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1 c. Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
1 oz. Gorgonzola Cheese, crumbled
3 oz. Italian Sausage, cut on the bias
1 1/2 oz Roasted Red Peppers, cut into strips
Pinch Parsley, chopped, for topping
- Prepare onion rings according to directions on package.
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- Sprinkle the mozzarella and the Gorgonzola evenly over sauce.
- Top with the sausage and the red peppers.
- Bake at 450oF for approx. 5-7 minutes.
- Remove finished pizza from the oven.
- Cut pizza into slices, then top with onion rings and parsley.


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Her Turn
"I want a child more than anything, and I'll raise it on my own if I have to -- though that's certainly not what I want," said Nancy. "I love Seth and I want his baby, but if he really feels he can't go ahead with whatever we have to do to have a child of our own, I just might end this marriage. Being a mother is too important for me; I don't want a marriage without a child.
"We've been trying for about a year and half to get pregnant. I'm trying not to panic -- I think I've handled the disappointment pretty well so far--but at my age, it's getting increasingly difficult not to think the odds may be against us. I'd like to be able to talk to my friends about what I'm going through, but Seth is very private and it flips him out to think that other people might know his business.
"A year ago, my gynecologist referred us to a fertility clinic where we began a merry-go-round of tests. All along we both assumed the problem was with me. We were shocked when the doctors told us that Seth's low sperm count was most likely responsible for our inability to conceive. To be honest, I wish the doctors had found something wrong with me. I think I'd be better able to deal with it than my husband. We were both in shock when we heard the news and it's taken a while to digest it. You never think that such a serious problem will affect you. Over the last few months, I've become increasingly worried about Seth. I know it's a terrible blow for him.
"The fertility specialist referred us to a urologist, who suggested surgery for Seth. It didn't work. After two pretty painful procedures, the count is still very low. Now, we're faced with some hard decisions -- and we don't know what to do.
"The doctors suggested artificial insemination with donor sperm. I'm open to the idea but Seth refuses. At least we'll know who one of the parents is. But he's adamantly opposed and his stubbornness is making me angrier by the minute. He's always pictured having a little boy who looks just like him. Well, it's just not going to happen and it's time he got over it. But since we can't talk calmly about anything without having a nasty argument, how will we ever resolve this big one?
"I've always wanted to be a mother as well as have a career -- and I know I can do both. I'm one of nine children in a very traditional family. My mother stayed home so, naturally, we were all much closer to her than my father. He was an alcoholic, but until my late teens, I never really knew exactly what the problem was. Dad wasn't a fall-down kind of drunk; he functioned well enough most of the time. But we all sensed that things were different at other people's houses. Mom made a lot excuses for my father -- she came from an alcoholic family herself. I think we were all a little bit afraid of him.
"I was an excellent student; school was an escape for me. There was never any question in my mind that I'd get a college degree and work in a professional capacity, though the girls in my family were never encouraged to succeed. Going away to college meant getting away from the chaos at home. I knew I wanted a career in the film industry, so after graduation I moved to Los Angeles. I fell in love with a fellow student -- we were married for five years, but grew apart and divorced amicably. Meanwhile, I started working at a movie studio, first in sales, then in promotions and marketing as I tried to find my niche.
"I met Seth at a film festival in Park City. He was working for a film company based in San Francisco and had recently divorced too. Tall and handsome, he came on pretty strong, which put me off at first. We started a long-distance romance, seeing each other every few weeks. Over time, I fell very much in love. A year after we met, Seth moved to Los Angeles. By this time, I had a good job at one of the smaller studios and I arranged for Seth to have an interview. They hired him on the spot.
"In fact, baby business aside, things have been pretty stormy at home. Sometimes, after a heated battle, we go for days without talking -- and even longer without sex. One never-ending argument is over Seth's drinking. He likes to be out late at night, which is not my style. I think he goes out drinking too often and drinks entirely too much. He's a very sociable guy -- which is what makes him such a good advertising man. But it all reminds me too much of my dad. And if I dare bring up the subject, he immediately launches into a tirade that I'm trying to control him. Just to be difficult, he tells me he'll be home at a certain time, then arrives hours later and never calls. It's so childish and it makes me livid!
His Turn
"Nancy never lets up," said Seth. "She's constantly on my case and I can't breathe, think, or do anything without her giving me instructions or complaining about what I'm doing or not doing. Things haven't been going particularly well for me at work -- several projects I've been trying to get off the ground are stalled. I'm having trouble focusing. No one has said anything to me, but I don't feel great about my performance over the past year or so. And the last thing I need is to have a wife who dumps on me at home.
"To be honest, with all the fighting, I'm not sure it makes sense to talk about having a child. All these fertility tests, plus my two surgeries -- which were not pleasant -- have drained me. It's hard to face the fact that because of me, we may never have a child of our own. Doesn't every parent get a charge out of seeing a little bit of themselves in their kid? I'll never have that. Is it so terrible to want a child of my own flesh and blood? Will I be able to bond with a child who isn't biologically mine?
"I'm also uncomfortable with the whole process of artificial insemination. We're both Catholic. Though we don't go to church regularly, I can't help thinking that this flies in the face of the church's teachings. And I'm totally uncomfortable at the clinic. It's so austere and well, clinical. The other day, a nurse asked us to choose the physical characteristics that we wanted in a baby. It was unnatural and demeaning and I felt sick to my stomach: It was like picking from a Chinese menu -- one from column A, one from column B. Will Nancy think that a baby conceived this way is more her baby than our baby?
"If something interests me, I'm single-minded in my pursuit of it -- and ever since I can remember, I've been in love with the movies. I spent two years in film school after high school, but when a small independent group asked me to work for them, I dropped out and have been supporting myself ever since.
"Before Nancy, I had two very intense relationships that ended badly. When I met Nancy, I hadn't been in a serious relationship for a long time. When we started talking about getting married, I asked the company I was working for if they'd consider hiring Nancy, but they had a strict policy against spouses working together. Since her company didn't, I made the switch and we got married. I don't understand why Nancy acts as if I had some secret knowledge that my being hired would throw a monkey wrench into her career. That's completely unfounded, but she won't believe me. The truth is Nancy needs to look for a job at another company if she wants to get the money and prestige she deserves. I'll help her write her resume, make connections -- but here, my hands are tied.
"Nancy is bossy and critical and treats me like a kid who has to check in with her. Why should I call every time I'm about to make a move? She's just going to yell at me, and I refuse to put myself in that position. Nancy has to realize that I have an important position in this company and I'm responsible for a lot of people and projects. That means I often have to work late and on weekends. I can't take three days off just because she wants to.
"And I don't drink nearly as much as Nancy says. Okay, I like to go out with the guys and let it rip once in a while. But I'm not an alcoholic like her dad. She needs to lay off me on this one, too, before we can even start to talk about a kid."
The Counselor's Turn
"Couples in the midst of an infertility crisis often come to therapy confused and overwhelmed," said Dr. Heitler. "Resentment, anger and blame are typical. They're searching for answers that will help them put their sadness and pain into perspective. Throughout our sessions, I reminded Nancy and Seth that infertility is not a character flaw -- it's a medical problem. Most importantly, it's a couple problem -- and certainly no one's fault.
"The other issues confronting Nancy and Seth have taken a long time to develop -- and they weren't going to be resolved quickly. These two needed to learn the basics: how to speak clearly about what they want; how to really listen to, and empathize with, their partner; and finally how to arrive at a decision that feels right to both of them. Despite the obstacles, I sensed that they could do it: Intelligent and committed, they had both been through divorce already; they wanted to make this marriage work.
