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John A. Thain, chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange, wants to turn the NYSE into a diversified, superfast, global operation. His moves, especially a pending merger with the Archipelago exchange that will convert the nonprofit NYSE into a publicly traded company, are shaking up the 213-year-old bourse.
Thain, who boasts an electrical engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the Harvard Business School and 25 years of experience at Goldman Sachs (GS ), is also professionalizing management of the exchange. At Goldman, which he left as president to take the helm at the NYSE in early 2004, he led an effort to modernize technology and then helped take the firm public.
The doctor's son from tiny Antioch (Ill.) spoke with BusinessWeek's chief of correspondents, Joseph Weber, at the exchange. Edited excerpts of their conversation follow:
Could you have ever imagined when you were growing up in Antioch that you would wind up here running the New York Stock Exchange?
No, no. When I was growing up there, it was primarily cornfields. I went to a public high school. I never heard about Wall Street, I knew nothing about the New York Stock Exchange, I knew nothing about investment banking. And I had never heard of Goldman Sachs.
How did you get intrigued with business?
I always liked math and science. I applied to MIT...and I thought I would be an electrical engineer. And at that time Harvard Business School accepted about 20% of the class directly from undergrad. And so I applied to Harvard thinking that it was a good mix to have an engineering undergraduate degree [from MIT] and an MBA.
It wasn't until the summer between my first and second years of business school that a friend said, "You know you should come work on Wall Street for the summer because the people are really smart. It's challenging, it's interesting, and you will enjoy it." So I worked on The Street [in investment banking at E.F. Hutton] for the summer. I started at Goldman Sachs in July of 1979. I knew nobody, I had no money, and started basically at ground zero.
What turned you on at Goldman?
If you think about Wall Street and the markets, everything that happens in the world has some impact on what's going on here. And it changes every single day -- the world economy, world events, the geopolitical environment. I just came from Davos and [sat] on a panel with the head of the European Central Bank, the Finance Minister from India, the most important person in Japan in the economic sector. To be able to talk to them about what's going on in the world, the risks, the challenges, and what that means for markets and businesses -- that's incredibly challenging.
You took a pay cut from $20 million down to $4 million a year with this job.
I don't think anybody is going to feel sorry for me, but yes, that's right.
Why? It sounds almost like a mission.
That's right. I wasn't looking to change jobs. The first time [interim CEO] John Reed approached me, I said, "No, why would I ever want to do that? I'm the president of Goldman Sachs, I like what I'm doing. Forget it."
He kind of worked on me over a couple months. The basic argument was, 'The New York Stock Exchange is a very important part of the U.S. financial system. It's an institution with a great history. It's got some problems that you could make a significant impact on and really help correct. And given that you have been so successful and given you have had a great career at Goldman Sachs, why wouldn't you use this as an opportunity to give something back to the system?' And that's really why I did it.
What did you want to accomplish at the NYSE?
When I started I said there are really three things we have to accomplish in my first year: restore investor confidence, focus much more on our customers, and move the exchange to allow more electronic trading to really modernize the way the marketplace works.
We were losing market share and there were investors who wanted to trade in a different way. We really needed to respond to those investors to give them choices. And that's really what [is behind] development of the Hybrid market. A lot of people ask me, 'isn't the Floor going to go away?' And the answer to that is no. Because [the specialists] add value to how stocks trade. But we also have to automate more of what we do here. If we're going to trade five or six billion shares a day, we have to automate what's going on right at the point of sale.
A lot of academics say the Hybrid is going to die a swift and merciless death.
You know, today the specialists are involved in the marketplace as principals only about 10% of the time. The specialists are very supportive of the Hybrid market because they know if we're going to trade five or six billion shares a day, we have to automate what's going on right at the point of sale.
We have 2,780 companies that trade here. There are probably a few hundred of those whose stocks are very liquid and who could trade well in a more electronic way most of the time. But that leaves 2,400 companies that wouldn't trade very well in a purely electronic market because they're not liquid enough.
What are the big challenges for this year?
Getting the Archipelago deal closed and integrating it, getting Hybrid implemented, and we're well along that path. And the third has to do with our strategy.
[With Archipelago] we become a for-profit, public company, and we have a much broader mix of products than we had just by ourselves -- options, a position in the over-the-counter market, a platform that's particularly good for exchange-traded funds, which is a big growing product area. It's a platform that we're going to use to develop a fixed-income trading business.
And it's the ability to develop a second listing brand to broaden our list of companies. Our listing standards will not be as low as Nasdaq's, but we're going to target companies that will list on Archipelago and then as they grow we'll move them to the NYSE. We'll be positioned to compete in the global consolidation that's going on in the exchange space.
Do you intend to push the regulators to get the SEC and the CFTC [Commodity Futures Trading Commission] together?
The markets would naturally want to see linkages between cash and futures. The regulatory separation that exists in the U.S., which is different than say in Europe, creates an artificial separation. Before we can really see the consolidation between those marketplaces we have to deal with that artificial separation. I wouldn't say that this is a one-year fix.
How about Europe?
The three big European exchanges -- Deutsche Borse, the London Stock Exchange, and Euronext -- have all been eyeing each other. There are certainly possibilities of consolidation among the three. If one of those combinations occurs, that really leaves the third one out in the cold.
I do think there are synergies between the U.S. and Europe. I do think there will be consolidations between the U.S. and Europe. And we want to make sure we're well-positioned to be a leader in that consolidation.
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She and her allies succeeded, but although the move itself is no longer an issue, Davy suspects that the 2002 theme might have emerged from that struggle. "...I started thinking about the heroes in my own life, local artists, volunteers and our friends in the community who worked so hard to save our Pageant. Research for the production actually began in July of 2001. There were over forty research volunteers who submitted images of their favorite heroes. It was a lot of fun to review the amazing variety of art and sculpture. Of course, the world has changed since September 11, and we had to reconsider the impact of some of our art selections. We also added a tribute to firefighters." Davy adds that when she was a kid, her "number one hero" was Abraham Lincoln. The 2002 Pageant presented recreated paintings, sculptures, and photographs of her number one hero.
