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A delicious springtime salad - wonderful contrast between the sweet sugar snap peas and the savory bacon. I would increase the arugula, to balance out the ingredients more with the chicken and cannellini. I also would recommend a more robust base to the dressing than the chicken broth - perhaps equal parts olive oil and cider vinegar.
White Bean Salad with Chicken and Sugar Snap Peas
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 3/4 cups)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 229
- Calories from fat: 23%
- Fat: 5.8g
- Saturated fat: 2.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1g
- Protein: 20.8g
- Carbohydrate: 22.7g
- Fiber: 6.2g
- Cholesterol: 39mg
- Iron: 2.6mg
- Sodium: 550mg
- Calcium: 103mg
- 2 cups sugar snap peas
- 1/2 pound boneless,skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 cups arugula
- 1 (19-ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 3 bacon slices
- 1/2 cup chopped Vidalia green onions
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- Steam snap peas, covered, 3 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water.
- Sprinkle chicken with 1/8 teaspoon pepper and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Heat oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 4 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from pan; shred chicken; place in a large bowl. Add snap peas, arugula, and beans to ckicken; toss well.
- Add bacon to pan; cook over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan; crumble. Reserve 2 teaspoons drippings in pan. Add onions and garlic; cook 3 minutes or until soft, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; add remaining pepper, 1/8 teaspoon salt, bacon, broth, and the remaining ingredients. Drizzle dressing over salad; toss to coat. Serve immediately
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Harvest Time In The Willamette Valley!
At the end of this growing season, Frances Dyer has high hopes for the 2012 vintage of Willamette Valley wineries.
We've had an amazing summer here at Little Green Pickle, but when the sunny season comes to a close and the overcast clouds are on their way, Portlanders will transition from throwing backyard BBQs to cozying up indoors with a slow cooker and a good cookbook. And, for the 200+ wineries in the Willamette Valley, October means Harvest time!
The Willamette Valley AVA is Oregon's largest wine growing region at 5,200 square miles. The region is most well known for its world-class Pinot Noir, but also produces delicious Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay and several other unique varieties. In Portland Monthly's annual Oregon's 50 Best Wines, the majority of the list was Willamette Valley wineries.
(Great promo video for Oregon wines, courtesy of Travel Oregon)
As for this year's vintage, a winery can plan and prepare all they want, but so much of the taste and quality of the wine will ultimately depend on the climate the grapes grow in from year to year. It can't be too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, harvested too soon or too late - everything has to come together seamlessly for a good vintage. We have high hopes for 2012's harvest as The Oregonian's wine columnist, Katherine Cole, just tweeted "Countdown to harvest in Will. Valley. Some have started; others will next week. Sunny days and cold nights continue. Vintage could be epic."
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Value investors looking for companies that have the potential for long-term growth might take a look at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN). With the development of its anti-PCSK9 drug REGN727, this company may continue to increase in value as research shows incredible potential for this drug in the anti-cholesterol market.
For a Quick Education on Cholesterol
We have a gene that has been named PCSK9. Mutations in this gene cause severe elevations in total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL). Remember that bad cholesterol? This is the one! It is used to transport cholesterol from the liver to tissues throughout the body. It can build up on the walls of your arteries, and is the main source of plaque buildup. The more LDL you have in your blood, the greater your risk of heart disease.
Statins like Lipitor manufactured by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and the new generic form Atrovastatin have worked for the last 30 years but two problems exist. Statins have some adverse side affects and there is a population that cannot use them. This new drug provides an alternative.
Regeneron's First Study shows Great Promise
Regeneron, in conjunction with the French drug maker Sanofi SA (NYSE: SNY), has been developing REGN727. These are the results of its initial study:
- The drug targets the PCSK9 gene.
- Has shown to lower cholesterol by 72%.
- Significantly lowered LDL levels.
- No discontinuations were needed during the study because of adverse events.
What does this mean for Regeneron Pharmaceutical?
There is a great market for this class of drugs. The anti-PCSK9 drugs could fetch $8 billion to $25 billion a year in sales, depending on pricing and how widely they are prescribed. The market may include:
- The sickest patients who have had a heart attack or are at higher risk.
- Those for whom statins show minimal results. This could be up to 40% of present users.
- Nine million Americans (alone) are deemed at high or very high risk of heart-related problems, and could benefit most from PCSK9 drugs added to statins.
- A million people cannot use statins. They also could benefit.
Regeneron plans to begin Phase II, a number of large late-stage trials of REGN 727, by mid-2012. REGN727 could generate huge sales if it succeeds in larger trials and remains free of serious safety concerns. This will also mean large revenue for the company. This is a company with looking at for the long-term growth investor.


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In honor of the 1,000th post on Calumet 412, I thought it would only be right to feature the site's patron saints, the Everleigh sisters.
As I've stated before, Calumet 412 was the phone number at Chicago's (if not the world's) most famous brothel, The Everleigh Social Club.
To me, Madames Minna and Ada reflect the entrepeneurial, scandalous and eudemonious spirit of our great city.
If you haven't read Karen Abbott's, Sin in the Second City, do it now…it's perfect on it's own or a great accompaniment to Erik Larson's, Devil in the White City. You'll love the city even more for it!
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The Causeway Commission considers big changes to improve safety. The enhancements could mean higher tolls.
"I think it's extremely safe. I've always been amazed at how fast, if I call the police number that somebody comes," says Gina Hall.
Most drivers tell FOX 8, they feel comfortable traveling the Causeway every day, but several incidents involving vehicle breakdowns can cause concern.
"Yeah, I've seen a couple of breakdowns on the bridge," says Leon Puissegur.
"We've got a safe bridge, but this thing has been here for 50-years and the biggest problem, frankly, is breakdowns," says Carlton Dufrechou.
The Causeway experiences on average between 200 and 300 car breakdowns a month, which can become a real safety hazard that ties up traffic.
"Everything literally stops. From the dispatchers to police officers, they are all focused on getting to that breakdown right away," says Dufrechou.
President of the Causeway Commission, Carlton Dufrechou, is proposing a plan to add safety lanes on portions of the bridge.
"It would be a segmented shoulder, basically a two block long shoulder that would be placed on either side of the northbound bridge and southbound bridge. There would be a total of 12 of them," says Dufrechou.
The project , though, would cost between 50 and 60 million dollars. If that plan is ultimately approved, those safety pull off lanes could be incorporated into a shoulder.
"As much as an opportunist as I am, I cannot see any way to reasonably afford that. Whether it's through grants or toll increases, it's too high," says Dufrechou.
He says adding a shoulder that runs the entire length of the bridge would cost three quarters of a billion dollars, so for now, he's focused on the 12 safety lanes.
