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Politico: Bonior: Pelosi deserves to keep top spot
By: David E. Bonior
A senator once said, "Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart." That senator was Seneca, who, 2000 years ago in Rome, understood that loyalty to a person, an idea and a set of principles is an indispensable quality of character in a leader.
Throughout her career, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been a loyal warrior in the constant struggle to maintain and expand the middle class.
When I retired as Democratic whip in 2002, after 15 years in the House leadership, I took the unprecedented step of endorsing Pelosi to succeed me. She won — and was on the path to speakership.
It was important to me that the country has a woman in line for the highest congressional job. And Pelosi brought a long record of accomplishments for working families to her new role.
Yes, she is from San Francisco, and has been blessed by personal wealth – associations that her opponents use to vilify her. But unlike many that achieve financial success, she held firm to her core values. The middle class has had no more loyal champion. Let's look at her record in just the past two years.
Under her leadership, the Recovery Act passed. It has created or saved more than 3 million jobs so far, cut taxes for 98 percent of families and businesses and invested in the clean energy jobs of the future.
Then there was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, to give women in the workplace equal pay; bills to extend credit to small business owners so they could grow and hire; and legislation to strengthen America's manufacturers – making it in America, so our workers can make it in America.
In a success that eluded so many before her, Pelosi led passage of health insurance reform to lower costs and ensure access to quality, affordable care for 32 million more Americans. This law is the definition of progress for families and workers: kids no longer denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions; patients no longer dropped from coverage when they fall ill; seniors able to afford prescription drugs; and young adults able to stay on their parents' plans. With this bill, our country can be stronger, our workers more prosperous, our families more secure.
Few accomplishments reflect Democrats' commitment to working families more than financial reform. It places the jobs of Main Street workers ahead of the profits of Wall Street chief executives. In the wake of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Pelosi was tenacious in beating back weakening amendments — some from the Senate, others from the White House. She championed the stronger and more progressive position on issue after issue. When others were caving in to the other side, Pelosi held firm and steady.
I believe her record, if controversial today, will be viewed historically as one of the great leadership feats in U.S. parliamentary annals.
As a former House leadership member, I can assure you this is no easy task. The record is a testament to Pelosi's values–to her unwavering conviction that the Democratic Party must, and will, stand for economic justice for every worker, and a level playing field for every family.
As the dust settles from the midterm election, and progressives take stock of the best way to preserve our gains and to move the country forward, no one is better suited to lead our party and continue the fight for the middle class than Pelosi. She is a strong, smart, thoughtful and pragmatic leader.
The Republican leadership and tea party leadership are likely to continue their assault to tear down all that has been achieved these last two years. In these tough times we need a tough leader.


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Diana Medley, a special-education teacher at a different school, said Sunday, Feb. 10, that allowing gay and lesbian students to attend the prom at Sullivan High School is "offensive to us."
Students and the principal at an Indiana high school are disavowing a campaign by parents to organize a "gay-free" prom.
Even the pastor of the church that hosted the original organizing meeting says the church doesn't back the effort to throw a straights-only prom for students at Sullivan High School in Sullivan, Ind., south of Terre Haute.
The movement began after Principal David Springer was asked to clarify whether same-sex couples would be allowed to take part in the traditional grand march before the prom, which is scheduled for April 27.
"Anybody can go to the prom," Springer told NBC station WTHR of Indianapolis. "Of course, a girl could go out with another girl if they didn't have a date or that was their choice."
One of those attending the small gathering of parents Sunday night at Sullivan First Christian Church was Diana Medley, a special-education teacher at another school, North Central Junior/Senior High School, in nearby Farmersburg.
Allowing gay and lesbian students to attend the prom is "offensive to us," said Medley, who told NBC station WTWO of Terre Haute that even though she doesn't agree with them, she does care for "homosexual students" who come to her with their problems.
Then, Medley created a firestorm of criticism by equating gay and lesbian teenagers to students with developmental disabilities.
"It's the same thing with my special-needs kids," she said. "I think God puts everyone in our lives for a reason."
Asked whether gays and lesbians have any "purpose in life," she replied:
"No, I honestly don't. Sorry, but I don't. I don't understand it."
Commentators from across the country weighed in to criticize Medley, including syndicated columnist Dan Savage, who publicized a petition to have Medley fired.
Dale Wise, senior minister at Sullivan First Christian Church, was quick to distance himself from the sentiment.
"Our church has no involvement in this whatsoever. It's a community thing where people have met here," he told WTWO.
Jim Davis of Sullivan declared that "we shouldn't be condemning people, and that's what judgment is."
"Christ came to save the people, not to condemn them," he told WTWO. "Love them as a person. You don't have to love what they do, because the gays may not love all the mistakes you make."
Emily Butler, a junior at Sullivan High, said: "You should be able to go with whoever you want. You shouldn't be discriminated against for what you are, what you believe in."
Even Wyatt Land, a Sullivan student who said it was important to remember that "the Bible says for a man to love another woman," told WTHR that he thought gay and lesbian classmates should be welcome at the official prom.
"As long as they aren't sitting there and kissing on the dance floor and grinding on each other, stuff like that, I don't have a problem with that," he said. "I don't see what's wrong with it. Prom is for everybody. It's a high school experience."

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I wanted to start this to see what bodies you guys would like to become available for this car. The stock body is awesome as it is, but it has been badged as a supercar.
My pick- Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Was an xl-5, now its vxl-ent!
Well the stock body appears to have been inspired by the veyron already.
But gt2 sized bodies ought to fit it, mean you could run a corvette, mercedes... maybe others.
I'd like to see a wide body, then stick some wider tires/rims. If it doesn't come out I'm going to make it myself.
A 1969 camaro body would be sweet.
How about a Saleen S1?
Was an xl-5, now its vxl-ent!
69' Camaro is my all time favorite muscle car but the stock body looks so sweet on the XO-1 right now I just have a hard time thinking about anything else on it.
BlindMan Racing
Rusty - MERV - Pede 4x4-Alias
SPC Lipo Power
For those on the other side of the Pond:
Am I giving away my favorite racing livery?
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How do the wheel base and track width compare to that of an ofna GTP-2? That would be its closest competitor in terms of size and there are bodies out there that fit it so it might give you something to search for.
The XO-1 body is just a beautiful design - however, I think it would be sooooo intense looking with flared out fenders, deep dish rims - rims/tires about 3 inches wide. Hey, this has to hold me over until I get my camaro.
That vette racing body would be sweet!
Was an xl-5, now its vxl-ent!
The only problem I would see with a different body is that the cars aero was designed around the body shape.Wonder what any aftermarket body would do to the downforce at the higher speeds.
I would love if this body came in the 1/16, I would snatch it up right away! I would love to see a Ford GT, Aston Martin Vanquish, oh the list goes on and on!
The Super Derecho
A Corvette C6R body would be sweet.
How about the sweet aerodynamic body of the 1987 Buick GNx?
Was an xl-5, now its vxl-ent!
Lamborghini Countach.
Ford GT -40
Other bodies might be cool, but I am sure they did allot of testing in a with this body so it would stay on the ground doing 100Mph. I would hate to be the first one on my block with a $1000 wingless airplane. LOL
Sum LT,ERBE
1/16 Sum,Rally,Merv
RCCarAction video. According to that, it really does "hunker down" at higher speeds.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
ksb, darn you man! I'm liking the Aston too. If I had regular access to someplace to run them, I could get into this on-road stuff.
Tekno wing mount, Pro-Line wing, Maximizer X-75s, and Maxx Mashers.
You bring up a good point. Won't know for sure until we have the XO-1 and a new body in our hands. And then run it at 100mph with the new body to know with certainty. haha
If i made mods to this, such as widening it, I would not use that set-up to do 100mph runs. But I see this car as being way more than just a drag-strip car. I expect it to corner and power-slide like no ones business.
dean- To play on your screen name....What about an XO-1 Rally car with a Subaru WRX STi body? The suspension would need a litte more travel. I think that would look awesome!!
Was an xl-5, now its vxl-ent!
Arent we getting ahead of ourselves here? Not even on shelves yet.
Everything overpowered...
STRC Slash 4x4
Hobby Hut Raceway, Audubon Pa.
Smart TwoFor will be the first accessory body offered, if only so Smart can say there's a version of their car that goes 100mph.
You know, I have t go with the Ford GT (I like the GT40, but the GT is just too pretty!), but at the same time, seeing something like an AC Shelby Cobra would just be amazing! Sure, the roadster aspect may be tough for a lexan body, but it would be so cool! If that is too hard, how about one of the sexiest cars ever made......The Shelby Daytona!!!! Mmmmmm.....(drooling...).
Eat my road grit, liver lips! -Clark W. Griswold
I want to get this thing sideways. I've already spec'd out 3" wide F1 super soft tires, rims and hubs. Just need to convert the axle stubs to 8mm. I'll form the fender flares myself.
Love that Aston Martin db9r
Simply the best. The beautiful Traxxas SRT and TCP
I like the aston martin bodies theat were posted. Porche 911 GT3 possible.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 1st Apr 2007 21:56 UTC, submitted by suka
"Nat Friedman has been one of the driving forces behind the development of the Linux desktop for a few year now. First with his own company Ximian, founded together with Mono chief architect Miguel de Icaza, after its acquisition now inside Novell. A few months ago he has been named 'Technologist of the Year' by the VarBusiness magazine for his work around the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. Since then he has been promoted to Chief Technology and Strategy Officer for Open Source, besides the desktop he is also overseeing Novells server business now. During Novells Brainshare Andreas Proschofsky had the possibility to sit down with Friedman and talk about the Linux desktop, the consequences of the Microsoft agreement and the mistakes of the Hula project."
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RE[2]: The loonies have taken over the asylum
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Suse had to go back to the drawing board when they announced that they would no longer be supporting KDE as a desktop choice on their enterprise distribution.
Why? Because too many clients called in and complained. Here in Europe, I have deployed and worked on hundreds of linux desktops over the last 4 years and have not seen many corporate linux deployments where the choice was gnome.


