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Just wanted to say you are gorgeous! and I have never met anyone who spelled their middle name the same as I do :)ReplyDelete
Wow Casey! You look gorgeous! I love that fur vest on you! That's so sweet that you have been able to find a friend like that, it's kind of a reminder of what a blessing blogging can be and the friendships that can stem because of it.ReplyDelete
Good friends are the best gift any day of the week :DReplyDelete
This looks really fun Casey :D I think I deffinetly need to check it out. xoxo
Really nice blog, love the pics!ReplyDelete
Follow each other?
thank you for the link up and the opportunity to find new friends! It was fun, fun, fun.:)ReplyDelete
you.look.adorable. i've always been a little unsure about the whole fur vest thing, but girl, you totally rock that outfit. way to be!ReplyDelete
Love it!ReplyDelete
your gorgeouss!!! :PReplyDelete
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for this great idea! I had lots of fun. :)ReplyDelete
Love that white tank under the fur :)ReplyDelete
I have that vest! I love how you've worn it here! And yes, the link up party was a brilliant idea, I've had so much fun with it. Love your blog. Thanks for all of your inspiration!ReplyDelete
Jessi from Hopes and Dreams
You are so pretty! Where or where did you get that vest at. I.need.that.vest!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for hosting the party! We had a blast with it & met a wonderful new friend along the way!ReplyDelete
Love that vest & ring...they're amazing!
We hope you'll check out what we received from our exchange partner on our blog!
Mendi @ Her Late Night Cravings
That fur vest is great! Love the way you kept it simple to show off the ring :)ReplyDelete
that fur vest! i die! love this outfit, casey!ReplyDelete
gorgeous photos!ReplyDelete
love that vest, pretty lady!ReplyDelete
You look so cute in that fur vest! Seriously.ReplyDelete
Friendship is the best gift anyone could receive.
Beautiful pictures!ReplyDelete
I sent an email to do this, but never heard back. So sad! Looks like everyone had fun!
so much fun, love the ring, love the faux fur vest, and even more, i love that you gained a good friendship out of this experience. you deserve it girl. and nothings better then meeting someone whose gone through similar situations. adore!ReplyDelete
xo TJ
i wish i actually got my gift! oh well hope my partner likes hers.ReplyDelete
casey you look gorgeous!!! love the vest!!!ReplyDelete
THANKS so much for hosting ladies!!! It was way fun!ReplyDelete
Girl, you are just gorgeous! Lovely photographs. What a blessing to have found such a dear friend like Danielle---caring and faithful friends are hard to find.ReplyDelete
You're gorgeous :)ReplyDelete
I LOVE the Tea and Typewriters blog design!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I echo the request for the source of the vest, and also the white tank dress! Pretty please??? I'm a tall gal, so I'm always after something comfy and sexy to cover my bum. ;)ReplyDelete
Oh pretty please, do share where you found your vest, and especially the long white tank! I'm.tall, so I love that - so fresh and modest and sexy at the same time. Pretty please?ReplyDelete
Rachel in SD
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2012 at 4:35 AM
Look at your beautiful self, devine photos. I heart the photos of your sleeping cherub babies too!ReplyDelete
Gorgous vest! I have had a lot of fun doing this gift exchange but I have a wee request for if you do it again next year...could you possibly think to give it some more time? I'm in Australia and there was no way for my gift to make it to the girl in Idaho I was paired with (or vise versa). She is very understanding though. Perhaps three to four weeks for everyone to prepare???ReplyDelete
You can read about our predicament here: http://wokabout.net/2012/01/31/pen-pals/
Such a lovely outfit&photos <3ReplyDelete

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A year after Uri Simunic, a partner in Club Belgrade, was smothered with a plastic bag, someone has shotgunned his partner Milan Krunic and severed his hand with a chainsaw. Minnesota Mutual, which has paid out hefty key-man policies on both partners, has no intention of writing out a check on surviving partner Stepan Vasil. So they hire private eye Mike Duncavan (What the Hyena Knows, 2005, etc.) to figure out who killed the first two Serbs. Mike's a logical choice because his résumé (twice-divorced Golden Gloves boxer, homicide detective, disbarred lawyer) gives him a certain well-rounded charm, and because his two self-confessed vices—"A) lust; and (B) an ability to count to two before taking a swing"—promise exciting times. What they don't promise is originality. Mike talks just like Mike Hammer, combining an avid appetite for righteous violence with a becoming reticence about the women he's bedding. True to form, his best conversations end in threats or fisticuffs. And the hints of Serbian-American white slavery he picks up in a series of scruffy gentleman's clubs manage to be both nauseating and routine.
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Picking a white ink is a simple matter when you only print on one type of fabric
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All garment screen printers want magic in a can—a white ink that always works perfectly on every type of apparel. Unfortunately, this mystical product does not exist. No ink formulation contains every desirable performance characteristic. That means garment screen printers must make concessions and plan carefully.
Small and medium shops usually get by with a couple of white inks. They focus on the types of fabrics on which they print most often and keep the appropriate inks on hand. Repetition alone enables these printers to master the use of a few white inks quickly. However, production managers in larger operations face the challenge of selecting specialty white inks for more challenging fabrics, such as polyesters and high-elongation materials.
I recently encountered some interesting strategies at two large garment-printing facilities. The first kept three or four different white inks on hand but printed 100%-cotton garments exclusively. Having more white formulations in house than necessary causes confusion. The other shop standardized to one white ink—a bleed-resistant formulation—that usually works across the board. Most of this shop's work is on 100% cotton, which makes a bleed-resistant white an odd choice.
Almost any high-opacity white formulated for cotton would suffice. A bleed-resistant is only required for the occasional 50/50 blend making its way through the facility. This company rarely prints on 50/50 apparel but uses a bleed-resistant white because the production manager favors its opacity and flashing characteristics. However, the ghosting issues that arise after the goods are shipped might convince the manager to look at other inks.
The search for an all-in-one white ink is a waste of time, and stockpiling lots of different white inks is a waste of resources. Instead, concentrate on making sensible choices based on important ink characteristics.
Opacity is a relative term when it comes to white plastisols. Dozens of white inks are available, each offering a certain amount of opacity. Generally speaking, the higher the opacity, the better the performance will be in a wide range of conditions. Conversely, the lower the opacity, the more the control over process variables becomes critical. Keep in mind that variables such as screen tension, off-contact distance, and squeegee speed, pressure, durometer, and angle all come into play regardless of which white plastisol you select.
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It's been one week since the debate. How many lies has Mitt Romney and his campaign told since? Let's tally it up.
1. Pre-Existing Conditions: Within minutes of the debate's conclusion last week, a Romney campaign spokesman tried to explain his candidate's assertion, in response to the question with what he would replace ObamaCare, that "pre-existing conditions are covered under my plan," clearly inferring that he would not alter that provision of ObamaCare.
Afterwards the spokesman said, "what Governor Romney has said is for those with continuous coverage, he would continue to make sure that they receive their coverage." But that position does not expand coverage for the uninsured with pre-existing conditions, as ObamaCare does. By continuing to try to blur the distinction between the two plans, the campaign continues to lie.
2. Abortion: Romney told the Des Moines Register on Tuesday that "there's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda."
