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TOPEKA, KS, May 2, 2014 — Marlou Wegener, employed with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS) as manager of community relations and chief operating officer of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation, received the State Level Ally of the Year Award from the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV) at their Empower Gala last Friday night.
The KCSDV State Level Ally of the Year is given to someone who demonstrates a commitment to enhancing victim safety, increasing perpetrator accountability, or working to end or prevent sexual or domestic violence, stalking or dating violence in Kansas. Award winners show sustained leadership and public service in efforts that are consistent with victim-centered, empowerment-based advocacy.
Ms. Wegener has worked with KCSDV for many years in its efforts to increase public awareness and to increase the understanding of the challenges victims face. She has been involved with the statewide Safe Homes Safe Streets awareness event for the last 11 years, often acting as the emcee. Two years ago she served on a committee to recognize the 30th anniversary of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV).
Ms. Wegener has also been a leader in recognizing the importance of a workplace response to domestic violence. With her assistance, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas was one of the first major employers in the state to implement a workplace policy on domestic violence. She has assisted with efforts to encourage other employers to do the same. Ms. Wegener recognized the critical nature of financial stability for victims. Additionally, she understands the long- and short-term health consequences that domestic and sexual violence has on individuals and on our broader society.
"Ms. Wegener exemplifies everything a state level ally can be," said Joyce Grover, executive director of KCSDV. "Marlou has helped many Kansans recognize the importance of addressing domestic and sexual violence in our workplaces, in our communities, and in our families," Grover said, "we can't do this work without community partners like Marlou Wegener."
Ms. Wegener received the award at the organization's Empower Gala held in Topeka on April 25. Nearly 400 people attended the fundraising event.
Founded in 1982, the purpose of KCSDV is the prevention and elimination of sexual and domestic violence through a statewide network of programs providing support and safety for all victims of sexual and domestic violence and stalking, with primary focus on women and their children; direct services; public awareness and education; advocacy for victims; comprehensive prevention; and, social change efforts. Learn more at www.kcsdv.org.


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Poor Cards players/fans. We completely demoralized all of them and effectively ended their season. Not to mention we probably sealed the fate of Whizz and some of their key players like Dockett.
I woke up this morning with this weird gut feeling. Feeling very confident that we can win this game today, despite all week I had us losing out with our remaining schedule.
Let's do this!
What happens first? Skelton throws a pick or Beanie gets injured?
As a side bet: Will the Cardinals have more punts or completions?
Here we go
Yes! A completion
We are going to win today.
I don't believe that was a int...
Did it not hit the ground?
Holy smokes it sure did NOT.
Bad luck.
Haha it goes round and round.
I wouldn't personally put that one on Skelton.
It was a nice play by the defense to keep that ball alive.
Bidwill's Law: Anything bad that can happen to the Cardinals will happen to the Cardinals
Wilson HAS to be a bit shaken up on that one.
He did not see it coming until the very last second.
I love our defense.
Several teams have won today that benefit the Cardinals draft position...just saying...
Damn Seattle's offense is rolling on us right now. That was a good time out.
amazing....half time and barely 100 people viewing the forum.Think everyone is had enough.
Is Ken fired after this game? Im leaning toward yes... 9 game losing streak with the ugliest game ive ever seen in my entire life....
Will the score get to 60? Will this be the biggest loss in NFL history? The entire country is laughing,so anyone fired today or does anyone give a crap?
Even our forum gave up.
This team's legitimately going to lose 12 straight.
I'm done too.
This whole team of jaw-jacking, chest-pounding, loafers are all frauds.
They should be fined for just putting on the uni.
Wouldn't it be great id Mike B went down on the field and canned WIZZ on the spot! Walked over, handed him a pink slip and showed him to the tunnel.
Not in my wildest dreams have I thought we could play this bad.
Is it bad that I wish Horton would just walk over to Whis and slap him in the face with a cold damp fish
Epic game. Can the Hawks score 52 more and get to 100?
51-0. Let's see if Carroll keeps 'em throwing the ball through the rest of the game.
I love how beanie turns a 15 yard gain into a 2 yd gain. He's the best at that
Does Flynn already have more completions than the cards??? Or just yards?
I have no issue with Pete Carroll running up the scoreboard.
It's up to the D make the stops. I will crack up if Whisenhunt tries to act mad at him at the post-game hand shake. I'd like to see Pete Carroll give Whisenhunt a DX crotch chop. SUCK IT Kenny!
Yes!!!! Fitz finally gets a ball!
For those complaining about Pete running up the score.....I say if you can't stop the second and third stringers, you deserve to have the score run up.
Finally it's over… 58-0
we still have time to get the worst defeat before season ends..keep the flame we can do it
Wizz at the press conference-We had a good game plan but we didn't execute the plan and receivers where running the wrong routes. Also, "I'm not gonna get into details...I've gotta find a way to better prepare my guys."
If I had alcohol in the house I probably would have finished it today.
Seriously, that was the worst beatdown I can recall in my Cardinals fan-dom.
Look on the bright side...it should've been 72-0

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"Profile of Courage" Photo Wins the Distinguished Deputy Minister of National Defence Photographic Award
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Nov. 18, 2012 07:01 AM
KING CITY, ON, Nov. 17, 2012 /CNW/ - The Tema Conter Memorial Trust is pleased to announce that Lisa Scale, of Bella Photography, has won the distinguished Deputy Minister of National Defence award for Photography. Ms. Scale is the official photographer of the Tema Conter Memorial Trust. This award was bestowed upon Lisa yesterday evening in Ottawa, Ontario.
The photograph, commissioned by the Tema Conter Memorial Trust, features Afghanistan war veteran Master Corporal (retired) Paul Franklin with the backdrop of our Nation's Flag. Mr. Franklin was the recipient of the Tema Conter Memorial Trust Public Service Award in 2011.
Vince Savoia, Executive Director of the Tema Conter Memorial Trust said "Lisa has been bestowed a great honour. As the Trust's official photographer we have been blessed by Lisa's skill and expertise in the photographic arts for many years." "We are very pleased that the photo we asked Lisa to compose has been awarded such a high honour."
The mandate of the Tema Conter Memorial Trust is to educate and to assist emergency services, correctional, and military personnel dealing with the effects of Acute and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
About the Tema Conter Memorial Trust
The Tema Conter Memorial Trust was established to offer resources and support to emergency services, correctional, and military personnel. Through research, education, training, and through the provision of peer and psychological support, the Trust aims to help these men and women when they need it most.
SOURCE Tema Conter Memorial Trust
Image with caption: "Profile of Courage (CNW Group/Tema Conter Memorial Trust)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20121118_C9187_PHOTO_EN_20869.jpg
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About Jennifer Tee
Jennifer Tee thinks of herself as a quasi-anthropologist. Fascinated by cultural identity, rituals, and folklore, Tee creates installations, sculptures, videos, performances, and environments that tell or re-tell stories. Her works often amalgamate materials sourced from other countries—a palm tree from Brazil, bamboo from China—as the backdrop for choreography. Weaving is also a recurring theme in her works, whether in the form of spools and looms or tapestries. Her embroidery and festival-like performances fall in the direct lineage of the Situationists; she has also said that her work is influenced by Jean Tinguely's machine assemblages, and the geometric minimalism of Ad Dekkers.
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Sankey and Gibson (2009-02-11)Chancellor Sankey handing a degree to a graduate. Dr. Gibson in the background.
Science Complex Opening (2009-02-11)Pictured here from left to right are Henry Tomarin, Board of Trustees, St. Catharines Mayor Roy Adams, R. Campbell, Niagara Region chairman, Peter Misener, and R. Misener, Chancellor, during the 1984 Science Complex opening ...
Science Complex Opening (2009-02-11)Pictured here from left to right are James Gibson, President Emeritus, R. A. Macleod, Board of Trustees, and Dr. Cecil Shaver, former Chancellor, during the 1984 Science Complex opening - an addition to the Mackenzie Chown ...
Science Complex Opening (2009-02-11)Dr. Earp unveils a sign at the joint Science Complex opening ceremony and the Academic Staging Building renaming ceremony. The Academic Staging Building was henceforth called the Mackenzie Chown Complex.
Science Complex Opening (2009-02-11)Rather then cutting a piece of red tape with scissors, the Science students at Brock prepared a laser devise to cut through a specially made piece of metallic ribbon for the opening ceremony of the Science Complex addition. ...
