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Central County Fire Marshal Rocque Yballa said investigators believe combustible items near a floor heater on the first floor of the two-story building were the cause of the blaze.
Yballa said the fire serves as a reminder of the danger of leaving flammable objects near floor heaters, including Christmas trees and gifts as the holidays approach.
Investigators have not yet determined what objects may have kindled the fire and said investigators continue to sift through the charred remnants of the building.
The fire was reported in the 1200 block of Donnelly Avenue, about half a block from the Burlingame Caltrain station, at 3:49 a.m., according to Central County Fire Marshal Rocque Yballa.
The building housed a commercial office on the first floor and a residential unit on the second floor.
Crews arrived on the scene to find the right side of the building as well as its front porch fully engulfed in flames, Yballa said.
Nearly 70 firefighters were called to battled the four-alarm blaze, which spread into the building's attic and completely burned out the inside, according to the fire marshal.
The fire also damaged a neighboring office occupied by Tandem Entrepreneurs Management Services, located at 1214 Donnelly Ave., he said.
Crews were able to get the fire under control by 5:30 a.m., he said.
A search of the property revealed that no one was at home at the time of the fire, except for one man living in a detached unit behind the main building.
That man and possibly two other residents who weren't home at the time of the fire have been displaced.
Yballa said the fire appears to have started near a floor heater in the main room on the building's first floor.
Yballa said that the structure's age and its wood-shingled siding likely contributed to the fire's rapid spread.
The main building, which the fire marshal estimated to date back to the early 1900s, was built before automatic sprinklers were required, he said.
"If these buildings had sprinklers, it would have been contained to building of origin," he said.
A damage estimate from the blaze was not available

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Name? Age? Location? Website?
Alana Celii. 21. Brooklyn, NY. alanacelii.com
Your photographs span the great American landscape from California to New Jersey but I'm always taken back by your photos of the west. Can you give us a little background on your travels of Texas, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. What led to these road trips?
As a child, my family moved around a lot. I am convinced that this is one of the reasons why I have this constant desire to be going somewhere. My family ended up living in Texas for the past 9 years. I spent my teenage years living there, and continue to go back at least twice a year. However, I often find it hard to shoot there. Whenever I'm flying into DFW, the sight of the flat yellow/green landscape tends to cultivate this sense of dread. It's a really strange state. I think there are a lot of misconceptions about it, but maybe I'm only saying that because I lived there for so long. I was wearing a necklace the other night that had charm in the state of Texas, and someone asked me if I was wearing it to be ironic.
The first time I went to Colorado was two summers ago with Grant Willing. His family is from the area, and he invited me along. The first trip we went on was just through the mountain counties. I think it was one of the first road trips we went on, too. Last summer, we went to Colorado again. We spent time visiting his Dad in the mountains before setting off on the trip through Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. I think we both really fell in love with Idaho. After staying one evening in a motel where the TV was about ten feet from the bed, and chained to the wall, we rolled into Idaho Falls for breakfast. I think we were the youngest in the restaurant by at least forty years. Our waitress commented on the large size of my purse, saying that she could put me in it, and Grant had some of the best biscuits and gravy in his life.
We actually just made a book about that trip called "77,777." You can find more about it here: flickr.com/photos/lalalana/2572306838/ Grant also has a really great recap of our trip on his "blog." I believe it's one of the first entries: grantwilling.wordpress.com
When I'm on the road at night I always try to locate a station that broadcasts Coast to Coast AM. Do you have a favorite radio show when your are on the road?
I actually don't. While I'm in Dallas I usually listen to KLUV, which is the oldies station. On our first trip we ended up listening to the same 3 CDs over and over because we couldn't get the ipod to sync with the cassette player. I believe they were Talking Heads, David Bowie, and Devo. Grant and I made a road mix that's a part of the 77,777 book: 1. Golden Earring - Radar Love 2. Blondie - X Offender 3. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again 4. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 5. The Doors - LA Woman 6. Neil Diamond - Solitary Man 7. Gerry and the Pacemakers - At the End of the Storm 8. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Some Day Never Comes 9. Roy Orbison - Mean Woman Blues 10. Robert Palmer - Simply Irresustubke 11 Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) 12. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 13. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs - Woolly Bully 14. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Jackson 15. Patsy Cline - Stop, Look and Listen 16. Otis Redding - Love Man 17. Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Be-Bop A Lula 18. Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - Oh What a Good Thing We Had
Favorite snack or drink for such adventures?
I love strawberry cream shakes from Sonic. Sonics are rare to come by though if you're not in like the south or the west. I think the closest one to me right now is in Lancaster, PA. I think diner food is a must as well. I've been watching a lot of the show "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" on the Food Network.
You are currently a student at Parsons School of Design in New York city. How much of an impact do you feel your education has made on your creative output?
I'm not really sure. I think it would be a complete lie to say that school hasn't impacted my work, but I'm not sure how much it has changed the way I work in the last year. I think whatever the situation, school is what you make of it, and so I've tried to surround myself with friends, mentors and teachers who are amazing and just wonderful people to be around. I think those people and living in this city have made more of an impact.
As well as taking pictures you also run, along with Grant Willing, Rotating Gallery, a small gallery consisting of a 12x9' wall in your apartment. Tell us a little more about it.
The gallery started out randomly. We would collect things on the street, bring them home and pin them to our wall. After a while, we would refer to it as our gallery, but it took probably around six months for it become an actual online project. Our friend Grady was about to throw out a print he had made, and I said I wanted it for the gallery. At the same time, Grant had to make a website for the Design class he was taking. Everything just fell into place one night. We decided to do the shows monthly, and invite friends to send us artwork or found objects. The gallery has been online for about a year now. What is really great for me about the gallery is that everything we find and keep is given a new value just because it's immortalized online.
You are also run FJORD. Who, what, when and why?
Fjord came about because we were both really interested in how our generation grew up with the Internet, and was now using it as a tool for self promotion. We curated a group of about 70 photographers that we felt were showcasing their work on the Internet in a particular way. By showcasing the work, we wanted to bring attention to these emerging photographers, and hopefully through the site curates will contact them. Because the photographers on FJORD never change, we both have hoped that with the feed, the website will be a source for other young photographers to find submission opportunities.
If you could use only one camera for the rest of your life, which would it be?
Any good music, tv, movie, websites, or whathaveyou that you are currently rad on?
For the past four months, I've been watching the entire series of Northern Exposure with Grant. I'm also really into guide horses lately.
Shout Outs?
Megan Trevino and Grant Willing because we're about to leave for another road trip on Monday. Grady O'Connor because he reminds me of Cape Cod, and we haven't been on a trip together since Rosh Hashanah of last year. Carolie Dominick and Noel Sinclair Boyt because I miss them, and I know they are fans of Fecal Face.
For more, check out: alanacelii.com
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The American Football League's Foolish Club
Succeeding where previous leagues had failed, the AFL introduced an exciting brand of football forcing the NFL to change its entrenched ways
Having risked his reputation by un-retiring from a 10-year career in the established National Football League for the upstart American Football League, George Blanda clearly wasn't afraid to gamble. In the final quarter of the AFL championship game on New Year's Day 1961, the stakes were high. Backed up on their own 12-yard line, it looked like the Los Angeles Chargers might get the ball back with time to take the lead. But the Houston Oilers quarterback knew his opponents were going to blitz. He looped a swing pass to Heisman Trophy-winning running back Billy Cannon, who then broke a tackle and outraced everybody to pay dirt, giving the Oilers a 24-16 lead and the title. "That was the big play that killed them," recalls Blanda, now 82, of the game.
Blanda ended up throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns, outdueling the Chargers' quarterback, future congressman and vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp. He also kicked an 18-yard field goal and three extra points. More than 41 million people watched the broadcast on ABC and 32,183 showed up at Jeppesen Field, a converted high school stadium in Houston. Players on the Oilers earned $800 each for the victory.
The game was typical of the high-risk, exciting brand of football the AFL showcased. While NFL games were often ball control affairs emphasizing the running game, the AFL aired it out, throwing downfield play after play, taking chance after chance. In the NFL championship game, played five days before the AFL game, the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers passed 55 times for a total of 382 yards. The Oilers and Chargers combined for 73 passes and 472 yards. "Our goal was to score a lot of points, open up the game, and make it more viewable," Blanda says.
Blanda threw for more touchdowns than he had during his NFL career in each of the seven seasons he was an AFL starter, including a high of 36 in 1961. He also threw 42 interceptions in 1962, which remains a record. "We took a lot of chances and threw a lot of interceptions," he says.
Former NFL executive Gil Brandt notes that for fans, even an unsuccessful deep pass play is more exciting than a run. Responsible for shepherding the NFL expansion Dallas Cowboys through their first season in 1960 as the team's vice president for player personnel, Brandt, like others, figured the new league would soon fold, as other NFL challengers had. "They started from the back of nowhere. I didn't think they ever would survive," he says. "They did and all of the teams are still in operation. They've all done extremely well."
