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Photographer Chris Jordan, known for powerful portraits of consumption from his "Running the Numbers" series, has just finished a new project. In his words:
"These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking.
To document this phenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic in any of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, or altered in any way. These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent."
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Illustrator How-to: This Technique is a Real Knockout
One of the things that I really love about Illustrator is that it's used across such a diverse professional spectrum. Before I even joined Adobe, I spent several years training New York City fashion designers in Illustrator. And since then, I've had the pleasure of working with folks at places like Cabelas, Reebok, Victoria's Secret, Hurley International, the GAP, and more. A good friend of mine recently got a job at Nike in Europe and was lamenting how difficult it was to draw certain kinds of stitching lines. Illustrator's Stroke attribute can be used to simulate a stitching line by using the dash setting. You can turn on the Dash setting for any stroke and then assign a Dash setting (the length of each dash segment) and a Gap setting (the length of the space that appears between each dash). There are three sets of dashes and gaps (meaning you can specify a long dash followed by a short dash, etc.), and you can also use Illustrator's various Cap and Join settings to further customize the appearance of your strokes. If you have the Real World Illustrator CS3 book, there's good information on all of these Stroke settings on pages 48-51. My friend at Nike was struggling to create double stitching. Knowing how often apparel designs change, and how newer designs evolve from existing designs, it becomes increasingly important to work with objects that can easily be edited. If you had to draw two paths to simulate a double-stitched line, that would make it twice as more difficult to make edits. The answer to my friend's problem is something we can all use (from version 9.0 on!), even if the nearest we get to the fashion industry is watching Project Runway. Tricks that Don't Work You can create a single path and add two stroke attributes to that path. If you were to create a heavy black stroke with a dash setting and then add a thinner white stroke with no dash setting on top of it, you'd get a perfect double-stitched line, correct? One problem. If the apparel you're designing isn't colored white, you'll have a white area between your two stitch lines. You could set the entire path to the Multiply blend mode, which will make the white go away, but if your stitch lines aren't colored black (for example, you're using green or red thread), that color will also multiply. If your thread is white, the whole stitch will disappear altogether. What you really want is a way to make the middle area between the two stitch lines become truly transparent. That solution exists, and the good news is, the steps are pretty much the same, and you can even define a Graphic Style so that you can apply double-stitched lines with a single click. Knockout Group to the Rescue The secret to making this work is a teeny little checkbox in the Transparency panel called Knockout Group. It's a setting that most people ignore. Few people even know what it does. Let's first learn what it does, and then we'll see how it will allow us to create quick and perfect double-stitched lines (or really anything else for that matter). You probably already know that you can adjust the opacity of an object. So if you have two objects, say a blue circle and a red bar running across it, you can set the opacity of the red bar to 50%. The result would be 50% of red on the parts of the bar that extend beyond the circle. But the part of the bar that appears directly over the blue circle would appear as purple -- or more specifically, a mix of blue and 50% red, correct? After all, that's what transparency does: It allows you to see "through" the top object and see the object beneath it. If I were to now group the two objects together, I'd be able to move them around the screen, and as expected, I'd see purple in the middle area, and whatever was beneath the logo would appear through the ends of the red bar. If you look at the Transparency panel (fully expanded), you'll see that the Knockout Group option appears with a line through it. This indicates a "neutral" position, which allows transparent objects within a group to be visible through each other. That's how you can see the purple area where both the red bar and the blue circle overlap. As expected. This is the default behavior. Below, the Knockout Group setting in the Neutral setting, the On setting, and the Off setting. But let's say I wanted the red bar to be 50% transparent so that it would interact with objects beneath it, but not with objects that were in its own group. That would mean I'd want to see 50% red in the area where the red and blue overlapped, not purple. By selecting the group and checking Knockout Group, I'm instructing Illustrator to knockout (or remove) the parts of the group that appear beneath transparent effects. In the illustration below, the group on the left is set to the default neutral knockout group setting, while the group on the right is set to knockout group turned on. To really illustrate what's happening here, I could use the same color for the objects in my group, and use the opacity settings alone to knockout the overlapping areas. Using the same example, I'll color both the circle and bar black. And I'll set the opacity of the bar to 0%. So, using the default "neutral" setting, my group would appear as a solid black circle. As expected. But upon turning on the Knockout Group setting, the top object (which is colored black but is set to 0% opacity) will knockout the part of the circle that it overlaps. Since the bar has no opacity, the result is simply a knockout. In the illustration below, the group on the left is set to the default neutral knockout group setting, while the group on the right is set to knockout group turned on. Using Knockout Group -- Without a Group Now that you understand what Knockout Group does, you can use it to create double-stitched lines. The beauty of this technique is that it uses the knockout group setting, but without creating a group. By applying multiple strokes within a single object, you'll simulate a group within one object. 1. Draw a path with a Fill set to none and a Stroke set to black. Set its weight to 6pt and apply a simple dash setting. I used a dash of 6 and a gap of 4. 2. From the Appearance panel flyout menu, choose Add New Stroke. 3. Keep the stroke black and change its weight to 4pt. Turn off the Dash setting for this stroke and choose the Projecting Cap option in the Stroke panel. This will ensure that the ends of the stroke appear without artifacts of the dash beneath it. 4. Change the opacity of the top-most stroke to 0%. It's important to remember that you can't apply the knockout group to one attribute (as it won't do anything), so you need to make sure that we apply it to the entire object. That's why the next step is so important. 5. Click on the word "Path" in the Appearance panel. This ensures that you've targeted the entire path object and not just one of its stroke attributes. 6. Turn on Knockout Group in the Transparency panel. You'll actually need to click on this option twice: the first time sets the object to the neutral setting, and the second time turns on the knockout setting. The result will be a stroke that appears to have a double stitch. The top-most stroke knocks out the bottom one, giving you true transparency in between. Now you can tweak the weights of the strokes, the dash settings, and the colors of the strokes as needed. Once you've finalized the look of your stitching, drag it to the Graphic Styles panel to save it as a style. Now you simply apply the style to any path and you get instant stitching! Create a variety of different stitching patterns and create styles for them all. Save them as a Graphic Styles library and you'll suddenly become the most popular person in your design group. Note: If you think I'm so smart that I know all this stuff on my own, think again. I was first introduced to the knockout group setting by Pierre Louveaux, and Teri Pettit expanded on that. Both Andrew Dashwood (the one who originally asked the question about the double-stitching) and Jean Claude "JC" Tremblay contributed to this article as well. The author of Real World Illustrator CS3 and the Real World Illustrator Blog, Mordy Golding can also be seen at upcoming events and seminars from MOGO Media.
