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Showtime and Top Rank Slug It out over "Fight of the Century"
Who said boxing was dead?
Fight fans still bitter over the May 2015 Floyd Mayweather–Manny Pacquiao bout that was far more mega-bore than mega-brawl may at long last get the slugfest they have been waiting for. A couple of small caveats: Mayweather has ceded the spotlight to his home television network, Pacquiao to his promotion company, and the boxing ring to a courtroom.
Welcome to the rematch.
Some twelve months after the two fighters chased each other around the ring for 12 lifeless rounds en route to a Mayweather unanimous decision, Mayweather's then-exclusive television partner Showtime Networks, Inc. sued Pacquiao promoter Top Rank, Inc. for $682,754 in legal fees it says it is owed after the network hired outside counsel to defend itself in litigation stemming from the admission that Pacquiao stepped into the ring an injured fighter and, therefore, fans allegedly did not get their money's worth. (Showtime Networks Inc. v. Top Rank, Inc., No.16-cv-03904 (S.D.N.Y. filed May 25, 2016)).
Indeed, just days after the final bell had rung and less than a week after having sworn under the penalty of perjury that he did not have injuries entering the fight, Pacquiao and Top Rankreleased a joint statement acknowledging that the fighter had suffered a right shoulder injury during training. Soon thereafter, Pacquiao had surgery to repair what turned out to be a torn rotator cuff.
Yet if the injury made for a snoozer of a fight, it has already ignited its fair share of fireworks in the courtroom.
In the immediate aftermath of Pacquiao's injury revelation, disgruntled viewers who had paid around $100 apieceto watch the bout filed the aforementioned class-action suits against Top Rank, Showtime and other parties involved in the staging of the event. The suits generally alleged that Pacquiao was unfit to fight and that he and Top Rank had concealed the injury, with plaintiffs ultimately asserting claims for consumer protection violations, unjust enrichment, negligent misrepresentation and conspiracy. Eventually, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated the viewers' suits, which involved common questions of fact, into the so-called "Fight of the Century MDL."
Showtime alleges that, having previously signed a distribution agreement with Top Rank (that contained an indemnification clause), it approached the promotion company demanding it fulfill its contractual duty in the face of the putative class action suits. Top Rank offered the services of its own legal counsel to Showtime, but Showtime maintained that under the parties' contract, it reserved the right to "employ separate counsel and control its own defense at [Top Rank's] expense…of such Asserted Liability if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to [Showtime]…a conflict or potential conflict exists [between Top Rank and Showtime] that would make such separate representation advisable…." This potential conflict, Showtime alleges, was supported in large part by the difference in each party's knowledge of Pacquiao's pre-fight injury: Top Rank is alleged to have concealed the injury; Showtime, having had little to no access to Pacquaio's training camp, maintains that it knew nothing at all. Showtime also claims that the parties' legal defenses and strategies were not aligned and that this created a potential conflict of interest that made Showtime's decision to employ its own counsel "advisable" and proper under the parties' agreement. Throughout, Top Rank countered that no conflict existed that would require Showtime to employ separate counsel as per the contract terms, and as such, it refused to come out of its corner to reimburse Showtime for its attorney's fees.
Ultimately, Showtime's independently retained counsel secured a dismissal without prejudice of the claims against the network in the multidistrict litigation, with a court in California's Central District ruling that Showtime "was unaware that Defendant Pacquiao had suffered any shoulder injury at all times" in the lead up to the fight.
Its initial victory secured in the undercard, Showtime has now set its eyes and attack squarely on Top Rank. In addition to requesting indemnification plus interest of its legal costs, Showtime is seeking damages for breach of contract and a declaration that it is not obligated to indemnify Top Rank for any claims the promoter might bring against Showtime in relation to the ongoing class-action suits.
Yet if Top Rank's counterpunch statements are any indication, this has the makings of an action-packed bout capable of going the distance, with the Top Rank chairman hollering across the ring that Showtime's lawsuit was rash, particularly since the parties had begun settlement talks.
It may not be the fight we asked for, but it is the one we are getting.
At long last, let's get it on.
Soccer Legend Pelé Calls for a Yellow Card against Samsung
After the World Cup in 1966, Brazilian soccer superstar Pelé vowed to never again play in a World Cup. In Brazil's opening match, the Bulgarian defenders kicked and stamped Pelé, forcing him to sit on the sidelines in Brazil's second game against Hungary. In the final group game against Portugal, the Portuguese defenders – having learned from the Bulgarians – adopted a similar tactic, striking at Pelé every chance they got. However, despite the persistent and violent fouls on Pelé, the referee refused to send off any Portuguese defenders, and Pelé and the Brazilian team were knocked out of the tournament. Of course, Pelé did return to play in, and win, the 1970 World Cup for Brazil. Fifty years after getting booted around by the Bulgarian and the Portuguese teams, in a case brought in federal court in Chicago against Samsung, Pelé is hoping for a more penal referee.
In March 2016, Pelé filed a lawsuit against Samsung in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. According to the complaint, Samsung improperly used a Pelé look-alike in a nationally distributed advertisement for its new 4K SUHD TV set that ran in a major New York publication. (See Pelé IP Ownership LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., No. 16-03354 (N.D. Ill. amended complaint filed May 25, 2016)). Though Pelé and Samsung had come close to executing a license agreement for Pelé to appear in Samsung's advertising campaign, Pelé contends that Samsung abruptly pulled out at the eleventh hour and decided to go in a different direction. Pelé asserts, in essence, that Samsung subbed him out for a look-alike, in what amounted to an illegal slide tackle of his valuable persona and publicity rights. The complaint requests a total of $30 million in damages.
The advertisement at issue was published in October 2015. Although Pelé's name is not expressly mentioned, a partial face shot of a man who, it is alleged, "very closely resembles" Pelé, takes up approximately two-thirds of the full-page advertisement. Moreover, a superimposed ultra-high-definition television screen next to the image of the man features two soccer players, one of whom is performing a "modified bicycle or scissors-kick, perfected and famously used by Pelé." Beneath the Samsung television, and adjacent to the alleged look-alike's mouth, is a supposed first-person endorsement of the product.
Pelé's complaint against Samsung makes several allegations, including a claim under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act for false endorsement and a state claim for violation of right of publicity. Generally speaking, a false endorsement is actionable where the defendant uses the celebrity's persona without permission to suggest false endorsement or association – that is, making a false or misleading representation of fact in connection with goods or services that is likely to cause consumer confusion as to sponsorship or approval. For example, courts have found viable false endorsement claims where t-shirts for sale bore a celebrity's name and likeness, a website's masthead included an image of a celebrity, and an advertisement featured a character dressed in a well-known person's signature costume. In fact, the current dispute brings to mind a notable case involving Woody Allen, where a New York court ruled in favor of Allen on his false endorsement claim over a video store chain's magazine advertisement that depicted a look-alike holding a membership card, with VHS tapes of Allen's movies in the background. (See Allen v. Nat'l Video, Inc., 610 F. Supp. 612 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)). Similarly, the state law right of publicity generally protects an individual's persona from unauthorized exploitation, where the plaintiff's name, likeness, identity or voice is used, typically for commercial advantage or advertising, without prior consent.
In claiming that Samsung's actions diminished Pelé's endorsement value and unfairly enriched the defendant, Pelé is seeking monetary damages, injunctive relief barring Samsung from using Pelé's identity without permission, and an order requiring Samsung to place corrective advertising in the publication where the advertisement appeared. In response, Samsung has struck back and filed several motions to dismiss. Beyond arguments relating to lack of jurisdiction and improper venue, Samsung argues that Pelé has, among other things, failed to plead his false endorsement claim under the Lanham Act with heightened specificity pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b), which generally requires parties to state with particularity claims related to fraud. Samsung also believes Pelé's state consumer protection claims are similarly out-of-bounds for an alleged failure to plead the requisite intent, causation and substantial harm elements required under the statute. Lastly, and most interestingly, Samsung counterattacks Pelé's state right of publicity claim, arguing that under choice of law principles, New York law (and not Illinois) should apply because it is the state with the most significant relationship to the claim. Such a determination would be significant because, as Samsung contends, Pelé's IP licensing company, as named plaintiff, would lack standing to bring such a claim because the rights under the New York right of publicity statute are nontransferable and only a natural person has a right of action under the statute.
In his 22-year career, Pelé dribbled, kicked, and scored his way to three World Cup wins, but at the age of 74 he is seeking what may be his first victory in the U.S. judicial arena. While Samsung allegedly was looking for an assist from a Pelé look-alike to boost its HDTV sales, Pelé is asking the Chicago court to kick this ball out of play. Indeed, instead of a last-minute goal, Samsung, if its defenses fail to hold, might be facing a yellow card that carries with it a hefty monetary penalty.
50 Cent's Boxing Company Avoids a Chapter 11 K.O.
Curtis Jackson III (a/k/a "50 Cent") has been in the news for many reasons since he burst onto the music scene in 2003 and later became involved in a host of business ventures beyond the recording studio. Most recently, however, the sports side of his finances took a hit when 50 Cent's boxing promotion company, SMS Promotions LLC (SMS), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (In re SMS Promotions LLC, No. 15-20901 (Bankr. D. Conn. filed May 26, 2015)).
SMS, which 50 Cent launched in 2012, was supposed to be a joint venture with an established boxer, but that plan was thwarted when the boxer was incarcerated on domestic violence charges. Nonetheless, 50 Cent fought on and started SMS by himself – saying he had experience in the industry from boxing when he was younger. Initially, SMS appeared to be doing well and signed several promising boxers. Soon, however, two of SMS's more famous fighters, including featherweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa, grew unhappy with their representation and sought to escape from their contracts. This appears to have contributed to SMS's financial duress and its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2015.
However, SMS was not out for the count. In January 2016, the bankruptcy court found Gamboa's promotional contracts were still valid and the parties appeared to have later reconciled their differences. 50 Cent also rolled with the punches by settling with another SMS boxer, Ryan Martin – releasing him from his contract in exchange for 20 percent of all gross earnings for any fight the boxer participates in for the next three years as well as a percentage of his signing bonus and sponsorship deals. This reduced SMS's unsecured non-priority claims, excluding insider claims, to roughly $72,000 from around $2.3 million, giving 50 Cent more than a puncher's chance to emerge from corporate insolvency.
Getting a second wind, SMS recently asked the court to dismiss the bankruptcy case, saying it could operate with the amount of unsecured debt outstanding and that such debt did not justify the costs associated with going through bankruptcy. The U.S. Trustee in the Chapter 11 case also moved the court to dismiss SMS's filing for failure to confirm a reorganization plan within certain time limits or otherwise convert the case to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In May, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge granted the Trustee's motion and dismissed SMS's Chapter 11 case, allowing SMS to avoid a conversion to a Chapter 7 liquidation, which would have been a knockout blow. (In re SMS Promotions LLC, No. 15-20901 (Bankr. D. Conn. May 20, 2016) (Dismissal Order)). Ding, ding, ding: SMS lives to fight another day.


