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Vaping Teens More Likely to Become Cigarette Smokers, Study Says
A study published this week has found that older teenagers who experiment with e-cigarettes are six times more likely to try regular cigarettes within the next two years, even when taking controlling for considerations related to ethnicity, gender, parental education, and grade.
Scientists said they were concerned that young people who try e-cigarettes may graduate to other types of tobacco products such as traditional cigarettes, which are in all probability more dangerous.
The study was authored by the University of Southern California post-doctoral researcher Jessica Barrington-Trimis and was published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday, reports Andrew M. Seaman for Reuters.
Using e-cigarettes is called vaping because the electronic devices vaporize a fluid typically made up of nicotine and a flavoring.
Barrington-Trimis and her team studied roughly 300 high school students in California in 2014, and half the teens said they had at least tried e-cigarettes.
In a follow-up survey in 2015, approximately 40% of those young people who had tried e-cigarettes in the previous year had tried regular cigarettes. Of the kids who had not tried an e-cigarette in the prior year's survey, 11% had tried a traditional cigarette.
When researchers looked at young people who stated on the first questionnaire that they had no desire to smoke, the odds of moving from e-cigarettes to actual cigarettes by the next year was ten times greater than for the students who never vaped.
This increased chance of students dabbling even when they had committed to not smoking, says Barrington-Trimis, "suggests this is not occurring among kids who intended to smoke anyway." The participants were juniors and seniors who were age 18 by the time the second survey was given.
But Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, is a supporter of e-cigarettes as a choice to assist smokers from smoking traditional cigarettes. He said the study did not prove that using e-cigarette has encouraged teens to begin smoking conventional cigarettes.
"What's probably happening is these kids did not become regular vapers, (and) they turned to smoking," Siegel said. "If they turned into regular vapers, they wouldn't have turned to smoking."
Still, because of the question of whether e-cigarettes are a gateway to tobacco smoking during the last few years, the US Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale of e-cigarettes to minors beginning in mid-summer, says HealthDay's Randy Dotinga.
"We can't definitively conclude the e-cigarettes cause kids to smoke cigarettes," Barrington-Trimis said. However, "those who had used e-cigarettes at baseline were substantially more likely to begin smoking cigarettes."
Peter Hajek, Director of Tobacco Research at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Queen Mary, University of London, also disagreed with the results of the study.
"The authors misinterpret their findings," Hajek said. "Like several previous studies of this type, this one just shows that people who try things, try things."
Hajek adds that there are other findings which show that, in general, smoking by adolescents is declining at the same time that e-cigarette use increases.
Earlier this year, the CDC found that advertisers for e-cigarettes were appealing to teenagers using tactics that were the same as regular cigarette companies had been told not to use. The ads feature sex, independence, and rebellion and are just like the advertising that got teens of yesteryear to smoke traditional cigarettes, according to Gretel Kauffman of The Christian Science Monitor.
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"I love shrimp, so I was excited to make the Shrimp and Shiitake Rice Bowl. The recipe was very easy, and I cooked it for my best friend, Sam, who had never eaten shrimp before. If you don't have precooked rice, you can prepare the rice from scratch (like I did) while you're making the rest of the dish. I loved the egg—it added creaminess and complemented the sweetness of the oyster sauce. I could take or leave the shiitake mushrooms, though, so maybe next time I will just use button mushrooms. I loved how the oyster and soy sauces brought this dish together at the end of cooking, and the shrimp were juicy and yummy!"
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Lovely Blog Award
I have been a bit remiss in acknowledging that I am the proud recipient of a lovely blog award. Thanks Jenny for the award.
Now I need to pass the awrd on to at least 7 other people.
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Monday is ...
No, I have already taken a photo of the washing machine but I did get a lot of washing done. I now have a huge ironing pile to show for it. No I didn't take a photo of that either.
Here's a clue...
Tuesday is rubbish day!
I cleaned out the fridge. Every Wednesday we get a box of organic fruit & veges & there are weeks where we don't eat all the veges (the fruit gets eaten really quickly). So I thought yesterday would be a good day to clean out the fridge.
There was a pumpkin gone slimy.. eww! There were two half cabbages so I chose the best one & kept it. There were two bunches of wizened up little carrots. Then sitting right in the bottom of the vege drawer was the brocolli that had gone yellow & fluffy!
Then at the back of the fridge was the beetroot that had gone a strange brown colour. I think it must have oxidised because it was no longer sitting in it's brine/vinegar solution.
So after all that hard work I thought, let's take a photo of the cleaner fridge. Next time I do that project I might take a photo of the science experiments that grow in there instead.
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One word would describe today HOT! It was around 20 degrees when we woke up by midafternoon my iGoogle was telling me it was 32 degrees outside. Even now (9:43 at night) it is 26 degrees. Who needs tropical heat when you can have this dry heat!
We tried various ways to cool off but the boys are tired & grumpy & it didn't matter what I tried there was always something not right with it.
I asked if they wanted to run through the sprinkler, NO!
I asked if they wanted to sit in the paddling pool, NO!
I asked if they would like to sit in the paddling pool with the sprinkler sprinkling them from above. That was an option that lasted all of 5 minutes when they realised that the first water from the hose was actually just water that had been sitting in the sun heating. Then when the really cold water arrived, guess what? It was too cold so that was the end of that.
Next thing, do you want to have a cold bath? Well that sounds like fun, but you have to run some hot water in it mum so it's not too cold. All went well for about 7 minutes & then James was in tears because something Brent did. I don't know what Brent did because neither ever told me. So that was the end of the bath.
Luckily by then it was 4 o'clock & time to call Scott at work & see if he wanted to be picked up. Even more luckily he did, so for at least half an hour we got to sit in a nice cool air conditioned car & cool down. That calmed the boys down a lot, so much so that James was starting to yawn.
We got home & there was still complaints about the heat. Luckliy the neighbour asked if the boys would like a swim in his pool. Scott & the boys went over there while I stayed at home in the kitchen cooking dinner.
It was so warm that we had dinner outside & what is more it was no longer windy, which just meant that the heat felt worse.
We finally called the boys in for bed at 8pm & let them go (separately of course after whatever the incident was earlier today) & have a cold bath. They then went to bed but I can't say they are asleep, Brent is still moaning about the heat, Shessh!
Dear Lord, please let Brent be in charge of the weather tomorrow. If they are going to fight about it I suggest you make James be in charge of the weather on Friday. Thanks so much, one hot & severely flustered mother.
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A while back I looked at the probe effect when running the Performance Analyzer on a multi-threaded code. The results showed that the probe effect, in terms of difference in runtime, was most pronounced when using multiple threads and recording the experiment to remote disk.