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text: Student receives grant to study diabetic retinopathy Posted on January 13, 2012 Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Marshall University biology student has been awarded a grant to conduct research on diabetic retinopathy, a common eye disease during which excessive growth of blood vessels causes damage to the retina. Clay M. Crabtree, a senior from Kenova, will receive the $1,800 Grants-in-Aid of Research award from the national science society Sigma Xi. The award will help fund his project to test potential treatments for the disease, which is the leading cause of blindness among working-age Americans. According to Crabtree, cigarette smoking is a risk factor for diabetic retinopathy because nicotine promotes the growth of blood vessels. "Agents that can block the actions of nicotine should be useful for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy," he continued. "My research involves testing three of these compounds for their ability to block the growth of new vessels in the retina." Crabtree's mentor, Dr. Piyali Dasgupta of Marshall's Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology, said the grant will give Crabtree the opportunity to further his education through hands-on experience conducting research that could have a real impact on the health of people across the region. "The findings from Clay's project will be highly relevant to West Virginia because our state has a large number of diabetic patients who are active smokers," she added. "It is a very commendable achievement to receive one of these grants and I look forward to seeing his project progress." Sigma Xi promotes the scientific enterprise and honors scientific achievement. The organization's Grants-in-Aid of Research program, with funds designated from the National Academy of Sciences, provides undergraduate and graduate students with up to $2,500 for vision-related research. Students use the funding to pay for travel expenses to and from a research site, or for purchase of laboratory equipment necessary to complete their research project. According to Sigma Xi, the Grants-in-Aid of Research program is highly competitive and only approximately 20 percent of applicants receive funding. For more information, contact Dasgupta at (304) 696-3612. Contact: Ginny Painter, Communications Director, Marshall University Research Corporation, 304.746.1964 Related: MU student working to find treatment for diabetic retinopathy [WOWK-TV: Jan. 13, 2012]


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Triumph Drummer and Metalworks Founder Gil Moore joined Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Councilor Doug Ford to help rock out on the first birthday of The City with Mayor Rob Ford , their weekly Newstalk 1010 Radio Show. The surprise visit from Gil launched a rock-talk and music industry discussion that showed the Mayor's genuine passion for music.
Mayor Ford attended many of Triumph's over-the-top shows at Maple Leaf Gardens and recounted the sound, lights, lasers and pyro extravaganza in vivid detail. They discussed Universal's upcoming Triumph documentary directed by Don Allan; Metalworks' expansion into education and live events; and recent Triumph projects at Metalworks Studios. In commemoration of the show's anniversary and the Fords' enthusiasm for Triumph, Gil was happy to present Mayor Ford with a Double Platinum Triumph Rock 'n Roll Machine album plaque.
According to Gil, "Triumph fans are the best, and Mayor Ford and Councilor Ford are no exeptions. They are great supporters of the Toronto music cluster and their efforts supporting Music Canada's initiatives highlight Toronto's vibrant music industry; Rob is truly the Music Mayor! "


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Waze: Free For Android, iOS
Waze for Android and iOS is one navigation app that Tim Cook and the CRN Test Center agree is one of the best. It's a GPS navigation tool with the main purpose of helping drivers navigate through congested traffic and get an accurate ETA based on information coming in from fellow Waze users, which it refers to as "Wazers." Anytime Waze notices a slow down, or if the driver manually enters news of an accident or hazard, that data is used to update ETAs and provide optimal routes for other Wazers. Waze also accepts hands-free voice commands and delivers turn-by-turn navigation. You can even chat with other Wazers to find out how the road is looking up ahead. Although, don't forget: no texting and driving! We don't want any crashes due to posting or reading Waze pop-up notification while the car is in motion.


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Zoom Q3HD Handy Video Recorder
by Wayne A. Thorp
Over the past couple of years, I have reviewed two "pocket cam" video recorders, both from Kodak. While these devices offer portable video, they typically sacrifice image quality, due to their small lenses and sensors, as well as audio, because of their simple mono microphones. The Zoom Q3HD is positioned as a pocket video camera that provides stereo audio recording to go along with HD quality video. After using one given to me by the company, I am impressed with the audio quality. However, don't expect video to be on the same level.
Out of the Box & Design
Getting started with the Zoom Q3HD is very easy. Pleasantly, the camera comes with everything you need—AA batteries and a 2GB SD card. After installing the batteries and memory card, you are good to go.
The Zoom Q3HD is definitely one of the lighter pocket cams I have used. Without the batteries, it weighs less than four ounces. Its makers were able to accomplish this by using materials that make the camera feel rather cheap, despite its $300 suggested price tag. Measuring 2 inches by 5.2 inches by 0.9 inches (width by height by depth), the Zoom Q3HD is truly pocket sized.
There are a number of jacks on the side for audio in and out (LINE input and PHONES/LINE output) and video outputs (TV output and HDMI output). You can plug in external recording devices, including multiple microphones. The HDMI connector allows digital output of videos, although an HDMI cable is not included. In addition, there is a USB 2.0 high-speed cable embedded into the side of the camera for transferring files.
On the back of the Zoom Q3HD is a 2.4-inch LCD screen where you can see what you are recording and monitor sound input levels, remaining recording time and battery level. Here you also navigate the menu screens and playback video. On the back you will also find various functions keys—play, menu, delete and record—along with a d-pad for navigating the various menus. Lastly, there is a built-in monaural speaker on the back.
The front of the camera is dominated by two condenser microphones hidden behind a protective "cage." They are configured in a 120-degree X/Y pattern designed to provide "three-dimensional" stereo sound.
Operation is rather simple and intuitive. There isn't much configuring necessary prior to using the cam. You can set the date and time using the on-screen menu, where you can also set the video resolution, audio performance and lighting. You can record video in HD1080p at 30 frames per second (fps); HD720p at either 30 fps or 60fps; or WVGA at either 30fps or 60fps.
The camera supports PCM audio formats at 16 or 24 bits at 44.1/48/96kHz or AAC with bit rates of 64kbps to 320kbps at 48kHz.
The lighting selection function offers three modes. "Auto" automatically adjusts brightness and color depending on the lighting; "concert lighting" suppresses over-saturation from strong lighting; and "night" is ideal for dark conditions. To start and stop recording, you push the red record button on the back of the camera.
The Zoom Q3HD has a 4x digital zoom, but image quality drops off noticeably as you zoom in.
Video is on par with other pocket cams I have tried; meaning it's pretty good. Using the camera indoors proved somewhat problematic, as it was difficult to fit everything into its narrow frame. Unfortunately, you are not able to capture still shots.
Where the Zoom Q3HD distinguishes itself is with its audio quality. It has, by far, the best audio I have heard from a pocket cam. The dual microphones offer great range and aren't drowned out by background noise, a common problem with most other pocket cams. Even when recording in high-volume situations, the sound isn't distorted.
The 2G SD card that comes with the Q3HD holds between 18 minutes and roughly an hour's worth of recording time, depending of the format you are using. The camera supports SD cards up to 32G in capacity, which will give you a little under five hours of recording time at the highest quality, or nearly 17 hours at the lowest quality.
You can also use the cam to only record audio. In this case, you can record anywhere from 57 minutes to nearly 35 hours with the 2G card or up to 555.5 hours with a 32G card at the lowest quality setting.
The Zoom Q3HD supports Windows XP, Vista and 7 as well as Mac OS X 10.4.6 , 10.5 or 10.6. Transferring files via the built-in USB cable is easy.
Battery Life
One of the biggest flaws of the Zoom Q3HD is its battery life. The company claims that you can get two hours of video recording time or four hours in audio-only mode. However, the batteries that come with the camera lasted less than 90 minutes. So if you do buy this camera, make sure to keep plenty of replacement batteries on hand.
The Zoom Q3HD Handy Video Camcorder offers good-quality video and superb audio. The high-quality audio carries with it a bit of a price premium. If you aren't concerned with the audio quality of your recordings, you are probably better off opting for a lower-price alternative. Furthermore, the relatively short battery life is a bit of a downer. The camera is definitely geared toward those who rely on audio capture for video blogging, recording concerts, recording interviews, etc. For these purposes, the Zoom Q3HD passes with flying colors.
- High-quality audio
- Audio in & out ports
- HDMI & analog video outputs for immediate TV viewing
- Easy operation
- Small screen for video
- Short battery life
- Relatively expensive
Zoom Q3HD Handy Video Recorder
$299 (currently $269.15 from Amazon.com)
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Q: What should I keep in mind when decorating my yard with lights and fun inflatables at Christmastime?
A: Allison Duffy, category business manager for Christmas lights at Canadian Tire, says that the amount of outdoor decor — lights, inflatable snowmen, animatronic deer, etc. — depends on the size of your lawn or yard, but most importantly your personal preferences.
One person's idea of style may be very different from someone else's, but the ultimate goal is to create a festive look through illumination.
"Things that have sentimental value sometimes don't go with other things, and that's OK," she says. "(Christmas) is all about having the look that you like and something that you're comfortable with, as opposed to something that's fully co-ordinated."
Duffy does offer a few ways to create a look that's simple and unified. To start, ask yourself if you want to follow a specific theme. Multicoloured lights tend to be a bit more kid-friendly and go with inflatable pieces or other fun icons, like Santa Clauses and snowmen. White lights, on the other hand, give a cleaner, more elegant feel.
Cartoon-type inflatables might not work well with accents like deer at first glance, but Duffy says the two can coexist peacefully on your front lawn if you simplify your house lights by going with white. You can also use a colour scheme to bring the two styles together. White lights can be used as a base colour, for example, which can be accented with red figures to create a peppermint swirl theme.
"Symmetry is also nice when you have pieces on your lawn."
Some individuals might have contrasting strands of lights in various shades of white (warm white has an incandescent glow, and pure white features an absence of colour). To tie the two together, Canadian Tire has created strands of LED lights that incorporate both warm and pure whites.
"Another thing is to choose the light-bulb size that's appropriate for the area you're applying it to. Typically a larger bulb is used along a roof line. Mini bulbs ... are typically used to decorate porches and shrubs and things like that. If you had really, really large lights on a little tree, it might seem out of proportion."
Ultimately, though, Duffy says outdoor decorating comes down to how much money and time you want to invest in lights and accents.
"There's no such thing as too many lights. It's about creating the look that's right for you."
Read Amanda Ash and Marta Gold's blog, The New Black


