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|Potato Pierogies w/ Caramelized Onions and Soy Yogurt
In times of crises one tends to reach for fatty, salty or sugary foods that will numb the palate and provide a few minutes of distraction in shoveling and chewing. Often these foods come in a box. Not even I (haha) am immune to the appeal of sugary cereal, ice cream, frozen pizza...
But when eating vegan its not always easy to find your favorite comfort food in the frozen aisle. (Well, at least not in Europe.) Leaving the options open to either gorging on instant spaghetti, ramen, and cereal, or getting up, dammit, and making something yourself.
I suggest the latter. Make something needlessly complicated and take a luxuriously long time making it right. Not only will it cheer you up and distract you, but it will probably make it easier for you to make it faster another time. (Practice makes perfect!) Not to mention you might bring some happiness to those around you (not your responsibility when you're bummed out, but a nice perk.)
Take pierogies. You can be in a rush to make these and stress yourself out for a dinner party, or you can start a little Scandal marathon on a bad day and slowly and carefully construct these little pockets of salty, fatty, vegan goodness. Try Isa Chandra Moskowitz's recipe or my version outlined below, and then experiment yourself with fillings and sides... sauerkraut, applesauce, soy sour cream, fried mushrooms, ect.
Far, far superior to Captain Crunch.
Vegan Pierogies (makes about 30)
*This recipe is roughly what I make for my two-person household. You'll definitely want to double everything if you are making for a crowd, but I recommend giving them a shot first in a smaller batch to get the hang of it.
Mashed Potato Filling (or use leftovers, if you have some)
4-5 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced
Soy Milk
Salt and Pepper
Caramelized Onions
One gigantic sweet onion, or 3-4 smaller onions
Canola oil
1 C. Warm Water
1.5 Tbsp. Oil
2- 2.5 C. Flour, plus extra for sprinkling
1. Make mashed potatoes. My way is thusly: boil some cut up potatoes, drain when you can pierce them with a fork, and mash to hell with some plain soymilk, salt and pepper, and margarine to taste. There's no reason you can't use any way you like to make them, though, as you'll probably have leftovers. Once potatoes are mashed, remove from pot and store in a bowl in the fridge to cool.
2. While potatoes are cooking, you can get started on the caramelized onions. Cut up a giant sweet onion or use a few- either way you want about 3 cups of onion slices, because they are going to shrink big time. In a medium pan (preferably cast iron), heat a few glugs (like 1/3 a cup, at least) of canola oil over medium heat. Add your onions and a pinch of salt, coat with the oil, and lower to lowest heat setting. They will cook down slowly over about 45 minutes, during which time you must simply stir them and eat ones that get too burnt.
3. The dough is the part that takes the most getting the hang of. The first step is to add the warm water and oil in a bowl and swish together with a fork. Slowly add about two cups of flour and a pinch of salt and try to gather into a loose dough, adding more flour if necessary. Once the dough is just non-sticky enough to handle and knead, remove from bowl and knead for about 5-10 minutes. The consistency you are going for is smooth and elastic, or as a Polish acquaintance once told me, "ear-lobe consistency." Once its there, you can put the dough in the fridge to chill until your other ingredients are done.
4. Once everything is ready, put a large pot on to boil, filled 2/3 of the way with salted water. While this is reaching a rolling boil, spread out 1/2 of the dough on a floured surface and roll out (flipping occasionally) until very thin but not transparent. Using a large glass, cut out circles of the dough (use a knife to get them off the surface if they are sticking.) Repeat with leftover dough until you are through.
For each dumpling, cup the circle in your hand, add in a small amount (2 tsp. or so) of mashed potatoes, and gently fold and pinch the circle together to seal into half moons. You want enough filling to make it bulge but not break. As you complete each one you can toss it into the boiling water- when they bob up to the surface, they are done.
Keep finished pierogies in a bowl or plate and drizzle occasionally with oil so they don't stick together too much. You can also fry them for a few minutes in oil or margarine for a crunchier version.
Serve with plenty of onions and a schmear of soy yogurt, sour cream, or apple sauce.
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Thirty-seven percent (37%) now believe the Supreme Court is too liberal, while 22% think it's too conservative. A week ago, public opinion was much more evenly divided: 32% said it was too liberal and 25% said too conservative.What we'll never know is what these numbers would have been if the case had gone the other way — if Chief Justice Roberts hadn't found that tax loophole. (Am I the first person to wisecrack that Roberts found a tax loophole?)
I'm guessing that the opinion shift would have been greater if the Court had done the more dramatic thing and taken the whole health-care reform down, as the dissenting conservative justices wanted to do. For one thing, the media would have gone nuts attacking the Court. We do know that, I think, because they pre-condemned the Court pretty severely on the mere anticipation of the decision that was not to be.

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Born in Hickory NC Jon moved to Raleigh to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater at North Carolina State University. In 2000 Jon was invited to perform at the prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal Canada and has since been invited back to perform in the "Best of the Fest" and a "Gala" show. Other notable festival dates include performing at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and the Bonaroo Music & Arts Festival and the Vancouver Comedy Festival.
Now based in Los Angeles Jon is one of the hardest working comics in America performing on television in films and selling out clubs and theaters across the country. His show is supersonic energy filled with non-stop characters super clever writing and of course the one talent that separates Jon from all other comedians in the world: He's the best redneck dancer since Elvis.
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A teen was killed and three men were injured in separate attacks on the South Side Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, police said.
The 17-year-old boy killed was shot this evening near 70th Street and Stony Island Avenue and pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital about 8:30 p.m. He was shot in the hip by someone who approached him on foot.
The Cook County medical examiner's office identified the boy as Leonard Anderson, of the 7200 block of South Bennett Street.
Early Friday morning, a 39-year-old man was shot in the thigh in the East Chatham neighborhood. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center from the 8000 block of South Ingleside Avenue, where he had been standing on a sidewalk when someone approached and shot him.
About 3:35 p.m. Thursday, a 19-year-old man was shot in the South Shore neighborhood.
The man was in the 1900 block of East 72nd Place when he was shot in the hip, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien. The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition had stabilized.
