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Kinston Post 43 threw the game away � literally.
Kinston Post 43 threw the game away � literally.
Post 43 committed seven errors, four of which decided the outcome in the final three innings as Pitt County Post 39 rallied for an 8-7 win in Area I East division play on Tuesday at Viking Field.
Kinston (4-3, 1-1) led 7-4 heading into the seventh, but the left side of its infield had problems fielding and throwing the baseball which led to the deciding three unearned runs.
�We blew it,� Post 43 manager Ronnie Battle said. �We had an opportunity at least twice to close it out, I guess, but we didn�t get the job done.�
Kinston left-hander Ben Brann was in control for most of the night and had a chance to get out of the seventh unscathed. With two gone Matt Boyd�s pop-up on the infield was dropped by third baseman Dylan Puchalski, who then rushed the throw to get Boyd on the run and it sailed into the depths of the Kinston High foul territory beyond first base.
The pair of miscues allowed a run to score and the inning to continue, and it saw the end of Brann�s outing.
Will Deters came on and gave up an RBI single to Aaron Clark, which pulled Post 39 to within a run. But he got Kyle Cross to ground into an inning-ending double play turned by VeQuain Joyner at second to end the threat and keep Post 43�s lead intact.
The seventh was just a sign of things to come.
Deters sat Pitt County down in order in the eighth � the first time it had gone down 1-2-3 since the opening inning � then got things started off right in the ninth with a groundout back to the mound.
Thomas Conlin singled, then Davis Kirkpatrick flew out to left to put Post 39 down to its final out.
Post 43 gave it three more.
A throwing error by Puchalski allowed Matt Sugg to reach, then Aaron Clark reached on another throwing error by Wesley Melvin that allowed Conlin and Sugg to score for the 8-7 lead.
�Pitching was fantastic. The relief came in and done exactly what he was supposed to,� Battle said. �We had a three-run lead in the seventh inning.
�Yep, we flat-out blew it.�
Pitt County looked like it may give a run or two back in the bottom of the ninth.
Garrett Holland�s deep line drive to the fence in left was misplayed by Ben Blackwell, allowing Holland to run all the way to third. Matt Hinson, who was 3-for-3 in his first three at-bats, grounded out for the first out, holding Holland.
Pinch hitter Taishu McLawhorn was hit by a pitch on the first one he saw to put the winning run aboard. But reliever Blake Allen buckled down and got Joyner to roll over on a fastball and into a 6-4-3 game-ending double play.
�We didn�t get it done,� Battle said. �Hopefully we can bounce back in a positive way. We�ve got some competitors who can hang in there until the end.�
While Post 43�s defense couldn�t keep it together, its offense did.
Hinson finished the night 3-for-5 and drove in a run, Sammy West went 3-for-5, Puchalski went 2-for-5 and drove in two runs, Ryan Cobb had a hit, scored twice and drove in a pair and Holland singled home a run for an offense that has far exceed Battle�s expectations.
Puchalski�s double scored West, who doubled, for a 1-0 lead in the first. Then Cobb, Holland and Hinson singled home runs in the fifth to go up 4-3.
After Pitt County tied it in the sixth, Kinston got RBIs from Cobb and Puchalski, and Melvin scored on an error after reaching on a bunt single to go up 7-4 in the home half of the frame.
But from then on it was all downhill. When Battle�s team scores seven runs he now expects it to win.
Not lose the way it did on Tuesday.
�They should win, there�s no doubt about it,� he said. �We proved that tonight, being ahead with the pitching that we were getting.
�This team should win when we score that many runs.�
Notes: Brann gave up six runs, five earned, on six hits, walked four and struck out two in what Battle called a �fantastic� outing. Deters was charged with two unearned runs in the loss. � Kirkpatrick and Clark each went 2-for-5 and drove in a run for Post 39. � The game lasted 2 hours, 39 minutes. � Kinston, which has dropped two in a row, hosts Wayne County Post 11 on Thursday.
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Devin Hester was a defensive back early in his career with the Bears before switching to receiver when the coaches saw what he could do with the ball in his hands. When coach Marc Trestman arrived this year, however, he said he wanted Hester to put all his energy into what he does best, returning kicks.
But Hester could get some time on defense this season. With cornerback Charles Tillman out for the regular season, slot cornerback Isaiah Frey nursing a broken right hand and safety Craig Steltz recovering from a concussion, the Chicago Tribune reports that Hester did positional work with the defensive backs for the first time all year this week.
Hester said he believes he can fill in on defense if he needed, but he doesn't seem to think that's likely.
"I think so, but we're deep at DBs right now," Hester said. "We have second and third options if anything go wrong with the guys that's playing now. If push comes to shove, it's fourth quarter, two minutes left in the game and we need to go any kind of coverage with me back there, I'll do it."
The Bears would prefer not to need Hester on defense, but if they suffer many more injuries in the secondary, they might.


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I have been there – to the place where you think your allergic life is unlivable. On a trip to Florida a couple of years ago, I got off the plane having a reaction to something. Who knows exactly what; I'd eaten only my own food, but hadn't wiped down my seating area. Had a passenger before me been snacking on a peanut product? Or had I somehow contacted one of the various peanut products clearly in evidence (M&Ms, pb sandwiches, trail mix) as I made my way to and from the restroom?
Peanut seemed the most likely culprit, but as the symptoms progressed on disembarking, I was more interested in fixing my raspy breathing than the cause. An EpiPen injection was followed by a trip to the emergency department of Sarasota Memorial Hospital (and more epinephrine). Four hours delayed, our vacation was finally off to a shaky start.
Fortunately, I'd booked a condo, so we could do our own cooking. I just wasn't psychologically up to dining out. Not yet. I was having a moment with my allergies; I was feeling unsafe. Those of us who live with food allergies or celiac disease have these moments. In my case it lasted a few days, and then I was ready to be out taking precautions around food but being out all the same. For others, especially parents of children who have experienced anaphylaxis, moments can turn into months and years of trying to eliminate all conceivable risk. In other words, a stressful quest for the impossible.
In the Summer 2011 issue of Allergic Living ("Get Your Life Back!"), writer Jennifer Van Evra shows that new research is finding an alarming decline in the quality of life of parents with allergic kids – and if you see yourself in that article, don't despair. But I hope you will consider the advice that is offered. In this magazine, it comes from a place of caring and understanding that "finding balance" in the case of food allergies isn't some routine work-home juggling exercise. We're talking about your child, about anaphylaxis risk and about your own emotional well-being. It's complicated ground, and you may have to push yourself a little at a time. But you can get there.
One of the key messages in the article is that once you take all the right precautions and teach them to your child, you need to get out and live life – for your own well-being and for your child. The only way you eliminate all risk is by coping through avoiding life and its adventures. And that's not much of a life, nor much of an example.
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For me, this summer's leap is going to be to stay at a cottage on an island quite a distance from a medical clinic. In past, that was outside my comfort zone. But I'll make sure all the food that will be on the island is safe, I'll have lots of epinephrine and I'll be in the company of my husband and good friends who know my food risks and what to do in the unlikely event of an emergency. (And there is a good boat.) It's not exactly skydiving, but it is my own little test of bravery. But more to the point: the lake is gorgeous, the friends are great, this is living. And I'm going to enjoy every minute of it.
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NYT paywall datapoints of the day
Ken Doctor has a very smart and interesting take on the news that the NYT now has 390,000 paying digital subscribers — plus another 16,000 at the Boston Globe. It's unambiguously good news, on many fronts.