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Fast Turkey Sausage And Lentil SoupFrom arbormac 6 years ago
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Nigeria has stepped up screening at its airports after the county recorded a second Ebola case.
Nigeria increases airport screening as alarm grows over Ebola outbreak
Nigeria increases airport screening as alarm grows over Ebola outbreak
A Nigerian doctor who treated an infected Liberian man who travelled to Lagos and later died has contracted the disease.
A third person is also being monitored.
The World Health Organisation has reported 61 new cases across West African countries in just two days.
In Sierra Leone fear of the deadly disease is crippling commerce. Only medical prevention officers are seen on the streets.
The density of Ebola cases is highest here and the government has launched a military operation involving 750 troops to implement quarantines in more remote areas.
So far the death toll in this year's outbreak has reached nearly 900.
In response, the World Bank is giving $200 million ( 149 million euros) to the three countries worst affected – Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
In New York, a man exhibiting symptoms of the disease is being tested after having travelled to a West African nation.
Highly contagious, Ebola can kill up to 90 percent of those infected. Symptoms include fever vomiting and internal and external bleeding.
A second American aid worker who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa is being flown to Atlanta in a serious condition.
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It's interesting, and wonderful, to be in the company of whisky lovers. The air full of the bonhomie and personality that make a whisky show such great fun. There's also a common trait amongst the enthusiasts; an ingrained appreciation for life's small luxuries and, ultimately, the understanding that life's luxuries all take time to reach fruition, and take time still to enjoy fully.
Without getting too "zen" about it all, it can be very satisfying to allow yourself to slow down and relax once in a while, and it is this strange "enlightenment" (too far?) that poses as a very fitting metaphor in James Graham's latest play, The Whisky Taster.
With a demanding London as a bustling backcloth, Graham's narrative follows Nicola and Barney, both marketing professionals, attempting to boost sales of a vodka brand.
Nicola, played by Kate O'Flynn, embodies the extroverted, fearless saleswoman persona. Samuel Barnett's Barney is her polar opposite, whose shy reticence is compensated by the double-edge blade of his synaesthesia: a condition whereby sensory observations manifest themselves as colours.


