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When People Can Fly studios released their First Person Shooter (FPS) parody Duty Calls (directly mocking the Call of Duty series), they just wanted it to be a satirical view on the realisticFPS genre and an anti-demo for their game Bulletstorm. Basically, what they were saying is that our game, Bulletstorm, is not this game. It is definitely everything but this game. Look at this game. This game is stupid. You know which game we are talking about, right? Yes, that game., more or less.
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Matt Buchanan and John Herrman to run The Awl — Meet The Awl — For the past five years, we've operated this website in a public beta. We've been working out some of the implementation. Next month, around the time of our fifth anniversary, The Awl will finally launch.
Discussion: The New York Observer, @carr2n, @mikeisaac, FishbowlNY, @rachelysanders, @daweiner, @lheron, @choire, @reckless, @jkottke, @russellbrandom, @ktheaney, @nbj914, @delrayser, @jwherrman, @dannosowitz, @cwarzel, @digiphile, @atmccann, @julietlapidos, @ftrain, @mims, @alexbalk, @editorialiste, @emilybell, @marynmck, @alexmleo, @tmcgev, Capital New York, @pkafka, @frucci, @connorsimpson, @mariabustillos, @emmacargo and Talking Biz News
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer: The Awl Announces Changes in The Most Awl-ish Way Possible
@mikeisaac: this is really probably one of the best founder's letters ive ever readhttp://www.theawl.com/...
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY: The Awl Hires Matt Buchanan from The New Yorker [Updated]
Rachel Sanders / @rachelysanders: excited for @jwherrman and @mattbuchanan to commence work on what is sure to be my new second-favorite Samsung blog http://www.theawl.com/...
David Weiner / @daweiner: Nobody asked me and nobody cares, but I'm really happy that @Choire has been able to build a business that can hire this caliber of talent.
Liz Heron / @lheron: The Awl hires "total weirdos" @jwherrman & @mattbuchanan as editors-in-chief http://www.theawl.com/... Inspired choice.
@choire: How am I supposed to focus on this wonderful Liam Neeson airplane movie with my phone blowing up?
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Congrats @mattbuchanan @jwherrman, two more from an amazing early class of tech writers hitting broad new heights. http://www.theawl.com/...
Jason Kottke / @jkottke: This is great and makes so much sense. http://www.theawl.com/... Good luck @mattbuchanan @jwherrman @choire @awl
Russell Brandom / @russellbrandom: Amazing news for @mattbuchanan and @jwherrman, who shaped me into the horrible creature I am today. http://www.theawl.com/...
Katie Heaney / @ktheaney: my first editor team is re-fusing at @Awl and it's just really great http://www.theawl.com/...
Nicholas Jackson / @nbj914: I know there are all kinds of variables and relationships and etc. but The Awl hiring away from The New Yorker is still a crazy headline.
@delrayser: My @Awl? My @Awl Seems So Smart But I'm Also Scared About My @Awl http://www.theawl.com/...
John Herrman / @jwherrman: Good morning! http://www.theawl.com/...
Dan Nosowitz / @dannosowitz: maybe the most important part of this is that the awl launched on 4/20 http://www.theawl.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: just going to repeat the phrase "It's just the Internet" until the pain in my heart stops. http://www.theawl.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: I expect animated LAWLcats. RT @Poynter: @jwherrman and @mattbuchanan will run The @Awl: http://www.theawl.com/...
Juliet Lapidos / @julietlapidos: The @NewYorker poached a guy from @BuzzFeed. Then @Awl poached him from The NYer. This means something, but what? http://www.theawl.com/...
Paul Ford / @ftrain: "Choire and Alex are tired, broken men who have taken this thing as far as it can go." http://www.theawl.com/...
Christopher Mims / @mims: Flat out the best letter from an editor ever. Loving the @Awl so much it kind of hurts. http://www.theawl.com/...
Alex Balk / @alexbalk: Naptime for Alex! http://www.theawl.com/...
Andrew Nusca / @editorialiste: congrats to @mattbuchanan and @jwherrman, two of the weirdest weirdos that ever weirded, who will run the new @Awl: http://www.theawl.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: On the whole I'd rather be working for the awl.
Maryn McKenna / @marynmck: .@mattbuchanan, of the @NewYorker, does an interesting thing. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/ ...
Alex Leo / @alexmleo: . @Awl hires @mattbuchanan from @newyorker & @jwherrman from @buzzfeed http://www.capitalnewyork.com/ ...
Tom McGeveran / @tmcgev: Some news we broke last night: The Awl hires @mattbuchanan from The New Yorker and @jwherrman from Buzzfeed: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/ ...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Presto! Hey look there's (going to be) another great tech site. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/ ...
Adam Frucci / @frucci: I am very excited that two of my very favorite writers and people are comin' to The Awl. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/ ...
Connor Simpson / @connorsimpson: So, so, so down for AWL TECH: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/ ... (@jwherrman @mattbuchanan)
Maria Bustillos / @mariabustillos: SO AM I RT @frucci: I am very excited that two of my very favorite writers and people are comin' to The Awl. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/ ...
Emma Carmichael / @emmacargo: Where is the ginger emoji http://www.capitalnewyork.com/ ...
Niklas Wirminghaus / VentureVillage:
Q&A with Jonah Peretti on Buzzfeed: "Traffic has grown to 140m unique visitors" — LOL, WIN, OMG: founder Jonah Peretti about Buzzfeed's recipe for success — Is this what the future of journalism looks like? Cute animal pictures, funning listicles …
Discussion: Poynter, @carr2n and VentureBeat
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: 'No haters' doesn't mean 'no criticism,' BuzzFeed CEO says
David Carr / @carr2n: Jonah Peretti: Buzzfeed is kinda, sorta like Time Mag http://venturevillage.eu/...
Niklas Wirminghaus / VentureBeat: LOL, WIN, OMG: Buzzfeed's Jonah Peretti justifies his site's existence (interview)
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
BuzzFeed plans expansion to Mumbai, Berlin, Tokyo, Mexico City — In a memo to BuzzFeed staffers, CEO Jonah Peretti says the publication plans to expand to more cities: … A BuzzFeed spokesperson said there was no set date for offices in those other cities to come online but that it's definitely happening.
Discussion: Medium, FishbowlNY and @poynter
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Boston Globe drops paywall, adds meter instead — A memo from Editor Brian McGrory lays out a number of big changes to the Globe's digital businesses. The catchiest: "We've replaced the paywall with a meter that allows readers ten free stories in a 30-day period.
Discussion: Politico, Media Nation, @globemoskowitz, @abeaujon, @dankennedy_nu and @mathewi
Hadas Gold / Politico: Boston Globe ditches paywall
Eric Moskowitz / @globemoskowitz: The http://bostonglobe.com/ paywall is gone, replaced with a meter, 10 free stories a month. http://www.poynter.org/...
Andrew Beaujon / @abeaujon: Boston Globe drops paywall, goes to meter instead. More big changes in memo: http://www.poynter.org/...
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: Lots of news about changes at the @BostonGlobe and @BostonDotCom from @GlobeMcGrory: http://www.poynter.org/...