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text: HomeArticlesIslamic BeliefAL-FALIQ - The Opener, The Splitter AL-FALIQ - The Opener, The Splitter Harun Yahya Allah splits the seed and kernel. He brings forth the living from the dead, and produces the dead out of the living. That is Allah, so how are you deluded? He splits the sky at dawn, and appoints the night as a time of stillness and the Sun and Moon as a means of reckoning. That is what the Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. (Surat al-An'am, 6:95-96) Our planet contains many kinds of plants, each of which has seeds unique to itself. If you keep dry seeds in a room, they may remain unchanged for years. Yet once they are buried in the ground or another suitable place, they start to sprout and, one day, grow into a rose bush or a giant plane tree. While it is amazing to see such variety coming from a "dry seed," even more amazing is the formation of a living being. For a tree to exist, its seed has to collect the necessary materials from the soil and begin to grow. But a seed cannot determine the amount of minerals and water it needs, nor can it decide to grow into a green plant or a fruit tree. If we claim that a seed can make such decisions, then we have to accept that the seed is "talented." But we cannot seriously assert that any seed has such faculties. As the verses above inform us, only Allah "splits the seed and kernel." By His will, countless trees and plants come into existence. Indeed, another verse relates that Allah creates everything: He sends down water from the sky, from which We bring forth growth of every kind, and from that We bring forth the green shoots, and from them We bring forth close-packed seeds, and from the spathes of the date palm date clusters hanging down, and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Look at their fruits as they bear fruit and ripen. There are Signs in that for people who believe. (Surat al-An'am, 6:99) Sun 15 Apr 201217942 تعليقات (0)أضف تعليقك تعليقات


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Hi Z,I'm gathering together some bits as the data is apparantly sent over 433.92MHz AM radio by OOK (On-Off-Keying) and there is some info on the 'tinterweb about the protocols used.I may just get another weather station with serial out on the receiving consol and do it that way.I also have a Raspberry Pi on order (for ages now), maybe a low power web server and automatic weather station??!!Too many projects and not enough time...!Nigel.
In regards to the RFM22B I've talked to someone that is trying to get some as well and the only ones he could find available were the RFM22B-868-D, will those work? Does it need to be the 433 model or it's possible to change the frequency.
Okay one thing iv noticed between the different in graph that you postted and the one i posted yours seems to be a lot cleaner and not as jagged spiked like mine . but that said mine is set to max output. once i get my board from you i would like to use it to test home made 433 radios . what would be the best set of settings for use with RF probes and not antennas? i would image i would set the Tx/Rx power right down to minimum ?
As I got the order stuck there, I was wondering about this: http://rf-store.com/index.php?view=2&pv=showart&prod_id=RFM70-SIf I can build the same frequency scanner with it as well for 2.4Ghz. From the specs it seems so as the frequency can be selected up toa 1Mhz interval.
It's register 05 for the RSSI.Btw, after almost a month I got an email saying that my RFM22 were shipped...I had asked to include one of these cheap 2.4Ghz... but got no reply. :SWe'll I'm going to start assembling the boards as yesterday I got the solder paste and I expect the RFM's to arrive during next week.
That's a long time to wait! I have been flying my plane with the RFM22, it's working great so far.Register 05 is write-only, it's "RSSI Threshold for CD detect". You can't read the RSSI value from it.


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Parent Perceptions of Psychosocial Care for Children with Differences of Sex Development
Children affected by differences/disorders of sex development (DSD) and their families are vulnerable to significant risks across developmental stages that threaten quality of life and psychosocial functioning. Accordingly, both experts in DSD treatment and patient advocacy groups have endorsed the incorporation of psychosocial care into interdisciplinary management of DSD conditions.
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In conclusion, placebo therapies can be beneficial and ethically justifiable but it is not a sufficient reason to publish biased information. Importantly, placebo must be devoid of adverse effects, otherwise it is named pseudo-placebo. Therapeutic methods with unproven effects should be tested in high quality research shielded from the funding bias. Some issues discussed in this review are not entirely clear, and the arguments provided here can initiate a constructive discussion. PMID: 31424374 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma treated with tissue plasminogen activator mimicking ischemic stroke
ConclusionHemiplegic spontaneous cervical EDH occurs very rarely. It is often misdiagnosed as ischemic stroke and is likely to be administered with thrombolytic agents, making the patient's symptoms worse. Early diagnosis and rapid management of cervical EDH increase the likelihood of complete recovery of the patient's symptoms. Therefore, if there are unilateral weakness and neck pain without cranial nerve dysfunction and there is no evidence of stroke in the brain imaging, spinal EDH should be considered.
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'Maybe that's how they learned in the past, but we don't learn like this today': Youth perspectives on violent discipline in Lebanon's public schools
Publication date: October 2019Source: International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 70Author(s): Lena Bahou, Zeena ZakhariaAbstractThis paper explores students' experiences of violent school discipline in three urban public schools in Lebanon. Despite being banned by Lebanon's Ministry of Education and Higher Education, violent discipline, including corporal punishment and verbal humiliation, emerged repeatedly from student accounts as a key barrier to school engagement. Drawing on ethnographic data and a conceptual framework informed by postcolonial and critical peace research, we consider the inter...
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ConclusionsThe taxonomy describes key elements that define the trusted adult role, and has the potential to inform the development of policies and guidelines relating to support provision. It may be used as a framework for the reporting of trusted adult interventions within research, and act as a helpful guide if a young person is in doubt about the behaviour or qualities displayed by an adult in their environment.
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The Paradoxical Induction of Crohn 's Disease Following Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis With Etanercept
We describe the case of a 37-year-old man with a 20-year history of psoriatic arthritis. The patient presented with abdominal pain, watery diarrhea with mild hematochezia, and a reported 24-pound unintentional weight loss over the past five months. Of note, the patient began treatment with etanercept five months earlier after discontinuation of infliximab for his psoriatic arthritis symptoms. Colonoscopy with terminal ileum intubation revealed active colitis and intestinal biopsy results showed marked ulcerations and non-caseating granulomas, indicative of CD. Etanercept was subsequently discontinued and the patient was st...
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Clinical Pathologic Mismatch in a TNF-α Inhibitor-Associated Drug Reaction J Drugs Dermatol. 2019 Aug 01;18(8):828-830 Authors: O'Brien KF, Maiman RE, DeWitt CA Abstract A 56-year-old Caucasian male with a history of chronic plaque psoriasis, primary sclerosing cholangitis status-post liver transplant on tacrolimus, and ulcerative colitis on infliximab developed a progressive erythematous eruption with associated fatigue, anorexia, myalgias, and arthralgias. On two separate occasions, his skin biopsy demonstrated a lichenoid interface dermatitis (LID). Despite multiple courses of oral predn...
