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Orange has revealed the latest addition to the affordable mobile market in the shape of the Hollywood, a handset that features both a Qwerty keyboard and a touchscreen.
What is it with Orange? They love their American locations. First there was the San Francisco, then the San Diego and now the Hollywood. However, whereas the previous two ran Android, the Orange Hollywood is very much a back-to-basics offering.
Weighing just 95g, the Orange Hollywood's touchscreen measures 2.4-inches, which can be used to access various preloaded social network feeds including Twitter and Facebook. Flip the phone over and you'll find a 3.2-megapixel camera, though there's no mention of any flash.
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text: This Pilot study follows up on a publication entitled "A novel X-linked inborn error of carnitine biosynthesis and a neuronal carnitine pathway hypothesis for autism." This paper describes a new genetic condition (called TMLHE deficiency) that results in the loss of ability to make carnitine in the body. Carnitine is a nutrient that is taken in in the diet but also can be made in the body. The carnitine content of red meats is very high while that of vegetables is very low. The TMLHE gene is on the X-chromosome so that it is sex-linked and occurs predominantly in males. This inability to make carnitine is very common at about 1 in 400 normal males. There a frequent mutation (abnormality causing loss of activity) that is 3.7 times more frequent in brother-brother pairs with autism compared to control males (p = 0.012). TMLHE deficiency is present in 0.5-1% of autism cases. The fact that many healthy adult males also have TMLHE deficiency may be explained by differences in carnitine intake in infancy. The TMLHE has high activity in brain suggesting that carnitine or related chemicals may be important for brain function. It is proposed a neuronal carnitine pathway hypothesis that implies that a significant fraction of non-dysmorphic autism (NDA) is caused by abnormalities of carnitine metabolism with a major gene-diet interaction. They also propose that the hypothesis is testable by analysis of carnitine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and by clinical trials of carnitine supplementation. Non-dysmorphic autism refers to autistic children who do not have birth defects and whose body and face look normal. This Pilot study aims to expand the information about the role of the TMLHE gene in autism. The research has the potential to show that the 0.5 to 1% of autism that is associated with TMLHE deficiency will be preventable and partially reversible at early ages through carnitine supplementation. This study has the potential to support research that tests the hypothesis that some larger fraction of NDA can be prevented or reversed through carnitine related therapy.


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As citizens who serve children and represent their communities, individual school board members face complex and demanding challenges. Yet, few people fully understand the scope and far-reaching implications of board members' responsibilities. All Texans should recognize the vital contributions of these men and women and focus attention on the crucial role these elected leaders play in the education of our children. They truly make a difference every day.Their job is to establish a vision for the education program, design a structure to achieve that vision, assure schools are accountable to the community, and strongly advocate continuous improvement in student learning. That job entails an endless string of meetings and school functions to attend; reams of reports, agendas, proposals and other information to read and study; and a host of difficult decisions to make.School board members come from all walks of life. They are farmers, secretaries, doctors, lawyers, homemakers, teachers, truck drivers, business owners, professors, architects, ranchers and real estate agents, to name just a few.While they wear many hats in the workday world, school board members put on a collective hat when they get down to the business of leading their school districts. Board members must pull together as a team toward a common goal — helping our students achieve. While they may individually disagree on certain issues, their role as a board is to consistently strive toward excellence.Board members contribute hundreds and hundreds of hours each year governing their districts. Whether crafting policies, hiring administrators, listening to staff and student concerns or recognizing outstanding programs, board members always keep their eyes on the goal of student achievement.The time spent in board meetings represents just a small fraction of the hours school board members devote to their jobs. They work hard at seminars and training sessions to keep abreast of the latest changes in state and federal regulations and learn trends in educational leadership. They also are deeply involved in community activities and spend many hours in the schools and at extracurricular events. Their love of learning and concern and caring for students, staff and the community drive board members' desire to ensure every student can succeed.In recognition of this service, January is designated as School Board Recognition Month and countless districts across the state will take this opportunity to say thanks to their trustees for giving so much to their communities. Make a special effort to tell each school board member that his or her hard work has been noticed and is truly appreciated.Sweetwater ISD school board members are Genevieve (Ginny) Mayes with 21 years of service, Russ Petty with eight years of service, Becky Jimenez with six years of service, Nancy Johnson with three years of service, Mark Meneses with two years of service, Leah Andrews with one year of service and Neal Hoover with one year of service.


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A gay student who sued his Ohio high school for prohibiting him from wearing a T-shirt designed to urge tolerance of gays will be allowed to wear the shirt to school whenever he chooses.
A judgment agreed to by Maverick Couch and the Waynesville Local School District was entered Monday in federal court in Cincinnati. It allows the teenager to wear the "Jesus Is Not A Homophobe" T-shirt and says the district must pay $20,000 in damages and court costs.
The lawsuit alleged that the district northeast of Cincinnati had violated Couch's freedom of expression rights.
The district did not immediately return calls Monday seeking comment.
Couch said the shirt is a statement of pride and he hopes other students now know they can feel pride, too.


