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Ulcers send Collmenter to DL
By Tyler Emerick / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- The D-backs placed right-handed relief pitcher Josh Collmenter on the 15-day disabled list Friday with ulcers and recalled right-handed reliever Brad Bergesen from Triple-A Reno. Coming home from a 10-day road trip on Thursday, D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said Collmenter became ill as soon as he got off the plane. "It cropped up last night," Gibson said. "It's kind of a personal thing. It's legitimate. It happened off the plane. He went home and got very, very sick." Collmenter was 3-3 with a 4.24 ERA in 22 games (nine starts) with the D-backs in 2012. In his last 18 games, he went 3-1 with a 2.41 ERA. Bergesen, claimed from the Orioles on July 20 off waivers, tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings in his only start with Reno on Aug. 5 at Iowa. He also made three relief appearances with the D-backs this season and allowed one run in five innings before being optioned on Aug. 1.
Blanco out at least six weeks
PHOENIX -- Two days after undergoing surgery on his left thumb, D-backs catcher Henry Blanco said Friday that the procedure went as planned and he will miss at least six weeks before deciding the next course of action.The 40-year-old tore a ligament in his thumb in Sunday's game against the Phillies. He flew back to Phoenix on Monday for an MRI exam and to be seen by hand specialist Don Sheridan before having surgery. "Everything went well," Blanco said. "I'll sit out six weeks, I believe, and we'll see after that. This is how it is, and I have to wait six weeks and see how it comes out." The D-backs claimed veteran Wil Nieves off waivers on Monday to take Blanco's place as the backup catcher behind Miguel Montero. Blanco is batting .188 with one home run and seven RBIs in 21 games played. Whether Blanco attempts to come back this season depends on how much his thumb has healed when the cast comes off. "We'll see. I want to and I hope so, but we'll see," he said. "I knew right away it was hurt, but in that situation you are hoping nothing is wrong.
Bloomquist's back injury a day-to-day issue
PHOENIX -- A day after D-backs shortstop Willie Bloomquist was scratched before Thursday's 6-3 win against the Pirates with back stiffness, the veteran infielder had an MRI exam that showed no structural damage.The 34-year-old missed six consecutive games last week with a back injury before playing two games in Pittsburgh and thinking the ordeal was behind him. "I sound like a broken record, one minute it'll feel fine, the next it's bad," Bloomquist said on Friday. "If I give you an answer it could be different a half hour from now. I don't know why I feel like I'm ready to play, then when I get up I feel like I can't for a week and a half. It's weird. I thought we were turning a corner for a while and it was feeling good then it started again." The most frustrating part for Bloomquist is he doesn't exactly know what he is up against. "It's a mystery," he said. "You don't know what you can expect from it day to day. It puts everybody in a bind. It's not like a broken bone, where you know you're going to be out 3-4 weeks, it could be tomorrow or it could be a few days. It's frustrating." The uncertainty of the injury has forced the D-backs to consider placing Bloomquist on disabled list stint, but for now they'll play it by ear. "We've talked about it for sure, but we'll try to go for the day to day," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He's actually a lot better today than he was yesterday. He wants to play, he wants to be there for his teammates." Gibson wasn't sure if Bloomquist would be available off the bench on Friday against the Nationals. "I don't know," he said. "We'll work on him some more. So he could be, yeah. There are some techniques that have worked on his back before."
Saito gives Corbin momento for first win
PHOENIX -- Coming into the clubhouse Friday, D-backs pitcher Patrick Corbin received a golden surprise in his locker.Inside a shoe box was a golden glove commemorating the rookie's first career Major League victory earlier this season against the Marlins. The giver of the gift was none other than fellow D-backs pitcher Takashi Saito. "That was really nice of him," Corbin said. "That's the type of guy he is. That's why everybody here loves him." There was just one problem with the present, however, the date was printed wrong. On the inside of the glove in black letters read March 30, 2012. In reality though, Corbin's first win came exactly a month later on April 30. So appreciative of the gift regardless of the typo, Corbin didn't have the heart to tell Saito of the mistake. "I didn't want to tell him, that was really cool of him to do," Corbin said. "It's pretty neat, he said he got it for me a while ago. Friday wasn't the first time Saito generously gave Corbin something, either. In Spring Training the veteran reliever presented the rookie with a couple suits to wear on road trips. "It was really nice of him to do it," Corbin said. "He's a great guy."
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Dignity Memorial® Network Honors Five Individuals Who Gave the Gift of Life Through Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation
Houston, TX - November 05, 2012
Ben Breedlove was a teenager from Austin, Texas who lived his life to the fullest and found great joy in helping others. He captured his messages of hope in YouTube videos that have been viewed by thousands of people around the world. On Christmas day 2011, at the young age of 18, Ben passed away from complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), an abnormal thickening of the heart's walls. His family's decision to donate his organs was not a difficult one, as they knew Ben would have wanted to continue helping and inspiring others. Ben Breedlove is just one of five individuals being honored by the Dignity Memorial® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers for giving the greatest gift of all…the gift of life. In addition to Ben Breedlove, Danny Bost of Winston Salem, North Carolina; Dale Alan Covington of Santa Fe Springs, California; Anthony Ray Alvarez, Jr., of Eastvale, California; and Alexis "Lexi" Scanlin of Las Vegas, will be memorialized with floragraphs—portraits made of floral and natural materials—to be decorated by family and friends in December and featured on the Donate Life float entry in the 124th Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2013, in Pasadena, Calif.
"It is a privilege for us to be able to honor these five individuals who meant so much to their family and friends and who were able to significantly impact the lives of those with the greatest need," said Phil Jacobs, spokesperson for the Dignity Memorial provider network. "Working in the funeral industry, we believe in the importance of memorializing loved ones and this is a wonderful opportunity to pay tribute to Ben, Danny, Dale, Anthony, Lexi and Danny and the gift of life they gave to others."
Along with Ben, the Dignity Memorial network is honoring four additional individuals. Danny Bost, 62, was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather. He was known as a caring man who was full of love. Because of Danny's big heart, his family made the decision to help others after his passing. Now, his compassion for others is keeping other lives moving forward.
Dale Alan Covington, 48, mastered the art of making everyone around him feel special. When he made a friend, it was for life. Dale had a giving spirit, and as Recreation Supervisor for the City of Santa Fe Springs, he always found peaceful resolutions to difficult situations. Dale's choice to become an organ and tissue donor has helped his family heal from his passing.
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Alexis "Lexi" Lucia Scanlin, 25, came into this world a beautiful blue-eyed girl who stole everyone's heart. She grew into a spirited young woman with big goals, who was always helping others. She was always eager to share a smile and enjoy a new experience. At 16, Lexi made the decision to become an organ donor and convinced her sister, mother and grandmother to sign up as well.
Each of these five individuals has a life story that is unique, but they all share the same outcome: each was a donor of organs, tissue and/or corneas and made a profound difference in the lives of other people.
For more than 120 years, the Tournament of Roses Parade has been an American tradition. The Dignity Memorial network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers is joining Donate Life's national campaign to celebrate and honor the lifesaving gifts of organ, eye and tissue donation as part of Donate Life's 2013 Rose Parade Float, Journeys of the Heart. The float will be featured in the 124th annual Tournament of Roses Parade on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 in Pasadena, Calif.
Journeys of the Heart features a colorful pathway of looping hearts lined with 72 memorial floragraphs of deceased donors who gave life to those in need, including Ben Breedlove, Dale Covington, Anthony Alvarez, Jr., Alexis Scanlin and Danny Bost. Through their life-changing experiences, the families of organ and tissue donors, living donors and recipients of life-saving transplants know intimately the preciousness of time. The pathway of hearts will tower high above 30 riders who are comprised of living donors and donor family members from across the U.S. In addition, donors across the country are memorialized in a garden of dedicated roses, with each rose vial carrying a personal message of love, hope and remembrance.
The Donate Life float's riders and floragraph honorees represent millions of people touched by organ, eye and tissue donation, including donor families, their deceased loved ones, living donors, transplant recipients and transplant candidates. Riders and floragraph honorees are individually sponsored by Official Partners, such as the Dignity Memorial network, who support the Donate Life Rose Parade float. For more information on the Donate Life Rose Parade float, please visit www.DonateLifeFloat.org.