In fact, he previously stated his support for legislation that would ban abortion after 20 weeks. That doesn't even get into the "non-legislation" he supports that would restrict or ban abortion by executive order or judicial nomination.
3. "More Teachers." In debate after President Obama said, "let's hire another 100,000 math and science teachers … Governor Romney doesn't think we need more teachers. I do," Romney responded, "I reject the idea that I don't believe in great teachers or more teachers. Every school district, every state should make that decision on their own." No indication of disagreement. Romney knows full well that Obama's proposals to help recruit and train teachers don't dictate hiring decisions to states, so his caveat displays no daylight.
Yet days later, again to the Register, Romney slammed Obama's position: "He wants another stimulus. Those stimulus dollars go overwhelmingly to government. Government plays an important role but that's not going to help farms right here and get people to work. He wants to hire more school teachers. We all like school teachers. It's a wonderful thing. Typically, school teachers are hired by states and localities, not by the federal government. Typically, school teachers are hired by states and localities, not by the federal government. But hiring school teachers is not going to raise the growth of the U.S. economy over the next three-to-four years."
So Romney still wants more teachers. He just has no plan how to get more teachers.
4. Taxes on the Rich: In the debate and after, Romney has deployed a weasel word to mask his desire to cut taxes for the rich, saying, "I'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people." Of course, when you implement an across-the-board 20% tax cut, as he proposes, the "share" of the total tax burden paid by the wealthy stays the same even though the wealthy receive vastly more money than would middle-class taxpayers.
George W. Bush made similar arguments to sell his tax cut, and we've seen the results.
But on CNN Tuesday, Wolf Blitzer pressed him to clarify what he meant, asking, "so they will pay exactly the same, even though you're going to lower the — the income tax rates for people making, let's say, more than $250,000 a year, but you're going to eliminate some loopholes and deductions, expectations, tax credits. Is that what I'm hearing?"
And Romney said, "That's right."
As the Tax Policy Center has already shown, that's mathematically impossible.
5. "47%." When video was discovered of Romney disparaging the 47% of Americans who pay no net federal income tax as lacking personal responsibility, Romney did not back away from the statement, merely characterizing it as "inelegantly stated."
But after the debate, suddenly that statement is now "just completely wrong."
Though he still hasn't been forced to explain why he said it in the first place and what exactly does he now think is wrong about it.
Five. The answer is five in seven days. Impressive.


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Women Police Squads Guard Bangalore
As part of new efforts to ensure the safety of women in the country's outsourcing capital, which like Delhi has seen the rape and murder of young women in the recent past, the Bangalore Police on Thursday dispatched its first all-female squads to patrol the city's streets.
The all-female patrols are known as "Abhaya," which in Sanskrit means "fearlessness." Although police did not say so, the name appeared to be a nod to one of the pseudonyms – "Nirbhaya," the one without fear -- given to the woman whose ordeal has led to unprecedented national attention to the status of Indian women. Indian law bars the disclosure of the name of a rape victim.
The woman, a 23-year-old student, was raped and beaten by a gang of men on a moving bus in New Delhi on the evening of Dec. 16. She died of her injuries last month. After that attack, authorities across India have promised stronger safety measures for women and tougher action on reports of sex crimes.
Sunil Kumar, a senior Bangalore police officer, told India Real Time that the Abhaya service will provide round-the-clock assistance to women in the city. There will be seven such squads composed of about three or four policewomen to patrol each of the city's police administrative zones, he said.
The city has about 14,000 police of different ranks, of which 1,000 are policewomen. Most of these women will participate in the Abhaya patrols, Mr. Kumar said, which will require at least 60 women to staff seven vehicles across 24 hours.
"These squads will complement our initiative of setting up a dedicated helpline for women," said Mr. Kumar.
Earlier this month, the Bangalore Police set up a 24-hour emergency helpline specifically for women, allowing them to bypass the general complaints number.
B. Dayanand, another senior Bangalore police officer, explained that once a call is received on 1091, the new helpline, the operator will relay the information to the police control room. Depending on the type of crime and severity of the situation, the control room will make the decision to dispatch an Abhaya vehicle to attend to the complaint.
Complaints received on the helpline are also being referred to the police station closest to the location from where the call was received, and this will continue, said Mr. Dayanand. These stations have been dispatching Bangalore's regular mobile patrol vehicles, typically staffed by all-male squads, to address complaints.
Bangalore has 150 police stations across the city, or at least 20 in each of the police zones.
When not attending to a complaint, the female mobile squads will patrol parts of the city frequented by women, such as temples, parks, markets and all-women educational institutions, in order to deter the harassment of women, Mr. Kumar added.
"Reaching the police on time has always been an issue. So, these latest measures could help instill some confidence among women in the city," said Saranya Hegde, who heads the Karnataka branch of the Mahila Dakshata Samiti, a nonprofit that works with women and children.
But Ms. Hegde also expressed the concern that Abhaya vehicles need to be maintained regularly to ensure that there aren't frequent breakdowns. And, she said, police personnel need to be trained to respond to complaints of harassment strictly and promptly.
Mr. Kumar said the police are working on these issues, but did not elaborate.
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I have Lindholm as my #2 target for pick eight. Can't wait for the full preview!Reply
Kris, I'm very disappointed with your 2 picks in mock. So, for the 3rd year in a row, you have Buf taking a Euro. I don't think so. And then with the 2nd pick, you go with a Yankee.
Do you have a problem with Canadians???
Do you have a problem with the 2nd best hockey league in the world, the CHL???
Has Buf had success with Crazy Canucks in the past???
So what is the problem???
Canada = Hockey.
Shoot the puck.
Hodgson for Captain.
Pick #8 - Batman
Pick #16 - Spiderman
Pick 2nd rd - Swedish Superman
Yes, you got me. I have a HUGE problem with the CHL - so much that I spend 20-30 hours a week of my free time during the regular season watching the OHL/QMJHL/WHL hockey. Kind of a ridiculous comment. If I had such a problem with Canadian players, why would I maintain that MacKinnon is clearly my #1 over my fellow American Jones? Why would I spend a chunk of airtime two Friday's ago praising Sean Monahan?
The draft is about getting the best player for your team building. Period. If you watched Lindholm and didn't know where he was from, maybe you'd agree with the pick?
You might have a point about bias if we were talking goalies. The stats don't lie.
Kris: I am a Canadian. That guy is an idiot. I truly think the usa has caught up to us in hockey and will be the possibly take Gold in Socha. By far the best sabre site going. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, Doug. I was a little bummed seeing that comment because I think it's clear that I appreciate the Canadian game. The mock is for pure entertainment, not taking sides in A vs B country battles. Just draft the best players!Reply
Kris, awesome job, ignorance is bliss for some. I like what I hear about the Finnish guy Ristolainen or Nikustkin (Sorry spellings) and I'm not big on Euros. I've seen them play physical and skate like the wind. Both very nice attributes. I like Monihan or Burikovsky at 16. This is all assuming we do not move up. Thanks again!Reply
Thank you for writing such a wonderful article!
What a douchebag. I remember that clown from last yr. What an unwarranted and childish accustation that Kris hates Canadians. Last I checked, Sweden produced some pretty damn good all-around leaders. We were abysmal in puck-possesion last yr and got little help on defense from our top 2 lines - get the guy that fits the bill regardless of his nationality (unless there is a high probablity they will end up playing in another league). I'd also be thinking about building chemistry, and doing that by bringing in fellow teammates or countrymen (ex. Lindholm + Larsson + Enroth. Armia + Ristolainen. Grigo + Erne)
On another note, I wonder if Darcy is looking to move up from 16, and not 8. NJ has only 4 picks in this draft (if my research is correct). They pick 9th.
