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These rich homemade English muffins are world’s better than store bought because they’re made with brown butter! (Jump directly to the recipe.)
The alarm I set on my iPhone went off this morning with an annoyingly chipper 60’s song that I had apparently had set in a misguided attempt to make waking up from a deep slumber a little more perky and fun. It was still dark out, 5 am and I blinked a number of times trying to figure out if I could get 5 more minutes of rest. But I dragged myself up out of bed because I had to drive my partner AJ to the first day of the AIDS Lifecycle. He was cycling all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles over the course of a week, 545 miles in total. This was his 15th time doing it but each time I get excited for him (he loves it) but also a little melancholic (I’m spending a week away by myself). This year was no different, though when I put one of my frozen Homemade English Muffins made with brown butter in the toaster, the smell of them browning and crisping up made the early morning rise slightly better.
I had been eyeing the Model Bakery’s English muffin recipe ever since I got the book last year. The cover of the book features their signature English muffins, browned and covered with cornmeal. It’s basically been taunting me every time I look at the book on my bookshelf. Turns out they’re just as good as they look.
Thankfully the English muffins are great the day that you make them but also freeze really well. I leave them out of the counter to thaw before I take as how and by the time I finish and get dressed, they’re soft enough for me to split in half with a knife and toast. Unlike the ones you get at the grocery store, these English muffins are rich, tender and moist. Basically the perfect vehicle for a little melted butter and jam. Now, with AJ gone for the week, I don’t have to worry about what I’m going to eat in the morning, I can just pull out an English muffin.
Homemade English Muffins with Brown Butter
By Irvin Lin
These rich homemade English muffins are world’s better than store bought. I’ve adapted this recipe from the Model Bakery recipe, which uses clarified butter to cook the muffins. I use ghee instead, which is basically clarified butter taken one step further, where the butterfat is browned, giving the butter a nice toasty nutty scent. Once the ghee is made, I scoop out the browned butter bits and use it in the muffin itself. Just that subtle difference in the recipe really elevates these muffins and makes them outstanding.
By the way, this recipe makes more than enough ghee. Save the remaining ghee in the refrigerator and use it in place of butter or cooking oil. It’s wonderfully fragrant stuff.
Adapted from The Model Bakery Cookbook by Karen Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell Hansen with Rick Rodgers.
1/2 cup (80 g) bread flour
1/4 cup room temperature water
1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 cup (225 g or 2 sticks) unsalted butter
English muffin dough
1 1/3 cups room temperature water
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
4 teaspoons brown butterfat plus melted ghee
1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cups (490 to 525 g) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (35 g) cornmeal
6 tablespoons ghee
1. Make the biga the night before by mixing all the ingredients for it together in a small bowl and covering it with plastic wrap. Place it in the refrigerator overnight for up to 24 hours. It will rise slightly but not by much.
2. The next day make the ghee and browned butter by placing the butter in a large pan and turning the heat to high. Cook the butter until it completely melts then reduce the heat to medium. Stir constantly as it cooks with a heatproof spatula until the butterfat solids at the bottom of the pan start brown. Turn the heat off and continue to stir, letting the residual heat cook all the butterfat until it has turned golden brown and smells nutty fragrant. Pour the butter into a heatproof glass measuring cup, making sure all the brown bits are scraped into the cup. Let the browned butter bits settle and the butter cool a bit, about 20 minutes.
3. Once the brown butter has settles and cooled, place a small, fine-mesh metal strainer fitted with two or three layers of cheesecloth on top of a clean jar or glass. Pour most of the butter through the cheesecloth, but try to leave all the brown butter bits at the bottom of the glass. The butter you just strained is ghee! You should have about 4 teaspoons of browned butterfat and liquid ghee left in the measuring cup.
4. Make the English muffin dough by placing the biga, water, yeast, the remaining browned butterfat and liquid ghee, and salt in the bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Stir on low speed until the biga and yeast have dissolved into the liquid, about a minute or two. You might need to stop the mixer and scrape the biga off the paddle attachment.
5. Once you have a creamy tan looking liquid, add 3 cups (420 g) of the flour and stir on slow speed until a sticky soft dough forms. Pull the dough off the paddle attachment and remove the bowl from the stand mixer. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap and let sit for 20 minutes.
6. Once the dough has rested, add the remaining 1/2 cup (70 g) of flour and place the bowl back on the stand mixer fitted this time with the dough hook. Stir on slow speed until the dough incorporates the flour and increase the speed to medium. Knead the dough for about 7 or 8 minutes or until it’s smooth and stretchy. It will still be relatively soft but not tacky. If the dough is too sticky, hand knead in another 1/4 cup (35 g) of flour.
7. Lightly dust a clean surface with flour and scrape the dough onto it. Oil the mixing bowl with cooking spray then form a dough ball with the dough and place it back in the bowl, rough side down. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the dough has doubled.
8. Lightly dust a clean surface with flour and scrape the dough onto it again. Divide the dough into 12 parts then shape each of the pieces into 4 inch rounds. Sprinkle the cornmeal over the bottom of a 12 x 17 inch rimmed pan evenly then place one round on the cornmeal smooth side down, then flip so the rough side is down, coating the dough on both sides with the cornmeal. Repeat with the remaining dough, placing them 1 inch apart on the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise again until they about 150% of their original size, about 1 hour. When you press a finger into the side of one of them, the dent should stay for a few seconds then fill up.
9. Scoop out about 2 tablespoons of ghee into a large cast iron skillet or smooth griddle pan. Turn the heat to medium and make sure the ghee covers the entire pan. Make sure the pan is hot but the ghee is not smoking, then place a batch of dough rounds in the pan, lowering the heat to medium low, cooking the dough without scorching it. It should take about 5 minutes to cook the dough one side, browning it nicely. Flip the dough and continue to cook on the other side for an additional 5 minutes until golden brown. Add more ghee if you need it. Transfer the muffin to a paper towel lined rimmed baking sheet and let cool completely. Wipe out the griddle of any residual cornmeal to keep it from burning then adding more ghee and repeat with the remaining dough.
10. Let the English muffins cool completely, about 20 minutes, before eating them. If you eat them while they are still warm, the muffins might not be fully cooked in the middle. It needs the time to continue cooking from the residual heat. Store them at room temperature in a sealed container for 2 days or freeze them in a ziplock bag for up to 2 months which is what I do.
Makes 12 homemade English muffins.
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It happened in the 100 block of Warwickshire Lane, while a woman parked her car.
The teen and a male approached the victim, allegedly pushed her down and took her keys before fleeing in the vehicle.
Police later found the stolen 2020 Buick Encore in the 5600 block of Sagra Road in Baltimore City.
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Ion15 29 Uncut - Idea, Design, Manufacture to trail - words & pictures
So some of you reading this will have seen this thread I started a while back suggesting that the Ion platform would translate into a great all round/all mountain 29er.
I've called this bike/model/project Ion15 29 but not sure what we/Nicolai will end up calling it, it'll do for now.
In late 2011 I started thinking about a longer travel 29er for my type of riding and for racing Enduro on fast flowing trails. This kind of bike just wasn't available on the market, 150mm travel, light, long, low, maneuverable and with the ability to go slack.
I had a lot of discussion with Whafe, Cyril and Dipper particularly, but others too off this forum and many, many emails to and from Nicolai.
Whafe had pioneered the genre with Nicolai, but I didn't want such a hard hitting bike with the weight that brings, it had to be light enough for big days out with a lot of uphill, basically Enduro racing and all round riding. Cyril had commissioned a similar bike for Enduro so we discussed his design and specification, oh did I mention it had to be slack...
So eventually Nicolai and I settled on geometry, pretty short chainstays, head angles that allowed a lot of flexibility using an angleset/front shock mounts, low BB, long top tube for short stem/wide bar and a target of as close to 150mm travel at the rear as possible.
In early 2012 this bike arrived and I've spent the year thrashing it, messing about with geometry and learning. It was specified to be really flexible in terms of angles but in a way that wouldn't screw up the riding position/handling so I could get a good idea of what worked and what I really wanted/thought would make it ideal for Enduro and fast all round riding in all kinds of terrain. As an aside the build came in at 28.5lbs with pedals and a dropper post. Not too shabby.
So fairly quickly I started to get a good idea of the geo and features I wanted.The geo and angles the likes of Cyril and I have moved to with the custom bikes has now materialised in the 2013 AC, they are pretty close, so Nicolai listen, are open to trying and testing stuff, this is good! Mine has a little more travel and is a little slacker but pretty close. There are some things I wanted to change though...
So mid 2012 I started thinking, Some of the things I wanted weren't available when I asked....then the Ion16 surfaced and I started the Ion15 29 thread..
Well a few other Nicolai enthusiasts expressed serious interest in trying to progress the idea and we gained a little internal momentum.
So with the prospect of more than one order for a bike of this nature I approached Nicolai....
After kicking off some dialogue with Marcel at Nicolai, submitting some design parameters and then Marcel talking to Vincent and Kalle, it would appear that we have the go ahead for this project from the top man.
Based on the key design objectives of long TopTube, low BB and slack with 150mm of travel at the rear, the ability to take up to a 160mm fork (Due 2013), chain stays that can take a 2.4 Maxxis Ardent/2.35 Hans Dampf but are as short as practical, keeping the new bush design, eccentric shock mount, no front mech so no constraints etc.
This is NOT intended to be a DH 29er but more an AM that can be built with the latest 1x10 kit and light but stiff wheels to create a bike that you can ride all day, uphill too, and then hammer the descents, much like the new 16.
Nicolai have concluded that design and machining changes to the shock lever, BB/seat tube area are needed, probably some shock curve analysis to make sure we are getting the right suspension characteristics in addition to the usual geometry etc possibly some tube changes to accommodate a max 571mm A2C fork.
So Nicolai have suggested we document the whole process here, with their full support. That means factory photos and insight into the whole process from this initial idea, through the design process, the engineering development and production, hopefully concluding in April 2013 with the new ION 15 29 hitting the trail, maybe getting first dirt under the tyres around Nicolai HQ, you never know.
I think this is a fantastic opportunity, and kudos to Nicolai, to provide an insight into everything that goes into taking a bike from idea to trail with a customer directly involved, including photos and words from the factory all the way through. The whole story.
So far Whafe, Dipper and myself are in for this. Any others interested please let me know. Obviously we will have individual requirements in terms of sizing like top tube/seat tube lengths etc but the key design objectives and frame features are shared.
I'll post up the initial tech specifications soon and we will go from there. This thing is gonna rip..
Great news to see this progress. I am following closely and depending on final specifications, I might be in for one.
This build goes way beyond what nicolai would normally do for a full custom. Tube lengths and thickness is generally your lot. This will be a full ground up build. between Phil, whafe and myself we have 6 iterations of nicolai 29er experience between us. 3 off the peg and 3 custom. Hopefully we'll be able draw on our experiences(and that of Marcel and other forum members)and come up with a sub 30lb, 150/160mm trail bike that climbs like an xc bike and descends like a downhiller. Not much to ask then:) should be a doddle:D
Actually thats soon to be 7 iterations as I've a new 2013 frame due any day now:)
Wow that's a really cool post, I will follow it with nterest, because it might be my next bike. This year is downhill bike year, and as for next year I will see :-)
Of course Dipper if, in the end you had no desire to incur the extra weight up to 160mm fork might incur in the down tube, and we will be able to determine what that difference is, then that should be fine.
Based on Vincent's posted weight for the AM in 26' format the Ion16 comes in 200g lighter than an AM which was 3.1kg give or take a few grams with an ano finish. Reading across 3.3kg would seem reasonable to expect.
Here is the geometry information Marcel at Nicolai is working with for an initial drawing
Ion15 29er (150mm rear travel)
-150mm rear travel with 216x63mm shock
-Fork reference 555mm excluding ZS headset (3mm stack). Maximum 565mm fork reference
[Option to change this to 565mm reference (150mm) with 571mm max (160mm)]
-67deg Head angle (zs44/56)
-74deg (Question - What seat tube angle would avoid the tyre (2.4") hitting under maximum suspension compression or is this not an issue with Ion ST offset?) [It is now clear we will need to change the seat tube offset to deliver 150mm of rear travel so 74deg effective seat tube angle may be possible still]
-470mm seat tube length (Would change by customer)
-610mm ETT (Would change by customer)
-450mm CS (This is a big question, whether 447mm for example can work with a Hans Dampf 2.35 or Maxxis Ardent 2.4) it would be good to know how short is possible and where the restriction is?
It can be assumed that no front derailleur is needed so no mount is required. Designing for XX1 1x11, 1x10 or Hammerschmidt. So ideally the suspension would work well in pedaling with between a 28t-32t front chain ring.
- 40mm Bottom Bracket (BB) drop
-340mm BB height at std. 67deg Head Angle (Considering the Ion eccentric pivot = -1deg/7mm BB drop)
Marcel Lauxtermann, who is working on the design for us, rides and races Enduro so he should have some experience to bring to this project too.
We should get the first draft drawings pretty soon now. Nicolai would prefer the production to run in parallel with an Ion16 run so initial thoughts are this would be during the second production period sometime in Feb-Mar 2013.
This is very cool. Subscribing for sure. :thumbsup:
Yeah ha, in fact a whole lotta yeah ha..
Sam, did I just hear you say what i think you said? 26 Kiddies wheels to a 650b teenager wheels and then you will go to adult wheels = BEAUTIFUL...
This project is going to be rocking great...
FOr me as we have said, the ability to handle a 2.35 Hans D tyre on the rear is a must...
More will be revealed as we go along....
For now I only have 26 wheels bikes, but why not an all mountain bike a 29er, I still have to think about it and try once before :-)
650b is for me too similar to 26 "kiddies", so there is no real interest IMO :-)
Ion15 29 Pinion
Hello guys, how about Ion15 29 with Pinion (as an option)? I know it adds some weight, but maybe somebody might be interested...
It's taken a little convincing to get here persing.
You can get the AC with a Pinion now, which IanPinder has.
For this Ion project, not only is it a different world of engineering changes It is just too big a weight penalty for me and I just don't need the extra range,
I don't destroy mechs on a regular basis. It adds approx 1.8kg (4lb) compared to a 1x11 or 1x10 drivetrain. Thats too much to bear for me. My idea of an all day all mountain schredder is 30lb or under and I just can't see that happening with the Pinion, but its eminently possible with high end parts for this project.
I understand your point the_pilot. I too don't want to have a heavy bike. Not that it would be a problem to pedal it but it is simply too heavy for carrying it if needed (at least for me). But the idea of getting rid of the derailleur is also very tempting.
I would like to get some 29er in my stable, but I can't afford to have two bikes at the moment and I can't let my beloved Ibis Mojo HD go either.
All in all your idea of Ion15 29 is almost the same as mine so I will follow this thread very closely. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you to successfuly finish this project.
I would be real interesed in this project for my self just want to see where
It ends up this is big in the US the SC Tallboy LTc is big that would be a great
Option to that bike
We've been having a little debate over BB height. My current custom AC29e is 147mm of rear travel and has a BB height around 350mm. This feels good and I've never picked up pedal strikes even with 175 cranks. My original intent was to aim for 340mm BB height and that's where we have started with the Ion15 for the first draft drawings.
Based on the fact that the eccentric pivot will reduce head angle (HA) by 1deg and lower BB height by 7mm and this bike will have a little more travel at 150mm my current feeling is to move to 347mm for a BB height with the basic HA of 67deg.
Thus switching to the slack mode would give an unsagged BB height of 340mm at 66deg HA.
With the more progressive nature of the Ion suspension curve (At least that's what I'm led to believe so far. We haven't yet seen the curves for this bike, not that far along yet)
This should give enough pedal clearance (particularly if 170mm cranks used) but also give great descending and cornering potential.
Given we will be running a ZS44/56 headset, an angleset or fixed angle headset would also enable an easy 66.5/65.5 deg 343.5mm/336.5mm scenario for those looking for a more gravity oriented rig in steeper/faster/rougher terrain e.g. Whistler or similar. with only a 0.5 deg headset in.
Relative to BB height, folks have already chimed in about wanting to run a big tires and Anglesets.
The Dampf in particular is a very tall tire, wish I had then number handy but if you're arriving at 340 BB height on a nominal 29" tire, it's going to be a bit higher with a Dampf.
Then if you throw in an Angleset, your BB height creeps up again due to the stack height of the lower cup.
All of the sudden, that 340 mm (13.38") starting point could become 345 mm (13.58") or more and the BB isn't all that low any more. And in the slack/low position, your BB height is more like 338 mm (13.3") BB instead of the 333 mm (13.1") originally calculated.
This is all just guess work on the actual numbers but the line of thinking is sound. This is precisely where I've ended up having used both Dampfs and Anglesets on a few 29ers now.
The new low-stack Works Cups for 44/56 headtubes help out a bit as their new lower cup is only a few mm of stack height, but still. The Dampf is not all that wide, but it's really tall.
My vote would be to hold at 340/333 mm.
Just keep these factors in mind. Good discussion.
Getting the compromise right is important. Sure low is good(to a point) but it has to be able to climb techy stuff as well. That'll be the benefit of being able to adjust the geo. so we can run a good all rounder in the high/steep(relatively speaking!) setting and drop the bb by 7mm on the low/slack position. I think we're in the right ballpark give or take a few mm. 170 cranks are always an option if we go too low! :)
What's the stack on a ZS Angleset? I was assuming 3mm. We could take that into account when designing the fork reference height. but it does make it important to know what fork is the main one. So running the Fox F34 at 150mm with 562mm a2c if we designed for 345mm incl. that.
Also rim width plays its part. i'm running Enve AM which I think are 25mm internal, must check that. Are HD the same sort of height as an Ardent 2.4.
But then using a RS 571 a2c 160 fork would raise the front by 9mm so BB by maybe 3mm?
I have an OnOne chunky Monkey to try along with a Smorgasboard 2.25, both of which look pretty big. Might check out the Chunky Monkey on the rear too and look at holding hrs on the Enve rim for reference. Also I'll measure the Ardent 2.4.
Unfortunately the 44/56 Angleset for a tapered steerer uses an external cup so the lower stack height is around 15 mm. This is due to the fact that Cane Creek gets all of its offset out of the lower cup.
Works Components recently released a 44/56 angled headset that has a very low lower cup stack height, around 3 mm, by building offset into both ends.
I just went and measured a Hans Dampf beaded up on a Sun Charger TR wheel (width = 28 external, 22.8 internal) and the tire measured 747 mm (29.4") tall. I quadruple checked the measurement and used a level to make sure I was getting an accurate reading on the tape measure. This tire is about 1/3 to 1/2 worn and has been mounted for a few months. As a side note, Schwalbes tend to "grow" a bit after they've been beaded up tubeless for a while. So a new tire, recently beaded up is going to measure a little smaller. This tire is close to as tall as one would measure, minus a few mm for the wear on it. All in, this tire measures about 10mm taller than 29" and therefore adds about 5 mm to BB height calculated on a nominal 29".
Hope this helps
Thanks Err, I think it does. I will check my Ardents too as this could be important if we all want to ride big tyres. Nicolai take into account wheel circumference when designing so as long as we are clear on the that the BB should be right.
I am obviously wrong on the Angleset, which means I don't lose anything by having my current 1.5" HT then. The main reason I originally wanted 44/56 was to run a ZS Angleset. I was sure there was a ZS option.
Nevertheless, certainly for me, I am sure that 67/66 will be spot on and so in theory saving 100g and running a normal headset will be good. If you needed to drop a degree you can still run a fixed cup set, so all good. The Angleset has done its job for me in allowing me to play around with the one I have to find the angles that suit me.
From my view, the CC Angleset is a not to bad piece of kit, however I was never able to get it to tighten correctly and always more or less had a sloppy front end... I removed it and went with a non Angleset and all is good...
The ability to handle a decent sized Hans D and Ardent etc etc in the rear is paramount for me..
Yeap, the Works Cups are problem free by comparison. No gimballs to shift and creeeeeeeeek :thumbsup:
Originally Posted by Whafe
FWIW, to keep the angleset quiet, "shim" it by coating it generously in anti-sieze. I have several silent ones in my fleet now using this method.
If I went back to using it, I will look at doing that, appreciate the heads up...
Originally Posted by Err
Angleset has never caused me a problem but I've always used copperslip (anti seize ) however ideally we will get the head angle right and not need one! But an 'angleset' as opposed to 'the' is always an option to fine tune individual requirements.
Dipper has been measuring his backside off lately and I we have concluded, empirically, that 150mm travel with 450mm chainstays and ardent or a HansDampf is certainly do-able with 5-7mm for mud clearance at the front.
Cant wait to check it out.
I am still loving my bike


