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Minor hurlers pipped at post by Tyrone
Ulster Minor Hurling League Division Two Final
Tyrone 3-14 Monaghan 1-15 9/4/11
The minor hurlers lost out in Saturday’s Ulster Minor Hurling League Division Two Final, but only after putting up a great battle against Tyrone in Omagh. Having suffered a heavy defeat against the same opposition last week, Monaghan weren’t given a chance in this one but they pushed reigning champions Tyrone all the way. Fergal Rafter returned to the team to hit 1-10, while Brendan McQuaid, Conor McNally and Gareth Brennan also impressed for Monaghan, who sorely missed the injured Micheál Ó Mordha.
Fergal Rafter and Brendan McQuaid were among the scorers as Monaghan raced into a 0-5 to 0-1 lead early on, but Tyrone drew level at six apiece and two goals in as many minutes by Tommy Lowe late in the first half sent them in at the interval ahead by 2-6 to 0-8.
Despite falling six points behind in the second half, playing against the wind, Monaghan refused to give up and they rallied with Rafter driving a free to the net to help his side turn the game on its head and go two points up. Tyrone finished the stronger, though, as a late goal from Mark Mullan led them to a hard-earned win.


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Written by Rick Charbs
Eccentric music fills the air; I am logging into Fiesta Online, a world where quests bring perilous journeys, and also great treasures. Fiesta Online is an interesting title first released by Outspark on the 8th of November 2007. This review will cater how it has improved or weakened since its first impression, as well as a basic overview.Basic Game play
Fiesta is the most casual among casual MMOs. It features a lot of fun and interesting things to do, as well as a lot of generic RPG elements. Like most free to play MMORPGs, you will set out to battle cute creatures in your lower levels and the stronger more intimidating creatures in your higher levels in order to gain experience levelling up and wearing more powerful gear. The classes are strictly limited to a basic four: warrior, archer, mage, and cleric. Furthermore, races are not determined by choice, although some classes are different races than others at creation. For example, archers are elves and clerics are human. The storyline is somewhat immersive, but you need to have a very good imagination. Personally, the best aspect of this title is its party value. You will want to play this one with a friend or two; it just makes it that much better. Nothing is more fun that gathering up with a huge group of friends and taking on some big bad monsters!Questing
Despite its current reputation, Fiesta Onlines questing system is not as undeveloped as it seems. Fiesta Online has introduced a title feature, which allows your character to earn humorous or glorifying titles to personal preference (or for bragging rights). These special titles can be earned by resolving certain quests or making certain accomplishments within the game. The downside to questing is the fact that almost every quest has the same base template: kill xx monsters or collect xx items. However, the Kings Quests, one of the most enjoyed features of the game, allow for a large group of adventurers to fight together in order to complete a much more difficult quest. They usually involve fighting a big bad monster as a group; working together with all your forces- they really are quite enjoyable.Improvements
Many patches have been released since Fiesta Online was first introduced to the MMO community. Countless fixes/changes have been made for the community. Were they for better or for worse? Recently, a fairly large patch was introduced to Fiesta Online. It ensured a faster levelling pace for a more enjoyable experience. As you may know, most of the bad reputation this game has been having was for its grind. With this new patch, users will receive a substantial increase in exp as quest rewards comparatively to the previous set exp rate. I was able to reach a decent level in a mere few days; the increase in quest rewards was noticeable. With this upgraded reward rate, the game runs much smoother, and most of the bugs that came along with this patch (such as skill animations) are fixed. Furthermore, many more exciting patches are planned for release during summer 08, with a lot of awesome new features implementing in this title.Graphics and sounds
I must admit, I have not found any differences to the quality of graphics and sounds since I had first played it at its release, for obvious reasons. However, with a more powerful computer, I was able to now enjoy it at a maximum capacity. The anime graphics style is truly perfected in this game, and you can tell various details are attended to. The environments seem very lush with the glow option, and everything seems very beautiful, especially for a free to play MMORPG. The sounds were quite odd and repetitive, though they did have a certain quality to them. They sounded great the first time I heard them; it was just that the same tracks just keep playing. The music does its job pretty well though; it sets you in the appropriate mood.Personal Recommendation
First and foremost, I would like to add emphasis on how this game has thoroughly changed within these past months. If you have left for certain reasons such as exp rate or events, youll absolutely love Fiesta Online.
Now, for all of those who are new to the title, I will give you a little bit of input to top off this review. Firstly, the staff in-game is very active and incredibly fun to have around. There are events hosted all of the time and they usually feature a gm appearance. They are all really humorous and like to drown themselves in the community. I attended an event and it was really enjoyable- I had a blast. Also, the community is very humble, fun, and kind. There are your usual spammers but mostly everyone was nice to me and even clerics kept healing me when I had not even asked. Overall I absolutely loved this community; you cannot really ask for a more down to earth player base. Although, the downside to this game, personally, is the fact there is almost no uniqueness in the classes, hardly any customisation (unless you use the cash shop), and despite the relief on the quest rewards, it is still fairly hard to level. You need to dedicate some time to creating a fun and enjoyable character within the game.
However, as I have stated, Fiesta Online is a very casual game. It is the type you would hop on for an hour here and there, and just have some fun with friends. There are some very active players though, who just love every aspect of the game, which is natural because the features are quite nice for a free game. If you are interested in casual gaming, look no further. Fiesta Online will grasp your very gaming soul, and you will love what this game has to offer. If you are new to MMO gaming this is a definite one to try!

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You kids know that your auntie loves buxom women who work hard for the money. So I enjoyed Lilly Allen’s new music video for her hit song “Hard Out Here (For a B*tch)”. But I may be alone in my appreciation of Allen’s video for the work of art that it is. Other black female bloggers are slamming the British pop star’s video as “racist” and “objectifying” black women.
In the video Allen sings about the unfair industry standards for women, while black, white and Asian women twerk and drop it like it’s hot behind her. The dance moves are the standard fare that you would normally see inside any strip club, or onstage at the VMAs for that matter.
It isn’t easy competing with the Beyonce’s and the Rihanna’s of the music world. Singers like Allen and Miley Cyrus have to overcompensate for what they lack in physical attributes and talent.
“It’s Hard” has already racked up 3 million views on Youtube.com, so it must not be that offensive. But, still, urban bloggers such as Cate at Batty Mamzelle aren’t impressed:
There’s a lot that rubs me the wrong way, most specifically her use of black women as props. Here is Lily Allen, a white (presumably feminist) woman, making a statement about her autonomy, sexual agency and self worth, while mocking the very same in black women. The lyrics of the song are all about rejecting objectification and yet, here she is, objectifying women of colour. It’s not lost on me that throughout the video, Allen and her two white dancers are wearing far more clothing than all of the black women who are present. … Lily croons on about how much better she is than all that because she’s above the need to sexualize herself. We get close up shots of jiggling asses and black women licking money all while Lily is fully clothed, professing her superiority. … So what does it say that she has put black women in her video in an explicitly sexual context? That she’s better than them? What does it mean when she sings “Don’t need to shake my ass for you, cause I’ve got a brain“ while surrounded by black women doing exactly that?
Watch the video below and judge for yourselves. Is Lilly Allen racist?


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The Order of A.D.D
Due to new projects and scheduling conflicts their Ranma 1/2 Abridged has been put on hiatus.
