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ORLANDO, Fla. – The attorney for Bessman Okafor asked for a mistrial on Friday in Okafor's home invasion trial after he says another attorney had an improper conversation with a witness in the bathroom.
Okafor, who is accused in a home invasion police say is linked to the murder of 19-year-old Alex Zaldivar, broke into a home with another man and later killed one of the key witnesses in the home invasion case, police say.
The judge said it seems like there was a violation of sequestration when one of the attorneys was bad-mouthing another attorney in front of a state witness, but there was no prejudice shown and denied his request.
Home invasion victim William Harrington said that co-defendant Nolan Bernard's attorney said "He's a curse word. He doesn't know what he's talking about."
The state called surviving home invasion victim Brienna Campos back on the witness stand for cross examination on Friday, then the state called her brother, Brandon.
Police say Okafor and a friend broke into the teen's Ocoee home in May 2012, demanded cash and drugs at gunpoint and tied up Zaldivar and his two roommates.
"That's when one of them pointed the gun towards my face and said 'Step back, step back. This isn't a game. Get on the ground,'" Brandon Campos told the jury. "He is, Bessman Okafor, at the far right end of that table."
Okafor said he was at his sister's house at the same time that home invasion occurred.
Just months later, according to investigators, Okafor went back to the same home and shot three people, including Zaldivar, execution style. Zaldivar was killed, while the other 2 victims survived.
Okafor shot Zaldivar, according to police, to keep him from testifying.
The home invasion trial had been delayed for months, and in June a judge delayed it further, saying lawyers needed more time to look at evidence.
Okafor and his co-defendant, face up to life in prison for the home invasion.
Watch Local 6 for more on this story.


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The HRSE series has been designed to meet increasing demand for an energy efficient, simple to operate thermo-chiller with medium cooling capacity. SMC, the worldwide leading expert in pneumatics, has responded to market demand by releasing the basic type HRSE thermo-chiller, which is energy efficient and easy to operate. The HRSE helps those using applications such as welding and packaging that require a constant temperature of fluid supply to equipment, to take advantage of SMC's thermo-chiller technology. Featuring a triple control for the compressor, fan and electronic control valve, the HRSE is easily controlled depending on the heat generated from the user's equipment, delivering 35 % energy savings. Further features have been designed with the user in mind, including a two-step digital information panel with touch buttons, which means adjusting the temperature of the circulating fluid has never been simpler. In addition, 12 alarm codes aids self-diagnosis. XXX SMC said: "At SMC we are always looking at ways to help our customers drive operating efficiencies. The HRSE steps up to meet demand for thermos-chillers that can deliver ease of use, minimal maintenance and energy efficiencies." The option of a magnetic pump removes the risk of fluid leakages and the need for maintenance, delivering cost savings. The HRSE also has temperature stability of ±2.0 °C and a temperature range of 10 to 30 °C with an ambient temperature of 40 °C. Designed to be compact and with low noise operating levels, the HRSE can fit into small spaces and be used in quiet environments. Further flexibility for operators is provided through the range of accessories including a by-pass piping set, replacement dustproof filter, particle filter and anti-quake bracket that measures against earth quakes. For more information on the HRSE thermos-chiller, visit the SMC new product page: www.smc.eu More information about SMC: From its original pneumatics roots dating back to 1959, SMC now has a team of 1,400 R&D engineers and is recognised as the worldwide leading expert in the pneumatics industry. The company offers more than 12,000 basic products with over 700,000 variations and has a diverse customer base covering all automation industries. For more information about SMC and its quality products visit www.smc.eu
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Onesimus' Return
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Embracing the World
Are you hiding your light under a custom-made bushel? Reflect on the closing statement in today's reading: "To hide the light or to restrict it to a reservation is to do violence to the gospel and to grieve the Holy Ghost."Read More
The Lord's Care for His Own
God is not willing that any of His own should perish (Matt. 18:14), and so He shepherds us, using His staff to discipline us if that is what is necessary to keep us in the fold. One way in which ...Read More
A Somber Warning
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text: A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8738 Title: Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) IP Identifier Validation Extension Author: R.B. Shoemaker Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: February 2020 Mailbox: roland at letsencrypt.org Pages: 5 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-acme-ip-08.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8738 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8738 This document specifies identifiers and challenges required to enable the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) to issue certificates for IP addresses. This document is a product of the Automated Certificate Management Environment Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor at rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC


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|Piggott sisters on grandma's porch 196?
|Piggott sisters on grandma's porch 2010
Our darling Blanche & family
We arrived O.K, and Cornell
& Florine were waiting in Idaho Falls
for us. It is a good thing that I came
back or I probably would have lost
my job, for I have been off so much.
I thot of you all day and hoped you
would be able to stand it alone, and
how I wish that I could have stayed
by your side for at least a month for
you need someone, we are praying
for you constantly that you will
have strength to bear this. How did
the baby sleep last night, I hope
she didn't keep you awake all
Verda told me that she would
stay with you as much as she
could & with Von too, you will
not be left alone
I talked with Mrs. Willifred who
lost her husband and was left with 4
children. She said that you will have
to go to the office of public welfare
in Montpelier or Paris, I don't know
where it is if Madsen paid
Social Security tax, which he did
you will be eligible for 9.50
per child, and then the State
will give you so much. Now they
allowed her $25 a month as a payment
on her home until that is paid
for. They evidently make out a
budget for you & if you have
a garden they deduct $35 a year
from what you get. She said
the County commissioners pass
their approval on what will
be given to you, so if you apply
while this is fresh on their
memory you will probably get
more than if you wait. Tell them
about your farm & that it will
probably take what it brings in
to pay for it. If you mention your
Life Insurance tell them it will
take all of it to make you free
from debt. So Blanch get your
self a new washer, bed & chest of
drawers & a bath room, when you
can for now will be your only chance
and you can pay the funeral
expense & the Govm't off, and
get the things you need. Your
living will come alright.
I wont have time for more now
tell the folks I'll write to them
later, I am doing this in the store.
Now these are wild ideas of
mine. Maybe they aren't any good. But
the idea is that the more they discover
you have the more they will deduct
from your monthly allowance and you
need a few things in your home, and
maybe you can get them with your Insurance.
Our love to you all and God
bless & comfort you all.
Dau of
|Jane Pickett Barker
(compiled by her daughter Pearl Barker Merkley)
I, Jane Pickett, daughter of George Pickett and Maria Jarvis Pickett was born November 2, 1848 at Berkshire, Commons, England.
My mother, Maria Jarvis Pickett, was born in Hagbourn, Berkshire, England in the year 1823. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1847 and died three years later in 1850, in Hagbourn, Berk, England. She left father with three little children to care for, all under the age of 6 years. A brother, James, born in 1844, a sister Mary, born in 1846 and I, Jane, was born November 2, 1848. So, you see, we were very young to be deprived of a mother's care.
My father was baptized and became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1846 at Berkshire, Commons, England.
In the early spring of 1856 my father married Priscilla Clark, who lived at Willshore, England. She was born in 1839, baptized in 1862 and died in 1864. My father, George Pickett, with his older brothers William and Mathew, and their families all set sail for America in 1856. They remained together and arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in the fall of the same year.
On November 28 the first child by this new union was born and named Louise.
