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As markets tumble, a fund manager recommends shares of 10 companies, including AT&T, Verizon and McDonald's.
By Robert Holmes, TheStreet
Oliver Pursche, the manager of the $20 million GMG Defensive Beta Fund (MPDAX), said one of his largest clients phoned him late Thursday, concerned about the sharp sell-off in equities. Like most individual investors who were lost and blindsided by the bleeding, Pursche's client was looking for direction.
"He was very nervous. He wasn't quite freaking out, but he said, 'Oliver, this is one of the times I need you to tell me everything is OK,'" Pursche said by phone Friday from his office in Suffern, N.Y.
In the time since that broad drop in stocks Thursday, uncertainty about the future has been ramped up after the decision by Standard & Poor's late Friday to strip the U.S. of its prestigious triple-A credit rating.
Pursche, though, manages to volatility and risk, not return. Volatility had been increasing heading into May, so he raised cash and increased his firm's exposure to short-term bonds. While many prognosticators and commentators are split about whether equities are a screaming buy or whether this is the beginning of Armageddon, Pursche told his client that the best course of action is to remain calm.
"History has shown time and time again that investors who allow their emotions to get the best of them tend to dramatically underperform the markets and fellow investors who have the fortitude to stick with their plan," he says. "Our advice and actions aren't about catching a falling knife. We're comfortable about our allocation."
Some investors are worried that the market will experience a crash like the one that occurred after the collapse of Lehman Bros. in 2008. Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) suffered its biggest loss since those dark times, so investors are understandably worried. Pursche, though, argues that conditions are much different than they were three years ago.
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"The market crash of 2008 and early 2009 was caused by a combination of excessive leverage -- in particular, in the financial markets -- and a lack of liquidity," he says. "By contrast, today, banks and other institutions have decreased leverage -- in some cases as a result of being forced by new regulations -- and governments around the world have stepped in and continue to provide enormous amounts of liquidity. Structurally and fundamentally, that is a very different environment than three years ago."
Pursche highlights the differences from a mere four months ago, shortly after the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan.
"Look back to April. We had Japan. We also had social unrest and revolts in North Africa and Egypt and Libya," he says. "We had the possibility of real social unrest in Syria, Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East where nuclear weapons are floating around. There was a lot of really bad news going on and the market completely ignored it."
Now investors are witnessing the exact opposite. Earnings from U.S. companies remain strong, but equities continue to fall as investors flee to the safety of government Treasuries and gold.
"There's a lot of focus on the bad and none of the focus on the good. That's where you get market inefficiencies," Pursche says. "I can't control the market. There's not a damned thing I can do about it. But I can control volatility. If you believe there will be an uptrend, you want to control the volatility so you participate in a good chunk of the upside but you limit your downside as much as possible."
Rather than over-react and rush to buy anything that looks cheap, Pursche continues to follow his strategy of investing in companies with strong dividends, lots of cash, and a good overall business.
"You want to focus on those companies and areas that will significantly benefit from the areas that are growing the most," he says. "The reality is that you don't want to over-react and rush to judgment in this type of environment."
First, Pursche notes the attractiveness of multinational companies like Yum Brands (YUM), which derives a substantial portion of its revenue from outside the U.S. He also calls attention to energy name Total (TOT), Synovis (SYNO) in the health care space, SAP (SAP) in Germany, and McDonald's (MCD) in the U.S.
Pursche said he's allocated in defensive dividend stocks, which should help protect against any excessive losses in the stock market. In preparing for market volatility, he sought out well-diversified, consumer nondiscretionary businesses that are very stable.
Specifically, he points out Unilever (UL), Procter & Gamble (PG) and diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt (LEG).
Pursche is also an owner of both AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), each of which has a dividend yield that exceeds 6% after last week's sell-off.
"Here are two companies that are very U.S.-centric with no material exposure to Europe," he says. "That insulates them from a sales and revenue perspective from the problems in Europe."
In terms of what he's avoiding, Pursche says investors don't want to just buy index funds or broad-based market funds. "You want to be selective with your investment decisions. They'll go down in volatile times, but they'll go down less," he says. "On a long-term basis, they'll outperform to the upside as well."
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In our house, life's day-to-day activities fall into one of two categories: "boy jobs" or "girl jobs." The girl jobs relate to cleaning with floral-scented sprays, whereas the boy jobs are those that require a tool belt and a ladder. Changing light bulbs: boy job. Mowing the grass: boy job. Most everything else: girl job.
There are a few jobs that fall into a gray area that neither of us wants to claim—the neutral zone of household duties. Of these undesirable duties, cooking tops the list. It's just something one of us eventually does to avoid starvation. So you can imagine my husband's surprise when I carry two racks of spice-rubbed ribs out the back door.
Ribs require three things: a cut of meat that looks suspiciously human, a campfire and a caveman. Sure, a beautiful $500 stainless-steel capsule may contain the fire, but it's still just a fire pit with wheels. The meat cooks on a rack coated with the charred remains of yesteryear's hotdog. For these reasons, outdoor grilling has been clearly defined in our household as a "boy job."
