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Like the rest of the country, we had a bit of Fall teaser here. Just a little teaser and then the summer like temperatures decided to make one last visit. We've been hearing about the devastating fires in Austin. There is a ban on bbq'ing in city parks of Houston. It's time. It's time for the rain to come.
I made this Zucchini and Squash Galette a few weeks ago. It earned a thumbs up from this Kenney family. Hopefully, this will be the last summer recipe before the winds begin to blow and the rains begin to pour. The ricotta filling is delicious with the added herbs and touch of honey.
Because the mornings are cool and crisp (in Houston, early means 6:30am early!) I love to grab my camera and head out to the lake on the weekends. At first glance everything looks dry and parched.
But, if you walk quietly, and really look closely, life is teeming just below the blowing dry grasses. Bees are busily collecting their nectar. Small tiny bursts of lovely lavender colored flowers are waiting for someone to discover that they are there.
It's wonderful to see such soft hues in the summer time and find that recipes often mirror the outdoors.
I can easily lose myself in making these many tiny discoveries. People ride their bikes, jog, walk briskly right by all of this. These tiny little packages of color and beauty are right under the grasses and in between the dry patches.
This galette is definitely something we will throw together again. I really enjoyed the touch of cream cheese in the crust. Different herbs could change the flavor and any assortment of vegetables could be substituted according to what is fresh.
As I move (slowly) down the road of photography, something left its mark that I read recently. A professional photographer was giving advice to novices. He said that there is NO need to go and look for interesting things to photograph. Just always have your camera ready and open your eyes a little wider and interesting things to photograph will jump right out at you.
He was absolutely right. Everything has been looking dry and scratchy lately with our lack of rain. I did just what he recommended. I poked around our nearby lake area. And…lost myself in all of these tiny enchanting discoveries.
Everyone should do this. Yes, make this delicious galette. It really was quite tasty. We've made it twice since. But, what I mean is everyone should grab their cameras. Don't be shy. Poke around in the woods, or the yard, or the local park and find little packages of delight.
The winds will blow soon. And the rains will come. But so many little wonders are surviving and thriving and calling out to be noticed.
They must have known I had not yet shared this summer galette with all of you. So they are persevering and holding on to the delightful colors of their season of bloom.
I can't wait to go back out early in the morning to see what else is out there waiting for some attention. I haven't been able to catch one of those adorable rabbits, who zoom away from me as I walk past, not realizing they are there.
The swans are gone. Do you remember the swans? You can see them here. I wonder where they have gone? I wonder if they sense a change in the air? I wonder where they came from to our lake this summer.
Enjoy the last days and weeks of this beautiful September. We celebrated a birthday over here. Patrick is a September birthday. Oh boy, and was it a doozie. I have a lengthy article coming up about the rollercoaster of a birthday he experienced.
My Riley is an October birthday. We lived in Michigan when he was born. Michigan shines in all its glory during the month of October. I don't know if I have seen more beautiful October colors than in Michigan. Riley is going to have a treat for his birthday. I'll just give one hint. It involves… something chivalrous in a foreign land.
(adapted from the blog Naturally Ella)
- Crust:
- 1 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (I used half whole wheat flour)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons butter, chilled
- 2 oz cream cheese, chilled
- 1/4-1/2 cup of ice water
- Filling:
- 1 medium zucchini
- 1 medium yellow summer squash
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 1/2 cup Parmesan
- 1/4 cup mozzarella
- Egg Wash:
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon water
- Topping:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- fresh basil (or whatever fresh herbs you have on hand)
- In a food processor (or a medium bowl) combine flour and salt for crust. Pulse (or cut) in butter. Once butter is mostly into small chunks, pulse (or cut) in cream cheese. Once butter and cream cheese are in pea size pieces, pulse in 1/4 cup of water until dough begins to come together (adding a 1 tablespoon of water extra as needed.) Remove from food processor and shape into a disc (without handling the dough too much.) Wrap in plastic and place in refrigerator.
- To make the filling, spread zucchini and squash onto several layers of paper towels, sprinkle with salt, and let drain for 30 minutes. After that time, gently blot the zucchini and squash- set aside. (Snippet's note: For my second galette, I sliced the veggies hours earlier and then put them in the refrigerator. I didn't pat them dry again after taking them out of the refrigerator. This is important to get all of the moisture out because it can make the galette crust soggy as it cooks in the oven.)
- For the ricotta mixture, whisk together ricotta, egg white, garlic, honey, thyme, and cheeses- set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400˚.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the pie dough out to a 12-14″ circle and transfer to a baking sheet covered in parchment paper (you can also do an ungreased baking sheet but it wasn't easy to remove the final product.) Spread the ricotta filling evenly over the pie crust, leaving a 2″ border around the edge. Next, evenly arrange the zucchini/squash into an overlapping pattern on top of the ricotta filling. Fold over the edges of the crust, pleating as needed to make and even circle.
- Combine the egg yolk/water and brush the outer edge of the crust. Drizzle olive oil on top of the zucchini/squash and place in oven.
- Bake galette until crust is golden brown and the cheese has puffed- somewhere between 35-45 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with basil. Cut into wedges and serve. (this is great hot, room temp, or even straight from the refrigerator as a leftover!)


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Lipscomb men's tennis team pulled out a 4-3 victory over the University of Detroit Mercy on Saturday in their home opener at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center.
"Overall, the guys did a better job this afternoon showing mental fortitude and sticking with their game plan," head coach Andrew Harris said. "We need to look at the doubles to see what that looks like because we cannot continue to keep putting ourselves in this hole by losing the doubles.
"What was good, though, is in almost all of the singles victories the guys had to come up with solutions, and they did that. North Alabama comes in next Sunday afternoon, so we will be looking to continue to work on things before conference."
The Bison put themselves in the hole early with a 2-1 loss in doubles play, giving the Titans a 1-0 lead with the doubles point secured.
Junior Oliver Strecker and freshman Daniel Hernandez fell at No. 1, losing to Mike Basha and Chris Cheung 8-4.
At No. 2, junior Tanner Brown and senior Chad Pierron fell to Alex Latosinsky and David Stabley 8-2.
The Bison's only doubles win came at No. 3, where sophomore David Salazar and junior Colby Shaw defeated Jay Joshi and Pablo Nunez 8-6.
Heading into singles play with a 1-0 disadvantage, the Bison went on to secure four of the singles matches to take the victory.
Strecker posted a win at the No. 1 spot, defeating Nick Tolomei 7-5, 6-4, while Salazar won at No. 2, beating Latosinsky 6-3, 6-3.
Freshman Stuart Tierney picked up another win at No. 4, when he took down Basha. After losing the first set, Tierney came back to win it 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Brown secured the Bison's final win at the No. 5 seed. Brown defeated David Seeter 6-3, 6-2.
Hernandez and Shaw were the only Bison to lose in singles play, falling to Cesar Escobar Serrano 6-3, 6-1 and Nunez 6-3, 6-0, respectively.
The win improves the Bison's record to 4-5 as they close in on the start of conference play.
Lipscomb will host North Alabama on Sunday, March 11 at 2 pm at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center.
