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WENATCHEE, Was-It was not a good weekend for the Ice Dogs who were swept in three games by the west division leader Wenatchee Wild. After the Ice Dogs lost the first two games the last went to the limit but the Wild won 4-3 in a shootout.
Fairbanks was down 3-2 in the third but Doug Rose tied it a 3 to force overtime. The Ice Dogs went scoreless in the shootout with the game winner going to the Wild on their first chance.
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London, England, United Kingdom (4E Sports) – Tomas Rosicky scored in the 2nd minute as Arsenal held on for a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur Sunday at White Hart Lane.
Rosicky fired Arsenal in front on their first serious attack with an unstoppable half-volley that whistled past Hugo Lloris and into the Tottenham goalkeeper's right-hand corner.
Tottenham, looking to recover from humiliating defeats to Chelsea and Benfica, was caught out defensively a number of times in the first half.
Luckily for Tottenham, Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain squandered the best of Arsenal's chances when through one-on-one with Lloris.
The win put Arsenal back above Manchester City in the Premier League table and level with second-placed Liverpool on points.
Chelsea remains on top by four points while Tottenham is now seven points adrift of fourth-placed City, who has three games in hand.
Meanwhile, Liverpool kept its title bid on track with a 3-0 victory over bitter rival Manchester United at Old Trafford. The win was Liverpool's first at Old Trafford in five years.
Steven Gerrard scored twice from the penalty spot and Luis Suarez scored his 25th goal of the season to complete the win.
Gerrard converted from 12 yards in the 34th minute after Rafael handled the ball and the Liverpool captain scored again from the spot in the 46th minute when Phil Jones knocked over Joe Allen after the restart.
The England skipper would have scored Liverpool's first hat trick at Old Trafford since 1936 if his third penalty had not hit a post after a foul was awarded against Nemanja Vidic for a challenge on Daniel Sturridge.
Vidic was sent off for the tackle — the fourth time he has been dismissed against Liverpool — but replays appeared to show Sturridge had dived to win the spot-kick.
Suarez then rounded off the rout near the end with a well-taken finish.
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The mission of the TAI Mexico Coalition is to contribute to the strengthening of a culture of access to information, participation, and justice in environmental matter, which should serve as the base of a governance that perpetuates a healthy ambience and a better quality of life. This mission includes:
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Remember the National Organization for Marriage (NOM)'s ridiculous and sort of hilarious "Gathering Storm" ad featuring anti-gay scare tactics using bad weather? And their creepy mandatory heterosexuality bus tour gave us even more reason to cringe — but also snicker a bit. Thing is, things with NOM have gotten very unfunny, and very quickly:
That's right — their "One Man, One Woman" bus tour included an attendee who proudly held this sign, offering a biblical quote (Leviticus 20:13) as the "Solution to Gay Marriage":
"If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with woman. Both of them have committed an abomination: They shall surely be put to death: Their blood shall be upon them."
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upon further research, i found out that tumblr actually interferes with giveaway posts. that's right. tumblr purposely deletes notes and sometimes even deletes entire posts to keep giveaways from happening.
[here's a person who encountered a pretty identical problem as i have, & they do a pretty good job of explaining everything.]
because of this, there is basically nothing i can do to fix this giveaway in a way that'll make it fair. i still want this giveaway to happen, & i'm going to make sure that it happens in the fairest way possible.
what i've decided to do is use google docs to make this giveaway possible. i've created a form on google docs for people to submit their reblog links in. because tumblr will not allow me to see all the notes on my blog, this will allow me to see that you did reblog the post.
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Bloody Marys
Bartenders at Commander's Palace skewer the garnish on a stick of sugarcane, but a wooden skewer works too.
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As a designer at a digital marketing agency, I love what I do. But sometimes I find myself stuck and unmotivated. Here are some tips and tricks that give me the boost I need when things get stale.
1. Reward Yourself
As designers, we often have a long list of things that need to be done by the end of our day. Some are small. Some are, quite frankly, scary. My advice here is to make a list and make sure every time you scratch something off, you give yourself a reward. It could be candy or maybe a funny cat video on YouTube. Reward yourself. (I know I will be after I finish writing this.)
2. Attitude is Everything
Sometimes you work on projects that don't seem to be going the way you want them to. Maybe things have gotten monotonous or things just aren't clicking. Either way, it often feels like someone is sucking the happiness out of your life. When things get tough, stay positive. Complaining and being unhappy isn't going to get you any closer to your goal. But if you are positive and open to new ideas, a solution to your problem may come your way.
3. Get Away
I sit at a desk with 4 separate screens (one of which is 8 times the size of my face), I'm expected to answer my phone and email promptly, keep up with print design, web design, website development, social media trends, television trends, shopper marketing trends, etc. etc. And I sit in an office with no walls, which means I'm expected to have conversations with people and be able to talk about a project and concept whenever the need arises. With all of this going on, it's easy to forget that other things exist in life, like trees. Not paper, trees. Go outside every once in awhile. Not just in your backyard – in the middle of the woods. You will come back with a clear mind ready to tackle any problem.
4. Become Inspired
Whenever I'm in a design rut, I find it helpful to look at other designs. Before I start any project, I look to see what other people are doing for similar brands. I decide what's working and what's not. I pull swipe and inspirational designs. I create mood boards, and then I sketch. Why start with nothing when you have a vast supply of inspiration at your fingertips?
