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Governing Independent Study
A student may receive credit for a project or program of independent study which is supervised by an academic department or program within the university. Such independent study projects may be carried out under registration in courses entitled Readings and Research or Internship. All such projects must conform to university guidelines for independent study. There is no limit on the number of independent study credits which may be earned, but prior approval by the Committee on Honors and Individual Studies is required if a student wishes to select nine or more such credits in a single semester.
Governing College Honors
The College Honors program, designed for the superior student with unusual initiative and intellectual curiosity, provides an opportunity for a student to pursue two semesters (six credits) of independent research or a creative project under the direction of a faculty sponsor. Students in the College of Arts and Sciences may apply for College Honors if they have a cumulative GPA of 3.40 or higher at the time the application is submitted. The research or project must have been approved by the sponsoring department and by the Honors Committee. All application materials must be turned in to the committee by the deadlines posted on the College Honors website, typically during the first semester of the candidate's senior year. Students must present a satisfactory written report and pass an oral exam upon completion of the Honors project. Students who wish to consider undertaking a College Honors project during the junior year should contact the office of the dean for information concerning the circumstances in which such an exceptional arrangement is possible.
Some departments in the college, including economics, English, geography, history, mathematics, and political science, sponsor departmental Honors programs. Participation in these programs is limited to those students who are specifically recommended by their department. Each department will define what is required to earn departmental Honors. A student who successfully completes this program is granted a degree with departmental Honors. These programs are administered directly by the sponsoring department and information concerning them may be obtained from faculty advisors.
Governing Study Abroad
Students should refer to the general university regulations and procedures pertaining to study abroad. For Arts and Sciences students the following additional policies pertain to the application of credit earned in a study abroad program:
Regardless of the number of credits accepted in transfer by the university, a maximum of sixteen credits earned in a one-semester study abroad program will be applied toward satisfaction of degree requirements. For year-long programs, a maximum of thirty-two credits will be applied toward the degree.
Students must complete thirty of the last forty-five credits in residence at UVM. One-half of the credits applied toward the satisfaction of major requirements, including twelve credits at the 100-level or above, must be completed at the University of Vermont. One-half of the credits applied toward the satisfaction of minor requirements must be completed at the University of Vermont.
Under no circumstances will a student in the College of Arts and Sciences be permitted to enroll in a university-sanctioned study abroad program while on trial.
Governing Transfer into the College
A student who wishes to transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences from another college or school at the university must comply with the Intercollege Transfer (refer to Degree Student Status under Academic Policies and General Information). Applications for internal transfer may be submitted to the office of the dean at any time, and they will be reviewed on a continuous basis.
Governing Academic Standards
The following criteria for academic trial and dismissal, while making allowances for the student in the first semester, are designed to encourage academic work of quality at least equal to the minimum required for graduation.
A student who earns a semester grade-point average higher than that which merits dismissal but below 2.00 is placed on trial. In order to avoid dismissal from the university, a student who has been placed on trial must in the following semester earn a 2.00 semester average, enroll in all courses for a letter grade, and maintain a program of twelve or more credits. No student will be removed from trial until both the semester and cumulative averages are at least 2.00. A student who is on trial may not enroll in a university-sanctioned study abroad program.
First-Year Students. Following the first semester of enrollment, a student who earns a semester grade-point average higher than that which merits dismissal, but below 1.67, is placed on trial and must in the following semester satisfy the same probationary requirements as described above. All first-year students who have a cumulative grade-point average which is below 2.00 after completion of the second semester will be placed on trial.
A student who does not satisfy the conditions of trial, or who earns a semester grade-point average of 1.00 or lower, or who earns failing grades in one-half of the semester credits attempted (excluding courses in physical education and military studies) will be dismissed for low scholarship. The period of dismissal is one year. Dismissed students must receive written approval from the College of Arts and Sciences dean's office before enrolling in any university course.
A dismissed student who presents evidence of his/her ability to perform satisfactorily may be considered for readmission on trial. A student who has been dismissed for a second time will not be considered for readmission on trial until at least three years have elapsed. Further information regarding readmission may be obtained from the office of the dean.
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what was up with that random tentacle scene?
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Question To: Reki Kawahara
Will There Be A Season 2 For Accel World? And Which of the two manga's (SAO or AW) is your favorite?
Akame ga kill: Anime of 2014!
To Reki Kawahara - writer/creator of SAO:
What lead you to go in the direction of how SAO's story line progressed, particularly season 1? Many have made parallels to .Hack with your show, yet your's seems to break the mold by not focusing on the front lines of battle, nor how Kirito becomes more powerful. You instead looked at the social and human implications if people were thrust into SAO's situation. This certainly made for a more interesting story, but why this choice?
ask Reki why he is so awesome
Reki kawahara: What inspired the idea of the awkward situation between kirito and sugu? and what made you decide to make Asuna seem needy and helpless during the course of the story?
Looking forward to meeting new people
To Toshihiro Kawamoto - Director/Co-Founder of Studio BONES
How did you create Studio BONES? As an aspiring businessman with a passion for anime and video games (which makes for very interesting conversations with my peers), I myself would love to gather a team of talented people and create something for the public to enjoy . What is the process for creating a studio and getting a show aired? Any particular problems that come to mind that seem rather unique?
(Sorry for the multiple questions.This just seems like a good opportunity to pick industry brains. Also, where can we find your interview and responses to our questions for those of us not attending the con? Link to video, perhaps?)
Would there be any chance of having the SAO video game for psp localized to North America?
Why the rush out of SAO in SAO... ehm, yeah. And furthermore after so strong start, I understand pacing is needed. But what on earth happened after 14? Things just got... Well, up to and including episode 14 is brilliant. After that it seems its just something for sake of having something there rather than leaving it at that.
Its my understanding there are additional parts to be had which I haven't gotten my hands on that may very well be good, but that 2nd half is just... Well, maybe it just failed the anime transition. :/
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My question is for Reki Kawahara
- Asuna is one of the best characters in Anime of all time. Was there any reason why her role was so small in the second arc of the anime? Any chances that she could get her own spin off show with her as the main character someday?
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Question for Reki Kawahara
In the series, Kirito's character doesn't reveal much weaknesses. However, when Asuna gave him Sandwich-kun for the first time, I thought he was going to bow to it! Is Kirito's weakness for food something you yourself, can relate to him?
Always protect that something important to you.
Here's a REAL question:
What the hell were you thinking when you took Asuna from being a strong character, the equal of the protagonist, and turned her into a weak, halfassed, damsel in distress?
Why didn't you give SAO and more overall dark theme? The begin feels heavy, but the mood keeps light. A little more violent or gorey scenes are missed out. Was it because of targeted audience age or "just" own taste?
Searching a demoness from hell or goddess from heaven...
Halberdierv2 wrote:
are the characters in Accel World and SAO related in any way (or may eventually crossover?)
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I read somewhere that said that Accel World is set after SAO
What even
Question for Reki Kawahara
I've read the novel series for Sword Art Online, and it seems to go into depth about the technology used. Did this require a lot of research? If you, what kind of research did you do?


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Did any of you even see Beck's rallies? Totally peaceful, with almost zero trash left behind.
Of course there was little trash left behind, Mikey.
They went home.
