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Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Combined, the companies will have 20,000 policyholders in 14 states. They serve physicians, large hospitals and health systems, clinics, and outpatient and long-term care facilities.
"We're excited to join forces with MMIC," Martin Oslowski, UMIA president and CEO, said in a statement. "UMIA's experience can enhance some of MMIC's existing programs, such as physician consulting services. Together we can create stronger systems and processes and drive efficiencies."
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According to Burns, with the exception of "a few crazies," the response has been overwhelmingly positive.
What does it mean when he Burns the only photo of his family?
There, Burns discovered that other people understood him; to his shock, some of them simply knew he was gay, and that was that.
A parallel issue that Burns deep in the Congo and Sudan and most every other place in Africa is violence against women.
To Burns, any decision in which the court exercises its check on Congress constitutes such an intrusion.
Even Byron and Burns, who did not live as men who desired length of days, died scarcely sooner than their generation.
Rage, the passion that Burns within me, will impel me to profit by it.
It is extensively cut for fuel, and it Burns about like eastern white oak, but leaves more ashes.
The being which Burns within, that is what I am trying to express.
Probably it was about this time that Burns went for a summer to a school at Kirkoswald.
12c., combination of Old Norse brenna "to burn, light," and two originally distinct Old English verbs: bærnan "to kindle" (transitive) and beornan "to be on fire" (intransitive), all from Proto-Germanic *brennan/*branajan (cf. Middle Dutch bernen, Dutch branden, Old High German brinnan, German brennen, Gothic -brannjan "to set on fire"). This perhaps is from PIE *gwher- "to heat, warm" (see warm (adj.)), or from PIE *bhre-n-u, from root *bhreue- "to boil forth, well up" (see brew (v.)). Related: Burned/burnt (see -ed); burning.
Figuratively (of passions, battle, etc.) in Old English. Meaning "cheat, swindle, victimize" is first attested 1650s. In late 18c, slang, burned meant "infected with venereal disease." To burn one's bridges (behind one) "behave so as to destroy any chance of returning to a status quo" (attested by 1892 in Mark Twain), perhaps ultimately is from reckless cavalry raids in the American Civil War. Slavic languages have historically used different and unrelated words for the transitive and intransitive senses of "set fire to"/"be on fire:" cf. Polish palić/gorzeć, Russian žeč'/gorel.
c.1300, "act of burning," from Old English bryne, from the same source as burn (v.). Until mid-16c. the usual spelling was brenne. Meaning "mark made by burning" is from 1520s. Slow burn first attested 1938, in reference to U.S. movie actor Edgar Kennedy (1890-1948), who made it his specialty.
c.1300, "act of burning," from Old English bryne, from the same source as burn (v.). Until mid-16c. the usual spelling was brenne. Meaning "mark made by burning" is from 1520s. Slow burn first attested 1938, in reference to U.S. movie actor Edgar Kennedy (1890-1948), who made it his specialty.
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To undergo or cause to undergo combustion.
To consume or use as fuel or energy.
To damage or injure by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent.
To irritate or inflame, as by chafing or sunburn.
To become sunburned or windburned.
To metabolize a substance, such as glucose, in the body.
To impart a sensation of intense heat to.
To feel or look hot.
An injury produced by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent.
A burned place or area.
The process or result of burning.
A stinging sensation.
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Noun Tissue injury caused by fire, heat, radiation (such as sun exposure), electricity, or a caustic chemical agent. Burns are classified according to the degree of tissue damage, which can include redness, blisters, skin edema and loss of sensation. Bacterial infection is a serious and sometimes fatal complication of severe burns.
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If you invite Lindsay Lohan to your wedding you kind of expect it to end with her running around naked in a villa, right? 🙏🏻 happy wedding to Justin and Lana 🙏🏻 Full Story
Rachel kissing Hayden
Can't remember the last time I wrote about either of them. Was just talking about Hayden Christensen the other day. It's been a long time. And that's probably smart. Like a reset. Go away for a while – he could afford it with the Star Wars money – and let people forget. Full Story
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Rachel Bilson is now on Instagram and showing off Briar's Star Wars kicks. Does Hayden get these for free, or does the franchise machine just want to forget about that whole trilogy? A photo posted by @rachelbilson Full Story
Briar Rose Christensen. BRIAR ROSE.
Apparently today is the day for me to get sickly-sweetness stuck in my throat from all the fairytail-y goodness going on. It makes you pray for the utter depravity that is Scandal. I had forgotten, until Us Weekly reminded me, that Briar Rose, the name chosen by Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson for their baby, is a name used as kind of a decoy for Princess Aurora in sleeping beauty. Full Story
Rachel Bilson & Hayden Christensen are having a baby
US Weekly reports that Rachel Bilson is pregnant with Hayden Christensen's baby. Timing seems about right, right? Actually, no. They've been together for a long time. Since 2007. And then quickly engaged, as you do when you're famous these days. Full Story
Hayden Christensen back on set
How long has it been? I feel like it's been a long, long time. If anyone ever needed a Career Prospectus… It wasn't like this 10 years ago. Or less. He was Robert Pattinson back then – the goodlooking star of a mega franchise that didn't exactly showcase his talent. Full Story
Rachel & Hayden back in Barbados
For the 3 or 4 of you who were wondering whether or not Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen are still together...They are!And they're on holiday in Barbados with her family. Bilson and Christensen have been together 5 years now, at one point engaged, with a six month break last year. Are you still reading? Why do I care? There's something here that's worth observing about their careers, an ongoing discussion. Full Story
Filler Palate Cleanser breakup or not
Rachel Bilson is what you call filler content on a blog between articles. Like, you're in that dead zone between morning and afternoon when the photo agencies are loading up new content and you don't want to go front heavy, particularly today as I'm trying to pace out my posts for when I fly in a few hours and oh look, there's a Rachel Bilson story… I'd never lead with Rachel Bilson because, obviously. Full Story
She likes his full face, he likes her plates
Hayden Christensen was seen entering Rachel Bilson's house shortly after she arrived home yesterday. Just one photo. But it's enough to show, yet again, that the two have reconciled after calling off their engagement. She still loves him even with his full face Full Story
Getting used to the new You
I wrote about Hayden Christensen's new look a couple of weeks ago. Click here if you missed it. Evidently, judging from your emails, this didn't escape you either. The face… is fuller. 25 really doesn't last forever, for girls and for boys. Full Story
Someone's face got fuller
I almost didn't recognise Hayden Christensen, here with Tilda Swinton and Chloe Sevigny in Berlin at the Hugo Boss show. Too much beer? Hayden's face normally has a few more angles. Dylan says it's democracy at work, that women aren't the only ones who lose their cheekbones at a certain age. Full Story


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Brevard, N.C. - Micheala Watkins sparked a Tornado comeback in the second half, scoring 14 of her game high 19 points in the final 20 minutes of the contest to help Brevard back to within three points, but Lenoir-Rhyne was able to hang on to complete the season sweep behind a 14 point performance by Cameron Sealey in the 66-59 Bears victory in Boshamer Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
Brevard (6-18, 1-15 SAC) cut the lead back to within three points at 60-57 with 1:47 left to play as Anna Schlobohm hit a short jumper in the paint off a Watkins steal, but Krystal Patton answered on the other end for Lenoir-Rhyne (19-6, 11-5 SAC) and Sealey and Alexis Katt put the game away from the free throw line as the Tornados fell to the Bears for the second time in the 2012 season.
