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Joined: 11 Nov 1993
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:55 pm
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I knew that Boggs! I got it off Drudge. It is a good metaphor though, Don'tcha know.
Let's face the facts though. Why isn't he meeting with Netanyahu?
Q2, which party is going to get us off the crack pipe of free printed money to juice the economy? In my opinion neither. I desperately wish we had a 3rd choice.
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:50 pm
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stevenbard wrote:
which party is going to get us off the crack pipe of free printed money to juice the economy?
The "Aftershock" guys show why that ship sailed decades ago, that printing play money is now the only way, and a very temporary way at that, to delay the inevitable global crash.
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:12 pm
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isobars has been hyping "Aftershock" for some time now, so I did a little looking around to find out a bit more about it. I found the following review, which offers an opinion.
By John J. Robinson
"If you would like to visit the author's website, hire them to financially advise you, or simply buy their friend's books, then you'll have plenty of opportunities during this read. Shameless plugs and weblinks are littered throughout so many of these pages you'll probably catch yourself laughing in spite of it all.
And seriously, I have never encountered a more pretentious self-congratulatory pat-themselves-on-the-back-and-then-do-it-again group of authors in my life. Ever. It's tolerable at first, annoying next, unbelievable, and finally comical. Is it entertaining? Oh ok, you'll finally be entertained by their level of arrogance... but probably because you suspect these guys (and gal) don't even realize it.
Their message is simple and never approaches the more erudite levels of their contemporaries. They even complain about their failure at publishing in peer reviewed journals at one point. More sour grapes appear when they devote a huge section of the book (probably about 35%) to attacking practically every economist in the known world. At least they explicitly reveal to the reader exactly where each economist makes their mistake and how they should proceed down the path of redemption. Hell, they even take on the entire SCIENCE of economics at one point.
It's a fun read though and I enjoyed it. It's a serious topic and these guys are probably pretty damn close to predicting what will happen in the next few years despite their sophomoric approach. Go ahead and buy it if you are interested, but in case the Aftershock has already left you penniless, here's the summary:
The U.S. will hit their credit limit when foreign entities quit buying our T-bills. The Fed will continue to buy bonds to manipulate the market, massive inflation will occur, so you better have stocked up on gold because nothing else will protect you."
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:09 pm
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They have been predicting the end of days for 6000 years. However, there are many reasons to think that the day of reckoning is close at hand. Redistribution is the final gasp of a government without answers. Rather than promote growing the economy, they promote taking from others. Here is an interesting video/article.
The question, do you bet with Buffett, or with Soros? One says buy gold, the other not.
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:53 pm
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I have to ask Bard, do you think that that guy in Nevada that died with 7 million dollars in horded gold lived a good life?
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:12 pm
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swchandler wrote:
I have to ask Bard, do you think that that guy in Nevada that died with 7 million dollars in horded gold lived a good life?
That wasn't my point, however who am I to judge? The point is, the stock market hasn't moved in 10 years, however the value of his gold has gone up 4 times.
With all the foolish spending, printing and borrowing that our government engages in, many people have put their savings into gold. Gold is only a rational investment when governments fail their people.
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Location: Berkeley, California
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:48 pm
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With the release of election loser Paul Ryan's budget, and the hysterical comment by Bard immediately above, it is time to revive this topic. I started a much older topic asking people what they would actually cut to try to get people thinking about both the technical and political difficulties of cutting the debt. But Ryan's in-your-face approach, and the op ed piece by Paul Krugman make the topic not merely current, but vital. Krugman's piece can be found here:
and conservatives have pushed the Ryan response even higher in Google. Nothing so important as talking points when an issue is complicated.
The gist of Krugman's piece is that a huge amount of the deficit involved the collapse of tax revenues and the Federal governments Keynsian response. Both correct, and you can support or criticize deficit spending. Krugman goes on to make another point which can be fact checked--the deficit has dropped from a peak of $1.9 trillion in 2009 to about $845 bllion this year.
Krugman's next arguments are certain to be controversial--first that continued recovery of employment will drop the deficit to $423 billion, and that an ongoing deficit of about $460 billion is sustainable as long as the economy is growing faster than the debt. Interesting points. In support of his view, he points out that we never paid off the World War II debt, and our debt doubled in the 30 years following the war.
I am not completely convinced that a deficit of $460 billion is sustainable, and I see both Medicare costs and Social Security costs as having the potential to push the deficit higher in the long term. But if the debt crisis isn't so good as Krugman would have it, neither is it as bad as Ryan would have it. So what is going on?
In doubt, follow the money. I read a very interesting article by Lisa Graves, former deputy assisant attorney general and now Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy. They are the publishers of "ALEC exposed", Sourcewatch, and PR Watch. The big money whipping up budget hysteria comes from the head of lobbying effort known as "Campaign to Fix the Debt." The key figure behind that effort is Peter G Peterson, who made his billions by founding the private equity firm Blackstone Group. Blackstone Group participates in hedge-fund type activities, notably purchasing Travelport, a travel reservation conglomeration, loading it with $4.3 billion in new debt and then plucking $1.7 billion out for payments to shareholders and Blackstone. Guess what ensued? Travelport fired 81 workers. Peterson was also involved in the housing bubble, Blackstone owned the Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, which invested in subprime mortgage debt. By the time it went belly-up, Peterson had sold most of his shares in an IPO that netted Blacktone $4 billion. Bush's man at the SEC, Chris Cox (Republican from Newport Beach) ignored warnings that the IPO had problems.
Then there is David Cote, another CEO (of Honeywell) active in Fix the Debt. Honeywell has a negative average tax rate, and is underfunding its pension fund by $2.8 billion. Let's not forget former Tennssee govenor Phil Bredsen, who has said publicly that their goal is to create an "artificial crisis" in order to spur Congress to action.
Of course he is now working as a lobbyist.
None of this suggests that the question of debt is not a serious matter for debate. But it does suggest that there is an endless supply of charlatans feeding around the edges. Some of them--Bowles and Simpson--have cashed in and gone to work for Fix the Debt. Others are involved in hedge funds and are trying to maintain favorable tax treatment, or avoid regulation. Still others see billions to be made privatizing Social Security, or maintaining the drug companies insulation from using the Federal budget to drive drug prices down to more reasonable levels.
The chief hypocrite in all this, in my opinion, remains Paul Ryan. Remember, he is the scion of a family that made its fortune on--gasp--government contracts for road building. How many do you suppose were of the no-bid variety? Ryan's first budget, once he got the deficit reduction "religion", was of course unbalanced--because it provided more tax reductions for the 1%.
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:46 pm
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Obama says he has no interest in balancing the budget.
Murray's latest Dem budget openly increases spending, taxes, and the debt.
Ryan claims his budget balances the budget within 10 years with no new taxes (and the left's primary objections to it are lies).
Wake up.
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:47 am
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stevenbard wrote:
The question, do you bet with Buffett, or with Soros? One says buy gold, the other not.
And both are dumping millions of shares of stock.
Some of the books I'm reading discuss why Buffett is not big on gold: his mantra --
"invest only in what you understand to the levels I do"
-- does not apply to ordinary people, not even to ordinarily savvy investors or advisers. (Meanwhile, his fund continues to underperform the S&P.)
However, two other very astute and wealthy fiscal gurus also advise against gold and other precious metals. Both Ben Stein and Ken Fisher dismiss it as just another commodity, unworthy of special attention, as whimsical as oil, and subject to decades of doldrums. The world's most acclaimed commodity guru, Jim Rogers, says just the opposite.
