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Broncos Insider: Super Bowl XLVIII arrives for Broncos 5,481 days after Denver was last here — and won
Good afternoon, Broncos fans. IT WAS 5,481 FULL DAYS AGO that the Denver Broncos were last here at this moment. We're inside Metlife Stadium, where we bring you a special Super Bowl edition of the Broncos Insider Newsletter:
IN PRINT: SUPER BOWL SPECIAL SECTION: "WITHIN REACH: Peyton Manning has put together a season for the ages, shattering records in leading the highest scoring offense in NFL history. A victory Sunday in the Super Bowl can forever cement his legacy among the all-time greats." SEE THE PAGE: http://dpo.st/1k0W2Ts
Denver Post Sunday 1A: CHAMP IN WAITING: "They call him Champ. The Broncos cornerback exudes all of the virtues of what fans desire in a champion," writes The Denver Post's Benjamin Hochman. "He's cool by not acting cool. He has this aura around him, but not because he's a self-proclaimed stud. It's because he's revered in football circles. It's because he speaks softly, yet with resonance. It's because he's actually so humble, it's hard to believe that someone with his talent isn't shouting about it.
"Really, the only problem with the nickname Champ is that he's not a champ. But, after 15 seasons in the NFL, this sure Pro Football Hall of Famer finally will play in the Super Bowl.
"'That's the only reason I still lace them up,' Bailey said, 'because I want to play in games like this.'" http://dpo.st/Moz8a5 … SEE THE PAGE: http://dpo.st/1k0W7pZ
XLVIII (48) REASONS THE BRONCOS WILL WIN, according to Denver Post columnist Woody Paige. Among them: "V. The Broncos were penalized 183 fewer yards than Seattle in the regular season. … X. Adam Gase is creatively superior to Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. Jack Del Rio has won a Super Bowl as a coach; Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn hasn't coached in one. … XXI. The Seahawks averaged only 23 points a game away from Seattle; the Broncos averaged 36.2 points in road games. … XL. With more than seven days to prepare, the Broncos are 6-0 this season." Plus, Woody's score prediction: http://dpo.st/LnfI4E
"THIS IS WHY FOOTBALL PLAYERS CRY. The Broncos arrived at the Super Bowl as a family: 53 players, one goal," writes Denver Post columnist Mark Kiszla … win or lose, when Super Bowl XLVIII is done, this family will break up. This is one last chance for this specific group of Broncos to hoist the Lombardi Trophy and grab a little piece of football immortality. […]
"The significance of my Super Bowl rings is what those rings stand for. They stand for guys putting aside their egos and their personal agendas long enough to win a championship," said Byron Chamberlain, who won two championships during his stint from 1995-2000 as a tight end for Denver. "The most important thing for a championship team is to get all the guys to buy into one common goal of winning the Super Bowl. It's hard to do. That's why winning a Super Bowl is so rare."
GAME DAY FORECAST: Sunday for East Rutherford, N.J., site of MetLife Stadium … A slight chance of showers after 11 a.m. Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. West wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent, according to the National Weather Service. … Sunday night: A slight chance of rain before 10 p.m., then a slight chance of rain and sleet between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow after 1 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 31. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent: http://1.usa.gov/1eIieKB … Per The Weather Channel, 6 p.m. will be cloud, temperature at 43 degrees (feels like 40), 20 percent chance of precipitiation, winds WNW at 5 mph.


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Solid State: New frontier for storage
Solid-state media is starting to show up as an option for traditional storage arrays because it offers higher performance and lower power consumption. However, there are still reliability concerns related to wear out, the slower write performance of flash cells, and issues related to array management and interoperability.
Vendors are starting to add solid-state storage to their arrays, but it isn't as simple as replacing enterprise drives with solid-state memory.
WHILE TIER 0 STORAGE may be a new term, the underlying technology of solid-state storage has lived a niche existence for many years. But the rapid adoption of NAND flash in consumer devices and falling flash-memory prices are making NAND flash memory a feasible option for those applications that require high performance.
EMC Corp.'s recently added support for solid-state disks (SSDs) in its Symmetrix product line is a clear sign that solid-state storage is transitioning from an exotic specialty item to a mainstream feature. Yet most enterprise array vendors aren't shipping solid-state storage products; this indicates that adding an SSD-based Tier 0 to an existing array isn't as simple as replacing traditional hard disks with solid-state drives. And while pricing for solid-state memory continues to fall, the cost of enterprise NAND flash is still much higher than that of the fastest Fibre Channel (FC) enterprise disks.
Why the increased interest in solid state by array vendors? Past solid-state offerings were mostly DRAM based, but high prices, limited capacity and the volatile nature of DRAM made these systems very expensive. Until a few years ago, the same was true for slower flash memory.
Falling NAND prices
But NAND flash has one big advantage over DRAM: It's nonvolatile and holds data persistently without power, which has made it very attractive in consumer devices like USB thumb drives, cameras and mobile phones. The consumer market creates volume and, as a result, a lot of money has been flowing into NAND flash development. The result is continuous innovation in process technologies and design techniques to implement larger NAND flash devices with reduced production costs. For instance, between 2004 and 2006 most NAND flash offerings consisted of 2Gbit and 4Gbit multi-level cells (MLCs) manufactured with 90nm processes, supporting a maximum of 2bits per cell. Today, 16Gbit MLC flash manufactured with 50nm processes supporting up to 3bits and 4bits per cell are becoming the norm.
Also fueling the popularity of NAND flash memory are lower prices for the slower, less-reliable and higher capacity consumer-level MLC flash, as well as for the more powerful, lower capacity, single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash typically used in enterprise storage systems. Although enterprise-level, flash-based SSDs are still approximately 20 times more expensive than comparably sized high-end FC drives, the price erosion of NAND flash occurs on a significantly steeper ramp than it does for high-end disk drives. From a dollar-per-I/O perspective, solid-state drives are more cost-effective than disk drives, where equivalent performance can only be achieved through a very large number of spindles. "Within the next three to five years, solid-state storage will be a standard feature for most business implementations," says Mark Peters, an analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), Milford, MA.
The use of Tier 0
With solid-state storage at a higher cost vs. high-end disk drives, users are selectively deploying solid-state storage to increase app performance. As a general rule of thumb, solid-state storage is used in environments where disk drives are the limiting factor.
Mission-critical apps like transaction processing and database systems linked directly to a firm's success are prime examples of where solid-state storage is used today. Exchange Server databases and SQL databases are other candidates for solid-state storage. "To increase both performance and the number of users per Exchange server, we're currently evaluating solid-state drives in our 10Gigabit Ethernet Nimbus [Data Systems Inc.] array," says Aaron Martin, IT manager at Loro Piana, a luxury goods manufacturer in New York City. Martin also plans to host virtual server boot images and virtual server working directories on solid-state storage.
