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Integrated Site Investigation of Seafloor Features and Associated Fauna, Shenzi Field, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Shawn C. Williamson, Nektaria Zois, Antony T. Hewitt
... addressed during development of the Shenzi Field through a series of site investigations beginning during the early planning phases of the project. The Shenzi case study presents a proactive approach for addressing deepwater marine biology during field development. Integrated site investigation yielded...
Abstract The continental slope of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico is characterized by complex seafloor topography caused in part by shallow salt deformation. Locally, faults provide pathways for hydrocarbon migration through the suprasalt sediments to the seabed. Seafloor hydrocarbon seep sites can provide habitat for unique biologic communities. Seafloor features and associated fauna present significant challenges to site selection for wells, moorings, subsea equipment, and flowlines associated with petroleum field developments. This paper documents a case study of how these challenges were addressed during development of the Shenzi Field through a series of site investigations beginning during the early planning phases of the project. The Shenzi case study presents a proactive approach for addressing deepwater marine biology during field development. Integrated site investigation yielded a successful development plan from both engineering design and regulatory permitting perspectives consistent with the Operator's charter commitment to sustainable development of petroleum resources in an environmentally responsible manner. Introduction Project Background. The Shenzi Field was discovered in 2002 by the GC 654 #1 well. This discovery well was followed by five appraisal wells that confirmed commerciality of the field. The field development concept for the initial phase of production consists of multiple subsea wells around three drill centers tied back to a dedicated Tension Leg Platform (TLP) processing facility via production flowlines, gas lift/injection flowlines, and umbilicals. Third party oil and gas export pipelines will provide transportation back to market. Geologic Setting. The Shenzi Field lies approximately 104 nautical miles south of Fourchon, Louisiana (Figure 1a), on the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) approximately 5 miles north of the Sigsbee Escarpment in Green Canyon Blocks 609, 610, 653, and 654. Water depths in Shenzi Field range from approximately 4,150 feet in the northeast quadrant of Block 653 to 4,480 feet in the southeast corner of Block 654. Site Investigations Desktop Study. A shallow hazards desktop study was conducted during the Concept Phase of the Shenzi Project to identify seafloor and shallow geologic features pertinent to field development. This study was based principally on a spectrally enhanced 3-D seismic volume, existing shallow hazard reports submitted in support of Exploration Plans (EP) for well locations, and other readily available data. Numerous fault scarps were evident from seafloor renderings derived from the Shenzi 3-D seismic volume. A zone of seafloor faults was apparent above a shallow salt ridge that extends from the northeast quadrant of Block 653 across the southern boundary of Block 610. An area of hummocky topography was apparent adjacent to fault scarps near the boundary between Blocks 653 and 654. A few isolated areas indicative of possible hydrocarbon seeps were identified from a seafloor amplitude rendering generated from the 3-D data.
... of how in-situ hydrates are recognized during drilling and presents techniques for predicting hydrate-related risks during shallow hazards assessment. Introduction An appraisal well on the Shenzi Field in Green Canyon Block 653 experienced possible hydrate-related annular flow after cementing the 22...


McKinley and the Red Carnation from Dr. L.L. Lamborn, "The Carnation: History of Its Introduction and Culture in the United States," Alliance, Ohio, November 30, 1904. Reprinted in J.L. Jarman, The Story of the Red Carnation Alliance, Ohio: Jarman Printing Company (Elvin J. Wilson, owner).
The sentimental association of the carnation with McKinley's memory is due to Lewis G. Reynolds, of Dayton. In August 1893, Mr. H.M. Atick appeared before the annual convention of American Florists, in session at Milwaukee, and secured the adoption of a resolution, that on each recurring 29th day of January, being McKinley's natal day, the members of that association should wear a scarlet carnation boutonniere out of respect for the martyred president, and the love he bore for the divine flower. The general assembly of Ohio, in 1905, passed a joint resolution selecting the scarlet carnation as the floral emblem of the state of Ohio. An incident might be tolerated if self-effacement were possible, of how McKinley was first introduced to the flower for which he became passionately fond.


ClimateRobo is an autonomous intelligent mobile robot for climate purposes, which notifies the weather condition based on environmental data. An ATmega32 microcontroller is used to measure temperature, gas, light intensity, and distance to obstacles using the LM35DZ, MQ-2, photocell, and infrared (IR) sensors. A utility function is proposed to calculate the weather condition according to the temperature and gas data. Afterwards, the weather condition will be monitored on a liquid crystal display (LCD), an appropriate light-emitting diode (LED) will be illuminated, and an audio alarm would be enabled when weather condition is emergency as well as ambient brightness is high. The ambient brightness is calculated by a proposed supervised machine learning using sensed data of the photocell sensor. A fuzzy decision system is proposed to adjust the speed of DC motors based on weather condition and light intensity. The robot can detect and pass stationary obstacles with the six reflective sensors installed in the left, front, and right sides under six detection scenarios. The robot, initially, is simulated in the Proteus simulator and, then, is implemented by electronic circuits and mechanical devices. It would be used by bureau organizations, rescue teams, etc.
The fan system uses Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and fuzzy theory to control the speed of fan systems properly. It uses sensing data of three important sensors via the intelligent decision-making procedures. An ATmega16A microcontroller adjusts the speed of a DC motor based on the calculated speed via pulse-width modulation (PWM). Furthermore, speed percentage will be shown on a LCD. Simulation results show that the proposed system reduces total current consumption and total energy consumption compared to another fan system. Firstly, AutoFanSys is designed in Proteus simulator and program file of the microcontroller is generated in CodeVison AVR. Secondly, it is implemented by electromechanical devices to would be applied in real applications (e.g., living room, plant factory, and computer case).


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CHICAGO – (AFP) – Donna, believed to be the world's oldest hippo, has died at the age of 62 after living more than two decades beyond the massive mammal's usual life expectancy, zoo officials said.
Donna had lived most of her life in the small town of Evansville, Indiana at the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden.
"It is with great sadness for us to announce that Donna, the world's oldest living Nile hippopotamus in captivity, was humanly euthanized this morning due to her declining quality of life caused by her debilitating severe arthritis," zoo director Amos Morris said in a statement Wednesday.


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Got an Old Power Plant Lying Around? Crypto Miners Are Buying Them Up
They'll take denim mills, airplane hangars, and aluminum smelters, too.
By Sophie Haigney
A World War II–era airplane hangar in Texas has been converted into a bitcoin mine. Photo: Courtesy of Compute North
Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains near Marble, North Carolina, there's a 250,000-square-foot factory building that used to make denim for Levi's jeans. Starting in the 1960s, Levi Strauss built many plants like this across the American South — and then shuttered almost all of them in the 1990s and early 2000s, when it moved its manufacturing operations overseas. After this North Carolina factory closed in 1999, the building, which sits on 70 acres of land, stood empty for almost two decades. Then the crypto miners came to town.
In 2017, Darin Feinstein had just founded Core Scientific, which is now the one of largest crypto-mining companies in North America. At the time, the company was just getting ready to open its first facility, and Feinstein said they looked at more than 500 sites trying to find everything on a very particular wish list. First and foremost, they were looking for an inexpensive power source for the energy-intensive process of mining, which meant a more rural location, as electricity tends to be cheaper farther from major cities. Ideally, they would also find existing infrastructure that could be converted for the mine's purposes: a large empty building that could be filled with shoebox-size computers, vents that could be used for thermodynamic cooling, and land for potential expansion.
In the abandoned Levi's factory, Feinstein found all of the above. The sprawling building would fit plenty of computers, but the main selling point was proximity to a series of hydroelectric dams. They had helped power the factory but have been used much less since Levi's left town. This kind of "stranded power," or a dormant energy facility with all the infrastructure already in place, is exactly what miners are looking for. So Core Scientific bought the old denim mill and filled it with computers, which have been whirring away constantly ever since, "mining" new bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, and monero with each complex math problem they solve.