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House makes loud popping sounds at night
Its a 1973 single story wood framed stucco exterior with crawl space in Northern California. The house makes popping sounds late at night/early morning ( when temps drop/or forced air heating kicks in- cant tell which). Not coming from floors, but confined to east side of house, from what sounds to be the ceilings or walls. Shingle composite roof and stucco is merely wire mesh with concrete (no foam or OSB/etc/ wrap).
On the west side of house we think there is a late 70's bumpout since it has just a slab and vaulted ceiling, unlike the rest of the house. However, there is a hugh 12X 6 beam across what appears to have been the exterior wall they bumped out. And the bumpout's exterior wall look in good shape and no sagging. House footprint is a simple rectangle.
Your Trusses (older side of your home)?
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About 3-4 times a week, we are awakened by loud popping sounds in th house. It sounds like someone is in the attic pounding the walls with a hammer. It knocks pictures off the walls and is very disturbing. It is a 1973 wood frame home in SC. It happens when the temps change and has been happening every night lately. Do you know what this could be? It is driving us nuts. Thanks. Michelle<><
This is an interesting, and I am sure to you a perplexing question.
It sounds as though you might have framing members moving very slightly in relation to one another. This would cause noise, although I cannot say I have ever heard such a thing myself. Does it sound as though it could be something like this?
Do you have a plumbing stack in the vicinity of the noise?
Do you have a woodstove with an insulated chimney there?
Do you have a heating pipe or duct there?
Are you able to physically get into the area from which the noise is coming?
If you can, check carefully to see if all the framing is securely nailed together.
It wouldn't be the first time loose framing has been found.
Has this been going on for a long time, or has it just recently started. If it is recent, did you make any alterations in any way to the house?
Would there happen to be a deck attached to the house on the side which is making noise? In the North East we've seen that if a composite deck gets installed incorrectly, butting of the deck boards, they will make a huge popping noise at night when there are any temp fluctuations. This is due to the expansion of the deck and no place truly to expand.
Do you have a woodstove with an insulated chimney there? No
Do you have a heating pipe or duct there? our ductwork is in the attic and is all around the areas that make the noises.
Are you able to physically get into the area from which the noise is coming? Yes.
If you can, check carefully to see if all the framing is securely nailed together. I will- thank you!
It wouldn't be the first time loose framing has been found.
Has this been going on for a long time, or has it just recently started. For over a year.
If it is recent, did you make any alterations in any way to the house? Not in that area.
If the noise sounds metallic, it is quite possibly related to the ductwork. When wood moves against itself, it tends to sound more like a rubbing or squeaking noise. I would be inclined to lean toward the ducts being the source of the noise. Perhaps if you are brave enough, you can send hubby up into the attic when the ruckus starts up. It would be fairly easy to pinpoint the noise then.
I don't know how to stop that noise - my mum's house does the same thing when the heating system cuts in and out. I can only assume that it is the sheet metal expanding and contracting. And this would be more exaggerated at night when the temperatures are colder. The metal would be going through a greater expansion/contraction with the larger temperature difference caused by the lower temperatures at night, and the more or less constant temperature of the warm air of your heating system. I think you may have found your problem.
popping sound
I would either sell before you have to provide a non disclosure form or i would have a professional take a look at it maybe it can be fixed? an exposed beam wouldn't be that bad to replace, but taking apart the roof to replace trusses could be. This is not merely shifting wood.
Be careful
michelle slate, did you ever figure out your noise problem? We have just purchased a house and seem to have the same popping noise. It seems to be more in the mornings when sun heats up the flat roof. On the rainy and overcast days we dont seem to have this noise.
sounds like the duct work... except for the pictures falling off the wall though, you should problably crawl up in your attic and make sure every thing is structually sound
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Debian has issued an advisory on February 14:
Patched packages uploaded for Mageia 2 and Cauldron.
Updated openconnect packages fix security vulnerability:
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way OpenConnect, a client
for Cisco's "AnyConnect" VPN, performed processing of certain host names,
paths, or cookie lists, received from the VPN gateway. A remote VPN gateway
could provide a specially-crafted host name, path or cookie list that, when
processed by the openconnect client would lead to openconnect executable
crash (CVE-2012-6128).
Updated packages in core/updates_testing:
from openconnect-3.15-2.2.mga2.src.rpm
"The program openconnect connects to Cisco "AnyConnect" VPN servers"
Expecting the connection to fail as it's attempting to connect to apache.
Just testing with..
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Attempting to connect to 127.0.0.1:443
SSL negotiation with localhost
Server certificate verify failed: self signed certificate
Certificate from VPN server "localhost" failed verification.
Reason: self signed certificate
Enter 'yes' to accept, 'no' to abort; anything else to view: yes
Connected to HTTPS on localhost
GET https://localhost/
Got HTTP response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:21:04 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.23 (Mageia/PREFORK-1.mga2)
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Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 131
Content-Type: text/html
HTTP body length: (131)
Unknown response from server
Failed to obtain WebVPN cookie
Testing complete mga2 64
The patch for this is pretty invasive, so if we could find someone with access to a VPN server to test that this actually works, that would be good.
Do you know of anyone?
Tested with a url found on redhat bugzilla
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Connects ok, answering yes to accept the self signed cert and only fails user authentication, due to not having a valid login.
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Just a few weeks ago, I had felony drug posesssion charges dismissed, thanks to a successful evidence supression. However, I've been routinely checking in with the court staff, and my case status still hasn't updated in their system. This concerns me because I am currently applying for jobs, and I don't want a prospective employer to perform a background check and see I'm still involved in a criminal case (that was really dismissed)
Any reasons why this is being delayed? My PD told me that the DA has up to 60 days to appeal the decision, but we're confident that won't happen. However, does that still mean that I have to wait 60 days until my case status is properly updated? What should I do in the meantime for my employers? Show them my minute order from my last hearing?