And lobotomized zombies do tend to be peaceful.
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Now McVeigh might have been welcome at a Beck rally. Funny how you guys don't admit your supporters can be wacko's.
McVeigh is a hero to many right wingers to this day. So are the church shooters, doctor shooters, anthrax mailers to many right wingers. So are Nazis, skin heads, KKK members....
The right wing party welcomes these people and encourages their hate of americans.
Where the loonies of the left, we found a home for them in the green party, I am glad there is a green party for them to be a part of vs the dem party. we do not condone their actions privately or publicly and none are heros to us. and we do not welcome their votes. where right wingers welcome the racists among them...
remember right winger tea party member Sharon Angle in Nevada after she said to the effect if we do not win at the elections we need to take up second amendment rights and attack americans. She then went on the fast track in raising money to try to defeat Reid which she almost did with her hate words. After saying that money poured into Nevada from the right wing hate supporters from all across america. She hated government yet she lives on a government pension now and government that supported her and her family her entire adult life her husband worked for the forest service. She was one of those wackos that the government was poising us with fluoride was her earlier causes.
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To be a little more explicit, Bard has evoked the principle of "guilt by association," which is not part of the American structure of jurisprudence. Common citations which overrule laws prohibiting guilt by association rely on the First Amendment. Here's a simple explanation and citation:
Is there such a thing as guilt by association?
Simply attending peaceful meetings of an organization will not make a person guilty, even if other members of that organization commit lawless acts. Guilt can be shared only if the organization and its members have a common plan to break the law.
So, by associating with known bigots on the far right of the Republican Party, you can avoid being "guilty" by association. But by not criticizing such language (for example Beagle-bigots name calling of Obama) you make your status as a fellow traveler clear.
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Hey Baja, those idiot conservatives are at it again...
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Not only are those guys rabid leftists, Tsarnaev (Boston Bomber) friends all came out that he "was a normal guy, who smoked pot and supported Obama".
I saw the interviews live.... On CNN.
Just look at the most hated consevative, Glenn Beck. Do you ever see those kinds of guys at his rallys? Sorry, you don't. Those guys are all confessed radical leftists. More likely, you'd see the guy with red hair, or the islamists getting beat up at a Glenn Beck rally.
did not see him supporting Obama, and as far as that goes the day after he blew up the bombs his friend told him how terrible the bombing was and he told his friend to the effect he also thought it was horrible. So you are the only one who believes what he says.
also please note for the second time, you are obviously not capable of understanding things, but his brother the mastermind and right wing wacko who believed in all parts of his live to use violence to solve problems, a true right winger. Well his brother was against him smoking Pot, and the mastermind was a religious right wing fanatic who did not smoke Pot.
Note you also posted Nazi type propaganda BIG LIE on this thread, that you have not been able to support as fact. I have asked you to support your Tim McVeigh support type propaganda and you have not. You do realize that you hate america for which it stands. Ever hear of truth justice the american way, i thought not, you just support lies lies and more lies. You believe in a right, not a human right of bearing false witness. Do you realize that even by the religious right that this is a sin breaking of a commandment.
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Hey Baja, those idiot conservatives are at it again...
I never said liberals are perfect. But to show the difference is my speeding ticket analogy... while a liberal may go 5 mph over the limit, right wingers are drunken killers. How many DUIs did bush really have or Cheney? Was Cheney drunk when he shot someone in the face when he was VP.
Lets look at right wingers, Ted Bundy serial mass murderer. no liberal counterpart. Tm McVeigh, church shooters. ever listen to the Nixon tapes as he was paying off people illegally and planning to sabatoge his opponents and so on, now that was a real criminal of the nastiest kind, and again he is a hero to the right wing.
Right wing loves the vote of KKK, neo Nazis, skin heads racists all a part of the right wing party.
So if the best you have some people smoking pot had a big party without a permit as a protest wow.... as I said a 5 mph speeding ticket in order. but encouraging and embracing terrorists and racists, well no thanks yyou can keep them.
Did you know there was a poll in a southern state about gay marriage and at the same time they also asked about inter racial marriage and almost 45% of the right wing believes interracial marriage should be a jail-able offense. This is not a question should it be allowed, this is should it be illegal... IE go to jail for it. again almost 45% of the conservatives in that state appear to me to be racists. So no wonder all your right wing leaders want racists to be in the right wing party.
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At first Baja's posting astonished me, but here it is:
Benjy Sarlin-March 12, 2012, 10:06 AM36442
Alabama and Mississippi Republicans are evenly divided on whether President Obama is Muslim and are still working out their feelings on the legality of interracial marriage, according to new numbers by Democratic pollster PPP. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are currently locked in a close battle in the two states, which hold primaries this week.
Asked whether Obama is Christian or Muslim, some 45 percent of Alabama Republican respondents picked Muslim; 14 percent correctly identified him as Christian. Another 41 percent said they were unsure. In Mississippi, a majority of Republicans, 52 percent, identified Obama as Muslim; 12 percent said he was Christian and 36 percent were undecided.
Interracial marriage laws were overturned by the Supreme Court in 1967, but a significant minority of Mississippi and Alabama apparently still long for their return, or are at least ambivalent about the idea. In Alabama, 67 percent of respondents said interracial marriage should be allowed, but 21 percent said it should be illegal and another 12 percent were not sure. Mississippi Republican voters were even more divided: Only 52 percent said such marriages should be legal, versus 29 percent who said they should be banned and 17 percent who were unsure.
The poll surveyed 656 likely Republican voters in Mississippi and 600 likely Republican primary voters in Alabama on March 10-11.
Along with this endorsement of science:
Data from both states shows that significant portions of right-leaning voters do not believe in the validity of either interracial marriage or evolution.
Of course the Supreme Court outlawed prohibitions against interracial marriage in 1967. Wait--I woke up from the 60's--and it hasn't changed much in the South.
Is it a coincidence that this happens in the "Bible belt?" I think not, the American Taliban is strong. And the enablers and fellow travelers common. Screeching from the right that those of us who notice racism are the racists--yet did any of the righties on the forum object to Beagle-Bigot's "Obongo" slur? Not a one.
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and another poll that I was citing...
A new poll gauging Mississippi Republicans' preferences going into the 2012 election ended up revealing something more startling: 46 percent of GOP voters in the state think interracial marriage should be illegal.
Results were announced Thursday by Public Policy Polling, a polling firm based in North Carolina. The company asked 400 Republican primary voters about their preferences for candidates for state and national offices, as well as their views on interracial marriage.
A whopping 46 percent of likely GOP primary voters said they think interracial marriage should be illegal, while only 40 percent said they think it should be allowed. Another 14 percent said they were unsure.
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Now we are in LA LAA LAND. We might as well pick up our crack pipes and start smoking. Obama according to the Muslim religion will always be a muslim. He can never convert according to them. So.....take a puff guys, maybe some of those stupid red-necks got it right. However, is he a Christian? Who knows. Only he knows, so citing that survey is like smoking crack for your health. It only hurts your argument.
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Bard, get your facts straight, Obama was raised by his mother as a christian. His father had little or nothing to do with his upbringing.
There is no evidence to support your claim. If you feel there is please, let us know, we are all ears.
