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As you know by now, the Saints will host the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in a game that will break the tie for the NFC’s top seed. Both teams are 10-2 after the Niners lost at Baltimore and the Saints avenged an earlier loss by defeating the Falcons Thanksgiving night. Beating the Falcons anytime, especially after that Week 10 upset, is sweet, but I was looking ahead to this week for a special reason. I hate the 49ers.
I know hate is a very immature attitude, not Christian-like and sounding like something on a list of one who hate asparagus, buttermilk or Ben Stiller movies. Yes, that’s my list. I loathe them all. But I don’t hate any of them as much as I hate the Forty F*#%& Niners! Why do I hate the 49ers? Let me count the reasons, some of them personal!
I was privileged to be a part of the Saints first greatest stretch in their modest history, commonly referred to as the Jim Finks/Jim Mora years. Between that marvelous first winning season of 1987 and 1992, the last year before Finks backed away because of illness, the Saints won more games than any team in the league (62) except Buffalo (65) and the team who need not be named (75). The Bills were the best team in the AFC during that period, so we didn’t see them often, but the other one was in our division, making it up-close and personal.
The 1987 season was a storybook for the Saints, the first winning season in the 20-year history of the franchise. But our Cinderella rise from worst to first always seemed to be blocked by the wicked stepmother of the west. It was the infamous season when the NFLPA went out on strike after the second game and teams fielded replacement players for three games. The Saints stood at 3-2 when the strike ended and the 49ers came into the Superdome for the first game with regular players.
The visitors held a 17-3 lead in the second quarter, but three Morten Andersen field goals drew the Saints to within 17-12 going into the fourth quarter. It looked as if it might be the Saints’ day when Alvin Toles blocked a punt on the 49er 11-yard line and returned it for a touchdown and a 19-17 lead. But, as he did so often, Joe Montana drove his team down the field and stuck a dagger in Who Dat hearts with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Mike Wilson. The Saints managed another Andersen field goal but it was not enough as the Niners won, 24-22.
That result triggered Coach Jim Mora’s famous rant: “I’m tired of saying coulda, woulda, shoulda, but the Saints ain’t good enough yet.” He pledged that the team would work their "asses" off to get there, and they did, running off a nine-game win streak that included a 26-24 return victory in San Francisco and lifted them into the playoffs. The 49ers might even be credited for inspiring the Saints to their 12-3 record, but I’m giving them nothing. The Niners finished at 13-2 and had the first-round bye, leaving the Saints to be upset by Minnesota in the wild card game. I hate’em!
More San Franagony followed the next season as early as the opening game. The Saints started strong and took a 17-10 lead into halftime. But Montana dominated the third quarter with three touchdown strikes (two to John Frank and one to Mike Wilson) to give the visitors a 31-17 lead. The Saints roared back in the fourth quarter behind QB Bobby Hebert whose late touchdown pass to Brett Perriman made the score 34-32. Sounds like time for the two-point conversion today, but in 1988 that device was still six years away. A Morten Andersen extra point left the Saints short in a 34-33 loss.
The Saints and 49ers went on to identical 10-6 records, but the return match on the West Coast resulted in a 30-17 49ers victory and the playoff tie-breaker. Ten wins and we were done for the season. I hate’em!
What might have been the worst offense came in 1994 after we were competing with the 49ers for free agent Deion Sanders. I was chief negotiator and had offered Sanders' agent a five-year contract that would have made him the highest-paid defensive player in the league. But out of the blue, Sanders signed a one-year contract with the 49ers. Owner Tom Benson called it a "Mickey Mouse" move by the 49ers and the bad blood between the teams boiled hotter.
As luck would have it, our next game was at San Francisco. The Saints held a 17-13 lead and had the ball in the fourth quarter. Sanders had not done much to hurt our efforts until QB Jim Everett threw a sideline pattern that Sanders read like a Playboy magazine. He snatched the ball and headed the other way, high-stepping as he went, for the winning touchdown! When the gun sounded, the 49er management mocked the losing team with the theme from the "Mickey Mouse Club." Boy, did I hate'em even more!
I had long left the team, but my loathing returned by the 2011 playoff game when both Saints and 49ers came into the game with identical 13-3 records. The 49ers led 23-17 when QB Drew Brees drove the Saints to their first lead of the game with a 44-yard touchdown strike to Darren Sproles with 4:02 remaining. San Francisco QB Alex Smith somehow escaped the Saints pass rush for a 28-yard TD with 2:11 to go. But Brees did what Brees does and hit Graham on a dramatic 66-yard score and the lead with 1:37 remaining. Unfortunately, Smith was his equal that day and drove the 49ers down the field, hitting tight end Vernon Davis on a heart-breaking 14-yard pass with nine seconds left. Shades of the past! I hated them all over again.
So you get an idea why I feel the way I do? If the Saints win on Sunday, I will celebrate the local heroes as the losers slink out of town. If the Mickey Mouse 49ers win? I’d rather drink an asparagus and buttermilk Smoothie while watching a Ben Stiller movie.
As you sit down Thursday with family and friends and give thanks for the blessings in your life, also think about what the Saints should be thankful for as they head down the homestretch of the 2019 NFL season. Our list below suggests that the Saints should be …
Thankful they re-signed Teddy Bridgewater. It was a curious investment giving Bridgewater $7.5 million to wear a baseball cap and carry a clipboard while Drew Brees led the team. But Brees’ freaky thumb injury against the Rams cast Bridgewater into a starter’s role, and, boy, did he deliver. Five straight wins kept the Saints in the middle of the playoff hunt, which they might never have done with a backup of lesser ability.
Thankful they did not sign Antonio Brown. No, the Saints never had any interest in the erratic wide receiver who talked himself out of the League because of their emphasis on character in the locker room. Locker rooms can be torn apart by dissension, cliques or selfishness. GM Mickey Loomis and head coach Sean Payton have done a remarkable job at bringing in players who fit the mold. Character players are team players who rely on each other, celebrate each other’s achievements and win!
Thankful for gifts. In the spirit of the season, the Panthers presented the Saints with huge gifts in the Superdome on Sunday. The game could have been a disaster for New Orleans if Panthers kicker Joey Slye hadn’t missed two extra points and a potential chip shot go-ahead field goal inside two minutes. That was probably the best opponent’s gift the Saints have received since Washington’s 2017 fourth-quarter implosion in which they blew a 31-16 and then watched the Saints win in overtime.
Thankful for the NFC South. Sports travels in cycles, and it’s the Saints’ good fortune that they play in a division that is going through a down cycle. Sure, Atlanta caught the Saints napping in Week 10, but they likely are pondering some major changes in the off-season. Tampa is rebuilding again, and Carolina might be on the cusp of its own rebuild. I can tell you that it’s a lot better to face those teams six times than to face the 49ers, Seahawks and Rams six times. Sorry, Arizona!
Thankful for Who Dat Nation. When Jim Finks brought me to New Orleans, he told me that “when we win, these fans will go crazy!” Even during the first 19 years of sub-.500 football, Saints fans were not satisfied but they were loyal. In 1986, the team sold about 35,000 season tickets, and when Jim Mora and players such as Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Bobby Hebert and Morten Andersen started winning, you couldn’t find an available seat. The Payton-Brees era has been even more of a reward for the best fans in the NFL.
Thankful they have Jeff Ireland – Give Ireland much of the credit for strength through the draft since he arrived as college scouting director in 2015. In his four drafts, the Saints have been almost perfect in first-round starters with Andrus Peat, Sheldon Rankins, Marshon Lattimore, Ryan Ramczyk and Marcus Davenport, and further down they have plucked such plums as Michael Thomas, Vonn, Bell and Marcus Williams in the second round; Alvin Kamara, Alex Anzalone, P.J. Williams and Tre-Quan Smith in the third round, as well as David Onyemata (4th) and Will Clapp (7th).
Thankful for quality depth. When a starter goes down, the next man up is a quality player who can plug the hole as long as it takes. In addition to Brees and Bridgewater, the Saints have lost key starters but didn’t lose a step when able backups such as Will Clapp, Nick Easton, Kiko Alonso, Patrick Omameh, P.J. Williams and A.J. Klein were sent into the game.
Thankful for stable ownership. Gayle Benson reminds me of Jim Finks’ story about Ed McCaskey, who suddenly became president of the Bears when George Halas died. McCaskey went to Finks and asked him what he should do. “Ed,” Finks told him. “You’re an owner. Own!” In other words, put good people in charge and let them operate. The same advice applies to Mrs. Benson who merely has to be a good listener and follow the advice of President Dennis Lauscha, Mickey Loomis and the rest of her management team.
Thankful for Sean Payton. The Payton to Dallas rumors cropped up again Sunday when Jerry Jones issued a not-so-veiled challenge to head coach Jason Garrett and the team. The good news is that Payton was listed No. 6 among coaches who could be the next Cowboys coach. Payton is one of the best offensive minds in the game, and he has the weapons here to execute that offense. And he’s not going anywhere.
Thankful for Drew Brees. The Saints' QB confirmed last week what he means to the franchise when he took advantage of Carolina’s missed field goal and marched the team down the field in the final minute for a winning Wil Lutz field goal. Hey, if Carolina had kicked the field goal, Brees would have executed the same drive for a Lutz game-tying kick, and then won it in overtime with more heroics. Brees' off-field activities are sometimes overlooked, but his work with charities and even coaching his sons’ flag football team bolster his platform as the face of the franchise and a certain Hall of Famer.
And a Happy Thanksgiving to all!
It’s a good thing the NFL and college football dominate the sporting headlines these days, because the ink-stained wretches and barking dogs who control sports media have largely ignored the dark cloud that has settled over baseball since the World Series. You can’t really blame them. When they have such juicy fodder to chew on as Antonio Brown’s self-immolation, and the next chapter in Colin Kaepernick’s martyrdom tour, as declared by ESPN’s Mr. Happy, Stephen A. Smith, it is easy to ignore baseball’s offseason.
But now, the public tut-tut of sexist rants by club executives and revelations of stealing signs have given way to the news that Major League Baseball is proposing to radically change its relationship with Minor League Baseball after the 2020 season. Across the country, that means more than 40 minor league franchises will be eliminated. What that means here is that the likelihood of professional baseball returning to New Orleans is slightly less likely than Mason Rudolph cooking Thanksgiving dinner for Myles Garrett.
