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I'm certainly not saying I think the Cowboys will lose. But I think that is a real possibility. The Cowboys will need 4 quarters of good football and the run defense needs a dramatic improvement over their last two performances.
There are a few things that make me worry about this game. This is a game that will likely prove to be the pivotal moment in the season. Win and they could go on a pretty good run against a weak schedule to get back in the NFC East and playoff race. Lose and they are probably in too deep of a hole to get back in the playoff hunt. So far this season the Cowboys haven't been able to win any games that felt like they were season changers. We all know how the Jets game went down and the Eagles game was a disaster. Should I even mention the Lions game?
The run defense has me very worried. They have given up big yardage in two straight games. The good news is that Sean Lee will be back in the lineup this week. But he'll be playing with only one hand. But Sean Lee with one hand is leaps and bounds better than Keith Brooking on any day. Hopefully the missing link in the run defense has been Lee because the Cowboys won't win this game if they can't stop Fred Jackson. I have to believe that Rob Ryan is making the adjustments to the defense that will help shore up the huge cutback lanes that have been opening up over the last two games.
Miles Austin is injured again. Laurent Robinson has been an unexpected surprise as the #3 receiver but now he will get more attention from the defense. Hopefully he can do enough to keep the defense from focusing on Jason Witten and Dez Bryant all day. Dez Bryant is going to have to step up and become the receiver he was drafted to be. Dez is long past due for a 10 catch for 200 yards and 3 TD's type of performance. Maybe this will be the week.
As usual I have no doubt that the outcome of this game will probably depend on Tony Romo's performance more than anything else in the game. Tony needs to be aggressive but also protect the ball. He has seemed a little gun shy since the disastrous second half of the Lions game. Maybe now that he is fully healthy he'll get his swagger back. The offense needs him to hit big plays to keep the defense from focusing on stopping DeMarco Murray.
I'm really uneasy about this game. Half of me thinks I should pick the Bills to win because they are coming off of a tough loss and they have been a good team this year. But the other half of me feels like the home field advantage and they Rob Ryan defensive schemes can do enough to shut down the Bills offensive attack. Either way I think it will be a very close game down to the end of the 4th quarter. I'm going to stick with what my heart tells me and pick the Cowboys to win 26-23.


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Per Striegler needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 17 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Life Prison - Home Edition
I have created a board game called Life Prison. I come from Copenhagen, Denmark. The board game takes place in a old temple area with 10 temple pyramides. This is the area where you can find insight and wisdom if you are able to answer the psychological questions.
Age 18 to 99. 2-6 players. Duration 1-2 hours. Home edition played by couples and friends.
The print must be a landscape seen from sea level. I have two examples of design below to inspire you. One of the board game itself and one inspirational design as I would like to see it on the box.
The landscape must have an atmosphere of:
- mystery
- positiveness
- adventure
- "I wish I was there..."
Here is an example of a landscape that we like:
And we like the format of this landscape!
Here is an example of my board game:
Please feel free to experiment with colors!
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the landscape.

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Interview with a One-Year-Old [Video]
Ever watched "The Landlord" video on funny or die? Well I recently stumbled upon a v-logger who calls himself MrArturoTrejo. His videos come out every week and they're hilarious! This is a video he posted of his little boy who is just learning to speak. Arturo pretends to interview his baby and puts up some crazy captions which makes for a ridiculous and adorable interview. See for yourself!


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The midfielder started 23 games for the Gaucho and scored one goal while tallying four assists. David also helped the UCSB defense limit its opposition to just 18 goals this season and post 16 shutouts.
David also garnered year-end honors from the Big West and Goal.com. He was named the Big West's Freshman of the Year in addition to Second Team All-Big West accolades. Goal.com named him to its Freshman Team earlier this month.


