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Preparing for BlizzCon: Expect geeks behaving badly {WoW}
Jul 8th 2009 10:12PM That may have been true back in the day, but nowadays the nerd ragers and basement dwellers don't seem to be bothered by acting out in public, even if there are cameras on them.
Thus, wastes of life like that dude Swarm going into nerd rage hysterics because his arena team lost, or Celex slamming his headphones down and storming off like a petulant three-year-old at another arena event. Search Google and you can find dozens upon dozens of videos of maladjusted kids and grown-ass-men flipping out over the game, and hundreds more Vent recordings of WoW players raging at each other or issuing death threats over shit like losing a piece of loot.
I've played lots of RTS and FPS and encountered some true nutcases, but WoW players have their own pathetic niche when it comes to raging over pixels, tying their egos to their in-game accomplishments and just generally acting like awful human beings.
I'm sure Blizzcon has its share of nice people, but as another commenter said below, if you go you have to be prepared to deal with idiocy on a mass scale by the very nature of the game and the convention.
[1.Local]: Dumber than a box of nails {WoW}
Jun 27th 2009 8:02PM Heirlooms are pretty good for those people who really only have one toon and can't seem to get their others past the 20s or so. I'm like that, and I know a couple of my guildies are the same way: when you've put so much time and effort into your main, the level and rep grinds for alts seems daunting. But knowing that you can have TWO heirlooms that stack, plus rested XP, is a good motivator to finally put time into an alt and enjoy old-world content again. It's nice for Blizzard to give players some options.
And since we're on the topic of WoW-related rap, I recommend "Hum of Death" and "Your Tanking Sucks" by Zealous1 and Super Dragon X. Their beats are awesome, their songs feature epic turntablism, the lyrics rock and they sound like top-notch underground rappers, not just some kids messing around with Garage Band. It's the perfect soundtrack music for BGs and arena.
Why Blizzard is splitting normal and Heroic modes off on their own {WoW}
Jun 23rd 2009 4:04PM It annoys me to read so many raiders making this complaint, when running the same content over, and over, and over again is raiding's MO.
Chances are, most raiders who consider themselves more-than-casual have spent hundreds of hours already running the same content in Naxxramas, OS and EoE.
And if your guild raids four days a week and has been steadily making progress in Ulduar, by looking at the time Ulduar's been out (more than nine weeks) and the typical raid schedule of most guilds (about three hours a night) most of you will have run that instance a minimum of 104 hours -- the equivalent of about four-and-a-half straight days of playing -- and that's just for one setting of that dungeon. If you've raided both normal and heroic equally, it's possible your total time in that instance is twice that -- more than 200 total hours spent looking at the same textures, fighting the same trash, wiping on and downing the same bosses, trying the same hard modes, and praying that the specific piece of loot you need actually drops.
For comparison, that's the equivalent of more than FOUR ENTIRE WEEKENDS sitting in your computer chair.
After all, without the loot, you would not spend more than 200 hours in that place. The dungeons in classic gaming are awesome too -- everyone loves the classic dungeons of original Zelda, Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy -- but no one in their right mind would say, "Dude, I've spent 200 hours running Level 3 in The Legend of Zelda...I just can't get enough of that place!"
The gaps between content have been longer in the past, so for long-time raiders, it's likely they've spent thousands of hours running the same collection of 15 or so dungeons.
So how can these same people suddenly become so offended at the thought that there will be two more lockout periods for ONE dungeon in the game? It's a drop in the bucket compared to everything else.
Totem Talk: Patch 3.2 PTR {WoW}
Jun 21st 2009 4:34AM "It's less gimmicky: you don't have to cast a heal to get Healing Way to place itself on your healing target to get the increased effectiveness and it's straightforwardly more benefit to your Healing Wave."
Believe me, I don't get any joy from ripping on you, but this sentence sounds like Borat wrote it.
And I've re-read this sentence five times and still don't understand what you're trying to say:
"I have grumping about how 'hard mode' really means 'harder on the healer' to do, but that can wait."
Patch 3.2 changes the tiered Emblem system {WoW}
Jun 18th 2009 6:46PM "People who do not raid DO NOT DESERVE RAID GEAR. It's as simple as that. Especially the 25 man version of raid gear!"
People like you who are only able to enjoy this game by depriving other players of the same content/items you enjoy so that you can feel "special" are in dire need of a psychological evaluation. Tell me what is it that you think you deserve?
I say this as someone who has had the highest tiers of gear in the past and does not begrudge other players for the opportunity to level the playing field and allow them to contribute to a raid.
The bottom line is that people like you are incredibly nervous that the "scrubs" you routinely look down on will now have access to similar gear and might overtake you on the meters. Then everything you've worked so hard for -- your five hours a night following the orders of some alpha-nerd as you battle cartoon monsters -- goes down the drain when you realize you can no longer tie your ego to your in-game purples.
The problem is not that Blizzard is now "giving in" to the "casuals," it's that they ever gave in to mentally stunted people like you.
Patch 3.2 changes the tiered Emblem system {WoW}
Jun 18th 2009 6:34PM "Well, one could say - If you don't plan on raiding, then why the hell do you need iLvL 226 gear? They would be justified in saying that, but if you want to stand around Dal and pretend your Leet then who am I to stop you?
For me personally, this change will help me get back into raiding. I quit the game about 5 months ago, and now I have fallen behind the gear curve. I am an experienced raider from pre-nerf T6 to competitive hard mode kills before I quit, and this gives me the chance to catch up and get myself back into raiding."
You're not "leet" no matter which gear you wear, and if you think you are, you have major self-esteem issues. The difference between a good player and bad player is whether or not they survive the fight and CONTRIBUTE TO THE RAID, and has little to do with the damage or healing meters and the gear that influences those meters.
I also quit raiding for several months and mostly just mess around with PvP a couple hours a week, but I still get tells from people all the time asking me to join their runs. Why do they ask me, if I am still in pre-Ulduar gear and everyone I used to out-DPS can now out-DPS me? Because they know if they do Sarth 3D, I will still be standing at the end of the fight. They know 99% of the time I'll go through every boss fight in an instance and be among those still standing and contributing to the raid. They know I can be relied upon to do interrupts, to lead the melee positioning, to run to overcharged adds quickly, etc. None of that has a damn thing to do with my gear.
The great downfall of this game is fools like you who think you have to deprive other people of the same content and items you get, because otherwise you would not feel "special." People like you need a psychological evaluation, and Blizzard needs to stop catering to you.
Blizzard discusses the state of PvP {WoW}
Jun 16th 2009 9:21PM Ah, yes. It's akin to the NBA declaring that, from now on, only the Lakers and Boston Celtics will be permitted to have players taller than 6'6" on their roster. In addition, while players on those two teams will have custom Nikes, the rest of the league will be forced to wear old-school canvas Converse All-Stars while on the court.
Additionally, the Lakers and Celtics will be awarded three points for each field goal and four points for each three-pointer, but the rest of the league will be awarded one point per basket, regardless of where the shot was taken from.
WoW arena is the only game I know where the game creates a ghetto populated by lesser-ranked players, and rewards the top players with gear so much better than everyone else's that it becomes impossible for the "scrubs" to dig themselves out of the hole -- that is, it is impossible for an equally-skilled lower team to beat the higher-ranked team, simply because the numbers (the gear gap) do not add up. Supping even the RNG worked out in favor of the lesser-geared team, it's almost never enough to make up for the hundreds of hit points, AP, SP, etc, that gear affords the higher-ranked players.
Or as I like to say, it's like coming into a an artillery fight with a boxcutter. Good luck!
Blizzard discusses the state of PvP {WoW}
Jun 16th 2009 9:09PM They act like someone else is responsible for the emphasis being on arena and not BGs, when there are two full tiers between the crap you can get from an inhuman amount of honor grinding, and the stuff available from arena.
