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Hope everyone had an awesome weekend! Mine was pretty nice. And by "nice," I mean it was awesome.
On Saturday, I actually got off work semi-early for a change. Instead of running errands and going to Whole Foods, my husband and I spent the rest of the day relaxing together and watching TV. We watched Due Date on demand. I thought that some of the comedy was a little over the top, but mostly it was really funny and a pretty decent movie.
On Saturday night, we also made some homemade peanut butter. I am in love with honey roasted peanuts, so I took about a cup and a half of honey roasted peanuts and threw them in the food processor. It only took ten minutes for it to go from this . . . .
to this!
This is probably the best honey roasted peanut butter I have ever tasted. So delicious and definitely cheaper than buying my own.
Last week I mentioned to my husband that I wanted Sunday to be Internet-free Sunday. So no blogging, no Facebooking, to tweeting, no surfing. I think we both spend way too much time on the computer. I wanted to have a day with no distractions for me and Corey . . . and Callie too, of course. 🙂
It was a wonderfully productive and yet relaxing day. The day started with Corey making me breakfast. He made me some breakfast potatoes. Then he made me a breakfast bowl that consisted of potatoes, a couple of scrambled eggs, and some chicken sausage. I also added some ketchup. Yummy!
After breakfast, Corey and I relaxed a little longer, took Callie for a little walk and set out to run some errands. It was seriously cold yesterday for the first time in weeks! My ears were freezing. I should have known our Spring-like weather was too good to be true. The errands included a trip to Whole Foods, Kohl's for a clothing exchange, Pet Smart for some doggy goodies, and my favorite place, Sam's Club.
At Pet Smart, we bought Callie some dog food and some new treats. They are all natural! If I am going to eat all natural foods, then my dog probably should as well. She deserves the best.
I think she loved her new treats. What's not to love about bacon and cheese? 🙂
Does anyone else get full from shopping at Sam's Club? I kind of love going there on weekends because of all the free samples. It's the perfect place to eat foods that I wouldn't normally eat and it's also the perfect spot to exercise a little portion control. You kind of have to with their small (but tasty) portions.
When we got home from running errands, it was time for lunch. After Sam's Club, I was not in the mood for lunch. I had filled up from bites of chicken salad and pizza. Instead I did a 40 minute Jackie Warner workout. After the workout, I was in the mood for something cool, light, and nutritious. So I made myself a Gingerbread Smoothie.
Thank goodness we had purchased skim milk. No more whole milk in my smoothies! It was so good and exactly what I needed. With the smoothie, I had half a wheat bagel (bought at the Farmer's Market and so good) with my homemade honey roasted peanut butter.
The smoothie and bagel were perfect fuel for our next project: cleaning out our refrigerator and freezer. We had way too much in our freezer that we knew we were never going to eat. For instance . . . Lean Cuisines. I had about six of those in our freezer.
I can't believe that this time last year, I was eating those just about every day for lunch. The only reason I stopped eating them was because I needed to remove a lot of things from my diet to prevent my migraines. Obviously, they have way too many preservatives. There was a time when I couldn't have imagined my lunches without Lean Cuisines. But I have gotten more creative with my meals (and we make lots of leftovers for my lunch!) and I couldn't imagine eating those meals again on a day-to-day basis. I see now that they weren't very nutritious, nor were they very filling. It's no wonder that I was hungry barely two hours after eating them.
The best part of the day was making homemade tortillas! I haven't had a tortilla in forever and it's mainly because they have too many ingredients I can't eat. I have yet to find a tortilla that I am able to eat. If I had known how easy it was to make them, I would have done it a lot sooner. We used this recipe. The only changes we made were to use half white and half wheat flour and we used olive oil instead of shortening. Really, they were very easy to make. Just mix, knead, roll, and cook.
These tortillas were so delicious! We made some steak fajitas to go with the tortillas. My husband marinated some top round meat in a little olive oil, Cajun seasoning, and red pepper flakes. He also sauteed some peppers and onions.
The meat was the most delicious meat I have tried in a while. What a delicious marinade that my husband made!
In the tortillas that we made, I had some meat with peppers and onions, a little scoop of refried beans, and some salsa.
I also had some unpictured chips and salsa. Dare I say that this meal was better than most takeout from Mexican restaurants?
After dinner, my wonderful husband offered to clean the kitchen and do the dishes. Then we relaxed for the rest of the night. We watched another movie, On Demand. We watched Love Happens, starring Jennifer Aniston. It was a really good movie. It was sweet and moving and a little sad at times.
It was a wonderful weekend and I am so glad there we unplugged from the Internet for a day. I told Corey that I wanted to do that every Sunday. So don't expect any blogs from me on Sundays in the future. 😉
What was the best part of your weekend?


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Matthew McConaughey's son, Levi, may be just 14 months old, but he's already giving his parents a run for their money.
In a new letter posted on his official Web site on Wednesday, the actor revealed that little Levi is tearing up the house as he waits for his mom – Matthew's girlfriend Camila Alves – to give birth to his sibling.
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"Levi is doing terrific waiting for his little bro or sis," Matthew wrote. "We had to super child proof the new house because he's motoring around like [Jamaican sprinter] Usain Bolt and eatin' like [Japanese professional eater Takeru] Kobayashi. Camila and I can barely keep up."
Matthew said his son has earned a nickname for his voracious toddler appetite.
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"We call him the fruit bandit 'cause if there's fruit out, he's on it, takin' it and eatin' it," the actor wrote. "He's getting bigger, more fun, smarter and craftier by the day."
Also getting bigger is Camila's blooming belly, although Matthew said they haven't learned their impending arrival's sex.
"My lady Camila and I got another baby on the way," he wrote. "Not sure if it's a boy or a girl but we have our instincts."
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In a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive, bottled water was the number one choice of consumers when asked to identify the bottled beverage they most associate with living a healthy lifestyle. In the survey, respondents were asked, "Please think about living a healthy lifestyle. Which one bottled beverage do you associate most with living a healthy lifestyle?" The results were as follow (in descending order):
- Bottled water (58 percent)
- Milk (22 percent)
- None of these (6 percent)
- Bottled fruit beverages (5 percent)
- Sports or energy drinks (3 percent)
- Other (3 percent)
- Bottled tea (2 percent)
- Carbonated soft drinks (2 percent)
- Bottled coffee (less than 1 percent)
Of the 3,238 consumers surveyed, 58% selected bottled water as the bottled beverage most associated with a healthy lifestyle. More than twice as many people selected bottled water as a healthy-lifestyle beverage than the next most popular choice: milk, which received 22 percent of the votes.
Linda McDonald, MS, RD, editor and publisher of Supermarket Savvy newsletter, said of the survey results, "It is encouraging to see that the majority of consumers make bottled water their healthy-lifestyle bottled beverage-of-choice. Because it does not contain calories, caffeine, sugar, artificial colors, alcohol, or other ingredients, I think that there is nothing better than water to refresh and hydrate, and bottled water provides a smart beverage choice."
