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How to implement row and column total for this pivot grid?
How to implement row and column total for this pivot grid?
I tried the link for the Pivot Grid given above. But there was no example for the Pivot. Have you removed it? Also the same is missing in the downloaded code as well.
I went looking for this today too. Found on Git he committed on Nov 2 "remove pivot grid example". No reason why.
"changed license - no GPLv3 anymore, only commercial"
Hi there,
Yeap, for the moment I removed the component from my website as I am rebuilding the site now. It will be available soon. The component will only be available commercially though.
I have redesigned the pivot grid and now it supports rows and columns grand totals. Have a look at this example: http://www.mzsolutions.eu/mzPivotGrid-configurator.html
It is also calculating totals for row and column groups. Hope you like it.
Hi Adrian,
This looks great. Can this work directly from within Sencha Architect?
Hi Steve,
I don't have a Sencha Architect license so I have no idea how to integrate this into it. Is there any chance to create such a Sencha Architect component without a license for it?
You can download a 30 day trial of Sencha Architect from their web site.


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DWTS Choreography…Technical breakdown!
I love when a celebrity performs a dance better than expected and I especially love when the choreography is something to remember! However, there are those times that a celebrity just cannot pick up a dance no matter how much practice time is given to them! So, until the new season starts on September 21st I'm going to post some of the most amazing dances since DWTS started, including the emmy nominated routine, and some of the worst dances that have been engraved in my mind!
In a previous post by Courtney, she listed the top 5 worst couple pairings so I have found dances from some of couples that truly shows that these pairings were not well thought out:
3 Train Wreck dances:
1: Season 2: Kenny Mayne and Andre Hale, Cha Cha
Kenny did more standing and walking than actually dancing! He was very heavy on his feet and needs to work on his hip movement…it is a latin dance!
2: Corky Ballas and Cloris Leachman: Season 7, cha cha
Oh Cloris! I loved watching her but she never had any technique…it was like a grandma at a club. But I do give her props on having fun with everything she did!
3: Steve Wozniak and Karina Smirnoff: Season 8, Samba
Steve tried really hard but he never got the feeling of the latin dance! He went through the moves but had no rthym. His worm was a good attempt but it wasn't great by any means! And the ending was all over the place!
3 memorable dances!
1: Emmy nominated routine: Great Balls of Fire, Julianne and Derek Hough
technical perfection!
2: Stacy Keibler and Tony Dovolani: Season 2, Samba
3. Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke: Season 2, Paso Doble
More to come until September 21!!!!


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Korean War Veteran Receives Long Overdue Silver Star Medal
William V. Wuorinen receives Silver Star Medal for heroic actions during combat operations in the Korean War.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (Feb. 4, 2013) -- Several hundred community members, well-wishers, dignitaries and friends gathered to view the presentation of the Silver Star Medal to William V. Wuorinen for heroic actions during combat operations in the Korean War, at an award ceremony held at Naselle-Grays River Valley School, Naselle, Wash., Jan. 30.
An infantryman assigned to 1st Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, then Pfc. Wuorinen received the award for "gallantry in action" from Mar. 16, 1953, to Mar. 17, 1953, contributing to the overwhelming success of the command's mission to drive Chinese forces from Hill 355 in the vicinity of Un-Dong, North Korea.
"Courage is contagious and when a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened," said U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, speaking the words of William Franklin "Billy" Graham, in her address to the audience as she described Wuorinen's act of bravery.
In the course of the battle, under intense attack by hostile forces, Wuorinen and another Soldier first dragged to cover and then provided life-saving treatment to a wounded senior officer, holding off an attacking force of Chinese soldiers until reinforcements and medical personnel arrived.
At one point, when capture seemed imminent, they placed all of their personal information except for their Geneva Convention cards in a pile and burned them, denying it to the enemy.
The lieutenant colonel and other Soldier each received a Silver Star as well as the Distinguished Service Cross but due to a paperwork mistake, Wuorinen's award was only recently approved by the Army Decorations Board.
"Our purpose here today is to correct the colonel's error," said Herrera Beutler. "To provide an award that Mr. Wuorinen should have received almost 60 years ago. He is a true American hero."
In addition to the Silver Star, the congresswoman presented Wuorinen with the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal. He also received the Republic of Korea's Ambassador for Peace medal from the Korean Veterans Association.
"I don't know how to make great speeches, but I do know how to say 'thank you' and mean it," said Wuorinen in his remarks.
A life-long member of the Naselle community, Wuorinen returned from the war, resumed work in the logging industry, married and raised a family. He admitted to being troubled over the years, having risked his life for a fellow Soldier and not receiving recognition for it.
"Today has changed all that," said Wuorinen, as he thanked all the individuals involved in the effort to get the award approved. "It means more to me than you can ever know."
"Never give up," Wuorinen said, "because it will come to you someday."
The 9th Infantry Regiment ("Manchu") is one of the oldest and most decorated active duty infantry units in the Army. On behalf of "Manchu" Soldiers, past, present, and future, Capt. Michael Centola, rear detachment commander of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment., 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, and Soldiers from the unit assisted in planning and conducting the ceremony.
"It was inspiring to see an entire small town take the time out of their day to honor Mr. Wuorinen," said Centola. "From speaking with those gathered for the event, it was obvious that he was well-loved by the community."
The Silver Star is currently awarded by all branches of the armed forces to any person who, while serving in any capacity, is cited for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing force.
The Silver Star medal had its beginning during World War I. An Act of Congress of July 9, 1918, authorized the wearing by Army personnel of a small silver star, three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, upon the service ribbon of a campaign medal, to indicate "a citation for gallantry in action, published in orders issued from headquarters of a general officer, not warranting the award of a Medal of Honor or Distinguished Service Cross."
Known in the Army as the "citation star," the award was made retroactive, so that all those cited for gallantry in action in previous campaigns, even as far back as the Spanish-American War, were eligible to wear it.


