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Quarterly Report
You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2013, and the notes to such condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All references to "the Company", "we", "our" and "us" include the activities of Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., Raptor Pharmaceuticals Inc., or Raptor Pharmaceuticals, Raptor European Products, LLC, RPTP European Holdings C.V., Raptor Pharmaceuticals Europe B.V., Raptor Pharmaceuticals France SAS and Raptor Pharmaceuticals Germany GmbH.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including this "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" section, contains
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management on the date on which they were made. You should not place undue
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date that they were made. We cannot give you any assurance that such
forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and such forward-looking
events may not occur. Our business' actual operations, performance, development
and results might differ materially from any forward-looking statement due to
various known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and contingencies,
including those described in the section titled "Risk Factors" in Part II, Item
1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Unless required by law, we do not
undertake any obligation and disclaim any intention to update or release
publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements after the filing of
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Change in Fiscal Year End
In December 2012, our board of directors approved a change in our fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31. The following discussions cover the period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013, representing the first nine months of our recently adopted fiscal year. The prior year's comparable nine-month period covers December 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012, which is reported on the basis of our previous fiscal year end. As a result of the change in our fiscal year end, the quarterly periods of our newly adopted fiscal year do not coincide with the historical quarterly periods that we had previously reported. We did not recast the results for the 2012 fiscal periods because the financial reporting processes in place at the time included certain procedures that were only performed on a quarterly basis. Consequently, to recast those periods would have been impractical and would not have been cost-justified. We believe the comparative information provided for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2012 provide a meaningful comparison to the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and that there are no factors, seasonal or otherwise, that have a material impact on the comparability of information or trends.
Plan of Operation and Overview
We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing life-altering therapeutics that treat debilitating and often fatal diseases.
Our first product, PROCYSBI� (cysteamine bitartrate) delayed-release capsules,
or PROCYSBI, received marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, or FDA, on April 30, 2013 for the management of nephropathic
cystinosis in adults and children six years and older. The European equivalent,
PROCYSBI gastro-resistant hard capsules of cysteamine (as mercaptamine
bitartrate), received marketing authorization on September 6, 2013 from the
European Commission, or EC, as an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of
proven nephropathic cystinosis for marketing in the European Union, or EU.
PROCYSBI received 7 years and 10 years of market exclusivity as an orphan drug
in the U.S. and the EU, respectively. We commenced commercial sales of
PROCYSBI in the U.S. in mid-June 2013 and plan to launch PROCYSBI in the EU in
the first half of 2014.
We expect to have at least 160 U.S. commercial patients on PROCYSBI by the end of 2013 and have priced PROCYSBI at an average price of $250,000 per patient per year. In September 2013, we executed an agreement to participate in the U.S. State Medicare/Medicaid rebate program, which will be reflected in our net revenues from patients receiving State assistance.
PROCYSBI is a new therapy for the management of nephropathic cystinosis. PROCYSBI (formerly known as RP103 for cystinosis) capsules contain cysteamine bitartrate formulated into innovative microspheronized beads that are individually coated to create a delayed-release formulation with extended-release properties, allowing patients to maintain therapeutic systemic drug levels for a full 12-hour dosing period. The enteric coated beads are pH sensitive and bypass the stomach for dissolution and absorption in the more alkaline environment of the proximal small intestine. Randomized controlled clinical trials and extended treatment with PROCYSBI therapy demonstrated consistent cystine depletion as monitored by levels of the biomarker (and surrogate marker), white blood cell cystine.
About Nephropathic Cystinosis
Nephropathic cystinosis comprises 95% of cases of cystinosis, a rare, life-threatening metabolic lysosomal storage disorder that causes toxic accumulation of cystine in all cells, tissues and organs in the body. Elevated cystine leads to progressive, irreversible tissue damage and multi-organ failure, including kidney failure, blindness, muscle wasting and premature death. Nephropathic cystinosis is usually diagnosed in infancy after children present with symptoms including markedly increased urination, thirst, dehydration, gastrointestinal distress, failure to thrive, rickets, photophobia and specific kidney symptoms specific to Fanconi syndrome. Management of cystinosis requires lifelong therapy. If left untreated, the disease is usually fatal by the end of the first decade of life. There are an estimated 500 patients reported with cystinosis living in the U.S. and 2,000 worldwide. In October 2013, we executed a collaboration agreement with DaVita Clinical Research to screen blood samples from patients with end-stage renal disease in an effort to identify patients with unrecognized late-onset nephropathic cystinosis.
Cystine depletion is the only known treatment strategy for nephropathic
cystinosis. Strict adherence to cystine depletion therapy is critical to
achieve optimal clinical outcomes. Poor adherence results in poor sustained
control of cystine levels, and patients consequently experience poor clinical
outcomes, including kidney insufficiency leading to dialysis and kidney
transplantation, muscle wasting and in some cases, premature death. Even brief
interruptions in daily therapy can permit toxic accumulation of cystine,
exposing tissues to renewed, progressive deterioration.
RP103 for Huntington's Disease
RP103 is currently being evaluated in a phase 2/3 clinical study as a potentially disease modifying agent in the treatment of Huntington's disease, or HD. HD, formerly called Huntington's chorea, is a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder. HD causes neuronal degeneration in the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia, which play a key role in movement and behavior control. The cumulative damage to these areas results in the hallmark symptoms of HD: chorea (jerky movements), neuropsychiatric symptoms, loss of executive functioning and dementia. HD is caused by an autosomal dominant mutation in a gene called Huntingtin, which means any child of an affected person typically has a 50% chance of inheriting the disease. The Huntingtin gene encodes a protein that is also called "huntingtin." Expansion of a CAG triplet repeat within the Huntingtin gene results in a mutant form of the protein, which gradually damages cells in the brain. HD manifests as a triad of movement, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms which progress gradually in severity over many years, eventually causing severe physical and mental disability and potentially early death. The symptoms of HD usually become evident between the ages 35-44 years, but the onset can also begin from childhood to late life (>75 years).
Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor, or BDNF, is a secreted protein that helps
support the survival, growth and differentiation of new neurons and synapses.
BDNF is a member of the nerve growth factor family. It is induced by cortical
neurons, and is necessary for survival of striatal neurons in the brain. Two
master genes, Huntingtin, or Htt, and huntingtin-associated protein, or Hap1,
govern BDNF axonal transport and secretion. Additionally, expression of the
Bdnf gene is reduced in both Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease patients and
HD patients are believed to be deficient in BDNF. The Bdnf gene may play a role
in the regulation of stress response and in the biology of mood disorders.