The game and the entire 1960 season were vindication for the "Foolish Club." That's what the eight original AFL team owners called themselves because they were crazy enough to take on the firmly entrenched NFL. Among them were Texas millionaires Lamar Hunt and Bud Adams Jr., who had been refused entry into the NFL in 1959. Over the previous four decades other upstarts, including the All American Conference, had challenged the NFL. None were successful.
Perhaps the most lasting influence of the AFL is the offense conceived by Sid Gillman, the innovative Chargers' coach, that used the passing game to set up the run, in contrast to the way football had been played for years. The descendants of Gillman's coaching tree, including Bill Walsh, Al Davis, Chuck Noll, and Mike Holmgren, have won 20 Super Bowls combined.
The league's legacy also can be seen in many of the innovations adopted by the NFL. The AFL put names on the back of players' jerseys, made the scoreboard clock official (time had been kept on the field), offered the two-point conversion, and recruited African-American players, unlike some NFL teams. (The NFL's Washington Redskins didn't have a single black player the first year of AFL play and would not integrate until pressure from the federal government and commissioner Pete Rozelle forced team owner George Preston Marshall to trade for running back Bobby Mitchell) The AFL also played the first Thanksgiving Day game, an NFL tradition.
Blanda was typical of the so-called "NFL rejects" in the early AFL. He had retired before the 1959 NFL season after tiring of the Chicago Bears' tight-fisted owner George Halas and was working as a trucking company sales manager. It turned out he had a few good years left, playing for the Oilers and then the Oakland Raiders. He retired in 1975 at age 48 after playing 26 seasons, more than anyone in history.
The New York Titans' Don Maynard, another star who went on, like Blanda, to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was a castoff from the New York Giants. Len Dawson languished five years in the NFL, starting two games, then became a superstar and future Hall of Famer with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Others, like Charlie Hennigan, who was coaching a Louisiana high school team and teaching biology when the Oilers offered a tryout, never had a shot in the established league. He'd played at tiny Northwestern State College in his native Louisiana and was undrafted by the NFL. He signed with the Oilers in 1960 for a $250 bonus and a $7,500 salary. "I was so happy," recalls Hennigan, 74."I was going to be making as much as the principal."
He kept a pay stub from his $270.62-a-month teaching job in his helmet as a reminder of what he'd go back to if he failed. He didn't. Hennigan may be the most prolific receiver not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1961, he set a single season record for reception yards that stood until 1995. In 1964, he became the second receiver to catch more than 100 passes in a season with 101, a record that lasted until 1992.
Blanda points out there were only 12 NFL teams with 33 players on a squad when the AFL began, meaning there were a lot of good athletes available. "I know the NFL people thought we were not much better than a junior college team," Blanda says."But we had a lot of great players in our league."
By the middle of the 1960s, the NFL was luring away as many players from the AFL as the AFL was from the NFL. The bidding war for players, which began when the AFL was formed (Brandt recalls the price for free agents went from $5,500 to $7,500 the first year and kept climbing) reached a peak in 1965 when the New York Jets signed Alabama quarterback Joe Namath to a three-year, $427,000 contract, the biggest deal ever for an athlete in a team sport.
That year, NBC signed a five-year, $36 million television deal with the AFL, far more than CBS was paying the NFL. The NFL responded by ordering CBS not to give AFL scores during telecasts. A year later, a gentlemen's agreement between the leagues not to sign each other's players was shattered when the New York Giants enticed star kicker Pete Gogolak from the Bills for a three-year, $96,000 contract. A bidding war ensued with several established NFL stars signing with the AFL.
Finally, the two leagues announced a merger in the summer of 1966. They would play the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game (the term "Super Bowl" was coined later) after the 1966 season. The NFL's Green Bay Packers won the first two matchups, then the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs grabbed the next two, announcing loudly that the AFL was the NFL's equal.
The rivalry hasn't waned for Blanda and Hennigan, even though they draw NFL pension checks. They're still AFL guys at heart.
"We were a better show than the NFL was," Hennigan says. "They didn't like us and they still don't like us. And I don't like them."


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Barclays slapped with $44 mln fine over gold price fix
* Gold price manipulation took place a day after Libor fine
* Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) is first bank fined over gold price fix
* All benchmarks under scrutiny, including precious metals
* Blow for Barclays' efforts to put past sins behind it (Adds Plunkett email, details in paragraphs 9, 11, 16, 20, 25, link to factbox)
By Steve Slater and Huw Jones
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc has been fined 26 million pounds ($43.8 million) for failures in internal controls that allowed a trader to manipulate the setting of gold prices, just a day after the bank was fined for rigging Libor interest rates in 2012.
Britain's Barclays is the first bank to be fined over attempted manipulation of the 95-year-old London gold market daily "fix", although a source familiar with the fine said it was a one-off and not part of a wider investigation into gold price rigging.
It marks another blow to Barclays' attempts to put past problems behind it.
The Financial Conduct Authority said on Friday there were failings at Barclays from 2004 until 2013, but the key event occurred on June 28, 2012, a day after UK and U.S. regulators fined it $450 million over attempted Libor rigging.
"A firm's lack of controls and a trader's disregard for a customer's interests have allowed the financial services industry's reputation to be sullied again," said Tracey McDermott, the FCA's director of enforcement and financial crime.
The FCA said it had banned former Barclays trader Daniel James Plunkett and fined him 95,600 pounds for exploiting weaknesses in the bank's systems.
"Plunkett's actions came the day after the publication of our Libor and Euribor action against Barclays. The investigation and outcomes in that case meant that the firm, and Plunkett, were clearly on notice of the potential for conflicts of interests around benchmarks," McDermott said.
Plunkett fixed the price in order to avoid the payment of $3.9 million to a customer under an option, which boosted his own trading book by $1.75 million, the FCA said. The bank later compensated the client in full.
On the eve of June 28, Plunkett sent an email to commodities colleagues saying that he was hoping for a "mini puke" the following day. The FCA understood this to mean a drop in the price of gold ahead of the fixing.
Plunkett was a director on the precious metals desk at Barclays and was responsible for pricing products linked to the price of precious metals and managing Barclays' risk exposure to those products. The FCA said Plunkett gave the watchdog and Barclays untruthful accounts of his trading activity.
Attempts by Reuters to locate and contact Plunkett online were not immediately successful.
Barclays Chief Executive Antony Jenkins is attempting to restore the bank's reputation after a series of scandals, but the emergence of past sins are hampering his efforts. He has said its culture, which has been criticised as high-risk, high-reward, had to change and that systems and controls were improving.
"We very much regret the situation that led to this settlement ... these situations strengthen our resolve to improve," Jenkins said in a statement on Friday.
The FCA said Barclays co-operated with the investigation, which reduced its fine by 11 million pounds.
Barclays was the first bank to be fined for attempted manipulation of Libor, although other banks have since been fined more.
Barclays' head of spot gold trading, Marc Booker, left the bank earlier this month as part of the bank's restructuring and its exit from the commodity business.
The Libor rigging scandal has put scrutiny on how all benchmark prices are set, including London's gold "fix", which dates back to 1919.
Banks arrive at the gold fix through matching buy and sell orders during a twice-daily telephone call, which miners, jewellers and central and commercial banks use to trade gold.
The 117-year old London silver price fix set by Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Bank of Nova Scotia will cease in August, and greater regulatory scrutiny is forcing major changes in how all precious metals prices are set.
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has launched consultation on a possible alternative to the silver benchmark into a legally watertight system that could then be applied to the other precious metals fixes, sources said.
The FCA and several other regulators, including Bafin in Germany and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, have indicated they also are looking at the gold fix.
In years gone by, seats at the gold and silver fixing tables were a mark of distinction for a bank, but now most banks do not want to be involved.
Four banks now set the gold price - HSBC, Societe Generale, Bank of Nova Scotia and Barclays. A former fifth member of the fix, Deutsche Bank (Xetra: DBK.DE - news) , resigned on May 12 without a replacement.
The FCA said it was checking with London Gold Market Fixing Limited to see how it was complying with new global rules for administering benchmarks that were brought in after the Libor scandal began to unfold.
The LBMA and London Gold Market Fixing could not immediately reached for comment.
($1 = 0.5931 British Pounds) (Additional reporting by Clara Denina. Editing by Veronica Brown and Jane Baird)


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Director: Travis Baker
Starring: Brooke Anne Smith, Marc Valera, Malcolm McDowell
Year: 2014
It's not every day that you get a twisted take on a classic. When I sat down to watch this movie I never expected to see anything but another cookie-cutter slasher, just one more Halloween killer-on-the-loose film. Well technically it's the night before Halloween, not the actual holiday, so maybe that's how they got away with being different. Because different it was, an original take on a standard set up; not something you see everyday. Especially out of this genre, where more money is spent on fake heads than on quality actors, much to my continued dismay. Don't get me wrong, I love a good bloodbath, but I also love when there's enough talent behind a character to keep me from wanting to reach into the screen and throttle them. Thankfully Mischief Night was a surprisingly interesting film, one that took the old premise, mixed it up a bit, and left me pretty satisfied.