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South Africa’s notorious Parktown prawn gets its name from the leafy Johannesburg suburb where it has flourished and spread since migrating to the city from the moist eastern forests of the country’s lowveld escarpment. It is a large insect with a reddish colour and bristling legs, mouthparts and antennae, which might have been responsible for its nickname.
South Africa’s University of Witwatersrand students spread a rumour in the 1960s that these large and intimidating insects were the result of genetic engineering gone wrong. Fortunately, that is not the truth. They are a beautiful example of evolution at its best.
Southern hemisphere is their home
Parktown prawns are actually King Crickets – a large family of flightless insects found across the southern hemisphere including South America, Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, they are known as Wetas and fill a variety of ecological niches – possibly including that of mice, which were absent from the local fauna before humans arrived.
The first Parktown prawn was officially discovered in South Africa in 1899 in a small mining town called Barberton, east of Johannesburg. Their spread and rise to fame has in some ways mirrored that of Johannesburg, which seems to have become their adopted home, over the intervening years.
The scientific name for these creatures is the Libanasidus vittatus. It is heartening that they have a name. Most people only know the common name for one of South Africa’s 90,000
plus insects, of which 60% don’t even have a name of any sort. This effectively means they don’t exist. It’s like not having an identity book or passport.
Humans are terrified
The Parktown prawn has a number of features which generally intimidate the average householder. On closer examination it’s clear that these features are evolutionary adaptations to its lifestyle as a big, solitary invertebrate.
It jumps, not athletically, but sufficiently high and quickly to make the most ambitious predator or unsuspecting human leap in the opposite direction.
They can also kick, bite and scratch, or play possum when all else fails. These predator avoidance tactics are also called on when the lonely adults get amorous. Their diets consist of dog food, dog poo, snails and slugs, along with other insects and sundry leftovers.
The Chanel No. 5 of prawn sex
Male and female Parktown prawns live retiring lives in shallow spherical burrows, which they leave only to wander around our gardens in search of food and fellowship.
Adult Parktown prawns don’t sing to each other in the same way that the males of true crickets call to the females to advertise their availability and gene quality. Instead, Parktown prawns leave smellograms, scent marking their burrows to advertise their sex and maturity. So, the foul smelling goo that the agitated creature leaves on your sofa as you try to swat it with your newspaper doubles up as Chanel No. 5 in the intimate world of prawn sex.
The kicking and biting also helps males ward off competing suitors in a behaviour known as mate-guarding. Once a male has found and copulated with a female, he avoids being cuckolded by following her around for long enough to ensure that she will use his sperm to fertilise her eggs. But these women don’t want one partner.
She has a competing interest in seeking other sperm sources to increase the genetic variety of her offspring, improving the chance that her genes will get passed on to the next generation. Typically, females will mate more readily with a novel male rather than repeat the performance with a mated male.
Competing suitors face up to each other, displaying their large tusks which grow on the jaws of the males, and are only used in such exhibitions of masculine quality. Large males with larger tusks are known as major males, and are expected to get more matings. Smaller males have to take their chances where they can.
Female Parktown prawns on the other hand can be easily identified by the long spear-shaped tip of their abdomen. This is not a sting, but rather an ovipositor, the device she uses to insert her eggs into the soil where they hatch into nymphs.
Tiny little Parktown prawns are born which look just like mum and dad but without the spear or tusks. They will moult and grow, avoiding predators such as birds and rodents. That is until they reach maturity and go through the gamut of sex to get their genes into the next generation.
Time to stop extermination
Given that this large enigmatic insect has such a place in the popular culture of Johannesburg, a city of millions of people, we know pathetically little about them. In many ways this typifies our knowledge of the biological world around us. Unknowingly we are rapidly exterminating species on a daily basis with unknown consequences.
Don’t squish the Parktown prawn. Don’t spray it with insecticide – you are wasting your money anyway. It is so many thousands times bigger than a mosquito that the poison will take ages to act – that is, if the prawn doesn’t metabolise it to a harmless compound first.
Instead, gently get down on your knees. Stare the beast in the face, then pop a glass over the top of it, slip some paper under the glass and carry the beautiful creature outside where it can play its role in the odd ecosystem we call Johannesburg – or wherever you may find them.