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For those paying attention, this summer will bring not one, but two new rock festivals to the South Fork. Music to Know, more familiarly known as MTK, scheduled for Aug. 13 and 14 at the East Hampton Airport, has received the bulk of the attention in East Hampton, but another festival, Escape to New York, or E2NY, is planned a weekend earlier and a few miles west at the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton.
With its own manifesto, however, the E2NY organizers clearly don't think of their event as just a festival. "We're trying to get it across that this is best thought of as a party," said Fred Fellowes, the organizer of a series of events in England called the Secret Garden Party, who is trying to create a similar experience here.
Checking on the progress on site recently at the reservation, he said, "I think everyone here accepts that a festival is a gig in a field with an official bar," which is just a stand-up concession and "one big stage and that's what you're dealing with." He said the English and European models of such events, of which there are many in the summer months, are a bit different and his even more so.
"We do hold a theory that there is a hell of a lot more to do with 5,000 people when you gather them together than serve them beer and have them stand in front of a stage to watch something." Instead, he would like the expected crowd of 5,000 to 7,000 people to interact. "What makes a great party or a weekend is the people you meet and the things you do. That's what we're trying to get people to do," he said.
Of course there will be bands. Those advertised include Patti Smith, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Best Coast, of Montreal, the Psychedelic Furs (yes, those Psychedelic Furs), Mates of State, Chairlift, and many others over three days. There will be some other less formalized acoustic performances and D.J.-fueled dancing at other locations as well.
The Shinnecock Powwow grounds are a pretty straightforward set of two rectangles, but Mr. Fellowes and his American partner Dave Lory plan to use as much of the site as possible, including the surrounding woods, for further engagement with the event. "You've got the main stage and behind it a kind of wonder world in the woods, a backwoods bar with crazy art pieces to interact and play around with."
There will be a "Think Camp" with "lectures and presentations by crazy academics like a gonzo TED," he said, referring to a famous series of annual conferences of big and unusual ideas that takes place in various locations. When academics are not blowing people's minds with their visions, other spoken word or music presentations will be on the stage.
There will be a dance tent with a boxing ring for dance-off contests with friends or new acquaintances. Games and art will also be a focus with art installations all over the site, including in the trees and in woodsy nooks and more formal spaces.
A weekend pass to the three-day event costs $275, with or without free camping. One-day passes are $100. Glampers can secure a luxury tent for the weekend with space for four to six people for $2,250. Weekend parking passes range from $50 to $65.
For food, Mr. Fellowes and Mr. Lory are working with Silkstone, a relative newcomer from New York City that has been making a name for itself with sustainable food in its restaurant Fat Radish and with its events catering. The company will bring out New York City restaurants such as Brinkley's for barbecue, Luke's Lobster for crab and lobster rolls, and Pulqueria for a variety of tacos. Fat Radish has a pop-up location at Ruschmeyer's this summer and will also serve as the official restaurant of the festival's boutique campground.
What is boutique camping, also called "glamping" by Mr. Fellowes? In this parallel world of escapism, the Elks' Lodge in Southampton will serve as the boutique campground and will feature, at the very high end, platform tents typically found on East African safaris with "two proper standup beds, a bedside table, a lock box, rugs, and a place to hang clothes," he said.
The organizers will also import tepees from England, an irony that is not lost on Mr. Fellowes. They will be set on the ground with a mat and rugs. "The idea is you and four or five of your mates can get one of those and camp up together like a sleepover as a kid with a posh restaurant at your doorstep." There will be trailers at the site with bathrooms and showers.
A limited number of free no-frills camping spots at Gabreski Airport in Westhampton are available on a first-come-first-served basis through the event's Web site, escape2ny.com.
The different modes of camping are indicative of the broad demographic he intends to attract. "We're making the festival experience possible for a wide range of people, some who would love to come to something like this but wouldn't want to camp in their own tent and walk to the porta-potties in the middle of the night."
That same crowd will likely avail themselves of some of the festival site's "lifestyle vendors," including massage and facial services, boutique surfware, and a photo booth with requisite fancy costumes to don. Other clothes and shoe vendors will also be present, much in the way they will at MTK, but the E2NY partnerships have not been announced with as much fanfare as those of the East Hampton festival, which will feature clothing pop-up shops by Madewell and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. MTK will also emphasize fine drinks and dining options.
Is there room enough for two where once there were none? Last month, Karen Jones, who, along with her husband, Chris Jones, is among the producers of MTK, said she thought so and wished the other festival well. "There is often a good cross-fertilization of ideas between the U.K. and U.S. and I think our festivals are examples of very well-organized events that are commonplace over there, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the summer."
"I think we are collectively both trying to present the elements of music, art and food — and fashion in our case — in a positive way, albeit somewhat different ends of the spectrum. It goes beyond a concert, but really an experience for all of the senses." She suggested going to both.
One significant difference between the festivals is their locations. MTK is at an airport controlled by East Hampton Town and the Federal Aviation Association. E2NY will take place in a sovereign nation. The tribe will have some presence at the event, but it will be subdued. "They will absolutely have a role," Mr. Fellowes said. They will have a cultural center on one side of the site's drum stage.
"But it was something they wanted to tread carefully with. By no means do they want a festival or party representing them in any way, quite rightly. On the flip side, we want to come and do what we want to do, not something else." Still, he said it was important to let people know that when they enter the reservation, they have stepped onto de facto foreign soil. "You're no longer in America at the moment."
Mr. Fellowes was introduced to a member of the tribe in Miami five years ago, long before he had any intention of launching such an event in the United States. "At that point the English festival was still in its nascent stage. I have been doing it for nine years, but only actually started making money three years ago." He felt it was still too early.
"Two years ago, I sat down and started rethinking the idea, and thought yeah, this could well be a goer." He jumped on a plane and came to the reservation to look at it and present the idea to the tribal trustees. "It was an opportunity," he said, "not part of some world domination plan." The reservation's geographic and legal position made it particularly attractive for a new festival being organized in a foreign country.
People will travel to and from the site by shuttles from the campgrounds and Stony Brook Southampton's parking. All traffic will be routed through the college's access road and cars will be made to park or show credentials to continue on to the site.
Escape to New York will run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 7.
According to Mr. Lory, "We both separately have been doing this for quite some time. It takes a while to get the hang of it, but we've pretty much come across every screw-up, idiot, and lunatic you possibly can in doing these sort of events." As a result, he said he was confident they had a good, workable plan. "It's not our first rodeo."