"While all beverages have their role in the marketplace, consumers are choosing bottled water in greater numbers for a variety of reasons," said Stephen R. Kay, IBWA vice president of communications. "The consistent safety, quality, good taste, and convenience make bottled water a natural choice that can contribute to a healthy lifestyle."
According to Beverage Marketing Corporation in its 2007 report, "Bottled Water in the United States," U.S. bottled water sales exceeded 8.25 billion gallons, a 9.5 percent increase, bottled water per capita consumption level of 27.6 gallons increased by over two gallons, from 25.4 gallons per capita the previous year. Additionally, the wholesale dollar sales for bottled water exceeded $10.8 billion, an 8.5 percent increase over the prior year. Bottled water in 2003 emerged as the second largest U.S. consumer beverage category by volume behind carbonated soft drinks (CSDs); a position the industry still retains. "While CSDs still have volume and average intake levels more than twice as high as bottled water," Beverage Marketing reported, "the soft drink market has been stagnant lately, in no small part due to bottled water."
To help individuals meet their personal hydration goals, IBWA has a hydration calculator available on its website (www.bottledwater.org.) This hydration resource is an interactive tool based on expert resources and the most current findings of the National Academy of Sciences. IBWA's Hydration Calculator provides helpful suggestions about an individual's total fluid intake derived from both beverages and food, and other information about water's (including bottled water, public drinking water, and/or filtered tap water) vital role in refreshment, health and hydration.


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LED Helmet Mount Finalized and Available Next Month and Super Drive ReviewPosted on
San Luis Obispo, CA – Lezyne LED users will be happy to hear the Lezyne LED helmet mount will be available next month. Production of the long awaited mount began this month and the first round of mounts have already shipped to Lezyne distributors worldwide. Available to the public early February. The helmet mount is made of a stamped and machined aluminum base and compression ring with a Composite Matrix spherical pivot cradle that holds the LED light. A long Velcro strap attaches the mount to the helmet and a rubber pad on the underside of the mount provides grip. The spherical pivot allows the user to adjust the position of the light in all directions.
The mount is compatible with all Lezyne LED lights and will retail for $19.99. Look for these in your local shop next month!


text: If the ban is backdated Dettori will be able to ride at Royal Ascot in June 2013 [AP]Jockey Frankie Dettori has been banned from racing for six months by French horse racing stewards following a positive drug test.The British-based rider tested positive for an unidentified banned substance September 16 at a race meet at Longchamp. The ban, backdated to his medical hearing last month, is likely to be extended worldwide until May 19 next year. "I have spoken to Frankie since the announcement was made and he has told me he fully accepts France Galop's decision" Dettori's lawyer Christopher Stewart-Moore The medical committee of the French horse racing association temporarily suspended the Italian on 'medical grounds' last month and transferred the case to France Galop - the governing body."I have spoken to Frankie since the announcement was made and he has told me he fully accepts France Galop's decision," Dettori's lawyer Christopher Stewart-Moore said in a statement. "He also accepts that he has let down the sport he loves and all those associated with it, as well as the wider public. But most of all, and this is his greatest regret, he has let down his wife and children."Dettori's case was heard on Tuesday at France Galop's Paris headquarters, which Stewart-Moore and another of Dettori's representatives, Herve Naggar, both attended. Because of French laws regarding medical confidentiality, the identity of the banned substance was not given.The 41-year-old Dettori is best known for riding seven winners on one day at Ascot in 1996. Ascot comeback? Dettori, a three-time champion jockey in Britain, had four rides at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe trials meeting on September 16, after which the positive sample was returned.If, as expected, the British Horseracing Authority reciprocates the ban, Dettori would be back in time for Royal Ascot in June."He is enormously grateful for the opportunities that he has been given by owners and trainers over the years," Stewart-Moore said. "Racing has been good to Frankie and he knows that his privileged position brings with it responsibility. For this reason he is determined to rebuild his reputation when he returns to the saddle."He ended his 18-year association with owners Godolphin in October, announcing that he planned to ride freelance in 2013.Dettori, who was cautioned by police in Britain for possession of cocaine in 1993, competed in France's prestigious Arc de Triomphe race in October, finishing a disappointing seventh on Camelot. He was won the Arc three times and has the chance next year for a record-equaling fourth win.Irish jockey Kieren Fallon was banned for six months by France Galop in 2006 after testing positive for a banned substance. France Galop then banned him a further 18 months after a second positive test in August 2007. SOURCE: AP Sport France United Kingdom


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DWTS13 Casting Rumors – The Typecasting of Season 13, Part II
So with each hour closer to the cast announcement that we get, we seem to be getting more and more leaks of who's in – the next 24 hours will definitely be the time to stay tuned to PureDWTS, as we'll be posting any potential last minute leaks as soon as we hear them! I dunno about you guys, but I'm getting excited…so let's take a look at who else we might expect to see, based on casting patterns 😉
The Teen Idol
Previous examples: Joey McIntyre, Aaron Carter, Donny Osmond, Lance Bass, Mel B., Joey Fatone, Drew Lachey, Joey Lawrence, Ian Ziering, Cody Linley, Sabrina Bryan, Mario Lopez, Kyle Massey, Chelsea Kane, Romeo
Advantages: If sales of Tiger Beat are any indicator, the teenyboppers will come out in full force to support their favorite heartthrobs/idols. Being young & good-lookin' sure doesn't hurt! Many also have the added advantage of having a decent dance background, especially if they were part of a musical act.
Disadvantages: Youth can also have its disadvantages – as in immaturity. What some might call "youthful exuberance", others might call "immaturity" or "attention deficit disorder" – poor Cody Linley had a hard time sitting still! Emotional immaturity (a la Aaron Carter's post-rumba meltdown in the confessional) can be especially off-putting. They've also got to contend with the large middle-aged female contingent of viewers/voters – they far outnumber the young viewers likely to vote for them.
Possible candidates this season: Now that the Candace Cameron-Bure rumor seems to have died down, it looks like we're going to be seeing former child starKim Richards, also of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fame…maybe she's doing double-duty as the reality star this season, too!
The Host
Previous examples: Jerry Springer, Brooke Burke, Leeza Gibbons, Mario Lopez, Kenny Mayne, Lisa Rinna, Tucker Carlson, Mark Dacascos, Rocco DiSpirito, Erin Andrews, Wendy Williams, Mike Catherwood
Advantages: Being that they've been at the helm of their own shows, these guys usually have the media savvy & charisma to appeal to the masses, as well as the previous exposure & recognizability. Most (not all!) are also decently attractive, which never seems to hurt (unless, of course, you're a model – see previous post for explanation).
Disadvantages: Many hosts are only used to hosting – as in just sitting down & talking (or dodging the occasional punch, if you're Springer), so the lack of movement experience problem seems to come into play.
Possible candidates this season: I've started preparing myself to watch Nancy Grace try to hoof it this season, though I can't say I'm even the tiniest bit excited about it. Someone hosts I'd rather see? Craig Ferguson or Ricki Lake – the former is just hilarious, and the latter might actually be pretty good due to her Broadway background.
