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Schoolyard Wildlife Project
Designed to move students outdoors to investigate the ecological world of common plants and animals right there in the schoolyard.
Florida Black Bear Curriculum Guide
A series of field tested, multi-disciplinary lessons about Florida's black bear designed for grades 3-8.
Junior Hunter Safety
A series of 3 courses about firearm safety, outdoor ethics and conservation for grades K-5.
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Introduce younger students to bird-watching.
Archery in Schools
Teaching International style target archery in 4th-12th grade physical education classes.
Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center
Provides an opportunity for students to learn about aquatic ecology in a natural setting.
Train the Trainer in Aquatic Education
Pass on the fishing tradition and offer the next generation an opportunity to enjoy healthy sportfish populations.
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A network of freshwater fish camps is constantly being expanded around the state, to deliver an established curricula pertaining to recreational fishing, conservation and boating safety.
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Students in grades 4-8 tour lab stations and hands-on displays at FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
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Recruits anglers from all sectors of society too become responsible stewards of aquatic resources.
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Preserves the tradition of ethical hunting and active conservation by introducing Florida's youth to the shooting sports and the great outdoors.
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Second time around for Fernando Tatis
Tatis making an impact nine years after record-setting inning
In the nearly two centuries since the early developmental stages of this marvelous, mysterious sport of baseball, a fistful of players and teams have contributed remarkable feats to its landscape, a sea of miraculous moments that make up the rich tapestry of the game.
One of those moments belongs to journeyman Fernando Tatis. Never before or since, has there been a game -- no, make that an inning -- like the one Tatis experienced on April 23, 1999.
He was with the St. Louis Cardinals then, in Los Angeles for a game against the Dodgers, batting cleanup behind home-run king Mark McGwire. The Dodgers were leading 2-0 in the third inning when Tatis came up with the bases loaded and hit a grand slam against Dodgers starter Chan Ho Park.
There's nothing unusual about that. There have been thousands of slams hit in the history of the game. What made this one unique was that, later in that same inning, Tatis came to bat again with the bases loaded, with Park still pitching, and hit another grand slam.
Two grand slams and eight RBIs in one inning are both Major League records and something unlikely to be repeated, unless you ask Tatis.
"It could happen again," he said. "You never know. I never thought I'd do it and I did it. Somebody else could someday."
Tatis was a Mets afterthought this year, an early-season callup when injuries depleted New York's lineup. But he's been at the center of the team's recovery, part of a group of irregulars who delivered vital hits and helped the Mets climb back into the National League East race. He had four home runs in two months, matching his Major League total from 2003-06 and doubling the number he had in one magical inning in 1999.
Nine years after the fact, Tatis remembers the pitches he hit as if Park had just thrown them.
"The first one was a 2-0 fastball," he said. "The second one, he hung a 3-2 slider. You hit one grand slam, it's a good week. You hit two, it's amazing and a great feeling. You can't describe how good it felt. It was history, not only for me but for baseball."
Tatis hit 34 homers and drove in 107 runs that season. Then injuries impacted what seemed to be a promising career. He had a so-so season in 2000 and then was traded to Montreal. Injuries cost him 121 games in 2001. There were long stints on the DL because of knee, groin and chest injuries over the next three seasons.
Released by the Expos, Tatis went to Spring Training with Tampa Bay in 2004 but was released and did not play ball for the next two years.
"It took two years for me to heal and be perfect," he said. "It was very tough."
At home for those two years, Tatis avoided baseball.
"I did not even watch a game," he said. "I had no plans to play again."
His two sons, ages 8 and 9, kept after him, though.
"They wanted to see me play," Tatis said. "In my heart, I know I am a player. I promised to try and go back. I put the feeling in my heart one more time."
Tentatively at first, Tatis began working out. Baltimore was impressed enough to give him a Minor League contract, and he played 28 games with the Orioles in 2006. Released again, he signed on briefly with the Dodgers and then moved to the Mets in 2007. Mets GM Omar Minaya signed him to his first pro contract with Texas in 1993.
Tatis spent last year with the Mets Triple-A affiliate at New Orleans where there was some serendipity about his season. That's because one of the pitchers on the Zephyrs staff was an old pal -- Chan Ho Park.
"Chan's a good guy," Tatis said. "But we never talked about the two grand slams. Never."
Hal Bock is a freelance writer in New York.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Who all is going? Today would be the day I was supposed to leave and help set up for the show ..I was going to work in a vendor booth there....I bet you can't guess for what??
But school just started for me...WSU..GO COUGS!!!I am in my senior year..only a year left til graduation.
Anyway..I was so looking forward to meeting so many of you!
I also wanted to get some new inspiration and see the beautiful quilts! I love being lost in the creativity of quilters/quilts.
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text: Born in Vietnam but raised in the USA, illustrator Tran Nguyen earned her BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in 2009. Fascinated with the human psyche and interested in the psychologically therapeutic potential of art, Nguyen's creations are often surreal, dream-like scenes. Sometimes tree stumps have eyes, twigs grow through ear canals, and miniature figures live in the folds of a gown. Besides being visually arresting, often the titles of her works are quite intriguing as well — for instance, "I Came Across a Wilting Cognition" (seen above), "We Vomit Carcasses of Unattended Thoughts," and "Living Parallel To an Infectious Pigment," to select a few.


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What Will Happen After Treatment for Vulvar Cancer?
For some people with vulvar cancer, treatment may remove or destroy the cancer. Completing treatment can be both stressful and exciting. You may be relieved to finish treatment, but find it hard not to worry about cancer coming back. (When cancer comes back after treatment, it is called recurrence.) This is a very common concern in people who have had cancer.
It may take a while before your fears lessen. But it may help to know that many cancer survivors have learned to live with this uncertainty and are living full lives. Understanding Recurrence gives more detailed information on this.
For other people, the cancer may never go away completely. These people may get regular treatments with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or other therapies to try to help keep the cancer in check. Learning to live with cancer that does not go away can be difficult and very stressful. It has its own type of uncertainty. Managing Cancer as a Chronic Illness talks more about this.
Follow-up care
When treatment ends, your doctors will still want to watch you closely. It is very important to go to all of your follow-up appointments. During these visits, your doctors will ask questions about any problems you may have and may do exams and lab tests or x-rays and scans to look for signs of cancer or treatment side effects. Almost any cancer treatment can have side effects. Some may last for a few weeks to months, but others can last the rest of your life. This is the time for you to talk to your cancer care team about any changes or problems you notice and any questions or concerns you have.
It is important to keep health insurance. Tests and doctor visits cost a lot, and even though no one wants to think of their cancer coming back, this could happen.
Should your cancer come back, Coping With Cancer Recurrence can give you information on how to manage and cope with this phase of your treatment.
Seeing a new doctor
At some point after your cancer diagnosis and treatment, you may find yourself seeing a new doctor who does not know anything about your medical history. It is important that you be able to give your new doctor the details of your diagnosis and treatment. Gathering these details soon after treatment may be easier than trying to get them at some point in the future. Make sure you have the following information handy:
- A copy of your pathology report(s) from any biopsies or surgeries
- If you had surgery, a copy of your operative report(s)
- If you had radiation, a copy of your radiation treatment summary
- If you were hospitalized, a copy of the discharge summary that doctors prepare when patients are sent home from the hospital
- If you had chemotherapy (or topical therapy), a list of your drugs, drug doses, and when you took them
- Copies of any imaging tests (like CT scans and MRIs) – these can often be placed on a CD or DVD
The doctor may want copies of this information for his records, but always keep copies for yourself.
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With a tying goal in the second half, Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ownby led the way for the Richmond Kickers 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Blues on Sunday, July 21. The win marked a special occasion for the Kickers, as the team celebrated its 21st anniversary with a 21-game unbeaten streak overall this season.
It was not a promising start for Richmond. They let in a goal early in the 5th minute of action. It wasn't until the 76th minute that the game changed. Ownby began the Kickers' comeback for the Kickers by scoring off of a give and go play, driving the ball into the right corner. (2:30 in the video below). Then, in the 85th minute, David Bulow scored the winning goal off of a penalty kick.
Ownby now has five goals and three assists in 15 appearances for the Kickers, who remain undefeated (11-0-8) and second in USL Pro standings. Richmond's next match is Tuesday, July 23 at 6 p.m. CT at the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves.
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She was born May 6, 1941, at Dardanelle to the late Perry and Bula Kendrick Cossey. Joyce was a Christian homemaker, wife and mother and was retired from Tyson Foods in Dardanelle. She was a member of the Amazing Grace Pentecostal Church in Dardanelle where she was church secretary and choir leader. She also ministered to nursing homes and longtime friends and was known as a Prayer Warrior. She loved to bargain hunt for antiques and collectibles, frequently called Dial-A-Trade/Swap Shop and was a special friend to neighbors and everyone she met, Joyce was loved by all.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Geroy Martin; infant son, Stephen Lee Manes; one sister, Betty Talley; and one brother, Jimmy Cossey.
Survivors include two daughters, Janet Chandler and husband, Gehrig, of Russellville and Connie Haney and husband, Buddy, of Dardanelle; two brothers, David Cossey and wife, Freda, of Dardanelle and Lonnie Kendrick and wife, Barbara, of Michigan; four grandchildren, Joy Morphis and husband, Dustin, of Russellville, Silas Haney of Dardanelle, Kristin Mayer and husband, Paul, and Jarrod Chandler all of Bentonville; two great-grandchildren, Makaela Mayer and Ethan Chandler both of Bentonville; nieces and nephews, Brandi Minnie of Russellville, Mike Cossey and wife, Annette, Tracey Cossey and wife, Connie, Brad Cossey, Brenda Talley, Danny Ray Talley all of Dardanelle, Judy Spence and husband, Randell, Jeanette Burris and Daniel Nunley all of Indiana; special friend, Earl Thompson of Dardanelle; and many other relatives and friends whom she loved dearly.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Amazing Grace Pentecostal Church of God in Dardanelle with Bro. David Bishop, Bro. Randell Spence, Bro. Marty Miller and Bro. Johnny Whorton officiating.
Pallbearers will be Randy Crow, Dwight Jones, Marty Miller, Silas Haney, Mike Cossey and Tracey Cossey.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Amazing Grace Pentecostal Church of God, 860 Hwy 22 West, Dardanelle AR 72834.
Arrangements are by Cornwell Funeral Home in Dardanelle. Online guest book and condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com.