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CBEmacro modem architecture enables semiconductor vendors to compete effectively in the high-growth tri-mode EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA market
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Jan. 18, 2006 – TTPCom Limited (TTPCom) and ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], today announced the results of comparative analysis which reveal that wireless applications processors that integrate the TTPCom CBEmacro 3G modem occupy less silicon area than current market-leading solutions, and benefit from the significantly greater efficiency and performance of the ARM1156T2-S™ processor subsystem to produce industry-leading Power, Performance and Area (PPA). As a result, the CBEmacro modem architecture will reduce silicon cost and improve battery life of dual mode WCDMA/EDGE and tri-mode HSDPA/EDGE baseband modems thereby giving silicon partners a competitive advantage.
As OEMs and ODMs seek to deliver cost-effective, high-end functionality for mid-tier and entry level dual and tri-mode mode handsets in 2007, the semiconductor industry is looking for ways to deliver additional modem functionality at a lower price. The CBEmacro modem design combines TTPCom's intelligent architecture with the ARM1156T2-S processor and AMBA® Fabric technology to enable licensees to deliver the industry's most compact and performance optimised dual-mode EDGE/WCDMA or tri-mode EDGE/HSDPA (Cat 6, 8 and 10) baseband silicon. System integration of a modem with a multimedia applications processor is eased by the use of the latest AMBA 3 AXI™ high-performance system components and the ability to share major subsystems such as embedded trace functionality and further reduce overall silicon area. This will enable semiconductor companies to offer a modem with market-leading PPA and increase their addressable market by an order of magnitude.
"Footprint, power, and cost are key to gaining handset market share, where the baseband and applications processor duties have become paramount in today's handset designs," stated Peter DiPaolo, Communications Technology manager at Semiconductor Insights (SI). "SI has performed more than 40 technical analyses on leading-edge baseband and applications processor chips within the past year, including coverage of all of the major vendors. Bringing together our analytical expertise and TTPCom's technical excellence, TTPCom was able to demonstrate that the CBEmacro 3G is a world class EDGE/ WCDMA modem design in both technical specification and die area."
"When designing the CBEmacro 3G platform, we set out not only to provide our customers with competitive advantage through dual mode WEDGE and HSDPA functionality, but to enable them to compete directly with the world's leading players on die size, performance and power consumption," said Julian Hildersley, managing director of TTPCom's Silicon Business Unit. "Bill of Material (BoM) costs are crucial in today's competitive handset market where as little as 50 cents can make or break a deal. Consequently every millimeter of die area saved improves the economics of the deal."
A comparative analysis, in which the CBEmacro modem (EDGE/ WCDMA) replaced the modem functionality in a state-of-the-art wireless applications processor demonstrated TTPCom's design leadership. In a like for like comparison on a 90nm process, the CBEmacro 3G design provides for both higher technical specification and smaller die size than the current market leader. This size advantage translates into cost benefits and higher yields while enabling TTPCom's customers to deliver an integrated baseband/applications processor loaded with key mass market peripherals.
"TTPCom's CBEmacro modem combines their expertise in cellular modem with the latest ARM® Thumb®-2 technology-enabled processor, AMBA 3 AXI interconnect, PrimeCell® memory controllers and peripherals, CoreSight™ debug system and RealView® tools which has resulted in an innovative solution for semiconductor manufacturers," said Rob Coombs, global director of Mobile Solutions, ARM. "Semiconductor Partners with advanced applications processors can now easily integrate a licensable cellular modem with market-leading PPA for the global cellular market. The CBEmacro modem's extensive use of the latest ARM system components has contributed to the cost effectiveness of this system solution."
To find out more or to see a demonstration of the TTPCom CBEmacro – visit TTPCom and ARM at the 3GSM in Barcelona.
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Performance advantages
In recent benchmarking activity, TTPCom modem software code in association with the ARM1156T2-S processor, compiled for ARM Thumb-2 technology, showed an efficiency gain of up to1.6x compared to the performance of previous generation cores running code compiled for Thumb technology. Consequently the processor and subsystem can be run at much lower frequencies, enabling implementation in ARM Artisan® MetroTM low-power libraries, and still achieve the desired modem functionality – a key issue for extended battery life.
About TTPCom
With 10 offices and development centres around the world, TTPCom Ltd. is the principal operating subsidiary of TTP Communications plc (LSE: TTC). The company develops intellectual property used in the design and manufacture of wireless communication terminals. TTPCom licenses its technology to leading semiconductor and terminal manufacturers worldwide, including Analog Devices, Intel, LG, NEC, Renesas, Sharp and Siemens.
TTPCom has established a world leading position with its GPRS, EDGE and 3G protocol software; offers rapid customisation of handsets through its AJAR applications framework; and develops both radio and baseband cellular engines through its macro products. More than 40 million devices using TTPCom technology were shipped during 2004. More information can be found on TTPCom's website at: http://www.ttpcom.com.
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ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, 3D processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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Former live-in girlfriend testifies Mazzaglia strangled Elizabeth Marriott, describes relationshipBy MIKE LAWRENCE
Union Leader Correspondent
June 03. 2014 4:12PM
DOVER — Kathryn "Kat" McDonough, the former live-in girlfriend of accused murderer Seth Mazzaglia, took the stand first thing Tuesday morning at Strafford County Superior Court and immediately testified that it was Mazzaglia who killed Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott in October 2012.
Mazzaglia, 31, faces charges of first- and second-degree murder in the Oct. 9, 2012 death of 19-year-old UNH student Marriott. McDonough, now 20, was in the Sawyer Mills home she shared with Mazzaglia on the night that Marriott died there after a game of strip poker.
In last Wednesday's opening statements, defense attorney Joachim Barth told jurors it was McDonough, not Mazzaglia, who killed Marriott that night during sexual acts involving bondage and erotic asphyxiation. Prosecutors have said Mazzaglia strangled Marriott while raping her limp body.
McDonough is serving a 1½- to three-year prison term after pleading guilty last July to charges including witness tampering and hindering the investigation.
Prosecutor Peter Hinckley's first question to McDonough on Tuesday morning was direct.
"Ms. McDonough, who killed Elizabeth Marriott?" he asked, immediately after she was sworn in and identified herself to the jury.
"Seth Mazzaglia," she replied, before testifying that Mazzaglia strangled Marriott with a rope and raped her limp body.
Hinckley also asked McDonough if she helped "cover up" Marriott's death and rape afterward.
"Yes, I did," McDonough said.
After the stunning start to the fifth day of the murder trial that has horrified and riveted Strafford County and New Hampshire, Hinckley moved his questioning to 2011, when McDonough and Mazzaglia met, and began questioning her about the origin and early days of their relationship.
'Soulmates beyond time'
McDonough said she met Mazzaglia in the spring of 2011, when they were in a theater production together in Portsmouth. She was 17 and he was 28. The relationship became romantic and sexual in October 2011, she said, when they were both working at a haunted house.
"He was very kind, very creative. He would always drive me around whenever I needed a ride…he would always tell me how special I was and how beautiful I was," McDonough said, describing the beginning of their romantic relationship. "He encouraged the things I liked to do, like theater and art. …He made me feel like I was very important, like I was the one for him."
Mazzaglia's impact on her life quickly mushroomed, according to McDonough's testimony.
Hinckley displayed a series of Facebook conversations between the two, in which Mazzaglia adopted different personas – such as "Dark Heart" and "Doomsday" – urged McDonough to move in with him and encouraged her to "cut ties" with her parents.
Mazzaglia referred in the messages to her father as a "waste of oxygen" and to her mother, repeatedly, as "mother dragon."
McDonough said Mazzaglia's use of several personas resonated with her, because she had done similar things herself since elementary school.
"When I was younger, I was dealing with a lot of trouble in my household growing up, and I was trying to figure out who I was as a person," she said. "I was very shy…so I created almost an alter-ego, a persona. …Someone who was very strong."
McDonough said her personas, such as "Skarlet" – changing the "c" to a "k" was Mazzaglia's idea, she said – would help her "get through a lot of the things (she) had to get through," and took on greater significance after she met Mazzaglia.
"When I met Seth, he told me he had the same thing…and it kind of fit what I was doing, so I went with it," she said, adding that it strengthened her attraction to him. "To find out that someone had something that was even more real than mine…it made me feel like I wasn't alone."
McDonough said she turned 18 in November 2011 and moved in with Mazzaglia in February 2012, despite her initial plans to wait until after she graduated that June.
McDonough said she believed that Mazzaglia had spiritual powers, could see into the future – through his "Cyrus" persona – and could affect forces of nature.
"He said that we were soulmates beyond time, like in past lives," she said. "He said that my mom was trying to keep us from being together, even on a subconscious, spiritual level."
Hinckley displayed one message in which Mazzaglia wrote to McDonough that "you have every right to call (your mother) an irresponsible parent and walk out of there and have me pick you up."
Hinckley also asked McDonough about Facebook messages in which Mazzaglia would discuss tarot card readings involving "death" and "darkness."
McDonough said she had only a passing interest in tarot cards before she met Mazzaglia.
"Once I started dating him, he actually gave me a deck…and told me that I would be good at it," she said.
Tarot cards became an important aspect of their relationship and even her decision-making for significant life choices, she said.
"He was almost always the one reading the cards," McDonough said. "At one point, when he read a deck, it said that I really needed to move out of my mom's house quickly."
In many of the Facebook messages Hinckley showed and read out loud Tuesday morning, Mazzaglia wrote that spiritual forces and entities were influencing and would be affected by McDonough's life decisions, such as whether to take an EMT class, move to Florida, attend college or move in with him.
McDonough said she eventually enrolled in an EMT class in Durham after Mazzaglia's urging, paying for it with about $700 from her savings. Mazzaglia also took the class and they both passed, she said.
Hinckley asked whether CPR treatment was part of the class, for someone with breathing problems. McDonough said it was.
'Controlling' relationship
Hinckley also asked McDonough about Facebook messages in which Mazzaglia wrote about "keeping the darkness in check" and ways that McDonough could keep him, Hinckley said, "from straying with other women."
McDonough said Mazzaglia told her that "bringing in other women" could help in that regard.
"He made it seem like such a good thing, but at the time, I didn't want to share him," McDonough said. She later added that she eventually consented to the idea, "mostly to please him…but every once in a while it seemed intriguing."
"They were usually my friends," McDonough said of the other women she would bring into her relationship with Mazzaglia. "From high school."
Hinckley asked if she would "often serve as an instructor or teacher" in sexual acts involving bondage and domination with her friends. McDonough said she would.
Guided by Hinckley's questioning, McDonough described her life with Mazzaglia from February to October 2012 as mostly spent in their apartment, spending "almost all day" with him on a daily basis and relatively little interaction with her own friends or time outside of their home.
"I would ask to go different places, like different stores I wanted to check out" or outdoor activities, she said. "We didn't end up doing many of them."
McDonough agreed at various times when Hinckley asked if Mazzaglia was "controlling" or "protective" of her, especially regarding time she spent with her family or with male friends. But she also said she continued to love him and his "caring" nature continued, as well.
McDonough gave most of her testimony in a flat, calm voice mostly without emotion, though she sounded sadly resigned in some responses. When Hinckley asked McDonough if she still adopted different personas, her reply was simple.
"No," she said.
Dominance and submission
McDonough agreed when Hinckley asked if sex was "a central part of her relationship" with Mazzaglia.
"It was pretty consistent. At least once a day, if not six or nine times a day," she said. "It was a BDSM relationship, based on dominant and submissive. Where one side of the party has control over the other."
McDonough said the roles were strongly defined.
"I was the submissive. He was the dominant," she said.
McDonough said she and Mazzaglia engaged in sex with different levels of dominance, including "submissive" and "slave."
"A submissive has more say," she said. "Their pleasure is also taken into consideration, even though it's not as much, whereas a slave…it's completely one-sided."
She said Mazzaglia would sometimes tie her up with "a soft, white cotton rope" or other restraints such as belts or collars, and always had control of their activities. He frequently would tie her up tightly enough to leave bruises or rope indentations on her skin, she said.
"There was 'master,' 'lord,' things like that," she said, citing how she would refer to him.
McDonough said Mazzaglia routinely used "derogatory sexual terms" to refer to her. "Like 'slut,' and 'whore,' things like that," she said.
Hinckley asked McDonough to describe the use of "breath control" in sex.
"Limiting the air intake to one other person," she said. "Usually he'd put his hands around my neck. …It wasn't very often."
McDonough said she occasionally had a rope tied around her neck during sex with Mazzaglia, "and he would pull on it."
"I never did it to him," she said.
Hinckley asked whether they ever used "safe words" to indicate when breath control, restraints or other violent sexual activities should be stopped.
"We didn't have a safe word at all," she said.
McDonough also said she and Mazzaglia sometimes had other people over to the apartment, to engage in group sex or sex while others were watching. Hinckley asked about their use of the term "alpha."
"We both used the term, but he was the alpha," she said. "If we had a big group of people, I would still be the top woman of the group."
She agreed when Hinckley asked if Mazzaglia was always the "overall alpha," regardless of the situation.
"He would have control of what was happening, but I could ask him if we could do something different," she said.
Hinckley ended the morning session of court proceedings by projecting on a large screen an erotic note that McDonough said she wrote to Mazzaglia, expressing her willingness to submit to him sexually.
She said a response below the note was written by Mazzaglia.
"To my willing, I will dominate you, brutally, without mercy," the response read. "I am your lord, and I will use you to your exhaustion."
McDonough's testimony will continue Tuesday afternoon.