They all remained in St. Louis during the winter of 1856. Father became very ill with small pox during the winter and died the 2nd of April, 1857. He was buried there in St. Louis, Missouri. Uncle William and Aunt Mary Pickett, having no children of their own, assumed the responsibility of caring for our family from then on. Our family remained in St. Louis for 2 years or more before coming to Utah. They arrived in Utah in 1861 and settled in Tooele County, Utah. That same year my sister, Mary, passed away and the following year, 1862, my brother James died, leaving me the only child of my mother's family. Of course, Louise, my half sister and her mother Priscilla and I lived pretty much together. I was 14 years old at the this time.
Uncle Mathew's family consisted of John Pickett 16, Moroni 14, Elizabeth 12, later known by Aunt Lizzie Tolman, Rhoda Pickett marshall 10, a son Hyrum who died while still a young man. They now left St. Louis to be with the rest of the family who were now in Utah. They arrived in the year 1862 and settled near Uncle William's family in Tooele, Utah.
Now in 1862, Louise's mother Priscilla Clark Pickett, married again and went to Carson City, Nevada where they lived for several years. By this union was born another daughter who is still living at this time (1951) at Rupert, Idaho. She is past 80 years of age. In speaking with her now, she calls this, the George Pickett Family, the shipwrecked family and asks "why dig up all these questions now, it is really too sad to talk about." Priscilla was murdered in foul play of some kind while living in Nevada. Louise was only 12 years old at the time. Whenever she came to visit in Utah she always stayed with Uncle William's family in Tooele, where I lived. We sisters or half sisters were only together for a short (time) in our lives.
When 18 years old, I, like all the other young people of our community, liked to attend the dancing parties, which was about all the entertainment we young folks had. At one of these dances I met a young man to whom I was attracted. I danced with him several times and he accompanied me home. Seemingly, the attraction was mutual. After a courship of several years we were married, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. This attractive young man was John T. Barker, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Barker, who emigrated from England in 1869. John, leaving England with a group of other saints who settled in Utah in the year 1862, later sent back to England for the rest of his family, which arrived in the U.S. by the Steamship Colorado.
After being married in the Salt Lake Endowment House in 1870 we were chosen by the Authorities of the Church to go with a group of other Saints to help colonize the Bear Lake County. We settled in a place called St. Charles, Idaho name(d) after the Apostle Charles C. Rich. We made our home there and reared our family of eleven children. At this same time, Apostle Charles C. Rich came from Salt Lake City with another company of Saints and settled in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho.
June 10, 1871, our first daughter was born, whom we named Jane Maria. We were just beginning to clear off the sagebrush and preparing the land for the crops when our first child was born. This was hard, progress was slow. My husband took up a quarter section of land, but in the course of events and hardships he needed money for his family and he sold some of it. He owned a section called Jerico, which was a part of the quarter section, also a part of it was sold, now known as the Ernest Allred property. He sold about 40 acres of land for $80, and another part of about 150 acres he traded for a wagon. Besides the farm he bought and sold fish and other commodities; would freight in a wagon to Evanston, Wyoming.
|Taylor Brother 1
|Taylor Brother 2
Montpelier, Idaho.Note: copied as written, misspellings and all.
Feb. 16, 1926
Mr. & Mrs. Wm Piggott -
Dear Cousins,
Thursday the 25th of
this month we'll be the 50th
anaversary of Father and Mother's
wedding day. We are going to
have a little celebration, and
would like you both to come
down. We are going to have
all meet in the church at 6. oclock
so if you can not come till
the after noon train on Thurs.
try and come, you know mother
always thinks of you as one
of her girls.
Love Clara


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Paulus vs. Weigle
Filed 28 July 1796
Peter Paulus complains that about 9 April 1793 he entered into a written contract with George Weigel for a tract of land and other matters. Paulus was later notified that Weigel had obtained a judgment against him for [amount is left blank] and court costs. He complains that it is impossible to tell from the judgment exactly what provision of the covenant he violated, but he has been informed that the matter concerns "a supposed failure for non payment of the hewing logs & procuring some shingles." Paulus details other facts which point to irregularities in the execution of convenant responsibilites and the judgment itself. Paulus asks that George Weigel be summoned to answer the suit in person and that the judgment be set aside until the matter can be fairly heard.
George Weigle answers that Paulus "pretended ignorance" as to the nature of the judgment against him and details his side of the matter involving the logs and shingles. Weigle further states that he came to court many times so that Paulus could pay the money due for the land tract and receive title, but Paulus never came to court: "it might have been it was more convenient for him not to pay the money than to have a deed." Weigle denies any fraud in the matter.
Source: Augusta County, Virginia Chancery Case 455, 1797-009, Library of Virginia digital archive URL: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=015-1797-009


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The American Junior Golf Association named Joe Quirk the recipient of the J.R. "Digger" Smith Award, which honors longtime service and dedication to junior golf.
Presented annually since 1991, the J.R. "Digger" Smith Award is given to a supporter who is devoted to the AJGA mission and purpose of developing young men and women through competitive junior golf. The award is named in honor of AJGA Chairman of the Board J.R. "Digger" Smith, who has dedicated himself to the AJGA and to junior golf for more than three decades.
"Joe is totally unique," Stephen Hamblin, AJGA executive director, said. "He was here before there was a Digger Smith, before I was here. He can tell you the history, the places, the people. This award is way overdue. To give your time for as long as Joe has speaks volumes of him and for the AJGA in how special it is for him to want to be involved for so long."
Quirk's story begins with the inception of the AJGA itself. As a high school golfer in the Atlanta area, Quirk was one of the original 99 members of the DeKalb Junior Golf Association. He served as assistant executive director before college, where he attended Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship, and worked in the summers as the original roots of the AJGA were planted.
"The AJGA has been a part of my life since I was 21 years old," Quirk said. "When you're part of something over that long period of time, sometimes you don't really step back and see what's really happened. You grow with it."
Some of the original staff members including tournament director Jim Heard, brother Art Quirk and player-turned-AJGA employee-turned college golf coach Chris Haack, reflected on the changes over the years from Ben Hogan uniforms of red and peach polyester pants, to growing a portfolio of events from two in 1978 to more than 100 in 2014.
"We had fun together but it was so fragile in the beginning, there were so many obstacles," said Heard, now President & CEO of Atlanta-based Windham Brannon Financial Group, LLC. "The organization grew and took hold especially as Digger became involved. For the last 40 years, Joe has created a legacy behind the scenes, approached it with a quiet commitment, and in the process, has helped tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of kids. He is the only person who has been there the whole way."
Since the AJGA was formally established, Quirk has served on the AJGA Board of Directors. Some of his favorite memories include teaming up with then-AJGA Player Representative Phil Mickelson to win a friendly match over Executive Director Stephen Hamblin and Trip Kuehne in Las Colinas, Texas, and spending all but two Thanksgivings with the AJGA since 1978. Quirk married wife Kim in November of 1983, and left two weeks later to work at the Polo Golf Junior Classic. During the annual Thanksgiving-week event, the staff celebrates with a special dinner.
"The Thanksgiving feast started out as just the staff, maybe a few players traveling alone and a few international players," Quirk said. "We went to a local restaurant, ate dinner, and afterward we sang Christmas carols, fight songs and whatever came up.