"These two have lost the ability to connect on an emotional level -- a connection they desperately need if they are going to be able to communicate about practical matters, such as which treatments to pursue, as well as more spiritual ones, such as how to heal psychic wounds and navigate the tough road ahead. For some couples, a strong support system of family and friends can provide solace during stressful times. But these two can't agree about whether or who tell about their struggles, so they're going it alone.
"First on my agenda was Seth's drinking problem. I suggested that Seth join a weekly counseling group I host because I sensed he'd enjoy the group's rapport. It was easy for a man like Seth, who was so successful in so many ways, to convince himself that alcohol wasn't holding him back. However, in time, as group members challenged some of his statements, he admitted that he was drinking to escape problems he couldn't solve and to distance himself from Nancy. Eventually, he was able to stop completely and agree to tackle the real issues.
"Seth revealed an important clue when he mentioned his mother's addiction: It is well documented that the propensity for addictive behavior runs in families. Though Seth is determined to deny his drinking problem, his mother's history makes me think there's reason to believe that it is indeed a factor in his current problems. Anyone who was raised in a family where addiction was a problem needs to keep this in mind.
"At this point, we could focus on the marriage. Because of what felt to him like overwhelming demands, Seth thought he was completely justified in not calling home and breaking promises he had made to Nancy. I explained that such passive/aggressive actions only incited more power struggles and did nothing to resolve Nancy's anger.
"To replace the negative competition between them with constructive dialogue, I established strict rules in my office that I hoped they would also use at home: Speak only in 'I'-statements, rather than blaming 'You'-statements; there would be no name-calling; and they had to listen fully without interruption when the other was talking. With me as referee, they knew they could talk freely without being attacked. Whenever either slipped into a combative stance, I immediately called his or her attention to it and asked him or her to re-phrase what they were trying to say and to consider their partner's position. I wanted them to learn to monitor their own tone of voice, gestures and language so that they could establish a dialogue that would resolve conflict, not simply win an argument.
"For example, whenever the subject of Nancy's work came up, she became irritated and blaming because she was confusing her resentment of the situation with her anger at her husband. Once she opened herself up to what Seth was saying, she heard him state unequivocally that he wished he could change things but was powerless to do so. Nancy began to consider other options. Instead of relying on her husband and keeping herself gridlocked in a job she disliked, Nancy tapped her sources, and within a few months, found a new job at a higher salary. Now that she feels professionally fulfilled, she can calmly discuss work-related issues with Seth. More importantly, she allows herself to feel Seth's pride in her accomplishments -- an important step in restoring intimacy.
"Nancy also worked hard to monitor the way she spoke to Seth as well as the list of demands she placed on him. As she began to catch herself before she started to nag and criticize, Seth stopped running so hard in the other direction.
"Finally, as tension eased and Nancy and Seth warmed toward each other, we were finally able to discuss the fertility problems. Seth was truly crushed by the realization that he was responsible and I encouraged him to share his feelings. Nancy was at last able to empathize with what he was going through and they discussed the options that might make him feel more comfortable as well as whether he would be able to bond with a child that wasn't his own. During several tearful sessions, we talked in general about how Seth felt about being with children. I asked him to imagine how it would feel to hug a child who wasn't his biological child, as well as what really makes a person a parent.
"Together, Nancy and Seth decided to switch from the hospital setting to a private infertility specialist whose practice was smaller and homier and where the nurses knew and had interviewed personally every sperm donor. Nancy let Seth make all the decisions: he declined to choose eye or hair color and was most concerned about the donor's medical history.
"Nancy and Seth stopped coming for counseling on a regular basis after a year, though I see them from time to time for checkups. They are now the proud parents of Amanda, an adorable blue-eyed, two-year-old who looks very much like her mother, and who doesn't stopped talking -- just like her Dad."
"Nancy and Seth stopped coming for counseling on a regular basis after a year, though I see them from time to time for checkups. They are now the proud parents of Amanda, an adorable blue-eyed, two-year-old who looks very much like her mother, and who doesn't stopped talking -- just like her Dad."
"Can This Marriage Be Saved?" is the most enduring women's magazine feature in the world. The story told here is true, although names and other details have been changed. "Can This Marriage Be Saved?" is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation.

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A man admits to having nearly 100 pornographic images involving children.
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The Washington County Sheriff's Office says they found the images on Matthew Fitch's computer.
"During an on site preview of the computer I did observe numerous images of children, I would estimate between six and eight years of age engaged in sexual activity with what appeared to be adult males."
Parks says a search warrant led them to three computers in Fitch's Tennis Center Drive Apartment, Fitch was not home at the time.
Parks says they then seized the three computers and phones and returned to the apartment where they found Fitch. He did confess to downloading those images off the Internet and he stated that he had possessed probably between 80 and 100 on his computer."
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KESWICK-Ethel M. Bender, age 101, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, formerly of Keswick, died Saturday, January 23, 2010, at Care-Age of Brookfield in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Ethel was born September 30, 1908, in Keswick, to John and Catherine (Dawson) Wright and graduated from Ottumwa Heights Academy and Ottumwa Heights Junior College. Before marriage she taught in St. Joseph's high school at Neola, IA for 2 years and then worked for 9 years in Des Moines in the Iowa Bankers Association becoming Secretary to the Superintendent of the Iowa State Banking Department. On October 2, 1937, she married Francis Bender in Oxford, Iowa. The couple made their home in Keswick and enjoyed wintering in Florida until Francis' death in 1995, when Ethel moved to Wisconsin. She was active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, and in Keswick civic and community affairs. Ethel had a passion for Scrabble and continued playing until the time of her death. Survivors include four daughters: Joan Burke of Big Bend, WI, Janice Bender of Des Moines,IA, Elizabeth Bender of Milwaukee, WI and Rebecca Robbins of Salt Lake City, UT, two sons: F. Eugene Bender of Cedar Rapids, IA and Robert Bender of Wichita, KS ; 13 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; Sister, Winifred Wright, Venice FL. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband: Francis; Brother, Harold; Sisters Helen, Mary, Lucille, and Geraldine. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a..m. on Friday, January 29, 2010, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sigourney, with Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Sigourney. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2010, at Powell Funeral Home in Sigourney, where there will be a wake service at 6:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Keokuk County or the Pleasant Grove Cemetery Association. Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Sigourney is caring for Ethel and her family. Condolences may be e-mailed at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries.


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Literary history, at least as far as race in America is concerned, is stuck, and the doctrine of separate but equal has to be overturned again and again, with every book published. If the doctrine were dead, then it would be common knowledge that Robert Hayden is at least as remarkable a poet as Robert Lowell, or that the Hugheses—Ted and Langston—run about even; or that it would be ignorant of a young poet to study Elizabeth Bishop to the exclusion of Rita Dove, or vice versa. It would also finally be possible to assess the claim that Amiri Baraka's work—his early work as LeRoi Jones, anyway—outdoes them all.
Fortunately, poems aren't written at the service of literary history. They're written in the moment, often in ways mindful of tradition (which doesn't rhyme with literary history), and anybody who tells you otherwise is trying to trick you out of your birthright. Poets who start out with one eye on literary history find out sooner or later that they need to focus both eyes—maybe all three—on the poem. In Skin, Inc., his complicated second book of poems, Thomas Sayers Ellis seeks a space apart from the demands of both history and the immediate moment, to protest the overwhelming conditions he finds, or as he puts it in the title poem, "To sit-in/in the sit-in/in the margins."
