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As I am about to become a member of the constantly growing public using an ebook reader, it seemed like a good time to make LongLostRelatives.net available on the Kindle.
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For the hundreds of other genealogy bloggers, have you considered making your content available to the ever-increasing ebook market? It's very simple to do. Visit Kindle Publishing for Blogs which is sponsored by Amazon.com. Consider this as another venue for making your content available to a wider audience.
Publishing for the Kindle makes your blog available in the Amazon.com store and has the potential for not only driving traffic to your site, but with paid subscriptions, you might even make a little extra cash on the side to help support your genealogy habit. It costs you nothing to make your blog available on Kindle.
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A laugh-out-loud, utterly realistic examination of all the things that can happen to your mind, your body, your partner and your relatives after the birth of a new baby. There are secrets that no baby book will tell you, stories that no parenting magazine will even touch with a set of forceps. And that's a shame because out of postnatal nastiness and the human struggle with sleep-deprivation, couch stainage and perineum bruising, comes forth humour; lots of it.
Is available: http://www.finch.com.au/books/cocktails-naptime
There are lots of extracts to make you giggle here: www.cocktailsatnaptime.blogspot.com
I blog about writing for the YA market, my ups and downs, and how I finally landed an agent. Yippee. I like all things funny, anything related to writing, and I love diving into a good book--thus the name: www.whimsywritingandreading.weebly.com
I have 11 children's books published.
The latest is Taconi and Claude - Double Trouble, a mid-grade adventure for boys set on a cattle station in the Aussie outback - the year is 1950. Full of fun, danger, and problems to overcome, it gives readers a peek at the Dreamtime, + aboriginal life at the time. It is also very BOY friendly.
"Wild and Wonderful" is my 7 book rhyming series about animals from the US and Australia - fun and educational.
Ruthie and the Hippo's Fat Behind and Horatio Humble Beats the Big D - dyslexia, are also in rhyme. Parent teacher guides are included. Rattlesnake Jam is a rhyming tale that tells about crazy Gran and Pa, and their love of making rattlers into jam. Just messy enough for boys.
Find all my books on Margot's Magic Carpet
+ Links on how and where to purchase, as well as fun Book Trailers, reviews, sample verses and covers.
Also from Amazon, Powell's Books, B&N, Fictionwise and many more.
Autographed copies available HERE
Good morning Tomica,
Id love for you to check out my blog called Angels of Inspiration. @ Angels of inspirationls of Inspiration
We want to share our vision of reaching out to the younger generation, through inspiration, to empower these young individuals into having strong, confident, and positive minds and prepare them for a bright future ahead. To promote education at a positive level. Let's support and inspire children while in their developing years.
Our vision and intention is to promote emotional well being and link that to the childrens imagination and creativity through our bolg and our new childrens book series. First book coming out in the next month or so.
Please become a follower and share your thoughts in the comment sections of each of our posts. If you like what we are doing please feel free to pass our link on to any of your friends.
Link to me and I will link to you
You can find my Blogs here:
Taconi and Claude's Big 2011 Adventure - WIN a FREE copy of the book
Margot's Magic Carpet - all my books on one page
Taconi and Claude - Sample Page - READ a sample page
Hook Kids on Reading - Books that kids will want to read
Books for Kids - Manuscript Critiques
Hi everyone,
I would love to trade a critique with someone - I need some feedback other than my husband! I write about life and food. If anyone is interested, please check out my writing here http://www.wokintime.com or email me at email@example.com.
Thanks! Looking forward to reading your work.
Tomica, my links are as follows:
Margot Finke's World of Books for Children
Help for Writers - Manuscript Critiques - Books
Margot's Magic Carpet
All my books on one page.
Taconi and Claude's Big 2011 Adventure -
WIN a mid-grade adventure for BOYS
Looking forward to reading your Blog

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In spite of all of the opportunities, there are many factors acting in opposition to pharmaceutical innovation including: rising costs of R&D, longer development timelines, shorter periods of exclusivity for innovators to recover investment, pricing pressures, increasing regulatory expectations and expectations for demonstrating benefit over existing standards of care. The juxtaposition of opportunity with the need to improve productivity calls for innovators to consider new options for increasing value and reducing costs.
Eli Lilly is a global pharmaceutical company with approximately 46,000 employees operating in more than 146 countries and $22 billion in sales. Lilly invests more than $5 billion a year in R&D, but, like most pharmaceutical companies, must manage patent losses and an evolving R&D business model. In 2008, Lilly sought to reduce fixed overhead to focus on internal investments by selling or closing facilities and creating strategic partnerships with third parties. The Greenfield Laboratories in Greenfield, Indiana, were part of Lilly's history for nearly 90 years but had become underutilized due to an increase in global capability and affordability of third party contract providers. The Lilly Clinic for Pharmaceutical Research located at the Indiana School of Medicine was also underutilized for similar reasons. Lilly had dramatically increased the quality and volume of molecules in development, but needed access to broader and more flexible capacity than its own facilities could provide. Lilly also sought to create value from a highly capable but underutilized plant site for its employees, and for Indiana, which has been Lilly's corporate home for more than 136 years.In 2008, Lilly was preparing for the pending patent loss of several of its successful innovative medicines while managing a full and flowing pipeline of molecules in development. In this evolving landscape, all portions of the R&D enterprise were evaluated and placed in a capabilities matrix in order to assess how the generous, but limited, R&D investments could be used to produce value (Figure 1). This evaluation was conducted against the anticipated patent expiry time period, where revenue growth would be negatively impacted, but where significant resources would also be required to advance the portfolio.
One fixed asset was Lilly's 600,000 square feet Greenfield Laboratory. This laboratory had become the home of Lilly's toxicology facility and was a strong contributor to Lilly's pipeline of innovation with years of demonstrated excellence in the design, conduct, and interpretation of safety studies for exciting investigational medicines in development. As Lilly's pipeline grew, more flexible and cost effective alternatives were required to advance the pipeline and reduce costs.
The goal: a new strategic partnership model
Lilly wanted a strategic and reliable partner to maintain the quality of research and products while expanding the volume of capabilities available. Lilly developed the concept of becoming a Fully Integrated Pharmaceutical Network (FIPNet) and was evolving its thinking of CRO relationships to more strategic commitments across a smaller base. The three most important criteria Lilly selected to conduct this assessment were quality, capability, and reliable delivery.
Four options were evaluated for the Lilly Greenfield site prior to the ultimate decision to sell the facility and enter into a strategic partnership with Covance. The first option considered was to continue operation at the site by spinning off the location as a standalone contract service provider to compete with other CROs. This option was not selected due to the size, cost, lack of experience of Lilly's employee base in managing a CRO, and the need to leverage the available CRO capacity across the industry. Additionally, there was a low probability that competitors would place studies in a previously owned Lilly facility without significant time for transition. The second option was to vacate the site and outsource work to existing contract laboratories. A third option explored was to sell the site to the state of Indiana and designate it as a technology park and lease back only one or two buildings at the site for Lilly's use. This option proved to be minimally cost effective, not strategic, and difficult to manage. The fourth option was to sell the site to a strategic partner under terms and conditions equally beneficial to both parties. Lilly wanted a capable partner that would maintain the quality of research and fully utilize the capability of the site and staff. After careful consideration, Covance became the preferred partner with which to negotiate this historic transition. Additionally, Lilly's history and experience working with Covance was a determining factor because of their documented performance, trust in the dependable delivery of quality work and the strategic engagement of their leadership team.