The Movie
It's the night before Halloween, Mischief Night, an evening made for tricks, pranks, thrills, and danger. Teenager Kaylie is stuck babysitting, filling in for a friend who may or may not be sick. It's not that she minds overly much; the baby is behaving well, the house it full of free booze, and what else would she be doing anyway. Not talking to Graham, that's for sure, the boy who holds her heart though he doesn't even know it. Graham might be hooking up with Daphne anyway, the sick friend, so what's it to Kaylie if she's working while they're out sucking face. Other than a strange old guy going around warning people to lock their doors the night is pretty quiet, and Kaylie settles in to drink away her problems.
But here's where things start to get interesting. Kaylie notices a figure outside, a masked man who is assuredly up to no good. Phone calls to Daphne produce nothing, locking the doors isn't working, and it's almost a foregone conclusion that, whoever this guy is, he is getting in and killing whoever he wants. Seems like the classic babysitter-gets-attacked-by-a-psycho story. Not so much. Because yes he gets in, and yes he's a sociopath, but things don't go as planned. Kaylie isn't the goody goody he expected, he's not the cold blooded killer he appears, and the night's events aren't going to follow the order that you've seen a thousand times before.
I guess that's what makes Mischief Night work; it doesn't stick to the standard timeline or parade the typical events across the screen like you've seen done a thousand times. It changes what you predict will happen, and that makes it interesting. It's a fresh take on a classic story, a new & strange way to look at the genre, and that's always nice. Had it gone the opposite way I think it could have worked as well, if it had become a spoof or a homage, following the typical events down to the letter. That idea has been successful, and really I thought that's where this one was heading, so I was even more surprised when it went in a new direction. Pleasantly surprised though; apparently I was ready for a little variety in my slasher film. Well this movie delivered.
Not to say that it was incredible. I liked the plot, liked the original direction they took it, and enjoyed that it was something a little unexpected. But it was still a low budget slasher movie, it still had the fake heads, the butcher knives, the hot young things. Which, I guess could be to its credit if that's what you were looking for. They definitely kept a lot of old school ideas in play, sticking to the common themes, but adding in those new ideas that ending up being why I liked the film. But again, it still wasn't amazing. The acting was OK, Smith & Valera both doing a commendable job with what they were given, Malcolm McDowell producing a nice cameo that kinda stole the show. There was a little blood, a little sex, nothing too spectacular, nothing that horror aficionados would really be impressed by. In the end the new take on the old concept was the best part of the project, with the pieces being fairly throwaway, culminating in a movie that was enjoyable but not wonderful.
The DVD
Video - With an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 16x9 Widescreen the video is pretty great. The film was shot using a Red One MX camera with Red Pro Prime lenses. The picture quality is really nice, with a clear, clean image and good color balance. The majority of the movie was shot at night in a dimly lit house, so the visuals aren't amazing but at least the picture is there to support a few nice shots when called upon.
Audio - On the disc you have the choice between English 5.1 Dolby Digital and English 2.0 Dolby Digital. There are also Spanish or English SDH subtitles. The audio quality was fine, nothing spectacular, with a good sound balance. The film had a lot of personal dialogue, it was well produced, and the sound was never really an issue.
Extras - There are four trailers on the DVD: You're Next, Texas Chainsaw, the Saw series, and Children of Sorrow.
Final Thoughts
Rent It. Mischief Night was a fun, quick, watchable film that took an old concept and freshened it up a bit. The acting, direction, and budget were all still a little suspect, but at least they tried to do something different and succeeded in getting my attention. It's a movie that fans of the genre should enjoy, if only because of the twist, and perhaps despite the lack of gore & nudity. The video was really nice, the audio fine, but there weren't many extras on the disc. All in all, an enjoyable horror movie, nothing spectacular, but a refreshing take on an overused plot.
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Yahoo issued the following press release responding to the breakdown in today's Microsoft negotiations (interesting that Chairman Roy Bostock is taking center stage here, not CEO Jerry Yang). As we said earlier, this is just the beginning of a very long week for Yahoo.
Yahoo! Issues Statement in Response to Microsoft
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Roy Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company issued the following statement today in response to Microsoft Corporation's announcement that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo!:
"We remain focused on maximizing shareholder value and pursuing strategic opportunities that position Yahoo! for success and leadership in its markets. From the beginning of this process, our independent board and our management have been steadfast in our belief that Microsoft's offer undervalued the company and we are pleased that so many of our shareholders joined us in expressing that view. Yahoo! is profitable, growing, and executing well on its strategic plan to capture the large opportunities in the relatively young online advertising market. Our solid results for the first quarter of 2008 and increased full year 2008 operating cash flow outlook reflect the progress the company is making. Today, Yahoo! has:
— a refined strategic focus to drive enhanced volume and yield;
— reorganized to focus its efforts on its most promising products and services;
— invested in innovations designed to revolutionize display advertising and facilitate closing the competitive gap in search; and
— enhanced expense and resource management to support improved profitability."
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Chewy jumbo chocolate chip cookies
Who doesn't like chocolate chip cookies? Okay, there might be some people who don't but let's pretend that's in another universe and not in the one I inhabit. It isn't just about the taste and texture of an excellent chocolate chip cookie with crisp edges, chewy middles and melt-y chocolate chips. It's about the memories they invoke. I've met many people whose early baking efforts started with following the recipe on the back of the Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip package.
For many people, there are a lot of good memories that come with chocolate chip cookies. My funniest one from childhood wasn't actually from my baking efforts but from my sister's. Anyone remember a product called Mrs. Good Cookie? They were frozen cookie dough sold in "sheets" but already portioned into individual cookie sizes and all you had to do was break them apart, put them on a cookie sheet and bake them. Sounds simple enough, right? Unless you're my sister and talking on the phone to her best friend after she put the cookies in the oven and let them bake … and bake … and bake. A sheet pan full of burned cookies later, Mrs. Good Cookie wasn't that good. To this day, I tease my sister that while she's a good cook, she can't even bake slice 'n bake cookies. Or rather, she can bake them, she just doesn't remember to take them out of the oven, haha.
Despite having two go-to recipes that I really like, I always love trying new recipes for chocolate chip cookies. Every new recipe is like a flag waving in front of me shrieking, "Try me! Try me!" I can't resist. This one is from the "Land O Lakes: Cookies" cookbook. The only thing better than a chocolate chip cookie is a BIG chocolate chip cookie. You can't make just any recipe be a big cookie simply by making the dough ball bigger when you bake it. The dough has to be firm enough to hold the larger shape and not spread out all over your pan when you bake it. Because the point of making a BIG cookie is to have it be thick.
I had typed up this recipe awhile back so it's been sitting in my "Still to be made" folder on the computer. Since I couldn't access the actual cookbook, I did wonder if I had copied the recipe correctly when I typed it up. For one thing, it doesn't list any salt. For another, that seemed like a lot of combined flour and cake flour and made me wonder if the cookies would be dry. But, no guts, no glory so I went ahead and made the recipe anyway. I did add a couple of pinches of salt though, just in case.
My ice cream scoop isn't large enough to make really big dough balls so I made them the old-fashioned way – with two spoons. Scoop a large amount of cookie dough onto one spoon and use the other to shape into (roughly) a round ball, working the dough back and forth between spoons until you get a sphere. I froze them first (as always). Lo and behold, they did make thick cookies!
Take these out of the oven when the edges are golden brown but the middles still look underdone. They'll keep baking on the hot cookie sheet after you take them out of the oven plus you don't want dry, overbaked cookies. These had great texture (crisp edges, chewy middles). I could've wished for a bit more flavor though. I think that's where it needs a little salt. And a tad more sugar. But that would impact the texture. All in all, this is a good "bake sale" cookie - they make a nice size and look good when wrapped plus they're not too fragile.
One tip: when you make chocolate chip cookies, do you run out of chips towards the end of the dough and by the last cookie dough ball, there are only one or two chips left? So that last cookie when you bake it is unbroken flatness with maybe 1 chip sticking out? That's simple enough to fix. Just hold back a handful of chips from the bag and add them when you're down to making the last few cookies. Sounds obvious but I'd baked dozens of chocolate chip cookies before it occurred to me to do that. Duh. Now my cookies uniformly have the same (copious) amount of chips. Oh, and the other thing I changed in this recipe is I added more chocolate chips than the 12 ounces the recipe calls for. With this much dough and if you're really going for "jumbo" cookies, you need lots of chips. I almost doubled the amount. Go big or go home.