The problem is that, even now, if you raise your voice, people start expecting you to provide the answers, to be not one among the many but the one to lead and speak on behalf of the many. In "Marcus Garvey Vitamins," from his first book, The Maverick Room (2005), Ellis declaimed at the top of his voice that the one should not be him: "Don't like it, don't Pulitzer me." He was kidding, but don't laugh. Consider this remark from 2003 by critic William Logan about Ellis's colleague Kevin Young, whose first and second books had been nominated for big prizes:
It can be difficult to be a young black poet now. You're courted by publishers and anthologists, by the halls of academe; yet post-colonial and subaltern and diaspora scholars, who fight turf battles over what to call themselves, tell you what to write and how to write it, questioning your language and your motives (or, worse, applauding them) before you've written a line. Easier, I suspect, to be a young poet everyone is ignoring.
Easier for what? To do what? Write a memorable poem that makes everyone around take notice? Then where are all the show-stopping thousands of young ignored poets? Is their game good enough to stand up to some of the best trash talk of our times, talk so dismissive it doesn't even bother with the second person?
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The consequences of the Arab Spring were considered during a seminar in Brussels on May 9, convened jointly by the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union and conservative blocs from the European Parliament. It was "a very bitter truth" that "democratization of the Middle East does not bring relief to the people who live there," said Konrad Szymanski, a member of the European Parliament from Poland. He said that if the European Union wishes to remain credible on human rights, it "has to take a clear stance in defense of Christians in the Middle East." The Rev. Joe Vella Gauci of Malta, representing the bishops' commission, called the Arab Spring a crucial historical paradigm shift. He worried, however, that positive developments are "overshadowed by barbarous incidents." A fundamental outcome of Arab democratization, he said, should be "respect for all citizens; the elimination of parallel societies; respect for diverse communities and cultures; and the creation of socio-political systems worthy of safeguarding human rights and democratic values."
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"What's in a name?" California dairy officials are asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "Can yogurt by any other name taste as sweet?"
"What's in a name?" California dairy officials are asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "Can yogurt by any other name taste as sweet?"
Forgive the recasting of a line from "Romeo and Juliet," but it exemplifies the complaint Western United Dairymen recently filed with federal regulators, objecting to the use of the word yogurt when applied to products based on soy, rice and other non-dairy products.
"The soy product industry's blatant misuse of the term 'milk' and 'yogurt' as part of a coordinated marketing scheme to deceive consumers must be stopped," dairy officials wrote in their complaint. "The explicit strategy ... is an attempt to fraudulently lure customers to their product as a substitute for wholesome, nutritious milk."
Federal code defines yogurt as a cultured product using cream, milk or skimmed milk, with the addition of vitamins and flavorings optional.
To call a similar product made from soy beans instead of dairy products is simply a fraud, said Michael Marsh, chief executive of Western United, a Modesto-based trade group.
"Under federal standards you cannot call it yogurt; it's not yogurt," he said.
"That's why you can't call horse meat beef; it's not beef," Marsh said, alluding to the current whoopla in Europe over the widespread appearance of horse meat in products labeled as beef.
"It's misleading to consumers," he said.
And, of course, Marsh wants to protect the interests of his dairy-producer members. They include many dairy operators in San Joaquin County, where milk is the No. 1 most valuable farm commodity, worth an estimated $453 million in 2011.
"Unfortunately, it costs the dairy producers, because folks think it has the same nutritional value as milk."
Of course, products with label names such as soy milk, rice milk and almond milk have been on grocery shelves for years. Marsh said the dairy industry has objected to those as well but has gotten little response from the government.
Western United and other industry groups first objected to the misapplication of the word "milk" more than a decade ago.
"We originally complained to the FDA in the first part of 2001 and we did it again in 2003, and the FDA just didn't respond," he said.
An agency spokeswoman did provide a short email response Thursday about the labeling issue.
"FDA's guidance has been that terms such as 'soymilk,' 'almond milk,' etc. do not meet standards to be identified as milk. This is an active issue that FDA continues to address," wrote Theresa Eisenman, from agency offices in Silver Spring, Md.
Despite that claim of action, it's not enough, Marsh said.
"Unfortunately, because of the FDA not enforcing the laws as Congress intended, we're seeing more and more of these beverages show up in the dairy case," he said. "From these other beverages, you're not getting the same nutrition as you do from milk."
Marsh would like to see action such as occurred in an earlier era, restricting the use of the word "butter."
"They're making products like I Can't Believe It's Not Butter for the same reason," he said. "They can't call margarine butter, because it's not butter."
While the government has not effectively acted on the dairy industry's labeling complaints in recent years, Marsh has hope that recent changes in the Obama administration and a renewed emphasis on consumer protection might help his most recent letter trigger some movement.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State Rep. Joe Carr says he'll challenge incumbent Lamar Alexander for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate next year.
The decision to challenge Alexander means Carr will abandon his bid to oust incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (day-zhar-LAY') in the 4th Congressional District.
DesJarlais is considered vulnerable because of his past infidelities and once having encouraged his wife and a lover to seek abortions. Meanwhile, Alexander is headed into his bid for a third term in the Senate with $3.1 million on hand through the first half of the year.
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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Mark Patton, et al,
v. Docket No. CR-07-597
Falmouth Retirement Board,
Appearance for Petitioners:
William M. Appel, Esq.
159 Washington Street
Lynn, MA 01902
Appearance for Respondents:
Nicholas Poser, Esq.
197 Portland Street
5th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Administrative Magistrate:
James Rooney, Esq.
Falmouth Natural Resources officers are not entitled to re-classification in Group 4 because they are not "members" of a "police department."
Falmouth Natural Resources officers Mark Patton, Charles Martinsen, Philip Lang, and Sarah Brooks timely appealed the July 26, 2007 decision of the Falmouth Retirement Board refusing to reclassify them from Group 1 to Group 4. I held a hearing on December 18, 2008 at the offices of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, 98 North Washington, Boston, MA. I also allowed the parties to depose the Falmouth Police Chief and Town Manager and enter their testimony into evidence.
I entered into evidence at the hearing documents offered by Petitioners, who titled one set of documents "Police Authority Documents" (P.A) and another set "Denial of Benefits Documents" (D.B). For clarity, this opinion will refer to exhibits as (P.A.) or (D.B.). The following additional documents submitted by the Board and Petitioners are in evidence:
Exhibit A: Letter from the Department of Natural Resources to the Falmouth Retirement Board requesting re-classification, dated March 15, 2007.
Exhibit B: Letter from Falmouth Retirement Board to Natural Resources Director Patton, dated July 26, 2007
Exhibit C: Notice of Appeal from Director Patton to DALA, dated August 1, 2007
Exhibit D: Petitioners' Pre-hearing Memorandum
Exhibit E: Deposition of Police Chief Anthony Riello
Exhibit F: Deposition of Town Manager Robert Writenour, Jr.
Findings of Fact
Based on the testimony and evidence presented, I find the following findings of fact:
1. Petitioners are Department of Natural Resource Officers of the Town of Falmouth appointed by the Board of Selectman as "Police Officer[s] for Special Assignment" for the primary purpose of providing ecological and environmental protection of the town's natural resources. (P.A. Exs. 17 and 20 and Testimonies of Mark Patton and Robert Writenour, Jr.)
2. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) of Falmouth consists of four employees: Director Mark Patton, Assistant Director Charles Martinsen, and officers, Philip Lang and Sarah Brooks. (P.A. Ex. 16.)
3. The DNR Officers, including the Director and Assistant Director, are currently classified for retirement purposes in Group 1 under General Laws c.32 s. 3 (2)(g). (D.B. Ex. 6.)
4. The DNR officers are appointed by the Town Selectmen, and their appointment must be renewed every few years. (P.A. 17.)