First, and most importantly, digital ad revenues went up by 10% in the area of the business with the paywall, while plunging by 26% at About Group, which doesn't have one. The big worry about the paywall was always that it would eat into ad revenues, and that really doesn't seem to have happened. Of course, it's impossible to know what the NYT's digital ad revenues would have done sans paywall. But my gut feeling is that it's a net positive: it allows for much more targeted advertising and therefore higher ad rates.
What's more, the NYT still has massive reach outside the paywall: it has at least an order of magnitude more unique visitors each month than it has paying subscribers. The NYT can still sell those other visitors just as it always could; they certainly haven't become less valuable since the paywall went up.
The only possible cloud in this picture is in overall traffic growth: the NYT doesn't give pageview numbers, but sites like Quantcast and Compete say that they see no real growth in traffic to nytimes.com, and possibly a small decline. Again, the counterfactual is impossible to know: would traffic have been bigger had the paywall not been in place? I don't think that the paywall has reduced traffic very much, but I do think that the amount of time and money and editorial effort which went in to constructing the paywall might well have found its way into other innovations, had the paywall not happened, which would have made the NYT an even better and more popular product.
That said, the paywall has probably paid for itself already, and with luck some of the extra cashflow it throws off will be reinvested in more consumer-friendly innovations.
The other big news today is this:
Churn is less with digital than print customers: Skeptics opined that people might sign up, but then flee after sampling the paid digital product. The opposite appears true: Smurl says digital churn is less than print churn.
I didn't expect this, but I believe it, and it's really great for the NYT. It's easy to cancel a NYT subscription, but by the same token it's easy to keep one, too. And it seems that once you've taken the plunge and started paying for the NYT, you keep on paying — even more than with a print newspaper.
The result is that the NYT's digital subscribers are a bit like a bank's depositor base: although in theory they could leave at any time, in practice they're an incredibly stable funding source. Much more stable, to be sure, than any advertiser.
But while I'm happy about this state of affairs, I still don't really understand it. Here's Doctor, again:
It took about 12 seconds for Times' readers to figure out the new subscription math, when the company when digital-paid last year. When they did the math and saw they could get the four-pound Sunday paper and "all-digital-access" for $60 less than "all-digital-access" by itself, they took the newsprint. Which stabilized Sunday sales, and the Sunday ad base. Then the Times was able to announce a near-historic fact in October: Sunday home delivery subscriptions had actually increased year-over-year, a positive point in an industry used to parsing negatives. Now, Sunday is emerging a key point of strategic planning.
This is great news for the Sunday newspaper, which is highly profitable for the NYT. But it also raises the obvious question: why are 390,000 NYT readers eschewing a Sunday paper they could get for less than nothing? Some are IHT subscribers who don't have that option; others are naturally peripatetic. And the cheapest digital subscription is actually still cheaper than the Sunday-only delivery.
It seemed to me, when I entered into my ill-fated bet with John Gapper, that NYT readers would go for the free access bundled with the paper, rather than plump for digital-only access. But increasingly it seems that readers actively dislike having to manage a physical paper, and are willing to pay for making the whole experience virtual.
If that's the case, then the least the NYT can do is to continue to invest in its iPad app. Right now the website is still superior to the app, except for offline reading. The app desperately needs search, and it needs to retain hyperlinks from the original articles, and it needs to somehow build in the sense of serendipity and of relative importance which newspaper readers love so much. It's hard to tell what's important, in the app, once you move off the front page. And it's hard to have your eye caught by a great story you didn't know you wanted to read. But those things will come, I'm sure. If only because there's now a very healthy income stream — Doctor estimates it at more than $80 million per year — which can pay to help develop them.


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BOSTON -- Two local legislators are asking Attorney General Martha Coakley to investigate Planned Parenthood's hiring of former state Rep. Marty Walz as the organization's CEO, alleging that it's a violation of the conflict-of-interest law.
State Reps. Marc Lombardo and James Lyons wrote in a letter this week to Coakley that Walz was a leading sponsor of the abortion clinic "Buffer Zone Law," and was then hired to a position directly related to that law.
"The question we are asking is simple. Is there a violation of the conflict-of-interest law when a legislator sponsors a law on behalf of an organization, then that same legislator is hired to a position in that organization that has paid $250,000 per year?" according to their letter to Coakley.
Lombardo, R-Billerica, and Lyons, R-Andover, sent the request to Coakley's office on Thursday. Walz, a Democrat, was appointed Planned Parenthood's CEO in early 2013, but the local legislators sent the letter now because of a recent Boston Globe article that mentioned Walz sponsoring a law for Planned Parenthood in 2007.
The abortion clinic buffer zone law "prohibits any type of demonstration for or against abortion within a 35-foot zone around driveways and entrances of abortion clinics," according to the article. This month, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the law.
"That article brought to light the issue, and the more we talked about it, we believe it's an absolute violation of the conflict-of-interest law," Lombardo said on Friday.
"When one member of the Legislature does something like this, it paints the whole Legislature in a bad light," he added.
While they hope Coakley launches an investigation, Lombardo wasn't holding his breath on Friday.
"I don't have much faith that she will do anything while campaigning for governor," he said. "It's unlikely she will take on an organization that she hopes to get an endorsement from. It paints a picture of what's wrong with politics."
Planned Parenthood was unable to be reached for comment Friday night.
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Sporting Kansas City received more single-day publicity today than it has in possibly eternity by inviting publicity provocateur and soccer hobbyist Chad Ochocinco to audition for the team. Does Ochocinco have a realistic shot at making the team? Psssh. Will he be faster than Omar Bravo, the gifted Mexican striker the club will have playing up front? Sure. Is it fun to entertain the idea of a two-sport athlete in football and football? You bet. KC fans, naturally, have gone all gooey at the prospect. Ole, ole, Ochocinco.
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"Sure, the whole concept and execution of Premium has been debated before, and no doubt continues to be a hot topic among online gamers, but this sort of model seems to be the future of DLC map packs and expansions.
With that, the fourth and latest expansion for BF3 has been released, titled Aftermath.
The new expansion provides new maps, vehicles, as well as a new game mode and weapon for players to experience. It also allows me to make really bad Earthquake-related puns throughout this review."
I'm still more a close quarters fighter.
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DETROIT, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Attendance at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit was well above expectations, the event's chairman said.
The attendance record is more than 800,000, set in 2003, said event chairman Bill Perkins, who also owns several auto dealerships.
The Detroit News reported Monday that this year it was predicted that 725,000 people would attend during the nine-day run that is open to the public.
Instead, 770,932 showed up, Perkins said.
"People want to feel good again about the industry, which is now obviously in a better place than it was a few years ago," he said.
"A lot of people counted Detroit down and out, but it has been a major year for the auto industry and our show," Perkins said.
Perkins said the show's economic impact was "huge … better than the Super Bowl."
The show, which draws visitors from near and far, has an estimated $400 million impact on southeastern Michigan, the newspaper said.


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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Johnny Manziel threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 100 yards and two more scores in a bit more than a half as No. 9 Texas A&M beat Sam Houston State 47-28 Saturday.
The redshirt freshman threw an 89-yard touchdown pass to Uzoma Nwachukwu on A&M's first offensive play of the second half. The dual-threat quarterback then attempted the extra point, but it sailed wide right, ending the Heisman hopeful's day with A&M (9-2) leading 40-0.
He broke the NCAA freshman quarterback rushing record of 1,029 set by Missouri's Brad Smith in 2002, and the freshman record for total offense of 3,827 set in 2000 by Jared Lorenzen on A&M's first drive. He also became the fifth player and first freshman in FBS history to pass for at least 3,000 yards with at least 1,000 yards rushing in a season.