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Section will be taught as a combination of online and in class meetings. There are regularly scheduled class meeting times as well as significant online interaction and assignments. Students must arrange for daily access to a computer and the Internet prior to the start of classes. Robert Morris labs are to be used only as a backup in special situations and may not be relied upon for extended periods of time. In addition to the Internet link, online classes have a large emphasis on email. All messages from the instructor and other information regarding online classes, including user ids, passwords, and login instructions will be sent to your Robert Morris University email account.
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Our friend Stephen Knott of the Naval War College, featured here recently during his induction into the Power Line 100, is the subject of a spirited attack from a brand new website called NomocracyinPolitics.com. The article is "Knott's Folly" by Peter Haworth, the site's editor-in-chief who is associated with something called the Ciceronian Society Foundation. I've never heard of CSF, but anything modeled after Cicero can't be all bad.
Haworth's article is long, and I won't characterize it beyond this short excerpt to convey the flavor of it:
When perusing Knott's essay, readers should be prepared to encounter an implicit zeal for returning to the good ol' days when we lived under a British monarch and, hence, had the king's benevolent protection via his unenumerated, plenary powers over war and peace (sarcasm intended).
I'm glad Haworth included the sarcasm alert, or I might have missed it. Anyway, this is not the first such critique of Steve; Greg Weiner also took after Steve at the LibertyLaw site. Steve can (and I am sure will) defend himself perfectly well.
Rather, I think it worth a moment to welcome NomocracyinPolitics to the domain of serious conservative blogs. It describes itself in the subtitle as "a new web magazine dedicated to exploring Liberty, Prudence, Imperfection, and Law." I'm for all those things, especially imperfection and prudence. Also law. The format is very fetching, and it has a roster of worthy contributors, including an editor whom I think is a very distant cousin of mine, and among its contributors the estimable Michael Schwarz of Ashland University. It looks like it will be a strong competitor to the LibertyLaw site.
It appears, however, to align itself somewhat with what is often called the "paleocon" establishment, with one striking qualification that comes to sight from the very name of the blog itself: Nomocracy. This harkens back to the classical distinction, usually learned on Day One of political philosophy class, between nomos (the positive law, roughly speaking) and physis (the natural law, roughly speaking). In casting their lot with nomos, NomocracyinPolitics is casting its lot with positivism—in fact they openly admit this in their editorial statement:
[W]e are guided by Oakeshott's insight, which has also been incorporated by American thinkers such as M.E. Bradford and George W. Carey, that nomocracy (a polity ordered primarily by the rule of law and NOT one constitutionally committed to apriori ideals and normative ends) should be the guiding criteria for evaluating political order. . .
This obviously rejects the idea of nature as a standard for political judgment or principle, let alone political practice. And this, I submit, departs very substantially from Russell Kirk and other traditionalist conservative often described as "paleocons," who, following Burke, were rightly suspicious of appeals to abstract justice, but who didn't wholly abandon nature–especially human nature–as a ground of judgment. And besides: no self-respecting conservatives should ever use the word "normative" except to make fun of the value-free social scientists who throw it around in every other sentence.
The problem deepens with this paragraph:
In other words, such awareness of imperfection (i.e., a tragic vision of politics) makes one better equipped to rely upon Prudence, as opposed to a criteria of idealistic ideals, to guide and resolve the ordering of human affairs. Prudence includes one's capacity for practical reasoning, but it also can become highly improved and refined via the course of human experience.
It really is remarkable at how much one can agree with almost every word in this paragraph, as well as its broader and salutary intent, and yet find the operative understanding as it has already appeared on the site to be very problematic (such as the sophisticated defenses of southern secession, etc). This requires a long discussion, and I have class in five minutes. So I'll leave this question for the Power Line classroom: Can there not be a vital connection between nature and prudence? And might that connection also provide a supple ground of judgment about the arguments over executive power in wartime? Paging John Locke and Chapter XIV of the Second Treatise! (The answer to both questions is Yes. More later perhaps. I'm running about 10 posts behind this week, and it's only Monday.)
Just to be clear: I like these guys. But I think there's some serious arguments to be had here.


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Sununu's grilling: One councilor does his jobEDITORIAL
January 16. 2014 10:58PM
New Hampshire has one executive councilor — exactly one — who knows what the job of an executive councilor is. Not even the governor knows, which she proved on Tuesday.
On that day, the council considered a $1.2 million renewable energy grant for a solar project in Peterborough. The only one to aggressively question the plan's financing was District 3 Councilor Chris Sununu.
The proposal from Water Street Solar of Lowell, Mass., is to build the state's largest solar panel array near Peterborough's wastewater treatment plant. The $2.6 million project would be nearly half-funded by the $1.2 million state grant, which would come from the state's Renewable Energy Fund.
That fund is filled with money paid by New Hampshire utility companies when they don't meet renewable energy targets for a given year. Ratepayers pay more for their electricity so the state can collect these funds and dole them out to favored projects. The Executive Council approves the grants.
Sununu grilled the Water Street Solar official who came to ask for the grant. He questioned the project's stated $240,000 in savings to Peterborough over 20 years. After the council meeting, a representative of Water Street Solar told our reporter that Peterborough might not recognize the projected savings. The town is guaranteed a rate of 8 cents per kilowatt hour for the solar power, which is a penny less than the average rate it pays now. But when the market rate slips below 8 cents, Peterborough will be contractually obligated to pay more than the market rate. It could wind up losing money — to a company subsidized with $1.2 million in New Hampshire ratepayer money.
Sununu's assertiveness on behalf of New Hampshire electricity ratepayers prompted Gov. Maggie Hassan to remark, "I think it's important to address the people who come here to provide us with information in as supportive a way as possible."
No, governor, supporting people who come to ask for state money is not the Executive Council's job. Protecting the people of New Hampshire by scrutinizing and questioning every proposed contract is the Executive Council's job.
The people should be alarmed that the governor and the three Democrats on the Council think it is their job to rubber-stamp these renewable energy contracts that the people are funding involuntarily.


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Anything that doesn't fit anywhere else
Use this as a community whiteboard, however actual discussions should probably happen on the mailing list.
What are you folks thinking about for funding this and what type of funding are you open too? Membership fees, fund raisers, seeking out an investor, hacking the lottery? -- Deltaray 19:40, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
I would like to see this be user supported by membership dues, however I think we're open to about anything to help reduce costs for everyone. I have a spreadsheet (File:HackerSpaceCosts.xls) linked on the front page so that anyone can see what numbers we're looking at for the moment. Obviously variables like the final rent cost and other costs will vary the final amount, but with 10 members a rough shwag would be around $70 a month, 20 members and that can get down below $40 per member per month. Things like startup costs like rent-deposit I think we would look for donations (probably from ourselves). Also, and this should be discussed at some point, there could be some small fee-based services that could be offered like low-budget web hosting out of the space or other things that could help reduce costs. -- Dosman 21:20, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
A few other ideas for funding here and there are:
- Fixing things for people get them to donate or maybe just have a flat rate for the repair.
- Maybe a monthly/annual sale of things that have been created at the hackerspace
- Going to garage sales, finding cheap electronics things that can be resold or whatever. Like $1 items that could be fixed for cheap and sold for $20 or something.