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
NYT corrects 161-year-old article about Solomon Northup — After "12 Years a Slave" won Best Picture at the Academy Awards Sunday, The New York Times tweeted a gem in its archives: An 1853 account of Solomon Northup's kidnapping. A user on Twitter noticed a problem with the article, which the Times corrects today:
Discussion: New York Times, CNN, Latest News & Headlines, Kirk LaPointe's …, Business Insider, @lheron, @mathewi, HyperVocal, Mediaite, @marklittlenews, The Verge, Gawker, New York Magazine and Gothamist
Rebecca Skloot / Latest News & Headlines: New York Times publishes '12 Years a Slave' story correction 161 years later
Kirk LaPointe's themediamanager.com: March 4, 2014 media notes: who is a blogger, when is accuracy needed, New York Times corrects 1853 account
Kirsten Acuna / Business Insider: The NY Times Just Published A Correction To '12 Years A Slave' Story 161 Years Later
Liz Heron / @lheron: .@NYTimes corrects 161-year-old article about "12 Years a Slave" memoirist Solomon Northup http://www.poynter.org/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Never trusting the NYT again :-) MT @lheron: NYTimes corrects 161-year-old article about "12 Years a Slave" author http://www.poynter.org/...
Evan McMurry / Mediaite: NY Times Issues Spelling Corrections for 12 Years a Slave Article from 1853
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: NYTimes corrects 161-year-old article about "12 Years a Slave" author http://www.poynter.org/... via @mathewi
Sarah Hedgecock / Gawker: This Is the 161-Year-Old New York Times Article About 12 Years a Slave
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Guardian digital revenues hit £70m — Publisher of the Guardian and Observer to announce 25% rise in revenues in year to end of March 2014 — The Guardian is expected to report an increase in digital revenues of more than a quarter to almost £70m in the last year …
Discussion: @amelscript, @edwardroussel, @colinmorrisonuk and @gordonmacmillan
Amel Ahmed / @amelscript: Publisher of the Guardian and Observer to announce 25% rise in revenues in year to end of March 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/...
@edwardroussel: The Guardian, until recently seen as a financial basket case, reports rising revenue and $1 billion cash pile. http://www.theguardian.com/...
Colin Morrison / @colinmorrisonuk: UK Guardian digital revs up 25% http://www.theguardian.com/... <Still lossmaking - but £619m banked from AutoTrader> Context: http://www.flashesandflames.com/ ...
Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
Snowden to speak at SXSW — NSA leaker Edward Snowden will speak via videoconference at South By Southwest, the festival has announced. — Snowden joins Glenn Greenwald, the former Guardian reporter who continues to break stories based on Snowden-provided documents at new site the Intercept, as a festival participant.
Hugh Forrest / SXSW 2014: Monday, March 10: Edward Snowden to Speak at SXSW Interactive Via Videoconference
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: Edward Snowden to speak at SXSW Interactive (remotely)
Alex Stedman / Variety: Edward Snowden to Speak at SXSW
Daniel Terdiman / CNET: Edward Snowden to speak at South by Southwest
Ernst-Jan Pfauth / Medium:
Dutch journalism platform De Correspondent now has 30,000 paying members — De Correspondent is a Dutch-language, online journalism platform that offers background, analysis, investigative reporting, and the kinds of stories that tend to escape the radar of mainstream media because they do not conform …
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu
Robert Feder:
Amid more layoffs, Sun-Times rehires four photographers — Four of the photographers who were fired when the Chicago Sun-Times eliminated its photography department last spring are rejoining the newspaper this week. — Rich Chapman, Brian Jackson, Al Podgorski and a fourth photographer whose name …
Discussion: Poynter, @dhinkel, The Huffington Post and The Newspaper Guild
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Sun-Times will rehire 4 photographers
Dan Hinkel / @dhinkel: Sun-Times to rehire fraction of photographers laid off but more layoffs to come, including one "columnist/critic" http://www.robertfeder.com/...
Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post: Chicago Sun-Times Rehires Four Photographers After Massive Layoffs
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Changes at the Orlando Sentinel felt 'extremely familiar' for a former Sun-Times photographer
Changes at the Orlando Sentinel felt 'extremely familiar' for a former Sun-Times photographer
Discussion: @poynter
Merrill Knox / TVNewser:
Brian Stelter's 'Reliable Sources' Gets First Demo Win — For the first time since Brian Stelter took over as the anchor of "Reliable Sources," the CNN program has topped Fox News' "MediaBuzz" in the A25-54 demographic. — "Reliable" averaged 193,000 A25-54 viewers at 11amET Sunday …
Discussion: Mediaite
Jeremy Hodges / Bloomberg:
Brooks Concerned About BSkyB Deal After Milly Dowler Revelations — Rebekah Brooks, the former head of News Corp. (NWSA)'s U.K. unit, said she was concerned the discovery that journalists at the News of the World tabloid hacked the phone of a murdered schoolgirl would jeopardize the company's bid for British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Tony Blair 'offered Rebekah Brooks help' day after Milly Dowler revelations
Tony Blair 'offered Rebekah Brooks help' day after Milly Dowler revelations
Discussion: ITV News, @dansabbagh and @lisaocarroll
Dan Sabbagh / @dansabbagh: Blair texted Brooks he was "thinking of you" after Dowler story. Read what the ex PM and Piers said here: http://gu.com/...
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Leading copyright law professors tell SCOTUS Aereo infringes copyright owners' exclusive right of public performance — Nimmer on Aereo: It's Illegal — Law professors lambaste Second Circuit decision — A pair of leading copyright law professors with scores of papers and books under …
Discussion: Guardian
Dominic Rushe / Guardian: US government sides with broadcasting giants in Aereo copyright legal battle
Amy Schatz / Re/code:
Justice Department Backs Broadcasters in Aereo Dispute
Justice Department Backs Broadcasters in Aereo Dispute
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, The Verge, Electronista, CNET, Gigaom, @dangillmor, @swildstrom and @anildash
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable: Justice Backs Broadcasters In Aereo Challenge
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: In The Legal Battle Between Aereo And Broadcasters, The DOJ Sides With The Incumbents
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: White House opposes Aereo streaming TV service in Supreme Court battle
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: US sides with networks against Aereo in Supreme Court fight
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: Justice Department to Supreme Court: Shut down Aereo and its funny little antennas
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Is anyone even slightly surprised that the Obama administration is backing the Copyright Cartel in the Aereo case? http://recode.net/...
Steve Wildstrom / @swildstrom: A pox on DoJ for backing the broadcasters over Aereo. http://recode.net/...
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Huffington Post Business and Global News Editor Is Leaving for International Business Times — Peter S. Goodman, the executive business editor and global news editor of The Huffington Post, is leaving the website to become editor in chief of International Business Times.
Discussion: Capital New York, FishbowlNY, @alexmleo, @alexnazaryan and @bysamro
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: Peter Goodman named editor-in-chief of The Intenational Business Times
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY: Peter Goodman Named Editor of International Business Times
Alex Leo / @alexmleo: Thrilled to welcome @petersgoodman to the @IBTMedia family. http://www.nytimes.com/...
Alexander Nazaryan / @alexnazaryan: Thrilled that @petersgoodman is joining @IBTimes. An absolutely superb addition. http://www.nytimes.com/...
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Scoop: Spotify hires Beats Music former head of product — Fredric Vinna, part of Beats Music's early team of creators, recently left the streaming music service and will soon begin work at its main rival, Spotify. — The rivalry between Spotify and Beats Music, two key streaming music services, is deepening.
Discussion: Engadget
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Vice launches News channel for 'young, global audience' — Vice News launches today as an 'evolution' of the current affairs films that have driven the organisation's recent successes — VICE Media launched a news platform today dedicated to current affairs videos for a young, global audience.