In the last year, cryptocurrencies like these have hit wildly high prices on crypto exchanges, leading to a craze that has spawned a host of new currencies, and given rise to feverish speculation on blockchain-backed NFTs. The high prices have also led to a boom in mining operations — and a hot new real-estate market for former industrial spaces to convert into mining facilities. "We've produced enough machines now" to meet the demand for new crypto mines, said Mike Colyer, CEO of Foundry, a mining outfit that provides equipment financing and advisory services to other miners. "But people don't have anywhere to plug them in."
Many former factories are owned by private real-estate developers, who bought them up on the cheap when manufacturing left — and are now reselling them for a profit. "We're getting phone calls from people even in New Hampshire and Vermont, from someone who might own a paper mill that went out of business, who'll say, 'I've got a paper mill and nobody else wants to come up here, so can I put in a bitcoin-mining facility?'" Coyler said.
Many crypto miners are looking for their version of what Feinstein found in North Carolina: unused factories, cheap land, and industrial infrastructure that can be easily repurposed. Ex-manufacturing spaces are particularly attractive because the industrial processes have something in common with mining. "You need to get a lot of air into the building and a lot of air out of the building, so typically you'd open up the side walls and vent it through the roof," Colyer said. "That's why certain places like the old Alcoa factories are some of the most popular, because they're very large buildings with a lot of installed electrical infrastructure, and the buildings were designed to remove heat, so they become natural places for mining."
It's not just denim mills and aluminum smelters. Around the country, mining operations have cropped up in an ex-steel mill in Calvert City, Kentucky; an ex-Gateway Computer industrial campus in South Dakota; a power plant in Hardin, Montana; a former airplane hangar in Big Spring, Texas; and old fruit warehouses in Eastern Washington State. The hulking abandoned palimpsests of American industry are, almost overnight, turning back on.
Computers work constantly to solve complex equations to "mine" new crypto coins — using a lot of energy in the process. Photo: Courtesy of Compute North
But not all residents and local officials have jumped to embrace the crypto-mining gold rush. There are concerns about power costs and energy consumption, and anxiety over what other ills could come with the industry scaling up so quickly. These worries are not entirely new: Eastern Washington became the epicenter of U.S.-based mining in 2018, during the last bitcoin bubble, and after months of feverish speculation, a number of towns and counties put moratoriums on new operations.
Now, some elected officials and residents in New York are wary of crypto-mining too. There are now at least two major mining operations in the Finger Lakes region, another epicenter of low-cost energy thanks to local hydropower facilities. One, Greenidge Generation, opened in 2020 in an old power plant that was originally coal-fired but was converted to natural gas in 2017. Another runs out of one of those sought-after Alcoa smelters in Massena, N.Y. In early May, some state legislators became worried that the mines and their emissions could worsen the climate crisis. State assemblywoman Anna Kelles authored a bill that would have put a three-year moratorium on new mining facilities in the state, along with a requirement for state-run environmental-impact assessment for future mines. Residents are worried too: In early June, WRFI Community Radio reported, 200 people rallied at the regional headquarters of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in protest of Greenidge. "There's nothing green about Greenidge," one sign read.
Some of their concerns are highly specific, local environmental problems related to the Greenidge plant, like the potential warming of Seneca Lake, where water heated during the mining process is being put back into the lake at high temperatures. But they're also accompanied by broader concerns about the carbon emissions and energy use associated with blockchain; by one estimate, bitcoin as a whole consumes more electricity annually than Austria. Though Greenidge and many other mining companies have purchased carbon offsets to become carbon-neutral, critics say that this doesn't factor in the opportunity costs — after all, we can't simply offset everything.
Kelles is also worried that there will be more mines opening. "If you look at the list of mothballed power plants, they're in Queens, Suffolk County, all over the Finger Lakes, and all over Long Island," she said. "Not all of them would have the infrastructure to be cryptocurrency mining facilities, but there's potential there."
The moratorium bill failed in the state assembly in June, and more mining operations are indeed coming to New York: In March, a company called Digihost bought a 60-megawatt natural-gas-powered plant north of Buffalo for $3.5 million, with plans to turn it into a bitcoin mine.
Crypto mines have moved into a variety of old industrial spaces, including this World War II–era hangar. Photo: Courtesy of Compute North
Despite concerns raised by lawmakers and environmental groups, many states are eager to attract miners. North Dakota and Wyoming both passed laws that give tax breaks to oil producers that provide gas to crypto mines that would have otherwise flared. The governor of Kentucky recently passed a tax break for any miners coming into the state. And the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, recently signed a law that recognizes the legal status of cryptocurrencies and the rights of those who hold them. The message from these red-leaning states: Crypto miners are welcome here.
Compute North, which specializes in developing spaces for crypto miners, already has a facility in Texas, based in a former World War II airplane hangar, and CEO Dave Perrill said that many of the projects currently in development are in Texas, which is one of the most crypto-mining-friendly states in terms of low-cost and stranded power. Compute North has other centers up and running in South Dakota and Nebraska too, and 40 more sites are currently in some stage of the development process.
Still, there are obstacles for crypto miners — and at least in part because of how hot the real-estate market has become. Instead of looking for abandoned buildings, some customers are instead coming to Compute North for premade modular mining sites built in shipping containers that can be put anywhere near a source of cheap power. They've set up one such site in Kearney, Nebraska — a set of retrofitted shipping containers in the middle of an empty green field, whirring away.
But the race for post-industrial space is still on. Colyer said he is regularly getting multiple emails a day from miners who have equipment and are looking for advice on finding a place to put it. He said, "Everyone's running around and looking at spaces and sites, asking, 'How can we turn this into a bitcoin mining facility?'"
Crypto Miners Are Buying Up Old Power Plants

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As his career was winding down, long-time Athletic Director Donnie Whittington often said that the Boys & Girls Club did a lot more for him than what he did for the Club. Donnie's journey began with the countless number of hours he spent at the Club as a youth and continued with over 50 years of employment. He became the prime example of what the founders wanted to accomplish with their new Club many years ago: to make a life-long impact on the children of the community.
In 1946, Concord's W.M. Waterfield convinced community leaders that the city could benefit by the establishment of a Boys Club, like the one he observed in Little Rock, AK. Over the next year, the Concord Community Boys Club was incorporated and leaders set up its first programs in the Concord Armory on Church Street until a new facility could be built. In early December, 1949, under the leadership of Board President Dr. T.N. Spencer and Executive Director Donald Sams, the Boys Club's facility on Spring Street opened with 700 members. Over 70 years later, with the help of a new facility constructed on the same property in 2002, the Boys & Girls Club of Cabarrus County, as it is now known, has a membership that approaches 2,000 boys and girls.
The Club has had many transformations over the years, and not just in facilities. The Club has changed with the times, admitting its first African-American members in the late 1960s, and officially opening its doors to girls in 1982. But the Club has always stayed true to its roots and its mission of providing recreational and educational programs in a safe, positive environment. While some of its staff members have become institutions themselves in the community, the community has always been the Club's strongest link. Providing guidance and financial support, community leaders have always viewed the Club as an investment in its future. A quote from the program of the Club's official opening in 1949 says it best: "It's better to make boys than to mend men".