The dismissal occurred and should be reflected in the court file. Is the dismissal a "final judgment"? Not necessarily, but that does not mean that the clerk's office should withhold accurate information about your case status. You might want to take your minute order to the clerk's office and find out why this is taking so long. While you're there, get a couple of "certified copies" of the minute order reflecting the dismissal so you can show them to employers if necessary.
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Hi John, Yes, looking at my court minute sheet, it does mention the 1538.5 motion was granted. But are you saying that although this is the case, the case should still be updated regardless (and that the clerk should've updated it by now?)
Well there are often delays where court clerks are concerned but IMHO the case docket should be current and reflected in the Court's computer system.
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Sealing Natural Travertine Floor?
I am remodeling a kitchen and just put in some natural travertine tiles. What product would be best to seal it from stains? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Aquamix, Stonetech, SCI and others are all good sealers, do a search and follow the instructions.
What finish do you have on the travertine? who told you it has to be sealed? is it filled?
These are some of the questions we would ask prior to giving you an answer to your question, since the ultimate answer depends 100% on the type of tile you have. Plus there's no 'right' answer either apart from what general chemical type of active ingredient we would chose. I know of plenty of chemical sealers and I know of plenty of companies who market them, some with better or worse track records.
To give you an answer, first we'd establish what finish you already have and if that particular tile will accept a sealer or not. Then we'd probably go to some lengths informing you of what you can expect from the sealer as it pertains to kitchen stains and how important proper stone maintenance is in the whole scheme of things.
Because we've seen the results of not doing that: we've seen sealers that were not required, we've seen sealers badly applied, we've seen people with sealed travertine who clean their tiles with "Mr Clean", or with vinegar or with just water, and we've seen plenty of people who don't understand why their floors are etched - even with a sealer.
We also see companies who still market a sealer that contains a coupling solvent that was banned 10 years ago... :furious:
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Thank you for your reply ccarlisle.
Its not smooth or filled so I believe the travertine is tumbled. No one mentioned to seal it, it was just my own thinking since I will be sealing my granite. I've attached a picture I took with my phone so its not too clear. I would like to seal the granite, travertine floors and the grout in the glass backsplash.
What cleaner is good for the floors? Just soap and water? I normally use the swiffer sweeper to mop the floors.
Ok, great...I see two issues: the sealing - and the little holes and indentations in unfilled travertine.
First, as far as sealing is concerned, know that travertine, in general, is quite dense and will not, normally accept much sealer. However, the harder travertines are very good at accepting a polish and therefore are polished and sold as such. The softer travertines (ones that do not take a polish very well) are sold as tumbled, or for outdoor use. These travertines are relatively 'soft' (compared to other travertines) and therefore could possibly take a impregnating sealer. Since it's a bit of a toss-up and you're sealing other things, go ahead and seal it. But only once and make sure there are no puddles left on top.
But the larger issue IMO, is the unfillled part; as you can imagine, over time these holes will become filled with dirt. This may or may not appeal to you as you'll probably wonder where that nice new look has gone. Tumbled travertine can be filled - but it may be a bit late now. Just be aware of that fact. Some good grout restoration contractors (like us, he-he) can take care of that but there's no solving the main issue unless the holes are filled.
The relatively good news is that some etches will not really appear as etches at all...so you're saving the costs of repolishing, in a way.
I'm not one to recommend brand names, just ask a stone supplier for an impregnating sealer...they'll have what you need. My guy (the biggest stone supplier in my city) sells Lithofin products and I like them, but that's a personal choice.
As for cleaning, use products that are intended for stone. Not the best Mr Clean, or Ajaxs of the consumer world...neutral cleaners are out there that are formulated for stone. That's what you need.
How would I go about filling the unfilled parts? Is it something a beginner can do?
I went to Home Depot and they recommended Impregnator 511 so I'll give that a try after I try to resolve the unfilled parts.
Well, there are a number of different products that can be used to fill travertine, each one having different specifications...for the DIYer, there's no reason why you can't just use a coloured grout, mix it up from powder to a fluid paste (like pancake batter) and spread it on with a rubber float.
There's also polyester filler and others that stone restorers will use before they grind or hone your entire floor. Some you can apply with a caulking gun and scrape away with a razor-blade...suffice it to say, each restorer has his/her own preferences.
Thank you for your time and all your help and advice! I appreciate it! :thumbup:
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I moved into a home with granite and travertine. They of course looked great at first. I am not enjoying them. Take me back to porcelain tile that cleans like a dream. I used all the wrong methods to clean the travertine and it became etched an dirty and impossible. I finally found "one step- cleaner and resealer" from Home depot. But I am constantly on my hands and knees scrubbing it clean. Though it looks alot better now that I used this cleaner, it feels sticky to the bare foot in alot of spots and I still spend an inordinate amount of time on my knees scrubbing the floor clean with this spray. HELP!!
Well congratulations and condolences...you married a nice aspect of your home - but someone forgot to tell you it was 'easy maintenance'. Like marrying a beauty queen who turns out to be a slob...or the other way 'round... LOL
Because you should have been told that right from the outset, that natural stone is not like porcelain in any way except its flat and you walk on it. But maybe they didn't know either or just sold the problem to you.
But cheer up, it is fixable - but once it is fixed then you'll have to learn how to care for it and what to put onto it and what not to. First of all, to clean natural stone from day-to-day, use a cleaner specifically meant for stone. It'll say so on the bottle but you might not able to pick it up at Walmart...:no:
What you've gone and done is applied a product something like a furniture polish to your floor and now it's getting dirtier and dirtier by the hour. You'll have to get that off. It's acrylic. Then, once gone, you'll know what original shine was there: either it was polished (which I doubt) or it was honed. That's like a satin shine.
I'm afraid there's no easy solution, no DIY solution, to messed up natural stone floors. Honing with a rotary machine and honing powders in the hands of an experienced professional is all can see ahead. The good news that if that pro cares about his work, he'll leave you with instructions that will prevent him from coming back within the next 5 years. But you'll have a floor that is timeless and if you take care not to have food-fights every week on it, and use common sense, it'll look the way he left it until you do start having food fights...natural..no waxes, nothing.