The Order of A.D.D consists of Shibien13 , Redbeast13, Ranma2387, Ilovetoparty1, Kidkash612, SuperHyperConsoleBoy, BEZthePEZ, and Cazbuster. It should be noted that some of the members having A.D.D. Member such as BEZthePEZ, Bubblebibbit, Fullmetalraz, and Cazbuster didn't join until after the first movie, with the female voices being done by the current members at the time. BEZthePEZ and Bubblebibbit both made their first appearence in episode one, Fullmetalraz first appeared in a camio in episode three and was given his first Ranma 1/2 character in episode four, Cazbuster first appeared in episode four. Kidkash612 quit the Order for personal reasons February 2011.
- Ranma 1/2 The Abridged Series (2009-Present)
- Shibien13: He is the leader of the Order of A.D.D.
- Job (with the show)- Shibien13 is in charge with keeping the show on a steady plot and to make sure the episode flows well.
- Hobbies- Writing, reading, anime, video games and martial arts.
- Activities- Martial arts and writing.
- Fun Fact- Shibien13 is a big fan of Rurouni Kenshin, even having his own reverse blade sword.
- Redbeast13: He is second in command and editor of the Order of A.D.D.
- Job (with the show)- Redbeast13 does all of the editing, and is in charge with the voicing.
- Hobbies- Editing and computer graphics, anime, video games and martial arts.
- Activities- Martial arts and editing.
- Fun Fact- If not forced to stop, he will edit late into the night. His current record is going up to 5:30 in the morning. He also wears red EVERY DAY so that people can tell him apart from his identical twin, Shibien13.
- Ranma2387: The main voice actor and anime referencer in the Order of A.D.D.
- Job (with the show)- Ranma2387 is in charge with advising them about any anime references.
- Hobbies- Anime, video games and reading.
- Activities- Is on a varsity baseball team with Ilovetoparty1.
- Fun Fact- Ranma2387 is currently the biggest Otaku anyone on the team knows.
- Ilovetoparty1: The main writer and advisor in the Order of A.D.D.
- Job (with the show)- Ilovetoparty1 is in charge with a lot of the writing, and editing the jokes and voices in the Order of A.D.D.
- Hobbies- Movies, baseball, partying (obviously), and video games.
- Activities- Is on varsity baseball team with Ranma2387.
- Fun Fact- Ilovetoparty1 is a humongous movie junkie and is currently trying to accomplish watching every academy award best picture film. he has currently watched 60 out of 81 best picture films.
- Kidkash612: Former member of the Order of A.D.D.
- SuperHyperConsoleBoy: The main video gamer of the Order of A.D.D.
- Job (with the show)- Finds video game references and sounds for the show and has a wide variety of voices they can use.
- Hobbies- Watching movies and playing video games.
- Activities- Collects video games/consoles.
- Fun Fact- He was the one who first introduced Shibien13 and Redbeast13 to the Abridged Series (who in turn showed it the rest of the team above).
- BEZthePEZ: Random thinker of the Order of A.D.D.
- Job (with the show)- He helps think of ideas or lines and can help with random thoughts.
- Hobbies- Watching movies and playing video games.
- Activities- He has a few movie reviews on his page and will continue to post more.
- Fun Fact- Bioshock is his favorite video game and he is currently going to college for video game design.
There series is "Ranma 1/2 The Abridged Series" and they have a three part movie, one special, and seven episodes out already. When starting with the three part movie, they had no female voice actors so they did all the female roles themselves. After starting the series their popularity drastically increased. They have made a few changes between the time of the movie to the series. Ryoga's voice actor stays the same, but uses a different voice, they use voice modifiers for the animal curses now, Ilovetoparty1 is now the voice for P-Chan, and they have gotten actual girls to play the female roles (with the exception of Akane). The opening song to the series is Stronger by Kanye West, which has received much approval. The ending theme is 2 Song. Fullmetalraz has made camios in a few episodes but has been announced to have been given an actual role.
Many members serve certain needs. Shibien13 is the Leader and manages the account and helps decide on finial calls. Redbeast13 is the one who does the editing. Ilovetoparty1 is the Master (or head) Scripter and previews the work once completed. Ranma2387 is their Anime Expert and knows the Ranma series best, meaning that he can give jokes and information about upcoming events, or help them avoid episodes that are just plain stupid. SuperHyperConsoleBoy comes up with video game references, such as the BOOM from Gears of War used in episode four.
Aside from their Ranma 1/2 Abridged videos, they have also posted other videos. They have uploaded a 300 trailer of Rurouni Kenshin, a video of the Order of A.D.D going paintballing, an April Fools video of a Live Action Ranma 1/2 Movie, and a video of Shibien13, Redbeast13, and Ranma2387 taking a trip to Anime Boston 2010. It has been confirmed that Redbeast13 is working on a full length video of the opening due to the many requests he has gotten. The Order has recently posted a R.I.P video dedicated to onemanga.com being shut down due to copyright claims. The video has received much reaction from fans. They have also posted a video thanking their fans for over 300 subscribers. The video is done with Ranma's head on the Spartans from 300 as the attack iHop. They have also released a video talking about their new backup channel, theorderofadd. Recently Kidkash left the Order so the roles of Akane and Soun open. SuperHyperConsoleBoy took up the role of Soun and PygmyPuffPie was given the role of Akane. PygmyPuffPie's improvised audition was so funny that those at the Order decided to upload the audition edited with a video. This video also introduced PygmyPuffPie's "pedo voice" which would be used for the shop keeper in the school.
- When working on the Ranma 1/2 Movie, Redbeast13 used iMovie but since the start of the series he has been using Final Cut Pro.
- In the movie, Shibien13 voiced the entire Kuno family.
- SuperHyperConsoleBoy's first name was Marrioman99, but had it changed.
- Shibien13 and Redbeast13 work together on their own Rurouni Kenshin X Abridged Series, which most of the Order members have cameoed in.
- Fullmetalraz and Bubblebibbit work together on their own series, Tenchi Muyo Abridged by The Lighthawk Force and Fullmetal Brotherhood Abridged by the Fullmetal Force.
- Fullmetalraz, before becoming a member, and Bullidom12 camioed in an early episode as Ed and Al from FMABA to give Ryoga directions.

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Sunday's Week 15 finale was fairly calm, as only four NBA games tipped off between 1 and 8 p.m. ET. Only one of the matchups was decided by less than 12 points, but we still got some impressive fantasy performances from the action. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ja Morant stood out as headliners. We'll go over who else was hot, who's struggling, and identify one of Monday's top DFS options here ahead of Monday's eight-game main slate.
Nobody is surprised the Antetokounmpo has put up ridiculous numbers since Bobby Portis suffered an MCL sprain. The Milwaukee Bucks star amassed 50 points, 13 rebounds, and four assists against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday to wrap up Week 15. He's averaged 41.3 points, 13.0 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game over the previous three games Portis has missed. Antetokounmpo's shot 64.3 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from deep during that stretch. Fantasy managers should expect his inflated stats to last until the Bucks find a reliable fill-in. They're reportedly in talks with the Phoenix Suns regarding a potential Jae Crowder acquisition.
Desmond Bane has missed two straight contests for the Memphis Grizzlies and the other half of the team's starting backcourt has gone off during his absence. Morant tallied a second consecutive triple-double on Sunday with 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 15 assists against the Indiana Pacers. He's averaging 27.2 points, 8.4 assists, and 7.0 rebounds through 18 games without Bane this season.
