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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. And I wait all week to say: time for sports.
SIMON: The Stanley Cup finals are set - left versus right, a frequent flier bonanza. The NBA playoffs feature a thrilling matchup between Texas and Oklahoma, the Old Hands versus the Young Guns. And tennis, red, dusty and with a side of frites - the French Open opens. Here to talk about all of it, NPR Tom Goldman,
Morning, Tom.
TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Good day to you, Scott, which is what they're saying in New Jersey today. Good day.
SIMON: Good day. Good day.
GOLDMAN: Good day.
SIMON: And put another prawn on the barbie. Listen, so let's start. The Devils stamped their ticket to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1903 - no, 2003, defeating those hoity-toity Manhattanite New York Rangers. How did they do it?
GOLDMAN: Tied 2-2, about a minute into overtime there was a scramble in front of the New York net. The puck got loose. Devils rookie Adam Henrique tapped it into unleash the celebration Jersey-style.
SIMON: But now they've got to play what might be the hottest team in any sport right now, and that's the L.A. Kings. What do you look for in that matchup?
GOLDMAN: Two very good goaltenders - veteran Martin Brodeur for the Devils, Jonathan Quick has been outstanding for L.A., which seems to be our team of destiny here, Scott. L.A. is an eighth seed, that's the lowest. It's been beaten the top three seeds in its conference on the way to the finals. The first for the Kings since 1993. Four of the possible seven games are in Newark, but that suits L.A. fine. The Kings have won eight straight games on opponent's ice. That's an NHL playoff record.
SIMON: Now, let's turn to the NBA, because Eastern Conference finals, Miami, of course, is waiting for the winner of tonight's Boston versus Philadelphia game 7. We will note, Tom, LeBron and D Wade sure took our instructions seriously, right. Got their acts together.
GOLDMAN: Sure did.
SIMON: The Western Conference finals are set and it has some of the potentials of a classic. We have the young, very talented Oklahoma City Thunder, who haven't been there before, against the can we say gracefully aging San Antonio Spurs, who have almost unheralded won four world championships.
GOLDMAN: Yeah. And they're playing great basketball. Let me say this about age. You know, everyone thinks that the Spurs is old and grizzled - or mature - largely because of their defining players. Tim Duncan's 36, Manu Ginobili, 34, Tony Parker, 30. In fact, their average age for the starting lineup is 28, which is considered in your prime in the NBA. Hopefully not in public radio.
GOLDMAN: But, Scott, the rooting interest for this series breaks down along generational lines. Tweeters want OKC. Those who pine for rotary phones want the Spurs.
SIMON: How do you look for this to play out, because both teams are used to dominating offensively. They're also very good defensive teams.
GOLDMAN: Boy, it's tough. A case for the Spurs. They're 29-2 over the last 31 games, including eight straight in the playoffs. San Antonio is executing its half court offense to perfection much of the time. You know, there always seems to be a next pass the Spurs make to find the player positioned to take the best shot. And point guard Tony Parker is having the best year of his career. He's pushing the tempo so the Spurs are running as well.
Now, a case for the Thunder. They have not shown their age in the playoffs. Their starting lineup averages a little over 24 years old. They showed great poise in knocking out Dallas and the Lakers in the first two rounds. And they have those dangerous offensive players - Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, sixth man James Harden, who can rain down jump shots or break down a defense with slashing drives to the hoop.
San Antonio's home court advantage, that may be key, Scott.
SIMON: Speaking of Tony Parker, who's French - how's this for a segue?
SIMON: French Open's on those clay courts tomorrow. Rafael Nadal has won six of the past seven years. Is he one of these players like Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert-Lloyd who just has the knack to win on clay?
GOLDMAN: Oh, yeah. He's so good. He's won six of the last seven. He can break the record he shares with Borg for most French Open singles titles this year. And he comes in having great recent success on clay. He and Novak Djokovic, who Nadal has beaten the last two times they've played, those are the top two seeds in Paris. If they play it'll be in the finals.
SIMON: And who do you see in the women's side?
GOLDMAN: You know, some familiar names doing quite well. Serena Williams is 17-0 on clay this season. Maria Sharapova once described herself as a cow on ice when she plays on clay. This year, she's been more like Michelle Kwan on ice - 12-1 on clay this year, including a recent win over reigning French Open champ, Li Na of China.
SIMON: NPR's Tom Goldman. Thanks so much.
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The Lord's Wrath and Zion's Ruin*
1How the Lord in his wrath
has abhorred daughter Zion,
Casting down from heaven to earth
the glory of Israel,*
Not remembering his footstool
on the day of his wrath!
2The Lord has devoured without pity
all of Jacob's dwellings;
In his fury he has razed
daughter Judah's defenses,
Has brought to the ground in dishonor
a kingdom and its princes.
3In blazing wrath, he cut down entirely
the horn* of Israel;
He withdrew the support of his right hand
when the enemy approached;
He burned against Jacob like a blazing fire
that consumes everything in its path.
4He bent his bow like an enemy;
the arrow in his right hand
Like a foe, he killed
all those held precious;
On the tent of daughter Zion
he poured out his wrath like fire.
5The Lord has become the enemy,
he has devoured Israel:
Devoured all its strongholds,
destroyed its defenses,
Multiplied moaning and groaning
throughout daughter Judah.
6He laid waste his booth like a garden,
destroyed his shrine;*
The LORD has blotted out in Zion
feast day and sabbath,
Has scorned in fierce wrath
king and priest.a
7The Lord has rejected his altar,
spurned his sanctuary;
He has handed over to the enemy
the walls of its strongholds.
They shout in the house of the LORD
as on a feast day.b
8The LORD was bent on destroying
the wall of daughter Zion:
He stretched out the measuring line;*
did not hesitate to devour,
Brought grief on rampart and wall
till both succumbed.c
9Her gates sank into the ground;
he smashed her bars to bits.
