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It's hard to believe that February is almost over, and with it, the last full month of winter. Here in the greater NY area, the snowdrops are out and the crocus are poking their noses through the soil. That means outdoor cooking, maybe? Please? My husband was out smoke roasting a salmon side on the grill last night, so he clearly felt inspired. The salmon was served with a beurre rouge on top of a wild rice and mushroom pilaf and topped off with some shallot rings. It was a super delicious and glamorous dinner for Oscar night.
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I'm envious of the crocuses being out in your area. No snowdrops for us - just some more snow that came in mostly Sunday morning/afternoon/evening. *Just* enough to shovel this morning, but the roads were fine. And the 40-some-odd degrees we'll be getting for the next few days will help melt it.
It'll be leftovers for me for a few days. LOVE the sound of that salmon, roxlet!
Warm, but rainy here. Opened up windows for the first time this year--yay!! With 2 dogs, you really look forward to the first open window day.
I wanted a nice meal to enjoy in front of the Oscars (yours sound lovely, Roxlet), so I made chicken piccata. With angel hair pasta and a small salad. Served on the coffee table.
All the mention of it in the last thread made me crave it!
And for a snack later, some parmesan ranch chex mix I'd made earlier.
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Sooooo jealous of your open windows - and I totally hear you on the two dogs thing! It's been a loooooong winter!
All the talk of chicken piccata has made me really crave it - but hubby is not a fan of lemon, so it will have to wait until he is gone. April is not that far away!
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I'm so glad my husband likes lemon, because I love it! It's in quite a bit of my cooking. I'm man-free for two weeks, so I'll be having a lot of my favorites :D
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Absolutely gorgeous and beautifully plated!
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Oh, yeah. I forgot the Thai coconut milk and squash soup, and I made that! I kind of winged it.
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Looks fantastic!
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very nice.
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Adore beurre rouge, don't know why I don't make it.......
Last night night I made "Duck a l'Orange", utilizing a "Lola" duck (Pekin/Mallard hybrid) from D'Artagnan I had in the freezer, along with Blood Oranges I had in the fridge. While the sauce was absolutely wonderful, I was rather disappointed in the duck itself. Had never had one of these hybrids before, & doubt I will bother again. Small (3 pounds tops maybe?), & with almost NO meat on it whatsoever. So little in fact, that it was difficult to tell the breast side from the back side!! The only saving grace was that 1) it was incredibly lean - very little fat, & 2) what meat there was was very tender, even at the well-done stage, & had nice duck flavor with just a touch of wildness.
Served the duck with a side of fresh-off-the-stalk Brussels sprouts & organic carrot coins tossed with butter & chopped fresh Tarragon, & an extremely nice locally-produced (as in right here in our own county local) rose' wine.
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That was one of the *first* dinners I ever made, at the tender age of ten, for a birthday meal for my Dad, love duck a l'orange....
It's pretty common knowledge though, that ducks have a larger body cavity than other fowl, and therefore yield a lot less meat than one expects for the weight..... Anyway, it's probably next to impossible to determine how much meat a duck will give you.
I have got to go out and get some duck breasts, it's just been too long..... Thanks for the inspiration!
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Oh, I know all about cooking duck (& goose). Have been cooking it frequently for decades now.
The problem, as I mentioned above, with this particular duck was that it wasn't the usual "White Pekin", which is the duck every supermarket on the planet carries. This was a special hybrid (half Pekin, half Mallard), thus much smaller - as in 3 lbs. versus the usual 5-6 pounds of a regular Pekin - & with much less meat (& fat) vs. bone. I'm used to roasting Pekins, & even Muscovies, both of which have far more meat to bone. And since the "Lola" duck was a specialty item, I paid a pretty penny for it; something I won't be doing again, regardless of the flavor.
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This is a dish I've never made Bacardi but is sure does sound incredible with your blood oranges.
Inspired by others on CH and determined to get the pantry and freezer stockpiles to a single-layer, I've made a lunch/dinner daily menu plan for the week. And now know that the only items I need to get at the grocery store are milk & juice. We'll see whether I can resist temptations offered by store specials and the great meal ideas posted here.
Last night's supper was pan-seared cod fillets, TJ Curried Rice (a previous store-special temptation not resisted), and fresh fruit salad - strawberries, pear, plum.
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If it is a good deal that you can store somehow, it might be worth going off list. Just include it in your meal plan for the following week.
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I've been doing that "it's a good deal, I'll store it for later" routine for months, and it will take me at least another month to get to reasonable levels. So I have to keep reminding myself that the sales are cyclical, and this won't be the last time an item's featured.
However, tomorrow's planned lunch was veto'd by my spouse, so I've moved all the lunch menu items up a day and can enjoy the inspirations from here as I decide what to make Friday/Saturday.