Cysteamine and its dimer cystamine have been shown in preclinical studies to
increase levels of BDNF, and reduce associated tremor and abnormal movements in
various animal models of Huntington's disease. Cysteamine's reported ability to
inhibit caspase-3, inhibit transglutaminase 2 and reduce cellular and
mitochondrial oxidative stress have also been proposed to be potentially
beneficial in the treatment of Huntington's disease.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, or CHU, d'Angers, France, is currently conducting a Phase 2/3 clinical trial of RP103, our proprietary formulation of delayed-release cysteamine bitartrate, in which 96 patients were enrolled. This 36-month randomized trial is comprised of an 18-month blinded, placebo-controlled phase followed by an 18-month open-label phase in which all patients transition to RP103. The trial commenced in October 2010, with full enrollment achieved in June 2012. The primary endpoint of the trial is change from the baseline of the Total Motor Score of the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale, or UHDRS. Blood levels of BDNF are being measured as a secondary endpoint and potential biomarker. Under the collaboration agreement with CHU d'Angers, we supply RP103 and placebo capsules for the clinical trial and open-label extension study in exchange for regulatory and commercial rights to the clinical trial results. Clinical expenses of the study are covered by a grant from the Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique, which is funded by the French government. Interim results of this study following the first 18 months of treatment are anticipated in the first quarter of calendar 2014.
The treatment options for HD patients are very limited, with no drugs that address the underlying pathophysiology. Drugs that are available provide symptomatic relief of chorea and mood swings associated with HD. In preclinical studies, cysteamine has shown the potential to slow the progression of HD by increasing the levels and intracellular transport of BDNF in mice and non-human primates.
In 2008, we received FDA orphan drug designation for cysteamine formulations,
including RP103, for the potential treatment of HD. We plan to apply for orphan
drug designation in the EU pending availability of interim clinical data which
we anticipate receiving in the first quarter of 2014.
RP103 for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, is the hepatic component of metabolic syndrome and is associated with deposition of triglycerides in the hepatocytes in individuals who do not consume alcohol in amounts generally considered to be harmful to the liver. NAFLD is commonly associated with elements of metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia. Additional factors include family history of diabetes and high blood lipids in people who are not obese. NAFLD refers to a spectrum of conditions ranging from simple fat accumulation in the liver to steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
� Non-alcoholic fatty liver, or NAFL - A benign condition with simple fat accumulation within liver cells (hepatic steatosis).
� Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH - An aggressive form of NAFLD characterized by hepatic steatosis and inflammation with hepatocyte injury (ballooning) with or without fibrosis.
� Cirrhosis - 15% to 25% of patients with NASH progress to cirrhosis with consequential complications over 10 to 20 years. Cirrhosis is characterized by the replacement of healthy liver tissue with fibrosis and scar tissue, leading to loss of liver function. NASH cirrhosis is a risk factor for development of hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC.
NAFLD prevalence is increasing along with the rise of obesity. Advanced NAFLD is now among the most common reasons why patients are referred for liver transplantation.
According to the World Gastroenterology Organization Global Guidelines, the
prevalence of NAFLD in children is about 15% in the U.S. and western countries.
NAFLD is underdiagnosed in children due to lack of recognition, screening or
appreciation of associated complications by healthcare providers. Children may
not be recognized as obese during office visits and age-appropriate norms for
body mass index may go unacknowledged. Liver disease is screened by measuring
serum alanine aminotransferase, or ALT, and aspartate aminotransferase, or AST,
starting at 10 years old in obese children and those with a body mass index of
85th to 94th percentile with other risk factors.
Currently there are no drug treatment options for NAFLD. Disease management is through counseling with lifestyle changes in diet, exercise and weight reduction.
We believe that cysteamine may be useful for the treatment of NAFLD. Cysteamine is itself a potent antioxidant which may reduce oxidative damage resulting from excessive accumulation of fats in liver cells. Cysteamine is also known to increase levels of a key cellular antioxidant, glutathione, or GSH, with the potential to further reduce oxidative cellular damage. Glutathione is composed of the amino acids cysteine, glutamate and glycine. The availability of cysteine, which exists primarily as cystine, is the major rate-limiting factor in GSH production. Cysteamine may bind to extracellular cystine and enhance its cellular uptake, thereby increasing the cellular thiol pool and making more cysteine available for glutathione synthesis. Finally, cysteamine is known to inhibit transglutaminase, an enzyme responsible for generation of fibrotic tissue, an important aspect of late-stage NAFLD.
Phase 2a clinical trial results with a prototype of RP103 for the potential
treatment of NASH and NAFLD showed that patients receiving enteric-coated
cysteamine exhibited a marked decline in serum transaminase levels during the
treatment period of 26 weeks. Seven of 11 juvenile childhood NAFLD patients
entering the study with elevated ALT and AST achieved more than 50% reduction in
ALT and 6 of 11 reduced levels to normal range. AST levels were also improved,
with patients averaging 41% reduction by the end of the 6-month treatment phase.
This reduction in serum liver enzymes was largely sustained during the 6-month
post-treatment monitoring phase and other important liver function markers
showed positive trends, suggesting improvements in hepatic histopathology.
Levels of cytokeratin 18, or CK-18, a potential serum marker of disease
activity in NASH and NAFLD, decreased by an average of 45%. Adiponectin levels
showed a positive increase by an average of 35% during the treatment period.
Reduced adiponectin levels are thought to be a marker of the pathogenesis and
progression of NASH and NAFLD.
The Phase 2a trial results were consistent with ALT and AST reductions seen in
patients who achieve a 10% weight loss, although body mass index did not change
significantly during both the treatment and post-treatment phases in the Phase
2a clinical trial. In this Phase 2a clinical trial, the prototype of RP103
demonstrated a favorable safety profile, with mean gastrointestinal symptom
scores of 1.1 (the maximum score of 14 indicates the most severe
gastrointestinal symptoms) at baseline and 0.7 after 6 months of treatment.
In June 2012, we announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phase 2b
clinical trial - Cysteamine Bitartrate Delayed-Release for the Treatment of
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children, or CyNCh, which is evaluating the
safety and efficacy of RP103 as a potential treatment of NAFLD in children. The
clinical trial is being conducted under a Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement, or CRADA, with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases, or NIDDK, part of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH.
The trial is expected to enroll a total of 160 pediatric participants at ten
U.S. centers in the NIDDK-sponsored NAFLD Clinical Research Network.
Raptor and NIDDK share the costs of conducting the CyNCh clinical trial. The primary objective of this randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2b clinical trial is to evaluate whether 52 weeks of RP103 treatment reverses liver tissue damage caused by NAFLD as measured by changes in NAFLD Activity Score, or NAS, a histological rating scale of disease activity (based on scoring lobular inflammation, hepatocyte ballooning and steatosis from a liver biopsy), in conjunction with no worsening of liver tissue fibrosis. Secondary endpoints include blood markers for liver health including ALT and AST as well as safety and tolerability. We anticipate reaching full enrollment in the first half of 2014 and interim data for this study is anticipated in the first half of 2015.
Other Clinical-Stage Product Candidate
Convivia� for ALDH2 Deficiency
We are developing Convivia, our proprietary oral formulation of
4-methylpyrazole, or 4-MP, for the potential treatment of acetaldehyde toxicity
resulting from ALDH2 deficiency.
We own the intellectual property portfolio pertaining to Convivia, including
method of use and formulation patents. In June 2010, we granted an exclusive
license to commercialize Convivia in Taiwan to Uni Pharma Co., Ltd. Under this
agreement, Uni Pharma is responsible for clinical development, registration and
commercialization of Convivia in Taiwan. We continue to seek partners in other
Asian countries to license Convivia.
