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Author Notes: Being the only human in my house these days has changed the way I cook. I have simplified my meals while not conceding flavor and texture. I have a thing for poached organic eggs, soft-leafed lettuce and all the bits of the duck (blame Kate Hill for the duck fetish). My ideal comfort food for one on a week night dinner is the the recipe below. I have a friend who has begun making beef jerky. Graciously he bowed to my recent request for duck jerky out of 2 duck breasts I provided (reserving the skin for later use). What he produced was a wonder - hand rubbed with Kate Hill's recipe of traditional Gascon spice rub from her book "A culinary journey in Gascony", p99 plus his added touch of 1/4 teaspoon of dried pepper flakes. I merely took some that I had frozen and whizzed them in the small food processor. Voila canard jerky crumbles. —krusher
Serves: 1
organic egg, room temperature
cup extra virgin olive oil
tablespoons sherry vinegar, Spanish is preferred
teaspoon Dijon mustard
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
cups soft-leafed lettuce leaves
tablespoons duck jerky crumbles (recipe now posted)
cup duck crackling
- POACHING THE EGG - fill saucepan with water to at least 3 inches depth and bring to the boil. While that is happening, crack the egg and gently pour into a small shallow bowl or cup. When the water boils turn off the heat source. Promptly slide the egg gently into the water and put the lid on the saucepan immediately. Leave for 3 minutes or until you see that the white have solidified. This is a foolproof method I learned from Bill Granger, an Australian chef now living in England.
- MAKING THE SALAD DRESSING - combine in a small jar the extra virgin olive oil, sherry vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt and freshly ground pepper and give it a good shake. Taste and adjust ingredients to your taste. Some might like more acidity and would want to add a few more drops of sherry for example.
- PREPARING THE LETTUCE - wash and dry the salad leaves. Add a small amount of dressing and mix gently by hand as the lettuce leaves will bruise easily.
- ASSEMBLING THE SALAD - (1) - sprinkle the leaves with the duck jerky crumbles and light roll through in one motion. Place the salad leaves on the serving plate.
- ASSEMBLING THE SALAD - (2) - gently lower the just warm poached egg on top. Sprinkle the duck crackling over the salad. ENJOY!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish with Meat as a Flavoring
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Steve Hughes is a Principal Consultant at Magenic. His area of expertise is in data and business intelligence architecture on the Microsoft SQL Server platform. He was also the data architect for a SaaS company which delivered a transportation management solution for fleets across the United States. Steve has co-authored two books and delivered more than 30 presentations on SQL Server and data architecture over the past six years. He also provides insights from the field on his blog at http://dataonwheels.wordpress.com.
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Fox News Op-Ed Says Women's Nature Is To Be Dominated By Men
I beg your pardon! Where do you get your information? It certainly doesn't come out of population studies. Yes, there are
independent, active, aggressive, domineering men and there are also
dependent, passive, subordinate, acquiescent men; just as there are
dependent, passive, subordinate, acquiescent women and there are also
independent, active, aggressive, domineering women.
Sex-role stereotypes and clinical judgments of mental health.
Broverman IK, Broverman DM, Clarkson FE, Rosenkrantz PS, Vogel SR.
J Consult Clin Psychol. 1970 Feb;34(1):1-7.
Gender roles are as delusional as those who place labels on men and women.
Some women have a natural inclination to enjoy babies and children, others loath everything about them.
Some men have a natural inclination to enjoy babies and children, others loath everything about them.
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Sometimes, Joan, all you have to do is look at who is making the statement. Mostly it's going to be a man, probably representing more men, projecting the stereotypical male mindset, originally endorsed by any number of holy books. Oh, there may be women in there, too - women who have drunk the Kool-Aid, who have been raised from birth, immersed with the same propaganda which the link at the top of your piece refers to.
Personally, I see feminism as being on roughly equal footing with the GLBT movement and ours. Not a one of them or us want "special" rights; what we want are EQUAL RIGHTS, to conduct ourselves and our lives as we see fit, free from pigeonholing, stereotyping, and artificial expectations, too often superimposed by people with their own agendas.
Powerfully stated. True to the core.
I would like to re-educate aggressive "real men" by strapping them to chairs, giving them a little LSD, wiring their eyes open a la Clockwork Orange, and forcing them thusly to watch the movie, Ma Vie en Rose. It is the tale of a small boy who knows he is a she and embarks on a journey of self-realization, defying enormous and, for most folks, crippling odds just in her struggle to BE. At the end, when every eye in the screening room is wet, let them go back to their dominant alpha male world and see if they do not change their opinions. I think they would. But as I am a non-violent person who believes in Leary's First Law, I would never do such a thing.
The sad fact, James, is that there are men out there who are so immersed and suffused with the male myth that they cannot conceive of a man being anything other than a man. They have no means nor empathy to consider such concepts as gender dysphoria. They are likely as bad as the theistic True Believers we are up against. Pardon me for being so pessimistic, but I doubt even the lysergic acid would make a difference, other than to freak them out.
Maybe I'm fulla beans ... but I don't think you can force that kind of change.
A lack of empathy is a trait of psychopaths. Like any human condition, there are varying degrees of this disorder. The less affected may come away a changed person with more understanding and compassion, but the more severely affected will not be emotionally swayed at all. I just leaned, from a recent TED talk, that functioning psychopaths of varying degrees are actually quite more common in our society than previously thought.
And Leary's First Law is?
According to Mark Frauenfelder, Timothy Leary's First Law of the Molecular Age,
"Timothy Leary's First Law of the Molecular Age: "Thou shall not alter the consciousness of thy fellow man.")"
Is this what you mean?
Two commandments for the Molecular age.
"We now have two commandments for the molecular age. The scientist must be prevented from experimenting on the brains of other people.
"Thou shalt not alter the consciousness of they fellow man."
"Thou shalt not prevent thy fellow man from altering his own consciousness."
I am badly undereducated; I don't watch movies; don't like movies; much prefer books and usually on natural science. My own choices limit my education opportunities.
I don't watch Faux News unless someone directs me to an article that might interest me. It usually ends up making so peeved I have to write a rant in response. I suppose, when I get to be a really old lady, I will laugh at their foolishness.
I agree with you, "What's so scary is that so many people believe it IS real news and watch it. UGH"
Suzanne Venker is a niece of none other than Phyllis Schlafly - so you know how brainwashed she is. From St. Louis' Riverfront Times: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2012/12/suzanne_venker_th...
She didn't drop far from the tree.
"Dropped on her head" is more like it.
No I don't want to be dominated by men. They lie.
And Fox news op ed folks natures is to have their heads up their as*es.
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The Golden Girls (and Boys): What It's Really Like to Grow Older With HIV/AIDS, Part 1
September 19, 2012
Since the invention of protease inhibitors in the late '90s, HIV has morphed from a death sentence into a chronic manageable disease. That shift means that more and more people living with HIV are going to see their golden years. That's an amazing development, yet aging in the HIV-positive population is a very complicated topic. It presents a plethora of issues and challenges that include stigma and isolation; the physical aging that comes with age and HIV; the responsibility among doctors to improve the quality of life of their patients; and the importance of seniors being empowered.
While we currently have up a roundtable conversation with experts in HIV and aging discussing these issues, we at TheBody.com firmly believe that it's just as important to include the voices of those who actually are aging and living with HIV.
So, with that being said, we invited four people over 50 who are living with HIV to sit down and talk to each other about their lives, the challenges they face and the successes they have achieved over the years. Rusti Miller-Hill, one of TheBody.com's bloggers and co-chair of the Positive Women's Network, New York City Chapter, moderates this conversation with: Tommy Chesbro, 51; Sherri Lewis, 58; and Robert Vazquez-Pacheco, 56.
