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In an effort to fight back against online retailers that have undercut its in-store prices, Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) said Friday that it will offer the same prices for gadgets like cameras and tablets this holiday season as rivals such as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).
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The Richfield, Minn.-based consumer electronics giant has seen in recent years potential customers visiting its brick-and-mortar stores merely to try out devices before buying them on the Internet for less.
"We're giving front-line employees the opportunity to match online retailers when it makes sense," a Best Buy spokeswoman told FOX Business. It's "a way for us to empower our employees to close the deal."
Through this initiative, Best Buy said it is targeting the consumer web sites of retailers like Amazon, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), Target (NYSE:TGT), Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD), Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), Home Depot (NYSE:HD), and others.
The electronics chain is also preparing to offer free home delivery on merchandise that is sold out at the time of purchase, which is an effort to stop those customers from browsing online for the same item.
The holiday strategy marks Best Buy's boldest move yet to compete with the intensifying competitive online shopping landscape and minimize "showrooming," the term Best Buy uses to refer to consumers who visit its brick-and-mortar stores with no intention of buying.
Currently, just 40% of Best Buy's 600 million annual in-store visitors leave with a purchase, a rate that has been pretty steady over the last few years. At the same time, the number of people showrooming has increased marginally over the last few years, reaching 15%.
"We're working to turn the tables on showrooming," the spokeswoman said. "This is a huge opportunity to increase that close rate."
The loss in customers has weighed heavily on its bottom line and the company last quarter posted a whopping 91% decline in profit and suspended its earnings projections.
The spokeswoman said the deal differentiates Best Buy from some of its online competitors because it allows customers to buy products at Internet prices but gives them the ability to pick up purchases the day-of at its brick-and-mortar store.
"We see our stores as a compliment to our Best Buy website or mobile [platform]," she said.
The offer is restricted to small and major appliances as well as electronics hardware such as cameras, camcorders, desktop computers, laptops, e-readers, tablets, TVs, MP3 players, handheld gaming devices and consoles. Smartphones are not included.
Best Buy's offer is effective immediately through Nov. 17 and again from Nov. 27 through Dec. 24. The retailer said it is currently planning to match online prices just through those dates but will "evaluate going forward" whether it chooses to extend it.
The holiday shopping season is a key period for retailers and often makes up a large majority of their annual sales. Retailers from Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and Macy's (NYSE:M) to Toys "R" Us have been ramping up their sales force in an effort to meet growing demand. Earlier this week, Macy's said it would offer designated Toys "R" Us departments in an effort to keep shoppers under its roof for as long as possible while they checked off their shopping list.
Holiday shopping has been forecast to rise more than 4.1% to $586.1 billion this season by the National Retail Federation. On a bright note for Best Buy, ShopperTrak has predicted that foot traffic in stores will grow by 2.8% in the last two months of this year.


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Play!By Bennett Galloway
Golf in Japan
Game On!
With the golf season is well underway, it's time to get yourself ready to challenge one of the 2,340 courses in Japan.
Whether you've remained active or been on the couch since ski season, warming up your body for golf is important.
The first thing to consider is not just warming up before your first round, but starting an exercise routine a few weeks in advance.
Running or walking three to four times a week for 20 to 30 minutes a day or taking up some other type of light aerobic conditioning is a great way to prevent injuries while improving your stamina, allowing you to focus on your game and not just the location of the beer cart! Before taking that first ambitious swing of the morning, remember that a cold body is less flexible and muscle tissues are more likely to tear, so you should begin warming your body's temperature even before stretching.
The couch potato might head straight for the onsen (hot spring) – which actually isn't a bad idea – but some light calisthenics like jumping jacks or jogging in place will suffice. Once your blood starts circulating you can begin your stretching routine focusing on your shoulders, torso (mainly lower back), groin and legs
Now, to really isolate and stretch those swing specific muscles begin with some mini-swings with an iron by keeping it waist level at first, then slowly increasing the radius to a full swing. Next, grab another iron and swing both of them to really amplify the affect and stretch things out.
Note: be sure your body has readjusted to the feel of swinging one club before taking your first shot or your timing will be affected.
Perfect Posture
Ease your body back into shape by starting off on the right foot with proper posture. Challenge yourself to achieve perfect posture during your set-up on every shot this year and you'll drastically improve your chances of hitting the ball well.
Good posture, a proper stance and a bio-mechanically correct swing will keep you in the game longer by reducing the chances of a lower back injury while improving your overall consistency.
Rounded posture and a drooping head are often the root causes of many hit shots. Ideally your spine should be as straight as possible. In fact, you should be able to lay an iron flat on your back and have your head touching the grip while the toe of the club head touches your tailbone.
This position will put less stress on your lower back and help stop unnecessary up and down "bobbing" as your spine straightens mid-swing, or remains rounded (bent), causing lateral sliding as you rotate through the swing.
Both of these phenomena usually result in the club head not returning to its original position, which almost guarantees poor impact. An easy image to help you achieve good posture is that of a tennis player getting ready to return a serve. You should feel ready to push off to the left or right laterally while your weight should slightly favor your instep on both feet. You will notice that this image automatically gets your knees bent and your spine nice and straight and provides a natural forward tilt. "The proof is in the pudding," as my grandmother used to say.
So make sure you start the season off right by giving yourself the best possible chance to perform well and you will see lasting, positive results all year.
Bennett Galloway is a teaching professional and member of the Golf Writers Association of America. He is currently the Director of Golf for Gotemba Golf Club and Belle View Nagao Golf Club, in Shizuoka near Mt. Fuji.
Degrees of Se"par"ation
Name: Robin Ord-Smith
Occupation: Director of Trade Promotion, British Embassy Tokyo What's in your bag?
Driver: Mizuno MP3;
Irons: Mizuno MP60;
Putter: Odyssey Tri-Ball;
Ball: Callaway HX Tour
Favorite course in the world: Kings Course, Gleneagles, Scotland
Favorite course in Japan: Hirono – Sunningdale, Hyogo
How often do you tee it up?
Not often enough. Only twice this year so far.
Who's playing with you in your dream foursome? Ernie Els. Wonderful swing, a real gentleman and great to talk to. Luke Donald. Silky smooth swing, the next Brit to win a major. And Arnold Palmer.
Signature Hole
Windsor Park Golf and Country Club
Web: www.wpgcc.com
This challenging closing hole finishes right in front of the clubhouse. Sensibly, it's played as a "three-shotter" since a large lake guards two thirds of the approach to the green.
However, there is a temptation to "go for it" if the drive clears the hill and runs down the slope towards the green. You'll need about a 300-yard drive to do so though. A mid-iron or high fairway metal towards the left side of the fairway is the smart play leaving a wedge or short iron over the water to the green. —Jim Fletcher, General Manager, WPGCC
Golf Quote
"Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at." —Jimmy DeMaret
Tale of the Tee, The Numbers Game
172 The number of golf courses in Hokkaido; the most courses of any prefecture in Japan. Followed by Hyogo (156), Chiba (154), Tochigi (139) and Ibaraki (126).
41,000 In yen, the greens fee (including caddie) for 18 holes at Shizuoka's Taiheyo Club Gotemba Golf Course – the most expensive greens fee in Japan.
299.46 In yards, the average driving distance of Mamo Osanai, the 2006 men's Japan Golf Tour's 2006 driving leader.
3,000 – 4,000 The price it costs in yen to play at a number of courses in rural areas throughout Japan, many run by municipalities. Around Tokyo you could find many courses in the ¥5,000-¥7,000 range on a weekday without caddie.
For more course data and details visit www.golf-in.japan.com.

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Pictured: Senior Lauren Mann made 10 saves in net for the
Crimson in a 1-0 loss to Boston College in the NCAA Tournament.
Photo Courtesy of DSPics.com
Newton, Mass. – In the first round of the NCAA tournament, Harvard fell to No. 7 Boston College, the two-seed in the bracket, 1-0, Nov. 13.
Boston College notched the game's first goal just 32 seconds in the second half. Junior Amy Caldwell tipped a cross in just inside the left post to give the Eagles the 1-0 lead. Freshman Victoria DiMartino earned an assist on the goal. Caldwell's goal was all the offense that was needed as Boston College advanced to the next round with a 1-0 win.
The Eagles held the advantage in shots and corners in the game. Sophomore Melanie Baskind fired Harvard's lone shot on the day.
Senior goalkeeper Lauren Mann made ten saves in the Crimson
effort including a huge stop on a 1-on-1 in the first half.
Mann's counterpart, sophomore Jillian Mastroianni, made zero
saves for Boston College.
With the loss, the Ivy League champion Crimson was eliminated from the NCAA tournament and finishes the season with a 9-7-1 record. Boston College, the ACC regular-season co-champions improve to 16-3-2 on the year.