At the very least, make lower-tier PvP weapons available at lower ratings (say, 1500) so we don't have to run into teams rocking Furious Weapons in the 1400s and 1500s. How they manage to get there, I don't know.
And the thing is, there have been thousands of good suggestions on the forums about how to fix certain issues, class-related and in general. I'm not talking about the off-the-wall stuff or gratuitous QQ -- I'm talking about those players who provide math and reasoning in polite and well-written posts and go ignored in favor of quick and easy "fixes" that never really address the problem.
"Shamans, unfortunately, have yet to enjoy their time in the limelight."
After three seasons of misery as Enhancement, I went Resto, and it's still difficult finding partners even with 900 resilience. All the "pro" nerd-ragers are busy with their own FotM combos, and since I am not a prick who screams at strangers over vent, I'm left with the tons of DKs rocking blues and Titansteel weapons to pick from. Nice.
Still waiting for GC to tell us when the dev team will fix totem stomping macros...it's been months since he's said he "doesn't like it" but nothing's happened. Perhaps after the 1,297th tweak to Death Knights?
The Colosseum: Retrospective, Spring 2009 {WoW}
Jun 13th 2009 7:15PM lol..."a shaman."
We're going on three years now where two specs are terrible in arena, and our third (Resto) is second-rate compared to the other healers in the game.
I'm in the 1700s right now as Resto and, despite Blizzard saying they "don't like" rampant totem-stomping and the automated totem-stomping macros, when you get to the higher brackets the pet classes aren't stupid -- they stomp totems as soon as they drop.
In the lower brackets you will run into a lot of teams that don't bother with taking out totems, but there's no such luxury against better teams. Thank God we at least have Stoneclaw, so we can get most ticks of Mana Tide before it's destroyed.
Popular scams and how to avoid them {WoW}
Jun 13th 2009 5:08AM I recommend all WoW players regularly scan their computers with HijackThis and SuperAntiSpyware, and to have an anti-virus active and UP TO DATE.
AVG, Avira and Avast all offer free versions of their anti-virus software for home users (hopefully you don't play WoW from work) and although many anti-malware programs are excellent for finding and digging out the trojans and rootkits sometimes missed by anti-virus programs, you most definitely still need a solid anti-virus. A lot of people think you don't need an anti-virus anymore, and that's simply not true.
And I know all of us hate nag screens, and oftentimes we X them out in our rush to get logged on and playing, but please guys, take that extra couple of minutes to download your anti-virus and OS updates and reboot because it could save you both time and headaches later on.
Use HijackThis to get a list of processes, services, BHOs and other items that are running in the background on your computer, and use the program's official site to compare your running processes against the ratings composed by the community there. All you have to do is cut from the log file and paste it at the official site to analyze what's running. This is an excellent way to alert yourself to something wrong with your machine -- not all malware will announce itself with pop-ups and redirects. The ones that don't are the really scary ones, because those are the ones waiting for you to put in your WoW account information, or your credit card.
And it's not enough to just browse Task Manager every once in a while -- it can be spoofed, and many trojans nowadays will hide themselves in Task Manager or use the names of legitimate services. Along with regular scans with HijackThis and your anti-malware programs, you can go to the command prompt and type "tasklist /m" to get a list of the running processes on your computer AND all the dll files associated with them. This makes it much easier to spot a piece of malware posing as another instance of svchost.exe, for instance.
You don't have to be a PC technician or expert to take these steps -- all you have to do is take a spare hour or two to read up on these programs and system security, and by doing that you can save yourself, your guild, Blizzard support and your computer repair guy a lot of time and frustration by avoiding serious infection, or spotting it early.
(Well ok, maybe your computer repair guy won't be upset...but do you really want to pay him $200 to get rid of a ridiculously nasty version of Vundo? Or worse, be forced to bring it to the Geek Squad? They make your local PC handyman look like a bargain basement deal...)


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What a great weekend of soft powder at Alpine after picking up 4 feet on Friday. Alpine has now received 532 inches on the season, 118% of the annual snowfall average as of February 26th. That's not the end as we have many more storms on the horizon, the first of which will arrive Tuesday night. This storm will not be as cold as the last few so even with similar liquid amounts the snow totals will not be as high, but still another foot or more will add to the spectacular amounts we've seen so far.
Temps today will be in the 30′s and then tomorrow we possibly break 40 with the warm flow out ahead of the next storm. A cold low pressure spinning in the Northeast Pacific is going to pull a warmer storm coming across the Pacific to its South up its East side. That will push a stream of moisture through our area with a cold front on the backside. Snow could beging falling as early as Tuesday night and last into Thursday as moisture continues off the Pacific behind the cold front.
Snowfall will not be all that heavy with the storm especially compared to what we have been seeing lately. Totals by the Thursday morning snow report should be in the 12-18 inch range, and then several more inches could accumulate on Thursday. The snow will start off pretty thick as snow levels come up close to lake level, and then finish off lighter Wednesday night behind the cold front as the temps drop.
Things begin to clear out by Friday and we have another little break until the next storm arrives for Sunday into Monday. This storm looks to brings similar amounts of precip as the storm this week. Then we get another break next Tue-Thu before another storm comes knocking on storm door next Friday.
By the end of next week it looks as if the ridge may shift South from the Bering Sea to around 160w in the Central Pacific. This would bring the return of colder storms dropping down the East side of the ridge starting the latter half of next week and going towards mid-month. It definitely looks like an active period for at least the next few weeks. BA

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UPDATE:Dispatchers tell 13 News that all lanes are now re-open.
UPDATE:The West Virginia Turnpike Authority says one lane of I-77 north is now open to traffic. The other lane is still closed as crews work to clean up a tractor trailer crash.
Crews have been able to get the cab of the semi-truck upright. Crews are getting ready to move it, but the trailer is still overturned and crews have said it's going to take a while to right it.
The north lanes are still shut down. Debris is also scattered in the south lanes. Traffic is backed up for miles. Please avoid the area if possible.
The West Virginia Division of Highways says Interstate 77 North is shut down. Both north lanes are blocked for tractor trailer that crashed on it's side.
It happened just after 8 p.m. at the 77.5 mile marker, which is near the foot of the hill at Paint Creek.
Expect major delays. There are no details about any injuries.
13News has a crew at the scene. Keep checking wowktv.com for updates.


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xxxsnowflamexxx said...
I feel bad for you! Mulgore is on of my favorites as well; I love westerns, and it feels like I'm in one when I'm there.
Hopefully you'll see the best Azeroth has to offer.
On a side note, the zones I'll miss the most will be the Western Plaguelands. I loved that place, and now its getting all unplagueified. :(
Dreamstorm said...
My first char was a Tauren. From the first time I logged into the game I was in love with Mulgore. Scholazar Basin was a good competetor but Mulgore has been my favourite zone for almost 3 years now.
Mulgore 4 life!
xxxsnowflamexxx said...
Yeah. Mulgore just has this natural beauty that isn't in most zones. I think Nagrand does a great job as well.
Yeah Nagrand is probably my favorite. Luckily it isn't getting changed, lol. I started playing in vanilla, but never reached endcap until BC and I remember that the first thing I did when I hit 70 was go straight to Nagrand and work on Kurenai rep for my Talbuk ^.^
xxxsnowflamexxx said...
Same! I loved that place. Oh, and about Mulgore, I just think it's awesome. I know its big, and barren, but its much better than the barrens. I just like the native american influence.
I was one of the many that braved the cold the night of BC release. I went home and stayed up till 3A running through all the new zones on my ram. My favorite zone of that initial inspection was Nagrand. I "slow leveled" my first toon in vanilla and have many memories from that time. Even though it was a gankfest, STV was probably my favorite in vanilla.


