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- 1 package (9 ounces) refrigerated rainbow-herb, five-cheese tortellini
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, thickly sliced
- 5 ounces (approximately 1 cup) cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered
- 1 bottle (8 ounces) fat-free Italian dressing
Fill a 2-quart pot 2/3 full with water and bring to a boil. Add tortellini. Reduce heat to a gentle boil (to avoid breaking open tortellini), and cook, stirring occasionally, 6–7 minutes or until pasta is tender but firm. Drain tortellini, rinse with cool water, and drain well again.
In a large bowl, combine cooked tortellini, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Drizzle with dressing and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours to allow flavors to blend; toss twice during chilling to recoat tortellini.
Yield: 5 1/2 cups.
Serving size: 1 cup.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 168 calories, Carbohydrates: 25 g, Protein: 8 g, Fat: 4 g, Saturated Fat: 2 g, Sodium: 670 mg, Fiber: 1 g
Exchanges per serving: 1 1/2 starch, 1/2 vegetable,1 fat. Carbohydrate choices: 2.
This recipe was developed by Tami Ross, a Diabetes Nutrition Specialist and Certified Diabetes Educator in Lexington, Kentucky.


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 8, No. 1 Spring 1981
Dale A. Buckmaster, Editor UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Editor, Managerial Innovation at General Motors (New York: Arno Press, 1979, $14.00).
Reviewed by Daniel A. Wren University of Oklahoma
The title would suggest that we will find some managerial inno-vations by General Motors—yet the editor leaves it to the reader to determine what these might be. The editor offers no explanation of why these eight items (six reprinted articles and two reprinted speeches from the period 1923-1927) were selected, how they might fit a theme, or just what the "innovation" might have been. For those who are familiar with Professor Chandler's writings, the ra-tionale can be found fairly readily—but if Chandler has not been on your reading list, do not start with this collection. Chandler's work has emphasized the growth of enterprise and how managerial responses are made to this growth. In this collection, his selection is the writings of top G.M. executives (all Vice-Presidents with two exceptions) to show how this enterprise responded to growth.
Under William C. Durant, General Motors had been an unwieldly union of motor car and parts producers. As G.M. faced bankruptcy, it was Du Pont money and Pierre S. du Pont as Chief Executive who saved the Durant creation in 1920. The Du Pont Company, under Pierre S. du Pont, had already pioneered some of the organizational and managerial techniques which would be used at G.M. Du Pont's Treasurer, Donaldson Brown (who contributed four of the eight arti-cles in this book) came to G.M., and together with Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., helped create the G.M. organization with centralized policy and control and decentralized administration and operations.
The managerial innovations at G.M. were those steps taken to bring a rational system of policies, plans, structure, and controls to the organization, something it lacked under previous management.

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In-house maintenance staff can typically handle the two periodic tests needed for dry-type transformers: 1) insulation resistance testing, and 2) core ground (if applicable). One advantage of oil-filled transformers over dry type is you can tell a whole lot more about their condition. However, the tests you must perform to get this information are typically beyond the capabilities of in-house maintenance staff.
Use a qualified testing firm to conduct a full program that includes the dry-type tests plus:
- Insulation PF testing
- Oil samples (sent out for analysis)
- Oil gas analysis
- Detailed internal inspection and connection testing
- Other tests as warranted (e.g., impedance, excitation current)
Required frequency ranges from three months to five years, depending upon transformer condition and criticality. When scheduling the shutdown, allow for contingencies.
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Due to the curse that afflicts the technical side of things here at the WCCA, we'll be conducting the nomination round once again this year by e-mailed ballots. I'll be sending the ballots out to the 1,000 or so registered voters Sunday and Monday, so if you're registered and you don't get a ballot by, say, Thursday the 10th, please drop me a line at email@example.com and let me know.
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I have created a video explaining the level of planets according to Spiritism. We all start out as primitive spirits, hence we first incarnate on a primitive planet. When we graduate from there, we go to a planet of atonement (where we are now). Our next level is a planet of regeneration. Learn more – click here.
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Hillary Clinton is scheduled to address The Black Women's Agenda Symposium in Washington, D.C., Friday, in what could be her first public event since she fell ill during the Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony Sunday morning.
The Democratic presidential nominee, who was diagnosed with pneumonia last week, will address participants in the morning workshop, her campaign said in a press release Tuesday.
Clinton was scheduled to speak Thursday night at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Annual Awards Gala but it's not clear if she will still attend.
Clinton abruptly left a 9-11 anniversary event Sunday in New York and was seen on video stumbling and being held up by aides. After roughly 90 minutes of silence from her campaign, aides said Clinton left because she was overheated. Several hours later, her doctor acknowledged she had been diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier.
Clinton spent Monday at her home in Chappaqua, New York, after canceling a fundraising trip in California.
In a text message to supporters Monday night, Clinton wrote: "Like anyone who's ever been home sick from work, I'm just anxious to get back out there."
In her first comments about her health condition since the dizzy spell, Clinton said in a phone interview on CNN late Monday that she pressed on with a busy campaign schedule because she didn't think the pneumonia was "going to be that big a deal."
"I was supposed to rest five days -- that's what they told me on Friday -- and I didn't follow that very wise advice," Clinton said.
"So I just want to get this over and done with and get back on the trail as soon as possible," she said.
In a move aimed at quieting questions about transparency, Clinton said she would be releasing more medical information this week. Her campaign has sought to turn the matter around on Republican opponent Donald Trump, who has released only a glowing letter from his doctor, though the billionaire real estate mogul says that he, too, plans to make public additional information in the coming days.
Trump showed surprising restraint regarding Clinton's health. He wished her well and did not repeat questions he has previously raised about whether the former secretary of state has the strength and stamina to be president.


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The eAtlas shows the gender gaps from primary to tertiary education using the latest available data from the UIS. With about 100 interactive maps and charts, the eAtlas shows the educational pathways of girls and boys in more than 200 countries and territories.
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Twice as many girls as boys will never start school says UNESCO eAtlas launched in advance of International Women's Day
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Almost 16 million girls between the ages six and 11 will never get the chance to learn to read or write in primary school compared to about 8 million boys if current trends continue, according to a new report from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). In the run-up to International Women's Day on 8 March, the UNESCO eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education shows that girls are still the first to be denied the right to education despite all the efforts and progress made over the past 20 years.
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Children who are excluded from education often face multiple and overlapping disadvantages. They are poor, rural and often girls. In this data interactive a clearer picture is drawn on why they are out of school.


