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ICM Granted Government Funds for Missouri Cellulosic ... - Newsblaze.com

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 02:33 AM PDT

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Privately held leading ethanol design-build firm ICM Incorporated (Colwich, Kansas) is one of the latest cellulosic-based ethanol developers to receive funding to develop a pilot-scale, cellulosic-based ethanol pilot plant.

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Firestorm over column on gays in Catholic paper - Boston Globe

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:32 PM PDT

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Jarrett Barrios, a former state senator from Cambridge who is now president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, called the column "void of the love, compassion, and inclusiveness that so many proud practicing Catholics, myself included, have grown up with.''

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WaPo Devotes 60-Paragraph Front Page Story to Workaholic Kagan, Pays Little Attention ... - News Busters

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 03:41 PM PDT

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Borrowing a line from one of her Harvard colleagues, the Washington Post entitled its June 10 front-page profile of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, "Her work is her life is her work."*

But the 60-paragraph story by staff writers Ann Gerhart and Philip Rucker shed barely any light on the judicial philosophy that Kagan's life work demonstrates. Instead, Gerhart and Rucker presented a gauzy profile that rehashed the usual trivia -- Kagan loves poker and the opera -- while painting Kagan as a workaholic who still has time to lend an ear or a shoulder to cry on to friends in distress:

She has arrived at the age of 50 in a blaze of accomplishment. But her achievements can obscure how relatively narrow her world has been. 

[...]

She made her life the law and became consumed by it -- and happily so, by all accounts. Her parents are no longer living, and she sees her brothers, Marc and Irving, Yale University graduates who teach public school in New York City, usually at holidays.

Most of the people in Kagan's life are important people, bound to her in tightly drawn concentric circles. Her friends are elite lawyers of a certain set or Democratic operatives with staying power. She cultivates their company, holds their confidences, gives them the best presents and solicits their ideas, said several friends among the four dozen people interviewed for this article.

[...]

Many high-energy super-achievers strive for a sanctuary of home or hobby or nature away from the relentless pressures of the workplace, even as they bang away on their BlackBerry and brag how little sleep they require. Kagan seems to be the rare person who has moved fluidly up and through the corridors of power with no apparent need for this separate sphere.

"Her work is her life is her work," says Charles Fried, a Harvard Law professor.

He credits her with grafting a sense of community onto the school's prickly and insular culture in her six years as dean. 

"To call her a bloodless organization person running her organization would be a terrible mistake," Fried says of Kagan's ceaseless entertaining, dinner-going and speech-giving while dean. "She did those things with real affection, not just for the institution but for the people."

Yet the friendship her intimates describe seems curiously one-sided; it is one in which Kagan gives freely of her support but seeks none in return.

"I went through a very contentious divorce," says Laurence Tribe, another Harvard Law professor who has known Kagan for more than 20 years, "and she was one of the very few people I could talk to about it. It's because you could trust her. She made me feel that I would get through it.

"She's a great listener, and I think that will endear her to her fellow justices," says Tribe, who is on leave from Harvard while working at the Justice Department. "She's likely to make them feel that she cares what they think."

That's great, but Kagan is not up for a marriage counselor gig, she's nominated to the highest court of law in the land.

It's not wholly illegitimate for the media to devote some resources to exploring the personal and social dimensions of a Supreme Court nominee's life, but ultimately these details are of little or no consequence to the job itself.

Yet today, Post editors gave their front-page readers what essentially amounts to a Style section profile in lieu of a meatier profile that might examine the liberal leanings discernible in Kagan's work product.

*the headline for the online version reads, "Kagan has many achievements, but her world has been relatively narrow."

—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters. You can follow him on Twitter here

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Buddha's philosophy: Large portions at low prices - Tampa Bay Online

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 09:07 AM PDT

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By ROMMIE JOHNSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 10, 2010

TAMPA - Ybor City's historic Seventh Avenue, at least on weekend nights, has become an alternately glorious and horrifying monument to capitalist excess, awash in brightly colored neon, pulsating with artless booty music and crawling with insatiable bar-hoppers and designer-clad club kids all looking for another cheap thrill.