An alternative metric for probe effect was the amount of distortion in the results. To measure this I took the same code and observed the user time recorded by Analyzer when the experiments were recorded to remote disk or to /tmp. I also compared this to the user time reported by the command time. The results of this are shown in the following figure.
The results show that the runtime when recording the experiment to remote disk was more significantly increased than in my previous experiment. There is also one data point where the runtime was substantially perturbed.
The interesting part of the graph is the recorded user time. For both situations, the recorded user time is pretty much identical to that recorded by the time command. Possibly most critically, this is true even when the runtime is hugely disturbed. Anecdotally, this is what we've been assuming for a while, that the Analyzer data is largely correct even in the situation where there is some activity on the machine. (I'm sure that this would not be the case if the machine were placed under an extreme load, for example running two MT benchmarks.)
There is one rather odd observation, that when recording to the remote file system, the user time is slightly under estimated. But it is apparent from the graph that this is not a large effect.
The conclusion is that recording to a remote file system does not cause large distortion to the collected data, although it does cause the application to run more slowly.


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UNBELIEVABLE: Arsenal Could Lose Most Vital Midfield Star This Summer.
Some speculations could appear so slim and unrealistic that one would at times be forced to wonder how they even got into the mill.
The latest of such reports as seen on Italian publication Tuttosport, suggests Serie A Champions Juventus are targeting Arsenal's play-maker Mesut Ozil; with reports in Italy suggesting the German World Cup winner who cost Arsenal £42million two seasons ago could be available for £29million.
Juventus have already lost two influential players from last season's remarkable treble winning squad as Carlos Tevez rejoined his former side Boca Juniors in Argentina while Andrea Pirlo has since moved over to MLS side New York City FC.
France midfielder Paul Pogba is also set to pitch tent outside Italy with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester City as possible destinations.
Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri is desperate to reinforce his side if they are to build on last season's success – where they got to the finals of the Champions League having rounded up a unique domestic treble, and Ozil is believed to be the ideal replacement for Pirlo, after Mandzukic arrived from Athletico Madrid apparently to replace Tevez.
Arsenal will be very unlikely to let the midfielder go with Manager Arsene Wenger set to hand him his favorite 'number 10′ role next season.
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Skip to comments.What we aren't eating is killing us, global study finds
Posted on 04/05/2019 3:21:39 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Which risk factor is responsible for more deaths around the world than any other? Not smoking. Not even high blood pressure. It's a poor diet.
"In many countries, poor diet now causes more deaths than tobacco smoking and high blood pressure," said Ashkan Afshin, an assistant professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
Drinking two or more diet beverages a day linked to high risk of stroke, heart attacks
Drinking two or more diet beverages a day linked to high risk of stroke, heart attacks
And it's not just that people are choosing unhealthy options such as red meat and sugary sodas. Just as critical, said Afshin, the lead author of a 27-year global diet analysis published Wednesday in the journal the Lancet, is the lack of healthy foods in our diets, along with high levels of salt.
"While traditionally all the conversation about healthy diet has been focused on lowering the intake of unhealthy food, in this study, we have shown that, at the population level, a low intake of healthy foods is the more important factor, rather than the high intake of unhealthy foods," he said.
One in five deaths globally -- that's about 11 million people -- in 2017 occurred because of too much sodium and a lack of whole grains, fruit and nuts and seeds, the study found, rather than from diets packed with trans fats, sugar-sweetened drinks and high levels of red and processed meats.
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Irish coffee is the perfect food because it contains all four food groups; sugar, far, caffeine and alcohol.
Oh well, we'll all be dead in 12 years anyway, per AOC.
You mean fat. That is in fact a food group. The most basic of them.
That is definitely part of the equation. The other part isn't even discussed in the article. I'll source the study's paper later, but I bet it doesn't mention any of my concerns whatsoever.
When you eat carb rich foods you get too much glucose in your blood. Your body creates insulin to get rid of the excess. It gets rid of it by storing it as fat. As you get fatter you need more insulin to keep storing it and eventually you can't create enough any more and are diabetic. Taking more insulin just deals with the symptoms while aggravating the underlying problem. I was diagnosed borderline diabetic. After a year on low carb diet I lost 45 pounds and no longer show as diabetic on my blood test.
Very helpful information. In the first 5 days of keto, I've completely lost my appetite for snacks. I have lost the water weight you mentioned with many trips to the restroom.
My doctor told me I was pre-diabetic and I'm sure I've developed insulin resistance. In just 5 days, I feel more energetic and do more things. Breaking away from carbohydrates is going to help drop pounds and improve overall health.
Thanks for the insightful post.
"Note that its nearly impossible to lose more than 2 lbs a week of actual body mass "
Your hypothesis is defective: I lost an average of a pound a day eating eggs & toast for breakfast, a hamburger for lunch and a single-serving pizza for dinner. It is absolutely possible to lose body mass (FAT, not muscle) without starving the body of calories.
It's a lot more complicated than counting calories, but a LOT simpler than your outline; however, my own detailed description makes yours look like a single period in a lake. The problem is that most no one can grasp what it takes.
But I can't tell you why (secret until published).
Yes, typing on a tablet. Between the tiny keys and crazy auto correct I get some odd results.
And the milk has more sugar.
Check this out. it is kinda long so just view the first ten minutes and the last ten minutes.
It basically advocates a Vegan diet.
I would go there but I am afraid that I will get pointed ears like Mr. Spock
"Live long and Prosper"
You are missing an important group...Tequila or Bourbon.
I think beer is part of that food group. Only a much less, um, pure source.
I just don't like the after taste of sugar but, I luvs me some diet soda...
1. Balanced diet - meats (ALL of them are OK), vegatables (the more variety the better), fruits (again variety is good), grains, nuts, fats, liquids (milk and water are better than juices & yes alcoholic beverages are not taboo and neither is tea or coffee).
2. Natural is better than artificial, even when it comes to sweeteners and fats. Eat foods not chemicals - as much as possible (I use real "raw sugar", real butter never margarines and if I must have a soda beveridge it is not "diet".)
3. All things in moderation accepted, and that goes for food as well. Excess is the opposite of moderation and it pertains to portion sizes, concentrating the diet on too few things and/or too few kinds of food, or simply consuming something to an excess. Whereas they say "variety is the spice of life" your body likes you to feed it variety too.
4. Daily physical activity - don't be a couch potatoe all day.
Those simple rules are enough, for good health and lack of obesity.
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Empire has premiered three photos from Tim Burton's Dark Shadows, one a larger, better version of the "family portrait" that Entertainment Weekly released last week, and the other two shots from the set of the long-awaited adaptation of the 1970s gothic soap opera.