I believe that men have historically assumed the role of grill master because they are more in touch with their prehistoric roots. And unlike washing dishes or folding underwear, grilling is a process that they take pride in. When I ask my husband to throw some burgers on the grill, he's gone for so long, you would think that I'd asked him to build an addition to the house. He spends an inordinate amount of time "setting up"—lining up the various tools needed for placing, prodding and flipping. While the meat cooks, he stands there, unmoving, as if keeping watch over his flock.
I, however, am a modern woman. I like my utensils sterilized and my food prepackaged, astronaut style. I like to push the buttons on the microwave, wait for the beep and eat. Outdoor grilling may go against my genetic makeup, but somewhere in my past, one of my female ancestors must have cooked over an open flame.
Any Neanderthal can prepare Paula's Easy Grilled Baby Back Ribs. Pulling the membrane from the back of the ribs is tricky but that's only because I'm not sure what the "membrane" is (I know it isn't something I want to eat, or a word that I want stuck in my head come dinnertime). Otherwise, the rib preparation is a piece of cake. Grilling is another story.
I'm not prepared for how protective my husband is of his grill. As I near it, he looks at me with contempt, like I just used his toothbrush after eating graham crackers. "Do you even know how to light it?"
"Trust me," I say with false confidence. I set the kitchen timer, pour myself a glass of wine and pick up a magazine. I'd even enjoy myself if it weren't for my husband constantly repeating, "It's burning." At the halfway point, he threatens to check the ribs, but I stop him with the best bra-burning feminist voice I can muster: "Do it and die."
When the timer rings, I set down my wineglass, pull on an oven mitt and saunter outside. I casually open the grill and remove my little packets of love. But when I try to unwrap the foil, it won't give. It has fused to what was once meat, but is now a black, carcinogenic wasteland. A culinary cremation.
I feel bad for wasting $20 on ribs. I feel worse for the pig that died in vain. But most of all, I am completely annoyed by my husband's head-banging-hip-thrusting celebratory dance, only made worse by his sing-songing "Boy job!" over and over.
I enjoyed your story..But in this houshold I'm the griller.. My husband burns it every time.. He even burned up the grill once…the bottom fell out… there was no meat left..chalkcoal meat.. But he getting better..if he doesn't forget what he doing… Yes he really thinks he knows what he doing!!! It's a man's ego!!! We have 4 pits…Now he wants to build his own.. watch out!! world!!
By florina bergeron on September 28, 2010
Man, oh man, I was waiting to hear how you showed him up. We have clearly defined gender roles here in our home too and I would LOVE to kick his a$$ in the grill department becuase EVERYONE I see on TV only turns meat once. He's out there turning it over and over and over. I'd love to outdo him so I can say, well, you're not needed out there…go do some laundry!
By April Driggers on June 29, 2010
oh boy…I thought surely you were going to tell us how wonderful those ribs were. My husband grills dry rub pork ribs & lots of other things. He does a great job. Sometimes though he gets busy doing other things so I keep a half-eye to make sure he doesn't forget the grill. I've often wondered if I would be good at it myself. :D leaving it to the master griller for now but may take a stab at it someday (yeah I know don't stab the meat) thinking about grilling some shrimp or fish to serve over pasta…thanks for a great story.
By Lena on June 25, 2010
Christi, congrats on your grilling success! But assure your husband that giving birth to a grill still can't compare to giving birth to children! And grills are easier to clean up after. Thanks for reading!
By The Culinary Coward on June 09, 2010
My hubby is so very protective over his grill, you would think he gave birth to it or something! I have managed to cook a few things (they turned out quite well)much to his dismay. It is still definitely a boy job in our household, to the point where my 9 year old son now goes out to help Dad!
Love your posts!!
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The old term "They sure don't build 'em like they used to" should always be followed up with a "Good," because modern cars perform better in crash tests than any of the land yachts of the 1970s. Yeah, these cars may be smaller and lighter than those of yesteryear, but advancements in crumple zones and energy transfer over the decades has made them into very protective shells that crumple into piles of tin for the sake of protecting their passengers.
Unfortunately, all of this technology is not without its flaws, which the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is now pointing out. The IIHS has developed a new test to mimic the cause of nearly a quarter of all front-end collision deaths, which is called the "small overlap" test. This is when only a small portion of the front bumper impacts another vehicle or an object.
You may be surprised to hear about who's failing this important new test. Among those tested to receive the IIHS' worst rating, "Poor," was the Mercedes Benz C-Class , Lexus IS and ES , and the Audi A4 . Receiving a score of "Marginal," which is just above poor, is the Acura TSX , BMW 3-Series , Lincoln MKZ , and Volkswagen CC .
Click past the jump for the rest of the results, as well as an obnoxious statement by one top automaker in regards to the testing process.
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Those passing the test with a "Good" classification are the Acura TL and Volvo S60 . Getting an "Acceptable" rating is the Infiniti G .
Many of those that flunked the test played it off saying that their cars still met federal safety regulations. Mercedes -Benz took a rather conceited route by saying "As a leader in automotive safety, we have full confidence in the protection that the C-Class affords its occupants — and less confidence in any test that doesn't reflect that." That's not confidence, Mercedes, that's called blind cockiness.
Some of the automakers did pledge to do better, and Toyota had a rather admiral statement in regards to Lexus failing the test. Toyota 's Brian Lyons was quoted saying "With this new test, the Institute has raised the bar again and we will respond to this challenge as we design new vehicles."
