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Sugar refers to short-chain carbohydrates that are sweet and used in food. Most people know sugar as a whitish crystal-like powder with a sweet taste that is often added to food. Each year, hundreds of millions of tons of table sugar are produced across the world. The sugar that you eat is scientifically referred to as "sucrose" which breaks down into both fructose and glucose in the body. Although sugar is a staple ingredient in many foods, some people believe that it is unhealthy.
Those who believe sugar is unhealthy may attempt to cut consumption of sugar and/or withdraw from it altogether. Despite the fact that some people claim to experience sugar withdrawals, the severity of symptoms experienced is up for debate. Those who are anti-sugar tend to argue that frequent sugar consumption can lead to mental health problems such as attention problems, hyperactivity, and foggy thinking.
Additionally some believe that sugar consumption takes a toll on their physical health – internally and in regards to gaining weight. It seems as though sugar affects everyone differently – some people are naturally more sensitive to its effects, while others may not notice much of any psychological change from sugar consumption vs. going sugar free. In any event, if you are considering the removal of sugar from your diet, below are some symptoms that people have experienced during withdrawal.
Factors that influence Sugar withdrawal
Below are some factors that may influence your withdrawal from the substance that is sugar. Things that may play a role in your withdrawal include: time span over which you consumed sugar, your average daily consumption, your individual physiology, and whether you just quit cold turkey or gradually cut your consumption.
1. Time Span
How long have you been consuming sugar? If you're like most people, you have been consuming sugar for most of your life. The longer you have been consuming sugar, the more difficult it is going to be to just completely cut it from your life. Most average diets are filled with considerable sugar. The more sugar that you consume for a longer period of time, the tougher it is going to be to quit.
2. Daily Consumption
How much sugar do you consume on a daily basis? A couple hundred years ago, the average American only ate about 2 lbs. of sugar annually. In the 1970's, the average American consumed about 120 lbs. of sugar per year. These days, your average American citizen consumes nearly 152 lbs. of sugar per year or 3 lbs. per week.
This is a pretty drastic change compared to what people were eating in the 1800's. In general, the less sugar you consume on a daily basis, the easier the withdrawal process and the less likely you are to have severe discontinuation symptoms.
3. Individual Physiology
It should be noted that everyone is affected by sugar differently. Some people are more sensitive to its effects, while others won't notice much of a withdrawal when they stop including it in their diet. Some people will have a more difficult time coping with cravings and other psychological symptoms when they withdraw.
A lot of your personal experience will be based on your individual physiology. Certain people are able to adjust to effects of cutting sugar from their diets quicker than others.
4. Cold Turkey vs. Tapering
Most people that quit consuming sugar do so by quitting "cold turkey." In general, quitting the consumption of sugar without gradually weaning down consumption can lead to more extreme withdrawal symptoms. Symptoms will likely be more pronounced among people who quit cold turkey after having consistently ingested large amounts of sugar for years.
If you consume a significant amount of sugar daily, it may be best to gradually cut your consumption over the course of a week or two. By gradually lowering the amount of sugar in your diet, you are gradually adapting to this change and it is thought to be an easier process.
Sugar Withdrawal Symptoms: List of Possibilities
Below is a list of possible withdrawal symptoms that you may experience when you cut sugar from your diet. Perhaps the most prevalent symptom that people experience is a strong craving for sugar and/or carbohydrates during withdrawal. Also understand that not everyone will go through all of the symptoms listed below – withdrawal varies in severity and intensity based on the person.
- Anger: If you quit cold turkey, your mood may dip and you may notice that you are more angry and irritable than usual. The anger should not last more than a couple weeks, but may be difficult to cope with if it was unexpected.
- Anxiety: Various individuals have reported feelings of anxiety when they drop sugar from their diets. It is known that sugar can have an influence on dopamine levels and activity – which could be the culprit for these feelings. Certain individuals are more sensitive than others in regard to experiencing anxiety upon discontinuation.
- Appetite changes: Eating sugar can lead some people to experience increased cravings for carbohydrates. Additionally when you stop consuming sugar, you may notice that your appetite experiences some degree of fluctuation. Initially you may eat more or less than usual, but it should balance out.
- Cravings: The most obvious effect when you stop sugar is that you're going to crave it. The cravings for sugar may be intense and difficult to overcome. If you stay the course and stay self-disciplined, you will eventually reach a point where these cravings subside. It may help to remove sugar substances from your house and/or keep them out of sight so that you don't fall victim to the cravings.
- Depression: People can experience a crash in mood when they first come off of sugar. This dip in mood is typically not very extreme, but can feel like a low grade depression. Eventually your mood should bounce back and stabilize.
- Dizziness: In more extreme cases of withdrawal, individuals have reported feeling dizzy when they stop consuming sugar. Most people will not feel "dizzy" when they stop including sugar in their diets, but more sensitive people can.
- Fatigue: Sugar can provide some people with short-term boosts in energy. When a person quits including sugar in their diet, it is possible to experience some general fatigue and lethargy during the first couple weeks of withdrawal. Over the long term, a person should notice that normal energy levels return.
- Flu-like: In some cases, people actually experience a severe reaction to cutting sugar from their diet that results in very low-grade flu-like symptoms. If you have this severe of a reaction, it should subside within a few days. Most people will not experience this particular symptom when they cut sugar, but everyone is affected differently.
- Headaches: Initially some people experience headaches when they remove sugar from their diet. These headaches can be a result of tension and/or the changes you are going through by detoxifying your body from sugar.
- Insomnia: Dropping sugar from your diet may temporarily result in changes in sleep patterns and arousal. You may notice that you are unable to fall asleep at a proper time because you feel anxious or your arousal has changed; this will eventually go away. Consider taking melatonin or using some sort of relaxation exercise before bed if it's a big problem.
- Irritability: During the acute phase of cutting sugar from your diet, you may become snappy as a result of not having the sugar that you crave. Sugar can influence dopamine, a neurotransmitter responsible for pleasure in the brain. When we are no longer getting the same stimulation, we may become irritable.
- Mood swings: It is fairly common to experience minor mood swings when you initially cut sugar from your diet. The mood swings may consist of some minor depression, anxiety, and/or other negative feelings. Eventually your moods will stabilize without the influence of sugar, but it may take a short while for your brain to adjust.
- Shakes: In some cases, people can actually shake when they drastically cut their sugar consumption. These shakes are usually a result of cold turkey withdrawal, but are typically not too severe; they will eventually subside. This is actually a fairly common symptom among people who stop consuming sugar that were previously consuming high amounts.
- Sleep changes: The withdrawal process may affect sleep to a certain extent. During the withdrawal you may notice changes in energy levels, arousal, and mood. All of these factors are thought to influence our ability to get a good night's sleep. Do not be surprised if your sleep is slightly influenced.
- Weight changes: Most people notice that they lose weight when they drop sugar consumption. Weight loss is generally due to the fact that people stop eating unhealthy foods and drinking beverages that are sugar-filled.
Sugar Withdrawal Duration: How long does it take?
There is no exact science suggesting that sugar withdrawal takes a specific amount of time. The duration for which you experience withdrawal symptoms will largely depend on you as a person. Some people are able to quickly adjust to functioning without sugar, while others may have a difficult time resisting cravings and the feelings that they get when they have something sugary.
Based on various experiences, most people do notice that they go through some sort of a withdrawal period when they drop sugar from their diet. However, the length of this withdrawal period is subject to variation. Some people felt considerably better and were virtually withdrawal-symptom free within a few days, while it took others up to a full month to feel completely natural and detoxified from sugar.
In general, it is thought that the reason people experience withdrawal symptoms in the first place is largely based on individual sensitivity as well as dopamine. When you stop consuming sugar, your dopamine levels may temporarily drop – leading to various psychological symptoms. To help address this problem, it is recommended to consume lean protein, fruits like blueberries and apples, as well as nuts for additional nutrients.
It is also recommended to avoid sugar-replacement products as these substances act similarly on the brain and can also have eerily similar discontinuation symptoms (e.g. aspartame withdrawal symptoms). Additionally if you are a big soda drinker and/or like energy drinks, you could also be experiencing caffeine withdrawals; this is something to consider. Most would agree that it's up for debate as to whether there is even such thing as "sugar withdrawal" in the first place.
Some people don't experience much of any noticeable change when they drop it from their diets, while others notice significant cognitive and psychological changes. If you have successfully weaned yourself off of sugar, feel free to share your experience in the comments section below.


