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Justin Bieber Writes Song for Mom, Releasing Around Mother's Day
Justin Bieber has the ultimate Mother's Day Gift for his beloved mom Pattie Mallette. He wrote a song for her, initially intended for 'Believe,' and is instead releasing it sometime this week. It's also going to raise money for charity. Mama Mallette did a terrific job raising the Biebs on her own, didn't she?
The song certainly has an increased emotional and personal value knowing that the 'Boyfriend' singer penned it for his No. 1 gal — sorry, Selena! He is really getting personal on 'Believe,' which drops June 19, as he revealed he has written a song about Mariah Yeater, the girl who tried to say that she had his baby, too.
So J to the B is writing songs about all aspects of life, from the good (Pattie) to the bad (Mariah.) There has to be a song inspired by Sel in there somewhere.
Below is Bieber's tweet about his aama's song!
like i said on @mtv im gonna release the song i wrote for my mom #TurnToYou end of this week for Mother's Day to raise money for charity
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) May 7, 2012
Pattie must be beaming with pride over what a fine, upstanding and generous young gentleman she's raised. His dad Jeremy Bieber must be thrilled, too. That Biebs. He is a good kid through and through.
All you Beliebers need to share this song with your moms and help out the Bieb's good cause. A bouquet of flowers is nice, but a song lasts forevs!
Now if only we could get Da Biebs to write a song for us…


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March 22, 2007
Wabash students, faculty, and staff will gather Saturday for a unique 'thank you' to benefactors providing student scholarships.
The Celebrating Scholarship Luncheon began in 2004 and has become a key event on the spring College calendar. The luncheon is a way to recognize named scholarships at Wabash, said Marilyn Smith, Coordinator of Donor Relations.
"It is an event where many students can meet the benefactors and family members connected to the scholarships, which allow Wabash to offer merit- or need-based aid to cover 90 percent of its students.
"Alumni appreciate their Wabash experience and how it changed their lives, and want to share it with others and perpetuate the opportunity for future generations."
More than 300 people are expected for Saturday's luncheon. Dr. Christopher Coble '85, Program Director, Religion Division of Lilly Endowment, will deliver one of two key addresses. He was a recipient of the Ferdinand Tannenbaum Scholarship while at Wabash.
Tim Schirack '07, recipient of the Smith Family Scholarship, will deliver the other keynote address.
President Patrick White and Dean of Advancement Joe Emmick will also make remarks.
"Although each year students write thank you letters to the benefactors, the luncheon gives students and parents an opportunity to personally say thanks to the donors of their scholarships," Smith said.

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Two matches in and the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball team is looking good in London.
The U.S., which won the gold medal four years ago in Beijing, began its quest for a repeat Sunday by sweeping Serbia. The U.S. followed a similar path Tuesday when it swept past Germany to run its record to 2-0 in Pool B play.
Team USA, ranked fifth in the world, plays its third Pool B match against Brazil at noon (PDT) Thursday.
Alan Knipe (Marina High) of Huntington Beach coaches the 12-member U.S. team, which includes local players David McKienzie of Hermosa Beach (Huntington Beach High) and Fountain Valley resident Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley High).
Team USA defeated Serbia, 25-17, 25-22, 25-21, and edged Germany, 25-23, 25-16, 25-20.
"I thought there were a lot of good things we did, but probably better than most was the attention to detail, especially our blocking defense, our transition, just the out-of-system plays created a lot of opportunities to score points," Knipe said of the Serbia match.
Holmes registered three kills and three blocks against Serbia.
"I thought we played very well," he said. "We have been focusing on trying to start off strong from the very first ball and I felt we did that very well from the first set. We kept a lot of pressure on them (Serbia) with our serve, which helped us to set up in good spots with our blocking and defense. We also took advantage of the chances we had to convert points in transition situations."
The Serbia match was Holmes' first in Olympic competition.
"It was an honor and very exciting for me to be out there on the court competing for our country in my first Olympic match," he said. "It's such an awesome feeling to be a part of this great team and to be contributing to our team's success."
Holmes, who started along side David Lee at middle blocker, finished with five kills (on seven attacks) and four blocks against Germany.
McKienzie, an opposite, was a sub in both the first and third sets against Germany.
As his first week in London is coming to an end, Holmes said he is enjoying the Olympic experience
"The Opening Ceremony was nothing short of spectacular," he said. "Simply electrifying to be in the middle of that atmosphere. I believe it is every athlete's dream to compete in the Olympic Games and so for me, it is no different. I am living the dream, or at least my dream. I am enjoying every ounce of this experience and I am trying to make the most of this amazing and rare opportunity."
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Dick Woodfin's first memory is of his father pouring wheat seed from a bag into a metal pail and then slinging it by hand as he trudged over the plowed ground. He was about 14 months old.
He says modern technology, including satellites and computers that monitor seeding rate for specific areas in wheat fields, is a long way from how his father planted. "But we're not through yet," he says. "We keep progressing."
He's witnessed some of the world's most revolutionary changes in agricultural production and has embraced and promoted technology he believed would help farmers work more efficiently and improve their lives.
Woodfin, of Grand Junction, Colo., will turn 101 in December. He served as a county agent through some of the most trying times this country's farmers have ever seen, beginning his career in 1930 in Crowley County, Colo., just in time for the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
He recently attended the National Association of County Agricultural Agents in Albuquerque, N.M., a meeting he's missed rarely in the last 50 years. He was a popular visitor, often surrounded by county agents, young and old, who reveled in his stories and marveled at his wisdom.
As he sat for this interview, Baxter Black, cowboy poet, entertainer and keynote speaker for the opening session of the annual meeting, sought him out, stooped by his wheelchair and expressed appreciation for Woodfin's participation in the meeting.
"You honor this group with your presence," Black said.
"I don't know about that," Woodfin responded as he gently touched Black on the shoulder.
Even at the century mark, Woodfin lights up a room with his presence. He's affable, witty, warm, respectful and willing to share his memories with anyone who'll listen. The memories go back to when farmers struggled against overwhelming odds just to scratch a meager living from the soil.
Woodfin was born in Missouri in 1900. His family moved, in a covered wagon, to Oklahoma to file for a homestead when he was just four years old. He remembers sitting on a riding plow and recalls feeling good about his family's occupation. He remembers growing up on a farm as a time of peace and contentment.
He was eager to learn but had to overcome steep obstacles to get an education. Because his family moved often as farm prospects waxed and waned, he attended school irregularly and often had to start over.