Jumbo chewy chocolate chip cookies
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/4 cups sugar
1-1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1-1/2 cups butter, softened
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 12-ounce package (2 cups) plus 1/4 cup extra semisweet real chocolate chips or chunks
In medium bowl combine flour, cake flour, baking powder and baking soda; set aside. In large mixer bowl combine sugar, brown sugar and butter. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy (2 to 3 minutes). Add eggs and vanilla. Continue beating, scraping bowl often until well mixed (1 minute). Reduce speed to low. Continue beating, gradually adding flour mixture, until well mixed (2 to 3 minutes). By hand, stir in chocolate chips.
Cover the dough and place it into the fridge until chilled, about 30 minutes. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. (DO NOT OVERBAKE.) Let stand 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets.
Yield: 26 jumbo cookies
Source: Land O Lakes: Cookies
Carol Ramos blogs at The Pastry Chef's Baking.
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Plans to compete with 'thriving' rival
Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer yesterday openly acknowledged Apple's "thriving" success in the lucrative consumer market.
Historically, Ballmer has not often taken Apple seriously as a competitor. Well, apart from dismissing the iPhone as "niche" and iPod owners being thieves of course.
Ballmer outlined his "priorities" in an internal memo to all Microsoft employees. But the real message is for original equipment manufacturers – Ballmer expects them to do more to provide the hardware so Microsoft can better compete with Apple.
"In the competition between PCs and Macs, we outsell Apple 30-to-1. But there is no doubt that Apple is thriving. Why? Because they are good at providing an experience that is narrow but complete, while our commitment to choice often comes with some compromises to the end-to-end experience," said Ballmer.
"Today, we're changing the way we work with hardware vendors to ensure that we can provide complete experiences with absolutely no compromises. We'll do the same with phones – providing choice as we work to create great end-to-end experiences."
Lingering doubts
Ballmer readies troops for Apple onslaught
He told staff that the company will address "any lingering doubts our customers may have about Windows Vista". The sluggish take up – particularly among businesses – of Microsoft's OS continues to be a major headache for Redmond execs.
Meanwhile, Apple has been snatching customers in the economically gloomy North American region, Ballmer concedes. Just last week the Mac maker grabbed the number three US PC market slot, according to analyst house Gartner.
He added that Microsoft "must continue to compete against Linux in key workloads such as web servers and high performance computing" in the business and enterprise space.
Ballmer also claimed yesterday that the software vendor will, eventually, win its battle for online supremacy. Apparently, the small detail of its failed attempt to buy Yahoo! has just slowed the company's plans down a tad.
"Search is the key to unlocking the enormous market opportunities in advertising, and it is an area that is ripe for innovation," he said. "In the coming years, we'll make progress against Google in search first by upping the ante in R&D through organic innovation and strategic acquisitions."
Over the past few weeks a shunned Microsoft has continued its rounds of the software singles scene after Yahoo!'s rejection of its $40bn overtures. Late last month it bought Silicon Valley semantic search engine start-up Powerset for around $100m.
"We want to accelerate our share of search queries and create a bigger pool of advertisers, and Yahoo! would have helped us get there faster. But we will get there with or without Yahoo!", said Ballmer.
Ballmer ended his tirade against Microsoft's rivals by claiming to be "the best in the world at doing software and nobody should be confused about this. It doesn't mean that we can't improve, but nobody is better than we are. Nobody works harder than we do. Nobody is more tenacious that we are... Our opportunities to change the world have never been greater." ®


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Ciaran and Orlaith Staunton, the campaigning Irish couple from Sunnyside, NY who lost their son Rory, 12, to undiagnosed sepsis in 2012, have won a battle to have the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the national public health institute, create a dedicated website to alert health providers and the public to the dangers of the life threatening illness.
"After our son Rory died we went onto the CDC website, the foremost medical agency in America, to find out more about sepsis," Ciaran Staunton, a native of Co. Mayo, told the Irish Voice. "They had nothing anywhere on the site. After campaigning at state level we went right to the top, to Senator Chuck Schumer's office."
Schumer got the Stauntons a meeting in Atlanta with Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the CDC. "When we walked into the office they had all the various pamphlets on all the health campaigns including obesity, alcohol, you name it. But they had nothing on sepsis, which is killing more Americans than AIDS," Staunton recalled.
After a fairly heated discussion the Stauntons asked how are health providers and the public going to be aware of the dangers of sepsis if the CDC didn't do anything to address it.
"The easiest thing to do straight away was put up a website, we suggested. Let people know what sepsis is," Staunton said.
Following intense lobbying by the Stauntons the CDC agreed to the suggestion and a new sepsis awareness website was launched last week.
"I made a promise to Rory Staunton's parents this spring… we kept that promise and just launched our new #sepsis website," Frieden tweeted last week. The website is located at www.cdc.gov/sepsis.
It's a bittersweet victory for the Irish couple, who have campaigned diligently for sepsis awareness since the shock loss of their own son.
"The first thing you have to do to cure sepsis is to look for it," explains Staunton. "Suspect sepsis and you'll save lives. So last week's announcement was a big one. Sepsis is easy to identify if you're looking for it. Once you're looking for it you'll save lives."
Thanks to the Stauntons' passionate campaigning, every hospital in New York State is now mandated by law to look for sepsis.
"That's called Rory's Regulation," explains Staunton. "It should be a national regulation. We are having ongoing conversations with the CDC and we hope they'll also conduct national campaigns to raise awareness."


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Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Quarterback Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins is the PEPSI MAX NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on November 15-19, the NFL announced today.
Griffin III completed 14 of 15 passes and four touchdowns, finishing his day with a 158.3 passer rating. Griffin III also picked up 84 yards on the ground as the Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles 31-6.
Griffin III was selected from among five finalists through fan votes on NFL.com/rookies. The other finalists were wide receiver Justin Blackmon of the Jacksonville Jaguars, cornerback Alfonzo Dennard of the New England Patriots, wide receiver T.Y. Hilton of the Indianapolis Colts and running back Doug Martin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
After the regular season, five players will be nominated for Pepsi MAX NFL Rookie of the Year honors. Fans can vote for the winner on NFL.com/rookies throughout the month of January. The Pepsi MAX NFL Rookie of the Year will be announced at the second annual "NFL Honors" awards show in New Orleans on Saturday, February 2, the night before Super Bowl XLVII.
This is Pepsi's eleventh year as the official soft drink sponsor of the NFL and the eleventh year that Pepsi will present the NFL Rookie of the Week and NFL Rookie of the Year awards.
Justin Blackmon, Jacksonville Jaguars
Blackmon caught seven passes for 236 yards and one touchdown in the Jaguars' 43-37 overtime loss to the Houston Texans.
Alfonzo Dennard, New England Patriots
Dennard recorded four tackles as well as intercepting one pass and returning it 87 yards for a score in the Patriots' 59-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts.
Robert Griffin III, Washington Redskins
RG3 completed 14 of 15 passes with four touchdowns, finishing his day with a 158.3 passer rating. Griffin also picked up 84 yards on the ground as the Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles 31-6.
T.Y. Hilton, Indianapolis Colts
Doug Martin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Martin gained 138 yards on 24 carries in the Buccaneers' 27-21 overtime win against the Carolina Panthers.


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You may remember the tragic death of 17-year-old farmworker Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez back in 2008. Maria died of heat stroke when her body temperature rose to 108 degrees in the scorching heat of the San Joaquin County vineyard where she was working. She was pregnant at the time.
Maria's family is finally getting its day in court, and our colleagues at United Farm Workers of America (UFW) tell us that her employer may walk away without being held accountable for her death.
This is simply wrong. It's a miscarriage of justice for Maria and her family, and sends the wrong message to farmworker employers. It's also a slap in the face of the country's 2 million hard-working men and women who bring a bounty of fresh foods to local, state and global markets.
Workers like Maria face one of the most dangerous work environments in the U.S., and see very little in the way of legal protections. Heat stroke, for example, is an almost constant threat in California's Central Valley. And exposure to highly hazardous pesticides is routine among U.S. farmworkers, resulting in a pesticide poisoning rate 39 times higher than the rate in all other industries combined, and significantly higher rates of certain types of leukemia, stomach cancer, cervical cancer and uterine cancer.
Yet farmworkers are explicitly excluded from any of the protections guaranteed other workers under the National Labor Relations Act, and employers are rarely held accountable for the harms their workers suffer on the job.
Case in point: Maria's employer, Merced Farm Labor Contractors, was charged with violations of California's heat illness prevention law, including failure to adequately prepare workers for laboring in intense heat conditions and lack of a medical emergency plan. Yet as the 2008 case finally comes to court, it seems that District Attorney James Willett is poised to let the company off the hook with a small fine and community service.