Migrating data between tiers
As solid-state media becomes more common in storage arrays, automatic data migration between the solid-state tier and other tiers will become more important. Although hierarchical storage management and information lifecycle management have championed automatic data migration between tiers for years, it continues to be a niche app; approximately 20% of enterprise customers move data between tiers automatically, according to a Storage survey. The large majority of firms using solid-state storage today are moving data between Tier 0 and other tiers manually. "For Tier 0 to be effective, data needs to be moved to the proper tier and the management software needs to support this," explains Clod Barrera, distinguished engineer and chief technical strategist for the System Storage product line at IBM Corp. "By the time we'll ship Tier 0 in our DS8000 arrays, the policy manager in TotalStorage Productivity Manager will support Tier 0," he adds. Likewise, EMC's Symmetrix Management Console supports configuring schedules and policies to move data between tiers, including data movements to and from Tier 0.
As SSD and hard disk prices converge, the need for high-end disk drives will become increasingly questionable. The size of a solid-state Tier 0 is likely to grow and the high-end disk drive Tier 1 is likely to shrink reciprocally; it's very possible that solid-state drives will eventually replace high-end disk drives. "Storage systems will consist of two main tiers: a high-performance solid-state tier and a large capacity, lower performance, low-cost SATA or SATA equivalent tier," says Rick Gillett, VP of data systems architecture at F5 Networks Inc.
Solid-state storage also consumes significantly less power for the same number of operations. "Generally speaking, solid-state storage can perform about 1,000 operations per watt compared to five operations per watt in high-end disk drives," says Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group, Stillwater, MN.
Solid-state drives vs. High-end disk drives
Cost In terms of $/gigabytes, disk drives are about a factor 20 less expensive than solid-state drives. In terms of I/Os per gigabyte, solid-state drives are more cost-effective.
Performance Solid-state drives outperform disk drives on all fronts, with a significantly higher number of I/Os and throughput, and lower latency. NAND flash-based, solid-state drives have a considerably lower write performance vs. enterprise disk drives.
Power consumption Measured by operations per watt, solid-state drives consume considerably less power: roughly 1,000 operations per watt vs. five operations per watt for an enterprise disk drive.
Reliability Solid-state drives are less proven than high-end disk drives, and they wear out faster than disk drives.
Solid-state storage challenges
But solid-state storage's high performance and low energy consumption are offset by several challenges storage vendors are trying to solve.
Reliability: NAND flash has been hampered by concerns related to wear out. A flash-memory cell permits only a finite number of writes before it becomes unusable. "100,000 live cycles for an SLC flash cell is quite typical, although in reality you are likely to get a significantly higher number of writes before a cell wears out," says Bob Wambach, EMC's senior director of product marketing for Symmetrix. This is an order of magnitude above the number of writes cited for consumer-level MLC flash, but it's still limited.
While 100,000 writes per flash cell appears to be small, flash drive vendors like STEC Inc. have been able to warrant their drives for three-plus years with better MTBF specs (2 million to 4 million hours) than enterprise hard drives (typically 1 million hours) through a series of techniques. From front-ending the flash storage with a small DRAM cache, using wear-leveling algorithms that evenly distribute writes across blocks of cells to sophisticated bad-block management techniques and continuous proactive drive monitoring, NAND flash media is able to meet enterprise requirements. Additionally, storage array vendors are deploying solid-state drives in RAID configurations to further reduce the probability of data loss.
Read-write performance gap: The substantially slower write performance of flash cells vs. reads has been another area of concern. The limitations in a flash cell's lifecycle and its slow write performance can be attributed to the way flash cells are written: they're accessed in blocks of cells. To write to a block, cells in the block need to be opened, existing content needs to be erased and cells need to be closed. This adds significant overhead when writing and updating data.
Through techniques such as the use of a small DRAM cache in the drive, enterprise-level flash drive vendors have been trying to close the performance gap between reads and writes. "Our enterprise-level Zeus drives support 18,000 random write IOPS and 52,000 random read IOPS," reports Pat Wilkinson, STEC's VP of marketing and business development. This is several orders of magnitude above the few hundred IOPS supported by high-end disk drives, where IOPS can only be scaled by increasing the number of spindles (see "Performance comparison," below).
Array interoperability issues: Array vendors need to ensure that the solid-state option doesn't adversely impact their array's reliability and performance. The array must be able to deal with the high performance of solid-state drives, which will likely push the array to its limits. From replication and mirroring to thin provisioning, all features need to work with the solid-state option in place. Most importantly, vendors need to ensure that their array architecture can cope with the peculiarities of NAND flash. A case in point for the latter is NetApp and the Write Anywhere File Layout (WAFL). WAFL was designed to reduce disk head movements and eliminate random writes. For that, WAFL continuously moves data in an attempt to serialize access. This makes it more difficult for NetApp to just replace disk drives with flash drives, as flash drives would wear out much faster than in more traditional storage arrays where data on the spindles is more static. While NetApp won't comment on it, this is likely one of the reasons why the company opted for a cache-based, solid-state option for its first-generation solid-state offering rather than replacing disk drives with solid-state drives.
Architectural options
Before diving into solid-state storage design options, it's important to define Tier 0 so you can categorize a vendor's design as a Tier 0 implementation. A key criterion of Tier 0 is its ability to plug into existing tiers and participate in data movements between Tier 0 and other tiers. This clearly excludes cache--both DRAM and NAND flash-based caches--from being considered as Tier 0 storage. Not all array vendors add solid-state storage as a new tier; some, like NetApp, simply add it as a solid-state cache. In addition, Tier 0 is the fastest of all tiers, which makes it questionable why the term Tier 0 had to be coined in the first place. Tiering is very use-case specific and one company's Tier 3 could be another company's Tier 1.
Solid-state storage is finding its way into storage systems in a variety of ways:
Solid-state disks that replace hard disks are the easiest way of adding solid-state storage to an existing array. "The biggest challenge in adding solid-state storage to the Symmetrix array family was ensuring seamless integration between the solid-state tier and other tiers, and making sure that all features continue to work flawlessly," says EMC's Wambach.
First-generation solid-state implementations like the EMC offering add SSD without changes to the array architecture. Because arrays were designed for hard disk performance, array controllers are becoming the bottlenecks. Even high-end arrays like the Symmetrix DMX-4 could be pushed against its performance limits if too many solid-state drives were added. Therefore, array sizing and putting the right number of solid-state drives into the array is instrumental to ensure predictable overall array performance. "As solid-state storage becomes more prevalent, array vendors will redesign their arrays to be able to better cope with the high performance of solid-state drives," explains IBM's Barrera.
Solid-state storage as cache is the architecture chosen by NetApp in its first generation solid-state offering. "Solid-state storage is challenging and unproven in enterprise storage systems," says Chris Bennett, NetApp's VP of core systems. "Therefore, we decided to go with a more conservative approach and use solid-state storage as cache only."
More specifically, NetApp will use solid-state memory to cache meta data. By storing a copy of the meta data on a NAND flash PCI Express card in the storage controller, meta data can be accessed at memory speed and with data only needing to be fetched from disk drives. The result is a significant performance boost. "By accessing meta data from solid-state memory, we're seeing a 40% performance gain for applications like Exchange," reports Bennett.