5. DNR officers are not under the direct control of the Falmouth Police Department and are not officers of the Police Department. (P.A. 25 and Testimony of Mark Patton.) The Director of the DNR reports to the Town Administrator, not the police chief. (P.A. Ex. 20 and 25, Ex. F.)
6. As Director of the DNR, Mark Patton's primary duties are to direct "the enforcement of laws relating to hunting, fishing, shell-fishing and animal control with particular attention to MGL Ch.90B, Ch. 130, Ch.131, and Ch. 140, and other applicable laws." As articulated in his job description, Director Patton is responsible for providing patrols of the harbors and woodlands, prosecuting illegal dumping violations, responding to natural and manmade disasters, such as hurricanes, and coordinating with the District Attorney's Office to prosecute offenders. (P.A. Ex. 20 and Testimony of Mark Patton.) Director Patton "works under the administrative direction of the Town Administrator" (P.A. Ex.20.)
7. The primary duties of Assistant Director Charles Martinsen are to "serve as Shellfish Constable/Herring Warden by assisting the Director of Natural Resources in the supervision of the enforcement of hunting, fishing, shell fishing, environmental, boating and animal control laws." As Warden, he has a responsibility to "prosecute[] violators through the court process" and "[e]nforce conservation regulations through the medium of cease and desist orders to stop illegal or improper projects." (P.A. Ex. 20 and Testimony of Charles Martinsen.)
8. There is no express grant of authority for DNR officers to make arrests or enforce all of the laws of the Commonwealth. (Ex. E. and Testimony of Mark Patton.)
9. All of the DNR officers wear both uniforms and badges. The badges read, "Falmouth Police" and show the Town of Falmouth seal. Identification cards list the officer's name, followed by "Officer of the DNR." DNR officers receive these articles from a uniform store in Hyannis, MA. (Testimony of Charles Martinsen.)
10. DNR officers drive state-registered trucks with police plates equipped with blue lights, sirens, shotguns, and police radios. (P.A. Ex. 19 and 21 and Testimony of Mark Patton.)
11. Officers are authorized through their appointment to carry a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, billy, handcuffs, and "other such materials necessary to accomplish their assigned duties." (P.A. Ex. 17.)
12. Prior to appointment, DNR officers must pass firearms, baton, and pepper spray training through the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council and graduate from the Massachusetts Police Academy. (P.A. Ex. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.) This training occurs alongside police cadets. Officers have transferred from the DNR to the Falmouth Police Department without additional training. (Testimony of Mark Patton.)
13. All DNR officers must continue to attend regular in-service trainings with the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council, including annual re-qualification of semi-automatic pistols and shotguns. (P.A. Ex. 4, 16 and Testimony of Mark Patton.)
14. In addition to basic in-service requirements, Director Mark Patton attends monthly Massachusetts Training Council Southeastern Command seminars with the three police captains from the Falmouth Police Department. (P.A. Ex. 3 and Testimony of Mark Patton.) Assistant Director Martinsen has received certification in the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Marine Field Sobriety Testing, Police Operation of All Terrain Vehicles, Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings Performance Level Training Course, and Training in Rescue Boat Operations. (P.A. Ex. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.)
15. For 365 days a year, twenty four hours a day, DNR officers patrol the two major conservation areas set aside by the state, together with the Town's beaches, parking lots, and woodlands, looking for boating, shellfish, hunting and ATV violators. (P.A. Ex. 19 and Testimony of Mark Patton.) These patrols take up roughly 70% of Assistant Director Martinsen's time. (Testimony of Charles Martinsen.)
16. On patrol, the DNR officers have encountered dangers relating to their primary environmental concerns. Because ATVs are regularly used for drug trafficking, routine patrols of ATV paths have led to chases on foot and ATV, and often result in the seizure of cocaine or heroin. (P.A. Ex. 22 and Testimony of Mark Patton.) Officers have been injured when pursuing illegal ATV users. (P.A Ex. 42.)
17. Patrols of wooded areas are equally demanding on officers. In one incident, a DNR officer was radioed to assist in finding individuals who had threatened to kill the Game Warden after being cited for a hunting violation. The DNR officer intercepted the men in the woods, held them at gunpoint with his shotgun, and proceeded to disarm them. (P.A. Ex. 50.)
18. With repeating frequency, the DNR officers have been called upon to engage in non-environmental law enforcement. They have assisted the Falmouth Police in numerous drug raids and arrests and searched for a murder victim and a bank robber. (P.A Ex. 22, 43 and 46 and Testimony of Mark Patton.) They have aided Massachusetts Narcotics Division and the Massachusetts State Troopers by pursuing motor vehicles that have fled off road. (P.A Ex. 44 and Testimony of Charles Martinsen.)
19. The Town has also called upon DNR officers to perform police details. Massachusetts requires that a police officer be in attendance at the polling places. (P.A. Ex. 32.) DNR officers have been placed in charge of ballot boxes on election days. (P.A. Ex. 30 and Testimonies of Mark Patton and Charles Martinsen.) DNR officers have also assisted with security at town parades and special events. (Testimonies of Mark Patton and Charles Martinsen.)
20. In a letter dated March 15, 2007 to the Falmouth Retirement Board, Petitioners inquired specifically as to why, despite performing the same duties as police officers, and meeting the same requirements, they were paid less for retirement purposes. (Ex. A.)
21. In July of 2007, the Board informed the Petitions that it voted to classify DNR Officers in Group 1. (Ex. B.)
22. Petitioners filed an appeal requesting reclassification from Group 1 to Group 4 in a letter dated August 1, 2007, which the Division of Administrative Law Appeals received on August 3, 2007. (Ex. C.)
Petitioners are not entitled to be reclassified in Group 4 under M.G.L. c. 32 s.3 (2)(g) because they are not members of a municipal police department.
G.L. c. 32 s.3 (2)(g) provides for a system of classification of employees for retirement purposes. Group 1, in which all officers of the Falmouth Department of Natural Resources are presently classified, includes, "Officials and general employees including clerical, administrative and technical workers, laborers, mechanics, and all others not otherwise classified." Group 4 includes, in pertinent part, "members of police and fire departments not classified in Group 1."
Employees who attain Group 4 status receive the maximum retirement allowance at an earlier age than those employees classified in Group 1. Gaw v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 4 Mass.App.Ct.250, 250, 345 N.E.2d 908, 908 (1976). The monetary incentive was introduced to encourage public servants in physically demanding positions to retire early, so that younger, more able bodied individuals could replace them in the workforce. Id. at 254.
In endeavoring to determine the appropriate classification for the DNR officers, I note that the Legislature has "consistently described employees falling with Group 4 by naming their positions or titles rather by describing the type of work they perform." Id. at 254. As a result, "the test for eligibility is largely the employee's title or job description." Id. at 256. See Antonucci v. State Board of Retirement, CR-07-1055 (DALA 3/19/09); Ward v. State Board of Retirement, CR-01-1092 (DALA 1/24/-3); Savery v. Plymouth Retirement Board, CR-97-1802 (DALA 3/30/99).
There is no listing for municipal Department of Natural Resource Officer in Group 4 of G.L. c.32. s.3 (2)(g). Group 4 does include state fisheries and wildlife and the city of Haverhill's conservation officers. Thus, the Legislature is aware that offices like Falmouth's Department of Natural Resources exist, but it has not made a conscious decision to list a natural resource officer category that fits these offices within Group 4.
The Town of Falmouth Board of Selectman appoints a DNR officer as "Police Officer for Special Assignment," but this title also does not appear in Group 4. Had the Legislature wanted Group 4 to include individuals performing the job functions of a natural resource officer or a special assignment officer, it could have listed these jobs within the statute. Cremins v. State Board of Retirement, CR-08-627 (DALA 6/18/09).