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Connect South Dakota: A Justice Information Sharing Success Story
NCJA, BJA, and JRSA Hold Joint Meeting on Evidence-Based Practices
New Corrections Chief Comes Onboard at BJS
President Announces Intent to Fill OJP Positions
President Signs Violence Against Women Act
Research, Policy, Practice - and Theory: The Role and Significance of Theoretical Thinking in the Formulation of Contemporary Drug Policy
JRSA Holds First in a Series of Webinars on Use of Administrative Records
JRSA Website Features SAC Spotlight
Arizona SAC Director Takes on New Roles with SEARCH and Global
Arizona Youth Survey Reveals Levels of Violence and Drug Use Among Youth
FDLE's Commissioner's Award Goes to Cindy Durrett
MNSAC Releases Publications on DMC and Sexually Exploited Youth
Oregon SAC Conducts Evaluations on Earned Time Laws and on Effectiveness of Reentry Centers
Vermont SAC Completes Evaluations of Three County Programs
West Virginia SAC Updates Prison Population Forecast and Announces Changes to Research Staff
In this era of evidence-based policy and practice, the relationship between research, policy and practice is widely acknowledged and embraced by many, if not most, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. But however important that relationship may be to the quality of policy and practice at any or all levels, informing policy and practice with knowledge gained from the findings and conclusions of research is not enough unless the role and significance of theory are just as widely acknowledged and embraced.
Contemporary Drug Policy, published by Routledge in January 2013, focuses on drugs in our everyday lives and the ways in which we as individuals and as communities of people respond to them. It views drugs as part of our normal personal and social experience and considers which drugs, when drugs, and how drugs are or can be harmful to us and which, when, and how they are or can be beneficial to us. It does not propose particular answers or solutions, nor does it advocate for any particular policies or practices. Rather, the book primarily proposes questions. It advocates eschewing unfounded assumptions and instead asking more questions, and calls for the use of science to continue to search for reasonable and compelling answers and, just as important, the questions raised by those answers.
While the explicit focus of Contemporary Drug Policy is on drugs and drug policy, more broadly the book is about the relationship between research and policy and how that relationship can be guided by the relationship in science between theory and research. Nothing in reality is ever as orderly or organized as we like to think it is, but theory can serve as a guide for the progression of science by offering conceptualizations that allow us to believe we can explain the inexplicable or know the unknowable. Our knowledge and understanding of anything are never complete, but through theory we can fill the gaps in our knowledge, and make sense of something in the world around us. We can use the explanations from theory to hypothesize about how things might fit together or what they might mean. We can pose new, important, and interesting questions for research toward new and better knowledge, understanding, and explanation—and thereby raise even more interesting questions.
Given the significance of theory in research, which particular theory is used to guide a scientific investigation makes a difference in whether and how that scientific investigation informs policy. In Contemporary Drug Policy I argue that the theories we have used throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first century to guide our research and derive hypotheses to fill the gaps in our knowledge about drugs in society have perhaps not led us in the most productive policy direction. Consider drug policy as it relates to the legitimacy or legality of some drugs but not others, or particular drugs used or distributed in particular circumstances, or different categories of people using or distributing different drugs. Most of our research on the appropriate place for drugs in society has been guided by mainstream criminological theories rather than critical criminological theories. That has led us in a direction emphasizing control and management of drugs, drug users, and manufacturers, and distribution of drugs being classified as illegal or at least unacceptable for all or some people in all or some circumstances.
What is the difference? Simply stated, mainstream criminological theories are grounded in classical, neoclassical, and positivist thought, so begin with the philosophical assumption that human behavior is a consequence of independent social, cultural, and biological forces and go on to explain crime and justice in terms of phenomena and processes like social order and disorder, socialization, social control, and anomie and social strain. Critical criminological theories are grounded in a Marxist paradigm, so begin with the philosophical assumption that humans have the capacity to create themselves and others while being the product of their social, cultural, and physical world and go on to explain crime and justice in terms of the asymmetrical distribution in society not only of material resources but also things like power, status, and even personal and community well-being. Therefore, notions and conceptualizations based on critical criminological theories might lead us instead to studies about the possibility of policies that seek peace rather than war and might raise policy-relevant questions about things like the impact of policies that are grounded in values related to differences in class, ethnicity, race, and gender. This is not to suggest that critical criminological theories should replace mainstream criminological theory in guiding all the research that informs drug policy. But if we do follow the lead of critical theory it will raise new, different, and important questions that have not been raised or addressed before and just might move us a step closer to being able to make more informed, realistic, productive, nonhazardous, just, and humane drug policy.
Contemporary Drug Policy by Dr. Henry H. Brownstein focuses on the use of drugs in our lives and how we respond to them. Whereas drug policy typically centers on the problems of illicit drugs or licit drugs used in illicit ways or circumstances, the book instead considers the wide variety of substances we call drugs as a normal part of our personal and social experience and asks how and when drugs benefit us as well as how and when they are harmful.
Different from other books on drug policy, Contemporary Drug Policy does not offer answers or solutions. Rather it shows how critical criminological theories can lead scientific research in new directions supportive of policies that offer both solutions to problems that are found to be related to drugs and an appreciation for the benefits that drugs can bring to people and society.


