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President Obama's top Middle East envoy has arrived in Israel for talks amid fresh cause for concern over the country's prospects for lasting peace with the Palestinians.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigor Lieberman said Wednesday it would be unrealistic to think that both sides could come to a final peace deal, The Associated Press reported. Instead, he said that peace negotiators should instead pursue interim agreements and leave the big decisions "to a much later stage."
Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing unprecedented local anger, street protests and calls for his resignation for his decision last week to temporarily withhold support for a U.N. report on the Israeli assault on Gaza, which killed nearly 1,400 Palestinians. Abbas' decision was made under heavy "pressure" from the Obama administration since the report could lead to war crimes charges for Israeli officials and complicate peace talks, Israeli and Palestinian officials told the AP.
Peace prospects got a boost last month when the leaders of Palestine and Israel shook hands in a historic three-way meeting with Obama on the sidelines of U.N. General Assembly meetings. "Simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations. It is time to move forward," the president had said as he met with Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Get more: MSNBC, New York Times


text: April Showers Report post Posted May 4, 2013 National Scrapbook Day 2013 Chat Schedule 9:00 AM Color Challenge Join Conda (SodScrap) at 9:00 am ET for the Color Challenge Chat-National Scrapbook Day Edition! You won't want to miss all the colorful fun this chat is sure to bring! 10:30 AM Build-a-Layout Challenge Join Conda (SodScrap) at 10:30 am ET for the National Scrapbook Day Edition of the Build-a-Layout Challenge. You won't want to miss all the chocolate-y fun!! (Chocolate and scrapbooking do go hand in hand, right??) 12:00 PM Do-Over Challenge Join Valerie (ValerieT) & April (April Showers) at Noon Eastern time for a Do-Over Challenge. Here's your chance to pull out an old or unfinished layout, and re-work it into something new! 1:30 PM Tool Time Challenge Join April (April Showers) and Theresa (tiza126) for a Tool Time chat where we'll give you some tips and ideas for using tools like Styles, Actions and Custom Shapes to enhance your layouts. 3:00 PM Mini Class: Digi Scrap 101 Are you a digital scrapping novice? Haven't started your first scrapbook page yet? Still trying to figure out how to get your pictures onto a layout? Join us in the chat room for a mini class designed just for you! We'll cover some of the basics to get you started and you'll receive an Easy Page Pro to practice on. You'll be scrapping in no time! 4:30 PM All About Me Do you find that someone is usually missing from your layouts and that someone is you? Join Marilyn (MariJ) and Valerie (ValerieT) at 4:30 pm for the chat where the focus is YOU. We will talk about why it's hard to put ourselves in our pages and discuss various ways to scrap more about yourself. There will even be a challenge to motivate and give you a push in that direction! 6:00 PM Scraplift Join Theresa (tiza126) and Andrea Rose (alsoarty) in the Chat Room for a Scraplifting Chat! Scraplifting can be a huge source of inspiration to help you with your layouts, and it's a lot of fun for the person who inspired you, too. Come and join in the fun we'll be having! 7:30 PM Speed Scrap It's time for some speed! Join Carla (CRS) and Theresa (tiza126) for the Speed Scrap Crop! We'll give you some tasks, spread out over an hour. You'll then have another hour to get your layout finished and posted in the Gallery! Join us for some speed and tons of fun! 9:00 PM Double the Fun Chat Join Monica (Nica) and Shannon (tinkerbell11) for a Double the Fun chat! If you have trouble starting a two page spread, or just want to learn more about saving, creating and printing double page layouts join us for some tips. We also have a fantastic Free Template from Andrea Trump to get you started! Those who post their completed layouts in the Scrap Girls National Scrapbook Day Gallery for all 9 of our National Scrapbook Day chats will be entered into a drawing for a $20.00 ScrapGirls Gift Certificate! The challenges for each chat will be posted in the National Scrapbook Day Forum. To enter the drawing, send an email with your 9 layout links to email@example.com. Emails must be received by 11:59 p.m. Sunday May 5, 2013 to qualify for the drawing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites

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Lectro-Soft Outdoor Heated Bed - MEDIUM 19" x 24" (40 watts)
Soft PVC is used on the exterior to ensure the bed does not absorb water.The pad is thermostatically controlled and there is no on/off switch. The heating element covers the majority of the surface of the pad from edge to edge.
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BART Board approves proposed redistricting plan with amendment
The BART Board of Directors today (December 1, 2011) passed the proposed redistricting plan Option A with an amendment to the boundary for Districts 3 and 7 in western Contra Costa County. The new maps will posted on this website as soon as they are available. The Motion to adopt the resolution redistricting of election districts was passed on a vote of 8-1.


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Skip to comments.Iranian Alert -- February 11, 2004 -- IRAN LIVE THREAD --Americans for Regime Change in Iran
Posted on 02/11/2004 12:10:04 AM PST by DoctorZIn
The US media almost entirely ignores news regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran. As Tony Snow of the Fox News Network has put it, this is probably the most under-reported news story of the year. But most Americans are unaware that the Islamic Republic of Iran is NOT supported by the masses of Iranians today. Modern Iranians are among the most pro-American in the Middle East.
There is a popular revolt against the Iranian regime brewing in Iran today. Starting June 10th of this year, Iranians have begun taking to the streets to express their desire for a regime change. Most want to replace the regime with a secular democracy. Many even want the US to over throw their government.
The regime is working hard to keep the news about the protest movement in Iran from being reported. Unfortunately, the regime has successfully prohibited western news reporters from covering the demonstrations. The voices of discontent within Iran are sometime murdered, more often imprisoned. Still the people continue to take to the streets to demonstrate against the regime.
In support of this revolt, Iranians in America have been broadcasting news stories by satellite into Iran. This 21st century news link has greatly encouraged these protests. The regime has been attempting to jam the signals, and locate the satellite dishes. Still the people violate the law and listen to these broadcasts. Iranians also use the Internet and the regime attempts to block their access to news against the regime. In spite of this, many Iranians inside of Iran read these posts daily to keep informed of the events in their own country.
This daily thread contains nearly all of the English news reports on Iran. It is thorough. If you follow this thread you will witness, I believe, the transformation of a nation. This daily thread provides a central place where those interested in the events in Iran can find the best news and commentary. The news stories and commentary will from time to time include material from the regime itself. But if you read the post you will discover for yourself, the real story of what is occurring in Iran and its effects on the war on terror.
I am not of Iranian heritage. I am an American committed to supporting the efforts of those in Iran seeking to replace their government with a secular democracy. I am in contact with leaders of the Iranian community here in the United States and in Iran itself.
If you read the daily posts you will gain a better understanding of the US war on terrorism, the Middle East and why we need to support a change of regime in Iran. Feel free to ask your questions and post news stories you discover in the weeks to come.
If all goes well Iran will be free soon and I am convinced become a major ally in the war on terrorism. The regime will fall. Iran will be free. It is just a matter of time.
A Valentine wedding for Rushdie?
LONDON: Salman Rushdies endlessly fascinating love life is yet again the talk of the town as literary Londons bitchiest rumour mills whirr about the magical realism of a married man getting engaged to his delectable girlfriend.
Lakshmi with Rushdie
Rushdies live-in girlfriend of four years, the long-limbed, divine-featured Padma Lakshmi , has reportedly been seen wearing a bling-bling rock on the third finger of her left hand, i.e. the engagement one.
The huge, square-cut diamond was apparently ordered from a New York jeweller.
An inveterate gossip masquerading as a journalist for The Daily Telegraph newspaper, asked Lakshmi if she was soon to be the fourth Mrs Salman Rushdie.
Upon which, Lakshmi, arguably Chennais most famous export to Manhattan, coyly offered that eternal expectation of married bliss: "I guess so".
The only snag, of course, is the continuing health and good spirits of the third Mrs Rushdie, writer Elizabeth West.