Preclinical Product Candidates
Our preclinical programs include our cysteamine dioxygenase, or ADO, program, to
improve treatment of diseases for which cysteamine is therapeutic and our
HepTide� program to treat hepatocellular carcinoma and other cancers susceptible
to induced lysosomal storage.
Other Development Areas
Securing Additional and Complementary Technology Licenses from Others
We plan to establish additional research collaborations with prominent
universities and research labs and to secure licenses from these universities
and labs for technology resulting from the collaborations. No assurances can be
made regarding our ability to establish such collaborations over the next 12
months, or at all. We may obtain complementary products through joint ventures
or through merger and/or acquisitions with other biotechnology companies.
Future Activities
We expect that our near-term efforts will be focused on:
� Increasing sales of PROCYSBI and providing comprehensive reimbursement,
education and persistency support to commercial patients in the U.S.;
� Negotiating reimbursement country by country and launching PROCYSBI within the European Union in 2014;
� Filing a New Drug Submission, or NDS, for PROCYSBI with Health Canada in the first half of 2014;
� Conducting clinical trials that evaluate PROCYSBI in cystinosis patients that are cysteamine-na�ve, as well as other supporting trials in underdeveloped markets;
� Developing select global markets with significant numbers of known cystinosis patients;
� Screening for undiagnosed and unidentified late-onset nephropathic cystinosis;
� Supporting our clinical trials of RP103 for the potential treatment of HD in adults and NAFLD in children;
� Supporting our novel preclinical programs and identifying promising in-licensing candidates; and
� Continuing the development of our RP103 clinical pipeline in other indications including tissue fibrotic disease, Rett Syndrome and mitochondrial disorders.
Results of Operations
Quarter ended September 30, 2013 and fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2012
On April 30, 2013, the FDA granted marketing approval in the U.S. for the sale of our first product, PROCYSBI (cysteamine bitartrate) delayed-release capsules, for the management of nephropathic cystinosis in adults and children ages six and older. On September 6, 2013, the European equivalent, PROCYSBI gastro-resistant hard capsules of cysteamine (as mercaptamine bitartrate), received marketing authorization from the European Commission as an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of proven nephropathic cystinosis for marketing in the EU. For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, we recognized $6.6 million in PROCYSBI net product sales. The first U.S. sales of PROCYSBI commenced in June 2013 and the launch of PROCYSBI in the EU is anticipated to commence in the first half of 2014; there were no product sales for the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2012.
Cost of Sales
Prior to FDA approval on April 30, 2013, our commercial manufacturing costs have been recorded as research and development expenses. As a result, our cost of sales for the next several quarters will reflect a lower average per unit cost of goods than will be recorded in the future. Cost of sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 were $0.4 million and primarily included capitalized commercial product sold, amortization of licensing milestone payments, royalty fees payable to UCSD on our net product sales and other indirect costs such as distribution, labeling, shipping and supplies. We began capitalizing commercial inventory costs upon FDA approval of PROCYSBI on April 30, 2013.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses include medical, clinical, regulatory and scientists' salaries and benefits; expenses associated with the manufacturing and testing of PROCYSBI inventory for our commercial launch in the U.S. which were expensed prior to drug approval; preclinical studies; clinical trials; regulatory and clinical consultants; research supplies and materials; amortization of intangible assets and allocated human resources and facilities expenses.
Research and development expenses increased approximately 6% to $6.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 from $6.4 million in the comparable fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2012. This increase was primarily due to higher external costs for clinical studies and lab services of $0.7 million and higher staffing costs of $0.5 million, offset by our prior year's write-off of an intangible asset of $0.9 million.
Major program expenses recorded as research and development expenses:
Three Months Ended September 30, August 31, 2012 (In millions) 2013 PROCYSBI: cystinosis (commercial) $ 3.9 $ 2.8 RP103: HD (clinical) (0.1 ) 0.2 RP103: NAFLD in children (clinical) 0.4 0.8 Preclinical programs 0.3 0.2 Minor or inactive programs 0.2 1.0 Research and development personnel and other costs not 2.1 1.4 allocated to programs Total research and development expenses $ 6.8 $ 6.4 |
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily includes finance, executive and commercial operations salaries and benefits; commercial expenses, such as reimbursement and marketing studies; commercial launch expenses for PROCYSBI, including the set-up of RaptorCares.com to provide patient support and establish a customer relationship management system for our U.S. PROCYSBI sales team; intellectual property, legal and audit fees and other administrative and facilities costs.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased approximately 43% to $8.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 from $5.8 million in the comparable fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2012. This increase was primarily due to staffing increases of $1.8 million, non-cash stock compensation expense of $0.5 million and in ramping up sales and marketing costs for the commercialization and U.S. launch of PROCYSBI of $0.3 million.
Interest Income
Interest income for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 and fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2012 was $3,000 and $78,000, respectively.
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 and the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2012 was $2.3 million and $1,000, respectively. The increase in interest expense was due primarily to the $50.0 million loan agreement that we entered into with HealthCare Royalty Partners II, L.P., or HC Royalty, in December 2012, of which net proceeds of $23.4 million and $23.7 million were received in December 2012 and May 2013, respectively. During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, we recognized interest expense of $2.3 million incurred under the HC Royalty loan agreement.
Foreign Currency Transaction Gains
Foreign currency transaction gains for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 and the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2012 were $15,000 and $23,000, respectively.
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The 67th annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony at Gotham's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Monday turned into an impromptu tribute to Tim Russert. Peabody honorees including Christiane Amanpour and Stephen Colbert offering kind words and remembrances about the NBC News stalwart who died Friday at the age of 58.
"60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl stepped in as Peabody ceremony host at the last minute as a sub for NBC News anchor Brian Williams, who bowed out in order to spend time with NBC News staff following his return from Afghanistan.
Colbert recalled Russert's generosity and sense of humor when Russert had Colbert on "Meet the Press" last year during "The Colbert Report" star's short-lived bid for the GOP presidential nomination.
ABC News' Bob Woodruff (pictured left) and CBS' Kimberly Dozier (pictured right), both of whom suffered serious injuries in the line of duty in Iraq, were among those picking up Peabodys for their work. Cast members from two of this year's scripted honorees, "Mad Men" and "30 Rock," were also on hand. (Pics after the jump.)

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The full trailer for The Giver [1] has arrived, and it looks way more intense than the book. Brenton Thwaites stars as Jonas, who lives in an insulated community of perfectly uniform workers and "families." Everything changes when he meets the "Giver," played by Jeff Bridges [2]. It's now Jonas's job to take over for the old man, who holds all the memories (good and bad) prior to the formation of their society. As he learns the truth about the past and how their community functions, his world is turned upside down. He even starts to see color, Pleasantville-style. We also get to see Alexander Skarsgard [3] and Katie Holmes [4] as Jonas's parents, but the real star of the trailer is Meryl Streep [5], as the quietly intimidating Chief Elder. The Giver comes out Aug. 15, and in case you're not familiar with the story, here's everything you need to know [6].