Still, it could mean higher tolls.
"Oh, I'm not for more tolls. I didn't want the tolls on the West bank Expressway either," says Carla Fisher.
"It's like three dollars now. I think that's high enough," says Cindy Emcalade.
Some drivers have a different opinion.
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Welcome friends. I actually made a blog dedicated to this beard. You can submit pictures of beared jimmy if you want! Enjoy :p
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I've been up all night creating these Jimmy collages, but I'm not completely done yet,so there's so more stuff up to follow :D
These are meant to be desktop wallpapers. You may download them if you like :)
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Male fox reacting to seeing a female fox.
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|Ecrire son lecteur : L'évolution du narrateur américain et l'emploi de la deuxième personne, 1750-2000
|Joshua Parker1
|Cette thèse analyse les fonctionnements de la deuxième personne dans la littérature anglaise et nord américaine de 1750 à 2000. Après avoir démontré comment elle fonctionne comme système chez des romanistes britanniques du 18ème siècle et de diviser ses usages en catégories, elle trace les développements de son usage en commençant avec son apparition dans les premières écritures nord américaines. Elle la suivra jusqu'à la fin du vingtième siècle, avec une concentration sur la littérature contemporaine et son évolution depuis les années quatre-vingts. La thèse part de l'idée que la narration d'un auteur à ses lecteurs en utilisant "you" est plus directe et crée une relation particulière entre auteur et lecteur qui est en train de se développer de plus en plus dans la littérature contemporaine, notamment en Amérique. Enfin, elle explique comment ça a un lien direct avec les communications en général entre les gens de cette fin du siècle: des communications qui sont á la fois plus direct et plus compliqué. Elle traite aussi de la comparaison de cet usage en anglais et en français, en vue de montrer des différences entre la relation auteur-lecteur dans les deux langues.
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|Writing the Reader: A History of Second Person Fiction and Theory, 1750-2000.
|"Second person narratives" may often be experimental, but are hardly new. The forms they take today are just the latest in a long history that stretches back to our earliest records of written English narratives. This dissertation traces the various forms they have taken in the past and the criticism they have provoked, exploring the historical links between narratorial apostrophe, indefinite or generic "you" address, and "experimental" uses of second person. This dissertation argues that what many theorists of narrative call "second person fiction" can no longer be limited to texts which use the pronoun "you" to designate a fictional protagonist. While examples of such texts date back at least as far as the 19th century (Nathaniel Hawethorne provides one notable early example), and sections of longer texts have used this technique as early as the 17th century, interest in 2nd person protagonist fiction mounted in the latter half of the 20th century. As authors like Butor, Perec, and Calvino found international critical success, experimenting with second person became almost a rite of passage for many writers, spawning hybrid and partial forms of use. Moreover, second person use once considered experimental has become commonplace in contemporary fiction – both literary and mainstream. Part One examines narratorial apostrophe, first in several Old English texts and then in a range of texts from the 13th century to the 17th, when, with the influence of continental linguistic habit, writers for a time had a choice of second person pronouns: the quotidian "thou," the socially formal "you," and the plural "ye." A brief inquiry into how pronoun use adapted to social, political, and cultural changes closes with a study of the use of second person in texts by Sterne, Kirkland, and Fielding. The fluctuating use of "thou" and "you" in these 18th texts seems by turns to indicate reference to an ideal or "textual reader" (Mieke Bal), and to a growing awareness on the part of these writers of a wider audience now present with the advent of mass production and distribution of literary texts: an audience at once unknown and in control of authors' financial success. Part Two explores how writers in the 19th century adapted narratorial apostrophe to the general disappearance of "thou" and how perceptions of their reading audience might have been related. More importantly, this section examines the increasing use of indefinite "you," especially in the U.S., in 19th century texts by Melville and Hawethorne. Increasing use of indefinite "you" – and the creation of a "generic narrattee" capable of becoming an actor on certain narratological levels of a text – opened the door for the "you" protagonist. Part Three examines 20th century critics' early responses to second person protagonists, tracing reactions from the New Critics through Poststructuralism, and finally through the work of several contemporary narratologists. The increasing volume of "second person fictions" being produced in the latter half of the 20th century caused theorists like Genette, Fludernik, and Bal to reexamine and revamp traditional narratological "levels" of texts, and to examine how integral metalepse has become to contemporary fiction. Finally, this dissertation asks how we might place texts which increasingly use a mix of indefinite "you," apostrophe, and other more complex forms of second person within a traditional narratological framework. A synthesis of Greimas, Bremond, and Ricoeur is useful for diagramming what author-reader-character relations are indicated by such use, in a time where, according to linguist Eric Hyman, indefinite "you" may be fast becoming the unmarked use of the pronoun. We also examine a more general perspective on the dialogical relations of locuteur and interlocuteur, identification and alterity with fictional figures through the writings of Martin Buber, Kaya Silverman, and Mark Currie. Part Four uses the narratological schema developed in part three to examine several contemporary fictions not normally considered "second person fiction." Finally, I examine how the increasing use of second person in contemporary fiction isn't limited to French and American writers, but is also increasingly present in the work of foreign writers who work in English or French.
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Carolyn's Happy Tribal Modern
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To me, there's nothing more classy than a clean-lined gray velvet sofa. But let's face it, my style never has been (nor ever will be) 100% elegant. I need a bit of fun, funk, and color in my life.
Since we get to indulge in a bit of dreaming here, I started with a sofa style I've been coveting for years. To keep the look cohesive, I stuck with the modern lines of the sofa, sticking primarily to clean shapes and geometric patterns for my accent pieces. For the requisite dose of oomph, I drew inspiration for my color palette from a kilim rug, opting for an array of vibrant and energizing hues.
1. 36" x 48" giraffes poster by Debbie Carlos, $50.00 plus shipping at Etsy:
I'm a fan of large-scale art, and Debbie's black-and-white pieces have a slight roughness to them that I find compelling. If you really wanted to sass this piece up, it would look killer in a 1/2" colored frame.
2. Skyline Furniture Upholstered Armless Accent Chair in Yellow Slub, $286.99 at Wayfair.com: Happy, bright, and cozy. Need I say more?
3. Charles Bronze Floor Lamp, $399.00 at Crate and Barrel:
With all of the pattern and color in this room, there needs to be at least one element that's not an attention hog. This floor lamp is simple, interesting, and elegant enough to add character to the space without overwhelming it.
4. White Wood Stool Side Table, $84.99 at West Elm:
I love a unique shape, and this space could use a bit of curve, what with all the geometric lines.
