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Residents in participating communities receive a large RecycleBank garbage bin for all of their recyclables. No need to sort, just toss it all in. The bin is embedded with a barcode that doubles as your account number. When the recycling truck comes to collect your garbage, it reads the barcode and scans the bin for weight and volume to get a sense of what's inside. The recyclables then go on to a recycling center. When you log in at RecycleBank.com with your account number, you'll see how much you've earned from recycling.
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Welcome to the new economics of modern recycling: better for your budget, better for the community, and better for the planet!
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Komen's Scientific Advisory Board guides our research focus, identifying the most promising areas of research and the critical questions that need to be answered. The Komen Scholars, along with members of Komen's Advocates in Science, through a highly structured peer review process, help identify the most promising projects for funding. With the oversight of these experts, Komen invests every research dollar as carefully and conscientiously as possible.
Our community health grants ensure quality care for all by funding breast cancer education, screening and treatment for those who need them most. Through community needs assessments, more than 75,000 volunteers working through local Komen Affiliates identify unmet needs in their communities and provide Affiliate community health grants to fill these gaps. Komen's Global Headquarters also administers the National Capital Area Grants Program to address breast cancer disparities in the medically underserved in the Washington, D.C. area. And to ensure quality care and access around the world, our Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Promise Fund works with local communities and international organizations to develop innovative education and outreach programs.
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The cuisine of Ceuta
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Ceuta, Atlantic and Mediterranean cuisine
The cold, rocky and rough Atlantic Ocean meets the warm, sandy and calm Mediterranean Sea at the shores of Ceuta, giving rise to a great variety of fish species that enrich the local cuisine. These are used to make delicious dishes that will please the most discriminating gourmets. These species includethe lazy turbot, which inhabits deep, sandy waters; silver anchovies like those from Málaga, and cephalopods, specially the delicious squids. Juicy Mediterranean lobsters and crayfish are also abundant. These are very light in colour, in high contrast with the dark, strong-tasting varieties from the Atlantic Ocean. It is precisely in the Atlantic where we find the magnificent red mullet and the white, almost transparent prawns that are known as "Nadas de Padrón". Also from the ocean are the excellent sole, sea bass, John Dory, grouper, magnificent tunas, bonito, sword fish from the Strait of Gibraltar and the delicious mackerel. It is from this last one that the folk from Ceuta get their nickname (caballa). Many more species thrive in these waters, all of them ensuring the great quality and freshness of the local seafood.
Although Ceuta belonged to Portugal for two hundred and fifty years, the proximity of Andalusia - especially Cadiz and Malaga - and Morocco has left its mark on its cuisine. The cocktail of flavours, smells and colours combined with excellent service guarantee the satisfaction of the customer will later form part of the many pleasant memories the visitor takes away with him, compelling him to return.
Dishes related to marmitaco The melva hotpot, (fish very similar to bonito) is a traditional sailors' dish which, despite the distance, is related to the Basque "marmitaco". Its special character is obtained through the usage of ingredients such as cumin, crushed garlic and stock made from the carefully sieved skin and bones of the fish. This delicious, sea-tasting dish must not cooked for too long so that the melva fish does not dry up and lose its pleasant texture. Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, onions and olive oil are the common ingredients that this fish dish has with the Basque "marmitaco".
Fish recipes Another fish dish, called "bonito de almadraba" (netted bonito) is exquisite. Only a few hours after being caught, this fish is taken to the table in an earthenware dish, accompanied by lightly fried peppers and onions and covered with a tomato sauce enriched with ground spices. The result is an exotic Moorish flavour which the diner will not forget in a hurry. The bonito pie of Ceuta is cooked in a bain-marie, the fish is filleted and mixed with lettuce, boiled eggs, red peppers and breadcrumbs. All the ingredients are cut up very small and seasoned with black and white pepper. Beaten eggs are added and it is decorated with mayonnaise, strips of red pepper, capers or olives. The mackerel a la Mar Chica is prepared with slices of mackerel, approximately three centimetres thick, which are placed in an earthenware dish with carrots, small onions, white wine, oil, saffron, vinegar, peppers, cumin, bay leaves and salt and cooked very slowly.
Fruits and sweets Ceuta receives many ingredients from its neighbour Morocco, depending on the season. These include small and delicious apricots, pears and crisp apples, sweet grapes, watermelon, melon, pomegranate.... and many other types of tasty fruit cultivated on the dry land. The "trenzas de Agustina" are prepared by making a dough out of flour, sugar, eggs, oil and orange, lemon and tangerine rind, to which a glass of aniseed liqueur is added. This dough is then made into plaits which are fried in honey until it is absorbed and then decorated with chopped almonds, pine nuts, crystallised fruit, chopped chocolate noodles and sometimes creme patissiere. They are absolutely delicious. The restaurant Silva is a must for the visitor to the city. This restaurant has a very varied menu of fish and seafood and other typical dishes from Ceuta


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To create the highest quality homeopathic remedies possible, using radically traditional manufacturing methods following the vision of Hahnemann Labs' founder, Michael Quinn, and that of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann. We produce the purest, most potent single ingredient remedies available. It is our core purpose to further the integrity and acceptance of homeopathy as a viable, respected medical modality by supplying the world with reliable homeopathic remedies.
"The highest ideal of cure is rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of the health, or removal and annihilation of the disease in its whole extent, in the shortest, most reliable, and most harmless way, on easily comprehensible principles."
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The video, obtained by a passerby from a wooded area near the film site, features a scene being shot for the upcoming racing movie, Rush. The scene re-creates the fiery crash in 1976 at the Nürburgring that nearly took the life of Formula One driving great Niki Lauda.
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Wisconsin youth smoking drops to all-time low
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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin health officials said smoking by middle and high school students has dropped to an all-time low.
The 2012 Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey, released Monday, found that 13 percent of high schoolers said they smoke and 2.5 percent of middle schoolers admit to smoking. The last study in 2010 showed nearly 18 percent of high schoolers and nearly 4 percent of middle schoolers smoked.
The survey is done by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
The 2012 figures contrast sharply with 2000, when 33 percent of high school students and 12 percent of middle school students said they smoked.
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In contract law, mutual assent is required in order to have a valid contract between two parties. Digital Assent provides an interactive selling and electronic contracting system that automates the presentation, disclosure and execution of legally binding contracts for the lending, insurance, and healthcare markets.
Our first target market is the healthcare market. We will be selling a hardware and software solution called the "Patient-Pad" that replaces the "patient clipboard" with a portable wireless tablet solution for things like patient check in and electronic consents.
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At the risk of using too many buzzwords, we want to be seen as an innovative software products company that is coming to market with a market-changing technology. Our target audience will be potential investors, business partners, and large corporate customers. Smaller customers and end users of our technology will likely be more interested in our market-specific branding and website (ie: a "Patient Pad" specific website for our healthcare solution.
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The exuberance, romance, and beauty of dance are central themes in this exhibition of historical and contemporary works from BAMPFAs collection. The selection is wide ranging, including prints, drawings, and photographs from the United States, Europe, and Asia. Among the highlights are two classic photographs of José Limón and Martha Graham by Barbara Morgan; George Bellowss raucous image Dance in a Madhouse; a recently acquired drawing by Berkeley native Ariel Parkinson; and several rare Japanese prints depicting dance ceremonies and rituals. The exhibition complements a season of dance programming in the Full series of performances, which takes place in the museum on the evening of every full moon.
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer isn't done with her startup shopping spree it seems. Yahoo is in talks to buy MileWise, Pando Daily's Erin Griffith reports.