Watkins finished the contest with 19 points and filled the stat sheet adding six assists and five steals as Brevard shot 37.7 percent (23-61) from the floor in the contest. Schlobohm added 10 points and eight rebounds to finish in double-digits, while Holli Flippo led a Brevard three-point attack, connecting three times from behind the arc as Brevard was 10-for-24 (41.7percent) from the three-point line in the contest.
Sealey led three Bears in double-digits with 14 points and added six rebounds to lead Lenoir-Rhyne past Brevard. Jazmine Charles added 12 points and three assists off the bench, while Krystal Patton was 4-for-5 from the floor in scoring 10 points as the Bears shot 44.6 percent (25-56) from the floor as a team in the contest.
For the second consecutive game the Tornados came out of the gates hot from behind the arc as Schlobohm connected for a three-pointer on Brevard's first possession of the game and Watkins and Flippo both hit from behind the arc to give Brevard a 9-7 lead at the 13:42 mark. Charles connected on a three-pointer to put L-R up 10-9 before Lindsay Brendle scored the first BC basket inside the arc, driving in for the layup with 13:22 left in the first half.
The Tornados built a four point lead, going up 20-16 on a Schlobohm jumper, but Whitney Brinkley and Sealey answered with back-to-back baskets to tie the game up. Lenoir-Rhyne took the lead for good in the first half as Danielle Bongiorno hit a free throw and Charles connected on another three-pointer as the Bears held off three-pointers by Schlobohm and Asheley Watkins to take an eight points lead into the half as Sealey hit a three-pointer with four ticks left on the clock to give the Bears the 36-28 halftime advantage.
Lenoir-Rhyne built a double-digit lead early in the second half as Sealey drove in for a layup to put the Bears up 42-30 with 16:40 on the clock, and the Bears again went up by 12 on a Culler jumper in the paint with 14:59 left in the contest. Brevard continued to fight back in the game as Katelynne Poole hit a pair of three-pointers to bring the game back to within 48-43 at the 13:09 mark.
Micheala Watkins went in for the layup on the next BC possession to cut the lead back to within three and Schlobohm also brought Brevard back to within on possession with a jumper with 1:47 left on the clock, but the Tornados were not able to complete the comeback in falling to the Bears.
Brevard remains at home on Wednesday, February 22nd, as the Tornados welcome SAC opponent Newberry College for Senior Night as Brevard honors seniors Holli Flippo, Anna Schlobohm and Lindsay Brendle. Tipoff between the Tornados and the Wolves is set for 6 p.m.


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Looking at those posts its hard to believe these people are adults.
Looking at those posts its hard to believe these people are adults.
Julez who?
glad he isnt fighting anymore for me he sums up everything wrong with the sport, not a good image to portray
I didn't think there was a worst reflection on the sport than Miller, but this fella appears to be trying his best. They should form some sort of WWF tag team, what a pair of utter morons.
Arr whos arsed about a fat knacker with delusions of grandeur being terrorized on his FB by the guys sister cos he dont wanna fight- JDI,where are you? lets get this fuckin party started yo!
funny when someone said about here shagging mark carling
The bull means business. Shame he's retired now or UKMMA best be worried.
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This could possibly explain why so few mobile network providers and re-sellers have anything other than 16GB iPhone 5s available. I have been looking for a contract deal over the last month and I am not going from a full 32GB phone to a 16GB, especially when I will have to buy a shed load of iPod to Lightning adapters to do so! Hurry up with a 5S already.
This makes sense to me. The iPhone 5 costs too much money to produce. It simply could never function as a low cost alternative. The production cost for the iPhone 5 has not dropped enough in the year it's been sold to justify selling it as a low end device. Apple would be very smart to specifically create a low end iPhone, such as one made with cheaper plastic material, less RAM, a lower resolution camera, and a slower SOC. This low end iPhone could use the same LCD found in the iPod touch. In fact, Apple should put a cellular modem and aGPS module into an iPod touch and call it the iPhone lite.
It's the same thing that happened to iPad 3. It went out of production when the iPad 4 came, and made it completely obsolete. That's what's happening to the iPhone 5. I think Apple is done with having 2 seemingly identical products for sale, because it confuses customers. Most people can't tell the difference between an iPhone 4 and 4S, an iPad 3 and 4, and even the iPad 2. The iPhone 5 and 5S would be no different.
That's why the iPhone 4 and 5 will be discontinued, in favour of a simpler, and more consistent marketing strategy, where they'll offer a full fledged iPhone model, which will be the 5S, a budget version of that, which will be the plastic iPhone 5, and the iPhone mini, which will be the iPhone 4S, because believe it or not; some people actually still prefer a 3.5" screen.
This way, there's a lot less "clutter" in Apple's marketing campaign for the iPhone. This goes hand in hand with the "clutterless" design philosophy of iOS 7
It goes on like this all the time when the new model is about to come they drop the price of old one.
How come in the photo the headphone jack is on the right side instead of the left????
An offtopic from the article, is anyone else so amazed by how exactly close that mockup of the then rumored iPhone 5 (pictured above) is, and everything was exactly on key except for which side the headphone jack is? (A dumb mistake, as the leaked parts clearly showed which side it was on).
I just think it's crazy that the mockup is so accurate they're still using it almost a year and a half later. /offtopic
I've just bought the HTC One
And the quality is unreal
It's like holding a large square block of marble the only plastic that's in the phone is the SIM card the buttons are touch not press
My iPhone 5 rattles when I shake it the quality I don't think so and a cut down ver phone low budget that will be rubbish as will the 5s
Apple/Samsung are no where near HTC
I saw this news on Facebook shared by iFunia. And I hear someone said: "This is such a load of nonsense because Apple would put itself in the situation of having millions of unsold iPhone5's in the pipeline and on shelves which they would not be able to sell! Again the moron that thought this one up is a total dochebag and cannot see past his 80 IQ." I agree some. And I'm still expecting to 5s.
Don't matter to me anymore! Sold my 16gb i5, bought me a S4 16, then bought me a 32gb sdcard, for less than what I paid for the i5 originally .... Win! Lol
But yea I do think they have to do something and to me iOS7 was not it. To me that software design cheapens what apple has been building this whole time. iOS is supposed to be elegant and intuitive. iOS 7 is not. It's a cheap wanna be version of a hybrid of android and windows 8.


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Thats because your command syntax is "WAK DAWG" <<working on my urban l33t speak
It should go like this
bt-# tar xzvf (filename)
bt~#cd (filename)
bt~#make install
or if you are confident there will be no errors then you can pass all 3 commands at once
bt~#./configure && make && make install
Just a side note not all software has a configure script like drivers for example only have make and make install. The are others to like setup.sh or whatever. Most times its a good idea to peak inside the actual file and see whats in there instead of blindly issuing commands.


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'The Penguins advanced because someone had to. Because even a confrontation as epic as this cannot be permitted to go on indefinitely. But to anoint one team as superior in the wake of all that's taken place would be an injustice to the other.'