Her king and her princes are among the nations;
instruction is wanting,
Even her prophets do not obtain
any vision from the LORD.d
10The elders of daughter Zion
sit silently on the ground;
They cast dust* on their heads
and dress in sackcloth;
The young women of Jerusalem
bow their heads to the ground.e
11My eyes are spent with tears,
my stomach churns;*
My bile is poured out on the ground
at the brokenness of the daughter of my people,
As children and infants collapse
in the streets of the town.f
12They cry out to their mothers,
"Where is bread and wine?"
As they faint away like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
As their life is poured out
in their mothers' arms.
13To what can I compare you*—to what can I liken you—
O daughter Jerusalem?
What example can I give in order to comfort you,
virgin daughter Zion?
For your breach is vast as the sea;
who could heal you?g
14Your prophets provided you visions
of whitewashed illusion;
They did not lay bare your guilt,
in order to restore your fortunes;
They saw for you only oracles
of empty deceit.h
15All who pass by on the road,
clap their hands at you;
They hiss and wag their heads
over daughter Jerusalem:
"Is this the city they used to call
perfect in beauty and joy of all the earth?"i
16They open their mouths against you,
all your enemies;
They hiss and gnash their teeth,
saying, "We have devoured her!
How we have waited for this day—
we have lived to see it!"j
17The LORD has done what he planned.
He has fulfilled the threat
Decreed from days of old,
destroying without pity!
He let the enemy gloat over you
and exalted the horn of your foes.k
18Cry out to the Lord from your heart,
wall of daughter Zion!
Let your tears flow like a torrent
day and night;
Give yourself no rest,
no relief for your eyes.
19Rise up! Wail in the night,
at the start of every watch;
Pour out your heart like water
before the Lord;
Lift up your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
Who collapse from hunger
at the corner of every street.*
20"Look, O LORD, and pay attention:
to whom have you been so ruthless?
Must women eat their own offspring,*
the very children they have borne?
Are priest and prophet to be slain
in the sanctuary of the Lord?l
21They lie on the ground in the streets,
young and old alike;
Both my young women and young men
are cut down by the sword;
You killed them on the day of your wrath,
slaughtered without pity.m
22You summoned as to a feast day
terrors on every side;
On the day of the LORD's wrath,
none survived or escaped.
Those I have borne and nurtured,
my enemy has utterly destroyed."n
* [2:1–22] This chapter continues to move between the voice of the poet (vv. 1–20) and that of personified Zion (vv. 20–22). The persona of the poet, first portrayed in chap. 1 as a detached observer recounting both the desolation as well as the sins of the city, becomes in this chapter an advocate for Zion in her appeal to the Lord and never once mentions her sins.
* [2:1] The glory of Israel: the Temple. His footstool: the ark of the covenant (1 Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5; 132:7); or again, the Temple (Ez 43:7).
* [2:3] Horn: a symbol of power and strength; cf. v. 17; 1 Sm 2:1, 10; Ps 89:18, 25; 92:11; 112:9.
* [2:6] Booth…shrine: synonyms for the Temple; cf. Ps 27:5; 74:4, 8. The term for "shrine" in Hebrew (mo'ed) figures prominently in the pentateuchal expression "tent of meeting" ('ohel mo'ed).
* [2:8] The measuring line: normally used for building, here employed ironically as an instrument of destruction; cf. Is 34:11; 2 Kgs 21:13.
* [2:10] They cast dust: as a sign of mourning; cf. Jos 7:6; Jb 2:12; Ez 27:30.
* [2:11] My eyes are spent with tears, my stomach churns: the poet appropriates the emotional language used by Zion in 1:16 and 1:20 to express a progressively stronger commitment to her cause. After describing the systematic dismantling of the city in vv. 5–9, the poet turns to the plight of the inhabitants in vv. 10–12. It is the description of children dying in the streets that finally brings about the poet's emotional breakdown, even as it did for Zion in 1:16.
* [2:13] To what can I compare you…?: the author calls attention to the poetic task: to find language that speaks adequately of the atrocities and incomparable suffering experienced by Zion, and thus to attempt to offer comfort.
* [2:19] The poet urges Zion to appeal to the Lord once more on behalf of her dying children. The image of Zion's children effectively condenses the metaphorical sense of all residents of the city (young and old alike) into the more poignant picture of actual children at the point of death. It was precisely this image, no doubt well known to survivors of besieged cities, that led to the emotional breakdown of both Zion (1:16) and the poet (2:11). The hope is that the Lord will be similarly affected by such a poignant image and respond with mercy.
* [2:20] Must women eat their own offspring: extreme famine in a besieged city sometimes led to cannibalism; this becomes a stereotypical way of expressing the nearly unthinkable horrors of war; cf. Lam 4:10; Dt 28:53; 2 Kgs 6:28–29; Bar 2:3; Ez 5:10.
f. [2:11] Lam 1:16, 20; 3:48; Jer 8:18.
h. [2:14] Is 58:1; Jer 2:8; 23:16; Ez 13:9; 22:28.
i. [2:15] Ps 48:3; 50:12; Jer 18:16.
m. [2:21] Lam 3:43; 2 Chr 36:17; Jer 6:11.
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Vision normally sharpens as a baby matures into childhood. However, vision problems may be suspected in children who are not responding to their environment correctly. The following are some age-related guidelines that may help you know if your child is having vision problems. It is important to remember that not all children are the same. Some children may reach milestones at different ages. Talk with your child's healthcare provider if you are suspicious that your child is not seeing correctly or is experiencing other problems with their vision.
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Poor eyesight
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Third Summons*
1Hear this word which I utter concerning you,
this dirge, house of Israel:
2She is fallen, to rise no more,
virgin Israel;
She lies abandoned on her land,
with no one to raise her up.a
3For thus says the Lord GOD
to the house of Israel:
The city that marched out with a thousand
shall be left with a hundred,
Another that marched out with a hundred
shall be left with ten.