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Bob the Builder "The Big Dino Dig Special (Pt. 3)" Muck's Track to Trouble - Today's job is to build a railway that will travel around the Dinosaur Fun Park. Scoop, Muck and Scratch are asked to dig out the route, and lay the track. Muck hits a rock that is large and oddly fin-shaped, which forces him to build a rickety bridge over it! A test run begins and as soon as the train is on its way, the rickety bridge begins to crumble! Faced with disaster, Muck swallows his pride and asks for help from the others. D
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(Health.com) -- Swine flu vaccines are rolling out this month -- finally. Health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee were the first to get the nose-spray version, while New Yorkers clamoring for the H1N1 vaccine finally had their chance too.
However, the onslaught of information about H1N1 -- be it playground rumors, employer signs telling you to cover your cough, memos from your kids' school, or scary-sounding news reports -- is making it pretty hard to figure out what you should be doing right now.
Although some people have already been vaccinated, it could be weeks -- depending on your age and risk factors -- before you even get a chance at the shot (or spray). So now what?
Sometimes it feels like you have two choices. A: Wring your hands endlessly about something over which you have no control. Or, B: Tune out the static and pretend this is all just a horrible dream. (Call it the ignore-the-whole-sorry-mess-until-my-neighbor-is-sick approach.)
Well, guess what? There are a few things you should -- and should not -- be doing at the moment. Here's your guide.
Look up local flu outbreaks.
If you're getting most of your news from the Internet -- and about 40 percent of people say they do -- you may not be up on H1N1 activity in your community.
Take the time to check local flu activity on the online version of your local newspaper (remember those?) or health department, or check out Web sites like Google Flu Trends (though keep in mind that this map is based on search trends and could be skewed if lots of healthy people are searching for information). There's also FluTrends, which is produced by Rhiza Labs, and includes past cases and current activity, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) weekly flu update.
If your city or state is a bit of a hot spot, you may need to focus on some of these to-do points sooner than others. The good news is that some of the hardest hit areas in spring -- like New York -- don't seem to have that many H1N1 cases at the moment. (Experts estimate that up to 1 million New Yorkers may have had H1N1 in the spring, which would protect against subsequent infections.)
Don't panic.
For most people, an H1N1 infection is generally mild and can be cured with time, bed rest, and fluids. The virus is serious, though -- particularly for those in high-risk groups. So far this year, 28 pregnant women have died of H1N1, and 76 children died in the spring. "At least two-thirds of [the children] had underlying conditions, which we recognize as putting them at increased risk for complications," says Dr. Nathan Litman, the chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, in New York City. High-risk people, whether adults or children, tend to have chronic heart or lung conditions (including asthma), weakened immune systems due to disease or chemotherapy treatment, or diabetes.
That said, H1N1 will feel like seasonal flu for most people. "I'd say at the present time the swine flu looks no more serious than the routine seasonal influenza," says Litman.
Stay home.
Are you sick right now? Say, with flu-like symptoms such as fever, aches, stuffy nose, and chills? Sorry, but it's quite possible you already have swine flu. Experts say that flu activity is higher-than-normal for this time of year and almost all of it is due to H1N1. If you (or your child) are not in a high-risk group, it's best to stay put.
If a child is 2 or older "and has no risk factors for complications and has fever, runny nose, or cough, the best thing to do is to stay home," says Litman. "Plenty of fluids, Tylenol, Motrin, or Advil for fever, and it should run its course on its own."
If a child has difficulty breathing, is unable to take fluids, or starts to be less responsive, or after appearing to recover from the influenza develops a fever and starts coughing again, then see a doctor.
If you are pregnant and have flu symptoms, it might be best to call your doctor before going in to see him or her, says Litman.
"They may want to set up a separate location to be seen or separate times to see sick patients," he says. "You don't want the pregnant woman with influenza who is coughing and sneezing to go into the room with pregnant women who are well and just there to get routine prenatal care."
Understand the risks.
While the symptoms of H1N1 may be no different from seasonal flu, there are some key differences. H1N1 may be easier to catch than regular flu, and younger people may be more likely to come down with it than older people.
"From what I've seen, I actually believe it to be more contagious," says Litman. Often with the seasonal flu that's circulating, a percentage of the population has some immunity to it. With H1N1, it looks like most people -- other than the elderly -- have no immunity to it, and that may be why it appears more contagious, he says.
People who are older than 60 may have been exposed to a swine-flu-like virus in the distant past, which is giving them an edge with this pandemic. That's not to say they can't get sick, but "many of them appear to have immunity from a prior infection with a similar virus or cross reactions with a similar virus that help protect them against the swine flu," says Litman.
Get a seasonal flu shot. The regular seasonal flu shots are available now, and it makes sense to "get the jab" (as the Brits say). While most flu cases happening right now are caused by H1N1, "in two months or three months it may be the regular seasonal flu and we should be prepared for that," says Litman. "Since that vaccine is currently available, I recommend that everyone considered a risk group receive the seasonal flu vaccine." Seasonal flu can be just as dangerous as H1N1; about 36,000 people die, including about 80 children, of seasonal flu every year.
Get a pneumonia vaccine.
What, another shot? For the vaccine wary, this might just feel like one too many pinpricks. However, the pneumonia vaccine, a shot that can help prevent any illness caused by certain types of pneumococcus bacteria, including meningitis and ear infections, may be a good idea too.
The CDC has analyzed H1N1-related deaths and found many people who died had dual infections, including some with pneumococcus. The good news is that if you're up-to-date on your child's vaccines, they probably already have it. Approved in 2001 and called Prevnar, it's routinely given to children.
Another vaccine, Pneumovax, is available for adults, and is recommended for the elderly and those at high risk of infections.
Wash your hands.
Just about every expert is chanting a "wash your hands" mantra. And, in fact, washing your hands with soap and water or using an alcohol rub can help. However, when it comes to flu, just keep in mind that hand-washing may fall into the "can't hurt and may help" category. Because flu virus can hitch a ride on airborne water droplets, you can inhale the virus and get sick even if you wear gloves 24-7 or scrub-in like a brain surgeon. But again, flu viruses can live on surfaces for up to 48 hours. So, yes, wash up. Plus, good hygiene can protect you from other germs, like pneumococcus, which could make a simple case of flu much worse when added into the mix.
Don't stock up on face masks or Tamiflu.
If you're the type of person who hoarded cans of soup and bottled water in 1999 just in case the world ended in 2000, it can be tempting to grab a box of surgical masks "just in case." The CDC and most experts say that's not a recommended or a proven way to prevent infection, although some studies suggest that they can be helpful in homes with a flu-infected family member or when used by hospital workers in place of a N95 respirator.
And while it may seem perfectly harmless to stockpile antiviral drugs, it isn't. If Tamiflu is gathering dust in your medicine cabinet, then people who truly need it may find the pharmacies are fresh out. And the surest route to a drug-resistant flu virus is having people taking it "just in case" or for symptoms that would go away on their own.
Get a swine flu vaccine -- really.
Or at least seriously consider it. Lots of people are not crazy about vaccines in general, and fully one-third of parents say they're going to skip them for their child, according to an AP poll. Understandable. Taking something that could cause side effects, when you feel (or your child feels) perfectly healthy is tough. But keep in mind that if you're thinking about waiting until swine flu is in full force in your community, it may be too late. It can take several weeks after vaccination before your immune system ramps up to full-protection mode.
If you or your child is perfectly healthy, you can get the nose-spray version, which contains a weakened, but not killed, virus. Unfortunately, if you're in a high-risk group, you may have to wait a bit for the version with killed virus, which is given in shot form. Those should be available in mid- to late-October.
While mulling over your options, try not to think of large federal agencies as faceless giants trying to impose vaccines on you. In fact, such agencies are staffed by scientists and doctors who are trying to protect the public.
"Each year approximately 30 percent to 40 percent of children between 5 and 19 years of age get influenza, that not only keeps them out of school for a few days, but they are also the epicenter of the epidemic -- they spread it to household contacts, other school contacts, and high-risk people in the community, like the elderly -- their grandparents," says Litman. "For their benefit and for the benefit of others, it's wise to get both the seasonal flu vaccine and swine flu vaccine."
Don't let the past haunt you. Although the 2009 virus has been tagged with the unfortunate moniker swine flu (just like the 1976 version), there is a world of difference between the two. For one, they are different viruses. And if you were alive in 1976, you were probably digging the bicentennial, groovy pants, and platform shoes, but your chances of getting swine flu were pretty much nil. (There were roughly 200 cases in Fort Dix, New Jersey, and the virus never spread.)
Fast forward to 2009, which is truly a pandemic -- there have been more than 340,000 confirmed cases worldwide and nearly 44,000 confirmed and probable cases in the U.S. alone. (The CDC estimates that more than 1 million people have contracted swine flu, but that their cases weren't recorded because they didn't seek treatment.) And the '76 version did have a problem with side effects, including Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare condition in which the immune system attacks nerves, resulting in weakness and even paralysis (although most people eventually recover).
However, the vaccine production used in the 1970s now looks as outdated as your striped bell-bottoms and rockin' sideburns.
"Over the years there have been several improvements in vaccine manufacturing," says Dr. Claudia Vellozzi, the assistant director of the CDC's Immunization Safety Office. "That certainly plays a role in improved vaccine safety now, compared to 1976."
Of the 30 to 40 million people vaccinated for swine flu in 1976, about 1 in 100,000 did develop GBS. However, current research suggests there is little to no GBS risk associated with seasonal flu vaccine.
"There have been one or two studies that showed that if there is a risk, it's very small, or about one in 1,000,000 additional cases of GBS would be attributable to the flu vaccine -- but most studies have not supported any association," she says. (There are 2,000 to 3,000 GBS cases in the U.S. every year, unrelated to vaccines, says Vellozzi. The cause is unknown, but it can be triggered by infections.)
"In terms of our current vaccine, we expect to have a similar safety profile as our seasonal flu vaccine, which has a good track record," she says.
Be prepared.
If you do want to get an H1N1 flu shot, it's best to be patient. It may take weeks before everyone who wants one can get it. In the meantime, think about what you will do if you or a family member does get sick.
"Get immunized, wash your hands, cover your mouth and nose if you're sneezing or coughing, stay home if you're sick, and if any warning signs come up -- difficulty breathing, not responsive as usual, unable to take fluids, or after a day or two of the fever coming down and having more fever and cough again -- see the doctor," says Litman.
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Star Wars' Galactic Empire Responds to the White House
The Galactic Empire doesn't find the White House's lack of faith in a Death Star disturbing. It finds it rather predictable.
Last week, the White House responded to a petition for the government to build a Death Star modeled after the moon-sized battle space stations in "Star Wars," announcing that "a Death Star isn't on the horizon."
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New approach can turn classifieds back into gold
Instead of bemoaning the loss of old categories in classifieds, a strategy of developing new categories has turned into significant print classified revenue growth at the Times-Herald Record in Middletown, N.Y.More
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Crazy 3-D ad hides whole kitchen inside classifieds page
No, you're not dreaming. It's an ad for kitchens hidden inside a fake classifieds page – thanks to a nifty 3-D effect applied to the text.MORE
New rate structure and guidelines boosts classifieds
The Index-Journal of Greenwood, S.C., has introduced a new rate structure and guidelines for its classified advertising pages that have already boosted the number and types of ads appearing in the paper. The new structure emphasizes jobs, real estate and auto categories, in addition to free ads.MORE


