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Opened: May 31, 2012
Some people think it is crazy to open a new club in the Meatpacking District in this economy, but club owners defy this theory. If you dare to brave the cobblestones, Griffin is located in the former PM space, equipped with an enormous chandelier, mirror ceiling, VIP balcony, and blue velvet banquettes. With Milk and Honey and Little Brand vets running the bar, you'll definitely get the feel of opulence and get ready for an old-school blow-it-out MPD night!
235 E. 4th St
Opened: June 1, 2012
Bob Giraldi transforms his East Village gastropub E.U. into the Neapolitan-style pizzeria. All New Yorkers will care about is the individual-size pies, baked by pizzaiolo Michele Sceral in a wood-burning oven equipped with a newfangled stone pivot. According to Nobile Attie, oven builder, "The pies will only need to rotate once to be perfectly cooked." In addition to twenty kinds of pizza, from margherita to shrimp-arugula-and-parmigiano, the menu offers salads, focaccia, and "Neapolitan street food," as well as an extensive Italian wine list and local delivery.
The Colonial Wine Bar
7166 Melrose Ave.
Opening: Summer 2012
David Haskell, restaurateur and wine guru, is teaming up with executive chef Alex Ageneau to open The Colonial Wine Bar this summer. With Haskell's knowledge of wine and Ageneau's Mediterranean influence, the dynamic duo is looking for the perfect pairing for each plate. Enjoy anything from Mushroom & Grilled Corn Risotto, to Bone Marrow Croquettes & Gribiche Sauce, or Sea Urchin Bruschetta; their goal is to take the food and wine pairing experience to another dimension.
The Fat Cow
189 The Grove Dr #010
Opening: Summer 2012
Chef Gordon Ramsay, sharing kitchen duties with Andi Van Willigan, the sous chef from Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares, is taking our meat obsession to the next level. This new 200+ seat restaurant is going to be serving a European-inspired cuisine. With the overall rustic ambiance, featuring ingredients from local farms and dishes of house-cured meats and cheeses and specials from the farmer's market, this is the prime spot for carnivores.
1400 W Randolph
Opening: Spring 2012
Bill Kim, in partnership with Cornerstone Restaurant Group, is preparing to open a new Asian barbeque restaurant with leather-apron wearing servers and Chinese water-smoked dishes. The restaurant will also include a nightly karaoke room for guests and local chefs to go compete in vocal battles. Kim believes, if you can't take the heat in the kitchen… go to the karaoke bar. There will also be a section of the restaurant that will be dedicated to Japanese infrared grill-top tables where guests can cook their own food. Kim is also planning to include a "grab and go" element on the Randolph side of the restaurant for people to order take out on the street.
Lao Yunnan
2109 S. China Place
Opening: End of May
'Tis the Season for Tony Hu to take over the World, Spring World restaurant that is. Lao Yunnan, named after the Yunnan province in southern China, will be the Chinatown mayor's sixth restaurant in this area! Hu will keep the current chef but will make some menu changes before the new restaurant opens at the end of the month. The menu will include dishes with spicy and sour flavors and we may even see the province's infamous noodle dish with fried tofu, shrimp and quail eggs.
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2000 Sansom St.
Opening: June 7, 2012
The locals are restless; Danny Meyer is bringing his infamous franchise to Philadelphia for the first time! People are waiting in anticipation for the delicious burgers, shakes, and concretes. For those of you who are not familiar with the "SS Experience," be prepared to stand in long lines for quick bites that are totally worth it. However, this Shake Shack is also serving up a few twists; the debut of the SmokeShack Burger, which is the first time bacon will be a topping on the menu, and Philly-inspired sweet treats, which will feature crushed-up Termini Bros. cannolli shells, soft pretzels, La Colombe coffee beans, and Federal Donuts doughnuts. Making this Shake Shack a true Philadelphia signature.
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Answers to some of your questions about third party applications on your Apple iPad mini 4
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Sales of fitness flooring are experiencing a slight uptick for many flooring manufacturers compared to the height of the recession in 2008-2010. Various trends and markets are playing a part in the increase as the move toward small group training, boot camps and functional training has led club operators to purchase new flooring to convert areas of their facilities for these uses.
"Where once you saw just an area for weights, one for cardio and one for group exercise, now you see that same space divided into many other things, such as functional fitness, mind-body and stretching stations," says Steve Chase, general manager at Fitness Flooring, Indianapolis. "It's not less space but rather that the space is divided into so many types of surfaces to better accommodate the various specialties."
Bamboo and recycled rubber are common flooring choices for these functional fitness spaces, so these two types of flooring are selling well, Chase says.
To accommodate the move to functional training and areas for programs such as TRX, yoga and martial arts, sales for Dollamur Sports Surfaces, which mostly manufactures mats, are higher as well, says Chuck Jefferson, sales and marketing manager with Dollamur Sports Surfaces, Albuquerque, NM.
Kate Lowry, marketing services manager for ECORE International, Lancaster, PA, says her company has had its best year ever, which she mostly attributes to the company's recycled rubber product selling well, but she says the trend toward personal training and boot camp-style classes also has spurred flooring sales as club operators make changes to accommodate space for these activities.
The growth in performance training centers has been a boost for Centaur Floor Systems, Santa Barbara, CA, says John Donati, owner of the company. These centers need varied and resilient flooring, which has kept Centaur's sales consistent during the last three years. Recycled rubber flooring is the highest seller by volume for the company.
Chase says that the trend toward higher or consistent sales, which his company is experiencing, is surprising because club consolidations, closings and reductions in public funding for military, state and local recreation centers would point to significantly lower flooring sales.
"One would expect sales to diminish," he says, "yet there are areas where club owners continue to expand or remodel their facilities and where public money is still available."