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never heard or seen anything like this, try to remember what have you installed or downloaded just before that start to happen then you should have the answer!
Hey all,
I've got a rather strange issue going on with my Distro of Backtrack 5r3. Whenever I use a script/tool, it will work amazing the first time, (We'll use Yamas for the example) it will retrieve credentials from all the other computers on my network. However, I try to use Yamas a second time the next day, and it captures random links and fields. I go on my desktop and login to my email, bank, etc, run back to my laptop that has BTr3 running and view the capture and lo-and-behold, NOTHING.
This has happened with almost every program/script I've used. Another instance is the Metasploit website clone in conjunction with etter.dns. The same exact issue happened. I was able to clone Facebook, and with using etter.dns, all that has to happen is anyone navigates to facebook on the network and it captures their information. This worked the first time. I try to run it a second time. It clones, everything is working perfect, and then it simply captures nothing...
Why is this? I'm stumped.
never heard or seen anything like this, try to remember what have you installed or downloaded just before that start to happen then you should have the answer!
Well, it happens to me but with arp poissoning, never worked after some time, my set up was: ettercap + sslstrip and even forwarding traffic manually...I used yamas (by comax), he was helping me for quite some time (I learned from him so much, specially one thing, serve, help and keep helping).
Unfortunatly, problem persist after some months but still working...Some day I'll know what is going on with that lan, it is a matter of time.
My advice, Tacticalpoet, try auditting another lan, and see if issue is still present. Try Live DVD, try VM, but try..
I had a very similar problem - but it was only for Metasploit. (PostgreSQL database not connecting) Found a fix online, and would work only once. If I restarted BT, error would show up again. Finally reinstalled BT and haven't had that problem since.


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Skip to comments.Former Obama Chief Economist: Let's Tax Carbon and Snacks
Posted on 11/23/2012 10:58:46 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Former Obama Chief Economist: Let's Tax Carbon and Snacks
by Ben Shapiro 23 Nov 2012, 10:29 AM PDT 1 post a comment Always looking for new ways to slice its pound of flesh from American business, Obama allies are suggesting improvisational taxes. Give them points for creativity. Former Obama chief economist Larry Summers said that carbon taxes and taxing fatty foods should be on the table, but only once economic stasis has been reached. Of course, this begs the question of why we should ever tax products if we know those taxes will harm the economy, but thats a question the left never feels the need to answer. Said Summers:
Its immensely important that the U.S. not fall off the fiscal cliff Why arent we talking more about raising taxes on carbon and energy?
The purpose of such taxes, said Summers, would be corrective, designed to prevent events like Hurricane Sandy.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Let's have states impose a 99¢ bookkeeping fee for every dollar in federal revenue they send to Washington. Then next seize all federal property under the Kelo decision to pay for obamacare. Finally, appoint a State Overlord of Bureaucracy to write reams of rules that regulate the actions of all federal bureaucrats in states. Each rule, which will be written in ancient Pict, will change from moment to moment, depending on the Overlord's mood, and fines will begin at $1 billion per violation, per hour.
If taxing stuff causes there to be less of it, then why do we tax wealth and income?
Let's just cut to the chase and let the Republicans can propose a 100% income bracket starting at $250k. Obama and friends would then be forced to explain why they will not raise taxes on "the wealthy."
Why not put a bounty on them instead and sell licenses.
I am very impressed that Larry Summers and his ilk can pretend that a "carbon tax" is something new without actually laughing in our faces. Anyone notice how much "carbon tax" you pay on every gallon of gasoline?
When they say "carbon tax", what they mean is:
"let's raise excise tax rates to infinity";
"let's expand the list of taxed items infinitely, so we can micromanage every business and control the entire economy";
"let's rip the last pennies from the pockets of working and middle class families, so we can redistribute them to our dependency voters".
US "greenhouse gas" emissions could be cut almost in half by simply encouraging production and use of natural gas, which is cheaper than oil anyway. But why solve a "problem" when it can be used for political purposes?
I heard a great progressive admission recently. The man was describing the virtues of Cap and Trade.
The tax on carbon is paid by fuel users. Those are actually producers who pass the tax onward to customers on a per usage basis. That is everyone pays, even kids.
That means Cap and Trade is actually a scheme to extract taxes from those now paying no income taxes. The once removed payment device provides political cover and deniability for raising taxes on the poor. It can be argued that Cap and trade is in fact a fair tax in that everyone pays on the basis of energy consumption
That's right. If we levy a high enough tax on snack food, we'll never have to worry about hurricanes, tornadoes, or rising sea levels ever again. (Insert sarcasm tag here.)
That's right. If we levy a high enough tax on snack food, we'll never have to worry about hurricanes, tornadoes, or rising sea levels ever again. (Insert sarcasm tag here.)
I'm so sick of these clowns like Summers!
The irony of that gif is that Penn Jillette believes in man-made global warming. I've seen him talk about it and, in his typical fashion, he arrogantly looks down his nose at people who'd believe otherwise. Oh how he's convinced of his own superiority and cleverness.
Anyway, I literally laughed out loud at the line about Summers saying further taxes would prevent events like Hurricane Sandy. I know that's what these scum are proposing but to see it in print is so absurd the initial reaction has to be laughter.
I found some of the replies on this thread to be not only entertaining, but instructive. Even though some may be hyperbolic or sarcastic in intent, their impact (as implemented in my fantasy world) would actually address the *real* problems.
dismal science bump for later...
They don't deserve our money.......
Theme for the next election..
I believe I read 8 out of the top ten income zip codes voted for Obama in 2012. Most of the super rich have gone over to the Dems - the trust fund babies, the hollywood elite, the Harvard educated financiers.
They support higher income taxes because they've already amassed their wealth and won't feel a few extra percent taken from income. Let's give them an federal property tax they can feel. For all billionaires, let the federal government take 4% of net worth per year. Warren Buffet has an estimated net worth of $46 billion. At 4% he will pay $1.84 billion, some serious money. Soros, Bill Gates, Jeffrey Immelt, Oprah, Tom Hanks, and the other super rich demanding higher marginal tax rates their tax shelters will let them avoid might change their tune with a real wealth tax - a tax on accumulated wealth for billionaires. If the Dems hate wealth so much they should be happy to sign on to this.
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Amanda Bynes' mug shot reveals she cut all her hair off!
(TMZ) - Amanda Bynes had to remove her platinum blonde wig when she posed for her mug shot last night, revealing a super short hair cut - and Bynes didn't appear happy about it, reports TMZ.
According to TMZ, Bynes sported a scowl and a black shirt when she posed for the photo following a bong-throwing arrest in NYC last night.
[See mug shot here]
The 27-year-old actress arrived to court this morning to face a judge - wearing the wig again - but it was clear she didn't want to be photographed.
Amanda has now been released.
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The décor may not look like much, but you won't find better Venetian food anywhere in W1.