- Buying IU Surplus stuff to resell (this can be dangerous though because we could wind up with lots of junk)
- Hold some interesting event in order to take donations.
There are lots of possibilities. -- Deltaray 17:15, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


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Bentley i-models are being used greatly by many of the finalists for the Be Inspired Awards. I thought it would be a good idea to do a refresh on Bentley i-models.
Bentley i-models are a container that can hold an entire 3D model, a revision history and where the information comes from, and can be exported to those who need to see this information or series of files. The author can embed access rights into the model, support digital signatures and take measurements or extract information from this information. It cannot be changed, but notes can be attached to it. It is a .dgn file, but it has the capability of bringing in other material such as Revit files using the previously released Revit plug-in. It honors all file formats and standards such as ISO 15926, IFCs, XML.
The i-model is not really another format, it's another way to share information with team members or other stakeholders. Similar to a zip file, when you open it you can see its contents. It will be particularly useful for plant and process and other large-scope projects with multiple and diverse processes.
A big question is, how big is it? In comparison with a regular model file, perhaps a BIM file, the i-Model would be at a ratio of 10 to 1.


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Sox Beat: Greater than the sum of their partsBy DAVE D'ONOFRIO
Special to the Union Leader
October 31. 2013 11:20AM
SINCE the day the club officially promoted New Hampshire's Ben Cherington a couple of Octobers ago, installing the Plainfield native and Lebanon High School graduate as general manager, he has steered the baseball operations side of the organization with a stated purpose.
He said it when he was tabbed to replace Theo Epstein. He said it when he pulled off a mega-deal with the Dodgers that freed a quarter of a billion dollars in salary. Then he said it again when he hired John Farrell to manage his team on the field.
He said his mission was to assemble "the next great Red Sox team."
On Wednesday night, before boisterously happy full house at Fenway Park, that mission became complete.
After winning 97 games in the regular season, after battling through the elite pitching of the Rays and Tigers, and, finally, after overcoming a Cardinals club that was the best the National League had to offer, the Red Sox year-long fight for redemption finished like a fairy tale.
The local team become the second in baseball history to be crowned World Series champions after finishing in last place a season before, celebrating a 6-1 win over St. Louis that clinched the title round by a count of four games to two.
"The 2013 Red Sox team was great," Cherington said. "It doesn't mean the work stops, obviously. We still think we need to be a little bit better, and there are ways that I can be better, and the organization can get stronger.
"But they won their last game of the postseason, so this team was great for 2013."
Indeed it was — and from the start.
From the start of spring training, it was clear that Cherington's choice to bring in high-character veterans with reputations for being good teammates had combined with the respected voices of Farrell and his trusted coaching staff to successfully change the culture of a clubhouse that had been corrupted over the two previous seasons.
But by the time the Sox pulled away from the Rays to wrap up the division title it also was clear that Cherington's additions were more than merely cheerleaders. And when it mattered most — in the postseason — it became clear that they had, in fact, made Boston a great team.
Consider the newcomers:
Koji Uehera appeared in 13 postseason games, allowing just one run over 13 2/3 innings, striking out 16 while walking none and recording seven saves. Mike Napoli had enormous hits that decided games in two different series. Stephen Drew was as steady as they come at shortstop. Jonny Gomes was started 11 postseason game and the Sox won all but one, with the catalytic left fielder reaching base three times in the clincher. David Ross emerged as the team's starting catcher in the World Series.
And then there was Shane Victorino.
Probably the most accomplished of the players Boston brought in, Victorino struggled mightily against both Detroit and St. Louis, managing only five hits in 42 plate appearances. But one of those hits was a seventh-inning grand slam that won Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, and another came under similar circumstances Wednesday night.
In the third inning of a scoreless game, Jacoby Ellsbury singled to right, David Ortiz, later to be named Series MVP, drew an intentional walk, and Gomes took a fastball off his arm, loading the bases. Victorino came up against Cardinals' wunderkind Michael Wacha, worked the count to 2-and-1, and delivered. Again.
Batting from the right side, he hammered a shot about two-thirds of the way up the wall in left-center field. Ellsbury and Ortiz scored easily, Gomes narrowly beat the throw to the plate, and the Red Sox had a 3-0 lead. A ballpark that had been buzzing since about two hours before the game erupted into bedlam.
Suddenly there was a sense that in a series of tight games, the Flyin' Hawaiian just might have hammered a nail into the Cardinals' coffin.
Drew continued the fun in the next inning, leading off with a first-pitch homer into the home team's bullpen — "He actually told me he was going to hit a home run tonight," Napoli later said — and the Sox tacked on two more tallies when Napoli drove in Ellsbury and a Victorino single plated Ortiz (after Big Papi walked for the third time in four innings).
That stretched the edge to 6-0, and that proved plenty for John Lackey, who epitomized this season of redemption. A pariah in the previous two seasons of his Red Sox career, he left the mound after 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball, and tipped his cap to a crowd that he'd converted from adversaries to adorers over the course of a season he capped with three straight excellent postseason starts and a clutch relief appearance that helped the Sox draw even with the Cards in Game 4.
"His turnaround mirrors that of this organization," Farrell said. "It's almost fitting that he's on the mound to finish it out tonight. When you think of the ovation he got coming off the mound, I think people have seen the turnaround in him, they've seen the turnaround in us."
The bases were loaded when Lackey left, so there was work still be done, but Junichi Tazawa got Allen Craig to ground to first base, and the threat was thwarted. Brandon Workman then came on for a perfect eighth. And Koji Uehara wrapped it up with another sparkling ninth, striking out Matt Carpenter to start a party that began in front of the home fans for the first time since 1918, carried into the clubhouse and raged well into the morning.
"When you win the ALDS, the ALCS, it's a feeling of accomplishment, but you know there's that next step. It's not over," catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. "Tonight was let your hair down, let your beard down, and just enjoy it."
They did, with Korbel and Budweiser and cigars and celebrities, and they'll continue doing so at least through Saturday, when they board the duck boats and parade through the city.
After that there will be questions to be answered and tough decisions to be made, with several key free agents about to hit the market and a surplus of veteran starting pitchers. Cherington and coampany will waste little time in beginning the process of building the next great Red Sox team.
After three titles in 10 seasons, and after such a remarkable turnaround, Red Sox fans can expect that team to come together soon — particularly with Cherington in charge.
"Ben Cherington deserves all the credit in the world for what he has done for this roster, the players that he's brought in," Farrell said. "And most importantly to the players, to come in and see the energy and the commitment that they had, the buying into a team concept every single day, and the one thing that really stands out more than anything is just their overall will to win, and that was (never) more evident than in this entire postseason."
No, but in retrospect, at least, it was clear from the season's outset.
"I had a lot of confidence," said Victorino. "The pieces of the puzzle were here. They guys that were added to that puzzle -- we were just trying to be complementary players. I didn't come with the mindset that I'm going to be the guy -- that guy. All of us, we went with the mindset that we were going to be one team -- we're going to go out there, we 're going to have fun."
"We'd just go out that day and try to win," said Napoli. "We never got ahead of ourselves. We just kept rolling.
"And now we're world champs."