Like NetApp, Gear6 sees the near- to mid-term role of solid-state storage as cache rather than a disk drive replacement. "Using memory as a persistent storage device is more trouble than it's worth because of very different management requirements," says Gary Orenstein, Gear6's VP of marketing. The firm's Cachefx appliance provides a pool of DRAM or NAND flash that sits between clients and NAS devices to speed file access. Cachefx is accessed like a NAS device, except it currently supports only the NFS file-system protocol.
Dedicated solid-state storage systems from the likes of Texas Memory Systems (TMS) Inc. are another way of bringing solid-state storage into the data center. Instead of enhancing existing arrays with solid-state storage, they plug into existing SANs and are accessed like traditional disk arrays. This is a very clean way of adding a Tier 0, as it eliminates the need to tamper with disk-based arrays. Depending on performance requirements, dedicated solid-state systems like TMS' RamSan family are available in DRAM and NAND flash configurations, giving customers more performance configuration options. Unlike disk array vendors with nascent solid-state offerings, vendors like TMS have a long history of selling solid-state-based storage systems. On the downside, a dedicated solid-state system requires managing another system with its own management tools. Moreover, these systems won't be able to leverage the resilience and features available in high-end disk arrays. And as NAND flash prices decline, adding solid-state storage to an existing array will become more cost-effective than acquiring a separate storage system.
EMC and smaller firms like Nimbus Data Systems have been the first to ship products with a solid-state Tier 0. Other array vendors haven't committed to a solid-state offering, but are keeping watch. "Hitachi Data Systems is currently exploring support for SSD drives," says Roberto Basilio, the firm's senior director of enterprise storage product management. Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to offer solid-state storage for its StorageWorks XP24000 array (an OEM product from Hitachi) within the next nine to 18 months, says Patrick Eitenbichler, director of marketing for the StorageWorks Division. And "IBM intends to ship a Tier 0 for its System Storage DS8000 high-end arrays soon," says Barrera.
In the next two to three years, Tier 0 solid-state storage will become a standard array option, but it will come at a premium price and users will deploy it selectively. In the longer term, as $/gigabyte pricing for NAND flash decreases, solid-state drives will begin to replace high-end disk drives, but this isn't likely to happen for at least another five years.
Related Resources
- Essential Guide to Solid-State Storage Implementation –SearchStorage.com
- SSD: Features, Functions and FAQ –SearchStorage.com
- Best Practices for Deploying SSD –SearchStorage.com
- Pros and Cons of PCI Express SSD –SearchStorage.com

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By identifying four priority areas off the mid-Atlantic Coast and pouring $50.5 million into research and development, US President Barack Obama's administration took its latest step towards transforming the nascent US offshore industry into a job-creating low-carbon energy bonanza.
The national offshore wind strategy, released on February 7, represents the first such partnership between the interior and energy ministries. It follows a push begun in November when the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement published "Smart from the Start"
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"From the president to the secretaries of Interior and Energy, the United States administration is really pursuing an aggressive strategy to get wind turbines in the water," says Jim Lanard, president of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition, founded last summer by seven offshore wind developers and the American Wind Energy Association. "It could put a lot of highly skilled but unemployed workers back to work and keep dollars in the US."
But establishing a thriving market will not happen overnight in the US, which is unlikely to install its first offshore turbines before late next year. For all the positive news, considerable work remains to be done before ambitious federal goals - 54GW of offshore wind selling for $0.07/kWh by 2030 - can be pursued.
"It's an aggressive target and I think they realise that," says Walt Musial, manager of offshore wind and ocean power systems for the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. "But they want to challenge the industry to achieve high goals and make sure it becomes part of the US economy," he adds. "Big parts of the industry right now have got a huge head start in Europe."
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Plenty must go right for the US to catch up. The federal investment tax credit (ITC) that reimburses roughly 30% of project construction costs was recently given a one-year extension through 2013 - providing little stability to an offshore industry where four-year permitting timelines remain a pipedream and turbine manufacturers need surety to invest in factories.
"The solar ITC is already extended out to 2016 for similar reasons," Lanard says. "We think offshore wind should be treated the same as solar. That's our highest legislative priority in this Congress."
Hurricanes present an additional US problem - currently under examination by government, developers, financiers and insurance companies alike. "Very harsh weather conditions exist in the Baltic and the North Sea but hurricanes are a force of a different nature," Lanard says. "We are looking at that and we'll understand it better in the near future."
Furthermore, although adequate transmission exists for early offshore developments, much more will be needed before long. "There's plenty of capacity for the first-mover projects and those economics work," Lanard says. "But at some point we'll need to see an offshore backbone come from the proposals we've seen."
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Another pressing issue relates to payments for leasing offshore rights from the federal government. Payments are currently tied to the average price of electricity in the state where power is delivered - and based on fossil fuel.
"It's ironic, because as fossil fuel prices go up, our lease costs go up," Lanard says. "That makes it hard to know exactly what the lease is going to cost and how to write a financial model for a wind farm."
But Lanard believes that federal regulators recognise the issue and intend to resolve it, along with whatever other roadblocks arise.
That includes tackling the lack of suitable oceangoing installation vessels by retrofitting existing oil and gas ships. "The government has acknowledged that we're losing this technology race to the Europeans and to China," Lanard says. "They're basically saying it's time to catch up and get ahead."
Meanwhile, offshore potential for the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico is largely unaffected by federal regulations and programmes largely intended for Atlantic Coast development. The five Great Lakes fall under state jurisdiction, as do ocean waters off the Texas coast, due to 19th-century laws.
But supply-chain efforts and economies of scale in all regions depend on the health of an at-large US industry. "The overall attention being paid to offshore is what's important," says Fara Courtney, executive director of the non-profit US Offshore Wind Collaborative. "It's happening in concert and the agencies are working together - and that's something we've been pushing for a long time."


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Five U.S. States With Highest Foreclosure Rates
Despite the housing market being on the rebound, foreclosures are rising again. MarketWatch's Jim Jelter discusses five U.S. states with the highest foreclosure rates. (Photo: Getty Images)
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I ... they have all heard the housing market is on the rebate ... and has plenty of data to back that up ... what does that mean in terms of foreclosures ... by Amgen Jelter MarketWatch and while the homes listed on the nation's hottest housing markets are seeing alrite bidding wars ... that doesn't mean everyone is bonnet ... in fact in some regions for closures were once again on the rise ... MarketWatch's Quentin for trial has parcel is for closure data from RealtyTrac he found that after hitting a seventy five month low in April ... the closures in United States rose two percent in May ... at the same time repossessions by the banks jumped eleven percent last month ... snapping a five month decline ... these numbers don't signal that the housing market is collapsing ... foreclosures so far this year are down twenty eight percent ... that's due mainly to improve markets in Arizona California and Michigan ... which were among those hardest hit when the market and one in five years ... but that doesn't mean it's been an easy path toward recovery ... for example only twenty percent of those currently paying down mortgages ... owned at least half the equity in the home ... that's down from twenty one point seven percent at the end of twenty twelve ... a clear indication that the problem has not been solved but merely delayed while the banks were through a backlog ... of financially distressed property it's ... so ... looking at the data which states stop the foreclosure looks ... Florida ... one of the hot spots when the housing bubble burst in stillness it has the highest foreclosure rate in a country ... with one in every three hundred and two properties facing foreclosure last month ... that's a twenty percent from April ... it's up twelve percent from year-ago ... and its nearly three times the national average ... number two Nevada ... another poster stayed for the collapsed housing market ... one in every three hundred and five housing units is facing foreclosure ... maybe not too shocking when considering the forty five percent of Nevada's homes ... are still underwater ... number three Ohio where one in five hundred and eighty four housing units were foreclosed on last May ... the good news here is that that's down twenty seven percent in April ... number four was Marilyn were foreclosure filings rose eleven percent in May to one in five hundred and eighty seven residential properties ... that's up a staggering one hundred and thirty four percent from a year ago ... and finally number five on the list South Carolina ... foreclosure filings have one in six hundred homes ... the silver lining in South Carolina and ... well these homes will help replenish a shrinking pool of homes available on the market ... which has been a factor behind rising home prices in the state ...