Is it too risky to give up assets to move up and take a guy that is a KHLer?Reply
i mean, just look at '08 (for unpredictable d translation to the N). i know this isn't the sabres burden, but how does anybody with a shot at a generational CHL forward talent instead choose a toolsy D-guy whose effectiveness at the NHL level when he's a 25-year-old isn't in the least bit clear. we can usually see the great forwards coming (MacKinnon). Great defenseman don't grow on 17-year-old trees (yes, I realize I tortured the shit out of that metaphor, but you get the point. Probably). On the sabs, if they can't see that a shot at a young superstar is worth every valuable piece on their current roster/pipeline, they can't see anything. Thanks, Kris, for your work.Reply
at bring back palffy: just wondering how mackinnon turned into a lemieux/crosby-like "once in a generation" talent...do agree with your overall premise, though...many like the chicago/pittsburgh style of rebuild and would sell the farm for a top-three...but the la kings model as well as the b's rebuild are just as viableReply
You got me. I've only seen him play but a few times anyway, and that on television. Give me a break man I'm warming up my off-season hyperbole.Reply
Hey, just wondering if you will be posting your annual draft preview? Or are you writing one up for the Rangers and one for everyone else? ;)Reply


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Ty Lawson is ready to lead the Denver Nuggets
The before. That's what this was -- the before, the calm, the prelude to the pressure and press conferences and prestige. Ty Lawson, as relaxed as his saggy shorts, casually standing after the final practice before the playoffs, speaking to a lone reporter.
"I'm ready," the Nuggets point guard said. "I've been waiting for this the past 20-something games -- like, can the playoffs get here already? The sky's the limit for us. If we do what we need to do, we can take it all." Like, win the Western Conference? "That's what I think," he said.
The strength of the third-seeded Nuggets is in numbers, but it is quite simple. Teammates can have a bad first series and the Nuggets might still advance. But if Lawson isn't awesome, this thing could be over before May.
"His ability to attack is so important to what we do," said coach George Karl, whose Nuggets open against Golden State at the Pepsi Center on Saturday. "We ask him to touch the paint with the penetration of the basketball 20, 30 times a game. With his speed, the pick-and-roll offense and his ability to get it in the open court, he gets that done most nights. And we don't have anybody who has that much responsibility on the team.
"On a consistent basis, if I tell Ty to get into the paint, he can get into the paint on almost anybody in any situation. And that doesn't mean he's going to score, he's just going to get there, create the defensive mistake and find the open shot."
After a big win at Oklahoma City this spring, Lawson was alerted of his alter ego. Told of "November Ty" and "February Ty," a confused Lawson asked if there was a difference. Before it could be explained, teammate Andre Iguodala chimed in with an emphatic "Oh, yeah."
It's apparent. In the first couple months of this season, Lawson was passive with the pass (and the dribble and the shot), especially in clutch situations. Denver did have 17 of its first 23 games away from the friendly confines of the Pepsi Center, and Lawson didn't have the most focused training camp, as he dealt with the looming, frustrating emotions of contract negotiations. But the new year seemingly meant a new Ty.
And, in his past 36 games, dating to a Jan. 24 win against the Warriors, Lawson has averaged 19.4 points, 6.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 50.7 percent from the field and 40.5 percent on 3-pointers. That's Lawesome. Denver went 28-8 in those games.
Much of his success entering this playoff series is because of his growing confidence in his midrange jumper. By knocking down this shot -- or at least scaring defenses that he might -- it opens up even more space and opportunities for Lawson in the half court.
For the season, he shot 40.3 percent from midrange. But in games since Jan. 1, he shot 48.9 percent. And zeroing in on shots from 15 to 19 feet, he shot 44.4 percent for the season, 54.9 percent in 2013.
But he thrives in transition. The Nuggets led the NBA with 20.1 fast-break points per game, a large percentage because of his motor. With the basketball, he's on the shortlist of the league's fastest dudes baseline to baseline.
"You can't stop speed and quickness in the open court on misses," said Karl, whose team also led the league in points in the paint. "And we want to score quick. We have situations where we get the ball in the scoring area in three seconds, and I don't care how good you are in transition defense, you're not going to have five guys back in three seconds."
Curry vs. Lawson
The scouting service Synergy Sports ranks players in a stat category for creating offense (points from assists, field goals or free throws) per possession. Among players with a minimum 1,000 possessions, factoring assists, Lawson ranks 11th, with six of the 10 being all-stars.
With speed and poise, Lawson can make some noise.
The Warriors, to be sure, are speedy too. This series will showcase Lawson against another on-the-cusp guard, Stephen Curry, the No. 7 pick in the 2009 draft -- the draft that Denver acquired Lawson in a trade after Minnesota picked him 18th overall.
Curry, who Friday was named the Western Conference player of the month for April, has improved as a defender. And, of course, he gives teams fits with his offense, setting an NBA record for most 3pointers in a season. Denver struggled against Curry, notably Lawson -- with Ty on the floor this season, Curry shot 63 percent from 3-point range. But still, Denver won three of the four matchups.
"He's experienced playoffs before and had some big games, so this will be an opportunity for me to show what I'm capable of in that kind of scenario," Curry told reporters. "To go against him, a guy from my draft class, we'll always be compared to each other. It will be fun. Just got to be aggressive and attack him like he's going to attack us. Got to get the best of him."
Parker vs. Lawson
But if you're trying to compare Lawson to another player, Curry isn't the guy. It's Tony Parker. The Spurs guard wasn't always a superstar. In his fourth season, Parker averaged 6.1 assists. Lawson averaged 6.9 this season, his fourth. Parker's points per game in his first four seasons: 9.2, 15.5, 14.7, 16.6.
Here are Lawson's: 8.3, 11.7, 16.4, 16.7.
"I remember where Tony was," Karl said, "when he was where Ty is. He was a good player, but he wasn't an MVP candidate. Every year, Parker has a done a good job and (Spurs coach Gregg) Popovich has opened up the window of responsibility.
"I think Ty might be a little ahead of Tony at this stage in his career. The growth plate for Ty is experience and understanding that 10 points and 15 assists some nights is better than 25 points and seven assists. Understanding how to make the team happen. That's the process. Tony Parker has evolved into a top-five point guard, with point guard in capital letters, whereas he was maybe a top-10 backcourt player for three, four years."
But statistical success must be complemented by playoff success, and as the starting point guard, Lawson has yet to carry Denver out of the first round. Ty was huge last spring, though, pushing the Lakers to seven games.
"Lawson has emerged the last two seasons as a top-flight point guard, and he's close to becoming elite," said former NBA guard Steve Kerr, now an analyst for TNT. "If he continues to improve his midrange game, a la Tony Parker, he can help Denver take the next step to becoming a title contender."
As for his heel, the former Tar Heel is close to 100 percent. There was much concern earlier in the month about Lawson's injury, but Friday he said: "It feels good, not too much pain."