"I skipped sixth and seventh grade," he says, "and started the eighth grade four different times."
Once he got so discouraged when a teacher pointed out that he was ineligible to be in the eighth grade because he couldn't spell "eligible" he dropped out and went to work on a dairy.
"I milked 10 or 12 cows a day and made $25 a month," he says. "I decided I needed to go back to school."
On his next attempt a better teacher helped him catch up, and he passed his eighth grade exam when he turned 18. Then decided he needed military discipline. He saved enough money to take the train to Denver to enlist in the Marines. "They turned me down because I was 5 pounds underweight," he says.
"So I tried to join the Navy. They turned me down because I had flat feet. I was out of money, so I went back home. It was funny in a way. I could walk all day behind a plow but couldn't walk on a ship with a wooden deck because of flat feet."
Money for school
He heard about an opportunity to learn agriculture at Fort Collins, Colo. "It cost $300 for tuition," he recalls. "So I got a job on the railroad for $6 a day, less $1 a day for room and board. In July, I worked in Kansas sacking wheat for $7 a day. I finally made $300 and went back to Cheyenne Wells, Colo., where my family was living. I helped my father with his dray business for a few weeks and then went off to the Fort Collins-Colorado School of Agriculture.
"I thought I was in paradise. I got to play football on the scrub team. I was too old to play on the regular squad."
His junior year he was captain of his ROTC company and "finally got the military training I wanted."
In 1924 he went on to Colorado State University and finished his degree in 1928. He taught vocational agriculture at Big Springs, Neb., for a year. He also coached the debate team and the girls and boys basketball teams.
The next year he went to work for the Colorado Extension Service, but the job was short-lived. The contract ran out, and he was out of work in the heart of The Great Depression.
"I couldn't even get work with the railroad. A lot of people were looking for jobs. I sold some farm insurance, but not much. I went 10 months without a steady job."
But he met his wife at that post, and they were married for 69 years. She passed away just a year ago.
Tough times
He finally got a new Extension Service assignment in Burlington, Colo., Kit Carson County.
"I spent 14 years there as county agent," he says.
He recalls working with the Kit Carson County Farm Bureau, which he helped form, to buy a small generator to provide electric lighting for night meetings.
"We held a lot of committee meetings for crops, poultry, beef and other commodities, and we had to meet at night in barns, school houses and homes," he says. "With the generator, we didn't have to rely on lanterns."
He also got a projector and movies to show at meetings. "That generator helped create an appetite for rural electrification," he says "The Farm Bureau vowed to put electricity on every farm in the county."
He also helped provide water to rural families in Mesa, where he worked in the 1940s. He recalls running up against some city officials who preferred to keep most of the water for the municipality and not allow pipelines into rural areas.
With a strong organization, some shrewd politicking, and a commitment to his constituents, Woodfin helped reverse the trend and got water to the farms.
"I had folks explain the situation to the city merchants," he said. "I recommended that we visit in pairs. While one talked the other listened and thought about what to say next. That way we didn't get surprised."
Rural residents got their water.
Woodfin recalls in the darkest days of the Dust Bowl farmers having to kill livestock because they could not raise enough forage to feed them. He also refused to let a federal government agent come into the county to kill the animals. He felt that local farmers could better select the stock to be destroyed and would resent outsiders taking over that chore, onerous as it was.
He recalls years of drought and "awful infestations of grasshoppers and locusts in the 1930s. It was a hard time for agriculture."
He says farmers began to recover in the early 1940s as the economy began to improve. "And we finally began to get rain."
Looking for efficiency
Farm management was always an issue with Woodfin's clientele.
"In Kit Carson County, I had farmers ask me to help them develop a production system where they could make $2,400 per year from their farms. I began collecting records, four to five years of production costs and incomes. I sent these to our economist to tabulate. We're still doing the same kind of analysis today, but we're using computers instead of doing it by hand."
He says farmers still face the same problems of balancing costs against return and finding ways to make a farm profitable.
"We're losing farm population and I sometimes wonder what consumers will do for food if we no longer have enough farmers to produce it."
Huge strides
Woodfin has seen tremendous improvements in farm productivity in his career. "In Kit Carson County, average grain yield was 2.5 tons per acre (in the 1930s). Our demonstration plots made 6 or 7 tons. Proper fertilization was the key."
He says use of commercial fertilizers and improved varieties are two of the most significant changes he's seen in his career. "And machinery is so much more efficient."
Woodfin has been retired since 1962 and has used his time to travel. He and his wife bought a travel trailer the year he retired and took it to the World's Fair in Seattle. "We visited every state in the United States and most of the Canadian provinces. We went to Europe three times. We saw the moon shot in Florida."
He still has a recreational vehicle, and his daughter Jeanne Moody often travels with him.
He broke a hip last winter, which has slowed him some, but he still gets around with a wheel chair or a walker. Until that injury, he mowed his lawn and gardened.
His daughter says growing up as a county agent's child was an ideal existence. "I was well into 4-H," she says, "and I used a lot of my 4-H training in my career as a director of housekeeping for a motel."
She recalls traveling with her dad. "I was a tomboy. If it had to do with agriculture, I wanted to tag along."
Woodfin devoted his life to improving the lot of rural families. He even served one term in the Colorado state legislature. And though retired, he still contributes. Every time he shares his stories with an audience or with just one listener, he offers perspective on where agriculture is and where it's come from in 100 years. His life exemplifies how one person can make a difference.
And he honors the farmers who continue to struggle to make a living from the soil.
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London to Budapest on a Shoestring
About Italy
Experience the best of Europe with this 15-day tour that explores six countries and almost a dozen cities. Why settle for gaping at beautiful locations on postcards when you can see them in person? Picnic in front of The Eiffel Tower, wander through the grand buildings of Vienna, and maybe even jump into a thermal bath in Budapest or hang-glide over Interlaken. This tour has it all, including just enough free time to create your own adventures in between. Go. Create.
What's Included
Your G for Good Moment: Migrantour Rome, Rome
Your Foodie Moment: Eiffel Tower Picnic, Paris
Your Discover Moment: Paris
Your Discover Moment: Interlaken
Your Discover Moment: Rome
Your Discover Moment: Florence
Your Discover Moment: Venice
Your Big Night Out Moment: Budapest. Picnic in front of Eiffel Tower (Paris). Orientation walks in Interlaken, Venice, Vienna, and Budapest. All transport between destinations and to/from included activities.
