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Flights to Pakistan with Qatar Airways
Pakistan is a country with an abundance of both historical and natural riches, and is also home to a wealth of attractions. When you travel to Pakistan with Qatar Airways you'll encounter majestic mountains and some of the most exotic cities in the region, as well as a warm and welcoming people.
Explorers and tourists have been visiting Pakistan for centuries to travel on the striking Karakorum highway, an incredible feat of high-altitude engineering that stretches between Kashgar in China and the famous Northwest Frontier. There are also the crowded cities in the south of the country, home to much of its modern industry, while the provinces in the north contain most of the country's historic remains.
For urban attractions, visit Lahore, with its grand architecture and plentiful shopping opportunities. Lahore Fort is a Mughul masterpiece and the city's Badshahi Mosque is one of the biggest in the world. If it's premium quality shopping you're looking for then Lahore is definitely the place to come, as New Lahore is filled with traditional markets as well as modern shopping malls. The Liberty Market is especially popular with tourists because of its hand-crafted goods and great range of hand-woven textiles. It also gives you some insight into the older traditions of this fast-developing country.
Other famous attractions include Hingol National Park, the biggest in Pakistan, and the highest mud volcano on earth. If you're based nearer to Islamabad you can enjoy a day out in the Pir Sohawa, an up-and-coming tourist resort that's popular with international visitors as well as residents of the city. The country also features a range of unique wildlife, including Afghan Urial and Sindh Ibex.


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The Stained Blue Dress?
In November 1997, Monica Lewinsky told her confidant and supposed friend, Linda Tripp, that she had in her possession a blue Gap dress that still bore the semen stain that resulted from her administering oral sex to President Clinton in February of that year.
Tripp called her literary agent, and fellow Clinton-hater, Lucianne Goldberg to report the news that evidence existed in Lewinsky's closet that could prove a sexual relationship between Monica and the President. Goldberg and Tripp, according to published reports in both Time and Newsweek, discussed stealing the dress and turning it over to investigators. Goldberg admitted having such a discussion with Tripp, calling it a "Nancy Drew fantasy."
In late November, Lewinsky mentioned to Tripp that she intended to have the dress, which she had been saving a souvenir, dry-cleaned for a family event. Tripp, anxious to preserve the dress to nail the President, discouraged her from doing so. "I would tell my own daughter," Tripp told her, that she should save the dress "for your own ultimate protection" should she later be accused of lying about the affair with Clinton. When Lewinsky expressed skepticism that it would ever come to that, Tripp told her that the dress made her look "really fat" and she shouldn't wear it again in public.

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Sanctions Push Rice Prices Up in North Korea
As the U.S. imposes more sanctions on North Korea, Pyongyang tears up the armistice on the 1953 conflict. The WSJ's Alastair Gale tells us why the move may be primarily symbolic.
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Garlic beef at Fogo de Chao are skewered, cooked over an open flame
8-10 pieces of portioned picanha*
- Picanha is a specialty cut known as the 'beef coulotte'
- A 1 1/2 lb. piece of top sirloin cap should yield 8-10 similar sized pieces (3 oz. each)
- Cut top sirloin cap into portions making sure every piece has a marbled cap on top. Cut into approximately 2.5" x 2" pieces. Leave 1/4" - 1/2" marbled cap on the top of each cube
Garlic marinade:
- 1/4 C. of vegetable oil
- 1 whole medium to large garlic bulb
- Sprinkle of sea salt
Preparation Instructions:
- Blend ingredients (garlic, vegetable oil & salt) for 3-4 minutes in blender. Keep cool until ready for use
- Place cubed pieces on a skewer with the marbled cap on the top
- Using a spatula spread garlic marinade generously coating both sides
Grilling instructions:
- Skewered garlic beef needs to be positioned several inches from the grill top or flame and should not rest directly on the grill. Resting on the grill may cause the marinade to burn or stick to the grill.
- Grill between 3-8 minutes per side depending on grill temperature and desired doneness.
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Remember when Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were presumed broken up? Well...
The Twilight stars have been spending time together in secret, sources confirm exclusively to E! News. (We know Reese Witherspoon's ranch is out of the running, at least.)
No word yet on whether Stewart and Pattinson are back together less than two months after K.Stew was caught stepping out on R.Pattz with director Rupert Sanders, but two separate sources say they are definitely talking and have met up at two different locations.
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On the other hand, Sanders' wife, Libert Ross, was just spotted with a mystery man
Stewart's and Pattinson's reps have not responded to a request for comment.
The couple popularly known as Robsten haven't been seen together since the Teen Choice Awards on July 22--two days before Us Weekly went to press with pictures of Stewart and Sanders canoodling.
After hunkering down for a bit at Witherspoon's aforementioned home in Ojai, Pattinson was thrust back into the spotlight Aug. 13 when he sat down for a previously scheduled appearance on The Daily Show--Jon Stewart offered up ice cream and had a one-sided yet effective conversation about what happened, remember?--to kick off a string of promotional appearances for Cosmopolis.
Watch the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 trailer right here!
Pattinson passed the test with flying colors, and then it was Stewart's turn to emerge two weeks ago at the Toronto Film Festival on behalf of On the Road.
She, too, made a radiant showing on the red carpet and, at one point, she reportedly said that she and Pattinson were "going to be fine" once their Breaking Dawn Part 2 press tour got under way this fall.
We shall certainly see!
Check out all the times Rob and Kristen have hung out together on the cover of magazines!


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Welcome to Preiskel & Co LLP
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Stanley Joseph Nielson, age 80, passed away Aug. 1, 2009 at the Emery County Nursing Home in Ferron. Stanley was born on Dec. 5, 1928, in Lockerly, Utah. He was the sixth of eight children born to Joseph and Deloa Nielson.
When Stanley was 17, he joined the U.S. Army. When he got out he married his special sweetheart, Dorlynn Day, on Aug. 6, 1950, in Moab, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple.
Upon returning from the service, Stanley worked for the Utah State Road Department for two years. He then worked at the lumberyard in Moab, and was later transferred to Carbondale, Colo., where he worked as manager of the lumberyard there for 15 years.
Stanley then moved his family to New Plymouth, Idaho, and ran a dairy farm for 15 years. He moved to Emery County to work at the power plant in Huntington. He also worked for the sheriff's office in Castle Dale, Utah for 13 years.
Stanley and Dorlynn were temple workers in the Manti Temple for two years, which was the highlight of their lives.
He was a hard worker all his life and built his first log cabin at the age of 14 years. He has continued building houses throughout his life. He's built many special things including cedar chests and china cupboards for many people in Emery County. In fact many people in Emery County have a small part of things he has made over the years. Stanley was also the king of water fights and had many of them.
Stanley was a very special husband, grandfather, and friend. He is our special angel and will all miss him so. But we know he is at peace with our Heavenly Father and will be waiting for us.