This year's second-best rookie has only made a handful of starts but has established himself as one of the NBA's premier bench scorers. His 27-point performance against the Grizzlies on Sunday marked his sixth straight contest with at least 21 points off the pine. Tyrese Haliburton is Indiana's top scorer so far this campaign, but Mathurin has averaged 20.9 points and 5.4 rebounds over the previous 10 games the dynamic point guard has missed. Mathurin's usage is sure to decline once Haliburton's back in the mix, but fantasy managers should keep rolling with the rookie until the Pacers' point guard is starting again.
Oladipo is playing more minutes per game (28.5) than he has since his time with the Houston Rockets in the 2020-21 season. The injury-prone Miami Heat wing did not have a good end to Week 15, though. While he averaged 26.9 minutes in his previous two games, he tallied just 11 points, four rebounds, and seven assists while shooting 25 percent from the field in those contests. Oladipo's benefitted from Duncan Robinson's finger injury and should rebound in Week 16.
Achiuwa has made just three starts this season and his fourth could come on Monday against the Suns. OG Anunoby (wrist) is out for the Toronto Raptors, and Nick Nurse has preferred to start Achiuwa and move Pascal Siakam over to power forward when he can't suit up. Achiuwa's averaged 18.7 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 2.0 steals as a starter in 2022-23 on 35.4 minutes a night. It's hard to see any many bigs providing more value in the main slate given how much burn the Raptors give their starters.
Still deciding who to lock in for your DFS roster? We've identified a player worth locking in and one to avoid ahead of tip-off below, but you can get my full selection of stud and value plays at each position by heading over to SportsLine.


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Thanks to the edge of two merging tropical cyclones crossing the country it is officially a bajllion degrees. At least. So while I find a breeze to sit (out of the sudden pouring rain) and read (out here in the garage in here’s a few snippets:
– I found this rather faded, ugly dolls pram (with big potential) at the local tip shop. Look for the makeover soon:
– I started part 2 of babysitting today. 5 days over 2 weeks left to go. I made this yesterday for when I run out of all other ideas. And I will….
(but he assured me that 5 year olds are NOT too old for playdough. Whew.)
– My stitch markers came! Bought from here. I have several projects to make on circular needles and now I have these I have no excuses not to start them. Except being a chicken.

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Voting starts in March for the Drupal Association Board election.
Drupal version 7.20 has a security fix to the core Image module that is incompatible with the CDN module:
In rare cases, this change may alter the way HTTP caches or CDNs handle the images. Sites using HTTP caches or CDNs should examine their configuration and test this release carefully before deploying it to a production site.
The final image URLs now look like:
I believe the issue is happening in _cdn_html_alter_file_url.
I haven't fully examined the regex used in there, but I think the query parameter is match position 5 and not 6, but the module is specifying position 6 for the query parameters. The 'itok' query parameter is removed by the CDN module and then the core Image module refused to make new image style variations for images.


BAE Systems has been awarded an $89 million contract modification for 14 USMC ACV-C ( Amphibious Combat Vehicle – Command) variants.
US DoD Contract Notice, 09 May 2020: BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Michigan, is awarded an $89,467,675 firm-fixed-price modification (P00148) to previously awarded contract M67854-16-0006 for Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV). The total cumulative face value of the contract is $1,825,427,258.
This contract modification provides for the exercise of options for the procurement of 14 full-rate production ACV Command variants and associated production, and fielding and support costs. Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania (60%); Aiken, South Carolina (15%); San Jose, California (15%); Sterling Heights, Michigan (5%); and Stafford, Virginia (5%), with an expected completion date of July 2024. Fiscal 2022 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $89,467,675 will be obligated at the time of award, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.


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Marshall Project Originals
Why Fighting California Wildfires Was the Best Prison Job I Ever Had
On the fire line, David Desmond found that racial segregation and gang affiliation could not withstand the unifying power of extinguishing a blaze.
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Exploitation of incarcerated people isn’t limited to lockups. Voters in some states have a chance to curtail it.
The Former Prisoners Fighting California’s Wildfires
“When people are in need, they don’t give a shit where you’re from or what your history is.”

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Press inquiry boss Leveson 'in need of more experts' say newspaper bosses
Plea: Newspaper groups want Justice Leveson, pictured, to expand his expert panel
Newspaper groups asked Lord Justice Leveson yesterday to appoint more experts to his inquiry into the future of the Press.
Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail, together with Trinity Mirror and Guardian News and Media, asked for additional ‘assessors’ to advise the judge with knowledge of managing papers, newsgathering and investigative, sports and showbusiness journalism.
Six assessors were appointed by David Cameron in July to help the judge in framing his conclusions and recommendations on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal and the future of press regulation.
But Jonathan Caplan QC for Associated Newspapers said: ‘Only three have some newspaper experience and none are representative of the tabloid or mid-market newspapers, or have had experience of national newspaper production at a senior management or editorial level, or of the regional press, or of investigative or sports or showbusiness journalism.’
Gill Phillips, for Guardian News and Media, told Lord Justice Leveson: ‘The tabloid and mid-market press as well as the regional press will play a vital part in the narrative you wish to put in place and we believe it is necessary that the assistance to your inquiry reflects the plurality and divergence of the press.’
The Newspaper Publishers’ Association and the Newspaper Society also supported the submission.
Panel: (left to right) Shami Chakrabarti, George Jones, Elinor Goodman and Sir Paul Scott-Lee will help Leveson examine media practices in the wake of the phone hacking scandal, but newspapers want more people on board
The six expert assessors include appointed by the Government after the Prime Minister ordered the inquiry are Shami Chakrabarti, chief of human rights pressure group Liberty; Lord David Currie, former chairman of media regulator Ofcom; Elinor Goodman, former political editor of Channel 4 News; George Jones, former political editor of the Daily Telegraph; Sir Paul Scott-Lee, former chief constable of West Midlands police; and Sir David Bell, former chairman of the Financial Times.
Mr Caplan said there were concerns over the role of the assessors. Under inquiry law, they are supposed only to give expert advice, he told the inquiry.
But Mr Caplan suggested they had moved towards a more important quasi-judicial role as ‘panellists’ who can join in making findings of fact and recommendations.
The judge said: ‘It would be a mistake to think I will take the evidence I will hear through the eyes of my assessors. I will make up my own mind.’
He said he would reserve his judgment on whether to appoint additional assessors.
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Going out on the weekends is usually fun. But the bar or club of choice can really make or break a night out on the town with your friends. Sometimes some of the best known bars can actually be the least fun – for the sole reason that they are so popular. When crowds of people flock to the local watering hole, it can be disastrous for anyone who is trying to enjoy casual conversations, getting a drink in a timely manner, and being in a clean, civilized environment. Below are some of the worst things about crowded bars.
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And when I couldn't read, or when the stories I loved were over, I'd make up new stories in my head. It was a very natural transition from being an avid reader and lover of stories to being a writer, where I could create my own stories to share with others. Why did you decide to write for young people? What I like about writing for and about teens and children is that everything ahead of you is potential.
Everything is new, and you are just becoming the person you will be.
That is exciting! And terrifying! And excellent fodder for storytelling. Did anyone support you becoming an author? My parents always believed in me and supported my dreams of writing. And my husband did, too, buying me my first nice notebook and telling me to finally write down that story I was always talking about. Do you base your characters on people you know? Not deliberately. I might steal characteristics or descriptions, but for the most part my characters come alive in my head all on their own.