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Despite pledging on numerous occasions that the U.S. government's occupation of Afghanistan would end in 2014 with the withdrawal of American forces, the Obama administration is now finalizing a controversial scheme to potentially keep tens of thousands of soldiers and an undisclosed number of mercenaries there for a decade or more. Critics, even among supporters of the president, are expressing outrage about the revelations.
Of course, the scandal-plagued, Western-backed regime in Kabul would have to give its "consent" to the "bilateral" plot, but analysts say it has little choice other than to agree — absent U.S. military support, President Hamid Karzai's government would almost certainly implode. Some experts cited in media reports said that to keep the ruling Afghan regime in power and the increasingly powerful Taliban at bay would actually require possibly as many as 30,000 American troops.
"The negotiations we just started today will be about the quantity, quality and the condition of the presence of American forces in Afghanistan after 2014," the Afghan regime's ambassador to the U.S. government, Eklil Hakimi, told reporters recently after a meeting with James Warlick, Obama's deputy "czar" for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Warlick echoed those remarks, saying the agreement would provide purported "legal authorities" for the U.S. government's operations in the troubled nation known to history buffs as the "graveyard of empires."
Unnamed Afghan officials claimed in statements to reporters that Karzai would back the arrangement only if Obama forced U.S. soldiers to submit to the regime's jurisdiction. Iraq's embattled new rulers, installed by Western powers in the wake of the U.S. government-led invasion and occupation, made similar demands. Even though Obama was willing to break his campaign pledge to withdraw American forces, the Iraqi conditions reportedly played a role in advancing the eventual American withdrawal.
In Afghanistan, Nobel Peace Prize-winning Obama oversaw the so-called "surge" strategy, widely viewed by analysts and experts as a miserable failure. From over 100,000 troops deployed in Afghanistan after the president's surge, the number is now at about 65,000. Earlier this month, press reports claimed Obama could seek to keep some 20,000 soldiers there after the official "withdrawal" date. More recently, though, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, citing anonymous senior officials, outlined plans that put the figure closer to 10,000.
However, the growing wave of deadly attacks against U.S. troops by Afghan "security" forces, which American taxpayers spent over $50 billion to arm and train, has led to increasingly vocal calls for an immediate and complete U.S. withdrawal. The lack of any real goals, progress, or constitutional legitimacy for the occupation have also been cited by critics as reasons to end the war now — not to mention the fact that the Obama administration seemingly cannot decide whether the Taliban or even al-Qaeda are friends or foes.
In recent years, for example, the U.S. government admittedly armed, financed, and trained self-styled al-Qaeda leaders to wage "revolution" in Libya and Syria. Of course the terror network itself was largely the product of U.S. government initiatives in Afghanistan decades ago. Separately, in a 2010 speech, Obama announced that the U.S. government had waged the Afghan war incorrectly from the start, and that the Taliban would eventually be welcomed into the fold.
Despite plummeting public support for the war — three-fourths of Americans want out, and the troops are sick of it too — as well as the increasing cost in terms of dollars and lives, the administration and the foreign policy establishment appear absolutely determined to keep as many American troops as possible in Afghanistan for as long a time frame as they can get away with. Consider that Gen. Joe Dunford, Obama's nominee to replace top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, has been among the most ardent supporters of continuing the war beyond 2014 as part of the overall terror war.
"To accomplish this objective, the primary missions of the U.S. military in Afghanistan should be to (1) train, advise, and assist the [Afghan National Security Forces]; (2) provide support to civilian agencies, and (3) conduct counter-terrorism operations," Gen. Dunford told the Senate Armed Services Committee in mid-November. "This mission set will include force protection for our brave young men and women and, as available, the provision of in extremis support for our Afghan forces."
In another example of the administration's complete disregard for the U.S. Constitution, however, Congress, which never declared war, will apparently play no role in the "agreements" made between Obama and the regime in Kabul. "At the appropriate time, the president will make decisions about the future scope and size of our presence in Afghanistan based on what is in our national interest and in coordination with our Afghan and [NATO] partners," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little was quoted as saying.
Throughout the most recent presidential campaign, Obama and Biden both forcefully touted the supposed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2014. "We are leaving in 2014, period," Vice President Joe Biden claimed falsely during the vice presidential debate. However, after securing victory in the election, the administration promptly backed away from the false hope it offered to millions of war-weary voters.
White House spokesman Jay Carney, in typical Orwellian fashion, admitted over the weekend that the president would be evaluating proposals from the Pentagon on "what we might negotiate with the Afghan government on a future presence in Afghanistan, after we fulfill our commitment and NATO's commitment to end the war in Afghanistan in 2014." He then proceeded to describe the supposed mission after 2014: wage the terror war and train Afghan forces, which sounds suspiciously like the vaguely outlined current "mission."
Unsurprisingly, the shadowy but immensely powerful global government-promoting Council on Foreign Relations also hopes to keep U.S. forces in Afghanistan for as long as possible. "This is a very dangerous situation to leave behind, which could potentially … lead to the overthrow" of the Western-backed Karzai regime, CFR Senior Fellow Max Boot told the House Armed Services Committee this summer.
The advocate of more war in Afghanistan further claimed that establishing "security" there would be "difficult enough to do with even 68,000 troops;" about the number currently deployed. Substantially less than that, Boot claimed to "fear," could make it "impossible," so no troops whatsoever should be withdrawn next year despite the administration's promise to pull out over the coming years leading up to 2014.
Aside from U.S. troops, recent reports also indicate that the Obama administration is plotting to keep legions of mercenaries in Afghanistan supposedly to wage a war on drugs, among other tasks. The Pentagon is already soliciting even more services from private military companies on contracts that extend well beyond the bogus 2014 U.S. "withdrawal" date. Unsurprisingly, contractors such as the firm formerly known as Blackwater are expected to keep raking in billions in taxpayer funds.
On Capitol Hill, not that the administration cares, opinion seems to be divided. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), widely viewed as a "RINO," for example, suggested last year that the U.S. government should consider a permanent military presence in Afghanistan complete with American bases — a scheme advocated by some top Obama officials, too. But more recently, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), also a supporter of wide-scale, unconstitutional foreign interventionism, proposed the consideration of an accelerated withdrawal before 2014.
Of course, it is hard to even determine what is really going on in Afghanistan. "Our current military leadership is so distorting the information it releases that the deterioration of the situation and the failing nature of our efforts is shielded from the American public (and Congress), and replaced instead with explicit statements that all is going according to plan," explained Lt. Col. Daniel Davis last year, adding that the reality he witnessed in Afghanistan "bore no resemblance to rosy official statements by U.S. military leaders about conditions on the ground."
While the administration may hope to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until 2024 or even permanently — it is not the first time top officials have proposed such schemes — the government's financial situation may actually force it to come home in the not-too-distant future. As lawmakers and analysts have pointed out, Washington, D.C., is essentially bankrupt already, and the communist dictatorship ruling mainland China is basically funding the war by continuing to buy U.S. Treasury bonds.
If the Obama administration will not be constrained by the limits in the Constitution, perhaps financial reality will finally put the brakes on America's longest-running war once and for all. Critics of the lawless occupation say that, notwithstanding other potentially disastrous consequences stemming from U.S. national bankruptcy, Americans and Afghans will both be better off when the unconstitutional atrocities in central Asia and beyond finally end.
Related articles:
U.S. Negotiating to Keep Troops in Afghanistan Past 2014
Troops "Not Leaving" Afghanistan in 2014, U.S. Officials Say
Obama: U.S. Waged Afghan War Incorrectly for Years, Taliban Now Welcome
U.S., Afghanistan Close to Deal Keeping U.S. Forces There Through 2024
Obama Troop Withdrawal Will Leave 70,000 Soldiers in Afghanistan
Pentagon Seeks Permanent U.S. Presence in Afghanistan
More U.S. Troops Killed by Afghans They Armed & Trained
Obama Adm. "Brainwashes" Public on Afghanistan
McCain Wants Faster Withdrawal as Option in Afghanistan
Obama: Afghan Victory Accomplished, But Two Or More Years of War Anyway
Sen. Graham Wants U.S. in Afghanistan Permanently
Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan
N.C. Rep. Walter Jones: "Uncle Chang" Funding $10B-a-Month War in Afghanistan
Afghan Intel Chief Nominee Accused of Torture and Drug Trafficking
Karzai: Afghan Regime Would Back Pakistan Against U.S. in War
Christian Massacres: A Result of U.S. Foreign Policy

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It's been ages since the last release of Alleyoop, but an update has finally arrived. I've just fixed up Alleyoop to build on openSUSE 11.1 (some libbfd stuff has changed, apparently) and so I've dropped the need for libbfd and libiberty completely. The code that used those libraries didn't really gain us any extra information that Valgrind wasn't already giving us anyway, so it as rather pointless.
It looks like a year and a half or so ago I fixed some parser bugs too and just never made a new release with those fixes.
So now Freedom Lovers who prefer a GUI can once again Valgrind their applications 'til their heart is content.
You can download the new Alleyoop 0.9.4 package here.
Oh, also, if there are any bored web developers out there, I'd appreciate it if someone could make a less-ugly website than what is currently at http://alleyoop.sourceforge.net. In case you couldn't tell, I'm horrible at website design.
As another fabulous example of my webdesign prowess, take a gander at GMime's website. So yea, that site could also use a make-over.
Update: Thanks to Akos Kemives for his improved website design for Alleyoop!


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by SOIXANTE NEUF
Born and based in Los Angeles, Joei Jager is a self-taught jewelry designer and founder of Soixante Neuf. The Soixante Neuf jewelry collection is trademarked with Joie's unique, feminine, bold, yet delicate style. Joie's main goal is to have the person wearing her jewelry to feel as though it was specially made just for her. Joie's style is ever-changing and keeps her jewelry collection, Soixante Neuf, bold, fresh and always modern. Joie's designs can be seen across the country from New York to Los Angeles, to Europe and Japan, and in magazines such as WWD, InStyle, and Lucky, to name a few.
$168.00 $84.00
Copyright © 2020 TWILL NYC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Created by Attob, Inc.