Ya pays yer money and rolls the dice. I'm rolling some tomorrow.
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:11 am
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Cyprus has proposed a law that would confiscate 10% out of every bank account worth over $100,000. Of course there is chaos, and would validate the purchase of gold. I have not recommended gold because there are many other ways to take shelter from misbehaving government.
Interesting, that in return, Cyprus is going to guarantee this confiscation by giving the victims shares in new natural gas drilling in the country. Seems that when pushed to bankruptcy, governments will have to rape the environment to pay for their folly. Why not just create jobs by drilling now?
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Two great releases are going to be shown on screens in the coming days, the new adaptation of the cult novel The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet…) and Stoker, the American debut of a very interesting filmmaker from Korea, Park Chan-wook who has great success the last decade with the ultraviolent film Old Boy. There are two superb British classics in CBA: Brief Encounter and Saturday night and Sunday morning, a must!
RELEASE! Stoker (2013) by Park Chan-wook
Critics are divided analyzing Park Chan-wook's debut in Hollywood. Korean director has had to soften his extreme style (that use to be very bloody) for American audiences and the result looks like a Hitchcock film. Starring Nicole Kidman and Mia Masikowska (the last Jane Eyre), this is the best option if you like thriller movies.
Stoker [Stoker, 2013]-Directed by Park Chan-wook
Screenplay: Wentworth Miller
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Mia Masikowska, Matthew Goode, Jackie Weaver
Genre: Thriller
Nationality: USA
Length: 98 min.
Synopsis: After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.IMDb
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Rolling Stone has written: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/stoker-20130228
RELEASE! The Great Gatsby (2013) by Baz Luhrmann
At last (this film was announced for 2012) we can enjoy the Baz Luhrmann's return. There is always controversy with his releases, his personal style can be very excessive and baroque but this is something negative or positive, it depends of the spectator. It is not easy to adapt this American literature classic written in 20s but excessive as it is there are a plenty of fans of his films.
The Great Gatsby [El gran Gatsby, 2013]-Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Screenplay: Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce (Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Macguire, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher
Genre: Drama | Romance
Nationality: Australia
Length: 143 min.
Synopsis: A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor.IMDb
Theatrical Trailer (VOSE):
The Hollywood Reporter has written: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/great-gatsby/review/451988?utm_source=feedly
BASIC CLASSICS! Brief encounter (1945) by David Lean
David Lean is a safe. This is one of the most important films in his incredible career because he has a great success with this passionate love story. A curiosity: after this release, David Lean could roll the two Dicken's adaptations of his filmography: Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948). Then came the most popular films as The bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) or Doctor Zhivago (1965). So excellent a director!
Cine Estudio Círculo de Bellas Artes
Calle Marqués de Riera 2, Metro: Banco de España
Tickets 5,5 € [4 Reduced]
On Thursday 9th 5.00pm; On Friday 10th 5.00 pm; On Sunday 12th 10.00 pm.
Brief encounter [Breve encuentro, 1945]-Directed by David Lean
Screenplay: Noël Coward, David Lean, Anthony Havelock Allan
Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey
Genre: Drama | Romance
Nationality: United Kingdom
Length: 85 min.
Synopsis: Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.IMDb
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Top 12 in The Best 100 British Films by Time Out London: http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-100-best-british-films-2
BASIC CLASSICS! Saturday night and Sunday morning (1960) by Karel Reisz
The other British basic classic of the weekend on CBA screen is this film which it is said that this title is a good example of Free Cinema, one of the mean British Cinema movements in Twenty Century. This films were considered free in the sense that they were made outside the confines of the film industry and so they had a personal style influenced by this condition. All the great titles of this movement (such as If…, This sporting life or A taste of honey) are very important in British culture.
Cine Estudio Círculo de Bellas Artes
Calle Marqués de Riera 2, Metro: Banco de España
Tickets 5,5 € [4 Reduced]
On Saturday 11th 5.00 pm; On Sunday 12th 7.30 pm.
Saturday night and Sunday morning [Sábado noche, domingo mañana]-Directed by Karel Reisz
Screenplay: Allan Sillitoe (based on his own novel)
Cast: Albert Finney, Shirley Ann Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker
Genre: Drama | Free Cinema
Nationality: United Kingdom
Length: 89 min.
Synopsis: A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.IMDb
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Top 22 in The Best 100 British Films by Time Out London: http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-100-best-british-films-19#bestOf-22

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Smoked Salmon Fillet
If you love grilled salmon or smoked fish, you'll enjoy making (and eating!) this recipe on your covered charcoal grill. You cook this salmon fillet by using a cloud of steady smoke, made by throwing handfuls of pre-soaked wood chips over the coals, to permeate the dry-cured salmon's delicate flesh, infusing it with incomparable flavor.
Preparation time: 15 minutes, plus 6 hours to dry-cure the salmon
Grilling time: 25 to 30 minutes
Yield: 6 servings
2-pound salmon fillet with skin, about 1 inch at thickest point
1/4 cup coarse kosher salt
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon pepper
Oil for brushing the aluminum foil and the salmon
About 3 to 4 cups hardwood chips, presoaked
Lemon slices and watercress sprigs for garnish (optional)
Rinse the fillet and pat dry with paper towels.
Check the salmon for any small pin bones and remove them.
Place the fillet completely flat in a non-reactive dish or container.
In a small bowl, mix together the salt, sugar, garlic powder, and pepper.
Sprinkle the mixture onto both sides of the fillet.
Let the fish sit in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours, or overnight.
The longer the fillet sits in the sugar-salt rub, the more intense and salty the flavor.
Half an hour before smoking the fish, prepare a small fire in a covered charcoal or gas grill.
Use about 40 briquettes for a charcoal grill. A drip pan isn't necessary. If using a gas grill, set the temperature to low, about 300 degrees F, and prepare an indirect fire.
Rinse the fillet thoroughly under cold running water.
Cut a piece of aluminum foil about 1 inch longer and wider than the fillet.
Perforate the foil with a fork in about 6 to 7 places.
Oil the foil lightly.
Place the fillet on the foil, skin-side down.
Brush the top of the fillet lightly with oil.
When the coals are hot, bank them to one side of the grill and top with 2 large handfuls of the presoaked wood chips.
Place the fillet on the grid, opposite the coals or heat.
Cover the grill, half-closing the top vents.
Cook without turning for about 25 to 30 minutes or until the flesh is firm and opaque but not dry.
The actual cooking time depends on the thickness of the fish and the intensity of the heat. An instant-thermometer will register 140 degrees F in the thickest part of the fillet when done. Start testing for doneness after 20 minutes.
Be sure to add more wood chips, after about 15 minutes and as necessary, to keep a steady supply of flavored smoke.
Remove the fillet from the grill and let stand 3 to 4 minutes.
Carefully invert the fillet onto a large platter and peel off the aluminum foil.
The skin will stick to the foil and should be discarded.
Invert the skinless fillet onto a second platter with the colorful bright flesh facing up.
Cover and refrigerate for several hours or until completely chilled.
If desired, garnish the platter with watercress and slices of fresh lemons.


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Al-Khartoum daily quoted Hassan as saying that Sudanese Finance Minister Abdel Rahim Mahmoud Hamdi had asked IMF managing director Horst Koehler to speed up implementation of the plan.