I hadn't realized until this morning just how terrific the cast photo is, aged and colorized, like a publicity still from an old Hammer film. The set shots are revealing, too, giving us our first official close-up of Johnny Depp in his ethereal Barnabas Collins makeup, and another look at Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.
Written by Seth Grahame-Smith, Dark Shadows also stars Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Bella Heathcoate, Chloe Moretz, Gulliver McGrath, Ray Shirley and Jackie Earle Haley. It opens May 11.
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Brouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.
Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.
Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.


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Had a lovely visit to my friend, Alex Stevenson's, inspiring smallholding (www.dalecottagefarm.co.uk). She has pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, beehives and, to Ruby's delight, a tortoise and a labradoodle called Ruby. All in a gorgeous setting.
Alex's smallholding nestles into a really lush little corner of rolling Worcestershire countryside, the ducks and hens share a wonderful apple orchard, there are great edible borders to paths (redcurrants and raspberries line the path from the kitchen to the pigs) and husband Rob makes wooden fencing, hurdles and great sheds!
As Alex has had pigs for several years now and tried many ways of curing the meat from air dried ham to chorizo, I was keen to find out what worked in our climate. So I'm ready to really do justice to our Berkshire pigs.
It was great seeing homemade chorizo still hanging under the shaded porch from last year. And I loved the outdoor woodburner, great for friends to gather around in the Autumn on a 'pig day'.
But the other treat that I was keen to see at Alex's smallholding was her flower patch. She grows gorgeous organic, English cottage garden flowers and sells them at farmers markets and for weddings. Buckets of flowers are becoming really popular, according to Alex. The village fete style look is popular and instead of opting for a costly, formal look, friends often simply fill vintage jugs or even jam jars or milk bottles with flowers.
The rainy start to our summer has made it tough for Alex this year, with annuals struggling to grow and lovely blooms being battered. But her flower patch still looks wonderful, with beautiful swathes of cornflowers and velvety Sweet Williams. She works so hard and has such a great country style, I hope the rest of the summer is easier for her.


text: MOVIES Channing Tatum Begins Writing 'Magic Mike' Sequel 10:01 AM PST 2/10/2014 by Tatiana Siegel FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Warner Bros. Pictures "Magic Mike" The actor, who voices a character in the weekend hit "The Lego Movie," tweeted a picture of himself working on the follow-up to his semi-autobiographical male stripper pic. Channing Tatum is finally getting down to business on a Magic Mike sequel. VIDEO: '22 Jump Street' Red Band Trailer: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill Back for More Hijinks The actor, who voices a character in the weekend hit The Lego Movie, has begun writing the follow-up to his semi-autobiographical male stripper pic Magic Mike, which became a breakout in 2012 for Warner Bros., earning $114 million. Tatum tweeted on Feb. 9 a picture of himself in an old-school fedora, saying that he had started writing the film. Magic Mike, which was financed by Tatum and director Steven Soderbergh, cost $7 million. Soderbergh is not expected to return as director, but could be involved in a producer capacity. The news that Tatum is writing a sequel isn't totally unexpected. In 2012, Tatum said he had begun working on a concept for a follow-up with producing partner Reid Carolin, who wrote the first Magic Mike. VIDEO: Channing Tatum Spoofs Jean-Claude Van Damme's Volvo Truck Split Tatum has three films in the can: Bennett Miller's drama Foxcatcher, a 21 Jump Street sequel and the Wachowskis' sci-fi film Jupiter Ascending. Among the future projects Tatum is attached to are an untitled Evel Knievel biopic at Sony and the Jonathan Levine-helmed comedy Bad Romance. He is repped by UTA and Management 360. See Tatum's tweet below: What better way to start writing #MagicMike2 than with my old friend Dallas? #runatribe pic.twitter.com/RalS3nQfro — Channing Tatum (@channingtatum) February 10, 2014 E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @TatianaSiegel27 FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Tatiana Siegel firstname.lastname@example.com tatianasiegel27


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San Francisco del Rincón (Mexico) (AFP) – With an F-bomb against Donald Trump that made global headlines, Mexico's former president Vicente Fox expressed the anger felt by his compatriots against the equally potty-mouthed White House hopeful.
While Fox has had choice words for the Republican front-runner, the two men actually share some things in common.
They are both grandsons of immigrants. They are both successful businessmen — one a former Coca-Cola executive in Mexico, the other a New York real estate mogul. And they both tapped discontent among voters to challenge the political establishment in their countries.
But there is no love lost between the Mexican politician with the famous mustache and the fellow conservative from the United States with the famous hairdo.
In an interview with AFP at his ranch in San Francisco del Rinco, central Guanajuato state, Fox had more tough words for the real estate mogul: "Ignorant … crazy … egocentric … nasty … false prophet."
He then looked at the AFP camera and pleaded, in English: "Wake up, America, from this nightmare!"
But it was an F-word heard around the world that got attention last month, when Fox, furious about Trump's vow to make Mexico foot the bill for a huge border barrier, told the US channel Fusion that he would not pay for Trump's "fucking wall."
Trump, who has not been shy about using expletives during the campaign, expressed shock on Twitter and demanded an apology from Fox, who was president from 2000 to 2006.
President Enrique Pena Nieto chimed in this week, telling the newspaper Excelsior that Trump's "strident tone" was reminiscent of the rhetoric that led to the rise of Hitler and Mussolini.
But it was the 73-year-old former president's expletive that resonated in Mexico, where people have designed T-shirts with insults against Trump or created pinatas of his likeness.
"Don't make me talk about Trump," Fox quipped to AFP journalists as he showed up at the interview wearing a cowboy hat in his Fox Center think tank, which shares space at his country estate where he also raises cattle.
But he takes a possible Trump presidency seriously.
"We have to act now, not wait until he is sitting in the president's chair," said Fox, who ended 71 years of uninterrupted rule by Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party in 2000.
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Fox is the descendant of an Irish family that migrated to the United States. His grandfather, who was born in the US state of Ohio, ended up seeking his fortune in Mexico.
Trump's grandfather, meanwhile, immigrated to the United States from Germany.
This is why Fox has a hard time understanding why Trump, 69, has taken a harsh stance on immigration — calling Mexican migrants rapists and drug traffickers — when he has migrant roots.
"A discriminator who thinks that the white race is the supreme race makes me think of Hitler. … He initially made proposals in a democratic environment, but once he was in power he turned into a dictator, like Hugo Chavez," Fox said, referring to the late socialist Venezuelan leader.