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The IAFC has a number of collaborative relationships that contribute to the success of our programs. Collaboration takes many forms which can range from formal partnership agreements on long-term projects, to a one-on-one feedback session with a subject matter expert. Regardless of the size and scope of our work with those outside the IAFC, they each bring important knowledge, access to stakeholder communities, and the ability to communicate effectively that makes our programs a success.
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- American Red Cross
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Center for Domestic Preparedness
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- Department of Health and Human Services
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- FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Fire and Emergency Manufacturers and Services Association
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- Fire Museum Network
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- Institute for Business and Home Safety
- Institution of Fire Engineers
- International Association of Arson Investigators
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The website management team needed to understand the behavior of their site visitors and identify opportunities to increase brand loyalty and online bookings. La Quinta hired Usability Sciences to perform a website assessment and established the following goals:
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At the conclusion of their visit (when they navigated away from LQ.com or closed the browser), visitors answered a series of questions regarding the success of their visit, their brand affinity, and their next intended action. They also suggested changes to the site . The project was implemented over the course of thirty days. A random sampling algorithm resulted in approximately one out of every three actual site visitors being invited to participate in the project and in 885 responses collected.
After data collection, a comprehensive examination of the data segmented the responses and click-stream data by user type, satisfaction with the site, visit intent, and visit success. Then we were able to recommend a variety of changes to the website that would increase visitor success. For example, first-time visitors who rated their visit a success were much more likely to return to the site than those who rated their visit unsuccessful. The study helped to identify an opportunity to improve conversion rates by addressing the issues raised by these visitors, such as:
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I fell in love with this material and bought it not even knowing what to do with it. Waited a long time for the right pattern to come along and thought this jacket would be it. Not so sure now ! Couldn't get the fit right on this and also not so happy with the material anymore. Don't like the colour on me :-((
Oh well, you win some, you loose some and this is a loosing one !
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Apr 15, 2013, 07.50 PMby Mary Athey
it looks lovely over the black dress!!, its got a great 60's look to it which i love x
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Jroll needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 32 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
This is the name of a series of training modules for a software application that allows direct marketing firms to track, measure and analyze the results of their campaigns.
I'm looking for a logo that includes the FastLaunch name that is is consistent with what FastLaunch represents - a quick, out-of-the-box way to learn and deploy software. It's a differentiator for a company called http://www.mindfireinc.com. Because we're trying to bridge old media with new technology, it's important that the logo be both contemporary and work with the company logo (found at the link above).
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Cancer sucks. That's all I can say. It just sucks.
Henry and his family can use a little love right now. And if you are feeling like taking action, St Baldrick's Foundation is still accepting contributions towards a cure for children's cancer.
21 October 2008
Cancer sucks. That's all I can say. It just sucks.
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- Stiff Man10/21/2008 2:50 PM
Done, and thank you for the link. God bless him!ReplyDelete
You sum it up quite well. Cancer sucks... and cancer in kids is just something that should never happen.ReplyDelete
Thanks for passing on the link. Lots of love going out to this little guy from everywhere I am sure.
I've shaved my head the past couple of years with St. Baldrick's, as kids with cancer make my heart hurt. I was diagnosed with renal cell cancer 2 months ago, and I am trying to find someone to operate (I have great insurance, I'm just fat) so I can understand what these kids are going through.ReplyDelete


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In my country, Haiti, the agricultural sector represents 25 percent of GDP and accounts for over 50 percent of jobs. However, agricultural occupations are extremely insecure and do not permit farmers and their families to live in a dignified manner. Over two-thirds of the inhabitants of rural regions are poor, and agriculture is their main source of income. (Source in French: Haitian Institute of Statistics and Information Technology)
Agriculture is a difficult occupation and is particularly vulnerable to weather-related events. Farmers face significant risks from natural disasters owing to the lack of mechanization and expertise and the difficulty of gaining access to markets for their produce.
If nothing changes, rural populations' incomes will remain low and unstable, and poverty-related problems will only worsen.
How can agricultural cooperatives help?
I am confident that agricultural cooperatives have a crucial role to play in helping boost the productivity of the agricultural sector and improve the living conditions of rural populations in Haiti. They can contribute to the development of joint projects among farmers, for example to purchase agricultural equipment and vehicles to transport produce to buyers, as well as to provide training in new agricultural technologies, and so on.
By forming cooperatives, agricultural workers will be able to support each other and establish co-financing mechanisms and social safety nets to protect their families. As has already been demonstrated in other countries in Latin America and in Africa, cooperatives can enhance food security, create jobs, and contribute to improving social integration in Haiti.
An international project was recently launched by the Agence française de développement (AFD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to support Haitian coffee grower cooperatives. Through this project, Nestlé, one of the world's largest food and nutrition companies, will provide the technical assistance and planting materials needed to help Haitian farmers rehabilitate their coffee trees.
'Unity makes strength'
With the help of cooperatives, Haitian farmers would be able to more effectively manage their productive activities. Through the formation of groups, they will be able to purchase raw materials in bulk, that is, in greater quantities, which will be less expensive for them. Given that "unity makes strength," they will become the preferred contacts for distributors and will thus have the opportunity to negotiate better terms for selling their products.
In addition, cooperatives can contribute to securing land rights. They are better placed to satisfy bankers' requirements (in terms of guarantees and loan repayment capacities) than private individuals. Consequently, they help farmers obtain loans more easily to finance their investments and protect themselves against possible risks.
The Role of the Government
The Haitian government must work with commitment and conviction to promote agricultural cooperatives and agricultural entrepreneurship. Haiti possesses tremendous agricultural potential, but, without organization, the sector's productivity will remain low.
To remedy this situation, the government must promote the development of optimal conditions in which agricultural cooperatives will thrive. It is therefore necessary to draft policies, laws, and programs that take into account the needs and concerns of Haitian small farmers.
I hope that the development of agricultural cooperatives will soon be regarded as a priority by the state, with a view to supporting the development of rural areas, given that a long-term solution is required in order to combat poverty and insecurity, particularly among youth.
Legend and photo credits. Thanks to the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), several projects pertaining to cooperatives and the modernization of agricultural activities (in particular, through the processing and packaging of produce) have been made possible in Haiti. © All rights reserved by PADF.org