Dave D'Onofrio covers the Red Sox for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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Having recently tried Paco Mlaticka out with another guy we then paired him up with newcomer Otakar Bubek for a screentest. He does a brief interview with Otakar and then starts to kiss him, running his hands over his at the same time. Paco kisses down Otakar's body and opens his jeans. Pulling them down reveals a nice hard cock, which Paco quickly starts to suck. He is on his knees, sucking on that stiff cock, and kissing Otakar's nipples. Then he removes the jeans completely, so he can lick at the balls too. His mouth works well on Otakar's rigid pole. Then, as he rises up on his knees he allows Otakar to open his jeans too. Paco's dick is thick and quite hard too and Otakar is soon showing that he is up for sucking cock. His mouth closes tight around the thick shaft as he sucks on it. Then Otakar gets up on his knees too and Paco goes back down on that cock. His head bobs up and down as Paco's balls get nice and tight. Otakar holds Paco's head and fucks his face some. Then they wank each other's dick as they kiss again. Paco leans back and Otakar goes back to sucking on his, now rigid, cock. Paco uses a fucking motion to move that cock in and out of Otakar's mouth. Paco then moves, and bends over, exposing his hot ass, and Otakar starts to rim his tight hole. His tongue works on the hole and he slips a finger in there too. Then, with Paco on his stomach, Otakar slides his rock hard cock deep into that tight ass. He fucks that ass with nice long strokes, going in good and deep. They then move to a spoon position, with Otakar able to kiss Paco as he continues to fuck him. Paco is hard too and wanks himself as he gets a good, hard fucking. With Paco on his back, one leg up in the air Otakar fucks him deep. Paco wanks himself hard and fast and soon blows a big load of cum over his sexy body. Otakar continues to fuck that hot ass until he is ready to cum too and he drops his cum on Paco, milking his cock until it is completely drained. Then, as he leans over to kiss Paco, he slides his dick back inside. The guys then go off to the shower to clean up, with both of them still good and hard.
Dan Stofa is aged 28 and he lives in Liberec. He is a student who enjoys sports and ice-hockey. What a beautiful guy he is too. What a very handsome guy Dan is, and after his interview he gets right down to work. Standing up he removes his tee-shirt and shows off a lovely, hairy, and very well developed, chest. Then he opens his jeans and slides them down, removing them completely and showing his hairy legs. With that hot body, and his hands running over it Dan really is such a turn on. He slides a hand into his underwear, groping himself and teasing us with his pubes, and a bit of cock. As he lowers the underwear we see everything, including his nice tan lines, as Dan takes hold of his cock and slowly wanks it. As he turns around we see his sexy ass and Dan's hands start to caress it. His hips are moving side to side as we enjoy the ass. Next Dan turns again and wanks some more, getting his cock growing nicey. He sits and lays back and continues to wank himself. That cock gets nice and hard and then Dan kneels and shows off that hot ass again. The cheeks spread nicely and he pushes his cock back between his legs, as we examine the dark, hairy crack. A hand pulls the cheeks apart to show off his hot hole in that position. Dan then lays down, with his legs in the air, so he can wank that cock some more and show his tight hole at the same time. He really shows it well, as he pulls his cheeks part as wide as he can. Then he kneels and wanks himself until he delivers a nice load of cum for us. After a lovely shoot Dan goes off to the shower to clean up.
In scene 4 of our fully remastered Dreambook movie we have Lukas Vaculik and Vladimir Richter. We join Vladimir as he is reading. We find Viktor, whose dreambook it is, reading, and then we see Lukas and Vladimir, in their uniforms. It seems they are soaking wet and they get undressed, to avoid getting sick. As they get undressed Lukas gets to feel Vladimir's big cock, admiring it. They only strip to the underwear, but it isn't long before Vladimir's shorts are down and Lukas is suckin on his hard cock. Having been sucked it is only right that Vladimir returns the favour and soon he is sucking Lukas' thick , hard cock. As he sucks Vladimir wanks himself and then the move into a 69. With both so horny it doesn't take long before Vladimir is on his knees with Lukas' dick deep in his hot ass. Lukas fucks him nice and deep, his thick cock stretching the hole. His heavy balls slap against Vladimir's ass as he fucks him good. Then Lukas sits and Vladimir positions his ass over the hard cock and slides down on it. He wanks himself as he rides that cock. Lukas fucks his cock right up into that ass, speeding up and working that hole so well. A final move sees Vladimir on his back, wanking himself as Lukas fucks him some more. Vladimir is ready to blow and, as Lukas pulls out, he cums all over his hot body. Then Lukas wanks himself and shoots a big squirty load all over Vladimir too. What a very good scene with two very hot studs.
Jan Tonka is aged 19 and comes from Giraltovice in Slovakia. He is a student who enjoys athletics, cycling and his friends. He is a handsome, cute guy. Very smartly dressed for his shoot he looks good from the outset, as he poses for the camera. As he removes, first his jacket and then his sweater and undershirt we see a nice, slim body. Opening his jeans and turning around, pushing them down slightly, shows off his ass. His skin looks very smooth, and he is soon stripped down to his underwear, giving us a teasing view of some cock. Off with the underwear and we see everything, with his cock resting on his balls, below his fine pubic hair. Jan looks very good naked and he sits and leans back, legs apart to give a full view. Sitting with his knees tucked up, and arms wrapped around them shows off the cock and balls between the legs. Then Jan lays, facedown, on the bed and gives a great view of his sexy ass. Grabbing the ass cheeks with his hands he pulls them apart to expose his hole. Then he turns over and starts to get his cock hard. Fully erect, he stands up and shows it pointing skywards. It is upturned nicely when hard and looks very good indeed. Laying back down on the bed Jan takes hold of that hard cock, posing nicely for the camera. Then he lifts his legs in the air to show off that ass again. With those cheeks parted and hole on show a smile crosses Jan's face. Then he finishes his shoot with some more poses, standing, of that rock hard cock. He is a very good looking guy and gave us a very good shoot.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Julianne Moore is known for her milky white skin and striking red hair but the actress says her "camera ready" look is much different than when she's off the clock.
In fact, the 52-year-old tells In Style magazine that her friends tease her for wearing mostly yoga clothes when she's not working.
She also says her 11-year-old daughter Liv recently saw a photo of her and proclaimed, "Mom, you don't look like that!"
The actress says she explained to her daughter it was "the result of all these people working together."
Moore says she appreciates the way a glam squad can make her look "so much better" but it "takes too much time."
The Oct. issue of In Style goes on sale Sept. 20.


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John R. Larson was returning to his Scandia home early Thursday, Feb. 28, after finishing his night shift at the U.S. Postal Service's bulk mail center in Eagan.
Driving east on Minnesota 36 in a compact Saturn, he turned north on Manning Avenue on a green arrow.
That's when he was hit by a Dodge Caravan traveling west on Minnesota 36 and driven by Kenneth A. Tougaw, 40, of Bayport, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Larson was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he died late Thursday morning. He was 42.
Larson, who grew up in White Bear Lake, was a nine-year member of the Scandia Fire and Rescue Department and served as the rescue training captain. Fire departments from around the metro area contacted the Scandia department Thursday to offer condolences, said Fire Chief Jim Finnegan.
"The outpouring has been phenomenal, and we appreciate it, because we're going to have a tough couple of days ahead of us," Finnegan said. "John loved being a volunteer firefighter. He was very passionate about it.