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Grocers Slammed, But Takeover Artists Loom
David is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
IHS Global Insight is now reporting that economic and retail sales reports indicate that the holiday retail environment has been better than originally forecasted. The combination of unemployment dipping below 8% and the housing market improving sets the tone for greater consumer expenditures. Consumer confidence has risen to the highest it has seen in 5 years. But has the upside already been factored into grocery stocks? Below, I provide my outlook on several producers in this area.
High Yields, Shareholder-Friendly Management To Drive Safeway (NYSE: SWY)
Increased competition has made it hard for grocers to expand margins alongside sales gains. Shares of SUPERVALU fell 7.7% on the announcement that Wal-Mart alone would be expanding its small stores--right now, even just on a small scale. In the third quarter, although Safeway beat earnings expectations by 24 cents on EPS of $0.66, the market still reacted negatively to the report that Safeway grew same-store sales by a mere 1% from greater volumes. Value is also being destroyed, as evidenced by the 7.4% return on invested capital, which is below the average cost of capital. The grocer's free cash flow generation fell from $1.7 billion on a TTM-basis by the end of 2009 to $921 million today.
As poor as the trend has been for Safeway, FCF is still yielding a terrific 23.3%. Shares trade at 8.8x forward earnings, and the PEG ratio is at 0.93x--implying future growth has not been reasonably factored into the market assessment. Imperial Capital recently rated the company "outperform" with a $23 price target, which is at around a 40% premium to the market assessment. Analysts forecast 9.4% annual EPS growth over the next 5 years--seemingly more than strong enough to close at least some of this value gap and drive outperformance. Holding the share price constant at this kind of growth would be unreasonable given how low multiples already are. If nothing else, Safeway provides a terrific 4.2% dividend yield.
There are several other reasons why one should be optimistic about Safeway. Management has been very aggressive on share repurchases. Gross margins may be on the decline, but they are not nearly as bad as what the market has made out, since half of the recent decline has come from isolated one-time events. Only 5% of margin contraction in the third quarter was explained by price changes. The important thing to grasp is that Safeway has been gaining market share across all outlets and in the food channel.
SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU): A SUPER Takeover Target
SUPERVALU has gone through dramatic ups and downs over the last 12 months. Shares are 60.7% up from the 52-week low but also 67.5% down from the 52-week high. Though the company has lost $5.87 per share in the twelve trailing months, analysts, analysts expect EPS of $0.49 to be generated next year. Put differently, the company is valued at only 5.5x consensus EPS estimates. For now, however, investors can only see the losses that are being reflected in a -9.8% return on invested capital, which contrasts markedly with a bright 11% industry average. Though no analysts rate the company a "sell", only 1 out of 16 reported rates it a "buy"--the rest a "hold".
Although FCF has dipped from a high of $791 for the TTM ending 3Q10 to $153 million, the company is only worth $576.5 million. This means you are getting back what you paid for in only a few years. And management is also addressing working capital stresses by laying off 700 positions in November. It should not be surprising then that PE firms are circling the grocer. Speculation is rising that Cerberus Capital will merge the company's operations with Albertson's with joint financing from real estate firms.
I would consider buying the company over Kroger (NYSE: KR) for several reasons. This grocer has a ROIC of only 6.6% and is already in solid profitable territory. Despite generating $1.08 per share over the TTM, Kroger is still forecasted for $2.60 in EPS next year, which means it is valued at 9.6x forward earnings. Analysts forecast 8.9% annual EPS growth over the next 5 years. Assuming expectations are met, 2016 EPS will come out to $3.35. At a multiple of 13x, this translates to a future stock value of $43.55. Discounting backwards by 10% yields a present value of around $27. This is not a tremendous value gap and thus you may just be better off with SUPERVALU or Safeway.
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Tonight I just watched a film that pushed me out of my comfort zone. And to calm my nerves, I'm sitting in front of the computer late on a Saturday night, writing this as a kind of therapy. The film is the very dark "comedy" God Bless America, written and directed by warped comedian Bobcat Goldthwait. Now let me say this loud and clear before you rush out and watch the film: I don't recommend the film, nor do I suggest you watch it! In fact, take my advice and don't. My own interest was piqued when I first saw the trailer, but in that can't-turn-away-from-a-car-wreck sort of way. The images were shocking but I also instantly noticed their relevance to the current transit of Uranus through Aries. So I chose to watch it because I was really curious to see how the film's release played out in the larger culture.
I expected there to be a lot of press around the film's release, including protests and angry dissent. But the release was relatively uneventful. In fact, after seeing the pre-release trailer in some art-house theater, I never saw mention of the film again, and forgot about it entirely until the mass shootings of 2012 started. And for reasons which will soon become apparent, I was instantly reminded.
In short, God Bless America is the story of a middle-aged male and a teenage female who embark on a violent killing spree, randomly shooting people who "just piss them off." Some of their main targets are right-wing pundits and radicals, and they also take direct aim at pop culture, shooting participants on an American Idol-style reality TV show.
After watching this film I became fascinated with how markedly the director was tuned in to the zeitgeist. He couldn't have known that shooting sprees were about to become even more of a prominent fixture in our culture just after his film's release. And yet he was clearly already deeply in touch with the archetypal energies that were brewing even before any of the dramatic shooting incidents of 2012 took place. Because of that, this film is prophetic and even more deeply disturbing than it would have been in any other context.
So let's take a closer look.
At the 2009 at the ISAR Astrology Conference in Chicago, the hot topic was predictions about the years 2009-2015. At the conference, and for the months to follow, the astrological community was buzzing about the looming 2010 Saturn-Uranus-Pluto T-Square, and the coming years of the Uranus square Pluto transit. There were predictions of financial collapse, civil war, unrest, assassination and revolution. And the fear expressed in the astrological community was mirrored with identical projections all throughout our culture. It seemed that wherever I looked, people were saying that the apocalypse was at hand, the sky was about to fall and that it was time to head for the hills.
As I started to do my own analysis of the potentials of the coming transits, I zeroed in on the potential for revolution. With Uranus in Aries squaring Pluto in Capricorn, I imagined challenges to the status quo, who could in turn respond with even more harsh measures of control. I imagined the possibility of fascism in response to revolution. History has no shortage of grave human errors. And I wondered if we might be at the threshold of another such time.
Another line of thought had me worried about physical changes in the earth, and catastrophes that we wouldn't be able to stop. I began to get pretty worked up about all of these fearful projections, and everywhere I turned it seemed that other people were doing the same thing. Because of the daily stress I started to feel, I made a deliberate effort to stop this line of thinking, which was both unproductive and disturbing. I decided to leave fearful speculation to the masters – the newscasters. I turned off the news, and decided I'd just take it day-by-day and respond to whatever life delivered as best I could in the moment.
And then bang – just as the square between Uranus and Pluto heated up, revolution was on everyone's lips. From the Arab Spring, to the Occupy movement, challenges to the status quo were in full force. Dramatically, the day Uranus moved into Aries, we experienced the colossal earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan. It seemed that all of my worst fears about the potentials of the transits were coming true. I had a feeling there would be more to come. And because one of the potentials of Uranus is that events colored by its transits can be quick and shocking, I knew it would be hard to pin down exactly when or where such events would take place. All of this was a recipe for my fearful projections to start up again. So I really had to make a daily effort to avoid that and do my best to stay present.
Then the shootings started. And right on time, I was shocked and surprised like the rest of you. I'm not sure why I hadn't considered the lone-shooter scenario as part of the potential of Uranus' transit through the sign of Aries, because in hindsight, it makes so much sense. But astrology is often like that: easy to explain after the fact, but more difficult to predict with certainty. I'm sure someone out there did accurately predict the increase in lone shooters. But I was so focused on Uranus' interaction with Pluto spelling r-e-v-o-l-u-t-i-o-n, that I overlooked some of the most basic meanings of both the planets and the signs. So let's look at them.