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Miami, FL - January 22, 2013 (www.investorideas.com newswire) EmergingGrowth.com, a leading digital financial media company, Reports on Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR). Discussion also includes Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG), McDonalds Corp. (NYSE: MCD) and Others.
Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) is best known for its Redbox DVD rental and its coin counting machines. While coin counting is Coinstar's more time-honored business, the company produces most of its revenue from its self-service DVD and video game rental businesses recognizable by the signature red color of its kiosks. Coinstar retains contracts to place their kiosks in retail outlets globally. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG), and McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) alone account for 40 percent of company revenue. As of November 2012, the company had placed over 42,000 Redbox kiosks at 34,000 locations and 20,300 coin-counting kiosks in supermarkets, convenience stores, drug stores and restaurants in North America and Europe.
The Competition
Although to my mind nothing can replace seeing a movie on the "big screen", movie rentals are a booming business and have been for ages. Coinstar has managed to cash in on the movie rental business with consumer friendly kiosks that dispense new releases without the hassle of waiting in line at video stores. A recent partnership with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has resulted in the inception of Redbox Instant, a video-streaming service that is competitively priced ($8.00) with chief rival Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) streaming service. The Redbox service was launched this past month so the jury is still out performance-wise. Other competition comes from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) who recently signed an agreement with Epix for its own Prime Instant Video service.
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Coinstar essentially has a monopoly on DVD rentals. They also have low overhead costs because their kiosks are unmanned, needing only maintenance. The company has raised DVD rental prices 20 percent and has lost much less in terms of numbers. Coinstar has also been able to rack up extra cash from customers in their coin exchange business, raising net margins neatly. The business is expanding into various other niches such as coffee dispensing with their Rubi machines, used electronics via their Gizmo dispenser, and ecoATM, where people can sell their outdated cellular gadgets for cash. Also of note, recently, 11.7 million shares sold short, which translates into 39 percent of the company's float. If better than expected numbers come in on the Q4 earnings report on February 7, the short squeeze may well be in play.
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Not all news is good news however, and there are a few things, which may make an impact on future revenue potential. DVD rentals dropped in 2011 by about 11percent from the previous year. In addition, Redbox Instant charges late fees on borrowed DVDs, something that will not sit well with prospective Netflix converts. And probably the biggest sting is that Redbox Instant has only10 percent of the video streaming library of Netflix. It also offers no TV shows. It seems it will be difficult to entice Netflix subscribers to switch without ramping up their offerings.
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The company traded up 2.18 percent this week, reaching $49.22. Coinstar has a 52-week low of $40.50 and a high of $71.82. The 50-day moving average is presently $50.00. Coinstar has a market cap of $1.45 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.81. Yesterday, Gabelli Analysts begin coverage on the company issuing a buy rating and an $81.00 target price. Analysts at Northland Securities issued an outperform rating on shares of the company and analysts at B. Riley also reiterated a buy rating on shares.
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The 2017 Hyundai Accent is available in three trim levels: the SE, the Accent Value Edition and the Sport hatchback. All Accents have a 1.6L 4-cylinder engine that makes 138 horsepower. The engine is mated to a standard 6-speed manual or an optional 6-speed automatic transmission. MacPherson struts are used in front and a torsion beam suspension is used in the rear.
The SE 4-door sedan rides on 14-inch wheels and comes relatively well equipped with a 6-way manually adjustable seat, power windows, mirrors and locks, one-touch triple-flash turn signals, sliding sun visors, a driver's side blind spot mirror, center armrest with cup holders, seatback pockets, illuminated vanity mirrors, a sunglass holder, air conditioning, a trip computer and a 6-speaker CD and MP3 player. The SE hatchback also includes heated outside mirrors and a rear wiper.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Working to mitigate the potential negative impact of the federal government shutdown, U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) today wrote President Barack Obama urging him to enforce a law recently enacted to ensure the work of key civilian military personnel is not interrupted.
News broke Thursday that hundreds of workers in Troy, Alabama's Sikorsky helicopter facility could possibly face layoffs due to the furloughs of key military equipment inspectors. This despite H.R. 3210, the Pay Our Military Act, a law passed by Congress and signed by President Obama providing funding for military personnel and civilian employees "whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces."
"Of course, nobody wanted a government shutdown," Rep. Roby said. "But, when the reality of a shutdown became apparent, we passed and the President signed into law legislation ensuring our military personnel would not be negatively affected. Part of that legislation aimed to make sure the work of needed civilian employees wasn't interrupted as well.
"I would be shocked if the Secretary of Defense really believes the inspectors charged with ensuring our Seahawk helicopter coming off the line are safe and up to specification are not 'providing support to members of the Armed Forces.' That's why today I wrote President Obama urging him to see this law properly carried out so that workers will can remain on the job in Troy."
Rep. Roby's letter was also made available to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. A copy of the letter is attached.
Though current law should mitigate the impact of the government shutdown on military civilian employees, Rep. Roby supports efforts to pass additional legislation that would specifically provide funding for military civilian employees and end the furloughs outright.
"It was our original intent to authorize funding for civilian military personnel in the 'Pay our Military Act.' However, I support bringing forward additional legislation if necessary that would end any civilian military furloughs initiated by the shutdown once and for all. There is plenty the two sides don't agree on in Congress. But, we should all agree that those who work in support of our military should be able to get back to work."


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PORTLAND - The Portland Pirates used five unanswered goals to come from behind beat the Worcester Sharks 7-3 at the Cumberland County Civic Center Tuesday night. Despite falling behind 2-0 early, Portland would storm back to knock off their division rival, and extend their first place lead in the Atlantic Division to 5 points over Worcester.
The Pirates were forced to kill off a five on three penalty early after Alexandre Bolduc was sent off for slashing at 4:33 just 19 seconds after a David Rundblad delay of game penalty. The Sharks capitalized on the two man advantage, as Denny Urban blasted a shot from the top of the faceoff circles to beat Pirates' starter Chad Johnson for his first goal of the year at 5:31. Brodie Reid extended the Sharks' lead at the 9:31 mark, as his slap shot from the point would beat Johnson for his sixth of the year. The Pirates swung the momentum back in their favor, however, as Chris Conner found his way around the Worcester defense and laid off a drop pass for Bolduc, who beat Sharks' starter Alex Stalock for his 17th of the season and third in as many games at 12:09. The Pirates tallied a power play goal of their own in the first, with Brendan Shinnimin finding a loose puck in front of Stalock and chipping it over his shoulder for his sixth of the season at 18:19.
Worcester regained the lead early in the second, with James Sheppard finding Reid in front for his second goal of the night at 2:35. From then on, the game was all Pirates, with Evan Brophey tying the game up at 3:04 of the second. Brophey's tally was his third of the year, and the start of 5 unanswered Pirates goals. After a Nick Petrecki delay of game call, the Pirates would strike again on the power play, as Michael Stone sent home a blast from the blue line for his sixth of the year at 8:39. Portland capped off the period with a Brendan Shinnimin shorthanded goal on a breakaway that saw Shinnimin end up in Stalock's net. After a short review, the goal stood, and the Pirates hit the second intermission with a 5-3 advantage.
The Pirates extended their lead at the 9:30 mark of the third period. Bolduc picked up a loose puck and sent a cross ice pass to Chris Brown, who beat Stalock for his 11th of the season. The Pirates capped off the scoring with their third power play goal of the night, as Brown knocked a Brandon Gormley shot out of the air and found the back of the net for his 12th of the season.
The Pirates improve to 21-12-1-1 on the season, while Chad Johnson is now 12-7-0-2. The Worcester Sharks fall to 18-13-1-2, while Alex Stalock drops to 12-7-1-1. The Pirates have won 11 of their last 13 games, and 8 straight at home. The 7 Pirates goals ties their season high, set against the St. John's IceCaps on October 23rd.
The Pirates get back to action on Saturday when they travel to Bridgeport to face the Sound Tigers on the road for the first time this season. Puck drop is at 7 PM .