We definitely need more automakers like Toyota in this instance and less that just shove their nose in the air, like Mercedes did. Poorly played, Benz. You'll lose a lot of fans that way...


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Concepts x Nike SB "Porky's"
We got a teaser of the latest Concepts x Nike SB a few days ago, and it looks like the inspiration for this sneaker has surfaced. Although the model is still in question, it's confirmed that this collaboration will take inspiration from the 1980′s cult classic movie, "Porky's". The words "When Pigs Fly" is also written in pig latin, maybe suggesting something to do with a pig.
This CNCPTS x Nike SB is scheduled to release on Black Friday, November 23rd. Stay tuned as the latest update for the latest Concepts x Nike SB "Porkys"surfaces. via N-SB
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I remember this movie…. Curious to see how it comes out….
I wonder where they will be limited to. . .cncpts or a couple more places??
I thought the air jordan 2010′s already did the Porky theme with their view holes? lol
1 out of 5 people who wear SBs will even get the reference.
My question is where would they be selling these when they come out? Can anyone help me figure this out?


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AUBURN HILLS (WKZO) -- American car buyers will have another choice very soon with the return of Italy's Alfa-Romeo to select dealer showrooms.
Fiat Chrysler Automotobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne said earlier this year the brand would return to the United States with the Alfa-Romeo 4C sports car. The vehicle is lightweight and has a turbocharged four-cylinder engine that produces 240 horsepower.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) -- The Walt Disney Company is playing into the hands of Boy Scouts of America by cutting donations to BSA, giving the Scouts greater public leverage to accept gay leaders, Atlanta area pastor Ernest Easley said today (March 7).
Disney in February joined a growing list of companies who have cut financial support to BSA because of the Scouts' ban on openly gay leaders. Such pressure will make it easier for BSA to open Scout leadership to gay men, said Easley, pastor of Roswell Street Baptist Church and chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
"Walt Disney has [apparently] done," what the Boy Scouts wanted, Easley told Baptist Press. "They've done them a favor in putting more pressure out there for the Scouts to come back later on and say, 'Here's the deal. Walt Disney's cut us.... We have no choice than to let the [gay] men be part of this.'"
BSA voted last May to allow openly gay youths to become Scouts beginning this year, but retained a Scout prohibition on gay leaders that survived a 2000 Supreme Court challenge. BSA's national membership has dropped 6 percent in the past year, although the group doesn't attribute the numbers to the policy change.
"I think it's part of [the Boy Scouts] strategy," Easley said. "... Why open the door to it? They knew that in May it was such a hot issue that they could not go all the way and let [gay] men be leaders in that organization. But they knew it was a matter of time."
Disney does not give direct donations to the Scouts, but Disney's VoluntEARS program allows its employees to do volunteer work in exchange for cash donations to the charities of their choice. Employees taking part in the VoluntEARS program will no longer be able to submit the funds to BSA, Disney said Feb. 28. The change goes into effect in January 2015.
Disney did not release any data to show how much money has gone to the Scouts through the VoluntEARS program. But Easley, whose church stopped hosting Scout troop meetings because of the inclusion of gay Scouts, said the issue is about promoting the inclusion of gay Scout leaders, not about money.
"I don't really think it's a money issue. I think it's the principle of it," Easley said. "I think that you're going to continue seeing an effort from individuals and corporations to pressure them into taking the final step that [BSA] started in May of allowing homosexuals to be adult leaders in their organization.
"You're going to have legislation, you're going to have corporations, you're going to have influential individuals continuing to put pressure on them," Easley said. "And my guess is as I said last year, it's going to happen. I think they want it to happen, the Scouts."
Companies that have cut funding to BSA because it excludes gay leaders are Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, Major League Soccer, Merck, Intel and UPS, said Scouts for Equality, a national group fighting for the inclusion of gay Scout leaders. Scouts for Equality applauded Disney.
"We're never happy to see Scouting suffer as a result of the BSA's anti-gay policy, but Disney made the right decision to withhold support until Scouting is fully inclusive," said Eagle Scout and Scouts for Equality co-founder Zach Wahls, the son of two lesbian parents. "Scouts for Equality will continue to advocate for a fully inclusive membership policy, to help build a stronger Scouting community that is eligible for the support of Corporate America."
Other moves in the fight to open Scouting to gay leaders include the anticipated litigious fight on behalf of Pascal Tessier, a gay 17-year-old Maryland boy who in February was awarded Eagle Scout status, the highest ranking. At 18, he will be ineligible for Scout participation.
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My special need 16 year old son is in the Music Academy-magnet. Unfortunately, Hami does not serve their special need student as they claim. My pro-active parent advocacy is 24/7 with staff & unresponsive principle. Poor collaboration, lack of efficacy, over crowded class rooms, and pre-determined mind set from teachers make my son's learning experience a real challenge. Regardless of this poor review, this parent still donates, because no child should be denied an education.
My son is near the end of his first year in the Humanities Magnet. I must admit I had concerns over the size of the student body but very quickly those concerns vanished. My son loves the school, most of his teachers and more importantly the other kids he goes to school with. He speaks all the time about their thoughtful conversations and generally good vibes. He's challenged and that's a great thing. Up to this point, not so much. What parent doesn't like to see their child be challenged and yet see their child step up?