As if to taunt Jupiter's freshly enthusiastic direct motion at the end of January 2013, shortly thereafter Saturn began its retrograde cycle on February 18th in the sign of Scorpio, where it stationed retrograde at 11°. Note that degree, because if you have any planets in 11° or within a degree or two on either side, this will be an important Saturn retrograde cycle for you. Saturn, the planet that signifies the structures and persistence we need in order to bring any endeavor solidly into fruition, is asking us to slow down, maybe change direction, and even to consider revising our plan. This Saturn retrograde cycle lasts until July 7, 2013 when it goes direct again. But many astrologers agree that the cycle isn't really complete until Saturn finally clears the 11° point at which it stationed retrograde, which isn't until October. So settle in for a cycle that will require some patience.
When Saturn stations retrograde on a sensitive point in our chart, we're being asked to review our past plans in search of improvements that will help shore up our foundation. The topic at hand depends on the house Saturn is transiting in your chart, which planets it's making contact with, and what your natal Saturn's long-term goals and intentions are. In some cases, the Saturn retrograde process of evaluation makes us aware that our plan (or our job, our home, our relationship) doesn't have the strength to weather the storm, and that it's now time to let it come to an end. But we may not figure that out right away. That's what the cycle is for – to help us get clarity about what's causing this newly uncomfortable feeling of stuckness that will ultimately edge us into the process.
At the beginning of the cycle, since we may not be aware yet just exactly what is going to end (or begin) or when, we may find that we reach an impass of sorts, a blockage, an obstacle, or a take on a new responsibility. This experience will eventually provide the impetus for change and forward movement once the cycle is complete. In order to get the most out of the cycle, we need to get in sync with the process, which will require Saturnian patience and endurance.


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Scouting Report: James Norwood
contributed by BLF's Jackson Craig
Pitcher Name: James Norwood
Ht: 6'2
Wt: 200
Position: RHP
Draft Status: 2014 Draft Eligible
Physical: Norwood has a big upper body that helps produce easy velocity out of his hand. He has wide shoulders and room to add weight down the road.
Mechanics: Norwood starts on the 1B side of the rubber and pitches with a downward style action. He has an extremely easy and elusive delivery. He uses a high 3/4 arm slot with a good stride.
Fastball: 94-97 MPH. Norwood looks very comfortable and confident using his top tier fastball against any level of hitting. He has a great deal of run on his two-seam fastball.
Secondary Pitches: Norwood uses a variety of pitches to fill out his 4 pitch repertoire. All 3 offspeed pitches Norwood uses are still developing, but his curveball and changeup are becoming legit 2 and 3 pitches.
Curveball: 81-83 MPH. He uses this pitch with a high level tilt. Norwood often seems to use this pitch in 0-0 or 0-2 counts. It, at times, can be a get me over type of strike. I think this could be a pitch that Norwood keeps at the next level as it continues to develop.
Slider: 86-89 MPH. Norwood has not used this pitch as much as his other offspeed pitches, but his slider is a heavy, powerful pitch. He has late action, which, at times, can make this pitch nearly unhittable.
Change Up: This pitch can still be a work in progress. Norwood has great days with this pitch in which it has a high level of depth and good arm action. Days that the pitch isn't working as well, he still has a deceiving arm side run on the change up that helps keep this pitch one to watch out for in an at bat.
Command: He show confidence in his fastball and has no issue throwing this pitch anywhere on the plate. Norwood's off-speed have good depth and easily make his 97 MPH fastball seem like he is touching 100.
Summary: Norwood was a guy who last year was rumored as a possible day 2 pick in 2014 MLB Draft. After touching 97 this fall and showing no signs of injury, Norwood easily could be a top 4 round guy. If his 4 pitches continue to improve, I like Norwood to be taken early in this year's draft.


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Have you ever had a pot of lemon verbena in your kitchen? If not, this is the time to get one. With sunshine up ahead, the sophisticated fragrance of lemon verbena is delicate enough for spring while promising warmer days ahead.
We love this herb's unique aroma - herbal, citrusy, and floral all together - and the marvelous dessert tisane or herbal infusion that is perfect sipping on a crisp spring evening. More ideas below - be looking for it at your local greenmarket...
We usually use lemon verbena in desserts, like this plum sorbet with lemon verbena-flavored cream from my (Faith's) other blog. But this Verbena Brined Salmon sounds delicious and special.
We also like the idea of this Lemon Verbena Oil to be drizzled over vegetables or fish.
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What a coincidence. I'm going to have my kitchen finished pretty soon and will have a little plant pot that hangs on the wall. I was thinking about putting a lemon verbena plant in it because they are pretty hearty and have an intoxicating fragrance.
I grew one on my balcony once with no effort whatsoever. I was fortunate enough to have an ice cream machine at my disposal so I made lemon verbena ice cream with it. I love the sound of your lemon verbena "spritzer." Someone had brought up guinea hen a while ago and I think a crispy skinned guinea hen breast would be great with a pan jus infused with lemon verbena.
I happliy read this while drinking fresh lemon verbena tea. I have a plant growing on my balcony in a pot...but I have to wonder if it's a good indoor plant. If you are going to get one, beware that in winter (even here in temperate southern California) mine lost all its leaves and I thought it was dead. But now it's leafing like crazy.


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Agreed but...the reality is that the Troll dungeons are FAR tougher than Occulus. Occulus demanded a different mechanic for the final fight, but the reality was that an experienced group could knock out an Occulus in >15 minutes. The goody bag was enough incentive that at least some groups would put up with it.
On top of that, players hadn't been essentially forced to run just Occulus for months on end. Even if they massively nerf the troll dungeons, I frankly never want to see the inside of them again.
The incentive to get groups to stick with the troll dungeons will have to be massive. And most players will still probably drop.
This whole issue is just one more example of how ham-fisted Blizzard has been with tuning this entire expansion. I am frankly amazed at how much tinkering they have done with a system that was essentially working well.
Were Wrath heroics faceroll by the end? Yes. And that was a GOOD thing. The reality is that for most regular players, after the first few times running them, the novelty is off, and running heroics is largely like doing dailies: part of the grind. The dungeon finder firmly cemented this mentality, for better or worse.
And when running the heroic is something you feel like you need to do, rather than want to do, it's better to just make it faceroll so that players can at least get a kick out of pushing big numbers, tanking 20 mobs at once, etc.


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The findings were presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2012, 19-22 May, in Belgrade, Serbia. The Congress is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.
Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and previous research has shown that obese adults have structural and functional changes to their hearts. The current study (abstract P843) investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and cardiac function in overweight and obese adolescents with no symptoms of heart disease.
For the study, 97 healthy adolescents had their weight, height, waist circumference and hip circumference measured. BMI and waist/hip ratio were calculated. Blood and biochemistry tests and an echocardiogram were performed. Based on their BMI, patients were divided into three groups: lean (L=32 patients), overweight (Ov=33 patients) and obese (Ob=32 patients).
Several measures of heart size were made using information from the echocardiogram. Interventricular septal and left ventricular posterior wall thickness increased as BMI increased (L: 0.84+0.1 cm, Ov: 0.88+0.1 cm, Ob: 0.96+0.1cm, p=0.001; and L: 0.78+0.1 cm, Ov: 0.8+0.1 cm, Ob: 0.94+0.1cm, p=0.001, respectively).