Stanley is survived by his wife, Dorlynn; three children: Terry Lynn (Les) Young of Burley, Idaho, Michael (Robin) Nielson of Roy, Utah, and Randy (Jamie) Nielson of Ferron, Utah; one brother, Clay (Elaine) Nielson of Smithfield, Utah; one sister, Desie Oviatt of Huntington, Utah; 16 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and three brothers.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 8, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the Blue Hills LDS Ward Chapel in Ferron (35 West 200 North). There will be a viewing on Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, from 6-7 p.m. at Fausett Mortuary in Castle Dale, and on Saturday from 9:45-10:45 a.m. at the church prior to the services. Interment will be at the Ferron City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary.
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CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — Organizers say they have raised 90 percent of the money needed for construction of a replica of the Choptank River lighthouse, which they hope to have ready by September.
The project is expected to cost more than $600,000 and supporters say more than two-thirds has been raised through private donations.
The new lighthouse is being built at the Cambridge City Marina, where it will be accessible to the public. The original 42-foot wide lighthouse stood for more than 80 years at the junction of the Choptank and Tred Avon rivers and was torn down by the Coast Guard in 1964.
Organizers say the lighthouse will serve as the dockmaster's office, an information center and a symbol of Cambridge's revitalization.
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I had another one of those starry-eyed moments the other night. One of those catch-your-breath-oh-my-god-is-this-really-my-life moments.
I work for the most prestigious luxury house in France, and every year they throw a big event for all their employees in the Paris region. They have a ceremony to handsomely recognize those who have loyally worked for them for 40 or 50 years, and then graciously throw a party for the rest of us. Every year the event is held in some magnificent venue, this year we were told it would be in the Grand Palais.


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KAMALA HARRIS HAS been chosen as the running mate of Joe Biden, the former US Vice President who is facing Donald Trump in the US presidential election.
Harris' addition to the ticket has refocused attention on the November election. Trump is looking for another four-year term, alongside his VP Mike Pence.
Biden is generally outperforming the president in opinion polls but, as the last election showed, polls don't always get it right.
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Opinion: Support is needed to help people with Down syndrome return to work
96% of employees on Down Syndrome Ireland's Ability Programme were temporarily laid off due to Covid-19.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
Lifestyle changes can cure some diseases and significantly extend our lives, writes Professor Ciaran O'Boyle.
Opinion: 'An unjustified panic against all international travel has developed in Ireland'
The effects of this isolationist approach will dwarf the impact of the virus itself, writes commercial airline pilot Robert Dagg.
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Chloroquine was in usage for as long and is not so prominent now. Medicines and also mosquito repellents as well as mosquito netting are the key techniques to avoid illness as there is no travel vaccine against malaria.
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"Farmall Delivers Express" Illuminated Electric Train
Heirloom quality HO-scale electric train celebrates a classic American tractor. Logos, removable sculptural tractor, FREE track set and power pack.
Train cars run on HO gauge train track; oval track measures 38" x 47"
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Now you can own a piece of America's farming history with this first-of-a-kind Farmall HO-Scale train set exclusively from The Bradford Exchange, Hawthorne Village Division! Your built-to-last collection begins with Issue One, diesel locomotive. Soon, your collection will continue with Issue Two, coordinating engine with FREE HO-gauge track set!. Your Farmall HO-Scale train collection is then enhanced by Issue Three, flatbed train car with removable sculptural tractor, plus your FREE power pack! Additional coordinating Farmall train cars, each a separate issue, will follow.‡
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How do I get my "Name in Lights" at a Nuggets game?
Celebrate a birthday, engagement, anniversary, or other special occasion with a message on the LED ribbon boards during a game. To get your special message up at a Nuggets home game call our friendly Guest Relations Staff at 303.405.8548 or send them an e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
All messages cost $75.00 and include messaging on the LED ribbon boards. Please note, messages only run during pre-game and halftime.
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Why Everyone Talks Too Much
"The Simpsons" writer, Rob LaZebnik argues that almost everyone talks too much. He explains what makes talking so great, how to be a better listener, and offers a few tips on escaping a never-ending story.
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The top 100 box office movie stars of all time include the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, Harrison Ford and John Ratzenberger.
Yes, Ratzenberger is in elite company primarily due to his appearances in every Pixar movie, including "Toy Story 3." Still, Ratzenberger assures us that he's not tallying the numbers.
"I have other things to do," he tells PopcornBiz.. "It was a journalist that made me aware of it, and that was only recently. I had no idea."
He says it with a shrug, but one website tallies the worldwide gross to all his movies, including the 11 Pixars, at near $7 billion.
The actor who made his name as postman Cliff Claven on "Cheers" insists he never plays hard to get when Pixar calls for a film. As a result, Pixar easily had their box office lucky charm once again with Ratzenberger replaying his role of Hamm once again in the movie opening Friday.
"I'd do their gardening for them," he says. "If they asked me to do carpentry for them, I'd do it. When they call, I just show up."
Of course, he does have his moment's of box office swagger. During the Pixar press day, Ratzenberger and co-star Michael Keaton (playing Ken) talked about gardening to each other during a press conference, ignoring Jodi Benson (Barbie) as she tried to answer a question abut the movie.
Finally Benson reached her limit. "Are we interrupting your conversation?" she chirped.
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You go Barbie. Sometimes even box office titans need to be put into their place.


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Bangkok's Newest Hotspots: T+L USA
These new Bangkok hotspots are worth a visit.
From February 2011 By Jennifer Chen
Eat It
The fiery green curry lobster with coconut milk and Thai basil at Nahm (dinner for two $75), an exciting newcomer from Australian chef David Thompson.
See It
Up-and-coming video installation artist Sutthirat Supaparinya's politically inspired solo show at WTF Café & Gallery (through March 9), a new bohemian-style bar and gallery.
Book It
The new St. Regis Bangkok (doubles from $285), with teakwood floors, Thai silk furnishings, and the city's best views. Our favorite space: the sleek, gray-on-white room 2102 on the 21st floor.
Buy It
Cult local designer Matina Sukhahuta's Taj Mahal–inspired enamel and gold-plated silver cocktail ring at Matina Amanita Mansion (rings from $100), which specializes in whimsical baubles.


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Nice l00t.Pwnerade wrote:I was at Fred Meyer today and bought some minifigs on a whim. The shelf they were on happened to be right next to the door to the stockroom, so I kept getting weird looks from passing employees as I stood there feeling up the packages.
I got a filthy hippie, a dapper gentleman, Inigo Montoya, a bell diver, Empress Zerg, and a cyborg.
Finally someone else that thinks of it as a Zerg queen!
I was starting to think I was the only one with an indoctrinated brain.


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DaisyDisk Helps Keep Your Hard Drive Fresh
Dec 17, 2013 5:00 AM PT
DaisyDisk is available from the Mac App Store for US$9.99.
Since the dawn of personal computing, managing storage has been a persistent challenge. Certainly the pressure has eased up on the desktop with the proliferation of 1 TB hard drives, but for laptops and lightweight notebooks, the struggle continues.