MileWise is a travel rewards site that raised $1.5 million in early 2011 from several VCs like Atlas Venture, Founder Collective and a long list of big-name angel investors like TechStars cofounder David Cohen; Mitch Kapor (Twilio, Uber, Bit.ly) and Khosla Ventures' Keith Rabois.
MileWise helps people redeem points from travel loyalty programs like frequent flyer miles, hotel rewards and credit card programs via its website and iPhone/Android apps.
This acquisition would make sense for Yahoo if it comes to be. Marissa Mayer wants Yahoo to be dominant in mobile by 2015 and travel is an obvious choice to pursue.
We'll have to wait and see if this follows Yahoo's recent pattern of buying small startups for their tech or talent and shutting them down.
Yesterday, Yahoo bought task-management app Astrid and will shutter it. In March, it paid $30 million for Summly and shut it down. Ditto for Stamped, bought in December.
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Consolidated EBITDA of $173 million Core Comparable Bookstore Sales Trend Improves
NOOK® Losses Narrow on Cost Reductions, Device Strategy Shift and Comparisons to Prior Year Charges
New York, NY (February 26, 2014)—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended January 25, 2014. Third quarter consolidated revenues decreased 10.3%, to $2.0 billion, as compared to the prior year. Third quarter consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased from $59 million a year ago to $173 million. Prior year results were adversely impacted by $74 million of NOOK inventory-related charges. The remaining year-over-year EBITDA increase was primarily attributable to lower NOOK expenses. "During the third quarter, the company significantly improved its balance sheet and bottom line, while making real progress on our strategic priorities," said Michael P. Huseby, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "Retail's core comparable store sales benefited from a strong title line-up, strong execution and an effective advertising campaign. College entered into the spring back-to-school rush and saw continued growth in its higher margin textbook rental business. This resulted in a slight EBITDA increase for College, even after funding and developing our digital educational applications. We expect the soft launch of our higher education digital product before the end of this fiscal year. NOOK losses narrowed significantly as we achieved our objective of selling through much of our pre-holiday device inventory, while managing promotions to optimize sales." Third Quarter 2014 Results from OperationsSegment results for the fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013 third quarters are as follows:
RetailThe Retail segment, which consists of Barnes & Noble bookstores and BN.com, had revenues of $1.4 billion for the quarter, decreasing 6.3% over the prior year. The sales decrease was attributable to a comparable store sales decline of 4.9% for the quarter, store closures and lower online sales. Comparable store sales declined primarily due to lower sales of NOOK products. "Core" comparable bookstore sales, which exclude sales of NOOK products, decreased 0.5% for the quarter, an improvement as compared to the first half of the fiscal year. Retail generated EBITDA of $200 million in the quarter, decreasing 7.5% as compared to a year ago. The sales decline was partially mitigated by a higher mix of higher margin core products and continued expense management. CollegeThe College segment had revenues of $486 million, decreasing 6.0% as compared to a year ago. Comparable College store sales decreased 4.0% for the quarter, impacted by a higher mix of lower priced used textbook rentals and lower textbook volume, partially offset by higher general merchandise sales. The spring back-to-school rush season extended past the close of the Company's fiscal third quarter. Factoring in the two additional weeks in February that contributed to this year's rush season, comparable store sales decreased 3.1% for the quarter. Comparable College store sales reflect the retail selling price of new or used textbooks when rented. College EBITDA increased 3.9% as compared to a year ago to $35 million despite the sales decline, as higher margins outpaced additional investments in digital product development. NOOKThe NOOK segment (including digital content, devices and accessories) had revenues of $157 million for the quarter, decreasing 50.4% from a year ago. Device and accessories sales were $100 million for the quarter, a decrease of 58.2% from a year ago, due to lower unit selling volume and lower average selling prices. Digital content sales were $57 million for the quarter, a decline of 26.5% compared to a year ago, due primarily to lower device unit sales. The Company did not introduce any new tablet products this past holiday season, contributing to the third quarter sales decline. Instead, the Company executed its plan to sell through most of its existing device inventory, while also building additional tablet devices to meet holiday and post-holiday demand, using previously acquired parts and components. NOOK EBITDA losses decreased $129 million, or 67.5%, as compared to a year ago to $62 million. As noted earlier, prior year results were adversely impacted by $74 million of inventory-related charges. The remainder of the EBITDA loss reduction was primarily due to a decline in NOOK expenses of $52 million for the quarter on lower advertising and targeted cost rationalization. As part of the Company's ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and position it for future success and value creation, staffing levels in certain areas of the organization have changed, leading to certain job eliminations after the quarter ended. These ongoing efforts may involve additional actions. "We have taken steps to reduce costs and device exposure, while focusing our efforts to reverse the content sales decline," continued Michael P. Huseby. "We remain committed to delivering world-class reading experiences to our customers through our reading centric e-Ink and color reading devices. The Company is actively engaged in discussions with several world-class hardware partners related to device development as well as content packaging and distribution. As a result, we plan to launch a new NOOK color device in early fiscal 2015." Consolidated ResultsConsolidated third quarter net earnings were $63.2 million, or $0.86 per share, compared to a net loss of $3.7 million, or a loss of $0.14 per share, in the prior year. During the quarter, the Company recorded an additional valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets as a result of decisions made regarding the Company's future device strategy in international markets. The impact of this item on third quarter net income was $44 million. The Company ended the quarter with $490 million in cash, $276 million higher than last year, with no borrowings drawn under its $1 billion credit facility. As the Company executed its plan to sell through its device inventory, it converted inventory to cash, which contributed to the Company's improved liquidity position. GuidanceThe company reaffirms its previously issued full-year guidance, in which it expects Retail comparable store sales to decline in the high single digits, Core Retail comparable bookstore sales to decline in the low- to mid-single digits and College comparable store sales to decline in the low single digits. Conference CallA conference call with Barnes & Noble, Inc.'s senior management will be webcast beginning at 10:00 A.M. ET on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, and is accessible at www.barnesandnobleinc.com/webcasts. Barnes & Noble, Inc. will report fiscal 2014 year-end results on or about June 26, 2014.
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is a Fortune 500 company and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The company operates 663 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). Its NOOK Media LLC subsidiary is a leader in the emerging digital reading and digital education markets. The NOOK digital business offers award-winning NOOK® products and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store™ (www.nook.com), while Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC operates 696 bookstores serving over 4.6 million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble is proud to be named a J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Customer Service Champion and is only one of 50 U.S. companies so named. Barnes & Noble.com is ranked the number one online retailer in customer satisfaction in the book, music and video category and a Top 10 online retailer overall in customer satisfaction according to ForeSee E-Retail Satisfaction Index (Spring Top 100 Edition). General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com. Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains certain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and information relating to Barnes & Noble that are based on the beliefs of the management of Barnes & Noble as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the management of Barnes & Noble. When used in this communication, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "will," "forecasts," "projections," and similar expressions, as they relate to Barnes & Noble or the management of Barnes & Noble, identify forward-looking statements.
Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher-than-anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, "Risk Factors," in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those described as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned. Subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Barnes & Noble or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this paragraph. Barnes & Noble undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this communication.


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Watch this beautiful video filmed during one of our Winter classes in Baja.
Glendale Community College (GCC) has been offering field classes in the Baja California peninsula of Mexico since 1974.
Glendale Community College has just completed the construction of a new Field Station (Estación del Mar Cortés) in the town of Bahía de los Angeles within a region of great biodiversity known as the Midriff Islands.