1) Basha/Cheung (DET) def. Strecker/Hernandez (LIP) 8-4
2) Latosinsky/Stabley (DET) def. Brown/Pierron (LIP) 8-2
3) Salazar/Shaw (LIP) def. Joshi/Nunez (DET) 8-6
1) Oliver Strecker (LIP) def. Nick Tolomei (DET) 7-5,6-4
2) David Salazar (LIP) def. Alex Latosinsky (DET) 6-3,6-3
3) Cesar Escobar Serrano (DET) def. Daniel Hernandez (LIP) 6-3,6-1
4) Stuart Tierney (LIP) def. Mike Basha (DET) 1-6,6-1,6-4
5) Tanner Brown (LIP) def. David Streeter (DET) 6-3,6-2
6) Pablo Nunez def. Colby Shaw (LIP) 6-3,6-0

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Cory Monteith Is Unrecognizable in New Movie Still for 'McCanick' [PHOTO]
Has Cory Monteith ever looked less like Finn Hudson?
Gleeks will have a hard time recognizing the usually clean-cut actor in a new still from one of his final films, released yesterday (Aug. 13).
The late 'Glee' star dons a long wig and hoodie for his role in the crime drama 'McCanick,' premiering Sept. 9 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Monteith plays Simon Weeks, a drug-addicted street hustler who is mysteriously hunted down by a detective while out on parole. Watch a clip of Cory in character below.
Cory's own history of substance abuse helped him shape his role, according to the film's director. "He looked at it as an artistic experience but also something of a cathartic experience," Josh Waller told Us Weekly.
Monteith did get a chance to see the movie's final cut before his shocking lethal heroin and alcohol overdose on July 13. "He sent me a really beautiful email that evening just stating how much excitement he had and how much pride he had on the work that he had done," Waller says.
While Cory's Finn character is being written out of 'Glee,' fans will have one more chance to catch new work of his onscreen: His other final film, 'All the Wrong Reasons,' will also be making its debut at the Toronto festival.


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When Derrick Favors arrived in Utah, he was a teenage NBA rookie who had just been traded by a team which repeatedly reassured him that he wasn't going anywhere.
Favors was confused, bewildered and a little disillusioned after being the centerpiece at least from the Jazz's perspective in the blockbuster trade that sent All-Star Deron Williams to New Jersey.
Coach Tyrone Corbin remembers when the quiet, stone-faced Favors joined the Jazz in 2011.
"Scared," Corbin said. "He was a scared 19-year-old ... that was surprised he got traded and didn't know what to think of it, what to think of us or where to go next."
Told of Corbin's description before Monday morning's practice, Favors smiled.
"I wasn't scared," he said. "I would say I was just mentally exhausted from the whole thing. Everything I went through in New Jersey and then I was traded here, I was just mentally exhausted."
When he got the chance, Favors played well for his new team. In 22 games, including four starts, he averaged 8.2 points and 5.2 rebounds. But mostly, he longed for the chance to put his first season of professional basketball in the rearview mirror.
"It was tough," Favors said. "... I was just ready for it to be over."
When he returned to Utah for the 2011-12 season, Favors "started feeling more comfortable because I knew there weren't going to be any trade rumors. I knew I was going to be here."
Favors played well, but Corbin continued to bring him along slowly. He made nine starts in 65 games during the lockout-shortened season.
This year, Favors continued to come off the bench as part of Corbin's big-man rotation that also included Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap and Enes Kanter, another developing youngster.
Still, Favors averaged only 22 minutes a game at least until March 27.
In the second quarter of a game against Phoenix, Kanter was likely lost for the season with a dislocated shoulder.
Favors seized the moment.
In the next six games, he averaged 12.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 27 minutes.
In Sunday night's 97-90 win at Golden State, Favors finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds in 30 minutes. His blocked shot with 40 seconds left helped preserve the critical victory.
"He's grown all year," said teammate Mo Williams. "He's getting to the point where he's turning the corner. ... He's doing great things for us down the stretch."
Corbin agrees: "One huge thing is the defensive presence he creates the plays he makes on the defensive end when you don't think there's a play to be made."
Offensively, Favors' game continues to expand. He has made 30 of 51 shots since Kanter's injury.
"I think he's happy to be here," Corbin said. "He understands his role and what it will take to continue to get better.
"... He's just more relaxed and comfortable now because he feels wanted here. He has a big role in how good or bad we do."
Derrick Favors' numbers in the last six games:
Opponent Minutes FGs Points Rebs. Assists Results
vs. Golden State 29 5-9 12 13 3 Won, 97-90
vs. New Orleans 27 5-8 10 10 6 Won, 95-83
vs. Denver 28 3-8 8 6 1 Lost, 113-96
vs. Portland 28 6-7 18 7 0 Won, 112-102
vs. Brooklyn 23 6-10 13 9 0 Won, 116-107
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Oct. 3, 2010
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State women's soccer teams wasted little time getting things started on Sunday afternoon at George Allen Field in Long Beach. The 49ers scored in the second minute and the Gauchos responded with one in the seventh to tie. Unfortunately it was the last time Santa Barbara would find the back of the net as LBSU won the Big West match, 3-1.
Long Beach State (8-3-2 overall, 1-0-1 in the Big West) extended its unbeaten streak to five games and sent the Gauchos (5-5-2 overall, 1-1-0 in the Big West) home with a split of its opening weekend of league play.
LBSU struck early as Nadia Link recorded the quickest goal in program history, notching her team-leading seventh of the season just 1:30 into the game. Shawna Gordon sent a lead pass up the field and over the Gauchos' back line where Link was able to beat goalkeeper Makenna Henry with a shot to the far post.
UCSB responded at the 6:10 mark when a misclear by the 49er defense left Kailyn Kugler with the ball in the middle of the box where she delivered it to the upper right part of the goal. It was Kugler's third goal of the season and the third in her last four matches.
Long Beach responded in the 23rd minut, as Gordon scored what ended up being the game-winner. After a handball was called in the box, Gordon's penalty kick was blocked by Henry, but Gordon was right there for the rebound, drilling the ball to the lower right corner. The blocked penalty kick was the second of the season for Henry who finished with six saves.
The 49ers held their 2-1 lead for the remainder of the half. Much of the second half was played on Long Beach's offensive end as the Gauchos were outshot 9-5. The 49ers eventually tacked on one more at the 59:06 mark when Lindsay Bullock headed in her second goal of the year on a corner kick from senior Karina Camacho.
Long Beach State won the battle in shots (15-to-10) and corner kicks (6-to-3). Bullock led the 49ers with five attempts, three of which were on target, while Gordon finished with three shots. Alyssa Benjamin, Alissa Sanchez and Jacqui Simon each had one shot on goal for the Gauchos.
UCSB returns home for its next five matches. To open the home stretch, the Gauchos will host Cal State Northridge on Friday, Oct. 8 at 7:00 p.m. at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium. They will also play UC Irvine on Oct. 10 at 1:00 p.m. To purchase tickets, please call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus or buy online and print at home by clicking here >.
Season tickets for UCSB basketball are on sale now and the deadline to renew has been extended to Oct. 15.
Men's season tickets start for as low as $125 and women's for as low as $100. A special "Double-up" combo plan is available for $200 and includes tickets for every men's and women's game. Gold Zone tickets, which include special Founders Room at the Thunderdome events, require a $300 per seat donation to the Gaucho Fund in addition to the cost of the season ticket. Gold Zone season ticket holders also receive complimentary parking and entrance to the Gold Hospitality Room pregame and halftime.