One of the problems with grappling with all the data on a hard drive is transparency. Eyeballing thousands of file names in the Finder is both tiresome and inefficient. Moreover, it's a poor way to get the "big picture" on your storage situation.
Software Ambience thinks it has a better way to manage your personal storage. DaisyDisk 3.0.2 will hunt for storage sources on your Mac and network and present you with an interactive visual picture of the data on them. The map can give you the window you need to identify and remove junk from your data stores.
Hovering for Info
DaisyDisk's interactive map appears as a number of concentric circles on your screen. Portions of the circles are color-coded to identify a number of storage categories.
For example, when DaisyDisk scanned the hard drive on my MacBook Air, it found 22.8 GB used of 119.2 GB of available space on the notebook's solid state drive.
It displayed the used space in six categories: Users, Private, System, Library, Applications and Smaller Objects.
By hovering your cursor over a section of color, you can see additional detail about it. So when I hovered over the sliver of circle colored for Applications, DaisyDisk showed that 528.5 MB of 2.7 GB associated with applications was occupied by iWork '09 and the remaining 2.2 GB of space was settled by "smaller objects."
To drill down further into that information, you simply double click the sliver. That will display a new interactive map of the data it contains.
Numbers Don't Jibe
When you find a file you want to discard, you can drag its sliver to a target icon at the left corner of the DaisyDisk interface where it will sit until you decide to terminate it and reclaim the space.
That process can be like walking a tightrope without a net, because once a file is deleted, it's gone for good. If you kill a file that's critical to an application, you could find yourself in hot water when you try to use that app again.
Before you can see a map of a device or folder in DaisyDisk, you have to scan the location. You can do that via the Scan Folder button on the app's listing screen or by dragging to that screen what you want scanned from a Finder window or the desktop.
I scanned my Mac's solid state drive, folders on that drive -- including those for Web storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive, a network drive and even the shared folder on a PC on my network. The scans produced mixed results.
For instance, DaisyDisk showed my network drive with a capacity of 9,223.3 petabytes of data, though its capacity is a little less than a terabyte. It also showed me a capacity for the shared folder on the PC of 315.6 GB, while the capacity for the system's hard disk is 294 GB.
The Challenge Remains
For the most part, I found DaisyDisk conducted its scans relatively quickly. One place it faltered was on my network drive, where it took 20 minutes or so to scan the 157.6 GB of data on the 1 TB disk.
DaisyDisk does a great job of providing visibility into what's on your storage devices, but choosing what to ax on them may still be a challenge.
The program's developers offer a number of suggestions for identifying deletion prospects. Identifying large folders, they say, is good place to start. Old iOS backups -- located in /Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup -- are good targets, too, as well as the detritus of deleted apps usually found in /Library/Application Support.
As with all programs like DaisyDisk, you have to be careful, lest you delete something that could cause your system to act screwy.
Freeware Spotlight
The Journalist (just a note-taking app) is available from the Mac App Store for free.
The Journalist doesn't have anything to do with journalism. It's about creating a journal from your photos.
To say the free app is spartan is an understatement. Its interface has two panels and a vertical toolbar.
What you type in the left-hand panel also appears in its neighbor on the right. However, when you mark up the text in the left pane with the Markdown language, created in 2004 by John Gruber with contributions from Aaron Swartz, it appears fully styled in the right pane.
For example, typing "***" in the left pane will appear as a rule line in the right one. When you drag an image into to the left pane, a link to the photo appears there and the image itself in the right pane.
In the app's the vertical toolbar, there's a tool for adding a new note and one for displaying a list of notes. A third tool is shown in screenshots of the software at the Mac App Store, but it didn't appear when I launched the program on my MacBook Air.
While I like the idea underlying The Journalist, its lack of sharing and export options make it too insular for my taste. You can't share notes from within the program nor can you create a document, like a PDF, for a note or series of notes.
In addition, the app exhibited some flaky behavior. For instance, after going from full screen to window mode, the icons on the toolbar disappeared.
Funny Realm, which makes The Journalist, is billing the app as "just a note-taking app." It's clearly more than just that, but not enough to give it the kind of utility expected from this category of app nowadays.


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- Giant Panda Breeding Research Base: a famous non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals.
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- Mount Qingcheng: a mountain and UNESCO World Heritage site in Dujiangyan, and one of the most important centres of Taoism in China.
- Du Fu Cottage: a 24-acre park and museum on the western outskirts of Chengdu in honour of the Tang Dynasty poet, Du Fu.
- Huanhuaxi Park: a beautiful large park consisting of the 400-meter long Poetry Path, which is carved with the most-read verses of well-known poets in the history of Chinese literature.
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Chengdu tends to be humid and foggy, so if you're looking for sunshine head to Chengdu between May and June, when the temperature averages 25°C (77°F). While July and August are the hottest months, they're also the wettest and tropical monsoons are a frequent threat. The winter months tend to be cold and foggy, so you'll need plenty of warm layers!
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TRAVEL FEATURE: TO GO BOX posted after main bar
The upscale retailers along North Michigan Avenue may want an arm and a leg for their merchandise, but at least freedom is free – through December, anyway.
Visitors can find a respite from the holiday crush at the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, a multi-media exploration of the First Amendment that is located at the base of the Chicago Tribune tower. Directors have waived the nominal $5 admission fee through the rest of the year.
With its interactive video kiosks and simple explanations, the 10,000-square-foot museum is geared toward middle- and high-school students. But adults may also enjoy the high-tech refresher course on the five rights central to the First Amendment -- freedom of religion, speech and the press and the ability to assemble and petition the government.
"It takes an educated populace and an active populace to be vigilant about those freedoms because they are hard-fought, hard-won freedoms that are very fragile," said Nathan Richie, director of programs and exhibits. "They can be taken away without us really paying attention."
The Freedom Museum, supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation, opened in April 2006 along the Magnificent Mile. Perhaps because of its high-profile location, the site has generated respectable foot traffic of about 50,000 people a year, including school groups.
The main exhibit hall is dominated by a stainless steel sculpture entitled "12151791," which signifies the Dec. 15, 1791 ratification of the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. The cascading metal pages that comprise the artwork are etched with the thoughts of regular people about freedom.
Displays include computerized biographies of the Founding Fathers, a short video about the "Marketplace of Ideas" and an audio juke box of popular songs that once fell afoul of censors. Historical artifacts help illustrate some of the eras that are discussed.
As visitors wend their way through the museum, a central point emerges: America's tradition of personal liberties has been inconsistent, given the nation's history of slavery, persecution of Native Americans and initial discrimination against women voters. One display notes that President Abraham Lincoln muzzled reporters during the Civil War.
The Freedom Museum also emphasizes that personal freedoms are still being defined to this day, sometimes by the courts. An example is the divisive constitutional issue of abortion. Richie said the Freedom Museum also plans to highlight the ongoing debate over security versus privacy in the post-Sept. 11 world.
