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Sunday, April 8, 2012
Open your Pie Hole for Beijing Pie House
My daughter was skeptical. "Where are the pies?" she asked, expecting, no doubt, to be able to choose from apple, berry, chocolate and other traditional flavors. Well, they don't have that kind of pie at Beijing Pie House, I explained, but what they do have are succulent, savory meat pies, dumplings and pancakes.
Meat pies are the thing here, and the ones to get are the lamb pies, which are about the size and shape of very thick pupusas. Biting into a lamb pie releases a torrent of juice and the gamy fragrance of lamb. We tried the pork pies as well, but they aren't nearly as good.
Dumplings of all sorts were also good, Xiao Long Bao as well as pan fried pork and shrimp dumblings with cabbage or leek were juicy and nicely seasoned. The dish known as "Homeland Meat Cake" is a pancake filled with onions and pork like an oversized scallion pancake.
Other dishes (cold appetizers and hand cut noodle soups) were fine, but the various meat pies, dumplings and pancakes were the best.
Beijing Pie House
846 E Garvey Ave
Monterey Park, CA 91755
(626) 288-3818
Labels: Chinese
3 comments:
- Ryan Murphy said...
Looks delicious! Monterey Park is a bit of a drive for you, or am I mistaken?
- April 8, 2012 at 8:12 PM
- sku said...
Nah, it's almost a straight shot on the 10. Twenty minutes and I'm in Chinese food nirvana.
- April 8, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- SteveBM said...
Definitely gotta remember to seek out this place when I'm back in LA in the fall. Love me some meat pies and dumplings, especially Xiao Long Bao.
- April 9, 2012 at 6:07 AM
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Acadia National Park gets science grant
Identification program could expand to other parks
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant aimed at turning Acadia National Park visitors into citizen scientists.
The grant was awarded to the Mount Desert Biological Laboratory, the National Park Service and the Schoodic Education and Research Center. It will be used to launch a project called "Pathway to BioTrails."
For the project, members of the public will verify the identities of animals and plants using DNA barcoding. Ultimately, a range of citizen science projects will be offered revolving around the park's hiking, bicycling and ocean kayaking trails.
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory scientist Karen James hopes that once the concept is tested at Acadia, it can be expanded to other national parks and long-distance trails, such as the Appalachian Trail.

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Huzur gave a discourse on the Divine attribute of Al Wahab (The Bestower) in the Friday Sermon today.
Explaining its meanings from the Arabic lexicon Huzur said it is an attribute of Allah the Exalted which signifies One Who bestows and confers on His servants. With this reference the word 'Wahib' is also applicable.
Huzur said this word is also used for humans but the true Wahab is only Allah the Exalted Who confers when asked and even when not asked.
If a true believer ponders over this, he/she will witness demonstrations of conferment at all times and this indeed identifies the Living God for us.
On the contrary one who sees with a worldly eye only deems the material world to be the source of everything.
Huzur said Allah has taught us many prayers with reference to this Divine attribute. Today Huzur wished to speak about one aspect of these prayers.
In order to draw the attention of the believers towards honouring the dues of their creation attention is drawn to pray for one's spouse and one's offspring so that virtues may continue from one generation to another.
Huzur cited verse 75 of Surah Al Furqan, its translation reads: "And those who say, 'Our Lord, grant us of our spouses and children the delight of our eyes, and make each of us a leader of the righteous."
Huzur said this is a most comprehensive prayer in which one seeks one's spouse as well as children to be the delight of one's eyes. The scope of the blessings of this prayer is limitless which is beyond the grasp of man. Upon acceptance of this prayer not only are one's spouse and offspring the delight of one's eyes in this world, rather, due to one's virtues Allah continues to bestow even after death.
One's offspring continue the virtues and pray for the elevated status of their deceased parents.
Huzur cited verse 18 of Surah Al Sajdah, the translation reads: "And no soul knows what joy of the eyes is kept hidden for them, as a reward for the good they used to do."
People who are thus bestowed are those whose level of taqwa enables them to worship Allah, spend in His cause and do other virtuous acts. They wake up at night and supplicate to Allah to tread the straight path and for their children to tread the straight path and seek that 'delight of eyes' the knowledge of which only Allah has.
This is the prayer that is made by people who are 'servants of the Gracious God' and who try and leave behind a progeny that is firm on taqwa. Allah has indeed drawn our attention to a most significant aspect through this prayer, that is, we should not simply seek the pleasure of God for ourselves, rather also for our future generations.
Each one of us needs to self-reflect whether while making this prayer we fulfil each others' rights, whether we fulfil the rights of our children that would lead them to taqwa? If the husband and wife do not adhere to taqwa themselves how can they expect their children to abide by it and how can they expect to derive all the spiritual advantages of adhering to taqwa, including the blessings of Khilafat.
Certainly the beneficence of Khilafat is conditional to 'good works' (Amaal e Saleh). If there is an absence of taqwa there can be no mutual 'delight of the eyes'.
The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said that may Allah have mercy on that person who wakes up at night [to Pray] and also awakens his wife and if she hesitates he sprinkles some water on her face. Allah have mercy on that woman who wakes up at night and also awakens her husband and if he hesitates she sprinkles some water on his face. Huzur said the duty is mutual.
Huzur said he receives complaints about some men that let alone wake up at night, apart from the Fajr Salat they show indolence. How can such people say the prayer of; 'Our Lord, grant us of our spouses and children the delight of our eyes…' and hope for it to be accepted. How can they search for delight of eyes in their offspring? Indeed Allah is the Master of everything and can grant as He wishes but it is also His command to reform oneself if His beneficence is to be sought.
Indeed the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said that a father cannot leave a better gift for his children than a good, moral upbringing. Huzur said good upbringing is only possible when one's own standards are also sound and worthy of emulating.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) wrote that may Allah make our spouses and children the delight of our eyes and this can only be when one lives the life of a servant of the Gracious God and gives precedence to God in all matters. He said that the verse also confirms that if one's offspring is righteous then they have the status of Imam.
Huzur said for the Tarbiyyat of women, men have to take the first steps and when they are both virtuous, so shall be their children.
Referring to the aforementioned Hadith Huzur said it is only possible to awaken one's spouse for Prayer in the early hours if there is mutual love and affection and an understanding that they have to help each other with the night time Prayers. Otherwise, Huzur said, there are instances where wives are subjected to harsh words when they try to waken husbands for Prayers. In some cases husbands even resort to hitting the wives. This is effectively what happens in some households. Gradually, the women withdraw and carry on with their own Prayers or follow the path of the husbands. As a consequence the children lose out in religious terms.
In order to make the children 'delight of eyes' parents have to first reform themselves and set examples.
Reading from an extract of the Promised Messiah's (on whom be peace) writings Huzur said the expectation of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) from each Ahmadi man was that he should lead in spiritual matters. Huzur said his words should rouse us.
In earlier times women were uneducated but times have changed and with the grace of Allah with education women now have awareness and are very perceptive. There are a lot of women in the Community who agonize over the ills of the men. Women are more concerned than men about the upbringing of the children. Sometimes the ways of the man make a wife seek separation which adversely affects the children. Men are responsible for all this.
This is most fortunate that Allah has taught us a prayer for our good in this world and the hereafter and that of our children and from this He only wishes us to learn ways and means of seeking good in this world and the hereafter and is bestowing us.
We need to engage in introspection and try and tread those paths that help to attain Allah's pleasure. We should maintain the peace of our homes, find delight in our children and each Ahmadi household should abide by taqwa. This is what will derive full benefit from Khilafat and will make us those who honour the dues of being part of the Community of the slave of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him).
One cause of marital disharmony is when men demand a male offspring. Huzur cited verse 50 of Surah Al Shura, the translation reads, "To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He pleases. He bestows daughters upon whom He pleases and He bestows sons upon whom He pleases;" Huzur said to lay blame on any person in this matter is forsaking taqwa. In this age of advanced medicine - that Allah has taught man - there are many who have benefitted, however, in this matter Allah conveys that He alone is the Creator and He does what He pleases. Therefore in some cases, even extensive medical treatment does not produce the result that is desired.
Huzur mentioned the ill-treatment some fathers extend to their wives and daughters which create long-term negative feelings in the daughters. Huzur said some of the incidents that come to his attention are astonishing where people treat children in ways that are reminiscent of pre-Islamic ignorance when people's faces would darken at the birth of baby daughters.