Bahía de los Angeles is famous among scientists, educators and fishermen because of its natural beauty and the incredible diversity of life, which provides great opportunities to learn about the natural environment.
The Gulf of California is one of the most unique environments in the planet and the islands within it have been called the "Galapagos of Mexico"!
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Top 7 Reasons Vegan Makeup Brushes Rock
It's one thing to have a collection of fab makeup, but if you don't have the proper tools to apply it with, you're pretty much screwed. Now, it's no secret that I'm a gigantor fan of cruelty-free makeup brushes, but I figured I'd break it on down with one of my fave companies, Cozzette. They make MUA-worthy vegan makeup brushes that are easy to use and 100% guilt-free.
Top 7 Reasons [Cozzette] Vegan Makeup Brushes Are the Shit:
- They aren't made out of animal butt hair (eg. squirrel, mink, sable, goat, etc.)
- High quality synthetic brushes like Cozzette are ridiculously soft
- They don't harbor bacteria (like animal brushes do)
- These particular ones are purple (my fave color)
- They are made with 100% renewable resources
- Whether you need a brow brush or a blush brush, they've got 'em (booty fur-free)
- They'll help you achieve a flawless, perfectly blended application every time.
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- They are moderately pricey ($10-32 each)… but keep in mind you get what you pay for!
- Their brushes are SO awesome that you might not be able to contain yourself (my faves = their angled foundation brush, blending brush and their angled brow/liner brush)
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cozzette vs bdellium vs ecotools brushes which are the best? I' looking for eye shadow brushes that do great their job but i dont know what brand should I invest in?I think I need depositor brush and some blending brush but the but could you give me some advice and examples what would be good?
Everyday minerals' brushes are UH-MAZING!
booty fur-free?! I need to jump on this band waggon asap! Thanks for sharing!
I've been using eco tools, too, but these look so fun!
I have been craving cozzette brushes for a few months now. They are so pretty and have tons of shapes that I haven't seen in synthetics. Right now Eco tools are pretty much my favorite. Eco tools angled liner and crease brushes are my favorites. ELF also has some nice vegan brushes in their "mineral" line- I like the shadow depositor and blush brush best. Barry M makes a nice cheap lip brush, but I have small lips and don't find that it gives me enough control..I can never get a nice line. Maybe it's user error 🙂


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Hand rolled in Como, Italy, Stanley Lewis pocket squares are made of 100% linen, measure 33 x 33cm, and are perfectly presented in a handmade Stanley Lewis orange envelope. This arancio orange and white color has a subtle design which contrasts perfectly with most suits.
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Soy is a general term for products made from soybeans. Soy products include tofu, tempeh, soy oil, natto, miso, soymilk, and edamame.
Soybeans are the most widely used beans in the world. They are a good source of protein and contain no cholesterol. Soy is a complete protein. It contains all the essential amino acids that the body needs, and in this sense is different from most vegetable proteins and nutritionally equivalent to animal protein. Unlike animal protein, soy contains no cholesterol and is low in saturated fat. Soy is a heart-healthy choice and has met the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements to make that claim on certain soy product labels.
Soy is believed to promote cardiovascular health, but many other health claims are also made for soy. Some of these claims remain unsubstantiated, are under review, or are in dispute. These health claims include that soy:
- promotes weight loss
- helps prevent certain cancers
- helps slow bone loss
Soybeans are the seeds of the plant Glycine max. This plant is native to China, where it has been cultivated
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for about 13,000 years. From China, soybeans gradually spread to other areas of Asia, where soy is now a major part of the diet of millions of people. Intense breeding has produced a number of variants (cultivars) of the original plant, some which have a higher oil content and others which have a higher protein content. Soybeans may be green, yellow, brown, or black in color, but all variations are edible.
Soybeans were introduced into the United States in the mid-1700s. George Washington Carver (1864– 1943) experimented with them before he began his famous nutrition research on peanuts. Today the United States is the world's largest grower of soybeans, producing almost 84 million metric tons in 2005. However, most soybeans grown in the United States are pressed to make soy oil. After the oil is extracted the beans are ground into meal and used as livestock feed.
Soy products are part of the daily diet of many Asians. However, soy has only become readily available in mainstream food stores in the United States since the 1990s. In 1979 the first major company, Vitasoy, introduced soymilk into the United States. Since then, the number of soy products has soared. The Soyfoods Association of North America estimates that sales of soy products in the United States increased from $300 million in 1992 to $3.9 billion in 2004, and sales were expected to continue rising through the end of the decade. Between 2000 and
2006, 2,500 new food products containing soy were introduced to the U.S. market.
Nutritional value of soy
Soy is a nutrient dense food, and it is the least expensive source of complete dietary protein. It is relatively low in calories and contains no cholesterol, saturated fat, or trans–fat. One cup (172 g) of cooked soybeans has about 300 calories and contains the following nutrients. The percentage DV is the percent of the daily requirement that 1 cup of cooked soybeans meets for the average adult.
- protein 28.6 g: 57% DV
- dietary fiber: 10.3 g; 41% DV
- total fat: 15.4 g; calories from fat 139
- molybdenum: 129 mcg; 172% DV
- manganese: 1.4 mg; 71% DV
- iron: 8.8 mg: 49% DV
- vitamin K: 33.0 mg; 41.3 57% DV
- omega-3 fatty acids: 1.03; 41.3 57% DV
- magnesium: 147.9 mg: 37% DV
- vitamin B2 (riboflavin): 0.5 mg: 29 % DV
- potassium: 886 mg: 25% DV
Soy foods
Fresh soybeans can be cooked briefly in boiling water and then eaten, or they can be toasted. Dried beans need to be soaked overnight before cooking and require relatively long cooking times. Soybeans can also be pressed to make soy oil, but the most familiar soy products come from soybeans that are processed in various ways that give them a variety of textures and make them easier to use in cooking. These include:
- Tofu: Tofu is made of cooked, pureed, soybeans that are processed and then formed into soft slabs that must be kept wet until they are used. The slabs are produced with consistencies that vary from very soft or ''silken'' to firm or extra firm. Other tofu variations include reduced-calorie tofu and tofu fortified with calcium. Tofu is used to make cheese substitutes, blended into smoothies, and stir fried. It has a bland taste and tends to take on the flavors of the foods it is cooked with.
- Tempeh: Tempeh is made from partially cooked soybeans that are then fermented in a controlled environment. Tempeh is chewier than tofu and is often used as a meat substitute.
- Miso: Miso is a fermented soybean paste that is used as a soup base and for seasoning.
- Soymilk: Soymilk is a soy beverage made by grinding soybeans and mixing them with water. Soymilk can be flavored (chocolate, vanilla, coffee) or sold plain. Some soymilk is fortified with calcium. People who are lactose intolerant often use soymilk as a substitute for cow's milk, and soy is also used in formula for infants who cannot tolerate lactose.
- Soy flour: Soy flour comes from roasted, ground soybeans. It can be used in baked goods, cereals, and many other foods. Soy flour contains more moisture than wheat flour. People with celiac disease who cannot tolerate wheat, barley, or rye products can use soy flour.
- Textured soy protein: This product is used most often as a meat substitute in processed foods such as soy burgers or home-cooked foods such as meat-loaf. It is made by defatting soyflour, which is then compressed into clumps and dehydrated.