The radical restructuring of the minor leagues will all but kill any faint hopes that New Orleans will attract a new minor league team. The new plan will limit major league teams to five affiliates which would eliminate 42 current affiliated minor league teams. The minor league affiliates that remain would be required to cover some of the costs that now are paid by the major league teams, including player and coaching salaries and new stadium requirements. The Baby Cakes and Zephyrs before them had a difficult financial field to plow, and now a new franchise would face even higher expenses. If you’re interested in the details, Baseball America has written several articles on the subject.
How dim are New Orleans' prospects? When the Baby Cakes announced their move to Wichita for the 2020 season, our own Mr. Baseball, Ron Maestri, posed the real questions that have led to the demise of pro baseball here. “Why are we letting the Baby Cakes leave town without any attempt to keep them here?” Maestri said in this space. “Why hasn’t the State LSED board fixed up Zephyr stadium to AAA standards? Why have we not gotten a response from Jefferson Parish leadership? What is the plan for the stadium when the Cakes leave? Does anyone have plans to get another team here? Can’t everyone for one time, pull together and keep baseball in our community?”
The new shrinkage proposal, which almost certainly will be implemented, has compounded Maestri’s questions exponentially. And that’s a shame.
The backbone of sports in America is not in the NFL of NBA and their huge arenas, fat-cat owners and spoiled players. Fans are created from their own experiences of playing or attending their kids’ games of T-ball, playground or high school sports and adult church leagues. Minor league baseball gives small-town fans the opportunity to see a professional game for a few dollars and cheap concessions. I know. I grew up when the minor leagues were strong.
I remember the thrill of watching the Louisville Colonels of the American Association hosting the Minneapolis Millers and their star Carl Yastrzemski. The Fort Worth Cats brought in one of the greatest hitters I ever saw in Billy Williams. Our own Juan Pizarro pitched a no-hitter on Dairy Night when my dad the milk hauler took us to Fairgrounds Stadium where 22,000 of our closest friends rooted every pitch. You know better than I of New Orleans’ own great memories and own rich tradition of the Pelicans and the old Southern League.
What to do with the hundreds of young players who will be released and their professional hopes dashed is a human part of the discussion that can't compete with the financial arguments. Amateur leagues that exist in some cities today could be expanded, but the financial demands of assembling teams and paying players without a big league affiliation may be overwhelming.
What we know for certain here is that the Shrine on Airline will not host a team next year, making Louisiana the only Southern state without professional baseball. And judging by MLB’s latest brainstorm, it might not be the only one in 2021 and beyond.
Since the Saints took the day off yesterday, I was thinking of doing the same thing today. But after I weighed my responsibilities, I decided to slog ahead, do my duty and try to make some sense of a very rollercoaster weekend. I could be forgiven for laying low since I returned late Sunday from a week in the heartland where I saw Kentucky’s dismal come-from-ahead loss to traditional rival Tennessee. Be heartened, that is all I’m going to say about that.
After all, LSU fans couldn’t care less about the rest of the SEC not named Alabama, and deservedly so. After their big win Saturday in T-town (as my Tide friends call it), the LSU faithful are feeling pretty chesty. I even heard that my brother-in-law, the former Tiger football player who has been on Family IR after breaking a leg a few months ago, jumped up from his solitary perch and danced a whirligig around the room.
Nobody was dancing at the Superdome Sunday after the Saints’ unexpected whuppin’ administered by their arch-rival, the Falcons. That comes under the topic of welcome to the NFL where the expected is elusive, the unexpected sends the faithful into paroxysms and the only whipped cream you get is from a pie in the face. Games like that bring out the clichés: It’s a long season. A loss will do the Saints good. Better to identify your vulnerabilities now than in the playoffs, etc., etc.
Truth be told, the Falcons needed a big win to try and turn their season around far more than the Saints needed a win to pad their record. The reality is that the Saints were two games up in the division at kickoff, and despite their poor performance, they are still two games up in the division. You could say the Saints might have lost some ground in the race for home field advantage in the playoffs, but how important is that, really? You could ask the recent World Series participants, both of whom totally debunked the myth of home field advantage. In case you weren’t watching, the Washington Nationals lost all three of its home games but won the Series with four wins in Houston.
But is home field advantage much more important in the NFL? According to a Boston Globe study three years ago, home teams win about 57 percent of the total number of games played during the regular season and a slightly higher percentage, 62 percent, in the playoffs. If you don’t count the wild card games, the percentage goes up to 68 percent. So home field does have its merit, but why the home team wins is the big question. We’ve all experienced the jet-engine din that Who Dat Nation creates when the other team is trying to call plays. But studies show that outside of a couple illegal procedure penalties, the noise is not a factor in comparing game statistics.
I believe that whatever advantage goes to the home team comes not during the game but in the 24 hours before. Players are creatures of habit and routine, which are interrupted by airplane flights, bus rides to the hotel, makeshift meeting rooms and hotel beds. On game day, they bus to the stadium through a phalanx of middle fingers and less graphic forms of hostility and they dress in a locker room where they hang their clothes in a cubby smaller than a junior high school locker. (I remember the visiting locker room in old Cleveland Municipal Stadium where players took off their street clothes and had to hang them on nails hammered into the walls while dodging streams of water flowing out from the nearby gang shower.)
And when your team matriculates to the playoffs, as Hank Stram might have said, you can magnify all of that by two or three days, plus national media attention that is a far greater interruptor than the local scribes and barking dogs, and home starts to look pretty good. So, baseball aside, home field does have its advantages despite the fact that we are sitting here one day after the Saints laid a large egg with their so-called home field advantage against the Falcons.
So what does that mean for the immediate future? I’m guessing that after Sean Payton digested the game film, Tampa Bay’s home field advantage next week has shrunk to the same level of importance that the Saints experienced Sunday.
Yes, the World Series is over so let’s give a tip of the cap to the Washington Nationals in winning what was one of the strangest fall classics ever. Strange because home-field advantage was ushered to the curb as the visiting team, for the first time in the history of major team sports, won in each of the seven games. That’s like your grandmother hosting Christmas dinner only to watch the ungrateful savages ignore her oven-baked turkey, mashed potatoes and cornbread while they wolfed down Aunt Dorothy’s banana salad, Aunt Emily’s oyster casserole and Aunt Ann’s turkey sausage soufflé. Damned near unAmerican!
But now that we just enjoyed another football bye week, we have plenty of time to look ahead to what formerly was called the Hot Stove League. That is where the executives of the 29 Major League Baseball teams that did not win the World Series try and decide what went wrong and how they are going to fix it. I understand the feeling. After every championship season, there is one genius and a bunch of idiots.
I was never with a team that won the Super Bowl, so I’ve lived much of my professional life as an idiot. So I was wondering after the baseball idiots do their offseason reflections, will they follow the winning formula of the past two Series winners and stack up on stars? Or is there another way?
The star search was the path to glory for the last two World Series champs, according a Wall Street Journal story last week that labeled the Nats’ path to success as “the power of stars.” Leading up to this season, they had signed free agent Max Scherzer, who won the Cy Young award in Detroit and then followed with two more with the Nats. They extended former No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg for $175 million and re-signed essential veteran Ryan Zimmerman for $100 million.
They also tried to re-sign another of their own stars in Bryce Harper last off-season but dropped out of the bidding after he rejected their $300 million offer and signed with the Phillies. No problem, with half of that money they signed pitchers Anibál Sanchéz and Patrick Corbin, who pitched three shutout innings in relief of Scherzer in Game 7. In October, Scherzer, Strasburg, Corbin and Sanchez accounted for 70% of the Nats’ innings and notched a collective 3.01 ERA. “To win a world championship, your stars have got to be stars,” said Nats’ GM Mike Rizzo. “And our stars were stars in these playoffs.”
The Red Sox took much the same path in winning the 2018 Series. They traded for pitcher Chris Sale and signed free agent pitchers David Price and Craig Kimbrel and slugger J.P. Martinez. During the season, they traded for pitcher Nathan Eovaldi who arguably was their best pitcher down the stretch, and eventual Series MVP Steve Pearce. GM Dave Dombrowski wrapped those veterans around home-grown products such as Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Andrew Benitendi and Jackie Bradley, Jr., and the Sox won their fourth Series title since 2004.
But a strategy gaining traction is the one popularized by the Oakland A’s and adopted by the Tampa Bay Rays and Minnesota Twins: Develop your own stars and when their value soars trade them for prospects - more potential young stars. The underlying theme here is that it’s not always the best team that wins the World Series. It’s just as often the hottest team in the second half of the season.
The rumors around MLB is that one of the “power of stars” recent champions may soon be headed in the opposite strategic direction. When the Red Sox hired GM Dave Dombrowski in 2015, they gave him a blank check to build a championship club and he delivered. But now the Red Sox have the highest payroll in baseball, and owner John Henry wants to scale back with a process-oriented architect who can steer the franchise efficiently through the transition to the next championship.
Last week Henry hired 36-year-old Chaim Bloom as president of baseball operations. Bloom’s last posting was Tampa where he helped build a team that finished 12 games ahead of the Red Sox and went to the playoffs. Oh, and their $60 million payroll ranked No. 25 of the 30 teams, $160 million behind the No. 1 Red Sox. Sounds like change is a’comin’.
This could be a good lesson for the Nationals’ brass. The Red Sox made nary a change to their 2018 championship roster and flopped. But that should have been no surprise. This was the 19th straight year that the winner of the World Series failed to repeat. Boston made it 10 of 19 who did not even made it back to the playoffs.
You think somebody will slip that stat to the Nationals’ decision-makers. They already have seen Strasberg decline his four-year player option, and they declined Zimmerman's option. And they haven’t even sobered up from their parades, parties and other celebrations yet!