Same for the granite.
thanks for the help. I think I have found a guy, and he said the same thing more or less. much appreciated.....
Thanks for letting us know...and keep in touch when things start happening.:)
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Hi, your floors look beautiful! If you still use the forum today, how have your floors held up?
^ Thanks! My floors are holding up. It has darkened a bit and I try to keep it clean and protected.
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InterContinental Hotels Group is revamping its frequent guest program. Priority Club name is retired starting in July and replaced by IHG Rewards Club. You can read more about this announcement on IHG's website here.
IHG Rewards Club Gold and Platinum members are guaranteed complimentary internet starting in July and this benefit is rolled out to all members in 2014.
There are going to be other changes as well beyond the complimentary internet for all members. IHG is introducing fast track to elite status for those that stay at minimum of three separate IHG brands.
Also, rewards nights are starting to count towards the elite qualification requirement. The nights over the elite qualification requirement will roll over to the next qualification year.
The IHG Rewards Club is the loyalty program for all InterContinental Hotels Group brands, although there is separate Ambassador program for InterContinental hotels. There hasn't been any word that this would change.
It is quite interesting that IHG prefers to retire the Priority Club brand that was launched in 1983 and has its 30th anniversary this year rather than "fixing" it.
These changes are welcomed but they are not revolutionary. Seems that IHG is rather matching what other chains are already offering such as the free internet for elite members. There is no word of complimentary breakfast or club lounge access on this announcement. These are usually benefits of the Platinum level elite status.
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To finish off the playroom built ins from last week we added two dormer window seats.
We debated back and forth about adding a center divider, mainly for looks, but in the end decided an open base would more easily accommodate different bins and baskets.
These dormers are really deep therefore we made the window seats 24" deep because 1) we had the space and 2) to match the depth of the playroom built ins bench:
Below you can see the 24" deep bench on the playroom built ins:
When building your window seats you need to take into consideration the existing trim (which is new and therefore we weren't about to remove it):
Also these window seats are completely free standing, they are meant to be moved for cleaning and finding lost toys.
I added felt to the bottom surfaces which makes the window seat glide across the wood floor with no scratches:
Here's how to build the dormer window seats:
1. Start with a 2x4 base support wrapped in 1x4 pine boards on the front and sides:
2. Build the window seat box: base with two sides then top bench piece.
Add a 1x2 horizontal trim piece in front and 1x3 vertical support flush at center back.
Then attach the base support to the box:
3. Prime and paint two coats Benjamim Moore simply white:
4. Add white felt to bottom surfaces with spray adhesive:
5. Finally attach 1/4" ply back to finish:
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Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA/3497/2010 2/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 3497 of 2010 ========================================================= DR.M V SHETH - Petitioner(s) Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & 2 - Respondent(s) ========================================================= Appearance : MR NK MAJMUDAR for Petitioner(s) : 1, GOVERNMENT PLEADER for Respondent(s) : 1 - 2. None for Respondent(s) : 3, ========================================================= CORAM : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI Date : 23/03/2010 ORAL ORDER
By way of present petition, the petitioner has inter alia prayed for quashing and setting aside the illegal and arbitrary action on the part of the concerned respondent-authorities in not extending the benefit of first, second and third higher pay-scale to the petitioner as per the recommendations made by the Tikku Commission on completion of his 6, 13 and 19 years of service i.e. from 16th October 1978 to 18th April 1981 respectively and holding that the petitioner has become entitled to get the benefit of first, second and third higher pay-scale as aforesaid and further directing the concerned respondent-authorities to extend the benefit of first, second and third higher pay-scale as per the recommendation of the Tikku Commission to the petitioner together with interest at the rate of 18% per annum forthwith.
Admittedly the claim of the petitioner is from the 1978 to 1981. In the case of Shiv Dass v. Union of India and others, reported in AIR 2007 SC 1330, it is held that if petition is filed beyond reasonable period, say three years, normally the Court would reject the same or restrict the relief.
In view of the above settled legal position and in view of the fact that the present petition has been preferred after a period of three years, this petition is summarily dismissed.
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Warning Against Doing Dryer Outlet Generator Hookups
I may be preaching to the choir here, but please don't connect your portable generator through your dryer outlet during this outage. Use extension cords if you don't have a transfer switch or interlock kit already installed.
Connecting through your dryer outlet is risky, especially since you're doing this in the dark, the weather is crappy, and you usually are annoyed, hurried and not really with it when you're doing this.
Here's the dangers:
1) Forgetting to Turn Off the Main. If the main isn't turned off, a linesman can be electrocuted (he dies, and then you get manslaughter charges), you can cause trouble at your neighbor's house, because the power lines may not be disconnected between your house and theirs even if the power company isn't feeding either house, plus your generator will likely be burned out by the power company when they do restore power. Among other things.
2) The Connection Cord/Suicide Cord. The illegal homemade connection cord has two male ends on it, which means it has two live ends. Risk of electrocution is pretty high if someone touches one of these ends. There's risk at the generator and risk at the dryer outlet.
3) Many other risks, too numerous to mention.
I have an interlock kit (which makes it impossible for the power company power and the generator power to interact) that allows me to switch over to my portable generator. When power went out the other night during Hurricane Sandy, I tried to show my teen-age daughter how to turn off the main and switch over to the generator circuit breakers, using the interlock kit. I have instructions posted right next to my circuit breakers on all the steps to be followed (there are about a dozen steps).
I realized how difficult it is to properly follow all of these steps in the basement in the dark during a power outage with a flashlight, and all I had to do was walk the clear path to my circuit breakers. And a mistake on my end wasn't potentially lethal.
I didn't have to move my dryer out of the way, plug in a two-male suicide cord to my dryer outlet and then to my generator, and then remember to turn off my main. It's very easy to make a mistake when doing it this way.