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The outlook for cotton in Virginia and North Carolina took a little upswing in late August thanks to rains that fell over much of the growing area.
"It didn't end the drought, but it sure helped," says Joel Faircloth, Virginia Tech Extension cotton specialist. "This will not be an above-average year for cotton, but we were fortunate to get some rain in most areas towards the end of August that will help fill out a lot of cotton bolls. Mid- to late-August is a critical time to have moisture in cotton."
Yield in Virginia will probably be below average due to the drought. "That being said, cotton has certainly fared better here than determinant crops like corn," says Faircloth. "It is remarkable how tolerant cotton is of drought."
Although it won't be a bumper crop, Faircloth thinks the yield won't fall too far below the average of recent years. "A few weeks ago, I would have estimated we would average 650 pounds per acre. This rain might push it closer to 700."
Much of the crop was opening very early, and some cotton growers were already defoliating in late-August, about two weeks early, he says. "By the end of the first week in September, we may have 20 to 25 percent defoliated. That is very early for Virginia."
This is probably a reflection of the drought Virginia has had, says Faircloth. "There are a lot of fields where yields are not good."
In North Carolina, there had been little regrowth through the third week of August despite some rain.
Significant regrowth is usually expected in a dry year because the plant will eventually find residual nitrogen and have little boll load to invest it in if moisture returns, says Keith Edmisten, North Carolina State University Extension cotton specialist.
"Cotton root development stops during bloom as the plant turns its attention to boll fill," says Edmisten. "In a drought, the root systems actually die back some. Once the rains return, it often takes a little time, but roots will start to grow again and will find unused nitrogen."
It is easier to prevent regrowth than to take it off, he says. "In general, I would depend more on Dropp (thidiazuron) than on herbicidal defoliants in order to get enough thidiazuron in the plant to help deal with regrowth. This means the standard high rate of 0.2 pounds of Dropp 50 WP that many of us are familiar with, as the higher rate will maximize regrowth activity."
If you use a product with a mixture of thidiazuron and diuron, such as Ginstar at a rate high enough to get 0.1 pounds active ingredient of thidiazuron, you will very likely stick leaves, says Edmisten. A better strategy is probably to apply the rate of Ginstar appropriate for the temperatures at the time of defoliation and spike it with enough additional thidiazuron to bring the total in the mixture up to 0.1 pounds active ingredient.
Since the crop was past the last effective bloom date, there was no guarantee that further precipitation would be a positive thing since it might add new growth and fruit, says Jack Bacheler, North Carolina State Extension entomologist. "But better moisture conditions would certainly help fill out existing bolls."
Late in August, it was announced that Palmer amaranth had spread in Virginia since its discovery in the state the year before.
It was found in the Southampton County, City of Suffolk, Isle of Wight County and Franklin County, says Faircloth. The populations usually appear in soybean and cotton fields, but it is also showing up in neighborhoods and common areas where it was brought in by topsoil.
These populations have generally been fairly isolated and not very dense. Currently, the populations tested in Virginia have displayed resistance to such ALS-inhibiting herbicides as Staple and Envoke, and they are also likely to be resistant to other and perhaps all ALS-inhibiting herbicides.
At this point, there is no reason to suspect the Palmer amaranth in Virginia is glyphosate resistant, but glyphosate-resistant populations have been found in North Carolina within 20 miles of the Virginia state line.
The potential number of seeds produced by one Palmer amaranth plant is tremendous — up to 500,000 seeds per plant, so anything less than 95 percent control is unacceptable, Faircloth says. The growth rate of this weed and the potential for yield loss in row crops in infested fields are exceptional. Once resistance is established, the costs associated with controlling this weed are so high, they can be prohibitive for cotton production.
The good news in Virginia is that with a few exceptions, the areas where this weed has been observed are mostly isolated, and populations are manageable, says Faircloth.
"While realistically we cannot hope to eliminate the spread of this pest in Virginia, we have the opportunity to slow its spread," says Faircloth. "Inspecting fields now, when Palmer amaranth is most recognizable due to its distinct seed head, is critical."