The role of soy in health
In October 1999, the FDA decided that well-designed, well-controlled, repeatable research studies had shown that soy was a heart healthy food that could help decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Since that date, the FDA has allowed products that contained at least 6.25 g of soy per serving to make the following health claim on their label: ''25 grams of soy protein a day, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.'' This endorsement applies only to complete soy products, not to soy-based dietary supplements. The American Heart Association (AHA) also gave its approval to soy as a food that can reduce the risk of heart disease.
Soy is a food that can also help in weight loss because it can be used as a substitute for higher calorie meat. If soy is substituted for meat on a regular basis, the reduction in calories can be significant. For example:
- A soy burger patty has about 100 fewer calories than an equivalent-sized beef burger patty.
- Two links of soy breakfast sausage have about 90 fewer calories than two links of pork breakfast sausage.
- A soy veggie dog has about 70 fewer calories than a beef hotdog.
Some health controversies about soy center on compounds called isoflavones that are found in abundance in soybeans. These compounds have a chemical structure similar to the female hormone estrogen. Several health effects, both positive and negative, have been attributed to isoflavones. In 2006, the American Heart Association concluded that isoflavones are not the cause of the cholesterol-lowering, heart-healthy properties in soy and that dietary supplements containing soy-derived isoflavones do not have the same cardiovascular benefits as whole soy.
Another claim is that isoflavones can improve bone health in women. This claim appears plausible because of the chemical similarity between isoflavones and estrogen. Estrogen is known to increase the amount of calcium deposited in bones, and the lack of estrogen in post-menopausal women is linked to decreasing estrogen levels. However plausible the connection between bone health and isoflavones in soy may be, studies have produced inconclusive results. As of 2007, any effect that soy may have on bone health appears to be weak. Also, because of their estrogen-like structure, isoflavones from soy have been touted as a dietary supplement that will help prevent symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes. A committee of the AHA that investigated isoflavones found that they had no effect on hot flashes.
A far bigger health question concerns the relationship between isoflavones and cancer. The AHA committee found that despite claims that soy isoflavone supplements can treat and prevent breast, endometrial, and uterine cancer in women and prostate cancer in men, there was no evidence to suggest that this treatment was safe or effective. On the other hand, there was also no evidence that, as some experts have suggested, soy increases the chance of post-menopausal women developing breast cancer. A large number of federally sponsored clinical trials are underway to investigate these and other effects of isoflavones and soy.
Although soy is often thought of as a benign food, some people are allergic to soy.
Soy contains compounds called goitrogens. Goitrogens interfere with the body's ability to absorb or use iodine. The goitrogens in soy should not cause problems with iodine uptake in healthy people, but people with thyroid deficiencies should discuss with their healthcare provider whether they should limit soy in their diet.
No complications are expected from eating soy products.
Parental concerns
One long-term study is underway to investigate the effect of increased concentrations of isoflavones in the blood of children who drink soy formula. The study plans to look for potential effects across a period of about 20 years, so no results are available yet.
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Best of SVN Day 2011
Subversion Day Berlin, 2011
The SVN Day in Berlin was as popular as ever. Participants from across Europe joined heads to share experiences with using and administering Apache Subversion, and gave very positive feedback at the end of the day. It was a particular highlight to meet the Subversion committers who came from all parts of the world to the Subversion Hackathon, which was staged alongside the SVN Day "mini" conference.
The keynote by Greg Stein (Apache Software Foundation and SVN-Committer of the very first hour) showed Subversion's remarkable emergence and conveyed deep insights into the Subversion project.
There were exciting presentations by S. Schapiro (ImmobilienScout24) and U. Stuehler (independent CM Consultant), which both showed how Subversion can reliably drive and administer entire server farms in test and production. J. Seidel (Vector Informatik) described automatic provision and updating of large SVN installations on Windows. He dropped a few hints, like using Portables instead of installing certain applications to minimize time and effort needed for upgrades and disaster recovery. Likewise, M. Acevedo (Mettler-Toledo) inspired interest --as well as vigorous nodding in the audience -- when he discussed aspects of introducing open source software in a corporate production environment. Exciting new developments were presented by TMate Software and CollabNet, that might stir the open source CM world: SubGit and best practices for SVN enterprise administration.
Hyrum Wright (Subversion Release Manager) gave another exciting talk, discussing the motivation and drive behind the work on an open source product like Subversion. Independently of who their employers may be, such a project generally keeps its core developers for extensive periods of time. Open source developers, after all, contribute out of passion, and thus provide continuity and quality.
The undisputable highlight of the event was the committer roundtable, or, make that long table (see the picture). Discussed topics were, obviously, the upcoming Apache Subversion 1.7 release after a rather long development period since release 1.6 in March 2009. The good news is: after the extensive rewrite of Subversion's working copy library has completed, we can expect alpha releases in June, to be followed by the creation of a release branch, once the remaining release blockers have been resolved.
The Subversion Hackathon certainly played a role in the final sprint towards Subversion 1.7. Still open problems were classified, roadblocks were discussed and/or moved to the SVN 1.8 milestone. The personal, live interaction between committers present in Berlin, as always, extended to discussions on the Subversion dev mailinglist, for the benefit of other committers and the world at large -- see svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2011-05
Find pictures and an interesting way to drive consensus in the Subversion project, on Facebook: www.facebook.com/subversionfb
The day before the talks were held, Subversion Workshops provided a chance for up-close hands-on experience around hook scripting, combining Git and Subversion via git-svn and replacing complex CM tools with Subversion and extensions.
The workshop day was rounded off with a succulent barbecue on the courtyard, enjoying beautiful summer weather.
We are looking forward to seeing committers and participants again next year, and we would like to thank the sponsors of this year's event: ASERVO Software, CollabNet, TMate Software and VisualSVN.
Please find below the talks of the Subversion committers:
Apache Subversion: 11 Years of Solidity (Keynote by Greg Stein)
Subversion Stew: A Discussion of Subversion's Past, Present, and Future (Hyrum Wright)
Subversion Error Messages Demystified (Stefan Sperling)
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davey k necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 120 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
safecreche is a consultancy service that inspects the level and standard of care that childcare providers offer to parents and children. if a facility is offering exceptional care to children they will be awarded the SAFECRECHE badge of approval-this badge/stamp will be displayed on large billboards that the facilities use themselves for advertisements, also it will be made into bumper stickers for parents to display in their cars-it has to be a mark of quality and professionalism-good luck
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GAO Finds Handling Of Intelligence Contractors Just As Screwed Up As Everything Else It's Investigated
from the a-regular-Snowden-breeding-ground dept
The NSA's problem with contractors surfaced in the most internationally spectacular way when one of them made his way to Hong Kong with a drive full of agency documents. Other failures were less spectacular, but didn't go completely unnoticed. A recent investigation uncovered years of fraudulent behavior by a government contractor charged with vetting potential hires for various agencies, including the NSA. The contractor was accused of (among many things) interviewing dead people and falsifying a massive number of background checks.
So, the release of a GAO report on intelligence contractors is perfectly timed. Like every GAO report, there's a dearth of good news. What's been uncovered by the GAO is another bureaucratic web that makes just tracking contractor information nearly impossible.