It's not as though Maria's case represents the company's first offense. Back in 2006 Merced Farm Labor was fined for similar infractions, but allegedly never paid the fine. In July 2010 the state labor department shut the company down.
Please join PAN and UFW in demanding justice for Maria's family. Urge District Attorney James Willett to hold her employer accountable, and send a strong message that farmworkers across the country deserve a safe, healthy work environment.
This situation is truly outrageous. Nobody, anywhere, anytime should live, work, or raise a family under the conditions faced by farmworkers every day. To tackle these injustices, we need to recognize and reward those employers who provide safe workplaces and just compensation. And we need to put rules in place that truly protect farmworkers – then work hard to ensure those rules are actually enforced.


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SHANGHAI – Henrik Stenson had pain in his right wrist and still won the richest prize in golf at the final PGA Tour event of the year in Atlanta.
One month later, halfway around the world, not much has changed.
Stenson embarks on his bid Thursday at the BMW Masters to become the first player to win the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour and the Race to Dubai on the European Tour. Thanks to his incredible summer run through two majors and a World Golf Championship, Stenson has a commanding lead — 425,573 euros — on the European Tour money list.
And yes, his wrist is still sore.
"I'm not sure what's going on," Stenson said. "I'm starting a seven-tournament stretch this week. It's not the best to have a wrist problem when going into that. But I'll do the best from here on in."
The Race to Dubai will be determined by the four tournaments called the "Final Series," which starts at Lake Malaren. That will be followed by the HSBC Champions across Shanghai at Sheshan International, and then stops in Turkey and Dubai.
All of the tournaments have some of the biggest purses of the year. Stenson can put an exclamation point to his remarkable run, or be caught very quickly by the likes of Graeme McDowell or U.S. Open champion Justin Rose.
The first matter of business is his wrist, which also was ailing the week he won the Tour Championship to claim the $10 million FedEx Cup bonus. Stenson saw enough improvement through therapy that he was able to play in the pro-am Wednesday at Lake Malaren. But the fact it hasn't improved during his month away concerns him.
The Finals Series features four of the richest events all year on the European Tour, except for the majors. The BMW Masters and the Turkish Open offer $7 million in prize money, while the HSBC is $8.5 million as a WGC, and the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai is $8 million.
"The focus is to play well in the last four tournaments and see what happens," Lee Westwood said. "Those are four massive tournaments."
Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy have won the PGA Tour and European Tour money titles in each of the last two years. Neither of them, however, won the FedEx Cup, which would make Stenson stand out. The 37-year-old Swede had his eyes on the Race to Dubai title even before he won the FedEx Cup.
Now, it's very much in his grasp.
"It's four big weeks coming up, starting here at the BMW Masters," said Stenson, who at No. 4 is the highest-ranked player at Lake Malaren. "There's a lot of points and money up for grabs in these events. It's only one top finish from any one of the guys, or a couple of the guys, behind me to catch me or move beyond. So I'm just going to focus on my game and try to have some good weeks. Hopefully, I can get one really good week out of these four, and that should hopefully give me a shot at the overall title."
Peter Hanson is the defending champion, though he also has had injury problems this year. Hanson has been dealing with back problems, which has caused him to fall from No. 19 in the world at the end of last year to No. 39 going into the Finals Series.
The only significant injury for McIlroy might be between the ears. The season has been one big distraction, from his slow start to the year and his toothache that he blamed for leaving early at the Honda Classic. McIlroy changed equipment companies, changed management companies, and now the companies are engaged in a legal dispute that could take another year to settle.
McIlroy returned form a month break — during which he played golf and had dinner with former President Bill Clinton — and returned last week at the Korea Open to finish in a tie for second place. He won at Lake Malaren in 2011 before it was an official event, and he battled on the back nine with Hanson a year ago.
"It's a course I've played well," McIlroy said. "I'm looking forward to this week, finishing the season strong and getting some momentum going into next year."


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Meteor Russia incident precedes California fireball reports
February 16, 2013 ( SAN FRANCISCO) -- Hours after a meteor exploded over Russia and injured more than 1,000 people and an asteroid passed relatively close to Earth, residents in Northern California reported seeing an unusual flash of light over the San Francisco Bay area that left many startled and thrilled.
The Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland reports receiving calls describing what appeared to be a fireball flying west Friday night. It's not clear what the object was.
Jonathan Braidman, an instructor at the center, described the object based off reports as likely being a small piece of an asteroid that "somehow" got on a collision course with the earth.
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"This is a very common occurrence," Braidman said. "What is uncommon is that it's so close to where people are living."
The center's large telescopes did not pick up the object during a stargazing event, astronomer Gerald McKeegan told KGO-TV. The American Meteor Society at Pennsylvania State University, meanwhile, said it received at least 35 reports of the event, according to operations managers Mike Hankey.
Based on reports, Hankey said it appeared the light streaking in the night sky was a sporadic meteor, or fireball. "Fireballs happen every single night, all around the world," he said.
Experts say smaller meteorites hit Earth five to 10 times a year but large meteors such as the one in Russia are rarer. Another meteor landed in the Bay Area in October and caused a loud sonic boom.
"The media attention on the Russian thing got people's attention, so they're more likely to notice things in the sky," said Mike Hankey, operations manager of the American Meteor Society.
While Friday's night fireball received a lot of attention in the San Francisco Bay area, Braidman notes about 15,000 tons of debris from asteroids enter the earth's atmosphere every year.
"Usually these things break up into small pieces and are difficult to find," he said.


text: Book Reviews Beach Reads: 20 Books to Add to Your Beach Bag This Summer If there is one thing I love about summer it is catching up on my summer beach reads. Today I wanted to share with you 20 book ideas for stocking your beach bag this summer and that can provide a perfect escape during the summer months. While I lean heavy toward the chick lit genre in the summer, I am mixing in a few unexpected additions that I think you will equally enjoy in the thriller and historical fiction categories. Be sure to connect with me on my Author Profile on GoodReads and you will find my book is listed there too! I would be ecstatic if you became a fan of my writing and would love to see my book listed as something you might be reading in 2013. As always, if you are looking for a little inspiration this new year, be sure to check our MomAdvice fan page for a weekly check-in on what everyone is reading each week on our Facebook Fan Page. I hope you will swing by on Fridays and share about the books you are working on or request recommendations with one another. So far it is a huge success and I have gotten a few new ideas for my own stack! Just as a reminder, I read many more books than are just featured here, but try to feature the ones that are my absolute best picks of the month here. If you want to read more, please feel free to friend me on GoodReads! You can find me right here and I am always happy to connect with people there too! There is nothing more motivating than seeing what other people are raving about and my to-be-read pile continues to grow with all of my new friends on there! In fact, many of the books featured are ones that I have found through my friends on GoodReads. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty "What Alice Forgot," opens with Alice sprawled on the floor of the gym after she has fallen and hit her head after passing out in a spinning class. Alice is certainly perplexed by this because she has never gone to the gym and certainly would never do a spinning class. Her main concern is for her unborn baby when she wakes up and she is anxious for her husband to meet her at the hospital to help calm her down. Everyone seems to know her and everyone looks so different to her, that she is beginning to wonder what is going on. When Alice's sister, Elizabeth, arrives at the hospital, she has to break it to Alice that she is not pregnant, she is not 29, she has three children, and she is in the middle of a custody battle and divorce with her husband. Alice has, in fact, lost her memory over the last ten years and what faces her is heartbreaking and unpleasant. People don't even seem to like her. Friendships she thought she had do not exist. Neighbors avoid her. She can't remember ever having any children. And the one person she thought loved her the most can't stand to even speak to her. As Alice comes to terms with the person she can't remember becoming she is faced with many terrible truths about herself as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend. Will it be too late to repair the damage that has been done and if her memory returns, will she still long to be the woman she was ten years ago. I absolutely loved this book as I love all books that explore the what-if's in life. This one had me laughing and even a little teary-eyed as Alice goes through the journey of discovering who she has become and how to capture the innocence of a girl in her twenties and in love. Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen High-school sweethearts Julie & Michael have left behind their small town and are in pursuit of living a life better than their modest upbringings and achieving the American dream. When Michael decides to start a sports drink company, neither of them could ever expect how quickly his business would takeoff or what it would be like to be millionaires. As money is introduced into their life, their marriage begins to crumble as Michael is increasingly unavailable due to the success of his company and the separation that exists as a couple begins to grow apart. The book opens as Michael has a near-death experience and Julie, a successful party planner, is called to the hospital to be with her husband. Michael begins acting strangely and tells Julia that he has made the decision to give all of his money and company away. Julie is stunned, as she has begun the process of filing for a divorce from her husband, and will lose half of the estate and money if he gives everything away. Michael pleads for Julie to give him just one chance. This book then delves into the complex relationship that they share and how their marriage began to fail as they began to rediscover one another again once their fortune is taken out of the equation. I went into it expecting a simple piece of chick lit, and it developed into one beautiful story! Perhaps it is not life-altering, but sometimes a girl just needs a good love story that renews her feelings about love and what is important in life. It offered everything I love in a book: great characters, a beautiful love story, a fabulous friendship between two women, and great humor interjected throughout the story. It really was so much more than I could have hoped for! The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Victoria Jones was a child that has been unloved and unwanted by many. After going from foster care home to foster care home, she finally find someone who loves her whole-heartedly and wants to adopt her as her own. Elizabeth is a dream mother to this wounded child. She spends hours teaching Victoria the Victorian names and meanings for flowers and how to care for them. These lessons t later become the tools that she must employ to share her feelings and find work later in her life. Through a traumatic turn of events though, Elizabeth never adopts Victoria and at eighteen she is declared emancipated with no money, nowhere to go, and no one who loves her. Victoria makes her home in the local park, sleeping in the grass at night, and even begins to plant her own garden in the park. When a local florist happens upon Victoria and her talent for flower arranging, she is hired on the spot to help with her small floral shop. Word soon gets around about Victoria's talent for arrangements, carefully chosen & arranged based on their Victorian flower names and what they mean for their recipients. When Victoria runs into a floral vendor who happens to be someone from her & Elizabeth's past, she must decide if she can ever move forward from the secret that she is harboring in her heart and if she can ever feel and find love again. The story switches from Victoria's childhood to her time now as an adult. It never is confusing, but outlines the heartbreaking story of a difficult childhood and why Victoria would have such difficulties as an adult. It is so surprising that this is Diffenbaugh's first novel as she writes with experience and description that you rarely find in a debut novel. I have no doubt you will love this book as much as I did! Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn I love when I read a book and feel my real life slipping away from me. Gone Girl was a book that sucked me from the very first page and offered one of those amazing journeys as a reader. Without giving the plot away the story begins with Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Amy has carefully wrapped gifts and is making the perfect breakfast for her husband when she suddenly disappears one seemingly ordinary morning. Nick is quickly under suspicion since he appears completely unemotional with the news of his wife's disappearance and has no real explanation for his whereabouts when Amy has disappeared. Clue after clue points to Nick and the police begin building a case against him. It leaves the entire town and those closest to Amy wondering what Nick has done to Amy. Of course, with all good stories, things aren't always as they appear and this story will take the reader on great plot twists that they will never suspect coming. Although, I found the ending of this book to be a bit flat and it didn't wrap up the way I had hoped, I still believe this is one of the best thrillers I have read this year. Editor's Note- This book contains graphic scenes, language, & violence. Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon If you are looking for another great chick-lit escape, Wife 22 offers a fresh and modern-day perspective on finding love that I think you will really enjoy. Alice Buckle is a typical middle aged mother who has found herself in a funk in her marriage. While Googling the search term, "happy marriage," she suddenly receives an opportunity in her email to take part in a marriage survey. Since she is struggling in her marriage, she find this to be a fun and anonymous way to share about her marriage without judgement. She takes on the anonymous survey as, "Wife 22," and finds herself completely engrossed in taking the survey and writing the answers to the questions. As she engages daily in the interaction with the researcher, their playful banter starts to turn into something that Alice never expected. This modern day love story of love lost and love found again is one that you will really love. What adds to the charm of this book is the social media thread of viewing Alice's friend's Facebook status updates at the beginning of the chapters, the Facebook chats she engages in, and of course the emails back and forth between herself and the Researcher. A solid ending to this story really pulls all the layers together beautifully. As an aside, there is an Appendix at the very end of the book that provides the questions that were asked of Alice when completing the survey. I wished I would have had those to help me pull the answers together more fully. Arranged by Catherine McKenzie This book made my top ten list this past year, simply because it is deliciously fast-paced chick-lit at its finest. Anne Blythe seems to have everything. She has sold her first book, has a fabulous life, and fabulous friends. When it comes to being lucky in love though, she can't seem to ever find the right guy. novel. After her best friend announces her engagement and her latest relationship ends, she decides to take a risk and contact a dating service in hopes of finding the perfect match. Upon her first appointment with the dating service though, she realizes that it is not a dating service at all, but a matchmaking service for an arranged marriage. Once she starts the process, there is no turning back and Anne finds herself traveling to a Mexican resort where she will meet and marry (all in the same weekend) her "perfect," guy. This book has great twists and turns that you will really enjoy and after devouring this book in a mere day, I can't recommend it enough for a fun reading escape! I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella Sometimes you just want to sit down with a good chick lit book and laugh. As always, Sophie Kinsella delivers a funny, charming, and hilarious book that will be perfect to tackle for your summer reading! When Poppy Wyatt begins showing off her family heirloom engagement ring to all of her friends at a hotel reception, her ring ends up missing, amid the chaos of the fire alarms going off at the hotel. Not only is Poppy lost without her ring, her phone is stolen during the chaos with the number she has given the hotel staff to use to contact her if they do discover her ring. When she spots a cell phone on top of a trash can, she gives that phone's number out to the hotel staff, in hopes someone will find her engagement ring and call her on it. Of course, the phone belongs to someone and with that first call, Poppy's life is turned upside down when businessman Sam Roxton begins chatting and texting Poppy. The book is back to Sophie's roots of hilarity that made her infamous Shopaholic series so delightful. I really enjoyed this cute modern day love story and I think you will too! Labor Day by Joyce Maynard Joyce Maynard is quickly becoming one of my new favorite authors and I found her book, "Labor Day," to be a delight to read with great twists and character build that had me thinking about the book long after the pages were shut. Henry is the narrator of this story and tells the story through his thirteen year-old eyes of a Labor Day weekend that changed his and his mother's entire life. The strange story begins as he stands in a drugstore browsing the aisles, where he is approached by a man who asks if he can catch a ride home with him and his mother. The man appears to be injured, but seems harmless enough to catch a ride back with them. Henry doesn't know it, but Frank is actually an escaped convict who is wanted for murder and is being searched for. His mother, Adele, is divorced and isolates herself from society, but offers to let Frank stay there for a few days as his injuries heal, in exchange for help around the house. An unlikely relationship blossoms between the three characters and Frank quickly begins to fill the voids of a partner that Adele has always wanted in her life and the father that Henry wishes he had. Whether it is the simple act of dancing with Adele in the kitchen or throwing a ball with Henry, he fills those voids that they both have been missing. All of this would be perfect provided Frank wasn't an escaped felon, but living in hiding is not a new thing for Adele, and both she & her son become quickly swept away with Frank. The story telling in this is so vivid, despite the idea feeling a bit far-fetched, that I found myself rooting for a happy ending with the family that Adele & Henry have desired. As it seem is customary with Maynard's books, a thoughtful twist is thrown in at the end that can lead to your own thoughtful reflection on what you would do in this situation. Editor's Note: Sexuality is in this book, as it is told through the eyes of an adolescent boy. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson If you are looking for a psychological thriller that will have you guessing until the very last page what is happening, then I have the book for you. This is the best thriller that I have read this year and can hardly believe that it is the author's first book. Every single day Christine wakes up not knowing who she is, where she is, and who her husband is. It is the same scenario every day as she makes her way to the bathroom, where pictures are layered upon the mirror that explain who she is and who her husband is. Each day she must go through the heartbreaking discovery that she has had a terrible accident that has caused her to have permanent amnesia. People she thinks are alive have died. She can't remember if she is a mother. She doesn't know why she doesn't have any friends. Some days she wakes up and she believes she is in her twenties and cannot even recognize the woman who looks at her in the mirror. When Christine begins meeting with a doctor, he encourages her to begin journaling each day to help jog her memory of what has been happening in her daily life. As each day opens, Christine opens her journal and begins to read and as she reads, she begins to discover that the life that she is leading might not be all that it seems to be. As Christine becomes more and more aware of her story and begins to challenge the information that her husband is feeding to her about what has happened, the reader is left wondering if Christine is obsessing about details because she can't really recall them or if the stories she is hearing are even real? If you read one thriller this year, let it be this one. I promise you, it is truly amazing and will leave you stunned when you read the final pages. I can't wait to read more from this author. something borrowed by emily giffin Rachel & Darcy have been best friends their whole lives. Darcy is the beautiful one and is the friend that is always hogging the spotlight, while Rachel has always been content to be in Darcy's shadow, concentrating on her studies in school. As Rachel is out celebrating her thirtieth birthday with Darcy, her fiancée Dex, and their other friends, she finds that she drinks a tad more than she normally would and finds herself in a predicament that changes the outcome of her life. That night, when Dex graciously offers to see Rachel home, one thing leads to another and they find themselves having an affair that neither one of them bargained for. Writing it off as a one night stand, Rachel decides that she will try to forget that the encounter ever happened. Thinking that Dex likely had too much to drink too, she is stunned when Dex admits that he has had feelings for Rachel for a long time. As the two of them try to resist each other, Rachel is forced to complete the duties as the maid of honor to Darcy, and help her with the decisions for her wedding to Dex. Rachel is consumed with guilt while Darcy continues to be consumed with herself and is oblivious to what is happening. Told from Rachel's perspective, you begin to sympathize with Rachel and the challenges that she has had to live with to be friends with a person like Darcy. As she reflects on childhood incidents and the way that Darcy has made her feel, you can't help but to sympathize for her and root for her to be with Dex. The twist is such a good one at the end and while it is more of the chick-lit genre, this book is more about the friendships and the dynamics within a friendship than anything else! I am so glad that I finally read this and dived into the sequel, "Something Blue," as soon as I finished it. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah This book was an unbelievably fun adventure that chronicles the life of two best friends from the time they are children until they are grown women. It goes through each decade, the hair, the pop culture references, and the politics that are happening as they are growing up. Kate & Tully are as opposite as friends can be, but they are both outsiders in their own ways. Kate is a bookworm and shy while Tully has been uprooted to a new school and feels unloved by her mother. Regardless of their differences, they become fast friends whose lives become quickly entwined. As they get older, new issues face them. Tully is career-driven and hungry for a job as an anchorwoman. Kate, on the other hand, is more laid back and unsure of her life goals. Kate really just longs to be with someone while Tully ends up with the someone she longs to be with. In some ways the book was predictable, in others, it reminded me of the chick flicks I love to see with my girlfriends. I laughed out loud and I cried a little bit too. It was just an all-around fantastic read! I gave this gift to my girlfriends for the holidays because it is just one of those books that you can't not share! Shanghai Girls by Lisa See This book takes you on a journey that is beautifully told of the time in China and in the US during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai and happens to be one of my favorite Lisa See books of all time. Pearl & May are sisters who deal with many of the insecurities and rivalry that most sisters endure. Pearl is studious and responsible while May is beautiful and has the ability to get her way in any type of situation. Both girls are living a life of privilege and are unaware of the poor and less fortunate. The girls enjoy the good life and are able to afford their lifestyle thanks to modeling for advertisements that help afford them what their family needs. This all takes a turn when they discover that their father is in deep debt. In order to pay off his debts, he arranges for a marriage and marries off the girls to a set of brothers residing in the United States. They are expected to make the journey to the US and fulfill their father's debts. Getting to the United States proves to be more challenging than either sister bargained for as the invasion of Shanghai happens at the same time they are to be heading on the boat. To say that this journey to the United States is epic, would be a small understatement. The girls endure incredible tragedy, untold brutality, and a journey that they never dreamed they would ever endure. The story, above all else, is about sisters. Sisters that love each other in spite of it all…and sisters that would do anything for one another. There is a sequel to this book and you can find my review of that here! Last Night at Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger From the author of, "The Devil Wears Prada," is a great read following a normal everyday couple and what happens when fame comes knocking. Julian & Brooke live a relatively idyllic life as both have focus on their careers. Julian works a day job, but has high hopes of one day becoming a famous musician. Brooke, his wife, is his number one fan who works two jobs to help support her husband's struggling career as he tries to break into the record industry. They both hope that he will one day become famous and do what he loves so much. Of course, the old adage, "Be careful what you wish for," really rings true when Julian finally becomes the rock star he has always wanted. While Julian is whisked off and surrounded by a PR team and record executives looking to boost his image and get him mentioned in tabloids, Brooke is left wondering what this will all mean for her and their marriage. When a scandalous picture is taken of her husband with another woman at Chateau Marmont, Brooke must decide if she can truly believe Julian or if the pressure from fans and the people he surrounds himself with have become too much. As she struggles to continue doing her job while still supporting Julian and being there for all of the events that are happening in his career, Brooke now finds herself, at times, lonely and practically single. With every obstacle placed in front of their marriage, the reader is left wondering if any marriage could survive the fame and scrutiny of the public. A heartbreaking and real look at fame and how it could alter a relationship, this is a little more than your typical chick-lit! Lauren Weisberger delivers another great new read filled with pop culture references and many cameos from some of your favorite celebrities! One Day by David Nicholls The concept for Nicholl's book is a genius one that I loved from start to finish. It chronicles the lives of two friends, Dex & Em, over the course of twenty years and each chapter begins a new year on the same exact day. It begins with what seems like a romantic relationship in 1988 and then each year jumps into a new place of their friendship and what is happening that year with them. You began the journey with Dex & Em when they are in college and each of them is dreaming big for what they have in store for their future. You then go along on the journey as Dex lives off of the wealth of his family, as Em is stuck in a dead end job, as Dex finds fame, as Dex loses fame, and as Em finally begins living her dream. To say more than this would give it all away, but know that as a reader of the book, you get to glimpse into the lives and evolution of how we change as people as we grow older. The relationship with Dex & Em is at times endearing and at times exasperating. Em puts up with a lot as Dex falls down a slippery slope in the world of Hollywood. It is a, "When Harry Met Sally," love story that I simply could not put down. The ending was a shocking one, that may disappoint some readers, but it did not take away from the story for me. Because of the ending, try to avoid reading any reviews of the book until you have finished it so you can draw your own conclusion on this book! The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain I have never read a book by Diane Chamberlain, but if this is any indication of her writing style, I am permanently hooked on this author. This book focuses on a sixteen year old girl who has lost her mother and seems to be very alone in the world. She works as a waitress and waits on the table of a handsome young man who sweeps her off of her feet. Despite their age difference, he seems to be very taken with her and she is head over heels in love with him. He makes a confession that he is on a mission to release his sister from jail for a wrongfully accused crime. He asks her to partner with him and his brother to free their sister from jail. All she will have to do is to sit with the senator's wife, whom they plan to kidnap, as bait to get the local senator to agree to release their sister. The crime goes completely wrong and forever alters the path of CeeCee Wilkes. She is forced to change her identity and lives with a horrible secret of what has happened during that fateful night that she assisted with the kidnapping. This one had me on the edge of my seat and I could not put it down until I knew what had happened. It is one of the best books that I have read in a long time and I would highly recommend it! These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf If you have not read The Weight of Silence, be sure to check out my review on Heather Gudenkauf's first novel. Gudenkauf is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors and her second novel is filled with suspense, fabulous plot twists, and a great storyline that I devoured in just two days! Her books, to me, are like a really suspenseful movie and what I was so fond of in Jodi Picoult's earlier books. Allison Green was not the typical teenager, but a golden child who excelled at everything she ever did. Straight A's, beautiful, and a strong soccer player, she seemed to have everything going for her. In a mistake that would forever alter her existence, and even cause her parents to disown her, Allison Green is accused of murder and spends five years serving a ten year sentence. Her reputation is marred forever, but it isn't the only reputation to be marred. Allison's sister, Brynn, was constantly in the shadow of her sister and never got any attention from her parents. Living in a small town and having your sister accused of murder is social suicide for Brynn, who has lost all of her friends because of her sister's mistake. When Allison is released early for good behavior, she is the first to be called by Allison. Brynn won't take her calls and finds the new existence she has created at college once again is clouded by her sister's past. The two sister's worlds are about to collide as the secret of one little boy threatens three families and the reader will be shocked at the twisted web that Gudenkauf successfully spins, weaving an unlikely set of characters together and a suspenseful satisfying ending that will leave you begging for more! Defending Jacob by William Landay I am not interested in legal thrillers, but my girlfriend recommended this book to me and I am so thankful she did. This is one of the best thrillers I have read since Before I Go to Sleep, and left me hanging on the edge of my seat for the entire book. Andy Barber has been a district attorney for over twenty years. He is well respected and knows how to command the courtroom. When a murder happens at his son's school, he is among the first on the scene and is ready to help bring vindication to the murderer. What Andy never suspects is that his own son is the one who is charged with the murder. Andy is removed from the case when all clues begin to point towards his son. Andy doesn't want to believe that his son could commit such a heinous crime, but as mounting evidence points towards Jacob, he is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Does he hide the evidence he finds that he knows that the police might be after or let the justice system decide the fate of his child? Part family drama, part thriller, I could not put this book down. My heart ached for this family who is now ostracized from their friends and coworkers, while the other part of me ached that Jacob would be proven guilty of the crime. The reader will be taken on a wild ride from start to finish with this book. It is a twisty ending that will leave you breathless. Whatever you do, add this deeply moving book to your list. I highly recommend this read for book clubs because it gives readers a chance to think what they might do to protect their child. Editor's Note: This book contains violence and graphic language. Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch If I had to give my vote to one of my all-time favorite chick lit books, "Time of My Life," would be among my absolute favorites. In this book, Scotch tackles an the what-if question that many of us ask ourselves- what if I had held on to the one that got away? Jillian Westfield seems to have it all: a loving lawyer husband, a beautiful baby girl, and a gorgeous home in Westchester County, N.Y. While she has it all, she also is run down and covered in spit-up when she disocvers that her old boyfriend, Jackson, is getting married. The day after a chi-clearing massage, Jill wakes up and finds herself seven years in the past, giving her the chance to revisit her life with Jack in Manhattan, when she worked as an advertising executive. The grass is always greener on the other side, and Jillian discovers what life would be like if she had never met her husband and had gone down the other path in life instead. Fast-moving and beautifully written, this is a definite must-read to add to your beach bag! Great-Aunt Sophia's Lessons for Bombshells by Lisa Cach Grace Cavanaugh is working religiously on proving her Women's Studies dissertation thesis that beauty only leads to unhappiness. She figures what better subject for her dissertation could there be than her great-aunt Sophia, a former B-movie star? Now eighty-five and facing surgery, Sophia has asked Grace for her to come and stay with her for the summer. Grace soon discovers that rather than a frail and aging starlet, Great-Aunt Sophia is happily holiding cord in a Pebble Beach mansion, that seems to captivate everyone in her presence. To make matters worse, she wants to focus on making Grace into the bombshell she never was and starts Grace on a strict regime of carbs, updating her wardrobe, and learning to talk like a lady. To practice she must practice her new feminine wiles on on two of them in the house and see what results. Newly unleashed desires—and the discovery of a closely held family secret threaten everything that Grace has always believed about being a woman. While slightly predictable, this is a sexy book with a better developed plot than your typical Harlequin-type romance. This one offers a fun escape into a love triangle that would be perfect for your summer reading! Editor's Note- Sexuality The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen The most recent indulgence in my beach reading bag has been this fantastically wonderful escape in Sarah Pekkanen's latest novel, "The Best of Us." I have a feeling you will absolutely love this story about old college friends who all go on an all-expense paid week in Jamaica, by invitation of an old college friend who has hit the big-time financially. All four women are desperate not just for a reunion, but for an escape: Tina is drowning under the demands of mothering four young children. Allie is shattered by the news that a genetic illness runs in her family. Savannah is carrying the secret of her husband's infidelity. And, finally, there's Pauline, who spares no expense to throw her wealthy husband an unforgettable thirty-fifth birthday celebration, hoping it will gloss over the cracks already splitting apart their new marriage. If you happen to be in the 35-year old range like me, you will appreciate the college flashbacks with music and discussion of that time their life and, with nothing to do but lay on the beach, there is plenty of time to reminisce about their former life. But as a powerful hurricane bears down on the island, turmoil swirls inside the villa, forcing each of the women to reevaluate everything she knows about her friends—and herself. This is a fantastic read from one of my favorite chick-lit authors. This is definitely one to add to your beach bag this summer for a fun escape! Editor's Note: Sexuality Not enough great reads for you? Check out our Books section of our site for monthly recommendations and ideas for making reading a priority again in your busy mom life! Disclosure: All of the links above are affiliate links and are provided so you can locate the books quickly and easily. Feel free to order a book, but we encourage utilizing the library system and buying me a latte instead. Then we both would be really happy and we could have our own little book club together! Wouldn't that just be so much more lovely? Happy Reading! Tell me, what's YOUR favorite beach read? Anything I should be adding to my beach bag for the summer? Leave your suggestions in the comments below! Pin It Published June 11, 2013 by: Amy Allen Clark is the founder of MomAdvice.com. You can read all about her here.


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By Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
A new study has found that cancer cells appear to exchange leading roles as they migrate out of a tumor in the early stages of invasion, or metastasis, of other sites in the body. Metastatic cancer accounts for more than 90% of cancer-related deaths.
A team led by Robert Austin, professor of physics at Princeton University, found that individual cancer cells take turns as trailblazers when they carve their way through the dense wall — known as the extracellular matrix — that stands between a tumor and the blood vessels which can carry the cells to other parts of the body.
The researchers also found that the cells leave the tumor in search of food, since cells that had plenty of available nutrients did not migrate. The finding reinforces the hypothesis that metastasis occurs when tumors become so densely packed that blood vessels cannot penetrate the interior and cancer cells must migrate to survive.
The researchers included first author Liyu Liu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guillaume Duclos of the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris; Bo Sun, Jeongseog Lee, Amy Wu, Howard Stone and James Sturm of Princeton University; Yoonseok Kam and Robert Gatenby of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa; and Eduardo Sontag of Rutgers University. The article appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
To study cancer cell behavior, the researchers constructed a small chamber with three compartments arranged like floors in an apartment building. On the bottom floor was a well of glucose, the preferred food for metastatic cells. The middle floor contained a dense layer of collagen, a protein that makes up the extracellular matrix that surrounds tumors. On the top floor they placed metastatic cancer cells, which were labeled with fluorescent dye for visibility. They trained a microscope and camera on the chamber.
Through the microscope, the researchers filmed the cancer cells as they moved down through the chamber toward the glucose. The researchers found that a single cell would become the leader for some time, then drop back as another cell took the lead in what the authors term a "collective invasion strategy." They also found that the collagen was pushed aside, leaving a wake in which cells behind the leader could travel.
Because the collagen is very dense, the cells must expend a lot of energy to reach the glucose, and indeed the researchers found that cells without a need for glucose did not bother to burrow down into the collagen. The researchers used collagen with a density similar to that of human breast tissue.
The study adds to the growing understanding of metastasis and could serve to assist researchers in developing strategies for its prevention.
Liyu Liu, Guillaume Duclos, Bo Sun, Jeongseog Lee, Amy Wu, Yoonseok Kam, Eduardo D. Sontag, Howard A. Stone, James C. Sturm, Robert A. Gatenby, and Robert H. Austin. Minimization of thermodynamic costs in cancer cell invasion. PNAS January 14, 2013 201221147.
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Cancer Institute.


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VDMA: Construction equipment and building material machinery on right track
Even at the middle of the year, the German manufacturers of construction equipment and building material machinery are still expecting to generate a growth of 5 per cent throughout 2014. In 2013, sales for the entire industry equaled 11.7 billion Euros.
"This forecast is, however, based on several different backgrounds", Sebastian Popp, VDMA's expert on economics explains the situation. While the business in construction equipment has livened up throughout the year and is growing in most areas of the world, the growth in turnover with regard to building material machinery can only be explained by orders that have already been placed last year and are now being implemented.
Different situation with incoming orders
With construction equipment, the amount of incoming orders has seen an increase of 9 per cent. Demand in earth moving and road construction machinery thereby is much stronger than with building construction machines.
With regard to building material machinery, the amount of incoming orders is currently about 30 per cent lower than last year's. Popp knows, "This can be seen mainly as a statistical effect". In the cement field, figures went up immensely in 2013 due to some big orders. These stimuli are currently missing. With figures for machinery and plants in the cement field taken off, the industry has seen a plus of 20 per cent in incoming orders. However, with customers being extremely heterogeneous, it is not possible to derive a trend from this.
German market in friendly mood
In the first five months of this year, manufacturers in Germany sold nearly 14 per cent more in construction equipment than at the same time last year. However, this growth is likely to slow down and should be around 5 per cent by the end of the year. Due to the mild winter, all work has been finished on all construction sites. As a consequence: there is no more work waiting for some individual construction companies – despite the order situation remaining the same.
Russian market weakening
For the first time in a number of years, the European market is likely to grow again – which should also help to weaken the extreme discrepancy between the North and the South. Of all high volume markets, the UK is currently seeing the most significant growth.
German manufacturers are noticing a strong decline in Russia. This can only in parts be explained by the current political situation. Besides a cyclical downturn in the construction equipment and building material machinery industry in Russia, the collapse of the rouble is weakening the market in particular. In relation to this, German manufacturers are currently observing a trend towards a "low cost"-segment. Companies from China, and increasingly also Korea, in particular profit from this trend. However, despite these developments, especially Russia remains an important foreign market for manufacturers of construction material.
World market extremely heterogeneous
Again this year, China does not qualify as a market of growth. Since 2011, turnover in construction machinery has gone down by more than 40 per cent (accumulated). "This year, it will probably go down even further", Popp forecasts. Main reasons are the enormous excess capacities and young machine fleets in the market, as well as difficulties with financing projects and machinery. The Indian market is remaining weak at the moment. With a new government now having been established, all hopes of the industry focus on 2015 and 2016. South East Asian markets are presenting themselves as mainly stable. In the Middle East, the construction equipment and building material market is still growing immensely. It is Saudi Arabia that is currently particularly convincing. The Northern American market is very likely to recover further – due to residential building – also this year. The countries of Latin America do not on the whole fulfill the expectations set in them. Especially in Brazil the major sport events do not improve sustainably the developments in any construction-related sectors.
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