Owned by Russell Norman and Richard Beatty, with the kitchen headed by Tom Oldroyd, Polpo and its newer siblings Polpetto (now closed) and Da Polpo fuse the Venetian bacaro (wine-bar-cum-café) with hip New York West Village eateries. The decor, with peeling paint and battered wooden panelling, looks like something from the 'before' clips on Homes Under the Hammer. Brown paper menus and chunky tumblers for wine glasses underline the sense of squatter chic, as does sharing small plates of unfussy food.
These stretch from simple olives and a crostino topped with chickpea and anchovy mash (rendered dull by a lack of anchovy flavour), to sirloin steak and calf's liver with onions. A shallow plate of soupy beans – more like bean soup – highlighted that the vogue for sharing dishes is often impractical; neither would we want to spoon linguine vongole across the table. Best dishes were the cuttlefish in squid ink and the spinach and egg pizzette.
Service was hard-working and friendly enough. Sitting elbow-to-elbow with the Nathan Barleys who frequent this place could be reassuring or irritating, depending on your point of view; one thing for sure is that this little chain is a hit.
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A neon sign in a window humbly beams, "Essential Thai Cuisine," and the restaurant lives up to its lofty name. Beyond satay sticks, the kitchen whips up appetizers such as a pungent larb with a minty, lemongrass-y aroma that's almost a hallucinogen. Being Anaheim and all, there are even Thai tacos! But at Essential Thai Cuisine, it's the curries that are, well . . . essential. The beef panaeng is king, with tender chunks smothered in a savory red curry. Don't skirt past the noodle dishes; instead, dial up the sweat bead-inducing heat with spicy noodles flecked with chile peppers while trying in vain to cool off by guzzling Thai beer.
We try to pass around this award every year—not only to spread the wealth, but also to acknowledge that chefs come and go and always up their game. But for probably the first time in Weekly history, we have a repeat winner. And the reason isn't because Taco María is the only restaurant to have appeared on 2014 best-restaurant lists for this paper, the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles, or because Food & Wine recognized chef Carlos Salgado as one of the country's 10 Best New Chefs earlier this year. It's because, despite getting invites from across the country from folks eager to taste the next generation of Mexican food, Salgado hasn't let fame go to his head; if he's in town, Salgado is hustling on the line alongside the rest of his crew. And who else in OC gets up before dawn every day to make masa from heirloom blue corn purchased directly from farmers in Mexico and is planning to launch a masa revolution by spreading its gospel? His aguachile? Entire restaurants have created less. Enough philosophizing—go eat!
Forget your regular, European-influenced desserts and head to Snow Station for this Taiwanese-style dessert made of ice shaved so fine that each spoonful turns into liquid as soon as it comes into contact with just the warmth of your palate. The flavors here are Asian-American chic, so expect taros and various teas and Asian fruits. If you're feeling extravagant, go for one of the premade combos that range from banana split to S'mores, but for regular weekday treats, there's nothing better than a simple green tea shaved snow topped with some condensed milk.
Despite our county being so close to Ensenada, our fish taco game is weak. But El Taco Nazo carries the torch in La Habra, where families fill the booths on weekends for crispy fish and shrimp tacos dressed just as they are south of the border. The secret? The batter! Plus, the chiles güeritos are so popular the chefs had to start doling them out from the counter to keep customers from devouring the whole tray.
Orange County's Korean District has been expanding quietly for years, but it came into its own when Kang Hodong Baekjeong opened a branch here to satisfy homesick Korean-Americans who don't want to drive to K-Town in Los Angeles. The grill at Baekjeong ("Butcher") is smaller than normal and circled by compartments containing hot kimchi, corn cheese, slowly cooking egg, and onions with peppers. And the servers must have eyes everywhere because they bustle through so quickly—replacing panchan, barley tea, beer and soju—you might not notice them.
Last year, OC's largest farmers' market was asked to move, since it was taking up too many precious parking spots near the In-N-Out on Campus Drive. Irvine Certified Farmers Market then moved down the road to Mariner's Church and spread out a little, and it's busier than ever. It's our Hollywood, our Santa Monica, a tourist attraction in its own right. Same Saturday-morning hours, same beautiful chaos. Come hungry, leave inspired.


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"I can imagine few more enjoyable ways of thinking than to read this book."
Sarah Bakewell, New York Times Book Review, front-page review
Tackling the "darkest question in all of philosophy" with "raffish erudition" (Dwight Garner, The New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway best seller, which has captured the imagination of critics and the public alike, traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. Holt adopts the role of cosmological detective, traveling the globe to interview a host of celebrated scientists, philosophers, and writers, "testing the contentions of one against the theories of the other" (Jeremy Bernstein, Wall Street Journal). As he interrogates his list of ontological culprits, the brilliant yet slyly humorous Holt contends that we might have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God versus the Big Bang. This "deft and consuming" (David Ulin, Los Angeles Times) narrative humanizes the profound questions of meaning and existence it confronts.
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"Excellent survey of philosophy book"
The author uses the question "why does the world exist" and each of his interviews as a narrative device in explaining the fundamental questions of philosophy. There are commonly two ways of explaining philosophy, 1) look at philosophy in its chronological order of development as in the book by Will Durant, "The Story of Philosophy", or as this author does 2) look at how different people consider the question "why there is something instead of nothing".
The author is really good at setting up the background and summarizing the perspective of each of the people interviewed in each of the chapters. The author introduces the listener to many different schools of philosophy both relatively modern and ancient (though almost always from the western tradition). The book really filled in my gaps since Durant's book stopped at 1926 and I got a good background on some philosophy after that period.
I had to listen to each chapter more intently than I usually do for science books but the author explains things such that even a non-philosopher can follow the points being made.
One odd note, I never would have finished a written version of this book, because I would have been doing a constant stream of wiki and google searches on the concepts he kept bringing up. Listening doesn't allow me to do that.
Before reading the book, I would never have been able to say something like this: Aristotle thinks of the world made up of both stuff and structure. The structure can be thought of as the math or process that hold the pieces of the stuff together and so on.... The point is even a non-philosopher can listen to this story and follow what's being said.
The book is not for everyone. After all, it is a survey of philosophy book, but the author tells the story so well that the casual reader will be on the look out for other accessible books on philosophy.
Faced with mindless duty, when an audio book player slips into a rear pocket and mini buds pop into ears, old is made new again.
With a smile and a pair of tennis shoes, Jim Holt tries to sell the idea that there is an answer to the question, "Why Does the World Exist?" Like Willy Loman, in "Death of a Salesman", Holt has a gift for gab but neither he nor anyone else is able to close the sale.
It is certainly not that Holt is not a good salesman but he tries to sell a thing impossible to define. No known person has enough theoretical or experimental proof to convince one there is an answer to "Why Does the World Exist?" All that remains is faith, either in science, religion, or philosophy. Holt's "…Existential Detective Story" is a terrific synthesis of physics, religion, and philosophy but the mystery remains, "Why Does the World Exist?"
Like Don Quixote, Holt puts a pan back on his head, grabs his lance, swings his leg over Rocinante, and tilts at Descartes' "cogito ergo sum" to answer the question of why the world exists. It is simply a matter of what you think. Of course, Holt does not believe this is an answer either. He is a very smart guy, a good writer, and an interesting philosopher.