Yes, Denver is dealing with other injuries. Danilo Gallinari is out (knee), and Kenneth Faried (ankle) may not play Saturday. But this postseason still provides Denver with a chance to take a big step -- and it won't do that without the quick feet of Lawson.
"All year long, the national image of the image is: They're not a playoff team, they're not built for the playoffs, they can't do this or that," Karl said. "And I just wish we would be healthy to show some people and tell them to shut up. Now, I don't know what percentage we're down (because of injuries).
A full tank would be better than a three-quarter tank, but I'm confident we're going to play well in the playoffs."


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Lamb of God cancels upcoming tour; singer jailed
RICHMOND, Va. — Heavy metal band Lamb of God has canceled its upcoming tour because the group's singer remains jailed in the Czech Republic.
Forty-one-year-old Randy Blythe was detained June 27 in connection with the death of a fan at a 2010 Lamb of God concert in Prague. He remains jailed, despite paying $400,000 bail after prosecutors challenged his release. A judge is expected to rule on the challenge soon.
The Richmond, Va.-based band was nominated for a Grammy in 2007 for best metal performance for the song "Redneck." The group said on its website that it's canceling its tour that was scheduled to start next Wednesday in Seattle because of uncertainty surrounding Blythe's release.
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WDN in 2008October 16, 2007
Aside from icons and iPhones, what's been keeping me busy lately? Well you may remember, around this time last year we announced the first web conference in Vancouver.
And what a conference it was. 2 days packed with incredible speakers, great parties thanks to our sponsors Adobe, Media Temple, and Microsoft, and a pair of amazing days boarding (and skiing) up at Whistler.
So… are we doing it again?
We'd be crazy not to, wouldn't we? We're still working hard at finalizing a few more details, but you can get a good taste of what's coming up at the end of January at our re-launched Web Directions North site.
I'm really thrilled by some of the speakers we've arranged for January; Indi Young's going to be talking about User Experience, and we'll have some copies of her brand new book Mental Models, the very first out of Rosenfeld Media. Josh Williams is coming up to talk about his experiences running a design business, and how the nature of doing so has changed for him. Kimberly Elam is covering traditional design techniques and how they relate to the web, you may have three or four of her books on your shelf already. We're honoured to have Jeffrey Zeldman's opening the conference, and Matt Webb closing it. And there are many more I haven't mentioned, go take a look.
Registration is open now, too. It's a good time to get in at our best rate of $795 — the savings are like another full day at Whistler. Don't wait.
forgot to mention, we just launched the revamped WDN affiliates program, which in addition to earning you a free ticket, could also earn you an expenses-paid trip to Vancouver in January. Airfare, hotel, conference ticket all at no cost. Probably a smart idea to sign up as an affiliate… like, now.
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Abstract: In the era of cheap disk space, processing power and high bandwidth networks, the constraints that caused our industry to have a near exclusive focus on Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) have abated. The terminology surrounding NoSQL and BigData are confusing to IT professionals trying to select the right storage for the right problem. The talk will explore the technical reasons you might select one of these new databases, the types of databases available, their correct use and quintessential use cases for them. Also discussed will be the counter indications for them. This is a survey talk for management and developers who are new to NoSQL/BigData/Non-RDBMS.


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Researchers report that the common weedkiller atrazine may be able to disrupt hormonal signaling in humans. The herbicide is the second-most-applied weedkiller in the United States, with uses from suburban lawns to agricultural production of corn and sorghum.
In recent years, atrazine has been suspected of playing a role in sexual abnormalities in fish, frogs, and other aquatic organisms. The chemical has been banned in Europe, but is still widely used in the U.S. Now, writing in the journal PLOS One, researchers report that the chemical appears to affect two different genes in human placental cells. We'll talk with one of the authors of the study about the work and what it means.


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GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's civil war foes held their first face-to-face meetings on Saturday, launching talks aimed at ending nearly three years of conflict which has killed 130,000 people and destabilized the wider Middle East.
Government and opposition delegates faced each other across a negotiating table at the United Nations headquarters for a total of three hours in the presence of mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who described the meetings as "a good beginning".
While political differences which Brahimi says must form the core of their talks appear insurmountable for now, the two sides focused on Saturday on a possible humanitarian deal aimed at building confidence in the negotiating process.
Brahimi said he hoped that authorities in Syria would approve access on Sunday for an aid convoy to reach the rebel-held centre of Homs, allowing it to be delivered on Monday.
"We haven't achieved much, but we are continuing," he told a news conference after the talks concluded for the day.
Anxious to avoid any possible confrontations, organizers ensured the two parties entered and left the negotiation room for the morning and afternoon sessions through separate doors.
Brahimi said they faced each other during the meeting but addressed their remarks through him. "This is what happens in civilized discussions, you talk to the president or the speaker or the chairman," he said.
The veteran international mediator also said he set out his plans for the talks over the coming weeks, stressing that they must ultimately be focused on implementing a June 2012 declaration which called for a transitional governing body to be set up with the consent of Syria's opposing forces.
"He told us this is a political conference ... based on Geneva 1," opposition delegate Anas al-Abdah said, referring to the 2012 communiqué announced by world powers in the same Swiss city where Saturday's talks took place.
President Bashar al-Assad's government delegation said it broadly accepted Geneva 1, but reiterated its longstanding opposition to the idea of a transitional body, saying it was inappropriate and unnecessary.
"We have complete reservations regarding it," Information Minister Omran Zoabi said, comparing the proposal to the transitional government set up in Iraq by U.S. occupation forces after they toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
"Syria is a state with institutions," he added. "A transitional governing body ... happens where the state is in disintegration, or has no institutions."
The opposition has insisted that the government delegation accept the principle of setting up the transitional body, saying it must bring an end to Assad's rule. The president says only Syrian voters can choose their ruler and that he may well stand again in an election due to be held by June this year.
While the two sides met in Geneva, clashes continued across Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fighting between rebels and Assad's forces in south Damascus and a series of army air raids across the country, particularly in northern Aleppo and the suburbs outside of Damascus.
Helicopters launched three series of barrel bomb attacks on the suburb of Daraya, the Britain-based monitoring group said, and internecine rebel clashes also continued in the provinces of Hassakeh and Aleppo.
Brahimi said plans for aid to central Homs, where insurgents are surrounded by Assad's forces, were discussed by U.N. officials and the city governor and supplies could be delivered within 24 hours of a green light from Damascus.
But a Western diplomat said Bashar Jaafari, Syria's U.N. ambassador who led the government delegation on Saturday, expressed surprise at the proposal even though the diplomat said it had been floated more than a week ago by the United States, Russia, the United Nations and Red Cross.
"The regime's response was: 'This is all new to us'," the diplomat said. "I'm pretty sure it's a stalling tactic."
Opposition spokesman Louay Safi described Homs as a barometer of the government's good intentions. "If the regime doesn't want to bring aid into an area where people are starving then we have a problem," he said. "They are building wells and eating grass and leaves to survive."
Sunday's talks are expected to deal with opposition demands for the release of women and children from Syrian jails, before the talks move on to address on Monday the hotly disputed issue of the transitional governing body.
Profound mutual mistrust and the absence from Geneva of powerful Islamist opposition groups as well as Assad's ally Iran make any substantial progress very difficult, and previous aid deals and ceasefires in Syria have proved short-lived.
