneficiaries whose cash benefits were first suspended or terminated because of work and on the number of months thereafter that those beneficiaries remained in nonpayment status before their return to the program rolls, attainment of the full retirement age, or death—for each year from 2002 through 2006. We also explore differences by program title (DI versus SSI-only) and by participation in the Ticket to Work program. Finally, we examine outcome payments made on behalf of Ticket to Work participants in months of nonpayment status following suspension or termination because of work.


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One of the reasons that SALALM is so unique is that we are like a big extended family. When someone joins SALALM, she/he becomes a member of an extended family whose relatives are scattered all over Latin America, Europe, Canada and the United States.
When one of our members is ill or passes away, the whole family mourns. Recently, two members of the SALALM family passed way: Howard Karno and tatiana de la tierra. My personal connection with Howard Karno was somewhat sporadic and brief, mostly at SALALM receptions. However, his warm and friendly presence together with his contagious laughter was always comforting and reassuring. Our deep sentiments for this big loss are well expressed in David Block's "Howard Karno – In Memoriam" post.
tatiana de la tierra. Who will not remember her down-to-earth name and her affirming presence? If you ever met tatiana once, you will never have forgetten her. I met tatiana for the first time at the Buenos Aires book fair, where I learned that she was a compatriota bibliotecaria. However, she was much more than that. She was an ingenious bi-cultural writer and activist, full of life. In her blog she described her own life as "a novel still being written." Adan Griego's "Colombiana Salerosa – In memory of tatiana de la tierra" post, plus her blog and this video on YouTube gives tribute to the life of this remarkable multifaceted colombiana.
Another great loss for the SALALM family is Alan Moss. Upon hearing of his passing, SALALM colleagues spoke of his camaraderie and described him as "a first-rate bibliographer with in-depth knowledge of publishing in the English-speaking Caribbean." These words were included in the "Alan Moss – In Memoriam" post written by Elizabeth F. Watson.
Ties Between Junior and Senior SALALM Members
Thinking about these losses made me reflect on the importance of the connection between junior and senior SALALM members. Although we have always been proud of the strong ties between newer and older members of SALALM, I strongly believe that these ties need to be constantly nourished and strengthened. Thus, I would like to make an explicit invitation to those members that have recently joined the organization to be active participants in SALALM. Throughout the year, we might look for innovative ways of joining the talent and skills that new members are bringing to the organization with the experience and wisdom of senior members. At SALALM's 58th conference we will include venues to strengthen junior-senior mentoring relationships.
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Briefly, the general theme of the conference deals with the intersection of indigenism, pan-indigenism, and cosmovisionism within the context of indigenous studies in the Americas. We are interested in the exploration of indigenous peoples' thought and action prior to, during, and after colonization. We will attempt to approach this from indigenous peoples' perspective. The title of the conference, the description of the theme and the deadline for submissions can be found on the SALALM conference website.
The Venue
We are very fortunate to have been invited by the University of Miami Libraries and Florida International University Libraries to have the 2013 conference in Coral Gables. I traveled to Miami in August, visited The Westin Colonnade Hotel, and met some members of the host institutions. I was amazed to learn about the rich history of this beautiful multicultural city. I also had the opportunity to see some of the unique collections held in the host institutions. We will find ways to highlight some of these collections at the 58th SALALM conference in Miami.
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Congratulations to the newly elected SLALAM Officers, President-Elect Roberto Delgadillo and the Members at Large Paloma Celis-Carvajal and Daisy Dominguez. I would like to thank Roberto Delgadillo for his invaluable six-year service as the Rapporteur General. We welcome Suzanne Schadl and Craig Schroer who agreed to share the responsibilities of Rapporteur General.
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College Park, MD, March 26, 2014—AAPT has announced that Dyan Jones will receive the association's Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT during the 2014 Summer Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.
Jones, Assistant Professor of Physics at Mercyhurst University, has been an active member of AAPT for nearly a decade. She did her undergraduate work at Edinboro University of PA, which is where she attended her first AAPT regional meeting. She graduated from Edinboro with a bachelors in theoretical physics in 1999. Following graduation she started her graduate studies at Miami University, working with Dr. Perry Rice on theoretical cavity QED. Jones received her MS in Physics in 2005.
While she loved theoretical quantum physics, she preferred being in the classroom went on to doctoral studies at Kansas State University under the advisement of Dr. Dean Zollman in the physics education research group. Her four years time there was a mix of hard-core physics content and also doing research on how students learn, understand, and apply physics. She received her Ph.D. in 2009 before beginning her career in Mercyhurst's small school setting where she could continue to teach and also further pursue her research interests.