And up here the neutral needs to be dissconnected as well. I hadn't seen that story yet speedy, thanks.
It doesnt say that back feeding caused the accident !
Electrical linesmen would be under tremendous stress
after any storm of that capacity.
Its a dangerous job, one mistake and your dead.
I know I have made plenty of mistakes.
Its a sad fact of life , but its very real.
its a dangerous occupation.
He was working on DOWNED lines. What do you think the likelihood is that one of his fellow workers re-energized a downed line???
It is also possible that aliens could have re-energized the line through electromagnetic field coils. :whistling2:
Yes ! it is possable that someone else re energised the line !
I am sure after a destruction like that there would be
lots of extra linesmen brought it,
and naturally there would be a sense of urgency
to get things up and running again.
Its inevetable that some corners will be cut,
New workers might not fully understand set proceedures.
and unfortunately people will end up hurt / killed.
No one likes it but it happens.
Hopefully an investagation will find the real cause.
One thing that some linemen do nowadays is jumper the downed wire to ground (the ground wire) when working on it.
ncidentally this will produce a dead short for a generator that was energizing the line due to not having a proper interloc,k.
It's a good method !
But isn't it possable that due to the urgency of the situation
that he might have skipped the usual safety methods
in order to get things going quicker ?
It might not be the case , but it is one alternative
that most people have over looked !
Lets hope that no more get harmed,
with the huge repair job ahead,
The pressure on the linesmen will be tremendous !
If you see one,
give him a smile and a wave !
lift his spirits a bit .
Make a difficult job a little easier.
We need a movement to include generator hookups as standard equipment in new home builds and renovations. Not a government regulation-- that's a way to ensure lots of politicians get paid off and everyone ends up with crap like the candleabra sockets in ceiling fans so the manufacturer doesn't have to give everyone free CFLs. Really, we just need a double-throw switch that's hooked up to a 30A inlet and the service line. It's cheapest and easiest to do it when service is being brought in.
Readers .,
Before you do get the transfer switch make sure you get the electrique permit and have it done right in first place and many POCO is really strict with the interlock and they are cracking down hard and if the POCO catch ya running the generatour without the interlock or transfer switch, You will not able get the power back on right away until later time.
I have see this few time either side of pond so I know the situation will be.
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I live in a 3 story house that is heated with hot water. We are getting heat in only the back half of the house. Heat will not flow to front half. We have replaced pump, thermostat, and installed a bleeder on the feed line to the front of the house. Have bled the system several times with no success in getting heat to return. Could this be a mechanical issue in the radiator valves? If airbound, bleeding does not seem to work.
it is air bound. you may need to increase the pressure to force it out. Also you may need to add bleeder valves at the heat units.
So when you bleed you are getting water out of the bleeders ?
blockage in heating system
Yes, water did come out of radiators when bled. Also, we did install a bleeder valve and still no heat. Have you heard of a "swirl bleeder?"
When it calls for heat is the recirc pump running ?
blockage in heating system
yes, the circulating pump is running when it calls for heat
blockage in heating system
Is it possible that there is a mechanical blockage in one of the radiator stem valves? If so, how can I determine which radiator is blocked?
Do you have 1, or 2 circulators? Is it a zoned system, that you have 2 thermostats?
If you have 2 zones/circulators. Is it possible that you have the circulator installed pumping in the wrong direction?
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The bulk carrier Bardu, escorted by the Italian destroyer Zaffiro, sailed into Djibouti harbour in the early afternoon.
Officials said the Liberian-registered vessel carried five British crew and eight passengers, four South African crew and 35 passengers, seven German passengers, one Dutch crewman and seven passengers, and four Italian crewmen.
Two US navy ships and a merchant vessel carrying passengers and crew from the liner will arrive in Djibouti today. Another rescue ship is heading for Muscat, Oman.
Officials in the Kenyan port of Mombasa said that 604 survivors were due to arrive there today in five ships and would recuperate for a day or two in beachside hotels.
The 977 passengers and crew abandoned the Achille Lauro on Wednesday after a fire in its engine room and were transferred to a flotilla of rescue ships on Thursday about 160km (100 miles) off the Horn of Africa.
Two elderly male passengers died in the tragedy. The Achille Lauro sank on Friday after burning for three days.
Many of the passengers on the liner were elderly. Some suffered broken bones while being transferred to waiting ships across the shark-infested waters off Somalia.
A South African ambulance aircraft arrived in Mombasa on Saturday carrying sun cream, travellers' cheques, tracksuits and toiletries for the survivors, among them 300 South African residents.
British survivor Janice Bell, speaking to BBC Television on Friday from the merchant ship Chios, praised the rescue operation. ``The crew are absolutely unbelievable. They just can't do enough for you,'' she said.
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Last week at Forrester's Customer Experience Forum, I gave a keynote titled "The Customer Experience Ecosystem," which is a framework for helping companies understand the complex set of interdependencies that are ultimately responsible for shaping all customer interactions.
After the forum, I gave an encore presentation to a group of customer experience leaders at Fidelity Investments. The coolest thing about this meeting? Fidelity had engaged an artist from Collective Next to help it visualize the outputs of the session. Fred Leichter, Fidelity's chief customer experience officer, told me that these visualizations help the team members see and think about their work in a more creative way.
So as I spoke, master scribe Marsha Dunn illustrated my presentation:
For those of you who heard my keynote, I hope this helps you keep some of my main points top of mind. You can also download my keynote slides on our event site.
For anyone who was unable to attend the forum, let me know if this piques your curiosity about customer experience ecosystems — I'm happy to fill you in on the details! Or, check out the full report.
If you're interested in learning more about how to map your own customer experience ecosystem, please join my teleconference on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Eastern time (18:00-19:00 UK time).
Kerry - great slide! A
Comment from Dennison DeGregor (not verified) on Mon, 06/27/2011 - 09:59
Kerry - great slide! A right-brainer definitely drew this one.
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A right-brainer for sure
Comment from Kerry Bodine on Mon, 06/27/2011 - 11:19
It was so fun to watch her work. Glad you like the illustration, Dennis.