5. Create Lots of Things and Take Risks
If you want to stay motivated, keep moving. It's easy to get stuck in a style or to design things the way you always have, but eventually you're going to get bored and that means so will the people you are designing for. I try to challenge myself weekly, either by learning a new tool or by tackling a new illustration style. Either way, it keeps me on my design-toes and makes sure I never get boring.
These are five tips that work to keep me motivated as a designer, but i think they are applicable to whatever career you are in. What motivates you? Leave me a comment below and then click here for your reward (see #1 above).
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Allison Braun says:
Danielle, thank you so much for this little pick-me-up! I definitely agree with #3, especially the part where you say "With all of this going on, it's easy to forget that other things exist in life, like trees." Fortunately, I live 5 minutes away from the office, so I like to treat myself to at-home lunches (even when we're swamped) just so I can pet my cats and remind myself that there's more to life than work. It puts things in perspective and lifts my spirits for the long afternoon ahead.
I also like you suggestion to try a new tool or illustration style each week to keep things fresh. It's been a while since I've mixed it up since we've been so busy. I'll have to treat myself to a new Photoshop tutorial when I get back to work after break. Thanks for the blog post!
December 20, 2012 @ 10:07 am
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Thanks for this post! I agree with Danielle that it is a nice pick-me-up. My favorite part is #5, about taking more risks. Sometimes we get stuck just because we are afraid of the outcome of a project. But it is always better to put something out there and get real feedback rather than just holding back and not knowing.
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And you thought that pink slime in your burger was a 10 on the "ick" factor.
Now hear this: The Strawberry Frappuccino you've been getting at Starbucks for a sweet pick-me-up contains ground-up beetles.
No, not artificial beetles. Real crawly, creepy buggy beetles. Imported from Mexico and South America. Dead and dried up, of course.
Starbucks has been using the little critters to color its strawberry frapps, and quite intentionally. The caffeine colossus says it turned to beetles (which are natural, naturally) instead of using artificial food coloring agents.
While going green might be an admirable intent, some customers might turn green at the thought of downing this beetle juice.
Vegans have registered their protest. One suggestion has been to use vegetable juice to color the coffee instead.
Gross as it may sound, though, there's nothing illegal, or unusual about all this, according to USA Today which says, "it's a common, government-approved food coloring used widely throughout the food industry. It's in everything from some Yoplait yogurts to three Kellogg's Pop-Tarts flavors."
"At Starbucks, we have the goal to minimize artificial ingredients in our products," company spokeswoman Lisa Passe told the newspaper.
"Starbucks should be praised for getting rid of artificial ingredients," Michael Jacobson, executive director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, added. But because consumers could have an allergic reaction to the beetles, he said, "Strawberry Frappuccinno should be colored with strawberries."
March 29th, 2012
2:30 pm
This is indeed very common. It's also called "carmine" and is used in a lot of things.
March 30th, 2012
1:50 pm
Mmm, protein!
April 1st, 2012
2:01 pm
Just when you thought it was safe to stop reading labels…..
Pink slime, pink beetles, mmmmm, no more pink food. Beets make a lovely pink. Why not sugar beet pink?
April 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
Is this why there is no Starbucks inside your local WHOLE FOODS MARKET?
April 1st, 2012
2:16 pm
Ummm. Yeah. Using strawberries to color the strawberry frappuccinos. . . what I novel idea! Why didn't Starbucks think of it?
April 1st, 2012
2:39 pm
Who cares what the vegans think?
April 1st, 2012
3:11 pm
Rick, I care what they think, the question is who gives a rats @ss what u think… Yea exactly
April 1st, 2012
3:39 pm
5-6 dollars for a cup of coffee is more idiotic than the beetles.
April 1st, 2012
3:54 pm
@ kdog Yep! I'm with you on that one.
April 1st, 2012
3:57 pm
I'm with you, Rik. Who cares what vegans think?
um must be one of those "peaceful" vegans who doesn't want to harm a beetle but would sneak up behind you with a baseball bat and do Lord knows what if you swatted a fly–all in the name of protecting animals.
Who cares what vegans think?
April 1st, 2012
4:31 pm
um,thats in everything that has red coloring! make up and foods!!! carmine,its in lipsticks and a TONNNN of food products!
April 1st, 2012
4:49 pm
And did you know that Girl Scout Cookies DO NOT contain any Girl Scouts? False advertising indeed!
April 1st, 2012
5:06 pm
RGB must be one of those guys on TV's "Criminal Minds." from just a 15 word comment he has already profiled um as a serial killing vegan who wields a baseball bat to commit his/her crimes (I use him/her because unlike RGB I cannot divine the gender of um). On second thought maybe RGB is "Madame Clio" from those TV commercials. Tell us oh RGB/Carnak, who will win the world series, the NCAA tournament, and the numbers for the next power ball. Inquiring minds want to know.
April 1st, 2012
6:03 pm
Way to sensationalize this. But the ground up beetles are the only natural red food dye. Before artificial red food dye, this was all they had to use. So these ground up beetles have been used for years. Nothing new if you ever researched what you are consuming you would already know.