"Our history and the history of freedom are really made of multiple ongoing struggles for freedom," he said.
A temporary warts-and-all exhibit on presidential elections runs until Nov. 9, 2008. It explains some of the strategies that candidates must employ to raise campaign funds and to define their image – or the image of their opponent. One section plays some of the more infamous attack ads of the last 40 years.
Kevin and Ryan Althoff, on a visit to Chicago from High Point, N.C., walked by the Freedom Museum a couple of times before deciding to enter. They said they were impressed with how the exhibits communicate the complex topic of personal rights.
"I think (people) think about them, but we're not as educated as we should be," Kevin Althoff said.
Mike Ramsey can be reached at (312) 857-2323 or email@example.com .
The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, 445 N. Michigan Ave., is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Monday (closed Tuesdays). Admission charges are waived through the month of December. For more information, go to www.FreedomMuseum.US .


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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
There is a huge debate as to whether automotive sales training is valuable to dealerships and if it is worth the money. In 2007 I was new to the auto industry and my first job was working at a small Chevy dealership's BDC dept.
I had no knowledge of vehicles CRM's, internet processes, or telemarketing; I wonder to this day how I got the job! The department was very small and consisted of myself and 2 others. Training was obsolete and I was "thrown to the wolves".
Not only did I teach myself the CRM in the matter of hours , I also started making calls and getting customers in within days. After two months I was top salesperson in my BDC and even got a raise, but I still wanted more.
I knew at that point the automotive industry was for me and sought out a better opportunity at a Lexus dealership newly founding BDC. With only 5 months experience going in it was a drastic environment change. I was no longer calling 1800 Credit leads, but had customers wanting to know pricing and ins and outs of the vehicle they were going to purchase.
The Lexus dealership I was at hired a sales/BDC/Service trainer. He would come in on a monthly basis and train myself and the other BDC employees on how to take incoming calls, handle outgoing calls, and gave us a script of rebuttals. I feel as though this not only helped give me a foundation to help customers more efficiently, but also helped settle the fears I had about calling them.
I believe with proper training anyone can succeed, and that is the problem with many dealerships. I find people time and time again are thrown into the internet department without knowledge of what to do and are expected to perform as if they've been doing this for years. I believe training never stops! We are always learning different processes, different ways to communicate with customer, and different ways to send emails that are effective.
I am not saying that a outside trainer has to come in for a dealership to be effective, but the person who is training needs to know what they are talking about and have been effective.
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Nora, I truly wish more dealers and general managers would see the ROI and value proposition around ongoing training as much as you do...
AJ- Very true. And that not only is true in the Auto Industry, but any business your in. Who would have thought social media would be such a huge influence? I never would have first starting out in the industry! I just wonder what its going to be like 5 years from now!
"Training never stops" never have truer words been spoken. Whether it is internal or external. I always say that I spend 1/2 my day doing my job and 1/2 my day learning it!!
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Next week is FITC San Francisco. FITC is one of my favorite Flash conferences of all time and having it in San Francisco means that a bunch of Adobeans are going to be out in force. It also means you get the big guns. Like Kevin Lynch giving the keynote.
It is an incredibly interesting period for Adobe and Flash developers. The word I keep hearing is that we're in a period of "hyperchange" with the drive for multi-screen and an increasingly app-centric world. But all of this is good for Flash developers. While HTML5 is fantastic for a lot of reasons, it's also not fully baked yet. It will be, I'm not worried about that, but the hupe surrounding it hasn't caught up with the reality of how hard it is to make the jump to mobile web content. Or create complex applications/content.
So this is a pretty pivotal FITC. And I think a lot of us at Adobe are looking forward to talking with you guys and providing some context to the stories you hear. Adobe is going to be a busy place over the next year and there's a lot that should excite Flash developers. FITC is a chance to get a taste of that.
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The contrast between the Dolphin Deli and the Drop-In is striking. When the white-walled, brightly fluorescent-lit Folly Beach diner closed in 2008, it seemed unlikely that whatever replaced it would be any more of a pleasant place to hang out than its get-in, get-out predecessor. But the Drop-In is filled with regulars every day from the lunch rush until close. It helps that they serve cheap PBR draft and have killer $3.95 appetizer dips and soup selection (not to mention seasonal microbrews and a knock-down turkey club sandwich). Visit the Drop-In, and you might just find yourself making a day of it.
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Judge Robert Moss
Hon. Robert J. Moss
Judge, Superior Court of Orange County
Membership: Advisory member, appointed by Chief Justice Ronald M. George
Internal Committees: Executive and Planning Committee; Technology Committee
Council Liaison to: Superior Courts of Kern and Santa Barbara Counties; AOC Court Operations Special Services Office
Judge Moss currently serves in the Civil Department in the Superior Court of Orange County and has been Chair of the court's Technology Committee since 2004. Before becoming a judge in 2002, Judge Moss worked in private practice in Orange county from 1973-2002 and was a founding a partner in Howard, Moss, Loveder, Strickroth and Parker in 1987. He specialized in civil litigation including personal injury, insurance bad faith, construction defect, professional malpractice, governmental entity and business tort litigation. He was admitted to the California bar 1973. He was awarded the George Francis Civility Award for the Orange County chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2010, the Jerold S. Oliver Award from the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association in 2007 for his expertise on the court's unlimited civil panel, and Judge of the Year Award from the Orange County chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2005.


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If any of you are interested in joining those of us who play SWTOR...
We have an Imperial Fleet (Guardians Of The Empire) and a Republic Fleet (The Republic Guardians) on the North American Server Jedi Covenant.
You can post here, PM me here, catch me on Discord, or find me in game to get an invite should you wish. We tend to see a bit more play on the Empire side, but we do have Banks for both Imp/Pub. Anyone who joins us will get bonuses to their regular experience and their social experience as well. We can also attempt to provide some help - information, in game assistance (gear, grouping and/or access to a Stronghold with several amenities, and help acquiring needed items.
Please feel free to post any questions/comments here and I'll try to respond as quickly as possible.
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Yesterday I needed a natural way to kill fire ants, preferably without the use of chemicals. After all the rain I could look out over the yard and see ant mounds everywhere! Before you recommend that I pick up some fire ant poison at the discount store I feel that I should remind you that I have four little girls who play in this same yard where those mounds have popped up like mushrooms and I don't like the idea of their running through chemical pesticide residue in their bare feet.
I knew from the start that their extermination would be a delicate balancing act. Fire ant stings could be deadly to my youngest and I will protect her at all cost but I don't want my babies exposed to pesticides in order to do so. What I needed was a fire ant mound destroyer that would leave no poisonous residue once the job was done. Because not only have they built mounds out in the yard but there are piles of ant dirt right next to the patio where we spend a lot of time as a family. These suckers have to go and if at all possible I was determined to make it happen using the most natural means available to me.