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Brit Awards 2013 - The Winners
Brit Awards 2013 - The Winners
Emeli Sande arguably came out as the ultimate winner, with two Damien Hirst designed polka dot awards under her belt. We donned our gear goggles and spotted her playing on the night with a lovely Yamaha piano and using what looks like a Sennheiser wireless mic with possible Neumann capsule. On stage Gavin Powell was playing with Emeli using a Nord Stage 2 and Electro 4D. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to catch the next time we get our goggles on and scope out the gear of your favourite artists.
Ben Howard's Guitar And Studio
Ben is another fan of Martin guitars and who wouldn't be with a round woody tone and glistening high end. Here he is using it live (and the ubiquitous SM58) in Paris...
We can spy some nice guitar amps including:A black face Fender, possibly a Deluxe.
Tweed Amp, has a larger logo than most standard Fenders so can't be sure which one.
A swift flash of what looks like a Blackstar cabinet to us.
For the studio gear:Quite a lot of Sennheiser MD421 microphones being used on the drums and in the control booth. They're the ultimate tom mic but also massively popular on guitar, male vocals, on kick drums and brass.
In the control room we can see the yellow and blue face plate of a Focusrite unit and an 1178 compressor (the stereo version of the legendary 1176, get it in hardware or software).
Dan Auerbach's Guitar RigThat's the solo artists covered but who was flying the flag for rock in the group category? It was the Black Keys, although group is perhaps overstating a little being that there's only two of them in the studio. But if they introduced a category for Duos then it would just be the Pet Shop Boys up against the Chemical Brothers every year and Sparks or Outkast in the international category.
Now Dan's guitar gear is a big part of the raucous garage rock sound that the Keys specialise in. He's not a fussy man though and has used a wide range of gear, mainly involving vintage guitars, tube amps with a neat range of pedals old and new.
With a definite taste for esoteric discontinued models it might be hard to emulate Auerbach's axe but Fender have come up with a range of guitars and amps inspired by the kind of unusual instruments you might find in a Pawn Shop. Try these for a different look and sound.
Dan's tastes are a little less catholic when it comes to amps, sticking with the holy trinity of Fender silver face cleans, Fender Tweed crunch (get both with the hybrid Super Sonic) and Marshall stack for when things need to get hairy (Tweed Fender captured with a quality SM7B dynamic mic and an SM57 in the background). Relying on the amps for most of his tone Dan only really uses boost pedals to enhance his clean and crunch tones, utilising fuzz and other effects for wilder sounds.
I use fuzz pedals, but I've never used a distortion or overdrive pedal -- just boost pedals. The Shin-ei Companion Fuzz and the Marshall Supa Fuzz are my favorites. Before the sessions, Dunlop sent me a box full of effects, including a talk box. - Guitarworld.com Interview
Courtesy Of Premier Guitar
Dan uses a MIDI switching rig to make changes easily while on stage, on the board itself we can see there's nothing too esoteric but still some superb pedals:Boss Pedals: TR-2 Tremolo, OC-2 Octave Pedal (try the OC-3) and PH-3 Phase Shifter.
It wouldn't be garage rock without a Muff in there, Dan's is a vintage Russian model but the modern NYC model is every bit as good (just ask Jack White).
Up in the back right is an MXR 10-Band EQ pedal, another Dunlop family favourite.
Already Voted MPG 'Producer Of The Year' Paul Epworth Has Won A Brit Too
- Working With Florence And The Machine, Cee-Lo Green, Futureheads, Adele and many more!The Brits aren't just about musicians, there's credit given to the gurus behind the scenes too. We've spoken to Paul before about his favourite tools and tricks, back when he was merely working with Jack Penate and Bloc Party. A recent interview with Universal Audio confirms that the Universal Audio 6176 Channel Strip, Rode Classic II (Adele's vocal microphone on Rolling In The Deep) and RE-201 Space Echo (available as a UAD plugin) are still key components to his sound.
Paul has often worked with upcoming artists and didn't always have access to a large mixing desk and rakes of vintage mics, so for all budding young producers here's some affordable alternatives with a professional sound.
For the Mic Preamp try a Universal Audio Solo/610, huge valve tone from one of the original studio gear manufacturers.
More great valve tone from the Rode NTK, get the sound of classic Motown and Stax records.
Boss have made a near perfect recreation of the RE-201 Space Echo in guitar pedal format. So more compact and lower maintenance than original with the same great sound.
Here's All The Other Winners And Guides On How You Can Get Their Sound
Ben Howard
British female solo artist
Emeli Sande
British group
Mumford & Sons
Live act
Ben Howard
British producer
Paul Epworth
British single
Adele, Skyfall
Special recognition award
War Child
Brits global success (for international sales in 2012)
One Direction
Critics' choice
Tom Odell
International female solo artist
Lana Del Rey
International group
Black Keys
International male solo artist
Frank Ocean
Best album
Emeli Sandé, Our Version Of Events