Feb 10, 2004 EUpolitix.com
Iran's ambassador to Brussels, Abolgasem Delfi, has fired off a letter to European Parliament chief Pat Cox protesting the attitude of some MEPs towards Iran.
According to reports on the Iranian News Agency, the letter stresses that this months parliamentary elections in the Islamic republic is an internal affair and foreign interference will not be productive.
The letter reportedly underlines that any interference in the February 20 elections would not help to strengthen Iranian ties with the European Parliament.
Iranian diplomatic sources say the text notes that Iran has its own ways to solve difficulties in relation to the poll.
A decision last month by Iran's ruling Guardian Council to ban up to 80 sitting MPs and roughly 2000 aspiring parliamentary candidates from the elections sparked international criticism.
The European Parliament is to debate the elections in Iran on Thursday and will vote on a resolution it adopted a text on Iran calling for an immediate revision by the Guardians' Council of its decision to bar some candidates from the elections.
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The New York Giants seemingly are getting a break this week.
Instead of spending a week worrying about Robert Griffin III running left, pitching right, throwing screens and slants and making life miserable, all the Giants have to deal with Sunday is Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints.
At least that's the way Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul sees it in what might end up as bulletin board material in New Orleans.
Pierre-Paul's logical was simple: Brees is a magnificent pocket passer with a highly-talented offense. He can be hit, though, while RG3 is just too elusive.
"I hate playing it," defensive end Pierre-Paul said of facing Griffin and Redskins' option attack. "So now going up to like a traditional offense, we know what we're going to probably get, and it's much easier.
"Having an option quarterback, coming from college, and the kid's fast, man. I'm getting old, you know? It should be much easier this weekend."
Easier was a poor choice of words for the Giants (7-5) when it comes to Brees. He has thrown eight touchdown pass and no interceptions in leading the Saints to a pair of lopsided wins over New York in 2009 and last season in games at the Superdome. The quarterback has never lost to New York.
Pierre-Paul's comments Wednesday drew an immediate clarification from coach Tom Coughlin and teammates Thursday.
Coughlin maintained that Pierre-Paul did not mean to say that playing the Saints (5-7) and Brees was either easy or easier than facing Griffin. He felt his player was saying that preparing for Washington's option attack forces defenses do more than for a standard offense.
"It's not in any way that Drew Brees isn't an excellent player, because he wouldn't do that," Coughlin said.
Defensive end Osi Umenyiora knows how well the Giants have done against Brees.
"I have played against Drew Brees four times in my career and, you know, they have been blowouts every single time," he said. "I wouldn't' say there is anything easy about playing against him. He's one of the best quarterbacks in this league and we have our work cut out for us for sure."
Umenyiora said the only difference in facing Brees is that the Giants' defensive does not have to prepare for the option. He said the Saints have a lot of protections up front, their receiving corps of Marques Colston, Lance Moore, Devery Henderson and tight ends Jimmy Graham and David Thomas is top flight and running backs Pierre Thomas, Darren Sproles and Mark Ingram are outstanding.
"It's probably a tougher game physically than against Washington," Umenyiora said.
The difference will be the Saints are coming to MetLife Stadium for an outdoor game late Sunday afternoon with temperatures expected in the 40s with a chance of rain.
"We've won big games on the road before," Saints interim coach Joe Vitt said. "We've played in bad weather games. We've played in the snow in Cincinnati two years ago. I know that we lost a heartbreaker to Seattle in a playoff game and it was a bad weather game. We beat the Raiders three weeks ago in Oakland. To me it's always about preparation. You go in there being a properly prepared football team and you're ready physically, mentally and emotionally. Let the whistle blow and let's see who the best team is."
The game has major playoff implications for the NFC-East leading Giants and probably is the last stand for the Saints.
Despite losing three of the last four, New York has a one-game lead over Washington and Dallas with four games to go. If it can win three, the defending Super Bowl champions probably will get to the playoffs and just as likely win the division.
However, the Giants have not been playing well and are mired in another second-half slump. They blew fourth-quarter leads against Pittsburgh and Washington and were blown out by Cincinnati the week before their bye. The only good game was an impressive win over Green Bay two weeks ago.
What they need to do is start playing fundamentally sound on both sides of the ball and get on another run, like the six-game streak last season that carried them to their second title since 2007.
"Did we want to put ourselves in this position? No, absolutely not," offensive tackle David Diehl said. "Last week was an opportunity that we lost and we can never get back, but the only way to bounce back from it is this Sunday. To come out and play this game the best we can, play smart football and come away with a win. Keep building from here. We believe in one another. We believe in the guys in this locker room. When we play our game and we're at our top, we think that nobody can stop us."
The Saints have no wiggle room. They basically have to win out to get back to the postseason for a fourth straight year. They managed to get to the .500 mark after an 0-4 start, but dropped contests to San Francisco and Atlanta. Brees threw five interceptions last week in the loss to the Falcons.
"You feel like that was an opportunity for us as a team to make up some ground and put ourselves in position where we can control our own destiny, but unfortunately now, we're kind of at the bottom end of the playoff picture," said Brees, who has thrown a league-best 31 touchdowns. "Maybe some things have to happen in our favor elsewhere and we'll see how things play out, but we know this: all we can control is our ability to play well in this game and then worry about the other three after that. We know that there's no margin for error and we've got to play well and we have to win."
AP Sports Writer Brett Martel in New Orleans contributed to this report.
Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL


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Is nVidia's new cloud GPU the answer to quality mobile games? Onlive is great, but the few times I've used it on a mobile (cell and tablet), there is lag and inconsistent graphics due to bitrate changes.
Will this technology, coupled with Tegra mobile processors, allow the best mobile gaming experience? Maybe beyond gaming to full-blown CAD and 3D rendering?
Will Steam jump on the cloud-gaming bandwagon!!?
Please comment with your thoughts.
EDIT: With powerful mobile GPUs and even more powerful cloud GPUs, would they be able to create a hybrid (a la HybridPower from a few years ago) to balance battery and visual integrity?


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Continental's Der Baron features an aggressive, open tread pattern that bites deeply into soft, muddy terrain, and immediately sheds that mud to keep you hooked-up under hard cornering and braking. The rounded profile combined with Continental's Black Chili compound delivers amazing traction over wet rocks and dry hardpack alike. For extra puncture protection, Continental has reinforced the sidewalls with their Apex rubber in between each ply. When it's all you can do to keep your goggles clear, your feet on the pedals, and your bike on course, Der Baron gets you to the bottom first.
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Tips on Collecting from Stacy Weiss of Weisshouse
We spoke with Stacy Weiss, who is the owner and creative director of Pittsburgh design center Weisshouse. She recently redecorated her own space and wanted to share her advice on getting it right.
• When you are self-taught, you don't operate on any given set of rules; I have been fortunate to find art and design that caught my attention and my affection from every area of my life. My first tip would be to embrace this feeling – many of my collections have gained character by combining items from my personal past with new and vintage items that I find and love.
• Grouping is what empowers any collection, and transforms it from clutter into something beautiful and interesting. When each item has its place, within a context that enhances its characteristics, your true sense of style begins to speak to the viewer.
• Let your collection grow and evolve; it will allow you to maintain interest in building it. I've collected items based on color, texture, or similarity, but allowed each item to be a turning point for the collection, taking it in a completely new direction. It's not when your collection fits into one design "period" or "mood," but when it begins to cross over these labels that it really begins to get interesting.
• Never collect on price, but on emotional power. For one stage of my life, I was completely passionate about paper weights. Not fancy objects d'arte, but commercial and "ordinary" desk art. I absolutely loved finding new additions, anywhere from garage sales, to high-end decorating shows. The surprise of finding something new, that can fit with your collection, and you can take home is what makes collecting fun – no matter the "esteem."
• Edit your collection. It will make it continually stronger as you evaluate which things you really love (and keep down on the "clutter" vibe).