Alexander Hamilton High School is a great school and my son learned so much there. The Principal is caring, professional and devoted to the best interests of the students, as are the overwhelming majority of the Teachers. I look forward to my other children attending Hamilton
Hami has a great combination of the closeness of small schools set into the resources of a larger school. The Humanties Magnet has about 400 students and the Music Academey Magnet has about 750 students. The remaining 1,600 students get attention through several Small Learning Communities. This allowed my son, who graduated in 2012, to take 12 AP classes while he was at Hami, and to start in the University of California system with sophmore standing due to all of the AP credits! Clearly the teachers must know what they're doing because they taught the material successfully. The teachers & administration are trully special at Hami- some were students there and now teach there; several chose Hami as the high school they wanted their own children to attend.
I attended "Back to School Night" last week, and got to meet all of my son's teachers. Overall, my impression was that they are concerned about the students and their performance. They seemed passionate about what they teach. My son is in the Academy of Music, and is making new friends faster than when he was in middle school. He got a great 1st report card, and he is enthusiastic about all of his classes. I am hopeful that this trend will continue to progress.
Great school, my daughter is a senior. We have no complains, teachers are great and the Music Academy is one of the best in the nation.
I do not recommend this school at all !!! Worst School and principal, too many students
the worst school in the area , Principal is a night mare,, so are most of the teachers, parent teacher communication is a no no...
I Currently have my child in the school. We have gone from charter to private, and then to Magnet thinking it would had been the best choice when high school years came around. It was the worst mistake ever, you email the teachers only one or two will respond. You email the counselor, if your lucky she will return the email. The children are treated like they are just want of many. Children get told if they will get kicked out because all they are doing is lowering their API. Some of the teachers are tired of dealing with the children. Others are truly passionate with what they do but there are very few...
I was a student at Hamilton from September 2007 to June 2008. I had tried to get in to the Humanities Magnet, but unfortunately I did not. As a result, I had to go into the regular school community and join one of the SLCs. My choice, sadly, was not the greatest. I left middle school with all honors classes, and the only honors class I had at Hamilton was English, where half the students were labeled Honors and the other half were labeled regular and we got the exact same amount of easy homework. I tried seeing my counselor about changing my schedule and having more honors classes. However, my counselor did no effort to attempt and fix my class schedule, so I had to stay in what I was in for one semester. I decided I couldn't stay here another year, so I began looking for a private school. As soon as Hamilton got word of this, I was finally paid attention to and they tried to convince me to stay. I was promised many things, but it was too late. I had found a better school, and I do not regret leaving Hamilton. I became so much well prepared where I went. It's true you have to find the classes and teachers yourself, but if they won't cooperate with you, how can you?
As a parent of a student in the humanities program, the programs as a whole is best suited for students who are from a middle school that truly prepares them for Hamilton Humanities.(the majority of the students in the program attended Palms or a private school, prior to Hamilton-most other middle schools are not preparing the students for a rigorous program as such!) My child was an honor student and up until this year was taught well, and challenged! The administration and some teachers choose to only help those students who they believe are the expected successful norm!
I hate this school. I feel that it is not giving me a proper education, the teachers are unreasonable and are never helpful. The principal does not even respond to complaints by students and parents.
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I eat most anything, and especially take a liking to items of food that normally cause a crinkly nosed "eeewwww" from most, as evidenced by this post. Slimy snails, cod fish sperm sac and regurgitated bird spit, it's all good. And…you know you've got strange food when none of your normal food blog categories fit. It's not chicken. It's not seafood. And I certainly don't want to create a whole 'nother category called "slug."
I hope I haven't grossed you all out.
Well, if you enjoy escargot at fancy schmancy restaurants, I'm here to show you that it only takes 10 minutes to make them at home. The escargots come in a convenient can – even the restaurants get them from a can! Well, did you really expect that when you order escargot from the restaurant, the chef heads out the back door, scouring on his hands and knees for a few juicy buggers to cook?
|A fancy recipe name for Snails in a Can. Just a few ingredients and you'll be on your way to a fancy horse-doovies (what Andrew calls hors d'oeuvres)You can find cans of escargot at most major supermarkets (look in the same isle as other canned seafood, usually top shelf) for about $7 a can. 18 escargots per can.
I got these escargot dishes at a local cookware outlet store and then found these shells online somewhere. But you don't really need these large shells. In fact, you don't even need the escargot dish. Just use a shallow oven-proof dish.
Preheat oven to 450F.
Smushed clove of garlic +1/2 stick of softened butter + big pinch of kosher salt + minced parsley. Open can of escargot, drain. Stuff an escargot in a shell, Smother it with garlic butter. The more garlic you smother, the more garlicy buttery goodness you get to mop up with a hunk of bread.
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Splash some cognac all over the shells. Stick in oven for 7 minutes. The garlic butter melts and mingles with the cognac – perfect for dipping.
I don't get it.
People forage for snails. Cook and remove them from their shells.
Stick 'em in a can.
You open the can.
Stick 'em in a new shell, not their own.
Cook them again.
Then remove them from their not-their-own-shell to eat.
Why bother?
Or I should just say – the photos that led up to the money shot.