Rusti Miller-Hill: I want to start off by asking you to introduce yourselves, and to say when you were diagnosed and did you think you were at risk at the time?
Tommy Chesbro: I was diagnosed in June of 1986, but looking back and knowing that I had [acute] retroviral syndrome, I know that me and my partner were infected in the fall of 1985. I really did not think that I was at-risk. I had just started hearing about AIDS maybe a few years before, but we only heard about it being in large coastal cities.
At the time, I was living in Oklahoma City and didn't know of anybody who was infected, and just simply thought it wasn't something that I needed to be worried about.
Rusti Miller-Hill: Sherri, can you share your experience?
Sherri Lewis: I was diagnosed on May 15, 1987. I was probably last at risk in 1985. So I was probably infected then. I was perfectly healthy. I went for a test because I was getting married, and I thought I should just get a clean bill of health. I was shocked because I was healthy and in those years, as my fellow panelists know, if you weren't sick, you were healthy. The people that I knew at that point that had AIDS obviously were dying. And so it totally surprised me, although I knew I had a history that could have been risky.
Rusti Miller-Hill: So you didn't think you were at risk at all?
Sherri Lewis: I thought there was a possibility. I wouldn't have gotten tested if there weren't. I was a recovering addict. I had a bisexual boyfriend in the '80s. But it was a few years: '85. By '87, I was tested. So I thought, maybe I lucked out because I was healthy. But I wasn't.
Rusti Miller-Hill: Robert?
Robert Vazquez-Pacheco: My partner was diagnosed with KS [Kaposi's sarcoma] in September of 1981. When we went to the doctor, obviously, they had no tests. So I didn't know whether I was infected or not, actually. And at that point in time I didn't care, because the priority was taking care of my partner -- he was very sick.
He died in '86. Then in '87, finally, I thought, "All right. Well, now it's probably time for me to get tested to see whether or not I was positive." But I had already done the math and had realized that I had probably been infected, not possibly through Jeff, but somewhere in around February of 1981.
I had the classic flu that people had that wasn't the flu. So I could have been infected then. So, strangely enough, I can say now that I've been positive for the majority of my life.
Rusti Miller-Hill: For myself, I was diagnosed in 1991. At the time, I was trying to seek entrance into a treatment facility -- I had an addiction to crack cocaine -- and part of their eligibility criteria was to go and be tested with the Department of Health. I didn't think that I was at risk at all, although I was engaging in high-risk behaviors: unprotected sex. For some reason, I just didn't think I was at risk. I wasn't an IV drug user; so I really didn't think that they were talking about me. They were talking about other people, but not specifically addressing me as that person. So I guess I never thought that I could be at risk.
So you take that information and then you try to empower yourself and educate yourself. But for those of us who were diagnosed before the HAART [highly active antiretroviral therapy] era ...
Robert Vazquez-Pacheco: In the dinosaur age.
Rusti Miller-Hill: Yeah, I think we all lived in that era.
Robert Vazquez-Pacheco: I was infected by Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Rusti Miller-Hill: Yeah, right? Did you ever think that you would live this long to see the coming of drugs that would really sustain and provide increased quality of living, to the point where HIV has now become a chronic, manageable disease?
Sherri Lewis: I was terrified. I wasn't sure I was going to be here long enough to see medication, no. But I had hope and I really lived in that 24-hour period; I had a program of recovery from alcohol and drugs, which helped me to cope with the 24-hour period -- and not look into the future. Because whenever I looked into the future, there was none. All I saw was wasting and death and a short life.
We all knew what the facts were, but I fought them. And I just lived, in that 24-hour period, to witness the miracles that we've all witnessed at this stage. We're just getting older and living with HIV. And, for myself, I'm healthier than I was back in 1987. I never have been ill. So, the hope worked. It was a good treatment plan.
Robert Vazquez-Pacheco: I never thought that I would reach 40, but I never thought I would reach 40 for other reasons -- not for HIV. I thought that just for the way I was living and the amount of drugs that I was doing, and just sort of the crazy lifestyle that I was leading in my late 20s and early 30s. I was surprised that I would make it to 40.
And HIV was never a big worry for me. I've never been a person that has worried about mortality at all, so I just didn't worry about it. I thought there were too many other things to do. Once Jeff died, I joined up with ACT UP and Gran Fury. I started doing all this AIDS activism stuff. And I really didn't give thought to that fact; as long as I was healthy enough to keep doing something, then I thought I was fine.
I actually didn't start medication until the mid-'90s, anyway. But, no, it didn't occur to me.
Sherri Lewis: That's also a key to survival: You didn't take medication until the '90s.
Robert Vazquez-Pacheco: Oh, yeah. I was not going to take AZT [Retrovir, zidovudine].
Sherri Lewis: No. See? That's a key factor.
Rusti Miller-Hill: Yeah.
Sherri Lewis: Yeah, it is.
Rusti Miller-Hill: Well, mortality was always an issue for me. I became a mom at 15 and was diagnosed when my daughter was 16 years old. And so it was a real issue, because in the early '90s, everyone was dying. There was no reprieve. There was no tomorrow, for lack of a better word.
And so the fear was that mortality was always an issue. I remember my daughter asking my health care provider at the time, "Can I make plans with my mom?" And I remember her saying to her, "No. I advise you to enjoy each day as much as you can."
So I took AZT. That was the first medication available, and I was a part of that toxic scene, holding onto whatever hope there was.
So, in the beginning, no, I didn't. But as time went on, like you, Sherri, I got a program in my life that allowed me to have hope and understand that there was more to this journey we call life, and that there was something greater than myself. I understood that, as long as I surrendered, there would be an opportunity to live, and to live differently. I think that helped a whole lot.
But I guess we all shared the idea, at some point, of what mortality meant -- means -- to us individually, and then collectively as a community.
Tommy Chesbro: I was diagnosed, obviously, before HAART -- actually, before even AZT was available. And after I found out, I didn't think that I would live to this age, for sure. I didn't know how long I would live. I felt like my life would be cut short.
One of the reasons was, what even spurred me to get tested was, a coworker of mine was diagnosed on a Wednesday, and died on Friday. It happened so fast. And then once I found out about myself and started meeting other people with the disease and got into a support group, people just kept dying. I was seeing it all around. I was just sort of waiting for the other shoe to fall. Fortunately, I was staying healthy.
At some point, I sort of made peace with the fact that my life was going to be cut short. And what became really important to me was that I wanted my life to mean something. So I started really working on HIV activism, and started getting really involved in the community, in prevention and care; and started speaking publicly about the disease, about living with the disease.
I did start taking AZT in December of '92 and, of course, I became resistant to that. I took ddI [Videx, didanosine], and became resistant to that. I took d4T [Zerit, stavudine], and became resistant to that. I took Sustiva [efavirenz, Stocrin], and was resistant to that before I ever even started any combination therapy.
I didn't start a protease inhibitor until '99 when I did actually start to have a decline in my CD4 cells, and had a year of being pretty sick. Although I didn't get an AIDS diagnosis, I was pretty ill for about a year. So, like many of us, I thought that my life was going to be cut short.
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I visit sites by typing them in google because I'm too lazy to move my mouse accurately to the address bar.Some sites that is, but yes, I don't have the look for the log in at least
About a third of the members here do. I rather hope that they'd all find Elliquiy still if something hijacked the top link just because we made it to the news somehow >_>
Well, surprisingly Elliquiy is one of the few sites I don't use google for. I just type E in the address bar. (Mostly because I usually end up typing things like elluiquy and never manage to get it right)
I use bookmarks. I find it much easier and faster that way.