Relax with a picnic in Paris, share a photo op at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, marvel at the grandeur of Venice, explore glaciers in Interlaken
Itinerary Notes
Please note that our 18-to-Thirtysomethings accommodation in Europe is multi-share. For more info, see the "About Accommodation" section under "Tour Details".
For tours departing on September 09, 2018 and September 16, 2018, your arrival flight must arrive by or before 12:00 on Day 1.
Important Notes
1.It is important to note that in Europe, all guiding is based around local guides all of whom are licensed to work only in a particular city. As such, our leaders are able to provide orientation walks which will show you the layout of each town and city as well as the location of local services such as post offices and laundromats, but are unable to legally share historical facts and figures in public places.
2. In Europe it is very rare to find elevators in train stations, hotels or other public places. We use public transport on this trip, which means you will need to carry your luggage from platform to platform, in and out of trains and buses etc. and also possibly up several flights of stairs. You will also need to be able to stow your luggage safely on trains and buses. It is therefore essential that you pack light and bring luggage which is compact and lightweight, and which you can easily transport. The carrying of your luggage remains your responsibility at all times.
3. COMBO TRIPS. Please note that this trip is a combination of multiple G Adventures tours. As such, the staff operating your tour may change between tour segments. You may also expect some group members to join or leave the tour, between tour segments.
4.This trip has a fast-paced itinerary with some long transport days – please check the itinerary carefully before deciding if this trip suits your needs.
5. Please note that if you wish to visit popular museums such as the Vatican Museums (Sistine Chapel) and Villa Borghese in Rome, and the Uffizi or Accademia Galleries in Florence, to avoid waiting in line for a long time (especially in high season May-September when it could be a question of hours!), it is advisable to reserve tickets in advance. Tickets can be reserved online at www.weekendafirenze.com or by phone (+39) 055 294883 from Monday to Friday 8.30am-6.30pm, Saturday 8.30am-12.30pm. If you are interested in purchasing tickets we recommend that you do so once your G Adventure trip is confirmed (up to 2 months before if possible), especially for the ever-popular Uffizi, and for any time after 11am on Day 10. For additional museum resources you might want to refer to this website, www.firenzemusei.it, for more information to plan your day in Florence.
Group Leader Description
This G Adventures group trip is accompanied by one of our group leaders. The aim of the group leader is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible. They will provide information on the places you are travelling through, offer suggestions for things to do and see, recommend great local eating venues and introduce you to our local friends. While not being guides in the traditional sense you can expect them to have a broad general knowledge of the countries visited on the trip, including historical, cultural, religious and social aspects.
It is important to note that in Europe, all guiding is based around local guides all of whom are licensed to work only in a particular city. As such, our leaders are able to provide orientation walks which will show you the layout of each town and city as well as the location of local services such as post offices and laundromats, but are unable to legally share historical facts and figures in public places. If you wish to take a guided city tour in any location our CEO will do their best to help you arrange this and pay locally.
Group Size Notes
Max 16, avg 10.
Meals Included
1 breakfast, 1 lunch
Eating is a big part of traveling. Travelling with G Adventures you experience the vast array of wonderful food that is available out in the world. Generally meals are not included in the trip price when there is a choice of eating options, to give you the maximum flexibility in deciding where, what and with whom to eat. It also gives you more budgeting flexibility, though generally food is cheap. Our groups tend to eat together to enable you to taste a larger variety of dishes and enjoy each other's company. There is no obligation to do this though. Your CEO will be able to suggest favourite restaurants during your trip.
Train, public bus, metro, ferry, walking.
About our Transportation
On this trip we will use local buses and trains for intercity transport and a mix of metro (subway), local bus, taxis and walking for transport between hotels and bus/train stations. Please be prepared to carry your own bags short distances (20-30 mins max) between hotels and transport, as well as to lift your bags on and off buses and trains. Please note that there is often limited luggage storage space on public transport.
Transport of 18-to-Thirtysomethings tours:
As we rely heavily on public transportation during this trip, we ask you to be flexible for possible changes in the modes of transport and schedules, which may necessitate small itinerary changes.
Please note that the accommodation on overnight buses and trains varies in Europe. Overnight buses typically have airline-style reclining seats. On some overnight trains, tickets are for airline-style seats whereas other overnight journeys are in multi-share sleeper compartments. Please see day-to-day itinerary for specific information about accommodation type for overnight journeys.
Simple hotels/hostels (14 nts, multi-share).
About Accommodation
The variety and local flavour of our accommodation is a favourite part of our European 18-to-Thirtysomethings trips. Although the properties we use are simply furnished and with few facilities, we base our choices on location, character and cleanliness. We will stay in a mixture of hostels, and private rooms in local households.
All accommodation on this tour is multi-share, on a single-sex basis. This may involve 4-6 group members sharing and even (on rare occasions) dormitory-style rooms for the whole group. The majority of accommodation will have shared bathroom facilities.
Couples: Please note that due to the types of accommodation used in Europe we are not able to take requests for double or matrimonial beds, or room you together on this tour. In multi-share hostels, couples will likely be accommodated in separate rooms.
Joining Instructions
The trip commences at 5:30pm at Cafe Benugo on the ground floor in St. Pancras International Station. It's imperative to arrive on time to ensure boarding to the Eurostar. There will be a table reserved, and your CEO will be waiting with a G Adventures logo on the table. If you arrive early, luggage storage is available at St. Pancras Station. The exact time of departure from St. Pancras to Paris will vary, but there will be time for you to buy some food before we leave or maybe even a celebratory drop of champagne at the longest champagne bar in the world!
From Heathrow Airport – Take the Piccadilly Line directly to Kings Cross. The single fair to Kings Cross is approximately £5.50 and the journey time is roughly 1 hour.
From Gatwick Airport – Take the Gatwick Express to Victoria Train Station. From there, take the Victoria Line to Kings Cross.
London City Airport – Take the DLR (Docklands Light Rail) to Bank. Once there, change to the Northern Line on to Kings Cross. Overall journey time is roughly 50 minutes. Cost for a single DLR ticket is approximately £4.00.
Emergency Contact
Should you need to contact us during a situation of dire need, it is best to first call our G Adventures Local Office. If for any reason you do not receive an immediate answer, please leave a detailed message and contact information, so they may return your call and assist you as soon as possible.
G Adventures UK office: +447817262559
If you are unable for any reason to contact our local office, please call the numbers listed below, which will connect you directly with our 24 hour Sales team, who will happily assist you.