In my search of a natural way to kill fire ants, I came across some suggestions that seemed reasonable and some...not so much. And then there was one that looked like it would be downright fun! Would you care to guess which method I decided to try first? Being such a fan of family fun and all, you just had to know I'd choose the lighthearted way of bug extermination.
I'm going to use baking soda and vinegar to kill these red devil fire ants.
The instructions I found said to pour baking soda all over the mound and poke as much as possible deep into the mound using a stick. EXTREME CAUTION is necessary to avoid attacking ants while you are poking soda into their mound. In fact, I recommend wearing tall, rubber boots for protection. I tried a skinny, wooden dowel rod first but ended up using my backup which was a straightened wire coat hanger but your experience may vary depending on your soil.
After the baking soda was in place the next step was to pour a gallon of vinegar over the mound making sure that it comes into contact with the soda to facilitate the desired reaction. That mound started to crackle and fizz like crazy. I saw dead fire ants everywhere. It seems that your elementary school science project would have done better to educate us on a natural way to kill fire ants without chemicals rather than be just a lame volcano spewing on the table for a minute. Did this kill the fire ant queen or will the mounds pop back up again?
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Managing Director & Partner, Helsinki
At BCG, Seekers go deep into the challenging issues our clients face. Their curiosity empowers our teams to facilitate change and add value to society. Tatu challenges the status quo.
BCG is a window to how the toughest and most inspiring top management challenges in the world are resolved.
I joined BCG as an intern during my industrial engineering studies. It was a great summer and the decision to return to BCG after graduation was easy. I have always been interested in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector. The opportunity to spend a year in the BCG San Francisco office as part of our Ambassador program was a truly unique experience. Both being able to work with the globally leading technology clients in the Silicon Valley and experiencing the diverse California culture and lifestyle were inspiring. Since returning to the Nordics, I have continued focusing on the TMT clients supporting them in major transformations.
It is very rewarding to be able to support the client in major change and deliver significant value. As part of my work over the past five years, I have been increasingly focused on marketing, sales, and pricing topics, and I currently lead that practice area in the Nordics.
I think BCG is like a family in which we all inspire, challenge, respect and support each other. I think this culture makes us unique and has kept me in the firm for a long time.
Tatu has an MS in industrial engineering and management from the Helsinki University of Technology.
Few places are as ambitious, intellectually curious, people oriented, client focused, international, and collegial as BCG.
Stopping doing something that has been "always done" is difficult for companies, even if everyone knows that the status quo does not create value. In two occasions this year, I have suggested to the CEO that it is time to stop a business or practice right away and move on to other priorities. In both cases, it has released an enormous amount of energy and financial value in the client organizations.
I led a study for a nonprofit organization to evaluate how information technology can help in reducing carbon dioxide and global warming, which resulted in many policy initiatives in the US to help fight global warming.


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Poetry For Kids – "poetry for(4) kids", short, funny poetry and poems for kids
Short funny poems for kids, funny poems for kids grade 1-12, funny poetry for children, funny poetry for kids all ages.
Poetry4Kids collected the most popular websites: funny poetry for kids – short funny poems for kids and poetry blogs for children and teens of all ages on the net. Funny poetry for kids and funny poems for children is an online directory with the most visited and very popular websites and poems pages for kids on, Alexa, Google and Yahoo. The best poems and poetry websites and blogs for kids in the Top 50 – Top 100.


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Thomas Linzey
Thomas Linzey, a contributing writer to Rural America In These Times, is the executive director and co-founder of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and serves as the organization's chief legal counsel.
CELDF provides free and legal services to community-based groups and local governments working to protect their quality of life and natural environment. The organization also sponsors Democracy Schools, from which more than 3,000 citizens have graduated.
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The springboard for the formation of the Veterinary Business Management Association (VBMA) at OSU was a presentation made by Meghan Stalker in November of 2003 to the students at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Stimulating, factual, and invigorating, her presentation underlined the importance of business education and made an impression on all those in attendance. Shortly afterward, in the spring of 2004, Ohio State became one of the first schools to form a VBMA chapter, creating a precedent of activity, ambition, and student-driven offerings that remains one of the chapter's hallmarks today.
The byproduct of the efforts of Dr. James Wilson, Meghan Stalker, and others-and with assistance from the original national sponsors, Hill's Pet Nutrition and Veterinary Pet Insurance-the national VBMA was born in September of 2004. At the time of its creation, the National VBMA had 16 chapters housed in various US veterinary schools, and it continues to grow tremendously each year. As of January 2008, the VBMA is comprised of 26 chapters across the nation and has more than 2300 student members (greater than 20% of veterinary students nationally are VBMA members). The VBMA is now international, having a chapter at Murdoc University in Australia and at Ross University in Granada. In short, the VBMA is the largest independent veterinary student organization in the world and the fastest growing veterinary student group in the United States!
During its growth, the VBMA has kept its focus on advancing business education in all aspects of the veterinary profession. Our student leaders, members and alumni are fast becoming some of the most resourceful and entrepreneurial young practitioners in the veterinary community. Through their involvement in this organization, veterinary students develop communication, customer service, negotiation, leadership, and managerial skills that enable them to elevate their careers and our profession as a whole. The VBMA, both at Ohio State and on the national level, is dedicated to advancing the profession through increasing business knowledge, creating networking opportunities, and empowering students to achieve their personal and professional goals.


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The president of the Canal Corridor Association announced Thursday that a dream is to build a boat that will accurately depict canal boats of the 1840s is beoming a reality. Plans for a visitor center also were announced.
Gathered in a 92-year-old building that once housed a horse buggy maker's business, officials announced Thursday construction is set to begin on a full-size replica 19th century canal boat.
Ana Koval, Canal Corridor Association president and CEO, welcomed visitors and Canal Corridor board members who came to hear the news.
"I am so excited to announce that a 30-year-old dream is becoming reality,"Koval said. "We are finally going to see a canal boat return to the waters of the I&M Canal. Many people never thought it was going to happen, but we are on the way."
Koval announce that with approval by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Canal Corridor Association signed a $993,840 construction contract with Scarano Boat Building Inc. of Albany, N.Y.
The boat builder is contracted to build a 76 foot by 15 foot boat that will accurately depict the canal boats that traveled the canal in 1848.
In the spring of 2008, guests will be able to board the boat in LaSalle for a one-hour trip, Koval said.
The boat will be led by two horses, and the horse tender will be dressed in period clothes. The riders will meet up with other charters from that era, boat captains, crews and guests, who will tell their stories of the canal.
Koval also unveiled plans for a visitor center in LaSalle, called the Lock 16 Visitor Center. The facility will be part of the LaSalle Canal Boat attraction, providing ticket sales and vistor services.
"The Lock 16 Visitor Center and LaSalle Canal Boat will be a gateway to the national heritage area." said Canal Corridor Association Chairman Andy Conner.
Conner said the association leased more than 5,000 square feet for the visitor center at 754 Fifth St. in LaSalle.