Love escargot! SteamyKitchen has a winner. I have served them at cocktail parties using rock salt in a low oven proof dish – ceramic, glass or stainless. Any container will do. The rock salt will mold around the shell to stabilize so as not to lose any of the garlic butter. Imagine a platter of 36 snails with shells. The rock salt will help hold the heat so that the reluctant have time to gather the courage. Maybe we shouldn't encourage or the price will go up – supply and demand.
I have eaten Escargot in many restaurants, but I will now try your recipe. Cognac splashed on sounds terrific!!!
i would like to know where I can buy escargot. I live in Southwestern Kansas. The closest metro. city is Wichita and it is 180 miles from my home.
I live in Northeast KS and they sell the can and the shell's at Walmart, same brand as she has in the picture.
I have been working in restaurants for eight years, and many cans of snalis have passed through my hands…. only once have i worked with fresh snails, perriwinkles to be exact. believe me after the strugle that it presented, there is a good reason that most escargot comes from a can
this looks so good. i LOVE escargots.
try them with some bluechees melted on top
Thanks for the recipe I was hoping it was that easy. I' m not sure how the post is, but I just picked up a can of snails for $1.59 not $7.00 so now I feel like a double winner.
The more you pay the better, usually. You want the "better quality" plumper escargots. I highly recommend paying a little more…
About 35 years ago my Mother found a real deal on escargot (72 fat fat fat ones in a can) and at $5 a can ($16 per at Marshall Fields/Chicago at the time) we bought three cases and doled them out to Mom and my five sibs. That deal exhausted long ago but not our virtually insatiable desire to include them in our (now traditional) Christmas meal of escargot (in or sans shells–depending on what house is hosting), artichokes, giant crab legs, crusty bread, traditional plum duff dessert. Each sib lends their own touch in addition to butter/garlic. Basically an easy (plum duff–recipe online–being the most involved but made days or week ahead of time) light meal and guests are not groaning (or catatonic) over stuffing themselves. The same brand (Extra Large Achatines Snails by Terriors d' Antan) is selling online for $17.50 per can (plus S&H) at markys.com (a great site for the unusual to please the palate). Albeit slightly pricey for a meal (we no longer gift each other and all chip in), considering the time and effort it is worth it to spend more time enjoying games and each other's company. Enjoy a change. 10.05.11
Go to Amazon – they have a huge sekection of escargot and bags of shells. Even have the forks and dishes – all discounted
Excellent photos. I especially like the ones that didn't make the cut, and the "story" on how you got to the money shot. And I'll have to try these escargots out at some point., sounds delicious.
amazon.com has a selection of canned escargot


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Dave was the first to get married this year, so to celebrate we planned a guy's weekend in Lake Tahoe. I've never been there before, but have seen Dave's video from his trips and it looked amazing. It was as blue and awesome as I imagined which really lent itself towards taking a lot of very blue photographs. I invested in a polarizing filter for my relatively new dSLR camera. The weekend was filled with Kan Jam, wine, hiking and biking. I took a ton of pictures so check out a few below and a couple of sets on Flickr too:
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Catchup Post #3: Angels & Airwaves at 9:30 Club
Back in May – one of my many favorite bands over the last 5 years is Angels and Airwaves. Couple that with my favorite local venue – 9:30 club, and you got a great night. As always, I locked down my position at the back bar right by the VIP area. Good vantage point with easy access to the back bar. That's just how it goes in my old age. Check out the rest of the pictures here on Flickr.
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Catchup Post #2: New Camera + Ella's Month Party
Sometime in the last year or so, my camera started to take pictures slower than I could draw them, and also had developed a line of dead pixels. I think it was mostly because I didn't take care of it and shoved it in my linty pockets instead of storing it in a case. I hemmed and hawed over what to buy next. Should I finally get a dSLR, or stick with a point and shoot? I decided not to decide. Thanks to a great financing deal at Best Buy, I got a new P&S and my first dSLR. A major factor was our choice of honeymoon spots (more on that later), and thinking of all the great shots I would be missing if I only had my slow P&S.
New P&S: Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS:
I haven't used this camera extensively yet because I have been mostly messing around with the dSLR. It's pretty much the same as my previous camera, with a couple more bells and whistles. The most important factor was the HD video recording capability. Like I said, I don't use it that often, so not much video has been captured either. It's form is very tiny, so that's good for transporting, but a little harder to take those self-composed pictures of me and Amanda.
New dSLR: Canon EOS Rebel T1i:
I went against the grain a little bit here by going Canon instead of Nikon, which most of my friends have. I found it to fit better in my hands, and also was used to the menu system. I'm still shooting in all the auto modes, but I'm very pleased with the picture quality, and mostly the speed of capturing a moment. My first "shoot" was for my niece's month party. It's hard to get used to lugging around a huge camera, but the pictures make it worth it. Here's one of my favorites.
Check out the rest of the set on Flickr: Ella's Month Party
What's been happening?
Wow, a lot has gone on in the past 4-5 months since I last posted. I hope to get back to posting a little more regularly, if not just to link to the pictures I've been taking in my Flickr photostream.
