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FOOD INSPIRATION DURING THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS
There is something magical about roasting vegetables. It’s an easy way to get great flavor and create a dish that can be a whole meal. You can serve this with couscous or brown rice. I use minimal dairy in my recipes, but this is good with the completely optional sprinkle of shredded Parmesan cheese.
-1 large head cauliflower, trim core and cut into bite-sized florets
-1/2 c extra-virgin olive oil
-1/2 tsp salt
-1 large clove garlic, minced or finely grated
-1/3 c olives, pitted and chopped (Trader Joe’s has pitted kalamata olives)
-1 ½ TBS fresh lemon juice
-1/8 tsp red-pepper flakes
-3/4 tsp caraway seeds
-1/4 c chopped fresh parsley or mint; or both
1) Roast cauliflower
-Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
-Chop the cauliflower and place on a baking sheet
-Toss with ¼ c olive oil and ½ tsp salt
-Roast for 30 minutes
2) Prepare dressing
-Mix pitted olives, garlic, lemon juice and red-pepper flakes together
-Whisk in ¼ c olive oil
3) Mix dressing with cauliflower
-Remove cauliflower from oven and toss in dressing
-Sprinkle with caraway seeds
4) Continue roasting for 20-30 minutes
-Cauliflower should be soft and browned on the outside
-Sprinkle with parsley &/or mint
-Serve over brown rice or couscous
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Salmon + Greens Asian Noodle Bowls
Salmon + Greens Asian Noodle Bowl. Toothsome noodles topped with fresh mushrooms, watercress, pea shoots or bean sprouts, green onions, thinly sliced bell peppers, snow peas, and simple seared salmon, with a ladle or two full of garlic and ginger infused vegetable broth and a pinch of chili threads perched on top.
- 2 quarts vegetable broth
- 4 inch piece fresh ginger lightly smashed with a pan or meat tenderizer
- 4 large cloves garlic peeled
- 12 ounces glass noodles
- 3 cups snow pea pods
- 3 teaspoons sunflower or canola oi
- 4 boneless skinless salmon filets
- 2 cups watercress leaves and tender stems or arugula
- 1 cup pea shoots or bean sprouts
- 1 yellow bell pepper stem and seeds removed, thinly sliced
- 6 green onions root ends trimmed, thinly sliced, 1 tablespoon reserved
- 1 cup very thinly sliced shiitake mushrooms or beech mushrooms enoki
In a medium sized pot, bring the vegetable broth, ginger, and garlic to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Drop in the glass noodles and simmer for 5 to 6 minutes, or until cooked through and tender but still toothsome. Use tongs to transfer the noodles, ginger, and garlic to a colander. Keep the broth simmering. Add the snow peas and simmer for 2 minutes. Use the tongs to transfer the snow pea pods to the colander, gathering them in a neat little pile to the side. Keep the broth simmering.
Place a cast-iron or other heavy-bottomed skillet over a high burner. When you can feel heat radiating from the pan and it is uncomfortable to hold your hand too close to the surface, drizzle in the sunflower oil and swirl the pan to coat the surface. Salt both sides of the salmon filets and carefully lower them into the pan. Do not attempt to move the filets for at least 2 minutes. When they are golden brown on the bottom and the cooked area extends at least halfway up the sides, ease a flexible spatula under them and flip carefully, about 3 minutes. Repeat on the second side, cooking the filets to your desired doneness. Transfer to a plate.
Divide the cooked glass noodles between 4 deep serving bowls. Distribute the watercress or arugula, pea shoots or bean sprouts, bell pepper, green onions (minus the reserved amount), and mushrooms over the noodles. Divide the hot broth between the bowls, then lay 1 or 1 1/2 salmon filets on each bowl. Garnish with the reserved green onions and a hearty pinch of chili threads. Serve immediately.


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California Parks, Campgrounds, and Trails
We all love taking the horses out locally, but the best part of owning a horse is the opportunities for adventure. Luckily, the United States is full of horse-friendly outdoor recreation areas perfect for the occasional day trip or longer vacation. We are producing a series to bring you information about the horse-friendly parks, campgrounds, and trails across the United States.
GreenStone Ranch & Inn 1655 Tryon Road, P.O. Box 1285 Angels Camp, CA 95222 Phone: (209) 736-4466 Fax: (209) 736-2772 Email: firstname.lastname@example.org Website: www.greenstoneinn.com
GreenStone Ranch & Inn is offered as a vacation rental to accommodate families of 6-10 and people who travel with horses (room to accommodate six horses). Centrally located in the Calaveras County, just minutes from lakes, caves, many historic sites, Big Trees State Park, and many wineries.
Burney Mountain Guest Ranch P.O. Box 1426 Burney, CA 96013 (530) 335-4087 E-mail email@example.com Web site: http://burneymtn.com/ Family-owned and operated Guest Ranch located 9 miles east of Burney, CA. 16-stall barn offers lodging for guest horses. The Pacific Crest Trail crosses our driveway for miles of trails. Burney Mountain Guest Ranch sits on 114 acres surrounded by BLM and PGE land. New cedar cabins surround our casting pond. Your stay includes 3 meals a day served family-style in the main lodge. Swimming Pool, pool table, horseshoe pit, guided trail rides available.
Orange Blossom Ranch Overnight Stabling & Horse HotelDiane Schumann – George Ross 4760 Orange Blossom Lane Chino, CA 91710 909-628-4265 909-627-9502 firstname.lastname@example.org Box stalls, working pen, hot walker. Parking space and many more extras.
FRENCH CREEK COTTAGE Ruth & Mark Hartman ETNA, CALIFORNIA 1-800-484-4869 PIN 0783 It is a three-bedroom 2 bath cottage that sleeps 11. And lots of pasture for the horses!
Ricochet Ridge Ranch Lari Shea, Owner / Manager 24201 N. Highway 1 Ft. Bragg, CA 95437 Phone: 707-964-7669 Fax: 707-964-9669 email@example.com http://www.horse-vacation.com/ Beach and redwood forest vacations on Northern California’s magnificent Mendocino coast. Ride the coastal beaches of MacKerricher State Park and through majestic Redwood forests. Lodging, fine dining, and entertainment at unique Bed and Breakfast Inns.
Stagecoach Trails – R.V., Equestrian and Wildlife Resort Robert & Michelle Crofts, 7878 Great Southern Overland Stage Rt. of 1849 Julian, CA 92036 Tel: 760-765-2197; 1-877-TWO-CAMP; Fax: 760-765-1606 E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.org Web Site: http://www.stagecoachtrails.com Facilities: 75 horse corrals, 2 round pens & 285 full camper hookups. Vacation trailers by corrals, 2 night minimum stay, 24 hour security, heated pool, nature hikes, tent area, country store and adjacent to 60,000 acres of Anza Borrego Desert State Park for your riding pleasure. Location: 16 miles southeast of Julian, Call for directions.