• My largest collection is art, and several pieces in my home were done by my ex husband (photos 5 and 8). I care for these a great deal, and they are some of my favorites. To toss them would be denying my love for them, as art and signatures in my collection. Remember that meaningful pieces can gain new meanings as your collection and your life evolve.
To see more of Stacy's work, please visit Weisshouse.
Images: Weisshouse. Special thanks to Christopher Preis at Pascale Communications, who facilitated this post.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 85 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
Axium Healthcare Pharmacy Patient Portal
Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc. is a nationwide, privately-held "Clinical Specialty Pharmacy" licensed and permitted to operate in all 50 states. Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc. specializes in providing physicians, patients, health plans and other healthcare providers with injectable and oral brand name products as well as compounded pharmaceutical products.
Axium's experienced patient care team comprised of Doctors of Pharmacy, Registered Nurses, Reimbursement Specialists and dedicated Patient Care Coordinators deliver the highest level of comprehensive care and clinical support with every prescription received.
Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc. understands in order to exceed our patient's expectations, we need to be more than just a pharmacy dispensing medications, we need to be the one-stop pharmacy solution for managing high-cost therapies. Axium's continual mission is to consistently exceed the needs and expectations of our customers and employees and create a compassionate, professional, clinical environment for our patients and physicians, while delivering ongoing personalized care, and unsurpassed service within our industry.
The target audience is patients receiving specialty pharmacy prescriptions through the mail and renewing their prescriptions online through this new patient portal being developed.
Winner will also get a private contests for banner & other complimentary designs.
Create a full page full color flyer for our patients using information from the attached.
PSD and AI preferred for final delivery.
Full Bleed Size
8.63" × 11.10"
219mm × 282mm
2588 × 3331 pixels
Document Trim Size
8.50" × 10.98"
216mm × 279mm
2551 × 3295 pixels
Use content from Marketing Ideas.docx to create the flyer. URL to use is AxiumPortal.com, no phone or address needed.
Logo - Axium.psd and Axium.ai
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U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy
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One of the nation's most respected bipartisan leaders in recent history, Leon Panetta has devoted his career to the American people, guiding U.S. intelligence, defense and economic strategies over the past four decades.
Topics: Achievement - Business, Africa, American Politics, Asia, Change: Managing/Leading It, China, Communication Skills, Courage, Crisis Management, Current Events, Cyber Security, Europe, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy - U.S., Global Economy, Government Regulation, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Innovation, Inspiring Lives , Jewish Interests, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Motivation, National Security, Negotiation, Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges, Patriotism, Risk Management, Teamwork, Terrorism
Chief Executive Officer, Kalorama Partners and Chairman, SEC (2001-2003)
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In the wake of a wave of new regulations and tougher government enforcement efforts, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Harvey Pitt analyzes the impact on business from Main Street to Wall Street.
Chief Advisor, Uber; Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama (2011-2013); Campaign Manager, 2008 Obama for President; and New York Times Best-Selling Author
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Helping change the face of politics and business forever, David Plouffe's key insights into the issues facing our country today and his use of coherent, bold strategy combined with innovative technology—including big data—have revolutionized the way all organizations are run—from the campaign trail to the boardroom to Main Street.
Topics: American Politics, Big Data, Branding, Business Growth/Strategy/Trends, Change: Living with It, Change: Managing/Leading It, Communication Skills, Consumer Trends, Corporate Culture, Corporate Social Responsibility, Creativity, Customer Relationships/Loyalty, Education, Human Resource Issues, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Innovation, Inspiring Lives , Leadership, Marketing, Motivation, Negotiation, Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges, Patriotism, Peak Performance, Personal Growth, Social Media/New Media, Teamwork, Workforce Issues
President & CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association and Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
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Deeply committed to making the digital future accessible to everyone, Michael Powell is actively engaged with policymakers and leaders from business, health care and education on technological development, deployment and use.
Senior Political Contributor, CNN; Syndicated Political Talk Show Host, Columnist and Best-Selling Author
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A longtime Democratic political insider, Bill Press challenges both political parties on their leadership and solutions to the nation's most pressing problems.
White House Chief of Staff (2017); Chairman of the Republican National Committee (2011–2017)
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Former White House Chief of Staff and the longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee in recent history, Reince Priebus provides a comprehensive view of today's Washington, from the Trump White House to Capitol Hill.


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When is Parking Free?
In all districts parking is free at meters on the following nine (9) holidays, as specified on each meter: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Electronic meters (SmartMeters) are programmed not to accept payment on holidays and will display a message on the screen letting you know that it's a holiday. While government offices observe holidays on the actual day of the holiday unless the holiday falls on a weekend, the City of Portland charges for parking on every day except the nine actual holidays, regardless of what day of the week they fall on, and parking enforcement officers work on every day except those nine actual holidays. This means that holidays falling on a Sunday no longer have free parking on Monday and holidays falling on a Saturday no longer have free parking on a Friday.
Since July 2009, Portland has been charging for on-street parking on Sundays from 1-7 p.m. This helps create more turnover in the area, something the business community has said its customers need. Parking is free at meters only on the nine actual holidays listed below.
Except in city parks, metered parking in the City of Portland is free on the following 2018 holidays:
|2018 Meter Holiday
|New Year's Day
|January 1
|January 1, Monday
|Martin Luther King Jr. Day
|third Monday in January
|January 15, Monday
|President's Day
|third Monday in February
|February 19, Monday
|Memorial Day
|last Monday in May
|May 28, Monday
|Independence Day
|July 4
|July 4, Wednesday
|Labor Day
|first Monday in September
|September 3, Monday
|Veteran's Day
|November 11
|November 11, Sunday
|Thanksgiving Day
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Wainwright, Schumaker focus on gridiron along with diamond this time of year
The interaction between Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and Dodgers outfielder Skip Schumaker is more about football these days than baseball.
Wainwright, slated to start Game 3 of the NL championship series on Monday, is the commissioner of a fantasy football league that includes Schumaker as an active player.
"Fantasy football is still pretty important among baseball players," Wainwright said.
Schumaker didn't have a lot of praise for his former teammate's handling of the league.
"He's one of the worst commissioners in the history of fantasy football," Schumaker said with a grin. "He's always late. Draft time is always an hour later.
"Brian McCann is in it," Schumaker continued, referring to the Atlanta catcher. "There are a few guys who can verify all this. He's horrible."
Schumaker admitted impeachment proceedings against Wainwright have been considered, but his friend remains in charge for now.
"We've tried," Schumaker said. "We don't want to hurt his feelings. It means a lot to him. We know how much it means to him."
THE RECORD BOOK: The 12 strikeouts by Anibal Sanchez in the AL championship series opener were the most by a pitcher before he allowed a hit in a postseason game, according to the Detroit Tigers, who cited the Elias Sports Bureau. The previous record was held by Sandy Koufax, who struck out 10 Yankees before Elston Howard hit a two-out single in the fifth inning the first game of the 1963 World Series.
Sanchez's four strikeouts in the first inning — the extra came thanks to a third-strike wild pitch to Shane Victorino — made him the second pitcher to fan four in an inning. Detroit's Ty Cobb was one of four batters fanned by Orval Overall of the 1908 Chicago Cubs in the first inning of Game 5 of the World Series. Sanchez is the first Tigers pitcher to strike out four in an inning ever, regular season or playoffs.
Detroit's 1-0 victory was the first time the Red Sox had been shut out at home in the postseason since the Cubs' Hippo Vaughn beat Sad Sam Jones 3-0 in Game 5 of the 1918 World Series. It was the sixth time in all that Boston had been shut out in the postseason.
The one hit — Daniel Nava's ninth-inning single — was a low for the Red Sox in 157 postseason games. The 17 strikeouts for Red Sox batters tied the postseason record for a nine-inning game, set when St. Louis' Bob Gibson fanned 17 Tigers batters in the 1968 World Series opener and matched by Houston in the first game of the 1998 NL division series against San Diego.