Limitations in the intelligence community's (IC) inventory of contract personnel hinder the ability to determine the extent to which the eight civilian IC elements—the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and six components within the Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, State, and the Treasury—use these personnel. The IC Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) conducts an annual inventory of core contract personnel that includes information on the number and costs of these personnel. However, GAO identified a number of limitations in the inventory that collectively limit the comparability, accuracy, and consistency of the information reported by the civilian IC elements as a whole. For example, changes to the definition of core contract personnel and data shortcomings limit the comparability of the information over time. In addition, the civilian IC elements used various methods to calculate the number of contract personnel and did not maintain documentation to validate the number of personnel reported for 37 percent of the 287 records GAO reviewed. Further, IC CHCO did not fully disclose the effects of such limitations when reporting contract personnel and cost information to Congress, which limits its transparency and usefulness.Bad data brings bad results (not to mention the attendant detrimental effect on accountability) and there were plenty of bad results to report, including the fact that contractors might be abusing this broken system to push the government around.
Further, the elements' ability to use the core contract personnel inventory as a strategic planning tool is hindered because the inventory does not provide insight into the functions performed by contractors, in particular those that could inappropriately influence the government's control over its decisions.The GAO attempted to audit IC records dating from 2007 to 2011, but immediately ran into problems.
[W]e could not conduct a reliability assessment of the data for fiscal years 2007 through 2009 due to a variety of factors. These factors include civilian IC element officials' stating that they could not locate records of certain years' submissions or that obtaining the relevant documentation would require an unreasonable amount of time.Amazing. The government stonewalls the government. This isn't people waving FOIA requests. This is the Government Accountability Office carrying out an order from Congress and yet, the responding office claims it would take too long to find these documents, if they can actually be found at all.
As the report goes on, it becomes clear the GAO never had a chance to compile anything comprehensive. First, it was informed that some contractors not previously designated as such were arbitrarily given that designation at some point in 2010. Then the CHCO informed the GAO that it had made significant changes to its contract management system in 2011, making most of what had been gathered prior useless for year-to-year comparisons.
Then there were problems stemming from the civilian contractors themselves, who also altered their data reporting during the same time frame, further complicating any attempts to compare year-to-year data.
In the end, the GAO settled for sampling 287 records from 2010-2011 to generate this report. Even with this limited sample set, there were issues.
We found that the civilian IC elements either under- or over-reported the amount of obligations by more than 10 percent for approximately one-fifth of the records. In addition, the civilian IC elements could not provide complete documentation to validate the information reported for 17 percent of the records we reviewed. Overall, we were able to validate the amount of reported obligations for approximately 43 to 77 percent of the records we reviewed at any one element.So, only 43-77% of the records were deemed "verifiable" by the GAO. But this same unreliable data was used by the CHCO to report costs and set budgets.
However, IC CHCO used the core contract personnel inventory information to report fiscal years 2010 and 2011 contract costs for the eight civilian IC elements in our review…But that's OK, because there's apparently no way to hold the IC CHCO accountable.
IC CHCO's guidance for the fiscal years 2010 and 2011 inventories generally requires IC elements to report on the total amount of funds obligated to contracts during the fiscal year. However, the guidance also indicates that reporting on a snapshot of active contracts on September 30 is an acceptable method for the large elements. This practice may lead to elements not fully accounting for the amount of obligations within a fiscal year on contracts…
Officials acknowledged that in some cases, obligations may not be reported as a result of the exclusion of inactive contracts or contract option periods. However, IC CHCO does not disclose this methodology or its effects on the information it reports to Congress.Not surprisingly, given this lack of direct accountability, the IC CHCO's methodology and controls have not improved over the past half-decade despite the constant generation of faulty info and the misplacement of IC records. The GAO recommends several changes to the current system (of course), but the past tells us these will be ignored by both the head office and the agencies under its "control."
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|NCAA Semifinals | Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|Saturday, May 26, 2012
|2:30 p.m.
|Foxborough, Mass. | Gillette Stadium
|TV | Radio
|ESPN2 | ESPN3 | Sirius XM 91
|Series Record
|Loyola leads, 13-6
|Last Meeting
|Notre Dame 11, Loyola 9 – March 6, 2010 – M&T Bank Stad.
Game Data
Loyola University Maryland will make its third appearance in the NCAA Semifinals on Saturday, May 26, 2012, when it takes on the University of Notre Dame at 2:30 p.m.
The team will faceoff on the field at Gillette Stadium, home of the National Football League's New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass. The winner of the game will face the winner of the other national semifinal between Duke and Maryland.
On The Tube, Web And Radio
The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 with Eamon McAnaney and Quint Kessenich calling the action. Paul Carcaterra will be the sideline analyst.
The action can also be seen worldwide on ESPN3, the broadband arm of the ESPN, and on the WatchESPN app on mobile devices.
Westwood One Sports/Dial Global will provide the NCAA Radio Network broadcast of the Championships with Dave Ryan on the play-by-play and Steve Panarelli on analysis. It can be heard on Sirius/XM 91 worldwide. A complete list of stations can be found at dialglobalsports.com.
Series History
Loyola and Notre Dame will meet for the 20th time in series history on Saturday and the third time in NCAA Championships play. Loyola holds a 13-6 advantage in the all-time series, but the Fighting Irish have won the last four meetings and six of the last nine. (Complete series history on page six of the notes)
The teams last played on March 6, 2010, in another NFL stadium. They met at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, home of the Ravens, in the Konica-Minolta Face-Off Classic where Notre Dame came away with an 11-9 victory. In all, this will mark the third time the teams have played in an NFL venue. They also faced off in the 1998 IKON Classic at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, former home of the Baltimore Colts.
The last seven meetings in the series have been decided by a total of nine goals with five of the games coming down to a one-goal difference.
Loyola and Notre Dame have played twice in the NCAA Championships, both in the first round, and each team has been the victor once. The Fighting Irish defeated the Greyhounds, 15-12, in Baltimore in the 2000 First Round, and Loyola was a 21-5 first-round winner in 1997.
NCAA Championships History
Loyola is making its 20th all-time appearance in the NCAA Championships, 18th at the Division I level. The Greyhounds are 10-19 all-time in Championships play, 10-17 at the Division I level.
Saturday's game will be the Greyhounds third appearance in the NCAA Semifinals, first since 1998 when then lost 19-8 to Maryland in Piscataway, N.J. Loyola is 1-1 in NCAA Semifinal games having defeated Yale, 14-13 in overtime, in 1990 to advance to the title game.
Sawyer Sets Goals Record
Mike Sawyer scored the first goal of Loyola's NCAA Quarterfinal game last Saturday and broke the school single-season record for goals in the process.
Sawyer now has 51 goals this season, breaking the previous best of 50 set by Tim Goettelmann in 2000. Goettelmann went on to become Major League Lacrosse's all-time leading goal scorer.
Earlier this season, against Hobart, he became the first Loyola player to reach 40 goals in a season since Tim Goettelmann and Gavin Prout scored 50 and 41, respectively, in 2000. They are the only three Loyola players to top 40 this century.
In the ECAC Semifinal against Denver, Sawyer pushed his season point total to 50, a number that is now at 59, making him the first Greyhound to reach 50 in a season since Prout had 58 (37g, 21a) in 2001. It is the fourth time this century that a Loyola player has scored 50 or more points in a season. Goettelmann (65) and Prout (53) both reached the mark in 2000, and Prout did it again the following season. Sawyer's teammate, Eric Lusby, has since joined him with more than 50 points (more later).
Lusby Right Behind After 5-Goal Game
After tying his career-high with five goals in the Greyhounds 10-9 victory over Denver, Eric Lusby leads the team with 61 points and is not far behind Mike Sawyer in the goals column with 45.
Lusby recorded a career-high seven points in the win over the Pioneers and was involved in all but three of the Greyhounds goals after recording two assists. He scored back-to-back goals twice, once during the second quarter and again in the third.