3-D Ranch Vicki Donovan or Lee Luft 20567 Conestoga Trail Redding, Ca 96003 Phone: (530) 549-4999 E-mail: email@example.com Location: Five minutes from I-5. Facilities: indoor box stalls, holding pens, pastures, large lighted arena, round pen, and miles of trails. Electric and water hook-ups for self-contained RVs. $20 per night, $100 per week.
Fairhaven Ranch Marc & Sandie Taylor 30803 La Ray Ln. TEMECULA, Ca 92596 Ph. 909/ 926-0226 or 926-9660 or 237-4423 Call for reservations Location: 2 m. E. of I-215. 7 m. N. of Temecula. 1hr. N. of San Diego Facilities: Show barn with 9 indoor/outdoor stalls, outdoor arena, round pen, riding trails in abundance, 7 parking space for trailers. 3 2-bd/bath-guest house w/full kitchen, laundry room, large patio overlooking arena. Close to Diamond Valley Lake & Lake Skinner.
Stanislaus County Fairgrounds 900 N. Broadway Turlock, CA 95380 (209) 668-1339 Directions: Take the Fulkerth Exit off Hwy 99, turn east towards the Wal-mart shopping center. Go thru 2 lights, before you get to the 3rd light turn right onto Soderquist Road to the horse entrance. Stalls for overnight boarding at $10.00/night. Rigs can be parked next to stalls. RV parking is also available with hookups at $16.00/per night. Call ahead to confirm price and availability.

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The Upshot: A guaranteed party starter that hails from Tucson but extends its sonic tendrils to New Orleans and beyond.
BY FRED MILLS
First couple of tunes in, Tallsome Tales, by Tucson group the Carnivaleros, immediately set my Spidey sense (tarantula, natch) tingling. It’s a damned delightful desert disc, part-Tex-mex, part-N’awlins, part folk- and indie-rock, all quality stuff. Who are these guys? For starters, they are fronted by accordionist/vocalist Gary Mackender (well, he also plays drums, percussion, and additional keyboards), and featuring bassist Karl Hoffman, drummer Les Merrihew, and guitarist/fretmaster Joe Fanning, plus a slew of Tucson kith and kin pitching in (backing vocalist Bjorgvin Benediktsson is also now listed as being an additional guitarist). Together, the stir up a giant melting pot of sonic chorizo gumbo that will leave you demanding encores. Or second helpings, take your pick.
Indeed, from the noirish polka pop of “The Die Was Cast” and the surreal, Tom Waitsian hectic blues of “Liquor, Vice, and Sin” to the sensual spaghetti western romance that is “Belinda Bonita” and the outrageous Los Lobos-meets-Little Feat “Justified Fitting End” (which should be turned into a crime novel – check out the lyrics here), Tallsome Tales is a guaranteed party starter. This group effortlessly bridges genres and thwarts preconceptions, period.
Incidentally, it occurs to me that timing can be everything: I left Tucson in the summer of 2001, having spent 10 wonderful years in the city (family business called me back home), but if I’d stuck around just a few more years I might have been privy to the early stirrings of the Carnivaleros—Tallsome Tales marks the band’s sixth album; and if it’s a reliable indicator of Mackender and company’s sonic mastery, I can state without any reservation that I would have been sorely tempted to stick around the Old Pueblo. Tucson is one of the planet’s richest musical centers, and the Carnivaleros are nothing less than proud ambassadors.
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Everest base camp trek-Kailash Himalaya Trek
Most treks to Everest Base Camp will take around 13 days to complete – eight days to get to Base Camp nd five days to get back down, tough in parts, especially on the knees! If you add 3 days you can do Chola pass and Gokyo late trek too.
Why book through agency: Nepal is no longer safe like in early 90 and 2000. It has changed a lot. Mostly cheap operators that abandons tourist and assigned incompetent guides and porters when face difficulties they just don’t cooperate and put everything on tourist. We don’t do that. We promised what you give and you are number one priority when you are Kathamndu. Your money is guaranteed with us and you can get hold on to us through every means in Nepal like hotel we book, our office location, airlines, Himalaya rescue association, Nepal mountaineering association, Nepal tourist board, Department of touris, Keep, more importantly our phone is never dead, we respond any time you call us. How much normally cost to go to Everest Base camp. This is about the second most popular way to arrange a trek to Everest Base Camp. Prices range per person from USD$1,400 up to $1,700 for an average 13 – 15 day trek. Prices should include: permits, round trip flights from Kathmandu to Lukla, accommodation, meals.
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A major event in Ballymoney for the first weekend in August to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of World War One is set to attract visitors from across Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and further afield. The historical event has been developed by Ballymoney and District Heritage Society and is funded by the Lottery Fund “Awards for All NI” and Ballymoney Borough Council and is supported by the Royal British Legion.
Mayor John Finlay and Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, Mrs Joan Christie, OBE, joined representatives from the local Cultural and Heritage Society and the Royal British Legion last Thursday at Council’s Civic Headquarters to launch the commemorative event.
David McCallion from the Ballyclare based history organization “War Years Remembered” provided a magnificent war horse backdrop for the launch.
The lifesize display depicted a mounted cavalryman in full regalia from C Squadron 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, who were the first into battle, together with a nurse and soldiers in the uniform of the day. Ironically the Irish Calvary were “First to Fight and First to Die” Just before Armistice was signed George Ellison from the 5th Royal Irish Lancers was the last soldier to be killed in action during WW1. He is buried in St Symphorien Cemetery, two miles east of Mons, not more than a few feet away from the very first soldier killed in the Great War, Pte John Parr.
Speaking at the event Mayor Finlay said: “People from this community, like communities elsewhere, enlisted, or were called up, in their thousands. The war years affected everyone’s life in one way or another. It is fitting that in the centenary year we remember the sacrifices made by our Armed Forces in order that future generations are able to live in peace and freedom.”
Over the commemoration weekend various events and displays will be staged in Ballymoney Showgrounds and in the town centre. Included will be displays of World War I vehicles and memorabilia in addition to military displays featuring Irish Regiments of the Great War, and family fun activities. The public will get a sense of the life and times of war, with re-enactments showing soldiers in the trenches, a field hospital and war-time kitchen.
Shoppers and visitors will be met with mounted horses and wartime ladies on bikes. A nostalgic dance in the Royal British Legion Club on the Friday evening brings the curtain down on Friday’s activities. On Saturday a Memorial Service will remember the fallen. This will be followed by a parade of the town, led by the Standards of the Royal British Legion.
In addition to the main public events the Cultural & Heritage Society plan to include workshops for local primary school children in the run up to the commemoration weekend, with the key focus on those from this area who gave their lives.
