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An 11,000-square-foot home in Santa Monica, Calif., has hit the market for $22 million, according to listing agent Billy Rose, president and co-founder of real-estate firm the Agency. It's owned by a partnership led by designer and developer Elaine Culotti.
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An 11,000-square-foot home in Santa Monica, Calif., has hit the market for $22 million, according to listing agent Billy Rose, president and co-founder of real estate firm the Agency.
Known locally as the "House of Rock," the estate has recently attracted attention in the local press, which has reported of neighbors complaining of noisy musical events being staged there. "Most of my neighbors are friends and attend the events," says Ms. Culotti, who adds that all of the events have been charity fundraisers. "People who have complained are in the minority."
Built in 1926, the house overlooks a golf course and is walking distance from the beach. The partnership bought the home for $7.7 million in 2010 from the estate of Kathryn Grayson, a Hollywood actress who lived in the home from the 1940s until her death in 2010.
Ms. Culotti renovated the six-bedroom, eight-bathroom home, retaining its oak paneling, rounded archways and handcrafted windows. She also worked with several designers, including Ralph Pucci and Sami Hayek, to add modern touches such as chain and crystal chandeliers. The property, now named La Mesa Landmark Estate, also has a two-bedroom guesthouse, a home theater and a professional recording studio on its top floor. The great room has a Lucite Schimmel piano.
Listing Broker Mr. Rose says Ms. Culotti always planned to sell the home after she renovated and redesigned it. Mauricio Umansky and Susan Pekich, also of the Agency, share the listing.
—Lauren Schuker Blum
New York Townhouse—With Penthouse Perched on Top—Lists for $27 Million
The former Manhattan townhouse of midcentury architect Paul Rudolph has listed for $27 million.
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The former Upper East Side home of architect Paul Rudolph. New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission made the home a landmark in 2010
The 9,000-square-foot Upper East Side home, which currently is divided into four units, was originally built in 1860. Mr. Rudolph lived there from 1961 until 1982. In the late 1970s, he added a cantilevered 4,000-square-foot penthouse made of steel beams, concrete and glass panels. New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission made the home a landmark in 2010 for its juxtaposition of old and new architecture.
The townhome's current owners, who purchased under Ruppert LLC, bought the property in 2003. A year later, they renovated the exterior and the penthouse kitchen but "stayed true to the original design," says Leslie Hirsch, one of the listing agents. The townhome has two two-bedroom apartments, a large one-bedroom apartment with two bathrooms and the penthouse, which has three bedrooms.
Ms. Hirsch and Howard Morrel, both of Brown Harris Stevens, have the exclusive listing.
—Alyssa Abkowitz
Gucci Heiress Puts Her California Estate on the Market for $9 Million
Patricia Gucci, daughter of Italian fashion magnate Aldo Gucci, has listed her 11,000-square-foot estate in Mountain Center, Calif., for $9 million.
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Called Casa Azzurra, the 23-acre property is in the San Jacinto Mountains.
Called Casa Azzurra, the 23-acre property is in the San Jacinto Mountains and has views of Coachella Valley and three of Southern California's highest peaks. The Moroccan-style home has 10 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a library and a movie theater. There's also a tennis court, a guesthouse and a pool on the property, which is about a 15-minute drive to Palm Desert.
Ms. Gucci, who is based in Switzerland, says she is selling because she lives too far away to enjoy the home: "My life and family are in Europe now, and I no longer have time to enjoy this little corner of paradise." According to public records, she bought it through a trust in 1993 for $950,000, although she added acreage to it over the years.
Jane Dorian and Richard Bartholomew of Partners Trust Real Estate in Los Angeles and Rancho Mirage, respectively, have the listing.
Billionaire Kroenke Buys a Montana Ranch Listed for $132.5 Million
Billionaire Stan Kroenke has bought a roughly 124,000-acre ranch near Augusta, Mont., owned by the estate of William and Desiree Moore, the late co-founders of Kelly-Moore Paints. The ranch was put on the market for $132.5 million last December, after Mrs. Moore died in 2010. Mr. Moore died six years earlier.
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Billionaire Stan Kroenke has bought a roughly 124,000-acre ranch called the Broken O Ranch near Augusta, Mont.
Called the Broken O Ranch, the property lies about 35 miles northwest of Great Falls. The ranch has a 10,000-square-foot main home, an indoor swimming pool and about 25 guest and staff houses. It is also home to roughly 4,500 cattle and the largest irrigated farm in the state.
Mr. Kroenke, who is married to Wal-Mart
heiress Ann Walton Kroenke, was ranked 10th in this year's Land Report 100, a ranking of the 100 largest landowners in the U.S.
Michael Swan of Bates Sanders Swan Land Co. in Bozeman, Mont., represented the sellers and Joel Leadbetter of Hall Hall represented the buyer.


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yes, i think i figured it out by completely uninstalling and reinstalling the modes. so i think it was just me having a mod in there that was conflicting and didnt remember. but now im running into another issue, when squall does his blasting zone it freezes the game and i have to force close it. the only mods i have is the ones that mcindus (probably spelling his name wrong ) mentioned in the tonberry enhanced forum (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.msg223951#msg223951) and this one. so ive gotta figure out which one is causing the problem now ><EDIT: seems like all of his limit breaks are doing it.... time for a fresh install with no mods to see if it does it
ok, i might just play with no mods (which is gonna suck, but i can deal with it) to do some of the long and tedious tasks on disc 2. thanks for the help, i might just try doing a single install of each mod to see if its specific to a mod + tonberrybtw: i did some of the work/investigation already and made a thread (didnt know if it was specific to mod, but i did notice it didnt happen untill after i put in rebirth, but it might just be textures i think) http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16068.msg226667#msg226667
well try it later today (2am here) and see if it happens again ill keep you posted EDIT: you know, i feel stupid now, as i went to get the new version realized it had on the known issues as the issue i was having, i apologize fatedcourage for polluting your thread about a known issue UPDATE: ok, seems to have fixed it just like he reported, thanks for the help fated and yet again sry for not noticing it sooner
Yeah... That's one I've been wracking my brain over to figure out. For the most part, I think I have a solution to most disappearing characters. But there are a few exceptions...and that's one of them right now. Just let me know if you come across any more spots where characters disappear on you. That way I can try out this method in those spots to see if it solves anything.
ok so far i noticed if you have irvine and rinoa (rinoa in the third position in menu) in the party and you go to bridge on balamb garden to control it, rinoa disappears, used zell and she reappears, she also disappears in the space scene before you get on the ragnarok, and also some parts when shes on the ground (havnt tried it with irvine not in my party) in space........also wanted to let you know the spaced suits apparently have the skin of one of the characters instead of the normal white color..(ill upload a youtube video if my shadowplay ever works)
i know they were a known issue just figured i would let you know since it was only when i had irvine in my team (didnt know if it was general issue or if some of them needed to still be pointed out)
nice those look really really good, its great to have people modding this old but great game, all the improvements (especially the characters and UI) make the game look fantastic, thanks for all the work you've done and you and others continue to do.
Over all its a great mod, and amazing you could figure out how to do all this! Thank you for your hard work!I just got to the part with the spacesuits... Seeing Zell's eyes staring at me from riiiight at crotch level is pretty freaking hilarious.
I can't pass the catching rinoa is space part because her character dissappeared. How can i get through this?