Toll-free, from calls within North America only: 1 888 800 4100
Calls from within UK: 0344 272 0000
Calls from within Germany: 0800 365 1000
Calls from within Australia: 1 300 796 618
Calls from within New Zealand: 0800 333 307
Outside North America, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the UK: +1 416 260 0999
For absolute emergencies after office hours please contact +44 7817 262559
If for any reason you do not receive an immediate answer, please leave a detailed message and contact information, and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
What to Take
We recommend using a backpack for your convenience, or a medium-sized suitcase if you prefer. A daypack is also essential for carrying everyday items. Space is limited on transportation, so there is a limit of one main piece of luggage per person. You will be responsible for carrying your own luggage. You must be prepared to carry your luggage up and down stairs, on and off transportation, and to hotels (max 15-20 mins.)
Conservative Dress:
• Modest clothing that covers knees and shoulders (Long pants, long skirts, shirts that cover shoulders)
• Shawl or scarf (for temple visits)
• Flight info (required) (Printouts of e-tickets may be required at the border)
• Insurance info (required) (With photocopies)
• Passport (required) (With photocopies)
• Required visas or vaccination certificates (required) (With photocopies)
• Vouchers and pre-departure information (required)
• Binoculars (optional)
• Camera (With extra memory cards and batteries)
• Cash, credit and debit cards
• Day pack (Used for daily excursions or short overnights)
• Ear plugs
• First-aid kit (should contain lip balm with sunscreen, sunscreen, whistle, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, bandaids/plasters, tape, anti-histamines, antibacterial gel/wipes, antiseptic cream, Imodium or similar tablets for mild cases of diarrhea, rehydration powder, water purification tablets or drops, insect repellent, sewing kit, extra prescription drugs you may be taking)
• Flashlight/torch (Headlamps are ideal)
• Fleece top/sweater
• Footwear
• Hat
• Locks for bags
• Long pants/jeans
• Moneybelt
• Outlet adapter
• Personal entertainment (Reading and writing materials, cards, music player, etc.)
• Reusable water bottle
• Shirts/t-shirts
• Sleepwear
• Small travel towel
• Sunglasses
• Toiletries (Preferably biodegradable)
• Watch and alarm clock
• Waterproof backpack cover
• Windproof rain jacket
Warm Weather:
• Sandals/flip-flops
• Shorts/skirts (Longer shorts/skirts are recommended)
• Sun hat/bandana
• Swimwear
Laundry facilities are offered by some of our hotels for a charge. There will be times when you may want to or have to do your own laundry so we suggest you bring non-polluting/biodegradable soap. Your CEO can also show you where the you can get your laundry done.
Visas and Entry Requirements
Contact your local embassy or consulate for the most up-to-date visa requirements, or see your travel agent. It is your responsibility to have the correct travel documentation. While we provide the following information in good faith, it is vital that you check yourself and understand that you are fully responsible for your own visa requirements.
All visitors to the EU (European Union) and EEC (European Economic Community) countries require a valid passport (with a minimum 6 months validity). USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand passport holders do not need a visa to visit the Schengen area (see below), however they may not stay longer than three months in any 6-month period.
For other nationalities, travelling in Europe has been simplified with the introduction of the Schengen visa. As a visitor to the Schengen area (Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Portugal, Finland, Italy, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland) you will enjoy the many advantages of this unified visa system. Generally speaking with a Schengen visa, you may enter one Schengen country and travel freely throughout the Schengen region during the validity of your visa. There are limited border controls at Schengen borders, if any at all.
Please note that the UK and Ireland are NOT part of the Schengen agreement.
A Schengen visa is applied for at the Embassy or Consulate of the Schengen country in which you will be spending the most nights on your trip to the Schengen space. If you are only visiting one country on your trip then you apply for your visa at the Consulate of this Schengen country.
Money Exchange
Credit cards and debit cards are very useful for cash advances but you must remember to bring your PIN number (be aware that many ATM machines only accept 4-digit PINs). Both Cirrus and Plus system cards are the most widely accepted debit cards. Visa cards are the most widely accepted credit cards. While ATMs are commonly available, there are no guarantees that your credit or debit cards will actually work – Check with your bank. You should be aware when purchasing products or services on a credit card, that a fee usually applies.
Do not rely on credit or debit cards as your only source of money. A combination of Euros, traveller's cheques and cards is best. Avoid relying on traveller's cheques alone as these are less and less readily cashed as clients use them very little.
Always take more rather than less, as you don't want to spoil the trip by constantly feeling short of funds.
It is customary in Europe to leave a small tip for service providers, such as waiters, if you are pleased with the service (€1-2).
Tipping is an expected – though not compulsory – component of your tour program, and an expression of satisfaction with the persons who have assisted you on your tour. Although it may not be customary to you, it is of considerable significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels. There are several times during the trip where there is opportunity to tip the local guides. You may do this individually, or your CEO will offer to collect the money and tip as a group. Recommendations for tipping local guides would range from €3-5 per day, depending on the quality and length of the service; ask your CEO for specific recommendations based on the circumstances and culture.
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"The success of our alumni is an honor to the School and the faculty and staff who played a part in their education," said Douglas A. Shackelford, dean of UNC Kenan-Flagler. "These awards celebrate alumni who have distinguished themselves through their careers, their contributions to the broader community and their service to UNC Kenan-Flagler. We recognize them as role models for the graduates who will follow."
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• William M. Moore, Jr. (MBA '67) of Chapel Hill, N.C., chairman, Lookout Capital, received the Business School Leadership Award for exceptional achievement in a career field, personal endeavor or service to UNC Kenan-Flagler.
• Ajit Dayal (MBA '83) of Mumbai, India, founder, Quantum Advisors Private Limited, received the Global Leadership Award for global participation and initiative to advance the School's education, research and public service mission.
• Ashok S. Jayaram (MBA '11) of Mandya, India, founder, Belaku Eye Hospitals, received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award for leadership in career accomplishments and exceptional commitment to the School.
Four Alumni Merit Awards from UNC Kenan-Flagler's degree programs were presented to alumni who personify the School's tradition of excellence:
• William J. Armfield IV (BSBA '56) of Richmond, Va., president, Spotswood Capital, LLC, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Award
• Michele G. Buck (MBA '87) of Hummelstown, Pa., president, North America, The Hershey Company, Master of Business Administration Award
• Gary L. Monroe (EMBA '98) of Chapel Hill, N.C., president, Gilder Office for Growth, Executive Master of Business Administration Award
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I am still feeling the energy from the Girls in ICT venue held in New York City on April 26, 2012 where I participated on a panel with outstanding women from Microsoft, Ushahidi and Facebook.