Relative wall thickness and left ventricular mass index also increased in parallel to BMI (L: 0.34+0.05, Ov: 0.34+0.05, Ob: 0.40+0.04, p=0.001; and L: 47.7+8.4 g/m2, Ov: 51.9+8.3 g/m2, Ob: 65.2+13.3 g/m2, p=0.001, respectively).
Measures of heart function were also performed. Left ventricular early diastolic lateral and septal velocities were reduced only in obese adolescents (L: 15.3+3.9cm/s, Ov: 13.6+4 cm/s, Ob: 10.5+3.4 cm/s, p=0.001; and L: 1
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This is a revised version of Rogue Power. Darker, more violent. An army from 2012 travels back to the summer of 1996 to battle Voldemort and his followers.
'Well, this is new.' Harry thought as he passed through the barrier of Platform 93/4. Instead of the usual near mob of students and parents milling about the platform in a chaotic fashion, there was a great deal more order.
First off, no parent was present, only students and soldiers clad in black, muggle-style armor. The students had been organized into seven separate lines, by year it looked like. Each line started near the entrance to the platform and ended in front of a tall free- standing metal arch. Next to each arch was a metal-framed, fabric-walled bin and an armed soldier. On the other side of the arch was a large device that looked to be part computer, part camera and part copy machine. A second soldier stood by the device.
The students were passing through the arches one at a time, having any magical item they were carrying taken from them, placed in labeled plastic bags and dumped into the bin. They were then directed to stand before the camera/computer/copy machine while the soldier manning it pressed a series of buttons. Seconds later a small card was ejected from the machine. The soldier then pulled a thin chain from a box on the machine, and attached the chain to the card before handing it to the student, who then entered the train.
"What the bloody hell happened here?" Ron cried as he passed though the barrier and saw the changes.
Harry rolled his eyes at Ron's reaction. "Dunno."
"These must be the security changes that Dumbledore mentioned." Arthur Weasley said. "I thought he meant more Aurors, but this looks interesting.
As Ginny and Hermione passed through the barrier, a soldier stepped up to the group. "No parents allowed on the platform, sir." The soldier said, his voice sounding cold and robotic. "I am authorized to use any force I deem necessary to enforce my orders."
Arthur gulped nervously and nodded. He turned to the kids, bid them good-bye and apparated away.
After Arthur had left, the soldier spoke again. "Sixth years in that line, Fifth years in that line."
The group trunks were loaded onto a trolley and wheeled away as Harry and his friends moved into their designated lines.
Hermione was the first to pass through the arch. The soldier by the arch looked at a screen mounted on the side and said. "Please hand over your wand and dictation quill. They will be returned to you upon your arrival at your destination."
Ron went through next and had his wand, a bulging bag of dung bombs and a bottle of U-No-Poo taken.
Just before Harry took his turn through the arch, he saw Ginny go through the one to his left and have her wand, a diary and a small package wrapped in brown paper taken.
When he passed through the arch, Harry heard a small buzzing sound and was told to hand over his wand and invisibility cloak, which he did with great reluctance.
Harry was then directed to stand in front of the camera/computer/copy machine.
"Place your right thumb on the glass plate." The soldier operating the machine said. "And look directly into the camera."
Harry did so and felt a slight pinch on his thumb. The machine hummed softly and a card that resembled a driver's license was ejected from the machine.
The soldier picked up the card, attached a chain to it and handed the card to Harry. "This is your Identification key-card. Keep it with you at all times."
Harry took the card and slipped the chain around his neck before entering the train.
As Harry drew near the compartment that his friends had taken he could hear Ron complaining loudly. "I don't understand why they took my dung bombs and my U-No-Poo."
Harry sighed and rubbed his eyes. After spending a month at the Burrow, having to put up with Ron and Ginny's near constant childish, immature behavior, Harry did not feel like being in the same compartment as those two if they were going to continue to be so immature.
He noticed that Luna was alone in the next compartment and felt a sudden pull to join her.
Luna looked up from a magazine that she was reading when she heard the compartment door slide open and smiled at Harry. "Hello Harry."
"Hello Luna, did you have a good summer?"
Luna nodded her eyes, Harry noticed, grew unfocused and she shivered slightly. "It was very nice even though daddy and I failed to find a Crumple-horned Snorkack."
"That's good," Harry said as he sat down across from her. "About summer, I mean, not about you not finding a Snorkack."
"Thank you Harry." Luna smiled again, and Harry felt a jolt of pleasure at the sight of her smile
Before Harry could say anything the door slid open and Neville stood in the doorway. "Do you mind if I sit in here?"
"Go right a head." Harry replied.
"Thanks." Neville said and sat down next to Harry.
The train jerked into motion and began steaming out of the station.
"Oh," Harry said suddenly after two hours. "Do you still have your D.A. coins? I was thinking of starting it up again."
"I have mine right here." Neville said as he pulled his coin from his pocket. Neville was a bit to enthusiastic in removing his coin and it slipped from his fingers and rolled under the seat on Luna's side.
"I'll get it." Luna said just as Neville stood up. She quickly crawled halfway under the bench.
Harry's eyes were instantly drawn to Luna's firm, shapely jean encased rump. HE subconsciously licked his lips. 'Claim her!" Demanded a primal voice in Harry's mind. 'Take her, make her yours!'
"Got it!" Luna cried triumphantly as she emerged with the coin in hand, shaking Harry from his trance like state.
"Thank you, Luna." Neville said when she handed him his coin.
"I'm glad that you wish to restart the D.A." Luna said airily. "Being in the D.A. was almost like having friends."
Harry felt a twinge of sympathetic pain at Luna's words. He knew all to well the near crushing pain of loneliness due to the Dursley's ardent hatred of anything they deemed 'abnormal'.
"You'll always be my friend, Luna." Harry said. 'Hopefully with benefits' The primal voice added.
Luna smiled brightly and felt a stronger jolt of pleasure. "Thank you, Harry."
"Mr. Dursley?" Abigail Lindsey said nervously as she approached the walrus-like man, who had just exited the elevator.
"What is it?!" Vernon snapped.
"There is a man in you office-"
"Why the bloody hell did you let him in, idiot!"
"H-he insist-ted that I allow him inside. He said that you were expecting him."
Vernon all but shoved Abigail out of his way and stormed towards his office. " I demand that you leave my office at once!" He screamed the second he stepped into his office.
"You're a real dick, ya know that?" The other man said.
"Leave my office at once!" Vernon screamed again, this time stomping his foot.
"Yelling and stomping your feet isn't going to make me move. The only thing it might do is give you an aneurysm."
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Vernon roared.
The man spun around in the chair and glared at Vernon with bright, emerald green eyes. "Who do you think I am, Vernon?"
"Impossible... today... young, not old... can't be..." Vernon sputtered while backing away.
"I see that you do know who I am. Good, that'll save some time."
Vernon reached the door and fumbled for the knob.
"I'm afraid I can't let you leave, Uncle Vernon. You and I have a great deal of business to attend to." The man waved his hand and Vernon felt a slight static shock run through his body.
"There, now we won't be interrupted while we have our fun." The man stood up and drew a wicked looking knife and an equally wicked looking grin on his lips.
Vernon whimpered in fear as the man advanced on him. "T-the police will know that I was murdered!"
The man paused. "Do you know something about violent suicides and deaths, like jumping off a building?"
After a minute of silence the man continued. "The body is so messed up after such a death that it's hard to tell just what injuries existed before the person died."
The man stepped close to Vernon and waved the knife blade under his nose. Vernon noticed that it was stained with blood. "After all, the cops won't be able to tell that Petunia had her throat and belly slit before her car crashed into a wall and then burst into flame. And they won't be able to tell that nearly every single one of Dudley's bones had been broken before he fell in front of that speeding subway train. And they won't figure out that you were dead before you landed on that lovely company car you're so proud of, which you happen to have parked right out in front of your office building.