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How to Wear Plaid Trend 2012 (Video)
4 Cool Ways to Wear Plaid!
Plaid is a classic cold-weather print, and thanks to Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, and Chloé, this pattern is covering everything from pants to outerwear this season. But if you're wondering what that means for your own day to today, we've got some answers in this edition of Currently Trending. Fashion Reporter Allison McNamara is taking on the classic pattern and showing you some surprising ways to incorporate plaid into your daily look. Watch on for inspiration, and make sure to pick up some plaid stat!


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Revlon International Finance Corporation
List of Deals
The origins of Revlon Inc. date back to 1931, when Charles Revson and his older brother, Joseph Revson, distributed Elka nail polish as Revson Brothers. Within a year, Charles decided to open his own nail polish company, going into partnership with Joseph and a nail polish supplier named Charles R. Lachman, who contributed the "l" to the Revlon name. Revlon was established in 1932. Charles noticed that the permanent-wave boom was making beauty salons more popular, and that demand for manicures was rising at the same time. He therefore targeted beauty salons as a market niche. Within its first nine months, the company boasted sales of $4,055. In 1933 there was a sharp rise to $11,246. That same year, the company incorporated as Revlon Products Corporation. The company grossed $68,000 at the end of 1934; sales had multiplied more than forty times by 1937.
Revlon enlarged its market that year by retailing his nail polish through department stores and selected drugstores. The company steered clear of cut-rate stores, selling his product only at premium prices. Advertising became key to maintaining this policy. Its use was a fateful step for the industry; never again would major cosmetics companies attempt to sell beauty items without it. The company began to label its nail enamels with evocative names like Fatal Apple and Kissing Pink. Revlon's first commercial advertisement appeared in the New Yorker in 1935.
Revlon had a whole line of manicure products by 1940. Lipstick, Revlon's next major item, appeared in 1940. The company began an advertising campaign touting "matching lips and fingertips"; the campaign proved to be greatly successful, with 1940 sales figures reached $2.8 million. World War II brought shortages of glass bottles and metal lipstick cases; paper was used as a substitute. Aromatic oils, fixatives, and packaging materials were also in short supply, as they were previously imported. Since the shortages affected the entire industry, secrecy was replaced by mutual cooperation; new synthetics and domestic sources of supply were shared, and a new U.S. aromatics industry was born. During the war, Revlon produced first-aid kits, dye markers for the navy, and hand grenades for the army.
At the end of the war, Revlon listed itself as one of America's top five cosmetic houses. The company bought Graef & Schmidt, a cutlery manufacturer, which made it possible for Revlon to produce its own pedicure and manicure instruments, instead of buying them from outside supply sources. Revlon's 1952 Fire and Ice campaign was one of its most successful, raising that year's net sales to almost $25.5 million. In 1955 the company again scored an advertising success when it became the sole sponsor of the CBS television show, "The $64,000 Question." Net sales for 1955 grew to $51.6 million, from $33.6 million the previous year. That year, an allegation of wiretapping was filed against Revlon by Hazel Bishop. The charge was denied by Revlon controller William Heller, who nevertheless admitted "monitoring" employee's telephones for training purposes. Revlon reorganized as Revlon, Inc., in November of that year. The company went public one month later and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange a year later. The success of "The $64,000 Question" led to a spin-off named "The $64,000 Challenge." The two shows helped to raise the company's net sales figures to $95 million in 1958 and to $110 million in 1959. This success came to an end in 1959 when charges were levied that both shows had been rigged.
During the early 1960s Charles Revson became aware that his company was in danger of locking itself into a narrow, upper-middle-class image that could restrict sales. The company then segmented its product line into six principal cosmetics houses, each with its own price range, advertising program, and image. Princess Marcella Borghese aimed for international flair; Revlon was the popular-priced house; Etherea was the hypoallergenic line; Natural Wonder served youthful consumers; Moon Drops catered to dry skins; and Ultima II was the most expensive range. Early attempts to diversify into other fields were unsuccessful. For instance, Knomark, a shoe-polish company bought in 1957, sold its shoe-polish lines in 1969. Other poorly chosen acquisitions, such as Ty-D-Bol, the maker of toilet cleansers, and a 27 percent interest in the Schick electric shaver company were also soon discarded.
The company's first successful acquisition came in 1966, when it bought U.S. Vitamin & Pharmaceutical Corporation. The buy-out brought Revlon a company with annual sales of $20 million, most of them coming from a drug used to treat diabetes. U.S. Vitamin proved its worth within a year with its acquisitions of Laboratories Grossman, a Mexican pharmaceutical company; a comparable concern in Argentina; and another in Chile. Another U.S. Vitamin acquisition was Nysco Laboratories and its Nyscap process for timed-release medication. This, in turn, led to the introduction of vasodilation drugs. Fully disposable injectables, introduced in 1968, also came from U.S. Vitamin.
Revlon had begun to market its products overseas at the end of the 1950s. Worldwide markets produced sales of $281 million by 1967. The 1970s began with annual sales of about $314 million. The cosmetics division, its six lines separately aimed, advertised, and marketed, was the industry leader in all franchised retail outlets. Revlon fragrances, such as Norell and Intimate for women and Braggi and Pub for men, had also become familiar to U.S. consumers. Revlon also had a new line of wig-maintenance products called Wig Wonder. An important 1970 acquisition was the Mitchum Company of Tennessee, makers of antiperspirants and other toiletries. In 1973 Revlon introduced Charlie, a fragrance designed for the working woman's budget. Charlie was an instant success and helped raise the company's net sales to $506 million in 1973, and to almost $606 million the following year.
The company gained new leadership in 1974; Charles Revson named Michel Bergerac his successor. Bergerac introduced the Performance Incentive Profit Sharing Plan, which allotted each executive points based on profit objectives achieved for the years 1974 to 1976. He also cut company spending with tighter inventory controls and the elimination of 500 jobs. Also that year, Bergerac installed a management-information system requiring that all managers report monthly on problems, sales, and competition. Bergerac's first major purchase came in 1975 when he acquired Coburn Optical Industries, a manufacturer of ophthalmic and optical processing equipment and supplies.


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Sheets shows up at Winter Meetings
Brewers have no immediate plans to woo right-hander
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
LAS VEGAS -- Both of the Brewers' free-agent aces decided to see baseball's Winter Meetings up close. Ben Sheets followed CC Sabathia's Vegas vacation with his own on Monday, arriving for face-to-face meetings with his agent, Casey Close. FoxSports.com caught up with Sheets when he arrived in the afternoon.
"There's nothing out there for me to contemplate right now," Sheets told the Web site, "so I don't know."
Sheets, a former first-round Brewers Draft pick who has played all eight of his Major League seasons in Milwaukee, declined the Brewers' arbitration offer on Sunday night so he could seek multiyear contracts on the open market. Had he accepted the offer, Sheets would have been considered a signed player for 2009 at a salary to be determined.
Asked if he might return to the Brewers, Sheets told Ken Rosenthal, "Everything's possible. I never burn any bridges."
As of Monday evening, Brewers general manager Doug Melvin had not spoken with Sheets' agent at the Meetings. They plan to touch base before the end of the week, but it would be difficult for the Brewers to seriously pursue other free agents while their offer to Sabathia is still on the table.
"[Sheets] is a free agent and they'll probably go and see what they can get [before] they come back to us," Melvin said. "Maybe Ben feels slighted by this, but we haven't approached them yet."
Sheets represented the Brewers in four All-Star Games and was the starting pitcher for the National League in 2008. He owns a career record of 86-83 with a 3.72 ERA but has suffered through his share of injuries, including a torn flexor tendon near his right elbow that sidelined Sheets for the Brewers' first postseason series in 26 years.
The market for Sheets likely will not take shape until other free-agent pitchers, including Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe, begin to sign. The Rangers plan to meet with Close this week regarding Sheets, who lives in Dallas now, but might not be willing to meet his asking price.
Even though he declined the Brewers' arbitration offer, Sheets would be free to re-sign with Milwaukee.
Sabathia, meanwhile, has spent several days in Las Vegas, first to attend the Pacquiao-De La Hoya boxing match Saturday and then to meet with Yankees officials on Sunday and again Monday. He didn't attend the sit-down between his representatives and Brewers officials at midday Monday.