With the One Donation is Gold program, all current season ticket holders in the Gold Zone for soccer have made the required donations for basketball and need only to pay for the cost of the basketball season ticket.
To purchase tickets, please call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus or buy online and print at home by clicking here.
The Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office has two parking spaces adjacent to the building and is now open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., making it easier than ever for fans to purchase tickets. The two parking spots, designated specifically for the Ticket Office, are also available during weekday hours, which are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Monday evening's women's soccer match between Lees-McRae College and Tusculum College has been postponed due to poor field conditions, announced Lees-McRae head coach Nick Whiting. The match has been tentatively rescheduled for Monday, October 1 at a time to be determined later.
Lees-McRae returns to the pitch on Saturday when the Bobcats travel to Charlotte, N.C. to continue their Conference Carolinas schedule against Queens University of Charlotte at 5 p.m.


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Some of the world's most influential scientists, physicians, educators and authors, including three Nobel Laureates, offered their views on some of the most challenging questions of modern medical, ethical, scientific, legal and public health policy in a public lecture series presented by Holocaust Museum Houston from Sept. 7, 2007 through Feb. 3, 2008.
The lecture series explored how the medical practices of the Third Reich continue to challenge modern medical ethics. Speakers covered topics such as euthanasia and the Human Genome Project, the lasting legacy of the Nuremberg trials, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and how the doctor-patient relationship has changed over the years since the Holocaust.Holocaust Museum Houston's unique exhibit "How Healing Becomes Killing: Eugenics, Euthanasia and Extermination" and 15-part "Medical Ethics and the Holocaust: Dr. Michael E. DeBakey Medical Ethics Lecture Series" told the story of the indispensable and enthusiastic participation of physicians and biomedical scientists in the murder of their very own patients and explored how – despite the world's horror at their activities – those same questions haunt modern medicine today.The Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin offers streaming videos of the lectures below, available for viewing free in streaming captioned QuickTime video. The video player opens in a new window when clicked.
December 4, 2007"Academic Medicine during the Nazi Period and Implications for Creating Awareness of Professional Responsibility Today?"Prof. Dr. Volker RoelckeDirector, Institute of the History of Medicine, Germany
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January 22, 2008TORCH Jewish Medical Ethics ConferenceGeorge Noon, M.D.Professor and Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery and Assist Devices in the Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
TORCH Jewish Medical Ethics ConferenceAvraham Steinberg, M.D.Director of the Center for Medical Ethics, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem and winner of the Israel Prize for his Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics
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As part of National Lutheran Schools Week, University of Minnesota, Crookston Chancellor Fred Wood read "Goodnight, Moon" to students Ella Kiel and Tanner Janorschke at Our Savior's Lutheran School. Wood, along with Cat Country's Jaci Anderson, Crookston Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Shannon Stassen, and Our Savior's Pastor Steven Bohler, also read some of their favorite books to students at the school.


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The central puzzle has often been wondered about in a thousand and one fora since the global financial crisis that began in 2008 erupted, wreaking havoc with several economies and millions of lives: how is it that social convulsions have not been the resultant of the financial crisis, the deep depressions it led to in the major economies of the West, the misery inflicted on millions, and the super-elite-pampering policies introduced to deal with the crisis? Why did puny efforts at protest like Occupy Wall Street and its many imitators vanish like candlelight in a storm?
In the new e-book, The End of Protest: How Free-Market Capitalism Learned to Control Dissent,[i] Alasdair Roberts, who is the Jerome L. Rappaport Professor of Law and Public Policy at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, takes on this puzzle and offers an explanation.
The core case he makes can be found on page 99:
"In the last three decades, the two countries that led the free-market revolution –the United States and Britain – have found one way of dealing with the tensions inherent in the globalized free market system. Their formula includes measures designed to limit popular mobilization of discontent, enable quick containment of unrest, and give primary responsibility for economic crisis management to technocrats. This is not a doctrinally elegant combination of policies, but for the moment it works. It has allowed a globalized free-market economy to continue functioning. How long it will continue to work is a different question."
Roberts' long form essay – which is what this book really is – deals with a current and all-important subject. In the last few months, both Pope Francis and President Obama have, in the course of major interventions, drawn attention to rising inequality, the vastly uneven and unfair sharing of the benefits of globalization. And it has become clearer, as these reflections have piled up, that a global super elite is running away with most of the benefits of globalization, and the other segments of these societies seem to have lost the ability to hold members of this super elite to account or make them afraid to so recklessly and prodigiously indulge their appetites.
In that sense, Roberts' powerful reflection can get you depressed. He is saying: look, they have figured out how to control dissent; so, they can keep this going for a while.
I urge you to read the text. It is a good, bracing and quick read. You will find plenty to both agree and argue with in it. Roberts is forthright. He makes his case forcefully with little of the typical academic ifs and buts. And I like that. However, given how short the text is, I don't want to give details of the argument away. But I would like to draw attention to what surprised me the most in the text, something that I found thoroughly illuminating.
The prevailing myth of the early 21st century is that we are in the age of networked protests, when ordinary citizens empowered by amazing new technological tools can overcome their collective action challenges, launch revolutions, change governments, humble the powerful and create a brave new world. Roberts shows that all that is overly dreamy. At the heart of the text is a policing and law- and- order story. It is the story of how the authorities in the major economies of the West figured out how to contain, manage and immobilize the hordes of networked protesters. It is the story of how lessons were learned from the early anti-globalization protests and systems, laws and mobilizing frames were deployed to deal with the perceived problem. Add to the list the growing weaknesses of labor unions, and the wizardry of technocrats (like the Central Bankers who led the response to the financial crisis) and it is hard to believe that ordinary citizens will win this fight anytime soon.
It does seem that, for a while at least, the majority of the gains from globalization will keep going to a global super elite, until something changes. But, right now, nobody knows what that 'something' is.
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Sina thank you for continuing
Sina thank you for continuing to bring attention to these issues. People, Spaces, Deliberation is one of the few, perhaps the only, digital space in the Bank that reckons with poverty's ultimately political, structural dimension.
We do try. Thanks!
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Sina, I loved this post, and
Sina, I loved this post, and am also a huge fan of your quotes. I never miss them. I'm looking forward to reading the book -- thanks for bringing it my attention.
