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Pulse of the Postseason: Sept. 7, 2013
Baseball can be a cruel game. Just ask Yusmeiro Petit, or just ask the team he beat on Friday night.
Petit, of course, is the Giants right-hander who lost a perfect game with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning. And the D-backs, who got the perfecto-erasing single from Eric Chavez, were closed out by Petit in a one-hitter one batter later, slipping further back in the National League Wild Card standings.
Arizona may have prevented history thanks to Chavez's sinking line drive that Giants right fielder Hunter Pence just couldn't quite get to. But the D-backs desperately need wins. More losses against sub-.500 teams, and Arizona will be history.
That was the game that stood out among many, as the Pulse of the Postseason pounded on. One nine-inning masterpiece nearly gained immortality, while other teams jockeyed for position to gain a slice of their own come October.
Ahhhh felt like the dream where you just can't run fast enough!!! So close, great game Yas #clutch- Hunter Pence (@hunterpence) September 7, 2013
There was a lot of #clutch going around on Friday.
In Cincinnati, the Reds are showing night after night that they are not ready to surrender anything in the crowded NL Central. All they did Friday was beat the sizzling Dodgers, 3-2, with a three-up, three-down, three-strikeout effort from closer Aroldis Chapman to seal it.
Chapman, who was pitching in his fourth straight game, threw three pitches to phenom Yasiel Puig, and they were clocked at 99 mph, 101 and 102. Ten of his 13 pitches broke 100 mph. Now the Reds are only two games behind Pittsburgh for first place in the division and are sitting pretty for a Wild Card berth in the meantime.
"I think this is a big series," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "This is the time of year when it's tough to win games. When we were in that great streak, we won these kind of games."
The Dodgers learned Friday that outfielder Matt Kemp's rehab from an ankle sprain has been stalled by a hamstring issue, and now starter Chris Capuano has a groin problem.
But the Detroit Tigers were looking awfully healthy on Friday, pulverizing the Wild Card-contending Kansas City Royals to the tune of a 16-2 victory that included 26 hits and Anibal Sanchez's 13th win of the season. Detroit maintained its 6 1/2-game lead in the AL Central and left the Royals with a deficit of 4 1/2 games in the Wild Card race.
Speaking of the Wild Card race, the Yankees, whose fortunes in that very category had looked so promising a few days ago, took another one on the chin courtesy of their archrivals.
New York had an 8-3 lead over Boston heading into the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium, only to witness a bullpen implosion en route to a 12-8 loss.
One big hit ...
With a 2-run HR @ShaneVictorino makes it 10-8 & #RedSox fans stand tall! http://t.co/qYZi1WNand- Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) September 7, 2013
... led to another save, and the Red Sox continued to pull away in the AL East.
#HighFiveCity!! Koji Uehara has retired 27 straight batters. Just like one long perfect game. What a win!- Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) September 7, 2013
The Cardinals had to be feeling the same way after beating the first-place Pirates and pulling to within a game of Pittsburgh in the NL Central, which seems to get more dramatic by the day.
St. Louis got contributions from all over the lineup and a solid start from Joe Kelly to win, 12-8. It is a half-game back and can go up on Saturday.
Great win... Lets do it again tomorrow!! #CardinalNation- Matt Carpenter (@MattCarp13) September 7, 2013
In other proceedings, the A's re-took the lead in the see-saw AL West, beating Houston while the Rangers lost to the Angels.
Wild Card contender Tampa Bay continued to struggle, losing in Seattle, as both Baltimore and Cleveland made up ground. The Orioles got a shutout from Scott Feldman and Chris Davis' 48th homer, while the Indians had a huge effort from starter Scott Kazmir and a grand slam from Nick Swisher.
Now the O's and the Tribe are two back of Tampa Bay, and things just continue to get wackier by the day on the path to the playoffs.
Tigers outfielder Andy Dirks had five of his team's 26 hits on Friday, but he knows -- just like every other guy with something to play for this time of year -- that every day is different in September.
"Whether you win by 20 or by one it counts the same," Dirks said. "We've got to come out [Saturday] and try to do the same thing."
Saturday's key games to watch (all times ET)
Red Sox (Lackey, 8-12) at Yankees (Huff, 2-0), 1:05 p.m. Preview >
This series has been intense and figures to continue. Lackey has been pitching better than his record indicates.
White Sox (Santiago, 4-8) at Orioles (Chen, 7-7), 1:05 p.m. Preview >
Chen will try to keep the Orioles' mojo going. They've won two in a row to creep within two of the Wild Card lead.
Dodgers (Greinke, 14-3) at Reds (Latos, 14-5), 1:05 p.m. Preview >
Here's one of the best "ace-offs" of the week and maybe the month. The Reds have the momentum after Friday's win.
Astros (Oberholtzer, 4-1) at Athletics (Straily, 8-7), 4:05 p.m. Preview >
Straily has cemented himself in the Oakland rotation and will have to be good to outpitch Oberholtzer, an intriguing rookie who has performed well of late.
Mets (Niese, 6-6) at Indians (Kluber, 5-4), 6:05 p.m. Preview >
Kluber comes off a month-long stint on the disabled list because of a sprained finger, and he's thrown right into the pennant-race fire.
Braves (Wood, 3-3) at Phillies (Kendrick, 10-12), 7:05 p.m. Preview >
The Braves have not been sharp of late and need a few wins to get everything clicking again, although they're still miles ahead in the NL East.
Tigers (Verlander, 12-10) at Royals (Duffy, 2-0), 7:10 p.m. Preview >
Verlander has been looking more like Verlander in his last few starts. He wouldn't mind getting half of the run support the Tigers rang up on Friday.
Nationals (Roark, 4-0) at Marlins (Eovaldi, 3-5), 7:10 p.m. Preview >
Washington remains a few games over .500. Roark makes his first big league start after looking good in the bullpen.
Pirates (Locke, 9-4) at Cardinals (Wainwright, 15-9), 7:15 p.m. Preview >
Locke took some time in the Minors to regroup and will face a tough assignment here on the road against a perennial Cy Young contender. Lose, and the Cardinals are back in first place.
D-backs (McCarthy, 3-9) at Giants (Cain, 8-8), 9:05 p.m. Preview >
We'll see how Cain responds a night after his teammate, Petit, almost threw a perfect game. The D-backs need a huge one from McCarthy to stay alive for another night.
Rangers (Holland, 9-7) at Angels (Richards, 5-6), 9:05 p.m. Preview >
Texas lost a game and their AL West lead on Friday. Holland has been one of their best starters this year and will be counted on to get the momentum back.
Rays (Archer, 8-6) at Mariners (Paxton, 0-0), 9:05 p.m. Preview >
Archer needs to rebound from a dismal start in his last outing. Left-hander Paxton is making his Major League debut at Safeco Field.
If the postseason started today ...
Wild Card: Rays at Rangers
Division Series: Wild Card at Red Sox | A's at Tigers
Wild Card: Reds at Cardinals
Division Series: Wild Card at Braves | Pirates at Dodgers
Postseason 101
Magic numbers
To calculate a team's magic number, take the number of games it has remaining and add one. Then subtract the difference in the number of losses between that team and its closest pursuer.
Tiebreaker scenarios
A tiebreaker game will be played to determine a division winner, even if the tied clubs are assured of participating in the postseason. If a division championship tiebreaker is necessary, the head-to-head record between the clubs will determine home-field advantage. If the head-to-head record is tied, then division record will be the next tiebreaker.
If two clubs are tied for the two Wild Card berths, home-field advantage will be determined by the head-to-head record between the clubs. If the head-to-head record is tied, then division record will be the next tiebreaker.
2013 postseason schedule
NL Wild Card Game: Oct. 1
AL Wild Card Game: Oct. 2
NL Division Series begin: Oct. 3
AL Division Series begin: Oct. 4
NL Championship Series begins: Oct. 11
AL Championship Series begins: Oct. 12
World Series begins: Oct. 23


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Dekiti-Tirsia Siradas is a blade oriented system heavily emphasizing footwork, enabling the practitioner to rapidly close the distance and finish the opponent(s). This system has three basic strategies: attack, counter attack, and counter the counter. These are present in all techniques of the system: empty hand, impact and bladed weapons, firearm retention, empty hand vs. weaponry, and dumog.