The former Mexican leader, who himself drew controversy in 2002 when he said that Mexicans in the United States did the "jobs that not even the blacks want to do," got really riled up when discussing Trump's plan to deport millions of undocumented migrants.
"That damn guy, let's see if we don't start with (deporting) him first," he said.
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Fox is also disappointed with Trump's top Republican rivals, senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who are both sons of Cuban migrants but also have called for mass deportations.
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"They can put up a big wall, they can abuse us. We are small here but we are spicy, like chili peppers. We, Mexicans, don't let anyone offend us," Fox said.
While Trump is favored to win the Republican nomination, Fox has his own prediction: "This character will die politically for being a liar, for being a false prophet."


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How deep is this USMNT? We're about to find out against Mexico
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Whenever the business of World Cup qualifying rolls around, veteran goalkeeper Tim Howard ends up making the same conclusion about the United States men's national team.
"I feel like every cycle I've said the same thing: 'We're better than the last cycle,' " Howard said the day before the USA's latest must-win qualifier, a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Thursday.
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"And that's just the evolution of U.S. Soccer. If you look at this team, if we played 11 vs. 11 out here in front of you, I'm not sure who would win. It's that good of a collection of players."
Bruce Arena agrees. And the head coach intends to show just how much faith he has in his reserves for the USMNT's next challenge – archival Mexico at Estadio Azteca on just two days of rest. Sunday's showdown was moved up a day to allow El Tri to get a head start on its Confederations Cup preparation in Russia.
Arena devised a plan to guide his team through its three-game test of endurance at altitude. His players' recovery from training and matches (Saturday's friendly against Venezuela and Thursday's qualifier in Colorado) have been assessed every step of the way, so he will know who's really rested enough to go against Mexico on Sunday.
"We have some good players. We also have another group that's behind them that's pretty good because we see them every day in training," Arena said after the T&T win. "I'm very confident in this group of players."
So is Christian Pulisic. After scoring both goals against the Soca Warriors to raise the hype around him another notch or two, the 18-year-old predicted that the U.S. will go to Mexico City and "come out with a win there too." However, Arena is expected to send out a fresher starting XI by incorporating backups in a defensive setup designed to escape Azteca with a point.
Bobby Wood figures to start up top with Jozy Altidore. Kellyn Acosta and Dax McCarty could form a more conservative central midfield partnership along with the hard-working Alejandro Bedoya on one flank. Defender Omar Gonzalez and midfielder Paul Arriola – who ply their trade with Liga MX clubs Pachuca and Club Tijuana, respectively – could be given starting nods as well because of their Mexican club experience.
"You look at these guys walking around and every single guy contributes. They have a purpose here," Howard said. "Any of them can step on the field and we feel like we're not really going to lose too much. In fact, in a lot of positions, we gain with the fresh legs. This is a very, very balanced squad from top to bottom."
Some USMNT starters on Thursday spoke as if they were playing no matter what on Sunday. Pulisic said he would be ready to go another 90 minutes, although he is probably the least likely midfielder to be benched due to his critical role in the U.S. attack. Darlington Nagbe didn't sound too concerned about bouncing back.
And then there's Clint Dempsey.
The forward was visibly annoyed by his 61st-minute substitution against Trinidad and Tobago and even had words with Arena before taking his seat on the bench. Player and coach eventually talked, but it will probably take another heated conversation to get Dempsey to accept a reserve role, even though Arena has already told the team about his plans for rotating the squad.
"I understand that," Arena said of Dempsey's reaction to be subbed. "He's a very competitive guy."
That raging fire is what the Americans will need in Mexico City. They have managed to ascend from dead-last to third place, the last of the automatic qualifying spots, by accruing seven points in the three qualifiers under Arena. But while the U.S. stands only a point behind second-place Costa Rica, it remains just one point ahead of fourth-place Panama and two points above fifth-place Honduras at the halfway point of CONCACAF's six-team final qualifying round.
In those March qualifiers, the USA managed to rout Honduras 6-0 in the Bay Area and draw 1-1 in Panama without starters Fabian Johnson and DeAndre Yedlin. So, in a way, the USA's depth has already been tested.
But not against El Tri in the cauldron that is Estadio Azteca.
"We all know that playing in Azteca is very difficult," Arena said. "We know the issues with the altitude and all those challenges. I think, because we got three points tonight, we can go there a little bit relaxed and try to have a good tactical approach to the game and try to come out of there with at least a point."
Any result would confirm the belief that the U.S. has its deepest squad ever.
Joe Lago is the editor of FC Yahoo. Follow him on Twitter @joelago.
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Lamar Smith says top 20 percent of income earners pay nearly 70 percent of federal taxes
Speaking in Austin recently, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith said he believes Congress will reach a compromise to extend the so-called "Bush tax cuts" before they expire at the end of this year.
We were already working on a related fact-check of the San Antonio Republican: In an Aug. 1, 2012, press release, Smith touted his vote for the extension that day and said, "The top 20 percent of income earners (over $74,000) pay nearly 70 percent of all federal taxes."
Smith, whose district takes in part of Travis County, gave similar figures in his Aug. 23, 2012, speech to the Austin-Oak Hill Rotary Club. We'll describe those but stick to checking his earlier 20-percent claim.
The Bush tax cuts are a mix of changes to tax rates, exemptions, deductions and credits enacted in 2001 and 2003 under President George W. Bush and extended in 2010.
Smith's press release credits its numbers to a July 22, 2012, Wall Street Journal chart, which in turn cites a July 10, 2012, study of 2008-09 data by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The Journal's bar chart shows the top 20 percent of U.S. wage-earners made $74,000 or more and paid nearly 70 percent of federal taxes.
Though there wasn't a precise percentage on the bar chart, there was in the CBO's report on its study: 67.9 percent.
Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center, told us by email that allowing for rounding, Smith's full statement was correct except for some clarification needed on the $74,000 salary figure (which was also on the Journal's chart).
That's how much a single person living alone would have had to earn to rank in the top 20 percent in 2009, Williams said, but the CBO adjusts its figures for household size. "A two-person household had to make $104,700 and a four-person household had to make $148,100 to hit the top quintile," Williams said.
Whether to extend the Bush tax cuts for all taxpayers or for everyone except "rich" taxpayers is a major part of the battle in Congress, where Democratic plans have proposed extending the cuts for households with income below a cutoff point (which has ranged from $200,000 for individuals to $1 million). The Republican-majority House approved a plan extending the cuts for all taxpayers in the August vote Smith cited in his press release.
During the debate, politicians have made a range of claims about how much of the nation's revenue comes from the wealthiest households. Smith's 20-percent statistic avoids a pitfall PolitiFact has found in some of those statements.