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(This intervention may be related to Scientology's quarrel with the German Government.)
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Lord McNair: My Lords, I regret that I was not able to get together with the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, before the debate since we both visited the Sudan this year; the noble Baroness was able to do so more extensively than I did during my stay there. In what I shall say about the Sudan, I do not mean to deny, or necessarily contradict, all that she said about that country. Your Lordships know only too well her dedication to and support for oppressed and persecuted people everywhere. What I shall say is in addition to what she said. I travelled in September from Kadugli to Dilling by night in a convoy of three vehicles. The only security presence that we saw was a few simple checkpoints at the roadside. It may be that we did not travel through the area where the situation that the noble Baroness described exists. However, that was my experience.
I shall be speaking about two areas of the world, each geographically distinct; but the issues at which I wish to look are connected. They concern the new fracture line in international affairs and its implications for human rights and world harmony. The areas on which I wish to focus are the Sudan and Germany.
With the end of the Cold War - I bear in mind the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Park - and the reduction in the reach and power of the countries making up the former Soviet Union, a more real division has opened up as the ice floes of the Cold War break up and realign.
It is clear that the most important international question concerning and confronting the West is the resurgence and increasing self confidence of the many different nations where Islam is the dominant religion and culture. Coupled with that is the increase in migration which followed the colonial era resulting in significant racial and religious minority populations in many of the industrialised countries irrespective of whether or not they were significant colonial powers.
Islamic countries vary enormously in their political institutions, social customs and outlook on the world. Historically, from the time of the Crusades, through the 19th century to the present day there has been conflict and misunderstanding, between the Moslem and the Christian cultures. As the world of Islam reasserts its right to order its societies according to its own precepts, the western world is becoming increasingly nervous about where that may lead. Primary western concerns are, as always, oil supplies and export markets.
It is true that Iran, for example, operates a foreign policy that is actively hostile to the West. Other countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia have set their face against Islamic resurgence and have been well rewarded by the West for so doing.
It is particularly important that the West should realise that for Moslems the Sharia is a way of life that prescribes both personal conduct and the system of justice which operates in the courts and judicial system. I visited the Sudan recently as a guest of the Sudanese Government. While there I asked one highly placed official how he would define Sharia. He thought for a moment and then told me, "Sharia is a path to God". There seem to be as many interpretations of Sharia as there are Islamic nations. In some it seems to be used as an instrument of state repression. In others, the draconian punishments often cited are rarely used. Whichever is the case in a particular country, it is important to realise the extreme sensitivity with which the Sharia is regarded by Moslems. I am not saying that this sensitivity should override fundamental human rights issues. But what I am saying is that since according to the teachings of Islam the Sharia is the word of God, the West would do well to take that into account in public pronouncements.
An example is the comment of the United Nations special rapporteur on the Sudan, Gaspar Biro, when he referred to the Sharia in critical terms by saying "...whoever the author". I can well understand that there may be genuine human rights considerations about some aspects of the Sharia and the way in which it is applied. But that reference had the equivalent impact on a Moslem that a non-Christian questioning the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection in the same sentence, and then some, would have on a devout Christian.
The nations of the Islamic world are watching us see how we live up to the principles that we seek to impose on them and how we confront the playing out of religious and racial diversity in post-colonial societies. Remember also, my Lords, that in many countries there are now significant Moslem minorities. Since it is a fact that most Moslems are not white caucasians, those living in western countries may be in double jeopardy on account of their religion and their race. In a violent world, which is the greater evil - to be stabbed to death at a bus-stop because you are black; or to suffer the amputation of a hand following established judicial procedures? I make no judgment. I only ask the question.
It pains me that the West's attitude to human rights observance too often tends to be distorted by perceived foreign policy interests. For example, the human rights records of Egypt and Saudi Arabia are rather bad. Egypt is said by Amnesty International to have 20,000 political prisoners and the Egyptian Government admit to 12,000. I do not think that anyone is suggesting that the Sudan currently has more than a relative few by comparison. Yet Her Majesty's Government, the USA and some other European countries have decided to make an example of the Sudan. Because it stayed neutral in the Gulf War, the USA has added the Sudan to its list of states sponsoring terrorism. However, despite repeated requests. for specifics by the Sudan, the American Government have failed to supply any evidence.
That policy may well be counter productive. The Sudan is well regarded in much of Africa for standing up to what is seen as bullying by the West. It is also taking a regional leadership role and exporting its culture to neighbouring countries. The West seems to be having difficulty in coming to terms with the fact that certain countries are ordering their societies on the basis of religious or spiritual values. That is seen as something dangerously unpredictable and radical.
The attitude of the British Government to the Government of the Sudan has echoes of the old colonial mentality. I was quite appalled at the arrogance and insensitivity which I witnessed and heard about and not at all convinced that in September when. I visited the Sudan the human rights situation was as bad as was made out. For example, a member of the Government was perfectly at liberty to go to the British embassy and complain about the Government of which he was a member. That seemed to me to be quite remarkable.
It is true that political parties are banned. However, the feeling in the Sudan is that those parties have not served the country well in the past and that the country needs to break out of the cycle of multi-party government followed by military dictatorship with the pattern repeating over and again. The International Commission of Jurists and Amnesty International have both arranged to Visit the Sudan this month by agreement with the Sudanese Government. I look forward to reading their reports.
The two themes which were emphasised most often when I was in that country were development and religious tolerance. It was a Friday when we visited the women's prison at Omdurman and prayers were in progress- one was a Christian meeting, the other a Moslem one. Both seemed fairly well attended. The women were free to attend whichever meeting they chose. Presbyterians were running the Christian meeting on that day. As well as religious subjects, such topics as hygiene and childcare were covered. The missionaries present: told us that on different days an Episcopalian minister and a Catholic sister also visited the prison. I understand that at the. beginning of October all the women, except six who had been sentenced for murder, were released under an amnesty. However, that was in Khartoum, in the Moslem north.
One of our two hosts for the visit was a Christian evangelist member of the Transitional National Assembly who had given up travelling the world to spread the Gospel and is now working with the Government. In the two southern states that we visited we found a spirit of co-operation between religions with members of all faiths represented in the state governments. It will be interesting to see the make up of the new state administrations after the elections which, I believe, are planned for March 1995.
I turn now to Germany. It is clear that recent events there give great cause for concern. In Germany under Chancellor Kohl there are chilling echoes of the Nazi era. Incidents of racial violence are increasing exponentially with the police seemingly powerless, or unwilling, to do much about them. The figures and some examples speak for themselves. In the year of unification, incidents of extremist violence totalled 375. The following year they totalled 1,275. In 1992 the total was 2,285.
Once again, Jews are the victims. In March this year a synagogue was firebombed; the first such attack since the war. That is not an isolated incident. The hate letters and death threats received by Jews in Germany are now signed, whereas in recent years they were anonymous. That shows the increasing acceptability of overtly racist behaviour and the confidence that the authorities will do nothing to help the victims.
Recently, a mob of Right-wing extremists attacked a group of five black Africans and destroyed a local restaurant owned by Turks. Of the 50 rioters arrested in broad daylight, the police released 49 immediately. However, they detained a Turkish waiter who had stabbed a rioter in defence of the African men.
Skinheads, however, are not the only perpetrators of violence. Despite the attempts of the German Government to convince the world that teenage skinheads are the sole perpetrators of violence, investigations by human rights groups have uncovered brutal treatment of minorities by the German authorities. Gunther Grass, Germany's leading novelist, said:
"The most dangerous thing is we have skins in the government. They are nicely dressed with beautiful hair, educated. They speak well. But they think the same way as the young kids who shave their heads and carry swastikas and demonstrate. They encourage these ideas and these brutal actions".A typical incident reported by Amnesty International concerned a Sri Lankan who was stopped by two plainclothes police officers while cycling to work. He was accused of stealing the bicycle for which he had a receipt; he was handcuffed so roughly that his wrist was broken and he was imprisoned until the police realised that there was nothing with which they could charge him.
One entire law enforcement unit was disbanded when it was learnt that the members had been equipping themselves with wooden clubs which would deliver more punishing blows than the standard issue rubber truncheons. Twenty-seven police officers were recently suspended in one Hamburg precinct for beating gaoled foreigners, and the authorities announced that they would reopen investigations into 127 brutality complaints. The top law and order figure for Hamburg, the Interior Minister, Werner Hackman, was forced to resign following a public backlash against widespread police brutality.
Rather than confront the reality of Germany in the 1990s, the Kohl regime has chosen to sponsor an exhibition in Washington which puffs up the myth of German resistance to neutralise the media coverage in the United States which has focused on the rising violence and injustice in Germany. Chancellor Kohl and his colleagues perceive the reporting as unfavourable to Germany's carefully groomed public image.
The supporting literature for that exhibition abbreviates Jewish resistance to the Nazis to a single page and downgrades the Warsaw ghetto - that heroic symbol of World War II resistance - to one sentence. The Washington Post commented:
"The intended audience seems not to be the casual visitor, hut history itself-the version that will be passed on through teachers and textbooks. That's why it was so important to the Germans to place the exhibit in Washington".Chancellor Kohl is still making excuses for the past rather than facing up to the present reality. It is quite clear that he lives in a fantasy world. That state of affairs is extremely dangerous. Just because my father's generation - and in fact many of your Lordships also - saw the horror and said, "Never again", it does not follow that the past will not be repeated in the not-too-distant future.
The familiar process, however, is beginning to unfold: first, a group is identified, targeted and stigmatised. That makes it acceptable to carry out acts of violence and to deny members of that group normal civil rights. The next stage is the economic strangulation and then the ghetto. I do not need to spell out the rest.
One tragic aspect of that situation is that Kohl has allowed his agenda to be dictated by a relatively few neo-Nazis. It is clear that most Germans are horrified by the slide into racial violence which is now hardly even reported in the German press. Racial violence has become so commonplace that in Germany today it is not even news. The neo-Nazis are driving down their ordinary, decent countrymen into apathetic acquiescence.
I urge Her Majesty's Government to confront what is really going on in Germany and to stand four-square with the great majority of the German people, firm and resolute against the destabilising momentum of far Right extremism.
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Strava, as I've written many times, has been a real paradigm shift in cycling in the San Francisco Bay area. Riders compete for rankings on "segments", typically climbs, of various degrees of obscurity. As we've now entered the Low-Key Hillclimb season, I've gotten a striking metric of how much of a market share Strava is grabbing here. More than a third of the 121 riders in week one's Montebello Road climb uploaded their data to Strava.
This brings up the possibility of using Strava for timing. Well, as I've described before, Strava's timing is far less reliable than a good-old-fashioned stopwatch. However, I have been batting around the idea of doing something for the 2012 series.
The issue is some climbs require permits for events: in particular state parks and open space. "Event" is always clearly defined, and it's always a dance to have that definition include things like the Low-Key Hillclimbs but not include groups of friends riding a hill together. Permits aren't an issue if they are willingly issued. The problem is the state parks have a very low threshold for inconveniencing auto traffic, their primary constituency, while the open space just flat out denies permits to any event where riders are timed. Yet there's no restriction against informal groups of riders timing themselves. That's fine. Strava, for example, which reports times of riders who climb a hill is not an "event".
For the full history of the Low-Keys, it's been suggested we allow riders to self-time on these climbs and report their results. But self-timing is a burden. You need to have a watch, remember to start it at the precise time, then remember to stop it precisely at the finish. If riders are late to stop the timer, there's a tendency to overestimate how much time passed since the finish, and underreport actual time. We want Low-Key to be an accurate archive of times. So relying fully on self-reported times is something we've avoided.
But now GPS is becoming virtually ubiquitous. Using GPS to time riders is now becoming, for the first time, a feasible option for climbs for which organized timing is prohibited. Sure, we'd need to let riders without GPS self-time, but most riders can just mindlessly attack the hill and upload their data.
The problem is the timing: Strava's timing algorithm is far from optimal. The reason is Strava uses course points. There's a start point for a course, a finish point, and points along the way. How many actual races have a start point and finish point? None I know of. They all use lines for the start and finish.
Now a point of clarification: in geometry, lines are infinite, while "line segments" are generally finite. So when I say "line" here I actually mean "line segment". I avoid the term "segment" because with Strava, "segment" means something different: it's used to describe "courses". So I'll stick with "line".
So to improve Strava's timing, it's been proposed on the Strava support forums that Strava adapt a "start line" and "finish line" model for timing. A start line is defined by a center point and a vector to one of the end-points of the line. A finish point is similarly defined. The choice of the end-point for each implicitly defines the direction through which the line should be crossed (defined end point must be to the right). So timing is then the minimum time elapsed between an interpolated crossing of the start line in the correct direction and an interpolated crossing of the finish line in the correct direction. For example, suppose I have the following start line and finish line crossings, in the appropriate directions:
You can see there are three timing events here, three instances of a start crossing immediately followed by a finish crossing.
This may be all I need to define a course. Some routes, like Old La Honda Road, have no reasonable short-cuts and therefore if you cross the start line at the bridge and then the finish line at the stop sign, the best times will all be from riders who stayed on Old La Honda Road. But many potential climbs have potential short-cuts.
Here's where an option for a "gates" comes in. Gates can be defined by additional lines. So the ride must cross, in order, the start line, the first gate, the second gate, etc, until finally crossing the finish line. Each of these gate crossings would need to be in the appropriate direction.
It's possible a rider will cross a gate more than once, or even backtrack and repeat multiple gate crossings, but as long as the rider crosses the start line, the gates in order, then the finish the course can be considered to have been completed.
So if I am going to define a segment for a complex route like Lomas Cantadas via Alta Vista out of Orinda in the Berkeley Hills of California, I'd define multple gates to make sure the rider didn't take El Toyonal to bypass Alta Vista, for example. But for the purpose of writing timing code for Low-Keys, I'd use only enough gates to make sure no short-cuts were taken.
Fortunately Strava provides an API by which I can download raw rider data. So if I am provided a list or ride numbers for riders who wish to participate, I can download the data and do my course timing using a Perl script. Then I can use any timing algorithm I want rather than relying on Strava's native timing.