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"In David Hargreaves' view, personalized learning represents a larger movement that needs to be put forward on several fronts to (re)shape teaching and learning. His nine gateways to personalizing learning are assessment for learning; learning to learn; student voice; curriculum; new technologies; school design and organization; advice and guidance; mentoring and coaching; and workforce development (Hargreaves 2006)."
"Personalized learning is often represented as a novel approach to enhancing the pedagogical practices of educators to broadly reorganize schooling in the 21st century. The personalized (re)shaping of teaching and learning is generally to be achieved through assessing the strengths of individuals and then addressing the specific needs and learning styles of each student in a school community."
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Fujifilm X10
The Fujifilm X10 is probably the most highly anticipated digital compact camera of 2011. Designers and fashionistas will fall in love with its retro looks, and enthusiasts will appreciate its manual controls and image quality. The X10 shoots at 12MP with a large 2/3" sensor, a 4x optical zoom lens with a bright f/2 (W)-f/2.8 (T) aperture.
- Sitex Price: $999
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Fujifilm X100
The predecessor of the X10, the X100 stands apart in a class of its own. The retrospective styling and build quality is superb, as is the image quality. No surprise there, as it comes with an APS-C sized sensor and a bright 35mm f/2 fixed lens. For the old school shooters, the X100 also has a unique optical/electronic viewfinder hybrid, which you can toggle to see through the lens or through the sensor with.
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Casio EX-TR100
The Casio EX-TR100 is a rather unique camera which twists and swivels, letting you shoot at any angle you want. It's unique enough that it probably won't be for everyone, so make sure you check it out first before laying down any cash for it. It shoots at 12MP with a 21mm wide angle lens and a 2x digital zoom.
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If someone comes knocking on your door, Tempe police told CBS 5 News you might not want to ignore it.
Officers have seen an uptick in burglaries in which the suspect first knocks on the front door to see if anyone is home. If no one answers, and it looks like no one is home, police said the crook will go to the back of the house and figure out a way to break in.
On Jan. 29, police said a woman called 911 as a man broke into her house in the middle of the afternoon.
In a shaky voice, the woman told dispatchers she was trapped inside her unlocked bedroom. Investigators said William Keeling had made his way into the house through the back door.
People who live in the neighborhood near Broadway and Hardy Drive said there usually aren't any problems.
"It's a mixture of people who have lived here for years and college students," Bharat Patel said.
However, recently investigators said there have been quite a few break-ins. It happened to Christopher Kelley two weeks ago.
"They took a laptop and some other computer stuff," Kelley said.
As for the woman, police showed up in the nick of time. Officers said they caught Keeling in the backyard of the house. Detectives said he was armed with a gun and was carrying burglary tools.
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Sister Zamora,I didn't have Panama City on my "New FamilySearch Roll-out" spreadsheet because it hasn't been dedicated yet. The dedication is scheduled for the 10th of August. This will now bring our count of temples to 127. With these updates we have 74 temples now live with NFS. I have 28 temples announced to go live, but not all of them have official go live dates. That leaves us with 25 temple districts that still need to be announced, 14 of which are in the Utah and Idaho area. You can make it 15 waiting for word, because Las Vegas was announced but then later put on hold. After these 15 receive word of going live the United States will be complete. Of course they should also be among the last to do so.
The following temples went live yesterday:
The Hague
Tuxtla Mexico
And official "go live" notices have been sent to the following:
Merida Mexico (August 12)
Montevideo Uruguay (August 12)
Panama City Panama (August 12)
Papeete Tahiti (August 12)
Columbia SC (August 19)
Santo Domingo DR (August 19)
Suva Fiji (August 19)
Tampico Mexico (August 19)
The next largest area that is waiting for word is the Asia and Middle East district, i.e. Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. I would think language support would be an issue there. Support might be a big issue for all the remain temple districts to go live. I have heard that they need double the amount of support missionaries for Utah to go live with NFS. If you have been considering serving as a family history support missionary I am sure it would be appreciated if you apply now.
See ya tomorrow, for tomorrow is always another genealogy day!


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Pool Party: Jump into the pool with the U.S. synchronized swim team and get ready to doggy paddle. [Radar]
Bikini Classic: The best of 70s S.I. swimsuits. [HuffPo]
Life's Little Victories: Now you can finally win something for being short. Huzzah! [ShortShrifted]
Road Warrior: Come the apocalypse, roll that old Civic out the garage. [Wired]
Ruh' Oh: Thom Browne may be breaking up with Brooks Brothers. Who gets Black Fleece in the divorce? [NYMag]
From Rags to Stiches: Ex-secondhand store Aloha Rag gets a visit from our favorite critical queen. [NYTimes]