CARDINALS MVP: If the Cardinals had to pick a most valuable member of their its staff, the winner could be catcher Yadier Molina.
Cardinal pitcher Joe Kelly was in trouble in the first inning of the opener at St. Louis on Friday. The Dodgers had runners at second and third with one out, and Adrian Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig were due up.
Molina figured that was a good time to visit the mound.
"He came out and said, 'Your stuff is good. Just go ahead and throw it. Throw it over the plate and the guys won't hit it,'" Kelly recalled. "I settled in and struck out the next two guys without giving up a run. That was huge."
For Molina, it was more typical than huge.
"It's easy to trust a guy when you know the history behind him," said closer Trevor Rosenthal, who earned the save on Saturday. "You know he's put in the work. At the same time he's such a fierce competitor that he wants nothing but the best for you."
Molina doesn't think he's doing anything special in that regard. He just feels that knowing everything he can about his pitchers, and opposing hitters, is in his job description.
"Everybody is different so you have to find the way," he said. "That's why we have spring training. You get to know the pitcher and when you've got the situation in the playoffs, you already know what they like to do or not."
A LASTING FRIENDSHIP: Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter and David Ortiz came up as part of the Minnesota Twins' organization, playing their first big league games together 17 years ago.
They developed a friendship that's lasted.
"We're enemies, but I love him to death," Hunter said before Game 2 of the ALCS. "I'd do anything for him."
The pair played together until 2003, when Ortiz signed as a free agent with the Red Sox. Hunter still doesn't understand why the Twins let him go.
"He was, I thought, the best hitter in 2002 on our ballclub, and he missed six, seven weeks, and we non-tendered him and the Red Sox picked up a gold mine," Hunter said. "I thought he was the best hitter on our ballclub with the Minnesota Twins. You guys found a diamond in the rough."
Ortiz has gone on to hit over 400 homers in his career, collecting more than 2,000 hits and helping the Red Sox win World Series titles in 2004 and '07.
"I think David Ortiz — everything, all of his accomplishments, everything is well deserved," Hunter said. "I've seen him grow."
LOOKS CAN FOOL YOU: Jonny Gomes wore a combat helmet during the team's AL East-clinching celebration and again when the Red Sox knocked out the Tampa Bay Rays last week. He's one of the leaders of Boston's beard brigade, but John Farrell says looks can be deceiving.
"Don't let that appearance take away from how smart a baseball player he is," the Red Sox manager said. "He's a very instinctual guy. He anticipates situations as good as anybody we have in uniform, whether that's on the base paths or whether that's preparing for a potential pinch-hit situation."
Gomes is with his fifth big league team, and he's in the postseason for the third time. He also was a member of Tampa Bay in 2007-08, when the team went from worst to first — like this year's Red Sox.
Maybe that's why Farrell inserted Gomes into Game 2, playing in left field and batting sixth, looking for an offensive spark following Boston's opening 1-0 loss.
"You've got to have some guys on your team that will be able to nip in the bud in April, in June, in July, when things roll, stop it now," Gomes said when asked what makes a winning clubhouse. "You've got to get out of the valley, get back up, versus letting it play, riding it out."


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YoWindow is the new generation of weather program. The magic of YoWindow is the living landscape that reflects actual weather.
What's inside?
- Real cloud coverage, rain/snow, fog, grass swings to the wind, Sun, Moon, mist, thunderstorms...
- Time-scroll - see weather at any moment
- Full featured weather station
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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 16 Mar 2012
Among other great images, we have posted photos of the eyes of a Longhead Flathead and a Smalltooth Flounder. The images were not taken with fish eye lenses :).
Nearly all species of fishes have eyes, but some don't. We've provided some links to information on blind fishes plus one link to an Australian species that is blind-in-name-only.
Longhead Flathead, Leviprora inops
Head of a Longhead Flathead
Spot-tail Wrasse, Coris caudimacula
Freckled Porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus
Smalltooth Flounder, Pseudorhombus jenynsii
Eyes of a Smalltooth Flounder
Orangespotted Sandgoby, Istigobius rigilius
Blind fish (Wikipedia)
Mexican tetra (Wikipedia)
The cavefish, Phreatichthys andruzzii (ScienceDaily)
Gelatinous Blindfish, Aphyonus gelatinosus
Blind Shark, Brachaelurus waddi
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Make your choice on Nov. 6. This election will determine what direction our country will take. Will we preserve our Constitution and fundamental American heritage? This election will determine if our nation will follow the path of capitalism and free enterprise, which has made the USA the envy of the world, or will we become a deteriorating socialist state? Will we repeat Germany's path in 1939? The choice couldn't be more clear: Do you want a successful businessman who has actually grown business and jobs, or do you want a president who has already wasted trillions of your tax dollars?
President Obama invested tax money in Solyndra, Enerl, Beacon Power, Abound Solar, Amonix Solar, Spectra Watt Eastern Energy which went bankrupt! By the way, all of these companies were Obama campaign contributors.
Strange that Obamacare is supposedly so great that Congress has exempted themselves from it. He has already robbed Medicare by $713 billion to pay for Obamacare.
Gov. Romney's record proves that he can work bipartisan, even with a dominant Democratic Congress. He balanced the budget for the state of Massachusetts. America has more than 23 million out of work. Fifty percent of college graduates can not find a job in line with their degree. Many moved home to live with their parents. Regardless of what the media wants you to believe, the economy is not moving.
Do you want more government control or less? Do you want to be free or exist under the government's heavy hand?
Be an informed voter and go with the clear choice, Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Before it executes them, HADB logs all operations that modify the database, such as inserting, deleting, updating, or reading data. It places log records describing the operations in a portion of shared memory referred to as the (tuple) log buffer. HADB uses these log records for undoing operations when transactions are aborted, for recovery in case of node crash, and for replication between mirror nodes.
The log records remain in the buffer until they are processed locally and shipped to the mirror node. The log records are kept until the outcome (commit or abort) of the transaction is certain. If the HADB node runs low on tuple log, the user transactions are delayed, and possibly timed out.
Begin with the default value. Look for HIGH LOAD informational messages in the history files. All the relevant messages will contain tuple log or simply log, and a description of the internal resource contention that occurred.
Under normal operation the log is reported as 70 to 80% full. This is because space reclamation is said to be "lazy." HADB requires as much data in the log as possible, to recover from a possible node crash.
Use the following command to display information on log buffer size and use:
hadbm resourceinfo --logbuf
For example, output might look like this:
Node No. Avail Free Size 0 44 42 1 44 42
The columns in the output are:
Node No.:The node number.
Avail: Size of buffer, in megabytes.
Free Size: Free size, in MB, when the data volume is larger than the buffer. The entire buffer is used at all times.
Change the size of the log buffer with the following command:
hadbm set LogbufferSize
This command restarts all the nodes, one by one, for the change to take effect. For more information on using this command, see Configuring HADB in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 High Availability Administration Guide.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Long-term Treasury prices swung higher Tuesday after a sale of 2-year notes, part of a $96 billion slew of government debt offerings this week.
The 10-year note US:10_YEAR yield, which falls as prices rise, was down half a basis point at 2.717%, according to Tradeweb. It has traded within a range between 2.60% and 2.80% for most of the year thus far.
The 30-year bond US:30_YEAR yield fell 3 basis points to 3.497% while the 5-year note US:5_YEAR yield rose 1.5 basis points to 1.738%.
The Treasury Department offered $32 billion in 2-year notes US:2_YEAR to tepid demand from investors. Indirect bidders, which often include foreign central banks, bought the smallest portion of the debt since May 2008, as concerns linger about the timing of the Federal Reserve's rate hikes.
U.S. government debt maturing within two years is considered sensitive to decisions about when the Fed will raise its key lending rates, given that most investors expect the first hike to come at some point next year. Investor demand for the auction may be impacted by that uncertainty, according to Adrian Miller, director of fixed-income strategy at GMP Securities, LLC.