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Making a spark
This is the age old problem of making a spark at the right time to ignite the fuel and crate the power stroke.
Almost all early engines are fitted with the Kettering ignition system to do this. A simple and effective idea which works well, but has big draw backs in the form of wearing out its parts as it does its job so needs constancy in servicing to keep in top condition.
The parts needed are the coil, this converts 12 volts DC to 20,000 or more, HT Leads to send the voltage where needed, The distributor cap which sends the voltage down the right lead, The spark plug which turns the voltage into a spark, the points which switch the coil on and off and the condenser which smooths out the voltage spike at the points and the rotor arm which shows the voltage where to go.
All these parts are needed to make the engine run but first how can we make 12volts turn into 20,000 volts or more. This is where the coil comes into its own. The coil is in fact two coils a low tensile coil on the outside and a high tensile coil on the inside. With the points closed the outside coil charges up, then when the points open the charge that is built up in the outer coil collapses inwards charging the inner coils and the number of turns on the inner coil is in the hundreds so acts like a voltage step up transformer and produces a high voltage spike which last for a fraction of a second. In that time the voltage is looking for earth so travels down the main HT lead from the coil to the center of the distributor the passes though the rotor arm and back out down the lead that is needed to the spark plug. Here is the cleaver bit the spark plug has a small gap normally about 20 thou with the bottom of the probe touching earth the voltage is traveling at such a force that it jumps the gap in the plug to reach earth producing a small lightning bolt (Spark). This then lights the fuel but that is another story.
So now we know how the spark is made how do we make sure its at the right time. This is the job of the distributor which runs at engine speed driven by the cam which runs at half engine speed. Being connected to this means that we can tell the rotor arm exactly where the piston is on any of the cylinders so that it can show the voltage which plug to go to. Also at the base of the rotor arm are the points these tell the coil when to charge and discharge. These are the biggest problem with the whole of the Kettering system as they wear and the back EMF (Electro motive force) burns out the faces of the points. As stated earlier when the points turn the coil off from charging the voltage build up which is needed to create the spark also travels down the lead to the distributor to reach the points producing a spark. With the aid of the condenser the spark is reduced but regular checking to keep this system in top shape is needed as at 1000rpm the points have turned on and off 1000 times (on a four cylinder engine). This means that the coil has to have enough charge to discharge every 0.06 seconds and at higher speeds the times are reduced even more so how can we improve this system.
The way improve this design is in the form of Electronic points. There are lots of systems on the market but I refer to the Simon's Best British Classics BBCK4 Powerspark system (www.simonbbc.com). This system does away with the points and condenser and replaces it with a magnetic switch. The trigger is placed at the bottom of the rotor arm so is timed with the engine still switching the coil at the right time but instead of points now you have a small module sitting in their place and with the gap set right with the rotor it is then tightened down and then you can pretty much forget it as there are no moving parts to service. This type of device also stops the back EMF producing a nice clean break to trigger the coil. We have now improved the system on two main accounts first the servicing of the distributor is now less and the spark is now smother allowing the engine to run more evenly. This can lead to better miles per gallon and improved power from the engine.
The next big step from here as with modern cars is to do away with the distributor and HT leads and have coils on each of the plugs and a computer switching them on and off when needed.
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The Redskins scratched Adrian Peterson before the game, but he took a moment to encourage his fellow running backs before kickoff Sunday.
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By Jeremy Herb
Furloughs and other temporary budget patches could become a way of life for the Pentagon unless congressional Republicans and the White House reach a long-term budget deal.
Few think a decade of furloughs is the best way to close the budget deficit. Pentagon leaders this week suggested eliminating and prioritizing specific programs would be more efficient.
But the 2014 budgets from the House and Senate set defense spending at higher levels than what’s allowed by law, effectively ignoring this year’s mandatory spending cuts. President Obama’s budget is expected to take the same course when it is released on April 10.
Lawmakers and the Obama administration aren’t crafting budgets at the lower levels because no one wants to say politically what difficult choices need to be made to reduce defense spending by more than $40 billion annually, budget analysts say.
“It is remarkable that all of the budgets we’re seeing are in denial about the fact that there are these budget caps in effect,” said Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
“They’re all assuming that they can come up with some sort of compromise to make the budget caps go away, except it’s been over a year-and-a-half and they haven’t been able to come up with that compromise.”
Without a compromise, more furloughs are expected in the coming years for the Pentagon’s 800,000 civilian workers, who received a measure of good news this week when Defense officials said they’d only get a maximum of 14 days without pay in this fiscal year.
The budgets Congress passed last week didn’t ignore the sequester — but Republicans and Democrats averted the mandatory cuts in ways that are unacceptable to the other party.
The House kept defense spending at pre-sequester levels by making spending cuts in other areas, like mandatory programs.
Like the Senate, the president’s budget is expected to include new revenues to avert the sequester cuts. It will include a $100 billion reduction in defense spending over the next decade, Defense News reported last week, down from $500 billion under the current sequester law.
But the administration’s defense cuts don’t kick in for five years, and the Senate doesn’t begin lowering defense spending levels until 2015.
There is still hope for a deal that averts sequestration and solves the budget problems.
Some hope a deal that trades entitlement reforms demanded by Republicans for new tax revenues demanded by Obama can be reached, perhaps in connection with an agreement to raise the debt ceiling this summer.
But some argue such a deal could be years away.
“I think all sides are betting that the circumstances that have us sort of blocked-in today will disappear in a couple of years,” said Carl Conetta, director of the Project on Defense Alternatives.
The House Armed Services Committee will budget its annual defense bill authorizing Pentagon spending at the higher level set by the House GOP budget, committee aides said. The Senate panel is expected to do the same.
A senior House Armed Services aide defended setting Pentagon budgets at pre-sequester levels, arguing that no one thinks the steep cuts are good policy.
“To do an authorization bill that embraces sequestration forces us to allow the department to take short-term actions that would have a very high cost in the long term — base closures and retiring platforms that you actually need — in order to meet a situation that everybody has a different plan to fix,” the aide said.
But ignoring sequestration in the budget can have unintended consequences, budget analysts say.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said Thursday that halfway through the current fiscal year, the Pentagon had already spent 80 percent of its budgeted operations and maintenance funds.
The Pentagon is planning 14 days of furloughs for most of its civilian workforce and has cancelled deployments, training and repairs in order to deal with the shortfalls.
Harrison said that the Pentagon could have softened the blow it now faces had it planned for the shortfall at the start of the fiscal year.
He warned a similar scenario is threatening to unfold again this year.
“That creates a big question mark — is this budget request even relevant for consideration?” Harrison said. “We’re missing the opportunity to mitigate some of the worst effects by cutting the budget this way.”
While the president’s budget request is always a political document in many ways — Republicans will undoubtedly reject the revenue increases — the Pentagon budget typically forms the bedrock of the authorization and appropriations bills that set annual Pentagon spending levels.
Lawrence Korb, a former DOD official and defense analyst at the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress, said part of the reason no one wants to plan for more defense cuts is the concern that once you detail how you could cut $45 billion from the budget, there will be less political will to stop it.
“The Pentagon did not want to come up with a plan because if they did, people would say: ‘That wasn’t too bad. We can live with that,’” Korb said.
“The only thing is that if you do that and then at the start of the fiscal year the law hasn’t changed — then you’ve got to scramble.”
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BOISE -- The city is down to the final three choices for a $200,000 sculpture to go outside Boise City Hall. The process has been lengthy, with rounds of ideas thrown out, and thousands of dollars spent with no final decision yet made.
In the latest round of proposals and finalists, Boise's Public Arts Manager Karen Bubb says she feels confident in finding the best match for the important site, especially because unlike previous rounds, all finalists are local. She says this process had to be done right because of how important and expensive the project is.
This is a really important civic site. It's in front of our city hall. It's on the primary street that comes into Downtown Boise. So it's very visible and it's meaningful. It's where our civic heart is, Bubb said. It's also a big budget project. For Boise, $200,000 nationally is not that big of a project, but for us, it's a big project, and so we want it to be really meaningful. It's important to spend those dollars well.
In the latest request for proposals, the approach was changed, and the 27 proposals sent in were almost all from Idahoans: 80 percent were local creations. The public was invited to comment on the proposals, and Bubb says the response was incredible.
We had the hugest public response that we've ever had. We had 416 comment sheets returned with 3,250 comments, Bubb said.
After the comments were compiled, a panel used the feedback to narrow down the options to three finalists. Bubb says all are local: Leslie Dixon and Boise Metal Works, CTY Studio and Ecosystem Sciences, and Francis Fox and Dean Gunderson.
They all are really qualified, and their designs are really strong and very Boise, Bubb said.
The finalists will all be interviewed in January by a selection team of five people whose recommendation will go to city council for final approval. The construction will go out to bid, and then a new piece of art will be in front of Boise City Hall in summer 2015.
The costs of the $200,000 project will be split between the city of Boise and the Capital City Development Corporation.
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* SECOND PRESSING
* RELEASE DATE JANUARY 20, 2023
* CD VERSION - JEWEL CASE EDITION WITH 16 PAGE LYRIC BOOK
This one does not need much of an introduction. This brand new album originally dropped in July of 2022 and we could not keep it on the shelves. Ultimately early pressings have all sold out and we would receive request after request through the holidays for people wanting the CD version of this monster of an album.
Well its time to get it back out there again in 2023. We will have our 2023 pressing of this Christian Metal classic in our hands in January and you will be able to get it once again! That album Fields of Sorrow from Christian Rockers ‘FEAR NOT’
Fields of Sorrow was named in countless ‘Best of 2022’ releases and his been receiving critical acclaim and accolades all year long.
Heavens Metal Radio Album of The Year – Reaching # 3 for album of the year ‘Fields of Sorrow’
Heavens Metal Magazine Album of the Year - Reaching # 9 for album of the year 'Fields of Sorrow'
Dead To Self Radio – Reaching #1 most requested for December with the track ‘Voluntary Madness’
Christian Rock.Net Top 100 singles of 2022 – Reaching # 55 with the single ‘Fields of Sorrow’
Christian Music Weekly Top 100 singles of 2022 – Reaching # 60 with the single ‘Fields of Sorrow’
Iridium Reviews Top 25 albums for 2022 – Reaching # 3 for album of the year with ‘Fields of Sorrow’
Lastly, Heavens Metal Radio also named the track ‘Riptide’ as their # 1 Christian Rock track of the Year!
Today we launch the brand single and lyric video for ‘Riptide’ get out there and request this track wherever you listen to your music.
2023 will be another big year for FEAR NOT with multiple shows lined up and working with Roxx Records on more special releases for 2023.
Be sure to catch the band live at one of their scheduled appearances this year.
Exodo Fest in Mexico (April 6-8)
The Whisky (direct support for Stryper) (June 6) Hollywood, CA
Immortal Fest (with The Brave, Resurrection Band & more) (Sept 2-3) Ohio
Stay Tuned for more shows to come!
For now get those orders in for the CD version of ‘Fields of Sorrow’ now, second pressing releasing on January 20, 2023
CD Track Listing:
Voluntary Madness (4:10)
Fields of Sorrow (3:10)
Lay It All Down (3:56)
Join Together (4:09)
Black Soul Sunshine (4:41)
Beautifully Broken (4:32)
Into The Grave (4:25)
American Prayer (4:30)
God’s Country (3:44) [Bonus Track]
Carry Me “Reprise” (4:15) [Bonus Track]
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FEAR NOT – “FIELDS OF SORROW”
PRESS RELEASE ISSUE DATE: June 3rd, 2022
2022 is set to be the return of what was one of Christian Rock’s greatest acts of the nineties. This band made their public debut actually being known as Love Life, releasing an album titled “Goodbye Lady Jane” on Blonde Vinyl in 1991. As the band began to progress they caught the ears of well established producers John & Dino Elefante and a new journey was about to begin. Working with the famed producers the band would change their name to Fear Not and release their self titled album upon the world via Pakaderm Records. The album would garner great reviews and praise from the media and the band would begin playing shows across the US. Unfortunately as it happens all too often, life got in the way and the band would never actually make it to release a sophomore effort, ultimately disbanding.
Fast forward to 2017 and indie label Roxx Records would search the band out and ultimately start to work on a complete redesign and rerelease of that amazing debut album. In 2017, working in conjunction with the band, that debut album would be beautifully remastered with enhanced artwork and reissued in a limited edition CD format and for the first time ever on limited edition vinyl. As a result of this, those four original members of Fear Not would embark on a brand new journey and rekindle that band relationship and start to work on brand new music for the first time in almost 35 years. Added to the fold would be an additional vocalist working with the band by the name of Eddie Green, a seasoned touring vocalist, who previously fronted the metal band Even The Dogs.
Now as a 5 piece the band would record and release their debut music together as a beautiful new EP titled “For The Wounded Heart”. Five brand new tunes for the world to enjoy as this band was back and just beginning a new journey of life, music and ministry for a world that much needs it. “For The Wounded Heart” would get many great reviews and accolades which would spark that fire amongst the band and even get them out into the world to play shows again as a 5 piece.
It's been over 3 years since that first EP, the world had pretty much come to a stop as we dealt with a worldwide pandemic. While that worldwide downtime was going on these guys were dealing with so much adversity in their personal lives, illness, death of loved ones, and so much more we didn’t think anything more would come to fruition. However, all along that troublesome pathway it inspired the band, and they continued writing new music, recording new music and slowly building a brand new full length release to share with this world. And now 2022 will finally see the release of the much anticipated new full length album from the legendary FEAR NOT.
FEAR NOT are set to embark on a new musical journey with the release of their sophomore full length album entitled “Fields of Sorrow”. “Fields of Sorrow” takes the listener on a heavy and heartfelt journey with the band as they prepare to release this full length album of all new music with meaning. Tracks that tackle many of the issues we face and deal with today, with the addition of some heavy and emotional music as your soundtrack, “Fields of Sorrow” will definitely be on repeat play for many of us this year as we continue to navigate life through these troubled times.
Get ready as we prepare to release the brand new album from FEAR NOT!
Today we unveil the brand new cover art and a world premiere lyric video for the second single from the new album. On the heels of the debut single “Struggle” we are very excited to bring you the brand new single which also happens to be the title track of the new album “Fields of Sorrow” we hope you not only enjoy it but request it to be played wherever you listen or stream your music. The new single is on sale now digitally at all your favorite platforms, and has been serviced to radio around the world.
Fields of Sorrow [Lyric Video] https://youtu.be/zyW-JFDycSY
“Fields of Sorrow” features stunning new artwork from Scott Waters of NoLifeTilMetal Graphics and is scheduled to be released on July 8th, 2022 on CD and via all digital platforms. In addition, on September 17th, 2022 a limited edition black vinyl version will be released and limited to only 200 copies worldwide. The album also features stunning new artwork from Scott Waters of NoLifeTilMetal Graphics.