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And he will laugh maniacally, when the change in nature's cycles creates huge storms that wipe out entire Europe and half of Africa.
Seriously, why do people still not understand, that everything in nature is a system of sensitive balanced cycles, and when you change things, you have to make a new working cycle or at least balance it all out again, to not create a catastrophe in the long term?
Maybe because they still can. And because when it happens, they are long dead, or it does not affect them.
Well I bet his method will be just as elegant and as well-integrating as Windows.
The irony of your username is hilarious.
And he will laugh maniacally, when the change in nature's cycles creates huge storms that wipe out entire Europe and half of Africa.
If you've been paying attention to history, weather and climate have huge geopolitical and strategic consequences. North Atlantic storms stopped both the Spanish Armada and Nazi Germany from invading England. Weather almost stopped the D-Day invasions. Japan is still a nation because of such a storm: the Kamikaze.
Climactic shifts sparked the movements of barbarian tribes and may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire, prevented the early Nordic colonization of North America, and paved the way f
They don't. That was one of the (many) problems with Project Stormfury, the government attempt to disrupt hurricanes with cloud seeding back in the 1960's. You don't get enough data to run any kind of reliable control. So not only do you not know for sure whether you're making a difference or not, you don't even know whether you're making things worse or not.
Unless they can somehow manage to drive their fleet into every forming hurricane and make every single one suddenly fall apart, any success they claim is going to be very open to interpretation.
Lets say they implement this sort of thing.. How will they ever know that they reduced the number of storms? The number of storms on a yearly basis is anything but consistent.
This is true--you wouldn't know instantly that you stopped a storm for sure. But as the length of time goes up without a hurricane, your confidence level rises until you surpass some threshold which is the longest distance of time between hurricanes. I'm sure meteorologists would like to speculate that the conditions are right but a new factor is stopping these storms. You'll just never really know.
Now, there's a lot of things you don't know whether or not you're changing. Such as the natural cycle
This is what I was thinking as soon as I read the article. Even if it works (and the theory seems valid if they could do it on a massive enough scale, but it would have to be MASSSIVE) what else are you screwing up by doing this? What place do hurricanes occupy in the ecosystem of the east coast of the US? How is all of this cold water going to affect marine life? I mean, you'd need HUGE amount of colder water to affect storm development. We're talking about one of nature's most powerful forces here, you're not going to break it up by dumping a couple of buckets of ice. You're making a huge expanse of the upper ocean several degrees cooler, and simultaneously making a huge expanse of the lower ocean several degrees warmer, what's that going to do?
And before some anti-environmentalist starts saying "Well, yeah, but who cares if we screw up the ecosystem a bit if we're saving lives and property?", do you think the people on the Gulf Coast will thank you if you eliminate hurricanes but cause an overgrowth of algae that ruins the fishing and shrimping industries? Those industries are critical to southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and a good chunk of Florida. Or if the weather pattern change causes a heat up in the region and traditional crops to fail? Or for that matter a cool down with the same affect? We have no idea what this kind of thing could do, even assuming we got it to work.
This would need tons of modeling and study before it could be safely deployed, and even then, as parent said, if should be used sparingly.
As someone who lives in the quite arid southwest, I would be pretty pissed if we stopped getting less rain here, and we do indeed get showers that are a direct consequence of hurricanes. So yeah, messing with the hurricanes is going to cause horrible consequences we can't even imagine right now. But at least all those million dollar beach homes won't need to be rebuilt next year.
It's a very significant problem.
Very true, so now we need to figure out the best course of action. Screwing with weather patterns probably isn't the best (or even cheapest) solution.
For the curious [noaa.gov]. I'm not going to sit down and read out the data and figure out the standard deviation, but you're not kidding. You'd have to do this for decades to know how effective it was, and if it turns out to be useless, the environmental cost would have been wasted. I'd hate to be the guy who gets to do the risk-benefit analysis on that one.
You can use 10, 15, 20, etc. year averages, you can look at trends.
You can also look at weather patterns in an area, and determine how likely, historically, those weather patterns lead to storms, and then compare that to how likely they lead to storms "after treatment".
Determining success/failure won't be trivial, but it won't be anything resembling impossible either.
You will easily figure if the device is working when you see very interesting weather on this page:
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Cupertino [wunderground.com]
Remember Simcity Tornado?
I figure it will probably be the same pseudo science employed by Gore.
In other words, claims of consensus, its for the children, we're smarter than you, and such should suffice.
Any reduction in storms proves their process works, any increase proves it wasn't executed properly and would work with more money and adherence to their process.
Blue sky of death?
"Face it - Bill Gates is a about a white Persian cat and a monocle away from being a Bond villain."
Nobody likes hurricanes. They cause massive destruction and they kill people. But they are part of nature.
I agree. I also worry about the amount of rainfall that would be lost if Bill Gates plan actually works. Believe it or not there are some useful aspects to a hurricane and more importantly tropical storms.
I think a better solution would be to act a little smarter about where we build our population centers,
Here I sort of agree. We should be smarter about where we build our population centers, but more importantly HOW we build our population centers near the gulf.
and do not offer insurance to people who choose to build in a location where hurricanes are known to strike on a somewhat regular basis.
I totally disagree. Most of the hurricane's damage is from storm surge not wind. So we should limit the amount of construction on shores and surrounding low elevation areas. However your insurance idea, which by the way is already being implemented, penalizes people who live in the same area (county) but built smartly and rarely have catastrophic damage done on their property.
I did not file any insurance claims for hurricane Katrina. Most of the damage from Katrina was FLOOD damage which isn't covered by regular home insurance anyway. But I pay 4 times the state average for insurance, and have a storm deductible based on a percentage of my home's market value. So not only do I pay more, I am less likely to be able to even file a claim. Basically the existence of hurricanes has given insurance companies political cover to rip me off.
There are folks in northern Alabama who have hail damage on their roofs almost every year from the spring storm season, and yet I hear no calls to raise their insurance nor limit the coverage from wind or hail damage. They have a history of tornadoes touching down and wiping out neighborhoods and commercial property, yet their insurance remains unaffected. There are areas in this country where people are susceptible to lose their homes from fires, mudslides, or tornadoes on a yearly basis and yet I hear no calls to relocate them.
Pardon me but you can take that "offer no insurance" idea and shove it up your arse...
I also worry about the amount of rainfall that would be lost if Bill Gates plan actually works. Believe it or not there are some useful aspects to a hurricane and more importantly tropical storms.
Here [army.mil] is the chart of the water levels of Lake Lanier, which is Atlanta's only major water supply. The record low elevations line that you see was set last year, which was the second year of a drought (you might recall our governor's response to the drought, which was to pray for rain [wdef.com], aside from suing all of the neighboring states to try to take their water). The big bump that you see in the minimum recorded lake elevations just before September was hurricane Gustav, which essentially saved us from a situation where the lake would have been within 10 feet of a standing pool, and Atlanta gets its water on the outlet of the power generators. In fact, most of Atlanta's problems were because the El Niño shut down the hurricanes into the gulf for a couple of years after katrina. Now that they're back, and the wet weather in general, our water supply is fine for the moment.
I think a better solution would be to act a little smarter about where we build our population centers, and do not offer insurance to people who choose to build in a location where hurricanes are known to strike on a somewhat regular basis
The problem is that some of the best places to put population centers are also where hurricanes tend to be. Population centers are often near ports. I would bet that, just about every one of the world's great cities began on a river or a sea port, and its certainly true
Great - more vaporware from Bill Gates...
The catch is that as Bill would have to visit Magrathea to get the planet built, it would be cheaper just to engage them to fix the global warming on this one. (and add a few more fjords while at it.)
The catch is that as Bill would have to visit Magrathea to get the planet built, it would be cheaper just to engage them to fix the global warming on this one
My stupid Javascript global warming calculator estimates that Americans will spend probably somewhere around 8 trillion dollars to reduce emissions down to 20% of what they are today, and that's going to be with a pretty sharp standard of living decrees. I'm working on a more detailed economic modelling engine in C++ that I'll FOSS which I think will
/. guys, this is the exact time to use Borg icon and it is missing.
Ok, as much as hurricanes hurt and destroy peoples homes, lives, and regions economies, I can tell you right now that to suppress them is A BAD IDEA.
Hurricane season and storm activity represent a huge portion of the rainfall/water collection/water renewal in the Caribbean, and is still a significant water contributor in the southern U.S.A., a region that is still experiencing drought conditions, even if its not as severe as last year. What, is this a plot to dry up an important freshwater source for a large region, then sell expensive desalination plants?! Desertification of a whole region to put up solar plants or harvest silicon?
Plus the hurricanes help to suck up all the warm water that's killing the the coral reefs - you know, one of the bastions against the waves pounding coastlines?
Oh wait, the Caribbean is full of small islands and a few unnecessary Central American countries that act as the hurricane buffer for the U.S.A., and absorb the majority of the insurance hikes when Florida/Louisiana/Texas gets hit. Shafting us and destroying our ecology is business as usual.
Cause the most prominent argument regularly put forth as to why weather control is bad is:
Do *you* want to be the one who causes lots of insurance companies to have to pay out because someone can make a reasonable case that where the hurricane landed was no longer an Act Of God?
Gates is used to playing God.
Cripes, all we need is for insurance companies to add 'lack of action by God' to their list of things they don't cover.
1. Why would you pump cold water up? It is a heat sink. You pump the heat down.
2. Well THAT is the point. Do you put ice in your drink so it would just drop to the bottom or perhaps to cool the drink by absorbing the heat?
Anyway... Give Gates a LITTLE credit. The guy is NOT a moron after all.
RTFA - his idea is quite simple and rather carbon neutral (once you build a huge fleet of ships).
Basically, the idea is to use pressure and temperature differences to "pump" the warm surface water to the bottom.
> (once you build a huge fleet of ships).
Sounds like time to invest in stocks of ship yards if he actually continues with this plan..
GPF in Rainfall.exe. Abort, retry or ignore?
. . . he is destined to encounter, and do battle with piracy.
This time the real thing.
...for a number of years (though I'm an IT guy, not a meteorologist), I learned enough to know that not only is this doomed to failure, they should already know that it's not scientifically possible.
How in the name of God are they going to generate the energy needed to cool the water at "greater" ocean depths? The would have to launch a fleet of ships far greater then they can possibly imagine.
Not only does this appear to be scientifically and logistically improbable, but have they ever considered the issues with screwing with global weather patterns? Stopping hurricanes (or, in reality, stopping their potential capability for damage to humans and land structures) is a noble dream, but every weather even had both positive and negative affects on other weather patterns, events that we actually may want to occur.
He would be better off taking all the money he'd invest in this silliness and hand it over to people in hurricane-damaged areas so they can rebuild. Or move.
Hmm, considering the areas that the hurricanes move over, I agree that it is an event that we actually may want to occur. ^^
When I see satellite films of a moving hurricane, I always sit there, trying to shove the hurricane on my screen in the right direction.
Like "*Just* a *liiittle* bit more to the left. Come on! Please!"
You work on the helpdesk for the weather channel? Obviously you know more about this than the people who spent large amounts of time and money investigating the project.
Now if only I can find someone who runs cables at a hospital to tell me if I should continue to fund this cancer research project...
I've been thinking about this for some time. A network of floating pumps across the belt where hurricanes form, solar powered, to pump cool water from a few tens of meters down up to the surface. When a depression is spotted, just turn on the pumps in its path to reduce the amount of surface heat to feed it. My oceanographer friend tells me I'm talking nonsense.
Anyone who thinks they can change the weather is either absorbed in hubris or insane.
A Hurricane can't be stopped or prevented. Or influenced in any way by anything human beings could do to it. You could detonate the largest nuclear bomb ever made in the middle of a hurricane and it wouldn't even dent it. A hurricane has so much energy that it releases more energy than all explosives ever detonated by humans every MINUTE...
Why doesn't he just buy New Orleans?
Where I live, the annual rainfall is entirely dependent upon having a couple of hurricane remnants pass by us. If the hurricane season doesn't turn up anything, we've got a drought.
Promising costs nothing, it's the delivering that kills you.


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As President Obama and congressional leaders race to avert the fiscal cliff, Americans remain concerned that whatever budget deal they strike will cut too much from Medicare and Social Security, according to a new poll.
More of the Americans surveyed (35 percent) are worried about such cutbacks than seeing their tax bill rise (27 percent), the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has found. Lagging behind in the public prioritization is the fear that a budget accord would fall short of deficit-reduction targets (15 percent) or that it will allow the federal government to spend too much in coming years (13 percent).
The plurality have already fingered a favorite scapegoat if Congress and the White House fail to reach an agreement: everyone. Exactly half of those surveyed said that they would blame President Obama, congressional Democrats, and congressional Republicans equally for the failure. While 27 percent of respondents would blame the GOP solely, only 16 percent said they'd blame Obama, and 5 percent said congressional Democrats.
Combined, the results should be welcome news for Democrats itching to take a hard line in the fiscal-cliff negotiations: They show the public is nervous, as they are, about entitlement cuts, and that Democratic lawmakers likely won't be blamed if the talks go south.
Still, there is reason for caution among Democrats contemplating what's become known in Washington as "cliff diving." The gap between those worried about entitlements and taxes has actually narrowed since the National Journal survey in October. Then, there was a 12-percentage-point gap in favor of entitlements; now, it stands at 8 points.
The public has steadfastly opposed the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration that would take effect if no deal is reached. In the survey, 63 percent called them a "bad idea." Only 22 percent thought they should go into effect. Support for the cuts never topped 27 percent across all ages, income brackets, and levels of education. If lawmakers fail to reach a deal, independents, unsurprisingly, are more likely than either Democrats or Republicans to chide both political parties. A full 61 percent of independents said they'd blame both parties equally, compared with only 37 percent of Democrats and 49 percent of Republicans.
Overall, the share of the public that wants to blame all sides equally is down 11 points since October, with more choosing to blame both Obama and congressional Republicans.
The two biggest sticking points in the talks so far appear to be hiking taxes and reining in entitlement spending. Some notable Republicans, including Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, have said tax-rate hikes are likely.
"There is a growing group of folks who are looking at this and realizing we don't have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before year's end," Corker said on Fox News Sunday. He added, "A lot of people are putting forth a theory—and I actually think it has merit—where you go ahead and give the president the 2 percent increase that he is talking about, the rate increase on the top 2 percent. And all of a sudden, the shift goes back to entitlements."
Indeed, the new survey suggests that Republicans in the broader public are more concerned with shrinking the deficit than their own taxes. The top concern for GOP respondents was that a budget deal wouldn't meet deficit-reduction targets (29 percent), not that taxes would rise (25 percent).
Democrats have largely hoped to wait out the GOP, believing House Republicans will cave on tax rates before the end of the year and not overhaul Medicare or Social Security. The poll shows a broad swath of the electorate is concerned about cutbacks to those programs. Even among some of the most reliable members of the Republican electoral coalition, such as noncollege white men, more feared cuts to entitlements (33 percent) than their taxes going up (26 percent).
Only among the most affluent—those earning $75,000 or more— and those in their prime earning years—ages 30 to 49—were pluralities more concerned about taxes (29 percent and 35 percent, respectively) than entitlements (27 percent and 28 percent).
There is also a 9-point gender gap concerning Medicare and Social Security, with 40 percent of women saying they are most concerned about cutbacks to those programs and only 31 percent of men saying the same.


