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At least that's what Dorie calls the biscotti as you lay them out on the pan for their second baking. But that's getting ahead of the story. Biscotti were not my favorite things to eat, that is until a good friend of mine, L, made some and they were nothing like the store bought or coffee shop ones that I have had. All I remember is her saying that most biscotti recipes don't have enough eggs in it. Her biscotti were chunky and chock full of flavor but not too much to overpower the coffee that it was meant to be dunked in. We were going to get together for her to teach me that recipe but our schedules seemed out of sync lately; in the meantime the "hungry" hubby was pestering me to make them. Just earlier this week, Nick Malgieri was at our local Sur La Table to teach "Perfect Chocolate Desserts" and I was one of the lucky ones to register early and snag a seat in the class. He was so much fun and the class was lively. Unfortunately, some of his recipes were the low fat version and I could definitely taste the difference. He did teach a chocolate biscotti recipe and I was able to see how he made them which gave me the confidence to attempt it.
I think the alignment of the stars could not have been more perfect for making biscotti. Just this week a couple of bloggers got together to make the biscotti from Dorie Greenspan's book "Baking: From my Home to Yours". Brilynn of Jumbo Empanadas, Ivonne from Cream Puffs in Venice, Peabody from Culinary Concoctions by Peabody, Lis from La Mia Cucina and Helene from Tartlette, all conspired to bake the biscotti and post on the same day of the week. How cool is that! And to top it off, Dorie's book was one of my cookbook purchase last month so I do not have any excuse not to make it. The recipe below is what is directly from the book. The asterisk (*) on the eggs is what I have changed and can be referenced in the Cooking Notes section of this post.
2 cups all-purpose flour (220g)
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (60g)
2 tbs instant espresso powder (28.5g)
¾ tsp baking soda (3.6g)
½ tsp baking powder (2.3g)
1 tsp salt (4.75g)
¾ stick unsalted butter (6 tbs) at room temperature (85g)
1 cup sugar (225g)
* 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (5ml)
1 cup chopped almonds, blanched or unblanched (230g)
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (113.5g)
Sugar for dusting
Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 °F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
Sift together the flour, cocoa, espresso powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with a paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed until pale, about 2 minutes; the mixture may be crumbly. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the eggs and vanilla and beat for another 2 minutes; don't worry if the mixture looks curdled. Reduce the mixer speed to low and mix in the dry ingredients in 3 additions, mixing only until a dough forms. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix in the chopped nuts and chocolate, then turn the dough out onto a work surface and kneed in any dry ingredients that might have escaped mixing.
Divide the dough in half. Working with one half at a time, roll the dough into 12-inch long logs. Flatten both logs with the palm of your hand, so that they are about ½ to 1 inch high, about 2 inches across and sort of rectangular, then carefully lift the logs onto the baking sheet. Sprinkle each log with a little sugar.
Bake the logs for about 25 minutes, or until they are just slightly firm. The logs will spread and crack – and that's just fine. Remove the baking sheet from the oven, put it on a cooling rack and cool the logs for about 10 minutes. (Leave the oven on).
Working with one log at a time, using a long serrated knife, cut each log into slices between ½ and ¾ inch thick. Stand the slices up on the baking sheet – you will have an army of biscotti and bake the cookies again, this time for just 10 minutes.
Transfer the biscotti to a rack and cool.
The only change I made to the recipe is using three eggs instead of the two it called for. Also, I weighed the divided dough to make sure my logs are approximately the same size so they would cook evenly. From Nick Malgieri's class I learned that letting the biscotti cool down enough will prevent crumbs when slicing it; also starting to cut from the middle of the log and cutting on the diagonal yields a better looking biscotti. I think I will try and go with 4 eggs next time to see how far I can take it. I would also make the chunks of almonds bigger and use more of it. This biscotti turned out better than I ever imagined ("hungry" hubby nods in approval) and I'm sure it is the traditional way this cookie should look and taste but my friend L's biscotti is still in the back of my mind and hopefully that is the next recipe for biscotti that I am going to try.


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Burglars took 'Jane', the two-year-old Lipstick Jungle Boa, when they broke into a house in Church Street, between 2.30pm on Sunday November 4 and 12.30pm on Monday November 5.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post8705154854175839392..comments2016-03-09T11:32:05.283-05:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Witch WorldJames Maliszewskihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71964746453999868152009-04-29T22:00:00.000-04:002009-04-29T22:00:00.000-04:00I read this one a few years back, and while I love...I read this one a few years back, and while I love old fantasy of the pre-Tolkien era (and later S&S) I did find Witch World a dull read.

It was a very slow moving book, and even though some cool stuff happened I never felt grabbed by it. It was an uphill struggle. Frankly I couldn't understand why it was popular enough to spawn so many follow ups!

My wife just read it and she managed to get a grib on why it is such a dull read. The language is dead as a doornail! There is little or no emotion, and very little colour in these books. You might get to see some buckles, but when they swash they do it feebly, if at all.

It might be a classic, but it sure aint a pleasurable one.Andreas Davourhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62792100812356896772009-04-27T17:10:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:10:00.000-04:00Re: richard. I'd never thought of The Prisoner in...Re: richard.

I'd never thought of The Prisoner in those terms, but it fits like a glove. Just don't let Number Two hear you talking like that. He'll have the Bubbles on us for certain!Edward Kettleblackhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-42932156751305144352009-04-27T16:21:00.000-04:002009-04-27T16:21:00.000-04:00Richard, Hard to say, since The Prisoner is utter...Richard,

Hard to say, since The Prisoner is utterly unintelligible to me.James Maliszewskihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58967721748094255902009-04-27T16:13:00.000-04:002009-04-27T16:13:00.000-04:00how much do you think The Prisoner is a kind of pl...how much do you think The Prisoner is a kind of planetary romance in disguise?richardhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-22874353369574648912009-04-27T15:26:00.000-04:002009-04-27T15:26:00.000-04:00This book had been suggested to me in the past, bu...This book had been suggested to me in the past, but I keep forgetting about it. I need to put it on my library hold list.

Can someone please explain to me why those men on the cover are wearing Toucan Sam hats?Edhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-36931827117236978062009-04-27T14:18:00.000-04:002009-04-27T14:18:00.000-04:00I have that exact copy of Witch World, which I bou...I have that exact copy of Witch World, which I bought solely for the ridiculous/amazing cover. I've never read it because I doubt the book would survive even a careful reading. Looks like I'll be going to Powell's today in search of a second copy.Edward Kettleblackhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50506310292783138552009-04-27T14:07:00.000-04:002009-04-27T14:07:00.000-04:00I think Witch World might be the first "man from o...I think Witch World might be the first "man from our world in another" novel I read. I certainly have enjoyed most of the Witch World books and while Gygax might not have mentioned it many other early designers certainly have.