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Doug Smith at The Star wrote a piece covering the Raptors playoff history. Pretty fun read if you have a chance.
Some highlights:
VINCE CARTER: I remember the practices being so much different than the regular season, what (coach Butch Carter) was putting us through. I remember Butch lining us up, he takes all the big men and Im talking about Oak, AD, Kevin Willis, Yogi Stewart, all of our bigs, lining us up and telling us to drive to the basket, try to finish, get ready for the hard fouls. It was something.VINCE CARTER: I remember in the huddle, coach is getting ready to draw up a play, and I said, coach, give me the ball. I want the ball. I was supposed to get the ball up top so I could have more space but someone, I dont remember the player, jumped up top so it brought me to the open side. I got the ball, I turned, I saw Tyrone Hill so I pump faked.
I got it around to my shooting pocket and just shot a regular shot, comfortable. I didnt feel rushed at all.
I let it go and it felt good until it got half way. Im like, oh, that looks good and then halfway, Im like, thats too far. It just kept going and it hit the back rim.
It was just one of those things, I wanted that more than any shot I had taken prior to that. It would have been a great cap on a long series and an exciting day.
That night when we got back, I went to the gym and knocked that shot down 10 times in a row.JOSE CALDERON: It was great but bad at the same time because everybody was wearing red and New Jersey came out in red. That was the funny part of it but what I remember, too, was the city was amazing. The whole arena, the atmosphere was unbelievable. It was the best, cheering from the anthems to the end of the game. It was really, really good.
VINCE CARTER: It was extremely weird. I remember hearing about them going red and I was like, okay. And then we get there that day and we have on red uniforms . . . Im assuming someone lost their job that day.
SAM MITCHELL: It was odd. But it was fun, man. A great atmosphere and I can see my guys and their eyes were wide open, shocked. Its just a different feeling, a different kind of atmosphere.
RASHO NESTEROVIC: Game 1 against Orlando was really a strange game. We came out with different lineup than what we played whole season. Most of the guys didnt know that Andrea is gonna start. That confused us probably more than Orlando.


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NRDC's Plan To Reduce Power Plant Emissions
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a proposal to reduce power plant pollution by 26 percent by 2020 and 34 percent by 2025. The plan's key component is that the EPA, partnering with states, would set new carbon pollution standards under the Clean Air Act. The benefits of the plan, if carried out, outweigh the costs by 15 times as much. The price tag in 2020 would be $4 billion, but benefits would be $25 to 60 billion, six to 15 times greater than the costs.
The plan piggybacks on the EPA proposed standards to limit the carbon pollution from new power plants. In April 2012, the EPA proposed the Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants under Section 111(b) which requires that new plants can only emit 1,000 pounds of carbon per megawatt hour (lbs/mWh). Coal plants usually emit about 2,100 lbs./mWh and natural gas 1,000 lbs/mWh or less.
The EPA has not yet done anything to reduce emissions from existing fossil-fueled power plants. The NRDC labels generating power plants the "largest industrial source of pollution." Generating power plants emit about 2.4 billion tons of carbon a year, about 40 percent of the total emissions in the U.S. Reducing pollution from generating power plants is a good way to tackle the problem of climate change.
There are two key parts to the NRDC proposal:
- The EPA would set state-specific emissions rates. The emissions standard for each state would be an overall emission rate average of all fossil fuel plants in the state.
- Power plant owners and states would have broad flexibility to meet standards in the most cost effective way.
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Mouse Study Shows 'Junk DNA' Is Actually Required
by Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D. *
It was once believed that the regions in between the protein-coding genes of the genome were wastelands of alleged nonfunctional "junk DNA." However, we now know that these previously misunderstood regions are teeming with functional activity—and a new study shows they are actually required for life.1
The genome of humans and other animals is composed of more than just DNA sequences that produce proteins—there are also many other types of sequences that do not code for proteins. The non-protein-coding genes are diverse, with some being very short and others being quite long. In fact, the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are actually very similar to protein-coding genes in their regulation and genomic structure.2,3 These lncRNAs are found all over the genome, in between protein-coding genes as well as inside them. Some even overlap protein-coding sequences.
The many different types of lncRNAs researched have been shown to be involved in gene regulation, chromosome structure, protein production, and other cellular processes. In addition, a variety of new studies is also showing that lncRNAs are key players in development and disease. However, the specific nature of many lncRNAs has been difficult to fully ascertain even though their importance has been clearly correlated with many cellular processes and traits.2,3
In the extensive analysis of protein-coding genes over the past decade, researchers have bio-engineered strains of mice—called "knockout mice"—with artificially created mutations in specific genes. Because mammals like mice have two sets of chromosomes, one from the father and one from the mother, it is possible to mutate a single copy of a gene and perpetuate the mutation by carefully breeding the mice and studying the effects. To more fully examine the role of lncRNAs in growth and development, researchers are using this same technique to "knock out" specific lncRNAs genes one by one.
In this new study, researchers selected only lncRNAs found completely outside the genomic regions associated with protein-coding genes; these are called long intergenic noncoding RNAs, or lincRNAs (a subset of lncRNAs).1 They also carefully screened the lincRNAs to make sure that none of them associated with ribosomes (protein-producing machinery in the cell) to produce small proteins, which some lincRNAs do.4 Thus, the final set of 18 different lincRNAs were strictly non-coding RNAs that performed some sort of regulatory function. These were then used to create knockout mice for each lincRNA gene.
Three of the 18 lincRNA gene knockouts showed lethality and were associated with the development of important tissues in many different organs, including lungs, heart, testes, thymus, stomach, colon, and brain. One lincRNA gene was shown to be a key regulator of the earliest stages of embryo development before any organs are even visible. Other lincRNA mutants were not lethal but still caused severe growth and developmental problems, including difficulties in the early stages of brain formation.
While many evolutionist naysayers have tried to play down the recent discoveries of pervasive genome functionality, their task is clearly becoming much more difficult as research progresses. Interestingly, the critics of pervasive genome functionality are those who are typically sitting on the sidelines in the evolution vs. creation argument and are not the real players doing the research. Widespread functionality in the genome is not the result of random mutational processes but instead comes from intelligent design and complex engineering. Even little mice bear witness to this fact.
- Sauvageau, M. et al. 2013. Multiple knockout mouse models reveal lincRNAs are required for life and brain development. eLife. 2: e01749.
- Rinn, J. L. and H. Y. Chang. 2012. Genome regulation by long noncoding RNAs. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 81: 145-66.
- Clark, M. B. et al. 2013. The dark matter rises: the expanding world of regulatory RNAs. Essays in Biochemistry. 54: 1-16.
- Tomkins, J. 'smORFs': Functional Little Genome Gems Confront Evolution. Creation Science Update. Posted on October 14, 2013, accessed January 9, 2014.
* Dr. Tomkins is Research Associate at the Institute for Creation Research and received his Ph.D. in genetics from Clemson University.
Article posted on January 15, 2014.
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As part of its reasoning, the Court wrote that "the copyright in a factual compilation is thin. Notwithstanding a valid copyright, a subsequent compiler remains free to use the facts contained in another's publication to aid in preparing a competing work, so long as the competing work does not feature the same selection and arrangement." Feist at 349.
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May 22, 2012
New Titanium Series Highlights:
APPLETON, Wis. — Miller Electric Mfg. Co. introduces its newly redesigned Arc Armor® Titanium Series™ welding helmets for heavy-use/high-amperage applications in fabrication, manufacturing and construction. New features include Miller-exclusive InfoTrack™ technology that allows the operator to track arc-on time and provides a digital clock with the ability to set alarms and timers. New headgear improves comfort and adjustability and has been tested to withstand extreme use. The new external grind button featured on the Titanium 7300™ and Titanium 9400™ allows welders to switch to grind mode without ever lifting their helmets, improves productivity and minimizes exposure to environmental hazards. All-new digital controls with larger displays and intuitive design allow the welder to adjust modes, shade levels, delay and sensitivity, and a new three-year warranty matches the longest of any welding helmet in the industry today.
"The new Titanium Series helmets have been tested based on operator handling, applications and environmental conditions and are the most reliable helmets we have ever produced," says Eric Sommers, product manager, Miller. "We stand by that with our new three-year warranty, which is equal to the longest in the industry. The added performance and benefits of InfoTrack technology, new headgear and digital controls make these the best Miller helmets yet for industrial applications."
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InfoTrack technology stores "arc-on" time in the helmet so an operator knows how much time they have spent welding over a given period of time — information they can then use to calculate efficiency and productivity. The inclusion of a digital clock with a timer and alarm further helps operators keep track of their day and can alert them to break or end times, or other work-related/time-based milestones throughout the day.
The new headgear is designed to increase comfort, is substantially easier to adjust to personal preferences than previous models, and has been tested to withstand the rigors of daily use. The headgear conforms to any head shape and offers more flexibility with six points of adjustment. The integrated comfort cushion mounted on the back of the headgear further ensures a secure and sturdy fit.
"We've thoroughly tested the Titanium Series to make sure it provides the industrial protection and comfort for any industrial environment and for any welder," says Sommers. "The updated headgear is more flexible, more durable and the welder is more comfortable for longer periods of time. Under hood time is productive time."
The Titanium Series is built upon a shell design that is lightweight for extended wear, provides excellent skin coverage, reflects radiant heat and features a quick-release front cover lens to reduce welder downtime. An innovative aluminum heat shield protects the auto-darkening lenses in most high-amperage (300+ amp) applications.
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Add another record to Chiney Ogwumike's file as the Stanford forward was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for a benchmark-setting seventh time this season. She eclipses her previous mark of six from 2012-13. For her career it is the 16th time that she has been recognized by the conference.
Ogwumike, a leading national player of the year candidate, entered last weekend as the only player in the country to rank in the NCAA's top 10 in scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage and double-doubles. The new national stat rankings are set to come out Monday afternoon.
Ogwumike averaged 27.3 points and 10.7 rebounds while shooting 58.9 percent from the field as Stanford went 3-0 last week, notching a Monday-night win over USC then sweeping No. 21/19 California in a Thursday and Sunday home-and-home.
The wins stretched Stanford's winning streak to 20 games and improved the Cardinal to 21-1 overall and 10-0 in Pac-12 play. The Cardinal now owns a two-game lead in the conference standings and is in the driver's seat for its 14th straight Pac-12 regular-season crown, and 23rd in 28 years.
Ogwumike opened the week with her 10th 30-point game of the season Monday, hitting the mark on the nose as Stanford rolled to an 86-59 win over the Trojans on ESPN's Big Monday. Ogwumike also went 14-for-21 from the field and grabbed 12 rebounds.
Facing a California team that reached the Final Four last season, Ogwumike averaged 26.0 points and 10.0 rebounds over the Cardinal's 70-64 win Thursday at Maples Pavilion and its 79-64 triumph Sunday in Berkeley.
Thursday night's 23 points and 12 rebounds made for her 17th double-double of the season, and she just missed another 30-point game Sunday, finishing with 29 on 10-for-16 shooting with eight rebounds and four assists.
On the year Ogwumike leads the Pac-12 with 27.0 points per game and a 63.3-percent shooting rate, and is second with 12.0 rebounds and 1.86 blocks per game.
Stanford, which moved up a spot to No. 3 in Monday's Associated Press Top 25 Poll, travels to Washington this weekend, visiting Washington State on Friday at 6 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks and then Washington on Sunday at noon on ESPNU.