Science Complex Opening (2009-02-11)Doris Chown speaking at the Science Complex Opening and the unveiling of a sign in conjunction with the renaming of the Academic Staging Building to the Mackenzie Chown Complex.
Science Complex Opening (2009-02-11)Dr. Alan Earp speaks at the opening ceremony for the Science Complex addition in 1984.
Science Complex Opening (2009-02-11)Robert S. K. Welch celebrates the opening of the new Science Complex wing, an addition to the Mackenzie Chown Complex, as Dr. Alan Earp (pictured behind Welch) and others look on. The new name for the Academic Staging ...
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Tower Groundbreaking (2009-02-11)Dr. Hornyansky, Dr. Gibson, and other distinguished guests at the Brock Tower groundbreaking ceremony at the Decew Campus in June of 1965.
Tower Groundbreaking (2009-02-11)James Allan turning the sod while University Marshal for the ceremony, Dr. Edward Mirynech, looks on.
Tower Sod Turning (2009-02-11)Pictured here from left to right are D. G. Willmot, James Allan, and Dr. James Gibson as they turn the sod at the Tower groundbreaking ceremony in June of 1965.
Tower Sod Turning Programme (2009-02-11)Programme made for the 1965 Sod Turning Ceremony.
UAW Presentation (2009-02-11)Pictured here from left to right are James Hogan, University Librarian, Dr. James Gibson, President, and William Marshal of the UAW.
Welcoming Ceremony (2009-02-11)A number of Brock's faculty and top administration head for a welcoming ceremony at the beginning of the term in 1966 to welcome new students and give several speeches at the Glenridge Campus.


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Today we continue to look at some o f southern gospel's best-known tenors and enjoy snapshots of them at their live best. I started the series with Brian Free, and today I'm featuring another tenor who is somewhat controversial but has garnered much critical acclaim (as well as a massive fan following!) Though his voice is something of an acquired taste, Danny Funderburk certainly left an indelible mark on the world of southern gospel during his time with the Cathedrals. He was famous for raising the roof with power-house numbers like "I Just Started Living" and "Somebody Touched Me," but I much prefer him when he doesn't push his voice to the breaking point and instead allows a quiet ballad to speak for itself. Case in point, the classic "For What Earthly Reason." It's the tender moments like this that allowed Danny's full brilliance to shine forth, not only as a vocalist but as a communicator of a lyric.
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Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. was a guest on WIP this morning to talk about the Home Runs for Heart event that benefits the American Heart Association. Amaro has been the honorary chair for a dozen years. The event is May 1-2 at Citizens Bank Park.
"It's an important cause and it is something we hold very, very dear to our hearts with many of our fallen ex-Phils," he said.
Today also is the third anniversary of the death of Harry Kalas.
"I remember that day like it was literally yesterday," he said. I was having trouble getting to the ballpark that day because there was so much traffic. I was in a taxi when I got the call and was devastated. Absolutely devastated."
Amaro also addressed some of the hot topics surrounding the Phillies.
On the offense: "I get concerned about it. I've been concerned about it since we knew we weren't going to have those two guys in middle of lineup. We've had those types of injury before and we've had to deal with it for several years. We've lost Utley in the past, we've lost Howard and Jimmy Rollins. We've lost key players on our club for significant amounts of times the last few years. The key is to keep plugging along. We have capable people that can create enough offense to win baseball games. Are we going to be an offensive juggernaut? No. The strength of our club continues to be pitching and hopefully we can do that until they come back. When those guys come back, it's like making a couple of trades. They are impact-type players."
On playing small ball: "We're trying to create some runs with our legs. Guys are trying to move around bases a little more and create scoring opportunities. We're not going to bomb them. We'll hit an occasional home run. The fact of the matter is we are going to have to produce runs in a lot of different ways … We're going to need to get some big base hits and drive in the runs when we have the opportunities … We've got to make sure we do that on consistent basis, score the runs we need to score."
On Freddy Galvis and the fans chanting his name: "He's been a pretty special kid when it comes to defense. He's a young player .. He's going to get beat up a little bit offensively for a little while. He's good makes adjustments … That was a perfect testament to our fans and how they can impact the game. That was superb. It makes me proud to be a Philadelphian and the support we have from our fans. It's fantastic. It really helps .. This is a young player who is replacing one of the Phillies icons right now. There's been a lot of talk about whether he can handle it offensively. He's outstanding defensively. For him to go through that in that situation and our fans to put impetus on him to get it done in that situation was really cool."
Is he concerned about the bullpen? "I like our bullpen. Chad Qualls has thrown really, really well and throw well all spring. Michael Stutes is back and throwing. We're getting Contreras back in a couple of days. He has the second of his back to backs today. He's throwing well. I like our guys. We have a little concerned about Bastardo because he hasn't pitched a lot ... You can never have enough bullpen arms. One of the things we have in our minor leagues is bullpen arms – Aumont, DeFratus. There are reinforcements if we have breakdowns. We have coverage."
On was there any hint that Ryan Madson was hurt when the Phillies decided to sign Jonathan Papelbon?
"None at all. We were fully committed to taking one of those guys. We would have been happy with either one of them. Ultimately, we got who we felt was the best guy. We hope he performs like the best guy. We had no inkling, nothing was alarming. The only little difference between Pap and Madson was Madson has a little bit of a funky arm action. It creates a lot of deception and contributes to his success. Any time a guy has funky delivery, it can put a guy at risk. We had no reason to think he wouldn't be fine. I feel terrible for Ryan and his family. I know he will come back and be a very, very good pitcher. We have a guy who is pitching right now and is healthy, but you never know when that can happen to us."
On negotiations with Cole Hamels: "I always stay optimistic about it. The dialogue is open. We don't shut off negotiations. That's not our style. ... I think Cole knows what the goal is, to try to keep him in our uniform. There are going to be signings like that that will affect his situation. Matt Cain is a very direct one. You have to be cognizant of it and figure out what is the right thing for us."
Is Charlie Manuel the right type of manager for this style of team? "There's no question Charlie has always had a lot of bangers. Go several years back and he had Jason Michaels and Kenny Lofton platooning in centerfield and we were creating rus in a different way. Both of those guys had great yers. Charlie has got good instincts as far as moving guys in and out of the lineup. He did a nice job with Mayberry last year, moving him in and out. there. ... This is a different type of team. I think he's up to the challenge and a smart enough baseball man to handle it."


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Man's past spurs heroic fire rescue in LondonderryBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
January 26. 2013 10:54PM
LONDONDERRY - He just couldn't watch it happen again.
That's what galvanized 63-year-old Earl Wickline of Londonderry to reach into a burning Jeep Wrangler Saturday morning, bat out the flames licking the unconscious driver's clothing and pull the much larger man out of the vehicle.
Police credit Wickline and other Good Samaritans who responded to the single-vehicle crash on Mammoth Road early Saturday morning with saving the life of the driver, identified as Robert Braley, 58, of Londonderry.
It all began about 6:15 a.m. Police got a report of a crash near 393 Mammoth Road, with a vehicle on fire and the occupant trapped inside.
Wickline was on his way to work; he's a supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service at a Nashua mail-sorting center. As he pulled onto Mammoth Road, he said, "I could smell something burning, but it wasn't wood."
Then he saw the Wrangler, off the road and smashed into a tree, and he pulled over.
"I went to the driver's side, and you couldn't see in it because there was so much smoke and fire," he recalled. "I put my hand in and I could feel there was somebody in there."
Flames were spreading from the back of the Jeep to the front.
Nineteen-year-old Apryl Norris and her family live across the street from the crash scene; they ran for fire extinguishers and handed one to Wickline. "I tried to put the fire out in the back," he said. "The back seat was all in flames."
Asked what made him act, Wickline recounted how, as an 18-year-old volunteer firefighter, he was at the scene of a house fire that killed a family.
"All your life, you feel like there's something more you could have done or should have done," he said.
"I couldn't go through that again."
Wickline couldn't budge the man from the driver's side of the Jeep, so he ran around to the passenger side and yanked open the door. There was the driver's dog, on the floor.
"He had a bandana around his neck, looking at me," Wickline said. "His face was right there. Not crying. Not barking. Not growling."