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Below is a letter from Tom McNally [Lord McNally] Minister of State for Justice, replying to Sir Roger Gale MP in November 2012 on the subject of Inheritance.
I am writing in response to your letter of 10 September concerning a further query
from Oliver Rowland of the English Language Newspaper "Connexion" on crossborder inheritance and further to your earlier letter on the same subject of 1 May and my reply of 10 July.
Your query concerns the position of UK residents owning property in France and what law will apply to that property when the Succession Regulation comes into force in 2015. As you are aware, the UK did not participate in the Regulation, as it was entitled to do under Title V (Protocol 21) to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. As outlined in my letter of 10 July, the decision to remain outside the final Regulation was taken because the UK had been unable to secure the necessary amendments that would guarantee the best outcome for British citizens, businesses and charities. Remaining outside the Regulation does not significantly change the current legal regime. .
To clarify your original query, the Succession Regulation will not apply to the succession of a deceased's estate where they die habitually resident in the UK and own a holiday home abroad, for example in France. The current legal regime remains in force. This means that the law that will apply to the property in France will be French law.
Succession is, however, a complex legal issue and a number of issues need to be taken into consideration in each specific case. This has, in some respects, become more complicated as a result of the relationship between the provisions of the new EU Regulation on Succession and the laws which currently operate within the UK. As a result of the Regulation coming into force, there will be certain circumstances where the Regulation could apply to the succession of the estate of a UK national who dies habitually resident in the UK and where their estate includes real property (defined as immovable property) located in France.
Under Article 10 of the Succession Regulation which deals with subsidiary jurisdiction (where the deceased is habitually resident in one Member State at the time of their death but had assets in another Member State), the French courts could claim jurisdiction and be able to deal with their estate in two situations:
i) where the deceased had previously habitually resided in France and no more than five years had elapsed since that point to change that situation; and
ii) no other court in another country that was legally bound by the Regulation had jurisdiction on the basis of the deceased's previous habitual residence. For example, for property and other assets located in France no other Member State could claim jurisdiction. As a result, the French courts would be entitled to deal with the succession to assets in France.
Where the French court has jurisdiction to deal with assets but where the deceased died habitually resident in another country, the French courts would be required to apply the law of the country where the deceased was habitually resident on the basis of Article 21 of the Succession Regulation (the applicable law). The general rule here is that it would be this law that would apply to the deceased's entire estate However, as the UK is not party to the Regulation, Article 34 of the Succession Regulation takes effect (the law that applies where the country is not a party to the Regulation). In this situation although a UK law would still apply, the result of its application would be a reference back to the law of France and therefore French law would apply to any real property.
The main benefit of the Regulation is the ability of applying one law to the entire succession of a deceased's estate whether through choice (via a will) or by virtue of the law of the Member State where the deceased died habitually resident. For UK nationals residing in another Member State, UK law can be chosen to apply to their estate upon death. However, the application of a UK law would still mean that where this involved real property, reference would still fall to the law of the country where that property was located.
In simple terms, if UK law applies to the succession of an estate and this involves a property which is located overseas, the law in the UK will dictate that the law of the country in which the property is situated should apply. This means that the Regulation does not lessen the difficulties for British citizens who die in the UK or abroad where this involves real property. My officials are currently considering whether improvements can be made through domestic law that could address these problems.
As I am sure you appreciate, succession and succession planning is a complex area and the specifics of individual cases should be the subject of professional legal advice.
I hope, however, this helps explain the current position and clarify matters.
Yours sincerely,
Comment - The first of the highlighted sections above seems to be a little self-contradictory. If one lives in France in a owned property, and one also has assets in the UK, it would seem that though UK inheritance law can apply to the UK assets, yet still French law applies to the French property (?or not?). I think this needs further clarification. What significance is in the word 'reference'?
Comment - The first of the highlighted sections above seems to be a little self-contradictory. If one lives in France in a owned property, and one also has assets in the UK, it would seem that though UK inheritance law can apply to the UK assets, yet still French law applies to the French property (?or not?). I think this needs further clarification. What significance is in the word 'reference'?


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Any special photographs, personal memorabilia and other items will be beautifully displayed to reflect the true personality of your loved one. In the past, items such as golf clubs, baseball mitts, ballet shoes, artwork and motorcycle helmets have been displayed.
Let the enchanting sound of the highland bagpipes be a presence at your funeral service. You may request that the bagpiper escort the casket from the funeral coach to the gravesite or that he play off in the distance before and after services. Arrangements may also be made for the bagpiper to play at chapel, church or memorial services. Please contact our staff about adding a bag pipe musician to your funeral service.
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To read Cathy Adams' most recent feature on both Three on a String's Bobby Horton and Dolores Hydock, click here. The feature below originally appear in the May 2007 issue of the now defunct Portico magazine.
Portico: Dolores Hydock
Story performer Dolores Hydock spins tales based on topics from the mundane to Medieval literature before spellbound audiences at concerts, festivals, and special events. Beginning her acting career playing the Statue of Liberty in a Fourth of July pageant, her varied experience has included being a house mother at a halfway house for juvenile delinquents, selling computers, copy editing cookbooks, and teaching acting at Birmingham-Southern.
A master at blending of humor, poignancy and joy, Hydock spoke to Portico about her love of life and language.
Portico: How does a girl from Reading, Pennsylvania wind up a professional Southern storyteller in Birmingham, Alabama?
Dolores: I don't think of myself as a "Southern" storyteller in the traditional sense of sitting on the porch, rocking and lying, making the story up as you go along. I am a storyteller who is fortunate to live in the South. My background is more theatrical, my style more kinetic. Southerners are slower in telling stories as a result of generations sitting around in the heat on the front porch.
I moved to Birmingham 33 years ago via Connecticut. As an American Studies folklore major at Yale I did field studies on Chandler Mountain. Elderly mountain women took a Yankee college girl under their wings and taught me everything from quilt patterns to recipes to folklore.
Portico: What aspects of life in the South persuaded you to stay?
Dolores: Southerners have such a great sense of place. Northerners are always trying to figure out where they're going next. This culture has an openness to connection between people, and that's what storytelling is all about. Southerners say "doan go," in a Selma accent, inviting you to stay and stay connected.
Portico: What has the transition to life in the South been like for your 86 year old mother?
Dolores: She has considered it an adventure, although sampling Southern food at Nikki's West terrified her. She made the comment that there is nothing slow about Southerners moving down a food line.
Portico: Many of your stories focus on something as simple as an iron skillet or Jungle Gardenia perfume. Do you have a "seeing the world in a grain of sand" approach to life?
Dolores: The older I get the more I realize that life is made up of a lot of little things done in the maintenance of life. It's good to learn to love the maintenance rather than waiting for the big dramatic moments. Cultivate both joy and gratitude, focus and put a frame around the little things that bring joy.
Portico: How have you translated Medieval literature, such as the 14th century epic poem Gawain and the Green Knight and the 13th century tale Silence into understandable interpretations for modern audiences?
Dolores: PanHarmonic, a trio of musicians who perform music from the 12th-16th centuries on reproduction instruments, and I took Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to six rural Alabama high schools as a touring project of the Alabama Humanities Foundation. I enjoy telling stories that have lasted for centuries, stories about the journeys of heroes, stories that ask kids who have never seen a hurdy gurdy or heard a harp or songs sung in Middle English or Latin if they can "walk the walk." The themes of the music and the stories are timeless, blues songs that speak to life being hard and the bliss of the world being fleeting.