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Sewing with Nancy "Fast and Fleecy Accessories, Part 1" Use soft knit fleece to create fashionable accessories in a flash! Start with yardage of fleece or other "fleecy" fabrics and learn how to create quick projects-perfect for gift giving. Scarves, wraps, and even capes can easily be sewn or serged with a little sewing know how from Nancy. D
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Scheewe Art Workshop "Daisy Fresh" Painting delightful daises dancing in the breeze, are captured with texture medium to add more dimension to the surface. And cornflowers, add a perfect accent to the daisies. D
10:00 am
New Scandinavian Cooking "Slow River Dining" Aboard the old steamer Haldenvassdraget, Andreas cruises the canals of southern Norway and the Halden River and reels in a boat-full of delicacies. Dishes include: steamed and grilled asparagus, multi-flavored fish cakes, a fish terrine and herbed roast chicken. D
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Chef John Besh's New Orleans Biscuits, Oeufs au Plat and Green Onion Shrimp Gravy, and Ambrosia. D
11:00 am
Connect with English "Grief/Life Goes On" In the first segment, the funeral for Rebecca's father is held and the Boston fire department presents Rebecca with her father's helmet.G
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Connect with English "A Box of Memories/The Missing Car" In the first segment, Rebecca and Kevin find a key to a safe deposit box containing family treasures and substantial amounts in savings and insurance which will reduce their financial worriesG
12:00 pm
Social Studies In Action: A Methodology Workshop, K-5 "Workshop 2. Teaching for Understanding" How do we plan for learning? This session focuses on the Teaching for Understanding model, a framework for unit planning developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The onscreen teachers use the framework to analyze unit planning in classroom videos, plan for their own social studies units, and create a pictorial timeline of U.S. history that outlines an entire year of learning. D
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Unfinished Nation "Strained Relations" Symbiotic relationship between the colonies and the British government in the 1750s. French and Indian War alters British holdings in North America, spawns questions related to cost of colonial defense and administration. Proclamation of 1763 attempts to control westward migration. Colonists upset by Revenue Acts; boycott of British goods. Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Intolerable Acts stiffens resolve of some colonists to resist British control. British attempts to appease colonists yet regain authority. First shots fired at Lexington and Concord.G
1:30 pm
Unfinished Nation "Not Much of a War" Colonists ill equipped for armed conflict with Great Britain. Meetings of Continental Congress; Declaration of Independence. British response to incidents of hostility in northeast and mid-Atlantic states. Leadership of George Washington. Support of the French government. Defeat of British forces at Saratoga and Yorktown. Destiny now in colonists? hands.G
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Discovering Psychology "Psychopathology" Reviews what is known about the major types of mental illness - schizophrenia, anxiety, phobias and affective disorders - and the biological and social factors that influence them.G
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Discovering Psychology "Psychotherapy" Compares the relationships among theory, research, and practice, and how historical, cultural, and social forces have influenced the treatment of psychological disorders.G
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Curiosity Quest "Horseback Riding" Join Joel as he hits the wild wild west trails on a horseback adventure. Watch as Joel's nerves hit the peak, as his vibrant horse, Domino, takes him for a gallop. D
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Biz Kid$ "Secrets to Success" The secret to success is actually simple - it's all about staying in school and building the best toolbox for your future. Learn about the many ways to pay for your education and the importance of learning every day of your life. D
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The Electric Company "Lights, Camera, Beetles" Jessica and Hector plan to surprise their cousin with a bug zoo for his birthday party. When Francine steals the prized rhino beetle, it's up to the Electric Company to get it back in time to save the party. D
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Cyberchase "Spellbound" When Wicked casts a spell on the Pompadorians to make them all adore her, Jackie and Digit must reproduce the only symbol that can break it - without being able to see what the symbol looks like. Matt and Inez can't get to Pompadoria to help, so they describe the symbol through their Skwak. But how can they describe the odd-looking spell-breaker accurately so Jackie can make a reproduction that works?. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "San Diego: Giant Squid, Milanese Style" Lidia shares her memories of San Diego with viewers and heads out to do some more fishing with Esca's Dave Pasternack. Joined by Del Posto's Mark Ladner, Lidia makes a Giant Squid Milanese, Stuffed Mushrooms, and Spinach Salad. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Not Just for Kids" Bridget shows Chris how to make the ultimate Chicken Nuggets at home. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of yellow mustard. Next, Adam reveals his top picks for broiler-safe cooking dishes. D
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Barbecue University with Steven Raichlen "High on the Hog" From the Deep South comes coffee-crusted pork tenderloins with redeye barbecue sauce. Steve makes spit-roasted coconut-crusted ribs on the latest in hi-tech outdoor kitchen equipment.G
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Clodagh's Irish Food Trails "Into The West - Galway, Mayo and Sligo" NULL
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This Old House "Barrington Project, Part 6 of 10" Builder Andy Tiplady uses a less-expensive Brazilian hardwood called garapa for the new deck, and installs it with a hidden fastening system. Carpenter Chris Aguiar uses a jig to cut straight red cedar shingles into a wave pattern designed by the architect, then passes them up to George Duarte for installation at the top of the side gable. Inside, Andy shows master carpenter Norm Abram the progress on the flooring, which is four-inch strip red oak, and the simple details on the interior trim that will let the water views take center stage. D
7:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "France's Dordogne" Rick takes a canoe ride, visits a goose farm and savors the foie gras, wanders through a lamp-lit castle, enjoys a country market, and visits the Sistine Chapel of the prehistoric world.G
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Travelscope "New Brunswick, Canada" Joseph experiences winter in Canada's only official bilingual province, where the English and Acadian French thrive together.G
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Lidia's Italy In America "San Diego: Giant Squid, Milanese Style" Lidia shares her memories of San Diego with viewers and heads out to do some more fishing with Esca's Dave Pasternack. Joined by Del Posto's Mark Ladner, Lidia makes a Giant Squid Milanese, Stuffed Mushrooms, and Spinach Salad. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Not Just for Kids" Bridget shows Chris how to make the ultimate Chicken Nuggets at home. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of yellow mustard. Next, Adam reveals his top picks for broiler-safe cooking dishes. D
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Simply Ming "Samson Chan & Shellfish" On this episode of SIMPLY MING, Ming meets up with Chef Samson Chan, the mastermind behind one of Singapore's favorite restaurants, Barnacles. Together they shop for some great living treasures from the South China Sea at Grand Atlantic Fishery. Bringing back the freshest seafood to Chef Samson's restaurant for an afternoon of cooking on the fly, they'll show us how easy it is too cook with the shell on!. D
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Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.: Our Food Heritage "Native America: Native Plant Foods" The Lower Mississippi Valley provided over 250 natural herbs for the Native Americans. Kim Hollier and Dr. Charles M. Allen of the Louisiana State Arboretum in Ville Platte give us a firsthand look at these wild edibles. Dr. Alma Blanchard, a "traiteur," explains the art of this alternative medicine practice and even treats Chef Folse for an old injury. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "France's Dordogne" Rick takes a canoe ride, visits a goose farm and savors the foie gras, wanders through a lamp-lit castle, enjoys a country market, and visits the Sistine Chapel of the prehistoric world.G
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Art Through Time: A Global View "History and Memory" Presents the wide range of approaches artists have used to recapture the past including Luba memory boards, Mexican lienzos, the Bayeux tapestry, Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series, the epic Persian Shahnama, Native American ledger drawings, Rubens's Marie de Medici cycle, and the multi-media work of contemporary artist Shimon Attie. D
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Art Through Time: A Global View "Ceremony and Society" Explores the role of masks, costumes, sculpture, and other objects used in rituals and spectacles around the world, including a Balinese Barong ritual, initiation rites performed by the Mende women of Sierra Leone, Caribbean Carnival parades, and performances at the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. D


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Hammersmith Empire
Everyone combines fire on the mercenary hero.
The hero, with his knowledge of Hammersmith Empire equipment, makes a near impossible shot through the Def Buggy's view hole.
Jimbo's head shoots off in a fountain of blood
Feat succeeds.
Mercenaries Eliminated
However, since it was in motion, the Def Buggy runs over a stormtrooper.
Then a MG trooper....
Until it stops at a wall.
An officer arrives at the base with a squad of 4
"At ease troopers, I'm Captain Mauser of Sector 3-B5. What's the situation here?"