"I always say that Thanksgiving dinner is the oldest non-golf tradition of the AJGA. It means a lot to the staff there. They are there with people who share the same vision and passion."
Several times when the event was held at Disney (1995-2003), Quirk's family including son Joey and daughter Carrie, came along for the trip. Both Quirk and Hamblin recall their children eating together at Thanksgiving dinner.
To this day, Quirk is an avid golfer who is involved with his Richardson, Texas, home course. At Canyon Creek Country Club, he is past president of the men's golf association, past member of board of governors and chairman of the club. Quirk is currently employed at L-3 Communications, and has been in the defense aerospace business for more than 35 years.
In addition to his AJGA Board of Directories duties, Quirk serves as senior rules official during the Polo Golf Junior Classic. The time offers the opportunity to get to know new staff (with whom he is affectionately nicknamed simply Joe Q.) and tell stories with old friends.
"When the AJGA was just a bunch of high school and college kids, which were most of us who started the program, you had to do everything: serve as rules officials, starters, call local newspapers to get scores in," Quirk said. "I think that is what has made the AJGA so successful: the staff is not that far removed from the juniors and that's the way it was when I started. There was a connection and I liked being a part of it. The AJGA is my extended family."
The benefit of his long-term involvement provides Quirk with not just longevity but a role as the unofficial guardian of AJGA history.
"I think it's one of the things I'm most proud of: I was there when the AJGA was just an idea and I'm still here living the dream."


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Ryan Gosling stars in one of 2011's best films as a stunt driver by day, getaway driver by night who finds himself in a heist that goes terribly wrong and right in the middle of the mob's cross hairs. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
The Big Year
Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black star as three men who engage in an around-the-world bird-watching competition. Watch the trailer
Dream House
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz star as a couple with two daughters who move into a beautiful old house in need of some work--or maybe Craig has just gone insane after killing his family. Co-starring Naomi Watts and directed by Jim Sheridan. Watch the trailer
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Texas Killing Fields
Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jessica Chastain star in this muddled mess of a thriller from director Ami Canaan Mann (daughter of Michael Mann) about cops on the trail of serial killer dumping the bodies of young girls in the middle of a vast wasteland. Watch the trailer
The Thing
Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton star in this prequel/reboot to the 1982 John Carpenter classic about a team of researchers who discover an alien frozen in the ice, one that absorbs its victims before turning into a perfect replica of them. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Calder: Sculptor of Air
A documentary about the great Alexander Calder, the sculptor who invented kinetic art with his gorgeous and delicate mobiles and motion machines. Watch the trailer
Chalet Girl
Future movie star Felicity Jones pays her dues in this lame looking romcom about an ex-skateboarding champ who falls for snowboarding and her handsome young boss. Watch the trailer
The Double
Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere) is an ex-CIA agent forced out of retirement when it appears "Cassius," a Russian assassin whom he thought he'd killed, has resurfaced. Joining him in the hunt is FBI rookie Ben Geary (Topher Grace), who wrote his master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of Cassius. Watch the trailer
The Hammer
The inspirational true story of Matt Hamill, who overcame his deafness to become a UFC fighter. Watch the trailer
In Time
Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried star in this futuristic thriller set in a world where time is the only currency and most people are living day to day. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Janie Jones
Abigail Breslin stars as a young girl left to be raised by her father, a struggling musician who didn't even know he had a daughter. Watch the trailer
The Other F Word
A documentary that looks at a generation of punk rockers who've become dads. Watch the trailer
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
A collection of 12 shorts by Seamus Murphy, one to accompany each song on rocker PJ Harvey's new album. Check out the Let England Shake YouTube channel
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Phillies Paint the Town Red with Two Weeks of Phandom, March 22-April 6
Celebrate the return of Phillies baseball with pre-season fan events, starting with Phillies Charities 5K on Saturday & five days of #RandomPhandom
With Opening Week at Citizens Bank Park just around the corner, the Phillies are getting ready to "Paint the Town Red!"
From Saturday, March 22 through Sunday, April 6, fans are invited to "Represent the P" and take part in two weeks of Phillies fun in anticipation of the official start of the 2014 baseball season. Highlights include daily fan events and lots of #RandomPhandom fun for those who wear Phillies red or follow @Phillies on Twitter.
Saturday, March 22: Phillies Charities 5K - #Phils5K
9:00 a.m., starts/ends on Phillies Drive, Citizens Bank Park
Cheer on 5,000+ runners taking part in the fourth annual sold-out Phillies Charities 5K!
- Be on the lookout for the Phanatic, who will lead off the race and be chased by 5,000 runners. Plus, lots of fun surprises to keep runners motivated along the way!
- Special guests include Phillies Alumnus Tommy Greene and Gary Matthews, Phillies Ballgirls, and Comcast SportsNet's Ben Davis, who will emcee the event.
- Following the race, head over to McFadden's Ballpark for the Official Post-Race Party and celebrate with great food and drink specials, live music and more!
- For a course map and other details, please visit phillies.com/5k. Follow the race using #Phils5K on @Phillies, the Phillies' Twitter account.
Sunday, March 23 - Thursday, March 27 - Random Acts of Phandom - #RandomPhandom
- RandomPhandom is five days of Phillies fun, as fans wearing red and showing their Phillies spirit will randomly be awarded for their acts of phandom!
- A Phillies #RandomPhandom team will be traveling all around the region, from Center City to Chestnut Hill, Pa. to Haddonfield, NJ and New Hope, Pa., and lots more locations.
- Follow @Phillies on Twitter using #RandomPhandom for more info.
Thursday, March 27
Center City to Represent the "P"! Center City is turning red in honor of the Phillies return to Philadelphia that evening. Be on the lookout for a red Boathouse Row, as well as a giant Phillies "P" on the 29-story Cira Centre Building (2929 Arch Street), courtesy of Brandywine Realty Trust. Also turning red will be Three Parkway, 123 South Broad Street, One Liberty Place, and Two Liberty Place. Plus, the PECO building (2301 Market Street) will have a unique "Welcome Home Phillies" message displayed for all to see.
Friday, March 28 & Saturday, March 29
On-Deck Series: Player Surprises & Prizes at Citizens Bank Park! The Phillies On-Deck Series features a spring training-like atmosphere filled with plenty of prizes and surprises! Both games against the Pittsburgh Pirates include unique player and alumni interactions with fans, merchandise specials, entertainment, and more! Tickets are available at phillies.com or by calling 215-463-1000. Game times are:
- Friday, March 28, Phillies vs. Pirates, 7:05 p.m. - On-Deck Game #1 PLUS "Inside Pass to the 2014 Phillies" event, 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Citizens Bank Park Hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, this exclusive event features a question-and-answer session with Phillies players and coaches, autograph stations and photo opportunities, and more. For details and ticket info, please visit http://www.greaterphilachamber.com/event/3584/your-inside-pass-to-the-2014-phillies.
- Saturday, March 29, On-Deck Game #2 1:05 p.m., xpedx 2014 Schedule Magnet for all fans
Sunday, March 30
Phillies R U Game? Talent Search Final Audition Round
It's the Final Audition Round of the Phillies R U Game? Talent Search, where 15 finalists, narrowed down from hundreds of talented hopefuls, will sing their rendition of the national anthem in front of a panel of celebrity judges. One lucky winner will receive the grand prize: The chance to sing the national anthem prior to the April 30th Phillies versus Mets game in front of thousands of Phillies fans! Four runners up will also be chosen to sing God Bless America at a 2014 Phillies game.