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Using the sim Reckless Racing 2, a red and a silver MG F roadster, and the skills of remote control engineer James Brighton, Sony have shown off their new Xperia phone in a most elaborate way: by allowing people to drive the cars with their phones.
The two MG's were set up by Brighton so that gamers could control them by playing the racing sim on their phone screens. On a dirt track at a former military base, Reckless Racing 2's creator Martin Noriander raced the fabulously named technology journalist Hunter Skipworth.
It's something you've seen in action movies before, but it's quite another thing to see it done for real, with off-the-shelf tech.


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It's time to thank three major sponsors of our area events! Whether it's the Pioneer Center for Human Services, the Raue Center for the Arts, or small local events, have you noticed the consistent giving of three major benefactors?
It seems to always be the Northwest Herald, Sage Products, and RFP Photography. I realize there are others (such as Centegra Health System, Home State Bank, INTREN, etc.) but lately the Northwest Herald, Sage and RFP Photography are everywhere, and as a resident of Crystal Lake, I just want to say thank you for your generous support!
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Workshop 7: Responding to Writing: Peer to Peer
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Jack Wilde employs an intentional approach to teaching his fifth-grade students to respond to each other's writing. His practice includes using reader's/writer's notebooks to respond to literature, modeling response during class read-alouds, using his own writing to model response, having the whole class respond to pieces of student writing, setting up adult-mentored conference groups, and pairing the students into independent response partnerships. By November—the time his class was videotaped—Jack's students are comfortable with peer conferences. However, Jack is still using all the strategies listed above to help his students learn to respond more effectively and independently.
Workshop 7 features extensive classroom footage of four of these strategies—Jack using his own writing as a response model, a whole class response to a student's piece, an example of a response group comprised of four students and facilitated by Jack, and a peer conference featuring two students. Additionally, Jack offers insight into his methods of teaching peer conferencing and the process his students use in each conference.
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According to some people there was a MAJOR Tantrum inside the Big Brother house on night of July 7thWonder if Jesse was involved!??! lol
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A situation or conversation suddenly (and usually unexpectedly) taking a turn for the worse (in a bad way), when at first it was going fine.
I guess I should've expected things to go left in couples therapy today after I told my wife that I got my side bitch pregnant.
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to speak your mind with much anger or to speak with excessive amounts of rage.
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the act of discovering what a new facebook friend used to look like by clicking the left arrow on their most recently tagged photo to browse/stalk their oldest tagged photos. often produces interesting results.
Go left on Barry. You'll never believe it, he used to be buff...what a shame.
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How much online advertising is too much?
That's one of the questions before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it finalizes regulations to let companies to raise money from investors through crowdfunding.
The advertising regulations are one of a slew of issues the SEC must address in order to implement the federal Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which includes a provision that will allow startups to raise money by selling shares to investors through websites known as funding portals.
The JOBS Act, signed by President Barack Obama in April, attempts to adapt the popular idea of Internet crowdfunding to the sophisticated business of selling securities.
The SEC's rules are eagerly awaited by some high-tech and financial startups in the Bay Area, which would be able to sell shares without restrictions enacted over the years to protect naïve investors from throwing their money away.
Currently, crowdfunding websites are limited to rewards-based models like Kickstarter, where people can donate money in exchange for goods. An individual soliciting donations to support the production of a documentary, for example, might give free copies of the finished product to investors.
Under the new model, companies can register with the SEC as funding portals without having to be a licensed broker-dealer. Broker-dealers are heavily regulated firms that are authorized to sell securities to investors and to give what the SEC considers investment advice.
Equity-based crowdfunding would allow companies to bypass broker-dealers and sell shares to investors who do not meet the $200,000 annual income or $1 million net worth thresholds required under federal law to become an "accredited investor."
"We think there's a great opportunity to reach a wider crowd," said Rory Eakin, co-founder of CircleUp, a San Francisco-based startup that raises funds for companies through a partnership with an established broker-dealer. Rather than wait until the rules are finalized, Eakin said the company is in the process of registering as a broker-dealer itself.
One important issue the SEC faces as it drafts the crowdfunding regulations is how the funding portals will be allowed to solicit investments.
Generally, only broker-dealers are allowed to give what the SEC broadly defines as "investment advice," a caveat included in the Investment Company Act of 1940 to protect investors. But if a funding portal sends out advertisements to average investors notifying them of a new investment opportunity, there is concern that it could constitute giving advice, said Freeman White, co-founder and CEO of the technology company Launcht, which helps set up funding portals.
White, who is also a member of the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates, was one of a handful of private industry executives who met with SEC regulators in Washington this month to discuss limits on advertising and soliciting investors. The meeting was the latest in a half-dozen between the group and the SEC, which recently closed the public comment period on its proposed rule changes.
"A portal might send around newsletters that say, 'You should check this out,' " White said. "The concern is that the public will connote that with investment advice. So we're trying to work out what constitutes advice and how far is too far."
The issue has the attention of many Bay Area startups looking to use the crowdfunding model to fund specific industries, such as CircleUp, which focuses exclusively on retail companies.
In these cases, the question is whether soliciting potential investors with two or three cash-strapped startups constitutes advice because of the limited scope of the offers.
The fear, said David Blass, chief counsel and associate director of the SEC's Trading and Markets Division, is that portals will cherry-pick specific investment opportunities while ignoring others that could be in the best interest of investors. By narrowing the field of investments, Blass said an offer could be taken as giving advice to invest in a particular company or niche industry.
The JOBS Act also prohibits portals from using personal information to target ads to investors. If an investor searched a portal for a specific company, for example, it would be illegal for that website to target advertisements for similar companies based on the search terms. The practice is common for online shopping websites like Amazon.
The SEC has until the end of the year to roll out the final regulations, but many in the industry say it isn't likely to happen until next year.
Some expect the SEC to give crowdfunding portals very little leeway in advertising investment opportunities. Sherwood Neiss, who helped come up with the crowdfunding proposal eventually included in the JOBS Act, said he expects the SEC to restrict advertising to generic notices.
"It's going to be limited," said Neiss, co-founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors, a consulting firm with offices in San Francisco that has lobbied the SEC on the regulations. "It won't say anything about return on investment or how much you're trying to raise."
"They don't want people pumping up deals," he said.
But the excitement over crowdfunding has some worried that the model will open the door for investor fraud.
The SEC says it is watching for companies already selling to unaccredited investors, but will not say if any have been caught yet. Neiss said he notified the SEC of at least two portals that he thought were operating illegally but declined to name the companies.
Another concern for startups considering crowdfunding as a way to raise capital is that they can be held liable in shareholder lawsuits if fraudulent offers are
Marc Fagel, regional director of the SEC's San Francisco office, warned a roomful of people at an investor fraud summit this month in Walnut Creek to be wary of potential scams.
"Whenever somebody is talking about new regulations," Fagel said, "people are going to use that for fraud."
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I just spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Victory Field with my lovely wife and daughter enjoying a sunny day of baseball and a few good beers. Sitting on the outfield grass I couldn't help but feel blessed that the beer gods had smiled enough on me that local brewers like Oaken Barrel, Sun King and Upland would be represented at the ballpark in addition to great brews from Bell's, Sierra Nevada and New Belgium. Truly, I was blessed to have such choices.
But why can't every ballpark, stadium or concert venue have such choices? It's a question I am often asked about and a situation I sometimes despair over.
Why can't there be great craft beers at venues like Verizon Wireless, Conseco Fieldhouse or Lucas Oil Stadium?