International sales and new builds have been the leading reason for flooring purchases the last couple of years for DinoFlex Group, Salmon Arm, British Columbia. Although the company focuses on the international market for recycled rubber flooring, Karin Walmsley, international sales, says DinoFlex is seeing more purchasing from the commercial club industry, followed by universities.
"There has been a significant expansion of fitness facilities into other countries that have created great opportunities for partnerships," Walmsley says.
Growth at higher education and wellness facilities also led to an increase in sales for the first six months of 2012 for Dur-A-Flex, East Hartford, CT, according to Dan Voss, Southwest regional sales manager for the company.
The same can be said for Regupol America, Lebanon, PA, where John Aten, vice president of sales and marketing, says the commercial clubs, university recreation centers and wellness centers have picked up their buying. Nonprofits continue to be the least active in purchasing, he adds.


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- Wendy Sachs had fond memories of attending camp and wants them for her children
- She realized another effect of camp is cutting kids off from their tech products
- Camp counselors say kids respond well to a respite from video games and Web chats
- Sachs found that a little private time for parents is another good side effect of camp
While my kids mainline Instagram and feverishly text, update and Snapchat with friends, I count down the days until they go off the grid and the tech detox begins. This withdrawal from the sticky web of social media can't happen without intervention, and what I mean by intervention is sleepaway camp.
Murky lakes, blazing campfires and the bugle playing "Taps" over a scratchy speaker system conjure up the gauzy nostalgia many parents have for camp. The magic of traditional sleepaway camp, where kids rough it in non-air-conditioned cabins, is that it serves up that old-fashioned buffet of swim, sailing, athletics, and arts and crafts. You can always count on the staples: totem poles, Color War and all. But perhaps most importantly, these camps have managed to keep the digital distractions away from tech-hungry campers.
Within the Wi-Fi free camp bubble, life is blissfully retro. Kids eat three meals a day together around a table -- and wait for this, because they aren't clutching devices and tapping away all distracted and zoned out, they actually talk face to face and make eye contact.
Unshackled from electronics, kids' hands are suddenly free to pound on tables and make up ridiculous cheers and chants. There is no screen or app to filter or distort communication. There is no updating or posing for the cell phone camera, because there are no cell phones.
At Camp Mataponi, an all-girls camp in Naples, Maine, cell phones are collected on the bus ride to camp. A bucket of phones sits safely on a shelf in the camp office. Dan Isdaner, the owner and camp director, says that parents often lose the battle with their daughters to relinquish their phones before the bus ride, so the counselors have learned how to strategically search and confiscate the devices during the drive and when the girls arrive at camp.
"What's interesting is that the older girls tell us that they are very happy to check out and it's a big breath of fresh air to not have the pressure of having to keep up online or the fear that you are missing out," Isdaner says. "Overwhelmingly, the girls say they feel a sense of relief that everyone on their grid knows that they are off the grid."
Sleepaway camp has been around for more than 100 years and it has always been about discovering one's independence and creating lasting friendships while experiencing the great outdoors in all its kayaking and archery glory.
But in our uber digital, cyberparenting age, where parents are tangled to their kids online and off, and kids are tethered to technology, camp is more important than ever. It's the last refuge for kids to get the much-needed space they need away from devices and away from their well intentioned but suffocating parents.
In between games of Capture the Flag, Gaga and Ping Pong, the kids create connections with other kids and counselors. Experts agree that these real friendships, not superficial "likes" on Instagram or "friends" on Facebook, are the meaningful connections that are critical to a child's development.
"The relationships fostered at camp can have a tremendous influence on your child's life, particularly from other kids and camp counselors," says Michael Thompson, Ph.D., author of "Homesick and Happy: How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow."
"The child-parent dynamic is so intense that kids sometimes need a different type of modeling," Thompson says. "Older campers and counselors are intuitive teachers, and much cooler to an 11-year-old than parents and they can hugely impact your child."
Camp people often say that sleepaway is a gift for our kids. And trust me, it can be an absurdly expensive present at a whopping $11,000 for some full-session camps. But camp is a gift for Mom and Dad, too. The breather you get, whether it's a couple of weeks or a whole summer without kids, can be a spiritual renaissance. It can also resuscitate marriages from the draining grind of contemporary parenting.
I know that there are folks who just don't get the camp thing. Perplexed if not appalled by the idea of shipping kids away, these parents assume that we are selfish, lazy parents who would rather play tennis and drink cocktails all day than entertain our children. I would say, you're partially right.
By the time the summer rolls around, we are exhausted and feeling selfish. Wiped from schlepping our overscheduled kids to an overload of spring sports and all those end-of-the-year recitals, we are craving a cocktail earlier in the day. We are ready for our kids to get their entertainment elsewhere -- and this, experts say, is healthy for everyone.
"There is a parent infatuation with the glorification of the child in American parenting right now -- I can't live without them and they can't live without me -- it's a bit much," says Thompson. "Camp lets kids develop on their own and gives parents a fresh perspective. It's a breather for everybody."
With thousands of camps across the country, choosing the right one can feel overwhelming. Full disclosure, I was certifiably obsessive in my quest for the right fit for my kids. Having decided on Maine, largely because the state feels campy and I went there, too, we still toured nearly a dozen camps before deciding on the right ones.
My daughter was an enthusiastic little camper from the get-go and would have been happy pretty much anywhere, but my son was more anxious and not entirely on board. It took the encouraging support of a so-called Camp Lady to help our tireless search go smoothly.
Yes, there is a thriving cottage industry of professional camp people to help you filter through the plethora of options. Some Camp Ladies charge for their services, but many more are free and eager to find a camp that fits your price point and specifications. The Camp Ladies who don't charge a fee for their advice usually get a commission from the camp when you sign up.