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Framingham's Danny O'Connor will step into the ring at Gillette Stadium on Aug. 12 against Eddie Soto. On Thursday, O'Connor made an appearance in Foxborough with some famous guests.
Danny O'Connor steps into the ring like others step toward the refrigerator. It's a natural occurrence, a strut that is part of his daily routine.
On Aug. 12 at Gillette Stadium, that routine will be shaken up a bit for Framingham's favorite fighter.
After the New England Revolution host the Montreal Impact in a Major League Soccer match that evening, O'Connor will face Eddie Soto (12-4, 4 KOs) in the marquee bout of the first-ever boxing card held inside the House the Krafts Built.
This bout will be the first for O'Connor (17-1, 5 KOs) since a TKO triumph over Daniel Sostre on May 24 in front of a packed House of Blues.
"You have no idea how good it feels to be home," said O'Connor, who arrived from his training locale in Houston at 2 Thursday morning.
Yesterday, he was in Foxboro alongside his manager, Dropkick Murphy's frontman Ken Casey, as well as "Irish" Mickey Ward. Ward donned the sparring paddles as he and O'Connor went onto the stadium turf for a sparring session.
O'Connor also was present at a portion of the Revolution's practice session. Since his fight at the House of Blues, he and the team have had a tight-knit relationship. Revolution president Brian Bilello found out O'Connor was a fan of the team when the junior welterweight was home in May.
"We brought him in for a game, made him an honorary captain, the whole thing," Bilello said. "And it was almost a casual conversation, someone said it would be great if Danny could ever fight here. We said, 'We can do that.' "
The Revolution players, like defender Darrius Barnes, have taken to O'Connor as well.
"When you have somebody like Danny that passionate who loves to come out and support us, it feels good to support him as well," said Barnes, who added that he is a "big boxing fan."
These latest bouts aren't exactly backroom brawls for O'Connor, as he goes from a traditional music venue to a stadium that seats 68,000-plus. The unique quality of his upcoming match is not lost on the 27-year-old southpaw.
"You can imagine how overwhelming it feels," he said. "Just a year ago, nobody knew me and I was buying a one-way ticket to Texas with no money and sleeping on a rug with a boxing glove as a pillow. So only a year later, to be at the doorstep to being a part of boxing history, fighting at Gillette alongside the Revolution, it's an amazing feeling."
Since the May fight in the shadow of Fenway Park, O'Connor's name has grown in popularity. With Casey and Ward in his corner, O'Connor's got friends in high places.
His wife, Diane, has taken notice.
"He gained a lot of fans from that fight," said Diane, who grew up in Natick and was in Foxboro yesterday with the O'Connors' 16-month-old son, Liam. "And that makes everything better. Danny loves the support and loves keeping his fans updated."
The boxing ring will be behind one of the end zones at Gillette Stadium. O'Connor supporters - #fanfamily as he calls them from his Twitter handle @DOC_Boxing – will likely be out in full force.
Hype and promotion, of course, have their place. Execution of a gameplan is another matter. O'Connor is banking on his ability to hold up his end of the bargain.
"At the end of the day, I have to remain focused," O'Connor said. "It doesn't matter if the ring is in Gillette or on Mars. Between the ropes, I have to handle my business."
And business, of late, has been booming.
"With this fight, Danny will be able to cement the fanbase he's already started to build here," said Casey.
Shipping up to Boston could even be in order.
"Maybe we'll be in Fenway next summer," Casey said with a wry smile.
In due time.
(Tim Whelan Jr. can be reached at 508-626-4402 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @thattimwhelan)
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One month after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Angola Mayor Richard Hickman and public safety officials from the Fort Wayne Police Department and Fort Wayne Fire Department gathered today in Fort Wayne to call on President Obama and members of Congress to take immediate steps to end the gun violence epidemic that kills 33 Americans every day.
Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan and Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler were not able to attend today's event, but they have offered their support for efforts to reduce gun violence. Mayors Henry, Hickman, Freeman-Wilson, Kruzan, and Tyler are members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Local officials also noted that since the Newtown shooting, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has added more than 100 mayors to its national bipartisan coalition to end gun violence and grown to more than one million supporters. In an effort to keep their community safe, leaders at today's event urged Washington to end gun violence in America by:
• Requiring criminal background checks for all gun sales: Background checks are the only systematic way to stop felons, domestic abusers and other dangerous people from buying firearms. But federal law only requires background checks for gun sales at licensed dealers. Almost 6.5 million guns are sold each year in the U.S. by unlicensed "private sellers," including online and at gun shows. That means that between 40% and 50% of gun sales may take place with no background check for the buyer.
• Banning military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines: Military-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines have no place on our streets. They are designed to kill large numbers of people quickly, and they have no other use in civilian hands. Today, even people with criminal records or with serious mental illness can and do buy assault weapons from unlicensed private sellers who don't conduct background checks.
• Make gun trafficking a federal crime: Every year, tens of thousands of guns find their way into the hands of criminals through illegal trafficking channels. But there is no clear and effective statute that makes gun trafficking a federal crime. Prosecutors who want to combat traffickers are forced to rely on a weak law that prohibits "engaging in the business of selling guns without a federal license," which carries the same punishment as trafficking chicken or livestock.
In addition, a new national television ad will begin airing in the Fort Wayne market detailing the importance of reducing gun violence. The ad is available at www.DemandAPlan.org.
About Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Since its inception in April 2006, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has grown from 15 mayors to more than 800 mayors from across the country, including six in Indiana. It has more than one million grassroots supporters, making it the largest gun violence prevention advocacy organization in the country. The bipartisan coalition, co-chaired by New York City Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, has united the nation's mayors around these common goals: protecting their communities by holding gun offenders and irresponsible gun dealers accountable; demanding access to trace data that is critical to law enforcement efforts to combat illegal gun trafficking; and working with legislators to fix gaps, weaknesses and loopholes in the law that make it far too easy for criminals and other prohibited purchasers to get guns. Learn more at www.DemandAPlan.org.