Other former Brewers were also in attendance at the Bellagio. Former Brewers pitching coach Mike Maddux, who took the same job with the Rangers last month and is a strong Sheets supporter, attended his brother Greg's retirement press conference. And former closer Salomon Torres, who retired, was talking with teams about leasing his baseball training facility in the Dominican Republic. Torres, a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, said he plans to devote himself to preaching.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"We're producing enough for everyone, but only a portion of them are ready today," Google said in an email to developers. "Therefore, we'll be notifying you in waves, and as soon as we're ready to invite you, we'll let you know. When the time comes, you'll receive an email with all the details."
Google lists the Glass technical specifications as follows: The screen is the equivalent of a 25" HD screen viewed from a distance of 8 feet; it records 5-MP still images or 720p video; audio is transmitted through a bone conduction transducer; it supports 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth networking; it has 16 GB of Flash memory, 12 MB of which is usable and synced with Google Cloud; its battery is supposed to last for a day (less with heavy Hangouts usage); and it comes with a Micro USB cable and charger.
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With Glass hardware trickling out to early adopters, Google has published its Mirror API specification to allow developers to create applications that communicate with Glass devices through the company's cloud service.
Google last month provided an overview of the Mirror API at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. Monday's update goes into greater detail.
The Mirror API allows developers to create applications -- Google proposes the term "Glassware" -- that interact with Google's servers, which in turn relay data to Glass hardware. This eliminates the potential security and stability issues that could arise if developers were able to run code directly on Glass.
Glass is designed to present information to users in a series of timeline cards, with interaction enabled through voice and an on-frame button. The Mirror API provides the mechanism to add, modify or delete these cards via REST commands over HTTP. Timeline cards, which as the name suggests are arranged in chronological order and can include images or video, persist for seven days in Glass hardware and for 30 days in the Mirror API.
The Mirror API allows apps to subscribe to notifications that are sent when a user interacts with a timeline card or when the user's location changes. It also provides access to location and contact data.
Google has specific policies for Mirror API usage that require developers to limit data collection and to adhere to privacy and security guidelines. Absent, however, is any mention of the privacy implications for people photographed or recorded by Glass users.
The company warns that Glass isn't for everyone. "Like when wearing glasses, some people may feel eye strain or get a headache," Google explains in its Glass FAQs. "If you've had Lasik surgery, ask your doctor about risks of eye impact damage before using Glass. Don't let children under 13 use Glass as it could harm developing vision."
Glass also isn't for making money, at the moment. Google's terms of service state that developers may not include ads in their Glass apps and may not sell their Glass apps, among other restrictions.
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Stuffed Cabbage Recipe (Balandeliai)
Stuffed cabbage has been popular among Eastern Europeans for centuries. A hearty comfort food that warms your body and fills your kitchen with enticing redolence, stuffed cabbage is known by many names.
Lithuanians call it balandėliai, Hungarians call it töltött káposzta, Czech and Slovak cultures call it holupky, and Poles call it golabki. Often referred to as "little doves" or "little pigeons," my family always called them "blind pigeons," while still others call them "pigs in the blanket." Call it what you like, this dish is delicious comfort food!
Our balandeliai stuffed cabbage recipe serves eight to 10 people as a main course. It reheats exceptionally well and may even taste better the second day after the flavors have had a chance to meld together.
Serve it steaming hot in bowls with lots of its tomato sauce and a dollop of sour cream. Don't forget a loaf of your favorite crusty bread to soak up the sauce!
Blind Pigeons (Balandėliai)
From the Kitchen of Peter Naujalis, 1929 – 1985
- 6.75 lbs ground pork
- 1 large head cabbage
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- ½ cup whole milk
- 3 ribs celery
- 2 medium onions
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 oz. saltine crackers (1 sleeve)
- 7 cups tomato puree
- 9 ¾ cups condensed tomato soup
- 4 cups water
- 2 tsp seasoned salt
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pennycress seed (also known as kolytos; optional)
- 1 tsp marjoram
- 1 tsp mustard seed
- ½ tsp msg
- ½ tsp pepper
- sour cream, for garnish
Yield: serves 8 to 10 as a main course.
With a sharp knife, carefully carve a circle into the center of the cabbage to remove its central core. Discard the core and one outer leaf. Rinse the cabbage under cold water and place it with the hole facing down in a stockpot. Add 4 cups of water to the pot. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil, covered for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, turn off the heat, but leave the covered pot on the stove so that the cabbage has additional time to soften. Do not discard the water as you will use it later.
Add the eggs, evaporated milk, whole milk, and crackers to the pitcher of a blender and blend until combined. Add the celery, onions, and garlic. Blend on high speed until the mixture is a smooth purée.
Add the ground pork to a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle the seasoned salt, salt, pennycress seed, marjoram, mustard seed, msg, and pepper over the pork. Blend the seasonings into the pork with your hands until thoroughly mixed and distributed throughout the pork.
Pour the liquid mixture from the blender over the pork and continue blending with your hands until well combined. Set this pork mixture aside.
Remove the cabbage from the pot of water. Carefully peel the cabbage leaves off the head one-by-one (trying not to tear them) and place them on a large plate or in a bowl.
Since the stuffed cabbage needs to cook for several hours and the cabbage leaves will unravel if stirred too frequently, cooking with two separate stockpots is ideal. If your blind pigeons are only two or three layers deep, you will be able to swirl the entire batch of them around the stockpot without disturbing their cabbage jackets. If you place everything in one giant stockpot, chances are, the very bottom layer will stick or burn.
Place two stockpots on your counter. Add 3 ½ cups of the tomato puree to each pot. Divide the condensed tomato soup between the two pots. Add two cups of the cabbage water to each pot. Stir each pot until the sauce is well combined.
Place a cabbage leaf on a cutting board or large plate. Mound some of the pork mixture in the center of the leaf — approximately ¾ cup to 1 cup — depending on the size of the leaf. Fold the thickest side of the leaf (with the heavy central vein) over the pork mixture. Fold the opposite side over the mixture, followed by the other two more pliable sides. Be careful to cover the pork mixture completely with the leaf.
Place the blind pigeon seam side down in the tomato sauce. Continue this process of folding the pork mixture into cabbage leaf jackets until all of the large cabbage leaves are used up or you run out of pork. Each time, place the blind pigeon seam side down in the tomato sauce. Tuck any remaining cabbage leaves into the sauce. If you have leftover pork, form it into balls and place them in the sauce.
Gently push the blind pigeons down into the sauce so they are covered with tomato sauce. Place the stockpots on the stove and heat over medium heat until the sauce boils. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cover the pots with lids. Simmer for 3.5 hours, very gently swirling everything around in the pot every 30 minutes (just enough swirling to keep the bottom layer from sticking to the pot).
Serve these blind pigeons in bowls with tomato sauce ladled over the stuffed cabbage. Top the balandeliai with a dollop of sour cream. Gero apetito!
"Blind Pigeons: Lithuanian Style Stuffed Cabbage." Tools for Kitchens. 12 Jan. 2013. Tools for Kitchens.


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NEW YORK - Days after a trial that convicted Michael Dunn for shooting into an SUV full or teenagers but ended with a mistrial on the murder count in the death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, his parents are making the rounds of network news programs in New York City.
Dunn was charged with first-degree murder in Jordan Davis' death. Dunn claimed he saw Davis with a shotgun and the teenager threatened to kill him, so he fired in self-defense. Last weekend, a Duval County jury deadlocked on the murder charge but convicted Dunn on four other felony counts that could send him to prison for up to 90 years.
"We are definitely happy that there has been vindication for the boys," McBath said. "The families have stood with us and they said that justice for Jordan is justice for their boys as well."
"We know that he's going to spend the rest of his life in jail, but we do want justice for Jordan," Davis said in an interview Thursday on The Morning Show. "We're going to have a retrial. We're going to be there every day, like we were the first time. And we know that the outcome is going to be what God wants it to be."
State Attorney Angela Corey told CNN on Thursday morning that she was grateful for four guilty verdicts, and she's ready to retry Dunn on the murder charge once she knows that the Davis family can "withstand another trial."
"How anybody could be unhappy with these verdicts knowing that we intend to retry count one (first-degree murder) is beyond me, but we're going to keep going into the courtroom and keep fighting for justice for our victims," Corey said.