Portico: Tell us about your special affection for "holidays that aren't on the calendar."
Dolores: I like holidays such as Arbor Day for which there are no greeting cards. Easter has special significance for me because my first paying job was putting eyes on chocolate bunnies in the Luden's Candy factory. Seeing those bunnies staring with their little beady eyes on the drugstore shelves people don't think about how the eyes got there. I wrote a story about "back to school day," comparing my experiences as a five year old to my mother going back to school for a lecture series in her eighties.
Portico: As a teacher and fan of Cajun dancing, do you consider yourself a musician as well as an actress?
Dolores: I like to dance, but I don't sing or play an instrument well enough that anyone would pay to hear me. I do sing beautifully in the shower and in my car, and I love holiday sing-a-longs where I can perform with others around me singing loudly enough that no one really hears me.
Portico: You have a strong sense of family. How did your parents influence you?
Dolores: Both of my parents fostered a love of language and a sense of the power of language. We always had a lot of books in our home, and my mother read to me. For us the library was a palace, a sacred place, and the women behind the check out desk were high priestesses. Getting a library card was an honor and a privilege.
Through the power of language you can create worlds and make connections. If you have words you don't need material things. Words augment and enlarge your world and allow you to laugh and cry and share your world while experiencing the worlds of other people.
My father gave us a sense of really caring about what we did no matter how trivial it might seem in the eyes of the rest of the world. The fathers of my generation had a work ethic and taught respect for yourself and your work. My father did his duties nobly.
To learn more and hear clips from Dolores performances visit her website at
www.storypower.org. CDs are available from local bookstores.
To reserve your spot at December 4's Southern Tales event, featuring Hydock, visit www.bbgardens.org/southerntales.


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Santa Barbara Zoo
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Santa Barbara, CA 93103
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805-962-6310 recorded information
Open daily (except for Christmas)
Consistently ranked as one of America's best small zoos, the Zoological Gardens are wonderful. One of my favorite things to do is get in right around 4 p.m. when the animals are getting fed.
Among the 500 animals you'll find elephants, giraffes, lions, gibbons, sea lions, exotic birds and farm animals. There is a miniature train ride, children's playground, snack bar and spacious picnic area.
The zoo is constantly in the process of making changes so there's always something new each visit.
Note: If the animals and the park don't amaze you, think of the amazing piece of land this zoo sits on. You're right next to the ocean and the giraffe's have the equivalent of a multi-million dollar condo!
From the South on U.S. 101 (Going North): Take the Hot Springs / Cabrillo Boulevard Exit. Turn left on Cabrillo and continue to the first stop light. Turn right on Ninos Drive. The entrance is about 2 blocks on the right side. Note: If you miss your exit, you can use the Milpas Street exit and follow the directions below after going LEFT on Milpas Street.
From the North on U.S. 101 (Going South): Take the Milpas Street exit and go RIGHT on Milpas Street. Cross the railroad tracks, and turn left on Cabrillo Boulevard. Turn left at the first light, which is Ninos Drive. The entrance is on the right side across from the playing fields.
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Strollers, Wagons & Wheelchairs are available to rent on a first-come, first-served basis
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The zoo does not allow skateboards, rollerblades, bicycles, RV's, dogs or barbecues in the Zoo or the parking lot.


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HICKORY, N.C. – The Coker women's softball team dropped a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader series to Lenoir-Rhyne on Wednesday (Apr. 2), at Bears Field.
In game number one the competition was scoreless until the bottom of the third, when the Bears scored seven runs. Unfortunately, Coker could not answer and the scoreboard would be finalized at 7-0 in favor of LR.
Lauren Phillips (8-8) would be marked with the loss, after giving up seven runs on eight hits.
In game number two the game was tied at 1-1 after the first inning. The Bears would then go on to score two runs in the third, and three more in the fifth to take a 6-1 lead. Coker would close the gap by pushing three runs across in the sixth, but could not score two more runs as they fell by a final score of 6-4.
Sydney Weatherford led Coker at the plate in game number two after going 2-for-3 with a homerun, three RBI, and a run scored. Taylor Barcomb also joined the homerun club in game two, while tallying one RBI, while Katelyn Szupello hit a double and scored two runs.
Tabitha Allen (4-5) was tabbed with the loss, after giving up three runs on six hits in three innings of work.
Coker will look to bounce back on Saturday (Apr. 5) as they return home to host Brevard in a SAC doubleheader. Game number one is set for a 1:00 p.m. start time, followed by game number two and 3:00.


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My friend and senior, Sensei Pat Nakata, just shared an email with his students and our Kenkyukai group that included the following:
"Chibana Sensei said that too many Kata are detrimental to understanding the essence of any one Kata, but if the number of Kata is too limited then one's scope is too narrow. Too many times, many teachers become Kata collectors, so they can retain students by constantly teaching them new Kata. They need to do this because they have no concept of refining and improving their Karate through the practice of Kata. This is also the reason that many schools turn to Kumite, because they do not know the combat application and effectiveness of the Kata and that Kata practice is more realistic for combat than Kumite"As usual, Nakata Sensei has said -- in very few words -- exactly what I have tried to express in many words.
Charles C. Goodin


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Little China Park
Little China Park is located in Chinatown, Portland, Liberty City. It stretches from the northern side of the Callahan Bridge to the road passing Kai Lee's Hot Sauce Company.
The park features two fenced basketball courts with a police bribe located inside. A path winds from the north end of the park to a car park accessible from the main road following the western side of Portland. There are also a few park benches next to the path, and on the basketball courts, but these cannot be interacted with. The Old School Hall borders the eastern side of the park, while hedges surround the remainder of the boundaries. Triads can be seen roaming around, being that the park is situated at the edge of Chinatown.


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The details of Week 1 of the challenge are now up! Get Started Bento Challenge Week 1 (link corrected now!)
For myself, I am going to try to do all of the tasks (except for the bento-box measuring and calorie calculations, which I have already done). I will post my bento plan and my photos when I report at the end of the week.
Exercise wise, I have fallen off the wagon since coming back from vacation in November, so I'm going to try to walk at least 30 minutes 3 days this week. (Going to try to do more, but if I set my goals pretty lowish hopefully I won't give up...)
How about you?
[UPDATE:] Post your wrapup reports/thoughts over here!
The Big Onigiri.
- Wherever you go, there you are. -
I actually will try to do all tasks too.
As I have to go to university and stay there over lunch time at least four times this week, there is a good change I will be making 4 Bentos. More planning is also manageable and taking a picture don't take too long. Mise en place is something my mother trained me in, as she thinks something you realy have to know is how to cook properly.
The biggest challenge for me this week is defenitly the planning point. Last week I tried and it didn't went so well.......
I'll report on the end of this week
I feel like a real dummy posting this but when I click on the link in red above "Get Started Bento Challenge Week 1" it takes me to a forum window with lots of topics but no individual post with the specific details of week 1(not that I can see anyhow). I must be missing something, just not sure what. Is there a single post specifically about the challenge for Week 1? Maybe it is getting bumped by new posts? I tried to look for a Week 1 post by maki but no luck. Please help.
Also, is it possible to delete a post? (I will probably want to delete this post after someone explains to me what a doofus I am)
Thanks for the help! (and sorry!)
i clicked the link in the original post and saw nothing too...maybe we are both dumb. ^^;
Yum yum bento yum yum!