Noel Anderson, Chair of the Ballymoney and District Cultural and Heritage Society speaking at the event said: “We had a taster at tonight’s event launch of the quality of the material which will be on display over the commemoration weekend. There is no doubt this will create interst and memories in the community. Remembrance transcends all boundaries and this project will seek to create a better understanding of one of the major historical events of our past.”
Visitors to the town during August will also have the opportunity to view an exhibition on WWI at Ballymoney Museum and a touring exhibition by Causeway and Mid Antrim Museum Services, funded by Peace III.

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ACN News, Thursday, 30th July 2009 – NIGERIA
Nigeria becoming “talibanised”
At least 500 dead after clashes between army and Islamists
By John Newton
NIGERIA could stand on the brink of radical Islamisation according to a leading development official in the country.
Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need, the charity for persecuted and other suffering Christians, Fr Obiora Ike, director of the Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace in Nigeria’s Enugu state, warned of the “talibanisation” of the African country.
His words come shortly after clashes between radical Islamist movement Boko Haram (“Education is Sinful”) and security forces during which he estimates at least 500 people have been killed.
Fr Ike said the country has reached a “new level” of violence following the recent attacks in the north of Nigeria that occurred between the 24th and 29th July.
The clashes with security forces follow attacks by Boko Haram on police stations in four states in retaliation for the arrests of the leaders of the group, which is demanding the imposition of Shari‘a law.
The violence began in the predominantly Muslim Bauchi state in the north of Nigeria, before spreading to nearby Yobe, Kano and Borno states.
In Borno more than 100 people died during attacks on churches by radical Islamists on 27th and 28th.
Fr Ike said: “So far Islamists have proceeded almost exclusively against Christians, but now new radical groups have formed which are proceeding against all ‘western agencies’ and also against other Muslims.”
He told ACN that acts of violence by groups such as Boko Haram have also been directed against the governments of those federal states which have introduced Shari‘a law.
Since 2000, 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states in the north have begun enforcing Shari‘a law, not only in family law but also in criminal matters. Zamfara State has also set up an Imam Council.
Fr Obiora Ike
The director of Enugu state’s Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace believes that the rise of Boko Haram may foreshadow the formation of a large movement, which is spreading rapidly across country.
He warned how the group regards western schools and universities as “decadent” and said they might also move against Muslim educational facilities.
Fr Ike also fears that the current unrest could spread destabilising Kano state and its twelve million inhabitants.
The priest called on western governments to support Nigeria in the fight against militant Islamists and to help with providing education and reducing poverty.
Fr Ike said the current problems are caused by “lack of education, lack of work, absence of skills, lack of money and lack of jobs which extends to lack of meaning in life.”
He added: “These lead to ideological abuse and the hijacking of the youth by terrorists.”
In conclusion Fr Ike asked for prayers for the troubled region: “May we ask for your prayers as we continue on this side to work for peace and healing for Nigeria and the world.”
According to ACN’s 2008 report on Christians oppressed for their faith, Persecuted and Forgotten?, Christian communities in the 12 Shari‘a states have experienced widespread religious intolerance and discrimination.
This includes false accusations of Christians blaspheming Islam, the demolition of Christian places of worship, and the abduction and forced conversion of teenagers to Islam, especially girls.
Directly under the Holy See, Aid to the Church in Need supports the faithful wherever they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. ACN is a Catholic charity – helping to bring Christ to the world through prayer, information and action.
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Attorney Wes Miliband authored an article for Bloomberg BNA’s Water Law & Policy Monitor titled “BBNA Insights: Surface Water Regulation in California—New and Improved, or Just New?” In the article, Miliband outlines the history and evolution of California’s surface water regulations and how recent judicial decisions and legislation clarify and potentially expand the state’s regulatory jurisdiction and scope of authority.
- The history of California’s water rights dating from the time of the ‘49ers and statehood in 1850 through 1914, during which water rights are treated under California law as real property rights;
- The history after the enactment of the Water Commission Act of 1914, which served as the predecessor to current water code provisions governing appropriation and made appropriative water rights subject to much greater scrutiny and regulation;
- Several recent court decisions that challenge the position that the California State Water Resources Control Board lacks jurisdiction to curtail pre-1914 water rights;
- New regulations, enacted to combat drought, that require all surface water diverters to report their diversions annually and some to comply with new measurement and reporting requirements; and
- A new California Court of Appeals ruling that an entity or individual who plans to “substantially divert” water must provide notification to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, even if the legal right to use the water was already established.
Miliband concludes his article by discussing challenges arising from California’s legal and regulatory structure that the state must recognize and overcome to achieve long-term sustainability. “With many water supply challenges known and the natural resource limited, stakeholders must engage in proper planning and cooperative efforts for long-term sustainability,” he writes. “The alternative is contentious litigation where a zero-sum game mentality exists.”
Read “BBNA Insights: Surface Water Regulation in California—New and Improved, or Just New?” (PDF), published March 3, 2016.


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Two Tauranga musicians took out the top spots in the country as best band and best solo artist at this year's Smokefreerockquest at Auckland last night.
Mount Maunganui band Joe's Van were crowned the top band in New Zealand and singer songwriter Ben Mollison was named the top solo act.
The Mount Maunganui College band members are Cormac Seymour (lead guitar) Rory Priest (drums) and Jake Nicholas (vocals, bass).
After seven years of the Smokefreerockquest experience, Jake said they had 'liquidised' their music over the years with a sound they now describe as 'alternative surf'.
Joe's Van won $10,000 in Rockshop vouchers, a $10,000 NZ On Air recording, video and promo package; a 'Decent Exposure' campaign on Edge TV, a photo shoot with Thievery Studio, and a branding package from Imaginary Friends.
The judges said the band showed the benefits of being together for so long.
"They had progressed since last year, they were very professional and got good engagement from the crowd," said Damien Daniels.
"They are a powerful three piece that made their Mount-inspired funk rock performance look effortless."
Ben, a Year 12 student at Bethlehem College, put his win down to his engagement with the audience and said music will always be an important part of his life.
Ben won $3000 in Rockshop vouchers, a $10,000 NZ On Air recording, video and promo package, a 'Decent Exposure' campaign on Edge TV, a photo shoot with Thievery Studio, and a branding package from Imaginary Friends. He also won the APRA Lyric Award, with a prize of $500.
The judges commented on the maturity of Ben's lyrics, and his guitar playing skills.
"We were most moved by him - he's the complete package, a story teller who has written great songs and delivered them with real ability," said Hamish Jackson.
The full list of awards made on Friday night was:
1st band: Joe's Van, Mt Maunganui College, Tauranga
2nd band: Alien Weaponry, Bream Bay College and Otamatea High School, Northland
3rd band: El Jay Hall, Cambridge High School.