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MEMPHIS, Tenn.--The Birmingham-Southern softball team wrapped up the regular season on Sunday, dropping two games to Rhodes College in Memphis. The Panthers lost the first game 8-0 in five innings, and the second game 3-2 in 10 innings.
BSC falls to 24-16 overall and 15-9 in the Southern Athletic Association, while the Lynx move to 24-13 overall and 17-6 in league play, clinching the two-seed in next weekend's SAA Championship hosted by Centre. The Panthers will play as the third seed, facing sixth-seeded Hendrix at noon Eastern on Friday in Danville, Ky.
In game one, Rhodes scored seven in the first inning alone and added one more in the fifth. The Panthers only managed one hit in the game, a single to left field by senior Brittany Berkopec in the second inning.
Sophomore Bethany Fronk threw 4.2 innings for BSC, giving up 11 hits and eight earned runs with three strikeouts before the game ended early due to the eight-run rule.
Game two was a different story for both teams, as the Panthers got on the board early with an RBI single from sophomore Taylor Bassett. Rhodes tied it up in the bottom of the first, and then BSC took its first lead of the day in the top of the third with a Berkopec RBI single. The Lynx tied it up in the bottom of the fifth with a one-run home run.
The game went to extra innings and Rhodes was able to capitalize in the bottom of the 10th with a walk-off single to score the game-winning run.
Rhodes had 12 hits, double that of BSC. Bassett was 2-4 at the plate and senior Danielle Rucker was 2-5. Freshman Deanna Creps started in the circle and went one inning, giving up three hits and one earned run with one strikeout. Fronk finished the game and allowed nine hits and one earned run with three strikeouts. She finishes the regular season with an 18-12 record.


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Suzette had surgery yesterday to remove the invasive ductal carcinoma in her breast. The blog post below was written prior to her surgery.
I don't know about you guys, but I want to break up with cancer! He (I use this pronoun only to replace "it," not to offend our better halves) has been a part of my life for a little too long.
I look at cancer a little like a relationship I had back in 2002 that wasn't good. I try to stop seeing cancer, but it seems he wants to see me. I don't take his calls, and I no longer think about him, but he seems to be everywhere. I don't hang around any of his friends. I eat an almost entirely organic diet, I don't smoke nor do I drink too often and I exercise frequently. Yet he still shows up on my doorstep. I fear this is what it must be like to be a celebrity with a stalker.
I also don't want anybody else to date him either. I kind of want to put him on one of those do not call lists. Block his number from the phone!
On Tuesday, I am getting rid of him for good. I am taking away his favorite place to hang out in my body – my breasts. This time I hope he gets the message loud and clear – Suzette wants to break up with you!


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>Condition: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common type of leukemia; it may account for approximately 10 percent of all leukemias. The problems associated with leukemia depend on the stage of the disease present at the time of diagnosis, often made by chance on a routine blood count. Complications include anemia, low platelets and low white blood cell count. A favorable response can be expected in most individuals treated with chemotherapy, radiation or both.
>Acute leukemia accounts for 10 percent of all human cancers, and it is the leading cause of cancer deaths in adults younger than 35 years old. There are two main types: acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The cause of acute leukemia remains unknown. Treatment is usually by cytotoxic agents and / or by bone marrow transplantation.
>Individuals with leukemia are very sensitive to infections because of their low white blood cell count. Unfortunately, for adults, the response to treatment is not good as with children with the same disease. Several adjunctive measures are useful to treat the diseases associated with leukemia: antibiotics and antifungal agents; blood cell growth factors; and blood transfusions, which may raise red cell and platelet counts.
>Fitness and Diving: The leukemias, whether acute or chronic, are serious diseases that result in a limited lifespan. CLL patients may require no treatment and can do relatively well so they should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Treatments have improved dramatically in recent years. However, unless acute leukemia is in full remission and exercise tolerance is acceptable, scuba diving is not recommended. The side effects of cytotoxic drugs and radiation treatments and other problems associated with the leukemia make continuation of diving -- or its commencement -- unwise.
>Other factors to be considered include:
>Medication Used in Treatment: Cytotoxic drugs, blood transfusions, radiation therapy.
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The life of a product model isn't easy, particularly when it involves demoing questionable skin care contraptions. Like this so-called sonic cleanser that looks so much like a box cutter that this model appears legitmately scared for her wellbeing.
The cleanser's metal blade uses ultrasonic vibrations against the skin to clean off oil, makeup, and dead cells. And presumably is also fantastic at slicing open FedEx packages, or for simple arts and crafts. You can also use it with various skin care products like age-reducing serums if you want to fully snakeoil your beauty regime, but the cost of admission is a hefty $300 for something a facecloth would probably be just as effective—and far less terrifying—for. [Hammacher Schlemmer via 7Gadgets]


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Total warfare: What to do when your auto insurer totals your car
Your car suffered major damage in an accident. Now what? Do you buy a new one? Do you have it repaired? In most cases, that's a decision that will be made by your car insurance company. If you disagree, you can try to work out a deal to pay for repairs. If you can't agree, you can fight your insurer — but get yourself familiar with the claims process first.
If the cost of repairing your vehicle exceeds a certain percentage of your car's value before the accident, insurance companies will declare it a "total loss." Some car insurance companies will total a vehicle if damages are at or above 51% its pre-accident value. Other insurers will total at 80%. State insurance departments often set guidelines for the percentage at which cars can be totaled.
More specifically, your insurer will weigh the cost of repairs plus reimbursement expenses for a rental car against the car's actual cash value.
For example, your insurance company may declare your 15-year-old Buick a total loss if it suffers minor damage because the car's value is already low and repairs are expensive. At the same time, major damage to a brand-new Lexus might not make it a total loss. Auto insurance claims adjusters usually determine a car's actual cash value by using their company's proprietary database of values.
A car generally is considered to be a total loss when the estimated cost of repair plus the salvage value equals or exceeds its actual cash value.
If the insurance company totals your car, it will pay you the car's actual cash value, minus your deductible, and your car is then sent to a salvage yard to be auctioned off to the highest bidder and usually chopped up for parts. The insurance company keeps whatever money it got for the car in salvage.