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Midwesterner, I have the same problem, and I went $75 over my grocery budget in February. So the month of March is going to be as much pantry cooking as possible for me too :) I have to keep reminding myself that things ALWAYS go on sale, there's rarely a deal that is totally unheard of and won't come up again.


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Elon Musk: inspiration for Iron Man, spaceship company boss, powerdick pioneer, hyperloop dreamer, and prominent babymaker. But what's his mind like when he's bored? One Twitter account answers.
You'd imagine that Musk is totally busy every waking second of the day, given that he's running a spaceship company and an independent car company at the same time. It turns out he actually makes room to hang out with Justin Beiber, populate plans for railgunning people from LA to SF, and probably make more babies if he wanted to. The dude has five kids.
This is where Bored Elon Musk comes in. It's a window into the mind of Elon Musk when he's waiting for his Hot Pockets to finish microwaving. It's a glimpse at how he thinks when the elevator is, like, taking forever to get to the fifth floor. It's a snapshot of his mental processes when he's on the runway before his next flight to Afghanistan to demonstrate a new missile... oh wait, that was Iron Man. Sorry.
In any case, Bored Elon Musk is brilliant. You get doodles of what Musk's brain must be like on its off days.
200 meter tall tether ball transportation system for moving employees around large office parks. pic.twitter.com/h65RxsjV5A— Bored Elon Musk (@BoredElonMusk) September 16, 2013
Yes, there are still many combustion-based cars on the road. As autumn arrives we CAN make improvements: pic.twitter.com/I9NXTE5VQa— Bored Elon Musk (@BoredElonMusk) September 14, 2013
Food delivery service that fires gyroscopic ball (meal inside) to your home. Parachutes down within 5 feet. Sketch: pic.twitter.com/5TqLscSadr— Bored Elon Musk (@BoredElonMusk) September 7, 2013
And you also get more non-doodle design proposals.
Lego vaporization module that turns any nearby block into dust when a foot is detected within 3 centimeters or less. #NoMoreOuch— Bored Elon Musk (@BoredElonMusk) August 12, 2013
Sitbit. A small wrist-band which electrocutes you when you sit too long. Share electrocution stats with your friends.— Bored Elon Musk (@BoredElonMusk) August 14, 2013
And then there are gems like this.
Bananamangos.— Bored Elon Musk (@BoredElonMusk) August 12, 2013
The trick is that they're only just beyond the realm of possibility for things Musk might think up. There are 197 tweets so far and that's only since mid August. Start following.
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Very nice Animation!! Looks like you can do both 2d and 3d really well. I would love to see more of your work!
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I'm in agreement. Really nice work. Enjoyed viewing your animation.
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These animations are smooth and professional.
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Not jet, I'm still a student but in september I'm going to start working as an freelancer. So hopefully get rich yes.
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When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins. -Chuck Jones
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? -Jesus
A man should never neglect his family for business. -Walt Disney
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'Wildman' - New $1.1 Mil Campaign on Kickstarter
An ambitious crowdfunding campaign has launched a couple days ago on Kicstarter. The project is an action oriented role-playing game called "Wildman" from Gas Powered Games in Redmond, Washington.
They're shooting for $1,100,00and so far with 28 days left in the campaign they're at $164,054 through 3,315 backers. Not a bad start at all!
Let's see if they reach the goal as we follow their progress over the next few weeks.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gas ... action-rpg?
Here's Chris Taylor the founder of GPG to describe what the Wildman campaign is about...
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I'd say following and reporting on Kickstarter campaigns has become one of my favorite hobbies.
Especially with results like what's happening with "Wildman"...
4,304 backers pledging $227,041 of $1,100,000 goal so far with 27 days to go.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gas ... action-rpg
That's an additional $62,987 since my initial post on the subject around 40 hours ago. Well ahead of what Wildman needs to average on a daily basis to reach its goal. They're already 20% there with only 13% of the time they need passed. In fact, as this pace they're looking at around $1.7 mil if they can keep it up.
This is such a great day we're in ladies and gents!
Consider this campaign for example. If it's funded, not only is the project moving forward, it means creating jobs for artists, technicians and the Gas Powered Games crew in general.
Funding by the people means there's no resources wasted on courting traditional corporate financiers. No investment bankers, no debt based financing, no outsiders with their hands in the works.
Funding directly through the end user means the production company retains full equity in the intellectual property. No selling of the rights in order to get production funds. And if they bring on equity partners later, they're in a much better position for negotiating a deal that is in the company's best interests.
Crowdfunding is so incredibly positive for our community's business in so many ways I can't find enough words to express how delighted I am as to what this new way of doing things means to our economy and industry!
I'm betting that GPG will meet their goal well ahead of the deadline and we'll be celebrating another victory.