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Zion National Park
Zion National Park is in Utah, and the main focus of it is the Zion Canyon which is 24 kms long and almost a km deep. There are mountain lions in the park but not near where the humans are, so sadly didn't see any. But the park is spectacular and there are over two dozen walks ranging from the short to the long. Did five different walks, enjoying the breath-taking views and scenery.
Many years ago the number of cars in the park lead to massive congestion as it was so popular. So what they do now is now allow private vehicles on the main canyon road during summer, but they have bus shuttles running every ten minutes or so. Makes it very easy to get around.
This is the view approaching Zion.
Our RV, parked at the campsite.
We took the shuttle down to the Temple of Sinawava and walked along the Virgin river. The further in you go, the more narrow it gets,
The walls are often pure vertical.
One of the locals.
Outside the Zion Lodge.
We then clibed up to the Lower Emerald Pool where the water flows overhead (more so in winter).
Then kept climbing up to the Middle Emerald Poll through this narrow passage,
This stick was wedged beneath this huge rock. I doubt it was holding it up but wasn't game to remove it!
A view back from the climb after we got to the Upper Emerald Pool.
The Virgin River.
The size of the walls is hard to capture in photos.
The park gets around 2.8 million visitors a year.


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I can't speak for other Rudy "detractors" but my concerns were purely from a financial/team building perspective. It would take a fool to say that we didn't win out on TALENT alone, but this move screams treadmill, 2nd round exit team move. With huge contracts out to limited players, it makes it difficult to bring in guys that are REALLY going to push you over the top. You don't have the cap flexibility to do it in free agency, you don't have the ****** team to do it through the draft, and you don't have enough assets to give up in a trade (if a real star even becomes available)
This is gonna be a fun as **** team to watch. And I'm cool with that - I've come to realize just how unlikely a championship is. I'd be happy if we were moving in the right direction towards a true championship type foundation, but I'm cool with this too.
I think we got spoiled this game. We won't see a lot of games where both Derozan and Gay score 35 point or more combined. Lowry only took 6 shots. If he goes back to shooting more than 12 FGA, 1 of Gay or Derozan (most likely him) will suffer.
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From what I saw tonight (I know, only one game) Rudy was a victim of being on a team that didn't suit his skill set.
Memphis seems to play a slower, grind it out, half court type of basketball. Rudy is better in the open court running.
With Gasol & Randolph, there wasn't enough spacing for Gay to penetrate. Memphis likes to dump the ball into the post & let Gasol & Randolph go to work which limited Rudy. He also didn't have a scorer like DeMar on the wing to take some pressure off him.
I think he will do much better on the Raptors and will have the opportunity to be the All-Star he was paid to be.
A lot of things would have to go right. For this game, Lowry took 6 shots, both Demar and Gay shot well above their normal FG%, and we were facing some horrible defense.
I don't think we'll see that much games for the remaining of the year where we see 2 evenly distributed scoring from Demar and Gay. Maybe you'll still see 35 points for games but I think you'll see a lot of uneven distribution (Gay scores 23 and Derozan scores like 13. Then the next game, Deroan gets like 21, Gay gets 14.)
Hopefully he makes the ASG next year. But it'll be hard since Deng will be on a playoff team next year and the Pacers will have 1 of Granger or George playing good. Not to mention Paul Pierce getting the respect of the coaches.
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President Obama won 69% of the big city vote, according to a New York Times exit poll analysis. Some of this is perhaps on account of the racial makeup of the cities, as blacks overwhelmingly vote Democratic. Yet it's clear that, even among the upscale white urbanist crowd, Republican policies and candidates are finding few takers.
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It has been a week since pitchers and catchers were scheduled to report to Dodgers spring training, and so far 58 of the 59 players invited to big league camp have shown up to Camelback Ranch. Eliezer Alfonzo is the only one who hasn't yet reported, and the team isn't quite sure when the catcher will show up.
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"He's not on the roster, and it's a family issue. There are things he's dealing with, that we knew about from the beginning," Mattingly said. "There hasn't been anybody clamoring at what's going on."
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EPISODE 444. Broadcast on June 23, 2013.
javabeans: So here we are for Part 2 of the Bokbulbok Trip, where the show has to go to Joo-won's hometown (Seoul), in the luxury RV, wearing team T-shirts (which got swapped for slightly more embarrassing outfits), with a stop along the way (to a member's home), with a snack (ramyun), and no work. Basically it's the PD's Bad Luck Trip where the guys get everything easy and he's left with no entertainingly humiliating footage.
girlfriday: To make up for that is Jong-min, who is currently dressed as Miss Korea (or Disney princess, take your pick) and standing outside YG asking random fans if they've seen CL. I'm cringing in embarrassment for him, and his day is just starting.
javabeans: I know, he heads to the info booth to ask about CL's possible whereabouts, but you just can't go in dressed in that getup and suggest you're here to "interview" her, because you just look crazier.
girlfriday: The hyungs don't look any less crazy though, sitting by the river in their strange outfits with nothing to do but look like a group of bored crazy people.
javabeans: Shi-kyung is totally getting into his hippie free spirit persona, which makes him look part '70s porn director. Turns out CL is out today, so the PD tells Jong-min to pick someone else to fulfill the mission. So Tae-hyun starts rattling off a bunch of impossible stars (mixed with a few possible ones), like Jeon Ji-hyun, Sohn Ye-jin, Suzy…
girlfriday: Haha. So basically just even more embarrassing/impossible, times six.
javabeans: He spins a few times and is all, "That was practice!" An ajumma finally spins and lands on Sistar, which seems doable. Easier to get idols than A-list actresses, for sure.
girlfriday: Oh he's got an easy connection too — their manager was once his manager, back when he was an idol, so how hard could this be?
javabeans: As it turns out, it's not very interesting to watch six guys sitting around trying to figure out what to do.
girlfriday: Right? Go figure. I don't know why we're not editing around this stuff.
javabeans: Or… this IS the edited version.
girlfriday: They finally get a game plan going and set up in a park. But it's another version of the bokbulbok wheel event they had on the beach at Haeundae… which we already saw the first time. And it wasn't interesting then, so I don't know why we're giving it another go.
javabeans: Dude, it's the same wheel. They've just slapped on pieces of paper over it to write the new entries. I guess I don't blame them this time because they're trying to create something out of nothing (gee, wouldn't it be great if there were a staff for that?) but like you said, this was not fun the first time either.
girlfriday: I'm fast-forwarding…
javabeans: I'm not fast forwarding literally, but my brain is. Oh, this is uncomfortable, never mind. FFW. Jong-min's promenade through Seoul is pointless too, but at least it's so ridiculous that you could just find entertainment in the reaction shots. Then back to the spinny wheel of fast-forwarding. It's just a bunch of girls dancing on cue.
girlfriday: This goes on FOREVER.
javabeans: Did that lame autograph signing at the end really win them 70 bucks for dinner? Lame. Now are we just going to watch them eat a normal dinner all normal-like?