I've decided to finally release a new version of this mod. So I now present v1.1. This version should fix almost all disappearing objects in the game. A tradeoff is still a few textures reverting. But no where near as bad. There are three ways this might happen... One, certain areas where you go into battle. Afterwards, they might revert. Please let me know the areas where this happens so I can fix it. Two, using the Magical Lamp to fight Diablos. Since you can fight him at almost any time and in any area the textures are numerous and will take quite some time to collect. Three, a certain party combination in a certain area I missed. Again, let me know about it. Things I've added:-A couple altered costumes. (Some still need some tweaking.)-The rest of the weapons for the Student Uniform battlers. (Nothing will revert back now.)-Tweaked textures.-Changed the gunblade texture for certain moments. (Consistency mostly.)And most likely some other things I'm forgetting at the moment. You no longer need the objmap for this mod. You can either delete it or move it to the disabled folder. But I'll leave the 1.0 version up for those who still want to use the objmap if they still feel unsatisfied.
Really, really impressive work Fated. I look forward to trying this out!
Amazing stuff! I'll be sure to implement this into my game now! Keep up the great work.
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Tonight's supermoon will be the final supermoon of the year, rounding out a trio of spring supermoons that began in March. It will be visible through the morning of May 8th according to NASA. This supermoon comes on the heels of the biggest and brightest supermoon of the year in April, but it's still more […]
Editor's Note: With its plans to execute Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, Iran's Shi'ite Muslim government is violating not only international treaties, but the very teachings of the Prophet Mohammed, says an American Muslim leader, Harris Zafar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA.
As with Christianity, Islam has "denominations," such as the Wahhabis, the Suffis and the Shi'ites, the largest being the Sunnis. Zafar is a spokesman for the Ahmadis, which emerged from the Sunnis in 1889, led by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad who said he fulfilled the prophecies concerning Jesus' Second Coming, the return of the Muslim Mahdi, the return of the Hindus' Krishna and the reincarnation of Buddha. His followers today claim tens of millions of members in 190 countries with most in India and Africa.
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Special to Beliefnet
In Iran, Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani faces the death penalty for the "crime" of leaving Islam as a teenager and converting to Christianity. A translated Iranian Supreme Court brief from 2010 states that 32-year-old Nadarkhani "is convicted of turning his back on Islam, the greatest religion, the prophesy of Mohammad at the age of 19." While there is widespread public outcry of support for his specific case, some are speaking broadly about the punishment for apostasy. Many – Muslim and non-Muslim – mistakenly believe that Islam supports this barbaric practice.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Islam prescribes absolutely no punishment for apostasy. If one were to assume that Islam prescribes some sort of punishment for a person who chooses to leave Islam, that would invariably mean that Islam forces one to be a Muslim against their will. But chapter two of the Holy Qur'an emphatically denies this possibility, stating "there shall be no compulsion in religion." This is an unambiguous declaration protecting freedom of conscience and choice.
Sadly, there are unfortunate souls within the Muslim world arguing that this verse only applies to non-Muslims, thereby meaning that only a non-Muslim cannot be compelled, whereas a Muslim can be compelled or coerced in matters of religion. This argument is patently absurd. Islam affords its followers freedom of conscience and religion, with no threat of coercion or compulsion in matters of faith. They are not answerable to any person or government in regards to their conscience.
The Quran is replete with this instruction that everyone has the fundamental freedom of religion. In Chapter 18, it says "This is the truth from your Lord; then let him who will, believe, and let him who will, disbelieve." Why is this so difficult for these so-called Islamic "scholars" to understand? They spit in the face of the religion they claim to defend by not only violating these teachings but then falsely attributing their vile sense of justice to the tolerant faith of Islam. The allegation that Islam advocates the use of force to spread or maintain itself does not originate from a study of the sources of Islamic teachings. Rather, it originates from a study of the conduct of some so-called "Muslim" states.
In fact, we read more about this principle in Chapter 10 of the Holy Quran when God speaks to the Prophet Muhammad and instructs him to say to all people: "O mankind, the Truth has indeed come to you from your Lord. Then whoso follows the guidance, follows it only for the good of his own self, and whoso errs does so only to his own detriment. I am not appointed a keeper over you." So if the Prophet himself is not appointed as a keeper to enforce faith over people, then who in the world do these governments think they are to appoint themselves as keepers over people? The only example of those killed were not because they left Islam but because they joined an opposing army at war with Muslims.
In addition to violating Islamic law, Iranian courts are also in violation of international law. In 1975, Iran ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Article 18 of which states: "No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion of his choice." The U.N. Human Rights Committee recognized in 1993 that Article 18 ensures the right to replace one's current religion or belief with another and forbids coercion that would impair this right.
As a state party to the ICCPR, Iran is obligated to defend the right of individuals to practice the religion of their choice and to change religions if they so choose. Even the Iranian Constitution states in Article 23: "The investigation of individuals' beliefs is forbidden, and no one may be molested or taken to task simply for holding a certain belief." Apostasy is not a crime under any of these codified laws.
Unfortunately, some jurists, including Ayatollah Khomeini (whose teachings hold a privileged position in contemporary Iranian courts), have ruled that the penalty for apostasy is death. But Islam, as well as international law (and even general human decency) dictate that Iran is committing injustice. I call upon the government of Iran to live up to the true principles of Islam and to let Mr. Nadarkhani go free and then to repent for making a mockery of not only their authority but also of Islam.
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Since Uttan is a coastal town (home to the Koli community), meals are freshly made by locals.
BandCamp is best suited for groups, solo campers, families, corporates, couples and pets. Basically, EVERYBODY! You can even attend our Movie Nights or weekend workshops on Capoeira, Photography, Fitness, Poetry and so on.
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I was recently introduced to Mike Pickel, co-founder of Texas Traditions Roofing in Georgetown, Texas. We were busy preparing case studies for our education issue, so I asked him if he'd worked on any interesting school projects lately. He replied, "Well, I did just get a call about a snowstorm in the gym."
It took a second to wrap my head around that statement. A snowstorm. In the gym. In July. In Texas.
Now, that got my attention. I must admit, that wasn't at all what I was thinking about when I asked about projects for our education issue. Our case studies usually put the spotlight on marquee projects like the new basketball arena at Ole Miss or the new indoor football practice facility at Liberty University covered in this issue. We were also following stories about a metal roof on a new construction project in Texas, a large hot-mopped modified bitumen re-roofing project in New Jersey, and a solar installation on a school in North Carolina.
But a snowstorm in the gym—I had to hear more about that. Talking with Mike Pickel reminded me that trophy projects are one thing, but there are a lot of less glamorous but no less important tasks that can make up the typical day in the life of a roofing contractor.
Texas Traditions had helped out at Summit Christian Academy in Cedar Park, Texas, before, solving some tricky leaks in the mechanical wells over the classrooms that had puzzled other contractors for years. "They started saying we were miracle workers," Pickel recalls. "I said, 'No, we're just roofers, ma'am.' But they just loved us from that day forward."
So, it was natural that school administrators called Texas Traditions when an unusual problem revealed itself in the gym. "They called us and said, 'We've got a problem out here. We don't know what's going on. It looks like it's snowing in the gym.'"
Pickel doubted it was a roof leak, but he went out and took a look. "It did look just like snow," he says.
Luckily, Pickel had seen this once before. Years ago, he had a residential customer with the same problem—army ants. "Sure enough, army ants were up there just eating away at that iso, and it was falling down like snow through any crevices or cracks."