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Don't give up comfort for the sake of style! This sofa has them both! It features 3 plush seats, 3 loose pillow backs for ultimate comfort, and simple rolled sock arms. This versatile style will look great in wide array of fabrics- so pick your favorite and start relaxing! This sofa is also available with a chaise lounge on either end. Matching loveseat, chair and ottoman also available.
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In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an �all-out war on human poverty and unemployment in these United States.�
Fifty years later, the war is still raging.
And while the faces of poverty have changed as the face of America has changed, the socioeconomic blight persists � at a rate that hasn�t dropped much since Johnson�s time.
When Johnson launched his War on Poverty, touching off legislation and social programs to inject the federal government into education, healthcare and employment, the official poverty rate was 19 percent.
In 2012, the most recent year with available statistics, the poverty rate had dropped only four points to 15 percent, according to the Pew Research Center.
The poverty threshold is the federal measure of poverty across the nation, updated annually by the U.S. Census Bureau.
According to the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, the annual threshold is calculated �by comparing pre-tax cash income against a threshold that is set at three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963,� updated annually for inflation and adjusted for family size, composition and other demographics.
The point of that federally used standard of poverty is to track it over time, but also to determine eligibility for assistance, said Susan Osborne, director of the Alamance County Department of Social Services.
�Then, individual programs set their benchmarks at (percentages) of that level for categories for eligibility,� she said.
If a family or individual has an income-to-poverty ratio of less than 100 percent, they�re considered to be living in poverty; and if the ratio is 50 percent, it means they are living with income that�s half of their poverty threshold.
SOME PROGRAMS in North Carolina, such as several through federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families � the former �welfare� program � will offer benefits to individuals or families living at 200 percent of their poverty level, and some Medicaid programs are available to those living at 133 percent, Osborne said.
�There are federal guidelines, but states have some flexibility,� she said.
Osborne also said, �There�s a difference between the federal poverty level and a livable wage.�
That�s why the N.C. Budget and Tax Center, a project of the progressive N.C. Justice Center, created the Living Income Standard, which estimates how much money a family with children must earn to pay for basic living expenses, based on current markets.
According to the 2010 Living Income Standard for North Carolina, in order for a family of two adults with two children to afford housing, food, health care, child care, transportation, taxes and other necessities � like clothes, school supplies and telephone service � the family must earn $48,814 annually.
That�s 221 percent of the 2010 poverty threshold of $22,113 set for a family of four with two children.
To meet that $48,814 annual level, the Living Income Standard found that the adults in the family would have to earn a combined $23.47 per hour and work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.
But that�s not always possible, which Allied Churches Executive Director Kim Crawford knows too well.
Allied Churches serves hundreds of Alamance County residents living in poverty by offering hot meals and food from a food pantry. A subsection of those in poverty are the homeless staying in the organization�s shelter.
Last year alone, Crawford said, Allied Churches had 655 different people stay in the shelter. And as part of the services offered by the organization, Allied Churches assists its residents in finding housing and employment.
�I�m happy when people get a job,� Crawford said.
But too often the initial excitement of landing a job wanes once people realize it won�t earn them enough to stay out of the shelter.
Crawford said she sees people go through the work training process, get to the job, then find out they�re going to be working only 20 to 30 hours at $9 per hour.
�You need $12 an hour and 40 hours a week to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Burlington,� she said. �That�s where we run into an issue.�
So while the shelter is technically a 30-day shelter, the average stay is 47 days, while people are figuring out housing and employment.
�Most of them can�t make it within 30 days,� Crawford said. �Clearly, we understand the barriers our residents are facing.�
AND MORE AND more of those shelter residents are children.
In 2012, Crawford said 22 percent of the 655 residents � or 141 � were children. Of those children, 57 were 12 and younger.
Those numbers illustrate a trend, which has picked up since the 2007-08 financial crisis, according to the Pew Research Center.
Before the War on Poverty, poverty among children younger than 18 had already been decreasing, and fell from 27.3 percent in 1959 to 23 percent in 1964, then to 14 percent by 1969, the center states.
As of 2011, that rate is back up to 23 percent, with 16,387,000 children living in poverty, according to the Kids Count Data Center, which compiles statistics specific to children�s well-being, pulling data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Kids Count also shows that in 2011, North Carolina�s percentage of children living in poverty, at 25.4 percent, was higher than the national average. And in Alamance County, 9,307 children � or 26.3 percent of children � were living at or below the federal poverty level.
Heidi Norwick, director of community impact at the United Way of Alamance County, daily seeks to see the needs of those children and their families met, through the United Way�s support of local organizations.
�We have a lot of women and children, primarily, in poverty,� she said. �I really think there needs to be programs focused on that.�
Norwick said the United Way already supports organizations that have such programs, including Allied Churches, the Alamance County Community YMCA, and the Salvation Army�s Boys and Girls Clubs.
She said United Way helps Allied Churches with its emergency assistance programs and the shelter, and provides funds to the YMCA and Boys & Girls Clubs for scholarships to their after-school and summer programs.
�They are serving a very low-income population, so people can stay in the work force� while their children are at after-school or summer camps, Norwick said.
AND THERE ARE hundreds of other local organizations, ministries and programs that try to ease the hardship of poverty.
United Way helps fund the Alamance Medication Assistance Program, which provides medication access and management to people without prescription coverage insurance and low incomes, and works with Consumer Credit Counseling, which helps individuals facing foreclosure pay their mortgages through state and federal funding, Norwick said.
�We manage other funds that come into the community,� such as emergency food and shelter funds, or annual funds from Duke Energy, she said. �We are the administrators for that.�
This year, United Way is partnering with Goodwill and organizing the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, so local individuals who earn $50,000 or less a year can have their taxes prepared for free by a trained volunteer.
�A lot of this is poverty prevention,� Norwick said.
But, as the numbers indicate, too many are still living below the threshold, not making a �livable wage,� even 50 years after the War on Poverty began.
�It�s still not enough,� Norwick said.


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St. Charles City-County Library District
Board of Trustees Minutes
February 11, 2014
The St. Charles City-County Library District Board of Trustees met on Tuesday, February 11 at the Middendorf-Kredell Branch Library located at 2750 Hwy K in O'Fallon, MO.
Board Members present:
Board members absent:
Library Staff present:
President Jerry Cook called the meeting to order at 7:15pm with the Pledge of Allegiance. The seven members of the Board listed above as present responded to roll call.
Jerry Cook opened the floor for public comments.
Mr. Douglas Howard of O'Fallon, MO shared his concerns regarding the changes in the magazine reading area at the Middendorf-Kredell Branch. He would like the area to be shielded from noise and traffic. He stated that a recent change in how magazines are displayed and stored makes it difficult to find specific magazine issues. management staff will follow up with Mr. Howard regarding his concerns.
Reports and Correspondence
Financial Report: Cash balance, comparison of estimated and actual revenue, and fy14 expenditures compared to budget through January 31 were reported.
Director's Report:
Jim Brown reported that three proposals for HR, Payroll and Timekeeping software had been received. The proposals were reviewed to determine if they met the specifications of the RFP. Each of the three companies has been invited to provide a vendor presentation. A number of staff who will be working with the components of the software will attend the presentations and provide feedback. A cost analysis will also be conducted. Jim Brown plans to have a recommendation by the end of March.
Jim Brown summarized the recent meetings with OrangeBoy. Staff will be meeting with representatives of the company on February 19 & 20 to review survey results and the cluster analysis of St. Charles City-County Library customers.
Jim Brown announced that Robin Lunatto had accepted the Executive Administrative Assistant position and would start her new position supporting the Director and Assistant Director on February 24.
Strategic Initiatives & Planning-Quarterly Update:
A snapshot of the plan to date was distributed. Kristin Williams reported that many of the initiatives and objectives were either complete or near completion. The next phase will be to capture the process, work and outcomes in a master document that can be shared with public and staff. Joann Leykam referred to the plan snapshot and inquired whether the plan would be in place for a welcoming, safe environment or whether the mechanism for creating the plan was being created. Margaret Conroy reported that a strategy with the steps needed to create a welcoming and safe environment would be in place. Kristin Williams stated that as the current plan was completed, the OrangeBoy findings and data would be used to formulate and measure initiatives for the new plan. Joann Leykam asked if a glimpse of the OrangeBoy data could be provided at the March meeting. John Thoelke inquired when the new planning process might begin. Kristin Williams thought sometime in 2015.
Monthly Statistical Report: report of January circulation, gate count, and computer usage and comparison with previous fiscal year was included in the packet.
Correspondence: none.
Minutes from 14 January 2014 Meeting
MOTION: Myra Crook moved to accept the consent agenda. Mary Reese seconded. Motion approved seven affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions and two absent
14-38 Fiscal Year 2013 Audit
The Finance Committee met with the staff and auditor to review the fy13 audit and management letter. The auditor reported a clean audit of the financial records of the District. Jim Brown pointed out that the audit included financial information for two additional entities: the Foundation and the 6320 Corporation. The 6320 Corporation which exists to hold debt has been dormant for some time. Joann Leykam suggested the Finance Committee review the status of the 6320 Corporation.
It is the recommendation of the Finance Committee to accept the FY2013 Audit.
MOTION: John Thoelke moved to accept the FY13 Audit. Motion approved seven affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions and two absent
14-39 Policy C024.5 Acceptable Use-Electronic Information Systems-Federal Government Information
Margaret Conroy discussed the need to update the current policy to reflect the new Congressional Districts served by the Government Documents collection. Following the 2010 census, the boundaries of Congressional Districts were redrawn. The Government Printing Office requires that library policy include the specific Districts whose constituents have free and open access to the documents and online resources of the Deposit Collection. The policy should be updated to include the 2nd and 3rd Districts instead of the 9th.
MOTION: Joann Leykam moved to adopt the updated Acceptable Use-Electronic Information Systems-Federal Government Information policy. John Thoelke seconded. Motion approved seven affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions and two absent
14-40 Boone's Trail Capital Project
Margaret Conroy requested the release of $50,000 in Capital Project funds in order to proceed with the remodeling of the Boone's Trail Branch. The project will include carpet, paint, endpanels, and re-working of the circulation area. John Thoelke asked if the project had been bid out. Margaret Conroy reported the District has cost estimates and is now ready to go out for bid. Margaret Conroy stated she hoped to begin the project in April. Joann Leykam suggested the District secure bids before the funds are released.
MOTION: Joann Leykam moved to table the request for release of capital project funds for the remodeling of the Boone's Trail Branch until bids have been received. Georganne MacNab seconded. Motion approved seven affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions and two absent
Other Business
Bylaws of the Board: Georganne MacNab requested Board President Jerry Cook establish a temporary committee to review the Bylaws of the Board and make recommendations for changes. She does not feel the revision will be too complex. She has some notes on changes already.
MOTION: Joann Leykam moved that an ad hoc committee be formed to review the Bylaws of the Board and make recommendations for changes. John Thoelke seconded. Motion approved seven affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions and two absent.
Jerry Cook will appoint a committee of three Board members and ask them to bring recommendations to the June meeting. Georganne MacNab volunteered to serve on the committee.
March Meeting: Jerry Cook reported that the Personnel Committee invited the entire Board to attend the Personnel Committee meeting at 6:00 pm on March 11 at the Corporate Parkway Branch.
MOTION: Georganne MacNab moved to adjourn the meeting. Mary Reese seconded. Motion approved seven affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions and two absent
The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 pm.
Respectfully submitted
Margaret A. Preiss
Acting Recording Secretary
Secretary Board of Trustees Date