In fact, my copy of GURPS Witch World is one of the few licensed books I still find value in. It's a great source of inspiration even now almost as good as the books themselves.Herbhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38067612265346903122009-04-27T13:24:00.000-04:002009-04-27T13:24:00.000-04:00That "bizarre" premise doesn't bother me; in fact,...That "bizarre" premise doesn't bother me; in fact, I'm intrigued by it. More and more over the last few years I've found myself migrating in taste back to an age where we didn't have these "hard" divisions between the various stripes of speculative fiction. Fantasy, science fiction and horror were all related genres, springing from the same source, and our current paradigm, that they don't belong together, is feeling more and more artificial and forced to me all the time. I actually really like the older paradigm of mixing magic, technology, aliens, mythology and ghost stories into a Weird Tales melange of coolness. In fact, given the nature of this "pulp fantasy library," I'd expect to see a lot of that. That was a strong characteristic of a lot of the pulps. It was only post-pulp fantasy that went it's own way, leaving completely behind any hint of science fiction, largely as a result of Tolkien's (and others like him) popularity.Joshuahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35013717336003288012009-04-27T12:44:00.000-04:002009-04-27T12:44:00.000-04:00The 3rd-5th Witch World books, dealing with Simon ...The 3rd-5th Witch World books, dealing with Simon Tregarth's children, are actually more "straight" fantasy (and IMO better) than the first two which, as mentioned, have the bizarre premise of displaced modern earthman on quasi-medieval fantasy world fighting against technologically advanced space-aliens.T. Fosterhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-72628555426486806742009-04-27T12:08:00.000-04:002009-04-27T12:08:00.000-04:00I remember as a kid, browsing the sci-fi section o...I remember as a kid, browsing the sci-fi section of my library and seeing the Andre Norton Witch World series taking up most of an entire shelf. Despite that, and despite a very deep and abiding love of the planetary romance, i.e. Sword and Planet subgenre, I somehow never actually read any of these.

Now that you've specifically recommended it, I might see if I can track down a copy and give it a read. I did read some other Norton books as a kid which I did enjoy, so I'm confident that I can wring some value out of the experience. If nothing else, it'll be interesting to see how she's taken the planetary romance genre in a somewhat different direction.Joshuahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27367364038201677842009-04-27T10:29:00.000-04:002009-04-27T10:29:00.000-04:00This is one of those books that many trusted frien...This is one of those books that many trusted friends enjoyed and recommended to me, but I just couldn't finish it. I tried twice and got bogged down about 40% through each time. Perhaps if I would have read it earlier in life (I was 35+ both times I tried to read it), I would have enjoyed it more.Rich (aka: Francisca)https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56027436239714214682009-04-27T10:05:00.000-04:002009-04-27T10:05:00.000-04:00Coincidentally, I just ordered a new-old copy of W...Coincidentally, I just ordered a new-old copy of Witch World for use as inspirational source literature in the high fantasy campaign on which I'm working. I loved those books as a kid, and I figure there are at least a few things in there that are ripe for the stealing.Scotthttps://email@example.com