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Three-Grain Salad With White Beans, Tomatoes and Parmesan
- 1/2 cup hulled barley
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup farro
- 1/4 cup bulgur
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons minced red onion
- 1 smashed garlic clove
- 1 cup drained, rinsed cannellini beans
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, quartered
- 1 cup torn fresh basil leaves
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Black pepper
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1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the barley and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt; boil for 30 minutes. Add the farro; boil for an additional 20 to 25 minutes or until both grains are just tender. Drain.
2. Meanwhile, bring 6 tablespoons of water to a boil in a small saucepan; add the bulgur. Bring the liquid back to a boil, then cover the pot, turn off the heat, and let sit for 25 minutes, until the water is absorbed.
3. In a large bowl, toss together the vinegar, onion, garlic and remaining salt.
4. Add the grains to the vinegar mixture while still warm; toss well. Remove the garlic and stir in the beans, tomatoes, basil and olive oil; season with black pepper to taste. Fold in the Parmesan and serve.
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Experts say they are some things you should never say to your child. The following advice is compiled from parents.com, womansday.com and parenting,com, that all took advisement from child development experts, authors and doctors.
If you routinely say, "Don't bother me" or "I'm busy," children internalize the message and feel they have no importance in your life. Instead, set parameters such as, "When I finish this project, we will go outside …"
Negative labels (picky, lazy, slow, etc.) tend to become self-fulfilling prophecies, so be careful what you tell your children they are, or they may develop into whatever you say.
Wait till daddy (or mommy) gets home is just diluted discipline that will confuse children by separating consequences from actions. It ultimately undermines your authority and credibility as a parent. And making the other parent a "bad cop" is never a good idea.
Life is hectic, but making kids feel guilty for moving at kids' speed just worsens everyone's day. Family therapist and author Paul Coleman suggests that you find ways to speed things up on your own, and make a made a pact with yourself to not express impatience. If time is short an you have no choice but to rush, try, "Let's hurry," putting you on the same team, rather than making you adversaries.
Effusive, vague praise gets tuned out by kids. Be specific in praise and reserve it for when it is deserved for genuine effort. Research shows that tossing out generic praise phrases makes children dependent on your affirmation rather than their own motivation.
"It sends the message that if you make mistakes, you didn't train hard enough," says Joel Fish, Ph.D., author of '101 Ways to Be a Terrific Sports Parent.' Success is often measured by process and effort, not final outcome.
Sibling rivalry is a natural flame that is fanned by parents making comparisons. Comparing your child to anyone else implies you wish they were different and not who they are. Try instead to encourage each child in whatever pursuits are his or hers, while avoiding comparisons.
It's much better to model eating healthy to be well and feel good than to risk influencing your child's body image in a negative way, so be careful how you talk about your own eating habits and body.
Jayne Pearl, the author of Kids and Money, says it's easy to use this default response when your child wants the latest toy, but it may make your children think your finances are not in your control, which can be scary for kids. Better to use it as an opportunity to talk about budgeting. "We're not going to buy that right now because we saving money for ---."
This comment means well, but can cause confusion since, for instance, police officers and firefighters are "strangers." Nancy McBride, executive director for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children says it's better to discuss various specific safety scenarios, and to tell children, "If anyone ever makes you feel sad, scared or confused, you need to tell me right away."
Saying this while your child is involved in a physical endeavor might actually hurt more than help. "Your words distract him from what he's doing, so he loses focus," says Deborah Carlisle Solomon, author of Baby Knows Best. It's better to subtly move to a safer activity than to diminish your child's confidence.
Experts say that this expression actually increases children's valuation of sweets and diminishes enjoyment of their meals. As subtle of a change as, "First we eat our meal and then we have dessert," can stop adding value to dessert.
It's natural to want to give your child a hand, but if you jump in to soon, you can foster dependency. Instead, ask guiding questions to help that lead to them developing problem solving skills.
Experts said overstating success at anything can, over time, make kids hesitant to try other new things for fear of failure. There is then also an overwhelming pressure to never make a mistake or not be "the best." It's better to focus on hard work and the effort expended and verbally acknowledge that.
Instead of being reassuring, you can appear to be dismissing the feelings of an anxious child. Instead, say, "I can see you're worried. Can you tell me what you're most worried about, so we can talk about it?"
This phrase echoes from generation to generation, and even if sometimes things just have to happen for practical or scheduling reasons, you don't want you children to feel they have no input or growing autonomy. You can say, "I know you love playing that computer game, but right now we need to go visit your aunt, and she is waiting for us." Talking it through acknowledges their feelings, but also teaches how your family operates.
If you have asked your child to do a task or they are trying something new, resist the urge to intervene. Otherwise your child will be less likely to try things on their own or at your request for fear of criticism. If you do have to step in, do it as collaboration, not in a dismissive way.
Threats, usually the result of parental frustration, are rarely effective. If a threat is not made good on in short order, it loses all effectiveness. And experts say in general, threats of hitting have been found to lead to more spanking, which itself has been proven to be an ineffective way to change behavior, especially in young children. Studies have shown that the odds of a two-year-olds repeating a misdeed later in the same day are eighty percent no matter what sort of discipline you use.
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Both men and women have problems with bloating and excess weight. But according to the website Happydieter.net, there are plenty of foods that will keep you thin -- but full. Here is the rundown!