Nonetheless, Petitioners argue that they function as police officers within the Town of Falmouth, and thus should be afforded the benefits of Group 4 status. (Ex. D.) This argument must ultimately fail. The legislature anticipated that individuals would hold jobs that serve some police functions, but limited eligibility to Group 4 by requiring that the police function be served on behalf of a "police department." Thus, performing police functions is necessary but insufficient to establish eligibility for Group 4. Failure to be employed by such a department will result in lower status classification.
For example, the Boston School Police, despite police academy training and authorization to arrest, were denied Group 4 classification because they were not employed by a police department, but rather worked for a division under the Department of Safety Services, whose Chief, a civilian, answered to the CEO of the Boston School Department. City of Boston v. Boston Retirement Board, CR-06-408 (DALA 04/04/08).
In contrast, the Boston Housing Authority Police were granted status in Group 4 because they shared in common 100% of the duties of Boston Police Department officers. The Boston Housing Authority have express arrest powers and access to criminal records. Housing Authority Police have job descriptions similar to those of the Boston Police officers, and often work side by side with the Boston Police Department. Both entities require training and recertification with the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Counsel. And importantly, the Boston Housing Authority Police is under the jurisdiction of the Boston Police Department. Because the duties and functions of the Boston Housing Authority Police were consistent with other police departments, and because the Housing Authority Police were under the Boston Police Department's jurisdiction, DALA re-classified them as "members of a police department" under Group 4. Boston Housing Authority v. Boston Retirement Board, CR-01-573 (DALA 04/25/01) (CRAB 01/31/03).
Here, there is no debate that the DNR officers exercise some police authority within Falmouth, but they are members of a local agency that is separate and distinct from the Falmouth Police Department. Like the Boston School Police, DNR Director Mark Patton does not report to the Falmouth Police Department. Rather he reports to the Town Administrator, and he is appointed by a civilian body, the Town Selectmen. His appointment is subject to renewal every few years. Unlike the Boston Housing Authority Police, the DNR officers do not have express arrest powers in their appointment. Finally, the DNR is not under the jurisdiction of the Falmouth Police Department.
I conclude that petitioners should not be re-classified under Group 4. Because neither the title of "Department of Natural Resources Officer" nor "Police Officer for Special Assignment" is listed in Group 4, the DNR officers do not qualify for Group 4 by virtue of their job titles. Although the DNR officers have some police functions, they are not members of a municipal police department, and hence are ineligible for Group 4 under the provision for "members of police and fire departments not classified in Group 1." The Falmouth Board of Appeals was correct in denying the DNR officers Group 4 status, and I affirm its decision.
/s/ James P. Rooney
James P. Rooney
Administrative Magistrate
Dated: November 13, 2009


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Top Programs and Events in June and July
Lizards & Snakes -FREE with Admission
Closes Sunday, July 8
See 60 live animals at the Museum. The Burmese python, Gila
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Venus Transit
Tuesday, June 5, 5:30 p.m., $12 member, $15 nonmember,
$8 child (ages 3-12)
On June 5, Venus will pass directly between Earth and the sun,
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SCFD Community FREE Day
Sunday June 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., FREE
Celebrate Father's Day at the Museum for FREE. Visit Lizards
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Wired's National GeekDad Day
Sunday, June 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., FREE
The Museum will be a host site for National GeekDad Day, a new
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Department of Education. Playing off the popular GeekDad blog and
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Activities for families will available throughout the Museum on
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Science Lounge: Science Sideshow
Thursday, June 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $8 member, $10
(If sold out online, tickets available at the door.) Enjoy a
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third Thursday of the month. Ages 21 and up. This month,step right
up and experience the science behind fantastic feats and amazing
illusions. This is an evening that's sure to be full of strange
natural wonders, live performances, and freakish fun.
Monday, July 2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., FREE
Visit Lizards & Snakes; enjoy outstanding permanent
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Journey, and Egyptian Mummies.
Sci-Fi Film Series
Wednesdays, July 11-August 8, $12 member, $15 nonmember
(per film)
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possible futures, our hopes and fears, and the unfolding of
technologies. Join Museum scientists and Vincent Piturro, PhD,
English professor at Metropolitan State University of
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behind these alternative possibilities, and separate fact from
fiction. For ticket information and the film schedule, visit /learn/adults/sci-fi-film-series/
Film Premiere:Space Junk 3D
Friday, July 13, 8 p.m., $12 member, $15 nonmember, $8
child (ages 3-12)
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implement solutions. Cosponsored by the Museum and the Secure World
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Thursday, July 19, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $8 member, $10
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Butterflies: The Bright Wings of Summer
Thursday, July 26, 7 p.m., $8 member, $10
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creatures? In this gorgeously illustrated talk, lepidopterist
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the lifeways and habitats of these most beloved of insects.
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and conservation of butterflies, with special reference to the
Rockies. Along the way he will touch on monarch migration,
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Charlotte Hurley: 303-370-6407, [email protected]
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About the Denver Museum of Nature &
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain
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visitors celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado,
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Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum,
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UPDATED: Gov. Hassan signs medical marijuana lawBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
July 23. 2013 8:15PM
CONCORD— New Hampshire joins 18 other states, including all its New England neighbors, with a medical marijuana program for the terminally and chronically ill.
Gov. Maggie Hassan signed House Bill 573 into law Tuesday. Earlier this year, the Senate bowed to Hassan's concerns and eliminated provisions allowing patients to grow their own plants. Under the bill, patients would purchase marijuana from four regional dispensaries. The House's version of the bill included the home-grow provision and had five regional dispensaries.
"Allowing doctors to provide relief to patients through the use of appropriately regulated and dispensed medical marijuana is the compassionate and right policy for the state of New Hampshire, and this legislation ensures that we approach this policy in the right way with measures to prevent abuse," Hassan said in a statement.
Proponents of home grow say removing the provision means patients suffering today will not have relief for two years — until the dispensaries are set up and approved by the Department of Health and Human Services. Many medical marijuana supporters balked at Hassan's requests, but said it is important to pass a medical marijuana bill this session.
"This legislation is long overdue and comes as a relief to the many seriously ill patients throughout New Hampshire who will benefit from safe access to medical marijuana," said Matt Simon, a legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project. "Those suffering from debilitating conditions like cancer and multiple sclerosis deserve legal, safe, and reliable access to medical marijuana."
Lawmakers have approved medical marijuana in the past, only to have former Gov. John Lynch veto the bills. Hassan supported a medical marijuana program when she campaigned for governor in 2012.
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A yoga instructor for five years and longtime practitioner of the ancient Indian discipline, Jackie Perkins couldn't find a yoga class to join when she moved to Medford in 1983.
Two years later, Perkins located an instructor at a "center for spiritual attainment," but considered the class so basic that she dropped out in favor of practicing at home.
Two decades later, Perkins returned to yoga class — one of dozens now taught locally. The traditional Eastern philosophy has gained a foothold in the mainstream in recent years, and is now a popular form of exercise for body and mind.
In addition to the class Perkins attended through the city of Central Point's Parks and Recreation Department, no fewer than a half-dozen local studios are dedicated to yoga, and many more fitness-club instructors specialize in it.
"According to everything I read, it is more popular nationally and internationally than it has ever been," Perkins says.
Teaching yoga in a Denver suburb during the 1970s, Perkins witnessed the first wave of what Americans have come to know as yoga. The trend possibly was set in motion, she says, when The Beatles made news by studying transcendental meditation with an Indian guru. Perkins, now 78, also was drawn to yoga's meditative quality.