Huzur related an account of an Ahmadi man from a while ago who married four times for a male offspring and with each wife he had daughters. Eventually his first son was born to the very first wife.
Huzur said those who wish for children or those who wish for sons should pray to Allah and seek from Him as it is taught in the Holy Qur'an (37:101 and 3:39). He said when people express their desire to have a son to me I always tell them to ask Allah for pious and healthy children. At times daughters serve the parent more and are more virtuous.
Huzur receives many letters from parents who are concerned about their children going wayward. He said what is important is that the children are virtuous otherwise it is of no use.
Huzur gave the Promised Messiah's (on whom be peace) definition of Sahileen (righteous) as those who have no spiritual ailment and who have no element of sedition in them.
Desire to have pious children and prayers in this regard are of no avail unless parents do not keep an eye on themselves, unless parents also become Saliheen and abide by taqwa. There is a need to be mindful of this and to put it in practice. May Allah enable all of us to do so.
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Apple has now brought OS X 10.5 (Leopard) up to speed with Lion, at least when it comes to security. The company issued updates to Leopard users on Monday with Leopard-friendly copies of the Flashback removal tool that was released to Lion users last month, as well as the ability given to Lion users last week to disable out-of-date versions of Flash in Safari.
The updates come via the Flashback Removal Security Update and Leopard Security Update 2012-003, both posted to Apple's download site on Monday afternoon (also available via Software Update). Both downloads require OS X 10.5.8 in order to install.
You're probably already familiar with the Flashback removal tool, which gets rid of any Flashback malware infections that might be on the machine in question. The Flash disabling tool, which made its debut last week, is meant "to help keep your Mac secure" by turning off old and potentially insecure versions of the software. If Safari encounters Flash content while Flash is disabled, the browser will display a dialog linking to the latest version so it can be installed with a more recent version. Users can manually enable older versions if necessary, too, even though there's not much reason to avoid installing the latest version.


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She didn't get the crown but got a second chance at redemption for her reputation.
Miss Utah Marissa Powell, 21, took to the "Today" show on Tuesday after video of the answer she blundered during the interview portion of the Miss USA pageant went viral.
Powell explained that the question posed by panelist NeNe Leakes was "a little bit confusing." Leakes had asked, "A recent report shows that in 40 percent of American families with children women are the primary earners, yet they continue to earn less than men. What does it say about society?"
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Matt Lauer gave Powell a second shot at answering the question and this time she came prepared.
"So this is not okay," Powell said with confidence. "It needs to be equal pay for equal work and it's hard enough already to earn a living and it shouldn't be harder just because you're a woman."
Her new response was met with applause from Lauer and the new Miss USA, Erin Brady, who was also in the "Today" studio.
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Robin Ventura hasn't named a closer, although that may just be a formality — it looks like the White Sox manager will use multiple pitchers in the ninth inning based on matchups:Vodpod videos no longer available.
Given the Sox don't have anyone with extensive closer experience at the MLB level, this is a refreshing strategy. It'll allow Ventura to ease Addison Reed into save situations by using him in low or medium-leverage save spots (like a two or three-run lead). And it'll allow Ventura to pick and choose when to use Matt Thornton, hopefully in the highest-leverage situation (be it the seventh, eighth or ninth inning).
UPDATE: Scott Merkin:
On Thursday's workout day, pitching coach Don Cooper said there would be no closer by committee. But before Friday's setback, Ventura said that matchups could determine who actually pitches the ninth.
"At some point, it's not going to be the same guy all the time," Ventura said. "And not necessarily you think ahead as a bullpen committee, but a guy coming in the ninth, it will end up being different at some points of the season. Yeah, depending on how guys do versus certain teams and matchups. If we had Mariano Rivera, I'd be able to tell everyone I have a closer."
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Blackhawks create traffic in front of Quickby Shawn P. Roarke / Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO -- The Anaheim Ducks scored 15 goals against Jonathan Quick in the seven-game Western Conference Second Round series that ended Friday.
In the Western Conference Final last year, the Chicago Blackhawks scored 16 goals against Quick and the Kings, in five games, and advanced to the Stanley Cup Final.
Clearly, the Blackhawks believe they know a thing or two about beating one of the game's best and brightest goaltenders.
The Blackhawks put three pucks past Quick in a 3-1 victory at United Center on Sunday afternoon in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final. Game 2 is Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN, RDS).
"We need to get traffic," Chicago power forward Bryan Bickell said. "He is one of the elite goalies. If he is able to see it, he'll be able to stop. So, if we can create havoc any way in front of him and keep his eyes away from the puck, I think we will have good opportunities to score."
Chicago scored the first goal Sunday by following that blueprint to the letter on the first power play of the game.
Brandon Saad encamped approximately two inches outside the blue paint of Quick's crease. He ignored the attentions of Kings defenseman Jeff Schultz by finding some open ice and posting up against Quick, taking away his vision of the play. Marian Hossa passed the puck to the point for a shot by Nick Leddy, which was hard and along the ice.
"I was trying to get to the net and, luckily, it went off my leg," Saad said.
Modesty aside, it took a fair bit of skill to be in the right place at the right time and influence the flight of the puck in a positive manner for the Blackhawks.
"You got to be there first," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "There's a willingness to get there; probably a price to pay. Sometimes they go off you. I know they've had some success by being there, fortunate bounces off our pads or sticks, we don't even know it hits us.
"It all makes your power play work by being there first of all; then you get a shooting mentality. If you're looking for a perfect goal on a power play it's not going to happen."
Emboldened by Saad's success, the Blackhawks made a habit of going to the net hard, taking away Quick's space and line of sight. On almost every offensive possession, there was a Blackhawks forward and a Kings defenseman jousting for position on the lip of the crease. Quick was forced to bob and weave around the obstructions, looking to pick up the puck.
In the second period, forward Jonathan Toews went hard to the net on a rush, getting right on top of Quick, literally, and he lost control of the puck. Toews and Quick went down in a heap and the puck skittered off the skate of Los Angeles defenseman Solava Voynov and into the net.
Eventually, it was ruled no goal by the officials because of the contact between Toews and Quick. But it was further validation that the goals against Quick are going to come from in close, by winning the hotly contested real estate around the Los Angeles goalie.
Later in the period, Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith scored the game-winner from the blue line, but the puck hit a Kings defender and bounced off the ice and over Quick's glove, behaving in a manner similar to if it had been tipped by a Blackhawks player in close.
Now, the area around Quick will become even more valuable. The Kings have two days to study and adjust. They know that taking away Chicago's down-low position is at the top of the to-do list for Game 2. Chicago knows it can't allow Los Angeles to do that if it wants to have the best possible chance to score goals against a goaltender that has made a habit of stealing games and series in the past few years.
"They got a good goaltender; it was nice to get some goals on him and get a win," Saad said.


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Fires killed fewest Ohioans in quarter-century
Mild winter credited with limiting lives lost
The number of fire-related deaths in Ohio dropped last year to a 26-year low, with the state fire marshal attributing part of the decline to the unusually mild winter.
It was the second year running that Ohio saw double digit decreases in the numbers of people killed in blazes, said Fire Marshal Larry Flowers.
The state recorded an unofficial 106 fire deaths for 2012, a 17 percent drop from the year before, which saw 128 fire deaths.
The figures for 2012 are tentative and could rise slightly as fire departments finish their mandatory reporting to the state.
The year's deadliest fire happened in November in northwest Ohio. A fast-moving fire leveled a 130-year-old farmhouse and killed three young children and two adults. The wood-frame home, which sat outside the village of Republic, about 50 miles southeast of Toledo, was fairly isolated and surrounded by farm fields. The nearest house was about a quarter-mile away.
Flowers said the cause of the majority of fatal fires was undetermined. Smoking and cooking led the categories when the cause was known.
In more than two-thirds of fatalities, homes either lacked a smoke detector or it couldn't be determined whether one was present.
"One thing that will definitely save lives is everyone having working smoke detectors," Flowers said Friday.
Flowers said the mild temperatures from January to March a year ago may have played a role in the decline. In cold weather, people use space heaters, a frequent cause of fires.
This month, Ohio is running ahead of last year's figures, with 10 deaths recorded in January compared with four last year at this time. Temperatures have been far more seasonal this year and a cold snap next week is expected to bring some single-digit temperatures.
As a result, the fire marshal's office is reminding people to keep space heaters away from fabric, check fireplaces before lighting them for the first time and making sure each level of the house has a working smoke alarm.