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Feb. 18, 2006
Just when it looked like the Lipscomb Bisons were in control of their own destiny they found themselves facing the need to win their last two games to win the Atlantic Sun Conference championship.
The Bisons have six days to recover from watching a 20-plus point victory become a 71-66 loss in the second half. Gardner-Webb has won nine of its last 10 games.
"We didn't rebound, and we didn't defend, and they came back on us," said Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson. "The bottom line is they played a better second half than we played a first half and we got beat. They played awful well, but then again that is very difficult."
Facing "Senior Night" at Gardner-Webb University and dealing with one of the hottest teams in the A-Sun, the Bisons did what every road team wants to do _ jump out to a big first half lead.
Sparked by the shooting of guards James Poindexter and Brian Fisk who scored 30 of Lipscomb's first half points, the Bisons led 44-24 at intermission. The Bisons shot 61.5 percent from the field (16-of-26), including 70 percent (7-of-10) from 3-point range.
Everything looked like it was going to plan, In the second half, with 17:47 left to play, the Bisons were up 48-26. Gardner-Webb started its comeback. Both teams traded a couple of baskets. And then, with 12:45 left Gardner-Webb went on a 15-0 run that cut the Bisons lead to 55-52.
Free throws by guard Trey Williams kept the Bisons in the lead until Gardner-Webb came back to tie at 63-63 with 2:10 left. Poindexter hit a pair of free throws to put the Bisons ahead 65-63 with 1:37 on the clock.
Chris Gash hit a pair of free throws to give Gardner- Webb a 3-point lead with 10.7 seconds left. Simon Conn put the game away with a pair of free throws with three seconds left.
T,J. McCullough scored a career-high 22 points for Gardner-Webb with 17 of his points in the second half. Gash earned the double0double iwith 17 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Conn also had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Tim Jennings finished with 12 points.
"McCollugh stuck a bunch of shots in the hole," said Sanderson. "You know if he goes and gets 20 on any given night it's going to be a tough time to beat them. But when you are up 20, that's a hard one right there to swallow.
"They were scoring too quick, Our focus was on the wrong end. We've got to focus on the defending part. It's not that they were scoring, it was that they were scoring so quick."
Poindexter led the Bisons with 22 points. Fisk added 17 and Eddie Ard scored 12. The Bisons had only five field goals in the second half.
"They just kind-of spread us out and we did a terrible job of keeping them in front of us," said Samderson. "They got every loose ball, every stick back, and every offensive rebound they got, and then down here we couldn't score.
"When you're not scoring down here, then you've got to get cheap baskets off of your defense. "We weren't guarding. We were getting it out of the net every single time so we were getting no cheap baskets. You know a cheap basket or cheap lay-up really gets your head up big time offensively. "
Gardner-Webb is 15-10 overall, 12-6 in the A-Sun. The Bisons are 17-9 overall, 13-5 in the conference.
The Bisons next game is Friday night at Allen Arena against East Tennessee State. The game will be televised on CSS. The Bisons close out the regular season next Sunday at home against Kennesaw State.
"Oh yeah, I mean that game Friday night is an absolute must win now," said Sanderson. "We have to win that game Friday night, and we have to win on Sunday in order to win the league and be the first place seed.
"We've got our work cut out for us and we need to get over this one. It will be interesting to see how we get over this one. We did not get over that Stetson loss very good. We came out against North Florida and we won, but we didn't play very good. If we don't get over it very good against East Tennessee State, they will put a hurting on us in a hurry."


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Monday, January 21, 2008
Five Minute Semolina Bread
The biggest-selling cookbook around these parts is Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. Both authors are from Minneapolis, and the book got a lot of press, not just locally, but also in the NYTimes. But it sold out locally--Jim tried to get it for me for Christmas, but he couldn't find it.
The idea is that you make a basic dough, enough for four, one-pound loaves of bread. You let it rise for a few hours, and then put it in the refrigerator. Then, whenever you feel like it, you take the dough out of the refrigerator, pull out about a one-pound hunk, let it rest for a while, turn it into a free-form loaf, and stick it in the oven. Well, you can see right off that five minutes a day is not exactly accurate, because of the resting and baking. It's more like an hour and a half to two hours. But still.
I love the concept of having bread dough at the ready, so I borrowed my friend Mary's copy, which she borrowed from another friend. I told you--these books are like gold around here.
There are a number of basic bread recipes: the regular "artisan," the brioche, the semolina, the American white, the rye, and probably some others. I had a new bag of semolina flour, so I made the semolina variation. I took only some brief notes, and gave the book back to Mary, so I don't have the recipe, but, as I recall, it was about 3 cups semolina flour, 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, 3 cups water, 1 1/2 T. salt and 1 1/2 T. yeast. It's unlike the no-knead bread, which had a minimal amount of yeast and rises very slowly. This dough, with its large amount of yeast, rises quickly, and, by the end of two hours, is ready to put in the refrigerator.
The first day, I made red pepper fougasse for dinner. You take a piece of refrigerated dough, roll it a circle and make slashes in half the dough. On the other half, place about one roasted red pepper, and sprinkle on sea salt and thyme. Then fold the dough in half, covering the peppers with the slashed side, and pinch the moistened edges together. Brush olive oil all over the top, and bake for about a half hour. Slice and serve.
The book says it makes six appetizer servings, but one slice would be a very hearty appetizer. We had it for dinner, so we didn't feel guilty about eating two slices, but neither of us could manage any more than that. I sauteed some zucchini and spinach, so it felt like a fairly healthy dinner, even if it was mostly bread.
The fougasse was good, but not really a test of the bread's quality, since it was rolled thin, and just turned out crispy. Not a bad thing at all, but not a loaf of bread.
So on Sunday, I took another pound of dough out of the refrigerator and worked it into a torpedo-shaped loaf. A very small torpedo-shaped loaf. It was supposed to rise for 40 minutes, but in the space of an hour, it had barely risen, and it looked like a very solid, very petite loaf of bread. I had my doubts about it, but there was enough oven spring to turn it into a respectable-sized loaf of bread.
We had it for dinner, along with roast chicken stuffed with cherry tomatoes and rosemary and a salad. Jim tasted it first. He said, "Well, it's good, but it's not the best bread you've ever made." If you knew Jim, you'd know that's dire. "It's not the best bread you've ever made" is Minnesota-speak for "I can barely choke this down." I looked so alarmed he had to assure me that he was not speaking Minnesotan, and he just meant that it was good, but not the best. After I tasted it, I thought that was pretty accurate.
First, 1 1/2 tablespoons of salt is too much salt, and I don't have an aversion to salty food. I have a vague idea that the recipe specified kosher salt, and that might make a difference, but I would definitely not use that much salt again. Second, the texture was a good basic bread texture, but not like Italian semolina bread.
If you compare this with the October 14, 2007 pictures of Tom Cat's Semolina Filone, from Maggie Glezer's cookbook, you'll see the difference between five-minute and two-day bread. The five-minute bread is good--better than most bread you can buy in a grocery store and even better than most bread you can buy in bakeries, but it's not really artisan bread.
With those provisos, though, I think it's a book worth having. I ordered it myself (it's still in short supply locally, but amazon.com seems to have an unlimited supply). I like the idea of being able to come home from work, shape the bread, have a glass of wine while it's rising, and then make a quick dinner while the bread is baking. The book also has some non-bread recipes that look good. But I don't think that this is a book that will replace more traditional cookbooks like The Bread Bible. I do think that books like this, as well as the recipe for no-knead bread, have introduced more people to the wonders of taking a homemade loaf of bread out of their own oven, and that's good.
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- Amy said...
I didn't use kosher either, and in hindsight that was a big mistake on my part. Like you, I thought it was too salty. I think the "master" recipe in the book does call for kosher (which would be less salty) but I didn't know that at the time.
Fun to try though. And sort of like you said, whether it's this or it's NYT/Lahey No Knead Bread, if it gets people playing with home-made bread then it's a good thing.
- Boaz said...
I agree with you about the salt. I made their deli rye, which turned out nicely, but very, very salty. I believe I used kosher salt, too.
Next time I make their bread I am going to use a standard 2% salt (and probably less yeast, too).
Zoe - co-author of this book has a blog. It's Zoebakes.com. You might be interested to look at it. She's already listed some corrections to the book. Anna
- Melinda said...
I heard so much about this book already. I will have to buy it when the hype is down.
Jaden from http://www.steamykitchen.com has made two things from it already. The sticky buns looked nice she did, and she did a Challah.
It is really true that fermenting the dough/poolish really does improve the flavour and texture of the bread. Making things quicker can't replace that, but it is convenient to have a ready loaf on the same day!
Did you use your steam gismo on this loaf? I must say, it looks good enough...which is Oregonian, for,'I'd eat it!'
I made half the basic with kosher salt and found it OK. I hope you will try again with kosher salt. Bread is pretty good but it won't replace my usual methods. Your last line says it all, new bakers making decent bread at home, and with only 4 ingredients.
That's how I feel about the NYT No Knead bread. I make it, knowing full well that there are better breads I make. I taught my neighbor who has never made bread in her life how to make that bread. So, that says it all. Beats eating all of those perservatives from the store by many a mile... Anna
- jhertz10 said...
I'm Jeff Hertzberg, one of the book's co-authors. About the salt, if you use a fine salt like table salt, you do need to decrease it by 25% (use only three-quarters as much salt as called for). Kosher salt is coarse and easy to measure so that's why we specify it. And if you have other questions, please post them to our bread blog at www.artisanbreadinfive.com.
Jeff Hertzberg
- breadbasketcase said...
Zoe and Jeff,
Thanks for checking in and for clarifying the salt issue. You must both be really pleased at how your book has taken off!
For all the no-carb fervor of the last few years, it does seem like people really want to learn to bake their own bread, doesn't it?
As soon as I get my own copy, I'm going to write in the corrections. I'm also going to translate the measurements into grams because now that I've started measuring by weight, it seems so much easier to me.
Let me know how it works out if you use less yeast--I had my doubts about the large amount of yeast, but I wanted to do it by the book the first time (although I neglected to use kosher salt, so I didn't entirely do it by the book).
It would be a great bread to use the steam gizmo with, and I almost did, but I wanted to try the authors' steam method, which is to pour a cup of hot water into a broiling pan that's on another rack in the oven. I'm looking forward to trying some more bread after the dough has been in the refrigerator for a week or so--apparently there's a noticeable difference in taste after the dough has developed for a while.
I'm definitely going to try it again, and I will use kosher salt. I may try the brioche variation next.
You are so right about the preservatives--the list of ingredients in most store-bought breads is daunting. When I make bread, I know exactly what goes into it.
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
It's interesting how a slower time changes things! Sounds like an interesting book, I'll look for it in the library!
- June said...
The Minnesota-speak is so funny and so true! One of my coworkers said that his BIL's annual comment at Thanksgiving is "It's not bad" when everyone else at the table is swearing up and down that something is the best XYZ they've ever eaten.
I've got some of that 5-min dough in the fridge. I'll probably give it longer than the 40 minutes of rise time and see what happens.
- breadbasketcase said...
Yes, it's definitely worth a try. I've still got two loaves worth in my refrigerator, and am getting a hankering for another loaf of semolina bread.
Yes, I've learned that "not too bad" can either be a deadly insult or powerful praise. It all depends on the intonation, which is subtle. My dough in the refrigerator keeps rising a little more every day--does yours?
- jhertz10 said...
Hi again, it's Jeff Hertzberg, one of the authors.
First off, you can adjust the salt to your taste. We've had people tell us we used too little... and too much!
And as for the yeast, our fairly highly yeasted approach was a compromise so that people could use it the same day (it rises faster so you can shape in two hours). But you can half the yeast and get a great result; rising and resting times will be longer.
Jeff www.artisanbreadinfive.com
- Greenie Gardens said...
thanks for the book tip. I tried the bread and really liked it. I used the baking technique from Cook's Illustraited though and it worked fine.
- breadbasketcase said...
Greenie Gardens,
I'm glad you liked it--good idea to combine the recipes with the CI technique.
- rpse said...
i've been meaning to try this bread technique simple bc i'm curious how the dough will be after 5 days in the frig from the point of view of flavor and riseability!
re the salt, to save yourself disappointment in future i recommend calculating your preferred salt level instead of taking anyone else's! for ex, i like 2 to 2.1% salt in relation to the flour.
thanks for the really interesting and as usual beautifully thorough report!
- breadbasketcase said...
I have to admit that I've never paid much attention to the bakers' percentages, although I can see that knowing your preferred salt percentage would be a big help in trying a new recipe (assuming the measurements were in grams, of course--even I could do it then).
But you're a scientist by nature (only a scientist would take her toe's temperature).
The flavor of the bread improves after a week in the refrigerator. It doesn't rise much, but there is a lot of oven spring. I'd love to see your take on this technique.
I am on my second batch of dough. Each loaf has come out so well. I have 2 concerns, tho. When you are storing leftover dough to use later, the directions say to put it in a lidded (not airtight) container. I am confused. If I put the lid on the large plastic ice-cream container that I am using, it is airtight. Should I make a few holes in the lid to let the gases escape?
Also, the beginning recipes specify Kosher salt and the rest of the recipes just say salt. Should I assume that the salt to be used is always Kosher.
Anyway, love this new hobby.....
- breadbasketcase said...
I just put the dough in plastic containers, and try to make sure I don't let all the air out, but I agree that the directions could be a little clearer than they are. I don't like keeping the dough for more than a week, personally, because I think it loses a lot of oomph, and it's harder to predict the taste.
I think the recipes are all based on kosher salt--otherwise, you'll end up with very salty bread.
Glad you're having fun with this!