The Phillies will continue to "Paint the Town Red" from April 1 until the Modell's Sporting Goods Home Opener on April 7! Fans are invited to check phillies.com for details as they are announced.


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Cooking may be the last thing on many (uni) students' minds. The fresher's culture in particular provides ample persuasion in the form of £1 drinks, 7-stop bar crawls, clubbing, house parties and of course sleeping all of that off, in preference of freshly cooked food. It probably doesn't help that campus supermarkets are often expensive and probably not the best stocked (least so for Indian groceries). Some students may just not know how to cook.
There are so many reasons why cooking vegetarian Indian food at home is the way forwards
• You may find yourself homesick. Although you may have been bursting to get away from home, being at home does have its virtues; at least you get a good home cooked meal.
• If you live of junk food, you will gain weight!
• You may find the vegetarian options limiting, depending on where you have gone to university or you may simply yearn for Indian food which is perhaps harder to source, depending on where you are.
• A diet that's poor in nutritional value will leave you feeling tired and lacking lustre, you may find it hard to stay awake and concentrate in those lectures. Then of course there are the spots and greasy hair that may come as a result of a bad diet
• Cooking vegetarian Indian food in your student home will be a great way to impress people and make friends. The very first meal I cooked for my now husband was when I was a fresher; channa masala (and I used tinned chickpeas).
Here I give you 12 delectable, really easy and speedy recipe ideas for vegetarian Indian dishes. Whether you are a student or a concerned parent, these ideas are real winners. I will also give you an idea of the basic spices to keep in the cupboard (don't worry; they have quite a long shelf life!)
Curry out of a can
Tinned Legumes and pulses can be stored in the cupboard and it's really easy to whip up a curry with them. Try Butterbeans ; fry off onions , garlic, cumin, and a sprig of curry leaves in a couple of tablespoons of oil, add turmeric and salt, add chilli powder, turmeric, coriander and cumin powder, ½ tsp garam masala and half a can of coconut milk. Then grate in 10g of ginger. Mop it up with some bread…its heart-warming.
Sweet corn curry is a popular favourite. Using the same spices as the butterbean curry, but this time, minus the coconut milk and add a couple of dark red chopped tomatoes and a handful of ground nuts to the mix. It's very Moorish. You can create more or less gravy simply by adding water. I like it quite dry with some yogurt.
Chickpea curry is a classic. I like to add a few twists to it, like spinach wilted in at just before I take it off the heat, or maybe some shallow fried tofu, or soya mince. I like to add a couple of teaspoons of dried fenugreek leave to chickpea curries; some people recognise this as a general curry aroma. If you want to avoid any of the spice-adding decisions, you can buy channa masala spices in a box from Indian grocers.
Fresh quickie Curries
Yes, fresh Indian ingredients can be hard to source, but that doesn't mean to say we can't use widely available vegetables to make a curry. Here is a great one for detox; spinach, dill and fenugreek curry. It's so aromatic and easy on the tummy. It contains Iron and fibre. All you do is chop then up, fry off a large onion and couple of spring onions in cumin, mustard seeds and a little garlic and then and all of your ingredients with a couple of chopped tomatoes. Spice with coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder and turmeric. Cook in on a low flame for about 15mins and then sprinkle ½ tsp of garam masala at the end.
Here is another cheat, inspired by a traditional Gujarati recipe. Potato curry in thick, rich gravy. Take a mixing bowl; add one can of chopped tomatoes, 70g of coarsely ground unsalted peanuts, ½ cup of gram flour, then add ¼ tsp turmeric, salt and chilli powder to taste, 1 tsp each of coriander powder and cumin powder and ½ tsp of garam masala and 1 ½ tsp of dried fenugreek leaves. The next bit is magic, all you do, is fry off an onion in some cumin and a sprig of curry leaves and then add a couple of cloves of garlic. Then add about 700g of baby new potatoes and coat them in the oil. Then add the mixture of tomatoes, gram, peanuts and spices. Add water to cover, and cook until the potatoes can be pierced easily.
There are other simple ideas that can be made from readily available vegetables, such as cauliflower curry (don't add any water), aubergine, cabbage (again, no water), or a simple avial which is made with julienned vegetables with desiccated coconut and curry leaves. Although many recipes call for traditional vegetables like tindori, you can make this with carrots, courgettes, baby corn.
I love the versatility of aubergines. I have three varieties in my fridge at the moment and I got them all from my local supermarket (not an Indian one!). With the largest aubergine, I'm going to roast it, scoop out the flesh and mash it a little with a fork. I'm then going to fry off onions, garlic, green chillies and a then soften a couple of fresh tomatoes and add in just salt and turmeric and a squeeze of lemon. With the Japanese style aubergines, I'm just going to make two slits opposite directions upwards from the base and then use the thick potato recipe with the aubergines, just with a nice helping of coriander. With the baby aubergines, I am going to half and then roast them and then submerge them in spicy tomato gravy.
Using Pasta
Pasta is also really versatile and you can stock up on it. I've heard many people say that they could eat pasta every day of the week…but for that, you'd need lots of inspiration…including some Indian inspiration I reckon.
One of our family favourites is what I call 'samosa filling pasta'. A couple of medium potatoes chopped, ½ cup of peas, a small carrot, maybe ½ cup of sweet corn kernels and a very large onion make the basis of the mix, spiced in chilli powder, turmeric, curry leaves and cumin seeds and a squeeze of lemon. Simply add in your pasta and there you have a meal for at least 2-3. Sometimes, I add cheese on top, and funnily enough, it works.
You could try shallow frying some vegetables like ½ head of a small cauliflower, some sweet potato and a cup of peas and then adding a gram flour and yogurt mix (400g of yogurt and 2 tbsp of gram flour). Just add some curry powder and that's how easy it is.
Indian Sandwich Ideas
One of my favourite sandwich recipes requires investing in some chat masala. It's not hot, but it's punchy and brings life to salads and sandwiches. I really recommend a 3 layer sandwich. Peel a potato and then slice it thickly. Boil until cooked, drain and cool. Then use ingredients like a little chilli sauce, cheese, cucumber, tomatoes. If you have some coriander, grind together a couple of handfuls with a couple of chillies, a little lemon and salt and a tbsp of water. Spread this on the bread…it's amazing. This sandwich throws my mind to the streets of Mumbai…anyway…Layer the vegetables on toasted bread, sprinkling chat masala gently.
I'd love to know how you get on with these user-friendly recipes. I'd love to hear what you think.
Warmest wishes
Deena Kakaya
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Age: 21 (Oct. 7)
Height: 6'1" Weight: 226
Winner of the 1994 Heisman Trophy after rushing for 2055 yards as a junior, Salaam chose to enter the '95 NFL draft and was taken by the Bears in the first round (21st overall). Slow to get on track after a contract holdout that extended into training camp, he took over as the team's feature back after RB Raymont Harris was lost to a broken collarbone in the season-opening game.
1995 Season Summary
Appeared in all 16 games
[Bracketed numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Attempts – 296 [10]
Most attempts, game - 30 (for 122 yds.) vs.