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The audience applauded as Ivy Brashear walked on stage to introduce herself and her continued support of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. Fans readily saw her dedication to her beliefs as she spoke in a true and eloquent manner. The stage was set with instruments to be played by Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket, Louisville music artist Ben Sollee, Singer-Songwriter Daniel Martin Moore, and percussionist Dan Dorff. Co-authors of Something's Rising, Silas House and Jason Howard were also on hand with readings concerning the violation of land in mountainous Kentucky. Awareness of such actions taking place in rural areas in the Commonwealth is sometimes overshadowed in the media in larger cities, such as Louisville and Lexington.
This benefit brought the issues to the forefront for residents in Louisville and solidified the concrete beliefs held by those who reside in the affected areas as well as supporters from around the Commonwealth. The show went on quite well and pleased the audience as steady applause filled the theater following performances. Opportunities to support the mission of Ivy and so many others were prevalent as t-shirts, stickers, and posters were readily available. Membership in Kentuckians for the Commonwealth was made easy for attendees as organizers added forms to the programs for the evening's performance. Further information about Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and their goals are readily available at www.kftc.org.


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Huma Qureshi doesn't feel like outsider in filmdom
Huma Qureshi's first two films were appreciated and she is getting good offers too. Contented with her career, the actress doesn't see herself as an outsider in the film industry
'I don't feel I am an outsider. I was already shooting for other films even before the release of my first film 'Gangs of Wasseypur' (GOW). While shooting for GOW, I was simultaneously shooting for Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Ek Thi Daayan', and while shooting for 'Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana', I was shooting for Nikhil Advani's 'D Day',' Huma, who is from Delhi, told IANS.
She started as a model and featured in TV commercials like Vita Marie, Saffola Oil, Mederma Cream, Pears Soap and Nerolac. Talking about movies, she said: 'It's an exciting new phase. Both parts of my first film received critical acclaim, 'Luv Shuv...' was also appreciated by many. I hope it continues to be like this.'
'Ek Thi Daayan' and 'D Day' haven't come out yet. She considers herself lucky to have bagged films with established filmmakers. 'I am blessed to have got a chance to work with directors like Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj and Nikhil Advani at such an early age. Moreover, good scripts have been coming my way so I am really excited about it,' said the 26-year-old who doesn't want to restrict herself to doing a certain kind of role.
'I have tried to be different in each of my films - be it 'Gangs of Wasseypur' or 'Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana'. My roles in other two films are also different. I can't put myself in a box and be an actor,' she said. When it comes to looks, Huma is different from the typical Bollywood actresses and she says she isn't trying to fit in anyone's shoes.
'I agree that I am different from others. I am not trying to fit in someone else shoes. I am being honest to myself. The audience is loving me the way I am and that's most important for me,' she added.
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The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced that Tim Berners-Lee, the 3COM Founders Professor of Engineering at MIT, has been named one of the winners of the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for his work in creating the World Wide Web. The award honored Berners-Lee, Marc Andreessen, Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn and Louis Pouzin for "outstanding advances in engineering that have changed the world and benefited humanity."
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is a new global engineering prize that will reward and celebrate individuals responsible for groundbreaking innovations in engineering that have been of global benefit to humanity. The prize will be presented by Queen Elizabeth II in summer 2013.
"The prize recognizes what has been a roller-coaster ride of wonderful international collaboration," Berners-Lee says. "Bob and Vint's work on building the Internet was re-enforced by Louis' work on datagrams and that enabled me to invent the web. Marc's determined and perceptive work built on these platforms a product which became widely deployed across nations and computing platforms. I am honored to receive this accolade and humbled to share it with them. I want the web to inspire and empower new generations of engineers — boys and, especially, girls — who will build, in turn, their own platforms, to improve our global society. I hope the message behind this award, along with the work we are doing with the World Wide Web Foundation and W3C, will assist in achieving the vision of a Web that is open, accessible and of value to all."
In 1989, Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, an Internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory. He wrote the first web browser and server in 1990. He currently directs the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an open forum of companies and organizations with the mission to realize the full potential of the web. He is a professor in MIT's School of Engineering and a principal investigator at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, where he leads the Decentralized Information Group with Daniel Weitzner, the technology and society domain leader of the W3C.