The crisis flared with street protests against Assad's rule in March 2011 and descended into an armed insurgency and civil war after security forces put down demonstrations with force.
There are now hundreds of rebel groups across the country, including hardline Islamists and al Qaeda-linked militants. Few pay heed to the opposition in exile and the powerful Islamic Front has said negotiators who return from Geneva without having assured Assad's downfall will be treated as traitors.
Diplomats say Brahimi is trying to secure progress over the weekend on humanitarian aid, local ceasefires and prisoner releases to build up support inside Syria for the talks, before embarking on the tougher political negotiations.
"Brahimi has been very clear - he will spend two days on confidence-building measures. The opposition agreed, but said two days only," the diplomat said.
Syria's civil war has made half of the 22 million population dependent on aid, including hundreds of thousands cut off by fighting.
Additional reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, John Irish, Kinda Makiyeh and Erika Solomon in Beirut; Editing by Andrew Roche and James Dalgleish


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in my kitchen
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at the Sand Table on the deck,
or a session of digging for wormies
in the back yard,
or generalized gooey art projects.
Mini-Saurus standing in her learning tower
wearing my favorite water proof apron,
and playing in a tub
of warm soapy water.
I toss in some small glass stones,
an infant wash cloth,
a few polly pockets,
a stray farm animal...
whoever will keep her happy.
This is SO MUCH EASIER
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To my mind, tendli's most valuable asset is its wonderfully crunchy texture. Even cooked, it retains a deeply satisfying snap that I love.
I don't cook tendli as often as I'd like to, chiefly because I don't get a chance to make frequent trips to the Indian grocery store which is a fairly long drive away and which is the only place I can find it. Also, it is a little labor-intensive to prep the vegetable.
Still, when I do find it, I cannot resist this wonderful veggie. For this bhaji I cut the tendli into small rings. It doesn't take that much longer, and it also helps cut the cooking time. Plus, it makes for a pretty presentation.
So here's the recipe for my tendlichi bhaji. A simple, nutritious and easy recipe for a quick weeknight. Enjoy!
Tendlichi Bhaji
- About 3 cups tendli , washed, ends cut off, and sliced into rings
- 1 tbsp canola or any vegetable oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tbsp udad dal (black gram dal)
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp red chili powder like cayenne
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves , chopped
- 2 tbsp grated coconut for garnish (Optional. I didn't have any on hand when I made the bhaji this time but it's a wonderful addition.)
- Heat the oil and add the mustard seeds and then the udad dal.
- When the udad dal starts to brown, add the curry leaves and stir quickly. Add the chili and turmeric powders and stir for a few seconds.
- Add the tendli rings and stir well to coat.
- Add salt. Cover and cook on a low flame, adding water if necessary, about 15 minutes or until the tendli is tender enough to your liking.
- Garnish with coriander. Sprinkle some grated coconut on top, if using.
- Eat hot with rotis or as a side dish with rice and dal.
Also try my Cauliflower Sabzi, another side that goes beautifully with Indian dishes.
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Last week Microsoft announced several new offerings for "Big Data" - and since I'm a stickler for definitions, I wanted to make sure I understood what that really means. What is "Big Data"? What size hard drive is that? After all, my laptop has 1TB of storage - is my laptop "Big Data"?
There are actually a few definitions for this term, most notably those involving the "Four V's" Volume, Velocity, Variety and Variability. Others disagree with this definition. I tend to try and get things into their simplest form, so I'm using this definition for myself:
Big data is defined as a large set of computationally expensive data that is worked on simultaneously.
Let me flesh that out a little. To be sure, "Big Data" has a larger size than say a few megabytes. The reason this is important is that it takes special hardware to be able to move large sets of data around, store it, process it and so on. (large set)
If you store a LOT of data, but only use a small portion of it at a time, that really isn't super-hard to do. It's mainly a storage issue at that point. But, if you do need to work with a large portion of the data at one time, then the memory, CPU and transfer components of the system have to adapt to be responsive - new ways to work with that data (game theory, knot-algorithms, map-reduce, etc.) need to be brought into play. (computationally expensive)
Once that data is loaded into the processing area (memory or whatever other mechanism is used) it must be worked on in parallel to come back in a reasonable time. You have two options here - you can scale the system up with more internal hardware (CPU's, memory and so on) or you can scale it out to have multiple systems work on it at the same time using paradigms such as map/reduce and so on. Actually, when you lay this out in an architecture diagram, scale up or out doesn't actually change the logical structure of the process - in scale out the network becomes the bus, and the nodes become more RAM and computing power. Of course, there are changes in code for how you stitch the workload back together. (worked on simultaneously)
So back to the original question. Is Big Data, as I have defined it here, a workload for Windows and SQL Azure? Absolutely! In fact, it's probably one of the main workloads, and I believe it represents the latest, and perhaps also the earliest frontier of computing. Jim Gray, a former researcher here at Microsoft and a hero of mine, was working on this very topic. I believe as he did - all computing is simply an interface over data.
Microsoft has multiple offerings on the topic of Big Data. In posts that follow from myself and my co-workers, we'll explore when and where you use each one. Whether you are a data professional or a developer, this is the new frontier - don't wait to educate yourself on how to leverage Big Data for your organization.
Hadoop on Windows Azure and SQL Server - Microsoft's partnership to include Hadoop workloads on Windows Azure and SQL Server/Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW)
LINQ to HPC - Microsoft's High-Performance Computing SKU of HPC is now in Azure
Windows Azure Table Storage - A key/value pair type storage with full partitioning that is immediately consistent, able to handle huge loads of data and works with any REST-compatible language
Other offerings - Including the new Data Explorer, Project Daytona (with a Big Data Toolkit for Scientists and researchers), Power View and more.
The era of Big Data is here. And you can use Windows and SQL Azure to bring it to your organization.