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- Safety Gates & Play Pens
- Home Safety
- On the Go
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The Dreambaby® Mag Lock®Magnetic Locking System is particularly useful in the kitchen, the most dangerous room in any home. Secure cupboards and doors and help keep little ones safe from accidents.
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Ok, I've just about stumbled over the ten month mark of living, working and breathing in Japan.
I had an epiphany today and I thought it might be an interesting idea to learn a bit of Japanese. You know, seeing that I'm living here and stuff.
While the gf drops a few choice words into my vocabulary (no, not swearing at me, although those are the ones I'm most open to learning), my retention of words doesn't quite sink in all the time. I can understand how those kids feel learning from a scary monster foreigner like myself.
One of the cool things about a DS in Japan is that it's quite possible to run educational programs as well as games on the machines. Crazy I know.
In Australia, a DS is just for kids, but here you wouldn't be surprised if some elderly person was busting some moves on one. Maybe that isn't THAT surprising, since it's also quite common to see adults reading manga comics on the train, some quite explicit.
The range of software here is pretty amazing. Not only can you get Mario Kart, but there are Kanji training, english learning, cooking and exercise ones too.
While the kanji ones are geared towards japanese speakers, I feel like these are totally out of my league.
For now I'm motivated to learn the japanese alphabets, Hiragana, Katakana and maybe a few of the 2000 most common Kanji.
I found a cool, free application that runs on the DS called Project JDS 1.30. The original website was down when I tried, but you can try downloading directly from here.
Another program worth looking into is Kana DS. At the moment, it's still in alpha release, so it's not a complete application but it looks promising and has a nice interface.
Finally if a commercial application is desired and you're at the say, "infant" level of japanese like me, Ojaru-Maru DS: Ojaru to Okeiko Aiueo looks interesting and simple enough.
The original site (in japanese) has a demonstration video here. Just click on the orange box that looks like it has a propeller on top, at the top left hand side of the site.
It looks like a very steep learning curve attempting japanese, but I hope I can stick with this.
Sunday, 30 March 2008
Better Late Than Never
Ok, I've just about stumbled over the ten month mark of living, working and breathing in Japan.


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Police catch suspected big-box store thief
A man accused of stealing guns from a Los Lunas Walmart on Christmas Day is now being linked to a number of other crimes. Police said Emilio Larsen has been burglarizing big-box stores during the holidays for years.
"He is probably our most prolific commercial burglar at this point, given the amount of value of items he has taken," said Albuquerque Police Lt. Scott Lopez.
Police said Larsen is one of the burglars caught on surveillance camera stealing weapons and electronics from a Los Lunas Walmart.
Larsen had no criminal history in Bernalillo County until police connected him to several big-box burglaries this week.
"That's a little shocking," Lopez said. "Once in a while we run into some good criminals that know what they are doing. This seems to be the case."
Police said Larsen has stolen more than $130,000 worth of merchandise and electronics from two Walmarts, Kmarts and an electronic store since 2011. Most happened on or around Christmas.
Police said one of the reasons they hadn't connected Larsen to so many outstanding crimes was that he was a good crook. He would most likely wear gloves or hoodies -- anything to conceal his identity.
"So they don't leave physical evidence behind via finger prints or video surveillance, so it makes it more difficult. It doesn't make it impossible," Lopez said.
Larsen faces a stack of felony larceny charges.
"Eventually their luck runs out and we do catch up with them. sometimes it takes a few days, sometimes it takes a few years," says Lopez.
Albuquerque police said it was able to connect Larsen to so many Albuquerque crimes because of the solid work by the Los Lunas Police Department.


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Stocks are up across the board today in Europe and the US, allegedly on Fiscal Cliff Budget Optimism.
Stocks on Wall Street jumped on Monday on signs of progress in talks to resolve the scheduled tax increases and budget cuts in Washington.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index leapt 1.7 percent in afternoon trading, while the Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 170 points, or about 1.4 percent. The Nasdaq composite index added 1.8 percent.
Leading Democratic and Republican lawmakers expressed confidence on Sunday that they could reach a deal to avert mandated tax increases and spending cuts that would begin Jan. 1.
"A deal that doesn't face health care spending head-on and also raises taxes of substance with economic growth mediocre is not a good deal," cautioned Peter Boockvar, managing director at Miller Tabak & Company in New York. "This said, the markets will celebrate any deal in the short term but will likely deal with the economic consequences in 2013."
UBS also introduced caution into the outlook. "We believe that the most difficult policy issues will be pushed into the future, constraining earnings growth and stock multiples," said Jonathan Golub, strategist at UBS in New York.
Leap of Faith
It takes quite a "leap of faith" to presume it is 100% certain a deal can be worked out.
Moreover, the deal that was on the table last summer is no longer on the table. There will be tax hikes or there will not be a deal, unless president Obama completely backs down, and I strongly suggest he will not.
Should there be a deal, I am 100% certain it will be little more than a can-kicking exercise that solves no long-term issues, but it may give the market something to cheer about for the near-term.
The obvious "solution" (not that it really solves anything), would be to let the fiscal cliff happen, then both parties could get together to lower taxes. This would save face with Republicans, but under this scenario there still would be some tax hikes (compared to now), and some revenue increases (compared to now), with the devil in the details of precisely how much is punted down the road.
Do not expect the rally to last long under any of these possible setups. The economy is at stall speed, and more QE will not accomplish anything.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock


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- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- Active Time
- 50 min
- Total Time
- 1 1/4 hr
- 1 large head cauliflower (2 1/2 lb), cut into 1 1/2-inch-wide florets (8 cups)
- 2 lb red bell peppers (about 5), cut into 1-inch squares
- 4 large garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 (1-lb) piece flank steak, halved lengthwise (along the grain)
- 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 oz baby arugula
- 1/2 cup fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons red-wine vinegar, or to taste
- Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 500°F.
- Toss cauliflower, bell peppers, and garlic with olive oil, 1 teaspoon thyme, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl. Spread in a large shallow baking pan (at least 15 by 10 inches) and roast, turning over once or twice, until vegetables are tender and slightly charred, 25 to 30 minutes.
- While vegetables roast, heat a dry 10-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick; preferably cast-iron) over moderately high heat until hot, about 3 minutes. Meanwhile, stir together remaining teaspoon thyme, teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a small bowl. Pat steak dry and rub both sides with thyme mixture.
- Add vegetable oil to hot skillet, then add steak and sauté, turning over once, 5 to 7 minutes total for medium-rare. Transfer to a cutting board and let stand, loosely covered with foil, 5 minutes.
- Reserve roasted garlic cloves and 1 cup roasted bell peppers. Toss arugula with remaining roasted vegetables in pan to wilt, then transfer to a platter.
- Blend reserved garlic and bell peppers with broth, vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste in a blender until smooth. Transfer sauce to a small bowl or sauceboat.
- Holding a knife at a 45-degree angle, cut steak across the grain into thin slices and arrange on platter with vegetables. Pour any juices accumulated on cutting board over meat and serve sauce on the side.


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Great White Sharks can be found in many parts of the world. See pictures of sharks.
Every summer millions of overworked minions all over the world take time off from the job, pack up the car and hit the beach for a nice, relaxing family vacation. A little saltwater, sunshine and sand in the toes are a healthy remedy for a stressed out and overextended workforce. Parents kick back while the kids build sand castles, toss the Frisbee and take a swim in the ocean. Singles roam the beach in search of love. College kids party like it's 1999. It's all sun and fun until the lifeguard blows the whistle and yells the word that no beach comber ever wants to hear -- SHARK!
You might think that the likelihood of getting attacked by a shark is pretty great if you watch the news. The fact is, unprovoked shark attacks are extremely rare -- they just make for engrossing headlines. You're more likely to die from tangling with a bee, wasp or snake than a shark. You're also 30 times more likely to die from a lightning strike than a shark attack [source: International Shark Attack File]. But since filmmaker Steven Spielberg brought the movie "Jaws" to the big screen in 1975, beach-loving vacationers have had the possibility of a shark attack firmly lodged in the backs of their minds.
There's no doubt that sharks are one of the most feared creatures on Earth. But they are also one of the most sophisticated and enduring. The oldest shark fossils date from more than 300 million years ago, before the age of the dinosaurs. And a few existing shark species, such as the hornshark, have kept the same basic physical characteristics for more than 150 million years. Scientists attribute this remarkable longevity to the shark's superior physiological developments. Sharks are outfitted with several special characteristics that make them highly effective, both as hunters and survivors.