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The San Bernardino County Fire Department ordered evacuations of two homes and a strip mall due to a natural gas leak Thursday morning, officials said.
County Fire Capt. Jay Hausman said firefighters received a report just after 9 a.m. that a Southwest Gas line was leaking at the corner of El Evado Road and Hook Boulevard.
A liquor store and a smoke shop were shut down and evacuated, while two nearby homes were also evacuated, Hausman said. He said approximately five people were ordered to leave the businesses, while five adults and three children were temporarily forced out of their homes due to "large amount of product" leaking from the broken line.
Hausman said a Southwest Gas crew was called to the scene and took about 15 minutes to repair the line. The evacuations were cleared by 9:45 a.m., but crews were still working to restore gas service to the businesses.
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Admn bans marriage functions at Chandigarh Club
The UT administration has imposed a ban on renting out the premises of Chandigarh Club for marriage functions. The club, which is already under scanner for various building violations, has been directed not to accept any further bookings for marriage functions.chandigarh Updated: May 08, 2013 11:26 IST
The UT administration has imposed a ban on renting out the premises of Chandigarh Club for marriage functions.
The club, which is already under scanner for various building violations, has been directed not to accept any further bookings for marriage functions. However, the club management has been allowed to hold marriage function on its premises for which it has already received the bookings.
Club president Sandeep Sahni said though they were yet to receive an official communication in this regard, they were aware of the decision taken by the administration.
The club had also been directed by the UT estate office to remove building violations. A team of the estate office recently conducted a survey at the Chandigarh Club and found major violations such as use of premises for commercial purposes and unauthorised construction on government land.
The club has an open area of 8.5 acres, besides covering an area of over 1,200 square yards, was originally a community centre, but over the years, a large building and swimming pool has come up without required permission.
Sahni said the club had submitted a revised building plan and they would remove violations once the revised plan was approved by the administration.
Recently, the administration had fixed the monthly rent of the club at Rs 12 lakh from the present Rs 1.51 lakh.
MHA seeks progress report
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has asked the UT administration to submit a report on the progress made in the ongoing tussle with the Chandigarh Golf Club on lease issue.
In a communication sent to the administration, the ministry had made a query regarding the current status of the dispute and steps taken to resolve the issue. According to sources, the administration is expected to send its reply in the next few days.
Last year, the administration had enhanced the lease amount of the club by charging Rs 9.27 crore as rent, including interest, for five years from March 2008 to 2013. Thereafter, the club management moved the Punjab and Haryana high court challenging the new lease.
Recently, the high court had appointed Justice Kuldip Singh, former judge of the Supreme Court, as a mediator to resolve the lease row.
According to sources, the dispute is likely to end soon as the administration is considering reducing the renewed lease amount of the club, which has been the bone of contention between both parties.
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June is Zoo & Aquarium Month, and Coke fits in with both in our home town of Atlanta.
The Georgia Aquarium is located right next to our World of
Decades before the Aquarium came to Atlanta, Coke was involved with the Atlanta zoo, though in an odd way!
Asa Candler was one of the early leaders of our Company (and in fact later became the mayor of Atlanta). His son, Asa Candler Jr., had a beautiful house in a nice area of the city called Druid Hills. At one time, Candler's home included four greenhouses, formal gardens, a golf course, a commercial laundry and a private zoo. Six elephants (including pairs named "Coca" and "Cola," and "Delicious" and "Refreshing"), a Bengal tiger, four lions, a black leopard, camels and monkeys roamed freely over the 42 acres of Candler's estate.
By 1935, residents in the community were voicing their opposition to having the Candler menagerie in their neighborhood. So Candler donated over 100 birds and 84 other species of animals to Atlanta's fledgling Grant Park Zoo. Atlanta school children raised the $15,000 required to provide adequate housing for the animals. (The zoo was not home to this cartoon giraffe from a 1964 U.S. ad!)
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Premiere of My Baby Bump
11 comments:
- Tariro said...
Awww! I know your baby's going to be so adorable & stylish!
- October 25, 2011 at 3:23 PM
- Romance In A Glance said...
Aw your beautiful! You look great. Best wishes for a healthy twenty more weeks :)
- October 25, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- Liesl said...
You are adorable!!! You wear the baby bump well and how exciting to feel the little one move! Eeek! :) Enjoy these moments and have fun decorating the nursery once you find out if it will be a boy or girl! How fun!
Liesl :)
- October 25, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- Leeann @ Join the Gossip said...
CONGRATS!!! That's so exciting!!
- October 25, 2011 at 3:58 PM
- ana said...
You look beautiful!! I didn't know you were pregnant!! I'm 29 weeks now! and I'm huge!!! congratulations and do you know if it's a girl or a boy?
- October 25, 2011 at 4:06 PM
- Mimi said...
awwww, look at you! thanks for sharing this wonderful milestone with us! we are all so excited and happy for you and your husband! :)
<3, Mimi
- October 25, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- K & J said...
You look so beautiful!!!!! I know we don't know each other outside of our blogs but I'm sooooooooooooo excited for you. I can't wait to be in your place someday.
I remember watching my cousin when she was pregnant and it was so amazing. When the baby was moving and she would quickly put my hand on her stomach....just so awesome!! I always use to get a laugh when she would talk to her stomach (the baby) at night. During the daytime she hardly felt any movement. As soon at it was nighttime that baby moved around on her all night.
Anyway have fun on your shopping spree. I'm sure you'll find some fabulous outfits as always.
Kara XOXOXO
- October 25, 2011 at 9:34 PM
- Sherin said...
You're looking amazing!!! I am sooo happy for you and yay for feeling the baby move. Can't wait to see whether you have a boy or girl. Either way I bet it's going to be super adorable and super stylish.
- October 26, 2011 at 2:07 AM
Hi Tasha,
It is so nice to read about your upcoming baby! The bump looks actually very beautifull! I always hear that being pregnant can be very exhausting! Well you just have to take a lot of rest..
Xoxo Louisa
- October 26, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- Jenmarie said...
Awwwwwww! You look so happy and so beautiful! Thanks for sharing your life with us :)
- October 31, 2011 at 12:59 PM
- Rachel said...
Awwwww! You are too cute with your baby bump! I'm so excited for you, doll!
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SBA's top official hears about worker shortages in NHBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 13. 2017 11:59PM
SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, right, tours a classroom with Office Manager Gina Millard at the New Hampshire School of Mechanical Trades in Manchester on Monday. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
MANCHESTER — After hearing business people talk about worker shortages, the head of the Small Business Administration said Monday that the SBA can help fund small businesses and teach their owners valuable skills.
"Getting access to capital is one thing, but if you don't know how to run the business, the capital is going to rapidly evaporate," Linda McMahon said in an interview after meeting privately with about 15 business people at the New Hampshire School of Mechanical Trades.
She has toured nearly half the 50 states this year, making sure the "SBA does not remain the best kept secret in the country."
McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, said, "I would love to see more businesses that we are assisting because they are creating even more jobs."
Rita McCabe, who received a SBA loan for her Sub Zero Ice Cream & Yogurt business in Nashua, said it was good to hear what concerned other businesses.
"The big issue for everyone was finding people who want to work and have the skills," McCabe said afterward.
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, who attended, said that access to funds once topped the list of concerns among small business owners.
"Now, it's access to skilled workers who can do their jobs, so they can grow, and we heard several people comment on the fact if they had the workers, they would be able to grow their businesses now," Shaheen said.
McMahon said SBA is working with companies through educational networking programs to help them understand the issue of worker shortages.
Some businesses "are setting up classes to actually teach some of those incoming employees about the importance of being prompt, how to dress for work, what it means in your community to be gainfully employed," she said.
McCabe said it took about six months to get her SBA loan, longer than she hoped.
"I think we are continuing to look at that process and how technology is helping us to be more efficient in that process as well," the SBA administrator said. "We want to streamline it."
SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, right, tours a classroom with Office Manager Gina Millard at The New Hampshire School of Mechanical Trades in Manchester on Monday. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
McMahon predicted Congress would approve "a good tax reform program that will benefit small businesses because we are looking at cutting taxes."
McMahon ate lunch and met with executives of Giorgio's Ristorante & Bar, a Manchester eatery that benefited from a SBA loan.
"It was kind of an honor for her to come in and have lunch," said manager Deanna Byam, who confirmed McMahon ordered minestrone soup.
McMahon named Paul "Triple H" Levesque as her favorite wrestler. The Nashua native still keeps a home along Lake Winnipesaukee — and is married to McMahon's daughter, Stephanie.
Asked who was easier to manage, wrestlers or the federal government, McMahon laughed and said: "Well, I think you wrestle with both sometimes."


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So Happy To Spend Time With Friends & Recipe For Beef Tips And Noodles11:27 PM
I just got to spend the evening with two of my favorite people, Mie and her son Ray. Josh and Ray met in 6th grade, and he is another brother in this house. Since they both started High School the boys schedules have been busy. Ray has been playing Soccer for his school, but is on both the Freshman and the JV team. Busy, busy!
We enjoyed hours of talking, and good old fashioned food at the dinner table. The table looked simple, but nice so I took a couple photo's. We dined on my Grandma's recipe for Beef Tips and Noodles, mixed greens and spinach salad with Traders Joe's Gorgonzola crackers thrown in as crutons and raspberry vinagrette dressing, plus straight up Cider Mill apple cider.
For dessert we had lots of choices. Mie brought this box of desserts from a Japanese bakery in Novi. I will be having my Tiramisu tomorrow. We also had a fresh peach pie that Noah and I bought this morning at the mill.
I am lucky to have met so many parents at Josh's last school that were just the nicest ever. I think a bonfire with the class has to happen here soon. I want to see how everyone is doing at high school - they each went to a different school, and just to catch up. If you haven't had friend over for a simple dinner in awhile I have to say just make the call and do it. It was so much fun, and good friends don't care if your house is a little messy - and mine is :)
Here is my grandma's recipe for Beef Tips and Noodles. I've been eating this my whole life - the meat comes out so tender, it's simple to make, and Fall is the perfect time to enjoy it. It's good stick to the ribs food.
Beef Tips and Noodles
3 pounds chuck roast, cubed
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 packet Lipton onion soup mix
Cut chuck roast into cubes.
Mix soup items together, and then mix with the cubed chuck roast.
Bake covered at 300 degrees for 3 hours
(I bake this in my grandma's glass top covered casserole - pictured)
Serve over wide egg noodles.
Hope you try it, and enjoy it!


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E-Commerce Times has published the second part of its examination of the music download and digital music player markets, as they pertain to Apple. Part one of the series was published yesterday, and looked at the challenges that faced Apple in the digital download space in the face of competition from hordes of competitors using Microsoftis WMA format. Part two focuses on the iPod, and the issues of price and features from Appleis competition in that market. This is practically a vanity article for us, mainly because we are going to quote the section that in turn quotes this author, TMO Editoris, Bryan Chaffin. From the article:
Chaffin said he is less than impressed by Dellis entrance into the portable jukebox market.
"Dell is the Oster of the computing industry," he said. "The companyis new iconsumer electronics initiativesi are a prime example of that. [It] is rebranding a third-party music service and a third-party MP3 player. Itis nothing new, nothing original and nothing that Dell can really claim as its own.
"Dellis R&D is focused only on finding ways of making computers cheaper, not in developing new technologies or even finding new applications for existing technologies," Chaffin added. "The company makes toasters. Thatis something that Wall Street loves, but consumers are paying the price in the form of stagnant features and technology , at least on the Wintel side of things."
In contrast, he said, Appleis iPod has almost singlehandedly changed the perception many people -- especially young people -- had of the company.
"Practically overnight, Apple went from being iwhateveri to icool,i" he noted. "That too is changing perceptions about the company in a broader context, especially [in conjunction] with the intensely negative coverage of Microsoft in the mainstream media."
Thereis a lot more in the full article at E-Commerce Times, and we recommend it as a good read.


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I am a Ghost
On April 2nd 2012, I left the world of full-time work and started freelancing. I've had a lot of fun and some some amazing with for brilliant people. I gave it a damn good go, but ultimately, it wasn't for me
Today, I am excited to announce that I am joining Ghost as a Front-End Architect.