1. Apples: With plenty of fiber, apples can help you maintain weight and keep you full.
2. Oatmeal: Also loaded with fiber, oatmeal is great for breakfast and won't leave you feeling bloated.
3. Cucumber: They are a natural diuretic and are full of water, allowing your body to get rid of excess water.
4. Brown Rice: Just like whole grains, brown rice is a food that will help you feel full.
5. Bananas: Full of fiber and potassium, bananas will cause the body to expel excess water so you don't feel bloated.
6. Eggplant: Low in sodium, eggplants contain a lot of water, which will help you lose weight.
7. Probiotic Yogurt: These yogurts contain good bacteria that will help keep your digestion and weight in check.
8. Watermelon: Not only is it great for summer days, but watermelon is basically all water. Eat as much as you want!
9. Almonds: Perfect for an afternoon snack, as almonds are full of protein.
10: Tomatoes: Rich in potassium, tomatoes can help prevent bloating. They also contain leptin, which can regulate appetite.
11. Eggs: Low in sodium, eggs contain water that can help you lose weight.
12. Melon: Containing lots of potassium and water, melon can keep you from bloating while also helping you lose weight.
13. Olive Oil: Healthy fats from olive oil can break up bad fat.
14. Bread: Whole grain bread is full of fiber and will help you feel full for a long period of time.
15. Green Leafy Vegetables: Kale, spinach and lettuce are rich in fiber and low in calories.
16. Fish: Look for fish with Omega 3 fatty acids, like mackarel and salmon.
17: Artichoke: A mid-size artichoke contains 30 grams of fiber -- more than half the daily recommended dose.
18: Lentils: Containing protein and fiber, these ingredients are essential for weight loss and maintaining healthy weight.
19: Asparagus: With lots of potassium, asparagus can fill you up without causing bloating.
20. Avocado: We'll end with avocado, which contains lots of monounsaturated fatty acids, which are good for your body.
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Back in 1994, WTAE's Sheldon Ingram reported on the growth in weekend business that was happening at Downtown Pittsburgh retailers. Let's see how the Golden Triangle has changed since that time, and which stores are still open.
The canopy that Sheldon was standing in front of is still there, but the Smithfield Cafe is closed and the former restaurant on Smithfield Street is vacant.
Also gone is the Pittsburgh Technical Institute. (See the "PTI" sign outside the door on the left?) It moved to a suburban campus in North Fayette Township.
Smithfield Cafe closed for good after the owner was unable to find a new tenant for the upper floors of the building.
From 1994: A look at the Wiener World restaurant across the street from Smithfield Cafe.
Wiener World is still open today, dishing out the dogs and fries, not to mention ice cream and pizza slices.
One block down from the Smithfield Cafe, there was a large Barnes & Noble bookstore and cafe. Here's how it looked in 1994.
Today, 20 years later, the Barnes & Noble store is closed and vacant. It was briefly used by "Pop-Up Canada!" earlier this year to promote Pittsburgh's economic relationship with Canada.
From 1994: Burlington Coat Factory at the intersection of Smithfield Street and Sixth Avenue. You can see Barnes & Noble's green awnings in the background.
Today, the intersection still looks pretty much the same. Rite Aid is next to Burlington now.
In 1994, Jos. A. Bank was located on the next block of Smithfield after the Burlington store, at the corner of Oliver Avenue. Now, this men's clothing store has moved to Fifth Avenue.
Hop across the curb at Oliver and you're at Saks Fifth Avenue. This department store on Smithfield Street was still going fairly strong in 1994.
Today, Saks is closed. Rumors are flying about who might move into the building next, but nothing has been finalized.
A year from now, the intersection of Smithfield Street and Oliver Avenue will look much different. The old Saks building will be gone -- replaced by storefront retail, with parking and apartments above it -- and the Oliver Building will be renovated.
A Lord & Taylor department store was operating across the street from Saks in 1994. It has been closed for years.
Today, the old Lord & Taylor building finally has signs of new life.
PNC bought the former Lord & Taylor property and is turning it into office space. Renovations are ongoing inside the building.
The cascading fountain next to the old Lord & Taylor has also been renovated, as part of a larger project to spruce up Mellon Square.
Continuing our trip down Smithfield Street, we come to the Kaufmann's department store at Fifth Avenue. It was a staple of Downtown Pittsburgh in 1994, anchoring one end of the Fifth-Forbes shopping corridor.
Here's how the Fifth Avenue entrance to Kaufmann's looked in 1994.
Twenty years later, here's how that same corner looks today. Kaufmann's is long gone, replaced by Macy's.
(But the facade on the Smithfield Street side still reminds us of the building's history!)
Across the street from Kaufmann's in 1994 was Integra Bank at the corner of Fifth and Smithfield. Next to the bank was Pretzels Plus. It was hard to resist the delicious aroma of fresh pretzels as you walked past the window or stood and waited for a bus.
A Lane Bryant plus-size clothing store was also in this area.
As you continued down the block, heading toward Wood Street, you would pass a Sam Goody music store, a Hit Or Miss women's clothing store and a McCrory's department store.
The block looks a lot different now. Pretzels Plus is gone, and Ralph's Discount Store is now Rainbow.
Integra Bank was replaced by National City Bank and later First Niagara Bank. Today, it's vacant.
Fifth Avenue today: A former Payless ShoeSource store next to Rainbow is closed and vacant. 2T Jewelers is located next door, between the empty store and the Warner Centre.
Back in 1994, the Warner Centre, with its big food court and many retail stores, was a main part of the shopping district along Fifth Avenue.
