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Attorneys for the group Alliance for a Better UTAH filed a complaint Thursday with the lieutenant governor, seeking a special counsel to investigate whether Attorney General John Swallow violated campaign law and, if he did, potentially have him removed from office.
The complaint, drafted by attorney and former Republican state legislator David Irvine, on behalf of Crystal Young-Otterstrom, alleges a dozen violations, including multiple failures to report his business interests or income, and alleges he may have misused state resources and campaign funds.
"This is an issue in our view of ensuring the integrity of Utah's election process," Irvine said Thursday.
The complaint includes an allegation that Swallow attempted to conceal his interest in P-Solutions and payments from the late Check City founder Richard Rawle.
The money for those payments came from funds paid to Rawle by St. George businessman Jeremy Johnson who hired Rawle to help him avoid a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit.
Swallow said the money was paid for consulting work he did on a cement project in Nevada, an assertion Rawle backed up in a declaration days before his death in December.
It also notes numerous other companies, including Timberline Drilling, the Vital Ground Foundation and Mark Shurtleff, Inc., in which Swallow was an officer and failed to report his interest.
However, a Swallow adviser points out that Swallow had nothing to do with two of those companies a different John Swallow was an officer in Timberline Drilling and Vital Ground Foundation.
"Mr. Irvine needs to do better research," said Swallow's campaign consultant Jason Powers. "Such carelessness is pervasive throughout this inaccurate and meritless complaint. Nonetheless, the campaign will address any questions directed to it from the Lt. Governor's office."
Under state law, if the Lieutenant Governor's Office deems the petition has merit, it is typically forwarded to the attorney general for an investigation.
In this instance, because it is the attorney general who would be investigated, the liberal-leaning alliance is asking for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate and, if the findings warrant, a civil lawsuit seeking an order to have Swallow removed from office.
Irvine said it should not be a lengthy process.
"Anyone who looks at the petition and the documents that are appended … can make a determination in the space of about 30 minutes whether there was complete, full and accurate disclosure of the required business interests," Irvine said. "This should not be a six-month undertaking."
When Swallow filed to run for office he filed a financial disclosure that did not list several of the companies in which he was an officer at the time. He filed an amended return on March 15, the same day he took his name off of several companies, transferring his interests to his wife.
That includes P-Solutions, a company that received $23,500 from Rawle for consulting work on a Nevada limestone quarry, part of a planned cement project.
The money Swallow was paid came from funds Johnson paid to Rawle. Swallow had put Johnson in touch with Rawle, Swallow and Rawle insist, to hire lobbyists. Johnson said he and Rawle arranged to pay Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., $600,000, which Johnson has called a bribe.
Reid has denied any knowledge of Johnson's case.
When Swallow learned the money had come from Johnson and his associate, Swallow returned it months later and asked to be paid from a different account.
Swallow's conduct is the subject of a federal investigation and prompted calls for ethics reform in the Legislature. Democrats have also asked the governor to appoint a special investigator to determine if Swallow violated any state laws.
Federal prosecutors filed a barrage of new charges against Johnson on Wednesday, charging him and his business associates with 86 counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering, alleging they ran a scheme that bilked tens of thousands of consumers out of tens of millions of dollars.
Gov. Gary Herbert said he has confidence in the federal agencies investigating Swallow, but harbors doubts about the motives of the Alliance's complaint.
"My concern is there's just some politics behind the complaint," Herbert said. "I know it's hard for people to be patient and sometimes politics rears its ugly head and says we'll make some kind of a statement for political purposes. This will be resolved I think appropriately on behalf of the people of Utah hopefully sooner rather than later, but let's let this investigation play its way out."


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Is your weekend blissfully plan-free? Or do you have some (read: all) of your holiday shopping left to do? Either way, if you have access to wheels and a couple of free hours, you're going to be pretty stoked about this: The J.Crew clearance store in Lynchburg (about a four-hour drive from D.C.) is hosting a holiday warehouse sale, which means you'll be able to cross at least a few names off your list and still stay under budget.
We're hearing rumors that strict, new rules are in place for these events — you'll be limited to one bag that you must keep with you at all times, and you won't be allowed to try on items or sort through your finds until you're ready to check out. That part doesn't sound like so much fun to us (unless you love the thrill of the grab-and-go), but if you're looking for bargains, it might be worth it.
When: Saturday, December 17, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 18, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: J.Crew Millrace Clearance Store, 25 Millrace Drive, Lynchburg; 434-316-6324.
Where: J.Crew Millrace Clearance Store, 25 Millrace Drive, Lynchburg; 434-316-6324.

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Richmond Hill contains many notable historic buildings. The Triangle Hoffbrau opened in 1893 and sat on the triangular intersection of Hillside Avenue, Jamaica Avenue and Myrtle Avenue, and was favored by luminaries such as Mae West and Babe Ruth.
Around the corner was Jahn's Ice Cream Parlor, famous for its old-time décor and one-man band which sat on the same block as the RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theater, which once hosted the Rolling Stones, and the restaurant Salerno's, which appeared in the film Goodfellas. Also nearby is the 102nd Precinct building, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
You can learn about all of this, and more, on a walking tour of Richmond Hill that takes place this Saturday, June 28, starting at noon. The tour is led by Kevin Walsh, webmaster for the site Forgotten New York and author of a book of the same name, as well as the recently released Forgotten Queens.
The walking tour starts at 119th Street and Jamaica Avenue (Triangle Drug Store) and ends about three hours later in Woodhaven at Park Lane South and Woodhaven Boulevard. The cost for the tour is $20 per person. Walsh has led many of these tours over the years, and this one marks the 80th tour of a New York neighborhood he has given.
One of the real treats of the tour will be the historic Church of the Resurrection on 118th Street near Hillside Avenue, which Walsh has secured permission for the group to tour the inside of.
"We're also going to see things you don't see in the guide books," Walsh says, noting we'll see "some very, very old store signage and painted signs on buildings for businesses that left decades ago. And we're going to see remnants of the Long Island Railroad's connection to the Pennsylvania Railroad."
The highlight of the tour will be the beautiful homes that highlight the streets of Richmond Hill, which you should take the time to admire while they stand.
"Unfortunately, Richmond Hill is not a landmarked neighborhood," Walsh says. "The way to tell a landmarked neighborhood is the street signs are in maroon and white, but in Richmond Hill you'll see plain old green and white signs, which means that developers can come in and do whatever they want with them."
Although that's happened in a few cases, Walsh is happy to report that this is the exception rather than the rule and that there are still many beautiful Victorian homes to see along the route of Saturday's tour. You can find out much more about the neighborhoods of New York at forgotten-ny.com.
And you can learn much more about our neighbors through our friends at the Richmond Hill Historical Society (richmondhillhistory.org). They hold regular meetings and fun events, such as the upcoming Victorian Strawberry Social at the Forest Park Carousel on Sunday, July 20, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Attendees will be treated to strawberry desserts, carousel rides, and a barbershop quartet. Ladies are invited to wear their prettiest Victorian hats. The cost is $10 for non-members, and payment must be made by July 12. Call the Richmond Hill Historical Society at (718) 704-9317 for more information.
One final historical note: the Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society and the St. Thomas the Apostle Woodhaven History Club are hosting a cleanup of the historic colonial-era Wyckoff-Snedicker Family Cemetery behind All Saint's Church on Saturday, July 12, starting at 9 a.m.
The Parks Department had kindly offered to loan us tools for the day, we just ask all volunteers to bring their own work gloves. Everyone who participates in this fun cleanup event will be provided with lunch.
If you've never had the privilege of walking amongst the centuries-old gravestones inside this historic Woodhaven cemetery, this is a great opportunity to do so, as well as meet some of your friends and neighbors.
We hope to see you at one, or all three, of these upcoming historical events.


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Everyone talks about Valentines day! It is, indeed, ante portas…
I was invited again to Studio One with Ash and Tom for the culinary support of their Valentines….week.
Thinking what to present I came across one of my long time favorites, an hors d'oeuvre, perfect to start a romantic dinner. Simple, quickly done, with impressive aroma. Because who wants to spend the time in the kitchen on Valentines day?
All you need is a slowly reduced tomato relish, a little bit of tapenade (olives and capers paste), and one hard boiled egg chopped and mixed with yoghurt and mustard. For the grissini look here. Watch the sequence here.