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Tuberculosis (TB) has been one of the most important causes of premature death in South Africa. But the HIV epidemic has made it much worse, causing recorded TB deaths to triple from 1997 to 2005. TB kills more people in South Africa than any other disease. In Southern Africa and Eastern Europe, we face the growth of a drug-resistant TB epidemic. In Kwazulu-Natal the mortality rate from extensively drug resistant TB is close to 80%. TB is an enormous and frightening problem.
It is also a neglected disease. TB receives only a fraction of the global research funding received for cancer, heart disease and HIV. While the biggest investors in HIV research are pharmaceutical companies and the US National Institutes of Health, their investment in TB is pitiful. The largest funder of TB research is a private philanthropy organisation, the Gates Foundation. TB affects poor people with few resources to spend on new drugs, diagnostics or vaccines; it exposes the inequalities in global health research and care. TB also receives scant media coverage, perhaps because it is perceived as boring. But the evolving science of TB is fascinating and the human stories of suffering and coping with the disease are heart-wrenching.
The situation is changing. For the first time since the 1970s new TB drugs are not too far from approval. In particular a drug with the research name TMC207 has been shown to reduce treatment time for patients with drug-resistant TB (but it still needs further testing).
And a new diagnostic machine, the Gene Xpert, has been developed and is now recommended by the World Health Organisation. It diagnoses TB with reasonable sensitivity and high specificity in under two hours. It also diagnoses rifampicin resistance which is a strong indicator of multi-drug resistant TB. The Department of Health has announced that it has purchased 24 of these machines. This is enough to pilot them. We welcome this. If the device proves successful, it should be rolled out across the country.
The National Department of Health, under the leadership of Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, is approaching TB seriously and taking important steps to alleviate the epidemic. This is a wonderful change from what has come before. Nevertheless progress against the epidemic is slow. There are numerous actions that need to be taken. We list here the key ones:
If over the next ten years we respond to TB with the same intensity and investment that has been given to HIV, we can turn this massive global epidemic into a much smaller more manageable problem.
[1] For prices of the Gene Xpert, see http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/tb/find-negotiated-prices/xpert_mtb_rif.html
[2] As an example of just how bad record keeping for TB can be, see Cudahy P et al. 2009. TB Case Outcomes at a Large Public Sector Hospital in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. 40th World Lung Conference, Cancun, December 2009.
[3] See Corbett EL et al. Comparison of two active case-finding strategies for community-based diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive tuberculosis and control of infectious tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe (DETECTB): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2010 Oct 9;376(9748):1244-53.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20923715 and A.E. Shapiro et al. targeting at-risk households: intensified case-finding for TB and HIV in contacts of TB patients in South Africa. XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, July 18-23 2010. Late breaker THLBB107.
[4] See MSF's document on the prices of second-line TB drugs http://www.msf.org/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=D8A948E8-9E1B-4D82-8427-5FEA732ED566&siteName=msf