"We were attacked by a force of mercenaries and what appear to be Hessian agents, sir. They hijacked an LRV and used it in the fight. Only myself and these two soldiers remain of the original garrison"
"Very bloody. Do you know why they attacked?"
"No sir, I have no idea. Would you like to inspect the inside?"
"Ah yes, these are Hessian Uberjaegers, very deadly warriors. Their ray guns are very powerful. This is alarming that they're on the planet."
"I must be off to inform command of this. The presence of Hessian Agents in the skirmish is no mere coincidence. I suspect they are planning an invasion. As for you and your men, you will be re-assigned to a new base. Wipe the computers of any data, if they had fallen into enemy hands, god knows what damage they could have done"
"Sir, yes Sir!"
The End
Final kill chart:
Defenders: 10
Mercenaries: 6+2 posthumous-1 friendly fire
Hessians: 4
Thank you for playing and keep on the look out for the next installment in the series, coming later this week!


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Residents who gathered Thursday for a public information meeting comparing two different routes to straighten a mile-long section of Bluffton Parkway weren't concerned with the particulars of the competing plans - they questioned the need for the $25 million project to begin with.
About 40 people not working for local government or engineering consultant Florence & Hutcheson examined blown-up maps of what's known as Bluffton Parkway Phase 5B at Bluffton High School, and the most vocal critics of the road that would create a new section from its northern terminus at Buckwalter Parkway to Buck Island Road came from the Rose Hill neighborhood, portions of which stand within about 500 feet of the route.
"We would like to let them know that we think Beaufort County is waging a war on Rose Hill, from both ends," said Barbara Baxter, a resident who's running for the Property Owner's Association board. "They want to put this parkway almost on top of houses, then in the northern end they want to expand this highway (U.S. 278) almost on top of us."
Baxter wasn't alone.
Dave Rice, another Rose Hill resident, said he doesn't want it built because the opportunity to travel due west to S.C. 170 without skipping down to the southern leg of Bluffton Parkway doesn't justify the encroachment, though he recognizes the primary justification has to do with speedy evacuations in the event of a major storm.
Although the informal meeting didn't include public commenting sessions, in interviews residents from Rose Hill and other neighborhoods similarly questioned the need for a road that essentially corrects a gap.
"I think there are too many other things we need, and if this is eventually going to (I-)95...we're not going to have local people on this road," said Laura MacKenzie of Hampton Hall. "It'll be (U.S.) 278 all over again."
Regardless of which route the Beaufort County Council decides, the road would run east from the northern intersection of Buckwalter and Bluffton parkways through a wooded area to Buck Island Road, splitting the Old Carolina Golf Club and Rose Hill neighborhoods. The road would come within about 400 feet of Crossings Boulevard, 500 to 600 feet of the southern streets of Rose Hill and some 800 feet of Hawthorne Court.
The current split at Buckwalter Parkway came about in early considerations of the Bluffton Parkway around 2001, when officials considered a southern route cutting through what is now Hampton Hall and Hampton Lake but opted for the existing setup after developer John Reed granted the rights, according to former Bluffton Mayor Hank Johnston, who served in town government from 1998 to 2008. He said that a coninuous route east wasn't a possibility then because the Old Carolina Golf Course and residential development stood in the way, but it's since been annexed and scaled down.
Beaufort County started developing the project in 2006, clearing environmental assessments with its plan two years later. Phase 5B was included among a slate of infrastructure works authorized in a 2006 penny-sales-tax referendum.
Bluffton officials came forward in 2011 proposing a different route that would shift the new intersection at Bluffton Parkway and Buckwalter about 350 feet north while softening the curve. They argued before an irritated County Council that their route better promotes development and safety while saving about $4 million in right-of-way costs from landowner John Reed, who was threatening to sue because the county's plan ran through part of his proposed University Investments property.
Reed agreed to donate land for a future Phase 5B at the intersection in a 2008 agreement that also established its approximate location, but the language of the agreement also made the donation contingent upon Reed's own acceptance of final routing, according to a Buckwalter development amendment.
Marc Orlando, director of Growth Management for Bluffton, said the town's plan leaves more space between the new proposed intersection and the intersection at Lake Point Drive, allowing more room for development and the potential for viable commercial corners around the meeting of Buckwalter and Bluffton parkways.
"You're moving the intersection farther away (from Parker's and Lake Point Drive). That's not a true commercial intersection, on an angle with a small corner," he said of the county's plan.
Regardless of Council's decision on which route to adopt, the project stands between roughly 18 months to two years from moving dirt at the very least, said County Administrator Gary Kubic, though he again emphasized the project will go forward until it proves impossible.
"You can't flip-flop, because there are real private dollars being invested based on a committment that this is going to happen, and that's a big responsibility," he said.
Kubic said he's confident the county's grant application to the State Infrastructure Bank will allow it to proceed without taking on debt when the SIB receives fresh funding in fiscal year 2014.
For now, consulting engineer Florence & Hutcheson have to recertify the town's proposed route with the S.C. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. The public meeting was part of that process, which now proceeds to a 15-day public commenting period and an application submitted in about a month, said Barrett Stone of Florence & Hutcheson.
Those comments are included in the application, though projects are usually denied only when they'd cause major disruption or connectivity issues, Stone said.
"Generally, it would take a significant impact in the eyes of the Federal Highway Administration," he said.
Residents can fax comments by March 8 to 843-470-2630 or mail them to Robert Klink at the Beaufort County Engineering Division, Building 3, 102 Industrial Village Rd., P.O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, S.C., 29901.


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Is there a treatment or preventionfor vertigo
in 1996 i had my first real serious bout with vertigo, i was basically diagnosed with this, then it went away til 1997may and agian in 1998 may and now in november of 2000 only this time i had a bad congestion , sinus, build up which caused a build up of blockage to the ears and then made me dizzy again, my doctor said it is viral infection, possible vertigo but no definite help or advice, so do you have any suggestions or treatments or ways i can avoid this crud, it really disrupts my life and i am really tired of how do i get this and why cant i control it, now i have read to stay away from caffeine, salt and stress, well the stress is the toughest, but what else is out there, can i do something, cause now i have been dizzy on and off since november 22nd , this is tthe longest bout of dizzy, but i have had congestion in my head for weeks and the doctor said that i should take decongestants which i have been on since nov23. adn i am ddried out now, i also take over the counter bonine for the dizziness, but i dont want to live on this, and i am afraid to drive alot, especially on the freeway, i just dont know whn i will get it again, the actual bout doestn last long, its just that i experience this funny feeling in my head, more often, well any help in treatments or preventions . do tell me. thanks
Whenever there is a history for recurrent "vertigo" it warrants evaluation by an otolaryngologist or otologist familiar with dizziness and inner ear diseases. "Vertigo" is usually used to describe the sensation of movement or a whirling type sensation without actual movement. Vertigo is also commonly mentioned in association with inner ear disease. From the limited history provided, a thorough neuro-otologic examination is indicated. A detailed history of hearing changes, tinnitus, ear pressure or fullness, as well as the dizziness episodes need to be investigated. A hearing test and specific balance tests are then indicated to help determine a diagnosis. Based upon these results, an imaging study (CT or MRI scan) is also a fairly common diagnostic test performed in the evaluation of dizzy patients.