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Interesting topic and coverage
No. This reader is fine with one fatal exception: Every few sentences he will suddenly lower his voice to near silence and consequently you miss a word or phrase during this "quiet period" in his dynamics. You can turn up the volume, but then most of the text is unpleasantly loud. And even with the volume up high, if you're driving or there's other ambient noise--you just cannot hear some words. It's extremely annoying. Sometimes, to hear a crucial word, I've rewound 30 seconds and really blasted the volume! This guy reads well otherwise, but these "dramatic" whispers are terrible. Audible needs to run his reading through a compressor or something to even out the dynamics.
"Deep, deep, DEEP listen..."
I am now depressed.
Don't know.
Made very difficult topics sound easy. It is a long book and his voice carries it nicely. Nice tone (not too serious)
Nothing exists!
Be prepared to re-listen to chapters as this stuff is heady.
"Great book marred by poor narration."
Steven Menasche is considered a capable narrator, but this time it doesn't seem to work for him.
He sounds very "robotic" with almost complete lack of timing and "presence". It sounds like he doesn't understand what he is reading, or perhaps more likely; he doesn't care about the book at all.
The book itself is very good though.
"Brilliant, beautifully written and well read."
I read and heard the book. I enjoyed both formats. The warmth and personal traits of the author show through the reader.
No idea. I believe every book is unique and comparisons are not helpful.
Better. His voice translates the mood of the author and his humanity.
A personal search for meaning. Is there any purpose for the existence of the world, and its sentient beings.
I would encourage the author to write another interesting book.
"A Distraction!"
The narrator, Steven Menasche, struggles with the pronunciation of many many words . . . to the point of distraction -- painfully distracting his audience. His fairly competent French pronunciation is not enough to make up for his blunders with all the English words he mangles -- words familiar to the average college graduate. One wonders how Audible auditions its performers -- or even if it does. When the "performer" becomes a distraction the author is betrayed.
"An unresolved mystery"
You learn a lot and meet many fascinating philosophers and scientists as you follow the author on his quest, but you probably knew from start that it is a question that doesn't have an ultimate answer besides "it was God" or "it's turtles all the way down." His often conversational style is charming, but at times borders on silly and the repetition of the title becomes a distraction. Also, he and many of the eminent philosophers who speculate that the world it's born out of goodness, which is absurd, and explains nothing since it's an ill-defined category with little explanatory value.
"Torn between 2 and 4 stars"
Yes, if for no other reason than it is thought-provoking and offers a variety of points of view on an impossible question.
I am lukewarm on the narration. It was easy to understand, but the tone often seemed too flippant. Also (and this is less about the narration than the book itself), there is too much untranslated French.
I sit back and contemplate this book and feel equally sure that I could have given it 2 stars or 4 stars. It is a book of philosophy and asks an unanswerable question. Holt winds his way around the world, meeting with and disucssing why does the world exist (why is there something rather than nothing) with philosophers and scientists, with theists and atheists. The debates and vignettes and theories and metaphors that follow run the gamut, some positing god as the reason and others positing quantum tunnelling and others simply admitting that they do not know. The discussions are at times fascinating or frustrating, mathematical or mystical, considered or circular. For those with a background in or a prediliction for philosophy will likely find this book closer to the 4 star range; for those that have trouble taking seriously ideas without a quantifiable basis, the book will prove more challenging. I do not feel my time was wasted, but I leave with a lot of food for thought and torn between eye-rolling and deep contemplation.
"Great Book, Terrible Reader"
I'm listening to this book as a kind of review, having read the book in the traditional way a couple of years ago. The book is worth a second reading--lots to chew on.
You would think that if you hire someone to narrate a book with a philosophical subject, you would require, as a basic qualification, that the narrator be able to pronounce basic philosophical terms and names. Add a supercilious tone and you have a recipe for a verbal train wreck.
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Hello All,
I'm a skilled developer but I have not worked in PHP for seven years and so I am looking to kick start my framework research here.
I have a project coming up that will use LAMP stack. The project is a web based application for inventory control and process management. The users (50-100) are widely distributed. It will be heavily form driven with named users, role based permissions and many reports.
I am looking for a framework (and I'm happy to purchase one) that will ease the development burden of creating data entry forms, user/role permissions, page creation and writing reports. Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Pete,
Well you're certainly not short on choices when it comes to PHP frameworks! The two big players are Zend and Symfony - very flexible but at the cost of some added complexity. I can't speak for Symfony, but the Zend Framework has a lot of components that will probably cover 99% of the things you might want to do (including a forms component, which you might find useful). As for Symfony, it would be worth speaking to @Jeff_Mott, as I believe he uses it a lot.
You may find Zend and Symfony a bit heavyweight for your needs, but there are some other good frameworks out there. Symfony has a 'cousin' called Silex, which is probably worth checking out. Many people speak highly of Laravel (although I've not tried it myself), and I've used Kohana on a couple of projects and found it suited my style quite well.
CodeIgniter (http://ellislab.com/codeigniter) is another popular and well documented framework that I have seen rise in popularity in the Ohio area.
I'm a bit disappointed that I didn't get any kind of notification about this mention. Makes me wonder if I was mentioned anywhere else but never knew about it.
I am looking for a framework (and I'm happy to purchase one) that will ease the development burden of creating data entry forms, user/role permissions, page creation and writing reports. Any recommendations?
As fretburner mentioned, I'm a big fan of Symfony. Overall, I think it's extremely well architected and a fantastic model for good OOP and design patterns. Usually you'd think with frameworks that you're sacrificing flexibility for structure, but Symfony never felt restrictive to me. You can compose every response in whatever manner you choose. You can use a templating engine or not. You can use an ORM or not. Symfony doesn't lock you into anything.
If you're looking to kick start your framework research, I recommend reading From Flat PHP to Symfony2. It takes you step-by-step from a traditional PHP script to an MVC structure to a Symfony application.
Then here's an older post where I tried to give an abbreviated summary of workflow in Symfony.
And here's a step-by-step tutorial that I started (but didn't finish) for building an application in Symfony. Each commit represents a step of the tutorial.
I'll second that. Good documentation is the key value here.
A framework is basically useless without documentation.
once you cut your teeth on one framework with good documentation, you can always move on to others that might have more/better features but lesser-quality documentation since you'll have a better idea on how to work with and use frameworks.
You can click the Notifications link at the top right of screen to see if you have any new ones. The count of your notifications is also shown below your avatar. And on your profile page, you can click the Mentions tab. But there is no automatic notification like an email. The Mention thing is an add-on that has limited functionality.[/ot]
Tell that Drupal users but I agree.
One more for Symfony 2. The loosely coupled component based architecture using DIC beats all others in php. I would even go as far to say it beats Rails in many ways. Drupal 8 uses several Symfony 2 components. If that isn't a testament to Symfony 2's power and flexibility I don't really know what is.
Jeff, Oddz, one thing I've heard said about Symfony 2 is that it's quite slow/resource intensive compared to other frameworks (possibly such as CodeIgniter). As you both use Symfony, is that a fair charge? I realise that there's probably some degree of overhead from having a more flexible and well engineered architecture, but I'm curious as to how noticeable that is in practice?