The building is still open today, but there are plenty of vacancies inside, and the upstairs food court with restaurants like Warner Cafe and Grand Taco is long gone.
Also gone are the many popular retailers, including Waldenbooks and the Sam Goody music store, which was accessible via the main lobby and a separate street entrance (pictured, far right).
The old Sam Goody music store ... (Music stores? They used to have those?) ... is now My Lady Boutique.
The rest of the stores toward the end of the block have been torn down to make way for construction of a PNC skyscraper.
Here's a look across the street at the other side of Fifth Avenue, as a bustling daytime crowd walks past a multi-level Wendy's restaurant in 1994.
Today, that restaurant is closed. You can still see the outline of the old Wendy's sign on the side of the empty building.
An old Jr. Frosty sticker on the front door is slowly peeling away. Just below it is another sticker with the restaurant's (former) business hours.
A couple of doors away is this T-Mobile store, which was a sports merchandise store back in the day in 1994.
In 1994, the Lazarus name was new to Pittsburgh. The city invested millions to build this department store on Fifth Avenue at Wood Street, envisioning it as an anchor of the Fifth-Forbes corridor. It was renamed Lazarus-Macy's in an effort to boost sluggish sales before it shut down in 2004.
Today, the old Lazarus building is called Piatt Place. It has condominiums on the upper floors and two restaurants -- Capital Grille and McCormick & Schmick's -- on the ground level, along with TD Ameritrade, the Izzazu hair salon and the Doncaster fashion studio. The state also has offices here.
A small lot sits next door to Piatt Place on Fifth Avenue. (It always seems like there's construction work happening there, but the space remains vacant.)
Directly across from Kaufmann's, there was an entire block full of businesses on the bus-lane side of Smithfield Street in 1994, including Ritz Camera, Sbarro Pizzeria, a magazine and newspaper stand, and the Integra Bank that we mentioned before. They're all gone now.
Here's a wide look at that same block of Smithfield. Oxford Development wants to build a high-rise on this site, or possibly renovate the existing building, but those plans have stalled. Oxford is still looking for a big-name corporate tenant to anchor the project.
As you turn the corner from Smithfield Street onto Forbes Avenue, here's a current look at the Forbes entrance to the Warner Centre. A preschool/nursery (advertised in the lower right corner) is one of the remaining tenants.
Honus Wagner Sporting Goods was directly across Forbes Avenue from the Warner Centre. This was the place to be in 1994 if you were looking for the newest Pirates and Steelers gear, or merchandise like Starter jackets and hats of non-Pittsburgh teams, which were hard to find in the days before online shopping.
Today, Honus Wagner Sporting Goods is closed and the store is vacant. Point Park University owns the property now.
Point Park also bought the neighboring properties. It plans to demolish them and make way for a new, relocated Pittsburgh Playhouse. The school has greatly increased its Downtown footprint since 1994, when it was much smaller and still known as Point Park College.
Taking a look back across the street, the building next to the Warner Centre on Forbes is still standing, but the businesses on the rest of the block extending down to Wood Street are all gone, having been demolished.
In 1994, there was a record store at the end of that block, and a Pizza Hut next door was always packed at lunchtime. Today, the whole block is gone. It will soon be the home of the city's newest skyscraper, the Tower at PNC Plaza.
Work on the Tower at PNC Plaza is progressing quickly. Located catercorner from One PNC Plaza, it will occupy the entire block of Wood Street between Fifth and Forbes avenues.
As you continue down Forbes Avenue toward Market Square, the buildings that housed most of the businesses on the south side of the block in 1994 (National Record Mart, George Aiken's restaurant, etc.) have been torn down.
A mixed-use project called The Gardens at Market Square is underway here. It will include office space, a parking garage and a Hilton Garden Inn hotel.
The McDonald's restaurant that was on the corner in 1994 is gone, but the building is still standing.
The city renovated the building with support from state funds. Next to be renovated are the "Skinny Building" across the street and the Roberts building next door to it. The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation is overseeing the project.
From 1994: A shot of the area near Point State Park and Gateway Center, as seen from Commonwealth Place.
Another look at the same area from 1994.
Paris Hilton was only 13 when this downtown hotel near Point State Park still bore the name of the chain that her great-grandfather founded.
Today, 20 years later, it's being operated as a Wyndham hotel.
Located nearby is the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette building. Here's a shot from 1994, just one year after the end of a lengthy strike and the shutdown of the Pittsburgh Press. The P-G is still in business at this location but will soon move its printing operations to the Clinton Industrial Park in Findlay Township.
Mellon Bank still had a major presence in Pittsburgh in 1994.
The name was prominently displayed at the top of the Mellon Bank Center skyscraper.
Today, it's the BNY Mellon Center. It was renamed following the merger of Bank of New York and Mellon Financial.
In 1994, if you headed uptown just two blocks from the Mellon Bank Center, you found the Civic Arena. Nicknamed the "Igloo," it was the home of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey. (Remember, this was just two years after the Pens won the Stanley Cup.)
Near the end of the '90s, the arena that had become known as "The house that Mario Lemieux built" was renamed Mellon Arena.
Today, as you look down Mario Lemieux Place, there's no indication that Lemieux was ever here. The arena is gone and an empty parking lot sits in its place.
A new arena, the Consol Energy Center, was built across Centre Avenue from the old Igloo. It's nestled between Epiphany Catholic Church (right) and the new Cambria Suites hotel (left).