Funding for the LaSalle Canal Boat and Lock 16 Visitors Center came from a combination of state and federal money, private foundation grants and donations.
An open house will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the future site of the Lock 16 Visitor Center.
Koval is predicting construction on both the visitor center and the canal boat will be complete in seven months.
"If you don't feel it now, you will feel it soon," said Koval, "The excitement is in the air ... Before you know it, spring will be here as will horse-pulled boat rides on the I&M Canal."
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Multicookers (Electric Pressure Cookers)
How We Tested
Have you heard the joke about vegans? "How do you know when someone's a vegan? Don't worry—they'll tell you." These days you could replace "vegan" with "Instant Pot user" and the joke would still stand. People are downright fanatical about Instant Pot, a brand of multipurpose electric pressure cookers that's taking the internet by storm. There are countless blogs dedicated to these appliances. The most popular Instant Pot Facebook group (of many) has more than 725,000 members and grows by thousands each week. Amazon's 2017 Prime Day was the biggest sales day in the website's history; the top-selling product in both the United States and Canada, after Amazon devices? The Instant Pot.
Part of the genius is the name. Instant Pot sounds convenient and approachable, so even though it's really just an electric pressure cooker with additional features, it doesn't tend to come with the connotation of dangerous explosions like regular pressure cookers do (though they're quite safe these days). The company's other brilliant move: eschewing traditional advertising in favor of handing out Instant Pots to bloggers and letting them and social media do the rest. Personal stories and word of mouth are powerful, and they've created a community that people want in on.
When we tested the Instant Pot and other multicookers last year, we weren't impressed. While they promise to replace a slew of appliances—a pressure cooker, a slow cooker, a rice cooker, and more—we found that they don't stack up against said equipment and require lots of recipe rejiggering to get food that isn't egregiously under- or overcooked. But the appeal is undeniable: One appliance to buy, store, and understand versus multiple. So we went back into the test kitchen and spent a year studying multicookers and developing recipes dialed in to their specific functionality for our forthcoming cookbook, Multicooker Perfection (April 2018).
Armed with these new recipes, we tested multicookers again, selecting five models priced from about $90.00 to just under $200.00, including the best-selling Instant Pot model and our previous winner, the Fagor LUX, which we had recommended with reservations. All have an 8-quart capacity—a larger size that we like for the broader cooking surface (better for browning) and roomy interior (easier for maneuvering food), especially since these machines can't be filled to the top. After nearly 100 pounds of meat, 20 pounds of beans, and five weeks of testing, would we like them any better?
Pressure Cooking in a Multicooker
We started by evaluating the pressure‑cooking function on each machine. Pressure cookers are essentially just extremely tightly sealed pots. The boiling point of water is higher in a closed environment because the pressure makes it harder for the water to turn to steam; this is why pressure cookers can cook food faster. And because the pot stays closed and loses hardly any moisture, you can use less liquid and the flavors become more concentrated.
Let's start with the (mostly) good news. All the machines except for one made great pressure-cooked food. Beef was meltingly tender after just 25 minutes, bone-in chicken breasts were juicy and fully cooked in 17 minutes, and presoaked dried beans were creamy but intact in 50 minutes. The one model that failed, from Aobosi, had a droopy gasket that repeatedly prevented it from sealing correctly; a second copy of the same model performed similarly, and even though it's a top seller on Amazon, the company was incommunicado when we reached out to customer service.
To understand what was going on inside the multicookers while they cooked under pressure, we filled each with a precise amount of water and used a wireless temperature tracker to see how hot they got on both their low and high pressure settings; the hotter the temperature, the higher the pressure. None of them got as hot as a good stovetop pressure cooker, which reaches about 250 degrees, or 15 psi (pounds per square inch), on high, compared to 212 degrees, the boiling point of water in a regular pot. This means multicookers will cook slightly slower than stovetop pressure cookers, though still much faster than other cooking methods.
On low, after coming up to pressure, all the multicookers performed similarly. But we use high pressure 99 percent of the time because it's more efficient. Here we saw a bigger spread. There was an 8.4‑degree, or 3.9-psi, difference between the lowest- and highest-pressured models. The Instant Pot was the outlier. It takes longer to come up to pressure, and once it's at pressure, it cooks slightly hotter, at 246.48 degrees, compared to 238 to 240 degrees for the others. This wasn't a deal breaker, though. It really mattered only for delicate foods such as chicken breasts, and if you tweak cooking times, you can get good pressure-cooked food out of the Instant Pot. In Multicooker Perfection, we've added instructions for how to adjust recipes, reducing cooking times slightly for the Instant Pot where necessary.
What About Rice in a Multicooker?
Multicookers also promise to replace rice cookers. Typically we cook rice on the stove, in the oven, or in a rice cooker. In all these methods, some of the water gets absorbed and the rest evaporates. But the multicookers pressure-cook the rice, with very little evaporation, so all the water gets concentrated and absorbed. This made for a stickier final product; however, all the models except the one with the sealing issue made acceptable white and brown rice, though we had to tweak manufacturers' recipes (if they even had them) to get optimal results.
Searing Lessons Learned
It's nice not to have to dirty an additional pot if you want to sauté onions or cook down wine to kick off your dish, so we examined how well multicookers handle such tasks. The Instant Pot has three specific sauté settings (low, medium, and high), while most other models have a single "sauté" button. When we first started testing multicookers, we sautéed onions on high in the Instant Pot, and it did fairly well. But for the other models, we waited. And waited some more. Some of the machines took upwards of an hour to cook one measly onion. After playing with multicookers for a year in the test kitchen, we learned that many of them have a second setting that functions like a skillet, typically labeled "brown." Intended to sear meat, this setting is hotter and gave us better results, allowing us to sauté and sear in a more timely manner.
Slow Cooking in a Multicooker
We were feeling pretty optimistic—until we tried to slow-cook. Here, we encountered two problems. The first has to do with multicookers in general: They work very differently than traditional slow cookers. Namely, they heat up really fast, while a slow cooker gently warms to its target temperature.
This is a problem with more delicate foods such as chicken breasts, because if you try to use a general slow-cooker recipe, one that isn't specifically designed for a multicooker's more aggressive heating, those foods will overcook. But we found that we could solve this problem, namely by reducing cooking times. For example, a chicken dish made using the multicooker's slow‑cooking function typically takes about an hour less than the same recipe made in our winning traditional slow cooker. When we used adapted recipes as opposed to slow cooker–specific ones, all the multicookers we tested were able to produce nicely juicy chicken.
Our second slow-cooking problem, however, proved more challenging. Uneven cooking happened to an extent in all the multicookers during our slow‑cooking tests. The food on the bottom of the inserts tended to cook faster than the food at the top. The location of the heating elements and the shape of the inserts played a role here.