I do have to concede that in most every benchmark I've seen, Symfony typically ranks near last. Though, I also think it's unclear how reliable those tests are. Many of them are little more than Hello World tests, which is irrelevant in the real world. Others try to measure every framework under the sun, in which case it's highly unlikely they knew each framework equally well. And some don't provide source code that would allow us to reproduce their results.
But what I can say, and what I've heard others say as well, is that all the frameworks are "fast enough." A real-world page that uses Twig and Doctrine and the DB (5 queries), on my un-optimized Windows dev machine, will typically return a response within 150-200ms (running production code). On the optimized Linux machine, it's typically 60-80ms. It doesn't even matter if it's the slowest framework. It's plenty fast enough, and the features are well worth it.
Hard to say. As you say, benchmarks mean nothing if it's just hello world anyway. Symfony also has great support for caching out of the box, and when combined with APC or EAccelerator and/or redis/memcached, you can get response times down to virtually nothing anyway.
Pretty sure youporn (or a similar scale porn site) uses symfony, so it's clearly capable of dealing with very heavy traffic.
As a former Zend 1 guy, I have to say, Symfony has been a breath of fresh air to me so far. I love everything about it - from the way bundles work (and the way you can even include css/js in bundles) to the way unit testing works out of the box - even the twig templating system has been something of a revelation to me (I didn't see the point at all until I found out about block level over-rides - ever since I can't imagine working without it).
It works perfectly with composer too. I also love the fact that their philosophy is to improve stability over building new features too - such an excellent attitude to have.
Overall, I'd say it's the best framework I've ever used. It may be a bit hard to learn for people who don't know OOP well though. You're gonna be using plenty of interfaces and OOP techniques, but if you understand that stuff, it's brilliant.
For reference, here's (safe for work) information about how youporn uses symfony 2: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14Vmh9hpeuQ6GA41-cnyjdxYIEL3I6Wrd8vAXsTW-mFQ/edit
Thank you so much everyone especially @fretburner & @Jeff_Mott.
That is high praise for Symfony and CodeIgnitor. Performance is not a concern today. I anticipate no more than 50 simultaneous users at the outset. Much of the user experience is data-entry and viewing reports. There is not much adhoc querying. I will check out the memory and session management for both.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Code Igniter was one I paid a previous employee used he seemed to love it.


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N.º máximo de huéspedes4
Cuartos de baño1
Tamaño30 m²
- Aire acondicionado
- Desayuno
- Internet/WiFi
- Balcón/terraza
- Habitación con llave
- Toallas
- Apto para familias / niños
- Aparcamiento disponible
Resumen del alojamiento
|Grazier Cres, 2747 Werrington Downs, Australia
|Tipo de propiedad
|Habitación privada
|Código de referencia
|Tasa de aceptación
|Tiempo de respuesta
|En pocas horas
|Calendario actualizado
The House its very charming and cozy. It has a living area with a sofa, a TV, WiFi and Air Con, it has also a dinning table. The bedrooms are fitted with a double bed and two singles. The kitchen is fully equipped. The bathroom has a toilet and shower. The outside area its perfect to have some meals and enjoy the sunny days. Guests have a private entrance with keys. Communication - at the request of guests.
There is a shopping center, which is a 5-minute walk from the house, fitness and leisure center, swimming pool, restaurant. Transport links - bus, train comfortable. Car parking next to the house. From the airport to the train station to Werrington. Near bus stop, shopping center. Until City 1 hour by train. Comfortable train or bus will take you to any place in the city.
Normas del alojamientoNo smoking in suite and no pets in suite.
|Precio mensual para hasta 2 huéspedes
|Tarifa para > 2 huéspedes
|$ 17 US por huésped/noche extra
|Entrada a partir de las
|Bajo acuerdo
|Entrada antes de las
|Bajo acuerdo
|Salida antes de las
|Bajo acuerdo
|Política de cancelación
John ist sehr hilfsbereit und gab uns Tipps für Unternehmungen.
Die Unterkunft war für unsere Bedüfnisse mehr als ausreichend.
Wir haben uns sehr wohlgefühlt. Das Bett war sehr bequem.
Alles in allem zu Empfehlen.
Awesome clean and convenient place to stay. Had everything we needed and owners were great to deal with. Will definitely stay there again and would recommend friends and family to stay there also. The only negative was that the fuse for lights kept blowing and we had to go outside to reset - a little inconvenient mid shower! Hopefully there is a solution to this small issue. Thank you for your hospitality John & Svetlana!
Svetlana and john were very welcoming and friendly upon arrival. Accommodation was well set out and clean with all features you would find in a hotel and more. Would recommend to anyone looking for quality and good price.
Very nice spacious apartment. Host is very nice and helpful person. Location very good to get Sydney by train. Location are very quiet, very good for family with kids.
Me and my girlfriend stayed in the suite for eight nights and it was perfect for us.
The suite is lovely and everything you need is just a five minute walk away. John is a very kind guy, who gave us a lot of helpful information and drove us from and to the train station on our first and last day. Thanks for everything! I would recommend this place to everyone.
We are a Norwegian couple who had two nice weeks in this apartment in november 2015. Everything worked well here. For us it was extra nice to be able to use the private terrace with sun from morning to evening. The hosts were very nice and gave us unusually good service and lots of good advice. This is a good place of residence at a reasonable price!
John is a very friendly and helpful host, flat was spacious and clean. Great location, especially if you want to visit the Blue Mountains. Plenty of fast food outlets within walking distance - we loved the Thai food restaurant! Lovely 50 m pool at St.Mary's (Ripples) - if you are into swimming! Would definitely come back again!
Einfach perfekt, liegt nah an den Blue Mountains, supernette Gastgeber, perfekte Sauberkeit, wunderschöne Suite! Eßgelegenheit im Garten, kleine Küche, gutes, bequemes Bett, modernes Bad!
Translation for Svetlana and John: Thank you once again for the stay in your beautiful, perfectly clean and modern house! Thank you for providing us the microwave:) for our little baby´s meals. And thanks for not complaining about him being quite talkative once in a while...it is a lovely place!
Äußerst gastfreundlich, schöne neue und gepflegte Wohnung in einem ruhigen Vorort. Nur zu empfehlen!
I am a migrant with my two little toddlers in Sydney. I am from Sri Lanka. I found this is a very good place to stay. I walked to the little town and to the buses very near by to our stay and took us only three minutes to get there by walk. I found this little town has pretty much all the basics. Our hosts John and Svetlana are very good people, they are very friendly, kind and very supportive. Specially John is very knowledgeable person about the locality and he has give me very good tips on how to start the life in Sydney. The room we had was very good in size, Clean and comfortable for me and my two little once. Actually I felt........hey.....I have a very good start in Sydney.......
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The Incidence and Treatment of Insulin Resistance Among Men With Erectile Dysfunction
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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|Study Type:
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|Observational Model: Defined Population
Primary Purpose: Screening
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|The Incidence and Treatment of Insulin Resistance Among Men With Erectile
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|Study Start Date:
|July 2005
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2006
Insulin is a hormone produced by the body that lets sugar into the cells, where it is used for energy. Insulin resistance occurs when the body's cells have a decreased ability to react to insulin. This leads to an increase in insulin secretion. Over time, insulin resistance can lead to higher levels of sugar in the blood (diabetes), and can also contribute to obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and heart disease. There are no simple tests to actually diagnose insulin resistance. Currently, the glucose tolerance test is used to diagnose IR, but it involves several blood draws over a 2-hour period. Another purpose of this study is to compare a blood test involving only one blood draw to the 2-hour glucose tolerance test, which involves several blood draws over a 2-hour period.