Jordan Davis' parents know they'll have to relive his death all over again, but they're glad prosecutors are going to retry Dunn for murder.
"Right now he's a Jordan Davis movement, but before that, he was a kid that liked to have fun and liked to play around and lead his guys to fun, playing basketball and going to the mall and looking at girls and smiling and trying to be suave and debonair," Ron Davis said.
"Jordan was very, very humorous, always playing practical jokes, and I was very gullible," McBath said.
Ron Davis said he wants to visit his son's killer in prison and "make him understand" what he did was wrong.
Closing arguments will begin in the Michael Dunn murder trial and the jury could begin deliberating later this afternoon.
The Davis family has received a lot of support from across the country and around the world.
"We have a lot of support around the nation. We'll continue to look forward. We'll continue to stand strong, because we believe there will be justice," McBath said.
One of the jurors in the Michael Dunn trial -- who asked to be identified simply as "Valerie" -- told ABC in an exclusive interview Tuesday night that three jurors determined Dunn was justified in shooting Davis. The deadlock prompted shouting matches, said Valerie, who wanted a murder conviction.
"A life was taken. There is no longer a Jordan Davis, and there is only one reason why that is. The boy was shot and killed for reasons that should not have happened," Valerie said on Nightline.
Jordan's parents said they took Valerie's speaking out as reassurance that the jurors took the case seriously.
"We believe they fought for justice with the tools they were given. We were very, very happy with the time and effort they placed into coming up with a just verdict," McBath said. "I really think those comments were designed to let us know, 'We fought. We didn't take it lightly.'"
Many people on the streets of New York knew a lot about the case and weren't shy about their opinions.
"I used to live in Florida, and I will never move back to that state because their laws are just crazy," said Rodney Walters, who was visiting New York from Maryland. "Their laws allow you to kill somebody and get away with it."
"Ultimately, it's in God's hands and we know that. But we still going to try and change the law," Davis said. "But we are going to change the 'stand your ground' law and have that rewritten."
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has followed the case from the beginning, agrees that self-defense laws need to change.
"As a matter of principle and matter of law, by law you can't have unarmed person killed, and the law says, well we just couldn't come to terms with it," Sharpton said of the split jury verdict. "This is a national concern. Florida is a big problem -- ground zero for fighting issue of this year the stand your ground law."
McBath and Davis said Wednesday they have drawn support from Trayvon Martin's parents, who went through a similar ordeal after George Zimmerman was found not guilty last year in the shooting death of their 17-year-old son.
"I'm in constant contact with Tracy Martin, Trayvon's father, and I text Sabrina [Trayvon's mother] all the time and I just want to let them know, every time I get justice for Jordan, it's going to be justice for Trayvon, for us," Davis said.
Corey, whose office also came under fire for failing to get a murder conviction against George Zimmerman in Martin's killing, said the race of the victim and the race of the perpetrator doesn't make any difference in prosecution.
"Trayvon, Jordan -- all tragedies -- we need to put focus on all of them, not just certain cases," Corey said. "The focus needs to be on all violence against all races, all ages. It doesn't matter what race is on either side of that gun -- it's all a violation of the law if it's supported by the facts."


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Australia Day storm leaves trail of damage
Hundreds of Canberrans spent Sunday clearing their properties and counting the costs of a wild storm that caused flash flooding and damaged homes across the city on Saturday evening.
The ACT State Emergency Service received more than 630 calls for assistance as a result of the storm, with fallen trees and branches, and flooding.
By late Monday morning, there were 46 outstanding calls for assistance left for SES crews to complete. Fresh crews were responding to the jobs.
Neale Fraser, of the Bureau of Meteorology, said Saturday night's storm had dumped nearly 56 millilitres of rain on Tuggeranong between 6.30pm and 7.30pm.
The bureau is forecasting up to another 20mm of rain for Canberra on Monday, saying there is a 70 per cent chance of rain.
SES policy and planning manager Tracey Allen said six SES crews and three Rural Fire Service crews worked to clear the damage caused by the storm.
''The most serious jobs we've seen so far were trees through roofs, with extensive damage of the roof tiles, structural damage to some houses and to other parts of the roof, pergolas and fences,'' she said.
Ms Allen said the worst-hit suburbs were in Belconnen, including Florey Charnwood and Cook. In the ACT, an SES volunteer and a member of the public were injured during the storm and there were four minor car accidents.
Residents of Florey, Hawker, Evatt, Kaleen, Latham, Macgregor, Flynn, Melba, Spence and Weetangera were still without power on Sunday afternoon due to disruptions caused by the storm.
ActewAGL general manager networks services Rob Atkin said the utility was still repairing damage inflicted by the storm to the electricity network on Monday.
As of 9.30am, about 120 homes were without power - 100 of them in Aranda, because of severe storm damage to an electricity substation. Another 20 customers across the north of Canberra had no power because of trees interfering with service lines.
"We have called on all available resources and crews are working as quickly as possible to restore the electricity supply. We expect that supply will be restored in Aranda today," Mr Atikin said.
"We expect to continue to receive calls today, as customers return home from their long-weekend vacations and find that their power is off due to storm damage."
He said it was important that people stayed away from fallen or lower powerlines or any objects, such as as fences or trees, that were in contact with them, as they could conduct electricity.
"Report any damage you see to electrical and gas infrastructure to ActewAGL's emergencies and faults numbers, 13 10 93 for electricity and 13 19 09 for gas," he said.
Updates on the outages are availalbe on the ActewAGL website.
Florey resident Bob Goodall was preparing to sit down to a dinner of sardines on toast at around 6.30pm before the roof of his neighbour's patio landed in his driveway.
"It sounded like there was a train coming through the house, the noise was really frightening," he said.
The 80-year-old retiree and stroke survivor was thankful his 20-year-old grandson who lives with him was out to dinner at the time otherwise his car would have been sitting underneath what is now a pile of tin and steel.
Mr Goodall, who has lived in his home since 1985, was thankful nobody was injured and there was no serious damage caused to any houses or vehicles. However a fence was crushed as the wind flipped the roof and sent it flying into Mr Goodall's yard.
He said his grandson, who was working on night shift, was shocked when he returned home early Sunday morning to find the roof from next door, which was erected two years ago, sitting in a twisted mess in the driveway, less than a metre from his prized motorbike.
Meanwhile, in Cook a large tree crashed into a house causing significant damage to the roof and outdoor area.
According to neighbour Les Kingsley the owners were forced to leave the house after the tree came down shortly before 7pm as all electricity had to be cut and the roof began
leaking. A barbecue was smashed and glass table was shattered in the backyard during the storm.
TAMS encouraged all cyclists who plan on using the city's bike paths during the long weekend to be cautious of storm debris.
The Oaks Estate low-level crossing has been reopened after being closed overnight to allow contractors to remove debris on the crossing safely.
Meanwhile three ACT volunteers left Canberra for Queensland on Sunday night to assist with the emergency response to flooding
Red Cross Queensland requested the help of the mapping specialists, who will work out of the state command centre in Brisbane on a five-day deployment.
ACT Emergency Services commissioner Dominic Lane said in situations like those found in Queensland mapping specialists would usually help by mapping where residents were affected by flooding, working out where roads were closed and surveying and plotting damage.
''They're a very dedicated team, and they're very experienced and they're able to provide a lot of support to the Queensland community,'' he said.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued on Sunday but withdrawn by 9pm. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast isolated showers for Monday.
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My wi-fi finder indicates there is free wi-fi at a couple of the local motels. Is there any wireless connectivity at the rally sie itself?
My wi-fi finder indicates there is free wi-fi at a couple of the local motels. Is there any wireless connectivity at the rally sie itself?
According to their website: http://www.cam-plex.com/pages/EnergyHall_Frame.htm
Ride Hard, go far, and keep smilin...
Karol Patzer, Ambassador, Friend of the Marque Past Dir. BMW MOA Foundation
'07 R1200GS, '15 F700GS, '12 WeeStrom-Adv., '88 K75C
2008/2014 BMW MOA Rally Chair MOA #27994, RA #13106 #IBA#94
When I take time off from work, and head out on the 'cycle, the last thing in the world that I want to do is look at a computer.