Sharks are a vital part of the ocean's ecosystem and sadly, overfishing has left many species of shark in danger of extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists three kinds of thresher sharks as vulnerable worldwide. The mako shark has been moved from near threatened to vulnerable and the scalloped hammerhead went from near threatened to endangered. These are only a few species that could be in trouble if fishing practices aren't more heavily regulated.
Shark Anatomy
When people think of sharks, they generally imagine an animal like the one in this picture. The tall dorsal fin, torpedo-shaped body and giant teeth of this great white shark are familiar to most everybody. But there are actually more than 400 different shark species alive today, and they vary considerably in size and appearance. In fact, roughly 50 percent of shark species are less than a meter long. So what makes a shark a shark?
Sharks, along with rays and chimeras, are distinguished from other fish primarily by their body composition. Most other fish have skeletons made of bone, just like mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds. Sharks and rays, on the other hand, have skeletons made entirely of cartilage, the same flexible material in your nose and ears. Cartilage is sturdy like bone, but it has a much lower density. This material keeps sharks relatively lightweight, so they don't sink in the ocean and they don't need an air bladder like other fish.
Sharks also have a very unique skin texture. They don't have the large, prominent scales found in bony fish. Instead they're covered with smaller, tooth-like scales called denticles. These tough, protective denticles are aligned so that they channel water over the shark's body, minimizing drag due to friction.
Like bony fish, sharks breathe by extracting dissolved oxygen from water. The water enters the mouth, passes through the gills and is expelled through gill slits behind the head. In bony fish, these slits are covered, but in most sharks you can see them clearly. As the water flows through the gill opening, it passes tiny gill filaments. These filaments are covered with microscopic blood vessel capillaries, which have a lower oxygen content than the water around them. This imbalance causes oxygen in the water to diffuse into the shark's bloodstream, where it is distributed throughout the body.
Some sharks have a gill pump, a set of muscles that suck in water and push it past the gills. This works something like our lungs -- the shark can continuously gather oxygen while it is in a still position. Most sharks also extract oxygen using ram ventilation, passing water over the gills by moving forward. Some highly-active sharks depend on ram ventilation almost entirely, which means they stay in motion most of the time!
Sharks also differ from most bony fish in the way they move. In the next section, we'll find out how sharks swim so quickly and gracefully through the ocean.
Shark Movement
Most bony fish have a special swim bladder that helps them move around in the water. When the fish takes in oxygen, it can release some of the gas into the bladder. This increases the fish's buoyancy, so it rises through the water. To sink down to the bottom, the fish squeezes some of the gas out of the bladder, decreasing its buoyancy. In this way, a fish is something like a blimp or hot air balloon that uses the upward lift of atmospheric buoyancy to change altitude.
A shark is more like an airplane. It doesn't have a swim bladder, so it uses its forward movement to control vertical position. The tail is like the shark's propeller -- the shark swings it back and forth to move forward. In an airplane, this forward movement pushes air around the wings. In a shark, this forward movement pushes water around the fins. In both cases, this movement of matter creates lift -- the fluid is different, but the principle is exactly the same.
Sharks have two sets of paired fins on the sides of their body, in the same general position as the main wings and horizontal tail wings of a plane. The shark can position these fins at different angles, changing the path of the water moving around them. When the shark tilts a fin up, the water flows so there is greater pressure below the fin than above it. This creates upward lift. When the shark tilts the fin down, there is greater pressure above the fin than below it. This pushes the shark downward.
The shark also has one or two vertical dorsal fins on its back and sometimes a vertical anal fin on its underside. These fins work like the vertical stabilizer wing on an airplane. They help the shark keep its balance as it moves through the water and they can be moved from side to side to turn the shark left and right.
This fin arrangement gives sharks amazing maneuverability. They can cruise at high speeds, stop suddenly and make sharp turns in every direction. This is one of the reasons they are such effective hunters. They move more quickly and with greater control than any of their prey -- most of the time, a shark's prey doesn't even know what hit it.
Of course, before a shark can swoop in for the kill, it has to locate its prey. In the next couple sections, we'll examine the finely tuned senses that help sharks locate and track their food.
Shark Senses
One of the main reasons sharks are such effective predators is their keenly attuned senses. Initially, scientists thought of sharks as giant swimming noses. When researchers plugged the nasal openings in captive sharks, the sharks had trouble locating their prey. This seemed to demonstrate that the shark's other senses weren't as developed as the sense of smell. Further research demonstrated that sharks actually have several acute senses, but that they depend on all of them working together. When you take one away, it significantly hinders the shark's hunting ability.
The shark's nose is definitely one of its most impressive (and prominent) features. As the shark moves, water flows through two forward facing nostrils, positioned along the sides of the snout. The water enters the nasal passage and moves past folds of skin covered with sensory cells. In some sharks, these sensitive cells can detect even the slightest traces of blood in the water. A great white shark, for example, would be able to detect a single drop of blood in an Olympic-size pool. Most sharks can detect blood and animal odors from many miles away.
Another amazing thing about a shark's sense of smell is that it's directional. The twin nasal cavities act something like your two ears: Smell coming from the left of the shark will arrive at the left cavity just before it arrives at the right cavity. In this way, a shark can figure out where a smell is coming from and head in that direction.
Sharks also have a very acute sense of hearing. Research suggests they can hear low pitch sounds well below the range of human hearing. Sharks may track sounds over many miles, listening specifically for distress sounds from wounded prey.
In sharks, eyesight varies from species to species. Some less active sharks that stay near the water's surface don't have particularly acute eyesight, while sharks that stay at the bottom of the ocean have very large eyes that let them see in near darkness. Most all sharks have a fairly wide field of view, however, since their eyes are positioned on each side of the head. The most extreme example of this is the hammerhead, whose eyes actually protrude out from the head.
Many shark species also rely heavily on their sense of taste. Before these sharks eat something, they will give it a "test bite" first. The sensitive taste buds clustered in the mouth analyze the potential meal to see if it's palatable. Sharks will often reject prey that is outside their ordinary diet (such as human beings), after this first bite.
In addition to these familiar senses, sharks also possess some senses we don't fully understand.
The ampullae of Lorenzini give the shark electroreception. The ampullae consist of small clusters of electrically sensitive receptor cells positioned under the skin in the shark's head. These cells are connected to pores on the skin's surface via small jelly-filled tubes. Scientists still don't yet understand everything about these ampullary organs, but they do know the sensors let sharks "see" the weak electrical fields generated by living organisms. The range of electrosense seems to be fairly limited -- a few feet in front of the shark's nose -- but this is enough to seek out fish and other prey hiding on the ocean floor.
Another unique sense organ is the shark's lateral line. The lateral line is basically a set of tubes just under the shark's skin. The two main tubes run on both sides of the body, from the shark's head all the way to its tail. Water flows into these main tubes through pores on the skin's surface. The insides of the main tubes are lined with hair-like protrusions, which are connected to sensory cells. When something comes near the shark, the water running through the lateral line moves back and forth. This stimulates the sensory cells, alerting the shark to any potential prey or predators in the area.
By themselves, none of a shark's sense organs would be adequate for effective hunting. But the combination of all these senses make the shark an incomparable predator. The success of sharks is due largely to these physiological advancements -- they are superbly built to find food. They are also quite good at catching food, of course, as we'll see in the next section.
Shark Teeth
A shark's only real weapon is its mouth. Like its fins and sense organs, the shark's mouth is a highly effective physiological adaptation, perfectly suited to its job. There are two elements that make the mouth so effective: the teeth and the jaws.
Shark teeth are something like the teeth of land predators. They have very sharp points that will cut into meat. Sharks are exclusively carnivores, so for the most part they don't need any grinders for chewing plant matter. Some bottom dwelling sharks do have special grinding teeth for cracking shells open, but more active sharks have teeth suited only for eating flesh. There are a wide variety of shark teeth, just as there are a wide variety of sharks. These teeth can be divided into two general categories.
Many shark species, such as the goblin shark and sand tiger, have very long, thin teeth. This structure is well suited for catching small fish. The shark kills the fish immediately, by piercing it with a single bite. Then it swallows the fish whole.