The Cambria Suites hotel on Centre Avenue.
The U.S. Steel Tower is Downtown Pittsburgh's tallest and most famous skyscraper. In 1994, it was called the USX Tower, a name it kept throughout the decade of the 1990s.
U.S. Steel still has its world headquarters here and is still the building's main tenant ... but there has been one very big change over the years.
These days, the UPMC sign is prominently displayed atop the Steel Building. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is headquartered here, and it leases several floors, including the 62nd floor that used to be the Top of the Triangle restaurant.
Newborn babies were dressed in Pittsburgh Pirates onesies and bandanas by the nurses at St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon to celebrate the Buccos returning to the Major League Baseball postseason.
Little bats and baseballs were placed into the cribs with the babies.
The babies also had tiny yellow Jolly Roger blankets.
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FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- What Fargo police say was a routine drug search warrant Thursday turned into something much more serious.
After knocking on the door of an apartment in the 3500 block of 30th Avenue South, police were let in by a three-year old. Lt. Joel Vettel says officers were met with the overwhelming stench of cat urine, piles of garbage, dirty dishes and old food wrappers. Police had to break in a locked bedroom door to find an infant. A one-year old was also in the apartment.
The parents, 32-year old Wesley Gilbert and 23-year old Amanda Gilbert were arrested on drug charges. Marijuana and drug paraphernalia were within reach of the children. The children have turned over to the care of Cass County Social Services.


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How to improve quality of education in the Caribbean for the next generation?
September 20, 2013
- On average, students spend more than 10 years at school and many Caribbean countries have universal primary and secondary education coverage.
- However, poor quality of education means school leavers often struggle to find a job.
- If the region is to boost competitiveness, the skills learnt in the classroom need to lay the foundation for future work-place success.
For Hotel Manager Ruth Stevens, finding sufficiently skilled school leavers in her native St Vincent and the Grenadines is problematic. The disconnect between the skills they have learnt in school and the job-market is just too wide.
"When we have students that come out of the colleges, and we hire them to perform certain tasks, we realize that we will have to give them some form of support in terms of skills and job readiness," Ms. Stevens explains.
And, she is far from alone. It's a challenge employers across the Caribbean find repeated year on year. This is just one of the findings from a new report, 'Quality education counts for skills and growth' published by the World Bank.
Quantity rather than quality
In recent years, governments across the Caribbean have invested heavily in increasing both primary and secondary enrolment rates. And many countries in the region now enjoy universal coverage for both schooling levels. However, despite spending nearly 11 years in education, school leavers within the Caribbean often struggle to find formal employment.
Why? Here the report offers some suggestions, highlighting four key areas where system-wide changes are needed:
- Early childhood education is essential to a child's development as it builds the foundation for primary schooling. But, unlike primary and secondary education, as yet there has been no national push for pre-school education. This has resulted in huge variations to education services and often meaning children from rural areas or lower income families miss out.
And these families were high up in the minds for delegates from the Caribbean Growth Forum, who met in Nassau in June.
"Most of our islands here do not have national policies on early childhood development. There's no leadership, no investment, no financing being placed there. It must become a national issue," proposed one delegate passionately.
- Currently, fewer than 15% of school leavers in the OECS move on to further education. In order to improve productivity and competitiveness in the Caribbean, high level skills are needed. Consequently boosting tertiary education attendance is key.
- Attracting qualified teachers is a "chronic challenge" for the Caribbean, and is particularly pronounced within the core subjects - English, Maths and Science. With such a predominance of unqualified teachers, pass rates for these subjects in particular have suffered. In 2009, fewer than 50% of students region-wide passed CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) exams in English and Maths.
- Poor accountability: With a highly centralized system, there is little decision-making authority within the schools themselves. International studies have shown that giving schools the ability to make certain decisions themselves is closely linked to education quality.
When we have students that come out of the colleges, and we hire them to perform certain tasks, we realize that we will have to give them some form of support in terms of skills and job readiness
Ruth Stevens
Hotel Manager, St Vincent and the Grenadines
How to prepare students for the future?
Closing the digital skills gap will be key if graduates are to flourish in the quickly evolving Caribbean labor market. As traditional trades and sources of employment disappear, twenty-first century technology is taking their place, but employers regularly complain that school leavers do not have the appropriate skills for a digital workplace.
For Bernadette Lewis from the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, it's vital that the region's youth are sufficiently supported to realize the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
"It calls for a certain amount of education and awareness," she explains. "We have seen tremendous talent in the area of young people, making innovative use of ICTs [...] but there's little support."
Noting that critical soft skills such as ICT are best taught within a formal education setting, the report highlights a need for them to be maintained within the private sector. Learning is a life-long activity, and as such, both public and private sector involvement is needed to support learners throughout their career.
What's more, with the private sector who are most attuned to the changing skills needed for work-place success, the report also promotes employer involvement in curriculum discussions. Such a more would not only ensure students learn key career skills, but foster partnerships to improve job chances once students graduate.
But before any of that can begin, the report highlights a stark need for data collection. While it's known that skill gaps exist, currently there is not sufficient data to inform policy makers or support efforts to enhance the region's education system.
Education and the economy
The quality and relevance of education is paramount to achieving economic growth. In fact, national test scores even have a bearing on gross domestic product (GDP), with a 'single standard deviation difference in test scores between countries' equating to around 2 percentage points in annual long-term GDP growth.