Working with the private school to handle small problems is just part of the job, notes Pickel. So is helping administrators manage their budget to prepare for necessary re-roofing projects. "In some cases, we have to patch these roofs and nurse them along until they have the money for a roof replacement," he says. "You do what you have to do to help a client. So, now we're a pest control guy as well."
Replacing a roof is something building owners might do just once in their lives, so explaining what's involved is critical, notes Pickel. "You've got to educate the owner," he says. "You've got to go out and craft a custom solution for each client. That's what we tell our residential roof advisors all the time: Stop selling and listen to the client. That's key for us. We excel at listening to the client and problem solving."
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From the book "Man Can Cook" By Robert Sturm
In a bowl combine olive oil and all purpose seasoning. Add chicken medallions and massage well coating the chicken evenly. In a "HOT" skillet, place chicken in pan, cover and let cook 2 minutes. Turn chicken over. Cover chicken with asparagus and mushrooms. Cove pan and cook 2 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve. Optional: Zucchini, onions, tomatoes and most easy to cook vegetables work well with this recipe.
Gently, mix all ingredients (except the caviar) together by hand. Place in a ring mold or simply make a ball. Top with Caviar if desired. Serve with multi grain crackers. Enjoy.
A delicious, quick lunch.
Balsamic marinade produces a nice crust on the outside of the fish. Cook over medium to medium-high heat, as high heat causes too much charring. The fish is best if marinated for 3 to 4 hours. Black cod, striped bass, or salmon are suggested for best results.
By Sally Cameron, http://afoodcentriclife.com/black-and-white-sesame-salmon/
When it's in season, my favorite salmon is wild king. Packed with Omega-3 oils, this is one of the healthiest fish choices you can make. Sesame seeds can be found in the Asian aisle of your grocer or an Asian market. Store sesame seeds in the refrigerator as they have a high oil content and can go rancid if not stored properly. Serve salmon warm on roast or grilled asparagus spears or cool on a bed of baby spinach leaves with orange segments and a sesame-orange vinaigrette.
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Thin, sharp, flexible knife like a filet knife (if you are going to skin the salmon yourself)
By Jenny Ross
For the Souffle:
In a blender combine the ingredients. Blend very well until a thick puree forms. Add in 4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil and 2 tbsp psyllium husk and blend thoroughly until well emulsified and light and fluffy. Set aside until ready to combine with crust.
For The Crust:
Fill 4 small soufflé cups with 1/4 inch crust on the bottom and then fill each cup with 1/2 Cup Butternut Mixture. Place in the oven at 250 degrees for 25 minutes or in the dehydrator at 118 degrees for 2 hours. Enjoy!
By Robert Sturm, master chef, www.robertfood.com
Preheat oven to 400F. Brush baking sheet with 1 TB. of canola oil. Lay onion, tomato and green bell pepper slices on oiled pan. Mix 1 TB. Of canola oil and Cajun spice together. Rub spice/oil mix all over salmon. Place salmon on top of vegetable slices. Roast at 400F for 10 minutes. Serve.
Pre-heat oven to 400F. Combine pork, oil and seasoning mixes together. Get cast iron skillet "HOT." Sear pork on all sides for 1 minute each. Place the entire pan in the oven. Bake 10 minutes. Check temperature. Remove from oven when desired doneness is reached. Let rest 5 minutes. Serve.
Note: If you are serving veggie kabobs with chicken, plan ahead. The marinade for the chicken can be used to marinate the veggies as well, or a slight, lighter, variation may be used. In any case, you will want to think ahead to make enough for the second marinade if using some of the same ingredients while chopping and juicing. It will save you time. The veggies also need to marinate. Try doubling the marinade recipe.
*For vegetarians serve the veggie kabobs with no chicken and serve with a side of tofu or quinoa.
For The Torte:
In a food processor combine all ingredients and pulse until a dough ball forms or well combined, making sure to stop before the mixture becomes watery or oily.
For the Topping:
In a food processor pulse together the above ingredients until well combined like a thick salsa or chutney.
Then on a non-stick baking pan, dehydrator sheet or glass dish shape the torte crust into 3 inch rounds (makes 6). Top each with 1/3 Cup Cranberry Artichoke topping and press down into torte dough. Bake at 250 degrees for 40 minutes or dehydrate at 118 for 4 hours. Enjoy!
Sauté garlic in oil for 1 minute. Add onion, peppers, zucchini and eggplant. Cook till tender. About 2 minutes. Add olives, tomato and basil. Continue to cook over medium heat 1 minute. Add sauce and hot cooked pasta. Continue to cook 2 minutes until pasta is hot. Season to taste with seasoning. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Serves 2
Robert calls this an "Old German Favorite," typically ate for breakfast. But Goetta can also be served as a main dish for the Christmas dinner. Learn more at: http://www.goetta.com/en/nutrition/
Cut meat into big chunks and put in pot with water, onions, bay, celery, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and lower to simmer. Cook, uncovered, and stirring occasionally, for 2 hours. Meat should be very tender. Strain, reserve vegetables, liquid and meat. Discard bay leaf. Grind or chop meat finely. Pour liquid back into pan and add steel cut oatmeal. Bring to a boil, and then lower to simmer. Cook, uncovered, stirring often, for another 2 hours. Mixture will be thick. Add meat, veggies, and seasonings. Simmer another 1 -2 hours. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary. Line 3-4 loaf pans with parchment paper. Pour goetta into pans, packing down firmly. Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate. Keeps for a two weeks in the refrigerator, or several months in freezer. To serve, slice goetta and heat in a skillet with a bit of oil.
Preheat grill. Mix All Purpose Seasoning and oil together. Rub mixture on carne asada steak. Grill carne asada steak 2 minutes on each side till medium done. Remove carne asada steak from grill. Set aside. Brown tortillas well on the grill or in a cast iron skillet. Place a bit of chipotle mayo on tortilla. Slice grilled steak thinly. Arrange 3- 4 slices of carne asada steak avocado on top of chipotle mayo. Place black bean and corn relish on top of carne asada steak. Top with cotija cheese crumbles Bon Appetit!!
Combine all ingredients except the beef. Place beef in Ziploc or vacuum seal bag. Pour in marinade. Seal bag. Massage bag to make sure that marinade and beef are mixed well. Place bag in dish and refrigerate 48 – 72 hours. Turn bag over twice per day.
This recipe may sound gimmicky, but chicken pressed and cooked under a brick is beautifully browned, crisp on the outside and succulent and juicy on the inside. Two bricks, individually wrapped in aluminum foil, make the best heavy weight for pressing the chicken.
By Mark Hyman, MD
This recipe originally appeared in The UltraMetabolism Cookbook.
Serves 4
Serving size: 1 (4-ounce) chicken breast
Yield: 4 (4-ounce) chicken Breasts
Prep time: 20 minutes plus 1 hour marinating time
The herb marinade is subtle and forms a nice crust on the chicken breast when grilled.
Place the chicken breasts in a shallow baking dish. Whisk together the lime juice, extra-virgin olive oil, ginger, oregano, rosemary, garlic, salt, and red and black pepper. Pour over the chicken. Cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour. Do not let sit for more than 2 hours, as this affects the texture of the chicken. Preheat an outdoor grill, or a grill pan that has been brushed with extra-virgin olive oil, to medium-high. Grill the chicken for about 4 to 5 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear. Cooking time will vary with the thickness of the chicken. Serve with lime wedges.
Nutritional Analysis
Per 4-ounce chicken breast: 203 Calories, 6 g Fat, 1. 4 g Sat, 94 mg Chol, 0 g Fiber, 34 g Protein, 0 g Carb, 202 mg Sodium
In this simple method of preparation, the herb-filled marinade enhances the flavor of the lamb. If desired, the lamb chops can be broiled indoors instead of grilled.