1st solo: Ben Mollison, Bethlehem College, Tauranga
2nd solo: Joseph Balfe, Waitaki Boys' High School
3rd solo: Solomon the Crook, St Peter's School, Cambridge

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Mollie Katzen, author of the beloved "The Moosewood Cookbook," that 1970s volume that defined (and fed) a generation, didn't invent vegetarianism. She just made it taste good. She still does forty years later with her new cookbook, "The Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation."
For someone closely linked with vegetarianism, Katzen's uneasy about the word. She doesn't consider herself a vegetarian icon or pioneer, she isn't strictly vegetarian, she just loves vegetables. "I like to take the word vegetarian away from being about the person and have it be about the food," she says. "This is a vegetarian plate of food. It is a plant-forward, vegetable-filled plate." She's coaxed us to fill our plates with vegetables in all eleven of her books, from "The Moosewood Cookbook," with Katzen's hand-lettering and whimsical illustrations to "The Heart of the Plate," featuring Katzen's own food photography.
Aw, mush, says Katzen. "People credit me for more than I think is justified." She cites others including Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Thomas. "These women who have since become my friends are such visionaries. They influenced me hugely. They showed me what was possible."
So did moving from her home in Ithaca to attend San Francisco Art Institute. It introduced Katzen to a whole world of flavors. "I had never seen the produce that was available here," says Katzen, who still calls the Bay Area home. Compared to the comforting but heavy kosher food she grew up with, local restaurants like Chez Panisse were serving up food that was "very international, sophisticated -- vegetable curries, pesto, tabbouli, spanikopita -- those things were unheard of in 1970." Katzen laughs. "It was a crazy, edgy thing to eat yogurt."
She took that crazy edginess into the kitchen, creating vegetarian dishes offering a happy alternative to traditional bland American meat-heavy dishes and the bland, heavy, beige hippie grub that typified most meatless food at the time. "It was -- forgive me -- horrible." Katzen never thought of herself as a professional cook. "I still don't," she says. "I just gravitated to the kitchen." Even at the Moosewood Collective, "I was never the chef, I was just the person in the kitchen." Then in her twenties, Katzen used "the kitchen sink" approach to developing recipes, "trying to get as much in there as possible. How many herbs can I possibly cram into a dish?"
With "The Heart of the Plate," she does more with less. "My cooking is so much better now," she says. What changed? "Two words -- olive oil." A simple gilding of it elevates produce and replaces much of the dairy that enriched recipes in her earlier books.
"The Heart of the Plate" features more roasting, too. It's the same principle her Grandma Minnie used, treating onions and carrots to the hot, dry heat of the oven. "Vegetables weren't a big part of her cooking, they were thrown in with the chicken." Katzen, holds the chicken. The vegetables alone come out caramelized, tender and "cravable," she says. "Food from the orchard, food from the garden -- it's so good, it tells you what to do with it."
And that, believes Katzen, is as it should be. "I'm not about a mission to eat less meat but to eat more vegetables."
Fruit-Studded Madeleine Cake
Reprinted with permission from "The Heart of the Plate" by Mollie Katzen © 2013. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
This highly buttery vanilla cake is the sunny circle on which you get to design a dreamy skyscape of berry stars and plum-slice half-moons. Fruit baked onto a cake: What could be better? Using a tart pan with a removable rim will add to its quiet splendor (and birthday celebration worthiness).
Unwrap the butter ahead of time and place it in the mixing bowl to soften. In the heart of the summer season, consider using a combination of variously colored plums: red, deep purple, yellow. Slice them lengthwise and place them all over the top in a random pattern of scattered half-moons.
You can use fresh berries or frozen unsweetened ones, which can go directly onto the cake still frozen.
If you have more fruit than will fit, make it into a fresh compote to serve on top or on the side.
Nonstick cooking spray
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup milk (low fat is OK)
4-5 firm, ripe plums, pitted and sliced
1 cup (or more) raspberries or blueberries, fresh or frozen
Preheat the oven to 350°F, with a rack in the center position. Lightly spray with nonstick spray the bottom of a 10- or 11-inch tart pan with a removable rim.
Beat the butter for about 3 minutes in a medium-large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until fluffy. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat for 2 to 3 minutes longer, until completely incorporated and the mixture is very light. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
In a second bowl, stir together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in 2 installments, alternating with the milk. After each addition, mix from the bottom of the bowl with a spoon or a rubber spatula. Don't overmix.
Transfer the batter to the pan, spreading it evenly. Arrange the fruit on top of the batter. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cake is golden on the edges, pulling away from the sides of the pan, and springy to the touch. Cool for at least 20 minutes before serving.
Makes 8 to 10 servings.
Mango slices (fresh or frozen) or fresh peach or nectarine slices can substitute for some of the plums.


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The capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, Annapolis is a beautiful city and home of United States Naval Academy. Settled on the shore of Severn River, the stunning city has too many tourist destinations which a traveler should visit to see the magnificence of this city. You can enjoy watching boats from the Ego alley or please the charm of City Dock. The elegant restaurants, rich flora and long lane of shops will urge you to enjoy the vacations. Here are following things which you should try when you visit Annapolis.
U.S. Naval Academy
Naval Academy is situated at the Chesapeake Bay, at the shore of Severn River. Here, you can see the U.S. Navy and Marine police training since year 1845. The monuments honoring navy heroes which sacrificed them in Revolutionary War are stunning. You can take a guide tour to explore the place. The 2 floored building told the story of Naval Academy. Have a glimpse at the excitement of Navy Men’s and Women’s sporting actions throughout the year.
Annapolis is also known as sailing “capital of the world”. The mesmerizing city is located at the shore of the Chesapeake Bay where four rivers merge. You can enjoy a cruise on tour boats or sailing experience. Enjoy historic excursion on the pirate ship, paddle boats, sunset cruise and water taxi in Annapolis.
You can explore 300 years old American history at the Maryland General assembly. Other historic museums are African American Heritage and Banneker-Douglass Museum. All the historical museum reveals the story of ancient time labors, tradesman and boat builders.
Discover the ecology and maritime heritage at the shores of Chesapeake Bay.
Enjoy first Sunday arts festival in Annapolis. The festival offers craft fair, delicious food, amazing artistry and liver performances. Enjoy activities like tug of war and other games. Annapolis film festival is also a great event to enjoy.
The place where Downtown Annapolis meets City Dock is located at the center. You can see many boats waiting at the shores and explore the prettiness of garden at the William Pecca House.
The above mentioned 5 destinations are worth watching if you visit Annapolis. The splendor and elegance of Annapolis will make your vacations pleasurable and memorable. You can also visit the countryside and scenic parks which are landmarks of beauty.
You don’t have to travel so long to watch and enjoy at the above places as Gibson Lodgings is the perfect place for your stay. Located just several feet away from the main attractions of Annapolis (City Dock and US Naval Academy), Gibson lodgings is designed in ancient American style which has all the luxuries which a traveler wants to have on a trip. Try Gibson Lodgings to enjoy your holidays with fun and excitement.