But there are exceptions, since claims are handled on a case-by-case basis in accordance with state regulations.
Options for keeping your totaled car
What if you really love your car and you don't want them to take it away? Maybe you don't agree with your insurance company's assessment of the damages. You have options on how to keep a totaled car, but they are limited.
When you buy a car insurance policy, you sign a contract that states that you can't force your insurer to pay out more than your car is worth. On the other hand, most states require insurance companies to follow the "made whole" doctrine, meaning you should be restored to the same financial position you were in prior to the accident.
In 2018, about 19% of collision and liability claims in the United States resulted in the cars being totaled, according to CCC Information Services, a company that tracks auto claims for the insurance industry. Total loss frequency has increased about 1% year-over-year since 2013. This is primarily due to people driving older cars longer and rising repair costs that are increasing faster than vehicle values.
If your car is declared a total loss but you want to have it repaired anyway, you should be able to retain it. Can your insurer decide to total your car despite your protests?
In some cases, your insurer will work with you if you "elect to retain salvage" in accordance with their policy language and state law.
Your insurer still has to pay you the car's actual cash value, minus the deductible and minus what the company would have gotten for it at the salvage yard. If you want to keep the car, you should alert your claims adjuster and insurance company right away. You're then going to have to pay for the repairs yourself.
Make sure you think your decision through. If you decide to give up your car but then you change your mind, you're going to have a hard time buying it back at auction.
License to buy
In most states, your car is gone for good once it goes to auction. Regulations vary, but in many places you won't be able to attend the auction without a special license for auto salvagers or auto dealers. It's good to call the auction house beforehand to see if you will need a license in order to bid on your car.
If you do get your car back from your insurer, you'll be left with a badly damaged car and perhaps only a fraction of the money needed to repair it. If the car is really beyond repair, you'll be left with a carcass of a car and a check that's not quite enough to buy you a new one.
If the car is repairable, make sure you have all the necessary work done. Insurers can refuse to completely cover a car that's been totaled if it hasn't passed a department of motor vehicle (DMV) inspection — often a necessary step in getting your car back on the road. As long as it passes DMV inspection, however, you should have no problem buying insurance.
The price is wrong
People who complain about their total loss settlements generally don't want their old, crashed cars back. Instead, they complain that their insurers didn't give them enough money to buy a similar car. Your insurance company's estimate of what a comparable car will cost may differ from your estimates. Your insurance company will look at many variables, such as the value of your car in its pre-accident condition, logged mileage, special equipment and features, and local market prices for that year, make and model.
Totaling Tips
You may be entitled to claim the costs of sales tax, title and registration fees when you buy a replacement car after yours is totaled. For more, read about recouping expenses after your car is totaled.
What if the insurance check for your totaled vehicle is less than what you owe? To avoid being in the red, save yourself some grief and buy gap coverage when you purchase a new car.
If you disagree with the insurance company's assessment of your vehicle, you can hire an independent appraiser at your own expense to perform an inspection of your vehicle (contact a local body shop or garage to find one). Be sure to get a detailed inspection put in writing. Then present that information to your insurance company.
If you still can't come to an agreement on value, contact a consumer representative at your state's department of insurance. This representative should investigate your case and can help you resolve the differences with your insurer.
If you've exhausted all these measures with no satisfactory results, you have two options: arbitration or litigation. But before you decide to hire an independent appraiser, or even pursue the matter in court, you should weigh whether the fight to get more money for your vehicle is worth it.
Bring in the lawyers
Landing in a courtroom over a totaled-vehicle settlement isn't very likely, but knowing your options is an advantage that consumer advocates continually stress. Knowing how the claims process works, as well as what to do when you are not satisfied with it, will get you the most for your insurance dollars.
Arbitration is a process in which you and the insurance company present your facts to a third-party arbiter. Arbitration can be binding (which means the arbiter's decision is final) or non-binding (meaning you can still take the insurer to court if you are unsatisfied). Generally, this process for settling a complaint is less of a hassle and less expensive than a lawsuit.
However, if you choose to enter arbitration, it's a good idea to hire a lawyer. Insurance companies are represented by lawyers and you may be at a disadvantage without one to represent you. Hiring an attorney may increase the odds of a satisfactory outcome for you, but it will cost you money.
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Add a New Menu:This feature is primarily for administrative purposes. The purpose of additional menus is to give the webmaster a convenient method to organize all the pages that have been created, without necessarily making these pages available to the public. A good example would involve a page that was designed specifically for Christmas or any other holiday. During the "off-season" the page may need to be accessed once in awhile by the webmaster – but not by the public. To keep things neatly organized, the webmaster can add a new menu that lists all holiday pages, for example, and provides an easy method for organizing those pages. It is important to note that any additional menus created will not be seen by the public when using a standard NE1 template. The new NE1 templates are designed to contain one main menu only. Custom templates can be designed to use multiple menus
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Halladay's wife 'fought hard' to keep Roy out of the cockpit: 'I WAS VERY AGAINST IT'
Roy Halladay's wife "fought hard" to convince the eight-time all-star to stay out of the cockpit.
The former Blue Jays ace, who tragically died Tuesday afternoon when his plane crashed off the Florida coast, once appeared in a promotional video for ICON, the maker of the aircraft Halladay was piloting.
"She's fought me the whole way," Halladay says in the video while standing next to his wife, Brandy.
She replies: "Hard. I fought hard. I was very against it."
But then Brandy explains how a single flying experience convinced her otherwise.
"I went down with him one day to the training centre in St. Pete and they said, 'Oh, you want to go up for a ride?'
"I got up in that plane. I looked over and said, 'OK, I get it. This is amazing.'"
Later in the clip, Halladay talks about how "excited" he is to have the No. 01 ICON A5 out of the 100 founder's edition.
"That is pretty cool," he says. "To think that I get to take that home is pretty surreal."
The sheriff's department in Pasco County, Fla., confirmed Halladay's body was found at the scene of the crash.
At a news conference, Sheriff Chris Nocco — who knew Halladay — said the ICON A5 went down about noon Eastern Time near Holiday, Fla.
"He was probably one of the most humble human beings you'll ever meet," Nocco said. "For somebody who won two Cy Youngs, as I said one of the greatest pitchers in baseball, he would walk in the room as if he was just anybody. It didn't matter who he met, he was kind and generous."
The sheriff's office marine unit responded to the downed plane and found Halladay's body.
No survivors were found. Police said they couldn't confirm if there were additional passengers on the plane or say where it was headed.
Halladay was an amateur pilot who often posted on social media about small planes. ICON aircraft had posted a video with Halladay trying out a new plane.
In May, a similar ICON AF crashed in California, killing two of the company's engineers.


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It's been nearly two years to the day since I wrote my post about the hosting platform I setup on EC2. The post still gets plenty of traffic and this week I was asked if it was still valid info. I think there are some better ways of accomplishing what we set out to do back then, and here is a summary.
1. Instead of round-robin DNS for load balancing, you can now use Amazon's Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) service. The service allows for HTTP or TCP load balancing options. I found that the HTTP 1.1 support in ELB is somewhat incomplete and "100 Continue" responses were not handled properly for large image uploads (a specific case I was using).