Though I will sometimes name a character after someone I know as a joke. I've made my literary agent a character, and even killed one of my former publicists in a book. Sorry, Casey! Are your characters like you? Every character I write has to be a little bit like me, because they come out of my brain.
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But usually the biggest thing I have in common with my characters is my sense of humor. I don't know any other ways to be funny, so, unfortunately, neither do they. What is your favorite book? I could never pick just one! There were thousands of books in between, and thousands since, and thousands more to come!
I hope that is helpful for your assignments! I answer a few more questions after this, so feel free to keep looking around. But thank you for reading my books! I very much hope you enjoy them. And seriously, tell your teachers not to have you ask what an author's birth date is. Kiersten White said so.
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What is your next book? E ndlessly finished the trilogy. I have no plans to write further in Evie's voice. I have a lot of stories in my brain. Regular siphoning is required. I'll continue to write YA and MG books until they pry this laptop from my carpal-tunnel-plagued, sleep -deprived hands. I am not usually in charge of where I do events.
I wish I could visit all my readers! Alas, geography is a cruel mistress. How can I find out where you'll be? Check out the "Appearances" tab --it will list my next few signings, as well as stores you can order signed copies from. Can you send me swag free stuff like bookmarks, signed books, etc. I'm allergic to the post office. When is the movie going to get made? None of my books are currently optioned for film or television. But if anything changes, I'll let you know!
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I cannot get you a role. How do you find time to write? It's my job, not a hobby, so I treat it like one. When the conversation turns to his travels Scylla accuses him of stirring up trouble. In the ensuing argument Scylla foreshadows the Oedipal curse that hangs over his head. In the swamp near the plantation, a group of conspirators enlist Augustus to assist them in whose stated goal is to kill their oppressors: slave masters and those who support the institution of slavery.
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Their mistress Amalia overhears and orders Augustus to the big house at sunset. Once there, Amalia and Augustus engage in a conversation that challenges and attracts them to one another, ending in a kiss. As Amalia daydreams about her new lover, the slave girl Phebe and Augustus discuss the plans for revolution while the other slaves ponder exactly what their mistress and Augustus do together.
When confronted, Augustus chokes Hector to death. At Hector's funeral, Phebe and Augustus steal away to speak of the revolution. That evening, Augustus confronts Louis in his study with a knife drawn.
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Louis pulls out a gun and begins to speak of the basket with red rosettes that Augustus was secreted away in. Augustus mistakenly thinks that Louis is his father and rips open his shirt to reveal the damage done by the spurs left in the basket. Outside, the revolt has begun and Augustus stabs Louis. Augustus hurries to Amalia's room to confront her, thinking it was she that left the spurs in the basket. As Augustus comes to realize the circumstances of his birth, Amalia stabs herself. The slaves burst in, lifting him onto their shoulders, oblivious to his anguish. She posits that in Dove's adaptation, reading is equated with power as a way to resist the notion of slaves being intellectually inferior to their white masters.
He refutes this, going so far as to lament the predictability of the Greek masters. This is a way for Augustus to meet her on equal ground, at least intellectually.
This is particularly true when there is a power difference between the speaker and their subject. Consider the backlash against Kenneth Goldsmith or Vanessa Place, two avant-garde white artists whose purportedly anti-racist work got them accused of, well, racism.
If such a prize really existed, Beautiful Losers would probably win. For these reasons, Beautiful Losers will likely continue its slide into the dustbin of history and with it our memory of the young author who wrote it, high off his face on amphetamines and sunstroke on the Greek island of Hydra. And this will be a loss, for Beautiful Losers is an important reminder that before Cohen became a saint, he was just a flawed man.

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Braam Sound for Trailer & Epic Music
For epic Braam Sounds for Trailer Music & more, Pigments‘ Wavetable Engine is your best friend. In our patch „Trailer Braam“ we use the Acanthite and Bismite wavetables, which are slowly passed through with LFO 1. This results in a sound rich in overtones, which sounds even more aggressive when distorted with the Distortion effect applied. It gets even more pop with the OPP preset of the Multiband effect, which is inspired by the Xfer OTT plug-in that’s so popular in Trailer Music. And a lush Reverb effect is a must, of course!
Hypnotic Texture from Flute Samples
Pigments‘ sample library contains some instrument sounds that are a wonderful basis for organic textures. How about a rhythmic texture made from flute samples? In Engine 1 of our sound „Granular Polyrhythm”, we use a low sample of the Indian Banjuri flute and in Engine 2, a high one. If you set Grain Envelope Shape to Smooth Exp., the individual grains (sound particles) get a percussive envelope. With Density, on the other hand, you determine how often grains are generated. A value of 1/4 for Engine 1 and 1/4.d for Engine 2 creates an interesting polyrhythm. Finally, modulating the Size and Envelope Amount parameters, as well as the Delay and Reverb effects, creates a hypnotic pattern that never gets boring.
Pigments as a Drum Maschine
When we saw that Pigments allows the mapping of multiple samples, we had to try out whether the synthesizer could also be used as a drum machine. The result is called „Drumming Robot“. In the sample engine, you can switch between six slots under the waveform that can be filled with samples. For example, you can load a bass drum from the Pigments library into Slot 1, a snare into Slot 2, and hi-hats and percussion sounds into the other slots. On the Map bottom, you define the keyboard range of the samples. Cool thing: now you can define in the Octave line of the sequencer which sample is triggered on which step.
Synthetic Guitar thanks to Physical Modelling
Thanks to the Comb Filter, Pigments also allows you to create simple Physical Modeling sounds like in our „Comb-Pluck“ patch, which imitates a stringed instrument. The heart of the preset is the Comb Filter model in the LP6 mode, which is excited by a short pulse. In order to play the sound chromatically, it is important that the frequency of the filter is chosen correctly and that the keyboard tracking (KBD) is at 1.00. The required short pulse is provided by a sawtooth waveform and white noise, whose volume is controlled by an envelope. With the filter‘s Damp control, you determine how much the string is damped - and, of course, you can also modulate this parameter.
Dazzling Additive Pad
Our rhythmic pad sound, “Complexity“, is the result of experiments with Pigments‘ Harmonic Engine. The sound is based on two additive oscillators that generate sounds from sine waves. With two LFOs and two Sample & Hold generators, we modulate various parameters that shape the sound spectrum. The result is rhythmic sound changes that we emphasize with the parallel filters. To do this, we modulate the Cutoff and Morph values of the Phaser and Formant filter types. The desired depth is provided by the Delay and Reverb effects.
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Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally by her stage name Tammy Wynette, (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers.
Wynette was called the "First Lady of Country Music", and her best-known song, "Stand by Your Man", is one of the best-selling hit singles by a woman in the history of country music. Many of her hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness, divorce, and the difficulties of life and relationships. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wynette charted 23 No. 1 songs. Along with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, she is credited with having defined the role of women in country music during the 1970s.
Wynette's marriage to country music singer George Jones in 1969, which ended in divorce in 1975, created a country music "couple", following the earlier success of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Jones and Wynette recorded a sequence of albums and singles that hit the charts throughout the 1970s and early eighties.
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"Come with Me" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ricky Martin for his upcoming English-language studio album. It was produced by the Australian duo DNA Songs (Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci) and IIan Kidron from The Potbelleez. "Come with Me" premiered on June 13, 2013, during the The Kyle and Jackie O Show in Australia and was digitally released worldwide on June 14, 2013. The Spanglish Version of the song was released on July 18, 2013 and the 7th Heaven remixes were released on September 16, 2013.