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For the ITU press release from this awesome event, see here.
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I was most impressed with Joanne O'Riordan who presented at this venue and challenged the technology industry to think out of the box in her call for a personal robot. Joanne was born with Total Amelia Syndrome, that is without limbs – but by all means NOT limitless. You, too, can listen to Joanne's inspiring keynote here.
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I will be spending my first two weeks in Hood River this summer. I will be driving from western ny. I just got into Dirt Biking with my son and want to know if its worth bringing the dirt bikes out to the Gorge.
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From what I hear, dirt biking is very good here, even better in the more open, less forested deserts in the eastern parts of the state, the ID panhandle, etc. . Utah is aint, but I suspect the Gorge area riding is much like that of upstate NY (I lived in Rome, NY and rode there up to 7 days a week, clear through the winter some years.) Youll also find some riding (and WSing) on the way out, Id bet. If you keep one eye on the trees, one on the lakes depicted on the road map, and an ear on the weather radio . . . YOULL GET IN A REALLY BAD WRECK. You may also find some good spots to ride or sail. For example, you drive right along the whole southerm shore of Lake Erie, and pass just south of a GIANT lake in N&S Dakota. OTOH, Im guessing summertime winds are not that great along I-90.
And may I presume youve pinged the dirt bike forums? Called some dirt bike shops (Google Yellow Pages) btw your home and ours? Figured out where youll stow the bikes while here? (Trailers can really make parking a challenge here in the summer, to the point of keeping you out of one popular venue altogther and requiring you to arrive early at many sites.) I also hope you THOROUGHLY road test that trailer in rough conditions before coming out here; Ive built many trailers for bikes. sleds, and WSing, and most needed tweaks or even minor redesigns to perform smoothly for the long haul. In particular, high racks need really solid lateral bracing to hold up to side g-loads, and fenders take a lot of abuse. Even my aerospace-grade and -formed fenders gave me fits until I wrang out the kinks. Tip: shock absorbers really help a trailer hold the road.
BTW, I just today saw your months-old iW messages to me (iWs message notification is microscopic); Ill get an answer to you before long, but should add that Ive never ridden dirt bikes this side of Idaho, and that was many moons ago; I gave em up when my healing time began to interfere with windsurfing.
But no mattre how much you learn about the trip, here and on the way, you probably wont know whether it was worth bringing the bikes until midway into your time here. It all depends on what you find in the way of wind and dirt on the trip. My wife and I hauled our bikes to Nova Scotia, and used the dang things only one day . . . but it netted us a side trip well never forget right up to the front gate of the private estate that IS the northernmost tip of NS, where we spotted a pod of breaching whales we followed down the coast for miles. The Black Hills/Badlands area of SD also afforded some really unique riding as we passed through there, too; the Parks dont hold ALL the good stuff.
But would you ride bikes when the swell on the nearby Columbia is head-high? (Not to worry; we can guarantee you that will not happen for two straight weeks . . . dammit.)
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:36 am
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While I dont know much about riding out here, you may want to plan your trip around the motocross races at Washugal, WA.
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Hey, Isobars. Thanks for the reply. Wouldnt mind doing some real time e-mail or telephone conversation with you. Im booked into Hood River for July 14th--28th. SeaDawg
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:43 pm
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which way are you going to the gorge?my wife and i have been going to the gorge yearly since 1990 for 3-5 weeks from erie,pa. can give you lakes we have sailed in over the years on the trip back and forth.maybe have sailed with you at hamburg beach,ny.?one of our favorite spots on lake erie.
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Ill bet weve met. Im from Hamburg, started sailing Hamburg beach late 70s. Favorite spot is Angola on the Lake(South Shore Inn). I havent picked a west bound route yet. I do want to check out Sleepy Bear Park in Michigan.Open to suggestions. SD
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:29 pm
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after making the trip over a dozen times i-90 thru south dakota,wy. mont.,id.,wa.is a little longer but way less truck traffic than 80.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:46 pm
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Its a dusty SOB by that time of year. All the trails on the Oregon side will be closed for the fire season right around July 1st. The trails on the Washington side, clustered around Mt Adams will be open, but also will be pretty dusty.
Prime dirtbiking season in the Gorge is March- early June, then after the first rain until the first snow in the fall. That said, there are still riding opportunities. Is it worth hauling all the way from New York? Only you can say...
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I would say yes, bring the bikes. Like the other person said, have a good trailer. Trailers take up an extra space at the sailing sites, leave it where you are staying. If the wind doesnt blow all the time, you could try the Forest in Eastern Oregon, near Pendleton. The good early season sailing can also be in the eastern Gorge, so you may be out that way anyway. The melting snow has the trails still blocked in the mountains and makes the water cold. Welcome to the Gorge.
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July and August are best. The wind is strong, water cool, weather. High mountain trails are open, a little dusty. In June, I will be helping other volunteers log out the trails and be sailing in swift, cold water. Check the Gifford Pinchot web site for trail descriptions. World class sailing, world class trails.
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The 27-year-old Beck spent the majority of 2012 in Triple-A Las Vegas where he compiled a 2-0 record and a 1.31 ERA (48.0ip/7er) in 43 appearances. He converted 18 save opportunities (4th in the Pacific Coast League) and struck out 24 as opposing hitters batted just .218 against him. Beck began the season allowing just three earned runs in his first 28 appearances (0.94 ERA/28.2 IP) and was named to the 2012 Mid-Season PCL All-Star squad.
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Author Notes: The inspiration for this recipe was 1) a newly-purchased Le Creuset tarte tatin pan and 2) a recipe in Food & Wine (http://www.foodandwine...). How can you go wrong with red wine and pears? Add some caramel and pastry to the mix...and I'm in heaven. I make a pâte sucrée crust, but in a pinch, store-bought puff pastry works really well. It theoretically serves 8, but I've made it for 4 and we've licked the plate clean. Actually, we just scooed up the extra caramel in the pan with a spatula.