The Club's new facility in 1949 was state of the art. It had a gymnasium, a games room (which doubled as a meeting room for the Board of Directors), a library, and a "seniors room" for the teenage boys. One of the Club's first regulars was a boy named Donnie Whittington, who would have to "sneak" in because he was too young for membership. Donnie loved sports and remembers participating in other activities like arts and crafts and woodworking. Around the same time the Spring Street facility was built, Dr. Spencer purchased a swimming hole in Rimertown that used to be known as Cress Lake and donated it to the Club for the use as a summer camp. Soon after, boys were staying weeks at a time, loving the fishing, swimming, and canoeing, all for the affordable price of $1 a week. Children like Donnie sometimes couldn't afford the cost so Camp Director C.C. "Bear" Little let them work their way through camp by washing dishes.
A former Club athletic director, Bear became the Executive Director in 1957. Everybody loved Bear. Possessing a personality that was as big as his hulking frame, Bear let the Club until the mid-1970s. The sports programs, which included cheerleading for girls, grew under his direction and the leadership of new Athletic Director Donnie Whittington, who was hired in that capacity in 1957. A second gym, which was uniquely carpeted, was constructed behind the existing structure in 1967. One of Donnie's football and basketball coaches, Jim Helms, came to work at the Club in 1972. Bear appointed Jim as Camp Spencer Director and put him in charge of the Club's games room. Jim was Director when Camp Spencer added a swimming pool in 1976, replacing one of the lakes as the kids' favorite place to cool off. Another famous Club moment occurred in 1976. Jim and Donnie both remember the day when the Secret Service scoped out the Club because Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter was going to be in town that week for the Club's famous Pancake Day. Other famous visitors to the Club over the years included cowboys Tex Ritter and Hopalong Cassidy, football coaches Lou Holtz and Bill Dooley, and NASCAR legend Ernie Irvan.
Originated by the Kiwanis Club in 1947, shortly after the Club's incarnation, Pancake Day is one of Concord's biggest social events of the year. In the days when the Club did not have its own equipment, staff had to drive around town picking up tables, chairs, and grills that were stored in homes and businesses, forcing Club programs to take a week's hiatus. Once the Club's largest fundraising event, Pancake Day still brings around 5,500 people into the building every third Thursday in March. In terms of revenue, the Festival of Trees, which originated in 2005 is now the Club's biggest fundraiser. The Club's other major fundraiser is the Boys & Girls Club Golf Classic, which teed off in 2003 and is held each year in June. For many years, the Club hosted a tennis tournament, but the final game, set, and match was held in 2002.
Of course, at the heart of the Club are its programs. With the sports and Camp Spencer programs thriving, new Executive Director Hank Utley asked Jim Helms to develop a program for the Club's teenagers in 1976. Jim gave a famous reply, "If I can get a big screen TV and some telephones, the kids will come." The Keystone Club, as it became known, grew into a program that is now 200 kids strong. The Club branched out into sports other than football and basketball. For many years, the Club sponsored a youth baseball team in the city parks and recreation league. Donnie also conducted softball, indoor soccer, and lacrosse programs over the years. When current Executive Director Valerie Melton took the helm in 1994, she began placing an emphasis on the Club's Afterschool and Summer Programs. In terms of youth served and number of activity hours, those programs are now the Club's largest.
The Club's programs have produced many youth who have gone on to achieve their own fame. Robert Earl Blue, Ishua Benjamin, and Dee Bost played basketball at the Club before they went on to play collegiate ball at UNC Charlotte, N.C. State, and Mississippi State, respectively. Football players Jimmy Hitchcock and Jay Graham played at the Club before enjoying professional careers. Legendary Concord High football coach E.Z. Smith used to be known around the Club for being so much bigger than the other boys his age. The Club has had several Keystone members reach the finals of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Youth of the Year competition. They include James Alexander and Barry Cannon (both in the 1970's) and Taylor Pruette, who won the nation's top award in 1985 and later became the Club's Board President in the early 2000s. Claudine Chalfant and Beth Troutman were both Keystone Club members before they went on to star for Charlotte television news stations. State Senator Fletcher Hartsell is a former Club member and Robin Hayes was a Club football and basketball coach before he became a U.S. Congressman.
The Hayes and Cannon families have always supported the Club, most recently through The Cannon Foundation and various family trusts. Charles A. Cannon, the famous textile mogul, sponsored construction of the old building's "back gym" and once purchased a bus for the Club that affectionately became known as the "Blue Goose", which took many a trip to Camp Spencer and out-of-town athletic contests. The Cannon Foundation was instrumental in funding the construction of the Club's current facility, which opened in December 2002, almost 53 years to the day that the original Concord Community Boys Club opened.
With three basketball courts, a spacious teen center, game rooms, and activity rooms for arts & crafts, education, technology, life skills, and performing arts, the Boys & Girls Club of Cabarrus County's scope continues to widen. Partnerships with local school systems, law enforcement agencies, social services agencies, and other organizations make the Club as strong as ever.
For over 70 years, the Club's objectives have stayed true to several basic principles. As its mission statement reads today, the Club wishes "to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens."
What could be more important in today's society?
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The Boys & Girls Club of Cabarrus County is a partner agency of Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (SHFBM). SHFBM partners and distributes food and essential grocery items to approximately 550 hunger feeding agencies in 19 counties in North and South Carolina. Agencies served include emergency pantries, soup kitchens, senior programs, shelters and low-income daycares.
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The dying president : Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945
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"In this authoritative account, Robert H. Ferrell shows how the treatment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's illness in 1944-1945 was managed by none other than the president himself. Although this powerful American president knew that he suffered from cardiovascular disease, he went to great lengths to hide that fact - both from his physician and from the public." "The president's duplicity, though not easily measurable, had a critical effect on his performance. Important decisions were delayed or poorly made. America's policy toward Germany was temporarily abandoned in favor of the so-called Morgenthau Plan, which proposed the "pastoralization" of Germany, turning the industrial heart of Europe into farmland. Roosevelt nearly ruined the choice of Senator Harry S. Truman as his running mate in 1944 by wavering in the days prior to the party's national convention. He negotiated an agreement with Winston Churchill on sharing postwar development of nuclear weapons but failed to let the State Department know." "In his final year, a year in which he faced crucial responsibility regarding World War II and American foreign policy, Franklin D. Roosevelt failed to serve the nation as a healthy president would have."--BOOK JACKET
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Trump threatens to sue Google and Facebook for bias
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US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue Google and Facebook during a Fox News interview and accused technology companies of bias.
"We have to sue Google and Facebook, and maybe we'll do that," he told Business Insider, where US President Donald Trump confirmed the possibility of filing cases against major technology companies.
Trump did not specify why he believed the government should sue Google and Facebook, but cited in the context of European Union fines on companies such as Apple and Google in past months. Recently, the European Union imposed a $ 1.7 billion fine on Google for violating the anti-monopoly rules of the European Union over the past three years.
Trump claimed that Google is specifically trying to manipulate the US presidential elections of 2020, describing the company as completely biased to the Republican candidates specially "Trump,"
He said: "Twitter prevents citizens from following up my personal account, as there are messages to me complaining to some citizens of The difficulty of joining my personal account, and also difficult to deliver messages to the public. "
It is not the first time Trump has pointed out that Twitter is preventing him from winning new followers, apparently suggesting that the company is removing followers from his Twitter account and making it difficult for people to follow him.
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From Rags to Riches
"Charity Begins at Home" or so the old axiom goes. But does it really? For the many homeless of Britain it begins where they live - on the street.
Different countries have different traditions when it comes to charity. Christmas is a time when attention is particularly focused on the notion of philanthropy. In Poland on Christmas Eve many households leave a place set at the table for the lonely or those without a family of their own. How often does the seat get filled? Who can say?
Celebrations World-Wide
As well as public holidays and religious feastdays thatfall on afixed date or in a particular period, certainanniversaries are regularly celebrated. This year, for example, marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Polish-born composer Fryderyk Chopin and is being celebrated as Chopin Year with special concerts and exhibitions. Recently, the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War wasobserved with speeches, military parades, patrioticassemblies andwreath-laying ceremonies. Let us now look at some of the holidays celebrated during autumn in different countries.