12/24 Philadelphia
Yards – 1074 [13]
Most yards, game – 134 yards (on 27 carries) vs.
12/17 Tampa
Average gain – 3.6
TDs – 10 [8]
100-yard rushing games – 5
Pass Receiving
Receptions – 7
Most receptions, game – 2 (for 25 yds.) at
10/15, (for 14 yds.) at NY Giants 11/26 Jacksonville
Yards – 56
Most yards, game - 25 (on 2 catches) at
10/15 Jacksonville
Average gain – 8.0
TDs – 0
TDs – 10
Points – 60
Awards & Honors:
NFC Rookie of the Year: UPI
Bears went 9-7 to finish third in the NFC Central.
The solid rookie season proved to be by far the best of Salaam's career. He gained just 496 rushing yards in an injury-plagued 1996 season and 112 yards in three games in '97 before being cut by the Bears. He appeared in two games for the Cleveland Browns in 1999 and also had a short stint with the Memphis Maniax of the XFL in 2001 (525 yards in 6 games). Overall, he gained just 610 more rushing yards and scored four more TDs in his abbreviated NFL career after his rookie year, a victim of injuries and poor work ethic.
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When I discovered Sophia Plenzler, a daughter of Joseph and Eva Dauer Plenzler, some confusing information kept appearing. I ran into a number of records that seemed to show she was married to her brother, Frank. As has been a theme in my family discovery, there is yet another occurrence of duplicate names.
It appears as if both Sophia and her brother Frank each married a Szymanowski. Frank married Sophia Szymanowski. Sophia Plenzler married Stephen Szymanowski. My research led me to believe that Stephen Szymanowski and Sophia Szymanowski Plenzler were siblings. I located Stephen Szymanowski's baptismal record from St. Anthony's parish, dated September 2, 1892. A transcription of this record is below and it reflects the same parents as Sophia Szymanowski Plenzler's baptismal certificate (see post regarding Frank Plenzler).
No. currens: 142
Datum Nativ. 1892 2 Sept. Nat. 3 Sept. Bapt.
Nomen: Stephanus
Genus: Mas
Thori: Leg.
Parentes: Szymanowski Michael fil Jacobi et Justina Jablonska, Marianna fil Joannis et Barbara n. Jastruzbska (sp?)
Patrini: Joannes Jablonski et Anna Szymanowska
The 1920 census shows Sophia and Stephen living with Mary, Robert, Frank, and Leo (all single) at 1541 Avondale and notes Stephen as a renter, with Robert as head of household. The 1930 census (page 1 and page 2) shows Stephen and Sophia living at 712 Woodstock (my grandparents were living a block away in the 800 block of Woodstock) and the family has three children:
- Leonard, b. 1921, d. 1970
- Bernice, b. 1924
- Stephen Jr., b. 1925, d. 2010
Stephen passed away July 12, 1966 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery. His obituary was published in the Toledo Blade on July 14, 1966. His obituary is transcribed below:
Stephen Szymanowski
Stephen (Steve) Szymanowski, Sr., 73, of 817 Evesham Ave., died Tuesday in the Byrnebrook Nursing Home.
A lifelong Toledo resident, Mr. Szymanowski was a receiving clerk at Kaiser Jeep Corp. more than 20 years, retiring 8 years ago. He was a member of St. Hyacinth Church, the Fourteenth Ward Old Timers Ball Players Association, Pulaski Camp Woodman of the World, and the Council of Elders, Toledo Health and Retiree Center.
Surviving are his wife, Sophia; sons, Leonard and Stephen, Jr. daughter, Mrs. Bernice Dybala, of Toledo, sisters, Mrs. Margaret Rejent and Mrs. Sophia Plenzler, both of Toledo, Mrs. Clara Zion, of Cincinnati, and five grandchildren.
Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Hyacinth Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited tonight at 8 in the Sujkowski Mortuary.
Stephen's burial location in Calavary is transcribed below:
No. 68920
Name: Stephen Szymanowski
Residence: 1011 Byrne Rd.
Age: 73
Cause of Death: Ca of Brain
Date of Interment: 7/16/1966
Grave: 8
Range or Lot: 193
Section: 44
Funeral Director: W.K. Sujkowski
Remarks: 2095
Sophia passed away November 9, 1977 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery. Her obituary was published in the Toledo Blade on November 10, 1977 and is transcribed below:
Mrs. Sophia I. Szymanowski, 80, of 4845 296th St., died Wednesday in Flower Hospital, Sylvania. She worked in the maintenance and cleaning department of Gerity Schultz Corp. 23 years, retiring in 1959. She as the widow of Stephen Szymanowski. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Bernice Dybala, and son, Stephen. Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Church. The Rosary will be recited at 7 tonight in the Sujkowski Mortuary.
Sophia's burial location in Calvary is transcribed below:
No. 82229
Name: Sophia Szymanowski
Residence: 4845 296th
Age: 80
Cause of Death: Prov. Death Cert.
Date of Interment: 11/12/1977
Grave: 7
Range or Lot: 193
Section: 44
Funeral Director: Sujkowski
Remarks: 2553


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Remember last week I blogged about switching my office and bedroom around? I left off with a loveseat in my Jimmy waiting to be unloaded when two of my college kids got home.
They arrived home—naturally thrilled to be moving more furniture—and we headed out front where I'd backed the Jimmy and set about unloading the loveseat. Or so I thought.
Let me backtrack a bit. That same day an older gentleman and I had loaded the loveseat with relatively little difficulty so I figured three of us could easily slide it back out.
You can probably guess what happened next.
Does the word 'wedged' conjure up any pictures? Yep. That's right. The THREE of us got the loveseat hopelessly wedged in the back of my Jimmy. It wouldn't budge. Even worse, it was stuck in such a position that it was hanging over the tailgate of the Jimmy and I couldn't close the back door and that meant the interior light remained on. Did I mention the temperature outdoors was hovering around 10 degrees with a windchill of negative 20 at the time and my brother (my go-to-guy in situations like this) wasn't off for another hour? I had to keep my vehicle running in order to keep the battery from running down.
Some time later my brother arrives and accurately assesses the situation: Little Sis has done it again.
We go to work on the stubborn sofa-ette. We unscrew the legs, figuring it will facilitate the extraction process, only to discover one of the legs is missing. Now I know for a fact it had four legs when it went into the Jimmy, so I reckon it's come off somehow in the push/pull process. We continue. My Jimmy has (or maybe I should say 'had') one of those black screens that is attached to one side of the vehicle that you can pull across and fasten to the other to cover items stored in the back of the vehicle. The loveseat not only got hung up on the rod that makes up that device, but the rod actually impaled itself into the wood beneath the loveseat and began to rip away the black screen canvas material attached to the handy rod. We had to shove the loveseat back into the Jimmy to remove the rod mechanism. This was not a quick, easy procedure. Once we finally separated the canvas curtain rod thingy from the loveseat, we managed to slide the loveseat (which seemed much heavier coming out of the Jimmy than it did going in) out and carried it in the front door.
"Where is this going?" My brother asked. (I'd failed to inform him of my little room switcharoo.)
"Uh, the kids' TV room," I answered.
He frowned.
"Don't you have a loveseat in there already?" he asked.