The reason for performing all these tests is that after determining what is making you dizzy, your physician may be able to provide you with a diagnosis and specific treatment plan. Depending upon the diagnosis, these treatments may range from nothing, to physical therapy for your balance system, to various medications (e.g. diuretics or vestibular suppressants) or even surgery. So without diagnosing the problem, recommendations cannot be made with regards to how to "prevent" further attacks.
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UAlbany Data Scientists Leading Nationwide Initiative to Improve Transportation
Members of the Albany Visualization And Informatics Lab team: left to right, computer science graduate student Eric Conklin, Lewis Mumford Center Director Catherine T. Lawson, and AVAIL project manager Matthew Wolkoff. (Photo and treatment by Mark Schmidt)
ALBANY, N.Y. (March 18, 2014) — Applying pioneering web-based solutions, UAlbany associate professor and Lewis Mumford Center Director Catherine T. Lawson and the Albany Visualization And Informatics Lab (AVAIL), have been selected by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to lead a multi-state initiative to advance transportation planning in such areas as truck routing, pollution control, travel safety, traffic patterns, and more.
The UAlbany team has been awarded an initial $150,000 from FHWA's Transportation Pooled Fund Program, which is supported by several states' departments of transportation (DOTs). Utilizing innovative techniques, AVAIL will create software to enable government agencies, academic institutions, private industry and the general public to benefit from improved data visualization and analysis.
"Back in 1998, I met with Federal Highway Administration staff to talk about a future where archived Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) data would be visualized to enhance evidence-based transportation planning – and the future is finally here," said Lawson, who is chair of UAlbany's Department of Geography and Planning.
AVAIL is gaining momentum as a leading data science group within the Mumford Center. Its mission is to empower a new generation of students to assimilate computer science knowledge and subject-matter expertise within the field of data science. By seeking out these types of challenging projects, AVAIL is formulating practical technology solutions for private business and government clients.
In the new FHWA project, AVAIL's lead programmer, Alex Muro, will work with UAlbany computer science graduate students to create new open source transportation planning tools from WIM data, which Lawson calls "an amazing, yet untapped resource."
Other recent AVAIL projects have included creating open-source demand forecasting for New Jersey Transit bus ridership, a cloud-based decision-support system for a statewide network of automated weather stations, and a set of interactive maps to increase participation in the establishment of new community gardens in Glasgow, Scotland.
The 20-year-old Transportation Pooled Fund Program is a popular means for State DOTs, commercial entities, and FHWA program offices to combine resources and achieve common research goals. Pooling resources reduces marginal costs, and gets the most out of taxpayer dollars.
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e-con Systems is an embedded design services company that specializes in developing advanced camera solutions. At ESC 2012, they announced a Stereo Vision camera reference design based on Texas Instruments? OMAP/DM37x family of processors and Gumstix Overo computer-on-module (COM) series.
Called Capella, the reference design comes with a Software Development Kit that helps companies create their own Stereo Vision Camera based application. They include sample applications with source for synchronous stereo-image capture, depth measurement and more. A company video gives and overview of Capella.
Praveen K Ganapathy, Director, Business Development, Texas Instruments says: "With increasing, and more complex, demands for image processing applications like e-con Systems? Capella, there is a need for highly efficient processors that can deliver advanced user interface, improved graphics and video processing capabilities."
Customers can integrate Stereo Vision into their product design for mobile robotics obstacle detection or for computer-aided navigation and driver guidance in an automobile or for reconstructing 3D details of sculptures or even human faces.
Capella Stereo Vision
The Stereo Camera Reference design includes a DM3730-based Gumstix Overo WaterStorm COM, a Gumstix Tobi expansion board and e-con?s camera daughter board e-CAM_9V024_STEREO.
"Capella allows customers to implement traditional stereo camera applications such as disparity mapping, human tracking and gesture detection by implementing their own algorithms on top of our Stereo Camera reference design," according to Mr. Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.
e-con Systems Development Center is located in India, however they have sales offices in Europe – Germany, South America – Brazil, and North America ? Missouri. The Business Development Manager we spoke with at their booth in San Jose this week was P. Venkatprabu.
e-con?s e-CAM solutions provide a daughter board that has a camera module. It supports 1.3M, 3M and 5M pixel camera modules and flash for low light. It plugs into several development boards, interfacing with high speed cameras on OMAP, 35x, AM/DM37x PXA27x and others. Customers can license the design with schematics, BOM and source code for Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Linux and Android drivers.
e-con Systems almost ran out of candy to hand out, but they had lots of camera modules for attendees to look at
One camera daughter card e-CAMNT_35x_GSTIX is for customers using NTSC cameras with Gumstix Overo, such as those trying to connect a Sony CCD camera or other NTSC cameras with Gumstix Overo. Other examples of NTSC camera use are surveillance and long distance cameras and endoscopy which still use only NTSC cameras.
P. Venkatprabu, Business Development Manager for e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd. Published with permission
e-con is a well rounded product/service company. Their offerings include camera driver development, USB camera modules and CMOS camera modules. Their camera tuning services include IMATEST image quality test suite, Gretag-Macbeth Colorchecker and other test charts, along with color quality and color noise testing.
Their Alioth PXA300 development board is a dual board solution featuring a piggyback eSOM300 Computer on Module and carrier board. It is aimed at industrial controllers, in-vehicle telematics, mobile devices, and MIDs WebPads.
To supplement their canned solutions, e-con provides customers individually crafted custom camera module design. The company?s concept-to-product service starts with requirements and feasibility, moves on to project plan and acceptance test, to engineering design and hardware/software implementation. The prototype follows with testing, certification and production set up. They estimate a typical product development cycle as being from 6 months to 1 year.


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The Hoarders Will Hate the Next MacBook Pros
Feb 16, 2012 5:00 AM PT
While the last update to the MacBook Pro line came in October, the overall MacBook Pro design is getting a little old. But it's not bad. I have a buddy who just replaced his aging 15-inch MacBook Pro (motherboard died) with a new 15-incher, and he's insanely happy with the wicked speed boost and sturdy unibody design.
But I asked him, '"So what about the CD/DVD drive? Do you think Apple will keep it after the next MacBook Pro update? Do you think the next MacBook Pro will be more MacBook Air-like?"
He looked a little puzzled. "It's still useful," he stammered out, but he didn't pounce on any uses that were critical to him. Instead, the conversation turned to the cheap price of RAM that he just bought.
This guy is a systems administrator, a networking guru consultant guy, and his MacBook Pro is usually so busy that it only sleeps when he sleeps. And yet I got the feeling that he didn't much stick anything into the optical drive slot very often at all.
When Apple ditched the optical drive on the MacBook Air, maybe they weren't predicting the future so much as living it.
Do You Need the Drive?
I've had an irrational attraction to the drive for far too long. Until recently, I believed that I really needed it. In fact, had the Mac mini that was introduced last summer had the optical drive, I would have pounced on it then, at least thinking that if I didn't like it on my desktop, I could always transition it to the living room and the HDTV, where it could play an old-school DVD in a pinch. Sure, I could have purchased a separate MacBook Air SuperDrive, but it wasn't tidy and integrated. So I hesitated, hoping for a significant MacBook Pro update in October, which didn't come.