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By NBCSanDiego.com
The man who faces arson charges in connection to May's destructive firestorm will stand trial, a judge determined Monday.
At his preliminary hearing, Alberto Serrato, 57, was bound over for trial on a charge of arson during a state of emergency. That count is an enhancement over a regular arson charge and carries a longer sentence if convicted.
During the hearing, Oceanside Police Officer Frank McCutcheon testified that Serrato tried to rekindle embers from the San Luis Rey Riverbed Fire in Oceanside on May 14, right after firefighters doused the area.
When they drove up to the 5200 block of N. River Road, McCutcheon says he and his partner saw Serrato gathering sage brush.
"And he throws the dead brush down onto where it appeared the smoke was coming from," the officer told the court.
He said they saw the suspect add fuel to the fire at least twice.
"We see a fire start again and engulf the tree with flames probably growing higher than 10 feet," said McCutcheon. "It was seconds; it was pretty quick."
Soon after, the officers took Serrato into custody and booked him into jail.
Serrato's defense attorney pointed out McCutcheon had written in his police report that the fire diminished down quickly and did not spread, which the officer conceded was true.
But the defense and Serrato's family argues it was not brush that Serrato was throwing on the flames.
"He was over there and he was throwing dirt on the fire to try to get it out," said Traci Phebus Serrato, the defendant's sister-in-law.
She told NBC 7 that Serrato is being targeted because of his name and prior affiliation with a gang.
"He hasn't been in trouble so long. Why would he do something to get back into that type of trouble? There's no way," she said.
Serrato's attorney said he denies each and every allegation against him when the judge ordered he be bound over. His trial is scheduled for July 22.
If convicted, Serrato faces up to 13 years in prison because of the arson charge's enhancement and prior convictions.
The prosecution says the defendant was on probation at the time of the alleged incident.
The San Luis Rey Riverbed Fire was one of eight blazes to pop up across the North County between late morning and sundown on May 14, raising the suspicion that some had been started intentionally.
Oceanside is the first community to bring charges against anyone in connection to the fires. Serrato has not been connected to any of the other blazes.