4For thus says the LORD*
to the house of Israel:
Seek me, that you may live,b
5but do not seek Bethel;
Do not come to Gilgal,
and do not cross over to Beer-sheba;
For Gilgal shall be led into exile
and Bethel shall be no more.
6* Seek the LORD, that you may live,
lest he flare up against the house of Joseph* like a fire
that shall consume the house of Israel, with no one to quench it.
8The one who made the Pleiades and Orion,
who turns darkness into dawn,
and darkens day into night;
Who summons the waters of the sea,
and pours them out on the surface of the earth;c
9Who makes destruction fall suddenly upon the stronghold
and brings ruin upon the fortress,
the LORD is his name.
First Woe
7Woe to those who turn justice into wormwood
and cast righteousness to the ground,
10They hate those who reprove at the gate
and abhor those who speak with integrity;
11Therefore, because you tax the destitute
and exact from them levies of grain,
Though you have built houses of hewn stone,
you shall not live in them;
Though you have planted choice vineyards,
you shall not drink their wine.d
12Yes, I know how many are your crimes,
how grievous your sins:
Oppressing the just, accepting bribes,
turning away the needy at the gate.
13(Therefore at this time the wise are struck dumb
for it is an evil time.)
14Seek good and not evil,
that you may live;
Then truly the LORD, the God of hosts,
will be with you as you claim.
15Hate evil and love good,
and let justice prevail at the gate;
Then it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts,
will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.e
16Therefore, thus says the LORD,
the God of hosts, the Lord:
In every square there shall be lamentation,
and in every street they shall cry, "Oh, no!"
They shall summon the farmers to wail
and the professional mourners to lament.
17And in every vineyard there shall be lamentation
when I pass through your midst, says the LORD.
Second Woe
18Woe to those who yearn
for the day of the LORD!*
What will the day of the LORD mean for you?
It will be darkness, not light!f
19As if someone fled from a lion
and a bear met him;
Or as if on entering the house
he rested his hand against the wall,
and a snake bit it.
20Truly, the day of the LORD will be darkness, not light,
gloom without any brightness!
21* g I hate, I despise your feasts,
I take no pleasure in your solemnities.
22Even though you bring me your burnt offerings and grain offerings
I will not accept them;
Your stall-fed communion offerings,
I will not look upon them.
23Take away from me
your noisy songs;
The melodies of your harps,
I will not listen to them.
24Rather let justice surge like waters,
and righteousness like an unfailing stream.
25h Did you bring me sacrifices and grain offerings
for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?i
26Yet you will carry away Sukuth,* your king,
and Kaiwan, your star-image,
your gods that you have made for yourselves,j
27As I exile you beyond Damascus,
says the LORD,
whose name is the God of hosts.
* [5:1–17] These verses form a chiastic section beginning and ending with a lament over Israel (vv. 2, 16–17) and containing a double appeal to "seek" the Lord (vv. 4, 14). This editorial arrangement gives the whole section a negative cast, in effect nullifying the only hopeful verse in Amos (v. 15). Israel is as good as dead.
* [5:4–5] For thus says the LORD…Bethel shall be no more: these two verses continue the sarcasm of 4:4–5, verses in which Amos invites the people to come and "sin" at Bethel and Gilgal. The cult cities of Samaria should have been places where God could be "sought" but, because of the sins of the Northern Kingdom, these cities would cease to exist.
* [5:6] These verses have been rearranged to achieve the proper sequence according to the best possible manuscript tradition. Cf. the Textual Notes accompanying the translation.
* [5:6] House of Joseph: the kingdom of Israel or Northern Kingdom, the chief tribes of which were descended from Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph; cf. 5:15; 6:6.
* [5:18] The day of the LORD: first mentioned in Amos, this refers to a specific time in the future, known to the Lord alone, when God's enemies would be decisively defeated. The common assumption among Israelites was that the Lord's foes and Israel's foes were one and the same. But Amos makes it clear that because the people have become God's enemies by refusing to heed the prophetic word, they too would experience the divine wrath on that fateful day. However, during the exile this expression comes to mean a time when God would avenge Israel against its oppressors and bring about its restoration (Jer 50:27; Ez 30:3–5).
* [5:21–27] The prophet does not condemn cultic activity as such but rather the people's attempt to offer worship with hands unclean from oppression of their fellow Israelites (cf. Ps 15:2–5; 24:3–4). But worship from those who disregard justice and righteousness (v. 24) is never acceptable to the God of Israel. Through the Sinai covenant the love of God and the love of neighbor are inextricably bound together.
* [5:26] Sukuth: probably a hebraized form of Assyro-Babylonian Shukudu ("the Arrow"), a name of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. It was associated with the god Ninurta, who was widely worshiped in Mesopotamia. According to 2 Kgs 17:30 the cult of Sirius was introduced into Samaria by deportees from Babylonia. Kaiwan: a hebraized form of an Akkadian name for the planet Saturn, also worshiped as a deity in Mesopotamia.
c. [5:8] Am 9:6; Jb 9:9; 38:31.
d. [5:11] Am 9:14; Dt 28:30; Zep 1:13.
f. [5:18] Jer 13:16; Jl 2:1–2, 11; Zep 1:14–18.
g. [5:21–24] Is 1:10–17; Jer 6:20.
j. [5:26] 2 Kgs 17:30; Jer 2:28.
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Bad hair days. Those merciless, cruel days when you look in the mirror and all you see is a member of some band from the 80s.
We can have bad hair days when it comes to cooking, can't we? This recipe qualifies as one.
In some pans, the batter overflew and the ones that didn't delivered funny-looking tartlets. To make me feel even worse, the icing wasn't spoonable as the one on the original recipe.