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Porsche is further expanding its Classic expertise. Selected Porsche Centres are or will become Porsche Classic Partner. Experienced experts will be available to answer any questions you may have, and your classic vehicle will be in good hands.Les mer
The world-famous Retro Classics vintage motor show in Stuttgart is one of the most important trade shows on the classic car scene and is held every year at the exhibition centre at Stuttgart Airport.Les mer
The Techno Classica in Essen is an internationally renowned motor show for vintage, classic and prestige cars, motor sports, motorcycles, spare parts and restoration. The world-famous trade-show is therefore the international meeting point for classic cars and vintage enthusiasts.Les mer
Since its inception in 2002, the "Le Mans Classic", which is held every two years, has established itself as one of the world's largest vintage car races. Here, the international racing and automobile scene meets up regularly to celebrate the historic classics at this legendary French race track.Les mer
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The Goodwood Revival, which has been held at the Goodwood Motor Circuit since 1998, is a very special experience. This world-renowned meeting of pre-1966 racing cars gives visitors a taste of the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The vintage and classic races on the authentic circuit, which remains untouched by modern motor sports, are not the only spectacular feature: visitors also dress up in period clothing to immerse themselves in another world and bring the old times to life.Les mer
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13th annual Taste of Weehawken to benefit township's Sandy victims
Weehawken's tastiest day of the year, the local library's annual Taste of Weehawken event, is working a little differently this year. Proceeds from the event, which have historically been used to support library programming, will instead be donated by the library to the Weehawken & You Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund, it was announced last week.
The event will take place Tuesday, April 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Food Court at Lincoln Harbor.
"For so many years, in good times and bad, this amazing community has rallied to support not only the Taste, but the library itself," said Leona Nersesian, the president of the library's board of trustees. "In the wake of this terrible disaster, we wanted the library to give back to those neighbors and friends in their time of need who have supported us for so long."
Nersesian noted that the support of the Weehawken community, especially local business owners who participate in the event, have helped make Weehawken's library one of the best in the state.
"We are confident they will do the same this year for our community members in need," she added.
Hundreds of food enthusiasts gather at the Taste for an evening of food, fun, and fundraising. The Taste has something for everyone: samplings of signature dishes and unique fare from high profile and emerging local restaurants, caterers, bakers, along with fine wines, and mouthwatering desserts. Giannone Wine will once again be hosting wine tasting.
If you are a chef, restaurant owner or other food business proprietor and would like to participate, please call the library at (201) 863-7823, visit http://www.weehawken-nj.us/library.html, like Taste of Weehawken '13 on Facebook or follow on Twitter, @weehawkennj.
Upcoming HRPAC concert slated for March 27
The Hudson River Performing Art Center will welcome the Brooklyn-based band Roosevelt Dime as the latest performer in its UBS Atrium Series, a season-long smattering of lunchtime concerts which take place at 12:30 p.m. in the atrium of the UBS building, located at 1000 Harbor Blvd.
Roosevelt Dime brings a unique sound rooted in New Orleans-style soul and Mississippi River-style jug band blues mixed to the series, which recently hosted a Spanish bagpipe band and a classical jazz trio before that.
The band's nontraditional lineup – consisting of banjo, electric and washtub basses, percussion, trumpet and woodwinds – and seamless mixture of musical genres has been described as "a perpetual crowd-pleaser" by The New York Times.
Roosevelt Dime has been featured at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Musikfest, the Bergen PAC, and the Bowery Ballroom, amongst other venues.
The UBS Atrium series is sponsored in part by UBS, the Hartz Mountain Corporation, and The Hudson Reporter.
Women's Club of Weehawken schedules next meeting
The Woman's Club of Weehawken will hold their next meeting on Monday, March 18, at 7:15 p.m. in the Senior Nutrition Center, located at 201 Highwood Ave. Join them and find out about the group's upcoming plans and interests. They are preparing a Weehawken Community Cookbook and all are invited to participate. For further information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Recreation announces girl's softball tryout schedule
The Weehawken Babe Ruth Softball League will hold registration and tryouts starting on Monday, March 18 for various age groups. Players moving up to a higher division must try out again to be selected for their new team. All tryouts will take place in the Webster School gymnasium, located at 2700 Palisade Ave., from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Age divisions will try out on the following days (age is determined by the player's age as of Dec. 31, 2012): 16 and under on Monday, March 18, 12 and under on Tuesday, March 19, and 10 and under on Wednesday, March 20.
Only Weehawken residents are welcome to participate. A birth certificate and proof of residency required. Candidates must wear sneakers and bring a baseball glove. The league is sponsored by Mayor Richard Turner and the Township Council.
If you are 18 and over and are interested in volunteer coaching, please call the township recreation department at (201) 319-6061 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hudson County CASA hosting wine tasting on March 22
Hudson County CASA (court appointed special advocates), an organization in which volunteers help provide advocacy and legal assistance to nearly 1,000 foster children throughout Hudson County, will host a wine tasting in the atrium of Jersey City's Harborside Financial Center on March 22 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The fundraiser is being thrown with the help of The Wine Library of Springfield, which has hand-chosen a diverse group of 90 wines for tasting. Food and dessert will also be provided. In addition to the tasting, there will be a cork pull, a silent auction and free parking. All proceeds will go toward Hudson County CASA.
Tickets currently cost $75, and will be sold for $85 at the door. To purchase tickets, visit www.hudsoncountycasa.org or call (201) 795-9855.
Join the 'Home Team' for the 27th annual Lincoln Tunnel Challenge
For the 27th consecutive year, Weehawken will host one of the Special Olympics of New Jersey's largest annual fundraisers, the Lincoln Tunnel Challenge, which gives thousands of people the chance to run or walk through the Lincoln Tunnel to benefit charity.
The challenge, which is technically a 5K, will be held this year on Sunday, April 28.
As the event's host, the Weehawken Recreation Department tries each year to put together a strong "Home Team" of township residents participating in the challenge, and 2013 is no exception.
Weehawken residents may register with the township at a special rate before April 8 only. For more information on registration, please call (201) 319-6061 or e-mail email@example.com.
Hoboken pizza store employee missing since March 6
Police are searching for Marco Bruno Garcia, 34, from North Bergen. A missing person poster is hanging in Mario's Pizza on Eighth Street in Hoboken, where Garcia works.
North Bergen Police Sgt. Bronson Justino said Wednesday that before he disappeared, Garcia had been discussing with his family that he wanted to go back to Mexico, where he is from. However, Justino said that no one from his family in Mexico has heard from him.
"Now they're trying to figure out where he is, because he left his cell phone, his passport and another type of ID," said Justino. "It didn't look like he packed up and left."
Garcia was last seen on March 6.
Anyone with information about Garcia's whereabouts is asked to contact the North Bergen Police Department at (201) 392-2100.


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MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. – Daily Voice readers traveling north on the Sprain Brook and Taconic State parkways in Westchester County report that the highways have high traffic volume and hazardous conditions as snow falls from the nor'easter.
Kieran O'Leary, spokesman with the Westchester County Police Department, released a statement Wednesday saying conditions on the Saw Mill and other parkways are deteriorating due to the snow and cold temperatures. The roadways are icy and there are multiple accidents, all minor so far. The statement are urged motorists to use extreme caution through the remainder of the rush hour because of the road conditions.
"I've been on Saw Mill Parkway and now the Taconic for more than 90 minutes from Tarrytown, and traffic is hardly moving," Yorktown resident Keanna Maltzman said. "It is very slow-moving."
Steve Schiavone of North Salem was headed home on the northbound Sprain Brook Parkway. Schiavone said power was off at his home and he was hoping to get home to his family as soon as possible.
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The Honors Program has developed the following worksheets to assist Honors students and their faculty advisors. The worksheets summarize the Honors Program curricular and co-curricular requirements and allow Honors students and faculty advisors to track students' progress toward meeting the curricular requirements. The worksheets are available on the Forms page of the website.
Pizza with a Prof
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Money Smart WI is April 5-12, 2014
Press release provided by the WI Dept. of Financial Institutions
MADISON – A proclamation by Governor Walker announcing that Money Smart Week Wisconsin will be held April 5-12, 2014, was presented at the Money Smart Week 2013 wrap-up meeting in Madison on November 20. Presenting the proclamation was Peter Bildsten, Secretary of the Dept. of Financial Institutions.
Pictured above are, left to right: Alejo Torres, Senior Outreach Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Michelle Tidemann, Family Living Educator/Dept. Co-Chair, Fond du Lac County UW Extension; Secretary Bildsten; Tammy Matzdorf, Credit and Housing Counselor, Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Fond du Lac; Lori Burgess, Support Services Coordinator, Fond du Lac Public Library; and David Mancl Director, Office of Financial Literacy, DFI. Tidemann, Matzdorf and Burgess all are members of the Fond du Lac County Money Smart Week Team.
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MGoHeadsUp: Michigan vs. MSU coverage
First off, MGoHeadsUp? Apologies to all.
Moving forward. I just went to set my DVR for the next 3 Michigan basketball games and noticed that the March 3rd coverage on CBS for the east coast is Virginia v. Boston College.
My guide has that as the game being shown during the Michigan/MSU game.
Just wanted to give the east coast viewers an early heads up. I'm sure someone will be able to help us out! Otherwise, there's always an in-game online link. If you haven't done so already, go out and buy the proper cable to hook your laptop up to your TV!