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Just to clear my head the other day, I threw on some bicycle shorts, jumped in my El Dorado and went for a spin. Cause that's how guys with a 'stache roll. If you didn't know, know you do. Consider yourself informed. As I was rocking out to some Don Henley, I was thinking back on some guys that helped me win leagues last year. Xavier Nady — Thanks, X-Man! Jonathan Broxton, you da man! All She Wants To Do Is Dance DANCE! Thanks, Jurrjens, we had some good times! Hey, Jermaine Dye, I enjoyed your production! Can't feel the HEAT… Coming off the STREET… Hey, Jayson Nix– Actually, you weren't much of a help. Hey, someone dropped Jon Rauch, don't mind if I do. Why such a long face, Ubaldo Jimenez? I'll own you… In the non-biblical way! She wants to party, she wants to GET DOWN! Having worked up a bit of an appetite for some meat, I pulled off the freeway in search of an Arby's. As I hit the side streets, I thought two things: number one, I had no idea what waiver position I was in when I used it for any of those schmohawks. Number two, why was I in Anaheim?
The preceding was a fancy way of saying, "USE YOUR WAIVER CLAIM!" (Caps for emphasis and the people reading over your shoulder.) Who gives an effin' eff in the eff hole what waiver claim position you're in? While you're holding onto your waiver claim like Cowboy Jon from The Real World: Los Angeles holds onto his virginity, your leaguemates are going to be winning your league. Because, guess what, Maverick? Cowboy Jon is still a virgin and he's like 45!
You don't want to be Cowboy Jon praying Matt Wieters comes up in June while you sit in 8th place not even needing a catcher. Or are you holding your waiver claim because you're afraid someone is going to drop Prince Fielder? Who are you, John Q. Law? This is your job, why? Wait, even better. If you're in a league with a guy who wears fancy dungarees and who would drop Prince Fielder, you shouldn't be in that league. If you need a guy for your roster, then claim him. While your leaguemates are waiting for someone they deem worthy of a pickup, you'll be grabbing all kinds of other players that are immediately useful. Remember…. Rebels been rebels since I don't know WHEN… And all she wants to do is dance!


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HP Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse
The HP Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse is the first mouse to connect quickly and easily without a USB dongle via a PC's built-in Wi-Fi receiver. After the initial pairing with the PC, it will instantly reconnect during subsequent usage without interference from other wireless devices.
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Product Specification
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The Guiding Light Fan Club luncheon, autograph and photo session will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008, at the Marriott Marquis, located at 1535 Broadway (between 45th & 46th St.) in New York City. The event will last from 12:00 Noon until 4:00 PM with doors opening at 10:30 AM.
The price for current Fan Club Members is $120.00 per ticket and $130.00 for non-Fan Club members. Tickets purchased after August 1, 2008, must be paid in full by money order only! Children under 5 years of age are not permitted. If you wish to sit together, money must be mailed in together - no exceptions. Ten people per table and additional people cannot be added to your party or table at a later date. Please make check or money order payable to: GUIDING LIGHT FAN CLUB.
(Canada - We accept only postal money orders in U.S. funds)
(All other countries - We accept only international money orders in U.S. funds)
GUIDING LIGHT FAN CLUB / Luncheon Tickets
P.O. Box 455
Lynbrook, NY 11563-0455
There are a limited number of rooms available at the Marriott Marquis at a special rate for Fan Club Members. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, single or double for $359.00. For HOTEL reservations please call 800-843-4898 and mention "Guiding Light Fan Club." Note: Normal rates are $459.00 per night for this weekend.
(For more information, do NOT contact Daytime Dial, for we have not further information other than what is posted. Contact the GL fan club at the address provided above.)
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Guiding Light Fan Club Luncheon
The Guiding Light Fan Club luncheon, autograph and photo session will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008, at the Marriott Marquis, located at 1535 Broadway (between 45th & 46th St.) in New York City. The event will last from 12:00 Noon until 4:00 PM with doors opening at 10:30 AM.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
ATWT Stars in NYC Fringe Festival
Marnie Schulenburg (pictured), who plays Alison Stewart, will appear in a production of Anais Nin Goes to Hell as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival at the Connelly Theater, located at 220 East 4th Street from August 8th until August 24th, 2008. For tickets and more information please call (866) 468-7619 or visit www.nycfringe.org.
Billy Magnussen, Casey, will appear in a production of Paper Dolls as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival, running August 8 through August 24 at the Players Theatre, located at 115 MacDougal Street in New York City. For more information, please visit www.paperdollstheplay.com.
Monday, August 04, 2008
That Didn't Take Long -- Thank Goodness!
B&B: Such a Tease!
Eric's condition worsens.
Katie receives a surprising visit.
Taylor (Hunter Tylo, pictured) forces Beth to face her fears.
Nick must deal with the consequences of his actions.
Ridge makes a drastic move.
Y&R: Such a Tease!
- Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott, pictured) is tempted to go back to her old habits after Victor lashes out at her.
- Will Adam's worst fears about Skye come true?
- Much to Karen's dismay, Neil and Tyra realize they have more in common than they thought.
- Michael has more questions than ever about his father.
- Chloe is forced to prove her baby is Cane's, just as Lily is faced with a proposition that will change her life forever.
Days: Such a Tease!
Nicole admits to Philip that she is falling for EJ (James Scott, pictured).
A mysterious vapor is pumped through the vents while the hospital is on lockdown.
Anna tells John that Stefano is awake.
EJ and Sami share an intimate moment.
Roman hooks up a surveillance camera to monitor what's going on in the hospital.
Thursday – Stefano confronts Marlena and lets her know what he has in store for her.
Friday – Baby Joe is kidnapped.
GL: Such a Tease!
• Remy and Bill are devastated by Max's death.
• Daisy is asked to testify against Grady.
ATWT: Such a Tease!
• Meg listens to Sofie's bad advice.
Passions: Such a Tease!
· Ethan and Theresa are reunited!
· Luis and Miguel apprehend Juanita.
· Rebecca tries to get rid of the incriminating video.
Tuesday, August 5
· Theresa finally reveals her big secret to Ethan.
· A volcano threatens Harmony.
· Endora and Kay get help from a heavenly source.
Wednesday, August 6
· Ethan learns the truth about Gwen and Rebecca.
· The volcano begins to erupt.
· Tabitha is the key to saving Harmony.
· Ethan and Theresa can finally be together.
· Father Lonigan and Tabitha are able to stop the volcano in time.· Endora reveals Harmony's future.


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When you glide your finger across the surface and hear it squeak, you'll know it's good to go. Doing so will insure positive results when installing your new graphics package. It will also offer you years of trouble free enjoyment and appeal as the special adhesives will bond better to the surface.
Start by washing your machine to remove salt, dirt and sand. Then wipe everything down with rubbing alcohol before starting. This will ensure that grease or wax on the panels has been addressed. Some industrial automotive products work even better than the rubbing alcohol, but be sure to test on an unseen area first, in case there are unwanted side effects. This you'll see in seconds.
NEVER use Acetone or Lacquer thinner unless the surface you are working on can take such aggressive cleaners.
If you have pealed off old stickers and there is some adhesive left behind, apply a generous amount of Paint Thinner or Mineral Spirits to a soft cloth and hold it on the area for 5 seconds before wiping. You'll want to proceed in a circular motion and this should work perfectly for adhesive removal. Keep in mind that those products are Petroleum based and leave a slight oily residue behind that will prevent good adhesion. So wipe that area once again with the alcohol. If it squeaks, you're good to go!
'Squeaky clean' Dirt, grease and wax free. 'Working environment' You'll want to work in an environment with good lighting and in an ambient temperature in the 70's or higher. A heated shop or garage is perfect, though if one isn't available, you might prefer removing the panels and bringing them inside your home to work on.
Warm plastic plus warm graphics make for an easy install. You might also want to set up some halogen quartz lighting, (like work lamps), to heat up the working environment. This will promote the adhesion. If it's too cold, you won't have the same success.
'Smooth and rough surfaces' If your graphics are going on a smooth plastic surface, you'll want to do the 'wet application'. If being applied to low energy black plastics which are not completely smooth, though have a texture on the surface, you'll be better off applying dry for best results. The media used for those textured black plastics has double the thickness of adhesive on the backside, so that it can be pushed down into the grain of the textured plastic which is somewhat like the skin of an orange. If you were to use the wet application in that instance without prior experience, it may take longer for the water to gas out from behind. And if it's still wet and freezes before the adhesive takes effect, this might shorten the life you were expecting from the graphics and may not be covered by warranty.
'Wrap' media, which is thinner and designed only for smooth surfaces, can be applied both wet or dry, depending on temperature. Per say, if doing wrap installation in blazing summer heat on a smooth surface, it might make it difficult to move the graphics around and control. In this case, you may need to apply 'wet' as it will buy you time. On the other hand, if you have experience with 'wrap' media, you might find it advantageous and beneficial for all that heat, particularly if wrapping an organic shaped surface that has very sharp curves.
Overall, wrap media should be applied dry as it was engineered to make the installation process less frustrating and will contour quite easily.
'Precut kits vs. off-the-roll pull and stick' Precut graphics are just that. They are fully cut to the shape they will be installed onto, and don't have a surrounding edge of any kind. The benefit of precut graphics is that you can use low tack painter's tape to set all the decals into place in their respective areas before sticking them down. This offers you the opportunity to get acquainted with the panels, shapes, and to get them setup perfectly and balanced from one side to the other if you desire, before sticking them down permanently.
The precut detailed processing is rarely available due to the time it takes to process, though the benefits of fully cut out graphic panels make the easiest, most forgiving and most accurate installations.
If your graphics came on a roll and are not fully cut out and just outline-cut, you won't be able to use this method and will have to apply them as is. ( pull and stick)
Here are a few worthy tips to keep your investments looking great and your machine from daily exposures causing premature old age.
Putting your sled into a sealed steel container and leaving it to bake in that oven under the sun throughout the summer 'off season hibernation' is the opposite to the fountain of youth. It's sure to affect many parts and the cosmetics.
Without proper cooling and/or ventilation, many of the materials which make up your machine (such as rubbers and plastics) will suffer a shorter lifespan as result.
Many parts are engineered from chemistry (petroleum), and some of the ingredients which keep parts comfortable, insulated or flexible, may tend to dry out and crack with the risk of leaving you stranded when you least expect it.
Vinyl products can also be affected, such as seat covers, saddle bags and decals.
Plastic panels succumb to elements too, as they tend to expand and contract in size relative to their temperature.
Hot by day, cool by night repeated for several months, and shapes could become distorted. Heavier plastics may tend to sag in heat, so take care of your sled like you would your dog :)
'Show and shine'
If you're anything like the author of this site, and you keep your machines well maintained and looking and performing their best, a fresh coat of wax from time to time will keep your graphics looking like new!
It's not only about keeping it shiny, though waxing will keep anything from sticking to the finish and make it easier to wash down if it needs a bath.
Remember, always apply in a circular motion and buff clear with a soft fabric cloth.
Because........ it WORKS!
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E3 | d/uk 2002 | 3:00 min
director, producer, animator: robert seidel
music: m. engelhardt
E3 (∞, E = eternity, 3 = 3 month) is the first work trying to capture my drawing and painting style into a moving picture. The movie is a 3-month-diary that I created while studying in the UK.
It captures the beginning, with all its enthusiasm, energy and more or less sub-conscious hope that things develop differently in a new space. Followed by the phase were everything slows down to finally result in a complete breakdown into everyday life. This cycle happens over and over again, in all scales, in all relations sometimes it can be a cozy, pleasant state while other times it seems like Don Quixote, fighting against windmills
Reline 2 DVD review by Skynoise | E3 by Robert Seidel is a delicious hybrid of organic and inorganic, morphing and at times sharply mutating the soft curves of a 3 month gouache painting diary, into gorgeous screen pulses of mesmerising shapeshifting. (...) Theres a hazy, mirage-like otherworldliness to this piece, the muted colours and dirty textural noise in constant ebb and flow.
copyright robert seidel 1996 - eternity