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Pats go deep on defense
With solid substitutes, injuries have not been a problem for N.E. so far. FOXBORO — Teams could get overconfident against a defense missing a few starters. That would be a mistake, especially if that defense belongs to the New England Patriots.
"I wouldn't advise it," linebacker Roman Phifer said yesterday.
He led the Patriots in tackles in a season-opening 30-14 win over Pittsburgh, but a hamstring injury sidelined him the next game. Tedy Bruschi, another starting linebacker, was sidelined for the second half of the second game.
It hardly mattered. New England beat the New York Jets 44-7, holding them to 200 yards and nine first downs.
On Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, Phifer hopes to pla Bruschi probably will play. But backups at other spots, such as defensive backs Victor Green and Terrell Buckley, should get plenty of opportunities.
Green recovered a fumble in the opener and returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown in the second game. Buckley, re-signed just four days earlier, had two interceptions against Pittsburgh, which gained 283 yards.
"For some reason, you get in the pros and everybody's talking about how you've got to be on the field all the time," Buckley said. "That's not true. I think guys around here feel that wa we're going to get just as many opportunities" as the starters.
Ted Johnson wasn't even on the active roster for the opener, then started at middle linebacker against the Jets, when Bruschi moved outside to Phifer's spot.
"All the guys on this team can really step up and provide depth," Bruschi said. "We know when another guy steps in there, he's going to give us a quality performance."
The Patriots allowed just nine offensive touchdowns in winning their last nine games last season, including the Super Bowl. In the offseason, they added starting defensive tackle Steve Martin and substitutes Green, Rick Lyle, Bernard Holse Jarvis Green.
Against the Steelers, the defense allowed one touchdown until Kordell Stewart scored on the last play. The Jets scored their only offensive touchdown after falling behind 27-0.
"We have guys that can fill in," Phifer said. "We also have different packages on defense that we can change to accommodate the personnel that we have healthy."
On Sunday, the defense will try to stop Priest Holmes, last year's NFL rushing leader, and Tony Gonzalez, perhaps the league's best receiving tight end.
Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil will have to devise ways to beat a defense that he thinks can continue to do well even if some players are hurt.
"If the backup players had to play eight weeks in a row, maybe it catches up with them, but if they have to come in and play well two weeks in a row, it's hard for some offensive team to exploit someone that's not quite as good as the starter," he said.
Defensive end Bobby Hamilton started 34 of the Patriots' 35 games the past two seasons and the first two this year.
"I don't want to talk about injuries. I don't want to get anybody hurt, but you have to be ready," he said. Management "did a great job to bring in guys who can come in and step up."
Some day, the Patriots might have too many injured defensive players to maintain their level of play. Even then, they could have enough at key positions so the falloff isn't substantial.
"Where you really notice a great difference," Vermeil said, "is if, all of a sudden, you lose your best corner or, all of a sudden, you eliminate your best pass rusher, your dominating type player."
The Patriots haven't lost either. So their coaches keep rotating players between the huddle and the sidelines with little decline in production.
"I don't think there's really a secret about it," Bruschi said. "We've got good players out there that are playing hard. That's really all it is."


