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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Among the things John Groce has preached to his Illinois team is the need to keep their emotions under control. Never get too high with a win or too low with a loss.
A home loss to No. 8 Minnesota this week could prove to be a test of just how well the 12th-ranked Fighting Illini have listened. The 84-67 setback followed a 74-55 blowout win over then-No. 8 Ohio State, a split almost any team would take.
But the loss also left Illinois (14-3) to 1-2 in Big Ten play with a third loss in five games. Maybe worse, The Illini couldn't pin the loss to Minnesota on a lack of effort or toughness.
Illinois did plenty that qualified as tough, Groce said Friday - taking charges, running and diving after loose balls, looking for contact. The Illini just couldn't knock down shots. They hit just 35.4 percent overall and were a miserable 3 of 24 from 3-point range.
And, tough or not, they gave up 21 points in transition to the Gophers.
``Ran into a little bit of a buzz saw Wednesday night,'' Groce said. ``They were really good.''
Now the Illini are looking ahead to Saturday's game at Wisconsin (11-4, 2-0), not the first team you'd pick to bounce back against.
Illinois has lost 10 of its last 14 against the Badgers, who stubbornly stick to just the kind of low-scoring, methodical game that the Illini - averaging a solid 75.2 points - have managed to avoid this season. Wisconsin is averaging 70.6 points, but that figure is dropping. The Badgers scored 47 on Nebraska and 60 on Penn State in their last two games, both wins.
``They're very, I don't want to say very deliberate, but very calculating,'' Groce said. ``They're determined to get what they want to get and not very often will they take a bad shot.''
``It's hard to speed them up,'' he added.
Sophomore center Nnanna Egwu, who has played twice against Bo Ryan's Badgers, sounded a little frustrated just describing Wisconsin's slowdown game.
``They do a good job getting to you, making you prolong your offense,'' he said. ``And on the offensive end they take their time. They make you guard for (almost) 35 seconds and then they shoot with two seconds left - and then they get the offensive rebound and make you guard for another 35 seconds.''
Egwu, in his first year as a starter, will see a lot of Badgers center Jared Berggren. He is the team's leading scorer, averaging 13.3 points, and one of its top rebounders with a 6.0 average. The 6-10, 235-pound Berggren is in his fifth season in Madison and has started every game since the opener last season - making it 51 in a row.
Along the way, Groce said, he's become very good.
``He's really polished offensively, he's very skilled, he can shoot the ball from the perimeter, he can score it inside,'' Groce said. ``They use him a lot like we use Egwu defensively.''
Egwu, an inch taller than Berggren, isn't nearly as polished but he's started to come into his own the past few weeks. He's averaging 8.2 points and 7.0 rebounds over the last five, and has given Illinois a smart, physical presence inside on defense that the team wasn't sure it would have this season.
He quietly had one of the better nights of any Illinois player in the loss to Minnesota, pulling down nine rebounds while scoring eight points.
A loss Saturday would push the Illini toward the back of the Big Ten pack. The next two games, against Northwestern and Nebraska, would give them a chance to claw back. But there's no question they'd be well behind the top of the conference that could include a pair of 4-0 teams in Michigan and Minnesota by the end of the weekend.
That, Groce said, is something Illinois can't worry about.
``In terms of getting away from you and all that, I can't control that,'' he said.
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Pumpkin Mac 'n' Cheese From 'Melt: The Art of Macaroni & Cheese' Recipe
When we were writing our cookbook, Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese, we made it our top priority to develop dishes that not only tasted great, but were also a vision to behold. We love our standard saucy macs, creamy gratins, and hearty casseroles, but the ones that really capture our hearts are the ones that initiate a captivated silence when they're carried out to the table. This is one of those dishes.
This baked macaroni and cheese recipe was made for your holiday table, and luckily, it takes very little actual work. It's easy: You scrape out a pumpkin, bake it, fill it with herbs, shredded cheese, cooked pasta and crumbled sausage, then finish in the oven to melt everything together. That's it.
If you like, you can even prepare most of the dish ahead of time. Shred the cheese, cook the pasta, and sauté the sausage the day before. A few hours before dinner, pre-bake your pumpkin, drop in the filling, and finish the dish in the oven while everyone sits around, playing with their gifts. It should only warrant 15 minutes worth of work. When you ready to dig into this gorgeous squash-bound gratin, you simply stick a big spoon in the middle and stir, scraping out swathes of tender pumpkin as you serve. The sweet sugar pumpkin mingles well with the cheese and sausage, with sweet, spicy, melty strings trailing after your serving spoon.
Here, we use Fontina and Gruyère, two old-school cheeses that can be found almost anywhere and are well-known for both their gorgeous flavors and melting capabilities. The cheeses are flexible, though, so you can use whatever you've got on hand. You can use all Fontina, all Gruyère, or even use all Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack, Swiss, or any combination thereof. I've made this dish with half Jarlsberg and half Monterey Jack, and it was incredible. We even made a vegetarian version with aged Cheddar—whatever they had handy at Trader Joe's—along with Soyrizo and chopped, canned chipotle pepper. No matter what cheeses we use, this dish is still a show-stopper at the table.
- Yield:Serves 4 to 6
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:2 1/2 hours
- 1 sugar pumpkin, or other sweet variety (not a carving pumpkin), about 5 pounds
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 pound mild Italian pork sausage
- 4 ounces elbow macaroni
- 5 ounces Fontina, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 2 ounces Gruyère, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 3 scallions, diced
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage
- 1 cup heavy cream
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut a circle from the top of the pumpkin at a 45-degree angle, the way you would cut open a pumpkin to make a jack-o'-lantern, and set aside. Scoop out the seeds and strings as best you can. Generously salt and pepper the inside of the pumpkin, pop the top back on it, place it on a rimmed baking dish (since the pumpkin may leak or weep a bit), and bake for 45 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. If the sausages are in their casings, remove the meat and discard the casings. Crumble the sausage meat into small chunks and cook until lightly browned. Remove the sausage from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside to cool. Discard the drippings, or save for gravy or what have you.
Also while the pumpkin bakes, cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain through a colander and rinse with cool water to stop the cooking process.
In a bowl, toss together the Fontina, Gruyère, sausage, pasta, scallions, and herbs. Once the pumpkin is done baking, take it out of the oven and fill it with the macaroni and cheese. Pour the cream over the filling. Place the top back on the pumpkin and bake for 1 hour, taking the top off for the last 15 minutes so the cheese on top of the filling can properly brown. If the top cream still seems a bit too wobbly and liquid, give it another 10 minutes in the oven. The cream may bubble over a bit, which is fine.
If the pumpkin splits while baking, as occasionally happens, be thankful you set it in a rimmed baking dish and continue to bake as normal.
Allow the pumpkin to rest for 10 minutes before serving. Be careful moving the dish, as the pumpkin may be fragile. You can serve this dish two ways: Cut it into sections and serve them, or just scoop out the insides with scrapings of the pumpkin flesh for each serving. Either way is just dandy. Salt and pepper to taste.
Wine pairings: white Rhône Valley blends, Viognier, oaky Chardonnay, champagne