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Campuses also face tough budget reduction choices
The University of Missouri System will nearly cut in half its commitment to the Enterprise Investment Program, a key component of its research and economic development mission, to help address the additional 1.1 percent—or $4.37 million—reduction in 2012 state appropriations announced by the governor on June 10.
The cut in this economic development program—from $5 million to $2.8 million—will cover approximately half of the latest cut in state support.
"While the university will be able to fulfill its commitment for the first round of pending investments in early-stage companies, the cut will adversely affect future funding of collaborative ventures among the university, entrepreneurs and businesses," said University of Missouri System Interim President Steve Owens. "In all likelihood, the cut also will reduce the amount of new revenues from licensing technologies that support the university's economic development mission. This was not a choice we wanted to make, but it was the least objectionable option."
The other half of the 1.1 percent reduction will be allocated on a pro rata basis to each of the campuses, Extension and System Administration. Each operational unit throughout the system will make the decision about how to deal with its share of the cut.
Owens said he decided against other budget cuts discussed at the board of curators meeting in an effort to underscore the institution's commitment to its people—its greatest asset.
After discussions with campus chancellors and others, Owens opted not to impose a student fee surcharge or reduce institutional financial aid because students should not bear the brunt of the latest reduction in state support, he said. He also decided not to reduce the 2 percent salary merit pool for employees given already lagging competitive salaries and will not increase employees' contributions to the retirement plan in light of the board's recent efforts to protect retirement benefits. Owens also decided not to reduce funding for Extension's 4-H program at the System level and will defer any decision on it to the Columbia campus.
Capping enrollments—another option presented at the board of curators meeting—is a long-term strategy that will require careful study, Owens said.
"We cannot continue to take more and more students while state support declines and there are legal and practical restrictions on our ability to increase tuition," he said. "Without adequate resources, the quality of our academic and research programs is at risk."
Owens noted this strategy has been adopted or considered by public institutions in several states, including Texas, Florida, California, Nevada, North Carolina, Iowa, Washington, Arizona, Michigan, Colorado and others.
The most recent 1.1 percent reduction in state support is in addition to $8.7 million in previously identified cuts, efficiencies and reallocations and $53.2 million in cuts self-imposed by the university to balance the FY12 budget. These reductions include:
- $37.1 million from deferred maintenance and repair on labs, classrooms and buildings, bringing the university's deferred maintenance backlog to more than $1 billion
- $3.4 million in position eliminations or deferrals
- $4.6 million in operating expense reductions across the campuses and units
- $4.5 million in future capital investment
- $1.5 million increase in net revenues
- $2.1 million in deferral of debt service
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Another aniline release at DuPont
For the second time in less than a year, there was an accidental release of the chemical aniline at the DuPont Beaumont Works site on Texas 347 between Beaumont and Nederland.
According to a statement from Aaron H. Woods, regional manager for DuPont Operations Public Affairs, "On Oct. 1, aniline was released from a vessel at the DuPont Beaumont Works site. The release did not result in exposure to the community, and we are not aware of any employee exposures or other safety issues resulting from the release. The material was contained, and DuPont completed the cleanup process on Friday, Oct. 5. We are investigating the cause of the release so we can make corrections to prevent reoccurrence."
The Examiner has learned that at least 20 electricians were laid off after the release. They were employed by Newtron Electrical and included many union electricians from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. An IBEW source said DuPont has indicated the electricians would be rehired in approximately two weeks.
Maintenance workers at the adjacent Lucite facility were pulled off the job as a precaution following the release but returned to work the next day.
The statement from DuPont spokesman Woods also said, "The amount (of aniline) released was below the TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) 'reportable quantity'; however, DuPont provided the TCEQ with a courtesy notification of the release event."
Andrea Morrow of TCEQ Media Relations confirmed the agency received that notification and accepted the amount of aniline released was below the reportable quantity.
A more serious release occurred at the same facility Nov. 3, 2011, when a relief valve failed and 1,000 pounds of aniline were spewed into the air. The brownish-orange liquid coated much of the north end of the industrial complex, which includes the Lucite and Pandora plants.
Aniline is used to make a wide variety of products such as polyurethane foam, agricultural chemicals, synthetic dyes, antioxidants, stabilizers for the rubber industry, herbicides, varnishes and explosives.
Initial reports indicated no workers were impacted by the release, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) who monitors employee safety issues.
"No report was made on the Oct. 1 incident," said Elizabeth Todd, regional director of the Office of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Labor. She added that OSHA policy required that three or more injuries or one fatality must be reported within an eight-hour period.
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Given the status of the U.S. budget deficit, it is unlikely that the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation can expect to see significant increases in funding any time soon. Indeed, the NIH has just enacted across-the-board budget cuts, and the percentage of grants that will be able to be funded is approaching a dangerously low level. This makes the process of application evaluation incredibly important – and given the fact that the NIH alone received 77,000 applications last year, the task of evaluation may never have been more challenging.
For students and postdoctoral fellows not familiar with the workings of the NIH, grant applications are evaluated by review panels (or study sections) composed of scientists from across the country. A scientific review officer oversees the panels and ensures that meetings follow specific guidelines. The SRO assembles the panel of expert scientists, seeking to ensure representation of men, women, under-represented minorities and institutions from all around the U.S. A member of the panel is appointed to chair the proceedings.
Although research is funded by one of the many institutes or centers at the NIH (e.g., the National Institute of General Medical Sciences or the National Cancer Institute), review oversight is provided by the Center for Scientific Review, whose sole task is to oversee application review. Thus, a panel may review applications that have the potential to be funded by different institutes. In rare cases, an institute may assemble its own review panels. The job of the panel is to rank applications in relation to the other applications evaluated in that general area of research. That information is then provided to the relevant institute, and funding decisions are made by the institute, not by the CSR, depending on the institute's budget and priorities. Individual review panels may be approach-based; for example, they may evaluate only applications in structural biology. Alternatively, they may be much broader in scope, with a single panel evaluating topics as diverse as chaperones, protein folding, membrane trafficking and mitochondrial function.
Review panels score an application after three reviewers read it (before the meeting), present their critiques to the group (during the meeting), and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. The reviewers suggest scores, and the entire panel votes based on their understanding of reviewer presentations and their assessment of how that science ranks in significance relative to other applications under discussion. The reviewers don't always agree, and it is the responsibility of the panel's chairman either to help achieve consensus or to identify the points of contention for the group. Panels usually meet three times a year and consider about 85 applications per meeting.
During the past several years, the NIH has sought to identify the highest impact applications, focusing all discussion on the significance of the science proposed. This is important: There is more science that can be done than dollars available, and it is essential that the NIH spend funds on the most important and impactful science. What many new applicants have trouble understanding is the fact that review panels simply rank the applications that are received. Thus, if a famous scientist in a given area submits an application at the same time as a new faculty member, they will be compared and ranked accordingly. You can submit an excellent application and still rank lower based simply on who else submitted an application at the same time. Lucky for new investigators, their applications have a special demarcation, and institute staff members reach farther down the ranked list to ensure increased success for new applicants.
One of the most valuable aspects of a review panel discussion relates to relative significance. The chairman plays an incredibly important role: Because the entire panel votes, it is the chairman's responsibility to ensure that everyone understands the application and contributes to the discussion of its overall significance for the field. Members of the panel need to be encouraged to ask questions relating to significance, and the discussion can involve difficult questions, such as: Why is this chaperone study of greater impact to the field than another proposal to study mitochondrial fusion? How many other labs are also asking the same question using the same approaches?
The CSR faces many challenges, including recruiting the very best reviewers available. Some scientists claim to be too busy to serve; some prefer not to lose time to travel. Yet every panel must include experts with the requisite knowledge to evaluate the science under discussion. To manage this challenge, the CSR sometimes turns to telephone or internet-based reviews. There is no question that if a proposal utilizes an unusual technique it is important for an expert to be able to provide expertise regarding one or two applications. However, when reviewers phone in their comments, they don't usually listen in to the entire meeting's proceedings and are thus less able to contribute to the broader discussions that are so important when diverse science has to be ranked successfully. Similarly, internet-based review can be valuable when a small set of applications is under consideration. Three referees usually can reach a consensus or even carry out a heated debate in a bloglike forum. However, it is much more difficult for a larger group to discuss the relative significance of diverse areas of science using this format. The CSR is to be applauded for trying new technologies to save all of us travel time and money. Nevertheless, this applicant hopes that in-person reviews will continue to be supported, as the pursuit of high significance requires a level of discussion that is hard to achieve on a blog. In the past few years, the CSR has begun alternating meetings between the east and west coasts, a positive development that can save time and money for panel members and for the NIH.
Some American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology members have written to me to share their frustration with the shorter format of critiques now provided by review panels. In previous years, when a higher percentage of submitted applications could be funded, these critiques provided important clues to aid applicants in crafting revised applications. Now, the NIH permits submission of only one revised application. This new rule was instituted so that there would not be backlogs of revised applications receiving priority over new and exciting submissions. While well intended, the new rule has frustrated many scientists, because at the moment, even outstanding proposals are not receiving a score that the institutes can fund. Perhaps the rule can be modified so that applicants who obtain a priority score in the 20th percentile or better would be able to submit one additional revised version ("A2"). An additional frustration stems from the fact that review panel rosters can change from one meeting to the next. Thus, a proposal revised in response to one set of comments may fail on resubmission due to a completely new set contributed by a different group of reviewers. Tight budgets also drive reviewers to find reasons not to fund something rather than to try to find reasons in favor of funding. This can lead to very good proposals being nitpicked to death over trivial issues of experimental detail. It is the responsibility of the panel chairman to stop this trend, but once a discussion has any negative tone, it is very difficult to turn it around.
While one can learn a great deal about the grant process by serving on a panel, I usually discourage junior faculty from serving until after they have obtained tenure. More senior scientists can provide a broad perspective in terms of what constitutes the most innovative science and what will offer the most significant advances, hopefully without nitpicking the details provided by a researcher with a strong record of previous accomplishment. These individuals also may have more time to commit to grant reading and critique writing, which is significant. How can we encourage more top scientists to serve on panels? ASBMB has provided the CSR with a long list of members who are willing to serve. ASBMB Past-president Gregory Petsko has called for a jury pool system where all grant recipients must be willing to serve if called upon; I support this approach wholeheartedly. I also encourage you to contact SROs in your research area and suggest names of senior experts who would add depth and knowledge to current panels. Encourage your colleagues to serve, because there has never been a more important time for us to help out. By working together with the SROs at the CSR, we can enhance the review process. Thanks also to our members Bruce Alberts, Etty Benveniste, Heidi Hamm, David Korn and Keith Yamamoto, who advise the CSR, and to all ASBMB members who volunteer to review applications for the NIH and the NSF at this critical time in research funding.
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EPFO settles around 8 lakh claims in September
It was observed in a review meeting by the EPFO September 2013, the Organisation settled 7,96,759 claims in its 123 offices located throughout the country compared to 7,49,639 claims settled during September 2012, an official release said.
More than 50 per cent of the EPFO offices settled more than 80 per cent of the claims within 10 days of receipt and offices including Ujjain, Gwalior, Udaipur, Jabalpur, Agra and Laxmi Nagar among many others are settling 80 per cent of the claims within 3 days.
EPFO responded to 16,586 grievances in September which resulted in reducing total number of grievances to around 6,000. The earlier number was more than 25,000. It is also relevant that 101 of the 123 offices have no grievance pending for more than a month.
During September, the body received Rs 6,018 crore as remittances compared to Rs 5,961 crore in the previous month of August. A total of 4.55 crore accounts were updated till the month of September.
EPFO has set a new target to enhance its efficiency levels which include a long term target of settling all claims in 3 days, per capita productivity of 15 claims per day, resolution of grievances registered in the grievance portal 'EPFiGMS' within 10 days, liquidation (updation) of 80 per cent annual accounts by October, 2013 and 100 per cent by December,2013.
In order to provide safe, secure and speedy disbursement of pension, Core Banking Solution (CBS) has been made use of. Almost, 84 per cent of the 45 lakhs pensioners are being disbursed pension monthly using CBS, the statement said.
During the meeting Central Provident Fund Commissioner K K Jalan reviewed the working of compliance division and stressed the need for ensuring compliance in respect of contract employees.
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Abdel Wahab
Famous traditional Lebanese restaurant next to Monot street
Branches:Monot, Saida, Le Mall Dbayeh
Price:Between 25$ and 45$
Review by Souad
A famous restaurant in a street of the same name, Abdel Wahab serves typical Lebanese food in a nicely traditionally decorated place.
Food is very good, without being exceptional, and service is attentive. The price is well above average, but this is worth it: the restaurant is famous and needs to keep its reputation, so you'll not be disappointed.Write a Review
Lebanese traditional cuisine
Suitable for vegetarians. Serves alcohol.
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Has a terrace. Recommended for large groups and business lunches.
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Sep 5, 2010 at 14:19Loved the restaurant, decor, and the food! the meat was excellent. Didn't feel like we were rushed to eat since it was iftar... so that they can do a second service. Great restaurant!!
Abdel Wahab El Inglizi Street, next to Monot street, Ashrafieh.
Phone Number: 01 200 550 or 01 200 551
Saida Mall
Phone Number: 07 751 966 or 71 200 550
Le Mall Dbayeh
Phone Number: 04 410 440
See Also
Zahr El Laymoun - Dbayeh(26 votes)
Oriental kitchen and grill café
Zess - Dbayeh(9 votes)
Lebanese restaurant on the seaside road
Kasr Fakhreddine - Broumana(3 votes)
High End Lebanese Restaurant with an Outstanding View
Beit Ward - Ramlet el Baida(7 votes)
Relaxing View over the Sea
Lamb House - Manara(9 votes)
Restaurant of Méditérannée Hotel
Lebneniyet - Downtown(6 votes)
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A room with a fire hydrant for building's office dogs
Seattle's latest office amenity is a special room for dogs to conduct their business. Also, Little Sheep brings a Mongolian restaurant brand from Pizza Hut's parent, and Microsoft will put translation software into Skype.
Seattle Times business staff
In a city where households with dogs outnumber those with kids, Seattle's historic Dexter Horton building is introducing a rare workplace amenity — an indoor dog lounge where workers taking a break from business can bring their dogs to do theirs.
A carpet of artificial grass, complete with a vintage metal fire hydrant, offers pooches a place to go off-leash and relieve themselves. An irrigation system below the gently sloping turf treats liquid waste and flushes it into a drain. Owners are expected to pick up their pet's poop and dispose of it in the trash bin.
A ventilation system maintains negative pressure in the room, pulling air through a charcoal filter 15 times per hour and keeping any smells from wafting into the hallway.
It all makes the dog-walking areas outside Amazon's many office buildings look a bit primitive.
The dog lounge is one of several changes since Portland real-estate developer Gerding Edlen bought the 15-story building at Second Avenue and Cherry Street last year for $77 million. The building is about 11 percent vacant.
"We have the only dog-sanitation room in an office building downtown," said real-estate broker Dan Dahl, of Colliers International, which markets the building to prospective tenants. "We're trying to offer a package of amenities that'll appeal to employees."
Spencer Norris, an employee of a firm in the building, took a break Thursday morning to bring his 1-year-old boxer, Benny, to the dog lounge.
"It works," Norris said. "You don't smell anything."
Some office workers must juggle their schedules with the need to go home and let their dog out — or face a stinky mess indoors.
And the alternative of doggy day care is expensive at $20 to $35 a day, he said.
With the dog lounge in his building, Norris said, he could envision bringing Benny to work for a half day and paying for only a half-day of day care.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you see more (office) buildings follow suit," he said.
Besides the dog lounge, Gerding Edlen is making available to building tenants a new bike locker room with showers and a rooftop clubhouse. Employees taking their dogs to and from the dog lounge will have to use a freight elevator.
It's not the first time the 90-year-old building has been pioneering in potties.
In the 1920s, the Dexter Horton's boosters touted its centralized lavatories as a first in an office building in the West, complete with white-robed attendants, according to an old marketing brochure.
"The men's wash room can be described best as one large, beautifully-equipped room, such as might be found in the most luxurious metropolitan hotels or clubs, finished with polished Alaska marble and terrazzo floors," the brochure states.
Women had a lounge at their disposal, and more.
"Besides the regular attendants a nurse is engaged during business hours with the duty of caring for all indisposed women in the building," according to the brochure. "Service of this nature is unparalleled in any office building in the West."
Real-estate broker Dahl, who keeps a copy of the old brochure at his desk, is happy to see the Dexter Horton building continue its innovative ways.
"I thought I had seen everything," he said. "This one is over the top."
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China chain to open restaurant
In the increasingly globalized business of corporate restaurants, Starbucks, McDonald's, KFC, and TGI Friday's have jumped enthusiastically into the China market.
But few restaurant operations have gone the other way.
Now a restaurant chain born deep within China, Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot, is expanding in the U.S. and opening its latest location next month in Seattle's Chinatown/International District.
Hot-pot restaurants put a bubbling caldron of broth in the middle of the table, and diners can order an array of meats, seafood, vegetables and noodles to drop into the pot and fish out when cooked.
Little Sheep, which originated in China's Inner Mongolia province, now has several hundred locations across that nation. That's why it was acquired a couple years ago by Yum Brands for more than half a billion dollars.
Yum, of course, runs Taco Bell, as well as Pizza Hut and KFC — including about 4,000 eateries of the latter two brands in China.
So is Little Sheep now an American company? Not so fast — there's yet another layer. The entrepreneur opening the Seattle location is from mainland China.
George Jiao immigrated to Vancouver, B.C., and was in real estate before getting involved with Little Sheep.
He now runs Little Sheep's Pacific Northwest operation, which to date includes three locations in Vancouver and its suburbs, and one in Bellevue near Crossroads Mall.
An associate runs a dozen other locations in Southern California and the Northeast. They have licensed the rights to develop Little Sheep across North America, Jiao says.
After the Seattle restaurant is running smoothly, says Jiao, "we may go to Portland." Further market research — and more store experience, presumably — will help them decide exactly how far the hot-pot concept can go in the U.S.
Don Blakeney, executive director of the Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area, notes that Little Sheep isn't the only Chinese restaurant brand putting down roots around here.
Din Tai Fung, the renowned Taiwan-based dumpling chain, now has locations in Bellevue and Seattle.
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Microsoft demos Skype Translator
Microsoft will release a beta version of Skype Translator, a real-time conversation translator, sometime this year.
CEO Satya Nadella demonstrated Skype Translator during his appearance this past week at Recode's Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Gurdeep Pall, corporate vice president of Skype and Lync, who participated in the demonstration, wrote in a Microsoft blog post that "the demo showed near real-time audio translation from English to German and vice versa, combining Skype voice and IM technologies with Microsoft Translator, and neural network-based speech recognition."
Skype Translator will be available first as a Windows 8 beta app before the end of 2014, Pall wrote in the blog post.
Recode, in an article on the technology, noted that "Microsoft will start with a handful of languages and only for the Windows version of Skype, though Microsoft hopes to quickly add more languages as well as support for the many types of computers and mobile devices that Skype customers use."
(Nadella, by the way, during the appearance, apparently opened up a bit about his family life, talking about how two of his three children have special needs, including a son who is quadriplegic, Recode reporter Ina Fried noted in her liveblog.)
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A Colorful Autumn Wedding at Shady Elms Farm in Hickory, Pennsylvania
Plaid blankets, chalkboard accents and autumn-inspired treats like caramels and homemade pies lent undeniable fall flair to Julie Glaser (29 and owner of a floral and event design company) and Gregory Start's (28 and a technical writer) October wedding. "A festive autumn party felt perfect for us since we met in the fall and it's our favorite time of year," Julie says. Stunning florals were a no-brainer for Julie, who owns Pittsburgh-based floral company Sapphire & Lace Design with her sister Bethany. At the ceremony, freshly collected leaves lined the aisle and a cascading floral arch served as the altar. After the couple officially became Mr. and Mrs. with a personalized tree-planting unity ceremony, the couple and their guests celebrated in a barn with signature treats including old-fashioneds and a sweet sip dubbed The Perfect Pear. "It's a drink recipe that I love from one of our favorite local restaurants," Julie says. Additional indulgences ranged from a burnt almond torte to a dessert wagon filled with taffy and apple-flavored candy.