A joint meeting was expected before the annual IMF conferences later this year, he said. Hassan also called for Sudan to recover its rights under the Lome trade and aid agreement between the European Union and developing countries, saying they had been frozen "for political reasons". —(AFP)
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|Sapa - Ethnic colorgul market 3 days 4 night
Night 1: The Hanoi Moment staff escorts you to the railway station for boarding on a 4 - AC - soft sleeper - cabin to travel up Lao Cai city.
Day 1: Lao Cai – Ethic market - Sa Pa (B/L/D)
5:00 Arrive at Lao Cai Train station in the early morning, you are welcomed by our local guide. Enjoy breakfast at a local restaurant. After that, we will visit one of the colorful tribal markets. The tour is subject to your visiting date:
Tuesday : Coc Ly Market ( 56km from Lao Cai )
Wednesday : Cao Son Market ( 81km from Lao Cai )
Thursday : Lung Khau Nhin Market (65km from Lao Cai )
Saturday : Can Cau Market ( 87km from Lao Cai )
Sunday : Bac Ha Market ( 67km from Lao Cai )
Lunch in town then transfer to Sapa for staying overnight.
Night 2: Overnight at hotel in Sapa
Day 2: Sapa – Hill Tribe villages - Homestay (B, L, D)
After breakfast in the hotel, At 8:30 trek down to Cat Cat village of Black H'mong people to see their daily life activities, such as: rice cultivating, clothes weaving, brocade embroidering and indigo colour dyeing. Later on back Sapa town. Start the tour in the afternoon at 14:00, downhill trekking to Lao Chai Village – home of Black H'mong minority, trek through Muong Hoa Valley with many beautiful sceneries along the river then reach Ta Van village where you can pay a visit to a Dzay minority peole family. Dinner & homestay here..
Night 3: Homestay at Dzay family
Day 3: Tavan – Giang Ta Chai – Sapa – Lao Cai station (B, L)
Wake up with the locals in the sound of pigs, chickens and the family dogs. The family is already on their feet preparing your breakfast. After breakfast, say good bye to the locals and trek through a bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai - home of Red Dzao people. Meet and talk with people to learn more about their daily life, customs and traditions. Pass over the Cau May (Rattan) Bridge then at 12:00 get back to Sapa Town by car. Free afternoon to discover Sa Pa town or shopping in the local market.
Leave the town for Lao Cai train station at around 16:00 pm for boarding the night train back to Hanoi.
Night 4 : Night train back to Hanoi
Day 4: Hanoi
The train arrives at Hanoi in the early morning, our staff will pick you up, and escort you back to the hotel (optional).
For guests who await to check-in, we highly recommend you to order the extra package including All-you-can-eat breakfast and early check in @USD20 per person.
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Included: Private transfers, Ac soft sleeper train, English speaking guide, admission fees, meals as specified, homestay, hotel and market tour.
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What to bring: Passport, comfortable footwear for trekking, insect repellent, rain gears, hat, sun cream, warm clothing.


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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck told NFL Network earlier this month that he's "100 percent more comfortable" this year than last. One teammate noted Wednesday that Luck has been so sharp that he has been giving defensive backs "the business" in offseason practices.
Top 10 quarterbacks 25 or under
Buoyed by the draft class of 2012, the NFL has a surplus of promising young passers. Around the League counted down the top 10 QBs 25 years old or under.
» No. 10: Josh Freeman
» No. 9: Andy Dalton
» No. 8: Sam Bradford
» No. 7: Ryan Tannehill
» No. 6: Matthew Stafford
» No. 5: Russell Wilson
» No. 4: Cam Newton
» No. 3: Colin Kaepernick
» No. 2: Robert Griffin III
» No. 1: Andrew Luck
Count veteran backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck among those in awe of Luck's accelerated progress.
"I knew he was a great player," Hasselbeck said, via The Indianapolis Star. "But I really didn't know what kind of leader he was in the locker room. It just comes real natural to him. ... He's been off-the-charts impressive that way."
Luck already has a relationship with new Colts offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton, as the two worked together at Stanford. Luck has just 20 percent of Hamilton's offense left to learn, according to NFL.com's Jeff Darlington, allowing coaches to get more creative with the game plan this year.
"I think there's a comfort level with (Hamilton's offense)," Hasselbeck added. "Also, how he plays. He's earned the respect of this locker room and he's earned the respect of the people around the league he has to go up against."
It's amazing that Luck has received such little hype this offseason with so many analysts and writers extolling the virtues of run-option threats such as Colin Kaepernick, Russell Wilson and Robert Griffin III. Luck, arguably the most gifted of the bunch, is poised to reach "elite" status in 2013.
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Let $w(x,y)$ be a word in $x$ and $y$.
Let $x$ and $y$ now vary in $SL_n(K)$, where $K$ is a field. (Assume, if you wish, that $K$ is an algebraically complete field of characteristic bigger than a constant.)
I would like to know for which words $w$ the map
$y \rightarrow w(x,y)$
isn't surjective (or even dominant - that is, "almost surjective") for $x$ generic.
It is clear, for example, that the map is surjective for $w(x,y)=xy$, and that it isn't surjective for $w(x,y)= y x y^{-1}$, or for $w(x,y) = y x^n y^{-1}$, $n$ an integer: all elements of the image of $y \rightarrow y x^n y^{-1}$ lie in the same conjugacy class. A moment's thought (thanks, Philipp!) shows that $w(x,y) = x y x^n y^{-1}$ isn't surjective either: its image is just $x* im(y\rightarrow y x^n y^{-1})$, and, as we just said, $y\rightarrow y x^n y^{-1}$ isn't surjective.
I would like to know if the only words $w$ for which the map isn't surjective for $x$ generic are the $w$'s of the form $w(x,y) = x^a v(x,y) x^b (v(x,y))^{-1} x^c$, where $v$ is some word and $a,b,c$ are some integers. (This seems to me a sensible guess, though I would actually be quite glad if it weren't true.)


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RAIL ROAD FLAT - Stockton's future drinking water supply is a little more secure because Tim Lane was willing to give up some of his property rights.
RAIL ROAD FLAT - Stockton's future drinking water supply is a little more secure because Tim Lane was willing to give up some of his property rights.
Lane and his family are owners of Campstool Ranch, a 2,168-acre spread near Rail Road Flat in Calaveras County. Friday, three generations of the Lane family as well as state officials and representatives of the Pacific Forest Trust were on hand to celebrate a conservation easement that will preserve the ranch and its pastures and forests in perpetuity.
"I just feel it's the right thing to do," Lane, 71, said from behind the wheel of a dusty ranch pickup.
Campstool Ranch includes a 3-mile stretch of the North Fork Calaveras River, which flows to New Hogan Reservoir and provides drinking water to Stockton.
Pacific Forest Trust officials said they seek easements to protect upland ranches like Campstool in part because that's where water originates that flows into major California rivers and to the San Joaquin River Delta.
The Campstool easement purchase was funded with $2.7 million from the state Wildlife Conservation Board and $350,000 in Proposition 84 bond money distributed through the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.
That didn't cover the full appraised value of the easement, so the Lane family donated the rest.
What the easement means is that the ranch will never be chopped up into small ranchettes whose size makes forest management impossible and whose septic systems pose a contamination risk for Stockton's water.
The easement also bars the owners from overgrazing the pastures or removing more than 25 percent of the volume of timber in any given decade.
"We wouldn't do that anyway," Lane said.