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Motorola's Moto X Smartphone Coming August 1st With Android 4.2.2
Subject: General Tech | July 21, 2013 - 04:53 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Snapdragon S4 Pro, msm8960t, moto x, android 4.2.2, adreno 320
Rumors are abounding around the Internet concerning Motorola's Moto X smartphone. Leaked specifications, photos, and release dates have all appeared online, and at this point most sites are reporting on the phone with a fair amount of certainty. Should the rumors hold true, Motorola's latest Android smartphone will be launched on August 1, 2013 and available for purchase from wireless carriers as early as August 23, 2013.
On the outside, the Moto X is an approximately 5-inch smartphone with rounded corners and a curved back. The back cover bulges out towards the top and tapers off towards the bottom of the phone. Also, the Kevlar back cover has a textured finish, indented Motorola logo, and a 10MP camera with flash. The front of the Android smartphone has a 4.5" 720p (1184 x 720) touchscreen display, 2MP webcam, and three soft (back, home, and menu) capacitive buttons.
The Unlockr posted a leaked render of the Moto X.
Internal specifications include a Qualcomm MSM8960T SoC, 2GB of RAM, 16GB (non expandable) storage, Wi-Fi and cellular radios, a 2,200 mAh battery, and Android 4.2.2. The Qualcomm MSM8960T SoC includes a dual core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU clocked at 1.7GHz, an Adreno 320 GPU clocked at 400MHz, and the wireless modem.
The phone is reportedly assembled in the USA and should come in at affordable subsidized prices considering the hardware specifications are not all that impressive or new. If The Verge is correct in stating that Motorola will be delivering a "near stock" Android experience, then it may still be popular despite not dethroning competing Android flagships on hardware specifications alone.
Are you excited for the Moto X?
CES 2013: Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon 600 and Snapdragon 800 SoCs
Subject: Mobile | January 11, 2013 - 09:05 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: SoC, qualcomm 800, qualcomm 600, qualcomm, krait, ces 2013, CES, arm, adreno 330, adreno 320
Qualcomm introduced two new high end mobile processors at CES earlier this week. Known as the Snapdragon 600 and Snapdragon 800, the new SoCs take the company's Krait CPU cores to the next level. Both of the new chips are based on a 28nm HPm manufacturing process and feature faster (and more efficienct) CPU and GPU portions.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 is SoC with four Krait 300 CPU cores clocked at 1.9GHz along with an Adreno 320 GPU, and 4G LTE modem. The Snapdragon 600 also supports LPDDR3 RAM. The Adreno 320 GPU features suport fro OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenCL, and Renderscript Compute technologies. According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 600 is 40% faster than the Snapdragon S4 Pro processor used in devices like the Google Nexus 4 smartphone. Also, the Adreno 320 GPU is up to 3-times faster than the previous-generation A225.
The Snapdragon 600 SoC is inteded for smartphones, and we should start to see the new processor shipping with new devices by Q2 2013.
Meanwhile, the Snapdragon 800 processor takes performance up yet another notch over the company's existing chips. The new SoC includes four Krait 400 CPU cores clocked at 2.3GHz, an Adreno 330 GPU, support for 2x32-bit LPDDR3 at 800MHz (12.8Gbps), and a 4G LTE modem. The chip also features two image signal processors (ISP) that can handle up to four cameras and 55MP (total) resolution. Devices with the Snapdragon 800 processor will be able to record 1080p30 video as well as encode and decode stored videos with up to 4K resolutions. As far as wireless, the Snapdragon 800 includes a 4G LTE modem and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The upcoming SoC can handle 4K video output and HD audio in the form of DTS-HD, Dolby Digital+, and 7.1 Surround Sound.
The Adreno 330 GPU in the Snapdragon 800 chip also supports OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenCL, and Rednderscript Computer technologies. It can output 4K video and reportedly offers up to twice the compute performance versus the Adreno 320 GPU in the Snapdragon 600 processor.
According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 800 processor as a whole is up to 75% faster than the Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC. Qualcomm is aiming this processor at "premium" high end devices including Smart TVs, tablets, consumer electronics devices (ie: blu ray players with apps), and smartphones. Qualcomm expects to see devices powered by the new SoC become available sometime around the middle of 2013 (1H'13).
The new chips appear to offer up some noticeable performance and efficiency improvements over the current generation of Snapdragon processors. The Snapdragon 800 in particular is an impressive-sounding design. I am interested to see how it stacks up against competing chips such as NVIDIA's Tegra 4, Samsung's next-gen Exynos lineup, and whatever chip Apple has up its sleeve for the next iPad/iPhone refresh. This year is shaping up to be an exciting year for ARM-based SoCs!
If you are interested in the new silicon, Qualcomm has teased a few more details on its blog.
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Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch. The cowgirls take command of the ranch from the Countess and 'drug' the cranes with 'peyote'. The police besiege the ranch...
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Actor: Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita
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Pearl Harbor Day Remembered by Billy Ray Cyrus, Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus
Today marks 70 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941, which killed 2,402 Americans and wounded more than half as many, effectively starting World War II. People worldwide are undoubtedly taking time out of their day to think about the devastating attack that changed everything, country music stars included.
Billy Ray Cyrus reached out to his 700,000 Twitter followers on Wednesday to say simply, "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 70th Anniversary. SOME GAVE ALL," reminding his fans to think about those lost in the war.
Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus also recognized the significance of the date with a public message, though he put a patriotic spin on the day, which will forever carry lasting sad effects. The 'Easy' singer tweeted, "Remember Pearl Harbor today... That day changed our country forever. I'm so very proud to be an American...."
On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, which is an annual event, it is traditional to fly your American flag at half-staff until sunset as a means to pay your respects to the service men and women lost on that fateful day.