I'm not going to lie; it's totally normal to have heart palpitations when sending your kids to camp for the first time. I hadn't slept more than 45 minutes the night before I first put my kids on a plane to Portland, Maine, two summers ago. At the airport, the tears from my kids didn't help. They looked terrified and I felt nauseated. Those first few days can be torture.
As a culture, we've become addicted to instant communication and a constant stream of updates. Going cold turkey and cutting that cord at the camp bus or plane can send parents into a panic. Hang in there. Camp directors know this and cater to neurotic parents. Many camp websites are now virtual hubs of interconnectivity and camp directors usually call parents within the first day or two to update you on how your little camper is doing.
So this summer, get a great gift for everyone and sign up your kids for sleepaway camp. Even if you think you'll miss them too much to send them away, trust me, you'll get over it.


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General Off-Topic Board / Re: MAS: Welcomes Our New Socialist Overlord« on: October 26, 2010, 01:10:20 AM »
Wally here.
I thought that it would be nice to check in as a 3L. Not knowing what else to say, I thought I would share two observations:
1) As utterly ridiculous as my neuroticism was (and I am embarrassed by it, in retrospect), it may have been warranted. How ironic: every last anxiety-ridden bit of it has become something of conventional wisdom. T6 still not a good idea at sticker? Check. Studying for daylight? Check. Not counting on any BigLaw position? Ditto.
2) Ideally, life is long and full of surprises. As cliche as it sounds, I hope that the last two years have made all of us more open-minded about what qualifies as our future. When I was a few years younger, I was always stressed because I tried to will certain predetermined outcomes. I would map out my future and then panic if anything went awry. These days, I just focus on living. Eating. Enjoying whatever it is I do. Miss one job, I hope I find another. Not this girl, I hit on another. "One doctor, one ecstasy, one illness, one woman, one man / May hide another. Pause to let the first one pass . . . It can be important / To have waited at least a moment to see what was already there."
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Triple C: Coffee, cigarettes… and coke?
This is a very cranked up Shenae Grimes on the set of the new but not improved 90210 being interviewed about her current show and her old show. As you can see, she's talking out of her veins. Need a nap just looking at her.
Worse: Shenae sounds dumb. And believe it or not, Shenae is actually NOT dumb.
Of course Shenae insists she's a perfectly healthy young star and that she does indeed eat – one grape an hour?
Also attached - Shenae last week looking like hell at the Vanity Fair portrait event but not as hell as Taylor Momsen who appears to be, at present, out-thinning them all. Wonder if this is sitting foul with Shenae and that other non-eater from her show. Time to step up the starve-off.
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Parse, which was founded in 2011 and helps companies build mobile applications across different platforms, had already raised $7 million and was going through its second round of funding when Facebook stepped in, according to the Wall Street Journal which used unnamed sources.
The startup was on the way to raising $50 million when Facebook offered $85 million in cash and stock. Apparently startup Dropbox made an offer but was outbid by the social network.
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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
This species is not currently on exhibit at the Aquarium.
Geographic Distribution
Eastern Pacific Ocean from central California to southern Mexico, including the Gulf of California. There is also a population along the coast of central Chile that some believe is a separate species.
Swell sharks are found in marine waters of temperate to subtropical temperatures where they prefer a boulder and rocky reef type substrate with liberal growths of algae, especially kelp. Although this species has been reported to a water depth of 457 m (1499 ft), it is most commonly found in water 5 to 37 m (16.4 to 121.4 ft) deep. Well-camouflaged, they frequent caves, shallow rock crevices, and crevices around kelp forests.
Physical Characteristics
The swell shark is relatively easy to identify. A sturdy body tapers into a somewhat slender tail. The snout is short and rounded. This fish has a large mouth.The mouth that appears to be grinning contains upper and lower jaws that both have 55 to 60 similarly shaped, small, sharp, pointy teeth. The eyes of the swell shark are medium sized with a lower nictitating membrane and a small spiracle immediately posterior. The two close together small dorsal fins are well back on the body and opposed on the ventral aspect by the pelvic and anal fins. The caudal fin is sturdy, with a distinct sub-terminal notch.The body is covered with large spiky denticles.
Alternating bands of tan and brown form the base colors for this fish. The bands in some specimens may be broken into a reticulate pattern. There are numerous light, almost white, and dark brown spots thickly scattered over the whole body and fins.
The maximum reported length of a swell shark is 110 cm (43 in), but this is an exceptionally large specimen. Average size specimens are 82 to 85 cm (32.3 to 34.6 in) in length.
Swell sharks are nocturnal feeders and are not normally seen engaged in feeding activity during daylight hours. Their primary food source consists of small fish, either alive or dead, and a variety of molluscs and crustaceans. They are not adept swimmers and do not commonly pursue prey, preferring to wait until food items come to them, When a meal is within range, they suck the item into their large mouths. They have been observed lying on sandy bottoms open mouthed apparently hoping that something worth eating will come along and find its way into the ready receptacle.
This species is oviparous, that is, eggs produced by the female protect and nourish an embryo until it grows to term and hatches. Fertilization is internal, but little is known about the mating ritual of swell sharks. After mating, two greenish amber eggs are deposited and become attached, often with the aid of the mother, to substrate items such as rocks and algae, via wiry tendrils of egg case material at the corners of the egg case. A large yolk, attached to the embryo by way of a yolk stalk, provides nutrition to the embryo during the gestation period, which averages 9-12 months and is, in degree, dependent on water temperature.
When the pup is ready for hatching, it has developed oversized denticles along its back which aid in the hatching process. Pups average about 15 cm (6 in) in length when born and are fully independent and ready to feed. They receive no parental care.