In this easy and delicious dish, the herb and lemon flavors pair well with the fresh shrimp and the red pepper flakes add a slight kick of heat. Made on small skewers, these make tasty hors d'oeuvres. If using bamboo skewers, soak the skewers in a shallow dish of water for one hour before threading with the shrimp.
Preheat grill. Mix Cajun Seasoning and oil together. Rub mixture on Mahi. Grill fish 2 minutes on each side till medium done. Remove from grill. Set aside. Brown tortillas well on the grill or in a cast iron skillet. Place a bit of shredded cabbage on tortilla. Arrange 2 slices of avocado on top of cabbage. Place Mahi Mahi on avocado and top with mango salsa.
Cajun Seasoning
Place all ingredients in a bowl. Blend till smooth. Keep in airtight container.
By Tana Amen, author "Eat Healthy With the Brain Doctor's Wife"
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Dip the chicken pieces in the egg, coating both sides. Immediately dredge in the almond meal covering both sides completely. Place chicken on a baking sheet. Cook for about 12 minutes, being sure to turn chicken over after 6 minutes.
NOTE: Chicken tenders will not be crispy. If you are used to fried chicken tenders you may want to finish with one more step:
For crispy chicken tenders: Heat 2 teaspoons of coconut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When skillet is hot add half of the baked tenders to the skillet. Cook for about 30-60 seconds/ side, depending on desired crispiness. Remove tenders and repeat process for remaining chicken tenders.
Allow to cool for several minutes if serving to children.
**Consider serving with a "honey mustard sauce". Mix 1 Tablespoon of mustard with 1 teaspoons of raw honey.
This elegant, special-occasion entrée is quick and easy to prepare; just allow enough time to marinate the meat. The tiny chops are flavorful with herbs and garlic, tender and juicy when cooked to just pink in the center. For a colorful presentation, garnish with watercress.
How to cut Skinny Pork
By Robert Sturm, Master Chef, www.robertfood.com
For the Pork: In a bowl combine canola oil and all purpose seasoning. Add pork medallions and massage well coating the pork evenly. In a "HOT" skillet, place pork in pan, cover and let cook 2 minutes. Turn pork over, cover and cook 2 minutes more. Place pork on plate. Drizzle with honey mustard lime dressing.
Place honey, mustard, lime, oil and cilantro in blender. Blend till smooth. Stir in sesame seeds. Keeps 1 month refrigerated.
Place oil and spices in a bowl. Mix together well. Add salmon. Massage spice oil into salmon. Place everything in a gallon Zip Loc bag and marinade in the refrigerator for 24 hours. To make kabobs, soak skewers submerged in water for 30 minutes. Arrange salmon on skewers. Follow the recipe of "How to Grill a Filet of Salmon" on www.robertfood.com.
Moroccan Spice Mix
Place all ingredients in a baggie. Shake the heck out of the bag until mixed well. Put in Tupperware container. Use as desired.
From the book "Man Can Cook" By Robert Sturm
Thaw Turkey in refrigerator 1 week before cooking. Rinse thawed turkey well inside and out. Combine soy sauce, honey and vinegar together. Reserve. Mix oil and seasoning together. Rub half of seasoned oil inside the cavity of the turkey. Mix celery, carrots onion, garlic, thyme, bay leaves and apples together. Stuff vegetable mix into cavity of the turkey. Rub remaining seasoning mix over outside of bird. Cover all skin areas. Be careful not to tear the skin. Tie drumsticks together using butcher twine. Turn back the wing tips underneath the turkey carcass to lay the turkey flat. Place bird in roasting pan on a rack. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400°F for 30 minutes, basting frequently. Turn oven down to 350°F and bake turkey for 2 hours, basting frequently. Turn oven down to 225°F. Make a tent out of aluminum foil and cover turkey. Continue to bake turkey another 1 and 1/2 - 2 hours, basting frequently, until till turkey reaches an inside temperature of 160°F. Plan on 15 minutes of cooking time for each pound the turkey weighs. Test temperature by poking thermometer through the thigh joint into the cavity. This is the thickest part of the bird. When bird reaches 160°F, brush bird with basting mix. Continue baking till bird reaches 170°F. 15 – 20 minutes. The turkey juices will be clear and not pink when you test the turkey for temperature. Remove from oven. Let turkey rest 15 minutes before carving.
Place all ingredients in a baggie. Shake the heck out of the bag until mixed well. Put in Tupperware container. Use as desired.
Combine all ingredients together. Keeps in an airtight container for 6 months
From the book "Man Can Cook" By Robert Sturm
While your cooked holiday turkey is resting, strain the pan drippings and pour into a gravy separator which separates the fat from the liquid. Place roasting pan on stovetop over a medium heat. You will likely need two burners. Sprinkle flour into pan and stir until golden brown. Reduce heat to low. Return defatted drippings to pan, add chicken broth. Stir with a whisk until blended. Turn heat back up to medium and cook, stirring constantly, until gravy thickens. Season pepper and parsley if desired. Pour into a gravy boat, ready to serve.
By Robert Sturm
Preheat oven to 425F. Place the butter, garlic, shallots, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, Dijon mustard, lemon zest and juice in a food processor; pulse until well combined. Season with salt and pepper. Mix red bell peppers, yellow bell peppers and bacon together. Lay oysters in their half shells out on a large roasting pan in a single layer (you can use rock salt or a sheet of crumpled foil to steady them). Place a tablespoon of bacon bell pepper mix on top of oysters and a tablespoon of the casino butter mixture on top of each oyster. Bake oysters in the hot oven until bubbly, approximately 10 to 12 minutes. Finish with finely chopped parsley and serve.
Searing the fish in a heavy skillet creates a beautiful brown, crunchy crust using simple ingredients—salt, pepper, and olive oil. The fillet is delicious on its own or served with a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Mix all ingredients together. Refrigerate 3 hours before serving.
Here is a tasty and tender meat to grill in summertime, perfect served with fresh corn and sliced tomatoes. If desired, the mojo sauce can be made one day ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator until used.
Place all food ingredients in a gallon Zip Loc Bag or a Vacuum Pack bag. Squeeze all the air out. Marinade in refrigerator 48 - 72 hours. Be sure to turn the bag over twice a day. To make kabobs, soak skewers submerged in water for 30 minutes. Arrange shrimp on skewers. Fire up the grill. Place scampi kabobs on grill, cook for 3 minutes or so on each side. Enjoy!!
For tips on grilling go to www.RobertFood.com.
All-Purpose Seasoning
For the seafood - In hot pan, add olive oil, sauté shrimp, scallop, mussels, fish pieces, calamari add garlic till lightly brown. Add tomato, basil, clam juice and reduce slightly. Add parsley, season, keep warm.
For the pasta - Cook pasta in boiling water, remove drain from water and toss with olive oil and parsley. Keep warm.
To Serve - Place pasta in center of bowl, spoon seafood ragout on top, garnish with parmesan and chervil.
Reference -- Gluten-Free pasta options:
Rub Cajun seasoning on both flat sides of tuna. (On all sides of the tuna for really spicy). Place tuna in refrigerator and make sure that the tuna is really cold. Pre-heat cast iron or non-stick pan till "HOT". Place oil in "HOT" pan. Be careful not to burn yourself. Sear tuna on each side for 1 minute. Let cool 5 minutes. Slice tuna into ¼" slices and serve with pickled ginger, wasabi, soy sauce or MojoMoto Sauce.