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More Thigh Fat, Less Muscle Leads to Loss of Mobility
Walking may not be enough on its own to keep older adults on pace for good health.Trimming the fat off their thighs, through exercise and diet, is also an important factor, according to researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Their study found an increase in fat throughout the thigh is likely to contribute to mobility loss in otherwise healthy older adults. The study has been published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Kristen Beavers, the study's lead author, said it's natural that people's walking speed declines with age. However in older adults, a significant decrease in walking speed can be a predictor of disability, which can lead to a loss of independence and the ability to live in their home. "As people age, they are more likely to gain fat in and around their muscles," Beavers said. "We speculated that gaining fat in the leg muscle itself would be related to a slowed walking speed." Thigh fat, according to several studies, can be hereditary. It also is associated with consuming too much sugar, alcohol, trans-fats and carbohydrates. Women can be susceptible to thigh fat, as well as in the hips and buttocks, as part of how their bodies prepare for child bearing. By comparison, men gain fat around their midsection, which tends to contribute to a higher risk of heart disease than in women. The researchers used data from the National Institute on Aging's Health, Aging and Body Composition study. The walking ability of 2,306 men and women between ages 70 and 79 was reviewed annually over four years. The participants' walking speed was assessed by how long it took them to complete a 20-meter walk. Researches looked at how changes in fat and lean mass affected walking speed. They focused on whether changes in thigh intermuscular fat or thigh muscle area were more predictive of slowed walking speed. Older adults who gained the most thigh fat and lost the most thigh muscle were at greatest risk of experiencing a meaningful decline in walking speed, Beavers said. "As the burden of disability becomes increasingly common and expensive, identification of modifiable contributors to functional decline in older adults is emerging as a significant priority of public-health research," Beavers said. Beavers said the next goal of researchers is determining the most effective methods for reducing thigh intermuscular fat and toning thigh muscles in the elderly. Regular exercise, particularly walking or swimming, is recommended for the elderly to help tone their thighs. However, Beavers cautioned that just losing weight may not be enough to improve agility. Beavers, and her husband, Daniel, released in January a report that determined that avoiding weight rebound can be particularly pivotal to women who are in the postmenopausal stage of life. They found that gaining back just a few pounds after an intentional effort to lose weight can be detrimental to these women's cardiovascular health. Their research appeared online in the Journal of Gerontology. The Beavers looked specifically at cardiometabolic (CM) risk factors -- indicators of a person's overall risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. They include blood pressure, HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose and insulin. "What we found was that all CM risk factors are improved with weight loss, which is not surprising, but most regressed back to their baseline values 12 months later, especially for women who were classified as regainers," Kristen Beavers said. "For women who had regained weight in the year after their weight loss, several risk factors were actually worse than before they lost the weight." email@example.com (336) 727-7376 (c)2013 Winston-Salem Journal (Winston Salem, N.C.) Visit Winston-Salem Journal (Winston Salem, N.C.) at www2.journalnow.com Distributed by MCT Information Services


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Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper to Discuss Flooding with FEMA Administrator
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is meeting with FEMA administrator Craig Fugate today to let the public know how they are responding to massive flooding.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending two 80-person search-and-rescue teams to assist with continuing rescues in Larimer County and providing aid to other communities following massive flooding that began Wednesday along the Front Range.
Hickenlooper tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that 16 or 17 helicopters will resume searching for stranded residents today. Noting that many people have been without any kind of phone or Internet communications since the middle of last week, he says the focus of the effort is to make sure everyone in harm's way gets "out of there."
Emergency officials say four people are confirmed dead and more than 1,200 people have not been heard from. Hickenlooper says while the death toll is expected to rise, he's hopeful that the vast majority of those people are "safe and sound."
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Reviewed by Annik B. (age 9)
The Abarat is a place where they call Candy's world "the Hereafter". There are creatures she couldn't have ever imagined there and even the stars are different. When she's there, lots of things go wrong. For example, a giant moth carries her away.
I liked all the characters in this book because they were all not very normal. For example there were sea skippers that looked sort of like frogs, but were blue, hopped on top of the water, and were way bigger than frogs.
In Abarat, there were lots of illustrations. I liked them because if there was a character that was hard to picture, there would be a detailed picture of it. The illustrations were also very colorful.
My favorite part in this book was when Candy escaped from this evil man's house with his servant, a creature from the Abarat. I liked this part because it was exciting when the evil man almost caught her and the servant.
I think people who like books about other worlds would like this book. I would recommend Abarat to third to eighth graders.


text: While this side of the Atlantic thankfully remains secure from mad cow disease, the toxic influence of an American export seems to have touched down on British shores. It's impossible to imagine writer-director John McKay's Crush existing without Sex And The City, and it's easy to imagine what Crush is like by envisioning Sex And The City with English accents and a provincial setting. In Crush, three fortysomething friends gather weekly to smoke, drink, and exchange stories of man trouble. One (Imelda Staunton) is a frumpy, diminutive police captain who's unsatisfied with her love life. One is a doctor (Anna Chancellor) who's been married three times already and remains on the prowl for a man. And one is a prim, unhappily man-free schoolmistress inexplicably played by Andie MacDowell (who at least seems less out of place here than in Four Weddings And A Funeral). From his film's opening scenes, McKay wastes no time establishing a tone of shrill hysteria that carries over to MacDowell's romance with a man 15 years her junior (Kenny Doughty), a former student who now serves as her school's substitute organist. (Cue many, many puns on the word "organ.") Though initially amused by the romance, MacDowell's friends decide that she and Doughty make a bad match, because… well, because the plot requires it. As the relationship intensifies, Staunton and Chancellor scheme to break them up. MacDowell spends much of the film entertaining doubts about her romance, but, like the film itself, she fails to recognize that she could solve all her problems by finding less horrid friends. Never good, Crush takes a turn for the worse when it takes a turn for the serious. Its attempt to drop cartoon comedy for cartoon tragedy essentially thrusts the characters from Cathy into the panels of Mary Worth.


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Hidden Flaws Bared by High Speed Movies (Dec, 1938)
Making a high-speed movie has gotten a lot easier and cheaper in the digital age. There are some really cool ones on You Tube.
Hidden Flaws Bared by High Speed Movies
THE "movie doctor" is not human. It is a machine that in its own line can do more than any human being. It specializes in diagnoses, because with its keen, rapid-seeing eye, it can peer at machines, watch the way they work, and point out just what is the matter with them.
This movie doctor is an exceedingly high-speed motion-picture camera, now used in conjunction with a precision clock. It is really a sort of time microscope. In it is used the ordinary sixteen-millimeter moving-picture film, which takes pictures of the object under examination and at the same time records the time of each frame. While the ordinary motion-picture camera is designed to run at a rate of around sixteen pictures per second, this high-speed camera
can run at a speed of 2,500 pictures per second, and a specially constructed camera can run as many as 4,000 pictures per second. When the pictures taken at high speed are projected at the normal rate of sixteen pictures per second, the motion appears to be slowed down more than 150 times.
The time of each frame is photographed on one side of the film. The clock used with this camera is a precision timepiece by which it is possible to read the time to a little closer than 1/1000 of a second. This result is obtained by means of two dials, one with sixty divisions rotating once per minute, the other with 500 divisions rotating once per second. With this combination camera and clock, not only panchromatic and super-panchromatic film can be used but also color film. This last is particularly useful for photographing flames and chemical processes, as by its use gases emitted may be identified by their characteristic colors. Photographs can be made in sunlight or by the light of photo-flood or spot lamps, and bright, self-luminous objects can be photographed without the use of additional lighting.
One of the first uses for the high-speed photographic timer was in sports events, where it proved its usefulness in revealing the exact time of runners. In this work, it is usually not necessary to have the exceedingly high-speed camera. While the machine used operates on the same principle, together with the time device, for horse races, for instance, it is gauged to take from 128 to 150 pictures per second, which is sufficient speed for photographing the action. These cameras at this speed have been found to be excellent for determining the results in closely contested races.
The value of this mechanical diagnostician, at its very high speeds, goes far beyond the realm of sports, and has made itself felt in connection with some of the most common of our modern inventions. The diagnoses of this high-speed camera are being sought in industry for analysis of manufacturing processes and the solution of problems concerning the design and performance of machinery.
The smoothness of operation of an automobile may be the result of examinations conducted in the factory by means of high-speed photography, for the automobile companies use this camera to study vibrations and the rates of combustion of fuels in motors.
In aeronautics, too, this device is used to investigate air flow around structures and as a guide in the design and performance of propellers.
The extent to which the high-speed camera is finding application to problems concerning telephone apparatus is indicated by the fact that about two thousand films have been made of various telephone operations. One group of frames taken by high-speed photography shows the action of the impulse wheel, pawl and snubbing spring in a telephone dial. One high-speed photograph disclosed the cause of a peculiar acoustical effect. This series of frames showing the action of the clapper striking one gong of an experimental ringer, revealed more strokes of the clapper per cycle than were desired.