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So last night I attended a school function for one of the clubs in which I was a member, and when we got to the room we were supposed to be in, it was already occupied.
By Geeks.
These weren't any geeks, these were anime geeks. Now, I understand what you're saying... Madame Snark, aren't thee too but a geek? And while I am, my dear reader(s), understand that I like to pretend that I'm actually a geek liaison. I speak the language, I own some of the costumes, and I've participated in some of the activities, but I can also move unseen through the throngs of normalicy. (This post notwithstanding)
In addition to this title, I also claim that of Geek Princess. Meaning, I am relatively attractive (in my own reality, TYVM) have done a great number of things which make other geeks go "ooooo jealous!" and have a somewhat large-ish cadre of fellow geeks who allow me to pretend that I hold sway over them.
Last night, however, I was traveling incognito. I was playing the part of "Honors Fraternity Executive Council Member" and trying to usher in the new initiates into the group, lead them to where they needed to be, and hand them whatever they needed to be handed. And I was not in the mood to take crap from people who can't use the room reservation system.
These geeks got downright rude with me when I politely informed them that we were scheduled to use the room. But this isn't really the reason I'm writing, it's more the observations which I made that drove me here.
Every single geek stereotype was represented in this stolen room. Stereotypes that I was friends with, that, heck, sometimes I even represented. It amazed me that I felt as if I knew them all, even with the fact that I didn't know a single one of them.
There was "guy wearing a t-shirt with holes in it who doesn't so much talk to you, as he talks near you while walking quickly in the other direction because Ack! Girl!"
There was "asian guy who wears the hoodie with the cat ears or chainmail or some other socially unacceptable something while cracking jokes with obscure references."
There were many others, but the next one I want to discuss next is the Geek Princess. Yes, they had their own Geek Princess. She's lucky I'm not also an Anime geek or we would have had to fight because, gosh darnit, there can be only one.
Anyways, my point is, geeks far and wide seem to be subscribing to some type of the geek identity that comes with an Identity Kit containing all the necessary mannerisms, idiosynchrasies, lexicons, and accessories necessary to pull off the look. Are they selling these at Hot Topic? How are they labelled?
It just makes a girl wonder if anything is still sacred when even geek culture gets commoditized.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Views from the Outside
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1 comment:
- Tchann said...
I was crowned the resident 'Geek Goddess' in college. It was actually rather unexpected, but I certainly didn't turn down the title. :)
- April 21, 2010 at 4:55 PM
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March 2018
Message from the Board
"What Guides Your Life?" by Javier Llerena, ACC , SFBAC Treasurer
As a coach I often ask my clients, "What fuels your desires, dreams, and passions? What guides your life?"
These days, life regularly feels like we're living amidst a whirlpool. We're battered by constant change and emergencies. We turn on the news and hear unnerving reports from around the globe. We go online and see opposing data about everything.
Amidst such a whirlwind, how can we direct our lives and remain focused?
In the midst of such instability, we can live our lives according to either our interests or our issues.
When we view life through our issues, we don't need to think. We focus on "putting out the fires" caused by affliction, work emergencies, monetary precariousness, broken connections, and fears. We keep our heads above water, which creates a feeling of structure and course for our lives.
Survival itself may feel like an achievement, however, our fantasies and dreams get lost in this scenario. It doesn't make for a satisfying life.
To experience our lives fully, we have to prioritize our interests—our qualities and standards, the things that bring us bliss, opportunity, and imaginative articulation. It doesn't matter whether you find this sweet spot through artistic expression, your business, a deep investigation of a subject or some other interest that invigorates and energizes you.
Stephen Covey, author of First Things First, used an illustration to prove a point to a business class. He pulled out a one-gallon mason jar and filled it with fist-sized rocks and then asked the group if it was full. The class answered "yes."
Covey then added gravel to the jar and again asked if the jar was full. The class had wised up and answered "no." The instructor then added sand to the jar, followed by water. When Covey asked the point of his demonstration, one student answered, "You can always fit in more if you try really hard."
"No," replied Covey, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all."
If we don't prioritize our interest first (the big rocks), issues and emergencies (the gravel, pebbles, and sand) will rule us.
What are your big rocks?
Invest some energy considering what's essential to you. How might you live more in alignment with those choices?
Think about the things that you adore—your work, your community, making something lovely or flavorful, submerging yourself in a pastime. How might you bring more of these into your life? When we set aside time for satisfaction, we feel more energized and have a greater sense of possibility.
When you're in contact with these imperative viewpoints and concentrating on them, issues and emergencies assume their legitimate position, as opposed to commanding your consideration. Your life is wealthier and you take a path that communicates your qualities, interests, and delights.
What's more, phenomenally, when you're carrying on with a happy life, the issues simply appear to get settled. What an inspiring way to live!
Javier Llerena, ACC
Treasurer & Membership Director
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text: From: shannon beck [mailto:sbeck15@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:23 AM Subject: Popcorn Fundraiser Hi Troop 17 Parents, I handed out the Trails End popcorn brochures, order forms and instruction sheet at Tues. night's Scout meeting. I asked everyone to please try to sell popcorn this year (asking at least 10 neighbors or friends would be a great goal) and reminded them that the money Troop 17 earns helps to keep their trip costs down. This is the only Troop 17 fundraiser. Again this year, the boys can earn a $35.00 cash bonus from the Troop for being a top ten seller. Last year the highest top ten seller sold $1384.00 and the 10th highest seller was around $270.00, just to give you an idea. In addition, Trail's End incentives are listed in the brochure and they are mainly Walmart or Amazon.com gift cards. October 1st is the official start of the BSA popcorn fundraiser in Alamance County so the boys need to wait until Sat. Oct. 1st to sell door to door. The order forms and money need to be turned in on Tues. Oct 25th. Please keep in mind that they can also sell online through the Trails End website and I included instructions on how to do that. It is very easy to do, another way to add to their sales, and a good way to reach out to family or friends in other cities across the country. They may start selling online now. These are a few interesting statistics that I mentioned to the boys: *80% of households are not asked to buy popcorn. *70% of households will make a purchase if they are asked. *90% of those that made a purchase last year will buy again this year. Finally, I do still some help with the Show and Sell on Sun. Oct. 2nd at LHI. These are the shifts and who is on the schedule so far: 12 to 2 Parents: Bob Kernodle and Chap McQueen Scouts: John Coble, Davis Kernodle, John Ange Kernodle, and Bobby McQueen 2 to 4 Parents: Becky Dupree and Gade Lander Scouts: Zach Dupree, Watson Lander, Scotty Grant 4 to 6 Parents: Shannon Beck Scouts: George Ellington, Jack Watt, Will Watt, Walker Beck So, one more boy is needed for the 2 to 4 shift and one more parent from 4 to 6. If you have any questions you may call me at 585-0499 or my email is sbeck15@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sbeck15@xxxxxxxxxxxx> . Thanks in advance for supporting this fundraiser! Shannon Beck


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The Cubs-Pirates game at Wrigley Field was postponed today after a 3-hour, 15-minute rain delay. No makeup has been announced, although it appears the game will be part of a Wrigley Field doubleheader during the final week of the season.
Read more on chicagotribune.com.
The Pittsburgh Pirates make a "W" with drinking cups during a rain delay before their game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field was rained out today. (Tribune / Brian Cassella)


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Spring 2009
Best Practices in Diversity Strategic Planning Workshop
Friday, March 27, 2009
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Nittany Lion Inn
A Framework to Foster Diversity at Penn State: 2004-09
Penn State's Diversity Strategic Plan
Penn State is in its second cycle of diversity strategic planning as outlined in A Framework to Foster Diversity at Penn State: 2004-09. In order to assist colleges and academic support units in developing and implementing effective initiatives that address the Seven Challenges identified in the Framework, the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity is hosting a workshop in spring 2009 on "best practices" in diversity strategic planning.
This workshop will feature Daryl Smith, professor of education and psychology at Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Smith is nationally recognized for her expertise on diversity in higher education and organizational change. Ample opportunity will be provided to discuss specific strategies with Dr. Smith.
Spring 2009 Workshop Schedule
Friday, March 27, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Nittany Lion Inn
- 9:00-9:30 a.m. - Refreshments
- 9:30-9:45 a.m. - Welcome, (W. Terrell Jones)
- 9:45-10:30 a.m. - Keynote Address, (Daryl Smith)
- 10:30-10:45 a.m. - Break
- 10:45 a.m. - Noon - Panel Discussion
- Noon -1:00 p.m. - Buffet Lunch
- 1:30-3:00 p.m. - Concluding Address, (Daryl Smith - This meeting will take place in the Assembly Room.)