Jones has served as a member, Vice Chair, and Chair of the AAPT Committee on Professional Concerns, as a member and Chair of the Nominating Committee, and as a Committee Member of the Committee on Physics in Undergraduate Education. She serves as a member of the AAPT Membership & Benefits Advisory Committee and is active in the Western Pennsylvania Section as the Section Representative.
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The Eagles acted appropriately when it came to evaluating quarterback Kevin Kolb and linebacker Stewart Bradley and their concussions Sunday, according to the top doctor for the players' union.
Thom Mayer, the NFL Players Association's medical director, said he came to that conclusion after an NFL doctor spoke to the Eagles medical staff Monday morning to review the steps the team took after Kolb and Bradley got hurt. Mayer said he then spoke with the NFL doctor.
"It appears to me that they followed the procedure as laid out by the commissioner and by the NFL Players Association appropriately," Mayer said.
Mayer was watching the game on TV and saw the Bradley stumble that seemed to clearly indicate a head injury, but he said it is possible that he could have been OK to return. Both Kolb and Bradley got back in the game after suffering their injuries, but were soon pulled for good.
"The key is whether after that episode he returned to normalcy," Mayer said when asked about Bradley. Relaying information that was provided by the Eagles trainers, Mayer said, "He cleared very quickly, and that's the reason he was put back in the game."
Mayer said a concussion might not be immediately apparent. The tests for such an injury generally involve giving the player three words to remember, and then running them through a cycle of tests: seeing how their eyes respond to light and track, testing their strength, asking the player to run, and then, at the end, asking if the player can remember the three words. It all takes about three to five minutes, he said.
The NFL and NFLPA have recently stressed safety on head injuries.
Andy Reid moved to squash any quarterback controversy Monday, saying "Kevin Kolb's the number one quarterback."
Reid said Michael Vick's comments about perhaps having a chance to win if he had played four quarters, were not meant as a slight of Kolb.
"He was really saying that he kind of ran out of time there, he wished he had another quarter back and might have pulled that thing out there," Reid said.
Vick might still start Sunday, though.
It's not clear if Kolb or middle linebacker Stewart Bradley will be able to play this week after each were diagnosed with concussions in the second quarter against the Packers.
"There's a chance this week (Vick) might be called on, with Kevin's situation," Reid said.
Reid defended his team's handling of the injuries to Kolb and Bradley, which came under question after both players were allowed back in the game after suffering concussions.
"I've got full confidence in (head trainer) Rick (Burkholder)," Reid said. "We stuck to the criteria there and then followed up on it. As we look at this, that's the most important thing. We didn't just stick them out there without having to follow the protocol, but we also made sure that we stayed on top of it when they came back off the field."
The NFL has recently stressed safety when it comes to head injuries and in December issued guidelines that said any player with a concussion should not be allowed to play again on the same day.
One of the symptoms to watch for in the guidelines is "confusion as evidenced by disorientation to person, time or place; inability to respond appropriately to questions; or inability to remember assignments or plays."
That led to questions about Bradley, who stumbled and fell after hitting his head on a teammates leg, but was still allowed briefly back into the game.
"I will tell you that when he came off the field and went through the protocol, the testing, I think he was clear minded, was able to pass," Reid said.
Kolb and Bradley were both examined by team doctors Monday. They will also be examined Wednesday and Friday, until they are cleared by the team. After that, they must also be checked and cleared by independent Philadelphia doctor William Welch.
"There's no pressure to get back in the game and go, that's not part of this," Reid said.
Reid declined to make Burkholder available to answer questions.
"I gave you everything that needed to be done," Reid said.
Other Injuries
After entering Sunday with a clean injury report, Reid listed off a litany of damage done in week one.
Most severe were the injuries to fullback Leonard Weaver and center Jamaal Jackson.
Weaver has a "severe" anterior cruciate ligament tear, Reid said. He is out for the year, as expected.
Weaver was on crutches at the NovaCare Complex Monday.
"I've never felt anything like that," he said of the pain of the gruesome injury. "It looked pretty nasty."
Weaver said it was "heart breaking" to get hurt at the outset of a new season.
Jackson has a torn triceps – not biceps, as Reid initially reported Sunday. He is likely out for the season as well and is scheduled to have surgery today. Reid said he would talk with general manager Howie Roseman about possible moves on the offensive line.
The team did work out two fullbacks: Jason Davis, who in the past has been with the Eagles, Raiders and Bears, and Owen Schmitt, formerly of the Seahawks.
Other injuries include: Antwan Barnes had a wrist sprain; Mike Bell had a toe strain; Brodrick Bunkley and Todd Herremans had ankle sprains, Trevor Laws had an oblique strain and Jason Peters has a knee sprain.