I had this problem as well - and now have forgotten how I got around it! Anyway - the right place is here:
~ Begin by knowing you have already arrived ~
my blog - http://honeysheistwisted.blogspot.com/
No...the dumb one is me. I pasted the wrong link. Yes there's a reason why I'm making so many mistakes recently...anywho I corrected it now, sorry!
Aw it's ok, Maki! You're doing so much work as it is, a few mistakes are understandable. That's why I almost failed Calculus in high school! XD (not sure if that's really a confidence booster)
Alrighty! I'm in for the whole shebang too.
I've been making bento fairly regularly, but the planning will be quite a challenge for me, particularly while keeping the calorie balance in mind as well. I will also take the opportunity to challenge myself on the exercise front; 3x per week.
Here goes nothin'....
I want to do them all! (/bangs head on desk to bring sanity into the equation. I know better than to always try them all.)
I'm quite torn because I'm doing two different things with bento style lunches right now. The diet aspect and making simply healthier lunches for my boy. I started the boy's lunches right away this month so I'm getting in the groove there. As far as exercise goes, I've been doing 20min/day (except weekends) on wii fit and I want to continue it.
I think I can do all the assignments this week though and see where things go from there. I already have my boy's lunches planned for next week. Just need to do mine. (And find a "saved for bentos - don't touch on pain of death" box for the fridge or family will sabotage my plans.)
Update -
I'm going to use a blog post as a to do list for this week as a test.
Blog and Shop: http://ojami.etsy.com and http://ojamiya.com
(And find a "saved for bentos - don't touch on pain of death" box for the fridge or family will sabotage my plans.)
I learned that early on cause I would cook something up the night before and set it out for my bento for the next morning and when I walked in the kitchen, it would be gone - how frustrating is that when you are trying to race out the door in the morning.
I have even been prepping my lunch and my dh thinks it's cute to sneak a piece of this or that from what I have prepped - NOT CUTE - especially since I am carefully weighing and measuring my portions in order to lose weight.
Sounds good! I will probably do a cross between the basic and going-deeper part of the challenge, as I already make three lunches a week now. (I guess I could up that to three lunches and another day's worth of healthy snacking.) I'll pack snacks that aren't just sweet carbs, yet are still tasty to meet my caloric needs.
As for exercise, I've two days of taekwondo classes planned, and possibly a 30-minute yoga session in between.
I'll post notes and photos at the end of the week. :)
I'm inexperienced at bento making, but am planning to participate in the full three-part challenge. My one exception/alteration involves the weight loss portion. I'm pregnant and at a healthy weight, so my goal is to provide myself with a nutritionally balanced bento and to continue to gain weight at a healthy rate. It was great to see the linked calorie calculator had an option for pregnant women. With bloating, nausea, food cravings, etc. it's extra hard to figure out if I'm eating the right amount of the right types of food.
I'm going to keep track of my bento challenge stuff on a previously under-used blog I have sitting around :)
The Blog: http://vegetusmaximus.blogspot.com/
I am also pregnant and having the morning sickness that will not die (4 1/2 months, still throwing up daily ... but for the first three, I was throwing up literally so non-stop that I couldn't leave the house, so I suppose this is an improvement).
So I'll be hybridizing the challenges as I go along. :) This week I will be focusing on making bentos my HUSBAND (assuming I prepared food this week, which is a bit chancy). That way I'll get practice with the bento techniques and the good habits (prepping ahead, etc.) but I won't have to rely on my currently-odd eating habits.
I will be doing the "basic" part (and probably preparing the whole bento the night before -- my morning sickness is much worse in the morning). I will probably be skipping the "going deeper" as not much planning currently occurs in this house ("What do you think you can eat?" "Um ... cheese? And an apple?" "Sounds like dinner."). I will be attempting some exercise -- either a prenatal yoga class, or some moseying on the treadmill at the gym, or both, depending on how I feel. I was being a very good pregnancy exerciser, around the morning sickness, until I had the stomach flu over Christmas and got out of the habit.
I'm trying to remain very flexible and expect things to go wrong. :)
Congratulations on the baby! *hugs* I'm sorry the morning sickness has got you but, I'd say going from three months of being unable to keep ANYTHING down to just mornings is a vast improvement!
I couldn't help but giggle at how y'all's supper plans normally go right now. Just my personal opinion, I think the yoga wouldn't be a bad thing, Who knows? You and baby might actually enjoy it. Oh by the way, just cause I'm curious, Do you know the gender yet? Okay, enough with babies. lol.
Sounds like you have a good plan formed too. If you need any ideas for the hubby's bento I'll be happy to toss some ideas at you!
Hope all goes well with you and baby!
Cooking is nothing more than controlled madness.
@ Bramble: "Just my personal opinion, I think the yoga wouldn't be a bad thing, Who knows? You and baby might actually enjoy it. Oh by the way, just cause I'm curious, Do you know the gender yet?"
I think we will enjoy it, but we have to have enough of a barf-free day to manage to make it. :)
We don't know the gender yet but we might learn this week!
I am also pregnant and having the morning sickness that will not die (4 1/2 months, still throwing up daily ... but for the first three, I was throwing up literally so non-stop that I couldn't leave the house, so I suppose this is an improvement).
I found that a lot of Japanese food really helped with my nausea when I was pregnant. Anything with GINGER in particular. If you like ginger, try including it in some of your meals - it might help you!
My goal is to plan my meals ahead of time and journal what I actually eat. I bring lunch and snacks regularly but I don't plan or journal what I eat so I often eat way more than I need.
I like to use a Mr Bento and I ordered a second one on Amazon last night so I don't have the excuse of it being dirty and me being to lazy to wash as an excuse.
Maki - Thanks for setting this up. I think it is great that this started a little later in the year. I'm never ready to get going right away on the first when most of the other challenges begin.
I'm going to shoot for all of them, just because I like a challenge. I did the calorie calculator and it said I need 1444. Doing that for 5 meals it's about 288 calories, which will probably be just enough for me. Now it's off to research how much stuff I can do for different bento. Oh, by the way it's going to be interesting because most of the time my bento is just a round plastic container. So, off I go. I will make sure to post my first bento and maybe even any recipes I come up with.
I want to participate, I make bentos for my family every weekday anyway! If I'm not doing one for myself (lunch out with friends and so on) will the ones I make for the others count? I'm not as concerned about the calories but I will measuer for that part.
I'm going to try to do all of them, but I'm going to add a little bit of challenge, as I want to attempt to use each of the bento boxes I have, partly to take a good assessment of what boxes I have and what I have lost. But partly so that I get in the habit of using the large quantity of bento that I own more regularly--and if I just can't bring myself to use a bento box, it's time for it to go!
My bento blog: http://basil80bento.livejournal.com/
I really like that idea! I'll try to do the same.
I was thinking about this additional challenge some more. I also have more boxes than I need/use so I am going to try to use a different one each day until I decide which ones I really don't like and can part with which will clutter bust a bit.
I am also going to try to use this challenge as a way to clean out the pantry of all the half used boxes of this and that, the furikake I keep skipping around, the mixed rices and so on...frugal and clutter busting.
Thanks for the idea!
I'm all in too :-)
I reckon I'll do as much as I can --and I can already tell that planning will be key. I've had the challenge tucked into the back of my mind, so yesterday when I had a good grrlfriend over for the afternoon, I made a ginormous portion of really tasty fried rice, and there was enough for us to have a good early dinner, for me to have an, er, somewhat later & smaller dinner, and I put 5 lunch portions in the freezer!