Discussion: Forbes, AdAge, Capital New York and Tubefilter
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: Vice News Launches, Promising 'Changing Of The Guard In Media'
Simon Dumenco / AdAge: Vice News Is Seriously Very Serious (SRSLY)
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: Vice project to match brands and young viewers with gonzo style advances, again
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
In ad-skipping deal, Dish gets rights to internet-based TV service that includes ABC and ESPN — Dish just secured rights to launch an internet TV service — Dish and Disney confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that they've reached a retransmission agreement late Monday …
Kristie Chong-Adler / ESPN MediaZone ESPN MediaZone: The Walt Disney Company and DISH Network Sign Groundbreaking Long-term, Wide-ranging Agreement
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: In Deal With Disney, Dish Sacrifices Ad-Skipping For Streaming Rights
Ryan Waniata / Digital Trends: DishNetwork quits hopping over ABC commercials, hops into bed with Disney instead
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com: Dish and Disney in ad-skipping deal
Ryan Lawler / @ryanlawler: More like, Dish just got rights to WatchESPN RT @Techmeme: Dish just secured rights to launch an internet TV service http://www.techmeme.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Have to wonder if Dish's AutoHop was all that popular with customers if it was willing to throw it halfway under bus for deal with Disney.
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: One nugget from press release: DISH gets rights to carry ABC/Disney programming for an "over the top" subscription service.
John Battelle / @johnbattelle: Spineless. Dish to curtail ad skipping on Hopper devices for ABC shows http://on.wsj.com/MJAlZp
Mary Beth Quirk / Consumerist: Dish & Disney Jump Into Bed Together With Deal That Limits DVR Ad Skipping On ABC Shows
David Barron / Sports Update: Dish Network to add Longhorn Network, SEC Network
Jethro Nededog / The Wrap: Disney & DISH Settle Legal Issues Over Hopper, Primetime Anytime With Big Deal
Todd Spangler / Variety: Disney and Dish Ink Long-Term Deal, Giving Satcaster Internet-Streaming Rights to Live TV
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Dish Network just sold out customers who bought ad-skipping DVRs: http://gigaom.com/... You don't really own it even if you purchased it.


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The second major snowstorm in a week battered the nation's midsection Tuesday, dropping up to a foot or more of heavy, wet snow that strained power lines and cut electricity to more than 100,000 Midwesterners. At least three deaths were blamed on the blizzard. Gusting winds blew drifts more than 2 feet high and made driving treacherous for those who dared the morning commute.
The second major snowstorm in a week battered the nation's midsection Tuesday, dropping up to a foot or more of heavy, wet snow that strained power lines and cut electricity to more than 100,000 Midwesterners. At least three deaths were blamed on the blizzard. Gusting winds blew drifts more than 2 feet high and made driving treacherous for those who dared the morning commute.
About 105,000 homes and businesses in northwest Missouri, northeast Kansas and western Oklahoma were without power before noon as the snow weighed heavily on power lines and tree limbs. Up to 10 inches had fallen in and around Kansas City, Mo., before the snow tapered off before midday. Mayor Sly James declared a state of emergency as the city dealt with its second major snowstorm in less than a week.
Flights in and out of Kansas City International Airport began to resume Tuesday morning after many were canceled at the height of the storm, airport spokesman Joe McBride said. For a second straight week, school kids, government workers and others caught a break as most offices and buildings were closed across the region.
Area hospitals closed outpatient and urgent care centers, and the University of Missouri canceled classes for Tuesday. The Missouri Department of Transportation issued a "no travel" advisory, asking people to stay off affected highways except in case of a dire emergency. Even some of the state's own heavy-duty snow plows slid off into ditches, underlining the danger to others who were tempted to venture out.
Just west of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza in a neighborhood of aging apartment complexes, Matthew Meier found a large tree had uprooted and fallen onto the back of his 2002 Lincoln Town Car.
"I was completely sure I would find the tree trunk across the engine compartment," said Meier, 56. "But when I came outside I said, 'This doesn't look too bad at all.'"
In rural Kansas, blowing, wet snow forced truckers off the road and many had no idea when they would be able to get going again. Robert Branscecum, a trucker from Campton, Ill., hauling Wal-Mart merchandise to Dallas, had been stuck at Beto Junction near Lebo since Monday evening.
"It's hell, it's straight hell. It's snowing, blowing, drifting, everything," Branscecum said. "The cars are stuck in the parking lot. Some of the trucks that tried to leave got stuck. I'm not leaving anytime soon."
A strong low pressure system fueled the storm, which also deluged eastern Oklahoma and Texas with heavy rain and thunderstorms.
The storm knocked power out to tens of thousands of homes in Texas and Oklahoma and was blamed for the death of a two people killed in rollovers on Interstate 70 in Kansas Monday.
"We urge everyone to avoid travel and be extremely cautious if you must be on the roads," said Col. Ernest Garcia, superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol.
In Oklahoma, a person was killed after 15 inches of snow brought down part of a roof in the northwest town of Woodward. Heavy snow caused roofs to cave in at businesses in Belton and Warrensburg, Mo., where 13 inches of snow fell, police said.
Whiteout conditions made all roads impassable for a while on Monday in the Texas Panhandle, said Paul Braun, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation. A hurricane-force gust of 75 mph was recorded at the Amarillo, Texas, airport. The city saw the biggest snowfall total in Texas with 17 inches.
Schools and major highways in the Texas Panhandle remained closed for a second day Tuesday. Interstate 27 reopened between snow-hammered Amarillo and Lubbock, about 120 miles to the south, but units with the Texas National Guard were still working to clear Interstate 40 from the Oklahoma border to the New Mexico state line. The interstate is open within Amarillo's city limits.
The second major storm in as many weeks sent locals scurrying for their shovels, frustrated and annoyed that one huge blizzard could so closely follow another.
Climate scientists can't say that man-made global warming is the cause of such individual extreme weather events, but they say that climate change in general makes them more likely because of what it does to the thermodynamics of the air and water. Warmer air in general holds more moisture and when temperatures dance around the freezing mark — cold enough to fall as snow, but warm enough to hold lots of moisture — the storms dump more snow, especially if part of the storm system has been over unusually warm ocean water.
Since 1960, much of the United States has had twice as many extreme snowstorms as it had in the 60 years before, according to a new study by top scientists that will soon appear in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. But global warming is also shortening the snow season, dramatically reducing spring snow in the Northern Hemisphere, the Global Snow Lab at Rutgers University found.
"These storms didn't just occur in a vacuum. They are fueled by record amounts of moisture in the atmosphere," Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann said in an email Tuesday. "What is happening is that these storms are feeding on unusually warm oceans, including the 'noreaster 'Nemo' which fed off record warm sea surface temperatures off the U.S. East Coast, and the Midwestern storm now brewing, which is feeding on very warm Gulf of Mexico ocean surface temperatures."
Mann said the unusual warmth and moisture combine with cold air dipping down from the Arctic to produce heavy snow. He said some computer weather models predict the Midwestern storm may break a record for low-pressure, which is how meteorologists measure the strength of a storm.
The back-to-back storms have raised hopes that the moisture might ease the drought conditions that have gripped the Midwest for more than a year. The snowpack now resting on the plains will help, but it's no drought-buster, experts say.
"If we get one more storm like this with widespread 2 inches of moisture, we will continue to chip away at the drought, but to claim the drought is over or ending is way too premature," said meteorologist Mike Umscheid of the National Weather Service office in Dodge City, Kan.
Associated Press writers Betsy Blaney in Lubbock, Texas, Nomaan Merchant in Dallas, Jill Zeman Bleed and Kelly P. Kissel in Little Rock, Ark., Daniel Holtmeyer in Oklahoma City, Steve Paulson in Denver, Paul Davenport in Albuquerque, N.M., and Roxana Hegeman in Wichita, Kan., contributed to this report.