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Hi. Welcome to the blog I wrote with uncanny timing just a few HOURS/ DAYS/ MONTHS/ YEARS/ DECADES* before my untimely death. [ * SELECT ALL THAT APPLY ]
The blog wherein I instruct you all in how to undertake the details of my lavish State Funeral. First off, I know you’ll be in shock and all that, but cheer up – I promise there will be cake afterwards. Tea & Cake. Cake & Death. Death and Coffee. Coffee or Tea? Look, I’m sure you’ll manage all that just fine. Let’s roll along to more symbolic details, rituals and utterly ridiculous requirements.
(1) Attire: I don’t want to see anyone wearing black – unless it nicely sets off a floral morning coat or a natty pair of pink spats. We do agree, don’t we, darling? That black is the perfect colour to help your choice of Pink to really shout! So go hard, darlings! I want to see some feather-boas, lots of bow-ties, ruffles, an entire platoon of pink top-hats – with feathers! Pink, pink pink; 50-shades of pink! Anywhere you can fly the Flag upon your person. Yeah!
(2) Trolls. All trolls will be welcome; the more the merrier. If you’re short by a few, come around at once and get some off my famous shelves. They’ll want to be there for this!
(3) Coffin. Hopefully the’ll be a few scraps of me left to toss into the traditional box. But please – a simple pine box (un-treated, organic, and “hand-crafted by artisans”, plz), and then I want you all to write, draw, or paint on it. Express your feelings! Expletives welcome! And add some eccentric clutter, do! Glue it or screw it. Yes – add a bit of yourself, your visual art or your burning words (please refrain from actually setting it alight, is all we ask). I’m really going for ‘photogenic’ here, NOT house-&-Garden, okay?
(4) Video and Stills. All funerals do this now, but I’m anxious that there won’t be enough photos of me to fill the whole 10 hours. Do your best!
(5) Things To Say. Be warned: there are some common funeral quotes that shit me off. Use any of them and I promise: I’m come back and haunt you forever, AND ruin your funeral, IF NOT actually climbing out of my untreated artisanal coffin and smacking you!
But let’s be proactive, shall we? Let’s present them in order; thus you’ve been forewarned and fore-armed with something better and healthier to say.
(5A) “We Are Not Here to Grieve… we are here to Celebrate a Life.” .. BULLSHIT. Funerals are about grief. Anything else is denialism of the worst kind. As to the ‘celebrate’-y part: Please, do not celebrate my life. It was an cock-up from the get-go! See 5D.
(5B) “It was a Life Well-lived.” No no no it was not! It was a cock-up of the highest order. See 5D.
(5C) “Never speak ill of the Dead.” Oh, seriously? Please – DO! Speak the truth here, my impacts good and bad. I WAS NOT PERFECT! I WAS DIFFICULT TO LIVE WITH! I WAS ANNOYING! I COCKED UP! OKAY?!
(5D): Please read the following statement from the deceased: Cheers.
“My friends, cuzzies and bros, closest family, Here is a fact: – I – wasted – my – life. I utterly cocked it up. Every major life-decision I made, all of them, were stuff-ups. For starters I wasted my innate gifts and talents. most of them. One by one I threw them aside: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Graphic Art, Logic, Computer Programming, and the ability to visualise and rotate complex 3-dimensional shapes inside my brain. Hah: even Spock couldn’t do that one!
I was programming computers in 1971. I was good at it! Threw it away. At University I achieved a perfect 100 in one of my Logic exam. Threw it away. I was invited to consider an honours degree in Physics. bject!) Threw it away. .. Architecture – I walked out.
Offers, Opportunities, Openings, Job-interviews, Promotions … I fudged them all, I walked out. At every turn I backed away from success. I backed away from achievement; from responsibility; from ‘Adulting’. Every single thing I decided to pursue, all the big ones: they turned to crap. I made sure of it. And I screwed up fatherhood too. Seriously: I achieved a tenth or a hundredth of what I was capable.
And ironically in the midst of all this up-fuckery .. I became a successful writer. Hah!
I never planned it, never visualised it, never chanted a single affirmation. It was just: given to me. Seriously, it was a miracle. And hells yeah: I loved every minute of the fame and adoration and hit-book after hit! Getting in the Awards! Breaking records. It was all on! Ironically: writing was the gift I never even noticed I had. It was the thing I never desired. Go figure.
My best years were in theatre. My best work was for the stage. And for a brief flickering decade I shone. And then I blew that too. I’ll own it. I’m not gonna pass the buck. Mine was a Life – Really – Badly – Lived.
And I knew it. In the last 20-odd years I tore myself apart with regret. It killed me a bit. I know that.
Yet I tried!! I clawed at the walls of the sinking ship. I tried and tried and tried again to get my career back. I did my best. And the photos show it. The cosplay. The PINK. Damn it I did keep trying to express the mad genius inside. Call that phase what you will. .. Call that my legacy. .. Celebrate that.
Oh: And it was an absolute blast working with you, when and wherever we did. all you lovely peeps. I hope they do theatre in the afterlife. Come join me! Cheers, y’all. Bye.”

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Marathon2500: “War and Sports" with Professor Thomas Scanlon
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (EDT)
"War and Sports"
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Speaker: THOMAS SCANLON
2:00 PM ET/ 11:00 AM PT (90 minute lecture and Q&A)
Both sport and battle were "contests" for the Greeks, agones, in their terms. We will here look at the fascinating and puzzling legend(s) of Pheidippides (or whatever his name was), ancient long-distance messenger runners ("day runners" hemerodromoi) as a class, ancient footraces in the stadium, perhaps a bit about the Olympic truce (on the theme of sport and war), the Marathon Race in the modern Olympics, and modern long-distance running. The common thread is the Greek and our own contest culture.
Department Chair of Comparative Literature, and Director of Comparative Ancient Civilizations at the University of California, Riverside, Tom Scanlon's research is on Greek and Roman sport, and Greek and Roman historical writing; his teaching interests encompass most areas of Greek and Roman literature, language, and culture, including courses on ancient sports, religion, gender, and mythology.
Location: Teleconference from anywhere in the world
Free registration: http://marathon2500-6.eventbrite.com
People around the world will get a chance to participate in the celebration of the battle of Marathon, thanks to a cultural campaign initiated by the Reading Odyssey, a New York not-for-profit. The Reading Odyssey and Marathon2500 chairman Paul Cartledge of New York University and of Cambridge University will recruit the world’s best Hellenic scholars and sports historians to deliver eight lectures on the cultural, intellectual and athletic legacy of the Battle of Marathon. The talks will be given before live audiences, webcast online and archived for viewing or listening on demand. Lectures will begin in September 2010 and run through June 2011. To multiply their impact, the Reading Odyssey will work with thousands of universities, colleges, high schools, museums and sports organizations to create satellite listening centers.