Poor swimmers, these fish tend to lead a rather sedentary life style. Their daytime hours are spent resting, while hiding in crevices, caves, holes, and under overhangs where they sometimes stack on top of each other like cordwood.
Their solitary feeding activities take place during night hours and are rather passive in nature as these animals prefer to let food come to them, rather than chasing after it.
As with most sharks this species adapts well to its mode of life. Good vision, especially for its nocturnal activities, sensitive olfactory abilities, and sensitivity to minute electric fields created by other animals provide it with the potential for food gathering and protective activities. Its coloration and marking patterns provide excellent camouflage to hide it from predators.
The IUCN Red List lists the swell shark as a species of Least Concern.
Swell sharks, young and old, are subject to predation by larger fish, including some other shark species. They are also food objects for seals and sea lions.Most people do not consider these fish fit to eat nor are they considered sport fish. They are rarely targeted by anglers, but are commonly taken accidentally as bycatch by some fisheries such as gillnets, crab and lobster traps, and trawls.
Swell sharks are harmless unless handled or provoked.
Special Notes
Swell sharks have a defensive mechanism that is resorted to if seriously threatened. A shark that feels a need for protection curves its body into a "U" shape by taking its tail into its mouth, and pumps water or air into its stomach. It can inflate or swell to about twice its natural size, which might lock it into a nook or cranny or increase its size enough to deter a would-be predator. When the danger is past, the swell shark makes a bark-like noise and expels the air or water, returning to its natural size. This behavior is the basis for the swell shark's common name.


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I knew I had something coming from Margaret in New Zealand since I recently sent a crazy exchange to her, so when a box arrived from New Zealand last night I was rather anxious to tear into it and see what was in it.
About all I could get out was "oh my God" I was speechless. The stitching is absolutely amazing...as you can see...I took alot of pics because I wanted to show off Margaret's beautiful stitching, the beading and her impeccable finishing as well. I just really love it very much.
The chook will proudly be perched permanently on my cedar chest in the entry way to our home.
Thanks again Margaret for the wonderful exchange!
Wendy Jo
Friday, August 29, 2008
A Chook from New Zealand
I knew I had something coming from Margaret in New Zealand since I recently sent a crazy exchange to her, so when a box arrived from New Zealand last night I was rather anxious to tear into it and see what was in it.
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Fair & Square Round #8
Lesley in the UK and I were matched up as partners for Round #8 on the Fair & Square Blog.
I stitched Lesley Cottage Garden by Country Cottage Needleworks from the Just Cross Stitch August 2006 issue. Lesley likes greens and purples and CCN so this pattern worked very well.
Lesley stitched me a quaker freebie from Gencat in my favorite color..red. I love it and I think I will make it into a floss tag! (Those of you that read my blog pretty regularly probably are shocked that I didn't say pinkeep....that's okay..I am shocked myself! LOL)
Here are the pics:
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Monday, August 18, 2008
My first biscournu!
I haven't added much to my blog lately as I have been very busy working on exchanges. I have 5 exchanges in the works on the Fair & Square board and 2 on the HoE board. I am really enjoying them alot and it really keeps me busy and its my passion.
I did, however, manage to make something for me a few weeks ago and thought I would share. Its a freebie from Barbara Ana's June newsletter called Good Luck.
I must say I am rather happy with the way it turned out. I see many more of these in my future!
Here's a pic:
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Monday, August 11, 2008
My Quaker Exchange is here!!
Over the weekend my Quaker exchange from the HoE exchange blog arrived and boy oh boy is it ever gorgeous! Sandra M. who lives in Barbados had my name.
Here is a pic of the whole package and a pic of the pillow she made. The design is called A Quaker Seasonal - Summer, done in my favorite color...red. I absolutely love it.
Thanks again Sandra!
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
A gift and exchange have found their homes.
My friend Carol S. had a birthday last week so I stitched her a LK freebie called Bloom and made into a floss ring tag.
I recently learned how to make these thanks to the great tutorial that Staci has and I am hooked! Granted making pinkeeps remain my all time favorite why to finish...but these come in as a close 2nd favorite plus they are super easy to make! If you haven't tried it...please do...you will love it too!
Here's a pic of Carol's birthday gift:
We have some new members in our Crazy Exchange group and I wanted to stitch something up for one of our new members, Margaret in New Zealand. She is fond of quakers and likes the color blue. So I decide to stitch Quaker Time by Gencat using wavy navy by Crescent Colors and finish it as a floss key tag.
Here is a pic of Margaret's package she received:
Posted by WendyJo at 11:06 AM 2 comments
Monday, August 4, 2008
I have been awarded!!
My friend Carol R. has nominated me for the award shown above! Thanks much Carol!!
Here are the rules:
1 The winner may put the logo on her blog.
2 Put a link to the person you got the award from.
3 Nominate 5 blogs.
4 Put links to the blogs.
5 Leave a message for your nominees.
I did find 5 people to choose so here we go!
Carol S.
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with sour cream chocolate ganache.
Instead I combined a great recipe I found on epicurious and my favorite sour cream ganache frosting recipe and made this cake. It was a hit - the only problem was trying to light ALL those candles before the icing melted! :)
|I love the jam-ganache sandwich in the middle layer!
Chocolate Cakecake adapted from Epicurious recipe.
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
|Good enough for a 40th birthday party!
And stands up to the heat of all those candles!
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Position racks in top and bottom third of oven.
- Coat two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides with nonstick spray or butter and flour to prevent sticking.
- Sift flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, and salt into large mixing bowl; whisk.
- With a spoon or whisk, form a well in center of sifted mixture.
- In another bowl or large measuring cup, whisk 1 cup water, buttermilk, vanilla, oil, and eggs until combined.
- Pour wet ingredients into the well of dry ingredients; mix until just combined - do not over mix!