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A student caught performing live internet sex shows at her university library may have been doing it to be able to afford to study.
The pupil at the University of Newcastle, in New South Wales, Australia, was broadcasting her X-rated antics on pay per view internet sites, according to the Newcastle Herald.
Users had been alerted about the performances at the Auchmuty campus library on social media, although they were probably not aware they were taking place there.
Clare Swan, who is president of the University’s student’s association, thought the girl may have been struggling for money.
‘Newcastle has a high enrolment of students from low socio-economic background – it’s 26 per cent,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.
‘The question shouldn’t be any sort of judgement or about the morals involved.
‘Our primary concern should be the health and safety of the student.’
A spokeswoman for the University of Newcastle confirmed the woman had been counselled.
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With the release of Mi 11, the company started to move its focus to the next flagship that probably will be under Redmi’s name. Redmi’s General Manager Lu Weibing confirmed a few days ago the arrival of the new smartphone series. The Redmi K40 Pro is set to come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 SoC. Now, the General Manager confirmed that one of the models will debut with an upcoming MediaTek Dimensity chipset. He obviously refers to the vanilla Redmi K40 variant.
The Dimensity 1200 offers performance comparable to the Snapdragon 865 SoC
The new phone certainly will come with the upcoming Dimensity 1200 (MT6893). The chipset is coming as MediaTek’s latest flagship Soc and will go official on January 20. According to rumors, the chipset will offer similar performance to last year’s Snapdragon 865. The big difference is that it will probably be cheaper than Qualcomm’s offering.
According to the latest leaks, the new Dimensity 1200 SoC is made on a 6nm process. It brings an overclocked Cortex-A78 main core with 3GHz clock speeds. It will also pack three additional Cortex-A78 cores clocked at up to 2.6GHz. The power-efficient tasks are ensured by four Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 2GHz. The graphical tasks are ensured by a Mali-G77 GPU. The chipset will also offer support for LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 Storage.
The Redmi K30 came with Snapdragon 730G and its 5G variant debuted with the Snapdragon 765G. The company later released a Redmi K30 Ultra variant featuring a flagship Dimensity 1000+ SoC. The company may stick with the Dimensity strategy now that will effectively make the phone a “premium mid-range device” just like the Redmi K30 Ultra. The high-end variant will still come with Qualcomm’s high-end offering but will be cheaper than other devices featuring it.