The dog hopped out of the vehicle, and Wickline reached for the driver, whose clothing was catching fire.
So he batted out the flames with his bare hand, then grabbed the man under his arms. "And he just slid right out into the snow."
By then, police had arrived. Sgt. Patrick Cheetham and Officers Jake King and Adam Lane helped move the unconscious driver away from the still-burning vehicle.
Braley was flown to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, which was not releasing his condition last night. But Police Lt. Ryan Kearney said Braley's son was at the hospital and told police that Braley was "doing remarkably well at this time."
After the crash, Police Officer Shannon Sargent brought the victim's dog, which had minor injuries, to a Manchester emergency veterinary clinic, and police said the animal was doing fine.
Wickline walked away from firefighting that long-ago day. "After that fire, I could never do it again." But as a man of deep faith, he believes God had a purpose for him Saturday morning. "I was there for a reason."
After the crash, Wickline realized he had blisters on his hand from patting out the flames. But he also felt a burden he had carried his whole adult life, ever since that fatal fire, had lifted. "It's like, OK, I fixed it," he said.
Londonderry police Lt. Kevin Cavallaro said Wickline is a hero. "There's no doubt in my mind, he saved the gentleman."
He also commended Apryl Norris for her actions at the scene.
Cavallaro said police aren't certain what caused the crash. There was a layer of snow on the roadway, but they're also looking into whether the driver suffered some sort of medical condition. "We're hoping he's going to be able to tell us," Cavallaro said.


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UTOPIA mayors searching for options to gain public's input
08/24/2014 9:22amThe mayors of six cities involved in the UTOPIA fiber-optic network are considering ways to gauge public opinion on a controversial utility fee proposal after elections officials determined the issue cannot be included on November's ballot.
Utah college students prefer traditional textbooks to e-books, bookstore officials say
08/24/2014 2:46pmIn a world where kids know how to use an iPad better than many adults, the traditional textbook has maintained popularity throughout the Utah college scene.
Woman tackles man fleeing police, then taunts him
08/24/2014 3:35pmA 40-year-old woman tackled a 20-year-old man fleeing from police in Washington state, then taunted him about being taken down by a grandmother.
Retirees' Social Security checks garnished for student loans
08/24/2014 4:17pmLast year, 156,000 Americans had their Social Security checks garnished because of student loans they had defaulted on. It's tripled in number from 47,500 in 2006, before the Great Recession.
Michael Brown called 'little kid in big body'
08/24/2014 5:08pmMichael Brown Jr. was on the verge of starting college, eager to launch himself into the adult world. Instead, on Monday he'll be mourned at his funeral, more than two weeks after his fatal shooting by a white police officer— an act that ignited days of violent protests and reawakened racial tensions that still linger in the nation.
2 Mormon missionaries' deaths possibly caused by carbon monoxide leak
08/24/2014 5:27pmTwo LDS missionaries who died while serving in Taiwan are believed to have been killed by a carbon monoxide leak in their apartment, according to news reports in Taipei.
Geeks and nerds seeing Salt Lake City a go-to destination
08/24/2014 6:08pmThe list of celebrity guests who appeared at one of the first two Salt Lake Comic Con events and are now anxious to return is growing as Utah's capital city becomes an increasingly popular nerd destination.
Crews recover body of missing woman near Green River
08/24/2014 6:10pmUintah county search and rescue crews recovered the body of a woman in the Horseshoe Bend area who went missing while fishing on Green River.
Woman who drank toxic tea released from hospital
08/24/2014 6:15pmA Utah woman who nearly died after unknowingly drinking iced tea mixed with chemicals has been released from a Salt Lake City hospital.
Police recover body from Scofield Reservoir
08/24/2014 6:17pmDeputies with the Carbon County Sheriff's office located and recovered the body of a missing boater in Scofield Reservoir Sunday.
Sandy woman dies in motorcycle-vehicle collision
08/24/2014 6:18pmA Sandy woman was killed late Saturday when a motorcycle she was riding on collided with two vehicles that had just been involved in a separate accident in Kearns.
Program helps connect low-income families to the internet
08/24/2014 7:09pmA Comcast-funded program that helps low-income families receive inexpensive computers and cheap Internet service has also upgraded the Glendale Community Learning Center.
2 killed in Box Elder County crash
08/24/2014 7:39pmA 15-year-old boy and a 66-year-old woman died when their vehicle was struck broadside by a man driving a truck.
American Airlines flight diverted to Phoenix
08/24/2014 8:01pmAuthorities say a security threat forced a flight from Dallas to San Diego to be diverted to Phoenix.
US says American held in Syria has been freed
08/24/2014 8:23pmAn American journalist kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria was released Sunday, less than a week after the horrific execution of American journalist James Foley by Islamic militants.
Odyssey Elementary will be the most 'green' Utah school
08/24/2014 8:42pmAwed parents and excited children flooded the new Odyssey Elementary School on Thursday, taking in the building's colorful, open-concept elementary at back-to-school night.
Bishop: Slain US journalist Foley opened our eyes
08/24/2014 9:19pmSlain U.S. journalist James Foley was living his faith by bringing images to the world of people suffering from war and oppressive regimes, a Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday at a Mass in his honor.
Japan PM visits slide site as complaints swirl
08/24/2014 10:07pmPrime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Hiroshima on Monday as rescuers expanded their search for dozens still missing from landslides around the western Japanese city that killed at least 50 people.
87-year-old with ALS goes skydiving
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Strong California quake shakes famed wine country
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Police arrest man who fled after ramming police car
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Police recover stolen vehicle involved in theft of police equipment
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Scientists studying mercury in Lake Powell
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Gentlemen. Do not be afraid of floral shirts. It doesn't mean you're a pansy. They are cool and will make you feel like some killer 70s dandy. One great floral shirt for this summer is the white floral print shirt from Burton. A measly £25.00 will make you look cool in the sun, and the shirt has nice detailing with …
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Martin Margiela '80s jacket
Sporty is coming back, I know that for menswear it never really went away, but it's less about saggy trackie bottoms, and more about futuristic chic.
Ted Baker Cardigan
Hopefully, you've stopped thinking about cardigans as a piece of clothing donned by geography teachers and grandpas. Cardigans are the hip alternative to pullovers and the like. We've featured quite a few on Brandish, and this one is at the top end of the cardi scale. This Ted Baker 'Yardi' cardi is a long sleeved V-neck. It's a 'luxury knit' …
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I love Howies, like Innocent they're a truly loveable company, and their clothes are the antithesis of Primark's throwaway ethos.
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The preppy look is great as long as you add a strong dash of subversiveness.
Fashion inspiration: Stand By Me
Watching, well, falling asleep in front of Stand By Me at the weekend I realised how much of a fashion inspiration those four little boys are.
Top Five: Jeans
Jeans are serious business in menswear, wearing them for months at a time without washing, sanding, dry cleaning everything is fair game to achieve the perfect wear.
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Jarvis has moved on from his charity shop chic uniform of his Britpop years and has settled in nicely to a check shirt, jeans, buckle belt and corduroy jacket.
EIO Dream Paradise t-shirt
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These "gainsbourg" trousers (no that's not the reason I chose them! Ok, maybe a little bit) from Obedient Sons ($311) are very summery, the little blue and white stripes are so fresh.
For all you t-shirt lovers out there, Threadless is one of the best places to go and get unique t-shirts from.
McQ stripy polo
Red and white always look good, this stripy polo top from Alexander McQueen's diffusion range McQ features built-in red braces with matching white buttons.
Next colour block t-shirt
This cool colour block t-shirt is surprisingly enough from Next, this means that not only is it cheap, but the chances of you spotting anyone you know in it are slim.
M&S Real Cool cotton tee
We're all a bit excited at Shiny Towers as someone in the office gone on an ice cream run, but if you're not lucky enough to work with caring colleagues them you'll have to find other ways to keep cool.
River Island rolled sleeve shirt
Roll-up! Roll-up! Rolled sleeve shirts (sorry!) are still big this summer, and one of my favourites is this milky brown offering from River Island


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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:05 pm
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I just found this site and I must say that the recipe tastes fabulous!! I also did a search for Shrimp Scampi and found this site. I've never had the experience of this type of site before...Certainly interesting!! As for what the recipe should be called, who cares as long as there's a description of what's in it!! I'm from the south(living in Germany:)) and everybody knows how southerners like to rename dishes and call them their own!! I've tasted the Italian version of this dish in Italy and I there's just no way to tell the difference as long as you use fresh seafood no matter what you call it!! Excellent job and I love the layout.