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The Islamia School in Nottingham is hoping that it could soon become an academy, open to children of all faiths, those with jobs in education
may be interested to hear.
The city's Evening Post reports that the school's management is currently negotiating a process which could see it becoming state-funded.
Until now the school has only accepted fee-paying students.
Islamia School's founder Dr Musharraf Hussain told the paper: "There is a need for a new school in this area - there are lots of primary-age children and not enough places."
Dr Hussain added that he believed that there would be some resistance from the local community but said the project would represent "accepting Islam in real terms, rather than just paying it lip service".
According to the Post the Islamia would become a part-privately backed faith school open to all but maintaining an emphasis on the teachings of Islam, if the plan was accepted by the local authorities.
The school's latest Ofsted report said the school provided good education and care while praising pupils' "exemplary behaviour".

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Overpruned Brains and Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia may be caused by the death of too many brain connections
A self portrait by someone with schizophrenia. (Wikimedia Commons)
People with schizophrenia often have trouble telling what is real and what is not. They might see things that aren’t there (hallucinations), believe strange things like aliens controlling their brains (delusions), or a host of other mental issues. (Click here for more symptoms.)
Scientists have worked really hard to try to figure out what causes schizophrenia but they haven’t really made a lot of progress. There have been hints that perhaps the brains of people with schizophrenia have fewer connections but they haven't learned much more.
And even with this finding, scientists haven’t been able to figure out how these connections might be lost. Until now that is.
A new study by Sekar and coworkers suggests that people with schizophrenia have an overactive gene that causes them to lose too many of their brain connections during their teenage years.
As you become a teenager, your body naturally starts in on some brain sculpting. The teenage brain loses a bunch of connections that sprouted earlier in life that aren’t needed.
In schizophrenia your body may have gone too far in this sculpting. This “overpruning” of neuronal connections may be one reason why the brains of people with schizophrenia work differently.
If this result holds up, it may point scientists towards new treatments. It may even help them figure out how to stop or at least slow schizophrenia down as it kicks in right around the teenage years.
These scientists were able to figure this out by coming up with a new way to analyze genetic data. And by looking at some mice.
The Genetics of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a surprisingly common mental illness. Around 1 in 100 people has it.
It also runs strongly in families. For example, each child of a parent with the disease has a 13% chance of getting it too. And if both parents have schizophrenia, the risk goes up to 50%.
With numbers like these, genes, the DNA we inherit from our parents that makes us who we are, almost certainly play a big role in schizophrenia.
Many studies done over the last decade or two have confirmed this. Researchers have found over 100 different bits of DNA that might be involved.
But none of them has proven very useful in helping scientists figure out what is going on. Or in helping to predict who might get schizophrenia.
One of the big issues with the DNA results has been connecting the bits of DNA that might be involved to the genes they affect. And then connecting any important genes they do find to brain development.
This is one of the things that is so exciting about this study. The scientists involved were able to do both for a small set of the most important DNA bits identified so far.
From Genetic Data to Brain Development
Each of our 20-25,000 genes has the instructions for one small part of us. These instructions are found in our DNA.
But these stretches of DNA usually don’t do much on their own. Instead, they have the instructions for making a protein. It is this protein that does a specific job in the cell or body.
This all matters because it is important for understanding how these scientists were able to figure out how a bunch of genetic differences might lead to an increased risk for schizophrenia.
See, those previous genetic studies had found that lots of people with schizophrenia share one area of DNA in common on chromosome 6. But they didn't shed much light on the condition until the researchers started looking at what effect these DNA differences were having on a nearby gene named C4A.
Normally C4A is an important part of our immune system—it helps fight off infections. But these researchers showed that it is also involved in tagging parts of the brain for destruction.
So it makes sense that if you make more C4A, more of your brain will get marked for removal. And more connections will be lost.
But this was not easy to see in the DNA. This part of the DNA is a baffling array of C4 versions.
Untangling the Mess
Remember, the idea here is that the more C4A you make, the more connections will get pruned. And the more likely you are to end up with schizophrenia.
People can have anywhere from 0-3 copies of the C4A gene on each of their chromosome 6’s. So they can have anywhere from 0-6 copies in total (because we have two copies of chromosome 6).
The C4A gene also comes in two different versions, long (L) and short (S). As you can probably guess, the long version is longer than the shorter one.
The researchers found that people with more copies of C4A had a higher risk for schizophrenia. And that people with the L versions were at higher risk too. Both of these make sense.
Think about copy number this way: if each C4A gene makes a certain amount of C4A protein, then two copies will make twice as much. If you make two batches of brownies you will have more brownies than if you just make one.
A little molecular biology detective work showed that the L version of C4A is stronger than the S version—it makes more of the protein. This added strength (and length) comes from a virus stuck right in the middle of the L version.
So the long version is like a very efficient cook. This baker can get more batches of brownies done in a day than can a less efficient one, the S version.
A second look at the DNA results from tens of thousands of people showed that having lots of C4A copies and/or the long versions of C4A make people more likely to get schizophrenia. Because they make a lot of C4A protein. And a look at people with schizophrenia confirmed they made a bit more C4A than did people without the illness.
This all makes sense but they still didn’t have any direct proof that too much C4A leads to increased pruning. They found their proof in the humble lab mouse.
Of Mice and Men
Mice aren’t ideal for studying schizophrenia. They lack the part of the human brain affected!
But they are useful for studying the sort of brain sculpting these researchers think might be happening in schizophrenia. Mice brains do go through bouts of pruning.
These researchers created a mouse that made no C4A protein. If this protein were important for brain pruning, then this mouse should have more connections than a mouse that makes the normal amount of C4A. Because it isn’t marking connections for destruction as well.
This is indeed what they found. The mice that lacked C4A had more brain connections than the mouse that made C4A.
So people with schizophrenia make more C4A protein. And mice that don’t make this protein have too many connections in their brain.
Taken together, these two results do suggest that people with schizophrenia lose too many brain connections as teenagers. This isn’t quite a slam dunk yet but it is very compelling. Especially when we consider that people with schizophrenia do indeed have fewer brain connections.
By Dr. Barry Starr, Stanford University