Living For Dancing.
Carnival isn't over yet. As many of you are no doubt spending a lot of time dancing at parties and discos, we present here a few profiles of young people who really know how to get down and boogie.
Staś's Page
Some linguists claim that the Polish language is the second most difficult language to master..... and I won' t argue with that. One of the many reasons I find it so difficult is that the Polish lexicon contains a zillion Zs ... and if you think that I' m exaggerating ...check out these facts:
COLLINS S£OWNIK POLSKO-ANGIELSKI, edited by Jacek Fisiak (The World of English consultant), lists 2,289 Polish words beginning with the letter Z. Its companion dictionary ANGIELSKO-POLSKI contains a grand total of 38 English words that begin with the letter Z.
"Nobody' s perfect" - the last words of the Marilyn Monroe film Some Like it Hot are all too true when we speak a foreign language. Everybody makes mistakes when they talk to foreigners no matter how good their command of the language. Here are a few amusing mistakes made recently by learners of English. We have also included a couple made by native English speakers desperately trying to learn Polish.
Piotr and Monica
Rule Britannia?
Rule Britannia? In the 19th century, Britain was one of the most powerful nations on Earth. This was due to the size of its Empire. With territories on every continent, the colonies comprised 25% of the world's area and population. That is why people used to say: "The sun never sets on the British Empire."
Peter Gentle
Letters to the Professor
I am a student of German at the University of Rzeszów. Recently, I have come across a problem with the usage of the simple future tense.
A Bard's Eye View
Irish poet and Polish poetry specialist Barry Keane explores the motions and emotions of the poetry translator.
Anyone who has been to conferences on the art of translation may recall the sea of linguistic terms used by academics to describe the process of transferring meaning from one language to another. Yet, while the theoreticians are often present in large numbers at these conferences, the actual hands on translators are generally diving for cover in the dark corner of some pub on the other side of the planet.
Fawley Court
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The name" Fawley Court" comes from the Old English word for fallow deer, which at one time roamed this country in great herds. In 1953, Fawley Court with its vast gardens was purchased by the Congregation of Marian Fathers. Over the years, it has been completely restored and is now a splendid example of British heritage. Here, they operate a school for boys and a historic museum. There is also St. Anna' s Church, which was paid for by Prince Stanislav A. Radziwill and built on the grounds.
Arise, Sir Mick
Twice a year, on the Queen's birthday in June and at the New Year, Buckingham Palace announces the names of around 1,500 people to receive special medals for, "services to the United Kingdom and Commonwealth." Last year Mick Jagger became a 'Sir', Eric Clapton and Sting received CBEs, and a tea lady from Scotland became an MBE. But why does the Queen give out these strange sounding honours, and what happens if somebody says "No thank you, Your Majesty"? Glenn Fobister explains.
Travel, Music and Love: We speak with Kayah
Since the huge success of her recent album with Goran Bregović - the biggest-selling record in the history of the Polish music industry - Kayah has become an even bigger name throughout Poland and her fame has begun to spread to other parts of the world. In an interviewconducted entirely in English she talked to The World of English about how she learnt the language and how important it is for her to be able to speak it.
WoE: How did you learn English?
The Potato Pickers
Thinking about getting a job abroad this summer? Irishman and writer Tom Galvin has an idea how you could earn some money in the Emerald Isle, if you don't mind getting your hands dirty, that is.
Gowns, Golf, and Strange Goings-On
In the Scottish county of Fife an old university town of saints and scholars mixes history and tradition with sport and tourism.
Many people know that Oxford and Cambridge Universities (which people sometimes call "Oxbridge") are the two oldest in Britain, but the third oldest can be found far, far away up north in the small town of St Andrews situated on the wild east coast of Scotland. Records show that the first degrees were awarded in 1415.
The Island of Ireland
I grew up in south London. I have a British passport. My mother and father have British passports. But, every 17th of March, St. Patrick's Day, I went to school with a bunch of shamrock, one of the symbols of Ireland, in my lapel. Why?
If this old saying is true, then I' m a bowl of muesli because that' s what I had for breakfast. Obviously I' m not, but there' s a lot of truth in the proverb, though perhaps it should be modified to read" You are what and how you eat" . Food and eating habits are two of the most defining traits of a people and culture and, though Britain has a rather bad reputation in this area, meals have always been a very important part of our society.
SARS Panic
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) has shocked the world. Most cases are in Asia, where the disease is thought to have originated, but it's also a very real presence in Canada. Toronto has had the world's fourth-largest outbreak, and is the only place outside of Asia where people have died. According to the Toronto Star newspaper, 7,000 people are currently in quarantine in the city, and health officials there expect the numbers to grow.
Sylvester Stallone and His Mom
When writer Stas Wnukowski met his old friend Jacqueline 'Mama' Stallone at Warsaw airport recently, they quickly became nostalgic about the time when Sylvester 'Rocky' Stallone knocked out Stas's two front teeth.
A Letter to Our Readers
Welcome to the World of English Summer Issue, in which we invite you to let your hair down (or if you haven't any, to let it grow) and forget, as far as you think wise, about exams, school and university (or, if you are an especially precocious pupil, kindergarten).
Africa and The World Summit
The World Summit on sustainable development was held in Johannesburg, South Africa last September. 6,500 delegates from 185 countries discussed issues such as how economic growth could be encouraged in developing countries without further damaging the earth's environment. Topics such as improving poor countries' water and energy supplies and education systems were also discussed.
A Little Dose of Truth
>A Polish student living in America, Katarzyna Jelonek-Allen, gives our World of English readers an insight into the realities of American university life. Pay attention (before you pay the fees!)


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An Interview with Joseph McConnell, Director of Kung Fu and Titties
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I know we have talked about this at quite some length before [click here], but do bring us up to speed: Kung Fu and Titties - in a few words, what is it about?
In a nutshell, Kung Fu and Titties is the story of a wannabe kung fu fighter who has to save his girlfriend from a horny old man.
Basic question: To what extent do you identify with your movie's hero Richard Titties?
He's a regular guy up against insurmountable odds....there have been points in my life where I've felt like that. I think lots of people can identify with that. Richard Titties is also the anti-Leeroy Green (see The Last Dragon [1985]), in the fact that he's terrible at martial arts.
As unbelievable as it sounds, Kung Fu and Titties is not the first movie to combine kung fu and titties - any other kung fu and tittie-films that might have influenced you in making this one, and other sources of inspiration?
Of course, there have been many! And that's one major reason why I made this film. I would stay up late as a youth hoping to see lots of boobs and some fighting in a movie... and I'd only see about 5 seconds of nudity. So with Kung Fu and Titties I wanted to just overload the film with titties. If I were 10 when this movie came out, I'd be in heaven. Now there's porn everywhere so I don't know if modern 10 year olds will care. As for my inspiration for this film, you can look at the entire Jean-Claude Van Damme library, namely Double Impact (1991), such a cheese ball movie. Kickboxer 2 (1991) with Sasha Mitchell, pretty awesome cheesiness. The films of Steven Seagal... and Big Trouble in Little China (1986), minus the nudity, that film was the main inspiration for Kung Fu and Titties. God Bless John Carpenter.
A question that has probably popped into the mind of quite a few viewers when watching Kung Fu and Titties: A gorilla? Really?
Yes. In the original incarnation of the screenplay there was a gang of gorillas. The gang of invisibles, which the Croatian army fights, was originally set to be a gang of gorillas. For various reasons, we kept the main Gorilla but we deleted the gang of gorillas that was to fight behind him. Also, Gorilla is the first main character you're introduced to in the alternate reality... so that was a set-up for the audience to go, 'WTF?... A kung fu gorilla? What is going on?'