MojoMoto Dipping Sauce
Combine all ingredients together. Keeps 1 week in the refrigerator.
Place Kombu in a 4-quart saucepan. Soak for 30 minutes. Set the saucepan over medium heat until the water reaches 165 degrees F and small bubbles appear around the sides of the pan. Basically "HOT" but do not boil. Remove the Kombu from the pan. Bring pan to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and add the bonito flakes. Simmer gently, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes. Strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer lined with muslin or several layers of cheesecloth. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Use within 1 week or freeze for up to a month.
Simply delicious, quick and easy, this shrimp is great served alone with a squeeze of fresh lemon. Plan on three to four jumbo shrimp per person for a main course.
Grilling is the simplest of preparations for chicken, and the results are so delicious!
Very versatile, these chicken breasts go with just about anything. Serve the pieces whole or sliced on the bias.
By Tana Amen, Author "Eat Healthy With The Brain Doctor's Wife"
Kid's usually love this simple recipe and it tastes great alone over Shirataki noodles. The coconut flavor is a fresh alternative to traditional scampi
Heat the coconut oil in non stick skillet over medium heat. Add red pepper flakes. Cook for 1 minute. Add shrimp and cook for 1 minute on both sides, just until they turn pink. Be careful not to overcook. Add garlic, oregano and basil. Stir in coconut milk and lemon juice. Cook until slightly thickened, about one minute. Serve over favorite greens or Shirataki noodles. Serves 4
Nutritional Information:
102 Calories, 76mg sodium, 6g fat, 3g carbohydrates, 5g saturated fat, 0g fiber, 66 mg cholesterol, 10g protein
By Sally Cameron, Personal Chef, www.AFoodCentricLife.com
Scrambled eggs or egg whites make a quick and nutritious breakfast-in-a-hurry for busy weekday mornings. Add spoonfuls of salsa for a kick. If you have time, add chopped cilantro and avocado. Soft egg tacos are a satisfying and healthy start that will keep you going. For added protein and fiber, add pinto or black beans on the side.
Crack eggs into a small bowl and beat together with a fork or whisk until blended. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Heat a small non-stick pan over medium heat. Add a few drops of oil. Pour in beaten eggs and cook, stirring until cooked and scrambled. Use a silicone spatula or wooden spoon with a non-stick pan, not a metal utensil. Heat tortillas in the microwave for a few seconds or heat on an open gas flame turned to low, turning tortillas for a few seconds to heat while the eggs are cooking. Divide eggs between the warmed tortillas, sprinkle with cheese, cilantro and salsa if desired. Fold in half and enjoy with warmed beans on the side for extra protein and healthy fiber.
Note - Warm the beans in a small pan over low heat or in a microwave at half power for 1 minute, covered with safe plastic film. Stir and test for warmth. Repeat if needed.
Yield: 1 serving, 2 tacos
An elegant, special-occasion entrée. The filet mignon is extremely tender, and the mustard and peppercorns produce nice crusts. The balsamic vinegar reduction adds a deep color and flavor.
One hour before serving, scrub clams with vegetable brush in cold water; rinse with water until free of sand (adding a little coarse salt to the water will help to remove the sand from the clams). In a 4 quart pot sauté onions, celery and garlic in oil till tender. About 3 minutes. Add champagne (or wine, water), clam juice, seasoning and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Simmer 15 minutes. Add clams. Place cover on pot. Bring to a boil. Simmer clams covered for 5 – 7 minutes. Discard any clams that do not open. Pour broth through a cheesecloth-lined strainer to remove any sand. The broth can either be used as a dunking liquid for the French bread or placed in mugs to drink.
Preheat oven to 400F. Clean and rinse chicken with cold water. Pat dry. Mix onion, garlic, coconut, Kaffir lime leaves, cilantro and lime together. Rub a 1 teaspoon of spice mix on the inside cavity wall of the chicken. Stuff the cavity of chicken with onion coconut mix. Rub chicken with oil. Rub spice mix on chicken. Place on roasting rack in a pan and bake for 1 hour. Cover chicken with aluminum foil and bake 1 more hour or until the chicken reaches a temperature of 165F when stuck in the thigh with a thermometer. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.
Topped with cilantro and red onion, this ancho chile pepper–flavored turkey chili is spicy and flavorful.
By Tina Pretsch
Directions: In a large stock pot, put in turkey, spices, garlic, pepper. Cook until turkey is no longer pink. Add tomatoes and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes uncovered. Add cilantro and beans, and cook for another 5 minutes.
By Kim Moeller
Turn Crock Pot on low heat. Place chicken broth, turkey meatballs, tomato paste, and cayenne pepper in Crock Pot. Let simmer for a few hours. About twenty minutes before you would like to eat, pour in the pasta and spinach. If you add it earlier, it will become too soggy.
Stir ingredients together. Can also serve with chopped avocado or shredded cheddar cheese.


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As you know, speed/distance in Transcendence is reasonably accurate. A laser beam travels at lightspeed, which in the game is about 48 pixels per frame (30 frames per second). Everything else is proportional to that: ships move at ~20% of lightspeed, so about 10 pixels per frame; missiles travel at ~50% of lightspeed, so about 24 pixels per frame.
The problem is that the speed difference between beams and missiles/bullets is too small. If beams were much much faster (say, 10 times faster) we would get more interesting mechanics. Bullets/missiles could be dodged and would be harder to aim, but beams would be faster and more accurate, and would presumably have trade-offs (weaker, etc.).
A larger speed difference would be good for the game, which is why people like creating hit-scan weapons.
There are two obvious problems: (1) all beam weapons would have to be re-balanced; (2) we'd have to abandon the "realism" of speeds in Transcendence.
If we like the idea of faster beam weapons, I think re-balancing will be worth it. It won't happen for the end-of-the-year timeframe, but that's OK. I'm thinking of changing a subset of current beam weapons to the new system. All laser weapons, obviously. But not all particle weapons need to change, nor all ion or positron weapons. Those can have a diversity of speeds (with appropriate trade-offs).
We'll have to test out the new system to get a feel for the proper balance, so it will take time, but I think it will be worth it in the end. I'd love to hear opinions one way or the other.
This problem is minor--game mechanics trump realism--but in this case I think we can have both. The trick is to ADD more realism.
Imagine that you're on a ship 1 light-second away from a station. The station fires a laser beam at you at time 0. The beam reaches your ship at time 1 (one second later). Here's the question: When do you (on the ship) first see the station fire the beam? Since it takes 1 second for light to reach your ship from the station, you won't see the beam being fired UNTIL IT HITS YOU. From your perspective, the beam has traveled at INFINITE SPEED (i.e., you had 0 warning time).
You get the same effect for all speeds. For example, imagine the station fires a missile at you at 50% of light-speed. The station fires at time 0. The light from the missile launch reaches your ship 1 second later at time 1. But by this time, the missile is in reality half-way to you. The missile hits you at time 2 (2 seconds after launch). But because you didn't see the missile until 1 second ago, it seems to you that the missile flew AT LIGHTSPEED.
We can derive an equation for how much faster an object appears to be:
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Speed-Factor = (1 / [(1 / S) - 1]) + 1
where S is the speed as a fraction of lightspeed (0.5 = 1/2 lightspeed).