"The market seems content to be taking a wait and see approach and not over commit to either an early 2015 or a late 2015 hike," Miller said in a note.
Also see: The Fed's enormous balance sheet in seven charts
The 2-year notes sold at a yield of 0.447%, slightly higher than where the broader market was trading at the time. Buyers offered to purchase 3.35 times the amount of debt for sale, compared with an average of 3.46 times during the past six sales. Indirect bidders took down 23.4% of the sale, compared with 29.5% in recent auctions. Direct bidders, which include domestic money managers, bought 19% of the sale, versus 25.3% in recent auctions.
While long-term yields fell on Tuesday, intermediate-term yields rose, narrowing the difference between them in what's known as a flattening yield curve.
"Typically, a flatter yield curve portends lower economic activity. The selloff we had last year is being reversed," said James Camp, managing director of fixed income at Eagle Asset Management. He added that he is taking profits on his 30-year bonds, which have been out-performers as the yield curve flattened this year.
The Treasury market briefly turned its gaze to a report that showed sales of existing homes were at their slowest pace since July 2012. The annual sales rate dropped by 0.2% last month to a seasonally adjusted 4.59 million, from 4.6 million in February. Nonetheless, that beat economist expectations of 4.55 million.
Earlier, data released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency showed home prices rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.6% in February, and were up 6.9% from the same period a year ago. Richmond Fed's manufacturing index also swung to positive 7 in April from negative 7 in March.
The data come as market participants are trying to parse whether a recent slowdown in economic improvement at the beginning of the year was simply due to temporary cold winter weather or a broader economic slowdown.
"I think that the numbers we're getting haven't really clarified whether the slowdown we saw in recent months was weather-driven or if the economy was decelerating," said Robert Tipp. He pointed out that some data, such as retail sales and industrial production bounced back while others, such as building permits and housing data, have lagged.
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Public Citizen also helped craft the law that limits homeowners associations from stopping residents from installing solar panels on their homes. And we continue to advocate for a fair state-wide net metering policy, which would require all utilities to pay owners of distributed solar installations, such as those on rooftops, a fair price for the energy they push out onto the grid when they are producing more than they are using. Public Citizen's local level efforts have focused on to increasing adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy, particularly solar power, at public power entities in Texas. Our advocacy work from 2009 to 2011 helped San Antonio change course, abandoning plans to invest heavily in new nuclear baseload power and turning towards solar instead. Today San Antonio has installed more local solar than any other city in the state. Similarly, Public Citizen worked with local advocacy groups in Austin to champion a new 300MW local solar goal. Working with Solar Austin and the local solar industry, Public Citizen's efforts drove the discussion on local solar over the past couple years and led to the creation of the Austin Local Solar Advisory Committee which, after months of research and meetings, released its policy recommendations to maximize the benefits of local solar in Austin in the fall of 2012.
Public Citizen is working to organize public power utilities in central and north Texas to work together to create solar corridors in those regions. While Austin Energy and CPS have taken the lead in solar investment, many of the smaller and more rural utilities haven't taken those steps yet. A Solar Corridor Consortium could help reduce costs by taking advantage of lessons learned by those utilities already investing in solar and by creating an economy of scale. Taking advantage of abundant solar resources in the region will benefit grid stability, air quality and job creation. Public Citizen is working to facilitate this sharing of information and collaboration between the public power utilities through workshops focused on topics such as the impact of drought on energy production and the local economic development opportunities from investing in solar energy. We are also working to identify local solar champions at the grassroots level in the many communities served by electric cooperatives and municipally owned electric utilities. Local solar supports make the best advocates at the local level.
Our efforts have yielded some success at the Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), where the board has established goals for energy efficiency and renewable energy. PEC offers rebates for some energy efficiency improvements and has recently partnered with NRG to provide solar leasing to its customers. It remains to be seen whether this particular leasing program will succeed, but other options may grow from this initial effort.
We have recently begun working with Fredericksburg SHINES to promote solar energy in Fredericksburg and the surrounding Central Texas Electric Cooperative territory. Fredericksburg's first grid-connected solar installation was completed in early 2013. Hopefully our work with Fredericksburg SHINES will help that one installation be the first of many.
There are a vast array of polieis governing net metering (paying customers back for energy they generate that goes back to the grid from renewable sources like solar on rooftops or small wind generators) This report provides information about what we found when we started calling around to retail energy providers.
Solar Power's Job Creation Potential in Texas
Texas environmental organizations released a study on February 2, 2009 on solar power's job creation and energy savings potential in Texas.
An Energy Storage Standard for Texas Will Save Money and Stop Pollution
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A recent study put together by Public Citizen Texas consultants demonstrates that wind power provides the following benefits to Texans
Nolan County, Texas has become a remarkable example of how quickly and effectively renewable energy development can revitalize rural America. Starting with a single wind project in 2001, this single county's 2,500 MW now outpaces the total wind capacity of any other states and all but 5 countries. An assessment of benefits based on extensive field surveys reveals:
On September 9th, Adrian Shelley and I went to Bryan, Texas, to watch the unveiling of the Freight Shuttle System (FSS), a technology currently being built and tested by Freight Shuttle International. Dr. Stephen Roop, chief scientist at Freight Shuttle International and and professor at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, opened the unveiling with a […]
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- NMR and MD studies of the temperature-dependent dynamics of RNA YNMG-tetraloops (2008)
- In a combined NMR/MD study, the temperature-dependent changes in the conformation of two members of the RNA YNMG-tetraloop motif (cUUCGg and uCACGg) have been investigated at temperatures of 298, 317 and 325 K. The two members have considerable different thermal stability and biological functions. In order to address these differences, the combined NMR/MD study was performed. The large temperature range represents a challenge for both, NMR relaxation analysis (consistent choice of effective bond length and CSA parameter) and all-atom MD simulation with explicit solvent (necessity to rescale the temperature). A convincing agreement of experiment and theory is found. Employing a principle component analysis of the MD trajectories, the conformational distribution of both hairpins at various temperatures is investigated. The ground state conformation and dynamics of the two tetraloops are indeed found to be very similar. Furthermore, both systems are initially destabilized by a loss of the stacking interactions between the first and the third nucleobase in the loop region. While the global fold is still preserved, this initiation of unfolding is already observed at 317 K for the uCACGg hairpin but at a significantly higher temperature for the cUUCGg hairpin.
- Spectroscopical investigations to determine RNA-ligand interactions and RNA dynamics (2009)
- This thesis describes the structural characterization of interactions between biological relevant ribonucleic acid biomacromolecules (RNAs) and selected ligands to optimize the methodologies for the design of pharmacological lead compounds. To achieve this aim, not only the structures of the RNA, the ligand and their complexes need to be known, but also information about the inherent dynamics, especially of the target RNA, are necessary. To determine the structure and dynamics of these molecules and their complexes, liquid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) is a suitable and powerful method. The necessity for these investigations arises from the lack of knowledge in RNA-ligand interactions, e.g. for the development of new medicinal drugs targeting crucial RNA sequences. In the first chapters of this thesis (Chapters II to IV), an introduction into RNA research is given with a focus on RNA structural features (Chapter II), into the interacting molecules, the biology of the specific RNA targets and the further development of their ligands (Chapter III) and into the NMR theory and methodologies used within this thesis (Chapter IV). Chapter II begins with a description of RNA characteristics and functions, placing the focus on the increasing attention that these biomacromolecules have attracted in recent years due to their diverse biological functionalities. This is followed by a detailed description of general structural features of RNA molecules. The biological functions of the RNAs investigated in this thesis (Human immunodeficiency virus PSI- and TAR-RNA and Coxsackievirus B3 Stemloop D in the 5'-cloverleaf element), together with their known structural characteristics are introduced in Chapter III. Furthermore, a description of the investigated ligands is given, focusing on the methods how their affinity and specificity were determined. The introduction is completed in Chapter IV, where the relevant NMR theory and methodologies are explained. First, kinetics and thermodynamics of ligand binding are summarized from an NMR point of view. Subsequently, a detailed description of the resonance assignment procedures for RNAs and peptidic ligands is given. This procedure mainly concentrates on the assignment of the proton resonances, which are essential for the later structure calculation from NMR restraints. The procedure for NMR structure calculation of RNA and its complexes follows with a short introduction into the programs ARIA and HADDOCK. The final part of this chapter explains the relaxation theory and the methodology to extract dynamic information from autocorrelated relaxation rates via the model-free formalism. In the Chapters V to VII of this thesis, the original publications are included and grouped into three topics. Chapter V comprehends the publications on the investigations of HIV PSI-RNA and its hexapeptidic ligand. These three publications[1-3] focus on the characterization of the ligand and its binding properties, its structure and the optimization of its composition aiming to improve its usage for further spectroscopic investigations.