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Impaired driving, man charged
While on the their way to the scene of a motor vehicle collision, city police were informed the one vehicle involved had left the scene Sunday.
An officer spotted the suspected vehicle on Coleman street.
As a result, a 42-year-Belleville man was charged with impaired driving.
He was later released on a promise to appear in Belleville court sometime later this month.
There were no injuries reported in this accident.
Robbery, woman charged
Upon arriving at a Coleman Street residence in response to a disturbance complaint, Belleville police officers saw a woman banging on the door and eventually entering the premises Sunday evening.
Police stated they arrested a man and a woman from the residence.
A 28-year-old Belleville woman was charged with robbery and break and enter.
She was later released on a promise to appear in Belleville court early September.
Nobody was injured in this incident.
Stunt drivers charged
MADOC — It seems like a Toronto man and a London, Ont. man were in a rush to get somewhere, while driving in Centre Hastings over the long weekend.
A 26-year-old Toronto man was charged by Central Hastings OPP for stunt-speed driving after he was clocked at 142 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone on Highway 7, near St. Lawrence Street West, Saturday afternoon.
As a result, Zheyuan Li's driver's licence was seized and his vehicle was impounded, both for seven days.
A few hours later, police caught a vehicle speeding at 132 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone, also on Highway 7, but near Jarvis Road in Madoc Township around 8:50 p.m.
Michal Dugovic, 42, of London, ON was charged with operating a motor vehicle while performing stunt-speeding.
Like Li, his driver’s licence was seized and his vehicle was impounded, both for seven days.
R.I.D.E. check leads to charges
MARMORA — Three charges were laid by Central Hastings OPP during a R.I.D.E. check point conducted at Matthew Street and Forsyth Street Sunday afternoon.
Police stopped a total of 75 vehicles in the area.
Motorists were charged with driving without a licence, owner permit unlicenced drive and fail to wear a seatbelt.

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Zitat des Tages von Judith Butler:Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.
I'm a professor of comparative literature, among other things, so I'm able to read in a couple of other languages, and I understand that not everyone is, not everyone can, although it is quite stunning how many people do read Spanish in the United States, but moving between languages is also extremely helpful.Judith Butler
We act as if that being of a man or that being of a woman is actually an internal reality or something that is simply true about us, a fact about us, but actually it's a phenomenon that is being produced all the time and reproduced all the time, so to say gender is performative is to say that nobody really is a gender from the start.Judith Butler
A challenge to the right of Israel to exist can be construed as a challenge to the existence of the Jewish people only if one believes that Israel alone keeps the Jewish people alive or that all Jews invest their sense of perpetuity in the state of Israel in its current or traditional forms.Judith Butler
I think we won't be able to understand the operations of trans-phobia, homophobia, if we don't understand how certain kinds of links are forged between gender and sexuality in the minds of those who want masculinity to be absolutely separate from femininity and heterosexuality to be absolutely separate from homosexuality.Judith Butler
When Zionism becomes co-extensive with Jewishness, Jewishness is pitted against the diversity that defines democracy, and if I may say so, betrays one of the most important ethical dimensions of the diasporic Jewish tradition: namely, the obligation of co-habitation with those different from ourselves.Judith Butler


Collector from the UK found gold bars in the fuel tank of an old Soviet tank T-54, bought them on eBay, writes tabloid the Sun, according to “RIA Novosti”.
Nick Mead, to replenish his collection, which consists of 150 samples of military equipment, bought a tank for 30 thousand pounds (about 2 million). When my mechanic Todd Chamberlain, he began to disassemble the car to make sure that the inside has no ammunition, they took the fuel tank cap, found five gold bars. Their cost, according to preliminary estimates, more than two million pounds (over 140 million).
The foreign Ministry believes that the gold hid in the tank of the Iraqi soldiers engaged in looting Kuwait during the Gulf war in 1990-1991. Then the tank was captured and ended up in the UK.
“We didn’t know what to do. You can’t just come to the exchange with five gold bars on hand, so we called the police,” said Chamberlain. Police took the bars, leaving a receipt.
The authorities have decided to carry the gold in London. In the local police Department any comments on this occasion refused to give. “However, even if the gold can’t give me that tank, I still will remain,” – said the foreign Ministry.


Fusion Shows presents
Young Statues, Last Night Saved My Life, Paper Brigade
2700 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, MI, 48912
Doors 5:00 PM
Consider pop punk defended. Man Overboard, the four-piece outfit out of New Jersey, have made a statement with their debut full length Real Talk that is much harder, faster, and louder than a catchy, often-quoted band mantra. While the band's previous material has been extremely enjoyable, climbing to the most coveted parts of my iTunes play counts, their latest offering is their first real spoonful of pop punk. Dual vocalists Zac Eiestenstein and Nik Bruzzese are more aggressive on Real Talk, and their vocals are paced by dirtier-sounding guitars, contributing to a more punk-influenced style. As an overwhelming initial wave of support shows, I'm in the same boat of thinking as most Man Overboard fans when I welcome the new style. It's the exact direction I was hoping this band would take, and the direction that they needed to take to back up their mantra. It's safe to say that Man Overboard have not only defended the genre, but have exceeded all expectations in the process.
In the winter of 2010, a spontaneous trip to Athens, GA became the birth of New Jersey/Philadelphia indie-rock outfit Young Statues. The record first began to take shape at Chase Park Transduction Studios, where a series of songs were recorded between friends, songs that were initially never intended to be released. Intrigued by the results of these sessions, songwriter and vocalist Carmen Cirignano decided to continue working on them with longtime producer and engineer Steve Poponi at the Gradwell House in Haddon Heights, NJ. It was here, with the help of bassist Tom Ryan and drummer Daniel Bogan, that these songs were transformed into the impressive debut record for a band comprised of longtime friends in the Philadelphia area music scene.
Full of swelling guitars, intricate vocal melodies and introspective lyrics, "Young Statues" is evidence of a group of musicians who have honed their skills and made a record to be revered for its beauty, tact, and honesty.


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Most of the new sites and redesigns that I’m creating nowadays are built on WordPress.
WordPress is a open-source blogging application that can be installed on a domain either as part of a site or as the basis of the entire site. It allows the site owner or contributors to make additions to the site themselves. It can be used as a content management system (CMS) for small to medium sites. In fact, you can ignore the blogging part and just have pages, making it look like a normal website – and one you can log into and edit from anywhere. WordPress templates, or themes, are ready-made designs which can be used as is or be customized. Many plugins are available that offer a wide variety in function.
I also offer WordPress training and coaching in person or on the phone.
WordPress is a very active platform that is going to be around for a long time. Like Windows on your PC, it issues regular updates, including security updates (this is a good thing), which are easy to implement from the backend.
WordPress keeps getting better. I changed this site to a WordPress platform in March 2011 (still in progress, like a carpenter’s house) and am thoroughly redesigning it in January 2014.
WordPress allows you to organize and display information in different ways, and to change how information is displayed as your site grows or your needs change.
WordPress has a future-proof quality, because the core of the technology is updated regularly, and themes and plugins can be added and changed as needed. Open source technology ensures that developers continue to create new functionalities via plugins as the internet evolves. As your needs change, you can choose the plugins you need.