That said, I can't thank the people enough that take pics daily, and upload them to these boards during the rally. That's a great way of sharing the rally with those that couldn't make it.
Brad D. - Member #105766
'77 R100RS - Black Beauty (big pipe, baby!)
'94 R1100RS - Sylvia
Laptops? How very last century. iphone baby, road communications redefined.
When in the world will you have time to use a Computer at the Rally? and carry one with you, thats insane. LOL now that I'm retired I'm on this Computer pecking out messages or making trips to the garage to tinker on one of the bikes, every day. the Rally will be a great time to relax, make new friends, and do some riding. just my .02 worth...
I personally can't wait/am waiting until my company comes up with one that plugs directly into my spinal cord, then I can work even when I'm asleep!
With a Virtual Keyboard...its what I travel with and allows me to still connect to the office including speadsheets and pocket Word! Im loving the mobile lifestyle! WiFi saves me BIG money when traveling in the US, no Expensive roaming charges for us poor Canadians!
Ya the i-phones not bad, bit of a consumer device but cool.
"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."
I love my iPhone and the new SDK coming out will rock. I gotta have a command line for being on call. A laptop is nice for offloading your digi's photos so you can sort through them later back home.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."
-Robert Frost
All, I'm the Co-Chair of the Cyber Cafe Committee, which is responsible for both the Cafe proper, and for all Internet access for the rally.
There will be WiFi in all the major buildings used for the Rally in Gillette. Specifically, the vendor building, (Central Pavilion), the seminar/registration building (Energy Hall), and the main administrative office building (Heritage Center). There will also be outdoor WiFi access in the large grassy area between the beer garden and the vendor building (The Plaza), and in a one or two of the tent camping areas (Reata Park and maybe the "North 40" quiet camping). And, there will be the Cyber Cafe located in Energy Hall. All this access due to special arrangements with Collins Communications of Gillette, who have been very helpful in support the rally.
Greg Feeler
Ambassador & amateur K-Bike collector, it seems
That's terrific. Thanks for your hard work. I appreciate the effort these things take to get done.


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For the Media
Clarkson University's H. Sonmez Atesoglu to be Named Professor Emeritus
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/satesoglu.jpg .]
Professor of Economics H. Sonmez Atesoglu will be named professor emeritus at Clarkson University's 118th Commencement on Saturday, May 7. Atesoglu will be honored for 33 years of exemplary service to the University.
Over a career that has spanned more than three decades, Atesoglu has made important scholarly contributions in the areas of balance-of-payments and economic growth, defense spending and growth, and money and inflation.
He is considered one of the top-500 economists in the world and has published research in more than 60 academic publications, including the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Macroeconomics, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Kredit und Kapital, Applied Economics, and the American Political Science Review. He also served on the Managing Board of Editors for the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics.
Atesoglu has also been an exemplary educator in the School of Business at the undergraduate level and served on numerous committees, including the tenure committee and as chair of the promotions committee.
Atesoglu joined the Clarkson University School of Business faculty in 1977. Prior to his appointment, he served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. From 1987-88, he held a Fulbright Senior Professor Research Grant for a year at the Kiel Institute of World Economics in Germany. He also taught money and banking at San Diego State University in 2001. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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This is a board game I had two weeks to do. I wanted to "wow" my math teacher (I'm in eighth grade and there's no programming class, so I 'm the only one that can do this), by making this instead of a normal board game. It is my first Win32 game, with bitmaps, and only two sound effects, played only once in the game. The code is bad, I know. Just gimee some feedback
Try it out!!!!!!!!!


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I've seen many people over the Trading threads vouch for one another after good trades. Though it's a little hard to find them all when your looking for confirmation. Would it be a good idea to have one main thread for all the vouches for traders?
Astratia's Vouches
- Jim Bob: Traded Crawling Claw for Store pet - went first - good trade
- Marry Joe: Traded Green Carp for Blue Carp - fast trade
People would vouch on the thread and an admin or person willing would update the members.
Yes? No? Maybe so?


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Blazing Trails In Saturn Rings
The rings of Saturn are the most extensive planetary ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometers to meters, that form clumps that in turn orbit about Saturn. The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice, with some contamination from dust and other chemicals. Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists are calling mini-jets, fill in a missing link in our story of the curious behavior of the F ring. The results will be presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, Austria. "I think the F ring is Saturn's weirdest ring, and these latest Cassini results go to show how the F ring is even more dynamic than we ever thought," said Carl Murray, a Cassini imaging team member based at Queen Mary University of London, England. "These findings show us that the F ring region is like a bustling zoo of objects from a half mile [kilometer] to moons like Prometheus a hundred miles [kilometers] in size, creating a spectacular show."
The densest parts of the Saturnian ring system are the A and B Rings, which are separated by the Cassini Division (discovered in 1675 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini). Along with the C Ring, which was discovered in 1850 and is similar in character to the Cassini Division, these regions comprise the main rings. The main rings are denser and contain larger particles than the tenuous dusty rings. The latter include the D Ring, extending inward to Saturn's cloud tops, the G and E Rings and others beyond the main ring system. These diffuse rings are characterized as "dusty" because of the small size of their particles (often about a micrometer); their chemical composition is, like the main rings, almost entirely of water ice. The narrow F Ring, just off the outer edge of the A Ring, is more difficult to categorize; parts of it are very dense, but it also contains a great deal of dust-size particles.
New images and movies of the mini-jets and other peculiar F ring behavior are available at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20120423.html .
Scientists have known that relatively large objects like Prometheus (as long as 92 miles, or 148 kilometers, across) can create channels, ripples and snowballs in the F ring. But scientists didn't know what happened to these snowballs after they were created, Murray said. Some were surely broken up by collisions or tidal forces in their orbit around Saturn, but now scientists have evidence that some of the smaller ones survive, and their differing orbits mean they go on to strike through the F ring on their own.
These small objects appear to collide with the F ring at gentle speeds - something on the order of about 4 mph (2 meters per second). The collisions drag glittering ice particles out of the F ring with them, leaving a trail typically 20 to 110 miles (40 to 180 kilometers) long. Murray's group happened to see a tiny trail in an image from Jan. 30, 2009 and tracked it over eight hours. The long footage confirmed the small object originated in the F ring, so they went back through the Cassini image catalog to see if the phenomenon was frequent.
"The F ring has a circumference of 550,000 miles [881,000 kilometers], and these mini-jets are so tiny they took quite a bit of time and serendipity to find," said Nick Attree, a Cassini imaging associate at Queen Mary. "We combed through 20,000 images and were delighted to find 500 examples of these rogues during just the seven years Cassini has been at Saturn."
In some cases, the objects traveled in packs, creating mini-jets that looked quite exotic, like the barb of a harpoon. Other new images show grand views of the entire F ring, showing the swirls and eddies that ripple around the ring from all the different kinds of objects moving through and around it.
"Beyond just showing us the strange beauty of the F ring, Cassini's studies of this ring help us understand the activity that occurs when solar systems evolve out of dusty disks that are similar to, but obviously much grander than, the disk we see around Saturn," said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We can't wait to see what else Cassini will show us in Saturn's rings."
For further information see F Ring
Mini-jets image via NASA


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Fair manager Ray Baker said admission, which is typically $5, will be free tonight.
"We want to give everyone a break because of the economy and (tonight) is free admission," he said.
Tonight will also feature armbands for carnival rides at a discounted price of $15 from 6-10 p.m. Armbands will be available from 6-10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday for $20, from 6-11:30 p.m. Friday at $25 and from 1-5 p.m. Saturday for $20 and then $25 for evening hours.
Baker said a new Ferris wheel will be at this year's fair as well as different rides than years past.
Aside from the many exhibits, entertainment offerings and food finds, Robbie Rye, 4-H program assistant for the Pope County Cooperative Extension Office, said livestock shows are a fair favorite.
"The highlight of the fair as far as livestock shows is, first of all, the kids just getting to bring their animals and projects they've been working on since this time last year to the fair to see how well they've done of raising their animals," she said, adding another favorite event also involves the livestock 4-H participants have helped raise.
"Another top event is the premium sale," she said. "All the very top animals get to go up for auction. Many businesses and companies around the area are very supportive. The kids get to keep the animals and keep the money as well. Feed and everything has gotten so high lately, probably, if they didn't have (the auction), many kids wouldn't be able to take on the projects they do."