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So I just finished this pencil skirt that I've been working on. I'm gonna upload a tutorial on that later but first I wanted to make this post. I wanted to make this post because I know it was REALLY hard for me to find resources online on how to actually do this. The trans world can be really secretive. lol. So I posted this in hopes that other young girls wondering how to do it can now have a place to go if they wanted an easy way to tuck.
NOW, what's a gaff? Well a gaff is what a lot of transgendered women and drag queens wear to "tuck" their penis. Once I learned how to tuck, that really opened up my mind to so many differnt styles of clothing. Tucking is something I think every girl needs to learn. I've seen so many really complex things that are used for tucking, including a false vagina. But this is an easy, cheap and COMFORTABLE way to tuck.
What you'll need:
* 1 pair of sheer, black panty hose, the tighter the better.
* Scissors
*tight but comfortable panties.
Now, i've bee tucking for a while and it's sort of an uncomfortable thing to do at first. What tucking does is it pretty much just holds everything in place. Not only that but once you sit on your tuck, your "balls" will return to where they first dropped. lol. This is uncomfortable at first but you get used to it.! Nothing is worse than a bad tuck though. I've tired a lot of thing and this is a DREAM! It feels so much more comfortable.
Step one:
Grab your panty hose! Now i forgot how large these are exactally but I know they're pretty dam small. I've tried to wear them and girl, let me tell you, that is NOT a trip that you wanna take. lol. Far too tight. But tight is good for this because you dont want anything that's going to slip.
Lay them flat on the ground or something remotely flat.
Step 2
Take your scissors and measure down about, i'd say 3inches or so....now if you just happen to have a really large clitoris, you MAY want to cut a little further down.
After cut, this is what it looks like. :D
And NOW you're done with your gaff! Shit that was easy. It only took me about a minute to make hahaha. Took longer to take the pics.
Step 3
Now the HARD part . Putting it on. I'll try to make this as PC as possible. lol.
Basically, to put it on, start by simply stepping into it like a pair of pants. Pull it up half way. At this point stop pulling them up, Take your scrotum first and pull it back completely. The take the shaft of your penis ad pull it back so that it's in the center of your scrotum. While holding it in place with one hand, use the other hand to pull up the gaff. Using the excess on the leg part of the gaff (the 3 inches we cut), smooth the excess around the scrotum so that it is securely between your scrotum and your crotch.
When I have my gaff pulled up, it looks like this:
The gaff smooths out your waist and puts back the normal bulge that your penis would make.
Step 4.
Pull your panties up over it.
This pretty much secures the gaff. When buying panties, make sure to buy panties that have a wider crotch area. Brief style or low rise panties work the best for me.
If you dont know what size panties you wear here's a little chart.
Size Hip Pantsize
9 44-45 16-18
10 46-47 18-20
Buying a tape measure really helps! You don't wanna buy panties that are too large. I personally wear a size 5/small.
So you're done! put on that skirt and enjoy!
You can wash the gaffs just like anything else! You MAY want to take some clear nail polish and run it along the edges of the gaff to prevent shredding.
NOW since sometimes i like to dress like a street fighter, I like to be resourceful and I use the legs that i cut off and I make some fingerless gloves. Also very simple.
Take the foot end of the hose and cut straight across
Cut cut cut
Then you should get this
Then you take your scissors and move down about 2 inches.
Cut out a small triangle
Then put your hand through the sleeve and put your thumb through the hole. This should widden the hole.
and BAM
You've got fingerless gloves. :D
These will probably shred so you've gotta really like that sorta look. lol. Good think i do. hahaa.
So there you have it! a gaff and a pair of fingerless gloves!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tutorial: How to make an easy, comfortable gaff + Fingerless gloves!
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Flagworld Communications Inc.
Flagworld.com : World-class motorsports coverage, news, photos, videos and results.
Flagworld delivers "direct from the track" reporting that includes photos from motorsport events around the world, unique perspectives from a network of sources and a focus on Canadian racing teams.
Publishing on the Internet since 1995, Flagworld.com is a prime motorsport news source for racing fans in Canada and around the world. Flagworld's team of dedicated racing writers, contributors and photographers delivers a wide variety of news and photo albums about Formula One, Indy Car, GP2 Series, endurance races, NASCAR, MotoGP, rallies and much more.
- 20th year on the web
- Complete new look, a new more modern image
- Karting section added
- Collaboration agreement with www.CarGuideWeb.com
- Bruits de paddock section added
- Flagworld.com website logo listed in Partners\Medias section of Canadian Grand Prix website; http://www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca/sponsors.html (image)
- Expansion of the Contributors/Photographers team.
- Road tests section added
- A tremendous first year for us: 10,000 good reasons to celebrate!!!
- Partnership with Canoë.ca: Autonet.ca revs up with Flagworld.com motorsport content
- Flagworld.com relaunched: A brand new version for Flagworld.com for 2008
- Partnership with Auto123: Every article and photo archived in the Racing section for that period where produced by Flagworld.
- Flagworld expands it's portfolio to over 50 websites.
- Flagworld becomes a Federal Corporation. Flagworld manages Jacques Villeneuve, Patrick Carpentier and Bertrand Godin websites. The company's mission is to promote Canadians elite racers and motorsport in general on the web.
- After the introduction of a first website FirstContact, a tribute to Gilles Villeneuve, Michel Flageole comes to an agreement with the Gilles-Villeneuve Museum management to realize a multi-language official website to promote the Museum on the Web.
Michel Flageole, Flagworld president
During the seventies, Michel was a rally driver and regional champion of the discipline in Quebec . He was introduced to Formula One Racing when he became "Pit Exit Man" for the first edition of the Canadian Grand-Prix in Montreal in 1978 at the track now known as Le Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
During this first experience at Formula One, Michel had the opportunity to become close to a certain Gilles Villeneuve and witness his first victory in Formula One. He was hooked!
Son of a career journalist at a younger age, Flag was already very curious and interested in communication. When the opportunity arrived in 1995 with the World Wide Web taking shape, he jumped in the parade.This became a "world wide" opportunity he was not goingto miss!
It is in December of 1995, to honor his lost friend from Berthierville (Qubec) that he created his very first website (FirstContact.com) and later the Gilles-Villeneuve Museum official website that Flagworld.com continued to host and maintain until summer of 2007.
Today, Flag is still very active to maintain high quality content toward the continued success of Flagworld on the web..
Dany Flageole, Flagworld vice-president
At a very early age, word is that Dany Flageole was introduced to racers and the racing world.
The legend says that "Vroum-Vroum" were his very first words.
His father Michel, proud of his son, drags him along from race to race and introduces him to racers and the racing world. Over the years and as soon as he was of the legal age to work track side, Dany made his own place in pit lanes and tracks as a race flagger and photographer.
Nowadays, he attends racing events as the Canadian Grand Prix, The Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres, Challenge sur glace Continental and much more. He is now a member of the officials at the Start-Finish group in racing events when he is not in pit lane or trackside with his photographic equipment shooting for Flagworld.
As an active partner in Flagworld Communications Inc. this is the perfect opportunity to go full throttle on his passions: Computer science, Auto and Bike Racing and Photography.
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When the University of Hartford was incorporated just over 50 years ago by business and community leaders, they envisioned a center of education and culture for Greater Hartford. Read more...
Accent on Creative Music - Mario Pavone
Join Accent on Creative Music host Maurice D. Robertson, this Wednesday July 3, around 10 p.m. for an interview with bassist, composer, and bandleader Mario Pavone.
Pavone and his Orange Double Tenor Septet will be headlining the Hartford Jazz Society's Monday Night Jazz Series in Bushnell Park, July 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Opening act, Rahstet 6-7 p.m. All concerts broadcast live at 91.3 FM and wwuh.org. For complete Monday Night Jazz Series schedule, go to HartfordMondayNightJazz.com. All concerts are free. The rainsite is Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 814 Asylum Ave.


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The solo piece involves a detective, but that's where the similarity between this show and Alfred Hitchcock's film, Vertigo, end. In VERTititGO, a mysterious woman named Veronica (all roles are played by Dynasty Handbag using a combination of voice-over and live dialogue), hires a rather ineffectual private dick to locate a missing woman.
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The performer transforms into her different roles in full view of the audience, putting on clothes that suggest a new persona without ever letting you forget that each one is still always Dynasty Handbag. The costumes, designed by Hayden Dunham, have a makeshift, gutter fabulous look to them. For example, a cut up turtleneck is used to indicate the flower's attributes.
While the detective is at the center of the story, all of his lines are delivered via voice-over, making it harder to identify with him. The attempt to synch up the pre-recorded dialogue with the live action also creates moments when Dynasty Handbag either says a line too late, or ends up filling time waiting for the next statement from the detective.
The main problem, however, is that the show does not have a very satisfying dramatic arc. There's a little bit of a payoff once Veronica's true plans are revealed, but not enough of one. The show itself runs just under an hour, and could be fleshed out more to give it some substance in addition to style.
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Alzheimer's drug U-turn: Your comments
Hundreds of thousands more patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease could get drug treatments following a U-turn by the health watchdog.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, covering England and Wales, now says evidence backs the use of drugs for "mild" symptoms.
The availability of drugs for the condition on the NHS has been source of controversy for almost a decade.
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Irish art historian Max Morden, recently widowed, revisits his childhood trauma in a quiet town by the sea. At age 11, while vacationing with his family, he became enchanted with the Grace family: blustering, masculine Carlo, his sumptuous wife Connie, and their sinister twin children, pale Chloe and mute Myles. That summer brought sexual emergence and abuse. When the Graces involved Morden in their cataclysmic tragedy, he swore never to return to the sea. But there he is now, with fresh wounds from the death of his wife—an unpleasant, pained man meditating on his memories.
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"As Michael Cunningham's The Hours was to Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, so, roughly, is The Sea to The Turn of the Screw. It is deconstruction and homage at once, an utterly contemporary novel that nonetheless could only have come from a mind steeped in the history of the novel and deeply reflective about what makes fiction still worthwhile." Jack Miles
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"[T]he power of Banville's prose—as gorgeously formidable as the cliffs on the Irish Sea—distracts us from the truth, which is that the narrator, unlucky bloke that he may be, is not a likable man. … The Sea, a story both camouflaged and uplifted by its beauty, is an existential thriller of sorts—its central character the missing corpse as well as liberator, a man trying to gain purchase on the rock face of life despite its bitter nonchalance." Gail Caldwell
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"Banville's achievement seems remarkable to me. … [T]he power and strangeness and piercing beauty of its fragments are all, and are a wonder." John Crowley
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"If you (a) know that 'tod' is the German word for death (I had to look it up) or (b) like such erudite word play, you'll love what Banville is doing here. If your reaction is, 'what a pretentious jerk,' you've summed up Max pretty well, but you might want to pick out a different book." Yvonne Zipp
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New York Times
"[A] stilted, claustrophobic and numbingly pretentious tale. … Though The Sea may deal with some of the gravest issues of life—death, loss, regret—it remains, in the end, a chilly, dessicated and pompously written book that stands in sharp contrast to the vibrancy of many of this year's other Booker nominees." Michiko Kakutani
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In his Booker-winning novel, Banville's language is captivating. Critics (unless you're Michiko Kakutani, who found little to like) frequently compare his intricate, powerful imagery to that of Nabokov. It is the intense beauty of his language that allows readers to work through the often discomforting characters and stories he renders—from cruel men to indifferent deaths. In this story of coming-of-age and inexplicable loss, Banville leads us to the cliffs and dark waves of the Irish coast by the light of his words. But he leaves us there to embrace the darkness and the truth of recollection—even if those memories differ from what actually happened.