Pacific Forest Trust officials say such easements are negotiated so that the land will still be protected even a century from now when the present conservation-conscious owners are long gone and the property could be owned by a different family.
They also praised Tim Lane and the other Lanes who have cared for at least some of the land since 1919, when Tim Lane's grandparents, Thomas and Anna Lane, homesteaded 160 acres.
"This area is pristinely cared for. They have minimized fire risk," Kim Kowalski, communications director for the trust, said of how the Lanes have managed their forests.
Kowalski said that the ranch's forests are in far better shape than those on nearby public lands. That was evident during a tour Lane gave Friday through stands of Ponderosa pine, cedar and fir. In many places, parklike meadows extend below the trees rather than the brush that chokes many areas in national forests.
"In the last 25 years, we've reclaimed almost 1,000 acres," Lane said of his brush-clearing and thinning efforts. "There are areas where I see little rivulets of water running down draws where I never saw it before. And it's because we removed brush."
Tim Lane's parents, Eldred and Blossom Lane, were the ones who built the ranch to its present size. That started in 1946 when Blossom Lane received an inheritance.
"She bought 574 acres for $5,000 bucks," Lane said.
It took five years and a lot of talking to each other before the Lanes decided on doing the easement.
"Many discussions were at that table right there," Scott Lane, 39, said, pointing to the ranch house dining room on the property Blossom Lane bought in 1946.
Signing the easement doesn't mean the ranch can't still generate income. The Lanes can still run 100 head of cattle, and they expect to continue selective logging to pay the bills every few decades when a new generation heads off to college.
Next up on that timeline are three granddaughters - Holly, Madison and Mckenna, all 9, who could be heading out to college in about nine years or so.
The high point on the ranch is a 2,950-foot elevation hill with views across the San Joaquin Valley to Mount Diablo in the west and the expanse of the Sierra Nevada to the east.
The gravestones for Eldred and Blossom Lane are there. Before feeding them a barbecue lunch, Tim Lane brought the visiting state officials and Pacific Forest Trust officials to see that hilltop and its graves.
"It's appropriate because my parents would definitely approve of what we are doing," Tim Lane said.
Contact reporter Dana M. Nichols at (209) 607-1361 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/calaverasblog.


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A math teacher at Crestview High School has been charged with possession of a controlled substance and driving under the influence.
CRESTVIEW � A math teacher at Crestview High School has been charged with possession of a controlled substance and driving under the influence.
An Okaloosa County sheriff�s deputy saw a 2013 Nissan Altima traveling 46 mph in a 35 mph zone on eastbound U.S. Highway 98 in Destin about 3:28 a.m. Saturday, according to the arrest report. The deputy stopped the car after he saw it weaving.
The driver, 26-year-old Brittney Anna Bowman, had red, glassy eyes and was slurring her speech, the deputy noted in the arrest report. A strong odor of alcohol also was coming from the car.
When Bowman stepped out of the car for field sobriety tests, she dropped a small plastic baggy of white powder, the report said. After Bowman took the sobriety tests and was arrested, the baggy was tested and found positive for cocaine.
Read a copy of the arrest reports. >>
Bowman was placed in the Okaloosa County Jail on $3,000 bond. She was released on Sunday.
Crestview High Principal Bob Jones said Bowman was no longer teaching as of Monday. Whether she resigned or was fired, he would not say. A substitute teacher has taken over her Algebra I classes.
�We have a good teacher in there now and our focus is on making sure these kids get taught algebra,� Jones said.
Bowman had been at Crestview for about three weeks, Jones said. She replaced assistant football coach and teacher Blake Moore, who resigned in October after allegations of inappropriate physical contact with two students.
�She was doing a great job in the classroom,� said Jones, who added that he recently had observed one of her lessons.
Bowman had been arrested previously. In November 2006, she was charged with burglary of a business, battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting with violence and criminal mischief, according to Okaloosa County Jail records.
She pleaded no contest and was given two years� probation, according to Clerk of the Court records.
She also was asked to make restitution to the victim and write a letter of apology to the officer.
Every school district employee gets a background check, Jones said. He was made aware of her prior arrest soon after she was hired full time. Bowman had her Florida teaching certificate and her hire was authorized by the district.
�Whatever she had in her past not serious enough for the district not to hire her,� Jones said.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Lauren Delgado at 850-315-4445 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenDnwfdn.


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Poll: 53% of Americans support same-sex marriage
Poll analysis by Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto and Fred Backus
As the Supreme Court begins to hear oral arguments in cases involving two high-profile laws to do with same-sex marriage - California's Proposition 8 and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act -53 percent of Americans think it should be legal for same-sex couples to marry, while 39 percent say it should not be legal.
Although public opinion on this topic has been consistent for the last few months, it has reversed markedly from as recently as a year ago. In May 2012, just after President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, 51 percent of Americans said it should not be legal for same-sex couples to marry.
The poll suggests the extent to which people's views have changed. Thirty-three percent of Americans who now think same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry say they once held the opposite view.
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When asked why they changed their minds, one in five volunteers that personally knowing someone who is gay or lesbian was the deciding factor (20 percent). Other reasons mentioned include being more tolerant now (17 percent), more educated now (17 percent), or that is the modern way of thinking about the issue (12 percent).
Americans' awareness of gays and lesbians in their own lives has grown over the past ten years. In 2003, most Americans said they did not have a work colleague, close friend, or family member who was gay or lesbian. Today, six in 10 Americans say they do.
Knowing someone personally who is gay or lesbian appears to be an important factor in how Americans feel about the issue of same-sex marriage. While two-thirds of Americans with a close relationship to someone who is gay or lesbian think same-sex marriage should be legal, most without such a close relationship don't think so.
Most Americans under age 45 believe same-sex marriage should be legal, including 73 percent of those under 30. Americans between 45 and 64 are divided, while 52 percent of seniors do not think it should be legal.
Politically, most Democrats (63 percent) and independents (56 percent) favor legalization of same-sex marriage, while most Republicans (56 percent) do not. Still, support for same-sex marriage among Republicans has increased from just 13 percent in May 2012 (after the President announced his support of same-sex marriage) to 37 percent today.
This poll was conducted by telephone from March 20-24, 2013 among 1,181 adults nationwide. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.


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How to Change the Layout of an iWeb Page in iLife '11
In iLife, every iWeb page layout template has text boxes for the header, title, body text, and footer. The header appears at the top of the page and starts with placeholder text, such as My Blog or Welcome to My Site. The Title box is usually just above the Body box, and the Footer box appears at the bottom of the page. You can change virtually any element in this layout, and as you do so, the following pointers can help you make the page your own:
Tinker with text boxes: As you replace the placeholder text in any of these boxes, the box grows to accommodate the text. You can see the region boundaries of these text boxes by choosing View→Show Layout. You can drag any boundary to resize the text box.
Rearrange page elements: You can also drag any page element to any position on the page. To align page elements on the page, select two or more elements and choose Arrange→Align Objects, and then choose Left, Center, Right, Top, Middle, or Bottom.Change the size of the header text box.
Color the background: To change the page background, choose Color Fill, Gradient Fill, Image Fill, or Tinted Image Fill from the Page Background pop-up menu and then choose a color from the color swatch, a starting and ending color and angle for a gradient fill, or an image from your hard drive.
"Revise" the Mac branding in the footer: Most themes include the Made on a Mac logo in the Footer box at the bottom of every page template — you can select and then delete the logo (if you want) by pressing the Delete key or choosing Edit→Delete.