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Its not a matter of wanting to pvp or not. Its not like pvp servers never raid and pve servers never do battlegrounds. There are times and places for both. But good world pvp is not artificially forced, it happens naturally.
TMill vs. Southshore no dailies needed, no 5% buff to the winners, nothing. And while it did inconvenience the people in that area. There were alternatives of where they could go. And the people there, on both sides, WERE PREPARED to pvp. Its not like they were there for other reasons, at max lvl at least.
Making the dallie area a haven for people who like to give other people a hard time is NOT good world pvp, its just annoying. Like the scourge event in the cities was annoying. Good world pvp has the people at BOTH ends wanting to pvp, for the sake of pvp itself. Not one side going, "Dude, I just want to get this done so I can go eat."


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A Very Long Engagement
Disbelieving that her fiancé has been court-martialled and sent to the certain death of no-man's-land, orphaned dreamer Mathilde (Tautou) determines to discover the truth.
As the commercially viable face of French cinema, the ever-beaming Jean-Pierre Jeunet could easily be dismissed as a gimmick merchant, a bravura showman who never breaks the skin of his movies. There's no doubt his style is as tricksy as a tea-time magic show: frenetic camera moves, baroque interchanges of flashbacks and forwards, stories embedded within stories, and whimsy up the wazoo - not to mention a penchant for the steam-punk décor of Jules Verne. How his head must buzz with all the bells and whistles he can blare at his avid fans with each new fairy tale.
The frothy Amélie, the fantastic The City Of Lost Children, the murky satire of Delicatessen (let's forget Alien: Resurrection, his heavy dunk in the Hollywood pond) all swim with the vivid wonder of his imagination. With A Very Long Engagement, however, his strokes are far stronger and cut deeper. Not that he's pulled an entirely straight face. In classification terms alone, the film is hedging its bets as a war movie, a love story, a Rashomon-style memory game, an Agatha Christie-esque detective romp, a noir-ish revenge drama and a loamy comedy of French peasantry with an unfortunate tinge of the Stella Artois ads about its pastoral charm.
Yet, in the midst of his trademark brio, Jeunet invests this tall tale with a sharp reality. By the rain-washed opening credits' conclusion we've been introduced to the dark side - there's nothing fizzy about this brute vision of life and combat in the French trenches, in many ways as turbulent and destabilising as Saving Private Ryan's Ohama Beach. The French maestro courageously rubs his light romance up against unflinching warfare - and the jarring cuts from windswept pastoral visions, as gilded as a Monet, to the deranged clutter of a killing field strike straight at the heart. Tautou, still as slender as a pixie, is less spirited and inspired than in Amélie, having to lock her magical smile away in dogged frowns. Mathilde is headstrong, lamed by childhood polio, and prone to losing her rag, but determined to clutch at her love like a life raft. There's a wonderful recurring riff on how she tempts fate to reveal the truth, testing her hopes against absurd challenges (a dog spilling through a door, the time it takes for a car to pass), all of which, to a bet, return teasingly unanswered.
It is very long, but never dull, the mystery regularly spinning on its heel to veer off in a new direction. You half wonder whether the film can ever tie itself together again as it unveils yet more characters and subplots, all micro-detailed and often richly funny. In one heart-breaking sojourn, Jodie Foster takes on a fluent cameo, while elsewhere a Corsican whore launches her own parallel mission, murderously dispensing with French officers care of some cunning devices.
Some may not endure the story's willful whirligigging, the pace is blinding, the flutter of names and moustaches dreadfully confusing, but the emotional drive couldn't be plainer. You care for Mathilde and you yearn for the truth, whatever form it might take. And as shadowy as the journey becomes, Jeunet, the optimist, also shows us a world of light.
Jeunet has ventured into darker, truer territory without abandoning the fabulous purring of his former films. Inventive and lyrical, A Very Long Engagement is a joyous contradiction in terms: a war-torn romantic comedy.
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tp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344510/]http://www.imdb.co m/title/tt0344510/]Un Long Dimanche De Fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)udrey Tatou plays a young woman who`s fiancée goes off to fight in World War I. When the war is finished he doesn`t return home. She`s convinced that he`s still alive and goes on a search for prove of this and tries to find him. Tatou`s and Jeunet`s second collaboration after the immensely succesfull Amélie doesn`t live up to its expectations and t... More
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Set towards the end of World War I, 5 French soldiers are betrayed by their superiors. The war ends and Mathilda is not convinced the love of her life died on the battle fields. The story continues on Mathilda's quest to find the truth so she can finally move on with her life. The determination and lengths to which this woman will go to finally brings her the truth. A touching and intriguing love story with many layers. The story is well narrated and the flashbacks to scenes of what reall... More
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L: SonnyDaze Perhaps even more enjoyable than Jeunet's other acclaimed film 'Amelie', A Very Long Engagement is strikingly beautiful, and is graced with a certain charming surreality that Jeunet brings to his films, in a similair way to Tim Burton. Oh, and Audrey Tatou is a film star to put most of Hollywood's leading ladies to shame. hat else could I add!? 100% agree. I loved Amelie, but A very long engagement actually manages to exceed Amelie!!! One of my most anticipated... More
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Perhaps even more enjoyable than Jeunet's other acclaimed film 'Amelie', A Very Long Engagement is strikingly beautiful, and is graced with a certain charming surreality that Jeunet brings to his films, in a similair way to Tim Burton. Oh, and Audrey Tatou is a film star to put most of Hollywood's leading ladies to shame. ... More
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A One Shot about suicidal thoughts. This is an exert from Awake and Unafraid. Tristan battles depression during the making of The Black Parade album at the Paramour
An excerpt from Awake and Unafraid
It all started with the realization, everybody dies.