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South African online retail company, Zando.co.za, recently launched its quarterly printed magazine.
23 Nov 2012
"It's going to be a tough Christmas," concluded Gordon Patterson in his presentation of the third-quarter (Q3) Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures released in Johannesburg last week.
Gill Moodie 21 Nov 2012
Music, culture and current affairs magazine Rolling Stone is celebrating a year in South Africa this week. In celebration, the magazine Stone is hosting a night to remember at The Assembly on 24 November, 2012, with a great line-up of artists, including Arno Carstens, Goodnight Wembley!, The Dollfins and Tailor. Tickets are available at the door.
21 Nov 2012
Pick n Pay Fresh Living was one of the big winners at the annual PICA Awards held on 15 November at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, scooping Best Supplement for 'Wonderful World of Green', Best Magazine Retail and Consumer Goods, Editor of the Year (Customer) for Justine Drake and the coveted Customer Magazine of the Year.
John Brown 20 Nov 2012
The 2012 PICA winners were announced late last week at the annual awards ceremony held at Emperors Palace in Joburg. Hosted by MPASA, celebrating the achievements of the magazine and publishing industry, the emcee for the evening was SA celeb Katlego Maboe.
19 Nov 2012
Times Media, the listed entity that owns Avusa, says it will focus on reducing the group's debt and improving revenue and operating margins following a trading update on Friday, 16 November 2012, that revealed a very subdued performance.
19 Nov 2012
Times Media's profit from operations before exceptional items grew by 18% to R86m for the six months ended September 2012' it said in a voluntary trading update on Friday.
17 Nov 2012
New Media has continued their award-winning streak of 2012 at the PICAs, scooping top honours in the Visual Production of the Year category for Plascon Spaces, hauling in nine Highly Commended accolades for their consumer and customer titles.
New Media 16 Nov 2012
Elle magazine hosts a blog style party at 7pm on Tuesday 20 November 2012 at the Museum of African Design in the Maboneng Precinct, downtown Johannesburg, where seven of the freshest fashion bloggers will blog it out live for the prize of joining the magazine team as its style blogger.
16 Nov 2012
Here's a challenge to the print industry and its award bodies: if the medium is to grow again, print needs to take a leaf out of digital's book and prove its ROI. And industry awards need to reward this.
Sumien Brink 15 Nov 2012
A new glossy magazine, targeting people, innovation and entertainment, has been launched by Lonaka Media, a new publishing company. The magazine, entitled PiE, puts people at the heart of the innovative digital era.
14 Nov 2012
What a coup for Gisèle Wertheim Aymés to have snapped up Stuff magazine's licence - and it's also heartening news for independent publishers and media owners. Going with Wertheim Aymés is Stuff editor Toby Shapshak, who has overseen the growth of this little star of a magazine since its launch in SA in 2007.
Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA 13 Nov 2012
Destiny Man's November-December issue transports its readers into "the zone" - the space where everything falls into place under the spell of the "magnate with a mantra".
Ndalo Media 13 Nov 2012
After launching and publishing Stuff SA for five years, Times Media's license to publish the magazine was not renewed. Although the November/December issue currently on shelf will be the company's last issue of Stuff SA, it will launch a brand new magazine title at the beginning of 2013.
12 Nov 2012
Now in its third decade, the 2012 South African Breweries (SAB) Sports Media Awards once again highlighted the dedicated professionalism of the South African sports media and the performers and fans that make up its world. The SAB Sports Media Sports Personality of the Year was Oscar Pistorius.
12 Nov 2012
At the 2012 Pearl Awards, held in New York recently, New Media won two awards from among the 600 international entries of top custom content publications.
12 Nov 2012
One often gets the sense that some print-media companies' response to the dramatic changes in the industry amounts to little more than putting out fires - rather than crafting a strategy for the future. RamsayMedia started implementing its strategy to become multi-platform and diversify income to reduce reliance on advertising revenue a few years back. I caught up with RamsayMedia MD Stuart Lowe, to find out how it's going.
Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA 9 Nov 2012
Described as one of the leading international architecture, interiors and design magazines, Objekt International launched in South Africa late last week.
6 Nov 2012
With its November issue, Destiny magazine turns five and celebrates it with a gatefold cover featuring eight readers and five mentors.
5 Nov 2012
November marks the birthday month for South Africa's only women's business and lifestyle magazine, Destiny. To celebrate the occasion, 13 women grace the magazine's gatefold cover. Those featured include eight readers and five mentors: Khanyi Dhlomo, Terry Volkwyn, Anele Mdoda, Sonja de Bruyn Sebotsa and Judi Nwokedi.
Ndalo Media 2 Nov 2012
The South Africa Publication Forum's Corporate Competition, which rewards excellence in internal and external corporate communication media, awarded Vital Health Foods' publication, Vitalise, four mentions in its annual awards.
30 Oct 2012
The Creative Circle Ad of the Month results for September 2012 have been announced, and chairperson for the advertising judging panel that month, Jonathan Beggs, has commented that, "it was a predictably quiet month after the Loeries rush, with not a huge amount of entries overall but there was some really enjoyable work."
30 Oct 2012
Media and commentators are eager to focus on "perceived battles" in the ANC ahead of its elective conference in Mangaung, instead of the party's policies, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday.
30 Oct 2012
The Sebata Group of companies won the Van Ryn's Black Business Quarterly (BBQ) Award for Best Established Black Business at a red-carpet event last Friday. Altogether, the awards included 14 categories, amongst others the best-established business, best established SMME, the platinum visionary award, businesswoman and businessman of the year and one for young achievers.
30 Oct 2012
President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn his claim for damages against a Zapiro cartoon published in the Sunday Times and agreed to pay half of its legal costs, according to the newspaper on Saturday.
29 Oct 2012
In the new category, 'Sustainable Cities', Popular Mechanics writer Sean Woods won a Siemens Profile Award; his second win in this all-Africa competition that recognises and rewards excellence in science and technology journalism.
26 Oct 2012
The John Brown Media team behind food magazine, Pick n Pay's Fresh Living, received top results at the annual Galliova Awards on 19 October - with talented foodies Justine Drake and Anke Roux being recognised for their outstanding work.
John Brown 25 Oct 2012
News of cost-cutting and title closures in the print industry don't shock anymore. They are just a fact of life.
Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA 25 Oct 2012
Abigail Donnelly, food editor of Woolworths Taste, won two awards at the recent Galliova Food Writers' Awards. She was named Best Food Writer of the Year, the top award, and Best Stylist for her work on the New Media publication.
24 Oct 2012
Much has been reported lately about the state of the print media in South Africa, with particular reference to a lack of innovation among newspapers and magazines.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — The state's Department of Natural Resources plans to build a new mine safety training center in eastern Ohio.
The department's director, James Zehringer, says officials are seeking proposals from community and business leaders for potential locations for the new center.
A capital budget recently passed by the Legislature included $2 million to help build the facility.
The natural resources department says the center will include a simulated underground coal mine, training rooms and space to hold federally required mine safety competitions.
The agency is looking for about 10 to 15 acres of land for the center. Proposals for potential locations must be submitted by July 15. The pitches will be evaluated based on location, accessibility, cost, available utilities and development costs.


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Hi everyone,
I'm practicing my quadratic equations for exams in a few months and this seems to be the only one in the book giving me problems.
Usually I don't have a problem putting them into standard form and factorising them, perhaps I'm forgetting to do something.
This is the equation I'm working on at the moment, the answers that I am suppose to end up with in the book are x=7/3 and x=-1 ( where x is not actually to -1 because one of the original terms is undefined).
3 - 4/(1+x) = 8/(x^2-1)
3 + 4/(x-1) = 8/(x(x-1)) - simplify
(x-1)(3 + 4/(x-1)) = (8/(x(x-1)))(x-1) - multiply both sides by (x-1)
3x -3 +4 = 8/x
x(3x + 1) = (8/x)(x) multiply both sides by x
3x^2 +x = 8
3x^2 +x -8 = 0
This is where i get stuck because i can't factorise it from here. Unless i got it wrong way in the beginning.
please give me a hand.