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Do you hate separating out your recyclables, paying to have them picked up, or taking them to the recycling center? So much so, that you don't recycle? Well, no more. A new law was signed Spring of 2010 to offer curbside recycling throughout the state of Delaware.
Starting in fall 2011, recycling bins and a regular recycling collection will be provided to all single-family homes. This service will be expanded to businesses and apartments over the next few years. The goal is to reduce the amount of trash that goes into expensive landfills, thus reducing the cost to the people of Delaware and reducing pollution as well.
The law eliminates the 5 cent deposit on bottles and replaces it with a 4 cent recycling fee. This fee will end by December 1, 2014 or possibly sooner if the recycling fee raises $22 million total. This fee creates the Delaware Recycling Fund, which will help purchase the bins and other equipment needed.


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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Scaresdale Manor 2011
6 comments:
- wicKED said...
Love the natural lighting in the background of those first two pics.
- November 16, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Pam Morris said...
Geez, there are so many fantastic haunts--an endless source of inspiration for next year! thanks so much for finding and sharing all these, rot!
- November 16, 2011 at 7:38 PM
- Countess VonRauber (Heidi) said...
Wow, their cemetery entrance is great!
- November 16, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
I agree with Pam. I'm really enjoying all of the haunts you are posting, jsut so many of them. :)
- November 17, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- Brian M said...
So good. That entrance is so amazingly creepy!
- November 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM
- Spanky said...
Wow!!! Thanks for posting a link to our Scaresdale Haunt !! It is an honour for me as I look at this blog all year round for inspiration.
Thanks for the nice comments everybody. The gate is actually getting a overhaul next year as we will be adding sidewalls and new "wrought iron" topper.
I believe the first two pics were shot in RAW format which gives you all those crazy sky colours. They were both taken after 10pm.
Again...thank you!
- November 18, 2011 at 12:40 AM


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A Boeing 787 Dreamliner headed from San Diego to Tokyo was diverted back to the San Diego International Airport Wednesday due to a problem with the airplane's anti/de-icing system.
According to San Diego Airport Authority officials, Japan Airlines Flight 65 took off from Lindbergh Field at 1:35 p.m. with no issues. A short time later, the flight turned around and returned to San Diego, landing at Terminal 2 by 3:10 p.m.
Representatives from Japan Airlines told NBC 7 San Diego that the pilot of the flight had received an "error" message regarding the operation of the anti/de-icing system. The pilot made the call to turn around and return to San Diego so repairs could be made to the system.
As of 5:15 p.m., airline officials said the repairs were expected to take a few hours.
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San Diego Airport officials did say the plan was to have the flight take off again sometime Wednesday evening. The JAL flight is a weekly flight to Tokyo's Narita Airport from San Diego.
NBC 7 reached out to the FAA regarding the incident, but officials have not yet commented. The FAA's primary public information officer is currently out of the office due to the government shutdown.
The 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's newest and most technologically-advanced jet has been plagued by a series of problems since its launch, including a battery fire and fuel leaks.
Japan Airlines and Japan's ANA are major customers for the jet, and among the first to fly it.
Back in January, the airlines grounded their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks after one was forced to make an emergency landing when a cockpit message showed battery problems and a burning smell was detected on board.
In March, a Boeing 787 with a redesigned battery system made a test flight, and the company said the event went well and "according to plan."
In late August, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on its way to San Diego from Tokyo had to turn around and return to Japan due to maintenance issues stemming from a problem with the slat system. That particular incident caused some delays at Lindbergh Field.


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The other feature that strikes me at FamilyTreeDNA is that immediate (parents) and close (uncle and third cousin) relatives are immediately viewable. They are not hidden until both parties consent to be revealed, as is the process at 23andMe. I found no surprise relatives at FamilyTreeDNA, but if you are nervous about finding a close relative you did not know of, 23andMe seems to provide more protection. You can use an alias if this is a concern.
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These three people and their names popped up as close relatives.
You can imagine someone's dismay if this was not welcome news,
or delight if someone had been searching for their birth family.
Perhaps the biggest time-saving features are the filtering options. You can compare matches in common with other relatives or find matches with surnames that match yours through the drop-down menu. At 23andMe, I have been spending considerable time requesting people to accept contact, keeping a log of who and where they match, and then comparing them to my other close relatives in the system to try to figure out which branch may hold the common ancestor. At FamilyTreeDNA, this is a filter in their Family Finder (similar to Relative Finder at 23andMe). In five seconds I can get a list of people who match both my mother and her half-brother, thereby narrowing down those matches to my maternal grandmother's side of the family. Or I can compare my father and his third cousin and get a list of those genetic cousins who match both of them and are likely related through the surnames of Cook or Neil.
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The "In Common With" function should be very useful in narrowing down branches.
|At FamilyTreeDNA, as was the case at 23andMe, my mother's results are influenced by her Jewish ancestry.
At this point, I do not know how much this inheritance pattern dominates her matches at FamilyTreeDNA.