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HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Chris Colabello homered twice, including a tiebreaking grand slam in the ninth inning, to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 10-6 win over the Houston Astros on Monday.
It was 6-all before Chia-Jen Lo allowed a single to Brian Dozier with one out in the ninth. Doug Bernier and Chris Herrmann drew two-out walks on full-count pitches before Colabello hit the next pitch into the bullpen in right-center.
It was the first career grand slam for Colabello, who ended a 0-for-23 skid with a single on Sunday.
The Twins trailed 5-1 after two innings, but chipped away at the lead with the help of solo homers by Trevor Plouffe, Colabello and Dozier. A two-out RBI single by Pedro Florimon tied it in the eighth.
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I want to invite you to a party that I, myself, am admittedly a little late to (somehow missed this before today); it's showing no signs of quieting down, though, so I'm showing up with the Natural Parenting blog posse, intending to really rock its final hours. Make that final days – six of them – in which we can all help further the cause, and reach, of a very exciting film project, Birth Story. Created by two already-credentialed documentarian moms, this film tells the story of the legendary midwife Ina May Gaskin, and her Tennessee farm… and, of course, the many beautiful births that take place there.
Here, watch this:
Okay, that trailer alone made me want to have a baby (in a bathtub) right now. Honest first reaction. I would have felt a little bashful about sharing it with you, though, were it not also voiced by a viewer at the LA Film Festival (as per this vid), where Birth Story won the Audience Award for Feature Documentary Film. And, given that Gaskin and the other midwives on her farm (as well as midwives and natural birth advocates around the world) intend to restore womens' confidence around childbirth – and undo the fears that mainstream medical approaches toward delivering babies tend to create in moms-to-be – I'm thinking my reaction is probably shared among many viewers, and is likely right on par with the project's goals.
Its additional goals include getting the film airtime on television, distributing it around the globe, and making it available in a variety of educational settings. So although the initial $50,000 fundraining goal has already been met, the more people who join this party (by way of donating some cash, for which -- depending on your donation level -- you can receive a DVD, and other awesome merch), the bigger and better its impact will be.
Let's show this project some 100% Natural Parenting love and make this final push – so to speak – a strong one; be a part of this amazing project by giving what you can to lend a hand. In the words of the filmmakers, "Anything you can give will help us birth this film—it's an exciting time for independent documentaries and also a challenging one—funding sources have dried up and the market is harder than ever, especially for women-centered films. But we believe the time is right to present a movie that celebrates women and their bodies, that honors what we can accomplish when we work together in community, and that shows childbirth the way we never see it in the mainstream media—unadorned, unabashed, and awe-inspiring."


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City to operate driving range
Mother Nature offered mild springlike temperatures for the opening day of the Blackfoot Golf Course and driving range Thursday. This year, for the first time, the City of Blackfoot will manage the "Smooth Swing Driving Range," privately owned by Bill and Rita Pope of Blackfoot.
Blackfoot Golf Pro Mike Dayley said this is a good move for the city and golfers.
"The city is leasing the driving range from the Popes'," Dayley said. "This is something the city has been working on for awhile and the timing was right for the Popes."
Dayley said the driving range will operate from a token-run ball machine (a brand new ball dispenser with 6,000 golf balls). The tokens can be purchased at the clubhouse.
"We'll be able to offer longer hours for golfers to warm up and practice," Dayley noted. "The high school kids can use the range...we'll be able to develop a lot more golfers."
Dayley encourages golfers to set tee times and keep updated on the golf course and driving range by going to the website at www.blackfootgc.com.