In testing firearms, probably no other mechanism can so accurately follow and record shots and the speed of bullets; consequently the high-speed camera is frequently used in ballistic studies.
This camera, together with lighting equipment and the timing apparatus, can be moved about easily, so that it can be used in a wide variety of studies, and its use is growing in demand in industry. By the use of high-speed photography with a precision timer, not only can mechanical movements too rapid to be seen by the eye be analyzed, but these photographic records give definite space-time relationships between moving parts of the machinery. Such photographs may reveal why machines do not function exactly as designed, when parts bounce, bend or break, and where moving parts create currents in liquids or gases. The device is especially useful in studies of transient movements such as contact chatter.
This movie doctor examined a severe case of chattering in part of the mechanism of a motion-picture projector, and the resulting photograph revealed the cause of the trouble.
Sewing-machine companies and shoe companies have found uses for high-speed photography, and companies using highspeed machinery for manufacture of fragile materials such as paper, thread, and transparent cellulose, are dependent upon this device, for when there is a breakdown or any failure in such machinery, often, after the failure, it is impossible to discover just where the fault lay. A photograph of the machinery by means of a high-speed camera, even at a time when everything is operating smoothly, may often reveal some hidden flaw which must be corrected in order to avoid future failures.
One of the most recent applications of high-speed photography is in the field of biology and medicine, where it is used to study nervous and muscular reactions under controlled conditions.


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Less than two years ago, Burch Smith was little-known 14th-round draft pick out of the University of Oklahoma.
Today he is perhaps the hottest pitching prospect in the Padres system – and quite possibly the first minor leaguer in line if the Padres need to make a change in their rotation.
Not since Jake Peavy more than a decade ago has a lower-round pitcher moved faster through the organization than the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Smith, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on April 12.
In less than two seasons, Smith has jumped from the Arizona Rookie League through Single-A Lake Elsinore to Double-A San Antonio – where he has a 1.38 earned run average after his fifth start Sunday afternoon.
Smith has allowed 15 hits with 31 strikeouts against five walks in 26 innings. Opposing hitters are batting .153 against Smith.
The tools: a fastball that tops out at 98 with an improving curve, change-up and 93-mph sinker that he picked up from Lake Elsinore and San Antonio teammate Donn Roach.
"I like the sinker a lot," Smith said recently. "I use it a lot on change-up and fastball counts. Donn is a great instructor as well as a pitcher. I call it the 'Roach Special.' It's a one-seam grip that is a very effective different look."
Not only does Smith's fastball top out at 98, the working range is 94-96.
"Smooth delivery and great command for someone with that velocity," Padres vice president of player development Randy Smith said during spring training.
Smith always had pretty good command. But he didn't have much velocity when he was younger. He threw in the high 80s in high school and the low 90s as a Sooner.
"I've added about a mile an hour a year to my fastball since high school," said Smith. "At this rate, I'll be throwing 125 when I turn 40."
That of course was a joke, which tells you something else about Smith. There's a maturity to the young man.
Although he skipped low Single-A, Smith got off to a slow start last year with Lake Elsinore.
"I gave up some homers early," Smith recalled. "I worked with the pitching coach (Bronswell Patrick) about working lower in the zone. Overall, it's been a mix of everything and a lot of it is mental . . . how to make the most of what you have."
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Triple-A Tucson (10-12): OF Daniel Robertson (34-for-88) is off to a .386 start. INF Dean Anna is hitting .329 with three homers and 12 RBI. LF Travis Buck is hitting .286 with two homers and ranks among the Pacific Coast League leaders with 17 RBI. Right-handed starters Sean O'Sullivan and Tim Stauffer, who can file for free agency around June 1 if not with the Padres, are, respectively, 1-1 with a 5.00 ERA and 1-2 with a 4.56 ERA after five starts. RHP Jorge Reyes is 2-0 with a 2.40 ERA in eight games (one start).
Double-A San Antonio (12-11): 1B Tommy Medica, who is hitting .306 and ranks second in the Texas League with six homers, is out for four to six weeks with a strained lat muscle. 3B Jake Blackwood (.344), OF Reymond Fuentes (.341 and a league-leading 18 runs scored) and LF Everett Williams (.338) rank among the top six in the league in hitting. RHP Matt Andriese is 3-0 with a 0.86 ERA after four starts. LHP Jose De Paula is 1-2 with a 2.39 ERA. RHPs Matt Stites (0.75) and Kevin Quackenbush (0.84 ERA, three saves) are among the league's leading relievers
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Youtube announced on Tuesday Dec. 27, 2011 that they were going to let YouTube users help find the viral video. Ummm, isn't it a user that finds a great video and then shares it that makes the whole viral thing start? Maybe I'm wrong but, whatever.
Anyhow, Youtube has come out with what they are calling YouTube Slam. So what is Youtube Slam?
EVIL! It is pure evil! They have 5 categories of "slams" Bizarre, Dance, Comedy, Cute, and Music. They have several video's in each category and they put up 2 at a time and let you vote on the one you like best out of the 2 and then once you vote, it pops up 2 more videos going head to head for your vote.
So now you may be wondering why I called that evil…well, because once you start watching and voting…you can't stop! Sure you can leave the page and log out of Youtube, IF you have the will power.
Stupid me, I thought I would try it out right after I saw the announcement Introducing YouTube Slam. Of course I went for the CUTE category (that was a HUGE mistake). I watched a couple and voted and noticed that when you vote, it tells you if you voted for the Leader or the Underdog….hello, some of the people voting must have been wacked out of their minds. How could a super cute puppy be getting less votes than some babbling kid?
I could see that it was up to me and the Fuzzy account to right some wrongs! Unless an animal was just sitting there, it had to be cuter than a child. Seriously! So after watching and voting for far too long…I left. I am sooo tempted to go back, I mean what if there's a cute animal that I missed? It could have its felling hurt if it were to get beat out by some poopie pants kid. DELIMA!
Anyway, you all can go over at try it out. Just be sure to pick category that you have no real interest in.
Here's my tip – I was going over to find good videos to comment on knowing that if they were in the Slam, they would be getting tons of traffic. Well, low and behold, you can't get to the original videos page from the slam page.
You could type the video title into a Youtube search and possibly find it but, I'm just lazy and didn't want to mess with it so…I figured out that if you click over to see the WINNERS…you can go straight to the videos page and then post a comment. Seriously, I always look for cue animal videos to watch and comment on so this list gives me 10 right off the top. BONUS!
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Mack is the Miami-based education reporter for StateImpact Florida. She is a St. Petersburg native and a product of Florida public schools. She even took the first FCAT.
Mack previously was a digital editor and health care policy reporter for WLRN - Miami Herald News, where she covered the public health and health policy beat. For two years, her health reporting with WLRN was supported by the grant-funded HealthyState.org project. She was selected as a 2012 fellow with the Kaiser Health News and NPR Health Care Reporting in the States project.
Her stories have also appeared on NPR, Monocle 24, the Miami Herald, Global Health, HealthNewsFlorida.org, Gambit Weekly, MAP Magazine, Gulfshore Life, Philadelphia Weekly, the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times) and other outlets.