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Authors: Reinhart J, Willett M, Gibbs N Abstract Psoriasis is a common dermatologic condition with a variety of morphologic presentations. These variations include the less common hyperkeratotic form, psoriasis ostracea, defined as having pronounced adherent scales resembling an oyster shell. Of the ostraceous cases that have been reported in the literature, many occur as generalized outbreaks in patients with long-standing history of psoriasis. Rarely does this remarkable variant occur as a direct flare from a cutaneous insult. In these situations, when a pre-existing dermatosis appears in response to a traumatic ...
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Authors: Hall SL, Haidari W, Feldman SR Abstract Guttate psoriasis is an acute subtype of plaque psoriasis characterized by eruption of small, scaly plaques, and papules, 5 to 10 mm in size over the trunk and proximal extremities.1 It often arises in children and young adults concomitantly with or shortly after a streptococcal throat infection or tonsillitis. Patients with chronic plaque psoriasis can also experience guttate flares following streptococcal throat infections.1,2 Controlling guttate psoriasis with topical corticosteroids is difficult to achieve due to numerous widespread lesions. Other treatment optio...
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Halobetasol 0.01%/Tazarotene 0.045% Lotion in the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis: Maintenance of Therapeutic Effect After Cessation of Therapy
Authors: Abstract BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disease that varies widely in its clinical expression. Topical corticosteroids (TCS) are the mainstay of treatment. Long-term safety remains a concern, limiting use and recurrence is common. Tazarotene has also been shown to be effective in psoriasis, with efficacy maintained several weeks posttreatment. Fixed combination therapy with TCS and tazarotene may improve psoriasis signs and maintain efficacy between treatment sessions. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the maintenance of effect posttreatment with a once-daily application of halobetasol propi...
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but compared to the lows of I-III, it was Citizen Kane.
Aside from that, I have almost no complaints. A great new character in Tico, the old mythos both overturned and reinvigorated (Luke's last words to Kylo don't seem to get enough attention), a villain who makes sense, an understandably conflicted heroine, grumpy old Luke drinking blue milk straight from the tit (the film is full of wonderful f-you moments), and superb juggling of the multiple story-lines (a hard trick to pull off). What's not to like?
As someone who grew up with SW (I was 14 in 1977), I'm really surprised by the mixed response from fans that it's getting. Would people really have preferred another I-III?*
* I realise that this is a slight "I was such an awful mother... what if you had a mother like Joan Crawford or Lana Turner?" question...**
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I waffled over purchasing RootsMagic recently because I really wanted the software, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to use it on my Mac laptop, where I do most of my personal genealogy research. After talking with the RootsMagic staff at their FGS10 booth though, I was informed that a program called Wine could make running RM on a Mac possible.
I visited the Wine website and quickly became flustered. Luckily, there is a neatly packaged version for newbs like me, created and maintained by CodeWeavers. It does cost money to permanently install this easy-to-use version of the software, but I've tried the trial version and am sold after getting both it *and* RM4 up and running on my Mac in less than 15 minutes.
The process to get them both working was quite simple. I clicked on the Try Now button here. Then I filled out the form and clicked on the resulting link to download Crossover. After the .dmg file downloaded, I clicked it to install per usual. After it installed and launched, I was prompted to load the installation CD for the Windows software I was trying to run.
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Dickey aims to get knuckler ahead of the curve
R.A. Dickey understood the arrangement. The knuckleball is a fickle mistress. To attach yourself to it is to assign yourself to its whims.
"The very first day I met Charlie Hough," said Dickey, "he told me, 'It took me one day to learn how to throw a knuckleball and the rest of my career to learn how to throw it consistently for strikes. It all starts there.'"
R.A. Dickey understood the arrangement. The knuckleball is a fickle mistress. To attach yourself to it is to assign yourself to its whims.
"The very first day I met Charlie Hough," said Dickey, "he told me, 'It took me one day to learn how to throw a knuckleball and the rest of my career to learn how to throw it consistently for strikes. It all starts there.'"
Dickey isn't throwing many strikes these days. Or at least not nearly as many as he did when he won the National League Cy Young Award in 2012 -- the season that made his knuckleball a sensation and made Dickey a high-profile trade target for Toronto that winter.
The Blue Jays haven't netted much to date from their trade with the Mets. Dickey had a serviceable but relatively unsatisfactory 2013, and this year, going into Tuesday's start against the Orioles, he is saddled with a 6.26 ERA, a 1.652 WHIP and an alarming 15 walks in 23 innings.
While Mets fans salivate over the prospect of the big-bodied Noah Syndergaard -- the prime acquisition in the Dickey trade -- soon joining their rotation, a Blue Jays club making strides elsewhere in the bid to put 2013 in the rearview mirror waits patiently for the knuckler to float in its favor.
"It's a hit-or-miss pitch," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "He's like anybody else. Well, he's not like anybody else. Definitely not. But if his ball is not doing what it's designed to do, he's vulnerable like anybody else."
Could it be that the league, at large, is better prepared for the knuckleball?
The patience we've seen on the part of the opposition seemingly supports that notion. Of Dickey's 15 walks, nine have been issued on a full count. Moreover, he is averaging 4.04 pitches per batter, a significant jump from his 3.62 average in his Cy Young season.
"I think you've got to look at that," Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker said. "Any time you recognize a trend like that, you wonder what the opposition is thinking. Maybe they're taking a more patient approach. To be honest, though, they've laid off some tough pitches in pitchers' counts as well. I think in general there's been a more patient approach against him."
At least one club has taken its preparation to another level. The past two times the Astros have faced Dickey -- once in 2013 and again earlier this month -- they've had radio broadcaster and former knuckleballer Steve Sparks toss them batting practice beforehand. They tagged Dickey for 10 runs in 13 innings in those two starts.
Dickey knows, though, that no amount of BP can reasonably simulate what it's like to stand in against his knuckleball when it's working right. The good news, on that front, is that Dickey's release speed, according to BrooksBaseball.net, is closer to its 2012 level after taking a dip -- likely brought about by some early-season back issues -- in 2013. Dickey is healthy, and, generally speaking, he's happy with the fact that his pitches have movement and life.
"At times, though," Dickey said, "it's moving too much, and that's contributing to some of the walks. Some of that you have to embrace as part of the curse and the beauty of the pitch."
The pitch isn't fooling people like it once did. For one, Dickey is only getting a fraction of the swings-and-misses with the knuckler that he did in 2012. That year, he had month-long stretches during which he generated whiffs on more than 30 percent of swings taken on the knuckler. This month, that percentage has been 24.8.