Several major cities around the country also reported record low fire deaths for 2012, including Boston, Philadelphia and New York, whose 58 fire deaths was the lowest reported since 1916.
Maryland and Mississippi also reported declines, with Mississippi's 62 deaths a record for one year, and also partly attributable to the mild winter, according to Mississippi Fire Marshal Mike Chaney.
Officials in those cities and states said fire prevention and education programs are the chief reason why deaths are declining. Maryland is also one of several states where cigarettes sold in the state must be manufactured with a band that snuffs out the cigarette if it's left unattended.
The mild winter may have played a role in lower fire deaths in 2012, though it's too soon to tell for sure or if the decline was seen nationally, said Tom Olshanksi, a spokesman for the U.S. Fire Administration.
"The numbers are incredibly encouraging across the country from what we're seeing," he added.
Besides the Republic fire, two fires in March that killed four people each were the year's deadliest. One was determined to be a murder-suicide.
On March 3, a house fire in Warren about 50 miles southeast of Cleveland killed two girls, their mother and a man who was staying with them. Authorities said the blaze apparently began in the kitchen, possibly near the stove, and no smoke detectors were found in the house.
On March 17, a man in East Liverpool recently separated from his longtime girlfriend set himself and his house on fire two months ago, killing him and his three young sons. The arson was ruled a murder-suicide after investigators determined that 37-year-old Ulrick Estimot locked the house's front and back doors, poured gasoline throughout the home and set himself on fire.


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Vincent Teoh Boon Seang-Classical Raya Catalog
At Design Interviews
Interview with Vincent Teoh Boon Seang : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Vincent Teoh Boon Seang : Identifying the main challenges at hand, we strive to inject a cultural-related theme into our designs. Our goal was to: 1) Create a memorable piece of design, rather than just pages comprised of product visuals and their respective prices. An "artwork" that consumers will see as a keepsake item. 2) Generate a higher level of appreciation for our country's classical music and traditional folk art – especially among the younger generation. 3) Bring out the spirit of Hari Raya by highlighting a meaningful insight that the consumers can relate to. What better way to do all that than with a "Classical Raya" theme? To bring forth the essence of this theme, our gift hamper catalog is designed to resemble an old vinyl record. The front page of the catalog itself is made to look like the sleeve of a vinyl. We believe that this unique cover would pique the consumers' curiosity and prompt them to flip the catalog open. However, the "Classical Raya" concept does not stop there. It flows through the entire catalog – from the inner spreads right up until the back cover. Once open, consumers are greeted with a vinyl "spinning" on a record player. The vinyl visual is cleverly designed – so when it is .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Vincent Teoh Boon Seang : If there is one thing we notice about Hari Raya – it is that timeless Raya songs of yesteryear still remain close to people's hearts up until today. Through that insight, we came up with the "Classical Raya" theme, with these objectives in mind: 1) Create a memorable piece of design, rather than just pages comprised of product visuals and their respective prices. 2) Generate a higher level of appreciation for our country's classical music and traditional arts – especially among the younger generation. 3) Bring out the spirit of Raya by highlighting a meaningful insight that the consumers can relate to. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Vincent Teoh Boon Seang : I am going to publish it in our website. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Vincent Teoh Boon Seang : About a month .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Vincent Teoh Boon Seang : Hari Raya literally translates to "Day of Celebration". The days leading to this joyous occasion up till the celebration itself are usually accompanied by melodious Raya music, spreading a sense of anticipation and excitement throughout the community. If there is one thing we notice about the Hari Raya music scene – it is that evergreen Hari Raya songs performed by legendary singers of yesteryear still remain as everyone's all-time favourites up until today. As stated in the catalog, there is just something about classic favourites that captures the essence of Raya in all its splendour. These timeless melodies are held dear by many people as they bring back reminiscence of cherished moments while lifting their spirits to create new ones. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Vincent Teoh Boon Seang : Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Vincent Teoh Boon Seang : Over the years, the increasing number of products and services in the market has contributed to an influx of catalogs being sent and passed out to consumers. With so many catalogs circulating around the public, chances are, the ordinary ones would probably end up in the bin without so much as a glance. Even if a consumer does flip through your catalog, there is only a small percentage of him remembering your brand, unless he was initially interested in the product you are offering. Given this fact, we have identified two main challenges that we would need to address when creating our Hari Raya 2013 gift hamper catalog: 1) How do we produce a catalog that is interesting enough – not only to stand out among hundreds of other catalogs, but also to create an everlasting recognition of our brand? 2) In the spirit of Hari Raya, how do we reach out and remind consumers of all the good times they have shared with loved ones during this festive season? .
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Marriott Restaurant Dinner for 1 Adult PersonSend a dinner surprise for someone special back home. Its the best way to show love and care. What can be more enjoyable than the food surprise at very special Marriott restaurant. Send dinner voucher for one Adult of Marriott dinner to Pakistan.
Marriott Karachi: Dumpukht Restaurant
Menu will include various kinds of soups (Maharaja Shorba, Shahi Shorba, Ispihani Shorba, Samundri Shorba) as a starter and various kinds of Salads. Main course may include various kinds of Pakistani and Continental dishes like Handi Gosht, Shikar puri karahi, Dal Makhani, Chicken Biryani, Noor Mehal Biryani, Hyderabadi Biryani, Chicken Jalferezi, Chicken Masala Biryani, Sumandri Kebabs, Til Mil JhingaReshmi Kebabs etc.
Marriott Islamabad: NADIA COFEE SHOP
Islamabad/Rawalpindi Marriott hotel buffet vouchers are available for Nadia Coffee Shop. Buffet may include 2 varieties of soups, 2 varieties of Biryani, 5 Pakistani dishes, 5 continental dishes, 12 -15 different kinds of Desserts, 2 Bar BQ and 12 - 15 different kinds of Salads.
For sending this dinner voucher to Pakistan you can order online or make a call to our 24/7 customer service centre.
Marriott Hotel Restaurant:
The voucher is valid for 15 days from the date of delivery
The Buffet dinner includes a range of Pakistani and international dishes and an assorted selection of delicious sweets
The Price is based on One Adult per Voucher and includes all taxes.
Table will kept reserved for 15 minutes only.
Only Valid at Marriot Hotels Pakistan
Water and beverages can be purchased separately and are not included in the Buffet voucher deal
Terms And Conditions:
Dinner Vouchers are issued against the name of the Receiver you wish to have Meal in your requested Hotel or Restaurant and cannot be replaced and altered for any other voucher
Kids Under Age 3 are Free
Guaranteed number of reserved booking will be charged even though the actual number of guests are less than reserved guaranteed booking.
Vouchers cannot be replaced with cash
The voucher is not refundable and will not be exchangeable to any other product or services
Note: Same day delivery is available on this product from Monday to Sunday.
Can you deliver same day or next day?
We should receive an order for same day before 11AM Pakistan time with no additional cost. Please check Pakistan Deliveries section for detail of same day orders. Orders for Sundays must be placed on Saturday before 3PM Pakistan Time otherwise orders will be dispatched on Monday.
For next day deliveries orders must be placed before 3PM Pakistan time a day before otherwise order will be considered as same day delivey and additional cost $2.99 will be charged.
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Yes, we can deliver special orders to villages at extra cost. As these orders have to be delivered by hand on car, so there will be an extra cost involved in this special arrangement. Please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com to find out the extra delivery charges and availability of delivery in that area.
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I have made two separate orders and why it is not showing the discount?
Discount is based on total value of single transaction. If the discount is set on $50 then you will receive a discount only if your single order value exceed more than $50 without any delivery and premium charges.
Why currency conversion value on website is slightly different then actually on my bill?
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Hybrid density functional calculation on the C240 Buckyball
This calculation involved performing a B3LYP direct SCF calculation on C240 without symmetry described by the cc-pVDZ basis set (3360 basis functions). These calculations were performed on Chinook on 512, 1024 and 2048 cores. The input file is available.
Parallel performance of the CR-EOMCCSD(T) method (triples part)
An example of the scalability of the triples part of the CR-EOMCCSD(T) approach for Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore (GFPC) described by cc-pVTZ basis set (648 basis functions) as obtained from NWChem. Timings were determined from calculations on the Franklin Cray-XT4 computer system at NERSC. See the Media:input_gfpc.nw input file for details.