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I was on the way to meet a close friend in the evening after office. As I entered an Ola Cab, the local Uber, and shared the password with the driver to start the trip, I noticed a red SOS button flashing in one corner of the application. Though I had seen it in the past as well, I never bothered to share an emergency contact number. That day, I had a sudden intuition to do that. I don't know why. The next question was, of course, who will be my SOS? In this big city where more than Twenty Million people live, who will run for my rescue? I did not have to think much. Something guided my fingers through the phone book to the right person. After registering his number in the App as my SOS, I leaned back on the seat. Why he? There are not many similarities between us. He is from a different geography, speaks a different language, born in some other religion and does not subscribe to my political ideologies. Still, why he? For me, it was a great realisation that our faith in human beings transcends cultures, caste, colour and creed that apparently divide us. It also reminded me of a quote of J Krishnamurti, 'When you call yourself an Indian, Muslim, Christian, European or anything else, you are being violent. Because you are separating yourself – by belief, by nationality, by tradition – from the rest of mankind. This breeds violence.'
Let me come back to the friend I was going to meet. She is from the Eastern Region of the country while I am from the South. We have been friends for more than five years. We normally catch up once in three-four months over a drink or dinner and chat for hours. During the intervals between our meetings, there is hardly any phone calls or messages. When I got her call the day before, inviting me for dinner at a Thai restaurant, I had a sudden realisation that we had not met for more than six months. In this fast-paced life and rat-race, it is so difficult to keep a track of such things. While I was lost in all such thoughts, the cab reached my destination. She was waiting there for me. She looked weary and pale.
As we sat down for dinner and placed orders, I asked, 'where were you lost for such a long time?' She drank a glass of water and started narrating the ordeals she was going through. After our last meeting, she had gone home for holidays. It was during those days, she started experiencing some discomfort in her throat. The medical investigations that followed diagnosed her as having thyroid cancer. It was, of course, a great shock to everyone in her family. Preparations for her wedding were also underway. The doctors assured her a complete cure through surgery and a few rounds of radiation as it was detected at an early stage. The surgery was carried out. She left the hospital after spending a few days in the ICU and undergoing the first round of radiation. Everything was fine for a few days. Suddenly, one day she started having spasms. There were some other complications too. She was taken to the national capital, where both of us live and work, for better medical care. Further investigations revealed that the surgery had caused some damage to her thyroid gland. It was yet another shock! Still, the doctors promised her the best possible treatment and a total recovery. Her second round of radiation will start in a few days. In the meantime, she started attending to her duties.
Two days back, while going to office in a cab, she felt that she was going to faint. Immediately she alerted her aunt and asked the driver to take her back home. By the time the cab returned to her residence, she was almost unconscious. She was taken to the hospital immediately. This incident created a lot of panic at her home. She was asked to stop working till she would be completely alright. But, she is not in a mood to listen to anyone. After hearing all these, I just said, 'you are more courageous than what you think'. She just smiled and said that she would take me to her hospital to orient me about the procedures related to her treatment there. Why? I asked. She leaned forward, looked into my eyes and said, 'because I want you to be my SOS, you may have to rush me to the hospital if something happens while I am away from home.
Who is your SOS?


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Hillary Clinton is fond of downplaying the gravity of the FBI's investigation into her private email server by calling it a "security review," but that's a term that has no meaning to FBI director James Comey, THE DAILY CALLER reports.
Talking to reporters during a meeting at FBI headquarters on Wednesday, Comey said that the term "security inquiry" does not register with him and that agents are conducting an "investigation."
"It's in our name. I'm not familiar with the term 'security inquiry,'" Comey said, according to Politico's Josh Gerstein.


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So hot here last week. I'm sure that statement is like playing a broken record for the East Coast. I really do not remember a summer when the temperature has been this hot for so long. We are not even getting good rain out of it. We will get a dark sky, a rumble of thunder to set my dog off in an anxiety attack and a quick shot of rain. Not enough to cool things off. It's positively dreadful.
These days I don't feel much like cooking anything. Surprisingly I'm still hungry for meals though. I just don't feel like going through the efforts of preparation. Thoughts have turned to salad.
My routine this summer is pretty non-stressful. Two days of working out of the house where I pack my lunch and 3 days that I work from home. Those days, after dropping the minors off at camp I get a good workout in at the gym and come home wanting to eat, but not wanting to cook. Salad fits the bill.
The salad I have been making almost daily has been a goat cheese salad. Love, love, love goat cheese. Something about the texture and the tang. I also love the fact you don't need a ton of it to get great flavor. I used to make a breaded goat cheese salad as an show stopping first course, but wanted to make something a little faster and a tad healthier.
Goat Cheese Salad with Creamy Vinaigrette
1 serving
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons of champagne vinegar
1/4 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 clove of minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste.
2 heaping cups of mescalin
4 very thinly slices of a leftover baguette from dinner the night before (if you are married to someone like my husband, there is always bread, but I have to hide the leftovers)
1-2 ounces of goat cheese.
2 tablespoons of roughly chopped walnuts
Preheat the oven (or toaster oven!) to 450 degrees
In a big bowl, combine the vinegar, mustard and garlic. Whisk in the olive oil slowly until the mixture forms an emulsion. Add salt and pepper to taste. Put the greens on top of the salad and put aside.
On a cookie sheet, very lightly sprinkle some olive oil on the bread slices. Put the bread in the oven and watch it close. Since it is cut thin you do not want to burn it. You are looking for a nice golden color. Remove the bread and divide the goat cheese on slices. Return to oven and melt the cheese ever so slightly.
Toss the greens in the bowl with the dressing and put on a plate. Arrange the goat cheese toasts on the salad and sprinkle with the walnuts.
Monday, July 26, 2010
The Salad I Keep Going Back To
Labels: goat cheese, salad
1 comment:
- Damaris said...
isn't goat cheese just the bomb?
- August 9, 2010 at 4:20 PM
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text: Hill, Holliday appoints executive creative director Published on January 26, 2004. Boston--Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos named Nancy Harhut senior VP-executive creative director of relationship marketing. Harhut was previously senior VP-creative director at Mullen, Wenham, Mass. She will oversee creative duties for all relationship marketing accounts at Hill, Hollidayâs Boston office, including Dell, FleetBoston Financial, Cognos and The Boston Globe/Boston Works. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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10/5/2017 11:15 AM Maxwell SU--- Yulong Wang
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Unbiased Estimation of Tail Properties with Complete, Censored, or Truncated
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properties such as high quantiles and tail conditional expectations. We provide
new asymptotically (quantile) unbiased estimators that are applicable to (i)
complete data; (ii) tail censored (top coded) data with known or unknown
censoring point; and (iii) tail truncated data with known and unknown
truncation point. The new method relies on the sole assumption that the largest
k observations satisfy the extreme value theory, for a given and fixed k. This
asymptotics leads to excellent small sample bias and risk properties as shown
by Monte Carlo simulations, and the empirical relevance is illustrated by
estimating the high quantiles of the U.S. hurricane damage. In addition to
i.i.d. data, the new method is generalized to accommodate stochastic volatility
models by proving that the residuals of fitting a correctly specified GARCH
model satisfy our assumption."


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Zipping around the industry's annual Woodstock, you may have missed a few developments that added color to this year's gathering. While feeling is returning to your feet, here's your chance to catch some of the unsung moments from the National Restaurant Association's annual convention:
- One of the shuttle buses that haul attendees to McCormick Place got lost en route, according to an eyewitness account from an impeccable source. The driver drove around and around until he found McCormick, then got lost again in the subterranean labyrinth where the buses unload, then hit the streets again. The passengers finally demanded that the driver let them out so they could walk the rest of the way.
- This might've been the Year of the App—not because of what was hawked on the show floor, but as a result of the new technology attendees used to navigate Chicago and show-related parties. Show-goers (including this intrepid blogger) used the new Hailo Taxi app as an alternate way of snagging a cab. Sadly, a shortage of cabs is a shortage of cabs, whether you're whistling or punching a button on your smart phone. Attendees of Groupon's party at The Aviary were encouraged to download a virtual-ticket app to get in, and attendees of Ecolab's posh event were each provided with a smart-phone-like device to bid in a silent auction benefitting ProStart. Attendees keyed in an item's number to learn the high bid at any point. They could enter a higher offer via the device, then learn if (or when) they were out-bid.
- The Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) is working with Technomic to benchmark industry training practices. National Restaurant Association officials say Technomic is also assisting that association in spotting new opportunities for "study groups," the small gatherings of executives with similar business interests or responsibilities (i.e., the Marketing Executives Group, the Fast-Casual Council, the Pizzeria Industry Council, etc.) One possibility mentioned: A group for officials of Asian chains.
- The show's big draws, as reported to us: Any session on the new healthcare law; Howard Schultz's keynote presentation; Anthony Bourdain; and, in a further continuation of a trend that has been building for years, the smaller booths that showcased American regional ingredients and organic choices.
- Best quip heard at the show: The executive of a sandwich chain was asked how his concept's signature product differed from the bargain-priced sandwich of the segment's leader. There was a long pause. "Well," he said, "we use meat."