One other major difference between the current Dickey and the Cy Young Dickey is ground-ball rate. In 2012, it was 46.1. This year, it's 35.7. Dickey's fly-ball rate has risen accordingly.
"That also comes down to the hitters themselves," Dickey said. "In the AL East, they're programmed to hit the ball out of the ballpark, with the short porches and the designated hitters. That could be some of that. But there have been some times where the movement has been much more flat so the ball has stayed up."
Dickey is a prime point of interest on the Blue Jays. Because efforts to upgrade the rotation -- including a willingness on the part of multiple players to defer salaries in order to try to land Ervin Santana -- fell flat, it is up to the current cast to improve upon last year's poor rotation showing. Mark Buehrle's big bounceback (he's 4-0 with a 0.67 ERA) and Drew Hutchison's emergence (1-1, 3.60) have helped considerably, but suffice to say Toronto really needs better returns from Dickey if the club is going to survive and compete in a deep division.
Any investment in a knuckleball is an inherently risky one. The Blue Jays can at least take comfort in knowing they invested in a guy devoted to examining the intricacies of the pitch. And right now, Dickey's greatest challenge will be proving to opposing batters that they can't get too comfortable waiting for him to throw balls instead of strikes.
"I'll keep living and dying with it," Dickey said, "and hopefully over the course of the season, it will work out in my favor."
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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This week, with the help of our readers, our Architecture City Guide is headed to Barcelona. We recently featured an engaging video where Wiel Arets half jokingly said Barcelona is fantastic but boring. He continued to say as soon as Sagrada Família is finished Barcelona is done; there is nothing left to do there (10:50). Arets can say what he wants about Barcelona supposedly being boring, but our city guide doesn't reflect this. Barcelona is filled with fantastically expressive architecture that springs from its proud Catalan culture. It was impossible to feature all our readers suggestions in the first go around, and we did not even come close to including some of the most iconic building such as Casa Milà. Thus we are looking to add to our list of 24 in the near future. Further more there are so many fabulous buildings on the drawing board or under construction, i.e. the projects in the @22 district, we'll most likely be updating this city guide for quite awhile, regardless of Sagrada Família's completion.
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Clyde Gardner wanted to murder his ex-girlfriend. So he devised a foolproof plan: dress up as a bear.
According to the AP, Gardner wanted to a) catch a bear, b) skin it, c) get inside the skin, d) maul his ex to death using the bear's claws, and e) escape without a trace, because the only footprints left at the scene would be the bear's. Then, in a shocking moment of insight, he decided this was a bad plan. So hired a hit man to kill her instead. Since he was "an experienced demolition derby driver," he told the guy to run her car down, and explained how to make it look accidental. Instead, his would-be hit man went to the police, and now Gardner's been sentenced to five to fifteen years in prison.
There are a lot of bizarre things about this case, but I think my favorite is Gardner's claim that he only wanted to kill his ex because he was drunk, and he totally would have called the whole thing off when he got sober. Because he definitely sounds like the kind of guy who is ordinarily really sane. And for those who weren't sufficiently disgusted by the story itself, Taiwanese animators are already on the case, producing one of their oddest and most upsetting segments ever.


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WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InterDigital, Inc. (NAS: IDCC) , a wireless research and development company, today announced that its executives will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the company's fourthquarter 2013 financial results and other company matters. For a live Internet webcast of the conference call, visit www.interdigital.com and click on the link to the Live Webcast under the Events section on the homepage. The company encourages participants to take advantage of the Internet option.
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The small hook end is for the most common lid size, while the larger end is for the deeper lids, usually found on jars of salsa or spaghetti sauce. Whichever way it is used, the handle is always situated over the jar preventing it from tipping. The only lids it won't work on are two-piece canning jar lids, which are not normally a problem because you just unscrew the ring and, yes, lift the lid slightly to break the vacuum.
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LONDON (AP) — A group of banking chiefs, insurance bosses and entrepreneurs urged Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday to safeguard British interests from European Union encroachment amid fears that the U.K.'s dwindling influence in Brussels could hit their industries hard.
The 54 leaders, who said they together employ some 1 million people, argued in a letter to the Sunday Times that red tape and plans in the EU to tax financial institutions "will continue to erode Britain's competitiveness in markets in which it has a unique global standing."
The letter comes amid a heated debate in Britain about its place in the 28-nation EU. The main political parties have been rattled by the rise of the euroskeptic U.K. Independence Party, which advocates pulling Britain out of the EU and stopping the unfettered right of EU citizens to enter Britain.
Anxious to take a stand, Cameron has actively sought to block former Luxembourg leader Jean-Claude Juncker from becoming the president of the European Commission — the EU's executive arm. Britain opposes the veteran advocate of EU integration and is pushing for a vote should the council put Juncker forward.
Juncker is the candidate of conservatives who finished first in European Parliament elections, but Cameron has also cast him as epitomizing many of his objections with EU policies. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she might consider concessions to Britain if they don't get their way on the presidency issue.
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In the Vasios household, you never bought popcorn at the movies, you brought popcorn to the movies. My mom would stick a couple bags of Pop Secret in the microwave then stash them in her purse to carry into the show. I was such a rule-follower that I always worried that she was going to get caught ("What, these? But officer, I always carry around bags of popcorn...") and that we were going to get thrown out of the theater.
There's a movie theater on 23rd street in New York that had, and may well still have, a wall of candy bins next to the refreshment stand. There were all the goodies—gummy peaches, Sno-Caps, jelly raspberries. The first time I went with my own pocket money, I hit that wall of candy hard. I put a few of everything in my clear cellophane bag, intent on having the greatest candy-movie watching experience of all time.
I was a little dissapointed in the staleness of the gummy candies, and of course Sno-Caps are never quite what you hope they'll be. But some yogurt covered raisins that had found their way into my bag simply blew my mind. Now I find yogurt-covered fruit to be pretty sweet and the coating to have an unpleasant tongue-coating waxiness, but then, man, then I thought they were the best thing since Gushers. I loved fruit anything, and I loved white chocolate, which is what the yogurt closely resembles.
That's not to say that I've totally outgrown the white chocolate-fruit combination—or sneaking popcorn into the movies and being nervous about it— especially when it's quality white chocolate and tart cranberries. Because there is a certain level of sweetness and creaminess in white chocolate, I like to balance it in an oatmeal cookie. The oatmeal base isn't very sweet, so it needs the white chocolate to bring out the roasted honey notes of the oats.