Feel free to scream if it makes you feel any better. Dudders sure did."
'Thank God for the invention of jeans.' Harry thought as he followed Luna out of the train, his eyes locked on her backside.
"What the bloody hell happened to Hogwarts?"
Harry was jolted out of his through examination of Luna's anatomy by Ron's loud outcry. When he looked up, Harry could see the cause of Ron's outburst.
Hogwarts had undergone massive changes. A tall chain link fence, topped with coils of razor wire, had been erected around the original perimeter of Hogwarts grounds. Tall towers, with spotlights and muggle gun emplacements were spaced every thirty feet along the fence. The forest, which had grown right up to where the fence now stood had been cut down and burned back over three hundred yards. A large platform, with planes and helicopters at one end, stretched across a portion of the Great Lake. A similar platform rested atop the Hospital tower.
Where the original gates once stood was now a large tracked chain-linked gate. At the side of the gate was a guard shack, manned by two black armored soldiers.
More changes had been made to the grounds themselves. Flood-lights, mounted strategically on the castle and on towers around the grounds, completely illuminated the grounds. Several new buildings had been erected as well.
Hogwarts now more closely resembled a military base than a school.
"Wow." Harry said breathlessly.
"Quite interesting." Luna said. "Hogwarts can now protect herself from Heliopaths."
"Right," Ginny said as she and Dean walked up. "I'm sure herds of Heliopaths are just roaming the countryside."
"That's ridiculous." Harry said, drawing a smile from Ginny. "Everyone knows that Heliopaths travel in packs, not herds."
Ginny's smile dropped, she huffed in annoyance and stomped off towards a Thestral drawn carriage, pulling Dean with her.
Harry watched Ginny storm away for a second before turning to Luna. "Let's find a carriage."
"I'll lead the way. I know how much you enjoy the view." Luna said with a wink.
Harry felt his cheeks grow hot. "I, um, I mean."
Luna smiled as he tried to babble an apology. "I am not mad, Harry. I enjoy that you enjoy looking at me that way."
She turned around and walked towards the line of carriages, exaggerating the swing of her hips slightly.
Harry swallowed against a suddenly very dry throat. 'Interesting girl.'
"Why were you hanging out with Loony Lovegood?" Ron asked while he and Harry waited for the sorting to begin.
"Because I like to be around her, Weasel." Harry snapped, deliberately using the nickname that Ron hated the most.
Ron flushed with anger and opened his mouth to retort.
"Every time you call her Loony, I call you Weasel." Harry said coldly.
Any further discussion was prevented by a tall, dark haired soldier standing up from the head table. "Attention students!" The man said loudly. " Changes have been made to the way that Hogwarts is run. Security-wise, no one is to cross the perimeter fence without permission or security supervision, failure to comply will result in imprisonment or more likely death. All hallways, classrooms and common room and restroom entrances will be monitored via video cameras as well as monitored for use of magic. All common rooms, dormitories and restrooms will be monitored for the use of magic, as such, prefects will no longer be needed. All students with prefecture status have had it revoked."
A storm of murmurs broke out.
"Silence!" The soldier barked, instantly halting all whispers. "Continuing. All students and staff are to keep their issued identification cards with them at all times. The card is the only way for you to gain access to classrooms and your common rooms. Visiting hours and sign up sheets will be posted for students wishing to enter other commons rooms other than their own.
For safety reasons any student found practicing dark magic, or making contact with dark magic users will be removed from the school, all wands will be checked in and out at secure locations before and after classes and, Quidditch has been canceled indefinitely.
Maps of the school and lists of prohibited objects will be provided, along with new school uniforms to all students."
Next to him, Harry could Ron gibbering and sputtering at the announcement of Quidditch being canceled.
'Doesn't bother me,' Harry thought. 'Even if my ban had been lifted I was going to give it up anyway. I've got more important things to deal with.'
Azkabaan Auror and Death Eater spy, Louis Heathcliff Bastion barely bit back a scream of pain as his second Dark Mark, hidden beneath his hair, suddenly burned fiercely, signaling that it was time for him to release the Death Eaters that had been captured.
Bastion climbed off the naked, catatonic female prisoner that he had been 'entertaining' himself with, tucked himself back into his robes and cast two quick spells to remove any evidence of his recent 'enjoyment'. 'Not that it matters.' He thought darkly as he kicked the woman hard in the ribs, just for the hell of it.
The cell door banged closed behind Bastion and he strutted down the corridor towards the cells that held the Death Eaters, As he neared Malfoy's cell, Bastion heard a loud ripping, tearing sound and then felt a blast of intense heat wash over him.
"Reaper to base, reaper to base do you read? " Rebekah Madison said into the radio microphone attached to her flight helmet.
"Base to Reaper, we read you loud and clear."
"Target Rock one has been destroyed. Mission complete. Returning to base."
"Good work, Reaper. See you at home."
Madison swung her F/A 35 jet around and flew back in the direction she had come from, leaving the decimated, flaming island prison of Azkabaan behind.


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RIM has officially announced its BlackBerry 10 operating system which will combine the best of BlackBerry 6 and 7 with the best of QNX. Will it be enough to succeed against Apple, Google and Microsoft? Here's our round-up of the best BlackBerry 10 features.
Buried amongst the announcements of the Motorola Razr, Android 4.0 and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus at BlackBerry DevCon almost two years ago, the company formely known as RIM (having been renamed to BlackBerry) officially unwrapped its BlackBerry 10 operating system that it hopes will help them compete with iOS, Android and Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile platform.
Set to work on tablets like the BlackBerry PlayBook, and on the new QWERTY keyboard X10 and BlackBerry Z10 smarphone, here's a snapshot look at the features that BlackBerry hopes will save them from another year lagging behind Apple and company.
BlackBerry Hub
The place to unify texts, emails, BBMs and all of your social networking activity, this is the place to jump in and out all of your conversations from one place and then swipe away to go about your business playing Angry Birds Star Wars.
BlackBerry Flow
BlackBerry described this feature as a 'seamless way to move between applications' and is done simply by swiping from the bottom of the device so you can see all applications using fast and fluid reversible gestures. So multi-tasking basically.
We know that the instant messaging service has been a fixture for BB handsets for some time and now BlackBerry has improved the service adding voice calling and video chat support but perhaps more impressively is the introduction of a new screen sharing feature that lets you view another BlackBerry 10 users display to view presentations and documents for instance.
BlackBerry Balance
Letting you switch between personal and work modes BlackBerry 10 users will be able to separate business and pleasure providing increased security with the inclusion of BlackBerry Safeguard technology and separate interfaces to distinguish between the two.
Time Shift
One for smartphone snappers, this nifty camera trick will help you sort out those pictures where you have managed to catch someone with their eyes closed by flicking back through the stages of the image to make it a snap that you will actually want to share.
BlackBerry Remember
Working essentially in the same way as an organizer, you can collate and collect information whether its notes, amazing ideas or memos and then create tasks or add dates to make sure they dont go to waste. Interestingly, Evernote and Outlook support have both been integrated with BlackBerry Remember.
New BlackBerry keyboard
The always on keyboard 'learns what words you use according to BlackBerry which means that you will be able to flick the words to the screen to speed up texting and typing. One of the nicer features which multi linguists will appreciate is the ability to choose up to three languages that the keyboard will support and will be able to work out whether you want to type in Spanish or French and then switch back when you are writing in English.
BlackBerry World
This could very well be the place that decides whether BB 10 sinks or swims, so the good news is that there is healthy 70,000 BlackBerry 10 apps already available to download with the likes of Disney, Rovio, Skype showing support from launch with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and FourSquare apps already pre-installed and ready for action.