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Early morning sunlight and strong cooling winds hit the roof of a 52-story Chicago high-rise, where three wooden structures that, in another setting, might look like unfinished filing cabinets sit in a row. They are tucked up against an overhang that buffers them from lake breezes in the winter. But inside of these structures, you won’t find files. Instead, they hold tens of thousands of honey bees, whose honey serves as a perk for the building’s tenants. The bees drink from the rooftop garden water lines, and the golden-yellow flowers of sedum plants are a convenient source of pollen and nectar. Flowers in parkways and median planters, weeds in abandoned lots, and plants in other rooftop gardens also attract the foraging bees. “The city is their garden,” says Sarah Long, the lead beekeeper.
Long works for Best Bees Company, which provides beekeeping services to clients across the country who want to start honey bee programs. They also collect data on their hives and the honey the bees produce, with the aim of contributing to the overall movement to “save the bees.” Each hive they maintain represents a data point that supports research on improving pollinator health. Long believes in the benefits of rooftop programs. “Studies have shown that urban settings have more plant diversity than rural settings,” Long says. “Just like humans, more diverse diets are thought to provide better nutrition and be better for bee health.”
While it may seem strange that these insects live more than 50 stories up in the middle of the Windy City, Corky Schnadt, president of the Illinois State Beekeepers Association, notes that a Chicago rooftop is a surprisingly good habitat for beekeeping. “Honey bees travel up to three-and-a-half miles to find forage, so an elevation of 695 feet doesn’t add too much to the distance,” says Schnadt. “Chicago, at least historically, uses less pesticides, and there is a lot more greenery than you would imagine in the city’s parkways.”
In addition to some famous hives like the ones atop the White House and the Colorado Convention Center, more than 2.98 million honey bee colonies are registered across the US, according to the US Department of Agriculture. In 2019, 4,922 beekeepers registered more than 6,000 apiaries with 34,255 active honey bee colonies in Illinois, according to the state’s own agriculture department. State-specific statistics probably reflect low-end estimates, as hive registration is not required in many states, and backyard or urban beekeepers with fewer than five hives are not counted nationally.
But the growing interest in hobbyist beekeeping has some ecologists worried. The European honey bee, as its name might suggest, is not native to North America and was brought over in the 17th century for agricultural and economic purposes. While honey bees are a managed pollinator species, about 4,000 species of native bees also call the US home, including its urban areas. One group of researchers observed dozens of wild species across several Chicago neighborhoods, while another nature organization recorded more than 200 species in New York City. Now, some ecologists are concerned that with so much human help, the newcomers might outcompete their wild cousins, causing an ecological ripple effect that would threaten both the bees and the plants that depend on them.
In August, Monika Egerer, a postdoctoral fellow at the Technical University of Berlin, published a paper in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution about the “Gordian Knot” of urban beekeeping, borrowing a metaphor from Greek mythology representing a problem with little or no solution. “Urban beekeeping is a tricky, complex problem tied up like a knot, and many people want a simple way to untie it,” says Egerer, who will be heading to the Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management at the Technical University of Munich this October. “But there’s no one way to solve this issue, and it really is city context dependent.”
One of the main problems comes down to competition for food. In one analysis of rooftop bees’ honey, Best Bees found up to 181 different kinds of plant DNA, suggesting they have a generalist diet, including many kinds of flowering plants. But some native bees are a bit pickier. For example, squash and sunflower bees specialize in their respective namesakes. Disrupting this delicate, symbiotic relationship by adding a host of managed honey bees to an area can threaten the survival of specialist bees.
A 2019 study conducted in Paris found that wild bee foraging was negatively associated with honey bee population density. An earlier one in Melbourne, Australia, found that bee species diversity was higher in areas with fewer honey bees. In addition to competition for floral resources, the health and reproductive success of wild bees is also at risk in areas with an abundance of honey bees. Honey bees can spread pathogens, which have the potential to decimate species, Egerer says. A 2017 study in California showed that wild bee parasite loads were higher in urban gardens with lots of honey bees.
Furthermore, a decrease in wild bees may have a detrimental effect on native plants, which lose needed pollination. “If wild bees leave the habitat because there is some sort of antagonistic interaction, either direct or indirect, then we may lose the pollination services of wild plant species,” Egerer says. “This may have a big impact on the structuring and functioning of an entire ecosystem.”
But this doesn’t mean the public should forget about honey bees, who also face their own threats. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a hive phenomenon in which the majority of worker bees die, leaving the queen behind with a few nurse bees. Pesticides and poor nutrition probably play a role in CCD, but the parasitic Varroa mite appears to be the main culprit, as it feeds on fat stores in adult and larval honey bees and spreads viruses, one of which is deadly. During the first quarter of this year, the USDA reported that the number of colonies in operations containing five or more hives that exhibited CCD symptoms was up 76 percent over the same period last year. But, the agency also reported, the number of colonies in the US is growing: 2.88 million, an increase of 8 percent compared to the year before.
Adam Dolezal, an entomologist who studies honey bees at the University of Illinois, says that while urban beekeeping ventures increase awareness about the risks the insects are facing, they do not fix the core problems. “Honey bee losses are driven by a complex network of interactions between pathogens, pesticide exposure, and a reduction in floral resources in the landscape,” Dolezal says. “And do I think keeping bees on rooftops in large cities addresses these issues? I don’t think so.”
However, Dolezal acknowledges that work done by Best Bees and academics helps maintain healthy populations for all kinds of bees. For example, Best Bees collects data that benefits scientific research, and Long checks her bees regularly for mites to prevent the spread of disease. “Some may argue we shouldn’t keep honey bees at all because it introduces competition for native bees,” Dolezal says. “But I don't think these two things have to be at odds with one another."
Long agrees. “I think the effect of honey bees on native bee species is a worthy concern,” she says. “But we assume that actions that protect honey bees, like using fewer pesticides and planting pollinator-friendly areas, would benefit native insects as well.”
“In theory,” she continues, “more pollinator activity should increase pollination, fruit-set, seeds, and therefore result in more plants.”
Bee experts also agree that offering city dwellers an opportunity to observe a slice of the natural world has its own benefits, especially if it raises awareness about struggling bee populations. “All of a sudden, people become more aware and start planting more flowers in their gardens or on their balconies,” Schnadt says. “Or maybe they’re not so quick to kill the dandelions in their gardens, which are a major source for pollen and nectar in the early spring.”
Egerer believes there are many threads tangled in this story of overlapping conservation efforts and that there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. In her paper, she suggests that one way to begin untangling the knot is city-mandated honey bee colony registration. Perhaps cities could limit the number of hives in one area, which would reduce competition for food between species and limit the spread of pathogens. Unlike honey bees, many native species are solitary and nest in the ground, so another stewardship solution might be providing adequate nesting habitat for them, like sandy ground, dead wood, and native flowers.
“Thinking about beekeeping in an urban context is a great entry point into thinking about how we are stewards of our environment and whether we can implement different environmental strategies to support all types of biodiversity,” Egerer says. “Having that recognition is a great first step, and then we can talk about how to mitigate potential impacts of urban beekeeping.”