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NEW LONDON - A U.S Coast Guard Academy cadet should face a court martial for entering the room of a classmate and touching her leg, a government attorney said Wednesday, rejecting defense claims that the cadet accidentally went into what he thought was his girlfriend's room.
Cadet Alexander Stevens was on a mission for sexual gratification that September night, Lt. Tyler McGill said during a pretrial investigation at the academy. The room Stevens entered was about 300 feet from his girlfriend's room, McGill said, and noted that the classmate was lower in rank.
"Cadet Stevens did not walk into the room right next door," McGill said.
Lt. John Cole, who represented Stevens, said the government didn't prove sexual intent. He said Stevens was drunk at the time and made a mental mistake.
"Just because he accidentally touched the wrong cadet's leg doesn't mean he should go to court martial," Cole said.
Cole said Stevens should face administrative punishment, which can include expulsion. A court martial can lead to prison time if the person is convicted.
The pretrial investigation, similar to a civilian grand jury, will determine how to dispose of the case. An investigating officer presiding over Wednesday's hearing made no immediate recommendation. The officer could recommend that the case be dismissed, dealt with administratively or referred for trial by court-martial.
Stevens, who is accused of abusive sexual contact, housebreaking and unlawful entry, did not testify.
The classmate testified that a man entered her room in the middle of the night, touched her on her thigh and moved his hand up her leg before she screamed and kicked him.
"I remember someone fumbling with my blanket that was on top of me and touching my leg," she said, describing skin-to-skin contact and the swirling motion of a hand moving up her leg. "I kicked my legs and I screamed."
The man either fell or jumped off her bed and fled. She says she chased him and located a friend.
"I kept telling him (the friend) that's not right," she said, noting that she was shaking and crying.
The cadet said she found it hard to sleep and concentrate after the encounter, and her grades suffered.
"I think he should be kicked out of the Coast Guard. I think he should be a registered sex offender, and I think he should go to jail," she said.
Stevens said in an interview that he went into the fellow cadet's room and touched her with his hand, said Eric Gempp, a special agent with the Coast Guard Investigative Service. Stevens said he was startled when the cadet said, "Hey!" He quickly left the room, Stevens told investigators.
Stevens said he went into the room by mistake, believing it was his girlfriend's room, Gempp testified.
Chief Robert Cain testified that Stevens voluntarily came to him and told him during a night of drinking he got into an argument with his girlfriend. Cain said Stevens told him after returning to his room that he decided to apologize and went to what he thought was his girlfriend's room, tapped her on the leg and realized he was in the wrong room.
Another cadet testified that classmates often go into the wrong rooms, but said the mistake typically involves going into a room one or two doors away.
The only cadet ever court-martialed at the academy, Webster Smith, was tried in 2006 and convicted on extortion, sodomy and indecent assault charges.


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I turned to the recordings of Gil Scott-Heron after writing that he should have and did known better than to abuse drugs as he did, leading to his decline and demise. They make me ever more impressed with his scope and intensity, in both long ago and recent work. His 2010 recording "Me and the Devil" fully justifies the black and white zombie pulp of the video by Coodie and Chike that accompanies it. It's a horror song of a burned out, psychotic soul, a new link in an American tradition running from Edgar Allan Poe through Robert Johnson and … [Read more...]
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4 people displaced by house fire
Malfunctioning heater to blame for fire, officials say
A malfunctioning heater sparked a fire in Daytona Beach overnight, forcing four people out.
Firefighters said they found flames shooting through the roof of a home on South Keech Street when they arrived on scene just before 5 a.m.
The occupants got out safely, but there was significant damage to the home.
The fire started in a heater in a rear bedroom, officials said.
According to one of the residents, he noticed sparks from from the heater just before the blaze broke out.
No one was injured in the fire, and the residents are receiving assistance from the American Red Cross.
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News Archives - 2012
MAL colloquium highlights graduate research
The annual Master of Arts in Leadership Colloquium presents an opportunity to learn about the research MAL students have conducted as part of the final requirement for their graduate studies program. The colloquium will be held Wednesday, June 6 at 5:30 p.m. in Oren Gateway Center.
The colloquium highlights different aspects of leadership from a variety of corporate and nonprofit settings. Students are encouraged to research topics which they themselves have faced in the workplace. A member of the Augsburg faculty advises each student's project from the creation of the hypothesis to the final paper.
This year's topics include executive turnover in the chamber of commerce industry, transformative leadership experiences, leading through change in a health care setting, funding and employee retention in nonprofit organizations, the teaching and training of entrepreneurs, and more. To see the full range of presentations for the 2012 colloquium, download the complete list of colloquium presenters.