The Actor
Previous examples: John O'Hurley, Melissa Joan Hart, Steve Guttenburg, John Ratzenberger, Debi Mazar, Denise Richards, Ted McGinley, Shannon Elizabeth, Jennie Garth, Vivica Fox, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Shannen Doherty, Jennifer Grey, David Hasselhoff, Ralph Macchio, Kirstie Alley
Advantages: Being that their bread & butter is acting, most can usually nail the emotions of the dances. Bonus points if they've done any Broadway (like Winokur) because they have likely had dance experience.
Disadvantages: For lack of a better term, many of them seem to be "has-beens" – actors that haven't been particularly active in the mainstream in the past several years – or were never that big to begin with (can anyone else think of anything John O'Hurley has been in BESIDES Seinfeld?), making it harder for them to garner votes from a public who may not remember them.
Possible candidates this season: I think it's safe to say David Arquette is a lock. There's been a couple of murmurs about Henry Winkler as well, and I'm still wondering if Lorenzo Lamas is gonna crop up, after all the talking he did last season.
The Reality Star
Previous examples: Kim Kardashian, Kelly Osbourne, Melissa Rycroft, Steve-O, Holly Madison, Trista Sutter, Shanna Moakler, Kate Gosselin, Jake Pavelka, Audrina Patridge, The Situation
Advantages: Many have achieved pop culture icon status on their respective reality outlets, making them fairly recognizable.
Disadvantages: They may be memorable for the wrong reasons – people tended to remember things like Kim Kardashian's sex tape more than her reality show when she was on DWTS, and people seemed more focused on Holly Madison's split from Hef than her antics on The Girls Next Door. Many can also come across as attention-hungry & talentless(*cough*JakePavelka*cough*) – reality TV is often looked down upon as a way to get famous without having any talent whatsoever.
Possible candidates this season: We had the great Snooki scare of 2011 (which I doubt is going to amount to anything), but Rob Kardashian & Kristen Cavallari's names are still being tossed around.
The Singer:
Previous examples: Mya, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mario, Belinda Carlisle, Master P, Chuck Wicks, Sara Evans, Willa Ford, Monique Coleman, Toni Braxton, Macy Gray, Nicole Scherzinger
Advantages: As with the teen idols, many have had dance experience concurrent with their music careers.
Disadvantages: Most seem to be committed solely to one genre of music (often R&B or country), making it hard to appeal to a wide fanbase.
Possible candidates this season: Christina Milian's name has been said quite a bit, but we haven't had any confirmation. But rumor has it Chynna Philips is definitely in.
The Wild Card
Previous examples: Heather Mills, Tom DeLay, Mark Cuban, Steve Wozniak, Priscilla Presley, Buzz Aldrin, Bristol Palin
Advantages: The sheer novelty of having someone with such an off-the-beaten-path claim to fame (famous divorcee/widow, entrepreneur, disgraced politician, etc.) may be enough to have the public voting them – just to see what happens. Being the "underdog" is a powerful thing…as we saw with Bristol last season!
Disadvantages: Due to their often dubious fame, people just may not have any clue who they are – I personally had to Google Mark Cuban's name. There's also the risk of backlash from some viewers who don't think they're "stars" per se, and shouldn't even be on the show in the first place.
Possible candidates this season: I'd say our best bet is Chaz Bono.
So we're mere hours away from the official announcement, gang – who do you think is in and who do you think is just wishful thinking? Be sure to check back here for Heidi's Casting Announcement Live Blog starting at 8 PM EST tomorrow night …she (and the rest of us) suffer through Bachelor Pad so you don't have to! And make sure you're following @puredwts & @tvblog on Twitter for up-to-the-minute updates on who's in!


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Management's offshore gold fund were down 11.8 percent in June, bringing their year-to-date losses in the fund to 20 percent, two sources close to the matter said on Sunday.
Einhorn, one of the most widely followed hedge fund managers and known for warning about Lehman Brothers' precarious finances before it collapsed, has also seen his flagship $8 billion Greenlight Capital fund under recent pressure though it is still up for the year.
In June, Greenlight's flagship portfolio was down 1.1 percent but still up net 7.4 percent year to date, according to one of the sources.
Einhorn, largely known for going both long and short on stocks, formed the Greenlight gold fund to include the same investment strategy as the main fund but offers a share class backed by physical gold.
The gold fund, with a minimum investment of $1 million, had $929 million under management and 266 investors as of March, according to a recent regulatory filing.
The sources said the fund's dollar-denominated class represents a "majority" of the gold fund and is up 7.1 percent for the year. The remainder is in the gold-denominated class, which is down 11.8 percent in June alone and 20 percent so far this year. That's consistent with the sector's plunge this year.
The gold-denominated fund gives Greenlight investors exposure to gold through the fund's investments, then reprices them in gold as opposed to U.S. dollars.
Gold, which fell below $1,200 an ounce on Thursday for the first time in three years, posted its largest quarterly loss in at least 45 years amid fears the U.S. Federal Reserve may wind down its stimulus program.
After Friday's rally of 2.3 percent, gold is still 23 percent lower for the second quarter, its biggest decline since at least 1968, according to Reuters data.
Einhorn has said he prefers investing in gold bars, as opposed to the popular gold exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD.P), partly to have better control over his investment and keep a lid on trading expenses.
In 2009, Einhorn said at the annual Value Investing Congress that he was holding gold as a hedge for what he described as unsound U.S. policies.
"If monetary and fiscal policies go awry," investors should buy physical gold and gold stocks, he said at time. "Gold does well when monetary and fiscal policies are poor and does poorly when they are sensible."
This March, a month before the big April swoon in gold prices, the Greenlight Gold fund completed a financing deal with HSBC for an unspecified sum, according to a financing statement. The fund also has a financing agreement with Goldman Sachs.
Einhorn's dedicated gold fund will not be the only portfolio in the $2.2 trillion hedge fund industry that got burned in June from an investment in precious metals.
In April, a dedicated gold fund managed by John Paulson was down about 27 percent, bringing the year-to-date decline at 47 percent. Soon after, Paulson, who is the largest investor in the fund, limited the release of performance figures for his gold fund, worried it was getting too much attention in the media.
Earlier this year, the Paulson gold fund had about $700 million in assets. Paulson also invests in gold miners and in the gold ETF for his Advantage funds, which have about $5 billion in assets.
Einhorn's flagship fund also invests in gold. Earlier this year, the manager listed gold as one of the five largest positions in the fund. Reuters previously reported that Einhorn stores some of his gold in a secure facility in Queens, New York.
Dan Loeb's $12 billion Third Point firm also had a sizable position in physical gold in his portfolios but people familiar with the matter said he exited the positions in the spring. An investor with Loeb who did not want to be identified said the Third Point Partners fund fell 1.7 percent in June, but was still up 13.2 percent for the year.
Additional reporting by Matthew Goldstein; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe


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Example: Ihed'het mi'sxa.
Server 3S-be.quiet.
The server is down.