For a team that fired its defensive coordinator midseason and got whacked by Middle
First, the Dawgs might be looking ahead to the
Georgia and quarterback
Gators need to look out
A lot is on the line when No. 4 Florida travels to Tallahassee to take on No. 10
Florida State, which has won the last two meetings by a combined score of 52-14, is looking to prove that it deserves to be considered an elite team in college football. A weak
Both teams have defenses ranked in the top four in the country, but the Seminoles — who are 71/2-point favorites — also have the 14th-ranked offense. Florida is hoping injured quarterback
Florida offense inept
Georgia Tech has a slight chance to wreck Georgia's title dreams. Michigan has the talent to upend
But my underdog pick, at least in terms of the BCS rankings, is No. 10 Florida State over No. 4 Florida. Word is injured quarterback Jeff Driskel is ready to return for Florida, but I can't remember a more inept offense being involved in a national title chase.
The key matchup here is Florida's No.104 offense going against Florida State's top-ranked defense. The Gators have an almost equally great defense (No. 4), but how are they going to score? Florida State, by contrast, is averaging 42 points per game.
Don't assume Irish victory
Michigan-Ohio State? I like the favored Buckeyes.
Georgia Tech-Georgia? The Yellow Jackets can't wreck the Dawgs' national-title hopes. Right?


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I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power because democracy shapes our lives.
I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term.
I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.
The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations.
Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.
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Honoring creation, realizing there are no mistakes. We are born whole, flung into the air, and immediately plopped into crisp blankets. Fresh fabric woven to caress our skin. The fortunate ones know love from the beginning.
The wailing ensues. Lost in the noise of moving parts. Who can understand the tragedy of dying?
I gather stones like bread crumbs. Each shape resembles a thought. Each thought encompasses a season. Each season of drought, famine, abundance, joy, grief, weighs heavy on the mind. Until. Until i lay my heart on the rock bed and weight the tears. I either sink or rise. And the vapor of breath becomes a fog. The inner vines of making meaning tangle up the process, and threaten my life.
One day at a time. Release the illness. Gather the rocks. Warm yourself with their captured sun. Notice the colors swirling within. Grays, blacks, oranges, blues, greens. Reds and whites too.
There is no where I feel as at home than by the ocean. The seaweed stretches to reach the foot that otherwise wobbles on land. Words fail to describe the ecstasy. If you could hold happiness, you could hold me. But sand slips through fingers and salt water breezes brush past man.


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Adam Goldstein, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of travel metasearch company Hipmunk, believes there is a “generational shift” under way in travel.
Founded in 2010, Hipmunk is the only U.S. company to show Amtrak results mixed in with flights options, Goldstein says.
And, Goldstein notes that Hipmunk also mixes in vacation rentals, Airbnb apartments and hostels within Hipmunk’s hotel results.
Amtrak is posting “record ridership,” Goldstein says, and vacation rentals and other Airbnb-style alternative lodging types are approaching 10% of the business industrywide.
He expects bookings of such alternative lodging to grow exponentially.
It’s all part of a generational shift that Hipmunk is hoping to grow alongside.
That’s the new stuff.
The old stuff is that airlines are viewing companies such as “Hipmunk and Kayak” as a means to drive direct traffic to airline sites and away from travel agencies, Goldstein says.
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Opinion | Jaws embodies anxiety of Vietnam War
October 8, 2020
With the onset of October, Halloween is fast approaching, and one of the most popular Halloween traditions is watching scary movies. Be it John Carpenter’s “Halloween” or George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead,” there is no shortage of horror cinema to enjoy all month — and all year if one is so inclined.
While many horror movies are enjoyed strictly ironically, the best horror films play upon the anxieties of not just an individual viewer, but society as a whole to paint a greater picture of what our fears say about us. One such film that does this very well is Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic “Jaws.”
At face value, “Jaws” tells the relatively simple fictional story of a shark that inexplicably goes berserk, terrorizing a community of beachgoers in an idyllic New England town called Amity Island during summer festivities. Sharks and the ocean are common fears for many people, so it is no surprise the premise is not only well remembered, but quite scary. However, the true terror of “Jaws” lies beneath the surface — pun intended.
In April 1975, the Vietnam War ended. But for the United States, the war had been over since 1973, when the U.S. completed its full withdrawal from the conflict that by then was clearly a lost cause.
With this in mind, the Vietnam War was a fresh and traumatic memory in the American psyche. The wounds were still too fresh for movies dealing with the war directly, and indeed “The Deer Hunter” would be among the very first popular Vietnam War films in 1978.
But thanks to Spielberg’s perhaps unintentional use of allegory, “Jaws” is able to act as a conduit for America’s anxieties about the Vietnam War.
In “Jaws,” the villain is a shark that attacks swimmers and other beachgoers. Under normal circumstances, a shark is no threat to a human, as it cannot go on land where humans spend almost all of their time. One has to go out of their way to be attacked by a shark.
In the same way, Vietnam posed no threat to America, and only by entering the country were Americans able to be hurt. This unseen enemy that cannot be rationalized and is localized entirely within one area reflects Americans’ fears of guerilla fighters utilizing tactics the U.S. military of the time was incapable of countering.
The shark attacks during Amity Island’s Fourth of July festival seem almost on the nose. The same way the Vietnam War hurt the pride of the American people, the shark attacks the festival built around the celebration of America.
The reason why shark attacks keep occurring throughout the film in spite of the fact that simply closing the beach would make further deaths impossible is that many officials in Amity Island do not want to lose out on the town’s vital summer economy, based largely on tourism. This is similar to the way U.S. politicians and generals carelessly wasted the lives of thousands of young men just to avoid the loss of an already unpopular war.
In many ways, Amity Island represents the idealized version of America that exists only in the minds of many people. Beautiful, clean, safe and homogenous Amity Island is the white picket fence dream many Americans have. But the shark exists to ruin this ethereal dream. Like the specter of the Vietnam War, the shark creates mass terror that ruins the island residents’ enjoyment of their suburban paradise.
While already a scary premise, the film’s ability to act as a catharsis for the American people to process their anxieties and lasting resentment about the Vietnam War has permanently cemented it into the American cinematic canon.
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Family grows future by sustaining land
The field was several inches deep in water and mud, but Jessica Lundberg never hesitated. She kicked off her shoes, rolled up her pant legs and splashed right in like a child in a fountain.As the muck rolled over her pedicured feet, she said, “I want to show you the wild rice. This field is almost ready to harvest.” She took a giant step into the paddy and grabbed a handful of tall grass. She tossed it up to the levee, then ripped out another clump of grass and made her way back to dry land.
This mud-splattered, 30-year-old chairman of the board of Lundberg Family Farms expertly climbed out of the wet paddy. “That field over there,” she said, pointing a muddy hand toward a harvester in the distance, “is being harvested today. We’re right in the middle of the wild-rice harvest.”
Lundberg Family Farms is riding the wave of a growing interest in gourmet wild rice among restaurant chefs and home cooks.
Most folks tend to think of rice in terms of white, fluffy grains, but in these parts, rice can be anything from black slivers of wild rice to fluffy basmati and all types in between. The pride of the Lundberg operation is organic rice, including four varieties and blends of wild rice.
The family-owned farm, which was established nearly 70 years ago, has produced rice since Albert and Frances Lundberg, Jessica’s grandparents, moved to the area from Nebraska to escape the Dust Bowl. Their four sons — Eldon, Homer, Harlan and Wendell — took over the farm in the ‘60s. Now the third generation of Lundbergs, most of them in their 30s, is running the business. Jessica’s cousin Grant is CEO. Six other family members make up the board of directors.