Before you start thinking "what the heck is she posting this for?" and my friend gets mad at me again, let me tell you that these tartlets were delicious. Delicious. Worth all the hair I pulled out while they were in the oven. :)
I'm completely hooked on the Australian Gourmet Traveller's website, so get ready to see lots of their recipes around here.
Little hazelnut tartlets with caramel fudge icing
from Australian Gourmet Traveller
100g cold butter, coarsely chopped
1 vanilla bean, scraped seeds only
3 egg whites
180g pure icing sugar, sieved
70g hazelnut meal
50g plain flour
finely grated zest of 1 orange
crème fraîche, to serve
Caramel fudge icing:
330g light brown sugar
100ml pouring cream
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
20g butter, room temperature
Butter and flour 4 12cm-diameter fluted tart pans*; set aside.
Cook butter and vanilla seeds in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until dark nut brown in color (4-5 minutes), then set aside until completely cool.
Preheat oven to 170ºC/338ºF. Using an electric mixer, whisk egg whites until soft peaks form, gradually add icing sugar, whisking continuously until thick and glossy. Fold in hazelnut meal, flour and orange rind, then cooled butter. Divide among the prepared pans and bake until golden (20-25 minutes). Stand for 5 minutes, then remove from moulds and cool on a wire rack.
For caramel fudge icing, combine ingredients in a saucepan and stir over medium-high heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves (2-3 minutes). Bring to the boil and cook until mixture reaches 114ºC/237ºF on a candy thermometer (4-5 minutes).Transfer to an electric mixer, add 80ml of hot water and whisk until glossy. Working quickly, spoon onto tarts and stand until set. Serve with crème fraîche – I served it with whipped cream.
* I used 8.5cm pans and ended up with 8 tarts
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Kanye West -- I Did NOT Cheat on Kim Kardashian With Leyla Ghobadi
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Kanye West insists he did NOT cheat on Kim Kardashian with a Canadian model/bartender -- telling TMZ, the woman accusing him of being unfaithful is just out for some easy publicity.
24-year-old Leyla Ghobadi recently did an interview claiming she met Kanye at one of his concerts in July 2012 -- three months after Kim and Kanye began dating. She says Kanye had his security pick her out of the crowd and they went for drinks after.
She claims they later engaged in two sexual encounters -- one while Kim was pregnant -- and that Kanye confessed his relationship to Kim was a sham in order to increase his fan base.
But a rep for Kanye says it's all BS -- telling us, "This most recent attack on Kanye West and his family is totally without merit. It's a blatant attempt by a misguided individual who is clearly seeking publicity, and another in a series of malicious stories drummed up by non-credible 'news' sources."
The rep adds, "This is a sad attempt to hurt two people trying to live their lives."


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Dump Truck Insurance in Folsom and Sacramento, CA
If a dump truck is part of your business operation, you understand the importance of insurance for that vehicle. All vehicles need to be insured, of course, but dump truck insurance can make sure you are covered from unique issues related only to a dump truck.
G.L. Anderson Insurance Services, Inc. agents can help you with basic insurance on the vehicle itself that protects from standard risks, but dump trucks are also vulnerable to the following hazards, and require additional insurance:
- Hauling heavy or jagged material could damage the truck
- Dump trucks often operate where no roads exist
- Breakdowns that cost you time and money; you can avoid the financial loss with adequate dump truck insurance
Dump Truck Insurance Features
If you have employees operating your dump truck, you need workers compensation insurance. If someone is injured while working, you want them to be covered, as required by law.
Consider, too, liability. Your truck could get into an accident, and most policies cover that. However, you may also be working on another person's property and may need liability insurance to protect you if your truck has an accident and causes personal or property damage. In those cases, it is not just lost operating time that matters; you could be facing a lawsuit.
G.L. Anderson Insurance Services, Inc. agents are familiar with the differences between state insurance regulations and requirements, and can assist you even if you work in more than one state.
Call G.L. Anderson Insurance Services, Inc. to make sure you are covered and that you can handle any crisis that develops. Our professional staff can make sure you have the best possible dump truck insurance. When you call, have the following information available:
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We will also need the number of employees and how many of those employees will be operating the truck. With this information, we can provide you with an affordable insurance quote for your dump trucks or other vehicles.


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Negotiating The offer
After signing the offer, your Sales Representative will register it with the listing broker. A time will be set for the listing Sales Representative and your Sales Representative to meet and present the offer to the Seller. The Seller has a number of options available: Reject the offer; Accept the offer exactly as presented, making no changes; Make a counter-offer back to you with whatever changes the Seller wants, such as price, closing or conditions. You then have the option of accepting the Seller's counter-offer or making your own changes and signing the newly amended offer back to them. This is where your Sales Representative's negotiation skills come into play.
Registering The Mortgage
The lawyer receives instructions from the mortgage company, prepares the draft mortgage document, forwards the draft to the lender, makes amendments if required and arranges for you to sign the documents. The mortgage company then releases the funds to your lawyer. Some lenders prefer to pay the property taxes on your behalf to ensure the taxes are never in arrears. In this case, the mortgagee will hold back a certain amount from the advance on closing to start a tax account. Your payment will include the taxes in addition to the regular principal in interest. Check with your mortgage representative to see how your taxes will be handled.
The Role Of Your Lawyer
Your lawyer's job is to certify good and marketable title to the property, free of encumbrances, liens and judgments. Your Sales Representative will deliver all documentation related to the sale to your lawyer.
You are required to place fire insurance on the property. The coverage should be for at least the amount of the mortgage to be acceptable to the mortgagee. A guaranteed replacement clause is usually acceptable and must take effect on the closing date.
land Transfer Tax
Payable by the Buyer on closing, the tax is based on the purchase price.
Legal Fees
A lawyer will usually charge between $750 and $1,000, plus disbursements, for a straightforward real estate transaction. This is payable prior to closing.