"Well, yes, but you see…" I then explained my activities of the previous weekend.
"So we have to move another loveseat out of the TV room before we move this in?" he summarized, the look on his face similar to mine when I realized the loveseat was hopelessly wedged in the back of my vehicle.
"You're quick," I said, feeling praise was in order.
He lifted a dubious eyebrow.
Once the old loveseat was safely moved to my office and we'd moved the 'new' one into place, it was time to put the legs back on.
Remember that missing leg?
The one that was on when we slid the loveseat in the Jimmy and, thus, logic demanded it must be somewhere in the Jimmy or around the Jimmy. Yeah, that leg.
Well, I searched that vehicle high and low, in and out, up and down, took everything out of it twice and guess what? No leg. Not anywhere.
Okay. Think, Kathy, think. Where could it be?
I called the place I purchased the furniture item, explained, told them what door I'd backed up to when we'd loaded the item. The guy (who happened to be the same one who helped me load the loveseat and—shocker here—remembered me) promised he'd check personally and call me back. He did.
No leg.
Okay. I've got a like new loveseat that matches my southwestern-theme room, but I've only got three legs. I started visiting local places: Walmart, Farm and Home, True Value, Coast Hardware. Zero legs. I call a carpet and furniture place just down the street to see what they suggest. The guy asked me the brand of loveseat. I have no clue. It's big and comfortable and goes with my southwestern motif, I tell the guy. I hear his sigh through the phone line. I explain I have the leg . I describe it to him.
He responds he has two 'junk' legs I can look at. So I run down, leg in hand, and hope in my heart and what do you know? Much to my amazement, one of the legs is an identical match! I give him a five dollar bill for his time, hurry home, screw the legs on the loveseat before one of them disappears, and collapse onto the cursed loveseat.
Who knew a simple room rearrangement could go so wrong?
Martha Stewart I ain't.
Next week's installment of Murphy's Law moments from the Heartland will feature the surreal scenario when a daft, clueless driver pulls out from a grocery store driveway, sideswipes my son's car, shoving him into the curb, wails "why did you hit me?" and her equally demented husband arrives on the scene only to go postal on my son, escalates on yours truly, and continues his tirade with law enforcement.
'Oh, it's a beautiful week in the neighborhood.'
And today? Today I plan to stay safe and sound inside my humble little abode and not venture outside my door.
It's scary out there.
So how was your week?
~Bullet Hole Bacus~
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Bullet Hole's 'Trading Spaces' Saga continues...
Posted by Kathy Bacus at 10:02 AM
16 comments:
- Christie Craig said...
Great blog.
I think a dog came by and snatch up the leg.
Hey...maybe it was Leslie neighbor's dog who got kidnapped by her children.
Great post. Thanks for the chuckle.
- February 5, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- Wendy Roberts said...
I've had sofa legs go missing during moves. I don't know why/how this happens. Personally, I think there's a tooth fairy gone horribly wrong and is out there collecting sofa legs and socks. Mega hugs to your son! Hope your week gets better.
- February 5, 2009 at 11:22 AM
- Terry S said...
Now that you have paid $5 for a replacement leg, Murphy's Law dictates the missing one will turn up when you least expect it. Or you'll walk out the door one day when the snow finally melts and it will be right there in front of you.
Thanks for the great story. Hopefully, you are getting a little sun to enjoy in your office after all the trials and tribulations of getting it all in order.
- February 5, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Glad you thought it was funny, Crime Scene Christie. A 'comedy of errors' was the term that came to mind when I thought about the series of events.
I was hoping to stay put today, but just discovered I'm out of chocolate--and the Cadbury Creme Eggs are in the stores!
Maybe I will venture out after all...
~Bullet Hole~
- February 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Thanks for the hugs, Wendy. Since so many things tend to go missing at my place, I'm going with a 'poltergeist' theory.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo...
~Bullet Hole~
- February 5, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Yep. I expect to find that leg every time I get in the Jimmy, Terry.
And yes, the sun is pouring in my office window as I type and I'm soaking it in. I love it! Thanks for asking!
~Bullet Hole~
- February 5, 2009 at 12:02 PM
- Refhater said...
I'm glad to hear I'm not alone with having the week from hell. You can tell the full moon is next Monday.
I stared this week with my home pc crashing, then my car died because of the freezing temps and I've had to walk miles in those same freezing temps to get to work. And to make it all the more fun, I dislocated a rib and can hardly move without pain.
I'm glad to hear that things are starting to look up for you. It gives me hope that things will change here as well.
- February 5, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Hugs on your week from hell, Refhater. My son-the same one who got his car crunched by the clueless woman with the insane husband--also developed problems with the LCD on his brand new HP laptop monitor and has to return it. It has developed weird 'ghost' images on the monitor display. Very weird. He is a bit apprehensive at present as these things are known to happen in threes. Scaree!
Hope you get your vehicle up and r unning and things improve for you in the days to come.
~Bullet Hole~
- February 5, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- Estella said...
Glad things are looking up for you! My week was spent with old man Flu.
- February 5, 2009 at 4:24 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Yikes! Refhater wins!
Glad you found a replacement leg, Kathy. I'm dying to know where the original one is though.
- February 5, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I understand the flu bug is going around, Estella. Hope you're on the road to recovery!
~Bullet Hole~
- February 5, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I'm still puzzled about that leg, Gemma. It's a mystery!
And I think Refhater gets the suckiest week award, too--with my son, Erick, coming in a close second.
~Bullet Hole~
- February 5, 2009 at 7:07 PM
- Bookmobiler said...
Sounds more like a "frustration" seat than a "love" seat.
If leg ever shows up you could save it as a spare.
Except its probably not the same shape as the other three. Three chances in four if you ever need a replacement it'll be one of the others.
Sounds like the other party in the accident were defensively attacking your son.
You must have seen it during your law enforcement career.
You know the line.
"I couldn't possibly be at fault, so that leaves you." With a dash of your son is a teen so he must be guilty of something thrown in for good measure.
I hope it all works out for him.
- February 5, 2009 at 7:44 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Yeah, I've seen this kind of behavior before, Bookmobiler, but my son sure had his eyes opened. It was a lesson in Knuckledragging 101 that's for sure. Thanks for extending best wishes to Erick. I'll pass them on to him.
~Bullet Hole~
- February 5, 2009 at 8:02 PM
- Refhater said...
Thanks for the hugs. Weeks like this just make you treasure the good things that happen when they happen. It's my belief that at least one good thing happens every day, sometimes you just have to make that good thing up. (ex. You didn't drop your tooth brush in the toilet this morning.)
This week hasn't been a total loss. The people who fixed my computer didn't charge me for fixing it. My little brother celebrated his 30th birthday healthy and happy. All the exercise from having to walk to work will show up on the weight loss scale eventually. And my mom is recovering well from her recent surgery. She got medical clearance to drive today.
Tell your son that bad things may happen in 3s, but so do the good things. And as my mom always says; "It could be worse."
- February 5, 2009 at 8:34 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I like your 'cup half full' approach to adversity, Refhater. We forget all the things we have to be grateful for each and every day. I know I'm often guilty of this. Thanks for the reminder that each day brings us gifts, even though we might not even be aware of it at the time.