Whole lecture series - free registration/information:
Herodotus free phone/web-based reading groups:
Individual lectures (from fall of 2010 - spring 2011):
Paul Cartledge, Cambridge/NYU, Tue Sep 28 @5:30pm ET, "The Context and Meaning of the Battle"
Peter Krentz, Davidson College, Tue Oct 12 @ 7pm ET, "The Battle Itself"
Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, Wed Nov 10 @ 1pm ET, "Life of a Soldier—Greek and
Thomas Harrison, University of Liverpool, Tue Jan 18 @ 1pm ET, "The Persian Perspective"
Dean Karnazes, world-renowned ultramarathoner, Wed Feb 9 @ 1pm ET “The Battle and Modern Sports”
Thomas Scanlon, UC Riverside, Tue Apr 5 @ 2pm ET “Sports in the Ancient World”
Robert Strassler, Independent Scholar, Tue May 10 @ 1pm ET “Herodotus and the Invention of History”,
John Marincola, Florida State University, Wed Jun 8 @ 4pm ET “Epilogue: What happened after the Battle"
Thomas Scanlon Biography
Thomas Scanlon (Ph.D., Ohio State University) is a Professor of Classics. His areas of research specialization are Greek and Latin historical writing, Greek athletics, Greek religion, and Greek and Roman gender and sexuality. His main publications are 4 books: Eros and Greek Athletics, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002). Spes Frustrata: Hope in Sallust (Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1987). Greek and Roman Athletics: A Bibliography (Chicago: Ares, 1984). The Influence of Thucydides on Sallust (Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1980). Three books are forthcoming: Greek Historical Writing (Oxford: Blackwell); Oxford Readings in Sport in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Oxford: OUP); and, co-edited with Alison Futrell, The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World (Oxford: OUP).
Professor Scanlon has also been co-founder of a B.A. dergee and program at UCR on Comparative Ancient Civilizations, and the intercampus Ph.D. program UC Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics (UCI, UCR, UCSD). He has appeared on the History Channel programs, Blood and Glory in the First Olympics and Greek Gods and Goddesses, and on the PBS's The Real Olympics.
Reading Odyssey, Inc.
The Reading Odyssey, a global non-profit, aims to reignite curiosity and lifelong learning. Through partnerships with scholars, we run reading groups and lecture series for intellectually curious adults.
Find us on the web here: http://ReadingOdyssey.com

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The Laurel Park Town Council will vote Tuesday on whether to approve a final plat review for a new subdivision near the Country Ridge subdivision.
The subdivision would divide an existing lot into five parcels on Country Ridge Road.
The owner of the land, Eric Greene, has said he intends to construct five houses approximately 2,000 square feet in size with attached garages. The project is being called Crossway Falls.
The lots were designed to avoid a natural stream on the property, Greene told the Planning Board in October, according to the meeting minutes.
The Planning Board unanimously recommended approval in October and the Town Council approved the preliminary subdivision plat in November. The project now heads to the Town Council for final approval, and is on the agenda for the meeting, which will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The introduction of Capt. Chris Denny of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office is also on Tuesday’s agenda.
An item to authorize Interim Town Manger Michael Morgan’s signature authority was approved at the council’s work session Thursday.
Also Thursday, Town Engineer Will Buie updated the council on Davis Mountain Road repairs. When remanants of Hurricane Michael moved through in October, a section of the shoulder of Davis Mountain Road experienced a slide. Travel lanes are still open and the road is stable, but the shoulder needs to be repaired.
The repair will require the town to either acquire an easement or property from Shaws Creek Farm HOA.
Buie told the council he would bring two options for repairs and prices to them in February.


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Happy Labor Day Weekend..Have you ever wondered why their are so many choices at the local pharmacy? I have a whole drawer full of products I have tried (sometime I will post the picture of the drawer!!) Here are some I have been enjoying.
For your next golfing outing, Susan Hess and Golftini have created some great pieces. Susan is an innovator, and has a sense of style. The women’s golf world needed her. I like the cotton skorts with a liitle bit of stretch. She has added a tech line, which runs a little bigger and the colors and patterns are all [...]
Black and White Stripes have been added to the Nancy Rose Performance Line, along with several new styles. Hopefully these stripes and their new colors will brighten up your August exercise, when it is sooo hot. Nancy Rose Performance has added some really neat pieces to their line. First are the snakeskin leggings, which also come in the longer [...]
Happy Monday. Everyone will have their favorites from a certain line of skin care products and make-up.. Today I am featuring some that I have especially enjoyed from Chanel. I have put them in an order, but you may be looking for something new and all of these are winners. Stanley Korshak in Dallas carries this line, [...]
Hi… I hope that you are getting ready for a good 4th of July. Today’s fitness wear has gone to prints.. I guess it was just a matter of time. These prints do brighten up the summer and also because of the busy print, can hide some figure flaws. I like these from Prism Sport, as they [...]
Lululemon has made a skirt for several years that keeps on coming back in its inventory. It comes in a regular length, which is great for petite people or for tennis or jogging.. For golf and walking, I would order the tall length. I like it because it has the bloomers (shorts) already built in, and it [...]
The fitness clothes from Nancy Rose Performance are a favorite fit of many, especially those who like traditional ballet style wear. They are super supportive ( i.e. feel like SPANX) and often can go from class to around town. I am fond of their tanks, which are now coming in a style without a front [...]
Since group pilates classes have been so popular, there are some innovative shoes and socks to help aid the balance of the person doing to exercises. I really love these styles for my classes. The Nike wrap now comes in several colors offers good support for your arches. Blake Brody shoes have been around for [...]


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Ocean studied for carbon dioxide storage
Researchers are studying the feasibility of storing liquid carbon dioxide deep in the oceans
May 10, 1999
Web posted at: 12:00 PM EDT
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute are studying the possibility of storing excess carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels in the cold, high-pressure environment of the deep sea.
Carbon levels in the Earth's atmosphere have gone up about 25 percent since the Industrial Revolution primarily due to the burning of oil, coal and natural gas to supply about 80 percent of the world's energy needs.
These increased emissions of carbon are believed responsible for a one degree Fahrenheit increase in the global average temperature and if nothing is done to reduce the excess carbon, the Earth will continue to warm, resulting in a host of environmentally damaging consequences, according to some scientists.
Since scientists already know that the oceans naturally absorb carbon dioxide, they believe that one cost-effective way to mitigate global warming is to store the excess carbon dioxide in a liquid form in the depths of the ocean.
Ocean chemist Peter Brewer and his colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and Stanford University designed and executed some of the first experiments to test theoretical predictions about the behavior of liquid carbon dioxide in the depths of the ocean.
Under cool temperatures and high pressures, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases react with water to form a solid ice-like compound called clathrate hydrate.