Sharks that go after larger prey need a different strategy and a different sort of tooth. They tear into their prey several times, biting off large pieces of flesh. Sharks in this group, which includes the infamous great white shark, have wide serrated teeth. These teeth act something like a hunting knife -- they cut easily through tough flesh and bone. Many sharks have combinations of long pointed teeth and wider serrated teeth, so they can hold their prey in place while they cut into it.
Shark teeth have the same basic consistency as our teeth, but they don't sit in the mouth in the same way. Our teeth rest in sockets, and aren't replaced after childhood. Shark teeth are attached to the jaw by soft tissue, and they fall out all the time. This is crucial to the shark's effectiveness -- worn or broken teeth are continually replaced by new, sharper teeth. In some sharks, such as the great white, these teeth are arranged in several rows.
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Sharks have a very unique jaw structure, which makes their mouths especially effective weapons. In most animals, the lower jaw moves freely but the upper jaw is firmly attached to the skull. In sharks, the upper jaw rests below the skull, but can be detached when the shark attacks its prey. This lets the shark thrust its entire mouth forward to grab onto its prey. Jaw mobility varies among different species, but all modern sharks have this ability to some degree.
In the next section, we'll find out what science knows about the life of a shark.
Daily Life of a Shark
In recent years, scientists have uncovered a lot of new information about shark physiology, but the day-to-day life of sharks remains fairly mysterious. Most shark species are very difficult to study because they travel quickly over long distances, sometimes deep in the sea. They live in a world that is largely inaccessible to humans.
We do know that sharks are solitary animals, for the most part. They typically live and hunt by themselves, joining up with other sharks only in certain circumstances, such as mating. Some sharks will form schools on occasion, however. Researchers aren't really sure why this occurs because sharks don't really need protection from predators and they don't feed in schools. At this point, it's still unclear why sharks behave this way. In any case, the occurrence is very rare. Most of the time, sharks swim alone.
When they hunt, most sharks rely on the element of surprise in some way. In some camouflaged bottom-dwelling sharks, such as the various wobbegong species, this is a passive exercise. The shark blends in with the ocean floor, waiting for its prey. When a fish gets close enough, the shark opens its mouth wide and swallows the fish whole.
In active hunters, the element of surprise works a little bit differently. Great whites and other sharks that hunt bigger animals proceed very cautiously when approaching their prey. Once it has found a potential meal, the shark will circle at some distance, sizing up the situation. When it is ready, the shark moves in quickly, landing a good bite before the animal knows what's happening. Often, this first attack is sufficient to bring down the prey. Researchers have observed great whites behaving this way when hunting sea lions -- they will take one good bite, and then wait for the sea lion to die from blood loss. This sort of hunting takes a lot of energy out of a shark, so these species usually won't feed more than a couple times a week. Sharks that feed on smaller prey typically eat a few times every day.
On rare occasions, active sharks will cooperate in a hunt. Researchers have observed this phenomenon primarily in sevengill sharks. When these sharks hunt large fur seals, they rely on strength in numbers -- one large fur seal is too big for a single shark to take down itself. The sharks form a wide ring around a single seal, and slowly move in. When they get close enough, one shark will suddenly attack, and the rest will follow. This sort of behavior sometimes occurs in other shark species, but it is extremely rare.
Scientists also know that migration plays a big part in the lives of most shark species. The main reason most sharks migrate is that their food migrates. Different marine animals gather in certain areas throughout the year, for breeding, to lay eggs and other reasons. Sharks remember these annual patterns and return to these areas every year to take advantage of the population boom. Sharks will also remember human activity when it involves food supplies. Many species gather around fishing boats, for example, because they know fishermen might discard extra bait and small catches.
Despite what many of us think, sharks do face certain threats underwater. In the next section, we'll find out what a shark should be afraid of.
Threats to Sharks
Despite their superior physiology and hunting skills, many shark species are now threatened with extinction due to human fishing. The main threats to sharks are over-fishing and accidental bycatch. In many parts of the world, sharks are in very high demand, for their meat, skin and cartilage, which is used in several medicines. These shark products sell at very high prices, making them an attractive catch to fishermen.
Sharks mate only rarely and have a relatively small number of shark pups at a time. Consequently, they can't replenish their population quickly. Sharks also have fairly long lifespans -- on average, sharks live 25 to 30 years. According to Andy Dehart, Director of Biological Programs at the National Aquarium and shark expert for Discovery Communications, sharks can live up to 60 years, with the spiny dogfish reaching 70 to 100 years. If left alone, a female will mate many times in its life. With this reproductive pattern, the death of every single shark obviously has a significant effect on the shark population.
Over-fishing is actually a problem for both sharks and humans. If humans kill too many sharks in a given amount of time, the population will dwindle and they won't be able to catch many sharks in the future. The only way to maintain profitable shark fishing over time is to allow sharks to continue to reproduce, which means decreasing shark fishing significantly. Sharks are also killed accidentally, primarily by long lines used to catch other fish. Researchers suggest we must ban certain fishing methods, or some shark species will die out at some point in the near future.
One major obstacle to conservation efforts is our ignorance about sharks. We still don't fully understand their behavior, their breeding habits or their migration patterns. For most shark species, we don't even have an idea of their population size. This makes it very difficult to organize effective conservation methods since we can't accurately calculate safe fishing restrictions.
Sharks have persevered for hundreds of millions of years, while thousands of other animals have come and gone. When you consider this incredible history, and the unique physiological characteristics found in sharks, it's clear that it would be a great tragedy to lose any shark species. They are among the most remarkable animals on earth, and there is still so much we don't know about them.
For a summary of what you've read in this article, check out the next page.
Shark Summary
Sharks have been around for hundreds of millions of years and are among the deadliest creatures on Earth. Sharks can unhinge their jaws and destroy large prey with their rows of razor sharp teeth. But even though sharks' jaws and teeth make them fierce predators, it's their sensory perception that truly makes them great hunters. Sharks can track large prey by following their low-pitch sounds, plus they can smell blood in the water from miles away. Sharks also have two extra senses which allow them to sense electrical fields and vibrations in the water. So, even the slightest movement in the water can trigger a shark's predatory instincts.
Once a shark has sensed the presence of prey, it uses its incredibly strong tail to propel itself through the water. Sharks deftly maneuver through the water by adjusting the angle of their fins. Sharks don't have a swim bladder like most other fish, so they regulate their vertical position by moving forward. Another unique aspect of the shark's body is that its skeleton is composed of cartilage rather than bone.
Sharks tend to be loners, swimming and hunting by themselves. They occasionally travel in schools, but typically hunt alone. They sometimes follow the annual migration patterns of fish and even fishing boats in search of an easy meal, but sharks manage to find food in all circumstances. When food is scarce, they use camouflage along with their incredible speed to surprise their prey, making an escape almost impossible. The element of surprise is important to sharks because it is advantageous for them to kill their prey in one bite, which conserves their much-needed energy.
Sharks are rarely the prey of other aquatic predators, but they encounter numerous problems with fisherman, particularly in Asia, where shark is considered a delicacy. Over-fishing and accidental bycatch have dramatically reduced shark populations around the world. Those factors, along with sharks' infrequent mating habits and small litter size, are putting the shark population in jeopardy.
Interesting Shark Facts
- Shark species vary in length from a few inches to 45 feet.
- A great white shark could detect a single drop of blood in an Olympic-size swimming pool.
- Between 75 and 100 shark attacks are reported each year, but less than 20 result in human death.
- Some sharks can live to reach the ripe old age of 100! However, most sharks live about 25 to 30 years. Sadly, the shark's average lifespan is decreasing as a result of over-fishing and accidental bycatch.
For lots more information on sharks and related topics, check out the links on the next page.
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Not only is Media Day filled with tons of deliciously inane questions, but even better is that the media spends most of Media Day talking about Media Day itself! It's media talking about media, and who doesn't love that? Take from someone who has heard Tony Kornheiser talk for three straight hours on the radio about the newspaper industry: media-on-media action is the best kind of media there is!
I kid, of course. Media Day is awful, and it will be doubly awful this year because media people will complain that Media Day was held on a bad weather day, despite the fact that the stadium they're working in today has a functioning roof and a working thermostat.