2. I chose Puppet two years ago for configuration management. Since that time, OpsCode has released Chef, which is a friendlier way to manage your systems (in my opinion) that we also happen to use at Etsy.
3. Our database layer was built on four instances for MySQL, in a fairly paranoid configuration. We had strong concerns about instances failing and losing data. There are a couple of new tools available to help with running MySQL on EC2. You can use the Elastic Block Store (EBS) for more resilient disk storage, or choose the Relational Database Service (RDS) which is MySQL implemented as a native service in AWS. Disclaimer: I haven't deployed production databases using either of these tools. These are only suggestions for possibilities that look better/easier than the setup we used.
4. When it comes to monitoring tools, Ganglia is terrific. What I like about Munin is the easy of writing plug-ins and the layout of similar services on a single page for quick comparisons between machines. Ganglia's plugins are also dead-simple to write. In the five months I've been at Etsy, I've written at least 15. In the three years I was using Munin, I probably wrote a total of six plug-ins.
Additionally, Ganglia has some sweet aggregated graphs for like machines. This graph looks like a couple hundred web servers (as stacked lines).
All of the points listed in the "successes" section of that original article should still be considered valid and are worth reading again. But I'll highlight the last two, specifically:
Fault tolerance: Over the last two years when I worked at CafeMom we ran a number of full-time services on EC2 (fewer than 10 instances). While a handful had been running for years at the time I left (had been started before I arrived, actually), other instances failed much sooner. I can't stress the importance of automated configurations for EC2 instances, given that these things have a tendency to fail when you're busy work on another deadline. I believe that in technical circles they refer to this as Murphy's Law.
Portable hosting: I'm a big believer in commodity services. The more generic your vendor services, the easier it is to switch them out when your blowout preventer fails. I've mentioned a few services in this article that are specific to Amazon Web Services (ELB, RDS, and EBS). If you go the route of Elastic Load Balancer or Relational Database Service, you should strongly consider what services you would use if you had to move to another cloud vendor.


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Big Spender: $25,000 Summer Camp
Charles Passy joins Lunch Break with a look at whether a summer camp in Switzerland is worth the $25,000 cost. Photo: Getty Images.
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... I ... what you get at eight twenty five thousand dollars to twenty five thousand summer camp well for starters you get a ... lot of frequent flier miles and pushy happened so that in Switzerland ... which else that thank you to discuss the latest in a big Spender column ... wow ... twenty five thousand at the most hits and maybe your colleges someplace well or or or about a year of a very expensive to have anything to buy exactly ... right so it's in Switzerland or else about the camp ... aam is a camp for seven to sixteen year olds on ... the track the very diverse international coed very diverse international group of campers from Saudi Arabia to South America ... and you know that definitely adds some luxury elements you can do a shopping excursion to surrender its you can go skiing and snowboard compelling on repelling or the monitoring of doubt and and and and I think the funniest thing is that they don't stay in the traditional cabins are bonds they stay in the hotel upper twenty five thousand the title I'm feeling it in a bunk bed right ... right of the hotel's pool of writers health doesn't sound so elegant um ... and um ... and then obviously you're sort of you're you're getting exposed to European culture ... the other big thing they get from a very practical standpoint is pretty intense language lessons understand English German French Spanish five mornings when my college education ... it is um ... I don't know whether the campers appreciate spending all the warnings of learning a foreign language but that's deftly part of the program as well he now you know I mean apart can points from a write up what it was pretty like I went to camp but it was sort of talent or dinner right and they knew for sure what happens in the slot that for a part of the experience ... this is not there must be something in between levels right between ... like that and cancer fight back ... this this or the sweet spot for American camping somewhere between eight to thirteen thousand ... on and that that twelve to thirteen thousand dollars level which is half the cost here you really do get a lot of activities a lot of it to be equestrian can be ... of wakeboarding that saw on TV comic book illustration um I like it will really means is often held up as the example of this and or some other main camps ... aam and those wandered ... around ... twelve to thirteen thousand to eighty thousand ... I've told you get pretty much almost the same thing but little more rustic so yet there is no reason you have to go to Switzerland to enjoy the summer and for parents to enjoy a summer without their children ... how is this campaign around on this is been around for for for a few decades it's it's it's a family run king of ... the campers when you look of their Facebook page the campers to block or so and I have to say we would not love spending the summer and in the mountains of Switzer Switzerland so it's the it's not ... that different a stock that beat upon


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ajh0827 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 27 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Design is up to you, the logo will be used on the homepage, t-shirts and business cards
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Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Logo for ozomahtli.com
Ozomahtli ( day of the Monkey on the Aztec calendar) is a day for creating, for play, for celebrating.
I'm going to use this site as a location for my blog and a place I send people who I discuss web-product strategy with. The design is up to you however I do like the monkey logo at the link below. Having something similar in a solid color with the name integrated somehow would be great. I will also most likely have some t-shirts made up so if you do go with color I would also like a single color version.
You can find more info (and the logo I referred to above)about the day at:
I also like the design at the following link. It's a classic mexican dia de los muertos design. I can imagine the monkey having some of the similar elements (the design in the eyes...) just don't use the same color scheme please.
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I am quite enjoying Tales of the Abyss 3D, which publisher Namco Bandai released today for 3DS. It's an anime-styled Japanese role-playing game with action-ish combat and a world map packed with towns and dungeons. In other words, it's a Tales game.
I got the game yesterday, so I've only played around an hour or so, but I already have a minor complaint. While Abyss regularly features voice acting for all of its scenes, its optional cut-scenes are silent. Sometimes too silent. It's uncomfortable. (Especially during scenes that cut out the background music entirely.)
As I explain in the above video, this is particularly disconcerting when you compare it to Tales of Vesperia (the last Tales game I played), which featured full voice acting in all of its cut-scenes. They could at times be annoying, but at least they weren't silent.
I'll have more coverage on Tales of the Abyss in the coming days/weeks.


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The Finger Lakes, Mid-Hudson and Southern Tier were among the top winners at...
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The Finger Lakes, Mid-Hudson and Southern Tier were among the top winners at Wednesday's Regional Economic Development Council Awards, with the three regions each taking home more than $90 million in grants and tax incentives.
All three were recognized as having the best strategic plans at the awards ceremony, where $738 million in state funds and tax breaks were divvied up among the 10 regions of the state.
Five "best plan" awardees received an extra $25 million grant to implement their economic-development plans. The Finger Lakes region, which includes the city of Rochester, received the highest total, with $96.2 million.
The Mid-Hudson, which stretches from Sullivan and Dutchess counties south to Westchester County, received $92.8 million. The Southern Tier -- covering the Binghamton, Ithaca and Elmira regions -- received a total of $91.1 million.
"We're absolutely thrilled," said Sandy Parker, president and CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance and a member of the Finger Lakes council. "Our projects are designed to create jobs for the Finger Lakes, so we think we're well poised to move the region forward in the next two or three years."