How would you describe your film's overall humour, and did you ever have the feeling you were going too far?
3 different screenwriters. Probably about 5-10 other crew members and consultants all putting their spin on things before the script was written. Then when it came time to film, some actors were improvising or even creating their own scenes. I wanted to capture as many various comedic elements, jokes and gags as possible so that the film wasn't reflecting just one brand of humor. To answer your question, yes, at times I felt some things were over the top and out of hand (such as the shot of the giant balls)... but as the film progressed I realized that this is what the film ultimately would be... More titties, whacky humor and pushing the envelope than anything else. Those over the top moments are what people react to... so overall I'd say it's absurdist, off-the-wall humor.
Mike Marino
Raine Brown
Seregon O'Dassey
What can you tell us about your key cast, and why exactly these people?
- Mike Marino, I met him years ago and kept in touch... I'd wanted to work on a project with him and I knew that I needed someone experienced playing that character. Someone who was funny, but could play it straight so you'd believe that it was normal to walk around in a gorilla suit. He being a veteran comedian and entertainer... it was a perfect fit for Gorilla.
- Sean Molnar, I'd become friends with him through another project... I knew he was an amateur actor but he had a lot of charisma. We auditioned other people over the years but I just had a really good feeling about Sean, that although he wasn't as trained, he was charismatic and likable... and that people could identify with him. I'm really happy with his performance.
Sean Molnar
John Archer Lundgren
- Raine Brown, I'd worked with her before and... basically the script of Kung Fu and Titties revolves around her. So I asked her permission and if she'd want to do it. She said yes. And of course, she's an awesome girl and fun to work with, which is why I wrote her into the screenplay as a major plot element.
- John Archer Lundgren, well... he's unreal. He's over the top. He is Zeefros. I witnessed his acting on another project and kept in touch with him. When the time came... I approached him to play Zeefros. Even if I'd had tons of money to make this film, he still would have been my first choice. He's amazing.
- Seregon O'Dassey [Seregon O'Dassey interview - click here], we'd had other actresses in mind over the years... then when we had to hire only locals because of our budget, we opened up auditions. Seregon just auditioned really well. After seeing her auditions it didn't matter. She was funny and believable and thought it was a cool project... oh yeah... and she agreed to show her boobs. That helped too.
- Bronson Pinchot, he was someone we were interested in early on for the part... and then last minute came totally out of the blue. Our agent was contacting many A,B & C actors for the role. We had some names interested that made my head spin... but either they wanted too much money or weren't local. I got a call one night from Bronson Pinchot (pretty awesome!!)... he said he wanted to do it. His agent accepted our offer. No brainer for me. It was Bronson Pinchot! He came in with great ideas for his character. And it worked out great. Really cool guy & very professional.
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- Kevin Kolack, good friend of mine. We've worked together a lot over the years and he had this old movie review character from his Youtube videos that I loved, A Frenchman named Pierre. It fit with the character that I'd been writing for Army Bob... so I just plugged him in there.
The $64-question of course: Where can Kung Fu and Titties be seen?
Kung Fu and Titties is currently available for $8.99 as a digital download on Vimeo On Demand. You can stream it to any device (TV, iPad, Computer etc.)
VOD link - http://vimeo.com/ondemand/kungfuandtitties
Also, we are currently selling pre-order DVDs for $14.99 on our website. Those orders are slated to ship in the end of September of this year. With the extra money you're getting bloopers, deleted scenes, boner reel, music videos, trailers and unedited promo videos.
DVD Link - http://www.kungfuandtitties.com/store
Any future projects you'd like to share?
I'm currently doing an avante-garde short called Emptied shot on 8mm film with Bettina Skye, Kevin Kolack and Dante Briggins, which is narrated by Jasmin St. Claire. Other than that... just plugging away promoting Kung Fu and Titties.
http://www.kungfuandtitties.com/
https://www.facebook.com/KFTMOVIE
https://twitter.com/kungfutitties
Yes. A big thank you to you for interviewing me again and promoting Kung Fu and Titties. And a HUGE thank you to all the investors, cast/crew members and audience members who came to our screenings. Go see the film! You'll have fun and see lots of boobs!


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A Magical Children's Book Dedicated to Smiles
13 December 2018 | Smile Train
John, from New Brighton, regularly regaled his delighted granddaughter Sofia Lily Rose with fantastical tales filled with fairies, magic, and talking animals. Sofia especially enjoyed it when her real-life dog Koby was featured, so John made him a recurring character in his stories.
After several years of bringing joy to his granddaughter with his rhyming tales, John decided to take a leap and write a children's book and an accompanying audiobook, with the hope that other children would also enjoy the stories.
After months of hard work and helpful feedback from 7-year-old Sofia, John finished his book, Sofia Lily Rose and her Magical Prose, the first of what he hopes will become a series of children's books.
John didn't stray too far from his original stories, as the two main characters are a little girl named Sofia Lily Rose and her faithful dog Koby (who speaks with a Geordie accent). The written format, however, did allow John to create beautiful illustrations so he could bring the magical friends in his head to life on the page whilst the audio format brought to life the accents of his French cat, Russian crab, and Italian fly characters.
John filled the book with positive messages about the importance of being kind and protecting the environment, and he dedicated the book to Smile Train with the aim of raising awareness of cleft lip and palate.
To promote Sofia Lily Rose and Her Magical Prose, John and Sofia have read the book in local schools, bookshops and libraries across Merseyside and Tyneside — including John's first school in Hebburn, which he left 50 years ago.
To John's delight, the same stories that always made his granddaughter smile are delighting other children as well. John said, "I have personally read it to more than 1000 eager listeners now, and the children absolutely love it — we've received great feedback and interest in further stories."
John added, "We have decided to make a donation from the proceeds of the book to Smile Train, as it's our favourite charity and the book itself is about making children happy. The book has generated loads of great vibes in our region on so many fronts — all great publicity for Smile Train!"
If you'd like to learn more about 'Sofia Lily Rose and her Magical Prose', check out the publisher's website. Or, if you're feeling inspired to raise funds and awareness for Smile Train, just like Sofia Lily Rose and John, check out the Get Involved section of our site.
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Arizona State University (ASU) - public higher education institution in United States. ASU was founded in 1885. It has an urban campus located in Tempe.
University ranking. Arizona State University is often found in the rankings of top United States's 50. The university can boast a strong track record, ranking 60 in the national ranking of United States. It ranks the highest in the following disciplines «Arts and Humanities», «Engineering and Technology», «Life Sciences and Medicine», «Natural Science», «Social Sciences and Management», «Physics», «Chemistry», «Computer Science», «Economics & Business». The university is famous for its high education quality ranking in the top 200 in the international rating.
Application process and the cost of tuition. The certificate of prior academic performance along with exam results is required for submission by the admission committee. ASU accepts the majority of applicants. There are about 90 seats available per 100 applicants. The academic year in ASU is divided to 2 academic semesters. Obtaining a bachelor's at ASU is anything but cheap with tuition fees of USD per year. A master's degree of ASU will cost a student a significant sum of USD per year. Given the high tuition costs the students can participate in university scholarship competitions in order to cut down the costs. In addition to full time programs, the university also offers a wide range of online courses. When planning your education, please, consult the official website of the university http://www.asu.edu.
The composition of the university. is considered to be a large university, teaching more than 63,000 students. Both citizens and foreigners are able to apply. Local students have the opportunity to work with foreigners. 13% of students come from abroad. The university employs 2800 teachers and professors. ASU has international student exchange programs between partner universities. More information regarding the life of the university can be found on its social media pages:Flickr, Itunes, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram.