It's probably not the first place you'd expect to find a restaurant named for an Eastern spiritual figure whose teachings emphasized themes of moderation.

But here sits Buddha Lounge, its name alone brimming with irony and its kitchen offering an eclectic assortment of pan-Asian specialties in an area known — in culinary circles, anyway — primarily for its Cuban and Italian heritage.

Of course, it's tough to expect an overabundance of authenticity from an ownership group best known for the faux-island vibe of its Green Iguana bars. But Buddha Lounge tries, and occasionally even succeeds.

The restaurant's long, narrow space is certainly pleasant enough, decorated in warm reds and golds, dimly lit and tastefully adorned with bamboo plants. A Buddha statue greets you at the door, seated just in front of a trickling water fountain that promises tranquility inside. A small sushi bar sits up front, while a cocktail bar dominates the back.

The menu focuses on a handful of categories: appetizers, soups and salads, fried rice, noodle bowls, rice bowls and "Buddha favorites." Naturally, there's also a separate sushi and sashimi menu, for anyone who likes their seafood raw or has a fascination with miniature pencils.

Our meal started with a few appetizers, most arriving remarkably fast. We soon learned why: The best thing we could say for our gyoza was that they had almost certainly, at one time, been warm. A sweetly salty ginger-soy lacquer only made these limp pork dumplings that much soggier.

Considerably better were the crab Rangoon, served with a sweet chili dipping sauce, and the spring rolls, slightly smoky with a nice hint of cumin.

The standout starter, however, was an order of Spicy Tuna Nachos, recommended by our server. The marinated tuna was fresh, firm and richly flavored, placed atop lightly crisp wonton skins with wasabi mayo and scallions.

A Yum Beef Salad underwhelmed. We expected a Thai-style treat, but got a typical American salad — iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cucumbers — with crispy rice noodles and Korean barbecue-style beef tossed on top for a little Asian flair.

Entrees were a similarly mixed bag. The Fire Cracker Shrimp rice bowl was a winner, with plenty of big fried shrimp tossed in a spicy sauce and served over a stir-fry of fresh snow peas, onions and carrots. And although we would have loved a refreshing squeeze of lime juice on our Pad Thai, we couldn't find much else wrong with this hearty and flavorful bowl of noodles, absolutely loaded with chunks of tender chicken.

The Japanese Beef Curry, on the other hand, was disappointingly bland, its stew of beef, broccoli, carrots and baby potatoes soaking up surprisingly little flavor from what should have been a delightfully spicy golden gravy.

As for the sushi? Third verse same as the first. We found both hits (the Spicy Yellowtail Roll and the escolar sashimi were delicious) and misses (everything with salmon was unpleasantly metallic), but mostly our reviews were mixed. Part of our group loved the sweet, tart zest of pineapple in the Hawaiian Serenity Roll, with tempura shrimp and coconut-miso sauce. Others preferred the baked Thai red curry dynamite that topped the Jade Mountain Roll (a fussy twist on the traditional Volcano).

In the end, we agreed: Buddha Lounge's sushi is decent, but hardly distinctive.

Dessert offerings change regularly, but we enjoyed a moist Chocolate Mudcake and absolutely devoured a banana-stuffed Caramel Cheesecake Roll — the latter recommended by our server, who was once again spot-on.

Speaking of which, service was polite, efficient and helpful without being overly friendly or obtrusive. We'll take that every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

In the end, though, the bottom line may be the bottom line. Although Buddha Lounge eschews moderation in favor of Ybor excess when it comes to portion size, its prices are uncommonly affordable. No entree — save for a few specialty sushi rolls — tops $10.

Leaving more money for the nightlife crowd to spend on booze? This place might be on to something, after all.

DINING REVIEW

Buddha Lounge

BOTTOM LINE: Affordable Asian staples in Ybor City

WHERE: 1430 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa

HOURS: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. Friday and Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday

CREDIT CARDS: All major

RESERVATIONS: Recommended for large parties

CHILDREN'S MENU: Yes

ALCOHOL: Full bar and wine list

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: Yes

PRICE: Entrees range from $5 to $12

CALL: (813) 242-0400

Tribune reviewers eat anonymously. Rommie Johnson can be reached at (813) 259-7426.

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