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Larry Coyer had one question when he took over the Indianapolis Colts' defense, and he didn't have to wait long for an answer.
"We always wanted to attack," defensive linemen Raheem Brock said Wednesday. "(Ron) Meeks and (Tony) Dungy had a system that worked for a long time, but Coyer has changed it up and I think it's worked out for the better."
Actually, the style fit perfectly the players' hopes.
Coyer has allowed the squad to blitz more often, getting his speedy ends into more one-on-one blocking assignments and allowed a unit often overshadowed by Indy's high-scoring offense to create its own identity.
The result: Indy is a perfect 16-0 this season when its starters finish games, and Sunday, the Colts will play for their second Super Bowl title in four years.
Although critics contend not much has changed in terms of numbers - Indy ranks No. 14 against the pass, No. 18 overall and No. 24 against the run - things are clearly different:
- Indy finished No. 8 in points allowed, a ranking that slipped after Indy pulled its top players for most of the regular season's final six quarters. Opponents wound up scoring 56 points, nearly one-fifth of the overall total, during that span.
- The Colts didn't give up a touchdown after a turnover until Week 15, at Jacksonville.
- When the offense struggled, the defense kept Indy in the game until Peyton Manning finally figured things out, and when Indy needed to close out victories on defense, it did.
No, they're not Dungy's Colts any more.
"They had a plan in place for a number of years and when you win that many games, you want to communicate with the players," Coyer said. "I feel like we helped them become a little more aggressive, and they were very outspoken about how they wanted to play, so we tried it."
In some NFL corners, that would warrant being labeled a "player's coach."
Coyer does not exactly fit the profile.
Outsiders see the 65-year-old like a genteel grandfather - soft-spoken, spinning yards, puffing on a pipe.
Players and coaches know better. They call Coyer a bundle of energy, who insists on perfection and uses his experience to find weaknesses in any opponents.
He also brings another valuable commodity to the sideline - perspective.
After graduating from Marshall in 1964, the West Virginia native spent three more years at his alma mater as an assistant coach. He spent three years in the defunct USFL, made NFL stops in Denver, Tampa Bay and with the New York Jets. He's been at high-profile college programs like Ohio State and UCLA and non-BCS schools such as East Carolina and Houston, and lost friends and colleagues in the 1970 Marshall plane crash.
But it was at Iowa where Coyer inspired one of his prized pupils, Jim Caldwell. The defensive back was so impressed with Coyer that decades later when Caldwell had six interviews for NFL head coaching gigs, he insisted Coyer would be his top choice for defensive coordinator.
On Feb. 6, 2009, Caldwell finally hired Coyer.
"He was tough," Caldwell said. "You see him today, he's got a lot of energy for a guy that's 65 years of age. He's still got a lot of grit and he still communicates awfully well."
Coyer also understands how to get the most out of his players.
With what may be the fastest defense in the NFL, Coyer began using stunts and an array of blitzes to let Pro Bowl ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis to cause even more havoc. Defensive captain Gary Brackett understood how to put players in the right spots and big-hitting safeties Antoine Bethea, Melvin Bullitt and Bob Sanders could clean up any mistakes.
So Coyer gave the aggressive approach the go.
"We're attacking and challenging offenses to make plays," cornerback Kelvin Hayden said. "We're not just going to sit back and let the quarterback pick us apart. We're going to dictate and force quarterbacks to make plays."
New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees sees the difference.
"I don't think there are any holes, but you hope that you can catch them from time to time and be able to get a big play," Brees said. "You always want to feel like you have the upper hand and that you are setting the tempo for the game."
As does the Colts defense.
If they succeeds one more time, the Colts could be going home with the second Lombardi Trophy in the Indianapolis era.
"I've been coaching since 1965, and this is the most pleasurable group I've been around," Coyer said. "Not because they're in the Super Bowl but because of how they do things. They have personality, they really play hard, they focused and consistent. It's just been a joy."


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I would like to welcome the newest member of our writing team, Lisa O'Connor. In her first post with us, she tells us her story of dealing with the bureaucracy of the Veteran's Health Administration. Thanks for sharing with us, Lisa!
New VA motto: "In VHA, Nos Pedicabo tu Cruda." or "In the VHA, We Will Fuck You Raw."
Very appropriate motto. Not necessarily needed, as anyone who has dealt with the VHA will attest, but it is kinda cool, almost akin to, "Spes, omnes qui ibi intra, – "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." (TY Dante)


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The only statewide Republican publication, the California Republican, hits mailboxes this week. The California Republican has been published continuously since the 1930s and is the official newspaper of the California Republican Assembly (CRA) - the state's oldest Republican volunteer . . .
California Republican Newspaper Mar-Apr Issue
The March-April 2012 edition of the California Republican is now available. The current issue features information about the CRA's upcoming Presidential Endorsing Convention, including announcements that Judge Jim Rogan (former Congressman) and Star Parker (columnist and founder/President of the . . .


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Clipping Mask Tutorial
There are two common ways you can create photo storyboards. Some of my storyboards are simple png files that have cutouts for your images. You drag your image under the frame and resize the image to fit. This is a sample of that type of storyboard. These are very useful because you can open them in most editing programs, but for more complex storyboards with multiple image cutouts it is so much easier to add images using clipping masks. If you use clipping masks you don't have to worry about cropping your image to fit behind a storyboard.
Today I am going to show you how to add images to storyboards using clipping masks in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. I have also written an action that does all of the work for you, and you can read the instructions and download it here.
Clipping Mask Tutorial for Photoshop and PSE:
I am using the CoffeeShop Web Boards 8 in this tutorial (click here to download it). Here are all of my free storyboards.
If you are using the Group-It action, close everything in your program and open the storyboard. It should be the only thing open or the action won't run properly.
Open the layered psd storyboard.
PSE11-12 Users-Please Read!
PSE11-12 Users: I prefer using floating documents rather than tabs while loading storyboards in PSE. Put PSE in Expert Mode (click on the tab on top). And go to to the upper left menubar and click on Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor, Preferences, General and check "allow floating documents in Expert Mode".
You can see this storyboard has many layers. If you are using PSE11-12 make sure to put PSE in Expert Mode. I numbered all of the cutouts from the top left to the bottom right. In this storyboard on the top layer I made a map of the numbered layers that you can turn on if you get confused (it is turned on in this screenshot). Please be sure that this layer is turned off before saving your storyboard for print or web!
Click on "V" to grab your move tool and then click on image cutout "1" in the storyboard. Open you image. Click "V" on your keyboard to grab your move tool and then click on the photo and drag it on top of your storyboard.
Since I selected the storyboard cutout before dragging the image on it, the image is just above the image "1" clipping mask layer as seen in this screenshot. If you didn't select the proper clipping mask layer before adding the image, drag the image on top of it in the layer pane.
If you are working with large resolution images as I am in this tutorial, you might not see the storyboard and only a portion of your image because the image is covering the entire storyboard. Click "Ctrl-0" (0=zero) (Cmd-0 in Macs) to zoom out so you can see your full image.
Group the image to the clipping mask:
Go to your layer pane and do one of these three different grouping methods:
1. Hold down Alt (Option in Mac), position the pointer over the line dividing two layers in the Layers panel (the pointer changes to two overlapping circles), and then click.
2. Select the top layer of a pair of layers you want to group, and choose Layer, Create Clipping Mask.
3. Click on the image in the layer pane and hold down Ctrl-G (Cmd-G in Mac).
As you can see in this screenshot, my image is now grouped to the top left clipping mask, but my image is so much larger than the storyboard cutout that I only see a small portion of it (because I zoomed out with Ctrl-0 [Cmd-0 in Mac] earlier). If you don't see your image but can see the transform bars, then your image is small and behind a different clipping mask. Just move it position and then adjust the size.
I am going to go ahead and start fitting the image in the cutout. Click Ctrl-T (Cmd-T in Mac) to free transform to fit your image in the cutout.
In Photoshop CS, make sure you hold shift as you drag to resize your image (width and height should be linked on top), and if you are using PSE don't hold shift and make sure "Constrain Proportions" is checked (see screenshot above). If you don't do this properly your image will distort. And you can't fit a rectangular image in a square hole, you will have to hide part of the image.
If your image was really large when you started and you zoomed out and it gets really small as you are fitting it in the cutout in the storyboard, then press Ctrl-0 (Cmd-0 in Mac) to zoom in as you fit the image.
When the image is positioned correctly, press the green check to accept the transformation.
After you are finished with that image, select the "V" key for the move tool and click on the next clipping mask and start the process over again. Or use my Group-It action to add images quickly!
I hope this tutorial helps you to stop fearing clipping masks! If you need additional help or this sounds like crazy talk, I have another tutorial here and here that might help. Don't fear the clipping mask!
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This tutorial worked like a charm! Thanks, Rita!ReplyDelete
Wow, this is cool...now if I can do it, I will be so happy. Thanks for all the info and the free stuff.ReplyDelete
Thank you again Rita! I have oodles of photos of my granddaughters and this is my favorite way to display them!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Denise!!!Delete
I LOVE tutorials and this one is outstanding! Thank you for your creative talents and generosity!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Scarette!Delete
- DorothyJuly 11, 2017 at 9:47 AM
I don't see in the tutorial how to open an image and put it in one of the layers.ReplyDeleteReplies
Dorothy, just go to File, Open and open your image and then follow the instructions. Or better yet, download the free action so it does all of the hard work!Delete
Hi how do you do this on PS CC? thanksReplyDeleteReplies
Try using my Group-It action in CC, I use it all of the time! It is linked in the post.Delete
My images look pixelated when I am done. What am I doing wrong?ReplyDelete
Thank you for taking the time to leave a message, I love reading them! All comments are personally moderated by me and I will post and answer them them as soon as possible.