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Who doesn't like a delicious serving of stuffed chicken or a roasted turkey drumstick for dinner? Chicken and turkey are staples on everyone's menu, and are my go-to protein for dinner. But how many times can I serve the same roasted chicken with potatoes, rice or vegetables? About a year ago, I realized that I have gotten so used to serving the same chicken dish week after week, with just a different side dish, that I had lost my taste for having chicken altogether – and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Well, I decided: no more BORING chicken; time to use it, along with its user-friendly relative turkey, in new and tasty ways.
I introduced myself to the possibilities of ground chicken and turkey. Looking up recipes that lead me to my new favorite chicken raviolis along with reinventing some old beef recipes and making great new turkey meat ball and chili dishes. I started playing with leftover chicken from my typical roasted chicken meals and found great new recipes for chicken corn chowder, chicken salad and Mulligatawny soup.
I realized that this fairly inexpensive, underappreciated protein is really an at-home gourmet chef's best friend. The recipe list is endless and majority of them don't have to include ay side dish at all. The next time you're thinking of having chicken or turkey for dinner, remember it doesn't have to be your old stand by meal, try something new and different and watch your family gobble it up and ask for seconds.
Garlic and Herb Chicken
It's amazing what your body craves when you're pregnant. For me it was coke, feta cheese and whole cooked garlic. Out of desperation for lots of cooked garlic I came up with this chicken one pot recipe. I can't explain why, now that I have a daughter, Tunie, do I still crave whole cooked garlic?
1 whole chicken
2 heads of garlic (about 20 cloves)
1 bag boiler onions, tops cut off and semi peeled
Kosher salt
Fresh ground black pepper
2 tsp. fennel seeds
2 tsp. fresh dill
2 tsp. cilantro
2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. parsley
Olive oil
6 Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 ½ cups semi dry white wine
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Stuff the whole chicken with a quarter of the fresh garlic cloves and as many boiler onions as you can fit. Lay chicken belly up and generously sprinkle salt and pepper onto its skin and in its cavity. Use your hands to massage it onto the skin. Do the same with half the fennel seeds and half of all the herbs
Place the chicken into a Dutch oven belly side down, and repeat sprinkling salt, pepper and herbs on the top of the chicken. Drizzle a little olive oil over the top of chicken.
Add your quartered potatoes around your chicken, and then add the rest of the garlic and onions. Sprinkle with a little paprika.
Pour white wine into pot so that it comes to a little less than halfway up the chicken. Cover pot and place in oven, and cook for an hour. Uncover and cook for another 30 minutes, making sure not to burn bottom of chicken. If necessary add a little more white wine. Check for doneness and remove. Serve hot with potatoes, garlic, and onions around the chicken.
Poultry Tip:
Follow these guidelines when choosing a whole turkey or breast of turkey:
Whole Bird - allow 1 pound per person
Breast of turkey (with bone) - allow ¾ pound per person
Boneless breast of turkey - allow ½ pound per person
Spicy Chicken and Corn Chowder
For some inexplicable reason I am obsessed with corn chowder. No matter where I go, if they have it on the menu I order it, or if I see a recipe for it, I have to try it. This hearty filling soup/stew is a great addition to any ones dinner menu. I chose this recipe for the poultry section for this series because it is such a quick and easy recipe. The perfect blend of this chowders smoky flavor mixed in with a sweet bite that hits you in the end with a spicy mild punch you'll be just as obsessed as I am.
2 cups chicken broth
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Salt and pepper
1 package smoked turkey (about 5-6 slices)
4 pieces pastrami
1 onion, chopped
½ tsp. chili powder
¼ tsp. cilantro
¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. garlic powder
½ tsp. curry powder (optional)
2 15 oz. cans creamed corn
1 can of white and yellow corn niblets
½ cup soy milk
Bring chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Season chicken with salt and pepper and add to pot with broth. Simmer, covered, over medium-low heat 10-15 minutes, flipping chicken half way through. Transfer chicken to plate and reserve broth. Shred chicken into bite size pieces.
Cook smoked turkey, pastrami and onion in soup pot with the spices for about 5 minutes. Add all corn, cook for 2 minutes. Add reserved chicken broth and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat until slightly thickened. Stir in soy milk and chicken and let it cook for another 5 minutes.
Tips: While I love homemade chicken stock, I almost never have time these days to make it fresh. Now you can find great organic and msg free chicken or vegetable stock/broth in your local groceries that will work great in this and any other recipe that call for it. The key to a good grocery chicken stock is too look for one that has a short ingredient list that includes vegetables like carrots, celery and onions.
Chicken Salad Twist
There are nights that I am so rushed and harried that sadly I don't have a minute to ask the question "what's for dinner tonight?" Instead I look to see what might be left over in my fridge that I can reinvent or as one of my friends like to call it, "re-cooking with a twist". The truth is, I love this chicken salad so much that there are times that I just go get a rotisserie chicken and make this dish even if there are no "leftovers" in my fridge. Then the next day I use this salad's leftover for lunch in a wrap or pita.
3-4 cups shredded cooked chicken
¼ cup shredded carrots
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 ½ tsp. garlic powder
½ tsp. ginger powder
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
2 tbsp. teriyaki sauce
¼ tsp. white vinegar
1 head iceberg or romaine lettuce, shredded
¼ cup craisins
¼ cup sliced almonds
In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken and carrots. In a separate bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, garlic powder, ginger powder, mustard, teriyaki and white vinegar. Pour the mayonnaise mixture over the chicken and combine well.
To serve, place the lettuce on individual plates or in the center of a large platter. Spoon a nice heaping of chicken salad on the lettuce and sprinkle with craisins and almonds.
Food knowledge: 3 things to know when buying rotisserie chicken
Best & freshest time to buy the chicken is between the hours of 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Look for moist skin on the chicken. Taunt, dry skin is indicative of chicken that's spent too long in the rotisserie.
Select a chicken that has plump legs and breasts.
For the last 8 years Sarah Lasry has been the heart and soul of the successful and celebrated Tastebuds Gourmet Café & Flower Shop in Howell, NJ. Sarah opened and ran Tastebuds to much critical appraise for her unique approach to delicious, kosher gourmet cooking as well as her legendary parties, original style and artistic culinary flair. In 2006 Sarah wrote the acclaimed bestselling cookbook "THE DAIRY GOURMET" which revealed all the secret recipes of Tastebuds Café. With much anticipation from her many fans and fellow foodies, Sarah's brand new cookbook "THE AT HOME GOURMET" just hit the stores with high praise and reviews. Sarah currently resides in Lakewood, NJ where she has recently left the restaurant business to concentrate on her passion for writing cookbooks and is hard at work as the Food and Home contributing editor for Binah Magazine and www.Kosherstreet.com.
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I loved the chicken salad idea, so I was very excited when I had loads of chicken leftover last shabbos. I shredded the chicken with a fork. It was quick and simple, and my children were surprised on sunday when I made them this fresh supper!!! Thanx for the great recipe.