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Some crazy stats from Heat's comeback against Cavaliers
Here are some incredible numbers from the Miami Heat's 98-95 victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland on Wednesday, a game in which the Heat fell behind 67-40 with 7:44 left in the third quarter.
With the win, Miami has won 24 consecutive games, the second-longest winning streak in NBA history. They are nine wins shy of tying the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers' record of 33 wins in a row.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Heat are just the fourth road team in 1,320 games to trail by at least 27 points in the second half since the 2000-01 season and win. The others: Phoenix, down 29 in the third quarter, beat the Boston Celtics on Dec. 5, 2003; Sacramento, down 35 in the third quarter, beat the Chicago Bulls on Dec. 21, 2009; Milwaukee, down 27 in the third quarter, beat the Bulls on Nov. 26, 2012.
All teams – home or away – trailing by 27 points or more in the second half, are 6-2,013 in the past 15 seasons, according to ESPN Stats & Info.
During James' career with Cleveland, the Cavaliers were 39-0 in home and road games in which they led by 27 points or more. It was also the biggest collapse in Cleveland's 43-year history.
Miami outscored Cleveland 58-28 from the final 19 minutes, three seconds of the game. During that stretch, the Heat made 50% of their shots, including 58.8% of their three-point attempts. LeBron James was 3-of-5 on threes, Shane Battier was 3-of-4 on threes and Ray Allen was 3-of-6 on threes during that period. The Cavaliers shot just 35.7% during the stretch after shooting 50.9% prior to that point.
At one point during Miami's run, it scored on 15 consecutive possessions.
James had a triple-double: 25 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
James almost had a triple-double in the second half with 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. He also added three steals and two blocks in the final two quarters. Just three players, besides James, have reached those numbers in an entire game this season, according to basketball-reference.com: Atlanta's Josh Smith, Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin and Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant.
James has had back-to-back monster fourth quarters. Against the Cavaliers, James had 14 points, seven rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block and played all 12 minutes of the fourth quarter. He directly accounted for 20 of Miami's fourth-quarter points. In Miami's 105-103 victory against the Boston Celtics on Monday, James had 13 points, three assists and one rebound in the fourth quarter.
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Recent News
December 23, 2010
State Health Department Reports Possible Salmonella Outbreak
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has been notified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a possible Salmonella outbreak connected with contaminated alfalfa sprouts. DHSS has received reports of 16 Missouri residents becoming ill from the same strain of Salmonella, with cases occurring in Franklin, St. Charles, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Louis Counties, and in Kansas City. The department is investigating further to determine if the cases are connected.
In the course of this ongoing multi-state investigation, alfalfa sprouts distributed in Illinois have been identified as the likely source of the illness. DHSS does not believe that all alfalfa sprouts are affected.
Symptoms of salmonellosis (illness caused by Salmonella bacteria) include diarrhea, vomiting, fever and/or stomach cramps. Salmonellosis usually develops within six to 72 hours after a consumer's exposure to Salmonella bacteria and generally lasts three to seven days. Salmonella bacteria can be transmitted from person to person. Some individuals who are infected may have no symptoms at all but may still transmit the Salmonella bacteria to others. The spread of Salmonella from person to person may be avoided by careful hand washing with soap and water, particularly after using the restroom.
Consumers who may experience the symptoms described above should consult a health care provider and discuss the possibility of Salmonella infection, or other causes of such symptoms. If salmonellosis is diagnosed, should contact their local health department to report the condition.
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- Cook poultry, ground beef, and eggs thoroughly. Do not eat or drink foods containing raw eggs, or raw (unpasteurized) milk.
- If you are served undercooked meat, poultry or eggs in a restaurant, don't hesitate to send it back to the kitchen for further cooking.
- Wash hands, kitchen work surfaces, and utensils with soap and water immediately after they have been in contact with raw meat or poultry.
- Be particularly careful with foods prepared for infants, the elderly, and persons with immune system problems.
- Wash hands with soap after handling reptiles, birds, or baby chicks, and after contact with pet feces.
- Avoid direct or even indirect contact between reptiles (turtles, iguanas, other lizards, snakes) and infants or immunocompromised persons.
- Don't work with raw poultry or meat and an infant (e.g., feeding, changing diaper) at the same time.
- Mother's milk is the safest food for young infants. Breastfeeding helps prevent salmonellosis and many other health problems.
For more information about salmonellosis contact your local public health agency or check the CDC's site for more information.