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text: Using the instant portentousness of the Scala And Kolacny Brothers choir—capable of making any pop song unsettling even if it's not The Police's already-creepy stalking ode "Every Breath You Take"—the dialogue-free trailer for Homeland's second season relies heavily on mood and feeling. To elaborate: Everyone's in a shitty mood and feeling their feelings, expressed here with lots of weeping, sighing, and screaming at the sky. Claire Danes' Carrie seems to be recovering from last season's total mental breakdown with a nice, relaxing undercover mission to Iraq. Damian Lewis' Brody, meanwhile, isn't sleeping or kissing his wife well, possibly because he's still trying to kill some people. And poor Mandy Patinkin looks like just wants to take a nap, but there's so much somber walkie-talkie-ing to do. Could somebody please recut this to Young MC's "Bust A Move" so it at least sounds like they're having a good time? See how much more fun it would be?


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As a part to get the staff in shape and encourage better health, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department begins its annual battle of the bulge.
Four teams have joined the Battle of the Badges to see who can lose the most weight over the next 10 weeks. The official weigh-in took place Thursday.
Last year, Eli Celnik lost more than 100 pounds, while Pearl Cruz lost 52.
All 45 competitors will be a winner in the long run. Many are like Sgt. Annadennise Briz, a resident of Diamond Bar.
"I'm tired of the extra weight, I haven't weighed this much since I was pregnant with my last child," the 47-year-old admitted.
Briz works in the County Services Bureau in downtown Los Angeles. She is a hostage negotiator.
"I helped with the man who threatened to jump off the overpass in East L.A., closing the freeway for hours," Briz said.
Despite her high-stress job, Briz agrees "it's just laziness, it's so easy to grab something quick to eat rather than make something healthy."
Briz wants to lose 40 pounds. The 5-foot-2 sergeant weighs 179 pounds.
"I think 140 would be an ideal weight for me," Briz said.
She'll join her brothers and sisters in the department as they shed unwanted pounds. They'll follow the Lindora weight loss program to lose 10 percent of their body weight in 10 weeks.
The program includes diet, moderate exercise and motivational tools. The cost is being paid for by the Lean For Life Foundation, Lindora's nonprofit group that promotes obesity research.
"One of our hopes in establishing Battle of the Badges was to create healthy heroes out of our participants," said Lindora CEO Cynthia Stamper Graff, whose new book "The New Lean For Life" was given to all the participants.
"My three daughters are so fit and they want me to live a healthier lifestyle," Briz said. "I've already started jogging three miles with a friend three or four times a week. I also want to join a gym in Diamond Bar."
The busy sheriff's deputy hopes it will help with her cholesterol.
"My doctor put me on medication for high cholesterol and told me to lose some weight," Briz explained. "With a proper diet, I hope this will help control my cholesterol and prevent heart disease."
The hostage negotiator will join several other employees from the area.
• Denise Escobedo-Fuchs, 46, is a detective from Chino Hills. The mother of five is concerned about the health implications of her weight and plans to lose 38 pounds.
"I have high blood pressure and I'm afraid of developing diabetes," she said. "Losing weight will also ease my worries about having a heart attack."
• Grant Miller of Chino Hills is a 49-year-old crime analyst. He wants to lose 100 pounds. Grant had a "minor heart scare" earlier this year. He also has sleep apnea and arthritis in his knee.
Grant realizes he "must get my weight under control or have major problems down the road."
• Law Enforcement Technician Jessica Shobert, 36, of La Verne plans to drop 40 pounds. The 36-year-old gained weight after a traffic accident. She is "highly motivated" to become healthier and serve as a positive role model for her three sons.
• Veronica Flores wants to lose 98 pounds. The 30-year-old cashiering services representative lives in Ontario.
"I'm tired of excuses," Flores said. "I'm tired of being afraid. I'm tired of chiropractic care and pain medication. I'm ready to walk without back pain, to be not afraid of what my doctor will tell me about a blood test, and feeling comfortable in whatever clothes I wear because I know what is beneath them."
• Lois Hand is a 67-year-old Law Enforcement Technician. The Upland resident hopes to shed 40 pounds.
An orthopedic surgeon said her excess weight is straining her hip implants, which will have to be replaced sooner if she doesn't get her weight under control.
Hand also wants to ride the bumper cars at Disneyland again. Last time, she "got stuck in the car and had to be helped out by strangers, while my granddaughter looked on in horror."
• Felicia Jeans, 47, lives in Upland. The senior typist clerk wants to lose 140 pounds. In addition to stabilizing her blood pressure, the weight loss will give her more energy.
"I have never been married," she said, "and I feel my weight has kept me from living life the way I want to live. I want to be married and travel the world with my husband. I also love fashion and would love to be able to buy the kind of clothes I really want to wear, instead of what fits."


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A woman in her late 20s ended an evening of car appreciation at a Boston-area Ferrari dealership with car destruction when she attempted to do a little showing off in her yellow Corvette and a mistimed burnout left both the driver and the car upside down and in pieces.
The accident occurred Saturday night outside Maserati/Ferrari of New England just as the dealership was closing up for the night.
"She came out of the furthest entrance and did step on it a bit, like everyone does when they drive by the place," Sales Manager Rich Geremia told Jalopnik. "[She] downshifted and got sideways and nicked a curb and got airborne and flipped upside down, she thankfully didn't hurt anyone."
A report from WCVB-TV Boston describes the unidentified young woman as a race car driver who was out seeking a faster car.
A witness told NewsCenter 5 that the woman in the Corvette races cars for a living and had stopped at a Chevrolet dealership looking for a faster car. The lot apparently didn't have one so she went to test drive a Ferrari at a nearby dealership.
The witnesses said something happened at the Ferrari dealership which spurred the woman to peel out and then crash a short distance away.
It's a remarkable story, but according to Geremia it's "complete BS."
He describes the woman and her friend as "very nice girls" and car enthusiasts who stop by a couple of times a year to look at the new cars, but who never ask to test drive anything and never described themselves as being anything like race car drivers.
"She just comes in with her friend at the end of they day and are pretty respectful of our time," said Geremia. "She's a nice girl and made a mistake."
Geremia witnessed the crash and says neither the girl nor her passenger were air-lifted to a hospital and, though shaken up, both appeared to be in decent shape given the severity of the crash.
It appears no Ferraris were harmed in this incident. There's still that other thing with Ferraris that happened this weekend, though.


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One of the things in the ER is that we do the same thing over and over, and what is routine to us is very abnormal to patients. Certain things predictably draw comments from patients, and as a result, there are some conversations I seem to have over and over again. One predictable one goes like this:
The setting: seeing a normal, healthy female patient between the age of 20-40, for an acute complaint such as chest pain. As part of the physical exam, I need to look at the lower legs, shins and calves, to evaluate for edema or signs of a blood clot. I lift the sheet and if necessary pull up the hem of the pants legs to expose the skin.
Patient: Oh my God, I'm so embarassed. I didn't shave today!
Me: (reassuring tone) Don't worry about it, I'm just checking for fluid retention.
Patient: (increasingly mortified) I just never thought you would need to go there...
Me: It's OK, I'm not easily offended.
Patient: Oh, no, I'm so embarassed.
Me: (firmly) Listen, honey, this is the ER. 'Round here, if you've bathed at all in the last week you're ahead of the crowd. You really don't need to be embarassed.
It never fails to elicit a laugh, and to defuse the tension. But it's also true -- it seems that the hygenic standard for ER patients is ... somewhat lower than in my social circles. Sadly, I also have basically the same conversation doing pelvic exams.
06 December 2007
Low Standards
One of the things in the ER is that we do the same thing over and over, and what is routine to us is very abnormal to patients. Certain things predictably draw comments from patients, and as a result, there are some conversations I seem to have over and over again. One predictable one goes like this:
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You mean women are embarassed about not having had a brazilian wax done before going to the ER?ReplyDelete
That is sad.