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The Nets and Magic have yet to work out a deal because Brooklyn doesn't have enough assets to send to Orlando.
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General managers from all three teams have been discussing a deal all weekend that would see Orlando receive Brook Lopez and a slew of draft picks from Brooklyn, as well as unnamed assets from Cleveland. The Cavaliers would receive Kris Humphries and perhaps MarShon Brooks from Brooklyn to free up cap space to sign Howard.
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Phil Neville, Sylvain Distin and Tim Cahill all missed last Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Manchester United but manager David Moyes says all three have a better than even chance of returning at St James' Park.
Winger Royston Drenthe returns from a one match ban after being sent off in the Carling Cup defeat to Chelsea last week.
Cheik Tiote missed Newcastle's win over Stoke at the Britannia Stadium on Monday but could come back in place of Danny Guthrie.
Seven Magpies players have started all 10 of their Premier League games to date, that includes a completley unchanged back five.
Javier Hernandez's first half winner for Manchester United last weekend was enough to condemn Everton to a fourth defeat in five Premier League games.
The Blues did win their last away league game though as Louis Saha and Jack Rodwell scored late goals in a 3-1 win over Fulham.
Newcastle continued their unbeaten start to the Premier League season on Monday night with a 3-1 win over Stoke, Alan Pardew's side now sit in third place just one point behind Champions Manchester United.
The Tyneside club have only conceded seven league goals to date, the best record in the top flight.
1. Everton's 2-1 win over Newcastle in March was their first at St James' Park in the league since October 2000 when Kevin Campbell got the only goal in a 1-0 win.
2. From their first 10 fixtures of the season Newcastle have taken 15 points more than they took from the corresponding fixtures last term. Everton have taken one less in their opening nine games. (Based on QPR being seen as Championship winners).
3. Leon Best has only scored once in his last seven Premier League starts for Newcastle having netted eight in 10 before that.
4. Everton's biggest ever victory away at Newcastle is 4-0, a winning scoreline twice in 1961 and 1986.
NEWCASTLE 3-3 EVERTON, EVERTON WIN 3-2 ON PENALTIES (Wednesday 6 November 2002): Arguably the best recent fixture between Newcastle and Everton at St James' Park came in the League Cup back in November 2002. Kevin Campbell and Steve Watson scored for the Blues in normal time either side of a quickfire double from Kieron Dyer. In extra time an Alessandro Pistone own goal put the hosts ahead before David Unsworth equalised from the penalty spot. In the shootout that followed Richard Wright saved from Laurent Robert and Hugo Viana to help Everton through.
NEWCASTLE 1-2 EVERTON (Saturday 5 March 2011): Everton came from behind to take all three points against Newcastle when the two sides last met on Tyneside in March. Leon Best fired the hosts into an early lead before a beautifully crafted move was finished by Leon Osman and then Phil Jagielka headed in what proved to be the winner just before half time.
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Last February, a Johns Hopkins Hospital employee informed administrators that an OB/GYN at the hospital may have been secretly filming and photographing patients with a camera hidden inside his pen. Two weeks later, Levy killed himself–but the FBI and the Baltimore City Police Department continued the investigation for over a year, trying to determine whether there was any evidence that might result in the arrest of other parties.
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When it comes to estate planning and having your wishes followed, wills and trusts are essential tools. A common misconception is that only the wealthy are concerned with wills and trusts. However, the truth is that estate planning is a necessity for everyone. An estate plan provides the legal mechanism for transferring property upon your death in a manner which recognizes your wishes and the needs of your survivors. For many people, it involves creating a plan which will take care of essential obligations and affairs in case of disability and critical personal medical choices which sometimes must be made towards the end of life. It is a necessity for anyone who wishes to be taken care of according to their preferences, and also ensure that loved ones are cared for once you pass away.
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Slow Cook Magic: Make Orange Soufflé in a Crock-Pot
We have always been curious about dessert in the slow cooker. We use our Crock-Pot all the time, but mostly for braises, curries, and roasts, like this slow-cooked pork roast. Many people use it to make breakfast, cooking steel-cut oats all night. But we had never tried dessert. So when we received a soufflé recipe straight from Crock-Pot, we just had to try it out. Here's how it went...
The directions for preparing the soufflé were quite similar to a traditional soufflé. We mixed flour and milk and cooked it into a roux with orange-flavored sugar. (We didn't have any Grand Marnier, so we substituted two tablespoons of honey and a half teaspoon of crushed dried lavender for a light, very subtle flavor that accentuated the orange.) We beat in butter and egg yolks.
Then we beat egg whites until stiff (but not dry!) and folded the orange mixture and whites together. Then we dumped it all into our Crock-Pot and set it on High.
The recipe said to cook for an hour, but we found that ours wasn't done. The top had puffed up dramatically but it wasn't finished. We made the mistake, then, of leaving it in much too long; the bottom and sides were rather burned.
But inside it was quite good - it had that light, foamy, eggy texture of soufflé - like a very, very delicate bread pudding. The flavor was very good.
We are not sure, though, if soufflé is the best thing to make in our Crock-Pot; one of the things we like about soufflés is the individual cups that they are usually baked in. They make for much better presentation. Plus, for all the work we did we think that it would have been just as easy to bake this in the oven.
Having said that, though, this is great for times when your oven is already occupied with dinner. We want to try out other Crock-Pot dessert recipes, like slow-cooked rice pudding, bread pudding, and berry crisp.
Have you ever made dessert in your slow cooker? Try it out with us - or make a messy soufflé with us! Here's the recipe...
Orange Grand Marnier® Soufflé
2/3 cup sugar plus extra sugar, to coat slow stoneware and sprinkle on top of soufflé
1 orange, zest only
6 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup milk
8 egg yolks
4 tablespoons soft butter
6 tablespoons Grand Marnier® liqueur
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
10 egg whites
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons sugar
1. Rub the interior of Crock-Pot® slow cooker stoneware with unsalted butter and sprinkle with extra fine sugar. Shake out excess sugar.
2. Mix 2/3 cup sugar and orange zest in a food processor.
3. Whisk the flour and milk in a saucepan to blend. Beat in the orange scented sugar. Stir over medium heat until sauce thickens, then whisk as sauce comes to a boil. Continue whisking for 30 seconds and then remove from the heat.
4. Let cool for a moment before beating in the egg yolks one at a time.
5. Add butter, Grand Marnier® and vanilla extract to the mixture and let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes to cool.
6. In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Add salt and beat to soft peaks. Sprinkle in sugar and beat to stiff peaks. Add in 1/4 of whipped egg whites to base and fold in. Fold in remaining whites and then scrape the mixture into the sugar coated slow cooker.
7. Turn on High and cook for about 1 hour.
8. If desired, sprinkle the top of the soufflé with sugar and brulée with a torch. Spoon out and serve with chocolate sauce or crème Anglaise. Serves 8-10.
(Recipe copyright Crock-Pot. Images by Faith Hopler)
Per serving, based on 2 servings. (% daily value)
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I've never used a crockpot before but I'm game to try.
Let's get real here: this post was actually inspired by last night's Top Chef, wasn't it?
Neither contestant made an actual souffle, and this doesn't cut it either :-)
get a book "not your mother's slow cooker" recipe book. it's great. there is a chocolate pudding cake recipe that i want to make! lots of desserts and tips and tricks - most crock pot recipes use a package of some MSG laden powder and this book uses all fresh veggies and real spices.
I might try this sometime when the oven is occupied but I really like the sound of this "not your mother's slow cooker" book. Gonna have to check that out.