These cookies bake up chewy. The edges are lightly crisp and golden, but the middle flexes and gives under your teeth. The cranberries add a little tartness that makes the perfect foil for chopped white chocolate. All in all, they're satisfying, fruity-sweet cookies that definitely deserve to be sneaked into the movies.
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Earning a 5 star review in What Hi Fi? November 2012 edition, the Podium XL was praised on its ability to 'convey oodles of weight, and plenty and refinement too'. The Podium XL is a great choice for those wanting to highlight their hi-fi components, and with the optional TV Bracket you can mount your TV too so that all your technology sits together in your room.
As with our other Podium racks, it can be easily adapted and upgrade as your system grows and changes. Made from 40mm solid hardwoods and 46mm2 hardwood legs, this rack also provides the same stiffness and stability that Hi Fi Racks prides itself on.
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Open enrollment season is a crucial time of year for anyone shopping for health coverage. Whether you're signing up for coverage on the federal or state Marketplace or through Medicare or employee benefits, most open enrollment periods begin in the fall.
Now is your chance to make changes to your coverage for 2017. If you miss this year's open enrollment period, you will have to wait another year to alter your plan unless you have a major life event (marriage, a child, etc.).
Here are some tips to keep in mind as you review your health coverage this year:
1. Know your deadlines
Medicare: Open enrollment for 2017 coverage is between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7. Find more information here.
Obamacare: Open enrollment begins Nov. 1 and ends Jan. 31. However, you must sign up for benefits by Dec. 15 if you want your coverage to begin Jan. 1, 2017. Sign up for deadline reminders here.
Employee benefits: This will depend on your employer. Many employers schedule open enrollment in the fall. By now, you should have received a notification from your human resources department with information on how to enroll.
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You might love the benefits you have at the moment, but that doesn't mean you should blindly sign up for the same plan next year. Insurers are constantly tweaking existing coverage areas and creating new plans. Check to see if your existing plan has changed and see if there are new plans.
3. Lower your out-of-pocket expenses with a Flexible Spending Account
Americans are paying the highest out-of-pocket health care expenses in history, due to a shift toward high-deductible plans. You can lower your out-of-pocket expenses by setting aside pretax dollars in a Flexible Spending Account. FSAs are only available to workers whose employer provides them.
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Like an FSA, you contribute pretax dollars to a Health Savings Account (HSA) to cover your medical expenses. However, HSAs are not tied to any one employer, which means they are portable. Your money will come with you from one job to the next, and you won't be limited on where you can use it. You can also make changes anytime throughout the year. In order to qualify for an HSA in 2017, your health plan deductible must be higher than $1,300 for an individual and $2,600 for a family.
5. Learn from last year's mistakes
This is your chance to find a plan that fits your budget and your needs. Insurance companies change coverage rates and options frequently, so take the opportunity to do your research and flesh out all of your options this enrollment season. If you went for a low-premium, high-deductible plan this year, you might have realized you don't really like paying higher out-of-pocket expenses all that much. Similarly, if you've paid for a high-premium, low-deductible plan but don't use your health insurance that much, you may join the ranks of the growing number of Americans who have switched over to high-deductible health care plans over the past few years.
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Under the Affordable Care Act, every American has to have qualifying health insurance coverage, or pay a tax penalty. For 2016, the penalty is $695 for each uninsured adult in the household. However, there are a few exceptions. You might qualify for an exemption from the penalties under certain circumstances. For example, you won't face a penalty if you suddenly lose a job or you are in between jobs for 1 or 2 months and have a gap in coverage. You should check to see if any exemptions apply to you before skipping out on signing up this enrollment season.


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Florida Man Sues Winn-Dixie Because Roses Have ThornsIn spite of, or maybe because of, that intolerable "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" song by Poison, everyone pretty much knows that, well, every rose has thorns.
Every single rose. There is not a thornless rose that has occurred in nature ever since the first caveman decided he he would give his cavewife something nice on the anniversary of the day he clubbed her on the head and dragged her back to his cave.
There have even been other songs about roses and thorns and their inherent danger, like Linda Rondstadt's "Love is a Rose" — "Love is a rose, but you'd better not pick it // Only grows when it's on the vine // Handful of thorns, and you know you missed it // Lose your love when you say the word 'mine.'"
Even Shakespeare had something to say on the subject: "A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet, and hurteth like hell if thou fails to watch it."
Apparently Charles Imwalle of Lake Mary, Florida wasn't into Poison, Linda Rondstadt, or Shakespeare, because he pricked his finger on a rose thorn, and it got infected.
His finger, not the thorn.
According to a story by United Press International, Imwalle says he "suffered pain, disfigurement, medical bills and lost wages after pricking his finger."
(If he were alive today, George Carlin would be all over this story.)
So there's no real surprise that Imwalle is suing Winn-Dixie and Passion Growers LLC for $15,000 for a thorn-laden rose he bought at a Winn-Dixie this past February. Imwalle apparently said he cut his finger on the faulty rose, and blamed both the store and the grower for neglectfully failing to remove the things that grow their naturally. He also says that Winn-Dixie did not use an anti-bacterial solution in the display buckets
His claim? If Passion Growers had removed the thorn, he wouldn't have pricked his finger, and there would have been no infection.
Common Sense's claim? Check the damn rose for thorns first!
Nature is not like one of those animal petting zoos where high school kids follow the goats around and sweep up goat doots so people aren't reminded of the fact that nature is dirty and makes doots on the ground. Nature is a bitch, and will poke you in the eye with a sharp stick if you make her mad. Or prick you on the finger if you forget that roses have thorns and just start grabbing them willy-nilly out of buckets in supermarkets.
But Sam Ferrara, founder of Passion Growers said his company has sterilized all its flowers for the past 20 years. "We've never, never had anything like this where anyone has gotten an infection from a thorn prick."
And who buys roses at supermarkets? I'll admit that my local grocery store actually has a nice floral display, but buying your roses at the same place you buy light bulbs and Cheese Doodles has all the emotional depth of regifting greeting cards.
But I think the most important question to ask is, dude, don't you wash your hands?
When I was a kid, I learned that if you got a cut or a scrape, you sterilized it immediately. That's how you kept from getting an infection. Wash with soap and water or squirt some Bactine on it, slap a Band-Aid on it, and you were good to go.
And when I was a kid, our parents didn't smother us like a emotionally-stultifying blanket either, so we were all covered in bacteria most days. A simple hand washing saved us from everything from splinters to major cuts, so I have to wonder if Imwalle actually washed his hands or used anti-bacterial hand gel any time after he pricked his finger. The suit says that Imwalle's hand swelled up to triple its size within 24 hours, which is fast, but even so, wouldn't it make sense to wash your hands after an injury?