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Monday, June 7, 2010
Beet Green Frittata with Beet and Potato "Home Fries"
When you think of great breakfast food, beets may not be the first thing on your mind. I've been picking up a couple of nice bunches of beets every week at the farmers market, and they were welcome in this weekend breakfast of frittata and something like home fries.
Tofu frittata really captures the flavor and heartiness of a traditional baked egg frittata, and is a great vehicle to sneak a bunch of greens into breakfast. I used greens from a half dozen red and pink beets, sautéing the chopped greens in a little olive oil and minced garlic just until they wilted down.
This frittata is pretty simple, and like all of my frittatas and omelets, owes much to Vegan Brunch. In a large bowl, mix the following: lightly cooked greens* (about 1 cup), one 14 oz. block extra firm tofu, 2 tbsp. nutritional yeast flakes, 1 tsp. turmeric, 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard, 1 tsp. tamari soy sauce, 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil, a little pinch of thyme, a pinch of black salt powder**, and a big pinch of red pepper flakes. Mash everything well with a fork or your fingers, and bake in a lightly oiled dish at 375 F for 25 to 30 minutes, until lightly browned on top. It can be served right away, but tends to hold its form better if allowed to cool. I sprinkled a light dusting of smoked Spanish paprika on the cooled frittata.
Since the oven was on anyway, I roasted beets and red potatoes at the same time, wrapping them in foil. This next step is optional, since roasted beets and potatoes are fine as is, but I finished them with a light fry in a little oil, just to give the potatoes a bit of browning and crunch. Season the potatoes & beets with salt and black pepper.
If you wanted to make this even easier, you could bake the potatoes and beets - thinly chopped as to cook evenly - right into the frittata, for a close vegan relative of the classic Spanish egg and potato tortilla.
One final note - I made all of this the night before, with a super easy breakfast in mind the next morning. The frittata especially benefits from the few hours of resting - it may be reheated if you like, but I think it tastes great at room temperature or even cool right out of the fridge. Serve with ketchup or hot sauce, or fresh salsa romesco if you really want a treat. (I list the ingredients on the link - not the quantities, but it's easy to figure out.)
By the way, thanks SO much to all of you who've left such kind comments about my recent move out here! I'm still trying to catch up on everyone's blogs, but I so appreciate your thoughtfulness and general good feelings about it all. Thanks everybody :)
* - I used beet greens here, but you can use just about anything - spinach, chard, broccoli, kale, collards, bok choy, etc.
** - Black salt powder is available at Indian markets, and makes tofu taste like eggs. Honest. Thanks again to Vegan Brunch!
10 comments:
- Natalie said...
This looks simply amazing and I must try one morning. I love beets so adding them for breakfast will be easy.
- June 8, 2010 at 5:16 AM
- Abigail S. Bean said...
I passed up the Easter Egg beets at the market yesterday; I think I'm going to have to head back to pick them up now!
- June 8, 2010 at 6:25 AM
- JennShaggy said...
Thanks, Mike!
Your photos are soo equally as drool-worthy. Beets and potatoes? Yes, please :)
- June 8, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- Veganosaurus said...
Beets are by far my favorite vegetable. Thank for the frittata recipe. I look and sounds sooo yum!! :)
- June 9, 2010 at 1:29 AM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
Beets are THE BEST! I like them any time of day. In fact, I've got a bunch sitting in my fridge right now and I'm going to make a raw slaw with them either tomorrow or the next day. But now....you've made me want to roast them! And eat them with a giant frittata! What a gorgeous meal.
- June 11, 2010 at 6:08 AM
- miss v said...
looks like a hearty breakfast, for sure! the beets are a crazy addition, but i think the sauteeing would make them an awesome side dish!
- June 13, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Jenn said...
That looks breakfast looks beautiful and delicious.
- June 13, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Penny said...
Mmmm... This looks GOOD! I've been a big fan of tofu scramble for a long time, and I think this frittata is the next step... I love beetroot, too, so this will definitely be an ingredient for me. Thanks for a great post!
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Pineapple is one of my favourite fruits – not only is it delicious but it also provides a home for Spongebob Squarepants....altogether now...who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Etc etc
Pineapple, compared to other fruits, seems under-represented in the baking world. This is my second foray into pineapple baking – the first being pina colada cupcakes.
The pineapple upside down cake is a tea time classic but, until baking one, I'd never eaten it! It's an instantly recognisable cake with the golden rings of pineapple set into the cake.
The addition of some of the pineapple juice gives a lovely flavour and juiciness to the cake. What we all really liked about this cake was that it had an unmistakeable pineapple flavour but it wasn't overpowering or too sweet.
I served it with clotted cream but in truth – and I don't often say this – it didn't need it. The cake is a lovely texture and has such a delicious taste that the cream almost detracted from it.
One warning if you're using a springform or loose bottomed cake tin– as the cake cooks it oozes sticky syrup out of the bottom of the tin. Wrap the outside of the tin in foil to stop this leaking over your oven!
For the topping:
50g unsalted butter, at room temperature
50g soft light brown sugar
6 pineapple rings in syrup – drain, but keep the syrup (I bought a 432g pineapple rings and this had more than enough rings in it)
6 glace cherries
For the cake:
150g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125g golden caster sugar
150g self raising flour
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs
3 tablespoons pineapple juice/syrup from the can
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Grease a 20cm springform tin with butter and wrap the outside of the tin in tin foil. If any syrup leaks out the cake whilst cooking the foil will stop it dripping all over your oven!
- Start by making the topping: beat the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Spread it over the base of the cake tin and a little up the sides. I found this easiest to do using my fingers.
- Place the pineapple rings in the tin so they touch but don't overlap. I managed to fit 6 rings but if your pineapple is smaller you might get 7 in.
- Place a glace cherry in the centre of each pineapple ring.
- Now make the cake batter: Beat the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Add all the remaining ingredients and beat until combined.
- Spoon over the pineapple rings and level the surface.
- Bake for approximately 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out cleanly. Mine took 45 minutes. Err on the side of caution – it's better to give it a little longer and ensure that the cake at the bottom around the pineapple is thoroughly cooked.
- Leave to stand for 10 minutes then turn out onto either a plate, if serving straight away, or a wire cooling rack.
- Serve either warm with ice cream or at room temperature with clotted cream.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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ARTCRANK SEA, June 29th
This week it's the Bicycle Urbanism Symposium in Seattle and the next week ARTCRANK is in town for a show at the The Piranha Shop that'll benefit Bike Works.
ARTCRANK SEA will feature hand-made, bike-inspired posters created by Seattle area artists. Limited edition, signed and numbered copies of all posters will be available for $40 each. Admission is free. June 29th at the Piranha Shop.
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This Week In Movies… 'We Are Your Friends,' 'No Escape'
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This is the last week of August and what better way to close up the month then with some variety films at the big screen. Zac Efron in We are your Friends, a very cool summer film about the life and struggles of an aspiring DJ in today's electronic music scene. The film No Escape, an action thriller in which we will find a very serious Owen Wilson in a role that we have never seen him play, the action hero. Read More