And then today I listened to a good audiobook, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me on NPR, and a bunch more audiobook, all the while working on bento johbisai bits. I made a nice plateful of mini meat cakes, another plateful of eensy meatballs, few days worth of grated carrot, a delicious batch of curried celery & turnip kinpira, and 9 onigiri --two of which I made into yaki onigiri. I put the various meaty things in the freezer, along with the onigiri. This is my first time trying to freeze the onigiri, and I'm eager to see how they taste after being frozen.
I had a lovely bento with bits that I'd made today for late lunch, and as I sat back and looked at my work, I thought: wow, that took some time! I'm real interested to see how much I can streamline the process. I did notice that Maki often mentions making bento johbisai things as part of her dinner-making, so I'll try to keep that in mind. All in all I'm pleased; I have a week's worth of lunch basics all ready to go.
I also worked a bit filling out the weekly menu planner. I adore filling things out, and making menus is particularly fun, and I really love the PDF that Maki is sharing --it's super sweet! A few years ago I kept a Very Thorough food diary, and this is a nice way for me to do that again; I found it extremely helpful to know exactly how many calories I was eating. I found that the hyper-mindfulness led sort of organically to my eating fewer calories, and more balanced & healthy meals. I'll fill out the rest tomorrow.
I'm going to try to follow somewhere between 'deeper' and 'weightloss'. I know how much my boxes hold, but am more interested in portion control than calorie counting. I perhaps take lunch with me 3 days out of 5 so will aim for all 5 days and post pics as well. Actually the posting of pics will be my challenge. I have a digital camera and have had it for over a year- I've taken 3 pictures. That's what I need to improve!
I've been looking at bento boxes on ebay but have resisted buying a new one until I have completed at least a week of the challenge. I already have 3 and they don't often get used so I need to prove to myself that I will use them before I go for another one (the red rabbit or blue dragonfly lube sheep ones caught my eye as you can get loads of accessories for them)
Last week work was absolutely mad and I did 60+ hours instead of the usual 37. I'm putting my foot down and not doing that for the next 5 weeks. This month is all about me!
I will be starting Week 1 a day late because I'm flying back to Newcastle, England Monday/Tuesday for another month at Uni (I have a 2-continent life - but its not nearly as fun as it sounds!). I am going to try something between Going Deeper and the Weight-loss as well - I already take a lunch to Uni almost every day, so now I am going to try and pre-plan my lunches so they are healthier and more interesting than just days and days of boiled (car-shaped) eggs, toast, and a bit of cheese! :) I spend long days at Uni too, so I think I will have to start bringing more fruit and other snacks.
The exercise bit is easier for me when I'm in the UK - I have to walk 25 min into Uni in the mornings, and I go to two weekly exercise classes there with a friend of mine - one of them is quite challenging, but the instructor is SO cute which is great motivation! :)
Avlor, what is the Wii Fit like? Is it effective? I've been eying a Wii for ages now, and the Wii Fit seems like a great way to persuade my husband that we *need* one! :)
Good luck with week 1 everyone!
Eyebrows McGee,
I hope your barfy feelings go away soon! I'm also going to try prenatal yoga in the near future, but via home DVD instead. Good luck with the baby and the bento-ing :)
Hubby and I are up for the whole challenge - we both need to lose weight. He'll probably be signing up on the forum at some point, but at the moment he's too busy planning tomorrow's bentos! Seeing how he's the chef in our family and I'm the photographer, it's pretty clear how we'll be dividing the work: he'll plan and I'll help him. He'll cook. I'll take photos and eat!
We've had bento lunches for about a year now and we also take them for walks, picnics etc. so we can't do the "do one more bento" bit, but we recently started slacking with our weekly food planning so as part of the challenge we will try and get back into the habit of planning our complete weekly menu using one of Maki's wonderful menu planners.
My challenge for next week is to go back to cycling to work, starting with two times next week and hoping to increase it to full five by the end of the challenge series. And getting back into the routine of swimming three times a week. Phew! It sounds bad now that I've written it down, but I actually did all this until December when I started slacking due to various reasons like cold and being too busy.
How does one gird their loins for this challenge??
(See my blog what I am making an effort to do - http://honeysheistwisted.blogspot.com/2009/01/now-for-serious-commitment...)
I have a head start already ;p I have been packing bento's since January 2nd. My main new years goal was to pay off my credit card which influenced my bento~ing. The secondary goal was to lose some weight, so I have been calorie counting what goes into my boxes. I have been blogging my bento on blogger so I will continue to keep updates there. Good luck to everyone~!
Kaede's Bento Blog~ http://kaedef.blogspot.com/
I plan on doing all three levels... except that when I pack bentos I honestly do it the night before (and usually my bentos are glorified leftovers from earlier in the week with a few extras added here and there) so the mise en place is not quite as important to me as the other things.
I have sat down with my boyfriend and we've planned out dinners for the whole week using Maki's spreadsheet planner, and I am in the middle of planning my actual breakfasts, snacks, and bentos for the week. I am aiming for between 1500 and 1800 calories a day, so my bentos generally tend to check in around 500 calories a piece. That works very well for the sizes of bentos that I have.
Exercise-wise I intend to go to my regular ballet class on Thursday, start a new weight lifting regimen that will last about fifteen minutes each day (with five pound weights, haha), and walking to the grocery store at least twice this week.
Ballet and Bentos! <3
Greetings Everyone!
I am striving for the weightoss and healthy bento challenge.
My caloric needs are between 1850-2200, so I'll eventually want to keep my bentos around 600-700 calories. For week one, my goal will be learning portion control and not over-packing. I measured my container and one section puts me over so I'll probably just use that part for sauces, napkins, picks, etc.
I'm horrible at planning and prep so this will definitely be a challenge for me. I have plenty of ingredients, it's just a matter of putting them all together into something tasty. My goal for this week is 3 bentos. For exercise, I have a weekly water aerobics class and line-dancing group later this month. I'll post pics and a report at the end of the week too.
Thanks Maki for organizing this :)
We are strapped for cash at the moment (especially after going to the supermarket today), but as the Circus of Horrors is in town this week and it's £65 for tickets for the 3 of us, I really need to cut back to pay himself back for buying the tickets on credit card. I've decided to walk to work and back every day this week..... Wish me luck!
Thank You Maki for this challenge. I have several goals I am working towards this year though I think the main two are weight loss (it's my sister's wedding at the end of the year) and money saving (the poor economic climate and I want to get some more things done to my house this year); and I think making a concerted with my bento making will definately help.
I do Weight Watchers so I will be working out the points for my bentos, I think 10pts (I've a total of 30pts for the day) should see me through until dinner. I measured my boxes this evening and have decided which one I will mainly use, it one of the smaller ones (440ml) but will mean I have to cut back on the carbs (my downfall).
My goal is to make bentos for the 4 days I am at work this week and not buy anything from the vending machines. The other goal that this challenge has inadvertantly set for me is 'mise en place', I have a very bad habit of leaving the kitchen in state and the washing up still to be done before I go to bed! So I will have to tidy up so I can lay everything out for the mornings!
Off to charge my camera battery now so I can take piccies in the morning!!
I do Weight Watchers too! I only have 19 pts. though. :(
My goal is to do 5-6 pt. bentos (around 500 calories) 3 times a week.
Thank you for your idea, Maki. However, the first challenge is practically impossible for me to follow: You can plan your means if you have a regular job, a regular home and so on... I'm doing scientific research, so I'm lucky if I know how long I'll have to work the next day! Also I hardly ever know if I'll sleep at home or at my boyfriend's place, never have time for shopping (or get food and then don't come home for a week and everything is spoiled) and (most importantly) am very spontaneous about if and what I cook in the evening. If I write down that I'm going to make pasta and use leftovers for bento on Wednesday, I'm pretty sure that I'll want to have salad or pizza or sushi when the day comes!