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It is, as they say, go time. The regular season is in the books, the conference championships are over and the selection committee has named names. Here's a rundown of what's what in each of the four regions as we head into Wednesday's First Four.
South Region
Top Seed
The Kentucky Wildcats (32-2) lost in the SEC Championship game to Vanderbilt but were still the NCAA Tournament's top team in the eyes of the selection committee. And rightly so, given how well the Wildcats played from start to finish this season. With the most talented roster in the country — Anthony Davis, Doron Lamb, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terrence Jones and Marquis Teague among others — John Calipari's club are heavy favorites to win the whole thing. No pressure, guys.
- Defending national champion Connecticut is a No. 9 seed after going 20-13 during the season. If they win their first-round matchup with Iowa State, they'll face top-seeded Kentucky.
- Speaking of the No. 8 Cyclones, they're coached by former ISU player Fred "The Mayor" Hoiberg and are making their first tournament appearance since 2005.
- VCU, one of the Cinderella teams from last year, earned a 12th-seed by beating Drexel in the CAA Tournament. Drexel, though, was shut out of the NCAAs, even though many experts liked them to make the field.
- No. 6 UNLV was undefeated at home for the first time in 20 years. That 1991-92 Runnin' Rebels team lost in the Final Four to Duke, the same team they demolished the year before in the national championship game.
Games to Watch
- Keeping the "Remember when?" theme going, Duke and UNLV could meet in the Sweet 16. (Maybe Larry Johnson and Christian Laettner could serve as honorary captains.)
- If UConn gets past Iowa State, the third round UConn-Kentucky game would be a rematch of last year's Final Four. And if the Wildcats win that game…
- Potential Sweet 16 rematch between No. 4 Indiana and No. 1 Kentucky. When these two teams met in December, the Hoosiers upset the Wildcats when Christian Watford hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer.
West Region
Top Seed
Michigan State (27-7) is the only No. 1 seed to win its conference tournament. This isn't unprecendented: In 2009, three of the No. 1 seeds lost their respective conference finals, including eventual national champs UNC. The Spartans opened the season with a loss to the Tar Heels on the USS Carl Vinson in the Carrier Classic and lost four days later to Duke in Madison Square Garden. But in the four months since, Tom Izzo's team has gone 17-1 at home and 14-5 in the Big 10, including two wins over Ohio State.
- No. 9 St. Louis is the third school coach Rick Majerus has taken to the NCAAs. (The others were Utah and Ball State.)
- No. 5 New Mexico, the regular season and Mountain West Tourney champion, is coached by former Hoosier great Steve Alford.
- No. 2 Missouri becomes the first power-conference team to win 30 games and not get a No. 1 seed.
- Coach Tony Bennett led No. 10 Virginia to a 22-9 record, the most wins for the Cavs since 1983. That season, with Ralph Sampson at center, they went 29-5, were ACC regular-season champs and made it to the Elite Eight.
- No. 3 Marquette (25-7) had their best record since joining the Big East and their seventh straight 20-win season (and fifth straight under coach Buzz Williams).
- Iona faces BYU on Wednesday for the 14th seed and the right to face Marquette. The Gaels were the biggest bubble-team surprise of Selection Sunday. They had no wins over the top 50, 16-4 in the MAAC, although CBS' Seth Davis called them the "VCU of this year" during the Selection Show.
Games to Watch
- No. 8 Memphis presents a huge challenge for the West's top seed, Michigan State.
- If Marquette and Missouri meet in the Sweet 16, the winner could be a legit Final Four team, given the problems Michigan State could face with Memphis in Round 3.
East Region
Top Seed
The Syracuse Orange (31-2) won the Big East regular-season title but lost to Cincy in the conference tournament. In 2003, they won their only national title in New Orleans, the site of this year's Final Four (remember when people still loved Carmelo?). The Orange lost only twice this season, but they can be exposed: their perimeter shooting has been an issue, and they struggle on the defensive boards. ESPN.com's Eamonn Brennan points out that Syracuse shot just 34.5 percent from behind the arc (compared to 52 percent on two-pointers) and ranked 341 out of 345 Division I schools in defensive rebounding. Ouch.
- Frank Martin became the first Kansas State coach to have five consecutive 20-win seasons. And for that honor they'll be the No. 8 seed and will have to face Syracuse should they get by Southern Miss in Round 2.
- Vanderbilt earned a fifth seed after winning the SEC Tournament, their first title since 1951. For some perspective, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim was six years old at the time.
- No. 12 Harvard was nationally ranked for much of the season (a first-ever for the Crimson), and they'll make their first NCAA Tourney appearance since 1946. (In case you're wondering: Boeheim was one.)
- No. 13 Montana was the Big Sky regular season and tournament champs, and they enter the NCAAs with a 14-game winning streak.
- Ohio State earned a No. 2 seed after losing to Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament. The selection committee had them as the eighth-ranked team in the country, so even with a victory over the Spartans Sunday it would've been difficult for them to earn a No. 1 seed.
- No. 3 Florida State is fresh off their first ACC Tournament championship, and Leonard Hamilton is fresh off ACC Coach of the Year honors.
Games to Watch
- No. 6 Cincinnati had its best season in Big East play (24-10 overall, 12-6 in conference), including a win over Syracuse in the conference tournament. In Round 2, Cincinnati will face Texas, a team that had countless close losses during the season.
- No. 10 West Virginia could give Ohio State fits in Round 3 because of their physicality. Otherwise the bracket sets up for an Orange-Buckeyes get-together for the right to go to the Final Four.
Midwest Region
Top Seed
The North Carolina Tar Heels (29-5) are among the biggest teams in the country. Their front line of Tyler Zeller (ACC Player of the Year), John Henson (ACC Defensive Player of the Year) and Harrison Barnes (ACC All-First Team) are all lottery picks. Henson missed the final two games of the conference tournament with a bruised wrist, but he should be available for the NCAAs. If not, the Heels will have to rely on freshman James Michael McAdoo inside and hope freshman P.J. Hairston, one of the best pure shooters coming out of high school, can break out of a months-long slump. (He showed glimpses of that during UNC's loss to Florida State in the ACC Tourney finals.)
- No. 5 Temple won the Atlantic 10 regular-season title. In 2013, Temple will join the Big East. That, along with the addition of several other new members, could help offset the loss of perennial conference powerhouse Syracuse, who's headed to the ACC.
- California will face South Florida in a Wednesday play-in game for the 12th seed and the right to meet Temple. Cal is one of just two Pac-10 teams to make the tournament. For USF, it's their first NCAA appearance in 20 years.
- No. 4 Michigan enters the Big Dance as co-Big 10 regular-season champs, the first time they've earned that distinction in 26 years.
- No. 15 Detroit won the Horizon League by knocking off No. 2 Cleveland State and No. 1 Valparaiso. And for that they'll get to face No. 2 Kansas.
- No. 6 San Diego State lost four starters off last year's team that made it to the Sweet 16, and they're one of four teams in the tournament from the Mountain West Conference.
- NC State squeezed in as an 11 seed. Coach Mark Gottfried was second in wins among all first-year year head coaches.
Teams to Watch
- The Jayhawks may not have been thrilled with the No. 2 seed, but the bracket sets up favorably for a matchup with UNC in the Elite Eight.
- Belmont (27-7) could be a bracket buster. (CBS' Davis likes them to beat Georgetown and SDSU.)
Other Tournament Tidbits
- The Big East led the way with nine teams in the tournament, followed by the Big 10 (6), the Big 12 (6) and the ACC (5). Conference USA, the MAAC, the Missouri Valley and the Pac-12 all had two.
- Breakdown of at-large bids: 26 from the power conferences, 11 from the non-power conferences. In the last 10 years, only 2004 had more non-power conferences get at-large bids (12).
- Teams on the outside looking in: Drexel (record: 27-6, RPI: 66), Northwestern (18-13, 60), Nevada (26-6, 66), University of Miami (19-12, 60), Washington (21-10, 71).
- Bubble talk: "Outside of Iona getting in," CBS' Seth Davis said Sunday night during the Selection Show, "I don't say I have a major problem with [the bubble teams who got in]. But I just feel that if you're going to go the non-conference power route, that Drexel had a much stronger case. They had better road wins — at Cleveland State, at Old Dominion and most of all no bad losses — whereas Iona had two very bad losses."
The fun starts Tuesday with the First Four.