Obviously this equation won't work at lightspeed, but we can cap Speed-Factor at some high-value (e.g., 10) and get the effect we want. Thus implementing this formula means that when you specify that a beam is speed="50" (50% lightspeed) we run it through the formula and get an apparent speed of 100% of lightspeed. Higher speeds give us apparently superluminal speeds.
From a practical perspective I plan on implementing this by introducing a new weapon type. Most weapons are either type="missile" or type="beam". I'm going to introduce type="continuousBeam". This kind of weapon will be able to draw a solid beam across multiple repeat frames (for example, for the mining laser would end up as a single solid beam instead of four separate line segments).
In addition, I would add the above speed adjustment so that light-speed actually ends up being about 10 times faster.
This would only work on continuousBeam weapons, but I can imagine in the future adding flags to control that behavior separately on all weapon types.
continuousBeam weapons will show up in the next beta so we can try it out. Let me know what you think!


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Perennial to trees, from membranous bulb, fibrous corm, scaly rhizome, or erect caudex
Stem generally underground
Leaves generally basal, often withering early, alternate, generally ± linear
Inflorescence various, generally bracted
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; perianth often showy, segments generally 6 in two petal-like whorls (outer sometimes sepal-like), free or fused at base; stamens 6 (or 3 + generally 3 ± petal-like staminodes), filaments sometimes attached to perianth or fused into a tube or crown; ovary superior or inferior, chambers 3, placentas generally axile, style generally 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: generally capsule, loculicidal or septicidal (berry or nut)
Genera in family: ± 300 genera, 4600 species: especially ± dry temp and subtropical; many cultivated for ornamental or food;
some TOXIC. Here includes genera sometimes treated in Agavaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and other families.
Perennial with onion odor, taste; bulb solitary or on rhizomes, reforming each year, divides at base into daughter bulbs, outer bulb coats generally brown or gray, cell sculpture generally important to identification, inner bulb coats generally white
Stem scapose, cylindric or flat
Leaves basal, 15, linear, cylindric, channeled, or flat, generally withering from tip before flower
Inflorescence: umbel; bracts generally 24, conspicuous, ± fused, scarious
Flower: perianth segments 6, in 2 petal-like whorls; stamens 6, epipetalous, filaments wide at base, fused into a ring; ovary superior, sometimes with 3 or 6 crests, chambers 3, ovules generally 2 per chamber, style 1, stigma entire or 3-lobed
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal
Seed obovoid, black, sculpture net-like, smooth, or granular
Species in genus: 500 species: worldwide, especially CA
Etymology: (Latin: garlic)
Bulb 917 mm, ovoid to ± spheric; outer coats red-brown, sculpture 0 or 23 rows of vertical cells above root pad; inner coats pale brown to white
Stem 1560 cm
Leaf 0.71.5 X stem, cylindric
Inflorescence: flowers generally 10100; pedicels 625 mm
Flower 58 mm; perianth parts ovate, entire, white to pale lavender, midveins darker; ovary crests 6, prominent, finely and irregularly dentate to deeply cut
Ecology: Common. Serpentine and granitic soils
Elevation: 2001850 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi Mountain Area, San Joaquin Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges, Western Transverse Ranges, San Bernardino Mountains?.


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Abusive head trauma, also called shaken baby syndrome (or SBS), goes by many other names, including inflicted traumatic brain injury and shaken impact syndrome. All of these names mean the same thing: an injury to a child's brain as a result of child abuse.
Abusive head trauma (AHT) can be caused by direct blows to the head, dropping or throwing a child, or shaking a child. Head trauma is the leading cause of death in child abuse cases in the United States. Because the anatomy of infants puts them at particular risk for injury from this kind of action, the majority of victims are infants younger than 1 year old.
AHT can happen in children up to 5 years old, and the average age of victims is between 3 and 8 months. However, the highest rate of cases occur among infants just 6 to 8 weeks old, which is when babies tend to cry the most.
Abusive head trauma results from injuries caused by someone (most often a parent or other caregiver) vigorously shaking a child or striking the child's head against a surface. In many cases, the caregiver cannot get the baby to stop crying and, out of frustration or anger, will shake the baby. Unfortunately, the shaking may have the desired effect: Although at first the baby cries more, he or she may stop crying as the brain is damaged.
Children with special needs, multiple siblings, or conditions like colic or GERD have an increased risk of AHT. Boys are more likely to be victims of AHT than girls, and children of families who live at or below the poverty level are at an increased risk for these injuries and other types of child abuse.
The perpetrators in about 70% of cases are males — usually either the baby's father or the mother's boyfriend, often someone in his early twenties. But anyone has the potential to shake a baby if he or she isn't able to handle stressful situations well, has poor impulse control, or has a tendency toward aggressive behavior. Substance abuse often plays a role in AHT.
When someone forcefully shakes a baby, the child's head rotates uncontrollably. This is because infants' neck muscles aren't well developed and provide little support for their heads. This violent movement pitches the infant's brain back and forth within the skull, sometimes rupturing blood vessels and nerves throughout the brain and tearing the brain tissue. The brain may strike the inside of the skull, causing bruising and bleeding to the brain.
The damage can be even greater when a shaking episode ends with an impact (hitting a wall or a crib mattress, for example), because the forces of acceleration and deceleration associated with an impact are so strong. After the shaking, swelling in the brain can cause enormous pressure within the skull, compressing blood vessels and increasing overall injury to the brain's delicate structure.
Normal interaction with a child, like bouncing the baby on a knee or tossing the baby up in the air, will not cause these injuries. But it's important to never shake a baby under any circumstances.
AHT often causes irreversible damage, and about 1 out of every 4 cases results in the child's death.
Children who survive may have:
Even in milder cases, in which babies look normal immediately after the shaking, they may eventually develop one or more of these problems. Sometimes the first sign of a problem isn't noticed until the child enters the school system and exhibits behavioral problems or learning difficulties. But by that time, it's more difficult to link these problems to a shaking incident from several years before.
In any abusive head trauma case, the duration and force of the shaking, the number of episodes, and whether impact is involved all affect the severity of the child's injuries. In the most violent cases, children may arrive at the emergency room unconscious, suffering seizures, or in shock. But in many cases, infants may never be brought to medical attention if they don't exhibit such severe symptoms.
In less severe cases, a child who has been shaken may experience:
Many cases of AHT are brought in for medical care as "silent injuries." In other words, parents or caregivers don't often provide a history that the child has had abusive head trauma or a shaking injury, so doctors don't know to look for subtle or physical signs. This can sometimes result in children having injuries that aren't identified in the medical system.
In many cases, babies who don't have severe symptoms may never be brought to a doctor. Many of the less severe symptoms such as vomiting or irritability may resolve and can have many non-abuse-related causes.
Unfortunately, unless a doctor has reason to suspect child abuse, mild cases (in which the infant seems lethargic, fussy, or perhaps isn't feeding well) are often misdiagnosed as a viral illness or colic. Without a suspicion of child abuse and any resulting intervention with the parents or caregivers, these children may be shaken again, worsening any brain injury or damage.
If shaken baby syndrome is suspected, doctors may look for:
What makes AHT so devastating is that it often involves a total brain injury. For example, a child whose vision is severely impaired won't be able to learn through observation, which decreases the child's overall ability to learn.
The development of language, vision, balance, and motor coordination, all of which occur to varying degrees after birth, are particularly likely to be affected in any child who has AHT. Such impairment can require intensive physical and occupational therapy to help the child acquire skills that would have developed normally had the brain injury not occurred.