Imwalle is also a fishing guide in Florida, which means he has probably had his hands on some pretty nasty, slimy stuff. Who's to say Imwalle didn't get infected baiting a hook or grabbing a contaminated fish?
Nature doesn't like people messing with it, and it will go after any one of us, even if we didn't do anything. She's like a ninja, with a deep-seated hatred of most people, and she will poke, jab, pinch, bite, or eat us whenever it can. Even with supermarket roses.
Good thing he wasn't buying a cactus.
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E-mail migration questions and answersWhat is Office 365?
Microsoft Office 365 is a set of products, including the Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications and hosted versions of Microsoft's Server products (including Exchange Server, SharePoint Server and Lync Server), delivered and accessed over the Internet. For now, only the Exchange Server product and the Microsoft Lync program, which is used for instant messaging, will be implemented at all University of Nebraska campuses.
What is a "cloud-based environment?"
This is a shorthand general description for computer applications and services that reside on network servers accessed through the internet, instead of local servers on the campuses. The cloud-based environment avoids the need to synchronize files across multiple devices and simplifies access to current messages and files from both desktop and handheld/mobile devices.
When will the e-mail migration happen?
The specific migration schedule for each campus is yet to be developed, but it is expected to begin in fall 2011 be concluded by summer 2012.
Why isn't UNMC moving to the cloud?
The task force recommended that UNMC be allowed to maintain a premise-based system due to unique security issues including potential liabilities derived from HIPAA compliance.
Will my e-mail address change?
E-mail addresses such as @unk.edu, @unmc.edu, @unl.edu, @unomaha.edu and @nebraska.edu will not change. For employees who are currently using any other variation of the campus e-mail address, a small number of these addresses might require modification.
How will I access my e-mail and calendar?
Office 365 is accessible through the Outlook Web Access interface through your web browser or using Microsoft Outlook clients. POP access is available to access your account through other third-party clients.
Will I be able to access my email via the web, tablet and/or smartphone?
Yes, Office 365 offers Exchange ActiveSync to provide access from a number of devices.
Is my information safe "in the cloud"?
Microsoft follows the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) when developing software. The process entails a series of security-focused activities and deliverables during each phase of Microsoft's software development process. Before software can be released, it must undergo a final security review by an independent development team. Software that has undergone the SDL experiences a significantly reduced rate of security vulnerabilities being discovered.
How can I move my Lotus Notes information to the new system?
Our migration planning team has flexible options to meet your needs. The move to a new system will benefit from planning ahead, and a little effort at the beginning can pay off considerably over the long run. Migrating everything you currently have on your Lotus Notes account is rarely the best option, especially if you have not regularly sorted your e-mail inbox or updated your calendar. Some may find starting in a fresh environment and moving only what is currently needed is a great way to transition. Others will want the assurance of more continuity between the old and new system. Either way or somewhere in between, the migration planning team will be able to accommodate and help with a smooth transition. The transition will allow some overlap, so you will have time where you can access your old inbox.
What kind of training will we have?
A team is working on developing the necessary training plans and help tools. We are working with Microsoft to develop the best training approach.
Will the migration save the University money?
We expect that the cloud-based system for UNCA, UNK, UNL and UNO will significantly reduce recurring costs due to a reduction in hardware, software, licensing and staffing needs. It is estimated that the annual operating costs associated with delivering an e-mail service can be reduced by more than 50 percent from the current cost, which is just under $1 million. There will also be one-time upfront costs associated with migrating current Lotus Notes accounts to a new system, rewriting some applications and providing training, but significant savings will be realized over the long term.
Who was on the task force?
Task force members include:
John Ballard – Professor Emeritus of industrial and management systems engineering, UNL (Chair)
Loren Blinde – Director of the Administrative Systems Group, UNCA
Shelton Hendricks – Professor of psychology, UNO
Roger Kirby – Professor of physics and astronomy, UNL
William Lynch – Director of university records management, UNCA
Dennis Potthoff – Professor of teacher education, UNK
Lynn Stephenson – Manager of operations analysis, UNO
Deb Thomas – Associate vice chancellor for business and finance, UNMC
John Windle, M.D. – Professor and chief of internal medicine cardiology, UNMC
Technical adviser: Walter Weir, chief information officer, UNCA
Was anyone on the campuses asked to provide input?
Task force members conducted campus focus group discussions and circulated surveys on their campuses in order to gain input from campus level constituencies. Campus CIOs as well as campus-level information systems personnel provided information to the committee.
Why doesn't Lotus Notes serve our needs anymore?
Lotus Notes has been in use across the University for 14 years, and the technology has changed significantly over that period of time. The task force and campus chief information officers found that a cloud-based system provided greater cost savings and ease of functionality and administration. Lotus Notes/Cloud was among the three systems evaluated by the task force, but the Microsoft system emerged as the preferred system.
How many companies bid on the RFP?
The task force considered proposals for systems using Google, Lotus Notes and Microsoft.
Why was Microsoft chosen?
In its analysis, the campus CIO review team found that both Google and Microsoft offered a superior web-based interface and enhanced capabilities, and that their business models put more emphasis on the needs of higher education than Lotus Notes. Ultimately, Microsoft was able to provide a more competitive pricing structure than Google.
What's an example of an enhancement that Office 365 will provide?
Office 365 supports 25GB (twenty-five gigabytes) of mail space per user. This is significantly greater capacity than is available now.
What is included in the agreement with Microsoft?
Microsoft is providing $250,000 in Business Incentive Funds to help us migrate from Lotus Notes to Office 365. That funding will pay for some consulting and licenses to convert a large percentage of our users from Lotus Notes to Office 365. We will also use that funding to pay for a Microsoft Premier Support agreement covering email and Microsoft Office applications for the entire University.


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Waist or Hip?
When selecting a skirt or pants pattern, do you go by the waist or hip measurement?What about elasticwaist skirts and pants?
When selecting the correct size for skirts or pants, refer to the hip measurement.This is the rule for any design, from fitted-with-darts to elastic-waist styles. Alter the pattern to fit your body by enlarging or reducing the waistline.Most patterns are multi-sized, so it's easy to move from size to size as needed.
When connecting multiple sizes, it's helpful to have good drawing tools such as a metal or plastic hip curve, a Fashion Rule or French curves in order to draw smooth lines. Research "fashion rulers" on-line to find several sources for good rulers to use in pattern work.