Loyola completed a three-game sweep of Denver with its 10-9 NCAA Quarterfinal victory last Saturday, marking the first time in school history the Greyhounds had ever played a team three times in a season.
It is the third time a team has beaten another three times in a season (thanks to Patrick Stevens of The Washington Times for the research). Loyola joins the 1992 Maryland (vs. Duke), 2007 Duke (vs. North Carolina) and 2009 Duke (vs. North Carolina) teams to have accomplished the feat.
Faceoff Turnaround
Loyola's J.P. Dalton dominated the faceoff 'X' on Saturday against Denver, winning 17-of-22 (.772) against Denver's Chase Carraro. It was a vast departure from the first two times the teams squared off where the Pioneers went a combined 30-of-45 (.667).
In the regular-season meeting between the teams, Carraro was 13-of-14 at the X, and he went 16-of 29 against the Greyhounds in the ECAC Semifinal game.
Dalton's 17 wins were one off his career-high set earlier this season against Air Force.
Sawyer, Lusby Form Rare Tandem
Graduate student Eric Lusby and junior Mike Sawyer have formed the top attack tandem in the nation this season, combining for 96 goals in 17 games this season, an average of 5.65 per game.
Sawyer has scored 51 goals, and his 3.0 goals per game average is third-best in Division I. Lusby, meanwhile is right behind with 45 goals and a 2.65 goals per game mark, a number that is 11th in the country. Loyola is one of two schools to have two players in the top 11 of goals per game nationally (Robert Morris).
The Greyhounds have not had two players score 40 or more goals in the same season since 2000 when Tim Goettelmann set the school single-season record with 50, and Gavin Prout tallied 41. As a side note, the Goettelmann-Prout duo has gone on to highly successful professional careers. Goettelman recently retired from Major League Lacrosse as the league's all-time leading scorer with 268 goals in 11 seasons. Prout has been an MLL Champion and has scored 314 National Lacrosse League goals to go with 625 assists as a multiple-time all-star.
The duo is now the top goal-scoring tandem in Loyola single-season history, eclipsing the performance in 2000 by Goettelmann and Prout.
Two Over 40/50
Mike Sawyer (51g, 59p) and Eric Lusby (45g, 62p) became the first set of Loyola teammates to score 40 goals and 50 points in a season since Tim Goettelmann (50, 65) and Gavin Prout (41, 53) accomplished the feat in 2000.
They are one of only two duos in the nation this year – Robert Morris' Kiel Matisz (40, 64) and Jake Hayes (42, 61) are the other – to post 40 and 50.
A Lot Of Everything
The adage that a player does a little bit of everything does not necessarily apply to long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff. The Loyola junior does a lot, as he leads the team in ground balls (79) and caused turnovers (34), is fifth in goals (12) and is seventh in assists (7). His 34 caused turnovers are second-most in Loyola history – behind P.T. Ricci's 51 in 2009 – since the stats became official in 2008.
A Tewaaraton Award nominee earlier in the year, Ratliff was named the Most Outstanding Player of the ECAC Championships after scoring three goals, one a game-winner, and recording two assists and 16 ground balls.
He had two goals, including the winner just eight seconds into overtime, and an assist versus Denver while picking up a career-high nine ground balls.
Ratliff, who was also an All-ECAC First Team honoree and ECAC Defensive Player of the Year, then scored twice in the first quarter against Canisius to go along with six ground balls and three faceoff wins in the game.
Ratliff's Scoring
Scott Ratliff had his third multi-goal game of the season in the NCAA First Round against Canisius, and he then added a goal in the Quarterfinal against Denver, raising his season totals to 12 goals and seven assists.
With his game-opening goal against the Golden Griffins, he set the Loyola single-season record for long-pole scoring, surpassing the record of 16 points set by current assistant coach Matt Dwan his senior season in 1995 when he tallied 11 goals and five assists and earned All-America honors.
Ratliff is second nationally this season in goals and points by a long pole, and his seven assists are tops in the country. Bryant's Mason Poli leads all long poles this year with 19 goals and 24 points.
Ward Dishes Out Assists
Justin Ward was credited with two assists in the NCAA Quarterfinal against Denver, raising his season total to 30, and his 1.76 assists per game are now tied for 19th nationally. Those numbers are tops among the remaining players on the four teams in the NCAA Semifinals.
Ward is the first Loyola player this century to reach 30 assists, and his total is the most since Brian Duffy had 34 in 1996.
NCAA Semifinals Connections
Kevin Ryan's family will have a rare connection to Loyola's place in the NCAA Semifinals historically after this weekend. Ryan, who scored an EMO goal in the Quarterfinals against Denver, is the cousin of Sean Quinn and Kevin Quinn who played on Loyola's semifinal teams in 1990 and 1998, respectively. Sean was a starting defender on the 1990 team, and Kevin a midfielder on the 1998 team.
Phil Dobson, a Loyola midfielder, will face his older brother, Devon, for the first time on a collegiate lacrosse field. Devon is a defensive midfielder for the Fighting Irish.
Top Spot
Loyola entered the NCAA Championships as the No. 1 seed for the third time in school history. The Greyhounds were also the top seed in 1998 when they defeated Georgetown, 12-11, in the Quarterfinals to move on to the Final Four for the second time in school history. There, the Greyhounds lost, 19-8, to Maryland. They were then the No. 1 seed in 1999 when they fell in the Quarterfinals to Syracuse, 17-12.
School Record In Wins
Loyola's victory over Denver in the NCAA Quarterfinals was its 16th of the season, setting a school record for victories in a year. The Greyhounds eclipsed the previous best of 13 that the 1998 squad achieved with a 13-2 record.
This is Loyola's 15th season all-time with 10 or more wins with 12 coming since the Greyhounds joined Division I in 1982.
Second-Half Run
Loyola used 13 unanswered goals to break open a 4-3 halftime lead against Canisius in a 17-5 victory over the Golden Griffins in the NCAA Championships First Round.
The Greyhounds took a 4-0 lead in the first quarter before Canisius scored three unanswered in the second. Mike Sawyer corralled a rebound of an Eric Lusby shot off the pipe and scored 1:20 into the second quarter to start the run. During the stretch, Sawyer scored all five of his goals, and Lusby had two of his three.
The run was the second longest in the brief, three-year history of Ridley Athletic Complex. Only a 14-0 run to start the game on March 20, 2010, against Air Force had more goals.
The Hardware Department
In the span of seven days, three teams in Loyola's Department of Athletics advanced to their respective NCAA Championships by winning titles in three different conferences.
The men's golf team started the trend with its fifth-straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference crown on April 29, and the men's lacrosse team followed by taking the ECAC title on May 4. The women's lacrosse team completed the trifecta on May 5 when it defeated then-No. 2 Syracuse to win its second-straight BIG EAST Championship. Also, in March, Loyola's men's basketball team won its first MAAC title in 18 years and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1994.
Sawyer Named One Of Five Tewaaraton Finalists
Mike Sawyer was named one of five Tewaaraton Award finalists on Thursday, joining Colgate A Peter Baum, Duke LSM C.J. Costabile, Massachusetts A Will Manny and Virginia A Steele Stanwick.