Our instinct supplies us with reassurance that we are some kind of exception, that death will never lay its cold, icy palm against our back, even though we are swimming mainstream, conforming to a lifestyle. We think we are special. The cold hard truth is that everyone is taken alive.
Conformists are always wrong. Love does know boundaries. Death does not. In the hand of death, the subject of race, age, gender, sexuality, location, religion, and identification all fade into one fact. You are dead. It would stop mattering that I am a heterosexual Caucasian woman. Nothing matters when you're dead. Death knows no difference in intellect. Death does not care for you or your shame, or your pleads for more, or your pain. Death is release.
And so here I am. A gun, pushed against my curled lips, the cold metallic taste spreading through my mouth like a disease, infecting my taste buds. Waiting for the barrel to explode beneath my fingertips…what are you waiting for? My subconscious asks.
I couldn't say exactly what drove me to this. I'd like to say it was something more than surface problems. This may be hard to believe, but I am not a deeply troubled person. All my problems are caused by the exasperating situations life has dealt me. The family. The [lack of] friends. Th-
Never mind…no will care anyway….
That's right…no one cares about you…my subconscious is taunting me as I hold the gun in place…
Tears escape my eyes as I look at myself in the mirror…pull the trigger…everything will be better if you were dead…my subconscious is coaxing me to do what I had set out to do in the first place. My finger tightens against the trigger. I close my eyes, ready for the end…I can't do it…look at yourself…you are so damn weak…you disgust me…my subconscious is screaming at me.
I take the gun and lay it on my night stand. I shake my head and concede to the thoughts of finally getting the guts to end it all…I roll my eyes at myself and my thoughts…you will never do it…you are so weak…so incomplete... I kick those thoughts out of me head.
I can't do this…I can't…I choke on my sobs as I lay my head in my hands and try to rationalize with myself about why I would want to let death take me….
I'm stronger than this…no you're not…my subconscious is eyeing me suspiciously from the mirror…look at yourself…you were nearly rid of this life…I hate you…she screams at me.
I shake my head to rid myself of those self loathing thoughts and turn away from the mirror.
You are stronger that this, I keep telling myself…my subconscious is seething, but I don't give it to her.
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In what could be the forerunner for opening production facilities in Canada and hiring local construction workers, a Minneapolis-based precast concrete wall panel manufacturer is installing almost 33,750 square feet of its panels at a new Cineplex Galaxy movie theatre in Guelph, Ont.
Covered in a steel finish, the non-load-bearing 10-inch-thick VersaCore+Green wall panels will serve as the exterior envelope for the theatre which is scheduled for opening this December. Traugott Building Contractors, the general contractor, recommended the system to the owner.
"We selected Fabcon Precast as they deliver panels quickly and at a competitive cost," says Pat LaCivita, vice-president of construction. The panels meet the theatre's requirements for sound and fire containment, while also emulating Cineplex's "unique brand identity."
While Fabcon also manufactures load-bearing panels, use of those panels wasn't feasible because the design process was too far advanced on the project, says Fabcon senior vice-president Jim Houtman.
"We would have preferred that as it would have saved the owner money."
Comprised of approximately 58-per-cent recycled content, the VersaCore+Green panels deliver premium thermal efficiency, structural integrity and design flexibility. Unlike most panels systems, they can be dressed with a number of standard and custom finish options, says Houtman.
With three manufacturing plants in the United States, the company can produce wall panels up to 60 feet long and with a mix of R-values and thickness to suit client requirements. Its distribution network ensures fairly quick delivery to the owner or the contractor. But the period from when it receives an order to delivery can take seven to eight weeks.
"We use the architectural and engineering drawing to produce our own shop drawings and then we send those drawings to the architect and engineer for approval. Then we have to create production- run drawings."
In the United States, the company prefers to use its own erection crews. With this project, however, it sent a small supervisory staff and hired local labour, says Houtman.
Fabcon has been a material supplier for other projects in this country. But the Guelph cinema marks a major push into the Canadian construction marketplace and the long term plan is to build a manufacturing plant or plants in this country, says Houtman.
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Dec. 19, 2003 -- When a child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the disease does not begin and end with the school day, as any parent can attest. But new surveys show that virtually all doctors focus only on controlling symptoms during school hours, while parents are distressed by ADHD symptoms that the child has at home.
"With several diseases, physicians sometimes don't hear the issues that are critical to the patients," researcher Calvin R. Sumner, MD, tells WebMD. "In this country, the focus with ADHD has been treatment during the school day. The thing we missed along the way is that the problems that [impair] function at school also affect you outside of school. When we heard this, we asked parents what parts of the day were important in ADHD, and we asked physicians. Parents found portions of the day outside of school time to be very problematic, while physicians said they focused on treatment during the school day."
Sumner is a senior clinical research physician at Eli Lilly and Co. The surveys were commissioned by Lilly, which makes Strattera, a medication used to treat ADHD. Lilly is a WebMD sponsor.
Among the 500 parents surveyed, 61% said their children have ADHD symptoms all day into the next morning when the children are unmedicated. However, among the 125 doctors surveyed, only 19% prescribe medication in doses or schedules so that the children's symptoms are controlled for the entire day.
The parents and doctors differed in their views of appropriate treatment priorities for ADHD. Among the doctors, 96% stated that controlling ADHD symptoms during school hours was a top priority. Among the parents, 8% said that their children only have symptoms during school; often they stated that before-school conflicts were a key problem. However, 28% of doctors rated as "very important" the control of symptoms in the morning before school.
The investigators also found a disconnect between the doctors' stated view of the impact of a child's ADHD symptoms on family function and treatment focused on family time. Among the respondents, 62% of doctors said that the impact of such symptoms in a family's ability to function was "severe" or "moderately severe." However, the doctors also reported 68% of their ADHD patients are only treated during the school day.
"These study results are hopeful," Sumner tells WebMD. "Parents will feel validated because they have observed these findings all along. Physicians will find it helpful because learning better ways to interact with patients is valuable. The better the connection between the family and the doctor, the better the outcome for the patient."