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:01 am
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So, as to the us americans being wrong about "shrimp v. prawn"... do a little research, and find out that there are physical differences between the two, but not dealing with size,(the gill structure is different), and get
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:01 am
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I just don't get what the big deal is. There is not right or wrong, there are just cultural differences. Here in Britain we would call them prawns, over in the US they call them shrimp. Yes, scampi is the word for shrimp/prawns in Italian but that is the American name for the dish. Scampi to a Brit would refer to a langoustine.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:07 am
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oh and i forgot to mention.. even if there are supposed to be physical differences between shrimp and prawns.. it's still a cultural thing in terms of language. English and American English may be similar but they are by no means the same. so some words have different meanings.. people need to accept that! In Finland, they have 7 different words for snow which describe different types of snow. Does that mean we are wrong to say it is just "snow"?
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 6:55 pm
Post subject: Names mean a lot!
Not to quibble (much), but there are significant differences between a shrimp and a scampi. Not the dish - the critter. A scampi (langoustine) is more closely related to a lobster than a shrimp - at least that is what I think. When I go down the st. Lawrnce river in the summer, we eat at a litle restaurant in Tadoussac which serves filet avec langoustine (tenderloin and scampi) - and while the tails they serve (broiled with garlic butter on the side) are tiny - like a medium sized shrimp - the shells are quite hard and thick - more like a lobster.
How did I get here? well it's my GF's 50th bday tomorrow and I want to get her "real" scampi tails - and before I go to the market I wanted to be sure I had the nomenclature down. Saddly, I fear they will not be available here, and I will have to settle for rock lobster tails.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 11:54 pm
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This is another clearly-explained and delicious recipe. I think next time I will make less linguine or more shrimp and garlic though. It's also good with a bit of basil in it.
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 1:45 pm
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This looks wonderful and I would very much like to prepare the dish for my family. My only reservation is that I've never cooked shrimp in any form before. Due to my inexperience, I am a bit concerned about removing "the vein" without either destroying the look of the shrimp or inadvertently removing too much of the meat. Is the de-veining process difficult? Any tips on performing this portion of the preparation properly?
Oh yes, I just remembered something else that I wanted to ask. I may have missed it, but I don't see a listing for the number of servings in this dish. I am the rather large father of three even larger teenage boys. My wife is a lovely, petite woman who can - on occasion - eat us all under the table. I need to make sure these folks are full before the bottom of the plate appears. Again, I would appreciate any insight.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:29 pm
Post subject: deveining
You can buy them deveined at many markets. I have been eating shrimp all of my life probably 20 times a year times 50 years and I have never deveined a shrimp. As long as the shrimp is cooked I don't think there is any health risk. I don't buy the very large shrimp because they can be tough. With the larger ones I am sure you would want to devein.
Hope I helped
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:32 am
Post subject: Shrimp Scampi :)
What a neat site! I thought the carved pumpkin was very appropriate.
This recipe is really good and I love the recipe charts.
One thing I do differently is that I use rice noodles instead of the usual wheat ones. I tend to have allergies but I also like rice noodles. Use the translucent noodles from China - some of the ones from the US that are opaque tend to fall apart. I have a Chinese food store near my neighborhood so this is not hard for me. One advantage of the rice noodles - they cook really fast.
Shrimp, even if it is called lobster, is very good served this way. :>
The physics of snapping noodles is in this podcast from Quirks and Quarks - the podcast.
04-Snapping Spaghetti
The physics of the way spaghetti breaks under strain.
f you've ever tried to break up dry spaghetti, you may have noticed that it doesn't snap into two even pieces. Usually it'll break into three, four or even more sections. It's a problem that's plagued engineers, that is, until recently. Dr. Andrew Belmonte is a mathematician at Pennsylvania State University. He's spent hours dropping weights on top of strands of spaghetti and taking high speed photographs. Thanks to his destruction of pasta, he's been able to work out the mathematics of breaking in thin rods. It turns out everything depends on how fast sound waves will travel through the object, and how large the rod's diameter is. All this is valuable if you're thinking of constructing new materials. For his next project, Dr. Belmonte plans to smash plates.
The article was published in Phys Rev.
Quirks and Quarks is available via podcasts too.
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:17 pm
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this was my first time cooking. i did it for my boyfriends birthday because it seems pretty easy.
it came out very good and he enjoyed it.
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:29 pm
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Engineers, why must we argue over non-sentical points? My personal preference is to scan the comments quickly, ignore the lame ones that argue over things that have no reference to the recipe or whether it is good or not and then select the link to HIDE COMMENTS, so they don't bother me so!
I spent many years living in Italy and they have a dish there (in a little town called Aldelphia) called Aglio Scampi con Linguine and it is basically the same as our dish, but always is served with wine in the sauce...typically a Pinot Grigio.
My nona makes it all the time!
Wonderful job on the diagram showing the recipe!! My husband and I are both engineers and this makes a lot of sense to both of us...
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:47 am
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For a little kick, add to the garlic/butter a pinch of red pepper and/or a dash of Tobasco/Frank's Red Hot sauce. To thicken the sauce up a bit and give it even more flavor, lightly dust the shrimp with fine breadcrumb after you first put them in the pan.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:09 pm
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I have to agree with the poster above, I was looking for a good recipe, found one, and was wanting to know how it tasted and how others cooked it, and all I got was a lesson on culture, how sad. Thanks to all the posters who did post about how the food tasted, not the google search for
the word scampi or etc etc. I'm not being ugly, but most food posters say how the recipe worked for them.......
oh yeah and this recipe was excellent! I like alot of salt and garlic so I uped it a little pit and added some basil and parsley. If this recipe were not called shrimp scampi, I would have not found it, that's just what it's called. We don't know why, we just eat it cause it's good. I don't care if we called it slop, if it looks good we will eat it! (or at least I will)
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:20 am
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The name of the website is "Cooking for Engineers." Not "Cooking for Food Critics," "Cooking for Gourmands," or "Cooking for those who want to be reassured beforehand."
The thing that matters most is that the recipe works. Provides a blueprint for a decent (or better) version of the dish in question. There's your reassurance. If you don't like the tangential conversations, stick to sites where engineers aren't around to post minutiae.
I add a dash of cayenne pepper, by the way. Gives it a nice bite.
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:43 pm
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I made this last night and it turned out fantastic. I made scampi once without the tails and I must agree that the tails do make the dish more tasty. Not sure why, either.
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Rosalind and Untapable, the top two contenders in Saturday's $500,000-guaranteed Hollywood Starlet Stakes at 1 1-16 miles on Cushion Track, have completed their preparations for the Grade I.
"Rosalind went perfectly," said Danny Ramsey, exercise rider and assistant to McPeek. "Just what we wanted."
The Broken Vow filly comes off a sharp third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Nov. 2, beaten by a half-length. Joel Rosario once again will be aboard.
Untapable worked the same distance a day earlier at Santa Anita in 49 2/5 seconds. The drill was termed "breezing'' by the clockers.
Untapable was eased in the BC Juvenile Fillies after encountering severe trouble into the far turn. In her previous start Sept. 7, she won the Grade II Pocahontas at Churchill Downs, defeating, among others, Rosalind. The Tapit filly is trained by Steve Asmussen and will be ridden by Joe Talamo.
Unbridled's Note, also trained by Asmussen, worked four furlongs Dec. 2 in 49 4/5. The son of Unbridled's Song, a close fourth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Nov. 2, is entered in Sunday's $100,000 Hollywood Turf Express.
Meanwhile, Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's dynamic duo of Tamarando and Shared Belief stretched their legs Dec. 1 on Cushion Track in preparation for the Grade I, $750,000-guaranteed CashCall Futurity Dec. 14.
Tamarando, winner of the Grade III Hollywood Prevue Stakes Nov. 10, worked a half-mile in 48 3/5. Shared Belief, who won his first two starts by a combined 14 3-4 lengths, including an effortless victory in the Real Quiet Stakes Nov. 23. The Candy Ride gelding went six furlongs in 1:12 3/5, the best of 20 works at the distance.
A limited edition commemorative pin honoring the Hollywood Starlet will be handed out Saturday - one per paid admission while supplies last.