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- 12 ounces cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and/or pear tomatoes
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh dill
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- Pour vinegar and 3/4 cup water into small saucepan. Add salt, sugar, and lemon peel. Bring to boil, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Remove from heat. Let cool 20 minutes.
- Pierce each tomato 2 times with slender wooden skewer. Toss tomatoes, dill, garlic, and crushed red pepper in large bowl. Add cooled vinegar mixture. Let stand at room temperature at least 2 hours and up to 8 hours.
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Back in September 2011 at Microsoft's BUILD conference, Ryan Friedlinghaus of West Coast Customs joined Microsoft's Jeff Sandquist to talk about a collaboration. Not a lot was said and many had forgotten about it till a few days ago. The secret project Microsoft and West Coast Customs were working on was packing Microsoft's consumer products into a Ford Mustang.
The car was called Project Detroit and has 10 functions working on Microsoft technologies:
- Windows Phone locate, unlock and start the car with an app on the phone. Also, watch live streams from the Kinect cameras fitted in the car to view the surroundings
- Xbox 360 for gaming using the rear wind shield as a screen
- Kinect to see what's happening around
- Windows 8 tablets to be used as a tablet and another to offer customized HUDs
- Customizable car horns
- Windows Azure to store real-time telemetry data such as speed
On the MSDN page, Microsoft has an interactive image to explain what's inside the car. The information so far did not show us a lot about what's inside the car unless you were able to watch the WWC episode on Discovery. Fortunately for those who couldn't, Los Angeles Channel 5 (KTLA) caught up with Jeff Sandquist to show them what's inside the car. Here's the video showing the MicroStang's features:


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Carpets get dirty quickly from sand, dirt, debris, dust, oil, and other particulate matter that get stuck between carpet fibers from shoes and pets. You'd be surprised to find out how much soiling is present in your carpet before it becomes visible, which is why regular maintenance is so important. Small stains on carpets, when left untreated, can be very stubborn to remove. Treating spills before they become stains is the key to success.
Vacuuming is the first line of defense against visible carpet soiling. Not all of us can vacuum daily, but it would actually extend the life of your carpet and aid in healthier air quality in your home. The carpet acts like a filter catching the soil from our feet and shoes as well as particulates in the air circulating throughout your home. If properly maintained, with vacuuming, those particles do not get driven into the carpet's fiber.
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Wow. So I started this blog waaaaay back in January 2008.
I admit....
I've kinda failed at blogging in the last year (or two).
There have been a lot of changes in my life in the last year (which I'll probably get to eventually) and I admit that my reasons for starting this crazy blog have changed as I have evolved as a person (not a bad thing)and I guess my blog has suffered an identity crisis (and me too...).
I'm not ready to give up the "blissful oblivion of anonymous" of my very strong opinions, but I never know how to start once I've gotten an idea of something to write about.
Sometimes I think blogging is just the post modern version of James Joyce's stream of conscience and I've had trouble picking up the thread of my "inner thoughts".
Screw it.
I know "good blogs" have a continuous theme and a continuous message and voice, but I've got to pick up the thread somehow...
I think my favorite posts were just the random "this strikes my fancy so I'll slap some words on the blogisphere about it.
be ready, Constant Reader, for me to unleash some of my randomness in the upcoming days/weeks/months.
I'm ready to just put random stuff out there.
Love it...hate it...I don't care....I just hope you'll continue to stick around for a little bit longer.
Hugs, kisses....
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Happy Blogiversary....Or Something
Wow. So I started this blog waaaaay back in January 2008.
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Hey, you up there! Word's trickling down that there's another storm brewing and we need to take a stand. During that last downpour, you squeezed into leather pumps that left us slipping and sliding all around town. Sure you want to look cute, but we're in a world of rain. Try these on for size - five fashionable shoes that won't wade away.
So go ahead. Make us cloud.
Meet the Plastics
Melissa shoes are made out of recyclable thermoplastic that mold to your feet, are hypoallergenic, odorless and still oh, so stylish. We love the sky-high Patchouli wedges (in black, or beige with red stripe on the heel) and Campana glitter ballet flats. $130 for wedges, $75 (white glitter) and $82 (silver glitter) for flats.
Available at Dolce in Ward Center, (808) 596-9436.
Junior Plastics
If Melissa has you a little intimidated, meet her younger sister Mel by Melissa (slightly more girly and with candy colors). Look for the Apple II jelly sandal with curved heel and bow, available in red and black. Insider tip: if you ask nicely, a salesperson can bring out the last pairs of Mel Ice II from the back - comfortable translucent printed flats in soft pink (sizes 5, 7 and 9) and black (size 5 only).
$59.95 for sandals, $44.95 for flats. Available at Nordstrom in Ala Moana Center, (808) 953-6100.
Shower Power
Don't be afraid to get your feet wet in these Rainy Day bow ballet flats from J. Crew. Made out of PVC and rubber, they come in peach, black and blue. Insider tip: the store just marked this style down yesterday. You won't be able to find a cheaper price online, so run, don't walk, to pick up a pair (or two) before they sell out.
$29.99 at J. Crew-on-the-island in Ala Moana Center, (808) 949-5252.
Ready for this Jelly
These MK Plate Jelly sandals from Michael Kors pack some serious hardware with a logo plate and studded details. Available in vanilla, bronze or electric pink (our pick for spring). Full sizes only.
$49 at Michael Kors in Ala Moana Center, (808) 941-2100.
Sometimes, you just need a good rain boot. Kate Spade's Misty boot comes in a sleek black and white Japanese floral print designed by Australian artist Florence Broadhurst. Insider tip: we also love the Paige boot, which stops just above the ankle with a slightly higher heel and bow detail. Unfortunately, it's only available at the Ala Moana store and in size 10 (there are two pairs left, one on display and another in the back).
$125 at Kate Spade New York in Ala Moana Center, (808) 941-4565, and Royal Hawaiian Center, (808) 922-3390.