Curves Ahead
Can you tell me how to alter patterns for a rounded upper back?
This is a common problem that's difficult to discern unless you notice that your garments always hike up at the back hem or that there are strain lines from the back neck to the back of your arms.As we age and also work at computers and sewing machines, our spines curve more than average, so an adjustment should be made to lengthen the upper center-back area of the pattern.
Measure from the center-back neckline to the fullest part of your back curve. At that point on the pattern, draw a horizontal line from the center-back fold or seam to the armseye.
Spread the pattern apart the distance needed for your body.The more curved you are, the greater the distance will be.The average spread is from ½"- 1" wide. Place some paper behind the slit and tape the slashed pattern edges to the paper (1).
Straighten the center-back fold or seam.
If the horizontal spread is more extreme than average, the neck opening will increase significantly.Make a vertical slash from the first slashed area to the shoulder seam center.
Redraw the neckline to its original shape and size.Add a dart at the shoulder-line slash to return shoulder seam length to its original measurement (2).
Slash & Stitch
I'm working with a vintage pattern that requires a slashed neckline opening.The pattern also has a rounded collar.What should I use to bind the opening edges and attach the collar?
When there's a collar and keyhole opening in a garment design, create facings for both the collar and the slit opening.
Make a pattern for a neck facing that follows the neckline shape and is no wider than the collar so that it won't show beyond the collar edge when finished. End the facing pattern about ½" from the center front.
Make a pattern for the slashed opening that is 3"-wide and 1½" longer than the opening with a curved lower edge.
Interface the facings as needed. Stitch the front-neck facing pieces to the back-neck facing. Finish the neckfacing and keyhole-facing outer edges.
Pin the finished collar to the garment neck edge with the collar wrong side to the garment. Pin the keyhole facing to the garment center front over the collar with right sides facing. Pin the neck facing to the neckline with right sides facing, sandwiching the collar between the facing and the garment.
Mark the slash line on the keyhole facing wrong side. Pin frequently along the slash line to hold it in place.
Beginning at the center back, stitch around the neckline. Pivot ¼" from the center front.
Stitch parallel to the marked slash line. About 1" from the lower point, taper the stitching. Pivot the stitching at the point, sew one stitch across the bottom, and sew back along the slash line. Pivot at the neck edge and continue to sew the neck facing to the garment (3). Shorten the stitch length near the slash point.
Slash through both layers of fabric from the neck opening to the slash-line lower point.
Understitch the neckline and opening as far as possible (4). Trim the neck seam. Turn the keyhole and neckline facings to the garment wrong side. Edgestitch, topstitch or simply press the edges for a clean finish.
Valance Balance
How long should a valance be in proportion to a window?
Every window situation and valance shape is different, but as a general rule, most valances are installed approximately 8" above the window opening, depending on what treatment is underneath.The finished length for straight valances is usually 12" to 18". The more exotic valance shapes can vary from this length depending on the design.
If you're in doubt about what length to use, make a simple paper valance and tape it to your wall or window. Stand back and study the results. Move it around until you're satisfied.Valances that are too long interfere with light and the view and visually shorten windows. If you like the recent trend of a deeper valance, consider mounting it further above the window opening.
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This course provides an overview of legal and ethical issues for practicing nursing professionals at the baccalaureate level. The nurse will explore the American Nurses' Association professional code of ethics as well as local, state and federal laws applicable to the profession of nursing. The Texas Nurse Practice Act and principles of ethical decision making are applied to current nursing practice. The legislative process and health care policies related to public safety and welfare as they relate to the development of the future nursing practice environment will be examined. Prerequisite: Core complete or permission of instructor.
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However, this was dwarfed by the huge rise in EDPR's European generation, up by more than a third from 2,109GWh in the first quarter of 2012 to 2,874GWh for Q1 2013.
Partly driven by an extra 300MW of installed European capacity, this generation increase, combined with electricity price rises in EDPR's other core markets of Brazil and the US, helped the generator post global revenues of EUR 414.7 million in Q1 2013, up 20% on the same period last year.
Pre-tax-profits were up 60% from EUR 92.7 million in Q1 2012 to EUR 148.6 million this year. This represents an increase in profit margins of three percentage points, from 76% to 79%.
Another key indicator for the firm's profitability was also on the up: revenues per average megawatt in operation rose from EUR 49,200 in Q1 2012 to EUR 55,500 in Q1 2013.
Whether EDPR's strong revenue growth can continue remains to be seen: the figures for the first three months of 2013 include 515MW of newly installed capacity, 300MW in Europe and 215MW in the US. Going forward the developer has just 84MW of capacity under construction, spread across projects in Poland, Romania and Portugal.


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Vostro 1500 with Intel X3100
The Intel X3100 driver is working perfectly out of the box on Ubuntu.
The first time I booted Gutsy it was plugged into a desktop monitor and it cloned the screen, had direct rendering (instant Compiz action) and fully kicks for an onboard.
I'm running 2.6.22-14-generic and had zero setup required. Also, XRandR was configured so I can instantly update the display with minimal flicker.
The only thing left to need would be a GUI on par with Nvidia's like my Alienware has. That's probably way more than you needed but I figured I'd post it for anyone else doing research.


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The information to be shown is normally collected from all agenda
files, the files listed in the variable
org-agenda-files1. If a directory is part of this list,
all files with the extension .org in this directory will be part
of the list.
Thus, even if you only work with a single Org file, that file should
be put into the list2. You can customize
org-agenda-files, but
the easiest way to maintain it is through the following commands
iswitchb-like interface to switch to and between Org
The Org menu contains the current list of files and can be used to visit any of them.
If you would like to focus the agenda temporarily on a file not in this list, or on just one file in the list, or even on only a subtree in a file, then this can be done in different ways. For a single agenda command, you may press < once or several times in the dispatcher (see Agenda dispatcher). To restrict the agenda scope for an extended period, use the following commands:
When working with speedbar.el, you can use the following commands in the Speedbar frame:
[1] If the value of that variable is not a list, but a single file name, then the list of agenda files will be maintained in that external file.
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< before selecting a command will actually limit the command to
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WALTHAM, Mass. – Junior Lee Russo (Westford, Mass./Westford Acad.) scored two goals off headers, one early and one late, to lead the top-seeded Brandeis University men's soccer team past eighth-seeded Southern Vermont College, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England championship tournament. With the win, the Judges improve to 13-5-1 and move on to host the semifinals and finals, while SVC's finest season comes to a close with a 12-6-1 record.