In a multicooker, the heating element is set below the insert (like a pot sitting on a stove), while in some slow cookers, such as our favorite, the heating element wraps around the perimeter of the pot like a belt. All the multicookers had taller pots (6 to 7 inches tall) with narrower cooking surfaces (8 to 8.5 inches in diameter), compared to our winning slow cooker, which is shallower (only 4.5 inches tall) with a broader, oval-shaped cooking surface (10.9 by 6.8 inches). In a taller, narrower multicooker, the food is piled higher, so the heat has to travel farther, 6 to 7 inches upward, to get through all the food. In a slow cooker's broader pot, the food is shallower and the heat encircles it, so the heat has to travel only 3 inches or so at most to penetrate the food.
To understand all the machines' heating patterns during slow cooking, we heated precisely 5 pounds of water in each for 5 hours. On low, the Instant Pot was drastically cooler. It topped out at 186.7 degrees, compared to 198 to 207.9 degrees in the others—an 11.3- to 21.2‑degree difference.
To give it the best possible chance for success, we slow-cooked everything on high in the Instant Pot during testing. But even then, it lagged behind the rest. During the water test, it maxed out at 206.2 degrees, compared to 207.9 to 214.1 degrees in the other models, a 1.7- to 7.9‑degree difference. And it's easier for heat to move through water than denser mediums, like viscous stews. This is why the Instant Pot's low temperature was more of a problem with thicker, large-volume foods such as beef stew and chili con carne. These took upwards of 16 hours in the Instant Pot, meaning you'd have start your machine at 4 a.m. to have dinner ready by 8 p.m. And even after 16 hours, some dishes, such as Chinese-style spareribs, were still not fully cooked.
To figure out why the Instant Pot was slower than the other models, we contacted Dr. Robert A. Heard, professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He helped us calculate the potential amount of energy, in the form of heat, that ends up in each machine's insert to cook the food, based on the dimensions of each machine's base and insert and the amount of watts (or power) it's equipped with.
Unsurprisingly, the Instant Pot had the least amount of energy reaching the food: 0.19 watts per cubic centimeter, compared to 0.21 to 0.23 watts per cubic centimeter in the other models. While seemingly minuscule, these differences mean that the Instant Pot had 7.6 percent to 18.5 percent less available energy to cook with than the other models did. No wonder it ran slower.
The Best Multicooker on the Market
After weeks of testing with recipes developed specifically for multicookers, we found that we liked these machines much more than before. They aren't as good as the individual products they promise to replace; a stovetop pressure cooker will cook faster (though these electric models are more hands-off, so this point is debatable), a skillet is still quicker and easier to work in, a slow cooker will cook your food more gently and evenly, and a rice cooker or stovetop rice-cooking method will give you more discrete grains. But if you want just one machine to do all of the above, a multicooker is a good option—if you buy the right one.
The best model we tested was the Fagor LUX LCD Multicooker, an upgraded version of our old winner, the Fagor LUX Multicooker. They produce the same results with food, and we still like the classic LUX, but the new LCD version has a few really useful features. First, an alarm sounds when the lid isn't fully sealed. All the multicookers we tested have silicone gaskets in their lids that help with sealing, but sometimes they can fall out of place, which prevents the lid from sealing properly. Without an alarm, the multicooker will just forge ahead and try to build pressure. Typically you notice something's wrong when steam just keeps shooting out of the lid and the machine fails to indicate that the target pressure has been reached within the typical time frame, about 20 minutes. You have to start the cooking time over, but the food has already been heated for several minutes, so it can turn out overcooked. The Fagor LUX LCD's alarm solves that problem; if the lid isn't sealed properly, the pot tells you from the get-go.
Two other features we liked: Its clean LCD interface was easy to operate and tells you very clearly what it's doing, whether it's preheating, cooking under pressure, warming, done, or doing something else. You also can lock the controls, so you won't accidentally bump them and cancel or change your settings. We think these improvements are worth $30.00 more, though our old winner remains a good option.
Finally, for any Instant Pot fanatics reading this: Please, put down your pitchforks! While we do think other models are superior because they slow‑cook in a more timely fashion, which makes them more truly multipurpose, if the Instant Pot works for you, if it makes your life easier, if it motivates you to prepare food more at home, then it's worth every penny you spent on it.
We tested five multicookers priced from about $90.00 to just under $200.00. We made beef stew, braised chicken breasts, and Boston baked beans twice in each machine, first using the pressure‑cooking function and then the slow‑cooking function. We also made white and brown rice, both cooked under pressure. To see how hot the multicookers got when they were slow‑cooking, we tracked their temperatures on both low and high over 5 hours and compared the results to our winning slow cooker, the KitchenAid 6-Quart Slow Cooker with Solid Glass Lid. We also brought each multicooker up to low and high pressure and tracked the internal temperatures to understand how much pressure each was capable of producing. All products were purchased online and appear below in order of preference.
Pressure Cooking: We rated the multicookers on the pressure-cooked food they prepared; models rated highest if they produced even, properly cooked food (tender, juicy meats; richly flavored and reduced sauces and stews; intact and fully cooked beans) within recipe time frames.
Slow Cooking: We rated the multicookers on the slow-cooked food they prepared; models rated highest if they made properly cooked food (tender, juicy meats; richly flavored and reduced sauces and stews; intact and fully cooked beans) within recipe time frames.
Rice: We pressure-cooked brown and white rice in each model and gave high marks to those that produced tender, evenly cooked grains.
Searing/Sautéing: We sautéed in each multicooker on the highest possible heat setting over the course of multiple recipes, browning both chicken and beef, and awarded higher marks to models that sautéed quickly and browned deeply and evenly.
Ease of Use: Throughout testing, we evaluated the multicookers on how easy they were to program. Those with simple, clear, informative interfaces rated highest.
Maneuverability: Throughout testing, we evaluated the multicookers on how easy they were to load and unload with food, cook in, open and close, and move around. Those with removable lids with plastic-coated tops that stayed cool to the touch rated highest.


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'Good go' for Miles and LSU
By CARL DUBOIS
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 19, 2007
Matt Flynn looked sharp and threw two touchdown passes. LSU's backup quarterbacks saw a lot of defensive end Tyson Jackson, whose pressure helped force two interceptions.
Guard Will Arnold was on the field longer than at any other time since last year, when he suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the fifth game.
Those were among the highlights in a report by LSU football coach Les Miles about his team's work Saturday in Tiger Stadium in the major tackling scrimmage of a preseason training camp that ended with the scrimmage.
The game-type practice, which received the "good go" seal of approval from Miles, was closed to everyone except selected LSU boosters. Miles said the Tigers will take today off, continue fine-tuning problem areas and soon start on the game plan for the Aug. 30 season opener at Mississippi State.
"It really was a good go," Miles said of the scrimmage. "This kind of marks the end of camp. The team moves out of their temporary housing and moves into their permanent housing (today), and so you always look back on your entire camp and see how things have gone."
Miles made no significant personnel announcements, including identifying the No. 2 quarterback. Ryan Perrilloux began camp at No. 3, behind Flynn and freshman Jarrett Lee.