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Gilmer Arts
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Gilmer Arts and Heritage Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the creative and cultural lives of those who live or pass through our area. We offer quality events and programs in the literary, visual and performing arts and encourage the preservation of our community's cultural and historical heritage. Our building houses a permanent art gallery, a small theatre for plays and musical events, classrooms for our ever-expanding arts academy, and meeting space for our various groups. We invite you to stop by and visit our beautiful gallery and join us as we continue our efforts to bring the arts to Ellijay.
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Come and see Rio de Janeiro, its past, present, and future, from the perspective of history, architecture, and landscapes, walking calmly along the Olympic Boulevard. Observe the Olympic Pyre, the Museum of Tomorrow and the largest mural in the world.
- Observe the Olympic Pyre, the Candelária, the Museum of Tomorrow, and the "Wall of Ethnics," the largest mural in the world.
- Get to know the history, the architecture and the landscapes of Rio de Janeiro from the Olympic Boulevard.
- Admire the Olympic Pyre created by American artist Anthony Howe, with beautiful images, when moving.
- Take a "selfie" close to the 20 pointed star sculpture created by the American sculptor Frank Stella in the mirror of water of the Museum of Tomorrow.
- Observe the solar panels of the Museum of Tomorrow inviting us to understand the planet sustainability by collecting its energy.
Transport in executive vehicles with personalized service and accompanied by multilingual Tourist Guide.
14: 00 pm – Departure from the Meeting Point in General Osório Square, Ipanema, next to the subway B access. Please, arrive 10 minutes before at 13:50 pm.
Note: Upon request, by a message, we can pick up the group at the same lodging location, including port Cruise, within a 15 km radius of the meeting point, at a previous time that allows us to arrive at 13:50 at the meeting point.
14: 45 pm – Arrival at the beginning of Olympic Boulevard, in Paço Imperial.
14:55 pm – Start walking from the Colonial Fountain, at Paço Imperial, straight to Praça Mauá, passing by the Olympic Pyre, in from of Candelária Church where we will stop for about 20min.
15:35 pm – Arrival at Praça Mauá close to the Museum of Tomorrow. stop for about 20mimutes.
16:15 pm – Start walking from Praça Mauá straight to AquaRio, passing by the murals. Stop for photos.
17:00 pm – Arrival at AquaRio. Return by VLT passing along Rio Branco Avenue.
17:30 pm – Back to meeting point or lodging locations.
18:00 pm - End of the tour. Arrival in Ipanema, at General Osório Square.
The official names of this route did not become popular: "Orla Conde," the name of the stretch that goes from the Imperial Palace to the Mauá Square, and "Porto Maravilha," which includes the stretch between Mauá Square and AquaRio, an area of warehouses. The route turned out to be popularly known as "Boulevard Olímpico," a venue designed for events promoted during the Olympic Games.
The walk begins at the Imperial Palace, or XV Square, where we can observe a relic of the architecture of the colonial period. Built in the 18th century under the command of the Viceroy, Marquis of Lavradio, the Colonial Fountain was an icon of the city when calling attention to being quite bold for that period. The fountain is all worked in carved stone.
At that time, the Fountain was a source of water supply for the population. As it was near the quay, it was also used to provide water to the vessels. By the stairways of the fountain, built by Master Valentim, the Portuguese royal family arrived in the early nineteenth century under pressure from Napoleon's French troops.
Next to the Cultural Space of the Navy is a replica of the old caravels of the XV century. This Nau was designed based on documentation about the vessels of the time. Inside it, one can see an exhibition on the daily life of sailors at the end of the fifteenth century.
From this point of view, in a 360-degree turn, we will see impressive constructions surrounding the Olympic Pyre. The France-Brazil House is an old neoclassical building, designed by the architect Grandjean de Montigny, who was part of the French Artistic Mission invited by Dão João VI, Arrived in Brazil at the beginning of the 19th century. This building housed the first Commerce Square, inaugurated in 1820.
From this point of the Olympic Boulevard, you can see the Island of Snakes, site of the Navy Arsenal. Observe, as well, the historical Fiscal Island where a ball, beeing known as "The Last Dance of the Empire," was held a few days before the Proclamation of the Republic, at the end Of the 19th century.
Next to the France-Brazil House is the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil, the CCBB, a neoclassical building, was built at the end of the 19th century to host the city's Commercial Association. Soon after, Banco do Brasil acquired it to operate as headquarters. It became a symbol of the financial world. Around 1990, it became a Cultural Center being the most visited cultural institution in Brazil and the 20th in the world, according to The Art Newspaper, a 2015 publication of England.
The construction of the church of Candelaria was the consequence of the promise of a couple of Portuguese who saved from the storm that struck the ship Candelária, who brought them in the early seventeenth century to Brazil, they would erect a hermitage dedicated to Our Lady of Candelaria. This church features elements of various styles from baroque to art nouveau. Its exuberant interior, in neoclassical and eclectic styles, deserves to be visited.
One of the must-sees for tourists and locals is the work of North American artist Anthony Howe, who created the Olympic cauldron in a dynamic structure that creates beautiful images when moving, whether with the Olympic fire lit or under the reflection of the sun on his spatulas Rotating. Viewed from different angles, Olympic Pyre has as background Candelaria, the Island of Cobras, the architectural ensembles of the France-Brazil House and the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center or the Navy Arsenal. Several angles that generate beautiful photos.
Following the walk, we will arrive at the Navy Arsenal built at the foot of the Monastery of São Bento. The Arsenal had the function of repairing the ships after constructed in the second half of the eighteenth century. At that time, the capital of the colony became Rio de Janeiro, the most important geographic location in the disposal of gold from the Minas Gerais state mines.
The Monastery of São Bento also follows the history of the city. The construction started at the end of the 17th century when the city was transferred from Cara de Cão hill, next to the Sugar Loaf, to the castle hill in 1565. The interior of the Nossa Senhora de Monserrat church is richly lined with gilded carving In baroque and rococo style, and other architectural elements of different periods, as a consequence of the construction that crosses the centuries XVII and XVIII.
We arrived at Plaza Mauá. Take advantage of this point of view, because from here we will see more clearly the past, the present and the future in a 360-degree turn. With your back to Guanabara Bay, observe the different architectural styles of the buildings that surround the square, inaugurated in the early twentieth century. In the center, we see a monument with the statue of Visconde de Mauá, a daring entrepreneur for his time, a forerunner of early capitalism in Brazil in the second part of the nineteenth century.
Also noteworthy is the first skyscraper in Latin America with 22 floors, quite high for the time of its construction in the "art deco" style, the late 1920s. It contrasts with the postmodern style of the building known as RB1. While the former conceals the hill of Conceição that keeps vestiges of the dwellings of the first years of century XX, the RB1 has behind him the hill of the Monastery of São Bento, another landmark of the history of the city.
As we look towards the MAR, Rio Art Museum, we will see two buildings and a structure representing a wave that covers them. The Palace of the Dom João VI, from the beginning of the 20th century, and the building of the old city bus interconnect to form the museum.
MAR intends to integrate art, history, and education through the School of the Eye, through activities that relate formal education to the educational process that has as its motto art and visual culture.
Here it is worth stopping to appreciate from above the whole square and its monuments. Take the elevator up to the terrace of the MAR and enjoy the view of the Rio-Niteroi Bridge, the Museum of Tomorrow, the Morro da Conceição and the outskirts of the square with the mooring of tourist ships.
In this way, the two museums complement each other, since the Museum of Tomorrow, the work of the architect Santiago Calatrava, is dedicated to exploring, thinking and projecting the future. Moreover, taking a fresh look at these themes helps us reflect on the future we want. Its outer structure already invites us to understand the sustainability of the planet since it uses more than five thousand solar panels, which in the form of pimples, follow the movement of the sun to collect from it the energy utilized in the interior of the museum.
One of the most coveted spots for "selfie" lovers is the 20-pointed star created by the American sculptor Frank Stella. It stands in the mirror of water between the museum and Guanabara Bay.
On the way to AquaRio, one can admire several murals. Among them, of course, the "Todos Somos Um," We Are All One, mural by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra stands out with works in other countries such as England, the United States, Greece, Italy, Japan, France, Russia, Sweden, among others. Guinness World Records recognized it as the largest mural in the world.
The work, inspired by the Olympic hoops, represents peace and unity among peoples. The "Wall of Ethnics," as it is also known, depicts the five continents using the faces of natives. The Huli, from New Guinea in Oceania, the Mursi, from Ethiopia in Africa, the Kayin, from Thailand in Asia, the Supi, Of Europe, and the Tapajós, of the Americas. It becomes one of the biggest attractions of the Olympic Boulevard, mainly for "selfie" lovers. Another mural that deserves to be appreciated is the Carioca artist Panmela Castro work, who created a panel celebrating the victory of the Greek goddess Nice.
Finally comes the newest attraction in Rio de Janeiro which is AquaRio, the largest aquarium in Latin America. At the beginning of the 20th century, Rio had already innovated in the launching of the first saltwater aquarium, built in the current Public Drive facing the bay of Guanabara. AquaRio has 28 tanks in addition to a reservoir where you can see sharks and other giant fish, through an acrylic tunnel. The AquaRio deserves to be visited but allows an hour and a half for this.
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IRVING, Texas — Brendon Todd birdied his final two holes Friday (Saturday, Manila time) to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds at the Byron Nelson Championship.
The birdies at Nos. 17 and 18 wrapped up a 6-under 64 and put Todd alone atop the crowded leaderboard at 8-under 132. Among eight players at 6 under were Martin Kaymer, The Players Championship winner Sunday, and Paul Casey after his record back nine.
Casey was over par before matching the PGA Tour record for the best score on a back nine, an 8-under 27 with six birdies and an eagle. That was part of his 7-under 63 that was the low round of the day.
Todd, who for the second time in five years is back on the PGA Tour after getting his card back through the Web.com Tour, got to 7 under with a 12-foot birdie at the par-3 13th hole. But he gave that stroke back at the par-4 15th when he hit his first two shots into the rough and had his only bogey.
He had sole possession of the lead after his 6-foot birdie at the par-3 17th, where his tee shot rolled just past the hole. The last of his seven birdies, in a round when he needed only 22 putts, came after his approach inside 10 feet at No. 18.
Also at 6 under were 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir (66), who hasn't had a top-25 finish since 2010 when he had an elbow injury, fellow Canadian Graham DeLaet (66), Morgan Hoffmann (66), Tim Herron (66), Charles Howell III and Marc Leishman (68).
Kaymer had his second consecutive 67, and has been in the 60s for all six of his rounds at TPC Four Seasons.
Peter Hanson was leading after a first-round 65, but was eight strokes worse Friday and dropped back to a tie for 25th at 2 under.
David Duval, only a stroke off the lead after an opening 66 that included birdies on four of his last five holes, shot a 76 Friday and missed the cut by a stroke at 2-over 142. The former No. 1 player, now 890th in the world 15 years later, had six bogeys over his last 11 holes and had only one birdie during his second round.
When Casey made the turn Friday, he was coming off a bogey at No. 9 when his three-putt included missing a 5½-foot par saver. It was the Englishman's third bogey on the front nine. He was 2 over for the tournament — after his 71 on Thursday and the 1-over 36 on the front side Friday that included an eagle putt from nine feet at the par-5 seventh hole.
Casey, whose only PGA Tour victory came in Houston five years ago, made a 6½-foot birdie putt at No. 10, then drove short of the greenside bunker at the short par-4 11th and from an awkward stance hit his approach over the pin onto the fringe. But he sank a 24-foot birdie, and added birdies at Nos. 13-15 before the 32-foot putt for an eagle-3 at the 16th. He closed with another birdie.
The overall nine-hole scoring record is Corey Pavin's 8-under 26 on the front nine in the first round of the 2006 US Bank Championship in Milwaukee in 2006.
Seven others have had 27s on nine holes. The last was Nick Watney on the back nine in the third round of the 2011 AT&T National.
Scottie Scheffler, a 17-year-old amateur from Dallas, shot a 68 with six birdies and four bogeys to make the cut at 1-under 139.
Jordan Spieth, now 20 and the eighth-ranked player in the world, made the Nelson cut at ages 16 and 17 when he too was a top-ranked junior player from Dallas playing on a sponsor exemption. Spieth was 3 under after a 67 Friday.
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Grizzlies end Thunder's season with Game 5 win
OKLAHOMA CITY — Basketball is a team game. It is not an individual sport. Five players make up a team. I don't dare blame the OKC Thunder's early exit from the playoffs on the fact that they lost Russell Westbrook to an injury in the first round against the Houston Rockets. But I will say that with him they stood a much better chance at advancing into the Western Conference Finals and probably even to the NBA Finals. Injuries are a part of every sport, however, and Westbrook just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. As good of a player that Kevin Durant is, he just couldn't negate the fact that Westbrook wasn't on the court anymore. He shot poorly for most of the series and his teammates didn't step up that way they should have. It seemed they were content to stand around and watch Durant try to take on the Grizzlies by himself. For a team that shot around 50 percent for the season, the Thunder just didn't shoot the ball well at all in this series, which ended Wednesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena with the Grizzlies ending the Thunder's season with an 88-84 Game 5 victory. And that says as much about the Grizzlies' defense as it does that Westbrook was missing from the Thunder lineup.