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Sports / clubs
Whether it is music, sport, culture or children: Brandis offers an enormous range of clubs and associations. These promote interaction, sporting activity and social skills, whilst also providing variety in leisure time.
Brandis aims to support voluntary commitment. Associations, clubs and other not-for-profit organisations can therefore register here to publicise themselves in our town. The following options are available:
Frau Elfi & Maik_Key
Tag der offenen Tür bei der Brandiser Ortsfeuerwehr
Klavierabend Polenzer Verein Einigkeit
VoSo OG Beucha Fahrt nach Bad Schlema

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Updating psp to 3 52
– Added flash2 and flash3 usb to recovery – Added a setting in recovery to change the usb device to which XMB will connect. They require an UMD inserted because NO-UMD does not work.
– Added “vshmenu”, which is a menu that will appear when HOME is pressed in the XMB. Changes in popsloader: – Support for 3.30 firmware.
It will interfere with existing XMB plugins that use HOME, so it can be disabled in recovery. Instructions are same as in previous release, except 3.30 firmware did not have libpspvmc.prx, so just ignore that file.
– Warning: There is an incompatibility between 3.30 savedata and later ones.
Then reboot and you should be good to start this tutorial.
when it is done, youll hafta manually reboot your psp.
now that you have 3.52M33, update it to the latest patch of 3.52M33, which is 3.52M33-4(the most stable one) here it is; put it in your game150 folder in your psp and run it.
Lots of people are asking how to update to firmware 3.60 without the risk of going “too far” to firmware 3.63 or above.
Asking your PS Vita by default will only give you firmware 3.63 (or above), so we have to be a bit sneaky.
Download Custom Firmware 3.52-M33-3 Update / Donate to Team M33 PSP 3.52 M33-3 [Team M33] Follow this author on Twitter.


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Dairy, Pork, Poultry and other Livestock
The dairy, pork, poultry, and other livestock strategy concentrates on the needs and research capacity of the sectors from production through product quality assessment (milk, meat), and includes on-farm revenue-generating activities such as the production of bio-energy from manure. This strategy also encompasses other livestock systems such as: turkey, laying hens, eggs, goats, etc.
Learn about what we've been up to...
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Explores Ways to Improve Preserving Bovine Eggs
- Can the milk production of sows be improved?
- Cranberries may boost broiler chicken immunity
- Custom Hog Feeding (video)
- Deodorizing pig manure with a slurry bioreactor!
- Discovery could lead to drought-resistant alfalfa
- Eco-efficient Management of Canadian Dairy Farms
- If you eat grain-fed veal, thank the Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre!
- Improving Hog Wellbeing (video)
- Improving the Health of Early-Lactation Dairy Cows
- It is a proven fact that vitamin B12 is better absorbed from cow's milk
- New approach to feeding cows benefits both farmers and the environment
- Optimizing pig feeding: Win-win for both producers and the environment
- Poultry Vitrification: Keeping the Flock Diverse
- Probiotics' anti-inflammatory effects could improve livestock intestinal health
- Reducing greenhouse gases in dairy production (video)
- Sweet Twist on Silage Making Pays Off
- Switching cows to a different feed can reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- The beaver and panda gut may hold the key to more efficient digestion in livestock
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Neighborland Inc., a social media startup incorporated in Boulder and now based in San Francisco, recently raised more than $1 million in funding, Securities and Exchange Commission filings show.
Neighborland, which has offices in Boulder and New Orleans, is developing a social network for people to collaborate with others in their neighborhoods, districts and cities.
The site starts with asking users to fill in the blank of the question “I want ... in my neighborhood,” and other community members vote on the responses. If an idea becomes popular, Neighborland's “community team” will connect people to resources, organizations and municipal leaders to move the idea forward.
The company has launched in Boulder, Houston, Minneapolis, New Orleans and St. Paul, Minn.
Last month, Neighborhood landed the financial backing of The Obvious Corp., True Ventures, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel, Crunchfund and Voodoo Ventures. The amount of money raised was not disclosed, but SEC filings made earlier this week indicate Neighborland raised at least $1.19 million.
Tee Parham, a Neighborland founder based in Boulder, directed inquiries about the company to the firm's online handbook.


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Victoria Warehouse, Old Trafford
Transformer is a new indoor festival event, with a pretty mind boggling line-up… reminiscent of those ill-fated ATP events in fact…hmmm. Sure enough the organisers posted a notice to the effect that one Barry Hogan was not involved in a financial capacity (presumably to avoid a long line of creditors turning up demanding cash, and to allay any concerns that the event might be a birrova a shambles or indeed be cancelled at very short notice). Reading a bit further, surprise surprise it turns out Barry is a ‘consultant’ to the event – well he does know how to put a great bill together. The price is right though, for just £25 which is what you’d pay to see just one of the headliners – it’s worth a punt.
First up, at the ungodly hour of 4pm I’m really pleased to see This Is Not This Heat again. It feels strange walking in from the Sunday afternoon sunshine straight into the ferocious ‘Horizontal Hold’ in full flight. It sounds immense. It’s a more compact band version of the band than their headline show at the Barbican back in February- no Chris Cutler or Thurston Moore this time but Charles Hayward and Charles Bullen are aided by an incredible 6 piece band including the great James Sedwards on guitar and Alexis ‘Hot Chip’ Taylor on keys and most importantly Ring Modulator for the proto-techno ’24 Track Loop’. They’re gripping to watch, and it’s all about rhythm – Hayward’s intense drumming is jaw dropping and when his co-pilot drummer joins it’s like watching a Squatney version of King Crimson. It’s full-on, Camberwell Art-rock and is by no means an easy listen but it’s hugely rewarding and the audience are hugely respectful and warm towards them- and Charles Hayward’s cheshire-cat grin lights up the whole room. I feel privileged to have seen this extraordinary and unique band.
There are 2 stages to flip between so I catch a bit of Mueran Humanos who plays decent, electro-trancey psych rock with a dash of Chris & Cosey. Back in the main room, Loop are on and true to form they are very very loud but the sound mix is excellent so while you can feel the bass in your rib cage it doesn’t hurt to listen to. The sound is clear and immersive. I’m somewhat distracted by the fact that Robert Hampson nowadays looks not unlike Paul Weller and sports a classic mod T-shirt – I half expect him to launch into Eton Rifles. Anyway it’s a cracking set (when Robert isn’t complaining about the lighting or the monitor mix or tuning up) and ‘Collision’ and ‘Arc-Lite’ cause an outbreak of dancing – not sure who Robert’s rhythm section are these days but for a drone-rock band they can groove.
Royal Trux are one of the big draws of the day – this being their first UK show in aeons. They’re a total shambles. The sound is dreadful, but given that it’s fine for all the other performances I suspect the blame lands with the musicians and no amount of polish could buff up this musical turd. If you were being charitable I suppose they have a certain sleazy charm but on the whole they’re a tedious bunch old Junkies with no tunes.
The Fall take to the stage and once the band have got up to speed Mark E.Smith makes an entrance to a huge ovation and a much needed injection of showmanship after Royal Trux. Never a picture of health, the old boy looks all 75 of his 60 years and he doesn’t look at all well – a bit off colour and also sporting a golf-ball sized lump on his forehead. This doesn’t stop him firing on all cylinders vocally – and as usual he’s pacing around the stage, breaking mics or tossing them into the crowd – and doing his usual shctick of fiddling with amps and doing his best to annoy the sound engineer. Strangely – his interventions with the backline more often than not pay off – he’s sort of randomly acting as FX pedals for the guitars and at one point he adds some more mics to the bass drum which works a treat. I also catch Sex Swing on the 2nd stage who are stunning – powerful post-punk sound with a bit of wailing Sax added and they sound like a logical extension of what This Heat were doing – and sure enough Charles Hayward appears next to me to check them out.
I’m not a huge Swans fan – so I skip the headliners as I’m spent and don’t fancy 2 hours of Swans and a very expensive taxi home – and Ive had my money’s worth.
Lovers of ‘eavy sounds from all over the globe, I suspect a lot to see a rare Royal Trux performance and one of the last Swans gigs – I hope the former didn’t have high expectations
It made me think..
I have to say this event was incredibly good value and any concerns about the ATP connection seem unfounded, the whole shebang seems well organised, everything runs to time, nice food, decent ale, little record stall to browse between performances, great sound (on the whole) so hats off to all concerned.