Since our trip to Horton and Barboursville Wineries:
- I've moved offices. Same company, but now I'm downtown. I had a nice period of almost a year and a half where I only had to walk 13 minutes down the street to the office in Courthouse, so I can't complain. I've always wanted to work closer to the city, and not have to deal with a 45+ mile roundtrip commute. I now have to deal with the mess that is the metro, but so far, not too bad. This is a huge difference (and improvement) from my last two companies that were located deep into the 'burbs out in Dulles/Sterling and Rockville/Gaithersburg. Here's a pic of my new desk area right after we moved. It's pretty bland, but I try to make it up to the newsroom (where the action is) as much as possible. There's also the benefit of seeing some unique events that only happen in the downtown office – like the annual Peeps contest voting.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Matt Jones rushed for 176 yards and a touchdown and Tyler Murphy threw for 156 yards and a score as No. 20 Florida beat Kentucky 24-7 on Saturday night, its 27th straight win over the Wildcats.
Murphy also rushed for a 3-yard TD in his first career start for the Gators (3-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), who closed a difficult week on a high note after losing starting quarterback Jeff Driskel and defensive tackle Dominique Easley to season-ending injuries.
Jones, who had 28 carries, outgained Kentucky by himself while he and Murphy provided all of the Gators' touchdowns in the first half to extend the longest active winning streak over a major opponent. Florida gave Gators wide receivers coach Joker Phillips a happy return after his firing last fall as Wildcats coach.
Joe Mansour's 25-yard run on a fake field goal was the only TD for Kentucky (1-3, 0-1), which was outgained 402-173.
That trick play was Kentucky's only highlight on a night that largely belonged to Murphy and the Gators.
Despite failing to score a second-half touchdown, Florida had no problems moving the ball on Kentucky thanks to Murphy, who didn't miss a beat in completing his first 11 passes and rushing for 36 yards, variety that the Wildcats struggled to keep up with.
He threw a second-half interception, but it didn't matter as Florida picked off Maxwell Smith in the end zone en route to another stifling performance in which the Gators' SEC-leading defense held the Wildcats to just 48 yards rushing - seven below their average - and allowed just 1 of 8 third-down conversions.
While the streak provided the game's story line on a warm, clear evening, Phillips' return to Commonwealth Stadium served up another interesting subplot. Fired last November after going 13-24 in three seasons - including three losses to the Gators - there was a question of how he would be received by fans who remember his long relationship with Kentucky as a player and assistant coach before his disappointing tenure as head coach.
The reception turned out to be cordial as he shook hands with some of his former players and Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart after the game.
Murphy made sure Phillips left with the last laugh.
On the opening drive the redshirt junior completed all four passes for 33 yards and ran twice for 20 in leading Florida's 93-yard, 14-play march ending with Jones' 2-yard touchdown run.
Unfazed, Kentucky tied it thanks to Mansour, who caught Florida completely off guard on a 42-yard fake field goal attempt. By the time the Gators realized what was happening, the 6-foot-2, 189-pounder was off and running down the right sideline for a 25-yard TD after holder Jared Leet flipped him the ball over his head.
That bizarre play had nothing on Jones' 67-yard run that led to Florida's second touchdown, the end of which is destined to be replayed on TV and the Internet as an example of how not to help a teammate.
In the clear and dashing right across the field past two Kentucky pursuers, wideout Quinton Dunbar rushed up behind in an attempt to push Jones forward but ended up tackling his teammate at the 12. Murphy simply turned it into a 14-7 lead two plays later, hitting Trey Burton for a 9-yard touchdown that got the Gators in gear.
Florida drove 62 yards for another score ending with Murphy's 3-yard run, capping a perfect half in which he passed for 120 yards and accounted for 140 total.
Murphy's combined yardage was 16 more than Kentucky (124) had through 30 minutes. Jones, whose starting status was in question following fumbles in the past two games, added 94 yards on 10 carries in Florida's 253-yard half.
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- Yesterday, I met one of my friends.
- Yesterday, I met one of my friend.
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It's "one of my friends". The other option would be ungrammatical.
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Wouldn't you rather say "a friend of mine"?
Think of it this way: If you didn't have several friends, you wouldn't need to be specifying that you only met one friend. "One of" is indicating a particular member out of a set with multiple members in it, so it's correct to use the plural form: "One of my friends." If you only have one friend total, then you can just say "Yesterday, I met my friend."
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With the possible exception of set phrases, when you say one of [noun], [noun] is used in the plural form.


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If you love cold brew coffee, then do I have just the thing for you. This glass bottle is designed to make your morning cup of iced coffee very easy. Just fill the bottle at night with water, add coffee to the filter, and refrigerate. The next day, remove the filter, add ice and some milk, and away you go. Super easy, and beautifully designed with a borosilicate glass bottle and sturdy lid.
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This is awesome. I probably need to buy one... :)
Not only could you do this with any container (just add the coffee in a filter infuser or fillable tea bag) but it makes much more sense to do this in larger batches since it needs overnight to steep anyway. The only additional step would be to pour it into one of the portable bottles you probably already own. Love cold brew but think its too hard? Then maybe you have no idea what cold brew is.
Why is everyone complicating cold brewed coffee? It's the simplest brewing method ever, and requires no additional gear.