"I had never been good at sports ... and this was something at which I was successful," Perkins says. "It was just like coming home, almost."
A means of freeing her mind from the stress of parenting a hyperactive child, Perkins' yoga habit elicited malicious comments at her Methodist church and inspired anonymous proselytizers to send Bibles and religious tracts to her home. Perkins continued to hold yoga classes but, by the late 1970s, aerobics and Jazzercise, which appealed to young housewives, became the fad.
"Yoga goes in fads, and it isn't a fad," Perkins says.
After Perkins quit teaching, yoga remained a core pillar of her life, one she upheld at home, in part as therapy for osteoarthritis.
"It helped a great deal with keeping the inflammation down and keeping me more limber," she says.
Although Perkins saw yoga classes become fairly common in the Rogue Valley by the mid-1990s, she didn't want to commute to Ashland or Medford. By the time a class popped up near her Central Point home, Perkins had fallen and broken her wrist, an accident that pointed her back toward the path of yoga.
"I knew I had lost some of my flexibility," she says. "There were some poses I neglected."
Initially a bid to regain the flexibility of her youth, yoga has become 53-year-old Sue Acuff's new addiction since she began attending Medford's Rose Yoga Center a year and a half ago.
"It accommodates your abilities from the beginning," the Jacksonville resident says. "Anybody could do a lot of the poses."
Most in Acuff's class are in their 40s, but Rose owner Janet Langley, 45, says she teaches students in their 80s. The use of props, such as blocks and belts to modify yoga poses, keeps classes accessible for people of all ages and physical abilities, Langley says. Rose's approach to traditional Hatha yoga was developed decades ago by iconic Indian instructor B.K.S. Iyengar and is widely practiced around the world.
"Each pose in and of itself is kind of like a work of art," Langley says.
But Hatha — the form most widely recognized as yoga — isn't the only type practiced in the Rogue Valley. Bikram yoga, a regimen that pushes practitioners through 26 poses over an hour and a half spent in a room heated to 105 degrees, is a favorite of Ashland resident Don Sever.
"By the time you get out of there, you feel pretty invincible," Sever says.
Sever, 57, was introduced 20 years ago to the yoga style developed by yogi Bikram Choudhury. Sever practiced Bikram yoga five or six times per week for a solid year before abruptly stopping, for reasons he says he can't recall. But like other yoga acolytes who fall from the routine, Sever couldn't ignore his body's urge to return.
"I came back to it just because of failing health — not having any energy," he says.
After attending Bikram classes three to four times per week for the past year and a half, Sever says he's built strength in his back and stomach, or "core."
"My organs feel like they function better," Sever says. "I just feel stronger and healthier."
It's even improved his golf game, he adds.
"Yoga and golf are like the perfect mix," he says. "There's something about yoga ... and the focus of it. There's a real depth there."
While mental benefits of yoga can't be weighed in the same way as physical gains, practitioners say yoga engages them like no other form of exercise can.
"I was just amazed on the mind-body connection," says Tina Tonkin, owner of Medford's Chi Room Yoga and Fitness Studio. "It makes you more mindful; it puts you in the present moment."
Tonkin, 39, never planned to become a yogi. She was working as a personal trainer when a local gym asked her in 2000 to obtain certification in yoga.
"That's when yoga was really becoming big here in the valley," Tonkin recalls.
Tonkin completed coursework through YogaFit, started teaching yoga the next year and founded her own studio in 2006, an environment she favors for practicing yoga because it's free of a fitness club's distractions.
"I think yoga kind of found me," Tonkin says.
Teacher-certification programs, which range from six-week courses to three years of study, are as varied as the types of yoga. Given the likelihood that yoga will become only more popular, Langley says she's interested to see whether instructor certification becomes more stringent. Until it does, she encourages students to inquire about teachers' backgrounds. Certification aside, years of practicing yoga impart a wealth of knowledge, she says.
"Really, the classes are just the beginning," Langley says.
"You can continue learning yoga your whole life."
Going Deep
A yoga instructor for five years and longtime practitioner of the ancient Indian discipline, Jackie Perkins couldn't find a yoga class to join when she moved to Medford in 1983.


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Ray's Own Brand is a brand of beef jerky produced by a business of the same name, located in San Luis Obispo, CA. It was started by Raymond Cattaneo and wife Nina Marie in 2003.
Ray's beef jerky business follows his popular barbecue service, Cattaneo BBQ Service, which he's been doing since 1971 around the central coast of California. He's been in the meat industry since the age of 9, when he started working in his family's business.
Ray's Own Brand is a husband & wife operation with Ray overseeing the individual batch processing, with Nina Marie directing all business operations. They make their own beef jerky at their own faciliy.
The valleys around the California central coast have long been known for its cattle ranches and vineyards, but only recently began seeing an interest for its artisan jerky.
Beef, water, cider vinegar, salt, black pepper, garlic, sodium nitrite.
The first I taste I get is the natural meat flavors, followed by some saltiness. With some chewing, I can pick up some of the garlic. I can also detect a bit of tanginess, which I think is the cider vinegar marinade.
The natural meat flavors seems to be the dominant taste in this, and lasts throughout the chew. It's a sharp beef taste, if you can understand that description. It would be like the difference between mild cheddar cheese and sharp cheddar cheese.
The garlic taste I described remains slight, and is something I can only detect when I analyze carefully what I'm tasting. Otherwise, you'd never notice it.
In terms of saltiness, this is maybe just a tad on the salty side, but just fine for my tastes. I don't get a salt-scorching, or feel the need to drink something. Note that the nutrition label below represents the full 2oz package, instead of the standard 1oz serving.
Even though there is quite a bit of black pepper to be seen on these pieces, I don't really get much taste of it. It's just something that sits in the background, or ambiance.
Overall, this is a great tasting jerky that emphasizes its natural meat flavors pretty well. It's got just enough seasoning in salt, garlic, and a bit of tanginess left over from the vinegar, to give it a complexity.
Meat Consistency
These are cut from whole pieces of meat, sliced very thick, and in small to medium sized pieces.
This is largely a dry jerky, but based on how thick this is, it doesn't really flex. If you bend it with the grain, it breaks apart.
It's very easy to tear off, if you do so with the grain. It's best to grab a grain, and strip it off like string cheese. Chewing requires some more effort, mostly due to these pieces being so thick.
That "tanginess" I described in the flavor I think may be the result of these pieces being so thick, that the cider vinegar in the middle of the widths doesn't totally evaporate.
There some small bit of fat to be seen on these pieces. I don't find any tendon or gristle, but there's some membrane to be found in these slices which remain in my mouth during chewing, but can be easily swallowed.
Overall, this jerky has a great meat consistency.
Product Value
Ray's Own Brand sells this Original variety from its website at a price of $7.00 for a 4oz package. That works out to a price of $1.75 per ounce, putting this in the average price range.
For general jerky snacking purposes, this offers a great value. It has an excellent snackability based on its great meat flavor, and great meat consistency.
As an original variety, it's also a great value because it's got just enough complexity in the seasonings and marinade to warrant its own appreciation, but still frames this jerky's natural meat flavors.
I'm giving this a best rating.
This Original variety from Ray's Own Brand provides an excellent natural meat taste, with just enough flavorings to make this interesting, all in great meat consistency. The meat flavors alone make me reach for more and more, with that slight bit of tanginess.
If I was going to be stuck on an tiny island in the middle of the ocean, and I could have 100 pounds of jerky, but only from one brand, it could be this one. I can't yet say for sure this is definitely it, but this would certainly be in the running.