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Consumers can soon get small LPG cylinders and avail of other financial services at ration shops. The Centre on Wednesday (October 28) said it plans to allow the retail sale of small LPG cylinders as well as offer financial services through fair price shops as part of its measures to enhance the financial viability of these outlets.
Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey held a virtual meeting with state governments.
After the meeting, the Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry said in a statement: “Proactive measures to be taken to enhance the financial viability of FPS. …Plan of retail selling of small LPG cylinders through FPS in the anvil.”
Representatives from the ministries of electronics and IT; finance; and petroleum and natural gas also attended the meeting.
Officials from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) as well as CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC) were also present.
Representatives from oil marketing companies (OMCs) appreciated the proposal for retail selling of small LPG cylinders through fair price shops (FPS), also called ration shops.OMCs said the necessary support would be provided for the same in coordination with interested state/UT governments, it added.
On the proposal to offer financial services via FPS, representatives from the Department of Financial Services (DFS) informed that the necessary support would be provided for the same in coordination with interested states.
The government is planning to extend MUDRA loans to FPS dealers for capital augmentation, the statement added.
The food secretary advised CSC to conduct separate workshops/webinars with different groups of states and union territories to provide sensitisation on potential benefits, capacity building of FPS and assist them in the implementation of these initiatives.
Further, the secretary advised the states to conduct continuous awareness and outreach campaigns simultaneously to sensitise FPS dealers on the benefits of these initiatives.
(With agency inputs)
Courtesy – www.dnaindia.com


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HSBC said its exposure to the scheme arose from loans it had provided to large clients such as hedge funds.
It was announced on Monday that the alleged fraud had forced the Chais Family Foundation, which gives away about $12.5m annually to Jewish causes, to
Avraham Infeld, the foundation’s president, said: “The entire fund was invested through Mr Madoff, and as a result the fund has been completely obliterated.”
Infeld said all five staff at the organisation’s headquarters in Jerusalem would lose their jobs.
Banks in Europe, Asia and the United States have been affected.
More than $10bn of potential losses have been reported by firms still reeling from the effect of the US sub-prime mortage crisis.
Jeremy Batstone, head of research at Charles Stanley, Britain’s largest stockbroker, said that the scandal was very damaging to reputations in the financial world.
“It is astonishing that this apparent fraud seems to have been continuing for so long, possibly for decades”
Bramdean Alternatives Limited
“The last thing investors wanted as come to the end of what has been a cathartic year for the financial industry was the revelation of an alleged fraud of this nature,” he told Al Jazeera.
“The size is unprecedented and doubtless will be very painful, not just for those investors who are involved directly, but for all investors who are concerned about the places in which they have invested their money, the fund management groups.”
Shares in Santander, the biggest bank in Spain and the second-largest in Europe after HSBC, plunged on Monday after the lender said it had an exposure of more than $3bn dollars to Madoff Investment Securities in New York.
Royal Bank of Scotland said it could lose nearly $600m, while France’s Natixis investment bank, already harmed by losses in the sub-prime mortgage market, put its maxiumum exposure at more than $600m.
Japanese financial giant Nomura said it could lose more than $300m dollars and officials in Seoul said South Korea’s financial institutions had about $95m at risk.
Swiss newspaper Le Temps reported that private banks in Geneva could lose up to $5bn because of the alleged scam.
Bramdean Alternatives Limited, a British investment fund which said it had put about $31m in Madoff’s company, said that the scandal raised “fundamental questions” about the US regulatory system.
“It is astonishing that this apparent fraud seems to have been continuing for so long, possibly for decades, while investors have continued to invest more money into the Madoff funds in good faith,” it said in a statement.
The scandal comes at a time when hedge funds are suffering from poor performance, impairing their vow of yielding money whichever way the market turns.
Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund manager, acknowledged it was exposed to what it called “a systematic and comprehensive fraud” to the tune of $360m.
The AIMA global hedge fund trade association in a statement said it was “very disturbed” by the case, asking for “early and public disclosure of all facts about what went wrong”.
“Clearly, lessons must be learned, restitution must be secured for investors, and processes/safeguards must be improved to prevent such a situation recurring.”

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The Cortez Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department decided on Friday to begin the search for a new board member.
During the department’s morning meeting, Parks and Recreation Director Dean Palmquist said it was time to find a replacement for board member Brad Waltman, who, he said, hasn’t attended a meeting since early 2015. The board also has another position that has been vacant for several months, so they agreed to start seeking two new members.
Other topics of discussion during the meeting included early results from the community survey on tobacco-free zones and plans for the Arbor Day celebration on April 27.
“(Ask people to) send in a letter of interest, or attend a meeting,” Palmquist told his fellow board members. “It’s helpful to check out a meeting, just to see what this group’s about.”
According to its website, the Parks and Recreation board is supposed to have nine members appointed by the Cortez City Council, in addition to the department’s director and a member of the city council, currently filled by Bob Archibeque. Right now the board has seven people who regularly attend, including two youth members and Dan Wood, who also hasn’t attended a meeting for a while due to health issues, according to Palmquist.
Board member Tom Rennick suggested they visit classes at the Recreation Center, such as the Silver Sneakers senior group, to recruit new members. At the suggestion of chairman Paul Adams, the board also voted to reach out to Waltman and see if he’d be willing to return to his position.
Palmquist also said he plans to ask the city for permission to hire a part-time fitness instructor at the Recreation Center.
In the week since the department put up a community survey on potential tobacco-free zones near city buildings, Palmquist reported he had seen 134 responses from county residents. He hopes to hear from at least 500 different people before the survey ends.
The board also voted to move its planned Arbor Day celebration from April 26 to Thursday, April 27, in order to accommodate the schedule of participating elementary schools. The theme this year will be “celebrating trees in our community,” which will be reflected in the annual elementary school poster contest.


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Prince Tamino is Egyptian! So Opera Frontier decided to infuse a scene from Mozart’s Magic Flute with elements from Middle Eastern traditions. We chose this Mozart trio in which the Three Ladies vie with each other for time alone with the handsome prince, knowing that they will eventually relinquish him to their mistress—the powerful Queen of the Night. Rising star Ali Paris accompanies our scene as the Prince playing his qanun—a rare 76-string 14th century zither. Enjoy Ali’s improvisation on a Queen of the Night theme, which features his unique fusion of Middle Eastern and Western music. Our Queen (scholar, dancer and musician Samrah azZuhur Arabi aka Sherifa Zuhur) animates the scene as an enchantress performing a dance based on the taqasim, a traditional Arabic form of improvisation on the maqamat—or musical modes—as well as on improvisation in raqs sharqi (oriental dance) and percussion.
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*Zines* Twenty Dudes vols 1-5 by Ted Trager $3.00 each Proof I Exist #26 Oct 16 by Billy Roberts $4.00 Music and Poetry and Other Shit by Elizabeth Meyer $3.00 Library Excavations #4 Suspect Methodology by Marc Fischer $6.00 - The images in this booklet are reproduced (without …
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"They didn't understand Laskimooses as Laskimooses was not like everything else."
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8 – 8:15 Kimberly Kelly 8:20 – 8:35 Alec Bailey 8:40 – 8:55 Emily Hackett 9 – 9:15 Alex Hall 9:20 – 9:35 Sarah Turner 9:40 – 9:55 Kenton Bryant 10 – 10:15 Ross Ellis Lipsey 10:20 – 10:35 David FanningThe next country music star has arrived…and her name is Kimberly Kelly. A strong endorsement in a male dominated industry that has increasingly shied away from female talent, but nonetheless true. The quick-witted songstress whose music radiates genuine honesty in a modern-throwback to the 90's country music era has been independently building a rather impressive fan base. Clever lyrics. A Texas native turned Nashville resident who counts musical giants Radney Foster and Monty Holmes among her many co-writers, Kimberly has spent the last few years honing in on her songwriting craft and establishing a wide network of musical collaborators. Foster testifies, "Kimberly has an incredible honesty in her songs and her voice. Her songs are about real life, and you can hear it all in her voice —the pain, the love, the joy, the sass. She isn't just singing a line, she's living it, and she will make you believe it every time." And she has lived it. Like many of her contemporaries, Kelly is rooted in a musical family. She grew up listening to her grandfather's band, Sterling Kelly and the Hearts, and she spent her early childhood singing duets into the handle of a vacuum cleaner with her older sister, Kristen. An astute student of the genre, Kelly claims influences from Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, as well as pop stars and rockers like Jewel, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty—and even fresh Americana acts like Kim Richey and Hayes Carll. In her first Country Weekly feature article in 2015, Kimberly admitted that she was "in love with Randy Travis" and that her and Kristen would steal each other's CDs. "We had to write our names on our CDs", she said.
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June 24, 2021
Soundtrack to The Green Fog (2017) dir Guy Madden, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, a found footage remake of Vertigo (played by Kronos Quartet)
Storyteller (2019) (for Kronos Quartet, multimedia tribute using the voice, singing, and playing of Pete Seeger)
Clear Line (2020) (for big band with no rhythm section)
Ye Olde (2015) (for 3 guitars, trombone and drums)
The Heavens (the Atheist Gospel Trombone Album) (2012) (solo, overdubbed)
Equally split between leading my own groups, composing for those groups, composing and arranging for others, and playing as a sideman in other people’s groups in many different styles.
I started piano lessons at age 5 and trombone at 10. There was a lot of music in the house like Broadway show tunes, Ragtime, Classical music, folk, and classic rock. Also as an American growing up in the 80s and 90s I was surrounded by music in film, TV, radio and civic life, which to me was blues, oldies, cartoons, action TV soundtracks, hiphop, patriotic music, and the occasional jazz. As I became a teenager I was more and more obsessed with learning the history of jazz and classical music, as well as anything else in the world that caught my ear.
When I was 8 I saw the 11 and 12 year olds in the Herbert Hoover Middle School Jazz Band directed by Ron Maddin. They played in a school auditorium with a light show that was integral to the arrangements of Count Basie and Glenn Miller. I started fantasizing about learning to play a purple saxophone. A couple years later I learned trombone instead and got to play with that band, bathed in a spotlight covered in purple cellophane.
Later in various summer jazz camps I was exposed to bebop from people like Wayne Wallace, Jimmy Heath and Jay Clayton. The beauty and seriousness of the grand tradition that they came out of was very striking to me and I wanted to honor it and be a part of it.
I always struggle with writer's block. When I was younger I thought that going for long stretches without committing music to paper or recording was a failing. But now I see that it’s OK to spend a lot of time thinking about what exactly you are going to make and why. Solidify your ideas and your philosophy behind those ideas, and then create the work. Procrastination, in that sense, is a good thing.
Trombones are cheap and plentiful and I have many, including Conns in a variety of sizes from the 20s and some Bachs from the 80s. I also have a Conn Eb Tuba from the 1890s. Each instrument has had multiple owners before me. Not sure if they were used for the circus, the military, a community band, a symphony, or played by a famous person. I like to think that they are haunted and that is reflected in the sound a little bit.
I also have a Farfisa Mini Compact that I keep right next to my studio for occasional inspiration.
For 20 years I’ve used PD (Pure Data), as a tool to manipulate audio, experiment with tuning systems, and improvise.
Keep an open mind. You probably won’t end up doing exactly what you thought at age 18, but you could end up doing things that are pretty cool and satisfying!
I’ve used big headphones for 25 years or so. Nowadays I use them to hear details during a transcription or a mix, for recording in my home studio, to keep my family sane, to enjoy music late at night, and sometimes to just go for a walk and check out an album from start to finish. I keep them in the basement and going down here to listen for a while is always a treat, like eating a special dessert.
Before I go into the studio with a band I like to create a mockup of how the album might sound. I’m working on such a project, involving a lot of electronics, which sometimes can be harsh or muddled. These headphones have given me the power to sort out exactly what sounds I want to draw from, to enter the studio with my best foot forward. Every night after my son is asleep I escape to the paradise of my cluttered basement studio to work on music or simply listen to some favorite albums. The level of detail that I can distinguish is extraordinary.