girlfriday: Apparently. At least Jong-min is having a more interesting day, even if it's sadder.
javabeans: It's way sadder to watch him eating chapaghetti out of a plastic bag in a convenience store window with a crowd watching outside like he's some kind of performance artist.
girlfriday: Plus, he had to earn that money by being a Miss Korea waitress.
javabeans: All three dollars of it. Yeah, much more interesting. On the bus he chats with a few other passengers, until one woman blurts, "What about Joo-won?" Ha, that's not awkward or anything. Turns out she's a huge fan, and her smartphone screen is papered with pics from a Joo-won blog.
girlfriday: That's cute. Meanwhile the other boys now have to figure out where to sleep, which is harder than it sounds because they have to house the staff too. Otherwise they could just sleep in the car.
javabeans: I know this show has done impromptu trips before and made the boys fend for themselves and come up with their itinerary. But they were entertaining. Why does this one feel like the staff forgot to have a meeting and are telling the cast, "Figure it out"?
girlfriday: Because I think the staff forgot to have a meeting and are telling the cast to figure it out. SIGH.
javabeans: I mean, it's fine to tell seven guys they have ten bucks and a screwdriver and make them figure it out. But to tell them to find a place for eighty staffers to sleep? Uh…?
girlfriday: Or at least add a time limit so there's less meandering. Anyway, back to Jong-min, who finally makes it across town to see Sistar. He crashes their practice session and tells them his mission, which horrifies them a little, but then he asks to learn their dance, and it's pretty cute 'cause he's dressed like a princess and learning the steps.
javabeans: Also, he's not good enough to be good, but is just good enough to catch on and be funny. Although I really do think that his Miss Koreawear is his saving grace, because it makes him interesting and pathetic, instead of creepy or just dull.
girlfriday: I know. It instantly makes him non-threatening, which you kinda need when you're crashing a girl group out of nowhere.
javabeans: Jong-min finally trudges to basecamp after his hard day, and I feel tired just watching him. I've had my issues with liking him before but I really think he did a great job of just sucking it up today and Getting It Done, and with a smile on his face.
girlfriday: And when he says "I missed you guys," with tears in his eyes, it's so endearing.
javabeans: But sadly, I feel like the other six guys sort of stand out in relief next to him, because they actually kind of rolled in luxury so complaining feels whiny. Like they tell Jong-min they couldn't even start dinner bokbulbok without him, as though that was so hard, only you just stuffed your faces with fried chicken with the allowance money you barely earned so you know what, I don't really care that you had to wait another hour for your *real* dinner.
girlfriday: Seriously. They make Jong-min play for the group (he has to choose between two watermelon wedges with a 50:50 shot at dinner for everyone) and tell him either way he can eat the rest of the watermelon, heh. Can we just let him eat please?
javabeans: Yeah watching someone eat ramyun out of a plastic bag is really the bottom of the pathetic barrel.
girlfriday: Thankfully he picks the right wedge, so they get to eat.
javabeans: But it's not over yet, because they have to choose WHAT to eat (another game of chance) and who has to get it, and all that.
girlfriday: Agh. So many games. I can't believe I just said that, but there are too many games.
javabeans: It's because it's like hell for indecisive people, where you nitpick every little decision to death and it makes you want to SNAP at some point and just be like, JUST PICK A THING AND LET'S DO IT OH MY GAHHHH.
girlfriday: Especially when dinner turns out to be more convenience store food that they have to go get themselves (at least I'm guessing that's where they'll go at this hour).
javabeans: So Tae-hyun and Joo-won are picked as dinner delivery boys. Oh god and then right away they play another game for sleeping bokbulbok. God, I know we discussed dropping this show at the end of a trip, but I'm considering dropping this show in the middle of a game.
girlfriday: I know, why are the games so boring?
javabeans: First of all, it's because we're watching games that are all about planning a thing, not actually the thing. Who wants to watch a wedding being planned, instead of just going to the damn wedding? And second, it's because there's nothing at stake. So what if one cast member gets stuck delivering food instead of the other cast member? What's the point?
girlfriday: Nothing, sadly, which is why this feels like a pointless exercise.
javabeans: The one funny thing about the sleepy wheel is that among the choices (like sleeping only an hour at a time, or in your underwear, or sitting), they land on "sleep comfortably." The PD is like, Seriously?!
girlfriday: Well, you're the one who designed the games with comfortable OPTIONS the whole day, so whatchoo gonna do?
javabeans: Yes, this is what we call design flaw. Why even offer the luxury RV, instead of a clown car without AC? Why no bus passes instead of cars? Why were there T-shirts at all and not six parkas and a Miss Korea gown?
girlfriday: He should trade a bigger dinner for the underwear option.
javabeans: We should just produce the damn show.
girlfriday: Tell me about it. Though I'm too mad at it these days to even do that. So all the guys spin for indoor/outdoor sleep, and Hae-jin suggests adding a half-in/half-out option just for kicks… and then lands on it. Ha. Tae-hyun and Joo-won go get ddukbokki for everyone, and then it's bedtime.
javabeans: They sleep, and in the morning they have to do this karaoke-pedometer mission, where they're trying to score on the singing front while simultaneously logging steps. This should be funny. I don't actually understand why it isn't. Maybe because there was no setup or context? They're just jiggling around singing and showing off their step counts.
girlfriday: Yeah because there was no setup. Though Joo-won's dancing always gets a laugh out of me.
javabeans: Then New PD has the boys list a place in Seoul they like to go to so they can introduce them on the show, because he's just given up any pretense of having prepared for this trip at all. And then the boys split up to go hiking, or street shopping, or yaaaaawn. I get the point of this exercise, but to me it looks like watching people walk down a street looking at stuff. Wait, it's not LIKE that, it IS that.
girlfriday: Hae-jin climbs a mountain and the other boys do touristy things, and Joo-won and Shi-kyung visit Alex's restaurant. I don't think I would've minded it so much if the rest of the episode had been chock full of laughs, because the travel bits are normal for this show. It's just that on top of an episode that was lackluster, it just feels like drawing out the ending with filler stuff.
javabeans: This whole episode felt like filler, in a more drawn-out way than usual. I never fast-forward this show, even in the slower moments, just on principle—how can I recap if I haven't seen it? But the show has gotten so irrelevant at points, and so meandering, that you can honest-to-goodness fast-forward whole chunks and miss nothing.
girlfriday: Basically, the whole show has felt that way for a while now, which is why this is going to be our last recap for 1 Night 2 Days. It wasn't an easy decision, especially because I've watched this show for YEARS and letting go is hard, but to be honest, this isn't the 1N2D that I knew and loved. At least not anymore.
javabeans: I feel like I was going to go out with a lot of tears and bittersweet memories and fond nostalgia and maybe a nice ending tribute to the show we've known and loved… but you know, I think most of my love is pretty much gone. I find I actually have very little to say. And I don't think this decision comes as a surprise, either, since the writing has been on the wall for a while now. It just took us a long while to actually cut the cord.
girlfriday: I do still have lots of love and nostalgia for the old 1N2D, but that show ended long ago and will always hold a special place in my heart. I just don't think I have any tears for this one.
javabeans: It would have been nice for the show to end its years-long run on a high note instead of steadily sinking downward, just for fans' sakes. But I suppose that makes the decision easier for us, inasmuch as it's really quite a painless and natural course of action at this point.
girlfriday: I know people always say, "It's not you, it's me," but in this case, it really really is YOU, Show.