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text: The Lok Sabha, or lower house, of India's parliament has passed a bill to create an anti-corruption ombudsman, in a move the government hopes will deflate a protest movement whose leader has tapped into widespread anger at corrupt public officials. The bill was passed after a rowdy debate, with the main opposition party voting against it and several others walkingout. It may now be held up in the upper house, where the government coalition does not have a majority. In a sign of the rough ride the legislation will likely get in the upper house, the government failed to get the two-thirdsmajority it needed to make the bill a constitutional amendment. The bill, which would create an independent Lokpal, or ombudsman, to investigate corruption among senior politicians and civil servants, had been condemned as weak and ineffectual by critics, including veteran activist Anna Hazare. Hazare, 74, began a three-day public fast in the city of Mumbai on Tuesday to press demands that the law be redrafted. There was no immediate reaction from him regarding the bill. Hazare wants the ombudsman to have greater powers to investigate high-ranking officials. He says the protests will continue unless his demands are met. "The government has become blind and that is why we have to repeatedly fast," Hazare said on Monday. "This government is only after money and power." 'Tough action'Al Jazeera's Prena Suri, reporting from Mumbai, said: "While a lot of Indians still support Hazare's movement, there's been a shift in debate. Many more are questioning his method and they say parliament should be allowed to debate and make laws." Prerna Suri reports from Mumbai Suri continued: "Instead, Hazare's constant threats are pushing the government in passing an important piece of legislation without a proper debate. The perception is that he wants his version of an anti-corruption bill to be passed, rather than a strong and sane one." A similar protest by Hazare in August had galvanised millions of people who took to the streets of cities across the country in a spontaneous outpouring of anger and frustration with the widespread corruption that blights their daily lives. The main points of contention focus on the ambit of the ombudsman's office and its powers of investigation which Hazare says are "an attempt to fool the country without actually taking tough action". The government bill offers only limited jurisdiction over the prime minister and requires the ombudsman to put any criminal probes in the hands of the federal investigative agency, the Criminal Bureau of Investigation.Activists want the ombudsman's office to have its own, independent investigative team. With key state elections looming, Hazare has threatened to take his protest to those regions going to the polls, and tens of thousands of his supporters have vowed a campaign of civil disobedience if the bill is passed in its present form. Many see a new national hero in Hazare, who models himself on India's independence icon Mahatma Gandhi, but critics see an autocrat who uses undemocratic methods to force his views on parliament and offers false hopes that a single law can end corruption in Asia's third-largest economy. Political blackmail Our correspondent says Hazare's action could be perceived as political blackmail, but his supporters say that without this pressure, the government would have never pushed for a debate in the parliament. "Remember, the Lokpal Bill was first introduced in 1968 and since then successive governments haven't shown the political will to pass it," she said. "The government is also very nervous about the impact these protests will have on the forthcoming state elections next year as Hazare has threatened to campaign against the ruling Congress party. So, in that sense, there is some duress which the government is under." Hundreds of people gathered in advance of Hazare's public fast at an open recreation ground in Mumbai, where security was tight with several thousand police deployed. Shobha Keeny, a Hazare supporter, told Al Jazeera: "Right from getting a ration card to getting a passport to even getting your basic rights, you have to pay a bribe in this country. That's why we need this law." Phoolsingh Maurya, a 70-year-old former head teacher, said public frustration with the government and official corruption had reached breaking point. "We have come to the stage where this government has to go. We cannot tolerate corruption for decades," he said. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies Politics Asia India


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Paul David Redfern is a digital artist who was born in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1958 who currently resides and works in Gorizia, Italy. He states the he "discovered digital and computer art in 1990... and in 1994 created the first Photomorfosis"© which Redfern defines as "a series of digital 'photomanipulations'". Since that time he has played and active role in the arts by organizing showings and workshops using his own art as well as working closely with the Graphiti Association which is a group based in Gorizia dedicated to bringing the digital arts to wider audiences. Redfern's work contains a depth to it not commonly found and is certainly worthy of perusal by a wider audience. Working with only three tools, an IMac, a digital camera and Adobe Photoshop, Redfern artist creates some very interesting pieces. What makes them interesting comes from two aspects of his art that is more commonly seen in traditional visual media. The first is that Redfern incorporates a tangible sense of texture into many of his pieces. This illusion of surface texture makes it appear that the image has been created on an actual surface, such as wood or stone. Someone viewing the piece can easily imagine that what's being seen is an actual object rather than a digital creation. This can completely change the viewers perception of the art. After all, an image that is actually a series of 1's and 0's is still very much in the realm of idea whereas an image that appears to be a tangible, physical object also gives the allusion of existing in reality. Secondly, Redfern makes the viewer work to really see what's happening in his images. It is not always immediately obvious what one is seeing when first looking at his work. Often there are human figures hidden in the compositions that reveal themselves only with a period of observation. In other words, the viewer must dedicate some time to unravel the image. This time spent is incredibly important because it forces the viewer to live, for a while within the world created by the artist, to explore it more fully and possibly feel or understand better what the artist is attempting to express. What I find most enjoyable about Redfern's work is the complexity he achieves using digital media. It is the type of work that may only unravel some of it's deepest secrets over an extended period of time. This is very different from much of the digital art seen today which relies heavily on surrealism or visual puns to relate relatively concrete ideas. Redfern says that he is trying to share his dream world through his art and dreams are not generally straight forward experiences to relate. His works complexity is what put's Redfern's art into the category of fine art. HENRY CASEROTTI (Digication.com) - New York City - Fairfield County


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Tranlogue Associates, designer of couture household accessories, has created a line of lighting fixtures utilizing surface emitted light. Inspired by fluid, natural lines, the airLUCE series is both modern and exceptionally beautiful; airLUCE looks surreal, almost ethereal. Made from an all new material, designed by Asahi Kasei, it consists of acrylic board that emits surface light from hidden LED sources. This more equal diffusion of the light creates a softer, cleaner feeling; it appears more balanced and natural, especially when compared to the harsher LED lights popular now.
The airLUCE series will be released next week in London. Pricing and availability is unknown, but is probably horribly expensive. And unless you live in an undersea palace or inside of a giant iPod, it probably won't match your decor anyways. One more picture and links after the jump.
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T.O. is an idiot. That is clear. As you all know by now, Dallas, in what I'd regard as a surprising move, has released him. I consider it surprising mostly because they take a $9 million cap hit this year for releasing him. That is a team that really doesn't want him around. (By the way, if I were Jerry Jones, and thank God I'm not, I would have fired Wade Phillips last year. I think he's a major problem there. He is not a good coach – he doesn't react well during games. I think Jones is cheating a quality group of players out of post-season chances by keeping Phillips as head coach.)
Well, profootballtalk is attempting to track all the teams that have already, somehow, indicated they want nothing to do with Owens. So far, they're at 13. Of course, the Pack isn't on the list (but that could just be because nobody from the Packers talks about anything, ever).
So, should the Pack consider picking up T.O? My answer is no – he is an idiot and I don't think he's quite as good as he was before (though I do think he will contribute for someone this year). And, we've waded through plenty of drama recently so taking a chance on more is not worth it.
But there are 2 points I want to make for no reason in particular: 1) last year, Owens had a problem with Romo locking onto Witten all the time. I think Owens actually had a decent point. I don't like how he went about making the point acting like an 8 year-old, but he had a point. Their offense was fairly unpredictable early in 2008 and they effectively used multiple weapons. Toward the end of the year, their offense was weak and predictable.
2) If TO joined the Packers, it would instantly create match-up problems for opposing defenses. Like I wrote early last year when lobbying for the Pack to trade for Anquan Boldin, imagine a WR group with TO, Jennings, DD as the #3 WR, and James Jones and Jordy Nelson bringing up the rear. While I would consider the chances of the Packers even mentioning the name T.O. right about now almost zero, the guiding philosophy behind McCarthy's offensive scheme is creating mismatches (like many coaches). Owens' presence would create mismatches.
Brief, nightmarish thought for secondary coaches: TO to Arizona. Imagine dealing with Boldin, Fitzgerald, Owens and Breaston with Warner throwing it to them.


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Coal ash is an environmentally safe and low-cost way to improve feeding areas and pen conditions in feedlots, according to researchers at the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) Carrington Research Extension Center (CREC).
Earthen pens and equipment traffic areas do not withstand the pressure of concentrated livestock traffic — especially when these areas are wet. Deep mud and poor drainage reduce animal weight gain and health, increase odor emissions and prevent regular maintenance operations, such as manure removal.
A by-product of combustion in coal-burning power plants, fly ash is an alternative to placing asphalt or concrete in traffic areas. Fly ash improves and stabilizes soils in feedlots, thereby reducing the muddy conditions normally encountered, researchers say.
Currently, only about 8% of the fly ash produced each year in the northern Great Plains is used; nearly 3 million tons are disposed of annually.
In the first part of a three-year project, varying quantities of fly ash — from 15% to 25% by weight — were incorporated into the surface of 12 pens at the NDSU CREC bison research facility. For comparison, four pens were not treated. Conventional farm equipment was used to mix the ash with wet soil and then compact the mixture. Engineering tests were performed before the livestock were placed in the pens. The engineering tests, livestock tests and pen performance observations were used to determine the optimum level of fly ash.