Fill in the footer: To add text to the footer, first add a text box, and then press Command as you drag the text box from the body of the page to the footer.
Resize the header and footer: You can set the minimum height of the Header or Footer box by clicking the Inspector button on the toolbar to open the Inspector window, clicking the leftmost button (Page Inspector) at the top of the Inspector window, and clicking the Layout tab. Then you can change the height of the header and/or footer.Change the page layout attributes.
To add a header or footer to a page that doesn't have one, increase its height (in the Layout pane of the Page Inspector) to a value greater than zero; to remove the header or footer, decrease its height to zero.


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How to: Enable Kerberos Authentication on a SQL Server Failover Cluster
Kerberos is a network authentication protocol designed to provide strong authentication for client/server applications. Kerberos provides a foundation for interoperability and helps to enhance the security of enterprise-wide network authentication.
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You can use Kerberos authentication with SQL Server stand-alone instances or with SQL Server failover cluster instances. For additional information, see Registering a Service Principal Name and the Knowledge Base article, "How to use Kerberos authentication in SQL Server."
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Recoloring Pictures with Formatting Tools in Office 2011 for Mac
Recoloring a picture with the formatting tools in Office 2011 for Mac applications can change the mood and sometimes add more visual interest than was present in the original picture. Or you may just need to change your pictures to grayscale for a publication that needs to be printed without color. Office makes these accent colorations easy. Click the Recolor button to display the recolor palette.
Hold the mouse cursor over each preview to see what changes it will make. The palette is divided into three sections:
Color Saturation: Choose a level of color intensity.
Color Tone: Various color "temperatures" are offered.
Recolor: Accents, tints, grayscale, and black and white are offered. The top-left position is No-Recolor. Grayscale is immediately to the right of No-Recolor. The rest of the top row is Washout and various shades of black and white.
The second and third rows thereafter provide darker and lighter variations of recolored pictures, this time with the Accent colors.
The following additional options are offered near the bottom of the recolor palette:
More Colors: Displays the Mac OS X color picture. Choose a color from millions of colors.
Set Transparent Color: When you choose this option, the mouse cursor becomes an eye-dropper. If you click a color in a picture, it becomes 100 percent transparent. Whatever is behind the picture shows through. Not all picture types support transparent colors, so this may not work on every picture.
Picture Color Options: Displays the Adjust Picture tab of the Format Picture dialog.
Take advantage of the fact that all objects are in layers in Office. To make a mask (an opaque shape or picture with transparent areas that you can see through), set a transparent color in a picture and then position it over another picture, or even a movie, graph, or SmartArt. In PowerPoint, you can even apply animation to the mask and/or objects behind the mask.


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Le Bristol
The weather on my visit to Le Bristol, home of chef Éric Frechon, was impeccable: sunny and warm without a cloud in the sky. But then we arrived at the restaurant for lunch. Perhaps an error on my part, I did not call to check if the main dining room would be available. It turned out to be reserved for a private corporate event; so instead, we were led to a room where spring light quickly turned to winter night. This was the winter dining room, where the sun-worn curtains covered all windows keeping the cheer out and a more solemn coldness in. The oval-shaped Victorian room is lined with wood paneling, and covered with forest green, red, and patterned brown carpeting. Adorning the center of the room is a medieval tapestry depicting a pastoral scene in rural France. The daytime oppressiveness of this room, however, can be easily turned into evening elegance: just return when it's dark and the candles are lit. But while dining at Le Bristol, overall, was a refined gastronomic experience I was left wondering, where was the passion and excitement? Our waiter came to the table flanked by a champagne cart that seemed almost attached at the hip like a much more attractive conjoined twin. He offered an early afternoon apéritif, and, being just past one, I thought a glass of champagne would be more than enough for the next few hours. After being asked which champagne we desired, I wondered if my friend had been pegged as such an expert that he could discern the different offerings solely by their corks, since all eight of the bottles were completely submerged in ice water and covered with a white napkin. Must have been his striped tie. They say geniuses choose stripes, you know. He's good, but I'm not sure anyone is that good. I laughed to myself and chose a glass of Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis.
A small rectangular plate of three amuses-bouche was placed on the table to accompany the champagne. Starting from the left was a smoked foie gras custard covered with a green gelée of what tasted like parsley or similar herb. This had a smokey flavor without a burnt aftertaste, and was very creamy. In the center was a white fish covered in horseradish foam with a very fatty consistency. The foam had the flavor of horseradish without the spice. Last was a cucumber gelatin ball with oysters, also very gelatinous.
My friend and I had a look through the menu, which despite being the beginning of April was still the winter version. We must have been just on the cusp of a seasonal change. This one had two sections, a 3-course lunch menu at a rather reasonable price of 90€, or a more extensive à la carte selection with several dishes at rather unreasonable prices. Before coming I knew I wanted the poularde, so we ordered the lunch menu with two additional supplements from the à la carte: Le Foie Gras de Canard, and Le Poularde de Bresse. Our waiter cautioned us that this might be too much food. He had no idea who he was dealing with.
Before our first course we were given a lardon mousse with beet gelée, a sweet pre-appetizer whose gelée tasted strangely of sweet red peppers. Beets have a very strong, earthy flavor but in this dish the earth was removed leaving only the sweet, almost candied taste of beets. My friend found this a little too sweet, but at first I was too distracted by the texture: a smoky and weightless mousse that instantly dissolved in my mouth like bubbles. It was very fun, and playful. Crowning the light mousse were ultra-light and airy crôutons making each bite crunchy without distracting from the texture of the mousse. Once I got over the texture what remained was the flavor which, I agreed with my friend, was a little too sweet for my liking.
What came next is still a mystery: what was that? I sent the pictures to a few friends who all had a similar response: what is that? According to the menu, maquereau de petit bateau cuit au vin blanc, parfumé d'aromates et de baies de cassis, relevé au raifort. According to me, very tasty: mackerel cooked in white wine and scented with herbs, spices, black currant, and "picked up" with horseradish. The mackerel was eerily suspended inside this perfectly shaped rectangular solid gelée, not touching any of the sides. The dish was served cold and the light smell of white wine vinegar began to hit my nose. A friend of mine's chief complaint of French food, or justification to only eat Asian food, is that in general it contains insufficient acidity for his palate. I'm pretty sure he would have liked this. The fish was soft, creamy, and wet; the surrounding gelée seemed to form an airtight lock trapping all the moisture. With each bite the gelée would meld with the fish making the two textures nearly indistinguishable except for the slightly gritty texture of the fish. The acidity of the white wine was tempered by the horseradish crème which was only lightly spiced. For me this dish had particular meaning as its cold and acidic taste reminded me of Sunday mornings with my father when my sister and I would wake up with freshly sliced sturgeon on the kitchen table served with bagels and cream cheese. Aside from this dish being artistically beautiful, its concept was crisp and clear, its flavors clean, though tepid.
The next course came, sole de sable farcie aux girolles, sucs des arêtes réduits à peine crémes au vin jaune, a roll of pacific sand sole stuffed with chanterelles and a fish bone and yellow wine reduction. The first thing I noticed of this dish was the strong smell of rich butter: I was back in France. The fish was beautifully presented with these two sauces that somehow managed to stay separate. A dorsal slice revealed how the fish was stuffed, through its side. Since the surface of the fish was so smooth, unfortunately, the stuffed interior slid together into a dry mushroom paste with most of the moisture being absorbed by the fish. The first bite was overwhelmingly salty and buttery, attacking the delicate flavor of the sole and mushrooms. Aside from salt and butter, the fish bone reduction had a very appealing flavor of fish head and this dish has a lot of potential. I also think the portion of fish was simply too large to enjoy. For me the flavor of fish fatigues my palate after about the 3rd or 4th bite (this is one of the reasons I'm crazy about sushi). This dish approximated 8-10 bites; way too many. By the third bite I decided to cut my losses and leave the dish alone.