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AT&T has posted a press release which has confirmed the Nokia Lumia 900. Unfortunately the release gives no details and still tells us to wait for Nokia's press conference, but at the very least the name is confirmed.
First LTE Windows Phones in U.S. Coming Exclusively to AT&T Customers
New 4G LTE Windows Phones from HTC and Nokia Planned to Arrive 1H 2012. AT&T Goal is to Deliver Customers the Industryâ"¢s Best Mobile Broadband Experience With Leading 4G LTE Device Portfolio, Along with Best-in-Class Apps and Network
Dallas, Texas, January 09, 2012
Key Facts
- Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, and Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, Microsoft, jointly announced from the stage of the annual AT&T Developer Summit — a day before the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas — that the first 4G LTE Windows Phones will be available exclusively from AT&T*.
- De la Vega and Ballmer were joined by Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC, to introduce the HTC TITAN™ II and showcased the smartphone's 4.7-inch display and industry-leading 16-megapixel camera, among other features.
- Stephen Elop, chief executive officer, Nokia, also took the stage to announce that AT&T would be the exclusive carrier for Nokia's first ever 4G LTE Windows Phone in the U.S. De la Vega will join Elop at a Nokia press conference at 3:00 p.m. (PST) later today where more details will be shared.
- The AT&T Developer Summit is a two-day event for software developers to participate in a Hackathon, hear the latest news on AT&T 4G devices and network and get technical news and marketing insights from industry experts. Over 2,000 developers are attending. AT&T remains focused on opening up its network to developers and creating opportunities for collaboration. The two-day AT&T Developer Summit underscores this commitment.
- At the Developer Summit, AT&T also provided an update on its 4G LTE network build and outlined the benefits of its blended network technologies approach, which offers customers with compatible devices consistently fast 4G speeds in and out of 4G LTE areas.
- All news releases and related multimedia content are available in the AT&T online newsroom: att.com/aboutus. Customers can learn more about the devices previewed today at att.com/ces.
Windows Phone Leadership
AT&T is the leader in Windows Phones—outselling all other carriers and planning to offer the first portfolio of 4G LTE-capable Windows Phones. AT&T will exclusively offer the first two 4G LTE-capable Windows Phones in the U.S. The HTC TITAN II, and a new Windows Phone from Nokia will run Windows Phone 7.5 and take Windows Phone users to a new level of mobile broadband with 4G LTE speeds backed by AT&T's nationwide 4G-capable, HSPA+ network.
HTC TITANâ"¢ II
- The HTC TITAN™ II, the latest Windows Phone from HTC, runs on AT&T's 4G LTE network and is powered by a 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S2 processor by Qualcomm. TITAN II features AT&T's largest-ever 16-megapixel camera with a dedicated image processor and a back-illuminated sensor for low light. The device's 4.7-inch screen, boasting the largest display among Windows Phones globally, is perfect for watching movies, playing games, emailing or surfing the web.
Exclusive to AT&T, the HTC TITANâ"¢ II will be available in the coming months at AT&T company-owned stores and online.
Nokia Windows Phone
- AT&T will be the exclusive carrier of Nokia's first ever 4G LTE Windows Phone. More details will be shared during Nokia's press conference in Las Vegas at 3 p.m. PST.
"We're thrilled to extend our Windows Phone leadership by being the first carrier to bring 4G LTE Windows Phones to our customers,†said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. "Offering a best-in-class 4G smartphone portfolio, coupled with a fast, high-performing 4G LTE network and innovative, next-generation applications, is how we give our customers the best mobile broadband experience in the industry.â€
"Windows Phone takes a different approach by putting people first.†said Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft. "We're incredibly optimistic about the opportunity ahead and especially today's announcement to launch the first LTE Windows Phones in the U.S. on AT&T's network."
Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. 4G speeds delivered by LTE, or HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul, where available. Deployment ongoing. Compatible device and data plan required. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. Learn more at att.com/network.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
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Open the wifi manager addon from APPS -> Programs addons -> wifi manager.
Press "Add" to browse available networks
From the available network list select SSID of the network you want to connect to and press "OK" button on the remote.
Once prompted, enter your network access credentials and press done.
Look for the status messages, it should show "Connecting -> IP config -> Connected"
Once connection is successfully established a new connection is created with the SSID of your network.
Verify status showing both local network and internet connectivity.
Navigate to the "Cancel" button (since you are done with the configuration) to exit the addon.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSYS) management is scheduled to present at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 9:20 a.m. ET in New York City. A live audio webcast and archive will be available for 90 days at the company's web site www.fuelsystemssolutions.com.
About Fuel Systems Solutions
Fuel Systems Solutions (Nasdaq:FSYS) is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of proven, cost-effective alternative fuel components and systems for use in transportation and industrial applications. Fuel Systems' components and systems control the pressure and flow of gaseous alternative fuels, such as propane and natural gas, used in internal combustion engines. These components and systems feature the Company's advanced fuel system technologies, which improve efficiency, enhance power output and reduce emissions by electronically sensing and regulating the proper proportion of fuel and air required by the internal combustion engine. In addition to the components and systems, the Company provides engineering and systems integration services to address unique customer requirements for performance, durability and configuration. Additional information is available at www.fuelsystemssolutions.com.
CONTACT: Investor Relations Contacts: LHA Carolyn M. Capaccio firstname.lastname@example.com Cathy Mattison email@example.com (415) 433-3777
Source:Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.


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Node Manager service will not stay up due to Bootstrap manager failing to start.
From DocWiki
|Problem Summary
|In an HA cluster, the Cisco Unified CCX Node Manager service crashed on the master node, and cannot be started since the BOOTSTRAP Manager failed to start.
|Error Message
|The "BOOTSTRAP_SYNC_ERROR:Synchronize bootstrap repository error with "failed to acquire READ lock" or "failed to acquire WRITE lock" error messages are seen in the MCVD log.
|Possible Cause
|There were "Tx-*.BAD" files in C:\Program Files\wfavvid\BSTxState folder on both nodes. So it looks like there were problems between JINI and windows on the server that prevented the bootstrap managers to synch with each other.
|Recommended Action
Manually clean the "Tx-*.BAD" files on both nodes as follows:
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Gianfranco Zola says claims by Matej Vydra's agent that the striker is "very likely" to sign for Watford permanently is good news for everyone associated with the club.
Vydra has scored 16 goals in 23 league appearances since he joined the Golden Boys on loan from Udinese in the summer, netting eight times in his last five outings in the Championship.
This has resulted in interest from Premier League clubs and Vydra's agent claims one of those teams is in the top six of the Premier League – believed to be Tottenham Hotspur.
Vydra's agent Ondrej Chovanec seemed to make contradictory comments regarding the player's future in an interview with Sky Sports this week.
Chovanec said he would not be making a rash decision regarding Vydra's future but then added it was "very likely" the striker would be joining Watford permanently in January.
Zola told the Watford Observer: "I think it is good news for all the supporters of Watford. We have a young, talented player who is doing very well for this club and a lot of teams want him. Some are Premier League clubs but the player wants to stay here and is talking about staying at this club. It is great news for all of us.
"We work hard to make things good for the players and we take a lot of pleasure from indications like this."
Vydra burst on to the Czech football scene in January 2010 when he signed for Banik Ostrava from Jihlava at the age of 17.
He was only at the club six months but his performances resulted in the forward earning the Czech Revelation of the Year award and a multi-million pound move to Udinese.
Vydra only made a handful of appearances during his first year in Italy and then suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury early into his loan spell at Club Brugge in Belgium last season.
However, the striker's displays for Watford earned his first call-up to the full Czech Republic squad in August and he has since gone on to play three times for his country.
Zola said: "When Matej came over here in the beginning, we knew he was a very good finisher. We knew that straight away. But now he has become more of a complete player because he helps the team in the build-up, he helps the team defensively and he has an excellent understanding with Troy Deeney."
When asked if he believes Vydra could make an impact at Premier League level, Zola replied: "What he is doing right now is not a common thing.
"Certainly he is doing very well but it is the work of the team which has allowed him to be in the position to score, I think.
"Everyone is working hard for each other and Matej is the one who is scoring a lot of goals. But Troy scored six or seven goals in a row recently and we need to keep in mind that this is team work and Matej is doing exceptionally well but it is because everybody is working hard to make sure he scores the goals," the Hornets head coach added.