This is the age and era we've been waiting for brothers and sisters! Seize the day and the new opportunities that are emerging for us!
KEEP CREATING and it will pay off for you!
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It's been a week since I first posted the the GPG Wildman campaign on Kickstarter.
Here's where they're at...
6,049 backers pledging $316,506 heading towards a $1,100,000 goal with 22 days to go.
They're close to doubling what they were at when I started the topic.
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Go wild Wildman!
A new way of doing business ladies and gents. No need to compromise the equity of your project or company. Just take the crowdfunding route and if you develop your community and network and have a good property to promote your audience and fan base will support you!
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Not every adventure in crowdfunding is successful unfortunately. With time winding down Gas Powered Games canceled the Wildman campaign on Kickstarter when they got low on gas.
Not after raising a significant amount of funds that they won't have access to.
9,235 backers pledging $504,120 of a $1,100,000 goal.
Moral of the story... Know your fan base and how much yu can realistically expect from your supporters.
More than 9,000 backers chipping in over half a million dollars! That's still very very impressive!
If the goal would have been half of what they originally targeted, if they went to slightly modest route instead of the overly ambitious one, things would have been different.
Many of the most successful campaigns I've seen so far are those that set goals that were well within reach of what they could realistically reach. When you set a goal that is pushing the envelope as far as what your community can do, you run the risk of falling short.
Unless you turn to Indiegogo and launch a flexible financing campaign. That way you get funded even if you fall short.
Good luck next time Gas Powered Games and congrats on hitting half a mil. That is no small feat!
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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is characterized by high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and associated with premature cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction. FH is caused by mutations in the LDLR gene, which encodes for the LDL receptor. LDLR mutations impair the ability of the LDL receptor to remove LDL cholesterol from plasma via receptor-mediated endocytosis, leading to elevated levels of plasma LDL cholesterol and subsequent deposition in the skin and tendons (xanthomas) and arteries (atheromas).
FH can occur in either the heterozygous or homozygous state, with 1 or 2 mutant LDLR alleles, respectively. In general, FH heterozygotes have 2-fold elevations in plasma cholesterol and develop coronary atherosclerosis after the age of 30. Homozygous FH individuals have severe hypercholesterolemia (>650 mg/dL) with the presence of cutaneous xanthomas prior to 4 years of age, childhood coronary heart disease, and death from myocardial infarction prior to 20 years of age. Heterozygous FH is prevalent among many different populations, with an approximate average worldwide incidence of 1 in 500 individuals, but as high as 1 in 67 to 1 in 100 individuals in some South African populations and 1 in 270 in the French Canadian population. Homozygous FH occurs at a frequency of approximately 1 in 1,000,000.
Treatment is aimed at lowering plasma LDL levels and increasing LDL receptor activity. Identification of LDLR mutation(s) in individuals suspected of having FH helps to determine appropriate treatment. FH heterozygotes are often treated with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase inhibitors (ie, statins), either in monotherapy or in combination with other drugs such as nicotinic acid and inhibitors of intestinal cholesterol absorption. Such drugs are generally not effective in FH homozygotes; treatment in these individuals may consist of LDL apheresis, portacaval anastomosis, and liver transplantation.
The LDLR gene maps to chromosome 19p13 and consists of 18 exons spanning 45 kb. Hundreds of mutations have been identified in the LDLR gene, the majority of them occurring in the ligand binding and epidermal growth factor (EGF) precursor homology regions in the 5' region of the gene (type II and III mutations, respectively). The majority of LDLR mutations are missense, small insertion, deletion and other point mutations, most of which are detected by full-gene sequencing. Approximately 10% to 15% of LDLR mutations are large rearrangements, such as exonic deletions and duplications, which cannot be detected by full-gene sequencing.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Aiding in the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
Distinguishing the diagnosis of FH from other causes of hyperlipidemia, such as familial defective apoB-100 and familial combined hyperlipidemia
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
An interpretive report will be provided.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Patients who have received a heterologous blood transfusion within the preceding 6 weeks, or who have received an allogeneic blood or marrow transplant, can have inaccurate genetic test results due to presence of donor DNA.
Absence of a mutation does not preclude the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) unless a specific mutation has been previously identified in an affected family member.
This method will not detect large rearrangement-type mutations or mutations that occur in the introns (except in the splicing regions) and regulatory regions (except the sterol-regulated portion of the promoter) of the gene.