The results underscore how important it is for parents of children with ADHD to communicate their observations to the physicians who treat their children, says Patricia Saunders, PhD, who was not involved in the study. "ADHD symptoms are not necessarily constant during the day," Saunders tells WebMD. "The behaviors that physicians measure and observe may not be the same as those that are seen at school and home." She is a child psychologist and ADHD specialist at Graham Windham in New York City, a child welfare services center where she is the director of the mental health clinic.


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Khaosan Tokyo NinjaTokyo, Japan
If your heading to Aki I say this is the place to stay as its so close. I love the capsule bunks where you have private space you can seal yourself in. Staff was cool and even good info posted on a board that has some nice finds that maybe you miss to research. I like the art and humor of the hostel. I was on the top high floor which is fine as I travel light as a backpacker. But, if you got alot of luggage well hope you don't get the top floor. I left my pack in storage 2days fine.
Green Plaza Shinjuku CapsuleTokyo, Japan
Great experience staying here for the whole capsule experience. I'm 6'3 tall and was fine sleeping in. I cleaned up in the onsen and even got a nice foot massage for 20 more. Nice lounges and full service for drink and food. Entertaining areas were great. You get a wrist band to charge anything you add or get. Then pay on check out if you use it. I had a few beers and the foot massage so a little more but enjoyed it much. For the night time close to the Robot Restaurant I recommend that..
Backpackers Hostel K's House TokyoTokyo, Japan
The hostel was excellent overall I had a smelly room but it was the luck of the draw with who was in the room. I was there at a busy time during golden week so it couldn't be helped. Met many cool people and went out to tight clubs with the locals who frequency stays here and DJs. Near a station and a 7-11 like next door.
Khaosan Tokyo KabukiTokyo, Japan
Sweet hostel and next to the stations. Next to Asakusa and a hope to many locations. Good places all around it. The beds were great I had no issues and the staff was really cool. I came at a busy time so only stayed one night but will return later this summer for sure.
365 InnBeijing, China
This hostel was a little tricky to see I passed it twice it looked like a bar from the front. But, it was a nice stay for a good lay over. It's about a 12 min walk from the station. The station is near the square and forbidden city about 12 mins walk as well. The bar/dinner area was nice and cheap so can't complain. The rooms were nice as well. I would stay here gain on my next come around.
Moustache HostelNew Delhi, India
Stay for a two night stay and its a nice place just a little far from places to go drinking or entertainment areas. But, its key to travel to the sights of the city. The staff were awesome I didn't have any problems asking for anything. Note you cannot consume alcoholic at the hostel per rules. My only concern was booking what was noted as a two bed private room with my brah and it was only one bed. We are bros so it was ok but the booking noted other. Good for a few days stop.
Green Guest HouseKagoshima, Japan
Ok so I have stayed here twice staying in the mix dorm on the 3rd floor and guys dorm on the 4th floor. Pro of the capsule style in the mix is good private space and nice space. Con its next to the kitchen area or lounge so in the early morning its hard to sleep as you hear people talk and making noises in the Am. The 4th floor mix is better when it came down to being able to sleep. The hostel itself is close to the ports to travel out. Its about a 10-15 walk from the main strip of tenmonkan.
Casa NodaNagasaki, Japan
The hostel is a tram stop away from the Nagasaki Station and a walk away from Dejima. Also really good eats at Dejima port if you want to try local Champon Udon really good. Also a tram ride or 20 min walk from Gunkanjima ferry tour I recommend seeing it. Staff is nice to give you info. Be cool if they had a board showing all the sites or recommendation like other hostels but other then that great place.
Backpackers Hostel K's House HiroshimaHiroshima, Japan
About a 2 min walk from the nearest tram and about 10 mins walk from the main station. The hostel is in a quite residential part of the city. It was a very nice hostel and the staff was nice and helpful. There were many places to see but during the Japanese holidays many were closed from Dec 30 to Jan 3. But, I would come back and stay here to see what I missed for sure. You can hope a tram to Atom dome in 15 mins or 35 mins to Miyajima.
Reggae Mansion Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This is one the top hostels I have stayed at in terms of Atmosphere with a roof top bar where you can drink and even smoke a hookah. They have a their own restaurant with decent price food as well and usually have a BBQ at night as well. Very close to China town if you want to haggle some shops. Also near a station about 5 mins walk away. Great place to meet and swap stories with travelers."
Five Stones HostelSingapore, Singapore
Very nice Hostel and really clean. It matches the the cleanness of Singapore. Great theme and super friendly and cute staff who help in any way they can. It location is near China Town and close to Clark Q the partying drink area. I used the subway and tram system very little as everything was so close. It was a little quite but a great place in terms or meeting up with others.
Rainbow Lodge HKHong Kong, Hong Kong
It's a newer hostel by the look of the place. The common area is nice to chill out in. The pictures can make the hostel look much bigger then what it is. The hostel itself is not far from the subway station and walking distance of 10 mins to star ferry. The rooms can tend to be quite cramped when fully filled. The bathroom room however is next to the check in desk so someone just went and you could smell it. The bathroom is unisex with two showers one good size and the other very small.
Kagoshima Little Asia Guest HouseKagoshima, Japan
Not the cleanest but close to the main station. Staff was always like hurry up and check out. Not much of a place to meet fellow travelers a quite place.
Tani9 Backpackers OsakaOsaka, Japan
The location is about 15 to 20 mins depending on the station. It can be a little hard to find if you come late in the evening. The hostel is close to Namba which is nice. The hostel is narrow and felt a little cramped. The staff was really nice and gave some good information about a Owl cafe which was awesome. Overall it was an average hostel not much of a community as to meet others.
Khaosan Fukuoka AnnexFukuoka City, Japan
This hostel is only about a 10 minute walk from the main station. It has a nice little bar/restaurant connected to it. The bed was very nice with good space. I'm 6"3 and I was comfortable and could stretch out. The only thing which was a bummer was I wanted to cancel a day of my stay but still had to pay for it. I could of got a normal hotel in the area due to this. But, overall all was good here.
Jimmyz BackpackersSapporo, Japan
Jimmy the owner is awesome even told me a place to get all you can eat crab and drinks. The hostel was clean and not too far from a subway station. I will stay here again on my next visit.