Infrastructure of ASU. The library is available to all of the students. The university also provides dormitories for those who need them. The university belongs to the number of groups and associations like the Arizona University System, as well as the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW), Sport affiliations and memberships: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
City Tempe
Bachelor (foreigners) 38,000 USD/year.
Master (foreigners) 25,000 USD/year.
Bachelor (citizens) 7,500 USD/year.
Master (citizens) 7,500 USD/year.
Living expenses $859 -1,425 USD/month
Acceptance Rate 90%
Official Website www.asu.edu
Finance type Nonprofit
Organization type Public
Abbreviation ASU
Teachers 2,829
Students 63,083
Foreigners 13%
Religion None
Academic calendar Semesters
Admission Based on grades and examinations
Gender limitation No limits
Campus type Urban
Distance learning Available
Exchange programs Available
Sport facilities Available
Library Available
• The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
• Arizona University System
• Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
• OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW). Sport affiliations and memberships: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
World ranking 165
Academic Reputation 183
International Students 360
Citations per Faculty 135
Ranking in world by sphere
Arts and Humanities 174
Engineering and Technology 234
Life Sciences and Medicine 208
Natural Science 176
Social Sciences and Management 209
Ranking in world by discipline
Economics & Business 22
UniPage World University Ranking 165
QS World University Rankings 250
ARWU Academic Ranking 93
Arabic جامعة ولاية أريزونا
German Arizona State University
Spanish Universidad Estatal de Arizona
French Université d'état de l'Arizona
Japanese アリゾナ州立大学
Korean 애리조나주립대학
Portuguese Universidade Estadual do Arizona
Russian Университет штата Аризона
Chinese 亚利桑那州立大学
Universities related to Arizona State University
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1818 University of Advancing Technology 20,000 USD 20,000 USD
2765 Western International University 10,000 USD 10,000 USD
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1 1 Harvard University Boston 66,900 USD 66,900 USD
2 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston 58,240 USD 58,240 USD
3 3 Stanford University Santa Clara 47,331 USD 44,184 USD
5 4 California Institute of Technology Pasadena 48,111 USD 48,111 USD
7 5 Princeton University Princeton 41,820 USD 43,720 USD


Beck will be in Kansas City on Sept. 12, when he opens for U2 at Arrowhead Stadium. It will be his first Kansas City appearance since May 2015, when he performed at Starlight Theatre. Willie Nelson was also on the bill.
Beck recently told Rolling Stone magazine that he'd started work on "Colors" in 2013.


Sign up for marine zoning and regulatory review email updates.
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Attend the regular, bi-monthly advisory council meetings.
Bookmark the sanctuary's online events calendar.
Public comments were instrumental in helping the Sanctuary Advisory Council understand topics of concern to the public. Initial public comment was received from April to June 2012, when NOAA solicited the public's views on the direction the sanctuary should take to best protect and conserve the living marine resources and submerged cultural resources of the Florida Keys. The information gathered during this public scoping period helped the advisory council define the issues they would later address in a marine zoning and regulatory review workplan. Full comments from the scoping period are maintained in the Federal eRulemaking Portal (www.regulations.gov) under docket number NOAA-NOS-2012-0061. An overview of the comments, organized by topics, can be found in the Scoping Comments Summary (pdf, 5 MB) that was compiled by sanctuary staff. From 2012 to 2014, the advisory council conducted a detailed review and heard public comments on nine priority topics as outlined in their workplan, eventually requesting that NOAA analyze hundreds of ideas for changes to marine zones, boundaries, and regulations in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
NOAA is developing the advisory council's ideas into a series of proposed management alternatives, and will provide a detailed analysis of the environmental and economic impacts of each alternative in a DEIS. Once the DEIS is posted, a Notice of Availability will be published and a public comment period of at least 90 days will commence. During this time, the advisory council will also discuss the alternatives and provide feedback to NOAA. All public comments will be read and considered before any final decisions are made about changes to the sanctuary's zones, boundaries, management plan, or regulations. Responses to public comments will be released in a Final Environmental Impact Statement describing the agency's planned regulatory actions before any draft regulations are released.


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DU QUOIN -- The most anticipated concert series of the summer is taking shape with the addition of one of the biggest names in country music. Du Quoin State Fair officials have announced that the reigning Academy of Country Music 'Vocal Duo of the Year,' The Brothers Osborne, will headline at the 2018 Du Quoin State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
Critics say it's difficult to define John and TJ Osborne's sound, it's country and rock 'n' roll and their lyrics speak to their upbringing. They have also received rave reviews from fellow artists including Charles Kelly (Lady Antebellum), Little Big Town, and Kasey Musgraves. Eric Church had this to say about them, "My favorite thing about Bros is that they don't sound like anyone else. They are singularly distinctive, among an ocean of sameness. Country music doesn't know it needs them yet, but it does. I'm excited about their future."
Their debut album, "PAWN SHOP," garnered four Top 40 hits including "Rum," "Stay A Little Longer," "21 Summer," and "It Ain't My Fault." Their latest hit "Shoot Me Straight" comes off their new album Port Saint Joe.
"This is going to be the 'can't miss concert of the season,'" said Assistant State Fair Manager Tibretta Reiman. "The Brothers Osborne is one of the biggest names in country music right now. What makes this concert even better is the intimate concert experience you get at the Du Quoin State Fair. When you attend a concert in Du Quoin, you feel like the band is performing for your private party. Our seating and the proximity to the stage cannot be matched."
Friday, Aug. 31: Gen-X Tour featuring Buckcherry, P.O.D., Lit, Alien Ant Farm Tier 3 -- $19 / Tier 2 -- $22 / Tier 1 -- $25.
The Du Quoin State Fair runs Friday, Aug. 24 through Monday, Sept. 3.


We purchased a bottle, and have been holding on to it for a special occasion. It turns out that some friends of ours had a couple of bottles of Austin Hope wines sitting at home as well, so we decided to have our own private tasting – along with a good meal, of course.
Candor Zinfandel – M- Here's the party animal. Full mouth of flavor, but not sloppy. Great full-bodied chunk with a bold class in the glass.
Troublemaker Blend – M- As the name sounds, this guy is bold and crafty. A great full-bodied, trickster of multiple layers of mischief. Great contrast to the grenache, and a definite relative to the Austin Hope. Balanced, yet a different shade, real different shade of grape.
Our first tasting task was to decide on which wine would be used for the Bordelaise sauce mentioned below. We had no expert idea on how to choose. So, we decided to pick the most complex or full flavor with interesting qualities we felt would hold up in the sauce. We chose the Zin, Candor.
The blue cheese butter was another "first time" offer and even easier – just took a some salted butter, softened it a little, then used a fork to mix it with some blue cheese ( My ratio was 3:1, but the verdict was that more blue cheese would have been fine, so next time I think I'll go for 2:1).
Tasting Results- What we discovered is that these three reds each brought their "A-Game" to the table. Each had been lying down for over a year, and opened up in a slow seduction to our taste buds. Each, by itself, evolved into a beautiful portrait of flavor, changing as the night went on, dancing a different step with each part of each course. And, making it through the entire evening, lasting with style and panache. I couldn't tell you which one went better with which course. They were all good. Each went beautifully with the grilled meat and sauce. Result– Austin Hope Wines are fantastic. Wonderful dance partners on the table, if you will. And we are lucky to have been invited.
We look forward to more intimate and delicious evenings like this one.
Anyone have a recommended trio of wines that would make for a great wine tasting dinner?
D – As I was doing a little "De-Clutter 101" around the house, I paused in front of my bookshelf of cookbooks a little too long. Giada's Kitchen jumped out at me and said "Make something delicious for dinner tonight!" Two nights later, we have discovered two fabulous, new entrees that will be definitely joining the rotation of family favorites.