"As rescue captain, he wanted to advance our medical protocol to the next level. He was a serious guy, but being the rescue captain, with the medical side of it, his compassion came out, too."
Larson is survived by his wife, Paula, and three children, Finnegan said.
The crash, which happened just after 6 a.m., closed Minnesota 36 for about 2 hours. Traffic was rerouted to frontage roads, according to the state patrol.
Court records show Tougaw has a history of traffic violations in Minnesota. He has been cited for speeding at least four times and also for disobeying a traffic signal and failing to stop at a sign or light.
In Wisconsin, he was cited for speeding on a highway and passing into oncoming traffic.
The violations were misdemeanors or petty misdemeanors.
Tougaw suffered minor injuries in Thursday's accident, according to the State Patrol.
Scandia Assistant Fire Chief Mike Hinz said Larson was instrumental in the development and success of the department's training programs.
"With John's passing there will be a void not just to the Scandia Fire Department, but to the community he loved and served so well," Hinz said.
Roberts Family Funeral Home in Forest Lake is handling funeral arrangements.
Mary Divine can be reached at 651-228-5443. Follow her at twitter.com/MaryEDivine. Joseph Lindberg and Elizabeth Mohr contributed to this report.


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U.S. Earnings
The S&P 500 rose to a five-year high in regular trading yesterday after U.S. lawmakers voted to temporarily suspend the federal debt limit. The benchmark gauge of American stocks has climbed 4.8 percent this year. Some 75 percent of the 134 S&P 500 companies that released results beat profit projections, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Applications for unemployment insurance payments decreased by 5,000 to 330,000 in the week ended Jan. 19, the fewest since the same week in 2008, the Labor Department reported today in Washington. Economists forecast 355,000 claims, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.
Three shares advanced for every two that fell in the Stoxx 600. EasyJet Plc climbed 5.5 percent as Europe's second-largest discount carrier said fiscal first-quarter sales gained 9.2 percent. Opap SA tumbled 11 percent in Athens trading as the European Union's highest court said Greece's gambling monopoly is unlawful. Logitech International SA, the world's biggest maker of computer mice, fell 10 percent in Zurich after posting a third-quarter loss of $195 million.
The cost of insuring against default on bank debt climbed for a third day, with the Markit iTraxx Financial index of credit-default swaps on 25 lenders and insurers rising two basis points to 140 basis points, a three-week high.
Metals Drop
Silver fell 2 percent, the first drop in nine days, and nickel slipped 1 percent. New York crude climbed 0.9 percent to $96.04 a barrel. China is the biggest buyer of industrial metals and energy.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 0.4 percent as technology stocks declined. South Korea's Kospi index slid 0.8 percent after economic growth data missed estimates and North Korea threatened a nuclear test. Taiwan's Taiex lost 0.6 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.8 percent and Russia's Micex slid 0.4 percent.
The rupee was little changed at 53.6850 per dollar after falling to as low as 53.8913. India increased the limit on foreign investment in local-currency bonds by $10 billion to $75 billion, the central bank said.


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This triple delight soup is made with garlic, cauliflower and Romano cheese. Fresh cauliflower is pureed to make up the base of the soup and a fresh garlic paste is melted into the soup. The end result is thick, smooth and creamy. Like liquid velvet.
What do you top a garlicky soup with? More garlic, of course! A thick and crusty garlic bread crouton was a tasty topper to soak up the indulgent, intensely flavored broth.
Cauliflower Soup
(by Reeni)
1 large onion, diced
1/2 cup carrot, minced
2-3 tablespoons Olive oil
Sea salt and fresh pepper
6-7 large cloves garlic
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup flour
1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried
5 cups Cauliflower florets, fresh or frozen
4 cups vegetable or chicken broth
1/2 cup heavy cream or whole milk
1 cup Pecorino Romano or Parmesan, shredded, plus extra for serving
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for serving
Garlic bread
Saute the onion and carrot in a large sauce pan or soup pot with the Olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Smash the garlic cloves using a large knife or a mallet on a cutting board. Sprinkle with a generous amount of salt. Using the flat side of a large knife mash it repeatedly until it forms a paste.
When the onion and carrot are tender add the garlic paste. Saute for a minute or two. Add butter, melt, add thyme, parsley, and flour. Continue cooking for about two more minutes while stirring. Add cauliflower and broth. Simmer for about 15 minutes or until cauliflower is tender. Turn off and remove from heat. Let cool for ten to fifteen minutes.
Remove two cups of the soup and puree in a blender or with a hand blender. Add back to soup along with cream or milk. Bring back to a simmer. Add Romano and stir until melted. Turn off heat. Serve with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, Romano cheese, and garlic bread.
I'm sending this off to Deb of Kahakai Kitchen for her Souper(Soup, Salad, & Sammie) Sunday round-up.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" — Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
NBC's "Meet the Press" — Govs. Deval Patrick, D-Mass., and Bobby Jindal, R-La.
CBS' "Face the Nation" — Govs. Martin O'Malley, D-Md., Bob McDonnell, R-Va., Jan Brewer, R-Ariz., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.; Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa.; Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Tim Kaine, D-Va,
CNN's "State of the Union" — Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Gov. Daniel Malloy, D-Conn.
"Fox News Sunday" — Govs. Jack Markell, D-Del., and Scott Walker, R-Wis.; Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla.


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You were part of the first 100 years of Scouting, now join us for the next century.
The Boy Scouts of America relies on millions of volunteers to create opportunities for youth to learn and grow. Even just a few hours can make a difference.
Get involved with our centennial celebration. There are a number of national and local opportunities for BSA Alumni to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime event.
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The Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers are continuing and have expanded their Backyard Fruit Tree Program which now includes Wasco County in addition to Hood River County.
The program promotes voluntary removal of unwanted fruit trees, as well as improved control of pests on remaining fruit trees. The short-term goal of the program is to eliminate the spread of pests from unmanaged trees to commercial orchards. The ultimate goal is to reduce the use of pesticides in local orchards.
The impact of unmanaged trees has become more significant in recent years because many orchardists are using pest management programs based on non-chemical controls such as pheromone confusion or "softer" pest management programs that use more selective, less-toxic pesticides. These programs pose lower risk to people and the environment, but they also increase the potential for pests that spread from unmanaged home fruit trees to cause damage in commercial orchards.
The Backyard Tree Program provides an incentive for those voluntarily removing unwanted home fruit trees, including pear, apple, crabapple and cherry trees. The Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers will pay $25 dollars for each apple, pear or cherry tree you remove. Tree removal is offered to seniors or those not physically able to remove trees themselves.
According to CGFG Executive Director Jean Godfrey, the response from the public has been very good, with a high percentage of home owners voluntarily removing unmanaged trees. To take advantage of this program, contact the Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers at 541-387-4769.
The high level of commitment required to grow commercially acceptable fruit may not be apparent to hobby or novice fruit growers. Home fruit growers may neglect to control insect pests and diseases on backyard trees with few apparent consequences. As noted above, not controlling pests on home fruit trees may have serious consequences, however, because they often serve as sources of pest infestation to commercial orchards.