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Publisher for past 22 years
Joe May has modest plans for his retirement: travel to Branson, Florida and San Diego, a few honey-do jobs and more time with his family. But, his home will remain Mexico, the community he has adopted as his own in the more than three decades he has lived here.
While he finishes his professional life as publisher, he began as advertising director for long-time Ledger owner Robert M. White II.
"I worked for five different owners over 35 years and never left the building," May said. "That's fairly unique in the publishing business in today's environment. When I first came to Mexico, I appreciated the opportunity to work for Bob White."
Through the paper's sale to Thomson Newspapers, then to American Publishing, then to Liberty Publishing, which became GateHouse Media, May continued his allegiance to The Ledger.
"It has been a privilege and an honor to serve Mexico, Missouri and Ledgerland the past 35 years," he said. "I have a great staff and wish I could recognize each of them individually."
Three of May's employees actually have more seniority than he (Lyndell Farrah, Bonnie Gibson, Brenda Fike) and he considers this a point of honor.
"I have been here for three and a half decades, and I have finally made it into the top five in longevity," he said.
May said he and his wife Phyllis made the decision to remain in Mexico based on the support of the community.
"We realized Mexico was good to all of us, and decided to stay here and raise our children," he said. "Chuck and Victoria received excellent educations in the public schools, which allowed them to go on to graduate from the University of Missouri. Also, we developed a group of close friends, and for these reasons we chose to stay in Mexico."
Reflecting on his appointment as publisher, May said he was excited about the promotion 22 years ago. "After the newspaper was sold by the White family, I had the chance to become publisher of a newspaper in Yreka, California," he said. "But I chose to stay here, hoping my opportunity would come."
Through the years, May has seen the business undergo many changes, both nationally and in Mexico.
"In 1970 at the Columbia Tribune, we were setting type by hand. A good Linotype operator could set 8 to 9 lines a minute," he said. "Today, with the advances in technology, we receive wire news from satellites at hundreds of words a minute. We used to take photos, develop the film, print the photo, and send it to be screened before placing it on the page. Now, we can take a digital photo at 10:30 a.m. and have it on the page in eight minutes."
May is proud of the reputation and traditions of The Ledger.
"The paper has won many statewide awards over the years," he said. "We proudly display our awards on the walls of the office. The awards are tributes to the dedication of The Ledger staff. I'm particularly proud of our first place award for community service won several years ago. I also am proud of the Salute to Literacy program we sponsor which brought former First Lady Barbara Bush to Mexico years ago."
May also has seen the paper, and the town of Mexico, downsize over the years.
"The retail base in the area has declined," he said. "At the paper, we have made up for the advertising losses by doing commercial printing. We print eight different publications weekly, and publish the Boonville Daily News every day."
During the years, May has been active on the state and national level.
"One of the highlights of my career was being elected president of the Missouri Press Association in 2011," he said. "I was proud to represent Missouri newspapers in the state and in Washington, D.C."
May said he has no fears about the disappearance of small-town newspapers.
"There will always be a demand for community newspapers that tell the story of what happened in the area," he said. "You are not going to find television covering Mexico, Missouri on a daily basis. When people say they get their news from the Internet they need to remember that somewhere along the way a newspaper reporter has filed that story."
As for The Ledger, May is pleased with the appointment of Martin Keller as general manager.
"I am happy Gatehouse has selected Martin to succeed me," he said. "We have worked together for many years, and I believe he has the knowledge, expertise and most importantly the drive to take The Ledger to the next level. I have every confidence Martin will do an excellent job and continue The Ledger's tradition of being a newspaper 'dedicated to the people's right to know.'"
May acknowledges that retirement will be a large change in his life, but he is anxious to move to the next step.
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Cleveland, OH – Robinson Cano finished with four hits, including a pair of doubles and a two-run homer, part of a five-RBI performance, as the New York Yankees rocked Cleveland, 14-1, in the middle test of a four-game series.
Kevin Youkilis and Brennan Boesch added two-run shots, while Ichiro Suzuki and Lyle Overbay posted solo homers for the Yankees, who have won the first two in the set and three straight overall.
Andy Pettitte (2-0) yielded five hits and one run over seven strong innings, upping his record to 3-0 in his last five starts against the Tribe.
Asdrubal Cabrera homered and Nick Swisher posted two hits for the Indians, who have lost five of six.
In his first start since recovering from Tommy John surgery, Carlos Carrasco (0-1) lasted 3 2/3 innings, yielding seven hits and seven runs before being ejected for hitting Kevin Youkilis.
"The left-handers gave (Carrasco) a tough time," Indians manager Terry Francona said.
Carrasco hadn't taken the mound since a loss at Boston on Aug. 3, 2011, and the rust showed early against a potent New York attack which struck for 11 runs in Monday's series opener.
The Yanks picked up four runs in their second turn at the plate, all coming with two outs, as Brett Gardner's two-run single with the bases loaded preceded a two-run double by Cano.
Suzuki's two-out solo shot in the third made it 5-0 for New York, and in the fourth a Gardner walk preceded a two-run blast from Cano for a seven-run spread.
Immediately following that homer, Carrasco became unglued, throwing near Youkilis until eventually drilling him and drawing the ire of home plate umpire Jordan Baker.
Youkilis added a two-run homer in the sixth and the Yanks were ahead by nine, then Cabrera finally answered for the hosts in the bottom half with his leadoff homer.
Overbay added his first home run of the season to start the eighth, and later in the frame Cano knocked in Francisco Cervelli with a double and Boesch added a pinch-hit, two-run shot for a 13-1 score.
Cervelli's ninth-inning single plated Overbay and capped the rout.
"We're giving our pitchers early run support and tacking on," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "It's fun to watch."
Game Notes
The Yankees have won seven of the last eight meetings with Cleveland since the start of last season ... Prior to the game, the Tribe placed catcher Lou Marson on the 15-day disabled list and recalled first baseman Yan Gomes from Triple-A Columbus ... New York hadn't recorded back-to-back games of 10-or- more runs since scoring 12 in consecutive victories against the Texas Rangers on Jun. 14-15, 2011 ... Brett Myers spelled Carrasco, finishing the game charged with 11 hits and seven runs in 5 1/3 frames.


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That's true. The deposit of $600 was due early June, and they kept sending registration and new student material up until yesterday. BUT at least they're doing something about it now?Good luck to all those waitlisted! I'm still waiting on my first choice... So I definitely know how it feels!
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Motorists may not realize they are passing a 3.5-acre wildlife habitat as they travel through Horse Shoe on U.S. Highway 64.
HORSE SHOE — Motorists may not realize they are passing a 3.5-acre wildlife habitat as they travel through Horse Shoe on U.S. Highway 64.
Dave Anness and his wife, Sandra, have owned Dancing Waters Water Wonderlands & Fantasy Gardens for six years. The National Wildlife Federation allows people to certify their property as a wildlife habitat in commercial and residential areas if the property provides four basic habitat elements needed for wildlife to thrive — food, water, cover and a place to raise young.
Dave Anness, a 73-year-old retired chef, has been clearing the property in hopes of opening it up for the public to enjoy.
"It was a dream that came to me," he said. "I want this to be something the community can enjoy."
He has used imagination and inspiration to create nature trails and plans to add meditation gardens, a labyrinth to honor fallen soldiers, ponds, sitting areas and more.
"This is an ideal place for people to enjoy nature," he said about the wildlife habitat, which was certified by the NWF about three years ago.
In the meantime, customers have the opportunity to visit Dancing Waters for their water feature needs. Dancing Waters, at 4016 Brevard Road outside Hendersonville, offers pond maintenance and supplies, water treatment, water plants, fish and more.
Dave Anness said he loves what he's doing. He cleared most of the property's thick foliage with a machete and in the first year, discovered a hidden treasure near the banks of Battle Creek — the passenger compartment of an old yellow school bus with a license plate from 1957.