- Divide cake batter between prepared the 2 pans (about 3 cups each).
- Bake cakes until tooth pick inserted into center comes out cake free, about 30 minutes.
- Cool completely in pans on cooling racks. Cool completely before continuing.
Sour cream chocolate ganache frostingthis recipe is the amazing creation of Rose Levy Beranbaum
- semi-sweet chocolate (no higher than 62%) - 24 ounces or 680 grams
- room temperature sour cream (use full fat) - 3 1/3 cups, 28 ounces or 800 grams
What to do
- In a double boiler set over hot water or in a bowl using your a microwave oven melt the chocolate using high power, stirring every 20 seconds – watch carefully so it doesn't burn.
- Remove it from the stove or microwave and gently stir in the sour cream until combined.
- This ganache not only tastely heavenly, it pipes well and keeps its shape even in summer (up to 100 degrees F and it shouldn't melt much!). You can refrigerate it for a week, if needed – just bring back to room temp before spreading. I also keep some in the freezer for emergencies!
- Depending on your love of this ganache, this recipe should be more than enough to finish this cake. You may even have 1/2 c or so left over (lucky you!).
Filling3/4 cup raspberry jam
|Mmmm....don't you want a piece right now?!
Cake Assembly
- Invert 1 cake layer onto cardboard round or bottom of 9-inch-diameter removable bottom tart.
- Spoon large dollops of ganache over top of first cake and spread evenly.
- Spread 4 tablespoons jam over gananche leaving an inch all around outside of cake layer so that when you place another cake layer on top the jam doesn't squish down the sides.
- Invert 2nd cake layer onto another cardboard round or tart pan bottom.
- You want to create a bit of a jam sandwich between the cake layers so carefuly spread a thin layer of ganache on the side that will touch the inside ganache/jam layer.
- Carefully place the frosted side of the 2nd layer onto the 1st frosted cake layer.
- Place large dollops of ganache on top of the layer cake and carefully spread over top and sides of cake to frost.
- Spoon and gently spread 1/3 c of raspberry jam (if stiff you can gently warm the jam in microwave for a 10-15 seconds) in centre of cake leaving an inch around the edge of cake top. Pipe ganache around jam and on bottom as desired.


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"The Beatles are far more famous and beloved now than they were in their lifespan, when they were merely the four most famous and beloved people on earth."
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Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life
Jonathan Gould
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My name is Giselle and I'm from the enchanting island of Puerto Rico. This summer I'm doing an internship at the Office of Science Policy and Communications, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). I won't have pristine beaches to visit, but while I'm here at the Neuroscience Center in Rockville, Maryland, I'm looking forward to learning about the science behind the brain, drug abuse, my body, and a lot more! I'm hoping to write a couple of blog posts about this so stay tuned. And by the way, cool scientists are blogging too!
Have you already visited all the sections of the NIDA Web site? If not, you should! It feels great when you know how your body works. Start learning!
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from Houston, Tex. She's been involved with Scouting for 17 years, ever since
her oldest son was a Cub Scout. Her two sons, 18 and 23, are both Eagle Scouts,
and her husband is an assistant Scoutmaster and associate Venturing crew
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What is your favorite
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I have so many good memories that it's hard to choose, but I
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Scouting teaches such good core values and beliefs with a
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live with and care for our world would build strong character and values.
What would you say to
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How do you make the
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Always go to training. But most importantly never forget why
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Sony has filed a patent that would introduce in-game ads in a whole new way. First discovered by an eagle-eyed NeoGAF member, the application was posted last year. The patent describes an ad delivery service that would actually interrupt gameplay to display an advertisement. The process would show a warning message indicating that gameplay would be suspended. Once the game is paused, it would show an advertisement. Once finished, the game would rewind "at least a portion of the interactive content," so that you can undo that horrible gaming blunder caused by the abrupt interruption of your gameplay session.
The publisher has been experimenting with a number of unique in-game advertising partnerships. Most recently, it offered MotorStorm RC as a free download to Vita owners, thanks to a partnership with Scion. However, its most criticized ad campaign involved Wipeout HD, where game loads were purposefully delayed to show video ads for State Farm.
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Harvey Keitel received his only Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Mickey Cohen in 1991's "Bugsy," and Paul Gilfoyle played the Brooklyn-born gangster six years later in "L.A. Confidential." Now Sean Penn is being sought to take the role.
Warner Brothers is hoping to land Penn for the role of Cohen in "Gangster Squad," reported Deadline. The film will be director Reuben Fleischer of "Zombieland" fame.
Even by the standards of the mafia, Cohen was a magnificent sociopath who first learned to fight as a teen in illegal boxing matches, and later spent time in prison from a number of murders that resulted from a card game gone awry. You can see where Penn might excel in such a role.
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An overarching theme through my preseason fantasy football columns was the growing obsolescence of the running back. Now that the season has started, there's no reason I can't milk that subject for more material.
In the first week of play, only five players rushed for more than 100 yards. And two of those probably didn't start in most fantasy leagues; C.J. Spiller was supposed to be the backup to Fred Jackson in Buffalo before Jackson proved his legs have the durability of saltines and the Patriots' Stevan Ridley was supposed to be another low-end fantasy back lost in an offensive system that didn't offer enough opportunity.
Even when expanding the limit to a 75-yard game, only 16 backs reached that mark, meaning half the teams in the league didn't have a back give you even that.
There were some pleasant surprises in the mix, as owners ran to the waiver wires to see if anyone had nabbed Spiller or Washington's Alfred Morris. And those who drafted the Vikings' Adrian Peterson and Jacksonville's Maurice Jones-Drew now no longer have to worry if they can make comebacks from a surgery and contract holdout, respectively.