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"Lehman, once the nation's fourth-largest investment bank collapsed in September 2008 in the largest bankruptcy in history, has some $10.5 billion it intends to start doling out to creditors on April 17 under an initial distribution."
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The cosmetics company proved its beauty is more than skin deep with rich, engaging programs for many of its brands and across several platforms.
They say beauty gets attention and personality gets the heart. This past year L'Oréal Canada won over consumers through the launch of integrated sponsorships, cause marketing campaigns and promotions with plenty of beauty and personality.
The Montreal-based cosmetics and beauty company is sitting pretty with a portfolio of 31 beauty brands, and over the past year reached an estimated 33% market share. And the Canadian division was L'Oréal's second fastest-growing subsidiary among developed countries in the past year.
"To be able to get several brands to come together and create things we consider to be innovative platforms… I think is a sign that we have that entrepreneurial spirit and we're willing to reinvent ourselves," Marie Josée Lamothe, chief marketing officer and chief communications officer at L'Oréal Canada, says of this year's marketing accomplishments.
In the spring, L'Oréal Canada partnered with Rogers Media for an online reality competition called Canada's Best Beauty Talent that appealed to both consumers and beauty professionals.
The six-part series, hosted by Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha, saw hair and makeup artists teaming up to create a different look each episode using products from L'Oréal Canada's top brands, including Kérastase, Lancôme and L'Oréal Professionnel.
The coverage played out across several platforms. The teams' creations were featured in Rogers-owned publications such as Hello Canada, Flare, Chatelaine and their social media sites.
Rogers directed viewers online with 60-second teasers during Canada's Got Talent and used other media assets such as CityLine and Breakfast Television to promote the show. It was a hit, earning 57.5 million media impressions and garnering L'Oréal a 52% increase in Facebook followers across all the brands that participated.
The company is thrilled with the results and insights gained from the consumers who watched in season one, says Lamothe. For instance, more consumers tuned in from a tablet than expected.
The company's L'Oréal Paris brand gave consumer engagement the red carpet treatment when it signed on as a major sponsor and official beauty partner of the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
Over the last 18 months, L'Oréal Canada started looking at sponsorship as a way of producing a steady stream of content specific to a community rather than simply trying to generate awareness, says Lamothe.
"It's not about creating awareness in front of people that are interested in TIFF," says Lamothe. "It's about the content we create that becomes relevant to that community throughout the year."
Months before the September festival opened, L'Oréal Canada asked its Facebook fans to help create a limited edition "Simply Chic" collection from one of four looks sketched by the brand's official makeup artist, Eddie Malter.
The line chosen by fans included nail polish, mascara, lipstick and primer, and went into stores in the weeks before the festival.
The company also reached out to beauty bloggers to help create buzz around the new collection, and partnered with CTV's eTalk for four one-minute segments on red carpet beauty trends.
The brand was also present at the festival's photo studio where celebrities and directors were offered touchups before press conferences and gala events. A beauty correspondent was on-hand during red carpet events to interview celebrities for the brand's YouTube channel, which received 250,000 views in only two weeks.
L'Oréal Paris also set up a lounge in downtown Toronto and offered free manicures and product to passersby that registered their contact information for the company's CRM database. In all, L'Oréal Paris collected 8,500 new email addresses.
The sponsorship and activations paid off. Sales for the brand increased 19.2% during the first week of the 17-day festival compared to the week before.
L'Oréal Canada has focused heavily on its digital and social presence over the last two years, which has given the company a better understanding of its customers by simply listening to what they say, says Lamothe. "It made us more aware of our consumers. We use social platforms as focus groups and as listening platforms and that makes us more aware of the feedback from our communities and we work very hard to adjust based on what they're asking," she says.
For its philanthropic efforts this year, the company's Lancôme Canada brand helped raise $11,000 for the Look Good, Feel Better foundation by donating $1 for every new Facebook fan and $1 for each time a fan shared the Lancôme Celebrates Women application during the fundraising campaign. The brand also donated $7 for every bottle of Genifique Youth Activating Concentrate sold at retail or online.
When it comes to marketing, L'Oréal Canada has both beauty and brains, which earns it a position on Marketing's list of top marketers—because they're worth it.
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is the chevy SCFI motor good?
is it good enough or should I look for a MPFI better?
how about TBI simplicity? or just a conventional 4bbl sbc recipe? I want to make a mild, potent, street driven powerplant, carbs are cheap and reliable but FI looks kind of high tech. (I don't want an expensive aftermarket EFI system though) Augusto.
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All things being equal carbs are a pretty good bet for the money. It's actually interesting that the more things change the more they stay the same, as fuel injection systems became more elaborate carb manufacturers had to keep up so the technology for carbs has undergone great refinement.
For 90% of the rodding world, a carb works very well. I would caution, though, that fuel injection is popular because it is easily tunable, and it can automatically change for drastic changes in air pressure and density. If your heart is set of fuel injection, you can, for reasonable money, set up a pretty good system. Whether you choose TBI, SFI, or TPI - the heart is the brains, and for that I'd go with a Megasquirt controller (Spectra makes a controller as well, but I have no experience with them) for roughly $450. For ease, I'd pick up a cast away TPI off a camaro or such and simply bolt it on and go. Megasquirts have a good basic software package, and are infinitely tunable with a laptop. From the experience you gain there, really the sky is the limit. The greatest benefit, to me, about fuel injection is the ability to set the car to run either E85 or regular fuel..... also the ability to set a tune for nitrous/racing fuel and for daily driving. You mention a fairly mild, potent driver - though - your definition of mild potent and mine could be quite different. (see my project Buick, I consider it mild because it's not full race). |
there is a wrecked tahoe down the road and has a 350
CSFI motor, I wonder why I've never seen them on any mag as a hot rod motor. Augusto. |
Ahh, CPFI - meaning central port fuel injection. A friend who was a GM engineer told me this and my observations have found it true: Mechanically speaking GM makes changes for 2 reasons and 2 reasons only. Obsolesence, and Stupidity. Stupidity = first vega motors, the 2.8... you get the picture. Obsolesence = the change from TBI to CPFI. The TBI is a great system, and was around long enough so that the aftermarket - especially the 4x4 market really got into making improvements for them. The CPFI was a definite upgrade (lots more power, better fuel economy) but only was really used for a couple years until the LS motors became the mainstay. For that reason the CPFI was never embraced by the aftermarket. Another downside is the TBI and CPFI are not street performance oriented. That's not to say that the Tahoe motor isn't a great motor - the CPFI was also the induction for the venerable vortec motors; and even the aftermarket hasn't made much improvement to that head design.