Guesthouse TennojiOsaka, Japan
I had a excellent stay here! They staff was super nice and the location is just around the corner from the station. But, what really put this hostel high on my vote was the fact I left a item behind and they were really nice and sent it to me. I will be staying here again when I make my next visits!
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Tabicolle BackpackersFukuoka City, Japan
Staff was amazing and stayed working late to check me in as I was a late arrival. Very patience and helpful. I would stay again for sure. About a 12 minute walk away from the station and across from a kobinne. The only thing I would say is the bunk bed I was on was very squeaky. I felt bad for who was below me as when I moved it would make noise. Luck of the draw for a bed.


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This is going to be a long one I'm afraid folks ... a fair bit to cram into this thread so I will break the posts down into seperate areas.
Today was pretty much the first real get together of the Technical Specification Working Group.
A little bit of background first.
BECTA have the remit from the DfES for a host of things to do with technology in education. They are changing the processes they use to ensure that as many stakeholders as possible get some input into specifications they stick out. EduGeek have been invited to join in with this and I was happy to attend (and hassle Andy Gorton again ...).
One of the key targets of BECTA is to ensure the setup and smooth running of the National Digital Infrastructure and making sure it meets the needs of its users.
Those of you who have seen the diagram for the NDI (which can be found here) will probably have heard it called 'the frog diagram' or maybe even 'Kermit' ...
But today started off with Paul Shoesmith giving a breakdown of the 4 areas and going through the series of steps; looking at functional specifications, procurement process, stakeholder engagement and adoption. I have outlined these below but the above link has a lot more indepth information on them.
Connectivity Services –
Standards and Specifications.
NEN design criteria (autumn 2004).
Functional specs in final draft.
Technical specification in final draft.
Access management (authentication services) recommendations issued. Contractual arrangements.
Super JANET 5 procurement completed.
UKERNA to provide UK access management federation (sept 2008 … shibbohleth based?).
ISP accreditation for ISP continues.
Peer review process under development.
Content hosting and licensing strategy.
Wimax feasibility.
VoIP feasibility.
Learning Services –
Standards and specifications.
Functional specifications published.
Technical specifications in draft.
Contractual obligations.
OJEU notice issued.
PQQS under evaluation.
Contract award (December 2006).
RBC Roadshows.
Discussions underway with 'early adopters'.
Advice, guidance and support
Data Services –
Standards and specifications.
Functional specifications now commissioned.
Technical specifications to follow.
Interoperability – evaluation of options underway.
Contractual obligations.
Electronic Data Returns – MoU between suppliers and DfES in advanced draft.
Consultation underway on contractual obligations.
Review of support arrangements (in consultation).
Interoperability, proof of concept.
Workshops with potential 'early adopters'
Infrastructure Service –
Standards and specification.
Functional specifications published (Summer 2005)
Technical specifications published (Autumn 2005)
Review commencing May 2006.
FITS published.
Contractual obligations.
OJEU notice issued.
PQQ evaluation complete.
ITT issued and tenders received.
Contract awarded (July 2006)
Workshops being held with 'early adopters'.
Support on KS3 online ICT test.
FITS development programs.
Advice, guidance and support.
This is really to give you some idea of what stage the various sections of the NDI are at right now ... (please note thet the above information was taken down very quickly and one or two dates may be out)
Then we got stuck into the meat of the session ... the functional and technical specifications of the infrastructure service.
These are attached as pdf files but are also available on request as .doc or .odt


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Sauerkraut and Pork Chops Recipe
I make this hearty dish often for guests. I think the sauerkraut tastes very much like what we enjoyed in Munich restaurants when we visited Germany.
- 3 cups sauerkraut, well drained
- 2 cups applesauce
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 6 pork chops (1 inch thick and 7 ounces each)
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- In a large bowl, combine the sauerkraut, applesauce, broth, bacon, brown sugar and seasonings; spoon into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
- In a large skillet, brown pork chops in oil; drain. Place chops over the sauerkraut mixture. Sprinkle with paprika. Cover and bake at 350° for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 160°. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Pork Chops and Sauerkraut in Country October/November 1998, p51
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Enjoy this recipe with a medium-bodied white wine such as Riesling or Gewürtztraminer
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This is a keeper! Yum!
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This was great. My husband loved the Sauerkraut/Apple sauce combination. My only suggestion would be to check the pork at 45 minutes as mine was a bit dry after an hour. We will be making this again.
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I made this today and it was really really good. I tried to add it to my recipe box and it is in there but it won't let me look at it. What's up with that?


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- Rohan Ravi
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
This conversation is closed.
How does spiritual transformation lead to cultural transformation?
My understanding is that as we become more evolved spiritually we will begin to act in ways that actually push culture forward. For example if we started going to the gym everyday, we would actually be creating a subtle expansion in consciousness that invites others to visit the gym more often.
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Jul 19 2011: Rohan, I would define spiritual transformation as elevation of our intrinsic powers to love, hope and trust which in turn is uniquely expressed in our cultural traditions and transformations.
Each culture have great power and conviction to right our world but it needs to be translated and contributed in the language of our mutual interests and wield it to transform our world today.


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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Chestnut Hill College will host training for The Soldiers Project on "Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI): Implications for Assessment and Treatment" on Thursday, October 4 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the East Parlor, St. Joseph Hall.
William J. Ernst, Psy.D., assistant professor of psychology, will present the training. The training is open to social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors and those in the medical field. Two continuing education credits (CEU) will be offered for social workers, professional counselors and marriage and family therapists who attend. All members and guests who plan to attend the workshops will need to preregister to receive CEU certificates on the day of the training.
The purpose of the training is to define and describe MTBI, especially within the context of war-related injuries. Physiological processes associated with MTBI and their impact on neuropsychological functioning will be examined. Neurocognitive and socio-emotional outcomes following MTBI along with implications for assessment and treatment will be discussed.
William J. Ernst, Psy.D. is an assistant professor in the Psy.D. program in clinical psychology at Chestnut Hill College, where he teaches courses in neuropsychological assessment and biological bases of behavior. Dr. Ernst has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and has given presentations at national and state professional conferences on a number of topics including traumatic brain injury and interprofessional collaboration. He is also a clinical neuropsychologist and maintains a small independent practice focusing on neuropsychological assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders and traumatic brain injury.