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If you see an organized group of people pursuing an activity for 30 months and then you see a couple of members of that group pursuing what looks like the same activity, it's not confirmation bias to conclude that they're doing what it looks as if they're doing. It may be a mistake, but it's not confirmation bias.
That's my helpful hint for the day.


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On 20468 Petercook
by Andy Duncan
Cover Artist: Scott Brundage
Review by Sam Tomaino
Date: 27 April 2012
Links: Author's Website / On 20468 Petercook / Show Official Info /
During each month, Tor posts stories at www.tor.com, excerpts from novels, comics, and articles. They are free so I recommend you check them out. Each new story will be reviewed separately. This story was posted on April 11, 2012.
The introduction to "On 20468 Petercook" by Andy Duncan tells us it's about "Stanley and George, two resolute employees of Trans-Space Enterprises tasked with adjusting reflective sheets on solar sails attached to asteroids, miniature planetoids, and the like".
When we look the picture that goes with the story, we find their faces disturbingly familiar. We also find that George's last name is Spigott, but we don't know if Stanley's last name is Moon. There is an AI named Margaret and the description of her face is also disturbingly familiar. To top it all off, their ship is the St. Beryl! Yes, this story is an homage to the original Bedazzled and is, in fact, dedicated to Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Eleanor Bron. The story, itself, is unimportant. It's mostly just a conversation between George and Stanley. That's what's so delicious. It's done in the style of a Peter Cook and Dudley Moore routine and you can hear their voices speaking the dialog. This was just loads of fun and a delight.
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I'm running into an issue that's got me a bit stymied. Some times when I reboot my system my drives go missing (three HD drives and DVD burner.) About the only way I can get them to show up again in the BIOS is to power down and remove the power cable for a short while. When the system is up everything works fine so I'm not sure what to look at. I've tried going back to default settings in the BIOS thinking that might be an issue but that doesn't help. I've also run the numbers on various power calculators and my PSU has about 60-100 watts extra depending on which calculator you look at. (It's also a decent calculator since it is an Enermax.)
Any ideas as to what I should look at?


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Avoid the Wild West of App Development
The financial services industry — typically risk-averse when it comes to adopting new technologies — has embraced mobile technology.
In my experience, the initial mobility related efforts at financial institutions, especially at credit unions, have been focused on creating customer/member facing apps. Beyond that, there has been a lack of focus and consistency in the mobile related efforts. This has resulted in what I consider to be the "Wild West of App Development."
This "Wild West" phenomenon is fueled by some interesting dynamics related to the mobile space:
- Lack of a coordinated app roadmap across the enterprise. Companies have spent significant time and energy on improving their IT readiness to support mobile needs. However, in most cases they are lacking a clear, coordinated roadmap of apps that will support the business drivers of the organization. In the absence of such a roadmap, every idea that can get funded is being developed as an app. This lack of a holistic enterprise view also results in efforts that end up building overlapping solutions as well as poorly conceived point solutions.
- Building apps is the most visible part of a mobile strategy. If you want to show progress related to your mobile adoption, building apps tends to be the most visible aspect. Before you know it, you have numerous apps popping up within the enterprise.
- Your creative agency is driving your mobile strategy. Without the experience of creating mobile strategies, agencies are falling back on their experience as online designers and trying to offer app development solutions. The end result: there is an app for everything. Unfortunately the enterprise pays for it and many of them would never have been built if the time to optimize the portfolio was put in place and the business had looked past the hype.
With these dynamics at play, many credit unions are already dealing with the "Wild West" scenario. For these companies, I offer the following key considerations:
1. Create a Demand Prioritization Process.
Business stakeholders are coming up with ideas and asking that they to be turned into mobile apps. While some of these ideas are surely great, there is a fair bit of "we have a mobile hammer so everything feels like an app" type of thinking going on.
Organizations need to create a process to take these ideas and very quickly prioritize the value, innovation, readiness, and the complexity of implementation before an idea can be considered for app development. The goal is not to stifle innovation by introducing a "toll gate" process but rather to infuse some discipline into the ideation process.
2. Create an App Roadmap for Your Organization.
Identify the various stakeholders in the organization that could be possible users of mobile apps. For each of these groups go through a process of identifying mobile app scenarios. Organize these ideas using an ideation framework that can help identify possible apps. Then, prioritize these app ideas by ranking them for business value, readiness of the organization and the ease of implementation.
Caution: Organizations have to be careful to not let this turn into a long, drawn-out strategy project. With mobile apps, speed is critical and this prioritization process needs to be completed using a methodology that gets to an actionable roadmap in rapid timeframes.
3. Create a Mobile Competency Center to Avoid Disjointed App Creation.
Whether you build a mobile-focused competency center using internal resources or a combination of your internal and external partners, it is clear that there needs to be a high level of coordination and consistency in the execution of your mobile strategy. This includes the implementation of the apps on your mobile roadmap using a common set of considerations for design, development and deployment.
Disjointed efforts can introduce additional variables and can result in a suboptimal rollout of your mobile app related efforts. Centralizing the ownership, oversight, and implementation of the mobile app roadmap is a critical consideration in avoiding this type of disjointed app development effort.
Shahab Choudry is a partner at Propelics Inc. in San Jose, Calif.