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Louis-Michel Carpentier was born in Uccle. After his education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, he initially focused on animation, and found employment with the Belvision studios of Éditions Lombard in 1967. He was an inbetweener on the films 'Astérix et Cléopâtre' and 'Tintin et le Temple du Soleil', and chief animator for 'Tintin et le lac aux requins', the 'Lucky Luke' film 'Daisy Town' and 'La flûte à six schtroumpfs'. By 1975, Carpentier adapted a few novels by the Countess of Ségur to comic stories for the women's magazine Femmes d'aujourd'hui. Casterman collected them in ten books between 1975 and 1984.
Les Toyottes
Carpentier has worked extensively with scenario writer Raoul Cauvin since the 1980s. Their first collaboration was the post-apocalyptic series 'Les Toyottes', of which the first story was published in Pistil, and of which Casterman and Lombard published six books until 1989. Carpentier also made game pages with the characters for the magazine Jouez avec Quick et Flupke. Carpentier and Cauvin then made a short-lived toyline tie-in comic called 'De Biepjes', and began an association with the educational publisher Artis-Historia and its magazine Artiscope in 1985.
Their best-known collaboration is however the series about the pub owner Poje, initially called 'L'Année de la Bière' and published by Archers in 1986 and 1987. The series also knew a couple of successful editions in local dialects, and was eventually published under the title 'Du Côté de Chez Poje' by Dupuis between 1990 and 2009.
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Also for Archers, Carpentier created 'Humour en Tranch(é)es', a comical series about the First World War, with Claude Armant in 1985. Carpentier continued this series on his own under the title 'Le Jour le Plus Con' for his own publishing house Top Game between 1989 and 1997. He also assembled his fellow artists Malik, Kox and Jidéhem to create the saucy album series 'Chansons Cochonnes', that was published by Top Game in the 1990-1992 period.
Since 2007, Carpentier is affiliated with Joker Éditions, starting with three books of the the mideival series 'Embrouilles à Mortecouille'. He also relaunched the 'Poje' comic with this publisher in 2012. The comic now appears under the title 'Les potes à Poje', and is both written and drawn by Carpentier. His son Laurent is his regular colorist.
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Brad Pitt, currently promoting his new film 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' has nabbed the cover of this month's W magazine. Brad stars in a photographic portfolio by Chuck Close and the black-and-white pics are basically Pitt at a few different angles. The covers boasts that this issue is 'The A-List' issue with "the superstar, the hottest directors, the coolest producers 7 the glitziest Hollywood memorials."
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The Catalan giants crashed to a 2-0 reverse in the first leg at San Siro a fortnight ago, leaving their European fate hanging in the balance despite their favourites tag upon the draw being made in Nyon.
But while the forward is aware of the Rossoneri's defensive aptitude, Real Madrid's victory over Manchester United and the emergence of German clubs this season, he is remaining optimistic about his side's fortunes.
"We can do it. It will be complicated, but we'll get our chances to go through," the 25-year-old said at the launch of 'Team Messi'.
"Never did the Italians play in our box. We will do everything to try to beat them like they did to us. Italian teams are very well organised and leave no spaces at the back.
"Hopefully Tuesday is the day that we can score the first goal from open play.
"Bayern [Munich] and [Borussia] Dortmund are almost certain to be in the last four, they are doing great and they deserve to be [in the knock-out stages]."Madrid are proving to be very strong and are a candidate to win the Champions League, as were [Manchester] United."
A wretched run of form has seen Barca defeated in three of their last five matches, and Messi is determined to bounce back from the jaws of adversity as quickly as possible.
"I've had bad spells before. I've experienced many losses in my time, but I hope to enjoy many more successes like we've had in recent years," he added.
"I'm not sad. Hurt, yes, but not sad. We don't like to lose, but this is the perfect time to bounce back. I have the desire to win every day and I always want more."
Messi also spoke about Argentina's ambitions at World Cup 2014 in Brazil and revealed that winning the international trophy would be the "pinnacle" achievement of his footballing career.
"The national team is going through a good spell, having overcome some complex situations, and we have a lot of room for improvement. We come alive in big games, and we want to book our place in Brazil for the World Cup," he remarked.
"Winning [the World Cup] would be the dream of any footballer. It would be the pinnacle, but we can only talk about that for now."
The futures of Gareth Bale and Wayne Rooney have come under the spotlight recently, as both Premier League attackers have been linked with moves to La Liga, but the No.10 admits he cannot fathom either of the duo pitching up at Camp Nou."They are two top players. You always want to play with the best, but I think it would be very difficult for them to join Barca. They are already at great clubs," he concluded.


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