Statement Of Adjustments
The closing balance to be paid by the Buyer is "subject to the usual adjustments." The statement of adjustments is a system of credits and debits whereby amounts are added to or subtracted from the balance to be paid by the Buyer, depending on whether or not the Seller has paid certain items in advance. The day of closing is assigned to the Buyer, who is responsible for taxes and utilities from 12:01am of that day. For example, taxes might have to be paid up to the date after the scheduled closing, so the Buyer will credit the Seller for the exact number of days "overpaid." The same applies to water rates and fuel. Utility companies are notified of the change of ownership by your lawyer and final meter readings are arranged for the date of closing.
Closing Day
The lawyers or clerks exchange documents and funds to close the transaction. You can expect to get access to your new home by late afternoon on that day, but check with your lawyer. Changing locks is recommended after closing as a safety precaution. If you have any dead-bolt locks on your doors, it is a simple matter to remove the cylinder and replace it with a new one.


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Dear Lifehacker,
I'm a pretty savvy person when it comes to getting my work on the web where people can see, but all this talk about Facebook passwords and things has me re-thinking my personal/professional boundaries. Should I set up completely separate accounts for my personal life and my professional life, or is that kind of misleading? How can I juggle privacy and openness, especially if I want to make a name for myself and get hired?
Camera Shy
Dear Camera Shy,
Well, there's no clear yes or no answer here, and what's best for you will really come down to how much you want a potential employer to be able to find out about you. Balance that with exactly how strong your desire for privacy is, and you'll know where you come down on this issue. There are some ramifications to going either way though, and a comfortable compromise in the middle may work best for you—let's dig into that a bit.
How Comfortable Are You With Your Name in Public?
This is the ultimate question you're going to have to answer. Some of us live with our identities in public because we have to, either because we work in public under our own names or assumed identities, or because we prefer to be above board with our comments, criticisms, and public interactions on the web. Many other people prefer the cloak of anonymity so they can speak their mind, comment and write what they really feel, and join the communities they prefer without worrying about who might find them there later.
We touched on this topic a bit when it came to Facebook passwords and even with companies tracking your activities on the web. If you prefer anonymity because you don't want it to come around to your staunchly conservative boss that you're a guest writer at a leading progressive blog, then there's a reason you'd want to keep some elements of your personal identity separate from your professional one. At the same time, if you're a writer and you'd like to apply for more opportunities, you may do yourself a disservice by keeping some of your best work out of your portfolio. Ultimately, you have to balance how comfortable you are having your name attached to all of your work, and whether or not the things that you attach your name are relevant to your field, or help complete a potential employer's picture of you as a whole individual.
Pros to Keeping Your Identities Separate
It provides a layer of privacy (through obscurity). Your anonymous, or personal persona is free to comment where you choose, say what you like, and be an active participant in any community you wish, without fear that your professional portfolio or career will be impacted by it. Photo by Tom Mc Nemar.
You have control over your professional appearance. By keeping semi-separate identities, you can carefully curate who sees what, and what information is available to a potential employer, business partner, family member, or anyone else looking for information on you and what you've been up to. By minimizing the intersection between personal and professional, you have the option to let some people into both worlds while keeping most people in the ones you prefer.
Avoids information overload, for you and your audience. Keeping your identities separate allows you to control and refine what you see and when. It allows you to keep different networks for different purposes, and limit your own access to some networks when you're off the clock, and then stay up to date on everything when it's business time. This method also allows you to keep your professional updates, like new photos in your gallery or new articles you've written and projects you've completed, from boring your personal friends, and keeps your professional contacts from seeing irrelevant details of your personal life.
Cons to Keeping Your Identities Separate
Requires you to maintain separate accounts/personae in different places. On some networks, you may want to go as far as to create a completely separate identity for yourself, and depending on the network in question, that may be a violation of the terms of service. Some companies don't take lightly to the same person having multiple accounts, with one under a false name. More importantly though, it doubles the amount of work you have to physically put into maintaining your presence online. You'll have personal networks you use to stay in touch with friends, and professional pages and portfolios to help you get jobs and market yourself. Photo by Sybil Liberty.
Splits your audience. For many people, your biggest fans, and the people who are perhaps the most likely to help you find new jobs, connect with people who can help you find your dream gig, or support your vision are the people closest to you—or the people you would connect with on your personal networks, but keep at arms length elsewhere. If you opt to keep your personal and professional lives separate, you may find yourself excluding valuable people who can help you because they're friends or family. If you let them in to both, however, it may defeat the whole point. Alternatively, if what you do is what you love, this definitely defeats the point.
Use Different Networks for Different Purposes
Some of this is obvious—you'd naturally use your LinkedIn profile for business contacts, right? But would you think about creating a Facebook page for your personal "brand" or the professional side of your life? Everyone has a personal Facebook account, and we would strongly suggest you keep it locked down, but if you want to use Facebook as a professional networking tool—and it's great for that, make no mistake—then a Facebook Page, not a second profile, may be what you're looking for. Then you have the separation you need between the personal and the professional. Photo by Sheila Scarborough.
The same applies to Twitter, or your personal website. It's one thing to have a personal blog, full of your own thoughts and opinions, but it's another to have a professional blog where you write about your goals, your projects, and post samples of your work. Flickr, Smugmug, and networks like 500px are great tools for photographers, but not many photographers who are serious about their work would suggest using Flickr in lieu of a personal gallery hosted on your own site (where potential clients can reach you about your work.)
It's more important that you find the sweet spot of personal and professional distance between your social circles that's right for you than you specifically create two accounts with the same name, or one with a fake name and the other with your real name. You can have it all, just be aware of the privacy policies and terms of service you're signing to, and make sure you're using each network for its best intended purpose.