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The Mies van der Rohe Residential District is both an outstanding example of Modernist architecture and one of America's most successful post-World War II urban redevelopment projects. Its 46 acres encompasses three distinct but carefully connected sections: on the western side are 21 multiple-unit townhomes and a high-rise apartment building; down the center runs Lafayette Park, 13 acres of greenery, recreation facilities, and a school; and farther east are twin apartment towers and a shopping center. Together the district comprises the world's largest collection of buildings designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, widely considered one of the century's greatest architects. Just after the end of the war, the city acquired a large tract of land east of downtown in order to rejuvenate what it considered one of its "worst slums." In 1956 Herbert Greenwald became the sole developer; he brought in Mies (with whom he had worked frequently), Ludwig Hilberseimer (a city planner), and Alfred Caldwell (a landscape architect). All four set out to create a "integrated community" that would "attract [people] back to the heart of the city." Caldwell and Hilberseimer designed a naturalistic landscape that subordinated Detroit's most famous product to the needs of people, in part by dropping roadways and parking lots four feet below grade. The buildings reflected classic elements of Miesian design: steel skeleton frames that made no attempt to hide the building's structure, aluminum and glass skins, and open interiors that created a feeling of spaciousness. While the success of their work can be measured by the praise it has received over the years--one observer called it "the most spatially successful and socially significant statement in urban renewal"--perhaps a better recommendation comes in the low turnover and high occupancy rates the project continues to enjoy thirty years after its construction.
The Mies van der Rohe Residential District is located just east of Chrysler Freeway (Interstate 375) and is roughly bounded by Rivard St.,Lafayette Ave., Orleans St., and Antietam St. The buildings within the district are private and not open to the public.
Lafayette Tower West
Nicolet Place two-story townhouses
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Home » Stroll Around Chinnor Village
Chinnor Windmill
Chinnor Windmill:
- Chinnor Windmill is an historic flour mill that was originally built in 1789. It was demolished in 1967 for housing but fortunately many of the parts were stored, and the 'mill has steadily been rebuilt by a small group of dedicated volunteers.
- Opens generally on the first and third Sundays of every month from 10.00 - 15.00 - but also open on certain other dates (or dates may change due to Bank Holidays) and for more details please take a look at Chinnor Windmill blogspot.
- Visitors can talk with the restoration volunteers (who are an enthusiastic group of folks dedicated to their cause) and see inside and climb to the very top of the 'mill!
Directions from station - 18 min walk:
- From Chinnor station entrance, turn left at the bus stop and walk through car park.
- Cross road and turn left towards rail bridge.
- Cross over railway bridge.
- Proceed straight on over first crossroads.
- Continue walking along Station Road and see various points of interest en-route (see below).
- At second set of main crossroads, turn left onto Mill Lane.
- Proceed along Mill Lane and turn right into the Windmill Compound.
Further points of interest (as you walk along and in order of distance from the station):
1: Chinnor Methodist Church (recently refurbished, situated on left hand side in between the two sets of cross roads).
2: The Old Forge (historic thatched roof residential house which was a forge long ago! The Old Forge is situated between the two sets of crossroads.)
3: The Wee Book Shop and Café (lovely, local book shop and café open Sundays from 10.00 - 16.00, situated between the two sets of crossroads).
4: The Four Ways (historic thatched roof residential house, one of the originals of Chinnor (is situated on the junction to Mill Lane, which is subsequently a crossroads - therefore it has four ways!).
You can find out more about the village on our section Stroll around Chinnor.


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Many discussions about the role of the European Union in the process of globalization seem unable to move away from one of two extreme positions. The first one sees the EU as a Trojan horse that brings globalization into the heart of Europe. The other suggests that the EU is, and has been, the best defense of the continent against any negative effects of globalization. The true picture lies somewhere in between.
It is impossible not to mention in this context the doctrine of mondialisation maitrisée, or managed globalization, introduced into EU policy by current World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy in 1999. That idea is usually thought to comprise the attempt to ensure that globalization (understood as the liberalization of international flows of goods, services, capital, and labor) is accompanied by formal rules that major players, including national governments, should obey.
The doctrine's implementation began with trade, since globalization usually starts with trade liberalization. Managed globalization thus dominated the EU trade policy through the major part of the previous decade. Its goal was to create strong international institutions with clear rules and the power to monitor and enforce them.
To this end, the EU has sought to extend the scope of those rules, both by trying to bring non-trade issues – like relations of trade to environment and culture – into the World Trade Organization, and by increasing the number of WTO members. In this respect, the WTO may thus be assessed as a success in the process of managing globalization. It has resulted in trade globalization being more controlled and more transparent.
Similar attempts in the area of global finance brought more ambiguous results. First, Europeans succeeded in codifying the norm of capital mobility within the European Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But the attempt to do the same at the International Monetary Fund – to make this norm binding for the whole world – failed.
Capital flows are governed by the American model of ad hoc globalization according to so-called Thrasymachean justice – the advantage of the stronger. The common European currency could be interpreted in such a context as an attempt to immunize Europe from international currency fluctuations.
Managed globalization, when adequate, confers legitimacy upon the European Union because it is then perceived as being able to protect its citizens from the negative effects of globalization. When it fails, as with the recent financial crisis, legitimacy is undermined.
What can be done to help restore that waning legitimacy?
One approach is simply to solve the crisis and introduce measures preventing its recurrence. The number of proposals introduced into the public discourse during the last two years is already plentiful enough without adding proposals of my own.
However, most – if not all – of these proposals share the same weakness: They call for further strengthening of supranational coordination and stronger rules applied at the EU level. Yet, in many ways, the source of the crisis is the lack of trust in European institutions themselves because they lack the legitimacy of the elected governments of nation states.
Proposals aimed at moving the EU closer to fiscal union are often supported by drawing an analogy between the current EU situation and the American fiscal crisis of the 1780s, when the United States moved to a federal system as one way of coping with the Revolutionary War debts of the states.
In "The Federalist Papers," Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison persuaded public opinion and the members of the state legislatures to agree to the transfer of some fiscal powers from the state level to the federal one, even though that required a new constitution. The new Constitution created a fiscal union even before the US became a full-fledged monetary union.
By contrast, most of the current proposals for greater European integration may be – and often are – perceived as a transfer of national parliamentary responsibilities to the European Commission appointed by the governments and to the intergovernmental Council of Europe. The only democratically elected institution in the EU is the European Parliament. Yet voter turnout for its elections is rather low. Further, the Parliament's power in the legislative process is quite limited. The European Parliament cannot initiate legislation and shares powers with the Commission and the Council in adopting new legal rules.
Clearly, the existence of the European Parliament in its current form is not enough to compensate for the deficit of democracy of the whole EU institutional framework. Closing that deficit would require more ties between national parliaments and European institutions. There are many ideas worth considering about how this might be done. One is the suggestion by the philosopher Jurgen Habermas that members of the European Parliament can simultaneously hold seats in their respective national parliaments.
An obvious way to solve the problem of legitimacy in the EU is for the direct selection of executives for EU institutions by popular elections. That would give all citizens a chance to participate in political communication and influence decision-making processes. For this, a pan-European public opinion – a European demos – is necessary. Only from such a demos can a pan-European agenda be developed that defines the interests that can unify people from different countries.
Politicians running for "European" government posts (president, ministers, commissioners, etc.) would have to look for support of the people, excite them with a vision, and tell them what exactly they will do for them.
Does this smell like populism? Hopefully not, in its worst sense. But it is not possible to imagine the emergence of a legitimate political union in Europe without a less technocratic approach than the one we have today.
Conceived by statesmen and intellectuals, the main features of European integration have been designed with rationality and responsibility in mind. But politics is not a mechanism. It is an organism that involves emotions and egoism.
If Europe is going be a shield against the negative effects of globalization, and a bridge to its opportunities, it needs legitimate government to manage the process. In democratic societies, the vision of statesmen only goes as far as the citizens will allow.
Marek Belka, a former prime minister of Poland, is governor of the National Bank of Poland.