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There are times when we are writing a method that returns a sequence of items, that it occasionally becomes necessary in base-class, interface implementation, error, or default conditions to return a sequence of only one or even zero items. There are many ways to do this, of course, which begs the question of which way is best, in terms of readability, maintainability, and performance.
For our situation, we are talking about returning a sequence from a method that returns IEnumerable<T>. If your method directly returns List<T> or T[] then your choice on how to do that will be a bit obvious, but in the case of just returning a sequence of, IEnumerable<T> we have a lot of flexibility.
There are many reasons we may want to do this, perhaps we have a method that returns IEnumerable<T> in a virtual method, and perhaps in some sub-class implementations we want it to return an empty (or 1-length) sequence.
Similarly, we could be implementing an interface that has a method that returns a sequence, and our implementation needs to return only a default empty (or 1-length) sequence.
Alternatively, perhaps we have a method that returns a sequence of data from a database, but that it's possible that the database may be offline or the data in the table is optional, in which case we don't want to throw, but want to return an empty (or 1-length) sequence.
Regardless of the use case, there are times when a zero or one-length sequence is desirable. For the purposes of the examples below and in the interest of brevity, let's assume that we are dealing with the former case where we want to provide an empty (or 1-length) sequence for an interface implementation, such as the one below:
1: public interface IParser
2: {
3: // a sequence of items that can start a comment
4: IEnumerable<string> CommentStarters { get; }
6: ...
7: }
In the interface above, perhaps there is a property called CommentStarters that returns a sequence of characters that can tell the parser to ignore the line. For the purposes of our example, we'll hard code the sequences, but obviously the sequences of one item could be determined at run-time as necessary.
So, for whatever reason in our design we've decided that if certain situations exist in our code, we want to return an empty sequence instead of an error, etc. Of course, one could argue for returning null, though sometimes this option isn't always desirable because it adds a level of checking that must be done every time you wish to query the contents.
So how can we create empty collections to represent an IEnumerable<T>? Perhaps one of the easiest ways is to simply return a zero-length array:
1: public class Parser
4: public IEnumerable<string> CommentStarters
5: {
6: get
7: {
8: return new string[0];
9: }
10: }
12: ...
13: }
The nice thing about returning zero-length arrays is that it's very easy to do, and relatively performant. In addition, a zero-length array is immutable by nature, it can not have its size or contents changed.
Of course, we could just as easily return a List<T> of zero length:
8: return new List<string>();
This works as well, but List<T> is not immutable and can be changed if the caller happens to know it's a List<T> and casts it back:
1: // if we know it returns a List<string>, we can cast it back...
2: var commentStarters = (List<string>)p.CommentStarters;
4: // which lets us mutate, this could be a problem...
5: commentStarters.Add("///");
Also, the List<T> is a heavier construct, which would add more overhead than needed.
Another way to return zero items in a sequence is to use an iterator. Thus a simple method that returns no items would be a simple yield break:
8: yield break;
This is very clean, and is immutable, but it does create an iterator, which can be a bit heavier. In addition, if you are wanting to return zero item sequence inside a method that also returns a sequence directly, this will not work since you can't mix iterator returns and non iterator returns in a method.
Finally, there is a handy static method off of the Enumerable class called Empty<T>() which returns a singleton stand-in for an empty enumerable sequence of the given type. This is nice in that it will not allocate memory every time you need to return an empty sequence:
4: public IEnumerable<string> CommentStarters
8: return Enumerable.Empty<string>();
11: }
This has the benefit of being immutable, and being a singleton. In other words, the caller can't modify what you return, and it will not allocate any new memory every time this is called (it creates the empty singleton for the sequence of type T once).
So how do these measure up, performance wise? Let's perform all of these over 1 billion iterations:
So as you can see, the fastest solution is to use the Enumerable.Empty<T>(), which also has the most benefits:
As always, keep in mind that these time measurements are over 1 billion iterations, and thus the actual time for any single one of these calls is somewhat negligible. However, they can be useful for comparing the relative performance. In the end, I'd say stick with Enumerable.Empty<T>() not just because it is the fastest, but also because it returns an immutable sequence and is easy to read and understand.
Now, what if our method is to return a sequence that contains only one item? Unfortunately, there's no implicit way to just convert a single item into a sequence of one item, but there are several options, very similar to producing empty sequences…
Just as we can easily create an empty array, we can also just as easily create an array of a single item:
8: return new[] { "//" };
We don't have to explicitly type the array, since it can tell from the initialization list that the type is string. This is a very simple way to create a single-item sequence, however it does have an issue in that the contents of the first item are mutable if cast back to an array:
1: var p = new Parser();
3: // if we know it returns a string[], we can cast it back...
4: var commentStarters = (string[])p.CommentStarters;
6: // which lets us mutate, this could be a problem...
7: commentStarters[0] = "/*";
This mutability of the array contents could be an issue, so let's explore other options…
Of course, we could just as easily return a List<T> of one item:
8: return new List<string>(1) { "//" };
Note that for efficiency, we pre-size the List<string> to 1 in the constructor to avoid unnecessary over-allocation. The main problems with List<T> for this purpose is that it's heavier than T[] and a little less safe, because once again if they can cast it back to List<T> then they can not only change the contents at an index, but they can add or remove items:
5: commentStarters[0] = "/*";
6: commentStarters.Add("///");
Just as you can use an iterator to return no items in the sequence, you can also use it to return a sequence of only one item by performing a yield return on the item directly:
8: yield return "//";
This is very clean, and is completely immutable, but it does create an iterator, which can be a bit heavier. In addition, as mentioned before you cannot mix yield return and return in a method, so if you wanted to use this trick in a method that also has a return you'd need to create a helper method to return a singleton sequence, like:
1: public static class EnumerableExtensions
3: public static IEnumerable<T> AsEnumerable<T>(this T value)
4: {
5: yield return value;
6: }
With this utility extension method, you could take advantage of this solution even in methods that use return.
While there isn't a direct way in the Enumerable class to generate a single-item sequence, the Repeat<T>() method comes very close when you pass a repeat value of 1:
8: return Enumerable.Repeat("//", 1);
Once again, since this uses iterators under the covers, it is a bit heavier than the arrays, but it is immutable. As a side note, though, using Repeat() with a count of 1 is probably less readable and could be seen as more of a "trick" than an improvement.
So how do these measure up, performance wise? Let's perform all of these over 1 billion iterations:
So here, the fastest solution is the T[] array, however, it is also mutable which is a concern. Given that I would probably hedge towards using the very close second and third place iterator or Enumerable.Repeat() to gain the safety of immutability. Of all of these, it seems like the iterator is the most readable, especially if used with something like the AsEnumerable() extension method proposed.
Now, you could create a singleton for a single-item sequence. The concern with doing this is that you really have to make the singleton immutable or altering it becomes even worse, as it allows you to alter what every subsequent call produces. You could make the singleton immutable by returning it by iterator (via Skip(0)), but this is slower than just using the iterator directly.
You could also wrap the singleton in a ReadOnlyCollection<T> class, but this starts to get less maintainable, though it would prevent future allocations and thus would probably have an overall smaller memory footprint and be very fast (timed at 3,153 ms over 1 billion iterations).
In either case, this does not help in the case where you want to return single-item sequences that can vary at run-time. That is, all of the examples above used a fixed, hard-coded sequence for simplicity, however it's possible to have cases where the single-item sequence to return may vary based on the call or other logic.
So what does this all mean? Really I was just experimenting to find out which way would be best, and really there's a ton of options. It seems quite clear the Enumerable.Empty<T>() is the best choice for zero-item sequences in terms of readability, performance, etc.
However it's less clear-cut on one-item sequences. In that case I'd probably say create an extension method like AsEnumerable() that takes advantage of the iterator method (or invoke yield return directly), though you can certainly keep a singleton if the value of the one-item list will always be the same.
Whether or not mutability of the returned sequence is a concern to you is purely a matter for your design consideration. It's much more a consideration if you are caching singletons for these sequences, but if you are generating the sequences at every call, it may not be as much of a concern.
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When I told my son that we were having noodle cupcakes for lunch, he was super excited: "Noodle cupcakes!! Noodle cupcakes!!" he repeated again and again. All noodles are the same to my son at this point (there is one exception to this, which I'll detail below), so I didn't bother specifying that they were butternut squash mac and cheese cupcakes.
Since my son helped me prepare the mac and cheese cupcakes, he knew that they were actually butternut squash mac and cheese cupcakes. He loves squash of all kinds, so this is a plus for him. Non-squash eaters, however, can safely be left ignorant of the vegetable's presence in the cupcakes. If you don't tell tasters that there are 20 ounces of butternut squash in the recipe, they would never know it – it blends into the mac and cheese completely.
The butternut squash mac and cheese cupcakes are wonderful to eat just out of the oven. You'll need to use a fork as you are still dealing with hot, melty cheese. They are also surprisingly good cold. If you serve them straight from the refrigerator, they become a snacky finger food (like a cupcake). Most of us are not used to eating noodles cold; just think of the noodles as any other starch – imagine "bread and cheese" or "cheese and crackers" or, for the college students out there, "cold pizza" – and take a bite.
Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Recipe
I got the recipe for the butternut squash mac and cheese by adapting a butternut squash mac and cheese recipe made by Brynn of WikiKitchen (she adapted it from Ellie Krieger of the Food Network). Brynn entered a contest on the Cupcake Project Facebook page to have one of her recipes turned into a savory cupcake. She won! Brynn is a college student and she calls WikiKitchen a place where "college students and other busy people can find quick and healthy recipes." Brynn is also a Trader Joe's junkie. If you regularly shop there, you'll enjoy reading her recipes that call out ingredients purchased there.
Brynn's version of butternut squash mac and cheese used whole wheat pasta. She explains in detail in her post why that is the healthy choice. I would have used whole wheat pasta, but when I mentioned above that there is one kind of pasta my son doesn't like – well, it's whole wheat. I'm not done trying to serve it to him, but I thought I'd stick with the classic white pasta for this recipe. The other changes that I made to her recipe include removing the peas (I thought about replacing them with bacon. I didn't, but someone should try it; it would be delicious.), switching the cheese to a smoked Fontina, and turning the recipe into cupcakes!
Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Cupcakes
- 1 pound elbow macaroni
- 20 ounces butternut squash I went the lazy route and bought the frozen pre-cubed stuff.
- 2 cups milk Any milk will do. I used soy milk. Whole milk would probably taste the best.
- 2 cups grated soft cheese I went with a smoked Fontina that I had to grate myself. Obviously, it would be much easier to buy a bag of pre-grated cheese.
- 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1 cup grated hard cheese I used a mix of Parmesan, Romano, and Asiago.
- 1 cup Panko breadcrumbs To play up the cupcake nature of this mac and cheese, you could color the panko as I did in my post on panko sprinkles.
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- Cook the macaroni according to the package instructions. Don't overcook it. It should be tender, but firm (5-8 minutes).
- Drain the macaroni and transfer it to a large bowl.
- Place the squash and milk in a large saucepan and cook over medium heat. Stir occasionally and bring to a boil.
- Transfer to a blender or food processor and combine until smooth.
- Transfer back to saucepan and stir with grated soft cheese and ricotta until the cheeses are all melted.
- Remove from heat and add salt, mustard, and cayenne pepper.
- Pour cheese mixture over the macaroni and stir to combine.
- Mix in the garlic and onions.
- Fill cupcake liners with the mixture. Because this is mac and cheese and not cupcake batter, you don't need to worry about the mixture rising. Don't be afraid to fill the liners in a heaping mound. The mac and cheese cupcakes will look more fun that way.
- In a small bowl, combine grated hard cheese, panko breadcrumbs, and oil.
- Sprinkle mixture over the top of the mac and cheese cupcakes.
- Bake at 375 F for 20 minutes or until topping is lightly browned.