Few photographers deliver fresh and stunning images each time they work, but Richard Burbridge is reliably brilliant that way.
VGL loves his portrait of Benjamin Eidem for A Glowing Response in the F/W Vogue Hommes Japan. The spread was styled by Robbie Spencer with makeup by Peter Phillips. Wow!
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An EASY recipe for Homemade Cinnamon Rolls! The rolls are melt-in-your-mouth soft with a buttery cinnamon filling and topped with the best homemade frosting.
You cannot beat the aroma of freshly baked cinnamon rolls in the home, especially for breakfast.
Enjoy the detailed video tutorial on How to Make the ULTIMATE homemade cinnamon rolls. Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel!
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls-
Alright! Step aside Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls, this homemade recipe has come to town and it’s BOMB delicious.
Soft, gooey cinnamon rolls with butter cinnamon filling and topped with the absolute best frosting.
How to make Cinnamon Rolls?
This is such a simple recipe for classic cinnamon rolls with ingredients you most likely already have on hand.
Cinnamon Roll Dough-
- Dry ingredients– Measure and sift the flour with the salt into a large bowl. Create a well in the center of the flour.
- Wet ingredient– In a saucepan, over low heat, heat the cubed butter, milk, and sugar until butter melts and sugar dissolved. The mixture should be warm, not hot (if it gets too hot, it’ll kill the yeast). Remove from heat and whisk in the eggs.
- Make dough– Pour the milk mixture into the well and add the yeast, gently stir and cover until yeast is activated and becomes foamy.
- Prepare the dough– Mix the dough and knead 3-5 minutes. I just used a Kitchen aid mixer but you can do that by hand. The dough should be slightly sticky. I’d recommend starting with 3 1/4 cups flour, then add 1 Tbsp at a time, as needed. With the flour we use, our dough is perfect with 3 1/3 cups flour.
- Rise– Cover dough with a towel, keep at room temp. Allow dough to rise for 2 hours.
Cinnamon Roll Filling-
The cinnamon filling is what adds so much flavor to the cinnamon buns! You want to make sure the butter is softened and at room temperature or else it will not spread.
- In a small bowl, combine the granulated sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon.
Cinnamon Roll Frosting-
This cinnamon roll frosting is not like your ordinary frosting. With the added heavy whipping cream, the frosting is so light and airy and not overly sweet. It is hands down the BEST frosting recipe.
- Cream together the butter, cream cheese vanilla, and sugar.
- Add the heavy whipping cream. Beat until frosting is whipped and airy.
Roll and Shape Cinnamon Rolls-
Once the filling and frosting is prepared and dough has risen, it’s now time to roll up the cinnamon rolls
- Dough- Roll out the dough into a rectangle.
- Filling- Spread the butter and sprinkle cinnamon sugar. Roll up tightly.
- Cut roll- Cut roll into 12 equal parts with a sharp knife or flavorless floss.
- Casserole dish- Add to a greased pan and allow to rise another 30 minutes.
- Bake: Pour heavy whipping cream over the rolls. Bake cinnamon rolls until tops are golden.
TIPS for the BEST Cinnamon rolls-
We answer some frequently asked questions for cinnamon rolls and troubleshooting tips for success for your homemade cinnamon rolls!
SECRET to the BEST ROLLS-
The “secret” to the most delicious cinnamon rolls is adding some of the frosting to the rolls while the rolls are still warm. The frosting penetrates into the buns giving them its gooeyness.
- Once you take the cinnamon rolls out of the oven, allow them to slightly cool then add half of the frosting. Once cooled, add remaining frosting.
How to serve the Rolls-
Cinnamon rolls taste best if served warm. You’ll want to warm the rolls for 5-8 seconds if they are at room temperature, and 10-15 seconds if refrigerated rolls.
Enjoy the sweet rolls with a cold cup of milk or a hot cup of tea or coffee! So good for breakfast.
How to make-ahead-
Prepare the rolls ahead of time (even overnight). Once the roll is cut into piece, cover and refrigerat until ready to bake.
- Flour– Properly measure the flour by scooping the flour into a measuring cup then scraping off any excess flour.
- Yeast- If the yeast doesn’t foam (activate), be sure your yeast is fresh.
- Heavy whipping cream– Add cold cream from the fridge for it to whip properly in the frosting.
- Butter– The butter needs to be room temperature and softened, NOT melted. You can even whip the butter for it to spread easier if desired.
This easy recipe for homemade cinnamon rolls will become a new family favorite.
OTHER SWEETS TO TRY:
- Banana Bread Muffins– with an easy frosting.
- Cranberry Orange Bread– perfect for fall.
- Sweet Bread Recipe– Twisted with jam.
- Cherry Cheesecake Buns– with cream cheese.
- Poppy Seed Babka– for poppy seed filling.
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
- 2 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, measured then sifted
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tbsp active dry yeast
cinnamon roll filling-
- 8 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temp
- 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp ground cinnamon
cream cheese frosting-
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temp
- 6 oz cream cheese, room temp
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Prepare cinnamon roll dough-
- Warm butter, milk and sugar in a saucepan until butter is melted. Remove from heat and add in whished eggs.
- Pour the mixture into the well. Sprinkle yeast, lightly stir and cover with a towel until yeast activates and becomes foamy.
- Mix until the dough is fully incorporated then knead 3-5 minutes. Cover and let rise for 2 hours.
- Prepare filling: In a small bowl, mix together sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Prepare cream cheese frosting-
- Meanwhile, prepare frosting. Cream together the butter, cream cheese, vanilla and powdered sugar. Add the heavy whipping cream and beat until frosting is fluffy.
Assemble cinnamon rolls-
- Dust work space with flour and roll out the dough into a 12"x16" rectangle. Spread the softened butter over the dough and top with the sugar filling.
- Roll up the dough tightly and cut into 12 even-sized buns.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray grease with butter or baking spray. Add the cinnamon rolls into the baking sheet. Cover and let rise an additional 30 minutes. Pour the 2 Tbsp of heavy whipping cream over the rolls.
- Bake at 375°F for 20-22 minutes or until rolls are golden brown and baked through.
- Allow cinnamon rolls to slightly cool then spread half of the frosting over the rolls. Once completely cooled, spread remaining frosting.
- Enjoy, friends.

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The Loveland Stage Company is dedicated to bringing quality theater to the Loveland community. We select plays and musicals which are both instructive to our members and entertaining to our audiences. With on-stage quality as a goal, we strive to keep a friendly, healthy atmosphere in our productions. Our members, volunteers all, are then afforded the best opportunities to exercise their interests and talents, while our club provides the best amateur theater our community can produce.
SPECIAL EVENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
General Membership Meeting
The Annual General Membership Meeting will be held Tuesday, May 21st, at the theater (7:00 pm) The Nominating Committee has submitted the following names for the Board of Directors election: Ann Barfels, Glenn Bladh, Nancy Downing, Glenna Knapp, Dave Marcus, and Dave Welsh.
Join us for a wonderful time.
Auditions for Loveland Stage Company's Production of "I Remember Mama" by
John Van Druten are scheduled for Sunday, August 11 from 2 – 6 PM and Monday,
August 12 from 6 – 10 PM. Callbacks if needed will be Tuesday, August 13
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"CATS" will be the production for the 2013 Children's Summer Workshop.
The audition dates are: Click Here
Registrations forms can be found the same page as above
Saturday May, 18th from 2:00 to 5:00 pm, and
Sunday May 19th from 2:00 to 5:00 pm.
The performance dates are July 10, 11, 12, and 13th, 2013
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Click LIKE and then you can follow events as they occur in our community theater world.
Interested in becoming a Member of the Loveland Stage Company?
Members are not all performers, singers or dancers. In fact many of our members just want to show their support for our fine Community Theater. It is an inexpensive way to show your appreciation for what the Loveland Stage Company does for all of us.
Dance Classes at the Theater: more...
Marjory Clegg is teaching dance classes on Saturday mornings at the theater.
Tap class is offered from 10:00 - 11:00 am.
Jazz dancing is offered from 11:00 - 12 Noon
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“In what appears to be the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings agencies, charging that their inflated ratings on subprime mortgage bonds disproportionately caused financial harm to African American and Latino home buyers.” (Kenneth Harney, Washington Post, Nov. 29; Hans Bader, CEI “Open Market”, Nov. 30).
P.S. Mickey Kaus (permalinks gone again, scroll to Dec. 1):
Hmmm. Didn’t community-based organizations push for exactly this sort of reverse-redlining? I think they did. It’s one thing to argue that they maybe weren’t the major cause of the subprime meltdown. It’s another for them to pose as victims wronged by the very system they worked hard to set up (including the securitization that enabled banks to keep up “reverse redlining”).