Timings of CCSD/EOMCCSD for the oligoporphyrin dimer
CCSD/EOMCCSD timings for oligoporphyrin dimer (942 basis functions, 270 correlated electrons, D2h symmetry, excited-state calculations were performed for state of b1g symmetry, in all test calculation convergence threshold was relaxed, 1024 cores were used). See the Media:input_p2ta.nw input file for details.
-------------------------------------------------------- Iter Residuum Correlation Cpu Wall -------------------------------------------------------- 1 0.7187071521175 -7.9406033677717 640.9 807.7 ...... MICROCYCLE DIIS UPDATE: 10 5 11 0.0009737920958 -7.9953441809574 691.1 822.2 -------------------------------------------------------- Iterations converged CCSD correlation energy / hartree = -7.995344180957357 CCSD total energy / hartree = -2418.570838364838890 EOM-CCSD right-hand side iterations -------------------------------------------------------------- Residuum Omega / hartree Omega / eV Cpu Wall -------------------------------------------------------------- Iteration 1 using 5 trial vectors 0.7254630898708 0.2656229931076 7.22797 4471.5 5151.3 Iteration 2 using 6 trial vectors 0.1584284659595 0.0882389635508 2.40111 865.3 1041.2
Current developments for high accuracy: GPGPU and alternative task schedulers
Currently various development efforts are underway for high accuracy methods that will be available in future releases of NWChem. The examples below shows the first results of the performance of the triples part of Reg-CCSD(T) on GPGPUs (left two examples) and of using alternative task schedules for the iterative CCSD and EOMCCSD.


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Note to Cincinnati Little Leaguers: You're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggone it, people like you. As we mentioned briefly last week, a new rule there for the upcoming season forbids any type of "negative chatter" during youth baseball games. To illustrate, we've made this chart.
• OK to say to the opposition:
"Your uniform certainly looks spiffy, Jeff!"
"Hey batter, how about this cray-zee weather we've been having?"
"Pitcher wears a dress! Not that there's anything wrong with that!"
• No longer legal:
"You hit like Ryan Seacrest!"
"Hey Yankees! You can take your trophy and stick it up your ass!"
Dismantling the other teams' bikes and throwing the parts into the creek.
Will this policy help build children's self esteem? Or is it just another tool to help the terrorists win? We don't claim to have the answers, leaving it to this hard-hitting MSNBC interview segment to sort out the controversy. Our favorite part is when the child psychologist says "The ballfield is about kindness and learning social skills." Totally.
No Chatter, Chatter! [Cincinnati Enquirer]


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As the conventional wisdom goes, getting out of any long-term relationship, is well, complicated.
And when it comes to ethanol and its marriage to the Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS), that conventional wisdom applies in spades.
An analysis by Purdue University suggests corn prices would fall just 47¢ to $1.30/bu, depending on the level of RFS waiver and the severity of the drought currently gripping the nation.
"The bottomline: If refineries and blenders have flexibility to reduce ethanol usage in the short term, use of prior blending Renewable Fuel Identification Numbers (RFIN) credits and/or a waiver could reduce corn price around $1.30/but for a large waiver or 47¢/but for a modest waiver," say Wallace Tyner, James and Lois Ackerman, Farzad Taheripour and Chris Hurt, all ag economists with Purdue.
The economists don't expect the Environmental Protection Agency to offer any waivers for the remainder of 2012, mostly because blenders only need to use another 5.6 billion gallons of ethanol yet this year. And since blenders have already stockpiled some 2.6 billion gallons of RFIN credit, they are required to blend as little as 3 billion gallons yet this year.
"The real question is what happens in 2013, when the ethanol blending obligation increases to 13.8 billion gallons (up 600 million gallons from 2012)," they write.
And that's when things get complicated. Not only is the RFS waiver in play, but the simple economics of corn and crude oil prices determine whether ethanol plants keep operating. "If the corn price remains in the $8 range and the price of crude oil increases to the area of $120/barrel, waiving part of the RFS would have little impact because ethanol likely would be demanded by the market regardless of the level of the RFS," say these authors.
Things get less clear if crude oil prices remain below $100. In addition, EPA could opt to totally waive the "other advanced" RFS mandate, which is 750 million gallons for 2013. Sugarcane ethanol is included in this category, and could then be credited to the conventional category. Sugarcane ethanol imports would also likely increase.
"The sum of the other advanced mandate plus carry-forward RINs could potentially be about 1.2 billion bushels of corn," say the economists. "That represents about 24% of the effective corn mandate which is roughly the size of the projected corn crop shortfall."
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Triggering the Gift Tax
The IRS isn't likely to track a laptop or TV. It can track gifts of stock or those made by check.
I want to give my adult daughter $13,000 as a gift. If I give her the check on January 1, can I buy her lunch later in the month without exceeding the annual gift-tax exemption? Can I buy her a laptop for her birthday or a big-screen TV for Christmas? --A.M., Richmond, Va.
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Technically, all of those gifts count toward the annual limit (which rises from $13,000 to $14,000 in 2013). But you don't need to worry about paying for lunch.
"No one actually reports such small things, and they are difficult to trace," says Karen Goldberg, a CPA and estate-planning attorney with consulting firm EisnerAmper. Nor is the IRS likely to track your gift of a laptop or TV. It can, however, track gifts of stock or those made by check. "If an estate is audited, the IRS typically requests the decedent's bank and brokerage statements for the three years prior to his or her death," says Goldberg. "Unreported gifts of stock and gifts made by check can be easily traced this way."
Keep in mind that people may give up to the limit per person each year to as many people as they like -- doubling the amount for a married couple. It's highly unlikely that you'd owe tax on a larger gift, either. For 2012, each taxpayer has a credit to cover the gift tax on up to $5.12 million in gifts above the annual exclusion amount. (Any part of the credit used will reduce the amount of the credit available to offset estate taxes on transfers after death.) If you exceed the annual limit, though, you must file a Form 709 with the IRS to keep track of how much of the credit you've used up.
401(k) contributions
I'd like to put a large lump sum into my 401(k) outside of my payroll deduction to minimize the tax bite and get closer to contributing the maximum for the year. Can I do that? --A.K., Washington, D.C.
Pretax contributions to your 401(k) must be made through payroll deduction, so you can't add outside money to boost your tax break. But you may still be able to increase your contributions to get closer to the federal $17,000 maximum for 2012 ($22,500 if you're 50 or older this year).
Some employers let you contribute a year-end bonus to your 401(k) if you designate the money before the check is paid. And most employers allow plan participants to change the amount earmarked for their 401(k) at any time, which leaves you a small window this year to increase your contribution.
Let your benefits manager know right away if you plan to do this, as the change may take one to two paycheck periods to take effect. And make sure your plan cuts off contributions when you reach the limit.
Medicare open enrollment
What changes will there be to Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans in 2013, and when do I need to decide on a plan? --L.T., Milwaukee
For Part D prescription-drug coverage, the doughnut hole (the gap in coverage during which you must pay more out of pocket) will narrow. In 2013, the discount on brand-name drugs you pay for in the coverage gap will rise from 50% to 52.5%, and the federal subsidy to help pay for generics will rise from 14% to 21%.
As for costs, the average premium for Part D will continue to be about $30 per month. But plans continue to make other changes -- such as boosting co-payments or changing pricing tiers for your medications -- that can result in higher out-of-pocket costs even when the premium remains the same.
Medicare Advantage plans, which cover medical expenses and drugs, may also change coverage and prices, and more are shrinking their networks. Don't assume your doctors and hospitals will remain in the plan's network in 2013.
You have from October 15 to December 7 to pick your Part D or Medicare Advantage plan for next year. To explore your options, go to www.medicare.gov/find-a-plan anytime after October 1.
This article first appeared in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. For more help with your personal finances and investments, please subscribe to the magazine. It might be the best investment you ever make.


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Be My Beneficiary
Here's a surefire way to keep the romance in your relationship: Light the candles. Uncork the wine. Pull up a spreadsheet on your laptop and figure out a budget.
Or how about this? Snuggle on the sofa. Surf travel sites. Discover you've both always wanted to see the seashore in the Seychelles. Put the money in an emergency savings fund instead.
You get the point. Financial planning may not be sexy, but nothing drains romance from a relationship like money worries.1Research shows nearly 80 percent of working Americans are seriously stressed about finances — even two-income households pulling in "good" money. Rather than travel down that fraught road together, here are five steps couples can take to ease the strain and become more confident about their financial future.
When it comes to the financial side of a successful relationship, nothing is more romantic than making sure you and your partner are on track — and on the same page — to realize your life goals, meet your obligations and protect your family and assets.