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Known In The '70s For: Being the first black model to appear on the cover of Vogue in 1974
Naomi Campbell gets a lot of credit for demolishing the unusually stubborn color barrier in high fashion, but Naomi's achievements in the '80s and '90s ought to be considered no more significant that what Beverly Johnson did in the '70s. Her rise to prominence triggered an interest in black models, and before long many of the fashion world's most prominent designers were employing them. Johnson turned out to be much more than a pretty face.
Today it's common for models like Cindy Crawford and Elle MacPherson to become businesswomen, but Beverly was pioneering the "modelpreneur" concept when she launched the self-branded Beverly Johnson Hair Collection.


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In honor of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the 1993 Phillies and their National League championship season, we review the free agent signings made by the Phillies leading up to the 1993 season. Here is a look back at the 1992 hot stove and the players signed in free agency by Philadelphia. Lee Thomas joined the Phillies in 1988 to take on the role of general manager. His success as a director of player development with the St. Louis Cardinals had made Thomas a name to watch when it came to front offices in baseball. The Phillies managed to convince him to join their staff in hopes of one day turning the Phillies around in similar fashion. The Phillies were regressing at the time, and the first four seasons with Thomas at the helm of the team in the front office were not much more promising. But Thomas knew the kind of character his team had and he just needed to find a couple more ingredients to help it all mix together. These are the players he signed during the free agent season between
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very nice. I 'voted' for your last image too because I can almost taste the fresh air. I bet it was a splendid trip, a real kick to the soul.
What a place Paul, how grand to see sights like this, must be so special, a lifetime memory to be treasured. You've done this so well from the monochrome conversion to the composition, just wonderful. I love the sky which looks like real b/w with a red filter.
Now that does look awesome!
Any chance of a colour version too?
Any chance of a colour version too?
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Many thanks for the awards Debbie and Mark and everyone else for their feedback.
punch and drama a geat B&W landscape, in fact the best way to capture snow capped mountains love it.
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This weeks Photohunt Theme is Colorful
Ok - a very quick attempt to find colors I've photographed lately. I've been going non stop for what seems a month and promise to visit as I get time again.
That colorful boat house is a gem :)
Color My World
LOL at the bear on the glider - very cute.
But OMG that house boat. Wow, very colorful!
I just love sunsets!! And if you love them too you should visit Norway because in the winter they last half the day hehehe!! I hope that bear has had training in paragliding!ReplyDelete


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by Meg White
Walking into the production facility in a small warehouse on the north side of Chicago, cold words like "factory" and "mill" are the last things that come to mind. What would you call this place? I wonder. A studio? A workshop?
As the perfect flood of pear, citrus and lavender hits my senses, so does the appropriateness of the name. Yes, this is truly an enterprising kitchen.
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The Enterprising Kitchen, or TEK as its participants call it, is a workforce development social enterprise serving Chicago women with barriers to employment. They specialize in the arts of both turning around the lives of women and soapmaking. Participants are referred to the six-month program by caseworkers from social service agencies all over Chicago.
"We get referrals from a lot of different agencies," TEK Executive Director Carolyn Nopar told me in a recent interview in her small office. "We don't aspire to be the first social service agency, but we do want to be the last."
Women accepted to the program learn all aspects of the small business, from production to shipping to sales to running the front office. They also have access to problem solving tools such as GED classes and financial counseling. Going beyond the ubiquitous resume writing session, TEK helps women set themselves up for self-sufficiency in the modern work world, with elevator speeches and LinkedIn profiles. Working at TEK is something of a last step on a long, hard road; a step you don't realize you took on your own until you look back at it from another place.
The innovative nature of The Enterprising Kitchen is what convinced us at BuzzFlash that they'd be a perfect fit in our Progressive Marketplace. Of course, it didn't hurt that they make great stuff. The high-quality, all-natural soap and spa products emerging from this process of renewal reflect TEK goals down to the very brand name.
"I would say three-quarters of the women we work with have some kind of prison record. That's a hard thing to overcome," Nopar said. "They've made some bad choices, which is why our line of product is called 'Choices.' Because now they're making the right choice."
Though she's been working for nonprofits of late, Nopar comes from the business world. Her explanation of why the program serves exclusively women participants reflects more cost-benefit analysis than touchy-feely sentiment.
"Seventy-five percent of the working poor are women. If you impact women, because women are the primary caregivers, you impact not only them but their children. So it's actually a very strategic way to impact a wider swath, if you will. Your return on investment is greater," she said. "The beauty of this is from an entreprenurial standpoint... I think many people are sort of tired of the constant hand out to charities and really not seeing any kind of results or impact."
The "enterprise" piece of TEK's mission means that anyone can invest in these women's futures. Each product emerging from The Enterprising Kitchen bears the signature of the woman who made it on a label that says "Packaged with pride by ____" so that customers know that they're helping a real human being.
Nopar said that consumers love seeing the signatures on the label, but it means something for the signer, too.
"It is a sign of pride. It is a sign of accomplishment for women who have had a very, very challenging history and maybe don't have a lot of very tangible accomplishments they can point to. So yeah; it is important. Everybody should sign their work!" she added with a smile.
When I asked one employee who was signing rows and rows of the new line of avocado cold process soap whether signing her name all the time ever gets old, she looked surprised and told me no, she doesn't ever get tired of it.
Even with the hard work of participants, TEK is dependent on donations for about 70 percent of their operating expenses. Nopar wants to increase the 30 percent that comes from the sales of soap and beauty products. They're always forging new partnerships to take on custom projects, whether the order is for luxury clothier Eileen Fisher or for party favors at a wedding or baby shower. The Enterprising Kitchen is always looking for new product ideas, as well. That's where Arzu Eren comes in.
A modest but spunky woman with long, dark brown waves of hair piled on top of her head, Eren is a trained chemist from Istanbul, Turkey. She confronted two difficult problems when she moved to the U.S. She faced what seemed at the time to be an insurmountable language barrier and she was a victim of domestic violence. Referred by an immigration agency, Eren entered the six-month program at TEK, and afterward they asked her to stay on.
Today Eren dreams up new products in the kitchen, like the organic detergent TEK is formulating using soap remnants, and tries to come up with new scents that will appeal to across both sexes and to children. Nopar calls her the "resident genius," but her official title is chief soapmaker.
The one rule? Always all-natural. Eren is happier working with the restriction against preservatives. When I asked her how it makes her feel, she had one word: "safe."
"I know what I put in there," she said of TEK products. Eren can't say that of commercial soap, so she votes with her dollar, saying, "I don't buy any stuff from out there."
Thankfully, TEK customers can benefit from Eren's knowledge and safety. As Nopar puts it, "What you see on the label is what is in there." Eren's been at TEK for seven years, but aside from cooking up new ideas, she still sees part of her job as mentoring participants in the workforce program. She told me that the best part about working at TEK is "the environment and the girls."
"I've been [at] their stage. I really like to help," she said. The educational process goes both ways for Eren, however. "I'm learning their language -- mostly slang!" she joked.
Evidence of the built-in support system at TEK is literally written on the walls. Along with the photos of previous participants floating overhead in the workspace, the whitewashed brick of the break room walls is covered with rousing encouragement and inspiring quotes from women in the program.
A former employee named Angel challenged frustrated participants to "Please don't leave until the miracle happens!" Doreen's cry to "Have no fear. Just do it!!!!" somehow doesn't feel at all like corporate sloganeering, but rather real heart-to-heart advice to her colleagues. Others scrawl guidance such as "adapt and overcome" and "keep an open mind and be a good listener" on the walls. Though there wasn't a single person in the room with me, it doesn't seem quite right to say there wasn't a soul there.
I'm sure Angel and Doreen had some tough moments transitioning back to the working world, but it seems like they understood what The Enterprising Kitchen needed from them.
"You have to put in your mind you want to be here first, and what you want. Then this place is going to get you where you want to go," Eren said. Though that last step can be a doozy, Eren added that "TEK is the best step, really."