A few tips
1) watch the red wine caramel carefully and keep over low to medium heat so that it doesn't burn
2) cut your pears into quarters instead of halves; halves are more traditional, but quarters are easier to cut and eat (in the cooked tarte)
This would also be great for Rosh Hashana with apples instead of pears. - koshercamembert —zahavah
Food52 Review: First and foremost, red wine caramel is a revelation and needs to be used more often. The taste of a really good red wine in caramel is awesome. My tip to novice tarte tatin makers (like myself) would be to not worry if the caramel looks thin. I thought caramel was supposed to look very thick and simmered my pears longer than the time called for in the recipe thinking it would get thicker. As a result, my pears stuck to the pan and flipping the tarte onto a plate ended up producing a slight mess. Although not as pretty as the picture here, it was delicious! I plan to try this again during the holidays as it would be a great special occasion dessert. - VanessaS —VanessaS
Serves: 8
pâte sucrée
1 1/4
cups flour
tablespoons confectioner's sugar
teaspoon salt
tablespoons butter, partially frozen
egg yolk
tablespoons cold water
red wine caramel and pear tarte tatin
cups red wine (I've made it with house red, Bordeaux, and Cabernet)
cinnamon sticks
cup butter
cup white sugar
Bartlett or d'Anjou pears
batch of pâte brisée or sucrée or puff pastry
- Pâte sucrée. Put all ingredients except the water in food processor. Pulse about a dozen times until the mixture starts to come together. Add ice water a little at a time and pulse a few times with each addition. Stop when the dough looks like couscous. Freeze for about 30 minutes (or store in freezer until the next time you want to make a tarte and then defrost for about 20 minutes so it is easy to roll out).
- Preheat. Preheat oven to 400°F
- Reduce. Bring wine and cinnamon sticks to a boil, reducing down to about 1/4 C of syrup. This takes about 10 minutes. The kitchen will start to smell like cinnamon.
- Caramelize. In the tarte tatin pan, melt butter in the wine syrup over low-medium heat (I use #4 on my induction oven), add the sugar, and swirl around until the mixture turns into a caramel.
- Cut. While the wine is boiling and then the sugar is caramelizing, peel and core the pears. I used a mini melon baller to help core them. I have made this with halves and quarters and find that while halves may look prettier, quarters make the tarte easier easier to slice and eat.
- Cook. Arrange the halves (cut side up) or quarters (on their sides) in a circle around the pan (still on low heat) with thin ends pointed in. Cook for 20-25 minutes over low heat. The caramel will bubble up as as the pears soften and pear juices seep out.
- Roll. Take cold pâte sucrée out of freezer/fridge and roll between two sheets of wax paper into a circle about 1-2 inches larger than your tatin pan. Remove the top sheet, flip the crust over the fruit, and peel away the wax paper, tucking the dough in around the edges.
- Bake. Bake 30 minutes until crust turns a nice brown.
- Unveil. After cooling the tarte for a few minutes, place a plate (slightly larger than the tatin pan) over the pan, hold your breath for a second, and carefully flip the tatin onto the plate. Excellent warm or at room temperature. Try it with vanilla ice cream or gelato.
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We must do more than just giving lip service to the problem. We all need to be ecologically responsible for as PablosAmaringo has so eloquently stated: "And all human beings should also put effort into the preservation and conservation of the rainforest and care for it and the ecosystem, because damage to these not only prejudices the flora and fauna, but humanity itself."I believe Pablo Amaringo would agree that his statement's intent, applies to all natural ecosystems. Love Earth as we desire to beloved, be responsible citizens of Earth.It is up to us to change the way we do business. It is us that can best educate the consumer of these products. Our future and the earth's future is at stake. If we continue to conduct business without an ecological consciousness, then we fail to be responsible citizens of Earth. Earth is our home. The harvesting of aromatic plant material impacts many plant communities significantly. The collection of extinction in Nepal(See p 138 of SHAMANISM AND TANTRA IN THE HIMALAYASby Ebeling, Ratsch, and Shahi), India and in many other locations.Many plants have already succumbed to our desire. Silphium, the most treasured of all aromatics, was long ago harvested to extinction. The Roman emperor, Nero could harvest but one specimen in the 1st centuryA.D. Many others have also disappeared such as Juan Fernandezsandalwood (1908) and Illex gardneriana holly (1997). Even if the plant has not been harvested to extinction, if it is desirable, the demand may endanger it. This is the situation today for many wild plants that become the focus of our desire. Even in the United States some species of aromatic plants are endangered in certain locations.Two that come to mind immediately are sweetgrass and white sage.Although much of the problem stems from habitat loss, both species of plants are very susceptible to losses from over-harvesting.We the harvesting by demanding responsible wild harvested plant materials and, wherever possible, farmed, preferably organic farmed plant materials. We realize that in many cases the price for wild harvested plant materials is artificially low, making it impossible to competitively produce farmed plant materials. We also realize that farming is not the full solution. Farming uses space that was once wild. We must seek a balanced approach that creates incentives to save the wild. We need the wild, and onlyresponsible wild harvesting can preserveecosystems. We must remember that these plants resources are limited.In the past most local plants were used locally. Only the wealthy could afford the exotic. The following poem attributed to SaintIsidore captures this nicely:"Aromas that Arabian alters and Indus breathe, mercantilepracticesThat the waves of the Ion ian sea have borne:Cinnamon, myrrh, Indian leaf and cassia, Balsam, incense, calamus" These are found in the spice-stores of great kings, And the house overflowing with riches.We poor people make do with the simple herbs of the fields,That the low valleys and high passes bear."Today there are many more well mercantile practices have developed markets around the globe. No desirable plant is safe from our desire. It is up to us to protect these valuableplants. If we all do our part, we can make a difference.Let's assume you want to help conserve incense plants. How can you find outwhich plants are endangered and which are safe to use.There are many sources of information as relates to the status ofdifferent plant species of which we list some important sources below:United Plant Savers Email: email@example.com Website:http://unitedplantsavers.org/index.phpHerb Alert Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: wwwUnited Nations Convention on the International Trade in EndangeredSpecies (CITES) gives list of endangered species.Vida Verde Association of Amazonia (AVIVE) for sustainable Amazon rainforest products Website: www.avive.org.brIUCN World Conservation Red List of Threatened SpeciiesCropwatch Website: cropwatch.org This website giveslist of threatened species.Google Medicinal and aromatic plant conservation at Purdue and RutgersUniversities for information on specific plants and geographies.We want to thank you for reading this letter. We would like you toconsider the value of forming a guild of ethical aromatics producersthat the consumer can easily consult for assistance in purchasingaromatic plant products. What do you think? Please give us feedback.SincerelyRosanna Tartaro,Katlyn Breene,Nathaniel Musselman,Mark Ambrose, andJohn Yager, Members of the Aromatic Plant Conservation This article was published on Thursday 12 October, 2017.