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Brendan Koerner profiles AA:
As dependence grows, alcoholics also lose the ability to properly regulate their behavior. This regulation is the responsibility of the prefrontal cortex, which is charged with keeping the rest of the brain apprised of the consequences of harmful actions. But mind-altering substances slowly rob the cortex of so-called synaptic plasticity, which makes it harder for neurons to communicate with one another. When this happens, alcoholics become less likely to stop drinking, since their prefrontal cortex cannot effectively warn of the dangers of bad habits. This is why even though some people may be fully cognizant of the problems that result from drinking, they don't do anything to avoid them.
Jonah Lehrer takes a second look at the neurological mechanisms at play.

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Four Springfield teens strike harmonious chord
Baylon Elfgen called a workshop the members of The Sound Four attended in Rockford in February “a huge stepping stone” for the Springfield barbershop quartet.
Elfgen, the teen group’s baritone, along with Harrison Paries (bass), Stephen Hollenback (lead) and Bryce Cody (tenor), received personal coaching from a number of barbershop harmony luminaries, including Drew Ochoa and Dan Wessler from After Hours, the Peoria-based group that won the 2018 International Barbershop Quartet Championship.
“Learning from them was a wonderful experience,” Paries acknowledged. “We’ve met a couple of really high-up quartets and they’re all just people who love music and have worked for it. There’s not this celebrity complex. They’re people who are just really, really, really good at what they do.”
“We just want to be the best we can be,” Elfgen added, “and we just want to feel as good as we can feel when we do sing.”
The four teens have been making sweet sounds since late last year when Cody was drafted into the group. The group will be part of the First Friday Concert Series at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Sixth Street and Lawrence Avenue on Friday.
If barbershop conjures up images of men singing “Hello My Baby” in striped vests and skimmer hats, The Sound Four nicely thwarts that.
Though the group is true to the technical terms of the genre, its repertoire consists of more modern songs like Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and “Bring Him Home,” from "Les Miserables," both of which it will perform Friday night, and Elton John’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.”
“I feel like we really are the beginning of this newer movement here,” Paries said. “I just don’t want to see barbershop go away.
“We’re fond of the new and the old. It’s about that sound that’s only in barbershop, those barbershop fifth and seventh (notes), that ring that is so characteristic of the genre.”
“I enjoy the idea of people more our age being into barbershop because for me, barbershop made such a huge impact on my life,” Hollenback said. “I absolutely love the sound it creates. Everything about barbershop is just fantastic to me.”
“By opening up to newer songs,” Cody added, “it gives the people singing a whole new branch of freedom in a sense because it allows them to pick a song that they really, really enjoy and have it arranged in the barbershop style.”
Elfgen pointed to one of After Hours’ most popular arrangements, a-Ha’s “Take On Me,” as a way by which modern songs work in the style.
Paries said “everyone loved” The Sound Four’s version of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from “The Lion King,” which it sang at last year’s Illinois State Fair.
“It connects to a lot of people because it’s a song they could relate to and they heard it in a way they never heard it before,” he said. “Barbershop lends itself so well to ballads like that.”
“It’s a great group of kids,” said John Rigg, a member of the Land of Lincoln Barbershop Chorus, who has mentored the group. “They play video games like every teenager, but when it comes to the barbershop music, they take it seriously.
“It’s just the joy of making really good music that holds them together.”
“It’s a good set of people to be around,” Elfgen said of the Chorus members. “The people we’ve met in barbershop are good people and good connections.”
Mark Gifford, the Cathedral’s director of music who started the First Friday Concert Series, said he was getting goosebumps during the quartet’s recent practice at the church.
“They’re embracing an old style of singing, but putting a brand new stamp on it,” Gifford said. “I love that.”
As for his reaction, Gifford said “this is just one of those rooms where music is a gift to the room and the room is a gift to the music.”
Last weekend, Elgen and Hollenback both graduated from Lanphier while Cody graduated from Southeast. Though they are going different directions school-wise in the fall, Paries, who is taking online courses at Lanphier to complete his studies, said the plan is to keep the quartet going.
“That’s our number one priority,” he said. “This quartet has changed me so, so much. We’re such good friends to the point we’re symbiotic. We’re always together when we can be and having something as wonderful as music to do together is something we’re not willing to give up.”
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Mason Vander Ploeg, a DI team member from White Rock Christian Academy, is campaigning to reduce plastic in our oceans. He is a member of Sharks 4 Kids and has become aware of the danger that plastics pose to our oceans and ocean creatures. He is targeting single-use plastic straws as a key culprit and has asked Destination Imagination to stop using these straws in our Instant Challenges. Destination Imagination in BC will no longer use single-use plastic straws in our Instant Challenges.
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Spelt bread Recipe-Stoneground and homemade
If you are new to baking and looking for healthy and easy recipes, then this homemade stone ground spelt bread recipe is the one for you. I have tested and tweaked this recipe for many years and this recipe will be easy to adjust the proportion of spelt to suit your taste.
Spelt is an ancient grain whose molecular structure is different to that of wheat. In the recent years spelt has undergone a revival as a health food due to the fact that its easier to digest compared to wheat. Wheat has been genetically modified and altered a lot for a higher gluten and yield to suit modern industrial farming. This modification is probably the reason why the number of people having wheat intolerance has risen dramatically over the past few decades. My daughter is extremely intolerant to wheat. Personally try to avoid it too as I also don’t digest wheat too well if I overdose myself with wheat often.
To know more about the health benefits of Spelt as grain take a look at the following link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelt
My journey with baking
I have been baking my own bread for the past 2 decades. It was a big learning experience to get the bread right. I worked with different grains and flours till I could figure out a fool proof mixture.
Once you get the hang of baking your bread you will turn your back to store bought mass produced bread.
Why I avoid industrially produced breads?
Bread in the supermarkets are manufactured in huge plants and frozen for easy shipping. These finished breads are then shipped long distances to units to be baked once again before they hit our supermarket shelves. Moreover, the ingredients of mass produced breads are always questionable as its made for profit. They use a lot of dough enhancers to prolong the shelf life and cut costs. The breads are no doubt cheap but adds to the cost of your health and well being. These huge enterprises have put the Artisan bakeries out of business in the past decades. So many small bakeries have gone out of business as they cannot compete on this huge scale to even break even. This should also be one more reason to avoid industrially produced breads.
Homemade Spelt bread recipe
This whole meal stone ground Spelt bread will be one of the first in the series of breads that I plan to share with you all. Watch out for more bread recipes in the future posts. I will also be posting a post on why I grind my own grains for baking breads. For the sake of beginners, I have also used a fool proof way to get an even shape by using some high quality organic store bought flour for this recipe.
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In the above video, I have shown 2 breads. The recipe and ingredients below will yield 1 loaf weighing around 450 grams.
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Mix the yeast with sugar and a little water in a bowl and keep it aside to multiply. It will start bubbling after a few minutes. Use normal room temperature water. Grind the grains. If you use an electric stone mill set it to a setting of 3- to 4. Knead well by adding water as its mixing and till all the flour is well incorporated to the dough and leaves the sides of the mixing bowl. Be careful not to add too much water. Cover and let it rise. Remove from the oven and lightly tap it. If the bread sounds hollow you know its done.
Mix all the ingredients and take care to keep the salt to one side. While adding the yeast mixture make sure it doesn't touch the salt. Salt will kill the yeast and the bread will not rise well.
When the dough has risen to double the volume, sprinkle flour to your work surface and the baking tray.
Knead again to incorpoate all the air pockets to have a well risen shaped dough.
Shape the dough by rolling it tightly and cover. Set it aside to rise for 15- 20 min.
Preheat you oven to 250 deg Celsius. Score the bread before baking to have an even rise while baking. It prevents the bread from cracking at the sides.
Bake on the highest heat for about 12 min to develop a dark crust then turn down the heat to 180deg Celcuis and bake for 35 min.
Cool the bread before serving.
Mix the yeast with sugar and a little water in a bowl and keep it aside to multiply. It will start bubbling after a few minutes. Use normal room temperature water.
Grind the grains. If you use an electric stone mill set it to a setting of 3- to 4.
Knead well by adding water as its mixing and till all the flour is well incorporated to the dough and leaves the sides of the mixing bowl. Be careful not to add too much water. Cover and let it rise.
Remove from the oven and lightly tap it. If the bread sounds hollow you know its done.

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Goodreads has issued a new set of review guidelines, but some readers on the site aren’t happy and claim that the guidelines now favour authors. The new review guidelines emphasise that reviewers should review the book, not the author. Reviews that do not match these guidelines will apparently remain on the site, but will not appear on the book’s page.
Goodreads’ Patrick Brown states that this isn’t exactly a new policy, more a clarification of how the site deals with reviews. Buried By Books has a critical commentary on the changes. Dear Author reviewer and blogger VacuousMinx has been pretty vocal in describing what she sees as a ‘structural problem’ at Goodreads. In a series of blog posts, she argues that Goodreads doesn’t do enough to defuse author-reader tensions, and that while the intentions of the revisions might be good, the implementation leaves a lot to be desired.
It’s inevitable that there’s going to be conflict in any social media environment, and obviously there’s a tendency for people to cry foul if they believe one group is being treated differently. It seems like Goodreads is moving to head off the possibility of all-out war developing. There are certain forums where readers seem to gather in packs and then attack targeted authors en masse, and Goodreads seems keen to avoid this happening at their site. It might take time to iron out how they do this, but it seems like the new guidelines might be a step in the right direction.

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Yep, it’s Tuesday! That means there are some fabulous new digital downloads from Stampin’ Up! My favorites this week are the fabulous First Day Stamp Brush Set (love that book worm!) and the gorgeous scallop dots ribbon. Which are your favorites? These downloads work with My Digital Studio and any other digital scrapbooking program that allows you to import PNG and JPG files.
Fresh and full of summertime, our 12 Sun Garden Designer Series Paper patterns will brighten your designs. Coordinating colors include Calypso Coral, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Pink Pirouette, Lucky Limeade, and Soft Suede. Download also includes a one-page 12″ x 12″ designer template.
You’ll love this adorable grosgrain ribbon with its white polka dots and scallop edges with pinholes. Choose it to dress up any project in style! Download includes 30-pieces; 10 ribbon colors in 3 designs (flat, knot, and bow). Colors include Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Melon Mambo, More Mustard, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, and Tangerine Tango.
These 56 cute embellishments are designed to coordinate with the Nursery Nest Designer Series Paper and Aviary Stamp Brush Set. Pair them with the paper patterns to create a photobook, or use them on your designs to quickly add a focal point to any project. Coordinating colors include Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum, and Whisper White.
Re-create the beautiful journal from page 112 of the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog with this designer template! The journal template includes a 6-1/4″ x 8-1/4″ front and back cover. Coordinating colors include Blush Blossom, Crumb Cake, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, and Whisper White.
Our First Day Stamp Brush Set is perfect for first-day-of-school photo pages, teacher cards or gifts, or back-to-school projects. Most of the images and numbers in this 25-piece set are individual elements, offering ultimate designing versatility. Download includes a one-page 8″ x 8″ designer template. (Note: there is currently an issue with this on the online store. I’ll remove this note when it is fixed.)
Add an elegant accent or frame an image or word with our one-piece Perfect Label Punch. Like all My Digital Studio punches, this is a vector file, which allows it to be scaled up or down without losing image resolution.
Bring parlor elegance into your projects with our one-piece Parlor Prints Stamp Brush. This design is ideal for creating beautiful backgrounds and elements that can add color, depth, and dimension to all your projects. Image is sized larger than traditional stamp, offering more digital versatility.
Our one-piece Houndstooth Stamp Brush is ideal for creating trendy backgrounds and elements that can add color, depth, and dimension to all your projects. Image is oversized, offering more digital versatility.
You can purchase these or any other digital downloads through my online store. They great news is that they are available for immediate use, with no shipping charges! Just click on Digital Crafting, then Digital Downloads, then Newest Downloads to see all of the recent additions! If you registered your copy of My Digital Studio, you may also receive end-of-the month emails from Stampin’ Up featuring that month’s digital releases.
There is a My Digital Studio tab to the top right hand corner of this blog. It is a handy reference to a variety of My Digital Studio resources, including a list of all of the downloads and a break down of the printing costs. There is also a new Resources pageon MyDigitalStudio.net that includes an MDS Catalog. It shows all of the MDS software artwork (contained in the boxed-version) and downloads from the October 2009 launch through July 1, 2011! The catalog gives a snapshot of the entire product line with artwork thumbnails followed by product details, which includes the colors of the designer papers! Because MDS is regularly coming out with new artwork, the catalog will be updated every month.