Pour cold water over ground coffee and let it sit overnight, then pour it over a coffee filter in the morning. It's highly specialized equipment. You know, a coffee filter, those things that are made for... filtering coffee. Make big batches in a pitcher or small batches in a pint jar. Or a $20 single-purpose designer glass bottle. Your choice.
Cold brewed coffee is my favourite drink. I make a large batch in a pitcher, store over night in the fridge, and then strain. The straining part isn't tough but it's tedious. The delicious iced coffee is a delicious reward.
This does seem a bit silly. I make large batches of cold brew in my 12-cup french press (which only cost $5 more then this bottle). I love that it does double duty depending on the temperature outside. :-) Plus the pleasure/convenience of a built-in strainer!


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We're so glad that Ork Posters recently released their San Francisco neighborhood typographical map poster -- which joins their Chicago, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Boston ones...
But we're sad that they're already sold out.
More here, after the holidays, for $22.
(AT:Chicago blogged the Chicago poster here.)
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as an nyc-er, i have the brooklyn poster and i love it. i'm thinking of getting manhattan now that it's available. they're really good looking and good quality. and i got it super fast.
The SF one was on my christmas list, and they had stock a couple days ago, but a couple blogs mentioned it and now it's gone before my "source" (aka girlfriend) could buy it online :(.
I live in Brooklyn, but I have the Chicago one (spent 5 great years there), it's a good looking poster, but the diy nerd in me really wishes that it were screenprinted.
Hey, Duboce Triangle is missing! (I used to live there)
Why did they rename the "Tenderloin" as "Downtown"?
The SF poster is Sold Out.
If it doesn't say "Tenderloin," it's not art.
Thanks for posting this! I'm a California girl and my fiancee is a Boston boy. I've just ordered the Boston one for him and it will go perfectly in our bedroom. He'll love it! Maybe we'll get the SF one when it's available so we can have a matching set.
Since when did Clinton and Hells Kitchen become separate neighborhoods? I know that real-tards have been trying to bring the Chelsea brand further and further uptown- way up into the 30's. "Chelsea Heights," anyone? And I know that they have been trying to re-name HK as "Clinton." But I didn't think HK became some kind of DMZ between Chelsea and Clinton. And if they are going to cleave Alphabet City away from the East Village, then they have to cleave NoLIta away from Chinatown and SoHo. And they are being way too generous with Little Italy. Today it's nothing more than two blocks of Mulberry St...
I'm with wende.
I was going to buy this, but then I noticed there was no Tenderloin. No TL, no deal.
at first I loved this idea, as a native SFer recently transplanted to LA...but upon further inspection:
no japantown?
no panhandle?
no embarcadero?
and, agreed, no tenderloin?
no thanks, I'll make my own.
I'm glad I read all the posting!
No TL, no Jtown, no panhandle, no embarcadero...
no thank you.
Was this SF map made by a local? I think not. Many neighborhoods just vaporized and don't appear.
No Tenderloin is a major screw up.
But as mentioned, many others missing too.
Where is Mt. Davidson/Miraloma Park? Cole Valley? Japantown?
Good idea. Sh*tty execution.
No dogpatch, either.
I lived in the Lower Haight for years, and that's missing, too. I'd take Duboce triangle as a consolation prize, but nope - it's missing too!!!
And yeah - where is the tenderloin????
The Boston one has errors too. Allston and Brighton are reversed, and the Jamaica Plain/Roxbury/Mattapan borders are incorrect. Boston is a city with official neighborhood designations (i.e., you can check with city hall and find the proper names and exact borders), so this one is blatantly incorrect, as opposed to some cities where you can kiiind of understand borders shifting or neighborhoods being rebranded.
(Not that that doesn't happen in Boston with the sub-neighborhoods, but this map only shows official neighborhoods. No leeway.)


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There are few mistakes that you can't overcome, given enough time. But problems at planting time set the stage for an entire season's worth of trouble.
Many, if not most, planting problems result from failing to adjust practices and equipment to fit soil and weather conditions, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. Since you can't know what the weather will do, you have to plan for various scenarios.
What if it's dry? Ferrie has one rule: Don't plant corn into dry soil, hoping to "rain it up."
"Putting corn in dry soil, and not having it germinate in timely fashion, can be a disaster for your stand," he says. "In 2012, most problems with dry soil resulted from doing spring tillage too far ahead of planting. That lets the soil dry out. Don't let your soil finisher get too far ahead of the planter in a hot, dry spring."
In a dry situation with conventional tillage, use row cleaners to push away clods in front of the planting units. "If you crush clods with your depth wheels, you'll put dry soil around the seed," Ferrie says. "Use your row cleaners as a clod roller."
In either no-till or conventional tillage, use row cleaners to move residue out of the way. "Normally, a little residue is no big deal," Ferrie says. "But if it's dry, residue tucked into the seedbed wicks moisture out of the furrow, away from the seed."
Running out of planting moisture in no-till is rare, but it can happen in sandy soil or if you fail to kill a cover crop on time, Ferrie notes. "It can happen when strip-tilling in coarse soils, if you are not timely with your planter," he says. "In strip-till, you may have to go off the strip and no-till the seed beside it."
In tough conditions, with no rain in the forecast and you know it will be even drier in 10 more days, use your row cleaners to move away the dry soil. Hopefully, this will get you closer to some moisture where you can place the seed, Ferrie advises.