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a manual run of puppet:
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This page is intended for people who are already familiar with puppet. It is specific to our Fedora Infrastructure though the techniques are general enough to apply to other environments.
All of our configs and manifests are stored in CVS. We also have a private CVS that stores keys, certificates and other files (like sudoers) that shouldn't be messed with or altered but by a select few people.
The following commands will check out all cvs configs (from puppet1.fedora.phx.redhat.com)
cvs -d /cvs/puppet co configs cvs -d /cvs/puppet co manifests
Altering config files
The config files need to be edited, saved and installed. The following example assumes everything is checked out already and is to alter a proxy file on the webserver.
cd configs vi web/fedoraproject.org/wiki.conf cvs commit -m "altered the wiki config" make install
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Adding new files
Adding new files consists of two things, adding the file and adding the manifest. Adding the config file is similar to the alteration section above. Just add the file to the appropriate directory, cvs add filename. Then commit and run 'make install'
Once the config file is in place move to your manifests directory and add the file to whichever manifest seems appropriate. If none do, add a new manifest. All of our manifests exist in the services directory. From there the servergroups manifests group the services into logical machines. The nodes file then includes those servergroups for submission to the servers.
Adding new node
Adding new hosts of an already known type is easy. The following example is for a builder. First check out the manifests module. Then add a new node file (see other node files for an example:)
For example
node xenbuilder3{ include build }
The "include build" line refers to a 'build' group in the servergroups directory.
Node Access
If this is a new node coming from a previously un-used IP address. We need to give puppet, infrastructure and the accounts system access to the node:
cvs -d /cvs/puppet co manifests cd manifests vi fileserver.conf cvs commit -m "What you added" make install cd .. cvs -d /cvs/puppet co configs cd configs vi web/infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/infrastructure.conf vi web/exclude.conf.erb
On the node
Do a manual run of puppet:
puppetd -t --server=puppet
This initial run will send a certificate request over to the puppet master. once you have signed the new request (below) go back to the node and re-run the command.
Signing new ca request
If using one of our official kickstart scripts a server will automatically request a cert from puppet1. To view a list just run (as root)
puppetca --list
followed by a sign of whatever hostname needs to be signed:
puppetca --sign xenbuilder3.fedora.phx.redhat.com
Sometimes a new node needs to have puppet restarted in order to connect correctly after its certificate has been approved. Simply log in and run 'service puppet restart'
Remove Server
To remove a server first clean the cert:
puppetca -c xenbuilderx.fedora.phx.redhat.com
Then remove its node file.
Regenerate cert request
To regenerate the cert request (for example when re-kicking a box) first remove the old cert
puppetca -c xenbuilderx.fedora.phx.redhat.com
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The love blossomed on a warm summer day in Calafell, a small beach town less than an hour's drive west of Barcelona.
His grandmother owned a house there, not far from shores so white and pristine they once earned a European "blue flag" designation for cleanliness. Five years ago, the summer before his freshman year of high school, it was where Adrià Gasol truly found basketball.
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Update: Just as in Europe and Australia, it seems both flavors of Nexus 4 are now sold out in America, less than an hour after first going on sale. As of 1:20pm ET the 32GB Nexus 10 is sold out, too. The 16GB Nexus 10 is still available to buy.
Original story: Credit cards at the ready, folks. Following the chaotic European launch earlier this morning, which resulted in all Nexus 4s and most Nexus 10s selling out, Google's new tablets are now available from the U.S. and Canadian Google Play Store, along with the 3G Nexus 7.
In the U.S., the Nexus 4 comes in 8GB and 16GB flavors, which sell for $299 and $349 respectively. If it's a Nexus 10 you're after, it'll set you back $399 for 16GB and $499 for 32GB. Global pricing can be found in our earlier post.
If other territories are any indication, these new Nexus devices are sure to sell out quickly -- particularly the competitively-priced Nexus 4. So what are you doing still reading this? Hit the source link down below and go select your Nexus of choice.
Be sure to check in down in the comments, too, and let us know how you're getting on with the order process.
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(BPT) - Looking for a hearty dish to warm up your table this season? Look no further than Tuscan Lasagna al Forno.

Inspired by DaVinci(R) Wine's popular Storyteller Experience, this dish brings the authentic flavors of Tuscan food and wine right to your dinner table. In its third year, the Storyteller Experience has sent 12 creative individuals to the picturesque vineyards of Tuscany to experience the people and place behind the 50-year-old wine cooperative that produces the wines.

Culinary Arts Storyteller and food blogger Karista Bennett, of Karista's Kitchen, created this lasagna after tasting the distinct flavor at a Florence restaurant during the Storyteller Experience. Bennett was delightfully surprised at how this version differed from lasagna traditionally enjoyed back home. Featuring buttery lasagna pasta sheets with rich bechamel, parmesan, pecorino and Bolognese sauce, or as they call it in Tuscany - sugo.

Perfect for gathering around the table with loved ones, this recipe pairs nicely with a glass of DaVinci Chianti or Chianti Riserva. For authentic Italian recipes, wine pairing ideas, and to see all of the Storytellers' creations, visit www.Facebook.com/DaVinciWine.