The Lundberg farm has 2,500 acres, all planted in white rice or wild rice. The family also contracts with 28 other rice growers in the region for a total of 12,000 acres producing 22 varieties. About 60 percent of the crops are organic.
The Lundbergs focused on chemical-free and sustainable farming methods long before organic farming was fashionable.
“Grandpa learned a valuable lesson from the Dust Bowl,” Grant Lundberg said. “He saw what happened to the land when it isn’t renewed, when farmers take and take and never give back to the soil.
“When he moved here, he had the attitude that he was nature’s caretaker. He believed that healthy soil produces healthy food. And that’s the way we have always farmed.”
Grasping the sample she plucked from the field, Jessica Lundberg said that wild rice, although it is cultivated in a similar fashion to traditional rice, is not a rice at all. “It’s really an aquatic grass,” she said. “But it has many qualities that are similar to traditional rice. When the grain clusters begin to tip away from the stems, it is ready to harvest.”
As we wound our way through the fields over to the combine, she talked about the family’s commitment to the environment, including soil, water management and providing habitat for wild birds.
“After the harvest, we till the straw back into the ground,” she said. “Then we plant cover crops of purple vetch and mustard that replenish the nutrients used by the rice. These cover crops provide habitat for migratory birds and waterfowl.”
She pointed off in the distance where a graceful gray heron was taking flight. “Occasionally, we see eagles,” she said. “But mostly it’s ducks, cranes, egrets, geese, herons, pheasants, rails and swans. Even the birds provide some nutrients for the soil. In the spring, we have to remove the cover crops before we can plant the rice. But before we bring in the machinery, we collect the eggs.”
Local children, the whole Lundberg family and all of their friends walk shoulder to shoulder carefully collecting the duck eggs. The eggs are transferred to an incubation facility where they are hatched and released.
“About 2,500 ducks are released back into the wild every year,” Miss Lundberg said. “We are really proud of the success rate.”
By the time we had reached the field with the combine, the driver, Asuncion Jauregui, had stopped in a dry spot where he paused to allow us to climb up into the cab.
From the outside, the harvester sounds like a giant washing machine, but inside, the cab is surprisingly cool, quiet and peaceful. From Mr. Jauregui’s seat at the top of the giant machine, there’s a great view of the surrounding crops and thousands of birds congregated in the water.
As we made our way slowly across the field, we watched the combine work. In front is a huge, rolling drum covered with spikes.
Immediately behind the spikes is a row of giant, scissor-like cutters that quickly shear the grass. It is then funneled under the cab, where grass and grain are separated. Behind Mr. Jauregui is a window looking into the bin where the grain is collected. After two passes, the harvester is full and Mr. Jauregui stops to unload the grain into a truck that will take it to a storage facility.
We hear a loud boom — from “a boom gun that’s supposed to scare the birds out of the way,” Mr. Jauregui said. “They don’t pay any attention to it, though. So basically we just go slow and wait for them to move.”
In the early days of the farm, mule-drawn wagons and men with pitchforks moved the rice stubble. It’s quite a contrast to the modern techniques the third generation has put in place. Now, laser levels are used to make sure fields are flat, which, Grant Lundberg says, is especially important when you grow a water crop.
The company also buys green energy produced by wind, and it is installing a bank of solar collectors to provide power to run the milling, processing and packaging operations.
“Grandpa might not have thought of this, but we know he would approve because it fits right in with his philosophy that we are the caretakers of the land,” Mr. Lundberg said.
The following recipes are from the California Wild Rice Advisory Board.
Chicken wild rice salad
2 cups uncooked wild rice
4 cups dry white wine
2 cups water
2 tablespoons each, minced fresh tarragon and chervil
2/3 cup sour cream
10 skinned, boned chicken-breast halves
1 pound trimmed asparagus, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 pound snow peas, strings removed, halved
pound fresh, washed greens
30 walnut halves, toasted
6 tablespoons white wine vinegar
4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
4 teaspoons minced shallots
3/4 cup olive oil
Salt to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Simmer wild rice in wine and water 40 minutes or until tender. Boil off any remaining liquid.
Combine herbs and sour cream; spread on chicken. Place chicken in greased baking pan and bake about 20 minutes.
If desired, brown the chicken under the broiler the last 5 minutes; set aside.
Blanch asparagus and snow peas in boiling water 2 minutes, drain well; toss carefully with rice and greens. Cut chicken diagonally.
To serve, place a serving of rice salad on the side of each plate and arrange a serving of sliced chicken on the other side. Drizzle dressing over the salads and garnish with walnuts. Makes 10 servings.
Dressing: Mix vinegar, mustard and shallots. Slowly add oil, continuing to whisk. When thickened, add salt to taste.
Wild rice and artichoke salad
The calorie and fat counts can be lowered by using light mayonnaise and using the dressing sparingly.
2 cups cooked wild rice
1 cup cooked white rice
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 julienne-sliced dried apricots
1/4 cup fresh or canned pineapple chunks
1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint
4 scallions, thinly sliced
teaspoon grated orange peel
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
4 medium artichokes
2 cups mayonnaise
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 tablespoon onion juice
1 tablespoon chopped chutney
Cook wild rice and white rice separately, according to package directions. Drain wild rice if necessary. Combine rice in large mixing bowl; cool completely. Add raisins, apricots, pineapple, almonds, mint, scallions, orange peel, orange juice, salt and pepper. Set aside.
Meanwhile, trim stems from artichokes. Place artichokes in large pan with 3 quarts boiling, salted water. Cover and boil gently 20 to 30 minutes or until a petal near center pulls out easily.
Drain and cool completely. Remove outside petals from each artichoke, spreading them on individual serving plates to form flowerlike effect. Scrape fuzzy choke out of each artichoke and discard. Dice artichoke hearts and add to salad mixture.
Combine all dressing ingredients; blend well. Evenly divide salad mixture in center of each plate, on the artichoke leaves. To serve, pass the dressing to use for the salad and as a dipping sauce for artichoke petals. Makes 4 servings.
Zucchini with wild rice stuffing
10 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise
cup minced onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons butter
1 pounds lean ground beef
11/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground pepper
4 cups cooked wild rice
2 large tomatoes, diced
5 cups grated cheese
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Scoop out zucchini pulp and place shells on greased baking pan. Finely chop the pulp; set aside. Saute onion and garlic in the butter. Add pulp, beef, salt and pepper; brown beef and drain. Add rice, tomatoes and half the cheese; mix well.
Mound the beef mixture into the zucchini shells. Cover; bake 25 minutes or until tender. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake 15 minutes uncovered. Makes 10 servings.
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Grade 6-10 FDR's personality shines through in Devaney's biography. Roosevelt is portrayed as an optimistic man who welcomed each challenge, whether personal or political. While Devaney is obviously an admirer of FDR, he includes criticisms leveled at Roosevelt and does not gloss over the Lucy Rutherfurd affair. Franklin and Eleanor's relationship is displayed, warts and all. Devaney includes sufficient historical and political background to discuss the New Deal effectively without getting bogged down in detail. His is not an exposition on 20th-Century American history, but a vivid portrait of the man who shaped it. The book is rich with black-and-white photographs and is written in a readable style which adapts it to general use. Devaney's volume joins Jeffrey H. Hacker's Franklin D. Roosevelt (Watts, 1983) and Fred L. Israel's Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Chelsea House, 1985) as generally excellent overviews of FDR's life and career. Joseph Alsop's FDR, 1882-1945: a Centenary Remembrance (Viking, 1982) offers more depth as both a history and a personal memoir by a Roosevelt cousin. For those needing more information on the New Deal era itself, Don Lawson's FDR's New Deal (Crowell, 1979) deals effectively with the most famous period of FDR's life. Joyce Adams Burner, formerly at Spring Hill Middle School, Kans.