- Anonymous12/06/2007 10:10 AM
as a woman ED doc, I never get that comment about unshaved legs.
- House Whisperer12/06/2007 10:31 AM
I have that conversation twice a week. And this one:ReplyDelete
"Doc, I really can't stand needles. I mean, I hate needles."
I used to do the ol' "Well, that's normal and we'd think you a little strange if you really liked them." But I've gotten so tired of this conversation that it's all I can do to just smile and say, "Is that so?"
I don't think I would call them "honey" :)ReplyDelete
- labrat12/06/2007 1:53 PM
classic. you got my first chuckle of the day.ReplyDelete
Haha, nice!ReplyDelete
I had a 23-year-old woman in the GYN area c/o pelvic pain and bleeding. One of our residents (male) came in to examine her while I chaperoned. He explained that he was going to do a pelvic exam, and she said, "Can't SHE do it?" (referring to me.) We told her no, and the MD asked if she would prefer a female doctor. She said yes, and he went out to find a colleague.ReplyDelete
The girl turned to me after he was out of the room and said, "He's so CUTE! I can't have him looking at me down there while I'm bleeding!"
- ChloeB1/19/2008 12:16 AM
My grandmother (78yrs) had the same thing happen to her in the ER when she had a 'funny turn' (she has LBBB).ReplyDelete
She told the (young male) doctor she was so embarrased, she hadn't shaved her legs in a week and a half. He replied that it was quite alright, neither had he!
It was the perfect answer and managed to raise a smile, despite how dreadful she was feeling at the time.


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The dog got me up again last night. You see, I live in the country, and in the country especially during the night time hours, we have different critters roaming about. There is a large population of coyotes in our area, and they going about howling and making all kinds of noises late at night and often until the wee hours of the morning.
Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho … hour after hour …. Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho (Why don't you go chase a rabbit!)Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho-barkie-barkie (Well yo mama was Lassie!)
They will bay loudly at the moon and then go "Howwwwwwwie … which in coyote language means … All Dogs suck!" And then you have on the other hand, a similar population of non-roving dogs who respond with ….. Ooooooooooooooooo-Ahrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooo-Howwwwwwwwwie … which in dog language means …. Coyote's are stupid and they suck!"
Bark-bark.ARRRWHoooooooooooo ….. (why don't you get a real job, like fetching your masters' paper!) Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho (It's cold out here, when is it gonna be summertime?) …
Hour after hour … back n forth.
In the meantime, I walk around the house, like some kind of underworld sleep deprived zombie, bouncing off walls and mumbling incoherently about …. where is my shotgun? Asking myself … Why are all these people posting pictures of their cats with bread on their head? Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho (Why don't you find a sick cow and sit underneath it) Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho-barkie-barkie (You are so stupid you would eat cat food!)
I suppose the coyotes just like rubbing it in, they get to come and go as they please, but the dogs, they are tied to their dog houses and the little kibble-N-bits dishes and water-bowls. All dressed out in their flea and tick collars and shiny ID tags around their necks. Dogs who sit in a pile of old rubber chew toys, with the squeakers removed, are far more secure and do not howl all that much. It is these lousy flea-bags who lie around all day long sleeping, giving all the rest of the respectable house-dogs a bad name.
So each night, I am not all that sure, which side starts it first, the symphony of the prairie begins anew. Around the time the local news ends, our sonata of the plains' country begins, usually around 10:30PM or about the time non-roving country living humans go to bed.
Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho … (Why don't you go dig up a bone!) Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho (Why don't you go coon a creek!) Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho-barkie-barkie (Well you would even fetch a green ribbon at a decent dog show!)
The bright-yellow Harvest moon breaks the eastern horizon, and quickly heads for the night time zenith in the sky ….
Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho … (Why don't you go chase a car!) Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooobie-who (A much younger bark I note and it sez … What is a car?)
And my all time favorite, Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho … (Why don't you go chase the mailman!) Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho (Yo are so stoooopid you cannot catch a Road Runner.)
So much for moving from the city to enjoy the peace and quiet of country living. Now if you watched the video provided and heard the painful mornful sound, you can possibly relate to a similar experience in your life.
Now go back up, to the video, replay it … Listen carefully to the intense mournful sound of the wolf and close your eyes and think back, see if you can realte to the sound that feeling …. move slowly backwards in time, ah, there it is, April 15th last year ….. Ahroooooooooooo, bark-bark, Aroooooooooowho
(And yes, Jon, you are right, I need to get out more)


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The UCLA Bruins, most of them, will depart Wednesday afternoon on a trip each of them will remember for the rest of his life. It will not be precisely the memorable adventure that had been planned for them, however.
Freshman sensation Shabazz Muhammad will not be going along to China as the NCAA examines his eligibility to compete in Division I basketball. As Muhammad is expected to be the driving force of the Bruins' attack, as he appears to be the sort of transformational talent who could reanimate a program that last season was dormant, the Far East trip will be much less rewarding than it might have been.
The Bruins also have gone through the majority of their pre-tour practices without freshman center Tony Parker, who practiced once and then tweaked a hamstring that has kept him inactive since. It is not out of the question Parker could play in China, but it seems unlikely because, as coach Ben Howland said, "a hamstring is a tenuous injury."
Howland still looks forward eagerly to the next couple weeks. This trip ultimately will not be exactly what it was designed to be, a chance for the Bruins to get a headstart on building a formula that will return them to the NCAA Tournament, but it still is a trip to China.
Howland's mother was born in China, the daughter of missionaries working there at the time, so the place holds a special meaning for him. He has been to Hong Kong and Taipei, but never to the land where his mother spent the first 13 years of her life.
And there has been some ability to assess the Bruins' progress as a basketball team. Some of the news has been great, some good, some disappointing, but gaining answers now gives the coaches a couple of extra months to address those issues that have developed.
Howland gave Sporting News a glimpse of what he has seen in the pre-trip practices:
• The point guard situation. Howland has been adamant in his support of North Carolina transfer Larry Drew, who struggled in a season-and-a-half as the Tar Heels' starter. His record as the team's point guard of record: 32-22. The Heels' record since: 49-9.
This is why Howland said, "Larry's got something to prove. He's got a lot of doubters out there after the way things went." But Howland has been pleased with what he has seen, enough so that instead of installing 6-8 McDonald's All-American Kyle Anderson at the point, he has been playing the two together in the same lineups.
"It's really fun to watch," Howland said." They're two guys that can pass, that like to pass, and can really see the floor. Offensively, those two guys together are going to do well when they're in."
• Pace. Howland wants this Bruins team to run at every opportunity, makes and misses, to take full advantage of Muhammad's extraordinary athleticism and energy.
"That's priority No. 1," Howland said. "When we have everybody healthy, and hopefully Shabazz is with us …"
• The Wear twins. Also transfers from Carolina, the Wears combined to average 21.7 points and 12.2 rebounds as sophomores. Travis is 6-10, 220 pounds. David is 6-10, 225. They drew some criticism for struggling defensively and for the similarity of their skills, although David is a better perimeter shooter and Travis is more comfortable inside.
Howland said they "have improved a lot from last season to now." He described how in a recent practice Travis "made a big-time post shot to win a game, with Josh Smith all over him, basically fouling him – he was able to play through the contact and score in the post, which he wasn't able to do a year ago."
Howland expects significant improvement from the twins because they've worked so hard to progress. "Those two kids are such a pleasure. They do everything absolutely right, on-and-off the court. They're always on time. They're committed in everything they do, form practice to lifting to doing yoga – it's a 365-day commitment for them."