This is a rather straightforward term, actually dangerously close to calquing the term server. 'ihed means to offer something or to make an offer. ihed'tan is an ofering. By the way, serving food requires the root 'lixama. Thus, the pun with the penguin who squawks "God Evening Mr Gates, I will be your server today" does not work in Rejistanian.


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Everybody knows PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel put the first money into Facebook. But who put the first money into PayPal?
Meet John Malloy of BlueRun Ventures. The Menlo Park firm, which specializes in mobile computing investments, began life as Nokia's venture arm in 1998 before spinning out.
Malloy, a telecom veteran, a year later used a Palm Pilot to beam $3 million into the account of a tiny Palo Alto startup called Confinity. In 2002, eBay bought the company — by then known as PayPal — for $1.5 billion.
Q: How'd you get into this racket?
A: I was in my own mobile startup that led me to work for Nokia running M&A in the mid '90s. I then co-founded Nokia Venture Partners, with Nokia as the anchor investor. BlueRun was launched in 2004.
Q: What do you like best about venture capital?
A: Disruption. Constant learning. People.
Very early in my career, I was taught by (MCI founder) Bill McGowan to look for big markets to disrupt. The excitement of actually doing the impossible, or at least improbable, is addictive.
This is a very humbling business. It's absolutely critical for early stage investors to listen and keep learning from the entrepreneurs they back. Experience can make things seem familiar, but it's a new path every time.
Early stage venture lets me participate in this creation cycle with incredibly talented entrepreneurs. The pressure is immense; you can either be crushed by it or prosper. The bonds formed during those times are incredibly important to me.
Q: What kinds of pitches are you looking for right now?
A: Mobile. Mobile. Mobile. Did I mention mobile?
Seriously though, the opportunity cost for me makes it hard to get excited beyond mobile. I always try to remain open-minded, though the probabilities of persuading me to invest outside of mobile are low.
I am most interested in great entrepreneurs who are leveraging the scale and ubiquity of mobile to disrupt a large market. Areas for mobile disruption I am currently exploring are education and health care.
Q: What's the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make?
A: Too often, we can confuse motion or hype with progress. (Entrepreneurs need to) measure real progress and talk about what is not working.
Internally, remember that problems are opportunities, and platitudes are not to be trusted. Externally, don't get distracted from the mission that led you to start this thing in the first place.
Also remember to have fun along the way and try to stay healthy.
Q: What's the next big thing going to be?
A: We are still very early in the transformation to mobile-first services. There are plenty of real-time innovations and disruptions to come. Mobile will grab a bigger and bigger share of actual commerce in the brick and mortar world.
On the back end, we will need breakthroughs in anticipatory computing, so we can meet the escalating demands of users and give them contextually relevant services that make a difference in their daily lives.
A little farther out, I'm excited abut the opportunity for cheaper, ubiquitous sensors and the services they may eventually enable.
Q: It's been just over 10 years since eBay bought PayPal, an event that made possible the rise of LinkedIn, Tesla, Yelp, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Palantir… Did you have any inkling when you made that first investment that it was going to change Silicon Valley?
A: Indirectly. I believed Peter Thiel and Max Levchin were extraordinary people, who in turn hired some of the most insanely smart and driven folks one could imagine. I'm not surprised by their successes.
However, I am in awe of what Elon Musk is doing right now. For one person to simultaneously disrupt such large and important markets has to be unprecedented.
Q: What one company in your current portfolio has the potential to be as transformative as PayPal?
A: I actually strive to meet this incredibly high bar with every investment. But the immediately obvious answer is Waze. (Note: This interview was conducted shortly before Google agreed to buy the social mapping app for $1.1 billion.)
The team is immensely talented and driven. They completely disrupted the old notions of map creation, and they're now redefining this critical interface at the exact right time for mobile consumers. Waze maps are now real time, and soon they will be much more social and informative in a way that will improve our lives.
It is a true pleasure to work with such talented people.
Tags: bluerun ventures, Confinity, eBay, Elon Musk. Max Levchin, facebook, Google, John Malloy, mobile, mobile technology, nokia, PayPal, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley, venture capital, Waze


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Leoni Werle's Pilu Lamp
Leoni Werle Illustrates The Pilu Lamp
Leoni Werle, the thinktank behind the displayed design PILU by Leoni Werle explicates, The shape of the base allows Pilu to switch between two different positions, like a seesaw. The lamp shade and the base are connected by a one-directional joint, which moves according to the angle of the base. The joint allows the light to be directed downwards even when the lamp is in the angled position. Standing straight PILU can be used as a regular standing lamp whereby its light shines down the bar and serves as an indirect light source. In the angled position you can use it as a reading light, next to your sofa or on your desk. .
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After the successful making of My Daughter (夏家三千金), by the director Shen Yi. Waking Love Up has get back the popular main leads of My Daughter - Qiu Ze, Tang Yan, Qi Wei and Xu Zheng Xi to collaborate once again, also to let Qiu Ze & Tang Yan continue their memorable GeMei romance at My Daughter.
In Waking Love Up, the chemistry of the four leads is very worth looking-forward to, after the four have collaborate together in total of 3 dramas in a year [My Daughter (80Eps), Unbeatable II (30Eps)].
It has finished airing - Airing period: 13 September 2011 - 02 October 2011
It's watchable at various online video sites. Authorize video sites such as PPTV, tudou, sohu etc.
Credits to: BaiDu BaiKe: http://baike.baidu.com/view/5035436.htm
WeiBo: http://www.weibo.com/wakingloveup
Love Waking Up (爱情睡醒了)
Eps: 40
Filming Period: 11 April 2011 - 10 July 2011
Filming Set: SanYa - HaiNan
Starring by:
Qiu Ze (Roy Chiu)
Tang Yan (Tiffany Tang)
Qi Wei
Xu Zheng Xi


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Matt Dillahunty has not received any gifts yet
That's all that is happening in Australia that I know about,
Though you probably already know this much from your own sources.
Thanks for the entertainment.
keep up the great work!
Though there is one issue in Australia regarding religion, the government is allowing church based Chaplains to perform student counseling in the public schools as since it is church funded and controlled, the government just states it is cheaper for the government that way.
Yet we know by their stated aims that it is really about getting children back into churches.
This is the only battle we are having with religion at the moment.
Because if we become too settled and complacent there is a danger of a revival of religious fundamentalism when our country becomes involved in a crisis.
As history has demonstrated.
You know yourself that when the US suffered severe crisis in the middle 19th century, people were desperate for something to cling to and this saw the rise of fundamentalist new age movements such as Jehovah Witnesses and Mormonism, under a salesman and a depraved womanizer.
Such could happen in a secular community that doesn't keep watch.