No picture...
Comment from Ian Corns (not verified) on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 01:29
Picture won't display (FF5). Tried in Safari and IE too, with no luck. Any chance you could email it me?
I'm also assuming slides are for attendees only, as you need an event PIN...
Picture gone
Comment from Scott Ewings (not verified) on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 03:02
Hi Kerry,
The pic seems to have come down from last night, can we have it back? :-)
Can you see it now?
Comment from Kerry Bodine on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 10:40
hi guys,
Can you try it again? I can see the pic fine in FF5 and IE. Perhaps there was something screwy going on with the blog overnight... We definitely didn't take the image down.
And yeah, the slides are just for attendees.
Yep, reappeared 1/2 way
Comment from Ian Corns (not verified) on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 12:49
Yep, reappeared 1/2 way through day. Think would probably make more sense with the slides but that's life!
In fact, a thought on that. Always seems a shame when conference content gets locked down to attendees, and its seeming an increasingly old fashioned way to approach content in an increasingly open web (with the benefits that opening this content up would bring). We try to open everything, and cc licence it up as much as we can (be that content, or data).
What's your take on this? Reminds me of a Clay Shirky article I was reading earlier (http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/04/the-collapse-of-complex-business-mo...) with the media assumption that you will still need to pay for content, and that actually was more inertia in the business model.
Good question
Comment from Kerry Bodine on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 19:42
hi Ian,
It's an important issue -- one that we obviously spend a lot of time thinking about and discussing at Forrester.
The good news is that I'll be providing quite a few nuggets from my keynote on this very blog. Please stay tuned!
Hi Kerry, that's great, it's
Comment from Scott Ewings (not verified) on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 10:49
Hi Kerry, that's great, it's back! BTW, Fjord are NYC, Berlin, London, Helsinki, Madrid, Stockholm and (shortly) San Francisco.
San Fran
Comment from Kerry Bodine on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 10:52
Cool, I'm in SF too. Will be great to meet up with Fjord folks in person!
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Disruption of Press Conference by Congress MLA
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) strongly condemns the nefarious attempts by a Congress MLA to disrupt the press conference of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday.
MLA Asif Mohammad Khan inappropriately barged into a press briefing at the Delhi Secretariat and indulged in highly objectionable behavior, which is totally unbecoming of an elected representative.
He raised the issue of Batla House encounter and the AAP would like to set the record straight. This encounter had taken place on 19 September 2008, when there were Congress governments in Delhi as well as at the Centre.
The AAP had not come into existence till then, but it was noted lawyer and human rights activist, Prashant Bhushan (now a national executive member of the AAP) who had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking an independent investigation into this encounter.
The High Court asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to look into the matter. The NHRC accepted the probe report of the Delhi Police Crime Branch. This was again challenged by Mr Bhushan in the Supreme Court.
A three judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the then Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan dismissed the petition seeking an independent/judicial inquiry into the encounter.
The Supreme Court ruled that no further probes were required in this matter.
Mr Asif has tried to spread a lot of falsehoods today. It is important to rebut these false allegations. Without reading the AAP manifesto, he has given statements that it promises a probe into this encounter. THERE IS NO SUCH MENTION IN THE AAP MANIFESTO.
Mr Asif needs to answer the question as to why he joined the Congress Party in August 2013 after having won the 2008 assembly election on the RJD ticket, despite the fact that Congress governments of Delhi and even the centre had termed the encounter as genuine in the High Court and the Supreme Court.
It is really beyond reasonable understanding that he chose to contest on the ticket of a party which supported the encounter and opposed any attempt to get it probed and is seeking answers from a government which believes in justice for all and discrimination against none.
Before questioniong others, Mr Asif should spell out the stand of the party to which he belongs, on this issue.


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Welcome to the October 2013 Rambler
In This Issue…
Fall is in the air!
Fall colors, crisp mornings and beautiful sunsets – I think autumn has arrived in Colorado, the home base for our US office. We thank all of you who checked in with us during the floods that hit Colorado so hard this past month, thankfully those of us who live in Ft Collins weren't impacted. Our thoughts go to all the people who were affected in neighboring communities.
Our European office is also in full fall frenzy – we had over 450 people ride their bikes with us in Europe between September 1 and October 2nd , and there is still one month of tours to go! Our tour leaders and staff in Europe have done an amazing job and we are proud to be working with them to create the best bicycling vacations possible.
With cycling season winding down in Europe, travel to South America is picking up with our first tour in Chile beginning next week! Never fear though, there is still time to book your next ride in the Southern Hemisphere. We have limited space available on our December and February Patagonia tours, and there are just 3 spaces left for our wine tour through Chile's Central Valley. If you prefer to get off the beaten path, our favorite itinerary, Northwest Argentina – is also available in late April – the perfect early season training tour in a stunning region. If you have been pondering these trips, do shoot us an email.
Speaking of travel down South, Maria Elena recently returned from a trip to Chile where she visited some truly inspiring regions. Although some of these places aren't conducive to road biking tours, her imagination was piqued as she traveled along one of the southernmost roads in the world, the Carretera Austral, through pristine landscapes and truly "off the beaten path" parts of the world. If you are joining us in Chile and Argentina and are looking for extra travel ideas – feel free to call Maria Elena and she'll wow you with possibilities in Chile's Southern Patagonia – this region is still undiscovered and is bursting with options for fly fishing, hiking, kayaking all in areas that are on the brink of being discovered. Perfect ways to "relax" after your cycling tour further north where they do have paved roads!
Our newsletter this month is full of stories from past trips, tour leaders and customers. We hope you enjoy it!
Maria Elena and Monica
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Stay fit this winter or start training for an upcoming tour in Patagonia's Lakes District, Northern Argentina, or Chile's Wine Country.
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The intelligent and gentle fuzzy creature we know as orangutans are one of Borneo's most iconic sights and a popular draw-card for many visitors. Visiting Sabah you'll get the chance to come face-to-face with these loveable primates at the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Sepilok with a viewing gallery where you can watch them feast on milk and bananas during feeding time.