5. Vintage Chest of Drawers in Lipstick Red from Mint Home, $299.00 plus shipping on Etsy: this punchy little thing would make an excellent TV stand.
6. 12" x 20" Kelly Wearstler Katana Pillow in Jade/Teal by Sparkmodern, $65.00 plus shipping on Etsy: In my opinion, Kelly Wearstler can do no wrong, so even the barest hint of her influence here makes me happy. The jade color picks up on similar tones in the rug, and the sharp lines of the textile visually help connect the solid-colored sofa to the chevrons of the accent chair.
7. Turkish Kilim Rug from seller cakirhali, $149.00 plus shipping on Ebay.com:
I love how a kilim can add a bit of color, history, and texture to a room instantly. This one evokes a traditional pattern while also passing for modern and fitting nicely with the room's other, more contemporary geometrics.
8. 8' x 10' Twill Stripe Jute Rug in Bleached Ivory, $379.00 at Pottery Barn:
The kilim isn't large enough for the space, so I've opted to place it on top of this larger, subtly patterned jute rug. It's practical, durable, and neutral, while still adding a bit of texture and pizzazz.
9. Royce Sofa in Charcoal, $1,699.00 at ZGallerie
In terms of sofas, one might expect the words "tufting" and "bolsters" to bring a more antique aesthetic to mind. But no! This is one sassy, classy, and contemporary sofa. And, to top it all off, it's velvet — seriously, it's the stuff of dreams.
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I love this room, and love that you're sources are relatively within reach. Thanks!
The kilim rug makes me smile. Great selection.
The geographic lines in the rug, chair, and pillow tie it all in so well!
That #4 side table really does have great lines and feels the most "tribal!" Tribal Modern is an interesting concept. I think I prefer something a bit more bohemian but that can get so cluttered can't it? It will be fun to try and find a balance between the two! Thanks for the inspiration.
A giraffe print does not tribal make.
I just saw that sofa at ZGallerie and drooled over it ! Even prettier in person:)
I looked at this a month ago when it was first posted and every time I pass by it on AT i still love it so much. It's totally my ideal living room. I love different shades of primary colors like that.
Where's the hanging cane chair? D:


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The similarities between Fire and Magic in a world where Magic exists or might once have.
|If you are writing a fantasy short story or novel that includes Magic, have you thought much about its nature, or is it just something that is there to be used whenever you need it? If you have a clear picture in your mind of how Magic works in your fantasy setting, it will help give your writing that consistent feel that readers expect. With this essay, I put forth one possible view of Magic, not necessarily for you to emulate, but with the hope that it will spark some creative flame within you to devise your own concepts of Magic.
I view Magic as akin to Fire. It isn't there until the conditions are right for it. The wizard knows how to bring about those conditions. The right conditions might also happen accidentally, whether it be nature starting a random Fire or creating a random outburst of Magic. The careless handling of Fire can be dangerous, just as can be the careless handling of Magic.
Fire relies on a particular substance, namely oxygen, to be present. This substance is invisible to the naked eye, but is available on a widespread basis. It is not ubiquitous, however, and so you have areas where Fire can not be created. I see Magic as the same. There is a substance, let's call it manna in this essay, that must be present for Magic to exist. There can be areas where manna does not exist, and in those places Magic can not be invoked.
Since manna is (probably) not oxygen, it does not necessarily only exist in the same places as oxygen. But you could say that manna is oxygen if you wanted to define it that way in your world. Then Magic could only be done in the same places where Fire can be created. Or you could say that manna is water. Anywhere that moisture exists, you could invoke Magic. Or you could say that manna comes from the soul, so that anywhere that you find creatures with souls, you could invoke Magic. You could go so far as to say that the planet has a soul, and thus if you are on or near the planet, you have a source of manna, but you could also draw it from yourself or a nearby person if you needed to. If you associate manna with life energy (which may or may not indicate the presence of a soul, depending on your definition of soul), then you could draw manna from animals or plants or yourself (or the planet if you consider the planet to be a living thing).
Just as we scarcely ever worry about depleting the overall supply of oxygen when we start a Fire, so do we scarcely ever worry about depleting the overall supply of manna when we practice Magic. But we can deplete local supplies of either oxygen or manna.
Fire typically consumes the item with which oxygen was combined to create the Fire. But some substances are inflammable, and will not burn when exposed to Fire.
Perhaps Magic also has a consuming effect, and thus burns out items that are not properly prepared. Items that are prepared properly can be exposed to Magic without being consumed by it. Wizards themselves may be of this nature, as are perhaps permanently enchanted items. Less well prepared magic items might turn to dust after first use or a few uses.
Most objects considered inflammable can still be incinerated by a Fire that is hot enough. So it is with Magic. If you direct Magic at a target and that target is not sufficiently protected, then the Magic will effect it.
Oxygen on Earth is required for certain living things to continue living, and is a byproduct of other living things. This creates a symbiotic relationship between the two types of living things. What if it were the same with manna? What if manna is necessary for fey kindred to live, but is a byproduct of mundane kindred? In such a world, what would happen if the mundane kindred evolved so as to no longer produce manna? They might continue on with their lives, while the fey kindred died off.
Do you believe there are fey kindred on our Earth now? If not, might there once have been, but they died off because we mundanes stopped producing manna? If you do think fey kindred are here, whether we mundanes can see them or not, might they be dependent on something that we mundanes produce without knowing? Perhaps the fey need to stay close to mundanes to survive.
Moreover, our very existence might depend on something that the fey produce, and we, with all our science, do not even realize it, because it is something we cannot measure. Perhaps the unseen fey produce emotional energy that boosts our own, and without it we mundanes would be more depressed and angry than many of us already our. It could be that without the fey, we mundanes would devolve into uncivilized packs of primitive mammals.
Once you make certain conjectures about the nature of Magic, you can keep extending them until eventually you have a large set of consistent rules for Magic that will draw your readers into your fantasy world and suspend their disbelief.


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The Cost Of Making Jerky.
You are probably like me and love Jerky but just cant stand to pay the outrages price at the store.
Good Jerky is going to cost you around $1.00 per oz. and sometimes more.
Lets weigh out the cost of buying good jerky compared to the price of making it your self
First of all like I said buying jerky is going to cost about a buck a oz. 20 pounds of purchased jerky would be approximately $320.00 . WOW you say. That's right. Why do I use 20 pounds as a reference? Because of the fact that if your a big game hunter you will have a lot more meat then 20 pounds.
Even if you don't have any jerky making equipment your first batch will pay for it self.