Sometimes a genetic alteration of unknown significance may be identified. In this case, testing of family members may be useful to determine pathogenicity of the alteration.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
An interpretive report will be provided.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Hobbs H, Brown MS, Goldstein JL: Molecular genetics of the LDL receptor gene in familial hypercholesterolemia. Hum Mutat 1992;1:445-446
2. Goldstein JL, Hobbs H, Brown MS: Familial hypercholesterolemia. In The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease. Edited by CR Scriver, AL Beaudet, D Valle, WS Sly. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2006, pp 2863-2913
3. van Aalst-Cohen ES, Jansen AC, Tanck MW, et al: Diagnosing familial hypercholesterolaemia: the relevance of genetic testing. Eur Heart J 2006;27:2440-2446


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A day trip to Maryland�s Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay offers a slice of escapism, within an hour of the Metro D.C. area. Best of all, you won�t have to cross the Bay Bridge or sit in beach traffic to get there.
If you�re a beach bum who�s short on time, short on funds or short on gas, chart your course for the Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa in the town of Chesapeake Beach. Here you can park for free and walk to surrounding attractions, getting your lay of the land at the diminutive but charming Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum.
Housed in an old railroad station, the museum highlights the intertwined histories of two romantic beach towns that grew up around the Washington and Chesapeake Railway Company�s lavish resort. Woolen swimsuits, antique souvenirs and a scale model of the waterfront amusement district bring into focus a bygone era.
By the beginning of the 20th century, people arrived by train and steamboat to enjoy the mile-long pier and grand boardwalk — featuring a bowling alley, band shell, games of chance, casino and even dancing bears. A spectacular addition, the Great Derby roller-coaster, was built over the water in 1915.
Hurricanes, fires and the Great Depression spelled doom for the development, and the dream of a park to rival Coney Island and Atlantic City was pretty much over by 1935. But while the amusements are now long gone, nostalgia lingers in everything from the architecture to the seafood. And there are plenty of activities for people of all ages and interests to enjoy.
Today�s Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa is reminiscent of many of the grand old beach resorts of the mid-Atlantic. It boasts two marinas that offer charter fishing excursions and transient boat slips, a day spa that offers pampering massage therapy, and three appealing restaurants the Rod �N� Reel, Smokey Joe�s Grill and the Boardwalk Caf�.
The latter is perched right on the water, and it�s a particularly good place to grab some appetizers and a froufrou drink — because nothing says vacation day like a beverage packed with fruit and rum and an umbrella. If the family wants more action, ask anyone at the hotel for directions to Brownie�s Beach for ancient shark tooth collecting, or visit the water park across the street for plenty of fun in the sun.
For a mere 25 cents you can hop the Beach Trolley to nearby North Beach for a whole �nother experience. A thriving community of summer cottages back in the day, its residents enjoyed the amusements of Chesapeake Beach along with a few casinos of their own.
Now, a half-mile-long boardwalk is the centerpiece of the town, alongside a petite strand of beach with a Welcome Center that offers everything you need to make your day at the Bay a success. Bike and boat rentals? Check. Umbrellas and chairs? Ditto that. North Beach may be small, but it has all the amenities of the big guys.
One block from the beach is the Bay Avenue shopping district, with unique establishments where you can grab an ice cream cone, some old-fashioned candy and the necessary beach supplies. Two antique stores, an award-winning bakery, an eclectic gift shop, a local history museum, several restaurants and a wine store round out the choices.
North Beach charges admission to the sand and sells fishing and crabbing permits — with some luck, you may even catch dinner. If the fish aren�t biting, just drive over to the dockside bar at Skipper�s Pier in Deale and feast on the local fare.
Skipper�s has traditionally received a slew of awards from Chesapeake Bay Magazine for some of the best oysters, crab cakes and steamed crabs around. The new management has added a Sunday brunch from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at just $13.99. But while you might come for the seafood, you�ll stay for the views. And the Malibu Black Painkillers.
On a recent visit we saw a boat pull up to the dock, unloading its catch and delivering crabs right to the kitchen. Ours tasted just that fresh. Sailboats and other pleasure craft slid past us out on Herring Bay and live music filled the air, along with the voices of our deck mates.