As for organisation, I hate waking up earlier for anything, so I don't. I make my bento the night before... Things that merge or go bad overnight just don't go into my bento, period.
Anyway, my challenges will be the following: Finally get the design of my blog up and running and learn which kinds of food are carbs, proteins and fats. I don't really need to diet so I've never cared. So far I've lived by general "A plate of pasta is bad but better than a whole chocolate bar" terms, it's been fun actually figuring out what kind of food will be what in tomorrow's bento.
I'm aiming for somewhere between going deeper and weight loss.. I just started weight watchers so i am counting the points of everything that goes in my box....also i have days that I need to bring 2 bentos plus snacks to campus...i also have a 2 hour block on Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings free that i have dubbed "gym time" i may as well go since i can go for free on campus....Good luck everyone!!
As JJ sobey said, I seem to recall Mythbusters testing various nausea remedies and ginger being the only one that actually seemed to work, so that might really help! :D
I think my goal for this week is going to be to aim for all of the goals (make a bento, mise en place&planning, count the calories) but to make at least 3 of them this week, which seems like a good start from zero since I've (sort of) been into the bento-making habit before. Since I'm only working 3 days this week I think that's a decent goal, but if I happen to get more of them in for myself or bf for portion control/fun I'll still be happy! I think planning is the thing that I need to focus on the most though, as I wake up with absolutely nothing leftover from dinner or nothing in the freezer and end up not being very motivated to make anything of course
I'm so excited for this challenge! I made bentos for hubby and myself last night (Sunday) for us to enjoy at work today (Monday). My goals are to preplan as much as I can, make them the night before, and just enjoy the whole experience. Planning will definitly be my biggest challenge but seeing everyone's pictures, its so inspiring!! And of course, the amount of great recipes that Maki has helps tremenously as well.
I made 4 onigiri last night with tuna, mayo, pickles, and onions (2 wrapped in nori) and boy oh boy, are they delicious!!! Will have to try making them with different filling for sure. I'm thinking sardines, mayo, and eggs as my next ones. Yummy!!
Well, I've managed to get myself off to a good start on the challenge. I'm going to see if I can do the whole week although I haven't planned all my boxes yet! I printed off the pdf just now and I know what I'm making tomorrow but I'll plan the rest of the week when I get home tonight.
Today we had a variation of Bento #1 but used turkey instead of tofu, had half a hens egg instead of quail and used shallots instead of spring/green onions. I precooked the rice on Friday and it was in the freezer this morning ready for me to go. I did all my mise en place last night and cooking and assembley took 20 minutes exactly this morning. I did have to dig out a couple of extra utensils which spoiled my flow and I didnt boil my egg for long enough as the yolk was runny (this is how my wife likes all her "hard" boiled eggs so I'm too used to cooking them like that!).
Well today's bento was a complete success. I strolled back from the kitchen with my plate to various cries of "What you got?" and "Ooh that looks nice"! It was the perfect amount to keep me going until I got home at just gone 6 (I had lunch at 12). Tomorrow's is either leftover butternut squash and red lentil curry from last night or tofu and steamed veg.
I love it when people turn their heads and show a bit of lunch envy ;) Home cooked food smells and tastes so much better, and doing a nicely presented bento makes it look good too! I'm looking forward to getting into the flow and learning to make various types of onigiri etc :)
Hmm... I'm still undecided, but I'm pretty sure I won't be going deeper. I have an issue with bento planning, since a lot depends on my mother's cooking. She's gotten very stroppy lately about my cooking attempts in the morning. I don't know why! She says I shouldn't spend so much time on lunches so other people can eat them, but I make them primarily for myself, I don't know where she got that idea. Granted, I tend to add a little more rice and meat than I would usually eat myself, because my friends like to eat it off me (unsurprisingly, I never need to worry about my veg being stolen).
I guess I will do the Basic and try the Weight Loss too. My boxes vary in volume between 500, 700 and 750 ml. My daily calorie intake should be about 1440cal, so I guess I can aim for bentos of 500cal, since I don't eat breakfast and snack a little during the day (dinners in my household, on the other hand are quite huge). Other than that, I'll be aiming for more balance in my bentos, and maybe and extra veggie boost (I've suddenly started obsessively craving fresh fruit and veg - mmmm.... crispy, juicy goodness).
In terms of exercise I'll set my first aim to be like Maki's and tack onto that a kickboxing session once a week ^_^
"A common way to tell if it is well cooked is to throw the sausage onto a hard surface; if it bounces, the sausage is good."
I am aiming for somewhere between basic and going deeper. I already make bento lunches most days, so the goal is to make one every day that I'm not having some sort of lunch meeting. I will post my plan and how well I did with it on my blog at the end of the week, as well as daily posts about each lunch. I've done most of my cooking for the week already, but have to see how much I can streamline in the mornings. Right now it's taking at least a half an hour, and it shouldn't take so long.
I was aiming to do all aspects of the challenge (allthough I already know the capacity of my own bento), but since I'm fairly sure the creature from the blue lagoon has dropped out, there's little point in the weight loss aspects as my BMI is normal. I will probably post how I did at the end of the week if there's a thread for it. Or is that not what we're meant to do?
So I guess my goal is going to be four bentos this week.
I am interested in the weight-loss aspect, but I can't be bothered to do that much measuring. ^_^ (Besides, my extra calories tend to come from after-work cocktails.)
I will try my best to do all the tasks. I'm on a gluten free diet so I will have to prepare my bento every day and I really want to improove the pre-planning part!! I do not want to loose weight but my efforts will be focused on preparing filling bentos to avoid being too hungry before dinner (I always end up eating junk food while preparing dinner..). I'm so happy to join the challenge
thank you !!!
All the bentos I make for myself are gluten-free. They can be seen on my flickr photostream, if you're interested.
My flickr photostream: http://flickr.com/photos/astrogirl
All my bentos appear on flickr, but not all on my blog, which is here: http://astrogirl.com
Thanks for the morning sickness tips! Unfortunately, it's very hormone-driven and nothin, but nothin, will make it stop. I've tried just about every remedy under the sun! Fortunately, it does seem to be backing off, finally.
For anyone else fighting morning sickness, I do have reasonably good luck with lemon at least dampening it down ... and Lemonheads candy to suck when I leave the house! Ginger was only okay, but did help; peppermint was meh but having something to suck on helped. I think you just have to experiment to find what works for you!
Hi all,
I'm going to try and do all the aspects of the challenge. I "practiced" last week and had a bento every day. It was great because I didn't lose prac time at school (2 days) because my lunch was already there and ready and on work days (3) I went and had lunch outside in the sunshine to top up my vitamin D like the doctor told me too.
I'm gluten free as well and need to lose some weight so the whole concept of a bento lunch/snacks is great. I have a lock'n'lock set with one "big" container, another the same size with three compartments, and a drink bottle all in a thermal bag which is great since it's going to 38 degrees C today.
I generally make lunch the night before as I just started going to the gym before work. I have a stack of mini muffins and scones in the freezer that I made last week and attempted my first sushi rice on the weekend (failure! I didn't make enough rice for the seasoning so it's kind of sweet but tasty enough). I don't think I'm ever going to be able to make things up first thing in the morning, there isn't enough brain power to play with hot/sharp things at that hour.
My biggest goal for the challenge is to start eating more fruit and veges and remember some protein which I often forget (like today).