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If you are thinking of building a new home for your family, you might want to watch this TEDx talk by a USC professor who has engineered a way to build a house using additive manufacturing methods.
Wowser! I thought this technology was for smallish stuff, like electronics, bones or coffee cups.
Behrokh Khoshnevis, though, is thinking way outside the 3D printing box with his "automated construction," which he calls Contour Crafting, and has developed the equipment and programming to "print" concrete buildings.
Khoshnevis is a professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering, as well as director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies. According to the CRAFT website, his vision is to revolutionize housing construction, and the team has set an audacious goal for itself-the ability to build a custom-designed house in a day. The new approach is expected to "drastically [reduce] the costs, injuries, waste and environmental impact associated with traditional construction techniques."
The professor thinks the approach could be used to construct dignified, affordable housing to replace slums, as a rapid response option in disaster areas and for extraterrestial construction. (Some of his funding comes from NASA).
However, just like smaller-scale rapid prototyping manufacturing, the method offers flexibilities that are difficult to achieve with traditional stick or brick-and-block construction, for example, buildings designed with "curved organic designs." (Which means Frank Gehry might be able to muscle in on the housing market. Sign me up!)
The video of his TEDx talk is about 12 minutes. He shows simulations of the process starting at about the 2:20 mark, and a demonstration of the system comes in at the 6:40 mark. He says the concrete they use is reinforced with composite fibers, has strengths in the 10,000 psi range (the standard for traditional construction is 3,000 psi) and that all the mechanical systems—plumbing, electric, windows, etc.—can be built in along the way.
Khoshnevis admits that rapid prototype construction may be a disruptive technology for the $1 trillion construction industry and might mean hefty job losses in the sector. He estimates that costs of financing could be reduced by 20-25 percent, materials costs could be reduced by 25-30 percent and labor costs could fall by a whopping 45-55 percent.
But he is unapologetic, citing agriculture as an example. A century ago he says 62 percent of Americans were farmers; now fewer than two percent are. We still eat; we still work. He also points out that a technology like this could open opportunities for groups of people that tend to be sidelined by the construction industry, like women and the elderly.
The Obama administration, too, hopes additive manufacturing will be disruptive in a positive way and open new opportunities in the nation's manufacturing sector. Just yesterday, the announcement was made that an Ohio–Pennsylvania–West Virginia-based consortium will be the "pilot institute" of the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation. The NNMI is envisioned as a private-public partnership network of 15 institutes supported with $1 billion of federal investment and consortium matching funds. Five federal agencies agreed to contribute up to $45 million to the pot to fund the pilot institute—DOD, DOE, Department of Commerce, NSF and NASA.
Things moved pretty fast. The NNMI proposal was announced by the president on March 9, and the RFP for the pilot institute was announced on April 13. According to a press release from DOE yesterday, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute will receive $30 million in federal funds which the consortium will match with $40 million. The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (Latrobe, Pa.) leads the consortium of 40 companies, nine research universities, five community colleges and 11 nonprofit organizations (listed below).
A NCDMM press release says that the bulk of the cost sharing funds are from industry and the state governments of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It says, "This I-80/I-79 corridor with nearly 32,000 manufacturers, commonly known as the "TechBelt," represents a smaller geographic area but larger manufacturing output with more combined average production workers per year (1.01 million) than the two largest manufacturing states (TX, CA)." (That is, the "TechBelt," formerly known as the Rust Belt.)
The winning consortium beat a field with twelve other competitors from across the country, including some with big research universities involved, including MIT and Georgia Tech. The NAMII will be headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio, according to a newspaper report.
And now, because this is a blog, I am allowed to opine, which I shall now do.
When I first moved to Northeast Ohio over 25 years ago, Republic Steel's mills were pushing out tons of steel. That's gone, and I think, finally, everyone has pretty much figured out that commodity steel is mostly manufactured offshore now. (The US is still a leader when it comes to production of highly engineered steels, like high alloy stainless steels.) But, I have long argued that we need to get over the loss of steel and look at what our region's competency is. And that is, the "Rust Belt" knows how to manufacture.
We have the infrastructure and know-how to get materials in and products out. We have lots of smaller manufacturers that know how to heat treat, form, machine, coat, assemble, etc. Let's stop pining for what we've lost and watch for and adapt to new opportunities that capitalize on what we've been doing for the better part of a century. Industries like renewable energy and medical devices need us. Let's make sure they know it.
Consortium participants:
Companies: Allegheny Technologies, AlphaMicron, Applied Systems and Technology Transfer, Autodesk, Boeing, Catalyst Connection, Energy Industries of Ohio, ExOne, FMW Composites, General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, IBM, Johnson Controls, Kennametal, Kent Displays, Laser Technology Assts, Lockheed Martin, Lubrizol, M-7 Technologies, MicroFab Technologies, Morris, Northrop Grumman, nScrypt, OSRAM Sylvania, Optomec, Oxford Performance Materials, Paramount Industries / 3D Systems, Parker Hannifin, Plextronix, POM, RTI, Ruger, Sciaky, Stratasys, Stratonics, Timken, Touchstone Research Lab, Westinghouse Nuclear, Wohlers Associates
Research Universities: Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University, Lehigh University, Penn State University, Robert Morris University, University of Akron, University of Pittsburgh, Youngstown State University
Community Colleges: Eastern Gateway Community College, Lorain County Community College, Northampton Community College, Penn College of Technology, Westmoreland County Community College
Non-Profit Organizations: Association for Manufacturing Technology, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, JumpStart Ohio, Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network, MT Connect, NorTech, National Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Consortium, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Robert C. Byrd Institute, the Youngstown Business Incubator, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers