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Israeli Election Study, 1977 (ICPSR 2989)
Principal Investigator(s): Arian, Asher, Tel Aviv University. Department of Political Science
This election study was conducted in four phases. The first three were fielded prior to the May 17, 1977 Knesset (Israeli parliament) election and the June 21, 1977, Histadrut (Israeli trade union) election. The fourth and final phase was a post-election survey. In March 1977 a first round of interviews was held after the Labor Party's Convention that elected Yitzhak Rabin as party leader. The April survey was conducted after Rabin's resignation and his replacement by Shimon Peres. The last round of pre-election interviews was held in May. The post-election survey was conducted at the end of June. The surveys examined voters' opinions on different parties and on national issues, such as security, peace, the electoral system, corruption, and Israel's economy. The pre-election surveys sought voters' evaluations of the various party platforms and the parties' chances for election, while the post-election survey queried respondents for their reactions to the Likud Party's election and their party choices. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, political party, education, religion, marital/family status, observance of religious traditions, household income, social class membership, employment status, respondent's and respondent's father's place of birth, and characteristics of living conditions.
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Arian, Asher. Israeli Election Study, 1977. ICPSR02989-v2. Mount Scopus, Jerusalem: Hebrew University. Social Sciences Data Archive/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2013-04-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02989.v2
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My gosh, I haven't seen a discussion topic this popular in a long time.
Personally, I think writing reviews helps me improve as a writer a lot more than receiving them does. Getting well thought-out SPEW review is just lovely, of course, and they still help a lot - like Cassie pointed out, they help you to recognise your flaws. Without all the detailed critiques from fellow SPEW members, I never would have realised my weak points and in turn worked on improving them. Betas can help with this a little, but it's the feedback from your reader that is the most important, in my opinion. Also, reviews are brilliant for my muse - it's so much easier to write if I know that there are people out there who enjoy it.Originally Posted by Jenna
Writing reviews has made a bigger impact on my writing, though. I've improved so much since I first joined SPEW, and I think the main reason is from my constant reading and reviewing of fanfic (mainly by other SPEWers ). Over time, I've learnt what works and what doesn't work, and how to improve on certain things, and how to characterise and fit things into the Potterverse - all from analysing fics and being able to see how to improve things. (I don't think that sentence makes much sense, but I'm sure you understand what I mean.)
Honestly, I think our first priority should be to non-SPEW members. I pretty much agree with Cass completely. In SPEW, we're all pretty decent writers (I'm yet to see an exception), which is most likely a result of writing/receiving so many reviews. Outside of SPEW, though, there are a lot more people whose writing could improve with some good critique and feedback. Also, most SPEWers have received a heap of brilliant reviews already - but there are a lot of people out there who may never have received more than one-liners, and I kind of feel like it's our duty to make sure they get their fair share of feedback.Originally Posted by Jenna
Of course, I'm entirely hypocritical, because I can't remember the last time I reviewed a non-SPEWer. >.>
No. Most people tend to have one or more reviews for fellow SPEW members anyway, and like I said above, I think we're more obliged to review writers who aren't in SPEW. That's not to say that you can't review a SPEWer - and like Mere pointed out, there's always plenty of opportunities to review fellow members. I don't think we should be told who to review - we're not here to force reviews out, after all. We're here to help people, and those people can be whoever we feel wants/needs it.Originally Posted by Jenna
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The Baltimore Ravens Friday rejected a call by a Maryland state legislator to take action against linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo for backing same-sex marriage.
State Rep. Emmett C. Burns Jr., D-Baltimore County, complained about Ayanbadejo in a letter to Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, after learning the player had donated Ravens tickets to a fundraiser for Marylanders for Marriage Equality.
In the letter, which was first reported on by WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Burns said, "Many of my constituents and your football supporters are appalled and aghast that a member of the Ravens Football Team would step into this controversial divide and try to sway public opinion one way or another.
"I am requesting that you take the necessary action, as a National Football League Owner, to inhibit such expressions from your employees and that he be ordered to cease and desist such injurious actions."
Ravens' General Manager Dick Cass issued a statement Friday saying, "We support Brendon's right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment."
Citing the free speech issue, Ayanbadejo, 36, said in the Ravens' locker room Friday he was surprised "something like this would come up, especially from a politician."
He said he was "destroyed" on various Web site chat rooms when he began speaking in support of same-sex marriage several years ago but that has changed.
"Surprisingly, Steelers fans, Patriots fans, Bengals fans, Cowboys fans, people who don't even watch the NFL have all sent me messages saying that, 'I now have a reason to watch football or even cheer for the Ravens because of your support for equality,' so that feels good," Ayanbadejo said.
In his letter to Bisciotti, Burns said he knows of "no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing."
However, in an open letter to Burns, posted on deadspin.com, Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe said he has been "vocal as hell about the issue of gay marriage so you can take your 'I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing' and shove it in your close-minded, totally lacking in empathy piehole and choke on it."
"Your vitriolic hatred and bigotry make me ashamed and disgusted to think that you are in any way responsible for shaping policy at any level," Kluwe wrote.
"I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life."


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De Hackmeeting
Enter the Hackmeeting Blog!
The hackmeeting is a free self-governed event dealing with new technologies, its social implications, the free circulation of knowlegde and techniques, privacy, collective creation, the telecom conflict... It's aimed at everyone with an open, curious mind willing to share their experiences and enjoy the event as part of the organization. Some of the talks and workshops require advanced technical knowledge, other don't, others do not require computer experience at all.
To know the event better you might read the Manifest and the frequently asked questions, watch this video of Hackinvisible 2008 and check the websites of previous hackmeetings 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 2002, 2001, 2000).
Attending the event
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I don't usually make appetizers when no guests are expected. (Who does?) I really love stuffed mushrooms, though, and so when I saw some large fungi at the store earlier this week I decided to treat myself and the Critic. Since he doesn't like mushrooms very much, this might not seem like much of a treat for him, but I figured I could bring him around with the right ingredients. (And I was right.)
Blue cheese and hazelnuts were a perfect compliment to the mushrooms and a little garlic and parsley finished the flavors perfectly. Aside from the baking time, they only took about fifteen minutes to prepare. Perfect for a little mid-week indulgence!
Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms (for 2-4 as an appetizer)
9 large mushrooms
1 slice of bread cut in fine cubes or 1/2 cup breadcrumbs (I used a little of both, as I had some bread to use up)
1/2 cup parsley, roughly chopped
4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup blue cheese (Roquefort or something nice and flavorful)
1/3 cup roughly chopped hazelnuts
2 Tbs olive oil
salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 170C/325F. Wash the mushrooms and remove the stems carefully. Chop the stems finely and cook them with the garlic in the olive oil until they have given up and reabsorbed their juice. Mix in the rest of the ingredients and work at it until the cheese is fully incorporated. Taste for seasonings; it probably won't need any salt as the cheese is fairly salty but will be the better for a healthy grinding of pepper. Pour a tiny amount of olive oil into the bottom of your baking dish and roll the mushroom tops in it. Place them in the bottom of the pan and carefully spoon the stuffing back into the mushroom caps.
Put them in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes, until they smell delicious and the mushroom caps are soft.
Wow! Those sound amazing!
You've got mold in my fungus! No, you've got fungus on my mold! Two great tastes that taste great together.
I love stuffed mushroom caps. I wouldn't have thought to put hazlenuts in, but that's a great idea.
What state were the hazlenuts in when you chopped them? Had they been toasted and did they have the skins on or not?
The hazelnuts were shelled, untoasted, unpeeled. I just chopped them up. The ones that happened to be on top were a little toasted and very tasty. I didn't want to pre-toast them for two reasons: 1) I'm lazy and 2) if the pre-toasted ones ended up on the top of the mix they might have gotten TOO toasted. But it was mostly 1).
I made these (with a few minor changes) this weekend for a Christmas party and they were a big hit! Your recipe reminded me of one I had before (but since lost). I can't wait to make them again!


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Esquire and Yahoo! Ask the Tough Questions in New Presidential Poll
Esquire and Yahoo! have teamed up to give us the presidential poll to end all presidential polls; finally answering burning questions like, which candidate would win in a fistfight? And who would win in a Republican vs. Democrat dream team matchup of Ronald Reagan vs. Bill Clinton?
It should be noted that the poll was conducted after the party conventions, but before Romney's 47 percent remarks were made public and the first debate (politically damaging moments for Romney and Obama, respectively).
First things first, among likely voters polled: 50 percent said they'd vote for President Obama and 46 percent chose Mitt Romney. That is a statistical tie, given the poll's 4 percent margin of error.
The poll covers a lot of ground, but below you will find some of the highlights:
Esquire/Yahoo! addressed what is generally perceived as the "least electable" quality of both candidates.
You'll remember that during the Republican primaries, Mitt Romney's religion was a hot topic: Would Americans be willing to vote for a real-life member of the Henrickson family? Apparently, the answer is yes. Only 13 percent of those polled said they knew someone who wouldn't vote for ole Mormon Mitt.
Buuuuuuuut back the fuck up, because 26 percent of people said they knew someone who wouldn't vote for Obama because he's African-American. 26 percent? It's 2012, just quit it with the racism. However, Esquire notes that most of those counted among this 26 percent are Democrats, nonwhites, and people with
white guilt postgraduate degrees. So they're probably all talking about their racist grandfathers.
"Average" American
This question is hilarious. Fourteen percent of Americans say they believe they have a lot in common with President Obama, while 48 percent say they have noting at all in common with Mitt Romney. Oh you think you're so like Obama, do you? Do you guys BBM each other while you're riding in your motorcades and casually chit-chat about the nuclear codes? Almost no one reading this has anything whatsoever in common with either man. The notion that we want to elect a person who is like us is completely ridiculous, and if that's really how you feel, I suggest you write my name in on your ballot, because I guarantee you I cried while eating fast food much more recently than Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.
Presidential Fistfight
Yes, Barack Obama would probably win in a fistfight. That is because he is thirteen years younger than Mitt Romney.
The poll is in Esquire's November issue, which also features a topless Mila Kunis raging against the GOP's attachment to Jesus, if you're into that sort of thing.