The $500,000 Starlet was presented for the first time in 1981. The Grade I event will have its 33rd and final running Saturday.
The stakes record for the Starlet is 1:40 2/5, set in 2007 by Country Star, who was trained by the legendary Bobby Frankel and ridden by Rafael Bejarano.
With seven victories, D. Wayne Lukas holds the top spot among trainers in the Starlet.
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1990's, including three consecutive (1994-1996). Nakatani has the call on Sharp Cat Stakes winner Arethusa in this year's renewal.
The Starlet has been wide-open in recent years. Nine different jockeys have won the last 10 runnings.
Phil D'Amato, assistant to Mike Mitchell, reported that Egg Drop, game winner of the Grade I Matriarch Dec. 1, came back in great shape.
"You would have thought that such a hard race would have taken something out of her," said D'Amato. "The truth is, when she came back, she didn't even look like she ran.
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Third-place finisher Tiz Flirtatious also returned none the worse for wear.
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A former riding champion at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver and a recent arrival to Southern California, Perez will discuss his career with Burns and Ortuzar as well as the Betfair Hollywood Park card, including the Grade II, $150,000 Bayakoa Stakes and the Grade I, $500,000-guaranteed Hollywood Starlet.
Escogiendo Ganadores begins at 11 a.m. at the Paddock Tote Board.
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Lea Michele reunited with her Glee castmates on Thursday at a memorial to honor her late boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith.
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Lea Michele reunited with her Glee castmates on Thursday at a memorial to honor her late boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith.


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Woodstock, NY
Ervin Charles LaBarr, Jr., 66, a lifelong resident of Woodstock, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at home. He was affectionately nicknamed "Crowbar" by many local residents.
Born December 31, 1946 in Ellenville, he was the son of the late Ervin C. and Minnie E. Scott LaBarr.
Ervin graduated from Kingston High School, then became a skilled mason and stone worker, working for builders Peter and Ralph Shultis. He loved the outdoors and was an avid and skilled sportsman, who loved hunting, fishing and trapping. He loved to share his many wildlife stories with neighbors and friends. As he aged, he would spend hours observing and befriending varied wildlife: turkeys, crows and squirrels in particular. He loved reading and enjoyed any book or magazine about local history, pioneer days, Native Americans, wildlife or mules. In later years, the love of mules, inherited from his dad, led him to own several. He enjoyed their disposition and offered them for display at county fairs, parades and local horse shows. He also loved to pass time logging, with his homemade skidder and small sawmill, located on the family property; naming his efforts "Spotted Horse Lumber". He was generous and donated time and materials to family, friends and organizations, such as the Woodstock Riding Club, where he was a longtime member and supporter. Ervin was also a dedicated NASCAR fan.
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Welcome to "Smash," where we begin thinking there's nothing quite as jarring as a close-up of Kathie Lee Giffords' face on our television screens. Apparently she's filming a Today Show segment about the work the "Bombshell" team are doing with kids who aspire to be Broadway stars, and here we learn that Ivy is overbooked and overtired – the promotional grind for a faltering Broadway show is no joke, yo!
Meanwhile, Tom wants Julia to tell Scott to beat it and write Gatsby as a musical with him, just the way they always intended. And for a second, Julia considers. You know, until Scott points out how selfish Tom is being. So now Scott and Julia's relationship is not ending, but Julia and Tom's relationship totally is.
Downtown, heartbroken Jimmy is going on benders and barely making it to the theater for show time and Kyle is scrambling to cover for him while simultaneously getting tired of Jimmy's BS like six years too late. When Jimmy's high-ness screws up the show, and Karen gets hurt because he misses his mark, Derek calls it. They're replacing Jimmy with Sam Strickland, who seriously just got cast as an understudy eight hours earlier.
Fortunately, it doesn't seem like the potential producers in the audience at "Hit List" – Eileen included – noticed Jimmy's failure to do his job properly. Unfortunately, Agnes is there with her epic gamesmanship, and her negative commentary on the show has discouraged any and all potential producers from investing in a transfer. Well, except Eileen, who can't seem to wash the idea of it out of her blunt-cut hair.
With Karen and Ana's support, though, Kyle is totally washing Jimmy right out of his asymmetrical hair. He's packed all of Jimmy's belongings into a bag and dropped it off at Squee Gee Man's doorstep. Operation Tough Love is under way. That is, until we learn what it means to be truly jarred when innocent, sweet-singing Kyle gets Smashed by an oncoming car. Yeah. We said it.
Anyway. Here are some other things that happened this week...
The Awesome
The Tony Talk
Any scene with Agnes is our favorite scene. But we especially loved hearing Agnes talk Tony prospects non-stop with Eileen this week. Mostly because, well, when we're not in the process of recapping "Smash" for you, that's actually all we're talking about these days too. For once, the world of "Smash" seems kind of like the real world of theater, too.
Sam Tries to Blow Up Jimmy's Spot... and We Don't Mind
We've been rooting for Sam, Tom's ex-lover played by the dashing and talented Leslie Odom Jr., all season, and no more than when Derek tried to give him Jimmy's role in "Hit List." Sort of. His short, delicious audition to understudy the role of Jesse left us wondering if he might make a better leading man than flaky Jimmy. Amazingly, Derek Wills agrees with us.
Derek The Wise
Weird relationship issues aside, it is quite lovely to see that Derek the Director has finally sorted his shit out. He sees "Hit List" clearly. He sees Jimmy's bullshit clearly. And he's handling both with aplomb. No more testosterone fueled pissing contests – just simple logic and calm but authoritative behavior that gets results. Where has this Derek been all our lives?
"The Goodbye Song" Had Us at Hello
Up-and-coming composer Joe Iconis – who we're sure has a life exactly like Kyle and Jimmy's – owns this episode with his "Goodbye Song." Used here as "Hit List's" grand finale, it's bittersweet and evocative, and a great counterpoint to all that "Bombshell" jazziness. Sure, this staple of Joe's live shows has been given the full-on "Smash" treatment, with digitally manipulated vocals, synth-laden orchestrations, and lots and lots of strobe lights, but the song is so good that its awesomeness still shines. Alas, some lilies resist gilding better than others.
The Awful
Kathie Lee Norma Jean Gifford Who?
As if seeing Kathie Lee sober isn't bad enough, now she's dressed like Marilyn Monroe, too? Look, NBC. We got it. The Today show is failing just like "Smash" is. But this is not the way to save it. Trust us. And please, get that wig off Kathie Lee. Or at least get one with a warmer, more flattering tone. Like, the color of the glass of chardonnay Kathie Lee should have in her hand right about now.
The Jeremy Jordan Tirade on the Bar
Poor, poor Jeremy Jordan. A scant year ago he was the toast of Broadway with glowing notices from two shows and nominations for every major award of the season, including the Tony. Today he's standing on a bar using his outdoor voice to berate his fictional friends, who all stare back at him agog, like they can't quite believe the transformation either. For Jimmy, "drug addition!" and "moodiness!" have somehow become the slapdash replacements for actual character development, giving us a leading man who seems not that addicted and not that moody – and not that likable. Maybe he is a perfect fit for Karen after all...
The Volvo That's About to Strike and Kill Kyle
Listen, man. We know that Kyle should have looked both ways before stepping out into the street, where it is entirely possible that there are moving vehicles, you know, moving. But damn that Volvo and the awful person driving it for not somehow avoiding tragedy. You are the absolute worst. Because now we have to survive the rest of the season without his charmingly wonky hair and perfectly timed pop performances.
The Inexplicable
Tom and Julia are Breaking Up... Yawn
Tom and Julia's decades-long partnership is on the verge of collapse, but for some reason, we can't even begin to care. Maybe it's because we simply cannot stomach the idea of a Great Gatsby musical, which sounds like it was taken straight from the pages of The Frank Wildhorn Guide to Making Really Awesome and Lucrative Broadway Shows. Or maybe we happen to like the way that Tom and Julia have come into their own – separately. After all, the show has been leading us down that road all season. Why backtrack on us now with the insinuation that they should stay together?
"Hit List"...is Cool?