Overall, Baker said he anticipates a great fair.
"We are just all excited about the fair," Baker said. "Everything is looking good. We probably have one of the best vendors you can have around. Everything is clean and well protected. We are just real blessed to have everyone working together."
Fair schedule:
Tuesday, Sept. 13
• 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. — enter rabbits and poultry exhibits.
• 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. — enter canned goods, baked goods, apiary, clothing, crochet, tatting, knitting, quilted articles, needlework, household articles, arts, crafts, horticulture exhibits and potted plants.
• 5 p.m. — rabbit judging.
• 6 p.m. — carnival starts, educational building closes.
Wednesday, Sept. 14
• 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. — enter all livestock.
• 8:30 a.m. — judging for all items entered Tuesday.
• 9 a.m. to noon — enter cut flowers, rose specimens and arrangements.
• 1 p.m. — judging on poultry, cut flowers, roses and arrangements.
• 5 p.m. — commercial exhibits open.
• 6 p.m. — carnival opens.
• 7 p.m. — entertainment, judging on junior swine.
• 10 p.m. — all exhibits close.
Thursday, Sept. 15
• 9 a.m. — judging on goats.
• 10 a.m. — exhibit building opens.
• 2 p.m. — judging on lamb, sheep, dairy, beef and steer.
• 5 p.m. — commercial exhibits open.
• 6 p.m. — carnival opens.
• 7 p.m. — Flashback perform, 4-H fair Olympics.
• 8 p.m. — Some Guy Named Robb performs.
Friday, Sept. 16
• 10 a.m. — exhibit building opens.
• 5 p.m. — commercial exhibits open.
• 6 p.m. — carnival open.
• 6:15 p.m. — Fair pageant winners announced.
• 7 p.m. — sale of market animals, Highway 124 performs.
• 10 p.m. — all fair exhibits close.
Saturday, Sept. 17
• 10 a.m. — exhibit building opens, 4-H pullet sale followed by Rainbow pullet sale, dog show.
• Noon — carnival opens.
• 1-5 p.m. — children's day with carnival rides at reduced price.
• 1 p.m. — commercial exhibits open.
• 6 p.m. — Jr. livestock awards.
• 7 p.m. — Singletree performs.
• 10 p.m. — removal of livestock and commercial exhibits.
• 1 a.m. — all fair exhibits close.


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Environmental Science and Engineering
Applicants for the ESE MS degree are expected to have completed at least one year of calculus, physics, and chemistry, have some background in Fluid Mechanics, and have obtained a B.S., B.E. or equivalent degree from an engineering or science program. Course deficiencies, as determined by the Admissions Committee, should normally be removed before the first semester but must be removed before the start of the second semester. This course work may comprise an additional semester of study for which graduate credit cannot be granted.
Environmental Engineers provide the knowledge, leadership and guidance needed to improve the quality and ensure the sustainability of our natural world - from the water we drink to the air we breathe.
Environmental Science and Engineering Master's and Ph.D. degrees span the science and engineering disciplines. The programs investigate how science or engineering impact and are affected by the environment in a broader context. U.S. News America's Best Graduate Schools 2011 ranks Clarkson as 38th in Environmental Engineering/Environmental Health.


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Questions for Victor Reppert and The Argument From Reason
Edward T. Babinski's Reply to Victor Reppert at Dangerous Idea 2:
If you examine any two things you can find both similarities and differences. The organ known as the human brain (such as scientific experts presently know and examine it under their microscopes and via physical experiments), is of course different from the fullness of the mental world of our minds that we each experience. (But then, dissecting anything, like a frog, doesn't give you the fullness of that frog or its inner world either.)
Also, I agree with you that the connections linking our thoughts in long chains do not appear to be of the same kind of connections linking, say, actual metal chains. (However, we do know that the human brain like all other brains in nature features endless chain reactions of an electro-chemical sort. And the pathways of such electro-chemical activity are becoming more well known to scientists who are mapping them out.)
Question: If one is a "substance dualist" and believes that mental reasoning abilities are supernatural and enter the brain from outside the natural world, which part of the brain picks up these invisible signals from the supernatural world? In other words, if supernatural signals enter the brain at some point, what is that point? Or, if supernatural signals enter the brain at multiple points, then why can't both halves of a split-brain patient's brain "know" what the other half is thinking? Why can't one half of a split-brain patient "read the mind" of the other half of that same individual's brain? Why do split-brain patients, during such experiments, appear as if they were carrying on two separate thoughts and willing two different decisions at the same time?
Also, why the endless chain reactions of an electro-chemical sort that continue unabated between neurons and between entire sectors of the brain, traveling from one sector of the brain to the other and back again if the brain is being directed not by those reactions but by a supernatural force that is able to enter the brain and direct multiple brain sectors simultaneously?
C. S. LEWIS'S "Argument From Reason," vs. Christians Who Reject Mind-Body Dualism and Accept the Possibility of Artificial Intelligence, Even "Born Again" Machines!
C. S. Lewis and the Cardinal Difficulty of Naturalism
"Brain and Mind Question" and Christian Theistic Philosophers
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 7, 2008, 7:13 AM
Town Square
Hosterman lists top priorities: Hunkering down as weak economy hits city, Pleasanton downtown
Original post made on Nov 7, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 7, 2008, 7:13 AM
Comments (16)
a resident of Downtown
on Nov 7, 2008 at 10:24 am
Downtown is getting more and more in the hole. With Acc'sentials closing for various reasons and Pasta's on it's way out as well, there's going to be some significant vacant space to fill. I don't envy anyone at this point on how to do that properly and without putting in more nail salons and banks.
a resident of Canyon Meadows
on Nov 7, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Brainstorm ideas to revitalize our downtown:
Think long term strategy, not short term tactics.
Politicians: Limit the damage they inflict. Politicians create obstacles to wealth creation. Cheerlead yes, meddle, no. Here's what politicians should do: Streamline permitting process - be business friendly. Here's the hard one, especially during tough economic times- Reduce fees passed along to businesses. Over time, sales tax revenue will more than make up the difference.
Embrace the free market. Competition works. Don't be afraid of the mini versions of big name retailers. The best bring customers in to downtown. Local businesses and national retailers can co-exist.
Exceptional products and extraordinary service are two keys for success in any business. Simple, but very hard to get right.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 7, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Fellow Business Owners:
As a business owner who employs 120 people, we have resigned ourselves
to the fact that Barack Obama will be our next president, and that our
taxes and fees will go up in a BIG way.
To compensate for these increases, we figure that the Customer will have
to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8-10%. We will also
have to lay off 25 of our employees. This really bothered us as we
believe we are family here and didn't know how to choose who will have
to go. So, this is what we did.
We strolled thru the parking lot and found twenty Obama bumper stickers
on our employees cars. We have decided these folks will be the first to
be laid off.
We can't think of another fair way to approach this problem. If you have
a better idea, let me know.
We our sending this letter to all business owners that we know.
Business Owner
a resident of Livermore
on Nov 7, 2008 at 2:09 pm
You do not own a business and you know it. You are a bitter loser. Try to be a bit more like me and take the HIGH ROAD!
If you can't, try a lil bit harder(Comment deemed inappropriate by Pleasanton Weekly Online staff)
a resident of Carriage Gardens
on Nov 7, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Cholo, probably know a thing or two about trailers! Go crawl back into your Livermore hole, you scum sucker.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 7, 2008 at 4:19 pm
"Hosterman said she will ask the council to schedule a retreat for early next year to address financial and other problems, as well as a way to move matters before the council more expeditiously."
retreat? i hope that doesn't mean going to Napa or Carmel for three or four days at $300 a head per day. maybe i'm way off base here, but since the idea is to streamline and be more efficient, maybe the "retreat" can be in the council chambers? hopefully "retreat" means something different than what i'm thinking.
a resident of Danbury Park
on Nov 7, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Chico, excellent point. Keep it local and order food from vendors downtown. Make your voices heard! Let the mayor know how you feel, I will!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 7, 2008 at 9:18 pm
A transition of our downtown to service the Community, within all age groups, will embrace a sense of unity to engage our local merchants. Finally, the opportunity to quit pretending to be something we are not. Our think tank should hole up some where, without food and water and somehow recognize a new and better beginning. Quite frankly, I don't expect anyone to understand.
a resident of West of Foothill
on Nov 9, 2008 at 8:50 am
I believe the mean age of Pleasanont is 38 with children! We have enough fine dining downtown. Now we need to focus on bringing in businesses that are child friendly that will also attract teens downtown. Since we are so behind on the eight ball, we need a committee with forward thinking who can wake up these building owners. Isn't it better to charge less rent than having a building vacent for a year plus? Let's make this downtown the #1 priority!