Commercial fruit growers in the area are preparing to apply dormant season sprays targeting pests that overwinter on the tree with low-risk pesticides, such as sulfur and horticultural mineral oil. These early season sprays mark the beginning of a commitment to a season-long, integrated program aimed at preventing pest damage.
Dormant sprays are important for home fruit growers also, but the most important sprays for home apple, pear and cherry trees usually don't start until mid- to late-May. These later sprays target codling moth, cherry fruit fly, spotted wing Drosophila and apple maggot, four pests that are of special concern to fruit growers in the local orchards. Not only do these pests cause direct damage to fruit, each is a quarantined pest in some export destinations.
Because of relatively high pest pressure in the area, non-chemical methods of controlling these pests on home fruit trees often do not provide adequate results.
Steve Castagnoli, horticulturist with Hood River County Extension Service, said many factors contribute to the effectiveness of pesticide applications including application timing. The life cycle of most fruit pests is dependent on weather conditions, which affect the time of pest emergence in the spring and development through the rest of the season.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:27 pm
Post subject: something new
Hey everyone...im want to surprise my boyfriend with a meal that ive never made before...something out of the ordinary. any ideas?
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:02 pm
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It would help to know what budget this meal has and how much cooking experience you have.
If I was going to try and surprise somone I would make Thai Cuisine. It has some very interesting flavor combinations. Most meat and seafood curries can be made with a simple combination of a protein, vegetables, a store bought curry paste, and coconut milk. There are also many types Thai stir fries.
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As far as budget, I don't want to go out & buy anything exotic that would cost me my whole savings account but something that's affordable... Do you have a recipe for a Thai cuisine?
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:05 pm
Post subject: Alton Brown's Pad Thai
Pad Thai is a fairly simple introduction to Thai cuisine (not as spicy or hard to find ingredients as some recipes).
Alton Brown's
is pretty much the same as most restaurant Pad Thai.
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First of all, buy the specialized ingredients at an Asian market. They tend to be of higher quality than the supermarket variety. Heres a very simple and fast red curry recipe. I can't call my creation truly authentic, but it takes like 20 minutes to make and it tastes great.
2-3 chicken breasts (cut into thin strips)
1 carrot (julienned)
1 onion (sliced thin)
1/2 red bell pepper (sliced thin)
1 T minced garlic
1/2 T minced ginger
4-5 fresh basil leaves
1/2 can red curry paste (you can add more, but it gets very spicy)
1 can of good quality coconut milk
1/2 cup of peanut oil (I usually just put enough to coat the bottom of the pan)
salt to taste
hand full of roasted peanuts or cashews for garnish
OPTIONAL: I like to add a slurry of a teaspoon of cornstarch in a 1/4 cup of water near the end to make it thick enough to coat the chicken, but this is not the classic consistency of curry as far as I know.
1. Heat a wok (or a really big pan) for a few minutes
2. Add half the oil and the garlic, ginger, carrot, onion, and bell pepper and stir fry until soft: than remove from pan and set aside.
3. Heat the pan up again. (this is crucial, because if the chicken doesn't brown well it won't taste as tender)
4. Add the oil and the curry paste and mix them, than add the chicken.
(NOTE: this paste is pretty fragrant when it hits the oil, it actually made me cough if I had my nose too close...but in a good way)
5. Keep the chicken moving and browning on all sides.
6. When it looks ready, add the coconut milk, reserved vegetables, and mix it well.
7. Let it simmer for only a few minutes, add the shredded basil leaves, and than turn the fire off. (stir in the slurry now if desired)
8. Top it off with peanuts or cashews that you've warmed in the oven or in a pan and serve.
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:15 pm
Post subject: red curry sounds bloody good!
Wow, that seems like a really good recipe. I always look to Thai restaurants for my weekly dose of Thai food, but now, I can actually make it at home like they do at the Food Network! I love the Food Network especially Rachel ray and all her little kitchen controversies.
Have you guys noticed any recipe or any host in the Food Network that you like?
Eat your heart out!
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Obviously, you have to like Alton Brown if you're hanging out on the forums of Cooking For Engineers! Alton's show is great, but I do get tired of his silly costumes and over-the-top geek acting and campiness.
A lot of people enjoy watching Giada's Everyday Italian - the photography is literally food porn and she doesn't fill every second of the show with chatter like Rachael does.
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Post subject: I am a total Food Network Fan
I actually like both Giada and Rachel. Hey, I can't complain about Alton either. I've heard a lot of people praise Giada for her authenthic cooking talent, but I honestly think Rachel Ray fares well as a regular Jane and brings a lot of enthusiasm to cooking and food. Generally, I am a food network fan.
Wouldn't you love to tour the Food Network studios and meet these stars?
Just giving you guys the inside scoop, Bon Appetit is having a sweepstakes where a lucky food fan will win a trip to NY, have lunch with the Bon Appetit editors in their culinary studio and tour the Food Network studios.
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Good luck and Bon Appetit!
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Post subject: French Fries with an special touch
This is one of my favorite recipes, it is very simple to make and the result is extraordinary delicious. If you are a Patatas Fritas fan like me, this is a must try for you.
6 Red Potatoes ( for 2 persons)
3 Garlic gloves ( if you are garlic fan put more as you please)
3 Bay Leaves
Salt to taste
more info here
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By Jeff Fox
A former secretary of defense says the national and international institutions put in place during the Truman era have worked well but need to be updated or recast to meet contemporary challenges
"We've not refashioned ourselves to deal with a new world, a different set of circumstances," Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday night during the annual Howard and Virginia Bennett Forum on the Presidency in Kansas City. The event is put on by the Truman Library Institute.
Rumsfeld, who was secretary of defense under President Ford and then again under President George W. Bush, was joined on the panel by William S. Cohen, who was in Congress for 24 years before serving as Bill Clinton's secretary of defense; and David von Drehle, editor-at-large for Time magazine. The moderator was another former senator, Bob Kerry.
Rumsfeld said the institutions that came into being during Harry Truman's time in office at the end of World War II and the years immediately afterward – the CIA and National Security Agency, the United Nations and NATO, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the reorganization of the War Department as the Defense Department – are as crucial to Truman's legacy as anything else he did.
"And they have served our nation and the world reasonably well for a number of decades," he said.
The topic was American presidents and their cabinets, though the conversation ranged beyond that. In particular, Cohen said the U.S. political system is becoming unworkable and said President Obama's decision to back off from a confrontation with Syria weeks ago will hurt the country.
Von Drehle said the role of the cabinet has changed much over the nation's history. For George Washington, it was essentially his political advisers, but it's evolved into the various secretaries running their departments. Cohen said he only attended cabinet meetings that pertained to national security and that was just four or five meetings in the four years he was secretary of defense.
"I think the word cabinet is misleading today," Rumsfeld added, "because it suggests it's a cohesive thing."
The wide-ranging discussion touched on other issues:
• Cohen pleaded – a couple of times – for citizens to speak up and get Congress to act more productively.
He cited former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen – who by the way was given this year's Truman Public Service Award in Independence – as saying that the federal debt is a threat to national security.
"And there's great wisdom in that ... given what's going on on Capitol Hill," Cohen said.
He criticized the political standoffs in Congress, many of which are over spending and debt issues.
"We know what needs to be done, but we can't reach agreement," he said, adding that compromise is simply a common part of life and needs to be in Congress as well.