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How can people find out about your business? How do potential clients know you even exists? How will these potential new clients find you? There's a good chance the first thing they'll do is google the name of your business. And then what? This post will teach you 5 easy steps to build and effectively manage your online reputation. After all, reputation is everything. When it comes to marketing, your reputation can either be your best friends or your worst enemy. 1/ Create relevant and valuable content Use the media you prefer, it could be your website, your blog, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube or LinkedIn. Every piece of content including properly tagged photos and videos will appear in search engines. Don't be a product pusher, think about your target audience. They don't want to be hammered with disguised advertisement, they want to find interesting content about their centers of interests. If your target is a group of European fair trade distributors, try to create material that they could use if they decided to start a partnership with your business. It could be some beautifull pictures of workers doing handicrafts, or a blog about the everyday's life of the artisans who work with you. Be creative and think about the interests/passions/needs of your target community as opposed to your own. 2/ Create a Google alert about yourself and join the conversation Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. To get started go to Google alert, and enter your search terms. I strongly recommand you set up a Google alert for your business, your name, or your competitors. You can even create an alert for any key phrases such as "looking for a fair trade coffee producer" or "fair trade wooden toys". Creating an alert to monitor your e-reputation is one thing, responding to polish it is the ... Read More »
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Like it or not, the Spider-Man Broadway Musical "Turn Off the Dark" (and seriously, can anyone explain what that title means?) is definitely happening, but Marvel's Friendly Neighborhood Wall-Crawler has been inspiring Spider-themed dance routines and music videos well before the show's December debut. Granted, we've seen some...questionable Spider-moves already -- from the infamous/ridiculous dance rout


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The U.S. Congress has recently passed something they call "No budget, no pay." The bill (which became part of HR-325), which was signed by the president as a part of the debt ceiling suspension, is an effort to ensure that a budget is passed every year as is supposed to be the case.
Unfortunately, it does nothing of the kind.
Instead, it creates an escrow account for the full pay amount that is paid out either when the budget is finally passed, or, if a budget is not passed, paid out on the last day of 113th Congress (Jan. 3, 2015).
Despite what you read in the press or on the websites of our representatives and senators, everyone in the Congress will be paid no matter what.
At the very worst, it will be delayed. Despite the language in the bill that officially calls the provision "No budget, no pay," there is no way that the members of Congress won't get their salaries.
The following is a verbatim excerpt from Section 3 of the bill that was signed by the president:
(a) Holding Salaries in Escrow-
(1) IN GENERAL- If by April 15, 2013, a House of Congress has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during the period described in paragraph (2) the payroll administrator of that House of Congress shall deposit in an escrow account all payments otherwise required to be made during such period for the compensation of Members of Congress who serve in that House of Congress, and shall release such payments to such Members only upon the expiration of such period.
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED- With respect to a House of Congress, the period described in this paragraph is the period which begins on April 16, 2013, and ends on the earlier of —
(A) the day on which the House of Congress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; or
(B) the last day of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
To be fair to those members of Congress who might have wanted to pass a "No budget, no pay" bill, it is prohibited by the 27th Amendment of the Constitution.
The 27th Amendment specifically prohibits either increasing or reducing the pay of a sitting Congress. So no Congress can change its own pay only that of Congresses elected in future elections.
So the next time someone mentions "no budget, no pay" as an example of making Congress do its job, ask about the escrow account.
Ask if the escrow account bears interest. Ask if they forgot that "no" should mean "no." Ask them about the 27th Amendment.
Suggest Congress work on legislation that will actually solve a problem. Suggest Congress use words accurately and correctly. Ask Congress to say what they mean.
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Date: 1 Sep 1979
Saturn and its moon Titan are visible in this image from Pioneer 11.
Pioneer 11's path through Saturn's outer rings took it within 21,000 km of the planet, where it discovered two new moons (almost smacking into one of them in September 1979) and a new "F" ring. The spacecraft also discovered and charted the magnetosphere, magnetic field and mapped the general structure of Saturn's interior. The spacecraft's instruments measured the heat radiation from Saturn's interior and found that its planet-sized moon, Titan, was too cold to support life.
The irregularities in ring silhouette and shadow are due to technical anomalies in the preliminary data later corrected.
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Guest blog post from Suzanne McMillan, ASPCA Director of Farm Animal Welfare
On March 22, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must address the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals. The fact is, factory farms feed drugs like those in the penicillin family to animals even when they're not sick. The drugs are used to speed up the animals' growth and compensate for their unsanitary and overcrowded conditions, which are major breeding grounds for illnesses. Indeed, the same drugs that we take when we are sick are routinely fed to healthy animals!
The FDA Fails to Protect
More than 30 years ago, the FDA first discovered the overuse of antibiotics creates drug-resistant bacteria that can spread to humans and cause hard-to-treat illnesses. So far, the FDA has failed to follow through on its findings. This new ruling will now require the FDA to withdraw its existing approvals for routinely using penicillins and tetracyclines on farm animals unless the farming industry provides evidence that their use does not threaten human health.
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Almost 80% of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. are fed to food animals. In addition to its impact on animal welfare, the misuse of antibiotics also affects our own lives. If we want to keep antibiotics working for us, we must keep industrial farms from abusing them. The ASPCA applauds this recent court decision—not only for human health, but also in hopes that it will help ensure cleaner, more humane living conditions for animals on farms.
For more information on the ASPCA's efforts to help farmed animals, please visit our Farm Animal Cruelty section.