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yes indeed. I read a similar one for the RCC, which conveniently left out the Orthodox Church.Joe Zollars
yeah either east or west depending on your perspective it is imposible to pin it on one person. As a side note, I always wondered why the Roman one left out the part about Orthodoxy.Joe Zollars
Based on Catholic teaching, the Orthodox Churches belong to the universal Catholic Church, albeit "imperfect." Thus, the listing of the Catholic Church (inclusive of all Apostolic Churches) as being founded by Jesus Christ in the year 33 A.D.
I've seen a similar timeline by a Roman Catholic website-I'll have to dig it up again-which did mention the Eastern Orthodox as being founded in 1054, not mentioning any particular founder. It was more of a bar graph/timeline where the protestant sects had tiny, insignificant bars corresponding to recent times, while the Orthodox bar went about mid-way, and the Catholic bar went impressively all the way across the page to Jesus Christ in 33 AD.I will be the first to admit I don't know much history, but at that I had to cringe. :-Kim
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Eight organizations working within the advanced wireless market have recently joined the SDR Forum, bringing the total number of new members joining the Forum to 25. This growth represents a 20 percent increase in member organizations.
This rapid expansion can be attributed to the growing acceptance of software defined radio (SDR) and related technologies in the mainstream wireless markets, and the value that the SDR Forum brings to its members when operating within this dynamic environment.
The eight new member organizations demonstrate the diversity of companies involved in software defined radio development both in terms of activity and geographically with five being headquartered in the US and the other three in Europe.
They are: DRS Signal Solutions (US), a world leader in providing commercial-off-the-shelf products and custom- based SIGINT solutions; ENSTA (Paris, France), one of the top French institutes of higher education in engineering; Fraunhofer IIS (Erlangen, Germany) – as the inventor of mp3 and co-inventor of the MPEG AAC audio coding standard, the Fraunhofer IIS has achieved worldwide recognition; IMEC (Leuven, Belgium) is a world-leading independent research centre in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology; UC San Diego (US) – the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) is a partnership of UC San Diego and UC Irvine. An area of research is software-defined radio; Reservoir Labs (US) provides leading-edge consulting and contract R&D; Xenotran (US) specializes in the analysis, design and implementation of digital communication components used in wireless communication systems; and VIP Mobile Inc. (US) provides research and development, software engineering and systems integration services.