Russo opened the scoring 9:15 into the game. The play started as rookie back Robbie Lynch (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth) got free down the right sideline. Lynch sent a laser cross through the box that Russo was able to head home for his seventh goal of the season. The assist was Lynch's first collegiate point.
Russo tacked on the insurance goal in the 83rd minute, after sophomore back Ben Applefield (Avon, Conn./Avon) dribbled to the endline and sent another hard cross that Russo redirected inside the left post. The assist was Applefield's second of the campaign.
With his eighth goal of the season, Russo moves into Brandeis's career top 24 scoring leaders with 19 goals and eight assists for 46 points. In four career ECAC tournament games, Russo has seven goals, including a four-goal performance in last year's quarterfinal.
The Judges controlled play for the entire game, outshooting SVC, 31-0. The Mountaineers got stellar goalkeeping from rookie Connor Anniello (Scotland, Conn./Windham Tech), who made 12 saves, two shy of his career high. It was Anniello's fifth match of 10 or more stops this season. Brandeis goalkeeper Blake Minchoff (Fiskdale, Mass./Tantasqua Regional) did not have to make any saves en route to his 11th shutout of the season, setting a new Brandeis single-season record.
With the win, Brandeis will host the semifinals and finals of the ECAC tournament in their bid to win back-to-back titles and their fourth overall. The Judges will take on fifth-seeded Norwich University Saturday at noon. The Cadets defeated UMass Boston, 3-1, in the quarterfinals. The other semifinal, which will take place at 2:30 p.m., will pit second-seeded Albertus Magnus, 3-2 winners over Endicott, and third-seeded Castleton State, who prevailed over Worcester State, 2-1 in double overtime. The championship match will take place Sunday at noon at Brandeis.


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Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging has its May meals planned. Each meal includes milk. Meals are offered on a contribution basis for people over 60 year of age. People under 60 must pay the actual cost.
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A $58 million outsourcing plan is being challenged by two unions representing many of some 3,000 prison health care employees who stand to lose their jobs.
TALLAHASSEE — A Florida judge quoted from Sherlock Holmes and conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Thursday as he questioned the state's plan to privatize prison health care services, which would affect 50 jobs at Daytona Beach's Tomoka Correctional Institution.
Circuit Judge John Cooper did not immediately rule but promised a quick decision after the second of two hearings in the case. The $58 million outsourcing plan is being challenged by two unions representing many of some 3,000 prison health care employees who stand to lose their jobs.
"Sherlock Holmes, what he did say is the solution is the one which all the facts fit," Cooper said. "So, that's what I'm searching for."
No matter how Cooper's search ends, though, his ruling is likely to be appealed.
The 50 Tomoka employees stand to lose their jobs in January as part of a five-year contract with Corizon Correctional Healthcare, state prison officials have said.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Federation of Physicians and Dentists/Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees contend a legislative budget panel exceeded its authority by approving the privatization plan submitted by Gov. Rick Scott's Department of Corrections.
The unions say that's something only the full Legislature can do. They urged Cooper not to rely on a 14-member committee to determine the full body's intent.
"It's clear that what's happening here is that the governor wants the court to become Carnac the Magnificent and put an envelope up to their head and figure out what it was that maybe somebody would have wanted," AFSCME lawyer Alma Gonzalez said after the hearing.
Lawyers for the state and health care contractor Corizon Inc. argued the Department of Corrections has all the authority it needs to privatize health services under an existing law that permits outsourcing if it saves money.
They said no further action by the Legislature is needed and what the Legislative Budget Commission did was simply approve an internal funding shift to carry out the department's plan.
Cooper cited an earlier challenge to a 2011-12 budget provision that also called for the outsourcing. Unions argued in that case that the budget provision was invalid because lawmakers should have passed a substantive law to make such a significant policy change. Another judge declared that case over when the budget expired on June 30 and no one appealed.
"Is that consistent with your argument today that you want me to use that proviso to divine an intent of the Legislature?" Cooper asked Corizon lawyer William Williams.
"Absolutely," Williams responded. He said the budget provision was an expression of the Legislature's intent to privatize health services in three of the department's four regions but it wasn't necessary to actually do so.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Corizon has signed a five-year contract to provide health services in prisons north of Palm Beach County. The department is negotiating with another company, Wexford Health Sources Inc. of Pittsburgh, for a South Florida contract.
Union lawyer Thomas Brooks argued the only funding for the outsourcing in three of the four regions is the now-expired budget. The current budget has a similar provision but only for the South Florida prisons.
"The question is did they get it funded?" Brooks said. "That's what didn't happen here."
Cooper then noted Scalia's view that courts should look at what legislative bodies say "instead of trying to read the mind of the Legislature."
"When one tries to decide what the Legislature intended as opposed to what they actually did then you enter into a murky mire of speculation," Cooper said.
Williams, though, said there's no need to speculate, again citing the contracting law.
He also argued the Legislative Budget Commission had the constitutional and legal authority to decide if a proposal complies with the Legislature's policy and intent and did so in this case.
A separate budget provision called for a private takeover of all prisons in South Florida, but it was struck down by another Tallahassee-based judge. A substantive bill to do the same thing subsequently failed to pass in the Legislature. That case should have no bearing on the health care issue because full prison privatization is covered by a different law, said Jonathan Sanford, a lawyer for the state.


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Accounting Reports as a Tool in Hospital Management
by WILLIAM B. MANSFIELD Principal, Denver Office
Presented before the Oklahoma Hospital
Association, Tulsa—November 1961
LONG AGO, the general impression of a bookkeeper was that of a man who sat in a corner of the office on a high stool at a drafting table, wearing a green eye shade, armbands, and perhaps in more formal moments, a tight coat. This was a bookkeeper who never dreamed of using the information he had so laboriously compiled. Bookkeepers were slowly converted to accountants and began to learn how much real information was contained in their dusty ledgers and how useful this information could be when properly presented to management. They became reporters, commentators, and observers of business. They could tell groups of non-accountants who were managing the company what was going on. Later, they found that they needed to do more than just report. More and more frequently, they were being asked for opinions and advice on policies, and they became a part of the management team. They found it necessary to leave their offices and find out what was going on around them.
Long ago, the terms administration or management were associated
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People responsible for managing the hospital need information in order to know what is going on, what actions should be taken, and what decisions are likely to be most advantageous to the hospital. As the hospital grows, management must rely to a greater extent on information compiled, summarized, and interpreted by the accounting department. Both accounting and statistical information furnish valuable
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