And that may end up meaning a lot if the first-week lack of running back superstars makes each rusher with that potential more valuable.
With the lack of strong performances on the ground, some defenses ended up with big days against the run, as seven teams held their opponents to less than 50 yards rushing.
The fact that San Francisco did it against pass-happy Green Bay isn't too surprising. The fact that the Patriots did it against Tennessee's Chris Johnson was a bigger shocker.
Johnson now faces San Diego today, another of those stalwart rushing Ds after holding Darren McFadden and the Raiders rushers to 45 yards.
Johnson had a rough 2011 that he salvaged enough to make it seem he just had a tough time getting going after his holdout last preseason. Since racking up 2,006 yards in his sophomore season of 2009, though, Johnson dropped to 1,364 in 2010 and 1,047 last year. And even though last year's number looks good on the whole, he got 343 of those yards in a two-week period when he got to run wild over less-than-stellar opponents in Tampa Bay and Buffalo.
Today is a big day for Johnson owners. Only one game in, it's impossible yet to bench someone with his potential, but if two games in he only ends up with 50 total rushing yards it may be time to see if he retains any trade value.
Even though McFadden had a tough time going on the ground last week (15 carries, 32 yards with a long run of 8 yards), he still made his fantasy owners happy as he leads the league in receptions, pulling in 13 for 86 yards.
With such a workload, is it any wonder that he seems constantly injured and has yet to play in a full 16 games in his four NFL seasons?
Fantasy owners have to ride such a player as long as he lasts, especially in a points-per-reception league. But when a team is feeding more than three times as many receptions to its running back than to its top wide receivers (Rod Streater and Derek Hagan each had four), things are bound to fall apart.
Whether what falls apart is McFadden's legs or hips or Oakland's one-weapon offense matters little, for either way, the wonder will end.
Even in this world of diminished rushing returns, we are still allowed some pleasure when quarterbacks show they have the legs to take off and run. So thank you, Robert Griffin III, for giving us first-week excitement.
In a week when much attention was given to the fact that five rookie quarterbacks would be starting their team's opening game, Griffin emerged as the group's standout, throwing for 320 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for another 42 yards as Washington went on the road to surprise the Saints, 40-32.
It's already too late to order caution with Griffin. Last year, Cam Newton taught us that a big, mobile, rookie quarterback can make a seamless transition from college to the NFL. And the Redskins get St. Louis today, a team that hung with Detroit last week before losing, but still gave up 429 yards of offense, including 346 through the air.
I am, however, feeling cautious about Griffin's first-week opponent. Even with the overthrow of player suspensions, the Saints are in virgin territory as they recover from the bounty scandal, and do so without their head coach.
The Saints don't have the easiest of tasks today, either, as they travel to face Newton and the Panthers. It could be a power-versus-power situation as Drew Brees takes his air-it-out offense against a Carolina team that allowed only 128 yards through the air last week. New Orleans could very well end up 0-2, and in its unorthodox situation, it isn't difficult to imagine that situation snowballing.
Thankfully, my team, much like my life, includes no Saints.
Josh Bousquet can be contacted by email at email@example.com.


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HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Chinese Studies recently announced the latest awards presented to graduate students and faculty members of the university from the Chung Fong and Grace Ning/ Confucius Institute Fund for Chinese Studies. The fund benefits graduate students and faculty members with China-focused academic projects by providing support for conference or research travel; purchase of books, materials, or supplies; and hiring student assistance.
The latest award winners include:
- Kuan-Hung Chen, PhD student, philosophy — Travel to Taiwan to present the paper "Cognition, Language, Symbol, and Meaning Making: A Comparative Study of Epistemic Standings of Yijing and Whitehead" at the International Conference on Creativity and Process.
- Chung-ying Cheng, professor, philosophy — Summer travel and research assistance for data collection for further study of the Yijing.
- Hong Jiang, assistant professor, geography — Literature/archival research in Taiwan for "Ecological and Ethnic Discourses of China's West."
- Chan Lee, PhD student, philosophy — Travel to San Francisco to present a chapter of dissertation on "Zhu Xi on Ontological Reflection of Self-Cultivation."
- Kevin Lo, PhD student, international management — Research travel to gather data for a study measuring guanxi vs. networking tendencies at the individual level in Shanghai.
- Pu Miao, associate professor, architecture — Support for presentation in a series called "Architecture and Urban Planning in China and Belgium," held throughout 2007.
- Jungmin Seo, assistant professor, political science — Summer research travel support to complete work on three studies: on the Korean Chinese community in Beijing, on "Two Ends of Asia: East Asia and the Islamic World," and on the Chinese cultural industry.
- Mingwei Song, assistant professor, East Asian Languages and Literatures — Travel to present "The Journey to Interiority: Lyricizing the National Catastrophe in the Wartime" at the 9th Biennial Conference of the Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature in Chengdu, and to conduct research for a book project on the formative experiences of young writers living in Chongqing, Yanan, and Kunming during the Sino-Japanese War.
- Constantinos Vrakas, MA student, Asian studies — Travel support and production costs to film a documentary on the construction of ethnic identity by Uyghur migrants running ethnic restaurants in Shanghai.
- Shu-Ling Wu, MA student, East Asian Languages and Literatures — Travel support to present "Cognitive Perspectives on Historical Development of Causal Expressions" at the Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop in Hong Kong.
- Yiyuan Xu, assistant professor, psychology — Travel support to present a paper on how Chinese culture influences children's conception and expression of shyness, at the conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology in Sabah, Malaysia.
- Man (Beryl) Yang, MA student, ethnomusicology — Support to conduct fieldwork for MA thesis on Chinese ethnic minority musical identities, using as a case study the "National Young Singers Competition" held in 2006 in Beijing.