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Do you remember the meeting between Naruto and Madara in the land of Iron, when Madara revield the truth about Itachi to Naruto Yamoto and Kakashi ?
Back then he said that that he can feel the Senju blood within Naruto.
He also said that the 1st Hokage lives within Naruto.
Does that means that our beloved character Naruto has some relationships with the Senju clan.


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If you have an iPhone 5 with a short battery life, you may be eligible for a new, free battery, thanks to Apple's new iPhone battery replacement program.
Apple released a statement that it has determined a certain number of iPhone 5s purchased between September 2012 and January 2013 "may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently."
Go here if you think your phone meets these requirements and find out how to get a new battery.
Apple also said that if you already replaced your iPhone 5 battery, you could be eligible for a refund.


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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' started by Vulcan Princess, Oct 18, 2011.
screen. Kay is Kai Winn's
second cousin twice removed from
a little town on the
(damn I meant Kai Wynn... oh well)
second moon, her exact look-alike
wasn't anywhere to be found
so Wynn's nude pictures were
distributed in the hopes that
someone, somewhere actually WANTED to
start a galactic website where
she could twitter ad nauseam.
"Twitter is forbidden," the Prophets
declared, sending a neutrino pulse
(geez, third time in a row someone posted while I was typing)
through O'Brien's coffee, with the
picture of Nekkid Mirror Ezri
conveniently obscured by a passing
"Move that damn banner!"
shouted Lieutenant Kyle. "Er... aren't
those tits lovely?"
Leeta nodded
, "I had Rom compare mine
to hers. Smaller but cute!
Separate names with a comma.


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Photos hack 'down to password code'
The online hack that led to the posting of hundreds of explicit photos of some of Hollywood's most famous female stars could have been down to an attack on their passwords.
Stars including actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton saw intimate photos posted on forum site 4chan on Sunday evening, with some reports initially concluding that Apple's iCloud service had been compromised to access the images.
A piece of computer code that repeatedly guesses passwords has been found online. The script was posted to software site GitHub, but a message has since appeared saying that Apple has issued a "patch" or fix for the bug.
"The end of the fun, Apple has just patched," read an update on the post. The technology giant is yet to make any comment on the incident.
According to the post, the script uses the top 500 most common passwords approved by Apple in order to try and gain access to user accounts. If successful, it would give the hacker full access to the iCloud account, and therefore photos.
Owen Williams from technology site The Next Web, who discovered the bug, said: "The Python script found on GitHub appears to have allowed a malicious user to repeatedly guess passwords on Apple's 'Find my iPhone' service without alerting the user or locking out the attacker.
"Given enough patience and the apparent hole being open long enough, the attacker could use password dictionaries to guess common passwords rapidly. Many users use simple passwords that are the same across services so it's entirely possible to guess passwords using a tool like this.
"If the attacker was successful and gets a match by guessing passwords against Find my iPhone, they would be able to, in theory, use this to log into iCloud and sync the iCloud Photo Stream with another Mac or iPhone in a few minutes, again, without the attacked user's knowledge. We can't be sure that this is related to the leaked photos, but the timing suggests a possible correlation."
Experts have pointed to the weakness of many internet users' passwords, and basic security knowledge as being the cause for the widespread leak.
iCloud is Apple's own cloud service, a wireless storage facility that can be used to access files remotely. Other notable services include Dropbox and Google Drive, which enable users to keep more of their files close to hand without taking up huge amounts of memory on their devices.
Rob Cotton, CEO at web security experts NCC Group said: "Cyber security is not just a technology problem, humans are very much key to its success. In our day-to-day work we see too many cases of employees divulging sensitive information without first verifying the legitimacy of the request.
"People often point the finger at technology when they've been the victim of a cyber attack, but poor password choices or naivety in the face of a seemingly innocent email is regularly to blame."
Human error, in a variety of ways, said Mr Cotton, often played a part.
"Last year NCC Group successfully compromised the iCloud account of a journalist as part of an authorised demonstration using a mixture of social engineering techniques and subterfuge - and the amount of information we were able to access was shocking," he said.
Separately, Wired reporter Mat Honan had his iCloud account breached and his devices wiped after hackers used a mixture of public information and social engineering when contacting Apple technical support, in order to gain access.
Stefano Ortolani, security researcher at online experts Kaspersky Lab said: " In order to make your private data more secure, you should cherry-pick the data you store in the cloud and know, and control when the data is set to automatically leave your device.
"For instance, in iCloud there is a feature called "My Photo Stream" which uploads new photos to the cloud as soon as the device is connected to Wi-Fi; this is to keep photos synchronised across all your devices. Disabling this option might be a good starting point to be a bit more in control."
While the security of the cloud will now come under increased scrutiny, Mr Ortolani points out that some element of risk has always existed.
"The security of a cloud service depends on its provider," he said. " However, it's important to consider that as soon as you hand over any data including photos to a third-party service, you need to be aware that you automatically lose some control of it. This is also the case for when you upload something online."
Other stars said to have been affected by the nude picture leak include Avril Lavigne, Cara Delevingne and Rihanna, with actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whose movies include A Good Day to Die Hard, already acknowledging pictures in which she is featured are genuine.
She wrote online: "To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves."
However representatives for the former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan, who was reportedly on a list of stars whose pictures had been obtained, say she does not appear to have affected.
A spokeswoman for the actress said: "T here's no evidence that her phone or computer has been hacked, and nothing has appeared online to suggest otherwise either."


text: This is most likely when the remaining Kage re-enter the battle (Expect for Tsunade). Shikaku dying is extremely unreal, more than likely the Kage made it JUST IN TIME and use the combined just to counter the Juubi's Attack. That or the master of all thing evil Sasuke Defends HQ from the attack after speaking to "THE ONE WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING" and has a change of heart.


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Some games that will be at the Nov 8th Black Diamond Games auction and sale...
Black Diamond Games in Concord, California hosts a quarterly auction and sale.Recommend
The next auction/sale will be Sunday, November 8th, 2009.
This geeklist is a way to help show interested parties what games are going to be there, and help you to decide whether it's worth a trip. If you are bringing in games of your own to be included in the auction or sale (what we call "Buy it Now" tables), you may add your items to this list.
If an item is listed more than once, it could mean that there are multiple sellers with copies in the auction/sale - or it could just mean that I overlooked it and added it twice.
Items on this list may be used or new. New items may be in perfect condition, shelf worn, faded, or have minor (or even major) damage to the boxes.
More information is available here:
- Edited Mon Nov 2, 2009 9:15 pm
- Posted Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:21 am
- [+] Dice rolls