At shallow depths liquid carbon dioxide will rise to the surface. But based on laboratory experiments with carbon dioxide hydrates, researchers imagined that liquid carbon dioxide put deep in the ocean would form a stable layer on the seafloor with a skin of solid hydrate as a boundary, like a pond covered by ice in winter.
Brewer and his colleagues generated carbon dioxide hydrate from gas and liquid at depths ranging from 350 meters to 1,000 meters in Monterey Bay. At these shallow depths, they discovered that liquid carbon dioxide with a skin of hydrate is indeed less dense than seawater and will rise toward the surface and back into the atmosphere.
Brewer's most recent work, conducted last summer, concentrated on the behavior of liquid carbon dioxide at much greater depths where it is denser than seawater. In these experiments, the researchers injected several liters of liquid carbon dioxide into a glass beaker at a depth of 3,600 meters.
A video camera aboard the remotely operated vehicle that deployed the beaker relayed surprising information back to the researchers -- the liquid carbon dioxide was highly reactive with the surrounding seawater, significantly increasing in volume within the first hour of the experiment.
As water molecules combined with carbon dioxide molecules, gas hydrate formed and accumulated at the bottom of the beaker. The expanding volume of hydrate plus remaining liquid carbon dioxide caused globules of liquid carbon dioxide to spill over the top of the beaker, where they bounced to the seafloor and were carried easily away by the currents.
"Nothing like this was predicted," said Brewer.
Brewer and colleagues will conduct subsequent experiments this summer to test new hypotheses generated from previous results. They also have begun collaborations with ecologists from the institute to study the possible effects of liquid carbon dioxide on deep-sea organisms.
Ocean disposal for excess atmospheric carbon dioxide is gaining interest internationally with the recent adoption of the 1997 Kyoto Protocols to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The enormous natural carbon buffering system of the ocean suggests that the deep ocean could absorb the amount of carbon that would cause a doubling in atmospheric concentrations and change its concentration by only two percent.
Brewer is optimistic that ocean disposal, while expensive, is a safe and viable option for deterring the harmful buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide. "It's imperative to conduct research that will help us understand the fundamental science, the risks and the opportunities," he said.
An article on this research was published in the May 7 issue of the journal Science.
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Move upstream for growth and income
Gas- and oil-producing MLPs haven't shared in the huge run of their midstream cousins, and some look like good values even today.
Elliott Gue, editor and publisher of The Capitalist Times, shares his analysis of the oil and gas market with MoneyShow.com's Nancy Zambell, and suggests his preferred strategy for those investors looking for growth and income.
Elliot, what areas in energy are you looking at these days?
We cover the gamut in Energy & Income Advisor ... like MLPs. Master Limited Partnerships have been an area of a lot of interest, a high-income sector. We cover of course traditional energy producers, the Exxon Mobils (XOM) and Chevrons (CVX) of the world. Roger Conrad, who recently joined the fund, actually brings to the table detailed coverage of the Canadian energy space as well.
Some areas that I'm looking at right now ... of course, MLPs remain a very hot area. Some of them have run up a lot, but I think there are still a lot of values there, particularly in the upstream MLP area. These are Master Limited Partnerships that actually produce oil and natural gas. They haven't shared in all that upside and I think there is a lot of opportunity.
One name that's been hit recently a lot is Linn Energy (LINE). It's one I've been recommending for a long time. There is an article in Barron's which hit the stock, questioning some of their accounting. I really don't think there's an issue there. Most of those upstream MLPs account for hedges the same way, so I think it's a really good opportunity to get in ahead of a major acquisition they have.
Is there a lot of M&A activity in the upstream area?
There is, absolutely. We're seeing it. Interestingly, a lot of it is on the gas side, and has been on the natural gas side because you can buy properties, natural gas properties, at dirt-cheap prices.
We've seen, for example, British Petroleum (BP) sold off a lot of their older gas properties in the United States last year. Linn Energy was a major acquirer of those. Another upstream MLP that's been very active in the acquisition space is Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR).
You think why would you buy gas properties when gas is trading at such depressed prices? The reality is if you can get that property cheaply enough, and then hedge your production for five years into the future, you can actually lock in a nice profit margin, which they are able to of course pass through at a higher distribution. Linn currently yields around 9%, and Vanguard around the same.
In today's markets, those are high yields -- what's the downside of that? What could damage that yield, when maybe you wouldn't be so high?
I think the biggest risk that people see is commodity prices with Linn and Vanguard, because they do a lot of hedging. They're not as exposed to commodity prices as a lot of the traditional energy companies out there.
They still do have some exposure, especially long in the future, so that's one issue. The other issue of course is production growth. The concerns that some of these companies may have are trouble growing their oil and gas production to take advantage of higher prices.
Again, I think one of the keys there is acquisitions that we've been talking about. Linn is making a major acquisition, for example, of Berry Petroleum (BRY), which is a company that traditionally is focused in California.
Very interesting oil market in California. Unlike the rest of the country, they don't really have pipelines through there, so oil prices in California are much higher than almost any other state in the United States. While all the other parts of the country have been seeing lower imports from places like Saudi Arabia, California's imports from Saudi Arabia have actually been rising in recent years.
California crude competes with that really high price foreign crude, so this is a big opportunity ... Linn buying them, being able to sell crude, produce in-state at very high prices.
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So, this is pretty much the first footage from my GH2. From an afternoon at the beach close to the airport (March 24th 2012). Trying to get that soft "cinematic" look on a tight budget. I totally forgot the WB tho...
Used an old M42 mount Yashinon 50mm f/1.7 lense (@f/2.0). Hoya UV filter (stuck to the lense) and Genus variable ND filter. Camera settings: 24FPS, -2,-2,-2 Smooth, shutter always at 50. Basic Velbon tripod.
Edited in iMovie. Cinescope-style crop on Quicktime H.264 export.
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K-12 Education Political Correctness White Privilege College prep seminar asks high schoolers to identify their privileges
White students singled out as having the most.
Political Correctness Racial issues White Privilege CLAIM: Teacher made students stand up and apologize for their ‘white privilege’
School district says allegations are 'unfounded.'
Racial issues Religion White Privilege Evergreen State’s Weinstein accused of using his Judaism as a ‘prop’ to hide his racism
The lunacy just keeps going and going and going ...
Political Correctness White Privilege The new racial demand: White academics must keep their hands down when speaking
The lunacy at Evergreen State College rocks on.
Activism Racial issues White Privilege White professor forced to flee campus as police say he’s not safe
Mostly white students yell at white professor for not leaving on no-whites day.
Activism Curriculum Racial issues University hosts training on how to ‘reduce the impact of white privilege’
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The Sheboygan County real estate market is expected to do very well this 12 months as mortgage rates remain at historic lows. One challenge to the housing industry is the shortage of homes out there on the market. Last week, move.com launched a report showing that 2020 is beginning with the least obtainable housing inventory in two years. The report explains:
“Last month saw the largest the most important the biggest year-over-year decline of housing stock in virtually three years with a dramatic 12 percent decline, pushing the number of properties for sale within the U.S. to the lowest level since January 2018.”