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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas from "This Gay Relationship"
This is the photograph Chris and I used on our customized Christmas card this year. It's of the two of us at the summit of Whistler Mountain, when we were there on the final great week of summer weather in September of this year. As you can see, it was a glorious day. (For those of you who don't know, I'm on the right.)
From Chris and me to all of you, may you have the merriest of Christmases ever. And all the very best in 2014.
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Last Week's Winner: Last week's winner was David Alvarado from Illinois for this Spiders themed piece!
Next Week's Theme: Airplanes
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This Week's Prize: This Designarium Dave Kinsey board.
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We had some great entires this week that we couldn't run, either because they weren't sized right or had nothing to do with theme. Just to be clear, when the next theme comes out the old theme is offically over. Please don't send in more submissions for old themes. It makes up feel bad when you send us stuff and we can't post it up so please read the guidlines below:
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I call the Penumbra Theatre box office and explain that I'm a journalist hoping for an interview with Lou Bellamy. The young man on the other end of the line hesitates a moment.
"OK," he finally tells me. "I can give him your information. But I can't make him call you back. Do you understand that?"
Uh oh. Is this going to be a problem?
Lou Bellamy is a man with a reputation for feistiness. ("Incendiary" is another word a journalist once used.) But to my relief, I receive an e-mail within minutes. Sure, he's happy to talk.
It's hard not to be curious about a contrarian like Mr. Bellamy. In 1976, he founded the Penumbra Theatre Company, an all-black repertory theater group in this small Midwestern city where blacks make up only a little over 10 percent of the population. In the struggling field of local theater, such demographics ought to spell disaster. Yet Bellamy was clear from the start that he would not be courting white audiences.
"Everything is performed as if there were only black people in the audience," he says of Penumbra, which uses all-black casts to perform only works by black playwrights. For white people, Bellamy acknowledges, coming to Penumbra "is like being in a foreign country." If white audiences have to work harder, it doesn't worry him. After all, as he once told a journalist, it's "just like what I have to do when I watch Chekhov."
And yet, extra work or not, for more than 30 years, the audiences have come. Last season, Penumbra productions drew 44,000 spectators – largely white. And although there have been years of financial peril (Bellamy says that he has more than once taken out a second mortgage on his house to keep the theater afloat), Penumbra is currently debt-free with a budget of $3 million.
But Bellamy and Penumbra are best known for launching the career of playwright August Wilson. From 1978 to 1990, Mr. Wilson worked with Penumbra and wrote "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," both of which won Pulitzer Prizes. Bellamy was one of Wilson's first directors, and some say he remains his best.
Bellamy's theatrical success is as unlikely as that of Penumbra's. In the early 1960s he was a student at Mankato State University in Minnesota, running on the track team and majoring in sociology. Ted Paul, a professor there decided he wanted to do a production of "Finian's Rainbow" and needed some black actors. The school had only five or six black students, so Mr. Paul invited them all, and Bellamy accepted.
"I always liked showing off," Bellamy says. And "there were more girls in theater than at the track." But he was quickly hooked on a deeper level. "You can't be around that literature and not have it change you," he says. What has always been particularly meaningful for him, he says, is the way black drama – everything from works like the abolitionist drama "The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom" to Wilson's plays – has allowed him to find his place in history. "I went from being a spectator of history to being a participant. It was empowering."
After graduation, a job opened up as the cultural director of a community center. Bellamy jumped at the chance to use it to create his own theater company. For Bellamy, it was an opportunity to do black theater correctly. In the shows he saw, he says, "I wasn't seeing my grandmother, my grandfather, up there." He insists that black theater – which he defines as stories of the black experience, rooted in the black community, as told by blacks – can only be done correctly with a deep understanding of black literature and culture, including the impact of slavery. Without that background, Bellamy says, a director is likely to overlook or misread clues embedded in the text – everything from West-African story motifs to the tendency of a race cowed by slavery to hide learning rather than to celebrate it. Also, says Bellamy, when it comes to contemporary black drama, some in the white theater community just don't get the basics of urban life. He still laughs remembering a white critic who saw a Penumbra production and missed every clue indicating that a character was a drug dealer. "There wasn't a black person in the audience who didn't know that," he says.
That first year, Bellamy put together a lineup of six plays, despite the fact, he now says, "I hadn't a clue what I was doing."
That was 1976. Two years later, Wilson came to St. Paul, invited by a member of Penumbra's company. At the time, Wilson was known as a poet who had done some theater. "He had never seen a black theater company with such good production values," Bellamy recalls. "He wondered if he could write anything good enough for this stage."
"Black Bart and the Sacred Hills," was his first attempt. "It was rough," says Bellamy, "but you could see that he had something." Then came "Malcolm X," a one-man play starring Bellamy. After that was "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."
Wilson moved on to Seattle and fame. But Penumbra had been noticed. "He was our 'in' to a larger world," says Bellamy.
In 1995, Bellamy first crossed the Mississippi River to work with Minneapolis's famed Guthrie Theatre on a rarely performed black work called "Big White Fog." It made headlines because Bellamy was known for his hostility to white productions of black drama.
It's still a notion that rubs him a bit raw. "I know black history of theater. I know what's on the line and why," he says. "When they're not doing it right, I loathe it." But he says he finally decided it was better to collaborate than to criticize.
So the opportunities have opened up. Bellamy has cooperated twice with the Guthrie on plays by Wilson. In 2007 he directed Wilson's "Two Trains Running" at New York's Signature Theatre, a production that won an Obie and a Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Off-Broadway revival. This year he directed a production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at Washington's Kennedy Center and will direct plays in Cleveland; Kansas City, Mo.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.
Yet Bellamy hates to leave Penumbra, with its well-worn 300-seat theater only five blocks from his childhood home. "Why do I have to go to New York or Chicago to become a good person and practice my vocation?" he asks. Working in larger theaters, he admits, is a fun opportunity to use "all the bells and whistles." Yet, when audiences enjoy one of his productions elsewhere, he says he still thinks longingly, "Oh, if only they'd seen it [at Penumbra]!"
Bellamy's Minnesota roots run deep. He's an outdoorsman and avid hunter. And he has a genuine admiration for his white Minnesota audiences. "The extent of your humanity is your ability to see yourself in people who are vastly different from you," he says respectfully (although he can't help laughing as he describes watching white Minnesotans clapping awkwardly on the 1-3 beat at Langston Hughes's "Black Nativity.")