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With Republicans controlling the state Legislature for the first time in 138 years, Beebe faces his toughest test yet. A veteran legislator and two-term Democratic governor who has used his veto stamp sparingly, Beebe has already spoken out against several GOP-backed measures that appear to have an easy path to approval, but he won't say whether he'll veto them if they reach his desk.
"Part of the reason I give you the same answer on this stuff, one of the reasons, is to keep options open," Beebe told reporters last week. "Another reason is these people need to have responsibility for what they do without cover from me. They don't need a free ride."
The other reason for Beebe's reluctance to issue veto threats comes down to numbers. In Arkansas, it takes only a simple majority to override a governor's veto. Republicans hold 51 of the 100 House seats and 21 of the 35 Senate seats.
"I think that would make any governor think twice about vetoing a bill," House Republican Leader Bruce Westerman said. Westerman said he'd be surprised if Beebe vetoes any bills this session, noting that Beebe was in the state Senate for 20 years and often talks about his respect for the legislative process.
Under Democratic control, the legislative process was a smooth ride for Beebe. Beebe has vetoed 10 bills since taking office, with no attempts by lawmakers to override them.
Eight vetoes came during his first regular session in 2007, including six bills that he said would have violated the Constitution's ban on strictly local projects. The last veto he issued was a line-item veto in 2011 of a proposal to transfer $60,000 from the state's Crime Information Center to the Economic Development Commission.
In the past, bills Beebe has objected to early in a session have won approval in one chamber but been defeated in committees. The governor this year has negotiated changes in other bills, signing into law a measure allowing concealed handguns in churches after follow-up legislation was filed to address the concerns from some clergy about liability and notification issues.
Beebe last week said he'd likely sign into law a proposal to allow faculty and staff to carry concealed weapons on campus after it was amended to let public universities opt out.
Tweaks to other measures Beebe's objected to may not be enough, however. The House is expected to vote this week on a bill that would keep secret a list of Arkansans permitted to carry concealed weapons. Beebe opposes the bill and says it against a compromise reached four years ago that limited the release of some licensee information.
Beebe has also said changes to a proposal that would ban most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy aren't enough to address his complaint that the restriction is unconstitutional. He's also warned that a Republican-backed House bill to cap the state's spending growth at 3 percent annually would "wreak havoc" on the state's budget system.
He's stopped short of saying whether he opposes legislation requiring voters to show photo ID, but has noted state law already requires poll workers to ask for identification anyway.
Those disagreements, however, have been tame compared to the ones between former Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee and Democratic lawmakers. During Huckabee's first session in 1997, the majority-Democrat Legislature overrode 10 of his 16 vetoes.
Republican lawmakers say they hope to work out any differences with Beebe before legislation reaches his desk, but say they're not afraid of sending the governor bills he may reject.
"I think a veto has a lot of worth. I think a veto threat probably does not," Senate President Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, said. "I don't think the Legislature would not pass a piece of legislation simply because someone threatens to veto it."


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All quotes tagged Bookstore
(23 quotes found)
"In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck -- and, of course, courage."
"Out of the closets and into the museums, libraries, architectural monuments, concert halls, bookstores, recording studios and film studios of the world. Everything belongs to the inspired and dedicated thief... Words, colors, light, sounds, stone, wood, bronze belong to the living artist. They belong to anyone who can use them. Loot the Louver! A bas l Originality, the sterile and assertive ego that imprisons us as it creates. Vive le sol -- pure, shameless, total. We are not responsible. Steal anything in sight."
"If Jack Kerouac had set out to find a real bookstore in the suburbs, he would still be on the road, Phileas Fogg would still be in the air, the Ancient Mariner wouldn't have had time to tell anyone his story."
"A bookstore to me is ike a candy store, ... There is not a book I would not want to read at some point. My son is learning to read right now. Watching him get excited how he can discover things through books is pretty phenomenal."
"The independent bookstores that are left have learned how to compete in this marketplace. There are fewer bookstores now, but the ones that are left are not only a good place to buy books, but they are also well-run businesses."
"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose"
"You go to a bookstore, there's a million books, ... I found one that relates to me. It's not telling you what to do. It's more, 'If you want to do this, you might want to try these things.' If it helps, continue. If it doesn't, stroll through the pages and find something that will help you."


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i basically go by what the guy does on the football field on game day.
who is anyone to judge another person for what he does off the field.
only god can judge.
LT said he was spending thousands of dollars per day on narcotics during the prime of his career. Funniest stories were when he sent hookers over to team hotel of his opponent, and one time he showed up to a team meeting in hand cuffs because the hookers he was with lost the keys. Not so funny story was when his wife had to pick him up from a crack house.


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Crisp ready to compete for starting job
Center fielder reports to Red Sox camp in great shape
By Mike Petraglia / Special to MLB.com
"I want to play ever yday," Crisp said. "I think everybody wants to play every day, and if you don't, I think there's something wrong with you. I don't want to sit on the bench. I could cheerlead with the best of them, but that's not where I want to be."
Then asked his preference if he doesn't come out on top in the battle with Jacoby Ellsbury, Crisp was direct and to the point.
"I would honestly rather be somewhere else and play than be on the bench," he added. "But I'll take whatever comes and deal with it."
As was the case with Ellsbury, Crisp was included in initial trade rumors over the winter with the Minnesota Twins for Johan Santana.
"We're just going to have to see how that plays out," he said of his pending competition with Ellsbury. "I know there's been some trade talk here and there, too. I just kind of sit back and I'm a person who sees how it plays out."
For the first time since the World Series, Crisp spoke in depth about his feelings watching Ellsbury take his place as the starting center fielder, beginning with Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Indians and coming in as a late-inning defensive replacement the rest of the postseason.
"He was hot and I was struggling at that time, and you want to win a World Series, so you have to put who's hot and who's doing the best out there, offensively," Crisp said. "I understood it and that's why I really didn't say anything.
"It was really tough, because you helped the team get there. For myself, I battled through little nicks here and there, and the season didn't go exactly how you wanted, offensively. Defensively, yes, better than I expected for myself, but to sit down and watch the team go out there when you helped them win some games and get them there, it's tough. But you've got to kind of suck it up, which I was able to do. I don't know if I was able to hide it well -- I think I did. That was probably the toughest part of last year."
Injuries have marked Crisp's time in Boston. He broke his index finger on his very first weekend with the Red Sox in Baltimore in April 2006. Then, last season, his offense suffered when he injured his left thumb diving to make a catch.
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Instead of paying attention to trade rumors, Crisp paid attention to detail and becoming stronger, reporting on Wednesday at a self-disclosed 187 pounds, approximately 14 pounds heavier than normal.
"The only thing I'm able to control is my offseason workout, and this season I was able to work out," Crisp said.
Crisp, after a career-best .300 season in 2005, has batted just .264 and .268 in his first two seasons in Boston, with a total of 14 home runs in those two campaigns.
"People think my offense is terrible," Crisp said. "Well, now it's time for me to prove that it isn't. I went through a couple of bruised-up years.
"I think every Spring Training is a fresh start. You've got new stats. I haven't hit out there or anything yet to judge how my offseason workout has gone against the professional guys," he added.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona was not playing favorites Wednesday when asked how he plans to handle the Crisp/Ellsbury competition this spring.
"We have two good center fielders," Francona said. "Our intent is to win, and we'll handle it.
"We have two pretty good players. It'll play itself out. I don't think I've looked at anybody's batting average since I've been here at Spring Training, because that's not what this is about. Whoever starts Opening Day, they're going to play. They're too good not to play. They're too valuable."
Last season, Francona's biggest challenge in handling the outfield was to find playing time for Wily Mo Pena, who came to camp as the club's fourth outfielder.
"We talked about Wily Mo last year and how you're going to get him at bats, and I couldn't figure out how to do that," Francona said. "This will be different, because of their speed, their defensive ability. It will be a lot easier."
David Ortiz watched in admiration last season as both players made big contributions in center, giving the nod, for the time being, to the veteran.
"Everybody knows Coco can play, no doubt about it," Ortiz said. "Right now, I'm pretty sure Coco is our center fielder. [The coaches] are the ones to make the decision. I'm just a player, just an employee. I know that Tito is going to do what's best for the team. Ellsbury is a very talented player and everyone would love to have him on their team. What we need right now is for Jacoby to learn everything he needs about the game. I think he's in the right position, on the right team, to do what you need as a young age to become what everyone expects from him."
Crisp is entering the second year of a three-year, $15.5 million contract, with an $8 million option for 2010. And Crisp hasn't given up on making it though the life of his current deal with the Red Sox.
"I think, speaking for anybody, you want to play, so whatever the best situation is for yourself to play, is where you want to be," he said. "I know in some of my earlier press conferences, I stated Boston. This has been one of my favorite teams growing up, and it still is. Boston and the Dodgers definitely were on my list, and then when [a trade to the Red Sox] happened, it was Boston. I had the chance to play here and I'm still here, as of right now."
Mike Petraglia is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.