You aren't going to get many good questions out of today. Maybe a small quote that will be twisted into a time-filling, media-concocted mini feud. And, of course, there will be any number of wacky comedy correspondents out there ready to ask Aaron Rodgers what kind of underwear he buys.
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But the really crucial questions, the ones you want to see answered, are almost certain to go unasked. I know, because I've written them down here, and they didn't let me fly to Dallas for the game to ask them and then get dragged away by security.
Here we go:
1. For Mike McCarthy: Let's say there are two minutes in the game on Sunday and you're at the Steelers 35. Do you elect to punt on fourth down, or do you just cut out the middleman and do it on third down?
2. For Aaron Rodgers: Did you not just see that sickly woman asking for your autograph five seconds ago? You walked right by her, man. What are you, some kind of monster?
3. For Big Ben: How do you move so well yet look so fat?
4. For Brett Keisel: When do you and Mastodon go back out on the road? You missed Scranton the last time you toured.
5. For Mike Tomlin: My buddy House says you look like Omar Epps! ISN'T THAT HILARIOUS? Don't you think that joke feels fresh and original?!
6. For James Starks: Just how large of a fantasy bust do you plan on being next year after I take you in the fifth round?
7. For Nick Barnett: Nick, could you take a photo with me and my… wait, never mind. You're injured and useless.
8. For Troy Polamalu: Can I see a photo gallery of all the women who have hit on you, because I bet it would blow my mind.
9. For Roger Goodell: Make a new labor deal, jerkwheat. That's not really a question, so much as a threat combined with an insult. But I stand by it.
10. For BJ Raji: Is that a mustard stain on your shirt? Seriously, it's the size of Portland.
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A New Orleans attorney was cited for marijuana possession this week after a joint tumbled out of his pocket in front of police, according to media reports.
Police say Jason Cantrell, who has a private practice but also serves as a part-time assistant city attorney, was in the magistrate section of criminal court chatting with police officers when a marijuana joint fell out of his pocket and onto the floor, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported.
Cantrell, 43, was a first-time offender and was cited, issued a summons to appear in court for simple possession of marijuana and let go, according to police spokesman Garry Flot.
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The handling of his case is the result of an effort by city leaders and prosecutors two years ago to unclog a congested system and allow people arrested for having a small amount of marijuana on them to receive a summons and not be taken to jail, according to the Times-Picayune.
Besides being a private practice attorney, Cantrell doubles as a part-time city attorney, handling cases in traffic court. He was not working for the city when the incident occurred.
City Hall spokesman Ryan Berni told WDSU that Cantrell has been suspended without pay, pending an investigation.
Cantrell's wife, LaToya, is a candidate for a district seat on the City Council. She released a statement apologizing for her husband and saying, "I absolutely do not condone his actions," the New York Daily News reported.
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"I love my husband unconditionally and am very concerned for his health and well-being, and for that of our family," LaToya said. "I hope that this incident will encourage Jason to seek the professional help."
Cantrell has practiced civil and criminal law in New Orleans for 17 years, including six as a public defender in juvenile court.
He ran for a position as a judge in juvenile court in 2009 but lost.
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SALT LAKE CITY — President Trump sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah on Monday by some two million acres, the largest rollback of federal land protection in the nation's history.
The administration shrank Bears Ears National Monument, a sprawling region of red rock canyons, by 85 percent, and cut another monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante, to about half its current size. The move, a reversal of protections put in place by Democratic predecessors, comes as the administration pushes for fewer restrictions and more development on public lands.
The decision to reduce Bears Ears is expected to set off a legal battle that could alter the course of American land conservation, putting dozens of other monuments at risk and possibly opening millions of preserved public acres to oil and gas extraction, mining, logging and other commercial activities.
"Some people think that the natural resources of Utah should be controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats located in Washington," Mr. Trump said, speaking at Utah's State Capitol beneath a painting of Mormon pioneers. "And guess what? They're wrong."
"Together," he continued, "we will usher in a bright new future of wonder and wealth."
President Barack Obama designated Bears Ears a monument in 2016, and President Bill Clinton classified Grand Staircase-Escalante in 1996, using a century-old law called the Antiquities Act that grants presidents the authority to set aside landmarks and "other objects of historic or scientific interest."
The law says that presidents should limit designations to the "smallest area compatible with proper care and management." In both cases, Utah politicians have argued that the actions of the previous presidents abused the law by exceeding that limit and were illegal.
Environmentalists and some native nations say Mr. Trump's decision will destroy the national heritage and threaten some 100,000 sites of archaeological importance in the monuments' desert landscapes.
Conservative lawmakers and many Westerners argue that the move is the proper response to decades of federal overreach that have sometimes starved communities of revenue and autonomy. When Mr. Clinton formed Grand Staircase, the move halted plans for a coal mining project there that would have brought desperately needed jobs to a poor county.
Mr. Trump's move is viewed as a victory for Republican lawmakers, fossil fuel companies and others. The federal government controls about two-thirds of the land in Utah, and the state's leading politicians have long pushed for more local control.
"He's been sympathetic to the fact that we've been mistreated," Senator Mike Lee of Utah said of the president, "and I'm grateful that he is willing to correct it."
The announcement sparked an immediate outcry from Mr. Trump's opponents. "What's next, President Trump, the Grand Canyon?" said Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In April, Mr. Trump ordered the secretary of the interior, Ryan Zinke, to review 27 national monuments created since 1996, a process he said would "end another egregious use of government power." In August, Mr. Zinke delivered a report to the president suggesting that Mr. Trump change the boundaries of several of those monuments.
The struggle over public lands has been fought most fiercely in the West, and Mr. Trump's decision was anxiously anticipated for months. On Monday morning, hundreds of people gathered outside the State Capitol, some in cowboy hats, to protest Mr. Trump's announcement.
Helaman Thor Hale and Andrea Hale, both Native Americans, brought their three sons to the rally. "It's a historical trauma our people have been through over and over," Mr. Hale said of Mr. Trump's move.
Farther south, at the edge of the monument, another group gathered to applaud Mr. Trump's decision standing beneath a banner: "Thank you for listening to local voices."
The Navajo Nation, along with other tribes and conservation and outdoor industry groups, has vowed to challenge the decision to reduce both monuments in court, and several lawsuits are expected.
"We will stand and fight all the way," said Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation, adding that the United States government had already taken "millions of acres of my people's land."
At least one lawsuit was filed late Monday — by the Wilderness Society, Great Old Broads for Wilderness and eight other groups — in defense of Grand Staircase.
National monuments are lands that are protected from development by law. They are roughly analogous to national parks, but while national parks are created by Congress, national monuments are created by presidents through the Antiquities Act. Republicans and Democrats alike have used the law to protect millions of acres of public land, and its supporters say it is a bedrock of the American conservation legacy.
Each monument has its own specific restrictions. At Bears Ears, for example, federal rules forbid new mining and drilling, but allow the interior department to continue to issue cattle grazing leases.
Mr. Trump is not the first president to shrink a monument. Woodrow Wilson reduced Mount Olympus by half. Franklin Roosevelt cut the Grand Canyon monument at the behest of ranchers. (Both are now national parks.)
But the courts have never ruled on whether a president actually has the power to make these changes. The coming legal battle will probably have far-reaching implications.
If Mr. Trump's legal challengers win in court, the decision could affirm future presidents' rights to use the Antiquities Act to extend protection to large areas of public land, and cement the monuments' current boundaries.
But if they lose, Mr. Trump and future presidents could drastically shrink any of the dozens of monuments created by their predecessors, opening the formerly protected terrain for all kinds of development.
One-hundred and twenty-one scholars recently signed a letter arguing that only Congress can legally shrink a monument. Todd Gaziano of the Pacific Legal Foundation and John Yoo of the University of California, Berkeley's law school, have argued in opposition, saying that the power to create a monument "implicitly also includes the power of reversal."
President Obama created Bears Ears National Monument in December 2016, after years of lobbying by five tribes in the region: the Navajo, the Hopi, the Ute Mountain Ute, the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and the Zuni. It is named for a pair of towering buttes — the Bears Ears — that dominate much of the landscape.
Mr. Obama set the boundaries to include 1.35 million acres, a size his supporters said was needed to protect some 100,000 objects of archaeological significance, including grave sites, ceremonial grounds, ancient cliff dwellings, as well as their surrounding ecosystem.