The report additionally revealed that the decline in stock stretches throughout all price points, as proven in the following graph:George Ratiu, Senior Economist at realtor.com, explains how this drop in obtainable homes for sale comes at a time when more buyers are anticipated to enter the market:
“The market is battling a large housing undersupply simply as 4.eight million millennials are reaching 30-years of age in 2020, a major age for many to buy their first residence. The significant inventory drop…is a harbinger of the persevering with imbalance expected to plague this year’s markets, because the number of houses for sale are poised to reach historically low ranges.”
The question is: What does this mean to you?
If You’re a Sheboygan County Home Purchaser…
Be patient during your house search. It might take time to discover a residence you’re keen on. When you do, nonetheless, be prepared to maneuver ahead quickly. Get pre-approved for a mortgage, be able to make a competitive offer from the start, and understand that a} scarcity in inventory may lead to the resurgence of bidding wars. Calculate just how far you’re willing to go to safe a home, when you really love it.
If You’re a Sheboygan County Home Seller…
Understand that, in some ways, you’re within the driver’s seat. When there’s a shortage of an merchandise on the identical time there is a sturdy demand for that item, the vendor of that merchandise is in a great place to negotiate. Whether or not it’s value, shifting date, attainable repairs, or anything else, you’ll have the ability to demand more from a potential purchaser at a time like this – especially if you have a number of consumers. Don’t be unreasonable, but understand you probably have the higher hand.
The Sheboygan County housing market will remain sturdy throughout 2020. Understand what that means to you, whether you’re buying, selling, or doing each.


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The Christmas Tree
A White Pine
"National Gardening Week"
June 9, 1999
under the direction of the
Crocker Green Thumb Garden Club.
Kindergarten children from the Crocker school
named the tree during the planting program.
Erected 1999 by Kevin & Robin Kordes and Long Funeral Home.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Education • Horticulture & Forestry • Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical date for this entry is April 22, 1999.
Location. 37° 56.95′ N, 92° 15.815′ W. Marker is in Crocker, Missouri, in Pulaski County. Marker is at the intersection of Commercial Street (State Highway 17/133) and 10th Street, on the right when traveling north on Commercial Street. Marker is in Norma Lea's Frisco Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Crocker MO 65452, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Norma Lea's Frisco Park (within shouting distance of this marker); James Richard LivingstonRoubidoux Trail (approx. 8.8 miles away); A Frigid Crossing (approx. 8.9 miles away); Talbot House (approx. 9 miles away); Rigsby House and Standard Oil Station (approx. 9 miles away); Old Stage Coach Stop (approx. 9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crocker.
Regarding "Elmer". Apparently "Elmer" the white pine tree met an early death.
Also see . . . Crocker MO Elementary School. (Submitted on October 17, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 74 times since then and 2 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 17, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.


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For the Georgia-born country star, it's also a way for him to express his patriotism. “I never served in the military — that’s something I wish I had had the opportunity to do,” he continued, “but I feel like this is my way of honoring my country. It’s a little chance to serve.”
It's a major get for Bryan, who follows entertainers like Idina Menzel, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, and Whitney Houston — to name a few. Still, he's not a stranger to a stadium-sized audience. Since first shooting into the national spotlight with debut record I'll Stay Me in 2007, he's gone on to sell out shows at Chicago's Soldier Field, Denver's Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Detroit's Ford Field, and Pittsburgh's Heinz Field, among many others. His current tour, in support of 2015 album Kill the Lights, also includes a stop at New York's famed Madison Square Garden.
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The Mental Health Effects of the Invisibility Syndrome in Undergraduate Students
Dr. Anna K. Lee
The invisibility syndrome is a model that has been present within African Americans for decades. The invisibility syndrome is defined as when your feelings and beliefs that your personal talents, abilities, and character are not acknowledged or valued by the larger society due to racial prejudice (Franklin, 2000). The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the invisibility syndrome and mental health, including depression, anxiety, and stress, within African American male and female undergraduate students. It is hypothesized that the effects of the invisibility syndrome will lead to high levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. This survey was administered online through Qualtrics using convenience sampling. The first page was used to explain to the participants what the purpose of the survey was and how to complete it. The following page consisted of the demographic questionnaire. The Invisibility syndrome scale included questions that were formulated by the researcher measuring characteristics someone experiencing invisibility syndrome symptoms would experience. Lastly the DASS 21 scale measured levels of anxiety, depression, and stress. It was hypothesized that the effects of the invisibility syndrome will lead to high levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. The statistical package used to analyze these results was SPSS Statistics. The results found in correlations showed there was a positive medium significance between the invisibility scale and the depression, stress, and anxiety scale. Based on the t-test, the results support the hypothesis that higher recorded scores of invisibility lead to higher recorded scores of depression, stress, and anxiety. The study aimed to identify the relationships between the invisibility syndrome in relation to the mental health (including depression, anxiety and stress) of African American undergraduate students. Findings suggest that the higher recorded scores of invisibility lead to higher recorded scores of depression, stress and anxiety.
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Growth regulator on oat yield indicators
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ABSTRACT Growth regulator in oat can reduce lodging with effects on yield indicators. The objective of the study is to define the optimum dose of growth regulator to reduce lodging in oats under different conditions of nitrogen (N) fertilization (reduced, high and very high) and the effects on yield indicators in the succession systems. In each succession system (soybean/oats and corn/oats), two experiments were conducted, one to quantify biomass yield and the other to estimate grain yield and lodging. In the four experiments, the design was randomized blocks with four replicates in 3 x 4 factorial scheme, for N-fertilizer doses (30, 90 and 150 kg ha-1) and growth regulator doses (0, 200, 400 and 600 mL ha-1), respectively. Growth regulator reduces lodging in oat plants, with the ideal doses of 500 mL ha-1 in the soybean/oat system and 400 mL ha-1 in the corn/oat system, regardless of the reduced, high and very high N doses. There is a linear reduction of biological and straw yields, and a quadratic trend in the expression of grain yield and harvest index as a function of the growth regulator doses, regardless of succession systems (soybean/oats and corn/oats).

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Just because municipalities have the broadband links and technical ability to adjust traffic signals based on the data they have collected on resident driving patterns, it doesn’t mean that they will make the right call on signal changes, Alan Breznick says.
Similarly, just because cities have the video surveillance cameras and IT know-how to track potential wrongdoers, it doesn’t mean that they will be able to reduce crime.
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Ever go somewhere for vacation and remember you need to buy souvenirs for your close family and friends?
It can be difficult to find a little something for everyone without going over your budget. You also don’t want to be considered too cheap when buying gifts.
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