Sawyer is the first Loyola men's player to be named a finalist, and he is also the first player from to hail the State of North Carolina to be so honored. He was one of three Greyhounds on the Tewaaraton Watch List where he was joined by Eric Lusby and Scott Ratliff, and Ratliff was a fellow semifinalist. The Award, which is given annually to the top player in college lacrosse, will be presented on May 31 at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Midfield Scoring
Loyola's first midfield line of Davis Butts (19g, 32p), Sean O'Sullivan (16, 27) and Chris Layne (11, 21) has combined for 46 goals and 34 assists this season, while the second midfield unit of Pat Byrnes (9, 7), J.P. Dalton (9, 4) and Phil Dobson (7, 2) has added 25 and 13. Additionally, Nikko Pontrello has started to mix in with the second midfield, allowing Loyola's attackers the opportunity to invert, and he has four goals and six assists.
Spreading Out The Scoring Wealth
Loyola's first 11 goals against Denver in the ECAC Semifinal night were scored by 11 different players. Eric Lusby, Phil Dobson and Scott Ratliff finished the game with two goals, and eight others had one.
All three members of the Greyhounds' first midfield – Davis Butts, Chris Layne and Sean O'Sullivan – scored goals. They received four goals from the four players who make up the second midfield line – Dobson (2), Pat Byrnes and Nikko Pontrello (J.P. Dalton did not score). Extra-man attackman Kevin Ryan scored, and two of the team's three attackmen – Mike Sawyer and Lusby (2) – recorded goals. Ratliff scored twice in transition, and short-stick defensive midfielder Josh Hawkins added one. The Greyhounds' other attack player, Justin Ward, did not score but had a game-high three assists.
In the title game, 10 different players scored for Loyola with all three attackers scoring and two of three from the first midfield like tallying goals.
Twelve In A Row Ties Mark
Loyola's 12-straight to start the season tied the school record for consecutive victories, matching the number put up by the 1998 (3/14-3/17) and 1999 (3/6-3/8).
It also matched the best start to a season, equaling the 1999 team that finished the regular-season unblemished at 12-0.
Toomey Tabbed ECAC Coach Of The Year
Loyola Head Coach Charley Toomey was named the ECAC Coach of the Year for the third time in his seven-year career. This season, Toomey has guided the Greyhounds to a 16-1 mark during the regular-season and the ECAC regular-season crown with a 6-0 mark in conference play.
The Greyhounds became the second team in USILA Coaches Poll history to start a season unranked and ascend to the No. 1 spot in the rankings. The only other team was Duke in 2007 – a year after the Blue Devils had their season suspended in March – which accomplished the feat after being unranked in the first poll, moving to second in the next version and first in the third. Duke was knocked from its perch as No. 1 that season when it lost to the Greyhounds at the First Four in San Diego.
The win over Denver in the Quarterfinals was the 60th victory of his coaching career, becoming the fourth coach in Loyola history to win 60 or more – Dave Cottle (181-70, 1983-2001), Charles Wenzel (62-104, 1954-1970), Jay Connor (61-46, 1975-1982). Toomey's .619 winning percentage trails only Cottle's .721 at Loyola.
All-ECAC Honors
Five Loyola players earned All-ECAC Lacrosse League honors form the conference's coaches. Long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff, who was also named ECAC Defensive Player of the Year, earned a spot as a defender on the First Team, where he was joined by Mike Sawyer on attack and Davis Butts in the midfield.
Sawyer led the ECAC during the regular-season, and is now third nationally, in goals (51) and goals per game (3.0). Butts has scored 19 goals and assisted on 13 from the Greyhounds first midfield line while also regularly playing a role on the wings during face-offs with 38 ground balls.
Attack Eric Lusby and defender Joe Fletcher were tabbed to the All-ECAC Second Team. Lusby is second on the team and is 11th nationally with 45 goals (2.68 per game), and he also has 16 assists this season. Fletcher came on as one of the top lock-down defenders around, earning Midseason All-American honors from Inside Lacrosse last month. He has 32 ground balls and 22 caused turnovers entering the NCAA Quarterfinals.
Big Runs
Loyola used runs of three-plus goals at important junctures of its 17 games, helping the Greyhounds to wins each time. In all, Loyola has scored three or more in a row on 34 occasions this season.
Loyola scored the first four goals of the ECAC Semifinal game against Denver and then tallied three-straight after the Pioneers pulled within 4-2. The Greyhounds then reeled off five in a row during the third quarter to take a 13-6 lead.
In the ECAC title game, Loyola used an 8-1 run that was comprised of runs of 3-0 and 5-0 to take control of the game.
On The Flip Side
Conversely, the Greyhounds have allowed a run of three or more goals just 12 times this year, with the most recent coming when Canisius scored three in the second quarter. Only Denver (seven in ECAC Semifinal), Johns Hopkins (five), Fairfield (five), Air Force (four) have scored more than three in a row this year.
On The EMO
This season, the Greyhounds are ranked second in the nation in man-up offense, scoring 48-percent of the time (24-of-50). Only Lehigh (.553) has a better mark this year. Loyola dropped below 50-percent for the first time this year by going 4-of-10 in the game against Denver.
The last time Loyola finished at or above .500 in man-up offense was in 1997 when it converted 39-of-77 (.506).
Second-Half Success
The Greyhounds have now outscored opponents 63-22 in the third quarters of games and 117-61 overall this year in the second half (including overtime).
The second-half scoring continues a trend from the last two seasons. Last year, Loyola outscored opponents, 69-52, after halftime (including two overtime goals), and 77-56 two years ago.


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Growing Pains
Global growth is projected to remain subdued at slightly above 3 percent in 2013, the same as in 2012. This is less than forecast in the April 2013 World Economic Outlook (WEO), driven to a large extent by appreciably weaker domestic demand and slower growth in several key emerging market economies, as well as a more protracted recession in the euro area. Downside risks to global growth prospects still dominate: while old risks remain, new risks have emerged, including the possibility of a longer growth slowdown in emerging market economies, especially given risks of lower potential growth, slowing credit, and possibly tighter financial conditions if the anticipated unwinding of monetary policy stimulus in the United States leads to sustained capital flow reversals. Stronger global growth will require additional policy action. Specifically, major advanced economies should maintain a supportive macroeconomic policy mix, combined with credible plans for reaching medium-term debt sustainability and reforms to restore balance sheets and credit channels. Many emerging market and developing economies face a tradeoff between macroeconomic policies to support weak activity and those to contain capital outflows. Macroprudential and structural reforms can help make this tradeoff less stark.
Financial market volatility increased globally in May and June after a period of calm since last summer. In advanced economies, longer-term interest rate and financial market volatility have risen. Peripheral euro area sovereign spreads have widened again after a period of sustained declines. Emerging market economies have generally been hit hardest, as recent increases in advanced economy interest rates and asset price volatility, combined with weaker domestic activity (see below) have led to some capital outflows, equity price declines, rising local yields, and currency depreciation.
Global growth increased only slightly from an annualized rate of 2½ percent in the second half of 2012 to 2¾ percent in the first quarter of 2013 (Figure 1): CSV, instead of accelerating further as expected at the time of the April 2013 WEO. The underperformance was due to three factors. First, continuing growth disappointments in major emerging market economies, reflecting, to varying degrees, infrastructure bottlenecks and other capacity constraints, slower external demand growth, lower commodity prices, financial stability concerns, and, in some cases, weaker policy support. Second, a deeper recession in the euro area, as low demand, depressed confidence, and weak balance sheets interacted to exacerbate the effects on growth and the impact of tight fiscal and financial conditions. Third, the U.S. economy expanded at a weaker pace, as stronger fiscal contraction weighed on improving private demand. By contrast, growth was stronger than expected in Japan, driven by consumption and net exports—the latter helped by the 20 percent depreciation of the yen (in real effective terms) since late 2012.