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The human brain is a miraculous organ. Neurons and synapses firing so quickly, processing so much in the tiniest fractions of a second that even the most powerful of computers still have not matched its complex computing capability (even if IBM's Watson can kick the best human butt at chess and Jeopardy). Together with your experience, your brain can be a powerful tool to avoid traps and tricks on the GMAT. That is, if you let it.
I tutor and teach and counsel hundreds of GMAT test-takers every year. And I'm consistently amazed by how often students ignore "warning signs" their brains are frantically trying to flag. I call these warning signs "mind bumps." A mind bump occurs whenever you read something that, at first or second glance, strikes you as strange, odd, or nonsensical. Given that they're almost always rooted in reading (just reading, not Reading Comprehension per se), these mind bumps are ubiquitous on the GMAT, occurring with enough regularity on both the Quant and Verbal that they should be used as a valuable tool to improve your score.
To illustrate what I mean, let me first offer an analogy (its long, so maybe it's more a conceit). You're on a first date. You've been on countless dates before this one, and out in social settings with others. Those experiences have already primed you for what to expect. Your date kicks off. You're drinking. You're eating. You're both having a good time. Out of nowhere, the person you're with belches. And he/she doesn't say 'excuse me' afterwards. Just keeps on keeping on as though nothing happened. Now, whether you think this okay or not, your EXPERIENCE tells you this is a little out of the ordinary. Does it mean you should end the date right there? No. Does it mean you should propose marriage? Absolutely, positively not. But…it does mean that in all likelihood you're going to be on the lookout to see if that burp was an anomaly, or an indication of things to come. That burp was the first date equivalent of a GMAT (or GRE) mind bump.
If you've been prepping and practicing for the GMAT, your experience with it, coupled with the years and years and years of reading and doing math elsewhere in your life, has primed your brain to rather quickly makes sense of words on a page or screen. If at any point your brain balks at what it's reading, that's an alarm you should heed. Chances are the words or concepts are presented in such a way that diverges from what your brain expected, and this is a clue that you should slow down and pay very close attention to understanding exactly what is being said. Here's an example:
For all positive integers x, the function g(x) is defined as the number of positive integers less than x that each share exactly one factor with x. What is g(y) if y is a prime number?
(C) y – 1
(D) y – 2
(E) (y – 1)\2
Many people that read this question the first time (and even the second) experience a mind bump. The concepts seem familiar enough , but the phrasing makes you go 'huh?' For those that heed the mind bump and dig in to understand what was required, they have a good chance of getting this question correct. For those who ignore the mind bump often solve for the wrong thing and get the question wrong (the correct answer is at the end of the post).
So, when you're reading something on the test, whether a quant problem or a verbal question, be alert to any of the following symptoms:
a) head shaking (your own)
b) confusion/disorientation/vertigo
c) leaning closer to the screen (not because you can't see, but because what you just read doesn't seem to make any sense)
d) mumbling to yourself
e) bleeding from the eyes and/or ears
Okay, so that last one is a touch of hyperbole, but the rest of them are all possible symptoms of a mind bump in progress. Keep in mind that we're not talking about questions that are super difficult, or necessarily those that are just complex. We're talking about words/phrases/sentences that at first glance seem pretty straight forward, but after reading them you get one of those "huh" or "wtf" moments. Also know that the mind bump doesn't pertain to most questions, and won't arise with most questions (and no, this isn't just a GMAT expert talking, this is for all levels of test-taker). Most questions, whether hard or not, you read them and at least understand what they're saying (even if you're not sure how to do it). Your mind will often realize that the hard ones are hard and the easy ones are easy and you (and your brain) act accordingly. It's the ones that have a mind bump, that seem straightforward but nevertheless give us pause that we're talking about. And usually, if we heed the mind bump, these are questions that we can and should get correct!
I cannot tell you how often I've sat with students reviewing questions, and asked them on certain ones whether, when reading, they didn't feel weird. Whether a sort of bump in the road occurred. When they say 'yes', I ask them if they did anything differently. Usually the answer is no. That's a mind bump question! They just got mind-bumped!
So, what should you do in a mind bump situation? Well…
1) Heed the bump.
2) Slow down.
3) Re-read.
4) Articulate (then analyze) what's strange about the situation.
5) Proceed to answer.
As anyone who's prepared for or taken the GMAT knows, it's one big mind game. Give your mind a break, and your score a boost: heed the bump!
The answer to the example question is…C.


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The risk of a trade war between the US and China triggered another equity sell-off in March, making equities the main asset responsible for the increased market volatility levels. Quite unusually, technology stocks added to the sell-off instead of acting as a support for market valuations.
There was really no place to hide on the equity markets. Almost every equity stock index was down between 2% and 3%. Brazil was once again the outperformer, posting a flat return. Utilities and consumer staples were the outperforming sub-sectors. Cyclicals were the hardest hit by the tariffs menace and technology stocks were dragged down by Facebook's corporate governance issues.
The Fed, as expected, raised short-term rates by a quarter point. However, despite Jay Powell issuing a rather hawkish statement raising the Fed's forecasts, US mid-to-long-term Treasury prices rose, with yields decreasing 0.10% to 0.15%. European and British rates followed a similar path. The dollar lost around 1% against the Euro, the Yen and Sterling. Tariffs impacted commodity prices, with base metals suffering the most. The iron ore price decreased 20%, copper, platinum and aluminium lost around 6%, while palladium lost close to 10%. Oil was a winner, with the WTI up 5.35% for the month.
The HFRX Global Hedge Fund EUR index was down -1.25%.
The equity sell-off continued into March, with most equity indices losing on average 2 to 3%. The tariffs discussed by the Trump administration raised a degree of uncertainty that the markets obviously did not like. Another important event influencing hedge fund performance was the scrutiny of Facebook's business model, which dragged most of the technology sector down. Long/short equity managers' performance was dispersed. On average, strategies with a market-neutral bias outperformed long bias funds.
Long/short equity managers are an interesting investment proposal because they have more tools with which to take profit from this late-stage economic cycle. Their lower net exposure will offer a structural protection against market drawdowns, and short bets on challenged industries or pricy valuations will add value to fund returns.
The Global Macro strategy offers a wide range of investment possibilities that, in theory, should benefit from the current asset risk repricing. For so long, these managers were having troubles dealing with Central Banks' put and the lack of market volatility. The economic cycle inflexion will offer opportunities in asset classes like fixed income by taking directional bets, long or short, or relative value plays to benefit from any credit-spread widening. Macro strategies will be able to capture and benefit from these wide market moves.
The market environment and increasing volatility haven't been really supportive of trend following and systematic macro. However, increasing equity volatility has been supportive of equity relative strategies, whether price-driven or fundamental-based, which posted robust returns in March.
We kept our fixed income arbitrage allocation at the same level. Increasing equity volatity has filtered through interest rates. After more than a month of bond sell-offs, the market seems to have paused on the back of a potential economic slowdown generating significant volatility on both a swap-spread and a futures basis, generating significant opportunities.
If access to balance-sheet lines in the US hadn't been a problem till year-end 2017, the first quarter saw the Libor/OIS spread reaching historically high levels due to heavy Treasury issuance, which put pressure on USD bank funding. In the meantime, US swap spreads on the 10-year went back into negative territory and the short-term cross currency basis has tightened.
YTD, all managers in that space delivered strong risk-adjusted returns while positively exposed to volatility.
Latin America countries – pushed by improving sentiment in the main economic regions – were rather resilient. On the side, Russia and China were affected by increased geopolitical tensions with the West. This led to very dispersed performances from emerging market managers depending on their fund's positioning. We think that emerging markets continue to offer a wide range of investment opportunities across asset classes (currency, interest-rate curve, single name equity and debt) but will continue to closely monitor them.
March was a difficult month for event strategies, due to falling equity markets, widening deal spreads and increased geopolitical tensions. Nevertheless, despite strong market shocks, these strategies were, on average, rather resilient, managing to end the first quarter close to flat. Nonetheless, the opportunity set remains intact, with a healthy number of deals having been announced since the start of the year.
The equity market sell-off and general deal spread-widening, coupled with a strong global deal flow, currently makes merger arbitrage an attractive opportunity set.
We are closely monitoring distressed managers, due to the potential of high expected returns, but remain broadly on the sidelines because the current environment continues to favour pushing the can down the road in repricing risk. The market is starting to reprice risk but the very tight spreads offer a negative risk asymmetry. Nonetheless, there have been some cracks in the painting, where the market or banks have punished severely highly levered companies that did not deliver on their promises or seemed too stretched to be viable. So far, the energy sector, in which there has been massive issuance in recent years, has provided an attractive pool of opportunities, given the volatility of oil prices and its impact on these securities. Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, seriously affected by technology innovations, offer plenty of dislocations within the sector.
The quest for yield has been challenged for the first time since February 2016. If long-only credit products have suffered, the recent spike in volatility has also created a significant sell-off of the basis, allowing relative value managers to capitalize on the regime change.