Look who came to visit! Actress Amy Smart, currently starring in the HBO series Shameless, spent a few hours at our NYC offices on Monday helping launch the PetArmor® Protection Promise, a national flea and tick prevention awareness campaign that helps shelter pets in need. Now through May, anyone can participate by "liking" PetArmor on Facebook. For every "like" received, PetArmor will donate a dose of its bestselling flea and tick treatment (up to 20,000 doses) to the ASPCA or the shelter of the participant's choice.
"As an animal rescue advocate and proud dog mom, I am so excited to be working with the ASPCA and PetArmor® on this wonderful campaign that supports a cause I care so deeply about," said Smart. "I encourage pet owners everywhere to participate in the Promise and help ensure all pets receive the protection they need."
Thank you, Amy!
Guest blog post from Nancy Perry, Senior Vice President of ASPCA Government Relations.
Did you know that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the federal agency in charge of protecting our country's wild horses and burros? Enacted more than 40 years ago, the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act states that the federal government is required to protect wild horses while balancing their presence on rangelands with commercial activities of humans and the needs of other wildlife.
Unfortunately, in the 40 years that the BLM has been managing our wild horses, we have seen a continuous cycle of roundups and removals with little regard for the welfare of these living creatures.
Taking Action on Capitol Hill
I was recently invited to testify before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and the Environment to discuss the importance of protecting wild horses.
My testimony focused on four main requests. We asked the committee to 1) reinstate language to prevent the sale for slaughter and mass euthanasia of wild horses, 2) prohibit removal of more horses and burros than can be adopted, 3) prioritize on-range management of wild horses and burros, and 4) require the swift creation of standard operating procedures for humane, transparent roundups, if any are to occur.
As I spoke to the committee, I could see their obvious disgust at the descriptions I provided of recent roundups, during which:
- Foals were forced to run extreme distances, losing their hooves.
- Horses were driven to physical exhaustion.
- Horses and burros were physically assaulted with helicopter skids.
- Electric prods were used on wild horses by BLM staff or contractors.
- Horses were kicked and beaten with lunge whips.
- Metal gates and panels were slammed into horses.
- Horses' tails were twisted and pulled during loading.
Looking Ahead
Congress oversees federal agencies to ensure that government services are delivered appropriately and fairly, and it can direct agencies like the BLM to reform programs that are not working as they should. The BLM has indicated a willingness to examine parts of its wild horse program and we hope they will work with us to make needed changes.
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We compared GoTaq® Hot Start Polymerase with the GoTaq® Flexi DNA Polymerase when used to amplify allele C of polymorphism 311 (Cys→Ser) on the PON2 Gene. GoTaq® Hot Start DNA Polymerase amplified the 96bp product without nonspecific bands.
Gerardo Pérez, Lizbeth González, David Oaxaca, Diana Franco and Ariana Vargas
The gene of an esterase enzyme, called paraoxonase (PON), is a member of a multigene family that comprises three related genes (PON1, PON2 and PON3) with structural homology clustering on the chromosome 7(1)
. Polymorphisms of PON2 gene are associated with risk of cardiovascular diseases such as hypercholesterolemia, noninsulin-dependent diabetes, coronary heart disease (CHD) and myocardial infarction. The codon 192 mutation of PON1 gene is associated with the risk of CHD and has a synergistic effect with the codon 311 (Cys→Ser) polymorphism of PON2 gene. Moreover, the PON2 codon 311 (Cys→Ser) polymorphism might interact with the apoE4 allele to increase the risk of dementia(3)
The polymorphism 311 (Cys→Ser) of PON2 gene was determined by allele-specific oligonucleotide PCR assay (ASO-PCR) using primers described by Chen et al.(4)
with patient DNA. This PCR method showed a 96bp DNA fragment for allele C and a 104bp DNA fragment for allele S. In this report, we show the genotyping of allele C in five subjects using both GoTaq® Flexi DNA Polymerase and GoTaq® Hot Start Polymerase (Cat.# M5001).
The allele C of polymorphism 311 (Cys→Ser) on PON2 gene was determined by ASO-PCR using the primers in reference 4 with either GoTaq® Flexi DNA Polymerase or GoTaq® Hot Start Polymerase in a 25µl volume. See Table 1 for reaction component volumes and Table 2 for cycling conditions.
PCR products were resolved by electrophoresis on a 10% polyacrylamide (Cat.# V3111) gel and stained with silver nitrate.
Panel A. The 96bp product of allele C of polymorphism 311 (Cys→Ser) on PON2 gene was amplified using GoTaq® Flexi DNA Polymerase and separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Note the nonspecific bands obtained along with the DNA fragment of expected size (area highlighted by brackets). Lane M, 100bp DNA Ladder (Cat.# G2101); lanes 1–5, allele C amplimers; and lane 6, negative control (no DNA). Panel B. The 96bp amplimer of allele C of polymorphism 311 (Cys→Ser) on PON2 gene generated using the GoTaq® Hot Start Polymerase (Promega). In contrast to the brackets in Panel A, there are no nonspecific products present. Lane M, 100bp DNA Ladder (Cat.# G2101); lanes 1–5, allele C amplimer; and lane 6, negative control (no DNA).