• Perimeter shooting. One player who has stood out in practices is 6-5 Jordan Adams, a freshman from Oak Hill Academy. Adams is not an elite athlete and will benefit from college-level training, but he has impressed Howland with his jumper.
"An absolute great shooter," Howland called him. "Gosh, can he stroke it. If he's open, it's in. He's the best knockdown shooter we've had here since Michael Roll, and I'm saying that right now as a freshman."
Howland also has been pleased with 6-3 sophomore Norman Powell, who averaged 4.6 points and made 26 3-pointers last season. "He's a kid that has got the athletic ability that, at this high-major level, you want to see a player have. His skill level is really improving."
• Joshua Smith's weight issues. Smith's struggle to properly condition himself to play persistently has undermined his progress as a player. Howland said Smith is "the same."
Smith had told reporters in July he lost 15 pounds since the close of last season, which was intended as an illustration of the progress he'd made and widely was presented as such. Given the amount of weight he needed to drop and that he'd been shedding fewer than 3 pounds per month, it was apparent he was not heading in the proper direction.
"I'm disappointed where he's at, that he's not further along with his conditioning," Howland said. "That's just being honest, being truthful."
• Muhammad's situation. UCLA isn't really permitted to speak on the subject. The NCAA is checking into the circumstances of some unofficial visits he reportedly made.
He did not practice because the NCAA allows a window of 40 days for an athlete to continue practicing while his situation is under review; that clock would have started in August if Muhammad had gone through the pre-China practices.
"He went through a couple of the earlier skill workouts that we were allowed to do, and that was very exciting," Howland said. "You could see the motor, aggressiveness.
"The bottom line is I'm sad and disappointed for him that he's not able to go on this trip. Yet we're cooperating with everything we can with the NCAA and the ongoing investigation, as are he and his family. And we're confident it'll work out."


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Tom Glavine knows you were disappointed, but New York Mets fans should let it go. All those seven runs he gave up won't get off the board.
Glavine didn't make it out of the first in the season finale, when the Mets completed a historic collapse in which they blew a seven-game lead with 17 to play. Even now, that seems incomprehensible.
"I still get people hating on me on Twitter and everywhere else over that game,'' Glavine told reporters yesterday in New York following the announcement of being elected to the Hall of Fame. "Like I've said to people, for what was an otherwise lot of fun for five years, that was not the way I wanted to end things here. I wish people could get past that a little bit and look at the other good things that I did, but I understand that there's still some anger from some people out there.''
Perhaps the real anger from many Mets fans was his answer to the question of whether he was devastated.
"Devastation is for things in life that are much more important than this,'' Glavine said. "I'm certainly disappointed.''
Intellectually, he's correct. But, logic gets thrown out the window when your team is eliminated on the final day.
As I've written the past several days, Glavine was a good signing by the Mets. He always took the ball and he produced. A few more runs would have been nice for him.
PARNELL CLEARED: Closer Bobby Parnell has been cleared for baseball activities following his Sept. 10 surgery for a herniated disk in his neck.
However, being cleared does not mean he will be ready to start the season.
Parnell will report to Port St. Lucie next week.
The following non-roster players have been invited to spring training:
Right-handed pitchers: Chasen Bradford, Joel Carreno, John Church, Jeremy Hefner, Rafael Montero, Miguel Socolovich, Noah Syndergaard, Cory Mazzoni and Logan Verrett.
Left-handed pitchers: Adam Kolarek and Jack Leathersich.
Catchers: Taylor Teagarden and Kevin Plawecki.
Infielders: Brandon Allen, Anthony Seratelli and Danny Muno.
Outfielders: Dustin Lawley, Cory Vaughn and Brandon Nimmo.


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Secondhand Smoke Causes Heart Disease and Lung Cancer in Adults
The longer you are around secondhand smoke, the more likely it is to hurt you.
Nonsmokers who breathe smoke at home or at work are more likely to become sick and die from heart disease and lung cancer. Studies show that secondhand smoke may cause other serious diseases, too.
Secondhand smoke is bad for your heart.
Breathing secondhand smoke makes the platelets in your blood behave like those of a regular smoker. Even a short time in a smoky room causes your blood platelets to stick together. Secondhand smoke also damages the lining of your blood vessels. In your heart, these bad changes can cause a deadly heart attack.
Secondhand smoke changes how your heart, blood, and blood vessels work in many ways. Adults who breathe five hours of secondhand smoke daily have higher bad cholesterol that clogs arteries.
People who have heart disease should be very careful not to go where they will be around secondhand smoke.
The bottom line is that breathing secondhand smoke makes it more likely that you will get heart disease, have a heart attack, and die early.
Secondhand smoke hurts your lungs.
Secondhand smoke includes many chemicals that are dangerous for your lungs. Secondhand smoke is especially dangerous for young children and adults with heart and lung disease.
Secondhand smoke causes lung cancer.
Secondhand tobacco smoke contains the same cancer-causing chemicals that smokers inhale.
Secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in adults who do not smoke. Breathing in secondhand smoke in any indoor spaces, such as at home, at work, in restaurants, bars, and clubs, increases your chances of getting lung cancer by 20 percent to 30 percent.
Secondhand smoke causes other breathing problems.
Secondhand smoke affects how well your lungs work, especially if you already have asthma or other breathing problems. Being around smoke makes you more congested and cough more.
Secondhand smoke also irritates your skin, eyes, nose, and throat. If you have allergies or a history of breathing problems, secondhand smoke can make you even sicker.
Secondhand smoke may cause disease in other parts of your body.
We know that smoking causes many forms of cancer. Scientists believe even a little tobacco smoke is dangerous. Scientists also believe secondhand smoke may cause other diseases throughout your body. They are doing studies on possible links to stroke, breast cancer, nasal sinus cancer, and chronic lung problems in children and adults.
Information contained in this article has been taken directly from The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. Secondhand Smoke: What it Means to You. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. June 27, 2006.
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Goodshirt have been keeping busy since their return late last year, with a new video for 'So Charming', the first single from their EP 'Skinny Mirror' and a nationwide tour planned in the coming months.
The music video for 'So Charming' was created by award-winning director Helena Brooks and Flying Fish. Helena's recent short film 'Nothing Special' won the Best Short Film at Cinema des Antipodes, and received a nomination for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. You can view the So Charming video here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yhQbru93Qc).
Goodshirt's 'Skinny Mirror' is the first new music from the band since 2004's 'Fiji Baby'. Recorded over summer while the band found their feet again with their first live shows in 6 years, Skinny Mirror is 'pretty flipping great.' (cheeseontoast, May 2012). The EP is available (along with the bands back catalogue) digitally on iTunes and bandcamp, while a collectors edition Skinny Mirror CD is available now from all good record stores.
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Bruins aim to sweep top-seeded Pens
The Boston Bruins will try to complete a sweep of the top- seeded Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night, when they host Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals from TD Garden.
The Penguins came into this best-of-seven series as favorites, but are down three games to none to the fourth-seeded Bruins. Boston won Games 1 and 2 in Pittsburgh by a combined 9-1 margin before taking a classic double-overtime battle in Wednesday's home contest.
Pittsburgh is now faced with the daunting task of becoming just the fourth team in NHL history to come back from down 3-0 to win a series. Only the 1942, Toronto Maple Leafs, the 1975 New York Islanders and 2010 Philadelphia Flyers have won series after falling into the dreaded 0-3 hole.
Of course, the Flyers' comeback three years ago was against the Bruins in the conference semifinals, but Boston went on to win a Stanley Cup in 2011.
"What's at stake for our future is a chance to play Game 5," Pens head coach Dan Bylsma said on Thursday. "Tomorrow is an elimination game for our team. We have one game. We have 60 minutes. Win one game and move on to the next day."