It is well known that diabetes often leads to erectile dysfunction. Because insulin resistance occurs before diabetes, it is possible that erectile dysfunction may occur in some individuals while they have insulin resistance, but before they develop diabetes. If this is true, it might be possible to use erectile dysfunction as a sign of insulin resistance, which may lead to more timely treatment of insulin resistance and may delay or prevent the development of diabetes, and the other problems mentioned above.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-65 years of age, male,
Exclusion Criteria:
- diabetes, peyronies
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00284960
|Contact: Sue Worley, RN
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Hershey Med Center
|Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
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|Sub-Investigator: Richard Legro, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Lawrence Sinoway, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|J C Trussell, MD
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|NCT00284960 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 31, 2006
|Last Updated:
|January 31, 2006
Keywords provided by Penn State University:
erectile dysfunction
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Metabolic Syndrome X
Insulin Resistance
Erectile Dysfunction
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Genital Diseases, Male
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
Mental Disorders
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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How to increase my breastmilk supply?
Right now, I'm doing tandem nursing with my kids. So, I need to know how to increase my milk supply. There are many food supplements and nursing teas for mums in the market. But, is there any option or way that I can do successfully? Hope you can give me advice! Thanks in advance!
13th September 2013 02:57 PM #2
Hi Mommyannrie - The best way to increase your breastmilk supply is by increasing breast stimulation through either frequent breastfeeding or through expressing breastmilk. Herbal preparations aimed to increase breastmilk supply haven't been research extensively. There is a medication called Motilium that is prescribed by some doctors that can increase supply - this may be an option for you.
15th September 2013 04:59 AM #3
Hi Mommyannrie,
I have tandem nursed my children for the last 10 months and have only recently stopped breastfeeding my older son. Like aussiewife has said above - I found that feeding my children frequently (with my 10 month old I still feed him on demand in the day and night) has maintained a good breastmilk supply for me. You can always express milk between feeds if you want to increase your milk supply further. Eating foods rich in oats can also help to increase your breastmilk supply.
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WelcomeThere is and will be much in the news in the next month about the 9-11 Independent Commission, about the recommendations it will put forward and about "next steps." We promise to keep you thoroughly updated on the issues via our website, providing summaries, a forum for exchanging ideas and opinions and, we expect, a facilitated topical chat towards the end of the month for which our members can register. Meanwhile, as September 11 once again approaches, we hope you will share with us your thoughts about various topics through our bulletin board and let us know how you or your community hope to mark this third anniversary.
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Hi I'm Annabel-rose,and my life is plain CRAP. Living with parents like mine is pretty tough especially when one wouldn't hurt a fly(mom)and then the other wants to kill you every second of the day(dad).To make matters worse I will be attending Hogwarts this year(not that,that is a bad thing)with my crush.But when I move into Draco's house all sorts of bad things happening like:My gran's spirit coming to haunt me,the story's that I write getting spoken by the sorting hat.Me and my new friends are on the case with a little help from a dead headmaster and the minister for magic of course.Dark forces you better hold on tight because your in for a bumpy ride.
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By Nick Patterson Herald Writer
EVERETT — Daniel Cotton is ready to take the reins.
The Everett Silvertips' most recent rash of injuries means Everett's back-up goaltender will have to shoulder a heavy load, at least temporarily. But Cotton has already showed he's capable of meeting the challenge.
Everett fell victim to a series of injuries to key players the past couple weeks, the most significant being to No. 1 goaltender Austin Lotz. Tips general manager Garry Davidson revealed Thursday that the injury Lotz suffered at the end of practice Monday was an ankle sprain. Lotz, who is wearing a walking boot on his left foot, is classified as week to week and will be out for this weekend's home games against Tri-City and Kamloops.
That means it will be up to Cotton to try and shut the door on Everett's goal.
"It should be fun to get a few games in a row," said Cotton, who started just four of Everett's previous 19 contests as Lotz got hot. "I'll just do what I did last time, work hard and just have a lot of fun out there."
Indeed, this is not the first time Cotton has been drafted into starter duties for the Tips. Cotton was originally acquired as an emergency back-up in October during a previous Lotz injury, and he wasn't expected to stick around for long. But Cotton quickly proved himself more than just a stopgap, playing every minute in goal during Everett's swing through the Western Hockey League's East Division, logging six road starts in just nine days as the Tips went 4-2.
Overall, Cotton's numbers (9-11-0-0, 3.24 goals against average, .901 save percentage) are similar to Lotz's numbers (12-15-1-1, 3.40 goals against average, .906 save percentage), though they took a bit of a hit during Everett's 6-0 home loss Tuesday against Portland.
"Daniel has done very well," Davidson said. "Even the other night, we reviewed the goals, he gave up six, but a couple went off our own guys and a couple I don't think he had much of an opportunity. We feel very comfortable with him. He did a great job on the East swing and had a shutout in Vancouver a couple weeks ago. He'll get in there and do the job for us."
With Lotz unavailable to dress in Tuesday, the Tips were left scrambling to find a back-up to Cotton. Bryce Fink of the Mountlake Terrace-based Seattle Junior Totems was brought in Tuesday on an emergency basis.
But Everett is now settled going forward. The Tips called up 15-year-old prospect Nik Amundrud to serve as the back-up while Lotz is out.
As of Tuesday it was not certain Everett would have access to Amundrud, a third-round pick in last year's bantam draft. But Amundrud, who already had signed an education contract with the Tips, arrived in town Wednesday night and will back up Cotton this weekend, and perhaps beyond.
"You have to look at the positives," Davidson said. "We're giving one of our young prospective goaltenders an opportunity to come in here and get some experience. Obviously, we didn't want to lose Austin Lotz. But you've got to look at the positive. (Amundrud) is in here, he'll get some good practices, and we'll see if we can work him into a game or not.
How long Amundrud remains with the Tips "will depend on Austin's injury," Davidson added. "I'm hoping it will be this weekend and maybe next weekend at the most. We can't keep him here indefinitely, either, because he's important to for his midget team as well."
Lotz wasn't Everett's only major loss this week. Leading scorer Joshua Winquist left Tuesday's game after he aggravated an ongoing upper-body injury. Lotz and Winquist join defensemen Austin Adam (concussion) and Ayrton Nikkel (finger) among Everett's latest wave of injuries. All four are unavailable this weekend, but Davidson wasn't dwelling on the injuries.
"This league is 72 games jammed in, and I think the way the game is played with the high tempo and speed, it's just a factor in every league that there's injuries," Davidson said. "You have to learn to deal with them and play through them. It's not an excuse for anybody, it's part of the game. We'll have 20 guys ready to play tomorrow night and they have to do the job."
It's not all bad news for Everett on the injury front. Overage winger Ryan Harrison has been cleared to return tonight. Harrison missed the previous three games with concussion symptoms. His return is expected to add both skill and fire to Everett's lineup.