We obtained more specific and cleaner PCR products for allele C of polymorphism 311 (Cys→Ser) on PON2 gene using GoTaq® Hot Start Polymerase compared to GoTaq® Flexi DNA Polymerase, eliminating nonspecific products. GoTaq® Hot Start Polymerase improved our PCR determination of the polymorphism C311S, offering significant advantages by increasing specificity and improving amplification effectiveness.
Scientific Style and Format, 7th edition, 2006
Pérez, G., González, L., Oaxaca, D., Franco, D., Vargas, A.
GoTaq® Hot Start Polymerase Successfully Amplified Allele C of Polymorphism 311 (Cys→Ser) on the PON2 Gene.
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Pérez, G., González, L., Oaxaca, D., Franco, D., Vargas, A.
GoTaq® Hot Start Polymerase Successfully Amplified Allele C of Polymorphism 311 (Cys→Ser) on the PON2 Gene.
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I am a novice programmer and am just finishing up an RSA encryption program that I am writing for practice. Currently I have the program generate a relatively small random value for the public key e. When adding the finishing touches, I realized that there was no point for e to be random. Is this thinking correct?
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Yes, this thinking is correct; there is no requirement that the public exponent $e$ to be random. After all, it doesn't matter whether $e$ can be guessed by an attacker; we'll be including that value in the public key anyways.
Common practice is currently to use the fixed value $65537 =2^{16} +1$ for $e$. Any odd value of $e > 1$ will work; however, smaller values of $e$ will tend to make the system brittle against errors in performing the RSA padding.


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In 1789, Founding Father John Adams wrote in a letter, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." And in his farewell address, President George Washington said, "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."
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I'm curious if anyone here has experience using practice nets for disc golf practice? I've been getting into doing the "right peck" drills made famous by Blake T and Dan Beato and thought it'd be sweet to have a sports practice net in my backyard that can handle it without falling apart over time. I came across this one on Amazon: http://amzn.com/B001CF4Z26 which seems to have the best ratings and is portable albeit a bit pricey. I could easily just hang a weighted furniture pad / blanket somewhere with a square target in the middle too (much cheaper but less portable as it needs something sturdy to hang from).
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Furniture pads would work just fine and it'll be cheaper. I'm sure the one you listed would work just fine. If it can handle baseballs, I'm sure it'll handle discs hitting it.
Although not a practice net, and not extremely portable(but certainly possible), I have designed my own basket that costs less than a crappy MC Sports basket. It works just as good as a mach 3, if heavy chain is used. Visit: discmichigan.wordpress.com to check it out.
I have been using it for three years, it's weather proof, and not very heavy; maybe 35 pounds. I love it to death.
And if you go this route, you always have bragging rights that you made it yourself!
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I've actually got a Innova DISCatcher Sport basket which I love for putting, but I was looking for something that will handle a bit more force for upshot / drive target practice. I'll probably end up going the furniture blanket route as it's durable enough to handle strong impact and won't tear up my discs.
*edit* that's quite a nice custom basket though, better than most I've seen.
Oh, ok.. I'm sure a furniture pad would work for that! Sounds like a good idea.
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Named to the Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team...Named the Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week on 12/1/09...Started all 31 games for the Bobcats in his first season...Third on the team with 304 points for a 9.8 points-per-game average...Led the team with 127 assists at a 4.1 per-game rate...Also third on the team with 3.7 rebounds per game...Team-leader in free throw percentage at 79.8% (67-84)...Ranked among the NEC leaders with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio...Also averaged 1.5 steals per game...Had six points, three assists and three rebounds in his first collegiate game against Hartford on 11/14...Turned in a solid all-around performance against Army with eight points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals...Scored a season and career-high 17 points against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County on 11/21...Also had six assists in that game...Had 11 points and seven rebounds against Bryant on 11/22...Had 10 points, seven assists and five rebounds against Maine on 11/25...Finished with eight points and seven assists against Binghamton on 12/1...Had his first career double-double, just missing a triple-double, when he finished with 12 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds against Monmouth on 12/6...Had nine points and seven assists against Wagner on 12/13...Had his longest stretch of double-digit games from Dec. 14 through Jan. 3...Had 12 points and six rebounds against Dartmouth on 12/14...Had 15 points, five steals and four assists against Vermont on 12/21...Had 12 points and seven assists against Brown on 12/29...Totaled 12 points and two steals against Cornell on 12/31 and 12 points, four assists and three steals against Fairleigh Dickinson on 1/3...Had seven points and six assists against Robert Morris on 1/8...Had six points and six assists against Saint Francis (Pa.) on 1/10...Had 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists against St. Francis (N.Y.) on 1/15...Had 12 points at Monmouth on 1/17...Matched his season-best with 17 points against Central Connecticut State on 1/24...Also added three assists and three steals in the game...Had 10 points at Sacred Heart on 2/5...Dropped in 14 points against Bryant on 2/7...Had 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists against St. Francis (Pa.) on 2/12...Had 11 points, four assists and four steals against Central Connecticut on 2/28.