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Bringing SUVs to the Next Level With This SIK Showstopper
It's become amazingly tough to standout from the crowd at custom truck shows. Chances are every modification you can think of has already been done in one way or another. The best way to bring your truck or SUV to the next level is create an overall package that combines all of the most radical, imaginative modifications into one clean ride. This is what Hector Esquivel, president of the Los Angeles chapter of Nokturnal, has done with his '98 GMC Yukon dubbed Zacatecas II. The first Zacatecas vehicle being a highly customized Avalanche that has garnered several awards throughout the years. Since Hector's family is originally from Zacatecas, Mexico, it was only fitting to name his vehicles after that fact. With the Yukon, he has truly outdone his previous build, taking home several Best of Show awards at a variety of events, including DUB and Relaxin' in So Cal, ever since the SUV debuted at SEMA. It wasn't an overnight process, though, and he couldn't have achieved a show-stopping SUV without the help of friends and sponsors.
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The build started with a few simple ideas, but of course, it did not end up that way. Hector picked up the stock SUV as a daily driver. He brought it over to Kevin Currell at SIK Fabrication in Corona, California, for a simple air ride setup to make the ride more comfortable. After a long discussion, with both sides tossing out ideas, they decided to forgo the 'bagged daily driver route and set out to build an insane SUV that would surely turn the show scene on its head. The first step was the suspension. The goal was to lay the Yukon flat out on 28-inch TIS Modular wheels and 295/30/28 Pirelli tires. To do this SIK Fabrications (http://sikfabrications NULL.com/) created a frame from the firewall back using 2 x 4 square tubing with a custom Y-link setup with Contitech airbags. A 2005 Silverado rearend was narrowed 6 inches and outfitted with Currie Enterprise axles. FOX 2.0 shocks with reservoirs were used out back as well. Up front, custom control arms to articulate the massive wheels were created and a CPP master cylinder and hydro boost were used for clearance on the smoothed firewall. A custom 28-gallon fuel cell was made. Finally, all of the suspension and the frame were either chromed or powder coated with a curved Plexiglas notch cover and custom wheel tubs with the NOK emblem bead rolled in.
To help better clear the 28-inch wheels up front and provide the SUV with a modern look, a 2010 GMC Yukon Denali front end was grafted on complete with tilt hood and custom smooth wiper cowl. Under the tilt hood sits a 350 SBC that was machined out to a 383 by Team C in Lakewood, California. For clearance, a RPC oil pan was used. Zoops brackets and pulleys fill the front, along with CFR components and a SPAL electric fan with a West Coast radiator. Under the core support is a set of Kinetik power cells to power everything. The engine sits atop Energy Suspension mounts and features Vortech heads, an Edelbrock manifold and 750 carburetor with MSD ignition components. For breathing, a Walter Prosper air cleaner brings air that is expelled by a custom Gibson exhaust system. Sitting behind the engine is a 700R4 transmission that was polished to a shine and outfitted with a B&M shift kit and Quicksilver shifter by Navi Transmission. Inland Driveshaft supplied the two-piece driveshaft to complete the package. A full Painless Performance wiring harness was also installed.
A Tiarra grille insert was added to the custom GMC Denali front end, and SIK Fabrication welded up a rear roll pan, shaved everything from the handles to the rear tailgate and lights smooth. The doors were given the suicide treatment and a glass roof was created. SIK draped the SUV completely in House of Kolor Lime Time Green before polishing it to a glass-like shine. On the inside, Bush at SIK took 2005 Avalanche bucket seats and stitched them in butterscotch leather with ostrich inserts. He also embroidered the headrests with the Nokturnal logo. The door panels and the dash were 'glassed smooth before the dash was outfitted with Empire Billet accessories and a Billet Specialties steering wheel. A Dakota Digital gauge panel was installed, and SIK fabricated a custom center console that houses the B&M shifter, AVS switches and a 15-inch Gryphon TV screen.
The next step was to tackle the massive RE Audio system behind the front seats. The guys at SIK Fabrication broke out bails of fiberglass and a couple of gallons of resin to create the enclosures. One houses the air tanks and provides a third seat if need be, and another houses the RE Audio 15-inch subwoofers and RE Audio 2,500-watt amplifiers, as well as the gas filler. For the mid and high end of the sound system, six pairs of 6 x 9-inch speakers and a couple of pairs of 6 ½-inch components were molded in. The system is powered by Kinetik power cells and is run via a Pioneer head unit.
With the SUV completed, Hector has taken Best of Show at every event it has seen since SEMA. But he couldn't have done it without the help and support from his wife Lucy, son Hector Jr., Kevin Currell and the guys at SIK Fabrication as well as Lil' Raider, Richie Rich, Bear, Mike J, Rudy and Impala King.
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Liam Fox made a complaint to Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, that his security was not being taken seriously by the Metropolitan police after the burglary at his flat last year, the Guardian understands.
But when police reacted and sent in detectives from the diplomatic protection unit within the counter-terrorism command, it is understood Fox backed off as it appeared that he did not want any further intrusion into his life.
Details of how the burglary on 22 April 2010 was investigated emerged on Tuesday as Fox continued to fight for his political life. The intruders gained entry to his flat near Tower Bridge during the general election campaign. They stole the keys to his Skoda from the flat, before getting into the car and driving away.
Fox, who was a Tory opposition spokesman at the time, also had a laptop and mobile phone stolen in the burglary.
Sources told the Guardian that the police at no time suggested the burglary involved a break-in at the flat – instead the evidence suggested the intruders gained entry through an open patio door via a balcony.
But, at the time, Conservative central office briefed that the intruders had broken in and that Fox was alone in the flat. The defence secretary has now clarified this, saying he told police that a guest was staying with him in the spare room when the burglary took place.
According to the police records of the inquiry, on 1 May 2010, five youths were arrested for the burglary at Fox's flat in a gated residential complex.
Those arrested were two 14-year-old boys, a 17-year-old boy and two men aged 19 and 20.
The 17-year-old was the only suspect to be charged in connection with the burglary. He appeared at Camberwell youth court with his mother and admitted aggravated vehicle taking. He was given a 12-month youth rehabilitation order and told to pay £200 in compensation.
The court was told that he was one of a group of intruders who gained entry to the then shadow defence secretary's flat and took his car keys.
The gang left knives on the kitchen table – apparently leaving them close at hand in case they were disturbed, the court heard.
The youth then got into Fox's car – where a mobile phone and laptop had been left – and tried to drive away. But he did not get very far, smashing into 12 plant pots belonging to Fox as he attempted to drive the car.
The incident was initially investigated by a team from Southwark burglary squad. But Fox is understood to have contacted Johnson to complain not enough was being done to protect him. Scotland Yard passed the inquiry over to the diplomatic protection unit within the counter-terrorism command and detectives began to investigate the affair, it is understood.
The inquiry was short-lived. Police felt that Fox did not want any further intrusion into his life.
The Met gave no information at the time about whether he was in the flat alone that night.
Fox has now said that he never suggested he was alone in the flat. "As I told the police at the time, a friend was staying in the guest room," he said this week.
"My wife was stranded in Hong Kong due to the ash cloud. For the sake of clarity, it wasn't Adam Werritty.
"I was the victim of a violent crime and I'm appalled at being portrayed as having something to hide."