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>A diver myself, I understand their concerns.
>To better help divers choose a proper course of action, I will discuss what causes a tooth to need a root canal and explain the treatment. I'll also explain when it's safe to dive after a root canal and whether it is preferable to have the treatment before or after diving.
>Pulp, the vascular tissue made up of blood and nerve tissue in the interior of the tooth, supplies nutrients to the tooth during its development. Once the tooth matures, it can function without nerve tissue. Sometimes the nerve tissue inside the pulp chamber becomes inflamed or infected. This can cause a sharp pain when the tooth is subjected to hot or cold, and the infection and/or inflammation may also cause sensitivity to pressure.
>Sometimes the pain diminishes, but the absence of pain does not mean the problem is gone. Not treating the tooth can lead to a more serious condition and sometimes even a patient's death. This is due to an expansion of air pockets within the tooth. Airplane flights can aggravate the problem.
>Root canals don't have to hurt much anymore
>Based on stories they've heard, some patients fear a root canal treatment. A skilled endodontist using state-of-the-art techniques and technology should be able to perform the procedure with little or no discomfort to the patient.
>A root canal involves several steps. First, an endodontist opens the tooth and locates the canals in the roots. Using special files, the endodontist then shapes the canals and irrigates them with several different antibacterial agents. Next, the endodontist removes the bacteria and diseased nerve tissue and thoroughly cleans the inside of the tooth. Many endodontists use a dental operating microscope, which is designed to aid in locating difficult-to-find canals.
>The number of canals in the roots of a tooth vary, depending on the tooth and its structure. Most molars have three to four canals. Based on cases referred to our practice, I've noticed a pattern when a patient still suffers symptoms after a root canal treatment: Not all canals are always located during treatment, and the tissue in the missed canal may be a source of pain. Because of missed canals, my two partners and I have re-treated several thousand root canal cases.
>Filling the gaps
>Most endodontists fill the tooth with a material called guttapercha, a natural latex-like material that is compatible with the tooth. Choosing a filling material that is compatible with the patient is important to avoid an allergic reaction to a foreign substance.
>Guttapercha is used to fill the space created by the removal of the diseased tissue. For the most part, diving with the newer, resilient temporary materials in the tooth doesn't pose a problem; however, it would be a good idea to see a dentist and have the final restoration completed before diving.
>If a temporary filling leaks, that indicates the inside of the tooth is contaminated with bacteria from saliva. In that case, the tooth will need to be retreated. Because the fill material is difficult to remove, the retreatments cost more than the original procedure.
>If, as described here, the endodontist removes unhealthy tissue, diving should not be a problem. Waiting a week is probably a good idea to ensure there are no complications after treatment. There are exceptions, however. Before having a root canal, some patients have swelling, and that usually lasts several days after the procedure. The swelling is caused by the infection spreading to the surrounding tissue. Undertaking a dive trip while experiencing infection would not be advised.
>When to have a root canal
>If you need a root canal, should you have the procedure before you leave on a dive trip or when you return? It's advisable to have the procedure before your trip. Why? Sometimes that subtle ache-heat and/or cold sensation can quickly worsen into a very painful condition during a vacation. Plus, as we mentioned before, flying can aggravate the symptoms. It's generally OK to have the treatment started before the trip and have it finished on returning; however, if you have swelling or extreme pain after the procedure, delay the trip until you are symptom-free.
>In short, don't gamble with your teeth. This can ultimately ruin a dream vacation. Take care of any pain and swelling by seeing your dentist right away — and especially before a dive trip. If you have an extraction or are recovering from an infection, allow yourself plenty of time for healing and rest before you travel. You'll want to be 100 percent ready to enjoy your diving.
>Sink Your Teeth Into This Advice
>Dental pain not only ruins the vacation, but it can also be dangerous. The infection can spread, and proper dental care is often difficult to find if you're diving in a remote area. Also, a medical doctor needs to know about dental infections to prescribe the correct antibiotic. I have often seen patients whose conditions worsened after they saw medical doctors who had prescribed the wrong medication.
>When planning a dive vacation, see a dentist beforehand if you're experiencing hot, cold or pressure sensitivity in the teeth.
>ABOUT the AUTHORS
>Linda Bascom, D.D.S., graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1985. She served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years, including six months (1990-1991) stationed with the U.S. Marines in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. She has practiced endodontics for 15 years in Kennewick, Wash.
>John Monk, M.S., is a retired math and science teacher who completed his master's degree in environmental studies in 1988. A certified diver since 1977 and an avid underwater photographer, he has been the office manager in Dr. Bascom's practice for seven years.


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The following contains strong content that may be offensive to the reader. If you are faint of heart, have a weak stomache, or bend far to the left, turn back now. You have been appropriately cautioned. Enter at your own risk…
It's taken me a few days to calm down enough to actually write about what's on my mind. For the most part, I don't have a defeatest attitude concerning the larger world with all its ills and ugliness, but sometimes it just gets to be too much. In these times, my natural cynicism goes to Def Con 9 or so.
Late last week was one of those times that took me to a level PISSED-OFFness that I didn't know existed. I could actually feel my blood pressure rise.
It started with the seemingly impersonal happenings in Madison, WI concerning Public Workers' Unions protests against having their collective bargaining power eliminated via state legislation. I'm not a Civil Servant and I don't live in Wisconsin, so initially I saw the rucus as just more hot air coming from the bowed up chests of the political egomaniacs that reside in State (and National) politics.
However, once some of the detailed facts began to be reported (ad nauseum), it was evident that this situation is/was a microcosm of the larger problems facing our society today. After a 17-hour debate, Democrats who were on the obvious losing side of the argument skipped town to avoid a vote on a bill to reduce or eliminate the collective bargain ability of public employee unions. Nice. They couldn't have their way through Democracy (majority rule), so they effectively QUIT. How hypocritical…they did the EXACT opposite of what their party is NAMED FOR. So, what this shows us is that when you are on the short end of a vote, simply run and their is no vote. Yeah, that'll solve alot of problems.
Let me be clear, if it's not already evident. I am NOT in support of Government Unions or Unions, in general, for that matter. I think that it's patently unfair to have such dispartity between the private and the public sector in terms of labor structure. The danger of these unions has been obviously apparent in this latest "Great Recession". While millions in the private sector have (AGAIN) taken cuts in pay structure, paid higher portions and overall medical costs and seen employers Retirement plans reduced, the public sector employees have continued to "bargain" for yet more benefits and more guarantees.
The math is EASY. You cannot spend what you don't have, yet our consumption society continues to do just that. The U.S. is largely owned by China (who holds our bonds), due to the fact that our government is leveraged to the tune of over $14 TRILLION dollars. How can state and national governments continually be allowed to operate without a balanced budget? When people we know do this for an extended period of time, eventually the piper arrives for payment, right? Well, why should we think that this is not going to happen with our global governments? The real problem is the path we'll have to travel BEFORE meeting the piper. $5.00 gas; $6.00 loaf of bread; $8.00 gallon of milk; $100 pair of Levi's…is everyone prepared for that?
At some point, everyone has to do their part to fix this mess. Individually, we have to be responsible in our own finances. Much of this has already taken hold. Part of my job is to keep up with consumer attitudes towards finances and to understand the associated behavior and one of THE biggest trends that we've seen over the last three years is the massive shift of consumers from "spend" to "save". As a whole, credit card balances have dramatically decreased and average Savings and Checking balances have risen. Everyday, people around the country have tightened their belts, put off unnecessary purchases, and tried to "live within their means".
The federal government continues to try to "save" homeowners who couldn't afford the home they bought a few years ago and can't afford it now. Mortgage "workouts" are largely a failure as homeowners without wherewithal still can't pay and ultimately end up in foreclosure…just six months down the road where more interest has been tacked on. These foreclosures produce a glut of inventory that is battered and fire-sale priced, adversely affecting other home values of people who have diligently paid their debt and taken care of their properties (ahem).
So, I AM PISSED. Pissed because I've worked hard, paid my taxes, paid all my bills on time, stretched to save for a "rainy day" and for retirement, and in the end I get screwed. We've often sacrificed what we "wanted" for what was prudent, yet it feels like we're the only ones. Young people today think that they should own a house by age 25, have a job with 6 weeks (or more) vacation, a 30 hour work week, and a $100k plus annual salary. The current culture immerses this younger generation in entitlement and instant gratification. The character traits of hard work, dedication, and honesty are largely forsaken for the path of least resistance to get what they want, now.
In many ways, I see these public employees doing the same thing. Guaranteed higher salaries, platinum healthcare plans, FULL pay retirement after 20 years of service are ALL fully subsidized by the taxpayer, who are largely facing lower salaries, higher healthcare costs and cuts in their retirement (not to mention the on-going risk of 401k losses through a volatile stock market). While these public employees SAY they are willing to discuss cuts in benefits, the collective bargaining agreements allow them to re-address and effectively reverse anything put into place at any time — like when the political environment is more favorable. All they need to do is dedicate a larger portion of their union dues to Democratic candidates who become beholden to their bidding, and we're right back where we started.
I think that unions' focus on worker safety and protections, particularly in the age of sweatshops and gender inequality, were and are important. Negotiating FAIR wages is also a benefit of union strength. However, multi-millionaire union bosses are WORSE than multi-millionaire CEOs. They are, in effect, riding the backs of the working man for their personal gain. Additionally, I firmly believe that NO union dues should EVER be used for supporting political candidates or lobbying specific issues. Government unions have a blatant conflict of interest in this regard. How can you fix schools when the behemoth teachers' unions keep a stronghold on legislators who purposely avoid teacher accountability tied to merit and in effect, are creating an inferior school system because of it? I don't know about you, but in my job, if I do a great job, I get more pay than if I do an ok job. Good teachers aren't afraid of accountability — BECAUSE they are good!
When I first started out in the working world, I was 17. I got a much coveted job at a local bank — starting at the bottom. Because I wasn't going to college (my stupid choice), I was extremely fortunate to land a job that had great benefits and relatively good job security. People I knew had worked there for 10, 20, 30 years. So, at 17, I figured I had hit the jackpot. I would put in my 30 years of service, get my pension and retire to a bayou somewhere. At that time, the bank fully subsidized all health insurance premiums and the coverage covered just about everything. Deductibles were somewhere south of $200. Each year at Christmas, employees received up to three MONTHS' pay depending on length of employment as a Christmas bonus. There were lavish Christmas parties where thousands of dollars and prizes were given away to employees. Each morning, pastries were provided in every break-room on every floor (there were 12), where refrigerators held free soft drinks, milk and juice for employees to enjoy on their guaranteed break time (2 at 10 minutes each) or mandated lunch hour.
At 17, I had excellent pay, paid health insurance, a pension plan, AND those mighty Christmas bonuses. By 18, the bank had started a new fangled thing called a 401k plan, where they matched 100% of what I put in. Not up to a certain percent, but a full 100%. I was set.
Then, the recession took hold. To survive, the bank had to address expenses. So, soon, the pastries disappeared, a coke machine replaced the refrigerator full of free beverages, the Christmas bonuses were folded into a one-time "raise" for employees and done away with, and we started to have to PAY part of our health insurance. No more big Christmas parties — our department received a nominal amount for each employee for us to have a small get-together. And the pension plan was discontinued. Those of us who had been hired with the benefit, kept it, but it was frozen at that point (I think that mine was worth $318) and distributed to the employee's 401k. While everyone was very disappointed, no-one complained much because everyone needed their job. Plus, every other company was in the same boat and doing the same thing. Bottom line is that the boom days were gone and austerity followed.
I bore you with my worklife infancy to illustrate that yes, providing such great benefits was very motivating and created a very secure workforce. But, in the end, it couldn't be sustained without bankrupting the company. We all had to make sacrifices just to survive.
And, here we are again. The private sector continues to cut benefits to a minimal amount, yet public employees are receiving benefits considered obscene by most of us in the private sector. Guaranteed monthly salaries for life, total paid health care (not available to the general public), along with other paid benefits simply can't be sustained by municipalities and taxpayers, given the large number of public workers getting ready to retire.
Unfortunately, that bank has been bought three times and is now part of Chase, one of the largest banks in the world. Bank consolidation has been driven by gaining efficiencies through lower costs, i.e., shrinking the overall employee workforce and their associated expenses. Along with that, benefits are a fraction of what they used to be, but what's the alternative? All that has produced a very indifferent work force whose average tenure is less than 3 years. The turnover provides huge costs in recruiting and training, as well as lost opportunity cost in not having qualified, trained employees ready to produce and in effect, lowers the standard of service to customers who are increasingly disappointed with their bank. (Don't believe the Ally commercials.)
Bottom line is that the problem needs to be solved. Government needs to govern, not run to the next state. Not everything will go your way when the people are largely opposed to benefits through bullying for a section of the population that creates a disparity of inequality. Remember, the American psyche hinges on "FAIR", so things have to get more in line. I'm sorry that the gravy train ends for public employees, just as I was when my own gravy train ended nearly 30 years ago. I truly appreciate teachers, policemen, firemen and mail carriers, but, if we are all to survive and create a general "better world", then everyone's got to give some to get some. It's simply your turn.
So ends Part 1 of my Rantasaurus. I mean not to offend, but simply to rant. And, I can do that…because it's MY blog.
…Part 2 to come and it's a doozy.