1. https://www.cnbc.com/2015/02/04/money-is-the-leading-cause-of-stress-in-relationships.html
2. The Guardian Study of Financial and Emotional Confidence™ 2017
3. https://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/21/iding-money-from-spouses.html
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Carl's Jr.®
Zagat Surveyors Rate Carl's Jr. and Hardee's Burgers Among Top in Country
May 11, 2007
Only Regional Chains to Crack the Top Five in National Vote
CARPINTERIA, Calif. – May 11, 2007 – Carl's Jr.® and Hardee's® may be regional players in the burger chain game, but when the first Zagat®/Today Show Fast-Food Survey tallied results from more than five thousand burger fans across the country, the quality vote spoke loudly and clearly. From results released by Zagat Survey today, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's tied for fourth place in the "Best Burger" category, behind "mega-chains" Wendy's, Burger King and McDonald's, and were the only regional chains to make the top-five list on the national survey.
"We are thrilled to see that Carl's Jr. and Hardee's hamburgers were rated among the top five best burgers in the country by the Zagat/Today Show Fast-Food Survey participants," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for the quick-service burger chains. "We owe our ranking to the fans of the 100 percent Angus beef Six Dollar Burgers® at Carl's Jr. and the 100 percent Angus beef Thickburgers™ at Hardee's, and it's gratifying to see that our pioneering efforts to bring sit-down restaurant quality burgers to fast-food customers are being appreciated. It's particularly rewarding because the best burger category is the result of cumulative votes based on the collective feedback of thousands of avid consumers. For a regional chain to make the top-five list for best burgers alongside national chains with thousands more restaurants is a quite an honor."
Zagat surveyors praised Carl's Jr. as "a notch above the mainstream chains," and reported positive feedback on its charbroiled hamburgers and Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Shakes™ alike, describing the latter as "thick [and] wonderfully nostalgic." Hardee's earned a similar reputation for its 1/3-, 1/2-, and 2/3-pound Thickburgers, with one respondent confirming that it's the "man's fast-food place."
The Zagat/Today Show Fast-Food Survey covered 24 of the country's largest fast-food franchises, and was based on the collective opinions of more than five thousand avid diners. For full results, visit ZAGAT.com.
About Zagat Survey, LLC
Zagat Survey is the world's leading provider of consumer survey-based leisure content. With more than 300,000 surveyors, Zagat Survey rates and reviews restaurants, hotels, nightlife, movies, music, golf, shopping and a range of other entertainment categories. Zagat content is available in print, on the Web, on the Palm and Windows Mobile operating systems, on BlackBerry, on mobile phones, and on TV.
As of the fourth fiscal quarter ended Jan. 29, 2007, CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR), through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,105 franchised or company-operated restaurants in 43 states and in 13 countries, including 1,087 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 1,906 Hardee's restaurants and 96 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. or Hardee's near you, go to www.ckr.com, www.carlsjr.com or www.hardees.com.


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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A small congregational founded in 1875 says it's facing an overwhelming challenge to keep its doors open and the lights on.
The St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church in St. Augustine said it owes this year nearly $211,000.
Sandra Hunter is one of the 75 parishioners at the church.
"We are just having a blessed situation here today," said Hunter. "We invited everybody. It's not a sad occasion because we know what God can do and we trust and believe on his word."
Hunter is participating in a sing-a-thon to raise money.
Reverend Bryon Hodges of St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church said the building is 92-years-old. When it needed restoration a few years ago, the church took out a loan.
"Unfortunately, it's a very common story," said Hodges.
Hard times hit financially, said Hodges, but he said he isn't looking for handouts, just a hand in staying afloat to avoid foreclosure.
"What we are trying to do is show that God is always in control, no matter what the situation may be," said Hodges. "I don't care who you are in this world individually. At some point, everybody needs a hand up. That's where we find ourselves now, in need of a hand up to get back on our feet. Then, we can believe we can do what needs to be done to carry on."
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the church in June 1964. His speech led to the sign in front of the church, noting it as the birth place of the civil rights movement in St. Augustine.
The church said it has planned fundraisers throughout January. They said currently have about $35,000 in arrears of its $200,000 loan.


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Parents worry, experts dispute and kids suffer, as everyone tries to figure out what ADHD is, who has it and how to treat it, even as the numbers of diagnosed cases continue to skyrocket.
In second grade, Paul couldn't stay in his seat - and his rigorous South Florida private school had lots of seat work. After counseling with the principal, a series of visits to therapist followed. They probed issues from allergies to home stability before concluding that Paul, who is now 13, had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. While the family scrambled to learn more, the school tried to adapt. But there was no way Paul could stay at a desk for 40 minutes. He was soon struggling with reading comprehension, and his parents and teachers feared he would be left behind. Paul's mother would love to have enrolled Paul at a Montessori school, with its flexible curriculum and emphasis on body movement. But their city had none. And a public school would have been less attentive and no less dull. They toyed with homeschooling, but she couldn't fit it into her own work schedule as a writer. Medication was the next step. It wasn't easy, Paul's mom said. But she and her husband knew they somehow had to help him fit in and keep pace with his fellow students. They felt his education and career hung in the balance. So he ended up on Concerta, a variant of Ritalin. Both are powerful stimulants closely linked to amphetamines. Still, the family worried about addiction and possible health effects of long-term use, a fear that still dogs them. Paul does thorough medical checkups every three months, including electrocardiograms. Now 13, Paul has been using prescription stimulants off and on for six years. His parents have tried everything from folk remedies to Omega 3. Nothing worked. They lived on Google, looking for options. They took breaks from the medication. But sooner or later Paul would always come back and say, "Mom, I want to go back on the 'focus pill.' " Paul and his family have lots of company in this nervous leap into branded focus drugs. ADHD diagnosis rates for school age kids keep climbing, the Centers for Disease Control reports. As of 2011, 6.4 million kids had been diagnosed. In 2003, 7.8 percent of kids aged 4-17 had been diagnosed with ADHD. That number jumped to 9.5 percent in 2007 and to 11 percent in 2011. The ADHD drug prescription market jumped even more sharply, from $4 billion U.S. sales in 2007 to to $7.9 billion in just four years, IMS Health reports. Is the rise of ADHD diagnosis signs of an epidemic - or a product of mass hysteria? And are the ubiquitous stimulants used to treat the condition a blessing or a curse? Experts argue, kids struggle, parents worry - and the jury remains out. Vast overdiagnosis? Sharply rising ADHD diagnosis rates are raising the blood pressure of Dr. Keith Connors, the emeritus Duke University psychiatrist and icon in ADHD circles. Connors was a pioneer in the field, publishing his first paper on Ritalin treatment in 1963. He developed the widely used Connors ADHD diagnostic test. Now he wishes it were used less often. Connors is perturbed that 11 percent of school-age kids have received an ADHD diagnosis. "The best evidence for occurrence among kids" he said, "is about 2 to 3 percent. But there's lots of bad evidence going as high as 20 percent. It depends on what kind of evidence you prefer." Even assuming a given diagnosis is correct, Connors said, an effective treatment program requires frequent monitoring to adjust dosages as patients get older. Sometimes doctors agree to higher doses because of pressure from patients and parents who enjoyed the modest bump in mood and focus, and simply want more of that effect. Doctor shopping can follow, especially in the college years. "Pretty soon, these kids are getting into a dangerous range," Connors said. He notes the case of Richard Fee, an aspiring medical student, profiled in The New York Times, who used ADHD drugs as a crutch to improve his grades. Fee ended up killing himself after going through forced but unmonitored Adderall withdrawal. Doctors had finally stopped giving him prescriptions after he had abused the drug to improve his school performance for an extended period. And the drugs are everywhere on college campuses. Connors asked his son, who graduated from Duke University last year, how easy it is to get unprescribed Ritalin there. "Let me put it this way," his son answered. "If you ask three kids for Ritalin, two of them will hand it to you right then." A social problem? And yet, some reject the whole framework of ADHD as an illness. Among the skeptics is Dr. Gary Greenberg, a psychotherapist and the author of "The Book of Woe," which profiles the chaos in the psychiatric profession as it crafted its new diagnostic guidelines, the "DSM V," which was released last year. Those new guidelines significantly loosened ADHD definitions, which critics say will lead to more dubious diagnoses. ADHD is not an illness, Greenberg argues. There is no blood test, no brain scan, no x-ray for it. It is, he says, just a label we give to kids who are ill-suited for our increasingly narrow and unnatural educational and career options. Greenberg speaks passionately against using drugs to treat a problem imposed by poorly adapted social institutions. "At the risk of being cliché," Greenberg said, "we are facing a perfect storm." Distractions are everywhere, especially the Internet, which exploded since 1994. Then we have the push for ever more "rigor" in the classroom. We are making enormous demands on the children, especially the boys. And schools don't have the time or resources to deal with it." Yeoman farmers Dr. Elias Sarkis, a family psychiatrist in Gainesville, Fla., agrees with Greenberg that there is no real pathology involved with ADHD, that it is really just our way of saying that some kids are not designed to sit for hours in a classroom or work a desk job. And yet, Sarkis sees no real way around diagnosis and treatment. "School is a very difficult environment for children with ADHD," he said, "but there is no use blaming modern complexity. There is no place in today's economy for the yeoman farmer on a two-acre farm. If my kid were ADHD, I wouldn't sacrifice him while waiting for the world to change." Born in Lebanon with French as his first language, Sarkis attended medical school in France and has close ties to the French psychiatric community. French psychiatrists are extremely averse to using drugs, and Sarkis often gets in vigorous debates with his friends and colleagues there. French psychiatrists prefer to treat ADHD with "play therapy," a form of drug-free therapy that Sarkis says works well for anxiety disorders. "Play therapy can be a powerful tool," Sarkis said. But he views it as a clumsy half measure with extreme ADHD. Sarkis guesstimates real ADHD incidence at between 6 and 8 percent of school-age kids. "But I am not an epidemiologist," he hastens to add. Overworked doctors Whether the real number is closer to 3 percent, as Keith Connors says, or 7, as Sarkis guesstimates, few disagree that the 11 percent of school-age children, with rates still climbing, is too high. Connors says he has many friends who are primary care doctors caught in a crossfire. One told him he only gets 15 minutes to diagnose a child, and only a few minutes at a time for follow up. That's all the insurance companies will pay for. Most primary care doctors never get a chance to explore stress from the street environment or chaos or abuse at home, Connors says. Nor do they have time to offer the kind of behavioral management of psychotherapy that more complex cases would demand. The drugs, he says, often become a mask, covering real problems that go unaddressed. Those who can afford better care get a deeper probe. Sarkis spends at least an hour on initial diagnoses, in addition to the Connors exam that probes for underlying symptoms. But he knows most doctors don't have that luxury. And he is well aware that false diagnoses often result. Real ADHD It doesn't help, Sarkis said, that the Centers for Disease Control Web page for ADHD flatly asserts that there is "no evidence" that ADHD can be caused by "eating too much sugar, watching too much television, parenting or social and environmental factors such as poverty or family chaos." While that statement may be technically true, Sarkis said, "The signals are all wrong." The CDC website is aimed at parents and teachers who are looking for clues about how to interpret classroom misbehavior. Often these do have environmental or social causes, Sarkis says. Real ADHD, in contrast, will be very evident very early in life, Sarkis says, and careful therapists spend a lot of time exploring early life. "I often ask how active the fetus was," Sarkis said, noting that he sees a connection between prenatal hyperactivity and future ADHD. "More often than not I get a positive response," he said. And both kids and adults with ADHD are extremely active in their sleep as well. "The sheets won't stay on the bed," he said. But Sarkis watches closely for indicators of neglect, abuse or stress at home. He is particularly attuned to girls who were sexually abused. "When the brain is preoccupied trying to make sense of something like that, it can't really concentrate on school work," he said. Antsy kids There is widespread agreement that casual ADHD diagnosis can alternately pathologize normal childhood and mask serious problems. The use of drugs in both cases has spawned a cultural meme, reflected in the lyrics of a recent song by British indie rock singer Paolo Nutini: This kid's too vibrant. (Give him some Ritalin.) Oh, he's giggly. / He makes mischief. (Give him some Ritalin.) And he has to be told. / He can be disruptive. (Give him some Ritalin.) He can be antsy. / Oh, but let's not forget, the kid's only 5 years old. The Centers for Disease Control offers a parallel rough list for parents who wonder about their child: "A child with ADHD might daydream a lot, forget or lose things a lot, squirm or fidget, talk too much, make careless mistakes or take unnecessary risks, have a hard time resisting temptation, have trouble taking turns, have difficulty getting along with others." This checklist, Greenberg notes, sounds suspiciously like anyone who ever attended grade school. He laments an economic decline that has destroyed skilled trades that used to be available to those who didn't want to stare at books. His own teenage son would qualify as true ADHD, Greenberg said, and was "miserable" in the classroom before he switched to a technical school. "The fact that these common traits turn up as criteria of a mental disorder says at least as much about the society that makes these demands, and the parents and teachers who fervently wish their children to meet them, as it says about the medical or pharmaceutical industry," Greenberg said. "There is no such thing as ADHD," Greenberg said, again staking his outlier position. "Is it so important that everyone learn how to push paper as grown-ups? This is all about preparing children for the information society in a world full of electronic distractions." False negatives "I don't disagree with all of that," said Scott Kollins, now Connor's successor as director of the ADHD program at Duke University. But unlike Greenberg, Kollins does view ADHD as a real condition that if undiagnosed can breed serious dysfunction, including anxiety and depression that lead to self-medication with drugs and alcohol. Kollins says his clinic routinely spends four to five hours with a single patient, running them through a battery of tests and surveys, looking, for example, at family context and developmental history. He readily notes that he runs a "boutique specialty clinic" that uses the "gold standard," and that such rigor is out of reach for most parents and medical professionals who are asked to diagnose on the run. Kollins worries that popular overreaction against ADHD diagnoses presents a challenge, and that some recent treatments of the topic by journalists have been oversimplified and inflammatory. In particular, he pointed to a series of articles by Alan Schwarz at The New York Times. Kollins reacted very strongly to that series, calling it a "disservice to medicine" that was "biased" and "reckless," and arguing that it "polarized the issue to sell newspapers." Kollins is as concerned about kids who never get diagnosed who actually have ADHD as much as he does about those who are mistakenly diagnosed who don't have it. The false negatives are, he believes, probably about equal in number to the false positives. And failing to diagnose and treat can leave a bright child depressed and adrift, often leading to self-medication and substance abuse. Overdiagnosis, misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis are all problems, as Kollins sees it. "You get well-intentioned clinicians who are doing the best they can in a broken system," Kollins said. Career issues Some people just skip the doctor and self-diagnose. Tom Metge, now 32, and his mom self-diagnosed his ADHD when he was quite young, but they chose not to seek formal diagnosis, partly because his mother was already reluctantly taking medication for a bipolar disorder, and both of them disliked the resulting dependency. Today, Tom is a successful software engineer who recently accepted a nice job offer from Apple and is moving his family from Utah to Cupertino, Calif., this month. Metge did it almost entirely without drugs, but he often has struggled. He dropped out of college during his junior year after a disastrous semester put him on academic probation. Family and financial pressures contributed to the fiasco, but ADHD was a major factor, he says. A driven mass of good-humored nervous energy and a lifelong insomniac, Metge says he has a "black hole" in his head, a memory problem that makes him lose the thread of what he means to be doing. After dropping out of college, Metge began working in technical support for a tech start-up, moving up to quality assurance and then to programming. In essence, he finished his college education on the job. Metge keeps a notebook by his computer at work and takes notes on every step along the way, like Hansel trailing breadcrumbs. He took up Iron Man competitions because he felt the intense daily training regimen would translate to focus and control in other areas of his life. It did. He does not see his ADHD as an illness, but rather just one part of his own genetic makeup. "I have compensating strengths," he said. "ADHD is part of me, but it's not me." Still, it remains a challenge. He recently went through a stressful career transition with another start-up company that intensified his "black hole" and left him depressed and struggling. For the first time in his life, he took an ADHD prescription, choosing Vyvanse because its controlled release makes it less addictive. Metge took it off and on for a year - using it to re-establish his own equilibrium before dropping it altogether and relying once again on his own coping strategies. Though Paul has relied more on his "focus pills" to date, he and his family mirror Metge in blending determination to overcome with a realistic view of the challenges. At 13, Paul is already debating his career options. He loves to work with his hands. He loves working in the kitchen and he would like to be a chef, but he realizes that path might have a lower salary ceiling. He says he wants to attend his parents' alma mater, a prominent southern state university. His mom is not coddling him. Paul will start at a private high school this fall and is very aware that now his grades count. He knows it will not be easy.%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D132686%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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Bilt Roadmaster 3/4
As y'all know, I'm not a fan of going cheap on gear. I figure that a helmet is going to be half a mortgage payment. Lately, for the little bit of riding I've been doing (all solo), I've been taking my C3 Pro Modular as well as a half-lid. The modular is for shitty weather, the 1/2 is for riding when I get to where I'm going. It's inefficient, but it works.