The country is looking at another three years – the rest of Obama's term – of "stalemate and stagnation," which he called unacceptable.
"And the public has a role here to say, 'enough,'" he said.
There's a broader issue, Cohen said. We as Americans have too often taken the easy choices instead of the needed choices.
"It seems to me if we're going to survive, we have to get back to some stern virtues," he said. Rights come with obligations he said.
The world is taking note, too, he said.
"People are making different judgments now," he said, "because we're unable to discipline ourselves" – a line that drew applause.
• Rumsfeld and Cohen both condemned Edward Snowden, who has released massive numbers of classified NSA documents. He fled the country and is living in Russia, even as the revelations – including the recent ones about eavesdropping on allied leaders – continue to come out.
"Heroes don't run. Heroes don't run," Cohen said.
• They had kind words for Ike Skelton, the former congressman who for decades represented parts of Eastern Jackson County and who passed away last week. Skelton rose to become chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and emphasized the need to take care of military personnel and their families.
"We need more like him," Cohen said.
• Cohen said he has been dismayed at the Obama administration's handling of the Syrian crisis. Obama had said the government's use of chemical weapons against rebels there could bring a U.S. military response, and there's strong evidence that happened in August. Obama said he would strike but then changed course.
"Don't draw red lines unless you have the power and the will to enforce them," Cohen said.
These events have left the U.S. looking feckless, he said.
"So it's diminished our credibility, and that's not a good thing," Cohen said.
The evening had several light moments, and Rumsfeld in particular had a few zingers. Congress – he served in the 1960s – is often like "535 ants on a log floating down the Potomac River, each one of them thinking they are steering."
Kerry at one point asked about political gridlock, and Rumsfeld playfully chided, "You were a senator. You were part of the problem."
That brought a laugh from the audience and response from Kerry: "I try to be part of the solution."


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Alumnus Robert Wagner, Former President of SDSU, Dies at 78
The Rev. Dr. Robert T. Wagner, class of 1954 and a 1988 Alumni Achievement Award winner, is hailed among many as one of South Dakota's most earnest advocates for higher education. He was president of South Dakota State University from 1985 to 1997.
Augustana Welcomes Harlem Gospel Choir
Millions saw their televised tribute to Michael Jackson, thousands packed Yankee Stadium to hear them sing at Pope Benedict XVI's Concert of Hope, and they've appeared on the "Oprah Winfrey Show." On Friday, Feb. 18, the Harlem Gospel Choir will perform in Sioux Falls in celebration of Black History Month.
Three Elected to Augustana Board of Trustees
Delegates to the annual meeting of the Augustana Association have elected Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer, '73; Rickard Hedeby, '83; and Emil Her Many Horses, '79, to serve on the College's Board of Trustees.
Gala Event Planned to Celebrate Sesquicentennial
'The Spark,' is set for 6 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Washington Pavilion. The evening will feature life-size historical photo galleries, food and drink buffets, presentation of the "Spirit of Augustana Awards," a movie premiere and music and dancing at the Sesquicentennial Ball.
Former Speechwriter for Ariel Sharon to Speak Jan. 11
Gregory Levey will present "The Lighter Side of Diplomacy: A Conversation About the Situation in the Middle East and the U.S. Involvement," at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 11, in the Back Alley.
Choir Concert in Canton to Honor College Sesquicentennial
In honor of the Sesquicentennial, Augustana is returning to its former home in Canton, S.D. The Augustana Choir will present a "Sesqui-Sunday" concert at 9:30 a.m. at Canton Lutheran Church on Sunday, Jan. 23.
175 Students Studying Overseas for January Interim
This month, students will study in 19 countries on six continents. "At Augustana, we often say that in order to really learn about the world, you have to see it; breathe it; taste it; live it ... we're working to make certain our students do just that," said Rob Oliver, president of the College.
Viking Coaches Honored by South Dakota Sportswriters
Behind Augustana's best football season in school history and strong finishes in cross country, the South Dakota Sportswriters Association named Mike Aldrich and Tracy Hellman Coaches of the Year for College Men and College Women, respectively.
39 Students Named to Prestigious 'Who's Who' List
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges honors students for academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
New Gallery Exhibit Features Augustana Alumnus
Drawings, graphic design and installation come alive in "A Kiel Mutschelknaus Retrospective: The Early Years," a new exhibit featuring works by Kiel Mutschelknaus, a 2007 alumnus, at Augustana's Eide/Dalrymple Gallery.


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Gene & Georgetti
500 N. Franklin St. 312-527-3718
At 71 years old, this legendary restaurant is the classic of all classic Chicago steakhouses, having opened its doors before the neighborhood was even called River North. Expect wood-paneled walls, leather chairs and plenty of prime beef.
David Burke's Primehouse
616 N. Rush St. 312-660-6000
This sophisticated steakhouse, which dry-ages its own beef on-site, is a smart option for those craving a more modern alternative to the neighborhood's old-school joints.
Chicago Chop House
60 W. Ontario St. 312-787-7100
Open since the '80s inside a picturesque Victorian building, this steakhouse's walls are decorated with framed photos of mayors and mobsters. The menu, which hasn't changed much since it opened, features myriad wine choices, classic steakhouse desserts and an absolutely massive 64-ounce porterhouse.
Chicago Cut Steakhouse
300 N. La Salle St. 312-329-1800
This luxe steakhouse stands out from the others not just because of its iPad wine menu and double-cut steaks that are dry-aged on site, but also because of its riverside patio, warmed with heat lamps on chilly nights.
Kinzie Chophouse
400 N. Wells St. 312-822-0191
In the shadows of the Brown Line tracks and the Merchandise Mart, this steakhouse serves signature cuts such as the Kinzie Cut flat-iron steak and a 48-ounce porterhouse that'll serve you and your three hungriest friends. Steak also finds its way into other dishes such as the prime rib risotto and sirloin-topped salad.
Benny's Chop House
444 N. Wabash Ave. 312-626-2444
Rather than side with one school of steakhouse thought, Benny's offers its beef wet-aged or dry-aged as well as bone-in or boneless. The piano lounge is a prime perch for noshing on oysters or beef tenderloin sliders with horseradish cream.
Michael Jordan's Steak House
505 N. Michigan Ave. 312-321-8823
This steakhouse inside the Intercontinental Hotel bears the name of Chicago's favorite basketball legend and specializes in dry-aged steaks. The booths are Bulls jersey-red and it's no coincidence that there are 23 layers in the chocolate cake.
20 W. Kinzie St. 312-467-9525
This steakhouse specializes in wet-aged cuts, including a bone-in ribeye and 12-ounce filet mignon. Side dishes include traditional au gratin potatoes and creamed spinach, but chef John Hogan's signature peas served with leek cream sauce in a miniature crock are not to be missed.
Mastro's Steakhouse
520 N. Dearborn St. 312-521-5100
This glitzy West Coast import serves massive martinis and steaks that literally sizzle as they arrive at your table, thanks to a turn in a 1,800-degree broiler and the 400-degree plates they're served on.
Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab
60 E. Grand Ave. 312-379-5637
No matter how large of a steak you order at this reliable restaurant, it's smart to save room for its signature seafood offering: chilled stone crab claws.