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Mackie Tracktion 2 - Amazing Price Drop!
Simple. Powerful. Revolutionary. Welcome to Tracktion 2, Mackie's revolutionary music production software, now available at a great low price - only £29! VIEW ITEM
If you've tried other music production software on the market today and found it cumbersome, limited or just plain un-inspiring, you've come to the right place.
Tracktion is a revolutionary, easy-to-use music production application that contains everything most people will ever need to professionally record and mix music on a Mac or PC - without all the hassles and limitations of other audio software. Tracktion's hallmark is a clean, single-screen interface and streamlined operation, whether you're recording tracks, MIDI programming, or mixing down songs. It offers rock-solid operation, VST and ReWire support, and very low CPU usage with operating systems ranging from Mac OSX to Windows 2000 and XP. And it contains a whole host of professional features that you can actually use from day one.
Developed by programmer Julian Storer and Mackie, Tracktion 2 is a major step forward from the original version, adding more than 100 new features and updates, while still maintaining the core feature set that has made Tracktion a runaway success.
To make the Tracktion 2 even more attractive, we've created 8 new Tracktion Attraction bundles, that combine Tracktion 2 with several different audio interfaces, that suit the most diverse needs and budgets - and for an even better value! Please view our TRACKTION ATTRACTION BUNDLES
And if you want more...you WILL get more! All buyers will receive an email offer for a heavily discounted Tracktion 3 once it comes out
- Clean, single-screen interface for easy recording, mixing and mastering
- Full suite of name-brand plug-ins from IK Multimedia, Lin Plug, reFX, Bismark, Acuma Labs, Raw Materials and more
- Unlimited track count (Depending on your computer's CPU)
- Support for sample rates up to 192kHz
- Importing and exporting of all major file types
- Simple drag-and-drop audio editing
- Track freezing for conserving CPU power
- VST instrument and plug-in support
- ReWire™ support for use with Reason™ software
- Powerful MIDI programming and editing with step recording
- Built-in Quicktime™ support
- 64-bit mix engine for superb sound quality
- Built-in sampler
- MIDI mapping for external controllers
- MTC input/output, MIDI Clock output, and MMC send/receive
- Powerful project management features
System Requirements
- Windows 2000/XP
- Pentium III (or better) processor
- G4 (or better) recommended
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The Official Super Bowl Party Checklist
The Super Bowl is only a few days away and I'm sure some of you plan on hosting the ultimate party!
For some of us, it's ALL about the festivities, so preparing a space for close friends (and sometimes strangers) comes with a high set of responsibilities. And the goal is to have the Super Bowl party of the year!
Here is a list of the essentials you absolutely must have for this Sunday!
Super Bowl Equipment
Mainstays 6′ Fold-In-Half Table for $32. Available at Walmart.


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Last night I ordered sushi and sashimi from Mi-Ne, the best of our many local Japanese restaurants. I purposely avoided ordering bluefin tuna (which is on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's do not eat list) but I couldn't resist a double order of big eye tuna sashimi. I just crossed my fingers and hoped it was not caught with a longline.
While we were eating our dinner, Martin and Oliver and I discussed how hard it is to be a conscientious sushi consumer who avoids fish that are on the Watch and Avoid lists. As both an active member of the Endangered Fish Alliance and a very concerned earthling who buys hundreds of pounds of seafood a day, Martin knows the fish on the endangered list by heart and follows the latest breaking news on the subject closely (in fact, he's excited that we now have a Canadian program that is similar to Monterey's).
When we finished eating, he went to the computer and pulled up this recent article, which reports encouraging news about the bluefin tuna crisis.
In précis, the article talks about Kindai, a farmed version of bluefin, developed at Kinki University's aquaculture program in Japan. Although you can't give the buyers of this tuna points for shopping locally, you certainly can thank them for finding an alternative to depleting the ocean stock of bluefin tuna.
Next time I see bluefin tuna on a restaurant menu, I'm going to ask if it is Kindai. I know it isn't likely that it will be, but at least I'll be letting restaurateurs know what I want before I order something else.
I know I told you to avoid Chinese food restaurants that serve shark fin soup two weeks ago and that I shook my finger about tetra packs last week. I might seem pushy but I feel really strongly that we all need to take responsibility for changing habits that are negatively affecting the earth and the oceans. Do you agree? If not, let me know.


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In the Daily Tom Angell Report there was an action alert, urging subscribers to put pressure on their Representatives to join the newly formed Cannabis Caucus. Below is more information about the Cannabis Caucus, per Decode DC:
There needs to be more strategy between us, those of us who are engaged in this. More of a long-term strategy, Rohrabacher told DecodeDC . [And] we need to have a vehicle in which people on the outside will be able to work through and sort of have a team effort from the inside and the outside.
Rohrabacher says Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is likely to emerge as the spokesman for the caucus, which he said will begin meeting in January.