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I was reminded by a recent magazine article to not forget my helper-people during all of my holiday gift giving. You know the ones I'm talking about. The mail man. The garbage guy. My kid's teacher. And, although the article didn't specifically mention them … the commissary baggers.
Ah, yes! The baggers! The spirit of Christmas, at the least, means I should give them a little something extra around the holidays. Even as I do my yearly reading of "A Christmas Carol" Charles Dickens seems to be speaking just to me. "Amy, you cheap MilSpouse, give these poor people an extra dollar or two."
He's right. I should. But my problem doesn't end there. Because the truth is that I never know what to tip the baggers to start with.
I'll never forget the first time I shopped at the commissary. I had grown-up shopping in Safeway where baggers are store employees and aren't even permitted to accept tips. I had no idea that I was expected to have a few dollar bills for the bagger. So I didn't. And boy did I feel like a jerk when I realized that I was their meal ticket.
Before writing this I made a phone call over the Defense Commissary Agency's public affairs office. I wanted to know what, if any, data they had on just how much baggers commonly make. I wanted them to hear "your measly $2 tip is below the national average."
But they didn't say that. Instead they repeated the "baggers are not commissary employees and work for tips only" line (necessitated by a 1997 lawsuit in which baggers sued DeCA for minimum wage because, according to this story). They said they have no information. They said they don't know what baggers usually make.
So I did some extraordinarily informal polling on the subject. I asked every military spouse I ran across for a few days how much they tip their baggers both in general and around the holidays.
What I found lined-up with what the author of this article said – it looks like, in general, shoppers tip somewhere between $2 and $5, with many being much closer to $5 side during the holiday season. One friend said she tips $10 a trip (whoa!!), another said she tips around $.25 a bag (a system that would require me paying attention to one more thing on top of the two children I'm already trying to shepherd).
I admit it. I'm closer to the $2 side.
Maybe I'm going to cheap military spouse hell. Or maybe no one out there actually knows what to tip the commissary baggers, either – holidays or not. You tell me.


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NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's said his administration is removing children from two homeless shelters with poor heating, bad food and other problems.
More than 400 children and their families have been transferred out of the Auburn Family Residence in Brooklyn and the Catherine Street shelter in Lower Manhattan, the New York Times reported.
The administration will be converting the two facilities into adult family shelters and will be finding other housing for the displaced families, officials said.
Inspectors have reported that the two shelters have cockroaches, insufficient heat, spoiled food and other problems, including violence.
"Until today, no mayor was willing to say no children should be treated this way, and that's a historic breakthrough," said attorney Steven Banks at the Legal Aid Society, which has fought the city over shelter conditions.
Auburn has been cited for more than 400 violations.
Catherine Street has had at least 150 violations since 2006.
The city has set a hearing on family shelters for next week.
The transition plan, which includes enhanced security measures and upgrades to both facilities, will cost the city more than $13 million.