Concerned 13 year citizen of Pleasanton with 2 kids
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 9, 2008 at 9:33 am
A city can't tell a property owner what to charge or for that matter what business can be put in a space.
A city or downtown association can recruit or suggest but ultimately it is up to the owner of the property. People do try to do as you say, Janine. The downtown buildings are not owned or operated by the City of Pleasanton.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 9, 2008 at 10:08 am
"Isn't it better to charge less rent than having a building vacent for a year plus?"
That answer depends upon how wealthy the building owner is and if they can afford to lose money for a short-term period by having it vacant. At some point market conditions would force an owner to lower rents if they end up bleeding too much.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 9, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Let's go down the list of failed businesses
Pure Girls
Antique Store
Silver Palate
Pasta's? Is it really closing?
The Coffee shop across from pasta's
The Pub that has been demolished (no tenant so they will leave it that way? outrageous!)
Wa Mu
Did I miss any?
Do you see a pattern? None are national chain Stores.
You must think big downtown.
Major reconstruction and development with housing above and retail on the ground floor. If nothing is done, the list of failed businesses will grow.
Think big Mayor.
a resident of Downtown
on Nov 9, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Stacey says: "That answer depends upon how wealthy the building owner is" Well since many of the building owners are mormon, and some, if not all, donated tens of thousands of dollars each in favor of the yes on 8 campaign, maybe they CAN afford to be vacant. Right up til they get tax audits for criminal fraud for trying to deduct those hate campaign donations as tithe.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 9, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Mayor Hosterman's understanding of economics is about as extensive as her understanding of the Law (is that oh for five or oh for six on the bar exam?)
In case you all haven't noticed - it is Depression 2.0 out there.
If City Government doesn't work quickly to cut costs by at least 20-30%, we will be Richmond. We'll be scrambling to figure out how to pay our Firefighers and Police officers while Ms. Hosterman plans another trip to DC with Ms. Cook Callio to "lobby" for us or plans another Mayor's Conference junket on our dime to discuss nuclear weapons proliferation. She does like to spend out money. She must not feel the pinch the rest of us are feeling.
All you who think this is a short term problem haven't studied history or do not understand of how far in the hole Washington and Wall Street combined just placed us in. This is not a "Republican's are the problem" or "Democrats like Barney Frank took their eye off the Fannie/Freddie ball" problem. It is global, deep and not going away soon.
Save your pennies. Shop where it is less expensive (Dublin and Livermore). Downtown P-town is too expensive for Depression 2.0 When downtown merchants figure out they need to be cost competitive with the rest of the region - downtown will come back. Until then - forget it.
a resident of Downtown
on Nov 10, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I have an idea over on Around Town related to this thread. Sorry I post in the wrong thread the subject is "Helping Down Town business". Leave comments or ideas.
a resident of Avila
on Nov 10, 2008 at 11:16 pm
The mayor needs to look at downtown Los Gatos- you can't even find a parking space there! Our town is so much more charming - we just need to draw more substantial businesses.
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The University of Minnesota Regents will consider on Wednesday a new policy that allows alcohol sales to fans sitting in the general seating area of TCF Bank Stadium.
The U's original plan was to limit alcohol sales to suites in the new stadium. But the Legislature passed a bill that required the university to also make alcohol sales to the general public at college football games through halftime.
The U still plans to place some limitations on the beer and wine sales, which will start an hour before kickoff and only take place in a designated area on the west end of the stadium. People will be allowed to take their drinks back to their seats in the stadium.
At Mariucci and Williams Arenas, alcohol will only be sold in premium seats.
The U dropped alcohol sales at athletic events at all three venues in 2009 in a regulatory dispute that was settled by the legislature this year.


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There's a guy in Turkey – a lawyer – who's pissed off that heavily pregnant women go out in public, because ew, gross.
Turkish lawyer and Sufi thinker Ömer Tuğrul İnançer has sparked a public outcry after telling state television station TRT 1 that it was immoral for pregnant women with huge bellies to reveal themselves in public.
"Announcing pregnancy with a flourish of trumpets is against our civility. [They] should not wander on the streets with such bellies. First of all, it is not aesthetic," İnançer said. "After seven or eight months of pregnancy, future mothers go out their husbands by car to get some fresh air. And they go out in the evening hours. But now, they are all on television. It's disgraceful. It is not realism, it is immorality."
Yeah? What if some heavily pregnant woman doesn't like Ömer Tuğrul İnançer's face, and goes on tv to say he shouldn't reveal himself in public, because it is not aesthetic?
There is not isolation against women in Islam, and being a mother is a gift, Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate said in a statement following the reactions.
"There is nothing like isolation against women in the religion. There is no isolation for pregnant women, either. On the contrary, being mother is a gift," the statement said, while still calling on pregnant women to dress modestly. "However, pregnant women should be more careful about their dressing – every woman should. [They] should not wear clothes showing their bellies or backs."
It also emphasized that "we learn religion from the Quran and the life of the Prophet Muhammad."
Problem solved. No isolation for pregnant women. On the other hand, pregnant women should not wear clothes showing their bellies. If it turns out that isn't possible for pregnant women – well what can you do? It's all right there in the Quran and the life of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Walk around cities such as New York, Portland and San Francisco, and its hard to miss the clusters of brightly colored food trucks perched on corners and tucked between buildings.
Durango has yet to experience the full force of the food-truck phenomenon, but theres reason to believe that soon may change. Several factors are at play, including city plans to address mobile vending in its planning code revisions, support for food trucks among elected officials at the city and diligent work by a few business owners to push for food cart-friendly regulations.
Currently, the citys ordinances governing mobile vending are a little prohibitive for culinarily inclined entrepreneurs looking to start food trucks that would travel throughout the city, said Cory Kitch, owner of Home Slice Pizza. Kitch has a food truck that he has taken to special events such as the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and Oktoberfest. But several regulations or deficiencies in the citys code pushed Kitch to buy a lot on North Main Avenue and park his truck there permanently instead of traveling around town.
In the future, he hopes to build a restaurant on the lot to free the truck to move around the city if future ordinance changes will allow him, that is.
Meanwhile, other business owners around Durango have hesitated to jump into the food-truck arena because the citys current regulations are too burdensome.
Fine-tuning the regulations
The city categorizes mobile vendors as temporary or permanent. Temporary vendors can operate only six months per year and must locate on appropriately zoned private property. Permanent mobile vendors must comply with the same regulations as brick-and-mortar restaurants, including property improvement requirements and connection to water and sewer lines.
The citys planning department plans to examine the codes governing mobile vendors, which include food trucks, as a part of its work revising Durangos Land Use Development Code.
The reason is weve been getting a lot of interest on doing permanent mobile vending (in the last year), and we dont have anything in our code that allows for it, said Nicol Killian, a city planner. Its a new thing in cities similar to Durango.
The city is looking at allowing different types of mobile vending on private property throughout the city but needs to decide what kinds of improvements vendors will be required to make on the lots, Killian said. In the new code, the city may try to differentiate between various types of mobile vendors and maybe be more relaxed about regulations for certain vendors such as food trucks, she said.
The city also will look at the possibility of mobile pods where multiple vendors locate on one property and share improvements.
The idea would be to make it a little bit more innovative and easier for them, Killian said.
Locationwise, the hope is to strike a balance so mobile vendors dont negatively affect existing food establishments.
We dont want someone setting up on downtown Main Avenue and taking business away from Carvers, which has a building that meets all our codes, she said.
Different purpose, different clientele
Several people, including Killian, noted that food trucks serve a different customer base than brick-and-mortar restaurants.