For the next course, our waiter came out of the kitchen holding two large plastic bags. Was this a gift from the kitchen to make up for the previous course? Sure was; except I ordered it: foie gras de canard cuit en papillote, huîtres fumées, bouillon de canard au thé vert. This wedge of goose foie gras was cooked in a bag to lock in the moisture and served with smoked oysters and a duck broth with green tea. The bag was cut table side and the oyster smoke released. The warm smoke had the light scent of toasted wood with nothing charred nor burnt. This might be the first time I have liked the smell of smoked food. The cut of foie gras was significant, and its fat melted to the surface of the green tea bouillon enriching the broth. The foie was cooked through enough so that it held its shape and didn't melt completely, yet still remained supple and buttery. To break up creamy foie gras were tender pieces of oyster and cooked brussels sprout leaves which also added the smallest amount of vegetal bitterness possible. This heavy dish was very satisfying.
Next came an egg-shaped pig bladder in which our fattened young hen had cooked in its own little ecosystem of moisture. This was the poularde de bresse cuite en vessie aux écrevises, royale d'abats, asperges vertes et morilles au vin jaune and it was the dish for which I had come. From the entire chicken we were each served a single breast with chicken giblets, crayfish, morel mushrooms, and asparagus. I watched in delight as juice rained from the chicken with each slice -- this was the most tender chicken I had ever seen. Our waiter plated and sauced our breast in front of us, and I once again smelled the richness of butter. Was this the same yellow wine sauce from sole two courses ago, the one I found too salty? Sure was; I guess that's what I get for supplementing something à la carte. But the difference here is that the salt was necessary for the chicken since by itself it wasn't salted. In this dish, the combination worked and the salting was welcome.
While the texture of the chicken was incredibly ripe, I can't say it was the most tender I'd ever had. That distinction is reserved for the Hainanese chicken rice at Boon Tong Kee in Singapore. What I can say is that this is the most tender chicken I have had in Paris, even more than Ducasse's poularde de bresse at Alain Ducasse Plaza Athénée. The combination of morel mushrooms and chicken remains to be my favorite as these two textures complement each other really nicely. I was very happy to have ordered this.
The last course of the savory dishes was a black truffle bouillon served with thin strips of duck. The truffles were very fragrant, particularly when the scent was activated by the hot broth. The smell was complex and earthy combining the truffles and the meat-based bouillon. But the rest of the soup was secondary to everything else -- there was too much going on. The duck almost seemed unnecessary, as did the many other vegetables lurking about. Dispersed throughout the thin broth were cubed pieces of raw black truffle with a texture very similar to raw carrot -- cold and hard. Each spoonful made me question if I had eaten something that maybe I shouldn't have. For this course I skimmed off the top layer and called it a day.
The cheese cart was rolled out: pouligny St. Pierre, cabécou, mimolette, fourme d'ambert, époisses, comté de 24 mois, and some other common cheeses. Nothing incredibly exotic or that wasn't available at my cheese store (or Artisanal for that matter) so we passed. Sure was pretty, though.
Our pre-dessert was served, a grapefruit sorbet with grapefruit wedges and a black cherry gelée. After a traumatizing experience, I am now very cautious with bitter ingredients, particularly bitter citrus ingredients. But somehow this worked. Though still bitter, I enjoyed it. The completely bitter assault of grapefruit, the main reason why I don't enjoy a glass of fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, was moderated by the sugar leaving behind only the bitterness not the tongue-clenching acidity. It reset my entire palate.
Then came the dessert, amarena sorbet acidulé, crousti-fondant au chocolat par Carïbes, a geometric semi-crispy Caribbean chocolate fondant covered with acidulated amarena cherry sorbet. Amarena cherries are sour cherries grown in northern Italy, mostly in Modena and Bologna, my Genovese friend was quick to point out. The chocolate fondant was sandwiched by very think layers of chocolate wafer, making the smooth center a little crunchy. I generally do not like chocolate desserts particularly when I am approaching fullness, as they tend to be heavy and one-dimensional. I especially dislike chocolate when it is served cold and takes three times as long to melt in your mouth; it just doesn't taste good. This dessert, on the other hand, was nothing of the sort. The texture was nothing of chocolate, more like a a light mousse with a light crispy shell. The flavor was pure and dark, but not so intense as to monopolize my tongue. The combination of the sweet fondant with the slightly sour sorbet was interesting, though a tad bit cloying, a harmony of yin and yang resulting in a happy palate. The plating was beautiful.
Some small petits-fours were wheeled out, two caramel macarons and a spherified citrus gel. The macarons tasted more like butter with raw sugar than caramel, and lacked salt which I think would have made the macarons less cloying. The texture was very fresh, though, as the two halves slid around in between my fingers very easily. I hoped the citrus gel would "pop" in my mouth, but instead leaked a very sweet liquid that could have been skipped.
Our waiter offered us some Armangnac; no thanks.
Lastly came the bon-bon trolly full of nougat, dark and milk chocolate, marshmallow, and mango-passion fruit caramel. I took a few pieces of everything, but nothing jumped out as particularly memorable. The M'aître d'Hôtel then offered us a small box of red fruit macarons to demolish right then and there take home. Take a look at the color and see if it looks familiar. Anything yet? Yeah I didn't get it either; but it was to celebrate Le Bristol's reception of its third Michelin star, a truly impressive feat. What better way to celebrate than with macarons? I surely can't think of any. The texture of these macarons was even fresher and lighter than the caramel ones I'd just eaten. I had trouble taking them out of the box they were so delicate; the two halves were gliding all over the place. The flavor was slightly sweet; but the subtle sourness helped to control it.
I left the restaurant confident that Le Bristrol had rightfully earned its three stars for its refinement of dishes, service, and ambiance. I just felt like they just lacked the inspirational spark that some of the other Parisian 3* restaurants have. Like other 3* restaurants lacking soul, this restaurant operated like a well-oiled machine, except most of the flavors were old news.
In a way I wish I had gone last year before the third star was awarded. Some of the dishes seemed to have unnecessary plays on textures making them really gelatinous, which make me question if this was artificially done to make some of Frechon's more classical cooking seem more modern and innovative. Perhaps this is his way of keeping things "new" to hold on to his third star. Leaving out this play on textures could have made the first three courses even more appealing and seem more natural.
The other thing I noticed was what seemed to be a discrepancy between the main courses ordered from the lunch menu, and from the à la carte menu. It was like two different restaurants, and made me wonder if there was a separate lunch menu chef who was preparing those items. The majority of the courses for which I had qualms came from the lunch menu. Could be a coincidence,and maybe I'm just too idealistic, but I feel like a three star restaurant should have consistency between the two menus. At least that's been my experience.
Aside from those concerns, this was a very polished experience and represents what is meant by haute dining in Paris twenty years ago today. I look forward to returning eventually; but not too soon, and definitely not for lunch.


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Identical Twins in Ohio Give Birth Two Hours Apart
(AKRON, Ohio) -- Call it a post-Christmas miracle, or an early New Year's blessing.