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Sydney - Australia paceman Mitchell Starc has shown his frustration over Cricket Australia's selection policy saying it's difficult to deliver consistency ''when you play one game and you're dropped''.
The left-arm quick has been in and out of the Australian side over the past nine months, and during the current Ashes series in England the pattern has continued.
After starting in the first Test he was left out of the second at Lord's before returning for the third at Old Trafford, only to be sidelined yet again at Durham.
The treatment has clearly upset the 23-year-old fast bowler, who is the second-highest-paid player on Cricket Australia's books but has been unable to nail down a permanent place in the Test line-up, Fairfax Media reported Monday.
''Yeah, I guess it would be nice to get a few games back to back and get that rhythm," Starc said.
"But to have a chance at that consistency that everyone talks about - 'you've got to be more consistent' - well, it's a bit hard when you play one game and you're dropped."
Prominent ex-players and the media have regularly criticised Australia's contentious use of the player rotation policy, particularly for fast bowlers, designed to guard against them breaking down from too much cricket.
Test leg-spin great Shane Warne once said: "When we were number one there weren't mission statements flying around, but we got the selection process right and the best 11 were selected for every game."
Starc, who has taken eight wickets in two matches at 27.12 in the Ashes series, said he had to show at training he was ready to return to the team.
''So in the end it comes back to getting better off the field and making sure I'm nailing everything and making sure I'm knocking down that door to be in the team," he said.
''I'm pretty happy with where my reverse swing bowling is and how much I am getting the ball to swing but I guess it's doing more damage with the new ball and being more consistent when the ball isn't doing anything at all... so I know where I need to get better and it's just a matter of doing it.''
Starc hopes to return for the final Test at The Oval on Wednesday having bowled in Australia's practice match against the England Lions in Northampton while Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle were given a break.
'I think the first two (Tests) I played in a row (in 2011) and I played the last game of the South African series and the first game of the Sri Lankan series... other than that never back to back,'' he said.


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It felt good to be cooking something that everyone in my house likes. And lately I have been in the mood for grilling. We are having some beautiful Fall weather these past few days. The days are bright and sunny with Carolina blue skies, temperatures in the 70's, and the leaves are beautiful right now. Last night was a nice night to light up the barbeque.
I marinated a pork tenderloin yesterday and thankfully it was a "protein" day for my body building son although I tried to cover my bases by offering up both a pan of roasted potatoes and a pot of jasmine rice in case it was a "carb-loading" day. Typically, I only barbeque a tenderloin on the weekends or when I have a crowd to serve so this was a nice change for a Tuesday night dinner.
I LOVE my grill basket. Do you have one? They are great for grilling vegetables and I like to use it for grilling shrimp too. I also use it when I make pork tenderloin. I don't know about you but it was ingrained in me to never eat undercooked pork. The threat of trichinosis looms large in my memory.
Now I know that really nice restaurants serve their pork tenderloin slightly pink in the center but I don't! After cooking the tenderloin on the grill, I bring it in and let it rest for about 10 minutes. I then will place my grill basket on the grill to get nice and hot while the pork tenderloin rests and I slice it. I like to slice it on a diagonal and then take any of the pieces that are still pink in the center and place them in my grill basket and finish them off. Usually it only takes an additional two or three minutes on the hot grill. Another one of my many cooking quirks but safe and delicious and no pink pork.
Marinated Pork Tenderloin
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup honey
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1/4 tsp. Kosher salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Place all of the ingredients in a large gallon size zip-loc bag. Mix well and the pork tenderloin and marinate in the refrigerator for several hours. The longer you marinate the better. Place on a hot grill. I usually will grill them for about 8 minutes and then flip them for another 8-10 minutes.


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The US International Trade Commission has again sided with Apple and Research In Motion in their patent disputes with Kodak. ITC administrative law judge Thomas Pender posted his initial determination (PDF) today. In the document, Pender states the two companies did infringe on one claim within the patent, but that this should be considered invalid "for obviousness." Overall, Pender's determination supported the ITC's decision from last year, stating neither company infringed on a Kodak patent related to mobile devices.
Kodak's original lawsuit against Apple and RIM was filed in January 2010. The company claimed that iPhones and BlackBerrys violated a number of both hardware and software patents. At the time, Kodak went as far as to file a complaint with the ITC to block the import and sale of iPhones and BlackBerrys believed to be infringing on its imaging patents. The company's claim included "Electronic Camera for Initiating Capture of Still Images while Previewing Motion Images" (US Patent #6,292,218)—the specific patent Judge Pender commented on today.
In January 2011, an ITC administrative law judge found no violation of the patent. The ITC's commission later opted to review that decision, however, and the situation was drawn out further by the retirement of the ITC's chief administrative law judge (and then the corresponding transfer of the case to Pender). Today's ruling is only preliminary, and approval from the full ITC commission is still to come. Final ruling in the case is due by September 21, 2012.


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DESTINATION DINING: Photographs in magazines very often portray destination dining as something done on a yacht, at sunset, with bottles of bubbly and plates of lobster dotting the scene. But going somewhere else to eat something different doesn't always have to be so elaborate, expensive, nor quite so staged. Oh, goodness, we're not knocking yachts at sunset -- the mere thought definitely appeals -- but knowing that we can go somewhere, semi-quickly, and eat foods known around the place, for not too much cash, enthralls us equally. And if those foods lean heavily into the dessert and wine categories? Well, that's it. We're there. And "there" quite often is, when it comes to those two categories, Solvang. The Dutch-sweet town just happens to be nestled in the middle of Santa Ynez Wine Country, so there's the reason for all of the sublime vino it serves, and desserts? The town honors its Danish heritage through the serving of aebleskivers and cakes and crusty little tidbits served with heaps of jam. Heck yes.
AND THE TIME AND PLACE... when all of Solvang's supping charms are most on display? It's during Taste of Solvang each March. A Chef Walk, a Beer & Walk Walk, and a Grand Tasting are on the weekend roster, and Sweets & Swing? Yeah, Solvang throws a whole event each year devoted to its sugary side. The dates are March 12-16 -- this is indeed a serious event that takes up a span of days and not merely an afternoon -- and tickets to the various to-dos may be purchased a la carte. Oh, and those tickets? Why, aebleskiver aficionados, they happen to be on sale now.


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