The Soldiers Project Pennsylvania located on the campus of Chestnut Hill College is part of the National network of The Soldiers Project. The Pennsylvania branch was opened in the spring of 2010 to provide statewide mental health services. The Commonwealth has over 70,000 veterans who have served. The Pennsylvania Director is Sister Nancy DeCesare, IHM, PhD, a tenured faculty member, experienced clinician and administrator.
The Soldiers Project was started in 2004 by psychiatrist Judith T. Broder, M.D., who believed that it was her professional obligation to help returning troops and their families to manage the myriad of war-related mental health issues. Now nearly five years since its inception, The Soldiers Project in the Southern California area alone has more than 200 volunteer clinicians with over 400 in the entire country.
There is a $25.00 charge for those attending who are not members of The Soldiers Project PA, with or without CEU's. Registration is required.
Payment can be made at the door. Please email Sister Nancy DeCesare, Ph.D. at firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
"E. Pluribus Unum: Leukemia From Patients to Bench and Back Again"
Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Jack Goldberg, M.D., F.A.C.P., Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology,
Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Chestnut Hill College will host a training for the Soldiers Project Pennsylvania on Understanding and Treating Trauma in Military Children on Thursday, October 2, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Redmond Room, St. Joseph Hall. Registration is required at least two weeks in advance for all members and guests who plan to attend the workshop. Please email Nancy DeCesare, IHM, Ph.D., and Director of The Soldiers Project PA, at firstname.lastname@example.com to register and to receive CEU credits for the training. DeCesare may also be reached by phone at 215-248-7028. CEU credits are free for members of The Soldier's Project, and there will be a $25.00 charge for all non-members with or without CEU's. Checks should be made payable to Chestnut Hill College.
"Kanzi, Pan-Homo Culture and Theological Primatology"
Speaker: Nancy Howell, Ph.D., professor of theology and philosophy of religion,
St. Paul School of Theology
Tuesday, October 7, 7 p.m.
Commonwealth Chateau, SugarLoaf Hill
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Why is it Dark at Night?
Total Internal Reflection
The above image is an example of Total Internal Reflection (TIR). Total internal reflection is an optical phenomenon where light traveling from a denser medium to a rarer one is reflected back into the denser medium when it strikes the boundary between those two media. This occurs when the angle of incidence (see diagram below) is greater than what is known as the Critical Angle. The critical angle is the angle of incidence that results in an angle of refraction (see diagram below) of 90° . If the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle, the angle of refraction must be greater than 90° . This means that the refracted ray is actually reflected when it hits the boundary between the denser and rarer media.
Angle i = angle of incidence. In above diagram (which depicts total internal reflection) the angle i is greater than the critical angle. Angle r = angle of reflection. This angle is equal in value to angle i. The angle of refraction (pointed to in diagram) is greater than 90°
TIR is taken advantage of in Optical Fibres. Light and other electromagnetic waves are transmitted though the denser core of the glass fibre. They are then totally internally reflected when they meet the boundary between the denser core and the rarer glass cladding. This TIR occurs continually though the whole fibre, trapping the light inside. Optical Fibres are very important in telecommunications and have uses in medicine.
Researchers Use Lasers to Control Nematode Brains, Delivering commands and Manipulating Senses
Using genetic tools, researchers engineered worms whose neurons gave off fluorescent light, allowing them to be tracked during experiments.
Researchers also altered genes in the worms that made neurons sensitive to light, meaning they could be activated with pulses of laser light (using optogenetics).
They discovered that controlling the dynamics of activity in just one interneuron pair (AIY) was sufficient to force the animal to locate, turn towards, and track virtual light gradients.
The largest challenges, though, came in developing the hardware necessary to track the worms and target the correct neuron in a fraction of a second.
"The goal is to activate only one neuron," he explained. "That's challenging because the animal is moving, and the neurons are densely packed near its head, so the challenge is to acquire an image of the animal, process that image, identify the neuron, track the animal, position your laser and shoot the particularly neuron — and do it all in 20 milliseconds, or about 50 times a second.
…The end result, he said, was a system capable of not only controlling the worms' behavior, but their senses as well. In one test described in the paper, researchers were able to use the system to trick a worm's brain into believing food was nearby, causing it to make a beeline toward the imaginary meal.
The oil drop experiment was an experiment performed by Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher in 1909 to measure the elementary electric charge (the charge of the electron).
The experiment entailed balancing the downward gravitational force with the upward drag and electric forces on tiny charged droplets of oil suspended between two metal electrodes. Since the density of the oil was known, the droplets' masses, and therefore their gravitational and buoyant forces, could be determined from their observed radii. Using a known electric field, Millikan and Fletcher could determine even the charge on oil droplets in mechanical equilibrium. By repeating the experiment for many droplets, they confirmed that the charges were all multiples of some fundamental value, and calculated it to be 1.5924(17)×10−19 C, within 1% of the currently accepted value of 1.602176487(40)×10−19 C. They proposed that this was the charge of a single electron.
(Oil droplets from an atomizer enter the apparatus through a tiny hole. Some droplets acquire a frictional electric charge as they escape from the atomizer. A source of ionizing radiation, such as X rays, also produces ions. The absorption of these ions sporadically changes the electric charges on the droplets. The droplets are observed through a telescope with a measuring scale in the eyepiece. )
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James Watt's work on developing the steam engine lead to the discovery of what are now called Watt's curves and linkages. The animation above shows how they are constructed from linking a fixed radius to another with a rod. I tweaked the lengths here to make a lovely heart. With different lengths it is possible to make sections of the red curve almost exactly straight. Watt was able to use this to double the power of a beam engine, and nowadays this is used in the suspension systems of some cars. [more] [more2] [code]
This stunning National Geographic photo contest winner shows an F-15 banking at an airshow and a array of great fluid dynamics. A vapor cloud has formed over the wings of the plane due to the acceleration of air over the top of the plane. The acceleration has dropped the local pressure enough that the moisture of the air condenses. Some of this condensation has been caught by the wingtip vortices, highlighting those as well. Finally, the twin exhausts have a wake full of shock diamonds, formed by a series of shock waves and expansion fans that adjust the exhaust's pressure to match that of the ambient atmosphere. (Photo credit: Darryl Skinner/National Geographic; via In Focus; submitted by jshoer)
So the other day, I was talking to a scientist here at the lab about how electrons move through graphene (a wonder material you should really go read about if you haven't heard of it). We got onto the topic of how elements bond by sharing electrons and he asked if I could picture the Periodic Table in my head. I didn't have to imagine it because I pulled out the rolled up Periodic Table from my awesome pen (it actually came in handy!) and he started talking to me about about salt. Sodium (Na) has an extra electron it's not using and Chlorine (Cl) has space for one, so they click together and become salt! Well, I'm sure they don't actually "click" but that's what it sounds like in my head. Chemistry is more fun with sound effects.