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After I posted this simple pasta with creamy chevre, melted leeks and bacon I received a number of thank yous for sharing the sort of recipe that's perfect for a weekday dinner and then came the requests for more like it.
I want this blog to not only be a source of inspiration but also to be used. I want to imagine the recipes, printed, set on your kitchen counter and getting splattered with a bit of olive oil and stained from strawberry juice. The thought of your computer opened up to this page on the edge of the counter while you cook this recipe makes me giddy, proud and a bit nervous – don't drop your computer.
I want these recipes to feed you, your family and your neighbor down the street.
Inspiring, yet accessible – that's what I'm going for. Not every recipe fits this category as I can also tend to get a bit crazy in the kitchen (hello, homemade bitters and butterfingers, I'm looking at you) but most, I hope, do.
Our dinners are rarely repeated, even more rarely cooked from an actual recipe and sometimes are so simple I fear they aren't worth mentioning. But they're real, simple and more often than not – quite delicious and satisfying. Unless you ask my kids. Their response is often moans and snarled lips if it's anything other than a simple pasta or these sandwiches. However, there were no complaints with this meal.
The work comes from gathering the ingredients with this recipe. Mortadella and smoked mozzarella can be found at most stores and if you can't find it use a good quality ham and go for an unsmoked cheese. Honestly, it'd still be a darn good sandwich without the meat.
The pesto nearly steals the show – it's bright, fresh, peppery and hard to stop eating it with just a spoon. Like most of our weekday dinners, I try and think ahead and plan for the next day's meals while I'm taking the time to cook this one. For that reason there's a lot of pesto here. The next morning we stirred pesto into our eggs and then for dinner the following day there was a simple pesto pasta with a bit more cheese and roasted tomatoes. Suddenly a simple weekday dinner turns into an even simpler dinner for the next night.
I hope this recipe gets used, splattered, shared and enjoyed.
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Mortadella and Smoked Mozzarella Panini with Pistachio Pesto
makes about 2 cups pesto
You really can use practically any combination of herbs you like. I went for arugula and mint because I love the pepper flavor the arugula adds and the bright and fresh taste of mint. And, this is the real reason – because I have both growing in abundance in the garden.
1 1/2 cups arugula, tightly packed
2 tablespoons fresh mint
1 cup pistachios, roasted and salted
2 garlic cloves
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
Combine the arugula, mint, pistachios, garlic and Parmesan in a food processor. Pulse until everything is well pureed. You may need to scrape down the sides of the bowl to get it all well chopped.
While the machine is running stream in the lemon juice and olive oil. Don't process too much as this tends to bruise the olive oil and add a slight bitterness.
Taste and adjust the flavors. A little salt here is fine too.
For the sandwich:
smoked mozzarella, sliced
olive oil
thick slices of good bread
Get a grill pan or panini press nice and hot. A skillet works fine too.
Drizzle the outside of the bread with olive oil. Slather a good amount of pesto on the inside of both halves. Layer in slices of mortadella with smoked mozzarella.
Grill the sandwich on both sides until golden, crisp and the cheese is melted.
Serve immediately.


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Bickert, Norton lead South Shore skiers
The pressure was off.
The Vikings had already secured first place so technically this was just for fun.
"We secured the Basin in the last race," South Tahoe coach Mike Shreve said. "We would have to not show up at this point and we would still win by one point in the total basin standings."
But South Tahoe still scorched the snow with speedy times Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Diamond Peak Ski Resort. The Vikings won the team combined (boys and girls) with a total score of 401 points. Truckee was second overall with 390 points and North Tahoe third with 361. Whittell took fourth overall with 313 points.
South Shore skiers also took first in both the boys and girls races.
Leading the boys was Whittell's Hughston Norton, who posted a combined 1:06. It was a second faster than Truckee's Patrick Romano 1:06 and Scotty Lebel 1:06, who took second and third respectively.
South Tahoe's Alec Jobbins was right on their heels, flying in for fourth (1:07.7). Right behind Jobbins were teammates Connor McKeen (5th, 1:09.7), Chad Kaassamani (7th, 1:11.4) and Austin Allen (9th, 1:12.0).
As of Monday, McKeen was ranked No. 1 among boys in the league with Kaassamani ranked No. 2.
Whittell's Kody Dangtongdee (16th, (1:16.2) rounded out the Warriors top times.
The Truckee boys took the team win with 209 points to second-place South Tahoe's 203 points. North Tahoe's boys were third with 172 points and were followed by Whittell (159), Douglas (120), Carson (95) and Incline (46).
In the girls' race, South Tahoe's Maia Bickert captured the win – her fourth of the season – just ahead of North Tahoe's Jessica Tidd. Both finished in 1:08, but Bickert was less than a tenth of a second quicker.
"I expected her to be ducking it out a little more with a couple girls on the North Shore, but she's been able to keep distance on them in every race," Shreve said.
Mikaela Clothier, who has emerged at one of the Vikings most consistent racers, was right on Bickert's heels. She blazed through both of her runs for a combine third-place finish (1:08.4).
Katie Sears in ninth (1.13.3) rounded out the top South Tahoe times.
Michael Gardner led the lady Warriors to fourth place with her eighth-place finish (1:12.3). Teammate Danica Bunnett (13th, 1:15.6) turned in her usual top performance.
Bolstered by Bickert's win and two top-three finishes, the South Tahoe girls took the team win with 198 points to runner-up North Tahoe's 189 and third-place Truckee's 181. Whittell's girls were fourth with 154 points, followed by Incline (145), Douglas (132) and Carson (66).
South Tahoe and Whittell hit the slopes again Tuesday at Heavenly. For results and pictures check the Friday edition of the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
ST Maia Bickert 1 1:07.6
ST Mikaela Clothier 3 1:08.4
GW Michael Gardner 8 1:12.3
ST Katie Sears 9 1.13.3
GW Danica Bunnett 13 1:15.6
ST Annie Kate Genasci 17 1:19.6
ST Natalie Allen 18 1:21.0
GW Katherine Krolicki 19 1:21.1
ST Kailey Killeen 21 1:22.1
ST Abi Killebrew 22 1:22.3
ST Andi Ebright 24 1:23.5
GW Hughston Norton 1 1:05.2
ST Alec Jobbins 4 1:07.7
ST Connor McKeen 5 1:09.7
ST Chad Kaassamani 7 1:11.4
ST Austin Allen 9 1:12.0
GW Kody Dangtongdee 16 1:16.2
ST Grant Fagen 17 1:17.9
ST Jake Krazczek 21 1:23.4
ST Connor Henderson 24 1:24.4
GW Spencer Buchholz 30 1:26.1
GW Avery Laub 35 1:30.4
GW Logan Manchester 36 1:30.5