~Bullet Hole~
- February 5, 2009 at 9:14 PM


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After a few millennia, some movies and a grand Olympics show, archery may at last be sticking with Americans.
What's bringing the latest generation around is a pop culture confluence led by "The Hunger Games" and fueled by the 2012 London Games. Archery became the most watched event on NBC in Week 1 and had the ninth-most visited livestream among sports during the first half of the Games. It also didn't hurt that the men's team landed the United States its first medal of the summer.
And, Hollywood has a few arrows left in its quiver. Besides sequels to "Hunger Games" and "Avengers," bows will be drawn this fall in two new series: J.J. Abrams' post-apocalyptic "Revolution" (Sept. 17) and "Arrow" (Oct. 10), the CW series about DC Comics vigilante Green Arrow.
Don't expect archery to be just a spectator sport; kids and adults clamoring to get a quiver of their own have been signing up in record numbers. Olympics-wise, 2016 may be a very different playing field for Americans.
Artemis, Mongolian hordes, Confucius, and other archers in history
The United States is a little late to the game, considering humans across cultures have plied the bow and arrow since prehistoric times. The ancient Greeks looked to Apollo as the god of archery, while his sister Artemis took care of the hunt. Mongolian mounted archers conquered much of Asia. Medieval kings in England and Scotland thought constant training so essential, they applied archery metaphors in their philosophical ruminations. The Japanese art of Kyudo evolved over the centuries into a meditative Zen pursuit. In North America, Native American tribes migrated from the spear to the bow and arrow relatively late, around A.D. 500, and like most cultures, set them aside in favor of the gun. But it was Ishi, the last Yahi Indian who died in 1916, who spurred a 20th-century American revival of the lost art.
From "Hunger Games" to Olympic Games
Decades later, archery has drawn people across generations, and from both genders.
"The latest glut of movies — 'Brave,' 'The Avengers,' 'Hunger Games' — it has really boosted our attendance and interest," says Rob Turner, head coach at the Easton Newberry Sports Complex, one of the country's largest junior Olympic archery development programs. Since the Florida facility opened in 2009, individual class sizes swelled from 20 to more than 100. "It's been really exciting."
The March release of "Revolution" coincided with the organization's first qualifiers in 2012. The organization's site saw 30,585 unique visitors that month, a 60 percent jump compared to March 2011. Interest "reached a fever pitch in March," confirms USA Archery spokesperson and coach Teresa Iaconi. "Literally, the phone did not stop ringing." In the first six months of 2012, USA Archery membership has increased 20 percent.
Women's work
Bronze medalist Khatuna Lorig, who has competed under the flags of the Soviet Union, Georgia and the United States (she ranked fourth in the individual women's competition this summer) used to hear dismissive comments about archery. "'That's a sport? Are you kidding me?'" she tells Yahoo!
That was before she trained actress Jennifer Lawrence, in 15 one-hour lessons, to shoot fair as "The Hunger Games" heroine. Thanks partly to the women's work, the winds have now shifted. "'Archery is a really cool sport,' that's what they say," Lorig says.
Now archery's appeal, once its drawback, lies in its very accessibility.
"Age doesn't matter, ability doesn't matter. Everybody can shoot arrows," she points out. "You can have fun with that in a recreational way, or you can go hunting, or you can go to the Olympics. That way, archery does deserve its fame, thanks to Hollywood."
Slings and arrows of modest fortunes
Can postapocalyptic superhero fantasies sustain enough of a pull?
"We were waiting for the other shoe to drop," Iaconi admits. "After the Olympics, we usually see a drop off."
That happened in 1996, after Justin Huish brought home gold medals, and when actress Geena Davis tried for (but didn't make) the 2000 women's team. The London Games' record viewings, though, testify to a more engaged audience. Days after the Closing Ceremony, USA Archery is still seeing a bump on social media sign-ups and people clamoring for classes in their area.
And behind the scenes, enthusiasts have invested in the sport since 2008, from opening centers like the one in Florida to building a 40,000-square-foot "state-of-the-art" archery Olympic field house. Construction of the training center in California begins this fall. On the competitive field, 15- to 17-year-olds make up the largest proportion of USA Archery's youth competitors. "Compared to Beijing, it's a world of difference," Iaconi says. "Hopefully, we'll have an even better story four years from now."
"We may not be the fastest athletes. We may not the strongest athletes," Turner says. "[But] I believe we're among the smartest and mentally toughest."


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Group Test If we at Reg Hardware made DSLRs, we'd be looking nervously over our shoulders, as compact cameras have never been so good. The rise of APS-C EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder, Interchangeable Lens) cameras, such as the Sony NEX models, promises DSLR-quality without the bulk to carry around. Size matters and Canon now appears to be considering a compact DSLR – whether we're headed for a new take on Pentax's Auto 110 SLR film camera remains to be seen.
While professional DSLRs aren't exactly in dire straits, it is very competitive in the lower reaches of the market. Indeed, with many budget DSLRs yet to offer niceties such as HD video recording, or even live view modes, you could be excused for wondering why you'd consider one in the first place.
Yet there are plenty of reasons for aspiring photographers to stick with the format. For one thing, DSLRs have proper optical viewfinders, giving focus an accuracy that's missing from many electronic viewfinder cameras. Every DSLR you can buy uses phase detection for autofocus – light-years ahead of the contrast detection system used by compacts in terms of both speed and accuracy.
And, while a few EVIL cameras, and even compacts such as the Sigma DP-2, are beginning to offer APS-C sensors, it's rare to see a compact or EVIL camera offering any more than a thumbnail-sized sensor. For now, at least, DSLRs continue to offer the best options in terms of image quality and expandability.
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This comes only two weeks after another offensive skit when SNL mocked Chaz Bono as "Cher's son-daughter."
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1940 Ford Truck - Second Time Around
This Fully Rebuilt 1940 Ford Was Only Supposed to Be A Pantjob
Erbie Daw has always loved 1940 Ford pickups. He was 21 when he owned his first one, for three whole weeks. It was 1964. He bought the truck from his boss. It wasn't a showstopper, just a cool old pickup, and Erbie enjoyed driving it until the boss changed his mind and took it back.
Erbie never lost his interest in classic vehicles, and has owned some nice cars over the years. About five years ago, while recuperating from some life-saving surgery, Erbie had one of those "you only live once" realizations, and decided that he would really like to drive a 1940 Ford truck again. He looked all over, without luck, before buying this one from a friend. It wasn't a showstopper either. The candy blue finish had cracked in several spots, but Erbie didn't mind because he intended to have the truck repainted candy apple red.
When stripping the paint revealed large patches of Bondo, it was obvious that the old 1940 needed more than some shiny paint to become what Erbie wanted. Lucky for him, Scott's Hot Rods is located 10 minutes from his house in Oxnard, California. Scott's had built Erbie's '34 coupe, so a good relationship already existed between Erbie and shop owner Justin Padfield.
It took two years to completely rebuild and transform the 1940. The bodywork was probably the most challenging part of the whole project, with much of the work performed by Jimmy Hartman. In addition to the sheetmetal repairs, the cab was stretched four inches to improve legroom and the bed was shortened the same amount to keep the overall length unchanged. The hood and cowl were smoothed. Driprails and door handles were shaved, and hidden door hinges were added to smooth the body lines. The top was rebuilt and new glass was installed. A repro grille from Alumicraft was added and the front bumper was rechromed and pulled in. Lokar taillights were mounted in the custom roll pan. The ash bed floor was stained to match the interior of the cab.