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Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Radient Silvergun Returns, and Introduces an Awesome Arcade Stick
While it has already been known that the Saturn classic Radient Silvergun will be returning via a release on the XBOX Live Arcade in 2011, it was just recently announced that there will also be a kick-ass arcade stick. Check this thing out! The stick is made by Hori (so it's quality) and will sell for $160. Yikes! Well, if you have that sorta dough, you can buy the stick here. If you do plan on buying one, make sure to buy a second one and send it my way.
Merry Christmas!
[source: Kotaku]
2 comments:
- Eyz said...
Finally!! A good reason to get me an Xbox360 arcade stick!!
- 22 December 2010 at 12:51
- elend said...
Wow, that's an awesome stick.
- 22 December 2010 at 16:13
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Been there, Dunn that
TORONTO — So it's the sixth inning and I'm blogging now, so sue me. Honestly, I was so dumbfounded by the fact that the Blue Jays were scoring 11 runs over the first two innings that I complete forgot about hopping on here. Ah, well. Better late than never.
With the Reds in town, Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi couldn't escape questions about the recent controversy involving him and the Cincy slugger. As you probably know by now, Ricciardi made some comments last week during his weekly radio show, saying Dunn "lacked a passion for the game." Dunn wasn't happy.
On Tuesday, Ricciardi had this to say:
"I talked to Adam on Saturday, so I see it as a dead issue. I don't know if he [accepted it] or if he didn't, but I apologized. Actually, he called me. I tried to get his phone, but I wasn't having any luck. So he called me and I told him I made a mistake. I apologized. I let my guard down, which I shouldn't have done, but I did. That's all I can do is apologize."
Upon hearing that, Dunn said that phone conversation never took place. Caught up with Ricciardi up here in the pressbox later and he stuck by his story, insisting that he spoke with someone on Saturday who claimed to be Dunn. Ricciardi was at a loss, "All I know is the person I talked to said it was Adam Dunn. That's quite a prank to pull."
Somebody's fibbing, but honestly, it's reached the "Who cares?" realm, in my book. Ricciardi said what he said, he issued an apology either indirectly or directly to Dunn, Dunn didn't reall sound like he accepted the apology, and let's move on. Dunn's not coming to Toronto.
Oh, yeah, it was Cito Gaston's first appearance at the Rogers Centre since taking over as the manager. The fans responded with loud chants of "Cito! Gaston!" in the fifth inning.
Today's lineups:
CINCINNATI (35-41) at TORONTO (36-41)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Norris Hopper, CF
Adam Dunn, LF
Ken Griffey Jr., DH
Brandon Phillips, 2B
Joey Votto, 1B
Jeff Keppinger, 3B
Jay Bruce, RF
Paul Janish, SS
Paul Bako, C
PITCHING: RHP Bronson Arroyo
Marco Scutaro, SS
Joe Inglett, 2B
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Matt Stairs, DH
Scott Rolen, 3B
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Gregg Zaun, C
Adam Lind, LF
PITCHING: RHP A.J. Burnett
NOTES: RHP Shaun Marcum (right elbow) is due to resume throwing on Saturday and Ricciardi said the pitcher will likely be out until after the All-Star Game. … Ricciardi again said there's no timetable for the return of 2B Aaron Hill (concussion). … Ricciardi noted that LHP John Parrish is the "front-runner" for Saturday's start against the Braves. … Former hitting coach Gary Denbo has been offered a job as Toronto's roving Minor League hitting instructor. … Gaston indicated that shortstop is the one position he's still trying to sort out the playing time for. Scutaro has started at short the past two games.
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I would think that after tonight Scutaro gets another start at short. How can he possibly tinker with the line-up. Honestly, my only complaint tonight was the a couple of subs weren't used when the game was already won. Not a big deal at all.
It sucks to know that Aaron isn't able to contribute to this though. Hopefully he can get back shortly after the all star break, i'm off to bed with a smile, goodbye everybody.
What's not to like, 22 hits, 14 runs and only 1 given up by Burnett. It appears the Gaston, Tenace approach of see the ball, hit the ball is paying dividends, whereas the Gibbons/Denbo approach of patience and high OBP didn't. In retrospect, maybe the patience approach made these guys too mechanical because the guys we have are simply aggressive hitters, not patient ones and trying to change them into patient ones didn't work-who knows. They certainly have looked more relaxed and more aggressive at the plate the last two games resulting in two wins-let's hope it continues.
I must admit, I have never understand why Cito never got another job as manager after the job he did here. I'm glad he's back; I think he's got real passion for winning in Toronto because of his big break becoming a MLB manager here. You can tell by watching him during a game, there's still a whole lot of fire there and I think the players see it too-we will do well with him.
Now if we could just get JP to either tell the truth or keep his trap shut.


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Dresden Files
|Storm Front
|Fool Moon
|Grave Peril
|Summer Knight
|Death Masks
|Blood Rites
|Dead Beat
|Proven Guilty
|White Night
|Small Favor
|Turn Coat
|Ghost Story
|Cold Days
|Skin Game
|Peace Talks
|Short Stories
|Graphic Novels
|Role-Playing Games
|TV Show
About the Series
The Dresden Files are Jim's first published series, telling the story of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I.
Jim has commented in the past that he's got ideas for running the series into the lower twenties, at least — here's hoping the publisher agrees!
The Science Fiction Book Club has gathered many of the Dresden books into hardcover omnibuses: Storm Front, Fool Moon, and Grave Peril are collected in Wizard for Hire; Summer Knight and Death Masks are in Wizard By Trade; Blood Rites and Dead Beat are in Wizard at Large; and Proven Guilty and White Night make up Wizard Under Fire. No plans have been announced for subsequent omnibuses.
Ever wonder how Harry did as a private eye before he set out on his own? Read about Harry's life as a Ragged Angel in Jim's short story, Restoration of Faith.
Also, here's a vignette that Jim did as a part of promoting the series.
"Butcher's tales meld the wonder and fun of the Harry Potter series, but with an adult tone and attitude."
"An exciting debut novel… Wish I'd thought of this myself. Try it. You'll like it."
"A very promising start to a new series, not to mention an unusually well-crafted first novel."
"A really enjoyable read… Jim Butcher strikes just the right narrative balance between wizard and wiseguy, mystic and mobster."
"Butcher successfully lends human dimensions to vampires and spirits through his vivid descriptions and colloquial dialogue."
"Exciting, well-plotted, complex, an excellent read and an amazingly good first novel."
"Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this new fantasy series."


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Rosario wins the women's Cup of Portugal
was a competitive final match decided by a tie breaker with Rosario, the
debuting team from Porto, coming out on top after being down by two sets.
Their win end the victorious streak of Ribeirense Lajes Do Pico, a team which had won the previous three editions of the tournament. The rookie team achieved an exciting U-turn to claim their final victory 3-2 (21-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-19, 15-7).
"We have a very young team
that may have dealt poorly with the pressure in the opening sets, but we fought
our way back into the game," said Rosario's captain Vanessa Rodrigues.
Paulo Barreto, Ribeirense's coach, pointed out some reasons for the loss, "Rosario is a very difficult opponent and they merit their victory. We were up by two sets and we failed mentally. We have shown our good game, but we failed in keeping our focus. I am pleased despite the defeat because our team fought for every point, trying to overcome some issues that we had during the season, like some of our home matches which were not played due to the absence of the opponents. This is not an excuse for losing but maybe we needed more competition to improve our strategy."
Rosario's coach Manuel Almeida commented, "We could not handle the pressure very well in the beginning and our game reflected that. After being down by two sets, we began to play with less pressure and we improved a lot. I was kind of waiting for that to happen as this team is very young and it is our first year together as a senior team. We were also very fortunate in some key moments of the match."