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Ray's Own Brand is a brand of beef jerky produced by a business of the same name, located in San Luis Obispo, CA. It was started by Raymond Cattaneo and wife Nina Marie in 2003.
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This is the best beef jerky I have ever had. It is so filling that I use it as my lunch on the run. I love that there are no preservatives and almost not fat. Great job Ray!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Steve I am glad they sent you samples after I recommended it to you! This stuff is so good - it is by far the best jerky I have ever tasted. I bought a home dehydrator (excalibur) and use a hanging method just to try and imitate these guys. I am still working on the recipe but when I get it down in a few years :) I will send you some.ReplyDelete


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I chortled and giggled out loud as I came up with this on my way to Aid Station 4 for the dreaded DNF. Yes, the DID NOTHING FAST lead right to the DID NOT FINISH.
But I digress.
I got down to the 4H Camp in Beverly around 3 pm, where we had a grand time trying to rest up under the trees. It was fun to have time to just sit around and chat, yet very hard just waiting for that 9 pm starting time! In talking to Bradley Mongold about the Allegheny Trail Speed Attempt I also met Rebecca Trittipoe, who holds the speed record on the Allegheny Trail. Rebecca did this run, solo, with no previous knowledge of the trail except the Alleghey Trail Guidebook. I was very impressed with her cojones!
The race got off to a prompty 9 pm start in the dark. The fast! pack went out down the dirt road, and I found myself alone in the back. Not a big deal, I needed to run my own pace.
The first 4 or 6 miles or so seems to go through Redneckville. Lots of barking dogs, which being the last runner through, I hoped were still caged up. A few random vehicles going up and down the dirt road also made me a bit nervous.
The climb began almost immediately. Ugh! It was a non stop gradual climb up over about 12 miles. It was on a dirt gravel road. It seemed like it would never end.
I was totally alone out there, and fine with that, except for the mile or so with the baying coon or bear dogs treeing something, and I could hear mens voices in the woods.
I need to learn how to walk uphill fast. Gombu had tasked me to do this last year about this time, and have I been practicing it? Nope.
I did get to an area where the tree cover fell away, and the sky opened up. I turned off my headlamp briefly to look up and see the black black sky and all the twinkling stars. Then I noticed I was walking into the ditch and thought I should get back to my task at hand.
What was the trail marked with? The trail was marked very well with flourescent markers about 1 foot tall. Your light would catch these and it looked like a day glow stick. There were also glow sticks that were activated out on the course.
After Aid Station 2, I was instructed to follow the Christmas lights onto the trail…TRAIL!! Finally! I started down the cushy mossy trail, gave out a WOOHOO happy to be off the climb and the dirt road.
This section of trail is very overgrown with pine trees. The trail is defined here, but around your shoulder level, the pine trees have grown into the trail. It's hard then to see down to your feet, and as this section went on, I'm sure many of us runners have a nice rash due to the repeated brushings with the pine needles!
I switched on my second light here. I was carrying a second headlamp, which I wrapped around my hand held bottle. This helped illuminate the trail better. This was still slow going. Most of my night trail runs are on the Mohican Trails that I am familiar with. With this race, an unknown trail, you have no idea what your next foot ahead of your light is going to be. I almost went into a big swampy puddle before quickly jumping to the right to circumnavigate the mosquito breeding ground.
I really enjoyed the single track. It was very still in the forest. No tree frogs here, so no chirping.
So when was I going to get to AS # 3? It was only five or 5.5 miles. I brought my watch up and was shocked to see it was 1.30 am already. Where had my time gone? If I didn't get to AS#3 soon, my 3am cutoff at AS # 4 was going to come into play.
Crikey, I didn't come into AS # 3 until 2 am! Mongold was here. He told me it was 5.5 miles until AS#4 and the 3 am cut off. He was being positive "well, if you really push it…" I laughed and said "I dont' think so!" but I was going to continue on and enjoy my journey. At AS #4 were the drop bags, where I had dry clothes, so it made sense to go on and time out there and have clothes available.
I had plenty of time to reflect on why I was so slow. Was it the big climb, that I was so slow out? Certainly a night trail run on single unknown track I was slower than normal. Could most of it revolve around the extra 25 lbs I am carrying around my waist? I think it's the last. I need to lose weight, step out of my slow comfort slog of running to get faster.
I finally reach AS#4, one hour after the cut off. I hear Joel yell "is that Kim? And I reply, yes it is I. He says I am past the cut off. I cajole them (jokingly!!) to let me go on. At my current rate of speed, I should finish the race by Tuesday or so! I hurriedly changed into my dry clothes, had some wonderful soup made by Soup Master Willie (and a cup of his nice ale!) and warmed up by the fire.
A nice crew member took me back to the finish, and I slept in my vehicle for two hours before the ride home. I'm pleasantly tired again now, after another 2 hour nap.
The inaugural race was nicely planned, the markings were excellent, the Aid Stations Rocked!! It was a good time out in the woods of West Virginia!


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The Big Picture: You Are Wrong About Sucker Punch, Part One
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Exactly this. I don't really think you can go "you are watching it wrong guys!" in itself can not make those statements.
Ehm, no.
People who missed this movie are really doing themselves a great dishonor. It's one awesome gem that I initially didn't give the time of day. Now having only seen it once, I am waiting on the BluRay to go on sale so I can pick it up. Plus who really criticize an awesome sequence to Bjork's Army of Me.
Seen the movie.
I bet this got quoted a lot.
I'll first say that I enjoyed the fantasy aspects. But much like I did with Mass Effect 3, I retconned, edited, replaced things in my own personal "headcanon". Because I have imagination.
But I did not like the film's "reality". I don't like how, as this quote and many posts after it said, the movie tells me later that I saw it incorrectly. If the movie didn't portray its message properly the first time... It's not because we're dumb, it's because the message wasn't done right.
I get irritated when people try to sell me stuff by juxtaposing the stuff with sexy females. Booth babes, all that, just puts the thought "quit shoving your shit down my throat" way ahead of "oo, a babe".
Not to mention what their definition of sexy is, and how they always assume I'm just "supposed" to find that sexy. No thank you, schoolgirl outfits and pretentious strutting do not turn me on. Stop assuming things.
I get irritated in any movie scenes where men get "distracted by the sexy" and then get disproportionally get what's coming to them. It feels like those characters were just too bloody stupid.
So Sucker Punch? Its message was clear to me from the very beginning. I never watched it, but I've been exposed to the discourse. All the male characters in it, save for that one mystic, were absolutely vile. Why thank you very much. By the time the movie came out, I had heard and seen that point made about 4985720958437598475 times already.
The opposite word of misogynist is misandrist, a word that seems so unknown that even the spell check on this thing is giving the red flag.
Anyone beginning to think the sexist tables are turning to opposite way?
By the way, all I saw when I first saw this movie was just a silly action flick with an overabundance of CG; maybe I didn't get the message because I'm not in the target audience
I said it would be rough. But no matter the parallelisms, the characters in the asylum are physically locked up and possibly kept under control trough the use of drugs. Escapism is good, but not if it's used to hide the fact that you're a victim.
That's because you're not the target audience of that marketing ploy.
It's funny that you aimed your torpedoes at "assumptions" but you're making them too. You assume that you're "supposed" to like schoolgirl outfits, you assume that booth babes are trying to sell *you* a product... No, these things appeal to those who actually like them.
So instead of getting offended by everything in this world you could just ignore a few, because you have the right to do so.
Thanks to Markunator in post 21 for putting up the Mark Kermode review, he says everything that needs to be said about this film.