In 2010 and 2011, Republicans fell foul of the Truth-O-Meter by claiming the top 1 percent of wage earners paid more than 40 percent of "the entire revenue" and "all taxes." That group paid more than 40 percent of all income taxes, but income taxes are only about half of the total federal revenue pie.
Smith also cites "all federal taxes" -- the whole pie, including payroll, corporate income and excise taxes -- but includes a lot more taxpayers. According to supplemental data for the July CBO report, there were 23.6 million households in the top 20 percent of wage-earners and 1.1 million households in the top 1 percent.
The top 1 percent, the report says, earned $282,900 or more per single-person household and paid 22.3 percent of all federal taxes.
That's closer to the stats Smith gave in his Austin speech, which included measures for the top 1 percent but referred only to share of federal income tax revenue.
He told us he usually gives rounded versions of the percentages, and produced his reference material -- a chart he keeps in his wallet, based partly on Oct. 24, 2011, data from the business-backed Tax Foundation -- showing the top 1 percent earned 16.9 percent of 2009 income in the U.S. but paid 36.7 percent of federal income taxes.
Our ruling
Smith said the top 20 percent of taxpayers shoulder nearly 70 percent of all federal taxes. According to the CBO's latest math, it's 67.9 percent. We rate his statement True.


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Unix updates bolster workhorse operating system
If you haven't been paying attention to Unix lately, now is the time. Unix expert King Ables summarizes enhancements of the three main Unix flavors.
With all the press Linux gets these days, it's easy to forget that there are still many versions of Unix diligently doing their duty in data centers around the world. In an effort to give some equal time to Linus' inspiration, let's take a look at some of the latest innovations in recent releases of the industry-leading versions of Unix: AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris.
When IBM released its latest version of Unix in 2001, they named it AIX 5L, adding the "L" to indicate an affinity with Linux. AIX 5L runs on the IBM System p5, eServer p5 and pSeries, eServer iSeries, BladeCenter, IntelliStation and RS/6000 platforms.
The latest version of AIX 5L, 5.3, was released in 2004, and supports application binary compatibility with previous versions of AIX 5L running on the same architecture.
AIX 5L 5.3 includes a number of new or significantly improved management features.
The Second Journaling File System (JFS2) now supports dynamically enlarging or shrinking a file system, the ability to make a snapshot of or restore a file system, and quota management capabilities.
Kernel and processor support for micro-partitioning allows the system administrator to fine-tune the use of system resources in fractions of virtual partitions and processor usage on POWER processor architectures.
Kernels running on POWER architectures now support simultaneous multithreading (SMT).
The new System Update Management Assistant (SUMA) provides an automated, policy-based mechanism to download AIX fixes directly from IBM support.
A new accounting subsystem provides more advanced data gathering and statistics than the traditional Unix accounting system.
NFS Version 4, developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), provides increased security and performance over previous versions provided by Sun Microsystems.
The current Unix release from Hewlett-Packard is known as HP-UX 11i Version 2. First released in 2003, 11i v2 has seen several updates, including the most recent in June of this year. HP-UX 11i v3 is due to be released at the end of this year.
HP-UX 11i v2 brings two separate releases of HP-UX back together. Following the release of HP-UX 11.11 for the HP 9000 (PA-RISC processor) in 2000, a new version of HP-UX, derived from 11.11 and labeled HP-UX 11i, was released to support the new Integrity server platform utilizing the 64-bit Itanium processor. Subsequent releases of 11i supported one platform or the other, but not both until Version 2.
HP-UX 11i v2 includes the following new hardware-related features:
HP-UX 11i v2 also provides several new systems management capabilities.
Virtual partitions (running multiple instances of HP-UX on a single system) are now supported on both processor platforms and the operating system can support virtual partitions running other supported operating systems (i.e., Windows or Linux).
The new HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration Tool allows the system administrator to configure system-wide and per-user security attributes via a Web interface.
A new web-based kernel configuration tool, kcweb, provides a platform- independent, graphical interface that can be used to monitor and modify kernel parameters of a running system.
The latest release of Unix from Sun Microsystems is Solaris 10, released in 2005. Being a major new release, it brought many new features, not the least of which is one not related to either hardware or software, but a financial feature: Solaris 10 is now (mostly) open source and can be downloaded free of charge. Of course, Sun hopes you'll still want to purchase add-on products and support services.
Solaris 10 features some significant new hardware and performance-related changes:
Solaris 10 also boasts quite a number of new management and security-related features.
A new file system, Zettabyte File System (ZFS), claims increased data integrity and consistency, superior manageability, vast scalability, and high performance. With built-in volume management functionality, ZFS eliminates the requirement of an additional volume manager.
A new dynamic tracing tool, DTrace, provides an interface for developers and system administrators to safely probe a running application or a running kernel for debugging or performance tuning purposes.
Solaris Containers (aka Zones) allow an administrator to set up multiple virtual systems running on a single system (comparable to logical partitions in other versions of Unix).
The new Service Management Facility (SMF) is a replacement for System V-based startup scripts and provides an interface allowing simple configuration and monitoring of system services.
Solaris Fault Manager and Predictive self-healing enable diagnosis and isolation of and, in some cases, recovery from specific hardware and software failures, initially CPU, memory, and I/O bus problems.
Process Rights Management provides a finer-grain of control (than standard Unix) over resources that a process may access.
NFS Version 4, developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), provides increased security and performance over previous versions.
King Ables earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982. He has been involved with Unix as a user, developer, systems administrator, consultant and author since 1979.


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It is with sadness that we note that Arnan Gabrieli has passed away.
Arnan Gavrieli was a founding partner and then Senior Partner of Seligsohn et Gavrieli, now Seligsohn Gabrieli & Co. . During a career that spanned over 50 years, he advised and litigated all types of intellectual property law and was party to many of the most significant intellectual property cases argued before the Israeli courts and the Registrar of Patents. He represented clients in trademark and copyright infringement cases, as well as passing-off, trade dress and trade secret cases.
Arnan Gabrieli was a member of legislative committees which drafted important Israeli IP laws. He was Chairperson of the Ethics Committee of the Israel Bar and of the Complaints Against Patent Attorneys Committee. He also lectured in IP Law in Tel Aviv University and at the College of Management, Faculty of Law.
During the years 1980 to 1987 he served as Editor-in-Chief of "Hapraklit", Israel Bar Quarterly Review. He was also a previous Chairperson of the Israel branch of the AIPPI.
Arnan Gavrieli is mourned by his sons Nachum and Udi Gavrieli who practice IP Law with the firm.