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Dehydrator $60.00
Jerky Gun $20.00
Food Processor $40.00
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"Hey, I really, REALLY, am not a machine'
I was in the group that talked to Albert Pujols after the game. He really didn't seem like he was in a very good mood for a guy who hit two home runs in a win. I asked him if he noticed any difference between this year's Barry Zito's and what he has seen in […] [Read More]
Saturday's lineup
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Romo activated, Frandsen demoted, Sandoval returns
No surprises here. The Giants returned Kevin Frandsen to Triple-A Fresno as they activated RHP Sergio Romo from the DL. Frandsen went hitless in 16 at-bats during his time in the bigs. The organization still wants him to play every day. Pablo Sandoval returns to the lineup playing first base. The lineup is Rowand-Renteria-Winn-Molina-Sandoval-Lewis-Uribe-Burriss-Cain. Apparently […] [Read More]
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Sometimes it's fun to stick a title on the old Splash that I know is going to attract some flame. Let's start by punting on the debate over the value of his two-year, $18.5 million contract. Perhaps that was the check they had to write to get this Colombia native and Miami/Colombia resident to move […] [Read More]
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Outfielder Andres Torres, out since April 28 with a hamstring injury, is likely to be activated tonight. He is here, as is reliever Sergio Romo, who will not be activated until tomorrow or Friday. That means two players will have to be cut. Both will be position players, as manager Bruce Bochy said the team […] [Read More]
The skinny on Pablo
The results of Pablo Sandoval's MRI are in, and manager Bruce Bochy said the third baseman has a strained muscle in his right elbow. Bochy said Sandoval will be unavailable today, could be available to pinch hit Tuesday and is expected to return to the lineup over the weekend. With a twist. Sandoval could return […] [Read More]
High-level source says Cain not being dangled
Some years back, there was a Giants beat reporter who was king of the "knockdown note." Whenever you wrote a little trade rumor or some other tidbit, he would come back the next day and say it wasn't true. I used to joke that he programmed his computer so he could hit one key that […] [Read More]
Catcher Whiteside promoted; Misch optioned
The Giants purchased the contract of catcher Eli Whiteside from AAA Fresno and optioned Pat Misch. The Giants need a catcher because Pablo Sandoval has an elbow injury. Whiteside will start today, with Bengie Molina as DH.Travis Ishikawa starts at first base. Sandoval said the elbow feels better today. Noah Lowry moves to the 60-day […] [Read More]
Sandoval to undergo tests on elbow
Amid the Giants' celebration after their 5-1 win tonight there was some concern about Pablo Sandoval's throwing elbow. Sandoval said he felt something give in the elbow while throwing out Franklin Gutierrez in the eighth inning Friday night. It was very sore today and he was limited to pinch-hitting. Even then, he only could hit […] [Read More]
Sabean in trade talks for a bat
The beat writers just spoke to GM Brian Sabean for 20 minutes. I'll write about it more in my game story, but here are the main bullet points: – Sabean is discussing potential trades for hitters, and he has dropped his unwillingness to go after a player who will be a free agent this year. […] [Read More]
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Rice and Ham Croquettes with Tomato Sauce
Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Sarah Cave
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Total: 2 Hours, 20 Minutes
- 3 cups cooked long-grain rice
- 1 1/2 cups finely diced country ham or prosciutto (about 6 oz.)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped green onions, white and light green parts only
- 1 (3-oz.) package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 1/4 cups panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
- Vegetable oil
- Tomato Sauce, warm
- 1. Preheat oven to 225°. Stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl until blended; season with salt and pepper to taste. Lightly beat 1 egg, and gently stir into rice mixture until blended. Stir together milk and remaining egg in a small bowl until blended; place breadcrumbs in a shallow bowl.
- 2. Form rice mixture into 1-inch balls, using wet hands. Dip balls in egg mixture, and roll in breadcrumbs, shaking off excess.
- 3. Pour oil to depth of 1 1/2 inches into a Dutch oven; heat over medium-high heat to 340°. Fry croquettes, in batches, 4 to 5 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to an oven-safe platter lined with paper towels, and keep warm in a 225° oven. Serve croquettes with warm Tomato Sauce.
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The Acura TSX has grown considerably over the years, so much so in fact that Acura has decided that for top level performance the car has outgrown its four-cylinder powerplant. So to add some beef to the already impressive sports-sedan, Acura has stuffed a 280hp 3.5-liter V6 engine under the hood for the 2010 model year.
The V6 model will not replace the current car, but rather join the already successful four-cylinder engine.
With 280hp, the new V6 is 79 horsepower more powerful than the four-cylinder. The 280 number isn't all that significant for a V6, however, so we do expect a less high-strung engine with torque numbers close in line to the horsepower figures.
The V6 engine will be mated to Acura's Sequential SportShift automatic transmission, which includes features such as Grade Logic Control and Shift Hold Control. The new V6 models will come with steering-wheel mounted paddle shifters.
New 2010 V6 modes will also get 18-inch wheels with Michelin tires, revised suspension system, a slightly modified front fascia and V6 badges.
"The automotive market may be slowing down, but not Acura," said Jeff Conrad, vice president of Acura sales. "With improved acceleration and handling, the new 280 horsepower V-6 adds even more sport to the already sporty nature of the popular TSX sports sedan."
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did this in around 2 hours, just playing around with some of the most classic DJ kit vocals :D its one of those songs i usually make and just put in a folder to let it rot, but i figured it be better at sharing these little things, so.. here it is! i hope you enjoy it!
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God Dangit WaterFlame! the second I started the song i heard a Bassline that sounded like one in another one of your songs. I wish i could remember which one, though! It's Gonna kill me before I figure it out. :D
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Love this song as well as all of your previous releases. Did you get the part at 0:15 from FreeJack Online soundtrack?
thanks! no its as said in the description really classic dj vocal tools, you can probabbly find some variation of these vocals one way or another in over 100 tracks, atleast! :]
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Love it :D I told you I wish I could work vocals that well! soooo good keep it up! you're on a roll :D
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Due in roughly four months, Berry survives by selling incense on the Venice boardwalk.
When she heard someone was giving away backpacks full of food and other supplies at the Westminster dog park on Saturday, she was among the first to show up.
The sturdy black backpacks, which volunteers from the Giving Spirit like to call "survival kits," contain about three dozen items essential to surviving the streets in Los Angeles County, including a baseball cap, socks, soap, sunglasses, a toothbrush, toothpaste, a hairbrush, sunscreen, lotion, a first aid kit, deodorant and bottled water.
About 225 volunteers packed and distributed 350 backpacks on foot in Venice, downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, North Hollywood and Culver City on Saturday. They delivered about 650 additional backpacks to seven local homeless outreach groups.