Mr. Trump's proclamation shrinks Bears Ears to just over 200,000 acres, and it reflects a more narrow view of the Antiquities Act. He confines monument protection to two separated land masses that include the most celebrated features — places like the Bears Ears, Moon House Ruins, Doll House Ruins, Mule Canyon and Comb Ridge, which is home to ancient granaries, kivas and a wall-size mural called the Butler Wash Kachina Panel.
In a proclamation explaining his decision, Mr. Trump said that some of the places in the original monument "are not unique to the monument" or "are not of significant scientific or historic interest." Others, he notes, are already protected in other ways.
For example, the proclamation says, "plant and animal species such as the bighorn sheep, the Kachina daisy, the Utah night lizard, and the Eucosma navojoensis moth are protected by the Endangered Species Act and existing land-use plans."
Grand Staircase-Escalante's new boundaries include one million acres in three zones, one of them separated from the other two.
In September, a version of Mr. Zinke's report recommended changing the boundaries of six of the 27 monuments under review.
But he also recommended the creation of three new monuments. One was at Camp Nelson, Ky., a post where black soldiers trained during the Civil War. Another was the Mississippi home of the civil rights hero Medgar Evers.
The third was in an area called the Badger-Two Medicine, in Mr. Zinke's home state of Montana.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is calling on the Republican Party to "recalibrate the compass of conservatism" as party leaders on Thursday promised fundamental changes to help stave off future losses.
The governor will deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting Thursday night in Charlotte, becoming the latest high-profile conservative from outside Washington to call for sweeping changes inside the GOP. In speech excerpts released earlier in the day, Jindal says the GOP doesn't need to change its values but "might need to change just about everything else we do."
"We do not need to change what we believe as conservatives — our principles are timeless," Jindal says. "But we do need to re-orient our focus to the place where conservatism thrives: in the real world beyond the Washington Beltway."
Hours before the speech, Republican leaders promised to release in March a report, dubbed the "Growth and Opportunity Project," outlining recommendations on party rules and messaging designed to appeal to a rapidly changing American electorate. President Barack Obama's November victory was fueled, in part, by overwhelming support from the nation's Hispanic, Asian and African-American communities.
"Losing is not fun. We want to win," said GOP strategist Sally Bradshaw, who is among five people appointed by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to craft the report.
"I think you're going to see a very renewed, aggressive effort by this party to put on a different face," Bradshaw said. "We are going to go into areas that we do not go into and see folks that we do not see."
Jindal, too, says the GOP is too focused on number-crunching on Capitol Hill and not focused enough on connecting with voters across the nation.
"Today's conservatism is completely wrapped up in solving the hideous mess that is the federal budget, the burgeoning deficits, the mammoth federal debt, the shortfall in our entitlement programs," he says. "We seem to have an obsession with government bookkeeping. This is a rigged game, and it is the wrong game for us to play."
The comments come a day after the House passed a bill to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first-time default for at least four months, defusing a looming crisis setting up a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit. The House passed the measure on a bipartisan basis as majority Republicans back away from their previous demand that any increase in the government's borrowing cap be paired with an equivalent level of spending cuts.
The Louisiana governor's comments follow criticism from another high-profile Republican based outside Washington who publicly blasted GOP leadership on Capitol Hill: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. One of the party's most popular voices, Christie earlier in the month criticized his party's "toxic internal politics" after House Republicans initially declined to approve disaster relief for victims of Superstorm Sandy. He said it was "disgusting to watch" their actions and he faulted the GOP's most powerful elected official, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Republican officials from across the country are gathering in North Carolina this week to begin shaping a path forward following their party's November shellacking.
GOP strategist Ari Fleischer suggested that his party could learn an important lesson from Democrats on messaging: "Republicans talk policy and Democrats talk people. Republicans can learn a little bit from Democrats on how to make those people connections with our policies."
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., told reporters on the sidelines of the meeting Thursday that Republicans also need to develop a sound strategy for confronting the Obama administration, suggesting House Republicans could use hearings to expose waste and promote better ideas.
"A lot of Republicans, frankly, spent the last two years saying, 'Oh, gee, we don't have to do much because after Obama loses we'll work with the new Republican president.' Well, that world ain't there," Gingrich said. "So now they have to make adjustments. They've got to understand that this is a different game."


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In summer and in winter—but especially in summer—there are those weekends best spent out of the city. We may not always be able to afford nice rentals or great B&B's, but we can play the good guest when invited to a friend's (or friend's parents') house for the weekend. One of the best parts of the two days away has got to be the cooking. Unless we've wound up in the most rustic little Catskill cottage, cooking in a house kitchen is a pleasant change of pace from the apartment galley kitchens we're used to in the city. But the cooking challenges of a group getaway are many. There are a lot of mouths to feed. There are no bodegas on the corner. There's more planning and less reliable equipment. There may not be a fully stocked pantry. There are expensive trips to the grocery store. And, perhaps worst of all, there are hungry friends, hovering around, who, in spite of varying levels of kitchen prowess, may want to "help" cook.
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Pack a MealMake a dish before you leave town. Pack it in good tupperware and stow it in a tote. This can be a baked chicken that keeps and reheats well, without requiring the oven to be on for hours upon arrival. Or grilled vegetables and pesto on baguette for a picnic in the car en route. It could be quickbread or muffins for breakfast. It could be cookies. But while sweets double as a hostess gift, they don't necessarily count as a meal. When you bring a fully made meal, you prevent group decision-making and shopping. You can buy the ingredients at a store you're used to and where you know where the bargains are. Plus, you've got your pantry and your tools to cook with. And no friends hanging around to distract you. People will be really happy to sit down to a whole meal, especially after a long trip.
Portable Recipes: Chicken Marbella (pictured); Ancho Chicken Sandwiches with Avocado and Chipotle Mayonnaise; "Forgotten" Chocolate Chip Cookie Squares
Delegate the MeatWe're forward-thinking, modern women, but we're able to admit the truth in some gender stereotypes. Which is why we say: Grill for dinner, and put the dudes in charge. They'll shop, marinate the meat (which they've spent more money on than you would have), light up the barbecue, all with great enthusiasm and pride. The meat will be good, genuinely really good. This may not have been the case if you tried to delegate say, the salad. While the guys are grilling, everyone else can make sides: bread, corn, salad, pasta—whatever.
Recipes: Guinness-Marinated Steak (recipe follows); Carne Asada with Chipotle Mango Salsa; Man Burgers; Turkey Burgers; Mediterranean Lamb Burgers
Make GuacamoleGuacamole is the most delicious summer snack food. Everyone likes it. We think we have the best recipe (find it below). Granted, if you make it in a group, you'll find that everyone thinks that. But since you can't mess up guacamole (with the exception of using unripe avocados…don't do that), that's an acceptable delusion. One guy Cara spent a weekend with sprinkled dried cumin in his guac. She was skeptical, but it was great. And the best part of guacamole is that it's a unifier. It's vegetarian, not unhealthful, and satisfying. All you need for completion are tortilla chips, and maybe some carrot sticks for dipping. You don't need any other snacks around at all if you have enough chips and guacamole, though we do allow for a purchased salsa or two. This preserves focus at the grocery store, and it saves money.
Recipe: Guacamole
BreakfastBreakfast may be the best meal to take complete control of, especially if you're an early riser—or are relegated to sleeping on the couch by the kitchen. No one cares exactly when it happens, and people tend to be much less picky about how it happens. You can spend a nice quiet 45 minutes in the kitchen before anyone gets up, which can be a nice pause in a weekend full of people, drinking, and fun.
Recipe: Breakfast Burrito Buffet; Yogurt Pancakes; Spinach Hash Browns
Find the Cleaner-UppersThere's not much worse than waking up after a night of boozing by the pool to find browning guacamole on the dishes that are scattered all over. In a given group, there will be people with high guilt reflexes. These are the people you need to locate. Make one tiny reference to the fact that you've done all the cooking and they'll jump on the chance to clean. Suddenly, you're no longer in charge. Bring in a few plates from the table, ask if you can do anything to help, but you're no longer the one responsible. However, if it's the host who gets stuck spearheading the clean-up, our morality says you do need to get back on the bandwagon, pick up a broom, and get moving.