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I served the second year of my qualifying as a patent attorney at Seligsohn et Gavrieli, and then, until in 2004 when I set up my own firm, I effectively ran the Patent Department under the nominal head, Mr Alfred Thee, who was then working part-time, and I believe still is. I am grateful to Arnan for employing me and for the training I received there.
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text: Home > Bookshop > Australian Children's Books > Australian Picture Books « Back The Goblin and the Empty Chair Fox, Mem /& Dillon, Diane (Illustrator) / Dillon, Leo (Illustrator) Our Price Retail Price AUD$24.95 Your Price AUD$21.21 Minimum Order: 1 In Stock (1) Dispatch: 1 day Goblin and the Empty Chair/Fox, Mem /& Di/Hardb/0670074217/S001-G AUD$21.21 QTY Gift Wrapping Add Gift Wrapping (click checkbox) If you would like a gift wrapping message, please add it in the Notes section on the checkout page, thank you. AUD$2.95 Publisher: Viking ISBN-13: 9780670074211 Series: Binding: Hardback Year Published: 2009 In a time long past, in a land far away, a family has suffered an unspeakable loss. But a lonely goblin has been watching. And he knows what to do to help them heal. From internationally acclaimed picture-book masters Mem Fox and Leo and Diane Dillon, here is a rich and moving original fairytale about family. friendship, and the power compassion has to unite us all. ID: 188271 Code: P103222


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This is a genuine 1920's Czechoslovakian Beaded Art Deco Dance Bag. These beautiful, durable treasures were made with the highest quality which is a reason why they last in far better condition than many from that era. Dance bags were popular as more and more Ladies were attending events of which dancing was a major part. These personal sized bags could be held in the palm with a finger and twirled while dancing through the solidly made zipper chain. Having brilliant glass beads reflecting the lights, they really stood out.
This sterling gem is circa 1921 to 1923 from the style of the tag inside. It is complete with its original mirror still inside. It is also from the private collection and it is excellent condition.
Made of Czech glass pellet beads in Amber, Brown, Tan, and Soft White with Czech glass tube beads in a gorgeous Art Deco pattern, the effect is stunning. All of the beads are in place as can be seen and none are loose on threads. These beads are made from genuine glass in a very complicated method that was used for over 300 years.
Open the zipper to see the Crème silk lining. No odors of age, no perfume, and only a couple of minor marks of no significance that are easily removed. This beautiful bag is approaching 100 years old but does not show it. You will be really pleased when you see it and it will make a wonderful addition to the vintage, Art Deco collection.
The dimensions are 7"L x 5"H and with tissue it is 1" thick.
As always, this fine Czech Dance Bag will come to you shipped with the utmost care via USPS Priority Mail or your choice of shippers indicated with insurance. Never a handling charge, just the exact shipping to your zip code. I ship all over the world and will gladly combine shipping on multiple purchases.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Ode to a Very, Very Good Day
I think friendship can be defined as this:
"a person with whom you are willing to halve what possibly might be the best lemon tart in the universe"
and you pass it back and forth across the front seat of the car as you drive home from this tiny shop with the massive reputation that you just happened to be in proximity to around that golden time of the late afternoon when the light kisses everything and Sydney harbour glows and dinner seems (tragically) unimaginably far away.
The lemon curd is so silky it melts on your tongue,
Three happy girls in pink belt songs from the backseat,
And it's a very, very good day.
Yep. That's friendship.Amanda xx
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4 comments:
- Paula said... [Reply to comment]
Wishing I was in that car, I would have even worn something pink.
- October 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- Steph Bond-Hutkin said... [Reply to comment]
Thank you for sharing BFF!
- October 18, 2011 at 10:52 PM
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- October 18, 2011 at 11:43 PM
- Lucent Imagery said... [Reply to comment]
Beautiful recollections. I have been reflecting on friendships a lot lately, including those couple that don't act like friends. My task is to learn how to not be so hurt by those people. But just last Friday I posted about a new yoga friend. I love those friends that you say goodbye to and float away with a smile on your face. I treasure those ones. I hope you are well Amanda.
- October 30, 2011 at 9:32 PM
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I want to write a book. Or at least and E-book. Nothing major or exceptionally long, mind you. Just a little booklet that expresses an idea of mine that would be of interest to more than just a select few.
Trouble is, I can't seem to nail down what topic I want to write about, which pushes my bestselling E-book debut further into the future. (Bummer)
I have several ideas floating around in my peabrain. Just can't decide which one is most worthy to be "first".
I know of several ladies who've written fantastic E-books on everything from scheduling and homekeeping, to home business ideas, home schooling methods, and frugal recipes. Where do my ideas fit into all of this? Could I consider myself an "expert" in any of these areas, and if so, would any potential E-book I write be a re-hashing of someone else's work? Do I have anything new to add to any of these topics? Topics that interest me, but alas, topics that have been written about in abundance already.
What is it that I do, or believe, or practice that would be new and fresh for others to read about and/or implement? What have I done that makes me stand out?
My sister once said my life was like a soap opera...but writing about me and everyone that helped shape my life--for good or bad--could be bad. I could get sued or something horrible like that. (Egads!)


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RADT 456 Unit 3
ARRT registry review Unit 3: Image Acquisition and Evaluation
|1. During film-screen imaging, when is the manifest image formed?
|in the developer solution
|2. What is the component of a CR image plate that records the radiologic image?
|photostimulable phosphor
|3. The term windowing describes the practice of _____
|changing the image contrast and / or density
|4. What can foreshortening be caused by?
|the radiographic object being placed at an angle to the IR
|5. What is the purpose of the automatic processor's transport system?
|move the film and change its direction
|6. What causes crescent-shaped artifacts on processed x-ray film?
|acute bending of the film before or after exposure
|7. Misalignment of the tube-part-IR relationship results in______
|shape distortion
|8. Using a short SID with a large IR is likely to____
|increase the anode heel effect
|9. When intensifying screen increases, what happens to radiographic density?
|10. How can you improve spatial resolution but still use the same FOV?
|use a larger matrix
|11. What is the absorption of useful radiation by a grid called?
|grid cutoff
|12. When is focal-spot blur at its greatest?
|toward the cathode end of the x-ray beam
|13. What is it called when the x-ray photon intensity is reduced as the photon passes through material?
|14. What is the density of an unexposed and processed film?
|15. What device is used to overcome severe variation in patient anatomy or tissue density, providing more uniform radiographic density?
|compensating filter
|16. What test is performed to check the correctness of the developing parameters?
|17. What is the purpose of the thin layer of lead that is often located behind the rear intensifying screen in an IR?
|prevent scattered radiation fog
|18. What will result if developer replenishment is inadequate?