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Skype seems to get mixed responses from a lot of you. Microsoft bought the communication giant back in 2011. Since then Windows Phone users have dreamed of a seamless Skype experience on their devices. That hasn't exactly happened, but it's still nice to see the app get updates, like it did today.
Today's update brings Skype to version 22.214.171.124. With that you're only getting general fixes and stability improvements. Specifically:
- Increased chat reliability
- Increased call notification reliability
- Improvements in call reliability to phone numbers
- Fix for occasional missing message preview in the recent conversations list
If you're on Skype a lot you'll appreciate these changes. Personally I'm glad they fixed the missing message previews in the recent conversations list. Found that happening more often than not with Skype on my device.
What features/fixes are you wanting in future updates? Sound off.
Grab Skype for Windows Phone 8 right here. Otherwise, use the QR code below or swipe to the right in the Windows Phone Central app.
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I started an estate agency and mortgage broker business as a Ltd Co with a friend in early 2004. He had another business, and was to become the estate agent, whilst I was the mortgage broker within the business. He did not give sufficient time to our business and I was becoming the estate agent, which was not the original plan. During all of 2004, I worked 6 days a week and was paid just £6500 from this business, which obviously was not enough to make a living.
The business arranged a business loan of £35,000 from his bank, with whom Id never had any relationship with before. The bank required that we both give a Personal Guarantee (PG) and obtain legal advice, which we did, using his nominated solicitor, which Id never dealt with before. The terms of the business loan were that repayments were £800 over 5 years. As the business did not generate enough income to support me, I gave him notice that I would leave at the end of December 2004, which I did. In February 2005, I resigned my Directorship and transferred my 50% shareholding back to him, as the sole remaining Director.
I wrote to the bank and property landlord to tell them that I had resigned my position, and had nothing further to do with the business. I asked the bank to release me from the PG as I had now left the company. The bank wrote back to me stating that they would not release me from the PG unless I had an agreement with the co-director to take over the whole PG in agreement. I believe this was an indication of the relationship the remaining Director had with his bank, of which he had been a customer for over 20 years, and managed to convince the bank manager not to release me from the bank loan, as he wanted an investment of £15,000 he expected me to make at the commencement of our business.
I was unable to make the £15,000 investment due to not being able to sell my marital home during my divorce, which started in June 2003 and ended in August 2005, when the marital home eventually sold. Basically, until the marital home sold, I just did not have the funds, and it sold 9 months after I left the business, and therefore was not inclined to invest in a business I had already left. There was never any Partnership Agreement in place during our time together within this business.
Having now left the business, I spoke to the bank manager and asked him to inform me if anything changed within the running of the business loan that would be detrimental to me, to which he verbally agreed. The bank manager wrote to me within a week me stating that they would not release me from the PG unless I had an agreement with the co-director to take over the whole PG in agreement. I never received any form of further communication from the bank, such as bank statements, or other letters again regarding this aspect of my request.
Soon after leaving, it later became apparent (3 years later) that the remaining Director requested a change of terms to the repayment schedule of the business loan. It was reduced from £800 to £200 a month, and 27 months of repayments were made at this level. I was not informed of these changes to the terms, by either the Director nor the Bank. The reduction in these payments were obviously a material change to the original terms I had agreed to. I was not made aware of any of these material changes in any shape or form from the bank.
In August 2007, some two and a half years later, I received a letter from the Bank requesting a meeting to discuss the situation of the business loan account. I attended this meeting with my brother, who happens to be an ex-bank manager of a commercial lending bank, and is extremely experienced in banking matters, far greater than myself.
At this meeting, the bank manager (who was new to the role, and not the original bank manager who set up the facility to the Ltd Co.) informed us that the balance, after 3 years of having the account in place (remember, it was a 5 year term, at £800 a month) now stood at £34,000. To say I was amazed is an understatement. After this period of time, I expected the balance to be around £10,000, as it was three fifths of the way through the term. Also bearing in mind that at no time during the previous 3 years had the bank informed me of anything to suggest that the account was not being run satisfactorily, and that I had never received any statements or letters to inform me that my exposure to the business loan was at the same level as it was 3 years earlier. As my involvement in the Ltd Co had ceased 3 years earlier, and I was never informed of any detrimental changes at this late stage, to my understanding, I believe this means that the bank have broken their own Code of Banking regulation terms. Im not sure if the Unfair terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 4(1) applies to my case either, as the bank is chasing me as an individual, and not a business/ Company Director. Clarification would be appreciated.
The new bank manager did state that they had agreed to a repayment arrangement from the remaining Director, and that they were seeking for me to repay the other 50%. We argued the toss about the way the account had been conducted and at that stage the 50% level should be £10,000, not £34,080. We also strongly mentioned that the bank had not conducted itself properly as they had not kept me informed to the account conduct, which clearly now compromises my position and potential debt liability to the bank. We left it that the bank would write to me and outline its demands and summarize our meeting.
At this point, believing I needed professional assistance, I appointed IBAS, the Independent Banking Advisory Service, to take on my case, which they did. The first thing that IBAS did was write to the bank outlining my current position, which was very different financially to what it was in early 2004. The Bank replied regarding our meeting and summarized stating that I had agreed to repay £34,080 in full, and not the 50% that was mentioned at the meeting in early September. Basically, the bank manager lied to save his own face. Soon afterwards, the local branch manager passed the whole case over to its debt recovery section. For the next 15 months, IBAS have been in correspondence with the bank, who have stalled at each stage to supply replies to queries, and generally crawled along at a snails pace. It is now at the stage that the bank have appointed solicitors to take over the case, and although IBAS have re-iterated my case to the solicitors, and referred them to previous correspondence that should now be in their possession, they are about to start legal action against me to recover the whole of the PG, now amounting to just under £40,000 including accrued interest. Again, remember that the new bank manager said in September 2007 that he had come to an arrangement with the other Director to repay his half of the outstanding amount, and that they were looking for an offer from me for the other half remaining. The solicitors have stated that they are looking for the whole 100% from me, leaving me to wonder what happened to the 50% repayment that was meant to be forthcoming from the other Director.
I am slightly disappointed with IBAS as they have handled the case sufficiently well for over 15 months, and now that a Court case is possibly looming, they dont actually come into Court with me. They have stated that they will liaise with any solicitor I employ, but solicitors cost more than I can afford.
As my ex-Co-Director was a client of mine (as I was his mortgage broker) before I joined him in the business venture, I know for a fact that he had £200,000 of equity in his property, and that the property was sold in September 2007, and he did not buy another property until 3 months later. I obtained this information from the Land Registry website, and obtained his new address when it appeared on a letter from the Official Receiver in a letter they wrote to me in September 2008 stating, for information purposes only, that the Ltd Co is now in liquidation. It is therefore clear that he had the means to repay the loan, used on a business that he ran for 4 years with the banks support, and negotiated different terms that clearly compromised my situation once they came to light 3 years later.
As I mentioned, I am a mortgage broker, and as everyone knows, the mortgage business is in turmoil, and I have been affected by this market situation massively. My net profits for last year were £16,000, and this year will be £8,000! Additionally, my wife was made redundant from her senior position 2 months ago, and is now on Job-Seekers allowance. My understanding is that this should qualify me for Legal Aid, but speaking to a solicitor yesterday, he said that the Legal Aid process is 2 pronged, means testing and case merit testing.. He confirmed that on means-testing alone, I would qualify, but on case-merit testing, it has to go before the Legal Aid Board in Jarrow and that process takes 4-6 weeks, and that process cannot commence until legal papers have been served on me. Those legal papers will probably state that I have to attend Court in 14-21 days, which is insufficient time for the Legal Aid Board to assess my application for Legal Aid, which is a stupid situation. Can anyone offer any different light on this point?
As I cannot afford to appoint a solicitor, and Legal Aid may not be forthcoming (due to the case-merit point above), can anyone suggest a similar case reference that could be mentioned in my defence when this goes to Court? I am fully prepared to go to Court and defend myself if it comes to that point.
Main questions arising:
Does the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 4(1) applies to my case ?
2) Has the Bank made its own Personal Guarantee invalid by not informing me of the material changes on the business loan? What is the name of the law it has broken?
3) Are there any court cases identical or similar to this case? What is the case name and reference?
Many thanks for any replies.


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Health Care Leaders Say Obama Overstated Their Promise to Control Costs
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Health Care Leaders Say Obama Overstated Their Promise to Control Costs
Hospitals and insurance companies said Thursday that President Obama had substantially overstated their promise earlier this week to reduce the growth of health spending.Well you can just knock me down with a feather that the industry leaders are frantically trying to walk back their pledges, though I certainly am surprised to see it so quickly. Interestingly, uber-nerd OMB Director Peter Orzag writes on his blog (of course he has a blog!) that it's really not as big a deal as the NYTimes makes it sound:
Mr. Obama invited health industry leaders to the White House on Monday to trumpet their cost-control commitments. But three days later, confusion swirled in Washington as the companies' trade associations raced to tamp down angst among members around the country.
OMB - Blog Post - Misdiagnosis
A media report this morning makes a mountain out of a molehill – suggesting that the commitment earlier this week by health care providers and insurers to reduce cost growth was overstated. Here is what the groups stated in a letter they signed: "we will do our part to achieve your Administration's goal of decreasing by 1.5 percentage points the annual health care spending growth rate—saving $2 trillion or more." The groups have since clarified that they may need to "ramp up" to the 1.5 percentage point reduction in the growth rate, which is understandable.Frankly, the whole kerfuffle seems a little silly to me, bickering about the exact rate of reduction in expenses in a pledge made by multiple entities with no accountability or enforcement. Happy talk and fluff is tough to quantify, which is difficult to reconcile with the exactitude that the Budgeteers bring to this sort of endeavor.