Then I noticed that Smart Dave, Wise Dave, and most of the Long Island crew were wearing 3/4 helmets. After riding back from upstate PA in the cold and the fog, I stopped into Cycle Gear and got this. For $50.
It's got a roundish shape to it, as my forehead feels a bit of pressure, and there's space around my ears, but for $50 I can cut the foam at the forehead. It vents well, it's reasonably quiet, and it's light. It's a really good travel helmet, and truthfully, I'll use it on local rides as well.
Two thumbs up.
You might be a king or a lowly street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.
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I can already feel the crushing pressure on my brow ridge.
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July 12, 2013
KAZAN, Russia – Rising junior Katrina Young and the United States women claimed the silver medal in the overall team competition as the World University Games came to a close for diving on Friday in Kazan, Russia.
"I was very proud of the whole team effort," head FSU and Team USA diving coach Patrick Jeffrey said. "They maintained a great attitude all week and fought for every dive. They we all very consistent and it was an honor for Katrina and me to contribute toward that effort. I feel we represented the Seminoles well this week."
Team medals for diving are awarded based on overall performance throughout the Games. Each country's top two scores from the preliminaries in each of the individual events as well as the final scores from each of the synchronized events are added together to determine the team medalists.
The U.S. women finished with a total 2109.91 team points, second only to China's 2437.97 points. Russia took the bronze with a total of 2095.97.
Young contributed to the team race by placing sixth in the 10-meter platform event on Monday. The Shoreline, Wash. native saved her best round for last and turned in a score of 289.20 in finals.
"I was pleased with Katrina's performance," Jeffrey said. "She had three lists to perform today and that's a very long day in diving. Katrina got better as the day went on and I was very proud of her."
Russia's Yulia Koltunova won the gold with 347.35 points, while China's Xia Yuhua (335.75) and Chen Ni (312.45) took silver and bronze. The other American in the field, Laura Ryan (Georgia) finished in fifth just ahead of Young with a tally of 292.00.
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It's Christmas Eve. Angela Bridges (Rachel Nichols), an ambitious young executive, works late before she leaves for her family's holiday party. When she gets down to the parking garage, she discovers that her car won't start. The garage is deserted and her cell phone doesn't get a signal underground. When Thomas (Wes Bentley), a friendly security guard, comes along and offers to help, Angela nervously accepts his gesture of good will. Soon after a failed attempt to start her car, he invites her to stay and share a small Christmas dinner he's preparing in the parking office, but she laughs it off. Angela doesn't realize this is no laughing matter ? Thomas has been watching her closely...for months. His dinner invitation is not optional. If Angela wants to live to see Christmas morning, she must find a way to escape from level P2 of the parking garage.
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- 1 1/2 cups watermelon, seeded and diced
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- Combine watermelon, water, honey, lemon juice and sugar in a blender or food processor. Process until smooth.
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We are pleased to announce an open-access electronic version of the Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'93), now available at http://alife.org/ecal93/proceedings
ECAL'93 took place in Brussels in May 1993. One hundred papers were presented at the conference, covering a wide variety of topics (including hard, soft and wet artificial life), with contributions from many well known authors. A hard-copy version of the proceedings (comprising 1179 pages over two volumes) was distributed to attendees, but this was not published more widely.
The new electronic proceedings comprises scanned PDF versions of the original proceedings. This is the first time that many of these papers have been freely available.
The papers provide a fascinating snapshot of the early development of the field of Artificial Life, 20 years later on. In addition, many of the papers will be of relevance and interest to contemporary researchers. The electronic proceedings also fill a gap in the recent history of the subject, as ECAL'93 was the only conference in either the ECAL or ALIFE series for which proceedings had not been published.
Thanks to Barry McMullin for donating his original hard-copy version of the proceedings for scanning, and to Hugues Bersini, one of the original ECAL'93 organizing committee, for his encouragement.
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Morrison is best known for Red Rocks Amphitheatre, one of the most renowned outdoor concert venues on the planet. Just about everyone in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has played at this legendary, naturally beautiful, and very picturesque locale. In fact, the most famous and legendary bands in the world tell their managers to book Red Rocks, even though the 9,000-seat theater is rather small for groups that can sell out football stadiums. For most rock bands, if you haven't played Red Rocks, then you haven't truly arrived among the legendary bands in the world.
Morrison's small main street is filled with restaurants, quaint shops, and antique haunts. The high-end, critic-approved wild-game establishment known as The Fort is a replica of Bent's Old Fort, an adobe building that is a celebration of the West that features a décor and southwestern food, quality wines, and decadent desserts.
A bike path skirts Bear Creek and leads to an extensive trail system and reservoir. Dinosaur Ridge is a must-see for geology and archeology buffs. Exposed dinosaur prints are perfectly entombed in sandstone all over this self-guided tour. A visitor center in Morrison may help you start the journey, and more bones are on display at the Morrison Natural History Museum. The town's cultural history is kept alive through artifacts and exhibits at the Morrison Heritage Museum behind town hall.
During the warm-weather months, the town's Bandimere Speedway hosts a variety of track events on a quarter-mile drag strip, including National Hot Rod Association races. Morrison is also a stop on the Lariat Loop National Scenic Byway, a 40-mile scenic byway established in the early 1920s to help locals experience the beautiful mountain landscapes near the Denver metro area.
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The Ignition executive high-back chair is an excellent solution if you spend a lot of time working at your desk. Its center-tilt adjustments are rare for its category, and they support all the postures you take throughout the day. The quality fits big business. But the price fits small budgets. That makes Ignition a fitting solution.
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No matter who you are, how you work, or where you work, Ignition seating from HON fits. Designed by Wolfgang Deisig, Ignition supports every body type, work style and office activity. Three adjustable back heights, two seat sizes and four arm styles fit the 5th to the 95th percentile. Three tilt controls support collaboration and computing. Ignition fits other places, from the lab to the lobby. Select from mesh or upholstered backs. The quality fits big business, and the price fits small budgets, making Ignition a fitting solution.
- Back height adjustment moves the back cushion up or down to fit various body sizes
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- 360-degree swivel provides freedom of movement in any direction
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The Great Plague, also known as the Dark Plague was a disastrous pestilence that killed untold numbers of people that possibly went up into the hundreds of thousands.
The Great Plague began in the east beyond Mordor, reaching Osgiliath in 1636 of the Third Age, just a year after King Minardil of Gondor had been killed at Pelargir by the Corsairs of Umbar, and only two centuries after the Kin-strife of Gondor. The new king, Telemnar was killed together with his kin, as well as many others of the Dúnedain. After the Kin-strife this further destroyed the people of Gondor.
The Plague had first hit Rhûn and Rhovanion, and after it had passed more than half the folk of the Kingdom of Rhovanion had been killed. From Osgiliath the plague spread west and then north. Enedwaith and Dunland were scarcely affected, but the Plague regained strength as it went north, and Minhiriath (the southern part of Cardolan) was especially hit hard. The last of the Dúnedain of Cardolan died on the Barrow-downs, and evil spirits from Angmar and Rhudaur entered the realm.
Arthedain further to the north and the Shire were scarcely affected, although the Hobbits recorded casualties in the South Farthing. Arthedain still defended Fornost to the north.
The city of Osgiliath was especially hit hard, suffering the highest casualties outside of Rhovanion. Many fled the city and removed to Ithilien and Anórien, and Minas Anor became the King's seat.
The casualties were so high that the fortresses guarding Mordor were abandoned as the troops were recalled. For the next two centuries Gondor, as well as its enemies, did little but try and regain strength.


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I remember renting—yes renting—a Playstation from Blockbuster to play Gex: Enter the Gecko back in 1998. I rented it along with Final Fantasy VII, but fell in love with the wise-cracking reptile and spent most of my rental time with him... Ever run into an old friend and wonder how the hell you got along?
Gex: Enter the Gecko was developed by Crystal Dynamics and released by Midway back in early 1998. So, let's prepare our minds by going back and taking a look at everything that just happened in 1997.