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Actually, we've been back for several days, but I've been jetlagged and exhausted and trying to bring my mind back to reality after an incredible two week honeymoon.
Needless to say, I haven't cooked anything for basically the month of July, which feels very rare and strange for me. I have, however, had a lot of interesting inspiration — we spent the bulk of our honeymoon in French Polynesia, where the fish was the freshest I've ever eaten, the fruit, vegetables, juices (and cocktails) were exotic and surprising, and both Asian and French influences combined seamlessly in most of our meals. Although frankly, anything that you eat on the beach is bound to be pretty darn good.
And the wedding. Oh, the wedding.
I know everyone probably thinks this about their own wedding, but it was more perfect than I could have possibly imagined. I am so lucky to have a mother who has literally devoted the past year to making sure I had the most stunning, insanely beautiful wedding that I could have wished for, and to take care of every single detail along the way so that the day went as smoothly as one could possibly hope. Even the weather cooperated — we spent most of the week before being terrified of a rainstorm ruining our (entirely outdoor) wedding — but when they came, it was at 9 pm, after the sun had set and everyone was safely under the tents.
I'm going to be back on track fairly soon with some new recipes, but first I want to share a few little snapshots of our wedding with you guys. I'm still waiting on the shots from our actual professional photographer, but these are mine from during all the preparations — hopefully I've captured the spirit of the wedding pretty well!


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Managing Your Family's Finances Online
Forget about paper, passbooks, and postage. Online banking is quick and convenient — and with a few simple steps, you can rest assured your hard-earned cash is safe.
Electronic Banking
I'm the computer geek of the family — blogging, gaming, Googling, I'm practically always online. But it was my wife, Rachelle, who had to give me a good hard shove into the world of virtual banking. She promised it would make paying bills, moving money between accounts, and checking our balances so much easier; even better, most dot-com banks offer higher interest rates than their bricks-and-mortar cousins. I, however, saw only the downside: If hackers can breach military computers, what's to keep them from tapping into our precious money?
There are a lot of skeptics out there. While e-banking is growing at about 15 percent each year, only 4 out of 10 households have entrusted their finances to the Internet. And they have reason to pause. "Online banks have gotten harder to crack, so crooks are targeting the consumers who use them because they have fewer protections in place," says James Christiansen, CEO of Evantix, an electronic risk management firm in Aliso Viejo, California, and author of Internet Survival Guide: Protecting Your Financial Information (Sheltonix). "On the other hand, it takes only a few smart steps to avoid most problems. Online security for the little guy is very good and getting better all the time."
Rachelle arm-twisted me into giving it a go. Now I'm happy to pay my bills electronically, without the stamps and hand cramps. Whether you're thinking about switching or have already made the move to Internet banking, here's how you can protect your money.
Protect Your Money
Look for the real thing. Your safest bet is going with a major player like Wells Fargo, Citibank, or Bank of America, whose top-rated Web sites offer a wide range of services. If you choose an Internet-only bank, proceed with caution: It can be hard to distinguish legitimate sites from cleverly designed imposters set up by scam artists who want to lure you into revealing your user name, password, and credit card and Social Security numbers so they can run up charges or take out loans. Check the site for a telephone number that connects you to an agent; if there isn't one, it's a red flag that the site is bogus. Even if you can reach someone, go to fdic.gov before you open an account to confirm that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation covers the e-bank's deposits.
Bookmark it. Don't use a search engine or type a URL in your browser to go to your e-bank. Thieves set up sites with addresses similar to those of real banks — usually with just one different keystroke — and clicking on a bad link or making a typo will steer you there. The sites look so authentic — down to the bank's logo — that you'd never know they're bogus. Similarly, never click on links embedded in e-mail claiming to be from your bank asking you to confirm private information or "renew" your account; banks don't request this — only spammers and phishers do. "If it were a legitimate notification, your bank would ask you to close the e-mail and go to its Web site on your own," says Christiansen.
Expect strict security. Accessing your account should involve several hurdles. A user ID and password are just the start; many places also require you to select an image — animals, a landscape, a personal photo downloaded from your digital albums — and write a phrase for it that will appear every time you try to log on; by clicking "OK," you and your bank are verifying each other's identity. Sometimes you have to input more personal details (mother's maiden name, hometown, your first pet). Once you've logged on, you should be notified that you're about "to view pages over a secure connection." Clicking "OK" should change the URL from "http" to "https," which indicates that all communication is now encrypted.
Ask to be forgotten. Don't tell your computer to remember your ID and password and automatically fill them in. "Your teen's friends, repairmen, the nanny — could try to access your accounts and write themselves an e-check," says Christiansen. Logging off after you're finished isn't good enough, since your session could still be live and accessible with a few back clicks. For added protection, delete your browsing history, then close the browser.
Steer clear of hotspots. Logging on to your bank via Wi-Fi at a coffee shop or bookstore is asking for trouble. The wireless network you're hooked up to could be an "evil twin" set up by a hacker to look like a legitimate signal so he can monitor and record every move you make. Another ploy is the "man in the middle," where crooks offer deceptive Wi-Fi signals that funnel you to a real network. You never know they're there, so they can literally rob you blind.
Keep your guard up. Make sure that your firewall, antivirus, and antispyware software are up-to-date to prevent scam artists from planting codes in your computer that enable them to steal personal data or break into programs that store financial information by tracing your keystrokes. Always shred hard copies of statements or any correspondence containing your Social Security and account numbers so thieves can't dig them out of your trash.
Password Savvy
Choosing the right one is tricky: It has to be easy to remember but complex enough to foil crooks. In general, longer is better — at least eight characters that combine letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and punctuation marks. Don't use real words, since hackers have programs that can automatically enter every one in the dictionary. Reversing, capitalizing, or doubling a piece of easily identifiable personal information may seem clever but it's all too common. Experts suggest stringing together related names or thoughts that are meaningful to you but obscure to anyone else — for example, pick a childhood pet's name combined with the year you got it, then use numbers to stand in for similar-looking letters and vice versa (such as Garfie1dOl).
Originally published in the May 2009 issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Well, today ends an era for my MS treatment. Today I max out my lifetime allowable dosage of Novantrone.
Much has changed since I began taking the drug.Most notable, my symptoms have changed dramatically for the better.Of course it should be noted that things had gotten pretty bad by the time we made the decision to use that drug.
I was about a year and a half post Dx and had experienced 6 additional attacks.I was walker-dependant for most things outside of the house and fighting every indication that I should purchase a scooter.
My disease had gotten aggressive so, my medical team and I decided we had to respond in kind; we got aggressive!
At the time, Novantrone was the only drug available for a "breakthrough disease", meaning MS that was not responding to one of the (at that time) 3 ABC drugs.Wow!Have I really had multiple sclerosis long enough to have seen the number of approved drugs double (as there are now 6)?
Anyway, not just my symptoms have changed in the time since I began this therapy.The incidence of a form of Leukemia has nearly doubled in follow-up studies.
It was something of a no-brainer choice at the time.
That decision has informed much about the way I now look at my course of MS treatments.I use a cost: benefit ration for nearly everything (and I'm not only talking money…) having to do with my MS.
I've been able to "coast" since my last dose of "The Blue Juice" and have followed an expected pattern as well.Research showed efficacy two years after dosing (and likely more, but the research only followed patients for 24 months post treatment).I've had a pretty good run of it.
Over the past year, however, as I look back at my notes I see more and more MS creeping back into places it hadn't been before.So, it's time!
All of the pre-treatment labs and tests say I'm a go for this one last trip into the chemo nurses care.
I'll be lying a little bit low (though now as low as I have in the past) over the next couple of weeks… no immune system and all.But this last dose is only .8mg/m2 so it may not hit me as hard.
Wish me luck and away I go.Pump that carpet dye in these veins, I got stuff to do!
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My most loyal reader writes in to ask a question:
oh scorchy green-haired one:
I was listening to The Instance podcast last week, and they mentioned an addon that sounded great to me: Watcher. It's supposed to help you play your class more effectively, and of course, I want to do so. the only problem? This addon has no mage love. I guess there are other addons out there for other caster classes (they mentioned facemelter & others), but I have yet to find one for mages.
Do you know of one that works like this?
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I heard about that on The Instance as well and was a little curious, not curious enough to follow it up until you wrote in mind you, but curious none-the-less.
So I had a look… Looks like an awesome mod, but I don't think it's for us.
You see some classes have traditionally been considered easy mode, Hunters being one of the main targets (whether fairly or not). These days it appears that Blizzard has ensured that for these classes to achieve excellent results they need to jump through hoops.
Mages on the other hand seem to have been at best left alone, although I dare say some would suggest they have been dumbed down to only require one two three buttons of significance, which as long as they are pressed at the right time, will give great results.
The other classes are dependent on "user proc'd" rather than RNG proc'd skills.
Where Mages are at the mercy of the RNG to proc hotstreak etc, rogues and warriors need to work within their rage and energy bar limitations while teeing up the right skills for maximum damage or threat. Likewise Hunters need to build up the right "proc points" to unlock the most damaging shots.
No Help Required?
So if we don't have a priority list, there is no need to helper mods right?
There is no NEED for the helper mods, but there is no reason why you shouldn't get and use one.
There are two that come to mind that I have used/do use and that you might find helpful. Both are fundamentally the same, so it will come down to your preference for simple but sweet or pretty and powerful.
The two mods I am referring to are Tell Me When and Power Auras. Both of which can be utilized by any class for any skill from class skills through pots, buffs, profession cooldowns.
As I say, they both do the same thing, so what's the difference?
Tell Me When
Simple interface which allows you to configure skill icons to appear on your screen depending on the skill status. From memory you can have up to 16 skills configured and they can be configured to appear under all sorts off circumstances. On cooldown, off cooldown, proc'd absent etc.
Tachyon had a short post about TellMeWhen a while back: Addon Tip: TellMeWhen
Power Auras Classic
Same same but different.
Power auras basically does the same thing but also allows you to use custom "icons" which you can put over your too n, or move anywhere for that matter. Add timers and custom sounds (by custom sounds I mean you can not just use the sounds available in game, but theoretically you could record your own… Why decipher the fishing sound to mean hotstreak is up, when you can record "Pyro Now Noob!" and have that play whenever hotstreak procs).
Luthvian @ Polymorph: Pwny had a couple of posts about Power Auras Classic and it's follow up: PAC, cont'd
They will take a little bit of screwing about to get perfect. Is the skill a buff or debuff? Do you always want to be reminded, or only in a party, raid, while in combat etc? Which skills are the same so they can be grouped (eg: the various Arcane Brilliance variants, not to mention Intellect…)
Need or Greed?
You don't NEED these mods, but there is no question they can add to your playtime enjoyment. Not only will you be reminded of the essentials, but extra icons popping on the screen and sounds filling your ears can really add to the excitement.
Gnome and Out!
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The union that represents 250 paralegals and clerical workers who work for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has authorized a strike.
They're members of the Illinois Federation of Public Employees, which has spent a year in contract talks with Madigan's office. The union says 88 percent voted to authorize a strike if negotiations fail. Most of the workers are in Chicago, while almost 80 work in Springfield and a dozen are at other locations.
The union is asking for a one-time stipend instead of a salary increase, and a spokeswoman argues money from recent settlements reached by the AG's office should be used to cover the stipend.
Madigan spokeswoman Natalie Bauer, however, calls the strike threat "outrageous and unrealistic" given the state's tight budget.
Negotiations are scheduled to continue Friday.