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If you are limited by space, location or back/knee pain, then you're probably looking for some creative container garden ideas. Consider growing vegetables and flowers in containers on your patio, balcony, rooftop or in a window, as each will provide an excellent space for productive mini gardens. Diseased plants, pests, and poor soil conditions are easily overcome when you garden in a container.
Types of Planters to Use When Container Gardening
At Improvements, we have a variety of containers for gardening, including self-watering window boxes, and square or rectangular planter boxes.
Window Boxes
Window boxes are a good container garden idea because they are easy-to-install and immediately enhance your home's appeal. Our low-maintenance Self-Watering Window Planters are UV resistant for long-lasting protection from the sun so they keep their good looks whatever the weather. A water reservoir is built into the base of the Self-Watering Window Planter, allowing plants to basically water themselves, and a built-in drain plug allows excess water to run out – protecting plant roots. It even has a built-in liner for easy transport.
Planter Boxes
If you have limited gardening space, our raised garden beds allow you to plant vegetables or flowers closer together. You can also find planter boxes that feature a slatted shelf underneath for storing garden tools or pots. Some planter boxes even have a reservoir in the base that collects water through drainage holes on the floor of the inside planter, keeping roots from getting too wet and rotting. Both of these planters are an excellent choice for balconies, porches, or patio container gardening.
Which Plant to Plant?
Just about all vegetables and flowers will grow well in a container garden. Vegetables that grow the best in containers are those items you might find in your salad: radishes, snow peas, carrots, tomatoes, and lettuce. Most any flower is capable of growing well in a container garden.
When collecting your container garden ideas, the size of your container, your regional location, and the time of year are the only limitations to what you choose to grow. For example, most seeds should be planted outdoors in your container garden only after any danger of frost has passed. Seeds can be started indoors and moved outdoors once conditions are acceptable.
Dishing the Dirt
Any growing media (because it doesn't necessarily have to be dirt!) must hold water but drain well, contain nutrients and be physically supportive in order to grow healthy plants in a container garden. Synthetic or soilless mixes are excellent choices for container gardening and may contain sawdust, wood chips, peat moss, perlite or vermiculite. They are disease-free, do not contain weed seeds, hold moisture and nutrients, but also drain well and are lightweight.
Helping Them Grow
Above the soil or below, your container garden will need a couple extra things to help it along. Fertilizers, whether time-release, water soluble, or organic should be appropriate to the plant being grown and adhere to the dosage recommendations. Some plants, like tomatoes, will need a little assistance in standing tall and tomato cages do a good job there.
Container Gardening Plants Prefer Showers
Proper watering is the key to a successful container garden. Usually, once per day is enough, but good drainage is essential. Not enough drainage and your plants will literally drown from lack of oxygen. Too much and your plants won't have a chance to absorb what they need before it's gone. Avoid wetting the leaves of indoor container gardens to help prevent plant diseases and use a mulch of some type if you feel water is evaporating from the soil too quickly. Rather than lugging around a huge watering can, garden hose cart can help you easily water all of your containers.
If you're uncertain about your plant's water needs, here are two easy ways you can find out how much water is needed:
- Use your finger: Poke your finger into the soil around the base of the plant, down to the second knuckle. When you remove your finger, and it has soil stuck to it, then the soil has sufficient moisture. If your finger is relatively clean, the soil is dry and needs to be watered right away.
- The dig test: For larger areas and before watering, simply make note of the moisture level of your soil, 6 to 12 inches below the surface. Your goal is to determine how long it takes for your irrigation system — whether it's a soaker hose, drip irrigation, watering wand, or overhead system — to soak the soil to the target depth.
Light 'Em Up
Nearly all vegetables will grow better in full sun, but leafy ones like lettuce can tolerate more shade than root plants like radishes and carrots. Flowers often require either full or partial sun, but the advantage to container gardening is that you can move your container if necessary. When purchasing seeds or young plants, always check the tags to make sure you are purchasing a plant for which you can provide the proper lighting.
Your Bountiful Harvest
This is the truly fun part, right? Your work has paid off with a healthy, abundant crop of vegetables and flowers for your table. Wouldn't it be a wonderful conversation starter to inform your guests that they are eating a salad grown by you right in your own container garden? The flowers of the centerpiece were too!


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Greetings and thanks for visiting – I'm Steve Shepard.
For more than 30 years I've worked in the technology world, initially in telecom and then expanding into IT technology and media. Initially my interest was in the technology itself but over the years, as I expanded beyond telecom and as I began to work increasingly outside of North America, my focus shifted.
I had the good fortune to grow up in Spain, living there from the time I was 13 until I graduated from high school. That experience gave me a gift of incalculable value: an appreciation for languages, and cultures, and the extraordinary diversity – and capability – of people.
In a typical year I visit more than 50 countries, and the work I do is as diverse as the places I go. In the First World, I work with executives to develop competitive strategies for organizational success, and with their employees to sharpen their technical sales and marketing skills. In the Developing World my work is very different, and immensely rewarding. There I work with countries and companies that are often building technology infrastructure for the very first time and want to get the greatest return for their often limited resources. This is the work I love, because it happens in places where I often get to be the minority – something everyone should experience – and where, at the end of the day, I can take a step back and see the impact I've had. It doesn't get a whole lot better than that. These are also places where technology brings competitive advantage, but it also brings economic growth, transparent government, access to healthcare and education, and perhaps most important of all, hope.
Through the Shepard Communications Group and its sister companies, Shepard Images and the Executive Crash Course Company, we offer a range of products and services designed to meet the needs of organizations that run the gamut from those that develop and sell technology to those that buy and benefit from it. Please take the time to explore the site, and if you have questions, feel free to contact us.
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OK, it may just be cool to me, but had some luck at garage sales today after having been pretty much skunked up to this point. Got my son a wooden knight's shield, not the exact one as seen in the picture, but the kind they sell at the Renaissance Faire for around $20. This one was $1.50
A Thames and Kosmos "Milestones in Science Kit." The kit was brand new and unopened and retails for $90. Got it for $2
Embark on an active research expedition through the history of science and technology. Learn about famous scientists and inventors, like Archimedes, Copernicus, Einstein, Watt, and Darwin, as you reproduce their ground-breaking experiments. Read about each scientist and their times, what they did and how they did it, and then see it yourself firsthand! From the Stone Age to modern times, the history of science comes to life in front of you in this tangible, hands-on format. This comprehensive kit covers the accomplishments of over 140 scientists and civilizations.
I also got this brand new kit for $2.
Along with the science kits, I found some homeschooling books:
The New St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism No.2
The Winged Watchman by Hilda van Stockum
Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland
The Life of Grace - Faith and Life Series 7
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- Oct. 17, 1995 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
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Last Monday (Dec 15) was an important day for both Jesse "Luscious" Townley and the City of Berkeley. It was the date when, immediately before the first Rent Board meeting since the November 4th election in which Townley got elected to office, that the punk rocker-turned-politician got sworn in to his new position as City of Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner. One of five elected to this position, Townley stands out because of his rich and colorful background and unprecedented deep rooted commitment to Berkeley and its citizens.
Townley, who migrated to Berkeley from Philadelphia back in 1989, initially came out West to attend the San Francisco Anarchist Gatheriing -- but he liked it so much in Berkeley that he never left. From 1989 to 1990 he published the punk zine Berkeley Sucks. Over the years he has volunteered countless hours at 924 Gilman Street. He has also played on the stage at Gilman as a member of such East Bay punk bands as Blatz, The Gr'ups, The Criminals, and most recently The Frisk (who appeared on the Amoeba Music Compilation series). Over the years Jesse has also gained invaluable experience putting in time at local punk labels. He has worked at both Lookout Records and Alternative Tentacles (where he still works) and for a time, along with his partner Kamala, ran his own label Zafio Records.


text: Marjane is precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl who was nine years old during the Islamic Revolution when the fundamentalists first take power–forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. She cleverly outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden, while living with the terror of government persecution and the Iran/Iraq war. Then Marjane's journey moves on to Austria where, as a teenager, her parents send her to school in fear for her safety and, she has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism she fled her country to escape. Marjane eventually gains acceptance in Europe, but finds herself alone and horribly homesick, and returns to Iran to be with her family, although it means putting on the veil and living in a tyrannical society. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age 24, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heartbreaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past.