Researchers say the initial results indicate success. Ash-modified soils performed well, with the most significant performance advantages occurring during the wet spring season. Bison in fly-ash treated pens gained an average of 0.15 lbs. more/day than bison in the untreated control pens.
Researchers plan to conduct additional demonstrations at farms and ranches the next two years. In addition, they will continue environmental and performance monitoring at all sites and will conduct an economic feasibility study.
Permits are currently required for this type of coal ash use in North Dakota. If this technology gains regulatory acceptance, instructional information will be available to potential users.
For more information, contact Debra F. Pflughoeft-Hassett at 701/777-5261 or email@example.com or contact Vern Anderson at 701/652-2951 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Compost offers some advantages over manure that offset the increased cost, according to researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL).
In an eight-year study, all of the open-dirt feedlot manure from the 1,500-head UNL research feedlot was composted to determine value and cost. Approximately 17,600 tons of feedlot and dairy compost were spread on 1,100 acres.
Researchers found that, on average, composting costs $1.25/ton to turn and make manure into compost. In addition, it costs an average of $2.50/ton for spreading.
Compost eliminates weed seeds, works well in no-tillage cropping enterprises and eliminates some of the odor issue, researchers say.
What's more, adding compost to irrigated corn, irrigated soybeans and dryland corn acres significantly increased yields, with four-year average increases of 2.3, 1.5 and 2.7%, respectively.
Composting resulted in some loss of nitrogen, but not necessarily more than spreading raw manure. Researchers are continuing to find ways to reduce nitrogen losses.
For more information, contact Galen Erickson at 402/472-6402 or e-mail email@example.com.
Composted manure is a valuable tool for healing land disturbed by oil and gas wells, according to researchers at the Lethbridge Research Centre in Alberta, Canada.
The oil and gas industry uses topsoil amendments to restore well sites, but compost may be a more cost-effective alternative that also provides a value-added outlet for livestock manure, researchers say.
A four-year study shows that applying 50% of the original topsoil depth with a compost manure treatment has the potential to restore productivity to the same level as applying 100% topsoil.
For more information contact Frank Larney at 403/317-2216.
"Feeder Research" is compiled by Diana Barto, email@example.com.


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Chone next to her banner that she (I) made. (She designed it!)
It was a great day and we celebrated with family and friends at home afterwards. Then Chone went with her Dad to have a BIG party at her Grandma's house. They had a DJ, a three tier cake, and she got $202 cash in gifts! She hasn't even brought all her gifts home yet.


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10 Reasons Why You Need an Optimized Content Strategy Now
Recently I had the fortune of speaking on a panel at Search Engine Strategies London where I discussed why an optimized content marketing strategy is crucial for successful social media and organic search strategies.
My conclusion to the audience was this:
Success in social media and organic search is only possible with an optimized content marketing strategy. If you don't have the latter, you may as well forget about being remotely successful with the former.
I'm even going so far as to say, don't even worry about your SEO and social media strategies. Worry only about your optimized content marketing strategy and you will win at both search and social in the long run.
Optimized Content Marketing Strategy: Definition
First off, let's define an "optimized content marketing strategy". I've borrowed the base of the definition (content marketing) from our friends at the Content Marketing Institute and adapted it to take into consideration the concept of "optimized". My adaptations are bolded below.
"Optimized Content Marketing is the art of understanding exactly what your prospects and customers need to know and deliberately producing optimized content based on keyword phrases that are driving organic search traffic and conversions. Then delivering that optimized content to them in a relevant and compelling way to grow your business by socializing the content through your organization's social networks."
This leads to the definition of "content". In this context, content can consist of: website content, blogs, press releases, case studies, white papers, how-to guides, news and events – whatever it is your prospects and customers want to consume.
Why an Optimized Content Marketing Strategy is Crucial:
5 Google Algorithm Changes over the Past 400 Days
Here are five major Google algorithm changes that have occurred over the past 400 days proving an optimized content marketing strategy is key to ranking in organic search and being relevant in the social networks. It also confirms that you will not be penalized by Google's organic search algorithm for producing and distributing fresh, relevant, optimized content.
1. Social Signals
About 400 days ago (December 2010), both Google and Bing announced that they factor social signals into their organic search algorithms. Why? Because according to Google, social media and social networking are about relationships and relationships prove relevance and relevance is at the core of organic search.
Simple as that. Social signals are not going away. In fact, many industry people (including myself) believe social signals are the new backlinks. I think backlinks will always help prove the relevance of content and therefore always play a role in organic search results, but I predict social signals will continue to weigh-in more heavily as the lines between social media and search continue to thin.
I like how Eric Schmidt, Google's Executive Chairman, said it in December 2011, "The social signal, the people you 'hang with' is actually a ranking signal." Period.
The Optimized Content Marketing Strategy Approach: Distribute your optimized content strategy to your social networks and give your website visitors and content consumers every opportunity to socialize and amplify your content including: tweets, re-tweets, Google +1's, Facebook Likes and Shares, YouTube views and LinkedIn Shares. (Read: What is your SEO Social Signals Strategy?)
Of course, you need to build out your social networks too – more followers, Friends, Circles, etc. This is a massively important topic, however, one that is too huge to be part of this blog post.
2. The Panda Updates
Approximately 365 days ago (March 2011), Google officially started clamping down on bogus backlinks. That is, backlink farms and web spam backlinking strategies used to get sites ranked higher. If your web presence was employing these tactics it may have actually disappeared from organic search results overnight (I hope yours wasn't one of them).
If you were executing on an optimized content marketing strategy and building out backlinks naturally, your web presence was not affected. In fact, you probably got some lift.
The Optimized Content Marketing Strategy Approach: For long-term success with your SEO and social media strategies, build out your backlinks by producing and distributing relevant fresh content such as optimized press releases and blog posts.
Optimize your content for the keywords you know your prospects are using to find you and that they are converting on. Point backlinks in the press release, blog post or case study to your website, or better yet, a conversion page. Then socialize the content through your social networks including: Google+, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. If it is a press release, distribute it though PRWeb, Marketwire or Business Wire.
3. Google +1 Button is Introduced
Approximately 330 days ago (March 2011), Google launched the +1 button allowing Google searchers to specify content they recommend. Clicking the +1 button on a piece of content is shorthand for "this is pretty cool" and, you guessed it, another social signal that affects organic search rankings.
The Optimized Content Marketing Strategy Approach: When your content is optimized for the keywords that your prospects are using to find you, it obviously stands a better chance of being found and gaining social signals.
4. The Freshness Updates
About 100 days ago (November 2011), Google launched a major algorithm change called the Freshness Update that gives priority to fresh, timely content such as press releases, blogs, news and events. Why? Because fresh content is more relevant.
The Optimized Content Marketing Strategy Approach: Give Google what it wants – fresh, relevant, timely optimized content.
5. Search plus Your World (SpYW)
About 50 days ago (January 2012), Google launched Search plus Your World. Now your published content in Google+ (Google's social network) is findable by other people in your Circles.
In my opinion, SpYW is a full out assault on Facebook and Twitter as they do not have the combined search + relationship networks that Google has.
For example, when you publish content in Twitter or Facebook, how findable is that content after 24 hours, 48 hours, one week, one month? With Google+ and SpYW your content has further reach and a longer life than in any other social network. That is powerful.
The Optimized Content Marketing Strategy Approach: If you have one minute remaining in your day to publish one piece of optimized content, publish it in Google+. (Read: 6 Reasons Why Adding Google+ to Your Web Presence & SEO Strategy is a Good Idea)
5 Benefits & Reasons Why You Need Content Now
Search, social and content marketing aside, here are five additional benefits and reasons why you need content now:
- You have more content than you think and your prospects want to consume it. Content within an organization is everywhere. If you put your mind to it I bet you can find case studies and blog content about great things that are happening with your clients as well as how-to guides or best practice check lists. All of this is content, it can be optimized and your prospects want it.