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When I am inserting an extra section to my project with a custom section header xib file, I get this problem where I get all sorts of constraint warning if the current view is at the very bottom of the screen. These warning does not appear if the view is not at the very bottom of the screen when the add button is pressed.
I do not get this problem when I choose to do reloadData instead of inserting a new cell. However, I do not want to re-load the whole table just to get a new cell.
I have uploaded a mini sample project that illustrates my problem. Below is how you could replicate the problem
When using Auto Layout for positioning views in your view hierarchy, you should avoid setting frame or some fixed dimensions as much as possible. The problem in your code is, you are giving a fixed height for header which is something Auto Layout doesn't like:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return 260.0
You should change it to
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return UITableViewAutomaticDimension
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so table view will infer the height based on the layout constraints and content in the header.
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The programme allows students to study introductory and advanced intellectual property (IP) and technology law and to scrutinise the policies affecting intellectual property and technology law under the guidance of leading scholars in the field. Students are able to study a wide range of topics from the protection of inventions, products, trade marks, creative works and designs to the global policy surrounding the law.
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Goulty, N. R. and Schofield, N. (2008) 'Implications of simple flexure theory for the formation of saucer-shaped sills.', Journal of structural geology., 30 (7). pp. 812-817.
Saucer-shaped dolerite sills have been identified in several sedimentary basins. They are characteristically sub-circular in plan, with an inner sill connected to a steeply inclined arcuate sheet extending upwards from the edge of the inner sill, and in some cases have raggedly developed flat outer rims. By applying elastic plate theory to the overburden, we obtain an expression for the maximum radius of a circular sill in terms of emplacement depth, excess magma pressure, elastic constants of the overburden and the tensile strain at failure. This expression predicts that the radius of the flat base of a saucer-shaped sill increases with emplacement depth, as observed in the western Karoo Basin, South Africa. Some saucer-shaped sills display an elliptical morphology. From consideration of the flexural strains around the periphery of a horizontal elliptical sill, we infer that saucer-shaped elliptical sills have been fed from below by feeder dykes oriented along the major axis of the ellipse. Flat outer rims would have developed at the final stage of each intrusive episode, when the excess magma pressure was decreasing towards equilibrium with the overburden load. Consequently, flexural strains would also have decreased, so continued intrusion might preferentially occur along a bedding plane.
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Every village has its eccentrics. In Norbold, England, it's Gabriel Ash, known locally as Rambles with Dog. Usually speaking only to his therapist and his dog, Patience, Ash is, at best, an unreliable witness to a beating in a police holding cell. Law student Jerome Cardy's last words I had a dog once. Othello were spoken to Ash. The party line is that Cardy was in the wrong place at the wrong time, beaten to death by a violent cellmate. It's only new police recruit Hazel Best who believes Ash when he says that Cardy told him he was going to die in that police station. Against the advice of the revered chief superintendent, John Fountain, Best investigates and finds ties to Nobold's last-standing Mob boss and Fountain's nemesis, Mickey Argyle. Ash is a broken man whose body keeps shuffling along even though his heart and soul were crushed years ago. His heartbreaking backstory is cleverly teased out over the course of the novel. Bannister departs from her Brodie Farrell mysteries (Liars All, 2010) in this captivating stand-alone thriller.--Keefe, Karen Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Hazel Best is a rookie cop in Norbold, England. Gabriel Ash is a grief-stricken man who may hold the key to a man's death, but who talks only to his assistance dog. The odds that they can solve a murder seem slim. But they do investigate a theory that the college student who died in a police cell was a homicide victim. The victim, Jerome, had confided in Gabriel just before his death-using code from Shakespeare-and, fortunately, Gabriel cared enough to follow up. After he goes to visit Jerome's parents, someone tries to kidnap him, and he's released only because a local reporter witnesses the grab. The reporter fares less well; he's the next murder victim. Hazel and Gabriel need protection-stat. -VERDICT The versatile Bannister (Death in High Places) has crafted yet another stunning, paranoia-doused psychological suspense novel guaranteed to keep readers glued to their seats. A good pairing would be Jonathan Lewis's Into Darkness, which also features an assistance dog. [See Prepub Alert, 10/08/12.] (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Stubborn morality and acid-tinged whimsy drive this superior stand-alone from British author Bannister (Liars All and eight other Brodie Farrell mysteries). Recovering mental patient Gabriel Ash looks pathetic and vulnerable as he rambles through the town of Norbold while talking to his dog. One day, at the local police station, where he's recovering from a beating, Gabriel receives a cryptic message from a man who's then killed by a crazed prisoner. Gabriel forces himself back into contact with normal humanity because he feels he ought to do something about the crime. Rookie policewoman Hazel Best is also dissatisfied with the official explanation of the tragedy. And so the three-the traumatized beating victim, the idealistic young cop, and the dog-begin sniffing under the pristine surface of the virtually crime-free town. They have no idea how dangerous good intentions can be. Bannister's plotting is neat and her characterization smooth, with just enough irony to keep people from seeming ostentatiously noble. Agent: Jane Gregory, Gregory & Company Authors' Agents (U.K.). (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.