After getting thoroughly outplayed in the first two games at home, Pittsburgh turned in a strong performance in Game 3, only to lost the contest in the closing minutes of the second OT.
Patrice Bergeron's redirection with 4:41 remaining in double overtime sent the Bruins to a 2-1 victory and pushed Pittsburgh to the brink of elimination.
Jaromir Jagr won a battle along the left-wing boards in the neutral zone against Evgeni Malkin and fed ahead to Brad Marchand, who waited until Bergeron had a step on Pens defenseman Brooks Orpik before dishing across for the game-winning tip.
"We found a way, I guess. That's the only way you've got to look at it," said Bergeron. "It wasn't necessarily our best effort in the first 60 (minutes), but I thought we re-grouped well in overtime and we had some really good chances in the first overtime. We kept battling and said that we have to find a way somehow. We did in the second overtime."
David Krejci, who leads all NHLers in goals (9) and points (21) this postseason, scored early in regulation for the Bruins, who can advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in three seasons with a win tonight.
Tuukka Rask was solid once again, stopping a playoff-high 53 shots in the win for Boston, which improved to 6-2 as the home team in these playoffs. Pittsburgh is now 3-3 as the visiting team in the 2013 postseason.
Chris Kunitz tallied in the second period for the Penguins, who are one loss away from being dumped from the postseason by the Bruins for the first time since 1980. Boston was also the last team to sweep Pittsburgh out of the playoffs, taking four straight in the quarterfinal round in 1979.
Tomas Vokoun acquitted himself well in defeat, making 38 saves, two days after being pulled from a 6-1 loss which saw him give up three goals on 12 shots in less than one period.
"The whole game we felt really comfortable with our play," said Penguins captain Sidney Crosby. "We felt like it was just a matter of time before we were going to get it. Unfortunately we didn't, they hung around and got one at the end."
Boston did receive a bit of bad news in Game 3, as forward Gregory Campbell suffered a broken right fibula while blocking a shot and will miss the remainder of the playoffs.
Campbell was hurt during the second period Wednesday when he slid to block a slap shot from Malkin during a power play. He limped through the remainder of his shift before heading to the locker room and did not return.
In 15 games this postseason, Campbell posted three goals and four assists. He has been a key component on Boston's penalty kill and part of Boston's highly effective fourth line.
If the Penguins win on Friday, Game 5 of this series will be played Sunday evening in Pittsburgh.


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here from Ireland and Germany in the 19th century.
|John McFarland & Annie (Kelley) McFarland
my great grandfather in Edinburgh Scotland on 16May1879 and shortly after they came
to America and settled in Boston. She had 17 children, 10 of whom survived to adulthood.
Anna died 15Feb 1945 at Boston, Ma. at age 86.
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in Cambridge, Massachusetts to German immigrant parents. She married Edward J.
White on 27Nov 1895 in Boston, Ma. and had 9 children.
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14th of John & Annie's 17 children. She was known as "Aggie" in the family.
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Finally, our Mom, Anne M. (White) West. She was born 7Jul 1927 at Boston, Ma and
married our Dad on 29Jun 1947, also at Boston. To her McFarland cousins she was
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It is with great sadness that we announce the closure of this store. We have tried to maintain a presence in the town for as long as we can but it is unfortunately no longer viable. We would like to say thank you to all of our customers and to wish you all the very best in your future musical endeavours. Your nearest stores are Chester & Manchester.
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Despite its slightly quaint appearance, Altrincham boasts a lively music scene. Well, this is where the Stone Roses' legendary guitarist John Squire took his first musical steps, after all.... Dawsons Music store in Altrincham has been serving the needs of these local musicians for many years, from learners, to those that have been playing for some time, to teachers, and seasoned pros.
Guitar Shop
The Altrincham Guitar Shop is simply the guitar store to visit in Altrincham. The shop is stocked with a broad selection of guitars, so wherever you are on your musical journey, we've got a guitar for you. With a range of guitars for the beginner to the pro, amps for bass, electric or electro-acoustic guitarists and a wide range of effects pedals, Dawsons Altrincham really is the 'one-stop' musicians shop.
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Altrincham has a strong heritage of pianists and our piano store offers an excellent range of acoustic and digital pianos. For those starting to learn, we have the latest Yamaha keyboards at affordable prices plus a range of digital pianos with additional features. For the more experienced pianists, we have a selection of stage pianos and digital pianos from all the leading manufacturers including Roland, Yamaha and Kawai.
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The Altrincham shop has a complimentary offering of digital equipment for those looking to do some home recording, whether this be the basics such as headphones and microphones or mixers, controllers and interfaces. In addition, we have the latest DJ gear from the leading DJ suppliers, including Pioneer, Numark and Native Instruments.
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We have a good range of acoustic and digital drum kits, along with a selection of percussion instruments from around the world. Digital drum kits are from Roland, Alesis and Yamaha and are available for the beginner through to the more experienced drummers.
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Aside from the superb range of stock, and excellent teaching facilities, the expert team at Altrincham are always on hand, happy to provide advice, and share their wealth of knowledge and experience, whether you are just starting to play, are looking to upgrade, or are just in need of some help and don't know where to start. Situated just a few hundred yards from the train & metro station, for all your musical needs, contact Dawsons Altrincham at:
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People are strange (that's a good title – someone should write a song using it) and sometimes it's all about how you pitch things. If I produced this for my family and said "ta da! Look at this delicious date and walnut cake" I'd get the following range of responses: "I don't eat dates", "I don't like walnuts", etc etc. However, producing a "Toffee and nut cake" is met with joyful anticipation.
What stops this being a sticky toffee pudding cake (not that there's anything wrong with that – I loved the one I made) is the spice mix that also goes into the batter. It adds a bit of heat to the flavour which works well with the sweetness of the dates.
This rich dark cake is quite divine – it has crunchy nuts and that sticky, deep toffee-ness that only dates can add. The white icing calms it down and I would recommend using it. You can make it with lemon juice to add a tart contrast but you know my view regarding lemons.
I'll admit that this cake uses a lot of ingredients but mostly they're store cupboard staple items for a keen baker. The method could not be simpler – or quicker - so please don't be scared off by the sheer number of ingredients!
One quick comment on the glace icing...it's made with single cream rather than water. This produces one of the softest, most flavoursome and gorgeous icings ever – and I don't give such praise easily. It reminded me very much of a cake from my childhood; Entemann's used to make a traybake style carrot cake and the white icing was exactly like this. The only note of caution is that because it is made with fresh cream it won't last as long as a more traditional glace icing.
For the cake:
175g dates, stoned and chopped (I find this easiest if you snip them with scissors rather than a knife)
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
225ml boiling water
25g unsalted butter
1 egg
150g soft dark brown sugar
225g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons mixed spice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
75g ground almonds
75g walnuts, chopped
For the icing:
110g icing sugar
10g unsalted butter, melted
1 tablespoon single cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice (you can use water or more single cream instead, if you wish)
Optional decoration: approx 10 walnut halves
- Preheat the oven to 180˚C/fan oven 160˚C/350˚F/Gas mark 4.
- Line a 20cm springform round tin with baking paper.
- Start by preparing the dates: place the chopped dates in a bowl and pour the boiling water over them.
- Add the bicarbonate of soda and the butter and stir until the butter has melted. Leave to one side to cool.
- Beat the egg and sugar together until well mixed.
- Add the cooled date mixture and all the remaining cake ingredients.
- Stir well to ensure the ingredients are combined thoroughly.
- Spoon into the prepared tin; don't worry, the mix will be lumpy and rather unattractive.