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This title in the Millennium series of illustrated SF is a striking time-travel story by much-honored Silverberg. Twins Eric and Sean Gabrielson, a paleontologist and a physicist, are chosen as the first human subjects of a secret Cal Tech experiment in 2016 that will transport them into the past and the future. As if on a pendulum, they are automatically shunted back and forth, at increasing distancesa few minutes, hours, years, centuries. . . . Their brief stays in other times produce vivid, dreamlike vignettes: encounters with their younger selves, with robots, Neanderthals, aliens and dinosaurs, each era with its own smell and taste. This imaginative story, suggesting much more than is stated in its brief length, is a deft evocation of Silverberg's theme of dislocation. Ages 12-up.
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Cousin of honour killing victim who helped dispose of her body in a suitcase is jailed for eight years... and says he's proud of what he's done
- Banaz Mahmod, 20, was murdered by her father and two others in 2006
- She was killed after ending an arranged marriage and finding love again
- Her cousin Dana Amin, 29, helped the murderers get rid of her body
- Banaz's body was found in a suitcase, buried in a Birmingham garden
Jailed: Dana Amin, 33, from Mitcham, South London, has been jailed for his part in the 'honour killing' of Banaz Mahmod in 2006
A cousin of an honour killing victim who helped dispose of her body has said he is proud of his actions.
Banaz Mahmod, 20, was strangled to death with a shoelace by her father and uncle in her south London home, seven years ago.
Her cousin Dana Amin, now 29, helped put the young woman's body in a suitcase and transported it to the Midlands before burying it in a make-shift grave in a Birmingham back-garden.
As he was sentenced to eight years in prison, Amin told Southwark Crown Court he did not regret his actions.
Iraq-born Banaz was murdered by members of her family because she walked out of an arranged marriage and fell in love with another man.
Her father, Mahmod Mahmod, and uncle, Ari Mahmod, were jailed for life in 2007, after being found guilty of what has become Britain’s most notorious honour killing.
On the eve of Banaz's death, Amin, a father-of-one, joined two other cousins, Mohammed Ali, and Omar Hussain, who were jailed in 2010 after being extradited from Iraq, at the former's Brixton home to discuss plans to kill her.
Although none were convicted of Banaz's murder, the cousins later travelled to Birmingham in Amin’s black Lexus to help their uncles get rid of the 20-year-old's body.
Banaz’s case highlighted the occurrence of honour killings in Britain, after her body was discovered in the Brimingham garden, three months after her disappearance.
The young woman's nightmare began three years earlier, when she agreed to an arranged-marriage to a Kurdish man, then aged 28, who she later told police was ‘very strict'.
She had met her husband-to-be only three times before her wedding day and, according to Banaz, her husband regularly physically and sexually abused her.
‘When he raped me it was like I was his shoe that he could wear whenever he wanted to,’ she explained to police. ‘I didn't know if this was normal in my culture, or here. I was 17.’
Murdered: Banaz was strangled to death with a shoe lace in her home in South London by her father and her uncle before three cousins were called in to help dispose of her body
Murder: The body of Banaz Mahmod was found inside this suitcase, three months after she has been buried in a Birmingham garden by three of her own cousins
The terrified young woman left her husband after two-and-a-half years, a decision that angered her family, who had arrived in Britain when Banaz was 12.
After returning to her family home, she met and fell in love with Rahmat Sulemani, a family friend.
Rahmat would later give evidence at the trial, revealing that he and Banaz had been threatened with death if they carried on seeing each other.
The mobile phone footage he took of Banaz when she was lying covered in blood in a hospital bed, in an apparent earlier attempt to murder her, was shown at the 2007 trial.
The lovers pretended they had parted after the shocking incident, but they continued to meet in secret. They were spotted together in Brixton on January 21 and the Mahmods were informed.
Rahmat was kidnapped by four men who threatened to kill him.
In fear of her life: Banaz Mahmod is seen telling officers that she believes her family intend to murder her during a police interview. She was killed in January 2006
Harrowing: Banaz visited police five times asking for help, but nothing was done in time
When he phoned Banaz to warn her, she went to the police and said she would co-operate in bringing charges against her family and other members of the community.
The policewoman who saw Banaz tried to persuade her to go into a hostel or safe house but she is thought to have seen her home as safe because her mother was there.
She returned to the family home and was murdered just days later.
Despite denying any involvement in the plot, Amin was convicted by a jury yesterday following a week-long trial.
Judge Martin Beddoe slammed the ‘perverted code’ followed by the killers which dictates a woman cannot do as she chooses.
He told Amin: ‘I am quite satisfied that you knew well before she was murdered what was going to happen to your cousin.'
Killers: Banaz's father Mahmod Mahmod, right, and her uncle Ari Mahmod, left, were jailed for life in 2007
Jailed: Mahmod Mahmod was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his daughter
Judge Beddoe added: 'Her death had been planned for about a month or so before it actually took place. There had even been an attempt on her life already.
‘I am sure you were aware of all these matters and you knew not only of what had gone on but what was intended to happen. I fear for any female child you may father.
‘When I think of that girl in that suitcase in that hole in the ground, I find it really hard to consider your family situation.
‘It is a reflection that you are again thinking of yourself and demonstrating a complete lack of remorse.’
Amin, of Mitcham, south London, denied doing acts tending and intending to pervert the course of public justice and preventing the lawful and decent burial of a corpse.
He is about to become a father for the second time, and the court was told he plans on joining his wife and sons in Iraq after he has served his time.
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UK television giant Sky have launched a new dedicated tennis channel which will broadcast over 4,000 matches throughout the year. Sky Sports Tennis will show matches from more than 80 tournaments, which include the final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open.
The channel launched on 11th February and will be accessible on the Sky Sports platform, including the multiple streaming options. Presenters will include former British No.1 Tim Henman, Laura Robson & Jonathan Overend.
During the first week of programming viewers will be able to enjoy coverage from the Hologic WTA tournament in Doha. Some of the world’s top players are included in the field including, Coco Gauff & Iga Swiatek.
The new channel is also screening a new and exciting documentary entitled Young Guns: The New Tennis Titans. The programme documents the emergence of some of the sport’s rising stars, such as Wimbledon Champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Sky Sports Tennis will give the sport more exposure and should only enhance the coverage of tennis.


”Go fun yourself” reads the slogan for the new Toyota Argo with its striking X-design. This combination of a short wheel base, low weight and a powerful engine does indeed assure a lot of action.
If you install the Eibach Pro-Kit Performance Springs, any city is turned into a fun course. They not only promise driving pleasure but also provide a ”new” look. The lowering of the centre of grafity makes the 3.46m short body appear more dynamic.
Another interesting option are the Eibach Pro-Spacer Wheel Spacers made of aluminium. They draw upon the assertive X-front and make the car appear more self-confident from all angles.
All Eibach suspension components, which are available through authorised dealers, are provided with a high-quality corrosion protection and are TUV-certified.