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1D fans may be refused gigs entry
Young fans of chart superstars One Direction are being warned they could be turned away when the boyband begins a UK tour next month due to strict age limits.
Ticket-holders for t he Best Song Ever stars' stadium gigs are being cautioned to check they are old enough to actually attend when the gigs begin in Sunderland on May 28.
The city's Stadium of Light is urging people to check restrictions before they set out because under-12s will not be allowed to enter if they have a standing ticket.
And anyone under the age of 16 has to be with an adult. Sunderland AFC, which plays at the venue, says the restrictions are in force to ensure fans are safe.
Stewards will be on the gates and will turn back those who fall foul of the age limits. The Where We Are world tour gigs sold out in a matter of minutes and some fans could have failed to pay heed to the terms.
The club says no one under 12 will be allowed into the standing area on the pitch and should contact their booking agent if they have the wrong ones. Under-12s will be only allowed in seated areas, and gig-goers are advised to carry ID with their age, particularly if they look younger than they are.
Any group of seven under-16s must be with at least one adult.
The stadium shows are a step up from the arena dates the band played last year on their Take Me Home tour.
The head of security and safety at Sunderland , Paul Weir, said: "The age restrictions are laid down by the promoter to ensure the safety of everyone attending the show, which is a very different dynamic to anything we have staged at the Stadium of Light previously.
"The GA (general admission) pitch standing area is not a suitable environment for under 12s and anyone who doesn't meet the age requirements will not be allowed to enter the stadium. We would advise fans to check their tickets carefully in advance to avoid any issues on the day."


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The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries host a very large share of our planet's biodiversity. The BIOPAMA (Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management) Programme by IUCN and partners assists these countries in managing their natural heritage. IUCN European Union Representative Office acts as liaison between the Programme and the European Union institutions and the ACP Secretariat, based in Brussels.
The richness and diversity of plants, animals and ecosystems in protected areas of many countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific provides services to local people and communities in and around these areas. The protection and sustainable use of resources can help reduce poverty and provide benefits also for urban areas and communities. Yet, in most countries there are often information gaps and lack of adequate capacity to plan and effectively manage protected areas.
The BIOPAMA Programme seeks to address this challenge. Its objective is to develop a framework for improving technical and institutional approaches through capacity building and regional cooperation to manage biodiversity conservation, particularly in protected areas.
The IUCN European Union Representative Office supports the implementation of BIOPAMA by serving as connection point between the Programme and relevant actors based in Brussels. Its role is to ensure effective coordination, communication and liaison with the European Commission, the EU Members States associated to the project, as well as with the ACP Secretariat and other stakeholders in Europe. The IUCN European Union Representative Office supports the work of other IUCN entities: four IUCN Regional Offices (Oceania, West and Central Africa, East and South Africa and Mesoamerica), two IUCN Commissions (the World Commission on Protected Areas and the Species Survival Commission) and the IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme.
The programme was launched by the European Commission in July 2011 and it is funded with Intra-ACP resources from the 10th European Development Fund. It is implemented in cooperation with the European Commission Joint Research Centre and the the Multi-Donor ABS Initiative managed by GIZ. Its duration is four years.
For more information about the programme, contact Roxana Bucioaca and visit www.iucn.org/biopama.
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- The European Commission supports the mainstreaming of biodiversity into all sectors of its development and cooperation policies, aware of the link between biodiversity conservation, economic development and the eradication of poverty.
- The European Union's Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, adopted in May 2011, includes a global dimension and steps up the EU's contribution to averting global biodiversity loss.
- The EU is the largest contributor of biodiversity finance to developing countries. In 2006-2010, the EU and its 27 Member States committed around 1.7 billion Euros each year for biodiversity related aid.
- The fundaments of EU's cooperation relations for the economic, social and cultural development of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States are defined by the Cotonou Agreement.
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HOUSTON – With his club looking for a second half spark, Brad Davis provided the necessary magic to clinch another home victory for the Houston Dynamo and the club's name in the history books in the process.
The Eastern Conference battle looked destined to finish even, with neither team able to gain a foothold on the second half, but in the 81st minute Davis took a Kofi Sarkodie pass and clipped in a cross that went untouched and nestled in the far-side netting.
Davis' goal proved the clincher in a 2-1 win that extended Houston's home winning streak to four games this season and 35 games dating back to July 2011. The result allowed the Dynamo to rise above Real Salt Lake into sole possession of the all-time MLS record for home wins, the third longest such streak in all of North American sports.
OPTA Chalkboard: Houston make possession count in physical game
Will Bruin got the scoring started on the day by making his return from a hamstring injury in style, heading home his second goal of the season to give the Dynamo a 1-0 lead in the 26th minute. Davis did the heavy lifting, earning every bit of his assist by turning Wells Thompson inside-out to get space and swing in a perfect cross, and the striker made no mistake, heading his shot to the far post and out of Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson's reach.
The goal was a just reward for a first 25 minutes that were all Dynamo. Houston dominated the ball early in the game and looked the more dangerous side, coming close to scoring when Davis' 20-yard free kick drew a athletic one-handed save from Johnson in the 18th minute.
The Fire responded after the goal, putting more pressure on Houston's defense and evening things up three minutes later.
On a long throw-in, Houston was unable to clear the ball and Sherjill MacDonald set up Daniel Paladini, who laid a ball down past Corey Ashe to Chris Rolfe. The former US striker took his chance well, blasting a first-time shot to the near corner to make Houston pay and put the game at 1-1 going into the half.
The second half was more physical and chances were tough to come by until came close to breaking the deadlock in the 63rd minute when Ricardo Clark led a break down the field to set up Andrew Driver, who had a strong showing in place of the injured Boniek Garcia. However, Sean Johnson did well to bat down the shot, with no Dynamo player on hand to clean up the spill.
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Jeff Larentowicz nearly brought the Fire back for the second time on the day when he headed a Joel Lindpere free kick off the crossbar minutes after Davis' goal, the Fire's final clear chance on the day.
Both teams are back in action next Saturday, as Houston will head north to face Toronto FC while the Fire will host Midwestern rivals Columbus Crew the same day.