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With a distinct Chinese flavour, Kuching is arguably one of Borneo's most sophisticated and indeed stylish cities. A tasteful blend of modern structures and classic old world charm is evident throughout with bustling streets, Chinese temples, a beautifully landscaped riverfront park as well as the kitschy cat statues that appear throughout the city – because Kuching actually means cat!
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The oldest national park in Sarawak, Bako National Park has a peninsula that is filled with beautiful inlet beaches, rugged cliffs and endless mangrove swamp. Inside the park you'll be greeted with tranquil streams, thundering waterfalls and a fine range of ecosystems. The park is popular for hiking, picturesque boat rides, beach relaxing as well as fantastic wildlife spotting!
Home to some great rainforest and the ever-popular Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sepilok is a firm favourite on travellers' itineraries. No trip to Borneo is complete without coming here to see the orang-utans in their natural habitat. Located on the edge of the reserve, it was opened in 1964 to help rescue sadly orphaned and abandoned younger orangutans and to help them learn to fend and look out for themselves.
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As Malaysia's first ever UNESCO World Heritage Site, no-one should turn down a trip to the Kinabalu National Park. If the lengthy list of animals that inhabit the park wasn't enough to make the park a desirable destination, Mount Kinabalu also stands majestically within the boundaries of the park and is one of the highest peaks in all of Southeast Asia. Climbing the mountain is certainly a challenge, but well worth it for the incredible vistas on offer from the summit.
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- Borneo is home to the Rafflesia Arnoldii flower, which is the world's largest flower and smells of rotting corpses.
- The arm span of an orang-utan, endemic to Borneo, can reach up to a whopping 8 feet.
- Mount Kinabalu is in Borneo and is the highest peak in all of Southeast Asia, reaching a height of 4,095m.
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We keep informed of the latest travel guidance to Borneo and follow advice as set out by the British Foreign Office. The safety of our travellers is paramount and we recommend that you check the latest travel advice from the relevant advisory body in your country.
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The official Malaysia Tourist Organisation site and the latest Borneo Weather Updates from the BBC.
Highlights of our Borneo Tours
Visit Sarawak in Borneo, a naturalists paradise with a orangutan rehabilitation centre and the UNESCO listed Mulu Caves. Explore Bako National Park and view some of the regions most interesting wildlife in their natural habitat including the larged nosed probiscus monkey and the ground dwelling monitor lizards. Trek to the summit of Mount Kinabalu and enjoy spectacular views of the surrounding area or take a jungle trail in Sabah leading up to the treetop canopy walkways suspended 41 metres above the above the forest floor across giant Mangaris trees. Take a cooking class in Kuching after enjoying an informative city tour taking in Chinatown, the City Tower and the Malay Stilt Houses. Visit the resident orangutans at Semenggoh Orangutan Centre and watch them come down for feeding.


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Russell Brand & Jane Lynch Lock Lips on Leno!
They're both fairly outspoken personalities, and last night (October 25) Russell Brand and Jane Lynch joined forces on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
The "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" stud, who is definitely known for his amorous exploits, greeted the "Glee" gal as she came out onto the stage with a kiss on the lips.
From there, Jane, who has been quite open about her lesbian preference and is married to a clinical psychologist, took it all in stride and even offered some playful banter.
After Brand exclaimed, "That kiss on the mouth has taken our relationship to the next level," Lynch observed, "You have really nice teeth for a British person." Russell returned the backhanded compliment- "You've got nice lips for a Yank."
Brand also conveyed a story about his experience at the 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremonies in London. "Well, I enjoyed the bit where it was all the running, the jumping, the skipping, the skylarking, the hullabaloo, the competitiveness, the beads of sweat, that was all lovely. But when it came to that bit that I had to do... just before I went on stage in that clip... I thought - once they said 'Do you wanna be in the Olympics?' - on some level, I thought, 'I'm an athlete now.'"
"So, before I did [my song], I did some limbering up, exercises, but because I don't know how to limber up properly, 'cause I'm not really an athlete, I did it badly... one minute before I had to go on top of that bus... I heard this [ripping] noise, like that, and my trousers tore - a significant distance - and at that point, someone said, 'Right! Get on top of the bus!'"


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Like most, I updated to 2.0 when it was released earlier this year. Ever since then I have noticed that a large majority of my album art that used to appear on the prior version of MFT no longer appears. In fact, for some odd reason, it appears as though my older album art for older music shows up (prior to 2008 let's say) and all new album art does not show up. I have completed changed USB thumb drives, formatting, transferring the music all over again from scratch, etc. and it still doesn't work. I have Gracenote turned off with the priority of the album art set as the metadata from the music itself. I know the album art is there because in Windows 7 it shows all of the album art when I try to look at it through Windows Explorer.
I have contacted Ford directly and spoken to the MyTouch folks. They have advised that nothing has been reported as odd and that everything is working as normal. They took my "complaint" and filed it as something to watch for, but as of now there is nothing to fix.
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Former UK All-American Witten Qualifies for U.S. Open Main Draw
Aug. 29, 2009
NEW YORK - After battling three opponents and weather delays, former Kentucky men's tennis All-American Jesse Witten secured his second entry into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament by knocking off Austria's Alexander Peya 6-4, 6-3 at the 2009 U.S. Open qualifying tourney in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., on Saturday.
Witten will face No. 29 Igor Andreev of Russia in a first-round match early next week on the hard courts for the second time in his career. In 2006, Witten qualified for his first U.S. Open main draw but fell in five sets to fellow American Paul Goldstein in the first round.
The former Wildcat star is bracketed in the top half of the draw in the second quarter featuring fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Defending champion Roger Federer, headlining the top half, will defend his 2008 U.S. Open title beginning Monday as the world's top-ranked player.
Currently ranked No. 270 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, Witten beat No. 259 Peya in straight sets in the final round of qualifying. Sixteen players gain entry into the main draw each year after winning three straight qualifying matches in the week leading up to main draw action.