Tuscan Lasagna al Forno

For the Sugo:

Ingredients:

3/4 - 1 lb ground beef or ground Italian sausage

1 red onion, diced

1 carrot, small diced

1 rib of celery, small diced

1-2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup DaVinci Chianti

2-3 cups tomato sauce

Pinch dried oregano

Pinch of allspice or pumpkin pie spice

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

In a heavy bottom skillet, heat a tablespoon or two of olive oil over medium high heat and saute the onion, carrot and celery until nicely golden brown, almost caramelized. Add the ground meat and garlic to the soffrito (diced veggies) and cook until done, breaking up any big pieces. The meat should be small and somewhat minced.

Take the skillet off the heat and stir in the wine, scraping up the bits of good stuff (fond) on the bottom of the pan.

Stir in the tomato sauce, oregano and allspice or pumpkin pie spice and a pinch or two of salt and pepper. Put the skillet back on the heat and bring to a low simmer. Let the sauce simmer while you prepare the bechamel.

Bechamel or White Ragu:

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

6 tablespoons flour

3 cups warm whole milk

Pinch of nutmeg

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

In a large sauce pan melt the butter over medium heat. When the butter is melted, whisk in the flour. Then slowly whisk in the warm milk.

Continue whisking until your milk comes to a simmer and begins to thicken. Turn the heat down to prevent burning the sauce and continue whisking until the sauce thickens.

Stir in the pinch of fresh grated nutmeg and season to taste with salt and pepper.

You will want this bechamel (white ragu) thicker than a bechamel that you might toss with pasta. So if it feels heavy or thick that's OK. It's perfect for the lasagna.

For the Lasagna:

Ingredients:

Fresh lasagna sheets, cooked – (enough to fill a 9x13 baking dish)

3-4 cups sugo

3-4 cups bechamel

1/2 cup grated Parmesan

1/2 cup shaved pecorino Toscano

Chopped fresh Italian parsley for garnish

Directions:

Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.

Ladle a little sugo in the bottom of the baking dish and line with pasta sheets. Ladle the pasta sheets with bechamel, sprinkle of parmesan and pecorino. Continue alternating the bechamel and sugo until you've created 5-6 layers or used all your pasta sheets. Be sure to save a cup of sugo for the top of the lasagna.

Sprinkle the lasagna with the remaining cheese, cover with foil and bake for about 15-20 minutes or until the sides are bubbly.

Raise the heat to 400 F. Remove the foil and cook the lasagna until the top is toasty and cheese is golden brown, another 10 minutes or so. You may wish to put it under the broiler for extra color.

Let the lasagna rest for about 10 minutes before slicing. This will allow the bechamel and cheese to firm for slicing.

Serve with a side of extra sugo and grated Parmesan if desired.


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Can't wait for the surf to get big again so that size and mother nature regulate things for us.
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Memo to all those groups who say they want to make even more changes to the 2008 farm bill when a House-Senate farm bill conference committee convenes later this month: Forget it.
The president of the nation's largest farm organization says producers have already made more compromises to the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 than they wanted and "are not really interested in going any further.
"We hope the conference committee reports out a farm bill we can accept," said Bob Stallman, the American Farm Bureau Federation president and a farmer from Texas. "I hope the Bush administration will sign the bill and we can move forward with implementation."
Speaking at a news conference at the opening of AFBF's 89th annual convention in New Orleans, Stallman said the House- and Senate-approved farm bills awaiting consolidation "represent significant reform."
Stallman acknowledged that Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner and other administration officials have criticized both versions of the farm bill with Conner singling out the Senate bill for "raising taxes" and failing to deliver significant reforms on payment limits and target prices and loan rates.
The administration "has issued guidelines about what would constitute an acceptable bill the president could sign," including changing the funding structure of the legislation. Stallman called Conner's threat of a veto of the legislation "disappointing."
"I have talked to a lot of farmers, and I can tell you they don't really care whether something is a budget gimmick, or closing a loophole, or providing a tax credit," he noted. "They don't really care about all the back and forth from Democrats and Republicans on those issues. What our members care about is: Are we going to have a farm bill and when are we going to know what the rules are so we can plan our planting operation?"
With spring planting for summer crops just weeks away in some portions of the South, Stallman said farmers need to have answers soon. He said Farm Bureau members have continued to voice strong support for a farm bill that includes a "three-legged" economic safety net for farmers in the form of direct payments, counter-cyclical support and marketing loans.
"The House and Senate farm bills both meet Farm Bureau's need to continue that safety net," Stallman said. "It will take a compromise from all parties to get it done, but we feel we have compromised a great deal from our organization's original proposal."
Another speaker warned that failure by Congress to act on the farm bill soon could put farmers at the end of a long list of policy issues that must be addressed in 2008. Among those: Social Security, health care costs and tax cuts.
"Get a farm bill done now," said Jim Wiesemeyer, vice president of policy and trade issues for Informa Economics Inc., adding that a shrinking budget baseline and a growing national deficit also pose threats.
Wiesemeyer, pointing out that Bush has made good on previous veto threats, said that with tax increases off the table, one of the critical issues that lawmakers will have to compromise on in a final bill is how to pay for it.
Predicting across-the-board budget cuts, Congress will have to choose where to trim, he said. Possible reductions could be in store for direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, crop insurance and a disaster program, while programs related to nutrition, conservation, specialty crops and energy could get a boost.
In addition, Wiesemeyer touched on a handful of issues that won't have direct bearing on the farm bill, but will certainly be getting attention, both inside the Beltway and in farm country.
Among them are the likely explosion of advanced biofuels — those beyond corn ethanol and biodiesel — and future World Trade Organization challenges to U.S. farm programs, which he predicted are sure to come.
Rising food prices could also begin capturing public attention. "You will hear from government analysts about why food prices are going up," Wiesemeyer said. "Food price inflation will become an increasing issue. Pressure for policy change will grow with every up tick on the commodity chart."
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Aug. 25, 2006
The Lipscomb Bisons soccer team turned an exciting Page in overtime in a 3-2 season-opening victory over visiting Birmingham-Southern Friday night.
The Bisons battled back from a 2-0 halftime deficit to tie the game at 2-2 by the end of regulation. The game was the season opener for both teams, and marked the first time the Bisons have ever beaten Birmingham-Southern. It was also the second year in a row the Bisons have won their opening game.
"It was a big-time comeback for us," said Lipscomb coach Charles Morrow. "We started off playing well. We had some defenses lapses, not necessarily in our back three, cost us two goals. One we had those sorted out things got much better.
"Coming in, the biggest question was whether our midfield was going to be able to answer Birmingham-Southern's talent. Our center midfielders played great."
An enthusiastic crowd of more than 650 watched the game.
Forward Ben Page, who also scored on a penalty kick at the 87:34 mark, went through three defenders and then beat Birmingham-Southern goalkeeper Joseph Anthony from about 10-to-15 yards out for the game-winner at the 96:28 mark in overtime.
Morrow thought that Page had played the worst game of his career in an exhibition last Saturday at Memphis. He didn't think Page started out the Birmingham-Southern game in top form.
"Ben had been in a funk," said Morrow. "He just sort of worked himself out of it. You could see his confidence growing throughout the game. He was creating more and better chances as the game went on."
Page made a game-leading five shots and also a game-leading three shots on goal.
"When he gets the ball everybody knows he is a threat," said Morrow.
Forward Jorge Suarez, who assisted on Page's game-winner, jumpstarted the Bisons offense with a goal at 84:57 from eight-to-12 yards out on an assist from Page.
"Jorge is a guy who knows the game," said Morrow. "He might not have all the physical talent of some other players, but he finds the goal. I told (assistant coach) Kevin Burk the day before the game to watch Jorge because he was going to score.
"He was so frustrated early on the in the preseason. He didn't think he was going to play up top this year for us because of some of the other guys we had brought in. I know he was upset with me that he wasn't in the mix. Then all of sudden he is thrown in there and he responds."
Midfielder Jon-Pierre Anthony opened the scoring for Birmingham-Southern with a goal at 16:47. Striker Martin DeVaney scored the second goal for the visitors at 25:10. Midfielder Gino Cozzolino was awarded the assist on both goals.
The Bisons outshot Birmingham-Southern 17-10 and held a slight 7-6 edge in shots on goal.
Goalkeeper Jake Goergen, who made four saves, two in each half, earned the win for the Bisons. Anthony also had four saves for Birmingham-Southern in the loss, all in the second half.
Eighteen Bisons saw action in the game. Birmingham-Southern made only one substitution.
"I think our depth was a huge part of our success as well," said Morrow. "All eighteen players got quality minutes. In the last part of the game that showed. We will continue to work on our fitness, but our fitness is improving and we have quality depth."
The Bisons return to the field Tuesday night at 5 when Central Arkansas visits.
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I don't know how many people who drop by here read the blog over at Twist Collective, but I posted this today and thought I'd put it here too since I actually say some things in it that I am willing to repeat.
There was a moment two weeks ago that inspired me to write this post. I was chatting with a woman I am acquainted with in that spinner's kind of way, who I have seen around for a number of years, whose face is familiar to me but whose name I have never learned, but no reason to stand on such formality. This is the 21st century. I KNOW her. Sort of. I know the wheel she spins on at least, and that she favors Romney, most likely because that is what she has in her little flock. And that she likes Cambodian food. She is older than I am, but not so much older that she didn't hesitate, after some knocking around some conversational chesnuts like the weather and how comfortable we found this New Hampshire Sheep Festival compared to "other" festivals . . . to confide in me that she was wondering where all these upstart spinners had come from. "Like who, for example, is this Amy King?"
Imagine my reaction, through which I kept my best poker face, to this rumination. Only a spinner myself for about 5 years, and a middling one at that, I suspect she would start at my own spinning provenance. Assumptions about the association between age and years at the treadle aside, Amy is a rock star in my world. I am lucky to own some of her fiber, I am on a first name basis with her (heck, I know HER name), and I am currently following her personal advice for spinning for a sweater (which is: "just do it").
Here's the rub: among the spinners I have met, I get a sense from some of them of a protective, even proprietary ownership of spinning, and an almost canonical impulse there that demands that a spinner "with opinions" needs to offer a pedigree of academically approved tutors, if not numbers of SOARs attended, then at least an ability to invoke Alden Amos or to quote a relevant point from one of Maggie Casey's long list of Spin Off articles. There is an almost generational quality to it, and in some ways, a reluctant one too, to admit that there are afoot in the world a fresh crop of "young" spinners embracing the craft for reasons all their own, and that maybe they (that is, we) have a new batch of teachers who have blogged and taught locally (and nationally) for years before surfacing in the paper publishing world more accessible to spinners such as my friend at the sheep festival.
Interweave Press has published at least three instructional books in the last year about spinning: Maggie Casey's Start Spinning, Judith MacKenzie McCuin's The Intentional Spinner, and now Spin Control by Amy King. Each of them are terrific, each promote the craft with good if interchangeable photographs on technique, and each speak to their own audience. At 35, Amy is among the younger generation of spinners and teachers like Abby Franquemont who have developed an ardent following on-line and are now transitioning to more traditional publishing outlets (Abby's book Respect the Spindle is due later this year). Amy's articles have appeared in knittyspin, and her viability as a teacher may feel underground to the wider spinning community, but if you are reading this, you probably need no further introduction. She has become esteemed in the blog community for her good humor, her pioneering online shop Spunky Eclectic and associated fiber club, has exhibited around New England sheep and fiber shows for a number of years, and now owns a destination brick and mortar shop in Mid Maine.
In Spin Control, Amy speaks to a reader who has grasped the basics of drafting, maybe even taken a class or two, and wants to develop a sense of control over their product. In friendly gal pal language, Amy walks the apprentice spinner through basics they might have missed, and advocates the "just do it" approach to the yarn making: use different whorls, pull apart your fiber, ply a little bit, and knit a swatch. And she asks this question: Do you like what you see? It's a beginner's book for certain, but also a book of basics for intermediate spinners with an interest in core spinning and other novelties. Every piece of advice is to encourage an understanding of your wheel and your hands as tools that can be adjusted for predictable and personal results, and celebrates the spinner's own taste in their craft. While there are preferences for certain qualities in a yarn for the demands of a particular project, Amy never lays down any rules but instead trusts her readers to decide for themselves. If that makes Amy an upstart, then hooray for upstarts I say.
The gates to the spinning kingdom may be guarded by the well-meaning, but any spinner will recognize the keys to the kingdom in this book, and should consider it worth handing over along with that first gift of fiber to their new spinning friends.