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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Winston-Salem Police Department on Wednesday released photos of more than 30 "unidentified subjects" sought in connection with several crimes in Forsyth County.
If you recognize any of the following person(s), please call the Winston-Salem Police Departments Crime Stoppers at (336) 727-2800 and refer to the report number listed below the photo.
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Can someone help me understand the documents, I might need in this case. My maternal grandfather was born in France but never lived there. I have just located his French Birth Certificate. It states that his father, my great grandfather was born in Italy. I have my grandfather's petition for naturalization. His petition for citizenship took place when my mother was 10 years old. In the petition, my grandfather appears to be considered as a dual citizen of France and Italy. The document asks him to renounce his allegiance to the Republic of France and Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy.
Can someone advise me on what I might need? For example, would I also need my great grandfather's birth certificate showing that he was born in Italy. My grandfather's French birth certificate states that my great grandfather was "ne a Positano Italia" born in Positano, Italy.


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Today I was taking a look at a friend's twitter pic and it went to a popular pic hosting site (which I'll refrain from mentioning)… while I was waiting for the image to load (enlarge) a video with sound started playing in the lower left hand corner… with the caption "You may close this ad in 4 seconds".
My response was "I can close this ad now" and clicked the X in the top right corner of the address tab I was on. WOW? Really? You are going to auto play video with sound and tell me I can close it in 4 seconds? How nice. Clearly people have stopped caring that I might be at work, or there could be a baby sleeping in the room, or… a number of other circumstances that would make it uncomfortable or inappropriate for something to just start playing without my permission.
Do yourself and everyone else a favor when you see these types of ads… CLOSE the browser IMMEDIATELY and get the information you are looking elsewhere (or go without it if need be). If their Bounce Rate (when someone stays for about a second and leaves) goes up dramatically they will re-think that intrusive ad strategy. It will make the Internet a better place for everyone.