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Tom Vanderbilt appears in the following:
How Do We Decide When the Possibilities Are Endless?
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Why We Like the Foods We Like
Friday, June 07, 2013
Tom Vanderbilt explains new research into why we like the foods we like, why we crave certain flavors or textures while we're disgusted by others. His article "Accounting for Taste" is in the June 2013 issue of Smithsonian magazine.
New Jersey Moves To Ban the Jughandle
Thursday, February 07, 2013
It's a classic Garden State move - go right in order to go left. Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us, talks about what the jughandle left turn means to New Jersey drivers, and why lawmakers are moving to ban it from the state.
The Future of the Phone
Friday, May 18, 2012
The text message turns two decades old this year, and numerous studies have shown a sharp decline in actual phone use in favor of texting and email. Brooke talks to writer Tom Vanderbilt, who says the phone call's day may be passing.
JD Samson and MEN - Life's Half Price
What Your Driving Habits Reveal About You
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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The very center of a watermelon, like most living beings, is called the heart. It seems to have a concentration of sweetness there like nowhere else. My grandfather grew watermelons and sold them. He would pick them from the field, bring them to the house and stack them up by the road in piles so high I could not, at my tender age of seven or eight, begin to see over it. The melons were there for the families use and want.
Eventually, a truck would come by and load them up to take to market. But while they were in that stack, they were somewhat fair game, as long as they weren't wasted.
Occasionally, my grandfather would take a few of the lesser ripe melons over to the fence and feed his pigs with them. He would toss the melon up into the air so that when it landed, the weight of it would cause it to burst open, thereby making it accessible to the animals to eat.
Soon after the launching of the first melon, the pigs would become astutely aware of the presence of food and would begin a quick four-legged, cloven-hoof trot in that direction.
I recall one time when my cousins and I were witnessing this event when the very first melon selected turned out to have a beautifully scarlet red "heart" with traces of white sugar veins surrounding it. One of my cousins, Stevie Beach, could not resist the temptation. Over the fence he went, racing to reach the melon before the pigs arrived, to recapture the heart himself. It was the fastest I have ever seen Stevie move.
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Shooting shotguns, Rimfire rifles and Centerfire handguns Doug Koenig, Jerry Miculek and Michael Plaxo represent Team Smith & Wesson at the Sportsman's Team Challenge in Marble Falls, Texas. The yearly competition is a multi-discipline shooting event with an emphasis on family-friendly participation and readily available affordable equipment.
The match is a two or three person team event, shooting rifle, pistol and shotgun at colorful reactive targets. As a digital countdown timer alerts competitors to their time left remaining, spectator's adrenaline rise as they cheer for their favorite team to complete the course of fire.
There are six events, but three involve reactive steel targets that are engaged with .22 rimfire rifles, .22 rimfire pistols and centerfire pistols called the Rifle, Pistol and Combo events.
The other three events, the Flurry, Flush and Mixed Bag use aerial clay targets. The Flurry and Flush require teams to engage fifty targets in approximately one minute, while the Mixed Bag is similar to a five-stand course. The shooter does not know which trap machine will release a clay target upon their call, which adds to the fun factor and excitement level experienced.
Koenig said, "The secrets out, more and more families are participating at Sportsman's Team Challenge events held throughout the country and I'm happy to see interest grow. It's fun, affordable and most folks already have the basic firearms needed to shoot with the Pro's."
Doug Koenig's Championship Season returned to the Pursuit Channel July 2, 2014 for its third year. Each week, Doug delivers hunting and shooting tips whether he's stalking big game, a fair chase hunting adventure or preparing to compete at a world class level match. Doug's success and dedication to the shooting sports is captured along with his passion as an avid hunter. Come along to share the excitement with your entire family to ensure your day afield is memorable. To learn more about Doug's career, visit www.dougkoenig.com.
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text: i was curious if anyone here has gone Destruction on Heroic Tsulong... I main Affliction and that's what i'm best at i feel, but i'm getting bored and destruction is fun. If you have gone Destruction for it, are there and tips or important things i can do as Destruction? i appreciate any feed back.