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We visited last summer and got the 100ml. It was excellent for our balsamic and oil mixture. Wish we bought the larger one of not more. Going back again this week for more. Great for cooking and marinades.
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I love baked liver pâté, or "pâté maison" as it is sometimes called. It is especially good with French bread and sweet pickles.
Liver Pâté RecipePrint
- 1 lb ground pork, or chopped pork shoulder
- 1 lb of liver - (chicken, calf's, or pig's), trimmed of connective tissue, diced
- 1 Tablespoons of cognac or brandy
- 1 Tablespoons of dry Madeira or sherry
- 1 cloves garlic
- 2 sprays of parsley
- 1/2 shallot or small white onion
- 1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon clove
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Dash of Tabasco or cayenne
- Sliced bacon - about 1/2 lb
Variation: Use chicken livers, pork, and sausage meat in equal quantities. See my second recipe for pâté maison.
Grind the pork through a meat grinder several times on a fine setting.
Place in a blender cognac or brandy, Madeira or sherry, garlic, parsley, shallot or onion, ginger, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg. Add diced livers and blend a cupful at a time. Season with salt and pepper, adding a dash of Tabasco or cayenne. Mix the ground pork with the blended liver.
Line a 4x8-inch terrine with strips of bacon, fill with mixture, and cover with bacon. Place the terrine in a larger baking dish and fill the larger dish with water up to the halfway point on the side of the pâté dish. This "water bath" will help the pâté retain moisture and make for a smoother consistency in the texture.
Bake uncovered in a moderate oven, 350 degrees F, for about 1 1/2 hours. Cool the pate under a weight so that it will become firm and fine-textured. To do this, lay a piece of waxed paper or aluminum foil over the pâté and set on top of the entire surface a board weighted with a heavy object. Chill in the refrigerator for several hours.
At serving time bring the terrine to the table, slice, and serve with crusty French bread or rolls and a glass of wine. Also good with lettuce and tomatoes.
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Brigette Trusal: PAHS Teacher of the Year
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Business was a part of Brigette Trusal's family while she was growing up, but it wasn't quite the path she took in life.
Trusal, who was named The Punxsutawney Spirit's "Teacher of the Year" for the high school Monday, said her father was a financial advisor, "so I grew up with it. He would read the paper to find and research companies for stocks."
He imparted financial responsibility to his daughter at a young age.
"Even my allowance, when I was little, I had to keep a book on it," she said, adding she at least momentarily contemplated a career in the business world.
But, she said, "I wasn't pulled that way. I just had a really strong feeling about teaching."
That was thanks to an accounting teacher she had as a student at Indiana Area Senior High School.
"I fell in love with it," Trusal said about her business courses. "She pushed me toward it, and that boosted everything at that age."
Trusal has taught business education at PAHS for 12 years. Before that, she earned her business degree and a master's degree in information technology and workforce development, both from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
While the business world has changed in terms of technology, markets and economies, one thing has not changed: Accountability, although there are times Trusal believes that it has, which is why accountability is something she stresses in her classes.
"It's like, you never had to (teach it) before" because it was in the books, she said. "I have to talk about it more and more. But I have really good kids this year. Once that's established, that they have to hand in their work on time, then everything's fine."
In addition to teaching, this year, Trusal became a co-advisor for the school's SADD Club, a busy group behind events such as the mock crash and the recent Project Sticker Shock.
She co-advises the group with Bridget States.
"I'm glad I did it," Trusal said. "I get to know more kids."
At home, Trusal and her husband, Brad, are the parents of two children, Lincoln, seven, and Regan, six, who are both active in baseball, soccer and hockey.
"That's all we do," she said of her children's activities.
Like other "Teacher of the Year" recipients, Trusal said she was surprised to be chosen.
"I thought, 'Who's joking?'" she said. "I don't even know what to say, besides thank you, and it does make me feel good. It's a new motivation. I'm just surprised. I'm happy."


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NON-PROFIT? How Globalist @EricGreitens Uses His Non-Profit As Political Vetting Tool
GotNews has detailed Missouri GOP gubernatorial nominee Eric Greitens' deep globalist ties and embellished military record before. Now, we're exposing the non-profit he uses as a political vetting tool. Four out of six military members Eric Greitens used in a political ad to praise him were either employees or fellows of his non-profit The Mission Continues. […]Read Story


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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I think it beats out all the others by a longshot, and this is probably because of my love for a good meal. And while I'm a sucker for the traditional turkey-and-potato meal, when I looked up alternative menu items for the holidays, it got me thinking that there's always room for another platter on the table! We've got some great Food Jigsaw Puzzles – so even if you don't have room for another dish in your tummy – put one of these puzzles out on side table and the whole family can enjoy it without impacting the waistline!
Thanksgiving isn't really thought of as a "noodle" holiday, what with all that turkey and potatoes and yams and stuffing going on. But if you've got a bunch of leftover turkey, or if you want to do something different, why not use it to make some new recipes—like creamy turkey with noodles? Mmm!
Apple pie is a classic and you can't go wrong with it, but if you feel like spicing up your holiday desserts, why not try finding recipes to these delightfully different pies from Gardener Pie Co.? They've got flavors like cherry lime chipotle and japaleño apple. Also check out this recipe for Salty Honey Pie.
If you're a vegetarian or just really like vegetables, you can make some new veggie dishes to try out this holiday season to replace or complement your meat dishes, like asparagus enchiladas or asparagus quiche. Be Well Philly also has a collection of unique recipes that include beets. The New York Times has a great article with an assortment of recipes for a vegetarian Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving leftovers aren't just for sandwiches anymore. Check out the Food Network's compilation of new recipes for your day-after meals!