Bellamy has made his mark. "In the field of American theater, Lou Bellamy is a sequoia," says Rohan Preston, theater critic at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Mr. Preston cites a directing style that "combines muscular intellect with jazzy lyricism" in addition to the humanism that has made Bellamy a strong mentor to more than one generation of actors. As Bellamy himself might say, says Preston, "he's a major dude."
But Bellamy's vision of himself is principally as "an evangelist" for black theater, and now is his chance to preach from a national podium. At home, he says, Penumbra is solid without him. Among other pieces that have fallen in place have been the appointment of his daughter, Sarah Bellamy, to head up Penumbra's educational program – and hopefully to help pass black theater on to yet another generation.
For Bellamy, this time of life is a good one. Over the course of more than 30 years you learn a lot, he says. "I'm now at the top of my craft and that's a wonderful place to be."


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Though nothing official has been said, Bobby Parnell will be the eighth-inning set-up reliever, even if he's not convinced himself.
"Nobody has told me what I'll be doing,'' said Parnell before leaving for spring training. Even now, after a solid spring and no apparent competition, he's not convinced.
"I still feel like I'm fighting for it,'' he told reporters yesterday. "I would say that I have a better shot this year than I did last year. Last year, everything was still up in the air _ I was still fighting for a spot, I didn't really know what was going on.''
Two years ago, the Mets gave Parnell a handful of starts, but he fizzled and then manager Jerry Manuel gave up on him. No regrets, said Parnell, who said he the experience was beneficial.
"It was a good thing,'' Parnell recently told me. "It gave me a chance to work on other pitches. I know you can't get by one pitch, that being a 98 mph. fastball that sometimes touch triple digits.


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Date Plum: Nutrition . Selection . Storage
Nutrition information for date plums and tips on how to
select, store and prepare them. Health Benefits
select, store and prepare them. Health Benefits
Did you know date plums are among the oldest plants in cultivation? They were known to the ancient Greeks as the "fruit of the gods" and are often eaten fresh, but can be quite tart. Dried date plums are less tart and very sweet. Try chopping the dried date plums and adding them to trail mix, cereal, or granola for a boost of sweetness and fiber!
How to Select Date Plums
Look for fruits yellow to orange in color without bruises, cuts, or abrasions.
How to Store Date Plums
Store at room temperature. Use within 2 months.
Nutrition Benefits of Date Plums
Cholesterol free and an excellent source of fiber, vitamins A and C, and manganese
Health Benefits of Fruits & Vegetables
The natural antioxidants in fruits and vegetables will help keep your body working at its best, so consuming a diet that meets your daily recommended amount of fruits and vegetables is one of the best ways to give your body a strong defense against disease. Fruits and vegetables are protective to health as they're helpful at reducing the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and some cancers. They're also low in calories, which helps prevent obesity … a significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.


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Sony's PlayStation 4 looks set to make the leap into cloud gaming – at least if the company's higher-ups are to be believed.
Scott Rohde, CP of Sony Worldwide Studios, told GamesIndustry International that it's "absolutely inevitable that [cloud technology]'s going to be a part of what everyone does," adding that he expects to see cloud gaming become the norm over the next five years.
Rohde remained cagey on the subject of the PS4's cloud gaming capabilities, declining to comment on whether it would feature an OnLive-style streaming service – though earlier in June, Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida told MCV that, "We're looking at what OnLive is doing, and the tech around that, and considering how this can be a part of PlayStation."
We've already seen rumours that the PS4's rival, the Xbox 720, might do away with the physical disc drive altogether (though they've since been contradicted by a leaked business plan). And the PS4 was all set to go download only, before Sony balked at the idea.
Nevertheless, it looks increasingly like this generation of consoles will be the last to use physical media for gaming – indeed, it may be the last generation of consoles altogether.
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Alonso dominates as title race heats up after thriller
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso emerged unscathed to take victory on Sunday in a drama-packed Chinese Grand Prix, with the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton holding on for second and third.india Updated: Apr 15, 2013 01:48 IST
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso emerged unscathed to take victory on Sunday in a drama-packed Chinese Grand Prix, with the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton holding on for second and third.
A charging Sebastian Vettel came fourth, just 0.2 seconds behind Hamilton, after adopting a different tyre strategy from most of his rivals, while his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber failed to finish on a dreadful weekend for him. Jenson Button, of McLaren, was fifth, and Alonso's team-mate Felipe Massa sixth.Daniel Ricciardo, of Toro Rosso, Force India's Paul di Resta, Romain Grosjean of Lotus and Nico Hulkenberg, of Sauber, rounded out the top 10.
Tight title battle
Going into the Bahrain Grand Prix next weekend, reigning three-time world champion Vettel leads the drivers' standings on 52 points, followed by Raikkonen (49), Alonso (43), Hamilton (40) and Massa (30).
Alonso said that he was delighted to get his season back on track after retiring early in Malaysia last month. The two-time world champion was second, behind the rejuvenated Raikkonen, in the season-opening race in Melbourne.
"It feels good, it is a long time from my victory here eight years ago," said the Spaniard, who narrowly lost out to Vettel for the world title last season.
"It was not easy to understand this race sometimes, not an easy race. The risk is there when you overtake."This is a good reward for the team after the disappointment in Malaysia. Let's hope this is now the start of the championship and we need to keep going like that."
Hamilton, whose lead from pole position lasted only into lap five, when Alonso activated his DRS on the home straight, just held off the rampaging Vettel at the line to earn a second podium place for his new team.
"I'm really happy with today's result and very happy for the team. We didn't quite have the pace of these two (Alonso and Raikkonen) but we're very pleased to get on the podium."
In warm and dry conditions, and in front of a packed grandstand -- not always the case at the Chinese Grand Prix -- the race got off to a clean start. Hamilton streaked to the corner with Alonso, third on the grid, in hot pursuit.
But there was soon drama, as Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez slammed into the back of Adrian Sutil, of Force India. Flames licked from the right side of Sutil's machine as engineers battled to save his race. But both cars were out.
Vettel, under the spotlight over his deteriorating relationship with Webber, started ninth on the grid in a calculated gamble with his tyres.
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• Thirty-inch E-series light bar bolts right in, or choose from other Rigid light bars
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One ill-fated spark can burn your rig to the ground. It's vital to keep a fire extinguisher on board and close at hand. This new universal fire extinguisher mount from H3R can help you do just that.
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