Hey Matt, I'm from Australia and really enjoyed your exchange with Sye Ten Bryggencate. I'm enjoying some of the excerpts from your show, and admire your knowledge and wit. Though here we are a very secular, open community and us Atheists have sort of disappeared into the woodwork. No hassling from Theists, means we have no reason to stand up and be counted. Such is what happens when a society becomes secular, we all settle down as equals. Jumping up an shouting I'm an Atheist here is like pissing into the wind, I'm the only one who would get drenched by my own urine. Nobody seems to care. Yet I have friends I debate with in the US and my current debate with a devout Theist is on Oral Tradition in the Bible is Reliable, where I'm in the Con seat and I cannot find any sources saying it is unreliable apart from highlighting the contentions in the Gospel accounts of JC.
Do you know of any sources I can access or any of your clips covering this in any of your callers.
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Hello Matt.
I knew of your show, but never watched it until this week. You are now one of my heroes. I'm in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Close to Toronto).
But you do have a problem when you do your show -- your problem is in this example:
Picture a (6) foot step ladder, this is the ladder of knowledge, you are reaching for the top rung, but I would say you are probably somewhere between the second & first rungs from the top.
The majority of your callers, are well ... you know that place between the ground & the first rung on the bottom, these callers are continually banging their heads on the under side of the first rung.
You are knowledgeable & you seek to spread some of that knowledge, even to those who still cling to their Bible, as if it were not simply a story, but as the truth - through Blind faith.
Please keep up the great works!!
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Forget the thigh-high split. Forget the hip-high split. Kendall Jenner has trumped them all with the split to beat all others: the Over-The-Hip-High (OTHH) double split in this Fausto Puglisi dress.
It's one of those eyebrow-raising heights nobody has ever attempted. Not even strippers. And with good reason. Because quite honestly, it's not only difficult to walk in without a whole lot of double-sided tape, it's also rather unflattering. Pelvic bones ... the new breasts? I'm not sure if that will take off.
But I understand her desire to go further and really shock the public on the red carpet. It results in some much-needed attention. She's half Kardashian, after all, and we all know how spotlight-starved the Kardashian clan is. So you can't blame a gal for wanting to steal the limelight when, you know, she's never even been on a Vogue cover. What was she going to do? It was either a double split dress or wear a giant hoop earring in her nose. Oh. Wait. She did that at Coachella a month ago.
To get noticed in public these days is a tough job, because quite frankly, we've seen it all before.
Parading a dress slashed to the navel? So J-Lo circa 2000. A gown split up the leg, held together by safety pins? Pah! Liz Hurley mastered that in 1994. And just last year we had Gwyneth Paltrow, who used to be the Queen of Classic but now often likes to show off her hard-earned body by wearing clothes with various chunks sliced off them, expose her sides in a frock which just scraped the edges of her bottom. It was so revealing, she later joked to Ellen Degeneres, that someone had to run out for a razor when she put it on. Did she start the pelvic-bones-are-the-new-breasts trend? Probably. I can see her gloating behind her organic kale smoothie as we speak, sharpening those pelvic bones for another outing.
There's a fine line between fashion and flaunting-for-the-sake-of-it however, and I think Kendall Jenner has crossed it.
Gwyneth, though she also went sans underwear, at least had sheer strips of fabric down the sides. It added a certain amount of chic to the dress, which was in itself, beautiful. Elegant even. This full-frontal, double-sided, OTHH split that Kendall Jenner is sporting? Rather gauche.
See, instead of saying everything she wants to say, it does exactly the opposite. We know you've got a good body KJ, there's no need to walk a red carpet in a scrap of fabric that in all honestly looks a bit like curtain crossed with a Christmas tree. Don't get me started on the purple lining.
We know you're 18, you're a hot, young model, you're the Next Big Thing, you're going to trump your older siblings and beat them at their own game. We know you're not the kid sister who got ignored in the early years on Keeping Up With the Kardashians anymore. Yes, we sometimes confuse you with your sister Kylie, but that's because your mother sells you off as a package deal, so it's not our fault. And, sarcasm aside, we do understand your craving for attention. Not only were you brought up on it, but you were taught to embrace it and hold it close like a security blanket. We won't speak about how right or wrong that is, but just a little tip for next time: choose a dress that actually flatters, instead of one purely designed to shock. Because when it's that obvious, nobody believes in you, or what you're selling.


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"To Insure Prompt Service" folks might slide an extra dollar across the bar, be it in return for a swift pint or a strong espresso. Naturally most folks in the service industry bring home a lot of their regular pay in singles, but it's not always money that makes the biggest impression on a barista.
One of my very favorite regulars at the first café I worked at was a soft-spoken research scientist named Barry who, in addition to gifting me with books once he was through with them, would routinely pass my coworkers Sugar in the Raw packets minus the sugar and with the addition of something funky, green, and smokable. (Since I was as innocent and pure as the driven snow, however, I always preferred being a card-carrying member of the Barry Library.)
Also—warning, obligatory nice-celebrity anecdote ahead—Benjamin Bratt once dropped 25 American bones into the tip jar on Christmas Day. That was pretty sweet.
While baristas always appreciate the extra green, there's something to be said about the little special extras that pass across the counter as well. We asked nine baristas about the best tips they ever received. (Surprisingly, none answered with, "Don't take any wooden nickels.") Read their tales in the slideshow above »
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Flash: Head-On Crash Blocks 3 Lanes of Highway 80 in Berkeley
Three lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Berkeley are blocked this afternoon by a head-on crash, according to the California Highway Patrol. -more-
Three lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Berkeley are blocked this afternoon by a head-on crash, according to the California Highway Patrol. -more-
A three-alarm fire that destroyed a home and damaged two others in North Berkeley on Thursday afternoon was apparently caused by a faulty lamp switch, an assistant fire chief said today. -more-
This year's UC Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall) commencement ceremony will be the site of an anti-torture protest initiated by the national organization World Can't Wait and other anti-torture organizations, lawyers, and activists. -more-
Jurors this morning convicted Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of University of California at Berkeley senior Christopher Wootton near campus two years ago. -more-
A three-alarm fire that destroyed one home and damaged two others in North Berkeley this afternoon has been controlled, a deputy fire chief said. -more-
Protesters ended a 10-day hunger strike yesterday on the University of California at Berkeley campus during a meeting with the university chancellor and top administrators that both sides called productive. -more-
On March 3rd, 2010, over 20 students, the majority being Latinos, decided to go on a hunger strike to call attention issues that affect our community both here on campus and across the nation. This inspired many students, workers, and community members, evident in the solidarity, love, and support we witnessed since then. We say thank you to everyone for this. -more-