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Bill McCarthy asks "Are Iterators Fundamentally Flawed?"
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Iterators are at the core of .NET programming. Only rarely do developers actually work against indexed data, preferring to use for-each loops for most tasks. But is this inherently sequential access method appropriate as we turn more to multi-threaded applications?
If you consider an iterator primary task of getting the next element, then look at how it does it, you should observe a major design flaw… the operation is not atomic. An iterator's implementation is IEnumerator or IEnumerator(Of T), and IEnumerator require you to first call MoveNext then read the Current property. If you allow multiple threads to use the same IEnumerator, then you could get a call sequence such as MoveNext, MoveNext, Current, Current, which would skip one item and repeat the next one. So IEnumerator is not well designed for threading. This is a known design limitation, but rather than address that, languages like C# have implemented their iterators to be a different iterator per thread. That is they not only recognise the limitation but they also enforce it.
Bill continues with notes about how a new IEnumerator would have to work in order to properly support multiple threads.
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the whole concept of iteration points to a deeper flaw in most OO languages
andrew mcveigh
Thats a pointless discussion to begin with.
Francois Ward
At that point, its quite easy to multi-thread: and it is being done. MS is way ahead of this discussion, in the form of PLINQ, which has been discussed a lot here already. Once its released (along with the rest of the parallel framework), this will be a non-story.
Re: Thats a pointless discussion to begin with.
Al Tenhundfeld
This is one area where I think MS is ahead of the rest of the software community and certainly ahead of most developers using the MS technology stack.
Re: Thats a pointless discussion to begin with.
Francois Ward
Are they doing it better? Thats subjective. I think considering the limitations of OOP and imperative languages (or hybrid with functions as first class constructs), what they're doing is very, very good.
Ahead of most developers using MS Technology though? Definately. Basic multithreading in ASP.NET is quite easy and efficient (you can automatically "fork" all of your long running tasks, and they "join" back in the event where you're supposed to do your UI operations, so its perfect..), but almost no one uses it.
Iterators are usually too low level
Kurt Christensen
Iterators are a tool
Aaron Erickson
Indeed, FP and F# should make a lot of this go away.
Re: Thats a pointless discussion to begin with.
Jonathan Allen
Re: Thats a pointless discussion to begin with.
Francois Ward
The limitation of foreach loops in the article is that before you go to the next iteration, you have to finish the work for the current iteration. If you take all the work, and push it as a task in another thread, you can go to the next one right away (and the iteration itself is an insignificant operation for 99.9% of cases).
So PLINQ will just iterate normally, but do the work in separate, throttled threads (throttled because if you have 1000 elements to work on, and you start 1000 threads, you'll bottleneck elsewhere and things will be slower, not faster, in many cases), and wait for all of the signals before telling the main thread that all the 1000 jobs are done.
Typical throttled fork/join operations, just with a whole lot less pain :)
As a note, PLINQ doesn't actually work on IEnumerables, but really on IParallel (or something). Before using PLINQ, you have to call the AsParallel() extension method to convert the IEnumerable to a parallizable construct. Still requires a standard enumerator originally, but again, even with hundreds of thousand elements, usually looping through is an insignificant operation.
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There was a message left on the office phone one cold night in 2001, but the caller didn't leave his name. It was just an old raspy voice wanting to say hi.
I recognized the voice because I had heard him talk several hundred times, so I called him back to give him my regards. It was Art Donovan. Before I finished my introduction, he cut me off and started another conversation.
"I know who you are, kid," said the Baltimore Colts' former Pro Bowl defensive tackle. "I read your stuff. If I was Brian Billick, I would have punched you in the face by now. But you write what you see and you write the truth. Keep up the good work. I just wanted to tell you that."
Those words have stayed with me throughout my career because they came from Art Donovan. He died Sunday at 89 of a respiratory ailment, and with his passing, he took a big part of Baltimore with him.
There are few athletes in sports who truly capture the heart of a town, and Baltimore has been lucky to have ones like Johnny Unitas, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr. and Donovan.
None in that elite group was more symbolic of Baltimore than Donovan.
He ate like us, talked like us and worked among us. He drank Schlitz beer and burped on the airwaves. He'd cuss you one moment and praise you the next, but no one ever held any malice.
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"He is Baltimore," said former Colts safety Bruce Laird, who played with good Colts teams in the 1970s. "Here is a guy that came from the Bronx, was in the military and made Baltimore his home. He wasn't just an icon on the field, but in the community. He was a gentleman and a free spirit. He didn't care what he said and how he said it, and he didn't give a hoot. He was himself all the time.
"If he didn't like you, you would know that within 30 seconds because he would tell you. He didn't worry about being politically correct or shy away from any issue. He told you what was on his mind, and he'd probably have spoken that way to the pope. Artie didn't judge people except on who they were. Man, what a character."
Donovan played from 1950 through 1961 during a time when there was no free agency and players still had to hold jobs in the offseason to make a living. The players lived in the community, and it wasn't strange to see them in local restaurants and bars before and after games.
Donvovan was a great player, a five-time Pro Bowl selection at defensive tackle, but he received just as much recognition after he retired as when he played.
Donovan could laugh at himself just as much as he could laugh at others. At one point, he became a regular on the "Late Show with David Letterman." In Baltimore, fans would love to hear Donovan tell football stories either as a host of his popular show with fellow ex-Colt Ordell Braase and local sportscaster Tom Davis or at his country club.
To get Donovan to speak, all you had to do was offer him a six pack of Schlitz.
At times, Donovan could be harsh in his criticism, and he would have been fired numerous times in the politically correct world of today's media, but Donovan seldom got in trouble because we all identified with him.
He could be loud and obnoxious, but he was blue collar.
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"I was young enough to see him as a player and fortunate enough to be around him as a broadcaster," said Davis, now with MASN. "It was a joy to be around him. He was an unbelievable figure and a funny character, one of the funniest men I have ever been around."
The last and only time I ever met Donovan personally came nearly a year ago at a rehabilitation center in Timonium. I was visiting a family member, and Donovan was sitting in the lobby with Laird. I introduced myself and then went upstairs.
About 20 minutes later, I went through the lobby again and there was Donovan sitting by himself. I went over and we talked about football for nearly 45 minutes.
He cracked on today's quarterbacks for being soft and chided the players who dance after every sack. We talked about the old Colts and the new Ravens, and finally I said goodbye.
"Hey, kid," Donovan said. "You keep doing what you do. Keep telling the truth. That's why I read your damn column."
And I felt good again, because it came from Artie Donovan. It was real and there was never any pretense with him. He will always be one of our Baltimore heroes.