Guinness-Marinated Flank SteakMakes 10 servings
2 cloves garlic, pushed through a press, or finely minced
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons salt
1 pint Guinness
4 pounds flank steak
In a large dish or bowl, combine the garlic, mustard, salt, and guiness. Stir to combine. Place the steak in the marinade and place, covered lightly, in the fridge for 1-2 hours (it may take this long for the guys to figure out how to use the grill). Grill to medium-rare. Slice and serve.
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Today's guest post is from Dr. Steve Runge, a scholar-in-residence at Logos Bible Software, whose work focuses on the discourse grammar of Hebrew and Greek.
I am currently teaching a class on the parables of Jesus at my church. We are looking at the parables that occur in more than one gospel and taking note of how they are used in each. Along the way we have come across differences in wording, begging that question: 'So what?'
This week we looked at the 'salt' passages, found in Matthew 5:13; Mark 9:49-50; and Luke 14:34-35. We noticed that there are some significant differences in how this parable is related to the preceding context in the different gospels. There are two new resources called the Lexham High Definition New Testament and the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament that provide some really helpful insight into issues like this. These resources annotate where the NT writers used various devices to get our attention, emphasize things, build suspense, etc.
Another important contribution of these resources is a description in the left column that tells you what each line of the text is doing. This analysis is informed by things like the Greek conjunction used, the morphology of the verb, and the role that it plays in the larger context. We were using the Lexham High Definition New Testament in class, and it was really easy to point out how the different gospel writers wanted to connect the salt parable to the preceding context, since it was plainly spelled out in the left column. 'Proposition means that there are no specific instructions about how to relate what follows to what precedes. 'Support' indicates that what follows in intended to strengthen or support what precedes, but does not advance the story or the argument. 'Principle' indicates that what follows is a summary or conclusion drawn from what precedes, often providing the big idea for the section that follows. Take a look at the highlighted descriptions in the left column.
In Matthew's gospel, the saying follows right on the heals of the Beatitudes. In Greek there is no specific conjunction that tells the reader how to connect it; it is just the next saying.
In Mark the section just before describes how it is better to cast off a part of you that causes you to sin than to keep it and risk being thrown into hell. The saying about the salt is connected to this with the Greek conjunction γάρ (for). This instructs us to understand what follow as supporting or strengthening what precedes, rather than introducing a new point. In other words, Mark has signaled with γάρ that the saying about the salt is connected to what precedes, supporting and strengthening it.
If you look at Luke 14:34, you will see that the verse begins with a bullet. In the ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament, you can see that the bullet stands in the place of the Greek conjunction οὖν (therefore). This word signals that what follows is a principle or summary drawn from what precedes. In other words, it either summarizes what precede, or introduces a new principle that is drawn from what precedes. The preceding section in Luke describes counting the cost of discipleship, illustrated by the consideration that should be given before building a tower or going to war against a superior force. This means that Luke wanted us to read the saying about the salt as drawing from and building upon what precedes.
In each of these gospels, the saying about the salt losing its saltiness warns us about the hazard of losing the distinctive quality that makes us who we are, illustrated by salt losing its saltiness. In Matthew Jesus has just taught that when we encounter persecution for pursuing righteousness, we should rejoice and be glad. In such circumstances, one might be tempted to water down their faith, or put their light under a basket (cf. 5:15). The reference to salt adds to this same point by asking the question: 'What good is salt if it loses its saltiness?' If we water-down or hide our faith, then what's the point?
In Mark, the same point is made by the reference to salt. If there is some part of us that is causing us to sin, that might destine us for hell, is it really worth hanging on to? The reference to salt presents the same issue from a different angle. The salting with fire suggests a refining process. But if this process does not produce real, salty salt, then what's the point? The Christian life is not about hanging on to what Jesus died to free us from, but about being the salt and light that he redeemed us to be.
In Luke, Jesus has just given a summary principle in v. 33 drawn from the illustrations of building a tower and going to war: "So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple" (ESV). The saying about the salt is building upon this point, providing a practical illustration of what happens when someone follows without renouncing all: he or she is salt that is not salty. If the salt is no longer salty, then what's the point?
This is just a one example of the kind of help that the left column information of the Lexham High Definition New Testament and the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament can provide. It can really pay dividends in helping you understand the really hairy passages that use very complex grammar, unpacking it one bit at a time. Check out Romans 2:17 in the HDNT:
Paul wants to set up a very complex state of affairs, one which can get confusing in a hurry if you are just reading it in a continuous paragraph. His main point is this: Do you not teach yourself? The 'complex' marker tells you that the line that is only indented one place is the main idea of the complex clause. In this case, the main thought is the 'principle' line. The rest of the parts are indented and labeled to help you understand what role each plays, and to let you easily find the main idea.
We are nearing completion on this project, which means two things: it will be shipping soon, and the price will be going up when it is removed from Pre-Publication. Take warning; buy soon if you haven't already!
If you missed them, be sure to check out Steve's previous posts.
- Who Cares About Participles? I Do!
- Making of the Lexham High Definition New Testament
- Stylistic Variation or Intentional Shaping? A Look at Characterization in John 11
- Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop, Part 1
- Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop, Part 2
- Talking about What I Am Talking About
- Paying Attention to 'This' and 'That'


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fabulous fish always star at a sushi bar: bluefin tuna, big-eye tuna, yellowfin tuna, red snapper, Japanese yellowtail, and salmon. These are the six most popular fish for sushi. Sushi with raw fish requires the absolutely best fish you can get. Any of the fish on this list, if you get it fresh, can make mouthwatering sushi.
Bluefin tuna
This tuna is huge, up to 10 feet long and up to 1,500 pounds. The following are the cuts of bluefin tuna:
- Akami: This pure red meat, with a taste and texture almost like very rare filet mignon, is found near the top or back of the fish.
- Chu-toro: This cut is choice, marbled, milky-pink meat because of its desirably high fat content. It has a very rich taste and buttery texture and comes from the belly of the fish.
- O-toro: Most choice of all tuna meat, this is the fattiest part of the belly, up near the head. It's a very pale pink, and it melts on the tongue.
Big-eye tuna
A chunkier tuna, up to 6 1/2 feet long and 400 pounds, is named for its unusually large eyes. It's considered a milder-tasting tuna than bluefin tuna.
Yellowfin tuna
This smaller tuna, up to 6 feet long and 300 pounds, is found in tropical waters. Possesses a mild flavor and firm texture. It's deep pink to reddish in color. This fish is called ahi in Hawaii.
Red snapper (Tai)
This white-fleshed fish has a very mild, delicate taste, yet still has some bite, or texture, to it.
Japanese yellowtail (Hamachi)
A young fish, very luscious and buttery in texture, almost oily, possessing a desirable bold flavor, some say with a tangy finish.
With its gorgeous peachy orange to deep-red flesh, it's prized for its rich and flavorful taste. Salmon should have been flash-frozen if you're going to eat it raw.


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Father's Day is right around the corner. If you are panicking right now because it somehow snuck up on you, have no fear! I bring you Pinspiration for Father's Day. The best part? Most of these ideas are really easy to put together in a short time frame. Hopefully you will find something perfect for the dad in your life.
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Freshness Burger is a Japanese burger chain. They make good burgers! "Organic & natural" is the Freshness motto. But with these new burger wrappers, it should be something else.
In the past, Freshness Burger has wrapped its burgers in unusual designs, such as Jack-o'-lanterns. These latest wrappers are highly unusual.
"The hell is this, it's scary," blurted out one commenter on 2ch, Japan's largest bulletin board. "Yep, this is unsettling."
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The owner of Chicago's newest, hottest kosher restaurant isn't in the kosher restaurant business at all.
Milt's Barbecue for the Perplexed was awarded one of the best new restaurants of 2013 by Chicago Magazine, and ranked runner-up in Time Out Chicago's reader contest to find the best new barbecue joint in the city. (Both restaurants noted Milt's is kosher only in passing; it's not just a great kosher restaurant, it can go head to head against its non-kosher competitors, as well.)
But being kosher isn't the only thing that sets Milt's apart from other Chicago barbecue places. Owner Jeff Aeder donates all of his hip new restaurant's profits to charity.
We donated $50,000 to community causes.