Before Quinnipiac: Rated a two-star prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com...Recipient of the Coach's Leadership Award in 2007-08, after leading Bishop Loughlin to the 2007-08 Brooklyn/Queens Championship...Earned the 2007-08 United States Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award...Named Third-Team All-Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) in 2008...Named 2007 5 Star Honesdale All-Star MVP...Earned 5 Star Best Lead Guard recognition in the NBA Division in 2006...Averaged 15 points, six assists and two steals in leading Bishop Loughlin to a 22-5 record as a senior...Earning team 2006-07 Defensive MVP at Bishop Loughlin...A four-year honor-roll student and recipient of the Advanced Regents Diploma.
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Reproduction and homosexuality, the bookends of the loosely defined concept of "social issues," are fundamentally different from more dispassionate topics such as economics or foreign policy. On economics, everyone agrees on the objective—growth and jobs are good; recession and unemployment are bad—and the debate centers on how to get to that goal. Social issues, by contrast, conjure up strong, gut-level emotions and deeply held convictions in voters who disagree fiercely about where the country should go.
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Both Obama and Romney understand this political dynamic, which is why it is so easy to draw distinctions between them. Obama supports abortion rights; Romney opposes them. Obama backs gay marriage; Romney opposes it. Obama rejects a "cramped and narrow" constitutional view; Romney says that the Constitution is "timeless and defining" and that interpretations of it cannot "evolve."
The antiabortion and abortion-rights movements have not always been comfortable with their chosen presidential candidates this year, but they can easily rally their troops around Romney or Obama by comparing their guy to the other guy. The opposing sides even use the same language. "The difference between President Obama and Mitt Romney on choice is clear and stark," NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan said in May when her group endorsed Obama. "President Obama wants to uphold a woman's right to choose; Romney wants to outlaw abortion."
"The difference between Governor Romney and President Obama couldn't be clearer," Jane Abraham, chairwoman of the board for the antiabortion Susan B. Anthony List, said when the group endorsed Romney in April, after former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania dropped out of the Republican primary race. "It is the responsibility of pro-life voters to now unite behind Governor Romney."
Obama has said repeatedly that he wants to find "common ground" on abortion, emphasizing the need to reduce unwanted pregnancies and encourage adoption. As president, however, he has consistently supported abortion rights in ways that have alienated the antiabortion movement. For example, he cut off federal support for a women's health program in Texas because the state Legislature blocked groups such as Planned Parenthood from participating in it. Republicans, including Romney, decried the move. Planned Parenthood's political wing endorsed Obama in May and launched a $1.4 million ad campaign saying that Romney is "out of touch and wrong for women."
Yet abortion-rights groups were furious with Obama when he caved (all too easily, they say) by allowing insurance coverage for abortion to be stripped from his health care law. Abortion "is a common and necessary aspect of health care. One in three women will have an abortion before the age of 45. If you have a heart condition or breast cancer, it costs seven to 10 thousand dollars," said National Organization for Women President Terry O'Neill.
Still, Obama's position on abortion was never in question. Romney's thinking on abortion, by contrast, can most generously be described as evolving. In 2002, Romney said he supported state funding of abortion through Medicaid. In 1994, he ran for Senate as an abortion-rights candidate. He claims now that he has always personally opposed abortion and that his earlier, softer political stance stemmed from governing in a state supportive of abortion rights.
Romney's conversion to a solid antiabortion position occurred in 2004 and 2005, around the time he began contemplating a presidential bid. He says that his ideas gelled after discussing the rudiments of embryonic stem cells with scientists. Shortly thereafter, he vetoed state legislation allowing a "morning-after" birth-control drug to be sold over the counter. The Massachusetts Legislature overrode his veto.
Even now, Romney's position on abortion can be confusing. He refused to sign a pledge that would have committed him to appointing only antiabortion Cabinet members. He appeased social conservatives later by promising to choose an antiabortion vice presidential candidate. He also wrote his own abortion pledge, published last year in the National Review, promising to get rid of government funding for abortion and to support legislation "to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion."
This article appears in the July 14, 2012 edition of National Journal Magazine.