Pugilistic winger Lucas Grayson, who hasn't played since Dec. 30 because of a lower-body issue, is also available to return.
With Adam, who the Tips hoped would be able to return this weekend, not able to go, overager Landon Oslanski will continue to play as a defenseman after converting to forward earlier in the season.
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By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
A suspected flu death in Snohomish County has been confirmed, bringing the total to six who have died in the worst flu season since 2009.
The most recent death was of an Everett man in his 90s, who died on Jan. 24, according to the Snohomish Health District.
The previous deaths were of an Everett woman in her 70s, a Stanwood man in his 90s, a Bothell woman in her 40s and two women in their 80s, one from Everett and one from Edmonds.
For comparison, three people died of influenza during the previous two flu seasons combined, said Dr. Gary Goldbaum, health officer for the Snohomish Health District.
The number of people hospitalized with flu or its complications this season — 84 — also far exceeds the numbers from the past two flu seasons.
"This has been a particularly brutal, severe year for influenza deaths and hospitalizations," said Dr. Yuan-Po Tu, who tracks flu issues at The Everett Clinic.
Statewide, 28 people have died from the flu, according to the state Department of Health. That's the largest number since the swine flu epidemic of 2009-10 when 98 people died in Washington.
"What we've seen is an influenza that spread pretty widely, specifically for the older residents of the county, the state and nationally," Goldbaum said. "It certainly is more severe."
Flu this season, both locally and nationally, has caused the most serious illness in people 55 and up.
It's not just the initial onset of influenza that can cause people to become so ill that they need to be hospitalized, Tu said.
Some people have several days of classic flu symptoms of high fever, sore throat, sniffles and body aches and seem to get better, but then get sick again two to four weeks later. "All of a sudden you develop a 'late' fever," Tu said, indications of health problems such as more severe asthma or a bacterial infection, such as pneumonia.
The influenza virus damages the linings of the respiratory system in a way that makes it far easier for these health problems to occur, Tu said.
Although flu has hit older adults far harder than children, seven schools in Snohomish County have reported high absenteeism rates from students with flu-like symptoms.
Flu outbreaks also have been reported at 11 long-term facilities such as nursing homes and assisting living facilities.
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MONROE — A Monroe man accused of peddling drugs and making fake money was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in federal prison.
Christopher Frick, 38, was one of nearly three dozen people indicted last year as part of a lengthy investigation into a trafficking operation believed to be responsible for pushing large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and guns.
Frick was accused of buying and selling meth from the trafficking ring. Prosecutors say Frick was one of the smaller players in the organization, buying ounce-quantities of meth.
Frick also was the target of a separate counterfeit investigation by the U.S. Secret Service. He was accused of "washing" $5 bills and passing them off as $50 bills in the Monroe-area, according to court documents.
Frick came to the attention of federal and local authorities in 2011 as they began investigating the Berrelleza-Verduzco drug trafficking operation. Agents arrested dozens of people last year and seized more than 20 pounds of heroin and more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine. Investigators also seized $190,000 in cash and 31 firearms, including 10 military-style rifles. Authorities say the weapons were bound for Mexico.
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The Monroe man has a lengthy criminal history, including nearly three dozen criminal convictions. He has a 1996 federal conviction for mail theft and numerous state convictions for drugs, forgery and other property crimes, court papers said.
"While this is doubtless at least partially due to the defendant's unfortunate upbringing, he has continued to repeatedly re-offend, despite being offered all the services and opportunities available during his prior stint on federal supervision," Assistant U.S. Attorneys Vincent Lombardi and Nicholas Brown wrote in court papers.
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Thirteen years ago, Mark Stewart took up the challenge of rebuilding a languishing program.
Monday he informed that team he feels the need to try it again.
After turning the Meadowdale football team from doormat to perennial state contender, Stewart announced that he is stepping down to take a similar position at Garfield, which went 1-8 this past season and is overshadowed by schools like Skyline and Bothell in Kingco and the school's own basketball program.
"It's got potential and you can build something there and the challenge is to see if you can do it again," Stewart said of the Garfield job. "It certainly would be easier to stay (at Meadowdale). But if I had to pick a time I'd pick a time when I'm looking out at good football players … committed to the program and doing it then instead of when it's thin."
When Stewart arrived at Meadowdale before the 2000 season he found a once-proud program in bad shape. The Mavericks were coming off of an 0-9 season and were in desperate need of direction. Stewart provided it and over the next 13 seasons built Meadowdale into one of the biggest football powers in Wesco.
Stewart finished his time at Meadowdale with a record of 87-49 and guided Meadowdale to nine playoff appearances and seven state playoff appearances. This past season's loss to Eastside Catholic in the quad-district playoffs was the first time the Mavericks didn't advance to the state playoffs since 2006.
"It's a huge loss for us not only for our football team but our community," said Meadowdale athletic director Chris Murphy. "Mark is a coach that understands the bigger picture. He works so well with kids and developing them as football players and helping them become fine young men."
Many of those "young men" were at a meeting Stewart called on Monday in which he informed them he was starting a new chapter in his coaching career. Stewart said it was an emotional meeting and that he stressed to his now former players that it was up to them to keep Meadowdale football moving forward.
"Some of these kids you've known since seventh, eighth grade or Little League and you want to coach them until they leave," Stewart said. "Obviously it was pretty emotional. There's no other way to put it. My whole point to them is they are Meadowdale football and it's on them to keep it going as they will. It's something bigger than me or them as individuals."
As for hiring a new coach, Murphy said he plans to officially open the job up to applicants next week and that he'll be looking to fill the position quickly.
"We want a good fit that can get the program moving again," Murphy said.
Glacier Peak head coach Rory Rosenbach, who has had a healthy rivalry with Stewart and Meadowdale since the school was established, recounted a story of when he knew Stewart was going to be a formidable opponent. In overtime of a game between the two teams, Glacier Peak ran a reverse that Rosenbach thought would catch Meadowdale off-guard. Instead a Maverick defender was in the right spot waiting for the GP runner and threw him for a 10-yard loss.
"He remembered something from a game he had scouted weeks earlier and was ready for it," Rosenbach said of Stewart. "That's when I knew that Mark was a coach that was prepared and had his team ready."
Rosenbach said he was surprised that Stewart was moving on and felt Wesco was lesser for it.
"He's a great coach and a fantastic guy," Rosenbach said. "Garfield is lucky to get him and it's quite a loss for Wesco."
For Stewart, who played for the University of Washington as a linebacker from 1979-82, the move to Garfield represents a new challenge and a return to a place he coached and taught at 20 years ago.
"It's more about the challenge to see if you can go to a place where I think that a lot of coaches would say 'There's not this, there's not that in the city,'" Stewart said. "But be able to go to a place and step up to the challenge and they have young men there who want to play football too. To see if you can bring your experience and get it done there as well."
But leaving Meadowdale after 13 season, his longest stop as a head coach, will be tough.
"I've got great friends here and that made the decision real hard," Stewart said. "I've got great friends here on the staff and I will miss this chapter in my life. But it will also be nice turn the page and take on a new challenge."