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Infectious Grooves are back! The Plague is back!
Infectious Grooves are back on the road, taking their own special brand of Funk, Punk and insane musicians, starting with the SOUNDAWAVE festival across Australia!
So who are the Grooves and where have they been? It's time to get you up to speed. Mike Muir is back on vocals and Dean Pleasants is throwin' down on guitar, leading the charge to dose out all the Funkaholics that have had to go cold turkey these last eight years.
The King of Funk, Sarsippius himself, presents you with the newest legend on bass…Steve Bruner! Besides playing with Suicidal Tendencies (and Snoop Dogg) now for over 6 years, Bruner is now doing double duty with Infectious Grooves and according to his band mates, will set a new bar for bass playing, just as Robert Trujillo did 17 years ago!
Dean Pleasants has also recruited his favorite guitar player, Tim Stewart a.k.a. "Timmy Shakes" for the new line-up. Tim has played with many of the biggest names in Pop and R&B and now gets to pop off with some super funky grooves that wouldn't fit in the mainstream world.
Rounding off the new band is the incredible Eric Moore on drums. Eric was brought in to redefine the drum legacy of Infectious Grooves. Some might say Moore has big shoes to fill, but you've been warned… the new generation is set to push the boundaries even further into the future. Eric Moore, will have to be seen to believed!
Infectious Grooves was formed soon after Robert Trujillo joined Suicidal Tendencies in 1989. Mike Muir, Suicidal's singer, and Trujillo got together with a few friends and started writing songs centered more around the bass, but with the intent of giving everyone else a whole lot of freedom.
"Sex Pistols and Parliament were my two favorite bands when I was young" says Muir. "People think they are completely different but I saw a lot of similarities, even if musically they were categorized as completely different styles. There's something beautiful about breaking rules that never should have been made."
And so the new Grooves is coming to blow you away and leave you craving the Green Funk with a world wide tour kicking off in Aus as part of the SOUNDWAVE festival in Feb!
The Plague that's still gonna make your booty move in ways you didn't think possible…


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Do you have vintage decanters stored somewhere in your garage? Or do you love walking around antiques markets and vintage shops? Do you enjoy unique and extra-ordinary interior designs and cool (easy-to-implement) ideas?
In any of the cases, this awesome DIY project is right for you: decanters lamps! Gotta love the light effects and cool look!
What do you think?


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Thursday, 12 September 2013 08:38 AM
U.S. export prices fell for the sixth straight month in August while prices for non-petroleum imports fell, signs of slack in global demand and in the domestic economy.
Export prices fell 0.5 percent during the month, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
Much of the drop was due to a sharp decline in prices for exports from the volatile farm sector, but non-agricultural exports declined as well and have fallen in every month since March.
The decline comes despite some recent signs that the European economy is getting back into gear following a recent recession.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected export prices to rise 0.1 percent last month.
Import prices also confounded analysts during the month, remaining flat. Economists in the Reuters poll had expected a 0.4 percent gain.
Import prices have trended lower over the last year, with the decline driven largely by the non-oil component. This pattern was also evident in August, with fuel import prices up 0.5 percent and non-petroleum prices down 0.2 percent.
Non-petroleum import prices have now declined every month since February, a sign that foreign producers have little leverage to raise prices for consumers.
This has helped keep the pace of inflation very low over the last year - so low that some U.S. Federal Reserve officials have expressed concern. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has warned that extremely low inflation raises the risk that the economy could fall into a vicious spiral of falling prices and wages known as deflation.
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Apparently Jason Statham is able to turn down movie offers. The star of two Crank films and The Bank Job has apparently turned down an offer to star in the upcoming sixth entry in the Fast and Furious franchise. Director Justin Lin is returning to the director's chair in the apparently globe-spanning Fast Six, but Twitch reports that Statham was unable to work out a deal with Universal to join the testosterone-fuel cast. Dwayne Johnson is reprising his role from the surprisingly great Fast Five, and Vin Diesel and Co. are expected to return as well.
Johnson recently revealed that Fast Six will not be shot concurrently with Fast Seven, but both films will be shot separately in the UK and Germany so we're in for some international racing this time around. I loved the hell out of Fast Five, so I'm excited to see where Lin takes the series now. Production on Fast Six begins next month


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Not only can you make calls from Starbucks and Kinkos with the Belkin WiFi Skype phone—which we reviewed here—you can now make calls on Boingo hot spots. Boingo, like T-Mobile, has around 60,000 locations where you can pay to log on and be a chatty Cathy.
If you own the Belkin phone, however, you can get unlimited access for $7.95 a month. Not bad if you frequently take your WiFi phone out with you to hotspots already.
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The truth is that we stand mid-way between two theories of economic society. The one theory maintains that wages should be fixed by reference to what is "fair" and "reasonable" as between classes. The other theory - the theory of the economic Juggernaut - is that wages should be settled by economic pressure, otherwise called "hard facts," and that our vast machine should crash along, with regard only to its equilibrium as a whole, and without attention to the chance consequences of the journey to individual groups.Basic economic theory typically ignores the role of social norms in labor markets. To some degree, that's ok - we can't have everything in every model, and the basic models (i.e., intermediate micro) give some useful insights. The danger comes when economists - and the consumers of economics - forget that the models are (over) simplifications.
The gold standard, with its dependence on pure chance, its faith in "automatic adjustments," and its general regardlessness of social detail, is an essential emblem and idol of those who sit in the top tier of the machine. I think that they are immensely rash in their regardlessness, in their vague optimism and comfortable belief that nothing really serious ever happens. Nine times out of ten, nothing really serious does happen - merely a little distress to individuals or to groups. But we run a risk of the tenth time (and are stupid into the bargain) if we continue to apply the principles of an Economics which was worked out on the hypotheses of laissez-faire and free competition to a society which is rapidly abandoning these hypotheses.
The context for Keynes's essay was Britain's return to the gold standard at an overvalued level - Winston Churchill was the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time - but much of it holds up well 88 years later as an essay on the danger of "internal devaluation" such as we're seeing now in Spain.


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Ex-Illinois judge gets 2-year term in drug scandal
EAST ST. LOUIS, IL (AP) – A former southwestern Illinois judge at the center of a courthouse drug scandal that included a fellow judge's cocaine death is headed to federal prison for two years.
U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade on Friday also fined former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook more than $75,000 on heroin and gun charges. Federal prosecutors had requested an 18-month sentence. Cook's attorney suggested a 6-month term was appropriate.
McDade last month rejected a deal between the two sides, calling an agreed-upon prison term of 18 months insufficient.
On Friday, the 43-year-old Cook entered an open plea, meaning the judge would decide his sentence.
McDade calls the two-year sentence appropriate given the negative affect on the public's confidence in the judiciary.