PG&E on Monday issued an apology along with 45 reports dating back to August 2006 detailing reviews, monitoring, testing, and corrections identified in the company's SmartMeter program. -more-
Hunger strikers on the campus of University of California at Berkeley are scheduled to meet this afternoon with the university chancellor to negotiate their demands and possibly end the 10-day strike, a spokesman for the group said. -more-
Hunger strikers at the University of California at Berkeley were still on campus as of Monday night. They marched with their supporters to the Chancellor's residence about 7 p.m. after campus police dislodged them from their previous locations. Strikers posted this video of the march on their Facebook page on Monday night. -more-
At its May 6, 2010 regular monthly meeting the Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission grappled with landmark issues related to the new, proposed, Downtown Area Plan, continued review of renovation plans for the North Berkeley Public Library, roundly criticized the design of a proposed project adjacent to the historic Berkeley City Club, and made its first landmark designation of 2010. -more-
Negotiators for the city of Richmond and Chevron have reached an unprecedented agreement that settles several major tax issues. Chevron has agreed to pay millions of additional dollars to the city if the city will drop its appeal of Measure T and proposed changes in the Utility Users Tax. (See below for details.).The settlement goes to the city council next Tuesday where the Richmond Progressive Alliance expects and supports its adoption. -more-
The University of California at Berkeley has reached an agreement with the San Francisco Giants for Cal's football team to play their home games in 2011 at AT&T Park in San Francisco while its own stadium is being retrofitted and renovated. -more-
OAKLAND, CA – The BART Police Department is investigating a suspicious death in which a 22-year-old white male from Berkeley, Konstantin Tomashevsky, was found at the UN Plaza entrance of the Civic Center BART Station on May 5, 2010. -more-
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The city council has killed BRT in Berkeley. It is time for the city to update the "Nuclear-Free Zone" signs at its border by adding "Transit-Free Zone." -more-
We hear a lot of talk about carbon dioxide as the most dangerous climate culprit. And we should. So far, loading the atmosphere with CO2 is the single biggest cause of climate disruption. But, in the final analysis, methane may prove to be the most deadly of all greenhouse gases. -more-
I've lived at the same Oakland address for 41 years. I rented for 9 years and have owned my home since 1978. I am a childless widow. I used to like where I lived. Now, I wish I could move my home out of Oakland. I have no desire to move. I just want to remove my life from the reaches of the egregious oppression of Oakland governance. Oakland has some of the highest paid city employees in the entire country. Clearly a city with this much poverty and serious needs cannot afford to compensate Oakland employees and politicians at the level they have managed to achieve and demand and still viably function and maintain needed services. -more-
Anyone who's interested in the truth had better read the latest discharge from the seemingly bottomless sewer which calls itself FLAME ( "Facts and Logic About the Middle East"). Prudence would suggest that we should just ignore this garbage, but the serious accusations that the author makes which sully the good name of the Jewish community of the Bay Area can't go unchallenged. -more-
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We'll "publish" the week's issue that day. What this means is that when readers type in berkeleydailyplanet.com they'll get the "current" issue, the one "published" on the most recent Tuesday. Then we'll start adding stories to the "next" issue as they come in. Any time readers want to read these new stories, they can just click on the "next issue" button on the front page of the "current issue". (Try it now.) To get back to square one, click on "current issue".
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Berkeley Police Seek Four Suspects in Connection With Recent Robberies;PG&E Apologizes for Smart Meter Problems, but Some Aren't Satisfied;;Life and Death on the Arizona Border; Open Letter to UC President Yudof Re: UC Statement on Divestment; Flashmob Invades Westin Hotel - Video Goes Viral;Watch the Youtube video that has already been seen over 100,000 times and is -more-;The Boy Scouts: A Pact With the Devil;Response to Prof. Kondolf on BRT;First Person: Lifestyles of the Mentally Ill;Ghosts of the Alaka'i; Reader's Recommendation: Anzu Restaurant ; -more-
Israeli charges that Syria has transferred Scud missiles to Lebanon's Hezbollah, coupled with a sharp criticism of the Shiite organization's arsenal by U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, have measurably increased tensions in the Middle East. According to the Israeli daily, Haaretz Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed About Gheit said the Lebanese government was in a "complete panic" over the possibility of an attack by Tel Aviv. -more-
May 14, and every Friday at noon: catch pianist Jerry Kuderna's Friday Lunch Concerts, -more-
Last Thursday night I came home from TERRORiSTKA[sic], a play about Chechen terrorists by Rebecca Bella at the Berkeley City Club. Before I started to write this review, I clicked on the front page of the New York Times online. The Pakistan Taliban fumbles the bomb in Times Square and in Red Square US GI's march in the May Day Parade. The play I saw was about striking back at the Russian Empire that maltreats the Chechens; the US is killing civilians with drones in Afghanistan; now the two Empires march together. I just shook my head at this variation on George Lucas's vision…and at the timeliness of this play. -more-
Berkeley City College will host a visit by the president of the Jolom Mayaetik Mayan weavers' cooperative from San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico on Monday May 17. From noon to 2:30 in the BCC atrium, Celia Santiz Ruiz will exhibit and sell textiles created on the traditional backstrap loom by members of the 250-strong cooperative who live in small communities in the highlands of Chiapas. The collection includes traditional tapestries and huipiles as well as examples of the cooperative's new designs—pillows, scarves, kitchen towels, tablecloths. In the afternoon she will speak to a BCC class about the work of the cooperative and the daily lives of its members. The weavers of the cooperative are proudly carrying on the weaving tradition and ancient designs learned from their mothers and grandmothers and also working to extend the reach of their art by visiting communities in the US and exhibiting their work and speaking about the goals of their cooperative. -more-
Please meet us at 10am on the 16th of May for a field trip co-lead by David Amme and Lech Naumovich on the grasslands of Point Molate. -more-
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Making Transit Work for People: Why BRT is Doomed to Fail 05-07-2010
New: New Operating Instructions for This Publication! Please Read Before Tuesday. 05-14-2010
In the Next Issue Now 05-14-2010
Blips on the Screen: BP's a Threat in Berkeley Too; Raging Deer in Thousand Oaks; McMansion Marches On 05-07-2010
Odd Bodkins -- Sprung By Dan O'Neill 05-10-2010
BP By Marian Kamensky 05-07-2010
Odd Bodkins -- The Miracle By Dan O'Neill 05-07-2010
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Berkeley: Transit-Free Zone By Charles Siegel 05-10-2010
The Grim Reaper of Greenhouse Gases By Craig Collins 05-10-2010
Failed Leadership and Predatory Fees By Carol Gesbeck DeWitt 05-11-2010
Letters to the Editor 05-07-2010
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Berkeley Budget Mess? Fix the Public Servant Cartel By Victoria Peirotes 05-07-2010
Imploding By R.G. Davis 05-07-2010
Flash: Head-On Crash Blocks 3 Lanes of Highway 80 in Berkeley 05-17-2010
Updated: Lamp Switch Started House Fire Dan McMenamin, BCN 05-14-2010
Press Release: World Can't Wait Sparks anti-Yoo Protest on Friday Morning From The World Can't Wait 05-13-2010
Hoeft-Edenfield Convicted of Second-Degree Murder for Stabbing UC Berkeley Student Bay City News 05-13-2010
Three-Alarm Fire Destroys North Berkeley Home, Damages Two Others, Dog Rescued Bay City News 05-13-2010