No, I did not take pictures (sorry). Perhaps next time they grace our table.
Here are the links, however, to the recipes online at FOOD NETWORK.
Balsamic BBQ Chicken – super easy! Sauce would be delicious with pork or beef as well. Served with a salad and new potatoes (with a blue cheese butter – see the Austin Hope Wine entry for more details).
Prosciutto Lamb Burgers – Another simple recipe. I found ground lamb and prosciutto at the Far West HEB. (the packaged COLUMBUS brand prosciutto actually worked great – they smaller, uniform slices made for easier assembly).
Serving with the slice of fresh tomato and basil is a must!
D – Our vacation to Colorado was wonderful, but it is good to be back in Austin. Here is a sampling of our "at home" dining this week.
OK, I confess. We did not fix dinner Monday night. We arrived home around 3:00pm, cleaned up, and walked right back out the door to head off to Nick's SPOTLIGHT ON OPERA concert at Whole Foods. We only had a little over an hour, and the WINK Wine Bar is just minutes from Whole Foods, so we made a pit stop for Happy Hour. Sorry I don't have a picture, but I can highly recommend the BRIE BURGER SLIDERS with a lovely glass of Riesling.
On to Tuesday– Our first official night at home called for a family favorite – the Famous Tamale Casserole. This dish never fails to please the tummy – a delicious combination of cornbread, chicken, red sauce and cheese. Here is the link to the recipe from Cooking Light ( www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-tamale-casserole-10000001854020 ) . The only change we made to the original recipe was to omit the green chilies.
Wednesday — I pulled out the crockpot and tossed in a couple of medium sized pieces of boneless pork shoulder with a can of root beer. Seven hours later, I took the pork out of the pot, drained the liquid, shredded the pork, then returned half of it to the pot. I then added BBQ Sauce (Sweet Baby Rays) to the pot. The other half of the pork I seasoned and served with some delectable mole sauce that I had saved in my freezer from our New Year's Eve dinner. So now we have pork 2-ways!
** Note: A BIG recommendation to try the MISSION brand Artisan Corn and Whole Wheat Blend tortillas. They are available at HEB and complement the pork perfectly.
Thursday I made Baked Meatballs with a simple homemade tomato sauce. It was served with a bowl of mixed pasta – trying to use up some of the extra misc. pasta in our pantry.
It is so easy to make! I have made it both with/without the fish sauce – didn't notice much of a difference, so now we make it without, since fish sauce is not an ingredient that I usually stock in my fridge. Just add some extra soy or teriyaki if you need a little more sauce). The red chiles are not always available at HEB, so I just use jalapeno. I also serve with Thai red chili sauce. You can add as much heat as you want that way J.
There's more to come – stay tuned for our Saturday Austin Hope Wine Tasting Dinner!!
* Excellent service – our waiter was focused and charming. He recommended some excellent wines, both by the glass, and bottle. The food and drink service was seamless – several people quickly and quietly moving around the table to present or collect plates, silverware, fill water glasses, etc.
Amazing grits, served under a chicken and rosemary salisbury steak, with a touch of creamed tomato sauce on top – delicious combination of textures and flavors.
D – after a refreshing morning hike and afternoon drive in Rocky Mountain National Park, we decided to make a trek to Grand Lake, on the opposite side of the park. After a few stops to view some big horn sheep and Lake Irene, we headed to the Sagebrush BBQ and Grill. We discovered this spot last summer and were excited for a return visit.
M- The Elk Sausage Hogie—Okay, we did take a few pictures of some beautiful Elk in RMNP, but this sausage was "to die for" (bah dum dum). Thank you, I'm here all week—try the Elk! But try it with this sauce from Heaven- a mustard, rosemary Carolina-style bbq- perfect paring. Speaking of perfect pairing- not wine here, but a pint of Fat Tire. WOW!
D – We soooo need a SNOOZE in Austin, Texas! On this, our 4th trip to Colorado, we could not resist a third visit to SNOOZE. Although it was the longest wait for a table (almost two hours, yes, on a Saturday), the food did not disappoint! The pancake flight is the way to go – then you get to sample three culinary adventures in one sitting.
Pancakes with names like Pineapple-Upside Down, Peanut Butter Cup, Red – Eye Velvet, Sweet Potato, Chocolate Chip and Blueberry Blossom all made it to our table. You can go to the Snooze website to read the specifics on the flavor profiles for any pancake on the current menu. ALL of them were delicious – completely devoured. The winner, in my opinion, for this round is the Sweet Potato Pancake (a regular offering on the menu) – a fluffy sweet potato buttermilk pancake with homemade caramel, pecans and ginger butter (the secret weapon). A perfect balance of flavors and textures!
D – Amarillo has been our overnight stop on our treks to Colorado these past three summers, so an evening meal in the "helium capitol of the world" is always a necessity. Our previous two dining experiences were "underwhelming." We really enjoyed our dinner at Jorge's this time around.
and the "special" – mole chicken enchiladas.
* Fresh mozzarella – when I found out that I could buy fresh mozzarella (Lioni) at Antonelli's Cheese shop for about the same price as the grated bagged stuff from the grocery store, I was sold. If you want to splurge, the Burrata mozzarella is amazing!
* Chorizo – Slice up a link of Aurelia's Chorizo (Made right here in Central Texas), and you will forget you ever enjoyed pepperoni!
* Other misc. meats – We like meat on our pizza, and have tried several other meats in combination with the chorizo, including shredded cooked chicken and leftover meatballs.
* Fresh herbs – Thanks to my thriving herb garden, I have fresh oregano and basil to sprinkle on top of my pizza. Cilantro is also a great accompaniment for the chorizo.
* Cana de Oveja – a soft sheep's milk cheese from Spain. Here is a quick description I found online – "Blanketed with a cottony white mold, the cheese immediately under the rind is ecstatically gooey but gives way to a flakier, crumblier center. With notes of tangy butter".
* Confituras Fig Walnut Preserves (http://confituras.net). Confituras creates locally sourced jams, jellies and preserves in small batches. They are delicious!! Paired beautifully with the Spanish Cana de Oveja.
D – Just over a year ago, I started attending regular bootcamp classes at X-TRAIN (http://www.x-trainfit.com) . I could go on and on about the awesome trainers there ( a big SHOUT OUT to Barron and Jeremy) and how they convinced me to keep up with an exercise routine for the first time in my life (better late than never). Along with precise instructions on how to exercise correctly and more efficiently, they also believe in nutrition education and healthy eating habits.
Wouldn't you know? Just a few weeks after making adjustments in our food choices at home, I came across a Groupon for FarmHouse Delivery. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to challenge our family to eat more fresh produce and to support local farmers. I recommend that you take a look at their website for all the details, but here are the basics of how it works.
ALERT!!- This just in! Literally!! Farmhouse Delivery is offering a special offer. New members can get $30 off their first delivery. Promo code: FANDF .
So, tonight we will enjoy grilled corn-on-the-cob, caprese salad and a nice fruit salad, including the lovely peaches pictured.
QUESTION: In the picture above you will see we received a small (approx. 6" round) winter squash varietal. Besides roasting/baking, does anyone out there have a good recipe for using this veggie in the summer?
D – Just a quick entry to share a favorite Rachel Ray recipe I found a couple of years ago – SOUTHWESTERN CHILI MAC SALAD. This pasta dish is good warm or cold, and is great for leftovers. I have modified the recipe (link below), by substituting ground bison for the beef. I use whatever onion variety is handy. Thanks to our bi-weekly FarmHouse Delivery (www.farmhousedelivery.com ), we usually have some kind of onions on hand. This week we used spring onions, along with some cherry tomatoes and corn on the cob from our bushel. Besides using the bison, whole wheat pasta can be substituted for a healthier version. To ensure that the bison is flavorful, don't be shy with the chili powder (I always add extra, along with some comino).