Anyway, after this little tangent, we got back to our actual conversation, but I couldn't stop thinking about salt. I looked it up on Wikipedia, which showed me a cool picture of copper sulfate, a bright blue salt, and then I decided to go looking for pictures of other colored salts, and I stumbled upon the set of photos above.
These are from photographer Fabian Oefner, who put colored salt crystals on a speaker, attached a microphone to a flash trigger, and got these incredibly gorgeous shots as a result. I would love to have these printed on huge canvases to hang in my home.
(PS: When people ask me what I do without a TV, I never know what to say, but THIS IS WHAT I DO. I spend my evenings Googling salt and really absolutely enjoying it.)
The orbits of the moons and planets form a 4-dimensional fractal helix in spacetime.


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The best cancer clinic I've ever been to……Europe travels part 3
It's Paracelsus al Ronc in the gorgeous Southern Swiss Alps. My favorite holistic clinic (specializing in cancer but also treating for heavy metals, Lyme's and so many other things), in 18 months of traveling the world and studying at many clinics on several continents. I was astonished, by the quality diagnostics, compassionate, amazing doctor (Petra […]22 Comments • Continue Reading →
TREATMENTS AT OASIS, part 8 of 13
Structural Realignment: Every day, Dr. Lodi would ask me, "Have you seen Kathleen yet?" On my last day, I finally went to see her. She trained for a year in a branch of the work pioneered by Dr. Ida Rolf (I have heard of this therapy as "Rolfing" and have a friend who experienced miraculous […]14 Comments • Continue Reading →
More Experts on Colon Cleansing . . . part 9 of 9
Sir Arbuthnut Lane was a surgeon for the King of England and specialized in bowel issues. He removed parts of the colon and sewed the rest back together, and in the course of his practice, he noticed that many times, patients after surgery would have goiters or arthritis disappear, etc. Often, seemingly unrelated maladies improved […]6 Comments • Continue Reading →
Body Cleansing . . . part 8 of 9 on ELIMINATION
Many ancient texts speak of body cleansing, the need to fast now and then, for both physical and spiritual purification. You don't have to be a yogi to give your organs of elimination a chance to rest and repair. I think that over time, if you eat a 60-80 percent raw diet that includes […]6 Comments • Continue Reading →
Chronic Constipation . . . part 6 of 9 on ELIMINATION
You always hear about how when Elvis and John Wayne were autopsied, they had 10 or 20 lbs. of impacted fecal material in their digestive tract due to chronic constipation. I have no idea if that's urban legend. Your M.D. scoffs at the idea of cleansing, at the idea that there's a buildup of […]20 Comments • Continue Reading →


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Date: Friday, April 25, 2014The Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, will host an Arbor Day Celebration at noon. Mayor Dennis Pauley and others will speak and commemorate the first tree planted in the center's new Children's Garden. Ashley Stover of Living Lands and Waters will talk about the "Million Trees" project. Attendees may bring a brown bag lunch. Call 309-794-0991 for details.
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Two Upgrades & One Downgrade Worth Noting
Brian is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Sometimes an analyst issues a revised outlook or changes his/her rating, but does not inform investors of the reasons behind the call. These typically move stocks on the call alone; the price target and outlook. However, some analysts provide detailed reasons behind the call; these are the outlooks that should be noted and used as part of your fundamental research. Therefore, I am taking a look at such outlooks and determining the best way to utilize the information.
Facebook continues to rise with a change of perception
Shares of Facebook received yet another upgrade on Monday, by Raymond James. The analyst, Aaron Kessler, cited expectations for increasing monetization due to mobile, new ad formats, and international. These are the catalysts that have led many to upgrade shares of Facebook over the last few months, ever since CEO Mark Zuckerburg's interview with Tech Crunch where he disclosed strength in mobile and with ads. As a result, shares rallied another 2%.
My only problem with this upgrade is that it comes at $31.50 when the stock is trading with a price/sales of 14.70. This follows a common pattern of analysts upgrading stocks when they trend higher and downgrading when they trade lower. Shouldn't analysts do the opposite to capitalize on value? I have covered and have written on this subject in extreme detail, and for that fact I think Facebook may be a little too expensive and that Kessler is late to the party.
Citi sees higher profits for Sony
It's not too often that shares of fallen electronic giant Sony get an upgrade, however Citi joins the ban of analysts who think that Sony might now be presenting upside. The firm specifically notes the company's electronics division and a belief that recent "moves" could result in improved profitability. The stock moved 5% on this news combined with news that the Chinese government might lift its ban on videogame consoles. Sony continues to be the cheapest of the large tech stocks and therefore it could trade higher due to being oversold. The problem is that in technology a company needs innovation, and I don't see the next "iPhone" on the horizon from this tech company.
It simply looks ugly for AK Steel
After a fairly large rally in the month of December, shares of AK Steel have lost 9% of their value in 2013, including more than 5% on Monday. The stock was given a harsh downgrade by Goldman Sachs and a $3 price target. The firm specifically noted the stock's recent rally, saying that it was unwarranted given the view for weak, flat steel prices. As I said, the firm was somewhat harsh with its downgrade, mentioning a number of issues such as the company's highly leveraged balance sheet, high pension funding requirements, and a high capex to fund its raw material strategy. Goldman says that it sees no end in sight for the company, and quite frankly, I agree. The stock trades with a price/sales of just 0.08, but continues to lose money and is operating in a very weak industry. Therefore, I wouldn't buy the stock, yet because of it being so oversold I am not sure that it will fall to $3.