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The Creative Arts Ministry is a place to grow in the Lord using the gifts and talents you've been blessed with, while being in community with others of similar interests. Please join us!
Music Ministry
Many talented musicians make up our Choirs, Vocal Teams and Band. Together, these worshipers lift the spirits of the body and usher in the presence of God. To join, contact Music Director Serena Ashley: 503.288-7241.
Dance Ministry
There are many ways to worship, dance is one. We use tambourine, flags, sign language and expressive dance to glorify God and minister to others. Many dances are based on scripture. If you're a believer who would like to express your love and adoration for the Lord through dance, then this ministry might be right for you. No previous dance experience or training is necessary.
His Vessels: Maranatha's Adult Dance Team. Leader: Denise Chandler.
Rejoice Always: Children (ages 5-10; and teens) dance team. Leader: Merthene White.
Technical Arts
In a high-tech age, Maranatha needs people gifted with technical abilities. These behind the scenes volunteers provide technical expertise and support for worship services and other church related events. Without them it would be very difficult to achieve the excellence of ministry that God deserves. Our Technical Arts Ministry consists of the following areas:
Computer Graphics: Operators serve by running the PowerPoint and video programs.
Sound: Operators provide live audio, digital recording, and technical support.
Video Production: Videographers video tape and broadcast our services.
Duplication: The team serves by reproducing and imprinting audio CDs and DVDs.
We have positions available for all levels of technical expertise and experience. Our main qualification is a commitment to serve Jesus. To learn more about these vital areas of ministry contact Worship Arts Director Serena Ashley at 503.288-7241. She'll tell you how to get plugged in!


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GRANBURY — Again, his cousin said it: "We're not going to make it to the game."
"Yes we are," Raul Villegas Jr., 10, replied. "Stop saying that."
Raul was already wearing his blue sports undershirt, impatient but holding out hope. Despite the stress all around him, he had something to prove on the soccer field.
But at mid-morning Saturday, he and his Granbury family were among the hundreds of displaced residents packing the Granbury Church of Christ, waiting to obtain the official passes that would let them into their ravaged neighborhood for the first time since an EF4 tornado walloped the area Wednesday night.
Raul, a fourth-grader, had been looking forward to Saturday's game for days. His undefeated American Eagles, known across town as the "Brazos Boys" — a ragtag team of fourth- through sixth-graders inordinately disrupted by the twister — were set to take the field at noon for their final game of the Christian-based Upward Sports soccer season.
But for that, Raul would need his cleats, and his cleats were at home, and the Villegas house was one of hundreds damaged in the storm that took six lives and injured more than a hundred people. The family had no idea what condition their house was in, but like others, they had to wait an hour or more to register with county emergency-operations staff.
Raul's cousins and teammates Romero Villegas, 11; Fernando Villegas, 9; and Jahir Orocio, 9; waited nearby. All live in the same Rancho Brazos subdivision, within walking distance of each other, and recalled leaving in a hurry that night. They've been staying with relatives since.
"We didn't take nothing," Jahir said. "We just ran off."
"That's what we did," Raul said.
"We took the most important stuff," Romero said. "Food, clothes. Everything went dark. I was just looking outside and then everything went, like, to night."
On their way out of the area, they saw cars already bashed under downed trees. But as far as they knew, the house that Raul Villegas Sr. built seven years ago was all right.
"When I left, it was OK," said Villegas, a concrete contractor, as church volunteers and rescue agency staff handed out water, snacks and cardboard boxes for packing. "It was in one piece. It was still standing."
As far as they knew.
Into the rubble
Passes obtained, the families piled into their vehicles and headed past security checkpoints into the neighborhood. It was 11 a.m. and Raul was antsy; he would miss pregame warm-ups. At least.
Already, he had considered alternate plans. "I can shoot barefooted," he insisted.
They wormed down rubble-strewn streets, seeing sights firsthand that others had seen only in newspaper or television images: toppled basketball hoops, sofa cushions in trees, ribbons of tarp wrapped around telephone poles.
Finally, they turned a corner onto Canyon Road and held their breath. From outside, the home looked fine: covered with dust and random debris, but otherwise intact. A painted X on the door indicated emergency workers had verified nobody was home.
A look inside would confirm their hopes. The house had survived largely unscathed. The only damage: a torn awning at the adjacent garage and workshop and a broken window at a nearby house Villegas owns.
"I feel lucky," Villegas said.
The house was dark and hot with humidity. The family members went through the home, filling suitcases, baskets and plastic bags with clothes and other necessities, not sure where they would be staying yet or for how long.
Raul had procured his cleats.
"I don't think there's going to be a game," said older brother Orlando, 18, a student at Granbury High. "Too many boys are missing from the team today."
Added Orlando's girlfriend: "That's far from our minds right now."
Relief agency staff roamed the area, offering assistance and bottled water aplenty. Word was that a chicken would be dropped off to help sustain each family.
"We were lucky the tornado passed over us," Orlando told one relief worker.
"Tornadoes are funny that way," she said.
Others weren't so lucky. Not far away, residents stood in front of homes that looked as if they'd been bitten in half, or amid flattened swaths of barren trees where the twister had tossed vehicles and corrugated steel aside like a leaf-blower spewing dust against a curb.
At the American Legion hall just outside the damage zone, flags flew at half-staff.
Going for goal
"Can someone take me to the game?"
Raul was still optimistic. It was already noon.
Finally, Orlando agreed to drive him. The cleanup could wait until later. They had survived, and everything was going to be fine.
Out past the devastation, back into small-town normalcy. Across town and to the rec center, where Raul bounded out to join his cousins on the field.
It was just after halftime, and the Eagles were already up 2-0. The league does what it can to give kids who can't afford to be in city leagues a chance to play.
Before long, the Eagles scored again. And soon Raul caught a kick off the corner and booted it through traffic, into the net, from 20 feet out to push his team ahead 4-0.
Co-coach Harlan Albertson was pleased as Raul ran back his way.
"Raul, good job," he said. "You showed me something today, didn't you?"
The 10-year-old beamed sheepishly, in orange-yellow cleats bright as a sunrise.


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Once again, it is time to play "Give it a Miss, Give it a Go or Give it to Me" where I'll post pics of celeb outfits and you can tell me whether you wouldn't wear it (give it a miss), like it and might wear it (give it a go) or love it and want it (give it to me).
Here is this week's contender...Diane Kruger. All pics taken from GoFugYourself and you should check out that site too...very funny and witty stuff!
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March 29, 2011
Wabash junior Andrew Swart has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the period ending March 27, 2011.
Swart earned the award after working nine innings on the mound for the Wabash baseball team in two appearances last week. He threw two innings of scoreless baseball against Division I Purdue University on Wednesday, recording four strike outs while allowing only one hit. Swart pitched a complete game victory in the Little Giants' 5-2 win over Wooster in the team's NCAC opener. He tallied a season-best nine strikeouts over seven innings, giving up only three hits and one earned run with three walks. Swart retired 23 of the 27 batters he faced to improve to 3-2 for the season.