With the body off the chassis, Scott's Hot Rods created a whole new frame from fully boxed repro 'rails and tube crossmembers—with Aldan coilover shocks at the corners. Scott's added one of its independent front suspension packages, including a sway bar, dropped spindles, power rack-and-pinion steering, and Wilwood four-piston, 12-inch disc brakes. At the other end, a Jag rearend was installed, featuring 3.73:1 gears and a limited-slip differential with 11-inch inboard disc brakes. The chassis was finished with black powdercoating.
The mid-1960s, the era when Erbie briefly owned his first 1940, could have had an influence on the tire and wheel choice. Futura five-spokes from Hot Rods by Boyd add some hot rod flavor to the pickup's personality. The front and rear 17x8s are mounted by 245/40R17 (front) and 255/45R17 (rear) blackwall radials.
Erbie's wish for a candy apple red paintjob (the thing that got this whole project started, remember?) was finally fulfilled when Jimmy Hartman sprayed the House Of Kolor paint.
Some impressive looking custom metalwork lines the engine compartment. In the middle of it all is a Chevy 350 crate engine, crowned with a Magnuson blower and dressed up with Billet Specialties finned valve covers and matching air cleaner. Rewarder ceramic-coated headers are routed into a custom exhaust. Bolted behind the 350 (which makes an estimated 450 horsepower) is a column-shifted 700-R4 transmission.
The custom interior was designed by illustrator Eric Brockmeyer, and interior builder Ron Mangus replicated Brockmeyer's design. A custom-built bench seat is upholstered in tobacco-toned leather upholstery distinguished with elaborate stitching, decorative grommets, and Ford's V-8 emblem. The custom wood dash from Wabbit's is filled with Auto Meter gauges and an Alpine stereo receiver tied to Kicker speakers. Vents for the Vintage Air A/C system are mounted in a lower panel. The Lecarra steering wheel, on an ididit column, was customized with the same paint and leather as the rest of the truck.
"It took a while to get back my 1940," Erbie says, referring to the truck his boss sold to him, and then took back, 50 years ago. There's no chance of that happening the second time around. Erbie retired earlier this year. Now if he's not at home hanging out in his man cave, he's out driving his recently finished 1940.


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Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.
Situated on the very tip of the African continent, South Africa has proved itself over three centuries to be an ideal location for producing a wide range of wines. Benefiting from something not dissimilar to a Mediterranean climate, with long, hot summers complemented by both Atlantic and Indian Ocean winds, the grapes which grow on the valleys, mountainsides and plains of this fascinating country can ripen to their fullest capacity, producing wines packed full of fruity flavors and an array of interesting and enticing aromas. As a former colony, South Africa has long since been home to a range of different nationalities, who each brought something of their wine culture with them. As such, many European grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and others have been given time to flourish in South Africa, allowing the country to develop a diverse group of wine types which are proving increasingly popular around the world.


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Remove Mate
Before removing a Desktop Environment, you have to keep a few things in mind;
- Removing too much might leave your system unusable.
- Be sure to have an alternative DM installed. (gdm or lxdm or lightdm)
That said, unless you are running out of hard drive space or have limited bandwidth for updates,
there is no real harm in having Mate installed. If you don't use it, it won't hinder performance.
For this to work, the best way of doing this is to first install a alternative Desktop Environment.
In this tutorial Mate will be replaced with KDE.
- open a console/terminal and become root. (of course you can also do this with Rigo
- install your alternative Desktop Environment:
# equo install kde-meta --ask
for Rigo: enter:kde-meta in the searchbox, select the package, and click install,
or install directly using a shortcut in the searchbox: do:install kde-meta.
- install a alternative LoginManager: (in this case, i choose kdm)
# equo install kdm
With systemd init
Disable currently running LoginManager:
# systemctl disable $(systemctl show display-manager | grep Id | sed 's/Id=//g')
Enable KDM to start at boot:
# systemctl enable kdm.service
When done, logoff, and logon again into the fresh installed Environment. (NOT Mate)
With OpenRC
While at the terminal, change the default LoginManager to kdm:
# nano -w /etc/conf.d/xdm
and replace:
or "gdm" with:
When done, logoff, and logon again into the fresh installed Environment. (NOT Mate)
Removing Mate
So now we're logged in with KDE.
- open your favourite terminal, and become root.
- enter following in the terminal:
equo query installed mate | xargs equo remove --nodeps
- (ignore all the warnings)
final steps
equo install sys-apps/dbus x11-apps/scripts
When done, a final step, enter equo conf update to check if configuration files needs to be updated, manually.


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April 30th is the two-episode season finale of Clone Wars.
MTV.com posted an exclusive excerpt of Young Boba Fett flying Slave I:
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The beleaguered Jedi Knights have struggled against space pirates, zombie bugs, mind-controlling brain worms, giant monsters and more, all while dealing with the ever-present threat of attack by the evil Separatist forces - but despite all they've been through, their greatest threat is still before them. For future generations of Skywalker, the name of Boba Fett will live in infamy - but now, he is still but a boy bent on revenge, driven by a desire to make the Jedi pay for the death of his father. Things get personal in the heated ONE-HOUR season finale of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, airing at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT Friday, April 30 on Cartoon Network.
But though his motivations are cold and his plan calculated to perfection, Boba isn't alone in his malicious machinations against the Jedi Order. Having surrounded himself with a rogue's gallery of the galaxy's most merciless mercenaries, he is but a pawn in a deadlier game - and his own cohorts have no compunctions with taking advantage of the young man's naiveté. Led down the dark path by Aurra Sing, Boba will learn a thing of two about deception and deceit from his bounty hunter henchmen.
"Aurra takes Boba under her wing and presents herself as a mother figure," says Jaime King (Sin City, The Spirit), who voices Sing in the series. "I believe that she would like to groom him to be ruthless bounty hunter. She is intense, and she will do anything to get money - any job, any task - and she has no consciousness, really, about the difference between right and wrong; Aurra just wants money and power, no matter what. She won't let anything stand in her way. I think she sees herself in young Boba - but while Jango had his son's best interest in mind, Aurra doesn't."
Given his iconic image as a ruthless and inscrutable bounty hunter, it's hard to imagine Boba Fett being manipulated by anyone. But in The Clone Wars, he is still an impressionable young man - passionate but untested, and in search of a family.
"If Star Wars has taught us anything, it's that everyone has a back story." says Supervising Director Dave Filoni - who wrote and directed the thrilling season finale. "In Empire, we see Boba as a bad guy - but maybe he's just doing a job. He's definitely got an edge, though, and we are exploring where that comes from. In Episode II, he saw his father murdered by Mace Windu, however he's still got a long way to go before he becomes the battered bounty hunter we know so well. Aurra's an influence, and not much of a nurturing parental figure - so that plays a part, as well. She preys on his weakness, on his desire for a family. It's pretty dysfunctional, and it sheds an interesting light on both Aurra and Boba. Ultimately, though, Boba's always been a mystery. As much as we reveal, we're not going to take the mystery away from his fans. Not knowing all the answers about Boba is part of what makes him so cool."