Now we're in the right mindset! Let's continue.
A few weeks ago I ran into Gex again in the Playstation Store where he sat for sale at the measly price of 99 cents. There he was, staring at me like, "Come on, pal... remember the good ol' days?'' I thought, what the hell, Enter the Gecko was hilarious when I was a kid. So I ponied up and Gex and I were together once again.
...Oh god, what have I done?
Enter the Gecko takes place a few years after the first game that nobody seems to remember existed (probably because it was on the 3DO). Gex has been loving life, watching all the TV he can when some government goons show up to tell him that Rez—the first game's villain—is back. Then some more stuff happens that's even less interesting than what you just read. It's a platformer from the 90s, what do you expect? If you care to see the magic unfold, I'll let Gex take it from here...
...thank you Gex. If you ever need a reminder of how good controls are now, go back and play Gex: Enter the Gecko. It took me forever to realize that I could even use analog controls, so I played the first half of the game with the D-Pad. Even with the analog turned on, I never got used to it. It controls like how I feel after a long night of drinking tequila. I reached back in time to give my younger self a high-five for having the perseverance to get through this thing. I checked back to see if I was overreacting to the poor controls, but I wasn't. Here's a section from an IGN review by Douglass Perry in 1998:
Without trying to be nit-picking (and inevitably doing just that), the overall control of Gex is loose, baby. Really loose. Funnily enough, unlike Croc, controlling Gex is like handling a slippery little lizard. And while that should be all the more appropriate for this game, players shouldn't feel frustrated with it, and even after adjusting to the feel, I found that this particular aspect of the game could've used more work and fine-tuning.
Visually, the game is half genius and half fart. It's older so it's not entirely fair to judge it... but man, Gex did not hold up well at all. When I think of other platformers from around the same time, like Mario 64, I can't help but wonder if people thought this game looked good then? The charm in Mario 64's design allows it to be timeless in a way. Gex doesn't really give off the same... glow. Let's just say that Gex put on a few extra pounds in the last 16 years.
The experience of exploring Enter the Gecko's world is somewhere between Banjo Kazooie's silliness and Conker's Bad Fur Day's sense of humor. This game killed me when it came out, but most of the jokes are pop culture references and they've reached their expiration date. But hey, if you still find references to Austin Powers funny, you're all set.
Here are some of the golden zingers:
- "It's tail time!"
- "Slip of the tongue..."
- "My inner-child is coming out... and it hurts."
- "Uh, hi... I'm here for the Real World interview?"
- "Here at the Shannon Doherty Charm School it's business as usual." - referring to a horror movie level.
- "Reminds me of Jackie Chan's bathroom." - referring to an over the top kung fu level.
- "All this technology so fat guys can hear Rush Limbaugh?"
The voice and pen behind the jokes is comedian and writer Dana Gould, and I must admit I still chuckled at a couple. Honestly, it's probably more fun to start a level and just sit there while Gex riffs. It get's old fast, though. Somewhere between the levels Gilligex Isle and WWW.DOTCOM.COM I was already looking for reasons to stop playing, "Don't I have to clean the oven? Or something... There has to be something I should be doing!"
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The Five Senses
It looks like a scrapped Nickelodeon cartoon that got one pilot and was turned into a video game over the weekend by a contracted solo developer desperately looking for his first gig. And fart.
It sounds like Matthew Perry—or any other 90s "funny guy"—was given a synthesizer to play and told to do topical one-liners after he was handed a joint.
It feels like it's wet... but it's not. Woah. So you reach back out to touch it again and it's soft, like shag carpet. It's not great, it's not what you expected, but you don't completely hate it.
It tastes like some sugary, "fruit flavored" cereal that you just poured a huge bowl of because your parents aren't up for another hour. You're stoked about it. You pour the milk and scarf it down while you watch cartoons... but afterward you have a gnarly stomach ache and you regret it completely.
It smells like stale Cheetos and that weird smell when you were a kid and you would stay the night at a friend's house. Are they cooking something? You had pizza for dinner, but it smells nothing like Pizza.
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Dover's Math in Focus Program held a parent math night Dec. 3 at the Dover Middle School. Parents learned about the way math is taught and how they can work with their children. The workshop was led by Karen Berg and Patty Driscoll. The program challenges students to go beyond memorization and rules and apply their math skills in new and different ways. Math in Focus is in place through 7th grade and will expand to 8th grade next year.
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For all those of you who were at the game, did they play renegade and when did it play? If you have video of it, I'd love to see how rowdy it was.
For all those of you who were at the game, did they play renegade and when did it play? If you have video of it, I'd love to see how rowdy it was.
They played it after our first possession in the second half. I wasn't at the game, but anytime you hear the announcer say they just played a 2 minute tribute to the defense and the crowd is going nuts its usually the case.
James Harrison - "Right now, you know, some people may want to jump on the Steelers bandwagon.
Don't do that. We don't need you. We didn't need you at the beginning, we don't need you now."
When you are in a bar watching the game you don't hear what they say. It seemed like our D took off on that series. I was hoping it was because of Renegade. Thanks for the update.
I'm almost positive it was on a 1st down and the Steelers D got a sack on that down. I think it was Harrison.
They should honestly play it twice in games like this.
I watched you tube videos of it 4 or 5 times before the game. I get so amped up.
Its one of the greatest sports motivation songs ever. Go Steelers
Yes it was played early in the 2nd half and at the start of the game. Just go to youtube and search steelers renegade 2010
Though there are time that if the Steelers had thrown raw meat on the field half the crowd would have come down and torn it apart.
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Ralph Nelson is Associate Professor at Lawrence Technological University in the College of Architecture and Design. He teaches in the Architecture and Architectural Engineering programs at the University. His teaching and research focus on the nature of design from a systems, material and ethical perspective with emphasis on elegant integration.
Ralph Nelson is a registered architect and founding principal of Loom, a collaborative practice of art, design and architecture recognized for work that utilizes a minimum of resources to maximum effect. The work of Loom has been published widely and has received several regional and national design awards including three Progressive Architecture Awards and an R+D award. The work of Loom is in the collection of several museums including The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt museum.
Mr. Nelson holds a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota. He has been a visiting design critic at the University of Toronto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley, UCLA, California College of the Arts, Rhode Island School of Design and the Illinois Institute of Technology.


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False dichotomy
The logical fallacy of false dichotomy, black-or-white thinking or false choice occurs when one provides only two (or a few) answers to a question, giving the illusion that these choices exhaust all possibilities, when in fact they don't. Some examples include:
- In fact, both may be wrong. (Also, don't forget that evolution doesn't explain how life arose!)
- Based on what he claimed, Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord.
- This ignores other possibilities, such as "legend" or that he never made such claims that were attributed to him.
- You're either with us or against us.
- I might not stand in your way, but cannot actively support your course of action.
It's worth noting that not all logical dichotomies are false. Consider the etymological definitions of Theism and Atheism.
- Theism = Belief in one or more gods
- Atheism = "A" + "Theism" = Lacking + (Belief in one or more gods)
As one cannot simultaneously lack belief and believe, this is an example of a valid dichotomy.
"None of the above"[edit]
One way of spotting a false dichotomy is to add "none of the above" to the list of possibilities. If it can be eliminated, then the dichotomy is true. For instance:
- This glass is empty
- This glass is full
- None of the above
If a glass is neither full nor empty, it might be half-full, or 18% full, or nearly full, all of which fall under the category of "none of the above". "Empty or full" is a false dichotomy.
- This glass is empty
- This glass isn't empty
- None of the above
"Empty" and "not empty" cover all of the possibilities, so "none of the above" can be eliminated. "Empty or not empty" is a true dichotomy.
Note that it isn't necessary to be able to say what "none of the above" is. For instance, let's say someone says, "Either flying saucers exist, or a lot of intelligent, well-respected people are lying." You may not be able to think of an alternate explanation, but it is not clear that "flying saucers" and "good people lying" cover all the bases. There might be a third explanation that you haven't thought of yet. Thus, "none of the above" cannot be eliminated. Intelligent people might be sincerely mistaken. As for people who are "Good" (vague and subjective term) or masquerade as such, they do not necessarily possess all possible traits one regards as "Good", like honesty, generosity, liability etc. Provided someone is mostly Honest, it doesn't mean they'd be unable or refuse to lie no matter the circumstances.
As a rule, any time a list of possibilities is presented as "A or B", rather than "A or not-A", be on the lookout for a false dichotomy.
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