UC Berkeley Hunger Strike Ends with Meeting By Bay City News 05-13-2010
Press Release: UC Berkeley Hunger Strike To Be Suspended From "Hungry For Justice" site, posted May 12, dated May 13 (Thursday) 05-12-2010
PG&E Apologizes for Smart Meter Problems, but Some Aren't Satisfied By Bay City News 05-12-2010
Hunger Strikers to Meet with UC Berkeley Chancellor By Bay City News 05-12-2010
Hunger Strike on UC Berkeley Campus Enters Second Week By Bay City News, Riya Bhattacharjee and Online Sources 05-11-2010
Landmarks Commission Takes Up Downtown Plan and Project Proposed Next to City Club By Steven Finacom 05-11-2010
Richmond and Chevron Reach Agreement From the Richmond Progressive Association, via Councilmember Tom Butt (Partisan Position) 05-10-2010
UC Berkeley Football Team Will Play 2011 Games at AT&T Park By Bay City News 05-10-2010
UC Berkeley's Rowdy Fraternities On TV By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-11-2010
Press Release: Bart Police Ask for Public's Help in Investigating Suspicious Death 05-10-2010
New: UC Berkeley Strikers Still On Campus By Bay City News and Online Sources 05-10-2010
New: UC Berkeley Football Team Will Play 2011 Games at AT&T Park By Bay City News Service 05-10-2010
New: Richmond and Chevron Reach Agreement From the Richmond Progressive Association, via Councilmember Tom Butt (Partisan Position) 05-10-2010
Flash: Police Roust UC Berkeley Hunger Strikers From a press release. 05-10-2010
Press Release: Bart Police Ask for Public's Help in Investigating Suspicious Death 05-08-2010
Updated: UC Berkeley Hunger Strike against Arizona Law Continues By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-07-2010
Rabbi Lerner Asks for Media's Help to Publicize Vandalism By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-07-2010
Berkeley This Week By Riya Bhattacharjee 05-07-2010
Skyline High Students Visit Their Representatives in Sacramento Raymond Barglow, Ph.D. www.berkeleytutors.net 05-07-2010
UC Workers Join Student Hunger Strike: Say UC must realign its priorities to put students, workers first From AFSCME 3299 Press Release 05-06-2010
San Pablo Citizens Win Four Year Moratorium on Eminent Domain By Marilynne L. Mellander (Partisan Position) 05-07-2010
Dispatches From the Edge:Mid-East Tensions/Venezuela & the Media By Conn Hallinan 05-10-2010
The Public Eye:Budrus: Good News from the West Bank By Bob Burnett 05-07-2010
Wild Neighbors: The Dog That Runs in the Rough Water Joe Eaton 05-07-2010
Readings-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Stage-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Popmusic-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Classical Music-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Professional Dance-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Galleries-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Classical Music-San Francisco Through May 23 05-11-2010
Stage-San Francisco Through May 23 05-11-2010
Dance-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
This Week at the Berkeley Arts Festival By Bonnie Hughes 05-13-2010
Hot-Button Topic Dramatized at City Club By John A. McMullen II 05-11-2010
Highlights-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Museums-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
General-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Exhibits-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Outdoors-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Kids-East Bay Through May 23 05-11-2010
Museums-San Francisco Through May 23 05-11-2010
General-San Francisco Through May 23 05-11-2010
Mayan Textile Exhibit and Sale at BCC on Monday By Charlene Woodcock 05-16-2010
Point Molate Conservation Hike – May 16th By Tom Butt 05-11-2010
Friday Through Tuesday 05-07-2010
At the Berkeley Arts Festival This Weekend By Bonnie Hughes 05-07-2010
Wild Neighbors: The Dog That Runs in the Rough Water Joe Eaton 05-07-2010
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Trying Out an F-100 Tilt Column Kit from Walton Fabrication
When you spend several years and sacks full of money constructing a vintage pickup, the last thing you want is something that's uncomfortable to drive. That's why many classic truck enthusiasts invest so much effort equipping their creations with every modern convenience available--stereos, air conditioning, cruise control, power windows, and all sorts of other bells and whistles.
Hey, we're not ashamed to say we want it all--classic looks and modern conveniences!
Of all the available amenities, tilt columns seem to be one of the most popular upgrades. Finding one in a vintage hauler is almost commonplace these days, thanks in part to the proliferation of quality aftermarket units. Installing one has always been a fairly simple affair, but now it's just downright easy for '53-56 F-100 owners thanks to the folks at Walton Fabrication.
Company owners Todd and Debbie Walton adhere to a philosophy of making easy-to-install components, so the simplicity and completeness of the F-100 tilt column kit should come as no surprise. The genesis of the package came about when Todd created a trio of aluminum column drops that bolt up using original mounting holes. He then fabricated a floor plate that's also a direct replacement for the four-piece factory item. From there it was simply a matter of pairing the parts with an ididit column and Borgeson steering shaft and U-joints. With that, a complete, bolt-in, simple-to-install tilt column kit was born.
The kit that Mitch Howe is installing here is designed for use with Mustang II-style front suspensions or with one of Walton Fabrication's new chassis. It could also be used with many subframed applications, but in that case you'll want to order the steering shaft and U-joints separately, as shaft lengths and types will vary. For that matter, Walton Fabrication will sell most of the components individually so you can create a custom package to fit your F-100's particular parameters.


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Harbaugh says Akers will remain starting placekicker for 49ers Saturday against Green Bay
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – David Akers is keeping his job as San Francisco's starting kicker. For now, anyway.
Jim Harbaugh made the announcement after practice Thursday, two days ahead of the 49ers' NFC divisional playoff game against the Green Bay Packers (12-5) at Candlestick Park.
The 49ers signed Billy Cundiff on Jan. 1 to compete with Akers, a 15-year veteran who has struggled this season while making only 29 of 42 field-goal attempts. Akers revealed last week he underwent double hernia surgery last February.
Cundiff, who missed a potential tying 32-yarder that kept Baltimore and Harbaugh's big brother, John, from reaching the Super Bowl last season, will remain on the roster.
Harbaugh said he isn't likely to be among the active players Saturday.
Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL


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Yeshua Campaign Causes Buzz in Southern Israel
Friday, November 29, 2013 | David Lazarus, Israel Today
When an Israeli army general noticed the Yeshua placards along the highway on his way to base in Beersheva, he called his battalion to a special meeting and explained to his soldiers who these "Messianic Jews are and what they believe about Yeshua."
While the gospel campaign by Jews for Jesus created a lot of buzz among local residents, not everyone was as sympathetic toward the Messianics as the general.
"May his name be cut off forever," screamed Ofer Karadi, a member of the ultra-orthodox Shas party, when a Messianic Jew dared to mention the name of Yeshua (Jesus) on the Radio Darom morning program.
With all the commotion stirred up in the Negev by the campaign, the popular radio station was interviewing the local Shas representative together with the deputy mayor of Beersheva and a local Messianic Jew.
"Are you so degenerate as to allow this impious infidel to even speak on the radio," shouted Karadi in reference to his Messianic co-guest. "It is unacceptable to allow these degenerates to speak about these things in our city."
"These are all lies. Let them (Messianics) go to the Bedouins and tell them about Yesu. You should never give these infidels a microphone. You should hit him over the head with the microphone!" shouted the orthodox Shas representative.