And what I've realized recently, as I was looking for CDs and DVDs to burn -- the first, for a music CD, since I somehow broke the auxiliary audio in my pickup, and the second for a DVD slideshow of a wedding that I shot for a family member -- I realized that I hadn't used the optical drive for months and months. In fact, I could not remember when I had last used it.
I truly had an emotional, irrational attachment to the drive.
Heck, in the laptop world, maybe only the people who really need optical drives are hoarders.
Whither the Hard Drive, Too?
What, then, does that say about the hard drive? Am I a hoarder with my hard drive?
I don't think so.
My iPhoto library is 80 GB, and it's only rapidly accelerating in size thanks to iPhone 4-based video. In addition, I have plenty of movies, home videos, and TV shows cluttering up my iTunes library. As I add hefty apps and textbooks and do things like attempt to create iBooks-based volumes, I only start using up more disk space. Of course, in regard to the TV shows, I know that I can offload them to an external hard drive and trust that Apple will give me access to them in the future via the cloud anytime I want. That's cool.
And you could argue that I could store a lot of photos and video in the cloud. But frankly, I'm not seeing it being a) cost effective, b) fast enough, and c) trustworthy enough. For example, I generally trust Apple, but trust Apple with the last 12 years of my life in pictures and video? No way. Same goes for most of the other big companies. And it's not about effective backups, it's about accounts, humans, bureaucracy and access. Can you imagine making a phone call into a customer support center and trying to get them to help you replace a photo of a trip from 2004? The one with the dog, the smile, and the sunshine behind?
So yeah, I need an onboard hard drive that's far larger than 128 or 256 GB.
Little SSDs on the MacBook Pros?
What's missing from the MacBook Air line? A version with a 15-inch screen. Portability is fantastic and all ... until you have to crank out some real work. At that point, a 15-inch screen can be critically important. What's missing from the MacBook Pro line? Svelte lines. My buddy's new 15-inch MacBook Pro (which you can't help but compare to iPads and MacBook Airs these days) is an absolute beast!
There's definitely room for a new pro-grade redesign.
The latest rumors seem to revolve around the notion that MacBook Airs are selling well with consumers, that Steve Jobs mentioned something about the Air being the next generation of MacBooks, and that Intel's Ivy Bridge processors will finally hit this spring. All of these three items point toward an Air-like redesign. Besides, how can Apple get better battery life and performance into its Pro models? Get rid of the optical drive and spinning-platter hard drives.
Dangers Abound
I've so far been lucky. I've been able to avoid buying new generations of MacBooks for multiple years, and my MacBook has served me well. But it's time to upgrade. It's at the edge of its useful lifespan, and in certain ways it's now holding me back. So come this spring, I'll be looking critically at the new MacBook Pros and/or 15-inch MacBook Air -- assuming that any of these rumors and consumer needs actually intersect.
Apple's answers could be awesome -- or totally suck. How might they suck? An underpowered 15-inch MacBook Air with a small SSD hard drive. The size is good, but the storage and processor could easily make it a tweener device. And what about new MacBook Pros? Same potential problem -- will they give up on-board storage for a reliance on the cloud or Thunderbolt external storage? That would be terrible for anyone looking for a do-it-all machine at a reasonable price.
And that's the crux of the matter. My only hope is that Apple offers a reasonably priced 15-inch do-it-all option. Unfortunately, I'm afraid our odds are 50-50 at best.


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Saint-Joseph is like Cote-Rotie's less sophisticated little brother: smaller scaled, less complex, and less refined. The Saint-Joseph appellation covers a larger area, stretching from just south of Cote-Rotie virtually to Hermitage, along the western bank of the Rhone River. Because these wines generally sell for a fraction of the price of Cote-Rotie and the economics of production rarely permit the use of much new oak.
aint-Joseph typically comes across as less sweet, and more rustic--and sometimes off-puttingly raw and austere to consumers who believe that Syrah should be a fruit bomb. But these wines are closer to my idea of classic Syrah than the overwhelming majority of super-ripe, high-alcohol monsters made in California, Australia, and elsewhere.
Saint-Josephs are typically best from age 3 to 10, but top wines from the strongest vintages can offer longer aging potential.
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We source only high-quality cashmere yarns. The raw material for our scarves is derived from the fine underhair of the cashmere goat. Each goat produces only 150 - 200 grams a year, which is just enough for a single scarf. The finest quality cashmere is usually between 14 and 16.5 microns thick, which is one of the reasons for its softness. With a staple length of 35 - 50mm, we ensure that the scarf won't pill easily, so you can wear it for years to come. Cashmere from Iran (17.5 - 19 micron) and Afghanistan (16.5-18 micron) is less desirable because it is rougher and pills more easily.
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Quality is not a matter of geography. However, producing scarves in Germany allows Fort Belvedere to work with a small weaver family with decades of experience. In addition, by working directly with the craftsman, we were able to create special sizes and provide a nice variety of patterns for you to choose from. It goes without saying that the workers' safety and environmental regulations in Germany are among the highest in the world.
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Our Lady Of The Darkness
2012, well, wrote a novel, remained useful at the stuff I actually get paid for, may have figured out a non-bending drivetrain solution for cycling, saw some birds, and had the number of people I know for whom my weird brain is unreservedly a feature go from one to two.
2013, well, I hope more cycling. And some more birds. And another novel, because the setting has momentum.
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Notes: Set Yale career records for save percentage, goals-against average and shutouts ... Has four of the top seven single-season goals-against averages in Yale history ... Has four of the top eight single-season save percentage marks in Yale history ... Career save percentage of .931 broke the school record in that category (.915, Sarah Love '06) by 16 points ... Career goals-against average of 2.12 broke the school record in that category (2.61, Shivon Zilis '08) by nearly half a goal ... 2,092 career saves place her fifth on Yale's all-time list.
2010-11 (Senior): Patty Kazmaier Award nominee ... .941 save percentage set the school record in that category ... 1.98 goals-against average ranks third on Yale's single season list, trailing only her own 1.67 mark from 2008-09 and the 1.978 mark posted by June Mendoza '80 in 1978-79 ... Three shutouts ... Career-high 49 saves vs. BC ... Played her best down the stretch, as Yale vied for an ECAC Hockey playoff spot despite missing two key defensemen due to season-ending injuries ... Had three shutouts in her final seven games, stopping 202 out of 211 shots in that span for a .957 save percentage and a 1.27 goals-against average ... Made 32 or more saves four times in final seven games ... Played through an injury, suffered in the third game of the year, that cost her seven games.
2009-10 (Junior): ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Patty Kazmaier Award nominee ... First team All-Ivy League ... First Yale player to be named first team All-Ivy since 2003-04, and the fourth different player (all goalies) to earn first team All-Ivy honors in Yale history ... Team MVP ... Save percentage of .927 (740 saves, 58 goals allowed) placed her 10th in the country ... Lowered her season goals-against average to 2.47 by allowing only 33 goals in her last 16 games (2.05 GAA), posting a .943 save percentage in that span ... Selected to ECAC Hockey All-Star team and made 10 saves in one period of exhibition game vs. Team USA ... ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week Jan. 25 after 1-0 shutout of St. Lawrence gave Bulldogs their first win over the Saints in history (had been 0-35-1) ... Broke Yale career record for shutouts with her 13th on Jan. 30, in just her 49th career game, and had four shutouts for the season ... Had a streak of 10 straight games with 30 or more saves, including 46 vs. Cornell Feb. 13 to tie previous career high.