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AFC Wimbledon's award-winning community coaching team is offering youngsters the chance to play on the hallowed turf of Wembley.
The lucky few will also have the chance to meet the top Dons professionals face to face.
Schools in Merton are being invited to enter Wimbledon's Girls/Kids Cup, where the two winners, representing the Dons, will go through to a regional finals day, hosting by the Dons, and a shot at appearing at Wembley.
AFC Wimbledon was last season one of just five clubs in the country to earn recognition from the Football League for the quality of its competition and the Dons are offering even greater incentives for schools to enter this season.
Wimbledon's player of the year, Sammy Moore, presented the winning schools at the club finals day with their trophies last season.
However, this season Sammy will be joined by several of his team mates at Wimbledon's finals days on November 29 and 30 with squad members watching schools compete for glory and, of course, children will be able to meet the players.
The two winning schools will also have a chance to watch AFC Wimbledon's players in a first-team training session and conduct a question and answer session with them.
There will also be an opportunity for winning schools, in preparation for the regional finals, to have a coaching session from our AFC Wimbledon coaches.
AFC Wimbledon Community Football Scheme Manager, Paul Foley, said: "Last season was our inaugural tournament and we were so proud to win a Football League award that recognised our efforts.
"This season's competition promises to be even better. Due to the success of our competition, we have this season been asked to host the regional finals involving the winning teams from all the other League 2 clubs in the South of England."
The Kids Cup is for year five and six children at primary schools with the Girls Cup for year seven and eight children at secondary schools.
AFC Wimbledon had entries from six London boroughs last season with St Mary's Primary in Carshalton winning the Kids Cup and Phoenix High School in Shepherds Bush clinching the Girls Cup glory.
For further information, or to book your school's place in the competition, please contact the AFC Wimbledon Community Football Scheme on 020 8974 5712, or e-mail email@example.com


text: Pubdate: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 Source: Herald-Dispatch, The (Huntington, WV) Copyright: 2013 The Herald-Dispatch Contact: http://www.hdonline.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1454 Author: Tom Miller Note: Tom Miller is a retired state government reporter for The Herald-Dispatch. He is a regular contributor to The Herald-Dispatch opinion page. MANY LAWMAKERS RELUCTANT TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA Right now there is at least a "faint hint" that the 2014 West Virginia Legislature may consider a bill to authorize the legalization of medical marijuana. Advocates and some physicians now claim marijuana can alleviate some illnesses or other medical conditions. But the federal government doesn't condone it, so an anticipated debate about the issue looms during the next 60-day regular legislative session that begins in just a little more than three months. A legislative interim committee discussed the issue at a hearing last month and watched a CNN report about how medical marijuana helped one child with her severe epilepsy. The stumbling block for many state lawmakers is that the federal government is not on the bandwagon to legalize medical marijuana usage. Explanations of how states are handling the issue were front and center in a couple of presentations to the joint Senate and House health committees during last month's interim committee meetings. So far 20 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for medical use. And President Obama's administration has said it will not try to criminally prosecute people who follow the laws in those states. But some reluctant legislators in West Virginia apparently would prefer a definitive green light from the federal government. Delegate Joe Ellington, R-Mercer, is a physician and also vice chairman of the House Health Committee. He said he would like to "see the feds get on board with us. If the FDA were to say there is some medical reasons to use this and back us up, then I think state legalization is not an unreasonable thing." Members of the Legislature's committees on health in both houses heard from Karmen Hanson, a health policy expert with the National Conference of State Legislatures, and Matt Simon, a lobbyist and analyst with the Marijuana Policy Project, about how other states had handled legalizing marijuana for medical purposes during the September interim committee meetings. Delegate Don Perdue, D-Wayne, chairs the House Health Committee and he is sponsoring a resolution that calls for a study of this issue in West Virginia. He said the federal stance is a concern for some legislators. And as a retired pharmacist, he knows that many drugs have the capacity for abuse. Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, is also a physician and he has concerns about the possibility that legalized marijuana in this state could become a so-called "gateway drug" that leads individuals who use it to using other more dangerous drugs. The most positive - and patient - legislative supporter of legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes is Delegate Mike Manypenny, D-Taylor. He admits it is a gradual education process and believes it will at least emerge from committee at the 2014 legislative session. He realizes 2014 is an election year for all 100 members of the House of Delegates and half of the 34 members of the state Senate. He would like to see it come to the floor for a vote of the full membership at the next regular legislative session and said he is confident it can pass the Legislature no later than 2015. Former state senator Walt Helmick of Pocahontas County, who is now the commissioner of agriculture in West Virginia, has been traveling around the state to share his desire to make the agriculture industry in this state a bigger operation. He told members of the Beckley Rotary Club last month that West Virginians consume about $7 billion worth of food each year but "not even half of $1 billion goes to agricultural efforts here." Helmick is aware that West Virginia couldn't compete with the state of Idaho, which is No. 1 in white potatoes, nor North Carolina, which is No. 1 in sweet potatoes. He said he wants to move the state into a position where it has a "significant impact" on percentage of vegetables such as potatoes, broccoli or carrots consumed here. One of his first plans to increase agricultural production in this state is to "set up educational plots" during the next growing season, which will be March, April and May of 2014. In addition to his plans to use prison inmates for this program, he plans to work with the state Department of Education to get young people involved in these agricultural efforts. Another goal is to develop a program that involves inmates at the state's prisons. He said the largest state-owned farm adjoins the Huttonsville Correctional Center in Randolph County about 18 miles south of Elkins. He wants the inmates there - the capacity is now about 1,200 - to become involved in programs to learn about agriculture and develop a trade that can become profitable. About one of every five West Virginia residents - a total of some 352,000 people statewide - are currently enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). There are more than 47.7 million people nationwide who participate in the program but proposed reductions would remove about six million people from the program. The House of Representatives voted last month to remove about six million people from the program but those cuts are not likely to survive the legislative process in Congress. The Democrat-controlled U. S. Senate has already passed its version of the farm bill with SNAP benefits, including a continuation of the 2009 provision to allow states with high unemployment rates, including West Virginia, to give food stamps to childless individuals without jobs. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom


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The good people at Summit Entertainment have picked up the rights to a big screen adaptation of Laura Whitcomb's "A Certain Slant Of Light". The film will be called "In the Flesh" and focuses on a spirit who has trouble moving on and finds love while bouncing around in limbo. Or something like that. The producers of "Twilight" are involved, that's all you need to know.
I'm not going to lie. Some days writing the new is kind of boring. Today my friends is not one of those days though. Because today we have the trailer for "Gingerclown 3D", a new horror comedy set in the mid 80's that includes none other than Mr. Tim Curry and Michael Winslow in its cast. Michael Winslow, the guy who made all the cool noises from the "Police Academy" movies. Now you're excited, aren't you? The rest of the news is really going to be a let down for you now.
Fans of Scott Spiegel, and who isn't, will be excited to know that his 1989 classic(?) "Intruder" will finally(?) be getting the Blu-Ray treatment on December 13th. The slasher that takes place in a supermarket will be packed with all kinds of goodies like audio commentary, making of featurette and cast audition tapes. Not going to lie I have never seen or heard of this film. I understand if you don't want to talk to me anymore.
If there's one thing porn stars can't do it's act but 20 seconds into the trailer for "Blood Lodge" which stars Jasmin St. Clair there's two girls making out so I'm going to allow this. I think some of them become zombies. In short a bunch of people go on a ski trip, screw and then get killed. That about covers it. But seriously, two girls making out.


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A Sandwich a Day: Porchetta and Fennel Sauerkraut at Wildwood in Portland, OR
A different sandwich profiled every single day.
In this great nation of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year--so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around the country. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
There's no shortage of great sandwiches in Portland, and the fennel-marinated porchetta and fennel sauerkraut from Wildwood is one of our favorites. Chef Dustin Clark marinates the pork for 12 hours in olive oil, fennel seed, fennel frond, caramelized fennel, garlic, chile flake, salt, and pepper, before a 12-hour slow roast makes it fall-apart tender.
It's then topped with a crunchy fennel sauerkraut that's been fermented in salt at room temperature for seven days. A tarbais bean paste made with roasted garlic and lemon gets spread on the soft, olive oil-toasted French roll from local Vietnamese bakery An Xuyen, providing a creamy foil to the salty porchetta and the crisp, mild fennel.
Rounding out the flavors is a vibrant salsa verde made with capers, garlic, parsley, and olive oil. Fresh lemon gets squeezed over the assembled sandwich for the finishing touch. If you're lucky enough to be at Wildwood when it's on the menu, please order it.
1221 NW 21st Ave., Portland OR 97209 (map) 503-248-9663; wildwoodrestaurant.com
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Last spring I participated in a SEETA Webchat. The topic I chose to talk about was blogging for reflection and the way it can help in teacher development. SEETA webchats are just what they say they are - chats. The people who join the chat can ask questions and contribute to the discussion any way they want.
Participating in the webchat was a fun thing to do, but it also gave me food for thought. I was under the impression that there were people out there who wanted to start blogging, but were not quite sure how to do it. Others have tried blogging, found it solitary, time-consuming and unrewarding and given up. I went to my summer holiday thinking about what I could do to help them.
Anna Parisi (the founder of SEETA) was kind enough to help and that was the beginning of our little blogging forum. A fellow blogger, Merve Oflaz, joined and soon we had a forum bustling with activity. Still, all the teachers who joined us were experienced bloggers. There were no new or wannabe bloggers in the forum and those were the teachers we were trying to reach. That's when Anna suggested that we write a booklet for new bloggers and post it on SEETA. This booklet would lead new bloggers through the initial stages of blogging and help them connect with other educators who blog.
I loved the idea of a booklet. I thought how cool it would be if I could reach out to the wider blogging community and people in my PLN. What if every chapter was written by a different blogger?
This is where you come in. For, I need your help. Would any of you good people reading this post like to contribute a booklet chapter? If you are wondering what to write about, then think about what you wish you had known when you started blogging. Or something others shared with you and you found very useful. How did you find blogging ideas? What should a blog post look like? And a comment? How did you find readers and build your PLN? How do you use Twitter and Facebook to connect to other bloggers? Also, we need technical help. How do you set up a blog? Which widgets do you find useful? Or none of the above, but something else you would like to share with new bloggers.
Choose a topic, or I will suggest a topic for you.
If you are interested, please get in touch with me via email, or leave a comment under this post. Or, you can go straight to this Google Doc and choose a topic for yourself.
Linked to this post: 7 Reasons Why Educators Should Blog (also to serve as Chapter 1 of the booklet).