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In my introduction, I forgot to tell you all, I am a HUGE fan of the band Green Day.
Use this thread to talk about their albums and songs...or anything about them.
Green Day Talk!
Started by FurbyTamagotchiGizmoFijits , May 18 2012 09:04 PM
Started18 May 2012
Last Post17 Jun 2012
Posted 21 May 2012 - 11:00 PM ( #2 )
I used to love Greenday, but recently not so much. I realized all of their songs kind of sounded the same, when listening to Dookie I couldn't tell if the song had switched or not. But Amercian Idiot is good no matter what, heheh.
Posted 23 May 2012 - 09:11 AM ( #3 )
Basket Case was the first song i heard by them and i still love it lol im not so keen on their new stuff but same i love American Idiot
Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:54 AM ( #4 )
American idiot was awesome! But you guys should listen to Justin beiber! HE IS THE BRST!


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Palermo Christmas pizza or Sfincione di San Giovanni is a special occasion treat served on the feast of San Giovanni, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and Good Friday. Except in Palermo where it's served all year around and from what I hear, is one of the most delicious street foods you can find there.
It's unlike our traditional pizza with it's thick, soft focaccia-style crust and mountain of bread crumbs covering the top. Two kinds of cheese are encased between: mozzarella and parmesan, along with a host of sweet, caramelized onions and a layer of thick tomato sauce.
I can't vouch for the authenticity of this recipe. Thousands of miles span the gap between me and Sicily. I don't have access to the same ingredients, like the cheese they might use called caciocavallo. And because I adapted this from King Arthur Flour, a company whose products and recipes I absolutely adore. But who are undoubtedly American in origin. But I do know this: eaten hot or cold straight from the fridge any hour of the day or night it is highly comforting and uniquely satisfying. Seeing as I don't need a holiday to eat or make pizza. Of any kind.
1. Combine all of the crust ingredients and mix and knead to make a smooth, soft dough, using a stand mixer, bread machine, or your hands.
2. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl and allow it to rise until puffy about 90 minutes.
3. While the dough rises get your toppings ready. Fry the onions in a large skillet over medium heat with a few tablespoons of olive oil, sugar, and season with salt and pepper. Stir every five minutes until browned, about 25-30 minutes.
4. Add in the tomatoes, anchovies and a teaspoon of oregano, simmer for 20 minutes. Turn off heat and allow to cool.
5. Stir together the bread crumbs, oil and oregano, set aside.
6. Spray a large rimmed baking sheet (a 13″ x 18″ half sheet pan) with non-stick spray. Drizzle it with olive oil, tilting the pan so the oil spreads out a bit.
7. Gently deflate the risen dough, and stretch it into an oval in your hands. Put it on the baking sheet and gently knead and stretch it out to fit the pan. If you have a hard time stretching it leave it alone for five minutes and try again.
8. Cover the dough, and let it rise again for about 90 minutes.
9. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Uncover the dough and sprinkle the mozzarella evenly over top, then spread the tomato/onion sauce over top, sprinkle with Parmesan, then the bread crumbs.
10. Bake the pizza for 35 minutes, or until the crust and crumbs are brown. Remove from the oven and let set for 5 minutes before slicing. To keep the crust crispy cut pizza in half or in quarters and place on a wire cooling rack. Slices can be cut with kitchen shears. Serve hot or cold.
*Use the lesser amount in summer (or in a humid environment), the greater amount in winter (or in a dry climate), and somewhere in between the rest of the year, or if your house is climate controlled.
I'm floored. And thrilled. Because I've made it to Round Seven in Project Food Blog! Happy dance. I can't thank-you enough! Really. But I'll try. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you! How's that? xoxo
I'm sending this to the Hearth & Soul blog hop hosted by Heather of Girlichef!
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The sixth annual Nell Propst Northeast Colorado Local History Contest winners were recognized Monday, at a special awards luncheon, at the Tennant Art Gallery.
Chuck Podraza, secretary of the History Contest committee, welcomed students and guests to the luncheon. Other committee members include Ken Horner, chairman; Peter Youngers; Dick Smith; and Roy Wheeler.
Featured speaker at this year's lunch was Bernice Artzer-Mills, who worked to get downtown Sterling named a Historic District and is now working on turning the Stevens School property turned into an art school.
She told the students to think about "How would you describe yourself, today? How would you describe your parents and your family, your aunts and your uncles? Are you currently happy with the way your life is? What would you change? Is there any one person you greatly admire and why do you admire that individual? Do you have strong feelings about any particular goal? Have you gone out of your way to achieve any of those goals?"
Artzer-Mills also encouraged them to get involved in the community and dig into their family history.
"Know your history, really understand where you came from, because you may be more like your great-great grandfather than you realize; and support historic preservation in Sterling, support the museum, support whatever goes on, so that you can become part of the solution, instead of part of the problem.
This year there were 14 essays submitted by students throughout the area. The essays pay special tribute to the memory of Frank Walsh, who provided funding to offer the contest.
Taking first place in this year's contest was Randall Fyfe from Brush High School, who wrote about "World War II POW Camps in Northeastern Colorado." He received a $2,000 scholarship and his sponsoring teacher, Kyndra Sheets, received a $1,000 grant that may be used to fund class field trips or purchase classroom equipment and supplies.
Shelby Hart, of Wiggins High School, was the second place winner for his essay on "The Dearfield Dream." He received a $1,000 scholarship and his sponsoring teacher, Casey Clay, received a $500 grant.
Other participants included: Maverick Seewald, from Brush; Josi Dreher, from Merino; Rachael Frantz, from Fleming; Jordan McCracken, from Arickaree; Bryce Funk, from Prairie; Elayna Muller, from Fleming; Sheyanne Warboys, from Prairie; Krissa Baseggio, from Sterling; Trevor Sanders, from Merino; Trent Leoffler, from Brush; Trevor Dalton, from Holyoke; and Keeya Marquez, from Revere.
The essays were judged by Baxter Arnold, Janet Bigler and Kay Brigham-Rich.
In addition to the writing contest, there was also a cover contest. Seven entries were submitted by area artists.
The winning entry, titled "Gambling with a Storm," by Emily Lovell, of Fleming High School, is shown on the cover of a book featuring the students' essays. Lovell received a $1,000 scholarship and her faculty sponsors, Dan Conn and Nate Laybourn, received $500.
Other artists who submitted work included: Avalon Stutzman, from Sterling; Taylor Jackson, from Liberty; Taylor Boyer, from Wiggins; Kelsey Guy, from Akron; and Kayla Weaver, from Liberty.
The art contest was judged by Dave Wagner, Kathy Wernsman and Theresa Conklin.
All scholarships are funded by Frank and Gloria Walsh and can be used at the college of the writer's choice.
The contest was open to students in Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Yuma counties, plus the Briggsdale, New Raymer, Pawnee and Grover school districts in northeastern Weld County.
Students were asked to write a thesis of approximately 2,000 to 2,500 words on the local history about individual, groups of individuals or events affecting or occurring within the geographical area served by the participating school districts within northeastern Colorado.
Each school was allowed to submit two essays.
All essays have been included in a book titled "Volume V A Short History of Northeastern Colorado (As Seen Through the Eyes of Our High School Scholars).
Each student received a copy of the book, which is available for the public to purchase at the Overland Trail Museum, as well as the Julesburg, Wray, Fort Morgan and Greeley museums, and online at Amazon.com. Cost is $10.76.
After the luncheon students got to tour Overland Trail Museum and Northeastern Junior College.
Sponsors of the annual contest include Frank and Gloria Walsh, NJC, Overland Trail Museum, Logan County Historical Society and Sterling Monument Company.
To learn more about the essay contest, visit nphec.com.


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Chocolate-Pecan Sticky Buns Recipe
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You won't believe how delicious this super-easy, 4-ingredient recipe is! Sent from Tamara Logan of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, these rolls have surprise chocolate kisses inside that guests will love.
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- 1 can (15 ounces) coconut-pecan frosting
- 1 cup pecan halves
- 2 tubes (12 ounces each) refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
- 20 milk chocolate kisses
- Spread frosting over the bottom of a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Arrange pecans over frosting; set aside.
- Flatten each biscuit to 1/4-in. thickness. Place a chocolate kiss in the center of each biscuit. Bring up edges of dough and pinch to seal. Arrange biscuits, flat side down, over pecans.
- Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Invert onto a serving plate; serve immediately. Yield: 20 servings.
Originally published as Chocolate-Pecan Sticky Buns in Simple & Delicious November/December 2007, p12
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