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WASHINGTON — Vice President Biden on Tuesday said GOP lawmakers who are threatening to block a vote on gun legislation are making an "almost mind-boggling" move but said he holds hope that the Republican lawmakers will come around and support a vote.
Fourteen GOP lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, have said they would likely move to block a vote on gun legislation out of concerns that the bill — which includes a provision to expand background checks —would infringe on American's right to bear arms.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Tuesday that the Senate will vote on Thursday to try to end the GOP filibuster.
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"Why don't people up there understand this?" Biden said in a speech to law enforcement officers in Washington. "What has to happen to break through the consciousness of the people up on (Capitol) Hill?"
The Senate is expected to begin debate on the gun legislation this week. The current version of the Senate gun bill would strengthen current laws on gun trafficking and straw purchasers, increase grants for improvements in school safety as well as expand background checks to nearly every gun purchase.
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'It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. It is the same for anything that is called a Way. Therefore, it is inconsistent to hear something of the Way of Confucius or the Way of the Buddha, and say that this is the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own.'
Well established hierarchies are not easily uprooted;
Closely held beliefs are not easily released;
So ritual enthralls generation after generation.
Harmony does not care for harmony, and so is naturally attained;
But ritual is intent upon harmony, and so can not attain it.
Harmony neither acts nor reasons;
Love acts, but without reason;
Justice acts to serve reason;
But ritual acts to enforce reason.
When the Way is lost, there remains harmony;
When harmony is lost, there remains love;
When love is lost, there remains justice;
But when justice is lost, there remains ritual.
Ritual is the end of compassion and honesty,
The beginning of confusion;
Belief is a colourful hope or fear,
The beginning of folly.
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He dwells in the fruit, not the flower;
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but still wanted to talk all about love. This is the result! Have a great day full of love and kisses!
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THIS IS SO CUTE!! I want to keep watching it over & over. THANKS so much for inviting us to join in. We had a blast. We could have filmed people kissing in Times Sq. all day. They were all so excited to do it.ReplyDelete
I looooove this!!! Seriously made me choke up a bit!ReplyDelete
This is LOVELY! Cute video, ladies :)ReplyDelete
Me (and Raymond!) love how this turned out! Very cute!ReplyDelete
I really like the quote "Love isn't finding a soulmate, it's being a soulmate". So true, great perspective.ReplyDelete
LOVE this. ;) This was just perfect and brightened my holiday that much more. Love, love, love!ReplyDelete
Love it! This was great!ReplyDelete
Oh my word...this turned out cute. I love all the families and Mara and Danny! Love them. I feel like they really have the love thing down. I love, love too even though I'm single. It's the single greatest feeling in the world and I love to love someone.ReplyDelete
Speaking kindly when under pressure - my downfallReplyDelete
Love this video, what a happy inspiration on an already great day! Much love xxReplyDelete
Awwwwww! This was sweet!ReplyDelete
Love the Times Square kissing!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Shut the front door...you are married to KERRY BELLESSA!!!! Please tell him that Erin Robert says hi. WE went to Rick's college together a million years ago.
I found your blog through Mara.
Loved the video so much!!!
This is adorable! Perfect little Valentine's video for such a happy day :)ReplyDelete
Mara! Your and Danny's signs were my FAV. They are all so, so true. Thanks for the reminder. xoxo,
This video made my day! So simple but so true! All you need is love!
CRYING. so sweetReplyDelete
HAHA love what you said about the gray cardigan. story of my life with my husb! love love and happy people!
Such a cute video!!!ReplyDelete


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If you're like most endurance athletes, you're concerned about your weight. You know that every extra pound slows you down. Matt Fitzgerald's Racing Weight Quick Start Guide applies all the principles of his best-selling book Racing Weight in a detailed set of weight-loss training plans. You will devote 4 to 8 weeks to starting a weight loss of 5, 10, or 20+ pounds. Lose weight quickly by following a schedule of high-intensity workouts and strength training as well as a menu of calorie-restricted, high-protein meals and snacks. Low-volume and high-volume plans make it possible for cyclists, runners, and triathletes with a wide range of experience to maintain their training levels. Replace fat with muscle while keeping your appetite in check.
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Based on Google's own words at the announcement and the devices very name, Chromecast, it would be a reasonable assumption that the highly sought after new $35 dongle from Google was running some variant of Chrome OS. The people at GTVHacker have found that instead the Chromecast is instead running a stripped down version of Google TV which makes it an Android device.
Before you get your hopes up you won't be installing your favorite Android apps on it anytime soon. Here's the relevant quote:
To be specific, it's actually a modified Google TV release, but with all of the Bionic / Dalvik stripped out and replaced with a single binary for Chromecast. Since the Marvell DE3005 SOC running this is a single core variant of the 88DE3100, most of the Google TV code was reused. So, although it's not going to let you install an APK or anything, its origins: the bootloader, kernel, init scripts, binaries, are all from the Google TV.GTVHacker
The upshot of their findings is that Chromecast could potentially be turned into a tiny Google TV. Having owned a Google TV for the last couple years I'm actually not entirely sure that's preferable to seeing what Google has in mind for the Chromecast, but hey I'm never one to get between people and their tech tinkering.
You can watch their video below or if you want to read more about what they did or roll the dice and try it yourself hit the source link below for full instructions.


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by Susan Mikula Campbell
A contentious three-hour meeting of the Town of Niagara Town Board dragged on Tuesday with disagreements on bills, business plans and hiring, plus two executive sessions.
Tops in the good news department was the approval of funding for fireworks and entertainment for the town's annual Fourth of July bash set for July 1.
A resolution to pay a $19,763 bill to Clark Patterson Lee for engineering work related to the upcoming expansion of Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls was tabled by a 3-2 vote.
"This is just silly, and it's going to jeopardize a $100 million project," said Supervisor Steve Richards.
Councilman Charles Teixeira said he wanted the building inspector to see a copy of the bill before it was approved. Councilman Rob Clark objected that the bill "just has names on it and doesn't say what they did."
Richards pointed out that the board, during the same meeting, had approved bills structured the same way. He also noted that the bill would not go to taxpayers, but be paid out of an account set up for the town by the mall expansion developer Macerich Co., a Santa Monica, Calif., company that owns regional and community shopping centers across the country.
In other matters:
•The board defeated by a 3-2 vote a request by Patrick Gabriel, owner of the new Parks Furniture next to Sam's Club on Porter Road, to allow a change in the plans for an upgrade of the driveway entrance.
Plans are in the works to move Sam's, owned by Walmart, to the new Walmart area off Military Road.
The change will mean the entrance for traffic won't be as much of an issue any more and Gabriel wants to use some of the money set aside by Walmart for the entry to enhance the outside of his building (the old Walmart). The change, approved by the town's Planning Board, was defeated by the board. While Richards said the move sent the wrong signal to the business community, Teixeira said Walmart should have taken care of the entrance issue two years ago.
•The board approved $8,800 for fireworks by Skylighters, a stage, sound system and entertainment for the Fourth of July event to be held the evening of Monday, July 1, in Veterans Park on Lockport Road. Headliner will be Western New York singer, entertainer and "Love Doctor" Lance Diamond, with Rip and the Band Dogs as opening act.
•After much discussion and questioning, the board decided to officially "create" a part-time fire code inspector position instead of making the move to "appoint" one. The board had previously reduced the building inspector job to a single part-time position. Richards said that even when that office was staffed with three full-time positions, the fire inspections weren't being done, both costing the town money in fees and possibly endangering residents.
Councilman Danny Sklarski noted that the fire inspector would be an outside contractor paid a percentage of the fees he or she collects.
•The board approved the hiring of Lee Wallace to supervise the town's Recreation Department, for an amount not to exceed $1,750 a month between June 16 and Dec. 31. He headed the department prior to the hiring of Sue Kotlarz, whose resignation was accepted with regret at Tuesday's meeting. Wallace is retired as athletic director at Niagara County Community College.
•The board also approved the hiring of Travis Maggard as a part-time police officer and the rehiring of John Marcyan as a part-time police officer. The board also accepted the resignation of part-time police officer Edward Finley, who has accepted a full-time job with the Niagara County Sheriff's Office.
•Eric Hinterberger of Petroleum Street brought photos to convince the board that something needs to be done about the corner property at Petroleum and Lockport Road.
"That is a pigsty. It's an eyesore to the Town of Niagara and it's at the end of my street," he said, adding that the problem has existed for at least two years and "it's only getting worse.
He also noted that the owner of the old Party Time bar is parking unlicensed cars on the volleyball court behind the building, and he is concerned that the property will be turned into a junkyard.
•The board approved the tax assessment settlement between the town and Otto Redanz Funeral Home on Military Road. Town Attorney Michael Risman explained the settlement involved reducing the funeral home's assessed value from $356,000 to $309,000, based on sale prices of other funeral homes in Western New York. It also included reducing the assessed value of an adjacent vacant residence and lot from $70,000 to $35,000. Redanz is waiving a tax refund from the town and the new assessments will start next year, he said.
•The board approved a resolution directing the town attorney and councilmen Danny Sklarski and Marc Carpenter to develop an employee handbook for all current employees and new hires that will include all town policies and procedures affecting them.
•The board approved advertising for bids starting June 20 for reconstruction of dugouts in the town park's baseball fields.