Sure, if you think "hip" theater is exactly one thing – the direct descendant of "Rent." "Hit List" continues to drive us batty for lots of reasons, the main one being that its pretense of "coolness" is so... well... uncool. Wind machines? Modern choreography? A murderous leading lady? Squint-or-you-missed-it non-lighting? Come on, y'all. We already saw "Spider-Man." In dreaming up a show that was a direct counterpoint to "Bombshell," "Smash's" creators have actually given us yet another totally unoriginal idea – a rock musical in an era when rock is dead. Everything in "Hit List" has been done, and better, by other people, decades ago. It makes us chuckle to think that the show's creators, once upon a time, set out to actually stage the shows on "Smash." We shudder to think how dated "Hit List" would look on Broadway.
Carolee Carmello Fangirls Karen Cartwright
Not even in our worst nightmares could we imagine Carolee Carmello being reduced to chasing a dismissive Katherine McPhee around a crowded bar, praising her talent as an actress and singer. And yet, somehow, "Smash" made us watch that happen.
Karen's Sudden Bout of Emotional Intelligence
Sure, Karen is totally right about Jimmy and the abusive cycles he perpetuates in his life. Kyle shouldn't go outside to talk to Jimmy. Because Jimmy will find the right words to assuage Kyle just enough to keep him around so he can be the target of another cruel outburst in a few days or weeks. But at what point have we ever seen Karen behave logically when it comes to Jimmy? Or relationships in general? How is she suddenly the stolid guru, guiding Kyle through the complex, rocky terrain that is human emotional life?
Laura Motta and Aileen McKenna blog as Lucky and The Mick on their Broadway-themed blog of insanity, The Craptacular.


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Just a single, short line today to test the collective Textkit brain.
Et hercule, si gulae temperes, non est onerosum, quo utaris ipse, communicare cum pluribus 2.6
And by Hercules, if you should temper gluttony, it is not a heavy burden, you would use that, to share with more people
I'm taking this as a future less vivid subjunctive condition, but can't quite work "quo" into it. I know "Utor" takes the ablative so the two are probably be linked, but it's not coming together for me.


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Used 2011 Volkswagen CC Review
The 2011 Volkswagen CC presents an attractive alternative to other midsize sedans, though its styling slightly impacts rear headroom and cargo space.
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The 2011 Volkswagen CC attempts to blur the line between coupe and sedan by fitting four doors under the sweeping arc of a coupelike roof line, an attempt to deliver the comfort and convenience of a sedan along with the evocative styling of a sporty coupe. For the most part, the CC (short for Comfort Coupe) succeeds.
Underneath it all, the 2011 Volkswagen CC owes much to the Passat sedan, because it shares a fair number of chassis and drivetrain components. The CC is slightly longer and wider than the Passat, and also sits about an inch lower. Interior styling is by and large the same as the Passat as well, so it's safe to consider the CC a reskinned Passat. (Outside of the U.S., this car is actually called the Passat CC.)
The CC is available with the 3.6-liter V6 and all-wheel drive, however, while the Passat is offered only with front-wheel drive and with the same turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder found in the base CC. The differences don't all fall in favor of the CC, though, as its coupe styling reduces rear headroom by more than an inch and trunk space by more than a cubic foot. The CC can also only accommodate just four passengers to the Passat's five.
For those who are attracted to the CC's more graceful lines, though, the drawbacks are likely a small price to pay. The CC is a more stylish alternative to regular family sedans like the 2011 Honda Accord and 2011 Nissan Altima, while a loaded-up CC can match entry-level luxury-branded vehicles like the 2011 Acura TL, 2011 Audi A4 and 2011 Buick LaCrosse. Of course, if some of the CC's drawbacks are deal-breakers, you can still take a look at the regular VW Passat.
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The 2011 Volkswagen CC is a four-passenger sedan that is offered in five trim levels. Starting with the base 2.0T Sport, standard features include 17-inch alloy wheels, rain-sensing windshield wipers, full power accessories, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, cruise control, air-conditioning, a trip computer, hill-hold assist, a leather-wrapped steering wheel with multifunction controls, leatherette premium vinyl upholstery, 12-way adjustable front seats and split-folding rear seats. Also standard are Bluetooth and an eight-speaker stereo with six-CD/MP3 in-dash changer, auxiliary audio jack, iPod connectivity and satellite radio. The optional 2.0T R-Line package adds 18-inch wheels, foglights, shaded taillights and a sportier front spoiler and side skirts.
The 2.0T Lux trim augments the Sport model by adding 18-inch alloy wheels, foglights, dual-zone climate control, brushed aluminum interior trim and a navigation system. The 2.0T Lux Plus tacks on a sunroof, a rearview camera, interior ambient lighting, wood interior trim, an upgraded navigation system and a 30GB music server. The Lux Limited trim adds adaptive bi-xenon headlights and a closable cupholder.
The VR6 4Motion Executive trim features a more powerful V6 engine and all-wheel drive, along with polished 18-inch wheels, headlight washers, heated outside mirrors, steering-wheel-mounted shift paddles, a power rear sunshade, parking sensors, driver seat memory, leather sport seats and a premium 10-speaker audio system.
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The 2011 Volkswagen CC offers buyers the choice of two powertrains: front-wheel drive with a turbocharged inline-4 and all-wheel drive with a V6. The turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4 makes 200 horsepower and 207 pound-feet of torque. Sport trim models come standard with a six-speed manual transmission, while a six-speed automated manual transmission (DSG) is available as an option. Other trim levels featuring the 2.0-liter turbo are only offered with the DSG automatic. The 3.6-liter V6 engine is only available on the all-wheel-drive VR6 4Motion Executive. It generates 280 hp and 265 lb-ft of torque and is connected to a traditional six-speed automatic.
For the 2.0T engine, Volkswagen estimates a 0-60 time of 7.4 seconds. The EPA estimates fuel economy for the DSG automatic at 22 mpg city/31 mpg highway and 25 mpg in combined driving. The manual rings in at 21/31/25 mpg. The V6-powered CC reaches 60 mph in only 6.3 seconds but fuel economy drops to 17/25/20 mpg.
All Volkswagen CCs come standard with antilock disc brakes (with brake assist), stability and traction control, hill-hold assist, front-seat side airbags and side curtain airbags. Last year's optional rear-seat side airbags have been discontinued.
In government testing, the VW CC scored four out of a possible five stars in frontal crash protection. It received five stars for front-passenger side crash protection and four stars for rear-passenger side protection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded the CC its top rating of "Good" for frontal-offset and side-impact tests.
The 2011 Volkswagen CC neatly splits the difference between sporty handling and luxurious comfort for a ride quality that should be agreeable to a majority of drivers. The sport-tuned suspension is on the firm side, but still ably isolates passengers from all but the harshest of road imperfections. Compared to more traditional sport sedans, the CC exhibits more body roll, but handling is admirable nonetheless. The steering is light at parking lot speeds and weights up nicely as speed increases, but it lacks the desired feedback for sporty driving.
The base 2.0-liter turbo is energetic, and should suffice for most drivers. We're particularly fond of the DSG transmission, as it shifts quickly and smoothly. Those with an appetite for more power will likely be impressed by the 3.6-liter V6, which brings the 2011 CC's acceleration closer to other AWD rivals.
From the base Sport model to the top-of-the-line Executive trim, the 2011 Volkswagen CC comes stocked with plenty of luxury amenities and displays, workmanship we normally associate with premium luxury brands. The vinyl leatherette surfaces are not only convincing but also look and feel better than some of the genuine leather found in other cars. Other interior materials are well textured, with the majority being soft to the touch.
The front seats offer a plethora of adjustments to fit nearly any body type. Rear seat headroom is limited by the sloping roof line, so taller rear passengers will find themselves slouching to fit, but average-sized adults should find these seats supportive and comfortable, with ample legroom. Rather than cram a center seat in the back, the CC's designers used that space to provide the two rear passengers with a covered bin, handy cupholders and a flip-down armrest.
The split-folding rear seats feature a center pass-through to add to the 13 cubic feet of trunk space, which is a bit small for a midsize sedan. As a result, a golf bag will need to lie diagonally within the trunk, limiting the ability to accommodate more cargo.