- Bake for approximately 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Leave in the tin for 20 minutes before turning out and leaving to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Now make the icing: mix together all the ingredients until you have a glossy, thick yet still spreadable icing. You may need to add a little extra liquid to achieve this. You're aiming for something thin enough to spread and run, but not so runny that you lose it all down the sides of the cake.
- Pour the icing over the cake and allow to run down the sides a little.
- After a few minutes, place the walnut halves on top of the cake. If you do this when the icing is at its runniest they may slide off the top!
- Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have made.
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The National Weather Service says severe thunderstorms are likely across our area later today.Severe storms with damaging winds, heavy rains, and hail, and possibly isolated tornadoes are likely this afternoon into the evening hours. A moderate risk for severe thunderstorms is in place.
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Be careful what gods we serve
As a religious leader, I would like to affirm Lynn Hoffman's recent commentary about the dangers of what he called "religious thinking." ["Joe Pa and the dangers of religious thinking," July19]
Mr. Hoffman surmised that whenever an idea gets so big that it allows people to hurt others, then it has become a kind of harmful god or religion. He is right on.
The reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546) wrote that "to have a god is nothing else than to trust and believe in that one with your whole heart." Success can be a god. Money can be a god. Institutions (whether football programs, financial systems, nations or churches) can become gods.
The point is not to avoid having ultimate concerns. The question is rather which gods will we serve? As the Bob Dylan song says, "You gotta serve somebody." Who or what is that ultimate concern going to be?
At our best, Christians follow the way of the loving God we meet in Jesus Christ. People of other faiths (including Islam) also dedicate themselves to love, mercy and truth in the name of God. In any of these religious traditions, hurting others is a clear sign that a false god has appeared.
Because questions of ultimate concern are so powerful and potentially dangerous, we need to be aware of their role in our lives. While we value freedom in this country, we also expect personal and group responsibility for what we believe and how we act. In light of child abuse scandals, financial scandals, and the social problems we face everyday, I thank Mr. Hoffman for reminding us that we are indeed accountable for what we believe and do.
Rev. Dr. Martin Lohrmann
Christ Ascension Lutheran Church
Chestnut Hill
SCHA: We will plant trees
On behalf of the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy community, I would like to thank all who have taken the time to inquire about the work we are undertaking throughout our campus during Phase I of our Campus Master Plan. The interest from those outside our school community has shown what an important place our campus green space is to our neighborhood.
The intent of this work is to enhance the school's green spaces and outdoor athletic facilities, to connect our 62-acre campus with walkways and paths that make moving between buildings and athletic fields easy and safe, and to install a water-management system that benefits the entire neighborhood and the Wissahickon Watershed. We are working closely with the Friends of the Wissahickon, Philadelphia Water Department, Horticultural Society, Chestnut Hill Historical Society, and Chestnut Hill Community Association on many aspects of our plans.
I would like to take this opportunity to address questions we have received regarding the trees removed as part of this green space renovation. This fall we will be planting more than 100 16- to 20-foot trees, all indigenous species, throughout the campus to replace the 24 mature trees that had to be removed along Willow Grove Avenue and Cherokee Street during construction. We have raised more than $250,000 for this purpose alone.
We hope you will join us this fall in enjoying the new plantings, trees, walkways, and fields that will enhance not only our school but, we hope, the community as well. We have every interest and intention in making this refurbished green space a lovely, natural environment that complements our community and educational endeavors.
Dr. Priscilla G. Sands
President, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Thanks for Lovett coverage
Thank you for Sue Ann Rybak's article about the ongoing planning process for the grounds at Lovett Memorial Library. I have three comments.
As the neighbor who researched/wrote Lovett's history for its centennial in 1985, updated for a presentation in 2010, I would like to add the historical note that the grounds were provided by Charlotte Lovett Bostwick, who erected and endowed the library, to be held in trust for library expansion as long as the library is maintained on that property. That trust is currently held by the City of Philadelphia, which already once expanded the library in 1959.
As a past president of the Friends of Lovett Memorial Library, the Mt. Airy Business Association and the West Mt. Airy Neighbors, I have listened attentively to public discussions about these plans, and the main discordant note I have heard is the concern on the part of long-time volunteers that years of their work to maintain and improve the library's grounds may be ignored in the planning process.
Finally, as a neighborhood historian, what I would most like to see first would be an archaeological dig in this piece of apparently never-built-upon ground. It has been the site of militia drilling in the early 1800s, of a victory garden during WWI, of Arbor Day tree planting in the 1920s when there was a kindergarten at Lovett, of much ball playing before the creation of the Mt. Airy Playground and who knows what else. I have often wondered just what objects that could add to our appreciation for Mt.Airy life in earlier times might have been dropped and become buried there.
David T. Moore
Mt. Airy
Fed up with hypocrisy
Are there any other citizens of this country who are fed up with the hypocrisy that has grown and expanded over the last several years? It's everywhere and no one seems to care about getting back to basic principles of justice and fairness.
Our Supreme Court has allowed the rich and corporate elite to smother the opinions and the rights of free speech of our citizens, allowing that very right to be monopolized by the few.
The same court disallows the regulation of guns by communities, while citizens are wounded and killed at a rate similar to military war zones, on the basis of individual self-protection.
We have candidates for office who can afford or are provided with extensive health insurance, yet any effective approach to supply similar care for fellow citizens is thought to be something we can't afford.
Salaried persons in this country can't hide their earnings for tax purposes, yet the rich few (often vocally patriotic) hide their earnings in accounts in the Cayman Islands and in other foreign banks and investment institutions to avoid taxation.
States that provided quality education and incentives to expand the world of technology, find that the wealth that individuals gained from this opportunity is being hidden in out-of-state headquarters to avoid home state taxation.
The very government founded by the likes of Washington, Hamilton and Madison, who sought to strengthen the central control of the economy that was chaotic when states previously had that power, now is being attacked by the very organizations that caused these economic problems in order to avoid a fair amount of regulation.
Why is President Reagan such a political hero, while President Lyndon Johnson, who did the most for the middle class and the poor by creating Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, National Foundations of the Arts and Science, and Public Broadcasting, is forgotten?
It causes one to lose faith in organized religion when we see religious leaders using issues which have little effect on war, violence, poverty, justice, health care, issues which have a greater foundation in the scriptures than on the issues they devise. Are you tired of the phony patriotism by some in our country when it's not their children who fight the wars but the children of those whose income is not as secure. They are the young adults who seek to expand their economic security by serving in the military, either full or part-time.
I could go on, the hypocrisy in this country is much greater than just the issues raised in this letter.
Philip E. McGovern
A different view of Nuns on the Bus
After reading Maryanne Kane's article about her experience of attending the "Nuns on the Bus" presentation held on June 29 at Chestnut Hill College ["Nuns on the Bus," July 12], I felt the need to respond by sharing another perspective. I was deeply moved by the tremendous energy of the 600 or so in attendance and by the dedication of the Sisters who shared their experiences.
Two of the presenters shared their concerns about the Ryan budget based on their current work with those on the margins of our society. Sister Judy Oliver, SSJ who is the manager of a Senior Housing HUD project was especially passionate in her plea not to have HUD funds cut but rather increased so more Seniors could be helped.
Hearing from the Sisters traveling throughout the country rallied the spirit of the audience to become involved. The Sister who has served as a lobbyist in Washington for many years begged us to take the time to communicate with our Congressional representatives on behalf of social justice issues. Even though Paul Ralph has indicaated the Churches and Outreach Groups can take up the slack if the funds for the poor are cut, we were assured this is not possible. These groups can only work in partnership with the Government.
To learn about the group responsible for this project and for more information about the Ryan Budget and other soical justice issues, I suggest anyone interested should visit Network's web site at www.networklobby.org
Vera Green, SSJ


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