I can understand concerns about competition with brick-and-mortar restaurants, but food trucks typically are serving a different market at a different price point, and can serve areas where the infrastructure costs and logistics of a brick-and-mortar establishment may not pencil out, City Councilor Christina Rinderle wrote in an email. Given the nature of our higher cost of living, they also provide an economical opportunity for families that wouldnt otherwise choose to eat out.
Food trucks also offer a lower cost of entry for people looking to get into the restaurant business for the first time, said Cynthia James Stewart, who runs the Harvest Grill & Greens at James Ranch. The food wagon serves burgers, sandwiches and salads using meat and produce from James Ranch.
A food cart was the more simple route to go, when she decided to start serving food at the ranch, Stewart said. Even so, meeting county regulations was no small task, she said.
Food truck potential
Carol Clark works at Fort Lewis College for most of the year but recently has spent summers delving into mobile food-and-beverage trucks. Her first project is a pub truck that features a mobile bar. The truck, which is manufactured with green materials, is solar-powered and runs on biodiesel, and it will be used for educational purposes, special events and private parties, Clark said. She hopes to debut it at Snowdown in February.
But Clark put her other food truck-related venture on hold until the city changes its code and the code works, she said.
She has put hours of research looking into ways other cities have allowed food trucks and sees a real possibility for them to enhance Durango, she said.
John Gutierrez, co-owner of Betos Fast Mexican Food, also sees great potential for food trucks to provide a wealth of opportunity for small-business growth. The restaurant owns a taco truck but has only used it at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
By setting up near business hubs around town, food trucks could minimize traffic in town and on weekend nights, Gutierrez said. His taco truck would be perfect to feed late-night crowds, he said. Gutierrez is an ardent supporter of revising the citys regulations, which he said stymie the little guys.
In todays economy, we need a community that creates ordinances to support small businesses, he said.
Killian, the city planner, said code revisions concerning mobile vendors should be ready for public comment early next year and City Council will vote on them in the spring.
Its a new thing for the city, Rinderle said. Im excited to have that discussion.


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Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have revolutionized every industry that has adopted them, according to presenters at the MEMS Executive Conference earlier this month in San Diego. For instance, the MEMS accelerometer has greatly enhanced the safety of automobiles with airbags. Likewise, the Nintendo Wii's motion-based controller has changed the gaming landscape, while Apple's iPhone has set a new standard for cell phones. Now, MEMS chips, combined with the smart software that utilizes them, are being designed into cell phones at a pace reminiscent of camera phone adoption, enabling a new breed of consumer-pleasing electronic devices.
"I predict that there will be 10 billion MEMS chips in mobile phones by 2010," said keynote speaker Philippe Kahn, chairman of Fullpower Technologies Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.), to the 150 MEMS executives at the conference. "The Wii and iPhone are just the beginning. Motion detection with MEMS accelerometers will soon enable all kinds of functions, such as shaking your cell phone to pick up a call: no buttons, no fingers, just simple, natural gestures."
Kahn invented the camera phone, founded Borland Software Corp., Starfish Software (acquired by Motorola in 1998) and Lightsurf (acquired by VeriSign in 2005). Kahn's latest startup company, Fullpower Technologies, provides a multitasking preemptive priority operating environment for consumer-device designers trying to utilize MEMS accelerometers, proximity sensors, ambient light detectors, pressure sensors, magnetometers (compass) and global positioning system (GPS) chips, as well as MEMS pressure and flow-rate sensors for measuring heart rate, blood glucose and other health parameters.
"Everyone has experienced having to go through menu after menu until you get to the function you want; so if those can be done by shaking or tilting the phone, those are features that consumers will really want," said Russell Hannigan, director of product management at Microvision Inc. (Redmond, Wash.). Microvision makes a MEMS projector-display chip that enables cell phones to project images on a wall.
According to presenter Jean-Christophe Eloy, the founder and managing director of Yole Development (Lyon, France), the global MEMS market in 2006 was about $7 billion and is expected to grow to more than $11 billion by 2011. In 2007, about 400 million MEMS chip units were shipped, or about 5 percent of the total foundry market.
"We see the total MEMS market going to $20 billion by 2016, with a 13 percent annual growth rate and about 70 percent coming from semiconductor companies," said Eloy. "Venture capitalists are heavily investing in MEMS, too, putting about $443 million into MEMS companies in 2006, with 12 companies raising more than $15 million each."
Right now, the lion's share of those MEMS shipments are for inkjet printer heads, pressure sensors and accelerometers, but the shift to new types of MEMS sensors is accelerating at both startups and established semiconductor makers. For instance, right now there are only four sources of MEMS microphones: Akustica Inc. (Pittsburgh), Knowles Acoustics (Itasca, Ill.), Sonion MEMS A/S (Roskilde, Denmark) and MEMS Technology Bhd (Singapore). But semiconductor makers worldwide are quickly jumping on the bandwagon.
"We know of more than 20 companies who are currently developing MEMS microphones. We see units growing from about 12 million last year to 300 million by 2011," said Eloy. "To meet that demand, Omron, for instance, just bought an 8-inch fab from IBM for its MEMS microphones, which [Omron] plans to begin shipping in 2008."
The story is the same for other MEMS-chip categories, according to Eloy. For instance, tire-pressure sensors were originally developed mainly by Infineon in Europe and at GE Novasensor in the United States. But now there are 15 companies developing them worldwide, according to Eloy.
New categories of MEMS devices are sprouting up, too. For instance, Discera Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), Vectron International (Hudson, N.H.) and SiTime Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) used to be the only makers of MEMS timing chips, specializing in crystal-oscillator replacement at 1 to 125 MHz. But now, even higher radio-frequency (RF) devices are being designed by Silicon Clocks Inc. (Fremont, Calif.) and others. Yole estimates that the RF MEMS market will ramp up to $400 million by 2011.
"We also expect to see new kinds of MEMS devices, such as tiny speakers for earphones and specialized battery replacement chips by 2008," said Eloy.
Other new types of MEMS devices described at the MEMS Executive Conference include the interferometric modulator (iMoD) display, from Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Inc. (QMT), which is as bright as an LCD, but requires no backlight and consumes comparatively little power. The iMoD display locates an optically resonant cavity housing a Fabry-Perot etalon, consisting of a thin-film stack and a deformable reflective membrane. Incident light reflects off both the thin-film stack at the top of the cavity and the reflective membrane at the bottom, allowing the phase-shifted wavelengths to selectively reinforce specific colors, thereby yielding light amplification without the filters and polarizers that cut down on transmitted light from LCDs.
Sugar-cube camera
Also described at the conference was a MEMS camera for cell phones that combines all the features of a normal-sized camera, such as zoom and autofocus, but in a package a fraction of the size of a sugar cube. Manufactured by startup Siimpel Corp. (Arcadia, Calif.), the camera uses tiny MEMS actuators to perform optical autofocus and zoom from within a housing with no external moving parts.
"We are ramping up our production capacity to be able to manufacture about 300,000 devices per month for mobile-phone camera modules," said Siimpel founder Roman Gutierrez.
Siimpel has 5,000 square feet of Class 100 clean rooms, and more than 10,000 square feet of Class 10,000 assembly rooms.
Besides startups, established players such as General Electric are ramping up their MEMS manufacturing capabilities. For instance, GE already claims a $1 billion in-house MEMS operation, and is developing a wide variety of new MEMS devices, according to Brian Wirth, GE's global product manager for MEMS, microstructures and nanotechnologies.
"GE's Global Research Center is developing several new MEMS devices, including a MEMS Raman microspectrometer for chemical and biological analysis, a microfluidics identification system for life sciences and security, a MEMS microvalve for gas-flow control and a capacitive ultrasound transducer," Wirth said.


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Nadal confirms return in Abu Dhabi
Rafael Nadal has confirmed he is ready to return to competitive tennis at the end of the month in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi, following a six-month break to recover from a knee injury.
The 11-time Grand Slam champion said on his Facebook page that he "can't wait to get back on court in Abu Dhabi," and that he "would love to get my hands on the trophy again this year!"
The 26-year-old Nadal began practising on a court in his hometown of Manacor on the Balearic island of Mallorca on November 20 under the supervision of his uncle and coach Tony Nadal and a physiotherapist.
The Abu Dhabi tournament starts December 27 and will feature a six-man field that also includes top-ranked Novak Djokovic and number 3 Andy Murray of Britain.
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