Today, unemployment rates for 15-19 year olds in the Caribbean are between two and four times the adult average. School leavers struggle to find formal employment because their education doesn't sufficiently prepare them for the job market and employers are then left to train up those who they do hire.
Systemic changes with the education sector are therefore needed if learners in the Caribbean are to be given the opportunity to realize their potential.
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Pasta with Basil, Tomatoes, and Feta
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emcatt Posted: 03/03/11
We made this last night with whole wheat pasta for a quick week-night dinner. It was easy and delicious, but we found the garlic overpowering (hence the 3 stars). We will definitely make this again, although we'll cut the garlic down to 1 clove.
BJackson08 Posted: 05/18/11
This was exactly what I rated it OUTSTANDING!! I added more garlic because I love garlic but I will FOR SURE be making this time and time again! Thank you for the great recipe.
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i added grilled chicken and it turned out very good!!!
ChristineDC Posted: 07/19/12
This was easy and delicious with our own basil and tomatoes. I don't like raw garlic, so went very light with Penzey's freeze-dried garlic, which is mild. Made half the recipe and added a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar. This will be even better when our heirloom tomatoes come in.
JJStah730 Posted: 10/29/12
Was easy to make and flavorful! I used the pasta I had on hand which was whole wheat pasta (shells) and dried basil instead of fresh. I took the advice of others and used a tbsp of balsamic vinegar which added that extra zip. Without it, it tastes like something was missing. Was delish and will make it again!
ESmith6 Posted: 08/12/12
This was delicious with a few tweaks. I used whole wheat pasta, yellow heirloom pear tomatoes, which I quartered, 2 tbsp. oil, 1 tbsp. of balsamic, I skipped the garlic and added 2 oz. of mini turkey pepperoni, some fresh oregano and a pinch of red pepper flakes. Very fresh tasting and satisfying.


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The Numerical Renormalization Group
Short graduate lecture course: Gothenburg, Sweden.
October 2013
'Quantum Impurity Problems' are classic paradigms for strong electron correlations in condensed matter physics. They underpin the theoretical description of magnetic impurities in metals, nanodevices such as quantum dots, and appear as effective models within the dynamical mean field theory of correlated materials. Non-perturbative quantum many-body methods must be employed to solve such problems. In this course, we provide the conceptual framework of the Numerical Renormalization Group, discuss technical/practical details of the calculation, and present relevant applications.
Lecture slides in pdf format can be found below:Part 1: Quantum Impurity Problems and theoretical background.
Part 2: Kondo effect and RG. 1d chain formulation and iterative diagonalization.
Part 3: Logarithmic discretization and truncation. The RG in NRG.
Part 4: Calculation of physical quantities. Results and discussion.
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A. C. Hewson, "The Kondo problem to heavy Fermions" (CUP, 1997)
H. R. Krishnamurthy, J. W. Wilkins, and K. G. Wilson, Phys. Rev. B 21, 1003 (1980)
R. Bulla, T. Costi, and T. Pruschke, Rev. Mod. Phys. 80, 395 (2008)
NRG tutorial code:Follow the link below to download a minimal fortran 90 code to solve the Anderson Impurity Model using NRG.
1) Compile the code. Run for impurity parameters V=0.1, epsilon=-U/2 and U=0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, ...
2) Examine the iterative flow of many-particle energies, in the output file energies.dat
3) Examine the temperature-dependence of the entropy, in the output file thermoav.dat
4) Determine the Kondo temperature for each data set [defined as Simp(TK)=ln(2)/2]
5) Confirm the perturbative scaling result for TK
6) Plot the entropy in terms of T/TK
7) Experiment with other impurity parameters, different Lambda, number of kept states etc
Advanced Exercise:
The Anderson Impurity Hamiltonian conserves total charge, Q, and spin projection, Sz. This means that the Hamiltonian has a block-diagonal structure. Label the states by these quantum numbers, and block-diagonalize the Hamiltonian. The program runs very much faster, and a lot more states can be kept per iteration! Calculate magnetic susceptibility as well as entropy.
More information on the practical implementation can be found in the PRB by Krishnamurthy et al, listed above.
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Learning About Judicial Independence: Institutional Change In The State Courts
AbstractThere is widespread agreement that an independent judiciary is crucial to the growth of a nation. Yet systematic analysis of the development of independent courts is difficult, because, typically, formal judicial institutions seldom change. Here, I examine a formal judicial institution with substantial cross-sectional and time-series variation to explore: the procedure used to select and retain judges in the American states. Five different procedures emerged over the nation's history, and all are in use today. I conclude as follows: Each new procedure was developed in order to increase the independence of state judges and was then superseded by a newer procedure, owing in large part to unanticipated agency problems. However, not all states changed procedures when the opportunity arose. States with larger legislative majorities, earlier entrance to the Union, or constitutional amendment requirements were less likely to adopt new procedures.
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Theodahad (born c. 480 in Tauresium[1] – died 536) was the King of the Ostrogoths from 534 to 536 and a nephew of Theodoric the Great through his sister Amalafrida.[2]
He might have arrived in Italy with Theodoric and was an elderly man at the time of his succession.
He arrested Amalaswintha, queen of the Ostrogoths from 526 to 534, and imprisoned her on an island in Lake Bolsena.[3]
Witiges ordered him killed, and succeeded him as king.