2008-09 (Sophomore): ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Honorable mention All-Ivy League ... Team Tri-MVP ... Lowest goals-against average in Yale history (1.67) ... Tied Yale single-season shutout record (five, including three in a row near end of season) ... .934 save percentage ... Posted back-to-back-to-back shutouts at end of season, going 266:23 without allowing a goal until the streak was snapped in the final period of the final game ... Limited to 15 games by injury and illness.
2007-08 (Freshman): ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Honorable mention All-Ivy League ... Set Yale single-season goals-against average record (2.18) ... Had fourth-best single-season save percentage in school history (.921), placing 12th in the country in that category ... Four shutouts placed her one shy of school record and were the most ever for a Yale freshman ... ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week Jan. 28, ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week Nov. 5 ... Seven-time ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll selection ... Had a streak of 130:21 without allowing a goal, including back-to-back shutouts of Niagara and Cornell in January ... Had a shutout in her second career start, 3-0 at Brown Nov. 3 ... Posted a 7-5-3 record ... Made career-high 46 saves in playoff game at St. Lawrence ... Got better as season wore on, stopping 261 of 279 shots (.935) and posting a 1.86 goals-against average in her final 10 games.
USA Hockey: Attended USA Hockey Under-22 Select Team tryouts in spring of 2008 ... Selected for USA Hockey's Warren Strelow Goaltending Camp three times ... Five-time USA Hockey player development camp pick.
Before Yale: All-New England in 2006-07 for Taft ... Two-time All-Founders League selection ... Captain as a senior ... Team won Founders League title her junior year ... Team advanced to New England quarterfinals her freshman year ... Won Taft's Patsy K. Odden Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship ... Also played for Connecticut Polar Bears ... Easton Skills Overall Best Goaltender and Breakaway Competition winner at 2007 US Nationals ... MVP of 2007 St. Jerome Tournament ... 2006 Beantown Classic Best Goaltender and first team all tournament selection ... 2005 Beantown Classic MVP, Best Goaltender and first team all-tournament selection.
Off the Ice: Member of Branford College ... History of science/history of medicine major, pre-med ...Volunteers at a local hospice each week ... Graduate of Yale Athletics Department's Kiphuth Leadership Academy ... Volunteers with Yale's Relay for Life American Cancer Society fundraiser ... Has taught sports skills and fitness lessons at a homeless shelter and also to local youths at Yale Athletics Youth Days.
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Scouting Report: Westman Islands, Iceland
Eleven people lucky enough to travel for a living reveal their favorite recent discoveries—places they happened upon and still can't stop thinking about. Here are their stories.
THE TRAVELER Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, a Travel Channel series devoted to exploring local cuisines that keeps Zimmern globe trotting for about 30 weeks each year.
THE PLACE When your specialty is bizarre food, your travels take you well beyond the world's slick capitals and posh restaurants. It's the off-the-beaten-path spots that hold the most promise for Zimmern. One of his recent favorites is the Westman Islands, off the south coast of Iceland. "Most people who go to Iceland stay in Reykjavík, and if they leave, it's to do a one-day excursion somewhere north of the city," he says. So naturally, when he set out to shoot a recent TV episode, Zimmern took his crew south. "I wanted to connect with the real Iceland," he says.
When he landed on Heimaey, the only inhabited island in the wild volcanic archipelago, the first thing Zimmern noticed was the locals. "They look like they just stepped off a Norse boat!" he says. In fact, the 15 islands are named not for the Norse settlers but for the Irish they enslaved; the Norse referred to the Irish as Vestmenn, or Westmen. Heimaey's roughly 5,000 inhabitants are still mostly a mix of Norse and Celtic descendants.
The principal industry is commercial fishing, and the wharf is lined with unassuming seafood restaurants. "They're packed during lunch and dinner," Zimmern says. "I'd walk down the row and pick a different one for each meal." The just-caught fish—cold-water species like cod and halibut—are usually prepared in a traditional European style, sautéed in brown butter. "In the States, cod gets kind of a bad rap," says Zimmern. "But here, it's the most pristine, beautiful, flaky white fish."
Ever the adventurous traveler, Zimmern explored the islands by hitching rides with local fishermen. If a professional operation is more your speed, go with Viking Tours. The 90-minute ride circles Heimaey, yielding picture-perfect vistas of rugged sheer cliffs, with killer whales splashing offshore, plus a healthy population of puffins. Venture inside Klettshellur, a sea cave formed by crashing waves; a crew member will likely play a tune or two on a saxophone to demonstrate the dramatic acoustics. For a live music blowout, accompanied by bonfires, plan your visit for August's annual rollicking Westman Islands Festival.
THE DETAILS It's a 20-minute flight from Reykjavík, but weather-related cancellations are common, icelandair.is, from $80 round trip. The more reliable ferry takes about three hours. It travels through open sea, so the ride can be rough, eimskip.com, one-way ticket from $21. Viking Tours, 011-354/4-88-4884, boattours.is, $38; Hótel Mamma Guesthouse, Vestmannabraut 25, 011-354/481-2900, from $125. One caveat: the recent eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano has dropped some ash on the islands, so this may not be the year to go.
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Steven Miller, Saranac, MI., will be getting a good paying summer job and vacationing in California; Khondoker Tanveer Haider, Dhaka, Bangladesh, will be doing research for Gameen Bank in Dhaka, which be aimed to demonstrate that learning by association is the main driver for the success of micro-credit and to verify the reason behind the quick repayment of some members; Jonathan O'Donnell, Huntington, IN., will be staying on campus doing research in Organic Chemistry with Dr. LePlae for ten weeks; LeeCoye Parker, Laurel, MS., will be working with Komp Gas and Supply, LLC as the Intern Manager of Gas Productions overseeing gas productions which include; oxygen, acetylene, and propane.
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Rabin Paudel, Kathmandu, Nepal, working with Dr. Madsen at Physics Department for eight weeks in the summer on his research on quantum properties using trapped ions; Alex Ingram Pendelton, IN., will be in a Political Science Internship under Professor David Hadley; Mark Schultz, Fort Wayne, IN., will be doing an internship with Summit City Radio group funded by Wabash College; focusing on many business aspects including marketing, production and management, found the internship through Career Services. Chad Simpson, Fort Wayne, IN., will be working in stores owned by his parents including Krispy Kreme, Higher Grounds and various scrapbook stores;
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Jonathan Stefl, Crawfordsville, IN., will be interning with a manufacturing engineer at Atco Rubber Products; Chad Sorenson, Newburgh, IN., working with UPS in Evansville, IN., Xikuan Wang, Nanjing, China, will be a biology research intern for Professor Rebecca Sparks-Thissen at Wabash; Craig Cochran, Indianapolis, IN., will be Scoutcraft Director at Camp Belzer and a City Counselor for Hoosier Boys State; Victor Nava, Dell Valle, TX., will be serving as an assistant coach old for his former high school speech/debate team for May, then judge at the National Catholic Forensic League 2007 National Tournament in Houston TX; Anthony Tellez, Tucson, AZ., will be working this summer; Sam Prellwitz, Ripon, WI., will be working on the family strawberry farm as well as in a bike shop in a nearby town;
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