'It is the most boring, ploddingly put together, infantile, crass, adolescent, stupid, chauvanistic twoddle that I have sat through in a very, very long time'
The 'Half in the Bag' guys over at redlettermedia also have an excellent review of Suckerpunch.
I didn't say it was good but it's all I had at the time. It wasn't like I could do anything else.
We got it, Bob. You do not get that we want movies that are entertaining or clever. If you want to push a message and want audience to pay for it, you better deliver it in good package.
I wasn't far off, right near the end. From a man's perspective, the film is a humongous guilt trip. It throws things at you that you can't help but enjoy, a bit, but is sure to point out how incredibly fucked up it is that you're enjoying it at the same time. And then the ending, when it stomps on you properly...
How fucking weak would that be though?
Oh hey audience, I'm just going to explain everything because the message that 'men are arseholes' didn't come through clearly enough, somehow?
I couldn't watch the movie because it sucked so I can't comment on the whole striptease-metaphor-action thing, but I CAN agree that you can't call the movie misogynist because it shows women being abused by truly horrible evil men.
I honestly don't understand how anyone can even conclude that.
Seriously? Most of the metal music videos I like are all conceptual and bizarre.
You aren't kvlt enough ;)
Sucker Punch was a bad movie for two reasons.
One: it hates its audience. It is more of a joking wink wink hatred but still.
Two: it is too heavily derivative of better fantasy movies that came before.
Sorry, I don't have time to go through all the comments, so this may have been said already:
While I appreciate helping me "get it" -I admit I missed a lot of the stuff moviebob points out, that do actualy make sense-, I don't see how these things change the assesement presented at the beginning of the video : a pandering male fantasy that pays lip-service to feminism. I mean, even if the vilification of the audience is true, and intentional, it was done so timidly, so unengaged, as to be indistinguishable from "lip-sevice to feminsim".
If you thought it was worth it due to your circumstances, more power to you.
Since you have mentioned these abusive relationships several times always in the past tense, I assume that the sacrifice did not save anything.
In the end, there is always something to do against abuse.
So 90% (made up percentage, I think the only good/not-bad guys are the driver and the lobotomy dude) of the men in the movie (both IRL and in the Cabaret sequences) are evil people who trap women and abuse them (or at least conspire/do not take action).
Textbook example of the hatred of women. That was sarcasm, by the way.
Maybe I have something against enjoying things like this, but it had the same effect as Spec Ops: The Line. The game tried so hard to make me feel guilty for something that was not my choice that it completely fell short. Add a sub-par gameplay to the mix and the game is unremarkable.
Now Sucker Punch. It presented an unrealistic depiction of what happens when someone is declared insane for plot convenience and even added bribery to make me buy it. Then it went off to some over-the-top but slightly "bland" action sequences. And then it drops the "THIS MOVIE IS ACTUALLY DEEP!" move and tries (or at least people say it tried) to make me feel guilty for the actions of characters I am clearly supposed to hate.
He said it was aimed at gamer geek type people and that's kind of what I am...
Aye, but it was very much my choice to go and see it based
And I can see why lots of people wouldn't like that aspect. But I quite enjoy it when something points out flaws that I might have. Maybe I'm just masochistic.
Fanboy gushing over the 'meh' captain america film, then your crusade against the amazing spiderman and now this "oh I'm so much smarter than you and my opinion is right because you supposedly didn't get this movie".
Yes but apparently not the typical type, because it is assumed they would enjoy such things. :P
What are you? 12? I'm sorry for being brutally honest, but you accept that anything that might be related to gaming/geek culture should be applied to you?
If you just said that the premise of the action scenes was dumb, you have just proven that you're not the target audience. Just because you consider yourself a gamer/geek doesn't mean you must like everything related to geekiness.
To me it was the opposite. I watched it because out of a sudden I heard everyone praising the movie and I just went with the "this is probably going to be so bad I'm going to enjoy it" mindset.
It ended up being better than what I thought (by having actual depth) but that only made it worse. It wasn't a dumb movie that I could enjoy for being dumb.
Dammit, I thought maybe there was a great meaning to Sucker Punch I'd missed. I got all that backwards mysogeny but it was just so oddly amateurish.
For example, using Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit, a song strongly linked to the Vietnam War, during a sequence full of WWI imagery is just baffling to me. I think its odd little touches like that which stop the fantasy sequences from being immersive. I'm never spellbinded and as such the film's 'sucker punch' never quite hits home:(
It's funny how people who have actually undergone misogyny tend to be more levelheaded about discussing it than the hatemongers who have never had to experience severe misogyny themselves. So thanks for adding your voice to help create a more civilized and intellectual discussion about the subject matter the film is trying to provoke, as opposed to just shouting for blood from the rooftops.
I'm just going off of what Movie Bob said. He said in his video that it applied to me the gamer. Even if the message applied to me, it would still be a shitty movie because the plot is laughable. And before you say that the target audience is the people who like action and no plot I will say that from what I've seen/heard of other gamer opinions is that most of us don't really like movies like Transformers 2 and such. Most of us prefer more substance to our movies. I can't speak for everyone of course but that's just the majority of what I've seen.
Also, no need to be so hostile. Some people could take that as being jerkish which, you know, is against the rules.
I guess so, it's just that most of the gaming culture I've seen (mainly my friends the Escapist and a couple other sites), don't like these types of movies.
He's gotta be a little clever though; we are talking about his film after all. And isn't that the point of these kind of satirical movies - to spark an intellectual debate?
Is it though? Some psychologists would even go so far as to say that 'reliving' an episode of emotional trauma is a necessary experience to fully repair a broken human psyche. I haven't seen the film by the way, so the idea may very well be poorly executed, but the premise the way you describe it here sounds fine to me.
Ha, ha, you sure told him. :)
Ah, yes, but did you actually go into the game expecting it to deliver a message about the condemnation of war based on what you'd read in the press or did you pick it up because it looked like a fun shooter along the lines of, say, Call of Duty?
Glad to see bob still wasting time explaining the fucking obvious.
I got it, I still didn't like it but I did think it had pretty CGI..which is something I guess, decent soundtrack too.
It just wasn't as smart as it or you though it was.
Gah! quoted the wrong post.
It makes as much sense as Snyder filling Watchmen with tons of late 60's and 70's music (Dylan etc) when the movie is really about and set in the 80's.
I was thinking more along the lines of what I considered "real" gamers I guess. You know, people who will buy games outside of the FPS genre but I guess I just misunderstood who he was talking about. I just figured he was talking about the average Escapist gamer because he posted it on the Escapist lol.
Truly, amazing.
I'm going to keep it simple: I fucking LOVED Sucker Punch and if you didn't you can FUCK OFF!
This is the conversation I had with my girlfriend right after Sucker Punch:
I understand what this movie was trying to portray but it just fell flat. The characters were very bland, the only one I actually liked died first. The plot seemed to be all over the place. Some of the worlds were visually stunning and I especially enjoyed the steam-punk world war sequence but that just wasn't enough to hold the movie together. I'm not going to blame people for liking it, but I felt in many areas the film had so much more potential.
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's state news agency says a gunfight between two families in a Cairo market has left 15 people dead, including 13 who were burned to death.
MENA said the fight late Monday started when a shop owner opened fire with his automatic rifle and killed two people who spread their merchandise on the ground outside his shop.
The agency said colleagues of the two set fire to the man's shop, where he and 12 of his workers were taking cover, killing them all.
The gunfight and the revenge arson in the old Cairo neighborhood of el-Moski are the latest signs of lawlessness that has struck Egypt during two years of political turmoil. Weapons are abundant, and police have been unable to contain rising crime.