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The sycamore Champion of Alabama (Platanus occidentalis) is almost 5 feet in diameter, 115 feet tall, with a canopy 102 feet wide.
You may hear people speak of them reverently. You might catch word of a "big tree," an important tree, a "Champion Tree." But trees don't compete for titles; they grow their own crowns and are made into trophies instead of receiving them. Trees do compete though. Rooting space, water, light, pollinators, producing many seeds, and so on are the prizes trees, by their nature, seek. It's the winners of these competitions that we humans notice and some of these winners are named Champion Trees.
In 1940, American Forests, a Washington, D.C.-based, non-profit forest conservation group, began a program called the National Register of Big Trees. The biggest trees on that list are declared Champion Trees. Every year they post a list of the national champions by species. Almost every state in the union has its own Champion Tree program from which the National Register of Big Trees draws the national champions.
At only 22 inches in diameter and 38 feet tall, you'd think this wasn't a Champion Tree. However, for a dogwood, this tree is magnificent and very long lived in a time when dogwood anthracnose is decimating dogwood populations.
To be considered a "big" tree or Champion, someone has to nominate it. The nominator takes measurements and sends them to the local program coordinator. The coordinator then comes out to certify the measurements and compares the tree to other Champions by species and region. There are several reasons for this. Success for the tree is making use of its resources and reproducing. A live oak that is 70 feet tall and 4 feet in diameter requires several decades of growth to reach this size. A water oak might achieve this size in just 40 to 60 years (if it survives to that age). Other nomination considerations are the natural range and environment for that species. The southern live oak is unlikely to be long-lived and large north of USDA Zone 7, but the water oak ranges much farther north, and is more able to withstand winter and dryer weather. Go even farther north though, and the water oak becomes a short-lived runt compared to other more northerly adapted trees such as willow oaks or red oaks.
At 5 feet in diameter and 52 feet tall, this is a colossal redcedar. Older redecedars have beautiful, crenellated trunks and their thin, tight bark allows the observer to view every ripple of the underlying wood.
Champion status is decided by measuring three basic parts of the tree: trunk circumference, canopy width and overall height. These measurements are scored using a point system. One point for every inch of trunk circumference, one point for every foot of height and one point for every one-quarter of the average crown spread. This process sounds difficult but is actually easy. The formula for scoring a tree is: trunk circumference (in inches) + height (in feet) + one-quarter of the crown spread (in feet) = total points. If a tree's score qualifies for Champion status the state coordinator will come to the tree and certify the measurements. Once qualified for Champion status, a tree is awarded a plaque and bragging rights on the state Champion Tree register and is automatically considered for national status by American Forests.
Anyone can participate in the program through their local Champion Tree Coordinator. Each year the list of Champions grows and changes. The locations of these trees will often surprise you, as they tend to be hidden in plain sight. Very often, these trees have histories or stories attached to them making them even more special.
Since Champion Trees represent some of the more successful trees of their species and within their regions, they are also important as a source of improved tree stock. If a Champion Tree still displays good characteristics, i.e. strong structure, successfully coping with damage, disease resistance, beauty, etc., they become a valuable resource of genes for our future forests and landscapes. Some nurseries and states support Champion Tree seedling programs to share these particular trees with the public.
Learn more about the National Big Tree program at the American Forests website: www.americanforests.org.
A version of this article appeared in Alabama Gardener Volume 13 Number 7.
Photography courtesy of Brian Hendricks, William "Jack" Rowe, and Danny McWilliams.


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Even as Blu-ray continues to experience growing pains in its slow march to usurp the DVD market, Sony has confirmed that it is working in conjunction with Japanese researchers from Tohoku University in order to develop a next-generation "blu-violet ultrafast pulsed semiconductor laser" that will be able to hold 1TB of data on a single disc.
A standard blu-ray disc holds 25GB of data, while a dual layer disc doubles that. With the new laser, storage capacity would hit 20-times the capacity of a Blu-ray disc, leading to 500GB single layer discs and 1TB dual-layer discs.
To put that in perspective, a standard DVD released by a Hollywood studio will use a dual-layer disc that holds 9.4GB (although a typical movie is around 6GB). At DVD quality, a single dual-layer disc using the new technology would be able to hold 106 full-length movies and all the special features on each disc. HD movies can range in size, but are typically between 20GB and 25GB, meaning you could fit around 40 full-length Blu-ray movies and special features onto a single disc.
The technology uses a new form of laser that can generate pulses measuring in the picoseconds: one picoseconds equals one-trillionth of a second. The new semiconductor laser and semiconductor optical amplifier allow the output power to top 100 watts, which is more than one hundred times the output of conventional blue-violet pulse semiconductor lasers.
The battle for the next generation of optical storage is well underway, and the fight will be fierce. In April, the Blu-ray Disc Association announced that it would soon be releasing discs that could store up to 128GB of data per disc, which was hailed as a breakthrough. Less than a month later, researchers working out of the University of Tokyo claimed to have discovered a new, cheap and easily created material that could store up to 25TB on one disc. According to The Examiner, Sony has not given any indication when it intends this technology to reach the consumer level, and it will likely be years before this technology is ready for commercial applications.
Expect the battle to heat up over the next few years, as every company with a stake in the digital storage industry begins the battle to be the next standard in digital storage.
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Mine's a red Olds Intrigue. Looks just like that but I'm too lazy to take a pic of the car, and don't really like it that much.
My sisterinlaw had it and liked it, but my brother decided to get a minivan for work, then ended up in real estate so he got a Merc, she got the Montana. What a deal.
I bought it for more than it was worth since we're family. Hated it ever since.
I mean, if you want a car that's fast but totally incapable of getting decent fuel economy no matter how much you baby the throttle then it's great.
The 3.8 is supposed to be more balanced. This one has the 3.5. If you know the engine then you'll likely know it's been made to rev out. Something like the 150 torque/250hp thing (not sure exactly, don't care to look) and that means that if you don't rev it out, it's a total dog to drive.
You hit 3500rpm or so, and the wheels spin. Now in a standard/rwd that's fantastic. in a fwd auto, not so much.
So it's 1/2 the car I'd have liked. If I could take the engine and stuff it in, well, anything else, it'd be sweet. Mod a 3.8 intake with Blower, even better.
But it's just not the car I'd put that kind of engine in. The car's balance doesn't do well with keeping the tires from spinning either, even with the mich's on it, so I gave up and threw cheap ones on this last time, since I can't stop wheel spin anyways, not at 4k rpm/full throttle.
So yeah, that's what I drive. Best case, around 25mpg. Worst case, 25gpm