Volunteers made a special effort to reach women and children, distributing about 15 diaper bags full of feminine napkins, sippy cups, diapers, diaper-rash cream, baby wipes, baby sun block, children's vitamins, formula and bottles. In Venice, they partnered with Stand Up For Kids, a Los Angeles nonprofit that serves homeless youth.
At the dog park, Berry claimed a backpack and a free bag lunch and sat down to eat in the shade. She said life on the streets can be hard for a woman, especially one struggling with morning sickness. But she is happy about becoming a mother. She knows she is having a girl and has already picked out a name: Jessi Lynn. Things have been better since she and her husband recently got an old RV to sleep in, she said, although police often rouse them from local parking lots.
Her young friends, who also claimed backpacks, said they have tried to find work, but even minimum-wage employers are looking for workers with more experience. Miguel Pineda, 22, was laid off from his job managing a Starbucks about nine months ago and has been homeless — or "traveling," as he says — ever since.
"There's no work out there for a younger person," said Donovan Hage, 19.
The Giving Spirit is a nondenominational, all-volunteer, Los Angeles-based nonprofit. Since Brentwood entrepreneur Tom Bagamane founded the group in 1999, he said, 5,000 volunteers have distributed about 11,000 bags to Los Angeles County's homeless.
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I feel that we all desire Unconditional Love, however, at some point along the human continuum we humans started to believe that Unconditional Love was something received, something given, an act. I believe that Unconditional Love is the same as God, the same force that was in action during what we call the Big Bang and what continues to seemingly move the cosmos away from each other at accelerating rates. And the toughest one to grasp (maybe the most important), Unconditional Love is even present during the most tragic events one can think of. Unconditional Love cannot be taken away, created, or destroyed. It is the beginning and the end, the dark and the light and so on and so forth. What we must strive to do is to live our lives, purposes, challenges, growth opportunities dialed into the frequency. What is prayer, meditation, acts of kindness, compassion, gratitude, joy, and peace? They are expressions of the frequency of Unconditional Love. All the signs that evolved i.e. religions, yoga, gurus, prophets were meant to point people to that unconditional frequency, daily and always in the present.
Life is meant to be a dance of Love (nothing more fun than this!) The moments that we tune off the frequency, we feel thirsty in our heart, etc. The second we tune back in, we feel content in our hearts... And remember, even when we are tuned off the frequency, Unconditional Love remains present, waiting for us to tune back in. The ways of practicing tuning in and staying on the frequency are as many as the number of people who have walked on this planet. Peace!


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"Gah! Johanna, let go of my arm!" Ray pleaded in pain. His arm was on the verge of being twisted off by Johanna.
"Not until you promise to stop talking to my breasts!" Johanna demanded.
"Okay, Okay! Just let go!" After that, Johanna let go Ray's arm and he dropped to the floor in pain and relief at the same time. Gerard and Frank were shocked that Johanna could even fight. Mikey on the other hand, couldn't breathe because he was laughing too hard.
"Ray, you just got your ass kicked by a girl!" At that point, Mikey was on the floor next to Ray while waiting for his laughter to subside.
"We still friends?" Ray groaned.
"Fine, but you reach for my ass I'll break that arm off." Ray winced at the mere thought of losing his arm. At this point, Gerard and Frank joined in the laughter with Mikey.
"Okay guys now that no one needs to go to the hospital, can I talk to Johanna in private now?" Gerard asked his friends. Frank looked at Gerard in a 'what the hell are you gonna do?' kind of way. He replayed the deal in his mind, if Gerard tells Johanna, then he has to tell Mikey everything too. His fear of rejection was making him sweat at the thought of telling Mikey.
"That's fine, I guess. I need to talk to Mikey anyway." If he had to tell Mikey, he might as well be first. Gerard didn't hear what Frank said, he was too busy chatting away with Johanna.
"Okay then, I'm going to Starbucks, anyone want anything?" Said Ray. The mention of Starbucks made Gerard perk up in happiness.
"One coffee all black and another full of cream and sugar." Gerard declared all in one breath.
"You know what I always order at Starbucks?"
"Yeah. I remember every day, when choir starts, you were always the first to arrive with your coffee in one hand and sheet music in another." Johanna looked at Gerard in awe. How could he remember? Even she didn't remember a lot of the memories back in high school. Repetition must really get into your memories, Johanna assumed.
Gerard and Johanna were really hitting it off. He felt as if there was an actual connection besides just attractiveness. They talked about how their lives were after high school. Apparently, Johanna went to Julliard and landed her first lead role on Broadway as Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera." But there was something on the back of Gerard's min that he couldn't stop thinking about: What made Johanna stop performing on Broadway? He might as well ask her since she's right there.
"Hey, I was just wondering, if you love musical theatre so much, what made you stop performing?" She was sick of hearing that question. Her students would always ask her this question, but she would only stay silent and move on with her dance lesson. But Gerard wasn't a student, he was a friend. H deserved to know.
"Okay, then I'll tell you. Last year I was auditioning for six shows while I was performing in "Les Miserables." On the final show, I didn't eat or sleep because I was so busy with the auditions and I didn't take a break before the show. So anyway, the show went on and it was my turn to sing my solo. And in the middle of my song, I Dreamed A Dream, I fainted in front of the whole audience. The show ended and all the casting directors from my auditions heard about what happened and none of them gave me the parts. After that, every show on Broadway doesn't want me in their shows. Ever since then, I've been singing in nightclubs just to get some redemption for what happened. Now that I think about it, my life sounds awful." Johanna dramatically fell in to the sofa in shame. He couldn't believe it. Gerard always thought she had the perfect life, living her dream. But that dream was taken away because of over-working.
"Hey your life isn't awful. I think you're one of the most successful people in our class." Gerard attempted to praise Johanna.
Johanna scoffed, "Why do you think that?"
He explained, "Because you're doing something that you love for a living. Not a lot of people can say that. I bet the people in our choir aren't as successful as you. Like for example: where do you think that one bitch that kept teasing you, Emma Lockhart is?"
"Waitressing at the diner on 5th Avenue." Johanna answered with a tiny smirk knowing that Karma is taking its toll.
"Really? What about Liam Morris?"
"Mechanic." Johanna's smile grew a little bigger.
"Samantha Hall?"
"Bartender." Even bigger.
"What about the biggest bitch we had to suffer through all of senior year, Tiffany Rose?" He loved that look. Her eyes became big and her smile stretched wide.
"Stripper!" She exclaimed, "You're right, we're both successful. I lived my dream, you still have yours while Karma isn't giving them theirs. Thank you, Gerard for cheering me up." She gave him a kiss on the cheek in gratitude.