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Nike Executives Visit Point Park Friday, November 1, 2013
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The Pittsburgh Center for Sports Media and Marketing welcomed leading Nike executives Ed Haberle, a Point Park alumnus, and Laura Kosmalski to campus on Oct. 23 to talk about The Story Behind the Branding, Marketing and PR Powerhouse at Nike.
"I was one of you," said Haberle, vice president of North America sporting goods to university students. "I'm very excited to be at Point Park to share the Nike story with you. I've been with Nike for 30 years - it's a great brand and a great place to work."
Kosmalski, a senior director of retail brand presentation, also spoke to students and shared video clips from Nike's communication platforms as examples of how the company's retail sales and marketing areas work to target consumers.
"At Nike, our mission is to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world," she said. "We have a relentless focus on our consumer and we listen to the athlete, but we have to stay ahead of you as the consumer. It's a very crowded marketplace, so we are always working to elevate our brand."
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Haberle added, "In order to stay innovative, we work to stay ahead and be on the offense, not the defense. This is a maxim that Nike lives by."
Katelyn Howard, a junior public relations and advertising major, said the opportunity to meet leading executives working in the field is priceless.
"We learn so many valuable skills in class, but what I love about Point Park is the chance to make connections with people who are living the life that we want to live," she said. "As advertisers, we need to change with the times. I have a new respect for the idea of considering the changing society, and more importantly, the changing lifestyle of consumers."
Haberle also offered career advice to the students, reminding them to contribute to whatever they do.
"Whatever you do, whatever job or field you decide to get in, make sure you add value," he said. "You have to take some risks, learn from mistakes and make them into bigger opportunities. Just as Nike is a brand, you're a brand, too. You represent yourself and your community - remember that as you go out into the world."
Cody Williams, a sports, arts and entertainment management major and a member of the center's student advisory board, said the center is excited to continue to bring relevant and fun speakers to Point Park.
"These types of events give students a better view of the sports industry and show them that achieving a successful career is possible," he said. "I'll apply the hard work ethic and determination that Laura and Ed talked about to my life to improve the skills I possess."
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Initializing a Subscription with a Snapshot
After a publication has been created, an initial snapshot is typically created and copied to the snapshot folder (this occurs by default for merge publications created with the New Publication Wizard). It is then applied to the Subscriber by the Distribution Agent (for transactional and snapshot publications) or the Merge Agent (for merge publications) during the initial synchronization of the subscription. The snapshot process depends on the type of publication:
If the snapshot is for a snapshot publication, a transactional publication, or a merge publication that doesn't use parameterized filters, the snapshot contains the schema and data in bulk copy program (bcp) files, as well as constraints, extended properties, indexes, triggers, and the system tables necessary for replication. For more information about creating and applying the snapshot, see Creating and Applying the Snapshot.
If the snapshot is for a merge publication that uses parameterized filters, the snapshot is created using a two-part process. First a schema snapshot is created that contains the replication scripts and the schema of the published objects, but not the data. Each subscription is then initialized with a snapshot that includes the scripts and schema copied from the schema snapshot and the data that belongs to the subscription's partition. For more information, see Snapshots for Merge Publications with Parameterized Filters.
The snapshot consists of different files depending on the type of replication and the articles in your publication. These files are copied to the default snapshot folder specified when the Distributor was configured or the alternate snapshot folder specified when the publication was created.
Type of Replication
Common Snapshot Files
Snapshot Replication or Transactional Replication
schema (.sch); data (.bcp); constraints and indexes (.dri); constraints (.idx); triggers (.trg):for updating Subscribers only; compressed snapshot files (.cab).
Merge Replication
schema (.sch); data (.bcp); constraints and indexes (.dri); triggers (.trg); system table data (.sys); conflict tables (.cft); compressed snapshot files (.cab).
If the snapshot transfer is interrupted at any point, it will automatically resume and will not resend any files that have already been completely transferred. The unit of delivery for the Snapshot Agent is the bcp file for each publication article, so files that are partially delivered must be completely redelivered. However, resuming the snapshot can significantly reduce the amount of data transmitted and ensure timely snapshot delivery even if the connection is unreliable.
Snapshot Options
There are a number of options available when initializing a subscription with a snapshot. You can:
Specify an alternate snapshot folder location instead of, or in addition, to the default snapshot folder location. For more information, see Alternate Snapshot Folder Locations.
Compress snapshots for storage on removable media or for transfer over a slow network. For more information, see Compressed Snapshots.
Execute Transact-SQL scripts before or after the snapshot is applied. For more information, see Executing Scripts Before and After the Snapshot Is Applied.
Transfer snapshot files using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). For more information, see Transferring Snapshots Through FTP.
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(CNN) - The Democratic incumbent in a key Senate race that may very well decide which party controls the chamber next year is going up with her first attack ad against her likely Republican challenger.
The campaign of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire announced Wednesday morning that they're launching a new TV commercial that highlights what they say is former Sen. Scott Brown's record of protecting big oil companies. The spot is the eighth of Shaheen's 2014 re-election campaign, but the first to criticize Brown, the former GOP senator from neighboring Massachusetts who moved to the Granite State late last year and is considered the heavy favorite to win next month's Republican Senate primary.
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"The big oil companies are the most profitable on the planet. But Scott Brown voted to give them $20 billion in taxpayer subsidies," says the narrator in the ad. "Big Oil gave Scott Brown thousands of dollars within days of his votes. Now Big Oil is spending millions to get him back to Washington."
The commercial also includes short interviews with New Hampshire residents who are critical of Brown.
"Scott Brown is in it for Scott Brown. Nobody else. Not New Hampshire. No way," says one man, at the end of the ad.
The Shaheen campaign tells CNN that the spot ran statewide for at least a week on WMUR and WBIN, New Hampshire's two main broadcast stations, as well as on cable television.
Ever since Brown formally declared his candidacy back in April, the Shaheen campaign repeatedly characterized him as being tainted by money from the big oil interests, but this is the first time they've broadcast that message on a paid TV ad.
The spot's release comes as the New Hampshire Democratic Party launched "Big Oil Billionaires for Brown," a campaign they say will include earned, paid, and owned media initiatives.
The commercial's release comes one day after the Brown campaign went up with a spot statewide on TV that highlights support from the state's other U.S. senator, Republican Kelly Ayotte.
"I support Scott Brown because I know that he's for fiscal responsibility, accountable government, and finally a health care plan that works for all of us. He will give everything he's got for New Hampshire," said Ayotte, in the commercial.
The race has also seen lots of spending by outside groups on both sides of the aisle. And Tuesday two of those groups, who are supporting Brown, took to the airwaves with new ads.
A WMUR/Granite State poll released last week indicated Shaheen held a slight two-percentage point margin over Brown in a general election showdown, which is within the poll's sampling error. Surveys earlier this summer showed Shaheen with leads between 8 and 12 points.
The New Hampshire GOP says the new Shaheen ad is a reaction to what appears to be a tightening of the race.
"Jeanne Shaheen's dishonest ad is the latest sign that the senator is in a full blown panic after polls have confirmed that voters are souring on her record of voting with Barack Obama 99 percent of the time. Shaheen is a desperate Washington politician who has insulted her constituents by refusing to hold traditional town hall meetings, and Granite Staters are ready to replace her with a responsible Republican senator who will put New Hampshire first," said Jennifer Horn, chair of the Republican State Committee.
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Before Brown can concentrate 100% on Shaheen, he first has to deal with the September 9 GOP Senate primary. Brown is considered the overwhelming favorite in that contest against former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith and former state Sen. Jim Rubens.
"Jeanne Shaheen and her allies are doing everything they can to stop Scott Brown in the primary. Their negative attacks won't work because voters can see for themselves there are real differences in this race – on jobs and the economy, on immigration and on foreign policy," said Brown campaign spokeswoman Elizabeth Guyton.
If the GOP can flip the seat in New Hampshire and five others, without losing any ground, they will win control of the Senate in November's elections.
Democrats have a 55-45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party). But in the midterms, the party is defending 21 of the 36 seats up for grabs, with half of those Democratic-held seats in red or purple states like New Hampshire.
Key races to watch in the Midterms
"In California, Governor Brown took a $20 billion deficit and now we're basking in record surpluses."
The truth of that statement is debateable. But even if true, it simply means the government took TOO MUCH money away from the citizens, and therefore took it out of the economy.
"Basking in record surplus" is nothing to be proud of... why can't the government just budget properly so that there is neither surplus nor deficit? You know... like a balanced budget amendment?
Brown will be rebuked (again) in November. No news here


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If the saying is true, does that mean Natalie Portman is looking for some more fun in her life?
With hubby Benjamin Millepied and son Aleph in the picture, we doubt that's the case, but regardless, the actress has ditched her brunette tresses and decided to join light side by going blond!
Have you seen Courtney Stodden's dramatic transformation?
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Portman, who was donning a white Dior Couture gown and Van Cleef &Arpels jewels, debuted the new look (which was done by L.A. colorist Tracey Cunningham) at the Van Cleef &Arpels dinner for her husband's L.A. Dance Project in Los Angeles over the weekend.
"My mom says I'm like a different person," the Oscar winner told The Hollywood Reporter. "I did it just a couple of days ago."
Do you like Portman's change or prefer her as a brunette? Sound off in the comments!