I digress. The tahoe motor is a great motor - they never wear out because they have oil cooling, they are capable of having inexpensive roller cams, and the vortec head is a super head. That leaves the cam and intake. Buy a edelbrock carb, and a performer cam and you'll really like that motor. Simple, inexpensive, and a nice HP output. |
I have always been a chevy guy; didnt have much money as a kid. So chevy was the way to go, not to mention i love the trucks and cars much more than the other competitors. Universal interchanges, simplicity, reliabilty, affordability, and beautiful bodylines got me when i was young.
But i have never been a fan of the sequential central port fuel injection; especially now as an automotive performance specialist. I dont claim to be a genius, nor do i know close to everything. My confidence comes from knowledge, experience, and an unrelentless pusuit of exhausting my resources. That being said I think this is the most problematic fuel injection system that GM has ever used. Sure it will run great for 100k give or take depending on the particulars; though the pressure regulators fail filling the cylinders with fuel; causing a hydrolock situation. The injectors are more failure prone than say TPI or TBI injectors because they are merely poppet nozzles. And once you try to replace a nozzle (injector) the plastic is so brittle that its almost impossible to not do more harm than good. The heads are great and i will convince most people to either run an edelbrock intake and a good carb on older vehicles or an edelbrock intake and a tran dapt or holley adapter and TBI. Keep in mind this is only my opinion and we all know the similarities. Tom |
Dont forget that wiring one of these SCFI_SCPFI engines is not an easy task specificaly to older vehicles and can be quite exspensive. I do not know of any aftermarket harness kits. There may be some though.
that is not an opinion. that is a fact. they are not that good, even if they do last 100,000 miles. GM went this route for 1 reason = profit. when i was a kid, building model cars. cars came and went from my collection. one day i looked at my collection. and they were all chevys ! i was born a chevy guy |
Most problematic? surely you must have forgotten about the cease oops I mean Cross-Fire.
Sorry, I have had only 1 car that had crossfire injection, an early to mid 80s firebird with a 305; it didnt run! sorry I didnt include this engine or fuel delivery type. Im not that familiar with it, other than two small throttle body type injectors. set up in a cross flow design. What makes it so dreadful? |
Cease fires were notorious for cracking the intake manifold where the exhaust gas cross over was located (too thin of casting).
Augusto, what are you planning on putting this engine in? If youre trying not to spend a lot of money, then i would build a clean carb motor. The TPI is a good system if you can find a complete system with all the sensors and the ECM, However it would still need to wired correctly. If you can pick it up for a good price, Painless makes great wiring kits for a reasonable price.
I'm planning a chevy II buildup, it's a 4 door sedan but I think It'll look cool, it's already lowered a lot and looks fine, I have already discarded the tahoe's motor since there's a lot of esential parts missing, I have a 350 from a '80 blazer wich can be upgraded the regular way, I have a torker II manifold and a 600 cfm holley, will only need a cam and headers, wich must be custom made, I know I'll need a custom oil pan also, I think there was never a V8 chevy roaming this lands so I must fabricate my own pan.
finding a TPI here would be easier than finding a honest politician so I think the holley way is the most feasible alternative now. this is my first chevy II project, I'll surelly appreciate all the advise I could gather, I think the first issue would be the 4 lug wheels and drum brakes, I will have to upgrade the whole drivetrain, how about the rear end is it any decent or should I discard it inmediatelly? thanks Augusto |
Other then the 4 doors you're travelling known territory and Summit, Jegs both have conversion headers and 4 to 5 lug conversion kits for you car for cheap.....
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President Obama has announced a major aid package for California which is suffering its worst drought conditions for over a century.
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Boliche: Pot Roast Recipe Cuban Style
When ever I am really busy, stressed and burned out, I turn to cooking. I especially like to cook for friends. So this Saturday even though I didn't have time to cook I did it anyway. I am now way behind but happy.
I started cooking at 3pm which is way late for Boliche (Cuban pot roast). I like my pot roast to fall to pieces. My Husband prefers it a bit less falling apart so this is a personal choice. I would go for cooking for 6 hours minimum if you like the falling apart version.
Ingredients (serves about 10):
- 5 pounds of beef (i used bottom round)
- 4 tbsps of olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves
- 4 onions
- 1 lemon
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 beers
- 1/cup chicken broth
- Make a marinade for the beef. Put lemon juice, 2 tbsps of olive oil , garlic cloves, herbs , salt and pepper in blender. Coat the beef with marinade and let sit overnight or at least 1 hour in a pot that you can cook in.
- Take beef and either grill it or brown it in a new pan with 1 tbsp olive oil. I like the smokey flavor of the grill.
- Add oil to the pan were you marinaded the beef and add the onions. Cook till very brown.
- Add back the beef with 2 beers and 1/2 cup of broth. Cook high till it boils then lower and then cover simmer for as long as you can (6 hours is what i do). Add the extra broth if the juices run low .
- Make sure to let sit and serve with plenty of sauce . The best part!
Enjoy with white rice and some black beans.
I did this recipe as part of the #SabrosoSaturday blog hop hosted by @MsLatina. Check out the all great recipes!
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Vulkan 1.0 is finally out, with Khronos' first ever "hard release." The new API will be supported by most of the industry, including Qualcomm, Imagination Technologies, Intel, AMD, and Nvidia. The most noteworthy holdout? Apple.
It seems as though few smartwatch manufacturers can make a compelling case to consumers at large. Could a modular design break the logjam?
Google is refusing to patch a known security flaw in all versions of Android prior to KitKat, despite the fact that it impacts nearly a billion users, including devices less than 15 months old.
Whether you like it or not, it seems this fall will be all about the smartwatch. This morning, following LG's tease of the round-faced G Watch R, Samsung has unveiled the Gear S — the first major smartwatch with its own 3G connection, allowing it to send/receive calls and generally act as an internet-connected smart device without being paired to a nearby smartphone. Is the world ready for a standalone smartwatch? Do we even have the battery technology to allow a 3G smartwatch to run for more than a few hours?
Can the world's top Android OEM arrest its profit decline before it ends up like HTC?
A new report from IDC suggests that the bottom could drop out of the smartphone gravy train, with significant consequences for manufacturers.
Earlier this week, Samsung unveiled three new smartwatches: the Gear 2, the Gear 2 Neo, and the Gear Fit. Building off of last year's Galaxy Gear, these devices are fundamentally designed to cover as many use cases as possible. Samsung is obviously angling to gain an early lead in the smartwatch market, but can it really compete against the likes of Google and Apple?
Doubling down is so 2013: At its Unpacked event in Barcelona, Samsung has tripled down on smartwatches, unveiling the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and Gear Fit. There's no "Galaxy" in their names because they don't run Android; the first two run Tizen (and are therefore the world's first commercial Tizen devices), and the Fit runs Samsung's proprietary RTOS (real-time OS). Samsung says all three watches will last up to three days between charges — a massive improvement over the original Gear's ~24-hour battery life.
Samsung's Tizen, not the Galaxy S5, is queued up for center stage at Mobile World Congress. Is the new OS ready for prime time?