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Stoneleigh's peak oil/finance talk at the Transition Conference
by Shaun Chamberlin on June 15th, 2010
This post was originally written by me as a guest post for Rob Hopkins' Transition Culture blog, but I have kindly given myself permission to reproduce it here 😉
So here I am. I fully intended to be giving the England match my full attention right now, but I've been left distinctly restive by this afternoon's long session by Stoneleigh of The Automatic Earth, and feel the need to put some thoughts down.
Including the extensive Q&A session her talk lasted virtually three hours and covered a lot of ground, starting from a good runthrough of the 'peak energy' situation, but quickly focusing in on finance, as she believes that this is the factor that will most dramatically shape our immediate future. Notably, the talk attracted almost half the attendees of the Transition Conference, despite the numerous other Open Space sessions taking place at the same time.


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• NEXT stop, the top of the charts! Metro Station's self-titled debut album is now in stores.
The pumping electronic emo album features hit single Shake It! and and forthcoming release Seventeen Forever.
• Monstrous metal band Mastodon have released a new album, Crack The Skye.
The thunderous progressive metal LP is the group's most ambitious and rewarding effort yet.
• Scottish rockers Frightened Rabbit show a different side on their latest album, Liver! Lung! FR!
The album is an acoustic rendition of their breakthrough album The Midnight Album Fight, recorded live at The Captain's Rest in Glasgow.
• Only the finest hip hop and R&B cuts make it into Pure Urban Essentials Spring 2009.
The two disc album, out now, features Madcon, Flo Rida, Jordin Sparks, Estelle and Gym Class Heroes.
• Operahouse have released a brilliant new single, Genius Child, ahead of their new album's release.
The group, who have been compared to Muse and Radiohead, release Escape From the Sun on April 6.
• In The Cold Wind We Smile, the debut album from rock trio The Xcerts, is out now.
Featuring their anthemic single Crisis In The Slow Lane, the album is sure to blow you away.
• Schizotronic dance producer Kid 606, who aims to combine as many different genres of dance into each track, has two new releases out this month.
The disturbing Mr Wobble's Nightmare EP is followed by a full album, Shout At The Donor, in late April.
• Northern Irish singer songwriter Ricky Warwick has been charged with helping his national team to World Cup qualification.
The boisterous The Arms Of Belfast Town, out now, has been chosen as the official campaign song by the country's FA.
• American Idol David Cook has released his eponymous LP in the UK.
A rocky collection of stirring tracks, it's clear to see why David Cook was voted winner of the show's seventh series across the pond.
• Rockers Rank Deluxe have released their ska-inflected debut album, You Decide.
You decide.
• If all of this is music to your ears, you can read more from the pop world online at www.echoisaacashe.blogspot.com
Metro Station on track
• NEXT stop, the top of the charts! Metro Station's self-titled debut album is now in stores.


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The beef between Christina Aguilera and her former fellow Mouseketeer Tony Lucca cast a distracting pall over the final live performance episode of "The Voice" Monday night.
Lucca, the last-standing representative of Adam Levine's team, had one last chance to prove to America—and perhaps to Aguilera, his most ruthless critic—that he deserves the $100,000 prize and recording contract at stake in the three-month competition.
"Tony needs a moment again," Levine said ahead of Lucca's performance—meaning he would need to impress the audience the way he did when he put a rock spin on Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" in response to Aguilera's critique that he was one-dimensional.
Applying a similar formula, he transformed Jay-Z's "99 Problems" into a folksy, acoustic song. Like his other performances, it seemed to be a direct response to Aguilera's criticism; he was not one-dimensional and—just maybe—he had 99 problems, but she wasn't one.
He danced and spun around the stage, got the audience on on their feet and kept the song prime-time appropriate, choosing to mute out the b-word in the song's hook: "I've got 99 problems but a—mmm—ain't one," he sang instead.
When the performance ended, he stood next to host Carson Daly, beaming as he awaited his final critique.
It took mere seconds, however, for Aguilera to throw a match, igniting an explosion that seemed to burn Levine more than Lucca.
"I thought it sounded great—you have a really cool voice," she began, playing with a coffee cup in her hand. "I know your beautiful wife and your daughter and family are here tonight, and I just thought that the lyrical connotation was a little derogatory toward women."
After Cee Lo Green's critical contribution ("I thought it was hard! I liked it"), Levine was able to respond to Aguilera.
"We're not referring to women, we're referring to everything," he snapped, pointing out that he and Lucca had discussed the song lyrics "for hours" and decided that their interpretation was about "life getting at you, things bringing you down."
Aguilera interrupted his explanation to point out that the lyrics state, "if you're having girl problems."
"It's called a metaphor," Levine snapped back.
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"If that's how you have to get points," Aguilera replied.
Levine then jumped to his feet and said, "I just want say, I love you, Christina, but Tony, I thought you did fantastic."
He then tore off his button-down, revealing a "Team Xtina"-emblazoned t-shirt. He shoved himself back in his seat, put his foot up and stared ahead in a display of unaffectedness.
Daly tried to skip around the tension, ushering the show along, but he couldn't put out the embers.
Later in the show, Aguilera wielded her own team member's performance as a weapon against Lucca. After Chris Mann, her final contestant, performed, she stood beside him on stage and shouted to the audience, "this is a real man, who respects women."
Lucca had a final chance to respond. Daly handed him the microphone after he finished performing a tribute to his coach and told him that he could say whatever he'd like.
"I just want to say thank you to all four of you," he said for the "completely amazing, life-altering experience." Aguilera appeared to be texting on her cell phone and didn't look up once throughout his appreciation speech, or after he descended the stairs to give Levine a hug.
There was more to the show, of course, than the feuding.
Jermaine Paul, the soulful former Alicia Keys backup singer, began the show with a powerful rendition of "I Believe I Can Fly," which was accompanied by an orchestra and his own set of background singers.
The audience waved their hands back and forth, and Aguilera got to her feet during his performance.
"Man, my heart is in my throat right now," his coach Blake Shelton said when he wrapped up. "I'm speechless for a lot of reasons."
Backstage, Paul was also choked up and speechless, barely able to complete an interview with Christina Milian.
"I left my heart on that stage," he managed to choke out before his parents swooped in to take questions.
Mann finished the show how he started it. He remained in his classical comfort zone, singing "You Raise Me Up." He also performed "The Prayer," an Andrea Bocelli-Celine Dion duet with Aguilera, who used her moment on the mic following the performance to take that "this is a real man" jab at Lucca.
From Team Cee Lo, rocker Juliet Simms, the only female left standing, put her gritty vocals to work on "Free Bird," which drew unanimous praise.
Luckily for Lucca, coaches will have no say whatsoever when it comes to deciding which contestant will be crowned winner of "The Voice."
Viewer voting continued through the night, and results will be announced on Tuesday's finale episode, which airs on NBC at 9 p.m. ET.


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After sending us some great action shots from Daytona, VintageRacer headed home to the Pacific Northwest, where he spotted this extremely rare Studebaker Champ pickup. He had to wait for a non-rainy day to shoot it (no small feat in Seattle), but it was worth the wait. Make the jump for more photos and VintageRacer's description.
So... the weather cooperated yesterday and got some shots for you. Couldn't get in to see the engine, but I believe it's a straight 6. It stays parked on the street in a Seattle neighborhood, gets driven every few days. It appears to be the original color - it's a little faded. Very little rust as well. The smoothside bed is interesting - I believe it's the original instead of a stepside.