Before age 3, a child can receive free speech or physical therapy through state-run early intervention programs. Federal law requires that each state provide these services for children who have developmental disabilities as a result of being abused. After a child turns 3, it's the school district's responsibility to provide any needed additional special educational services.
As kids get older, they may require special education and continued therapy to help with language development and daily living skills, like dressing.
Abusive head trauma is 100% preventable. A key aspect of prevention is increasing awareness of the potential dangers of shaking.
Finding ways to alleviate the parent or caregiver's stress at the critical moments when a baby is crying can significantly reduce the risk to a child. Some hospital-based programs have helped new parents identify and prevent shaking injuries and understand how to respond when infants cry.
All Babies Cry is a national program that promotes healthy parenting behavior through practical demonstrations of infant soothing and ways to manage the stress of parenting. The program is divided into four parts: 1. What's normal about crying? 2. Comforting your baby. 3. Self-care tips for parents. 4. Colic and how to cope.
The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome offers a prevention program, the Period of Purple Crying, which can help parents and other caregivers understand crying in healthy infants and how to handle it.
Another method that can help is the"five S's" approach, which stands for:
If a baby in your care won't stop crying, you can also try the following:
To prevent potential AHT, parents and caregivers of infants need to learn how to respond to their own stress. It's important to tell anyone caring for a baby to never shake him or her. Talk about the dangers of shaking and how it can be prevented.
Reviewed by: Marjorie Hershberger, MSN, RN
Date reviewed: March 2014
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There's a whole set of Mormon underwear (they call them 'temple garments" I'd like to know a whole lot more about, but Mormi seem pretty embarrassed and it's hard to get the straight dope.
1) Do men and women both wear them? are they cut differently for different bodies?
2) Are they ever allowed to take them off? for sports? for going swimming? during sex?
5) Do people have several pairs and change them every day?
6) Can you also wear gentile underwear?
7) does the church make money selling them to you?
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It's going to be a great week for art lovers in Missoula!
Annual Art Sale:
The University of Montana Emerging Ceramic Artists and the Student Sculpture Association of the UM School of Art will host the 27th annual Holiday Sale and Juried Show Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 6-8, in the UM Art Annex.
The sale will include ceramics and sculptures by UM School of Art students and faculty, and the show will feature student work created in the past year. The work will be juried by nationally renowned ceramic sculptor Adrian Arleo of Lolo. Proceeds from the sale go to UMECA and SSA. Funds will be used for scholarships, visiting artists, student travel to conferences and wood for the Anagama kiln firing.
All events are free and open to the public and will be held in the Art Annex, located just south of the Adams Center. The schedule is as follows:
- Thursday, Dec. 6: Opening celebration with music by Good Clean Dirt, 4-7 p.m.; Awards presentation, 5 p.m.
- Friday, Dec. 7: Holiday sale continues, 9 a.m.-7p.m.
- Saturday, Dec. 8: Holiday sale continues, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
For more information call UM Professor Beth Lo at 406-243-5893 or email email@example.com, or call the UM School of Art at 406-243-4181.
The UC Gallery:
Join art students and community members for the opening reception of the juried exhibition, "Art for the End of the World" on Thursday, December 6th from 4-6pm.
First Friday:
As you must know by now, School of Art graduate students run an alternative gallery space in the alley behind the Old Post Pub. Join us for a mystery exhibition this First Friday. Seriously, they're not telling us what to expect, but a safe bet is interesting art, conversation and refreshments. See you there!
Head on over to the Missoula Art Museum to see the ceramic sculptures created by our friend Shalene Valenzuela. Join us at 7 PM for a gallery talk with the artist in which Valenzuela will talk about the rich content of her ceramics which cover topics ranging from fairytales, urban mythologies, consumer culture, societal expectations, etiquette, and coming-of-age issues. Stylistically, Valenzuela's imagery is found in 'dated' sources that represent an idealized time in society, but beneath the shiny veneer of these relics hides a complex and sometimes contradicting truth. It's going to be great!
Join us for a holiday exhibition and sale! The exhibition opens with a reception from 5:30pm to 9:00 pm on December 7th, and continues through December 21st. Gallery hours for the sale will be M-F 10 am to 4 pm and 11 am to 5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Whether you are looking for a new mug for your morning coffee, a vase for a bouquet of flowers, or sculptures to decorate your home, the Clay Studio will be offering a variety of exceptional ceramic art. Special extended holiday gallery hours make shopping at the Clay Studio an easy way to find that unique gift for all of the special people on your holiday gift list-including yourself! Continues through Dec 21. Hours M-F 10-4, Sat & Sun 11-5
The fine folks over at The Dana Gallery have another eclectic exhibition this First Friday. Among the talented artists is School of Art student Clay Pape, so be sure to stop by for the reception at 246 N. Higgins and see what Clay and the others have been up to.
Advanced students in UM painting classes will be mounting a show at "Fresh Paint", a temporary gallery downtown. The gallery will be open First Friday, and Saturday from 2:00 to 5:00pm and is located on Broadway, one door East of Higgins.


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John Pogue directed from his screenplay about an unorthodox professor who leads an experiment to create a poltergeist. Jared Harris and Sam Claflin star.
Lionsgate brokered the deal with CAA and has set an Apr 25 2014 release. Exclusive Media has already closed key territories and will continue to talk to buyers on the Croisette. The distributor previously acquired UK rights.
Exclusive Media's president of worldwide production and acquisitions Tobin Armbrust and Hammer president and CEO and Exclusive Media vice-chairman Simon Oakes produced with James Gay-Rees, Steven Chester Prince and Ben Holden in association with The Travelling Picture Show Company.


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This is the first child for the couple, who wed in March 2011. Tennessee joins Ava, 13, and Deacon, 8½, Reese's children from her marriage to Ryan Phillippe.
Although the actress hid the news at first, she officially announced her pregnancy in June. Since then, she has happily shown off her bump with curve-accentuating dresses.
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The Supreme Court has ordered the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to re-examine its 2011 decision that blocked a suit by Liberty University, a pretend-college that gets federal money to indoctrinate students with right-wing Christian propaganda, and is used to launder money by Jerry Falwell's evangelical empire. The case of Liberty University v. Geithner (11-438) was blocked by the appeals court on jurisdictional grounds after the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Healthcare Act, also known as Obamacare, because the Supreme Court decision invalidated all pending suits against the act.
Liberty University had claimed that Obamacare would lead to taxpayer dollars funding abortions and contraception – which is not illegal under current law – and claimed the law's provisions violated so-called "religious freedom", a concept that has no legal standing. The only mention of religion in the Constitution insures that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion", which has been interpreted to mean there can be no state-sponsored religion, and which is part of the foundation for the separation of church and state.
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Last year, at the Association for Independent Information Professionals conference, Mary Ellen Bates gave tips for completing a one-day marketing makeover. With a tip of the hat to her, here's how you can apply the same principles to your social media profiles on the web to maximize exposure to those who may be looking for you (or at least looking for the same ancestors as you).
If you're reading this site, you know about blogs and may even have one. I've done a pretty thorough job of tagging my posts with the surnames that are mentioned, but other bloggers have gone a step further and created a list of the surnames they are working on all in one place. I decided to do the same and used my Ahnentafel chart as a starting point. While I was at it, I did a refresh of the about page for my blog and republished that.
One additional step I plan to take is to add my email address to all of my posts that deal with ancestors. Too often, I see folks find my blog by searching for common ancestors, but they don't reach out to me. I want to make it as easy as possible for them to be in touch.