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And now, part three of Ian and Jared's fantasy Sundance draft. If you missed it, check out part one for scoring and the first four picks and part two for picks 5 through 8.
With the ninth pick of the 2014 Fantasy Sundance Draft, Jared takes…
Camp X-Ray
Jared: When Sundance announced the movies playing the festival this year, many (if not most) of the headlines touted Kristen Stewart, who stars in this film. I get the feeling Twilight has made her a divisive figure, but if you've only seen her or heard of her in those films, I think you'll be surprised at her acting ability. The film tells the story of a burgeoning friendship of a guard (Stewart) and a detainee (Payman Maadi) at Guantanomo Bay, and the combination of an intense character study coupled with the morals and politics involved with Gitmo could mean this film has the potential to play well to this audience. Writer-director Peter Sattler went to college with David Gordon Green and did some work on his films, and Green returns the favor here as a producer. Also producing is Sophia Lin, who has producing credits on lauded films Take Shelter and Compliance. And I wouldn't want to leave out that she was production manager on The Baxter, a film I know Ian and I both love.
Ian: You've mentioned a lot of things that I love more than the world at large in that writeup, but I'll focus on KStew first. I'm with you, if you only know her as tabloid fodder and a Twilight star, you're missing out on great performances in The Runaways or Adventureland in particular. And if Peter Sattler has any of the eye for detail of his NCSA compatriots like David Gordon Green or Jody Hill, there's probably going to be a sensitivity to the subject matter. And yet, reading this, I wonder if KStew can take on such a major focus, and whether the subject matter can be told without being either didactic or mawkish. Like most of our midpack films (and, let's face it, the entire lineup as far as we know), this one has some boom/bust potential.
With the tenth pick of the 2014 Fantasy Sundance Draft, Ian takes…
Song One
Ian: Camp X-Ray was the last film remaining for me that had over a one-in-three chance of scoring. I think there's a little bit of a gap here. The big draw for Song One is probably getting Anne Hathaway to come to Park City, but Hathy doesn't seem like the kind of actress who the jury would feel compelled to give a Special Jury prize. The rest of the movie…well, it sure feels like Once in Brooklyn, doesn't it? Once was obviously a shoo-in for the Audience Award back when it was in competition. While Jenny and Johnny don't write songs with the same kind of naked emotional hooks as Glen Hansard does, I could see an affecting musical performance in a romantic weeper having much the same effect upon audiences. My biggest concern is the director, Kate Barker-Froyland's pedigree. Sure, she seems prepared, but can she overcome her roots going to some state school in the midwest?
Jared: All Anne Hathaway does is win awards. She's got around 26 credits on imdb, and I believe she's garnered at least a nomination for over half of them. Or didn't you realize she has an Emmy for voiceover work on The Simpsons, a British Independent Film Awards nomination for Becoming Jane, and a Young Artist nomination for Get Real? So yeah, I'd say she's in the running for playing the lead in an Sundance film. She's also a producer on this one, as are veteran producers Marc Platt and Jonathan Demme, so the film has some definite oomph behind it. And to flesh out Ian's joke, along with writer/director Kate Barker-Froyland, we are proud graduates of the University of Chicago. Or graduates, at least. So as fellow Maroons, we wish nothing but the best for Barker-Froyland. Though I do question how anyone can escape that institution and be mentally stable enough to direct a feature-length movie.
With the eleventh pick of the 2014 Fantasy Sundance Draft, Ian takes…
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
Ian: If Bunzo the rabbit does not win some sort of award, I am boycotting the festival next year. If I can give a little bit of a fantasy Sundance tip from an expert: I think once you get past the top picks (or if there are no top picks), you want to look for the best hooks for an award. Here, I could potentially see a potential award path for Rinko Kikuchi, in an All is Lost way, and the visual depiction of loneliness may also lead to some challenging direction or scenework. The Zellner brothers also have a pedigree of getting recognized, at least, so they may be building to a coming out party. I think I'm less enthused with the pick than I was when I made it, though, and this may be an overdraft, even here towards the end of the competition.
Jared: Yeah, I had this one near the bottom of my rankings. The brothers Zellner are well-regarded Sundance alums, and Rinko Kinkuchi does have an Oscar nomination, sot here are a few things working in its favor. But while I'm definitely curious about the film, the descriptions I've seen don't scream out "Awards bait" to me. And while I like Kinkuchi, sure seems like Hollywood hasn't really figured out what to do with her since Babel.
With the twelfth pick of the 2014 Fantasy Sundance Draft, Jared takes…
The Skeleton Twins
Jared: Most importantly, one of the executive producers of this film is named "Jared Ian Goldman", so I think we have to be rooting for this one. I'll grant that co-writer/director's mumblecore heritage (this film was produced by the Duplass brothers) and stars Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader are not necessarily the stuff on which awards are built. But to counter the latter, I'll note that Nebraska, which co-stars Will Forte, seems to be doing pretty decently for itself. And I've heard some incredibly premature buzz that Wiig and Hader are quite good in the roles, not really surprising giving their talent and how much people seem to generally like them. Co-screenwriter Mark Heyman has a credit on Black Swan, for whatever that is worth.
Ian: I was deciding between The Skeleton Twins and Kumiko, and in the cold light of Sundance day, I think I made the wrong choice. (There are few sins less forgivable than making a poor fantasy Sundance draft decision.) I agree with both sides of your argument: the pedigree of the movie is enough to drop it towards the end of the draft, and Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader are probably enough to make the movie a value pick here. Wiig and Hader play well together (second shoutout to Adventureland in one writeup!), and they're both capable of quiet nuanced performance when away from the Groundlings character-first influence. I do wonder somewhat which of the awards this movie could possibly contend for, but that's what made it available here in the first place.


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While it took Spotify "a little bit" longer to finally support Windows Phone 8 (it was only released back in early February as a public Beta), Joe Belfiore unveiled today on Twitter that the public Beta will goes final today and will bring a couple of new features which were missed so far. Not yet available from the Windows Phone Marketplace, the new version is expected to feature more languages, offline playlist improvements and track scrubbing! Other than that, Spotify for Windows Phone is sporting the typical service features like search, browse & play millions of tracks, explore & play your friends' playlists, top artists and tracks, stream over WiFi or 2.5/3G - all your existing playlists are available.
Typically, Windows Phone app updates are stage-wise rolled-out and therefore it can take some time that you see the final version on your Windows Phone.
UPDATE: Spotify for Windows Phone 9 v2.0.4933.0 is now broadly available from the Windows Phone Marketplace (see link bellow)
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Monett made only one basket in the fourth quarter against McDonald County. It turned out to be all the team needed, as the Cubs picked up a 42-34 victory in the consolation bracket of the 53rd Annual Neosho Holiday Tournament.
Monett made only one basket in the fourth quarter against McDonald County. It turned out to be all the team needed, as the Cubs picked up a 42-34 victory in the consolation bracket of the 53rd Annual Neosho Holiday Tournament.
The win was the first for the Cubs in the tournament and snapped a four-game losing streak. Perhaps, more importantly, it snapped a two-game losing skid this year to the Mustangs.
McDonald County, the No. 8 seed in the Carthage Tournament, upset the No. 1 ranked Cubs 66-43. Then, in a game on Dec. 7, McDonald County prevailed 57-45.
"It was huge, the fourth quarter was big," said Monett assistant coach Ty Goetz, filling in for head coach Brett Marti. "We were tied and I told the boys we needed to win one quarter. I challenged them and they came out and did what I asked them to do. They played a great game."
McDonald County, trailing the entire game grabbed a 3-point lead when Tyler Shaver hit a 3-pointer with 4:20 to play in the fourth quarter.
"I thought we had a little momentum when Tyler hit the 3-pointer," said McDonald County coach Mike Austin. "Monett did an exception job guarding Tyler. They denied him the ball and we it was hard for him to get good looks.
"As a team, our shots didn't fall today. I'm guess, but I don't think we shot 20 percent from the field and that is hard to overcome."
Free throws by Patrick Dargan and Brendon Cox tied the game at 32-32 with 3:49 to play.
The game then changed when Adam Witt hit a 3-pointer with 2:56 to play. Monett had missed a shot, but grabbed the offense rebound and passed it around until they found Witt open near the Monett bench.
"The 3-pointer was huge, I figured if we took the lead we had a pretty good shot of holding it," said Goetz. "The boys executed on defense exactly what I needed to do them and we carried out the game plan to perfection."
McDonald County (3-8) had chances to cut into the lead, but couldn't get much to go its way late. The Mustangs drew a foul, but was unable to connect on the front end of a one-and-one free throw situation, that could've cut the lead down to a point if both shots had been made.
After the miss free throw, Monett's Witt drew a foul and made both free throws in a one-and-one situation to make it 37-32. McDonald County then shot an airball on the next possession, which led to a Monett basket by Kirk Moore, making it 39-32 and essentially icing the victory.
"They hit key shots when they needed to and ours wouldn't fall," said Austin. "This is the third time we played each other and it's hard to beat someone three times in a row.
I take my hat off to Coach Goetz, he had a good game plan. Their boys executed it well and made it difficult for us."
Moore scored a game-high 14 points and Witt added 10 points for the Cubs (5-6).
Miseal Morales scored nine points to lead the McDonald County offense, while Shaver and Jared Moffett had seven points each.
Monett draws Morrilton at 10:30 a.m. at the middle school in the 13th place game.
McDonald County will go up against Southwest Conference foe Neosho at 9 a.m. in the 15th place game.
McDONALD COUNTY (34) — Tyler Shaver 7, Miseal Morales 9, Drew Pearcy 4, Bo Bergen 0, Jared Moffett 7, Chris Spurling 2, Josh Pottorff 5.
MONETT (42) — Austin Cloud 0, Patrick Dargan 6, Michael Roberts 0, Steven Fillinger 2, Adam Witt 10, Kyle Coatney 2, Brendon Cox 8, Kirk Moore 14, Trenton Losack 0.
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ABC News anchor Sam Donaldson was arrested and charged with driving under the influence earlier this month, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
According to police, Donaldson, 78, was pulled over in Lewes, Del., on Dec. 1 after he had driven onto the shoulder of the road. Donaldson reportedly failed the sobriety test, was booked and later released. TMZ first reported the arrest.
A court date has not been scheduled.


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SaloneUfficio is the new name of Eimu, the biennial international workspace exhibition held at the same time as Salone del Mobile at the Fiera fairground during Milan Design Week. Held on odd-numbered years along with the Euroluce lighting exhibition, SaloneUfficio counts about 150 exhibitors occupying nearly 20,000 square metres of display space. Architonic was there to get a glimpse of the office of the future.
> to Architonic's tour of Salone Ufficio 2013
Including: Vitra, Object Carpet, Naturtex, Wovin Wall, Fantoni, Caimi Brevetti, Inclass, Yomei, SA Möbler, Planning Siplamo, Sellex, Unifor, Tecno, USM, Galotti&Radice, Knoll, Former, Dieffebi, Aresline, Senator | Allemuir, Arthur Holm, Casala.