"I don't know where it came from, but I just store stuff in it now," he said, adding that he would like to turn the relic into a feature on the property.
"I just love the outdoors," Dave Anness said as he pulled away some of the brush to peek into the bus.
He's delighted to restore the area despite financial and natural setbacks on the floodplain.
"It has been a lot of work," he said. "There are other people who have done a lot more, but we are really proud of what we have here."
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We've heard a few rumors about the HTC Zara, and now another has surfaced, giving us more specs for the mysterious device. The newest info is that the device will feature a 4.5-inch display with a qHD resolution, a dual core 1.4GHz processor (maybe a Snapdragon 400?), 1GB of RAM, an Ultrapixel camera, a 1.6MP front facing camera, and 8GB of storage with a microSD slot to augment it. It also says that the device will ship with Android 4.2.2 with Sense 5. Previous rumors claimed it will be made out of plastic instead of the metal construction of the One and One mini.
It seems that HTC is going back on their philosophy of making less devices. I understand the purpose of the One mini, but why create this Zara? It looks to be slightly larger, with a worse display resolution, and similar specs. It won't even be a phone destined for some low end market: it's rumored to come to Sprint here in the US. Why is this device at all necessary when the One mini exists?
Is HTC going back to their habit of making too many worthless phones? Is this just the HTC One SV to last year's One S? I don't like where this is going, but I want to know what you think of HTC releasing another phone eerily similar to one that has already been announced.


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Neutrons used to study model vascular systems
In what may be the first use of neutron scattering to study complex bio-medical systems under dynamic conditions, Los Alamos researchers and collaborators mimicked blood flow by engineering a layer of human endothelial cells (the cells that cover the inner surface of blood vessels) and subjecting them to shear stress. Simultaneously, the team used neutrons at the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center's Surface Profile Analysis Reflectometer (SPEAR) to understand changes in the cell's properties. The technique, which relies on neutron reflectometry to reveal the behavior and composition of the cells, provides a new means to explore conditions that affect human vascular health. The American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology has published the research.
Significance of the research
Because the vascular system is under constant fluid mechanical stress as a fluid conduction system, mechanical forces influence endothelial cell function and response. The endothelial cells are key in controlling the resistance of blood flow in arteries and veins, as well as blood coagulation. These cells are involved at nearly every level of vascular function as well as pathology. For example, endothelial cells and fluid mechanical shear stress are involved in atherosclerosis, a pathologic buildup of lipids in arterial walls that causes hundreds of thousands of deaths each year from heart attacks and strokes.
Most studies in endothelial mechano-biology have focused on single cells and even single molecules and protein complexes. However, the collective behavior of the monolayer of cells has been less well explored. It is clear that endothelial cells make strong lateral connections between each other and that these connections change as a function of mechanical stress.
In this work, the team examined the structure and composition of the boundary layer between the endothelial cells and the supporting substrate. The thickness of such a layer — its composition (protein rich vs. fluid rich) and how its composition and structure changes as a function of shear stress — has never been explored. By shining a beam of neutrons on the monolayer of cells and measuring the reflected radiation, the researchers revealed these long-awaited details.
The research measured living tissue adhesion strength under dynamic conditions. The study is the first to provide a direct measure of endothelial monolayer adhesion under physiologic shear stress conditions. The strength of neutron reflectometry is its non-perturbative nature and ability to probe large surface areas with nanometer resolution. Using endothelial monolayers, the team showed that physical models of soft-adhesion could describe large-scale tissue adhesion, which broadens their scope of application far beyond the single cell realm.
Research achievements
The team made neutron reflectometry measurements at 25 oC and 37 oC (physiologic temperature) of endothelial cells growing on quartz. At 25 oC, most active biology is suppressed, and the endothelial monolayer responds as a soft matter physical system. However, at physiologic temperature, the full richness of cell biology is available to the system. Shear stress causes major redistribution of proteins involved in cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion. Even on the relatively short biologic time scales (four hours) relevant to the time scale of the neutron experiments, the scientists observed cell-cell and focal adhesions on endothelial cells. This localization of adhesion proteins may promote linkage between the internal framework of the cell and extracellular matrix, forming enhanced adhesion zones. The researchers concluded that shear stress at 37 oC causes localization of specific proteins, which may alter the adhesion potential in favor of overall increased adhesion.
The research team
The scientific team included Ann Junghans and Jaroslaw Majewski of the Los Alamos LANSCE Lujan Center (LANSCE-LC), Luka Pocivavsek of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Noureddine Zebda and Konstantin Birukov of the University of Chicago. Mary Jo Waltman of Bioenergy and Biome Sciences (B-11) helped in preparing monolayers of endothelial cells. This work benefited from the use of the SPEAR at the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, funded by DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences. The research supports the Lab's Global Security mission area and Science.


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Sunday, August 15, 2010
This will probably be old news to New Yorkers, but I moved out of the city before this was created and never managed to see it on my visits home.
Bill Brand used the principles of a zootrope and the existence of an abandoned subway station (one which trains pass at full speed) to create the above animation. Here are some older news reports on the creation of the work.
Toronto has a subway and there are stretches where this kind of thing could be done. However, I think it would be more interesting to do it outside the elevators of the CN Tower. How great would it be to see animation on clear plastic (cels!) of somebody falling and opening a parachute as you descend back to ground level? Or something totally surreal as people in rocking chairs or rowing boats in the sky, as Dorothy sees out her window during the tornado in The Wizard of Oz?
In any case, my hat is off to Bill Brand for finding this use for animation and for livening up the commute to work.
(link via 37signals.)
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- Galen Fott said...
I lived in Brooklyn in the early 90s and remember looking out the subway window in stunned disbelief the first time I saw this! Apparently that was after the first restoration of the Masstransiscope, and another restoration has just occurred. It is an amazing and imaginative use of animation, I'm glad to hear it's back in operation.
- August 16, 2010 9:02 AM
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- August 16, 2010 10:11 AM
- Molasses said...
Edit: Made a writing goof. Too bad simple edits aren't allowed.
Weeeeiirrd. I was at Chester Sta. yesterday trying to remember Bill's name. Remember thinking this was the coolest thing when it came out. With the explosion of street artists surprised more animated stuff hasn't popped up.
You should do the CN Tower installation Mark! That's a great idea!
I think something like the Dorothy vision would be interesting. Perhaps, it could be fairly transparent too so that there's a "did you see that!?" type wonder at the end of the ride?
- August 16, 2010 1:43 PM
When the Montreal subway opened for Expo '67, they had a stroboscopic ad for Players cigarettes in at least one of the tunnels (the pack would open and a cigarette would come out as the train moved down the track), so it has been used in at least one Canadian subway system.
The current irony of the Masstransiscope in NYC is the gentrification of the DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge) area is that the people above ground there would probably want to exchange the exhibit for some station entrances and turnstiles, since there are a lot more residents in the area now then when it was closed back in the 1950s (but there are several other abandoned stations in the system that could host stroboscopic art just as well).
- August 21, 2010 12:34 PM


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W. Bruce Erickson, who had served as a professor in the Department of Strategic Management and Organization at the Carlson School for nearly 40 years, died Sunday, June 3. He was 74 years old.
Professor Erickson, an expert in antitrust economics and venture capital, received his PhD in economics from Michigan State University, where he also earned his master's. He joined the faculty of the Carlson School in 1966 and was twice chair of the Department of Strategic Management and Organization. He was named Teacher of the Year in 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, and 1994 and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the National Association of Accountants in 1987. He was actively engaged in the Twin Cities venture capital community and a leader of the school's entrepreneurship teaching and research activities that led to the formation of the school's Entrepreneurship Research Center. He taught internationally at the University of Warsaw School of Economics. Loving travel, he had visited 125 countries throughout his life.
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