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India's air most toxic: Study news
A study conducted by Yale and Columbia Universities, ranks India at the lowest on the quality of air with regard to its effect on human health, among 132 countries. India scored a meagre 3.73 out of a possible 100 points in the analysis, lagging way behind Bangladesh, the next worst performer, which scored 13.66.
In fact, the whole of the South Asian region fared exceedingly poorly with Nepal, Pakistan and China taking up the remaining spots in the bottom five of the rankings.
The rankings form part of a wider study that aims to study the nations of the world on the basis of their overall environmental performance. The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia's Center for International Earth Science Information Network bring out Environment Performance Index rankings every two years starting with 2006.
In the overall rankings which factors in 22 policy indicators, India fared marginally better, but was still stuck in the last 10 ranks along with environmental laggards such as Iraq, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The top end of the scale, was dominated by European nations of Switzerland, Latvia and Norway which captured the top slots in the index.
India performed relatively better, over the last two years in sectors such as forests, fisheries, biodiversity and climate change, but as regards water - both in terms of the ecosystem effects to water resources and the human health effects of water quality - the Indian performance was extremely poor.
The Index report was presented at the World Economic Forum currently under way at Davos, where it is being sought to be presented as a means to identify the leaders and the laggards on energy and environmental challenges prior to the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development scheduled to be held in Brazil this June.
India's air most toxic: Study


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Getting to Know You(Tube)
Getting to Know You(Tube) is a way to cruise YouTube with strangers—to simultaneously get to know new shared community and to explore the phenomenon that is YouTube. The creative public video presentation series was started in 2011 by Crystal Baxley and Stefan Ransom, who saw YouTube as a reservoir of knowledge and a video archive collectively built by all of us. Presenters give 20-minute presentations to share their discoveries, thoughts, and questions regarding this vast knowledge trove, from the awkwardly banal to the wildly mysterious.
Tonight's presenters:
Sarah Turner is a video artist, curator, and Associate Director at Disjecta. She will be discussing her experiences following YouTube star Jenna Marbles for over seven years.
Brad Grose is a podcaster and occasional memer. He will be presenting videos culled from public access TV stations.
Michael Reinsch is a multidisciplinary artist and former curator of Albatross Gallery, which consisted entirely of a lanyard around his neck. He will be showing videos of clouds.
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Damien Hirst artworks stolen in London gallery heist
By Bryony Jones, CNN
Updated 1:15 PM ET, Wed December 11, 2013
Photos: Damien Hirst artworks stolen in London heist
Damien Hirst artworks stolen in London heist – Two artworks by Damien Hirst have been stolen from a London Gallery. "Pyronin Y", seen hanging in the Exhibitionist Gallery before the theft on December 9, 2013, is worth £15,000 ($24,565).
Damien Hirst artworks stolen in London heist – "Oleoylsarcosine" (left) another of the artist's dot paintings, was created in 2008. It is worth £18,000 ($29,480). Police have appealed for help to recover the stolen pieces.
Damien Hirst artworks stolen in London heist – Damien Hirst, seen here in front of one of his most famous artworks, "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" - a shark preserved in formaldehyde - was the subject of a major retrospective at London's Tate Modern gallery in 2012.
Damien Hirst artworks stolen in London heist – Hirst, possing in front of his artwork "I am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds" at London's Tate Modern on April 2, 2012, rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the Young British Artists, or YBAs, along with Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas and Jake and Dinos Chapman.
Two signed works by British artist Damien Hirst stolen from gallery in London
Spot pictures, entitled "Pyronin Y" and "Oleoylsarcosine", together worth $54,000
Thief forced open the doors of Exhibitionist Gallery in the middle of the night
Two works by British artist Damien Hirst worth $54,000 have been stolen from a London gallery.
The pieces -- prints of colored spots, signed by Hirst -- were taken from the Exhibitionist Gallery in Notting Hill in the early hours of Monday morning.
Detective Sergeant Jon Lightfoot, of London's Metropolitan Police, said the thief appeared to have "specifically targeted" the stolen works. Other pieces hanging in the gallery were left untouched.
The suspect broke in by forcing open the front doors, before taking "Oleoylsarcosine" and "Pyronin Y" off the wall and driving away with them in a dark-colored hatchback.
"The items would have been visible in the back of the car and we are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with information to please come forward," Lightfoot said in a statement.
"Oleoylsarcosine" was created in 2008; it measures 67cm by 89 cm and is worth $29,480 (£18,000). "Pyronin Y", which dates from 2005, measures 103cm by 116cm, and is worth $24,565 (£15,000).
Both pictures are part of Hirst's extensive series of spot paintings, rows of randomly-colored dots on a white background, the majority of which are painted by Hirst's assistants, under his direction.
Hirst, 48, rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the Young British Artists (or YBAs), along with Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Gary Hume and Jake and Dinos Chapman.
The group, many of whose members met while studying at London's Goldsmiths university, was championed by art collector Charles Saatchi.


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Secretary of State for the Southern Department
(person) by aneurin Mon Mar 31 2008 at 18:22:34
As far as the early English state was concerned the Secretary of State was the officer responsible for the monarch's confidential correspondence. There was generally only one Secretary of State until the reign of Henry VIII, when the volume of work became such that it was common to apoint a second principal secretary, and on the 20th October 1662 it was decided to regularise this practice by appointing a Secretary of State for the Northern Department and a Secretary of State for the Southern Department which subsequently both became formal departments of state on the accession of William III and Mary II in 1689.
As far as domestic government business was concerned there was no established division of responsibilities between the two departments which tended to vary in accordance with the capabilities and whims of the secretaries in office at the time. The distinction between the Southern and Northern departments related entirely to the conduct of foreign or diplomatic business, with the Secretary of State for the Southern Department being concerned with France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Ottoman Empire, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, as well as the North American colonies, or at least until the separate Colonial Office was established in 1768.
Initally it was the practice to appoint the "more experienced" or "more socially elevated" Secretary of State to the Southern Department, however that practice was discontinued in 1706, whilst from 1707 onwards both Secretaries of State were responsible for the affairs of the new unified state of Great Britain rather than England following the Act of Union with Scotland. The distinction between the Northern and Southern departments continued until March 1782 when they were reorganised into the separate Home and Foreign Offices.
THE SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1662–1674)
Henry Coventry (1674–1680)
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1680–1681)
Leoline Jenkins (1681–1684)
Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton (1688–1689)
Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury (1689–1690)
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1690–1693)
John Trenchard (1693–1695)
Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury (1695–1698)
James Vernon (1698–1699)
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey (1699–1700)
Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester (1702 (Jan–May) )
Charles Hedges (1704–1706)
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1706–1710)
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (1710–1713)
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1713–1714)
James Stanhope (1714–1716)
Paul Methuen (1716–1717)
Joseph Addison (1717–1718)
James Craggs, the younger (1718–1721)
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1721–1724)
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (1724–1746)
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1746 (Feb))
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1748–1751)
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse (1751–1754)
Thomas Robinson (1754–1755)
Henry Fox (1755–1756)
William Pitt (1756–1757)
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse (1757 (April–June) )
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (1761–1763)
George Montagu Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1763–1765)
Henry Seymour Conway (1765–1766)
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and 3rd Duke of Lennox (1766 (May–July) )
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1766–1768)
Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth (1768–1770)
William Henry van Nassau van Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford (1770–1775)
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1779–1782)
'Secretaries of state for the southern department (1662–1782)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
The 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica entry for SECRETARY OF STATE
Secretary of State Secretary of State for the Northern Department Henry Coventry Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth
Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford Joseph Addison William Pitt
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