- Kate Zhou, associate professor, political science — Research travel support to complete the book "China's Long March to Freedom: Grassroots Liberalization through Individual Action" in China.
For more information, visit: http://www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/index.php


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Subcarpathia (Polish: Podkarpackie) [1] is a mountainous region in Poland.
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Already in ancient times Podkarpackie was situated on major trade routes north of the Carpathians between the Black Sea and Central Europe. In the early Middle Ages Podkarpackie was disputed between the Kingdom of Poland and Ruthenia, and became part of Małopolskie which was the major part of Poland since the Polish capital was moved from Gniezno to Kraków in 1040. Especially the cities along the San River became very rich in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Beautiful palaces were built in Lublin Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque style by the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the First Partition of Poland in 1772 most of its territory was annexed by Austria and formed a part of the so-called Galicja-Lodomeria. Galicja-Lodomeria gained an autonomy within the Austria-Hungary empire in 1867. After World War I Podkarpackie became part of the Second Polish Republic, but was divided along the San River after the invasion of Poland and occupied by Nazi-Germany and the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1944, when its Western part in 1939 and its Eastern part in 1941 were incorporated into the German General government. After World War II it again became part of Poland. Now-a-days it is situated in the South-East of the country, although it used to be in the middle of the Commonwealth between two major trade and economic centers in Kraków and Lwów.
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Some major airlines, Poland's national carriers LOT Polish Airlines and some other low cost airlines fly to Rzeszów's Rzeszów-Jasionka (RZE). Domestic flights operated by LOT connect Rzeszów with Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport (WAW). In summer season they offer flights to Newark.
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Atlanta, GA - The Governor's Office of Consumer Protection, along with the Attorneys General of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and the District of Columbia announced today that DIRECTV will pay $13.25 Million to settle consumer protection allegations. The states alleged that the satellite TV provider engaged in deceptive and unfair sales practices. In addition to the $13.25 Million, DIRECTV also agreed to pay restitution to consumers and to alter its business practices in the future.
Georgia received complaints that DIRECTV:
- Did not clearly disclose to consumers the price that the consumer would be charged and the commitment term that the consumer would be required to keep DIRECTV services;
- Did not clearly disclose to consumers limitations on getting a certain price for DIRECTV;
- Enrolled consumers in additional contracts or contract terms without clearly disclosing the terms to the consumer;
- Enrolled consumers in additional contracts when replacing defective equipment;
- Did not clearly disclose to consumers that they would automatically renew a seasonal sports package; and
- Offered cash back to consumers when the consumer would actually receive bill credits.
The settlement requires DIRECTV to:
- Clearly disclose all material terms to consumers;
- Replace leased equipment that is defective at no cost except shipping costs;
- Not require the consumer to enter into an additional contract when simply replacing defective equipment;
- Clearly disclose when a consumer is entering into a contract;
- Clearly notify consumers before a consumer is obligated to pay for a seasonal sports package;
- Clearly disclose all limitations on the availability of local channels;
- Not misrepresent the availability of sports programming;
- Not represent that a consumer would get cash back if the consumer would actually get a bill credit; and
- Clearly notify consumers that they will be charged a cancellation or equipment fee at least 10 days before charging the fee.
Unresolved complaints sent to DIRECTV or the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection that involve conduct addressed in the settlement and occurred after January 1, 2007 are eligible for the restitution program. Additionally, consumers can file a complaint with DIRECTV or the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection by June 9, 2011 to be considered for the restitution program as long as the complaint is about activity that occurred after January 1, 2007. DIRECTV will attempt to resolve the complaints with consumers. If the complaint cannot be resolved, DIRECTV shall inform the consumer that the complaint can be resolved by a Claims Administrator and mail a Claim Form to the consumer. The Claims Administrator will then resolve the dispute between the consumer and DIRECTV.
Consumers who wish to submit a complaint can go to www.directv.com/ag or contact the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection via phone, mail, fax or online complaint form:
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2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Suite 356
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He had the fastest truck in the field, qualifying on the pole and surging to multi-truck length leads throughout the event. He held the edge in experience, having turned more laps on the challenging Virginia oval than virtually any other driver in the field. And unfortunately, he also enjoyed the advantage of a closest competitor – runner-up Ty Dillon – who showed absolutely no interest in passing him at any time.
Harvick's Tide-sponsored No. 2 Chevrolet and Dillon's No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy are both fielded out of the Richard Childress Racing shops in Welcome, NC. The two drivers are teammates, and as a result, sometimes cut each other a little extra slack on the race track. One of those times came early in Saturday's race, when Harvick suddenly slowed at the exit of Turn Four and allowed his rookie teammate to pass him on the outside. The move earned Dillon one championship point for leading the race, and he dutifully returned the favor just two laps later, waving Harvick back into a lead he was able to maintain for the rest of the afternoon.
Through seven different restarts over the ensuing 243 laps, Harvick ceded the advantageous low line to his youthful teammate. Each time, Harvick's blue and yellow Chevrolet surged back into the lead at the drop of the green flag, while Dillon feathered the throttle and allowed it to happen. Even on the final restart of the day with just five laps remaining, Dillon made no serious effort to wrest the lead away from his RCR teammate, coasting into the first turn and allowing Harvick to drive away to an uncontested, .953-second victory.
Technically, neither Harvick nor Dillon did anything wrong Saturday. But it sure wasn't right, either.
|Harvick pulls away once again.
Harvick confirmed the RCR team's strategy after the race, saying, "It's (Dillon's) job to win the championship, and it's my job to win races. That's the way this team works." He also admitted, "my role was to protect Ty on those restarts by giving him the inside line."