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Week #21 – Day 2
It's time for another bridge week to allow your muscles & nervous system a chance to fully recover and get ready for week #22.
Week 22 is going to be fun.
The workout listed below is for those trainees interested in adding muscle to their physiquesand who are not exhausted from the past few weeks of workouts.
If that isn't you, skip these workouts and go do a yoga or pilates class or do a week of cardio.
Nothing too strenuous and hopefully something you enjoy doing.
Week 11 is going to be tough and I would prefer to see you rested up a little bit before we dive back into it.
Alright, let's get on with the…
Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the way up to your neck, gently make circles with all of your joints – 10 revolutions each joint in each direction
Dead Bug – Push your lower back into the floor and articulate your arms & legs as in the video. 1 set of as many reps as possible with your lower back pushed into the floor. When your back starts to arch…STOP
1 Arm Swing Snatch – 25 reps per arm – Dumbbell or kettlebell – choose a light weight – the goal is to warm-up
Exercise #1
Bulgarian Squat/Lunge (bodyweight only)
warm up with 2 sets per leg of 10 reps
* Then do 40 to 60 reps per leg by…
* banging out the first 15-20 in normal fashion…rest for a few seconds – drawing in 4 big breaths…and then bang out a few more reps (1-5),,,rest again…lift again…rest again…until you get to your maximum (40-60) reps
Rest 5 minutes, and then do the other leg
Rest another 5 min and move onto….
Exercise #2
Glute Ham Raises (2 Leg)
Same protocol as the Bulgarians
- Warm up with a couple of 10 rep sets
- And then try to get between 50-80 reps
* banging out those first 30 or so in normal fashion…rest for a few seconds – drawing in 4 big breaths…and then bang out a few more reps ,,,rest again…lift again…rest again…until you get to (50-80) reps
Note: There is a good chance some of you won't be able to do 50 reps. Here's what I want you to do – place an incline bench or big stability ball in front of you so that you can do partial reps.
You will have to fiddle around with the depth of repetition and the # of repetitions to get it right.
Either way, remember that you legs should be screaming at you by the end of this single work set
That's it, you're done for today.
Stretch and Go home
Tomorrow, do some easy cardio & stretching (lots of stretching)
Friday, it's back to the weights


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At the Linux Plumbers Conference November 3-5, 2010 in Cambridge,
MA, we have a half-day mini-conference set aside on Thursday
morning (so as to follow immediately, but not conflict with netconf)
to discuss "User-visible Network Issues" – challenges that users face,
that could benefit from both userspace and kernel enhancements to make
their lives easier.
Accepted topics are:
* Challenges in Mobile Networking
Challenges that we have with networking in the mobile space.
Led by Dan Williams
* Network Device Naming
Which of my NICs is eth0?
Led by Matt Domsch
* Scaling techniques in the stack for servers with high connection rates
This talk will describe some techniques for scaling front end
servers. In particular, we will describe the the use of SO_REUSEPORT
in scaling servers for high connection rates with a single listening
Led by Ying Cai
* Simplifying network configuration for VMs by harmonizing multiple Bridging, QOS, DCB and CNA implementations
Led by Shyam Iyer, with John Fastabend
While I'm sure the individual topics will generate great discussion,
it will be vital that members of the netdev community be present to
represent the kernel developers' perspectives on the problems and to
help brainstorm solutions. Most of these topics have significant
kernel components to them, and without additional kernel developer
participation, I fear we would just be talking to ourselves, but no
real progress made. I invite you to attend LPC, and this
mini-conf in particular, and lend your expertise.
If you would attend LPC, except that the conference fee is a burden,
please let me know. I have at least one pass available for mini-conf


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Nick Cannon is getting ready for the birth of his twins with wife Mariah Carey, by penning a rap filled with advice for the little ones.
The "America's Got Talent" host, actor and musician Tweeted a link to a rap he made, using Sade's song, "Pearls," in which he offers advice for his little boy and little girl, who Nick told Access Hollywood over the weekend are due, "any day now."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: From 'Drumline' To 'America's Got Talent': Hot Shots Of Nick Cannon
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"Gotta spit these Pearls to my unborns/Poems 'til they get into this world," Nick said in his rap.
"Show 'em hot to fit into this world," Nick continued. "Knowing unless you're gonna make a difference you ain't s*** in this world. 'Scuse my language/Dang, guess I'm just anxious, man, to take away the suffering pain, hatred and anguish/This place is dangerous."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Hot Shots Of The Lovely Mariah Carey!
Among the other "Pearls" of wisdom Nick offered in his rap include, "Don't be too religious/that's just a business," and be prepared for race and class-ism.
"They gonna hate on your skin tone, hate your income, hate your homes and even hate on your mom," he raps. "Hate on me for even making this song/But you are not alone."
Nick also offered a little introduction to the babies' superstar mom.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Hollywood's Smokin' Hot Couples
"Your mother's one of the greats and when I meet you in person, I'm gonna say this to your face: My Daughter, be careful, but my son, go harder…" he rapped.
Nick also added he's already toasting his children's arrival.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Celebrity Baby Bumps
"I ain't never drink, but this is a celebration, so I'm toasting with potions that keep endorphins open," he adds.
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Social ME-dia and Matthew Warren: The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
We live in a world that is inundated with information. The second a story breaks, the news travels worldwide. We don't have to wait to learn anything. With the touch of a screen, the world can see, read, hear, and even feel what is happening anywhere else in the world. The globe is quite literally at our fingertips. But is that always a good thing? As fast as the information travels in today's world, something else is making its way around the world as well.
Social ME-dia
Instagram. Twitter. Facebook. Vine. Tumblr. The list of social media sites and opportunities continues to grow. And with it, the belief that the world is all about "me".
With the world literally at our fingertips, too often we fall into the trap of thinking the world needs more of me, my opinion, my viewpoint. We believe that the world has to know – and wants to know – what we're thinking right now, about every situation we see.
Today, with the popularity of social media, pride is no longer seen as a vice; it's perceived as a virtue. We use social media to promote ourselves, our agenda. And on one hand, that's the purpose of social media. It is about letting our circle of influence know what is going on in our lives. But too often, we cross a dangerous line…a line that segues into dishonor and destruction.
Take the tragic death of Rick Warren's son last week for example. One of the great Christian leaders in our world today lost his youngest son to suicide. And in the midst of dealing with a devastating personal tragedy, this man who is widely known for helping millions of people experience the most out of life has to also deal with critique, criticism, and flat out hate spewed online.
Just days after losing his son, Rick tweeted, "Grieving is hard. Grieving as public figures, harder. Grieving while haters celebrate your pain, hardest."
Too many people cower behind the veil of the digital information. They rush to type, post and tweet things they would never say to someone's face. People are quick to ridicule celebrities, rip apart politicians, and revel in someone's personal tragedy.
But that's not what social media should be about.
SOCIAL media
Social media doesn't have to steal our ability to communicate effectively, rationally, and honorably. On one hand, too many use social media to damage and destroy. But the great side is that it can be used to celebrate and support!
The day after Rick Warren posted that previous tweet, he posted this: "I've cried almost as many tears of joy as tears of grief in the last 48 hours, because you've loved Kay and me."
For every hateful thing that was said online, people from around the world sent thoughts of hope, prayers, reminders of God's goodness, and encouragement for the Warren family. THAT'S some of the great stuff of social media.
A Fine Line
We need to be very careful about how we use social media. Don't rush to the keyboard or the smart phone every time you have a thought.
There's fine line when it comes to using social media. Which side of the line are you on?


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N.Y. teen turns in librarian whose flirting went too far
- Teen initially flirted with librarian
- Anton sent photos of her breasts to the student
- Teen agreed to participate in police sting after Anton said she would %22slaughter%22 him
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Details are emerging in the case of a 16-year-old boy who was concerned that months of teasing by a high school librarian was getting out of control and turned his suitor in to police.
After several months of verbal and text-message exchanges between the pair, Marisa Anton, 33, reportedly showed up at the student's home in April, pushed him onto his bed and asked "Is this what you want?" as she started to pull down his sweatpants.
"I thought she wanted to give me oral sex and maybe have intercourse," the teen told police in a sworn statement. "I didn't want to, so I pushed her off me."
Anton later texted him two pictures of her breasts before begging to come over again. Concerned this was all getting out of control, the boy went to police, who arrested her the next time she showed up at his house, in May.
The librarian, who, the boy said, had a fiancé, resigned in August and pleaded guilty last month to endangering the welfare of a child. She is expected to be sentenced Feb. 26 to three years' probation.
Eight pages of city police records obtained by The Journal News under the state Freedom of Information Law show how the teen became increasingly concerned after his flirting with Anton during the spring of 2012 went too far. She urged him to delete text and e-mail correspondence with her, the teen told police.
"She was concerned that she would get in trouble if anyone ever found out what was going on," the teen said. "At one point, she e-mailed me penal codes of possible crimes she could be charged with. She also sent me a link to a website where there was an article about a teacher that was arrested for having sex with a student."
The teen told police he met her in the school's library and they started sending sexually charged e-mails to each other, some of which he sent to her work e-mail address.
"At first, I was just kind of playing around with her and wanted to see how far I could take it, but she seemed to be very interested in actually having sex," he told police. "We then started texting with each other. The conversations and texts became more intense and sexual in nature."
In April, the two made plans to meet away from school and have sex, the teen told police, and Anton invited him to her home.
"She offered several times to come to my house and pick me up and bring me to her home," the statement says. "I never went because I was too nervous."
One afternoon in late April, hours before the teen's mother was to return home, Anton visited his house after he invited her. He got into her car for almost a half-hour and she gave him a back massage, which she continued inside his home. After he rejected her bedroom advances, he told police, "she seemed very offended and left immediately. Later on that day, she texted me and told me she wasn't offended."
Weeks later, she sent him "two pictures of her breasts" after he sent her a photograph of a penis that he downloaded from the Internet, he said in the statement. The teen told police that Anton kept asking to see him in late May and it made him nervous, prompting him to consult with a relative, and ultimately contact investigators.
"She told me she wanted to see me," he told police. "I told her I wasn't sure if I wanted to, but she kept asking. She said she was going to come to my house right then. I got nervous because she was talking about 'slaughtering' me. She told me she would not hurt me, but I felt the situation was getting out of hand."
Anton was arrested the afternoon of May 30 after the teen agreed to help police in a sting. He invited her to his house for sex and asked her to buy condoms, a police report said. When she rang the doorbell, an officer answered.
"Marisa appeared to be extremely nervous," the officer wrote in the report. "I asked her what she was doing at the house and she stated she was there to see a student. She was shaking and started to cry."
Police seized her iPhone and a CVS bag that contained condoms with a receipt, the report said. They later executed a search warrant at her home, seizing three computers. Police obtained surveillance video that they said showed her entering CVS and buying the condoms.
Anton declined to give a statement at police headquarters, asking to speak to a lawyer. In New York, the legal age of consent is 17.
Anton will not be required to register as a sex offender. Her lawyer, Michele Marianna Bonsignore, could not be reached for comment Thursday.