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what do i use to connect my iphone to listen to my music if i dont have a mini jack in my car
I have an aux button on my car stereo (07 Honda Accord) but I don't have a mini jack in my car & I want to be able to hook my iphone 4 up & listen to my muci b/c I'm tired burning CDs.
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If your stereo in your car has an "Aux in" port that has a hole that looks similar to the headphone hole on your iPhone, you just need this cord and plug it in to both the iPhone and the AUX port in the stereo, then press the AUX button on your stereo or connect to AUX however you need to, thru menus or using the AUX button. If your stereo does NOT have the AUX in port, you can use a product such as iTrip by Griffin, you plug it into the 30-pin charging port of your iPhone and also into the cigarette lighter/12V power port in your car. The iTrip transmits whatever music is playing on your iPhone over FM radio frequency, so you set a station on the iTrip then tune your cars stereo to that same FM station using the tuner dial or buttons.
- Answered by Jacob K from Lincoln
It should be in your center console, and labeled AUX in
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ARM Mali processors enable visually stunning 2D and 3D graphics for mobile gaming and advanced user interfaces.
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Feb. 12, 2007 – ARM [(LSE:ARM)]; (Nasdaq:ARMHY)] today announced at the 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, the availability of two ARM® Mali™ graphics processor units (GPUs) for mobile multimedia applications. The ARM Mali200™ processor delivers visually stunning 3D graphics for next-generation mobile games on smartphones and other high-end portable devices. With an extraordinarily small footprint, the ARM Mali55™ processor brings rich 3D graphics capabilities to low-cost feature phones for the first time. Both graphics processors feature a unique rendering architecture that scales from the smallest of displays right up to HDTV resolution, while minimizing memory bandwidth and conserving battery life.
"Mobile multimedia phones today rival the personal computers of ten years ago. Now, console-quality 3D graphics are transforming the mobile handset into a compelling gaming platform, and recent innovations are redefining the very way we interact with the UI," said Ian Drew, vice president, Segment Marketing, ARM. "With the integration of the Mali processors into the ARM portfolio, we can now offer comprehensive 2D and 3D graphics solutions for a wide range of handsets – from low-cost phones to high-end mobile multimedia devices – and accelerate time-to-market."
3D Graphics Transform Mobile Gaming
According to Juniper Research, total worldwide revenues in the mobile gaming market are expected to approach $17.6 billion by 2011, producing a cumulative revenue stream of nearly $57 billion over the next six years. This growth is fuelled by the popularity of both casual gaming and hardcore gaming across all ages of consumers, as more compelling content is becoming available on mobile handsets across the board. Enhanced 2D and 3D graphics are opening new opportunities for game developers and publishers not only to port console titles to mobile platforms, but also create "designed for mobile" and networked multiplayer games that take advantage of the most advanced smartphone features.
The ARM Mali200 processor delivers brilliant 2D and 3D graphics with 4x and 16x full scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) to "smooth" otherwise jagged lines. In addition, the Mali200 processor supports High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering, which uses floating-point values to represent a huge range of naturally occurring light values, resulting in more life-like, striking images. Content developers can also take advantage of OpenGL ES 2.0 support for fully programmable shaders, which provide them with an unprecedented level of control over the rendering pipeline to create PC- and console-quality effects on VGA and higher resolutions at more than 30 frames per second.
The net result is a powerful 3D gaming experience on mobile phones, PDAs and GPS devices, with very low power consumption. As with all ARM Mali processors, the Mali200 graphics processor minimizes memory bandwidth and power consumption using a unique technology that combines tile-based rendering with traditional immediate-mode rendering techniques to minimize total gate count, area and cost.
Advanced User Interface for Low-Cost Feature Phones
The ARM Mali55 graphics processor brings visually enhanced mobile games and user interfaces to the mass market by enabling graphics acceleration for low-cost feature phones. Measuring in at under 1.4mm2 on a 90nm generic process, the Mali55 processor is the world's smallest GPU in its class and an attractive option for mobile phones where area comes at a premium. With full scene anti-aliasing up to 16x, the Mali55 processor can transform a QVGA screen to resemble a high-cost VGA system for UI and gaming. The Mali55 processor is fully compliant with both OpenGL ES v1.1 and OpenVG, further lowering integration costs for ARM silicon Partners.
Complete Graphics Solution from ARM
The ARM Mali200 and Mali55 processors provide the hardware IP for 2D and 3D graphics, and are supported by ARM's existing embedded software solutions for Java-based 3D graphics, including ARM Swerve Client software. Built on the M3G 1.1 (JSR-184) standard, a higher level API defined with over the air (OTA) delivery in mind, Swerve Client software ships in high volumes today in phones from Siemens, Motorola, Samsung and LG Electronics, enabling widespread deployment of 3D Java games. By combining Swerve Client software with a dedicated Mali processor, OEMs can offer games developers a high-end platform for outstanding visual clarity in 3D gaming, while maintaining compatibility with existing games catalogs.
"After just six months as part of ARM, the Trondheim team has been rewarded with two further licenses of Mali processors as stated in last week's earnings announcement," said Borgar Ljosland, graphics business development manager, ARM. "The strength of Mali technology and the potential applications it would be suitable for are demonstrated by the fact that one of the licensees is in the mobile space and the other licensee is in the set-top box market."
ARM is uniquely positioned to be able to provide SoC designers with the Mali graphics processors alongside conventional ARM technology, such as the ARM9™ family and the Cortex™-A8 processor, together with AMBA® 3 AXI™ interconnect, memory controllers and display peripherals. When implemented using ARM Artisan® Metro™ libraries, designers can create silicon that delivers high-performance 2D and 3D graphics at the lowest possible power consumption.
The ARM Mali200 and Mali55 graphics processors will be featured in the ARM booth at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona (Booth 1C01, Hall 1) and are available for licensing immediately. Further information on ARM embedded graphics solutions is available at: http://www.arm.com/products/esd/multimediagraphics_home.html.
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ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from mobile, home and enterprise solutions to embedded and emerging applications. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
ARM and AMBA are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. ARM9, Mali, Mali55, Mali200, Cortex, Metro and AXI are trademarks of ARM Limited. Artisan and Artisan Components are registered trademarks of ARM Physical IP, Inc. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium N.V.; AXYS Design Automation Inc.; AXYS GmbH; ARM Embedded Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; and ARM Physical IP, Inc.; and ARM Norway AS.
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BULL VALLEY – The primary is more than a year away, but McHenry County sheriff hopeful Bill Prim stepped up his campaigning Monday with a fundraiser featuring former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich and his wife, Callista, attended the $500-a-ticket event at the Bull Valley Country Club, with Gingrich delivering a speech about 25 minutes long to a crowd of about 80 people.
"We think you have a great candidate for sheriff, one who will really modernize the county, who will bring ... integrity and modern policing techniques to the sheriff's office," Gingrich said. "So we are thrilled to have the opportunity to be here."
Huntley resident Matt McNamara is involved in Prim's campaign and handled security for Gingrich during last year's GOP presidential primary.
Gingrich largely spoke about national issues and the perception of the Republican Party.
"If I had any one message to give to conservatives or Republicans around the country, it is that we have very often had to persevere through difficult times," Gingrich said. "You have an obligation not to give up your values ... but to understand all the people you're going to represent."
Prim, who spent 27 years with the Des Plaines Police Department and lives in Cary, is one of three candidates running for sheriff in the 2014 Republican primary.
Sheriff Keith Nygren is not seeking re-election, but has voiced support for Undersheriff Andrew Zinke, a longtime member of the office.
Jim Harrison, a Woodstock-based attorney specializing in employment law, is also in the race. He worked as a deputy in the 1980s before being admitted to the Illinois State Bar Association and previously represented the sheriff's office under former McHenry County State's Attorney Gary Pack.
Prim briefly addressed attendees, saying he would lead a clean, efficient and professional office. He also got in a few jabs at Nygren.
"I'll lead with honor, and I'll lead with dignity," Prim said. "And I will not blaze my name across every piece of equipment that the county owns."
Prim said he plans to partner with the community, starting with the state's attorney's office. The relationship between Nygren and McHenry County State's Attorney Lou Bianchi has publicly soured, with Nygren endorsing Bianchi's opponent in the 2008 primary election.
Bianchi was a host of Monday's fundraiser, but he stopped short of publicly endorsing Prim.
"When I speak to him, he tells me his values and his goals, and I think he would make a good partner in law enforcement," Bianchi said. "He asked me to publicly endorse him, and I told him that I would consider it."
One person who has endorsed Prim is former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, who lives in the sheriff's office's jurisdiction in an unincorporated area near McHenry.
"In McHenry County, there needs to be some good, clean, healthy, open reform," Walsh said. "The men and women who work in that department are wonderful. It just needs some newness at the top of it."


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Out in the desert we found where Patton did some military training before he went to Africa. It is surprisingly undisturbed and very interesting. On a flat where there were rocks outlining barracks we found "B-Co. 2/67th" and in another place "Charlie 2/67th."
Mr. FH loves the big cactus.
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