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If you are itching to switch on your iPad or Kindle reader while your plane taxis for takeoff, you are going to have to wait at least a little longer.
A panel assembled by the Federal Aviation Administration to consider relaxing the rules on using portable electronic devices on airplanes has asked for more time to come up with its recommendations.
The panel — made up of representatives from airlines, aircraft builders and electronics firms, as well as pilots, flight attendants and others — was scheduled to produce a recommendation by Wednesday. Instead, it has asked to continue deliberations until Sept. 30.
If the panel is having trouble reaching a consensus, that wouldn't be surprising. The comments submitted to the group show that Americans overall are split on the subject.
Rich Santoriello of Raleigh, N.C., commented in favor of easing the rules that prohibit using electronic devices during takeoffs and landings.
"I would like to use my iPad during takeoff and landing while it is in airplane mode and not emitting any signals," he wrote.
Albert Smith of Morris, Ill., agreed, writing: "They make me turn off my Kindle. It is a book reader. It does not transmit anything."
Travelers who want to keep the current restrictions in place pointed to issues of safety and courtesy.
"Allowing portable electronic devices to be used on the plane will make passengers less likely to listen to safety instructions, and rather than helping out in case of an emergency, there will be someone updating their Facebook status as 'losing cabin pressure,' " wrote Molly Major of Minot, N.D.
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The investments that many hotels made to upgrade their properties after the Great Recession are starting to pay off. Overall hotel guest satisfaction, measured on a 1,000-point scale, jumped 20 points since 2012 to an average of 777, according to the latest J.D. Power & Associates study of guests' satisfaction with North American hotels.
Experts say the latest scores, the highest marks in seven years, are a response to upgrades and remodeling projects done by hotels to entice guests back after the financial crisis.
The J.D. Power study also found that price is not the best way to choose a hotel. Guests who choose a hotel primarily based on price are not as happy with their hotel as those who choose based on information they dig up from hotel review websites, according to the study.
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Missile site to get new visitor center
The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota is building a new visitor center. The center will house educational displays, a theater and retail space.
The grand opening is set for November 2014.
The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site was established in 1999 to commemorate the history and significance of the Cold War. The site preserves the last remaining Minuteman II missile system in the country.
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text: Just in time for Valentines day, Nokia has made the E63 available (in red or blue) for retail purchase in the US. It's available in their flagship stores in Chitown and New York or you can grab it online. Price for the handset is $279 with no contract. Sweet. Building on top of the popular Nokia E71, the E63 sports a full QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, 3G connectivity, 2MP camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, full web browser and Symbian S60 OS.


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Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger says right knee ōfeels greatö
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"It feels great. I was excited to get back here," Roethlisberger told Solomon Wilcots on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access." "Took a big break after the surgery, took a couple weeks off, and I did that on purpose so I could have time to rest."
Roethlisberger said that he took a head-start with his workout program this offseason. He's currently focused on "getting back to playing good football" after a season in which the Steelers posted an 8-8 record and missed the playoffs.
Tomlin initially stated over the weekend, that he was confident quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be able to continue practiced during training camp, despite experiencing discomfort in his knee, since his position does not demand a great deal of running. But due to Roethlisberger undergoing surgery on that knee in early June, Tomlin's comment quickly turned around to raise a few injury concerns regarding the quarterback.
The 31-year-old Ben Roethlisberger also put to rest the rumors of any perceived frustrations between him and second-year offensive coordinator Todd Haley, revealing that his relationship with Haley has developed since last season.
"And I'm not just saying that. Last year obviously had its growing pains; it is what it is. And it's more than just him and I," Roethlisberger told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review over the weekend. "It was him and other coaches, him and other players, but obviously people are going to talk about the quarterback and the coordinator more. "
"People blew up the hatred thing or the butting heads, there was none of that. It was like any coordinator, quarterback and head coach, there's always going to be issues," Roethlisberger added. "I had them with BA (Bruce Arians) and coach Whis (Ken Whisenhunt). I think they got blown up."
"But I think so far this year it's been really good. We've been able to talk, to communicate, and I see a relationship really kind of coming together."
Roethlisberger said now the two are in agreement on the offense that combines "the best of all of us ... what we can do together."
The departure of Mike Wallace to Miami this offseason and the uncertainty over Heath Miller's return from a serious knee injury may be one of the many issues on the offense, but at least there don't seem to be any long term concerns regarding the player who runs the Steelers' offense.


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Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) - The Colorado Rockies have signed first baseman Justin Morneau to a two-year contract with a mutual option for 2016.
The Denver Post indicated last week that the deal will pay the former AL MVP just under $13 million.
Morneau, who spent the first 10 1/2 seasons of his career with the Minnesota Twins before he was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates late last season, will have the tall task of replacing long-time Rockies first baseman Todd Helton.
Over 11 seasons in the majors, the Canadian slugger has batted .277 with 221 homers and 863 RBI.
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as a Brooklyn resident, I want to show my physical support at the Occupation, but I don't want to get beaten, tortured, and potentially killed. I appreciate the gathers, permanent and temporary, on a much deeper level now, understanding that they not only stand up for millions of people who cannot attend but they risk their lives in order to protect it. THAT is protecting and serving. NOT what the criminal police 'represent'.
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Buffalo Burgers with Raisin-Garlic Mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons chopped raisins
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced flat-leaf parsley
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 2 pounds ground buffalo
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 hamburger buns, toasted
- Romaine lettuce leaves, for serving
- 1. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, raisins, garlic and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
- 2. Heat a large cast-iron skillet. Add the pine nuts and cook over low heat, stirring a few times, until well browned, about 5 minutes; let cool. In a large bowl, gently mix the ground buffalo with the pine nuts. Pat the meat into 4 burgers. Rub each burger with some of the soy sauce and season with salt and pepper.
- 3. In the skillet, heat the oil just until smoking. Add the burgers and cook over high heat until browned, crusty and rare, about 2 minutes per side. Serve the burgers on the buns with lettuce and the raisin-garlic mayonnaise.
- Make Ahead: The mayonnaise can be refrigerated for up to 2 days.
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