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Dennis Rodman sentenced in family court
ORANGE, Calif. - Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman was sentenced in family court Tuesday to 104 hours of community service on four counts of contempt for failing to pay child support.
Court Commissioner Barry Michaelson also placed Rodman on three years of informal probation. The sentence includes the condition that Rodman pay current child and spousal support obligations.
"My suggestion is to use your talents as a motivator, as a fine, fine athlete and as a fine person to assist others in need," Michaelson told the retired basketball player.
The court hearing remained under way at late morning on other issues in the case. Rodman was present.
Mary Ann Noiroux, an attorney for Rodman's ex-wife Michelle, said in an earlier interview that Rodman could also be ordered to pay more than $800,000 in back child support.
Noiroux said Rodman also faces additional contempt charges for other missed payments, and another conviction could land him in jail.
Rodman's attorney, Linnea Willis, did not return calls for comment prior to the hearing.
Rodman -- known for his wild behavior and Technicolor hair as well as his rebounding skills -- married in 2003. His wife filed for divorce a year later. Since then, the couple has been feuding over custody and support of their two children, ages 10 and 11.
Rodman was found guilty of the counts of contempt last year for child support owed in 2009 and 2010.
His attorney has claimed he owes far less money. Court documents filed earlier this year indicated that Rodman was "broke." His tax return from 2010 shows he earned roughly $150,000, but his financial manager said he owes significant amounts in back taxes.
She also said Rodman's alcoholism has tarnished his image and made it difficult for him to obtain corporate endorsements and other work.
Rodman currently pays about $4,500 a month in child and spousal support, said Jack Kayajanian, another attorney for Michelle Rodman who is focused on recovering the payments.
"My desire is not to put Dennis Rodman in jail. My desire is to shake the tree a little bit and get money for his children," he said.
Rodman was a bad-boy star of the Detroit Pistons and won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. He also played for the Los Angeles Lakers, and lived in California's affluent Orange County before moving to Florida. He was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame last year.
Rodman dated Madonna, was married briefly to Carmen Electra, and gave loud parties that led to frequent run-ins with the law when he lived in Newport Beach.


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Recently, whenever we have quick meal for sure one or two packs of Japanese-style salad will appear on our dining table. Two main reasons I fond on such salad are of its unique dressing and the variety of vegetables included.
Here, I share with you guys a soba-salad recipe that is similar to those available in both convenients and supermarkets in Japan. It is a combination of chilled soba and salad dish, can be served as quick and healthy lunch as it is quite filling.
Ingredients (4 servings):
¼ iceberg lettuce, tear into chunks
¼ small cabbage, shred
¼ carrot, cut into strips
¼ red capsicum, cut into strips
¼ yellow capsicum, cut into strips
¼ brown onion, cut into strips
8 French beans, boil and slice diagonally
4-6 slices ham, cut into bite size
1 bundle soba (buckwheat noodles)
1 tbsp roasted white sesame seeds, grind
1 tbsp goma-dare (sesame dressing)
1 tbsp syoyu
2 tbsp lemon/lime juice
2 tbsp water
¼ tsp hon-dashi
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp roasted white sesame seeds, grind
- For dressing, dissolve hon-dashi in water then mix in all other ingredients. Mix until well blended and keep in the fridge until needed in an air-tight container.
- Cook soba according to the instruction on the packaging. Rinse with icy cold water (NOT soaking) to get rid of excess starch, drain well.
- To serve, line bowls with lettuce and shredded cabbage. Arrange in all other ingredients as desired then sprinkle some ground sesame seeds over the surface.
- Drizzle salad dressing over the top and serve immediately. Or serve with dressing separately at the side.


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Minimum Qualifications High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge and specialized formal training in medical record keeping principles and practices, anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical terminology, standard nomenclature, and classification of diagnoses and operations, or an Associates degree in a health care field. Requires Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or Certified Coding Specialist-Physician (CCS-P) or Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administration (RHIA) in an active status with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) or American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). Must demonstrate a level of knowledge and understanding of ICD and/or CPT coding principles as recommended by the American Health Information Management Association coding competencies, and as normally demonstrated by certification by the American Academy of Professional Coders. Requires three or more years of experience providing coding services for a broad range of hospital and acute care facilities. . Must be able to achieve an acceptable accuracy rate on the coding test administered by the hiring facility according to pre-established company standards. Must be able to work effectively with common office software and coding software and abstracting systems. Preferred Qualifications Additional related education and/or experience preferred.


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What have I done?!?!
You really need to post some better pictures of that. I got all excited and you left me hanging.
What year is it? I think the earlier ones were carbed and later ones were fuel injected right?
Great bike, I had one for many years. 1997 and 1998 were carbed, 1999 to 2003 are FI. They quit selling them new in 2003 in the states and in 2007 everywhere else. I put VFR bars on my 2000 model and lowered the footpegs. I toured all over the place in it using a Ventura rack.
Jeez y'all, it ain't nothing but a stock bike. Ain't even painted it pink...yet. Here's the Beastie.
Hi, I'll keep my C14!
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Summer Time is Grilling Time
By Laura Stepp, MA, RD, LD at LMC
With longer days and warmer temperatures, we start to look to our outdoor grills for preparing tasty meals. We especially like to cook meat on the grill. One of the best meats we can grill is seafood. We are recommended to eat two or more servings of seafood a week for the heart healthy benefits fish can provide. Luckily, we are blessed to live so close to the coast with its variety of fresh seafood offerings. However, you may have heard to beware of some fish or to pick "sustainable choices."
What is Sustainable Choice Seafood? It's fish that is caught or farmed in a manner that considers the long-term vitality of the species. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch website has pocket guides that can be downloaded and printed for each region of the country that lists best choice, good alternative, and fish/seafood to avoid that may be overfished or come from areas of the world where there is concern for how the fish are caught or raised. For the more tech savvy, there is a downloadable app: mobile.seafoodwatch.org
In our region some of the best choices and good alternatives are found off the coast of the Carolinas: Shrimp, Oysters, Cod, Halibut, Red Snapper, Grouper and Flounder just to name a few. The best part about serving seafood is the ability to get it to your plate fast.
Grilled Fish with Garlic Marinade
• 1 1/2 pounds fresh or frozen fish steaks or fillets (such as tuna, sea bass, swordfish, or salmon), cut 1 inch thick
• 6 garlic, peeled and quartered
• 1/2 onion, quartered
• 1/2 red sweet pepper, quartered and seeded
• 1/4 cup dry white wine
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup snipped fresh cilantro
• 1 1/2 cups fresh arugula or spinach (optional)
1. Thaw fish, if frozen. Rinse fish; pat dry. Place fish in a shallow dish. Set aside. For marinade, in a blender or food processor combine the garlic, onion, sweet pepper, wine, oil, ketchup, paprika, salt, and black pepper. Cover and blend or process until finely chopped; stir in the cilantro.
2. Transfer half of the marinade to a small bowl; cover and chill until ready to serve. Spoon remaining marinade over fish; turn fish to coat. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 2 to 4 hours, turning fish occasionally.
3. Drain fish, discarding marinade. Grill fish on the greased rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium coals for 8 to 12 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork, gently turning once halfway through grilling time. If desired, serve fish over arugula or spinach. Top with reserved pepper mixture.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.