Pleading to give others an opportunity to respond, the host asked Karadi to "please show some respect to others."
"I respect everyone," responded Karadi. "How degenerate can you people get. These people are criminals of humanity. They have nothing. No intelligence. Where do they get this stupidity. They should be sent out of the country."
"What do you say about this campaign to tell people about Yeshua?" the host was finally able to ask his Messianic guest.
"Some within the Messianic community are opposed to think kind of public campaign. Although every believer is commanded to tell others about our faith. Everyone should at least have the opportunity to check for himself what the Hebrew Bible teaches about the Messiah," said the local Jewish believer.
"How can you give a platform for these empty-headed people," cut in Karadi. "They are extremists. They are causing a civil war here in Israel!" (what this really means is that if Messianic Jews keep preaching the gospel in Israel, the orthodox will rise up with violent resistance).
"Is Judaism so weak that you need to make these kind of threats to Jews who believe in Yeshua?" retored the host.
When Karadi continued shouting his anti- Messianic slogans, the announcer finally had enough and said "good-by" before turning off his microphone.
"What do you say to all this?" he asked the Messianic Jew, who responded:
"Yeshua is like Joseph in the Torah portion we read this week. He is still hidden to his own people. But the day is coming when he will be revealed. Everyone should be allowed to read for himself what the Scriptures teach about the Messiah and come to his or her own conclusion. We are Jews who believe that Yeshua is the promised Messiah for Israel. We are here to give everyone at least an opportunity to decide for themselves if Yeshua is our Messiah."
"What do you say about all this, Mr. Deputy Mayor?" asked the host.
"I represent all of the citizens of Beersheva," he said with some trepidation. "I want to be friends with everyone on all sides." Not an easy task given the religious fervor stirred up when Jews believe in Jesus.
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Lizzie Orr
Dean's Scholar
Creative Arts
College of Humanities & the Arts
Why did you choose your major?
I had many majors at San Jose State University before I finally found the Creative Arts program. I went from studying photography and spending all of my time in studio art classes, to anthropology where the majority of my time was spent reading and doing research. While I enjoyed many aspects of each major, I eventually realized that what I really wanted was a major that allowed me to have a mixture of both creative and analytical courses. I appreciated being able to design my own program of study in Creative Arts, allowing me to take courses that spoke to my individual interests and academic goals.
What does receiving this particular award mean to you?
I began at San Jose State University in 2006 and was unsure about my educational interests, and had little motivation to strive for academic excellence. Over the years I came to understand that succeeding academically was about more than just getting a good GPA, it was an investment I was making in bettering myself. For me, being a Dean's Scholar is more than a simple reflection of academic performance, it is a reminder of how far I have come towards being the person I want to be.
Who has been instrumental in your life and/or who has contributed to your academic success?
First and foremost are my four parents, who provided me with the tools I needed to be successful in my educational pursuits from the earliest age. I had more support than anyone could ask for, and am so appreciative for the resources my parents made available to me. All of my success today was made possible because of how lucky I was to grow up with such wonderful providers and role models.
Being a member of the Delta Zeta Sorority was absolutely essential to my success at San Jose State University, and I owe this to the women I met as part of this organization. My sisters' unconditional support and encouragement throughout my college years provided me the safety net I needed to be confident taking risks and striving towards my highest potential. The ideals of this sorority, together with the academic and time management skills I obtained as one of its members, helped cultivate my scholastic success and passion.
While there were many faculty and staff that helped me during my undergraduate experience, there are a few I would love to thank individually. To Richard Kelley, Shannon Rose Riley, Ninian Stein, Robert Simpkins, Carol Cini, and Ken Nuger, thank you so much for your outstanding contributions to my educational experience. Your demonstrated dedication in working with students is truly inspiring, and I am ever grateful for being able to learn from each of you in the past years.
Did you overcome any hardships or adversities during your life, that has helped shape who you are today? And if so, could you please briefly elaborate?
I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was in second grade, and had to take special reading classes throughout elementary school. Thanks to being properly diagnosed and tutored by skilled and caring specialists, I am now able to function with this learning disability and have been able to achieve all my academic goals.
What would you say to other students to encourage or inspire them to attain academic excellence?
As I mentioned earlier, to me academic excellence is about more than showing you can take in and recite information. Putting effort into school is about personal growth, and any time you don't put full effort into school work, you are only short changing yourself. Find something you love to study, and take pride in your hard work!
Where would you like to be in 5-10 years?
In that time I will have finished my Master's degree in Historic Preservation at University of Pennsylvania, where I am starting next fall. By that stage I hope to be practicing architectural conservation, or on my way to completing a PhD program in preservation.
A few words from her nominating professors:
"Lizzie is completing a BA in Creative Arts in preparation for graduate study in Historic Preservation. She has already been accepted to several top notch M.A. or Ph.D. Programs in Historic Preservation at several universities."
-Chris Jochim
"She has been admitted to almost every graduate program to which she has applied! That, in itself, is amazing."
-Shannon Rose Riley


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A woman who continued to steal from a family business even when the owner was terminally ill has been jailed for four years.
County Court judge Gerard Mullaly said Prue Albon, 47, stole almost $780,000 when working for more than a decade as a bookkeeper at building company, Longvue Homes, run by Ian Jenkins and his wife.
Albon, 47, a married mother of two who pleaded guilty to charges of theft and obtaining property by deception, had become a vital part of the business when she began stealing to feed her gambling habit, the judge said when jailing her for four years with a non-parole period of two years.
Albon was completely trusted with the financial affairs of the business and became close friends with the Jenkins', even going away on holidays with them.
Judge Mullaly said Albon would write cheques and bank them in her own personal account.
She covered her tracks by falsely recording the cheques as legitimate expenses from contractors.
''You kept your crimes hidden ... and your cover-ups were cunning,'' the judge said.
''Your offending was repetitive, indeed relentless.
''It did not stop when Ian Jenkins was terminally ill and died in 2010.
''That was perhaps in the end the catalyst for your crimes to be discovered.
''You continued to manage all the finances of the business, including telling Mrs Jenkins never to use internet banking as it would cause problems.
''This was a ruse to ensure your deceptions and thefts were not discovered and you could continue to fleece your friends by using the internet banking yourself.''
The judge said Mrs Jenkins, grief stricken at her husband's loss, could not face going out to her bank to pay a credit card bill on one occasion and decided to pay by internet banking, which was how she discovered Albon had been stealing from the company.
''When approached by Mrs Jenkins and asked to explain, you were aggressively defensive and claimed not to have done anything wrong and the least suggestion of it was a dreadful thing for Mrs Jenkins to raise,'' the judge told Albon.
''After some time of denial, you ultimately acknowledged your fraudulent behaviour.
''The breach of trust here in all the circumstances is comprehensive.
''In a victim impact statement, Judy Jenkins speaks of the shock and profound sense of betrayal that she feels.
''Her sleep is disturbed and she feels haunted by these events.
''Her sense of despair and betrayal are such that she finds trusting others, and even trusting her own judgment, to be increasingly difficult.''