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Cooking with kids- for me, two words= stressful and stretching. However, I realize it is necessary for them to learn skills in the kitchen and it will also help them learn to try foods more readily if they are participants in the preparation and cooking process. So this is our latest family cooking activity retold for your entertainment.
This recipe was truly a work of the entire family! Even my husband got involved and offered some suggestions, which he rarely does. Anyways, my 9 year old son decided in the afternoon that he was going to treat me to a "gourmet soup". He has taken quite an interest in making food (mostly soups) since I started this blog. However, usually he starts chopping some carrots and celery and then wants to abandon ship for something else that has caught his attention. He decided previously that he is not going to be cutting up onions again anytime soon-- after he made a couple slices in one and immediately developed watery eyes and could not find any goggles to cover his eyes adequately. So with this in mind and the fact that I have been quite ill with a severe sinus infection and sore throat for quite some time, I really did not feel like going through this process again with him right now.
Suffice it to say, he went ahead and pulled out some carrots and started cleaning and chopping them while I was trying to rest. Later he came to me and told me of his progress and informed me that he could not find anything else to put in the soup. By the time my husband came home from work, our son was again thinking about what he could use- putting lettuce in the soup was vetoed. As I looked through the fridge and saw we had some cabbage, my husband offered the idea that a cabbage and potato soup with carrots would be good. So as I tried to convince my son that this would be a good direction to go in with the soup, he pulled out some corned beef luncheon meat that I had picked up at the discount grocery the previous week. So we all were able to brainstorm and come up with things to pull together a tasty soup, and were we ever surprised at how good this soup turned out!!
Our son was so thrilled at being able to "make" the soup (admittedly with a little help from mom), and our 4 year old daughter was happy she was able to help chop up some of the vegetables. While I am a bit of a control-freak and nit-picky about messes in the kitchen, it is a good feeling to be able to make something with one's children and see everyone enjoy the fruits of the group's efforts.
1 large onion, chopped
4-5 medium-large potatoes, chopped
1 cup carrots, peeled (if needed) and chopped
2-3 celery stalks, chopped (we did not have them for this recipe)
1/4 medium head of cabbage, sliced or small chunks
10 oz. sliced corned beef, cut into pieces
8 cups water
4 chicken bouillon cubes
3 beef bouillon cubes
1 palmful of Herbes de Provence
1 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp seasoned salt (I use adobo with pepper or cumin), or to taste
fresh parsley or cilantro, chopped for garnish if desired
Combine all the prepared ingredients into a large soup pot and add the water, bouillon cubes and seasonings. Bring to a boil and then simmer for about 30-40 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked and soft. Serve with some buttered toast, garlic bread or other type of bread.
Note: Herbes de Provence is a mixture of herbs that you can find in most any grocery store. I just purchased some from Penzey's herbs online. It is a wonderful blend of rosemary, thyme, fennel, basil, lavender, oregano, savory, marjoram and some include sage, chervil, dill and tarragon. The Penzey's brand seems to contain the largest variety of spices I have seen together. This is a wonderful blend for using in many dishes and is well worth keeping on hand. It goes wonderful with eggs, potatoes, chicken, vegetables, fish, stews or soups, as I found with this experiment.


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Gelatin is super healing for the gut and both kefir and kombucha are fermented probiotic drinks so combining these ingredients with no added sugar is about as perfect a healthy treat as you can get. The benefits of healing your gut and of fermented foods for mental health is clear and I have written about it many times. Not only that but they are so quick and easy to make and you can adjust the flavours to your own personal tastes.
Both kefir and kombucha are easy and cheap to make yourself or you can buy them ready made.
My oldest daughter loves the raspberry kefir ones, and everyone loves the kombucha ones (the raspberry flavour is the all round favourite but my son likes blueberry).
Raspberry Kefir Jellies:
1 cup raspberries
1 cup milk kefir (I use goats milk but any kind, even coconut milk will work)
1 cup water
2 tablespoons gelatin (I use the Great Lakes brand – the red one)
1 teaspoon Acai Berry Blend (this really deepens the flavour and adds extra antioxidants and vitamin C . You might need to use more raspberries otherwise to get a great flavour)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder
sprinkle of cinnamon
Heat the raspberries in a small saucepan on low-medium heat until they break down into a sauce. Mash any of them that have held their shape with a spoon.
Add in the acai berry blend, vanilla and cinnamon and stir until combined.
Mix the gelatin with the water and then add this to the raspberry mixture and stir.
Remove from the heat and stir in the kefir until everything is well combined.
Note: the gelatin mixture should not be hot. It only has to be slightly warm for the gelatin to dissolve. If it is hot then let it cool down before adding in the kefir so that you preserve the probiotics.
Taste and add in more cinnamon if necessary.
Pour into a square baking tin lined with baking paper (I use the If You Care brand because it is toxin free) or into small moulds.
Pop into the fridge to set. It doesn't take much longer than an hour.
Cut into small squares and enjoy! Store in the fridge.
Kombucha Jellies
1 cup kombucha – any flavour that tickles your fancy.
1 cup water
2 tablespoons gelatin
Mix gelatin into the water and then warm in a small saucepan to heat until the gelatin has completely dissolved.
Remove from heat and stir in the kombucha.
Note: The gelatin mixture only needs to be warmed slightly for it to dissolve. If it has heated up too much then let it cool before adding the kombucha to preserve the probiotics.
Pour into a square baking tin lined with baking paper or into moulds.
Set in the fridge.
When set, cut into small squares or any shape you like!
Store in the fridge.
These are fine to pop into lunchboxes and make a great, healthy treat.
If you want to make chocolate jellies which are not probiotic but are still healthy and delicious you can check out this recipe that I posted on my facebook page.
Make sure you let me know if you make either of these or what other delicious flavours you try. I love reading comments here on the blog post, seeing pics posted on my facebook page and being tagged in your instagram photos @thenourishedpsychologist
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Most of you are, we are sure, aware of the tragic accident at Shoreham Airshow last year when a Hawker Hunter hit the A27 and surrounding land killing 11 people. As a result of this, there have been some sweeping regulation changes to UK airshows. The Civil Aviation Authority assessed our application (which we made in March) this week and have informed us that our site is no longer acceptable for the Spitfire Display. CAP403 requires that we have a 230 m horizontal separation from viewing areas, both the paying spectators and any points outside considered suitable for viewing.
We argued that Chelsfield has no really suitable external viewing areas due to the tree cover and the narrowness of the lanes; and that we had never had an issue with public congregating to view from areas other than the Cricket Ground, and while it would have changed the display axes, it was possible. However, the CAA cannot accept display aircraft flying over Bucks Cross Road and the proximity of the A224 in the other direction literally precludes the Spitfire's display.
We are however DELIGHTED to announce that all is not lost!
Mark Jefferies Extra 330 display which we all enjoyed so much last year is still possible to stage. Mark has an exemption allowing him to fly the closer 150m distance and this gives him a small area of open land over which to display. We are grateful to Matthew Hill at the CAA and Mark for helping come to a solution which means that on 16th July, there will be flying at Chelsfield (weather permitting).
We know how disappointing this is for all of you, and for us, but we hope you understand that we have absolutely no choice in the matter on the current site. We hope you all still come along and support the Fair!


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Dean Gaffney was undergoing major emergency surgery at Royal Derby Hospital last night (January 31, 2013), following a horror smash that saw his Mini Cooper plough into the central reservation of a dual carriageway. According to The Sun newspaper, surgeons were carrying out reconstructive work on the actor's skull. A friend said: "Dean's had a lucky escape. We thought he was a goner."
Gaffney was on his way to close friend and fellow former Eastender Des Coleman's house in Derby when he crashed late on Wednesday evening. He had been starring in a stage production of Agatha Christie's 'A Murder Is Announced.' A friend said: "He was driving home from the theatre and the next thing he knows he's slammed into something.The airbags went off but Dean got a serious smash on his head. He passed out and there was a lot of blood. The car was so folded up he had to be cut out by firefighters." Gaffney's girlfriend Sarah Burge - mother of his twin daughters - drove three hours from their home in Surrey to be at his bedside. His close friend - the actor Tamer Hassan tweeted, "Can we all pray for my good friend Dean Gaffney."
The actor played the dim-witted street cleaner Robbie Jackson on Eastenders. Last year, he revealed how he had applied to join MI5.
Continue reading: Dean Gaffney Has Emergency Surgery After Being Cut Out Of Mini Cooper
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We're far too excited about the new season of this epic anthology series.
The final trailer for the new sequel is here.
After a couple of weeks of speculation, the Irish quartet are getting back together for the 20th anniversary of their 1998 formation.
Once a fire fighter, always a fire fighter.
Brody Dalle's band dropped their first new music since 2003's 'Coral Fang'.