Identical twins Aimee and Ashlee Nelson, 19, of Akron, Ohio, gave birth Dec. 31 to sons about two hours apart at Summa Akron City Hospital.
"I'm overwhelmed," Marcella Farson, the twins' mother, told ABC News. "It's wonderful. This is the best New Year's that anyone could have ever given me. I think I'm still in shock."
Ashlee's due date was Jan. 1, Aimee's Jan. 6. But the young women ended up having two baby boys on the same day. Donavyn Scott Bratten was born first, with Aimee delivering around noon. Not long after, around 2 p.m., Ashlee gave birth to Aiden Lee Alan Dilts, the larger of the two boys.
"She [Aimee] actually started calling me at 8:30 Sunday evening and said, 'Mommy, I'm having these feelings, I've never had these feelings before.' And I didn't hear from her again until 2:30 in the morning. But by 3:30, we were on the way to the hospital. Things moved quite rapidly," Farson said.
Ashlee was still at home at this point and had no idea her twin sister, who was due after her, was already at the hospital going into labor.
"Then I got a text from Ashlee," Farson said. "I let her know we were at the hospital with Aimee. Then she calls me back 20 minutes later saying, 'I'm going to go back to bed,' and about five minutes later she thought her water broke. I said, 'Sweetheart, get up and come join us.' She got there about 6:30, quarter 'til seven. It just progressed from there."
The nurses were joking with Farson, saying she needed roller skates to bounce back and forth between the sisters' rooms.
"I am so blessed they both wanted me there. Someone was looking down on me, allowing enough time on the two of them for me to be able to experience it with both of them. It just makes me well up thinking about it," Farson said.
The dads, Matthew Bratten, 20, and Cody Dilts, 22, are doing well, also.
"The dads are holding up wonderful. I was able to step out and get the boys a good meal," Farson said. "They've not left the hospital. The dads have been right by their side. I know both of them have stepped up to the plate. They're all doing wonderful and I'm very proud of all of them."
When asked what the best part of being a grandmother to the new baby boys was, Farson said, "It's a great addition because I've got all girls. They already had presents under the tree and both had stockings. They have their first 'Hot Wheels' sets waiting for them."
The boys and their mothers were released from the hospital Wednesday.
Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio


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I've been a Touchstream user since the company was alive and kicking. I do a lot of computer usage and have shown a few signs of RSI from it. I've been doing my best to combat it and have learned quite a bit over the years.
I've purchased many a crazy ergonomic device, but the Touchstream is one that I have a special place for. I never felt it was an end-all replacement, but I've enjoyed having it around and it's a great alternative to a mouse and keyboard. I keep hoping someone will pick up the torch and create a similar device.
Just glad there is still a small corner on the 'net where people gather to support it.


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ImOK wrote:Good you posted the link - I see he does have an 'add back in' strategy. This seems very much like the exclusion diet Dx'd by an allergist for my daughter 20 years ago......before the "test your way to health" style of medicine became so fashionable. We found she had a problem with red food dye and removing it made her symptoms (headache, inattentiveness, lethargy) go completely away. Very hard though to keep a kindergardener on rice cakes and meat with vegies for long - at least it was summer and possible and it was only 10-14 days rather than months. Bet doc McCombs read about this somewhere and adopted it. So far, so good, huh Richard?
ImOK wrote:Richard - If you keep losing weight I'm going to have to join you on this diet (I have a stubborn 5lbs that I put on during my last stress-i-sode year of working two jobs and countless deadlines). Have you ever noticed how often, people in stressful jobs consistently put on weight? It seems that the job groups who have high stress and less time to pursue quality of life activities (exercise, etc) tend more this way. Nursing comes to mind. Some think it's the build up of cortisol, and biased opinions rule. Well, it's an aside. Except for the dairy, and a little bread & alcohol, I am already on your 'diet'. Maybe after the holiday weekend...... One thing I wanted to warn you about is balancing out the high protein with vegies and fruits - lots of meat can build up acids in your system that can have all sorts of nasty side-effects. Probably something you'd have to worry about only if you stay on it a long time.
I really don't understand why more research isn't done on diet and metabolism in this country. So many people struggle with it and are so overweight and tired; it just makes sense that dietary activities should be more a part of health treatment (mainstream that is) and analysis. There is so much we still don't know. You suppose it's the 'gorilla in the room' thing?
Richard wrote:I am now on week 2 of the plan. So far no change in my symptoms.
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The urge to resist change – whether it's good or bad – runs deep into the hardware of our brains.
"It's more efficient to learn to do something and do it that way," says Jennifer Read, an associate professor of psychology at the University at Buffalo. "And it's not just humans. Living things like to find a way of doing something and sticking with it.
"This isn't necessarily a bad thing unless you don't like the pattern that you're in. Then you're going to have to change, and it's hard work."
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While we are living, breathing and willing to learn to make healthier choices, we can change the course of our lives for the better, Read says. And we give ourselves better odds to start, and stay, on the right road when we're armed with knowledge and a plan.
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Wayne Kast, of Amherst, who quit smoking this year, says change starts with commitment and desire: "If you don't care what you're doing to yourself, other people aren't going to care, either," he says.
2. Think short and small: "The longer term comes more easily to our minds because it's the end point," Read says. "Quitting smoking, that's something you can rally around. Not having a cigarette right now, that's harder. The shorter term goals are really important to have a plan for how you're going to reach those bigger goals."
Or take losing weight, says Read. "That's a pretty big goal, so what will that look like each day?"
She remembers working at fitness clubs while in graduate school, and how packed they were in the weeks after New Year's. "People jump into it full force, and after a month or two they can't sustain that," she says "so smaller goals to start out with are better."
Personal trainers at Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Associates helped Biagiotti put together written daily and weekly plans to help him reach his larger weight loss and nutrition goals, a practice he plans to continue on his own when he's finished with his latest 12-week exercise program.
3. Tell people about it: This step helps bring accountability, Read says, because people will monitor your progress.
This step also will allow you to put together a team of supporters who can encourage you when temptations get tough.
4. Avoid naysayers: "Support is huge," says Victoria Davis, a health promotions specialist at BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York who led Kast's smoking cessation class. "The worse thing is to be ready to quit and have people not believe in you."
Biagiotti lavished praise on his weight loss support team, which included medical professionals, his family, and his "faith family" at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Amherst, all of whom believed in him and provided encouragement. A couple of beers on the weekends is all he will allow himself under his new nutrition plan, he said, and his eyes glistened as he talked about one of his backers having left some wine for him in the beer cooler at a recent St. Greg's fundraiser.
5. Steer clear of triggers: "If you tend to smoke when you go to a bar, don't go to a bar," Read says.
6. Try, try again: Avoid turning setbacks into permanent failure, says Read and others. An occasional bad meal doesn't have to revert to a pattern, unless you let it. And one cigarette doesn't have to lead to more, although those who work with smokers trying to quit understand the power of addiction.
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Kast knows he's beating the odds. Of the 10 or so co-workers who started the program with him in April, he's the only one who stopped smoking. It's gotten easier over time, he says, adding, "I already can't stand the smell of cigarettes."
Keep trying to quit, Davis advises the others. It normally takes six to nine times before someone kicks the deadly habit.