A kiss.
On the cheek.
It may not be much, but it's a start. Gerard tried so hard not to blush in front of her. He didn't want to be the first to tell Johanna how he feels. If Frank does it first, he would be more at ease to tell her.
Just then, Ray came back with four coffees in a cup holder in one hand and his own in another.
"Hey guys. I got one for Johanna, creamy and sugary sweet like yourself. And one for Gerard, black like his eyeliner."
"Oh, haha." Gerard sarcastically laughed.
"Where's Mikey and Frank? I got them their decaf and espresso. I'm kinda surprised that Frank would be the asking for the decaf."
"I think they're in their bunks. I haven't really heard from them since you left."
"Then I shall surprise them." Ray, that sneaky boy he is, tiptoed disappeared to the bunks to scare the boys.
But the boys actually scared Ray.
"Oh, my god! My eyes! My virgin eyes! They're burning! God help me! I'm blind!" Ray covered his eyes in panic. What was Ray so freaked out about?
"Ray! calm down! What's the matter? What happened?" Before Ray could give a response to Gerard, both Mikey and Frank came from the bunks out of breath.
Clothes disheveled.
Zippers were down.
Both both were giving off an 'I just had sex' vibe. The whole band can see it and they were stunned. Especially Gerard.
Johanna was the first to speak, "Mikey, you beast! I didn't know you were gay."
Mikey just gave a sly smile, "Only for Frankie." He gave Frank a tender kiss and Johanna awed on how adorable it was.
Ray finally opened his mouth, "Congradulations on your new found love and everything, but can you please, for the love of God, keep it in your pants until we go to a hotel or something? I don't wanna be blind for the rest of my life."
"Deal." Frank said, "And speaking of deal...don't you have something to say, Gerard?" This can't be happening. He thought he had more time. Gerard was wrong, it wasn't easier if Frank did it first. It was harder.
"No. Johanna, I think you should go. I'll see you tomorrow at the concert." As much of a good time she was having on the bus, Johanna didn't want to argue. She can tell Gerard was upset about something. She wanted to ask, but later seemed like a better time then now.
"Um, o-okay then. Bye, boys." In a rush, she grabbed her coffee and left. In a way he was glad for Mikey and Frank, but he was mad that he didn't have enough time.
"I can't do it, Frankie." Gerard stated. "You couldn't have waited a little bit longer!?" He didn't want to talk to anyone. He just dashed past the newly found couple to wallow in self pity.


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2014 Oscars drinking game: Cheers to strapless dresses and awkward speeches!
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Jessica Lange, 64, is the new face of Marc Jacobs Beauty
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Gisele walks the runway during Paris Fashion Week
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Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that develops when your pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone during adulthood. When this happens, your bones increase in size, including those of your hands, feet and face. Acromegaly usually affects middle-aged adults.
In children who are still growing, too much growth hormone can cause a condition called gigantism. These children have exaggerated bone growth and an abnormal increase in height.
Because acromegaly is uncommon and physical changes occur gradually, the condition often isn't recognized immediately; sometimes not for years. If not treated promptly, acromegaly can lead to serious illness and even become life-threatening. However, available treatments for acromegaly can reduce your risk of complications and significantly improve your symptoms, including the enlargement of your features.
One of the most common signs of acromegaly is enlarged hands and feet. People with this disorder often notice that they can no longer put on rings that used to fit and that their shoe size has progressively increased.
Acromegaly may also cause you to experience gradual changes in the shape of your face, such as a protruding lower jaw and brow, an enlarged nose, thickened lips, and wider spacing between your teeth.
Because acromegaly tends to progress slowly, early signs may not be readily apparent for several years. Sometimes, people notice the condition only by comparing old photographs.
Acromegaly may produce the following signs and symptoms, which can vary from one person to another:
- Enlarged hands and feet
- Coarsened, enlarged facial features
- Coarse, oily, thickened skin
- Excessive sweating and body odor
- Small outgrowths of skin tissue (skin tags)
- Fatigue and muscle weakness
- A deepened, husky voice due to enlarged vocal cords and sinuses
- Severe snoring due to obstruction of the upper airway
- Impaired vision
- Headaches
- Enlarged tongue
- Pain and limited joint mobility
- Menstrual cycle irregularities in women
- Erectile dysfunction in men
- Enlarged liver, heart, kidneys, spleen and other organs
- Increased chest size (barrel chest)
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ISTANBUL, Turkey - Come along to the Istanbul Cup with Turkish tennis pioneer Ipek Senoglu, one of the favorites for this week's doubles title.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Merhaba to all of you... This is how we say hi in Turkish!
I will be writing the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Blog for you guys from my hometown of Istanbul during the Istanbul Cup this week.
When the Istanbul Cup was to be organized for the first time in 2005, many of my professional tennis colleagues asked me such questions as "Is it safe to come to Turkey?" or "Do you think the tournament will be okay to play?"
We are in 2010 now and the draw contains this year's Roland Garros champion Schiavone and Wimbledon semifinalists Pironkova and Kvitova. Five years later, players are asking me new places to visit since they have seen the Grand Bazaar already. Most even compare some restaurants to others :)
We had the opening ceremony yesterday in Topkapi Palace, which was constructed by Fatih Sultan Mehmet (the Conqueror) in 1478 and has been the official residence of the Ottoman Sultans and center of State Administration for around 380 years. I've included a pic of us from that ceremony (see the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's CEO Stacey Allaster in traditional Turkish dress!)
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During an election season presidential quarterbacks are more than just candidates. They are brands that need to be sold to the American people. The debate season in presidential politics can be likened to a snap at the 20-yard line, with the end zone in sight, and a number of things that could go wrong.
All throughout the campaign season, candidates craft their messaging through a playbook – they run drills, and master their narrative like a solid team, hoping to win the game. Everything is organized to a tee, but once the ball is snapped at the respective conventions, a great deal of planning can go out the window. They're no longer scrimmaging against their own team in practice. New topics and themes arise during debates on national television, and if candidates fumble here, they've got to get the ball back – and quick.
That's largely what happened to the Romney and Obama candidate brands this fall. They hiked the ball, and then were just looking for a guy that was open. Sometimes they dropped the ball (as Obama did in the first debate), sometimes they threw a hail Mary (coming back harder, as Obama did in the second). That's messaging in a debate setting – live, unpredictable and always entertaining.
One thing that is interesting about the debates is that messaging does not hold has much weight as brand voice. The candidates don't have as much of an uninterrupted opportunity to present their messages (with the exception of their closing statements), and so brand voice is what really matters.