The North Country and Central New York were named "top performers" for their work in implementing last year's plans and took more than $90 million each.
In all, the $738 million from the state will help fund 725 projects across the state, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office. A full list of the projects was not immediately provided by the Cuomo Administration.
The competitive-grant program was first launched last year and has been touted by Cuomo as a way to spur the state's economy.
"This is working, my friends. It's working," Cuomo said at the awards presentation. "There's a different energy in New York."
Among the projects receiving a boost from the state are the Health Sciences Center for Computational Innovation -- a partnership between the University of Rochester and computer giant IBM -- and the Golisano Institute of Sustainability at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The centers will each receive $5 million in state funds for research and development programs.
In the Southern Tier, Binghamton University will partner with private companies to build the Southern Tier High Technology Incubator. The program was awarded a $7 million.
For the Mid-Hudson region, $3 million will go to help create the New York State Cloud Computing and Analytics Center at Marist College in Poughkeepsie.
"We're excited," said Harvey Stenger, president of Binghamton University and one of the co-chairs of the Southern Tier council. "Having one of the beat strategic plans identified today is a great honor."


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Two RV companies' products will be getting some quality air time on an upcoming episode of CBS Television's popoular show, "The Mentalist."
The Good Sam Club was contacted recently by CBS/Warner Bros. to provide a variety of vehicles for the show at a location shoot on Tuesday ( Sept. 15), according to Sue Bray, executive director of the club.
The club's parent company, Affinity Group Inc. (AGI), provided two test trailers manufactured by Peterson Industries Inc., Smith Center, Kan., and Northwood Manufacturing Inc., La Grande, Ore.
AGI also supplied a boat, ATVs and motorcycles.
Warner Bros. is going to make a donation to Hole in the Wall Camps in exchange for the vehicles AGI provided, Bray noted.
"The Mentalist" revolves around a celebrated psychic-turned-detective (Simon Baker) who has a powerful gift for observation and investigates crimes for the California Bureau of Investigation.
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I don't have any Creole or Cajun relatives (that I know of), so for authentic recipes I turn to some of my favorite cookbooks. Emeril calls this particular recipe his "Clean Out the Ice Box and Freezer" Jambalaya, my kind of food, particularly now because after the holidays and fall harvest we have a freezer stuffed full of…stuff. After going through it a week ago we renewed our commitment to using up some of the stash and cleaning it out over the next month, which will of course make room for more stuff. The cycle never ends.
The recipe is pretty straight forward, but I made a few modifications as a I went. First of all, I couldn't believe it had no celery and I added some anyway. The recipe calls for a mix of dark and white meat, but since Michael doesn't care for dark meat I used only white meat. I also used brown rice instead of white rice and reduced the oil to 1/3 cup. Not much of a difference in the amount of oil, I know, but I think the recipe turned out just fine. And because this was dinner for all of us, I cut back on the cayenne so the boys could enjoy it too. Michael made up for the lack of heat by pouring some hot sauce onto his servings.
This is an easy dish to prepare, and it's practically a meal in a pot. Add a green salad or other green vegetable and you are set.
Like many recipes calling for meat, this one has weight measurements, which are more precise than measuring by cups (i.e. 3 cups of sliced sausage). We buy frozen shrimp in two pounds bags then just weight out what we need each time. A kitchen scale is a handy piece of gear for weighing all kinds of ingredients for cooking and baking. I use mine all the time for weighing meat, vegetables, fruits, flour, nuts, just about anything.
For this week's celebration of the third anniversary of Andrea's Recipes, I'm giving away a kitchen scale courtesy of Eat Smart. The scale has a digital display and weighs in both grams/kilos and ounces/pounds and allows you to change them on the fly. It has a simple tare function so you can put a bowl on the scale then turn it on, and the scale will register zero, giving you accurate measurement for the ingredients you add to the bowl. It's small enough that it won't take up much space in your kitchen, but sturdy enough to handle up to 11 pounds.
To enter the contest just leave a comment telling us about your favorite meal that helps you clean out your freezer or refrigerator. Please make sure your email address is correct so I can contact you if you are the lucky winner. The scale can be shipped to United States addresses. The contest closes at midnight EST on Wednesday January 22, 2009, and Random.org will select the winner. Look for the announcement of the winner in this post soon after.
UPDATE: Congratulations to Nicole, comment #6, the winner of the kitchen scale!
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) canola oil (I used 1/3 cup and it came out fine.)
- 1 pound (~1/2 k) andouille sausage, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch slices
- 3 medium to large yellow onions, chopped
- 2 stalks of celery, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup (~55 g) chopped green bell peppers
- 1/2 cup (~55 g) chopped red bell peppers
- 2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning (Recipe follows or you can use a purchased blend.)
- 1 teaspoon cayenne, divided
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1-1/2 pounds (680 g) boneless chicken meat, cut into 1-inch cubes (You can use white or dark meat or a mix of white and dark meat.)
- 1/2 pound (227 g) ham, cubed
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 cups medium-grain white rice (I use brown rice.)
- 6 cups (1.420 liters) water
- 1/2 pound (227 g) shelled shrimp, thawed if from frozen
- 5 green onions, chopped, green tops only
- 1/4 cup (10 g) chopped fresh parsley
- 2-1/2 tablespoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried leaf oregano
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- Heat the oil in a large cast-iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook until it start to render the fat. Add the onions, bell peppers, 1 teaspoon of the salt, the Creole seasoning, and 1/2 teaspoon of the cayenne. Stirring often, brown the vegetables and sausage until they are caramelized, about 15 minutes. Scrape the bottom and sides of the pot to loosen any browned particles (fond). Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Season the chicken with the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/2 teaspoon cayenne. Add the chicken, ham, and the bay leaves to the pot. Brown the chicken for 8 minutes, scraping the bottom of the pot to loosen any browned bits.
- Add the rice and stir for 2 to 3 minutes to coat evenly. Add the water, stir to combine, and cover. Cook over medium heat for 30 to 35 minutes, without stirring, or until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed.
- Lay the shrimp on top of the cooked rice during the last 5 minutes of cooking and steam until just pink. Remove the pot from the heat and let stand, covered, for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the bay leaves. Stir in the green onions and parsley, and serve.
large cast iron Dutch oven
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- The Perfect Pantry – Arlo's Saskatchewan Chicken Jambalaya
- Hedonia – Jambalaya


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Skateboard Trucks Sizing Chart
Skateboard Trucks
Without these babies you won't go far. If you are a skater you'll know what to get. However if you're just starting out, graduating from a garage sale board or buying one for a friend here are some quick guidelines to follow.
Ideally you'll want to match your trucks with the width of your skateboard.
4.75 for up to 7.5" wide decks
5.0 for up to 7.75" wide decks
5.25 for up to 8.125" wide decks
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Thursday's time management tips, business of writing, lessons learned from my writing, writing excerpts, and a little bit about me.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
How I Organize My Day to Keep Writing Creative and Happening
I met Marsha on Twitter. I don't remember who followed who first, but I kept retweeting things she had to say. She would always thank me for retweeting as well. Between her tweets, and thank you's I was impressed. So I sent her a message asking if she would be interested in being a guest on my blog. She replied back that yes she would, but could she post on the 25th of August. I asked her near the start of July. So wow, that was cool, this gal is organized! As promised she delivered her post and links on Tuesday, and I've had a chance to set things up to run today. I've enjoyed working with Marsha, and she has some great things to share. So this is as much a treat for me as I hope it will be for all of you.