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Gridstones: Night Sky
Welcome to the world Gridstones: Night Sky - the 10th anniversary edition of the original award-winning Gridstones game, by designer (and Game Artisan of Canada) Tim W. K. Brown.
Gridstones: Night Sky is a beautiful, elegant, and gripping game of strategy and visualization. Set in the night sky and featuring 49 of the modern constellations, the game is more engaging and entertaining than ever.
This abstract strategy and puzzle game is quick, thought-provoking, easy-to-learn and can be enjoyed by players of all skill levels, ages 7 and up. Gridstones is great for casual players, and especially in its two-player mode, is perfect for more serious gamers who enjoy a quick strategic challenge.
On their turn, players place (or remove) Star Stones on (or from) the Sky Board to create a match to the pattern on Constellation Card(s) in their hand. But be careful, opponents will be trying to match their cards too, and the board will change with every turn.
Though the core of Gridstones: Night Sky is quick to pick up, it's not a game that is easy to master. The more you play, the better you will become at seeing patterns and visualizing how to strategize your play. The game adapts to whoever is playing - a nice light game for casual players, or a high-strategy game for more serious gamers.
Other exciting additions to Gridstones: Night Sky include:
- fresh new design;
- real astrophotography;
- special Shooting Star cards which give players an added element of strategy and control; and
- beautiful synthetic Sapphire Star stones.
Real Sapphire Star stones are among the most rare and valuable precious stones on earth, and these synthetic gems are the perfect compliment to this elegant game.
So if you're up for the challenge, grab a few friends and get hooked on this engaging, strategic game of pattern matching.
Gridstones: Night Sky… to be victorious, you must make the stars align.
Here is what is included in each copy of Gridstones: Night Sky...
- Box (8" x 8" x 2")
- Sky Board (matte finish cardboard)
- 49 Constellation Cards (see samples below)
- 7 Shooting Star Cards
- 20 synthetic Sapphire Star Stones
- Velvet bag
- Illustrated instructions
Components will be upgraded as Stretch Goals are reached, so help spread the word.
Eric Martin from BoardGameGeek and Fabio Del Rio from CSE Games preview Gridstones: Night Sky:
Learn to play with Stephane (The Games Teacher) and Tracy (The Gaming Maven):
Enjoy this quick time-lapse video of Gridstones in action at Gen Con 50:
More to come...
Download the Gridstones: Night Sky rule set
The rules of Gridstones: Night Sky are simple, but the game is very challenging. The more you play, the better you get.
The original Gridstones game earned The Dice Tower's Seal of Approval and the Major Fun Award!
More reviews of Gridstones...
Special Celebrity Review
Full Written Reviews
Ding & Dent's Raf Cordero's full review
Video Reviews
Below is Tyler Anderson's (The Bearded Meeple) full explanation and review of Gridstones: Night Sky:
Check out the full explanation and review of Gridstones: Night Sky by Brian's Got Game:
@425Suzanne gives us an overview of Gridstones: Night Sky on The Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast:
The guys from Sounding Board review Gridstones: Night Sky:
More to come...
Here are the Reward levels with shipping:
NOTE: There is an option to pick up at Snakes & Lattes College location in Toronto, ON for all Reward levels
NOTE 2: the playmat fits inside the box, and measures 7.5" x 7.5"
Here are the some exciting stretch goals that we'll add to your game. Help spread the word to make your copy even better. Use the URL gridstones.com.
More to come...
40 Retweets of the following Tweet (17/40) - French rules added
50 Hearts on BoardGameGeek Gridstones page (15/50) - Spanish & German rules added
250 Twitter followers for designer @TimWKBrown (197/250) - Spot Foil on box
250 Likes of the Gridstones Facebook page (COMPLETE) - Spot UV coating on box
Excited about Gridstones: Night Sky? Visit our friends at Geeky Goodies and check out the awesome astrological sign Gridstones t-shirts.
Visit: https://www.geekygoodies.com/csegames
Tim W. K. Brown - game designer and Game Artisan of Canada
Jamie R. Jones - artist, graphic design, game development and Game Artisan of Canada
Trevor Jones - photography, audio technician
Andy Jewett - graphic design
Jordan Richer - videography and animation
Fabio Del Rio - game development, publisher
Risks and challenges
Gridstones: Night Sky is our third Kickstarter project, we love this game and we strive to make it our best one yet.
We are very happy with how Gridstones: Night Sky is progressing. We have demonstrated the game at such events as The Gathering of Friends, Origins Game Fair and Gen Con and have received great feedback and very strong reviews.
The gameplay and rules are very close to complete, while the art and graphic design are still in progress. We strive to make this a beautiful and entertaining game.
There are inherent risks whenever undertaking a project as complex and large as producing and distributing a board game, but we have been developing and producing games for over 10 years.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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INDIANAPOLIS - Jimmie Johnson won his fourth Brickyard 400 and solidified his status as a title favorite in NASCAR.
Impressive? You bet.
Surprising? Not really.
But how about this: Dale Earnhardt Jr. left the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Sprint Cup Series points lead.
Earnhardt finished fourth on Sunday, his best career finish at a track where he often struggles. Earnhardt took a 14-point lead over previous points leader Matt Kenseth, who got caught in a crash. It was another sign of Earnhardt's new consistency, the kind of development that could turn the streaky driver with a famous last name into a real championship contender.
"That is symbolic of how well we've done," Earnhardt said. "I'm proud of that. I have felt that way about our position in points all season long. We need to win more races. If we want to win the championship, we have to. I imagine we can win a couple races in Chase. I don't know if finishing fourth or fifth is going to do it. We'll just have to see. We'd like to step it up just a little bit more."
And if it comes down to Hendrick Motorsports teammates Johnson and Earnhardt duking it out for the title at the end of the season, both drivers say bring it on.
"We would actually rather us two to fight for the championship at the end knowing one of us is going to get it for the company," Earnhardt said. "If I could line that up right now, I would. That is how I'd have it."
Johnson said team owner Rick Hendrick has formed such a strong organization that having multiple teams racing for the championship doesn't cause any drama between the drivers or crews.
"It's great," Johnson said. "What it does especially for our company, it far exceeds any type of competitive spirit that exists. And from a technical standpoint, we all go to the racetrack with the same equipment. No one gets favorites."
Hendrick has been through it before, and doesn't expect any issues.
"And these guys are sharing so much information, and I'm beyond that nervousness trying to get the teams together and say, 'Look, what got us here is working together and sharing information,'" Hendrick said. "I think by having those two cars where they are in the points will make us, give us a better shot. ... A lot of organizations, it tears them down when they have that kind of competition. I think it makes us stronger."
All four Hendrick Motorsports teams share technical information, but Hendrick has divided them into pairs. Johnson's No. 48 team and Earnhardt's No. 88 team work together in one shop, while Jeff Gordon's No. 24 team and Kasey Kahne's No. 5 team work in another.
Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus hailed the developing chemistry of Earnhardt and his crew chief, Steve Letarte.
"Stevie and Junior have really brought a lot to the table," Johnson said. "I have to say, from Pocono to now, the stuff that Junior has liked in the car and what he's felt has opened up doors for us to pursue and a road for us to go down where we've made our stuff better. There's a lot of confidence in our shop with both teams, and the communication is as good as it's ever been."
And while Johnson and Knaus have won five championships, Johnson said they can learn from Earnhardt and Letarte.
"I'm happy to see Steve as confident as he is and Junior both because we can really lean on them and pull from them, and it's a two way street," Johnson said. "That's something that's new this year, and I'm proud of both of them for where they're at and where our whole team is."
Still, Hendrick cautioned everybody against overconfidence.
"You can't put any more effort in than we do here," Hendrick said. "But I'll tell you, when you start believing that you've got it figured out is when you'll get your butt handed to you."