We know that in branding, how you say something is just as much, if not more, important than what you actually say. So it was telling to see so much of the candidates' performance judged on their voices rather than their content.
For Obama, this was arguably most felt after their first debate, where (while his messaging was largely consistent and strong), his voice and persona completely dominated the conversation around his performance, and his brand equity took a dive. For Romney, it was quite the opposite. The polling showed that swing voters largely didn't notice that his messaging had been changed in lieu of the fact that his voice was strong, confident, and – yes – presidential. So what did Obama do wrong?
The President was cast as a figure in 2008 and largely in 2012 as someone who can rejuvenate crowds and inspire an audience. "Hope and change" doesn't just come about by accident, and wouldn't have survived '08 if it didn't have a charming orator behind it. Even if his messaging failed, his voice almost always saved him. He could work off of the crowd and really build a personality on stage.
Unfortunately, that crowd wasn't able to help him during the first debate. Unlike house or senate campaign debates where the crowd has more freedom to react, or town hall formatted debates, the audience must stay silent during the presidential debates. Thus, the candidates can't use them to their advantage. They can't play to the crowd; it's all on them.
Obama slipped in the first debate because he didn't react on his feet to the messages coming from the other side. To be a successful brand you need to think on your feet when you're surprised, and you need to stay consistent. Obama's passion was simply not there in the first debate, so his brand consistency took a hit. The person, the brand, the public thought they knew, didn't show up.
There was an opportunity to capitalize on the shift in Romney's messaging, reinforcing the Obama campaign's narrative that Romney lacked commitment to positions. Obama could have really worked off of this, but he didn't and his own lackluster voice overshadowed his performance.
Romney's messaging during the first debate could be seen as a gutsy move. He reversed much of the work he'd done in the primaries and 2012 campaign to reach out to the conservative base of the Republican Party, moving his stand on issues significantly to the right of where he'd stood in previous campaigns. Yet the response to his debate performance was not on this new shift, but the strength of his brand voice. He was confident and unshaken; he stared the president down and he came out on top.
The second debate was a closer match. Obama was able to use the town hall setting to his advantage, and he could use intangibles such as body language to his favor. Here he could work off the audience, even though they still couldn't cheer – similar to Clinton in '91 against Bush 41. Obama could now walk up to the audience; you could see his classic brand voice return. He was able to be the cool and confident leader that the people elected in 2008.
Romney's brand stayed consistent in the second debate, one of the most important elements of brand strength. Although he may not have been as strong going up against Obama as he was in the first debate, his brand largely remained in tact by showing the same calm, presidential aura that he had in the first.
So what did that mean? Who outperformed? Since these two brand voices weren't so far apart from one another in the second debate, there was room for messaging to hold more weight.
Arguably the most important point of the second debate was when Romney fumbled the facts about Obama's response to the terror attacks in Benghazi. That gave the President an opportunity to clarify his own brand, and the brand that he had been trying to paint of his competitor -- one of the shoot first, as questions later order. While Romney's brand voice kept him performing strong in both debates, Obama's rejuvenated voice and messaging allowed him to outperform in the second debate.
The third debate convinced voters that Romney had found his brand voice. Something he struggled with throughout the whole campaign was finally solidified. That of the conservative, plain, problem solver who just wants to fix things. He doesn't need jokes or songs, he just needed to be straightforward and clear. Finally, during the debates, the public saw that candidate. In terms of his brand voice, the Etch-a-Sketch had finally disappeared.
He found a clear and distinguishable voice. The problem was, while his brand voice was stronger, he then lost his messaging. That which was firm and unique in the first two debates mirrored the President's messaging in almost every way in the third debate. Differentiation, one of the key components to brand, had withered away.
Romney had to play to the general electorate, an audience that was wary of war and not looking for a hawkish candidate. Brands may share similarities in key areas, but must find a way to frame themselves as distinct from the competition. Candidate brands must build an argument that is differentiated from their opponent's.
CONCLUSION At Interbrand, we believe that brands have the power to change the world. It's something that we truly believe and it's why we get up, come to the office and try to create the next brand that the public will fall in love with. Brands have the power to change the world because they influence and have an effect on people, and this fact is perhaps no more important that in the brand of the president.
Our greatest leaders mold Brand U.S.A. Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy. When people think of these presidents, it's the brand that they remember and admire. History elevates their brands beyond the individual behind them.
At the end of Election Day 2012 the voters chose the Obama brand to lead Brand America. The Romney brand and that of the Republican Party is facing questions about its messaging and calls for a rebranding. Where will Romney and the GOP brands go from here? What will the Obama brand legacy be? How will this brand shape Brand America for the next four years and change the world?
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Whenever I watch an American beauty pageant, I always keep an eye out for the representative from Hawaii. They're always amongst the most beautiful of the contestants, and, not coincidentally, they're often mixed Asian. For example, this year's Miss Hawaii USA and Miss Hawaii Teen USA, Angela Byrd and Courtney Coleman, are both hapa.
Sonya Balmores Chung is another example. The actress/model/surfer (of Filipina, Irish, and Native American descent) was Miss Hawaii Teen USA in 2004, and placed first runner-up in the Miss Teen USA pageant that year. She later starred as Kai Kealoha in the TV series Beyond the Break, which aired on The N from 2006 to 2009, and she currently stars as Bethany Hamilton's nemesis Malina Birch in the film Soul Surfer.
Sonya is on Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. You can learn more about her from Wikipedia and IMDb, as well as this interview with Asians on Film.
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April 2008 Sky from the Keeble Observatory
How far away can you see the light of a single candle? How about a car headlight?
A single star like the Sun? A galaxy of 100 billion suns? We can work backwards
to get a sense of the answers.
The Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.5 million light years distance, making it the most
distant naked-eye object in the sky. Recalling that the apparent brightness falls
off as the square of distance (e.g. doubling the distance reduces the brightness
by four) we can estimate that the Sun would fade to Andromeda's brightness if seen
from about 60 light year away. According to a Google search, a single candle can
be seen at a distance of about 3 miles (conveniently, the distance to the true horizon
if your eyes are six feet above the ground). Maine recently passed a law limiting
headlights to no more than 24 candlepower, so they should be visible at 3 miles
times the square root of 24 – about 15 miles.
Why do I raise these questions? Because, on the 19th of March astronomers
detected a titanic explosion from about 7.5 billion light years away – and
its peak brightness made it visible to the naked eye! That's a lot of candles, equivalent
to 1019 Suns, or 100 million galaxies!