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Sullivan: Foxboro puts Bills on razor's edge
Credit: Matt Stone
FOXBORO -- As it turns out, Doug Marrone was a little too optimistic about EJ Manuel's chances of playing in today's finale against the Pats. It's likely to be a long time before the Bills' head coach plays the old "110 percent" card again.
Really, can you be that certain of anything in life? I'm not 110 percent sure that an alien spaceship won't land on the 50-yard line today, or that Bill Belichick hasn't been leaking information about domestic spying to agents from other countries.
As we know, 100 percent is sufficient. And I'm 100 percent certain that the Bills haven't won at New England in 13 years. You can look it up. Their last win came in overtime at old Foxboro Stadium on Nov. 5, 2000, two days before George W. Bush was elected president for the first time.
The Bills have never won in Gillette Stadium, which opened in the 2002 season. They've lost all 11 games they've played here, in every way imaginable. The stadium named for a razor has been the site of some of the most lacerating defeats in franchise history.
So maybe it's not such a bad thing that Manuel won't play. It would have been great for Manuel to finish his rookie season with a win here. Marrone was right when he said there's a lot to play for today.
Winning at Gillette would make the Bills 4-2 in the AFC East (the only winning record within the division) and send them soaring into the offseason on a three-game winning streak. It would give them a foundation of confidence on which to build.
But history suggests that the opposite is likely to happen. Gillette Stadium has been a chamber of horrors for the Bills over the last 11 seasons. It's amazing how many defining and peculiar setbacks have befallen the Bills in this place.
The quarterbacks have suffered the most. Drew Bledsoe was routinely awful here as a Bill. J.P. Losman had a short, miserable debut. Trent Edwards was the definition of mediocrity. Ryan Fitzpatrick had the best performances of any Bills QB over the last dozen years, mainly because he played against some weak Pats defenses.
Fitz suffered his most discouraging defeat here, though. I'll never forget how distraught he was after the loss here last year, when he threw a late interception in the end zone. After the game, he was near tears. He said it could have been a culture-changing victory.
It's troubling to see Manuel sit out the last two games with his third knee injury in four months. But look at the bright side: It might spare him a rude introduction to Gillette Stadium and, at least for now, a place in the annals of woe.
Some fans would rather not be tortured. But until the Bills win here, I feel it's my duty to revisit the past. Here's a capsule ranking of the Bills' 11-game losing streak at Gillette:
1. Losman's Debut (Nov. 14, 2004): Drew Bledsoe threw three interceptions, including one to receiver-turned-cornerback Troy Brown, in a 29-6 loss on Sunday night. Rookie J.P. Losman relieved and had a lost fumble and interception on three dropbacks.
2. Leodis' Lament (Sept. 14, 2009): Bills lose a Monday night opener, 25-24, blowing an 11-point lead in the last 5:32. McKelvin returns a kickoff from 2 yards deep and fumbles, setting up Pats' winning TD. Donte Whitner weeps in the locker room. Vandals desecrate McKelvin's lawn.
3. The Bookend Game (Dec. 27, 2003): The Pats smoke the Bills in the finale, 31-0, atoning for an opening day loss by the identical score. Bledsoe is typically horrible. Ruben Brown stays home after a dustup with Gregg Williams. Two days later, Tom Donahoe fires Williams.
4. The Sack-Fumble (Oct. 30, 2005): In yet another national night game, Bills blow a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter of a 21-16 loss. Tedy Bruschi's emotional return from a stroke fails to inspire the Pats, who are badly outplayed. But Rosevelt Colvin's sack of Kelly Holcomb and fumble recovery gives Tom Brady the opening he needs.
5. Happy New Year (Jan. 1, 2012): Bills lead, 21-0, in the first quarter of season finale. Stevie Johnson lifts his jersey to display a "Happy New Year" message on his T-shirt after catching a TD pass from Fitzpatrick, drawing a 15-yard penalty. Chan Gailey benches Johnson for the rest of the game. Patriots go on to win, 49-21.
6. Deep Pockets Dick (Nov. 9, 2008): Bills promising season continues to unravel as they lose to an AFC East opponent for the third week in a row, 20-10. Trent Edwards is brutal, throwing for 120 yards and two picks against Belichick's confounding schemes. Speaking of confounded, Dick Jauron fails to get challenge flag out of his pocket.
7. Fourth and Stupid (Sept. 10, 2006): Leading 17-7, Bills reach Pats' 7-yard line on opening drive of the second half. But Willis McGahee is stopped on fourth and 1. Pats win, 19-17, sacking Losman in end zone for the decisive safety to spoil Jauron's debut. Later, McGahee admitted that "to be honest," he didn't know it was fourth down.
8. The Fitz Pick (Nov. 11, 2012): Fitzpatrick threw for 337 yards and 2 TDs. But with 23 seconds left, he was picked off by Devin McCourty in the end zone when rookie T.J. Graham ran the wrong route. After the game, Stevie Johnson revealed that Graham had never run the play in practice. You could see Fitz and Gailey heading toward the door.
9. A New Era Begins (Sept. 26, 2010): Two weeks into his first season, Gailey cuts Edwards and makes Fitz his guy. Rookie C.J. Spiller scores his first two TDs, one a 95-yard kickoff return. Bills take 13-7 lead, but Pats run for 200 yards and Brady gets good games from rookies Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez in a 38-30 triumph.
10. Blockheads or Tails? (Dec. 8, 2002): A breezy, 27-17 win for the Pats, who say that the Bills were predictable and easy to prepare for. Not a good day for Gregg Williams. The Bills even screwed up the opening coin toss, forgetting to indicate to the officials which end they wanted to defend. You can't make this stuff up.
11. A Door Opens (Sept. 23, 2007): Still angry over "Spygate" scandal, Pats drill the Bills, 38-7. Linebacker Paul Posluszny breaks his arm, sidelining him for the last 13 games of his rookie season. Losman sprains a knee, opening the door to Edwards and another quarterback controversy. And to think, it's last on the list.
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June 26, 2008
DaVita Names New CMO
DaVita, a provider of kidney care services, has appointed Allen Nissenson as its new chief medical officer, effective August 1, 2008.
Dr Nissenson is a former president of the Renal Physicians Association and serves on the RPA board of directors as a special advisor to the current president.Kent Thiry, CEO of DaVita, said: "We are very excited to have Allen expand his role with DaVita. Allen has been working with us the past few years on a consulting basis and has been instrumental in our VillageHealth initiative. He is an outstanding choice for the chief medical officer (CMO) role as his career and research interests have focused on the quality of care for chronic kidney disease patients including issues of healthcare delivery and economics."


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Congress's Responsibility to YouthJuly 27th, 2012
Over the past few decades we have made a lot of progress in reducing teenage pregnancy rates and improving the reproductive health of women in the United States, but an appropriations bill that is now moving in the U.S. House of Representatives would do much to reverse that momentum. The bill would eliminate Title X funding for family planning clinics and slash funding for comprehensive sex education programs in schools. But to make matters worse, it would boost funding for abstinence-only education programs. Is Congress unaware that these programs have been discredited, or is it simply choosing to turn a blind eye?
Peer-reviewed, published research shows no evidence that abstinence-only programs delay sexual initiation, reduce STIs, or prevent pregnancies. While the programs include discussions of values and character building, they neglect to acknowledge the fact that many teens will become sexually active. They rarely provide information on even the most basic topics in human sexuality, such as puberty, reproductive anatomy, and sexual health. The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences has recommended eliminating all federal, state, and local requirements mandating abstinence-only in our schools. How can we expect youth to make smart decisions about sex when we deny them the information they need to make informed choices?
According to the Guttmacher Institute, every year sees nine million new cases of STIs among 15-24 year olds, and an estimated 750,000 pregnancies and 190,000 abortions among 15-19 year olds. These statistics have grave implications: STIs can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancies, reproductive cancers, and spontaneous abortions or still births. Adolescent girls who become mothers are also less likely to complete high school. Their children may experience poorer health outcomes, lower education attainment, and higher rates of adolescent childbearing. Teen pregnancies also contribute to higher welfare costs. In 2004, public costs associated with teen birth amounted to at least $9.1 billion.
We need comprehensive sex education to lower these numbers and improve the health of our young people. Credible research proves that comprehensive sex education, or "abstinence-plus" programs as they are sometimes called, can effect positive behavioral changes and reduce STIs. Evidence shows that they increase contraception use, delay the onset of sexual activity, reduce the number of sexual partners, and curb the frequency of sexual activity. Because they recognize that many teens will become sexually active, these programs enable responsible decision-making by teaching medically accurate and age appropriate information on healthy relationships, contraception, and STIs.
Public opinion polls show parents of middle and high school students actually support a comprehensive sexuality program; 93% and 91%, respectively, believe it's very important or somewhat important to have sex education in the school curriculum. Another 72% and 65%, respectively, believe the federal government should fund comprehensive sex education. Public support extends beyond parents to include most demographic categories: Democrats, Republicans, Independents, evangelical Christians, and, yes, even Catholics.
Sex education is an inherently sensitive issue, but we ignore at our peril the public health benefits of providing comprehensive sex education. Promoting abstinence-only programs may make us feel more righteous, but the programs do a poor job of curbing sexual activity and preventing unintended pregnancies. And that's the bottom line.
We should look to Europe, where greater, easier access to sexual health information and services has resulted in better sexual health outcomes. Societal openness and pragmatic government policies have produced lower pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates, a lower percentage of the adult population diagnosed with HIV/ AIDS, and a lower incidence of STIs than in the United States.
In an effort to shift the social paradigm in this country, Advocates for Youth has a program entitled, "Rights. Respect. Responsibility." That's the correct approach. We owe it to our young people to provide them with the information they need to make informed and responsible choices.
Posted by Lucy Dicks-Mireaux, Public Policy Fellow