I'm friends with dozens of other genealogists on Facebook and I happen to know that at least a few of them have found distant relations on this social media site. I've even made a few such connections myself. I don't have my profile set up so that just anyone can see everything. You have to be friends with me to see most of the information about me. So what if a cousin is seeking me out on Facebook? Would they be able to find me?
You can see how your Facebook profile appears to others by clicking the "View As" link under the little gear icon on your profile page. That will take you to the version of your profile that the public sees. From there, I clicked on "About" to see what information was visible there. I noticed that my blog address was missing from my Contact Info box for one thing. I also noticed that I'm not taking advantage of the About You box — I'm considering listing my surnames there too.
Twitter has been a great tool for connecting with other genealogists, but its Profile page barely allows you to list more information about yourself than you can include in a tweet. All the more reason to make sure you're making use of all of the available fields — name, location, web site and bio. The Bio field only allows up to 160 characters. Currently, my web site field points to my business site. I added my personal blog address to the Bio field.
I don't really spend a lot of time on LinkedIn to begin with and I haven't tried to use it as a cousin-seeking tool. I do link to most of my blog posts from LinkedIn, however, as a way of sharing my latest research. Has anyone else used LinkedIn to connect with distant relatives?
I recently joined Pinterest and have been using it mainly to collect recipes, but it also can be used for genealogy. I did a quick check and Google does include it in search results, so be sure to tag your pins with appropriate surnames or create boards about particular surnames, to make it easier for others to find you.
If you're interested in searching Pinterest for your own surname(s), I recommend going to Google instead of using the Pinterest search interface. In the Google search bar, type "'surname' site:pinterest.com" and it will bring up just results from Pinterest, but in a list format that's a bit easier to sort through.
So, the above are the main sites I use to connect with others. I'm sure there are similar tips for freshening up your presence on other sites. Why not take a few minutes to make sure your profiles are up to snuff?


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The Wabash College Chamber Orchestra invites you to a Sunday evening of beautiful music at 7 p.m. on Sunday, December 4 in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
Under the direction of Wabash music instructor, Alfred Abel, the Wabash College Chamber Orchestra consists of a diverse group of Wabash College students, faculty, and members of the Crawfordsville community.
They will be performing Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major; Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Morning Mood, Ase's Death, Anitra's Dance, In the Hall of the Mountain King); and John Corigliano's Elegy for Orchestra.
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History was made at 8km Stadium in Baku on Tuesday when France became the first European team to book a place in a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup final. It was a landmark moment and just reward for Les Bleuettes, a group of talented and likeable players who for the last three weeks have impressed with the quality of their tidy, expansive attacking football.
That pleasing style of play has much to do with Willy Sagnol, the general manager of France's youth teams. Having made the trip to Azerbaijan to congratulate players and staff alike, the 58-times capped French international agreed to speak with FIFA.com.
FIFA.com: Willy Sagnol, what brings you to Baku?
Willy Sagnol: I came to tell the France team's players and staff how proud I am of what they've done over the last three weeks, not just in terms of results but also their attitude and the image they've presented of themselves. The players are getting on very well together and they've played some very good matches. It's clear to see that they're a real squad, a real team. That's reassuring with regard to various decisions that have been made, whether they relate to the general philosophy of how the team plays or the make-up of the backroom staff. I'm delighted.
Are you yourself a fan of women's football?
I follow women's football as part of my job, and in a way I'm also just discovering it. I've noticed that the approach the girls tend to have to football is completely different to that of the boys. It's healthier with the girls. They ask themselves fewer questions, and France's U-17 women's side are the best example of that. They're at a World Cup and they take the time to appreciate what they're experiencing. They have their eyes wide open and they're happy to take the whole spectacle in. But they don't forget that they have to play when they're on the pitch. They know how to make the very most of the experience.
I've noticed that the approach the girls tend to have to football is completely different to that of the boys. It's healthier with the girls. They know how to make the very most of the experience.
What is your take on the state of women's football in France at the moment?
It's a sport that's constantly growing in France. We have around 60,000 licensed players and we hope that figure will increase. The infrastructure is there and is still being developed. We have our youth-development programme which is working very well. That's produced a huge amount of quality female players, such as the ones participating in this tournament. As the women's senior team is currently on the rise, that has a knock-on effect. In France, when the women's senior team play, we manage to get a million television viewers. That's something new and fresh and football in general is feeling the benefits of that.
You have FIFA World Cup™ experience yourself, having played at Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006 as well as the FIFA U-20 World Cup Malaysia 1997. What does that represent in the life of a player?
There's nothing better than a World Cup. We all have memories of watching World Cups on TV when we were young. You always dream of being there as a player. When you get to take part in the tournament, it's kind of like fulfilling a dream. Beyond that, the competitive angle is also important, because when you start a competition you want to go all the way. As far as France's girls go, I don't know if they hoped to go as far as they have at the start of the competition. They were in a difficult group but they coped very well by playing good football and keeping their discipline. Since then, they've carried on with the same attitude and the same way of working behind the scenes. It's going well for them – all the better.
In France, when the women's senior team play, we manage to get a million television viewers. That's something new and fresh and football in general is feeling the benefits of that.
Have you been following the tournament?
I've seen all of France's matches as well as some others, especially Germany's games. Overall, I think the level of the teams is very close, except for two or three countries where women's football is still too new for them to hope to do something in a competition like this. The four or five strongest nations at this level are very evenly matched, though.
It seems that a lot of players who shine at youth level do not manage to breakthrough in the professional game afterwards. What pitfalls do they need to avoid?
The difficulty for the boys is when they join a professional side. They have to adapt. They're up against experienced players who don't have the same lifestyle that an 18-year-old might have. For the girls, women's football at the moment doesn't make it possible for them to base a career on their passion, so they have to have a professional job on the side. It's important for them to focus on both areas, the sporting and the professional. And, above all, to come into their own as women.


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CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) - Change is coming 'round real soon for Jack and Diane, the donkey and emu duo abandoned in South Carolina. Turns out, their story is getting a Hollywood ending-- as a TV villain but real-life animal lover stepped up to adopt the pair.
Negan -- or Denny Duquette, for some of you-- actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan learned about Jack and Diane on social media, reaching out to animal rescue Carolina Waterfowl on Twitter, inquiring about adoption.
"Hey there... read the story... if you are looking for a forever home for jack and diane? Happy to take them, and keep them together at our farm. They would be a welcome addition to our menagerie of happy creatures. Xojd," Morgan wrote.
Morgan and Jennifer Gordon, the rescue's founder, began emailing.
"It was clear he is an animal lover and his farm was fabulous," says Gordon told the Charlotte Observer. "I am embarrassed to say I had to ask who that was. I don't really watch a lot of television. I definitely knew who he was when I saw the picture. I have seen episodes of the 'Walking Dead.'"
Carolina Waterfowl made the drive to Hudson Valley, New York, Tuesday to drop off the best friends at Morgan's farm.
Jack and Diane became internet sensations because of their intense bond. Volunteers tried separating them, but the donkey cried and the emu became frantic.
They cuddle, sleep together, and the rescue insisted the pair be adopted together.
Carolina Waterfowl Rescue, based in Indian Trail near Charlotte, rescued the animals from Kershaw, South Carolina, after their owner suddenly vanished, abandoning a 'menagerie of pets, including dogs, cats and chickens.'
Morgan is known for his current role as Negan on AMC's "The Walking Dead," but others may recall his love affair with Izzy Stevens in his role as Denny Duquette on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy."


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