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At some point when I was in college, blogs and social media flowered, and the Internet became a true social community, not just for a select group of hardcore nerds but for everyone. This seminal gallery and publishing house began promoting Los Angeles artists locally and internationally early on, including its pioneering participation in Art Basel. And this is even with concrete proof of the work that has been done (she has worked as a cleaner through an agency and with private clients for the last 3 years).
The post dominant art object turned the focus onto the biography of the artist, for the sake of the mass nurture of a gazillion artists, to open more doors into the walls that circumscribed quality. Enjoy the exclusive photos of Marlie Moore, a pretty and sexy golden haired on cam sex chatter who also likes getting nude during cyber sex shows. Creating your own patch of paradise and finding the right style to suit both you and your garden need not be daunting if basic parameters can be established.
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SUPPLY NY are set to celebrate their fifth birthday tonight (Friday 8th June) with a five-hour boat party in New York City.
Setting sail at 7:00PM sharp, the collective’s long-serving resident DJs will command the on-board booth, with Griffin Camper, Jordan James, Misawa and Animal Feelings all set to spin as the sun goes down.
Additional support will come from local and talented selectors including Haruka Salt, Ria (88 Palms), Nè, Tony y not, and Kate Stein.
Studio 54, a new documentary charting the incredible history of one of the world’s most celebrated nightclubs, will hit cinemas on 15th June. A new trailer was made available yesterday.
Hardwell, who is currently working on a rather secretive project with Steve Aoki, is to play New York City venue Brooklyn Mirage on Saturday 23rd June, with pre-sale for tickets beginning this Monday 19th March at 11AM Eastern Time.
Former club owner Ariel Palitz has been named the first Nightlife Mayor of New York.
Earlier this week, it was announced that Palitz, who used to manage what was dubbed as Manhattan’s “noisiest bar”, the Sutra nightclub, had been chosen for the role of Senior Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife.
Mekka is a new Hell’s Kitchen club being proposed by nightlife entrepreneur Glenn Raymond. The 36,000 square-foot venue would sit on the former home of Pacha NYC.
According to Raymond: "My experience is as a fan of the music first and foremost... I have DJ'd and thrown parties... I guess you can say Mekka is owned by a fan who wants the fans to have fun." The proposed event space would include an art gallery as well as a "museum of nightlife" and a "dance music hall of fame”.
New York City will be repealing its Cabaret Law (famously known as the ‘No Dancing Law’) as early as Tuesday October 31st. A bill to end the 91-year-old law is being presented by Brooklyn councilman Rafael Espinal.
New York City's Consumer Affairs Committee has voted in favour of creating a nightlife office and nightlife task force.
The news comes as part of Mayor's larger "New York Works" ten-year economic initiative.
As part of the initiative their will be Nighttime Ambassador, whose main role will be to act as a go between the council and those who work in the nighttime economy in the city.
A new documentary in the Unsung series which explores pioneering DJ Frankie Knuckles and the foundations of house music has been released.
Known as 'The Godfather of House', Frankie Knuckles was a key player during the development of the genre as it flourished within the gay clubs of New York City and Chicago during the 1980s.
Titled Unsung: Frankie Knuckles and The Roots of House Music, the half-hour film features interviews with many notable faces from the early days of house, including Frankie Knuckles, Farley Jackmaster Funk and Jesse Saunders.
With past releases on Moda Black and Glasgow Underground, New Yorkers Walker & Royce are no strangers to UK soil. They’ve spun in cities all around the British Isles, plus played alongside much-loved UK duo Jaymo and Andy George at Lost Village Festival last year, before jetting back to the Big Apple over the Christmas break.


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Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, builder - which roles will you play in the new world?
- Players: 3-5
- Play Time: 90 mins
- Ages: 12+
The players are plantation owners in Puerto Rico in the days when ships had sails.
Growing up to five different kind of crops they must try to run their colony more efficiently than their close competitors; growing crops, developing useful buildings, deploying their colonists to best effect, selling crops at the right time, and, most importantly, shipping their goods back to Europe for maximum benefit.
The core of the game is the seven different role cards, each of which can only be selected once per turn, and allows for a particular action to be carried out the Mayor handles the arrival of new colonists, the Captain allows the shipping of goods back to Europe and so on.
However the trick is that the selected roles doesn't just benefit the player who chooses it rather all players get a chance to carry out the action, with a special perk for the selecting player.
This keeps everyone involved all the time rather then waiting for their turn to come around, and also makes the choice of which role to choose (and when) crucial lest you help your opponents far more then you.
The subtle interaction of the different roles coupled with the variety of strategies shaped by your building choices adds up to a game both deep but also simple to learn and fast to play, perfect for many different groups.

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A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first appears routine, it slowly reveals itself to be a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.
Outside, the first sun rays break the dawn. Sixteen years old Catarina can’t fall asleep. Inconsequently, in the big city adults are moved by desire… Catarina found she is HIV positive. She wants to drag everyone else along.
A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward’s younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry ‘The Blade’ Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI…
The film pits a humble small-town lawyer against a hard-headed big city prosecutor. Emotions flare as a jealous army lieutenant pleads innocent to murdering the rapist of his seductive, beautiful wife.
After Billy gets angry at an arcade machine, it tears his nuts off and he must travel through video games in order to retrieve them.
A lonely construction worker from China goes missing at a Singapore land reclamation site, and a sleepless police investigator must put himself in the mind of the migrant to uncover the truth beneath all that sand.
A young museum curator Isabelle (Katie Goldfinch) is sent to look at an ancient artefact, discovered in the basement of a stately home in Shropshire. Welcomed into the sprawling manor house by a seemingly hospitable family; Karl (Larry Rew), his wife Evelyn (Babette Barat) and their beautiful daughter Scarlet (Florence Cady), but all is not…


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The Jingle Bell 5K is a Running race in Leipsic, Ohio consisting of a 5K.
Come run, walk, or jog the Jingle Bell 5k!
The race will be chip timed.
All proceeds benefit The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Putnam County
Help other racers! Let them know how the course, atmosphere, and schwag were!Write a Review


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According to the American Cancer Society, the most prominent cancers in American men are prostate, colon, and lung cancer. The nutrients in our food play a big part in protecting our bodies from these cancers. The ingredients in these recipes feature anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that help combat cancer formation and growth. Evidence suggests certain nutrients—particularly omega-3 fatty acids, lycopene, flavonoids, carotenoids, vitamin C, selenium, magnesium, fiber, allicin, and curcumin—all play major roles in combating cancer.
These dishes also contain omega-3 fatty acids, which help fight inflammation and have been shown to reduce risk of colon and prostate cancer, according to studies in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention and in the Journal of Nutrition. In addition, these recipes are high in soluble and insoluble fiber, which have been shown to protect against colon cancer, according to the American Institute of Cancer Research.
- 1 pound salmon (preferably wild-caught)
- 2 bags broccoli slaw mix
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons ginger puree
- 3 stalks green onion, chopped
- 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, and drizzle with olive oil.
- Lay salmon onto baking sheet, skin side down.
- In a medium bowl, combine soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, rice vinegar, ginger puree, chopped green onion, and sesame seeds.
- Coat the entire salmon filet with a quarter of the soy sauce mixture.
- Bake for 20 minutes, and let cool for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the broccoli slaw with the remaining soy sauce mixture. Mix until slaw is evenly coated.
- Serve salmon on top of slaw. Enjoy warm or cold.
Dietitian’s note: This recipe is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, flavonoids, vitamin C, and fiber.