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A splendidly renovated warehouse in Franklin Square offers unique apartment homes, abundant natural light, and spectacular views of the city. Hardwood floors in living area and the bedroom is carpeted. The Warehouse Property is located in a highly walk-able area with access to all forms of public transportation. Secured entry, gated property,gym/fitness center and on-site parking- add'l $200 mo. with full size washer/dryer in each unit, and state-of-the-art fitness center. Pictures are of a similar unit in the building! (RLNE2324902)
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Chief Samuel Moka Liffafa Endeley [S.M.L.] Endeley, the Paramount Chief of Buea, is dead. He died on July 7, 2015.
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S.M.L. Endeley was born on June 9, 1923 to Chief Mathias Lifafa Endeley, Chief of Buea from 1915-1925, and Maria Mojoko Litombe of Soppo Wonganga in Buea.
He began his education in the German Basel vernacular Kindergarten in Soppo Wonganga where he was a pupil from 1929-31. Teaching was done in Bakweri and Duala. In 1932 he was admitted into Government School Buea where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1939.
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Koehnsen wrote:How much effort should one put toward learning accents in Attic Greek as a beginner? (The last time I studied Greek I bypassed them.) I have a book called A New Short Guide to the Accentuation of Ancient Greek, but it seems a bit advanced despite its promise of brevity!
Koehnsen wrote:jadebono, thanks! I read of your experiences with great interest. I don't intend to bypass them completely but wait a bit, as I was advised.
Thanks also for the link to Smyth, GG2. I went ahead and bought the hardbound edition. Pricey but a beautiful book, and one I plan to spend a ton of time with.
jeff.mcl wrote:Anyway, there is no right answer to your question.


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Parson's World
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The Universe Parson Gotti and Judy Gale came from. It's generally similar to the real world, but part of the same fictional metaverse of Erfworld (the story). Stanley the Tool named this world as Stupidworld.
The evidence we have for this is:
- Since Parson is surprised by things popping into existence, we can assume it is a continuous world rather than a digital world like Erfworld.
- Parson needs to learn the rules of magic. This implies that the various forms of magic in Erfworld do not exist in Parson's World, or if magic exists, that it is significantly different from what he is familiar with.
- Parson had pizza stains on his T-shirt, implying the existence of fast food and free enterprise (also supported by his statement refering to his employment at Kinko's).
- More importantly, this implies that people and things are not cleaned at the start of each day, as they are in Erfworld.
- Parson was a Game Master of a Role Playing Game, and has shown experience with gaming with miniatures. This implies gaming as a leisure time activity. The existence of leisure time implies an automated society, or at least one that has gone through an industrial revolution,
- Speculation of automated society is supported by the fact that Parson is seen driving a car, which have to be mass-produced in order for Parson to afford a one.
- The Internet exists with many noticeable similarities to the real world - Parson writes a webcomic, and mentions Youtube in LIAB 45.
- Parson is from Columbus, Ohio, and Judy from Kansas, which likely indicates that the United States (or some equivelent thereof) exists in Stupidworld
On the other hand, there appear to be at least minor differences:
- Easter marshmallow Peeps do not become solidly crunchy by July in the Real World.
- ...or at least, not the same year. Even a single complete year-plus (to July) of climate controlled counter-top storage is insufficient to render Real World Peeps crunchy to more than the outer eighth inch. Circa the one-and-a-half to one-and-three-quarters year mark, Real World peeps will be crunchy throughout; thus, crunchy Easter chick Peeps in July implies a minimum age of over two years. This discrepancy may not mark a difference per se, but might instead indicate that the lead times and single-minded focus Parson commits to his planning are more obsessive than even those around him realize.


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Amarillo, TX – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today praised the Missouri House for passing a bill that would make more information available to women considering abortion.
"To have the abortionist meet with the woman before the procedure is an important revision to the state's informed consent law. All the work we do with former abortionists makes it clear how unscrupulous they are. Roe vs. Wade itself talks about the responsibilities of the physician to safeguard the woman's health. If the abortion industry actually followed that aspect of what Roe vs. Wade says, America's women would be in better shape than they are now," said Fr. Pavone.
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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I am not a fan of such arguments simply because they rely on "divine psychology," and as such are nebulous and most easy to reject out of hand for Christians. After all, SPAG and so on. Same for the Argument From Scale. I prefer ethical arguments, because they cut to the chase and don't necessitate psychological assumptions.
Oh yes, I agree that if God existed then the existence of God would be blindingly obvious to everyone, about as much as the existence of the Sun... however I don't think nonbelief has much to do with it.


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By Chuck Burnett
15, 2009
When my friend, Al Lorentz, got back from one of his tours in Iraq' he told me about the U.S. setting up the elections over there. Our military made sure that no one political party dominated the election process. There were over forty political parties represented.
We also discussed the disparity between those elections and the ones here in Texas. Many outsiders see the land of the Alamo as a state with less government restraint and more freedom. This may be true in some areas but I'm ashamed to say that it isn't true at election time. It is much harder to get on the ballot here in Texas, than it is in Iraq.
Since the 1960s Texas has restricted candidate's freedoms when it comes to getting on the ballot. This applies to county elections as well as statewide elections. Here's how the charade currently works. A candidate decides that he or she wants to run for governor but does not want to run with a major political party. That person must then run as an independent candidate or else run with another political party. To get listed on the ballot; the candidate - or the party - must collect around 60,000 signatures on a petition. The candidate only has about 70 days to get the signatures. But that's not all. The candidate must only collect signatures from registered voters within the state. But there's even more. All of the registered voters must NOT have voted in any other party's primary or signed any other candidate's petition. Does the task seem daunting?
It has become glaringly obvious that both major parties have been very resistant to allowing new competition at the ballot. Even at the cost of freedom. Even to the detriment of all Texans; as new and fresh ideas are being kept away from voters fingertips. Let me be very clear is positing that this is not a left verses right issue. It is not a liberal verses conservative issue. Ballot access freedom does not favor any particular ideology or party. It does give Texans more freedom; more liberty; more choices when voting.
I have a great appreciation for Ron Paul's statement: "Those candidates who represent actual change or disagreement with the status quo are held in check by the two major parties in power, making it very difficult to compete in the pretend democratic process. This is done by making it difficult for third-party candidates to get on the ballots, enter into the debates, raise money, avoid being marginalized, or get fair or actual coverage."
I also have a great appreciation for Carol Quigley's more sinister quote: "The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or extreme shifts in policy."
But we currently have a solution to the problem. Enter Solomon Ortiz, Jr ; one of our state representatives from Corpus Christi. Representative Ortiz agreed that the present system was less than ideal. He and his staff worked to come up with a much less restrictive hurdle. The Bill that Representative Ortiz has sponsored is HB 820 This Bill would lower the requirement of 60,000 or so signatures; to 500. That is a huge change although still more restrictive than things were fifty years ago.
I am going to guess that Representative Ortiz will get some flack from some of his fellow members up in the House. But I am also going to guess that most of it will be behind closed doors; not in the light of day. This Bill may not be appreciated by all because of partisan politics. But it will be appreciated by all that love liberty and freedom. It will be extolled by the statesmen of our day. Those that love freedom can be bold in promoting this bill. Those that oppose it should be ashamed of themselves. This is a very good Bill.
This is also a Bill that is in harmony with the ideals of the founding of this nation. The United States of America came together as a nation to protect freedom and liberty. The original purpose of elections was to allow any qualified citizen to have the freedom to run for office and to give the other citizens the liberty of choosing their representatives. Blocking the ability of someone to run for office is an idea only fit for tyrants.
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This is a Bill that is good for Texas. Will it change things overnight? No, it will not. It may take ten years or more before an independent candidate makes a serious run at a statewide office. But it will have a more immediate effect on the ideas and policies that will be challenged in our elections. It will allow new voices to be heard. It will cause more accountability at election time. It will let Texans know that we have our freedoms returned in our state elections.
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LITTLE ROCK Brad Montgomery wasn't sure why his wife had some special instructions for him as he left for work Thursday morning.
But it all became clear mid-morning when Montgomery — director of maintenance services for the Pulaski County Special School District — received a surprise singing telegram for Valentine's Day.
"I just knew I had to wear this outfit to work today and be here by 10 o'clock," Montgomery said with a smile shortly after being surprised with an in-person rendition of "Till There Was You" and a rose. "Now I know why ... It was pretty special."
Susej Thompson, program and special events coordinator for Pulaski County Youth Services, organizes the annual singing telegram service and delivers some of the 35 love songs herself, including the one for Montgomery.