"I don't know that announcements have ever been really big with me," Miles said, "especially announcing a second-team quarterback."
He said there's "great competition" and complimented Perrilloux, Lee and Harvard transfer Andrew Hatch.
"I like the position we're in there," Miles said.
LSU's report credited Flynn with 7-for-14 passing for 90 yards and touchdown passes of 18 yards to Brandon LaFell and, in a red-zone drill, 20 yards to Early Doucet.
The pass to LaFell ended an eight-play, 70-yard drive for Flynn, who worked exclusively with the first-team offense, according to LSU's report.
"Matt looked very sharp today," Miles said. "He made good decisions and had command of the offense."
Listed as the top rusher was sophomore Charles Scott, with eight carries for 45 yards. Jackson was credited with two sacks and pressure that helped Chris Hawkins intercept two passes from backup quarterbacks.
Miles said the scrimmage featured 37 plays for first-team vs. first-team work and 37 more for first-team vs. second-team work. He said there were "probably 25 special-teams situations and snaps."
LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette said the scrimmage had live and "thud" tackling, the latter prohibiting defenders from putting the player with the ball to the ground.
Backup linebacker Jacob Cutrera, who has an elbow injury he suffered in the first scrimmage of camp a week earlier, didn't participate Saturday but is "close" to being back on the field, Miles said.
All-American defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey played the first quarter and "came off very healthy," Miles said. He said wide receiver Demetrius Byrd didn't participate in the scrimmage.
Miles said LSU suffered no injuries that should keep anyone from practicing Monday. He said a brief rain, with wind, cooled the players down during an otherwise hot scrimmage.
"It was just what the doctor ordered," Miles said.
He seemed pleased with the team's 10 40-yard sprints after the scrimmage.
"Guys just motored through it," Miles said. "I like the way this team works. I like the way they play.
"We've got to fix some things, but we think we'll be ready."
Some of the issues Miles said LSU needs to address are about personnel, but he said some are scheme-based. He also said some relate to his curiosity to see Saturday's scrimmage on videotape for closer inspection.
Kick coverage is one of those areas Miles wants to scrutinize more closely, and he said he and the rest of his staff will finalize those teams today.
LSU played crowd noise over the Tiger Stadium loudspeakers but didn't crank it up, Miles said. He said the plan was to provide some distraction for certain drills with certain players on the field.
He said the Tigers accomplished a lot thanks to a good-weather day.
"Good work today," Miles said. "Hot day. Enjoyable work. I needed this day. Our football team needed this day, and I was happy coming off the field."
Miles, who brushed aside the release of the preseason AP poll and its No. 2 ranking for the Tigers, said he's pleased with his team's progress.
"Yeah, I kind of like where we're at," he said. "We're not ready to play, and we're not ready to say we're the second-ranked team in the nation in any way. There's a lot of work to be accomplished to be as quality a football team as we're capable, and that's where we're headed."
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As well as all of the parallel query and DML capabilities exposed in OWB, the 11gR2 release of OWB includes out of the box support for the DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTE package in 11gR2 of the Oracle database, there are various articles on how to do the grunt work manually coding it on the web (see here for example). The use cases for this range from Oracle techie stuff like managing roll back segments for large table updates to parallelizing your PLSQL mappings…whatever they may be. Here we will see how with a couple of configuration settings in OWB you can self parallelize mappings – divide and conquer the olde fashioned way.
The use case that is generally mentioned for using this is for doing large table updates – basically its dividing a BIG problem into smaller pieces, the package also exposes a resume capability for reprocessing failed chunks which is also exposed from OWB (when you execute a chunked mapping you can resume or start a mapping). The approach can also be utilized for parallelizing arbitrary PLSQL (support for set based, row based also the table being chunked can be the source or the target or an arbitrary SQL statement). The 188.8.131.52 patch is best for this.
Chunk by SQL Statement
The example below updates employees salaries, driving the parallel worker threads by the departments table. As you see below we the start and end department id are the same, we are doing a distinct, so all employees in a department will be updated in each chunk, so we can increase the salary within the EMPLOYEES table for each department in a chunk. We are using the department id to drive the chunking – each department if processed in its own thread. We will see how we can control the thread pool of workers.
Note above there are other options such as chunk by ROWID and an arbitrary SQL statement).
The mapping now using olde fashioned divide and conquer has new runtime properties which relate back to the DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTE package and include the resume functionality for processing failed chunks and the parallel level, so you can change at runtime whether 1,2 or n threads are used to process the chunks.
We are saying that we want 2 child processes processing the chunks, this is a runtime parameter. Its wise to think about the number of chunks and the number of child processes to ensure optimal execution plan. The image below depicts the code that gets generated with chunk parallel level 2, and parallel level 4 – essentially the package 'main' procedure uses DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTE to process the heart of the mapping in the child processes.
There is much more to the package than meets the eye the resume capability for example provides a way of reprocessing failed chunks, rather than reprocessing everything again. This is also exposed as a runtime parameter for the chunked OWB mapping so you can resume and reprocess only the failed chunks.
Chunk by ROWID
This is the classic Large Table Update example that typical divide and conquer is used for. This example updates employees salaries, driving the parallel worker threads by rows in the target employees table itself. With this example when we configure the mapping we pick chunk method as ROWID, the chunk table EMPLOYEES, chunk type BY_ROWS and size is 1000 for example. The EMPLOYEES table is set to perform and update, I define the target filter for update for the ON clause in the merge/update – so its the 'how do I identify the rows to update within this chunk' clause. The other thing I had to do was define a chunking expression – now in this case its kind of redundant since the chunk is being done in the ON clause of the update – so we can trick OWB by just saying 'start=start and end=end' using the variables. If you don't specify this, OWB will complain that the chunking expression is invalid.
So the MERGE statement within the chunking code will increase the SALARY for the chunk, you will see the expression to increase salary by, the dummy chunking expression used in selecting from the source (DUAL) and which rows to match – the rows in this chunk.
This let's us perform large table updates in chunks and drive the parallelized mapping using mapping input parameters.
The parallelization for PLSQL (or row based mappings) is an interesting case - for example for the likes of match merge which has an inherent divide and conquer strategy (in binning), with match merge out of the box the processing of the bins is serialized by default. Combining the chunk parallelization with the match merge binning lets you boost the performance of such mappings. So if you pair the chunking criteria with the binning you can substantially increase the performance of such mappings.
I am getting below error.
VLD-2808: Chunking is enabled for some sources in the map, but not for bjaz_emp_mast_mv.
Data Will be extracted from this source only on first chunk iteration.
I have checked the following.
1. Right click mapping
2. select configure.
3.In properties Select Chunking Options
4.select chunk method - None.
Please let me know why am i getting the above error.
Thanks in advance
I have checked the following.
1. Right click mapping
2. select configure.
3.In properties Select Chunking Options
4.select chunk method - None.
Please let me know why am i getting the above error.
Thanks in advance