Pumpkin custard
MIX in a medium bowl
1 cup warm water
2/3 cup powdered milk
2 eggs
1 15-oz can pumpkin purée
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg/allspice
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
Mix well. Place custard mixture in a buttered 4 quart slow-cooker pot. Cook on low for 7 hours. Done when touching the center leaves no batter on your impeccably clean finger. Let cool for at least one hour before serving. Top with vanilla yogurt or toasted nuts. Refrigerate leftovers.
Another enthusiastic vote for "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker" book.
Bread puddings - sweet or savory. I'll cook them in a souffle dish placed inside the main crock, usually resting on a small kitchen towel in a water bath. One of our favorite sweet bread puddings (in season) involves a pumpkin custard, not unlike the one above, over stale cubes of bread. The bread can be leftover gingerbread, french baguette, whatever floats your boat. Amp the spices, add toasted nuts, plumped raisins or other fruit as you prefer. I also make steamed milk custards with fruit on the bottom. The best might have been rice pudding with dried cherries and almonds. Total comfort food!
Cheese cake in the slow cooker is FA BU LOUS. Put in cracker crust, make your favorite cheese cake filling, all in a spring form that will fit in your slow cooker. Cover the whole thing with aluminum foil, place in crock pot, cover with a towel (to keep moisture from seeping in and sogging up your crust) then cover with your crock pot cover. Cook on low for 6 hours. YUMMY!
heck, desserts were the first things i made in my slow cooker! granted they're mostly quickbreads, but i don't make them any other way. traditional wisdom being to put the bread mix in a ceramic pan and fill the gap between bread pan and crock pot an inch with water to conduct heat, but i dont have any pans so i just grease and line with wax paper. its great to have the slow cook of banana bread fill the apartment for a few extra hours.


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Country: United States
Collection: Texas Fashion Collection
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Description: Pair of white kid ladies' shoes. Styled with pointed-toes, the white kid leather upper has a vamp decorated with geometric and stylized foliate designs in crystal beads. The shoes secure across instep with single ribbon tie on each, creating a "peep" just above toes. Lined in white leather. Natural brown leather sole. Heel is of medium height, rounded at back and tapering slightly to base. Similar to what would become a Cuban heel. Maker's code stamped inside: "35-C 3021" Worn by Norma Tiemann at her marriage to Val L. Lehmann in Brenham, Texas in 1907.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1900/1909
Creator: unknown
Description: Pair of lady's boots of black leather and wool broadcloth. The "high button shoes" are designed with pointed toes gently rounded at tips. The lower part, including vamp, are of black leather. The upper part is of black wool broadcloth edged at scalloped top with black leather, and with black leather accent band running from heel partly up the back of the boot. The boots lace up along the front with 20 holes. Lined at top with reddish/orange fabric, the body of the shoe lined in white fabric. High heels are rounded at sides and back, flaring slightly to base, and curved at front. Black leather soles. Stamped notation inside: "3 1/2 B R251"
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Walking Shoes
Date: 1918
Creator: Foot-Schulze & Co. (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)
Description: Walking shoes of tan and black leather. The rounded toe and vamp are of black polished leather, the heel and sides of tan kid leather. A single strap across the instep fastens with two circular buttons out outer side of shoe. Decorative black stitching around edges and across strap on tan leather. Insole of light brown leather, and the insides of the sides are lined in tan leather. heavy low stacked heel. Sole of black leather with heavy applied rubber heel. Maker's label stamped in silver on insole: "Foot Schulze & Co / St., Paul" Stamped notation on lining: "455 29100" Molded into bottom of heel: "WAUK LITE" and "8"
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Date: 1940/1944
Creator: Nugent, Grace
Description: Hat of black felt. The low, domed crown of black felt is ornamented with a double-spray of black feathers at front. The brim, also of black felt, is turned up at front and turned down at back. The underside of the brim, which shows at front, is lined in black lace embellished with tiny black sequins and beads (jet?). The hat is unlined, with an inner hatband of black grosgrain ribbon. Attached to inner hatband is a small black plastic comb to secure hat to wearer's head. Maker's label sewn to inner hatband: "Grace Nugent / Los Angeles, Calif." Supplier's logo mark of Merrimac De Luxe Fur Felt stamped to inside of crown.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1923/1925
Creator: unknown
Description: Hat of lavender horsehair overlaid with lace and velvet. The daytime hat has a high, domed crown of braided/woven horsehair. Around the sides of the crown is a band of pale lavender velvet overlaid with a band of dark blue velvet, which itself is partly overlaid by pale blue lace. Around the back of the crown is a band of pale blue velvet, a section of which is also at the base of the crown at the front of the hat. The brim is of the same horsehair, and stitched up in back to create the effect of having the brim extend around sides and front, but not the back. The brim is overlaid with lace as the crown. At left side of hat, along base of crown, is a small embellishment consisting of two tubular beads and three circular beads set with rhinestones. The hat is lined in blue satin. Retailer's(?) paper label attached inside crown at back: "Sanger Bros. / Dallas - Texas", with original price of $20.00.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1900/1909
Creator: unknown
Description: Sunbonnet of off-white calico cotton with a tiny repeated print of three stylized leaves in brown. The brim of the hat is quilted in L-shaped rows of stitching and is very stiff from starch and stiffening material within it. The crown is gathered along the entire length of the seam where it attaches to the brim. The crown and tail are formed from a single piece of fabric, and the tail is stitched flat to the lower sides of brim. The neck is adjustable, having outer neck ties stitched to the lower corners of the brim on both sides. The chin ties are of the same fabric, with unfinished edges. The long tail on the bonnet indicates that it was used as a field bonnet. The TFC thanks Rebecca Jumper Matheson for her research on this object.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1923/1929
Creator: delle Donna
Description: Hat of ecru lace and black horsehair. The high, slightly domed crown is formed of ecru lace, with a black satin ribbon bow to side, and a black satin band around the base of the crown, partly obscured by the lace. The wide, undulating black horsehair brim is oval, wider to sides than front to back. Inside of crown originally lined with fine, transparent black tulle, remains of which form an inner hatband at inside base of crown. Maker's label sewn to inner hatband: "Paris / della Donna / New York". Intended for afternoon wear.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1944
Creator: Paine, Edward
Description: Hat of red felt. The crown is of red felt, with sloping sides, and a a recessed flat top center panel. The wide brim is also of red felt, overlaid with a wide pleated band of red grosgrain ribbon which is attached by an inter-woven thin band of the red felt. The hat is unlined, with an inner red grosgrain ribbon hatband inside the base of the crown, and with a bow of red felt at the back, underside, of the brim. A thin black elastic cord is attached to the inner band, to secure hat to wearer's head. Designer's label sewn to inner hatband: "Edward Paine / New York"
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1912/1918
Creator: Dagnet, J.
Description: Hat of velvet and golden weave cloth. The domed crown is covered in a woven golden cloth shot through with metallic threads. Around the base of the crown is a wide hatband of a similar fabric in the form of a dense ribbon, forming a large bow at front. Set in behind the bow is a semi-circular fan spray of fine white feathers. The wide, circular, slightly floppy brim is of black velvet. The inside of the crown is lined in a dark blue/black satin material. Maker's label stamped in gold on inner lining of crown: "Mme. J. Dagnet / French Millinery / 206 St. Paul St. / Dallas.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Pillbox Hat
Date: 1955
Creator: Green-Field, Benjamin B.
Description: Pillbox hat of black velvet. The cylindrical hat has a flattened crown with four clusters of 5 beaded spheres each along the top edge. The bottom edge of the crown is gently scalloped, and edged with small tubular beads. The crown is lined with black satin, and has an inner hatband of black grosgrain ribbon along the inside lower edge. Attached to the inner hatband on one side is single plastic comb (mate missing) to help secure hat to wearer's head. Designer's label inside crown: "Bes-Ben / Made in Chicago"; hand-written tag sewn in: "582"
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design