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A reader complains: not enough starters. My column is all meat and two veg, and she just wants nice "startery" things. The complaint is ridiculous, of course, but this is a lady best not crossed. Apart from anything else, I am not a meat-and-two-veg sort of cook. Besides, I regularly do pasta and salads, but it seems that the appetite for starters is endless. I even got a grateful text message when I stuck a few things on toast the other week.
I hope the lentils will find favour. I used to have one grumpy customer who wouldn't touch a lentil until it had been made into a soup, but he was definitely behind the times. Lentils are fashionable and, for some reason, considered incredibly healthy.
I have always liked lentils because their very earthiness is such a good foil for more exotic ingredients. Lobster with a soupy yellow lentil dahl-like purée, for example, is a beautiful combination and grilled sea bass with lentils and salsa verde has long been a staple at the restaurant. But apart from anything else, I have always marvelled at the very existence of the lentil. It is one of our oldest cultivated foods and yet it seems wildly impractical. Each pod contains just two little lentils, which suggests that the gathering and harvesting of the crop must have been unbelievably laborious.
It has always been difficult to get the seeds plump and ripe before the pod dries up so much that the seeds fall out during reaping – they used to be picked by hand and then dried before they were threshed to collect the seeds. The mechanised harvesting of lentils arrived relatively recently.
Beluga lentils are especially small and, unsurprisingly, a little more expensive. (A good firm green lentil would, incidentally, do very well in this recipe.) The Beluga lentil is comparatively hard and holds its texture remarkably well when cooked. Its christening may have been a brilliant marketing wheeze, but the comparison with caviar is not completely fanciful: the flavour is nothing like as intense, but they have a nutty, almost truffle-like aroma and do indeed melt on the tongue when correctly cooked. Perhaps not a starter for 10, but certainly for four.
Rowley Leigh is the chef at Le Café Anglais
Beluga lentils, carrots and burrata with dill
It is hard to improve on burrata – a form of supercharged, extra-creamy mozzarella – but there are many fresh cheeses that will act as a foil for the vegetables. A good ricotta, or indeed mozzarella, would be excellent. Serves four.
250g Beluga lentils
1 onion
10 cloves
1 chilli
2 bay leaves
2 sprigs of thyme
1 good bunch of new carrots
1 small bunch of dill, coarsely chopped
Olive oil
1 lemon
1 burrata
3 spring onions, chopped
Chilli flakes
● Rinse lentils in cold water and then place in a saucepan. Cover amply with cold water; the Beluga will absorb a lot, but you can add more. Add the onion – peeled, cut in half and with the interior of the two halves studded with the cloves – and then add the whole chilli, the bay leaves and thyme. Do not add salt at this point, as it will toughen the skins and prevent the lentils swelling. Bring the pot gently to a simmer, skim if necessary and cook the lentils until tender, for about 40 minutes.
● Peel the carrots, being sure to scrape around the stalks and rinse in cold running water. Place in a saucepan with a teaspoon of sugar, a good teaspoon of salt, a tablespoon of olive oil and just enough water to cover. Cover with a disc of greaseproof paper, bring to a boil and cook steadily so that the water evaporates. The liquid should reduce to a syrupy glaze that enrobes the carrots. Remove from the stove and roll the carrots in the chopped dill.
● Take the lentils off the heat and pour off any excess water. Season with flaky sea salt, a squeeze of lemon juice and as much oil as you choose. Let the lentils cool. To serve, quarter the cheese and arrange the three elements on a dish or individual plates, sprinkling the cheese with a little more salt, the spring onions, a few chilli flakes and a little more olive oil. Serve with plain bread.
Rowley's drinking choice
A lively, aromatic style is called for. The extra body and oily quality of a Vermentino – often called Rolle in southern France, where there are many fine examples – coupled with breezy, salty aromatics would be ideal.


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St. Paul, Minn.- Many Minnesota youth and young adults are struggling in this economy to find
jobs and gain skills that will help them build their careers, according to a new KIDS COUNT report
from the Annie E. Casey Foundation titled Youth and Work.
While Minnesota has youth employment levels better than the national average, the percent of
employed youth ages 16 to 24 decreased from 73 percent in 2000 to 60 percent in 2011. Youth ages
16 to 19 have been particularly hard hit during the past decade with their employment rate dropping
from 63 percent in 2000 to less than half (42%) employed in 2011.
The report estimates in Minnesota there are approximately 57,000 "disconnected" youth, meaning
they are not in school and not working. These youth are at risk of being placed on a trajectory of
reduced opportunities and earnings throughout their lifetime, which will affect their ability to
support themselves and contribute to their communities and society. The report highlights solutions
like flexible pathways to reengage disconnected youth and opportunities to gain experience for
youth in school so they can move forward in their careers.
Gaining job experience has been key for Courtney Gallagher, a Youth Studies major at the
University of Minnesota. "I thought this would be the easy part of my life," said Gallagher, who
will be graduating this month." As a first generation college student, it's difficult to understand the
higher education system when no one at home has been through it. I never realized that the struggle
would continue even with a four-year degree."
Courtney was accepted into the Teach for America program as a gateway into a teaching career. She
looked for other jobs while considering Teach for America but couldn't find anything that would
allow her to gain experience in the field of education. Courtney considers herself lucky because she
knows what she wants to do.
For youth who graduate from high school and are uncertain, it can be difficult if not impossible to
afford college classes without a clear career goal. "Even with relevant work experiences and an
above average GPA I feel the frustration of finding employment," Gallagher said. "I have made all
the right decisions so far in my life, but still experience the affects of the economy. I can only
imagine the struggles other youth face when they are unsure of what kind of work they'd like to do,
and can't afford to pay for college to find out. It is my hope that more career pathways are created
for youth, so low wage jobs or college are not the only options."
Youth and Work includes the latest youth employment data for every state, the District of Columbia
and the nation. Additional information on disconnected youth and young adults is available in the
KIDS COUNT Data Center, which also contains the most recent national, state and local data on
hundreds of indicators of child well-being. The Data Center allows users to generate rankings, maps
and graphs for use in publications and on websites, and users can view information on mobile
Additional Data:
Minnesota County-level Youth Employment (16-24yrs) | ||
County | Number | Percent |
Anoka | 24,818 | 66% |
Carver | 5,923 | 64% |
Dakota | 29,700 | 68% |
Hennepin | 90,873 | 66% |
Olmsted | 9,663 | 69% |
Ramsey | 47,768 | 65% |
St. Louis | 20,040 | 65% |
Scott | 9,282 | 72% |
Stearns | 19,949 | 70% |
Washington | 15,742 | 62% |
Wright | 7,995 | 65% |
Source: US Census, American Community Survey, 2011.
Note: Due to population size, only some counties are included.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private national philanthropy that creates better futures for the
nation's children by strengthening families, building economic opportunities and transforming
neighborhoods into safer and healthier places to live, work and grow. For more information, visit
www.aecf.org. KIDS COUNT® is a registered trademark of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
For more information about Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota, a grantee of the Annie E. Casey
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