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Ubuntu Qt equality promised post Narwhal
'Not a criticism of GNOME'
Ubuntu is getting enhanced support for Qt tools, paving the way for wider deployment of the Linux distro on a range of devices.
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has blogged that Canonical is driving development of dconf bindings for Qt and that it's working with dconf expert Ryan Lortie.
The idea is that with a release of Ubuntu after Natty Narwhal in April, Qt apps will be able to use the same framework as other Ubuntu apps. "We're confident the result will be natural for Qt developers, and a complete expression of dconf's semantics and style," Shuttleworth said.
Shuttleworth positioned the move as providing choice by putting Qt on an equal footing in the Ubuntu ecosystem and distro. Qt libraries will be put on future Ubuntu CDs.
"We will evaluate applications developed with Qt for inclusion on the CD and default install of Ubuntu," Shuttleworth said.
Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework that runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac. It lets you write a single web-enabled application for deployment on desktop, mobile and embedded systems.
It's been Shuttleworth's mission to put Ubuntu in a greater number of embedded devices, such as in-car systems.
Qt customers include Genivi, which offers in-car systems; the European Space Agency; and Nokia's Windows7-based Booklet 3G and Asus EeePC running Linux. Nokia bought Qt maker Trolltech for $153m in 2008.
Shuttleworth said the decision to be more open to Qt is not a criticism of GNOME. Nice words, but GNOME has been demoted as the default interface after six years in Natty Narwhal in favor of Ubuntu's Unity multi-touch interface. GNOME will be offered as a non-standard installation.
Shuttleworth said at the time that GNOME was slipping behind in development. Unity will mean a new application dock and launch bar as well as multi-touch application use. Unity started as Ubuntu's interface for netbooks and devices, but it has graduated up to desktops. ®


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An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and Gainesville-based pastor Terry Jones.
CAIRO - An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday Gainesville pastor Terry Jones and seven Egyptian Coptic Christians, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world.
The case was seen as largely symbolic because the defendants, most of whom live in the United States, are all outside Egypt and are thus unlikely to ever face the sentence. The charges were brought in September during a wave of public outrage in Egypt over the amateur film, which was produced by an Egyptian-American Copt.
The low-budget "Innocence of Muslims," parts of which were made available online, portrays the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, womanizer and buffoon.
Egypt's official news agency said the court found Jones, pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in northwest Gainesville, and the seven other defendants guilty of harming national unity, insulting and publicly attacking Islam and spreading false information - charges that carry the death sentence.
Maximum sentences are common in cases tried in absentia in Egypt. Capital punishment decisions are reviewed by the country's chief religious authority, who must approve or reject the sentence. A final verdict is scheduled on Jan. 29.
The man behind the film, Mark Basseley Youssef, was among those convicted. He was sentenced in a California court earlier this month to one year in federal prison for probation violations in an unrelated matter. Youssef, 55, admitted that he had used several false names in violation of his probation order and obtained a driver's license under a false name. He was on probation for a bank fraud case.
Multiple calls to Youssef's attorney in Southern California, Steve Seiden, were not returned Wednesday.
Jones, another of those sentenced, has said he was contacted by the filmmaker to promote the film, as was Morris Sadek, a conservative Coptic Christian in the U.S. who posted the video clips on his website.
In a telephone interview Wednesday, Jones said the ruling "shows the true face of Islam" - one that he views as intolerant of dissent and opposed to basic freedoms of speech and religion.
"We can speak out here in America," Jones said. "That freedom means that we criticize government leadership, religion even at times. Islam is not a religion that tolerates any type of criticism."
In a statement sent to The Associated Press Wednesday, Sadek, who fled Egypt 10 years ago and is now a Coptic activist living in Chantilly, Va., denied any role in the creation, production or financing of the film.
Coptic Christians make up most of Egypt's Christian minority, around 10 percent of the country's 83 million. They complain of state discrimination.
The connection to the film of the other five sentenced by the court was not immediately clear.


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Will designers get a gold rush of their own?
There's arguably never been a better time to be a developer.
Looking for a full-time job? If you have the chops, they are plentiful, and if you're in a hot market, salaries are high. Not interested in the nine-to-five routine? Freelance opportunities abound and investors are still pouring big bucks into startups, with many focusing on backing entrepreneurial engineers who can turn their ideas into code.
But if all success on the web and mobile internet required was a few hundred thousand lines of awesome Ruby code, a few NoSQL databases here and there and a clever Amazon AWS-based architecture, there would be a lot more Facebooks out there.
What's missing for many companies? One word: design.
FTC clears Facebook's Instagram acquisition
It may not be the $1bn deal it was when it was announced in April, but Facebook's acquisition of popular mobile photo sharing service Instagram is a done deal.
Last week, the UK's Office Of Fair Trading gave the nod to the purchase and yesterday, the last regulator standing, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC), cleared the deal too.
Huh? Autodesk buys mobile video startup Socialcam for $60m
Investors are pouring big bucks into startups, and when it comes to their mobile investments, photos and videos are where it's at. And for an obvious reason: following Facebook's still-pending purchase of Instagram for $1bn, investors are hoping they can fund the next big acquisition target.
But predicting who will be acquired, and by whom, can be a tricky exercise. Case in point: today, Autodesk announced that it is acquiring mobile video startup Socialcam for $60m.
Yahoo's new CEO: Google's Marissa Mayer
Just two weeks ago, sources close to Yahoo's search for a new CEO indicated that the ailing internet giant's board of directors was set to put the company's future in the hands of either interim CEO Ross Levinsohn or current Hulu CEO Jason Kilar.
Both prospective CEOs have strong media pedigrees, which suggesed that Yahoo's board was prepared to guide the company down a familiar and not-always-successful ad and content-driven path.
Oracle continues social shopping spree with Involver acquisition
Many businesses may have little idea what their social media marketing and ad campaigns are producing in the way of ROI, but by and large companies continue to up their investments in social.
That has created a booming business for firms that popped up to help companies manage and track their social campaigns. A booming business that caught the attention of some of the biggest names in tech.
Face.com, third party APIs and little white lies
When Face.com announced it was being acquired by Facebook last month for a reported $80 to $100m, you can be sure that it was happy day for Face.com's founders, employees and investors.
But it wasn't necessarily a day worth celebrating for developers relying on Face.com's facial recognition API. The reason: Face.com had just been acquired by one of tech's biggest names and as we've seen time and time again, that often means big changes ahead.
Microsoft buys Yammer, bets $1.2bn on enterprise social networking
Social networking's impact on the consumer internet is well-established and one need look no further than Facebook's current valuation to see that, despite healthy skepticism, social networking will continue to play a large role on the web.
But what about enterprise social networking?
Facebook acquires Face.com
After nearly a month of rumors, it's official: Facebook.com is buying facial recognition company Face.com.
While terms of the deal weren't announced, previous reports indicated that the price for the Israeli company would be somewhere in the range of $80m to $100m.
Tesco buys music service We7
Earlier this week, Sainsbury's purchased a majority stake in ebook retailer Anobii from HMV for £1 in what was the latest example of a major retailer trying to extend its footprint into the world of digital content.
Yesterday, we saw another example of this same trend as Tesco purchased UK-based music streaming service We7 for £10.8m.
Sainsbury's buys stake in ebook retailer Anobii from HMV for £1
Fueled by the availability of affordable ereader and tablet devices, the market for ebooks is taking off far faster than many predicted just years ago.
So it's no surprise that more than a few big companies have been looking to get a piece of the ebook pie.
Thomson Reuters acquires Apsmart
Mobile is creating huge opportunities for publishers, but building mobile applications isn't the forte of most publishing organizations.
So a growing number of companies are turning to M&A to acquire the skills they need to make progress with mobile initiatives.
Google buys Meebo to bolster Google+ team
Think acquihires are limited to relatively small deals for relatively small, young companies? Think again.
Google, which is aggressively investing in Google+ despite widespread skepticism over its prospects, yesterday confirmed the rumors that it is acquiring toolbar and ad service Meebo.


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Shooting reported in Yamhill; no danger to public, police say
YAMHILL — A shooting was reported late Saturday night in Yamhill, Yamhill Police and the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office confirmed. The incident does not involve risk to the general public, Yamhill Chief Greg Graven said.
Capt. Tim Svenson said his agency was assisting with the help of one detective, but Yamhill Police Department is the lead agency in the investigation. Carlton police, Oregon State Police and the Yamhill County District Attorney's Office also are involved.
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Skating at Millennium Park? So 2012.
This year, for the first time ever, Office Max will host two free skating events at Soldier Field, which hasn't hosted a public skating event since the 1930s. Tickets will be given out at various Office Max locations throughout the city.
A total of 3,000 passes will be made available to the public starting on Jan. 6. They'll be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis, so be sure to stop by early for your chance to skate at Soldier Field.