|images with excessively low contrast
|19. What can be used to determine the sensitivity of a particular film emulsion?
|sensitometric curve
|20. What is a wire-mesh test performed to evaluate?
|screen contact
|21. What accessory is used to measure the thickness of body parts in order to determine optimal selection of exposure factors?
|22. What is a focal-spot size of 0.3mm or smaller essential for?
|magnification radiography
|23. What is the device that is used to give film emulsion a predetermined exposure in order to test its response to processing called?
|24. What is the relationship between the height of a grid's lead strips and the distance between them referred to?
|grid ratio
|25. What material is film base currently made of?
|26. What happens to the image when a slow screen-film system is used with a fast screen-film AEC system?
|the images are too light
|27. What effect will a stained intensifying screen have on the finished radiograph?
|decreased density
|28. What will boxes of film stored in a too warm an area be subject to?
|film fog
|29. What term is used to describe unsharp edges of tiny radiographic details?
|30. What chemical is used in the production of radiographic film emulsion?
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The Noble eightfold path is outlined as the path of ending suffering (dukha). It is also called ariya atthangika magga in Pali cannon. In practice, You yourself must strive yourself, if you wish to end your suffering (Magga) and for peace in mind and to your surrounding.
They are:
i. Right View or understanding (Samma Ditti) : The Buddha never intended his followers to believe any teachings blindly, but to practise them and judge for yourself whether they were true.The superior right view leading to liberation is the understanding of the Four Noble Truths. The right view of kamma and its fruits provides a rationale for engaging in wholesome actions and attaining high status within the round of rebirths, but by itself it does not lead to liberation.
ii. Right Thought / Intention (Samma Sankappa): A commitment to cultivate the right attitudes : the intention of renunciation, the intention of good will, and the intention of harmlessness.the intentions are right, the actions will be right. Cause and Effect start from mind. the Buddha recommends to counteract ill will, especially when the object is another person, is a quality called in Pali metta. The method of development is metta-bhavana, the meditation on loving-kindness. May he (she) be well! May he (she) be happy! May he (she) be peaceful!".One can try developing metta towards all friends, all neutral persons, all hostile persons.
iii. Right Speech (Samma vacca): Speaking truthfully, avoiding slander, gossip and abusive speech.
iv. Right Action (Samma Kammanta) : Refraining from stealing, killing and overindulgence in sensual pleasure.
v. Right Livelihood (Samma avija): Avoiding making a living in ways that cause harm, such as exploiting people or killing animals, or trading in intoxicants or weapons.
vi. Right Effort (Samma vayama) : freeing oneself from evil and unwholesome states and preventing them arising in future.Complete or Full Effort, Energy or Vitality. Also called right effort or diligence. Consciously directing our life energy to the transformative path of creative and healing action that fosters wholeness. Conscious evolution.
vii. Right Mindfulness (Samma sati) : Developing awareness of the body, sensations, feelings and states of mind.
viii. Right Concentration (Samma Samadhi) : Developing the mental focus necessary for this awareness.
The Buddha described the Eightfold Path as a means to enlightenment, like a raft for crossing a river. Once one has reached the opposite shore, one no longer needs the raft and can leave it behind.
The question is the is it really the word "right", but instead, the word "Balance" give much more perfect meaning. Because everything needs the balance understanding both the sides of a wider perspective. More to enunciate, unless you know the 'wrong', you will never understand what is 'Right'. Buddha is therefore teaching you the middle path understanding both sides with wisdom. The eightfold path is at the heart of the middle way, which turns from extremes, and encourages us to seek the simple approach.
The Fulcrum is the state of the Right, even though it is not right at philosophical level, because the balance comes when u stay between understanding both right and wrong. So, Balance or True word is more appropriate.


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California invests billions of dollars every year, from public and private sector sources, in clean energy technology and incentives. These investments aim to facilitate our transition away from fossil fuels and into a cleaner, greener energy future. Greenlining works to ensure that the communities most harmed by pollution and poverty are among the first to benefit from this transition away from oil and gas, both as energy customers and as the workers and innovators that drive our clean energy economy.
Greenlining works with partners and allies, decision-makers and regulators, utilities and other private sector stakeholders to:
- Promote a zero carbon, zero emissions electric grid in California, powered by 100 percent renewable fuel sources and free from our historical dependence on fossil fuels. This complex problem will require us to think differently about everything from how the electric grid works across the Western states to when we charge our laptops and run the dishwasher. Communities of color need to participate in and benefit from every strategy we apply to the clean energy challenge.
- Ensure that all customers have access to the benefits of distributed generation like solar generated at home or in their community, by promoting community solar, inclusive financing, and other programs and incentives designed to prioritize clean energy investments made directly in communities of color.
- Promote equity as the market shifts to clean power to ensure that our communities can be among the early adopters of technologies like battery storage, distributed generation, and smart appliances.
- Ensure that clean energy programs create meaningful workforce pathways for our communities into rewarding careers in the clean energy sector, with jobs that pay family-supporting wages, provide benefits, and lead to opportunities for career advancement. Opportunities must go beyond installer and other entry-level jobs, and extend to sales and marketing, engineering and product development, finance, business services and more.
- Ensure that employment policies for clean energy workers are fair and do not discriminate against formerly incarcerated people.
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- Ensure accountability and transparency through public reporting on program results, including information on who benefits from these programs and who remains left out.


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The combination of the 2011 Indy Weekly 'Best of the Triangle' and Triangle Restaurant Week has provided a 'for the people, by the people' directory of restaurants deemed relevant to try. I recently visited The Remedy Diner (RD), the Best of the Triangle 2011 winner for Vegetarian friendly in Wake County. RD exudes such enormous eccentricity that it's begging to be an early 90's movie cliché' via Reality Bites or any other Janeane Garofalo film. The 'way out'/anti-conformist motif, staff, and clientele really add to this interesting impression. Let's be fair…our waitress was very engaging and menu-helpful; but be wary: the slogan of 'curing what ales you' is no joke; the booze is stiff and is sure to sanitize your inners.