Theodahad had at least two children with a woman named Gudeliva: Theodegisclus and Theodenantha.
In fiction[edit]
Thiudehad appears as a character in the time travel novel Lest Darkness Fall, by L. Sprague de Camp.
- ^ Wolfgang Kuhoff (1996). "Theodahadus, Flavius, König der Ostgoten 534-536". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 11. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 824–832. ISBN 3-88309-064-6.
- ^ Jordanes names Amalfridam germanam suam [Theoderici] as the mother of Theodehadi qui postea rex fuit
- ^ Jordanes, LIX, p. 51, and Herwig Wolfram (1998), p. 338
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The jury in the Rutgers case got it wrong: It may be the Internet, not a stupid 20-year-old, that is ultimately responsible for the tragedy
The five New Jersey men and seven women who decided Dharun Ravi's fate last Friday had compelling reasons to find him guilty of a hate crime. Here was a young man training a webcam on his roommate, live-streaming the roommate's intercourse with another man, and using social media tools such as Twitter to advertise the video and invite his friends to watch. These actions drove the roommate, Tyler Clementi, to leap to his death off the George Washington Bridge, and they led the jury to hold Ravi responsible. Talking to the press shortly after the verdict was read, Marcellus A. McRae, a former federal prosecutor who has been following the case, stated that the decision was "a watershed moment, because it says youth is not immunity."
It isn't. But the Internet just might be: If the Rutgers case is a watershed moment, it's because it forces us to come to terms with the implications of technology having grown faster and wilder than the social norms and the legal edicts designed to keep it—and us—in check.
A few vital caveats: There can be little doubt that homophobia played a considerable role in the events leading to Clementi's death, a painful reminder that much public education is still needed before one's sexual orientation is no longer considered something to gawk at, mock, or assail. And there can be no doubt that Ravi, like the rest of us mortals, possesses a sense of agency, and therefore could have, and should have, treated Clementi with the dignity and respect he so dearly deserved. But these key points aside, let us examine the environment that allowed this tragedy to take shape.
As a professor of digital media, I spend much time both researching our nascent modes of communication and observing young men and women interacting with, and through, them. I'm still a geek at heart—technology tends to make me giddy—but the more I think about it, the more things seem grim. Put bluntly, I believe that for all its many and undeniable advantages, the suite of media, technologies, and practices collectively known as Web 2.0 is facilitating a radical reimagining of what it means to be human, dimming the critical faculties, sanctioning speed over contemplation, and spawning a host of what could only be called nonpersons.
That's not my term. It's Jaron Lanier's. A celebrated computer scientist and a founding father of virtual reality, Lanier gradually came to see the vicissitudes of technology as a spiraling dive into barbarity. The problem, he argued in his controversial manifesto You Are Not a Gadget, is that Facebook, Twitter, and the other platforms that govern and regulate so many of our exchanges with our fellow human beings are information systems, and as such they demand, well, information: favorite bands, lists of friends, quick posts, snapshots.
But information, Lanier observed, under-represents reality. We are more than lovers of Phish or graduates of Yale, more than that person tagged in that photo from last night's party. We contain multitudes too complex for 140 characters to capture. And yet, in our zeal to catch up with our friends and with the times, we reduce ourselves to data. We are so thrilled with the opportunity to keep in touch with so many people with such speed and facility that we agree to limit our thoughts and our feelings to dispatches that are easy to categorize and store in the growing database that is the contemporary Internet. This, Lanier laments, is based on a "philosophical mistake," the belief "that computers can presently represent human thought or human relationships. These are things computers cannot currently do."
Lanier is not alone in his critique. Sherry Turkle, a professor of social studies of science and technology at MIT, has come to similar conclusions. An enthusiastic technophile, Turkle too took a turn for the dark in her new book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other. Conducting a staggering amount of ethnographic interviews with young users of technology, she reported on a generation accustomed to thinking of communication as a ceaseless flow in which meaning is tangential and identities blurred.
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I saw images for the My Little Pony* "movie" and… I gotta say, human Vynil Scratch looks awesome.
But I lost interest in the normal show (in a peaceful way), so I will stay away from the teenage human version.
*Can we call it My Little Pony if we don't have ponies or… well, characters that are small?
You must heard the recent news about Fighting is Magic.
You know what I'm feeling now? Serenity. That moment when things just turn out good in the end.
Better, I must say. I was enjoying what they were doing with the MLP characters, but I usually prefer when people -specially the imaginative and hardworking ones like the Mane6 team- try to create their own things.
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A 16-year-old Hastings High School student was killed in a two-car, head-on crash Thursday night on a gravel road in Marshan Township.
The Dakota County sheriff's office says Madeline Rose Sake was driving north on Lewiston Blvd. around 7:50 p.m. when her 2003 Kia collided with a pickup truck at the crest of a hill.
Sake was taken by helicopter to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, but died hours later.
The driver of the pickup was identified as 18-year-old Blake Beissel of Hastings. His passengers were 18-year-old Derek Niebur and 17-year-old Mariah Kay Nelson. All three were taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates the hill crest may have contributed to the head-on crash. The Minnesota State Patrol and Dakota County sheriff's office are continuing to investigate the cause and circumstances of the accident.There will be a moment of silence in memory of Maddy Sake at Friday night's Woodbury-Hastings football game at Hastings High School.
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