Turning to forecasts, growth in the United States is projected to rise from 1¾ percent in 2013 to 2¾ percent in 2014 (Table 1). The projections assume that the sequestration will remain in place until 2014, longer than previously projected, although the pace of fiscal consolidation will still slow. Private demand should remain solid, given rising household wealth owing to the housing recovery, and still supportive financial conditions.
In Japan, growth will average 2 percent in 2013, moderating to about 1¼ percent in 2014. The stronger forecast for 2013 than previously projected reflects the effects of recent accommodative policies on confidence and private demand, while the somewhat softer forecast for 2014 reflects the weaker global environment.
The euro area will remain in recession in 2013, with activity contracting by over ½ percent. Growth will rise to just under 1 percent in 2014, weaker than previously projected, in part due to the persistent effects of the constraints discussed above and the expected delays in policy implementation in key areas, but also due to base effects from the delayed recovery in 2013.


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Douglas Keane won this season's "Top Chef Masters" in an episode that aired Wednesday night, beating out Denver-rooted chef Jennifer Jasinski (Rioja, Euclid Hall, Bistro Vendome) and Bryan Voltaggio on the popular Bravo series.
In a season that started with most of the chefs skydiving, the Michelin-starred Keane was a consistent favorite of judges and critics alike. He won $100,000 for his charity of choice, Green Dog Rescue.
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But many in Colorado found themselves rooting for Jasinski, who worked for Wolfgang Puck for more than 10 years and has found success in her three restaurants on Denver's Larimer Square.


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State duns cities for millions of dollars
High-stakes feuding over redevelopment money
Sacramento --
California cities are in a high-stakes fight with officials in Sacramento over money that the state says the cities owe as part of the winding down of redevelopment agencies.
County officials, under the state's direction, have sent letters of demand to cities throughout the state in recent weeks, many for millions of dollars. Several cities, including El Cerrito, refused to pay and sued the state, which is threatening to penalize cities by withholding sales tax revenue that cities rely on to pay for police, parks and other general operating expenses.
Some local officials warn that if the state follows through with its threat, struggling cities could be pushed off the fiscal cliff. Recently, fiscal crises prompted three California cities - Stockton, Mammoth Lakes and San Bernardino - to declare bankruptcy.
"It's time that we stand up and be counted, and defend our municipal affairs and rights, and push back," William C. Jones III, mayor of El Cerrito, said at a City Council meeting July 12 after the council voted to sue the state.
Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature abolished redevelopment agencies last year as part of the budget plan to deal with California's chronic deficits, redirecting billions to local governments for schools, public safety and other services. Some of that money helps the state's budget by reducing the amount of the general fund that is required to go toward education.
$1.7 million demand
The letter sent to El Cerrito on July 9 demanded a $1.7 million payment within three days, but city officials said the demand was based on a miscalculation and filed a lawsuit instead of sending a check. The city is challenging the constitutionality of the demand, among other things. Jones said the state's actions show it has "an unapologetic disregard for its cities."
On Friday, state Department of Finance Director Ana Matosantos sent letters to local officials statewide saying the department was conducting a review of the amounts that cities owe to the state and that the agency's staff had already found discrepancies.
"In some cases these discrepancies were significant," Matosantos wrote. She said the state would delay imposing penalties until at least September as the reviews continue.
It is not clear exactly how much is at stake. County clerks calculated the bills on behalf of the state and sent them to the "successor agencies" that cities created to wind down the redevelopment agencies. The money from cities that complied with the demand was sent to county officials, who redistributed it to schools, counties, special districts and some to cities as well.
Finance officials said the amount of redirected money going to school districts - which is the only funding that affects the larger state budget - is expected to be $685 million. County officials are expected to report totals to the state later in the month.
In Contra Costa County, the clerk sent bills to cities and the county totaling just under $21.3 million, and in Alameda County the bills were just over $40 million, according to officials in those counties.
OK from Supreme Court
The state gave the money in question to redevelopment agencies in December. Under the old system, those agencies received a portion of property taxes in areas with redevelopment projects.
But later that month, the state Supreme Court gave the state the green light to abolish the redevelopment agencies. The ruling was a blow to cities that had sued the state, hoping to keep redevelopment alive.
Redevelopment agencies were abolished in February, and successor agencies were created to finish projects that were already under way and eliminate bond and other debt owed. They are then to be shuttered.
However, at the heart of the debate between cities and the state is whether the money given in December can be used to pay bond debt and other obligations. Cities say the calculations were rushed and are inaccurate. Many also say the penalties - including a fine of 10 percent of the amount in question and the withholding of sales tax revenue equal to the amount in question - are unconstitutional.
H.D. Palmer, Department of Finance spokesman, said the state is not being quick to penalize cities.
"My hope is that we won't have to ... use these penalties," Palmer said. "There's not a rush on the state's part to implement these. They are meant as tools of last resort."
But even cities that have paid the full amount have objected to doing so.
Richmond city officials paid $2.1 million "under protest," said City Manager Bill Lindsay.
Penalties 'too severe'
"The penalties, we felt, were too severe not to pay it even though we did not agree with the amount or the approach taken by the county at the direction of the state," he said.
One project that was to be funded in Richmond was an underpass below railroad tracks on the edge of the marina area. Passing trains can cut off access to the area, including for emergency vehicles, for as long as half an hour, Lindsay said. State officials have said the project was not far enough along when redevelopment agencies were dissolved, so the money can't be used for that project.
The project is now stalled.
Cities' representatives at the Capitol said they are glad the state has decided to review the amounts charged, but asked that the penalties be removed.
"We've never seen any threat like this," said Chris McKenzie, executive director of the California League of Cities. "It's really, we believe, just dramatically excessive, unnecessary and on top of it, illegal."
He said the league is considering filing its own lawsuit on the matter.
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The idea of the anime assault guides were born out of me being frustrated on trying to catch up on a show that - was complicated to catch up on legally and ethically speaking even if you can understand Japanese as I'm damn near sure anyone here can attest. I wanted to create a guide - in the form of a deep narrative analysis and critique that could create the bridge- give a way for others to catch up or be introduced to the series proper in a way that was entirely above board at least to the point where Crunchyroll picked up.
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If I were to open your closet or chest of drawers, where would I see that you have purchased the majority of your casual clothing from? I'm talking 50% + 1 here.
For me, it is the Gap. Between jeans, button downs, t-shirts, shorts, the Gap by far has the majority of my casual purchases. Interested to hear what others have to say.


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NEW DELHI (AP) India's top players say they'll pull out of the Davis Cup match against South Korea if they are required to sign a code of conduct agreement with the country's tennis association.
Eight players said Friday in a statement that they would skip the Feb. 1-3 series in New Delhi if the All India Tennis Association asks them to sign. The players also want a change in Davis Cup management, more prize money and an enlarged team of six players.
The AITA had earlier conceded that the players had a valid point in wanting coach Nandan Bal and non-playing captain Shiv Misra replaced.
Last year, the AITA was criticized for not reaching out to players and worked out a compromise before the London Olympics after Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna refused to play doubles with Leander Paes.


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Forever foods
Could those foods you're getting ready to toss, still be good? Janice Revell, co-founder of StillTasty.com, says "Look in your pantry and your cabinets and check whether the items really do need to go. You'll be shocked by what you really don't need to throw away."
So before you throw out that years-old sugar or replace that bottle of vanilla that's been gathering dust, consult our list of "forever foods." You may be surprised how many of your kitchen staples have a shelf life of decades — even after they've been opened. (Text: Laura Moss)


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