Mack's work has been honored with Florida AP Broadcaster and SPJ Sunshine State awards. She's collaborated on projects that have won an Emmy, regional Edward R. Murrow awards, a Wilbur Award and a Dart Award. Mack was a writing fellow during the 2008 Poynter Summer Fellowship for Young Journalists.
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Eggplant and Tomato Pasta Recipe
Note: Add more chile flakes to the dish if you like a little more heat with your pasta and feel free to use ricotta instead of mozzarella, if you prefer.
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- Yield:serves 4
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
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- 3 ½ tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium to large eggplant, trimmed and diced (about 4 cups)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 2 medium cloves garlic, minced or grated with a Microplane (about 2 teaspoons)
- 1 teaspoon dried red chile flakes
- 1 (28-oz) can whole peeled tomatoes
- 1 cup low-sodium homemade or store-bought chicken stock or water
- 3 cups uncooked penne pasta
- ½ cup packed basil leaves, roughly chopped
- 1 (4-oz) ball of fresh mozzarella
Heat 3 tablespoons oil a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the eggplant and a generous pinch of salt and allow to cook, shaking and tossing occasionally, until eggplants are brown and have fully softened, 10 to 11 minutes. If eggplant threatens to burn, reduce heat to medium. Transfer to a bowl, cover with foil, and set aside.
Add the remaining oil to the pan and increase the heat to medium high. When shimmering, add the onions and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and red chili flakes and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Add the tomatoes and their juice and bring to a simmer. Once the tomatoes have softened, gently break them apart with a potato masher. Cook until the sauce has thickened, seasoning to taste, 8 to 10 minutes. Then add the broth and bring to a gentle simmer.
Add the pasta and cover, over medium heat, making sure there are active and vigorous bubbles. Stir occasionally to make sure the sauce isn't sticking and allow to cook until the pasta is firm to the bite, 12 to 15 minutes, and stir in the eggplant. Tear the mozzarella into small chunks and add to the pan, heating until just starting to melt, about 1 minute. Stir in basil, season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve.
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A 43-year-old Brockton, Mass., mother was held without bail after pleading not guilty on Tuesday to two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of her sons.
BROCKTON, Mass. — She stabbed her two sons to death, wrapped them in sheets, placed them in their beds, then mopped up the blood — but she didn't call for help until possibly two days later, prosecutors said.
Latarsha Letrice Sanders, 43, pleaded not guilty in Brockton District Court on Tuesday to two counts of murder.
About a dozen family members attended the arraignment, including Sanders' two adult children, Shalea Sanders and Kadeem Sanders-Alfred. Some wept aloud in the courtroom as the gruesome details of the case were read.
Sanders is charged in the stabbing deaths of her two sons — 8-year-old Edson "Marlon" Brito and 5-year-old Lason Brito — who were discovered inside their home at 245-247 Prospect St. early Monday afternoon.
Court documents obtained by The Enterprise say that the mother told police the stabbings were part of a "Voodoo ritual."
Police were first called to the home about 12:07 p.m. after Sanders asked a neighbor to call the police — for herself. But inside the third-floor apartment, investigators say they found both children dead in their beds. One that appeared to be stabbed at least 50 times.
Sanders initially denied any involvement in her sons' deaths. Prosecutors say she placed the blame on her 18-year-old son and that man's father. But investigators say they determined Sanders was solely responsible.
"Ultimately, she started to tell police exactly what happened to her children on that day," Assistant District Attorney Jessica Kenny said during Sanders' arraignment. "She explained to police officers what she called part of a ritual or a ritualistic incident."
Court documents reveal that Sanders told police "it was because of the Voodoo stuff" when she was asked why she stabbed her older son.
"As the officers continued to interview her in regards to the ritual, Ms. Sanders stated that no one was supposed to get hurt and then admitted that she only killed one baby," state police Detective Kevin MacDermott wrote in a probable cause arrest report.
Sanders told police that she stabbed Edson, who was more commonly known as Marlon, first — on his legs and in the chest with a kitchen knife, the report states.
The mother of five then told police she stabbed her other son.
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"She said she stabbed him because she had 'failed' in the ritual with Marlon," Kenny said. "She explained the ritual and said that it came out wrong in the first one and she had failed. For that reason, she had to move onto the second child."
Family members told police that Sanders was "into Voodoo" and obsessed with the "Illuminati," according to court documents. She is "mentally unstable" and "crazy," they told investigators.
"Latarsha began her obsession with the Illuminati theory two years ago from a YouTube video," court documents state. "Since then, Latarsha has been obsessed with ideation, rituals and numbers regarding the Illuminati, as well as sacrifices."
The Illuminati initially referred to the Bavarian Illuminati, a secret society from the 1700s with a mission of taking over the world. But, in modern day, many conspiracy theories propose that major world events are controlled by the group.
On Monday, police spoke to Sanders' mother and, when asked who might harm the children, she responded, "No one else would do this but her," court documents state.
Sanders told police that she mopped up the blood on the floor. Kenny said investigators located that mop.
"She indicated that she used a kitchen knife to stab both of them and she left it in the sink. That was corroborated by first responders, who located what appears to be the murder weapon in the sink in the home," Kenny said. "She also indicated that she cleaned up the children and placed them in two separate beds."
The autopsy of Edson was performed at the time of the arraignment. Kenny said he was stabbed "approximately 50" times. The autopsy of Lason hadn't been conducted yet, but Kenny said he was believed to have suffered fewer stab wounds.
Sanders, who was initially taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton before the children were even discovered, was later interviewed at the Brockton police station, where she supposedly confessed to the crimes.
A preliminary swab test for the presence of blood on Sanders' hands revealed human blood, Kenny said.
District Attorney Timothy Cruz said Monday evening that the children were believed to have been dead for up to 48 hours by the time they were located. He said Tuesday the exact timeline was still being determined.
The last known time the children were alive was Saturday, when Sanders brought her sons with her when she stopped at her mother's house in Randolph. She was supposedly going to bring the children to the hospital because of flu-like symptoms, but investigators are still trying to determine if they ever went.
Sanders is being represented by attorney Joseph Krowski Jr., who said he didn't have time to fully review the case information by the time of the arraignment. He asked for any potential bail to be set without prejudice, meaning he could have a full-bail argument in the future.
He declined to comment to The Enterprise outside the courtroom, only saying, "It's too early."
Kenny, the prosecutor on the case, asked the judge to hold Sanders without bail, with prejudice.
Judge Paula Clifford ordered Sanders held without bail, but without prejudice, giving Krowski a chance to argue bail at a later date.
Sanders is due back in court on April 9 unless she is indicted by then.
Cody Shepard is a reporter for The Brockton (Mass.) Enterprise.


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On CNBC: Iraqi prison abuses likened to fraternities ... again
On May 4, the same day that Rush Limbaugh described [1] U.S. military personnel abusing Iraqi prisoners as "having a good time" and "blow[ing] some steam off," Weekly Standard online editor Jonathan V. Last said on CNBC's Dennis Miller that he believed worse things happen in fraternity houses:
I hope these guys are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law ... but at the same time, let's not get too crazy and call them Nazi-like. ... Worse happens in frat houses across America ... bad pictures with some guys playing naked Twister. It's bad, but we don't want to get too crazy.
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