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Multi-echelon supply chain visibility. Configuration management. Quality. Authenticating supply. Certification of people and machines. Software lifecycle management.
These are a very few of the challenges that Aerospace and Defense companies are addressing in an industry naturally characterized by complex products, deep supply chains, and a decades-long aftermarket with multiple, often shifting, participants. Significant investment, effort, and technology have yielded great progress in these areas, but the need for continued industry growth and efficiency demands more. Blockchain stands out as a technology in which Aerospace and Defense leaders see potential to solve these challenges.


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Tim Tylor wrote:22nd. Sorry. Mind on other things.
JimRob wrote:Curses.
Yes, it's been done; perhaps it's too obvious a joke not to have been. Though I think mine is sufficiently different to warrant existence.
It could be said that few on the planet know the Gneech's webcomic work better than I doJimRob wrote:Though I think mine is sufficiently different to warrant existence.
It's probably not surprising that this particular kind of joke is repeated, since comic strips all have a large stock of conventions to draw on; speech/thought bubbles, panel boundaries, etc.
Some strips use the panel borders- Gloria, for example, has based an entire extradimensional world from the "space between the borders".
Let's hope that he was reading some dreadful modern mainstream literature
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Mayor's Office
The public is invited to an open house Tuesday, March 9 about improvements to Coddington Avenue from West Hill to West Garfield streets. The meeting will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Roper Elementary School, 2323 S. Coddington. Representatives from the design team and the contractor will be available to explain the project and answer questions from the public.
Construction on the project is scheduled to begin at the end of March, weather permitting. The project includes the addition of a center-turn lane on Coddington between West Hill and West Garfield streets as well as reconstruction of the traffic signal at South Street and the addition of a pedestrian push button signal at Roper Elementary.
The open house will not include a formal presentation, but those attending will be able to review the proposed improvements and discuss the project.
The meeting room is accessible for those with disabilities, and parking is available in the lot north of the school. Those needing additional special accommodations or information can call Kris Humphrey, Public Works and Utilities Department, at 441-7711. More information on City projects also is available on the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: projects).


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Clay Walker to headline Beaumont Boys weekend
The annual Beaumont Boys Bash weekend is set for April 14-17 with money raised supporting the Hughen Center, which is celebrating its 75th year.
The event begins April 14 at the MCM Eleganté with the wild game dinner with Zona Jones featuring celebrity chef Grady Spears, who is the official chef of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Performing will be Andy Griggs and Daryle Singletary.
The Bum Phillips Charity Golf Tournament at Bayou Din Golf Course will be April 14 and will be hosted by Bum Phillips along with former Houston Oilers Dan Pastorini, Willie Alexander, David Carter and Robert Hurst.
Later that evening, the attention will turn to the Dixie Dance Hall on Crockett Street for Songwriter's Night with performances by Wynn Varble, Byron Hill, Kevin Denney and Blue Broussard. Tickets are $15 in advance and doors will open at 9 p.m.
On April 15, Clay Walker will headline an outdoor concert on Crockett Street with special guests Neal McCoy and Jones. Other special guests that evening includes Phillips, Kevin Millar and Miss Texas 2010, Ashley Melnick.
Tickets for this event are $20 in advance and gates will open at 2 p.m. Those can be purchased at all Fastlane locations and Ticketmaster locations including ticketmaster.com.
For more information, visit beaumontboys.org or call Monte Osburn at (409) 983-6659.
Area festivals are underway and entertainment for Riverfest at Riverfront Park in Port Neches will be Kevin Fowler on April 29 and Craig Morgan on April 30. Tickets for each show are $10 each.
Fowler is no stranger to Southeast Texas and Morgan has had several hits on the Top 10 country charts, which are "Almost Home," "Little Bite of Life," "International Harvester," "Bonfire," "Redneck Yacht Club," "Love Remembers" and his only No. 1, "That's What I Love About Sunday."
Drowning Pool has been selling out shows across the nation and they will return to Beaumont for the first time since 2008 when they headline a rock show at The Gig on Thursday, April 21, at 8 pm.
Tickets are $21 and can be purchased at area Florida Tans locations and online at thegigbeaumont.com.
The four-piece from Dallas is touring in support of last year's self-titled release on Eleven Seven. The first two singles, "Feel Like I Do" and "Turn So Cold," were Top 10 hits on the mainstream rock charts.
Other popular songs are "Step Up," "Soldiers," "Enemy," "37 Stitches" and the highly successful "Bodies."
Also scheduled to perform are Trust Company, Anew Revolution and Static Cycle.
Buzzfest XXVI will be Sunday, May 1, at the Cynthia Mitchell Woodlands Pavilion and scheduled to play are Jane's Addiction, Seether, Neon Trees and A Day To Remember. The complete lineup will be announced March 17.
Verizon Wireless Theater in Houston announced three new shows beginning April 16 with Saliva and Rev Theory sharing the stage. Tickets are $29-$15.Primus, who gave us "My Name Is Mud" and "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver," will play May 23 ($39.50-$29.50) and Cage The Elephant is May 27 ($25-$22.50).Warehouse Live continues to be a player on the live music scene just west of us. National acts playing that venue are Duran Duran on April 6 (sold out), A Day To Remember on April 13 ($27.50), the Toadies on April 15 ($25), Devin the Dude on April 30 ($25), Dredg on May 26 ($15) and Face To Face on June 2 ($22-$20).
Shows at both Verizon Wireless Theater and Warehouse Live are all ages.
Former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in his home near Salt Lake City on March 22.
According to the Salt Lake City Police Department, officers responded to his home and found the 44-year-old. No other details have been made public.Starr was the original bassist for the Seattle band and left them in 1993. He recently appeared on the third season of VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.The Beastie Boys announced on their Web site release date of May 3 for Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 and artwork for the album. It's their first release since the 2007 instrumental The Mix-Up.
Slipknot has found a replacement for bassist Paul Gray, who died of an accidental overdose last year, in original bassist Donnie Steele. The band will begin a summer tour in Greece on June. 17.
Sublime With Rome, which features the two surviving members of Sublime with singer Rome Ramirez, will release a new album for the first time since 1996. It will come out in the summer and a tour will follow.


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It seems that there is a common theme in mathematics where, if we want to find out about a category C, then we look at $\hat{C}$ (the category of contravariant functors from $C$ to $Set$). There are all sorts of good reasons for this (Yoneda's lemma being a big one, and the fact that this is a topos). There are other versions, sometimes you look at contravariant functors into some other category, like groups (e.g. for algebraic groups). But I have never seen the dual notion: covariant functors from some other category INTO $C$.
Is this notion as useful as the notion of a presheaf? I guess it's like looking at a category "over" $C$ as opposed to a category "under" it. I guess, hidden in this question is the question: Can one learn anything about a category $C$ by looking at presheaves of $C$? For example, does the difference between presheaves of sets and presheaves of ableian groups tell us anything about the differences between the category of Groups and the category of Sets?
EDIT: There seems to be a bit of confusion of what I mean by "dual of a presheaf." I don't mean "copresheaves" (which I didn't know existed before I asked this), I mean what you get by reversing the arrow of the functor not taking the opposite category. So I'm looking at functors into the category of interest, as opposed to out of them. I can see how this is confusing because usually "dual" doesn't turn around functors, just arrows inside categories. So I guess I mean presheaves in $C^{op}$... (but covariant instead of contravariant?)... who knows.