Make the Call That Suits You Best
The key is to use the networks that you sign up for in the best way possible that retains your personal privacy, but also helps you professionally. In most cases, that means getting up to speed with their privacy settings, considering second accounts or secondary profiles (that are or are not linked to your personal one, depending on how comfortable you are doing so) for different purposes, and only cross pollinating when absolutely necessary. Plus, doing this gives you control over what you publish and to whom, and even gives you the option to let professional friends into your personal cabal if you see fit.
We know we didn't say "yes, you should keep them separate" as much as we said "no, you shouldn't use one identity for everything," but that's because it's more important for your sanity and for your work-life boundaries for you to keep some distance between your professional portfolios and your personal activities on the web. Whether you choose to use the same name is up to you, you'll just have to be on your best behavior when you do. If using your real name forces you to not be a jerk, then we can't complain, but if it forces you to stop short of brilliance because you don't know how a future employer would feel, well then, we agree with XKCD on that one.
P.S. Do you keep your personal and professional profiles completely separate? Do you mix audiences, or just use one name and one set of profiles and call it a day? Share your privacy—and professional networking tips—in the comments below.
Have a question or suggestion for Ask Lifehacker? Send it to [email protected].
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You can create and restore backups of your websites and databases by using the Backup Wizard option from the cPanel on your Linux Hosting order.
You can choose to create a full backup or a partial backup of your website.
Step 1: Accessing the Backup Wizard.
- Access your cPanel from the control panel.
- On the cPanel home page, under the FILES section, click Backup Wizard.
Step 2: Creating and Restoring a Backup.
You can choose from the backup options available in the cPanel. The two options available are full backup and partial backup.
i. Full Backup
- Full backup files cannot be used to restore your files through the cPanel interface. You need to contact the support team for more information.
- Before you proceed with backup restore it is necessary to download and compress the backup file.
- To restore the individual portions of your website, you need to decompress the full backup file and upload it to the wizard and proceed with the restoration.
- The backup process may fail if an account is near or over its quota and the system is unable to write the necessary files such as a database lock file.
- In the Full or Partial Backup section, click Full Backup.
- From the Backup Destination drop-down, select the destination where you want the backup to be stored.
- Home directory - Saves the backup on the server.
- Remote FTP server - Saves the backup on a remote server using FTP.
- Remote FTP Server (passive mode transfer) - Saves the backup on a remote server using passive FTP.
- Secure Copy (SCP) - Saves the backup file on a remote server using SCP.
- You will have to enter the remote server information in the fields if you select the Remote FTP server, Remote FTP server (passive mode transfer) or SCP.
- Select the option to receive an email notification when the backup process finishes or select Do not send email notification of backup completion if you do not want to be notified.
- Click Generate Backup. You will see a confirmation message.
- Click Go Back to return to the Download section.
- You can download the backup by clicking on the link under Backups Available for Download.
NoteIf you selected the Home Directory option, click the filename in the Download section of the interface to download the backup file.
The backup file's creation date appears in the filename, which begins with a backup-MM-DD-YYYY string, where MM represents the month, DD represents the date, and YYYY represents the year.
- The system stores full backup files as tarballs that use the .tar.gz file extension.
ii. Partial Backup
- In the Full or Partial Backup section, under Select Partial Backup select the option for which you want to create a backup.
- Home Directory - Backup your /home directory.
- My SQL Databases - Backup your databases.
- Email Forwarders & Filters - Backup your email forwarders or filters.
- You can download the respective backup by clicking on the link/button.
The partial backups downloaded will have the following file type and extension.
- Home directory - *.tar.gz.
- Email Forwarders and Filter - *.net, *.com
- My SQL Databases - *.sql
iii. Restore Backup
- Under the Account Backups section, you will see restore options.
- In the Select Restore Type section, select what you want to restore.
- Home Directory - Restores the /home directory.
- MySQL Databases - Restores your databases.
- Email Forwarders and Filters - Restores your email forwarders or filters.
- Click Choose File and select the backup file you want to restore from the path where it is downloaded.
- Click Upload to begin the backup restoration.
The backup will be restored. If you face any issues you can get in touch with our support team for assistance.


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Friday, July 15, 2011
50 Women Game-Changers in Food - #6 Marcella Hazan - Cold Herb-Flavored Marinated Green Beans
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Marcella Hazan holds sixth place on the Gourmet Live list of 50 Women Game-Changers in food. Her name is well known to lovers of Italian food and her six best-selling cookbooks make her as important to Italian cooking as Julia Child is to French. She is credited with introducing American cooks to Italian regional food and ending the red sauce siege of American kitchens. Her background is very interesting. She was born in Egypt and survived the German occupation of Italy during World War II. As a young woman, she was a biology teacher whose credentials were supported by two doctoral degrees. Her interest in cooking did not begin until her marriage to an Italian-American. Much like Julia Child, she learned to cook in order to please her husband. She had no need or desire to cook in Italy, and had they remained there, we would never have heard her voice. Despite a lack of formal training, she had taste memories that she was able to translate to the Italian food she prepared for her husband in their American kitchen. Fortunately, she recorded her recipes and began to teach regional Italian cooking from her kitchen in New York City. She was discovered by Craig Claiborne, who was instrumental in finding a publisher for her first book, and Julia Child helped walk her through the vagaries of the New York publishing scene. She appears to be a woman of strong conviction but one without affectation. She considers herself to be a home cook and is offended by attempts to label her a gourmet, an expression she believes is pretentious.
Marcella and her husband, Victor, now live in Florida. Jaden Hair recently did a charming interview with the couple who are both now in their eighties. The interview can be found on Jaden's blog, Steamy Kitchen, which you can access here.
Selecting recipes that represent the work of the women who appear on the Gourmet list can be daunting. In all cases, I've made a conscious effort to choose recipes that can easily be made in home kitchens. One of Marcella's gifts to her readers is the balance of the herbs and spices she uses in her recipes. That gift is evident in today's recipe for marinated green beans. These are nothing like the ubiquitous bean salad that appears at potlucks and picnics. I really liked these. I hope you will too.