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Maplewood Smoked Rainbow Trout Salad
The tartness of apple and blood orange brings out the smoke, pepper and salt of the Rainbow Trout in a delectable contrast of flavors and textures. A fine appetizer or a light lunch.
2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
1 tsp. finely chopped shallot
1⁄4 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. olive oil
8 cups mixed baby salad greens
3 med. blood oranges or navel oranges, sectioned
2 maplewood-smoked cracked black pepper rainbow trout fillets (about 6 oz. each), skin removed, flaked
1 small green apple, sliced
1 small endive, separated into spears
1. Whisk together vinegar, shallot, and salt; whisk in olive oil. Toss greens with dressing; divide among 4 serving plates.
2. Divide orange sections and smoked trout over greens. Garnish with apple slices and endive spears.


text: We've been waiting years to see what ArenaNet's been working on in action, and this weekend IGN's Charles Onyett has been granted the keys to the beta kingdom. Charles demonstrates the extreme versatility of Guild Wars 2's classes as he roams the gorgeous world as a magical cat-person slaying giant pigs in public quest events. Check out his in-depth preview, including tons of HD video of in-game action.


text: Damage is also caused by other factors. Fingerprints leave behind oils and dirt. Film can be scratched and torn by projectors that have not been properly maintained or by improper threading of film in the projector. Projectors grip and pull film by the perforations (sprocket holes) along the edges; these perforations can easily be torn, often leading to extensive damage to the film. Depending on the extent of the damage, torn film and broken sprocket holes can usually be repaired.


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Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Rachel Ernzen weighs in on bad habits.
Information about the relationship between food and health abounds in newspapers, magazines, books, TV and Internet. Foods have become more readily available and portion sizes have grown, but we lead more sedentary daily lives. Many Americans are unaware of the calorie content of foods and beverages, as well as how many calories they need each day.
The following habits are conversation starters, using the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to help dispel myths:
Skipping meals
When meals are skipped, blood sugar can be affected. Waiting more than four to five hours between meals can lead to low blood sugar, feelings of fatigue or food cravings, which may lead to overeating.
Whether you eat three meals daily, five to six small meals throughout the day or something in between, keeping in touch with your hunger can help prevent eating excess calories. Try the food plan calculator at choosemyplate.gov to determine your estimated calorie needs.
These low-calorie (under 200 calories), nutrient-packed yet simple snacks can help curb hunger or provide a bridge to the next meal when you're on the go:
•1 cup tomato soup with five whole-grain crackers.
• Grab-and-go salad: 2 cups mixed greens, 1/2 cup mandarin oranges, 1 tablespoon sliced almonds and 2 tablespoons reduced-fat dressing.
•6 ounces fat-free yogurt with 1/2 cup berries.
•1 sliced banana with 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter.
•1 packet of plain oatmeal made with skim milk.
Distracted eating
It is easy to overeat when your attention is focused on something else. Remember that beverages count, with most liquids other than water providing calories. Before you eat, check in with your hunger. Aim to eat when you are truly hungry but not so ravenous that you eat without control.
Consider the following to avoid distracted eating and overeating:
•Take at least 20 minutes to eat.
•Limit TV time, and don't eat while watching TV.
•Cut calories by drinking water or unsweetened beverages.
•Exchange large bags of snack foods for their single-serving counterparts, or pre-portion snack foods and put the remainder out of sight.
Portion distortion
When eating at restaurants, it's easy to see that portion sizes have gotten larger in the last few years. Research shows that people unintentionally consume more calories when faced with larger portions, leading to eating more calories than your body needs. Over time, excess calories can lead to weight gain.
Here are some tips to help you control of the amount of food that ends up on your plate:
•When dining out, split an entree with a friend or ask for a take-home box and wrap up half of your meal as soon as it's brought to the table.
•Do your homework: Most restaurants provide nutritional information on the Internet, so be proactive and review this information to help you choose wisely.
•When dining at home, try serving food on individual plates instead of keeping serving dishes on the table.
♥Store tempting foods like cookies, chips or ice cream out of immediate sight (on a high shelf or at the back of the freezer). Better yet, replace these foods with more healthful items like fresh fruit, low-fat Greek-style yogurt cups or high-fiber snack bars.
To learn more about the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, or how to improve your daily physical activity, go to


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May 25, 2001
May 25, 2001
Tucson, Ariz. - Junior right-handed pitcher James Garcia was named a Louisville Slugger Third Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, it was announced today. The Torrance, California native will pitch tonight in UC Santa Barbara's opening game of the NCAA Regionals against Florida International in South Bend, Indiana.
Garcia, the first UCSB All-American since Jerrold Roundtree in 1991, finished the regular season with a 10-2 record and 2.63 ERA. He pitched five complete games while striking out 105 batters in 116.1 innings of work. He becomes only the second All-American pitcher in UCSB history.