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Super-material Bends, Shapes And Focuses Sound Waves
These tiny 3D-printed bricks could one day allow people to create their own acoustics. That's the plan of scientists from the universities of Bristol and Sussex. They've invented a metamaterial which bends and manipulates sound in any way the user wants. It's helped scientists create what they call a 'sonic alphabet'.
"We have discovered that you just need 16 bricks to make any type of sound that you can imagine. You can shape the sound just with 16 of them, just like you create any words with just 26 letters," says Dr. Gianluca Memoli, researcher at Interact Lab at University of Sussex.
DIY kits like this, full of batches of the 16 aural letters, could help users create a sound library, or even help people in the same car to hear separate things.
"With our device what you can have is you can strap a static piece on top of existing speakers and they can direct sound in two different directions without any overlap. So the passengers can hear completely different information from the driver," explains Professor Sri Subramanian Interact Lab at University of Sussex. This technology is more than five years away, but smaller versions could be used to direct medical ultrasound devices far sooner. "In a year we could have a sleeve that we can put on top of already existing projects in the market and make them just a little bit better. For example, we can have a sleeve that goes on top of ultrasound pain relieving devices that are used for therapeutic pain," he adds.
Researchers say spatial sound modulators will one day allow us to perform audible tasks previously unheard of.
Source: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/


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Water is officially wet!!...story at 11.
OT San Francisco 49ers Interested in Stanford HC Harbaugh
Is water really wet?
A stupid question, quite a few of you will now say. Of course water is wet. But try to explain to a small child what "wet" actually is. In order to answer the question as to why water is wet we need to start by looking into the meaning of "wet". Follow us on a little experiment.
Take one bowl of water and one of flour. Now dip one finger into the bowl of water and one into the one with flour in it. What do you feel? The water swirls and flows around your finger. When you take your finger out of the water, both the water in the bowl and the water on your finger move. It trickles down your finger and drops form on your fingertip. If you now move your dry finger through the flour you notice that the flour around this finger trickles too. But when you take your finger out again, nothing carries on moving. There is another difference that you only notice after a while. With the finger that was in the flour you do not notice any significant change in temperature but the one that was in the water starts to feel cooler shortly afterwards. Physicists call this evaporation cooling "adiabatic cooling". And so in fact water is only wet because we associate these two sensations with it: evaporation cooling and movement. In other words, "wet" simply describes a very particular combination of sensations. If you really want to split hairs, it is actually not the water that is wet but our fingers, the towel we dry ourselves on or the flannel we use to wash with.
I just read this whole thing, and I'm not really sure why.... +1
Die troll!
Hey there Rush.
You suck.
Prepare for neg-bombs.
but glad it happens to you.
You must be a Sparty or Buckeye.
Surprised you even know how to use or can afford a computer.
No way
This just in: the Pope is Catholic
and it snows in Canada...
the sky is blue!!!
Betcha you didn't know that one.
I have not seen a blue sky in a month. Just overcast. I hope this does not negatively impact recruiting.
what with Canada being south of Detroit and all. Now I understand why they have so many hockey players.
No, really?
Who is Harbaugh?
the Baltimore Colts.
Oh. I thought it was something that a cat shits out of its mouth.
If he ends up here I will never be able to get this post out of my mind. You sir, are my hero.
You and that avatar are my heroes. +1
Too early for nukes?
this came out of left field! who would of thought!
this came out of left field! who would of thought!
I would have.
i took a shit in the woods this morning
- yogi
I'm interested in a stiff drink right now.
Pick your poison. What'ya havin?
I thought he was already spoken for.
psh... They end UCONN's streak and he's already looking to move up the ladder. No scrooples.
Who is pumped for the next season of Justified?!
Timothy Olyphant absolutely nails the role of Waylan
If Tim Olyphant was a woman, I would do him....who am I kidding. I would do him now.
Well alrighty then!
...stoked for the next season of Justified! Easily one of the best shows on TV right now.
Love the revisionist "Eastern Western" setting in Lexington, KY and the way they've integrated a lot of current issues into the show's plots.
The casting is also great, particularly Olyphant, and his ex-wife Winona is white hot.
Read this fucking website every once in a while . This is obvious and has been mentioned 100 times
You are being extremely generous saying it has only been mentioned 100 times. Maybe he can't read :(
You're correct it has been speculated by many on here. Even discussed as a possiblity, now media outlets are reporting it officially. So yes it is redundant to start a thread.
I'm interested in Kate Beckinsale.
You can have her, i am interested in Scarlett Johansson.
I am a married man, so I'm pretty much interested in any woman who wants to have sex at this point.
EDIT: Almost any woman, that is.
Before darkblue or that toothless buckeye picture show up.
I'm still waiting for my wife to give me a permission slip/get out of jail free card so I can unleash the fury w/ Scarlett. :(
Can't wait for all of this to come to an end. Give me a coach and let's focus on contending for a B10 title.
Just one more week.
I heard the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor earlier this December?
It was the damn Germans!
perhaps you dewds are unfamiliar with KFFL and thus why the OP is hilarious
Why all the sarcasm?
Because this has been discussed ad nauseum for the last several days.
I say kill it. Kill it with fire.
has been around for months, even before Singeltary was canned.
plz plz plz go to the 49ers. I will then have everything I want for Christmas one more year for RR and a good coach for the 49ers
You are assuming that RR will be retained if JH is not hired...
I had no idea that this was the case. Thank you for this.
What the fuck is wrong with these people? This issue will be resolved somewhere between one and 4 days and you need to post sideways CC shit like this?
Why are people getting so enraged over a post on a message board?
Job is supposed to be his if he wants it, tifwiw
Where did you hear this?
just other people talking to me who know more than I do normally, tifwiw
I swear to god I am going to start killing kittens for every fucking retarded JH related thread: we know that he is the hot most popular girl in school coach right now, WE GET IT. Just because you just found that out its safe to assume that the rest of the world already knows.
i was wondering if there'd be any connection.
Keep posting valuable late breaking info please.
I like churning through worthless topics looking for actual news.
The board is short on meaningless threads lately.