Cold Herb-Flavored Marinated Green Beans...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Marcella Hazan
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1 teaspoon fresh oregano
5 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
1 pound green beans
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Salt to taste (Kosher or sea salt)
Fresh ground pepper to taste
1) Choose a large bowl and place parsley, basil, oregano and vinegar in it. let it steep for 10 minutes. Add onion and garlic and mix well. Let steep for another 30 minutes.
2) Snap off ends of green beans, rinse in cold water, and drop them into boiling salt water. Drain string beans while still very firm. Add warm green beans to bowl with vinegar and herbs. Marinate for a minimum of 1 hour and as much as 5 or 6 hours. Mix thoroughly from time-to-time. Serve beans at room temperature, adding olive oil and salt and pepper to taste just before serving. Yield: 6 servings.
The following bloggers are also paying tribute to Marcella this week. I hope you'll visit all of them.
Val - More Than Burnt Toast
Joanne - Eats Well With Others
Taryn - Have Kitchen Will Feed
Susan - The Spice Garden
Claudia - A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
Heather - girlichef
Miranda - Mangoes and Chutney
Jeanette - Healthy Living
April - Abby Sweets
Katie - Making Michael Poland Proud
Mary - One Perfect Bite
Kathleen -Bake Away with Me
Viola - The Life is Good Kitchen
Next week we will highlight the food and recipes of Madhur Jaffrey. If you'd like to join us please email me for additional information. Everyone is welcome.
54 comments :
- Unknown said...
I love these 50 Women posts! I have learned so much about such amazing women. I bet these beans are DEE-licious!
- July 14, 2011 at 11:56 PM
- Katie said...
Mary--The combination of spices used on these green beans sound just fantastic. I love the idea of picking recipes to highlight that your readers can easily recreate. I also learned a little more about Marcella based on your biography! Thanks for organizing all of us!
- July 14, 2011 at 11:59 PM
- Elaine said...
Mary, this is such a beautiful platter of green beans! I really enjoyed reading about Marcella Hazan and now I want to go out and get some of her cookbooks.
- July 15, 2011 at 12:11 AM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
Unusual recipe, would be very nice to take on a picnic!
- July 15, 2011 at 12:17 AM
- Banana Wonder said...
I love this recipe! Fresh herbs marinated veggies are my kind of story. Also love the 50 Women posts. Good stuff :-)
- July 15, 2011 at 2:15 AM
- Ellen Whyte said...
Yum! Love the look of these beans.
We've got a new kitten. Come and take a look? - July 15, 2011 at 2:43 AM
- dr.antony said...
Looks lovely ! Color perfect!
- July 15, 2011 at 2:47 AM
I am finding this so interesting! Thanks for sharing :) Have a perfect weekend Mary :)
- July 15, 2011 at 3:19 AM
- Chris's Gourmet Fashion said...
Nice looking beans full of flavor and what an interesting post.
- July 15, 2011 at 3:43 AM
- Alessandra said...
Beautiful dish, and I know of Marcella Hazan, which is good, I though I was doing pretty poorly in the list of the 50 :-).
A. - July 15, 2011 at 4:24 AM
- Rettabug said...
Mary, this recipe sounds like it will taste EXACTLY like the green beans we enjoyed in Italy a few years ago. I've been trying & trying to duplicate that flavor ever since. I cannot WAIT to try this combination of flavors!
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Your photo is outstanding, as always.
Rett - July 15, 2011 at 4:42 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Marcella Hazan definitely deserves to be high up on the list. Her cookbooks are the bible of Italian of cooking. Great post Mary!!!
- July 15, 2011 at 6:35 AM
- Lynn said...
Sounds great Mary and I have the beans and herbs in the garden:@)
- July 15, 2011 at 6:39 AM
- Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook said...
They look so good. I love green beans cold and marinated, such good flavor.
- July 15, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- StephenC said...
Love the look of this. Peter and I have joked over the years that Marcella, notoriously fussy, would start a recipe for tuna with the instruction "charter a fishing boat."
- July 15, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Susan..... said...
I recently purchased two of her best selling and best loved books. Can not wait to devour both of them.
- July 15, 2011 at 8:20 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
Marcella is my Italian Ina! I've never failed to please when using her recipes. Five of her cookbooks reside with me. The sixth one has disappeared. Hmmm!?
Bonnie - July 15, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- Kim said...
These fresh grean bean looks perfect with these herbs. Looks perfect for summer with fish or chicken!
- July 15, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Lenia said...
What a simple and healthy idea!They look delicious!
- July 15, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Unknown said...
Hello Mary! I love the fact that you are consciously choosing recipes that can easily be made at home. this dish looks like something we here in Turkey can easily make!
- July 15, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Tanna said...
Mary, I am really enjoying learning about these 50 Women Game-Changers. There have been a few I did not know, including Marcella Hazan. What an amazing woman! Her childhood, being a teacher with two doctoral degrees and then number six on the list! Wow! Plus, I love this recipe! Thank you so much for choosing this one! blessings ~ tanna
- July 15, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- polwig said...
Thank you for introducing me to Marcella Hazan, personally I never heard of her maybe because I am not a big fan of italian cooking. If I knew it looked like this: fresh veggies and herbs I would have liked it a lot more.
- July 15, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Heather S-G said...
These green beans sound so amazing...simple, delicious flavors...so Marcella. I'm heading over to check out that interview, I did not know about it...thank you!
- July 15, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Epicurea said...
your beans look absolutely stunning and great intro to marcella! and thanks so much for letting me part of this wonderful tribute series.
- July 15, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- Pam said...
Beautiful presentation! Love the look and sound of these green beans.
- July 15, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Sutapa said...
Wow! This herb pressed beans are delicious.. a very unique and creative recipe!!
- July 15, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Jeanette said...