The 2-sided menu is ~75% vegetarian, so you can bring that inflexible, carnivorous date in for a bite, while accomplishing one's own veggie interests. To start, we had the Buffalo Non-Chicken Wings with vegan ranch. This is the most deceptive soy meat substitute I have ever eaten…it was amazing. The texture and flavor was extremely close to the real deal. The buffalo sauce was spicy (as it should be), and the vegan ranch tasted more like a dill-y yogurt sauce, but was complimentary. For entrees, we sampled the herby non-Meatball Sub (vegan "meatballs"/mozzarella/marinara). The texture was not as moist as beef, so I did have to request additional marinara to dress it up for finishing. The Under the Volcano (buffalo non-chicken, gorgonzola, veg's on Kaiser) was also ordered. The Buffalo non-chicken appetizer is by far the best thing on the menu – so why not just get it on a sandwich. I recommend RD do more entrées with this chicken substitute. With different marinades – imagine the menu possibilities… Lastly, we gave a meat entrée a spin, the most popular, according to the waitress, being the Turkey Pesto (turkey, bacon, avocado, pesto, sourdough). You've got Boar's Head, you've got my attention. I love their product. I think it's very ironic that a vegetarian restaurant has such robust, flavorful bacon…it was a delicious medley (but it is bacon). Also, the majority of the menu is editable by an ingredient or two to meet vegan dietary needs without compromising the intended flavor.
All in all, RD deserves their award. As a vegetarian/vegan, you've got a variety of entrees ready made for your enjoyment without having to cross your fingers the staff remembered to omit the cheese or substitute this with that. As a relapsed carnivore, I was content with my overall experience. Give soy a chance, man.


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Like many freedmen in rural Georgia, my great-great-grandfather, Ike Pinkard, worked as a sharecropper after slavery ended. The setup was simple: in exchange for housing, sharecroppers worked the land and gave their employers a portion of the crops they picked. But in reality, the structure was not far removed from the slavery into which my great-great-grandfather was born. Sharecroppers were often bound by unfair contracts designed to keep them indebted to their employers.
According to an 1890 tax list, Ike Pinkard, is a freedman living in Chattahoochee County, Ga . He is employed by W.M. Smith, who lists 17 other freedmen as his employees. Ike and his wife, Narsis have three sons, all under the age of 10. The worth of his personal belongings: $10.
Sharecropping sustained the maternal side of my family for three generations, even as the Pinkards migrated from Chattahoochee County to neighboring Stewart County, where my mom grew up.
"They called it sharecropping, but it wasn't a big share," my mother told me.
My mother's childhood home in Omaha, Ga., was a sharecropper's home. The land once belonged to Ansel Rood, a Northern expatriate. The home was built on a tucked away nook of land nestled against the Chattahoochee River that still bears his name– Rood Creek.
My mom recalled Ansel Rood's grandson spending summers there with his family. He, his wife and their two sons– including one named Opie– would travel from Atlanta and vacation in Stewart County. The Rood children spent a lot of time with my mom and her siblings, my mom said, sometimes staying overnight while their parents were out on the town.
The Roods eventually sold the land and it ended up with St. Regis, a paper company. The company planted pine trees, which in turn were used for papermaking. As the company's presence expanded in Omaha, farming dried up and people moved out. They flocked wherever an opportunity presented itself– mostly to large northern cities like Cleveland, Philadelphia and New York. The Pinkards, however, remained in Rood Creek.
"Nobody was farming anymore," my mom remembered. "But they didn't put us out (of our house). They let us stay. . . It wasn't the best house, but we stayed there."
The dreary trifecta of being black and poor in the rural South dared to cast a long shadow over the Pinkards. But my grandmother, Lula Pinkard (nee Bryant, 1925-1983) was determined to end the cycle of poverty that had trapped the family for three generations. My grandfather, Willie Pinkard (1915-1985), would be the last sharecropper in my family.


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Calcium deposits can build up on the internal parts of a DeLonghi coffee machine and impair its function. Decalcification is the process off stripping away the accumulated calcium in the system. However, some harsh cleaners that dissolve calcium also eat away at the working parts of DeLonghi coffee makers and cleaning agents left in the machine can negatively affect the flavour of the brew. Alternatively, white vinegar can be used as a gentle but effective cleanser. Decalcify your DeLonghi coffee machine regularly for years of reliability and better-tasting coffee.
Fill the coffee machine's reservoir with cold water.
Add 1 tbsp white distilled vinegar for every 5 cups of water in the reservoir or the suggested amount of descaling powder according to the manufacturer. Stir the powder with a long spoon until it has completely dissolved.
Remove the filter and filter basket from the coffee machine.
Plug the DeLonghi coffee maker into an electrical socket.
Place the empty coffee carafe in position on the heat plate to catch the brew.
Flip the machine's ON/OFF switch to start the brewing process.
Empty the carafe when the contents of the reservoir have passed through the machine.
Fill the reservoir with cold water.
Brew the clean water through the machine.
Repeat the water refill and brew process until no vinegar smell or calcium residue is detected in the carafe.
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1 1/2 sticks butter, softened, plus additional softened butter for greasing pan
3/4 cup sugar, plus additional sugar for dusting pan
12 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
5 eggs at room temperature, beaten
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup prepared espresso
Chocolate Ganache:
4 ounces semisweet chocolate
1 stick softened butter
Vanilla ice cream, optional
For Torte:
Preheat oven to 300º with oven rack in middle position. Wrap a 9-inch springform pan in plastic wrap, then wrap tightly with a layer of heavy-duty foil. Generously butter pan. Dust pan with sugar, tapping out excess. Place prepared pan in a roasting pan; set aside.
Combine 3/4 cup sugar and prepared espresso in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
Place chocolate in a large bowl set over a large saucepan of barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water). Stir occasionally until just melted. Add butter by the tablespoonful, stirring until combined. Stir in espresso syrup and vanilla extract. Set aside to cool slightly, 4 to 5 minutes. Gently stir in eggs until combined.
Pour batter into prepared springform pan. Pour boiling-hot water into roasting pan until it reaches three-quarters of the way up the of springform pan. Bake until center of torte is almost set, but still wobbles just slightly, about 45 to 50 minutes.
Transfer torte to a wire rack to cool completely. Refrigerate, covered, for 8 hours or overnight.
For Ganache:
Place chocolate in a medium bowl set over a medium saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water). Stir occasionally until melted. Set aside to cool slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Add butter by the tablespoonful, stirring until combined and glossy. Use immediately.
To Serve:
Run a thin knife along edge of chilled torte, and remove springform pan ring. Set torte on a wire rack set over a sheet pan. Pour ganache over torte, a bit at a time, spreading with a rubber or offset spatula to cover top. Allow excess to drip down sides, if desired. Place torte on a platter or sheet pan lined with parchment paper, and refrigerate until set, approximately 2 hours. Serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
For Miniature Heart-Shaped Tortes:
Cut individual tortes from large torte using a heart-shaped cutter. Carefully dip each heart into ganache using two forks, letting excess drip off. Set hearts on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper, and refrigerate until set, approximately 2 hours. Serve with a scoop of vanilla-port wine ice cream, if desired.


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