Third-place finisher James Buescher expressed frustration with the RCR team's tactics, saying he literally shoved Dillon into Turn One on a late-race restart, in an attempt to get at leader Harvick. Fourth-place finisher Justin Lofton wondered aloud what might have been, saying, "If I could have gotten up there (to the front row), there might have been a race for the lead at the end."
For the record, nobody did anything illegal Saturday. There is nothing in the NASCAR rulebook that requires Ty Dillon to race hard. There is nothing forbidding teammates from cooperating on restarts, to their mutual benefit. The agreement between Harvick and Dillon paid off handsomely, preventing Dillon from restarting in the slower outside lane and being gobbled up by a snarling pack of drivers intent on actually winning the race.
But between the lines, where the unwritten rules of sportsmanship and fair play are found, there was a lot to dislike about Saturday's race.
|Let the celebration begin!
What happened Saturday was unquestionably best for Kevin Harvick, Ty Dillon, Richard Childress Racing and their sponsors. But the people who matter most – the fans who laid down their hard-earned money at Martinsville Speedway's ticket booths expecting to see a vintage, bare-knuckled Truck Series street brawl – did not get what they paid for, or what they deserved.
The Camping World Truck Series has built a reputation over the years as the division where drivers will shank their grandma to win a race. That makes them special in our eyes; a throwback to way NASCAR used to be before multi-million dollar sponsors and multi-car teams made things so damned complicated.
There is likely nothing NASCAR can do to prevent what happened Saturday from occurring again one day. But that doesn't mean anyone should be particularly proud of it.


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The Filibuster
During the past week we watched the opening of two new multi-million
dollar stadiums in New York City and during this time MLB and the major
sports channels more or less ignored everything else going on around
the league. Was the opening of the new Yankee Stadium and Citi Field
really such important news or was Heath Bell accurate in saying that
ESPN and other providers are completely focused on a few teams to the
detriment of the rest of the league?
— Allen
Pardon me for being a-holishly frank, dear readers, but I think it is pretty damn sad that it took Heath Bell (of all reinvented people) to bring the media's obvious love affair with New York and Boston into the public domain. Nothing against, Heath, who has now become my own personal savior for his ESPN remarks, but we here at RSBS as well as myriad Joe Six-Packs in sports bars galore all across Anytowns, US America, have been harping on this oh-so-blatant injustice for years now.
Heath Bell said:
"I truly believe ESPN only cares about promoting the Red Sox and
Yankees and Mets – and nobody else. That's why I like the MLB Network, because they promote everybody. I'm
really turned off by ESPN and 'Baseball Tonight.' When Jake Peavy threw
8 1/3 innings on Saturday, they showed one pitch in the third inning
and that was it. It's all about the Red Sox, Yankees and Mets."
True story, Heath. True story.
Just for the record, regarding the two new ballparks in New York (one of which cost $1.5 billion) let me just say that I don't remember there being such a fuss over the new Busch Stadium or PNC Park or even Nationals Park for that matter.
Yet all week long I have been bombarded with information I could care less about:
- The first homerun in new Yankee Stadium.
- The first multi-RBI game at CITI Field.
- The first blab-hole jerkazoid kicked out of new Yankee Stadium for using foul language and fists to explain his innermost self-loathing while watching the Indians score 14 runs in one inning.
I don't care.
And I ain't alone.
The good news is, Heath Bell's voice was heard and ESPN reacted quickly by having him on Baseball Tonight. Shortly after that, the once monopolizing baseball program introduced it's 30 Team Ticker, which offers tidbits of information on all 30 teams at the bottom of the screen while the analysts blab on about how much they love the Red Sox, Yankees and Mets.
But just like the leaderless GOP of 2008 desperately trying to reinvent its image after devastating the public by dropping the ball in New Orleans and Iraq while allowing the economy to collapse over and over again… it was just too little, too late.
Folks, we have a choice. Join Al and I; heed Heath Bell's call.
Switch to the MLB Network. Enjoy equal coverage. Play the RSBS Harold Reynolds drinking game.
Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.


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A government lab has been studying broken bats at Major League Baseball games to try and improve safety for players and fans.
Final passage of a farm bill may be up in the air. But with Major League Baseball set to hold its All-Star game Tuesday, the U.S. Agriculture Department wants a little fan love for solving a big problem: the broken baseball bat epidemic.
The more-scientific name is "multiple-piece failure," which the USDA says can pose a danger on the field and in the stands at baseball games. On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the results of what is described as innovative research by the U.S. Forest Service, funded by MLB, to cut down on the dangers from splintering bats.
"The U.S. Forest Products Laboratory has once again demonstrated that we can improve uses for wood products across our nation in practical ways—making advancements that can improve quality of life and grow our economy," Vilsack said in a statement.
The Agriculture Department reports that Forest Service researchers at the laboratory developed changes in manufacturing that have decreased the rate of shattered maple bats by more than 50 percent since 2008. That was the year the Safety and Health Advisory Committee of Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association began seeing a rise in the number of shattered bats during their games.
Enter the Forest Products Laboratory, which formed a "wood grain trust" that has since made recommendations for new bat-making processes. As part of the research, wood experts at the lab examined every bat that was broken in games from July to September during the 2008 season, department officials said. They determined that a main cause of broken bats was the inconsistency of wood quality, primarily the manufacturing detail called "slope of grain," which refers to the straightness of the wood grain along the length of a bat. Straighter grain lengthwise means less likelihood for breakage.
Recommendations made by the Forest Service have included manufacturing changes to bat geometry dimensions, wood density restrictions, and wood-drying procedures. The recommendations have all contributed to decreases in multiple-piece failures.
And this work is not over. The Forest Service research team has been watching video and recording details of every broken-bat event since 2009. And the team will continue monitoring video and studying broken bats collected during a couple of two-week periods this season.
Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said in a statement Friday that this work has "made the game safer for players as well as for fans."
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