I intend to do all three levels. I've lost some weight already, but I have still have more to lose. The spring semester is just starting back up, so the timing of this challenge is excellent.
It didn't bother me at all to start Tuesday, as I used the weekend to shop and Monday to plan. I'm going to try to make bentos for the whole household, which is 5 each day. If I'm going to make them for myself,I might as well make them for everyone else, as I make lunches and dinner for everyone most days. Breakfast, you are on your own.
I'll be making them for two guys, one middle aged but with a fast metabolism so he eats like a teen, a teen boy, and two teen girls and me, a middle aged, slow metabolism lady, who needs to lose some weight.
I've been making a lot of stuff in advance and blanching a lot of veggies so they last longer and make for quick morning prep.
I plan to make some big stashes of mini burgers and stuff like that, but so far I've just made a big batch of salmon furikake and hard-boiled eggs. We'll see how it goes, but I'm excited about getting going and getting some planning into the chaos that is our mornings around here!
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To celebrate the release of 'The Woman in Black', the adaption of Susan Hills chilling novel about a vengeful spirit, and starring Daniel Radcliffe we take a look back over some of the scariest ghostly encounters in cinematic history. The feature adaption from director James Watkin's hits UK theatres on 10 February and co-stars Janet McTeer, Liz White, Roger Allam, Alisa Khazanova, Tim McMullan, Daniel Cerqueira, Shaun Dooley, Mary Stockley, Cathy Sara, David Burke, Victor McGuire, Lucy May Barker and Ciarán Hinds.
1 POLTERGEIST (1982)Director: Tobe Hooper (produced by Steven Spielberg)
Set in a suburban Californian town, Poltergeist tells the story of the Freelings, a typical middle class family haunted by a host of malevolent beings that plague havoc in their home and abduct their youngest daughter Carol Anne. Bizarre events begin to occur soon after Carol Anne starts sleepwalking and having what appears to be a one-sided conversation with a television that is switched on but has no reception. At first the spirits play seemingly harmless tricks on the family, who witness glasses breaking, forks bending and chairs moving by themselves. However, the activity soon becomes more sinister and escalates out of control when the Freelings realise that theyre actually up against a vengeful demon known as the beast who has taken Carol Anne into another dimension! The realistic portrayal of your average family plagued by an array of ghosts, shot in trademark Spielberg style, means Poltergeist has to be awarded pole position as the scariest haunted house film of all time!Carole Anne Communicates with 'Poltergeist'
2 THE RING (2002)Director: Gore Verbinski
The Ring is a Hollywood remake of the 1998 cult Japanese horror film Ring and is centred on Rachel, a young journalist played by Naomi Watts who is investigating a cursed videotape that may have caused the deaths of four teenagers including her niece. Rachel watches the tape herself and soon after begins to experience disturbing nightmares and receives a phone call in which a childs voice says seven days. Presuming she now has only seven days to live Rachel is left distraught when she finds out that her young son Aiden has accidentally watched the tape too. Rachel then goes to great lengths to investigate its origins and attempt to break the deadly cycle. The Ring is a slick, modern horror and the scary visuals of the ghost girl Samara really make your skin crawl! This film will definitely give you nightmares for weeks!
Well, well, well - Its 'The Ring's Samara3 THE SHINING (1980)Director: Stanley Kubrick
Based on Stephen Kings novel of the same name, The Shining is a psychological horror set in an old isolated hotel where writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) has taken a job as out of season caretaker. His young son Danny possesses a psychic gift known as the shining, allowing him to experience terrifying premonitions about the hotel, as well as see the numerous ghosts that inhabit it. The family become trapped in the hotel following a snowstorm and under the influence of an array of evil spirits Jack goes on a murderous rampage, attempting to kill his wife and son. The Shining has to go down in history as being one of the scariest horror films of all time, as well as having had a huge influence on the development of the horror genre and popular culture.Jack Nicholson Feels a Tad Chilly
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I liked this book because I like scary stories. The Green Ribbon was my favorite story in the book. The stories made me happy because I like being scared.
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Silicon Valley as we know may be coming to an end, says early PayPal employee and Yammer founder, David Sacks.
Last month, Sacks sold Yammer to Microsoft for $1.2 billion.
He declared the (potential) death of Silicon Valley on his Facebook wall, which sparked a debate from other players in the Valley including influential investor Marc Andreessen. (Disclosure: Andressen is one of Business Insider's investors).
Sacks laid out four reasons for the death of the Valley and its startup culture. Now, in order for startups to be successful, Sacks says entrepreneurs must be able to do the following:
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"How many ideas like that are left?" he asks.
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Gun-Free Requirements (IV-A-3)
The Gun-Free Schools Act requires each state that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to have in effect a state law requiring districts to expel for at least one year any student who brings a gun to school or possesses a gun in school. This requirement not only removes potentially dangerous students from the school environment but also provides a deterrent, discouraging other students from bringing firearms to school. Over time, this has the potential to make the school environment safer by reducing the number of firearms present in schools.
Overall, 55 states and territories provided information about their implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act for the 1998-99 school year. These states reported that they expelled a total of 3,523 students from school for bringing in a firearm to school. [One state however, reported data for total expulsions for all weapons-not just firearms-and therefore the figures reported by this state may overestimate the actual number of expulsions under the Gun-Free Schools Act.] States reported that 44 percent of the students they expelled were referred to an alternative school or placement.
Fifty-seven percent of the expulsions were students in high school, 33 percent were in junior high, and 10 percent were in elementary school. States were asked to report the type of firearm involved, and of these, 59 percent were for bringing a handgun to school, 12 percent were for bringing a rifle or shotgun, and 29 percent were for some other type of weapons (such as bombs, grenades, or starter pistols).
States reported that 27 percent of expulsions were shortened to less than one year, and 72 percent of these shortened expulsions were for students who were not considered disabled.
WHAT'S NEW--The No Child Left Behind Act
Focuses on What Works
- Clarifies what is prohibited. The law now clarifies that students must be expelled for possessing a gun in school, not just for bringing a gun to school.
- Requires that modified expulsions be recorded. Districts are still able to modify student expulsions on a case-by-case basis, but that modification must now be in writing.
- Allows certain exceptions. Exceptions to the expulsion requirement are now expressly allowed in two cases: firearms that are lawfully stored inside a locked vehicle on school property, and firearms that are brought to school or possessed in school for activities approved and authorized by the district, if the district adopts appropriate safeguards to ensure student safety.
How It Works
This provision requires states to prohibit students from bringing firearms to school or possessing firearms in school, with "school" being defined as any setting under the control and supervision of the district for the purpose of authorized student activities. A definition of "firearm" is provided by reference to another statute and includes not only guns but also other dangerous devices such as bombs, rockets, and grenades. Districts must expel offending students from their regular school for at least one year, although this requirement must be construed in a manner consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and expelled students may be provided with educational services in an alternative setting. Districts may choose to modify these expulsions-in writing-on a case-by-case basis. Districts are also required to refer offending students to the criminal justice or juvenile delinquency system.
How Performance Is Measured
The U.S. Department of Education issues a report annually on the number of expulsions nationally, including changes over time for each state.
Key Activities For The State Education Agencies
- States must have in effect a law that meets the requirements of the Gun-Free Schools Act.
- State education agencies (SEAs) must require districts to include in their applications for funds under ESEA as amended by the NCLB Act an assurance that they are in compliance with the law.
- SEAs must collect from districts information on any expulsions that are made under the law, and must report that information to the U.S. Department of Education annually, including the name of the school concerned, the number of students expelled from each school, and the type of firearms involved.


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