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When you think of Social Security, you probably think of retirement. However, Social Security can also provide much-needed income to your family members when you die, making their financial lives easier.
Your Family May Be Entitled to Receive Survivor's Benefits Based on Your Work Record
When you die, certain members of your family may be eligible to receive survivor's benefits (based on your earnings record) if you worked, paid Social Security taxes, and earned enough work credits. The number of credits you need depends on your age when you die. The younger you are when you die, the fewer credits you'll need for survivor's benefits. However, no one needs more than forty credits (ten years of work) to be "fully insured" for benefits. And under a special rule, if you're only "currently insured" at the time of your death (i.e., you have six credits in the thirteen quarters prior to your death), your children and your spouse who is caring for them can still receive benefits.
Survivor's benefits may be paid to:
- Your spouse age 60 or older (50 or older if disabled)
- Your spouse at any age, if caring for your child who is under age 16 or disabled
- Your ex-spouse age 60 or over (50 or older if disabled) who was married to you for at least ten years
- Your ex-spouse at any age, if caring for your child who is under age 16 or disabled
- Your unmarried children under 18
- Your unmarried children under 19, if attending school full time (up to grade twelve)
- Your dependent parents age 62 or older
This is a general overview—the rules are more complex. For more information on eligibility requirements, contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) at (800) 772-1213.
How Much Will Your Survivors Receive?
An eligible family member will receive a monthly survivor's benefit based on your average lifetime earnings. The higher your earnings, the higher the benefit. This monthly benefit is equal to a percentage of your basic Social Security benefit. The percentage depends on your survivor's age and relationship to you.
For example, at full retirement age or older, your spouse may receive a survivor's benefit equal to 100 percent of your basic Social Security benefit. However, if your spouse has not yet reached full retirement age at the time of your death, he or she will receive a reduced benefit, generally 71 to 94 percent of your basic benefit (75 percent if your spouse is caring for a child under age 16). Your dependent child may also receive 75 percent of your basic benefit.
A maximum family benefit rate caps the total amount of money your survivors can get each month. The total benefit your family can receive based on your earnings record is about 150 to 180 percent of your basic benefit amount. If the total family benefit exceeds this limit, each family member's benefit will be reduced proportionately.
You can get an estimate of how much your survivors might be eligible to receive using one of the benefit calculators available on the Social Security website, www.ssa.gov.
Don't Forget the Lump-Sum Benefit
If you've accumulated enough work credits, your spouse may receive a lump-sum benefit of $255. Your spouse must have been living with you at the time of your death or have been receiving benefits based on your earnings record if living apart from you. If you're not married at the time of your death, the death benefit may be split among any children you have who are eligible for benefits based on your earnings record.
If a Loved One Has Died, Contact the Social Security Administration Immediately
If a loved one has died and you are eligible for survivor's benefits, you should contact the SSA right away. If you're already receiving benefits based on your spouse's earnings record, the SSA will change your payments to survivor's benefits (if your children are receiving benefits, their benefits will be changed, too). But if you're not yet receiving any Social Security benefits or if you're receiving benefits based on your own earnings record, you'll have to fill out an application for survivor's benefits.
It's helpful to have the following documents when you apply, but if you don't have all the information required, the SSA can help you get it:
- Proof of death (a death certificate or funeral home notice)
- Your Social Security number, as well as the deceased worker's number
- Your birth certificate
- Your marriage certificate, if you're a widow or widower
- Your divorce papers, if applicable
- Dependent children's Social Security numbers, if available
- Deceased worker's W-2 forms, or federal self-employment tax return, for the most recent year
- The name of your bank, as well as your account numbers, for direct deposit
Visit your local SSA office or call (800) 772-1213 for more information on survivor's benefits and how to apply for them.
Source: Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Inc.


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I have a special "Cake Slice" cake for you today. "What makes it so special?" you may be asking yourself. It's special because I got to co-bake with my fellow Cake Slice Baker- Maranda of Jolts & Jollies! I first met Maranda in person back in December when she was visiting family and friends over the holidays. We wanted to bake together but time was limited. Lucky for me, she just moved back to Texas a few weeks ago, so hanging out together in the kitchen was finally possible.
Every month we get to vote on a selection of cakes and usually there is a definitive winner. However, this month there was a tie between Lime Chiffon Cake and Fresh Strawberry Cake with White Chocolate Chips so we got to choose which one we wanted to bake. Maranda made one and I made the other. So today, you get two recipes for the price of one!
Maranda actually made her cake a couple times. She had issues with the first one and wasn't so pleased with it, but the second one came out beautifully- it was tall, light and airy. She even added a glaze to it to send it over the top. The step by step recipe for the Lime Chiffon Cake can be found on her blog- Jolts & Jollies.
My strawberry white chocolate chip cake came together really quickly and effortlessly. I did forget to dust my strawberries in flour before I folded them in, but it turned out just fine. The fresh strawberry flavor came through, there were sweet little buttery pockets from the white chocolate chips, and the lemon zest, was just enough to brighten it up without making it taste like lemon. It was really moist from the addition of the sour cream and I thoroughly enjoyed this cake. So much that I may or may not have eaten it for breakfast a couple days in a row :-) It was a little plain jane looking, but a little sweetened whipped cream and a strawberry garnish go a long way.
Strawberry White Chocolate Chip Cake from Cake Keeper Cakes
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- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 oz. strawberries, stemmed and sliced
- 1 cup white chocolate chips or chunks
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan and dust it with flour, knocking out any extra. Set aside.
Combine the egg, egg yolk, sour cream, lemon zest and vanilla in a large glass measuring cup and lightly beat. Combine 1 1/4 cups. flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
Combine the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl once or twice as necessary.
With the mixture on medium-low speed, pour the egg mixture into the bowl in a slow stream, stopping the mixture once or twice to scrape down the bowl.
Turn the mixture on low speed and add the flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition. After the last addition, mix for 30 seconds on medium speed.
Combine the strawberries and remaining 1/4 cup of flour in a medium bowl and toss to coat. Fold the flour covered berries along with the chocolate chips into the batter with a rubber spatula.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake the cake until it is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, invert it onto a wire rack, and then turn it right side up on a rack to cool completely. (I let mine cool in the pan). Cut into 9 squares and serve.
Store uneaten cake in a cake keeper or wrap in plastic and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Be sure to check out all the other Cake Slice Bakers' cakes!


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Watch the first ever clips from the new season of Doctor Who. Two clips for each of the Doctor's mood swings. Watch Matt Smith twist from playful to deadly serious in mere seconds!
What did you think? Has River Song grown on you yet? Hope so, because she's not going anywhere anytime soon. The second clip is actually a marvelous look at the chemistry between these two time travelers in season six.
If you want more, check out our spoiler free review of the first two episodes. The first episode, "The Impossible Astronaut," will air on April 23rd on BBC America, and "Day of the Moon" will appear on the 30th.


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Smith now casts his own shadow
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INDIANAPOLIS - For most of his life, Jaylon Smith has been known as Rod's little brother. But those days are over.
A four-star prospect out of Fort Wayne (Ind.) Bishop Luers, the 6-foot-3, 220-pound Smith earned early notice from college coaches and recruiting services in part because he is the younger brother of current Ohio State sophomore linebacker/running back Rod Smith.
When people talk about the younger Smith today, however, the fact that his older brother plays for a major college program has become an afterthought.
"All my life I've been trying to get out of his shadow," Smith said. "I've done that this past year."
Smith furthered his own reputation on Monday, taking home MVP honors at the Best of the Midwest camp in Indianapolis. Smith's performance was nearly flawless, and featured two 40-yard dash times in the 4.4-second range. For the nation's No. 34 prospect, however, it was just another day at the office.
"Everybody has weaknesses, so really I just have to go back to work, keep training, work on my agility and footwork, and my overall IQ of the game has to get better in all aspects," Smith said following the combine.
Making Smith's performance even more impressive is the fact that he has spent most of his time the last two months on the basketball court, not the football field.
"Once a football player, always a football player," Smith remarked. "[Basketball] really doesn't mess me up. You just have to come out here and compete."
When his schedule allows, Smith does make it down to AWP - a local workout facility that stands for "Athletes with a purpose." The purpose, according to Smith, is not only to develop athletically, but also spiritually and mentally.
Being well-rounded off the field as well as on it is important to the Fort Wayne-area standout. It was one of the factors that contributed to him being an early selection to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl next January.
"It was a great honor," Smith said of his Army Bowl selection. "I can't wait for it. I'm going to live it up and I'm going to do my best during the season just to stay healthy and keep competing."
Besides being a multi-sport student-athlete, Smith is also juggling a constantly expanding recruiting process. He now holds 17 scholarship offers after adding three more last week.
"Friday I just got USC, Oklahoma and Illinois," Smith said. "They are some big names. USC just picked up some outside linebackers, so I'll have to pay attention to that."
With almost a full year remaining before he has to sign a National Letter of Intent, Smith is paying close attention to the programs that have offered. He has an unofficial visit scheduled to Notre Dame on March 3, but his focus at this stage is educating himself on the schools pursuing him, and not on selecting one to continue his career.
"I'm just going to keep my options open and get as many offers as I can," Smith said. "I'm in no rush to make a decision. Growing up I didn't watch college, so I didn't have a favorite team. I just want to go where I am going to get a chance to do my thing."
Ohio State has offered Smith a chance to do his thing. The question now is whether he will follow the path his brother took to Columbus, or carve a path of his own. But now that he has made his own name, Smith does not see his brother's presence on the Buckeyes' roster as a negative.
"It's a positive," Smith said. "Right now it is about making the best decision for me and if [Ohio State] is the place, then I'll do it. I talk to Coach [Mike] Vrabel regularly and Urban Meyer is a great guy."
Smith is not looking at his recruitment as a choice between joining his brother at Ohio State or making his way somewhere else. He has already paved his own path through his play this past fall, and continues to make his own name with performances such as the one Monday in Indianapolis.
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