Mary - these beans look so good - I am definitely going to make these this summer. Thanks for sharing such interesting background information about Marcella Hazan.
- July 15, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- That Girl said...
Don't we all learn to cook to please our husbands? ;-p
- July 15, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Miranda | Mangoes and Chutney said...
Who knew a platter of green beans could look/taste so good. Loved your words about Marcella!
- July 15, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- claire gallam said...
I love these posts, they are so inspiration!! And what a great dish!
- July 15, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
MAry, thank you so much for the series. As you can imagine, after we get past Julia and just a hand full of the others, these are all new to me. I appreciate the back ground and a place to go hunting for more information.
Keep it up!
Dave - July 15, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Wendy Irene said...
I love how you organized the green and yellow on the platter. It looks so beautiful that way. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
- July 15, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Kim said...
I've heard of Marcela Hazan, but haven't spent much time looking at her books. After reading all of today's posts I am going to the library in search of her books. Your green beans look amazing! They'd be a huge hit at my house.
- July 15, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Food Glorious Food! said...
Not common from where I live but sure will give this pretty recipe a try :) have a great weekend!
- July 15, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Becki (Becki's Whole Life) said...
These sound absolutely delicious Mary. I have made Marcella's Tomato Sauce a few times and its divine! Jaden's interview was so sweet, too..Jaden shared a steak recipe with rosemary that I think came from her meeting with Marcella which sounded wonderful, too. Thanks for sharing this! My farm stand usually has some beautiful green beans so I am going to make this.
- July 15, 2011 at 4:44 PM
- Rettabug said...
Oh Mary...I've come RUNNING back over to your blog to tell you...THIS IS IT!!! This is the flavor I've been searching for since before 911 occurred.
I had tried & tried to get the mild yet flavorful green beans that they served along the Autostrade in all of Italy. We toured from top to bottom & I swear I ate them at every rest area's stop. They served them at room temperature. You've brought back some wonderful memories of that trip.
I made these for tonight's supper & they are marinating as I type. Even without any EVOO or S&P yet, I can tell they are PERFECT! It must be the white wine vinegar that is so mild. I had tried using balsamic (dark & white) & I tried red wine & I tried champagne vinegar. I also never got the exact combination of herbs like this has. I'd used thyme once & rosemary only once. None of those attempts matched the flavor I remembered.
Thank you, thank you for posting this today. Now I'm off to see if I can buy some of Marcella Hazan's books.
Mega grateful hugs,
Rett - July 15, 2011 at 4:55 PM
- alexandra grecco said...
I will definitely try the green bean recipe - looks wonderful!
Alexandra - July 15, 2011 at 5:21 PM
- Gloria Baker said...
I love this Mary! look delicious! gloria
- July 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Kim said...
love the idea of marinating green beans! i usually just steam them :). and what a wonderful tribute to women! have a great week!
- July 15, 2011 at 7:15 PM
- Rosita Vargas said...
Me encantan las judías verdes es mi plato preferido,luce muy delicioso,abrazos y bendiciones.
- July 15, 2011 at 8:07 PM
- Unknown said...
I really like this recipe and it's a beauty;-)
Interesting story and information about Marcella Hazan, I like this famous women chefs series. We are surrounded by so many talented women in the kitchen, I'm always impressed by all their creativity, thanks for doing this series;-) - July 15, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- Claudia said...
I always turn to Marcella for a simple pasta recipe - that is always elevated. I forget to check out her vegetables. So sill of me.
- July 15, 2011 at 9:47 PM
- Susan Lindquist said...
Excellent and timely choice for the tribute to Marcella Hazan! Like a wonderful addition to an antipasta platter! Simple and tasty!
- July 15, 2011 at 10:12 PM
These beans look so pretty! Love the alternating colors!
- July 15, 2011 at 10:22 PM
- Merisi in Vienna said...
My first "real" cookbook was Ada Boni's "Tesoro della Cucina". As a newlywed, moving from Rome to the States, it was what a called my "food memory bank". Julia Child and Marzella Hazan were the perfect teachers to help translate my Italian food memories into meals I tried to prepare in my American kitchen. I still own the first Marcella Hazan cookbook I bought: the "First Paperback Publication" of "The Classic Italian Cookbook", by Ballentine books, with the beautiful cover illustration by Susan Gaber.
- July 16, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
Mary - Marcella is a legend and her first cookbooks have a place of honor in my kitchen - they're stained and dog-eared and they're perfect, just like these beans. These are the kinds of beans I grew up eating.
- July 16, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Sutapa, I was unable to comment on your blog, but I wanted you to know how beautiful your drink is. The color is delightful. I hope you have a great ay. Blessings...Mary
- July 16, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- David said...
Mary, Thanks for passing on this recipe using fresh green and yellow beans! I love them done like this. Nice twist on what we've been doing... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
- July 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Kathy said...
What a fantastic summer way to serve green beans. They seem so light and delicious! Love marinated veggies! Enjoyed cooking along this week. Thank you!
- July 16, 2011 at 8:57 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
This is a wonderful series you're doing Mary- I'm learning so much! Those beans look beautiful. :)
- July 17, 2011 at 2:05 AM
- Rivki Locker said...
Marcela Hazan is one of my favorites. I love that these green beans can be made ahead. Great picnic food.
- July 17, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
With lots of blossoms on my yellow bean plants, I'd love to try this when I have enough to pick. The flavors sound wonderful!
- July 17, 2011 at 12:31 PM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
These beans are so perfect and so gorgeous on the plate! ;-)
- July 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM
- Sunday at the Giacometti's said...
I just had to respond to this post. Marcella Hazan is fabulous Italian cook whose book can teach anyone what real italian food is all about and how to cook it. One of my first cookbooks given to me by a dear friend, it always sits nearest the kitchen as a quick re reference and should in any kitchen as a reminder of what Italian food is really about, simplicity. Buon Appetito~
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