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The Calgary Go Club plays the ancient game of Go, also known as Weiqi or Baduk.
We provide an opportunity for players of all ages and all skill levels to enjoy the game, learn from one another, and have fun!
The club meets every Sunday from 12-5pm, at the Calgary Central Library, at 800 3 Street SE, directly east of City Hall.
We meet at the tables by the giant size chess board on the 3rd floor. If those tables are not available, we will find other tables on the 3rd floor to play on.
Because we meet in a public space, we do not need to charge a membership fee. We will bring a few sets of boards and stones, but feel free to bring your own if you wish.
If you have any questions, or have any trouble finding us, give us a call:
- Vincent (403)998-6829
- Steve (403)614-6159

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This weekend, thousands of activists from around the world marched together in solidarity for animal rights, as part of the second annual Official Animal Rights March.
As part of the global action, more than 5,000 people in London marched on Parliament in a bid to end animal exploitation. Activists also took to the streets in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Romania.
Ed Winters, co-founder of campaign group Surge, which coordinated the event, said: “To see this many vegans take to the streets is a humbling sign of the changing attitudes society is having towards the treatment of non-human animals.
“As vegans, we stand against all forms of oppression, with no exceptions defined by species. It is time for society to understand that the life of an animal is worth far more than our taste buds.”
This video by Jeff Knecht shows activists marching
Thousands Of Vegans To Take Part In Global Animal Rights March
WATCH: Trailer Released For Hotly Anticipated Vegan Documentary ‘Dominion’


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Top Ten Tuesday: Character Names I Love or Unusual Character Names
October 22, 2013 § 2 Comments
1. Jasper Jones of Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
I’m mad for alliteration.
2. Pippi Longstocking or Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade “Pippi” Longstocking of the Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren
Need I say more?
3. Buttercup of The Princess Bride by William Goldman
William Goldman chose this name usually associated with bovine for the most beautiful woman in the world. An unusual choice.
4. Mr. Watzisname of The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton
Despite us finding out his real name in the Land of Secrets, he’ll always be Watzisname to me.
5. Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
It wasn’t until Hermione gave Krum the lesson on how to pronounce her name in the Goblet of Fire that I stopped reading it as Hermy-own.
6. Sissy Jupe of Hard Times by Charles Dickens
The circus girl who serves as the antithesis to Gradgrind’s (another great name!) regimental education system.
7. Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
He may be an abominable character, but he has a great name.
8. Persimmon Polidori of The Three Loves of Persimmon by Cassandra Golds
9. Angel Clare of Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Not the most masculine of names and I am yet to read the book, but I fell in love with Eddie Redmayne’s Angel in a bad way.
10. Ivorie Hammer of The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer by Edwina Preston


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Preheated (80 °C for 9 min) whey protein isolate (HWPI) was reacted with 20, 120, and 240 μmol/g (protein basis) gallic acid (GA) or epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) at neutral pH and 25 °C. Isothermal titration calorimetry and fluorometry showed a similar trend that GA binding to HWPI was moderate but weaker than EGCG binding. However, the shift of maximal fluorescence emission wavelength in opposite directions in response to GA (blue) and EGCG (red) suggests discrepant binding patterns. Electrophoresis results showed that EGCG induced formation of HWPI complexes while GA only had a marginal effect. Both free and phenolic-bound HWPI exhibited mild antiradical activity. However, when subjected to in vitro digestion, synergistic radical-scavenging activity was produced between the phenolics and peptides with the highest synergism being observed on 120 μmol/g phenolics.
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Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
Article number 17-07-059 approved for publication by the Director of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. This research was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Hatch Project 1005724) and an Oversea Study Fellowship from the China Scholarship Council (to Y.C.). Notes The authors declare no competing financial interest.
© 2017 American Chemical Society.
- heat-unfolded whey protein isolate
- in vitro digestion
- phenolic derivative
- synergistic radical scavenging activity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry (all)
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)

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Chinese Asianism: Discussions on China-Centred International Regionalism in the 1920s
With the rise of China and the development of ambitious international projects, such as the Belt and Road Initiative and the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, discussions of China-centred international regionalism have found new prominence, but many of these ideas have a long history in twentieth century China.
This talk will examine the rise of a discourse promoting China as the future leader of Asia in 1920s publications. After President Sun Yat-sen made a speech titled ‘Great Asianism’ in 1924, intellectual and political leaders created a number of organisations to forward the ideals of Asian unity in major Chinese cities. Journals with titles such as New Asia and the Asiatic Review provided avenues for publication, while international conferences brought Chinese intellectuals in touch with Asianists from other Asian countries. Although the Chinese intellectuals who established these organizations initially focused upon uniting with Indians and Koreans to further the fight against imperialism, Japanese members of their organizations soon brought them into contact with Japan-based Pan-Asianist organisations. Due to their cooperation with Japanese Asianists, the organizations and their members were highly criticized by the Chinese media. However, these events and the subsequent critical responses set the stage for wartime Chinese Asianism and the belief that China had a duty to lead the oppressed nations of the world in the struggle with imperialism.
Craig A. Smith is Senior Lecturer of Translation Studies at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute. He is the author of Chinese Asianism: 1894—1945 (Harvard University Asia Center, 2021) and co-editor of Translating the Occupation: The Japanese Invasion of China, 1931—45 (UBC Press, 2021).
The ANU China Seminar Series is supported by the Australian Centre on China in the World at The Australian National University’s College of Asia & the Pacific.


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Upstate's Mammography Van crisscrosses CNY this fall
The Upstate Mobile Mammography Program has been traveling throughout Central New York during Breast Cancer Awareness Month with screening events to help women get up to date with their mammograms. The COVID-19 pandemic caused many women to put off routine medical care, including breast cancer screening. The van, funded by Health Research Inc and the State of New York, is a service of Upstate University Hospital.
“The recommendation from multiple medical organizations to postpone any non-essential care during the height of the pandemic made perfect sense for limiting exposure to COVID-19. Now that the infection rate in New York State is low, and our mobile mammography van is taking safety measures to keep patients safe, we need to get women back in for their mammograms. Getting a mammogram regularly is the best way to find breast cancer early, when it may be easiest to treat,” said Ranjna Sharma, MD, division chief of breast surgery at Upstate.
The Upstate Mobile Mammography Program is holding the following events:
Oct. 26 at the Town of Lafayette Offices
Oct. 27 at Clayville Library
Oct. 28 at Walmart in Potsdam
Oct. 29 at Castorland Fire Department
Oct. 30 at CNY Uniforms Plus in Syracuse
Stops in November include:
Nov. 3: Clinton Tractor & Implement Co., 31 Meadow St., Clinton.
Nov. 5, 6: St Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Dr., Canton.
Nov. 9: Town of Russia, 8916 N. Main St., Poland.
Nov. 12: Baldwinsville YMCA, 8040 River Road, Baldwinsville.
Nov. 13: Kinney Drugs, 822 James St., Clayton
Nov. 16: Marcellus Library, 32 Maple St., Marcellus.
Nov. 19: PEACE Inc. County East Family Resource Center, 722 W. Manlius St., East Syracuse.
Nov. 20: Kinney Drugs, 7395 Utica Blvd, Lowville.
Nov. 23: Kinney Drugs, 540 Genesee Turnpike, Chittenango.
Nov. 24: Town of Volney, 1445 County Rt.6, Fulton.
The Upstate Mammogram Van serves women age 40 years and older, with or without insurance. A mobile mammography van is a great option for women who prefer to get a mammogram in a location other than a hospital or breast screening center. The van has the same state-of-the-art screening technology found in a clinic setting and images are read by licensed radiologists. The van has a reception area, a changing area, and an imaging room.
“Transportation, lack of insurance and cost are major barriers to breast cancer screening. Upstate’s Mammogram Van addresses these problems by partnering with local establishments that are centrally located and easy to get to. Our van also works with programs that can help women without insurance, who meet the age and income eligibility criteria, to get screened at no cost,” Sharma said.
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in New York State. Each year, nearly 16,000 women in NYS are newly diagnosed with breast cancer and about 2,500 die from the disease.
Call 315-464-2582, or visit us at www.upstate.edu/noexcuses for more information or to request an appointment.


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The LPGA has announced it will co-sanction a ground-breaking new tournament where men and women compete for equal prize money in 2019.
The Vic Open will see men and women play on the same course off alternating tees at 13th Beach Golf Links near Melbourne from February 7-10, offering a £1.2m prize pool for each of the concurrent events.
COMING. FEBRUARY 7. 🌏🎥
— Golf Victoria (@Golf_Vic) 21 August 2018
The Vic Open was previously a women’s only tournament held on the Ladies European Tour, with World No 6 Minjee Lee winning it earlier this year.
But the event is now set for a dramatic facelift, with the women’s portion of the tournament to be jointly sanctioned by Australian Ladies Professional Golf and the LPGA, and the men’s portion co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.
“For a tournament that has become revered for its progressive thinking, we are excited to take it to the next level,” Golf Australia chief executive Stephen Pitt said.
“The Vic Open has established itself as a leader in sports equality, and as golf’s global tour we are greatly looking forward to being a part of this exciting week of competition, inspiration and camaraderie,” added the LPGA’s chief tournament business officer Ricki Lasky.
With both the LPGA and the European Tours involved, and the purse increasing ten-fold, organisers are hopeful the new event will attract a high-quality field.
The American sits atop the leaderboard despite a mixed third round on Saturday.
The Englishman saw a commanding lead cut after a stuttering back nine.
Brooks Koepka made a not-so-subtle dig at Bryson DeChambeau’s “anthill” moment from the first round in Memphis.
The tournament marked the resumption of the tour.
Horsfield fired an eagle and seven birdies in a second round of 63 at the Forest of Arden to share the halfway lead with Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez.
Koepka carded a superb 62 to take a two-stroke lead after the opening day.
A change in date from August to May last year placed the tournament second in line behind the Masters, in calendar terms at least.
The four-time major winner shot 62 in his opening round.
The Northern Irishman needs to win to reclaim the world number one spot from Jon Rahm.