"We just completed our first year," he said in a recent exclusive interview with Aish.com, "and we donated $50,000 to community causes." (Milt's might be the world's only restaurant to employ a community director, whose job is to scour the city, finding meaningful new organizations to donate profits to.)
"Milt's was always meant to be about much more than food," Jeff explains. He yearned to promote Jewish continuity in his urban neighborhood, to create a spot that would be like a fun community center for young people living downtown that hosted speakers and events, giving young Jews a place to meet and socialize in a Jewish context.
"I feel very Zionistic, I'm a big believer in the importance of Jewish continuity, the beauty of Jewish culture, and the history of the Jews, and also having the world know all the good things we in the Jewish community do for the world. Our goal as Jews is always to make the world a better place."
Jeff with his family
So far, Jeff knows of one couple – and hopes to meet many others – who met at Milt's. (The restaurant is named after Maimonides' Jewish philosophy work, The Guide for the Perplexed, and also for Jeff Aeder's uncle Milt who was, Aeder recalls, "irreverent, funny, perplexed.") Milt's hosts daytime speakers and organizes a monthly Jewish discussion group in downtown offices. It sponsors a kickball league where young Jews can meet, and partners with Jewish organizations to open the restaurant's doors to guests on Shabbat for Friday night dinners.
"We've brought in very inspirational speakers," Jeff says, "and it's been educational, and also inspiring, encouraging people to do more with their lives."
Doing more with your life could be Jeff Aeder's motto. "I have no quit," he explains.
After college Jeff moved to Chicago and opened his own real estate development company. He studied Jewish texts with local rabbis, and cites Pirkei Avot, a compilation of sayings of great Jewish sages, as a particular influence on his life.
If there's one line in this work that captures Jeff Aeder's activities in his new city, it might be advice from the famous thinker Rabbi Hillel, "In a place where there are no leaders, strive to be a leader" (Pirkei Avot 2:5).
Jeff quickly became a leader in his new city. During the second Intifada – the period of intense terrorist attacks in Israel that claimed hundreds of lives in the first half of the 2000s – Jeff wanted to help. "The King David Hotel was empty," he recalls. "I wanted people to see what life was like for people living there, for people to go out to Israel during the Intifada."
Jeff started recruiting friends, colleagues, business associates and acquaintances to go to Israel with him. He talked to everyone, everywhere, encouraging each person he met to go. "They were guy's trips," and he eventually organized six of them, bringing between 10 and 16 men with him each time to visit the Jewish state, staying in the King David Hotel. For many of the participants, this was their first trip to Israel. "Each one," Jeff notes with pride, "has been back to Israel since."
"The first trip was a tough one – it was in 2002, right during a bleak time in Israel." Jeff recalls. "But I didn't want the terrorists to win. I wanted people to realize that we needed to keep on supporting our brothers and our friends, and Israel needed our support financially and otherwise; it needed to realize we hadn't forgotten them."
On one trip, in 2003, Jeff arranged for Michael Oren, the noted author, and later Ambassador to the United States, to meet with his group. The night before, a suicide bomber attacked the popular Jerusalem coffee shop Café Hillel. Seven people died, including Dr. David Appelbaum, the head of Emergency Medicine at Shaare Tzedek Hospital and his daughter, Nava, who were enjoying a rare outing together the night before her wedding. "Michael Oren's office was in same building as that café," Jeff says. "He came to speak to us the next day. He said he considered not coming, but then decided to carry on. He said that once again we can't let the people who want to destroy us win."
Ask yourself: How can I give back?
Around the same time, Jeff also started a monthly series of lectures back home in Chicago, bringing experts on Middle Eastern politics to address groups of business leaders.
Jeff's latest project is a family affair. When their daughter Molly was in first grade, Jeff and his wife Jennifer Levine realized Molly had visual processing problems. They enrolled her in a specialist elementary school, but there was no high school that was appropriate for her in Chicago. Jeff and Jennifer got to work, fundraising and recruiting professionals to help them start a high school for intelligent, college-bound children like Molly who require different learning strategies.
Beginning in 2010, they raised $13 million in two years, and in 2013, the Wolcott School opened in Chicago, educating students with learning differences. In fact, Jeff says it was his experiences building the school that gave him the courage to go ahead and open Milt's. After working so hard to create a school where all different types of learners would feel welcome, he wanted to extend that same feeling of welcome and inclusiveness to his own Jewish community, too.
Jeff Aeder clearly is a doer and a leader, but he insists his inspiration can apply to everyone. "The best way is to ask: How can I give back? Look back at your life, figure out who you are what you're good at... Find your talent and your passion, and pursue that."
Even though Jews have been persecuted, "we've never hated. We've always asked: how can we make the world a better place? We should always be proud of that."


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Amazon.com is taking another step towards becoming a multimedia giant by creating a free streaming television and music service, according to reports.
The free service differs from its original strategy of offering streaming video to $99-a-year Prime service customers, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The ad-supported free service, which could launch in the next few months, will feature original programming as well as licensed programming.
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The Journal reported that Amazon is in talks with the creator of its original series, "Betas," about a tech startup, which has been canceled on Prime but may reappear on the free service. Users may also see free music videos, such as those seen on YouTube.
Last year Amazon spent $1 billion to "acquire content and produce original programming," according to the WSJ. But with an ad-supported streaming video service, Amazon can sell ads and generate $1 billion -- kind of a better business model. (However, YouTube took home about $5.6 billion in ads, so there's definitely room for improvement.)
The free service would also give Amazon more access to user preferences and information for targeted ads, which tends to cost marketers more.
Perhaps the real reason for the free service may be to get users to pay for Prime, or at the very least to buy more stuff from Amazon. The e-commerce giant is rumored to release a new streaming-video device to compete with set-top boxes and Google's dongle, so the free service is coming at a very opportune time.
If the service gets off the ground, there's no guarantee the ad-supported service will continue to be free. In fact, the unnamed sources told the WSJ that the price could increase if the numbers don't work out for Amazon.
Either way, it's a nice publicity stunt even if it's a short-lived one.


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The GameKeeper class needs a second instance method called findEcoDiversity(int y) which takes an integer argument and returns a set of strings.
The method should iterate over each of the keys in animalMap. In each case where the number of strings in the corresponding value is greater than the threshold value indicated by the integer argument to the method, a message should be printed to the standard output as follows:
Area code X has more than Y kinds of animals
(where X and Y are filled in appropriately)
Finally, the method should return as message reply the last set of strings found (where the number of strings is greater than the threshold) or an empty list, if none were found.
public HashSet <String> findEcoDiversity(int y)
// addAnimalEntry();
HashSet<String> ret = new HashSet<String>();
for(Character Key: animalMap.keySet())
if(animalMap.get(Key).size() > y)
System.out.println(" Area code " + Key + " has more than " + y + " animals ");
ret = animalMap.get(Key);
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — New Jersey's flagship state university has decided to allow male and female students to share rooms in three dorms in an effort to make the campus more inclusive for gay students after a highly publicized suicide last year.
Starting this fall, all students — whether gay, lesbian, transgender or heterosexual — can choose either male or female roommates under the pilot program. Men and women will share bathrooms.
Hoffman withdrew $1,200 hours before death: sources
Philip Seymour Hoffman withdrew a total of $1,200 from an ATM at a supermarket near his New York City apartment the night before he was found lifeless in his bathroom with a syringe still in his left arm, sources told NBC News.
- NYC mayor will skip St. Pat's parade over gay ban
- Indiana man back home 18 years after abduction
- 32 states in the path of another wild storm
- Judge vows quick ruling on Va. marriage ban
- Hoffman withdrew $1,200 hours before death: sources
A similar, but smaller, pilot program is being launched at the Newark campus.
A number of other schools, including the University of Maryland, New York's Columbia University and Washington's George Washington University, offer similar housing options, according to the National Student Genderblind Campaign.
The organization is pressing for more programs like them, saying they're a way for students to have roommates they're comfortable with.
Rutgers got wide attention last year after freshman Tyler Clementi killed himself by jumping off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River. Authorities say that days before, his roommate in a dorm used a webcam to capture Clementi during an intimate encounter with another man.
The roommate and a third freshman have been charged with invasion of privacy in the case. Their lawyers say they're not guilty of any crimes.
Gay student groups have pushed for Rutgers to be friendlier to gay, lesbian and transgender students — including by offering gender-neutral housing — since Clementi's death.
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