This carries risk, though. "If you applied a pre-emergence herbicide, there will be no herbicide left in the row," Ferrie says. "Have a plan in place to control weeds in the row."
If you "plow down to moisture" in strip-till or conventional tillage, you will actually be planting in a valley. "If the weatherman turns out to be wrong and you get a toadstrangling rain before the corn comes up, the corn will get buried and you'll have to replant," Ferrie says. "But at least you'll have moisture to replant in."
What if it's wet? Unless you own a crystal ball, you need a plan for wet weather, too. "Don't mud a crop into cold, wet soil unless you're running up against the crop insurance date because of prolonged cool, damp weather," Ferrie says.
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One of the greats. Skill, class, and even though he did a lot of damage against the oil, I've never disliked him like a Modano. In fact, he's always been a favorite, and I cheered for him anytime he wasn't facing the oil.
Feel exactly the same. He cut the Oilers from the neck through the belt buckle but I loved watching him play.
I can't say I'll miss seeing him eviscerate the Oilers' D or goal, but when I think of the kind of hockey player, and person, I'd like some of our young prospects to become, Joe Sakic is at the top of the list.
Still get chills when I think about the gold medal game in Salt Lake.
Put a country on his shoulders and then walked around the dman and wired one far side.
What a beauty.
Hopefully someone RNH can try to emulate. On and off the ice. Lots of similarities…
Spent some time last night watching his highlight reels. Olympics in 2002 will go down for me as a top five hockey game/memory. Beauty player.
One of the classiest guys to ever play the game.
Too bad it never rubbed off on Patrick Roy…
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Has cleaning house just gotten much simpler?
The makers of new "disinfecting wand" technologies claim to wipe out germs in just seconds using UV light.
People can find them on Amazon.com or in Sky Mall magazines for between $50 and $100. The question remains as to whether they work.
FOX Carolina took the Zadro Health Solutions, Nano UV Disinfection Light Scanner and the Germ Guardian's UV-C Sanitizer Wand to Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital to be tested by the Department of Infection Prevention and Patient Safety.
Michelle Bushey and Pat Kopp are infection preventionists with a machine that tests for germs. For the process, they swabbed an object, like a cell phone or the office coffee maker. The swab plus the liquid in a tube mixes together and it's inserted into a luminometer, which then will read the number of germs present.
Kopp said that anything above 70 is considered dirty in a hospital setting.
The cell phone read 432 at first. After Bushey waved the Germ Guardian UV-C Sanitizer Wand over the phone as directed, another germ test announced that germs remained in the 400 range.
Once the phone was wiped with sanitizing wipes, the luminometer read just four. Both Bushey and Kopp had anticipated this reading.
"What we know about UV light is that you really have to clean the surface first and remove that bacteria, and then it'll kill whatever cells are left, but you really have to lessen the bio burden by physically removing the germs first," said Kopp.
The two tested the second wand, the Nano UV Disinfection Light Scanner, on the office Keurig coffee maker. Its first germ reading landed at 161, which is above the hospital's "dirty" rating. After a UV light scan, the number was 144 - again, higher than 70.
Bushey said that UV light isn't a regular practice at St. Francis Hospital. She said that bleach is what's used on every patient's room when they're discharged.
It was when the objects swabbed were wiped with alcohol wipes that the luminometer read a clean bill.
"It's a real story for the power of disinfecting. Cleaning with hydrogen peroxide wipes, or alcohol wipes or bleach wipes, ammonia wipes, it's a real story for the effectiveness of disinfecting," said Bushey.
When hospitals do use UV light to disinfect, Bushey explained, they would clean the surfaces first. UV would be an extra step.
Bushey said that a machine powerful enough to sanitize a hospital room could cost up to $200,000, and since she said they haven't been proven effective, the hospital isn't looking to invest.
"How much less expensive is a gallon of bleach and how much more effective is a gallon of bleach?" Bushey asked.
Kopp and Bushey think that the wands are a great idea, but not quite "there" yet.
While the two didn't find the wands effective with their germ counter, some reviews online raved about them.
One user said the Germ Guardian wand got rid of a mold smell in his freezer and another said she could smell it burning away germs when she used it at a hotel on vacation.
If people try them, though, Kopp and Bushey warn to be sure to follow safety instructions because the UV light can be damaging to skin or eyes if they're exposed.
FOX Carolina did reach out to both germ wand makers. Germ Guardian explained, "There are volumes of published professional test data showing how UV-C light kills germs." They said that without having seen the tests done by the infection preventionists, they could not comment.
In an email response, Zadro said that their Nano-UV Light Scanner was developed during the SARS epidemic and uses nano particles in the UV bulb to create a more efficient and effective germicidal light.
According to Vice President Becky Zadro, "A number of independent laboratories have tested the effectiveness of the Nano-UV™ disinfectant wand. In 2010, the FDA reviewed the Nano-UV test reports. In addition, in 2012, the Better Business Bureau also reviewed the Nano-UV test reports. Both agencies allowed our claims which state that the Nano-UV wand 'safely kills 99.9 percent of targeted germs on surfaces within 10 seconds.'"
She did not comment on the findings from Bon Secours without fully understanding their testing procedures.
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