- Content is measurable. Content can be used for lead generation and can be easily measured. There are web presence optimization software systems on the market that can help you with this. So for any published content you can understand if it is impacting your organic search rank, visitors, conversions, backlinks, and social presence.
- Thought leadership. The consistent production of content can position your organization as a thought leader in your industry.
- Content can become a competitive advantage. If you implement a content strategy today and begin producing and publishing optimized content on a regular basis, your competitors will have to out-content you in order to out-social signal and outrank you. So start today!
- The future social network. I can't foretell the future, but I'm confident that a strong content strategy will withstand any new social network the market might throw at us.
So while the fundamentals of organic search optimization remain important - such as ensuring you have a strong technical website that the search engine robots can crawl, and addressing local search and industry-specific directories for backlinking purposes - a real shift is taking place in the on-going approach to traditional SEO. That shift is the creation, publishing and distribution of an optimized content marketing strategy.
Focus on strong, consistent and optimized content distributed effectively through the social networks and you will crush your competitors in organic search. Plus you will likely never be penalized by Google.
Shift your thinking of SEO to simply being an outcome of an optimized content marketing strategy.
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Registered Nurse (Inpatient)
JOB TITLE: Registered Nurse (Inpatient)
LOCATION: Geisinger Medical Center Hospital
DEPARTMENT: Observation Unit
WORK SCHEDULE: Days/Nights
WORK TYPE: Part Time
The Registered Nurse assesses plans, organizes, performs, and evaluates nursing activities to meet the needs of the patient. Promotes adaptive responses of patient/family to achieve the highest level of patient care, promote safety, and maximize patient satisfaction. Exhibits compassionate care during patient-nurse interactions. Coordinates patient care and interaction of staff. Meets the qualifications to provide care for patients in their assigned nursing unit.
Responsible for ensuring the very best patient/family experience by optimizing all interactions. Foster a positive work environment through mutual support and cooperation and adheres to GHS and unit specific Service Standards.
Reports directly to the Operations Manager.
Demonstrates strong organizational skills and effective communication skills.
Demonstrates excellent clinical nursing skills, knowledge, judgment and leadership in a multidisciplinary environment.
Demonstrates ability to work within a team environment as well as independently.
Demonstrates ability to be confident, personable, self-motivated and function with tact and poise in all situations.
Demonstrates the capability of making rapid and clinically accurate decisions based on evidence based practice.
Demonstrates ability to interact professionally on all levels within and outside the organization.
Demonstrates basic computer skills.
For Registered Nurses with less than five (5) years work experience as an RN, a BSN degree is required or enrollment in a BSN program within 12 months of hire date with BSN degree completed within 4 years of hire date is required.
For Registered Nurses with more than 5 years of work experience as an RN in an acute/inpatient capacity, a BSN degree is not required.
For current Geisinger Registered Nurses who transfer into this position, BSN degree is preferred.
BLS certification preferred and required within 60 days of employment.
ACLS/PALS may be required within 1 year of employment (unit specific).
Duration of on-the-job training to become familiar with job duties varies by individual unit.
Work is typically performed in a clinical environment.
The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
(GMC), located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children's Hospital. GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region's only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women's health (in the Women's Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics. The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus.
About Geisinger
One of the nation's most innovative health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The system includes 13 hospital campuses, a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. A physician-led organization, with approximately 32,000 employees and more than 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger leverages an estimated $12.7 billion positive annual impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. Repeatedly recognized nationally for integration, quality and service, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to patient care, medical education, research and community service. For more information, visit geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.
*Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit.


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Part 1 - Historical Perspective
It all started with a fascination of the 3 distinctly different offenses the Wing-T, Run & Shoot and the Georgia Southern Hambone. From there it evolved with specific influence and personal contact with the following coaches, Ben Griffith (Inventor of the Hambone), Glenn "Tiger" Ellison, Darrell "Mouse" Davis and Bill Walsh. As an additional note, Leo "Dutch" Meyer's book, Spread Formation Football gave me an idea on how to create an explosive rushing attack (albeit, it was not the purpose of his book). Having started American Football QuarterlyÆ in 1993, while waiting to take a job at Kansas State University, gave me access to all of the aforementioned individuals, except coach Meyer.
In the early 1990's, I was working on my Ph.D. and while finishing my coursework I began a research project, which evolved into the Triple Shoot Offense. The title of the dissertation project was, "The History and Evolution of the Run & Shoot Offense in American Football."
Development of the Offense
Researching the state of football and developing axioms and creating postulates based on those axioms created this offense. My initial axioms of the game were as follows:
- 1. The game of football has freedoms, purposes and barriers that give spread formation attacks a distinct advantage.
- 2. A systems approach to football has the greatest potential for success over a period of time.
- 3. When players are more knowledgeable about their system than the opponent is theirs they have the greatest potential for success.
- 4. A balanced approach to offensive strategy has the greatest potential for success over a period of time.
- 5. A system that appears complex, yet is simple to execute will stand the test of time.
These following postulates were the results of analyzing the previous axioms:
- 1. Spreading the field with offensive personnel creates mis-matches and distinct angles to attack the defense.
- 2. Utilizing a no-huddle attack enables an offense to control the clock and give the players a better understanding of the defense they are attacking.
- 3. A 2-point stance by offensive linemen gives them better recognition and a lower "center of gravity" at the point of attack.
- 4. A protection based on the principle of "firm: front-side & soft: backside" enables an offense to take advantage of any defensive front by keeping them off balance.
- 5. Run blocking schemes that combine Veer, Zone and Trap blocking enables an offense to run the ball versus any defensive front.
- 6. Pass schemes that adjust routes based on coverage on the run will open up holes in the secondary.
- 7. Quarterback decisions based on looks & reads give the offense the ability to release the ball anywhere from 1 to 5 steps. This will minimize the amount of time necessary for pass protection.
Triple Shoot Offense Defined
The Triple Shoot Offense is a systems oriented, no-huddle, four receiver, one back attack that is balanced in its ability to run or pass the ball at any time during a game. It is predicated on spreading the field and attacking a pre-ordered defense with blocking and route adjustments after the play begins.
Ordering Up The Defense
The concept of "ordering up the defense" is one that I learned from "Tiger" Ellison. His concept was to place a label on each defensive man (numbering), and from that to designate a specific defender that would tell his players what to do, either by the place he lined up before the ball was snapped or by his movement after the snap.
The Triple Shoot Offense took that information and decided to look at defensive alignments based on the way they matched up to a 4 receiver, one-back formation and designated defenses as either Nickel, Dime, Blitz or they were considered unsound. Nickel looks are based on six men in the box with one free safety, Dime looks have five men in the box with two safeties and Blitz is recognized when there are seven defenders in the box and no safety over the top. Anything else is an unsound defense that we hope a team is willing to attempt.
In order to keep defenses in these alignments we utilize a variety of concepts, from widening our inside receivers to calling specific plays that put a bind on any defender that tries to play both the front and the coverage. When we get to the point where we can do this, the offense is at its most optimum in production.
Tomorrow, the run game and play-passes.
- Manny Matsakis


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The Supreme Court on yesterday ordered House Speaker Bhofal Chambers to place a hold on impeachment proceedings against Associate Justice Kabineh J'aneh until it had disposed of J'aneh's Alternative Writ of Prohibition filed on his behalf by his lawyers.
Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh, who currently serves as Justice-in-Chambers has set August 18 to determine whether or not she would issue an 'Alternative Writ of Prohibition' as prayed for by Justice Ja'neh's lawyer, Arthur Johnson, against his impeachment by the lawmakers.
Justice Yuoh's action resulted when she accepted Ja'neh's request for a Writ of Prohibition, preventing Chambers from proceeding with his impeachment.
If Justice Yuoh were to issue her writ, it means that the matter would now be sent to the full bench for determination.
It can be recalled that on Tuesday, July 17, the Bill of Impeachment Petition together with a motion proffered by Grand Kru County District #1 Representative Nathaniel Barway, received a favorable vote in the House of Representatives.
Shortly, afterward, Speaker Chambers set up an 8-man Ad-Hoc Committee to review and investigate the Impeachment Bill as well as write-up of the proceedings.
That committee was given three weeks, as of July 17, to begin work and report to Plenary.
The committee is chaired by Gbarpolu County District# 2 Representative Karnie Wesso and co-chaired by Bong County District #5 Rep. Edward Karfiah.
Others were Rep. Dickson Seboe of District 16, in Montserrado County; Rep. Jeremiah Koung of District #1, Nimba County; Rep. Dr. Isaac Roland of District 3, Maryland County; Rep. Clarence Gahr of District #5, Margibi County; and Rep. Rustonlyn S. Dennis of District#4, Montserrado County.
While awaiting the expiration of the three-week ultimatum for Speaker Chambers to start Justice Ja'neh's impeachment debate, Justice Yuoh mandated them to stay all further proceedings in the matter.
"And all parties are ordered returned to status quo ante, pending the disposition of the Writ of Prohibition," Yuoh's order stated.
The unanswered question is whether Speaker Chambers will respect the decision of the Supreme Court. Further, will Justice J'aneh recuse himself from the proceedings before the Supreme Court should the matter go to the full Bench?
In July of this year, a petition signed by the acting chairman of the CDC in the House of Representatives for Montserrado County, Rep. Thomas P. Fallah of District #5, and Rep. Acarous Gray of District 8, a staunch member of the CDC, called for Justice Ja'neh's impeachment.
In a communication to Speaker Chambers, the two CDC lawmakers argued that Justice Ja'neh should be impeached, ousted and removed from the Supreme Court of Liberia on grounds of "proven misconduct, abuse of public office, wanton abuse of judicial discretion, fraud, misuse of power and corruption."
Fallah and Gray argued that their decision is supported by Article 71 of the Constitution which stipulates "that the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and the Judges of subordinate courts of record shall hold office during good behavior. They may be removed upon impeachment and conviction by the Legislature based on proved misconduct, gross breach of duty, inability to perform the functions of their office, or conviction in a court of law for treason, bribery or other infamous crimes."
There is an instance, however, of legislators unsuccessfully calling for the impeachment of justices.
One of such was demonstrated in 2017 when some aggrieved lawmakers headed by Senators Dan Morais, Maryland, Peter Coleman, Grand Kru and James Tornola of Margibi County, were forced to abandon their impeachment drive against embattled Justice Ja'neh and two other Associate Justices, Jamesetta Howard Wolokollie and Philip A.Z. Banks, now retired, for reasons related to the decision on the controversial Code of Conduct (CoC).
They backed-off from the impeachment drive due to the intervention from multiple stakeholders that included religious and traditional leaders, and the United Nations.
The lawmakers argued then that in March 2017, the Justices ruled that the Code of Conduct was legal and binding for all its intent and purpose.
Unfortunately, in July of that year, Justices, the lawmakers claimed, ruled and overturned the disbarment of the Vice Standard Bearer of the opposition Liberty Party, Harrison Karnwea from participating in the October elections by the National Elections Commission or NEC. Karnwea was said to be in violation of the CoC.
Like Ja'neh, Chea Cheapoo, Sr., a Liberian politician who served as the 15th Chief Justice from July 1987, was the first Justice of the Court to be impeached in Liberia's history.
Following the resignation of Chief Justice James N. Nagbe in June 1987, Cheapoo was appointed by President Samuel Doe as Chief Justice.
Soon after taking office, he was accused of illegally ordering the arrest of a probate judge and his wife, Harper S. Bailey and Muna Stubblefield, whom he stated had tried to bribe him with $2,000.
Amid the resulting controversy, he accused then President Samuel K. Doe of unconstitutionally releasing the couple in question, but he submitted to President Doe his resignation on 10 November 1987.
Doe rejected it and called for him to be punished with his removal from office. Cheapoo was then subsequently convicted by the Senate and impeached accordingly on December 2, 1987 on charges of violating the Constitution while in office. The vote was nearly unanimous; only David Menyongai of Margibi County voted to acquit.
What is judicial impeachment?
Impeachment is a process by which the political branches of government – usually the legislature – can remove judges from office. Because the impeachment power lies primarily in the hands of politicians, it is at times threatened for partisan reasons, but the impeachment and removal of judges is in fact rare and usually limited to grave ethical or criminal misconduct such as perjury, fraud, or conflicts of interest.
The Constitution provides little guidance as to what offenses constitute grounds for the impeachment of justices and judges: as with other government officials, judges may be removed following impeachment and conviction for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanor."
The power to impeach rests solely in the Legislature and it begins with a Bill of Impeachment from the House of Representatives. The Bill is then tried by the Senate to determine, based on Constitutional provisions. whether there are indeed sufficient grounds for Impeachment.
Accordingly, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach, and the Senate the power to hold a trial to determine whether removal is appropriate. However, a judge may only be removed from office following a trial and a vote to convict by a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate.


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Chorley's Santa Express on Sunday 16th December 2018
Chorley's Santa Express will whisk families on a magical journey from Chorley town centre through Astley Park to meet Father Christmas at Astley Hall.
Jump aboard Chorley's Santa Express land train from its new stop on Market Street (PR7 1BD), opposite the town hall in Chorley town centre, and take a magical journey through Astley Park to meet Father Christmas at Astley Hall between 9.30am and 3.30pm. Every child who meets Father Christmas will receive a special Christmas gift. Chorley's Santa Express tickets must be purchased in advance at £8 for children (aged 12 and under) and £4 for adults. All tickets are subject to a booking fee and the price includes a return journey on the land train and the chance to meet Father Christmas at Astley Hall. Please bring a paper or electronic copy of your confirmation email with you as proof of purchase.
The time slot you are booking is to meet Father Christmas at Astley Hall. Therefore if you are catching the land train from Chorley town centre to meet Father Christmas at Astley Hall, please allow up to 30 minutes to catch the land train before you meet Father Christmas within your booked time slot. The first train will depart from Market Street at 9.30am and the last train will depart from Astley Hall at 4pm. The train will be running continually throughout the day to ensure everyone gets the chance to take a ride to meet Father Christmas at Astley Hall.
The land train is fully accessible for wheelchair users but if you have a pram, please could you ensure you fold it up before boarding the train. You can arrive at Astley Hall at any time within your hourly booked time slot but please arrive at Astley Hall at least 10 minutes before the time slot is due to end. Please be aware there may be a short wait to meet Father Christmas once you arrive at Astley Hall. The Christmas presents are only suitable for children aged 1 to 12. All children under 12 months will be permitted entry free of charge but will not receive a present. If you have a child under 12 months, please still book them a ticket as indicated.
To simply take a ride on Chorley's Santa Express between Chorley town centre and Astley Hall, you can pay on the day at the land train stop on Market Street or Astley Hall at £4 for children, £4 for adults or two time credits for a return journey.
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