Take it away Marsha!
Lots of folks have told me I'm highly organized and the topic of time management is something I do enjoy. I was especially pleased when Dean asked me to be his guest and share my personal time management tips.
As a full-time writer, without any job organizing my day, hours can easily get lost or claimed by friends/family. Probably the most important thing I do to maintain my productivity is exercise. I exercise at least an hour six or more days a week. It keeps my mind alert and reduces stress from problems which inhibit my creativity. Also, my body is much more willing to sit at a keyboard after activity, almost glad for the rest break. I cycle an average of thirty miles per week, kayak for 90 minutes, attend yoga classes twice a week at a local studio, and do various other types of yoga at home on the other days. Most shake their heads in disbelief where I get such motivation. Truth is, I've had severe fibromyalgia for eleven years. We moved south to Tampa to alleviate much of the associated muscle pain. But for many years we had to remain in Ohio for family reasons, and my pain management changed from meds to total management with exercise. Simply, it gave me my life back. I accepted daily exercise as a way of life, and although virtually unnecessary now for pain control, I still find the other benefits extremely worthwhile.
After that constant, my daily schedule is all about fitting tasks into the best time slots. I'd love to exercise first thing in the morning, but that's prime time for social media activity. I spend an hour or two with that, depending on what I need to promote, then I'm out the door. I also have obligations to care for my elderly mother, who lives nearby. She wears out early in the day, so evening time with her won't work. Time with her fills mid-day, along with household chores and errands. Through the afternoon, between re-checking social media interactions, I do short writing work: editing; reviewing chapters for my crit group; writing blogs.
I find I need long spans of time to accomplish productive writing, so after dinner until bedtime is my prime writing time. I'm not one who can write anything useful in fifteen-minute spans of time. I like to submerge in my story and the lives of my characters. Fifteen-minute intervals don't give me that "high" which I've become addicted to.
Reading happens last thing for an hour in bed. Many nights I wake up to find my Nook dutifully shut itself off.
One of my coolest time management tricks I just discovered is that I can read my Nook and knit at the same time. Floppy books make that multi-tasking impossible, but an e reader sits nice and still, requiring no hands. I've been squeezing out time to construct a couple costumes for DragonCon, coming up next week, and the tops require some knitting. In the process, I've been able to scratch a couple books off my TBR list.
As a beginning writer, it was difficult to find the correct rhythm for my day. I tried several different arrangements until this one stuck. I hope some of my tips help those still searching for what works.
Marsha A. Moore is a writer of fantasy romance. The magic of art and nature spark life into her writing. She is the author of the novel, TEARS ON A TRANQUIL LAKE, the first in a trilogy. Part two, TORTUGA TREASURE is contracted for release in January, 2012. Look for her first of an epic fantasy romance series, SEEKING A SCRIBE: ENCHANTED BOOKSTORE LEGENDS ONE, to be available late autumn.
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13 comments:
- Marsha A. Moore said...
Thanks for inviting me to be your guest today. I'm so used to blogging about fantasy or romance topics, this is a real treat for me!
- August 25, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- Lindsay said...
You have established priorities -- that is the key to productivity.
thank you for this very good post.
- August 25, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Marsha A. Moore said...
Some things must come first to keep life happy and stable, ready to create, then writing happens. Thanks for visiting, Lindsay.
- August 25, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- Roseanne Dowell said...
With a day that full, I'm amazed you find time to write at all. I wish I was as organized as you. I'm sure you'll be very successful with your books.
- August 25, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- Marsha A. Moore said...
When the fibromyalgia took away so much, I found I valued whatever time I could steal from the illness. Really changed my outlook. Thanks lots, Ro! Luv you for visiting!
- August 25, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- K.S. Brooks said...
Hey Marsha, great insight. Thank you for sharing it. FYI, I found that reducing the salicylates in my diet helped my fibromyalgia a lot. Thanks again for sharing you methods. I think I might give them a try.
- August 25, 2011 at 10:17 AM
As a newly minted full-time writer, I've struggled to effectively manage my days. I'm hoping that when the kids return to school in two weeks I'll be able to carve out long periods of writing.
Right now, I simply sneak tiny minutes in between Kid-stuff.
But, you're right, exercise is key to keeping the mind and body sharp.
Thanks for your tips.
- August 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM
- Abby Fowers said...
This is so great! Time management is crucial and excise can work more wonders than people give it credit for! Thanks for sharing with us today Marsha! This is fabulous!
- August 25, 2011 at 2:56 PM
K.S., managing fibromyalgia does require a routine, but having time without pain is huge incentive.
Catwoods, good luck finding your writing routine. It took me at least 6 months to find my balance. You'll get one.
Abby, exercise brings so many positives it gives back the time spent.
- August 25, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Lola X said...
Absolutely fantastic blog!!! Glad I found it! Love it!!!
Lola x
- August 27, 2011 at 7:58 AM
- Marsha A. Moore said...
Hi Lola! Thanks for visiting. Time management for writers is an important topic which is often overlooked. Dean's blog does a great job addressing that need.
- August 27, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- Jeff King said...
Great post, I need help in this area-BIG TIME
- August 27, 2011 at 6:21 PM
- Dean C. Rich said...
A big thank you goes to Marsha. An outstanding post, and great feedback. Thank you again for coming over and being such a fantastic guest on The Write Time.
- August 28, 2011 at 7:55 AM


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We're merging the existing kitchen and dining space with a new 15-ish foot bump out that will include a new hearth area and larger kitchen. The room will be filled with windows, french doors, painted (Navajo White) paneling and moldings.
I love small cozy rooms, but love an open floorplan for living and entertaining. While designing this space I've made a conscious effort to keep this wide open plan feeling cozy. I'd love your input and ideas.
Besides that debate, I love the beams in this photo, the white on white, wooden stools and the classic rugs.
We will also have brass pulls and lanterns mixed with polished nickel faucets.
As you can see from the plans, we've also included a large bank of windows over the baking counter vs. upper cabinets to bring in light. I'm planning to keep a stool under the cabinets also so I can sit there during the day and work while I have a great view of the backyard.
I'd love to have the windows be something really beautiful... diamond pattern leaded glass? Old windows? New with cottage shutters?
Also, love this mantle - you can see on the right side of the photo. I love how it is boxed in with paneling... and love the beams.
As we're gathering resources and beginning to think about placing orders, I'd love your input. You all always have the best and most creative solutions - I can't wait to hear your ideas and thoughts on our projects. Here are specific areas that we need some help and resources :
Doors & Windows
Sink - Apron Front, Farm-style
Cottage Shutters?
Upholstery - New Sofa and Chairs
Stone/Brick for Fireplace
Beams - Boxed in or Reclaimed/Exposed?