Witten won his second-round U.S. Open qualifying match Thursday afternoon against No. 144 Stephane Bohli of Switzerland, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the final round. Before Witten knocked off the third-ranked Swiss player in the ATP rankings, he dispatched the second-ranked Japanese man on tour. Witten overwhelmed Go Saeda 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of qualifying Wednesday.
The 2005 UK graduate has been busy building his post-collegiate tennis career over the past few years. In 2008, Witten rose as high as 217 in the world. He started off 2007 with his highest career ranking of 171 in January. Witten followed that up in July of that year when he was named the World Team Tennis (WTT) Male Rookie of the Year during the league's championship weekend.
At Kentucky, Witten earned All-America honors five times and was named the 2005 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year. As a freshman in 2002, Witten advanced to the finals of the NCAA Singles Championships. The following season Witten reigned as the nation's top player for four months.
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Management Is Prediction --Dickeson
Managing means predicting. When we say, "Until you measure you can't control," we're really saying, "If we don't record the past we can't predict what's going to happen."
If we haven't kept track of what we've spent for wages, salaries and social benefits in the past, we can't project those expenses for the future. If we haven't accounted for production time, we can't predict delivery dates. The better we predict, the better we can manage.
From ancient times we've sought to predict what will happen. We've consulted an Oracle at Delphi, read Nostradamus, looked at the stars, listened to politicians, weather forecasters and stock brokers, and watched our computer screens. Still, the ups and downs in our past experience seem to defeat us.
We haven't yet learned to cope satisfactorily with variance, have we? If a company announces that profits will be off a dime a share, their traded stock prices take a dive. We're disappointed despite knowing that such variations will happen. Past experience just isn't linear. It bobs and weaves. Economists can't predict the nation's surplus or deficit for the next fiscal year, yet we argue about tax policy based on a 10-year forecast! Silly.
Shall we throw in the towel? Concede that we can't reliably predict and, therefore, we can't manage? No. We must adjust to the realities of variance as best we're able. We live with only short-term weather forecasts. Five-year business plans are tales told by Sheherazade.
We're well aware that a financial plan for a year is shaky. So, instead of a year, how about quarterly planning? Or perhaps weekly planning? The shorter the time interval ahead, the more clearly we can foretell.
Reducing our predictions from 12 to three months would increase reliability of our forecasts and make us better managers. Better still, why not report by rolling 13-week quarters? Add the latest week and delete the oldest week every week. See results of the prior week at the start of the week following.


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BEWARE! Jerky treats made in China have sickened thousands of dogs. Yet FDA refuses to issue recall.
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Although thousands of dogs have become sick and some have died after eating jerky treats made with ingredients from China, the FDA is not issuing a recall and the products are still on the shelves of pet stores across the country.
Investigators searching for the cause of hundreds of cases of illness and death in dogs that ate chicken jerky made in China have extended their scrutiny to duck and sweet potato jerkies, VIN News Service reported today. The FDA website confirms that report.
According to the FDA site and Time Magazine, the three top brands of chicken jerky treats among those most recently cited in complaints included Waggin' Train and Canyon Creek Ranch brands, produced by Nestle Purina PetCare Co., and Milo's Kitchen Home-style Dog Treats, produced by the Del Monte Corp.
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Gosh why haven't they done a recall? I mean, are they waiting for more dogs to get sick or have more serious, fatal illnesses? That's a big number already. It's just shocking how the FDA hasn't decided on pulling them off the shelves.
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Light Chicken Parmesan
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Light Chicken Parmesan
2 slices whole-wheat sandwich bread, torn into pieces
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon olive oil
coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 large egg white
Four 6 to 8-ounce boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
3/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella (3 ounces)
One 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes in purée
1 clove garlic, minced
1. Preheat oven to 425°F, with rack in upper third. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil; set aside.
2. In a food processor, place bread, Parmesan, oil and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Pulse until coarse crumbs form; transfer to a shallow bowl. Place flour in a second shallow bowl; season with salt and pepper. Place egg white in third shallow bowl, and beat with a fork until frothy.
3. Dip top side of chicken breast in flour, shaking off excess. Dip same side in egg white, letting excess drip off, then in breadcrumbs, pressing to adhere. (Do not bread other side.) Repeat with remaining chicken and transfer, breaded side up, to prepared baking sheet. Bake until breadcrumbs are crisp and browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven; sprinkle with mozzarella. Continue baking until chicken is opaque throughout and cheese is lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, place tomatoes, breaking them up with your fingers. Add garlic; season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until sauce has thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Serve chicken with a generous amount of tomato sauce.
Nutritional Information per serving:
Serving size: 1/4th of the recipe
Calories per serving: 349
Fat per serving: 8g
Saturated Fat per serving: 3.25g
Sugar per serving: 7g
Sodium per serving: 606mg
Fiber per serving: 3g
Protein per serving: 49.5g
Cholesterol per serving: 113mg
Carbohydrates per serving: 19g
WW POINTS per serving:
Points Plus Program: 8 Old Points Program: 7
SOURCE:: RecipeGirl (via one of the old EveryDay Food magazines)
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As readers of my blog will remember, we were all ready to publish our mid-2011 update to our global economy report (see July 28, 2011, "Forrester Will Lower Its Tech Market Forecast By One-to-Two Percentage Points, Depending On Federal Debt Ceiling Outcome") when the US deficit ceiling crisis, renewal of the European debt crisis, and other developments raised questions about the strength of the economic recovery. Given the deterioration in the economic outlook, we stopped publication to rework our forecast to reflect those changes. The delay did have a some side benefits, including getting Q2 tech market data for Canada, adjusting our US data on computer equipment, communications, and equipment for Bureau of Economic Affairs revisions, incorporating new data sources for our US projections for IT consulting and outsourcing services, and taking advantage of the better data on Australia, China, India, and Japan from Forrester's acquisition of Springboard.