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- Contract Work - a sustainable approach to actually paying people (!!!) for doing specific work for Noisebridge
- Event Management - archive of prior events, pictures from events, making NB a more desirable event venue
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- Project Management - a shared project management system that everybody can use
- Publishing - printed noisebridge brochure, introduction to circuit hacking, fundraising information
- Web-based voting - a system to allow Noisefolk to conduct votes electronically for anything Noisebridge-related
- Xen server - a hypervisor server so everybody can have root on their own virtual machine
- Apps - Created the Noisebridge Android application.
- Bathrooms - Implemented infrastructure upgrades to both of our bathrooms. [citation needed]
- Carpool - Planned and initially organized this page of carpool participants.
- Circuit Hacking Kits - Collaborated with Mitch Altman on this list of circuit hacking kits.
- Diversity - Created this page to make everybody feel welcome.
- [Gallery] - Created this Noisebridge photo gallery with separate albums for events and projects
- Hack-Make Space Comparison - Comparison of Noisebridge to other nearby Hack-Make spaces.
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- Lockers - Researched the possibility of lockers at Noisebridge
- Meeting Notes Archive - Created this page to add functionality the "Meeting_Notes" category can't offer
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- Reservations
- Snackbridge - Planned, organized, and routinely manage the budget for snacks.
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Nikolai Baskov: Romantic Journey
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This special features international star, 34-year-old Russian tenor, Nikolai Baskov. This legendary concert performance takes place at Moscow's Hall of the Luzhniki Arena. Nicolay Baskov is accompanied by a full orchestra and plays to an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 10,000 people. Taped with 24 High Definition cameras, this is Russia's most elaborate and and expensive performance ever recorded for international television.
Baskov performs classic pieces from "Tosca," "La Boheme," "Werther," "Turandot," and other favorites such as "Be My Love," "Granada," "Back to Sorrento," and many other classics. He is joined by world-renowned soprano Montserrat Caballe, and her daughter, Montserrat Marti, for several rousing duets. Considered Russia's most popular tenor, Nicolai Baskov has been charming audiences throughout Europe and is planning his first American tour in 2012.
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- introduces analogy and then says not to hold to the analogy too closely.. is this analogy that useful? perhaps it should be discarded.
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Aline Alexander Newman is a longtime contributor to National Geographic Kids magazine and a former teacher. She's a life-long animal lover who has written over 50 stories about animals from dogs to cheetahs to dolphins. Her previous books for National Geographic include two chapter books: Ape Escapes! And More True Stories of Animals Behaving Badly and Animal Superstars! And More True Stories of Animals with Amazing Talents.
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In the service: Putnam resident and Day Kimball Healthcare Chief Operating Officer Donald St. Onge, 61, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1971 at the age of 19 just as the Vietnam War was winding down. St. Onge said he enlisted because he wanted to find some structure and serve his country. After basic training, he headed to corpsman school for six months before being assigned to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Rhode Island. When working in the general surgical medical and orthopedic units he helped service members convalesce from wounds sustained in the war, including lost limbs. In 1972, he was transferred to the USS Dewey, a light-guided destroyer armed with nuclear missiles. On board, he and another corpsman � there was no doctor aboard � were responsible for the health and well-being of roughly 350 sailors. He maintained medical records, gave immunizations and provided day-to-day medical care for his shipmates, including dealing with injuries and one case of appendicitis. �We were also kind of confidants to the men,� he said. �Even though we weren�t in a combat area, these men missed their families after months at sea. It was a chance to learn about myself and the people around me.�
After the service: After being honorably discharged as an E-5 in 1975, St. Onge took advantage of the G.I. Bill and enrolled in the Newport Hospital School of Nursing. He earned a bachelor�s degree from Salve Regina University and later a master�s degree from UConn. �I used every penny of my G.I. Bill,� St. Onge said. �It was a tremendous lift and without it, I wouldn�t have been able to go to school.� He moved back to Putnam in 1979 and landed his first job at Day Kimball Hospital as a second-shift emergency room nurse. After a year, he was promoted to nurse manager of the medical surgical unit, where he worked until 1986. Later, he taught nursing at UConn, was elected as Putnam�s mayor from 1989-91 and served as the administrative chief executive officer for the Center for Bone and Joint Care in Putnam. In 2012, he came back to Day Kimball, this time as the health care group�s chief operating officer. He has been married to his wife, Denise, for 40 years. They have two grown daughters and three grandsons.
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The Best NBA Players with No Championship Rings
List Rules Only Professional NBA Basketball Players who have never won a championship ring
List of the greatest NBA basketball players of all time who never won a championship ring. Though winning a championship is the ultimate goal of any team in any league, often circumstances conspire to keep even the most elite athletes from actually making it to that pinnacle of achievement. Thus, it has become a known and accepted truth that there must be other ways to measure the greatness of a basketball icon other than counting up their actual championship record. A number of lesser players whose names have been all but forgotten to history have collected more rings than legends like Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, and Reggie Miller.
But what other measurements can be used to evaluate the dominance of a given player, if not by the rings on their fingers? Perhaps participation in NBA All Star competitions? Their central importance to a particular team or city? It'd be hard to argue against the greatness of six-time NBA All Star Shawn Kemp, nor to deny his integral position on the '90s Seattle Sonics. Yet in may ways because of the dominance of Michael Jordan's Bulls dynasty, Kemp was never part of a championship team.
Below, vote for your favorite players who never managed to clinch a championship victory. And if you think a key player has been left off the list, add them by making your own re-ranked version. Thanks to your votes, we'll create a list of the best NBA players without a ring.


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Socialising Your Intranet (#SWChat)
Thanks to everyone who took part in this weeks Social Workplace Twitter Chat event (#SWChat).
Socialising Your Intranet
This weeks #SWChat was a Guest Event with Angela Ashenden from MWD Advisors.
Angela is a Principal Analyst and leads MWD's Collaboration research program. She is also a highly accomplished and experienced IT industry analyst and public speaker.
Based on her extensive experience in the field and as an industry analyst, Angela has advised clients on technology and management issues relating to collaboration, enterprise content management, portals, workflow, enterprise search and e-learning.
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Q2) How critical is the cultural aspect to building a successful Social Intranet?
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- Working Out Loud: Your Personal Content Strategy via John Stepper
- If You Aren't Social You'll Shrink: 10 Steps To Becoming A Social Business via Vala Afshar
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- Microsoft Go Social With Yammer via DailyFinance
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More than 80,000 Google Chrome users have been infected by malware when they tried to install fake versions of Rovio's Bad Piggies in the Google Chrome Web Store, according to a recent report.
"Bad Piggies" is Rovio's new game; Rovio is the creator of Angry Birds.
It turns out that downloading the game, and mistakenly installing the fake version found right in the Google Chrome Web Store, shows plug-in ads for several popular websites -- which is annoying and can affect computer performance, but is not necessarily dangerous.
When Press:Here looked at the Chrome store on Tuesday morning, it was still available from Playook.info.
"Seven of these plugins are from the same source www.playook.info, a maker of 'free' flash games. A quick glance at the ...records for playook.info tells us... nothing," Jason Ding, a research scientist at Barracuda Networks wrote on the company blog. "What's more, installing these 7 plug-ins request a significant permissions: 'access your data on all websites'."
More dangerous is giving an app permission to "access your data on all websites," which puts you at risk of having personal information stolen, such as emails or credit card information stored on those sites. The only way to deal with this problem is by uninstalling the app immediately and changing all your passwords.
Essentially, the takeaway here is don't install free versions of games from unknown developers. That should be common sense, but this post shows that it's often not used.