The so-called gamma ray burst was detected by a NASA satellite called Swift. Specifically
designed to detect and monitor gamma ray bursts, Swift continuously monitors about
a sixth of the sky at any one time. If a burst is detected by its Burst Alert Telescope
(BAT) the orbiting observatory automatically slews to point its two other instruments
(an x-ray telescope, and an optical/ultraviolet telescope) at the burst – typically
acquiring the target in less than a minute, and downloading to a network of ground-based
observatories a finder chart so they can also monitor. This particular event is
designated GRB 080319B – the second burst detected on March 19th in 2008.
We understand such bursts as the final collapse of a massive star into a black hole
or neutron star – which will not be the fate of our own Sun. Much of the energy
of the burst forms two counter directed jets which plow through space at nearly
the speed of light. When these jets encounter surrounding interstellar material,
they heat it to extreme temperatures which provide an x-ray and ultraviolet afterglow
which can be further studied to give clues about the originating star, often for
several days or weeks before fading beyond the detection limit of telescopes. This
burst seems to have had one of its jets pointed directly at us. Had it been in our
own Galaxy, it's unlikely that life on Earth could have survived the intense radiation.
Fortunately, the alignment itself is unlikely (given the infinitely possible other
directions for the jet to point). Also, at 7.5 billion light years, the event also
took place 7.5 billion years ago. Thus far, GRBs have not been detected in nearby
galaxies, and certainly not in our own.
Lunar phases for April: New Moon on the 5th, at 11:55 pm (all
times are EDT); First Quarter on the 12th, at 2:32 pm; Full Moon on the
20th, at 6:25 am; Last Quarter on the 28th, at 10:12 am.
Pre-dawn sky watchers will still see Venus and Mercury rising together before the
Sun at the beginning of April, but they stay very close to the horizon, only reaching
about 6 degrees to the east at sunrise. Venus will still be very bright, so you
may be able to pick it out of the horizon clutter. Jupiter will lead the Sun by
about 3.5 hours; you'll see it almost due south, about 30 degrees off the horizon
as twilight brightens to full light. Later in the month, Mercury will disappear
into the Sun's glare, and reemerge about mid-month in the evening skies.
It's still a good month for evening sky watching, as we have both Mars and Saturn
already up at sunset. Early in April, look for Mars about 80 degrees from the southern
horizon, near Castor and Pollux in Gemini. Saturn is about 2 degrees below and to
the left of Regulus to the east southeast. By month's end, Saturn will move to about
a degree above Regulus to the south southeast, and Mars will have settled a bit
closer to the southwest horizon at sunset. Mercury will be high above the western
horizon at sunset, and should be visible for nearly an hour before it, too, drops
below the horizon at the end of twilight.
Looking toward zenith, about two hours after sunset at mid-month, we see … not much!
The constellation Leo Minor is in that direction, but it lacks the bright stars
that make it a favorite like Orion. Orion, by the way, is low to the west southwest,
as we bit it adieu until next winter's skies. Saturn and Regulus are the easiest
markers to find as we look ten degrees further south from zenith.
Sticking with our "two hours after sunset" motif, let's follow the Moon through
the middle weeks of April. It's easily found, and will allow us to identify some
of its more prominent neighbors along the ecliptic. On the 7th, we'll
find the Moon setting to the northwest. On the 8th, we will see it a
bit higher (it sets about 90 minutes later each evening) to the west northwest.
Binoculars will show it passing near the Pleiades cluster. On the 11th
the Moon is now near Mars, passing about a degree below the red planet. The Beehive
Cluster (also known as Praesepe – the Manger – or by its Messier catalog number
M44) will be close to the Moon on the 13th. This cluster is similar in
age and distance to the famous Hyades Cluster, about 577 light years distant and
some 730 million years old. Saturn and Regulus are the next close encounters, as
the Moon will pass them on the 14th and 15th. On the 19th
the Moon passes Spica in the constellation Virgo.
For your own monthly star chart, you can direct your web browser to
http://www.skymaps.com. You will find extensive descriptions of what's worth
looking for, and you can download and print a single copy for your personal use.
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The foot injury suffered by Brook Lopez in Wednesday's game against the Boston Celtics is not terribly serious. However, he will have to miss time. Lopez suffered the injury in the third quarter of the Brooklyn Nets' win over Boston. According to Mike Mazzeo of ESPN New York, Lopez suffered a right foot strain. X-Rays were negative, and Nets' GM Billy King says this injury is not related to a previous injury he had to the foot. Lopez will miss the team's next two games. "He's in pain. If he could run on it, he'd be playing," King said.Lopez will miss games against Orlando Magic and the Miami Heat. He is expected to be ready to rejoin the team in the first week of December, but he will continue to be evaluated. Lopez has averaged 18.5 points per game this season and 6.8 rebounds per game. It has been an impressive start to the 2012-13 season. In his career, Lopez has averaged 17.5 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game. He has spent his entire career with the Nets, often being expected to be the main guy. Now he has a team built up around him.The Nets, in their first season in Brooklyn, are turning some heads. The team is 10-4 on the season and looks like a real competitor. Lopez's injury may hurt, but at least for now the two game loss is manageable. Follow @hoopsinjurynews!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="http://www.nbainjurynews.com//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-34100676-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();
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We (that would be me, my husband Johny, Pogo [dog] and Fluffy [cat]) arrived at the cabin with all the joys of freshly budding spring awaiting our arrival. Being 3600 feet up the mountain, there are still many reminders of winter...many bare trees, the grass still struggling to push through the top of the earth, a slight chill in the air. But spring shows promise, with the Dogwoods just beginning to bud, the Maples developing delicate redish/orangish/yellowish infantile leaves and fruit/seed pods, and the fruit we planted last year, 3 raspberry & 2 gooseberry bushes, 3 apple & 2 chestnut trees are all sprouting young green leaves that make us feel like proud parents! We have not had the opportunity to see this part of spring before, this is one of the reasons to embark on this log cabin life for a year!
I want to add a disclaimer that I am not an aficionado of mountain flora and fauna at this point, so you will have to forgive my lack of scientific knowledge when describing these delights!
We did encounter an important life reminder on our drive today: to always expect the unexpected. We came upon an accident on the road which deterred our trip by about 5 miles and 1 hour. Interestingly, the road closure bypass was through a very small town, Saluda NC, which we drive by each and every trip. Johny always wanted to take a side trip through that town, but we never did because we were always "on our way to" or "on our way back" with time constraints to boot. So we were "forced" to drive through this lovely small town, quaint with a charming main street that extended one block, vibrant spring flowering plants, and rolling hills. Enchanting! Our first adventure on this great adventure!
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It is GREAT in the summer and winter!
Pros: That your horse can run right in it.
Cons: It may be hard moving it around.
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