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Whereas most college graduates rely on their resumes to land them a job, Nadege Green knew that, in her field, even an impressive resume wouldn't be enough to get her foot in the door. Instead, Green, a 2009 graduate of Barry University's College of Arts and Sciences, relied on the relationships she built while at Barry and used these connections to break into journalism, climb the professional ladder, and ultimately report on one of the world's most widely covered news stories.
"A resume doesn't say much for someone wanting to go into journalism," said Green, a reporter for The Miami Herald who covers North Miami, Miami Gardens and the South Florida Haitian community. "I definitely think Barry was a stepping stone to getting me where I am today."
Green, who majored in English at Barry with a specialization in Professional Writing, said that the professors she was introduced to as a student at Barry helped prepare her for a career in journalism.
"I had some really awesome professors," Green said. "They didn't take excuses, which works very well in journalism."
Andrea Greenbaum, Ph.D., professor of English and director of the Professional Writing program at Barry, helped prepare Green for journalism's tight deadlines with her zero-tolerance policy for excuses and tardy papers, Green said. Greenbaum also emphasized the importance of networking – a skill that Green applied even as a student.
"You want your professors to know you, " Green said. "You want them to be impressed by you."
Mike Sallah, former adjunct instructor for Barry's English Department, introduced Green to the art of investigative reporting by requiring Green, as part of his investigative reporting class, to write an original investigative piece.
"It was the hardest class I took at Barry by far," Green said. "It was fascinating."
When Green received the only A in the class, Sallah offered Green a clerking job for The Miami Herald. After a few months of answering the phone and emails, Green was offered an internship with the Herald, which she accepted. After a year of covering Liberty City, Miami Gardens and Overtown neighborhoods, Green was offered a full-time position working as a reporter for the Herald.
In 2012, Green became a well-known name in the media when she wrote a series of stories covering Rudy Eugene's assault on a homeless man on Miami's MacArthur Causeway. Eugene, who came to be dubbed the "Miami Zombie" and the "Causeway Cannibal," became a global media sensation, with Green's reporting serving as a local and prominent source of information on the events.
"I knew that when I started covering the story that it had already gone viral," Green said. "The nature of the attack was just so bizarre that it was quickly picked up by a number of media outlets. I never thought of my coverage in terms of how popular this story was. At the time, I just wanted to do the story justice."
Although Green did not start as the main reporter on the incident, she eventually became the main reporter on stories for the Herald that retold Eugene's life story. She was the only reporter to attend and cover Eugene's funeral.
"The Rudy Eugene story will be remembered for a long time, and I am very proud of the way we covered the events surrounding the attack and, ultimately, both men's lives," Green said. "We were able to tell Eugene's story in a way it had not been told before."
For more information about the Professional Writing specialization and minor offered by the Department of English and Foreign Languages in Barry's College of Arts and Sciences, visit https://www.barry.edu/english-foreign-languages/professional-writing/ or contact Dr. Andrea Greenbaum at email@example.com or 305-899-4568.