Thompson said the annual program is a great fundraiser that helps support the agency's year-long efforts, which include free mentoring, tutoring and leadership development. And it's also always appreciated by the surprised recipients.
"Everybody just loves it," Thompson said. "Most of the women cry, so those are our favorite ones. The guys aren't as enthusiastic about it, but they like it and it's cute. You can tell kind of who the tough guys are because they'll make a mean face like 'Oh no, she got me!'"
Montgomery, for the record, didn't shed any tears nor make any mean faces. But, he said, he was touched by the gesture and looked forward to letting his wife know.
"First I'm going to give her a big hug and a kiss and tell her I love her," he said, "and tell her her goal or objective was accomplished. You guys totally surprised me, and it was very special."


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Jerome Karle, born Jerome Karfunkel (born June 18, 1918) is an American Jewish physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques.
Karle was born in New York City on June 18, 1918. He was born into a family with a strong interest in the arts. He had played piano as a youth and had participated in a number of competitions, but he was far more interested in science. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, and would later join Arthur Kornberg (awarded the Nobel in Medicine in 1959) and Paul Berg (a winner in Chemistry in 1980), as graduates of the school to win Nobel Prizes. As a youth, Karle enjoyed handball, ice skating, touch football and swimming in the nearby Atlantic Ocean.
He started college at the age of 15 and received his bachelor's degree from the City College of New York in 1937, where he took additional courses in biology, chemistry and math in addition to the required curriculum there. He earned a master's degree from Harvard University in 1938, having majored in biology.


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Even with conflicting economic data coming out today, on the heels of a subpar preliminary GDP reading, the U.S. equity indexes are still approximately unchanged from yesterday's closes. Consumer spending in the U.S. climbed in December as incomes grew by the most in eight years, but jobless claims increased more than initially forecast. The MAR13 E-mini S&P 500 touched the key 1500 level today, but sold off 5 points immediately after hitting that level. We believe that the markets will respond more to tomorrow's key monthly release of the employment situation (non-farm payrolls, unemployment percentage, etc.). If the number surprises to the downside in a big way, we could see a sell-off of the S&P 500 to the tune of around 15 points, and a bond rally. With that said, we believe that as long as the S&P 500 is above 1460, it is in very bullish territory for the medium- to longer-term.
Energy markets are moving quite a bit today, with RBOB gasoline retracing some gains, trading down $.021. Natural gas also is trading down $.07 to $3.27. Crude oil futures have been climbing what we have called a "wall of worry" recently, and are today giving back some recent gains. Crude is trading down $.72 at $97.22. Technically, it's hard to fight this bull move in crude oil with a bearish outlook, but fundamentally, it does seem as though crude is in a seasonal fundamental bullish pattern and could potentially reverse course after springtime.
We focus more on the Euro currency movement today. The Euro currency futures market has been extremely bullish in 2013, with many of the headline jolts to the Euro of last year noticeably absent in 2013. We see key support at 1.34 and then 1.32. If the Euro heads back down close to 1.34, we would view that at this point as an interesting time to get even more bullish. Technically, our upside target for this market is the 1.3875 area, but we don't think the Euro will make a direct run to that level. We believe the Euro might find congestion at the 1.36-37 area.
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Everyone is going gaga over Android 4.0 and its Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) firmware update. Wondering what is it all about? Here are the distinctive advantages of owning the latest Android phone, be it the Sony, Samsung or HTC.
Chrome browser: Yes, the superfast browser is available for ICS users. Take that to mean a more efficient browser that mimics your desktop and offers more internet computing power in the palm of your hand.
Voice navigation: If you live in the US, you can now make the most of the voice navigation of Google Maps. That means, turn by turn navigation without the help of a standalone GPS device. However, if you live in places like India, you won't get this feature, as Google Navigation is yet to take off here.
Unlocking phone: Yes, you've heard it and it works. Facial recognition to unlock your phone. However, it's still early days yet. The phone recognizes you only at a certain angle and distance. Thankfully, when facial recognition fails to identify you, you have to key in the pass code or pattern.
Video chat on google+ hangouts: This is mightily helpful and user-friendly. You can chat up to 10 people simultaneously. Just download the Google+ app and you are good to go.
Offline search in Gmail: If you have the Gmail app, you can now do offline search, even when there is internet available.
Data usage monitor: Now, you don't have to download data usage apps to know how far away you are from exhausting your data limit. The ICS version has this inbuilt and accessible through the Settings icon. You can monitor web traffic for both the data and wifi modes.
New Roboto font: Now, you don't even have to go hunting for a better, smoother system font for your Android phone. The new Roboto font that comes with the ICS is buttery-smooth and just perfect compared to its predecessors.
Zero shutter lag: If you are complaining about the shutter lags before the system camera clicks the pictures, the ICS version solves it with almost no shutter lag. This means, faster picture taking and fewer blurry images.
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Dean's Message: Fall 2006
Found in Fall 2006 issue of UF Law magazine.
As plans were being made for Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's visit to the law school, third year student Will Sexton sent me an e-mail expressing his excitement about her visit. He told me about a letter he had written to Justice Ginsburg in the ninth grade as part of an American Government class assignment.
She sent him a personal response, which included the challenge to "think of your children and grandchildren to come, and do your part to make society as you would want it to be for them."
That experience became a turning point in Will's life, and today he does have plans to make society better, just like another law student who graduated almost 60 years ago. This is the Florida alumnus Justice Ginsburg came to campus to honor on September 21. She wanted to assist us in paying tribute to Chesterfield Smith (JD 48), one of our most important alumni, one of the legal profession's greatest leaders, one of the nation's greatest citizen-lawyers and one of the greatest role models for our students to be found anywhere.
Justice Ginsburg felt strongly about being part of the dedication of the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom. The classroom completes the construction and renovation project we dedicated in ceremonies one year ago. As was the case then, this much-needed facility would not have been possible without the support of those who understand the critical need for private funding. We are most grateful to our friends at Holland & Knight, and all the other donors, who have made it possible for Chesterfield Smith's legacy to have a permanent home here.
Much more will happen in this room than the education of students in substantive law, which itself is a very important contribution. This is a room where every student will have at least one class. It is the room where trial team competitions, symposia and conferences will be held. In September, the university's Constitution Day celebration was held here and in October the Florida Supreme Court presided over the Final Four moot court competition.
Students also will get to know Chesterfield Smith through the exhibit that highlights his life's accomplishments. I have no doubt they will be inspired. Students like Will Sexton — who graduates in December to practice environmental and land use law — will have the opportunity to embrace the professionalism Chesterfield never compromised. They will learn values and skills that will enable them to assume positions of leadership in our communities, state and nation and, as Chesterfield challenges all of us, learn to "do good."
– Robert H. Jerry, II
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Creamy Lobster Bean Chowder
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Add a unique depth and richness to a New England classic chock full of Bush's Best® Cannellini or Great Northern beans, bacons, onion, celery and lobster in a cream soup base.
Serving Size: 1 CUP
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
1-1/2 cups - Bacon, cut (1/2 x 1/2 in)
1/3 cups - Flour, all-purpose
3 cups - Onions, sweet, diced
2 cups - Celery, diced
2 qt - Fish or chicken stock, heated
3 cups - Bush's Cannellini or Great Northern Beans, drained
1-1/2 cups - Lobster meat, cooked, diced (1/2 x 1/2 in)*
1 cup - Roasted red pepper, diced
1-1/2 cups - Heavy cream or half and half
1 tsp - TABASCO®
1/3 cup - Fresh herb mixture, finely chopped (thyme, chives, parsley)
Oyster crackers or croutons, optional - As needed
*Shrimp or crawfish may be substituted for lobster meat.
1. Cook bacon over medium-high heat. Drain off all but 3 Tbsp bacon fat.
2. Add onions to bacon fat. Sauté 2 minutes.
3. Stir in celery and flour. Continue to cook 2–3 minutes, stirring constantly.
4. Slowly pour in broth, whisking constantly until incorporated. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup 15 minutes, stirring often.
5. Add beans, lobster and peppers. Continue simmering for about 5 minutes.
6. Stir in cream and TA BASCO® and adjust seasoning. Finish soup with fresh herbs. Keep warm.
Serving suggestion: Ladle a healthy 1 cup serving of chowder into hot bowl or soup plate. Top with oyster crackers if desired.