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PCB for converting SMD SOIC-28-Wide packages to through hole DIP-28 footprints with 0.6" width (wide DIP). Solder the device to this PCB then attach pin headers (sold seperately) to connect to through hole footprints on PCBs, breadboards and IC sockets.
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i just finished an arduino sketch that allows decent audio processing with just a few resistors and capacitors. the arduino sketch is up here:
it takes in audio on ADC0 and uses a dual pwm to create 16b audio out. you can process the audio in-between and make a low-fi effects pedal. it can be used for just analog out as well, and is much higher quality than using analogwrite (although more complicated too).
there is a much more in-depth tutorial on pwm in general up here:


24 Two Decades and Counting
This issue sees Racer reach a milestone and our first magazine of volume 21 so we reflect on how we thought the industry would change in the next ten years back in 2007.
40 Flow Chart
The Flow X speed control was just one of LRP’s new releases that they showed off at the Nuremberg Toy Fair with an updated LiPo battery line-up and new Antix monster truck.
68 Martin’s The Man
Just what does it take to prepare for the biggest race meeting of your RC career? In this article Martin Southall looks back on the work involved and the event itself as he gains a much sought after entry for the GT12 Worlds.
74 Swift Battles
The Schumacher and Roche teams went head to head at Swifts Raceway with Elliott Harper, Matthew Varah and David Spashett showing top form.
88 Pro Tips
This month sees Alex Hagberg take a look at fine-tuning the positioning of added weight in his touring car as well as a great tip for quick and easy rear wing adjustment.
90 Reading Material
Many of our readers many not have been around 30 years ago, but the hobby was very vibrant and RTRs, brushless and 2.4GHz were many years away.
32 FTX Futura
With their latest off-roader, FTX have gone down the large-scale route with this 1:6 concept buggy that not only looks cool but also has plenty of power for the driver to unleash!
42 RC4WD Mojave Trail Finder 2 LWB
The Trail Finder 2 goes long wheelbase with their latest version that sports a Mojave four-door body design.
52 Absima Hotshot AB2.8 BL
The AB2.8BL from Absima is an off-road buggy powered by a combination of LiPo battery and brushless system. Featuring the ABECO system, the AB2.8BL is designed to offer high performance from a single battery.
60 Tamiya 1:16 RC Jagdpanzer IV /70(v) Lang
The Editor of sister magazine TMMI, Marcus Nicholls builds the new 1:16-scale RC Jagdpanzer IV /70(v) Lang. It’s a tank that combines traditional plastic modelling with RC and the ability to be driven on all surfaces


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The top pond at Keston is smaller than the bottom pond but contains just as much weed which makes presentation a little difficult. The lake holds a few carp to around 18lb and this includes some spectacular coloured Koi most probably unwanted pets. The usual problems of dog walkers, weed and hard fishing will have to be overcome if I want a Keston tinca.
31/08/11 - I decided to complete my first session, a quick one after work on a overcast mild day. One rod was rigged with a simple free running ledger with a long hook link straight through to a size 8 (specialist barbed) and the other, my main rod, on a more traditional waggler float set up straight through to smaller size 12 (specialist barbed) hook . Both on 1 1/2lb test curve soft tip barbel rods with 8lb line. On the float set up I positioned most of the shot four inches from the hook in order for the bait to get to the bottom through the blanket weed leaving only a small tip of the waggler showing to catch the most sensitive of bites.
On arrival there were many people fishing including the spot I had my eye on but they soon vanished and I moved in. Prawns were chosen bait for the hook with 6mm trout pellets and some ground bait scattered in the area. I tried to place the hook baits in gaps in the weed but still felt my presentation was being compromised. These tactics were recommended to me by a good fisherman and so I will persevere with them for now. The evening passed quickly and I had no fish. Just one uplift bite was all I had to show for the session. On my next session I may rake the swim prior to fishing to clear some weed allowing the hook bait presentation to be spot on and stir the bottom up.I will keep you updated until I get my prize.


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Have you ever felt entirely unequal to the task in front of you? The Hebrew prophetic tradition is famously known for our reticent prophets, from Moses who balked at the idea of being a mouthpiece for God, to Jonah who famously tries to run away from his call to action. Ours is a tradition that recognizes the fear and uncertainty, as well as the courage that lies within the human heart.
In the Reform tradition we get the opportunity to take a deeper look at Sh’mini for a second week as we move out of Passover and back into our regular Torah reading cycle. As Aaron and his sons make their way through the seven-day ordination ceremony and prepare to take up the regular work of the tabernacle, Moses utters an interesting phrase to Aaron. “Come forward,” he says, “to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering, making expiation for yourself and for the people…” (Leviticus 9:7). Rashi assumes from this “come forward,” that Aaron has kept his distance from the altar all throughout the ordination proceedings; and wonders why.
Perhaps Aaron was ashamed of the role he had played previously in the incident of the Golden Calf. Perhaps he felt, like his brother before him, that he was not well-suited to the task at hand. And yet Moses, who had experienced God’s ability to see beyond the limitations he saw within himself, offers him this invitation. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks writes, “Aaron had to understand that his own experience of sin and failure made him the ideal representative of a people conscious of their own sin and failure.” In these moments of hesitation, of doubt, of fear, we – like Aaron – are invited to turn our weaknesses into strengths; to build upon our past experience and use it to help others.
– Rabbi Callie Schulman


A look at the council
What’s on the agenda for Freeport’s City Council in the months ahead?
Interviews with aldermen and alderwomen this week revealed a focus on financial responsibility, a desire for better streets, and new youth programs.
“I would like to see everybody work a little harder to show financial restraint and build the reserves back up,” said Ward 6 Alderman Scott Helms.
“I will give you a prime example. We are talking about $15,000 to tear down that [Myers] Ford Building,” Helms said. “I’m the only one who voted against it, not because I am against the Arts Center, but because I have been told we don’t have any money to do many repairs. And $15,000 would get quite a bit done for what I was looking for. It’s a matter of prioritizing.”
Ward 2 Alderman Shawn Boldt said he would like to see more money spent on Freeport’s roads. So did Ward 5 Alderman Denny Endress.
“Would you want to move to Freeport if you can’t drive down the streets?” Endress asked.
Both Endress and Boldt would also like to see a larger beautification effort. Endress wants to see those efforts organized by the Freeport Beautification Association continue once the summer Lincoln-Douglas Debate celebration is over, Boldt said he would like to see the city work on turning the former Germania lot into full-fledged green space.
“I think that it’s just a shame that all this time has passed and we haven’t been able turn it green for the upcoming celebration,” Boldt said.
Boldt also said he would like to see commercial development along West Galena Avenue.
“I think getting someone into the Lincoln Mall and developing all the store fronts along there is important,” he said.
Ward 7 Alderwoman Linda O’Neill said she would like a final decision on the fate of the Rawleigh building. She also said she wants the council to start discussing the possibility of creating a public safety building where both the police department and the fire department administrative offices would be housed.
Ward 3 Alderman Ronnie Bush said he would like to see the council host another retreat.
“The two taxes that are about to sunset, we need to tackle that,” Bush said. “ And I think we need to come with a planning process for some things that we would like to address.”
Bush also wants the council to continue to reach out into the community to help improve the lives of Freeport young people, and bolster efforts to improve race relations.
Asked to reflect on their accomplishments over the past year, council members cited a balanced budget and the creation of a Tax Increment Finance District that enabled FHN to create a new clinic.
Some Freeport cvil servants and business people praised the council’s work in other areas.
Freeport Deputy Chief of Police Bob Smith said the establishment of a tiered curfew law for minors has helped keep more kids out of trouble and provided more time for officers to concentrate on serious crimes.
“[Young people] are cognizant of the fact that they have to be in at a certain time. It’s useful for our officers on the street to be able to tell these kids ‘you have an hour and you have to be in,’” Smith said.
Marg Christiensen, a local realtor, is happy about the council’s embrace of the property maintenance task force and its initiatives. She also said she was happy to be part of the ward tours aldermen hosted last summer.
“That was such an insight to us. So whatever they can do to be more public figures, would be great. I would like to see them step up more to the forefront and take more of a leadership role,” she said.
“Our primary job is to represent our constituents and to be responsible. If you never say anything at council meeting I don’t know how you are representing your constituents. We are all responsible for making sure the city moves forward,” he said.


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Debra Messing knows how to work a red carpet
Debra Messing looked amazing on Sunday night as she arrived at the Emmys. Ryan Seacrest even brought her a shot of her favorite drink, Glenlivet scotch.
I'm sure it was to ease Ryan's nerves just as much as Debra's. Seacrest, of course, is the face of the Emmys this year. He is not only doing his regular gig on the red carpet for E!, but he is also the host of this year's awards show.
Debra Messing is nominated for the Starter Wife, and the former Will & Grace star is also presenting.