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Crime: (a) an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law, or (b) 365 Daily Challenge word for today's author alert — Agatha Christie
If you are new to the ThisIsMyTruthNow blog, the 365 Daily Challenge, or the Author Alert segment, check out the About Site section from the main menu. I usually feature a new author who is currently writing: I share an interview with him or her, as well as fresh content about their upcoming work and fun facts. This week, as I wasn't able to secure a new author in time, I've gone retro to cover an ole favorite! Below are some key things to know about this author, but at the end of this post, you'll see the permanent page I've added to my blog. You can return to check out more on who (s)he is, what she's writing and how to buy her future work. I am pleased to present a few tidbits about the very talented Agatha Christie.
First, I apologize for not bringing you a new author this week. I had a few possibilities falling into place, but given their schedule and my reading schedule, we opted for posting about them later this month or in early February. So… rather than rush to read someone else's book at the last minute (to prepare me for a new author alert), I went with one of my go-to authors for when I want to have an amazing read!
I can't imagine there is anyone out there who doesn't know who Agatha Christie is… perhaps they've not read one of her books, or seen a TV/Film adaption, but the name must ring a bell. Just in case… huge fiction writer in the early/mid 20th century known as England's Grand Dame of mysteries. She's produced ~70 books in her lifetime, many focused on popular characters such as Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy & Tuppence; however, there are also non-series books that are as equally compelling.
Miss Christie herself also had a bit of a mystery when she disappeared for months. To this day, many people still wonder whether it was staged or real. It's an interesting story because she was considered quite famous at the time — no one would believe she'd stage such a thing, but then again… think about all her characters! I'll leave it at that… let you have a bit of a puzzle to go in search of what really happened.
Mystery fiction is my favorite genre, and it's because of Agatha Christie. The ingenuity built into the plots is often so clever, you will never be able to guess it; yet when you finally get to the reveal, it makes 100% perfect sense. In "And Then There Were None," my all-time favorite of her books, ten people are invited to an island where one-by-one, they are murdered according to a poem they found in the remote house. It's a bit of a controversial book in that the title was changed a few times; it had previously been called 'Ten Little Indians,' but far worse, it once held a name using the nasty 'n' word. Although it was ~100 years ago, and didn't necessarily have as bad/awful/shameful a connotation as it's grown to have, it was still a shock when I learned about it years ago. As it's clearly WRONG, I won't go into it anymore, but it did give me some concern when reading the books. Ignoring that for a moment (as the plot is purely about murder and revenge), the story is absolutely top notch.
When I need something brilliant and curious, I will always turn to a Christie. I love the inherent English tradition within them. When they visit the Middle East or India, it's quite eye-opening to see how people (both the English and the native inhabitants) behaved in foreign lands at that time. Some of the dialogue and words are peculiar, which makes me want to look up more about the culture to get a better sense of reality. It's engaging and analytical. I can usually push through one of her novels over 3 hours in one sitting, as you don't want to put them down.
If you've never read a Christie, but want to… ask for a recommendation! If you want to buddy-read one with me this year, let me know. I'd love to share this author with others and have a great discussion about their beauty. And we can use our 'little grey cells' together.
Links To Learn More About Miss Christie
I've read about 20 of her books, but you'll see below that I only have 7 listed with reviews, as I read them too long ago to be sure I could write a proper review. Instead, I challenge myself to read another 7 in 2018 as part of my Goodreads Challenge to read 104 books this year. I wonder which ones I will select…
Books I've Read
- And Then There Were None (1939) — My favorite Christie & in my top 5 of all books
Book Series – Hercule Poirot Mysteries
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
- Death on the Nile (1937)
- Evil Under the Sun (1941)
Book Series – Miss Marple Mysteries
Note: If there is an active link, I've completed a review.
To see more about Agatha Christie on ThisIsMyTruthNow, check out her dedicated author page where future content and reviews will added as I read her books.
Thanks for stopping by this edition of the Author Alert.
About Me & the "365 Daily Challenge"
I'm Jay, an author who lives in NYC. My debut novel, Watching Glass Shatter, can be purchased on Amazon @ http://mybook.to/WGS. I've always been a reader. And now I'm a daily blogger. I decided to start my own version of the "365 Daily Challenge" where since March 13, 2017, I've posted a characteristic either I currently embody or one I'd like to embody in the future. 365 days of reflection to discover who I am and what I want out of life.
The goal: Knowledge. Acceptance. Understanding. Optimization. Happiness. Help. For myself. For others. And if all else fails, humor. When I'm finished in one year, I hope to have more answers about the future and what I will do with the remainder of my life. All aspects to be considered. It's not just about a career, hobbies, residence, activities, efforts, et al. It's meant to be a comprehensive study and reflection from an ordinary man. Not a doctor. Not a therapist. Not a friend. Not an encyclopedia full of prior research. Just pure thought, a blogged journal with true honesty.
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Stanford may not be getting its campus in NYC, but we may have just gotten the next best thing: Mayor Michael Bloomberg for our 2013 Commencement Speaker.
For the second year in a row, Stanford's senior class has pulled in a mayor from the Northeast with a national presence. In Bloomberg's case, that presence is also global. Bloomberg has been mayor of New York City since 2001, presiding over a city that reeled from the wounds of 9/11, benefitted from a boom in financial services, and then reeled again from a financial crisis that set off the greatest recession in generations. He has been a passionate advocate for action on the defining issues of our day, including gun control, immigration reform, education reform, poverty, public health, and climate change. Furthermore, in an era of heightened partisanship, he has stood out as a cost-cutting moderate with a liberal streak.
Most of our readers likely know that Bloomberg went from a middle-class upbringing to becoming one of America's richest men, an unabashed hero of capitalism at a time of increasing inequality and decreasing social mobility. However, he is also a noteworthy philanthropist, having pledged to give away his entire fortune to charity. He graduated with a B.A. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964 and received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1966. Over his wide-ranging career, he founded the technology and media company Bloomberg LP, which today has over 310,000 subscribers and 15,000 employees.
Bloomberg's term in office ends this year. Thus, as this class of seniors leaps into the great abyss of the future, it will get a send-off from a self-made man who is also about to embark on his next great journey. I can't wait to hear what he has to say, and to end my time at Stanford with a little of my native Northeast!


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Mazda is renowned by the automotive industry for producing cars that showcase style as well as substance. With a wide selection of sophisticated models on offer, many business users are now leasing and purchasing vehicles from Mazda dealers across the UK. This success has since been recognised by ExpertEye – European leaders in benchmarking, research and enterprise feedback management services. We are therefore proud to announce that Mazda has won ExpertEye's 2017's award for Best Fleet Dealer Network in the sales division.
The ExpertEye Awards recognises world leaders in the fleet and automotive industry, and these prestigious awards are a yearly event. Rick Yarrow, the chairman and founder of ExpertEye, commented on what this means for Mazda: 'to win an ExpertEye award you need to be meeting the needs of the fleet sector and company drivers better than anyone else.' This award was granted based on feedback from a survey of over 60,000 leased vehicle drivers in the UK, where Mazda was commended for its ordering and delivery of fleet services.
Popular Mazda models in the fleet category include the all-new Mazda CX-5 as well as the Mazda6, Mazda3 and the Mazda CX-3.
Find out more about how you and your business could benefit from driving a Mazda by contacting our friendly team of expert advisors. We can discuss the range of Mazda models available, as well as your financial plans to ensure we deliver the right vehicle for your needs.


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how it works
With Outsourced you can scale your organisation quickly, easily and cost effectively with dedicated remote staff via our co-sourcing and dedicated employee leasing services.
You provide us
with a job description
(co-sourcing. tell us what you need)
We recruit
talented professionals
(only the best. quality assured)
Your dedicated staff
report to you daily
(full time from our offices in Manila)
We manage
the office operations
(full service ISO managed operations)
the outsourcing
destination of choice
The Philippines was named three times as the Offshoring Destination
of the Year by the UK body of National Outsourcing Association.
Mike Larcher
Founder & CEO
our services
Our goal is to find and place exceptional remote staff that will stay with you for years to come and who will constantly exceed your expectations.
exceptional staff
Outsourced delivers
exceptional offshore staffing
solutions and provides you with
staff of the highest standards.
advanced facilities
Our spacious open plan offices
are supported by advanced
network infrastructure and the
best technology and equipment.
quality assured
Outsourced is ISO Certified
and delivers the highest
quality Business Process
Outsourcing solutions.


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Check if FaceTime is available on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch*
- Go to Settings and scroll down until you see FaceTime between Messages and Maps.
- If you see FaceTime between Messages and Maps, tap it, then make sure that FaceTime is on. If it's off, tap to turn it on.
- If you don't see FaceTime between Messages and Maps, follow the steps below.
iPhone with FaceTime
iPhone without FaceTime
Enable FaceTime on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch*
- Go to Settings > General > Software Update and make sure that you have the latest version of iOS.
- Check if FaceTime is visible in Settings.
- If you have an iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular model), go to Settings > General > About and check if your carrier is [CarrierName] 32.1 or later.
- If your carrier version is earlier than 32.1, you should get a notification to update your carrier settings. When you get the notification, tap Update.
- Restart your device.
Learn more about FaceTime
- Find or restore a missing FaceTime app.
- Learn what to do if you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime.
- Update your carrier settings on your iPhone or iPad.
* iOS 11 compatible devices.